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

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where. The question is how high or how low is your favorite team of the latest on three pole. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Tuesday to you and the listeners. William Redfish Barger will give us an update on Alabama's summer camp at about one o'clock.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall previews the upcoming season, but Adam is here right now with his SEC power rankings one month before the season opener.

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 It's always a pleasure for us to welcome in the man who's always got it together. Adam, welcome in. How are you?

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 I'm doing great, guys. How are you?

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 Hey, Booney.

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 Man, we're doing all right. You know, you guys do a great job there at Saturday Down South, Adam.

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 We saw the latest poll out from on3.com and for Alabama, they haven't tread in these waters since 2008.

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 In other words, if you've got a kid who's basically a freshman in college, this is the first time Alabama's been this low in a poll.

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 14th, according to on3.com. Others have got them there at 12, some at 11.

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 Haven't seen one yet inside the top 10. Adam, your thoughts, who's right and who's wrong about where you put Alabama?

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 I think the 14th is about right. I mean, maybe a couple spots higher, but, you know, I don't think that you can name them a top 10 team until you see what that offense looks like.

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 You know, there's a pretty high profile quarterback battle going on and, you know, the offensive line lost a couple pieces from last year that they're top performers.

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 And, you know, it wasn't overall a very good performing offensive line. The running game didn't get significantly better unless E.J. Crowell just burst onto the scene as a freshman, which is certainly possible.

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 You know, we got to see it first. And so, you know, I think that being 14th is a little bit to do with reputation and a lot to do with the defense.

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 But that offense is still a big question mark. So, I'm not surprised that it's one of the lower preseason rankings in recent memory.

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 Adam, your SEC power rankings, which you updated, Auburn is number 11. Actually, they have gone up one.

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 And I agree with you. The more you look at the matchup with Baylor in Atlanta, there's no question Auburn is the more talented team on paper.

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 Now, I don't know what, if D.J. Langway can be better than he was at Florida. We'll see about that.

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 But a lot of new players for Baylor, a lot of question marks for Dave Aranda, and this is a really key year for him.

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 I'm like you. I think Auburn wins that first game by two or three touchdowns.

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 Yeah, I mean, I agree. I think that the reason Auburn moved up one was just because I had Vanderbilt moving down a couple spots the more I look at Vanderbilt.

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 But there's no reason to settle for anything short of a multiple score victory against Baylor.

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 I mean, it's going to take something special from D.J. Langway to keep him close, which is certainly within his possibilities.

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 Just keep him under pressure, keep him uncomfortable, hit him a couple times.

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 You know, it's just, you know, he's got all the arm talent in the world, but he hasn't shown that he can stay on the field for any stretch of time.

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 So, you know, I think that Auburn should win that game pretty handily, especially with Flagway playing his first real game in a new system.

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 So, yeah, I think that Auburn should start the year 1-0 and then everything just starts building towards that week three showdown in Florida.

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 Adam, Spencer, looking up with us, because there's Saturday down south.

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 Adam, I'm looking at your power rankings, and it's all relative, is it not?

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 I mean, where Auburn fans have been, they'll take that 11 right now.

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 A fan base that's not going to take number 10, I think, and that'd be Tennessee.

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 It's like, you've got basically, in effect, Auburn and Tennessee are neck and neck.

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 One's 11, one's 10.

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 I don't think Tennessee fans are going to be happy with number 10, if that proves to be the case.

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 I can tell you that they are not happy with that.

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 But, you know, I would say that there is a decent-sized gap between that top 10 and the 11 where Auburn is.

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 Well, you know, Tennessee has a QB battle on its hands, too, and I think it's fairly similar.

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 But with just slightly lesser quality, like, I think I'd rather have Keelan Russell than Faison Brandon.

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 He's just a true freshman.

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 I think Austin Mack is probably a slightly better version of him, based on having more experience with his current staff.

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 So, yeah, I think that Tennessee, you know, Tennessee also had its prize transfer for Penn State.

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 The edge rusher would just be medically disqualified from the season, which is not great when, you know,

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 edge rushers are the, you know, top-paid NIL players on defense, you know, compared to the QB on offense.

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 even if I do really think that this is a top-five SEC offensive line this year,

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 and even if I do really like a couple other receivers and then Deshaun Bishop in the backfield.

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 You've got Florida number nine.

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 Harold and I don't know John Summeroff from North Alabama, played at Gristom High School.

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 He's won everywhere he's been, been in the championship game.

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 I don't know if the ceiling's 6-6 or 7-5, but I don't think there's any question.

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 This is going to be an improved team.

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 They've got a quarterback battling themselves.

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 But all the reports indicate, again, winning the line of scrimmage is so key to him.

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 I think that's about right for Florida.

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 You know, whether it be 7-5, we'll see, and you're right.

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 That's the key game for me for both Auburn and Florida is that third game of the year.

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 I think there's, you know, some key talent returning.

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 But in a nine-game SEC schedule, yeah, I think seven and five would have to be seen as a success for year one.

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 Adam, we mentioned Auburn and Tennessee being neck and neck.

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 Auburn again, 11, Tennessee 10.

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 Let's brag about your boys from Mizzou.

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 Brent talked about Florida.

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 They're number nine.

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 Right behind them are your Tigers from Missouri.

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 And how about this?

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 Well, Auburn and Tennessee are neck and neck in your power rankings.

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 Missouri, when's the last time we thought we'd be saying this?

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 Missouri and Alabama are neck and neck.

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 I don't see that from Mizzou this year, unfortunately.

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 he's proven that he can consistently churn out those, if not better, seasons at Mizzou.

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 And as a Mizzou fan, like, I'm happy with that as long as we get the occasional 10-win-plus season.

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 You know, I think he is eventually, at some point, going to lead the Tigers to the playoff,

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 whether it's, you know, or 24 or whatever.

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 But, you know, I like what he's built there.

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 And, you know, just keep riding with, you know, their player evaluations on both sides of the ball are spot on,

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 which gives me confidence about Austin Simmons coming to Columbia this year.

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 So, yeah, I think that, you know, a lot of people just see Mizzou and they're just like,

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 And then they just automatically drop Mizzou down to six and six or five and seven.

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 And I think that's just disrespectful based on what drink is built there in Como.

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 You've got Oklahoma number six.

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 And you also did an article about dark horses,

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 one dark horse team that could win every power four conference.

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 And you've got Oklahoma.

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 I think the Sooners, again, beat Alabama and Tuscaloosa.

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 Of course, Alabama returned the favor in Norman.

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 But their defense is going to be very good again.

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 Kip Lewis, Henneke, David Stone is a real star in the SEC.

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 The Bowen brothers.

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 Trail Harris, Livingstone.

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 But John Mateer, if he can stay healthy, tough schedule.

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 But you've got Oklahoma number six.

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 I think they are a dark horse in the SEC.

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 Yeah, like the more that the reason I flipped them above Alabama and these power rankings is just I just sat there looking at the two deep on deeper Oklahoma for a while.

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 It's just loaded at every level.

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 You know, Alabama has the best secondary in the SEC and maybe even the country.

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 But Oklahoma is right there with them.

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 And, you know, Oklahoma's defensive line.

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 You mentioned David Stone.

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 And then, you know, they have, you know, some guys in the linebacker position that were their two leading tacklers coming back to the mix this year.

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 So, yeah, I think that Brent Venables is, you know, he's a well-respected play caller.

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 He's had success leading defenses everywhere he's been.

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 And so, yeah, I mean, Oklahoma, that defense sets a pretty high floor for them.

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 Then this could be a special year in Norman if they can navigate that brutal schedule.

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 Again, Adam Spencer in the huddle with us.

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 Adam, do you think this is one of the toughest years ever to do evaluations at this point because of all the comings and goings of the Portland and all that stuff?

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 It just seems like, if you agree, the one thing that we get from everybody we talk to across the Alpha to the Omega is, well, it depends on the offensive line.

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 And we know that everybody's gone shopping in the offseason to plug that gap.

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 It's like a prize reliever out of the bullpen or a starter in Major League Baseball.

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 You ask somebody, well, what are you looking for at the trade deadline?

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 The answer is the same across the board.

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 In your opinion, who is the strongest, especially at the offensive line right now in the league?

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 And who is the weakest?

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 I mean, yeah, like I mentioned Tennessee earlier, and I think that they have a chance to be pretty special on the offensive line.

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 They've got some continuity there.

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 LSU is probably my highest variance because they have a guy who's probably going to be a top-ten pick in Jordan Seaton that they got from Colorado.

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 So, you know, if he stays healthy and he can, you know, clear the way, I mean, that's when you have that talent anchoring left tackle, you know, like Trevor Doosby at Texas, who's also another potential first-round pick next year.

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 But, you know, it starts there, you know, protecting your quarterback's blind side and set the end point for the run game.

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 And, you know, LSU lost a couple of guys to Texas A&M from last year's line, but last year's line wasn't super good.

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 So, you know, I think that's a line to watch is LSU if they, you know, spent their money wisely in the portal, which I think that they mostly did.

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 I know it lost the top player, but, you know, Caden Green is a beast up there, and they have some depth and experience returning.

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 Of all the playoff contenders, though, that I have on my list in that top seven in my power rankings, Texas A&M is the offensive line that I'm most concerned about.

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 You know, they've brought in a guy from Alabama and a guy from South Carolina, and they've brought in a couple guys from LSU, and those offensive lines were what you were good last year.

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 So now they not only leave weak offensive lines, but they have to, you know, replace Parker Brailsford.

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 They have to, you know, they have to replace, you know, guys that they're plugging an Alabama guy in there that didn't have success alongside Parker Brailsford and Kane Proctor and others.

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 So, you know, I think that Texas A&M, it's going to be tough for them to get those new guys to gel from their, you know, old schools.

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 And if they have any sort of trip up early in the season, I mean, heck, they went 11-1 in the regular season last year and didn't even miss the SEC championship game.

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 So if they have any sort of stumble early in the season, that's going to be tough to overcome.

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 Wilkins Formby is the Alabama player that you mentioned at right tackle.

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 I mean, Trevor Goosby is one of the best offensive linemen.

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 Colin Simmons and Biles are incredible players.

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 To me, this year, maybe Wilmushchemp is the difference for Texas.

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 Great stuff, as always.

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 I know you'll be updating the power rankings on a weekly basis once the season begins.

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 What else have you got going on this week and the team?

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 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

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 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 We've had a newsletter come out today.

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 We're doing that twice a week now.

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 And then tomorrow or Thursday starts our season previews with Alabama predicting every game on their schedule.

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 So make sure to check that out.

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 That just perks the mirrors.

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 I guarantee, Adam, in this neck of the woods.

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 Listen, man, thanks so much, and have a great week, okay?

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 Tick, tick, tick.

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 It's counting it down to the first big day.

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 And Jim Gumm's got it all covered there around the SEC and around college football in general.

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 He's the owner and editor of TheBlitzSports.com and the fine author of Conference Pride.

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 Jim, welcome in.

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 Are you ready for some football?

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 Man, I am ready for some football, man.

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 I'm so excited.

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 I mean, it's here almost.

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 And, you know, high school football starts up here in a week here in Tennessee.

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 I'm not sure about there in Alabama, but then we've got, you know, week zero.

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 Yes, I know it's not the greatest lineup in the world, but it beats nothing.

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 So, yeah, I'm ready for it, man.

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 It's like this, Jim.

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 It may be that the prom's coming up.

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 It may not be the date you want, but, hey, it's getting close, so let's go, right?

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 You got that right.

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 You got that right.

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 First yes is in, I guarantee you, Jim, for that week zero.

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 Let's talk a little bit about high school football.

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 You think a lot of Tennessee fans are going to be watching Baylor's opening game for a special reason?

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 Oh, yeah.

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 I mean, you know, it's a big-time matchup they've got.

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 And, you know, David Gabriel George is on the team there.

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 And, listen, there's a little quarterback there, last name Manning.

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 He may see a little bit of playing time this year.

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 So, listen, that's a powerful high school football team that got down there in Chattanooga.

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 And they're one of the elite high school programs in this entire country.

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 So, yeah, a lot of people will be watching.

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 And they're all praying, please don't get hurt, you know?

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 I hear you.

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 Jim, they actually opened, I believe, last week.

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 And on George's first carry of the season, he ran 57 yards, broke four tackles, and scored a touchdown.

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 Yeah, that's correct.

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 It probably surprises nobody.

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 In a, I guess, a jamboree type game.

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 Yeah, right.

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 He looked the part, man.

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 He's the real deal.

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 There's no question.

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 He's already earning his money.

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 Jim, before we get into some of the X's and O's and the Jimmy's and Joe's, let's talk court stuff and how it's shaping up college football this year.

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 Everybody's busy trying to make a living, and can we sit here and underestimate the power of that ruling by those crazy Colorado judges?

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 We saw Indiana's going to benefit from it.

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 Mississippi State looks like they're going to get a pair of former dogs back home because of that ruling.

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 Your thoughts about the ruling and how it's going to impact this season?

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 It's one of those quiet things but could have a major impact after all is said and done.

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 Well, I mean, we've got judges making rulings and, you know, laws trump rules every time, and it's frustrating for me because I don't think they have the sport's best interest in mind.

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 They're looking at it from their client's point of view, not that point of view exclusively, and to me, it messes up a lot more.

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 To me, it does more harm than good.

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 And, listen, I was one of the loudest when it came to Diego Pavi, in my personal opinion, should not have been able to play last year for Vanderbilt.

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 I said that from the get-go, and I stuck to my end up because I believe that junior college starts at the junior college level.

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 It always has, so all of a sudden it didn't start.

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 So, you know, stuff like this, and for crying out loud, I read just today that there's a judge that made some kind of a ruling for a Little League team from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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 So, I mean, where do we – we're getting judges to make rulings.

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 They've got big egos, man.

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 And there's supposedly a kid that's ineligible is now eligible based on the ruling of a judge.

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 Yeah, Jim, that was two of Mississippi State's best defensive players are going to be able to play another year.

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 I got amused.

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 Texas SID office sent out a clip Saturday night of Cam Coleman reaching back and making a one-handed catch of a ball.

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 And Texas put it out there, of course, to show how good Cam Coleman is because it was just a circus catch.

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 By Sunday morning, the Post had drawn 8.5 million impressions, and most of the Texas fans were not applauding the catch.

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 They were talking about the poor throw by a quarterback, probably Arch Manning.

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 Social media never fails to amaze me, Jim.

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 Listen, it's kind of like when you have your spring game, you know.

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 If there's a nice, long throw, you know, half the fans are excited.

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 Man, what a great throw.

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 Those fans are like, our defense, you know, you can't play with everyone.

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 That's just the world we live in.

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 There's a good side and a bad side literally to everything.

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 Well, it's the short fanatics, the short form before that is fans, so that's where they get that three-letter word there.

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 Jim Gomb hooking up with us, Sports Blitz.

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 I can hook up with Jim here in a sec, but first-year coaches, there's a lot of them, Jim.

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 Who's going to have the best first-year run in the SEC?

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 Oh, man, you know, it's easy to say, you know, Lane Kiffin.

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 I mean, he's the easy guy.

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 I mean, as far as turning around a program, I mean, I think that Ryan Silverfield, I think he's going to do pretty good at Arkansas.

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 Obviously, a big hill to climb there.

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 I really like Alex Gold.

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 I think I've told you guys that.

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 I like him a lot.

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 And then, I guess Pete Golding is still considered a newcomer in the SEC, even though he's got three games under his belt.

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 But Jon Sumrall at Florida, and there's the program that I believe that Florida, when everything is clicking on all cylinders,

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 is one of the most lucrative jobs in the entire country.

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 And I think because they've got so many great athletes in their backyard, so I think that it's going to probably end up being Lane Kiffin.

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 But I'm going to keep my eye on what's going on there with Florida and Jon Sumrall.

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 I think he's going to have them in a good place by the end of the year.

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 I'm not saying they're going to win the SEC, but I think I could see an eight-and-four season or maybe somewhere in that vicinity.

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 Jim, I was going to say, even if his ceiling is only seven-and-five, we discussed that in our opening segment,

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 that's a far cry from four-and-eight.

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 Florida just needs some hope.

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 Jim, I think, again, they just want to see win line scrimmage, be aggressive, run the football, stop the run.

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 I think Florida fans right now would be beside themselves to go seven-and-five and win some tough games.

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 Yeah, absolutely, they would.

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 And, you know, I mean, to think that that program has been where they've been the last few years is really mind-blowing,

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 because to me, Florida's one of the best jobs in this country.

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 It should be one of the great jobs in this country.

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 Absolutely.

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 Listen, where can we get on line?

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 I know you're getting ready.

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 When is the first edition?

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 Tell us about some of the great segments that you've got on the blitz, and how can we get on line, Jim, and get a copy?

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 Well, the first issue, by the way, will be put out one week from today.

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 We're waiting until the Associated Press poll drops, which is next Monday.

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 So we can include that, because we've already got the coach's poll.

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 We want to have the writer's poll out there as well.

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 And I've already got several of your listeners have already signed up to get the first issue, and they'll be getting that a week from today.

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 And like I said, the best way is to just reach out to me direct, because then you can say, hey, I heard you on the Boomo Bugg Show,

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 and I'll make sure that I put you on the list of people that will get it free of charge.

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 You can check out the blitz and everything.

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 The best way is just to reach out to me through my email.

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 And I'll go ahead and give us jimgum.blitz at gmail.com.

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 That's J-I-M-G-U-M-M dot blitz, B-L-I-T-Z, at gmail.com.

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 Sounds good, Jim.

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 All right.

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 You guys have a great week, too.

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 Thank you, Jim.

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 All right.

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 Jim Gunn, again, that's J-I-M-G-U-M-M dot blitz at gmail.com.

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500
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:20,800
 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

501
00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:21,600
 How are you?

502
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,680
 Yeah, football is here.

503
00:34:23,860 --> 00:34:27,220
 Preseason is gearing up just a couple weeks before college football.

504
00:34:27,460 --> 00:34:29,520
 It is almost time.

505
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:38,280
 So, Bruce, the big question is, what are the odds that Lane Kiffin will stay off social media for any appreciable period of time?

506
00:34:39,260 --> 00:34:39,920
 Off the board.

507
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,900
 I mean, I wouldn't even quote a price on it.

508
00:34:44,060 --> 00:34:45,900
 And the sports world will love it.

509
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,520
 It's like a day-by-day thing for him.

510
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:54,220
 I told those guys down in Baton Rouge that Jimmy Odden, Charlie Hennigriff, and those guys, you're going to love Kiffin.

511
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,740
 I mean, he's going to give you something to talk about every single day.

512
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:06,040
 And, you know, the one thing about Kiffin, though, is, I mean, he does have this innate ability to infuriate people.

513
00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:12,260
 It's really interesting when you go back to that very short stint he had in the NFL with the Raiders.

514
00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:17,280
 And this is one of Al Davis' last acts, public acts.

515
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:24,420
 When he fired Kiffin, if you remember, he went out on a PowerPoint presentation in front of the media, which he never did.

516
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,960
 Davis fired a lot of coaches.

517
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,600
 He disliked Kiffin so much.

518
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,640
 I mean, he had to go out and, like, justify it to the media.

519
00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:35,900
 And usually it was just an announcement from Davis, but he disliked him so much.

520
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:46,040
 But, you know, you talk to those guys who covered Ole Miss, like Brett and, you know, in Memphis and Michael Borky and Richard Cross.

521
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:47,400
 And then they all kind of liked Kiffin.

522
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:53,000
 They said he wasn't a guy to be around for it, which they didn't feel that way about all the Ole Miss coaches.

523
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,480
 But they said he was actually kind of a fun guy to be around.

524
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,420
 So I think they'll enjoy him down there until they won't.

525
00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:02,400
 At some point, it'll get a different overload.

526
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,620
 But right now, a little honeymoon for everybody there.

527
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,860
 He is going to love him because he's exactly what they're looking for.

528
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:09,660
 He reminds us.

529
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:10,700
 He reminds you, Bruce.

530
00:36:10,780 --> 00:36:11,580
 Remember when you were in school?

531
00:36:11,660 --> 00:36:14,140
 There's always that bad guy behind you that won't flip you in the ear.

532
00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,620
 And then the teacher would blame you for complaining.

533
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:23,520
 Lane Kiffin is that guy that wants to be the naughty boy, and then he wants to break out his dimples, and he's so innocent.

534
00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:28,960
 He's like, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, be that as that may, Lane's going to be Lane.

535
00:36:29,460 --> 00:36:35,380
 Your thoughts right now, what is the one story across the college landscape that Vegas says you better watch out for them?

536
00:36:35,380 --> 00:36:37,680
 Because everybody's in love with Ohio State, and rightfully so.

537
00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:40,140
 Everybody's in love with Texas, rightfully so.

538
00:36:40,140 --> 00:36:45,660
 But right now, what is the quiet story from a Vegas perspective coming into the college season?

539
00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:51,900
 Harold, keeping on the Lane subject, I actually think LSU is one of the stories.

540
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,380
 And Lane's dominating a lot of the stuff.

541
00:36:54,620 --> 00:36:58,520
 But the team, the team itself, I think, really intrigues.

542
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:04,320
 And the fact they picked up, and we mentioned this before, they picked up Sam Levitt from Arizona State.

543
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,120
 I think that was the quarterback.

544
00:37:06,420 --> 00:37:07,980
 That was a dynamite move.

545
00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:10,000
 Now, he did get hurt midway through last year.

546
00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:16,120
 But if you remember how he broke out like gangbusters two years ago for Kenny Dilliam and the Sun Devils,

547
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:22,780
 he was spectacular, and he was regarded as a definite NFL first-round pick if he came out after last year.

548
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:27,660
 But the injury, and that kind of pushed things back.

549
00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:35,260
 And so he decided one more year to play at college and move to the SEC at LSU and see what happens.

550
00:37:35,260 --> 00:37:42,920
 But they're flying a bit under the radar because there's a lot of SEC teams that seem to be picked up there really high.

551
00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:45,620
 And LSU's just in the mix.

552
00:37:45,820 --> 00:37:54,380
 But I think, you know, if Levitt is as good as he could be, as he was two years ago, that's the side that could emerge.

553
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:55,900
 So I would really watch that.

554
00:37:56,100 --> 00:38:01,580
 The other one, the intriguing one, I think, is in the Big Ten, and we might have touched upon this before.

555
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:06,860
 But this Kyle Whittingham hire at Michigan, really, from all angles,

556
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:12,580
 first of all, how Whittingham ended up there, how he left Utah, we thought he was retired for good.

557
00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:18,580
 And then all of a sudden there he shows up, Michigan, and then the stuff going on behind the scenes with the AD and all.

558
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,820
 His reputation is very good.

559
00:38:21,060 --> 00:38:24,400
 I mean, a guy coming in there to clean, a new sheriff in town to clean up the stuff.

560
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:28,400
 Kind of reminds me when Bob Knight got to Indiana, what, 55 years ago?

561
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,200
 Same sort of thing.

562
00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:31,580
 Whittingham's got that sort of a rep.

563
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,560
 Now can he get Michigan back up to speed?

564
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,400
 That's something we're really going to watch in the Big Ten this year.

565
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,980
 So I think those are two very, very intriguing storylines with new coaches.

566
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,080
 And there will be several of those sorts of new coach storylines.

567
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:46,720
 But those two, I think, really jump out at me.

568
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,120
 I agree with you.

569
00:38:48,180 --> 00:38:52,860
 I almost thought Whittingham was an SEC-caliber coach, physical, defense.

570
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,060
 Let me ask you about the team lane left with Ole Miss.

571
00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:05,660
 Trinidad, Chambliss, and Kiwan Lacy are probably one or two in their top respective positions in the SEC.

572
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:13,700
 They've got a good defense, Will Eccles, Centarian Perkins, and Tony O'Kite comes from Alabama.

573
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:15,900
 Denson is pretty good.

574
00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:20,340
 I think there are people overlooking Ole Miss.

575
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:30,500
 Again, they've got a little bit tougher schedule, particularly in the middle of the year when you've got LSU, Florida, Vandy, Missouri, Texas, Auburn, Georgia, Oklahoma.

576
00:39:30,820 --> 00:39:31,200
 Ouch.

577
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,500
 That's quite a gauntlet itself.

578
00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:34,800
 Your thoughts on the Rebels?

579
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:42,920
 Yeah, I could have easily substituted them in there as one of these teams to watch that people weren't looking at as much,

580
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,740
 although there are a lot of holes having like a top-ten team.

581
00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:49,880
 How Pete Golding does now with a full offseason as a runway.

582
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,680
 He had a couple games there last year.

583
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,280
 I'm a little bit more cautious on Ole Miss, and I'll tell you why.

584
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:05,840
 Because I do think Lane had a lot to do with Chambliss developing the way he did last year.

585
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:11,420
 And his departure, I know Chambliss played very well those two games after Lane left.

586
00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:16,300
 But not having him there, that might be a negative.

587
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,380
 And I don't know that it's a positive any.

588
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,820
 So I think there's a chance that could go a little sideways without Lane there.

589
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,920
 And Chambliss has got to live up to it.

590
00:40:26,980 --> 00:40:32,440
 I would also point out, I think in Ole Miss' case, it's all that opener with Louisville,

591
00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:39,960
 which is taking place in Nashville, that's a Sunday game, September 6th.

592
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,840
 I think that's actually a bigger game for Ole Miss than it is for Louisville.

593
00:40:44,740 --> 00:40:46,720
 And it's a game Ole Miss could lose.

594
00:40:47,300 --> 00:40:52,300
 And if they did, all of a sudden then the pressure ratchets up about ten times on goalie.

595
00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:59,040
 So I really think that, you know, Ole Miss, I'm really kind of a wait and see here.

596
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:03,400
 And you mentioned that down the stretch schedule there.

597
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:04,540
 That is pretty darn tough.

598
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,840
 They also, by the way, the game they're all talking about, you know,

599
00:41:08,180 --> 00:41:15,280
 Brett's all excited and all the Ole Miss people is when LSU goes to Oxford in September 19th.

600
00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:17,960
 So between that game and then the opener with Louisville,

601
00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:21,560
 if Ole Miss is 3-0 after that stretch, look out.

602
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:26,240
 But if, you know, 1-2 it's possible, then it's going the wrong way.

603
00:41:26,340 --> 00:41:26,620
 We'll see.

604
00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:31,860
 Bruce, you may have to go to Oxford and hold Brett Norsworthy down for that week of that game.

605
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,420
 Bruce Marshall, Vegas Insider, amongst other places.

606
00:41:34,580 --> 00:41:37,340
 Bruce, I don't know how in the world these people put together a poll,

607
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,860
 but be that as it may they have, you see Alabama anywhere from 11.

608
00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:42,960
 The latest is from on3.com.

609
00:41:43,420 --> 00:41:44,500
 They got them at 14.

610
00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:49,420
 The significance of that is that's the lowest since the second year of one Nick Saban in 2008.

611
00:41:50,180 --> 00:41:55,380
 As we put it before, if you are 18 years old, you've never seen Alabama this low in a preseason poll.

612
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,840
 In other words, if you're a high school senior or college freshman, this is a first.

613
00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:01,400
 Is Alabama too high or too low?

614
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,960
 Auburn is not ranked in the top 25.

615
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,980
 A lot of folks are in love with the potential there.

616
00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:10,960
 So too high or too low for Alabama and Auburn in some of these polls?

617
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,320
 Harold, I think it's actually about right.

618
00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:15,840
 I would put them just outside the top 10.

619
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:22,440
 But if you're there, you're sort of lurking and you can make a quick move back into the top 10

620
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,760
 if things start off on a good note.

621
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,320
 But you're not overstretching it.

622
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:34,280
 And because they're breaking a new quarterback this year, whoever it's going to be,

623
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:39,360
 that's enough reason there given that there's a lot of returning quarterbacks.

624
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,140
 You just mentioned Chambliss and Leavitt, some of the others in the SEC.

625
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,800
 Michael Brown coming into Auburn.

626
00:42:46,180 --> 00:42:46,580
 Manny.

627
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:48,820
 Yeah, the list goes on and on.

628
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,100
 So I think that's actually about right.

629
00:42:52,660 --> 00:42:55,520
 But this is, what are we, August 11th today?

630
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,120
 I mean, September 11th, October 11th, things could be.

631
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:00,900
 We weren't even talking about the preseason poll.

632
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,400
 But for right now, I think that's about right for Alabama.

633
00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:08,040
 It's just there's so many SEC teams that you've got jammed in up there.

634
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,860
 I just don't know how this thing is going to end up shaking out.

635
00:43:10,940 --> 00:43:13,420
 But right now, I think that's about a proper spot for the tight.

636
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:15,120
 Yeah.

637
00:43:16,380 --> 00:43:20,300
 Bruce, thank you at all, everything that goes into that ranking.

638
00:43:20,980 --> 00:43:28,200
 But I've seen two rankings this week about SEC coaches versus AP Top 25.

639
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:31,420
 And quite frankly, these are coaches across the nation.

640
00:43:32,380 --> 00:43:37,040
 Kirby Smart is in the SEC a second at 42 and 17.

641
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:43,360
 He's got an all-time winning percentage against AT Top 25 of 7-11.

642
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,120
 Well, guess who's first?

643
00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:51,060
 Helen DeBoer's 20 and 6, 77%.

644
00:43:51,060 --> 00:43:52,640
 That's not too bad either.

645
00:43:54,020 --> 00:43:54,960
 Not too bad.

646
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,180
 And I'm one of those who is in Helen DeBoer's corner.

647
00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:01,420
 I mean, I think he's awfully good.

648
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,460
 And I actually, and we might have touched upon this before,

649
00:44:03,580 --> 00:44:09,080
 I actually think his demeanor is actually just what the doctor ordered.

650
00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:14,640
 Because he's very, you know, he doesn't seem too flappable and he's very, you know, calm.

651
00:44:15,460 --> 00:44:18,860
 And that pressure cooker, and that's what it is in Tuscaloosa.

652
00:44:19,180 --> 00:44:22,440
 I mean, a coach, you could easily get distracted by all that.

653
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:27,240
 And, you know, like Bill Curry many years ago just couldn't take it after he was in there, too.

654
00:44:27,340 --> 00:44:28,660
 And he just had to leave town.

655
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:30,620
 So, I think that's actually pretty good.

656
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,760
 No, I'm a big DeBoer fan.

657
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:38,800
 I think he's just what the doctor ordered coming in in a near impossible situation

658
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:40,980
 to come in to replace a legend like Coach Saban.

659
00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:43,340
 So, I think he's doing just fine.

660
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,000
 I hope Tide fans are patient with him.

661
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:50,940
 And like we said before, I think at some point maybe he just decides maybe this is too much pressure.

662
00:44:50,940 --> 00:44:53,000
 But he doesn't outwardly give that impression.

663
00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:57,420
 It just doesn't, things seem to roll off his back, which I think is probably a good trait to have.

664
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,140
 I still say, be careful what you wish for.

665
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:03,340
 Sometimes fans fail to realize that door swings both ways.

666
00:45:03,460 --> 00:45:06,840
 So, what happens if he wants to hit the exit door?

667
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,200
 Bruce, what about the, to me, a guy that was a rock star,

668
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,340
 and now it's like everybody's putting a question mark over his head by the name of Davos Sweeney.

669
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,040
 What should we expect in Clemson?

670
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,160
 See, down here we spell it with a P, in Clemson this year.

671
00:45:21,620 --> 00:45:22,620
 Good question.

672
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:25,620
 I was in Charlotte a few weeks ago talking to some people.

673
00:45:25,620 --> 00:45:33,040
 Oh, I had a thought about last year in particular with Clemson that for some reason,

674
00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:39,040
 and again, again, the importance of an opening game, circling back to the Ole Miss thing,

675
00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:42,880
 but that opener versus LSU last year, they got them in Clemson and Death Valley,

676
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,180
 and they lost a close game.

677
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:47,840
 But that just seemed to shake the confidence of this team right from the start.

678
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,940
 I also think, it may have been just specific to last year,

679
00:45:52,540 --> 00:45:58,120
 but everybody was making such a big deal about these guys, the defensive linemen and all of them,

680
00:45:58,220 --> 00:46:00,660
 and they were all, you know, a lot of these guys drafted into the NFL,

681
00:46:01,580 --> 00:46:08,920
 and I kind of think they kind of lost sight of the immediacy of what they had to do last season.

682
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:16,480
 They started looking at the NFL, and that's why you had some inconsistent performances from Clemson last year.

683
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:20,180
 You had too much hype, too many guys looking at their NFL things,

684
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,580
 and that's odd for a DAPO team to lose focus like that,

685
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,600
 but I really think that happened to them last year,

686
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:29,260
 and it's up to him to get this thing back on track.

687
00:46:30,060 --> 00:46:36,520
 And I'll admit, I'm a little disappointed that Klubnik's career didn't take off a little bit more than I thought.

688
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:41,060
 I mean, I can remember right at the start, that first game we saw him against Georgia Tech,

689
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:41,740
 but he was a freshman.

690
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,360
 I said, you know, he's going to end up being a quarterback,

691
00:46:43,780 --> 00:46:45,920
 and I think I talked to Brett about that, and he agreed.

692
00:46:47,020 --> 00:46:51,440
 But he had some moments there, but not quite where he was.

693
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:56,260
 I think he actually might be okay for the Jets coming up this season,

694
00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,820
 and he'll make the roster, and he may even, before the years are out,

695
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:01,820
 he might even start for them.

696
00:47:02,380 --> 00:47:03,960
 But I think it's a combination of things.

697
00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:08,900
 Now they are flying a little bit more under the radar in the ACC coming into this season,

698
00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:13,540
 and they're barely in a couple of poles that are right near the edge of the top 25,

699
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:15,440
 right in the 20-25 range.

700
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:22,080
 So we will see, but I don't know how much pressure he's feeling there,

701
00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:26,160
 but I would have to think of another couple of lackluster years,

702
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:28,060
 you know, he might feel so pressure.

703
00:47:28,180 --> 00:47:31,520
 He is starting to adapt to the portal and the transfer.

704
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:32,740
 He was kind of, that was the other thing.

705
00:47:32,780 --> 00:47:35,340
 He was kind of slow, and he didn't like all the portal stuff in the nil.

706
00:47:35,820 --> 00:47:38,080
 He sort of had to begrudgingly come along.

707
00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:38,820
 We'll see.

708
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,180
 That's another interesting storyline in the ACC for sure.

709
00:47:42,060 --> 00:47:43,360
 Who has a better year?

710
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:47,340
 I think we may even alluded to this a couple weeks ago.

711
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,100
 Matt Campbell at Penn State brought a lot of his players with him.

712
00:47:51,180 --> 00:47:53,440
 James Franklin moves to Virginia Tech.

713
00:47:53,540 --> 00:47:55,200
 I've seen projected wins.

714
00:47:55,860 --> 00:47:58,140
 Matt Campbell, I'm looking at a 9-3.

715
00:47:58,320 --> 00:47:59,860
 James Franklin, 8-4.

716
00:48:00,420 --> 00:48:03,300
 And they both may be a game or two below that.

717
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:04,640
 Who has a better year?

718
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:05,120
 Campbell?

719
00:48:05,460 --> 00:48:06,140
 James Franklin?

720
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,100
 I think Campbell will have a better year.

721
00:48:11,340 --> 00:48:15,460
 It's just that the expectations are a little bit less for Virginia Tech

722
00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:18,440
 because they were, Virginia Tech was a bad team last year.

723
00:48:18,540 --> 00:48:18,800
 Yes.

724
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:19,840
 A real under-team.

725
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:25,360
 So, I mean, there's, you can, you know, I don't know that they're expecting more.

726
00:48:25,420 --> 00:48:29,700
 And I think, you know, the win total for Virginia Tech is up there higher,

727
00:48:30,180 --> 00:48:32,520
 pretty high for a team that had a struggling year like that.

728
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,000
 And Franklin should make a difference.

729
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,860
 But I think Campbell will.

730
00:48:38,540 --> 00:48:42,700
 He's brought a lot of his guys from Iowa State, including Rocco Beck, the quarterback.

731
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:43,820
 We've talked about him before.

732
00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:44,620
 We like him a lot.

733
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:51,880
 So there's a familiarity, and that's sort of, you know, what Cignetti was able to do at Indiana.

734
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:57,280
 You're bringing his James Madison guys, what a lot of coaches transfer in.

735
00:48:57,620 --> 00:49:00,200
 You bring guys from your last, you know, stop.

736
00:49:00,820 --> 00:49:04,740
 And it's not just, you know, Campbell or Cignetti a couple years ago.

737
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,180
 It's Bob Chesney at UCLA.

738
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,360
 Charles Hoffman, Memphis, has brought most of Southern Miss' team with him from last year.

739
00:49:10,420 --> 00:49:11,620
 So they might be better than we think.

740
00:49:12,180 --> 00:49:14,800
 But I think Campbell will probably do okay.

741
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,500
 And I have the absolute highest regard for Campbell.

742
00:49:17,660 --> 00:49:17,840
 Yes.

743
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:18,860
 What he did at Iowa State.

744
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,840
 And I had talked to him at a Big 12 day in the past.

745
00:49:23,540 --> 00:49:24,940
 He was one of the most intelligent.

746
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,620
 You just tell a guy's really sharp when you talk to him.

747
00:49:27,780 --> 00:49:29,980
 And Campbell is a very, very intelligent guy.

748
00:49:30,060 --> 00:49:33,780
 So I think they hit a home run with that higher at Penn State.

749
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:38,300
 Let me ask you what happened yesterday with the college football playoff committee.

750
00:49:38,460 --> 00:49:42,380
 They had another exercise in futility in meeting.

751
00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:45,780
 ESPN brought up their own playoff scenario.

752
00:49:45,780 --> 00:49:48,720
 I've seen that they wanted either 16 or 20.

753
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:54,180
 But what caught my eye were the play-in games again.

754
00:49:54,700 --> 00:50:02,800
 Four play-in games which would, quote, make up for the loss of revenue for losing the conference championship game.

755
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:09,680
 And the SEC's 80 to 100,000 or even more with a contract running out in 2031.

756
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:16,960
 What the Big Ten wants, they want to go to 24 because ESPN's got the 16-team contract.

757
00:50:17,580 --> 00:50:20,320
 So Fox can bid on the extra eight teams.

758
00:50:20,820 --> 00:50:35,060
 But there's no way, to me, in my opinion, the SEC coaches would agree to a four-team playoff or play-in games when they're already grumbling about ending the ninth game with only one bye.

759
00:50:36,060 --> 00:50:39,720
 Yeah, I think that's going to be the big hurdle they're going to have to get over.

760
00:50:39,820 --> 00:50:48,680
 And I don't know how they're going to resolve it because it doesn't seem that the SEC is very reluctantly, you know, signing on to this stuff.

761
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,280
 And those levels are not signing on at all.

762
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:54,820
 So I think that's still to be determined.

763
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:58,540
 Usually in this stuff, you know, money wins.

764
00:50:59,580 --> 00:51:06,060
 And wherever, in the end, where they get the most money in this stuff, that will determine it.

765
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:08,740
 But there are still some different parts here.

766
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:13,200
 You've got to remember, these guys are already making a lot of money from this stuff.

767
00:51:13,260 --> 00:51:16,560
 So it's not like they're not making money and they're throwing more at them.

768
00:51:16,980 --> 00:51:23,840
 The SEC guys also want to sort of keep, well, obviously, you know, the revenue from the conference title game is big.

769
00:51:23,940 --> 00:51:26,600
 They'd have to replace that.

770
00:51:26,740 --> 00:51:31,360
 But a competitive edge, this is the other thing they don't talk about too much.

771
00:51:31,660 --> 00:51:38,900
 But I don't know that Greg Sankey, and this could go for Petiti and the Big Ten, too, although they seem a lot more gung-ho about expanding the playoffs.

772
00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:48,240
 But to sort of relinquish that sort of grip they have on this thing, and then you're putting more spots in there for the ACC or the Big 12.

773
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:59,440
 Now, if you told the SEC and the Big Ten all these extra spots are going to go to your teams, I think they would probably sign on a lot quicker because that's more money in the pot for them.

774
00:51:59,660 --> 00:52:06,180
 But they don't want any bit of surrendering that sort of edge that they have right now.

775
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:12,000
 And, again, the SEC seems more reluctant to go along than the Big Ten, which is pushing this a little harder.

776
00:52:12,100 --> 00:52:15,120
 But I think that's also at the base of a lot of what they're thinking.

777
00:52:15,780 --> 00:52:16,180
 Absolutely.

778
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:25,200
 Well, one thing for sure, we are one week closer, Bruce Marshall, to toe-meeting leather with week zero and then week one.

779
00:52:25,780 --> 00:52:27,520
 You are still the gold standard.

780
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:31,060
 Where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

781
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:33,540
 Yeah, in NFL preseason.

782
00:52:33,700 --> 00:52:37,320
 You know, we're actually going to the Raider game on Thursday.

783
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:42,900
 They got preseason and got these prices like really low, like $15 for a day.

784
00:52:42,900 --> 00:52:43,320
 Oh, man.

785
00:52:43,580 --> 00:52:44,060
 Let's go.

786
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:49,820
 They wouldn't do that the regular season, so we'll see it up close and personal.

787
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,600
 But I'll have a pick on that game and some more NFL preseason this week.

788
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,200
 In the past, we've done pretty well in the NFL preseason.

789
00:52:56,860 --> 00:52:58,480
 And, of course, baseball is going really good.

790
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:07,120
 My money line plays in baseball from a 45-15 run, plus 119.78% returns since April 16th.

791
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:08,300
 That's on the money line plays.

792
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:09,220
 We've got another one of those tonight.

793
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,460
 You can get those up at wagertalk.com.

794
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,260
 Also, winners and winers, picksandparleys.com under that wagertalk.com umbrella.

795
00:53:16,420 --> 00:53:21,400
 And up there at goldsheet.com, we're starting to put some college football win previews.

796
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:25,980
 Maryland is probably the next one to come up there, and you can see those up there as well.

797
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:28,740
 Bruce, as always, good to catch you up with me.

798
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,380
 Enjoy the game, and thanks so much for your time today.

799
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,080
 Okay, I'll give you a report next week, boys.

800
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:34,820
 Please do, buddy.

801
00:53:35,460 --> 00:53:36,180
 All right.

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00:53:36,500 --> 00:53:38,580
 Bruce Marsh hooking up with us, Vegas Insider.

803
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804
00:53:39,660 --> 00:53:44,420
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805
00:53:44,460 --> 00:53:46,500
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806
00:53:46,940 --> 00:53:49,320
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887
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888
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889
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890
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932
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934
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:30,980
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935
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:37,060
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936
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,020
 Welcome back in, our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

937
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:41,700
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938
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:50,780
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley and for checking out the show here on 93.9, The Score app, wherever you may be.

939
01:01:51,220 --> 01:01:54,260
 Which is another opportunity to say hello to a man who's been there and done that.

940
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:58,880
 He is a redfish, William Barger, former University of Alabama offensive lineman.

941
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,600
 As you catch that offensive lineman, that seems to be a topic these days.

942
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:05,420
 And also be there as co-host of Bums Radio.

943
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:06,460
 William, welcome in.

944
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:07,080
 How are you?

945
01:02:07,740 --> 01:02:08,700
 Doing good, guys.

946
01:02:08,780 --> 01:02:09,540
 Hope you are all as well.

947
01:02:09,540 --> 01:02:09,660
 Hey, buddy.

948
01:02:10,140 --> 01:02:11,120
 Man, we're doing all right.

949
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:14,980
 William, obviously, it's one thing to get in the early drills.

950
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:16,360
 Everybody is fresh.

951
01:02:16,460 --> 01:02:17,800
 Everybody's rocking and rolling.

952
01:02:18,180 --> 01:02:23,600
 But come Thursday, correct us if we're wrong, William, it's the first big scrimmage.

953
01:02:23,660 --> 01:02:24,840
 That's when it gets serious.

954
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:26,040
 What's the old saying?

955
01:02:26,100 --> 01:02:27,520
 A little slobber knocking going on.

956
01:02:27,820 --> 01:02:32,280
 Coming in the scrimmage, William, obviously, a lot of positions you're going to be looking at.

957
01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:34,740
 But I got a feeling I know the answer to this question.

958
01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:37,480
 In particular, what are you going to be focusing on?

959
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:41,560
 And as a former offensive lineman, could it be the offensive line?

960
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:44,140
 Oh, yeah, absolutely.

961
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:47,980
 You know, I'm interested in, you know, a couple things.

962
01:02:49,300 --> 01:02:54,080
 You know, how the competition, you know, is it legit?

963
01:02:55,080 --> 01:03:00,100
 You know, now that the pads are on, are we still going to, you know, have, you know,

964
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:05,020
 Mal Waldrop and William Sanders, you know, fighting it out for left guard?

965
01:03:06,700 --> 01:03:09,240
 You know, what's the pecking order going to look like?

966
01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:18,620
 You know, not necessarily when the lights go on Thursday, but, you know, when there's actually a, you know,

967
01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:23,360
 a scrimmage in Bryant-Denny Stadium, if in fact they do go to the stadium for the scrimmage.

968
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:28,580
 Kalen DeBoer's, you know, kept him at the practice facility before, but I'm assuming it's going to be at the stadium.

969
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:34,800
 You know, is James got that right tackle spot and nailed down?

970
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:42,700
 Is QB Reese going to be the, you know, the second inside linebacker there, you know, next to Woodson,

971
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:44,840
 the transfer from Virginia Tech?

972
01:03:45,260 --> 01:03:47,000
 So, you know, I think there's a lot of things.

973
01:03:47,140 --> 01:03:52,740
 You know, I think so far, although today's just the first day in full pads, that, you know,

974
01:03:52,780 --> 01:03:57,660
 at least they haven't had any, you know, non-contact injuries up to this point,

975
01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:59,700
 or at least any that's been reported.

976
01:03:59,700 --> 01:04:05,920
 But, you know, the obvious one is, you know, what's the pecking order going to look like at quarterback?

977
01:04:07,340 --> 01:04:11,540
 So, you know, a lot of things to, you know, kind of, you hate to wish your life away,

978
01:04:11,660 --> 01:04:18,160
 but, you know, a lot of things to point to as we get closer to that first biggie of the fall camp Thursday.

979
01:04:18,500 --> 01:04:20,000
 You mentioned the quarterback.

980
01:04:20,460 --> 01:04:22,380
 How do you react to the news?

981
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:26,500
 Obviously, you probably can get into Fort Knox season when you get into some of these practices,

982
01:04:26,500 --> 01:04:32,040
 but based on the vibe that we are getting, the word is, in general, as far as what we're able to gather,

983
01:04:32,120 --> 01:04:38,440
 is there's not a lot of separation between the two, which means either both these guys are all that in a bag of chips,

984
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,220
 or maybe they've still got some work to do.

985
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:43,960
 How do you analyze when you hear there's not a lot of separation at this point,

986
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:48,420
 or is that just coach speak to keep the metal sharpening metal at this point,

987
01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:52,620
 and in this day and time to keep them away from thinking about down the road of heading out of town?

988
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:56,420
 Well, you know, I don't think it's unexpected.

989
01:04:56,420 --> 01:05:04,840
 You know, I think, you know, going all the way back to, you know, spring practice, you know, back in the middle of March,

990
01:05:04,840 --> 01:05:13,200
 when, you know, you've got some of these, you know, reports that, you know, yeah, obviously Keelan Russell is the future.

991
01:05:13,460 --> 01:05:15,400
 You know, when does that future happen?

992
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:21,800
 Yeah, he's so dynamic, he's so explosive, but, you know, they're on the same breath.

993
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:25,460
 But make no mistake, Austin Mack is an NFL quarterback.

994
01:05:26,540 --> 01:05:26,960
 Yeah, amazing.

995
01:05:27,780 --> 01:05:35,520
 You know, so it's a, you know, do I think it's a, you know, to use a Saturday night wrestling term from the 80s,

996
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:37,700
 do I think this is a loser Leaf Town match?

997
01:05:37,740 --> 01:05:38,420
 Yes, I do.

998
01:05:40,060 --> 01:05:43,940
 But, you know, we just got to wait and let it play out.

999
01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:53,360
 But I still kind of lean towards, you know, sitting here game week, you know, before East Carolina,

1000
01:05:53,540 --> 01:05:56,340
 that, you know, this thing may spill over into the season.

1001
01:05:56,580 --> 01:05:59,580
 It wouldn't surprise me, and it wouldn't be the first time that it has.

1002
01:06:00,260 --> 01:06:04,980
 And to be honest with you, it's not a bad problem to have.

1003
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:12,240
 You know, it's a much better problem than many, many years I've been looking at the calendar,

1004
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:16,340
 you know, middle of August, and you're like, you know, for the love of God,

1005
01:06:16,420 --> 01:06:19,840
 please don't let anything happen to the starting quarterback, because there's not another one

1006
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:22,840
 that's capable of playing in the locker room.

1007
01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:28,100
 So, you know, this is a, this is, you know, while it can be a divisive problem, I think,

1008
01:06:28,620 --> 01:06:32,780
 you know, for fans to filter through, it's not a bad problem for a head coach, Pat.

1009
01:06:33,220 --> 01:06:38,960
 Well, William, you've been there and done that, as Harold mentioned, for the first scrimmage

1010
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:40,040
 of summer camp.

1011
01:06:40,220 --> 01:06:46,360
 We know the coach is going to be looking at separation for some of the positions that you

1012
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:48,640
 mentioned, and particularly on the offensive line.

1013
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:50,960
 What are the other goals for the coaches?

1014
01:06:51,220 --> 01:06:54,780
 Are they doing some situational red zone two-minute?

1015
01:06:55,780 --> 01:07:00,580
 What are the goals for the coaches going into the first scrimmage of summer camp?

1016
01:07:01,620 --> 01:07:06,300
 Well, I mean, I think if you're looking at a, you know, a specific room, you know, a position

1017
01:07:06,300 --> 01:07:13,900
 room or a specific position, you know, if the starter's already been established, you know,

1018
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:18,260
 going into the first scrimmage, you know, you're looking for, you know, the next man up.

1019
01:07:18,380 --> 01:07:24,840
 You're looking at, you know, establishing depth, you know, hey, is this true freshman defensive

1020
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:30,200
 lineman that showed up 25 pounds heavier than we were anticipating?

1021
01:07:30,620 --> 01:07:35,540
 Is this guy going to be somebody that we can count on to, you know, play meaningful snaps?

1022
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,060
 And that's across the board at, you know, multiple positions.

1023
01:07:39,820 --> 01:07:44,600
 So, you know, they're looking for depth because that's a premium these days.

1024
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:49,660
 You know, especially when, you know, you look at this through the lens of a coach, you know,

1025
01:07:50,020 --> 01:07:52,820
 that they don't have two-a-day practices anymore.

1026
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,920
 They don't have consecutive full pad practices anymore.

1027
01:07:56,200 --> 01:08:01,000
 So from a coaching perspective, you've got a limited opportunity for evaluations.

1028
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:06,520
 But at the same time, when you flip it over to the player side, you've got limited opportunities

1029
01:08:06,520 --> 01:08:07,920
 to make your case.

1030
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:15,840
 And, you know, you better, like, these two scrimmages are very, very, you know, have a

1031
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:20,760
 very premium price tag on them all of a sudden when you really start looking at what fall camp

1032
01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:21,760
 is these days.

1033
01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:29,260
 And it's not the two weeks of two-a-day practices with, you know, multiple days in a row of fall,

1034
01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:36,340
 of full pads practices when you're, despite not being probably somebody that's on the dean's

1035
01:08:36,340 --> 01:08:39,580
 list in school, man, you're praying for that first day of school to get here, just so you

1036
01:08:39,580 --> 01:08:40,240
 can get a break.

1037
01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:46,060
 I don't think the junction boys are going to be labeled with these modern practices these

1038
01:08:46,060 --> 01:08:46,460
 days.

1039
01:08:46,820 --> 01:08:51,220
 In the huddle with William Redfish Barger, the reports we're getting out of the strength

1040
01:08:51,220 --> 01:08:54,580
 and conditioning against August Room is this is a tougher group.

1041
01:08:54,660 --> 01:08:59,020
 They focused on getting in better shape, developing a nasty attitude.

1042
01:08:59,020 --> 01:09:03,020
 To me, that's an intangible that you can't emphasize or overemphasize enough.

1043
01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:06,740
 What are you hearing about something that's been missing in the last two years?

1044
01:09:07,200 --> 01:09:11,180
 And that's a bunch of guys who chew up nails and spit bullets.

1045
01:09:12,460 --> 01:09:16,620
 Well, my first response would be on the same stuff we heard last year.

1046
01:09:17,340 --> 01:09:24,140
 You know, are they going to go out against East Carolina and prove that lip service to be true?

1047
01:09:24,140 --> 01:09:33,460
 You know, because I think what we saw last year shows me that somebody that was passing that

1048
01:09:33,460 --> 01:09:36,980
 statement along or floating it out there to the media, you know, didn't know what they

1049
01:09:36,980 --> 01:09:37,860
 were talking about.

1050
01:09:38,120 --> 01:09:45,120
 Now, that team did prove later on that fall that, you know, they were, you know, close to

1051
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,820
 being that team that was talked about all summer long.

1052
01:09:47,820 --> 01:09:51,740
 They, you know, they, they had a chance to, you know, make up for that, but you know, that

1053
01:09:51,740 --> 01:09:57,960
 those kind of, uh, yeah, you saw the, the environment that that collapse in game one

1054
01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:00,800
 against you created amongst the fan base.

1055
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:05,860
 I mean, I'm sure, you know, for guys like you that are, you know, in the media every day,

1056
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:07,380
 uh, made your job easier.

1057
01:10:07,380 --> 01:10:08,940
 Cause you didn't have to come up with talking points.

1058
01:10:08,940 --> 01:10:11,440
 The fan base created that talking point for you.

1059
01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:19,020
 So, you know, yeah, I mean, I'd love for that to be true, but you know, those things aren't

1060
01:10:19,020 --> 01:10:19,720
 developed.

1061
01:10:19,980 --> 01:10:25,260
 They, they start in the summer conditioning program, but those things are developed in the

1062
01:10:25,260 --> 01:10:28,920
 locker room and in that, on that practice field in the heat of August.

1063
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:35,000
 And, you know, it's not something, you know, the best teams that I've seen, um, don't talk

1064
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:36,100
 about those things.

1065
01:10:36,100 --> 01:10:41,140
 They, they show up and put that, put that in play, you know, on Saturdays when, when, you

1066
01:10:41,140 --> 01:10:42,080
 know, toe meets leather.

1067
01:10:42,360 --> 01:10:44,520
 Let me ask you about what you've heard.

1068
01:10:44,860 --> 01:10:46,640
 Um, you mentioned Mal Waltrip.

1069
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:52,280
 I've heard a lot of good things about him in that battle, obviously at, at left guard,

1070
01:10:52,540 --> 01:10:56,940
 Justin Hill has put on about 30 pounds since the day he walked in the door.

1071
01:10:57,260 --> 01:11:00,060
 I've heard Luke Mads has had a good summer camp.

1072
01:11:00,180 --> 01:11:04,220
 Even Marion Latham, um, has been a pleasant surprise.

1073
01:11:04,300 --> 01:11:06,020
 Of course, he's been there quite a while.

1074
01:11:06,460 --> 01:11:10,080
 What are some of the names you've heard who've actually had a pretty good summer camp?

1075
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:16,720
 Well, you know, I, I would say the, you know, the Waldrop news is probably, you know, intriguing

1076
01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:22,560
 to me the most right now because you're actually seeing some other guys get work at that backup

1077
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:23,160
 center.

1078
01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:27,540
 So, you know, that tells me that they feel like this is a legit competition.

1079
01:11:27,540 --> 01:11:33,700
 And, and, you know, that just, um, you know, makes the depth situation at offensive line, you

1080
01:11:33,700 --> 01:11:38,940
 know, an, an area that, that this team has certainly been focused on, um, you know, from

1081
01:11:38,940 --> 01:11:41,640
 Kalen DeBoer to Ryan Grubb to Adrian Clem.

1082
01:11:42,220 --> 01:11:47,500
 Um, but you know, I, I think the one that I'm most interested in because he was a guy that,

1083
01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:53,320
 um, you know, I felt like probably was flirting with being one of the best five last year.

1084
01:11:53,380 --> 01:11:58,960
 I'll be, he didn't get the opportunity to prove that, but I think the 26 pounds added to Jackson

1085
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:07,060
 Lloyd, um, is the one that intrigues me the most, a, that's a tall task for a six foot six, six

1086
01:12:07,060 --> 01:12:12,880
 foot seven guy to do, um, you know, that are typically labeled hard gainers as far as adding,

1087
01:12:12,880 --> 01:12:14,440
 you know, good weight like that.

1088
01:12:14,860 --> 01:12:21,620
 Um, because there is a lot of, you know, not just by me, but based on his recruiting profile,

1089
01:12:21,620 --> 01:12:27,800
 based on the expectations, based on the way you saw Ryan Grubb come out day one of spring

1090
01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:32,460
 practice and name him the starting left tackle, obviously that's proven to be true.

1091
01:12:32,460 --> 01:12:38,520
 But, you know, I think there's quietly a lot of expectations being placed on this young man.

1092
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:44,820
 And I felt like when he was being recruited, you know, he had a chance to be a special

1093
01:12:44,820 --> 01:12:45,400
 player.

1094
01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:49,660
 When I, when I throw that label on somebody, I'm saying a three and done first round draft

1095
01:12:49,660 --> 01:12:49,940
 pick.

1096
01:12:50,340 --> 01:12:56,360
 And I felt like once the two other sports that he played in high school drifted further into

1097
01:12:56,360 --> 01:13:01,980
 his rear view mirror, he had a chance to be football focused only that the weight would

1098
01:13:01,980 --> 01:13:02,520
 come.

1099
01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:10,300
 And I mean, I'm just excited to see what his skillset looks like as a first year starter in

1100
01:13:10,300 --> 01:13:14,780
 what, in my opinion, is one of the top three most difficult positions to play at this

1101
01:13:14,780 --> 01:13:16,000
 level in college football.

1102
01:13:16,440 --> 01:13:17,460
 Well, you should do it.

1103
01:13:17,500 --> 01:13:19,080
 You know, I mean, folks are just so proud.

1104
01:13:19,140 --> 01:13:21,440
 You said there's such a thing as good adding weight.

1105
01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:23,980
 So that's, that's, that's refreshing for a lot of folks.

1106
01:13:23,980 --> 01:13:30,520
 Yeah, yeah, no, this isn't two years ago where we're throwing five, you know,

1107
01:13:30,580 --> 01:13:35,180
 double quarterbusters with Jesus out there, weighing 346.

1108
01:13:35,300 --> 01:13:36,000
 This is a good way.

1109
01:13:36,440 --> 01:13:37,120
 There you go.

1110
01:13:37,460 --> 01:13:39,820
 In your opinion, to me, you wouldn't ask this question,

1111
01:13:39,900 --> 01:13:41,360
 who is the X factor on this team?

1112
01:13:41,440 --> 01:13:42,000
 Take your pick.

1113
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,780
 But I would imagine Ryan Coleman Williams would be in the discussion

1114
01:13:44,780 --> 01:13:47,740
 because coming out of high school, like you mentioned with Lloyd,

1115
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:48,840
 he has so much potential.

1116
01:13:49,020 --> 01:13:50,620
 Last year was that sophomore slump.

1117
01:13:50,620 --> 01:13:54,760
 Your thoughts when asked who, in your opinion, might be the X factor on this team?

1118
01:13:55,580 --> 01:13:57,900
 Oh, God, man, I think there's so many of them.

1119
01:13:58,060 --> 01:14:00,360
 And, you know, kudos to Ryan.

1120
01:14:00,720 --> 01:14:04,440
 And then, you know, I think when you look at it, you know,

1121
01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:07,360
 what happened to him last year isn't uncommon.

1122
01:14:07,740 --> 01:14:11,380
 You know, his true freshman year exploded onto the scene.

1123
01:14:12,040 --> 01:14:14,700
 But, you know, he didn't have that pressure on him.

1124
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:20,360
 And a lot of times when a guy becomes a star like that quickly, you know,

1125
01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:24,240
 they don't necessarily have the mental capabilities.

1126
01:14:24,660 --> 01:14:29,360
 I'm not going to romanticize y'all with how young he's been the whole time

1127
01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:30,760
 he's been there like everybody does.

1128
01:14:31,120 --> 01:14:37,040
 But, you know, I think, you know, finding that third and fourth wide receiver,

1129
01:14:37,340 --> 01:14:42,180
 you know, behind Williams and, you know, with the injury to Rodgers,

1130
01:14:42,180 --> 01:14:50,400
 I think, you know, obviously Sundari and Morgan, the other six-foot-five guys' name escapes me right now.

1131
01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:51,100
 Yeah, man, just...

1132
01:14:51,100 --> 01:14:52,400
 Oh, yeah, Meadows.

1133
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:55,500
 I think, you know, those two guys are the leaders in the clubhouse.

1134
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:59,680
 And, you know, looking more and more like maybe Rodgers will be back sooner rather than later,

1135
01:14:59,780 --> 01:15:01,720
 but obviously not for the season opener.

1136
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:05,860
 But, you know, finding that guy, whether it's Justin Hill,

1137
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:11,860
 that becomes the edge rusher that complements Yonsei Pierre.

1138
01:15:12,980 --> 01:15:16,340
 You know, I think you could just go from position to position.

1139
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:22,380
 You know, who's going to be, you know, RB1 by the time they get into the SEC schedule.

1140
01:15:22,380 --> 01:15:24,060
 I think that's an intriguing thing.

1141
01:15:24,060 --> 01:15:27,680
 All of a sudden, you know, AK Deer's making some noise.

1142
01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:28,440
 Yes, yes.

1143
01:15:28,820 --> 01:15:34,080
 You know, you've still got the spring practice, you know, breakout guy Brown.

1144
01:15:34,260 --> 01:15:37,060
 So, I mean, you go from position to position,

1145
01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:42,700
 we still could be talking about who the starting quarterback is before they get into SEC play.

1146
01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:48,680
 So, I mean, this team really, I think, for a fan or somebody that's in the media

1147
01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:52,080
 that talks about this stuff or thinks about it a lot,

1148
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:53,900
 I mean, this is a very intriguing team.

1149
01:15:54,060 --> 01:15:57,380
 And, you know, I think the coaching staff has, you know,

1150
01:15:57,380 --> 01:16:00,900
 got a unique opportunity to play off of, you know, hey, we're getting,

1151
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,940
 we're not getting any respect by opponents and the media.

1152
01:16:03,940 --> 01:16:05,680
 They don't expect much from us.

1153
01:16:05,740 --> 01:16:08,380
 You know, that's a strong motivation factor.

1154
01:16:08,540 --> 01:16:13,740
 I mean, you might see a team that, unlike last year, comes out, you know,

1155
01:16:13,740 --> 01:16:19,820
 playing like a team that wants respects and feels disrespected by not getting preseason hype.

1156
01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:24,580
 So, there's a lot of, I think, moving pieces going into this 20-2016.

1157
01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:28,440
 By the way, just to reiterate your point about Jackson Lloyd,

1158
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:33,680
 Bruce Feldman of The Athletic comes out with what he calls the all-freak team.

1159
01:16:34,280 --> 01:16:35,620
 He had 100 players.

1160
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,200
 Jackson Lloyd was number 13.

1161
01:16:38,920 --> 01:16:40,140
 I thought that was amazing.

1162
01:16:40,260 --> 01:16:48,100
 Again, as you mentioned, at 673, he can bench 505 and 760 squat, but he can move.

1163
01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:50,540
 Listen, always enjoy the conversation.

1164
01:16:50,780 --> 01:16:52,380
 A great way to begin the week.

1165
01:16:52,820 --> 01:16:58,000
 Should be interesting to hear about some of the reports come Thursday about the scrimmage.

1166
01:16:58,160 --> 01:16:59,500
 Listen, have a great week.

1167
01:16:59,580 --> 01:17:01,040
 Let's do this again next week.

1168
01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:02,840
 I enjoyed it, guys.

1169
01:17:02,940 --> 01:17:03,620
 Talk to you soon.

1170
01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:05,240
 All right, back at you, William.

1171
01:17:05,300 --> 01:17:07,200
 William Redfish, bars are hooking up with us.

1172
01:17:07,300 --> 01:17:09,100
 He's talking about bench press in 505.

1173
01:17:09,160 --> 01:17:12,700
 Remember one of the greatest scenes of all time in the movies, in the movie Jaws?

1174
01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:17,040
 Remember when he's talking about strength and the guy grabbed a styrofoam cup and squashed it?

1175
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 Oh, yeah.

1176
01:17:17,700 --> 01:17:20,660
 That's more like us, BB, as opposed to that 505.

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 Coming up, let's go to the 931 zip code, Tennessee, and Vince Rohr on deck.

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 Welcome back in.

1257
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 He is always on target.

1258
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 I guarantee you when he comes talking Big Orange, he is Vince Rohrer, 99.1, the eSports animal in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1259
01:21:50,100 --> 01:21:50,880
 Vince, welcome in.

1260
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 How are you?

1261
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 I'm good, gentlemen.

1262
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 How are we doing?

1263
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 Hey, buddy.

1264
01:21:54,520 --> 01:22:06,560
 And they tell me that the best job security an athletic director can have is come up with a record $175.5 million like AD at UT Danny White.

1265
01:22:06,900 --> 01:22:10,580
 Is he going to change it from the Big Orange to the Big Gold, Vince?

1266
01:22:11,680 --> 01:22:12,920
 Well, the Big Green.

1267
01:22:13,260 --> 01:22:13,580
 Yeah.

1268
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:13,980
 Yeah.

1269
01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:17,800
 They're all connected, for sure.

1270
01:22:18,300 --> 01:22:31,360
 So, yeah, the green is getting them the gold, which is getting them the orange, and that's fans in the stands, and everything improves.

1271
01:22:31,480 --> 01:22:33,360
 So, it's all connected, for sure.

1272
01:22:33,460 --> 01:22:34,360
 It's not surprising.

1273
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:37,880
 Fifty in a row, they've had record donations.

1274
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:50,020
 And so, you know, the money that they're pouring back in, in terms of upgrading facilities and the cost of doing business and all that kind of fun stuff, not surprising.

1275
01:22:50,500 --> 01:22:58,840
 But, yeah, the donors, the fans, they're invested in trying to help Tennessee win, and it's showing out in those numbers.

1276
01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:00,400
 Here's the deal, Vince.

1277
01:23:00,500 --> 01:23:06,360
 It's good on the front end to have that money, but they tell me that human nature says, okay, we've done our part.

1278
01:23:06,580 --> 01:23:09,480
 Now we want an ROI, return on the investment.

1279
01:23:10,120 --> 01:23:14,100
 Your thoughts about Tennessee fans coming in, the expectations put on Josh Hopple.

1280
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:15,520
 I saw one of the polls today.

1281
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:19,320
 They're basically somewhere almost in the middle of the pack of the SEC.

1282
01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:27,440
 If you're going to lay down that kind of cash, the fans, and especially the deep-seated pocket donors, they want to return.

1283
01:23:27,660 --> 01:23:30,600
 Your thoughts just about the mindset coming in for this coaching staff?

1284
01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:34,300
 Yeah, I think there are expectations.

1285
01:23:34,300 --> 01:23:36,380
 And you know how it goes for every fan base.

1286
01:23:36,480 --> 01:23:41,520
 The closer you get to the season, the more people start to buy in, the positives.

1287
01:23:41,980 --> 01:23:45,680
 And, you know, if this happens, if this happens, then we can do this.

1288
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:49,100
 And people are doubting us, all that kind of fun stuff.

1289
01:23:49,260 --> 01:23:53,060
 So I don't think it's so out of whack.

1290
01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:57,000
 I've seen it more out of whack in years past than with teams in the past.

1291
01:23:57,000 --> 01:24:04,040
 But I don't think it's like anyone's talking about national championship or anything to where you're not going to reach that.

1292
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:07,940
 And it's unrealistic for the coaching staff.

1293
01:24:07,940 --> 01:24:10,780
 I think they want to see improvement.

1294
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 They want to see them beat the teams that are better than them, beat some of them, and then, you know, not lose games to teams that you're supposed to on paper.

1295
01:24:23,940 --> 01:24:28,120
 So, yeah, and then how competitive are you in those games?

1296
01:24:28,540 --> 01:24:34,600
 But certainly Danny White at all of the athletic department is judged on how football does.

1297
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 That's by far the biggest piece of the pie.

1298
01:24:37,300 --> 01:24:43,040
 So they've got to hold their own in terms of that return on investment, for sure.

1299
01:24:43,220 --> 01:24:50,380
 But I don't think it is unrealistic right now when fans, you know, are looking at eight or nine wins.

1300
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 Nine, they'd have to have really good quarterback play in addition to improvement on defense.

1301
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 I am very confident in the defense getting better as long as they don't keep sustaining injuries, which they've already had a couple of reserves.

1302
01:25:07,040 --> 01:25:15,360
 But, yeah, if they get both improved defense and pretty good quarterback play, now that's when you can get into the nine conversation.

1303
01:25:15,780 --> 01:25:19,260
 But, yeah, it's there.

1304
01:25:19,400 --> 01:25:21,260
 The expectations are always there at Tennessee.

1305
01:25:21,640 --> 01:25:23,360
 Yeah, you alluded to it.

1306
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:28,580
 Tennessee linebacker Jane Harmon will miss the 2026 season with a torn ACL.

1307
01:25:29,580 --> 01:25:35,660
 I believe I read Ty Redman has been sick, been out with an illness, but should be back soon.

1308
01:25:36,280 --> 01:25:39,040
 Ethan Davis got banged up a little bit.

1309
01:25:39,460 --> 01:25:43,440
 V, we could ask you about 20 players, but what have you heard?

1310
01:25:43,540 --> 01:25:46,900
 What have you seen as far as players having a good summer camp?

1311
01:25:47,780 --> 01:25:50,720
 Well, first on the availability, it's not a long list.

1312
01:25:50,840 --> 01:25:52,180
 BB, so I'll just hit on it real quick.

1313
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:54,520
 Redman was back at practice this morning.

1314
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:54,840
 Okay.

1315
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:58,340
 Now, he wasn't doing everything, so it's a ramp-up.

1316
01:25:58,640 --> 01:26:01,400
 They have their first scrimmage on Saturday, so I wouldn't anticipate.

1317
01:26:02,180 --> 01:26:08,320
 Brett Hubs didn't anticipate that he would take part in that since he hasn't really practiced until today.

1318
01:26:08,760 --> 01:26:10,160
 And then you mentioned Ethan Davis.

1319
01:26:10,260 --> 01:26:12,180
 Ethan Davis is so talented.

1320
01:26:12,820 --> 01:26:19,080
 He's Tennessee's tight end one, but he hasn't been able to stay healthy for a full season.

1321
01:26:19,080 --> 01:26:22,760
 And he's already missing a little bit of time, so that's not good.

1322
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:25,200
 He's not supposed to be out very long.

1323
01:26:25,620 --> 01:26:27,100
 We'll see on that.

1324
01:26:27,700 --> 01:26:31,180
 But they need him because it's pretty young behind him.

1325
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:33,440
 And then two players are gone for the year.

1326
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:34,200
 You mentioned Harmon.

1327
01:26:34,420 --> 01:26:43,780
 He was basically in Tennessee's linebacking group, so special teams and a little bit of reserve possibility.

1328
01:26:44,220 --> 01:26:50,620
 And the other is Jadis Richard, who transferred from Miami, a cornerback that was at Vanderbilt previously.

1329
01:26:50,780 --> 01:26:53,440
 So he has powerful experience at two different schools.

1330
01:26:54,360 --> 01:26:58,240
 Probably he was competing to be Tennessee's third or fourth corner.

1331
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:03,820
 So that's one less body there, especially one with experience that they'll have.

1332
01:27:03,820 --> 01:27:05,840
 So it thins them out a little bit there.

1333
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:11,760
 As far as guys that have had good summers, Xavier Gilliam, defensive tackle, transfer from Penn State.

1334
01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:20,200
 He's one that not only defensive linemen have brought up, but Tennessee's offensive linemen have brought up as well,

1335
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:25,100
 including Jesse Perry when I asked him about going up against the D-line today.

1336
01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:27,560
 Aaron Carter looks great.

1337
01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:33,220
 The linebackers overall, Jeremiah D-Lander, who I was a little worried about

1338
01:27:33,220 --> 01:27:37,440
 in terms of his – he's another linebacker's two-year starter for Tennessee.

1339
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:43,720
 I was worried about him sliding down the list, the order in the linebackers.

1340
01:27:43,720 --> 01:27:50,900
 But he is really connected with Jim Knowles, and he is always heaping praise on him.

1341
01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:55,140
 And, you know, he's always getting, you know, about ball and getting stronger.

1342
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:56,920
 He's got to be better in pass coverage.

1343
01:27:57,140 --> 01:27:58,560
 So maybe he has been.

1344
01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:00,460
 We haven't seen a lot of that team stuff.

1345
01:28:00,940 --> 01:28:04,420
 And then, you know, several wide receivers have looked good.

1346
01:28:04,520 --> 01:28:12,360
 I think that's an area if you're looking for one position group that has probably looked better than I,

1347
01:28:12,360 --> 01:28:15,980
 or maybe some others, anticipated as a collective.

1348
01:28:16,480 --> 01:28:17,540
 It's the wide receivers.

1349
01:28:17,800 --> 01:28:21,420
 Tyree King, a four-star that came in in the summer from Knoxville Catholic.

1350
01:28:22,060 --> 01:28:24,280
 He has looked like he didn't.

1351
01:28:24,420 --> 01:28:25,880
 He was here for the spring.

1352
01:28:26,440 --> 01:28:27,780
 He doesn't look like a freshman.

1353
01:28:27,940 --> 01:28:28,920
 He's jumped right in.

1354
01:28:29,340 --> 01:28:31,240
 I asked him about being the pumper turner.

1355
01:28:31,300 --> 01:28:32,340
 How bad do you want to do that?

1356
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:34,140
 He's like, oh, man, so bad.

1357
01:28:34,720 --> 01:28:37,500
 So he is really dynamic and electric in space.

1358
01:28:37,500 --> 01:28:42,860
 And then Staley and Matthews, who were there last year, two-year guys under Hyphel's system.

1359
01:28:43,500 --> 01:28:47,200
 I haven't seen either one of them put one ball on the ground in our viewing period.

1360
01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:50,660
 Those guys look like they're ready to have an even better year.

1361
01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:56,480
 Just got to figure out who that third wide receiver is, T.K. Keyes, Darius Jackson, or Travis Smith.

1362
01:28:56,860 --> 01:29:03,640
 But it's been a really good group, not only in the spring and summer, but so far in preseason camp.

1363
01:29:03,780 --> 01:29:11,360
 V, is there any wonder why Josh Hyphel got upset in a press conference talking about Arian Carter's suspension?

1364
01:29:12,020 --> 01:29:19,680
 Bruce Feldman, who does this all-freak list on the athletic, he looks at the top 100 players,

1365
01:29:19,820 --> 01:29:25,700
 guys who can bench, run fast, the whole nine yards.

1366
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:30,040
 Arian Carter is number six nationally on his freak list.

1367
01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:35,760
 No wonder Josh Hyphel pitched a fit over that three-nail-two-game suspension.

1368
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:37,700
 No doubt.

1369
01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:39,360
 He was 12 last year.

1370
01:29:40,040 --> 01:29:47,600
 And with the strength and conditioning program, my goodness, so many guys are bigger, stronger, faster, more explosive.

1371
01:29:48,020 --> 01:29:56,100
 That's one of the things, looking at them on the practice field, that is clear, that they are in so much better shape.

1372
01:29:56,220 --> 01:29:59,120
 The D-line looks bigger and in better condition.

1373
01:29:59,500 --> 01:30:06,460
 They have 47 guys running 21 miles per hour or faster when they only had 21 to start the spring.

1374
01:30:06,760 --> 01:30:14,680
 So, you just see the difference in how they're playing and how they look out there on the field, and that's pre-pads, of course.

1375
01:30:15,040 --> 01:30:19,340
 So, that area on Carter is absolutely a freak athlete.

1376
01:30:19,560 --> 01:30:21,580
 And they are so deep at linebacker.

1377
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:35,040
 I think that's an area where they can get three or four guys onto the field, use them as pass rushers to overcome for not having that many true Leo pass rush bodies.

1378
01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:44,440
 They have those guys in, like, four linebacker sets just to get your best 11 on the field because a lot of those guys are so athletic and twitchy.

1379
01:30:45,180 --> 01:30:45,540
 Absolutely.

1380
01:30:45,860 --> 01:30:54,500
 Yeah, Tennessee's biggest recruiting get, besides Gabriel George's, was the Indiana strength and conditioning director of V-Man.

1381
01:30:54,600 --> 01:30:55,780
 No question about it.

1382
01:30:56,120 --> 01:30:59,020
 Buddy, where can we get online to get all of these great stuff?

1383
01:30:59,660 --> 01:31:06,000
 Yeah, I know three guys that are talking right now that could use Derek Owens' time if you've had any available.

1384
01:31:06,300 --> 01:31:06,880
 There you go.

1385
01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:10,700
 But, yeah, you can find me on all the socials.

1386
01:31:10,780 --> 01:31:12,780
 It's Vince Sports, B-I-N-C-E Sports.

1387
01:31:13,060 --> 01:31:20,140
 And I've gotten a lot of run on the practice videos that I've been putting out there on all the socials.

1388
01:31:20,200 --> 01:31:21,380
 I'm on TikTok now.

1389
01:31:21,480 --> 01:31:23,740
 Just look for my name, Vince Ferrara.

1390
01:31:24,220 --> 01:31:28,380
 And then you can check out a lot of stuff on practice on all the socials.

1391
01:31:28,460 --> 01:31:31,860
 Instagram especially, but on Twitter slash text as well.

1392
01:31:32,720 --> 01:31:34,720
 Vince, hold on to that list of three guys.

1393
01:31:34,820 --> 01:31:38,460
 We won't reveal them today, but can we do it the next time we could use that strength and conditioning?

1394
01:31:39,820 --> 01:31:40,700
 Yeah, for sure.

1395
01:31:40,840 --> 01:31:42,780
 We will reveal it at a date.

1396
01:31:43,020 --> 01:31:43,100
 Exactly.

1397
01:31:44,540 --> 01:31:45,600
 We're going to hold you to it.

1398
01:31:45,620 --> 01:31:47,340
 Listen, in the meantime, have a great week, okay?

1399
01:31:48,060 --> 01:31:49,180
 All right, you guys do the same.

1400
01:31:49,260 --> 01:31:49,620
 Appreciate it.

1401
01:31:49,620 --> 01:31:50,100
 Thank you, bud.

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 Stay with us.

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 Always an absolute delight to bring in our good friend, Matt Michelle,

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 How are you doing?

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 Good.

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 How are you guys doing today?

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 We're doing great.

1530
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 Listen, I've got to read this to you first.

1531
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 We've got a lot of things that we wanted to talk about.

1532
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 But Akron is doing a promotion that their athletic director, let me see.

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 Yeah, Dr. Andrew Goodridge came up with.

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 He is the lucky winner that can be the offensive coordinator of the game,

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 which will be the first game of the season for Akron against Robert Morris.

1536
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 Akron is the school that Terry Bowden was the coach at for years.

1537
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 And when I first looked at this, I just kind of chuckled and was about to go on.

1538
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 And then I got to looking at it.

1539
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 The post to be the offensive coordinator has received 22 million views on X.

1540
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 The season tickets at Akron are only $75, which astounds me.

1541
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 But they have sold more season tickets in 17 years.

1542
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 I've got to give them the credit.

1543
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 Moorhead, Joe Moorhead, who was at Mississippi State, thought it was ridiculous.

1544
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 Then he's kind of warmed up to it.

1545
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 The athletic director's ingenuity has increased season tickets.

1546
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 2009 was the last time they had this many.

1547
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 Yeah, it's incredible what an athletic director has to do sometimes nowadays to try to build interest in your program.

1548
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 And I mean, let's give them credit.

1549
01:39:15,460 --> 01:39:19,680
 Akron has not been a program that has had much success over the last few years.

1550
01:39:20,240 --> 01:39:23,700
 You want to find a way to get fans excited about your product.

1551
01:39:24,180 --> 01:39:28,960
 Maybe throw them out there and offer them the opportunity to be an offensive coordinator for a while.

1552
01:39:29,640 --> 01:39:36,660
 Yeah, again, I think it kind of falls to me in that line of what schools try to do with NIL,

1553
01:39:37,060 --> 01:39:44,420
 where you offer opportunities to get fans engaged and spend money and raise money for your program.

1554
01:39:45,380 --> 01:39:49,240
 It's going to be interesting, I think, whoever wins this.

1555
01:39:49,340 --> 01:39:55,380
 I know that there was someone that told me there were some Robert Morris fans who were campaigning to try to go ahead and jump in there

1556
01:39:55,380 --> 01:40:00,180
 and buy tickets and trash to try to win the opportunity to do the offensive play calling.

1557
01:40:00,700 --> 01:40:05,700
 I mean, and give Joe Moorhead credit, too, because as much as this is a great idea on the sense of marketing,

1558
01:40:06,340 --> 01:40:11,940
 as a college football coach, you don't want your program to become kind of a gimmick.

1559
01:40:12,520 --> 01:40:15,220
 A gimmick, exactly, and so I think it's a challenge.

1560
01:40:15,520 --> 01:40:24,900
 So, again, this is where some smaller schools, you've got to find whatever you can do to make sure your program is relevant in some ways.

1561
01:40:25,260 --> 01:40:27,460
 There will be some relevancy in this first game, for sure.

1562
01:40:28,160 --> 01:40:33,700
 Now, whether that transfers to the later on in the season and how the success they have remains to be seen.

1563
01:40:33,760 --> 01:40:40,260
 But, listen, as a guy who's from the Mid-American Conference, I'm always excited to see Mac schools get some opportunities to come up and die.

1564
01:40:40,900 --> 01:40:42,420
 No question about it.

1565
01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:45,780
 Matt Merceau, College Insider for the Lando Sindel.

1566
01:40:45,900 --> 01:40:48,200
 I mentioned Central Florida and Scott Frost.

1567
01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:52,340
 How is camp going so far besides being hot as you know what?

1568
01:40:53,340 --> 01:40:54,620
 Yeah, camp's been good.

1569
01:40:54,760 --> 01:40:58,160
 You know, they just wrapped up last week, the first week of camp.

1570
01:40:58,760 --> 01:41:02,220
 You know, this is a much more mature group, a lot more experienced group.

1571
01:41:03,020 --> 01:41:07,540
 You know, they didn't have to spend a lot of time teaching these guys, you know, how to practice,

1572
01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:10,320
 what's meant to be when you get on the practice field.

1573
01:41:10,880 --> 01:41:15,200
 These are guys who've been around not only just the program, but other programs as well.

1574
01:41:15,340 --> 01:41:18,440
 And so, they were able to step on the field and really kind of get things going.

1575
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:23,520
 I got a chance to watch a full practice on Saturday, which is a rarity in college football nowadays.

1576
01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:23,940
 Yes.

1577
01:41:24,180 --> 01:41:28,680
 The coach will allow media to watch a full practice, but we've got a chance to watch a full practice.

1578
01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:32,540
 And, you know, they've got some things that they're excited about.

1579
01:41:32,620 --> 01:41:35,980
 Alonzo Barnett, the third, their starting quarterback, they're excited about.

1580
01:41:36,640 --> 01:41:41,040
 They're excited about some of their explosive playmakers, but there's some things they have to fix.

1581
01:41:41,200 --> 01:41:41,980
 I mean, they know it's that.

1582
01:41:42,060 --> 01:41:47,720
 We talked to Scott Frost the other day, and he talked a little bit about just, you know, trying to fix something.

1583
01:41:47,920 --> 01:41:49,220
 They're trying to get things ready to go.

1584
01:41:49,540 --> 01:41:51,660
 You're three or four weeks away from the start of the season.

1585
01:41:52,240 --> 01:41:56,540
 All of a sudden, now, you've got to start getting all those little things that kind of creep up.

1586
01:41:56,680 --> 01:41:58,240
 You know, guys get tired.

1587
01:41:58,440 --> 01:42:00,740
 Guys not running fully.

1588
01:42:01,160 --> 01:42:02,960
 Guys not willing to do the LSU effort.

1589
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:04,480
 You've got to make sure that continues to happen.

1590
01:42:04,480 --> 01:42:08,500
 So, they're excited about it, and they feel like they've got an opportunity to creep up again this year.

1591
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:11,940
 So, it just means can they survive the heat over the next four weeks.

1592
01:42:12,800 --> 01:42:15,960
 What are you hearing about Jon Sumrall at Florida?

1593
01:42:16,440 --> 01:42:18,980
 We were talking about projections for them.

1594
01:42:19,480 --> 01:42:25,520
 Man, if they go 7-5 this year, I know Florida fans, quote, would not be on the surface to be happy.

1595
01:42:25,640 --> 01:42:30,700
 But after 4-8, and if they look aggressive and can run the ball and be physical,

1596
01:42:30,820 --> 01:42:34,540
 I think they'd be more than happy to be 7-5 his first year.

1597
01:42:35,320 --> 01:42:38,880
 I think Jon Sumrall would love to be 7-5, to be honest with you.

1598
01:42:38,940 --> 01:42:41,620
 I think he understands this is the process.

1599
01:42:42,580 --> 01:42:44,540
 You're not going to flip the script that quickly.

1600
01:42:44,760 --> 01:42:47,180
 I think he's got a lot of good guys on this team.

1601
01:42:47,260 --> 01:42:48,340
 He brought in a lot of transfers.

1602
01:42:48,580 --> 01:42:49,660
 He feels like it could help this team.

1603
01:42:50,140 --> 01:42:56,760
 But it's hard in today's day and age to really kind of find that success immediately, you know, to turn a team right away.

1604
01:42:56,980 --> 01:42:59,880
 So, I think Jon Sumrall is trying to establish himself.

1605
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:04,400
 I know over the last couple weeks of practice, you know, they're trying to set things up.

1606
01:43:04,460 --> 01:43:06,600
 They want to make sure that they're doing things the right way.

1607
01:43:07,260 --> 01:43:09,640
 He's gotten rid of a lot of the music in, you know, the locker rooms.

1608
01:43:09,640 --> 01:43:12,520
 He wants to make sure the guys are focused and locked in.

1609
01:43:12,800 --> 01:43:14,960
 You want to establish your team's identity.

1610
01:43:15,440 --> 01:43:24,900
 You want to make sure that there's a buy-in and that they understand that the last couple years, you know, have not been what you'd like to see from a Florida program.

1611
01:43:25,080 --> 01:43:26,480
 So, you want to get back there.

1612
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:33,980
 You know, listen, it's hard to argue with against the guy who's had the success that Jon Sumrall has had in Tulane and some of the other stops.

1613
01:43:33,980 --> 01:43:37,600
 So, you know, I think the Gators right now are excited about what they're doing.

1614
01:43:38,180 --> 01:43:43,520
 You know, again, fans may not like the idea of, you know, a 7-5 season in Florida.

1615
01:43:43,700 --> 01:43:57,380
 But considering it being year one and you're trying to recruit and you're trying to build a program, like I said, I think John would take that in a heartbeat if he felt like he could, you know, get some quality wins out there and prove that they're on the right track.

1616
01:43:58,960 --> 01:44:00,720
 We'll close with Miami.

1617
01:44:01,040 --> 01:44:07,480
 I know a lot of people are looking at them being certainly in the playoffs, maybe the final four.

1618
01:44:07,780 --> 01:44:09,860
 Matt, what are you hearing out of Miami so far?

1619
01:44:10,860 --> 01:44:13,340
 Yeah, I think Miami's, you know, in the same boat.

1620
01:44:13,340 --> 01:44:18,680
 When you look around at Miami, it has a lot of confidence going into this year because of what happened last year.

1621
01:44:19,100 --> 01:44:21,900
 You know, Mario Cristobal's got a new contract, new contract extension.

1622
01:44:22,440 --> 01:44:23,200
 He's excited.

1623
01:44:23,720 --> 01:44:27,320
 You know, they've got a program now that he feels like can contend.

1624
01:44:27,880 --> 01:44:30,640
 They've got to find a way to get back to where they were last year.

1625
01:44:30,880 --> 01:44:32,800
 You don't want to tail off.

1626
01:44:32,920 --> 01:44:34,720
 You don't want to make it a one-year wonder type thing.

1627
01:44:34,820 --> 01:44:37,280
 You want to go out there and find a way to have success.

1628
01:44:38,020 --> 01:44:44,720
 And now that he's established how he wants this program to be, I think you're seeing the players that are there buying in.

1629
01:44:44,800 --> 01:44:47,400
 You're seeing the players who are coming in, understanding what needs to be done.

1630
01:44:47,700 --> 01:44:53,140
 This is a team right now, I think I've mentioned this before, they can control the ACC for the next couple of years.

1631
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:55,360
 There is no really big challenger.

1632
01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:57,960
 Clemson's trying to get back to where it was.

1633
01:44:58,460 --> 01:45:00,540
 Florida State's nowhere near and close to that.

1634
01:45:01,400 --> 01:45:03,920
 You know, I think you've seen some other teams like Duke be out there as well.

1635
01:45:04,020 --> 01:45:07,220
 But if you're Miami, you want to go out there and you want to win the ACC.

1636
01:45:07,740 --> 01:45:09,100
 You want to get back to the playoff.

1637
01:45:09,340 --> 01:45:10,400
 And you want to make a deep run.

1638
01:45:10,480 --> 01:45:13,940
 You want to continue to put this kind of success ahead of you.

1639
01:45:13,940 --> 01:45:21,920
 Because this is something that is the reason why, you know, Miami spent a lot of money to get Mario to come back and take over this program.

1640
01:45:22,040 --> 01:45:23,240
 So it's going to be a challenge for them.

1641
01:45:23,340 --> 01:45:26,760
 But I think that they're on the right track when it comes to their mentality.

1642
01:45:27,600 --> 01:45:28,500
 Yeah, absolutely.

1643
01:45:28,860 --> 01:45:30,860
 Listen, Bud, have a great week.

1644
01:45:30,920 --> 01:45:32,560
 I always enjoy the conversation.

1645
01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:37,120
 One more week closer to kickoff of college football.

1646
01:45:37,280 --> 01:45:39,480
 Where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

1647
01:45:40,400 --> 01:45:44,400
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media.

1648
01:45:44,540 --> 01:45:45,440
 Oh, that's Matt Rochelle.

1649
01:45:45,760 --> 01:45:47,920
 Always enjoy the conversation, Bud.

1650
01:45:47,940 --> 01:45:48,740
 Have a great week.

1651
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 All right.

1652
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 Take care.

1653
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 When we come back, talking cars and how you can get a good deal with Elmer Pierce when we return to the Boomo Bugg Show on 93.9.

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1725
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 More details are emerging when it comes to Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon and his sudden

1726
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 announcement this week that he was resigning and not running for re-election this November.

1727
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 Moon is asking for his name to be taken off the November ballot.

1728
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 Moon and his wife now say that the family has suffered mental and physical stress due to

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1733
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1735
01:50:10,700 --> 01:50:13,460
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

1736
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 I began to pray for a place to go, praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

1737
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 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

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1739
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1740
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1741
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 An inmate was found dead inside his cell in the Jefferson County Jail.

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 That inmate is identified as Gregory Johnson of Moody.

1746
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 An autopsy has already been conducted with no evidence of foul play being found.

1747
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 The actual cause of death is yet to be determined pending lab results.

1748
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 The Hoover City Council voted against a proposal to de-annex property from the city

1749
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1750
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 This was being requested by Trinity Presbyterian Church so they could develop seven acres into a school.

1751
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 City Council member Steve McClinton told 1819 News after the vote that

1752
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 Trinity Presbyterian needed to do more when it comes to the conditional use application process to the city,

1753
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 but also that the city needed to do a better job in removing red tape.

1754
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 That has been making it harder for businesses and organizations to operate in Hoover.

1755
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1758
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1759
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 Welcome back in, baby.

1760
01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:46,520
 What did I miss, Brett Beaird?

1761
01:51:46,680 --> 01:51:52,260
 Well, one thing, Harold, that we can mention, if I can scroll back down to it,

1762
01:51:52,340 --> 01:51:59,520
 is the, I believe it's the nine-year-old Florence All-Star team won the World Series.

1763
01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:00,000
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1764
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 At the Sportsplex, and congratulations to them.

1765
01:52:04,320 --> 01:52:09,080
 They had a better day than the Atlanta Braves did last night, losing to the Mets.

1766
01:52:09,480 --> 01:52:10,840
 Yeah, what do you think about the Braves?

1767
01:52:11,260 --> 01:52:13,980
 Baseball, they're going to make the playoffs, BB.

1768
01:52:14,680 --> 01:52:18,400
 Seven and a half up, and most, I mean, it's all relative, is it not?

1769
01:52:18,460 --> 01:52:23,680
 In the preseason, if you said, on August the 11th, the Braves would be seven and a half games up,

1770
01:52:24,180 --> 01:52:25,380
 would you take it?

1771
01:52:25,740 --> 01:52:26,960
 Absolutely, you would.

1772
01:52:27,080 --> 01:52:31,160
 But since they've had so much success, every time they lose, you know what Braves fans are fearing?

1773
01:52:31,260 --> 01:52:32,140
 Oh, no, here we go.

1774
01:52:32,640 --> 01:52:33,600
 Here's another streak.

1775
01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:35,040
 They're going to get it down to two and a half.

1776
01:52:35,120 --> 01:52:36,520
 It's just baseball, BB.

1777
01:52:37,840 --> 01:52:43,100
 Well, I think the concern, Harold, again, is do they have enough starting pitching?

1778
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:49,380
 Bryce Elder gave up a grand slam early in the game, and they actually came back and made it closer.

1779
01:52:49,620 --> 01:52:50,240
 We'll see.

1780
01:52:50,340 --> 01:52:55,420
 I think they're going to win the division, but as far as beating the Brewers or the Dodgers,

1781
01:52:55,980 --> 01:52:59,760
 if they're starting pitching staff right now, that remains to be seen.

1782
01:53:00,260 --> 01:53:05,200
 Well, we can see or we can hear the Braves' next game right here on 93-9, the scoring.

1783
01:53:05,400 --> 01:53:10,760
 Coming up tomorrow, you can hear some of the best of the biz here on the cusp of the college football season.

1784
01:53:11,280 --> 01:53:12,540
 What about this combo?

1785
01:53:12,720 --> 01:53:16,520
 Coach Brent Dierman is going to be checking in from UNA, fellow by the name of Paul Feinbaum,

1786
01:53:16,520 --> 01:53:20,480
 and Kevin Skarbiski is going to be on board, and that ain't all.

1787
01:53:20,640 --> 01:53:22,680
 That's coming up for you tomorrow.

1788
01:53:22,840 --> 01:53:26,240
 But in the meantime, on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here,

1789
01:53:26,340 --> 01:53:28,500
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1790
01:53:29,020 --> 01:53:31,460
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boom on Buck Show,

1791
01:53:31,560 --> 01:53:33,840
 back here on Sports Radio 93-9, The Score.