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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

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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.

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 If we can leave year one and have a foundation of who we are, our identity, proof of concept, offensively, defensively, the wins will take care of themselves as long as our identity is what it is.

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 If we are physically and mentally tough, if we are detailed, if we are player led, if we are connected as a team, we win in the margins.

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 If we take care of what we have to take care of from a detail standpoint, I love where our talent is.

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 We're plenty talented enough to go win every single game.

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 Year one will be successful if we leave it and we know exactly who we are and we've got proof of concept to continue to build to.

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 The sounds of a different sounding top tiger on the plains, Alex Gullish, and the sounds of at least one of the co-hosts of day three from SEC Media Days.

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 Sounding a little bit different today.

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 We're working on getting the wrinkles out, but in the meantime, Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Happy day three of SEC Media Days.

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 I'm Harold Buck.

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 Helen DeBoer addresses the media this morning, and we'll spend a good part of the show recapping some of his top comments.

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 Mr. Unfiltered Florida coach John Summerall dropped some S-bombs during his presentation to the main media room.

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 And we'll be talking today, obviously, about Auburn and Georgia and others, but Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M are the ones headlining day three.

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 Well, let's start with a man who obviously with a tan, Kalen DeBoer coming in, looks like he left the SPF off on his vacation to Canada.

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 He's back, Kemp, about to get back.

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 He's starting to punch the clock.

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 BB, what were some of the highs and lows of the folks who might have missed Kalen DeBoer's day at the podium?

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 Harold, I thought he did a pretty good job of this.

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 When I saw him in June at the Jackson County Alumni, he was a little bit more relaxed,

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 but he knew he had more of a friendly audience, so to speak, than what he had in the print room.

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 He was asked about the new faces on the offensive line.

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 He's excited about Michael Carroll, Will Sanders.

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 Noted last year, and we've talked about that extensively, they had a larger rotation last year due in part to injuries.

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 As he put it, it would be a little bit more stable.

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 He was asked about the Florida State game, which has been talked about.

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 Alden knows him getting off to a rough start.

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 Says it's important for Alabama to protect its home stadium.

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 And the Florida State loss made Alabama stronger.

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 Well, it did for a while because they won 10 out of 11 games and beat four top 25 SEC games.

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 Interesting question, I thought, when he was asked, is the run game across the board in college football being deemphasized a little bit more?

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 He said, I really don't think so, but Alabama faced some tough run defenses, but we all know Alabama's got to run the ball a little bit better.

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 Asked about the quarterback battle.

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 Well, noted that Austin Mack's got more of an advantage with experience, that he runs the ball much more better than a lot of people give him credit for.

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 But both quarterbacks are high-level elite quarterbacks.

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 Those are just some of the highlights, and we'll be going over more.

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 But, yeah, very interesting comments from Kaelin DeBoer this morning.

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 Well, two things.

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 Obviously, a lot of folks off the hub of the wheel, but it all starts with the quarterback.

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 And, BBM, most folks have already got Kaelin Russell penciled in.

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 I think that's the answer, but I don't think it's necessarily going to be the answer out of the gates in the season opener against East Carolina.

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 Anybody who knows anything about football, those on the inside, those on the outside, know that.

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 He knows about offense.

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 Right now, these young quarterbacks with that kind of potential, we saw with Arch Manning coming out of high school and starting first year, they've got to know the defense.

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 They've got to sit here in a nanosecond, read that defense, and adjust accordingly, hoping your God-given talent and instincts take over.

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 And I think because of that, if you agree or disagree, I think initially they're going to go with Mack.

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 God, they could go with Russell.

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 But I wouldn't be surprised if you go with Mack because of the experience factor because Russell's going to be the quarterback.

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 I think that's the question.

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 The question is when.

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 Harold, I actually agree with you.

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 He does, you know, we'll find out Desiree defense is better than Keelan Russell.

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 But Ryan Grubb is more familiar with Austin Mack.

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 I think he starts against East Carolina, the first game of the season on September the 5th.

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 I thought another good point this morning is, was it 2015 when Alabama went out in the first three games, fans were ready to fire Nick Saban because they couldn't settle on a quarterback.

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 Basically, I think that those first three games are going to determine, and by week four, we're going to know.

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 But it comes down to this, BB.

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 And here's why I think on the other side of the coin, people are going to say, I thought you said that Matt's going to be the quarterback.

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 I call it summer camp, the temperature down there being what it is this time of the year.

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 But I still believe because of the questions on the offensive line, if those guys, let's say, so let's cut to the chase.

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 If the old line didn't do any better than it did last year, it didn't have a matter of the quarterback.

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 If the old line could just make significant improvement.

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 He gives opposing defenses something else to think about.

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 Nick Saban is on the panel today.

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 Harold, his main concern, not just with Kellen DeBoer, but with every college coach, is the key to, as he put it, the key to the drill is managing roster turnover.

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 42 players from the 2025 Alabama team are gone.

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 23 through the transfer portal, 10 drafted in the NFL, nine were undrafted.

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 And there, and Kellen DeBoer mentioned this this morning, there are 50 new players.

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 He said, look, the roster changes, the culture doesn't.

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 You've got to come in with toughness, sustaining a high level of success.

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 I thought that was a great point.

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 He said, the roster changes every year, but your culture better not.

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 Speaking of that, things that don't change, if you're a coach, you're a coach.

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 What's going through Nick Saban's mind of his assessment of where things are with the program right now?

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 I think he actually has more sympathy with Kellen DeBoer for the reason I just said.

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 And it's the reason he got out.

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 He got out of Alabama, not just so much about the frustration with NIL, which was just beginning to rear its ugly head when he retired.

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 He just simply could not maintain the high caliber assistant coaches that he was so used to.

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 That 2015 team, Harold, had eight future college coaches in it.

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 I think actually, in a way, now the offensive line, I think, irritates him in not being able to run the ball.

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 But I think he gets it.

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 It's the constant churn or the turnover in the roster that Kellen DeBoer and all these coaches are going to have to learn.

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 Well, if you're listening right now, I don't have to tell you this.

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 To anyone who's been out there in the workforce for a number of years, you know that you are only as good as the folks around you.

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 I've been blessed to work with some good teams.

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 I don't know if the word blessed is the right word.

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 I've been on some teams that are not necessarily five stars.

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 But you are only as good as the guy or girl next to you.

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 They've got to pull their weight.

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 They cannot be that weakest link in the chain.

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 You cannot be that weakest link in the chain.

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 If you go back to Nick at the end of his tenure, he wasn't getting those five-star assistant coaches like Kirby, like Lane, like Jeremy.

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 We can go up and down the list.

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 They're all now making multi-million dollar contracts, giving him and Alabama fits because they are in the running L.O. Curtis Ignatius for national championships.

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 Well, Kevin Steele is a good example of that, Harold.

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 And believe me, I'm not trying to be derogged toward Kevin Steele, but he had to settle.

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 Kevin Steele was about, when he named him defensive coordinator, and Kevin had some fiscal issues that affected him.

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 In fact, really and truly, the defensive coordinator that year was Nick Saban.

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 But he basically had to settle for Kevin Steele.

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 He wanted Jeremy Pruitt, and we know all the background about that, about Jeremy's issues with Tennessee, et cetera.

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 But that, I think, was the final nail in the coffin as far as Nick Saban's coaching career.

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 He just could not continue to hire some of the incredible assistant coaches he had during his tenure at Alabama.

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 9-3-9 to score if you've got relatives and they're used to getting nothing but a bunch of LeBron.

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 Tell them to download the 93.9 to score app.

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 The other side of the corner is where everybody's talking about Alabama's offense, and they should.

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 But I thought they brought up some good points about the other side of the ball, and that's defense.

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 And here's kind of the point I thought was interesting.

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 They're smart enough to never specifically say, I think this might be a problem, but they get as close to it as they can without saying it.

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 Kind of the implicit thing, if you will.

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 I think the common theme between Roman Harper, who, by the way, is outstanding behind that microphone.

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 He is very good.

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 And Nick is very good.

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 I thought they brought up a good point.

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 Both of them basically said they'd like to see more man-to-man.

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 As they said, let's go to fight in a phone booth.

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 Don't wait until these speed rabbits get behind you, behind the secondary, and then depend on your safety to take up the slack.

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 Go ahead and play more man-to-man.

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 Everything in life is a risk.

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 You can stay home and be safe, or you can get in a car and drive to the store, and there's always risk involved with everything.

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 I thought that was an interesting observation.

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 It may be if they were asked, they would politely say you might want to try more man-to-man defense.

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 Well, that's what Nick Saban played so much in the secondary, but I'll say this.

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 I think the secondary is the deepest position for Alabama, the most talented.

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 The other issue, Harold and even Kendall and DeBoer mentioned this, we've got to get, we, Alabama, we've got to get more pressure on the quarterback.

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 You've got to get the quarterback on the ground.

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 You've got to, again, Nick Saban mentioned this, all nauseam during his tenure.

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 You don't even necessarily have to get him a sack, but you've got to throw him off his mark, pressure him,

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 Quickly, have they got any soap for John Somerall at the podium?

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 Yeah, if you had any questions about John's leadership and who's in charge of the program,

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 I thought he did a phenomenal job.

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 Now, the SEC office is saying, John, we love you, but can you leave out the S-bombs next time?

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 We talked to John Ferrari and some of the other games, but I thought he did a very good job.

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 I thought his answer was pretty, I have a pro.

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 He said, not only no, but no.

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 As you mentioned, John Ferrari is going to be a little bit later on,

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 Day three, SEC Media Days down in Tampa, Florida.

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 But why don't we go the other way west, young man, to Mississippi.

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 Jacob Wembley, he's host of The Drive on ESPN 105.9 in central Mississippi.

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 Jay, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Guys doing great.

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 It's Wednesday.

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 It's SEC Media Days week, so it's always, you know, fast and furious.

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 Kicking off the second half, if you will.

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 Obviously, a lot to get to, but let's talk about your neighbors in the Magnolia State.

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 One, anticipating Pete Golding.

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 Your thoughts, obviously, you look at the, as I said, the new kids on the block.

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 A lot of folks still classify Pete Golding as a new kid, although he had what was just a game away from playing for the national championship last year.

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 Let's start with Pete Golding and Ole Miss, Jake.

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 Yeah, you know, I think when you look at Pete Golding and you look at Ole Miss, obviously, the expectations are very high.

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 They've got a lot of returning players back.

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 Obviously, notedly, Trinidad and Samuels, you know, depending on how they look at, you know, one, two, three, maybe fours as far as he falls nationally.

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 So I'm saying he's the best in the SEC, and you can debate that with Arch Manning and some others.

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 But definitely, you know, it starts there with Trinidad, and then you look at Mike, they see a running back.

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 Michelle is there.

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 The players are there.

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 You know, you talk about Pete Golding.

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 You know, we got to see, you know, a snippet of him running the college football playoff last year.

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 One of the things I've said is if you talk to high school coaches around the state, you talk to people, everybody loves Pete Golding, and that's very rare that you can say that about a coach.

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 You know, I think some of the challenges for this team is, you know, things we don't know is, you know, what does the offensive, you know, continuity look like amongst the coaching staff?

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 What does the defensive side look like?

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 You know, with some coaching changes, you know, they've got a very tough schedule.

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 You know, you come out of the gate, neutral sideball, going against the Bulls, you know, the ACC, that will not be a kick walk.

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 So, you know, there's going to be some challenges.

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 I know everybody, you know, in Oxford and around, the SEC has circled that September 19th game against LSU.

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 But as we've talked about, you know, there's more games on the schedule after LSU.

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 I mean, regardless of what happens that night on September 19th, they're going to turn around and go to Florida the next week.

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 So, you know, this is a team that's not going to speak up on anybody.

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 They're going to be on the radar for everybody that they play.

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 But this is a very good football team.

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 And, you know, for them to reach their goals and to make the college ball playoff,

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 they'll have to, again, win some of those one-position games, those four games on Saturdays.

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 That's where we'll really see, you know, what the staff is made of

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 and how they manage those, you know, tight situations and those tight SEC ballgames.

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 Jake, that's what I was going to ask you about.

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 You alluded to the change in some of the staff.

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 John David Baker takes over.

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 Charlie Weiss now going to LSU.

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 And you look at the numbers last year.

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 Three of the top offensive categories.

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 Scoring Ole Miss was 10th.

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 Passing third.

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 Total offense, 490 yards a game.

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 And I was getting amused at what people, the misconception of a Lane Kiffin offense.

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 Well, he throws the ball 60 times a game.

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 No, he doesn't.

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 They run for 176 yards.

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 You've got Kewan Lacy, one of the best running backs in the country.

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 How much of a change that, again, I know these coaches work well together.

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 What will be the change, in your opinion, with John David Baker over Charlie Weiss Jr.?

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 You know, that's really yet to be determined.

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 I mean, John David Baker said the right things.

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 Hey, look, you know, we're not going to change a whole lot.

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 We're going to keep the offense multiple.

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 We're going to keep the offense open.

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 A lot of the coach speak that you see.

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 I think what you will see personally is, you know, when you go back and you kind of cut the tape on from last year.

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 And John David Baker, I'm sure, did this months ago.

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 And they've analyzed everything and said, hey, look, let's keep it simple, stupid.

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 Obviously, we may change some verbiage.

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 We may change the way we, you know, call our plays in.

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 But I think at a base level, you know, they're going to stay close to 50-50 as far as run-pass ratio.

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 I mean, just what you said.

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 I mean, there is the misconception that Lane Kiffin throws the ball over the yard.

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 I mean, he will definitely take that home run shot, you know, more times than not.

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 But they're going to be a line-of-scrimmage team.

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 Pete Golding is a line-of-scrimmage coach.

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 We talked about this yesterday, as a matter of fact, on my show.

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 You know, the SEC has got to get back to, you know, a better line-of-scrimmage team.

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 I mean, Ole Miss was a good line-of-scrimmage team last year.

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 You look at the teams that played for the national championship.

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 Indiana, very good at running the football.

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 Miami, very good at running the football.

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 So, when you have a back like Lacey and you have a quarterback like Trinidad, I think you're going to see a multiple mix, you know, tempo mixed in there as well.

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 Again, what will be interesting to see is not on first down what they call.

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 What do they call on third and five?

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 What do they do inside the red zone?

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 How do they, you know, manage tempo?

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 What about fourth down conversions where Lane Kiffin, you know, if you're a cross-run 40, you're getting close to 50.

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 Plus 50, Kiffin's going for it more times than not.

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 Does John David Baker risk it like that or does he scale it back and punt and play defense?

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 Those are the things I'll be interested to see.

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 He's on the drive in central Mississippi.

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 Jay, let's talk a little bit about Pete Golding.

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 He is not a new coach.

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 He's been there and done that.

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 He's had two of the best mentors anybody could ever want with one, Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin, one defense, one offense.

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 Last year, he was given a situation that a lot of coaches dream about or also dread.

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 You have a coach that runs out of town for you.

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 You got everything on the table.

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 Pete Golding basically could go into the team meeting and say, it's us against them.

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 Let's galvanize.

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 Let's see what we can do.

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 We saw what they did.

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 They beat Georgia.

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 Your thoughts about now that there's kind of, if you will, a reset.

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 Now that's gone.

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 Now he's going to be the head coach without having that emotion and that ability to galvanize the room over adversity as it sometimes happens.

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 Your thoughts now that basically he is the head coach.

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 Yeah, I think one of the things that we saw, at least for me, out of that playoff, and again, that playoff run they had, and you don't have any concrete evidence of this,

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 but I think the success with a victory against Tulane, a victory against Georgia, taking Miami down to the last drive, is that this thing could have went really south.

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 And one of the things that you can look at Pete Golding and say, because it didn't, is obviously he is a motivator of young men.

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 He knows how to hold a locker room together.

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 And then he lets his coaches coach, because if that wasn't the case, I mean, we didn't see a whole lot of, you know, variation off of what Lane Kiffin was doing versus what Pete Golding did in three ballgames as head coach.

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 So that meant he let, you know, Charlie Weiss Jr. coach the offense.

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 He helped, obviously, did, you know, however how they call the defense.

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 And I think one of the things that you can see from really good coaches is they let their assistants coach.

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 Obviously, they have that veto power, that overrule power, and I think that's a characteristic of Pete Golding that we saw is he's going to try to put the best guys in place.

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 He's not an offensive play caller.

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 He may have, you know, some words to say on a down and distance or a certain play call or a suggestion, but he's going to let his coaches coach.

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 And he's a heck of a recruiter.

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 We know that.

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 You know, like I said, the state of Mississippi high school coaches all, you know, adore and love Pete Golding.

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 So, you know, if you can control your locker room, if you're a good recruiter, and you identify coaches that can get it done, you know, on Saturdays, and then, of course, when you're, you know, you're installed during the weeks and game prep and, you know, scheme prep, then you're a pretty darn good head coach.

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 And he has shown up to this point that he has all of those characteristics.

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 I'm going to be curious on defense to see what Jordan Renard from Alabama, Jaheim Otis, who got caught up in the numbers issue when he was with Nick Saban, Antonio Kite, who transferred from Auburn, I believe, played pretty well last year.

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 What have you heard during the spring about Renard, Jaheim Otis, and I believe Kite played pretty well last year?

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 Yeah, I think you're going to see all three guys be, you know, big-time contributors to this defense.

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 Ole Miss lost some guys on that defensive front.

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 They lost some key pieces, so they're going to be expected to play.

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 We know this.

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 You don't bring guys into the transfer world to sit.

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 You pay them money to come play immediately, and I think all three will get, you know, big opportunities to be, you know, big pieces to this Ole Miss defense, and I think they'll be expected to step in immediately.

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 Quickly, Jake, your thoughts about Mississippi State.

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 You're talking about a mountain to climb.

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 Look at that schedule.

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 They're the team that nobody's talking about it.

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 But, Jake, can you talk to us about the dogs?

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 Yeah, it's the total, you know, polar opposite ends in this state.

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 I mean, if you start talking, if you talk Mississippi State baseball, people want to chime in all the time.

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 If you talk Mississippi State football, then it kind of becomes a, you know, quiet as a church mouse, so to speak.

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 So, I think there is some reason for some cautious optimism, Kamario Taylor being one.

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 I think he's far from reaching, has reached his ceiling.

426
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 I think he could be one of the better quarterbacks in the conference.

427
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 You're talking about a guy that's big, physical, and he makes you play 11 on 11, you know, when he's out on the field.

428
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 So, that's a weapon that Jeff Levy has not had.

429
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 I mean, obviously, he was in some mix last year, but for now, it's his team.

430
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 And one of the things you hear about Kamario Taylor is he's kind of that alpha dog in the locker room.

431
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 I mean, he's present in defensive, you know, scheme meetings.

432
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 He's present with the offensive line.

433
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 He's present with his wide receivers.

434
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 I mean, he is that team leader, and I can tell you this.

435
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 Mississippi State's had some good quarterbacks over the last few years, but they haven't had that guy that kind of has the locker room, you know, by the collar, so to speak, since Dak Prescott and Nick Fitzgerald.

436
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 And Kamario Taylor has that kind of ability.

437
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 If he can stay healthy, he gives the Bulldogs a fighting chance, you know, on most weeks.

438
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 The biggest question is that, you know, Jeff Levy is going to put offense out on the field.

439
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 He's going to score points.

440
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 They've got a running back room they like.

441
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 They've got pass catchers they like.

442
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,020
 Defensively with Zach Arnett there, that should make that defense better.

443
00:30:26,020 --> 00:30:33,920
 You know, it's kind of a weird mix bringing him back in, but by all accounts, you know, we've talked with several position coaches over the summer for Mississippi State on the defensive side.

444
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 They all like Zach Arnett.

445
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,560
 They're like, you know, the cohesion on that side of the ball is really good.

446
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,740
 Offensive front is going to be the question.

447
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 You know, can they move people around?

448
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:50,880
 Mississippi State the last two years under Levy has had an atrocious offensive front, so if that unit is not any better, we won't know it until game time.

449
00:30:51,020 --> 00:30:54,240
 It could be problems for him, and you referenced that schedule.

450
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 I've said this.

451
00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:08,380
 We'll know in the first month if Jeff Levy is going to be around at 27, and I say that because week two trip to Minnesota in the Big Ten, week three trip to South Carolina, week four trip home against Missouri.

452
00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:13,880
 They need to clean up, and, of course, a week one game against Louisiana Monroe, you would figure they would handle that.

453
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:21,840
 They need to come out on the plus side of that run because after that, I mean, you're talking Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma.

454
00:31:22,220 --> 00:31:31,740
 I mean, they've got that murderous row like everybody in that October schedule, so if he slips to one and three or even maybe two and two, it could be problems for him.

455
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,580
 He really needs to win three of the first four ballgames.

456
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 I agree with you about Taylor.

457
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 He could be special, and particularly when the play breaks down.

458
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 I think he ran for over 200 yards the last two games, and the battering ram is Bothwell.

459
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 We watched him at high school, and then, of course, at South Alabama.

460
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 Nobody does football, high school, or college better than Jake Wimberley in the state of Mississippi.

461
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 Still the king there.

462
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 Jake, where can we get online and listen to your show this afternoon?

463
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 Sir, you can just go to thezone1059.com.

464
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 That's thezone1059.com.

465
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 We'll be on three to six.

466
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 We'll be out on site around some Mississippi high school football.

467
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 Today, of course, we'll be covered up with SEC media days like you guys, so it is rock and fire from this point on until Christmas, guys.

468
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 You know how it goes.

469
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 And you've got a double-helping like we do between Ole Miss and State.

470
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 Enjoy it.

471
00:32:24,460 --> 00:32:26,220
 Thanks so much, and let's do it again soon, Jake.

472
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 All right, thanks, guys.

473
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 Thank you, bud.

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557
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559
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560
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562
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563
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 Braves look to get one back tomorrow against those Padres, and they'll have to do it against a very tough Michael King,

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566
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 Day three, NCC Media Days.

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 It's time to make way for the man who, along with his kids,

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593
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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well.

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 Thanks for having me on.

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 Bill, you're kind of a veteran, if you will, of these media days across the country.

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 How does the SEC, number one, compare with other media days you've been to as far as the overall gala and buzz and all that stuff?

599
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 Ben, how does it now compare with SEC Media Days, as they say, back in the day?

600
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 Oh, they do a great job.

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 The SEC communication staff is as good as anybody at what they do.

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 I'm friends with Kevin Trainor, the moderator.

603
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 You know, I always get my questions in because of him.

604
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 But, no, they do a fantastic job, and I think it creates excitement with the conference.

605
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 I think, you know, compared to the other ones, they're all really well done.

606
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 I enjoy it, and I always enjoy it because it's not just about the coaches and the players and those kind of things.

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 It's about the people you meet along the way.

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 Otherwise, I remember one of those years I was sitting next to you, gentlemen, and, you know, we were just talking.

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 And that's my favorite part of these events.

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 And what I like about it from the media standpoint is the one time a year they take a shower.

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 So they kind of get duded up for that.

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 But, Bill, well, these guys are competitive.

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 We know that some of these guys are shy, just want to come in, not call it in golf, call it 7-iron golf.

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 They want to lay up.

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 They don't want to try to go over the water.

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 Some of them are conservative.

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 Some of them want to steal the show.

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 What are your impressions?

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 Who has stolen the show so far in your eyes?

620
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 I'm reading a little bit about Jon Sumrall, you know, and the impression he made at the podium today.

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 You know, it really, the guy that's the star is the guy that hasn't taken the podium yet.

622
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 You know, there's been a lot of talk about Lane Kiffin.

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 I think that's coming tomorrow where the center of attention in college football, not quite like Nick Saban used to be, where I always made the joke with you guys that Nick Saban kind of, when it was his turn to speak, it was kind of like the state of the union.

624
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 Not just to the SEC, but the college football as a whole, and the SEC doesn't have that voice now.

625
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 I mean, Kirby's a loud one, and not as loud in a bad way, like a one that we listen to, but Lane has certainly found out his way to become the center of attention in the conference.

626
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 A couple of highlights for me, Greg Sanky comes out and mentions, yeah, the talks of the SEC, quote, succeeding from the union, so to speak, are real.

627
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 I thought Kirby got a little testy, they asked him about his receivers, and he said, well, just wait and see what happens with that.

628
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 I thought Alex Golich was just, he didn't come out with any wild predictions, which I don't think anybody who knows him thought he would.

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 He said, look, we're just here to establish a foundation and create an identity, and we'll go from there.

630
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 Kellen DeBoer, I thought, did a good job this morning.

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 Again, talked about some of the things that worked and did not work, and of course, again, John Summerall dropped a couple of a** bombs, but listen, he left no doubt who is in charge of the Florida program.

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 Yeah, that's the guy, like I said, that made an impression.

633
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 Kellen's very calculated, you know, he's not, some would say, boring's not the right word, but just coach speak, and is going to keep, go by the book and just be solid on the podium.

634
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 He always is solid.

635
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 You know, I think Summerall obviously establishes that with a fiery tone.

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 You mentioned Alex Golich.

637
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:56,220
 I just think he knows what he's in for there, and if Auburn fans give that guy a chance, I think they're going to like the results because he just, he's going to bring that offense.

638
00:43:56,580 --> 00:43:58,120
 He's going to get kids to play hard.

639
00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:04,240
 He's got the right quarterback to kind of transition that with Byron Brown, and I enjoy him.

640
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:05,840
 You know, I think he does a good job.

641
00:44:07,700 --> 00:44:18,560
 Just to kind of, if you will, a fun question, Bill, if you were pressed for an answer on this, if you had to choose, as Florida and Auburn did, who got the better deal?

642
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:22,280
 Did Florida get the better deal than Summerall, or did Auburn get the better deal than Golich?

643
00:44:22,340 --> 00:44:26,860
 We know time is obviously going to tail, but right now, what is your gut?

644
00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:28,200
 How does it answer that question?

645
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,560
 Probably Summerall, just because we've seen him do it at Troy.

646
00:44:33,020 --> 00:44:34,600
 We've seen him do it at Tulane.

647
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:41,700
 See, I think he's kind of the, I'm not comparing him to Urban Meyer, okay?

648
00:44:42,140 --> 00:44:50,700
 But when Urban came to Florida, he immediately set a different tone, and some probably outsiders were like, who is this dude from Utah?

649
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,040
 What, what, what, you know, there's no way this is going to work.

650
00:44:54,440 --> 00:45:01,900
 But he had a, he had a persona, and he had won at every previous stop, and I kind of see that with John Summerall.

651
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:03,300
 There'll be bumps, no doubt.

652
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:10,800
 I mean, Florida's behind a little bit as a program, but I do think if I had to pick between the two, I think I'd take John Summerall.

653
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:15,560
 Let me ask you a recruiting question, and our listener is saying, what?

654
00:45:16,460 --> 00:45:27,120
 David at Gabriel Georges is going to announce this afternoon at 4.30 Central Time on CBS, and you wrote an article about this.

655
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:32,880
 Five-star running back, he is going to command a multi-million dollar NIL deal.

656
00:45:33,620 --> 00:45:40,480
 He is between Ohio State and Tennessee, and we've been following this now for what seems like months.

657
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:41,520
 Certainly weeks.

658
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:46,360
 Where is he going to announce that he's going this afternoon at 4.30?

659
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:53,880
 I think you've, you know, you're seeing the crystal ball prediction flip to Tennessee, and maybe that's, maybe there's something behind that.

660
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,840
 And, you know, what a pickup that would be for the volunteers.

661
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,660
 You know, you get a five-star running back, it does change things.

662
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:09,880
 You know, he's being compared to some generational prospects at position, and I believe that,

663
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 that, I don't know, we'll see.

664
00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:19,380
 When you get a five-star recruited running back, you want a running back that's going to get 3,000 yards or more.

665
00:46:19,620 --> 00:46:21,640
 And I looked at that in the Sporting News article.

666
00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:26,220
 There have been eight in the playoff era that have had 3,000 yards or more.

667
00:46:26,340 --> 00:46:34,320
 And, you know, if they get that out of David Gabriel Georges, then I think they'll get what they pay for, even though it's going to cost a lot.

668
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,000
 Yeah, speaking of cost a lot, I saw a number, Bill.

669
00:46:38,060 --> 00:46:38,860
 You may have seen this.

670
00:46:39,060 --> 00:46:45,900
 LSU, between coaches' salaries, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, the grand total of over $100 million.

671
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:48,340
 Now, you can agree with that or not.

672
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,600
 That's just the number I saw.

673
00:46:50,380 --> 00:46:56,620
 Your thoughts about the ROI, the return on the investment, and are LSU fans prepared?

674
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:01,420
 Because when you spend that kind of money, any fan base, especially LSU, they're crazy, man.

675
00:47:01,460 --> 00:47:02,360
 They'll tell you that themselves.

676
00:47:02,780 --> 00:47:04,940
 They want to win and win right now.

677
00:47:05,420 --> 00:47:10,420
 What's realistic this year for that $100 million reported Spaniard tier?

678
00:47:11,260 --> 00:47:11,980
 They should.

679
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:13,620
 They're going to be expecting to win now.

680
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:18,420
 Now, I would say the first year we'll see.

681
00:47:18,540 --> 00:47:24,180
 You can establish a foundation in year one, but when you have that much money behind it, it better be a pretty darn good foundation.

682
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,500
 I think Lane Kiffin will do a nice job there.

683
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:34,520
 But to expect them to get to the semifinals in year one or like a deep playoff run, you might be asking a lot.

684
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:44,580
 But by year two, that will be the expectation, especially because he left in a season where Ole Miss reached the semifinals.

685
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:50,900
 So he'll be held to that standard for a very long time at LSU.

686
00:47:51,140 --> 00:47:53,240
 Brian Kelly was held to the same standard, couldn't do it.

687
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,000
 And we all saw how that went.

688
00:47:56,380 --> 00:47:56,820
 Absolutely.

689
00:47:56,820 --> 00:48:05,920
 We'll be talking about this for the next three months, but this time of the year, Heisman candidates and, of course, Arch Sarkeesian is on tomorrow.

690
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,520
 With Texas, I keep hearing that he's the front runner for the Heisman.

691
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,400
 Well, you're insane at Ohio State maybe, and there are about five more.

692
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:18,760
 But I'm telling you, if Trinidad, we talked about this.

693
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:25,480
 If Trinidad Chambliss at Ole Miss plays the way he did in the postseason, he's going to be in New York too.

694
00:48:26,140 --> 00:48:28,800
 Yeah, I mean, it's a loaded quarterback class.

695
00:48:28,900 --> 00:48:32,960
 You've got Dante Moore, you've got Trinidad, you've got C.J. Carr.

696
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,280
 They love him at Notre Dame.

697
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:42,580
 I think what it's telling me, Brad, is that it's going to be very difficult for somebody not a quarterback to win the Heisman this year.

698
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:49,240
 Even a guy like Jeremiah Smith or Leonard Moore or those type of players that have done a really fantastic job.

699
00:48:49,580 --> 00:48:56,340
 So, yeah, we have Trinidad Chambliss at top of our quarterback rankings, and I feel great about it.

700
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:58,000
 I think he's going to have a great year.

701
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:06,240
 I think if you see the same quarterback we did see last year, there's no doubt in my mind he could have a chance to go to New York and perhaps hold up that award.

702
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:13,120
 And what's one of the best friends a good quarterback can have, a good running back, and he's got a better one right now than Ole Miss.

703
00:49:13,180 --> 00:49:17,100
 Bill, it's the third quarter of SEC media days.

704
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:20,200
 Bottom line is fourth quarter tomorrow at the end of it.

705
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,100
 You get to cast a vote.

706
00:49:23,060 --> 00:49:26,900
 Who's one, two, and where do you put Alabama and Auburn and Tennessee?

707
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,820
 I'll put Alabama right in that four or five range.

708
00:49:30,240 --> 00:49:42,820
 You know, I think Georgia and Texas will be one and two, and I would, if it was my vote, I'm putting Georgia number one just because it's kind of like the roster, like Gunnar Stockton, like the defense, like their schedule, too.

709
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:47,300
 You get into Tennessee, they're probably around seven, and you mentioned Auburn.

710
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:52,200
 They're probably like, to start, like to mention that foundation, probably in that 11-12 range.

711
00:49:52,460 --> 00:50:02,640
 So that's where those schools probably sit right now, but a lot can change, obviously, when you have, and South Carolina's getting a lot of buzz in the potential playoff contender, guys.

712
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:10,980
 So you look at that, and you're saying, okay, you have 10 possible teams that can make the college football playoffs.

713
00:50:11,740 --> 00:50:16,080
 I mean, and not all 10 will make it, but you have 10 that are inferior in contention.

714
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,900
 That's why the conference is so strong.

715
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:19,420
 No question about it.

716
00:50:19,420 --> 00:50:36,700
 Listen, tell the Sporting News distribution chain for the preseason magazine to look at the state of Alabama, and particularly North Alabama, and tell them to put some of these things on a truck and deliver it to North Alabama, because I'm still looking for one.

717
00:50:37,260 --> 00:50:45,940
 I've told people, you know, Lindy's and Athlon are great, but our buddy, Bill Bender, wrote a lot of articles, and I want to see them.

718
00:50:46,140 --> 00:50:50,000
 Tell us where we can get one and also get online to get all your great stuff.

719
00:50:50,620 --> 00:50:52,780
 Yeah, you can go online, and they should be.

720
00:50:52,940 --> 00:50:59,600
 You're the second person from Alabama to tell me this this week, so I'm going to have to talk to my editors and get this problem fixed.

721
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:01,180
 I will.

722
00:51:01,980 --> 00:51:07,000
 But, yeah, you can get it online, and it's out there, and you can read our work at sportingnews.com.

723
00:51:07,060 --> 00:51:10,760
 I'm sure I will write about Mr. Tiffin tomorrow.

724
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,980
 In the meantime, enjoy something rare for an Ohioan.

725
00:51:16,420 --> 00:51:18,380
 Enjoy the beach and the sun down in Tampa.

726
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:18,960
 Okay, Bill?

727
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:20,280
 Hey, I will.

728
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:21,360
 Thanks so much for having me on, guys.

729
00:51:21,420 --> 00:51:21,520
 Take care.

730
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:22,040
 Thank you, brother.

731
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:24,660
 Bill Bender, the voice for the East Sporting News.

732
00:51:24,780 --> 00:51:26,840
 BB, have you got a napkin, you and James?

733
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 What's going on over there?

734
00:51:28,100 --> 00:51:29,800
 Let me tell you something, Harold Bugg.

735
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,320
 You know, first of all, I appreciate Greg Thornton going to pick up.

736
00:51:33,420 --> 00:51:39,760
 Anything that you get from lost pizza is going to be good, and we've got kind of a smorgasbord.

737
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:40,360
 Exactly.

738
00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:46,820
 The other thing I wanted to say is that's the voice of the great James Moody,

739
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:52,900
 who has done a tremendous job of producing SEC Media Days this week.

740
00:51:53,060 --> 00:51:57,540
 James, what did we get from lost pizza that we're eating right now?

741
00:51:57,540 --> 00:52:04,060
 Well, I had the Cujo, which is like, there's like olives and peppers and meat and things.

742
00:52:04,540 --> 00:52:08,040
 That's when I get a lot during the scoreboard show.

743
00:52:08,620 --> 00:52:10,740
 And so that's, I know that one's going to be good.

744
00:52:10,820 --> 00:52:12,400
 I mean, everything's going to be good, but that's going to be good.

745
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:12,560
 Oh, man.

746
00:52:12,940 --> 00:52:16,160
 And we also got, you got the Fat Boy Burger pizza.

747
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:16,460
 Right, I did.

748
00:52:16,620 --> 00:52:17,320
 How was that?

749
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:21,440
 I said, well, you know, I'm going to have one piece.

750
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:22,400
 I've already had three.

751
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:31,280
 And Blair, who is not in yet, he got the full court press Cuban, which was inspired by Tony Pujol.

752
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:31,580
 Right.

753
00:52:31,940 --> 00:52:33,700
 So, frequent guest on the show.

754
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:39,020
 And then they gave us the Philly cheesesteak, the new Philly cheesesteak pizza.

755
00:52:39,420 --> 00:52:40,600
 I have yet to try that.

756
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:45,640
 And also they gave us the new jalapeno mac and cheese bites, which was wonderful.

757
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,220
 So, thank you to Lost Pizza for wonderful food today.

758
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 And we're going to give them a couple of more shout outs before the show's over.

759
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,500
 Just thank you, Lost Pizza, for wonderful food for the scoreboard show.

760
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:56,780
 Harold, you're missing out.

761
00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,300
 Well, I did get something.

762
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:00,120
 I got the bill.

763
00:53:03,540 --> 00:53:04,620
 So, it's a team effort.

764
00:53:04,980 --> 00:53:06,360
 I hope you guys enjoy again.

765
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:07,700
 Shout out to Lost Pizza there.

766
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 Coming up, we're never lost.

767
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 There's something to talk about at SEC Media Days.

768
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:15,460
 Coming up in the next hour, the man who knows lane keeping about as well as anybody anywhere,

769
00:53:15,580 --> 00:53:19,780
 Hall of Famer Ron Higgins, and somebody who knows Alabama pretty well inside out,

770
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 Rodney Orr from Tider, insider.com.

771
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,500
 Hour 2 of SEC Media Days.

772
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 Coming up, stay with us, Sean.

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848
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850
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851
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911
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:50,260
 Everywhere I go, TV, media, everybody wants to talk about the landscape of college football.

912
01:01:50,740 --> 01:01:54,000
 And it's sad that what's forgotten, what wins games.

913
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:55,700
 Maybe that becomes boring.

914
01:01:55,820 --> 01:01:56,800
 Maybe that becomes mundane.

915
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:57,840
 But not at our place.

916
01:01:58,300 --> 01:02:01,520
 I don't enjoy talking about all these things that are the landscape of college football.

917
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:05,540
 I enjoy talking about what wins and what allows our team to have the best chance.

918
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 The consistency and performance is probably what I'm most proud of over the last 10 to 11 years, including this season.

919
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 And the consistency and performance is what Georgia's been built on.

920
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 Can we repeatedly do and be successful regardless of who comes in and out of your program?

921
01:02:23,460 --> 01:02:24,240
 There you have it.

922
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:30,380
 The wisdom of, now it's hard to believe this, the dean of SEC coaches, Ron Kirby's smart top dog in Georgia.

923
01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:31,060
 Welcome in.

924
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:34,100
 It's our two, day three SEC media days in Tampa.

925
01:02:34,220 --> 01:02:38,260
 Quickly, B.B., for the folks who missed that, Kirby's come a long way.

926
01:02:38,380 --> 01:02:41,460
 He is no longer kind of putting his toe in the water.

927
01:02:41,980 --> 01:02:45,460
 Remember, when you try to learn how to swim, you kind of go out there and put your foot in.

928
01:02:45,540 --> 01:02:46,600
 Say, I don't know if I can do this.

929
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:51,320
 You jump into the deep end, and once you start, all of a sudden, you feel like you can swim the English channel.

930
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:57,480
 In a way, you just kind of get that feel that Kirby now knows he's got a big target on his back.

931
01:02:57,740 --> 01:03:04,340
 Obviously, Lane takes a different approach, but I like Kirby's approach to try to put a championship team on the field, B.B.

932
01:03:04,340 --> 01:03:14,920
 Well, he tries to emphasize the reasons why Georgia has won two national championships in 21 and 22 and why they've won three SEC.

933
01:03:15,420 --> 01:03:20,540
 And they've been in the SEC championship game eight out of the last nine years.

934
01:03:20,860 --> 01:03:24,300
 And he doesn't want people to forget the formula for that.

935
01:03:24,300 --> 01:03:28,340
 Now, once again, you mentioned he's the dean of SEC coaches.

936
01:03:29,100 --> 01:03:31,060
 That's the reason now he gets asked.

937
01:03:31,460 --> 01:03:37,200
 Nick Saban, again, when Nick was in Alabama, he was asked, you know, how's the team doing?

938
01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:41,960
 But what are your thoughts about the future of college football and where are we now?

939
01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:44,320
 Well, Kirby is getting those same questions.

940
01:03:45,180 --> 01:03:47,720
 And the last two years, Nick was in Alabama.

941
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:51,800
 I know people were saying, well, they slipped a little bit.

942
01:03:51,900 --> 01:03:58,520
 You and I have talked about the reasons for that repeatedly about, again, how college football was changing.

943
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:05,240
 The assistant coaches were not up to par, at least what he had in winning national championships.

944
01:04:05,620 --> 01:04:13,620
 Kirby got a little testy yesterday when asked about the lack of sexiness, so to speak, for the receivers.

945
01:04:14,260 --> 01:04:17,240
 You haven't won a national championship in three weeks.

946
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:22,000
 And he always gets asked now about the state of college football.

947
01:04:22,260 --> 01:04:25,520
 So those questions, they're not going to stop coming at Kirby.

948
01:04:26,140 --> 01:04:31,820
 I wonder when Kirby's going to also take, if you will, a play out of Nick Saban's playbook.

949
01:04:32,540 --> 01:04:35,240
 Nick Saban never wasted an opportunity.

950
01:04:35,620 --> 01:04:41,900
 He had the unique ability of basically, in effect, giving the impression that he hated to come to these things.

951
01:04:41,980 --> 01:04:43,200
 It's a waste of his time.

952
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:45,760
 The book on Nick was, he was always organized.

953
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:46,520
 What was a joke?

954
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:55,080
 Even when he came out of church services on Sunday morning, he had the car turned around, so he didn't have to waste 30 seconds doing that so he could organize.

955
01:04:55,860 --> 01:04:56,900
 That's maybe a legend.

956
01:04:57,060 --> 01:05:04,420
 But the point is, back to what I was trying to make there about the media, when Nick took to the podium, he had a plan.

957
01:05:04,820 --> 01:05:08,220
 Instead of him working for the media, he was going to make the media work for him.

958
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:09,500
 He got his message.

959
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:12,120
 If you will, you've always had those relationships.

960
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:17,560
 Some people are masters at saying it without saying it, if you know what I mean.

961
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:22,040
 And Nick had that ability, and I think he did that this morning.

962
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:28,680
 Maybe I'm off base here, but when he was asked about basically what he would do differently if he was in Alabama,

963
01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:30,960
 and I don't know if he said, I would do it differently.

964
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,020
 He just said, this is the way I did it.

965
01:05:33,340 --> 01:05:34,500
 And that made me sure I'm clear.

966
01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:38,100
 He didn't say he would do it differently, but I think the implicit message was there.

967
01:05:38,180 --> 01:05:43,020
 Maybe if this staff is listening to Nick Saban, they might take a little bit of a hint here.

968
01:05:43,460 --> 01:05:49,300
 We talked about it earlier, he would like to see more man-to-man on defense, not give the other team,

969
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:51,560
 and let's face it, it's a whole different world now.

970
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:53,880
 Every team has got jackrabbits on there.

971
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:58,460
 If they get even a half-step on the secondary, it's hard to catch them, baby.

972
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:03,400
 Well, it is, and I think you'll see more of a mix of man-to-man and zone

973
01:06:03,400 --> 01:06:06,780
 because this secondary has got the skills.

974
01:06:06,780 --> 01:06:13,240
 I mean, Harold, again, 10, 15, 20 years ago, a cornerback was 5'11", 5'10",

975
01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:15,240
 5'11", and 180 pounds.

976
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:17,980
 Now they're 6'4", and 2'10".

977
01:06:17,980 --> 01:06:22,560
 It is incredible at how that position has evolved with that,

978
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:23,920
 and I think you're going to see more.

979
01:06:24,020 --> 01:06:27,740
 I think you're going to see Alabama more aggressive getting after the quarterback,

980
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:29,680
 but go back to one of the points you made.

981
01:06:29,740 --> 01:06:32,500
 You remember the year that Nick Saban went off on agents?

982
01:06:33,060 --> 01:06:35,400
 Nick Saban always has an agenda.

983
01:06:35,940 --> 01:06:43,020
 Whenever he is talking to the media, there are one or two points that he is always going to try

984
01:06:43,020 --> 01:06:48,300
 to get across, and Kirby's learned that, or he will certainly begin to learn that.

985
01:06:48,540 --> 01:06:54,500
 And I think Kirby's message yesterday was, guys, look, we know college football has evolved.

986
01:06:54,620 --> 01:06:55,380
 It's changed.

987
01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:56,920
 We're going to have to change with it.

988
01:06:57,020 --> 01:07:08,580
 But let's don't forget, Georgia has been basically the bow cow of the SEC, certainly since Nick Saban retired with the two national championships.

989
01:07:09,700 --> 01:07:15,800
 But Kirby's been around Nick for a long time, and he mentioned that, again, yesterday in one of the segments,

990
01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:21,840
 but, you know, the car wash, whatever you want to call it, going from one platform to another.

991
01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:25,660
 But, as he said, I've learned a few things over the years, too.

992
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:27,280
 Isn't it interesting?

993
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:29,260
 Obviously, the league's got a lot of good coaches.

994
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:31,700
 Nick Saban's been out how many years now?

995
01:07:31,780 --> 01:07:32,840
 Three, four, whatever it's been.

996
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:36,340
 Yet, when he walks in the room, the room shuts down.

997
01:07:37,020 --> 01:07:40,600
 It's like Elvis is now in the building instead of has left the building.

998
01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:46,900
 Your thoughts, do you think that, how much of a conversation do you think Nick and Kalen DeBoer have?

999
01:07:46,980 --> 01:07:50,540
 I know they're not going to come out and talk about it, per se, publicly.

1000
01:07:51,300 --> 01:07:56,100
 If they don't, and correct me if I'm wrong, Nick is still on the payroll in some capacity, Alabama.

1001
01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:02,120
 I think fans would like to say, Kalen, we understand everybody's got their own egos.

1002
01:08:02,260 --> 01:08:05,160
 Everybody's got their own limitations and boundaries, et cetera.

1003
01:08:06,460 --> 01:08:14,040
 But, wouldn't it be nice if you could at least have a phone call from time to time and say, Nick, I'm thinking about Joe Blow up in Starkville, Mississippi.

1004
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:15,340
 What do you think?

1005
01:08:16,260 --> 01:08:17,940
 Would you pursue this kid or not?

1006
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:23,440
 And, like we just mentioned, as far as schemes, how much of a role does Nick have at Alabama now?

1007
01:08:23,580 --> 01:08:34,420
 And if it's not enough, wouldn't you think fans would say, why not take advantage of, let's face it, in Kirby Smart's own eyes, unmistakably the best college football coach ever?

1008
01:08:34,420 --> 01:08:43,100
 Well, I think Nick has alluded to this a couple of times, in that he has been hands-off as far as Kalen DeBoer's staff.

1009
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:50,060
 He's going to let them make their own mistakes, do their own thing, that they've got their own schemes, that they do.

1010
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:57,440
 Now, from what I've been told, Kalen DeBoer and Nick meet at least once every other week to discuss personnel.

1011
01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:00,320
 I'm sure schemes to some point.

1012
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:07,340
 And that's one of the keys, when Nick Saban retired, he said, look, they offered me an office in the football building.

1013
01:09:07,420 --> 01:09:11,400
 And I said, no, I did not want to be inside that football building.

1014
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:19,380
 He's got one at Bryant-Denny Stadium along with, again, some of the other offices, some administrative offices there.

1015
01:09:20,220 --> 01:09:27,540
 But believe me, I'm sure Nick Saban would be glad to go into as much detail as Kalen DeBoer would like to go into.

1016
01:09:28,160 --> 01:09:30,880
 But, yeah, Harold, they do meet on a frequent basis.

1017
01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:34,160
 I was going to say that, and I totally agree with Nick.

1018
01:09:34,240 --> 01:09:36,460
 Once you leave the building, you leave the building.

1019
01:09:36,580 --> 01:09:41,340
 My point was, Kalen DeBoer, since Nick is, my understanding is still on the payroll there,

1020
01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:44,880
 why wouldn't Kalen DeBoer reach out and initiate that conversation?

1021
01:09:45,020 --> 01:09:50,760
 I think in that context, Nick would say, okay, since you ask, make sure I'm not trying to meddle here and tell you what to do.

1022
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:55,060
 But since you ask, yeah, this is what I would do going forward.

1023
01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:56,760
 So just a thought there.

1024
01:09:56,820 --> 01:09:59,260
 BB, obviously Alabama kicked off the day.

1025
01:10:00,120 --> 01:10:03,080
 Everybody thought once Alabama gets in, the party's over.

1026
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,740
 Jon Sumrall had a different thought talking Florida Gators.

1027
01:10:06,020 --> 01:10:11,440
 Yeah, I'm going to be very curious when we talk to John Ferrari, our good friend, about John.

1028
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:20,300
 John had been a little bit hesitant as far as, is Jon Sumrall the man that Florida needs?

1029
01:10:20,300 --> 01:10:26,600
 I think John pretty much put that to rest this morning, and it wasn't the two a** bombs.

1030
01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:32,260
 It just, look, we know who's in charge now, and I still love his point.

1031
01:10:32,340 --> 01:10:34,820
 He said, look, again, these guys are getting paid.

1032
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:35,960
 They better perform.

1033
01:10:36,740 --> 01:10:37,260
 There you go.

1034
01:10:38,180 --> 01:10:40,560
 Well, it's not a babysitting service, and he's right.

1035
01:10:40,660 --> 01:10:43,640
 If you're making that kind of money, think about this, BB.

1036
01:10:43,860 --> 01:10:55,600
 I dare say, in probably 9% of the cases, those 17-, 18-, 19-year-old kids are already making more money than both their parents combined all their lives.

1037
01:10:56,060 --> 01:10:58,360
 So, yeah, don't sit here and play the kid card.

1038
01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:02,060
 These are employees, so if they're going to be employees, treat them as such.

1039
01:11:02,340 --> 01:11:04,560
 Florida, we're going to be talking with John Ferrari on that.

1040
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:12,420
 After the meal, which we'll get to on a local level here in a second, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, what do you expect this afternoon?

1041
01:11:13,060 --> 01:11:17,440
 I think a lot of people are interested about Pete Golding.

1042
01:11:17,540 --> 01:11:23,960
 I think Pete is going to come in and do exactly what we see in a lot of the interviews now.

1043
01:11:24,300 --> 01:11:29,120
 I'm sure he's going to be asked about the Dabo situation as far as poaching the player.

1044
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:33,380
 I'm going to be curious to see what his response for that is going to be.

1045
01:11:33,740 --> 01:11:36,900
 But, again, he doesn't play golf.

1046
01:11:36,980 --> 01:11:38,000
 He doesn't do a lot of it.

1047
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,640
 He's kind of like Alex Gulich at Auburn.

1048
01:11:40,780 --> 01:11:42,240
 He doesn't have a lot of hobbies.

1049
01:11:42,380 --> 01:11:44,000
 He's just a football coach.

1050
01:11:44,260 --> 01:11:51,060
 Now, Texas A&M, Harold, Mike Helco, I think he's going to have to look at the expectations.

1051
01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:53,100
 Well, everybody's got the expectations.

1052
01:11:53,600 --> 01:12:02,540
 But Texas A&M lost their last two games after having a great, jumping out 11-0, lost the last two games.

1053
01:12:02,540 --> 01:12:11,760
 And I think, again, Marcel Reed, as he stepped up to that next level of leadership, would the defense fill some holes?

1054
01:12:12,140 --> 01:12:15,360
 It's going to be an interesting afternoon with Mike Helco and Pete Golding.

1055
01:12:16,060 --> 01:12:20,540
 So, if you're going to sit here and say, what are the keys outside of offensive line?

1056
01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:26,700
 It's safe to say the two most important things to have a successful offense, and obviously it's all important.

1057
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:27,920
 We're talking about rankings here.

1058
01:12:27,940 --> 01:12:30,320
 You better have a good quarterback, and you better have a good running back.

1059
01:12:30,660 --> 01:12:32,260
 And you know where I'm going with that, BB.

1060
01:12:32,540 --> 01:12:38,220
 Who in the league has a coming-in better situation at quarterback or running back than Ole Miss?

1061
01:12:38,780 --> 01:12:42,620
 And I think I know your answer, and if it's what I think it's going to be, everybody's talking Texas.

1062
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:43,900
 Everybody's talking Georgia.

1063
01:12:44,020 --> 01:12:44,800
 Where do you put Ole Miss?

1064
01:12:44,980 --> 01:12:46,180
 I'll be honest with you.

1065
01:12:46,540 --> 01:12:50,680
 I think Trinidad Chambliss, if he stays healthy, wins the Heisman Trophy.

1066
01:12:51,580 --> 01:12:57,100
 Key one, Lacey, is one of the best running backs, if not the best running back in the league.

1067
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:02,520
 I know what Texas has got, but no, I would put Ole Miss at the top for quarterback.

1068
01:13:02,540 --> 01:13:08,740
 I think you're a good bet there with that, because not only that, they're kind of flying under the radar relative to those two.

1069
01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:12,320
 Speaking of that, what are you two doing as far as lunch?

1070
01:13:13,260 --> 01:13:17,520
 Well, it has been one of the highlights of the week.

1071
01:13:17,620 --> 01:13:19,560
 Let me bring James Moody back in.

1072
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 By the way, when you hear the lost pizza commercial, the monster at the end is the one and only James Moody.

1073
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 They're located at 201 North Seminary.

1074
01:13:30,380 --> 01:13:34,900
 Esteemed producer, what did Greg Thornton bring for us to munch on?

1075
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:40,900
 He brought us some, first of all, some jalapeno mac and cheese bites, and they were wonderful.

1076
01:13:41,420 --> 01:13:41,520
 Incredible.

1077
01:13:41,860 --> 01:13:42,200
 Wonderful.

1078
01:13:42,460 --> 01:13:51,520
 Also, Blair, when he gets here, is going to have the court street, excuse me, the full court press, a Cuban that was inspired by.

1079
01:13:51,620 --> 01:13:52,900
 If we don't eat it first.

1080
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 Yes, exactly.

1081
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 He might not have much of a sandwich left to eat.

1082
01:13:56,740 --> 01:14:01,040
 That was inspired by Tony Pujol, Coach Tony Pujol at UNA.

1083
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 I had the Cujo on a Cauliflower Crush.

1084
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 You can get the pizzas on Cauliflower Crush.

1085
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 It's a little, you know, more health conscious choice there.

1086
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 And you got the Fat Boy Burger Pizza.

1087
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 The Fat Boy is good, yes, yes.

1088
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 And looking at both of us, Brett is not the Fat Boy.

1089
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 And also, they got us the new Philly, it's called the Philly Y'all.

1090
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 It's the Philly Cheesesteak Pizza.

1091
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 And I may have a little bite of that here in a minute.

1092
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 But, no, wonderful food for Lost Pizza.

1093
01:14:32,900 --> 01:14:35,740
 And they always provide me and Blair with food for the scoreboard show.

1094
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 So, off-season shout-out to them for the scoreboard show.

1095
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 And so, yeah, go by and see them in historic downtown Florence across from the Shoals Theater.

1096
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 Absolutely.

1097
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 Harold, let me do the sponsors real quick.

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 Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.

1105
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 Well, I knew you and James were talented, but now I have an even more esteem for you.

1106
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 You can actually talk with your mouth full.

1107
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 So, that is a special talent.

1108
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 He's a special talent.

1109
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 He's the Hall of Famer, Ron Higgins, on the top of the SEC.

1110
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1222
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 Welcome back again at Kildo Sinemus.

1223
01:22:20,680 --> 01:22:22,120
 Thank you so much, guys.

1224
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 And thank you for making us a part of your day, day three, SEC Media Days in Tampa.

1225
01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:32,020
 And I don't care how many years you have covered this thing.

1226
01:22:32,060 --> 01:22:33,600
 There's always a first for everything.

1227
01:22:33,800 --> 01:22:34,860
 First time in Tampa.

1228
01:22:35,480 --> 01:22:37,400
 First say hello to Ron Higgins, the Hall of Famer.

1229
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 Now, fine columnist of the Shreveport Bossier Journal.

1230
01:22:39,940 --> 01:22:40,780
 Ron, welcome in.

1231
01:22:40,860 --> 01:22:41,340
 How are you?

1232
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 You having fun?

1233
01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:46,280
 Oh, man.

1234
01:22:46,900 --> 01:22:53,400
 I'm just about, I've maxed out and I can't wait for tomorrow to put a cherry on top of it, Ron.

1235
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 Everybody's kind of been building to this.

1236
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 You know the name Lane better than any of us in this conversation.

1237
01:23:01,220 --> 01:23:02,680
 There's been a lot of talk.

1238
01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:06,060
 Is it true that basically Lane has two personalities?

1239
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 When he's in his basement, he'll take a shot at anybody out there.

1240
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 When he's one-on-one looking you in the eye behind the microphone, it's like, he's Mr. Shy Guy almost.

1241
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 Ron, you know him better than we do.

1242
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 Tomorrow, everybody's been talking about it.

1243
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 What are we going to get?

1244
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 You're going to get the 1970s late-night FM DJ.

1245
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 You know that guy?

1246
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 Appreciate it.

1247
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 I've been there, done that.

1248
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 Let's talk to you, the dirty, hairy guy.

1249
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:36,140
 Yeah.

1250
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 Well, here's a song for lonely lovers on a lonely night.

1251
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 That's who you're going to get.

1252
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 I mean, he won't look you in the eye.

1253
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 He'll shift from foot to foot.

1254
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 Right, right.

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 And everything, you'll have to, even with the sound guy who's run the sound system is going,

1256
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 I've got to jack this up like 20.

1257
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 Nobody can hear him.

1258
01:23:57,940 --> 01:24:01,520
 How much of this is just basically controlling the room.

1259
01:24:01,660 --> 01:24:04,880
 I mean, obviously, Lane, he's a different bird.

1260
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 He's a heck of an X's and O's coach, but a lot of the coaches that are X's and O's.

1261
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 He's just got the kind of personality that, let's say, at least the modern media, they love

1262
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 it because he's always a quote.

1263
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 He's a soundbite.

1264
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 He is a TikToker.

1265
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 Oh, absolutely.

1266
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 I mean, he's a guy that, he's much better on a keyboard or on his phone somewhere reacting

1267
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 to something rather than just, you know, in interviews.

1268
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 He's just, he's not a, he's not a great interview.

1269
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 He really, he really isn't.

1270
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 But he's a h*** of a football coach.

1271
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 I mean, h*** of a play caller.

1272
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 I mean, he won't say probably anything remotely controversial to Mars.

1273
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 He'll probably say, he'll probably come up and say, listen, man, I mean, have a whole new team.

1274
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 We're just trying to get better.

1275
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 You know, I think, you know, he said, you know, I feel like we'll win a national championship eventually here.

1276
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 But it might mean he's not putting a time, you know, timeline on it like, you know, like LSU fans are.

1277
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 I think he'll be, as Kitt, Lane always is really low key and just, this is the way he is.

1278
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 You know, you're not going to, I don't know.

1279
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 Maybe because I'm not there, and I'll watch this a little bit on TV this week.

1280
01:25:26,820 --> 01:25:29,080
 Do any of these coaches have any personality?

1281
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:30,920
 Some are all.

1282
01:25:31,080 --> 01:25:31,840
 No, it's corporate.

1283
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 It's corporate.

1284
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 Yeah, some role does.

1285
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 I mean, John Summerall, and maybe, I guess, Eli Drinkwitz would be the closest thing to it.

1286
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 Yeah, I mean, it's like, I don't know if they're so guarded, like you said, corporate, you know.

1287
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 But it's just not, you know, just even Spurs was in the league.

1288
01:25:54,380 --> 01:25:58,340
 I mean, there would be people would, I mean, people would, I don't know if it was because he was in the room,

1289
01:25:58,400 --> 01:26:01,420
 but it would encourage us to talk, you know, just kind of speak their minds.

1290
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,900
 And, you know, some of those coaches are gone.

1291
01:26:04,900 --> 01:26:09,620
 I mean, Les Miles, as daffy as he was, he was entertaining.

1292
01:26:09,900 --> 01:26:13,660
 He would review his entire vacation for everybody before he started his business.

1293
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:19,380
 You know, you think of some of the great, you think of some of the great many days of the past

1294
01:26:19,380 --> 01:26:23,040
 where it's just been bizarre stuff, you know, like, like the whole, you know,

1295
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,260
 fuller being served in injunctions so he didn't win the show.

1296
01:26:25,260 --> 01:26:30,740
 So everybody, everybody had 150 people in the room looking at a speaker phone.

1297
01:26:30,740 --> 01:26:30,900
 Right.

1298
01:26:32,440 --> 01:26:33,100
 You're right.

1299
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:35,180
 I remember the story of Billy Brewer.

1300
01:26:35,660 --> 01:26:38,940
 You remember when they used to give out the goodie bag at the SEC?

1301
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:40,580
 I looked behind me.

1302
01:26:40,720 --> 01:26:41,620
 Guess who was in the line?

1303
01:26:41,740 --> 01:26:44,640
 Billy Brewer, the head coach at Ole Miss, went for his free goodie bag.

1304
01:26:47,740 --> 01:26:49,340
 That's how far they'd come.

1305
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:50,900
 Yes, he did.

1306
01:26:51,060 --> 01:26:53,620
 Probably his wife, Miss Kaye, told him to go get him.

1307
01:26:53,620 --> 01:26:53,720
 Right.

1308
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:54,560
 Oh, yeah.

1309
01:26:54,700 --> 01:26:55,300
 Billy, go get him.

1310
01:26:56,000 --> 01:27:03,520
 You know, the year that Saban was LSU, he locked his dog up in a room upstairs in a hotel, the Winfrey.

1311
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:03,960
 Yep.

1312
01:27:04,420 --> 01:27:05,840
 And the maid came to change the room.

1313
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:06,560
 The dog got out.

1314
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:10,520
 The dog found Saban downstairs in an interview.

1315
01:27:10,740 --> 01:27:11,360
 He found him.

1316
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:22,900
 So, you know, you would like to be like that, but it's almost like it's become – when ESPN took over and started showing, you know, television every day,

1317
01:27:22,900 --> 01:27:37,860
 which I always say, you know, forced to – most of the sports writers to wear their best-looking free golf shirts, I think it just – it became real corporate and tightened up and everything was measured.

1318
01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:41,740
 You know, the questions were measured.

1319
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:43,340
 The responses were measured.

1320
01:27:45,520 --> 01:27:48,340
 You know, there's not much personality left in there.

1321
01:27:48,420 --> 01:27:49,360
 I miss that.

1322
01:27:49,480 --> 01:27:50,280
 I do miss that.

1323
01:27:50,980 --> 01:28:01,540
 Ryan, do you remember at the bottom of the elevator at Hoover at Winfrey, the little dog that was painted with orange and blue, like a tiger?

1324
01:28:02,340 --> 01:28:05,560
 You had the national championship ring guy.

1325
01:28:06,100 --> 01:28:10,860
 You had the Bear Bryant imitation holding the program.

1326
01:28:11,580 --> 01:28:15,480
 That was a lively bunch that was at the bottom of the escalator.

1327
01:28:17,200 --> 01:28:19,940
 When the Alabama rolled in, it was like a Mardi Gras.

1328
01:28:20,060 --> 01:28:21,000
 Yes, it did.

1329
01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:26,800
 I mean, and for all the – of course, Radio Row was right next to it.

1330
01:28:26,820 --> 01:28:27,080
 Right.

1331
01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:32,640
 So, you know, you can look down the floor and see, like, this massive crowd.

1332
01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:33,780
 You go, Alabama's here.

1333
01:28:34,120 --> 01:28:34,280
 Yep.

1334
01:28:36,240 --> 01:28:37,140
 I don't know how it's set up.

1335
01:28:37,180 --> 01:28:37,720
 It was in Tampa.

1336
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:40,420
 I know this thing goes back to Nashville next year.

1337
01:28:41,100 --> 01:28:41,980
 I do know this.

1338
01:28:41,980 --> 01:28:43,240
 I asked certain bits of this.

1339
01:28:44,060 --> 01:28:46,620
 And I think we'll all enjoy this if it happens.

1340
01:28:47,240 --> 01:28:49,100
 New Orleans has put in a bid for media day.

1341
01:28:49,120 --> 01:28:49,900
 Oh, my goodness.

1342
01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:54,160
 We'll all enjoy that.

1343
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:55,880
 I don't think we're ready for that.

1344
01:28:55,880 --> 01:28:58,300
 No, no, we're not ready for that.

1345
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:00,040
 I'll tell those people I like.

1346
01:29:00,080 --> 01:29:02,860
 I think the final four should be like three or four different places, and that's it.

1347
01:29:02,860 --> 01:29:06,660
 Like, Minneapolis, New Orleans, probably San Antonio.

1348
01:29:07,460 --> 01:29:09,740
 And so, I'll tell the same about media day.

1349
01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:10,540
 Oh, man.

1350
01:29:10,660 --> 01:29:12,920
 Rocky by Alka-Seltzer in the morning after.

1351
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:23,480
 You know, honestly, God, as much as some people complained, honestly, the best media day location is Birmingham.

1352
01:29:23,720 --> 01:29:24,160
 It is.

1353
01:29:24,500 --> 01:29:24,940
 It is.

1354
01:29:25,020 --> 01:29:25,520
 It is.

1355
01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:26,720
 It's a mental.

1356
01:29:26,940 --> 01:29:27,440
 And it's ridiculous.

1357
01:29:27,720 --> 01:29:28,100
 It's Fenway.

1358
01:29:28,280 --> 01:29:28,860
 Hey, right.

1359
01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:30,140
 It's Fenway and Wrigley Park.

1360
01:29:30,220 --> 01:29:30,660
 You know what I'm saying?

1361
01:29:31,500 --> 01:29:31,780
 Yeah.

1362
01:29:31,900 --> 01:29:34,960
 I mean, honestly, God, it's the best setup.

1363
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:37,960
 It's the most drivable thing for all media.

1364
01:29:38,100 --> 01:29:38,680
 That's right.

1365
01:29:38,860 --> 01:29:39,540
 You can drive there, practically.

1366
01:29:39,780 --> 01:29:40,200
 That's right.

1367
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:47,260
 I'm about to tell you, this c*** about moving around to different places was like in, you know,

1368
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:48,180
 also media day.

1369
01:29:48,940 --> 01:29:52,960
 I mean, I don't know if it's – I'm not there, so I don't know, but I'll just kind of look

1370
01:29:52,960 --> 01:29:53,460
 in the audience.

1371
01:29:53,680 --> 01:29:56,020
 I'm guessing it might be down a little bit, maybe.

1372
01:29:56,200 --> 01:29:56,520
 I don't know.

1373
01:29:56,540 --> 01:29:56,960
 Yeah, it is.

1374
01:29:57,760 --> 01:29:59,260
 Because it's just people out there.

1375
01:29:59,480 --> 01:29:59,960
 It's not central.

1376
01:30:00,880 --> 01:30:02,560
 They can't afford to go to Tampa.

1377
01:30:02,780 --> 01:30:04,120
 I mean, they can't afford to go that far.

1378
01:30:05,300 --> 01:30:08,920
 You know, I just always – I'm a big believer.

1379
01:30:09,120 --> 01:30:12,200
 I know – look, I know the SEC's falling in love with Nashville.

1380
01:30:12,200 --> 01:30:12,440
 Nashville.

1381
01:30:12,660 --> 01:30:12,840
 Yeah.

1382
01:30:13,420 --> 01:30:14,140
 That's what I'm talking about.

1383
01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:14,860
 I get that.

1384
01:30:16,820 --> 01:30:19,320
 But I'm a traditionalist guy, and I don't care if it's in Alabama.

1385
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:21,880
 It doesn't mean anybody else who cares in Alabama.

1386
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:22,460
 Mm-hmm.

1387
01:30:22,600 --> 01:30:22,940
 You know?

1388
01:30:23,560 --> 01:30:30,920
 It's been – look, I – it should be in a city that's, I guess, relatively easy for everybody

1389
01:30:30,920 --> 01:30:31,640
 to get to.

1390
01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:31,960
 Right.

1391
01:30:31,960 --> 01:30:37,640
 And I just think, when you go to Atlanta, which is h*** to drive through or fly into.

1392
01:30:37,700 --> 01:30:38,060
 Yes.

1393
01:30:38,260 --> 01:30:40,520
 When you go to Tampa, Florida, we're in the middle of nowhere.

1394
01:30:41,560 --> 01:30:41,640
 Yeah.

1395
01:30:41,640 --> 01:30:45,460
 But, you know, I would – you know, going back to Birmingham, I wouldn't mind that at all.

1396
01:30:45,620 --> 01:30:49,200
 And, I mean, I'm certainly – nobody's going to protest against New Orleans.

1397
01:30:50,340 --> 01:30:50,780
 No.

1398
01:30:55,340 --> 01:30:59,880
 Right before you get away, they say there's $100 million on the books between coaches' salaries,

1399
01:31:00,060 --> 01:31:00,780
 players' stuff.

1400
01:31:01,020 --> 01:31:04,520
 What's going to be the return on the investment of this LSU team this season?

1401
01:31:05,800 --> 01:31:12,400
 Honest to God, I looked at the schedule, and I just – realistically, I think the best

1402
01:31:12,400 --> 01:31:13,680
 they can do is 9-3.

1403
01:31:13,940 --> 01:31:14,100
 Yeah.

1404
01:31:14,100 --> 01:31:18,060
 I mean, that's – I'm not going to be, you know, these crazy LSU fans.

1405
01:31:18,180 --> 01:31:22,380
 Like, I tell these LSU fans, they say, y'all play talking about – see, their playoffs

1406
01:31:22,380 --> 01:31:22,680
 this year.

1407
01:31:22,740 --> 01:31:25,100
 Are you sure about making a first down on third and one?

1408
01:31:25,380 --> 01:31:25,760
 You know?

1409
01:31:26,000 --> 01:31:26,340
 Yeah.

1410
01:31:26,340 --> 01:31:27,280
 You couldn't do that, Steve.

1411
01:31:29,280 --> 01:31:29,640
 Yeah.

1412
01:31:29,640 --> 01:31:34,340
 And so, I think 9-3, you know what I mean?

1413
01:31:34,440 --> 01:31:37,340
 But, you know, Kevin's put together a really good staff.

1414
01:31:37,960 --> 01:31:45,240
 You know, he had Ed Orgeron back as a defensive line analyst and also a recruiting guy.

1415
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:48,820
 Ed spoke of Louisiana High School Flake Association Clinic yesterday.

1416
01:31:48,880 --> 01:31:49,540
 I went and saw him.

1417
01:31:51,140 --> 01:31:54,420
 You could hear him – before he walked in the room, you could hear him outside walking.

1418
01:31:54,520 --> 01:31:55,060
 Hey, you know, Manny.

1419
01:31:55,300 --> 01:31:55,860
 You can see Manny.

1420
01:31:56,060 --> 01:31:56,620
 Hey, Manny.

1421
01:31:57,080 --> 01:31:57,440
 Yeah.

1422
01:31:57,620 --> 01:31:58,100
 Hey, Manny.

1423
01:31:58,260 --> 01:32:07,160
 He's very happy in his role that Lane created for him.

1424
01:32:09,160 --> 01:32:12,760
 And I think this is an excitement here that it hadn't had in a while, you know?

1425
01:32:13,160 --> 01:32:15,640
 Look, I don't think Brian Kittle was a terrible coach.

1426
01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:16,960
 I just don't think he was.

1427
01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:19,540
 And people say, oh, he was a bad fit.

1428
01:32:19,620 --> 01:32:20,220
 Well, you know what?

1429
01:32:20,520 --> 01:32:23,380
 If he would have won a few more games, he'd be a h*** of a fit.

1430
01:32:23,520 --> 01:32:23,760
 Yep.

1431
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:28,380
 And Kittle will tell you, I didn't win enough games, you know?

1432
01:32:28,680 --> 01:32:29,120
 That's right.

1433
01:32:29,180 --> 01:32:29,700
 He had a strength.

1434
01:32:29,940 --> 01:32:30,780
 I didn't win enough games.

1435
01:32:30,880 --> 01:32:31,440
 That's what it is.

1436
01:32:31,940 --> 01:32:32,240
 You know?

1437
01:32:32,320 --> 01:32:33,620
 And all the people say, he wasn't a fit.

1438
01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:35,240
 We'll give us to Louisiana, blah, blah, blah.

1439
01:32:36,820 --> 01:32:38,700
 I don't care where you're from, man.

1440
01:32:38,820 --> 01:32:47,280
 You're going to, if you win games, I mean, look, Saban, Louisiana, like Saban when he was, like, when he came here, like he was from Uranus, man.

1441
01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:53,220
 And once he won, he was, like, on us, you know?

1442
01:32:53,340 --> 01:32:53,680
 Yeah.

1443
01:32:54,540 --> 01:32:56,500
 He's a part of Louisiana fabric.

1444
01:32:58,340 --> 01:33:01,560
 Not really, but he won, and people loved him.

1445
01:33:01,560 --> 01:33:07,820
 People will forgive where you're from, or maybe you have an abrasive personality, if you win.

1446
01:33:10,020 --> 01:33:16,100
 And when you don't, they're going to use that as an excuse, but he wasn't one of us.

1447
01:33:16,460 --> 01:33:16,860
 Absolutely.

1448
01:33:17,660 --> 01:33:22,260
 Listen, this segment has been sponsored by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce.

1449
01:33:22,540 --> 01:33:23,100
 There you go.

1450
01:33:23,140 --> 01:33:27,080
 Where can we get online and get the Hall of Famers good stuff?

1451
01:33:27,880 --> 01:33:33,080
 I've got a column on, I've got a column on today on Shreveportportjournal.com.

1452
01:33:33,800 --> 01:33:34,680
 That's where you found me today.

1453
01:33:34,900 --> 01:33:42,200
 And I'm on Twitter at Ron Higg and SCCRon for Instagram and theronhiggins.org.

1454
01:33:42,340 --> 01:33:43,580
 I'll post some stuff on there, too.

1455
01:33:43,640 --> 01:33:44,000
 That's free.

1456
01:33:44,040 --> 01:33:44,740
 Everything's free.

1457
01:33:45,020 --> 01:33:46,260
 I'm all free, man.

1458
01:33:46,260 --> 01:33:46,800
 I'm all about it.

1459
01:33:46,800 --> 01:33:48,620
 You're free, but not cheap, right?

1460
01:33:49,420 --> 01:33:49,660
 Yeah.

1461
01:33:49,740 --> 01:33:54,600
 Look, when you get to a senior citizen, you're almost 70, you want everything free, okay?

1462
01:33:54,780 --> 01:33:55,460
 You want to give it free.

1463
01:33:55,460 --> 01:33:57,000
 You want two picks at supper.

1464
01:33:57,780 --> 01:33:58,280
 That's right.

1465
01:33:58,380 --> 01:34:02,040
 You want people to give away free, Pete.

1466
01:34:02,040 --> 01:34:02,620
 Oh, no.

1467
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:03,440
 There you go.

1468
01:34:04,840 --> 01:34:06,180
 Just stay away from New Orleans.

1469
01:34:06,260 --> 01:34:09,460
 Don't say the word free on a street corner in New Orleans, Ron, okay?

1470
01:34:11,400 --> 01:34:12,860
 I might get handcuffed on you.

1471
01:34:12,860 --> 01:34:13,420
 I got it.

1472
01:34:13,420 --> 01:34:16,380
 I just don't like it.

1473
01:34:16,620 --> 01:34:19,480
 Ron, listen, thanks for your time today, and let's do it again soon, okay, buddy?

1474
01:34:19,920 --> 01:34:20,920
 All right, guys, take care.

1475
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:21,540
 We'll see you.

1476
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:25,440
 I'm the only Ron Higgins talking about Alabama.

1477
01:34:25,560 --> 01:34:27,020
 Who does it better than Ron New York?

1478
01:34:27,100 --> 01:34:27,500
 On deck.

1479
01:34:27,620 --> 01:34:29,540
 Day three, KCC Media Days in Tampa.

1480
01:34:29,980 --> 01:34:30,500
 Stay with us.

1481
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1574
01:39:27,400 --> 01:39:28,320
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1575
01:39:28,420 --> 01:39:29,720
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1576
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 And for you, taking time out of your busy schedule to make us a part of your day,

1578
01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:41,880
 Day 3 SEC Media Days, down in Tampa, where I'm sure Rodney Orr had a very close eye

1579
01:39:41,880 --> 01:39:46,460
 on the first guest of the day at the podium, one Kalen DeBoer from Alabama.

1580
01:39:46,620 --> 01:39:49,420
 Rodney has got it all covered from the inside out when it comes to Bama.

1581
01:39:49,540 --> 01:39:55,280
 That's because he's about it at TidalInsider.com, and his book's called Bigger Than Bama.

1582
01:39:55,400 --> 01:39:56,320
 Rodney, welcome in.

1583
01:39:56,380 --> 01:39:56,960
 How are you?

1584
01:39:58,200 --> 01:39:59,540
 I am doing well, guys.

1585
01:39:59,580 --> 01:40:00,120
 How's it going?

1586
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:00,480
 Hey, man.

1587
01:40:01,220 --> 01:40:03,080
 And it's finally gotten here.

1588
01:40:03,180 --> 01:40:06,820
 And when you see this thing called Media Days rocking and rolling, you know it's about

1589
01:40:06,820 --> 01:40:11,500
 to get, as we say down south serious, your thoughts about Kalen DeBoer?

1590
01:40:11,640 --> 01:40:14,360
 I mean, to me, we talked earlier with Ron Higgins.

1591
01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:15,940
 You probably know Ron down in Louisiana.

1592
01:40:16,900 --> 01:40:20,020
 And these guys are not going to say a whole lot of shocking stuff.

1593
01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:24,100
 I've noticed the ones who really come out and try to ripple the waters are the new kids

1594
01:40:24,100 --> 01:40:24,540
 in the block.

1595
01:40:24,620 --> 01:40:28,000
 They want to come out and kind of establish their boundaries like a new dog in the yard.

1596
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:31,100
 But your thoughts about Kalen DeBoer's performance this morning?

1597
01:40:31,220 --> 01:40:34,620
 Well, I mean, I think it's just typical.

1598
01:40:34,900 --> 01:40:38,680
 I mean, in terms of, you know, I thought he did a nice job.

1599
01:40:39,020 --> 01:40:41,080
 Obviously, this is his third one.

1600
01:40:41,240 --> 01:40:43,240
 Seemed a little more comfortable, perhaps.

1601
01:40:43,500 --> 01:40:48,520
 But I just think he just addressed the questions and the things that a lot of people have talked

1602
01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:50,160
 about over the course of the offseason.

1603
01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:55,160
 I mean, obviously, the quarterback situation, the competition there between Austin Mack and

1604
01:40:55,160 --> 01:40:57,440
 Kiel and Russell, something that we knew would be a topic.

1605
01:40:58,060 --> 01:41:01,820
 And I think the physicality of this team, you know, was another topic.

1606
01:41:01,820 --> 01:41:03,620
 You know, will this team be more physical?

1607
01:41:03,780 --> 01:41:05,080
 Will they be able to run the football?

1608
01:41:05,380 --> 01:41:07,700
 And I thought he addressed that really well.

1609
01:41:07,820 --> 01:41:12,700
 And, you know, the things that they've tried to do in the offseason to really work on those

1610
01:41:12,700 --> 01:41:14,260
 areas that they needed to improve.

1611
01:41:14,340 --> 01:41:18,500
 And it sounds like to me, Harold and Brett, you know, just based on the things that he touched

1612
01:41:18,500 --> 01:41:24,160
 on, you know, he feels confident that this team made a lot of strides in the offseason.

1613
01:41:24,160 --> 01:41:28,840
 And it sounds like he feels like that they've put themselves in position to be an improved

1614
01:41:28,840 --> 01:41:32,320
 football team across the board, you know, this fall.

1615
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:36,400
 Well, you know something, Rodney, that I think he's not talking enough about.

1616
01:41:36,540 --> 01:41:37,840
 It's his third year.

1617
01:41:38,340 --> 01:41:42,560
 I mean, who in the world, in their right mind, want to come in and try to even attempt to fill

1618
01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:43,720
 the shoes of one next save?

1619
01:41:43,760 --> 01:41:44,480
 You're not going to fill them.

1620
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:45,800
 You're going to give it your best shot.

1621
01:41:46,260 --> 01:41:52,620
 But I think any time you come from out west to the SEC, and not only SEC, but Alabama,

1622
01:41:52,780 --> 01:41:58,120
 and not only Alabama, but after the GOAT, how much has he learned in his first two years?

1623
01:41:58,240 --> 01:42:02,460
 In other words, is this going to be the year that he says, I had a pretty good idea of what

1624
01:42:02,460 --> 01:42:04,600
 I was getting into from the SEC standpoint?

1625
01:42:04,780 --> 01:42:05,960
 Forget all that talk about Nick.

1626
01:42:05,960 --> 01:42:07,520
 Football at the end of the day is still football.

1627
01:42:08,220 --> 01:42:13,100
 But why has he learned in his first two years that maybe I should have done before now that

1628
01:42:13,100 --> 01:42:16,400
 he can benefit and the team and the fans can benefit this year?

1629
01:42:18,860 --> 01:42:22,140
 Well, I mean, I think, you know, it's a good question here.

1630
01:42:22,240 --> 01:42:22,400
 Hold on.

1631
01:42:22,460 --> 01:42:26,840
 That'd probably be something he would, you know, be better attuned to than I would.

1632
01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:33,180
 But, you know, I think that there's probably a lot of things that you learn after the first

1633
01:42:33,180 --> 01:42:34,000
 couple of years.

1634
01:42:34,100 --> 01:42:36,140
 And one thing is what not to do.

1635
01:42:37,080 --> 01:42:39,520
 Yeah, this Alabama thing is a monster.

1636
01:42:39,800 --> 01:42:41,100
 There's no doubt about that.

1637
01:42:41,100 --> 01:42:46,760
 And I think, you know, until you experience it, and look, I can go by talking to the former

1638
01:42:46,760 --> 01:42:49,660
 head coaches here, Dennis Franchoni being one of them.

1639
01:42:49,880 --> 01:42:56,280
 He said, until you actually experience what this is all about, he said, you really can't

1640
01:42:56,280 --> 01:42:57,340
 kind of grasp it.

1641
01:42:57,880 --> 01:43:06,920
 So I think he did a really good job of, you know, managing the offseason, understanding that

1642
01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:10,100
 there were things that they were going to have to change, areas where they were going

1643
01:43:10,100 --> 01:43:10,900
 to have to improve.

1644
01:43:10,900 --> 01:43:13,340
 And, you know, Harold, he made some changes.

1645
01:43:14,160 --> 01:43:18,620
 Obviously, he's, for example, at the line of scrimmage.

1646
01:43:18,680 --> 01:43:24,560
 I think that's one of the big areas that they have to take a major step moving forward.

1647
01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:28,760
 And I think when you look at the portal guys that they brought in across the defensive front,

1648
01:43:29,340 --> 01:43:31,620
 I think they knew that they had to get bigger.

1649
01:43:31,740 --> 01:43:32,900
 They knew they had to get stronger.

1650
01:43:33,020 --> 01:43:35,120
 They have to do a better job of stopping the run.

1651
01:43:35,720 --> 01:43:42,060
 And to do that, they needed some experienced guys who brought that size and, you know, ability.

1652
01:43:42,200 --> 01:43:42,740
 And they did.

1653
01:43:42,880 --> 01:43:43,980
 They went out and got some guys.

1654
01:43:44,060 --> 01:43:46,440
 Now, we'll see if those guys actually come through.

1655
01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:48,800
 But they did address that.

1656
01:43:48,840 --> 01:43:53,700
 And then I think on the offensive side, obviously, they made a change.

1657
01:43:55,180 --> 01:44:00,320
 The offensive line coach with Cap leaving and with Adrian Clem now.

1658
01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:05,860
 And Clem has a philosophy or a reputation of developing physical offensive lines.

1659
01:44:05,980 --> 01:44:09,380
 And, again, how much is the scheme going to kind of play into that?

1660
01:44:09,480 --> 01:44:10,400
 You know, we'll see.

1661
01:44:11,620 --> 01:44:13,680
 But, you know, they have made some changes.

1662
01:44:13,840 --> 01:44:18,940
 They brought Richard Owens in at tight ends coach with Brian Ellis moving to quarterbacks now.

1663
01:44:19,380 --> 01:44:21,220
 So they have done some things.

1664
01:44:21,360 --> 01:44:25,460
 They brought some guys in in support roles as assistant offensive line coach.

1665
01:44:26,340 --> 01:44:29,760
 You know, those types of things that I think, you know,

1666
01:44:29,760 --> 01:44:36,160
 that they've addressed these areas in terms of the staff, but also the personnel.

1667
01:44:36,540 --> 01:44:39,900
 Again, they went to the portal and got some guys on the offensive line.

1668
01:44:40,060 --> 01:44:44,960
 So now the question is, Harold and Brett, how much improvement do they actually make?

1669
01:44:45,540 --> 01:44:47,980
 And, I mean, these are just things that we won't know.

1670
01:44:48,240 --> 01:44:49,460
 But we do know one thing.

1671
01:44:49,560 --> 01:44:53,640
 They've emphasized trying to improve in those areas.

1672
01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:57,160
 And we really won't know until they actually get out on the field.

1673
01:44:57,660 --> 01:45:04,280
 Ronnie, I'm guessing you haven't had any feedback whatsoever to your prediction that Alabama would go 10-2.

1674
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:13,720
 But you had a good analogy of comparing this to Bill Curry's third season in 1989.

1675
01:45:14,460 --> 01:45:15,540
 And I agree with you.

1676
01:45:15,620 --> 01:45:17,480
 I think Alabama gets off to a good start.

1677
01:45:17,580 --> 01:45:20,560
 I think they will be undefeated going into Georgia.

1678
01:45:21,560 --> 01:45:29,860
 And if they beat Georgia on an emotional Saturday night, what are they going to have left in the tank when they go to Knoxville the following week?

1679
01:45:29,980 --> 01:45:32,540
 But I thought that was a good analogy with that.

1680
01:45:32,540 --> 01:45:37,160
 I remember, again, Alabama had a quarterback injury early.

1681
01:45:37,880 --> 01:45:44,740
 And then Gary Hollingsworth, who was an absolutely perfect fit for Homer Smith's offense.

1682
01:45:45,580 --> 01:45:52,840
 And I've said forever that Homer Smith was one of the greatest offensive coordinators in the history of college football.

1683
01:45:53,000 --> 01:45:55,900
 Hollingsworth was the SEC Player of the Year.

1684
01:45:56,660 --> 01:46:02,860
 But there was a question, and you alluded to this, about how tough was this team at the line of scrimmage.

1685
01:46:02,940 --> 01:46:06,100
 Well, they found out when they went to Auburn for the first time.

1686
01:46:06,580 --> 01:46:11,080
 I've always said there was no way Alabama was going to win that game, the first game at Auburn.

1687
01:46:11,560 --> 01:46:13,480
 And I gave Pat Dye credit for that.

1688
01:46:13,620 --> 01:46:18,020
 But I thought that was a very good analogy for you, kind of comparing this team.

1689
01:46:18,120 --> 01:46:22,140
 And we'll see, as you always say, we'll see how this goes.

1690
01:46:22,380 --> 01:46:28,000
 But there are some legitimate comparisons to this team, to that 1989 team.

1691
01:46:28,860 --> 01:46:38,740
 Yeah, I think the way it kind of sets up, you know, and I think the first five games this year will give Alabama a great chance to develop, build some momentum, some confidence.

1692
01:46:38,880 --> 01:46:41,220
 Hopefully, I mean, to me, you never know.

1693
01:46:41,300 --> 01:46:43,080
 I mean, they've got some tough games in there.

1694
01:46:43,460 --> 01:46:44,300
 I get that.

1695
01:46:44,380 --> 01:46:46,340
 So I'm not taking any of those for granted.

1696
01:46:46,340 --> 01:46:52,260
 But I think that it's really important that they start out 5-0, really.

1697
01:46:52,660 --> 01:46:59,600
 I mean, if you want to keep your hopes alive, because that second half of the season is going to be really tough, you don't need to slip up in one of those five games.

1698
01:46:59,700 --> 01:47:01,560
 Again, I understand they're going to be very competitive.

1699
01:47:03,000 --> 01:47:07,700
 But, you know, just like in 1989, you're finding the hot quarterback.

1700
01:47:07,700 --> 01:47:13,680
 I mean, and I think killing Russell, and I'm not shortchanging Mac in any way.

1701
01:47:13,780 --> 01:47:19,800
 I would not do that, because I think he's certainly, this right now is going to be an interesting battle.

1702
01:47:19,960 --> 01:47:23,900
 And I don't think that the guy who wins that job, or let me rephrase that.

1703
01:47:24,060 --> 01:47:29,000
 I don't think the guy who necessarily starts the first game is the guy who starts the fifth or sixth game.

1704
01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:35,520
 And that's the way I think it could play out, because I do think both are going to play early in the season.

1705
01:47:36,160 --> 01:47:45,260
 So I think Russell, when I look at him, he could be one of those guys that totally elevates those around him to another level.

1706
01:47:45,880 --> 01:47:52,500
 So I think this team, if they can go 5-0, get on a little bit of a roll like that 89 team did,

1707
01:47:53,340 --> 01:47:59,140
 I do think ultimately what it's going to come down to, and I'm talking about over the course of the season,

1708
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:01,700
 is how much better are they in the trenches.

1709
01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:06,480
 And that's where I said that, you know, the 89 team eventually got exposed in the trenches.

1710
01:48:07,300 --> 01:48:09,820
 And, you know, this team, how far will it go?

1711
01:48:10,120 --> 01:48:14,580
 I think ultimately you've got to have the quarterback, but I think it's got to be in the trenches.

1712
01:48:14,800 --> 01:48:23,020
 I mean, if those trenches, and as I said, if Kalen DeBoer can flip the switch in the trenches this year,

1713
01:48:23,220 --> 01:48:25,480
 then this team has a chance to be really, really good.

1714
01:48:25,480 --> 01:48:31,180
 And I did say 10-2, losses to Georgia and LSU, to be specific.

1715
01:48:31,860 --> 01:48:38,180
 And then, but now look, I also said if things don't go as well up front, if they don't develop,

1716
01:48:38,500 --> 01:48:43,580
 this could be an 8-4 football team, and with a few bad breaks, who knows, could be worse.

1717
01:48:43,920 --> 01:48:48,240
 So I really see it, actually, between 8-4 and 10-2.

1718
01:48:48,680 --> 01:48:51,680
 You know, I think that's probably somewhere where they'll fall.

1719
01:48:52,440 --> 01:48:53,800
 Let me ask you this, Rodney.

1720
01:48:53,860 --> 01:48:55,400
 One thing, these are facts.

1721
01:48:55,460 --> 01:48:56,540
 It's not emotions talking.

1722
01:48:56,660 --> 01:48:57,360
 It's pure numbers.

1723
01:48:57,560 --> 01:48:59,540
 They've got over 50 new guys coming in.

1724
01:48:59,600 --> 01:49:00,700
 I saw a stat this morning.

1725
01:49:00,800 --> 01:49:01,520
 I saw it right.

1726
01:49:01,640 --> 01:49:06,280
 As far as returning efficiency on offense, there's 16 teams in the SEC.

1727
01:49:07,260 --> 01:49:08,420
 Alabama's 16th.

1728
01:49:08,780 --> 01:49:12,740
 So, obviously, this is going to be a talented team, but it's going to be a young team.

1729
01:49:12,740 --> 01:49:16,660
 Your thought's just about something that sometimes maybe we don't give enough attention to.

1730
01:49:17,960 --> 01:49:19,920
 Well, there's going to be a lot of youth.

1731
01:49:20,500 --> 01:49:27,500
 And at the same time, I was looking at the SEC, the average age of the players on the rosters.

1732
01:49:27,700 --> 01:49:35,060
 And Alabama, I think Arkansas was just under 21 years of age, and Alabama was just 20.4.

1733
01:49:35,380 --> 01:49:39,420
 There's not a lot of difference there in terms of the age of the teams.

1734
01:49:39,540 --> 01:49:42,760
 And Arkansas was number one in terms of the oldest team in the SEC.

1735
01:49:43,840 --> 01:49:55,140
 So, with all that said, look, everybody's got, you know, I don't know what all, I haven't seen all that list, but everybody, most of these teams have a lot of transition.

1736
01:49:55,820 --> 01:49:56,600
 There's so many teams.

1737
01:49:56,740 --> 01:49:59,140
 I think LSU brought in 43 new players.

1738
01:49:59,140 --> 01:49:59,220
 Yeah.

1739
01:49:59,900 --> 01:50:00,880
 Something like that.

1740
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:11,540
 So, you know, that's what makes it so difficult to predict is how these teams, you know, stack up right now because you've got so many different players.

1741
01:50:11,540 --> 01:50:14,740
 And how are they all going to blend together on a team, create chemistry?

1742
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:17,300
 It just makes it difficult to really project.

1743
01:50:17,480 --> 01:50:23,440
 And, you know, guys, we could be sitting here in late November talking and saying, you know, Alabama's blown away the competition.

1744
01:50:24,360 --> 01:50:36,360
 And we really wouldn't be thinking that maybe right now because, you know, we're just kind of not privy to what these teams really look like with the transition that they've had.

1745
01:50:36,360 --> 01:50:42,540
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1746
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1747
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1761
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1762
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1770
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1882
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1909
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1910
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1915
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1916
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1917
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 I think we're still internally the chip on the shoulder underdog that has a lot to prove.

1918
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 There's nothing that we inherit from last season that has to do with any future win.

1919
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 Everything's about the responsibility we have over the program that we have built, but how this team can actually move it forward.

1920
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 And maybe more importantly, how this team can fully express itself over the course of the next six months.

1921
02:01:13,460 --> 02:01:20,780
 My hope would be that the program, with every year, becomes a little more of a thorn in the side to other SEC fan bases.

1922
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 I wonder if that's Bruce Lee or Chuck Lee.

1923
02:01:25,600 --> 02:01:26,880
 He's throwing it down.

1924
02:01:27,620 --> 02:01:30,580
 Vanderbilt Head Coach Clark Lee on board with us.

1925
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 SEC Media Day 3.

1926
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 Here on 93.9, the score.

1927
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 BB, it is now the third hour of SEC Media Day Year 3.

1928
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 It's going to be very interesting.

1929
02:01:41,860 --> 02:01:46,260
 Your thoughts, and we're going to get to what all has happened to this day, but back to Vanderbilt.

1930
02:01:46,420 --> 02:01:48,880
 To me, this is one of the more intriguing stories, Brett.

1931
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 And people said, how in the world did they go from that old Vanderbilt to now?

1932
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1933
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1934
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 and then when you got into the business world after going through the school thing, you ended up teaming back up?

1935
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 Well, that's what has happened with Clark Lee.

1936
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 Remember, we had Barton Simmons, our friend for over a decade, with us.

1937
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 He is now the brain trust of that team.

1938
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 He is an Ivy Leaguer.

1939
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 He's smart as a whip, and Clark Lee had the insight to bring him on board, his old high school buddy, and let him be the GM.

1940
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 And this is the man who put together all-star teams down in San Antonio back in the day at the U.S. Army Games.

1941
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 He knows talent.

1942
02:02:33,120 --> 02:02:36,500
 He's from the Nashville area, so they got back together.

1943
02:02:37,120 --> 02:02:41,300
 And to me, you're only as good as the people you hire and surround yourself with.

1944
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 And I think that was one of the most strategic moves that Lee could have made.

1945
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 And our friend Bruce Marshall, who can have this opinion about anywhere, he didn't have a dog in the hunt.

1946
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1947
02:02:51,900 --> 02:02:54,560
 Even he says, Barton Simmons, one of the best at what he does.

1948
02:02:55,120 --> 02:02:56,000
 Lee agreed with him.

1949
02:02:56,040 --> 02:02:59,740
 But your thoughts just about how Lee has put this program together.

1950
02:02:59,980 --> 02:03:01,240
 Well, that's the key, Harold.

1951
02:03:01,320 --> 02:03:02,420
 It's not just a team.

1952
02:03:02,520 --> 02:03:05,440
 It's a program that he's been able to do this.

1953
02:03:05,740 --> 02:03:14,560
 Of course, beating Alabama in Nashville two years ago, they just skyrocketed from there.

1954
02:03:14,840 --> 02:03:18,500
 But I still remember the first time I ever met Barton Simmons.

1955
02:03:18,620 --> 02:03:21,040
 He was scouting a player at Spartan High School.

1956
02:03:21,240 --> 02:03:23,400
 That was about 15 years ago.

1957
02:03:23,720 --> 02:03:26,200
 But he knows how to evaluate players.

1958
02:03:26,200 --> 02:03:31,820
 He did it for rivals for years and then 247 for a while.

1959
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 And Barton and Clark Lee have been friends.

1960
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 They were teammates in high school.

1961
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 They've been friends forever.

1962
02:03:39,300 --> 02:03:45,300
 But what, to me, that he's done the best job of is building a line of scrimmage.

1963
02:03:46,080 --> 02:03:51,700
 Now, they lost some of the guys, but they've got Cade McConnell, Cooper, DeBose.

1964
02:03:52,180 --> 02:03:53,000
 Where's he from?

1965
02:03:53,100 --> 02:03:54,900
 He transferred from Alabama.

1966
02:03:55,160 --> 02:03:58,080
 I'm going to be curious to see what kind of year he has.

1967
02:03:58,600 --> 02:04:00,620
 Jared Curtis, the five-star.

1968
02:04:01,160 --> 02:04:05,300
 Everybody thinks, I thought it was an interesting comment from Clark Lee yesterday.

1969
02:04:05,500 --> 02:04:08,000
 He said, no, we actually have a quarterback competition.

1970
02:04:08,500 --> 02:04:10,720
 We're not going to give anything to anybody.

1971
02:04:11,400 --> 02:04:14,620
 And he said, Jared Curtis is going to have to win it.

1972
02:04:14,720 --> 02:04:19,480
 But Cedric Alexander, remember, he had the 65-yard run against Alabama last year

1973
02:04:19,480 --> 02:04:24,740
 and had about a 40 against Tennessee Junior Surreal, one of the best wide receivers.

1974
02:04:25,540 --> 02:04:29,320
 Cole Adams, of course, from Alabama, another transfer.

1975
02:04:29,920 --> 02:04:33,380
 We've been talking about a lot of former Alabama players here today.

1976
02:04:33,460 --> 02:04:34,760
 They've got a good defense.

1977
02:04:34,920 --> 02:04:37,000
 Glenn Seabrook's a defensive tackle.

1978
02:04:37,580 --> 02:04:39,380
 Miles Capers, six years.

1979
02:04:39,500 --> 02:04:41,420
 He's been there for a long while, long will.

1980
02:04:41,820 --> 02:04:42,900
 But there's no question.

1981
02:04:43,040 --> 02:04:44,000
 Clark Lee knows.

1982
02:04:44,100 --> 02:04:49,400
 And, Harold, the other thing about Vanderbilt is their athletic director,

1983
02:04:49,580 --> 02:04:57,500
 who was at Bob Jones High School, is the amount of money that they're now putting into the athletic program.

1984
02:04:57,560 --> 02:05:00,880
 Remember, we talked to Max about this on Monday.

1985
02:05:01,240 --> 02:05:09,440
 And several people have noted, in the past, a lot of their private donations would, of course, go to academics.

1986
02:05:10,260 --> 02:05:13,100
 But now it is going to the athletic program.

1987
02:05:13,240 --> 02:05:17,220
 They have remodeled and expanded the football stadium.

1988
02:05:17,360 --> 02:05:23,320
 But the locker rooms, all the other stuff, Vandy right now is a true SEC program.

1989
02:05:23,780 --> 02:05:29,060
 Isn't it amazing what the Madison County, Alabama, is contributing to college football this season?

1990
02:05:29,060 --> 02:05:33,020
 You mentioned the A.D. at Vanderbilt, out of Bob Jones.

1991
02:05:33,420 --> 02:05:34,680
 Chip Lindsey, we talked about.

1992
02:05:34,760 --> 02:05:37,600
 The offensive coordinator now at Missouri, out of Bob Jones.

1993
02:05:38,440 --> 02:05:43,640
 The guy that we're going to be talking about here shortly is out of Grissom High School.

1994
02:05:44,020 --> 02:05:45,460
 I talked about John Somerhal.

1995
02:05:45,820 --> 02:05:49,200
 It's amazing how much talent comes out of our neck of the woods.

1996
02:05:49,380 --> 02:05:54,920
 But the other thing you talked about, B.B., as far as the question this morning was posed about Vanderbilt.

1997
02:05:55,040 --> 02:05:56,580
 We'll get to the other stuff here in a second.

1998
02:05:56,780 --> 02:05:57,300
 Bear with us.

1999
02:05:57,300 --> 02:06:01,520
 The question was posed, who owns the state of Tennessee now?

2000
02:06:01,620 --> 02:06:05,260
 Which, in the years past, would have almost been something for the comedy channel.

2001
02:06:05,840 --> 02:06:08,740
 And the answer was, Tennessee's got to catch up to Vanderbilt.

2002
02:06:08,860 --> 02:06:10,200
 Do you ever think we'd have that to say?

2003
02:06:10,800 --> 02:06:11,360
 No.

2004
02:06:11,840 --> 02:06:16,700
 In fact, Harold, Vandy beat Tennessee last year in Knoxville emphatically.

2005
02:06:17,380 --> 02:06:21,680
 45 to 24, and boy, did that ever send a message, believe me.

2006
02:06:22,200 --> 02:06:30,100
 Harold, that's one of the reasons why, you know, that there's been some skepticism about Josh Heupel at Tennessee.

2007
02:06:30,360 --> 02:06:31,380
 Again, the same thing.

2008
02:06:31,440 --> 02:06:33,600
 When you lose to one of your biggest rivals.

2009
02:06:34,480 --> 02:06:35,380
 That big.

2010
02:06:35,600 --> 02:06:40,100
 And particularly, the last game of the season, it's going to haunt you for a while.

2011
02:06:40,600 --> 02:06:41,720
 But there's no question.

2012
02:06:41,840 --> 02:06:44,600
 And again, Vandy is a true player in this.

2013
02:06:44,660 --> 02:06:47,380
 And I think they're going to have a winning season.

2014
02:06:47,560 --> 02:06:49,980
 Are they going to go 10-3, 6-2 again?

2015
02:06:50,660 --> 02:06:51,540
 Probably not.

2016
02:06:51,620 --> 02:06:54,340
 But it wouldn't surprise me at all if they win eight or nine games.

2017
02:06:54,920 --> 02:06:58,860
 In case you're just joining us, Alabama taking to the stage today.

2018
02:06:59,060 --> 02:07:00,460
 B.B., I will say this.

2019
02:07:01,040 --> 02:07:03,160
 People are trying to project this Alabama team.

2020
02:07:03,300 --> 02:07:05,040
 And I can't remember the last time.

2021
02:07:05,120 --> 02:07:07,820
 I've seen so many predictions all over the board.

2022
02:07:07,960 --> 02:07:09,540
 This, that, and everything in between.

2023
02:07:10,200 --> 02:07:11,620
 But to me, it all comes down to this.

2024
02:07:11,660 --> 02:07:14,140
 I think projections are crazy, especially in the modern era.

2025
02:07:14,140 --> 02:07:18,620
 That's why I don't put a lot of stock in anybody's top 10, top 20, whatever.

2026
02:07:18,780 --> 02:07:21,980
 Because there's so many guys coming in that weren't on the roster last year.

2027
02:07:22,040 --> 02:07:24,640
 Just taking, as we mentioned, Alabama taking to the stage today.

2028
02:07:25,420 --> 02:07:27,800
 And they've got over 50 new faces.

2029
02:07:28,100 --> 02:07:29,340
 And that's just Alabama.

2030
02:07:29,580 --> 02:07:30,740
 Everybody's got a lot of new faces.

2031
02:07:31,000 --> 02:07:32,560
 LSU's got probably even more.

2032
02:07:32,960 --> 02:07:34,080
 You go across the board.

2033
02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:38,960
 And I thought Nick Saban had a good point this morning in his analysis.

2034
02:07:39,100 --> 02:07:40,520
 I'm going to put a lot of stock in that man.

2035
02:07:41,040 --> 02:07:43,380
 He talked about all these new guys coming in.

2036
02:07:43,380 --> 02:07:44,540
 And some teams are veterans.

2037
02:07:44,680 --> 02:07:48,320
 And what Nick said, look, you know, veterans are great.

2038
02:07:48,780 --> 02:07:50,900
 But a football player is a football player.

2039
02:07:51,540 --> 02:07:53,260
 He's either good or he's bad.

2040
02:07:53,540 --> 02:07:54,840
 Not because he's a freshman.

2041
02:07:54,980 --> 02:07:55,960
 Not because he's a senior.

2042
02:07:56,120 --> 02:08:00,900
 Now, the senior should have a better ideal of a feel in certain circumstances.

2043
02:08:00,900 --> 02:08:03,860
 But he brought up the obvious example of the national championship game.

2044
02:08:04,340 --> 02:08:06,840
 He talked about, look, we had this guy that's pretty good.

2045
02:08:06,880 --> 02:08:08,600
 He went over to the NFL and had a pretty good career.

2046
02:08:09,360 --> 02:08:10,740
 But he did not have a good night.

2047
02:08:10,740 --> 02:08:13,880
 And he brought this kid off that nobody could spell his last name.

2048
02:08:14,300 --> 02:08:16,740
 And he ended up capping off a national championship.

2049
02:08:18,160 --> 02:08:19,860
 To me, Nick has a good point.

2050
02:08:19,940 --> 02:08:21,200
 If you can play, you can play.

2051
02:08:21,340 --> 02:08:24,220
 It's going to be some learning experiences, some painful moments.

2052
02:08:25,100 --> 02:08:26,780
 But here's the big question.

2053
02:08:26,940 --> 02:08:28,800
 Alabama has got to do two things.

2054
02:08:28,880 --> 02:08:32,660
 They've got to have an offensive line that can open up for the running backs.

2055
02:08:33,100 --> 02:08:34,640
 And let's not put it all on the O-line.

2056
02:08:34,640 --> 02:08:39,160
 The running backs have got to have what I call just a natural instinct to hit the hole and go.

2057
02:08:39,700 --> 02:08:44,200
 That combination, unless they address that, then I don't have a lot of expectations.

2058
02:08:44,360 --> 02:08:45,320
 But I will say this.

2059
02:08:46,060 --> 02:08:49,140
 If they've managed to sit here and patch the holes in the offensive line,

2060
02:08:49,680 --> 02:08:51,840
 and guys like Crowell can live up to his potential,

2061
02:08:52,080 --> 02:08:54,340
 I think Alabama can surprise some people.

2062
02:08:55,400 --> 02:08:59,200
 And to DeBoer's credit, he went out and basically did about all he could do.

2063
02:08:59,760 --> 02:09:03,940
 I mean, he shopped, and he brought in a new brain trust to coach the O-line.

2064
02:09:03,940 --> 02:09:05,740
 Your thoughts about those two points.

2065
02:09:05,920 --> 02:09:08,360
 Well, I've said all the entire summer,

2066
02:09:08,520 --> 02:09:12,340
 the key to the Alabama season is the improvement on the offensive line.

2067
02:09:12,840 --> 02:09:17,360
 Kalen DeBoer mentioned this morning about the offensive line,

2068
02:09:17,600 --> 02:09:21,280
 and everybody talks about, well, they need an improved offensive line

2069
02:09:21,280 --> 02:09:22,940
 to be able to run more effectively.

2070
02:09:23,640 --> 02:09:26,860
 And he said, look, the other reason we need a better offensive line,

2071
02:09:26,960 --> 02:09:31,380
 we being Alabama, is we need to protect the quarterback better.

2072
02:09:31,380 --> 02:09:36,580
 Listen, they nearly got Ty Simpson killed in the South Carolina-Missouri game,

2073
02:09:36,640 --> 02:09:42,040
 and I still say the injury that he incurred in the Missouri game,

2074
02:09:42,120 --> 02:09:44,360
 he was never the same the rest of the season.

2075
02:09:44,860 --> 02:09:49,380
 I thought he was the best quarterback in the country through the Tennessee game,

2076
02:09:49,420 --> 02:09:52,800
 and then the injuries began to pile up on him.

2077
02:09:52,840 --> 02:09:58,400
 But Nick Saban mentioned this this morning on the air is the key to the drill

2078
02:09:58,400 --> 02:10:05,380
 is Alabama, as he mentioned literally, Alabama had 23 players leave through the portal,

2079
02:10:05,860 --> 02:10:09,360
 another 10 drafted in the NFL, nine were undrafted.

2080
02:10:09,820 --> 02:10:13,680
 That's 42 players from the 2025 team who are gone,

2081
02:10:14,160 --> 02:10:15,880
 and they've got 50 new players.

2082
02:10:16,500 --> 02:10:19,040
 Now, those guys are not going to gel immediately,

2083
02:10:19,480 --> 02:10:22,440
 and I know you said that the team is young.

2084
02:10:22,840 --> 02:10:25,460
 The team is technically one of the youngest,

2085
02:10:26,100 --> 02:10:29,100
 but I would use the point also inexperienced.

2086
02:10:29,200 --> 02:10:34,140
 Now, some of these transfer guys have played two or three years at other places,

2087
02:10:34,500 --> 02:10:38,480
 but Harold, that's the entire key to me is the line of scrimmage.

2088
02:10:38,480 --> 02:10:42,040
 If the offensive line jails and they stay healthy,

2089
02:10:42,160 --> 02:10:45,720
 they can run the ball and protect the quarterback, whoever he's going to be,

2090
02:10:46,200 --> 02:10:49,460
 and we haven't talked a lot about this this week,

2091
02:10:49,540 --> 02:10:52,220
 but that defensive front I think is going to get better.

2092
02:10:52,340 --> 02:10:52,820
 They're bigger.

2093
02:10:52,980 --> 02:10:53,700
 They're stronger.

2094
02:10:54,440 --> 02:10:58,720
 The kid from Oregon and USC I think are going to be good.

2095
02:10:58,820 --> 02:11:02,260
 They've got the best defensive secondary in the country,

2096
02:11:02,260 --> 02:11:04,940
 and I think the linebackers are underrated,

2097
02:11:04,940 --> 02:11:07,500
 but, again, the key is all these guys have got to jail.

2098
02:11:08,480 --> 02:11:10,880
 And let's say it's a defense early on anyway you would think

2099
02:11:10,880 --> 02:11:12,940
 has got to carry the offense so they can catch up

2100
02:11:12,940 --> 02:11:14,400
 and get some of that experience under the belt.

2101
02:11:14,660 --> 02:11:16,700
 Let me ask you this on the offensive side of the ball.

2102
02:11:17,280 --> 02:11:20,580
 How much focus is going to be on Ryan Grubb?

2103
02:11:20,660 --> 02:11:23,220
 Will the Zebra change his stripes?

2104
02:11:24,380 --> 02:11:28,680
 When he was Washington, we saw he called the place with the NFL.

2105
02:11:28,880 --> 02:11:29,700
 What was the criticism?

2106
02:11:30,420 --> 02:11:32,740
 He could not develop a running game in the NFL.

2107
02:11:32,740 --> 02:11:34,080
 He comes back to Alabama.

2108
02:11:34,260 --> 02:11:35,800
 Where's Alabama's running game been?

2109
02:11:36,660 --> 02:11:39,480
 On his tutelage in Tuscaloosa.

2110
02:11:40,540 --> 02:11:45,200
 Has Ryan Grubb gotten a memo that maybe you need to change

2111
02:11:45,200 --> 02:11:47,320
 the way you think about approaching a game plan?

2112
02:11:47,660 --> 02:11:48,960
 Well, he's going to have to,

2113
02:11:49,040 --> 02:11:51,280
 and Nick Saban mentioned this again this morning.

2114
02:11:51,840 --> 02:11:53,840
 He said, when I was a defensive coordinator,

2115
02:11:53,960 --> 02:11:56,620
 I always wanted to put the offense behind the sticks.

2116
02:11:57,180 --> 02:11:59,240
 And that's what happened to Alabama last year.

2117
02:11:59,340 --> 02:12:02,680
 When they would go, you know, first down or second down,

2118
02:12:02,740 --> 02:12:04,700
 they'd run the ball and get all the two yards.

2119
02:12:04,700 --> 02:12:08,860
 You're second, you're third and eight, you know, third and long,

2120
02:12:08,920 --> 02:12:12,760
 and the defense can pin their ears back and come after you.

2121
02:12:13,260 --> 02:12:17,440
 In other words, the defense, they're going to dictate the strategy here.

2122
02:12:18,160 --> 02:12:21,360
 But I do think he is going to run the ball more.

2123
02:12:21,460 --> 02:12:25,480
 I think they, again, you've got a better offensive line coach.

2124
02:12:25,600 --> 02:12:27,800
 I think Coach Kemp was a better recruiter.

2125
02:12:28,260 --> 02:12:30,520
 Coach Clem, I think, is a better technician.

2126
02:12:31,480 --> 02:12:36,240
 You've got a very good tight end in Ford, who's a good in-line player.

2127
02:12:36,360 --> 02:12:37,700
 They've got good tight ends.

2128
02:12:38,260 --> 02:12:42,100
 The tight end coach was an offensive line coach, too.

2129
02:12:42,680 --> 02:12:46,500
 They've got all the pieces of the puzzle, but he is going to have to run.

2130
02:12:47,160 --> 02:12:50,780
 But Alabama needs to be, and I say this all the time during the season,

2131
02:12:51,220 --> 02:12:56,620
 you need to be in second and six or second and five instead of second and ten.

2132
02:12:56,780 --> 02:12:59,120
 You've got a much better chance of making a first down.

2133
02:13:00,080 --> 02:13:02,160
 And if you're in the fourth quarter and you need to melt the clock,

2134
02:13:02,240 --> 02:13:05,300
 you also need a reliable, consistent running game.

2135
02:13:05,480 --> 02:13:09,240
 And like Nick said this morning, you brought in Jake Cooker.

2136
02:13:09,280 --> 02:13:10,400
 He was a no-name quarterback.

2137
02:13:10,400 --> 02:13:12,160
 He said, yeah, but did you see that running back?

2138
02:13:12,280 --> 02:13:13,240
 Yeah, exactly.

2139
02:13:13,780 --> 02:13:15,160
 And that old line.

2140
02:13:15,320 --> 02:13:16,340
 Yeah, yeah, number two.

2141
02:13:16,480 --> 02:13:17,280
 You or me behind him.

2142
02:13:17,400 --> 02:13:17,820
 That's right.

2143
02:13:18,660 --> 02:13:20,420
 You can put us behind the quarterback and be pretty good.

2144
02:13:20,480 --> 02:13:24,220
 By the way, I think, if I'm not mistaken, Blair's contact and wants to know,

2145
02:13:24,320 --> 02:13:26,860
 have you guys saved him any crumbs?

2146
02:13:27,760 --> 02:13:29,080
 Maybe, maybe.

2147
02:13:29,560 --> 02:13:30,860
 You know, we'll see.

2148
02:13:32,140 --> 02:13:37,060
 Listen, I appreciate Greg Thornton going by and picking it up.

2149
02:13:37,440 --> 02:13:39,160
 James and I have been nibbling.

2150
02:13:39,160 --> 02:13:41,760
 This is James Moody, our esteemed producer.

2151
02:13:42,440 --> 02:13:47,700
 James, tell us again the incredible delicacies that we've been munching on this afternoon.

2152
02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:50,680
 Well, we had the jalapeno mac and cheese bites.

2153
02:13:51,360 --> 02:13:54,040
 Well, I had the Cujo.

2154
02:13:54,160 --> 02:13:54,420
 Right.

2155
02:13:54,820 --> 02:13:57,920
 Which is normally one of my go-tos during the football season.

2156
02:13:58,580 --> 02:14:00,360
 When they do us for the scoreboard show.

2157
02:14:00,620 --> 02:14:04,840
 And also, you had the Fat Boy Burger pizza.

2158
02:14:04,980 --> 02:14:05,560
 Fat Boy, right.

2159
02:14:05,560 --> 02:14:12,440
 And they also gave us, as a bonus, the Philly y'all, Philly cheesesteak pizza.

2160
02:14:12,700 --> 02:14:13,300
 That's correct.

2161
02:14:13,520 --> 02:14:20,020
 And Blair, right here, has his full-court press Cuban sandwich inspired by Tony Pujol.

2162
02:14:20,020 --> 02:14:20,760
 Maybe it's left.

2163
02:14:20,920 --> 02:14:21,260
 Left.

2164
02:14:21,520 --> 02:14:22,940
 It'll be in the fridge for him.

2165
02:14:23,800 --> 02:14:25,940
 So, Blair, come on.

2166
02:14:26,260 --> 02:14:27,580
 You better hurry, buddy.

2167
02:14:27,800 --> 02:14:28,520
 You better hurry.

2168
02:14:29,820 --> 02:14:33,220
 I think you just got a speeding ticket trying to get down there before you guys did it.

2169
02:14:33,480 --> 02:14:36,500
 So, but a big shout out to a lot of people.

2170
02:14:36,620 --> 02:14:39,920
 Thanks so much for making the day for our team here.

2171
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 And speaking of spicy on the menu, what about that boy down in Gatorade country?

2172
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2173
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 NCC Media Days down in his home state of Florida.

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 And host of Sports Now on 965sports.com.

2277
02:21:48,240 --> 02:21:49,220
 John, welcome in.

2278
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 Do we need to tell the kids to leave the room before we get started today?

2279
02:21:53,540 --> 02:21:54,180
 How are you?

2280
02:21:55,500 --> 02:21:57,100
 Doing great, Harold.

2281
02:21:57,320 --> 02:21:59,700
 It's been a great SBC Media Day.

2282
02:22:00,780 --> 02:22:06,680
 And John Summerall, if he didn't have me already, he has me now,

2283
02:22:06,740 --> 02:22:08,520
 and I think he has every other Gator.

2284
02:22:09,320 --> 02:22:12,860
 Talk about taking command of a room, guys.

2285
02:22:14,220 --> 02:22:18,860
 That's something Florida hasn't had since Orban Meyer or Steve Spurrier either

2286
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 in different ways, is to be able to take command of a room like he did today.

2287
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 And I think his best answer of all of them, just for me personally,

2288
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 was when he interviewed for the job,

2289
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 and he said the Florida committee asked him what was something he didn't like about Florida,

2290
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 and he said everything's great except the football team doesn't win enough.

2291
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 Bingo.

2292
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 That puts it all in a succinct capsule.

2293
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 And so I think right there, I think he had most of Gator Nation on board,

2294
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 if not all of them.

2295
02:22:53,380 --> 02:22:58,940
 But other things were the way he answered, and I can't say it on the air for FCC,

2296
02:22:59,560 --> 02:23:03,020
 but about how he lost to Mississippi twice last year.

2297
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 And he just touched right to the point.

2298
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 And it's just honestly so refreshing, guys.

2299
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 I know yesterday I said briefly, while you had the superstar on, Brent Beard,

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 that the main difference is you're going to have a guy with a pulse today,

2301
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 and boy, did we.

2302
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 It was great to have that.

2303
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 I think the message there is don't mention those boys from North Alabama.

2304
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 I'm just saying, did he join the Navy?

2305
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 Is that where he got his vocabulary was the Navy?

2306
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 Yeah, I mean, I think if he can win at a sustained level at Florida

2307
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 with his personality, guys, he is going to be a superstar.

2308
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 I don't think that's superbly.

2309
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 Now, he's got to win because winning's the key ingredient to everything.

2310
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 And just the personality I've seen with Coach Summerall from early December to the present,

2311
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 from the day he got hired to July 22nd, it's been amazing.

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 I mean, I just didn't realize any of this from afar, obviously.

2313
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 And I know he hasn't coached at this level, but, boy, you just get a good feeling about it.

2314
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 And you can see, at least I can, just from what happened today, why he's connecting on the recruiting trail.

2315
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 Yeah.

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 Because if he's that way one-on-one, the way he is amongst a group of people, and I've got to believe he is because of the numbers that he's compiling.

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 And I even asked Jaden Ball, myself personally, one of the three players that came, how impactful was the Christmas Eve meeting with Coach Summerall?

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 And he said, very.

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 He said that basically weighed him to stay.

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 He was leaning that way anyway.

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 But he said when Coach Summerall came up there with his family and even brought the dog, he threw in.

2322
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 And for a couple hours, it wasn't about football.

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 It was just about personalities.

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 But that right there, and I can believe it, just that he can connect with people.

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 And that is important in this line of work, no doubt.

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 John, his press conference today reminded me a little bit of Nick Saban's.

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 The very first press conference, in fact, Harold and I read another radio station then, and we were listening to it.

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 We had it on the air.

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 And I turned to Harold and said, there's a new sheriff in town.

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 And Nick Saban had complete command of the room.

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 Same thing John Summerall did.

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 Now, his record was 43-12.

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 And I know the Sun Belt, and I don't mean to bring up the Sun Belt again to John Ferrari and Florida fans in the American Conference.

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 That's not the SEC, but he's got a little bit of that innate ability to where he tells you exactly what.

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 He gets the message across to you, but you used a great term.

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 He was in complete command of that room.

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 Even to the point where a reporter's cell phone went off, guys, and he said, normally I would throw this podium at you.

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 But he had control, and that's the type of command he had.

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 And I love that he acknowledged the Florida fans that through, as bad as it's been, the 4-8 season last year, they've had 18 consecutive sellouts.

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 But he said he needs to get it back to where they had sellouts over 100 consecutive sellouts between the 90s and 2011.

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 And, of course, that was the Steve Spurrier-Urban Meyer era.

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 So, I just loved everything he said today.

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 Obviously, none of that will matter on September 5th.

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 But, well, let me take that back.

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 I think some of it will matter because I think he's built a swagger with the kids a little bit.

2346
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 I got that vibe from not only Jaden Baugh, Miles Graham came, Vernell Brown III, a legacy recruit that some are all touched on on the podium.

2347
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 You can tell that they said there was a difference this offseason.

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 And not mentioning Billy Napier's name, but there was just a difference in the tone and what's been laid down and what's been expected between what's been going on the past four years.

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 So, I think this is going to be a fun ride.

2350
02:27:23,840 --> 02:27:32,460
 And it's funny you mentioned Nick Saban, Brett, because when Coach Summerall was on the podium, Nick Saban was on SEC Network.

2351
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 And then he turned around.

2352
02:27:34,640 --> 02:27:35,740
 We saw it in the room.

2353
02:27:36,320 --> 02:27:38,320
 He was focused on Coach Summerall.

2354
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 And Coach Summerall wound up joining that group later.

2355
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 Now, I was in the room.

2356
02:27:43,280 --> 02:27:44,320
 I didn't hear what they were interacting.

2357
02:27:45,160 --> 02:27:47,800
 But Nick Saban was talking to Coach Summerall.

2358
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 And I think John Summerall got Nick Saban's attention.

2359
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 And there aren't many that get Nick Saban's attention.

2360
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 So, that right there says a lot.

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2362
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 Let's face it, it's July.

2363
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2364
02:28:03,940 --> 02:28:04,980
 Kentucky throwing it down.

2365
02:28:05,040 --> 02:28:08,000
 It seems to be kind of a script with the new kids on the block.

2366
02:28:08,100 --> 02:28:08,980
 And all that's great.

2367
02:28:09,040 --> 02:28:12,080
 But like you said, at the end of the day, it's not what you say in July.

2368
02:28:12,260 --> 02:28:14,660
 It's what fans say about you in December, January.

2369
02:28:15,800 --> 02:28:20,600
 But one thing I like about what he does, like Nick did, lay down the boundaries.

2370
02:28:21,020 --> 02:28:22,280
 And I'm huge on that.

2371
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 Tell me what you want.

2372
02:28:23,920 --> 02:28:25,840
 Once you tell me, let us go do it.

2373
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 If you don't want me here, I'll tell you what I'm expecting.

2374
02:28:28,500 --> 02:28:32,620
 Once you establish boundaries, then you go and let people do their jobs.

2375
02:28:32,680 --> 02:28:35,560
 And I think that's something that John Summerall, like Nick Saban, is good at.

2376
02:28:36,000 --> 02:28:39,660
 But realistically, let's face it, Nick, he talked big the first year.

2377
02:28:39,740 --> 02:28:41,760
 But the numbers weren't there in the first year.

2378
02:28:41,980 --> 02:28:44,720
 We saw it starting in the second year with that Clemson game.

2379
02:28:44,840 --> 02:28:47,740
 What is realistic with this first year under Summerall?

2380
02:28:50,000 --> 02:28:54,980
 Realistic, Harold, to me, would be 8-4, 7-5.

2381
02:28:56,000 --> 02:29:00,720
 Realistically, in that range, I think the first two games, Florida wins.

2382
02:29:00,760 --> 02:29:04,680
 I don't think they're going to lose a game to an opponent they shouldn't,

2383
02:29:04,780 --> 02:29:07,100
 meaning like South Florida a year ago.

2384
02:29:07,540 --> 02:29:10,940
 I think they're going to take care of those type of opponents in the Swamp.

2385
02:29:10,940 --> 02:29:15,940
 And no disrespect to Florida, Atlantic, and Campbell, but I think those are two wins.

2386
02:29:16,940 --> 02:29:19,580
 I think then we get down to the nuts and bolts.

2387
02:29:19,740 --> 02:29:24,320
 How many wins do you get out of the nine-game SEC schedule?

2388
02:29:24,460 --> 02:29:27,400
 Because I also think they're going to beat Florida State at the end of the year,

2389
02:29:27,480 --> 02:29:28,860
 even though it's in Tallahassee.

2390
02:29:29,200 --> 02:29:32,140
 So that's three wins I have for them right now,

2391
02:29:32,280 --> 02:29:38,080
 which means he's got to figure out how to get four or five more from the conference.

2392
02:29:38,700 --> 02:29:40,740
 And I think he can.

2393
02:29:40,740 --> 02:29:43,860
 And I think there are winnable games in there.

2394
02:29:44,040 --> 02:29:48,580
 I think that South Carolina and Vanderbilt both come to Gainesville this season.

2395
02:29:48,820 --> 02:29:51,000
 They didn't have either one of them come last year.

2396
02:29:51,040 --> 02:29:52,820
 I think those are two wins for them.

2397
02:29:53,400 --> 02:29:55,440
 If he gets that, you're up to five.

2398
02:29:56,300 --> 02:29:58,700
 The Auburn game is a toss-up to me.

2399
02:29:59,180 --> 02:30:03,220
 You guys know more about that place than I do, but that's a tough place to win at.

2400
02:30:03,300 --> 02:30:04,460
 There's no doubt about it.

2401
02:30:04,460 --> 02:30:04,960
 Very tough.

2402
02:30:05,120 --> 02:30:07,100
 Even one Nick Saban will admit that.

2403
02:30:08,260 --> 02:30:11,620
 But I think Florida can go over there and win.

2404
02:30:12,580 --> 02:30:18,140
 I think a lot's going to depend on where they are physically on the line of scrimmage.

2405
02:30:18,300 --> 02:30:22,920
 And the offensive line was touched on during the session with Coach Sumerall.

2406
02:30:23,220 --> 02:30:26,540
 And now he's trying to build that starting five up and beyond.

2407
02:30:27,280 --> 02:30:30,800
 But I think eight and four is realistic, to get back to your question.

2408
02:30:31,420 --> 02:30:32,520
 I truly do.

2409
02:30:32,660 --> 02:30:35,180
 I don't think anything beyond that's realistic.

2410
02:30:35,380 --> 02:30:37,200
 They could surprise and get nine.

2411
02:30:37,340 --> 02:30:41,540
 But I think seven to eight wins is the target for year one.

2412
02:30:42,300 --> 02:30:43,180
 Yeah, yeah.

2413
02:30:43,380 --> 02:30:50,100
 That Missouri game on the road has been a little bit of a bugaboo for Florida coaches over the years, too.

2414
02:30:50,660 --> 02:30:52,100
 Always great to catch up with you.

2415
02:30:52,160 --> 02:30:54,500
 I'm glad it's been a great week for you.

2416
02:30:54,500 --> 02:31:02,260
 But, yeah, everybody was impressed with the North Alabama product, with his command of the room.

2417
02:31:02,700 --> 02:31:10,860
 John, keep my beloved brother under ramps, because, you know, we all know he gets loose with women, too, down there, even though he's engaged.

2418
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 Where can we get online and listen to your show this week, buddy?

2419
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 It's been tough keeping the groupies off.

2420
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 I know it is.

2421
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 As a television star, no doubt about it.

2422
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 And when you got it, you got it, right?

2423
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 The other thing I want to say is, right before I came on with you, I saw Ryan Fowler, who I think the mayor of Tampa might want to put in a key to the city, too.

2424
02:31:31,040 --> 02:31:34,420
 But, anyway, I joked with him offline.

2425
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 But you can find me at 1021news.com online on x slash Twitter at JF underscore sports now.

2426
02:31:45,520 --> 02:31:47,640
 And with you guys, we're here.

2427
02:31:47,640 --> 02:31:55,580
 It's been a great time, but I think we might be presenting a key to the city to John Summerall in a few years in Duval County.

2428
02:31:55,720 --> 02:31:56,100
 We'll see.

2429
02:31:56,240 --> 02:32:01,960
 I can tell you, Huntsville is getting a lot more fans over here, guys, than what we saw today.

2430
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 Bottom line is, he's one of the nicer guys in North Alabama, John, so be aware of those guys, okay?

2431
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 Absolutely, but always an honor and a pleasure to be on, guys.

2432
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 Thank you, Bill.

2433
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 Thanks for having us.

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2517
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 Welcome back again and again, make you so happy to make us a part of your day here on 93.9 The Score, day three SEC Media Days.

2518
02:38:00,540 --> 02:38:05,320
 Biggie boy down there, Drew DeArmond, host, Taco Ball and Hustle is 97.7 FM in the zone.

2519
02:38:05,400 --> 02:38:06,360
 Drew, welcome in.

2520
02:38:06,680 --> 02:38:07,280
 How are you?

2521
02:38:08,040 --> 02:38:09,060
 I'm doing well, guys.

2522
02:38:09,200 --> 02:38:11,160
 It's been a fun week in Tampa so far.

2523
02:38:11,160 --> 02:38:13,820
 It's been a long day, but certainly have enjoyed it.

2524
02:38:14,840 --> 02:38:17,640
 You know, obviously, we were just talking earlier, Drew.

2525
02:38:17,720 --> 02:38:22,080
 Isn't it amazing the impact that Madison County is having on college sports this season?

2526
02:38:22,420 --> 02:38:29,460
 You look at the situation there in Bandy, and you look at the offensive coordinator at Missouri, both of them products of Bob Jones High,

2527
02:38:30,080 --> 02:38:35,320
 but it seems the guy that's making a lot of noise at the meetings there in Tampa is also from Hustle,

2528
02:38:35,480 --> 02:38:39,120
 the truly tiger out of Grissom High, one John Somerle.

2529
02:38:39,400 --> 02:38:41,060
 He's making some waves, is he not?

2530
02:38:41,900 --> 02:38:48,020
 Yeah, he's been a super popular guy here in Tampa, this is Gator country, as you know, and a lot of Gators are free.

2531
02:38:48,020 --> 02:38:50,280
 I mean, I think he's the only coach when I was in the main room.

2532
02:38:50,400 --> 02:38:57,140
 He got some applause when they walked him up to the stage, and certainly he's been locked and loaded,

2533
02:38:57,600 --> 02:39:03,200
 had a chance to speak with him briefly, you know, very proud of him being a Huntsvillian and doing what he's doing.

2534
02:39:03,560 --> 02:39:09,960
 Really excited about his maiden voyage this year at Florida, and I really think they're the biggest sleeper in the league.

2535
02:39:10,080 --> 02:39:12,180
 I think they can make a jump into that top eight.

2536
02:39:12,680 --> 02:39:14,280
 I think they can win nine games.

2537
02:39:14,360 --> 02:39:15,780
 I really think they're going to be much better.

2538
02:39:16,060 --> 02:39:20,400
 They're going to have more cohesion offensively, and you know, John, they're going to be good on defense.

2539
02:39:20,740 --> 02:39:21,400
 They're going to be physical.

2540
02:39:22,500 --> 02:39:26,400
 Rusty Witt, his strength coach, has been with him at Troy and Jelaine and went with him to Florida.

2541
02:39:26,840 --> 02:39:30,180
 He's done a great job, and I think they're going to have a good football team.

2542
02:39:30,220 --> 02:39:34,860
 They've got to take the quarterback out a little bit, but he's always been able to do that at Troy and Jelaine.

2543
02:39:34,860 --> 02:39:41,060
 And, you know, I think with Buster Faulkner coming over from Georgia Tech, I think they're going to be good on that side of the ball.

2544
02:39:42,340 --> 02:39:46,660
 He's a defensive-oriented guy, no doubt, and he wants physicality, and he's full of energy.

2545
02:39:46,800 --> 02:39:52,520
 But he does a good job on being a complete football coach and wanting a complete team, and I think they'll be good offensively.

2546
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 I'll just say this.

2547
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 I think Jaden Ball may lead the SEC in rushing.

2548
02:39:56,360 --> 02:39:57,360
 You may be right.

2549
02:39:57,540 --> 02:40:06,800
 Listen, tell us about the Alabama interviews this morning, coach, player, and who else has impressed you during the week, coach or player?

2550
02:40:07,600 --> 02:40:10,440
 Yeah, I mean, we were really blessed today.

2551
02:40:10,580 --> 02:40:19,020
 You know, we got a chance to sit down with Caelan DeBoer for about 10, 11 minutes, and, you know, I really think he understands what they have to fix offensively on the line of scrimmage.

2552
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 A lot of scrimmage that, of course, the running game to create some balance for a couple of young, talented quarterbacks, and Austin Mack and Keelan Russell.

2553
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 And it's truly a competition.

2554
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 He told us that, you know, it will play itself out during fall camp.

2555
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 Last year they did it early on in the offseason and into camp with Ty Simpson.

2556
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 Really, even before camp started, I don't think that's going to be the case now.

2557
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 It sounds like after that second scrimmage they're going to have a much better idea with this group, you know, who it's going to be.

2558
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 But certainly I think he's excited about Adrian Clem and what he brings to the table.

2559
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 And, you know, I found out today a little nugget that, you know, Adrian Clem's son played for him as a dub.

2560
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 That's kind of how the relationship started.

2561
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 And so that's how he became aware of Adrian Clem and his work and his ability to teach.

2562
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 And I think he's been impressed with the work that he's done with the offensive line thus far.

2563
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 And now they've still got to keep improving.

2564
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 And fall camp is going to be big.

2565
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 And I think they feel like they've got the pieces in place.

2566
02:41:16,140 --> 02:41:20,340
 And then, you know, certainly, you know, it was a big year for Ryan Coleman Williams.

2567
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 He had a chance to catch up with him.

2568
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 But now he is now married.

2569
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 He got married in June.

2570
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 And it's hard to believe he's 19 years old.

2571
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 He's already in year three.

2572
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 And he's married now.

2573
02:41:31,200 --> 02:41:34,020
 But certainly his wife did a great job picking out his suit.

2574
02:41:34,140 --> 02:41:35,600
 He looks very zapper.

2575
02:41:35,600 --> 02:41:43,700
 And I think he's very confident, no matter who the QB is, whether it's, you know, whether it's certainly Kewin Russell.

2576
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 And I think Kewin is my personal favorite, no doubt about it.

2577
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 But it's going to be a battle, no doubt about it.

2578
02:41:51,480 --> 02:41:57,600
 And I think he's confident, no matter who's pulling the trigger, that he's going to have a really nice year.

2579
02:41:58,600 --> 02:42:01,200
 June, to me, you're talking about the quarterback competition there.

2580
02:42:01,280 --> 02:42:04,320
 It comes down to, at least based on what everybody has said.

2581
02:42:04,440 --> 02:42:08,380
 We won't know until, as they say, the live bullets start flying on the head, start with East Carolina.

2582
02:42:09,080 --> 02:42:15,920
 But it's a matter of do you want familiarity, a guy with some experience in the system, or do you want to bring a guy in who's got a lot of potential?

2583
02:42:16,000 --> 02:42:19,360
 By the way, Russell's not exactly a rookie himself in this system.

2584
02:42:19,740 --> 02:42:27,900
 Would you be surprised, based on that alone, if they start with Mack, just to defer there, and kind of slow-walk Russell into it?

2585
02:42:27,960 --> 02:42:31,200
 Brett and I have been saying, I don't think there's any question it's going to be the quarterback.

2586
02:42:31,460 --> 02:42:33,100
 It's when Russell's going to be the quarterback.

2587
02:42:33,780 --> 02:42:38,060
 But starting out, would you be surprised to see Mack getting the starting draw against the Pirates?

2588
02:42:39,180 --> 02:42:41,280
 Well, you know, that's another little tidbit.

2589
02:42:41,280 --> 02:42:44,820
 You know, we were able to discern with Austin Mack and Kewin Russell.

2590
02:42:45,020 --> 02:42:47,700
 And like I said, at the start of the segment, it's going to be a true battle.

2591
02:42:47,800 --> 02:42:50,620
 And I believe Dylan DeBoer made that readily apparent.

2592
02:42:50,740 --> 02:42:56,980
 But I think he wants to make a decision between the two guys, you know, before that East Carolina opener.

2593
02:42:57,780 --> 02:43:02,940
 Because, you know, I think my first thought was he might play them both against East Carolina,

2594
02:43:03,060 --> 02:43:10,880
 much like you saw, you know, in the situation, you know, many years ago with Phillip Sims and A.J. McCarrey against Kent State.

2595
02:43:10,960 --> 02:43:14,100
 And then they had decided on A.J. when they went to Happy Valley.

2596
02:43:14,100 --> 02:43:19,260
 But it doesn't sound like that's going to be the case with certainly with Austin Mack and Kewin Russell.

2597
02:43:19,260 --> 02:43:23,440
 I think he wants to make a decision, you know, before the first game against East Carolina.

2598
02:43:23,700 --> 02:43:26,860
 And as you pointed out rightly, they've got to be ready to go.

2599
02:43:27,020 --> 02:43:29,700
 But East Carolina is a nine-win team that won a bowl game.

2600
02:43:29,920 --> 02:43:31,220
 They're not a bad football team.

2601
02:43:31,480 --> 02:43:35,980
 So, you don't want to have a situation where you play an egg like you saw.

2602
02:43:36,200 --> 02:43:41,960
 I believe it was several years ago when the Houston Cougars, I think, tripped up Oklahoma in an opener.

2603
02:43:42,300 --> 02:43:46,340
 And you've got to be – so you've got to be ready to play, especially with what happened against Florida State a year ago.

2604
02:43:46,720 --> 02:43:46,880
 Yeah.

2605
02:43:47,380 --> 02:43:50,660
 D2, were you impressed with Alex Golich yesterday?

2606
02:43:51,580 --> 02:43:51,980
 Yeah.

2607
02:43:52,060 --> 02:44:01,820
 I mean, I told somebody, you know, it's the first time, you know, especially in the last three years, that, you know, you were around the Auburn coach and you didn't want to take a shower.

2608
02:44:02,260 --> 02:44:07,000
 So, I felt like that Alex Golich was extremely matter-of-fact.

2609
02:44:07,460 --> 02:44:10,140
 He has a strong belief in his vision.

2610
02:44:10,640 --> 02:44:20,680
 And I think it's the first time, honestly, since going into the 2013 season, that was, of course, Gus Malzahn's first, that I think Auburn has a coherent plan of what they want to be and their identity.

2611
02:44:21,680 --> 02:44:22,640
 And it's very similar.

2612
02:44:22,900 --> 02:44:27,040
 And it's interesting, though, Gus – and I talked about this with our good friend Jason Caldwell.

2613
02:44:27,040 --> 02:44:37,560
 I don't know why, still, I couldn't tell you, but with all the success that Nick Marshall had coming out of junior college, converting from DB to quarterback, kind of going back to his roots in high school,

2614
02:44:37,960 --> 02:44:42,680
 and then Gus running him and him being able to throw the deep ball, and they were very, very difficult to defend.

2615
02:44:43,320 --> 02:44:45,760
 And for whatever reason, he started going toward the Jarrett-Sidhams.

2616
02:44:45,840 --> 02:44:47,440
 He got away from the mobile QB.

2617
02:44:47,440 --> 02:44:48,320
 Yeah, yeah.

2618
02:44:48,400 --> 02:44:51,340
 And I never really understood – and really offensive line recruiting.

2619
02:44:51,780 --> 02:44:53,540
 But I don't think Golich is going to do that.

2620
02:44:53,580 --> 02:44:54,900
 I think he's going to stick to the plan.

2621
02:44:54,900 --> 02:44:59,740
 And they've got a – I think they've got a really good direction that they want to go.

2622
02:44:59,900 --> 02:45:01,620
 And I was impressed with him yesterday.

2623
02:45:03,380 --> 02:45:08,120
 Drew, the obvious question here is, a lot of people have got Auburn picked as a dark horse.

2624
02:45:08,360 --> 02:45:13,720
 In your opinion, who is – right now, coming into the season, who's going to be the most overrated team

2625
02:45:13,720 --> 02:45:17,860
 and who's going to be the most underrated team, a.k.a. dark horse, in your opinion, the league?

2626
02:45:18,560 --> 02:45:20,860
 Well, last year, I hit it on the head with overrated.

2627
02:45:20,860 --> 02:45:21,960
 That was South Carolina.

2628
02:45:22,160 --> 02:45:24,400
 They got Shula and I was afraid they were going to.

2629
02:45:25,300 --> 02:45:29,000
 I think underrated or dark horse for me, wild card is Florida.

2630
02:45:29,560 --> 02:45:30,880
 They went four and eight a year ago.

2631
02:45:30,960 --> 02:45:33,920
 I think they can flip that and maybe even do one game better.

2632
02:45:34,360 --> 02:45:35,720
 I believe in John Summerall.

2633
02:45:35,800 --> 02:45:36,440
 I always will.

2634
02:45:36,560 --> 02:45:40,260
 I think he's going to do, you know, an outstanding job.

2635
02:45:40,420 --> 02:45:41,680
 No question about it.

2636
02:45:42,220 --> 02:45:47,680
 Now, as far as a team that could backslide a little bit, and I'm not saying they won't be a good football team

2637
02:45:47,680 --> 02:45:52,700
 or have a winning record, but Texas A&M's schedule was much more difficult than it was a year ago.

2638
02:45:53,500 --> 02:45:56,360
 And last year, they kind of – they were on cruise control.

2639
02:45:56,640 --> 02:45:58,840
 If you can be that way, it's hard.

2640
02:45:58,940 --> 02:46:00,740
 But they still had an easier draw.

2641
02:46:00,840 --> 02:46:02,060
 The draw is not as easy.

2642
02:46:02,660 --> 02:46:06,120
 We'll see how Marcel Reed bounces back from a poor ending of the season.

2643
02:46:06,240 --> 02:46:07,420
 Didn't play well against Texas.

2644
02:46:07,880 --> 02:46:09,420
 Didn't play well at all against Miami.

2645
02:46:09,920 --> 02:46:13,600
 And, you know, of course, they suffered some losses on defense.

2646
02:46:13,940 --> 02:46:16,180
 But their schedule is much more difficult.

2647
02:46:16,620 --> 02:46:21,760
 So – and for backsliding what I mean, last year they went 11-2.

2648
02:46:22,280 --> 02:46:24,580
 Could they end up maybe 9-4 this year?

2649
02:46:24,660 --> 02:46:24,800
 Yeah.

2650
02:46:24,940 --> 02:46:27,700
 Which is still a good year, but not a playoff team.

2651
02:46:27,980 --> 02:46:32,200
 So, I think Texas A&M's schedule may conclude them from going to the playoff.

2652
02:46:32,260 --> 02:46:37,300
 And I think Florida, with John Summerall's leadership, that game against Auburn in week three,

2653
02:46:37,900 --> 02:46:41,740
 on the plane, John returning to his home state is going to be big for the Gators.

2654
02:46:42,140 --> 02:46:43,240
 No question about it.

2655
02:46:43,260 --> 02:46:47,780
 I think that's the key game to set the tone for everyone.

2656
02:46:48,140 --> 02:46:52,040
 Listen, glad to see you and the gang down there having a great week.

2657
02:46:52,180 --> 02:46:58,140
 Try to somehow keep Ryan Fowler, my beloved brother, on the straight and narrow.

2658
02:46:58,860 --> 02:47:01,620
 Where can we get online and get your interviews?

2659
02:47:01,820 --> 02:47:08,220
 And we'll talk next week about the one and only Nate Oates getting the seven-foot Canadian surprise.

2660
02:47:08,840 --> 02:47:11,280
 And T.J. St. Louis, that was quite a pickup.

2661
02:47:11,960 --> 02:47:15,720
 Where can we get online and get the interviews and all the good stuff this week?

2662
02:47:16,780 --> 02:47:21,360
 Well, I've gone to call him D.J. St. Louis since he is a Canadian.

2663
02:47:21,840 --> 02:47:24,100
 So, maybe go to the hockey that way.

2664
02:47:24,220 --> 02:47:25,020
 But, yeah, absolutely.

2665
02:47:25,660 --> 02:47:28,820
 You can see all of our stuff at 977ESPN.com.

2666
02:47:28,860 --> 02:47:32,720
 And, of course, on our SoundCloud page, ESPN 97.7 The Zone.

2667
02:47:32,860 --> 02:47:35,680
 And, of course, you can listen to us, 8 to 11 Eastern.

2668
02:47:35,800 --> 02:47:38,960
 I've had to reprogram myself with that, 7 to 10 Central.

2669
02:47:39,440 --> 02:47:42,880
 And then we are uploading a ton of stuff to WDVN TV now.

2670
02:47:43,420 --> 02:47:46,380
 Today, the Ethernet and the Wi-Fi has not been great.

2671
02:47:46,740 --> 02:47:50,260
 So, we apologize for it taking a while, but we're sure they're going to get it done.

2672
02:47:50,860 --> 02:47:53,200
 But, again, it's been great here in Tampa so far.

2673
02:47:53,280 --> 02:47:54,240
 We've got one day to go.

2674
02:47:54,640 --> 02:47:57,960
 Four longest days of the year, but it sure is fun, and we appreciate you all having us.

2675
02:47:59,240 --> 02:48:01,020
 Technical issues across the board.

2676
02:48:01,020 --> 02:48:03,460
 We're listening to St. Travel's back, and thank you for your time, Day-Drew.

2677
02:48:04,340 --> 02:48:04,940
 Thank you, guys.

2678
02:48:05,040 --> 02:48:05,520
 Thank you, buddy.

2679
02:48:06,240 --> 02:48:07,960
 This is your arm at 977FM.

2680
02:48:08,080 --> 02:48:08,320
 That's all.

2681
02:48:08,440 --> 02:48:12,760
 BB, day three, tomorrow, the final day.

2682
02:48:13,240 --> 02:48:14,960
 We'll run over the roster for that.

2683
02:48:15,060 --> 02:48:18,740
 But we've got some folks that we really, really want to tip our steps into,

2684
02:48:19,440 --> 02:48:24,500
 including one that I think you and the taste buds of James would agree with.

2685
02:48:25,100 --> 02:48:26,960
 Yes, yes, we would.

2686
02:48:27,560 --> 02:48:31,020
 We got a little care package from Lost Pizza.

2687
02:48:31,620 --> 02:48:35,880
 Our esteemed producer, again, I appreciate what James and Blair does for us.

2688
02:48:35,960 --> 02:48:37,440
 They've done a great job this week.

2689
02:48:37,820 --> 02:48:40,860
 Talk about that care package there, Mr. Moody.

2690
02:48:41,100 --> 02:48:47,320
 Well, Blair has finally arrived, so he will soon be partaking of his full-court-pressed Cuban sandwich

2691
02:48:47,320 --> 02:48:48,700
 inspired by Tony Pujol.

2692
02:48:49,260 --> 02:48:52,320
 And I had the Cujo pizza.

2693
02:48:52,500 --> 02:48:54,440
 You had the Fat Boy Burger pizza.

2694
02:48:54,580 --> 02:48:54,840
 Right.

2695
02:48:55,100 --> 02:49:01,200
 And they gave us, both, all of us, mac and cheese jalapeno, jalapeno mac and cheese bites.

2696
02:49:01,720 --> 02:49:06,600
 And also, they gave us their new Philly Y'all Philly cheesesteak pizza,

2697
02:49:06,700 --> 02:49:07,960
 so we're splitting that up among us.

2698
02:49:08,120 --> 02:49:12,740
 And so, we've had a wonderful time here with this food.

2699
02:49:13,040 --> 02:49:14,300
 Blair is looking forward to his.

2700
02:49:14,880 --> 02:49:18,580
 And I want to give another off-season shout-out to them for doing that for me and Blair

2701
02:49:18,580 --> 02:49:20,760
 for the school board show during the high school football season.

2702
02:49:20,760 --> 02:49:24,500
 So, Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, across from the Shoals Theater.

2703
02:49:26,120 --> 02:49:27,260
 Highly recommend it.

2704
02:49:27,260 --> 02:49:29,400
 Time to find Lost Pizza.

2705
02:49:29,500 --> 02:49:32,680
 But, Bibi, go ahead and spread the love, my friend.

2706
02:49:33,040 --> 02:49:38,580
 Yeah, Harold, we would not have had this week without our incredible sponsors, title sponsors,

2707
02:49:39,320 --> 02:49:42,380
 Jonathan Pissura, Medley and Virtual Attorneys.

2708
02:49:42,500 --> 02:49:44,240
 They do a phenomenal job.

2709
02:49:44,400 --> 02:49:49,840
 Software at Cypress Creek Indoor Range, Keith Collier, Jr., Gardner Pierce Auto.

2710
02:49:49,840 --> 02:49:55,420
 So, as you hear him on Tuesday and Friday, Zimmer Pierce, Lost Pizza, Chuck, and Marcy McCarty.

2711
02:49:55,480 --> 02:50:00,700
 Now, not only helping us, but so many people in the community in the Shoals.

2712
02:50:00,860 --> 02:50:09,460
 Our touchdown sponsors, Lindsey and Winchester, Cindy Lindsey Pounders, subsidiary of Tiffin Motorhomes,

2713
02:50:10,120 --> 02:50:12,060
 Tidal Towel and Whitwell Sports.

2714
02:50:12,180 --> 02:50:14,000
 Thomas and Lovell, thank you again.

2715
02:50:14,000 --> 02:50:18,360
 And Steve Curtis in Greenhill with Curtis Restaurant.

2716
02:50:18,860 --> 02:50:21,500
 Go out there today and have a great steak, chicken.

2717
02:50:21,780 --> 02:50:24,600
 They will be more than glad to take care of your taste buds.

2718
02:50:25,120 --> 02:50:32,720
 But, again, thank you so much for the sponsors of 2026 SEC Media Days on 93.9 The Score.

2719
02:50:33,500 --> 02:50:40,460
 Well, let me give another big shout-out and ask to you, you, and you for taking time to listen and be a part of the show.

2720
02:50:40,580 --> 02:50:42,000
 Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

2721
02:50:42,860 --> 02:50:43,400
 Buckle up.

2722
02:50:43,740 --> 02:50:47,420
 The season is just around the corner, and we've got it all covered for you.

2723
02:50:47,440 --> 02:50:48,680
 That's going to take care of business for now.

2724
02:50:48,780 --> 02:50:51,520
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here.

2725
02:50:52,000 --> 02:50:53,900
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2726
02:50:53,980 --> 02:50:54,900
 Let's see you again next time.

2727
02:50:55,000 --> 02:50:59,280
 Boonga Tube, the Boomer Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.