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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC.

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 I'm pretty staunch on I want our uniform colors to be orange, blue and white because those are our school colors.

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 I don't have any desire to wear those green alligator uniforms that were worn here.

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 I'm sure everybody thinks that's like all I do all day is put uniform combinations together.

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 Out of those decisions, I would say the administration here and other people that were involved in planning that out with everybody in that room

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 probably were like looking at me like, why are you so disinterested in this?

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 Because I really I could I could give two I just want to win games.

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 The unvarnished voice of North Alabama's most famous Gator, Jon Sumral,

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 preaching from the pulpit down in Gainesville as a head coach of the blue, orange and white Gators.

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 Brett Beaird.

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 That was pretty good, wasn't it?

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 Yeah, just the light is, man.

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 Jon Sumrall is just a football coach, Harold Bugg.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall, who had a birthday yesterday, will preview the upcoming college football season.

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 Heath Wood, head football coach Central, previews the 2026 season coming up.

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 And good friend Freddie Kirby is here right now to talk about Hush Puppies and Alabama's summer camp.

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 Can we just talk about Hush Puppies for now and then we'll get to summer camp later.

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 Freddie is the regional boss of Southeastern Athletics Incorporated.

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 Freddie, welcome in.

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 Hopefully you brought some Hush Puppies with you.

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 And there will be plenty on display tonight.

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 If we can get the BB and the HB to show up tonight and everything, of course, we've got to let the HB get out of captivity before we can expect him.

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 When you commit my crimes, it's a long parole, I guarantee you, Freddie.

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 Well, we're going to have our annual kickoff of football season, get together at Greenbrier Restaurant tonight for the Alabama football fans and the Alabama athletics fans in general and everything.

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 We usually have a really good turnout for this night and me and Drew D.R. are going to get together and talk about the recruiting classes, what we can expect out of this year's team and what our projections are.

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 It must be August in North Alabama.

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 Freddie, let's talk a little bit about what –

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 One thing about that, Harold, that I failed to say, we don't have a membership.

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 who's going to be the starting quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide?

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 What caught my attention, Freddie, he likes Adrian Clem, the offensive line coach.

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 Brady, before we let you go, tell us how Southeastern Athletics can help young men and women get a college scholarship.

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 Well, what we do, Brenton, is we do all the legwork.

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 I just went on a 792-mile round trip to Dixon, Kentucky, to Louisville, Kentucky, and back home and everything.

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 I found a young man out here at Huffington, Alabama, named Kane Rushing, who is the best male athlete in the entire school.

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 All this young man did was catch 56 passes for 1,221-yard and 24 touchdowns.

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 Took his team all the way to the Final Four, pretty much, in football.

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 Turned around, took them to the state championship game, lost by one in basketball, and averaged 19 a game.

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 like Raquan Butler that's committed to Alabama, out of Loachapulco, nearby McCary from Maplesville.

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 He's the number two player in the whole state of Alabama for this 28 class and everything.

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 This kid can play at UNA and several other schools and everything.

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 He's got a very good size, a 6'2", 175, runs a 4'5", but not one school is looking at this kid and everything.

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 I put him out yesterday to almost 1,500 coaches and everything, and he's got two hits this morning already,

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 but once the coach is there, it's all up to you from there and everything,

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 And some recount, Freddie, I always enjoy the conversation, brother.

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 See you tonight and have a great week.

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 All right, and I heard you say we will see you, so I expect to see Harold B.

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 Well, we'll see about that.

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 Or whatever behind door number two, right?

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 All right, guys, I appreciate it.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Here are thoughts from Alabama football head coach Kalen DeBoer

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 following last Thursday's scrimmage for the Crimson Tide

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back, Andy.

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 We mentioned it's kind of crazy and busy these days.

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 They've got college football right around the corner and high school football up first.

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 So says Caleb Suggs.

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 He's got it all covered there with the Decatur Daily.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, Boone.

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 Finally, we can ask the question.

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 Caleb, are you ready for some football?

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 It is here whether we're ready or not.

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 I guess what?

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 Between 48 and 72 hours from now, we'll get the opening chapter.

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 Where do you start as far as the first big match-ups on week one?

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 Well, I think there's a lot.

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 I think that's the good news is if you're a high school football fan, you're not hurting for somewhere to go.

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 The one that sticks out at me, I look at Austin hosting James Clemens.

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 You're talking about a game that was a region showdown the last eight years.

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 And seven of those eight years, either Austin or James Clemens went on to win the region championship.

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 So it was always a huge game.

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 Now it's a non-region game.

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 They're opening the season.

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 You've got Austin, I think, is going to be one of the best teams in Class 5A now that they've moved down.

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 James Clemens is going to be really good second year, Coach Johnson.

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 I think that's going to be a fantastic game to kick off the season with.

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 The one that could definitely go either way.

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 I agree with you entirely.

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 Aidan Davis, they just have a plethora of running backs legacy there.

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 Aidan Davis last year, 1,100 yards.

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 One of the interesting games, as you said, is West Morgan at Athens.

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 West Morgan just rebuilds.

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 Macquarie Johnson ran all over people last year.

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 They returned five starters on the offensive line, ouch, along with Ben Johnson.

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 34-game, regular season winning streak for West Morgan and Drew Phillips.

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 Athens is a younger team this year.

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 They've got some good players.

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 They were 6-5 last year.

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 Austin Campbell, as you noted, a three-year starter linebacker.

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 Aidan Lovell, who is a real college prospect.

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 Very interesting game with West Morgan traveling to Athens.

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 Yeah, it's incredibly interesting.

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 You know, you look at the enrollment numbers that the AHSA put out.

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 You know, West Morgan is one of the smaller 4As.

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 They have, from 9th to 11th grade last year, they had a enrollment number of around 400.

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 And you look at Athens, they're the second largest 5A with an enrollment number over 1,000.

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 So that is a huge, drastic difference between these two schools.

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 But I think it's going to be a really good game.

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 I think that, you know, like you said, West Morgan, they've been so successful in bringing in that 34-game winning streak.

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 That streak is definitely in danger.

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 But, you know, I don't think it's, you know, I think you look at the difference in the size of the schools and think, well, it's got to be a layup win for Athens.

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 I just don't believe that.

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 I think what West Morgan has done, especially in the trenches, their weight program, I think they can really compete with a school.

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 Despite their size differences as far as numbers go, I think they can really compete.

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 West Morgan doesn't look like your typical 4A.

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 Athens is still, though, I mean, that's still a huge school.

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 They're really good, well-coached with Coach Gross, but I think this is going to be a really good game.

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 Like you mentioned, Athens is pretty young, so I think West Morgan's got that experience.

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 I think it's going to be a sneaky good game to go watch and one that I'm actually going to be at and I'm excited to watch.

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 Caleb Suggs at Cater Daily.

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 To me, it's a very interesting matchup.

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 Obviously, one of the oldest programs in the entire state.

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 You're very familiar with it.

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 You know where I'm going with this.

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 Red Raiders there at Decatur High on the road to Buckhorn.

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 Buckhorn is one of those, was Madison County, still is Madison County Schools, but it's a growing community.

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 I mean, like a kudzu or a weed, so you never know what you're going to get out there.

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 But Decatur's trying to get back to the standards.

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 Buckhorn, a growing community.

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 What do you see there in the opening act?

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 Again, I mean, there's just so many good games right here.

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 I mean, you need to be out somewhere this Friday because there's too many games going on.

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 But, yeah, I think you just look at it.

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 You know, Decatur, I know it's been tough the past two years, back to back two and eight seasons.

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 You know, it's been a longer process than I think people were hoping for.

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 But, you know, Coach Ritter has the track record.

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 He did it with Morgan.

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 He did it at Russell.

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 And year three has always been a big year.

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 But they really need to get that win, especially with their schedule, you know, the region that they play in.

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 I mean, they really need that win just to kind of spark the momentum and get the kids the confidence.

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 And so, you know, I hate to put a lot of pressure on a week one game, but this almost feels must win.

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 And that stinks because I think Buckhorn's really good, too.

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 I think they're underrated.

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 You know, last year, I forget the coach's name, but, you know, I know he's a good coach.

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 And I know he had a good first year last year with Buckhorn, seven and four, I think.

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 They went to the playoffs.

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 Great athletes there.

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 I think they're one of their best players, an SEC prospect, did transfer to Tennessee.

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 So that stings.

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 But they've still got great players there.

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 So it's going to be really tough for Decatur to go over there and on the road and beat a pretty good team.

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 But I think they can do it.

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 You know, they've most of just about every position they have is like two- or three-year starters.

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 I mean, Coach Ritter, two years ago, he knew what he was doing.

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 He started a bunch of freshmen and sophomores.

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 And, you know, here we are in year three.

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 They've been there.

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 But like I said, I mean, they just need that win.

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 You know, it's going to be tough.

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 But I think once they get that win, they have the talent and it will start rolling around.

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 Just to reiterate your point, Decatur has 15 starters coming back, including 11 seniors.

457
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 Reed Robertson, their quarterback, Isaiah Allen and Devin Haley, the running backs.

458
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,320
 Here we go again.

459
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,840
 Another very intriguing game.

460
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:38,100
 Bob Jones, Seth Parker, the new coach at Hartzell, your alma mater, where you played 10-2 last year.

461
00:26:38,340 --> 00:26:40,100
 Burton Newton, we've talked a lot about.

462
00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:42,020
 His record's 19-5.

463
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,060
 Paulette Hurley is a senior linebacker for them.

464
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,380
 And I mentioned Seth Parker.

465
00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:49,520
 They've got a lot of talent.

466
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,580
 Jane Rice, the running back.

467
00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:57,240
 Ethan Gray, linebacker Stringer, Zach King, another running back.

468
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:58,920
 This should be a fun game.

469
00:26:59,020 --> 00:27:00,740
 Bob Jones at Hartzell.

470
00:27:01,340 --> 00:27:02,360
 Yeah, I think so.

471
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,400
 I think, you know, you look at Hartzell and they're just the model.

472
00:27:05,660 --> 00:27:07,960
 Them and Muscle Shoals are just kind of the model of consistency.

473
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,440
 You know, Hartzell's had, you know, I think nine or more wins the last five years in a row.

474
00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:17,340
 I mean, but it's a little bit different this year because they are replacing almost 30 seniors.

475
00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:19,720
 So, a lot of new faces on that team.

476
00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:22,120
 That being said, though, I think there's a lot of talent there.

477
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,160
 And, of course, it's Hartzell.

478
00:27:23,260 --> 00:27:29,360
 I think, though, when you have programs like Hartzell, like Muscle Shoals, like Austin, the floor is just higher than other programs.

479
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,880
 So, you know, I still expect them to come out and be very solid.

480
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,320
 You know, I don't really know what to expect out of Bob Jones.

481
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:36,620
 I think there's a lot of talent there.

482
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,840
 Coach Parker is a fantastic coach.

483
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,060
 I have no doubt that eventually he will be successful.

484
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,060
 But I don't know how quickly, you know, it's going to be turned around.

485
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,480
 You know, he was 2-8 in his first year.

486
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,400
 His price full, you know, I expect him to be better than that.

487
00:27:48,620 --> 00:27:51,700
 But I don't, you know, then he went from 2-8 to 8-4 at price full.

488
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:52,980
 So, he's obviously a great coach.

489
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,120
 So, it'll be interesting to see how quickly Bob Jones will turn around under him.

490
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,520
 You know, and like you said, I think it's intriguing.

491
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,060
 I think, you know, Hartzell probably has the edge here.

492
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,360
 But Hartzell has a lot of new faces.

493
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,620
 So, they could be a lot more growing pains than I expect.

494
00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:07,820
 So, I don't know.

495
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:08,220
 We'll see.

496
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,120
 I think it's going to be a pretty fun game, too.

497
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,080
 California jump off.

498
00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:14,860
 Obviously, Brooks, a brand new era to coaching him.

499
00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,400
 They are marching into the Hornets' nest, literally.

500
00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:19,760
 Your thoughts about Brooks at Hatton?

501
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:25,940
 Yeah, I think, you know, Hatton, you know, I think people around there expect big things.

502
00:28:26,140 --> 00:28:27,460
 Coach Stover's first, second year.

503
00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:29,660
 You know, they went 7-4 last year and made the playoffs.

504
00:28:30,260 --> 00:28:33,300
 They actually beat Brooks 30-6 or something last year.

505
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,940
 So, they, you know, handled them pretty well.

506
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,540
 And so, you know, with a lot of good players coming back, they expect to be much improved this year.

507
00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:46,200
 I don't really know what to expect out of Brooks losing a good coach and losing him kind of late, if I'm not mistaken.

508
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,180
 So, it's kind of like a late coaching change, so they always kind of stink, too.

509
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,700
 So, but, you know, Brooks is another one of those programs that's just consistently really good.

510
00:28:54,860 --> 00:29:00,700
 So, you know, I expect this to still be a pretty good game, but I would be surprised if Hatton didn't pull this one out.

511
00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:04,540
 You know, just going off of what they're bringing back and with all the changes Brooks has had.

512
00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:05,620
 Absolutely.

513
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:09,640
 Pricel versus Brewer, another very good game.

514
00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:15,100
 Brewer, I know you expect Brewer to be one of the most improved teams in the area.

515
00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:20,980
 I believe your pre-season supplement for the Decatur Daily comes out tomorrow.

516
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:28,200
 I know you will have the games, all of the games, predictions, I'm guessing on Thursday.

517
00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:33,560
 Busy, busy week as far as getting out information about week number one.

518
00:29:34,060 --> 00:29:37,060
 Tell us about the supplement, when you're going to have the game predictions,

519
00:29:37,260 --> 00:29:40,360
 and where can we get online and get recaps and everything else?

520
00:29:40,940 --> 00:29:43,600
 Yeah, so the supplement will come out tomorrow.

521
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,100
 It has, you know, it's our special section that has all the team previews, rosters, and schedules.

522
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:53,300
 It'll be in our Wednesday paper, and also all the stories and stuff will be online, too.

523
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:57,840
 And then Thursday we'll have our special blitz section, which is what you're talking about.

524
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,980
 It'll have, you know, feature story, predictions, different kind of stuff there.

525
00:30:02,020 --> 00:30:05,140
 We do that every Thursday during the year, so that's when that will come out.

526
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:08,440
 And then, yeah, games start Thursday night, going into Friday.

527
00:30:08,820 --> 00:30:09,120
 It's good.

528
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,280
 A lot of hard work.

529
00:30:11,620 --> 00:30:11,900
 Congratulations.

530
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,340
 I know you can kind of breathe a sigh of relief.

531
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:15,240
 That's off your shoulders.

532
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,140
 Thank you so much.

533
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,380
 You keep up the good work, Caleb.

534
00:30:18,140 --> 00:30:18,620
 Thanks, guys.

535
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:18,840
 Thanks for having me.

536
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:19,300
 Thank you, buddy.

537
00:30:19,940 --> 00:30:21,120
 Caleb Suggs picking up with us.

538
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:28,300
 We'll see you there at the Decatur Daily from the River City all the way to Sin City, Las Vegas.

539
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,500
 And Bruce Marshall next.

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563
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575
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577
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 When I'm on the field and I'm feeling the pressure, I usually just take a deep breath.

578
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 When I'm just breathing and seeing what's in front of me, everything just slows down.

579
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580
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581
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600
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606
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638
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 Welcome back in.

639
00:35:25,420 --> 00:35:27,580
 He is the king of Vegas.

640
00:35:28,180 --> 00:35:32,260
 You know, this week was a big week for the former king of Vegas, Elvis Presley.

641
00:35:32,340 --> 00:35:36,420
 I'm sure Bruce Marshall knows that because he calls Las Vegas home.

642
00:35:36,420 --> 00:35:41,740
 He's busy there with a gold sheet, winners and whiners, picks and parlays, CBS Sportsline, you name it.

643
00:35:42,380 --> 00:35:43,340
 Bruce has it covered.

644
00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:44,160
 Bruce, welcome in.

645
00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:44,740
 How are you?

646
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,780
 Hey, pretty good there, Harold.

647
00:35:47,140 --> 00:35:47,500
 Hey, buddy.

648
00:35:48,140 --> 00:35:52,460
 Yeah, I mean, where were you on August 16th, 1977, Bruce?

649
00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:54,940
 The day the other king died in Vegas.

650
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,460
 Yeah, oh, I remember it very well.

651
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,060
 I had actually gone to a Dodger game the night before.

652
00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:04,840
 They had lost to the Giants 6-3.

653
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:11,520
 And that day I was living in California then in Long Beach, and it was the hottest, steamiest

654
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,840
 day ever in Long Beach.

655
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,660
 It was hot and humid like I was down in the tropics.

656
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:24,020
 And there was also the biggest traffic jam ever on the 405 freeway because a crane had

657
00:36:24,020 --> 00:36:27,480
 hit a overpass bridge and they had to close the whole freeway down.

658
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:34,960
 And in the midst of all this, the news started to filter about Elvis passing, which I couldn't

659
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:35,300
 believe.

660
00:36:35,540 --> 00:36:39,400
 But I remember vividly, August 16th, 1977.

661
00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:41,060
 I do, too.

662
00:36:41,140 --> 00:36:43,920
 I was raking leaves by the lake and a copperhead went over my foot.

663
00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:45,120
 I threw the rake in the lake.

664
00:36:45,220 --> 00:36:45,680
 I got home.

665
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,380
 I turned on the radio and it said Elvis died.

666
00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:51,780
 And believe it or not, where we live, I actually went to his wake there at Graceland.

667
00:36:51,780 --> 00:36:53,500
 And as you mentioned, it was hot in Vegas.

668
00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:54,200
 It was hot there.

669
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:59,880
 Women were fainting like ice cream in a July 4th picnic and the white Cadillacs were all

670
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:00,520
 over the place.

671
00:37:00,660 --> 00:37:03,840
 So that's a date that definitely will live in infamy for a lot of folks.

672
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,320
 But Bruce, as they say, the show goes on.

673
00:37:07,420 --> 00:37:09,660
 The AP finally released in their top 25.

674
00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:11,620
 Are you up or down?

675
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,740
 Who should be there and who should not be in that top 25 in Bruce Marshall's opinion?

676
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:21,060
 Well, you know, at this stage of the season, it's a little hard to project.

677
00:37:21,060 --> 00:37:24,180
 When you get down in the 20s there, it's sort of a grab bag.

678
00:37:24,260 --> 00:37:28,780
 What does get me, though, I know the Big Ten gets the top two spots with Ohio State and

679
00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:29,060
 Oregon.

680
00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,340
 But the SEC does have seven of the top 13.

681
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:33,780
 They do.

682
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:38,940
 So once you get down to three, then you've got Georgia 3, you've got Texas 5, you've got

683
00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:42,060
 A&M 8, Ole Miss 9, Oklahoma 10, LSU 11.

684
00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:43,340
 There's four in a row right there.

685
00:37:43,380 --> 00:37:46,320
 Eight through 11, Texas Tech 12, and Alabama 13.

686
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:54,960
 It is interesting, though, that Alabama, that's the 6th or 7th rated SEC team.

687
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,400
 That shows you how low the league is.

688
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,680
 Alabama is rated as 7th or 13th in the country.

689
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,320
 Not a lot of surprises.

690
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:08,000
 But, you know, and even, you know, further down the list, we see, I mean, Tennessee shows

691
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,920
 up there, Missouri shows up there as well.

692
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,500
 You're trying to look for some possible breakthrough teams.

693
00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:18,740
 I thought, you know, Arizona is one I'm kind of looking at in the Big 12, but I think might

694
00:38:18,740 --> 00:38:23,420
 have warranted getting there in the top 25 right at the back there.

695
00:38:23,540 --> 00:38:24,940
 But, you know, it's early.

696
00:38:25,060 --> 00:38:28,000
 We'll know a lot more once they start actually playing games in a couple weeks.

697
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,020
 Here's what's your take on Paul Feinbaum's analysis.

698
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,880
 He's fussing at Alabama fans because Alabama fans are saying, why are you rating this team

699
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:36,660
 so low?

700
00:38:37,180 --> 00:38:39,400
 To which Paul said, you should be happy.

701
00:38:39,460 --> 00:38:40,260
 They should be lower.

702
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,260
 Your thoughts about Paul's analysis.

703
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:46,240
 Yeah.

704
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:50,700
 Well, you know, my eyes are still burning.

705
00:38:51,060 --> 00:39:00,540
 You walk by Feinbaum at SEC Media Day, and if the camera lights are a certain angle, that

706
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:03,700
 glare off of his head comes off and just blinds you.

707
00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:05,320
 Like a dad.

708
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:12,780
 But, you know, it's his job to be, you know, controversial like that, and he doesn't mind

709
00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:15,000
 ruffling a few feathers here and there.

710
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:21,040
 But, you know, I mean, if he's going to base it on, you know, I'm not sure.

711
00:39:21,060 --> 00:39:26,040
 If he put it in these terms, but if he's got six teams ahead of them in the SEC the way

712
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,660
 the poll does, he maybe has a slight point there.

713
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,060
 But I think the bigger thing here is that it's just so competitive.

714
00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:42,560
 And I think the question Feinbaum and others ought to be asking right now is how much cannibalizing

715
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,820
 is going to go on in the SEC this year.

716
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,540
 How many of these teams are going to end up nine and three?

717
00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:53,440
 And then, you know, the road into the play, you're going to have four or five teams.

718
00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:57,020
 I'm sure they're going to have four or five of the 12 best teams in the country.

719
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:58,320
 I don't have any doubt about that.

720
00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:02,660
 But we know the way the playoff goes and the way the polls goes and the way the ratings go.

721
00:40:02,740 --> 00:40:09,400
 If you've got three losses there, and there's a scenario where you could see a couple ten and twos

722
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,280
 and a bunch of nine and threes in the SEC, how deep are you going to go?

723
00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:16,260
 So that's the flip side of having so many strong teams.

724
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:17,960
 They can all beat each other up.

725
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,720
 And in the end, in the season where you're trying to get all these teams in the playoff,

726
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:24,360
 that could end up actually hurt in the SEC a bit.

727
00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:25,340
 We'll see how it plays out.

728
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:29,320
 But I go back to what Brett Northworthy said many years ago at an SEC media day.

729
00:40:29,780 --> 00:40:31,520
 Somebody in this league has to lose.

730
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,020
 And right now, nobody seems to want to do that.

731
00:40:35,140 --> 00:40:36,020
 But somebody does.

732
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:36,540
 We'll see.

733
00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:42,720
 Texas Tech is number 12 between LSU at 11 and Alabama at 13.

734
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:47,080
 We talked about Soresby during the offseason.

735
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,140
 Thank God that was a resolution to that.

736
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,040
 I know some people have predicted BYU to win the Big 12.

737
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:59,340
 Is Texas Tech too low at 12 or just about right?

738
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:04,580
 I think they're about right only because how well they did last year.

739
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,680
 And I think they would have been higher had they not just completely not shown up

740
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:13,520
 or gotten destroyed by Oregon or the Orange Bowl last year.

741
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:19,420
 But part of this, again, goes back to rejecting a record for a team.

742
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,780
 And Texas Tech was clearly the class in the Big 12 last year.

743
00:41:24,140 --> 00:41:26,660
 But if you look at that non-conference, we've talked about this before.

744
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:27,080
 Oh, yeah.

745
00:41:27,980 --> 00:41:28,460
 Embarrassing.

746
00:41:28,540 --> 00:41:31,420
 It's worse than Indiana's non-conference schedule.

747
00:41:31,860 --> 00:41:34,740
 And Abilene Christian, Oregon State, Sam Houston.

748
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:35,460
 I mean, come on.

749
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:39,260
 So there's a good chance they're going to probably be 11 and 1 again.

750
00:41:39,260 --> 00:41:43,860
 The Swordsby thing, I think they can survive that if Will Hammond,

751
00:41:43,980 --> 00:41:48,060
 who was the backup last year, who came in and actually played pretty well

752
00:41:48,060 --> 00:41:50,780
 when he had a chance to come in as a backup and then he got hurt.

753
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,800
 Joey McGuire thinks he can win with Hammond as long as he's there.

754
00:41:55,260 --> 00:41:56,300
 I think they'll be just fine.

755
00:41:56,380 --> 00:42:01,180
 They were just so much better up front than almost everybody in the Big 12 last year

756
00:42:01,180 --> 00:42:04,200
 and revealing the way they knocked off, not just knocked off,

757
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:07,220
 they routed BYU in both games against the Cougars.

758
00:42:07,220 --> 00:42:11,600
 So I think they're probably just – that's probably about right for them.

759
00:42:11,980 --> 00:42:15,600
 I mentioned Arizona because a lot of people I talked to thought last year

760
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,420
 that was the team we really wanted to see Texas Tech play in the Big 12 title game.

761
00:42:20,540 --> 00:42:22,300
 And they fell just short.

762
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:27,140
 They do meet this year, Texas Tech and Arizona on Halloween in Lubbock.

763
00:42:27,660 --> 00:42:30,300
 And I think that might be the first of two meetings between those two.

764
00:42:30,380 --> 00:42:33,240
 Right now, I'll tell you, that's my pick for the Big 12 title game,

765
00:42:33,580 --> 00:42:36,460
 Texas Tech-Arizona with BYU coming in third.

766
00:42:37,220 --> 00:42:41,060
 You better listen to him, Bruce Marshall, amongst other places, the gold sheet.

767
00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:44,920
 Bruce, your thoughts about everybody – you've got to start somewhere with these things.

768
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:46,500
 You've got your top 25.

769
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,840
 Who is not in the top 25 right now, but will be a surprising team to sneak in

770
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,880
 and do very well after all is said and done this season?

771
00:42:55,600 --> 00:43:06,780
 Yeah, you wonder – I mean, I'm looking at the top 25 and I don't think we see – we do see Penn State in there.

772
00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:08,680
 I'm sorry, that was going to be one I was going to say.

773
00:43:09,180 --> 00:43:10,640
 We do see Michigan in there.

774
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,780
 Arizona, the one I mentioned earlier.

775
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,160
 I think they've got a possibility there.

776
00:43:17,620 --> 00:43:18,900
 We do see Houston in there.

777
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,240
 I'm glad that Houston made it in.

778
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:28,860
 I'm wondering, in the ACC, this is the first time in memory that we haven't seen Clemson ranked.

779
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:29,320
 Wow.

780
00:43:29,580 --> 00:43:30,100
 You're right.

781
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:31,920
 They're not even – they're not even in there.

782
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:32,720
 Fifteen years.

783
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:33,080
 Wow.

784
00:43:33,420 --> 00:43:33,860
 Wow.

785
00:43:33,860 --> 00:43:42,240
 And you wonder – and we did dismiss Clemson a little bit too much now because of last year.

786
00:43:42,340 --> 00:43:47,900
 And I maintain the last couple of years have been some things that went on at Clemson that just –

787
00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:52,680
 some of the players are a little bit overrated, reading their hype, reading the NFL draft reports and all.

788
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,880
 And Dabo just couldn't get those guys on the right page.

789
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:59,300
 Maybe this is the sort of team that Dabo can connect with better.

790
00:43:59,660 --> 00:44:01,580
 And he usually connected pretty well with his team.

791
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:05,940
 So, just based historically, the fact you don't see Clemson in the top 25,

792
00:44:06,380 --> 00:44:11,840
 and I'm not sure how really good the ACC is, there might be room for Clemson to make a move back up.

793
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,060
 So, I'm a little surprised they're not in there.

794
00:44:14,220 --> 00:44:18,320
 Or not surprised, but there's one that I think we ought to keep an eye on.

795
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:19,560
 One other one.

796
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:20,480
 I'll give you another one.

797
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,640
 Out of the American, how about Army?

798
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,660
 I know that's – I'm way out left field here, but they got a lot of people back.

799
00:44:29,660 --> 00:44:32,960
 The quarterback was – Alums was very good.

800
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:35,740
 He runs – it's pure, you know, the option stuff.

801
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:37,500
 The schedule breaks right.

802
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,120
 I mean, Army could be the group of six rep.

803
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,780
 And they might crash the rankings too.

804
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:43,120
 We'll see.

805
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,400
 How about those boys down the plains?

806
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:50,400
 If you're in this neck of the woods, a lot of folks are buying the Auburn Tigers.

807
00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:52,000
 They got three votes.

808
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:54,080
 That'd be interesting who those three are.

809
00:44:54,620 --> 00:44:57,620
 Your thoughts about the Auburn Tigers surprising some folks.

810
00:44:58,260 --> 00:44:58,860
 They could.

811
00:44:59,500 --> 00:45:06,300
 And it's that – the part of the schedule where they go out on the road is pretty tough.

812
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,840
 I'm pretty bullish, though, on goalish.

813
00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:10,940
 I think we've talked about them before.

814
00:45:11,020 --> 00:45:13,280
 I think they will exceed that six-and-a-half wins.

815
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,340
 And a lot of it's going to depend on that opening.

816
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,180
 They're going to have to beat Baylor in that opening game.

817
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:18,840
 That's very important.

818
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:20,740
 It's also important for Dave Aranda at Baylor.

819
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:29,320
 But I think Auburn – I would look just because I respect what goalish could do with them, I think.

820
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:36,480
 But that October part of the schedule is really, really tough for them.

821
00:45:36,620 --> 00:45:38,120
 And that's a real October fest.

822
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:43,260
 They've got to go through – look at – I mean, at Tennessee, at Georgia, LSU, and at Ole Miss.

823
00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:44,700
 That is their October.

824
00:45:45,060 --> 00:45:46,380
 But I think they can get one of those.

825
00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:51,280
 And if they can get one of those, they probably get to seven or eight wins, and that will get them into a nice wall.

826
00:45:51,720 --> 00:46:01,180
 We had a great clip of John Summerall to begin the show, giving his honest assessment of some of the Gators' uniforms as only he can.

827
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:09,940
 They've got quite a quarterback battle going on between Aaron Philo, the Georgia Tech transfer, and Trammell Jones.

828
00:46:10,060 --> 00:46:16,020
 A lot of people think, well, Buster Faulkner came with him from Georgia Tech, so Philo is going to get the job.

829
00:46:16,380 --> 00:46:21,340
 And several of our Florida sources have said Jones is playing pretty well.

830
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:27,240
 Your thoughts, could Florida sneak in maybe at 25 by the end of the year?

831
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:28,800
 And who's going to be the quarterback?

832
00:46:29,740 --> 00:46:30,660
 I think they could.

833
00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:34,980
 And I think Jones may end up being the quarterback because I'm hearing the same things you guys are.

834
00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:39,520
 And I watched Philo at Georgia Tech, and I wasn't that impressed.

835
00:46:39,660 --> 00:46:44,960
 I know they brought Buster Faulkner with him from Georgia Tech as coordinator, and they paid him a lot of money.

836
00:46:45,340 --> 00:46:50,020
 But he's not Haynes King, who is the guy who really made Georgia Tech go.

837
00:46:50,220 --> 00:46:53,140
 And I watched a couple games with Philo, and I wasn't all that impressed.

838
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:57,900
 So if Jones can be the guy, I think this is all up for grabs.

839
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:05,480
 And that might be an issue there for Florida this year if they can't get that quarterback thing right.

840
00:47:05,580 --> 00:47:05,880
 That's right.

841
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:10,580
 I sort of like Auburn a little bit more right now in this preseason analysis.

842
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:15,600
 As much as I like Sumrall, I do think Auburn's got the much more proven quarterback in Byron Brown.

843
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:21,040
 I'm not sure about Philo or the quarterback situation at Florida, and that means a heck of a lot.

844
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,340
 And especially in a league like this, you really need a quarterback.

845
00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:25,380
 That's got to be up there.

846
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,920
 Philo's going to have to be better than what I saw at Georgia Tech.

847
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:29,300
 We'll see about Jones.

848
00:47:29,500 --> 00:47:31,880
 But I think that's a question for Sumrall.

849
00:47:31,940 --> 00:47:34,740
 And if that gets answered, Florida could be kind of a surprise team.

850
00:47:34,740 --> 00:47:37,400
 But I'm not ready to jump in there yet until I see these guys play.

851
00:47:38,260 --> 00:47:40,460
 Bruce, a little bit, sorry.

852
00:47:40,620 --> 00:47:42,580
 A problem back here is talking about quarterbacks.

853
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:45,740
 Ryan Groves said the end is near as far as making a decision.

854
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,600
 who Bama's starting quarterback is going to be.

855
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:53,540
 What are the odds from your Vegas perch there of who's going to be the starting quarterback at Alabama?

856
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:57,280
 I think Russell will be, but maybe it will be Mac.

857
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:58,440
 We'll just have to wait and see.

858
00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:03,760
 But if I'm a Bama fan, I'm not too worried either way.

859
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,260
 I'm trying to think the last time.

860
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,820
 You know, they really were caught short at quarterback, and that's a long time.

861
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:15,040
 I mean, he's had good quarterback play for a couple decades now, since Coach Saban for sure.

862
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:17,000
 And Coach DeBoer has got it.

863
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:18,880
 You know, it's worked well for him.

864
00:48:18,940 --> 00:48:19,840
 His guys are in the NFL.

865
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:25,140
 Although I'm not sure how much longer Jalen Miller is going to be there after watching him for the Seahawks the other night.

866
00:48:25,380 --> 00:48:26,760
 But Ty Sensen is certainly impressive.

867
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:27,360
 Absolutely.

868
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:34,900
 But his track record was quarterbacks before that.

869
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,020
 I mean, I wouldn't worry about that with Alabama with the quarterbacks.

870
00:48:40,180 --> 00:48:42,440
 I think they'll be just fine.

871
00:48:42,780 --> 00:48:44,800
 I love the way the schedule sets up for them.

872
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:48,000
 I think they're going to hit Georgia 5-0 on October 10th.

873
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,140
 They're going to be in the top 10.

874
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:54,400
 And they get, you know, that's a big one.

875
00:48:54,580 --> 00:48:58,120
 It's in Tuscaloosa.

876
00:48:59,620 --> 00:49:00,860
 I think they've got a shot.

877
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,520
 And they did win between the hedges last year.

878
00:49:03,580 --> 00:49:05,800
 I know Georgia got them in the SEC title game.

879
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:09,280
 But that's a game Alabama's had some success with in recent years, I think.

880
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:11,360
 I don't write off Alabama at all.

881
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:13,320
 I really think they could have the arrow pointing up.

882
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:18,340
 Tennessee's lost three players to season-ending injuries.

883
00:49:18,540 --> 00:49:20,800
 Jake Harmon, a reserve linebacker.

884
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,500
 Farouk, they're starting safety.

885
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,360
 Now, they've got Metcalf and Dylan Lewis possibly there.

886
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,820
 But who wins the quarterback battle?

887
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,740
 We've heard from several sources.

888
00:49:31,740 --> 00:49:36,960
 George McIntyre, with one more year of experience, has had a good summer camp.

889
00:49:37,620 --> 00:49:40,600
 Everybody knows Brandon's probably got more upside.

890
00:49:41,060 --> 00:49:44,200
 Who wins that quarterback battle for Josh Heupel?

891
00:49:44,980 --> 00:49:49,200
 Well, if it's McIntyre, here's what got me about Heupel in the offseason.

892
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,080
 There's a lot of quarterbacks who were sloshing around the portal.

893
00:49:52,980 --> 00:49:54,780
 And, you know, he has gone out there.

894
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:59,600
 And then last year went out and got Aguiar at State via UCLA.

895
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:05,080
 I mean, he's gone out before and gone in the portal.

896
00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:07,520
 And the fact, there's two things.

897
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:13,360
 The fact he really didn't look in the portal this time suggests that maybe he thinks McIntyre,

898
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:14,740
 one of the others, is the guy.

899
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:16,920
 Or he made a mistake.

900
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,220
 And maybe he should have.

901
00:50:19,380 --> 00:50:21,080
 So that's something we're going to find out.

902
00:50:21,740 --> 00:50:27,400
 What we do know, I mean, at least last year, when Aguiar came in as an experienced quarterback,

903
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,340
 it was at App State, but he had put up some really good numbers before.

904
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:35,280
 So you knew that you had, you know, a pilot there who had some experience.

905
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:37,720
 That ain't the case this year at Tennessee.

906
00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:44,140
 And in this league, I'm not sure, you know, unless you're, if you don't have at least decent quarterback play,

907
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:46,240
 I mean, you're in trouble in this league.

908
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:50,060
 I think, I'm wondering about Tennessee, what's going to happen.

909
00:50:50,340 --> 00:50:54,520
 And, you know, they will play, they got Texas before the end of September.

910
00:50:54,620 --> 00:50:57,060
 They got to go down to Georgia Tech, which might not be an easy game.

911
00:50:57,780 --> 00:50:58,520
 I don't know.

912
00:50:59,260 --> 00:51:06,660
 Something tells me that the best chances for Tennessee under Hypel went and came and gone the last couple of years.

913
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,100
 Two years ago in particular, I'm not sure what's going to happen this year.

914
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:11,280
 Very interesting.

915
00:51:11,580 --> 00:51:12,800
 By the way, happy birthday.

916
00:51:13,060 --> 00:51:16,700
 You had another one yesterday, even though you stopped counting.

917
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:18,120
 That's true.

918
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:23,300
 I hope the exhibition game was fun that you attended last week.

919
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:28,960
 And you're still the gold standard, believe me, to us and a lot of people with a gold sheet wager talk.

920
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,500
 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

921
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:35,360
 Yeah, and that wasn't, my wife's a Cardinals fan, if you can believe it.

922
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:36,880
 And so she was whooping it up.

923
00:51:36,980 --> 00:51:39,280
 She's yelling at the, I mean, that was really kind of fun.

924
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,080
 She had more fun, so that was fun.

925
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,580
 Anyway, okay, we're coming up.

926
00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:49,740
 We've got what, you know, we're on the eve of the season here.

927
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,460
 Gold sheet will be going here by the end of the month.

928
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 So go up to wagertalk.com, the umbrella, under the umbrella there, you can get gold sheet.

929
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,240
 And also the picks every day.

930
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,140
 We've got preseason football.

931
00:52:00,140 --> 00:52:03,920
 I have got a week zero college football top choice up there right now.

932
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,440
 We're, what, we're 11 days away.

933
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:06,460
 I got a top choice.

934
00:52:06,460 --> 00:52:07,160
 Tell us.

935
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:07,800
 Tell us.

936
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:07,880
 Tell us.

937
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:10,740
 Well, it's baseball and preseason football.

938
00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:13,380
 We won a five percenter with the Broncos last Friday night.

939
00:52:13,620 --> 00:52:16,880
 And so we'll try another five percent play this Friday.

940
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 Check me out, wagertalk.com.

941
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 Up there you can also find me at winnersandwinersandpicksandparlays.com.

942
00:52:25,740 --> 00:52:29,120
 Bruce, as always, again, happy 39th birthday again.

943
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:30,360
 Keep up the good work.

944
00:52:30,540 --> 00:52:32,500
 Thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

945
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:34,180
 Okay, have a good week.

946
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 Thank you, bud.

947
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 You too.

948
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,240
 Bruce Marshall again, amongst other places, there at the gold sheet.

949
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 Coming up, he's the gold standard in Florence.

950
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:42,640
 Elmer Pierce with his details.

951
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 Matt Merchel checking in from Orlando.

952
00:52:44,820 --> 00:52:46,920
 Cole Pearson talking about the Auburn Tigers.

953
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 And a trip at the Central High School and checking in with the boss, Heath Wood.

954
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1017
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1018
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1019
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1020
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1023
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 The trial of a former Decatur police officer has been delayed once again.

1024
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:16,640
 Mack Marquette is awaiting a decision on his case from the Alabama Supreme Court.

1025
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:23,140
 Morgan County Circuit Judge Charles Elliott granted Marquette's request to delay the trial until that decision is announced.

1026
00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:28,240
 Marquette is appealing his murder charges to the Alabama Supreme Court under Alabama's Stand Your Ground law.

1027
00:56:28,540 --> 00:56:38,040
 Perkins was an officer at the time that he and other officers were called to the home of Stephen Perkins by a tow truck driver who had been accosted by Perkins while trying to repossess his vehicle.

1028
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:43,460
 Perkins was then shot by Marquette when he came outside to confront the tow truck driver for a second time.

1029
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:49,020
 The family of Perkins contends that he was not given enough time to see the police officer or comply with his commands.

1030
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:55,300
 The family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Marquette, which is in addition to the murder charges he is now facing from the state.

1031
00:56:55,700 --> 00:56:58,180
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1032
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 Mark your calendar for November 6th.

1033
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1039
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 More details emerge in Jefferson County related to an officer-involved fatal shooting that happened last week.

1040
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 The victim who was shot by police has been identified as Matthew Massey of Birmingham.

1041
00:57:34,820 --> 00:57:44,920
 Massey was confronted by an officer on the parking deck of UAB St. Vincent's after he was identified by a security guard as the person who assaulted a McDonald's employee near University Boulevard.

1042
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:48,000
 The officer gave verbal commands to Massey, which he ignored.

1043
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 Then Massey tried to gain control of the taser that the officer deployed against him.

1044
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 The officer then pulled his gun and fired.

1045
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:55,340
 I'm Andrea Tice.

1046
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 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

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1048
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1049
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1050
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 Every Friday from 10 to midnight, we'll bring you all the scores and analysis from our team of experts across the state.

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1063
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1064
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1065
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1066
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1069
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1070
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1071
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1072
01:00:10,540 --> 01:00:15,880
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1073
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1074
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1075
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1076
01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:31,540
 We know where Cole Pinkston is.

1077
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 He's visited there at auburnsports.com.

1078
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 Got the Tigers covered.

1079
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1080
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 Cole, welcome in.

1081
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 How are you?

1082
01:00:39,620 --> 01:00:40,220
 I'm good.

1083
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:40,620
 I'm good.

1084
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:41,260
 It's a little warm.

1085
01:00:41,540 --> 01:00:43,040
 But other than that, doing good.

1086
01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:44,360
 And you know what?

1087
01:00:44,420 --> 01:00:45,080
 It's warm.

1088
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:45,780
 It's August.

1089
01:00:45,980 --> 01:00:46,720
 It's time for fun.

1090
01:00:46,780 --> 01:00:48,780
 It's another way of saying you're ready for some football.

1091
01:00:49,180 --> 01:00:59,900
 Cole, obviously, before we get into some of the X's and O's and how things have gone so far in camp, your thoughts about this week, Auburn getting three votes to be in the top 25, I think, a short time ago.

1092
01:00:59,980 --> 01:01:01,420
 Folks said that probably wouldn't happen.

1093
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:07,960
 I think it's an indication to me that the first poll of the season is not necessarily how the team is going to wind up.

1094
01:01:08,020 --> 01:01:14,920
 I think it's more of an indicator of how the national press, because that's what the AP is, basically, the sports writers, how they feel and perceive things being.

1095
01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:21,860
 Your thoughts, what's your takeaway of how the national folks are seeing the Auburn Tigers here on the cusp of taking the curtain up on the season?

1096
01:01:23,060 --> 01:01:25,900
 Yeah, I'm not surprised that Auburn got a couple of votes.

1097
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:40,360
 I think a lot of people believe in Alex Gullish and what he's done up to this point and that he's bringing a good philosophy to Auburn and something that can sort of turn the program around from five losing seasons.

1098
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:45,240
 But, you know, I personally, I've pumped the brakes just a little bit on that.

1099
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,200
 I don't know if I would give Auburn a vote, even though I cover Auburn.

1100
01:01:49,580 --> 01:01:50,740
 No, you're just doing your job.

1101
01:01:51,340 --> 01:01:53,520
 Yeah, I just don't know yet.

1102
01:01:53,660 --> 01:01:54,140
 I don't know.

1103
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:57,880
 I think probably being close to the situation makes me more hesitant.

1104
01:01:59,260 --> 01:02:03,720
 So, you know, that's where that's, you know, three votes is about what I would expect.

1105
01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:07,160
 Colin, I appreciate you bringing that up because I'm like you.

1106
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:12,820
 You can be a fan over here, but if you're going to do your job and call yourself a professional, you've got to be objective.

1107
01:02:12,940 --> 01:02:15,120
 Put the pom-poms down and you quote 10 like it is.

1108
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:17,840
 That's how you earn respect down the road and get your strides.

1109
01:02:17,940 --> 01:02:20,060
 But, Cole, you mentioned maybe you're pumping the brakes.

1110
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,340
 You're closer than anyone else.

1111
01:02:22,580 --> 01:02:27,060
 Why, if someone asks you, why would you right now be pumping the brakes based on what you've seen so far?

1112
01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:31,640
 I think Auburn's schedule is pretty tough, number one.

1113
01:02:32,940 --> 01:02:38,440
 Number two, year one, I just, you know, I feel like you've got to start over.

1114
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:43,740
 And I feel like getting Alex Golesh was a big start over to this program.

1115
01:02:43,940 --> 01:02:46,740
 And he's got a different philosophy altogether from what you had.

1116
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:51,060
 He also implemented his own players and lost a lot of players.

1117
01:02:51,060 --> 01:02:53,900
 And some of them he wanted to move on from.

1118
01:02:54,020 --> 01:02:55,580
 Some of them he didn't want to move on from.

1119
01:02:55,660 --> 01:02:56,880
 And they decided to go anyway.

1120
01:02:57,700 --> 01:03:00,280
 So, I just think you're flipping the roster around.

1121
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,020
 You're getting started with a new system, new regime.

1122
01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:05,660
 It could be a slow go at first.

1123
01:03:05,940 --> 01:03:07,640
 And I hope fans understand that.

1124
01:03:07,780 --> 01:03:14,420
 Auburn fans are disgruntled and they should be because Auburn has no business going five years in a row losing like they have.

1125
01:03:14,660 --> 01:03:19,380
 But just for those reasons, I feel like, you know, pump the brakes a little bit.

1126
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:20,220
 Let's see how it goes.

1127
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:25,900
 If you come out with seven or eight wins in a winning season for the first time in five years, you should be happy about that.

1128
01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:29,800
 Nobody knows offensive line better than you.

1129
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:32,260
 The starting from left to right.

1130
01:03:32,380 --> 01:03:34,040
 Joe Simmons at left tackle.

1131
01:03:34,980 --> 01:03:37,280
 Pretty good battle with Jacob Strand.

1132
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,500
 Derek Pluz at left guard.

1133
01:03:39,940 --> 01:03:41,200
 Cole Best at center.

1134
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:43,260
 Cole Skinner at right guard.

1135
01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:45,420
 Ramil Stanton at right tackle.

1136
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:46,920
 Jacoby Ward's there.

1137
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:52,060
 I know you mentioned Auburn may have seven or eight SEC worthy offensive linemen.

1138
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:59,540
 Your thoughts on the offensive line and if they lined up against Baylor tomorrow, would that be the starting offensive line?

1139
01:04:00,740 --> 01:04:04,700
 Yeah, I think probably Plaz is your starter over Strand right now.

1140
01:04:04,700 --> 01:04:06,780
 But you're going to see, you're going to see Strand.

1141
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:10,520
 You're going to see maybe Jacoby Ward as well.

1142
01:04:11,740 --> 01:04:13,380
 And I think Strand can move around.

1143
01:04:13,460 --> 01:04:14,660
 He's sort of the versatile guy.

1144
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:17,780
 He's been practicing at guard, but he could play tackle if they needed him.

1145
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,160
 So, yeah, I think those are probably your seven.

1146
01:04:22,620 --> 01:04:24,920
 If you went with seven, I think they'll have a rotation.

1147
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:26,220
 They're trying to figure that out.

1148
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:28,660
 Maybe eventually get to five.

1149
01:04:28,860 --> 01:04:31,320
 But seven for the Baylor game, I would say.

1150
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:31,980
 Seven or eight.

1151
01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:33,280
 They could go to Wilson Zero.

1152
01:04:33,380 --> 01:04:34,100
 He's another guy.

1153
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:34,920
 A young guy.

1154
01:04:36,260 --> 01:04:40,300
 Jack Lear is another one that's played some football and he could play.

1155
01:04:40,420 --> 01:04:41,640
 So, there's options.

1156
01:04:42,580 --> 01:04:43,180
 That's the one.

1157
01:04:43,300 --> 01:04:49,700
 If you're asking me why I'm pumping the brakes, the offensive line is where I really want to see how they match up with the SEC schedule.

1158
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:51,440
 I think they're better than Baylor.

1159
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:54,540
 I think they can push Baylor around a little bit up front.

1160
01:04:54,980 --> 01:04:59,540
 But when you get into the SEC schedule, I'm kind of curious to see how that's going to go.

1161
01:05:00,300 --> 01:05:01,520
 It's called Missouri, right?

1162
01:05:01,580 --> 01:05:02,220
 You've got to show me.

1163
01:05:02,340 --> 01:05:04,020
 Cole Pinkston, he shows you every day.

1164
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:05,380
 The latest Auburn Tyke.

1165
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:07,360
 Tigerstock at AuburnSports.com.

1166
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,240
 Cole, obviously one scrimmage in the books.

1167
01:05:09,900 --> 01:05:13,920
 And as predicted, the coach preaching the same sermon as all coaches.

1168
01:05:14,060 --> 01:05:14,660
 We stonked.

1169
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:15,620
 That's what every coach says.

1170
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:17,060
 That's the first scrimmage pretty much.

1171
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:18,480
 Your thoughts.

1172
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:19,940
 What did you learn from the first scrimmage?

1173
01:05:19,940 --> 01:05:21,200
 And correct me if I'm wrong.

1174
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:22,760
 The next scrimmage is coming up.

1175
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:30,960
 What will you be looking for as far as the biggest jump that maybe that didn't satisfy everything you wanted to see or hear from the first scrimmage to this scrimmage?

1176
01:05:32,220 --> 01:05:34,800
 I think I want to hear a little bit more about the pass rush.

1177
01:05:34,860 --> 01:05:41,200
 That's been one of my two points on the team where I felt like, you know, this could be problematic.

1178
01:05:42,020 --> 01:05:44,940
 Pass rush and running the football consistently.

1179
01:05:45,660 --> 01:05:46,820
 You know, moving people.

1180
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:47,800
 Pushing them around.

1181
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:49,520
 Are you going to be able to do that?

1182
01:05:49,580 --> 01:05:58,180
 And then on the defensive side, can you generate pass rush without having to send a heavy blitz all the time, which Auburn was decent at that last year.

1183
01:05:58,220 --> 01:05:59,300
 But they did blitz a lot.

1184
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:02,360
 And I don't know if that's just because they didn't trust thin and four.

1185
01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:07,800
 As you know, as good as your secondary is, if you're not getting pressure on the quarterback, they'll pick you apart.

1186
01:06:08,140 --> 01:06:08,740
 That's right.

1187
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:09,640
 That's right.

1188
01:06:09,900 --> 01:06:15,600
 So, I didn't hear much about the generated pressure from your edge guys, from your defensive line.

1189
01:06:15,660 --> 01:06:17,380
 Now, I don't know how much those guys played.

1190
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:19,140
 I don't know all the specifics there exactly.

1191
01:06:19,860 --> 01:06:21,840
 But I want a little bit more about that.

1192
01:06:21,900 --> 01:06:22,860
 Let's hear about some sacks.

1193
01:06:22,980 --> 01:06:23,860
 I want to hear that.

1194
01:06:24,260 --> 01:06:24,500
 Mm-hmm.

1195
01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:34,880
 Did I see or was I hallucinating that Bryce Kane had moved or they were thinking of moving him from wide receiver to defensive back?

1196
01:06:36,060 --> 01:06:38,600
 Now, I know it's hot, but you were not hallucinating.

1197
01:06:39,980 --> 01:06:43,180
 We did see that on Tuesday morning.

1198
01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:48,580
 We saw him in a white jersey with the defense, and he was over there with the corners.

1199
01:06:49,820 --> 01:06:54,700
 And, you know, they just picked up this Troy transfer receiver who I don't know yet.

1200
01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:56,500
 His name is Trey Taylor.

1201
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,560
 I don't know yet if he's going to play.

1202
01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:01,140
 We don't know the extent of what he's going to be.

1203
01:07:01,260 --> 01:07:05,200
 This transfer thing at this point in the season is still up in the air.

1204
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:08,400
 But he is a receiver that plays a similar position as Bryce Kane.

1205
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:15,180
 Maybe they're, you know, mixing the match and seeing if they can build some more depth at corner if they have more at receiver, if that makes sense.

1206
01:07:16,380 --> 01:07:21,840
 Speaking of that, Cole, to me, it's almost like a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde story with most teams.

1207
01:07:21,980 --> 01:07:26,180
 The first part of the season, you got pretty much everybody healthy, so you run up some great numbers.

1208
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:32,980
 But if you're going to win a championship, unless you're just darn lucky, you got to stay healthy, which translates, you better have depth.

1209
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:47,560
 Your thoughts, you mentioned as far as some of the positions there, but overall, your biggest concern about the lack of depth and what's Auburn doing to kind of sit here and, as they say, in the Boy Scout world, be prepared down the road when just about every team has to answer this question about your depth.

1210
01:07:48,860 --> 01:07:51,080
 Yeah, I think some positions have really nice depth.

1211
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:52,700
 I like the depth of running back.

1212
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:56,260
 Love the depth at the linebacker safety.

1213
01:07:56,520 --> 01:07:57,980
 I think they have a lot of depth there.

1214
01:07:59,220 --> 01:08:00,600
 Defensive line's not bad.

1215
01:08:01,140 --> 01:08:03,000
 Could be a little better, but not bad at all.

1216
01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,440
 Where you start getting concerned is probably receiver and corner.

1217
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:08,400
 I think those two positions.

1218
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:13,620
 Offensive line's got depth, but how much of it is proven is not as much.

1219
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:17,840
 You know about your USF guys, the two Coles, Cole Best and Cole Skinner.

1220
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:18,760
 And Pinkston.

1221
01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:21,520
 After that, you're still learning about everybody else.

1222
01:08:21,660 --> 01:08:28,620
 So I don't know how, you know, reliable their depth is there, but they do have options at least that they can play around with.

1223
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:35,840
 But corner and receiver, we know about two guys, three guys that really have made a name for themselves.

1224
01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:40,060
 And it's three USF guys, Keyshawn, Singleton, Chaz, Nimrod, Jeremiah Coger.

1225
01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:46,520
 After that, it's a little bit of a crapshoot of who's the next guy up, some young guys.

1226
01:08:46,820 --> 01:08:48,260
 And then corner's kind of similar.

1227
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:50,760
 Andre Jordan is the guy that's sort of proven.

1228
01:08:51,900 --> 01:08:54,140
 After that, it's anybody's game.

1229
01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:58,200
 So that's sort of an interesting area.

1230
01:08:59,580 --> 01:09:01,280
 Number three running back.

1231
01:09:01,580 --> 01:09:03,960
 Number one and two is Cobb and Mabson.

1232
01:09:04,220 --> 01:09:06,280
 Bryson, Washington, Davenport.

1233
01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:09,380
 Which one of those two you think gets it?

1234
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:13,800
 And number three tied in, Jake Johnson, of course.

1235
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:18,500
 And then Arliss Bordingham or Jonathan Echols.

1236
01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:22,160
 I've heard Echols has been a little bit banged up in summer count.

1237
01:09:22,300 --> 01:09:25,880
 But who do you think wins number three running back and number three tied in?

1238
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:31,200
 I think Bryson, Washington, is number three for sure.

1239
01:09:32,020 --> 01:09:33,640
 I wouldn't count Kay Meadows out.

1240
01:09:33,700 --> 01:09:35,320
 I think he's going to be involved a little bit.

1241
01:09:36,180 --> 01:09:37,500
 He's the Troy transfer.

1242
01:09:38,060 --> 01:09:40,580
 Nakai Davenport has also been a little bit banged up.

1243
01:09:40,660 --> 01:09:41,320
 Nothing crazy.

1244
01:09:41,420 --> 01:09:42,240
 I think he'll be fine.

1245
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:46,420
 But he's a guy that they brought over because he understands his role.

1246
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:48,820
 Where he's a really good blocker, they're going to use him in that way.

1247
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:54,200
 Bryson, Washington, to me, he's at probably three right now.

1248
01:09:54,240 --> 01:10:00,760
 But he and Omar Mavson are probably going to continue that battle into the season for that second back for the carries.

1249
01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:04,800
 So I would say that those two are pretty even.

1250
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:08,180
 But Omar Mavson's got him because he's been there and been healthy longer.

1251
01:10:08,620 --> 01:10:09,840
 And showed out, of course.

1252
01:10:10,760 --> 01:10:13,740
 And then tied in, I think your third guy is going to be Xavier Newsome.

1253
01:10:14,380 --> 01:10:17,100
 The transfer from Howard, I believe.

1254
01:10:19,180 --> 01:10:20,120
 He's been impressive.

1255
01:10:20,360 --> 01:10:21,400
 He's sort of a specimen.

1256
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:22,600
 That's a guy they really like.

1257
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:24,460
 They're intrigued by him.

1258
01:10:24,540 --> 01:10:26,480
 I would put Arla Sportingham behind him.

1259
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:30,000
 And I think your second guy is probably Eccles, even though you're right.

1260
01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:31,160
 He has been a little bit banged up.

1261
01:10:31,260 --> 01:10:32,580
 But he's a guy they trust.

1262
01:10:33,420 --> 01:10:35,780
 Hard to believe they're not called two weeks from Saturday.

1263
01:10:35,880 --> 01:10:39,000
 We're going to find out what is and what ain't, as they say.

1264
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:44,440
 Your thoughts about as far as the tweaking of these next two weeks or so by this coaching staff and this team.

1265
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:48,320
 And the big question, are they still running up a tab at the Grand National there?

1266
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,520
 I think they might be done there.

1267
01:10:53,100 --> 01:10:55,160
 Or they have at least that or they have another week.

1268
01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:57,320
 I think they're done, though, because class has started back.

1269
01:10:57,480 --> 01:11:00,040
 Trust me, I couldn't find a parking spot this morning.

1270
01:11:00,240 --> 01:11:00,840
 There you go.

1271
01:11:00,900 --> 01:11:02,300
 That's a good indicator.

1272
01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:06,280
 So, yeah, they got one more week of fall camp, technically.

1273
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:07,120
 But they're out of the hotel.

1274
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,840
 They're back in their normal lives, so to speak.

1275
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:14,620
 And I think, you know, then they start the game prep.

1276
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:16,020
 And that's just where we are.

1277
01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:17,160
 And finally, we're getting there.

1278
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:20,200
 I think week zero games are in about a week and a half.

1279
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:25,080
 So, we're finally to the point where we've all been working towards all offseason.

1280
01:11:25,660 --> 01:11:25,780
 Yeah.

1281
01:11:26,080 --> 01:11:33,060
 By the way, you had a nice article this week about Auburn's opponents, quarterback battles,

1282
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:37,140
 other personnel, other competition.

1283
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:42,780
 I know you, not just Auburn, but you covered the SEC, too.

1284
01:11:44,020 --> 01:11:45,740
 Great stuff, as always.

1285
01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:50,220
 Where can we get online and get yours and the team's good stuff?

1286
01:11:51,260 --> 01:11:55,040
 Yeah, that's AuburnSports.com, part of the On3Rivals brand.

1287
01:11:55,980 --> 01:11:57,180
 You can still get us.

1288
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 We've still got the sale going.

1289
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1290
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 Big time.

1291
01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:04,460
 That's pretty good stuff right there.

1292
01:12:04,840 --> 01:12:06,400
 Cole, listen, man, keep up the good work.

1293
01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:07,800
 As we say, buckle up.

1294
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,760
 We've got scrimmage coming up, a lot of coverage there.

1295
01:12:09,860 --> 01:12:10,540
 Thank you so much.

1296
01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:11,960
 And try to find a shade, okay?

1297
01:12:12,860 --> 01:12:13,420
 Yes, sir.

1298
01:12:13,580 --> 01:12:13,800
 Thank you.

1299
01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:14,300
 Thank you, man.

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01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:13,900
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 It's so close you can almost reach out and touch it.

1364
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1365
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 I got a feeling Coach Heathwood might have an exception to that.

1366
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 He's the boss at his Central High School.

1367
01:16:27,020 --> 01:16:27,780
 Coach, welcome in.

1368
01:16:27,820 --> 01:16:28,300
 How are you?

1369
01:16:28,940 --> 01:16:29,940
 Oh, doing good.

1370
01:16:30,060 --> 01:16:34,220
 You know, as always, can't thank you guys enough for covering our school out here at Central.

1371
01:16:34,440 --> 01:16:37,480
 And not only us, but all the other schools in the area.

1372
01:16:37,660 --> 01:16:39,420
 And what a great job you guys do.

1373
01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:41,020
 Well, you're very kind, Coach.

1374
01:16:41,020 --> 01:16:46,720
 We were happy to do it because you guys put in a guarantee, as my old coach used to say, as much work as those boys down the road.

1375
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:48,860
 But, first of all, congratulations to you.

1376
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 Let's just do the back and forth here.

1377
01:16:51,420 --> 01:16:53,540
 You're doing something that's rare in coaches.

1378
01:16:53,660 --> 01:16:54,660
 Now, correct me if I'm wrong.

1379
01:16:54,740 --> 01:16:55,680
 I've never made a mistake.

1380
01:16:55,780 --> 01:16:58,780
 Maybe this will be the first time, tongue-in-cheek, he says.

1381
01:16:59,860 --> 01:17:01,480
 16th season at Central.

1382
01:17:01,660 --> 01:17:06,280
 Coach, first of all, you've already accomplished something that most coaches cannot do.

1383
01:17:06,520 --> 01:17:09,040
 At the same school for 16 years, congratulations.

1384
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:14,700
 Yeah, you know, that goes back to my assistant coaches, man.

1385
01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:17,040
 Having these loyal guys around me all these years.

1386
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:20,140
 And players that believe in what we're trying to do.

1387
01:17:20,140 --> 01:17:24,640
 And, of course, the community support and the administration and all that.

1388
01:17:24,780 --> 01:17:27,880
 You know, it's a good place to be for sure.

1389
01:17:28,020 --> 01:17:32,340
 And I'm definitely proud to say that I'm from Central and glad to be working here.

1390
01:17:32,700 --> 01:17:34,140
 So, let's talk to us about the field.

1391
01:17:34,220 --> 01:17:38,540
 I always feel sorry for coaches who finally says, it's enough.

1392
01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:39,640
 I'm going to hang it up.

1393
01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:41,040
 That's, you know, at the end of the year.

1394
01:17:41,160 --> 01:17:44,820
 And then about this time of the year rolls around, you can start seeing them squirming a little bit.

1395
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:46,420
 Man, did they miss that whistle.

1396
01:17:46,980 --> 01:17:48,160
 Talk to us just what it means.

1397
01:17:48,160 --> 01:17:51,320
 I don't care if it's 16 years, 16 days, or 16 centuries.

1398
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:55,440
 This is a great feeling, is it not, for a football fanatic?

1399
01:17:56,020 --> 01:17:56,800
 No doubt.

1400
01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:58,640
 You know, we're talking about 16 years.

1401
01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:03,520
 But, you know, every year to me feels like the first year because there's so much stuff to get done.

1402
01:18:03,660 --> 01:18:05,700
 And, you know, it's a new team every year.

1403
01:18:05,700 --> 01:18:08,320
 We have some of the same players back from last year.

1404
01:18:08,380 --> 01:18:10,960
 But every team kind of takes on its own character.

1405
01:18:11,620 --> 01:18:16,120
 And, you know, it goes back to the guys that's leading the team, those seniors and stuff like that.

1406
01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:21,600
 But it's always a lot of fun to figure out, you know, just how the team's going to be, you know, each and every year.

1407
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:30,400
 Heath, you have been one of the most consistent models in your 15 years, now going on 16,

1408
01:18:31,140 --> 01:18:33,940
 certainly as far as winning, making the playoffs.

1409
01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:40,460
 I know the team did not make the playoffs last year for the first time in quite a while.

1410
01:18:40,700 --> 01:18:49,220
 Was that quite a motivational factor for the coaches and the players in the summer workouts as far as getting ready for this season?

1411
01:18:49,940 --> 01:18:50,360
 Oh, yeah.

1412
01:18:50,420 --> 01:18:51,040
 No doubt.

1413
01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:55,320
 You know, I feel like the kids really, players took that to heart as well as the coaches.

1414
01:18:55,320 --> 01:19:03,580
 You know, talking about summer, you know, that stuff starts back in November and December and January, you know, through that offseason.

1415
01:19:03,900 --> 01:19:09,080
 And we got a young team this year, but those kids really bought in on what we were trying to do in the offseason

1416
01:19:09,080 --> 01:19:11,640
 and they've gotten themselves strong enough to do it.

1417
01:19:12,500 --> 01:19:14,140
 And we got some talented young men.

1418
01:19:14,300 --> 01:19:18,680
 But, you know, we just need some experience and, you know, make sure we're trying to get better out here at practice every day.

1419
01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:21,280
 Coach, I appreciate you bringing it up in general.

1420
01:19:21,340 --> 01:19:26,320
 Let's talk a little bit about some of these specific as far as names because these, like we said at the top of the interview,

1421
01:19:26,380 --> 01:19:27,260
 these kids work hard.

1422
01:19:27,340 --> 01:19:28,100
 They sweat a lot.

1423
01:19:28,580 --> 01:19:30,540
 They deserve some verbal bouquets, too.

1424
01:19:30,720 --> 01:19:34,980
 Talk to us about your team this year, obviously starting with the number of starters.

1425
01:19:35,060 --> 01:19:36,220
 You can never have too many of them.

1426
01:19:36,220 --> 01:19:41,820
 But you also, as you mentioned, you got to sit here and throw them out there and let them get the experience the old-fashioned way,

1427
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:43,560
 the school of hard knocks in real time.

1428
01:19:44,540 --> 01:19:45,360
 Yeah, yeah, no doubt.

1429
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:52,700
 We've got, I think, nine seniors on the roster and if you look at, you know, who started last year and different things like that,

1430
01:19:52,720 --> 01:19:56,100
 I think we've got two or three guys back on offense and two or three back on defense.

1431
01:19:56,540 --> 01:20:02,500
 So, you know, there's been a lot of work, you know, this summer and obviously in this preseason practice and things like that.

1432
01:20:02,500 --> 01:20:09,080
 But when you've got so many open positions, it does, you know, competition for those positions.

1433
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:13,200
 It really goes a long way as far as, you know, people working hard.

1434
01:20:13,300 --> 01:20:17,540
 There's nothing out there on the field that's on a position one that we've got spoken for.

1435
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:20,480
 So, you know, those guys are competing and getting after each other every day.

1436
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:26,060
 So, it's a lot of fun to go to practice and watch these guys hungry to learn and try to earn those positions for sure.

1437
01:20:26,700 --> 01:20:29,140
 Heath, let me ask you about reclassification.

1438
01:20:29,140 --> 01:20:36,740
 That was the buzzword all year long once the Alabama High School Athletic Association separated public from private

1439
01:20:36,740 --> 01:20:42,300
 and then also reclassified a lot of the schools going from 4A to 3A.

1440
01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:43,940
 You've got to buy it this week.

1441
01:20:44,080 --> 01:20:48,440
 A lot of teams open and then you've got your way against Phil Campbell,

1442
01:20:49,120 --> 01:20:52,600
 Ed Wilson, Lauderdale County, Elkmont Brooks,

1443
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:55,080
 Ed Clements, Convert Heights,

1444
01:20:55,340 --> 01:20:57,320
 West Limestone, Rogers, and Haddon.

1445
01:20:57,400 --> 01:20:59,320
 It is a challenging schedule.

1446
01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:03,100
 Talk about the changes going from 4A to 3A

1447
01:21:03,100 --> 01:21:05,320
 and also the schedule this fall.

1448
01:21:06,140 --> 01:21:11,580
 Yeah, you know, the schedule, you know, it's always challenging each and every year for sure.

1449
01:21:11,940 --> 01:21:13,560
 As far as, you know, the dropping down,

1450
01:21:13,820 --> 01:21:16,280
 I think quite a few of us dropped down together.

1451
01:21:16,700 --> 01:21:22,060
 And, of course, we picked up some guys that we've been playing anyways in the area.

1452
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:24,460
 So, it's a lot of the same schedule.

1453
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:28,300
 You know, we lost two or three teams but picked up two or three other tough opponents.

1454
01:21:28,660 --> 01:21:31,880
 So, you know, we've got to make sure we're getting ourselves ready to play

1455
01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:36,240
 and focusing on ourselves more than we are the schedule or what's going on.

1456
01:21:36,340 --> 01:21:41,200
 You know, the next thing on our list, obviously, is get ourselves better from last week's jamboree

1457
01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:43,180
 and then get ready to play Phil Campbell next week.

1458
01:21:43,680 --> 01:21:44,720
 Let's talk about that, Coach.

1459
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,120
 Obviously, an interesting strategy, as we mentioned.

1460
01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:49,000
 This is the opening week for a lot of teams.

1461
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:52,980
 As a matter of fact, it's Tuesday, so Thursday is usually a pretty heavy night, the opening week.

1462
01:21:53,380 --> 01:21:54,180
 But you've got it open.

1463
01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:57,860
 Talk to us about the pros and cons of taking that open week, the first week,

1464
01:21:57,900 --> 01:21:59,840
 because, like you said, you had your jamboree.

1465
01:22:00,300 --> 01:22:03,080
 You can kind of go out with a lot of pressure and find out where your team is

1466
01:22:03,080 --> 01:22:04,380
 as far as the good, bad, and the ugly.

1467
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:07,080
 And then you can scout your next opponent, Phil Campbell,

1468
01:22:07,200 --> 01:22:08,840
 at the same time without getting banged up.

1469
01:22:08,940 --> 01:22:13,200
 Your thoughts just about the strategy, the pros and cons of having that opening week off.

1470
01:22:13,900 --> 01:22:16,380
 Yeah, I've got to be honest with you on that schedule.

1471
01:22:16,380 --> 01:22:20,160
 And, you know, that thing there, if anybody's there, anybody's schedule is what I'm talking about.

1472
01:22:20,240 --> 01:22:25,460
 You just kind of take that off week or that bye week when you can, you know, when it falls.

1473
01:22:25,980 --> 01:22:28,300
 And, you know, the main thing is try to get 10 games to begin with,

1474
01:22:28,340 --> 01:22:30,600
 and then you're trying to get five home games.

1475
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:32,240
 So that's kind of how that worked out.

1476
01:22:32,360 --> 01:22:36,620
 But I think for this team, this team this year, especially with the inexperience,

1477
01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:39,200
 you know, I think it's good for us to play that jamboree last week

1478
01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:42,580
 and then have this week to really, really go back and focus on ourselves

1479
01:22:42,580 --> 01:22:47,220
 and see the mistakes we made and hopefully grow as a team this week in practice

1480
01:22:47,220 --> 01:22:49,700
 going into next week, that first game against Phil Campbell.

1481
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:54,380
 You kind of alluded to this a little bit earlier as far as the community support.

1482
01:22:54,560 --> 01:22:55,900
 Central's good in everything.

1483
01:22:56,600 --> 01:23:01,080
 Football, baseball, basketball, the girls' sports.

1484
01:23:01,080 --> 01:23:06,520
 We've talked with you over the years about the great community support that you get

1485
01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:09,920
 from your boosters, parents, grandparents, et cetera.

1486
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:13,540
 I know you've got a lot of multi-sport athletes.

1487
01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:15,100
 Talk about that a little bit.

1488
01:23:15,300 --> 01:23:20,800
 Again, as I've said, this is, you've got one of the most consistent programs

1489
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:24,300
 in North Alabama and the Shoals in a lot of sports.

1490
01:23:25,020 --> 01:23:26,840
 Yeah, you know, you're talking about Central.

1491
01:23:27,580 --> 01:23:33,160
 I can't say enough in how thankful I am that I am from this community and this school.

1492
01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:36,760
 But, you know, it goes back to, you know, we're playing softball.

1493
01:23:36,920 --> 01:23:40,520
 We're pulling for those girls, girls' basketball, volleyball.

1494
01:23:41,200 --> 01:23:43,900
 You know, everybody just pulls together and supports one another.

1495
01:23:43,900 --> 01:23:45,720
 And we do out here at Central.

1496
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:47,160
 We share a lot of athletes.

1497
01:23:47,300 --> 01:23:50,280
 And I feel like all the programs work well together,

1498
01:23:50,540 --> 01:23:54,600
 understanding what's going on and all that.

1499
01:23:54,700 --> 01:23:57,840
 But, man, I can't say enough good things about Central and the community

1500
01:23:57,840 --> 01:23:59,320
 and all the folks out this way.

1501
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:01,840
 I'm going to extend that, if you don't mind, Coach.

1502
01:24:01,880 --> 01:24:05,140
 You've got a list of coaches that you mentioned at the top of the interview.

1503
01:24:05,340 --> 01:24:08,760
 I would imagine you want to throw some shout-outs to your coaching staff as well.

1504
01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:09,960
 Oh, yeah.

1505
01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:16,260
 You know, you talk about 16 years and all the coaches have kind of come and gone.

1506
01:24:16,520 --> 01:24:20,480
 So, man, everybody that's ever been through here has been loyal to the program

1507
01:24:20,480 --> 01:24:22,020
 and what we're trying to do.

1508
01:24:22,240 --> 01:24:25,520
 And, you know, it's never about any of us individuals.

1509
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:31,580
 It's about what's best for the program and the school and these players when they come through.

1510
01:24:31,580 --> 01:24:36,740
 So, you know, I can't say enough about, you know, every coach that's ever worked here, for sure.

1511
01:24:37,080 --> 01:24:38,400
 Well, I know one thing.

1512
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:46,240
 You and the coaches want to win games, but you also want to help raise these young men

1513
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:51,200
 to be parents and husbands and everything else down the road.

1514
01:24:51,340 --> 01:24:54,040
 Listen, we always enjoy the conversation with you.

1515
01:24:54,460 --> 01:24:57,180
 I know you can be back in the playoffs this year.

1516
01:24:57,620 --> 01:24:59,840
 Have a great summer, the rest of it.

1517
01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:03,720
 Hopefully, we can talk with you again a little bit later during the season.

1518
01:25:04,260 --> 01:25:08,800
 And, yeah, again, thank you guys for covering Central and what we're trying to do out here.

1519
01:25:08,940 --> 01:25:10,940
 And not only us, but all these other local schools.

1520
01:25:11,720 --> 01:25:14,140
 Well, thank you for allowing us the opportunity to do it.

1521
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 I guarantee you.

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1523
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 This is your radio station.

1524
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:21,500
 So, all the best to you, Coach, and thanks to the verbal bouquets.

1525
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:23,000
 Thank you again.

1526
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:23,660
 Thank you, Heath.

1527
01:25:24,420 --> 01:25:26,860
 Central High Head football coach, Heath Wood.

1528
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 But coming up, time to head on out of town all the way to Orlando.

1529
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 The Atlanta Braves will play the Twins again tonight at Target Field in Minneapolis.

1602
01:28:59,380 --> 01:29:01,220
 Tyler Malley will get the start for Atlanta.

1603
01:29:01,340 --> 01:29:03,820
 He's 4-9 with a 4-6-4 ERA.

1604
01:29:04,340 --> 01:29:06,160
 Zebby Matthews will start for Minnesota.

1605
01:29:06,600 --> 01:29:10,340
 He comes into the matchup 6-8 with an ERA above 5.

1606
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 The Score.

1630
01:30:27,860 --> 01:30:32,640
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1631
01:30:33,260 --> 01:30:33,960
 Welcome back in.

1632
01:30:34,020 --> 01:30:36,020
 Time to head on down to Orlando.

1633
01:30:36,380 --> 01:30:37,820
 And say hello to WM, Matt Michelle.

1634
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:40,840
 He's a college insider with the Orlando Sentinel.

1635
01:30:41,020 --> 01:30:43,800
 And his podcast is called Gridiron 365.

1636
01:30:44,340 --> 01:30:45,060
 Matt, welcome in.

1637
01:30:45,120 --> 01:30:45,620
 How are you?

1638
01:30:46,620 --> 01:30:47,360
 I'm doing well.

1639
01:30:47,400 --> 01:30:48,400
 How are you guys doing today?

1640
01:30:49,020 --> 01:30:51,400
 Well, we're just honored that you would run with us, Matt.

1641
01:30:51,480 --> 01:30:53,180
 You've been running with the big dogs.

1642
01:30:53,300 --> 01:30:54,000
 What's his name?

1643
01:30:54,100 --> 01:30:54,880
 Kirk Herbstreit.

1644
01:30:54,960 --> 01:30:57,120
 I think he's pretty well known across the country.

1645
01:30:57,220 --> 01:31:00,060
 You crossed paths with the cursor this week.

1646
01:31:00,180 --> 01:31:02,740
 Is he opening up a path using it on game day?

1647
01:31:02,780 --> 01:31:05,920
 Or what happened with your meeting with the big dog, Kirk Herbstreit, Matt?

1648
01:31:06,920 --> 01:31:08,540
 Yeah, I got a chance to catch up with him.

1649
01:31:08,600 --> 01:31:10,160
 He was in Orlando last week.

1650
01:31:10,860 --> 01:31:12,420
 He's excited about football season.

1651
01:31:12,700 --> 01:31:15,480
 I asked him what kind of, when does that preparation begin?

1652
01:31:15,680 --> 01:31:20,280
 When did he get himself kind of ready to start, you know, getting for those first couple games?

1653
01:31:20,400 --> 01:31:26,880
 And he said, you know, pretty much right after the 4th of July, you know, he's watching Cornhole on, you know, the ESPN Ocho.

1654
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:32,160
 And he decides, you know, he's starting to get that itch for Oregon and back to college football.

1655
01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:34,620
 So, he's excited to get back to it.

1656
01:31:34,940 --> 01:31:45,380
 He talked a little bit about his frustrations with the sport right now and just how things have gone with all the court cases, you know, the Protect College Sports Act and things like that.

1657
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:55,880
 And I think he would like to see the sport kind of get to a point where, you know, more stability and the fact that there's more of an understanding of what to expect than there is right now.

1658
01:31:56,080 --> 01:31:58,140
 So, he's looking forward to a lot of things.

1659
01:31:58,260 --> 01:31:59,460
 I asked about UCF.

1660
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:00,380
 I asked about Florida.

1661
01:32:01,120 --> 01:32:10,280
 And he talked a little bit about John Summerall and said he really believes John Summerall is the right guy for the job at Florida and has a chance to make, you know, get things back on the right track.

1662
01:32:10,280 --> 01:32:14,920
 And he said that, you know, it's been missing the last few years.

1663
01:32:15,180 --> 01:32:20,680
 But he said being in the swamp, you know, on a night game, it's something that most people don't get a chance to experience.

1664
01:32:20,840 --> 01:32:22,900
 That's something that's special about football.

1665
01:32:23,260 --> 01:32:25,100
 But it hasn't been that way for a couple of years.

1666
01:32:25,200 --> 01:32:27,800
 So, he'd like to see that kind of come to fruition again.

1667
01:32:28,020 --> 01:32:32,360
 So, just kind of a brief little chat before we end up speaking to a bunch of people here.

1668
01:32:33,100 --> 01:32:34,580
 Well, good for you, Matt.

1669
01:32:34,700 --> 01:32:37,060
 And I think Kirk has a good insight, too.

1670
01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:44,940
 And to me, the message that I think he would like to give, he has to be careful, given his platform, is be careful to not shoot the goose that laid the golden egg.

1671
01:32:44,980 --> 01:32:46,820
 You keep doing all these changes in college football.

1672
01:32:47,540 --> 01:32:49,620
 And I think eventually fans are going to say, you know what?

1673
01:32:49,820 --> 01:32:50,920
 I think I now have it.

1674
01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:53,220
 I'm going to start pushing back and dialing back a little bit.

1675
01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,280
 We've seen it with other sports, NASCAR, a lot of sports.

1676
01:32:55,780 --> 01:33:00,620
 At one time, they thought that they were bulletproof, and now I think they're sitting here trying to reassess things.

1677
01:33:00,680 --> 01:33:05,680
 We've seen it with national brands, thinking they're the smartest person in the room, and we've seen what's happened with that.

1678
01:33:05,980 --> 01:33:08,800
 But you mentioned also Orlando, and you mentioned Kirk.

1679
01:33:08,840 --> 01:33:12,120
 And I always thought that the chemistry between he and Lee Corso was magic.

1680
01:33:12,200 --> 01:33:14,760
 And I think Lee, I think people still miss Lee.

1681
01:33:14,840 --> 01:33:19,740
 I know he had his challenges, but I think he was an important part of the chemistry on that show.

1682
01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:21,160
 You're there in Orlando.

1683
01:33:21,680 --> 01:33:27,040
 I know Lee, he's throwing some rings around the tree up there, but what are you hearing about Lee these days?

1684
01:33:28,120 --> 01:33:28,920
 Yeah, it was interesting.

1685
01:33:29,120 --> 01:33:31,980
 You know, I've talked to several people who have spoken with Lee Lee.

1686
01:33:32,340 --> 01:33:34,800
 I had his birthday the other day, turned 91 years old.

1687
01:33:34,880 --> 01:33:35,240
 Wow.

1688
01:33:35,680 --> 01:33:40,320
 He actually, when Kirk Hershey was coming down to Orlando, he called Kirk.

1689
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:44,120
 Kirk told me the story when I asked him that Lee called him up and said,

1690
01:33:44,120 --> 01:33:45,200
 When are you going to be here?

1691
01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:46,220
 What time do you arrive?

1692
01:33:46,720 --> 01:33:51,760
 Kirk said, when the plane landed on the tarmac, his private plane, he got off the plane,

1693
01:33:51,920 --> 01:33:55,820
 and there was Lee standing there with a bottle of water, ready to give him a big hug.

1694
01:33:56,060 --> 01:33:59,440
 And they gave him a big hug on the tarmac, and he said they both just started crying.

1695
01:33:59,920 --> 01:34:02,560
 And he said it had been over a year since he'd seen him in person.

1696
01:34:03,020 --> 01:34:05,640
 And he said he just, he is a father figure to him.

1697
01:34:05,820 --> 01:34:07,580
 And, you know, Corso is the chemistry.

1698
01:34:07,780 --> 01:34:11,180
 So, you know, he takes that relationship very special.

1699
01:34:11,280 --> 01:34:11,980
 He doesn't take it for granted.

1700
01:34:11,980 --> 01:34:14,920
 So, they've had some chances to really kind of, you know, bond.

1701
01:34:15,060 --> 01:34:18,620
 It was at the speaking event, Lee was, and it was a good chance to kind of bond.

1702
01:34:18,900 --> 01:34:21,140
 But, you know, again, you know, you mentioned it.

1703
01:34:21,260 --> 01:34:26,200
 Lee's, you know, he's 91, and he's had some health issues and things like that.

1704
01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:30,680
 I speak with people around here who are close to him, and, you know, they say, you know,

1705
01:34:30,740 --> 01:34:34,720
 he's had his challenges, but he's still out there doing things.

1706
01:34:34,840 --> 01:34:35,820
 He's still remaining active.

1707
01:34:36,020 --> 01:34:38,040
 It's not like he's hiding when he's home.

1708
01:34:38,260 --> 01:34:41,820
 So, it's good to see him out, you know, and having those moments in the nursery.

1709
01:34:42,360 --> 01:34:47,320
 Did Kirk mention if there were going to be any changes with game day?

1710
01:34:47,460 --> 01:34:53,640
 Of course, everybody, we do a lot of prep work during the week, but still, it's a very enjoyable show.

1711
01:34:54,300 --> 01:34:56,280
 Any changes with game day?

1712
01:34:56,380 --> 01:35:01,200
 And, by the way, did he bring his dog with him who goes nearly everywhere with him?

1713
01:35:02,660 --> 01:35:04,920
 We didn't get a chance to ask about any changes to game day.

1714
01:35:04,940 --> 01:35:05,880
 He only had about 10 minutes.

1715
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:06,380
 Oh, yeah.

1716
01:35:07,240 --> 01:35:07,940
 It's pretty quick.

1717
01:35:08,380 --> 01:35:13,800
 But I'm sure, you know, they're always looking just to find ways to continue to be relevant and everything like that.

1718
01:35:13,980 --> 01:35:15,220
 He did bring his dog with him.

1719
01:35:15,220 --> 01:35:16,620
 His dog was in our room with him.

1720
01:35:16,620 --> 01:35:16,840
 Of course.

1721
01:35:17,080 --> 01:35:19,640
 I took a bunch of pictures, of course, and I sent it to a bunch of people.

1722
01:35:20,520 --> 01:35:24,900
 You know, I think that was the highlight for a lot of people that I sent was,

1723
01:35:25,080 --> 01:35:26,500
 hey, it's great, you got to see Kirk Herbst.

1724
01:35:26,500 --> 01:35:28,280
 They made the pictures of his dog.

1725
01:35:28,360 --> 01:35:30,100
 It was basically his desk that I got.

1726
01:35:31,300 --> 01:35:34,380
 But, yeah, you know, I think this is the thing about game day.

1727
01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:41,700
 Game day will always be that, you know, that pantheon, you know, of college football broadcast.

1728
01:35:42,020 --> 01:35:44,360
 And they've done an amazing job over the years.

1729
01:35:44,620 --> 01:35:45,460
 Yes, they have.

1730
01:35:45,580 --> 01:35:46,060
 That's right.

1731
01:35:46,800 --> 01:35:48,320
 To be able to do those kind of things.

1732
01:35:48,360 --> 01:35:52,820
 And I know when Corso retired, there were people who thought, well, it's not going to be anywhere near as good.

1733
01:35:52,820 --> 01:35:57,080
 You know, and I think that it's a challenge because you have to find ways to make it relevant.

1734
01:35:57,520 --> 01:36:02,780
 You have to be – we talked about this years ago about sports betting, how sports betting kind of taking a place.

1735
01:36:03,160 --> 01:36:10,300
 And even though it was really not something that people talked a lot about, they were one of those times to take advantage of that time.

1736
01:36:10,720 --> 01:36:11,880
 They brought in Nick Saban.

1737
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:16,460
 They brought in some people that really no one thought would be on a stage, and they're on stage with him.

1738
01:36:16,720 --> 01:36:18,420
 So, it's a challenge.

1739
01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:23,360
 And at some point, you know, Kirk could – you know, I mean, I know there's been stories about, you know, what will happen next.

1740
01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:24,820
 I mean, he's very active.

1741
01:36:24,940 --> 01:36:28,840
 He's doing stuff for Amazon and the NFL, their Thursday night NFL game.

1742
01:36:29,980 --> 01:36:32,420
 You know, at some point, maybe he might want to walk away.

1743
01:36:32,560 --> 01:36:34,520
 I mean, he didn't say anything to have that effect.

1744
01:36:34,520 --> 01:36:43,940
 But, you know, I mean, it's going to be interesting how the show grows and matures and how they find a way to maybe move some pieces in and out to kind of make the show be just as relevant.

1745
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:48,220
 Because now you're competing with other places, you're competing with Fox, and they're big news shows.

1746
01:36:48,220 --> 01:36:48,600
 That's right.

1747
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:51,660
 Eventually, you're going to compete with some other networks, I'm sure, down the road.

1748
01:36:51,980 --> 01:36:54,860
 It's just trying to be that mainstay that people still compete in.

1749
01:36:55,600 --> 01:36:58,960
 I guarantee you, Matt, the bosses at ESPN, they're concerned about that, too.

1750
01:36:59,020 --> 01:37:04,680
 They do not want to lose Kirk Herbstreet, the bookends, if you will, and a guy from our neck of the woods by the name of Reese Davis.

1751
01:37:04,680 --> 01:37:06,880
 The chemistry on those shows is so important.

1752
01:37:07,240 --> 01:37:08,480
 The branding is so important.

1753
01:37:08,580 --> 01:37:09,780
 People are comfortable with that.

1754
01:37:10,160 --> 01:37:12,240
 So, be careful, ESPN, how you handle those guys.

1755
01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:16,000
 But, Matt, the top 25 is out from the Associated Press.

1756
01:37:16,660 --> 01:37:18,060
 Your thoughts overall.

1757
01:37:18,640 --> 01:37:19,900
 Who is too high?

1758
01:37:20,040 --> 01:37:21,140
 Who is too low?

1759
01:37:21,260 --> 01:37:22,740
 And who's just about right?

1760
01:37:24,260 --> 01:37:26,340
 You know, man, someone asked me that earlier today.

1761
01:37:26,480 --> 01:37:28,080
 I don't know about too high.

1762
01:37:28,220 --> 01:37:29,700
 I mean, LSU at 11.

1763
01:37:30,360 --> 01:37:32,200
 You know, and again, I know Lane Kiffin.

1764
01:37:32,200 --> 01:37:33,780
 There's a lot of buzz around him.

1765
01:37:34,320 --> 01:37:36,240
 I mean, I think LSU's a good team.

1766
01:37:36,340 --> 01:37:39,720
 I think their top 25 team might be considered a little high.

1767
01:37:39,880 --> 01:37:43,240
 Maybe even Ole Miss at 9 might be considered a little high.

1768
01:37:44,180 --> 01:37:48,280
 But, you know, I thought Texas Tech was a little low at 12.

1769
01:37:48,420 --> 01:37:53,860
 I mean, I know maybe if Brendan Sorsby's situation had a rock, you know, maybe they'd be a little higher up there.

1770
01:37:54,860 --> 01:37:58,320
 You know, I wish, you know, USC was at, what, 14?

1771
01:37:58,520 --> 01:38:03,320
 I mean, USC kind of, you know, was, you never know where USC's going to end up.

1772
01:38:03,380 --> 01:38:10,360
 And when you put them there, I got more USC complaints today on my social media feed as a voter than I did anything else.

1773
01:38:10,620 --> 01:38:12,560
 So, they think they should be higher.

1774
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:20,960
 So, you know, I think there, as a preseason rankings go, this is just a chance to really kind of set the foundation going into the season.

1775
01:38:21,520 --> 01:38:24,820
 And as I tell people all the time, these things will change.

1776
01:38:24,980 --> 01:38:27,000
 They will change all the time.

1777
01:38:28,100 --> 01:38:34,340
 Well, the thing is, Matt, to me, I look at this first poll as not necessarily where things, we said it earlier, where these teams are going to wind up.

1778
01:38:34,340 --> 01:38:42,320
 But this is just the perception right now of sportswriters across the country of what teams did last year as a program, what they've done with the portal coming in.

1779
01:38:42,460 --> 01:38:43,400
 To me, that's all it is.

1780
01:38:43,440 --> 01:38:47,660
 It's just a national sportswriter perception of this team, this team, and this team.

1781
01:38:49,040 --> 01:38:50,180
 Yeah, very much so.

1782
01:38:50,240 --> 01:38:51,400
 I think that's what a lot of that is.

1783
01:38:51,780 --> 01:38:53,720
 It's difficult to do the preseason poll.

1784
01:38:53,780 --> 01:38:54,000
 Right.

1785
01:38:54,080 --> 01:38:59,860
 I tell people all the time because not only are you basing on what happened last year, but you've got to remember the transfer portal.

1786
01:39:00,120 --> 01:39:00,420
 Right.

1787
01:39:00,420 --> 01:39:07,320
 Did they add what kind of production teams bring back, who's going to be the starting quarterback, did they have any new coaches come in and come out?

1788
01:39:07,960 --> 01:39:08,920
 It's a challenge.

1789
01:39:09,260 --> 01:39:11,120
 And sometimes it can be frustrating.

1790
01:39:12,040 --> 01:39:19,000
 My point is it takes weeks to come up with a ranking because I look at all that, and it's a challenge.

1791
01:39:19,480 --> 01:39:22,240
 And then what happens is that all goes out the window after week one.

1792
01:39:22,760 --> 01:39:29,920
 Because, again, you're going to get teams that are basically going to start to move themselves up and down, and you're going to see where some teams are stronger than some teams aren't.

1793
01:39:29,920 --> 01:39:33,720
 I mean, listen, the Big 12 had four teams in the top 25, right?

1794
01:39:34,020 --> 01:39:35,300
 And the ACC only had three.

1795
01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:41,360
 And so there's a lot of push of the idea that the Big 12 is a little deeper of a conference than the ACC is.

1796
01:39:41,800 --> 01:39:42,940
 And I would agree with that.

1797
01:39:43,060 --> 01:39:47,360
 I think Miami is probably the heads above everyone else in that conference.

1798
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:48,900
 But, you know, who else?

1799
01:39:48,980 --> 01:39:50,780
 What happens to Miami if they slip up somewhere?

1800
01:39:51,240 --> 01:39:53,620
 I mean, is SMU going to be the team?

1801
01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:55,280
 Is Louisville going to be the team?

1802
01:39:55,500 --> 01:39:56,800
 Clemson kind of bounce back?

1803
01:39:56,800 --> 01:39:58,580
 I mean, those are challenges.

1804
01:39:58,720 --> 01:40:02,860
 The Big 10 have secured a good stronghold right now early on.

1805
01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:09,940
 But that's not to say that some of these teams won't maybe stumble down the block here or there, and you're going to see some of these teams move up and down a little bit.

1806
01:40:10,180 --> 01:40:14,600
 So, again, I always warn people preseason polls.

1807
01:40:14,860 --> 01:40:15,960
 I still think they're important.

1808
01:40:16,440 --> 01:40:23,360
 I just don't think they're to the point where, you know, you should face the sky is falling kind of mentality when you look at the polls.

1809
01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:29,200
 Man, I was reading Stuart Mandel's article today predicting the Big 12.

1810
01:40:29,720 --> 01:40:32,540
 He's actually got BYU over Houston.

1811
01:40:33,320 --> 01:40:36,380
 Willie Fritz there, certainly.

1812
01:40:36,640 --> 01:40:40,260
 But BYU upsetting Notre Dame, that's kind of an interesting pick.

1813
01:40:40,260 --> 01:40:45,820
 But Scott Frost and Rich Rodriguez in year two, we've talked with you a lot about Scott Frost.

1814
01:40:46,040 --> 01:40:53,860
 But Rich Rod, who for about 12 hours was the head coach at Alabama, headed that work out.

1815
01:40:54,180 --> 01:40:59,740
 But had a great tenure at West Virginia, left, went to Michigan.

1816
01:40:59,980 --> 01:41:01,220
 That did not work out.

1817
01:41:01,340 --> 01:41:03,740
 Went to Jenksville State in Alabama.

1818
01:41:04,360 --> 01:41:12,660
 And is now back, both Scott and Rich Rodriguez in year two, and he thought both coaches would certainly see a lot of improvement this year.

1819
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:18,600
 Yeah, I think, you know, I think Rich Rod, you know, again, interesting offseason with West Virginia.

1820
01:41:18,800 --> 01:41:21,320
 They made some, you know, again, overhauled their roster.

1821
01:41:21,480 --> 01:41:25,380
 I think they brought in an enormous amount of transfers to help themselves out.

1822
01:41:25,820 --> 01:41:27,260
 They lost some talent at the quarterback.

1823
01:41:27,560 --> 01:41:29,900
 They lost some talent at, especially at running back.

1824
01:41:29,960 --> 01:41:30,900
 I know they're top running back.

1825
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:36,440
 So, you know, this is, again, when you have to rebuild the roster year in and year out.

1826
01:41:36,920 --> 01:41:39,800
 You know, where's that blueprint on where can you find success?

1827
01:41:40,460 --> 01:41:43,980
 You know, I think that Rich Rod has a unique system.

1828
01:41:44,340 --> 01:41:46,500
 Year two, you believe that system's going to get a little bit better.

1829
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:48,540
 Players are going to understand it a little bit.

1830
01:41:48,900 --> 01:41:50,220
 But I think some of that is retention.

1831
01:41:50,420 --> 01:41:51,940
 Can you retain players who understand it?

1832
01:41:52,340 --> 01:41:57,880
 You've got, you know, a majority of guys who've been there two or three years that can kind of help you continue to build on that.

1833
01:41:58,040 --> 01:41:59,760
 So, for him, that's going to be the case.

1834
01:41:59,760 --> 01:42:03,040
 I mean, it's still a challenge, much like Scott Frost at UCF.

1835
01:42:03,240 --> 01:42:03,560
 You know what I mean?

1836
01:42:03,860 --> 01:42:07,420
 If you don't find success, you can struggle for a couple years.

1837
01:42:07,860 --> 01:42:13,160
 How long before the fan base says, man, that was, nostalgia was great, but we really want to win.

1838
01:42:13,200 --> 01:42:15,440
 We need to find somebody who's willing to do that.

1839
01:42:15,620 --> 01:42:18,860
 So, it's going to be a challenge for both of those two coaches, I think.

1840
01:42:18,940 --> 01:42:20,820
 And it's finding out which one works.

1841
01:42:20,820 --> 01:42:32,240
 I think that UCF has probably done a little better job of retaining players this time around than West Virginia and has had a lot more experience coming back this year than they had last year.

1842
01:42:32,340 --> 01:42:33,780
 So, I think this is a better team.

1843
01:42:34,180 --> 01:42:36,340
 But I still think West Virginia is going to be a factor.

1844
01:42:36,580 --> 01:42:36,700
 Yeah.

1845
01:42:37,660 --> 01:42:38,860
 Man, who has more pressure?

1846
01:42:39,020 --> 01:42:40,820
 Steve Sarkeesian or Ryan Day?

1847
01:42:41,020 --> 01:42:46,580
 I was looking the other day, the last team to start first in the poll and end first in the poll, I believe, was Alabama.

1848
01:42:46,860 --> 01:42:47,800
 I think it was 18.

1849
01:42:48,100 --> 01:42:49,180
 I may be wrong on the year.

1850
01:42:49,640 --> 01:42:52,900
 But that shows you how rare it is to start first and end first.

1851
01:42:53,140 --> 01:42:59,080
 Try to turn it to a fan base, especially when you saw Indiana and Michigan and others have success there.

1852
01:42:59,140 --> 01:43:02,640
 But your thoughts, just how tough it is to start and end at the top.

1853
01:43:03,180 --> 01:43:05,760
 And, again, who has more pressure, Sarke or Ryan Day?

1854
01:43:06,680 --> 01:43:08,540
 I think Sarke has more pressure.

1855
01:43:08,780 --> 01:43:12,560
 And, Alex, because I think Ryan Day's got that national championship a couple of years ago.

1856
01:43:12,900 --> 01:43:14,260
 And that still is goodwill.

1857
01:43:14,400 --> 01:43:17,180
 That still buys them a little bit of goodwill at Ohio State.

1858
01:43:17,500 --> 01:43:22,000
 You know, I think Sarke, you know, obviously Texas fans want Texas to be back.

1859
01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:22,400
 Right.

1860
01:43:22,400 --> 01:43:27,820
 And you've been given the golden goose of Archie Manning as your quarterback for a couple of years now.

1861
01:43:28,240 --> 01:43:30,620
 They need to see Archie take that next step.

1862
01:43:30,840 --> 01:43:34,080
 Archie needs to be that elite Heisman type quarterback.

1863
01:43:34,560 --> 01:43:38,300
 Much like his, you know, needs to be much like his uncles, Peyton and Eli.

1864
01:43:38,700 --> 01:43:40,140
 You know, take those next steps.

1865
01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:40,740
 And his grandfather.

1866
01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:41,980
 You know, Archie take the next step.

1867
01:43:41,980 --> 01:43:42,640
 And Pawpaw.

1868
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:44,240
 And Pawpaw.

1869
01:43:44,460 --> 01:43:47,520
 Lead them to, you know, to success.

1870
01:43:47,740 --> 01:43:50,000
 So, I think Sarke is under more pressure.

1871
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:55,300
 But I still think that Ryan Day, again, fan base's memories are short.

1872
01:43:55,740 --> 01:43:56,900
 Really short.

1873
01:43:57,060 --> 01:43:57,900
 Short as shadows.

1874
01:43:58,060 --> 01:43:58,960
 And they'll tell you.

1875
01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:01,820
 You know, they'll tell you, like, okay, what have you done for us lately?

1876
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:07,560
 So, if Ohio State starts out at one, and they get, you know, they suffer a loss somewhere, and they get knocked out of that spot.

1877
01:44:07,940 --> 01:44:09,880
 You know Ohio State fans are going to be upset by that.

1878
01:44:10,060 --> 01:44:14,340
 But I think if you ask Ryan Day, he'll tell you, listen, I don't want to be number one in some way.

1879
01:44:14,660 --> 01:44:16,780
 I'd rather be the guy that's hunting, right?

1880
01:44:16,780 --> 01:44:17,440
 That's right.

1881
01:44:18,440 --> 01:44:19,640
 So, we'll see what happens.

1882
01:44:19,640 --> 01:44:24,500
 I mean, I think he would have loved to have had Dan Lanning in Oregon take that number one spot.

1883
01:44:24,720 --> 01:44:24,920
 Yep.

1884
01:44:24,920 --> 01:44:27,400
 Just so he could have a laugh and focus on that.

1885
01:44:27,520 --> 01:44:30,100
 But, you know, sometimes that's, you've got to do what you've got to do.

1886
01:44:30,180 --> 01:44:31,380
 Show us how good your team is.

1887
01:44:31,880 --> 01:44:33,640
 You've got to prove it now, and that's going to be the challenge.

1888
01:44:34,140 --> 01:44:42,400
 I know we're getting closer to college football because you were modeling one of your bow ties on Twitter the other day.

1889
01:44:42,520 --> 01:44:45,060
 And when I see that, I know it's coming soon.

1890
01:44:45,500 --> 01:44:47,420
 I don't know what that is in the collection.

1891
01:44:47,540 --> 01:44:53,600
 I think you told me last year you had 30 or 35, but I'm sure it continues to grow.

1892
01:44:53,940 --> 01:44:54,220
 It's 40 now.

1893
01:44:54,360 --> 01:44:54,960
 I think it's 40.

1894
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:55,860
 40, all right.

1895
01:44:57,660 --> 01:45:00,320
 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation, my friend.

1896
01:45:00,760 --> 01:45:02,880
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

1897
01:45:03,600 --> 01:45:07,740
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media.

1898
01:45:08,160 --> 01:45:14,000
 I'll ask Matt and Michelle to check out the next bow tie, maybe, and everything else that's going on before the college football season starts.

1899
01:45:14,220 --> 01:45:16,120
 Well, you just answered one question, Matt.

1900
01:45:16,160 --> 01:45:20,060
 You are definitely the best-dressed man in this conversation, so keep up the good work, okay?

1901
01:45:21,060 --> 01:45:21,940
 All right, guys.

1902
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:22,380
 I'll talk to you again.

1903
01:45:22,380 --> 01:45:22,920
 Thank you, bud.

1904
01:45:23,280 --> 01:45:26,700
 WL, Matt and Michelle, the Orlando Sentinel.

1905
01:45:26,860 --> 01:45:30,860
 Coming up, time to hit the road again with Elmer Pierce on deck.

1906
01:45:30,920 --> 01:45:31,320
 Stay with us.

1907
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 All right, grab some buds and listen up.

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1912
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1918
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1919
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1920
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1958
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1959
01:48:13,880 --> 01:48:14,640
 Welcome back in.

1960
01:48:14,760 --> 01:48:17,480
 Did you guys see that sky last night?

1961
01:48:17,560 --> 01:48:18,820
 What was up with it, my friend?

1962
01:48:18,960 --> 01:48:20,260
 That was pink, wasn't it?

1963
01:48:20,360 --> 01:48:22,320
 That was quite a color.

1964
01:48:22,480 --> 01:48:22,880
 I agree.

1965
01:48:23,040 --> 01:48:24,640
 My wife noticed that.

1966
01:48:24,820 --> 01:48:25,600
 Yeah, I looked down.

1967
01:48:25,680 --> 01:48:26,320
 I thought, what am I drinking?

1968
01:48:26,400 --> 01:48:27,140
 It's iced tea.

1969
01:48:27,300 --> 01:48:32,520
 I mean, if you see that sky with iced tea, maybe Elmer Pierce has the answer to that and everything else out.

1970
01:48:32,860 --> 01:48:33,960
 And Garner Pierce autos.

1971
01:48:33,960 --> 01:48:36,640
 Elmer Watkins, did you see that sky last night?

1972
01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:39,300
 Actually, I did, guys.

1973
01:48:39,640 --> 01:48:41,720
 And you know what I think it means?

1974
01:48:41,780 --> 01:48:43,400
 I think it means it's football season.

1975
01:48:43,400 --> 01:48:43,940
 There you go.

1976
01:48:46,160 --> 01:48:50,700
 Or the deals are just as red hot at your place.

1977
01:48:50,820 --> 01:48:52,780
 Talk to us about what's going on, Elmer.

1978
01:48:53,120 --> 01:48:53,880
 Oh, man.

1979
01:48:54,560 --> 01:48:57,960
 Guys, I tell you what, we've been really, really busy.

1980
01:48:58,520 --> 01:49:04,880
 I've tracked down a lot of inventory lately, in really, really good shape with some inventory.

1981
01:49:05,440 --> 01:49:07,020
 So, got everything.

1982
01:49:07,340 --> 01:49:14,660
 I mean, literally, right now, we've got everything from $6,000 to $56,000, and pretty much everything in between.

1983
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:17,320
 So, you just come and see us.

1984
01:49:17,360 --> 01:49:20,280
 Hop online, GarnerPierceAutos.com.

1985
01:49:20,280 --> 01:49:26,300
 I think we've got about 85, 90 vehicles in stock right now between both stores.

1986
01:49:26,900 --> 01:49:36,100
 Now, Elmer, if you're a high school football fan and you're planning on driving to watch Florence at Pinson Valley,

1987
01:49:36,460 --> 01:49:43,000
 Muscle Shoals at Hoover, Haleville at Sheffield, Colbert County at Colbert Heights,

1988
01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:49,620
 you have got to have a dependable car, and you need a tune-up, and you need it inspected.

1989
01:49:49,940 --> 01:49:52,620
 How could you rectify that problem?

1990
01:49:54,960 --> 01:50:01,040
 Guys, been doing a ton of that with kids going back to school, getting their car serviced up.

1991
01:50:01,800 --> 01:50:06,540
 And like you said, a couple of them, we've done the full Monty, you know,

1992
01:50:06,620 --> 01:50:11,020
 tires and brakes and changed out spark plugs and everything else.

1993
01:50:11,020 --> 01:50:16,820
 Because the last thing you need is your child one way or another, son, daughter, whatever,

1994
01:50:17,380 --> 01:50:22,000
 two, three, four, or five hours away, and you get the phone call,

1995
01:50:22,200 --> 01:50:26,780
 hey, my car won't start, or hey, my tire just went flat.

1996
01:50:27,540 --> 01:50:33,340
 And I've had that happen to me, so it is a helpless feeling when your baby is, you know,

1997
01:50:33,380 --> 01:50:36,660
 miles from home and you get that phone call.

1998
01:50:36,660 --> 01:50:38,200
 So, come see us.

1999
01:50:38,440 --> 01:50:39,780
 Let us get it checked out.

2000
01:50:40,100 --> 01:50:42,040
 Let us get it in good shape before they leave.

2001
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:44,680
 Yeah, and that is the other thing, too.

2002
01:50:44,740 --> 01:50:45,320
 You are local.

2003
01:50:45,820 --> 01:50:48,400
 Just like we are here with the radio station.

2004
01:50:48,660 --> 01:50:53,660
 A reason I bring that up is because whoever plans for an emergency.

2005
01:50:53,820 --> 01:50:55,420
 I just had a plumbing issue last night.

2006
01:50:55,460 --> 01:50:56,780
 I called and boom, they were here.

2007
01:50:57,060 --> 01:51:00,900
 Talk to us just about the advantage of coming to you as a local business

2008
01:51:01,560 --> 01:51:04,260
 as opposed to going through all the red tape to some of these corporate giants.

2009
01:51:04,600 --> 01:51:07,960
 Well, you know, and guys, we've talked about it before.

2010
01:51:08,240 --> 01:51:13,280
 Hey, we're the ones that's sponsoring your, you know, your kids' softball

2011
01:51:13,280 --> 01:51:17,940
 and your kids' football and your kids' baseball, basketball, you name it.

2012
01:51:18,020 --> 01:51:19,560
 I mean, we're the sponsors.

2013
01:51:19,940 --> 01:51:24,320
 So many times you can't get these corporate giants that are out of Houston,

2014
01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:31,060
 Houston, Texas, by way of Saudi Arabia or somewhere.

2015
01:51:31,140 --> 01:51:31,780
 Timbuktu.

2016
01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:37,780
 You can't get them to sponsor anything because you don't know who's making the decision

2017
01:51:37,780 --> 01:51:40,020
 and nobody here will make a decision.

2018
01:51:40,540 --> 01:51:40,760
 Right.

2019
01:51:41,140 --> 01:51:45,360
 Walk in the door and traditionally I'm making the decision within five minutes

2020
01:51:45,360 --> 01:51:49,140
 and, you know, I traditionally hand them a check right there on the spot

2021
01:51:49,140 --> 01:51:51,520
 and we go on, you know.

2022
01:51:52,260 --> 01:51:56,440
 Having somebody local that you can talk to and sit next to you in church

2023
01:51:56,440 --> 01:52:01,100
 or sit next to you at a ball game, you know what, that means a lot

2024
01:52:01,100 --> 01:52:05,740
 because I promise you it's on me because my last name is on this building.

2025
01:52:05,960 --> 01:52:09,560
 So that means a lot to me and should mean a lot to you.

2026
01:52:09,840 --> 01:52:10,280
 Absolutely.

2027
01:52:10,960 --> 01:52:13,800
 Elmer, where can we get online, look at the inventory

2028
01:52:13,800 --> 01:52:22,060
 or communicate with you, schedule a maintenance, location, times, et cetera?

2029
01:52:23,200 --> 01:52:26,960
 Guys, come and see us, 2261 Florence Boulevard,

2030
01:52:27,060 --> 01:52:29,100
 right next to Applebee's right here in Florence.

2031
01:52:29,800 --> 01:52:35,260
 Come and see us or get online, www.garnerpearsautos.com,

2032
01:52:35,600 --> 01:52:38,420
 256-768-5660.

2033
01:52:39,080 --> 01:52:41,840
 Absolutely, anytime, 24-7 right there.

2034
01:52:42,540 --> 01:52:43,080
 That's great.

2035
01:52:43,180 --> 01:52:44,740
 Elmer, listen, thanks for your time today.

2036
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:47,680
 I don't know what we're going to do for a follow-up from last night's sunset,

2037
01:52:47,900 --> 01:52:52,260
 but stay tuned and in the meantime, stay safe and stay as cool as you can out there, okay?

2038
01:52:53,060 --> 01:52:56,040
 You got it, guys, thanks, and get ready for some football.

2039
01:52:56,100 --> 01:52:56,620
 There you go, bud.

2040
01:52:56,620 --> 01:52:58,320
 There you guys right around the corner.

2041
01:52:58,400 --> 01:53:00,700
 Elmer Pierce, owner of Garner Pierce Autos.

2042
01:53:00,940 --> 01:53:03,100
 BB is getting a little tight for the Braves.

2043
01:53:03,160 --> 01:53:04,860
 We're back to six and a half over the field.

2044
01:53:04,960 --> 01:53:05,740
 It's go time for us.

2045
01:53:05,740 --> 01:53:10,480
 I noticed that this morning they lost it to the Twins, 4-2 last night.

2046
01:53:10,960 --> 01:53:15,020
 Perez, who went into that game, I think, with 18 consecutive scoreless innings.

2047
01:53:15,220 --> 01:53:16,440
 Eh, that's over.

2048
01:53:16,560 --> 01:53:18,740
 He gave up four in the first inning.

2049
01:53:20,060 --> 01:53:24,680
 Matthews against Malley, or, I mean, yeah, Malley, I'm sorry.

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 Tonight, you can hear that game once again on 93.9 The Score.

2051
01:53:29,340 --> 01:53:33,620
 And a quick reminder, you can hear the first edition of Hey Coach coming up tomorrow night.

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 Right else, right here on 93.9 The Score.

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 That's going to take care of us for now.

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 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bugg.

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 Thank you so much for your time today.

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 Let's do it again next time.

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 Noon to two for the Boomo Bugg Show back here on Sports Radio from 93.9 The Score.