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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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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, The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us your ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in and welcome back.

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 You did mention SEC Media Day's return next year to Nashville.

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 Thank God and Graham for that, my friend.

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 And, BB, before we get into all the X's and O's and the Jimmys and Joes, let's give a big tip of the station for the folks who have to make this possible.

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 Yeah, in particular, Harold, our title and touchdown sponsors, Johnson Pansura Medley and Virtual Attorneys,

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 Our touchdown sponsors, Lindsey and Wagner, for the second consecutive year.

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 Both Whitwell and Title Towel and Curtis have been sponsors of Media Days for eight years, and we tremendously appreciate the support.

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 Echo those sentiments.

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 And, obviously, we are here.

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 They are there.

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 Before we get into all the stuff as far as the people, a lot of folks are saying, why Tampa?

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 And let's just jump in right off the top, BB.

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 You mentioned it's coming back to Nashville next season.

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 Do what you want, Greg Sankey.

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 Do what you want, League.

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 But Tampa has no business hosting an SEC media event.

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 If you're going to go to Florida, go to Gainesville, even Orlando would be closer.

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 This is all about money.

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 I'm not going to be critical of Greg Sankey.

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 This is now a business that's always been that way.

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 But just take the veneer off and just say this is a money decision because there's no reason this thing should be in Tampa, Florida, in my opinion.

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 Well, Tampa is a great sports town, Harold.

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 But it's not centrally located for the SEC schools.

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 Hoover is.

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 Even Atlanta, they are centrally located.

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 Now, again, I appreciate what Tampa's done.

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 The SEC men's basketball tournament has been in Tampa twice in the last 30 years.

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 But if you're looking for convenience for every school, and, again, I know this is not next door, but Nashville, Hoover, and Atlanta are much closer.

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 Let's say, obviously, the day started with Oklahoma.

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 And in all due respect to Venables, they came out and had the icebreakers, the funny jokes and all that stuff.

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 But, quite frankly, I didn't learn a whole lot from Venables, did you?

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 I do think they're going to be a good team.

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 I think what everybody remembers last year, Harold, was Oklahoma going 4-0 and beating Tennessee and Alabama and then Missouri at home.

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 John Mateer is going to go a long way in telling us how they do this year.

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 Again, David Stone, they've got a very good defense.

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 David Stone, Tyler Wynn, Kip Lewis.

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 Oklahoma's got a very good defense.

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 Again, I think John Mateer is going to be the difference in this team, Harold.

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 I think Oklahoma has a very good season.

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 Everybody talks about Indiana and well-respected and well-earned last year, but I still maintain if you have to play, if you have to box Muhammad Ali 12 rounds every match, that's different than going up against you and me.

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 It's a whole lot different.

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 By the end of the year, you're just either tired, got key injuries.

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 Again, all due respect to Indiana, but that is as tough a schedule as you can get.

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 But I agree, Oklahoma should be in the running, and I think the one thing that I liked about Venables was he came in as a highly regarded defensive coordinator off Davos' staff at Clemson.

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 We saw how many times we've seen this over the years with Mike DuBois, the example in Alabama, great defensive coordinator.

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 I don't think he was ever cut out to be the head coach of an ACC team, certainly not at Alabama.

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 It's been a learning on the job.

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 Now, some people say the same thing about Helen DeBoer, but Helen DeBoer was a head coach much longer than Brent Venables has been.

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 I think Brent Venables has learned, had a coach in the league.

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 I tell you somebody who has helped him, Harold is his general manager, coming in with the senior bowl.

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 They've done a very good job as far as helping put together a better roster.

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 They've got three 300-pounders up front on that defensive line.

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 So, again, I think he's still learning, Harold.

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 But no question, year three was much better than year two for Brent Venables.

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 Now, unlike Venables, if you don't want to know something, don't ask Drinkwitz.

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 But do you know who the offensive coordinator is going to be?

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 And don't answer right now, B.B., okay?

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 The offensive coordinator for Missouri this year, I'll give you a little hint.

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 If you know Madison, Alabama, and Bob Jones, if you know UNA football, if you know Florence, if you know Gester, if you know Colbert Heights, if you know Auburn and Michigan's offensive coordinator over the years, you know Missouri's offensive coordinator this season.

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 Maybe a guy with roots to our neck of the woods.

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 Well, it's Chip Lindsey, Harold.

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 He's very familiar with North Alabama, very familiar with high school scene, very familiar with college football.

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 I think he's going to help them.

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 The Missouri defense last year, Harold, eighth in the nation.

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 They only allowed 277 yards, fewer than 19 points a game.

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 They had 30 sacks, but they were dead last in the SEC in passing, only throwing for 188 per game.

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 Of course, when you can turn around and hand off to Ahmaud Hardy, and Eli Drinkwith kind of skipped around that.

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 He said, look, he's progressing, and when you get shot, thank God I've never been shot, and I don't know what the recovery process is.

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 They're going to run the ball, but I don't think there's any question with Austin Simmons, the former backup or the former quarterback at Ole Miss, before he got hurt.

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 Did you say run the ball, or did you say run the ball?

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 A lot of folks who don't follow this as closely as we do, they might have missed that.

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 This young man was a star last year, and then he went from the highest of highs on the field to probably some of the lowest of lows off the field.

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 There was obviously an issue there as far as an argument, domestic quarrel, whatever it was, but got shot.

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 So we mentioned Drinkwiz.

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 He came out, and right off the bat, I don't know if you saw his opening comments, but he said,

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 where's the buzz?

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 Where's the buzz?

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 I just think that's what happens.

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 because Tampa is a big area.

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 They've got all kinds of stuff.

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 So it's not necessarily a college town.

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 Just ask the coach at Auburn now compared to where he is as far as Auburn's got more of a fervor than Tampa does

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 and any time you hear somebody say this, well, I don't want to get in trouble with him,

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 but he's not a fan of basically, in effect, as I discerned it anyway, BB.

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 Supplicitly, he said the commissioner went out and made a lot of good deals that have the potential of making a lot of money,

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 and like a lot of folks in business, they will go out and arrange the deals,

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 and then they put it on you to do the work while they go play and cash the checks.

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 He said SEC coaches that I have talked with that come in from Drinkwitz already regret moving to a nine-game conference schedule.

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 Well, one of the reasons is, again, this was based on moving to 16 teams, not 24,

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 This year, they've only got one.

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 Well, that's certainly some of it, but the nine conference games this year with only one bye,

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 when you get into November, Harold, and Missouri's schedule in November is Texas at home at Georgia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.

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 Only one bye.

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 Alabama's off the schedule, right, with Missouri?

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 Speaking of Alabama, it's always fun.

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 On day one, ESPN has all these analytics, as they call it, as far as chances of winning the conference,

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 In the case of Alabama and Auburn, as my memory serves me right now, see if you agree or disagree.

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 Alabama has a 10% chance of winning the SEC championship.

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 Auburn, a 1%.

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 Alabama, as far as a national championship, they have a 4% chance of winning a national championship.

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 This is the analytics from the brain trusts at ESPN, 4%, but a 41% chance of making the playoffs, B.B.

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 Harold, again, and I've talked about this the entire summer, the fact that Alabama doesn't have a veteran quarterback coming back,

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 but Ty Simpson was coming back, Parker Browsford was coming back, Cain Proctor was coming back.

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 I do think Alabama's offensive line is going to be better.

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 Are they going to be able to run the frigging ball better, as we've talked about during the summer?

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 But, again, when you just look at it on paper, who they've got coming back,

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 So, Missouri runs the ball.

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 What was it again for Alabama running the ball?

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 Run the frigging ball for Alabama.

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 There's a big difference.

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 Obviously, four teams per day, you've done it right.

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 Tennessee will top off day one.

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 Totally agree with that.

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 Thank you, James.

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 Thank you very much.

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 ACC Media Days kicking off down in Tampa, Florida.

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 And it's also a pleasure for us to say hello, the man who knows who's coming up next better than anybody we know.

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 Larry Vaught is busy there at Vaught's Views.

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 Larry Vaught, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing great.

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 Appreciate you guys always having me.

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 Yeah, man, we appreciate this.

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 Nothing says SEC football better than Tampa, Florida, does it, Larry?

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 I was going to say, I remember the first time the SEC basketball went there, and I thought, wow, that's strange enough and all.

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 But I guess in today's world, nothing should surprise any of us anymore.

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 Well, if you got the money, I got the time, as the old country song says.

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 Larry, let's talk about your boy that's up next.

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 We've got two down, basically two to go, including, by the way, how's lunch going?

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 It's always fun on opening day at the Media Days.

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 It's the one day every media member shows up because it's a free lunch.

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 Have you noticed that over the years, Larry?

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 Yeah, media members don't miss many free days.

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 No, no.

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 Let's talk about the new kid on the block after lunch.

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 It's Will Stein time, Kentucky, and the entourage from your neck of the woods takes to the stage.

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 Your thoughts so far about how Will Stein's era is going in your neck of the woods.

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 I don't think it could be going any better.

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 I mean, he said all the right things, outdoing the right things.

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 His high school recruiting went well when he first got the job.

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 I think for players that will be with him this coming season.

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 But it really went well for the players that he signed for the 2027 season.

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 His transfer portal class seems really solid.

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 I think you never know with transfer portal classes until you actually see him.

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 Now, I mean, one thing I really do like and think you guys would appreciate, too,

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 I mean, his coaching staff is so young.

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 He's so young.

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 I mean, a couple of them could be my grandchildren.

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 And a couple of them, you know, most of them could be my sons, easily.

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 But when you go and the enthusiasm and passion that they have just every day.

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 So I can't imagine what it's going to be like on game days or after a win or something like that.

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 But that's one.

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 And that's a knock on the guys that Mark had.

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 Mark had that were really good coaches.

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 They just were older.

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 You know, these guys are, you know, the offensive line coach is only a couple of years older than a couple of his players.

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 It's just a different vibe about it.

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 And part of it, when Mark Stoops got the job, there was hope, but not really excitement because the program was so far down.

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 I think with Will Stein, there's more excitement because while Mark Stoops didn't have banner years the last couple of years,

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 it's not like they weren't competitive or didn't have some good players at all.

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 And now with the free agency, I guess free agency is what we're supposed to call it.

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 But that's what it is.

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 Yeah, you could rebuild a whole lot quicker than what Mark Stoops could.

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 So it's people here.

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 I mean, it's kind of crazy.

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 You kind of got to tell them, you know, you say, well, I think they could win.

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 You know, I'm hoping they could win six games.

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 They go, what is the matter with you?

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 This team is way under.

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 This team is way under.

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 They're going to do this.

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 They're going to do that.

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 And I'm thinking, wow.

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 And it's sort of like the excitement when Hal Mumming first got here because you thought, well,

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 there's going to be an offense and maybe he can do what he's been able to do, except Hal had done it at Division II.

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 Now you've seen Will do it at Division I.

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 But the difference is, Hal would like to, well, he was happy if he won 70-60.

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 Will would be very happy with the 70, but he wants the other side to have a zero.

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 So it's a subtler of having an emphasis on offense, an offensive-minded coach, but also likes defense.

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 So that's what I'm kind of anxious to see how it's going to play out over the season.

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 I mean, they are not a perfect team yet or by any means, but at least you see signs going forward.

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 He could do a really good job here, I think.

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 Larry, let me ask you about the offensive line, the big blue wall.

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 I know several years, and particularly late in Mark's tenure, in 2021, there was a big blue wall.

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 It has not been the last couple of years, but they brought in Lance Hurd from Tennessee,

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 Ole Salenon from Alabama, Price from Baylor, and Shabalo from Ohio State.

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 Is this an improved line?

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 Well, it better be for what they're paying.

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 I bet.

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 Now, I don't know if you guys are like me, but the part, and I know that I get this,

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 oh, you're an old guy, you don't understand the world, and all I can, which is partially true,

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 but offensive linemen are in such high demand.

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 That's right.

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 Now, all of a sudden, Kentucky's got the third-rated offensive line by some folks

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 because of what they went and got the transfer in the transfer pool.

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 Well, if an offensive lineman is that good, do you let him leave your team?

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 I mean, don't you give him whatever it takes to keep him?

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 So, that's what I'm waiting to say.

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 I mean, all these guys on paper stack up really well.

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 They look good.

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 I mean, they're huge.

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 Let me just see how they play before I want to go out there and say they're the next best thing ever

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 to come into Kentucky football because all these teams did let them leave.

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 That's right.

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 Larry, if I'm looking up with his false views, Larry, let's circle back to what you said

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 about the age of this staff and tell us what you think on this.

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 I saw some of the talking heads this morning talking about the SEC now trying to break the string

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 that the Big Ten has as far as national championships.

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 Three years.

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 I thought the point was made.

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 He said not only has the SEC not won a national championship in three years,

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 they haven't even played for one in three years.

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 And the question, obviously, to follow up to that is why this is speculation,

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 nothing scientifically from a lab, but the speculation was that maybe the old model

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 under Nick in that era of coaches were one way.

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 The modern athlete, they couldn't care less if it's Alabama, Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee.

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 It's can I play, can I get rich, and can I get to the next league and make even more money?

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 That seems to be the mindset.

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 And back to what you said, maybe sometimes these younger coaches, they may lack experience,

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 but we've seen the power of social media.

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 We can love it, we can hate it, but it's real.

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 Your thoughts just about some of those observations.

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 Oh, I think you're exactly right.

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 And, again, it's no knock against the older coaches and the way that they did things.

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 It worked.

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 It worked.

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 But now times have just, h***, times have changed in high school.

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 I mean, they just transfer left and right in high school.

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 And, I mean, up here in Kentucky, we have the haves and the have-nots.

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 I mean, you've got some schools that can just reach out and get anybody they want,

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 and other schools are just like training grounds.

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 Or if you develop them as a freshman and sophomore, then they go up and go to somewhere

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 because they think they can win a talk.

398
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 It's like the Reds and the Yankees, right?

399
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 Yeah.

400
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 The Reds get them and develop them, the Yankees buy them.

401
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 Yeah, it doesn't help them, you know, in the high schools,

402
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 it doesn't help them get to college because they're still the same player.

403
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 They just go to an all-star team instead of playing with the guys they grew up with.

404
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 And I don't like it.

405
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 But, again, guys like Will Steyn, they do relate so well.

406
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 And they've got so much energy.

407
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 I don't know how they go out and recruit as much as what they do

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 and the way they relate to what they do.

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 But it's unbelievable.

410
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 I mean, I took my 14-year-old grandson to the U.K. camp.

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 He's a freshman football player up in northern Kentucky.

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 And he went there.

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 And the way they worked him out and spent time with him and did things with him

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 and ran through the drills and talked to him after it was over,

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 you'd have thought he's a five-star recruit getting ready to sign a $4 million contract.

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 In fact, I know we could sign right there if they wanted to go ahead and offer.

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 But they're just that enthusiastic.

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 And they were that way with all 200 kids that were at the camp,

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 whether they were the five-star guys at the camp or my 14-year-old grandson

420
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 just hoping to make it a high school team.

421
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,780
 But they're just different.

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 And they all bond.

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 Those coaches bond with each other.

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 And they understand and use social media.

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 I think that's the other thing you've got to be able to do.

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 You've got to not only accept it, you've got to be able to use it.

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 And they are very, very good at using the social media.

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 And I think, again, whether that should be part of it or not, it is.

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 So whether we like it, you just have to accept it.

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 And they do.

431
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,880
 Now, again, I don't know when any of those guys ever sleep.

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 I don't know how they could ever sleep.

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 Because, I mean, they're in that complex early morning.

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 They're in the complex at night.

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 They're on social media.

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 And, of course, I don't know how it is there in Alabama now.

437
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 But two days ago, I counted.

438
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 Kentucky has 72 staff members now on the football staff.

439
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 Wow, 72.

440
00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:01,340
 72.

441
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 That's almost more wise our husbands than Jennifer Lopez has had.

442
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 I mean, it is.

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 I mean, and they've got these duties listed for all of them.

444
00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:13,540
 They've got the assistant to the assistant to the assistant quarterback coach.

445
00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:16,680
 But I guess that's just the way of it.

446
00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:19,880
 These are multi-million dollar corporations that they're running.

447
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:23,020
 That's exactly correct.

448
00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:24,720
 And they've got to have somebody to blame if it doesn't work.

449
00:29:24,820 --> 00:29:25,980
 That's the way it works than it, right, Larry?

450
00:29:26,380 --> 00:29:27,400
 Well, they've got plenty of them.

451
00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:28,380
 It's my sister who did it.

452
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:28,920
 Blame her.

453
00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:29,460
 Blame him.

454
00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:31,440
 Yes, yes, yes.

455
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:32,980
 If things don't go well, you can fire us.

456
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:33,760
 I'm cleaning the house.

457
00:29:33,860 --> 00:29:34,880
 I can get rid of 30 people.

458
00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:35,680
 That's right.

459
00:29:35,980 --> 00:29:36,380
 Absolutely.

460
00:29:36,780 --> 00:29:39,940
 Larry, we look forward to hearing Will Stein a little bit later.

461
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,020
 I know a lot of people are excited coming in.

462
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:47,420
 Also, Jay Bateman coming in from Texas A&M is going to be interesting.

463
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,380
 Also, by the way, tell us, where can we get on?

464
00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:54,220
 Harold mentioned 30 newspapers.

465
00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:01,600
 Vault's views is just literally iconic as far as a journalistic bastion of information.

466
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,040
 Larry, where can we get online and get all your great stuff?

467
00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:08,540
 By the way, remind me, who's Kentucky playing the second game of the year?

468
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,080
 Oh, that might be one of the easier games of the year right there.

469
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,340
 Dude's got to get through the opener and got to get anybody hurt.

470
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,580
 And they got this team from Alabama or somewhere.

471
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,000
 Yeah, Tuscaloosa, I think.

472
00:30:19,140 --> 00:30:19,760
 We'll check it for you.

473
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:20,640
 Yeah, Tuscaloosa.

474
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:21,840
 I don't even remember where they were from.

475
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:23,480
 Coming up to play that second week.

476
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:24,980
 It's really funny up here.

477
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:31,300
 I mean, I would say in Kentucky right now, 7 out of 10 Kentucky fans already look at that game as a win.

478
00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:33,940
 I mean, that's going to be Will Stein's first signature win.

479
00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:35,620
 I mean, that's just kind of a given.

480
00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:37,000
 Parties are already set up.

481
00:30:38,020 --> 00:30:39,940
 It's going to be a hectic atmosphere.

482
00:30:39,940 --> 00:30:43,500
 But you can follow me on Twitter or on X at ThoughtsFuse.

483
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,540
 My website is ThoughtsFuse.com or YourSportsEdge.com.

484
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,260
 And that will link you to a lot of my work at different places.

485
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,120
 Only 7 out of 10 after 5 o'clock with all that bourbon up there.

486
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,460
 By the night, it would be 11 out of 10.

487
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:55,920
 Right, Larry?

488
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,700
 Hey, you kind of think you're being funny, but don't.

489
00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:02,760
 The Stein magic is real right now.

490
00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,540
 The Stein magic is real.

491
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,440
 And like I said, I hope eventually you guys get a chance to talk to him.

492
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:12,380
 He's really a young, energetic, enthusiastic guy that you'll really, really like.

493
00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:14,000
 Hey, enjoy it, Larry.

494
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:15,380
 Thanks so much for your time today.

495
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:16,360
 Anytime.

496
00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:17,340
 Thank you, buddy.

497
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:18,260
 Larry Volk.

498
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:19,480
 Volk's Views.

499
00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:22,020
 Coming up, Craig Stevenson on deck.

500
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:22,580
 Stay with us.

501
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502
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605
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 Welcome back in, and thanks for being a part of day one, ACC Media Days in Tampa.

606
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 Craig Stevenson knows all about it.

607
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 He's busy there at AL.com, college sports managing producer there.

608
00:37:02,580 --> 00:37:03,360
 Greg, welcome in.

609
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 How's Tampa so far?

610
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 Oh, pretty good.

611
00:37:06,660 --> 00:37:07,640
 Thanks for having me on.

612
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 Yeah, I came up here.

613
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 It's kind of busy downstairs.

614
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,440
 Obviously, I came up here to my room.

615
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 I was going to sit out on the balcony and talk to you guys.

616
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,720
 Got a little bit of a view of Tampa Bay out there.

617
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 But I walked out.

618
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 I'm only on the fifth floor, so I walked out, and the HVAC things are blowing like crazy.

619
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 So you wouldn't be able to hear me about sitting out there.

620
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 One of the national championship days back in New Orleans for Alabama back in the day.

621
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 And his thing is right there next to the Superdome in the hotel.

622
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 Right.

623
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 anything happened overnight?

625
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626
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627
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628
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629
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630
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 So be careful down there, okay?

631
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,720
 That was my good friend, Tommy Hicks.

632
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 There you go.

633
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 Oh, Lord.

634
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:00,920
 Yeah, he was writing a story.

635
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 And, you know, it was New Year's Eve, I think.

636
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637
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 And one went into his room.

638
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 Yeah, it was crazy.

639
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 So be careful.

640
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 You don't even have the window.

641
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 You have to throw in the balcony.

642
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 So be careful.

643
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,560
 Your impressions so far, Craig?

644
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,380
 Yeah, you know, just getting started, obviously.

645
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 We've had Greg Sankey, the commissioner, and then Eli Drinkwitz of Missouri,

646
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 and Brent Venables of Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Kentucky,

647
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,580
 or the afternoon session, which has started probably 45 minutes from now.

648
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:42,000
 So, you know, just a lot of the same talking points, nine-game schedule, potential expansion

649
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:46,060
 of college football playoff, the congressional bill that's going through.

650
00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:49,260
 There was one bit of news that came out today.

651
00:38:50,140 --> 00:38:54,880
 Eli Drinkwitz said that Ahmaud Hardy, the running back who was shot in the leg during the

652
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,940
 offseason, is on a five- to eight-week recovery plan.

653
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 So the front, you know, the lower end of that is the start of the regular season.

654
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:08,980
 So it's possible he could miss a couple of games if he does not recover quite as quickly as he might.

655
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:14,380
 So that's probably the biggest news that has come out thus far, but there will be plenty of more

656
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 as we go along through the week.

657
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:17,680
 Two things.

658
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,400
 First of all, congratulations.

659
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 You've received a well-deserved promotion.

660
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 You're now the college sports managing producer for AL.com.

661
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 And second, the 80th annual, 80th, AL.com, used to be Huntsville Times, Birmingham News,

662
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:40,060
 preseason football reports, some great questions.

663
00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:44,680
 Who is the SEC's top Heisman candidate, Arch Manning?

664
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,320
 I would throw Trinidad Chambliss in there.

665
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,420
 Best overall defensive player, Colin Simmons of Texas.

666
00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:53,800
 You're probably right.

667
00:39:54,080 --> 00:40:00,240
 Best offensive player, Trevor Goosby of Texas, Jordan Seton, et cetera.

668
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,040
 Summarize the 80th annual and some great questions leading into the season.

669
00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:09,140
 Yeah, it has taken many forms over the years.

670
00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:12,320
 Obviously, it started in 1947.

671
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 Amazing.

672
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:14,300
 This is the 80th year.

673
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:19,380
 Zip Newman, I know that game name means something to you guys, was the guy who originated it.

674
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:26,440
 And I think the first time they did it, the SEC football coaches were all in Birmingham for the SEC track meet.

675
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:31,880
 So he went over there and talked to them about how the team's looking for next year, who's going to be good,

676
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 who's not going to be good, that kind of stuff.

677
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 And it just evolved over the year.

678
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 There have been four full-time editors in 80 years.

679
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 There was Zip Newman, Alf Van Hoos, Charles Hollis, and me.

680
00:40:42,820 --> 00:40:43,720
 So how about that?

681
00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:47,560
 So anyway, it's taken a lot of different forms.

682
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,280
 Like I said, early on, it was the coaches.

683
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:51,220
 Then they did the SIDs.

684
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:56,040
 And more recently, we've made it into a staff thing where our staff makes those predictions.

685
00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:59,160
 And we pick a predicted order to finish an SEC champion.

686
00:40:59,380 --> 00:41:00,820
 We pick an all-SEC team.

687
00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:10,560
 And then, like, ten kind of burning questions headed into the year that, you know, will be important to determining the SEC and national championship races.

688
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,760
 So, you know, it's something we'd like to keep up that tradition.

689
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,060
 Obviously, there's a lot of similar stuff out there now.

690
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,820
 But, you know, we've been doing it a long time.

691
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 So we feel like we have some credibility with it.

692
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,780
 Craig Stevenson, you've earned your stripes.

693
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 I guarantee.

694
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,200
 Again, I echo those congratulations there from BB.

695
00:41:26,540 --> 00:41:30,680
 Yeah, two other questions I think that's fun.

696
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,240
 Who's going to be the biggest bust?

697
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,840
 And who's going to be the biggest surprise team in the SEC?

698
00:41:37,820 --> 00:41:39,020
 Yeah, there are some.

699
00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,800
 It depends on what you mean by bust.

700
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:46,820
 Most disappointing team relative to expectations from the fan base.

701
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,000
 If I had to guess, my pick right now would be Tennessee.

702
00:41:50,340 --> 00:41:52,080
 I think they're going to take a real step back.

703
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,160
 You know, the quarterback situation is completely unsolved there.

704
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,060
 They slipped a little bit last year.

705
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:00,340
 So maybe they dropped a lead in front.

706
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,300
 I don't think they're going to go 4-8 or anything.

707
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,980
 But, you know, maybe struggle to win eight, nine games.

708
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:10,160
 The team on the rise, though, I'm really interested to see what happens with Auburn.

709
00:42:10,340 --> 00:42:12,520
 I mean, could Dolish turn that around quickly?

710
00:42:12,660 --> 00:42:13,100
 I don't know.

711
00:42:13,180 --> 00:42:14,120
 Maybe, maybe not.

712
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:18,360
 You know, and so let's see.

713
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,940
 I'm going to go through them in my head to make sure I'm not forgetting anyone obvious.

714
00:42:23,740 --> 00:42:25,880
 But that would, let's see.

715
00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:26,320
 All right.

716
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:27,840
 Who you got in mind?

717
00:42:27,940 --> 00:42:28,620
 Give me one.

718
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,500
 Well, I mean, I think Oklahoma's going to surprise them, folks.

719
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,280
 I think they got the potential if they can get through that schedule.

720
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,660
 To me, everybody sits here and talks about the team, and that's always great.

721
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,120
 But you got to look at the schedule, not only who they're playing, but where they're playing,

722
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,120
 and who has a tougher mountain to climb than Oklahoma.

723
00:42:44,220 --> 00:42:44,780
 That's true.

724
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,280
 Yeah, I think Florida, maybe.

725
00:42:47,540 --> 00:42:49,420
 You know, maybe Someral harnesses that.

726
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:50,740
 You know, he's a North Alabama guy.

727
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:51,680
 I know you guys know him.

728
00:42:52,020 --> 00:42:56,080
 And maybe he harnesses that thing quickly.

729
00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:00,340
 But everybody, you know, everybody's got a brutal schedule now, especially with the night's game.

730
00:43:00,980 --> 00:43:01,000
 That's right.

731
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,320
 So where do you put Alabama, Craig?

732
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,420
 I mean, obviously, you know where we are.

733
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,960
 You grow up with decades of being around Alabama fans.

734
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,160
 We know there's only one thing that will not disappoint him, and that's not winning a national championship.

735
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:13,940
 If you do that, we might like you for a week.

736
00:43:14,020 --> 00:43:15,900
 And then it's like, what's coming next?

737
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,820
 But where do you put Alabama in the food chain?

738
00:43:18,940 --> 00:43:21,920
 I think they're going to be an elite defensive team.

739
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:22,460
 I really do.

740
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,500
 I think their secondary is going to be incredible.

741
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,640
 Offensively is what we wonder about.

742
00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:30,540
 Are they going to be able to get the running game and the offensive line going?

743
00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:33,800
 And, you know, Keelan Russell looks like he's going to be the quarterback.

744
00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:36,380
 You know, if you have Keelan Russell, first-time starter quarterback,

745
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,280
 maybe E.J. Crowell, the freshman, is the running back.

746
00:43:40,580 --> 00:43:42,440
 They have some proven guys at receiver,

747
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,420
 although Ryan Coleman-Williams certainly needs to be more consistent.

748
00:43:45,700 --> 00:43:47,660
 So I think they're a playoff team.

749
00:43:47,780 --> 00:43:52,180
 I don't know that they're in that top echelon with Georgia and Texas and, you know,

750
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,860
 some others and, you know, maybe if Keelan gets it going at LSU.

751
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,440
 So I think they're, you know, a potential 10-win team.

752
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,540
 Are they a national championship contender?

753
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,380
 I don't think so.

754
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,440
 How many teams make the college football playoff from the NCAA?

755
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:07,020
 The SEC?

756
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,300
 Your group's got four.

757
00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:15,480
 Texas, Texas, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama fans are saying,

758
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:16,840
 what about us, Craig?

759
00:44:16,980 --> 00:44:19,100
 Texas A&M are saying the same thing.

760
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,340
 But, yeah, I think four may be about right, Craig.

761
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,780
 I think the way we did it was, you know,

762
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 everybody picked however many they thought were going to make it.

763
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:29,900
 Then I averaged it out.

764
00:44:29,980 --> 00:44:33,780
 So I think some people had five, some people had three, and so it averaged out to four.

765
00:44:34,140 --> 00:44:36,160
 And then I just picked the ones that had the most votes.

766
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:43,800
 But, yeah, I think Texas and Georgia are almost locks at this point to me unless things go horribly wrong for both of them.

767
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:49,020
 After that, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Alabama are probably the next year.

768
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:50,980
 But, yeah, I think four is probably what it's going to be.

769
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,460
 SEC coach on the hottest seat.

770
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,700
 And I try to stay away from this until the end of the season.

771
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:58,320
 But I agree with you.

772
00:44:58,420 --> 00:45:00,000
 I think this is a good man.

773
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,900
 Injuries had a part of it.

774
00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:04,420
 They lost in close games.

775
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:05,880
 Bama came back to beat them.

776
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:07,760
 Shane Beamer at South Carolina.

777
00:45:08,620 --> 00:45:10,000
 Yeah, they've got to get it done.

778
00:45:10,180 --> 00:45:13,400
 You know, he's had a – this is his third offensive coordinator in three years.

779
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:18,040
 He tried to give Mike Shula another shot last year, and it did not work at all.

780
00:45:18,820 --> 00:45:25,540
 And, you know, they're on the verge of – they've got two really kind of generational talents for them,

781
00:45:25,540 --> 00:45:29,800
 Lenora Sellers, the quarterback, and then the defensive end.

782
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:31,360
 I'm drawing a blank on his name.

783
00:45:31,460 --> 00:45:32,160
 You have to help me.

784
00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:36,700
 Oh, Dylan Stewart.

785
00:45:37,340 --> 00:45:38,560
 Dylan Stewart, thank you.

786
00:45:39,380 --> 00:45:43,300
 And they may be at the point of wasting those guys' careers.

787
00:45:43,460 --> 00:45:46,120
 You know, they've not really taken them where they could go.

788
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:51,800
 And Beamer may regret not taking the Virginia Tech job if he had a real opportunity for it.

789
00:45:52,540 --> 00:45:55,320
 Quickly, before we jump off, your thoughts about a guy that's got roots,

790
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,460
 starting at the neck of the woods, speaking of offenses coordinators,

791
00:45:57,580 --> 00:46:03,100
 Chip Lindsey, UNA product out of Bob Jones High, number of stops at the high school level in their neck of the woods,

792
00:46:03,180 --> 00:46:04,600
 including over at Colbert High.

793
00:46:04,660 --> 00:46:07,720
 It's your thoughts about Chip Lindsey, offensive coordinator at Missouri this year.

794
00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:09,060
 Yeah, yeah.

795
00:46:09,180 --> 00:46:13,280
 And Eli Drinkwitz had some really good things to say about him earlier in the day.

796
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:19,440
 I, you know, Missouri, it's going to depend on the quarterback for them.

797
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:24,560
 I think Austin Simmons coming over from Ole Miss, they had really major problems at quarterback last year.

798
00:46:24,620 --> 00:46:25,760
 A lot of it injury-related.

799
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,220
 You know, and it's already going to be 100% the end of the whole season.

800
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:29,660
 That's right.

801
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,900
 The second running back, Roberts, is a really good player.

802
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,780
 So, yeah, I like that spot for Chip Lindsey.

803
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:41,320
 I think it's a little under the radar compared to where the last couple of places he was, including Michigan.

804
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,240
 But, yeah, you know, Drinkwitz is a good offensive mind, too.

805
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:50,820
 So, maybe those guys can kind of put their heads together and turn things around a little bit for Missouri offensively.

806
00:46:50,820 --> 00:46:52,940
 Because I think they're going to be good defensively again.

807
00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:53,400
 Right.

808
00:46:53,740 --> 00:46:54,060
 Absolutely.

809
00:46:54,660 --> 00:46:55,940
 Listen, thank you so much.

810
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,960
 We know you need to get back down.

811
00:46:58,180 --> 00:47:03,000
 Will Stein, Josh Heupel on the podium later today.

812
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,000
 But I know you're there with your crew.

813
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,200
 Wall-to-wall coverage all week long.

814
00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:09,860
 Craig, where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

815
00:47:10,540 --> 00:47:11,920
 Yeah, AL.com.

816
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,900
 A lot of stuff on the front page of the site.

817
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:15,240
 But AL.com slash sports.

818
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:16,620
 AL.com slash FCC.

819
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,560
 AL.com slash Alabama football.

820
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:20,480
 AL.com slash Auburn football.

821
00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:21,360
 Auburn's tomorrow.

822
00:47:21,580 --> 00:47:22,380
 Alabama Wednesday.

823
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,100
 Lane Kiffin Thursday, though, so that should be fun.

824
00:47:26,260 --> 00:47:27,600
 Craig, be safe down there.

825
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,200
 As Otis Redding would say, you're sitting on the dock of the Tampa Bay.

826
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:31,860
 So, be careful.

827
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,220
 Thanks so much for your time today.

828
00:47:33,940 --> 00:47:34,500
 I got to care.

829
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:35,000
 Thank you, bud.

830
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,740
 Craig Stevenson, AL.com.

831
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 Coming up in the next hour, we're going to be taking you all over the place.

832
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 Speaking of Florida, nobody does it better than Mark McLeod.

833
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 Auburn also on the docket.

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 Coming up later on, Brian Matthews on that and everything else.

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 Welcome back into Hour 2 of the Boom-O Bug Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

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

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 Maybe we say Hour 2 because it's day one of SEC Media Days in Tampa.

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 Obviously, BB, it's Hour 2.

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 Wentworth, if you're brand new to this game of SEC Media Days, it's pretty easy now.

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 No one probably is more relieved right now than Missouri and Oklahoma.

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 They've already had their turn at the podium.

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 We'll catch you up to date.

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 Maybe some of the things they said, maybe some of the things they didn't say.

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 Yet to come, moments away, from a couple of other folks taking you to the podium today.

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 And that's going to be Kentucky and it's going to be Tennessee.

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 We'll talk about that in a second.

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 But, BB, we're in the 256 in North Alabama area.

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 Let's talk Alabama and Auburn.

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 Their day is yet to come.

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 But isn't it amazing, the feeling, how things now feel about Alabama and Auburn compared

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 To me, if I'm an Alabama football player and you're naturally competitive, and we're not,

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 obviously Auburn's in the conversation too.

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 That's July.

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 See Indiana last year.

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 If either one of those teams, I look at this as a plus.

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 Because the one thing I would want to have is the number one title on my back.

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 Because, huh, the only direction to go is down from there.

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 And this day in time with the nine-gain SEC schedule, that's going to be tough to do.

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 But your thoughts just from a mindset of where Alabama and Auburn and not the players, but the

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 fans are now just compared to a handful of years ago.

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 Well, Auburn is tomorrow.

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 In fact, Alex Golidge is first out of the block as far as addressing the media tomorrow.

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 Harold, again, as we've talked about quite a bit this summer, I think this is going to be a good

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 Why?

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 Because they know what their identity is going to be.

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 They're going to literally run the ball.

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 They've got a quarterback who's played for three years.

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 And all you need to do is ask Nick Saban and Kalen DeBoer how good Byron Brown is and Alex

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 Golidge because he scared the bejeebers out of them twice.

1115
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 That's right.

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 With that.

1117
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 But I think that the Auburn situation, they're going to be much better offensively.

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 Byron Brown does not throw a spiral.

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 But he is a good quarterback.

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 He's big, 6'3", 6'4", 250.

1121
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 They're going to run the ball.

1122
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 Question marks about the offensive line.

1123
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 I think the defense is going to be just as good as last year.

1124
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 The kicking game, I think, is going to be very solid.

1125
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 But I keep going back to this, Harold, is the six-game gauntlet, beginning with Florida.

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 And we'll talk to Mark McLeod about Florida and the SEC shortly.

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 Can they get through that?

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 Can they go 2-4, 3-3, or 4-2?

1129
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 Now, as far as Alabama is concerned, what lessons has Kalen DeBoer learned in the first two years at Alabama?

1130
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 Again, I think, as you alluded to, being 5th, 6th, 7th in the SEC, I think they actually like the lower expectations.

1131
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 In July.

1132
01:04:20,060 --> 01:04:23,720
 You know, we'll see where we are, obviously, in mid-October.

1133
01:04:24,260 --> 01:04:26,120
 Again, who's going to be the quarterback?

1134
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:27,900
 Were the offensive line better?

1135
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 Can they run the ball?

1136
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 I think the defense is going to be the best.

1137
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 One of the best in the SEC.

1138
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 I think the kicking game is going to be much better.

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 But if you beat Georgia October the 10th, can you come down emotionally and beat Tennessee and Knoxville, where Alabama's lost the last two games?

1140
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 But I think as far as lower expectations, both staffs on these teams are fine with it.

1141
01:04:54,340 --> 01:04:56,160
 Well, you brought up a good point.

1142
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 Another question for DeBoer, we've alluded to it up to this point, is can you be consistent?

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 Can you win the big games and then come back and win the second not-so-big game?

1144
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 And that's going to be, to me, that's going to show maturity.

1145
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 But let's circle back to Auburn.

1146
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 And you talk about they know their identity.

1147
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 But if you take a consensus across the board of the most important player coming in, and most are going to say Texas has that answer, and it's Cam Coleman.

1148
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 The question is, how is Auburn going to replace a consensus?

1149
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 Again, it's July, the best player that could have been out there on the market.

1150
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 But here's the problem, I think, for Texas, if you want to call it a problem.

1151
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 Everybody's got Texas picked.

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 It's almost like right now Texas is where Alabama was under Nick Saban.

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 It's almost like they've already penciled a man, kind of like Arch Manning was penciled in last year as the era apparent to be the Heisman Trophy winner.

1154
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 Even before he took the first snap, we saw how that played out.

1155
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 But your thoughts about Texas, and right now it seems the consensus is George.

1156
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 The reason I bring that up, everybody's got Texas in, and Bill Shanks would disagree with it.

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 Who's Bill Shanks?

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 If you're brand new to the show, he's the biggest Georgia fan in nine universes.

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 He would totally disagree with that.

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 And I think he has merit, and here's why, BB.

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 Texas has a collection of, if you will, pretty boys.

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 They've got a collection of incredible talent.

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 But does talent in itself always win?

1164
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 I think what Georgia brings in to threaten that talent, Georgia's got talent, too.

1165
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 It's just Texas gets all this love because they write the big checks and get the guys on the marquee out there with Tom Cruise, et cetera.

1166
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 But what Georgia, I think, brings in, agree or disagree, is the toughness.

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 I've got to see Texas prove that they are tough as Georgia because look who's won that game over the last, what, X number of years, Georgia and Texas.

1168
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 Until Texas proves to me that they can take the pretty boys and also be tough, I think Georgia is certainly, according to Bill Shanks, right there with him, my friend.

1169
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 Well, Georgia's beaten Texas the last three games.

1170
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 Right.

1171
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 And particularly in Austin now, I think this is a better Texas team.

1172
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 Harold, it's not because just Arch Manning.

1173
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 Texas struggled last year to run the ball like Alabama did.

1174
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 They brought in Brown from North Carolina State, Hollywood Smothers.

1175
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 Texas has what many people think may be the best left tackle in college football, Trevor Goosby.

1176
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 And they may have the best defensive player in Colin Simmons.

1177
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 That's debatable because there are a lot of these guys in the SEC.

1178
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 I think Texas has a better offensive line.

1179
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 Seymour, Robertson, Baker are on there.

1180
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 But again, the proof is in the pudding for Texas.

1181
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 I think this is Sarkeesian's best team.

1182
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 But again, they've got a gauntlet themselves in the middle of the season in Knoxville at Tennessee, Oklahoma for Red River, Florida, and Ole Miss.

1183
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 So that's going to be a tough four-game schedule for the Longhorns.

1184
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 Do you agree with this?

1185
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 I don't care how good the team is over the course of the season.

1186
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 There's always, it seems, you're in and you're out.

1187
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 And I go back, just for an example, there are many more.

1188
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 But I go back to the 92 championship team for Alabama.

1189
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 They got booed to lose the attack game because they go out and they win that game that they're not supposed to win.

1190
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 And then there's always that one game for it seems like every team where you just simply cannot explain what in the heck is going on today.

1191
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 Do you agree, and especially now with Texas, can they get through without having that one-off week, especially when you got all those tough road games in conference play?

1192
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 Well, I remember that Louisiana Tech game really well.

1193
01:08:36,140 --> 01:08:41,960
 Alabama won 13-0 because David Palmer returned a punt about 70 yards.

1194
01:08:42,320 --> 01:08:47,560
 But Alabama, again, Louisiana Tech's defense that year was really good.

1195
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 But every team has an off game.

1196
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 I didn't even mention this.

1197
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 Once they get into November, Missouri on the road, the 7th at LSU.

1198
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 And don't you know Lane Kiffin will have a much better idea about what kind of team he's got then.

1199
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 But no, I think Texas is a legitimate national championship contender this year.

1200
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 Well, especially with Arch Manning.

1201
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 I think he got his mojo at the end of the—he lived up to his expectations once—I think he pressed too hard at the beginning of the season.

1202
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 I think once he let his natural genes kind of surface, I think you saw a different Arch Manning.

1203
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 And you add Cam Coleman in there, and that could potentially be a lethal combo.

1204
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 But let's talk about the what-if game.

1205
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 What if things don't go as scripted for Texas?

1206
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:34,300
 What if things don't go as scripted for LSU?

1207
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 We know nothing's really going to happen as far as LSU because he's under contract.

1208
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 Quickly, what happens to Steve Sarkeesian if things don't go as scripted there?

1209
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 So what if he's fired?

1210
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 He's still got the NFL door open.

1211
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 But your thoughts about what happens if they don't go as scripted?

1212
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 Well, he's not going to be fired, Harold.

1213
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 Even if they lose some games, they're not supposed to.

1214
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 The fans are going to grumble.

1215
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 But he's going to be there for a while.

1216
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 And again, I've heard this from several sources.

1217
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 Arch Manning may actually be back for 2027.

1218
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 Wow.

1219
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 We'll certainly see where that goes.

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 Won't have to wait that long.

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 Welcome back in.

1329
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 Thanks so much for making us a part of your coverage on day one,

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 Mark, welcome in.

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 Is it true that being a Florida native, that you flexed your muscle,

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 Mark, obviously, it's home for you.

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 You know, I think the one thing that he has instilled in this program, guys,

1365
01:18:53,660 --> 01:18:58,220
 is a lot of the, let me just say, Urban Meyer-esque things

1366
01:18:58,220 --> 01:19:02,500
 that have been missing in Florida football since Will Muschamp left,

1367
01:19:02,580 --> 01:19:04,480
 because Will Muschamp instilled those things too.

1368
01:19:04,820 --> 01:19:07,360
 The problem with Will Muschamp is they couldn't figure out

1369
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:09,900
 the offensive coordinator, and they couldn't get their offense together.

1370
01:19:09,900 --> 01:19:14,300
 But when you look at, look, there's been a lack of toughness.

1371
01:19:14,440 --> 01:19:19,620
 There's been a lack of anger with these guys.

1372
01:19:19,700 --> 01:19:20,800
 These guys don't play angry.

1373
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:24,660
 They don't have a button that they turn on and off when they get on that field.

1374
01:19:25,580 --> 01:19:27,700
 It's just been hard to watch for Florida football,

1375
01:19:27,780 --> 01:19:32,200
 and I think that is the number one thing that he has instilled, physicality,

1376
01:19:32,340 --> 01:19:36,440
 and we're going to get after people when we get in the swamp or on the road.

1377
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:37,920
 Mark, how do you do that?

1378
01:19:37,920 --> 01:19:41,380
 Because if you talk to an Alabama fan or a lot of fans across the board,

1379
01:19:41,460 --> 01:19:43,600
 that seems to be a common theme.

1380
01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:48,120
 It seemed like it was almost accepted back in the day that that was going to be the case.

1381
01:19:48,220 --> 01:19:50,180
 Now it's like, oh, I don't know.

1382
01:19:50,260 --> 01:19:51,200
 I'm getting a big deal.

1383
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:52,660
 I better not go out there and get injured.

1384
01:19:52,780 --> 01:19:56,640
 I better show up, do the pregame, put on the shades, put on the headphones,

1385
01:19:56,840 --> 01:20:00,860
 and go bling-bling it, put on my fingernail polish and all that stuff.

1386
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:03,700
 But when the whistle blows, it's like, I don't know.

1387
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:05,640
 I might get hurt and that might cost me some money.

1388
01:20:05,900 --> 01:20:09,160
 How do you get it through to the modern athletes that you've got to go out there

1389
01:20:09,160 --> 01:20:12,800
 and, as one Nick Saban one time said, make their A quit?

1390
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:19,500
 You know, that's the interesting take there, Harold, because, I mean, we've got to see that.

1391
01:20:19,700 --> 01:20:23,660
 When Urban Meyer was here, you know, Florida had a couple down years.

1392
01:20:23,820 --> 01:20:27,860
 It wasn't a total lack of physicality, but he brought it to a whole new level.

1393
01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:31,280
 You know, this is what Jon Sumrall's doing here, too.

1394
01:20:31,540 --> 01:20:32,860
 Now you see it with the players.

1395
01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:39,260
 The players told us, you know, they told us back months ago, before spring practice began.

1396
01:20:39,900 --> 01:20:41,760
 Look, we were talking to Billy Napier.

1397
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:44,880
 There were a few of the leaders on the team that went to Billy Napier and said,

1398
01:20:45,200 --> 01:20:45,900
 coach us harder.

1399
01:20:46,020 --> 01:20:47,100
 We need to be coached harder.

1400
01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:48,140
 Come on, coach.

1401
01:20:48,260 --> 01:20:49,460
 We need to get after it.

1402
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:53,440
 There are guys out here that they're not getting after it when they get on this field,

1403
01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:54,920
 and you need to coach us harder.

1404
01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:59,980
 And they said a little bit of that, you know, happened, but it didn't last.

1405
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:01,340
 It didn't last long at all.

1406
01:21:01,460 --> 01:21:04,120
 So this is, I think, is a welcome change by the team, Harold.

1407
01:21:04,660 --> 01:21:08,340
 Mark, let me ask you about two things Greg Sankey mentioned this morning.

1408
01:21:08,740 --> 01:21:13,660
 One was about an, as he called it, an unsatisfactory conversation

1409
01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:20,020
 with the members of the college football playoff committee in May at San Destin.

1410
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:25,920
 And the strength of schedule, he thought they did not take it seriously enough.

1411
01:21:26,040 --> 01:21:28,140
 That's been a beef we've had for years.

1412
01:21:28,840 --> 01:21:37,040
 He was also asked this morning about the allegations of the SEC pulling away from the NCAA.

1413
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:42,280
 And instead of dancing around it, he simply said, they're real.

1414
01:21:43,620 --> 01:21:47,480
 Yeah, I've got to be honest with you, Brett, and I don't know about you.

1415
01:21:47,540 --> 01:21:49,220
 Were you surprised to hear him say that?

1416
01:21:49,220 --> 01:21:50,480
 Yes, yes.

1417
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:52,300
 Guys, I really was.

1418
01:21:53,100 --> 01:21:54,480
 We've not heard that from him.

1419
01:21:54,560 --> 01:21:54,840
 I know.

1420
01:21:55,080 --> 01:21:57,780
 Yet you and I have had this conversation.

1421
01:21:58,100 --> 01:21:59,880
 Brent has had this conversation with us.

1422
01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:01,260
 We've talked to Drew D'Arman.

1423
01:22:01,580 --> 01:22:06,120
 I mean, look, all the things we're hearing, and some of the guys that I talked to for my podcast

1424
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:10,520
 that I did over in Texas, they heard the same thing, that, guys, this is real.

1425
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:12,240
 This is not monkeying around.

1426
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:16,600
 And I'm going back for a year in these conversations or more, maybe a year and a half.

1427
01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:20,080
 So, yeah, this is very real.

1428
01:22:20,080 --> 01:22:23,420
 And I'm thankful that he finally said something about it.

1429
01:22:23,420 --> 01:22:31,760
 And, you know, the nine-game schedule, you know, I'm not a big fan of that right now, to be honest with you.

1430
01:22:31,880 --> 01:22:41,440
 Because, for the very thing that you said, Brent, until the college football playoff committee gets their stuff together and they say one thing and they do another.

1431
01:22:41,700 --> 01:22:41,940
 I know.

1432
01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:43,680
 They're just like the NCAA.

1433
01:22:44,180 --> 01:22:50,240
 So, until they get their act together, we as college football fans, we as media, we don't have a clue what they're going to do.

1434
01:22:50,460 --> 01:22:58,160
 So, I'm not in favor of the nine-game schedule until I see the college football playoff committee actually take strength of schedule

1435
01:22:58,160 --> 01:23:03,760
 and make it the thing that they say it's going to be that they don't seem to hold up on.

1436
01:23:04,260 --> 01:23:09,260
 In December, instead of in September, as far as July, Mark McLeod, the Gator Blitz.

1437
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:11,460
 Eli Drink was addressed that this morning.

1438
01:23:11,580 --> 01:23:13,700
 And I like Eli in many ways.

1439
01:23:13,740 --> 01:23:17,760
 Some ways, he irritates the c*** out of you, but at least he's honest with his answers.

1440
01:23:18,340 --> 01:23:24,780
 And, basically, he was not a fan of how the commissioner has put things together, but he's smart enough to not come out and say it directly.

1441
01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:31,840
 But the other things he said, too, he says, basically, in effect, if I understood him right, Mark, is that deal away with this committee.

1442
01:23:32,020 --> 01:23:36,740
 He says, let what happens on the field dictate the playoffs.

1443
01:23:36,740 --> 01:23:41,500
 Don't sit here and put it in the hands because I don't care what they say, that they're not this or not that.

1444
01:23:41,880 --> 01:23:45,520
 There's going to be a human bias at some point when there's a tiebreaker.

1445
01:23:45,620 --> 01:23:46,860
 That's just human nature.

1446
01:23:47,540 --> 01:23:52,860
 Basically, what he's saying is let's come up with a different system instead of putting it in the hands of the committee where, yeah,

1447
01:23:52,900 --> 01:23:58,640
 they come out and get in the pulpit and preach one thing in July, but come December, it's the same old song and dance.

1448
01:23:59,120 --> 01:24:03,200
 The schedule, the record is all that matters, not the strength of schedule.

1449
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:09,640
 And to your point, when you face the schedule, and as Drinkwins said, not only playing SEC teams,

1450
01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:14,240
 but a lot of these teams across the country, they don't play in front of 100,000 people every week.

1451
01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:17,160
 It's tough to go on the road and win anywhere, but especially in the SEC.

1452
01:24:18,580 --> 01:24:19,380
 Yeah, yeah.

1453
01:24:19,580 --> 01:24:21,020
 I mean, we go back a few years ago.

1454
01:24:21,020 --> 01:24:23,140
 Look how angry Florida State fans were.

1455
01:24:23,380 --> 01:24:25,160
 But, guys, that schedule was soft.

1456
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:26,700
 That schedule was soft.

1457
01:24:26,940 --> 01:24:27,420
 We know it was.

1458
01:24:27,420 --> 01:24:27,540
 Hello.

1459
01:24:28,320 --> 01:24:36,880
 You know, we sit here and you look at what the SEC is, and again, now you've got a nine-game schedule.

1460
01:24:38,220 --> 01:24:39,860
 There's not going to be a soft to it.

1461
01:24:40,040 --> 01:24:42,000
 There's really not a soft to it.

1462
01:24:42,140 --> 01:24:45,000
 I know you guys have talked about the Auburn schedule, the gauntlet.

1463
01:24:45,240 --> 01:24:47,600
 We've had that conversation with you guys before.

1464
01:24:48,080 --> 01:24:52,240
 The Texas schedule has got a little bit of a murderer's row on it.

1465
01:24:52,560 --> 01:24:56,600
 So, you've got some teams that that's what it's going to be.

1466
01:24:56,760 --> 01:25:02,940
 But, yeah, they've got – I'm fine with what Coach Drinkwit said because it's not working.

1467
01:25:03,060 --> 01:25:05,340
 What's happening now is not working.

1468
01:25:05,340 --> 01:25:07,420
 And it's not – the fans don't like it.

1469
01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:08,340
 They don't appreciate it.

1470
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:10,560
 My golly, they're the ones that spend all the money on it.

1471
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,760
 So, they're supporting the program.

1472
01:25:13,060 --> 01:25:13,940
 So, yeah, I agree.

1473
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:16,420
 There's something has to be done other than what they're doing.

1474
01:25:16,780 --> 01:25:19,780
 And, look, merely – let's expand the playoffs.

1475
01:25:19,960 --> 01:25:26,660
 Let's expand – yeah, oh, so then you can get the teams in, but the seeding is awful.

1476
01:25:27,340 --> 01:25:29,380
 But, oh, we've got that team in.

1477
01:25:29,380 --> 01:25:33,400
 And, yeah, but, yeah, Team X played a much tougher schedule than Team Y.

1478
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:38,160
 And Team Y is seeded much lower and has a better run through the playoffs.

1479
01:25:38,740 --> 01:25:41,060
 Yeah, it's just a bad setup right now.

1480
01:25:41,060 --> 01:25:42,280
 The only thing, let's say it's this.

1481
01:25:42,380 --> 01:25:46,300
 If a team from Florida in December is playing and you've got to go on the road to Michigan,

1482
01:25:46,300 --> 01:25:48,280
 that's a whole lot different than Michigan coming to Florida.

1483
01:25:48,440 --> 01:25:53,060
 And you go up there and, let's face it, it's zero degrees and nine inches of snow on the ground.

1484
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:56,120
 Yeah, yeah, it really is.

1485
01:25:56,880 --> 01:26:00,540
 And, you know, they've just got to come together with something.

1486
01:26:00,700 --> 01:26:02,700
 And another committee is not the answer.

1487
01:26:03,140 --> 01:26:04,920
 We always – are we tired of hearing that?

1488
01:26:04,920 --> 01:26:06,400
 It's always NCAA.

1489
01:26:07,160 --> 01:26:07,740
 It's another committee.

1490
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:08,760
 Well, we're going to have a committee.

1491
01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:11,920
 Guys, there's poaching and stealing going on.

1492
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:13,820
 Why do you need a committee to look at that?

1493
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:20,180
 You need investigators on the road, and you need to act on what those investigators are finding.

1494
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:22,780
 Who is your surprise team?

1495
01:26:23,420 --> 01:26:29,500
 The sleeper team, one of the proverbial questions for NCC Media Days.

1496
01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:31,940
 I think Florida certainly could be one.

1497
01:26:32,060 --> 01:26:32,680
 We'll see.

1498
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:37,320
 I think the Auburn game is the key game for Auburn.

1499
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:39,600
 It sets the tone for the rest of the year.

1500
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:42,460
 Who's your sleeper team or surprise team?

1501
01:26:43,120 --> 01:26:44,500
 Ooh, that's a great question.

1502
01:26:44,580 --> 01:26:45,320
 That's a great question.

1503
01:26:45,380 --> 01:26:47,180
 You're going into Media Days right now.

1504
01:26:48,180 --> 01:26:53,340
 I'll have to say Texas A&M because, yeah, they like everybody else.

1505
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:56,340
 They have a bit of a dicey schedule at some point.

1506
01:26:56,860 --> 01:27:00,340
 But when I look at that team, they won 11 games last year.

1507
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:02,220
 I have a ton of respect for Mike Elko.

1508
01:27:02,620 --> 01:27:05,100
 I don't have a ton of respect for Texas A&M.

1509
01:27:05,160 --> 01:27:06,280
 They always seem to blow it.

1510
01:27:06,460 --> 01:27:10,840
 Texas A&M, no matter who the coach is, they always seem to blow it like Texas A&M.

1511
01:27:10,840 --> 01:27:13,420
 They're like, you know, we're waiting on Sarkeesian to do something.

1512
01:27:13,700 --> 01:27:16,360
 But I really believe in Elko.

1513
01:27:16,620 --> 01:27:18,140
 You know, you've got a returning quarterback.

1514
01:27:18,760 --> 01:27:20,100
 You've got a lot of guys back.

1515
01:27:20,460 --> 01:27:24,660
 They did some nice work in the transfer portal to shore up some areas like the offensive line

1516
01:27:24,660 --> 01:27:29,860
 that desperately needed some work because graduation hit them hard.

1517
01:27:31,020 --> 01:27:34,320
 So I'd say Texas A&M right now would be that sleeper team for me.

1518
01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:35,040
 Yeah, absolutely.

1519
01:27:35,380 --> 01:27:36,480
 Listen, great stuff.

1520
01:27:36,580 --> 01:27:38,820
 I always enjoy catching up with you.

1521
01:27:39,400 --> 01:27:45,460
 I know the Gator podcast are going to be flying off the charts here later in the week

1522
01:27:45,460 --> 01:27:47,160
 as we've got four days of this.

1523
01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:50,100
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff from you?

1524
01:27:50,380 --> 01:27:51,200
 Yeah, absolutely.

1525
01:27:51,660 --> 01:27:52,460
 Blitzsportsradio.com.

1526
01:27:52,500 --> 01:27:55,740
 I'll be doing some stuff with them and putting a lot of stuff there.

1527
01:27:55,740 --> 01:27:58,200
 And also at McLeod Live, NCLEOD Live.

1528
01:27:58,260 --> 01:28:02,140
 And hopefully, in the SEC Blitz podcast, I'll have one Brett Beaird coming on.

1529
01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:03,700
 Look forward to it.

1530
01:28:04,380 --> 01:28:04,780
 Spicy.

1531
01:28:05,340 --> 01:28:06,860
 Mark, in the meantime, thanks so much.

1532
01:28:06,940 --> 01:28:08,760
 Stay safe down there in Florida, okay?

1533
01:28:09,140 --> 01:28:10,640
 Hey, thank you very much, guys.

1534
01:28:10,720 --> 01:28:11,280
 Good to be on with you.

1535
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:11,660
 All right, buddy.

1536
01:28:11,860 --> 01:28:12,360
 You too.

1537
01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:14,480
 Mark McLeod, the Gator Blitz.

1538
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 It's coming up.

1539
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 The Auburn Tigers warming up the courts.

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 Later on in the week, the latest of Brian Matthews.

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1648
01:34:46,020 --> 01:34:52,500
 Day one SEC Media Days in Tampa, where we take you with Brian Matthews, senior editor at AuburnSports.com.

1649
01:34:52,580 --> 01:34:53,880
 Brian, welcome in.

1650
01:34:53,920 --> 01:34:54,420
 How are you?

1651
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 I'm doing great, guys.

1652
01:34:57,080 --> 01:35:01,040
 I'm right here at the Tampa Marriott for SEC Media Days.

1653
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:02,580
 I think this is my 25th or 26th time.

1654
01:35:02,580 --> 01:35:03,220
 Yes, it is.

1655
01:35:03,420 --> 01:35:03,700
 Wow.

1656
01:35:03,980 --> 01:35:04,840
 Covering this event.

1657
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:07,720
 So, it's been a minute, but, yep, I'm here to do it again.

1658
01:35:08,160 --> 01:35:15,780
 We didn't know if you were staying there over at Alex Golesh Old Castle, or maybe even better than that, Byron Brown spread down there.

1659
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:23,300
 So, you can confirm you're not staying at the two people who probably know Tampa better than any pair at the SEC Media Days.

1660
01:35:23,300 --> 01:35:24,240
 Would you agree, Brian?

1661
01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:28,320
 I would agree, but I am going to hang out with them later on this afternoon.

1662
01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:31,680
 So, you know, I got that all planned out.

1663
01:35:32,100 --> 01:35:39,600
 Brad, we've been talking with some of the folks, Shock Shock, and as far as a fun question, the dark horse surprise team in the SEC this season.

1664
01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:43,280
 And I got to believe and tell you, I don't think I'm telling you anything you don't know.

1665
01:35:43,380 --> 01:35:45,700
 A lot of folks are buying the Auburn Tigers.

1666
01:35:45,800 --> 01:35:46,400
 Would you agree?

1667
01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:50,200
 I mean, I think there is some optimism, right?

1668
01:35:50,300 --> 01:36:00,000
 I don't know if you're buying them to win a championship, but you may be buying them to, you know, win seven games, which would be kind of like winning a championship.

1669
01:36:00,000 --> 01:36:01,680
 That tells you where they've been, right?

1670
01:36:01,940 --> 01:36:02,300
 Yeah.

1671
01:36:02,520 --> 01:36:05,140
 If you ask an Auburn fan, seven games will be a pleasure to surprise.

1672
01:36:05,340 --> 01:36:06,900
 That tells you where you've been, does it not?

1673
01:36:07,860 --> 01:36:08,520
 It does.

1674
01:36:08,580 --> 01:36:09,940
 It's been a rough five years.

1675
01:36:11,080 --> 01:36:16,700
 You know, the hope down here, of course, is that Auburn is going to turn the corner on the goal list, and this will be the first step forward.

1676
01:36:16,860 --> 01:36:19,620
 But, you know, that's going to be decided on the field, right?

1677
01:36:19,680 --> 01:36:22,320
 We don't know exactly how this is going to turn out yet.

1678
01:36:22,320 --> 01:36:34,400
 But, you know, having a guy like Byron Brown, who has been a part of the system, who's from right here in Tampa, who has put up really big numbers in this offense, is not going to hurt when it comes to putting together this team for this fall.

1679
01:36:34,820 --> 01:36:35,540
 Be mad.

1680
01:36:35,660 --> 01:36:40,020
 Alex Golich, of course, on the main media, uphold him tomorrow.

1681
01:36:40,780 --> 01:36:48,180
 He will have the opportunity to share his vision, his goals for this Auburn team.

1682
01:36:48,180 --> 01:36:53,120
 And I know you've heard him several times during the course of the spring.

1683
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:56,220
 What is his message to the media tomorrow?

1684
01:36:57,440 --> 01:37:03,460
 I think you're going to see a guy that, even though this is his first SEC media day, he's going to come off pretty polished.

1685
01:37:04,580 --> 01:37:07,080
 He has a vision for his program.

1686
01:37:07,380 --> 01:37:11,200
 I think he connects with people well, and I think you'll notice that on TV.

1687
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 Not necessarily a connection, but you know what I mean.

1688
01:37:14,640 --> 01:37:16,360
 He has a little bit of that charisma.

1689
01:37:16,880 --> 01:37:27,220
 And I think his main message is going to be about, you know, putting in his culture, which a lot of coaches talk about, of course, playing, you know, physical football.

1690
01:37:27,740 --> 01:37:32,200
 He's going to say some version of run the, you know, darn ball, right?

1691
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 I don't know what version it'll be.

1692
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 We've seen four different ones so far since they arrived.

1693
01:37:37,420 --> 01:37:44,900
 And I think he's going to talk about, you know, his vision for Auburn and what type of football program it is and what it can be.

1694
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 You bring up a point that we've been talking about, Brian.

1695
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 Brian Matthews, senior at AuburnSports.com.

1696
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 That thing gets overlooked.

1697
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 Everybody's got, as we mentioned earlier, Texas already penciled in.

1698
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 There's no question.

1699
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 They got the roster.

1700
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 What they're going to do with it is now the next question.

1701
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 Hollywood's got a lot of marriages, but they also have a lot of failed marriages as well.

1702
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 Just because something looks good, that means it's always going to work out.

1703
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 The point I'm trying to make here is we were talking earlier with some of the folks and listening to some of the people who are following this.

1704
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 And it asked the question, Texas or Georgia?

1705
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 And a lot of folks are taking Georgia for the simple reasons you just alluded to, and that is toughness.

1706
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 Kirby ain't going to put up a lot of c***.

1707
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 You know what he is expecting.

1708
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 He's not going to do anything fancy.

1709
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 He's going to bring you in and break out an old-fashioned playbook.

1710
01:38:28,640 --> 01:38:30,460
 If you play for him, you're going to play that way.

1711
01:38:30,500 --> 01:38:37,720
 You're going to play with an attitude, and it seemed like, to your point right there, that attitude seems to have been missing at Auburn over the last few years.

1712
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 It's almost like show up, put on kids' gloves.

1713
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 We don't want to hurt your feelings, and you got what you got.

1714
01:38:43,420 --> 01:38:45,760
 Would you say that Goldish is right the opposite of that?

1715
01:38:45,800 --> 01:38:52,980
 It's almost like he went to central casting and went to Parris Island as far as the drill sergeant for the Marines.

1716
01:38:53,160 --> 01:38:57,500
 Would you agree that that is, whether it's a reality or not, that's a perception of him?

1717
01:38:58,240 --> 01:38:59,940
 No, I think that's a great description of him.

1718
01:38:59,980 --> 01:39:03,960
 I think he is going to bring some old-school elements to the football program, right?

1719
01:39:04,120 --> 01:39:09,380
 And, you know, if you look at the teams that Auburn's had over the last six, seven years,

1720
01:39:09,460 --> 01:39:14,960
 I think a Goldish team is going to have the best opportunity to be maybe one that overachieves a little bit, right?

1721
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 And I think we've got some teams that have underachieved, you know, from the last few coaches that have coached here.

1722
01:39:22,160 --> 01:39:24,760
 And I think he has a chance to be that coach that they overachieve.

1723
01:39:24,760 --> 01:39:27,560
 I'm not saying they're going to win nine or ten games this fall,

1724
01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:31,920
 but I think even overachieving this year would be able to win seven games.

1725
01:39:31,980 --> 01:39:36,020
 Because I still think, from a talent perspective, Auburn has some work to do there,

1726
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:40,020
 especially at the line of scrimmage, but offensive line of scrimmage especially.

1727
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:43,320
 But I do think he has a lot of those elements.

1728
01:39:43,500 --> 01:39:45,000
 I do think he wants to run the football.

1729
01:39:45,560 --> 01:39:48,640
 I do think it was important for him to keep D.J. Durkin in that really good defense here,

1730
01:39:48,700 --> 01:39:49,720
 and I think they'll be good again.

1731
01:39:50,540 --> 01:39:56,840
 And I do think that he's one of those guys that naturally draws people to him,

1732
01:39:56,900 --> 01:40:00,740
 that they look at him as a leader, as a skill that Pat Dye had, right?

1733
01:40:00,880 --> 01:40:04,800
 And I think it's something that Goldish has some of that, too.

1734
01:40:04,900 --> 01:40:08,260
 I'm not saying he's Pat Dye, but I think people want to play for him.

1735
01:40:08,620 --> 01:40:09,840
 People want to coach with him.

1736
01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:14,260
 And I think the great coaches have that sort of...

1737
01:40:14,260 --> 01:40:15,060
 Intangible, yeah.

1738
01:40:15,220 --> 01:40:16,840
 Yeah, yeah, and I think he's got that.

1739
01:40:17,200 --> 01:40:19,400
 Three players from Auburn tomorrow.

1740
01:40:19,720 --> 01:40:25,660
 Champ Anthony, Byron Brown, Alex McPherson, I thought was an interesting choice.

1741
01:40:26,160 --> 01:40:29,400
 And from the standpoint of, he has been through so much.

1742
01:40:30,040 --> 01:40:36,840
 Overcoming physical obstacles, certainly one of the best kickers in the SEC when he's healthy.

1743
01:40:37,420 --> 01:40:39,520
 We've talked with you a lot about Byron Brown.

1744
01:40:39,640 --> 01:40:42,420
 Tell us a little more about Champ Anthony and McPherson.

1745
01:40:43,300 --> 01:40:44,980
 Well, I think Champ Anthony's a great story.

1746
01:40:44,980 --> 01:40:51,260
 I think even though he was still coming back from an injury this spring and through winter workouts,

1747
01:40:52,060 --> 01:40:56,760
 he still was able to really earn the respect of Alex Golesh and his staff

1748
01:40:56,760 --> 01:41:00,300
 and all the new players just because of his attitude and the way he works.

1749
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:02,660
 And I think that says a lot about Champ, right?

1750
01:41:03,100 --> 01:41:06,100
 I heard his name mentioned many times during spring practice,

1751
01:41:06,200 --> 01:41:10,740
 and he's not actually out there competing at full speed, or he wasn't at the time.

1752
01:41:10,820 --> 01:41:12,560
 I think he'll be ready to do that now.

1753
01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:15,740
 But I just think he's going to be a key team leader.

1754
01:41:16,300 --> 01:41:20,280
 I think as a player, he's going to help out Auburn in the secondary at several different positions.

1755
01:41:20,860 --> 01:41:23,980
 And it's going to be an important piece for Auburn to maybe take that step forward.

1756
01:41:24,900 --> 01:41:29,080
 And then, you know, Alex McPherson is a great story, what he's overcome,

1757
01:41:30,120 --> 01:41:33,720
 how bad he wanted to play at Auburn and to do whatever it took, you know,

1758
01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:40,040
 and the obstacles that he had to get through health-wise to do that.

1759
01:41:40,040 --> 01:41:42,180
 And it's a terrific story.

1760
01:41:42,260 --> 01:41:46,920
 I'm looking forward to talking to him and seeing how he's progressed over this past year.

1761
01:41:47,120 --> 01:41:49,560
 I haven't heard of any setbacks or anything, which is great.

1762
01:41:50,640 --> 01:41:52,960
 I want to hear, you know, if he's put on some more weight maybe,

1763
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:57,060
 if he's feeling better, he's still more comfortable in his skin now that he's, you know,

1764
01:41:57,080 --> 01:41:59,840
 a year-plus past, you know, the big surgery and everything.

1765
01:42:00,640 --> 01:42:03,220
 Brian Matthews, senior editor at AuburnSports.com.

1766
01:42:03,300 --> 01:42:06,860
 Brian, obviously, sometimes a kid can come out of high school or transfer in

1767
01:42:06,860 --> 01:42:10,140
 and may not be able to sparkle under a certain coach,

1768
01:42:10,340 --> 01:42:14,720
 but you bring in a brand-new coach, and all of a sudden, their system fits better.

1769
01:42:15,220 --> 01:42:18,440
 In your opinion, everybody talks about the kids coming in from South Florida.

1770
01:42:18,440 --> 01:42:22,300
 Let's talk about the kids who went through the storm, stayed on the roster.

1771
01:42:22,720 --> 01:42:26,980
 Who of that group may benefit more with this system as opposed to the old system?

1772
01:42:27,780 --> 01:42:29,140
 That's an interesting question.

1773
01:42:29,800 --> 01:42:30,760
 I hadn't even thought about that.

1774
01:42:30,820 --> 01:42:31,820
 I'm not sure I come on that.

1775
01:42:32,020 --> 01:42:33,400
 I just thought that was pretty good.

1776
01:42:34,160 --> 01:42:39,460
 Well, you know, I think quarterback and receiver are going to be handled mostly by USF guys.

1777
01:42:39,700 --> 01:42:39,800
 Yeah.

1778
01:42:40,680 --> 01:42:42,880
 You know, I think tight end is all newcomers.

1779
01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:48,060
 Offensive line is mostly newcomers, but I do think there's as much freshmen there

1780
01:42:48,060 --> 01:42:50,140
 like Todd Buster who have a chance.

1781
01:42:50,700 --> 01:42:50,820
 Right.

1782
01:42:50,900 --> 01:42:53,000
 But I'm not sure the system is why he has a chance.

1783
01:42:53,060 --> 01:42:54,260
 I think he has a chance because he's talented.

1784
01:42:54,660 --> 01:42:54,840
 Yeah.

1785
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:58,640
 And, you know, he's had a year now of college football, taking that redshirt year.

1786
01:43:00,100 --> 01:43:05,280
 Defensively, you know, we're talking about D.J. Durkin, so it's more of his side of the ball.

1787
01:43:05,380 --> 01:43:06,180
 It's his defense.

1788
01:43:06,700 --> 01:43:09,300
 But I think there are a bunch of guys' defense that could step up.

1789
01:43:10,300 --> 01:43:12,380
 You know, Jared Smith certainly has a pass rusher.

1790
01:43:12,940 --> 01:43:17,180
 I think Elijah Melendez is going to be a very exciting player in the SEC.

1791
01:43:17,900 --> 01:43:24,700
 I would expect him to have kind of a jump forward, kind of like Xavier Atkins did for Auburn last year.

1792
01:43:25,000 --> 01:43:26,580
 I think he's a special, special talent.

1793
01:43:27,160 --> 01:43:29,800
 I think Bryce Deesman, the linebacker, is another guy that could step up

1794
01:43:29,800 --> 01:43:32,280
 and be really good for Auburn this year.

1795
01:43:32,980 --> 01:43:34,980
 Eric Winters is safety that plays through freshmen.

1796
01:43:35,320 --> 01:43:41,440
 So there's a bunch of guys on defense that are returning that were part of that old crew coming back.

1797
01:43:41,440 --> 01:43:45,240
 I don't know that you're going to see a whole bunch of guys offensively.

1798
01:43:45,360 --> 01:43:47,060
 But, you know, maybe some guys will surprise me.

1799
01:43:47,580 --> 01:43:50,840
 Let me ask you about Greg Sankey's address this morning.

1800
01:43:51,480 --> 01:43:56,040
 You've been quite vocal on Monday Musings about your thoughts about the NCAA.

1801
01:43:56,500 --> 01:43:56,720
 Yeah.

1802
01:43:56,960 --> 01:44:01,560
 He had two comments this morning that caught a lot of people's attention.

1803
01:44:02,440 --> 01:44:08,400
 He mentioned an unsatisfactory conversation with members of the playoff committee in May

1804
01:44:08,400 --> 01:44:15,840
 about not taking the strength of schedule too lightly for the SEC.

1805
01:44:16,320 --> 01:44:22,100
 And he was asked again, and this shocked some people, when he was asked about the allegations

1806
01:44:22,100 --> 01:44:27,020
 of the SEC pulling away from the NCAA, he said, it's real.

1807
01:44:27,780 --> 01:44:30,660
 And a lot of people were surprised to hear that.

1808
01:44:30,900 --> 01:44:33,080
 Your thoughts on the commissioner's comments?

1809
01:44:33,900 --> 01:44:35,500
 It's interesting, I think.

1810
01:44:36,220 --> 01:44:42,060
 And it's just, to me, my biggest problem is I think he's been more of a reactionary leader

1811
01:44:42,060 --> 01:44:43,660
 of the SEC in college.

1812
01:44:43,960 --> 01:44:48,920
 I don't think he's really been a visionary and a leader in that way.

1813
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 And that's the most disappointing thing for me in regards to his time here.

1814
01:44:55,460 --> 01:44:58,860
 You know, I mean, you can threaten to do these things to try to get what you want

1815
01:44:58,860 --> 01:45:03,180
 when it comes to the bill in Congress or when it comes to NCAA rules.

1816
01:45:03,260 --> 01:45:04,640
 I'm not sure what that accomplishes.

1817
01:45:04,760 --> 01:45:09,420
 I still don't think anything is going to pass, no matter how much they talk about it

1818
01:45:09,420 --> 01:45:12,780
 or try to send it back for changes or edits or whatever you want to call it.

1819
01:45:12,860 --> 01:45:15,700
 I just be very surprised if anything comes out of that worthwhile.

1820
01:45:16,640 --> 01:45:19,360
 And really, you know, it's kind of like you get what you ask for.

1821
01:45:19,440 --> 01:45:22,640
 You spend all this money and you spend five years or six years walking in Congress

1822
01:45:22,640 --> 01:45:24,140
 and you get a bill you don't want.

1823
01:45:24,140 --> 01:45:28,180
 That's just exactly what you should have expected from the start, right?

1824
01:45:28,260 --> 01:45:31,740
 You've wasted six years, countless amount of money doing this,

1825
01:45:31,820 --> 01:45:35,140
 and here we are in a position where you didn't want to be in the first place.

1826
01:45:35,400 --> 01:45:39,080
 So I'm just, you know, I'm not surprised by any of it.

1827
01:45:39,420 --> 01:45:42,860
 I think one thing he inherited to win to his back with Nick Saban,

1828
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 all the moxie and momentum he built, and then he comes in.

1829
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:47,640
 It's easy to sit here like a politician.

1830
01:45:47,800 --> 01:45:50,000
 You promise free sushi and you get dead carp.

1831
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 It's fish.

1832
01:45:51,200 --> 01:45:53,140
 It's just not what they promised.

1833
01:45:53,300 --> 01:45:54,600
 But let me ask you something else.

1834
01:45:54,740 --> 01:45:58,640
 I don't know if you agree with Eli Drinkwiz or not, but as we said earlier,

1835
01:45:58,760 --> 01:46:00,640
 if you don't want to know what he's thinking, don't ask him.

1836
01:46:00,680 --> 01:46:04,340
 And he was asked several questions, very candid remarks for a coach anyway.

1837
01:46:04,920 --> 01:46:07,800
 I think he looks at his contract and his buyouts and said, fire me.

1838
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 I go to the beach and spend money and spend time.

1839
01:46:10,060 --> 01:46:12,600
 But the one thing that I think one of the things he said was,

1840
01:46:12,720 --> 01:46:15,460
 do away with this committee thing because it's human.

1841
01:46:15,460 --> 01:46:19,320
 I know what they preach, but they sit here at the end of the year, like you said,

1842
01:46:19,480 --> 01:46:21,800
 and strength of schedule does not factor in.

1843
01:46:22,160 --> 01:46:25,560
 Do you agree with Eli that says, basically, we need to revisit that thing

1844
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 and come up with a better system?

1845
01:46:26,860 --> 01:46:28,420
 And you've got all these computers.

1846
01:46:28,540 --> 01:46:29,780
 Why not in the modern era?

1847
01:46:29,860 --> 01:46:33,760
 I know the BCS era did this, but now you've got such more sophisticated equipment

1848
01:46:33,760 --> 01:46:36,060
 that it's garbage in, garbage out.

1849
01:46:36,140 --> 01:46:37,980
 It's still easy to put in a bias.

1850
01:46:38,360 --> 01:46:42,620
 But your thoughts about Eli saying, let's get rid of all those guys going to Dallas

1851
01:46:42,620 --> 01:46:45,600
 and sitting around and running up a big bill, staying in a fancy hotel,

1852
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 and then basically coming up with the same old thing every year.

1853
01:46:48,440 --> 01:46:51,040
 Well, I certainly don't like the way it's currently formatted,

1854
01:46:51,140 --> 01:46:53,680
 where you have all these weeks leading up to it and they make changes

1855
01:46:53,680 --> 01:46:56,100
 and they sort of make up the reasons they make changes.

1856
01:46:56,160 --> 01:46:56,440
 Right.

1857
01:46:56,900 --> 01:47:03,820
 I think that builds a lot of unhappiness and it makes the whole system seem untrustworthy.

1858
01:47:04,780 --> 01:47:07,380
 So I don't necessarily have a problem with the community.

1859
01:47:07,540 --> 01:47:09,860
 I think the basketball committee and the baseball committee work pretty good.

1860
01:47:10,180 --> 01:47:10,260
 Yeah.

1861
01:47:10,440 --> 01:47:15,000
 You know, they get together, they put up one little pre-release thing

1862
01:47:15,000 --> 01:47:16,940
 that gives everybody an idea of how it stands,

1863
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:19,040
 and then they put the whole thing out there.

1864
01:47:19,900 --> 01:47:22,240
 Of course, I think they're helped a little bit in that regard

1865
01:47:22,240 --> 01:47:25,860
 because they're a little bit more former in what they're looking at,

1866
01:47:25,860 --> 01:47:29,420
 whether it's RPI or, you know, the different stats they're looking at.

1867
01:47:29,420 --> 01:47:29,700
 It matters.

1868
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:31,740
 They don't know exactly what football does.

1869
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:36,240
 And they also have a large group of automatic qualifiers pulled from them,

1870
01:47:36,240 --> 01:47:38,420
 which football doesn't necessarily have,

1871
01:47:38,480 --> 01:47:39,980
 which might be another way to help out.

1872
01:47:40,100 --> 01:47:42,220
 But I'm okay with the committee.

1873
01:47:43,320 --> 01:47:47,680
 I wouldn't, you know, scream at the top of, you know, the Hyatt,

1874
01:47:47,820 --> 01:47:49,600
 I mean the Marriott down here in Tampa

1875
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:53,180
 if they wanted to switch to more of a BCS-style thing.

1876
01:47:53,180 --> 01:47:58,200
 But, you know, I don't think it's necessarily going to change anything one way or that.

1877
01:47:58,300 --> 01:48:00,600
 I think it's always going to be people disappointed

1878
01:48:00,600 --> 01:48:04,020
 and people complaining about whatever process or whatever

1879
01:48:04,020 --> 01:48:06,960
 this one little thing caused this team not to get in

1880
01:48:06,960 --> 01:48:07,760
 and this team didn't get in.

1881
01:48:08,380 --> 01:48:11,080
 Yeah, I agree with you about the commissioner.

1882
01:48:11,740 --> 01:48:15,180
 If Mike Slive was still the commissioner, he was a visionary.

1883
01:48:15,860 --> 01:48:19,040
 He would have reached a compromise.

1884
01:48:19,380 --> 01:48:19,820
 Proactive.

1885
01:48:19,980 --> 01:48:23,020
 Two years on this because he was very proactive.

1886
01:48:23,300 --> 01:48:26,120
 He could really see where this was going.

1887
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:29,200
 And Sankey, I'm like you.

1888
01:48:29,360 --> 01:48:31,400
 That was a good description for him.

1889
01:48:32,260 --> 01:48:35,500
 That's what your staff's going to be doing the next four days,

1890
01:48:35,760 --> 01:48:41,580
 wall-to-wall coverage in Tampa about the SEC and the Auburn Tigers.

1891
01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:45,320
 Tell us about coverage and where can we get online to get it.

1892
01:48:45,880 --> 01:48:47,820
 Yeah, I just want to add, I agree 100% on Mike Slive.

1893
01:48:47,880 --> 01:48:51,060
 He was a leader that knew the right thing to do,

1894
01:48:51,120 --> 01:48:54,300
 and he would tell the president in the AD, this is what we're doing,

1895
01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:54,940
 and they would do it.

1896
01:48:54,940 --> 01:48:55,140
 I see it.

1897
01:48:55,380 --> 01:48:56,160
 Any questions?

1898
01:48:56,340 --> 01:48:56,900
 I don't see it, though.

1899
01:48:57,400 --> 01:48:58,820
 That's what a real leader does.

1900
01:48:58,820 --> 01:49:02,040
 That's what I think the SEC and college athletics need right now,

1901
01:49:02,100 --> 01:49:04,080
 and they just don't have it anywhere, in my opinion.

1902
01:49:04,640 --> 01:49:07,740
 But, yes, I'm down here, and we will have full coverage, of course,

1903
01:49:07,820 --> 01:49:11,200
 from Auburn's appearance tomorrow at SEC Media Day.

1904
01:49:11,660 --> 01:49:13,340
 Follow us at albansports.com.

1905
01:49:13,780 --> 01:49:17,700
 Follow me on social media at brianau on Twitter, Sussex.

1906
01:49:18,660 --> 01:49:19,920
 Brian, enjoy Tampa.

1907
01:49:20,160 --> 01:49:21,240
 Try to get down to the beach.

1908
01:49:21,340 --> 01:49:24,960
 Just remember the SPF, and thank you so much for your time, Dave, okay?

1909
01:49:25,640 --> 01:49:26,360
 All right, y'all take care.

1910
01:49:26,460 --> 01:49:26,540
 Thank you.

1911
01:49:26,540 --> 01:49:27,060
 Thank you, buddy.

1912
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:30,320
 Brian Matthews, senior editor, albansports.com.

1913
01:49:30,400 --> 01:49:32,600
 Coming up in the next hour, what about Alabama?

1914
01:49:32,920 --> 01:49:35,000
 Ryan, fellas, going to give us a preview on that.

1915
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2150
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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

2151
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 Welcome back into Hour 3 of the Boom O'Boo.

2152
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 The Boom O'Boo Show.

2153
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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

2154
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 Thank you so much for making us a part of your day, day one of the SEC media days while

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 we're now in Hour 3.

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 Bonus coverage today.

2158
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 Earlier this morning, Brett Beaird, obviously, it was Oklahoma and Missouri.

2159
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 We'll recap some of those thoughts in case you missed it.

2160
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 Later on today, it's going to be Tennessee.

2161
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 Even as we speak, Kentucky, let me just go ahead and go on record and say this.

2162
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 If Moxie counts, we talked about this with Larry Vaught earlier, who knows Kentucky better

2163
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 than any of us.

2164
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 If Moxie counts, Kentucky is not only going to win the SEC, they're not only going to win

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 the national championship, they're going to blow through, baby.

2166
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 They are going to blow through like water from Mexico at 5.05.

2167
02:01:32,120 --> 02:01:34,800
 And the reason is Will Stein.

2168
02:01:34,960 --> 02:01:35,780
 How we know that?

2169
02:01:36,040 --> 02:01:36,740
 Will Stein.

2170
02:01:36,900 --> 02:01:42,540
 He was just asked a moment ago, Kentucky returns, I think, the 14th rated offense as far

2171
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 as returning starters.

2172
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 And the question was asked, why is this offense going to work now?

2173
02:01:47,960 --> 02:01:51,420
 And Will Stein said, well, basically, Will Stein.

2174
02:01:51,860 --> 02:01:57,920
 So he obviously comes up with a lot of self-confidence, Moxie, whatever you want to call it, Brett Beaird.

2175
02:01:58,300 --> 02:02:00,280
 Yeah, he is going to be a good coach, Harold.

2176
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 I'll be honest with you.

2177
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 Did a lot of good things at Oregon.

2178
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 We'll see if they translate to Kentucky.

2179
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 Yeah.

2180
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 But Mr. College Football Jr.

2181
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 is on with us now.

2182
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 Take it to the max.

2183
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 Max Howell, former assistant, Ole Miss, Florida State.

2184
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 Guru when it comes to SEC media days.

2185
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 The man who pioneered sports talk in the entire southeastern part of this thing called the USA.

2186
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 Max Howell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

2188
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 Doing great, guys.

2189
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 Doing great.

2190
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 How's everything in Tampa?

2191
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 Well, they tell me it's okay, Max.

2192
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 We'll take their word for it.

2193
02:02:37,100 --> 02:02:41,580
 We've been talking about some of the guys here, and it's interesting to see how this thing has changed over the years.

2194
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 It's come a long way, baby, since basically a rat hole in Birmingham to now being a superstar for ESPN.

2195
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 Major moneymaker.

2196
02:02:52,180 --> 02:02:53,680
 We were talking about Will Stein there.

2197
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 To me, he's one of the more intriguing stories.

2198
02:02:56,480 --> 02:02:58,560
 Very, very confident young man.

2199
02:02:58,980 --> 02:03:02,080
 And the question was asked earlier about this Kentucky coaching staff.

2200
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 Which will come first?

2201
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 Their first SEC win or their first shaving experience?

2202
02:03:07,300 --> 02:03:13,720
 I don't think a lot of them know what Gillette, Schick, or Barbasol are all about.

2203
02:03:14,220 --> 02:03:17,100
 Your thoughts about the man on the clock right now, Kentucky, Max?

2204
02:03:17,800 --> 02:03:22,020
 Well, you know, you go back and look, and I think we have to kind of look at the history of each one of these programs.

2205
02:03:22,240 --> 02:03:24,840
 I know I made some jokes out of Oklahoma's situation.

2206
02:03:25,420 --> 02:03:29,280
 Of course, they'll be in the spotlight themselves as well.

2207
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 We've got a new coach at Auburn.

2208
02:03:31,220 --> 02:03:31,420
 Yeah.

2209
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 And another stat didn't jump out at you.

2210
02:03:34,480 --> 02:03:37,680
 You know, it's been seven years since Auburn won seven more football games.

2211
02:03:38,120 --> 02:03:45,200
 So, you know, those kind of stats that get out into the public, which a lot of people, you know, tend to overlook that.

2212
02:03:46,360 --> 02:03:52,180
 You know, I was fortunate enough to be in some good programs, particularly when I was in Florida State, that had a great track record.

2213
02:03:52,560 --> 02:03:54,180
 And the expectations were high.

2214
02:03:54,300 --> 02:03:55,120
 And we met those.

2215
02:03:55,740 --> 02:04:02,120
 Well, then I went to Ole Miss, and, of course, that was before Lane got there and all the controversy that he created.

2216
02:04:02,200 --> 02:04:02,820
 But he won.

2217
02:04:03,200 --> 02:04:05,360
 And, you know, he changed the attitude.

2218
02:04:06,060 --> 02:04:09,740
 And, you know, it's time for somebody to come to Kentucky and do the same thing.

2219
02:04:09,800 --> 02:04:12,100
 And I don't want to hear about, well, they don't have the money.

2220
02:04:12,840 --> 02:04:18,900
 Anybody that's ridden, you know, ridden across the horse farms in northern Kentucky can tell me they don't have money up there.

2221
02:04:19,080 --> 02:04:19,820
 I sold whiskey.

2222
02:04:20,060 --> 02:04:20,220
 Yeah.

2223
02:04:20,860 --> 02:04:23,580
 Yeah, I was born at night, but not last night.

2224
02:04:23,580 --> 02:04:23,900
 Right.

2225
02:04:24,300 --> 02:04:27,680
 So, anyway, you know, I think he's certainly got a chance.

2226
02:04:27,840 --> 02:04:29,980
 That's a great place to recruit, too.

2227
02:04:30,460 --> 02:04:34,200
 But, guys, what it all boils down to now is how much money you got.

2228
02:04:34,540 --> 02:04:42,920
 Because those kids, you know, it didn't take them long to learn quickly that, hey, I got, you know, if I'm a starter somewhere, somebody will need me.

2229
02:04:43,100 --> 02:04:44,920
 You know, how much money are they going to pay me?

2230
02:04:45,980 --> 02:04:48,320
 That's just the nature of the game right now.

2231
02:04:48,700 --> 02:04:52,260
 Max, let me ask you about that, because that was an observation we made earlier today.

2232
02:04:52,360 --> 02:04:53,800
 Back in the day, you could sell a brand.

2233
02:04:54,340 --> 02:04:56,740
 I know Auburn over the years said they sold family.

2234
02:04:57,180 --> 02:04:58,600
 Alabama sold Nick Saban.

2235
02:04:59,100 --> 02:05:03,220
 I'm not sure what some of the other schools sold out in the past year there.

2236
02:05:03,600 --> 02:05:06,120
 But in the modern era, is that what it is now?

2237
02:05:06,320 --> 02:05:08,080
 I don't care what the logo says.

2238
02:05:08,480 --> 02:05:10,640
 Just show me, as they say, the bag.

2239
02:05:10,920 --> 02:05:12,160
 That's the modern vernacular.

2240
02:05:12,380 --> 02:05:15,000
 It's basically, can I come and be a rock star?

2241
02:05:15,100 --> 02:05:16,460
 Can I be the center of your universe?

2242
02:05:16,700 --> 02:05:18,280
 Can you pay me more than the next guy?

2243
02:05:18,680 --> 02:05:20,920
 Can you get me to the NFL to make even more money?

2244
02:05:21,680 --> 02:05:26,020
 Is that where we are now, as opposed to the old days when you could sell a brand?

2245
02:05:27,460 --> 02:05:31,920
 But, you know, Harold, I think, basically, if these kids are coming along that are great athletes,

2246
02:05:31,920 --> 02:05:36,360
 if they don't have some, you really invite, remember these still 17, 18-year-old kids.

2247
02:05:36,360 --> 02:05:37,340
 Yeah, that's right.

2248
02:05:37,400 --> 02:05:43,160
 You know, if they don't have an attorney or somebody, an agent that's familiar with their family,

2249
02:05:43,260 --> 02:05:46,880
 their background, and some of the programs that they might be looking at,

2250
02:05:47,480 --> 02:05:51,140
 they're going to get, they'll get cut, they'll get hurt financially.

2251
02:05:51,720 --> 02:05:53,200
 Because, you know, they'll end up in a...

2252
02:05:53,200 --> 02:05:55,000
 They'll make it, somebody else is going to spend it, Max.

2253
02:05:55,760 --> 02:05:58,660
 Well, you know, here's the thing I think a lot of people miss.

2254
02:05:58,980 --> 02:06:04,360
 All the big money, you know, the kid not only has to be a great player, but, you know,

2255
02:06:04,420 --> 02:06:06,100
 he can't be a jerk in his attitude.

2256
02:06:06,360 --> 02:06:06,500
 Yeah.

2257
02:06:06,600 --> 02:06:12,160
 The last thing that coaches want is a problem in the dressing room because it spills over directly.

2258
02:06:12,520 --> 02:06:17,740
 Remember, they only own the field for, you know, about two and a half, three hours,

2259
02:06:18,100 --> 02:06:20,880
 but really in competition, about an hour once a week.

2260
02:06:21,340 --> 02:06:25,840
 And the rest of the time, you know, they have to deal with everything else that goes around in their life.

2261
02:06:25,980 --> 02:06:27,340
 And maybe some of them go to school.

2262
02:06:27,460 --> 02:06:31,900
 I don't know how many of them are going to class anymore, but that's one of the, you know,

2263
02:06:31,900 --> 02:06:34,440
 used to be one of the prerequisites to get there.

2264
02:06:34,520 --> 02:06:40,340
 But I think that's kind of got lost in the, you know, in the trading, let's put it that way.

2265
02:06:40,760 --> 02:06:45,620
 So, you know, the game has changed, and we know that, and it's continued to change.

2266
02:06:45,840 --> 02:06:50,580
 And I know there are people like Coach Saban now that are going nationally and speaking to, you know,

2267
02:06:50,680 --> 02:06:56,160
 to basically the people all over the country, particularly with the Congress and trying to get bills passed through.

2268
02:06:56,240 --> 02:06:58,480
 I don't know whether that's a good, you know, good idea or not.

2269
02:06:58,840 --> 02:07:01,840
 But the fact is, something has got to solidify.

2270
02:07:02,580 --> 02:07:07,080
 And I think another, you know, take it back down to where it's a little more local,

2271
02:07:07,500 --> 02:07:09,620
 is this thing about the playoff, the number of games.

2272
02:07:09,740 --> 02:07:12,600
 You know, we're 12, they're talking 16, now they're talking 24.

2273
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 You know, are we going to let everybody get in, you know, if you've got to kind of like the NFL does?

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 But, and I understand that's good for the teams, but what does it do to the quality, you know, of winning?

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 That's what it amounts to.

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 I mean, you tell me somebody that vetted on Indiana last year.

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 That's right.

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 I mean, it's just a, you know, it's just the whole, the whole situation across the board right now has changed tremendously.

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 And then, you know, then we've got the conference that's going to nine ballgames,

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 and how does that put them in competition with the Big Ten and other conferences around the country,

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 about how many teams, because there'll be some coaches that are on the borderline,

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 but if they make the playoffs, you know, they may get to keep their job,

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 or if they don't make them, they may have, you know, eight or nine wins,

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 but they get overlooked because of strength of schedule or something like that.

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 It's just so many different probes out there that you've got to really be aware of when you take it.

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 And I understand why these coaches, you know, why they're having to pay these coaches what they do,

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 because a lot of pressure comes back on these guys.

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 And, of course, the value of the dollar certainly probably has gone down somewhat,

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 but nobody ever thought, and I tell you, you've heard me say this before.

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 The first college coaching job I had at Floyd where we won a national championship at that level,

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 I made $7,500 a year.

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 I taught two classes, coached two sports, and taught two classes in addition to that.

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 So that just tells you where it's gone, you know, where the market has gone since the last 30, 40 years.

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 So, you know, what is the answer?

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 Guys, I wish I knew.

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 I'd write a book.

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 Max, Alex Golich on the podium in the morning.

2298
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 Your thoughts on Auburn.

2299
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 Can they have a winning season?

2300
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 That's a great question, and I watched an interview this morning early on a podcast,

2301
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 and I think I have a little bit different opinion now about Golich.

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 I didn't know him.

2303
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 He knew nothing about him except that he came from South Florida.

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 I knew right quick the last coach they hired wasn't going to work out because of my having been at Ole Miss,

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 and I knew a lot of the stuff back with his background.

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 That didn't work.

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 It certainly didn't work.

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 And I'm going to close out with this right quick, guys.

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 About Auburn, there's something over there, and, you know, I've told you historically,

2310
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 my great dad was one of the first licensed men that ever graduated back then, 1936, 1936.

2311
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 And so my family has been to Auburn connected for years.

2312
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 He was the first licensed men in the state of Alabama.

2313
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 And so I've kept up all – I grew up in that environment.

2314
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 But somewhere over there in these last six or ten years, it's just not the football program.

2315
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 You know, they've been through three presidents in the last few years.

2316
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 I mean, it's the whole operation over there that somebody's making decisions,

2317
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 and they're not in tune with what's going on in the real world.

2318
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 Max, let's go to West Alabama.

2319
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 When's the last time?

2320
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 It's been a while since coming into the SEC Media Days,

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 which we joke and say it's the unofficial kickoff of the football season,

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 that the vibe has been where it is for Alabama.

2323
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 No one's got them in a top one, top two, top three.

2324
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 You've got to go to the middle of the pack.

2325
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 I saw SEC with their smart people in the computers.

2326
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 They got a 4% chance of winning a national championship.

2327
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 Not us, folks.

2328
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 That's ESPN's computers.

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 Your thoughts about is this going to be what happens this season,

2330
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 or is Alabama going to surprise some people?

2331
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 I think, you know,

2332
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 I think the whole thing's going to come down to the quarterback situation.

2333
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 You know, of course, it usually does.

2334
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 You know, that's not an epic statement.

2335
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 But the fact is that, you know,

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 if they couldn't run the football last year,

2337
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 the offensive front never got together.

2338
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 And, you know, I watched some of those games early.

2339
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 I charted them, and I charted the mistakes those offensive linemen will make.

2340
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 And I don't know if they've changed coordinators.

2341
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 And, you know, maybe they could improve the running game.

2342
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 But I don't care how good the quarterback is.

2343
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 Ty Simpson carried them a long way.

2344
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 Yeah, that's right.

2345
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 He got beat up so bad.

2346
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 Yeah.

2347
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 And got criticized.

2348
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 Yeah.

2349
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 They knew that he couldn't run the ball,

2350
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 so they wouldn't throw.

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 So they'd either rush three and drop eight,

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 or rush eight and drop three.

2353
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 I mean, he could win on the situation.

2354
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 So I think they've got, basically, they've got the material to get to, you know,

2355
02:11:53,420 --> 02:11:54,800
 try to answer your question.

2356
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 I think they've got the talent to do it.

2357
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 But there's something that's missing in preparation that they'll make critical mistakes

2358
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 at the time it is.

2359
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 I don't know what it is.

2360
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 I don't know where it's the background or whether it's the boys, you know,

2361
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 where he came from, the league that he's played in out there.

2362
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 I know Washington was the last one, and he did very well there.

2363
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 But a lot of those wins, guys, if you look at the wins,

2364
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 they came down to, like, Division II and 1AA.

2365
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 And like I say, I coached at that level, and then I went to Florida State.

2366
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 And it's like daylight and dark.

2367
02:12:32,260 --> 02:12:34,920
 It's a difference when you move from Detroit,

2368
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 regardless of how good they have been at their level.

2369
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 And then you go to a national-recognized program like Florida State,

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 particularly when I got there when Coach Bowden.

2371
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 Absolutely.

2372
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 Max, there is no way we were going to do SEC Media Days

2373
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 without talking to Max Howell.

2374
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 Somebody asked me two weeks ago,

2375
02:12:56,260 --> 02:12:59,840
 now, when's Max going to start coming back home on a regular basis?

2376
02:13:00,020 --> 02:13:05,480
 I said, hopefully late August when the season begins.

2377
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 Listen, I can't tell you how much we appreciate the visit.

2378
02:13:11,600 --> 02:13:13,640
 Max, I'll be in touch in August, buddy.

2379
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 Have a great summer.

2380
02:13:15,060 --> 02:13:16,580
 Let's do this again in August.

2381
02:13:16,860 --> 02:13:18,660
 I certainly appreciate it, guys.

2382
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 It's my pleasure all the time.

2383
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 Thank you so much for the opportunity here.

2384
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 Absolutely right.

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 Back at you, Max.

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 Now, back to the Boomo Bugg Show on 93.9 The Score.

2505
02:20:03,820 --> 02:20:04,460
 Welcome back in.

2506
02:20:04,520 --> 02:20:09,840
 Really appreciate you making us part of your day, day one, ACC Media Days down in Tampa,

2507
02:20:09,920 --> 02:20:13,860
 where I feel like Hal McGrenahan has got his GPS locked in, too.

2508
02:20:13,960 --> 02:20:18,160
 He is busy following South Carolina at Gamecocks 24-7.

2509
02:20:18,660 --> 02:20:19,460
 Hal, welcome in.

2510
02:20:19,520 --> 02:20:20,020
 How are you?

2511
02:20:21,120 --> 02:20:21,840
 Doing fine.

2512
02:20:21,900 --> 02:20:25,520
 Just riding down the highway, sitting shotgun with my man, Alex Dennis,

2513
02:20:25,520 --> 02:20:27,740
 who works with me at 24-7.

2514
02:20:28,100 --> 02:20:32,200
 So, yeah, we're headed down I-95 as I'm speaking.

2515
02:20:32,820 --> 02:20:36,720
 The thing is, Dale, obviously, these folks at the SEC, they want to move people around.

2516
02:20:37,580 --> 02:20:41,480
 They must think that we sit here and love bouncing around like a rubber ball.

2517
02:20:41,840 --> 02:20:43,720
 Back in the day, you knew you could make your plans.

2518
02:20:43,800 --> 02:20:44,500
 It was one place.

2519
02:20:44,600 --> 02:20:45,340
 Last year, Dallas.

2520
02:20:45,420 --> 02:20:46,960
 I think now, Tampa.

2521
02:20:47,120 --> 02:20:48,000
 Next year, Nashville.

2522
02:20:48,220 --> 02:20:52,460
 Your thoughts about the new strategy of the SEC moving this thing around like a rubber ball?

2523
02:20:53,540 --> 02:20:54,200
 I don't like it.

2524
02:20:54,200 --> 02:20:58,960
 I just like getting on I-20 and heading west and turning around and coming back east back to Columbia.

2525
02:20:59,500 --> 02:21:02,500
 Whether it's Atlanta or Hoover, whichever of those two,

2526
02:21:02,560 --> 02:21:03,200
 I'm fine with.

2527
02:21:03,320 --> 02:21:05,360
 Well, yeah, I skipped out last year on Dallas.

2528
02:21:05,840 --> 02:21:09,780
 Don't think there's much of a need to hop on a plane to go do this dog and pony show.

2529
02:21:10,120 --> 02:21:14,620
 So, Tampa is not that far away from Columbia, I guess.

2530
02:21:14,740 --> 02:21:17,500
 So, we hopped in the car and got after it this morning.

2531
02:21:18,260 --> 02:21:21,140
 Hey, well, let me ask you about three stands.

2532
02:21:21,260 --> 02:21:24,840
 I was doing some pre-work on South Carolina yesterday.

2533
02:21:25,220 --> 02:21:31,540
 Three stands caught my attention that certainly Shane Beamer and the staff want to improve on.

2534
02:21:31,940 --> 02:21:37,500
 Fourth quarter scoring, opponents outscored South Carolina by nearly 50 points.

2535
02:21:38,380 --> 02:21:43,840
 They were 125th in the nation in third down conversions, 32%.

2536
02:21:43,840 --> 02:21:49,300
 And they were 131 in the nation and Sanks allowed 43.

2537
02:21:50,060 --> 02:21:55,580
 I know that is three stands that South Carolina wants to improve on this season.

2538
02:21:56,720 --> 02:21:59,500
 Yeah, I think they all kind of tie hand in hand together.

2539
02:22:00,100 --> 02:22:07,320
 The fourth quarter scoring or lack thereof, that was a big issue from really start to finish last season.

2540
02:22:07,940 --> 02:22:15,740
 And something that South Carolina has been pretty good at under Beamer in the past is playing good winning football in the fourth quarter.

2541
02:22:16,300 --> 02:22:18,840
 And last year, they just – they did it.

2542
02:22:19,180 --> 02:22:25,140
 And I think a big reason why was the offensive line being as bad as it was.

2543
02:22:25,240 --> 02:22:28,260
 And they struggled to run the football with any sort of consistency.

2544
02:22:28,760 --> 02:22:37,140
 So, if you're giving up a bunch of sacks and you can't run the ball, you're going to struggle to stay on the field when you get to third down.

2545
02:22:37,300 --> 02:22:40,880
 So, like I said, I think they all kind of go hand in hand together.

2546
02:22:40,880 --> 02:22:50,340
 And that's a big reason why Kendall Brow was in as the offensive coordinator because they just weren't anywhere good enough with any of those things last year.

2547
02:22:50,520 --> 02:22:56,840
 And I truly think that he's going to have a hand in getting things turned around that way among other areas on offense.

2548
02:22:57,880 --> 02:23:02,000
 Hal McGrenahan, busy following South Carolina, Gamecocks 24-7.

2549
02:23:02,260 --> 02:23:08,820
 Hal, if anybody can tell these new kids on the block, the new coaches, the SEC, you better enjoy your honeymoon because it can fade fast.

2550
02:23:09,240 --> 02:23:11,020
 There's a lot of guys coming in.

2551
02:23:11,380 --> 02:23:14,700
 Coming into South Carolina, he was much ballyhooed.

2552
02:23:14,800 --> 02:23:18,880
 Shane Beamer, obviously a lot of extenuating circumstances sometimes to get where you are now.

2553
02:23:19,120 --> 02:23:21,980
 Where is Shane in the eyes of South Carolina fans?

2554
02:23:22,680 --> 02:23:25,740
 And what is the realistic expectation of him this season?

2555
02:23:27,160 --> 02:23:32,100
 There are a lot of people who are still rooting for Shane and want him to succeed and do well.

2556
02:23:32,100 --> 02:23:39,060
 Well, not just because he's their coach in South Carolina and that's their team, Nichols, but he's a pretty likable guy.

2557
02:23:39,280 --> 02:23:39,760
 Yeah.

2558
02:23:39,980 --> 02:23:42,300
 He's from the state originally.

2559
02:23:42,560 --> 02:23:46,160
 He was born in Spurrier, Boston, while his dad was coaching down at the Citadel.

2560
02:23:47,160 --> 02:23:58,200
 He was an assistant, of course, on the Spurrier staff, and he's really embraced the culture of Gamecock football and talks a good talk.

2561
02:23:58,440 --> 02:24:02,620
 And he's backed it up at times, too, with the results on the field.

2562
02:24:02,940 --> 02:24:08,700
 Yeah, people want him to do well and are pulling for him, but at the same time, patience is getting thin.

2563
02:24:08,980 --> 02:24:14,020
 In some cases, it's razor thin for some people, depending on who you talk to, I guess.

2564
02:24:14,240 --> 02:24:18,920
 But, yeah, they have a lot of, obviously, really good players coming back.

2565
02:24:18,920 --> 02:24:29,200
 So, there are still some expectations around this program that were there last year at this time when people were looking at Carolina with the potential college football playoff team.

2566
02:24:29,780 --> 02:24:44,800
 And even though they went 4-8, we have a guy like Lenore Sellers back at quarterback and a big player receiver and Nick Harber and a lot of guys on defense who've been a part of the program and played on some pretty good defenses over the last couple of years.

2567
02:24:45,540 --> 02:24:53,360
 Yeah, people around Columbia think this is a team that can compete and have a chance to win a bunch of ballgames.

2568
02:24:54,160 --> 02:24:56,500
 Hey, well, let me ask you about Sellers.

2569
02:24:56,960 --> 02:24:59,000
 Huge kid, very talented.

2570
02:24:59,780 --> 02:25:02,480
 33 touchdowns, 15 interceptions.

2571
02:25:03,780 --> 02:25:05,980
 The offensive line's a part of it.

2572
02:25:06,020 --> 02:25:07,300
 I mentioned the sacks.

2573
02:25:08,240 --> 02:25:13,480
 As far as improving, certainly the offensive line has got to be improved in front of him.

2574
02:25:13,860 --> 02:25:17,420
 In your opinion, is the line improved going into the season?

2575
02:25:17,860 --> 02:25:22,140
 What do Sellers need to do to improve his game the most?

2576
02:25:23,640 --> 02:25:25,800
 Gosh, I don't know if the line's going to be better or not.

2577
02:25:25,940 --> 02:25:34,540
 I mean, you almost think it would have to be new offensive coordinator, Kendall Briles, new offensive line coach, and Randy Clements.

2578
02:25:35,180 --> 02:25:42,100
 Two guys who have been successful at those respective jobs at other places and have a track record.

2579
02:25:42,100 --> 02:25:45,640
 So, you know, they went to the portal and went real heavy.

2580
02:25:46,400 --> 02:25:54,320
 No pun intended on the offensive line and getting Vicarious Peek out of NC State, who's trying to work back some off-season knee injury.

2581
02:25:54,480 --> 02:25:58,960
 And they got Emmanuel Poku to come in and play guard, who's a really good player in East Carolina.

2582
02:25:59,740 --> 02:26:06,680
 They got a bunch of other guys from whether it's power conference schools or Division II schools, like Ferris State.

2583
02:26:07,580 --> 02:26:14,300
 They got a lot of fresh faces, veteran players who've played a lot of ball at other places.

2584
02:26:14,720 --> 02:26:21,360
 So, we'll just see how they're able to piece it all together with a guy like Shed Surratt, who started as a freshman last year in Carolina,

2585
02:26:21,560 --> 02:26:25,840
 and possibly have another freshman coming in this year in Darius Gray, who's a five-star.

2586
02:26:26,040 --> 02:26:30,900
 So, it's going to be a work in progress, to say the least.

2587
02:26:30,900 --> 02:26:39,960
 And I think it's probably going to evolve throughout the course of the season, certainly as we get into August and into the start of the fall.

2588
02:26:40,280 --> 02:26:51,760
 So, what Sellers needs to do is, I think at the end of the day, just trust what he's seeing and be willing to take what's in front of him and not second-guess himself.

2589
02:26:51,920 --> 02:26:56,540
 It's easy to sit here and say, riding in the car of a four-runner.

2590
02:26:56,540 --> 02:27:07,520
 But there were times last year when he didn't necessarily trust what was going on in front of him, and maybe that had a lot to do with the blocking that was happening on the line.

2591
02:27:08,760 --> 02:27:13,000
 H***, there's one thing that every fan base has in common, and every coaching staff has in common.

2592
02:27:13,080 --> 02:27:14,260
 We have a tough schedule.

2593
02:27:14,940 --> 02:27:23,000
 Your thoughts overall about the South Carolina schedule, kicking off September 5th, you look at the first part of it, and I'm sure the coaches will disagree,

2594
02:27:23,000 --> 02:27:28,380
 but Kent State, Towson, Mississippi State, first conference game, all three at home.

2595
02:27:29,080 --> 02:27:33,840
 And then in late September, you hit the road for the first time to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

2596
02:27:34,620 --> 02:27:41,800
 And over the last couple of times South Carolina and Alabama's gotten together, everybody said it's going to be a cakewalk, not so fast, my friend.

2597
02:27:42,300 --> 02:27:44,980
 Your thoughts about South Carolina's schedule overall?

2598
02:27:46,500 --> 02:27:49,700
 Yeah, it sets up about as well as you could hope.

2599
02:27:49,860 --> 02:27:53,160
 I mean, you mentioned those first three games, the Alabama game, of course.

2600
02:27:53,340 --> 02:28:01,140
 First one on the road, Nate's been right there, had a chance to win both those games the last two seasons, Carolina did.

2601
02:28:01,720 --> 02:28:10,820
 Obviously didn't get it done, and turn around and come back home to play Kentucky, and you have a really good shot to have a really good record

2602
02:28:10,820 --> 02:28:15,060
 when you go down to the swamp in November before your bye week.

2603
02:28:16,240 --> 02:28:18,400
 You know, things are going to get a little bit tougher.

2604
02:28:18,840 --> 02:28:23,760
 You've got to go out to Oklahoma, you've got to play Georgia at home, Tennessee's coming to Columbia this year,

2605
02:28:25,600 --> 02:28:28,640
 A&M's coming back to Columbia, and sports have got to close out at Clemson.

2606
02:28:28,980 --> 02:28:35,580
 So you've got to get them early because it's only going to get tougher as you get down the stretch,

2607
02:28:35,760 --> 02:28:38,760
 which is the case for most SEC teams.

2608
02:28:39,980 --> 02:28:47,700
 No real breaks in between there, but if you look at the schedule and what some of the teams that are playing have

2609
02:28:47,700 --> 02:28:54,000
 at a position like quarterback where there's some first-year starters and some unknowns and things like that,

2610
02:28:54,000 --> 02:29:01,520
 you've got to feel relatively confident in the middle of July thinking that you've got a chance to go win a bunch of games

2611
02:29:01,520 --> 02:29:08,600
 and be competitive again in this league and maybe have a shot at getting your name called in late November

2612
02:29:08,600 --> 02:29:09,620
 in the College Football Playoff.

2613
02:29:10,080 --> 02:29:13,060
 Hey, I'll close with a defensive question.

2614
02:29:13,360 --> 02:29:20,840
 I have always thought South Carolina's defensive front has been the last two or three years one of the best in the league.

2615
02:29:21,080 --> 02:29:26,700
 Dylan Stewart is obviously probably a first-round draft pick in the NFL.

2616
02:29:26,700 --> 02:29:35,800
 Troy Pikes, Brown Lowe Dendy, Addison, and friends, and you've got a linebacker who played at Alabama.

2617
02:29:36,360 --> 02:29:39,480
 I think the front seven in South Carolina is still very good.

2618
02:29:40,860 --> 02:29:48,640
 Yeah, and certainly they think that defensive tackle group might be about as deep and talented a position group

2619
02:29:48,640 --> 02:29:50,120
 as they have on the entire roster.

2620
02:29:50,820 --> 02:29:51,880
 And it's really good.

2621
02:29:51,960 --> 02:29:56,220
 You mentioned Pikes and Brown Lowe Dendy who were first-year transfers last year,

2622
02:29:56,340 --> 02:29:59,280
 and they're certainly going to play big parts this year, if not be the starters.

2623
02:29:59,480 --> 02:30:02,000
 But they hit the portal hard at tackle especially.

2624
02:30:03,360 --> 02:30:07,760
 You know, they went and got Tomiwad DeRoja, who played last season at Illinois.

2625
02:30:08,440 --> 02:30:10,640
 He's played at a bunch of different schools over the years.

2626
02:30:11,400 --> 02:30:15,120
 Kelby Collins, who was at Alabama last year and started his current Florida.

2627
02:30:15,700 --> 02:30:16,860
 He's going to play a bunch.

2628
02:30:16,860 --> 02:30:22,400
 I mean, they got Caleb Herring, a defensive end from Tennessee, who had a good junior season last year.

2629
02:30:23,000 --> 02:30:29,140
 He's probably going to be a starter opposite Dylan Stewart, assuming Dylan Stewart is healthy and good to go.

2630
02:30:29,320 --> 02:30:32,980
 So they've got a nice collection along the line.

2631
02:30:33,060 --> 02:30:37,180
 And you mentioned linebackers and Okerwapo and Fred Johnson and Sean Mercy.

2632
02:30:38,300 --> 02:30:45,380
 So, yeah, it's a solid group, and that's a good place to start on defense if you're going to be talented in one area.

2633
02:30:45,460 --> 02:30:47,420
 The front seven's a good place to pick.

2634
02:30:48,060 --> 02:30:48,460
 Absolutely.

2635
02:30:48,900 --> 02:30:50,580
 Listen, we know you're driving.

2636
02:30:50,740 --> 02:30:52,680
 We appreciate you taking the time.

2637
02:30:53,540 --> 02:31:00,140
 The best source for South Carolina sports is yours, Gamecock247.

2638
02:31:00,240 --> 02:31:03,200
 Tell us where we can get online to get all the good stuff, Hal.

2639
02:31:04,120 --> 02:31:11,740
 Yeah, we're with 24-7 Sports, so if anybody's listening, subscribes to one of the other team sites within the network.

2640
02:31:11,880 --> 02:31:17,200
 You can certainly read all of our VIP content as well at Gamecock247.

2641
02:31:18,340 --> 02:31:22,860
 Safe travels, Dodge, all the alligators and road down there on your way to Tampa, Hal.

2642
02:31:22,920 --> 02:31:24,880
 And thank you so much again for your time today.

2643
02:31:25,760 --> 02:31:26,420
 All right, fellas.

2644
02:31:26,480 --> 02:31:26,880
 Thank you all.

2645
02:31:26,940 --> 02:31:27,660
 Appreciate you having me.

2646
02:31:27,680 --> 02:31:28,200
 Thank you, bud.

2647
02:31:28,440 --> 02:31:31,920
 Absolutely, Hal McGrenahan, busy there at Gamecocks 24-7.

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2730
02:37:25,960 --> 02:37:26,540
 Welcome back, Ken.

2731
02:37:26,560 --> 02:37:30,100
 Really appreciate you taking the time out to join us here on day one of coverage

2732
02:37:30,100 --> 02:37:32,780
 for the SEC Media Days 2026.

2733
02:37:33,060 --> 02:37:35,560
 Obviously, a lot going on in football, and baby, wouldn't you know it?

2734
02:37:35,620 --> 02:37:37,800
 Breaking news with basketball.

2735
02:37:37,800 --> 02:37:45,360
 It is amazing to me what Nate Oates pulls off the head basketball coach at Alabama.

2736
02:37:46,060 --> 02:37:48,740
 Breaking news of about 10 minutes ago,

2737
02:37:49,440 --> 02:37:52,760
 I knew Alabama had one more roster spot.

2738
02:37:52,940 --> 02:37:53,840
 They've got 14.

2739
02:37:54,180 --> 02:37:57,120
 I thought, well, there's no way he's going to do anything with that.

2740
02:37:57,920 --> 02:38:01,720
 Seven feet, 266 pounds.

2741
02:38:02,000 --> 02:38:02,740
 Man, that's a big one.

2742
02:38:02,760 --> 02:38:05,120
 From Canada, T.J. St. Louis.

2743
02:38:05,520 --> 02:38:06,060
 Say what?

2744
02:38:06,320 --> 02:38:08,040
 T.J. St. Louis has committed.

2745
02:38:08,040 --> 02:38:08,880
 I thought he was from Canada.

2746
02:38:09,360 --> 02:38:10,520
 He's from Canada.

2747
02:38:10,940 --> 02:38:11,240
 Okay.

2748
02:38:11,420 --> 02:38:14,420
 T.J. St. Louis has committed to Alabama.

2749
02:38:14,800 --> 02:38:15,800
 Here's the kicker.

2750
02:38:16,220 --> 02:38:16,440
 All right.

2751
02:38:16,460 --> 02:38:18,040
 He's 18 years old.

2752
02:38:18,160 --> 02:38:21,420
 He plans to enroll this fall.

2753
02:38:21,920 --> 02:38:26,800
 He is going to play on the Alabama basketball team this fall.

2754
02:38:27,480 --> 02:38:31,080
 Seven feet, 266 pounds.

2755
02:38:31,800 --> 02:38:35,860
 Center from his only Nate Oates can pull something off.

2756
02:38:36,420 --> 02:38:41,000
 What's amazing about that, if he's only 18 years old, has he been to dreamland yet?

2757
02:38:41,040 --> 02:38:42,140
 He's going to grow, my friend.

2758
02:38:42,140 --> 02:38:43,500
 Yes, he will.

2759
02:38:43,760 --> 02:38:45,780
 Seven feet and counting, as they say.

2760
02:38:46,280 --> 02:38:48,320
 Obviously, BB, back to football.

2761
02:38:48,560 --> 02:38:49,560
 It's kind of the thrust there.

2762
02:38:49,680 --> 02:38:51,580
 ACC media days in Tampa.

2763
02:38:52,280 --> 02:38:56,720
 If you're just coming to us, as far as a recap, starting with a commissioner, and normally

2764
02:38:56,720 --> 02:39:01,140
 this stuff comes out, and let's face it, it's not very exciting from the commissioner.

2765
02:39:01,240 --> 02:39:06,140
 He's got his corny jokes, his dad jokes, and all that stuff to break the ice, and then comes

2766
02:39:06,140 --> 02:39:07,920
 in, and I call it seven iron golf.

2767
02:39:08,000 --> 02:39:12,860
 He lays up and then goes and glad hands and politics and works the room.

2768
02:39:13,000 --> 02:39:17,180
 But basically, this year, Greg Sanky had some teeth to it, did he not?

2769
02:39:17,180 --> 02:39:22,240
 Yeah, he was serious this morning about, obviously, the direction of college football.

2770
02:39:23,040 --> 02:39:24,880
 Two things that caught my attention.

2771
02:39:25,060 --> 02:39:32,820
 One, as he put it, the unsatisfactory conversation with the college football playoff committee in

2772
02:39:32,820 --> 02:39:40,820
 May at the spring meetings, he does not feel that that committee, and so does everybody else

2773
02:39:40,820 --> 02:39:48,200
 agree with him, that the committee is not putting enough emphasis on strength of schedule for

2774
02:39:48,200 --> 02:39:49,180
 the SEC.

2775
02:39:49,600 --> 02:39:56,480
 And he went on about that for a while, and then was asked a question by the media when

2776
02:39:56,480 --> 02:40:01,960
 he got through with the State of the State address about the, quote, allegations of the

2777
02:40:01,960 --> 02:40:04,820
 SEC breaking away from the NCAA.

2778
02:40:05,440 --> 02:40:08,280
 And he said two words, it's real.

2779
02:40:09,400 --> 02:40:15,240
 Well, no, I agree with Greg in part, but is there some CYA going on here?

2780
02:40:15,240 --> 02:40:20,380
 Because I think he took the bait from conferences across the country to expand the schedule to

2781
02:40:20,380 --> 02:40:21,480
 a nine-game schedule.

2782
02:40:21,480 --> 02:40:26,900
 And now he's getting so much flack from these coaches across the board saying, Greg, what the

2783
02:40:26,900 --> 02:40:28,020
 c*** were you thinking, man?

2784
02:40:28,020 --> 02:40:29,120
 He was already tough enough.

2785
02:40:29,260 --> 02:40:34,340
 And now you fell right into their trap to sit here and dilute our chances at the end of

2786
02:40:34,340 --> 02:40:34,820
 the season.

2787
02:40:35,040 --> 02:40:40,160
 And I know fans, they want to go out and they want to see a rock star game every week because

2788
02:40:40,160 --> 02:40:41,280
 they're laying down big bucks.

2789
02:40:41,300 --> 02:40:45,380
 But at the end of the year, when you get to that point in the season, and basically you're

2790
02:40:45,380 --> 02:40:51,180
 sitting here and behind Big Ten and other schools because your schedule is so tough, it's

2791
02:40:51,180 --> 02:40:52,080
 hard to make the playoffs.

2792
02:40:52,140 --> 02:40:57,120
 And I think the coaches have finally gotten a message to Greg, why are you now being proactive?

2793
02:40:57,120 --> 02:41:02,400
 Is there any truth to maybe he's trying to sit here and send the, whether it's realistic

2794
02:41:02,400 --> 02:41:06,820
 or not, at least send the message to the coaches, I'm trying to level the playing field for you

2795
02:41:06,820 --> 02:41:07,140
 guys.

2796
02:41:07,420 --> 02:41:14,100
 Well, the reasons the coaches are upset, Harold, with the nine games, they thought, well, it's

2797
02:41:14,100 --> 02:41:20,620
 an extra game for sure, but they thought that it was going to be 16, the expansion instead

2798
02:41:20,620 --> 02:41:26,740
 of 24, and the other matter with this, last year they had two buys, this year they don't.

2799
02:41:26,820 --> 02:41:29,620
 They've got one buy with an additional schedule.

2800
02:41:30,180 --> 02:41:36,540
 Now, the way the schedule falls next year and moving forward, there will be 14 weeks to play

2801
02:41:36,540 --> 02:41:44,320
 12 games, but the coaches are upset about two things, skating past the expansion to 16,

2802
02:41:44,700 --> 02:41:46,560
 and then they've only got one buy week.

2803
02:41:46,920 --> 02:41:48,180
 Yeah, I would say that's next year.

2804
02:41:48,180 --> 02:41:51,680
 That sounds nice next year, but you got to survive and keep your job this year, and I think

2805
02:41:51,680 --> 02:41:54,300
 that's, they're trying to eat their ice cream right now.

2806
02:41:54,660 --> 02:41:56,940
 Obviously, in the meantime, the show does go on.

2807
02:41:56,980 --> 02:42:00,240
 It started as far as team-wise with Oklahoma.

2808
02:42:00,600 --> 02:42:05,300
 Did you learn anything from Brent Venables, John Mater, and the Sooners?

2809
02:42:05,300 --> 02:42:10,420
 I think they feel more comfortable, and again, I mentioned this earlier in the first segment.

2810
02:42:11,280 --> 02:42:16,820
 Mater changed his throwing motion because of the broken thumb or the thumb injury.

2811
02:42:17,520 --> 02:42:21,560
 I think their defense is going to be just as good as the last couple of years.

2812
02:42:22,200 --> 02:42:28,520
 The offense is the biggest question, Martin, and they return a lot of their receivers.

2813
02:42:28,780 --> 02:42:31,060
 I think they've got a solid offensive line.

2814
02:42:32,200 --> 02:42:37,300
 Again, they've got a tough schedule in the middle of the season, along with a lot of SEC teams.

2815
02:42:37,840 --> 02:42:44,180
 I think Oklahoma, again, Harold, the floor is 8-4, the ceiling 10-2.

2816
02:42:44,680 --> 02:42:49,720
 They open with Michigan, and he's talking about breaking news outside the SEC quietly.

2817
02:42:50,080 --> 02:42:54,960
 Did Michigan pick a good day in SEC country to make a big move with their athletic director?

2818
02:42:55,060 --> 02:43:01,280
 Yeah, he is, quote, officially retiring, Harold, at the end of the year.

2819
02:43:02,020 --> 02:43:08,580
 They've had so many, yes, they won a national championship in football, but they've had so many

2820
02:43:08,580 --> 02:43:17,740
 other issues with the sign stealing, et cetera, and then again with Sharon Moore, with his sexual

2821
02:43:17,740 --> 02:43:21,660
 situation with one of the staff members.

2822
02:43:21,840 --> 02:43:24,600
 No, it was just a matter of time before he was going to leave.

2823
02:43:24,600 --> 02:43:29,980
 Well, any time a rock star position like that opens up, it's a lot of pressure, but with it

2824
02:43:29,980 --> 02:43:30,720
 comes big money.

2825
02:43:30,920 --> 02:43:33,800
 Will Michigan come shopping in the SEC for their replacement?

2826
02:43:34,600 --> 02:43:39,920
 It's too, I would imagine they'll do the same thing they did for their basketball program.

2827
02:43:40,360 --> 02:43:41,400
 They'll name an interim.

2828
02:43:41,720 --> 02:43:44,360
 I mean, we're five weeks away from the season beginning.

2829
02:43:44,760 --> 02:43:48,820
 I don't see them poaching a standing athletic director.

2830
02:43:49,680 --> 02:43:51,440
 All right, we'll see how that plays out.

2831
02:43:51,500 --> 02:43:58,660
 In the meantime, Eli Drinkwitz, probably the one guy who would never be in politics would

2832
02:43:58,660 --> 02:43:59,160
 be Eli.

2833
02:43:59,300 --> 02:44:05,660
 Eli's coming with the Moxie BB, basically in his own roundabout way saying, I'm one of

2834
02:44:05,660 --> 02:44:09,920
 those guys that's not necessarily buying in to the commission's way of doing business these

2835
02:44:09,920 --> 02:44:14,500
 days, and I'm not a big fan of the selection committee at the end of the year.

2836
02:44:15,140 --> 02:44:18,000
 What did we learn about Missouri today?

2837
02:44:18,320 --> 02:44:21,000
 Well, he mentioned two things that were interesting to me.

2838
02:44:21,100 --> 02:44:27,260
 Number one, he said the coaches are going to regret adding the ninth game for the reasons

2839
02:44:27,260 --> 02:44:28,740
 we just talked about.

2840
02:44:29,240 --> 02:44:30,860
 Ahmaud Hardy was the other one.

2841
02:44:30,960 --> 02:44:35,660
 I was wondering what the window for his return was going to be.

2842
02:44:35,780 --> 02:44:41,700
 As he put it, he's got about a five to eight week window before he ramps up completely.

2843
02:44:42,420 --> 02:44:47,560
 So again, he could be back for what I think would be the second game of the regular season.

2844
02:44:48,120 --> 02:44:51,020
 Looks more like it's going to be the end of September.

2845
02:44:51,340 --> 02:44:55,820
 But Harold, he ran for nearly 1,700 yards last year.

2846
02:44:56,280 --> 02:44:59,140
 Missouri ran for 2,500.

2847
02:45:00,080 --> 02:45:01,220
 They're going to run the ball.

2848
02:45:01,340 --> 02:45:04,380
 They were dead last in the SEC in passing.

2849
02:45:05,080 --> 02:45:06,600
 He wants to improve on that.

2850
02:45:06,720 --> 02:45:12,400
 But yeah, believe me, Eli Drinkwith has some interesting comments usually during media days.

2851
02:45:12,660 --> 02:45:14,380
 Two things about Missouri to add to that.

2852
02:45:14,440 --> 02:45:19,860
 Number one, to make sure that they do better passing the ball, they've come to North Alabama

2853
02:45:19,860 --> 02:45:25,120
 and UNA product, Chip Lindsay now is the offensive coordinator for Mizzou.

2854
02:45:25,280 --> 02:45:26,260
 We'll see how that plays out.

2855
02:45:26,320 --> 02:45:28,280
 The other thing, it's going to be a little bit different environment.

2856
02:45:28,760 --> 02:45:34,240
 If you watch the games over the years in Columbia, at Missouri, it's almost like these guys

2857
02:45:34,240 --> 02:45:36,940
 are not really ready for the SEC in terms of their stadium.

2858
02:45:37,100 --> 02:45:39,200
 They have now, apparently, they finished work.

2859
02:45:39,280 --> 02:45:41,700
 They've enclosed that, so it's going to be a different field.

2860
02:45:41,760 --> 02:45:44,400
 It's going to be louder up there, BB, for teams coming in.

2861
02:45:44,520 --> 02:45:48,020
 Well, they've been working on refurbishing that stadium for years.

2862
02:45:48,140 --> 02:45:52,440
 In fact, if you remember when Alabama played Missouri and Columbia last year,

2863
02:45:52,540 --> 02:45:57,940
 went into the stadium, the seating was restricted, and you could see the cranes.

2864
02:45:58,380 --> 02:46:02,080
 But that really is one area that Missouri and their athletic department

2865
02:46:02,080 --> 02:46:05,480
 has been trying to beef up are the facilities.

2866
02:46:06,200 --> 02:46:10,080
 And I'll check on what the expanded capacity is going to be.

2867
02:46:10,620 --> 02:46:13,420
 But yeah, I was wondering when that was going to be finished.

2868
02:46:14,060 --> 02:46:17,140
 Before you do that, can you stay here just a second and comment on Kentucky

2869
02:46:17,140 --> 02:46:18,340
 with Will Stein at the podium?

2870
02:46:18,920 --> 02:46:21,480
 I look forward to seeing the replay of him.

2871
02:46:21,800 --> 02:46:25,160
 He does have a lot of moxie, very optimistic.

2872
02:46:25,680 --> 02:46:27,020
 John Travolta on the dance floor.

2873
02:46:27,200 --> 02:46:30,840
 And again, when you look back, Harold, on what he's accomplished

2874
02:46:30,840 --> 02:46:35,680
 as the offensive coordinator for Dan Lanning at Oregon, I can see that.

2875
02:46:35,680 --> 02:46:39,600
 Now, Mincy has got three years of experience,

2876
02:46:39,760 --> 02:46:44,240
 but he's got very little experience on the field with Kentucky.

2877
02:46:44,400 --> 02:46:47,140
 We talked to Larry Vaughn about that earlier.

2878
02:46:47,860 --> 02:46:53,820
 Will this transfer have a offensive line, including Alinan from Finland

2879
02:46:53,820 --> 02:46:56,820
 who played at Alabama, will they be better?

2880
02:46:57,020 --> 02:46:59,760
 You know they're going to be able to throw the ball more effectively.

2881
02:47:00,380 --> 02:47:04,100
 But the offensive line, I think, is going to be the key for Kentucky this season.

2882
02:47:04,100 --> 02:47:06,660
 36 years old right now.

2883
02:47:06,800 --> 02:47:10,940
 Well, once the season gets rolling, Kentucky will have a 37-year-old head coach.

2884
02:47:11,020 --> 02:47:12,260
 We'll see how that plays out.

2885
02:47:12,940 --> 02:47:15,280
 Josh Heupel is not 36 or 37.

2886
02:47:16,500 --> 02:47:19,580
 He basically says it's time to move on from Chas Coleman.

2887
02:47:19,840 --> 02:47:20,820
 We're bigger than that.

2888
02:47:21,140 --> 02:47:25,600
 BB, your thoughts about Josh Heupel and Tennessee closing out day one.

2889
02:47:25,600 --> 02:47:26,540
 I'll tell you one thing.

2890
02:47:26,600 --> 02:47:32,240
 I think Josh Heupel could write a manual about how to handle problem players.

2891
02:47:32,240 --> 02:47:36,440
 Chas Coleman, Niko, Boo Carter.

2892
02:47:37,440 --> 02:47:41,340
 Of course, he was asked, I'll acknowledge him, about the quarterback situation.

2893
02:47:41,920 --> 02:47:45,420
 Tennessee's got four offensive linemen coming back.

2894
02:47:45,500 --> 02:47:48,840
 They're going to flip their right tackle, I believe, to left.

2895
02:47:50,000 --> 02:47:53,720
 Jim Doles coming in as far as the defensive coordinator.

2896
02:47:54,380 --> 02:47:56,180
 Brought two coaches with him.

2897
02:47:56,260 --> 02:48:01,520
 Another coach who had worked with him before, along with some of the other Penn State linemen.

2898
02:48:01,640 --> 02:48:04,140
 I think Tennessee's going to surprise some people.

2899
02:48:04,740 --> 02:48:07,460
 But again, it's going to come down to the quarterback.

2900
02:48:07,780 --> 02:48:14,320
 If they can get good play from the quarterback, Deshaun Bishop's going to be able to run the ball.

2901
02:48:14,920 --> 02:48:16,560
 Matthews is a very good receiver.

2902
02:48:17,100 --> 02:48:18,100
 They're a good team.

2903
02:48:18,460 --> 02:48:20,720
 Again, how far can the quarterback take them?

2904
02:48:21,200 --> 02:48:23,760
 Day two, what's on the menu for tomorrow in Tampa, BB?

2905
02:48:23,920 --> 02:48:25,220
 Auburn in Georgia.

2906
02:48:25,480 --> 02:48:28,020
 Alex Golich, Kirby Smart in the morning.

2907
02:48:28,480 --> 02:48:32,900
 Shane Beamer, again, we talked to Shell, to Hal McGranahan about that.

2908
02:48:33,380 --> 02:48:39,080
 Clark Lee of Vanderbilt going to be the last coach on the podium tomorrow.

2909
02:48:39,440 --> 02:48:44,700
 Talking about building a foundation and where we go from there.

2910
02:48:44,900 --> 02:48:48,020
 After some guy by the name of Pavia is missing.

2911
02:48:48,640 --> 02:48:52,340
 Another guy that's on the podium tomorrow will be John McDade.

2912
02:48:52,500 --> 02:48:53,160
 Who is he?

2913
02:48:53,640 --> 02:48:56,000
 He is the SEC coordinator of football officials.

2914
02:48:56,140 --> 02:49:00,800
 And all our fans are saying we can't wait to listen to him after last year's Oklahoma game.

2915
02:49:00,920 --> 02:49:06,840
 BB, before we get away today, let's give a big tip of the stats to some folks who's making this possible.

2916
02:49:07,060 --> 02:49:10,940
 Yeah, we tremendously appreciate title sponsors.

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2921
02:49:18,600 --> 02:49:33,080
 We want to thank James Moody for doing an exceptional job of quarterbacking the show today.

2922
02:49:33,160 --> 02:49:35,860
 I appreciate him and Blair very much for what they do.

2923
02:49:36,340 --> 02:49:37,160
 Yeah, absolutely.

2924
02:49:37,340 --> 02:49:39,880
 It's a big time here on 93.9 The Score.

2925
02:49:40,020 --> 02:49:42,260
 Day two of the SEC media days tomorrow.

2926
02:49:42,400 --> 02:49:46,260
 But first, kick back and enjoy the Braves taking on the Padres tonight.

2927
02:49:46,720 --> 02:49:47,720
 Braves and Padres.

2928
02:49:47,860 --> 02:49:51,460
 You can catch that one with Sears on the mound for the Padres.

2929
02:49:51,600 --> 02:49:52,840
 Elder on the mound for the Braves.

2930
02:49:52,940 --> 02:49:55,680
 Kick back and enjoy it later on here on 93.9 The Score.

2931
02:49:56,060 --> 02:50:00,000
 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here.

2932
02:50:00,100 --> 02:50:02,160
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2933
02:50:02,780 --> 02:50:03,460
 Let's do it again tomorrow.

2934
02:50:03,820 --> 02:50:04,560
 11 to 2.

2935
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 Bonus coverage for Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.