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 Where yesterday was Alabama, today it's Auburn.

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 As you alluded to, we'll recount the Alabama scrimmage yesterday and preview Auburn and Tennessee scrimmage upcoming.

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 The one and only Bill Shanks talks Braves and Bulldogs.

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 But we're delighted to bring in good friend Chase Goodbread to recount the Alabama scrimmage yesterday and some recount.

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 Only one way to put it, Chase, where in the world have you been, Chase Goodbread?

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 Fine columnist for the Tuscaloosa News, co-host for Crimson Cover TV, and talking tied the podcast with one of the best, one Travis Reier.

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 Both of them, according to, quote, insider reports, got off to a slow start.

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 Phoebe, that is a question mark that I think is a fair question by Alabama fans.

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 Would you agree?

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 Well, they've got a lot to work on, Harold, but I think they've made some necessary changes.

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 Let's see for the first scrimmage and see where this goes.

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 I think this team has a much better chance to have a good offensive line this year.

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 What's going on with the Big Ten coaches?

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 All these guys who've been in the SEC or have come off the Nick Saban tree,

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 Kurt Cignetti's throwing on his chest.

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 Your thoughts just about the moxie coming out of the Big Ten coaching circles.

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 Well, speaking of Kurt Cignetti's head, my wife had an interesting comment the other day,

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 having to watch, you know, the Big Ten media.

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 I was watching it after like 10 seconds.

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 That guy's coloring his hair.

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 My wife says the same thing.

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 She said, this is what me and my friend Linda.

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 I'm ready, baby.

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 That's good.

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 L'Oreal, Auburn.

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 She said, no man in their 60s has hair colored like that.

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 So, for what that's worth.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 You know what, baby?

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 Barnett's guest never uses Grecian.

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 You know that, by the way.

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 Listen, this is the 50th year.

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 50th year.

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 I was looking at his Facebook post that Jim Steele has been in the media, which is astounding when you consider some of the things Jim's been through.

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 Yeah, back when they had great music, Casey and the Sunshine Band, Saturday Night Live, and all that stuff.

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 Jim Steele is the award-winning writer in West Tennessee, part of the Richardson Media Group.

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 Jim, welcome in.

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 Ha, ha, ha.

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 How are you?

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 Thanks for having me on, guys.

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 It's great to be with you.

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 And if I could only use Grecian formula, there's not much work that's up there anymore.

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 Yep.

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 Look at the bright side, Jim.

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 The fewer hairs, the longer it lasts, right?

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 So, you've got to look at it from the optimistic side.

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 But 50 years, congratulations.

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 Nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in the media over the 50 years, has it, Jim?

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 No, not at all, no.

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 Not at all.

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 I can remember sitting in the radio station using, you know, putting cart machines up for ads and stuff and stacking all those things and reel-to-reel and TX.

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 And how many of you guys used a bulky racer?

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 I did.

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 I used them all because you had to.

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 You had to recycle those babies, those carts, you know, that you had for the commercials.

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 And then, not only that, remember, you had to go to Atlanta and get an FCC third-class endorsement.

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 You could not be in radio.

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 Well, you remember that?

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 You had to go to Atlanta and get the FCC because you had to read the meters every so often.

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 Oh, sure, yeah.

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 So, you had to get the third class.

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 And then, pretty soon, they relaxed that a little bit.

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 And they just gave you a restricted license.

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 And then, pretty soon, they let people like me on.

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 So, you know, they really low the bar.

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 There you go.

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 Let me ask you about some of the interviews you've done.

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 I was marveling at some of this stuff.

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 Obviously, Nonswell, Jack Kemp was a sports, obviously.

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 Newt Gingrich, Al Gore, Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, Peyton Manning, Pete Rose, just to name a few.

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 And I was scolded for leaving off Pat Summitt.

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 There you go.

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 How did I forget that one?

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 Right.

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 That's right.

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 I really miss Pat.

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 She was great.

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 But, yeah, Pat, I tell you what.

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 I've lived a charm life.

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 I'm from a small town in West Tennessee where people don't usually do what I do.

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 And somehow I stumbled into it.

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 So, I'm very fortunate and very grateful for all the people that have read and listened to me through the years.

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 And I appreciate you guys for having me on and reminding me how old I am.

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 No, no, no, no, no.

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 It's the least we could do, Jim.

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 It's the least we could do.

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 But, yeah, it really is.

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 It's the only, to me, when you come from that type of background, like a lot of us, and you're able to meet some of those people, it's like, wow.

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 It's truly, truly a blessing.

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 As far as the most intriguing personality, was there anybody over the years that maybe you had an image of?

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 And then once you interviewed them, it's like, who is this guy?

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 I mean, I've had the privilege of interviewing several folks over the years, too.

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 And it's like, when you meet that type of person, you know, as a kid, you grow up and you've got maybe this image.

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 And then when you meet him, it's like Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde.

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 And conversely, who was the nicest person you ever interviewed?

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 Boy, that's a good question because there have been a lot of them.

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 Guys like Barry Larkin was extremely nice.

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 And Ray Knight from the Cincinnati Reds.

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 And then you go back a little further.

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 And Alabama and Clay Carroll, former pitcher for the Reds.

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 He's from Alabama.

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 And he just was a nice guy.

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 I mean, just really, really a great guy.

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 You know, Pat Summitt had her moments.

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 But generally speaking, she was very, very congenial and very fun to talk to.

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 So, yeah, I mean, when you're in this business, you're going to find some people that are difficult.

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 You're going to find some people that you know that are usually friendly, but they've had a bad day.

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 And it's kind of on their sleeve a little bit.

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 So, but, yeah, I've been pretty, pretty lucky.

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 I've had a few bad moments through the years.

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 I guess we all have.

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 But, yeah, those were the ones that kind of stand out in my mind that were really good.

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 Jekyll and Hyatt for me, though, was Rick Ankeel.

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 He used to play for the Cardinals.

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 Yeah.

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 I interviewed him once before, like in the wintertime.

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 And he was just great.

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 And then he had all those problems.

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 And then he just didn't want to talk to me.

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 I mean, man, we grew up in the same area in Florida.

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 Man, don't you just want to talk about your favorite ice cream or something?

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 I don't care.

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 I hear you.

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 But, yeah, it's a roll of the dice sometimes.

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 Let me ask you about what's going on in the SEC.

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 It's incredible how the SEC college football gym has changed literally in the last three years.

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 Oh, yeah.

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 Your thoughts on the league.

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 One of the revelations we got yesterday, we talked to Ryan Callahan of Govaz 247.

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 And he said, according to his sources and what he had seen, George McIntyre is maybe a little bit ahead of Faison Brandon, the phenom that a lot of people thought might step in.

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 Jim, your thoughts on this Tennessee team this year?

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 Well, you know, I'm glad you brought that up.

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 There are three things that kind of concern me about Tennessee.

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 One of them is the quarterback situation because you've got basically two newcomers.

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 Then you've got the defense with Jim Knowles, the new defensive coordinator.

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 And you've got like seven transfers coming in.

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 And so I'm kind of concerned about that.

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 And also the schedule is kind of a concern if you're a Tennessee fan.

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 Getting back to Brandon and McIntyre, you know, if you remember in the spring, all the pressure was on McIntyre to be the starter.

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 And I think it kind of wilted him a little bit.

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 And so Faison Brandon came in and was the guy.

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 And now that the mantle of pressure is off of McIntyre's back this fall, he's really performing well.

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 And now he's kind of emerged as the guy.

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 So I just, with the schedule, though, I'm just kind of, I hope the defense can balance it out a little bit.

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 I think Tennessee will score points with those guys.

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 You know, you've got McDaniel there and wide receiver, who I think is scheduled for a breakout year, possibly.

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 But you've got all those guys in there and these newcomers there.

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 I'm just hoping that they can, I'm sorry, Mike Matthews, let's say McDaniel, Matthews, a wide receiver who's scheduled for a breakout year.

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 I think that there's a lot of stuff there that's positive, but if that defense doesn't complement him this year, I don't know.

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 I think Kim Banks leaving is an addition by subtraction.

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 But I think probably at this point, McIntyre's the quarterback, and it's his job to lose right now.

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 Jim, you live in a very interesting area.

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 I know that because I actually lived in West Tennessee, Jackson, and worked at the Mighty Channel 7 WBBJ for a while.

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 And I always remember it was one of those places where it's not NCC there, but you had obviously Tennessee.

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 To the north, not too far, Kentucky.

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 To the west, you had not too far from Missouri in the boot hill of Arkansas.

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 And then down south, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

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 If you don't mind, Alabama's got Kentucky on their schedule.

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00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:35,080
 What are you hearing about the Wildcats?

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 You never know with a first-year coach what you may be thrown at you.

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00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,420
 What are you hearing about the Wildcats?

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 Well, I'm not really hearing a whole lot, actually.

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 But, you know, that's the thing.

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 You know, they got rid of Stoops, who's been there forever.

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 But I think, you know how it is with coaches sometimes, the game passes you by.

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 And I think that was the case with him, maybe.

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 So, you know, I'm hearing some good things, but I think that schedule's going to be pretty brutal for Kentucky.

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00:27:03,940 --> 00:27:04,740
 We'll see how it goes.

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 You know, Alabama, I mean, that's – well, anybody you play in the SEC is potentially tough.

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 So, I mean, Kentucky's got that.

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 They're behind that eight ball already.

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 So, I don't know.

456
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,520
 I mean, you've got a Ouija board.

457
00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:21,080
 We can look it up that way.

458
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,520
 I'm not sure how they're going to be this year.

459
00:27:23,740 --> 00:27:30,000
 Jim, the SEC championship game in the first Saturday of December, who's going to be playing in it?

460
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:32,340
 Good question.

461
00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:34,020
 Good question.

462
00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:40,520
 You know, I mean, I want to say Georgia and Texas.

463
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:41,140
 Yeah.

464
00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:45,400
 That might be the pair.

465
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:48,880
 You know, now that they're all – they kind of wadded them up in one thing,

466
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,640
 kind of like a wild jungle type thing.

467
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,520
 So, I'm not exactly sure who's going to come out of there.

468
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,420
 But I think right now, you know, if you point a gun to my head,

469
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,940
 I'd probably say Georgia and Texas at the moment.

470
00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:06,260
 Jim, I think that's a pretty popular opinion among a lot of media who covered the SEC.

471
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,560
 But great to catch up with you.

472
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:13,640
 So, congratulations again on surviving 50 years in the media.

473
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:17,620
 And listen, I'm also delighted here that you're doing well.

474
00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:23,280
 I know you've had some health issues and seen you've been doing better than you have in years.

475
00:28:23,780 --> 00:28:25,620
 Always great to catch up with you, brother.

476
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,980
 Let's do this again soon.

477
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:28,220
 We will.

478
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,300
 I've got more parts than me floating around in Lake Erie right now.

479
00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:34,960
 With two new hips and an artificial heart valve.

480
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,180
 But, yeah, I'm doing great, guys.

481
00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:36,640
 Good.

482
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,200
 And I appreciate you guys having me all the time.

483
00:28:38,860 --> 00:28:41,900
 Well, after 50 years, this should be a piece of cake.

484
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,940
 This business, if you can survive this business for 50 years, you're pretty tough.

485
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 Jim's still hooking up with us.

486
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 We'll be there with the Richardson Media Group in West Tennessee.

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579
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,000
 Bill Shanks, welcome in.

580
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,120
 Happy Friday to you.

581
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:10,620
 How are you?

582
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,100
 I'm doing very well.

583
00:34:12,220 --> 00:34:12,500
 Good afternoon.

584
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:15,060
 Appreciate you taking time out, Bill.

585
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,240
 Heading down the stretcher.

586
00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:18,240
 This has to be a busy time.

587
00:34:18,380 --> 00:34:20,340
 The Braves are on cloud nine.

588
00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:21,660
 Georgia's opening camp.

589
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:27,180
 Before we get to the Braves, obviously, our Georgia fans, like a lot of fans on this side

590
00:34:27,180 --> 00:34:31,380
 of the state line, Bill, it doesn't matter what happened in the first scrimmage, you stink.

591
00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:34,640
 Yeah, if the offense doesn't do anything, the defense is the problem.

592
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,880
 Problem is the other way.

593
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:38,320
 The defense sucks, and the offense is good.

594
00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:41,800
 Where are Georgia fans as they approach the first scrimmage here?

595
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,440
 Well, I think everybody's very excited.

596
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:50,860
 I think everybody feels very confident in what they're hearing out of camp and the reports

597
00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:54,580
 and rumors and people seeing this and people seeing that.

598
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,860
 I think there's just a lot of positives right now.

599
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:06,900
 So, yeah, I think that's the prevailing thought, and, you know, I think people are curious to

600
00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:11,720
 see how the scrimmage plays out because you want to see how people do against each other

601
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:17,440
 and, you know, to see a little bit more of an advanced picture of what's to come.

602
00:35:17,660 --> 00:35:24,060
 So I think once we do that tomorrow, and they kind of backed it up because the weather was

603
00:35:24,060 --> 00:35:25,100
 going to be so bad.

604
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:32,500
 I think I spoke with Brett yesterday that Kirby probably wanted it to be 145, but it might

605
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:33,760
 be 145.

606
00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:39,900
 In fact, it's 10 o'clock instead of noon, and so I don't think they had any choice.

607
00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:45,880
 So anyway, we'll see how those reports kind of filter out and what's said, and I think

608
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,540
 people will get even more excited about what's to come.

609
00:35:50,260 --> 00:35:51,220
 How confident are you?

610
00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:56,400
 Obviously, Alabama's got question marks, a quarterback spot, a lot of schools do, maybe

611
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,160
 outside of a handful, including Ole Miss there.

612
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,700
 But your thoughts, to me, Gunnar Stockton is one of those guys, he's blue-collar.

613
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,600
 He may not have all the shine that ESPN is looking for to hype the machine like some of these

614
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,560
 other guys across the country, but he's Mr. Reliable.

615
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:13,840
 And to me, I get the impression, Bill, you're closer to the epicenter, obviously, than we

616
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,400
 are, that his teammates love him, and they will dig down and protect him at the cost of

617
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 their own life.

618
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,540
 He just seems to come across as the consummate team man.

619
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 Well, he is.

620
00:36:23,860 --> 00:36:26,100
 I think there's no question about that.

621
00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:29,680
 I think they have a great amount of respect for him.

622
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,580
 He looks to be a very good college quarterback.

623
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,140
 And, you know, I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

624
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:42,700
 You don't have to have one-on-one in the draft to have a great season for your quarterback.

625
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 I don't know.

626
00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:47,820
 I mean, you never limit what people and what they're capable of.

627
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:54,380
 But, you know, it doesn't look like Gunnar's going to be just a slam dunk NFL prospect.

628
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:56,360
 But that doesn't matter.

629
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:57,180
 I mean, I don't care.

630
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:57,880
 You know what?

631
00:36:57,940 --> 00:37:00,300
 That's not what we're kind of worried about.

632
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,800
 We're worried about him being a very good quarterback in 2026 with the Georgia Bulldogs.

633
00:37:05,020 --> 00:37:07,040
 And that's all you have to worry about.

634
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:12,600
 In a way, it puts less pressure on him to simply go out there and do their job and do

635
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 what's best to them.

636
00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:19,180
 And they're not, you know, in a position like Archie is where he can't help but think about

637
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 what the future holds because he's been groomed for that position.

638
00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:27,700
 So, and again, I'm not shortchanging Gunnar by any means, but I think when you don't have

639
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 that talk around you, you can simply go out there and be yourself and be your guy.

640
00:37:33,060 --> 00:37:35,700
 And that's what I think everybody's kind of hoping he'll do.

641
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,200
 I get amused at some of the national media.

642
00:37:39,380 --> 00:37:45,100
 They've always got to poke holes, which I know that's their job with national championship

643
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 contenders.

644
00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:50,780
 And, of course, with Georgia, well, Gunnar doesn't have anyone to throw to.

645
00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:52,640
 Yeah, he does.

646
00:37:53,140 --> 00:37:55,380
 Isaiah Canyon, London Humphreys.

647
00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:59,360
 Georgia's got one of the best tight end rooms in the country.

648
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:06,800
 Outside of that, what is your, if there is, quote, a concern or question going into the fall?

649
00:38:13,540 --> 00:38:15,380
 I really don't have very many.

650
00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:20,460
 And I, and I, let me tell you, I hate to say that because I know how that comes on.

651
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:28,160
 I don't like, I don't like for people to come on my show and say, Katie, the door, we are the champions.

652
00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:33,640
 So forget about it because we know how things happen.

653
00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:36,060
 We know that stuff hits the fan.

654
00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:50,920
 But when, when I genuinely look at this roster right now, I mean, look, last weekend, I Googled ranking of the best offensive line going into 2026.

655
00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:54,480
 Every list that I saw came up had Georgia number one.

656
00:38:55,060 --> 00:39:05,120
 Then I had a guest on my show, a Georgia reporter, who came on Tuesday and said, Bill, I really believe the Georgia defensive line has better depth than the offensive line.

657
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:11,780
 And, you know, I, I've kind of looked at that even more and said, okay, well, why is this?

658
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:16,600
 And you look at some players who are healthy now, who weren't as healthy last year.

659
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:25,960
 And of course, potential and, and, and the development, you know, that's, that's the one thing a lot of times we don't take into consideration is okay.

660
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,600
 How much better is this player now compared to a year ago?

661
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:36,560
 That's why he said that because he, he pinpointed several players where he was like, I think this is going to happen.

662
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,700
 And here's why.

663
00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:46,940
 And when you start the season with a, with his lines of scrimmage being in that kind of shape, I mean, you're way ahead of the game.

664
00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:57,960
 And so, you know, that, that, that, and, and believe me, I know when I said, when I said a minute and a half ago, there were people probably saying, geez, give me a break, you know, and I get it.

665
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:09,520
 I understand, but there, there, there's just not sure what, what, what wide receiver is going to emerge and become the guy.

666
00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:11,580
 We don't know the answer to that question yet.

667
00:40:11,580 --> 00:40:20,340
 So the, could that be looked at as a concern perhaps is the talent there to where there should be someone who's going to emerge.

668
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:21,000
 Absolutely.

669
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:26,480
 And, and we still know who it's going to be yet, but the receivers are complimented.

670
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,340
 They're complimented by the best tight end room.

671
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:32,120
 I mean, I had one of the guests come on this week and again, they are Georgia reporters.

672
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:49,180
 So you may say, and I understand that the objectivity, unlike myself, who's always, is, is not always a hundred percent, but one of the other guests came on and said, Bill, I think if they lost two of the tight ends in their room right now, two of the top five tight ends,

673
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:51,460
 they would still have the best tight ends, but they would still have the best tight end room in the SEC.

674
00:40:52,460 --> 00:41:05,340
 Um, I mean, so when, when you hear things like that, I mean, I had a guest, one of the Georgia guests last week say that the, the, the, the, the, the freshman tight end came pro throw.

675
00:41:06,780 --> 00:41:09,660
 Should be on the field 80% of the time as a true freshman.

676
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,320
 And that's not because of a need.

677
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,960
 That's not because they need someone to pick up that position.

678
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,700
 That's because that kid may be that good.

679
00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:26,600
 Well, look, and so you, you, you couple the things I've just kind of outlined to you.

680
00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:36,120
 That's why when you asked the question, Brett, I was hesitant to say, oh, well, we got this and that and the other, because there is a lot of positives on paper right now.

681
00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:38,680
 Of course, it's August 14th.

682
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,800
 So that means squat, right?

683
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:46,940
 And we know that, but, but it's still, it gives us an idea of where they're at, at this point, three weeks out.

684
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:54,680
 Fondstations.com is a place to check out Bill of Shanks on August 14th, 2025.

685
00:41:55,260 --> 00:42:00,340
 Would you have thought the Atlanta Braves baseball team will be where they are on August 14th, 2026?

686
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,540
 They are nine games up on the fields.

687
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,520
 Get this, the Braves, 73 and 48.

688
00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:11,100
 Who's that better than the mighty Dodgers at 73 and 49?

689
00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:12,520
 How about that for a payroll?

690
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,420
 Creamy Farmer on Bill, 41 games to go.

691
00:42:15,420 --> 00:42:23,520
 And by my bad math, even if they play under 500, they still reach 93 wins, which obviously means hello playoffs.

692
00:42:24,580 --> 00:42:26,360
 Well, it's very good.

693
00:42:26,540 --> 00:42:27,600
 There's no question.

694
00:42:27,740 --> 00:42:32,200
 I mean, they're in, they're in terrific shape right now with the, with the division.

695
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:40,020
 I think they need to have a very clear target for the best record in baseball.

696
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:47,520
 I mean, if you're, if you're this good, why not go for it all and, and try to be the best team in baseball?

697
00:42:47,520 --> 00:43:04,040
 Because that's only going to help you more to have that type of advantage in the postseason to be able to truly, um, uh, just be in control of your own fate when it comes to whether you're at home or a road for the majority of the series you're going to play.

698
00:43:04,180 --> 00:43:11,360
 This is a team that hasn't won a playoff series in, in five years since they won the world series.

699
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:19,480
 So, I mean, they, they kind of desperately need to win something this year and I'd much rather do that at home.

700
00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:22,960
 Um, and I'm not sure they have a shot to do that at home comparatively.

701
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:27,120
 So, you know, um, they're, they're in very good shape.

702
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,760
 They have got to feel good about themselves.

703
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,140
 There's no question about it.

704
00:43:30,460 --> 00:43:47,060
 Uh, and, and they've got to stay healthy and you know what, the key to everything is being able to play good baseball at the right time, which is hard to just snap your fingers and say, well, we're, you know, come September 25th, we're going to turn it on and we're going to be the best team no matter what.

705
00:43:47,180 --> 00:43:48,700
 But that's what you have to hope for.

706
00:43:49,140 --> 00:43:55,620
 I am not ready to give Anthopoulos, uh, a pass because I still think they should have brought

707
00:43:55,620 --> 00:43:56,760
 in another starter.

708
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:58,380
 Isn't it interesting?

709
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:06,780
 Jacob deGrom may have some arm issues, tricep issues that may look like a half genius move to

710
00:44:06,780 --> 00:44:09,880
 not trade for him, even though, as you mentioned, he nixed it.

711
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:15,780
 But I'll be honest with you, Martin Perez has not given up a run in 18 innings.

712
00:44:16,260 --> 00:44:18,420
 Tyler Maley has been a revelation.

713
00:44:18,580 --> 00:44:20,580
 He's allowed one in 12.

714
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:25,540
 Your buddy Grant Holmes has back-to-back six scoreless innings.

715
00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:28,680
 And Chris Sale does Chris Sale stuff.

716
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,980
 Um, again, I, you know, you can't deny it.

717
00:44:32,020 --> 00:44:33,940
 They're starting pitching his pitch well.

718
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,480
 Very well.

719
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:43,200
 And, and, um, uh, I, I think you cannot ignore the numbers and yet you can still have the question

720
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:46,220
 of, okay, after Chris Sale, what's going to happen?

721
00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:52,020
 I think do we, do we feel that Tyler Maley, uh, and I have to say every time Tyler Maley rhymes

722
00:44:52,020 --> 00:45:01,840
 with Raleigh or I'll screw his name up, but you do the same thing because I'll, I'll, I'll butcher it like a butcher, you know, h***, I've butchered your name until about 2012.

723
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:07,900
 Well, um, uh, yeah, I think Maley could be looked at as the number two.

724
00:45:07,980 --> 00:45:08,400
 And then what?

725
00:45:08,540 --> 00:45:17,080
 Well, you know, Alex Itoffler said last week when he didn't make any more trades, it'll, it'll be determined by who's pitching the best and perhaps matchups.

726
00:45:17,540 --> 00:45:21,300
 So, you know, AJ Smith-Schalbert's going to join that conversation this weekend, Brett.

727
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:22,320
 He's coming back.

728
00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:24,960
 And so he's going to be right there as, as well.

729
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:31,420
 And so there's, um, there's intrigue there as well of how that's going to kind of play out.

730
00:45:31,420 --> 00:45:33,420
 And I, I'm, I'm anxious for that.

731
00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:38,480
 So, you know, I, I, I think, um, I think there, there's just a lot.

732
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:44,260
 A lot of positive right now, you know, you, you, you've got the pitching doing very well.

733
00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:52,320
 I mean, there's no, and look, the, the, the recipe of good starting pitching and home runs is what served them the beginning of the year.

734
00:45:52,340 --> 00:45:59,500
 It's what escaped them for a 17 game stretch in June and then has recovered and returned since July 1st.

735
00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:07,540
 And, uh, you know, you, you take that, you take that, you take that 17 game stretch out that they were four and 13.

736
00:46:08,420 --> 00:46:10,240
 This team is 69 and 35.

737
00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:14,180
 So they, they had one bad two and a half week stretch.

738
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,560
 And other than that, they've been outstanding.

739
00:46:16,700 --> 00:46:21,180
 So again, you got to hope that happens September 25th.

740
00:46:21,180 --> 00:46:23,620
 And you can ride that into the biggest games of the year in October.

741
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:24,840
 Yeah.

742
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:27,340
 Obviously we get questions about Spencer Strider.

743
00:46:27,340 --> 00:46:31,500
 We know 60 day, you know, dating back while, um, what are you hearing?

744
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,920
 Um, we get a mixed reports and a lot of folks says he's, he's toast.

745
00:46:35,340 --> 00:46:40,800
 Other saying is, is doctors saying that there's a chance he could come back if not in the regular season, the post season.

746
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:50,620
 The question is sometimes obviously on the first thought on that is that's great, but sometimes you get this stuff going the way it is and it can mess up the chemistry of where things are now.

747
00:46:50,620 --> 00:46:52,800
 Now your, your thoughts about the Spencer Strider story.

748
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:55,440
 He won't be back in 2026.

749
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,940
 Um, Spencer Schwallenbach, Spencer Strider, Hurston Waldrop are not going to be back.

750
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:02,780
 They never were going to be back.

751
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:09,460
 Um, they tried to hold out hope and I understand that you just, you don't want to, you don't want to say, well, they're not coming back.

752
00:47:09,460 --> 00:47:12,620
 Then all of a sudden September 15th, they are feeling pretty good while I come back.

753
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,320
 You have to be careful about that, but they're not coming back.

754
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:25,320
 And, you know, I, I tell people, Spencer Schwallenbach, um, the three of us, I mean, we've been in television.

755
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:26,480
 I'm in television now.

756
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:32,720
 I mean, Harold, you were in television for a long time, but, but you know, when you're in radio and you interview someone and sometimes they'll give you a look

757
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:34,960
 and you said, well, I wish that was on video.

758
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,760
 I remember doing the interview with Spencer Schwallenbach back in April.

759
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:49,440
 I mean, March rather, spring training, right after he'd had his procedure and the look on his face told me all I needed to know that he was probably not going to pitch again this year.

760
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,860
 And, and so, um, you know what?

761
00:47:52,940 --> 00:47:54,020
 Hey, look, here's the thing.

762
00:47:54,500 --> 00:47:59,240
 If you know that, then prepare them for February 15th of 2027.

763
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:01,840
 Well, probably June cause they won't be at spring training.

764
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:08,280
 Then they'll be locked out, but you prepare them for when you're going to be back playing baseball and hope they'll be ready.

765
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:11,300
 And you don't have to rush them or anything like that, which should be an asset.

766
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,100
 Um, listen, good for Austin Riley.

767
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:20,100
 He has had a lot of, quite frankly, verbal abuse the last couple of years.

768
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,300
 Some of it is certainly merited.

769
00:48:23,020 --> 00:48:24,980
 He just looks better at the plate.

770
00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:26,380
 He looks more balanced.

771
00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:28,400
 He looks like he's got a game plan.

772
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,000
 He's hitting 300 since the all-star break.

773
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,180
 Your thoughts on, on Austin.

774
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:46,580
 And then Iglesias seems to be going through another one of his stretches where people say, well, he's lost and he's old, but he's always seems to get, to get it back together again later in the season.

775
00:48:46,580 --> 00:48:48,840
 Your thoughts on Austin and Iglesias.

776
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:55,040
 Well, Riley, uh, three 50 in his last 12 games, two nights since the all-star break.

777
00:48:55,060 --> 00:48:57,680
 So he is doing much better comparatively.

778
00:48:58,320 --> 00:48:59,700
 You just have to hope that'll continue.

779
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:00,320
 Right.

780
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:06,960
 Uh, uh, I think that the signs are extremely positive that he's going to be a force in this lineup.

781
00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:09,000
 That's, that's really, really good.

782
00:49:09,420 --> 00:49:10,760
 Uh, Iglesias has struggled.

783
00:49:11,020 --> 00:49:13,000
 I mean, there's no question about that.

784
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:18,460
 He's got a 5.5 ADRA in his last 11 games, uh, with two blown saves.

785
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,420
 But look, um, I'm not really worried about it.

786
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,960
 Uh, you know, I, I think this guy has been so great.

787
00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:31,960
 All year long overall that, um, you know, baseball is, it's hard to go six months and be perfect.

788
00:49:32,100 --> 00:49:33,220
 It's just hard.

789
00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:39,140
 Uh, those, uh, who try usually can't and they usually run into some kind of wall.

790
00:49:39,140 --> 00:49:43,080
 And so, um, I, I think Iglesias will be fine.

791
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:45,340
 I, I, I do hope Robert Suarez gets back.

792
00:49:45,460 --> 00:49:52,120
 And so we don't know that's even more of a important update probably than the other three starting pitchers

793
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:55,460
 because Suarez being in that bullpen would be such a big help.

794
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,840
 I think Lopez, Reynaldo Lopez will be back in the bullpen when he's healthy,

795
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,380
 which will help if Suarez is not back.

796
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:09,760
 But if Robert Suarez gets back and he and Iglesias and, and, and Lopez and Dodd and Lee, uh, and Fuentes,

797
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,100
 that would be six really good early pitchers.

798
00:50:12,180 --> 00:50:17,400
 So we got to hope for that just in case there are problems with him, you know, kind of lingering into October.

799
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,220
 But I, I, I'm still very, very good.

800
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:21,020
 All right.

801
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,920
 Tell us how are you going to beat the heat this weekend?

802
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:28,500
 The dogs having a scrimmage in 140 degrees.

803
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:30,880
 Who's on the show today?

804
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:35,560
 Can our listeners call in and talk about Alabama beating Georgia again?

805
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,680
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

806
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:39,260
 Yeah.

807
00:50:39,300 --> 00:50:42,620
 Y'all better see if y'all got five offensive linemen that can stand up right.

808
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:44,220
 That's what y'all got to worry about.

809
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:52,340
 Uh, these superstations.com will be on in 67 minutes and we'll lead you up to the Braves and the Diamondbacks and look forward to that.

810
00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:53,960
 And, uh, we're, we're getting closer.

811
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:54,620
 That's for sure.

812
00:50:54,700 --> 00:50:55,200
 Can't wait.

813
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,200
 Take, take, take me a listen, man.

814
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:01,860
 Stay in the shade over there and get something cool to drink or otherwise and have a great weekend.

815
00:51:01,860 --> 00:51:02,380
 Okay, buddy.

816
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:03,480
 All right, guys.

817
00:51:03,580 --> 00:51:04,660
 Thank you so much as always.

818
00:51:04,940 --> 00:51:08,260
 Bill Shanks, the superstations.com.

819
00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:13,020
 Coming up next hour, time to go down, as we mentioned earlier, over with a little thing called a scrimmage.

820
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,380
 The latest with Justin Ferguson.

821
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:20,320
 Got to go out to one of the prime high school programs in the entire state, Lester High and Coach Patrick Malone.

822
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,860
 And, baby, my ink is running here.

823
00:51:22,940 --> 00:51:24,700
 Can you tell me who this other guest is?

824
00:51:24,700 --> 00:51:28,680
 Uh, it's the other beard boy to take us around the SEC.

825
00:51:29,220 --> 00:51:29,880
 Stay tuned.

826
00:51:29,980 --> 00:51:31,260
 Second hour of Boom O' Buck Show.

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 The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, is speaking out about the recent arrest of the former financial director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Heidi Barich.

872
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 Earlier this week, an indictment was issued against Barich by the U.S. Department of Justice.

873
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 This past Thursday, Patel took to social media, posting a visual of the money trail that is at the heart of the indictments against Barich and the SPLC at large.

874
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 Patel says that the money trail does not lie.

875
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876
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 Just a few months ago, it came to light that Barich had a neo-Nazi boyfriend during her time at the SPLC, and the two even shared a joint bank account, which Barich then funneled money into.

877
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 Patel says this neo-Nazi boyfriend also conducted the theft of documents from an extremist organization, which Patel says Barich then went on to use for further fundraising and ended up paying another informant to claim responsibility for that theft rather than her neo-Nazi boyfriend.

878
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 Patel says the FBI will continue to follow the money and expose the fraud within the SPLC.

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 A Jefferson County Circuit judge has ordered a religious encampment in Birmingham to be torn down and the occupants to be evicted.

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967
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 You know, after listening to Blair's weather report,

968
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969
00:59:44,420 --> 00:59:51,360
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971
01:00:00,860 --> 01:00:03,080
 Brother B, welcome you to the show today, buddy.

972
01:00:03,140 --> 01:00:03,660
 How are you?

973
01:00:04,260 --> 01:00:10,040
 Well, I would like to say that it's not as hot here, but that is not the case.

974
01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:17,500
 I mean, the humiture this week was, one day was 113.

975
01:00:18,220 --> 01:00:23,760
 So that was certainly a bit warm.

976
01:00:23,900 --> 01:00:30,640
 But the good thing about it is we have, it clouds up, we have thunderstorms.

977
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:38,420
 But, look, imagine being in a situation where you're a college football player

978
01:00:38,420 --> 01:00:42,520
 and you have to practice in this stuff every day is a reality of it.

979
01:00:43,180 --> 01:00:45,580
 About 300-plus pounds with a helmet on.

980
01:00:45,660 --> 01:00:48,020
 That heat ain't going anywhere but right there.

981
01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:54,060
 Brent, what is the hot topic that you're hearing coming out of Tuscaloosa's first scrimmage?

982
01:00:55,160 --> 01:01:00,400
 Well, I would say that AK Deer injury certainly would be a part of that.

983
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:08,400
 They are still trying to get a handle, I think, on the offensive line.

984
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:11,280
 Look, the offensive line has got to be better.

985
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:17,400
 I mean, the three of us and whoever's in the studio would have done a better job

986
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,640
 than what happened at times last year.

987
01:01:21,660 --> 01:01:26,360
 So I think that eventually will probably turn around.

988
01:01:26,460 --> 01:01:28,660
 They don't have a decision yet.

989
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:34,080
 I'm sure they've got some idea in their mind about who's going to be the starting quarterback.

990
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:37,580
 But they're playing that kind of slow right now.

991
01:01:37,580 --> 01:01:44,140
 I think they would like to make a decision along that way, too.

992
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:52,900
 But, you know, the thing that people forget is it's not like this team went 5-7 last year.

993
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:57,740
 I mean, they were in the SEC championship game, won a playoff game,

994
01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:00,440
 obviously got obliterated by Indiana.

995
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:04,940
 But still, the reality of it is interesting.

996
01:02:05,340 --> 01:02:08,060
 And I want to throw this out as a guess.

997
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:13,240
 I'm guessing E.J. Crowell is not hurt.

998
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:19,480
 E.J. Crowell, I think they probably have an inkling how good he is,

999
01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:22,820
 and they're just holding him back until they get to a real game.

1000
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:23,620
 Yeah.

1001
01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:24,460
 Let me ask you this.

1002
01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:28,200
 You mentioned the quarterback battle, Brent, and obviously that's the topic that's your.

1003
01:02:28,540 --> 01:02:33,260
 But given what we just talked about there, the fact that the O-line is still,

1004
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:34,480
 it has a question mark.

1005
01:02:34,540 --> 01:02:37,120
 It may prove to be all that in a bag of chips.

1006
01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:38,220
 Time's going to tell.

1007
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:41,680
 But the fact that it seems from everything we're able to get,

1008
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:43,580
 the quarterback race is even Steven.

1009
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:45,660
 But I don't think it's any secret.

1010
01:02:46,060 --> 01:02:49,400
 The man who can get out of trouble faster will be Russell.

1011
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:52,740
 And not only that, it comes down, would you agree with this?

1012
01:02:52,780 --> 01:02:54,560
 The coaches, you know they're close.

1013
01:02:54,900 --> 01:02:57,500
 They know they respect Mac for sticking with him.

1014
01:02:57,500 --> 01:03:00,900
 So there's that human nature that we owe him a little bit of an edge there.

1015
01:03:01,220 --> 01:03:01,420
 Sure.

1016
01:03:01,460 --> 01:03:02,880
 But at the end of the day, they've got to win.

1017
01:03:03,180 --> 01:03:04,720
 And you go with a young gun.

1018
01:03:04,780 --> 01:03:08,820
 If all things are equal, two things, why would you not go ahead and invest in the future,

1019
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,120
 take your lumps, be that as it may,

1020
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:17,560
 and also someone who may be better able to maybe level out that offensive line going forward?

1021
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:24,840
 I think the issue here is going to be Austin Mack makes fewer mistakes.

1022
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:25,480
 Right.

1023
01:03:25,740 --> 01:03:32,200
 But he also doesn't have the big playability that Russell does.

1024
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:46,140
 But, look, guys, I think Russell's the kind of guy, I mean, he could be 17 out of 24 for 380 yards,

1025
01:03:46,740 --> 01:03:49,260
 four touchdowns, and two picks.

1026
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:50,380
 That's it.

1027
01:03:50,460 --> 01:03:51,400
 He's an NFL quarterback.

1028
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:56,340
 So do you take your chance on that?

1029
01:03:56,340 --> 01:04:03,320
 But, look, the other reality is that we would have never even been talking about if this was years ago.

1030
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:10,720
 And if Russell doesn't play, how long does he stay on the team is the issue.

1031
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:15,240
 So that, you know, they've got to deal with that, too.

1032
01:04:15,580 --> 01:04:19,920
 But at the same time, they can win with either guy.

1033
01:04:20,780 --> 01:04:20,880
 Right.

1034
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:21,260
 Yeah.

1035
01:04:21,460 --> 01:04:25,220
 The other thing he can do is run for 75 yards.

1036
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:31,100
 What he did yesterday was he extended two or three plays into a completion.

1037
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:37,580
 That's the other key for him is the improvisation and being able to make a big play.

1038
01:04:37,900 --> 01:04:41,300
 Listen, we've talked about Tennessee a good bit the last two days.

1039
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:48,120
 The George McIntyre now ahead of Brandon, which is interesting as far as the quarterback race.

1040
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:49,600
 They've got a scrimmage tomorrow.

1041
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:52,460
 We can talk about Auburn here in a few minutes.

1042
01:04:53,360 --> 01:05:00,000
 What else around the league as far as key injuries, performances, comes to mind?

1043
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:03,440
 Well, I'll say this, too, about Tennessee.

1044
01:05:04,340 --> 01:05:10,140
 The savior this year for Tennessee may be Jim Knowles, the defensive coordinator.

1045
01:05:10,140 --> 01:05:18,840
 I mean, when you coordinated defenses at Ohio State and done a great job with that.

1046
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:30,960
 What is interesting about Knowles is he has kind of an average first year, and then his second year is when things really get going.

1047
01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:38,840
 But when you've been at Penn State and Ohio State, I think that's something important to look at.

1048
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:47,540
 Now, you know, the interesting thing, too, with Auburn is now I'm not saying Auburn's going to even have a winning season.

1049
01:05:47,700 --> 01:05:57,540
 I do think they will play better because, I mean, we followed this South Florida team down here pretty closely since it's close to us here in Jacksonville.

1050
01:05:58,540 --> 01:06:04,180
 That's a pretty good team, and they've got enough players on that team that that can make a difference.

1051
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:13,540
 I think what they're getting used to is, I mean, they play at a lightning fast pace, and that's going to really help them at some point.

1052
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:30,560
 They may not get used to it necessarily this year, but they've already shown that even the coaches have been surprised how quickly that they have at least, I don't know how successful they've been, but how quickly they've tried to move the ball.

1053
01:06:34,060 --> 01:06:46,800
 That's weird. Brent, talk to us, Auburn speaking, happening, basically wrapping up their first scrimmage, so I guess it's just a matter of time if fans being fans come out and say, well, this side of the ball was great, the other side I'm worried about.

1054
01:06:47,660 --> 01:06:53,300
 A lot of people are buying the Auburn Kool-Aid. I saw one report this week putting them way up there.

1055
01:06:53,300 --> 01:07:00,400
 We'll see. Of course, time's going to tell that. What message can you send Auburn fans at this point on the cycle?

1056
01:07:01,220 --> 01:07:21,900
 Well, I think they've got some real hope. I'm not saying that it's going to happen for them this year, but I do believe that when you kind of look at who they've got, particularly if Byron Brown does what we think he's going to do,

1057
01:07:22,340 --> 01:07:27,020
 Jeremiah Cobb at running back is pretty good. I mean, he's close to 1,000 yards.

1058
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:39,980
 Keyshawn Singleton is a really good receiver also, and a lot of this is going to depend upon, and we always get back to this, in the line of scrimmage.

1059
01:07:39,980 --> 01:07:50,880
 The good thing is Auburn has a very good kicker, too. But look, guys, y'all have seen it like I have. The problem at Auburn is going to be is the schedule.

1060
01:07:51,600 --> 01:08:00,160
 I mean, they've just got a very difficult situation, and I'm telling you, we cover Florida pretty closely down here.

1061
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:05,980
 That is a mammoth game on September the 19th for both of those schools.

1062
01:08:05,980 --> 01:08:26,740
 But the reality of this is, I mean, when you look at Florida, Bambi at home, at Tennessee, at Georgia, even with a week off, and then LSU and at Ole Miss, I mean, look, guys, if Auburn just wins two of those games, they'd probably be pretty fortunate, frankly.

1063
01:08:27,740 --> 01:08:40,240
 Absolutely. Let me ask you about Ole Miss. I was looking in your notes this morning. Ole Miss offensive coordinator John David Baker confirmed Kiwan Lacy underwent shoulder surgery in the offseason.

1064
01:08:40,820 --> 01:08:47,500
 Again, that's nothing unusual. Nick Saban had a lot of, quote, tune-ups in the offseason when he was there.

1065
01:08:47,980 --> 01:08:52,400
 But I'm guessing that they've gone easy with Lacy so far.

1066
01:08:52,900 --> 01:08:57,000
 Chambliss, if he stays healthy, has set all sorts of records.

1067
01:08:57,360 --> 01:08:59,460
 Your thoughts, what are you hearing out of Oxford?

1068
01:09:00,620 --> 01:09:06,420
 Well, I think they're quite excited about where they are and what's going on.

1069
01:09:06,420 --> 01:09:24,220
 And, look, the reality for them is they're probably a solid right now in the backfield as they have been, frankly, I think, in quite some time.

1070
01:09:25,580 --> 01:09:31,360
 I mean, you've got a quarterback now who is close to setting.

1071
01:09:31,980 --> 01:09:39,580
 Look, when you're close to breaking Ole Miss records and you think about some of the quarterbacks that they have had,

1072
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:47,680
 even going back to Archie Manning, for that matter, much less what they've had lately, I think that's a big deal for them.

1073
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:59,100
 And what we continue to hear for Ole Miss is, as good as they can be offensively, their head coach is still a defensive guy.

1074
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,700
 And that they're better defensively than most of the teams on their schedule, frankly.

1075
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:15,480
 Let's ask about another team not too far from you, but Alabama fans certainly got them circled on their schedule, and that's Florida State.

1076
01:10:16,260 --> 01:10:17,840
 We know what happened last year.

1077
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,600
 Brent, what are you hearing out of camp there in Tallahassee?

1078
01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:24,880
 What's going to happen this year for the rematch, this time in Tuscaloosa?

1079
01:10:25,420 --> 01:10:39,860
 Florida State's problem is they have got, they have a tune-up on the week zero, and then they've got SMU on Monday night, Labor Day night.

1080
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:42,780
 And you guys know SMU is a really good team.

1081
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,460
 That's going to be an issue for them to have.

1082
01:10:45,460 --> 01:10:51,880
 Now, SMU's quarterback hurt his hand or his thumb, but he's predicted to be back.

1083
01:10:52,380 --> 01:10:54,700
 And I think he's going to be fine.

1084
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:59,780
 They could do some good.

1085
01:10:59,780 --> 01:11:13,120
 The problem is, guys, when your head coach has basically a $50 million buyout, he's hard to get rid of.

1086
01:11:13,540 --> 01:11:22,240
 But, look, we've all seen these situations is it costs more to keep him.

1087
01:11:22,380 --> 01:11:22,980
 That's right.

1088
01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:28,900
 And they've already got their quarterback, Carson Hobbs, is already out for the season with an ACL.

1089
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:35,680
 Croma, who is a running back, really does a pretty good job.

1090
01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:42,900
 But, again, look, Mike Norvell knows that this is probably it for him unless they play well.

1091
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:49,460
 And in talking to some FSU people, guys, they've really got to do better than a 7-5.

1092
01:11:49,820 --> 01:11:56,600
 I mean, a 7-5 for them would not get anybody excited, frankly, about that at all.

1093
01:11:56,700 --> 01:11:58,480
 And it's not that they don't have some talent.

1094
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:06,320
 Trey Wisner, the former Texas running back, is now in Tallahassee.

1095
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:07,700
 So, I think that's interesting.

1096
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:14,780
 They had a practice in Jacksonville, the University of North Florida, which they do every year.

1097
01:12:15,020 --> 01:12:18,920
 That gets him away from Tallahassee a little bit.

1098
01:12:19,460 --> 01:12:23,820
 Aston Daniels, you remember that name, is the quarterback.

1099
01:12:24,100 --> 01:12:26,040
 He's obviously been around for a while.

1100
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:34,320
 But part of their situation and their struggles have been, particularly at quarterback,

1101
01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:38,000
 but they've had some average, just being frank here,

1102
01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:42,660
 they've had some average to poor quarterbacks the last two or three years.

1103
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:44,120
 And that's one thing.

1104
01:12:44,180 --> 01:12:45,220
 They've got to stabilize.

1105
01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:52,980
 But, again, when you've got SMU, two weeks later, you're going to Tuscaloosa,

1106
01:12:53,780 --> 01:12:57,860
 an Alabama team that's got to be mad about what happened last year.

1107
01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:07,480
 And then the other reality is you've got Miami, who everybody says is number 17 in the nation,

1108
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 in the magazines at this point.

1109
01:13:10,420 --> 01:13:14,240
 You play the Louisville, and then you've got Clemson.

1110
01:13:14,620 --> 01:13:19,880
 Guys, there's a real chance that they may be showing him the door.

1111
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:24,720
 They play Clemson on Halloween night, I believe.

1112
01:13:25,240 --> 01:13:30,000
 So that could be pretty scary in a lot of ways for the state coaching staff.

1113
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 That's exactly right.

1114
01:13:31,960 --> 01:13:33,160
 Listen, great stuff.

1115
01:13:33,580 --> 01:13:35,320
 Tell us where we can get online.

1116
01:13:35,460 --> 01:13:39,320
 And I believe you did one earlier this week with Travis Ryer.

1117
01:13:39,440 --> 01:13:43,440
 Where can we get all the good stuff on TV and the podcast online?

1118
01:13:43,440 --> 01:13:50,540
 Yeah, I appreciate that, at Brent Beard, on the Internet.

1119
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:58,900
 And First Coast News here in Jacksonville, where we kind of battle for time with the Jaguars,

1120
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 as you can imagine, down here, too.

1121
01:14:02,700 --> 01:14:06,040
 But second helping podcast with Travis Ryer.

1122
01:14:06,220 --> 01:14:11,240
 Yes, we did one last night, as a matter of fact, so it's fresh off the press.

1123
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:13,080
 Sounds good.

1124
01:14:13,260 --> 01:14:14,020
 Man, gear up.

1125
01:14:14,220 --> 01:14:15,560
 Find a shade down there.

1126
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:19,160
 And one of these days, maybe by Christmas, it'll dip under 100 in your backyard.

1127
01:14:19,300 --> 01:14:19,860
 Is there okay, Brent?

1128
01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:20,740
 Yeah.

1129
01:14:20,900 --> 01:14:24,780
 And listen, it actually starts to cool off here around Halloween.

1130
01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:27,400
 So, we're quite great now.

1131
01:14:27,480 --> 01:14:32,140
 Now, look, in December, we're as cold as Anchorage, Alaska.

1132
01:14:33,060 --> 01:14:35,480
 But it takes a while to get to there, okay?

1133
01:14:35,700 --> 01:14:36,020
 Yeah.

1134
01:14:36,580 --> 01:14:39,340
 We won't listen to those Chamber of Commerce stories that say otherwise.

1135
01:14:39,460 --> 01:14:40,520
 Brent, you know you live there.

1136
01:14:40,580 --> 01:14:41,820
 Listen, man, thanks so much.

1137
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 Have a great weekend, all right?

1138
01:14:43,460 --> 01:14:43,860
 Y'all too.

1139
01:14:43,960 --> 01:14:44,340
 Take care.

1140
01:14:44,460 --> 01:14:44,600
 Thank you, bud.

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 The Score.

1214
01:18:45,140 --> 01:18:46,000
 Welcome back in.

1215
01:18:46,160 --> 01:18:56,120
 You know you've been doing something right for a long time when you are the fourth winningest program in the entire state of Alabama, 718.

1216
01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:02,080
 And ready to make that number grow, says Coach Patrick Malone, head coach out at National High.

1217
01:19:02,140 --> 01:19:03,140
 Coach, welcome in.

1218
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:03,740
 How are you?

1219
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:05,680
 I'm doing great, guys.

1220
01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:06,620
 Getting that time of year.

1221
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:07,160
 Absolutely.

1222
01:19:07,660 --> 01:19:13,520
 Yeah, well, Kirby, if I'm wrong, but you've already, as far as that goes, cracked the egg, so to speak, last night.

1223
01:19:13,620 --> 01:19:16,360
 How did the Jamboree game go with Madison Academy?

1224
01:19:17,220 --> 01:19:17,720
 Yes, sir.

1225
01:19:17,800 --> 01:19:23,280
 We played at home last night, great atmosphere, great turnout for both teams.

1226
01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:32,700
 You know, Madison Academy comes in, and, you know, tremendous program, top to bottom, and always a traditional power.

1227
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,840
 And then you add what Coach Godsey does and what his staff does.

1228
01:19:36,180 --> 01:19:37,980
 It's a formidable opponent for sure.

1229
01:19:37,980 --> 01:19:48,040
 And when you're going in a Jamboree, you want those type of quality teams and those type of respectable people on the other sideline that you can communicate with.

1230
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:51,520
 Because there's some things that, you know, you want to do special teams live.

1231
01:19:51,620 --> 01:19:52,320
 Do you want to kill it?

1232
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:53,260
 Do you want running clock?

1233
01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:54,640
 When are you going to sub out?

1234
01:19:55,120 --> 01:20:01,400
 And so I always appreciate Coach Godsey and his willingness to travel over here, and then we'll return the trip next year.

1235
01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:02,960
 But it was a good night.

1236
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:04,600
 They're really good.

1237
01:20:04,700 --> 01:20:09,500
 They've got a quarterback who, oh, my goodness, I wasn't real familiar with them because we don't play them.

1238
01:20:09,900 --> 01:20:12,700
 And then, hey, they've got – I'm familiar with them now.

1239
01:20:13,860 --> 01:20:15,320
 Tremendous athletic quarterback.

1240
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:17,120
 My word.

1241
01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:20,820
 He made us look silly several times.

1242
01:20:21,300 --> 01:20:26,200
 But they'll be tough to deal with in that AA region for sure.

1243
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:31,520
 And then, you know, anytime you come out of a Jamboree, number one goal is come out healthy and clean, and we did that.

1244
01:20:31,740 --> 01:20:33,580
 And I've got some things to work on.

1245
01:20:33,700 --> 01:20:36,480
 We had our guys come in early this morning and fix those things.

1246
01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:41,760
 And, you know, it's almost a bow on the end of fall camp.

1247
01:20:42,700 --> 01:20:48,220
 And we're turning our attention to next week and trying to get better for Deschler.

1248
01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:51,120
 Coach, would you be surprised?

1249
01:20:51,200 --> 01:20:56,400
 I bet you the college coaches would kind of like what you do there at the high school level, and the NFL does,

1250
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:59,600
 have at least one game to have a dress rehearsal to find out.

1251
01:20:59,600 --> 01:21:03,240
 Because you sit here all day when you play each other, each other knows each other's habits.

1252
01:21:03,660 --> 01:21:06,420
 But like you said, you found a quarterback that you didn't know anything about.

1253
01:21:06,500 --> 01:21:10,080
 That's always something you can work on and learn from if you're smart.

1254
01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:15,780
 How important is a Jamboree game just to basically go out there and see in real time,

1255
01:21:15,940 --> 01:21:18,220
 maybe some – more importantly, not your strengths necessarily,

1256
01:21:18,300 --> 01:21:20,620
 but your weaknesses to work on once you get into the real deal?

1257
01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:21,880
 Absolutely.

1258
01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:26,480
 And, you know, high school football, you got the option spring training on a Jamboree.

1259
01:21:26,680 --> 01:21:32,160
 And I think the way your summers are set up now, it makes sense for us to do the Jamboree.

1260
01:21:32,700 --> 01:21:39,160
 And not only on the field, guys, it's the operational stuff from 8 o'clock Friday morning to 7 o'clock.

1261
01:21:39,540 --> 01:21:46,000
 But, you know, especially on a home game, getting everything set up, bathrooms open, ticket takers,

1262
01:21:46,180 --> 01:21:50,120
 your scoreboard, are your lights working, all the things that you take for granted,

1263
01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:54,100
 your down markers, all the things.

1264
01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:56,000
 And, you know, we're so blessed here at Dasher.

1265
01:21:56,080 --> 01:21:58,140
 We have a great team effort.

1266
01:21:58,460 --> 01:22:01,060
 And I know several programs do that.

1267
01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:05,440
 But I could not imagine playing a Jamboree – not playing a Jamboree.

1268
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:09,380
 I just really couldn't because you get all of those firsts out of the way.

1269
01:22:10,020 --> 01:22:10,980
 And there's really no pressure.

1270
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:14,080
 You just want to go out there and correct some things.

1271
01:22:14,300 --> 01:22:16,780
 But I'm telling you, that's what I told our staff before we went out.

1272
01:22:16,840 --> 01:22:18,780
 I said, we're going to be positive on the sideline.

1273
01:22:18,860 --> 01:22:19,740
 We're going to correct some things.

1274
01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:21,980
 And I'm telling you, we're two plays in and I've already got a kid.

1275
01:22:21,980 --> 01:22:23,680
 And I go, hey, what are we doing?

1276
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:28,500
 And I just feel – the whole staff is looking at me.

1277
01:22:28,620 --> 01:22:29,340
 I got you.

1278
01:22:29,340 --> 01:22:30,040
 I got you guys.

1279
01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:33,080
 But, no, it's a great opportunity.

1280
01:22:33,660 --> 01:22:37,920
 And then you've got some guys that may not get the reps throughout the year.

1281
01:22:38,180 --> 01:22:42,460
 They're able to get out there and say, look, I've been working all fall camp now.

1282
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:44,000
 I've got an opportunity right here.

1283
01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:46,960
 I just love that about high school football.

1284
01:22:47,460 --> 01:22:49,600
 Let me ask you about the tradition.

1285
01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:52,480
 Harold and I believe in that so much now.

1286
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:59,040
 As he alluded to, 718 wins, the fourth winningest program in the state.

1287
01:22:59,160 --> 01:23:04,040
 That's for 106 seasons, 80 winning seasons, which amazes me.

1288
01:23:04,560 --> 01:23:07,860
 Three state championships, 90, 98, 99.

1289
01:23:08,980 --> 01:23:10,760
 And some of the traditions.

1290
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:12,320
 Strike the helmets.

1291
01:23:12,520 --> 01:23:20,440
 I was looking – that kind of reminds me of what Notre Dame does as far as painting their helmets gold during the course of the year.

1292
01:23:21,160 --> 01:23:24,420
 Running down the hill, a tradition to begin the game.

1293
01:23:24,420 --> 01:23:35,940
 And I believe every summer camp, you go off campus to another site for three, four days or a week.

1294
01:23:37,040 --> 01:23:39,760
 But you always talk about the standard at Dester.

1295
01:23:39,940 --> 01:23:41,200
 Talk about the tradition.

1296
01:23:42,160 --> 01:23:42,940
 It's unreal.

1297
01:23:43,620 --> 01:23:51,580
 And so we tell our kids when they come in, and most of them have dads, uncles, older cousins, whatever that have played here.

1298
01:23:52,080 --> 01:24:00,540
 And the honor that it is to wear the jersey, but the responsibility that you have now to carry on what has been said before you.

1299
01:24:00,780 --> 01:24:17,760
 And the running down the hill is such a unique experience, not only for our kids that get to do it, but when you get on the field, there's, you know, 50, 60 little kids that are – their jaws are dropped, their eyes are big, and they're watching you.

1300
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:20,640
 And, you know, that's just that high school feel.

1301
01:24:22,380 --> 01:24:24,660
 You know, I want to take you to another one.

1302
01:24:24,900 --> 01:24:28,400
 Every Friday morning, our local churches have team breakfast.

1303
01:24:29,080 --> 01:24:36,320
 And you're talking about feeding 90 kids, and they're taking that out of their pocket, and they pour into our kids, and it's that community feel.

1304
01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:37,940
 And they've been doing that.

1305
01:24:37,980 --> 01:24:41,940
 I graduated in 99 here and been doing that ever since.

1306
01:24:42,940 --> 01:24:46,840
 And we're so close to most of the churches, we usually walk.

1307
01:24:47,780 --> 01:24:51,900
 And our cheerleaders – like, for example, yesterday, our cheerleaders walked with us.

1308
01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:54,040
 And so it's a total team program.

1309
01:24:54,660 --> 01:24:59,960
 And, you know, our first year here, which seems like last week, it was, you know, this is year five, four.

1310
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:06,600
 Middle of the year, we've got people coming out on their balconies that we're walking because they know our routine, and they're yelling at us.

1311
01:25:06,600 --> 01:25:14,900
 And it just makes you – it makes that message resonate a little bit more with our players that, hey, this is something special.

1312
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:23,320
 And we had alumni come back last night and got to see them and guys that have played either last year or years prior.

1313
01:25:23,960 --> 01:25:25,320
 And it's always the same thing.

1314
01:25:25,340 --> 01:25:26,020
 Coach, you were right.

1315
01:25:26,220 --> 01:25:26,780
 You were right.

1316
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:35,520
 You know, and we bring those guys in, and we had a couple of legendary players, one that graduated in 88, I believe, and then one that graduated in 97.

1317
01:25:35,520 --> 01:25:39,540
 And they talked to our team at team camp this year.

1318
01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:46,760
 And it's always good when – it's not the coaches talking and sending the same message, but when outside people come in.

1319
01:25:47,260 --> 01:25:48,880
 And it's family pouring into family.

1320
01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:53,180
 But, you know, you hit the head on – you hit the nail on the head with that tradition.

1321
01:25:53,380 --> 01:25:56,120
 It's a place unlike any other, and I tell people all the time.

1322
01:25:56,620 --> 01:26:01,980
 There's Friday nights, and Friday nights are great all across the state, and there's tons of great football here in North Alabama.

1323
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:06,780
 But as far as an atmosphere, I would rank Dessler near the top of any place I've ever been.

1324
01:26:07,020 --> 01:26:12,460
 Let me ask you about two games in particularly this year that I'm certainly looking forward to.

1325
01:26:12,960 --> 01:26:17,620
 Next Friday night at Russellville, some guy by the name of Daryl Higgins.

1326
01:26:17,620 --> 01:26:23,360
 As you've known for quite a while, the 100th meeting with Russellville and Dessler.

1327
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:32,760
 And correct me if I'm wrong, but October 15th, Brooks on a Thursday night is going to be on Alabama Public TV,

1328
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:38,380
 which I am delighted that they have started doing the game of the week.

1329
01:26:38,820 --> 01:26:43,040
 Those are two games that really stick out to me for this upcoming season.

1330
01:26:43,620 --> 01:26:46,780
 Right, and I'll touch on that latter one first with Brooks.

1331
01:26:47,180 --> 01:26:55,020
 They reached out, the state did, and said, hey, we've got an opportunity to showcase your program and Brooks' program on TV.

1332
01:26:55,020 --> 01:27:03,680
 I said, the only hiccup now is Thursday night, and our administrative team, so gracious, and worked with Brooks to get that game moved to Thursday.

1333
01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:06,080
 I thought it was a no-brainer for both programs.

1334
01:27:06,180 --> 01:27:09,680
 They're going to highlight campuses and programs that both schools offer.

1335
01:27:10,300 --> 01:27:17,000
 And I just thought, man, what an opportunity to highlight, you know, two North Alabama teams on a statewide level.

1336
01:27:17,180 --> 01:27:22,060
 And Coach Bowens at the time when he was there agreed, and so we were able to move that.

1337
01:27:22,060 --> 01:27:25,980
 And when Coach Horton got the job, reached out and said, hey, you can do it with this.

1338
01:27:26,060 --> 01:27:26,740
 He's absolutely.

1339
01:27:27,440 --> 01:27:31,760
 So I think that's going to be great for both fans, both communities, and both schools.

1340
01:27:32,460 --> 01:27:35,940
 And then, you know, Russell, a hundred meeting.

1341
01:27:35,940 --> 01:27:44,000
 I can remember being a kid, watching some of these battles, played in it myself, and you had the extra element of Coach Higgins.

1342
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:51,900
 And I don't think there's any doubt in anybody's mind that Coach Higgins is going to get that program where he wants it.

1343
01:27:52,160 --> 01:27:52,940
 Tremendous coach.

1344
01:27:53,000 --> 01:27:54,000
 He coached me here.

1345
01:27:54,680 --> 01:27:57,600
 He was our linebacker's coach coming through.

1346
01:27:57,600 --> 01:28:05,600
 And just the job he's done, not only at Mars Field, but already we saw him this summer in the 7-0-7.

1347
01:28:05,860 --> 01:28:10,380
 And I look for that program to take off, and he's got great support there.

1348
01:28:12,020 --> 01:28:13,500
 So you're right.

1349
01:28:13,560 --> 01:28:15,920
 It's going to be a battle, and it's an opening game.

1350
01:28:16,720 --> 01:28:19,460
 And for a lot of openers, it doesn't mean a whole lot.

1351
01:28:19,760 --> 01:28:23,440
 For Dashler and Russell fans, you can't tell them any different.

1352
01:28:23,540 --> 01:28:24,600
 It's going to be a war.

1353
01:28:25,140 --> 01:28:26,540
 Excited for that opportunity.

1354
01:28:27,240 --> 01:28:32,100
 We're getting the 100th meeting, and I don't know what the split is right there.

1355
01:28:32,180 --> 01:28:32,960
 I'd imagine it's pretty good.

1356
01:28:32,960 --> 01:28:33,520
 It's close.

1357
01:28:33,820 --> 01:28:34,360
 It is.

1358
01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:38,460
 Yeah, but a home opener for Coach Higgins' debut.

1359
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:41,840
 I'm going to mess with him when I talk to him.

1360
01:28:41,920 --> 01:28:43,900
 I said, man, you're going to have a lot going on that day.

1361
01:28:44,020 --> 01:28:48,220
 I hope you don't get too busy that day.

1362
01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:50,340
 We're excited about it.

1363
01:28:50,980 --> 01:28:53,400
 They're going to play in that jamboree down on Winfield tonight.

1364
01:28:54,060 --> 01:28:55,920
 I look for them to put on a really good show.

1365
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:59,480
 It should be a good contest between two good teams.

1366
01:28:59,640 --> 01:29:02,940
 Listen, as you know, it's a challenge to defend that wing T.

1367
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:07,780
 Whether it's at Morris Hill or Russell, it is a challenge.

1368
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:10,680
 Listen, we always enjoy the conversation with you.

1369
01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:15,160
 God bless you and the staff, the coaches, and the players.

1370
01:29:15,340 --> 01:29:15,940
 Good luck.

1371
01:29:16,340 --> 01:29:19,520
 Hope it's a very successful season with you again.

1372
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:21,980
 Hopefully, we can do this again with you soon.

1373
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:23,360
 Absolutely, guys.

1374
01:29:23,420 --> 01:29:25,300
 Thank you for all you do for high school athletics.

1375
01:29:25,940 --> 01:29:26,280
 Absolutely.

1376
01:29:26,380 --> 01:29:27,460
 Right back at you, Coach.

1377
01:29:27,540 --> 01:29:31,620
 Coach Patrick Stone, the boss out at Dashler High.

1378
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 Coming up, what are they saying about Auburn after their first scrimmage?

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1477
01:34:36,780 --> 01:34:37,560
 Welcome back in.

1478
01:34:37,560 --> 01:34:42,640
 And I'll just imagine he has been a busy, busy boy, especially today, Justin Ferguson.

1479
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 Follow the Auburn Tigers there with the Auburn Observer.

1480
01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:46,680
 Justin, welcome in.

1481
01:34:47,440 --> 01:34:49,440
 Is it safe to say you've had a busy Friday?

1482
01:34:49,560 --> 01:34:50,040
 How are you?

1483
01:34:51,200 --> 01:34:53,580
 It's been a pretty busy day, for sure.

1484
01:34:53,740 --> 01:34:57,920
 Auburn had their first scrimmage of ball camp just a couple hours ago.

1485
01:34:58,180 --> 01:35:00,780
 Just wrapped up probably about an hour or so ago.

1486
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:04,560
 And, yeah, full ball camp in full swing.

1487
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:06,260
 School starts back on Monday.

1488
01:35:06,760 --> 01:35:08,680
 So, they're getting a lot of work in between now and then.

1489
01:35:09,280 --> 01:35:14,140
 The obvious question, is it the same script that you get out of most camps?

1490
01:35:14,260 --> 01:35:16,200
 One side's good, the other side's bad?

1491
01:35:16,320 --> 01:35:17,840
 Or what are you hearing?

1492
01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:20,740
 And where do you start breaking down what you're hearing from the first scrimmage?

1493
01:35:21,540 --> 01:35:25,620
 Yeah, I think the big thing for the first scrimmage is I think both sides played, you know, had their moments.

1494
01:35:26,120 --> 01:35:28,280
 You know, they had some big plays on offense.

1495
01:35:28,480 --> 01:35:30,840
 Byron Brown had a long touchdown run.

1496
01:35:31,060 --> 01:35:34,280
 There was a couple of really long touchdown passes in the game.

1497
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:36,140
 Defense had some good moments as well.

1498
01:35:36,220 --> 01:35:37,900
 Got a goal line stand at one point.

1499
01:35:38,500 --> 01:35:41,840
 Made some, you know, forced some turnovers as well with the second team.

1500
01:35:41,960 --> 01:35:46,700
 So, it was back and forth, but I think Alex Gullis kind of, his main takeaway was, you know what, it wasn't clean.

1501
01:35:46,800 --> 01:35:48,200
 It was sloppy at times.

1502
01:35:48,340 --> 01:35:53,940
 You know, some pre-snap execution issues with the pace Auburn wants to play with on offense.

1503
01:35:54,460 --> 01:35:57,820
 And, you know, I think on the defensive side, they didn't tackle very well.

1504
01:35:58,180 --> 01:36:00,800
 Part of the reason why is they haven't done a whole lot of tackling.

1505
01:36:00,940 --> 01:36:05,460
 They just got into full pads on Wednesday and they didn't tackle to the ground on Thursday.

1506
01:36:05,460 --> 01:36:09,080
 So, I think it's like, it's a lot of stuff you could clean up, but I do think the core of it,

1507
01:36:09,420 --> 01:36:13,480
 big plays on offense, some good plays on defense, good rotation, good depth on both sides.

1508
01:36:13,780 --> 01:36:14,360
 You'll take it.

1509
01:36:14,660 --> 01:36:19,060
 For a first fall camp scrimmage, you'll take the highs or the lows.

1510
01:36:19,660 --> 01:36:23,340
 Let me ask you about the offensive line from left to right.

1511
01:36:23,880 --> 01:36:30,400
 Joe Simmons, left guard Jacob Strand, center Cole Best, right guard Cole Skinner,

1512
01:36:30,640 --> 01:36:32,420
 Stanton Rommel at right tackle.

1513
01:36:32,420 --> 01:36:36,220
 Is that the way, and again, we've still got a long way.

1514
01:36:36,340 --> 01:36:42,340
 I know Jacob Strand and Derek Plaz, left guard, had been going at it, but is that pretty much

1515
01:36:42,340 --> 01:36:43,840
 the lineup for the first game?

1516
01:36:44,740 --> 01:36:45,120
 We'll see.

1517
01:36:45,180 --> 01:36:47,280
 That left guard spot is probably still up for grabs.

1518
01:36:47,680 --> 01:36:52,100
 Alex Goish said today that it might be a situation where they have seven or eight guys they want

1519
01:36:52,100 --> 01:36:55,780
 to play on the offensive line or feel like they can play in that first game against Baylor.

1520
01:36:56,860 --> 01:37:04,740
 So you mentioned Plaz and what you've got there with Strand, Skinner at right guard.

1521
01:37:04,920 --> 01:37:07,200
 Jacoby Ward got some work today as well with the ones.

1522
01:37:07,300 --> 01:37:09,320
 That's pretty good for a young guy as well.

1523
01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:12,720
 Strand's one of those guys who can give you some extra cover at tackle as well.

1524
01:37:13,040 --> 01:37:14,240
 So you've got Simmons at left tackle.

1525
01:37:14,320 --> 01:37:16,160
 Big news today for Auburn on the offensive line.

1526
01:37:16,540 --> 01:37:20,880
 You had Stanton Rommel, full participant in scrimmage, played the entire time.

1527
01:37:21,140 --> 01:37:25,320
 And he's a guy they've been kind of limiting to a little bit of a snap count, you know, pitch

1528
01:37:25,320 --> 01:37:29,120
 count, so to speak, him coming back from those injuries that, you know, cost him pretty much

1529
01:37:29,120 --> 01:37:29,780
 all spring ball.

1530
01:37:29,880 --> 01:37:31,380
 So that was a good sign for Auburn.

1531
01:37:31,480 --> 01:37:33,380
 So, yeah, I think that's probably your first choice.

1532
01:37:33,620 --> 01:37:38,220
 Strand made a good, like, I would say week one you saw Plaz really kind of lead at left

1533
01:37:38,220 --> 01:37:38,500
 guard.

1534
01:37:38,580 --> 01:37:39,980
 Now you're seeing Strand kind of make that move.

1535
01:37:39,980 --> 01:37:43,740
 So, but as Goalish said, they would love to be in a position where they get to game

1536
01:37:43,740 --> 01:37:46,560
 week and they say, you know what, we've got seven or eight guys we can trust out there

1537
01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:49,300
 and we might be able to get to see a little bit of all of them.

1538
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 Justin Ferguson, look up with us, the Auburn Observer.

1539
01:37:51,960 --> 01:37:57,540
 Justin, coming out of any scrimmage, one thing across the board that coaches agree on, please,

1540
01:37:57,880 --> 01:38:00,020
 no injuries, certainly no major injuries.

1541
01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:03,620
 What are you hearing as far as the MASH report post-scrimmage?

1542
01:38:04,400 --> 01:38:06,160
 Yeah, no major injuries to speak of.

1543
01:38:06,220 --> 01:38:07,200
 They held some guys out.

1544
01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:09,580
 Pretty much anybody who's had some kind of bumps and bruises here.

1545
01:38:09,980 --> 01:38:15,420
 You know, in fall camp, they didn't want to go, you know, full-fledged and they wanted

1546
01:38:15,420 --> 01:38:17,680
 to kind of make sure they got recovered.

1547
01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:19,680
 Auburn's going to scrimmage again next Wednesday.

1548
01:38:20,020 --> 01:38:22,500
 So, got a few practices between now and then.

1549
01:38:22,600 --> 01:38:24,820
 So, I think they weren't going to kind of push it as much.

1550
01:38:25,060 --> 01:38:26,520
 So, some of these guys have been on the men.

1551
01:38:26,860 --> 01:38:29,000
 They decided to prioritize, you know what, let's hold them back.

1552
01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:33,260
 So, some of the guys we've heard and seen throughout fall camp that have been limited,

1553
01:38:33,560 --> 01:38:38,280
 like a new boy Fagans, Jonathan Echols, Nakai Davenport, some of those guys did not

1554
01:38:38,280 --> 01:38:42,880
 participate, you know, today, but they're hoping to have him back when they get to the

1555
01:38:42,880 --> 01:38:44,040
 second scrimmage.

1556
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:48,000
 And I think maybe, you know, to kind of tell you what the intensity was like and kind of

1557
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:53,220
 the mindset of some of these guys, Sylvester Smith-Reed, starting safety probably for Auburn

1558
01:38:53,220 --> 01:38:54,460
 this year, returning guy there.

1559
01:38:54,940 --> 01:38:58,600
 He's been in an orange non-contact jersey all fall camp.

1560
01:38:59,240 --> 01:39:02,960
 He's out there on the first play of the scrimmage and he just pops somebody over the middle

1561
01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:06,380
 of the field and, like, you always had to pull him off the side and be like, hey, you know,

1562
01:39:06,840 --> 01:39:09,960
 we like the intensity, we like it, but we need you to, like, not hit anybody.

1563
01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:12,920
 So, you know, that ought to tell you something about it.

1564
01:39:12,940 --> 01:39:16,980
 But, yeah, it would sound like Auburn got out of there relatively injury-free.

1565
01:39:17,240 --> 01:39:18,140
 They'll have an off day tomorrow.

1566
01:39:18,420 --> 01:39:23,020
 They'll practice again Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before they get to the next scrimmage on Wednesday.

1567
01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:28,680
 Let me ask you one of the questions you had on your website for day eight.

1568
01:39:28,820 --> 01:39:30,960
 Who is standing out on the defensive line?

1569
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:35,520
 I've heard good things about Dallas Walker, lost 30 pounds.

1570
01:39:35,720 --> 01:39:40,080
 Cody Sigler's been a little bit banged up, but they know what he can do.

1571
01:39:40,220 --> 01:39:46,340
 Deshaun Womack, Jared Smith, and friends, who has stood out on the defensive line?

1572
01:39:47,160 --> 01:39:50,260
 Well, today it was Cody Sigler, and, you know, they have had him on a pitch count,

1573
01:39:50,260 --> 01:39:53,100
 but yet he was the guy that Alex Golesh mentioned first and foremost.

1574
01:39:53,220 --> 01:39:54,820
 He was making plays on that defensive front.

1575
01:39:54,920 --> 01:39:55,500
 It makes sense.

1576
01:39:55,600 --> 01:39:58,960
 He's kind of been doing that since he got here, so I would expect him to be kind of the big guy.

1577
01:39:59,620 --> 01:40:04,040
 You know, Deshaun Womack, Jared Smith were both two guys that got involved today.

1578
01:40:04,380 --> 01:40:05,200
 They liked the edge rush.

1579
01:40:05,320 --> 01:40:10,400
 You know, Golesh said there's an energy about that group, that edge rusher, that they really, really like.

1580
01:40:10,800 --> 01:40:12,620
 But, yeah, Sigler was kind of the big one there.

1581
01:40:12,960 --> 01:40:15,940
 Dallas Walker is an interesting case because he is probably going to be your primary nose tackle,

1582
01:40:16,380 --> 01:40:19,320
 but he has slimmed up, and he has a little bit more versatility

1583
01:40:19,320 --> 01:40:22,780
 than just being kind of an early-down gap plugger, so it will be interesting to see what he does.

1584
01:40:23,340 --> 01:40:26,240
 And, you know, I think over this next week, it's going to be a big stretch here coming up

1585
01:40:26,240 --> 01:40:29,780
 for Malik Autry, Jordan Crawford, Darian Smith.

1586
01:40:29,920 --> 01:40:32,280
 We've also heard some good things about Darian Smith here recently of just,

1587
01:40:32,600 --> 01:40:36,340
 hey, those second-year guys at defensive tackle, take those steps forward,

1588
01:40:36,420 --> 01:40:38,640
 look like guys who could be starter-quality players for Auburn.

1589
01:40:39,100 --> 01:40:39,900
 That's going to be a big thing.

1590
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:44,020
 But the vets kind of stealing the show today on the defensive front.

1591
01:40:44,540 --> 01:40:47,640
 Let's go on the other side of the ball and talk the offensive line.

1592
01:40:47,960 --> 01:40:51,820
 Justin, obviously, you can only take so much information in,

1593
01:40:51,860 --> 01:40:53,560
 but to the extent of what you're hearing,

1594
01:40:54,100 --> 01:40:56,140
 what's the major concern coming out of the scrimmage?

1595
01:40:56,200 --> 01:40:57,080
 We've heard rumblings.

1596
01:40:57,240 --> 01:40:58,700
 I don't think it's anything documented.

1597
01:40:58,840 --> 01:41:00,640
 Maybe some concerns in the middle of the line.

1598
01:41:00,720 --> 01:41:02,400
 There's a center position snapping the ball.

1599
01:41:02,840 --> 01:41:04,320
 You're closer to it than any of us.

1600
01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:06,760
 Your thoughts, what's the intel on the O-line?

1601
01:41:07,760 --> 01:41:09,540
 Yeah, I think it's just kind of the guard situation,

1602
01:41:09,780 --> 01:41:11,460
 and they've got a number of guys there,

1603
01:41:11,480 --> 01:41:13,920
 but they haven't seen a ton of separation with the guys

1604
01:41:13,920 --> 01:41:14,900
 where I mentioned it earlier.

1605
01:41:15,240 --> 01:41:16,880
 I think tackle is my thing is like the cover.

1606
01:41:17,340 --> 01:41:20,940
 Like, you know, if something happened to a guy like Joe Simmons

1607
01:41:20,940 --> 01:41:23,120
 or a Stanton or a Mill, like, who would be the next man up?

1608
01:41:23,140 --> 01:41:25,880
 It would probably be Jacob Strand, but, like, them past that,

1609
01:41:26,080 --> 01:41:27,240
 it's a lot of inexperience.

1610
01:41:27,240 --> 01:41:31,380
 So, I think that's the thing there with your offensive line to this point.

1611
01:41:31,460 --> 01:41:33,220
 Cole Befs continues to be the guy at center.

1612
01:41:33,880 --> 01:41:34,860
 And they did a good job.

1613
01:41:35,040 --> 01:41:37,940
 The first couple of drives, goers said today they had some pre-snap penalties.

1614
01:41:38,080 --> 01:41:41,080
 They had some communication issues that, like, hey, all right, this is real.

1615
01:41:41,140 --> 01:41:42,080
 We're playing at this pace.

1616
01:41:42,480 --> 01:41:44,500
 And it felt like they kind of settled down, settled in,

1617
01:41:44,760 --> 01:41:47,780
 played a cleaner brand of ball for the rest of the scrimmage.

1618
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:50,760
 I think a lot of that comes down to the fact that you have guys in Cole Best

1619
01:41:50,760 --> 01:41:54,640
 and Cole Skinner on the interior that have been in this offense before.

1620
01:41:54,640 --> 01:41:58,920
 So, you know, kind of a mixed bag, but, you know, started a little shaky

1621
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:01,360
 on the offensive line, finished a lot stronger.

1622
01:42:01,580 --> 01:42:03,140
 They rotated a lot of guys on the interior.

1623
01:42:03,880 --> 01:42:05,140
 They're going to figure out who they can trust the most.

1624
01:42:05,340 --> 01:42:07,100
 Tell us about the schedule.

1625
01:42:08,040 --> 01:42:10,920
 Obviously, game week's going to be here next time we turn around.

1626
01:42:11,020 --> 01:42:13,520
 You mentioned the scrimmage next Wednesday.

1627
01:42:14,580 --> 01:42:17,180
 Will they be off tomorrow, come back Sunday?

1628
01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:19,340
 What's the schedule for next week?

1629
01:42:20,120 --> 01:42:23,040
 Yeah, they'll be off tomorrow, and then they will practice Sunday, Monday,

1630
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:27,060
 and Tuesday before scrimmaging next Wednesday back in Jordan-Hare.

1631
01:42:27,220 --> 01:42:30,080
 They'll be off next Thursday, and then I think they have another weekend of

1632
01:42:30,080 --> 01:42:33,460
 practices off of that before they kind of get closer to more of, like,

1633
01:42:33,460 --> 01:42:34,680
 an extended game week mode.

1634
01:42:34,820 --> 01:42:36,480
 So, school starts back Monday.

1635
01:42:36,860 --> 01:42:38,880
 Auburn is planning on practicing on Monday.

1636
01:42:39,740 --> 01:42:42,420
 You know, they've got everything set, like, academically.

1637
01:42:42,760 --> 01:42:46,740
 Coming in from this camp they've been having off campus, you know, at the resort.

1638
01:42:46,740 --> 01:42:51,140
 So, everything's kind of set for them to take the day off to recover tomorrow,

1639
01:42:51,440 --> 01:42:53,720
 hit the next three days pretty hard, and then, you know,

1640
01:42:53,820 --> 01:42:55,620
 scrimmage on Wednesday and then kind of go from there.

1641
01:42:55,940 --> 01:43:00,840
 Well, you probably need the day off yourself as far as the media is concerned.

1642
01:43:01,500 --> 01:43:07,080
 Where can we get online and get the 6 a.m. emails on Wednesday, the mailbag on Friday,

1643
01:43:07,240 --> 01:43:10,160
 the podcast, and all the other great stuff?

1644
01:43:10,920 --> 01:43:12,020
 Yeah, auburnobserver.com.

1645
01:43:12,180 --> 01:43:12,980
 Check it out there.

1646
01:43:13,400 --> 01:43:17,380
 It's just, you know, $70 for a full subscription there,

1647
01:43:17,480 --> 01:43:20,460
 or you can check us out for $7 a month on top of that.

1648
01:43:20,660 --> 01:43:23,000
 So, yeah, we've got a ton of stuff going on right now.

1649
01:43:23,080 --> 01:43:25,160
 So, like, you know, when I get off the phone with you guys,

1650
01:43:25,160 --> 01:43:29,100
 I'm going to go hard at work on our notes from the scrimmage.

1651
01:43:29,180 --> 01:43:31,000
 So, I'm going to give you everything we've got about the scrimmage.

1652
01:43:31,200 --> 01:43:33,480
 That will come out to our subscribers probably in about an hour or two.

1653
01:43:33,860 --> 01:43:35,540
 So, if you sign up at the Observer right now,

1654
01:43:35,600 --> 01:43:37,700
 it will get in your email inbox later this afternoon,

1655
01:43:37,780 --> 01:43:40,900
 and you'll get everything you need to know from today's scrimmage.

1656
01:43:41,140 --> 01:43:43,480
 And then you can check out all of our practice notes from earlier this week

1657
01:43:43,480 --> 01:43:45,380
 with all the access we've been getting from Auburn.

1658
01:43:45,540 --> 01:43:46,900
 So, auburnobserver.com, sign up there.

1659
01:43:47,520 --> 01:43:49,880
 A rare Saturday off going forward.

1660
01:43:50,040 --> 01:43:51,120
 Enjoy and stay safe.

1661
01:43:51,140 --> 01:43:51,760
 Okay, Justin?

1662
01:43:52,600 --> 01:43:53,460
 Yeah, thank you, guys.

1663
01:43:53,460 --> 01:43:53,980
 Thank you, bud.

1664
01:43:54,360 --> 01:43:56,560
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

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1708
01:46:11,180 --> 01:46:14,680
 1-0, belted deep left field to the wall.

1709
01:46:14,840 --> 01:46:16,300
 Let's go for a ride.

1710
01:46:16,620 --> 01:46:20,000
 That's a home run by Thomas, and his first is a brave.

1711
01:46:21,040 --> 01:46:22,260
 That's it well to right field.

1712
01:46:22,380 --> 01:46:23,980
 Ronald Acuna over to his left.

1713
01:46:24,060 --> 01:46:24,740
 Plays it on the bounce.

1714
01:46:24,840 --> 01:46:25,420
 Knocks it down.

1715
01:46:25,520 --> 01:46:26,020
 Picks it up.

1716
01:46:26,260 --> 01:46:27,100
 He sends it to second.

1717
01:46:27,340 --> 01:46:28,100
 Here comes Young.

1718
01:46:28,260 --> 01:46:28,980
 Got to play.

1719
01:46:29,200 --> 01:46:30,340
 He is dead meat.

1720
01:46:31,140 --> 01:46:32,840
 Yaz with a high fly ball.

1721
01:46:33,040 --> 01:46:33,920
 Reaching for the wall.

1722
01:46:34,060 --> 01:46:34,980
 Deep right field.

1723
01:46:35,360 --> 01:46:36,620
 Binge is at the bricks.

1724
01:46:36,780 --> 01:46:38,360
 And watching it go.

1725
01:46:39,400 --> 01:46:42,320
 And now Riley pulverizes one.

1726
01:46:42,700 --> 01:46:43,700
 Deep left field.

1727
01:46:44,000 --> 01:46:44,820
 To the wall.

1728
01:46:45,380 --> 01:46:47,120
 Way out of here.

1729
01:46:48,080 --> 01:46:48,760
 0-1.

1730
01:46:48,840 --> 01:46:49,780
 Ground ball to the left side.

1731
01:46:49,900 --> 01:46:50,620
 Riley scoops.

1732
01:46:50,740 --> 01:46:51,400
 Fires the second.

1733
01:46:51,600 --> 01:46:52,880
 In time, Braves win.

1734
01:46:54,380 --> 01:46:56,180
 They take the rubber game.

1735
01:46:56,320 --> 01:46:59,140
 They belted three home runs in the game.

1736
01:46:59,220 --> 01:47:02,040
 And the Braves have a nine-and-a-half game lead in the division.

1737
01:47:02,500 --> 01:47:04,220
 With 41 left to be played.

1738
01:47:04,600 --> 01:47:06,880
 Join us tonight as the Braves welcome the Diamondbacks.

1739
01:47:06,940 --> 01:47:08,860
 Right here on 93.9 The Score.

1740
01:47:09,680 --> 01:47:10,800
 The Score.

1741
01:47:11,220 --> 01:47:16,000
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1742
01:47:16,340 --> 01:47:17,180
 Welcome back in.

1743
01:47:17,260 --> 01:47:18,100
 Obviously, I'm your Pierce.

1744
01:47:18,160 --> 01:47:19,580
 A beezy, beezy boy.

1745
01:47:19,780 --> 01:47:23,520
 And one of the reasons is he does such a good job out at Garner Pierce Autos.

1746
01:47:23,600 --> 01:47:26,240
 Hopefully, we'll be able to hook up with Elmer as soon as possible.

1747
01:47:26,380 --> 01:47:31,300
 But, B.B., in the meantime, the scrimmages, the first anticipated scrimmages are now the

1748
01:47:31,300 --> 01:47:33,260
 books at Alabama and Auburn.

1749
01:47:33,360 --> 01:47:34,280
 What is your takeaway?

1750
01:47:34,580 --> 01:47:40,400
 Fans, obviously, you get the feeling sometimes fans expect these teams, after being on the

1751
01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:43,600
 shelf forever, to come out and be in November form.

1752
01:47:43,640 --> 01:47:45,060
 It's just not going to happen, B.B.

1753
01:47:45,120 --> 01:47:47,200
 But, objectively, what's your takeaway?

1754
01:47:47,560 --> 01:47:49,400
 Well, it's obvious right now.

1755
01:47:49,400 --> 01:47:55,860
 The defense has handed the offense for Alabama, and particularly at the line of scrimmage.

1756
01:47:56,400 --> 01:48:00,920
 I think this Alabama defense is going to be quite good if they can stay healthy.

1757
01:48:01,080 --> 01:48:02,920
 I think the kicking game, Quinn.

1758
01:48:03,660 --> 01:48:07,500
 I know our friend, Rodney Orr, tighter and sider, really likes him.

1759
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:12,380
 The offense, again, and particularly the offensive line is a work in progress.

1760
01:48:12,540 --> 01:48:14,980
 The quarterbacks got off to a slow start.

1761
01:48:15,700 --> 01:48:20,760
 Two of the interceptions were tilt passes, and that's just going to happen with that.

1762
01:48:20,900 --> 01:48:26,920
 We will see a little bit more about the injuries, and particularly A.K. Deer, Alabama off until

1763
01:48:26,920 --> 01:48:27,500
 Sunday.

1764
01:48:27,500 --> 01:48:29,100
 We may get a word Sunday.

1765
01:48:29,320 --> 01:48:33,780
 I know the coordinators are going to be having press conferences on Monday.

1766
01:48:34,340 --> 01:48:35,720
 Auburn's kind of the same way.

1767
01:48:35,800 --> 01:48:40,320
 I think they're a little bit ahead, Alabama, as far as, and particularly you've got an experienced

1768
01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:40,840
 quarterback.

1769
01:48:41,480 --> 01:48:43,760
 A lot of guys coming in from South Florida.

1770
01:48:43,940 --> 01:48:45,080
 They know the system.

1771
01:48:45,680 --> 01:48:51,860
 The breakneck pace, I figure, was going to lead to some illegal procedure penalties.

1772
01:48:52,640 --> 01:48:53,840
 Brown is good.

1773
01:48:54,000 --> 01:48:59,000
 The Auburn defense, and particularly the linebackers, one of the best in the country.

1774
01:49:00,760 --> 01:49:06,040
 Harold, from what I hear from both scrimmages, both teams about where I thought they'd be

1775
01:49:06,040 --> 01:49:06,660
 right now.

1776
01:49:06,920 --> 01:49:12,760
 You get the impression, and it's just speculation, is DeBoer basically doing what he has to do

1777
01:49:12,760 --> 01:49:14,200
 to keep the quarterback room happy?

1778
01:49:14,300 --> 01:49:19,700
 I think it would be insane at this point in the modern era to say, I'm all in camp here

1779
01:49:19,700 --> 01:49:23,140
 and not there, because let's face it, human nature is what it is.

1780
01:49:23,180 --> 01:49:24,480
 It was and always will be.

1781
01:49:25,060 --> 01:49:29,100
 Whoever does not get the nod, no matter what they say, is basically going to sit here with

1782
01:49:29,100 --> 01:49:33,060
 one eye on the position there in Tuscaloosa and the other eyes to the portal.

1783
01:49:33,300 --> 01:49:35,700
 I'm not saying that's the gospel, but that's just human nature.

1784
01:49:36,360 --> 01:49:37,600
 Is DeBoer sitting here?

1785
01:49:37,700 --> 01:49:42,160
 Do you think he, in the back of his mind, he's about 95, if not 98% sure he just doesn't

1786
01:49:42,160 --> 01:49:45,480
 want to come out right now and rock the boat before he has to?

1787
01:49:45,480 --> 01:49:52,060
 Well, I think they have an ideal, again, Austin Mack may be a little more consistent.

1788
01:49:52,360 --> 01:49:59,880
 And again, whoever is named the opening quarterback for East Carolina, I think in that second scrimmage

1789
01:49:59,880 --> 01:50:04,000
 next Thursday is the one who makes the least mistakes, the least turnovers.

1790
01:50:04,240 --> 01:50:09,940
 And I think they would like to, again, Austin Mack came back.

1791
01:50:10,060 --> 01:50:12,800
 He has really worked with this staff.

1792
01:50:12,940 --> 01:50:14,260
 He's quite familiar with it.

1793
01:50:14,540 --> 01:50:20,080
 But it's very obvious, Harold, that Keylon Russell has got an upside that is tremendous.

1794
01:50:20,680 --> 01:50:22,160
 He's going to make some mistakes.

1795
01:50:22,280 --> 01:50:24,060
 He's going to have a turnover or two.

1796
01:50:24,220 --> 01:50:31,020
 But the well plays and the improvisation and being able to extend plays, I think eventually

1797
01:50:31,020 --> 01:50:33,700
 is going to be the reason why he's named starting quarterback.

1798
01:50:34,180 --> 01:50:36,260
 And second scrimmage, he's talking about important.

1799
01:50:36,500 --> 01:50:38,400
 We can't put enough emphasis on that.

1800
01:50:38,460 --> 01:50:44,120
 BB, in the meantime, the Braves, nine games up as they start tonight against the Diamondbacks.

1801
01:50:44,960 --> 01:50:46,960
 Mr. Elder on the boundaries for tomorrow.

1802
01:50:47,100 --> 01:50:51,580
 I should say on Sunday tonight, the Braves are going to go up against the boys out west.

1803
01:50:52,180 --> 01:50:54,660
 And they're going to be throwing Mr. Sale tonight.

1804
01:50:54,840 --> 01:50:55,800
 Elder is on Sunday.

1805
01:50:55,840 --> 01:50:57,080
 Your thoughts about tonight's game?

1806
01:50:57,080 --> 01:51:02,020
 Well, I hope Sale can get some runs because he went through a spell to where I think they

1807
01:51:02,020 --> 01:51:06,100
 didn't score two runs for him in about four games.

1808
01:51:06,240 --> 01:51:07,240
 They're playing better.

1809
01:51:07,740 --> 01:51:10,900
 I mentioned Austin Riley when we had Bill Shanks on the show.

1810
01:51:11,300 --> 01:51:13,140
 He is seeing the ball better.

1811
01:51:13,660 --> 01:51:17,680
 I think his stance, he just seems to be a little bit more balanced.

1812
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:20,720
 And again, I'll give the starting pitching credit.

1813
01:51:20,880 --> 01:51:24,220
 Martin Perez has really pitched well.

1814
01:51:24,220 --> 01:51:32,520
 Paul Tyler, Malley has been, or Malley, I'm sorry, rhymes with rally, as Bill Shanks says.

1815
01:51:32,900 --> 01:51:34,020
 It's been a revelation.

1816
01:51:34,240 --> 01:51:37,080
 Grant Holmes, two games back-to-back.

1817
01:51:37,320 --> 01:51:38,940
 No, there's no question.

1818
01:51:39,360 --> 01:51:40,620
 I think they win the division.

1819
01:51:40,740 --> 01:51:44,140
 The division's been a little more weaker than I thought it would be.

1820
01:51:44,700 --> 01:51:46,680
 And particularly the Phillies and the Marlins.

1821
01:51:47,160 --> 01:51:49,280
 And I think the Braves will win the division.

1822
01:51:49,280 --> 01:51:54,820
 But again, you and I both know it's, you know, when you get to October, it's a different deal.

1823
01:51:55,240 --> 01:51:56,820
 Yeah, let's hope they stay hot in the meantime.

1824
01:51:57,220 --> 01:52:00,440
 Can you give us some shade in the meantime, B.B.?

1825
01:52:00,440 --> 01:52:01,360
 We need it, don't we?

1826
01:52:02,460 --> 01:52:03,480
 We're going to hold you to it.

1827
01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:04,940
 That's going to take care of business from now, Matt.

1828
01:52:04,980 --> 01:52:07,140
 For B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1829
01:52:07,700 --> 01:52:09,700
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1830
01:52:09,780 --> 01:52:11,380
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to two.

1831
01:52:11,460 --> 01:52:14,720
 The B.M.O. Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.