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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. New exclusive inside track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where Birmingham says the stallions have left the stable. Good afternoon. Welcome in and how are you?

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 And the listeners, yes, I saw that this morning. It's unfortunate. We'll try to talk about that a little bit later in the show. Kevin Scarbinsky of AL.com talks Bama, Auburn and his scheduling problem.

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 In his opinion for the SEC. Trey Lane, head football coach at Wilson High School will preview the 2026 season. But B.B. is here right now to answer the question, is the Big Ten better than the SEC right now?

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 We do have more than one question for B.B., right?

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 Yes, we do.

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 I just want to make sure. B.B., it's Bill Bender. He is the national voice of the sporting news. B.B., welcome in. How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well. Thanks for having me on.

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 Well, the curtain comes up next week on camp. Have you sharpened all your pencils? Have you loaded all your ink wells? Have you loaded up on your gigabytes? Are you ready for some football, Bill?

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 Yeah, for sure. And, you know, obviously Big Ten Media Day wrapping up here with the last few coaches on the podium.

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 And, yeah, it's been a lot of fun to watch this and get ready to go, so to speak.

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 We've got some cool stuff coming next week at Sporting News and finishing out the media days.

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 And like you said, Harold, it's time to get going.

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 Let me ask you about the Big Ten Media Days. Obviously, sometimes these things can be boring, and sometimes they can drop some sparks in there.

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 I saw where Bill Lamont, who used to be at Arkansas, now was getting his checks in the Big Ten, basically saying the SEC is trying to party like it's 2005, taking a shot at the SEC.

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 I don't think he had a problem collecting checks back in the day with Arkansas.

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 But your thoughts about the argument, and in effect saying Nick Saban is carrying water now for the SEC, and they ain't like he used to be.

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 Well, I think the Big Ten is on top right now. I mean, and we can go into the reasons why, but Brett picked the wrong year, honestly.

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 2005, Texas won the national title against USC. That was one year before the SEC really started to take over college football when Florida won it.

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 I look at it both ways. Okay, so like I always kind of do the political answer.

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 this way. I still think the SEC has more programs capable getting into the college football playoffs, like down to the 10th or 11th back team.

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 But the Big Ten's got the national. You don't gauge your conference on non-conschedule or bull record. You gauge it on who's winning the trophies.

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 And the Big Ten's won three in a row, and it's hard to, that's how the SEC built its reputation.

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 You have multiple schools win natties. So I think that's why I think the Big Ten's on top, but I would say it's year to year now.

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 I think you're right. And again, whatever metric you want to use, I've seen a lot of talk about this.

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 I knew it, but of course the SEC media days discussed it quite often alluding to your point, the depth of the league.

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 And then championships is the number one metric, and you can't deny that. The last three years, the Big Ten has won.

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 I will say this. Again, Alabama lost in overtime to Michigan. Texas had a game won.

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 Ole Miss, if they had 25 more seconds, but that's the number one metric.

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 And again, talking about the number of teams that make the playoffs, I do agree with you.

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 I mean, that's nice, Scuttle, but the number one metric is championships.

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 And the other thing here, in this three-year run by the Big Ten, which I haven't heard brought up,

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 the SEC is 12-11 head-to-head against the Big Ten.

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 So those, but the Big Ten the last two years, five to two in the bowl games outside the playoffs.

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 And they've won the playoff games. And that's what people pay attention to.

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 And we can talk around the depth of the conference, which I think the Big Ten, it has, Brett, here's how I would couch it.

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 They have three guaranteed national championship contenders, Ohio State, Indiana, and Oregon.

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 I think the SEC has at least three, Texas and Georgia being there.

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 And then the question becomes, okay, is A&M, Alabama, LSU, are those actual national championship contenders or just playoff teams?

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 You had all the answers with Bill, Bill Bender, the Sporting News.

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 To that end, one Lane Kiffin says, what are you thinking, boss?

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 This nine-game schedule could cost you money in the long term.

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 We know you're going to cash checks up front depending on the minutia of the contract.

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 But in the end, this nine-game schedule may cost you a playoff spot at the end.

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 Your thoughts about Lane, who I guess now is the go-to as far as what are your thoughts about this subject?

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 Yeah, you know, I think, Lane, obviously the nine games, I'm okay with it.

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 I think you guys are going to end up being okay with it as long as the committee honors it.

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 You know, maybe there's a year where, you know, like last year, if Texas had that ninth conference game,

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 would you reward a nine-and-three Texas team over a 10-and-two, say, ACC or Big 12 team

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 whose strength of schedule wasn't anywhere close?

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 I think you would have to consider that.

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 And I hope the committee does that because, to me, that would show that, hey,

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 we're actually taking this strength of schedule thing pretty seriously.

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 And in defense of the SEC, I've told you guys this all summer, I think,

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 I think you're going to end up enjoying it.

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 It's an extra week, it's an extra game, and it's better than watching them play,

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 you know, with all due respect, a G6 or FBS school.

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 You're going to be more entertained watching that extra conference game

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 because the reward will outweigh the risk, in my opinion.

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 Let me ask you where the Big Ten, Tony Petitti, the Big Ten commissioner,

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 is the poster child for expanding to 24.

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 He keeps talking about that.

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 I know some other issues.

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 The Cruz bill with Campbell, they have reformed that a lot.

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 I still don't know if they're going to be able to get that to the floor by the recess,

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 but what have you heard is for us 24 versus 16 or staying at 12 this week?

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 which is, you know, it's gaining momentum even if I think, in my opinion,

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 most college football fans aren't in a big hurry to see it.

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 You know, I don't think the appetite's there, but, you know, they may go to it

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 So we'll see.

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 And then as far as the Protects College Sports Act,

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 I'm just seeing something where, yes, Sankey and Petitti have been collaborative.

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 There's a lot to that bill.

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 I can't predict whether or not it will pass.

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 But the fact that I do think Sankey and behind the closed doors, Sankey and Tony Petitti are definitely working together

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 to try to make this thing work.

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 A lot of folks are seeing a story coming out with this Jeremiah Smith, obviously Ohio State connections,

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 and saying, wow, are you serious?

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 Could this be one of the biggest recruiting busts in Alabama history?

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 His thought, to paraphrase, you were at me today is there in Big Ten country.

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 He says, my dream school is Alabama when Nick Saban was there.

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 His quote, they wasn't recruiting me, though.

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 It's what it is, but I always wanted to go to Alabama.

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 because Alabama was focused on the South Florida posse, Judy Ridley, et cetera.

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 Here's a very interesting observation from Jeremiah Smith.

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 Yeah, he is one of the best I've ever seen because of the big play consistency.

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 He reminds me, I think he's a, I don't know what he'll do at the next level,

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 but it's very comparable to what Julio Jones was.

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 Just the freakish talent and consistency and ability to make plays.

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 I'm not going to sit here and say one's better than the other.

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 I mean, but if Jeremiah has another big year at Ohio State

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 and shatters all these receiving records in the conference,

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 you'd have to give him the edge.

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 So he's an incredible player.

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 And, you know, Julian Fayan, also an Alabama transfer.

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 I'm not trying to, you know, needle you any.

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 And then downs and go on.

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 Huge accuracy, 77%.

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 I think he's going to get nothing but better as well.

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 Let me add an amendment to that, Harold.

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 Michael Casagrande of AL.com came out with an article this morning about Smith.

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 He came down for a visit to Alabama.

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 And two weeks later, he was given a scholarship opportunity.

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 But I think he was so ingrained in Ohio State.

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 But that's not correct.

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 As far as saying that this was a big bust for Alabama,

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 and Andrew Bone knows a little bit more about that, too.

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 He did come in for a visit to Tuscaloosa and was, according to Casagrande,

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 I know that sounds good to say that.

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 But, yeah, on the other hand, Alabama did work to try to get him.

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 Well, yeah.

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 And, you know, he's part of this pipeline.

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 It's not just Jeremiah Smith.

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 I mean, Alabama and LSU have been able to do that, where they've had the receiver pipeline.

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 I think with Ohio State, I mean, just look on Sunday.

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 Jackson Smith and Jigba.

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 Jeremiah Smith will be next.

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 And they have so many really – they've just developed that room as good as anybody.

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 That looks like it's going to continue with Chris Henry Jr. and Jed Harrison, et cetera.

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 He – I like – he is not outspoken, but between that line of outspoken off the field.

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 And to add an amendment to that, I think what happened was, yeah, Alabama probably did.

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 But, initially, Ohio State got in, and once Alabama saw what they had there,

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 maybe they're trying to come back.

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 I'm not there.

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 But, at any rate, he's going to make a lot of money either way.

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 You can't get them all.

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 Your thoughts about the Big Ten.

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 What is going to happen with Michigan?

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 Because you're talking about a lot of stuff going on in the back room.

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 What do you expect from Michigan this season?

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 Well, Kyle's on the – Kyle Williams on the podium right now,

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 and I got him on mute because I'm talking to you two, which is much more exciting.

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 And, I think – he brings in our era or aura of seriousness to this program,

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 which it desperately needs.

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 I think Kyle's going to spend the next two days answering questions about what's going on

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 off the field and, you know, Bryce Underwood's development.

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 But, again, I think most Michigan fans probably tell you,

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 By the way, I enjoyed your jersey patches.

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 I mentioned that a couple of times this week.

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 J.P. Chase Morgan nearly $17 million for Ohio State.

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 Notre Dame comes back with $18 to $20 to trump that so far.

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 And you kind of conjected about some schools.

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 Alabama would get a patch from Dreamland Barbecue, Arkansas's Walmart, Boston College's Dunkin' Donuts,

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 I believe, and go on and on.

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 That was a cute article.

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 But I guarantee you, Bill Bender, if these schools can make $15 to $20 million

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 with a large postage stamp for the corporation, they're going to do it.

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 that I think is in that neighborhood of Ohio State and Notre Dame and what Texas might do.

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 They wear patches for the bowl games.

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 So I think if it can bring you a couple extra players that are going to help you play in those bowl games

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 My question, Bill, is what is going to be the patch for North Carolina football?

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 Tenders, or what's going to be the patch here for Carolina?

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 the level where they tried and this just isn't working.

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 There's going to be a lot of pressure on Bill Belichick.

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 Lombardi now on administrative leave or suspension, whatever they want to call it,

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 the general manager for the Tar Heels.

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 Bill Bender, always great to catch up with you.

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 Our favorite time of the year beginning next week, summer camps coming in vogue.

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 You've done a great job of covering the Big Ten, the last of the media days.

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 But where can we get online to get a lot more stuff?

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 Yeah, I'm at BillBender92 at SportingNews.com.

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 And we're going to write about Kurt Cignetti, the last Power 4 coach.

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 He's going to take the podium here in about 15 minutes.

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 So I appreciate talking to both you guys.

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 We'll hit it again next week.

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 Thank you so much.

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 See you, buddy.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It's a pleasure for us to say hello to Cole Pinkston.

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 When he comes talking to Auburn, he's got you covered.

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 Recruiting and football analysts there at auburnlive.com.

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 Part of the on3.com family.

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 Cole, welcome in.

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 Have you caught up on your rest and ready for some football?

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 Yes, sir.

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 I'm tired of resting.

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 I'm ready for some football.

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 Was it Tuesday?

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 Is that, well, first of all, I think that's a misnomer, don't you?

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 I mean, they say this is the opening of camp.

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 Does camp really ever close in this modern, not only in college, but in high school?

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 Yeah, I mean, now you've got the OTAs, I believe they're now referring to it as, that take place

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 all summer, and those are, you know, player-led.

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 So the coaches stay out of it.

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 Of course, I'm doing air quotes and all that.

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 You know how it is.

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 They never stop.

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 They've got to have a step up all the time.

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 Absolutely.

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 You had some good articles about who needs to emerge, what particular player-owned units

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 need to emerge, and we'll look at offensive line first, and I agree with you.

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 This kind of crossed the board in the SEC.

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 You've got a lot of potential there, but a lot of these guys haven't played SEC football

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 or they were injured, and nobody can answer this question better than you because you've

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 coached, I know you've coached high school in offense, and you mentioned sophomore Ty Buster.

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 Derrick Plaza, I've heard a lot of good things about Cole Skinner, and you just go down the

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 list, a very critical position for Auburn and others to come through this year, but you

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 mentioned sophomore Buster as your pick.

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 Yeah, I love Ty Buster.

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 Knowing the people on the last staff that recruited him to Auburn, they were extremely high on him.

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 They thought he was one of the most underrated offensive linemen in the country in recruiting

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 last year.

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 They ended up getting him to sign as a freshman for that staff.

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 Last year, he already starts working his way into the two deep, and then this new staff

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 comes in, and from the people I've talked to on staff here now, they think he's just as

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 good as the last staff did.

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 So I think what you're looking at with Ty Buster is probably one of the most talented

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 guys in the room.

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 You know, is he ready?

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 Does he know the offense yet?

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 That's where you're at with him, but they brought in a guy to start at left tackle, which

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 is Stanton Ramil, but while he was out, it was Ty Buster taking all the reps there.

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 So I just think he's the most important guy that Auburn needs to step up.

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 I think he changes the room if he's able to contribute.

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 Cole Pinkston of the huddle with us.

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 Cole, we know and ask the question about folks coming in elsewhere.

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 It starts with South Florida, but outside of the crew coming in from South Florida.

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 Talk to us about the other guys coming in who will be new to this roster.

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 Yeah, there's plenty of transfers on the offensive side.

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 Now, you brought pretty much the entire South Florida offense over, but I'd say it starts

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 with Bryson Washington from Baylor, which is an interesting dynamic since you opened with

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 Baylor.

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 I expect he'll be motivated in that game.

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 He's a guy that I've watched for two years now and had a thousand-yard rushing season as a freshman

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 at Baylor.

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 Just kind of that heavy back, north and south runner.

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 I really like his style.

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 I think he'll be fine for Auburn.

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 A great change-up with Jeremiah Cobb.

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 Defense, the main guy that stands out in my mind is Andre Jordan, who I think we've talked

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 about here on this show before, the UCLA transfer has gone against some really, really good receiver

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 cores there in the Big Ten.

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 I think he's extremely important for Auburn, Andre Jordan.

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 He's going to start at corner.

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 Receiver, you asked the question, who needs to emerge there?

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 Now, I think Keyshawn Singleton and Chase Nimrod are very good.

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 Colger is good, too, but you mentioned your pick, sophomore Sam Turner.

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 Yeah, Sam Turner is a guy that I got pretty close with and went and saw him in person twice.

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 I went to one of his games and covered that and came away impressed every time.

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 He was a three-star guy committed to Georgia Tech at the time.

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 He ends up flipping his commitment to Auburn late with the previous staff.

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 Had a really, really good spring and fall camp last year for Auburn and was looking to play.

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 But, you know, they had some talented guys last year with Cam Coleman, Malcolm Simmons.

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 It was hard for him to break through, but they were really high on him.

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 Again, this is another guy that the new staff came in and went, you know, he's not bad.

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 He's pretty good.

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 He might could help us.

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 Now, he had a pretty nasty injury late in the season last year in a practice.

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 So, he's been out, but he should be back full go in the fall.

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 And I just think with limited depth at receiver, if he's a guy that can step up and help you and get in the rotation,

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 your receiver room just got better.

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 Cole, obviously you mentioned Cap opening up Tuesday.

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 Kind of a fun question here.

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 Coming in, two things that you know Auburn has improved in.

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 I think we know at least one of them overall.

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 And two things that maybe concern you that they need to really get fixed and in a hurry in the fall camp.

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 All right.

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 This is going to sound like I'm joking, but I'm serious when I say this.

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 I think they're going to be better at football.

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 I just think they're going to be better at the game.

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 I think they're going to understand it better.

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 I think they're not going to make so many, you know, self-mistakes, so many created mistakes.

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 I think that they're going to avoid that.

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 So, fixing that, getting better at the small details, I think that's what they're going to be better at.

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 I think they're improved.

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 Man, this is going to be a good article topic next week.

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 I'm going to break into this a little bit.

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 I think they might take a step back as far as talent on the offensive line,

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 but I think they could be improved as far as the way it looks, if that makes sense.

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 I don't think Byron Brown is going to be running for his life.

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 I think he's going to be able to run the offense cleanly.

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 And I think on defense, you know, they might take just a tiny step back

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 just because of the change in offense, and you're going to be going faster.

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 And the defensive line is a little bit of a question mark for me.

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 So, where's your pass rush come from?

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 I think they might take a step back there as they learn who their guys are.

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 Is it Jared Smith?

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 Is it Deshaun Womack?

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 Is it Cody Sigler?

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 Some of these guys that are newer names for us.

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 We just got to figure out who they are.

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 But right now, there's some question marks there.

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 You had a very interesting article about a comment that Mike Elko made,

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 the head coach at Texas A&M, Dear Media Days.

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 He was asked about game planning and scheming, and he made the comment about why so many teams

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 do not run fast-paced offenses again, which is what Goliath has done forever.

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 And he said it's because of communication with the quarterback and the linebacker.

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 A lot of coaches thought they needed to slow down to make sure that the communication was clear.

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 But as you mentioned, Auburn plans to buck that trend.

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 Goliath is second in the nation.

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 By the way, East Carolina, Alabama's first opponent, is third nationally, which is interesting.

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 But, again, according to the coaches, Auburn plans to buck that trend of slowing down and get even faster.

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00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:34,400
 Yeah, they've been pretty – I think Golis has been open and honest about how fast they want to go on offense.

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 Tempo was what they did at USF.

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 And Mike Elko, I think, who I respect, by the way, I think Mike Elko is a very, very good defensive mind in college football.

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 Very good head coach at Texas A&M, obviously.

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 He's saying, look, I'm noticing that everybody's starting to slow things down.

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 Yeah.

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 Where, at one time, it was the trend to go fast.

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 Everybody wants to go fast.

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 Now it's, hey, let's slow down.

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 Let's talk to the quarterback here since we have that opportunity.

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 And he's saying, I don't think people can sacrifice that for Tempo now.

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 I think you need to be able to talk to your quarterback and whatever.

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 At least that's what everybody's doing, right?

451
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,600
 I think Auburn's going to go against that.

452
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,040
 There's going to be times when they slow things down and talk to them, but they want to go fast.

453
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,740
 That's the main thing they want to do, right?

454
00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:27,160
 It's different than a lot of mindsets now.

455
00:28:27,260 --> 00:28:32,800
 I mean, even Freeze, who was a Tempo guy for a long time, started to slow things down when he was at Liberty

456
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,160
 and really slowed it down at Auburn because you can talk to the quarterback directly.

457
00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:40,860
 And I think a lot of coaches are looking at that and going, no, we need that.

458
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,060
 That's an advantage.

459
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:47,000
 But I think Goalist is looking at it and going, well, we still think Tempo's an advantage.

460
00:28:48,380 --> 00:28:51,940
 Well, as far as wearing in the defense, it certainly is.

461
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:59,120
 Goalist, great stuff, very good articles, and particularly the one about the two steps up for the different positions.

462
00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:02,660
 But where can we get online and get your stuff and the teams?

463
00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:04,320
 Yes, sir.

464
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:05,120
 I appreciate it.

465
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:10,380
 AuburnSports.com under the On3Rivals network.

466
00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:16,200
 And in the next few days, when fall camp starts up, we're going to have a big deal,

467
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 and you need to jump on it and come be a part of the community there.

468
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 I think you won't regret it.

469
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 You have been warned.

470
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 I've got eyes on you, Cole.

471
00:29:23,940 --> 00:29:28,200
 In the meantime, kick back, enjoy these last few days, the calm before the storm,

472
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,400
 and thanks for your time today.

473
00:29:30,340 --> 00:29:30,740
 Yes, sir.

474
00:29:30,820 --> 00:29:31,200
 Thank you all.

475
00:29:31,260 --> 00:29:31,720
 Thank you, buddy.

476
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 And his podcast is called Skarbo Knows.

566
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,380
 Kevin Scarbinsky, welcome in.

567
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 How are you?

568
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:29,960
 I'm good, fellas.

569
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:30,320
 How are you?

570
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:30,780
 I'm good.

571
00:34:31,020 --> 00:34:32,920
 I just figured you'd be sad.

572
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:38,660
 And the stallions, according to the reports, have left the stable in your backyard of Birmingham, Kevin.

573
00:34:41,660 --> 00:34:47,880
 Yes, I saw the news today, and it was certainly not a surprise it was headed in that direction.

574
00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:56,580
 The individual who purchased a controlling interest in the league did not appear to be a big fan of Birmingham.

575
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:05,900
 Despite the success that that franchise has had, I'm not sure how well-equipped that guy is to actually run a professional football league.

576
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:11,780
 But, you know, I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of spring football in general.

577
00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:17,200
 And I like, you know, I like sports in their seasons, in their natural seasons.

578
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,080
 So, but I will say it was, a lot of people enjoyed it.

579
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:24,460
 A lot of people cared about it.

580
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,640
 And they were, until this past season, they were very successful.

581
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:39,400
 So, I always hate to see things like that go away, because it just reinforces an old opinion that Birmingham doesn't support those kind of things.

582
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:48,800
 Which, again, if you put a winning product on the field, and if you market it properly, and you really support it, and that's something they never really did.

583
00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:50,420
 The leagues never really did.

584
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:56,320
 So, another sad chapter in our professional sports history here in Birmingham.

585
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:03,260
 Well, Kevin, last word we had, there's still college football at Alabama and Auburn, of course, elsewhere in the SEC.

586
00:36:03,780 --> 00:36:07,740
 But, where's the SEC now, compared to where it was?

587
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:15,380
 The Big Ten folks taking their shots, basically saying, it used to be relevant, and now the Big Ten is king of the throne.

588
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:16,860
 They're taking their shots.

589
00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:18,820
 You can't argue over the past three years.

590
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:24,060
 The SEC, as you put it, has a big problem, and it may not be across the sidelines.

591
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,020
 It may be in D.C., Kevin.

592
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:32,460
 Well, not necessarily in D.C., where I don't know what's going on there.

593
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:33,480
 They don't either.

594
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:34,620
 Isn't it amazing?

595
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:34,840
 Yeah.

596
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:36,500
 Join the crowd, right?

597
00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:51,960
 Isn't it amazing that otherwise intelligent, accomplished individuals like the conference commissioners have basically gone to the federal government with hat in hand and asked them to solve the problems that they created?

598
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:58,860
 Well, the federal government can't, you know, the people on both sides of the aisle can't agree on what color the sky is on a daily basis.

599
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,760
 So, why would you think that they could solve your problems?

600
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:09,080
 And, of course, the bill was far too, that Protect College Sports Act is far too big.

601
00:37:09,140 --> 00:37:10,260
 It's over 100 pages.

602
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,420
 It's trying to deal with far too many issues.

603
00:37:14,020 --> 00:37:22,080
 They should have started small and worked out from there and tried to deal with the transfer portal and NIL and just, you know, a few basic things.

604
00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:28,200
 But the one thing that they don't need Congress to do is to get on the same page in terms of scheduling.

605
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:31,900
 Look, it is mind-boggling to me.

606
00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:34,840
 You have four power conferences.

607
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:43,600
 Now, of varying degrees of power, and you just described the current situation with the Big Ten and the SEC very well, but they're all power conferences.

608
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 Why do they not have the same basic parameters on scheduling?

609
00:37:48,180 --> 00:37:55,540
 Everybody plays nine conference games and everybody plays one non-conference game against a power conference opponent.

610
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:58,680
 Is that that hard, and yet they can't seem to do that?

611
00:37:58,820 --> 00:38:11,020
 And the SEC, for reasons that is going to come to regret, I fear, you know, went alone and decided to add that, well, not alone in playing nine conference games.

612
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 They finally have joined the crowd in doing that, and the ACC is moving in that direction.

613
00:38:16,660 --> 00:38:17,860
 How about what they're doing this year?

614
00:38:17,940 --> 00:38:19,780
 Some of the schools are going to play eight conference games.

615
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,400
 Some of their schools are going to play nine.

616
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,340
 Good luck figuring out that tie-breaking system when we get to November.

617
00:38:25,540 --> 00:38:37,220
 But the SEC not only is going to play nine conference games for the first time, but they maintained their requirement that you play a power conference school in at least one non-conference game,

618
00:38:37,220 --> 00:38:47,240
 which the Big Ten does not require of its schools, as we know, because their last three national champions played three cupcakes.

619
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:53,940
 Not just three cupcakes in total, but they started their season with three non-conference cupcakes.

620
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 It's like playing three exhibition games before you ever play a real game.

621
00:38:57,860 --> 00:38:58,340
 Good point.

622
00:38:59,080 --> 00:38:59,720
 That's exactly right.

623
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:04,460
 Like I said, I fear the SEC made a big mistake there.

624
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:09,480
 Yeah, and Alabama's playing Texas, and again, you mentioned that point.

625
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 Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, very good schools.

626
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 You can debate whether Michigan won it on the field or off the field, but very good schools.

627
00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:31,280
 But Alabama's losing to Texas and Tuscaloosa, while Ohio State's playing Western Michigan, and Michigan's playing UNLV.

628
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 Now, your point was well made.

629
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 Yeah, and we saw it.

630
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:40,920
 Look, we don't have to look back any farther than last year with Alabama.

631
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,900
 You know, they played two power conference schools in the non-conference in Florida State and Wisconsin,

632
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:50,520
 and clearly were not ready and did not play well and got beat in Tallahassee,

633
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,800
 and then they handled Wisconsin fairly easily and Tuscaloosa.

634
00:39:54,120 --> 00:40:03,380
 But those games take something out of you, and when you accumulate damage over a season, as Ty Simpson did,

635
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 and part of that was the schedule, but part of it was the offensive line didn't perform.

636
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,220
 It didn't keep him upright, as it should have.

637
00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:14,180
 But that has a cumulative effect, and you saw it in Ty Simpson.

638
00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:21,340
 He was physically beat up when they got to the postseason, when they got to Atlanta for the SEC championship game,

639
00:40:21,340 --> 00:40:23,540
 and certainly when they got to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.

640
00:40:23,740 --> 00:40:26,060
 And, look, I'm not making excuses.

641
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,780
 I'm not saying Alabama would have won those games otherwise,

642
00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:33,220
 but certainly having your quarterback dealing with everything he was dealing with

643
00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:35,420
 is not putting yourself in the best position to win.

644
00:40:35,580 --> 00:40:41,300
 And the SEC, I believe, under this new nine-game format, is going to find more situations like that.

645
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:46,660
 And it is a huge advantage for the Big Ten to play those non-conference cupcakes.

646
00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:49,320
 Yeah, and part of Scarborough knows the podcast.

647
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:50,160
 I agree with you.

648
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,580
 People talk about this and the other, but there's a first half,

649
00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:55,560
 the schedule when people are relatively happy.

650
00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:56,860
 And then what happens by the end?

651
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,120
 It's like a boxing match.

652
00:40:58,660 --> 00:41:00,240
 Everybody's fresh the first two or three rounds.

653
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,460
 You get to the 12th round, and you're fighting Muhammad Ali.

654
00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:03,260
 You're tired.

655
00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:06,080
 And I think that's a point well taken.

656
00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:07,900
 But, Kevin, you know where we are.

657
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,400
 Where are you vibe-wise?

658
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,780
 Basically, about three or four, whatever it is, days out from opening camp.

659
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,380
 What message can you tell Alabama fans as far as your vibe?

660
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:18,940
 And you guessed it.

661
00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:22,860
 What message can you tell Auburn fans in terms of your vibe?

662
00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:30,160
 Well, for Alabama fans, I would say turn off the gas, coming off the ledge, close the window behind you.

663
00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:40,920
 There's no reason to panic because this recruiting class for 2027 is not going to be what you are used to.

664
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:48,880
 But it's because the last two were so good, and they kept so many of those guys, and they're off to a great start on the 28 class.

665
00:41:49,580 --> 00:41:51,540
 So, look, they're going to be young.

666
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:52,680
 They're going to have a new quarterback.

667
00:41:53,640 --> 00:42:01,360
 And, really, this is, for the first time, I would say, and I think this is a fair statement, this is truly now Kalen DeBoer's Alabama program.

668
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:03,720
 It was a transition.

669
00:42:04,460 --> 00:42:07,180
 He was not handed a team ready to win a national championship.

670
00:42:07,340 --> 00:42:08,760
 Have people lost their minds?

671
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:14,540
 Have they forgotten that, what was it, 30-something players walked out the door after Nick Saban retired?

672
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,500
 One of those guys is the starting quarterback at Ohio State.

673
00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:23,740
 Another one of those guys may have been the best defensive player in college football last year in Caleb Downs, who also went to Ohio State.

674
00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:28,700
 So, the cupboard, while it wasn't bare, it wasn't exactly overflowing either.

675
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:36,460
 So, Kalen DeBoer has had time now, though, to put his stamp on the program, to have two full recruiting classes.

676
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:37,840
 He's working on another, of course.

677
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:45,040
 And now, for the first time, he's going to have a quarterback that he recruited, that he signed, and he developed.

678
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:52,520
 So, this is truly his program, and I think if you want to judge Kalen DeBoer, and we all do it, and we will, and we'll continue to do so,

679
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,880
 now is the time to do it as this season unfolds.

680
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,860
 And look, unless the bottom drops out, he's going to be back next year.

681
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,200
 So, stop with throwing out his buyout, how much it's going to take.

682
00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:10,220
 Don't listen to any people who are better known for screaming on national talk shows.

683
00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:15,800
 Listen to people who understand college football, and go support your team if you're an Alabama fan.

684
00:43:15,860 --> 00:43:23,000
 If you're an Auburn fan, I think you should be thrilled that you have a new coach, first of all,

685
00:43:23,020 --> 00:43:25,540
 that you're not going into another season with the last head coach.

686
00:43:26,220 --> 00:43:30,500
 And also feel good about what you've seen from Alex Golesh.

687
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:39,800
 And look, what you do in January and April and July at SEC Media Days, that's not going to win football games.

688
00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:40,920
 It's not going to win championships.

689
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:49,780
 But he has, I think, given off some very good vibes of the kind of coach he's going to be and the kind of program he's going to run.

690
00:43:50,420 --> 00:43:52,980
 And I've made this comparison, and I want to make it clear.

691
00:43:53,060 --> 00:43:59,920
 I'm not saying he's going to be another Pat Dye, but I do see some of Pat Dye in him.

692
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:05,580
 A little chip on the shoulder, a little bit of an edge, and I think that's a good thing.

693
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:11,820
 I think you have to have that to be successful in any job, and certainly in the Auburn job when you are smack dab in the middle

694
00:44:11,820 --> 00:44:18,720
 of the best program in the history of the SEC in Alabama and the current best program in the SEC in Georgia.

695
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:23,140
 So you better have some stuff to you, and Alex Golesh does.

696
00:44:23,140 --> 00:44:27,240
 And by the way, he has a pretty good quarterback that he brought with him from Tampa as well,

697
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,100
 who I think is going to be one of the better quarterbacks in the SEC.

698
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,520
 Kevin, I agree with everything you said.

699
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,880
 I think Auburn is going to be much better offensively.

700
00:44:35,980 --> 00:44:37,720
 There's only one way to go up.

701
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:41,680
 I think D.J. Durkin's defense is going to be solid again.

702
00:44:42,340 --> 00:44:48,760
 But we talked about this all summer, beginning September the 19th with a home game with Florida.

703
00:44:48,940 --> 00:44:51,760
 Thank God that series is coming back again.

704
00:44:52,400 --> 00:45:01,740
 They have six of the toughest games in the country, ending with Ole Miss and Oxford on Halloween.

705
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:03,540
 Day or night.

706
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:09,280
 Kevin, if they go two and four in that stretch, they will have done well.

707
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:16,360
 They've got LSU, let's see, Ole Miss, Georgia, and Tennessee on the road.

708
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:17,900
 They go two and four.

709
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,360
 They will have done well.

710
00:45:19,580 --> 00:45:24,560
 And the record's not going to indicate, I think, how much improved this team is.

711
00:45:24,660 --> 00:45:25,300
 But I'm like you.

712
00:45:25,340 --> 00:45:29,200
 I think Goalich has handled the summer and the offseason very well.

713
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,400
 Yeah, they didn't get any breaks from the schedule maker.

714
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:39,740
 Think about this, because the first year of the nine-game schedule, when you play a nine-game conference schedule,

715
00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:44,820
 it's not even, you know, some teams are going to play four home games in the league and some are going to play five.

716
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,540
 Auburn only gets four home games in the league.

717
00:45:47,940 --> 00:45:51,480
 And then, and I'll never understand this, no matter how much money it brings in,

718
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:57,360
 selling your home game with Baylor to Atlanta and making it the Aflac kickoff game,

719
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:02,480
 I think that was a huge mistake in any season when you have a home field advantage like Auburn does

720
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:08,520
 and when you're only playing four conference home games and five conference road games.

721
00:46:08,580 --> 00:46:09,600
 So I thought that was a mistake.

722
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:16,060
 But the way the schedule lays out, as you just described, they better win games in September.

723
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,840
 Because October is really going to be tough.

724
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:24,400
 Like you said, at Tennessee, at Georgia, home against LSU, and at Ole Miss.

725
00:46:24,740 --> 00:46:29,440
 I mean, you're talking about teams that are picked in the top ten to compete for an SEC championship,

726
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,040
 a national championship, you know, playoff contenders.

727
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:41,220
 So, yeah, the record won't fully reflect how good Auburn is or how much progress Auburn has made.

728
00:46:41,620 --> 00:46:43,100
 You'll see that, though, on the field.

729
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:48,920
 And like you said, if they're even competent on offense, it will be a great step forward

730
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,320
 from what we've seen the last couple of years.

731
00:46:51,740 --> 00:46:55,640
 And D.J. Durkin's defense, you know they're going to be solid at least on that,

732
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:57,980
 if not spectacular, on that side of the ball.

733
00:46:58,560 --> 00:46:59,760
 Scott Carbo knows.

734
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:03,460
 Talk about the Alabama boy now down in gator country.

735
00:47:03,700 --> 00:47:05,720
 I don't know if you have seen their back and forth.

736
00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:07,260
 I don't know the dude's name at ESPN.

737
00:47:07,340 --> 00:47:08,060
 I don't follow those guys.

738
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:09,200
 He's got one of those long names.

739
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:15,820
 But he calls out Jon Sumrall because his wife revealed that her husband likes pedicures

740
00:47:15,820 --> 00:47:20,580
 every two weeks, to which ESPN said, real dudes don't do pedicures.

741
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:22,340
 So what does Jon Sumrall do?

742
00:47:22,380 --> 00:47:25,280
 He comes back and posts a picture of this guy with a long name at ESPN

743
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,960
 sniffing a woman's high-heeled shoe.

744
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:28,380
 Got a photo of it.

745
00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:30,140
 I think the dude picked the wrong guy.

746
00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:32,020
 Don't mess with North Alabama, right, Kevin?

747
00:47:33,140 --> 00:47:33,620
 Yeah.

748
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,400
 I ain't backing down, dude.

749
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:41,060
 Guess you missed it.

750
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,140
 I think we lost you, Kevin.

751
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:47,160
 But I thought that was, to me, Jon Sumrall said, basically, if you want to punch,

752
00:47:47,220 --> 00:47:48,380
 I'm punching back, my friend.

753
00:47:48,700 --> 00:47:52,040
 Well, believe me, Jon Sumrall can certainly do that.

754
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:57,000
 Now, you can see his tongue-in-cheek humor, and particularly about throwing the podium

755
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,320
 at the media person who answered the phone.

756
00:48:00,940 --> 00:48:03,060
 But, yeah, it's going to be fun to see.

757
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,240
 Harold, I think that these are two very good coaches.

758
00:48:06,380 --> 00:48:08,340
 I think they're the best in the new coaches.

759
00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:14,060
 But we'll see where all that stuff goes.

760
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:15,960
 And Kevin's rejoined us.

761
00:48:16,620 --> 00:48:19,960
 Kevin, I just quickly, I don't know if you talked about Jon Sumrall.

762
00:48:20,060 --> 00:48:23,000
 Now, going back and forth to that guy with a long name there at ESPN,

763
00:48:23,260 --> 00:48:27,180
 he posted a picture of him sniffing a woman's high-heeled shoes in defense.

764
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:28,720
 Yeah, yeah.

765
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:33,740
 First of all, I'm not claiming Dan Orlovsky, despite the fact that his last name ends in SKY.

766
00:48:34,460 --> 00:48:35,400
 He's been banished.

767
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:40,680
 If he's Polish, he's been banished from the family for those comments.

768
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,500
 And you're right, do not challenge Jon Sumrall.

769
00:48:43,860 --> 00:48:47,700
 You will not be happy at the outcome.

770
00:48:48,220 --> 00:48:53,780
 Look, that guy's got, as I said last week, he's got a little crazy behind the eyes,

771
00:48:53,980 --> 00:48:55,260
 but it's a good crazy.

772
00:48:56,160 --> 00:49:01,380
 You know, and you saw it with his podium comment when the guy's phone went off,

773
00:49:01,660 --> 00:49:04,740
 which he was, you know, was partly serious and partly joking.

774
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,620
 But, no, John's the real deal.

775
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:13,820
 And if you ask me to pick one team that I think could be a pleasant surprise in the SEC this year,

776
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,640
 I would point immediately at Florida.

777
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:17,620
 Because they've got talent.

778
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:19,620
 I don't know about the quarterback position.

779
00:49:19,620 --> 00:49:24,020
 If the guy from Georgia Tech who came in with the offensive coordinator is going to be good enough,

780
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:27,860
 or if they'll go with D.J. Legway's backup from last year, Tramell Jones Jr.

781
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:30,040
 But they've got talent.

782
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:33,920
 Jaden Botts, in my mind, is the best running back in the league, even better than Kiwon Lacey.

783
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:35,400
 He is a workhorse.

784
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:36,020
 He's a stud.

785
00:49:36,420 --> 00:49:38,340
 They've got really good receivers on the outside.

786
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,200
 I think the offensive line will be at least solid.

787
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:42,880
 And then the defense.

788
00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:45,320
 You always expect a John Summerall team to play good defense.

789
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:51,300
 So, that's why I can't wait for that September 19th game where Florida goes to Auburn.

790
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,980
 That's been, as you said, a great series in the past.

791
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:55,580
 I'm glad they're renewing it.

792
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:56,820
 I hope they're going to play.

793
00:49:56,940 --> 00:50:02,540
 If you don't play every year now, at least you play twice every four years under the nine-game format,

794
00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:07,360
 which is one of the positives of it for those of us who enjoy watching SEC on SEC Crime.

795
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:13,980
 So, no, I think Summerall's going to be—he's going to make a—he's going to frustrate and anger a lot of people

796
00:50:13,980 --> 00:50:17,900
 who try to confront him in his years in Gainesville.

797
00:50:18,860 --> 00:50:20,440
 Harold mentioned this earlier.

798
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:25,480
 And we talk about this, and particularly later in the fall, in the spring,

799
00:50:25,580 --> 00:50:32,120
 but you do a tremendous job of what I call quarterbacking the coverage of the Alabama Husky Athletic Association,

800
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,420
 Super 7, which is going to be changing some,

801
00:50:35,420 --> 00:50:39,160
 and then also the basketball in Legacy Arena.

802
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:47,020
 I'm really glad the Alabama Public TV has jumped in with this, both feet, as far as televising the games.

803
00:50:47,140 --> 00:50:49,500
 They're going to be doing a game of the week again.

804
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:55,380
 In fact, I think in the middle of the season, Brooks and Dessler is the statewide game.

805
00:50:55,840 --> 00:51:00,560
 Kevin, are they going to plan to televise even more high-sku games this fall?

806
00:51:01,900 --> 00:51:09,320
 Well, we are doing the game of the week, and it will start on August 20th from Montgomery.

807
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:10,000
 I can't wait.

808
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:14,700
 We've got a flag football game, and we've got a tackle football game.

809
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:19,860
 We've got a doubleheader, and the tackle football game, I believe, is Thompson and Central Phoenix City.

810
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:21,880
 Have that for an opener.

811
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,840
 That's like playing your Super Bowl in the first game of the year.

812
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:30,500
 And then we'll be all over the state, as you mentioned.

813
00:51:31,580 --> 00:51:36,880
 That's been the most fun, is getting out to high schools where I've been before, some that I've never been to,

814
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:38,980
 and meeting all the people there.

815
00:51:39,020 --> 00:51:40,800
 Everybody welcomes us with open arms.

816
00:51:41,340 --> 00:51:43,860
 You know, fans show up, bands, cheerleaders.

817
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:51,160
 We're really trying to turn it into a college game day type atmosphere, and without the Pat McAfee substitute.

818
00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:57,840
 Although, I do try to bring some enthusiasm, but I try not to be unhinged.

819
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:05,140
 But, no, that's a lot of fun, and I don't know if there are plans to do more football.

820
00:52:05,140 --> 00:52:11,200
 I will say, there certainly have been discussions about doing more sports in the postseason.

821
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,660
 You know, we do, as you mentioned, football and basketball on APT.

822
00:52:15,180 --> 00:52:22,620
 But we've talked about maybe baseball and softball, and what other sports can we do in telecast across the state

823
00:52:22,620 --> 00:52:27,900
 so everyone can see the championships of different sports that the AHSA puts on.

824
00:52:28,180 --> 00:52:29,100
 So, it's going to be fun.

825
00:52:29,180 --> 00:52:29,720
 It's going to be interesting.

826
00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:39,120
 I have a lot of studying to do with the new public-private breakdowns, with the new classifications, the new areas.

827
00:52:40,460 --> 00:52:43,740
 It gives me a headache just thinking about trying to digest all that information.

828
00:52:43,980 --> 00:52:47,380
 But we'll try to present it for folks on the pregame show.

829
00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,420
 Again, it'll be the game start at 7.

830
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:55,260
 The live pregame show will be 5 to 6 every Thursday night starting on August 20th.

831
00:52:55,260 --> 00:52:56,100
 So, can't wait for that.

832
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:56,720
 Absolutely.

833
00:52:57,860 --> 00:52:59,360
 I'm delighted to hear that.

834
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:03,020
 Also, delighted to read your great stuff on AL.com.

835
00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:04,040
 You've got the podcast.

836
00:53:04,900 --> 00:53:07,320
 Kevin, where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

837
00:53:08,380 --> 00:53:13,140
 Yeah, the best thing to do, follow me on Twitter or X, if you prefer, at Kevin Scarbinsky.

838
00:53:13,300 --> 00:53:19,980
 I'll always provide links to my columns in the Birmingham News, as you mentioned, which is now an online subscription publication.

839
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,480
 But you can find links to those on AL.com slash sports.

840
00:53:23,620 --> 00:53:36,740
 And then go to YouTube, my channel, my podcast channel is Kevin Scarbinsky dash Scarbo Knows, take off on Bo Knows, the old TV commercial back in the day with Mr. Bo Jackson.

841
00:53:37,220 --> 00:53:38,840
 That's really started to take off.

842
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:41,100
 And I appreciate you guys by mentioning it.

843
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:42,100
 Definitely that helps.

844
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:46,960
 And it doesn't cost anything to subscribe, but you'll get a notification every time I post one.

845
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:50,500
 And we're going to be doing three a week as we get into football season.

846
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,360
 So, we're going to have a lot of fun.

847
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:58,380
 And I should mention, we're going to be doing live chat on Sunday evenings as well on YouTube.

848
00:53:58,780 --> 00:54:00,140
 So, I look forward to that.

849
00:54:00,780 --> 00:54:04,840
 So, people can tell me how much I don't know about college football.

850
00:54:04,900 --> 00:54:05,740
 And they will, too.

851
00:54:05,740 --> 00:54:06,260
 Every Sunday night.

852
00:54:07,020 --> 00:54:07,620
 Never have.

853
00:54:07,620 --> 00:54:08,380
 And I know they will.

854
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:09,260
 Yes, they will.

855
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:10,920
 Enjoy yourself.

856
00:54:11,060 --> 00:54:11,740
 Thank you so much.

857
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:12,300
 Sounds busy.

858
00:54:12,380 --> 00:54:14,420
 But please, squeeze in a pedicure somewhere in there.

859
00:54:14,420 --> 00:54:14,920
 Okay, Kevin?

860
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:16,880
 I'll see what I can do.

861
00:54:17,060 --> 00:54:17,700
 There you go, bud.

862
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:18,460
 We're going to hold you to it.

863
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:21,700
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864
00:54:21,820 --> 00:54:24,500
 Coming up in the next hour, I'm going to be taking you all over the place.

865
00:54:24,860 --> 00:54:26,460
 I'm going to be checking in with Ryan Fowler.

866
00:54:26,460 --> 00:54:29,500
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867
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,820
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868
00:54:32,940 --> 00:54:35,480
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 U.S. Senator Katie Britt has crossed the aisle in the U.S. Senate to work on a bipartisan bill with Democrat Senator Jean Shaheen.

904
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 This will continue the sanctions against Russia that the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was working on just before his death.

905
00:56:57,180 --> 00:57:04,040
 Britt and Sheehan were on Fox News to talk about the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.

906
00:57:04,180 --> 00:57:06,280
 We talk about peace through strength all the time.

907
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,040
 To me, this is the definition of that.

908
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:11,360
 You talked with Senator Shaheen about Senator Lindsey Graham.

909
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:20,860
 He has been talking about this for a year and a half, nonstop, working with Senator Blumenthal, people like Senator Shaheen, Senator Wicker, and others,

910
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 building the coalition that was needed, getting the language exactly right,

911
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 where you have Senate Democrats and Republicans and you have the White House on the same page knowing we want the killing to end.

912
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 We want there to be peace.

913
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 We think Putin's war machine has to be held accountable, and we know that this is the way to do it.

914
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 So I appreciate President Trump's leadership, and I look forward to giving him the tools he needs to bring resolution in this war.

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925
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 The child was found in Burns' custody and will be returned to her family in Florida.

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995
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 With that, we head on out to Wilson High School

996
01:01:57,220 --> 01:01:59,020
 and say hello to Coach Trey Lang.

997
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:00,080
 Coach, welcome in.

998
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 How are you?

999
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 I'm doing great.

1000
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 Thank you guys for having me.

1001
01:02:03,340 --> 01:02:03,740
 Hey, Coach.

1002
01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:05,920
 Man, are you ready for some football, Coach?

1003
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 Because I go down the street and I got some teacher friends

1004
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 and where I live, there's a lot of long faces

1005
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 because they had to report yesterday that kids get a little more reprieve.

1006
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 But if you play sports or you're a coach,

1007
01:02:18,300 --> 01:02:20,920
 I guess the message to that group is, welcome to my world.

1008
01:02:20,980 --> 01:02:22,040
 I've been at it for a while now.

1009
01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:23,200
 Would you agree with that, Coach?

1010
01:02:23,460 --> 01:02:26,220
 Yeah, I mean, we gave them a week off after school was out

1011
01:02:26,220 --> 01:02:27,580
 and we haven't really stopped since.

1012
01:02:29,540 --> 01:02:30,660
 Talk to us about your guys.

1013
01:02:30,660 --> 01:02:32,940
 We started our first week this week,

1014
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,120
 so we've been excited to get back at it.

1015
01:02:36,620 --> 01:02:39,140
 Zach Pounders is a good friend of ours.

1016
01:02:39,260 --> 01:02:41,220
 He does the show Sports Report.

1017
01:02:41,420 --> 01:02:44,200
 He did an interview with a lot of the teams

1018
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:45,740
 and, of course, interviewed you.

1019
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:50,440
 And there were several things from that interview that I noted.

1020
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,600
 You've got that the roster has increased.

1021
01:02:53,780 --> 01:02:56,780
 You've got 50-plus players.

1022
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:01,580
 You've got nine defensive starters coming back.

1023
01:03:02,140 --> 01:03:07,440
 Last year, for 2025, you scored 200 points for the first time.

1024
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:09,520
 That's happened since 2017.

1025
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,960
 There is no question that Wilson's football program is improving.

1026
01:03:15,020 --> 01:03:15,760
 Oh, absolutely.

1027
01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:19,840
 I would say that we took major steps forward last year.

1028
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:24,940
 We just became much more consistent in how we approached practice every day

1029
01:03:24,940 --> 01:03:27,000
 and how we approached our games.

1030
01:03:27,260 --> 01:03:31,440
 You just saw that across the board with things like turnovers

1031
01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:34,340
 and just being much more consistent overall,

1032
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:36,760
 which allows you to, the style of ball we play,

1033
01:03:36,980 --> 01:03:38,340
 we want to play good defense,

1034
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,420
 and we want to run the football and hold on to the football.

1035
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,900
 So we saw time of possession increase.

1036
01:03:43,980 --> 01:03:45,080
 We saw our points increase.

1037
01:03:45,260 --> 01:03:49,020
 And overall, you saw things trending in the right direction.

1038
01:03:50,260 --> 01:03:52,500
 Coach Trey Lane checking in from Wilson High.

1039
01:03:52,620 --> 01:03:56,280
 Coach, obviously everyone in your fraternity has to deal with the same question.

1040
01:03:56,400 --> 01:04:00,360
 How is reclassification going to affect us in our schedule compared to?

1041
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:03,340
 Because in a way, everybody's got something in common.

1042
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:06,540
 There's going to be changes for better or worse just about with every program.

1043
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:11,220
 Talk to us about how the R word affects your schedule at Wilson.

1044
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:15,940
 Well, I think the biggest thing with reclassification that affected us is,

1045
01:04:16,420 --> 01:04:19,480
 I mean, we're going to see good teams no matter what.

1046
01:04:20,060 --> 01:04:22,780
 I think the biggest thing you see is,

1047
01:04:22,820 --> 01:04:26,740
 I think it put us in more of a natural spot due to roster sizes.

1048
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,260
 We were playing teams last year that we would,

1049
01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:34,460
 we were, our roster was down a little bit under 40 last year.

1050
01:04:34,660 --> 01:04:37,480
 We would roll into games where we were playing teams with 70.

1051
01:04:37,820 --> 01:04:38,280
 Yeah, wow.

1052
01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:40,900
 Where, you know, you're not at this.

1053
01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:45,620
 Yeah, you're not necessarily seeing an issue with your first group of guys.

1054
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,880
 But what you are seeing is the depth as the game goes on.

1055
01:04:49,180 --> 01:04:50,480
 Even if you're in a good position,

1056
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:53,080
 you know you're going to have to hold on late

1057
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:56,080
 with a team that has much more depth than you.

1058
01:04:56,460 --> 01:04:59,680
 So I think that's the biggest takeaway from the reclassification

1059
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:01,620
 is you're still going to play really good teams.

1060
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:04,900
 I just think you're going to see teams with similar roster sizes

1061
01:05:04,900 --> 01:05:08,200
 and you're not going to have a huge depth difference between teams.

1062
01:05:09,100 --> 01:05:09,580
 Absolutely.

1063
01:05:10,080 --> 01:05:13,860
 Listen, tell us, I mentioned nine starters coming back on defense.

1064
01:05:14,140 --> 01:05:15,960
 A lot of coaches would like to have that.

1065
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:17,980
 Tell us about some of your leaders.

1066
01:05:18,140 --> 01:05:21,520
 You just got through, you started summer camp this week.

1067
01:05:21,620 --> 01:05:23,660
 You went through the off-season conditioning.

1068
01:05:24,300 --> 01:05:30,660
 I know some teams play seven-on-seven, strength and conditioning running, et cetera.

1069
01:05:30,980 --> 01:05:37,060
 But the guys, and you win games at the line of scrimmage no matter what level it is.

1070
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:39,720
 Tell us about some of the guys coming back this year.

1071
01:05:40,380 --> 01:05:42,020
 Well, I think you nailed it.

1072
01:05:42,580 --> 01:05:45,960
 First of all, I'm just going to say this, seven-on-seven is a great tool.

1073
01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:49,740
 When you run the option, seven-on-seven is not exactly our forte.

1074
01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:55,500
 We throw the ball more times at the seven-on-seven than we will the whole year.

1075
01:05:55,660 --> 01:05:55,940
 I bet.

1076
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:58,680
 But I think you nailed it.

1077
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:00,460
 It starts at the line of scrimmage for us.

1078
01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:06,340
 We have a great group of young men coming back on our offensive and defensive lines of scrimmage.

1079
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:10,820
 We've been very fortunate that we've played a lot of guys young.

1080
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:15,040
 Those guys have had to learn the hard way and learn through taking some hard knocks.

1081
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,280
 But we've got a group that has played together for a long time.

1082
01:06:18,460 --> 01:06:20,740
 We're returning all five starters on the offensive front.

1083
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,480
 And we are returning all our starters on the defensive front.

1084
01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:29,240
 So we think that's where this team, I believe, starts.

1085
01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:34,700
 We're also, I mean, so we all, and I include our tight end in that he's coming back as well.

1086
01:06:35,060 --> 01:06:39,980
 I think defensively, returning starters that are just big leaders for us,

1087
01:06:40,020 --> 01:06:45,860
 Reece Young, our inside linebacker, he is, you know, had two straight years of 100-plus tackles.

1088
01:06:46,420 --> 01:06:48,160
 Max Hudson's our starting safety.

1089
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:52,300
 Those guys have been really good leaders through this offseason.

1090
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:55,560
 And I'm really excited about seeing them get to play.

1091
01:06:56,980 --> 01:06:59,160
 Offensively, we did lose.

1092
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:03,920
 Our quarterback and our primary running back last year, those are the two big spots.

1093
01:07:04,060 --> 01:07:06,020
 You know, we returned nine on that side.

1094
01:07:06,120 --> 01:07:08,640
 But we have guys that have to fill new roles.

1095
01:07:09,540 --> 01:07:13,620
 Kellen Churchwell is going to have to fill the role of quarterback for us.

1096
01:07:14,180 --> 01:07:16,300
 And I'm really excited to get to see him go.

1097
01:07:16,420 --> 01:07:18,380
 He started at wide receiver for us.

1098
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:24,740
 So it's not like it's his first jump into a big ball, but he's going to have to play at a different position.

1099
01:07:24,740 --> 01:07:27,440
 So we have a lot of guys returning.

1100
01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:35,420
 I'm going to end up missing people's names, but we have a ton of guys coming back that I count on and are really excited about getting to see.

1101
01:07:35,500 --> 01:07:38,660
 Because they've been starting for two, some of them, three years.

1102
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:46,840
 And they're about to, they're about to, this is the first year where we probably had the majority of our team that's going to start is driving a car to practice.

1103
01:07:46,980 --> 01:07:48,600
 So we're pretty excited about that.

1104
01:07:49,900 --> 01:07:53,280
 We started 10 freshmen and sophomores last year.

1105
01:07:53,580 --> 01:07:58,880
 So we're pretty excited about everybody got off being on permits and have driver's license.

1106
01:07:59,140 --> 01:07:59,980
 I like it.

1107
01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:00,760
 I like that.

1108
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:01,560
 I guarantee it.

1109
01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:05,280
 And Coach's dream there, that and two returning lines on each side of the ball.

1110
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:07,020
 Coach Trey Lane at the Wilson High.

1111
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:08,760
 Coach, talk to us about your schedule.

1112
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:09,500
 Very interesting.

1113
01:08:09,660 --> 01:08:10,480
 And correct us if we're wrong.

1114
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:13,280
 Sometimes the information we get sometimes gets updated.

1115
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:22,480
 But the info as we have it, the season opens August 21st, but Wilson doesn't play until the next week at Haleyville.

1116
01:08:22,540 --> 01:08:27,460
 The first home game won't be until the first Friday, what, the first week in September when Central comes to town.

1117
01:08:27,540 --> 01:08:29,960
 Your thoughts just about the opening part of your schedule there.

1118
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:34,200
 Well, that is one of the big negatives to reclassification.

1119
01:08:34,340 --> 01:08:36,860
 It was such a massive shift in scheduling.

1120
01:08:37,540 --> 01:08:47,340
 A lot of the guys that we had as our penciled-in non-regions before reclassification happened, they were sitting in the same room with me at the region meeting.

1121
01:08:47,700 --> 01:08:56,480
 So we had to get kind of creative with our scheduling, and we ended up in more of what I would consider an old-school schedule.

1122
01:08:56,920 --> 01:09:03,180
 We're playing 10 straight, which might not be my preference, but it is what it is.

1123
01:09:03,180 --> 01:09:08,600
 I mean, it's not out of the realm of possibility to play 10 straight.

1124
01:09:08,900 --> 01:09:20,520
 Now, you'd prefer a bye week somewhere in there, but we're going to go jamboree pre-week zero, and then we're going to have a week off, and then we're playing 10 straight.

1125
01:09:21,700 --> 01:09:27,100
 Now, the good news is if you do happen to play some really good football and you get on a roll, you don't want to stop playing.

1126
01:09:27,820 --> 01:09:30,380
 So that's the other side of it.

1127
01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:33,760
 A bye week can be a great thing, but it can also break up momentum.

1128
01:09:34,460 --> 01:09:36,260
 Just a fun topic here.

1129
01:09:36,380 --> 01:09:39,880
 You closed on the road the last two games.

1130
01:09:39,980 --> 01:09:45,840
 I don't think anyone will ever call your last two opponents on the road cupcakes at Lauderdale County and at Calvert County.

1131
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:47,360
 Absolutely.

1132
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 We have two very good opponents on the road at the end of the year, and I'll be honest with you.

1133
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 Coach Bonds, I know, does a great job at Calvert County, and we wanted to play them because we want to see that speed leading into the playoffs.

1134
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1135
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1136
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 Absolutely.

1137
01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:22,500
 Let me ask you about where, as you mentioned, summer camp begins.

1138
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:27,680
 Every program in the shows is looking for financial support.

1139
01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:38,960
 I saw on Facebook a little bit earlier you're looking for sponsors for the 2026 season, be it in-kind gifts, be it certainly money.

1140
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:56,120
 I know you've got a list of sponsors and what that is, but Trey, if you're listening to this conversation and you would like to make a donation to Wilson as a sponsor or in-kind gift, how can they get in touch with you, the athletic department, to try to help the school?

1141
01:10:57,060 --> 01:11:04,700
 Well, if they want to get in touch with me to help the football program, they can email me at james.lane at lcschools.org.

1142
01:11:05,020 --> 01:11:08,480
 That's the best way to get in touch with me with things in regards to that.

1143
01:11:08,920 --> 01:11:19,980
 Those sponsorships for our football program help us with things that people never even realize, helmet reconditioning, jerseys, all the things.

1144
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:21,780
 And some of it's not the pretty stuff.

1145
01:11:21,980 --> 01:11:27,120
 It's, you know, we had, you have to order girdles every year and things like that that cost that up.

1146
01:11:27,980 --> 01:11:37,700
 I mean, we thought, we figured it out one night that it costs us over $1,000 just to kick a ball off on a Friday night with paint, officials, those things.

1147
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 Before the ball even gets kicked, it's going to cost you over $1,000 a game.

1148
01:11:43,060 --> 01:11:51,000
 So, those sponsors have been just instrumental for us as we've been building the program because we couldn't do it without them.

1149
01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:52,140
 Absolutely.

1150
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,640
 Tell us who the Jamboree game is.

1151
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 As Harold mentioned, you've got to buy, then you begin on the 28th at Haleville.

1152
01:12:01,420 --> 01:12:02,600
 Who's your Jamboree?

1153
01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:11,360
 And again, mention if someone listening to our conversation now would like to help you in-kind or financial donations.

1154
01:12:11,580 --> 01:12:14,500
 Again, tell us the address, the email, where they can go.

1155
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:19,720
 Well, they can go to james.lane at lcschools.org, and they can email me.

1156
01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:20,960
 That's my email.

1157
01:12:21,680 --> 01:12:26,140
 And if they reach out, I'll be able to speak with them.

1158
01:12:26,980 --> 01:12:28,900
 Our sponsorships have been monetary.

1159
01:12:28,900 --> 01:12:35,800
 They've also been people that have donated labor and materials and things like that.

1160
01:12:35,900 --> 01:12:38,440
 So, it's not necessarily just monetary.

1161
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:53,800
 But we play August the 14th at Collinwood for a Jamboree, which is a really cool thing that we've gotten to bring back with the schedule this year because that's an old rivalry that I think is going to be really fun to play.

1162
01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:56,840
 So, it's going to be really good to see that.

1163
01:12:56,960 --> 01:13:01,920
 I think it's going to be a really nice crowd for a Jamboree on a Friday night in mid-August.

1164
01:13:02,820 --> 01:13:05,060
 Hard to believe just two weeks away to that.

1165
01:13:05,180 --> 01:13:06,600
 Coach, listen, it's good to catch you with you.

1166
01:13:06,660 --> 01:13:07,360
 All the best.

1167
01:13:07,500 --> 01:13:09,820
 Stay as cool out there as you can, okay?

1168
01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:11,640
 I appreciate it, guys.

1169
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:12,240
 Thank you for having me.

1170
01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:12,760
 Thank you, Troy.

1171
01:13:12,980 --> 01:13:16,480
 Thank you so much, Wilson, our head football coach, Ray Lane.

1172
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 Let's stay on the high school train with Caleb Suggs next.

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1254
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 He's been a little busy and about to get even busier.

1255
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 He's Caleb Suggs.

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 He's got it all covered over at the Decatur Daily.

1257
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 Caleb, welcome in.

1258
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 How are you?

1259
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 I'm doing good, guys.

1260
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 How are y'all?

1261
01:17:49,860 --> 01:17:50,100
 Hey, bud.

1262
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 Man, we just got done talking with some of our friends.

1263
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:54,500
 Coach Trey Landon at Wilson High.

1264
01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:58,300
 I would imagine everywhere you go, you've got plenty on your plate.

1265
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:01,280
 Camps opening up everywhere across our neck of the woods.

1266
01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:08,200
 Caleb, in your locale, where you focus, what would be one of the biggest top stories coming out of camp right now?

1267
01:18:08,280 --> 01:18:09,720
 Could it possibly be West Morgan?

1268
01:18:10,340 --> 01:18:12,080
 Do they rebuild or just reload?

1269
01:18:13,720 --> 01:18:14,160
 Yeah.

1270
01:18:14,540 --> 01:18:16,540
 Right now, it's just reloading.

1271
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:20,460
 I expect them to have another team that's just as good this year.

1272
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:24,640
 I think they lost a few key players from last year.

1273
01:18:25,020 --> 01:18:27,740
 The biggest one, of course, being Macquarie Johnson, the running back.

1274
01:18:27,980 --> 01:18:30,200
 But elsewhere, they return a lot of starters.

1275
01:18:30,540 --> 01:18:32,400
 They return their entire offensive line.

1276
01:18:33,020 --> 01:18:36,880
 Kylan Stover, who plays receiver, running back, he's back.

1277
01:18:37,040 --> 01:18:40,540
 Asher Fletcher, who stepped in as quarterback last year, he's back.

1278
01:18:40,800 --> 01:18:41,940
 A lot of guys on defense.

1279
01:18:42,420 --> 01:18:46,320
 And just the program that they do with what Phillips has established there.

1280
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 I mean, they're just one of those teams that's going to keep reloading.

1281
01:18:48,820 --> 01:18:51,920
 And, you know, their schedule's way tougher this year.

1282
01:18:52,060 --> 01:18:58,000
 The region's way tougher just because they had Price Bull, Hamilton, West Point, all these 5A teams drop down to 4A.

1283
01:18:58,160 --> 01:19:02,080
 But they also went out and, you know, they scheduled Athens for the non-region.

1284
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 But, you know, if you talk to those kids, I mean, they're excited.

1285
01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:07,380
 I mean, they are confident.

1286
01:19:07,380 --> 01:19:11,100
 They, you know, they play Athens week one, and they really think they're going to go in there and win.

1287
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 And I think that says a lot about the standard and the program that Coach Drew Phillips has set there.

1288
01:19:16,980 --> 01:19:18,740
 So, it's going to be a tougher schedule.

1289
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:24,740
 I don't think that regular season winning streak that's at 34 games will go another 10 this year.

1290
01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:27,820
 But I still think they're going to be at least the top dog in the region.

1291
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 And until someone else beats them, I predict that they'll win the region again.

1292
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 Talk to us just about that, the program, because it shows you the power of getting the right hire,

1293
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 or conversely, heaven forbid, the wrong hire.

1294
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 Because at one time, long-time high school fans in the area, they remember Wes Morgan said,

1295
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 okay, now it's in a different sphere.

1296
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 It just shows you the power of hiring the right person to not just build a team, but a program, does it not?

1297
01:19:52,720 --> 01:19:53,640
 Yeah, 100%.

1298
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 I think, of course, you know, I always thought that, you know, Wes Morgan had some talent there.

1299
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 I mean, you saw Coach Ritter, who's now John Ritter, who's now a educator, coach at Russell.

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 Well, he was there.

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 You know, he had success there, too.

1302
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 But I think, you know, you came in, you know, Coach Phillips from day one said that.

1303
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 He said, I don't want to have a good team.

1304
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 I want to have a good program.

1305
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 And so he, from day one, he's built that way, and that's what they keep building, too.

1306
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 And I think, you know, it's one thing to have that mindset, but when you can actually have success and stuff,

1307
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 when you start, I mean, the community support, you get support from the administration.

1308
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 He has got as much support from, I mean, boosters.

1309
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 I mean, the community, administration, as much support as he could possibly have, his coaching staff rivals any school around here.

1310
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 And I'm talking about big schools like Hartsell.

1311
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 I mean, he's got great coordinators.

1312
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 I mean, they've got, you know, assistant coaches out the Wazoo.

1313
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 I mean, they have just, I mean, they have really built a program.

1314
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 So when these kids talk about beating these bigger schools like Athens and stuff, I mean, I believe it.

1315
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 I mean, what they've built.

1316
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 I mean, they're really talented.

1317
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 And Coach Phillips is just, I mean, there's, I'm hard to believe there's another coach in North Alabama right now

1318
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 that's doing a better job at their respective school than he is.

1319
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 I agree with you.

1320
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 I saw Wes Morgan beat Brooks' first game of the year last year, and they ended up, throughout the course of the year,

1321
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 one of the top three teams I saw the entire season.

1322
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 You mentioned John Ritter.

1323
01:21:17,260 --> 01:21:18,400
 You mentioned Decatur.

1324
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 Is the third year the charm?

1325
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 I've really enjoyed your preseason.

1326
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 Everywhere John Ritter's been, whether it's Wes Morgan or Russellville, the third year, they come together.

1327
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 In fact, they've had 10 wins in those years.

1328
01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:42,900
 And what caught my attention in your article, 15 starters come back.

1329
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 11 of those are seniors.

1330
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 Reed Robertson, their quarterback, Isaiah Allen, the running back, Devin Haley, they've been three-year starters.

1331
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 You've got four offensive linemen coming back, seven defensive starters.

1332
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 I think the third year is going to be the charm for John Ritter at Decatur.

1333
01:22:03,260 --> 01:22:05,600
 Yeah, yeah, it certainly seems that way.

1334
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 You know, I think, you know, you look back at it, you know, last year they went 2-8 the exact same year as the first year.

1335
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 And, you know, they lost to the exact same team, so it probably felt like they didn't improve, but I think they were much better.

1336
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 They just, you know, I think when you take over a rebuild like that and there was just a culture there, the kids don't know how to win.

1337
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 So, it takes some time, you know, in the weight room that I know they've been, you know, they were much better last year, but I think mentally it takes some time.

1338
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 I feel like this is the year they turn that quarter.

1339
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 But they need that win that really just catapults them.

1340
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 And I think that's why the first game is Buckhorn is so important.

1341
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 And I think Buckhorn is going to be a really good team.

1342
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:49,600
 And that's going to be a tough game, but they really need to go in there and win that.

1343
01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:55,180
 I hate putting a lot of pressure on the first game, but, I mean, it's massive because, you know, then they've got Grissom week two.

1344
01:22:55,260 --> 01:22:58,360
 I think that's a very winnable game, but then you get in the recent schedule.

1345
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 You've got Austin to start off with and you get in to play in Harkville, Athens, Muscle Shoals.

1346
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 I mean, that's a lot of good teams.

1347
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 And I think, you know, I think they have what it takes to compete, but they need to string some wins together.

1348
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 You know, when you start winning, then that helps the mental of the kids.

1349
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 So, you know, those first couple games are really important.

1350
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 We'll just have to see how it goes.

1351
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 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Day, let's talk about the team on the south side of the River City, the Black Bears from Austin High.

1352
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 They've been up.

1353
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 And when you have had the success overall, the expectation is always going to be there.

1354
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 Caleb, what is the expectation for this year's team at Austin High?

1355
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 I mean, I think, you know, they certainly picked, you know, you know, you look the last time they were in the second largest classification.

1356
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 They went semifinals in 15, semifinals in 16, quarters in 17, where they lost to Bo Nix in Pinson Valley by a single point.

1357
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 That was probably the state championship game in reality.

1358
01:23:55,240 --> 01:24:04,240
 So, you know, you look at it, and now they picked a good time to drop back down because, you know, Muscle Shoals, I mean, has a new head coach for the first time in almost 20 years.

1359
01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:06,500
 Harkville's replacing 30 seniors.

1360
01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:09,320
 Athens was replacing a lot.

1361
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 I mean, I still expect those teams to be good.

1362
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 Those just, there's just a lot of changes there where you look at Austin, they're bringing back like 15 starters.

1363
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:22,520
 So most of the team from last year, so I expect them to be the favorites to win that region.

1364
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:26,880
 I expect them to be a team that can compete and go deep in the playoffs.

1365
01:24:27,020 --> 01:24:35,560
 Now, I think the important thing is we can talk all we want about how, how much success Austin had last time they were in the second largest classification.

1366
01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:38,160
 But the reality is that was almost 10 years ago now.

1367
01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:40,000
 So none of these kids were a part of that.

1368
01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:44,200
 They've been successful in 7A in their region, but not, they haven't won a playoff game.

1369
01:24:44,900 --> 01:24:49,940
 So, you know, it's like Coach Perkins, you know, the head coach said, I mean, they've got to go make their own legacy.

1370
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 So we'll see how it goes.

1371
01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:54,120
 But I think Austin has a chance to have an extremely good year.

1372
01:24:54,820 --> 01:25:00,500
 Yeah, and they've got an incredible tradition and heritage at running back, which you noted in the article.

1373
01:25:01,240 --> 01:25:03,580
 They keep to Stover in year two at Hatton.

1374
01:25:03,680 --> 01:25:08,740
 They did pretty good last year going 7-4, 6-2 in region play.

1375
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 In fact, they lost to Madison Academy in the first round of the playoffs.

1376
01:25:14,380 --> 01:25:15,800
 But they're going to be good again.

1377
01:25:16,060 --> 01:25:20,480
 I think we've been talking to you about what seems like five years about Saverius Evans.

1378
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:25,920
 He's going to be a senior this year, ran for 1,700 yards last year.

1379
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 Boulding, Quindarius Boulding, a receiver.

1380
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 Daniel Taylor, Jr.

1381
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 Now, they've got a competition at quarterback.

1382
01:25:36,020 --> 01:25:38,560
 Denton Boulding did a great job there for years.

1383
01:25:38,780 --> 01:25:42,660
 But, once again, I think Hatton is going to be good again.

1384
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:45,640
 Yeah, I think they're going to be good.

1385
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:47,560
 The question is, you mentioned Saverius.

1386
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 You know, he was, unfortunately, caught up in some wrong side of the law this past weekend.

1387
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 I don't know if you guys saw that story.

1388
01:25:55,780 --> 01:26:01,020
 So I'm not sure what his playing role will be this year if he plays at all.

1389
01:26:01,020 --> 01:26:03,240
 And if he doesn't play, that's a huge loss for them.

1390
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 He's a great player, great running back.

1391
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 So that could be a big blow.

1392
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:11,860
 I still think, even without him, they have a chance to be really good, especially in that region.

1393
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:17,020
 Daniel Taylor, you know, if he has to step in at running back, he's very capable and he's a great player.

1394
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 I think they have a quarterback that moved in.

1395
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 I think he'll be pretty good.

1396
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 They should be good regardless.

1397
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 But, obviously, if they lose Saverius, that's a big blow to me.

1398
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 I thought they were the favorites by far to win that region.

1399
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 If they don't have him, I still think they're the favorites.

1400
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 But it's going to be a lot tougher because I think there's some teams that can take advantage of that.

1401
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 Speaking of teams, Caleb, I don't know if you want to take a shot here.

1402
01:26:40,020 --> 01:26:49,440
 But if you do, what team in July is the team that nobody's talking about but could be a big surprise after all is said and done this season in this neck of the woods?

1403
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 You know, as far as the teams that I cover, you know, Price School, I think, is one.

1404
01:26:56,280 --> 01:27:02,860
 You know, they had a great year last year, but, you know, Coach Parker, Seth Parker went on to Bob Jones, so, you know, they promoted Austin Burt.

1405
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:08,320
 I feel like the coaching change has them a little bit under the radar, but I still think they can be really good.

1406
01:27:08,520 --> 01:27:12,360
 They have some good players coming back, and I think they'll be a solid team.

1407
01:27:12,740 --> 01:27:14,660
 I want to say Brewer can be really good.

1408
01:27:14,880 --> 01:27:22,280
 They went 4-6 last year, and I know you're like 4-6, but, you know, 4-6 for a first-year coach at Brewer is a pretty big deal.

1409
01:27:22,280 --> 01:27:29,420
 But it was not just the fact that they went 4-6, but they won three of the last five games, beat Scottsboro, who went on to the semifinals.

1410
01:27:30,100 --> 01:27:34,940
 And they're bringing back, you know, most of their offensive line, quarterback, running back, bringing back some really good players.

1411
01:27:35,480 --> 01:27:42,640
 The only thing is that region is going to be so tough, because you're talking about Guntersville, Scottsboro, Boas, Goodman, Cherokee County.

1412
01:27:43,040 --> 01:27:50,200
 That is just some, I mean, so, you know, at the end of the day, I could see them being like 5-5, you know.

1413
01:27:50,200 --> 01:27:52,920
 But, you know, like, well, you said that they could be much better.

1414
01:27:53,220 --> 01:27:55,600
 Well, they were much better, but they just played a much tougher schedule.

1415
01:27:55,980 --> 01:28:01,880
 But at the end of the day, I could also see them being a team that could go in and upset all those teams and have a great year.

1416
01:28:02,340 --> 01:28:03,640
 But I think they're going to be really good.

1417
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:08,940
 I think, obviously, nobody's talking about them because it's Brewer, and Brewer has, you know, that stigma of not being good at football.

1418
01:28:09,580 --> 01:28:11,880
 So, but that's definitely a team I would watch out for.

1419
01:28:12,040 --> 01:28:18,020
 By the way, you noted this earlier with the article, Top Early Games.

1420
01:28:18,620 --> 01:28:21,640
 Week 0, West Morgan at Athens.

1421
01:28:22,040 --> 01:28:24,720
 That is going to be a great game for both teams.

1422
01:28:25,240 --> 01:28:28,100
 Week 1, Hartzell at Coleman.

1423
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:32,020
 Coleman, obviously, is a rival for a lot of teams.

1424
01:28:32,620 --> 01:28:34,280
 Week 2, the River Rivalry.

1425
01:28:34,340 --> 01:28:35,400
 Decatur at Alston.

1426
01:28:35,660 --> 01:28:35,940
 Wow.

1427
01:28:36,900 --> 01:28:38,700
 Hatton at Winfield.

1428
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 Week 3, Muscle Shoals without Scott Bashton after 18 seasons and 170 wins at Alston.

1429
01:28:48,040 --> 01:28:49,620
 That is going to be a great one, too.

1430
01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:53,080
 We'll be talking about all these with you once the season begins.

1431
01:28:53,300 --> 01:28:59,240
 But tremendous games to begin August and the 1st of September.

1432
01:28:59,240 --> 01:29:10,120
 By the way, will the preview magazine that Decatur Daily puts out for high school football, it normally comes out the Wednesday before the season begins.

1433
01:29:10,380 --> 01:29:13,320
 Is that the case again, number one?

1434
01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:19,580
 And number two, where can we get online to get your preview with a lot of the teams for the upcoming season?

1435
01:29:20,780 --> 01:29:23,300
 Yeah, as far as I know, that's when it will come out.

1436
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:25,960
 It certainly won't come out after the season starts.

1437
01:29:26,540 --> 01:29:28,680
 Unless they've told me it's coming out a week earlier.

1438
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 I just make the content.

1439
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 I got you.

1440
01:29:33,780 --> 01:29:34,720
 I got you.

1441
01:29:35,460 --> 01:29:37,540
 But it should come out that week.

1442
01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:39,820
 And then, yeah, you can get online at DecaturDaily.com.

1443
01:29:40,380 --> 01:29:42,540
 You know, we've had a lot of preview stories.

1444
01:29:42,600 --> 01:29:46,540
 A little bit slow right now because we're trying to get all the stuff for that football section done.

1445
01:29:47,160 --> 01:29:50,900
 But like you said, if all camp's starting in a few weeks, I'll be here.

1446
01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:52,860
 Sounds great.

1447
01:29:52,920 --> 01:29:56,320
 Listen, man, I know you got your shoes on, ready to rock and roll, hit the ground, running.

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 Keep up the good work, Caleb, and thanks so much for your time today.

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 Thanks, guys.

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 Thanks for having me.

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 Thank you, buddy.

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 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily.

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 Welcome back again.

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 Really appreciate free Ryan and BB.

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 This is kind of the, if you will, the calm before the storm.

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 10-2 is a great record in 2026.

1570
01:35:48,740 --> 01:35:57,900
 There are not going to be any more, you know, again, I know Indiana did it, but they're going to be few and far between as far as undefeated teams.

1571
01:35:58,460 --> 01:36:04,460
 It just goes back to the same questions we were going to ask Ryan or any of our Alabama guests, Jimmy Stein, tomorrow.

1572
01:36:05,240 --> 01:36:08,240
 Is the offensive line, can it gel?

1573
01:36:08,420 --> 01:36:09,780
 Can they stay healthy?

1574
01:36:11,780 --> 01:36:14,400
 They've made a lot of moves to run the ball.

1575
01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:17,740
 I think they're going to be able to run it more effectively.

1576
01:36:18,340 --> 01:36:19,820
 I keep saying this.

1577
01:36:19,900 --> 01:36:24,640
 Keylon Russell, once he starts, will run for 75 yards a game.

1578
01:36:24,740 --> 01:36:26,080
 He's just got that ability.

1579
01:36:26,780 --> 01:36:28,780
 I think the defense is going to be fine.

1580
01:36:29,220 --> 01:36:31,360
 Middle of the season is going to be tough.

1581
01:36:31,600 --> 01:36:33,740
 Again, I keep saying this.

1582
01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:39,020
 Georgia and then we'll find out how mature they are when they go to Knoxville the next week.

1583
01:36:39,100 --> 01:36:41,500
 Then you've got Texas A&M and LSU.

1584
01:36:42,040 --> 01:36:44,380
 I'd say tough stretch.

1585
01:36:45,200 --> 01:36:50,580
 But, Harold, I think right now most Alabama fans, their biggest question is not quarterback.

1586
01:36:50,820 --> 01:36:53,260
 To me, it's the offensive line and can they run the ball.

1587
01:36:54,000 --> 01:36:55,180
 Well, here's the deal.

1588
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:58,000
 We're talking in July, and I think everyone would agree with that.

1589
01:36:58,060 --> 01:37:02,260
 But fans, after the first week of the season, they forget what we talked about in July.

1590
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:03,200
 There's only one thing.

1591
01:37:03,240 --> 01:37:06,120
 You've got to be unbeaten or it's going to be a disappointing season.

1592
01:37:06,220 --> 01:37:06,920
 I agree with you.

1593
01:37:07,000 --> 01:37:07,780
 That's unrealistic.

1594
01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:09,340
 I don't care what team you've got.

1595
01:37:09,440 --> 01:37:13,440
 That's like going to the NFL and saying, I'm not going to be for you unless you go unbeaten.

1596
01:37:13,460 --> 01:37:14,660
 It's not going to happen in the NFL.

1597
01:37:15,340 --> 01:37:17,460
 And with that ninth game, it's not going to happen.

1598
01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:19,140
 I'm not going to say it's not going to happen.

1599
01:37:19,140 --> 01:37:21,320
 I'd say the odds are overwhelmingly against you.

1600
01:37:21,380 --> 01:37:24,080
 And if it does, by golly, wow, you've got yourself a good team.

1601
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:32,180
 But here's the thing about this team, BB, that I think if there's such a thing as a realistic fan, just go back to when you started.

1602
01:37:32,260 --> 01:37:39,080
 Whatever job you do, I don't care if you're the president of your company or if you were down here with us cleaning up bathrooms, anything in between.

1603
01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:43,040
 When you first started, you had a lot of things to learn.

1604
01:37:43,120 --> 01:37:49,940
 You might have a lot of potential, but if you stay in it five years, 10 years, you're probably going to be a better employee than you were at the beginning.

1605
01:37:50,060 --> 01:37:57,600
 And the point I'm trying to make here is Alabama will field a team that has a lot of potential, but they're very young, BB.

1606
01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:03,440
 So it's going to be how soon can that potential do their thing, live up to the expectations?

1607
01:38:03,980 --> 01:38:07,220
 Because what's the definition of failure and disappointment?

1608
01:38:07,740 --> 01:38:09,580
 It's when you don't meet expectations.

1609
01:38:10,140 --> 01:38:14,440
 I think with this young team, you're going to see players that's going to wow you.

1610
01:38:15,220 --> 01:38:22,340
 And would it be surprising that you're going to say things that you can't say on family radio on a Saturday watching the game?

1611
01:38:22,440 --> 01:38:23,780
 What the heck were they thinking?

1612
01:38:23,920 --> 01:38:24,920
 Why did they do that?

1613
01:38:25,500 --> 01:38:27,460
 It's called youth and trying to learn.

1614
01:38:28,160 --> 01:38:29,900
 Well, yeah, it's an experience.

1615
01:38:30,060 --> 01:38:32,480
 Harold, I mentioned this several times this year.

1616
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:40,780
 I really think Alabama competes for a national championship in 2027 when they've got so many of these guys coming back.

1617
01:38:40,780 --> 01:38:48,100
 Now, if they're able to retain them, the other positive thing about this, this is year three for Kellen DeBoer.

1618
01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:49,820
 This is his roster.

1619
01:38:50,020 --> 01:38:52,360
 I mean, we just got into talking about John Ritter.

1620
01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:58,940
 Ed Decatur, when he was at Russellville in West Morgan, the third year he was there, he won 10 games.

1621
01:38:59,100 --> 01:39:01,540
 Now, I don't know if Decatur can win 10 games.

1622
01:39:01,620 --> 01:39:04,220
 I don't know if Alabama can win 10 games this year.

1623
01:39:04,540 --> 01:39:06,480
 They've got the roster to do it.

1624
01:39:06,480 --> 01:39:10,360
 But I think he's got a better coaching staff.

1625
01:39:10,780 --> 01:39:15,440
 I think DeBoer is much more comfortable there, even though you really couldn't tell it.

1626
01:39:16,480 --> 01:39:21,080
 He's not going to wow you as a public speaker of any means.

1627
01:39:21,560 --> 01:39:25,940
 But I think this is a year he's much more comfortable with the coaches.

1628
01:39:26,200 --> 01:39:27,880
 It's just got to come together.

1629
01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:30,800
 But I keep saying this all nauseam.

1630
01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:32,720
 You win games at the line of scrimmage.

1631
01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:38,100
 If the offensive line, I think the defensive line is going to be much better this year, too.

1632
01:39:38,520 --> 01:39:40,440
 They've got the best secondary in the country.

1633
01:39:40,580 --> 01:39:43,100
 I think the key game is going to be more consistent.

1634
01:39:43,580 --> 01:39:44,680
 They've got a lot there.

1635
01:39:44,760 --> 01:39:46,020
 They've just got to put it together.

1636
01:39:46,460 --> 01:39:51,580
 Your thoughts about, correct me if I'm wrong, these type of guys, they sometimes confuse me.

1637
01:39:51,680 --> 01:39:55,160
 Ryan, Coleman, Williams, if I got that right, I think I did.

1638
01:39:55,220 --> 01:39:57,080
 Your thoughts just about his role this year.

1639
01:39:57,140 --> 01:39:59,080
 I think people said what happened to him last year.

1640
01:39:59,560 --> 01:40:03,240
 I think the coaches and Ryan kind of got into a tiff, at least.

1641
01:40:03,340 --> 01:40:05,440
 We don't know that, but it seemed to be.

1642
01:40:05,940 --> 01:40:07,720
 In other words, you're going to play out of position.

1643
01:40:07,840 --> 01:40:09,020
 He wanted to play on the edge.

1644
01:40:09,080 --> 01:40:10,040
 They want to put him in slots.

1645
01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:11,600
 You can see why he's got a lot of gifts.

1646
01:40:11,600 --> 01:40:16,800
 But if a guy wants to sit here and play in his position, his mind's automatically going to be there.

1647
01:40:17,200 --> 01:40:20,280
 Your thoughts just about what's the staff going to do with Williams?

1648
01:40:20,460 --> 01:40:21,220
 Will he be in the slot?

1649
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:22,180
 Will he be on the edge?

1650
01:40:22,480 --> 01:40:25,360
 And what's going to be the difference this year as opposed to last year?

1651
01:40:25,740 --> 01:40:29,920
 Well, for one, as far as where he lines up, he's going to be more on the outside.

1652
01:40:30,180 --> 01:40:30,820
 That's where he wants.

1653
01:40:31,160 --> 01:40:33,660
 Lonnie Brooks is going to be the slot receiver.

1654
01:40:34,260 --> 01:40:35,680
 And I'll be honest with you, Harold.

1655
01:40:35,680 --> 01:40:38,160
 I know everybody talks about Sidarian Morgan.

1656
01:40:38,680 --> 01:40:42,080
 I think Noah Rodgers is going to be back by mid-September.

1657
01:40:42,580 --> 01:40:44,780
 Derek Meadows at 6'5".

1658
01:40:44,780 --> 01:40:48,680
 Rico Scott is another kid that a lot of people are overlooking.

1659
01:40:49,500 --> 01:40:55,800
 Again, I know people remember the touchdown that Austin Mack threw him a couple years ago.

1660
01:40:55,980 --> 01:41:00,860
 But I think this is going to be a good receiving core in a lot of these guys.

1661
01:41:01,160 --> 01:41:04,460
 That's going to take some of the pressure off of Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1662
01:41:04,460 --> 01:41:11,080
 I think also, Harold, he has gotten away from doing the podcast and a lot of other things.

1663
01:41:11,360 --> 01:41:11,700
 Thank you.

1664
01:41:12,180 --> 01:41:15,360
 And that's taken away.

1665
01:41:15,460 --> 01:41:18,340
 I think the one and only Ryan Fowler has joined us, Harold.

1666
01:41:18,480 --> 01:41:22,960
 But I think that's going to take some pressure off of Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1667
01:41:23,060 --> 01:41:30,140
 He is the man in Tuscaloosa, Mr. Brian Fowler hosts the game on Tide 109 FM.

1668
01:41:30,280 --> 01:41:32,760
 Ryan, were you getting ready for opening up camp?

1669
01:41:32,760 --> 01:41:33,760
 What's going on, my friend?

1670
01:41:34,740 --> 01:41:39,560
 Well, I was actually taking the last hoorah down to the Gulf Coast.

1671
01:41:40,080 --> 01:41:41,480
 Can you guys hear me okay?

1672
01:41:41,480 --> 01:41:42,460
 Yeah, you're fine.

1673
01:41:42,720 --> 01:41:44,760
 We can hear you and hear the seagulls.

1674
01:41:45,420 --> 01:41:46,720
 We can hear the pops topping.

1675
01:41:48,600 --> 01:41:54,760
 We don't pop any tops, but I do have some half and half tea here.

1676
01:41:54,760 --> 01:42:04,180
 But anyway, I missed you guys' call because I do have decent cell phone service, but sometimes it just goes to voicemail.

1677
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:07,400
 Anyway, that was the problem, so I'm sorry a couple minutes late.

1678
01:42:07,620 --> 01:42:08,620
 No, no, no, no.

1679
01:42:09,200 --> 01:42:14,300
 We're trying to get the last hoorah in before Alabama starts practice.

1680
01:42:15,360 --> 01:42:16,760
 Players report next Tuesday.

1681
01:42:17,240 --> 01:42:19,100
 First day of practice on Wednesday.

1682
01:42:20,060 --> 01:42:26,840
 And so we're having a little bit of downtime this weekend, and then we'll head back to Tuscaloosa, and let's get ready to open this camp.

1683
01:42:27,020 --> 01:42:29,240
 And there's a lot of excitement around this team.

1684
01:42:29,340 --> 01:42:31,640
 And we asked this question earlier this week on our show.

1685
01:42:32,760 --> 01:42:34,500
 Do you anticipate this season?

1686
01:42:34,620 --> 01:42:41,020
 Are you more excited for this season than any season in the last five years or ten years or whatever it may be?

1687
01:42:41,320 --> 01:42:46,060
 And we have a lot of people that come up with yes, because there's so much anticipation.

1688
01:42:46,520 --> 01:42:50,820
 Well, there's so much anticipation because think about this year.

1689
01:42:51,080 --> 01:42:54,440
 It's going to tell us a lot about the direction of this program.

1690
01:42:54,440 --> 01:43:01,900
 It will tell us a lot about, hey, is this going to be a year that's going to work out for Alabama?

1691
01:43:02,380 --> 01:43:04,680
 But is this going to be a year of college football?

1692
01:43:04,820 --> 01:43:06,460
 Is the SEC going to make a little bit of a comeback?

1693
01:43:06,820 --> 01:43:12,700
 I mean, think about the things that we are going to know about college football in the next six months.

1694
01:43:12,940 --> 01:43:13,640
 There you go.

1695
01:43:15,080 --> 01:43:19,960
 And so will Alabama be able to establish a rushing attack and offensive line?

1696
01:43:20,080 --> 01:43:22,040
 Will those things improve?

1697
01:43:23,420 --> 01:43:24,840
 You know, only time will tell.

1698
01:43:25,400 --> 01:43:29,860
 You know, Ryan, one of the things I listen to is I don't listen to a lot of talking heads.

1699
01:43:29,860 --> 01:43:35,360
 I listen to the guys who watch these guys play every day and see if you agree with this.

1700
01:43:35,420 --> 01:43:39,700
 The one name that I see fellow players talking about is Cedric Morgan.

1701
01:43:39,960 --> 01:43:42,480
 Everybody's talking about Morgan, Morgan, Morgan.

1702
01:43:42,920 --> 01:43:45,140
 I know everybody's talking about this player and that player.

1703
01:43:45,240 --> 01:43:49,500
 But Morgan, the wide receiver, coming out of high school, he's wide, everybody in the spring.

1704
01:43:49,760 --> 01:43:55,580
 Who are you hearing as far as you better write this name down and keep an eye on him come the season?

1705
01:43:57,820 --> 01:44:00,480
 Well, I mean, I can go with, you know, Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1706
01:44:00,540 --> 01:44:00,920
 That's fine.

1707
01:44:01,000 --> 01:44:01,860
 We can go there.

1708
01:44:02,280 --> 01:44:07,300
 But I almost like to go with somebody else and somebody that I just think is going to have a big season.

1709
01:44:07,920 --> 01:44:13,440
 You could easily go with one of those tight ends because I think they're going to set the tone for this team.

1710
01:44:14,480 --> 01:44:16,460
 And running back, obviously, is E.J. Crowell.

1711
01:44:16,860 --> 01:44:22,120
 So you've got to kind of look at that and, you know, you think about, you know, E.J. Crowell.

1712
01:44:24,700 --> 01:44:27,880
 I'll go with Derek Meadows just as a sleeper.

1713
01:44:28,100 --> 01:44:28,540
 Okay.

1714
01:44:29,320 --> 01:44:32,480
 Because I just think that his size is a mismatch.

1715
01:44:32,480 --> 01:44:36,720
 And prior to that concussion game where he got knocked out against Missouri,

1716
01:44:36,940 --> 01:44:43,900
 I thought he was stepping into a zone from the way that they were going to use him.

1717
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:45,380
 He was a freshman last year.

1718
01:44:46,260 --> 01:44:53,300
 I just think that we're going to see him have a big-time season.

1719
01:44:53,700 --> 01:44:59,880
 I think he's going to step in to a role that is, you know, because of the other guys,

1720
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:01,340
 I think he's just going to have some opportunities.

1721
01:45:01,620 --> 01:45:05,040
 And, you know, I expect that lots of Brooks is going to do what he's going to be able to do.

1722
01:45:05,740 --> 01:45:07,060
 No disagreement there.

1723
01:45:07,720 --> 01:45:14,960
 But I just feel that this Alabama team is going to utilize this passing attack.

1724
01:45:14,960 --> 01:45:17,200
 And I think they'll be – they're not going to be balanced.

1725
01:45:17,440 --> 01:45:19,560
 They don't think they ever will with Caleb Orr's system.

1726
01:45:20,280 --> 01:45:21,020
 And Ryan Grubb.

1727
01:45:22,120 --> 01:45:22,480
 Yeah.

1728
01:45:22,960 --> 01:45:33,060
 But I do think that they will have a chance to maybe establish a little bit more of a rushing attack,

1729
01:45:33,240 --> 01:45:34,360
 a little bit more physical.

1730
01:45:34,620 --> 01:45:35,700
 I think they'll have a chance.

1731
01:45:35,780 --> 01:45:36,320
 I really do.

1732
01:45:36,440 --> 01:45:39,000
 I think they'll be able to run the football.

1733
01:45:39,000 --> 01:45:44,260
 And I'm not saying, you know, they're going to pound it, you know, 150 times.

1734
01:45:44,480 --> 01:45:45,960
 Well, it's not possible during the game.

1735
01:45:46,260 --> 01:45:47,500
 I don't think they're going to do that.

1736
01:45:47,560 --> 01:45:48,640
 I don't think that's who they are.

1737
01:45:49,600 --> 01:45:52,900
 But I do think that this team is going to be a little bit more balanced.

1738
01:45:53,480 --> 01:45:56,460
 And I think this offensive line is going to take a step in the right direction.

1739
01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:58,960
 I say they're going to be 2012 Alabama good.

1740
01:45:59,040 --> 01:46:00,420
 That's not what I'm stating.

1741
01:46:01,040 --> 01:46:04,800
 But I do think this offensive line will have a chance to be a little bit better.

1742
01:46:05,460 --> 01:46:11,380
 Let me ask you, left guard, William Sanders coming back from an injury, played a lot last year.

1743
01:46:11,940 --> 01:46:15,840
 I know Mel Waltrip is another name that I've heard is a possibility.

1744
01:46:16,540 --> 01:46:20,460
 Right tackle is going to be one of the more interesting puzzles to solve.

1745
01:46:21,040 --> 01:46:24,880
 Jevin James, the Mississippi State transfer, Nick Brooks from Texas.

1746
01:46:25,660 --> 01:46:28,160
 Ethan Fields is another name.

1747
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:34,660
 We talked to Redfish, William Barger, Monday, and he said maybe even William Carroll moving back

1748
01:46:34,660 --> 01:46:37,400
 to right tackle, even though I don't think that's going to happen.

1749
01:46:38,100 --> 01:46:41,140
 Your thoughts a little further on the offensive line.

1750
01:46:41,260 --> 01:46:43,220
 Will Sanders win left guard?

1751
01:46:43,880 --> 01:46:47,640
 And Jevin James, will he hold on to right tackle?

1752
01:46:51,120 --> 01:46:52,960
 Let me say that there's competition.

1753
01:46:53,300 --> 01:46:54,340
 There's competition.

1754
01:46:54,340 --> 01:47:01,340
 And if they're not pleased with that competition at right tackle, I'm not going to totally discount

1755
01:47:01,340 --> 01:47:02,520
 what William Barger said.

1756
01:47:03,100 --> 01:47:04,760
 Because you've got that option.

1757
01:47:04,760 --> 01:47:09,360
 If you don't feel that you've got a production, well, maybe you feel better about guards than

1758
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:10,080
 you do tackles.

1759
01:47:10,280 --> 01:47:10,360
 Yeah.

1760
01:47:10,760 --> 01:47:18,580
 You know, there is some, I would say, some chance that they might, you know, it's possible

1761
01:47:18,580 --> 01:47:23,520
 that they could move him, you know, back to the tackle spot.

1762
01:47:23,640 --> 01:47:25,180
 I wouldn't totally discount it.

1763
01:47:25,180 --> 01:47:28,500
 But let me go back to what you said about the guard.

1764
01:47:28,860 --> 01:47:34,460
 I think you've got three guys that are battling for that left guard spot.

1765
01:47:34,540 --> 01:47:35,200
 William Sanders.

1766
01:47:35,540 --> 01:47:35,760
 Yeah.

1767
01:47:36,160 --> 01:47:38,800
 Mal Walder and Ethan, Ethan Fields.

1768
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:44,760
 I think you are now, you are seeing that.

1769
01:47:45,140 --> 01:47:49,940
 I think those guys, that is, I think you are seeing those three guys.

1770
01:47:50,160 --> 01:47:55,180
 And going back to the right tackle spot, don't count out a Nick Brooks just yet.

1771
01:47:55,540 --> 01:47:55,820
 Mm-hmm.

1772
01:47:55,820 --> 01:47:59,720
 I still think there's some good competition when you look there.

1773
01:47:59,720 --> 01:48:01,100
 So, so let's not count.

1774
01:48:01,300 --> 01:48:07,320
 It's just, at this point, what's going to make this offensive line so much better is

1775
01:48:07,320 --> 01:48:08,120
 the competition.

1776
01:48:08,540 --> 01:48:08,640
 Yeah.

1777
01:48:09,220 --> 01:48:14,820
 That's what's going to make this team a better football team is because you've got more than

1778
01:48:14,820 --> 01:48:16,640
 one option at this spot.

1779
01:48:16,720 --> 01:48:18,640
 You've got more than one option at this spot.

1780
01:48:19,400 --> 01:48:25,240
 So that's, that's where, you know, you look at this team and you think, well, were they

1781
01:48:25,240 --> 01:48:25,720
 going to be better?

1782
01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:26,480
 Well, there is.

1783
01:48:26,520 --> 01:48:27,500
 It's the competition.

1784
01:48:27,500 --> 01:48:33,740
 It's, they've got options at multiple different units where previously that really wasn't the

1785
01:48:33,740 --> 01:48:37,580
 case that, that, you know, that they were trying to find out, okay, could this guy play guard?

1786
01:48:37,660 --> 01:48:38,380
 This guy play tackle?

1787
01:48:38,760 --> 01:48:43,100
 To me, they've got a lot of different bodies that can play a lot of different positions.

1788
01:48:43,200 --> 01:48:47,000
 And listen, if you get to a point, you don't feel like racing Delgatti can be your guy at

1789
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:47,700
 the center spot.

1790
01:48:48,260 --> 01:48:52,820
 There's other options there too, that you can slide one of those guards in and, and go with

1791
01:48:52,820 --> 01:48:53,440
 emergency center.

1792
01:48:53,440 --> 01:49:00,020
 I mean, so, so it's, you've got some options about this offensive line because you've got

1793
01:49:00,020 --> 01:49:04,860
 more bodies and I like their approach that they took in the portal is to add guys who

1794
01:49:04,860 --> 01:49:10,300
 could play multiple different positions, but also multiple guys at a certain position where

1795
01:49:10,300 --> 01:49:11,080
 they can compete.

1796
01:49:11,220 --> 01:49:15,800
 This going out and paying four and $5 million for a player that played in a smaller school

1797
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:17,800
 and say, well, he's the number one tackle.

1798
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:19,300
 I'm going to go pay him $4 million.

1799
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:21,500
 Well, I don't know if he's going to be able to play in this league.

1800
01:49:21,940 --> 01:49:24,080
 And if he, if he can't, why don't we have a lot of options?

1801
01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:25,540
 Cause I spent all my money in one guy.

1802
01:49:25,700 --> 01:49:29,620
 I kind of like the approach that they're taking of getting multiple guys with multiple different

1803
01:49:29,620 --> 01:49:30,140
 positions.

1804
01:49:30,540 --> 01:49:30,860
 Yeah.

1805
01:49:30,940 --> 01:49:31,780
 It's not like a chess game.

1806
01:49:31,880 --> 01:49:34,100
 Ryan Fowler, 109 FM in Tuscaloosa.

1807
01:49:34,260 --> 01:49:38,580
 Ryan from Saturday, it's five weeks to September five.

1808
01:49:38,660 --> 01:49:40,660
 How much playing time with Keelan Russell get?

1809
01:49:40,760 --> 01:49:43,000
 How much playing time a loss to Matt get and quarterback?

1810
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:50,780
 You know, people have asked me and, you know, at some point I'm going to predict who I think

1811
01:49:50,780 --> 01:49:54,060
 is going to take the first snap with, uh, with, with, with quarterback.

1812
01:49:54,060 --> 01:50:01,440
 I, I still think it's a competition and it's just based on reading the tea leaves that, you

1813
01:50:01,440 --> 01:50:04,760
 know, he didn't send anybody to the Manning Passing Academy, nobody.

1814
01:50:05,440 --> 01:50:11,680
 So I have to think right now that this is a quarterback competition, that it's a, it's a

1815
01:50:11,680 --> 01:50:12,140
 competition.

1816
01:50:12,420 --> 01:50:16,740
 Now I think, uh, when I interviewed the board, I know when he did some other national interviews

1817
01:50:16,740 --> 01:50:22,500
 or, or in one of the electronic rooms, he also said that he would love to have a quarterback

1818
01:50:22,500 --> 01:50:26,860
 coming out of that second scrimmage and make that decision two or three days after.

1819
01:50:27,700 --> 01:50:30,680
 I don't think he's a two quarterback guy.

1820
01:50:31,240 --> 01:50:32,620
 I don't think that's who he is.

1821
01:50:32,960 --> 01:50:33,360
 Right.

1822
01:50:33,900 --> 01:50:36,500
 I think they're going to settle on one guy and play him.

1823
01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:42,180
 Now you'll see other guys because of the competition level, but I don't think he'll be like a series

1824
01:50:42,180 --> 01:50:43,240
 here, series there.

1825
01:50:43,340 --> 01:50:44,080
 You're going to flip flop.

1826
01:50:44,300 --> 01:50:45,940
 I think whoever's going to be the guy.

1827
01:50:46,340 --> 01:50:54,340
 And if you're asking me to put my money on somebody, I'd put it on Keelan Russell, but I'm also not going to give the opportunity for all the match three times in a row.

1828
01:50:54,340 --> 01:50:58,200
 I thought he'd be getting a portal in the spring of last year when Ty Sintzel was named the starter.

1829
01:50:58,460 --> 01:51:01,820
 I thought he was getting a portal in December because he was getting a lot of phone calls.

1830
01:51:02,260 --> 01:51:06,920
 At this point, I'm not going to allow the young man to prove me wrong three times in a row.

1831
01:51:06,980 --> 01:51:09,900
 I know I've said it, but I think we've got a competition.

1832
01:51:10,140 --> 01:51:11,520
 I think we'll know more in a couple of weeks.

1833
01:51:11,960 --> 01:51:12,100
 Yeah.

1834
01:51:12,220 --> 01:51:13,760
 I think you're exactly right.

1835
01:51:14,120 --> 01:51:17,640
 Well, listen, enjoy the remainder of the week on the beach.

1836
01:51:17,660 --> 01:51:21,140
 It's going to be rough, but I know you're up to the challenge.

1837
01:51:22,100 --> 01:51:26,380
 Who have you got on the show this afternoon and where can we get on to listen?

1838
01:51:27,340 --> 01:51:31,660
 Yeah, tide109.com, tide109.com.

1839
01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:33,780
 And man, I always appreciate being on with you guys.

1840
01:51:33,840 --> 01:51:34,840
 I'm sorry I have a couple of minutes left.

1841
01:51:34,840 --> 01:51:35,360
 That's all right.

1842
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:41,700
 I was, the cell phone signal is not perfect up here, but we miss a lot of calls.

1843
01:51:41,700 --> 01:51:48,280
 But I appreciate you being patient with me, tide109.com, tide109.com.

1844
01:51:48,400 --> 01:51:50,620
 And find me on the Facebook side of things.

1845
01:51:50,720 --> 01:51:54,860
 I'm trying to get to 60,000 before fall camp breaks.

1846
01:51:54,940 --> 01:51:56,340
 I'm about 200 away.

1847
01:51:57,480 --> 01:51:58,260
 Oh, my Lord.

1848
01:51:59,240 --> 01:52:00,320
 Well, that was a goal.

1849
01:52:00,500 --> 01:52:05,240
 I had it before Alabama kicked off, and it actually looks like I got a chance to make it

1850
01:52:05,240 --> 01:52:08,280
 and be an overachiever, which is something I rarely do in life.

1851
01:52:11,180 --> 01:52:12,520
 You guys be good, man.

1852
01:52:12,560 --> 01:52:15,440
 I always enjoy talking with you guys, and we'll do it again next week.

1853
01:52:15,500 --> 01:52:16,040
 Thanks, guys.

1854
01:52:16,040 --> 01:52:16,580
 That's great.

1855
01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:19,320
 Cell phone ain't supposed to be working at the beach.

1856
01:52:19,360 --> 01:52:20,800
 You got other things to take care of.

1857
01:52:20,840 --> 01:52:23,300
 BB, our pride of Loretto's on the mat, even as we speak.

1858
01:52:23,380 --> 01:52:27,440
 Ryan Weathers, Yankees, White Sox, no score through two.

1859
01:52:27,560 --> 01:52:29,720
 So, he's shutting out the White Sox through two.

1860
01:52:29,880 --> 01:52:32,480
 Coming up tonight, it's the Braves' turn again, BB.

1861
01:52:32,780 --> 01:52:36,880
 Yeah, they've got the four-game series with the national split.

1862
01:52:37,880 --> 01:52:40,340
 Should have won both games with the Mets yesterday.

1863
01:52:40,560 --> 01:52:42,580
 Chris Sale never gets any support.

1864
01:52:42,700 --> 01:52:43,940
 Had to win one to nothing.

1865
01:52:44,500 --> 01:52:46,620
 But you can hear that Braves game.

1866
01:52:46,700 --> 01:52:47,380
 Where else?

1867
01:52:47,860 --> 01:52:49,500
 On 93-9, the score.

1868
01:52:49,860 --> 01:52:50,380
 One to nothing.

1869
01:52:50,500 --> 01:52:54,480
 Sounded like the old days of the Dodgers with a combination called Koufax and Drysdale.

1870
01:52:54,560 --> 01:52:55,140
 Give me a run.

1871
01:52:55,200 --> 01:52:55,760
 We've got to win.

1872
01:52:56,160 --> 01:52:59,840
 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew.

1873
01:52:59,940 --> 01:53:00,440
 Your parallel luck.

1874
01:53:00,520 --> 01:53:02,040
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1875
01:53:02,520 --> 01:53:04,740
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon at 2 with the Boomo Bugg Show.

1876
01:53:04,820 --> 01:53:07,000
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.