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 Where the question of the day is, where does the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC roll in the USA Today preseason poll?

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 We'll talk about that along with the Braves fiasco at the deadline yesterday.

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 Rod Hudson, head football coach at Hackelberg High School, will preview the 2026 season.

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 Calm before the storm.

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 You've gotten through the so-called offseason.

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 It was a pretty quiet summer.

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 No real news from an Alabama standpoint.

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 But it's one of those things where there's a lot of questions still to be answered about this team.

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 We still don't know who's going to be the starting quarterback, the offensive line, and the run game is obviously a big question.

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 You know, Charlie, what you're saying there is reflective of the national media.

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 The perception, I think, is reflected in this poll we just alluded to there at the top of the show, USA Today coming out today.

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 Charlie, obviously, why is coach going to say, gee whiz, guys, they've got a secondary that's second to none.

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 CP, everyone knows they're going to be looking at the battle between Austin Mack and Keelan Russell.

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 He's someone that's in here early with Austin and Keelan in the mornings when they get here.

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 But CP at receivers, Ryan Coleman-Williams, Lottie Brooks, 1 and 2, who's 3?

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 CP, things about to really get ramped up.

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 Tremendous coverage is for summer camp.

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 By the way, I've got a new teammate, Clint Lamb, joining you.

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 I know Andrew Bone, who we've worked with for years, moving over to YAYA, Alabama.

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 Tell us about the team CP and what have you got as far as the first two weeks of camp?

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 What can we look forward to?

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 Yeah, it is.

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 It's here.

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 We'll hear from coordinators, players.

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 Alabama has its media day on Saturday.

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 So myself, Clint, Blake Beiler, we'll be out here in full force and having wall-to-wall coverage over at BamaOnline.com.

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 So with everything we have going on, Clint joining the team, it's a great time to check it out because, yeah, the offseason is over.

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 I'm not very good with math, but 75% sounds like a whole lot.

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 We'll get some more details starting tomorrow at Charlotte.

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 In the meantime, buckle up.

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 As you mentioned, it's here.

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 And thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to welcome in the man, Jim Gomm, hooking up with us with a sports blitz.

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 Jim, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm good.

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 I'm good.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Talk to us about the upcoming initial edition of Blitz Sports.

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 Yeah, the first issue will be coming out here in a couple weeks, and we're excited about it.

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 This will be our 16th year doing it.

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 And we take a lot of pride in getting information out there that I guess you can't find everywhere.

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 Because I do a lot of research, man, in the summertime, a lot of research, because I've got time doing it.

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 You know, there's a lot of, oh gosh, there's so many places you've got to dig sometimes.

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 But, no, we're excited about what we're going to have coming up.

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 And, you know, I think it's going to be interesting, guys, to look at how many different teams are going to get first-place votes.

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 We all saw the post-pull came out today.

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 You've got six different teams that got first-place votes.

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 And I think you're going to see that.

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 I love that.

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 I think it just shows that there's not that one dominant program that everyone's looking at.

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 It's like, yeah, you've got these guys, these guys, these guys, and these guys.

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 You know, so I think it makes for a really intriguing September.

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 Jim, your thoughts about that, because to be in the modern era, in the old days, you could take last year's roster, maybe the last two rosters, and kind of say, okay, this is what's going to happen.

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 But in the modern day, you are right.

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 Who in the world can sit here and look at any roster and say this is going to happen because you've got so many new faces all over the place is there.

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 Your thoughts about the influence of that and how Indiana basically shook things up last year because nobody, at least nobody is telling the truth, totally the truth, had Indiana where they finished at the end of the season, the beginning of the season.

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 But your thoughts just how in the modern era, really and truly, everybody has got pretty much the same questions over them.

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 It starts with the offensive line and all the new faces on those respective rosters.

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 Yeah, the thing that I do these days, guys, you know, it used to be I'd look at, you know, like you'd look at a school and you're like, how many returners do they got?

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 Right.

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 And you look at how many guys are returned.

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 Now, you look at them, you go, okay, they've got this many returners from their roster.

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 How many returners did they get from another couple of rosters?

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 And so you really, you've got to look at not just your returning roster, our starters, but how many starters from other schools you got.

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 Because now, they've proven they can play at the collegiate level.

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 Now, they've just swapped teams.

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 So, really, I think it makes it that much more intriguing because, obviously, you think they're going to mesh, but maybe they won't.

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 But I think that's the thing these days.

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 You've got to look at how many guys have experience, whether it's on the current roster they're on or from a roster from the previous year.

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 Jim, last year, LSU was 7-6, Auburn was 5-7, South Carolina was 4-8, Arkansas was 2-10.

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 Who will be the most improved team in the SEC this season?

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 I think it's going to be Auburn.

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 I guess I've just bought into Gullish maybe a little bit more than the others.

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 I know South Carolina, they probably, that's probably the most likely choice because of the returning players and the quarterback and everything.

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 But, man, there's something about Gullish down there that I'm intrigued about.

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 Auburn, their record, I don't think really shows really how much talent they had on that roster.

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 They were just snake bit last year.

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 So, if you were going to put me on the spot and say who's going to have the biggest wow factor, like I didn't see that coming,

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 I'm going to put Auburn maybe just slightly ahead of South Carolina.

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 Let's go the other way, Jim.

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 In your opinion, who is setting themselves up for the most disappointing season?

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 Golly, man.

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 There's so many.

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 I guess if you had to nail a big guy, I'm going to say Oklahoma.

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 I just, I know the material looks good right now, but their schedule is awfully tough.

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 And I'm just going to say only because I don't think they're as good as their record showed last year.

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 I'm going to say Oklahoma.

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 But I don't, you know, it's not like I don't like them.

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 I just, if you were just putting me on the spot, that's the one team.

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 I think Ole Miss, I think Ole Miss is going to be about what we all expect.

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 But Oklahoma, if there was going to be a team that really just kind of like, ah, boy, I didn't see them dropping, that would be the team.

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 And the other side of that coin, they had good numbers last year.

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 But if you break that schedule down, they had an extremely favorable schedule, especially early on for the bulk of that.

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 And then the cream came to the top at the end of the season.

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 And so to validate what you're saying is, will they have the same success against this year's schedule as they did against last year's schedule to build that reputation?

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 Exactly.

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 And obviously a lot depends on the health and the tear and everything.

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 He got hurt last year and maybe he'll prove me wrong.

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 I do think the guy can play.

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 Right.

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 But I just have a sneaky suspicion that people are going to be more prepared for Oklahoma.

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 And listen, I actually hope I'm wrong.

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 I used to actually live in Oklahoma.

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 There were good people over there.

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 And I said, yeah, yeah, a long, long time ago.

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 So I like Oklahoma.

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 I like the people there.

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 But you asked me and that was my answer and I'm sticking with it.

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 Jim, let me ask you about Missouri.

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 They were 8-5 last year.

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 They're a very good team, but they were undefeated when Alabama's.

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 They're a sneak through a close game.

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 Austin Simmons is going to be their quarterback this year, replacing Bo Pribola.

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 They brought in Chip Lindsey, who are a lot of people in our neck of the woods, know him, high school and college.

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 Ahmaud Hardy should be back probably by mid-September.

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 They ran for 2,500 yards.

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 But Eli Drinkwood is a good coach.

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 He's a funny guy.

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 But he has not had a lot of luck against AP top 25 teams.

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 Missouri 8-5 last year.

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 Better or worse this year?

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 Oh, boy.

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 I guess I'm going to have to say worse.

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 But I could see them doing pretty much the same thing.

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 And I agree.

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 I like Eli Drinkwood.

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 I do.

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 But you're right.

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 He does struggle against the quality teams out there.

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 But you know what Missouri doesn't do?

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 They don't get beat by teams they shouldn't get beat by.

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 You know, that's the one thing that they beat the people they're supposed to beat.

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 And every now and then they'll put a scare and so on.

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 But, you know, are they ever going to get over the hump there?

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 Listen, the SEC is so darn tough.

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 You know, you've got all these schools that you've got to be better than.

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 You can't be, you know, you can't have an off day is what I'm trying to get at.

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 So, I'm going to say maybe just a game less than where they were last year.

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 But I do think that Missouri, that's a team you've got to be prepared for.

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 You're close to the folks up in Knoxville.

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 What's realistic up in K-Town this year, Jim?

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 I know the fans are saying, okay, he's come in.

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 He's brought us back from where it was for years.

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 But it's almost like they've reached a plateau and they can't get over that next hurdle.

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 Is that a fair perception?

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 And if so, what will be the next rung this year?

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 You know, Josh Hoppe, a lot of people don't believe he's on any type of hot seat up there.

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 But if they have another four-loss season and, God forbid, they go, you know, seven and five,

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 I think the heat's going to start to be on him.

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 Listen, they went to the playoffs a couple years ago

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 and just got just completely throttled by the eventual national champion, Ohio State Buckeyes.

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 They have regressed the last couple years.

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 And, granted, the quarterback situation up there is very, very interesting.

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 I'm not sure exactly who's going to be the guy at the beginning of the year.

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 I like Faison Brandon as the guy late in the year.

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 I just don't know if he's going to start.

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 But there's a lot of pressure up there in Knoxville.

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 There really is.

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00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,800
 It's going to be interesting to watch because they are definitely – the fan base believes

442
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,360
 Tennessee's a playoff team.

443
00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:53,020
 And if they're short of making the playoffs, then the fans are going to make their opinions known.

444
00:27:53,580 --> 00:27:58,000
 Jim, which – as far as opening weekend, which game intrigues you the most?

445
00:27:58,140 --> 00:28:00,280
 Auburn and Baylor in Atlanta.

446
00:28:01,020 --> 00:28:03,600
 Ole Miss in Louisville in Nashville.

447
00:28:04,740 --> 00:28:06,960
 LSU in Clemson.

448
00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:13,120
 Well, I mean, to me, the LSU-Clemson is only because, you know, Lane Kiffin.

449
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:20,020
 I mean, and listen, I mean, Dabo Sweeney, you know, is he getting Clemson turned back around again?

450
00:28:20,020 --> 00:28:22,540
 So, there's several storylines there.

451
00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:26,840
 I think Ole Miss is going to have a pretty – I think they're going to win that game.

452
00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:30,900
 You know, Baylor and Auburn, I like Auburn.

453
00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:34,220
 But, I mean, I think they're going to definitely have the fan base advantage there.

454
00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:37,860
 But I think Baylor and Auburn could be a very interesting game.

455
00:28:37,860 --> 00:28:45,400
 But when you ask me, to me, that LSU-Clemson game, that's the one that I'm personally most interested in.

456
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,280
 Yeah, it's going to be a good one.

457
00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:51,920
 Jim, again, where can we get online and get a copy of the blitz?

458
00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:56,020
 Yeah, I've actually had some of your callers have reached out to me.

459
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,600
 And, of course, I don't have issue one done just yet.

460
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,280
 I'm waiting for the AP poll to drop so I can complete it.

461
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,380
 So, I've got everything else done.

462
00:29:04,380 --> 00:29:07,560
 The coaches poll came out today, so I'm able to fill that in.

463
00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:11,040
 So, once the AP poll comes out, I'll be able to finish issue one.

464
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:12,760
 I'll get that out to everyone.

465
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:21,720
 But all you guys got to do out there is just email me direct, jimgum.blitz at gmail.com.

466
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,740
 That's J-I-M-G-U-M-M dot blitz, B-L-I-T-Z at gmail.com.

467
00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:33,140
 And say that you heard me on your show, and I'll get issue one to those folks when I release it.

468
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 jimgum with two M's dot blitz at gmail.com.

469
00:29:38,540 --> 00:29:39,580
 Did I get that right, Jim?

470
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:40,780
 You got it.

471
00:29:41,460 --> 00:29:42,460
 I can't believe it.

472
00:29:42,460 --> 00:29:44,280
 Listen, man, I know it's going to be fun.

473
00:29:44,340 --> 00:29:45,320
 It's right around the corner.

474
00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:47,820
 When you see that first edition coming out, you know it's close.

475
00:29:48,140 --> 00:29:50,080
 Thanks for your time, and let's do it again soon, okay?

476
00:29:50,980 --> 00:29:51,800
 Absolutely, fellas.

477
00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:52,760
 Thank you, Jim.

478
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:53,560
 Sounds great.

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577
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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

578
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,540
 How are you?

579
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,840
 Yeah, we are right on the cusp here.

580
00:34:45,940 --> 00:34:52,480
 We got, what, about 55 hours before the NFL kicks off the preseason.

581
00:34:53,020 --> 00:34:55,220
 And I do actually like something in this game through some of that.

582
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,220
 We can talk about that in a minute, but it's here.

583
00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,360
 The first big poll is out from the coaches.

584
00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:03,200
 I don't think anybody is shocked.

585
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,980
 The Ohio State University is right there in a familiar spot there, number one.

586
00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:13,700
 Bruce, I don't know if you've had a chance to look at it, but here's the way we look at it in this zip code.

587
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:17,400
 Auburn's not in, but they're getting some mentions outside of the top 25.

588
00:35:17,780 --> 00:35:22,180
 Alabama is in, just as you mentioned, on the cusp for the top 10 and 11.

589
00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:24,220
 It's a national perception thing.

590
00:35:24,220 --> 00:35:31,120
 But put another way, Alabama is basically coming up, being ranked midway through the SEC relative to the national poll.

591
00:35:31,180 --> 00:35:34,320
 That tells you about the strength of the SEC overall.

592
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:38,960
 But your thoughts and your overall about the first big poll out from USA today?

593
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:46,780
 Looks pretty similar to the playoff last year, except, you know, Notre Dame's in there at 5.

594
00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:53,580
 And, you know, we've got all the way down, you know, Texas, Texas at 12.

595
00:35:54,940 --> 00:35:58,700
 We don't have some of the—Texas is also—they missed the playoff last year, too.

596
00:35:59,340 --> 00:36:03,380
 No surprise, it's going to be pretty similar, I think, you know, most years now.

597
00:36:03,860 --> 00:36:13,420
 This does bring up one point, and this is something, actually, Rhett Lashley at SMU when I was down at—back in Charlotte a couple weeks ago at the ACC Media Day.

598
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 He actually sort of brought this up.

599
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 Nobody asked him about it, but he was wondering about these polls.

600
00:36:19,180 --> 00:36:25,740
 And he says, how can you—how can all these polls and be viewed as such gospel before teams have played?

601
00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:26,600
 Thank you.

602
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:40,060
 And he said it sort of sets up, right from the start, the teams that are ranked, you know, higher just on reputation seem to get, you know, they've got a head start in this whole system the way it is right now.

603
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:46,460
 He said it makes it very hard for the SMUs and the others who weren't in the top 10 or even top 25 to make a run.

604
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:56,600
 He has a point there, but, you know, they're trying—I guess at some point if you expand the playoff out to 24, you know, that would mitigate that somewhat.

605
00:36:56,820 --> 00:37:06,700
 But, you know, at 12, though, he's got sort of a point, though, because a lot of these teams that start off higher in the pool for no reason than just past performance have an advantage.

606
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,260
 And it's like a pretty similar look every year.

607
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:15,780
 Speaking of Notre Dame, there was a tweet over the weekend that got a lot of mileage.

608
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:45,360
 Notre Dame is guaranteed this season $129 million before they kick off, $50 million from NBC for the TV rights, $10 million from the Under Armour apparel deal, $20 million that came up last week from SoFi for the jersey patch competition that's turned into, $20 million from the college football playoff,

609
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 $17 million from the ACC scheduling agreement, $12 million from the college football playoff travel stipends.

610
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,760
 That's $129 million.

611
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:07,100
 That does not include merchandise, ticket sales, and other partnerships that are going to be tied to the program.

612
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,740
 And I sent you that, and you had a great comment.

613
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,620
 Notre Dame is like FIFA.

614
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,240
 Explain that.

615
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,420
 It's like Gianni Infantino is running Notre Dame now.

616
00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:22,360
 Everywhere you look, you know, they're just spending money.

617
00:38:23,660 --> 00:38:26,980
 And the system as it's set up is sort of allowing them to do that.

618
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:27,580
 And you're right.

619
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:39,920
 You know, the other things that really went even in that $129 million that you made note of, I mean, the merchandising, ticket sales, I mean, that's, you know, that expands that a lot further.

620
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:53,440
 My whole thought is that, you know, as long as Notre Dame can do it, and this system is allowing them to do it, and they keep making these special exceptions for Notre Dame football, they'll continue to do this.

621
00:38:53,840 --> 00:39:05,220
 But I've maintained for a long time, it would stop, or at least it would change, if college football in total said, join a conference.

622
00:39:05,980 --> 00:39:08,840
 The playoff is only open to conference members.

623
00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:09,620
 Thank you.

624
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:12,060
 And you join a conference.

625
00:39:12,220 --> 00:39:20,340
 Now, it is interesting, in basketball, Notre Dame is very quick, you know, to align, whether it be the Big East before or the ACC the past several years.

626
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 Because try to make a basketball schedule if you're not at a conference.

627
00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,780
 College sports is to blame for a lot of this.

628
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 And not blame is even the thing.

629
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630
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 But it is off.

631
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,560
 It is, Notre Dame can say it's because of us, because of our brand.

632
00:39:36,660 --> 00:39:44,960
 But I think it is also because of the way college sports is allowing Notre Dame to do this and not forcing them to play the game like everybody else.

633
00:39:45,140 --> 00:39:59,280
 And it's not as much a threat now as it was in the past, but I think I mentioned to you there was a point in the early 70s that USC and John McKay, when he was the AD for a while after Jeff Silver retired, while he was both football coach and AD, he was talking about USC going independent.

634
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:07,220
 And even then, he was saying that the dollars don't make sense for us to stay in the pack eight, as it was called, as opposed to going independent.

635
00:40:07,820 --> 00:40:12,820
 And, I mean, a lot of schools could have thought the same thing, and they still might at some point if they think they can do a Notre Dame deal.

636
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,260
 These conferences now have such big TV deals, that's probably unlikely.

637
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:29,200
 But I think the bottom line is college, football in general, and the industry is allowing Notre Dame special privileges, and like the good businessmen they are, they're taking advantage of it.

638
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:33,140
 But it's mostly because the system is allowing them to do it.

639
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:34,940
 Rich, get richer.

640
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,580
 Thank goodness they're humble about it.

641
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:41,080
 Bruce, talking about humility, what's going on with the Big Ten coaches?

642
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:47,480
 All these guys who've been in the SEC or have come off the Nick Saban tree, they seem to have short memories.

643
00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:49,380
 Kurt Signetti's throwing out his chest.

644
00:40:49,460 --> 00:40:51,980
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645
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,500
 As of right now, he has something to back it up.

646
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,400
 We saw Bill Medan at Illinois throwing out his chest.

647
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,680
 Others especially saying that was then, this is now SEC.

648
00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:03,040
 The eight-track is dead.

649
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:07,000
 Your thoughts just about the moxie coming out of the Big Ten coaching circles?

650
00:41:07,820 --> 00:41:11,740
 Well, speaking of Kurt Signetti's head, my wife had an interesting comment the other day.

651
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,160
 Having to watch, you know, the Big Ten media days, I was watching it.

652
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,280
 She looked after like 10 seconds.

653
00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:20,240
 That guy's coloring his hair.

654
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,680
 My wife says the same thing.

655
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:27,100
 They can spot it a mile or more away.

656
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:28,800
 She went up to the color.

657
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,340
 She said, this is what me and my friend Linda, we did this.

658
00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:32,600
 I think you're ready, baby.

659
00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:33,940
 That's good.

660
00:41:33,980 --> 00:41:35,240
 L'Oreal, Auburn.

661
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:40,720
 She said, no man in their 60s has hair colored like that, for what that's worth.

662
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:46,320
 They are walking around, strutting around a lot in the Big Ten.

663
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:46,960
 Maybe they should.

664
00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:50,100
 Petiti's not that objectionable.

665
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,600
 When I hear him interviewed, he just seems like kind of a pleasant guy.

666
00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:56,000
 Signetti got a little chip on his shoulder.

667
00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:01,260
 You know, Ryan Dace sort of does, I think, too.

668
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,560
 But, you know, at this point, they are sitting sort of on top.

669
00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:08,240
 And they're sort of letting everybody know it.

670
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:08,900
 Dang it.

671
00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:10,260
 Yeah.

672
00:42:10,540 --> 00:42:13,340
 And, you know, they got that Big Ten network.

673
00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:21,180
 You know, and they're, you know, the TV-wise, they're, you know, that still spends a lot of money

674
00:42:21,180 --> 00:42:25,640
 and maybe more from the TV even than Notre Dame does, unless Notre Dame gets in the playoff

675
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,360
 and then it doesn't split it with anybody.

676
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,360
 But the Big Ten is still doing, it has been a model of how to work.

677
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:31,960
 And they won it all.

678
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,540
 I mean, they won the basketball title last year.

679
00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:37,880
 Men's, women's, their football the last three years, they've been doing great in bowl games.

680
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,960
 So there's a lot to like there.

681
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:48,380
 I think two of the more interesting hires, one is Matt Campbell at Penn State.

682
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,220
 I think Penn State could have got a lot worse than Campbell.

683
00:42:51,220 --> 00:42:57,220
 I have a feeling he might do very well there and get them back up where they were used to playing.

684
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,820
 A lot of respect for Campbell and so does everybody else.

685
00:42:59,900 --> 00:43:02,800
 The other one is what's going on at Michigan here with Kyle Whittingham,

686
00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:07,500
 which I thought is the most curious hire, that he looked like he was ready to retire.

687
00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:10,460
 You know, Utah, he stepped away and thought that was it.

688
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:14,020
 Then all of a sudden, two weeks later, he shows up at the Michigan, the ward manual stuff.

689
00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:16,800
 And now he's on his way out.

690
00:43:17,460 --> 00:43:23,560
 They needed to, obviously, this is the most glaring example of a new sheriff in town to clean up the act.

691
00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:30,000
 It reminds me of Bob Knight when he got to Indiana in 1971, clearing out all the stuff that's going on there.

692
00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:31,520
 That's sort of what Whittingham is doing.

693
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:38,600
 And if Michigan can get back in the mix, where they, you know, it's been a couple bumpy years since Harbaugh left,

694
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:40,020
 and all the off-field stuff.

695
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,460
 That's a very intriguing storyline to watch this so far.

696
00:43:43,340 --> 00:43:49,720
 As you know, attending the SEC media days in Tampa, the SEC has been shouting at the highest mountain

697
00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:54,380
 about conference strength and strength of schedule.

698
00:43:55,720 --> 00:44:02,360
 Indiana's future non-conference schedule came out yesterday, and there were quite a few, there's quite a reaction.

699
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:08,300
 This season, they play North Texas, Howard, and Western Kentucky.

700
00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:11,220
 Well, you're thinking, this is going to get a little better next year.

701
00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:15,840
 In 2027, it's Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and UMass.

702
00:44:16,140 --> 00:44:23,540
 Well, in 2028, maybe they'll play some Power 4 teams, some, you know, more challenging schedule.

703
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:27,060
 Austin Peay, Eastern Michigan, Miami of Ohio.

704
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:32,220
 2029, Ball State, Eastern Illinois, Western Kentucky.

705
00:44:33,020 --> 00:44:35,080
 2030, Indiana State, and Delaware.

706
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:41,880
 Now, I'm not real smart, but that's not a very challenging non-conference schedule,

707
00:44:42,260 --> 00:44:45,860
 and again, as Kirk Signetti has said on a couple of conferences,

708
00:44:45,860 --> 00:44:49,220
 we're going to continue to get away with this as we can.

709
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:54,040
 The SEC shouts about, look at our strength of schedule,

710
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:58,360
 and this is what Indiana has scheduled for the next five years.

711
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,020
 Yeah, that's a very fair point.

712
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:01,760
 I agree with you there.

713
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:06,880
 I think it's very disappointing, the way they go about it.

714
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,380
 By the way, I'd love to see Austin Peay beat Indiana.

715
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:10,760
 Wouldn't that be sweet?

716
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:11,760
 That would be wonderful.

717
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:12,420
 Yeah.

718
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,560
 But they are actually brazenly open about it.

719
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:16,920
 Yes.

720
00:45:17,180 --> 00:45:20,100
 And this actually even started before Signetti got there,

721
00:45:20,180 --> 00:45:23,940
 because they have been peeling off all the Power 4s

722
00:45:23,940 --> 00:45:28,620
 and buying out of those games, non-conference games,

723
00:45:28,620 --> 00:45:33,580
 for the past few years, and including Notre Dame,

724
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:37,920
 which they backed out of, and that opened up a spot for Notre Dame

725
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,960
 and USC to put it back on the schedule in four years.

726
00:45:42,060 --> 00:45:44,160
 I think they start for like a four-year deal.

727
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,300
 But that was because Indiana backed out of Notre Dame.

728
00:45:48,860 --> 00:45:52,340
 And their side is, well, we have a tough enough schedule in the Big Ten.

729
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,060
 We don't need to play tough non-conference.

730
00:45:54,340 --> 00:45:55,980
 You know, it's always been that way.

731
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,780
 The conference's games have always been tough.

732
00:45:58,400 --> 00:45:59,520
 It was tough in the 70s.

733
00:45:59,540 --> 00:46:00,440
 It was tough in the 80s.

734
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:01,580
 It's no different right now.

735
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,500
 And they're not the only ones doing this.

736
00:46:04,620 --> 00:46:06,780
 I mean, Texas Tech, for all of its bluster,

737
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,740
 is guilty of this, too.

738
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:15,120
 And I think it was sort of a template that was laid out by Bill Snyder at Kansas State.

739
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:18,020
 Now, in his case, 35 years ago,

740
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:24,000
 Kansas State had had a long, long run of losses, bad teams,

741
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,000
 interrupted by one or two over like a 30-year period.

742
00:46:27,460 --> 00:46:30,680
 So in their case, you sort of saw trying to prop the program up.

743
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,880
 Snyder kept doing that, though, through most of his tenure,

744
00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:35,380
 with a few exceptions later on.

745
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:45,880
 But this is a blatant disregard of competitive instincts here or chivalry or whatever.

746
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:51,680
 I mean, they should – this is the problem about scheduling and let schools do this

747
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,120
 and Indiana's getting away with it.

748
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,620
 And I wish Tony Petite – this would be something – I didn't go to the Big Ten media days,

749
00:46:57,700 --> 00:47:00,960
 but if I did, I would have brought this up and said,

750
00:47:01,020 --> 00:47:02,320
 what can we do about some of this?

751
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:03,560
 This is really disgraceful.

752
00:47:04,060 --> 00:47:04,420
 Yeah.

753
00:47:04,940 --> 00:47:06,640
 But the thing is, it's job security,

754
00:47:06,740 --> 00:47:10,520
 which means Kurt Signetti can buy a more Grecian formula going forward with that schedule.

755
00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:14,220
 He ought to be – he ought to be darker than when he was 18 and full of self.

756
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,040
 Bruce, fun question.

757
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,760
 Come late December, early January,

758
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,980
 who's going to have the happier fan base, Alabama or Auburn?

759
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,700
 I think Alabama, because I think they'll go further.

760
00:47:27,460 --> 00:47:32,480
 The only thing that makes me – I mean, I think Alabama has a good shot to be in the playoff.

761
00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:33,700
 I don't think Auburn does.

762
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,520
 So I think that will be the deal.

763
00:47:35,780 --> 00:47:40,880
 The kicker here is Auburn's not expecting to get there.

764
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:41,500
 Right.

765
00:47:41,580 --> 00:47:46,220
 And if they do better than expected, if Alex Golesh gets to eight or nine wins

766
00:47:46,220 --> 00:47:51,100
 and they get – playing one of those Florida games on New Year's,

767
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:52,660
 they'd be really happy, I think, at Auburn.

768
00:47:53,180 --> 00:47:57,280
 And conversely, if that's as far as Alabama got, I think they would be very upset.

769
00:47:58,020 --> 00:48:03,260
 So there's a chance in that sort of a scenario that the Auburn folks would be a lot more happy

770
00:48:03,260 --> 00:48:07,080
 just because the bar is set higher at Alabama right now, at least.

771
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:13,000
 I do think Alabama's got a shot to get in the playoff, though, and do better than last year

772
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,020
 and not run to Indiana.

773
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:16,880
 Just everything went wrong in that Rose Bowl game.

774
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,460
 And people forget, Alabama did win a playoff game last year on the road.

775
00:48:21,740 --> 00:48:22,680
 Went to Oklahoma.

776
00:48:22,860 --> 00:48:23,560
 That was not easy.

777
00:48:24,020 --> 00:48:27,320
 And they went in there and they reversed that regular season result against the Sooners.

778
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:29,080
 So it wasn't all bad for Alabama last year.

779
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:33,840
 But I think they've got to probably do that again, at least for the Bama's fan base,

780
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,840
 to not be in sort of in a mutinous mood come on New Year's.

781
00:48:38,180 --> 00:48:39,980
 Let me ask you before we let you go.

782
00:48:39,980 --> 00:48:45,420
 The Protect College Sports Act bill is now in the Senate.

783
00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:47,320
 There is a lot of speculation.

784
00:48:47,780 --> 00:48:49,500
 I'm amazed it's gotten this far.

785
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:55,160
 But the Big Ten and the SEC jumped on board late Friday night,

786
00:48:55,260 --> 00:48:57,400
 which has more or less caused this momentum.

787
00:48:58,140 --> 00:49:02,220
 They may actually look at it Thursday and vote on it Saturday.

788
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:08,020
 We'll see where that goes before Congress recesses for five weeks.

789
00:49:08,020 --> 00:49:10,740
 Are you surprised that it's gotten this far?

790
00:49:10,940 --> 00:49:13,360
 And do you think it will be adopted?

791
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:14,980
 It might.

792
00:49:15,260 --> 00:49:17,900
 And, yeah, this August 7th is sort of the drop-dead date.

793
00:49:18,020 --> 00:49:18,800
 If not that, you're right.

794
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:22,580
 They go on recess after that, and they're probably not going to convene in this campaigning.

795
00:49:22,900 --> 00:49:25,700
 And for the rest of the fall, I don't think they'll address this.

796
00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:32,760
 I am wondering, in an earlier version of this, the shared media rights thing were part of it.

797
00:49:32,780 --> 00:49:34,040
 I'm not sure if that's part of this now.

798
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:40,160
 And it was also related to that Sports Broadcasting Act from 61 that Cody Campbell was challenging.

799
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:46,660
 And that would not be something that Sankey for sure would sign on to.

800
00:49:46,740 --> 00:49:48,200
 So I'm not sure that's part of this.

801
00:49:48,300 --> 00:49:57,840
 What is part of it, though, they have increased the contributions the school can make beyond that $21.3 million or $21.6 million.

802
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,180
 They've added another $27 million to that.

803
00:50:00,500 --> 00:50:03,680
 So it's basically like $48 million, $49 million.

804
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:09,600
 You know, that's now what they can legally do.

805
00:50:09,980 --> 00:50:13,860
 That's like, you know, that's part of the deal now.

806
00:50:14,860 --> 00:50:22,840
 And I think that was pretty big, and I think that was the biggest change that we saw in this latest proposal.

807
00:50:22,980 --> 00:50:23,840
 A couple of things.

808
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:30,720
 One, I still don't think $48 million, $49 million comes close to covering some of these schools that are beyond that.

809
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:34,120
 And apparently the nil would still exist.

810
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:35,720
 It's not going away.

811
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:41,840
 They're just, by expanding it up another $27 million, they're lessening the impact of the nil.

812
00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:52,660
 Two, let's not forget, no matter what sort of a cap they put, there has always been an underground market that could resurface.

813
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:56,940
 And they can say this is $48 million, $49 million, go up to $52 million, whatever.

814
00:50:57,660 --> 00:51:06,260
 But under the table and in the recruiting trail and all that, money flows, and I think it would be naive to think that it doesn't.

815
00:51:06,260 --> 00:51:14,460
 Last thought, this is more for the big conferences and the big two, I think, Big Ten and SEC, that can meet that.

816
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:15,740
 Not all the schools.

817
00:51:16,620 --> 00:51:19,680
 This isn't mandated by the NC2A, it's just allowed.

818
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,380
 And a lot of the schools can't cough up $48 or $49 million.

819
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:31,540
 There was only two group of six schools that have even committed to the $21.3 million this year, and that's South Florida and Memphis.

820
00:51:32,540 --> 00:51:37,060
 So the gap between the haves and have-nots will only grow larger with this.

821
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:37,900
 It's inevitable.

822
00:51:39,140 --> 00:51:43,620
 I'd give it a 50-50 chance to come to a vote and pass.

823
00:51:45,020 --> 00:51:46,980
 Actually, I'll say 55-45, no.

824
00:51:47,180 --> 00:51:51,720
 I think it's a slightly more chance they won't get this thing done in time just because that's the way politics works.

825
00:51:51,820 --> 00:51:56,440
 But it looks like they're getting closer to an eventual answer, whether it's by August 7th or sometime next spring.

826
00:51:58,200 --> 00:51:58,560
 Absolutely.

827
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,120
 Listen, great stuff.

828
00:52:00,260 --> 00:52:09,900
 By the way, you also predicted that Florida State's win total under 6.5 and Arkansas is under 4.5.

829
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:10,720
 Bless her heart.

830
00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:12,940
 They can't get a break on the schedule.

831
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:19,460
 Where in the world can we get online and get all of your great stuff, the gold standard?

832
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:28,760
 Yeah, we're starting to put some college football season win projections up there at the goldsheet.com, part of the wagertalk.com website.

833
00:52:28,980 --> 00:52:30,140
 So we're all under that umbrella.

834
00:52:30,860 --> 00:52:33,440
 But all my picks there are under that wagertalk.com umbrella.

835
00:52:33,580 --> 00:52:36,680
 That includes goldsheet.com and also winners and winers, picks and parlays.

836
00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:38,260
 But we've got baseball.

837
00:52:38,460 --> 00:52:39,480
 We're picking it back up again.

838
00:52:39,580 --> 00:52:40,920
 Baseball is doing well this week.

839
00:52:41,060 --> 00:52:43,320
 And like we mentioned, NFL preseason football.

840
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:46,440
 I've actually got a pick on this Hall of Fame game Thursday night up there.

841
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:46,900
 Oh, me.

842
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:49,980
 Panthers and the Cardinals.

843
00:52:50,180 --> 00:52:51,180
 Bruce, all the best.

844
00:52:51,260 --> 00:52:51,920
 Thank you so much.

845
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,220
 Keep up the good work, okay?

846
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:54,600
 Have a good week, boys.

847
00:52:54,620 --> 00:52:55,100
 Thank you, buddy.

848
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,400
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897
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 The National Education Association has been putting out a blog ahead of the new school year.

898
00:56:03,900 --> 00:56:11,540
 The blog is warning teachers throughout the nation about putting too much information or controversial statements on their social media accounts,

899
00:56:11,580 --> 00:56:16,560
 especially if they're making it known that they are also an educator and what school they're teaching at.

900
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:21,260
 The NEA reminded teachers that the First Amendment protects their free speech, but not all speech,

901
00:56:21,260 --> 00:56:27,660
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902
00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:38,280
 The warning comes after a Montgomery teacher at Capitol Heights Middle School here in Alabama had her teaching license suspended due to her online celebration of the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September.

903
00:56:38,540 --> 00:56:46,880
 State school superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey was upset by teachers' reaction and notified all school superintendents here in Alabama to have forwarded any such cases to him.

904
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:53,740
 Mackey called it vile and inappropriate conduct that violates the Alabama Administrative Code and Educator Code of Ethics.

905
00:56:53,980 --> 00:56:56,280
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

906
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907
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908
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909
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910
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911
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912
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913
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 Police in Lacey Springs have arrested a second person in connection to a shooting that left a 16-year-old girl injured by gunfire.

914
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:33,360
 The shooting occurred at a party held on July 11th.

915
00:57:33,460 --> 00:57:37,680
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916
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:42,960
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917
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:44,160
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918
00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:49,160
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919
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920
00:57:53,980 --> 00:58:05,360
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921
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:06,680
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922
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923
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924
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925
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926
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927
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928
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929
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930
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931
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932
00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,140
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933
00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:31,700
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934
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:37,480
 $230 million guaranteed and gave up three first-round draft picks amongst other draft picks in order to get you.

935
00:58:37,700 --> 00:58:40,500
 And you've had one good half of football in that time.

936
00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:45,580
 If he starts and gives them anything, they should be like, hey, thanks.

937
00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:46,480
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938
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:49,020
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939
00:58:49,780 --> 00:58:50,420
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940
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941
00:58:57,220 --> 00:58:59,460
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943
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944
00:59:04,900 --> 00:59:09,680
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945
00:59:10,020 --> 00:59:12,080
 Tomorrow night, mostly clear with a low near 70.

946
00:59:12,500 --> 00:59:14,900
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947
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948
00:59:19,780 --> 00:59:31,640
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949
00:59:32,220 --> 00:59:35,620
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950
00:59:38,500 --> 00:59:41,200
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951
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:46,700
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952
00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:52,920
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93-9, the score.

953
00:59:53,620 --> 00:59:55,620
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

954
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:57,320
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

955
00:59:57,400 --> 01:00:00,160
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

956
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:02,160
 BB, obviously a jammed, packed hour.

957
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:06,280
 We're hopefully going to be joining the huddle with Coach Rod Hudson down in Tackleburg High.

958
01:00:06,380 --> 01:00:12,780
 He is a busy boy these days, but while we wait, BB, let's talk a little bit about what we alluded to at the top of the show.

959
01:00:12,780 --> 01:00:14,280
 A couple of things.

960
01:00:14,340 --> 01:00:17,200
 We didn't get into the Braves as far as the grade.

961
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:23,740
 I think a lot of Braves fans, if we're honest, are not happy with the way things turned out at the trade deadline.

962
01:00:23,980 --> 01:00:26,080
 Harold, I think they've got to ask a question.

963
01:00:26,460 --> 01:00:32,660
 And our esteemed producer, James Moody, and I were talking about this a little bit earlier.

964
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:35,000
 I think they have got to make a decision.

965
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:42,680
 Do they want to win another World Series, or do they just simply want to have a winning season and make money?

966
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:43,980
 I can answer that.

967
01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:47,300
 I think that's where they are now with their front office.

968
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:52,220
 And again, every business, their goal is to make a profit.

969
01:00:52,220 --> 01:00:54,340
 And believe me, the Braves have done that.

970
01:00:54,660 --> 01:01:03,020
 But they could not have been in better shape yesterday with their farm system has been revamped.

971
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:05,140
 It's one of the best in baseball now.

972
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:12,160
 Profar had $18 million that the Braves could have used.

973
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:17,720
 And, you know, everybody was saying, and even in Thompolis, the general manager said,

974
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:24,240
 our number one goal earlier in the year was to get a playoff caliber pitcher.

975
01:01:24,380 --> 01:01:24,860
 What pitcher?

976
01:01:24,980 --> 01:01:27,440
 Well, they failed to do that one more time.

977
01:01:27,860 --> 01:01:29,040
 Did they help themselves?

978
01:01:29,580 --> 01:01:31,220
 I think they did a little bit.

979
01:01:31,740 --> 01:01:32,760
 Lane's pretty good.

980
01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:33,400
 It's four.

981
01:01:33,900 --> 01:01:35,720
 Bailey is eh.

982
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:40,660
 Lane Thomas, I think, is going to platoon with your scrims.

983
01:01:40,660 --> 01:01:42,720
 I think he's going to be pretty good.

984
01:01:42,820 --> 01:01:49,680
 But as far as enhancing the starting pitching, they get an elf.

985
01:01:50,340 --> 01:01:52,440
 Well, I don't know.

986
01:01:52,580 --> 01:01:54,960
 Here's the problem, I think, in some ways.

987
01:01:55,060 --> 01:01:56,160
 The good is the bad.

988
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,880
 They are basically, their message to the fans is, what are you talking about?

989
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:03,920
 We've taken this roster, and we've built a seven-and-a-half-game lead with the fields.

990
01:02:04,300 --> 01:02:08,760
 And we're down to the, if you will, the home stretch at the end of next month.

991
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:09,860
 The season is over.

992
01:02:10,080 --> 01:02:12,460
 So, it's where you set the bar in life, BB.

993
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:15,280
 I mean, do you want to sit here and have a winning season?

994
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:17,220
 Do you want to sit here and make the playoffs?

995
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:18,700
 Or do you want to commit?

996
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:19,460
 There's two kinds.

997
01:02:19,560 --> 01:02:23,200
 I don't care if it's baseball or if you're selling bottle caps or, you know what, underwear.

998
01:02:23,780 --> 01:02:25,620
 There's two kinds of management teams.

999
01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:26,920
 Those who want to spend money.

1000
01:02:27,020 --> 01:02:28,540
 Those who want to invest money.

1001
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:30,680
 Those who invest are like the Dodgers.

1002
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:33,560
 They don't look always at the price tag.

1003
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:34,940
 They've got the big picture in mind.

1004
01:02:34,940 --> 01:02:36,580
 And you're looking, okay, we spent $100 million.

1005
01:02:37,540 --> 01:02:38,380
 Let's do it.

1006
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:39,340
 Go make $200 million.

1007
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:44,960
 And then you've got those who want to nickel and dime and say, we can't spend $2 million because that's a lot of money.

1008
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:51,920
 And sometimes it costs you more by not investing, or in this case, spending, than it does not to.

1009
01:02:52,060 --> 01:02:54,520
 So, it depends on the mindset of the management.

1010
01:02:54,700 --> 01:02:56,860
 Do you have a short-term or long-term goal?

1011
01:02:57,260 --> 01:02:58,560
 Where do you set the bar?

1012
01:02:58,660 --> 01:03:01,840
 And what are you willing to sit here and do to come off the pocketbook?

1013
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:08,240
 Because, let's face it, a lot of these team owners, and I don't know the Braves, that's not fair for me to say, but I take the Cardinals, for example.

1014
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:10,500
 What they're selling is, it's always next year.

1015
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:23,940
 Gee whiz, you better come out and see these kids now because once they have, next year comes and goes, and next year comes and goes, and next year comes and goes, and it's always chasing the carrot.

1016
01:03:24,580 --> 01:03:26,840
 And all you're getting is the stick as a fan.

1017
01:03:27,220 --> 01:03:34,200
 The message I have for a lot of teams out there is, I am willing to commit to you if you are willing to commit to me.

1018
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:39,200
 You spend, or in this case, invest some money, put a product on the field that's competitive.

1019
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:40,280
 You're not always going to win.

1020
01:03:40,380 --> 01:03:42,060
 You've got to be realistic about this stuff.

1021
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:51,660
 But don't sit here and pee on my leg and call it rain because, basically, in the case of Cardinals, what they're doing is they want to fill up seats with a promise.

1022
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:59,880
 They want a double-A, triple-A roster and budget and payroll, but they want the fans to commit to a Major League Baseball team.

1023
01:03:59,880 --> 01:04:06,160
 Well, Harold, don't tell me that you didn't want to spend money and you had it.

1024
01:04:06,660 --> 01:04:17,460
 They gave Profar a $45 million three-year contract, and he's been blacklisted, basically, for two years for testing positive.

1025
01:04:18,380 --> 01:04:24,040
 Murphy is coming back, supposedly Sean Murphy, $15 million contract.

1026
01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:29,780
 He's missed more games than he's played in for the last two and a half years.

1027
01:04:30,300 --> 01:04:35,320
 And you've got a shortstop in Kim, who they paid $20 million to.

1028
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:37,320
 He's hitting less than $100.

1029
01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:38,280
 Wow.

1030
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:39,720
 And he's coming back.

1031
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:50,040
 So, you know, once again, every general manager, Harold, you're going to have booms and busts as far as a gamble on free agents.

1032
01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,700
 And they've signed some of these guys, and it just hasn't paid off.

1033
01:04:54,440 --> 01:05:01,240
 Well, I think the problem is, in Major League Baseball right now, is you've got a management team out in Los Angeles.

1034
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:03,000
 Not the Angels, but the Dodgers.

1035
01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:04,880
 They've got it going on, BB.

1036
01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:07,480
 But let's be fair about this.

1037
01:05:07,580 --> 01:05:09,440
 I mean, people say, well, why don't you do what the Dodgers do?

1038
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:10,360
 Well, it's not that simple.

1039
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,140
 They've got a big TV contract out there.

1040
01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:14,620
 They can spend money because they're making money.

1041
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:16,460
 The problem is you've got a lot of management teams.

1042
01:05:16,780 --> 01:05:18,600
 They're making money, too, but they want to sit on it.

1043
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:20,020
 They want to go buy a yacht.

1044
01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:23,500
 You know, they want to go buy their love life, if you will.

1045
01:05:23,580 --> 01:05:24,780
 I'll leave it there with that.

1046
01:05:24,780 --> 01:05:29,280
 And they want to sit here and live on the corner street with a corner office and have all the attaboys.

1047
01:05:29,580 --> 01:05:33,400
 But the Dodgers, they're making a lot of money, but they're spending a lot of money.

1048
01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:35,000
 And I think that's all the fans want.

1049
01:05:35,140 --> 01:05:35,480
 They don't.

1050
01:05:35,820 --> 01:05:41,540
 A realistic fan knows you're not going to win the World Series, in this case, baseball, national championship, or Super Bowl and NFL.

1051
01:05:42,060 --> 01:05:43,420
 You're not going to do that every year.

1052
01:05:43,420 --> 01:05:48,120
 But as a management team, show us that you're serious about putting together a team.

1053
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:52,360
 And what you're saying there is it goes back to college football.

1054
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:53,460
 There's a parallel there.

1055
01:05:53,620 --> 01:06:02,040
 You've got to be able to assess talent because, like you said, if you're putting that much money in a guy not even hitting his weight or basically hitting half his weight,

1056
01:06:02,220 --> 01:06:05,620
 then that means that you don't know what you're doing as far as a talent evaluator.

1057
01:06:05,620 --> 01:06:10,480
 Well, if I'm a Dodger fan, Harold, I'm happy about what they did.

1058
01:06:10,780 --> 01:06:15,280
 Now, again, the Dodgers are Major League Baseball's Notre Dame.

1059
01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:25,940
 They get away with a lot of things, but they signed Scooble, who has been probably the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, too, in the last three years.

1060
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:30,380
 That tells me, once again, the Dodgers want to win a World Series.

1061
01:06:30,740 --> 01:06:35,340
 Don't you feel sorry for teams like San Diego because they're spending money.

1062
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:37,440
 The Yankees are spending money.

1063
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:40,880
 But the difference is those franchises have money, too.

1064
01:06:40,940 --> 01:06:46,460
 And the Padres, they're just basically in the process of going over to a multi-billionaire, so they're going to have plenty of money to spend.

1065
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:48,880
 But you can have all the money in the world.

1066
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:56,680
 But if you don't know how to evaluate talent and how to spend it, we talked about Kurt Signetti in Indiana throwing out his chest and blowing smoke.

1067
01:06:56,820 --> 01:06:57,420
 Well, you know what?

1068
01:06:57,460 --> 01:07:05,700
 He can back it up because, yes, he's got a lot of money with Mark Cuban and others there at Indiana, but he also knows how to spend it and how to evaluate talent, baby.

1069
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:11,560
 Well, San Diego's got one of the worst form teams in Major League Baseball, Harold, but they keep spending.

1070
01:07:11,700 --> 01:07:16,140
 I think they got Gossman and Robbie Ray, if I'm not mistaken.

1071
01:07:16,300 --> 01:07:19,200
 They got two high-caliber pitchers.

1072
01:07:20,020 --> 01:07:22,820
 And, again, the Dodgers didn't have to do anything, Harold.

1073
01:07:23,340 --> 01:07:28,040
 They didn't need to make one move, and they're still probably going to be in the World Series.

1074
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:32,040
 But when you go get scoobled, that tells me they want to win another one.

1075
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,720
 Well, and look at Ohtani, how much money they spend there.

1076
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:35,980
 So they don't care.

1077
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:37,520
 All they're worried about, they don't worry.

1078
01:07:37,980 --> 01:07:43,720
 One of the guys that was intriguing in this business I had over the years, you'd sit down and talk.

1079
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:45,360
 He never cared what he was paying.

1080
01:07:45,740 --> 01:07:46,360
 He didn't.

1081
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:49,600
 And I know that sounds crazy because here's what he put on you.

1082
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:51,720
 He wants to make this much money back.

1083
01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:52,920
 He was willing to invest.

1084
01:07:53,020 --> 01:07:56,720
 He'd pay you good, but he also put standards on what he expected back.

1085
01:07:56,820 --> 01:07:58,220
 So I think that's what the Dodgers did.

1086
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:02,960
 We'll put the money out there, but this is what we want with the ROI, return on the investment.

1087
01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:05,940
 But, again, here's the crazy thing, B.B.

1088
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:10,240
 If the Braves go ahead and win, come October, we're going to look back and say,

1089
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:11,320
 boy, people were stupid.

1090
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:15,200
 This management team, they knew how to spend money, and they won.

1091
01:08:15,340 --> 01:08:17,260
 But I still got to see at the end of it.

1092
01:08:17,260 --> 01:08:20,800
 I think they're going to make the playoffs because they got so much momentum out now

1093
01:08:20,800 --> 01:08:22,600
 and got so much room between them and the fields.

1094
01:08:22,700 --> 01:08:23,420
 They'll make the playoffs.

1095
01:08:23,520 --> 01:08:26,540
 The question is, how far in the playoffs are they going to go?

1096
01:08:26,540 --> 01:08:27,940
 All right, B.B., let's switch gears.

1097
01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:30,540
 This first big poll out, the coaches have spoken.

1098
01:08:31,020 --> 01:08:35,280
 Are you shocked with anything that you've seen starting with Ohio State, Oregon, 1 and 2?

1099
01:08:35,420 --> 01:08:35,680
 No.

1100
01:08:36,060 --> 01:08:36,300
 No.

1101
01:08:36,480 --> 01:08:41,560
 Harold, again, I knew Texas, Georgia would be in the top five, top six.

1102
01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:44,740
 Ohio State was going to be up there.

1103
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:49,040
 I'm certainly not surprised at Alabama being 11.

1104
01:08:49,040 --> 01:08:51,280
 Again, the same thing I've been saying all summer.

1105
01:08:51,440 --> 01:09:02,300
 If Alabama had Ty Simpson coming back, Parker Browsford, and Proctor, Alabama would probably be number eight in the first coaches poll.

1106
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:06,300
 But, no, actually, most of those teams, I agree with the Brews.

1107
01:09:06,660 --> 01:09:09,800
 I mean, we've seen all these preseason rankings.

1108
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:13,860
 Again, the coaches poll, I thought it was coming out.

1109
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:16,200
 The AP poll should be out in a couple weeks.

1110
01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:19,440
 But am I shocked as far as the rankings?

1111
01:09:19,580 --> 01:09:19,800
 No.

1112
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:21,860
 The big O's are 1 and 2.

1113
01:09:21,980 --> 01:09:23,020
 Again, Ohio State and Oregon.

1114
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:30,720
 And I think the coaches poll must be looking at the SEC media and where they put some of the guys from our neck of the woods.

1115
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:34,120
 The SEC has Georgia and Texas 1 and 2 in the league.

1116
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:38,340
 The coaches have Georgia 3 and 4 in their poll.

1117
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:39,540
 And I think that's pretty close.

1118
01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:46,880
 But is there a team right now, two teams out there, BB, that I think is going to carry the I hate you on their jersey, Notre Dame and Texas Tech.

1119
01:09:47,360 --> 01:09:50,420
 How in the world can Notre Dame be number five with all the money they got to spend?

1120
01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:55,440
 Well, Harold, CJ Carr is one of the best quarterbacks in the country.

1121
01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:58,900
 He did really well at the Manning Facing Academy in May.

1122
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:01,000
 And he's going to have a great year.

1123
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:05,020
 Now, they don't have the running backs that they did last year.

1124
01:10:05,420 --> 01:10:06,420
 They've got a secondary.

1125
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:08,500
 They'd intercepted 21 passes.

1126
01:10:09,140 --> 01:10:10,820
 And they've got a three-game schedule.

1127
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:16,540
 Notre Dame is going to be in the top four, Harold, I think, the majority of the season.

1128
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:17,660
 Now, can they get upset?

1129
01:10:17,980 --> 01:10:19,540
 Certainly, and they've done that before.

1130
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:22,740
 But no surprise to me, Notre Dame's in the top four.

1131
01:10:22,740 --> 01:10:24,440
 Well, there's Notre Dame with that schedule.

1132
01:10:24,580 --> 01:10:27,540
 And you mentioned earlier about Indiana soft marshmallow schedule.

1133
01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:28,300
 They're number six.

1134
01:10:28,420 --> 01:10:29,900
 But here's the problem I have with that.

1135
01:10:30,240 --> 01:10:35,960
 As long as they can get away with it, if the rules say you can, then what can you say about it?

1136
01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:38,680
 I'm not a big fan of it, but we understand that's the way it is.

1137
01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:55,600
 The problem that I think is kind of like a subset story to this is not only are you picking up wins, but by the end of the season, Indiana's roster should be, barring a freak accident, relatively healthy compared to, say, Alabama, Auburn, any team in the SEC.

1138
01:10:55,600 --> 01:11:00,940
 It's got to go through that physical of a schedule, how many more nicks and bruises.

1139
01:11:00,940 --> 01:11:19,080
 Maybe they're not even entirely out for the season with an injury, but by the time you get to late November and the end of the regular season, you are beat up in the SEC heading into the postseason, where Indiana, and let's face it, Notre Dame, by comparison, they've been able to rest their starters after maybe even a half, certainly after the third quarter.

1140
01:11:19,080 --> 01:11:22,940
 Yeah, and Indiana's defense is going to be really good.

1141
01:11:23,060 --> 01:11:25,800
 Again, a lot of people overlook their defense.

1142
01:11:26,260 --> 01:11:32,480
 I don't think the offense is going to be good, but again, I give Kurt Signetti the benefit of the doubt, Harold.

1143
01:11:32,980 --> 01:11:38,420
 You know, if you're number one, a lot of people feel, well, if you finish number one, you need to start number one.

1144
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:44,680
 That usually doesn't happen, but same situation you alluded to with Alabama.

1145
01:11:45,740 --> 01:11:52,400
 But they did well, really, until midseason, until Simpson got hurt, and his numbers went down.

1146
01:11:52,500 --> 01:12:08,860
 By the time Alabama played Georgia again in the SEC championship, listen, they had a laundry list of injuries going into that Georgia game, and Georgia was ready, played very well, won the game, which they should have.

1147
01:12:08,860 --> 01:12:22,620
 But, yeah, when you go through the gauntlet that you've got in an SEC schedule, by the time you get to the end of the year, with one additional conference game and one bye week, it's going to be tough to get through.

1148
01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:24,140
 Let me finish at the top ten here.

1149
01:12:24,220 --> 01:12:26,660
 Miami, how far have they come over the last few years?

1150
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:28,240
 Texas A&M is number eight.

1151
01:12:28,620 --> 01:12:33,920
 A lot of folks are really mixed on Oklahoma at number nine and Ole Miss at number ten.

1152
01:12:33,980 --> 01:12:36,960
 Your thoughts about the balance of the top ten, baby, from the USA folks?

1153
01:12:37,540 --> 01:12:46,160
 Oklahoma and Ole Miss may be a little bit high, a little bit higher, but I figured they'd be somewhere between eight and 12.

1154
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:50,120
 But, yeah, I can't really argue with the top ten for the coaches poll.

1155
01:12:50,940 --> 01:12:53,900
 By the way, Alabama again, number 11.

1156
01:12:54,680 --> 01:13:01,780
 And Ole Miss' former coach, Lane Kiffin in LSU, sitting at the Baker's Dozen, number 13.

1157
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:03,180
 Will he be lucky or not?

1158
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:03,780
 Stay tuned.

1159
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 Coming up, we're going to be taking it all over the place, going to be going out to Lane Vines.

1160
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1224
01:17:02,220 --> 01:17:02,840
 Welcome back in.

1225
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:06,660
 It is a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Lane Vize.

1226
01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:10,740
 He is the director, executive director, matter of fact, of the YMCA of the shows.

1227
01:17:10,940 --> 01:17:11,700
 Lane, welcome in.

1228
01:17:11,740 --> 01:17:12,220
 How are you?

1229
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:13,560
 Hey, I'm fine.

1230
01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:14,240
 Good afternoon.

1231
01:17:14,420 --> 01:17:15,240
 Thank you for having me.

1232
01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:16,780
 Yeah, you're more than welcome.

1233
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:22,560
 Is your message, open up your heart and get your golf clubs out and let's have some fun.

1234
01:17:22,620 --> 01:17:23,720
 Is that your message, Lane?

1235
01:17:24,360 --> 01:17:27,060
 I think you just did the complete interview right there.

1236
01:17:27,260 --> 01:17:27,980
 There you go.

1237
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:29,540
 You have a nice day, Lane.

1238
01:17:30,820 --> 01:17:31,420
 Thank you.

1239
01:17:32,980 --> 01:17:34,180
 Obviously, it's not that simple.

1240
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:36,320
 It's not that simple.

1241
01:17:37,480 --> 01:17:40,660
 Y'all have been a part of our golf tournament for many years.

1242
01:17:40,740 --> 01:17:42,300
 You've come out and interviewed me.

1243
01:17:42,360 --> 01:17:46,680
 Y'all have had the show, I think, even broadcast from Turtle Point back in the day.

1244
01:17:46,760 --> 01:17:50,800
 So we really appreciate the partnership that we have with you and your station and your program.

1245
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,820
 So thank you so much for supporting us all those years.

1246
01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:55,480
 We were 25 years at Turtle Point.

1247
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:56,940
 We played our tournaments there.

1248
01:17:57,360 --> 01:17:57,680
 Yeah.

1249
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:01,560
 The last three years we've been at RTJ, we just sort of outgrew Turtle Point.

1250
01:18:01,620 --> 01:18:06,800
 But there are great people there and great people at RTJ, and they know how to do a tournament in both locations.

1251
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:16,600
 But we use our tournament each year or our tournament to sort of work for the Y to help us raise some funds and proceeds that benefit our mission-critical programs.

1252
01:18:16,700 --> 01:18:19,440
 And those programs, many of the community knows about.

1253
01:18:19,580 --> 01:18:25,620
 That's our before and after-school care programs, our summer day camp, even our chronic disease programs,

1254
01:18:25,620 --> 01:18:33,140
 programs that support Parkinson's, that help those with Parkinson's, and Fit to Fight, a program that supports cancer survivors.

1255
01:18:33,320 --> 01:18:39,200
 So these proceeds help us, you know, offer those programs to the community at low or no cost.

1256
01:18:39,340 --> 01:18:44,720
 And so many people know about our membership and our sports and our recreation and a lot of things we do there,

1257
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:47,700
 but they may not be aware of all of our charitable efforts.

1258
01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:51,140
 Lane, that's what I was going to ask you.

1259
01:18:52,100 --> 01:18:54,220
 We'll get back to the golf tournament in a second.

1260
01:18:54,220 --> 01:18:56,940
 I was not aware of your chronic disease.

1261
01:18:57,100 --> 01:18:59,120
 My dad died of Parkinson's.

1262
01:18:59,580 --> 01:19:03,200
 I watched him suffer for years with this.

1263
01:19:03,700 --> 01:19:04,880
 Talk about that.

1264
01:19:05,060 --> 01:19:07,300
 Everyone knows about the YMCA.

1265
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:10,040
 How much has it changed over the years?

1266
01:19:10,900 --> 01:19:11,860
 Great questions.

1267
01:19:12,020 --> 01:19:17,540
 You know, I've been a part of our particular Y here for about nine years,

1268
01:19:17,540 --> 01:19:29,480
 and we were kind of seeing this grow, this disease where more people were coming in to do some exercise and that type of thing to try to mitigate symptoms and live a better quality of life.

1269
01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:34,020
 Well, we picked up a program that's nationally recognized called Rock Steady Boxing.

1270
01:19:34,580 --> 01:19:38,660
 And in that program, we're not teaching everybody to beat each other up and that type of thing.

1271
01:19:38,700 --> 01:19:42,360
 But let me tell you what, when you have a chronic disease like Parkinson's, you better fight.

1272
01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:49,760
 And you better work to mitigate those symptoms and keep your quality of life, you know, as long as you can.

1273
01:19:50,060 --> 01:19:51,820
 And so, and that's what the program does.

1274
01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:56,880
 It works on strength and agility, flexibility, fall prevention, those type of things.

1275
01:19:56,920 --> 01:20:01,940
 And we have over 40 people regularly attend the program a couple of times a week.

1276
01:20:02,020 --> 01:20:03,340
 Yeah, we teach it in the mornings.

1277
01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:04,840
 We've got different levels.

1278
01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:11,700
 So our staff will evaluate and see what the boxers are able to do, where they are in their progression.

1279
01:20:11,900 --> 01:20:16,820
 And then we basically put them into a group of others that are, you know, their same abilities.

1280
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:18,760
 And it's worked really well.

1281
01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:20,860
 And people speak so highly of the program.

1282
01:20:20,860 --> 01:20:23,560
 And I'm sorry to hear that about your father.

1283
01:20:23,780 --> 01:20:27,700
 And it's a disease no one wants to have, but we can help.

1284
01:20:27,980 --> 01:20:35,700
 We feel we're a good outlet to help those and keep symptoms at bay and maybe give someone a little better quality of life for a while.

1285
01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:39,400
 And we work with doctors, too, that refer individuals to us.

1286
01:20:39,460 --> 01:20:41,840
 So we're known in the area for that program.

1287
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:46,780
 Lane Vines is with us, the executive director of the YMCA of the shows.

1288
01:20:46,780 --> 01:20:52,080
 Lane, talk to us about, you know, I was listening the other day to someone and said that life's always been tough.

1289
01:20:52,620 --> 01:20:55,540
 But in this modern era, it's really, really tough.

1290
01:20:55,660 --> 01:20:59,920
 And for obvious reasons, anyone who's been around the farm long enough knows what we're talking about.

1291
01:20:59,980 --> 01:21:05,520
 But how big of a problem is it just from the standpoint of trying to get food out to kids, after-school programs, et cetera?

1292
01:21:05,620 --> 01:21:10,100
 How big is the problem for that and other issues in the greater shows there that you serve?

1293
01:21:10,960 --> 01:21:12,360
 You know, that's a great question.

1294
01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:17,320
 There is a need for affordable, quality child care in the show.

1295
01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:19,860
 And that's what I believe we have.

1296
01:21:20,020 --> 01:21:22,640
 And we have funders and certainly the golf tournament.

1297
01:21:23,180 --> 01:21:30,720
 We have a charitable run that we do in the fall called Tracks for Max, named after Max Barnett, one of our volunteers on our board.

1298
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:36,980
 And those events all have charitable proceeds that benefit these programs.

1299
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:38,900
 But there's a real need for that.

1300
01:21:38,900 --> 01:21:49,100
 And so these programs, if it's after school, parents need to know that they have a quality program that kids can go to, yes, where they're fed, where homework is done.

1301
01:21:49,440 --> 01:21:51,660
 Parents want them to come home a little tired and dirty, too.

1302
01:21:51,900 --> 01:21:56,300
 You know, so they've been in classroom and that type of thing all day.

1303
01:21:56,440 --> 01:21:58,020
 But camp works the same way.

1304
01:21:58,120 --> 01:22:01,280
 We have them here from the morning to the evening.

1305
01:22:01,480 --> 01:22:03,620
 We program throughout the day, field trips.

1306
01:22:03,980 --> 01:22:09,240
 We teach them swim lessons, drowning prevention programs, have a lot of fun here on site.

1307
01:22:09,460 --> 01:22:13,000
 And so we run about 150 children in our summer day camp.

1308
01:22:13,100 --> 01:22:16,040
 We run about 120, 125 in our after-school program.

1309
01:22:16,340 --> 01:22:18,100
 So we're serving a good many people.

1310
01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:25,720
 We have great partners, such as NACOG for our transportation, Florence City Schools, the counties, Lauderdale County Schools are great partners.

1311
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:27,820
 So we support them.

1312
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:28,620
 They support us.

1313
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:32,760
 We certainly want to be a provider for quality child care in our area.

1314
01:22:34,120 --> 01:22:36,040
 Lane, tell us about the golf tournament.

1315
01:22:36,220 --> 01:22:37,940
 I know we introduced you to begin.

1316
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:42,480
 Robert Trent Jones, Thursday, August 27th.

1317
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:46,400
 I know you're probably looking for sponsors, looking for foursomes.

1318
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:49,640
 Tell us more about how we can sign up for it.

1319
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:50,900
 Well, thank you.

1320
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:51,780
 I appreciate that.

1321
01:22:51,880 --> 01:22:53,780
 Yeah, we have been blessed this year.

1322
01:22:53,780 --> 01:22:56,380
 We have 44, 45 teams.

1323
01:22:57,020 --> 01:22:59,060
 So we have just filled up just recently.

1324
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,160
 And so we're going to have a great out.

1325
01:23:02,400 --> 01:23:07,460
 And right now we're just praying for good weather, you know, but it's usually a little hot and dry in August.

1326
01:23:07,580 --> 01:23:13,120
 But sponsors, we're always willing to work with and can take on more sponsors.

1327
01:23:13,120 --> 01:23:20,640
 I wanted to give a quick shout out just to a few, and you know these folks in town, but Long Lewis Foundation, they're one of our platinum sponsors.

1328
01:23:20,980 --> 01:23:22,600
 They do so much good in the community.

1329
01:23:23,060 --> 01:23:24,560
 Legacy Park Homes is another.

1330
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 It's a new one this year.

1331
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 They provide some, they're actually a new housing community that's providing housing for exceptional needs individuals in our community.

1332
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 So we've got two platinum sponsors, TNT Fireworks.

1333
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 You all know them, American Paper and Twine, Lister Hill Credit Union, JANCO.

1334
01:23:41,220 --> 01:23:44,900
 We've got even a company that's sort of out of town that helps us with our pools.

1335
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 And so they've really stepped up to be larger corporate and what we call silver and platinum sponsors at a higher level to really help make this tournament go well.

1336
01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:56,500
 But we've been blessed at this point.

1337
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 So we're good.

1338
01:23:57,200 --> 01:23:58,080
 We're full of teams.

1339
01:23:58,260 --> 01:24:04,520
 And we'd love to have you come out and see the golfers and speak to everyone, maybe have a hamburger with us as they come in.

1340
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 But we've been blessed this year.

1341
01:24:06,220 --> 01:24:07,420
 A couple of things on that.

1342
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 Number one, I would imagine you always welcome volunteers if you want to do that.

1343
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 And the big question that a lot of us want to know, Lane, if we come out, do you throw in free golf lessons for all of us hackers?

1344
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 Let me tell you what.

1345
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 I think my picture is on the wall out there.

1346
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 I think I'm wanted for playing.

1347
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 You're in the Hall of Fame too, huh?

1348
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:25,640
 With us?

1349
01:24:27,700 --> 01:24:28,060
 Yeah.

1350
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 Yeah.

1351
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 We'd love to have volunteers, sponsors, and more information is on our website, ymcatheshoals.org.

1352
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 Or they can certainly call our Y.

1353
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 We're at 256-246-YMCA.

1354
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 And so we're happy to help anyway around our golf tournament.

1355
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 Lane, you mentioned this a little bit earlier.

1356
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 Kevin Johnson, the voice of the Florence Falcons, good friend of ours.

1357
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 He's a big proponent of tracks for mags.

1358
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 And people are saying, well, that's Thanksgiving.

1359
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 That's 10 years away.

1360
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 No, it's not.

1361
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 He's going to be here next time we turn around.

1362
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 Talk about that event and how our listeners can get involved in it.

1363
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:05,700
 Thank you.

1364
01:25:05,820 --> 01:25:06,160
 Yes.

1365
01:25:06,740 --> 01:25:13,020
 The short version of that story is we had a volunteer on our board, Max Barnett, and he

1366
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 passed in 2020.

1367
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 And we wanted to do something.

1368
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 Some friends of his and our Y staff wanted to do something to honor him and also to help

1369
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 raise some money for the Y in our charitable mission-critical program.

1370
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 And so, yeah, Brother Kevin stepped forward from the church and offered his location as a place

1371
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 to kind of start and wrap up the event.

1372
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 And he's also kind of done the DJ workforce, if you will, sort of the microphone and does

1373
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 a great job.

1374
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 And he's gotten behind that program and so is the community.

1375
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 We have over 1,000 runners and walkers each Thanksgiving.

1376
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 So it's just kind of a quick event.

1377
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 We launch at 8 o'clock on Thanksgiving morning and you think, how unusual is that?

1378
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 But, you know, the weather has held out every year.

1379
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 You're in and out in less than an hour.

1380
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 You can work out before you pig out, get a few calories burned, and you don't feel so

1381
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 bad at the table.

1382
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 But it's a great family outing.

1383
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 We do some costume contests or the most family that come out type contests.

1384
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 We've had more than 15 family members in one group go out.

1385
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 So people ring their dogs.

1386
01:26:17,300 --> 01:26:18,020
 That's fine, too.

1387
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 So, yeah, it's a great family outing and something now I think the community expects.

1388
01:26:23,700 --> 01:26:26,040
 And we really appreciate Brother Kevin, too, doing that.

1389
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 Lane, tell us again, we've got an audience coming in and out, but if they would like to

1390
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 get more information on all of your classes, and again, I'm delighted to hear about the

1391
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 chronic disease support because they really need, a lot of families really need that website.

1392
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 Call and talk to your staff.

1393
01:26:46,200 --> 01:26:47,820
 How can we get more information?

1394
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 Not only about the golf tournament and transfer mags, but the activities that the YMCA sponsors.

1395
01:26:56,880 --> 01:26:58,800
 Yes, and please contact us.

1396
01:26:58,860 --> 01:27:07,600
 Our website is ymcasholes.org, or they can phone us at 256-246-9622, or if in the area, please stop by the Y.

1397
01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:08,400
 We'd love to help.

1398
01:27:08,620 --> 01:27:10,420
 But, yes, our information is on our website.

1399
01:27:10,900 --> 01:27:15,820
 We also have, just like most businesses, social media that you can kind of keep up with what's going on.

1400
01:27:15,820 --> 01:27:25,980
 But certainly our chronic disease programs, our youth programs, our drowning prevention programs, all of our programs are all listed on our website.

1401
01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:28,320
 Some have online joining as well.

1402
01:27:28,420 --> 01:27:31,260
 Others you need to do in person, but we'd love to have you.

1403
01:27:31,560 --> 01:27:32,260
 We would.

1404
01:27:33,180 --> 01:27:34,080
 Sounds great, Lane.

1405
01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:36,100
 Listen, man, it's always good to catch up with you.

1406
01:27:36,180 --> 01:27:39,780
 Tell Brother Kevin to throw up another prayer for good weather for your golf tournament, okay?

1407
01:27:40,520 --> 01:27:41,420
 Thank you so much.

1408
01:27:41,480 --> 01:27:42,200
 Appreciate you guys.

1409
01:27:42,340 --> 01:27:42,880
 Thank you, Lane.

1410
01:27:43,620 --> 01:27:47,820
 Lane Bynes, again with us, the executive director of the YMCA of the Shoals.

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 Let's go from the Shoals to Orlando and Matt Mischel on deck.

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 Matt, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well.

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 How are you guys doing today?

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 We're doing fine.

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 Probably trying to keep up with you.

1515
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 Most NCC camps are going to open the door tomorrow, but your boys right next door, they're already off and running, are they not?

1516
01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:20,320
 Yeah, actually, first practice was yesterday, and it was a gorgeous sunny day in the morning, and UCF got a chance to get things kicked off.

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 We got a chance to check out Alonzo Barnett III, who's the new starting quarterback for the night.

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 You know, he missed most of the spring.

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 He was kind of held out just for precautionary things, and he got a chance to step on the field and really kind of showcase himself a little bit in the 20-minute window we got to see.

1520
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 It was good to see, you know, a lot of bounce, a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of expectations, but as I tell people all the time, it was day one of a month-long camp.

1521
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 We'll see how things go in the next couple weeks.

1522
01:33:50,520 --> 01:33:53,200
 Yeah, and it's the second year for Scott Frost.

1523
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 It's a classic example, Matt, that sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.

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 Nebraska, in the context of the time, looked appealing, but it was not a good fit from day one.

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 Scott Frost has an opportunity that very few people have in life to come back to Central Florida.

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 But now, be it as it may, he had, like all the coaches, had his honeymoon last year, and now it's time to get down to business, as they say.

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 Your thoughts about Scott Frost, part two.

1528
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 Yeah, you know, very interesting.

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 You know, Scott really kind of went back in 2017 when he was, you know, considering taking the Nebraska job.

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 It was a back-and-forth type of situation.

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 Everything I was told was, you know, he really kind of, you know, hemmed it hard at it.

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 He wasn't necessarily, it wasn't a given he was going to leave.

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 When he finally left, it was a very emotional time for him.

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 And obviously, eight years later, he comes back at UCF.

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 And, you know, year one didn't go necessarily like I think he would have liked it, you know, finishing five and seven.

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 But as I tell people, you know, I mean, imagine coming back from, you know, three or four years out of coaching.

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 This is a much different game than it was three or four years ago.

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 So, you know, Scott's really had to kind of adjust on the fly.

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 Last year, it was a lot of that.

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 You know, he had hired a GM.

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 They had to kind of retool how they want to do things.

1547
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 He sure has been so much better for him.

1548
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 He talked about this yesterday, how more comfortable he is going into fall camp.

1549
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 He feels relaxed.

1550
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 You know, it doesn't feel like necessarily, you know, like everything is kind of coming at him at 100 miles an hour.

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 That being said, there's pressure on him.

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1553
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 They haven't been very good on the road.

1554
01:35:41,780 --> 01:35:43,580
 UCF has lost nine straight road games.

1555
01:35:43,960 --> 01:35:46,060
 They've got to find a way to win on the road in the Big 12.

1556
01:35:46,160 --> 01:35:48,220
 They've got to find a way to start making some hay.

1557
01:35:48,340 --> 01:35:50,020
 I mean, this is a powerful conference.

1558
01:35:50,140 --> 01:35:51,540
 They wanted to be there for so long.

1559
01:35:51,840 --> 01:35:52,480
 Now they're there.

1560
01:35:52,540 --> 01:35:56,040
 You've got to find a way to kind of utilize that and take advantage of it.

1561
01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:58,400
 So this is an opportunity for Scott to share.

1562
01:35:58,480 --> 01:36:00,440
 And I think he understands there's going to be some challenges.

1563
01:36:00,980 --> 01:36:07,200
 But also, he feels like they're ready for it based on the fact that they've got a lot of experienced players coming back in a star quarter.

1564
01:36:07,700 --> 01:36:09,920
 Well, let me ask you about the star quarterback.

1565
01:36:10,660 --> 01:36:12,800
 Barnett was at James Madison.

1566
01:36:13,680 --> 01:36:15,560
 21-6 as a starter.

1567
01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:18,100
 Threw for 49 touchdowns.

1568
01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:19,540
 Rushed for 23 more.

1569
01:36:19,540 --> 01:36:26,360
 Oh, by the way, you led James Madison to the college football playoff, which tells you a lot about him.

1570
01:36:26,880 --> 01:36:32,680
 Man, if he can stay healthy in the offense jails, this could be a fun offense to watch.

1571
01:36:33,680 --> 01:36:34,520
 Yeah, very much so.

1572
01:36:34,620 --> 01:36:39,180
 You know, that's something that quarterback has been a major concern for UCF over the last year or four years.

1573
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:44,960
 Just doing a little research myself, they've gone through six starting quarterbacks in the last 24 games.

1574
01:36:45,600 --> 01:36:47,080
 And that just isn't a recipe.

1575
01:36:47,120 --> 01:36:47,340
 No.

1576
01:36:48,100 --> 01:36:50,640
 You've got to have continuity in that quarterback position.

1577
01:36:51,160 --> 01:36:53,120
 And so that's kind of their feeling with Alonzo.

1578
01:36:53,280 --> 01:37:00,280
 They can get him on the field and he can perform and even perform better than he did last year when he won Sunbelt Offensive Player of the Year.

1579
01:37:00,640 --> 01:37:02,740
 They feel like their offense can run much better.

1580
01:37:02,840 --> 01:37:04,740
 I think that's going to be the case.

1581
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:07,680
 I mean, last year they didn't have much coming out of the quarterback position.

1582
01:37:08,060 --> 01:37:10,280
 They kind of played musical chairs with it back and forth.

1583
01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:12,700
 You know, it didn't really help them out offensively.

1584
01:37:13,020 --> 01:37:17,680
 This time around, they feel like they've got a guy who can stay upright and healthy that can really kind of help guide them.

1585
01:37:17,960 --> 01:37:20,220
 Also, too, the biggest thing is his leadership.

1586
01:37:20,640 --> 01:37:22,600
 That's one of the things they've lacked in the last couple years.

1587
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:28,920
 They need someone in the huddle who can basically get the guys together and say, listen, we're going to march down the field and we're going to score on this drive.

1588
01:37:29,260 --> 01:37:30,820
 You know, they didn't have anybody like that.

1589
01:37:30,920 --> 01:37:40,680
 And now you've got a guy who comes in who's had that experience, who's gone to a college football player, who's played big games, and can say to these guys, listen, man, we're going to march down the field and score on this drive.

1590
01:37:40,720 --> 01:37:43,660
 And I think that's kind of the big thing that they've really lacked.

1591
01:37:43,860 --> 01:37:52,760
 And it's going to be interesting to see, like I said, if they can keep him upright and he plays the entire season, I think they've got enough skill positions around him that they can put up some big numbers.

1592
01:37:52,760 --> 01:37:57,440
 Now, whether, you know, winning six, seven, eight games, what that turns into will range to be seen.

1593
01:37:57,560 --> 01:38:00,540
 But still, I feel like it's got to be better than what they've had last couple.

1594
01:38:01,500 --> 01:38:05,160
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1595
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:10,540
 Matt, your thoughts about where college football is going.

1596
01:38:10,680 --> 01:38:16,860
 Notre Dame, guarantee, guarantee is the G word, at least, at least $129 million.

1597
01:38:17,240 --> 01:38:18,880
 We won't worry about all the details.

1598
01:38:19,220 --> 01:38:24,220
 But at the end of the day, this deal and that deal adds up to at least, again, $129 million.

1599
01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:27,800
 Is Notre Dame basically the Los Angeles Dodgers?

1600
01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:31,380
 Just they have a blank check to have success from a monetary standpoint.

1601
01:38:31,820 --> 01:38:36,480
 And at what point can everybody in the world of college football compete?

1602
01:38:36,600 --> 01:38:40,840
 We know in baseball, if you've got money in a big TV deal like the Dodgers, that's one thing.

1603
01:38:41,200 --> 01:38:43,420
 You've got a national brand like Notre Dame, that's one thing.

1604
01:38:43,420 --> 01:38:48,740
 But going forward, where are the boundaries for spending in college football?

1605
01:38:49,840 --> 01:38:55,440
 Well, I mean, that's one of the reasons why, guys, when people say to me, you know, like, Notre Dame needs to join a conference.

1606
01:38:55,740 --> 01:38:56,700
 I always say, why?

1607
01:38:56,920 --> 01:38:59,280
 Why would they do it?

1608
01:38:59,720 --> 01:39:01,900
 I mean, Johnny wants all the pie, man.

1609
01:39:02,580 --> 01:39:02,980
 Exactly.

1610
01:39:03,160 --> 01:39:04,420
 They print their own money.

1611
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:07,760
 You know, listen, I've been in South Bend and I covered Notre Dame for a lot of years.

1612
01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:09,540
 You know, it helped out for the coverage with it.

1613
01:39:10,600 --> 01:39:12,520
 It's a totally different universe, you know.

1614
01:39:12,580 --> 01:39:15,860
 I mean, they come in and it's not like they need to do that with football.

1615
01:39:15,980 --> 01:39:26,020
 But, yeah, other sports they had the need to move to the ACC because they feel it was a better opportunity for them to get, you know, chances to get into the World Series, baseball World Series, softball World Series, things like that.

1616
01:39:26,440 --> 01:39:29,680
 But, honestly, you know, Notre Dame really can do whatever it wants.

1617
01:39:29,860 --> 01:39:33,380
 And with that money, I mean, it helps to present them for success.

1618
01:39:33,500 --> 01:39:35,240
 I mean, just look at their facilities.

1619
01:39:35,240 --> 01:39:37,880
 I think they put up a video the other day about their facilities.

1620
01:39:38,100 --> 01:39:38,560
 They're opening up.

1621
01:39:38,900 --> 01:39:39,700
 It's gorgeous.

1622
01:39:39,920 --> 01:39:42,000
 Everyone said, you know, why would you leave them there?

1623
01:39:42,440 --> 01:39:43,920
 But that's kind of the elite.

1624
01:39:44,100 --> 01:39:45,660
 That's the upper echelon of teams.

1625
01:39:45,940 --> 01:39:51,040
 Much like Ohio State and Alabama and some of these programs that have a lot of money to deal with.

1626
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:54,100
 You know, they have the resources to be able to kind of handle those things.

1627
01:39:54,620 --> 01:39:58,400
 Where I think it's going to be interesting is it's the bottom half of the league.

1628
01:39:58,620 --> 01:39:59,320
 Thank you.

1629
01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:05,940
 It's a school that basically, exactly, that don't have that kind of money, that don't have million-dollar boosters.

1630
01:40:06,280 --> 01:40:08,560
 It's something we were talking about UCF.

1631
01:40:08,780 --> 01:40:10,320
 It's something what UCF is dealing with.

1632
01:40:10,660 --> 01:40:11,520
 They're a young school.

1633
01:40:11,660 --> 01:40:15,340
 They don't have million-dollar boosters ready to write a check.

1634
01:40:15,480 --> 01:40:18,920
 So how do you get forward and how do you make that money and how do you compete?

1635
01:40:19,440 --> 01:40:24,060
 Well, there's got to be a blueprint for that, you know, and I think somewhere along the way they've got to figure that out.

1636
01:40:24,220 --> 01:40:33,900
 You know, I mean, Indiana was kind of a unique situation last year, but even Indiana has some boosters like Mark Cuban who can put some checks out there and help funnel some money in there.

1637
01:40:33,900 --> 01:40:40,260
 But otherwise, you know, you're looking around and you're looking at what's going on with the future college athletics and you think, how can we compete?

1638
01:40:40,360 --> 01:40:40,940
 How can we compete?

1639
01:40:41,220 --> 01:40:42,720
 And I think that's the challenge.

1640
01:40:43,120 --> 01:40:44,480
 It's easy for Greg Sanky.

1641
01:40:44,580 --> 01:40:46,220
 It's easy for Tom Panetti.

1642
01:40:46,380 --> 01:40:50,680
 You know, all those guys in the big conferences that say, oh, well, this is what we're trying to do.

1643
01:40:50,760 --> 01:40:51,520
 This is what we want to do.

1644
01:40:51,800 --> 01:40:57,620
 But when you're a small-time school, you're looking at those guys thinking, man, you're not even thinking about how can we compete?

1645
01:40:57,800 --> 01:40:58,280
 How can we compete?

1646
01:40:58,820 --> 01:40:59,800
 And it's a challenge.

1647
01:40:59,800 --> 01:41:06,940
 And I think that's why you've got to find a way to be able to find success or accept success.

1648
01:41:07,460 --> 01:41:09,480
 It may not be a college football playoff spot.

1649
01:41:09,740 --> 01:41:12,260
 It may be just trying to contend in your conference.

1650
01:41:12,540 --> 01:41:14,660
 It may be trying to occasionally win the conference title.

1651
01:41:15,020 --> 01:41:21,320
 It may be different kind of what your goals are than what maybe a program like a Notre Dame or an Ohio State,

1652
01:41:21,420 --> 01:41:22,740
 because you just don't have the resources.

1653
01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:25,680
 Let me ask you about Florida State.

1654
01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:30,380
 Several people have asked me about Ashton Daniels, who is the Auburn quarterback,

1655
01:41:31,160 --> 01:41:34,720
 played last year in Hugh Freeze's system toward the end of the year.

1656
01:41:35,560 --> 01:41:42,180
 After he was gone and had a phenomenal game, his run for 1,400 yards, 11 touchdowns,

1657
01:41:42,180 --> 01:41:48,240
 they brought in some transfers, Wisner from Texas, Croma.

1658
01:41:48,860 --> 01:41:51,580
 I think they've got some skilled people.

1659
01:41:51,920 --> 01:41:56,600
 But, again, Mike Norvell is under a lot of pressure this year.

1660
01:41:56,700 --> 01:41:59,040
 Of course, they've got the return game to Tuscaloosa.

1661
01:41:59,680 --> 01:42:02,500
 How will Ashton Daniels do at quarterback for FSU?

1662
01:42:03,540 --> 01:42:07,080
 Well, you know, I think that's going to be interesting because, you know, you talk about, you know,

1663
01:42:07,080 --> 01:42:09,560
 a lot of buzz around programs in the state here.

1664
01:42:09,900 --> 01:42:14,760
 I've told this, I think I've mentioned this to you guys several times, that there is just no buzz around Florida State.

1665
01:42:14,760 --> 01:42:20,460
 I mean, and it's crazy because, again, as you mentioned, Mike Norvell is on the hot seat here.

1666
01:42:20,520 --> 01:42:22,200
 You know, they've got to find a way to turn things around.

1667
01:42:22,580 --> 01:42:25,360
 I think Ashton Daniels' performance is going to be interesting this year.

1668
01:42:25,700 --> 01:42:29,480
 You know, they have essentially a new offensive coordinator, so to speak.

1669
01:42:29,660 --> 01:42:31,860
 You know, Gus Malvon decided to leave.

1670
01:42:32,060 --> 01:42:37,180
 You know, and now Norvell comes back and takes over the play calling along with Tim Harris Jr.

1671
01:42:38,040 --> 01:42:42,280
 How do they kind of incorporate what Mike wants to do and what Gus did?

1672
01:42:42,540 --> 01:42:46,240
 You know, because I've read some things where, you know, they still want to come see some of the things Gus did.

1673
01:42:46,380 --> 01:42:48,760
 But, you know, how does that benefit Ashton Daniels?

1674
01:42:48,900 --> 01:42:51,420
 And is he going to be able to find a way to go out there and perform?

1675
01:42:51,760 --> 01:42:53,280
 What happens if he doesn't perform?

1676
01:42:53,780 --> 01:42:54,540
 What happens if he starts?

1677
01:42:54,540 --> 01:42:55,160
 Yeah, that's him.

1678
01:42:55,360 --> 01:42:56,860
 Do they make a move?

1679
01:42:56,940 --> 01:43:00,880
 Do they pull in, you know, Kevin Sperry, a talented freshman that they've got as a backup?

1680
01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:02,020
 Do they throw him out there?

1681
01:43:02,020 --> 01:43:07,140
 Do they, you know, I mean, how much leeway do you give guys, you know, if you start out, you know,

1682
01:43:07,520 --> 01:43:12,740
 if you struggle and you start, I think the benefit to them is they get New Mexico State to start things off.

1683
01:43:12,980 --> 01:43:15,360
 You know, they got SMU, which is going to be a tough game.

1684
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:17,200
 And then they're at Alabama.

1685
01:43:17,500 --> 01:43:22,220
 So we'll know truly what the Florida State team is probably after, you know, after that Alabama.

1686
01:43:22,620 --> 01:43:25,480
 They'll get a chance to see if this team is good enough to compete.

1687
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:27,800
 Is it good enough to contend in the A.C.

1688
01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:32,080
 Or is it just going to kind of be, you know, a mid-range 5-7, 6-6 type?

1689
01:43:32,080 --> 01:43:35,180
 You know, because, again, they're going to have challenges.

1690
01:43:35,380 --> 01:43:36,220
 They're at Miami.

1691
01:43:36,740 --> 01:43:37,920
 You know, they're at Louisville.

1692
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:39,300
 They've placed Clemson.

1693
01:43:39,520 --> 01:43:41,840
 That's a brutal three-game schedule.

1694
01:43:42,360 --> 01:43:43,700
 And then they wrap up at Florida.

1695
01:43:43,940 --> 01:43:47,360
 And, you know, you don't know what John Summerall is going to be able to do in Florida this year.

1696
01:43:47,460 --> 01:43:53,420
 So I think it's a big challenge for Mike Norvell, but one that I think he's got to find a way to find success.

1697
01:43:53,960 --> 01:43:55,520
 Or else he's going to find his way out the door.

1698
01:43:55,580 --> 01:43:58,680
 Because I just don't think they can go very much longer without that kind of success.

1699
01:43:59,080 --> 01:44:00,220
 Yeah, I think you're right.

1700
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 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation.

1701
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 Where can we get online and get all your great stuff as far as coverage of UCL and college football?

1705
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 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media.

1706
01:44:25,780 --> 01:44:26,840
 Oh, that's Matt Merchelle.

1707
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 So, see what happens, right?

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 Yeah, everything, everything, but more time to get all those deadlines met now that it's here.

1712
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 Matt, listen, good luck to you.

1713
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 Thank you so much.

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 All right, thanks a lot, guys.

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1782
01:47:34,380 --> 01:47:35,620
 The score.

1783
01:47:36,020 --> 01:47:40,700
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1784
01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:42,220
 Welcome back in.

1785
01:47:42,300 --> 01:47:44,860
 It's a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Elmer Pierce.

1786
01:47:44,940 --> 01:47:46,900
 He's in honor of Garner Pierce Autos.

1787
01:47:47,020 --> 01:47:47,780
 Elmer, welcome in.

1788
01:47:47,840 --> 01:47:48,340
 How are you?

1789
01:47:48,980 --> 01:47:49,860
 Hey, good, guys.

1790
01:47:49,940 --> 01:47:50,140
 Good.

1791
01:47:50,220 --> 01:47:50,800
 How are y'all doing?

1792
01:47:51,260 --> 01:47:56,360
 And I thought even the other day, I was walking out the house and my neighbor was coming up the driveway and he says,

1793
01:47:56,400 --> 01:47:57,220
 I hate to bother you, man.

1794
01:47:57,280 --> 01:47:59,020
 Can you give me a ride down to O'Reilly's?

1795
01:47:59,440 --> 01:48:00,620
 I need an alternator.

1796
01:48:01,300 --> 01:48:06,060
 His muscle Mustang burned up his alternator literally a half mile from the house.

1797
01:48:06,120 --> 01:48:07,940
 And I said, I'll do two things.

1798
01:48:08,500 --> 01:48:09,560
 By the way, his name is Bear.

1799
01:48:09,620 --> 01:48:13,260
 I said, Bear, I'll take you to the auto parts store, but after that, you need to go see Elmer Pierce.

1800
01:48:13,380 --> 01:48:13,960
 Would you agree?

1801
01:48:14,740 --> 01:48:15,100
 Yeah.

1802
01:48:15,400 --> 01:48:16,520
 Yeah, absolutely.

1803
01:48:17,460 --> 01:48:17,860
 Absolutely.

1804
01:48:18,020 --> 01:48:18,240
 Yeah.

1805
01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:25,480
 Guys, we work on anything and everything and do anything and everything imaginable to these things.

1806
01:48:25,480 --> 01:48:35,720
 So, yeah, we've had a lot of classics in here, everything from 40s, 50s, 60s model Corvettes and even some Maseroles or Maseratis.

1807
01:48:35,940 --> 01:48:41,600
 And anything you'd think of, we probably worked on it and probably a job that we've done.

1808
01:48:42,200 --> 01:48:45,200
 Elmer, let me ask you about the service department.

1809
01:48:45,400 --> 01:48:46,560
 Talk about the training.

1810
01:48:47,380 --> 01:48:50,020
 Listen, these guys know what they're doing.

1811
01:48:50,520 --> 01:48:53,020
 Talk about the training they get to come work for you.

1812
01:48:53,460 --> 01:49:00,940
 Well, I mean, everybody we have here is ASE certified and it's continuous training.

1813
01:49:01,200 --> 01:49:10,940
 That's, you know, that's something that people don't see a lot is, you know, at four o'clock in the afternoon, once a month, once every three months, these guys are leaving here.

1814
01:49:10,940 --> 01:49:19,900
 And they're going to a four-hour training class and, you know, and that goes on and on and on and is continuous.

1815
01:49:20,640 --> 01:49:27,420
 And I've got three days of training for me and my service manager and my shop foreman.

1816
01:49:27,580 --> 01:49:33,240
 We're going out to Vegas for three whole days of nothing but training.

1817
01:49:33,360 --> 01:49:35,460
 And I told them, I said, hey, I know it's Vegas.

1818
01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:38,040
 I know we're going to have a good time, but you better get ready.

1819
01:49:38,160 --> 01:49:43,060
 We have got about 20 hours of class time in those three days.

1820
01:49:43,240 --> 01:49:46,900
 So, you know, it's serious and it's serious training as well.

1821
01:49:48,300 --> 01:49:49,920
 Some of us in here thinking about that.

1822
01:49:50,020 --> 01:49:58,960
 Can you imagine somebody now going back to when we all grew up at our age group anyway, you'd pull up, get under a shade tree, and everybody could sit there and change their own oil.

1823
01:49:59,080 --> 01:50:00,160
 You could pull the engine out.

1824
01:50:00,280 --> 01:50:03,580
 Can you imagine now with all that stuff going on?

1825
01:50:03,580 --> 01:50:05,160
 Because, like you said, that's the key.

1826
01:50:05,560 --> 01:50:09,660
 Even though you may know it today, as fast as stuff is changing, it's all different tomorrow.

1827
01:50:10,700 --> 01:50:13,240
 Everything is changing every single day.

1828
01:50:13,500 --> 01:50:16,200
 We own our scan tools back here, guys.

1829
01:50:16,280 --> 01:50:19,280
 These scan tools are $13,000 to $15,000 a piece.

1830
01:50:19,440 --> 01:50:25,660
 And we're paying about $2,500 a year for four updates per year.

1831
01:50:25,660 --> 01:50:31,620
 I mean, every three months we're getting an update because so much is changing and it's changing so fast.

1832
01:50:32,140 --> 01:50:35,300
 That's how fast we see these cars in here.

1833
01:50:35,760 --> 01:50:39,580
 I mean, we may get a 20-27 in the next 30, 45 days.

1834
01:50:39,980 --> 01:50:44,280
 So, you've got to have a scan tool that already knows what that 27 is going to say.

1835
01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:47,780
 So, that happens and happens all the time right here.

1836
01:50:48,340 --> 01:50:48,780
 Absolutely.

1837
01:50:49,180 --> 01:50:55,320
 Elmer, once again, who, what, when, and where, times, days, all that good stuff.

1838
01:50:55,940 --> 01:50:56,860
 All right, guys.

1839
01:50:57,200 --> 01:51:02,120
 Monday through Friday on the server side, 8 o'clock to 5 o'clock every day.

1840
01:51:02,580 --> 01:51:04,700
 If you're going to be after 5, just give us a shout.

1841
01:51:05,900 --> 01:51:10,600
 2261 Florence Boulevard right here next to Applebee's, Florence, Alabama.

1842
01:51:11,660 --> 01:51:12,820
 768-5660.

1843
01:51:13,760 --> 01:51:20,500
 If you want to give us a call, come and see us at www.garnerpearsautos.com anytime.

1844
01:51:21,160 --> 01:51:22,580
 And give us a shout.

1845
01:51:22,700 --> 01:51:24,040
 My cell number's on the website.

1846
01:51:24,380 --> 01:51:27,360
 You can call me anytime, shoot me a text, whatever you want to do.

1847
01:51:28,340 --> 01:51:30,040
 Elmer, it's always good to catch you with you.

1848
01:51:30,100 --> 01:51:31,620
 Start playing for that Las Vegas trip.

1849
01:51:31,720 --> 01:51:34,980
 They tell me it's not exactly like Waterloo, so be careful out there, okay?

1850
01:51:36,440 --> 01:51:37,940
 You are correct, Nordley.

1851
01:51:38,940 --> 01:51:40,380
 Thanks again, guys.

1852
01:51:40,400 --> 01:51:40,980
 Thank you, Elmer.

1853
01:51:41,500 --> 01:51:42,200
 How fun.

1854
01:51:42,280 --> 01:51:43,220
 There you have it, Elmer Pierce.

1855
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:45,560
 B.B., are you ready for some Braves back at it tonight?

1856
01:51:45,760 --> 01:51:48,340
 Yeah, again, Harold, they're playing well on the field.

1857
01:51:48,540 --> 01:51:53,740
 They just, a lot of Braves fans wanted to see something happen off the field yesterday and didn't happen.

1858
01:51:53,880 --> 01:51:58,220
 But you can listen to Braves tonight on 93-9 to score.

1859
01:51:58,600 --> 01:52:03,520
 And they'll start tonight a seven-and-a-half game lead on the Philadelphia Fields.

1860
01:52:03,940 --> 01:52:06,080
 Check it out right here on 93-9 to score once again.

1861
01:52:06,460 --> 01:52:07,540
 It's going to take care of business for now.

1862
01:52:07,620 --> 01:52:09,940
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1863
01:52:10,040 --> 01:52:11,940
 Terrell Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1864
01:52:12,020 --> 01:52:16,520
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, for the Boom on Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93-9 to score.