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 Riverbank and Florence and 93.9 The Score present Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll discuss Florence Falcons football with coaches and players. Now live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Florence Falcons, Kevin Johnson.

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 And good evening from Lost Pizza tonight, Florence Falcons football night, getting ready to kick off the high school football season. Thank the Lord it's finally arrived. We've been waiting on this all summer long and it's here upon us and everyone all across the state excited about it, but nobody more excited about it than the fans at Florence High School. Let's hear it, Falcon fans. You're glad to be here tonight.

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 All right, got them together, still ordering their food. Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison. Welcome, Coach. And I tell you what, you get these Falcon fans around the food and they're ordering the food, they're not paying attention to us right now.

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 There's a great crowd getting started. Love it. They're lined up, ready to eat. I like that too. You know, Coach, how about this? Let's talk about your, you know, we're getting your team and the season. What about so far, though, the community?

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 This summer, this fall already, I call it fall because when it gets football season, I call it fall season. It's been quite amazing, the community, the buy-in, and it's been pretty special.

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 Yeah, it has. You know, our folks have been fired up across here. There's been a buzz in the community with some changes made.

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 With our admin and stuff and Coach Meyer Miles coming in, a lot of stuff going on at the stadium.

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 The first Friday event downtown was phenomenal. People were everywhere. A lot of excitement there, a lot of buzz.

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 You know, you didn't have the Falcons tonight at the Falcons, I think, at the stadium, at Brawley Stadium.

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 And just a tremendous turnout there. And just all around, it's just the community. There is a buzz in the community and an excitement about this Falcons team end of the season.

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 As well as it should be. You've got a great team coming back.

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 Yeah, this is absolutely the most excitement I've seen since I've been here. I know that, you know, the first year was kind of crazy, getting started and everything.

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 And so I really wasn't aware of the surroundings very much. But now that we've settled in, it was great to see our community just get behind these young men.

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 Last Thursday night, you took your team to Milton Frank Stadium. We've been there a lot in the past. Thank goodness, to be honest with you, we're not going there this year as the changes have come about.

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 But you went for a jamboree last week and took on Huntsville. That's the first jamboree we've had in a while. How did it play out for you?

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 It went really well for us. You know, I know we've got a lot of guys in the room right now. I hope they're hearing me when I say this. You know, we don't want to get overconfident.

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 We did some really good things in that jamboree. A lot of things that we got to work on as well.

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 But it gave us an opportunity to do a dress rehearsal. And we haven't done that. Usually, you know, spring training takes care of that.

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 We don't get a fall jamboree if you do spring. So we changed it up this year. We wanted to stay in the weight room from January all the way through the summer that got us into fall camp.

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 Let's talk about that off-season conditioning program. It's been one of those things that you've been preaching since you got here five years ago, by the way.

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 Congratulations on your fifth season at Florence. I'm T.

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 Thank you.

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 As far as Falcon fans, we're excited you're here. The continuity and the coaches, and it's great to see that here.

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 But one of the things is to see that start to come to fruition with these young athletes getting stronger, faster, and more balled into it.

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 Talk about what that's all about.

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 Yeah, we had a little up and down to start with in our strength program.

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 You know, some of that, some decisions I made on what we were doing with the strength program and who was doing it.

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 Coach Kevin Sledge and I got together one day and talked about our strength program.

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 And he went home, sent me a text and said, hey, I got your guy.

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 And I said, you? And he said, I think so.

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 So brought him out of retirement, and he's done a phenomenal job with these young men.

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 They bought into what he's preaching.

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 Our nutrition program we started thanks to Keaton Anderson helping us out with his nutrition company.

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 With that, we've been feeding protein powder and snacks and food to them all the way through the offseason.

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 And our guys have gained anywhere from 8 to 10 pounds throughout the offseason.

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 We looked different walking around.

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 That was one of the things that first Friday and meet the Falcons that people were coming up after that saying,

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 boy, the kids look different.

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 Their shoulders are wide, broader.

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 Their legs are bigger.

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 So we looked the part.

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 You do look the part.

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 I know you said you've got a lot of nutrition in them.

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 I've been watching your players.

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 They also know where that lost pizza is.

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 I tell you what, they have been putting that pizza away tonight, too.

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 So they're pretty excited about that.

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 Yeah, I'm about to go take it away from a quarterback over there and not slow him down.

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 Yeah, got to get the quarterback not to eat so much pizza over there.

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 Big slice of pizza in his mouth right now.

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 Too much pizza right there.

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 That's good.

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 You know, your team, we talked about how hard they worked all season.

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 Let's also talk about you're going to have an opponent starting off the year at Pinson Valley,

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 and they are working just as hard.

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 New coach.

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 What do you expect when you go to Pinson Valley to take on the Indians?

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 We expect to see a lot of speed.

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 You know, in the past, we saw side speed play extremely fast on offense.

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 They play at a high pace like Tennessee.

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 We're going to see a lot of similarities in Tennessee's offense with them.

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 And then defensively, they're, you know, pretty solid base defense.

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 Not going to see any.

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 We hope we don't see any surprises, but they look real solid there.

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 The defense coordinator came in from Pelham, which was at Thompson for four years.

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 What little bit we've got to work on, information to look at, our coaches have put together a great game plan.

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 Every team has different chemistries.

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 We speak with Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons.

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 Coach, every team has chemistry.

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 Every team has a different DNA.

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 Every season brings about just, it's a new team.

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 It's a new season.

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 What have you sensed in the DNA, maybe, or the chemistry of this team going into the season?

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 Just a lot of team and family with these guys.

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 These seniors have been with us since day one.

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 They're in year five.

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 They've only heard what we've been preaching.

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 They've been bought in.

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 There's 28 seniors in this group, a large class.

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 And, you know, they've bought their time.

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 And they're really sticking together.

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 We like what we're seeing.

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 But the locker room's different.

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 There's a lot of chemistry.

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 And we've just got to keep working at that team concept.

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 Coach, what are you looking for out of your team as you go to game one, getting the season kicked off?

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 Everybody's, everybody right now is excited about their season.

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 Every team in the state of Alabama is excited about it.

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 But what are you looking for out of your team going into game one?

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 They're going to play extremely hard.

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 They're not afraid of anybody.

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 They'll hit you.

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 We think we're going to be physical.

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 We saw that against Huntsville.

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 Doing on offense, defensively, Coach Wisdom doing a phenomenal job over there.

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 And our guys are running to the ball.

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 They did that against Huntsville and showed that they're going to tackle and be very physical.

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 So, I look for guys flying around and having a lot of excitement tomorrow night.

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 Before I let you go on this and this segment, I want to ask you another question, too.

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 Your team did 7-on-7 this year.

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 And 7-on-7 sometimes is like people say, well, does it really help or not?

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 We don't do a 7-on-7.

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 Just right through the middle of everybody.

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 We do what we do.

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 And that was big for us to be able to see some teams that were really good.

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 We got into the finals against Tupelo, Mississippi.

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 I'll give an example of Tupelo and how good they've always been.

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 One of UNA's coaches was standing next to me.

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 And I was shaking my head looking at the athletes they had over there.

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 And he looked at me and said, Coach, those guys are going to make a lot of money soon at the next level.

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 So, they were very talented.

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 We were a holding penalty in the end zone away from it being 12-12 and our ball in our hands to win it.

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 So, we ended up, you know, they got the ball back after that penalty and scored.

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 But our guys played eight games in the day and fought throughout.

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 Guys cramping, full-body cramps out of a couple of guys.

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 They got themselves back in and competed.

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 They never quit throughout that day, which we were able to see and told us a lot.

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 That says a lot about your team.

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 And summers have worked out well.

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 Your nutrition has worked out well.

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 The conditioning at the 7-on-7.

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 Fall camp is going well.

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 Now let's get ready for the real thing coming up.

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 Coach, before I let you go into this segment, I want to ask this last question.

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 As head coach at Fayetteville High School, your first place to be at Fayetteville High School.

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 Do you remember who your first game was against that time, your first night as a head coach?

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 Marion County.

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 That first season, we went 10-0.

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 So, it was a good year.

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 The next year, we lost on the road.

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 And we ended up winning a state championship in that second year.

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 That says a lot about it right there.

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 There's so much fellowship going on.

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 There's so much, they're just excited to see one another.

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 and putting them in their own division.

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 I know, you know, going back to that, when I came here my first year,

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 I got a call from Dr. Shaw, and he was in a superintendent's meeting

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 with some folks in the state,

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 and they were asking me how they did the private schools in Tennessee,

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 and this is very similar to what they did up there.

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 Saw some changes while I was in that state as well.

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 But, yeah, pulled the private schools out and took 7A away, basically.

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 You know, just took the number system, 7A.

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 Largest class right now, 6A, that's the top 32, which was 7A that we were in.

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 Buckhorn jumped us by eight students this year,

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 finally had somebody go ahead of us.

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 We were four and a half away two years ago,

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 and then the year I got here we were 11 students away from being where we are now.

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 Yes, we're the largest 5A school, which was the old 6A.

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 And very familiar with this league.

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 I was in it for 22 years at Decatur.

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 It is tough week in, week out.

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 I've said it in many talks that I've had.

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 We called it way back then the SEC North,

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 and then I heard Cody Gross say it at one of the media days as well

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 about getting the old gang back together.

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 So, yeah, a lot of us in this region were playing against each other every Friday night,

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 so we've got a lot of friends looking across the way.

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 We'll be enemies for one night, and then we'll resume our friendship after it's over.

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 And it's really neat to see as well, as we come to this 5A classification,

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 I believe it's Region 7 is what we're being officially in.

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 As we're in this region, you know, for years, to be honest with you,

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 we've had to go for region games way out of league.

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 I mean, two hours, two and a half hours.

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 We've had to go to Huntsville, hour and a half.

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 It's a lot of travel.

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 This year I started looking at it.

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 I think our closest region, our furthest region game may be right at one hour.

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 I mean, it's unbelievable.

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 So that's one level of playing field.

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 And the other is, as you look at the schools,

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 it's more level in the playing field across the state in each classification, it seems like.

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 It is.

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 And this region was always notorious for a packed house every Friday night.

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 It was, the student bodies seemed to be more close-knit.

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 I know that we played some Grissoms in Huntsville where you look up

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 and they had maybe 25 or 30 students in the stands.

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 There will be hundreds in the stands.

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 Yes.

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 And, you know, which is good for us.

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 You know, as a head coach, Cole Harden, he's got our offensive line feeding them tonight.

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 But every Friday night he comes up to me and he said,

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 what does the stands look like?

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 And I said, it looks like no money.

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 And so he said, you're always worried about money, Coach.

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 I said, that's because I'm a head coach.

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 That's what you worry about.

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 First thing I look at is what's in the stands.

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 And we're going to have some really good gates, a lot of local rivalries back at it,

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 excited about that.

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 So it's going to be a fun year.

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 It will be a fun year.

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 And also, you change us at the stadium as well.

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 Brawley Stadium is solely belongs to Florence High School.

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 It will be the Florence Falcons.

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 And it has already changed completely as we congratulate those at the University of North Alabama

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 on their new stadium.

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 Likewise, though, we're excited about our new stadium in many ways as Brawley's getting a good makeover right now.

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 And it looks really nice.

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 Absolutely, it does.

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 We're extremely excited about it.

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 Coach Myra Miles and Bill Hopkins, our superintendent, and the board have really been committed to making Brawley what she's supposed to be.

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 Yeah.

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 And I've seen some videos from the guys that were pressure washing that.

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 You know, when you pressure wash a stadium or you pressure wash anything, the water moves it.

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 But when you've got to push it with equipment and you've got to shovel it out, it's been neglected for too long.

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 Yeah.

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 And that's where Brawley Stadium got to be.

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 It was a shame, but it has got a facelift and it's bright looking.

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 They've got the new seat covers over the stadiums that we've been wanting to cover, the top four sections to bring everybody down to make it more of a high school.

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 And so if you folks out here in the audience hadn't driven by there, you can see it from Royal Avenue.

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 It's a phenomenal place.

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 And I've got a plan for our guys.

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 Our guys, I think, it will look so new to them on Friday night against Jasper City.

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 I've got a plan to maybe go ahead and try to get that newness out of it.

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 We need to go over there and we need to see it.

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 Might need to run around and practice in it.

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 I like it.

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 So they're not in awe of looking around and seeing all the changes.

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 Got the $8.5 million middle school field house, which is also going to house us on Friday nights.

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 Not going to get in it this year, unfortunately, but we're going to, I hate it for these seniors because we had high expectations that we may be by November be in it during the playoffs, but not happening.

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 It's going to be a December finish, probably January 1, but it will be the nicest, it will be the best middle school field house in this state, Pew.

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 It's a 16-rack weight room.

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 It is all college weights.

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 We designed it from a college weight room.

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 Coach Sledge and I went and visited some places at Carrollton, Georgia, and Thompson, and some other places.

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 And he has done a great job of helping design this thing in our weight room area, and it's going to be phenomenal for our kids.

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 We have lacked that in this town, that our middle school kids work out in the summer and don't touch a weight until the next summer.

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 It's ridiculous.

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 But, hey, that's going to change.

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 We're going to be able to hire a middle school strength coach.

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 I just put our school system on blast right there.

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 I'm sure they're going to love that.

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 But we've got to get that done.

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 If we're going to talk about commitment, we've got to start with weight room, and it's got to start at the seventh grade level.

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 If you're going to build it, you've got to use it.

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 Absolutely.

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 So that'll be great.

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 And I think one thing about that great facility will be this.

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 The newness of Brawley Stadium, the upcoming building we'll be in in the future, all that says to this team this year is you're building something very special.

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 And this season, you can do something you've never done before.

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 And so we look forward to that.

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 Coach, we're excited about the season.

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 We wish you nothing but the best, and we appreciate all you've done for Florence High School already.

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 And we keep ready to go down to Pinson Valley and battle with the Indians, okay?

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 Absolutely.

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 Let's do it.

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 It means something to me to be here, and I appreciate you.

337
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 Ladies and gentlemen, would you help me thank Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons.

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 To the players, coaches, families, and fans, best wishes for a safe and winning season.

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 Back here live at Lost Pizza, Florence Falcons football night.

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 Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons, glad to be with you.

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 As we have met Coach Kenny Morrison, the head coach,

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 and he's walked us through a couple of segments talking about things coming up with air.

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 And now we're joined by two of the seniors for Florence High School.

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 Let's hear it for Jaden Irons and Sullivan Haddock.

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 These two young men.

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 Now that's the type of response I'm looking for right there, guys.

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 That's good.

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 All right, guys, good to see you.

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 First of all, let's start with Jaden.

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 What number do you wear and what position do you play?

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 I wear number 23 and I play middle linebacker.

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 All right, 23 and middle linebacker.

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 We'll get that mic close to you there.

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 That's good.

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 All right, and Sullivan, what about you?

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 I wear number 80 and I'm wide receiver.

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 So he's a number 80 and a wide receiver, okay.

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 So a linebacker, have you two hooked up during a fall camp?

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 Has he come across the middle yet on you?

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 I don't think so.

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 You don't think so?

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 I haven't.

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 That's a smart move.

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 Sullivan's like, no, I'm not going across the middle with Jaden Irons in the middle.

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 That's a smart move right there.

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 Fall camp's been good, though.

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 Have you guys felt like it's been productive for you, Jaden?

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 Yes, sir.

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 I think we've learned a lot this fall camp.

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 That's good.

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 I like that.

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 What about you, Sullivan?

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 What's the best part of fall camp for you so far, you think?

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 I think our offense was four years old.

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 Four years old.

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 Do you remember your first jersey?

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 I wore number seven at Wilson.

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 Number seven was your jersey.

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 So you were playing four years old.

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 Did you make any tackles at four years old?

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 Probably not.

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 Probably not.

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 Okay.

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 Sullivan, what about you?

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 What was your first game and what jersey number did you wear when you were a kid?

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 I think I wore 12 and I think I was about five.

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 I played flat football from about five days.

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 Oh, that's awesome.

421
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 And I played tackle after that.

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 Love it.

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 That's awesome, guys.

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 Love hearing those stories.

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 You know, it seems just like yesterday, doesn't it?

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 I mean, if you look back on it and you realize, man, the high school season,

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 you know, it flies by pretty fast, doesn't it?

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 What do you want, guys, what are you looking forward to as seniors this year?

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 Jay, what is your main goal as a senior?

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 I want to have the best year that we can, be region champs, have a good playoff run.

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 I like that.

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 That's a good playoff run.

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 What about you, Sully?

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 Yeah, like he said, it's win the region, have a deep playoff run, just play to the best for ability.

435
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 Okay, that's good.

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 I like that as well.

437
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 Now, in the linebacker room, you're not the only linebacker.

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 You've got a lot of linebackers in there.

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 Let's talk about those guys and what they look like.

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 You've got a good team right there, the linebackers?

441
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 Yes, sir.

442
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 Chase Winkler is the other starting linebacker.

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 We have a lot of younger guys and they're working really hard.

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 All right, that's good.

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 All right, Sully, what about you on the wide receiver room?

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 You've got a lot of wide receivers in that room?

447
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 Yeah, we've got about eight that will probably play.

448
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 We have J.C., Kavante, Green, Jess Mays, Justin Kirkman, me, Drew Hull,

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 and probably Cooper I'll play some a little bit.

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 Now, Sully, before I let you go on this, the jamboree,

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 you might have had your best catch of your career.

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 I mean, you had this touchdown snag.

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 I want to ask you, what was harder, making the snag in the end zone,

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 or getting the toe touch down?

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 Probably getting the toe touch down.

456
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 Yeah, a little different.

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 Once you caught it and realized you were in, you're like, wow,

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 that was a pretty cool feeling, wasn't it?

459
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,400
 Yeah, it was pretty cool just getting six points on the board for our team.

460
00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:00,300
 Jane, I've got to ask you because I followed your career too.

461
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,180
 You play basketball as well.

462
00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:05,480
 Does basketball help you in football a little bit and then vice versa?

463
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,080
 Make you a little more aggressive, you think, in basketball

464
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:09,860
 because you play football?

465
00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:10,740
 I think so.

466
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,180
 I think football helps me be a little more aggressive in basketball,

467
00:25:15,340 --> 00:25:15,980
 getting rebounds.

468
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:16,940
 Stuff like that.

469
00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:17,200
 Yeah.

470
00:25:17,780 --> 00:25:18,800
 I can handle that.

471
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:19,360
 I can handle that.

472
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,040
 So, Jayden, what makes this team seem different so far to you this season

473
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,840
 already in just the preseason stuff?

474
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,320
 I feel like we're a lot more comfortable on defense.

475
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:30,160
 I feel like offense, they've got a lot more comfortable because, you know,

476
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,160
 last year that was our first year with our coaches.

477
00:25:32,620 --> 00:25:32,740
 Yeah.

478
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,940
 So, I feel like this year we came along a lot farther.

479
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:37,560
 That's a great answer out there.

480
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:38,460
 Sullivan, what about you?

481
00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:40,500
 What do you think has made a difference in this team this year

482
00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:42,160
 that you see coming in as a senior?

483
00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:43,480
 Like, man, I like what I see.

484
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,980
 What's really standing out to you?

485
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:47,080
 I think we've all just bought in since about February.

486
00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:49,720
 We've been working in the mornings since 5.59,

487
00:25:50,020 --> 00:25:51,780
 practicing and then working out in the evenings.

488
00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:55,440
 I like that, too, as we speak with Sullivan Haddock

489
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,920
 and Jayden Irons, two of the seniors here for Florence High School.

490
00:25:58,460 --> 00:26:00,840
 Have you guys sensed some excitement at school a little bit?

491
00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:04,080
 Talking about it, students and faculty and teachers

492
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,240
 have all been pretty excited, Jayden?

493
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,020
 Yeah, I think so.

494
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,220
 I think everybody knows we've got a pretty good team this year.

495
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:10,900
 So, let me ask you this.

496
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,200
 Do you get excited?

497
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:13,780
 I know it sounds great.

498
00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:16,760
 Do you get a little excited when you hear the band practicing here?

499
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,660
 That means you realize, okay, it's getting closer.

500
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,500
 When you hear the band out there practicing a little bit,

501
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:21,700
 does that make you think about that a little bit?

502
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,380
 Yeah, I think that just makes you realize that it's almost here.

503
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,220
 We're about to go out and play football.

504
00:26:27,220 --> 00:26:27,880
 I like that.

505
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,480
 That's a good answer right there, guys.

506
00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:32,120
 So, anybody you want to give a shout-out to that might be listening?

507
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,000
 Dave, I'll start with Sullivan.

508
00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:35,100
 Anybody who's listening you might want to give a shout-out to?

509
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:36,080
 Not really.

510
00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:36,660
 I don't know.

511
00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:37,020
 Oh, come on.

512
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,640
 Let's take care of me now, Sullivan.

513
00:26:38,980 --> 00:26:41,680
 There might be some people that you might live at their house.

514
00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:43,580
 You know, they might feed you some.

515
00:26:43,740 --> 00:26:44,240
 Who knows?

516
00:26:44,380 --> 00:26:45,360
 My dad might be listening.

517
00:26:45,380 --> 00:26:46,920
 That might be a good answer right there.

518
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:47,620
 That's a good answer.

519
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,980
 All right, what about you, Jayden?

520
00:26:49,780 --> 00:26:50,320
 Hey, mama.

521
00:26:50,820 --> 00:26:51,720
 All right, that's good.

522
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:52,200
 I like that.

523
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,260
 A couple good things.

524
00:26:53,260 --> 00:26:54,940
 All right, last thing before I let you go, guys.

525
00:26:56,060 --> 00:27:01,320
 What coach can make you laugh faster than any other coach on this Falcon staff?

526
00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:02,720
 I'll start with you, Sully.

527
00:27:02,980 --> 00:27:05,440
 What coach, when they can crack you up in a heartbeat?

528
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,240
 I think Coach McGuire, probably.

529
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,080
 Coach McGuire can make you crack up.

530
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:09,400
 Okay.

531
00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:10,540
 He already knew that.

532
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,560
 He was fired up about that.

533
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:12,340
 What about you, Jayden?

534
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:13,600
 Probably Coach Drake.

535
00:27:14,020 --> 00:27:14,440
 Coach who?

536
00:27:14,580 --> 00:27:15,020
 Coach Drake.

537
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:15,780
 Coach, all right.

538
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:16,520
 Coach, yeah.

539
00:27:16,940 --> 00:27:17,700
 Coach Drake.

540
00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:20,280
 Drake Roy will definitely make you laugh a little bit.

541
00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:22,060
 Guys, are you fired up about tomorrow night?

542
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:22,700
 Yes, sir.

543
00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:24,680
 Hey, guys, you did a great job on the radio.

544
00:27:24,780 --> 00:27:26,320
 Now let's go do a great job this season.

545
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,020
 We're proud of you.

546
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:28,080
 We thank you for your leadership.

547
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:29,760
 Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it.

548
00:27:30,020 --> 00:27:34,060
 For Jayden Irons, Sullivan Haddock, two seniors here for Florence High School.

549
00:27:34,060 --> 00:27:38,840
 When we come back, more from this wonderful night at Lost Pizza, Florence Stockton's football

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558
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559
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:42,480
 It's time to kick off the 2026 high school football season, and this Friday night, the

560
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,060
 Florence Falcons are on the road to take on the Pinson Valley Indians.

561
00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:52,140
 Join me, Kevin Johnson, along with Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, and John McDaniel as we bring

562
00:28:52,140 --> 00:28:53,660
 you Florence at Pinson Valley.

563
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:59,260
 The TNT fireworks pregame will begin at 6, kickoff at 7 on your home for Florence Falcons

564
00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:01,800
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565
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566
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568
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569
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570
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:35,560
 on Sports Radio 93-9, The Score.

571
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:53,040
 Welcome back to Florence Falcons football night, live at Lost Pizza here in historic downtown

572
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,280
 Florence, right by the Schultz Theater, huge crowd on hand, it just keeps getting bigger

573
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,780
 and bigger, a lot of Florence fans, a lot of folks coming here may not be Florence fans,

574
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,560
 but they want to be Florence fans before the season's over, so y'all can come jump on the

575
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:09,460
 bandwagon anytime you want, I guarantee you that, and we look forward to it, it's going

576
00:30:09,460 --> 00:30:10,140
 to be a good time.

577
00:30:10,220 --> 00:30:14,140
 We're joined now by the assistant coach of the Florence Falcons, let's hear it for Coach

578
00:30:14,140 --> 00:30:15,720
 Lonnie Robinson, our guest today.

579
00:30:16,300 --> 00:30:17,540
 Coach Robinson, how are you doing, my friend?

580
00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:18,260
 Doing well.

581
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,920
 Good, good, we'll turn that microphone up good, make sure you're good there.

582
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,440
 So, let's talk about, when did you get into coaching, how did this start for you a little

583
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:25,620
 bit?

584
00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:29,500
 Well, it started for me at 19 years old, actually.

585
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,200
 19 years old, wow.

586
00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:36,800
 I was at Brooks High School, where I graduated and helped with the spring, and then it just

587
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,500
 kind of jumped on board when I started college, and just kind of took off from there when

588
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,040
 I was in school, and just got to where I am now.

589
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,940
 That's an incredible story to start so young.

590
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,600
 You look back on that and think, because I know, I'm in the ministry, and I started in

591
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,180
 the ministry at 18, and I look back and I thought, what were they doing letting me start

592
00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:54,580
 so young?

593
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,620
 Do you ever think back, why did they let me start working at 19 in coaching?

594
00:30:59,020 --> 00:30:59,860
 Oh, absolutely.

595
00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:06,180
 I look back at it and I go, yeah, Lee, how did I even, you know, survive that, being that

596
00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:06,420
 young?

597
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:11,000
 Because, actually, I was just a year or two older than the guys that I was coaching.

598
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:11,460
 Oh, sure.

599
00:31:11,860 --> 00:31:12,220
 Sure.

600
00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:14,800
 That's a big deal, when you realize the age range is not that much.

601
00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:17,980
 Now, in high school, you went to Brooks High School, did you play defensive line?

602
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:18,520
 I did.

603
00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:20,680
 Now, what position on the defensive line were you?

604
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,620
 I was a defensive end in high school.

605
00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:23,720
 Defensive end, okay.

606
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:28,060
 Do you remember your first game playing in a varsity football defense?

607
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,140
 Actually, I do.

608
00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:31,880
 Who were you playing against that night?

609
00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:33,440
 We were playing Lexington.

610
00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:34,060
 Lexington.

611
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,420
 That's a big rival for y'all, too.

612
00:31:35,540 --> 00:31:35,700
 Yeah.

613
00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:36,320
 All right.

614
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,760
 So, did you ever score a touchdown when you was playing, by the way?

615
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:39,480
 I did not.

616
00:31:39,620 --> 00:31:39,940
 Did not.

617
00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:40,960
 I didn't either, so don't worry.

618
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,780
 We're all in the same place, so that's good about that.

619
00:31:42,780 --> 00:31:46,660
 As we speak with Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach for Florence High School, and speaking

620
00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:50,420
 of defense line, that's where you have landed at Florence High School.

621
00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:52,120
 How many years have you been at Florence now?

622
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,340
 This is my first year.

623
00:31:53,340 --> 00:31:54,560
 First year at Florence?

624
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,180
 Have the adjustment been made pretty easy for you?

625
00:31:57,580 --> 00:31:59,100
 Yeah, it's different.

626
00:31:59,420 --> 00:32:04,960
 You know, I spent 30 years in the Calvert County school system, 10 of those at Cherokee in

627
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,420
 the last 20 at Calvert Heights.

628
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:12,920
 So, you know, coming from smaller school football, it's some of a little of an adjustment.

629
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:17,760
 I mean, because those guys that I've been used to coaching, I told Coach Morrison, I caught

630
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,080
 myself last Thursday night over in Huntsville.

631
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:25,020
 A couple of times, I'm still, the defense has come off the field, and I'm still standing

632
00:32:25,020 --> 00:32:29,340
 there on the sideline, and I think, oh, I've got to get to the tent, because I'm so used

633
00:32:29,340 --> 00:32:31,780
 to coaching both sides of the ball for 30 years.

634
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,920
 You know, so that's an adjustment.

635
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:42,840
 But speed of the game, the speed of the game is different overall, of course, than what

636
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,580
 I've been used to coming from the smaller school football.

637
00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:49,680
 But at the end of the day, kids are still kids.

638
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,220
 That's right.

639
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:52,220
 Kids are still kids.

640
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:56,160
 Speaking with Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach for Florence High School and coaches

641
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:56,880
 the defense line.

642
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:02,040
 And Coach, I know just from what I know from last season, you walked into a really, really

643
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,020
 nice setup with some kids that can play on that defense line.

644
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,100
 The room is pretty nice over there for the DL right now.

645
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:08,780
 Absolutely.

646
00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:14,460
 Yeah, I just come in, and I was telling the guys the other day, I said, hey, I'm here to

647
00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:19,600
 make sure that you, my job is to try to get you to play to your ability.

648
00:33:19,940 --> 00:33:24,080
 I said, and some of you guys, several of you guys, the good Lord has blessed.

649
00:33:24,540 --> 00:33:24,740
 Yeah.

650
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:33,240
 And so it's, I just give them some direction, hold them accountable, and kind of stay out

651
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,100
 of their way, you know, in a sense, and just let them go and make sure we're doing what

652
00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:37,580
 we need to be doing.

653
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,000
 That's a great point.

654
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,860
 Sometimes coaching is not to overcoach.

655
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,480
 Sometimes it's to let God's given talent just take over sometimes.

656
00:33:45,860 --> 00:33:49,000
 Knowing when to step in and when to step out, that's a veteran coaching move, I think.

657
00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:50,100
 Oh, absolutely.

658
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:55,280
 You know, and like you said, I mean, I still learn every day.

659
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:55,760
 Yes.

660
00:33:55,820 --> 00:34:01,720
 37 years of doing this, I'm still learning every day, but with some experience comes a

661
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,640
 little bit of wisdom, and you've been there and done some things, and you've seen some

662
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:10,400
 things, and sometimes the best medicine, so to speak, is to give them some direction, make

663
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,960
 sure we're going in the right direction, keep them up out of the ditch, as I like to say,

664
00:34:14,140 --> 00:34:16,520
 keep them up on the road, and let them play.

665
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:17,260
 Let them play.

666
00:34:17,540 --> 00:34:18,980
 Speaking with Coach Lonnie Robinson, the defensive end of the field.

667
00:34:18,980 --> 00:34:23,720
 Austin, the defensive line coach from Florence High School, and coach, did you have some

668
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:28,900
 coach in your life that really shaped you in coaching, maybe, and really had a major impact

669
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:29,980
 upon you as a coach?

670
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,000
 Yeah.

671
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,460
 Oh, let's pull the microphone closer to that.

672
00:34:33,700 --> 00:34:38,020
 Yeah, actually, it was a couple of them, actually.

673
00:34:39,260 --> 00:34:39,980
 Jack Weaver.

674
00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:40,840
 Oh, wow.

675
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,300
 Jack Weaver was my head football coach.

676
00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:42,920
 Oh, my goodness.

677
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,560
 And had a ton of influence on me.

678
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:47,080
 Yes.

679
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:52,420
 And then the other one that really influenced me as a player would be Mike Willis.

680
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:52,960
 Sure.

681
00:34:53,400 --> 00:35:01,160
 You know, I tell the story all the time, in my personal opinion, talking about my Brooks

682
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,160
 days as a player, and that's been a minute.

683
00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:10,780
 I always tell people that Coach Willis, in my opinion, was a better football coach than he

684
00:35:10,780 --> 00:35:11,900
 was a basketball coach.

685
00:35:12,220 --> 00:35:12,980
 I understand.

686
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:17,940
 I've seen that many times, coaches I know that are legendary, even Hall of Fame coaches,

687
00:35:18,340 --> 00:35:22,900
 as he probably is in many ways, and yet people don't realize on another sport, they're even

688
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,580
 better at that sport and just happen to land in another sport.

689
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:26,440
 I've seen it.

690
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,500
 By the way, I've got to ask you, did Coach Willis put the towel over his shoulder in football

691
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:29,780
 too?

692
00:35:30,580 --> 00:35:31,760
 He wore that towel over his shoulder.

693
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:32,560
 Yes.

694
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,340
 Sometimes he would have that towel over his shoulder.

695
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,860
 Oh, what a legendary coach.

696
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,320
 That's a great story as we speak with Lonnie Robinson, who's the defensive line coach here

697
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,160
 at Florence High School.

698
00:35:43,540 --> 00:35:48,200
 Coach, what is the main thing you want to see out of your guys as defensive linemen in the

699
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:48,600
 first game?

700
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,460
 And I'll help a little bit, maybe, forgive me for answering a little bit, but walking to it,

701
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,780
 is that first game for defensive linemen, maybe it's tough for them.

702
00:35:55,900 --> 00:36:01,600
 As any other position, because of the heat and the conditioning, it's still not football

703
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:02,200
 weather yet.

704
00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:07,440
 No, and the big guys, it's a grind.

705
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:12,720
 It's a continuous, physical battle on every play.

706
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:17,580
 Every play, they're going to be hands-on and getting hands put on them.

707
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:25,140
 And it's a grind in there, but we just preach all the time, just a simple thing.

708
00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:26,140
 Do your job.

709
00:36:26,580 --> 00:36:27,860
 Do what we coach you do.

710
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:33,700
 Trust what we've done, what you've done all fall camp, what you've worked on.

711
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:40,820
 And I continue to tell those guys, if you do what your job is, it's going to put you in

712
00:36:40,820 --> 00:36:42,120
 positions to make plays.

713
00:36:42,380 --> 00:36:42,560
 Yeah.

714
00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:44,280
 And it's just consistency.

715
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:45,880
 I know we're going to be hot.

716
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,060
 We've already talked about a rotation.

717
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,560
 You know, we're going to end up having to plug some guys in and out.

718
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,340
 So, you know, and just, I told them, I said, while you're out there, give us effort.

719
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:57,400
 You control effort.

720
00:36:57,580 --> 00:36:59,080
 Everybody gets to control their effort.

721
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,000
 Nobody loves the heat break more than a defensive nose guard.

722
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:03,520
 Trust me.

723
00:37:03,580 --> 00:37:04,120
 I understand.

724
00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:06,880
 That heat timeout when they said, I said, thank you very much.

725
00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:08,520
 And so that's a good thing.

726
00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:11,480
 As we speak with Lonnie Robinson, DL coach at Florence High School.

727
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,220
 Coach, was there a favorite defensive lineman you had growing up as a player, maybe on the

728
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:17,660
 NFL level or college level?

729
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:18,820
 Oh, man.

730
00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:20,440
 And that was my favorite defensive lineman.

731
00:37:21,580 --> 00:37:26,660
 Oh, probably Reggie White was one of the guys.

732
00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:27,500
 Probably him.

733
00:37:27,740 --> 00:37:28,720
 He's just so dominant.

734
00:37:29,060 --> 00:37:29,180
 Yeah.

735
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,380
 He's just so dominant, you know.

736
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,260
 And such a good guy.

737
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:34,040
 And a great guy and just good at his craft.

738
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:34,940
 I like that.

739
00:37:35,020 --> 00:37:35,540
 I like that a lot.

740
00:37:35,580 --> 00:37:40,300
 I think that's a great answer because I know for me, I think I had certain guys that I

741
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:41,720
 looked up to at certain places.

742
00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:44,140
 And it wasn't just because of their athleticism.

743
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:45,440
 It was because of who they were off the field.

744
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,680
 And that says a lot.

745
00:37:46,980 --> 00:37:50,780
 Do you talk about that to your guys in your room a little bit, about off the field matters

746
00:37:50,780 --> 00:37:51,680
 as much as on the field?

747
00:37:52,220 --> 00:37:54,760
 Oh, it's a crucial part of it.

748
00:37:54,860 --> 00:37:55,000
 Yeah.

749
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:59,460
 It's what, you know, what are you going to do when nobody's looking?

750
00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:01,240
 What's your true character?

751
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:02,960
 And that's what you are.

752
00:38:03,340 --> 00:38:04,580
 That's what you truly are.

753
00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:10,400
 You know, at the end of the day, we have some guys that are really talented, God blessed.

754
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:15,100
 But I want them to turn out to be good young men and be productive.

755
00:38:15,940 --> 00:38:21,320
 And maybe we have just a little bit to do with them being successful as they leave and go

756
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,480
 out in their life and do whatever they end up doing.

757
00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:24,900
 I love these answers.

758
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,460
 Coach, we're thankful that you are now wearing the blue of Florence.

759
00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:32,720
 We're thankful that you're on this coaching staff, which is an outstanding coaching staff.

760
00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,220
 And we welcome you to Florence High School.

761
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,420
 And we look forward to seeing you on the sidelines on Friday night, okay?

762
00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:38,300
 It's good to be here.

763
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:42,660
 Let's hear it, folks, for Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach here at Florence High School.

764
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:43,400
 We come back.

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00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,160
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00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:59,900
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788
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:07,020
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789
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796
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:59,960
 Back here live at Lost Pizza, Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons, kicking off the

797
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:02,980
 2026 season with a lot of Falcon family here.

798
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:08,340
 It's a lot of blue in the house, a lot of Falcon players and parents and coaches and everyone.

799
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:13,920
 We want to wish also our Florence Falcons flag football team the very best tonight.

800
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,580
 They're on the road playing their first ever game, and so a lot of people are there supporting

801
00:41:18,580 --> 00:41:23,460
 them, so we wish them the very best tonight as they make history tonight, the very first

802
00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:26,220
 flag football team in the history of Florence High School.

803
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,800
 We're joined now, and would you help me welcome the assistant coach for Florence High School.

804
00:41:30,060 --> 00:41:32,500
 Let's give a big warm welcome to Coach Jacob White.

805
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,880
 Coach, how are you doing tonight?

806
00:41:34,020 --> 00:41:34,740
 I'm good, how are you?

807
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:35,960
 Glad to be with you there.

808
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:38,320
 Did your tight ends show up with you tonight?

809
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,440
 I know you're a tight end coach.

810
00:41:39,460 --> 00:41:40,360
 You see a few of them out here?

811
00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:41,160
 A few of them did.

812
00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:45,000
 A few of them also went and ate tater tot casserole with those offensive linemen.

813
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,980
 They know where the offensive linemen are eating and they found out, didn't they?

814
00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:49,340
 Okay, I can buy that.

815
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:49,900
 That's all right.

816
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,760
 You're an old offensive lineman, aren't you?

817
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:52,400
 Yes, sir.

818
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,160
 You play center back in the day.

819
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,700
 Man, let's talk about that for a minute, playing center.

820
00:41:57,340 --> 00:41:59,640
 Did you have to do the shotgun snap a few times?

821
00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:00,420
 Yes, sir, I did.

822
00:42:00,620 --> 00:42:02,080
 What is the key for a center?

823
00:42:02,180 --> 00:42:04,360
 I know you, Coach Todd, what do you think the key for a center is?

824
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:05,580
 What's the biggest thing?

825
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:11,420
 My thing is knowing the play beforehand and also knowing how to just keep your wrist the

826
00:42:11,420 --> 00:42:15,300
 right way and arm in the right slot so that you can make it back there the perfect

827
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:15,840
 every time.

828
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:21,680
 You know, my statement to the centers always was a line from the movie The Patriot with

829
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,180
 Mel Gibson.

830
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:23,740
 Aim small, miss small.

831
00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:24,260
 Absolutely.

832
00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:27,080
 And just keep that thing right there and then get it there, so that's good.

833
00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:32,380
 Well, the same sort of says about your tight ends and H-backs because this is a position

834
00:42:32,380 --> 00:42:38,160
 that is really not only a physical position but a very mental, stressing position.

835
00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:39,580
 A lot to think all the time.

836
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:44,400
 Talk about how you coach your guys up with the mental aspect of the game.

837
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,340
 So, for my guys, a lot of times what I talk to them about is, you know, obviously know

838
00:42:48,340 --> 00:42:52,460
 the play and know what's going on behind you as well to know what everybody else is doing.

839
00:42:52,540 --> 00:42:56,220
 That way, when you do your job, we call them the cleanup crew.

840
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:02,060
 So, like, you know, if you're pulling across and a guard misses a block, you don't pass up

841
00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:03,040
 color for another color.

842
00:43:03,220 --> 00:43:07,300
 Like, you go hit that first opponent jersey you see and you knock them out and you take

843
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:09,160
 care of that first because first level comes first.

844
00:43:10,060 --> 00:43:11,000
 That's a good way.

845
00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:14,220
 I love that coaching aspect about it, too, as we speak with Jake White, the tight ends

846
00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:14,520
 coach.

847
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,600
 Your room, your tight end room, what does it look like this year?

848
00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:22,820
 So, we got two seniors and then we got another junior and then we got some younger guys as

849
00:43:22,820 --> 00:43:24,140
 well that we're training up in it.

850
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:28,280
 But overall, those senior guys, those two guys really help coach the younger guys.

851
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:29,260
 So, does the juniors.

852
00:43:29,260 --> 00:43:33,360
 They do a great job of teaching everybody else and also just being good stewards of the game

853
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,840
 and learning themselves and not acting like they know everything.

854
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:37,300
 They're always looking to get better.

855
00:43:37,940 --> 00:43:42,080
 Do you have some former offensive linemen that convert into tight ends and H-backs?

856
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:43,760
 Yeah, two of them.

857
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:44,520
 The seniors are.

858
00:43:44,660 --> 00:43:48,740
 They are two glorified guards that are now tight ends.

859
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,160
 I didn't even know for sure.

860
00:43:50,460 --> 00:43:50,580
 Yes.

861
00:43:50,580 --> 00:43:50,900
 I didn't know.

862
00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:53,820
 That happens a lot in high school football.

863
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,780
 You may start out in one position and you say, you know what, we like you, but we'd like

864
00:43:57,780 --> 00:43:58,540
 you more in this position.

865
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:00,340
 Did they take to the switch pretty good?

866
00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:00,900
 Absolutely.

867
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:05,360
 They loved it because just the thought that they might get to even run a route just made

868
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:06,620
 them as happy as they could be.

869
00:44:07,220 --> 00:44:11,140
 What's your part, maybe your favorite part of coaching this group right now?

870
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:16,560
 I think just this whole group, just the way that they're committed and bought in to what

871
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:21,040
 we're doing and following Coach Morrison's leadership and this staff and the way it's been put

872
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:21,980
 together by Coach Morrison.

873
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:23,260
 It's incredible.

874
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,480
 It's just an awesome opportunity to even get to be a part of it.

875
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,420
 And I just love the way that they're committed to it.

876
00:44:28,620 --> 00:44:30,160
 They come in every day ready to work.

877
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:32,360
 And I mean, they police themselves.

878
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:33,220
 They're starting that.

879
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,320
 And, you know, they do their job.

880
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,280
 Speaking with Coach Jacob White, the tight ends coach here at Florence High School and

881
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:41,720
 with the HVACs as well.

882
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:47,420
 And Coach, the NFL and college has started to really focus more on tight ends in the past

883
00:44:47,420 --> 00:44:49,360
 five to ten years especially.

884
00:44:50,420 --> 00:44:53,480
 It's really, has that trickled down into high school football some as well?

885
00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:54,300
 Absolutely.

886
00:44:54,540 --> 00:44:58,600
 You're starting to see a lot more of those pro-style offenses show up with those tight

887
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,620
 ends, using them in the run game and the pass game especially, and having more of almost

888
00:45:02,620 --> 00:45:07,580
 a hybrid offensive lineman, wide receiver type that can go out for a pass and block at the same time.

889
00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:12,280
 Now, you're a former offensive lineman, as you said, in high school play center.

890
00:45:12,420 --> 00:45:13,440
 You're a baseball player too.

891
00:45:13,540 --> 00:45:14,660
 I know, a really good baseball player.

892
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,140
 But now you've got to teach these guys not only how to block and do their assignment.

893
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:21,940
 There's that, every once in a while that football comes their way.

894
00:45:22,420 --> 00:45:26,520
 Talk about teaching these guys, hey, when it comes your way, how to catch that ball.

895
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:27,840
 Do you work with them on that?

896
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:28,860
 What's some of the keys to that?

897
00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:32,640
 So, like, some of the keys for them is, number one, making sure you've got soft hands.

898
00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:35,400
 Because, you know, their linemen are used to having heavy hands, putting hands on people.

899
00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:38,220
 Now they've got to have soft hands to be able to catch that ball and bring it in.

900
00:45:38,660 --> 00:45:42,000
 And also be able to jerk it down when they're in heavy coverage at the same time.

901
00:45:42,180 --> 00:45:42,340
 Yeah.

902
00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:46,220
 And so that's the key things we've talked about, soft hands and then watching it into your hands.

903
00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:50,240
 You know, one of the things I used to say to tight ends too was, once you catch it,

904
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:53,160
 you're probably not going to score every time they're coming from behind.

905
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:53,720
 Absolutely.

906
00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:55,200
 And so I took that thing away.

907
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:56,900
 That's a big part of it as well.

908
00:45:57,020 --> 00:45:57,640
 Rip it out of the sky.

909
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,200
 Yeah, rip it out of the sky and do that.

910
00:45:59,540 --> 00:46:03,020
 What is the thing you want to see out of your tight ends this coming Friday night?

911
00:46:03,380 --> 00:46:05,920
 This Friday night, I just want to see execution of our job.

912
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:10,000
 And then also, you know, the thing is, is not every play is a tight end play.

913
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,460
 You might be in 10 personnel or 20 personnel.

914
00:46:12,740 --> 00:46:16,660
 So even when you're not in the game, you're glued in, you're ready to go to where you're

915
00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:18,200
 never the problem, but you're the solution.

916
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,740
 You know, be a difference maker in the game when you're on the field and off the field.

917
00:46:21,740 --> 00:46:23,100
 I love that statement.

918
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:24,840
 Never the problem, you're the solution.

919
00:46:25,380 --> 00:46:27,780
 That is a big statement for tight ends and H-backs.

920
00:46:28,260 --> 00:46:32,400
 On Friday nights, do you still get that little bit of excitement when you get out there to

921
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:32,980
 be coaching them?

922
00:46:33,380 --> 00:46:33,700
 Absolutely.

923
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,540
 That's one thing that I don't think you could ever really lose as a competitor, you know.

924
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:42,280
 Talked to, Cody Gross was a mentor for me a long time ago, and one of the things that

925
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:46,560
 we had talked about was that me and him both talked about hating losing more than we enjoy

926
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:46,780
 losing.

927
00:46:46,780 --> 00:46:49,960
 You know, so it's one of those things, we hate losing every play.

928
00:46:50,060 --> 00:46:50,920
 We want to win every play.

929
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,960
 Oh, that name right there, we'll have to face him later, but he hates to lose.

930
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,260
 I guarantee that I know him well.

931
00:46:56,460 --> 00:46:57,820
 How long have you been at Florence High School?

932
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:03,920
 So I actually started at Florence High School about three years ago, coached for two years,

933
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:06,460
 and then the Lord just kind of called us away.

934
00:47:06,540 --> 00:47:11,100
 We stepped away for a little bit, pursued another opportunity for a short time, and then we

935
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:15,980
 knew it was for a season, and he called us right back to it, and we were absolutely ecstatic

936
00:47:15,980 --> 00:47:18,500
 that Coach Morrison brought me back home.

937
00:47:18,820 --> 00:47:22,320
 Not sure if it was the best decision he's ever made, but he brought us back home, and we have

938
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:23,220
 loved it ever since.

939
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:27,400
 I think it's a tremendous decision, because one, I think you first said, you put your faith

940
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,300
 in the Lord about this, and I commend you on that, but also realizing that, you know,

941
00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:35,280
 there's always these seasons of change, and I mentioned earlier tonight, 2026 has been

942
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:40,660
 a season of change, and I got a feeling, just a sneaky feeling, this Florence Falcons team

943
00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:42,880
 might be in the season of change this year.

944
00:47:43,340 --> 00:47:46,460
 It's got some examples of excitement here, that's for sure.

945
00:47:46,620 --> 00:47:50,920
 So who was your favorite player growing up in NFL or college football?

946
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:58,180
 So growing up, my favorite player, it was hard to really focus on one, but I loved watching

947
00:47:58,180 --> 00:48:01,900
 the, like, 2004 Baltimore Ravens defense.

948
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:02,500
 Oh, yeah.

949
00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:03,240
 I loved that.

950
00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:08,380
 That was what really got me eating up with football was them as a kid, so ever since then

951
00:48:08,380 --> 00:48:10,780
 it's been full football and baseball ever since.

952
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,640
 Do you have a favorite tight end at the next level you'd like to watch, too?

953
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,360
 I like to look at Travis Kelsey, but at the same time, I'm like, all right, how can I make

954
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,360
 somebody like that appear on our sideline?

955
00:48:21,820 --> 00:48:24,020
 It's one of those things, I hope it's only God can do that.

956
00:48:24,020 --> 00:48:26,020
 Only God can do that, so we've got to take what we've got.

957
00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:30,260
 My favorite tight end, got to give a shout out, he spoke recently in the shows area, was

958
00:48:30,260 --> 00:48:31,320
 the great Ozzie Newsom.

959
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:35,380
 He was from my hometown, and I saw him in high school, saw him in college, and watched him

960
00:48:35,380 --> 00:48:38,800
 throughout the NFL, and I loved what he did on the field, but he's even a greater man

961
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,820
 on the outside, and he had a big part, those Baltimore Ravens as well.

962
00:48:41,940 --> 00:48:44,240
 Well, Coach, are you going to be able to sleep tonight?

963
00:48:44,380 --> 00:48:47,980
 Are you going to, let me ask you this, is it easier to go to sleep and get up early, or

964
00:48:47,980 --> 00:48:50,080
 are you going to have trouble going to sleep tonight before the first game?

965
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:55,420
 For me, personally, it's probably, it's going to be hard to even go to sleep, so I might

966
00:48:55,420 --> 00:48:56,320
 as well just stay up all day.

967
00:48:56,940 --> 00:48:58,180
 Just stay up and enjoy it.

968
00:48:58,180 --> 00:49:00,220
 It's going to be a long ride, but it's going to be a fun ride back.

969
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:04,480
 Let's hear it now, folks, for the assistant coach, Florence High School, Jacob White here

970
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:05,200
 at the Toddians Coach.

971
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:06,520
 Let's give him a round of applause.

972
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,040
 Thank you, Jacob, for being with us today.

973
00:49:08,380 --> 00:49:13,320
 You're listening to the Florence Falcon Football Night here, live from Lost Pizza.

974
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,200
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990
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 It's time to kick off the 2026 high school football season, and this Friday night, the Florence Falcons are on the road to take on the Pinson Valley Indians.

991
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:29,260
 Join me, Kevin Johnson, along with Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, and John McDaniel as we bring you Florence at Pinson Valley.

992
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,980
 The TNT fireworks pregame will begin at 6.

993
00:50:32,340 --> 00:50:37,400
 Kickoff at 7 on your home for Florence Falcons football, 93.9 to score.

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1000
00:51:04,980 --> 00:51:11,160
 Florence and Pinson Valley, this Friday night at 6, right here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.

1001
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,680
 Back here live at Lost Pizza in historic down Florence.

1002
00:51:26,140 --> 00:51:30,260
 There's a few seats left and some people coming in like, man, what is going on?

1003
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,580
 It's Florence Falcons night here on this Thursday night.

1004
00:51:32,580 --> 00:51:34,200
 We'll be back with you in a couple of weeks.

1005
00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:38,580
 Next week we're not able to because of different things, but in two weeks we'll be back with you

1006
00:51:38,580 --> 00:51:41,300
 and be with you about six or seven weeks this season.

1007
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:42,600
 Looking forward to that.

1008
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,720
 And Kevin Johnson with you, voice of the Florence Falcons coach.

1009
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:50,580
 This is my 22nd year to see Florence Falcons football.

1010
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:55,480
 I've been with it since 2004 in some way or fashion, and I've seen every game but one.

1011
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,920
 That's a lot of high school games that I think I've seen over the years,

1012
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:02,400
 and that's a good meeting.

1013
00:52:02,580 --> 00:52:03,780
 Wow, that's a lot.

1014
00:52:03,940 --> 00:52:04,180
 Let's see.

1015
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:04,720
 We'll get you here.

1016
00:52:04,780 --> 00:52:06,120
 I think we've got a little mix up there.

1017
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,040
 Try again, coach.

1018
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:08,760
 Yeah.

1019
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:10,440
 Got you now?

1020
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:11,880
 Here we go.

1021
00:52:11,940 --> 00:52:12,640
 Now we've got you, coach.

1022
00:52:12,980 --> 00:52:13,540
 How about now?

1023
00:52:13,540 --> 00:52:13,940
 There we go.

1024
00:52:13,940 --> 00:52:15,920
 I had all the wrong ones turned up.

1025
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:17,440
 All these microphones get turned up.

1026
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:22,660
 24, 22, 23 seasons now are coming up on, but I've seen it since 2004.

1027
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:27,960
 And I want to tell you, coach, I may be as excited about this season as any season I've been with it

1028
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:33,580
 because of just the potential, but also seeing how this team has already bonded

1029
00:52:33,580 --> 00:52:34,780
 and the coaching staff has bonded.

1030
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:36,760
 Doesn't mean it will always come to fruition,

1031
00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:40,900
 but it means that there's some good things about cooking there for Florence High School.

1032
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:41,560
 Absolutely.

1033
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,560
 I mean, the expectations are high always.

1034
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,800
 That's going to be with any of us in this coaching staff and in this profession.

1035
00:52:49,100 --> 00:52:53,580
 Expectations are extremely high from the superintendent's office, AD's office.

1036
00:52:53,860 --> 00:52:56,240
 Everybody in this community, expectations are high.

1037
00:52:56,340 --> 00:52:57,660
 There's a lot of excitement there.

1038
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,820
 And, yeah, there's a buzz.

1039
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:04,900
 It seems there's something special brewing about this bunch,

1040
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:07,220
 and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

1041
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,840
 I'm really excited to be the head coach here at Florence High School.

1042
00:53:11,180 --> 00:53:12,240
 It's home to me.

1043
00:53:12,780 --> 00:53:14,820
 It means something to me to be the head coach here

1044
00:53:14,820 --> 00:53:18,360
 and just ready to get this thing kicked off and let's go.

1045
00:53:18,540 --> 00:53:22,160
 Coach, on a personal note, there's a lot of tables filled with families.

1046
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:23,520
 Your family's here tonight.

1047
00:53:23,940 --> 00:53:24,100
 Yes.

1048
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:28,280
 You've got some special people over there that have really been your supporters for many years.

1049
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:34,420
 Yeah, I've got my wife Judy over there, my dad, Tommy Morrison, and my cousin Ben Moore.

1050
00:53:34,980 --> 00:53:37,380
 They have been in my corner from the get-go,

1051
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,440
 and I really believe it's extended my dad's life.

1052
00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:42,080
 He's turned 89 in July.

1053
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:42,780
 That's awesome.

1054
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,700
 He's more excited about this football season than anybody I know.

1055
00:53:45,900 --> 00:53:49,060
 So he's chomping at the bits to get to see some football.

1056
00:53:49,380 --> 00:53:51,960
 I tell you what, if you need a play or two, just ask old Ben Moore.

1057
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:53,040
 He'll give you a play or two as well.

1058
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:53,780
 There's no doubt.

1059
00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:54,420
 He knows it.

1060
00:53:54,500 --> 00:53:54,940
 No doubt.

1061
00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:57,020
 He's got those gold medals to prove it, too.

1062
00:53:57,420 --> 00:54:01,160
 Coach, let's talk about the game, going on the road, first game,

1063
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:03,560
 and really your first three or four games.

1064
00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:03,880
 Whew.

1065
00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:05,820
 Man, A.B. in corner comes early.

1066
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:08,900
 Yeah, I don't know who keeps scheduling every year.

1067
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:10,560
 I don't know what's wrong with that guy.

1068
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:13,280
 But, no, I've said it year in, year out.

1069
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,480
 We've got to play these folks to prepare for the region.

1070
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:20,380
 And, you know, Muscle Shoals moved into week three because they're region opponents now,

1071
00:54:20,460 --> 00:54:23,980
 and that rivalry week is always the first week of region play.

1072
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:29,980
 And so, you know, we need to see all we can see, and I'm going to tell you what, we got it.

1073
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:35,920
 I didn't anticipate when I scheduled Jasper City, which used to be the old Walker County,

1074
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,560
 I didn't anticipate they were going to have a tailback that's been offered by Ohio State.

1075
00:54:39,940 --> 00:54:43,460
 So they're really excited about the group they've got.

1076
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:49,220
 I know there was a quarterback that left them that's going to be lining up against us the week after that

1077
00:54:49,220 --> 00:54:51,180
 and over at Muscle Shoals.

1078
00:54:51,180 --> 00:54:55,440
 And they had to act like it's phased them a bit over there, down there in Jasper City.

1079
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:59,000
 So, Pennsylvania, tough, right out the gate.

1080
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,900
 But, again, you've got to see those folks to prepare.

1081
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,660
 You feel like you can win a state championship and play for it,

1082
00:55:04,900 --> 00:55:06,640
 you better be playing the best to get ready for it.

1083
00:55:06,780 --> 00:55:09,220
 We want to go one week at a time, and we're not getting ahead to Pennsylvania.

1084
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,620
 But I will say, the home opener next week against Jasper,

1085
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:15,600
 we need an incredible crowd to come out and support these guys.

1086
00:55:16,220 --> 00:55:17,740
 Boy, I think it's going to be electric.

1087
00:55:18,580 --> 00:55:19,560
 It's youth night.

1088
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:24,180
 We want our youth to come out, those folks that are playing flag football

1089
00:55:24,180 --> 00:55:28,280
 and that are playing regular football, baby Falcons.

1090
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:32,280
 We want them to wear their jerseys, get in free, and come down there on that field

1091
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,680
 and be ready to run on the field with us.

1092
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,320
 We're excited about youth night kicking us off.

1093
00:55:37,820 --> 00:55:39,520
 It is going to be a packed house.

1094
00:55:40,060 --> 00:55:42,020
 Folks, you better get there early and get a seat.

1095
00:55:42,260 --> 00:55:44,700
 We're not going to get a chance to talk about it next week

1096
00:55:44,700 --> 00:55:46,000
 because we're not going to be on the radio.

1097
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:50,420
 But with the way the stadium's set up now, you won't be able to spread out like you have.

1098
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,420
 You better get ready to enjoy the person next to you and get loud

1099
00:55:53,420 --> 00:55:56,360
 because it's going to be a high school atmosphere like none other.

1100
00:55:56,520 --> 00:56:00,060
 And forgive me if I'm misspeaking, but I think next week, a special dedication.

1101
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:03,500
 Next week, too, is coming up soon, I know, with Brawley Stadium.

1102
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:04,680
 It is, absolutely.

1103
00:56:04,900 --> 00:56:08,500
 It's a special dedication of renaming the field.

1104
00:56:09,820 --> 00:56:13,600
 You know, not renaming, it's still Brawley Stadium, but Charles Anderson Field.

1105
00:56:13,860 --> 00:56:16,300
 It's going to be a really exciting night to do that.

1106
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:21,480
 The Anderson family has been an integral part of everything that's gone on in this town

1107
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:23,560
 with our school systems and stuff.

1108
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:26,820
 And athletics, they're just huge supporters of everybody.

1109
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:34,880
 And Mr. Anderson was one that has always been there for this Florence City Schools.

1110
00:56:35,260 --> 00:56:37,100
 Phenomenal family and well said.

1111
00:56:37,300 --> 00:56:40,920
 And a great, great deed by Florence High School to honor him in such a way.

1112
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:45,020
 Coach, the game tomorrow at Pinson Valley, you know, you're going to go on the road.

1113
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:45,960
 What time do you leave tomorrow?

1114
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:47,460
 Sort of a game plan getting down there.

1115
00:56:47,540 --> 00:56:50,140
 We're loading the bus at 150, pulling out at 2 o'clock.

1116
00:56:50,460 --> 00:56:53,820
 We've got a pregame meal at Coleman, Cracker Barrel there.

1117
00:56:53,820 --> 00:56:56,240
 And then we should arrive at the stadium like we normally do.

1118
00:56:56,380 --> 00:56:57,840
 5 o'clock is the plan.

1119
00:56:58,540 --> 00:57:00,460
 And we'll start our normal routine.

1120
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:04,420
 The jamboree really helps you in the normal routine, doesn't it?

1121
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:08,220
 That one way, just even learn how to get off the bus and get out there and stretch

1122
00:57:08,220 --> 00:57:09,620
 and get ready for an away game.

1123
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:14,480
 Yeah, I'm a lot like the guy that I worked for for 22 years, Jerry Adcock.

1124
00:57:14,660 --> 00:57:16,480
 I'm really particular about travel.

1125
00:57:17,380 --> 00:57:21,760
 One thing I can say is we get off the bus, we're going to be within minutes of eating.

1126
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:23,060
 And that's the way Jerry was.

1127
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:25,080
 He showed me the right way to do it.

1128
00:57:25,460 --> 00:57:26,400
 It's a routine.

1129
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:28,540
 And it hadn't changed in five years.

1130
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:32,200
 These guys, once we got to Huntsville, they looked like they'd done it before.

1131
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,780
 The older guys, young guys were just trying to follow in and follow them into place.

1132
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:39,420
 But our guys that have been with us know the routine.

1133
00:57:40,060 --> 00:57:42,380
 You can about count the time when it's going to happen.

1134
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:44,500
 And 5 o'clock we'll unload.

1135
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:45,940
 We'll walk the field at 510.

1136
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:47,260
 We'll be back in taping.

1137
00:57:48,300 --> 00:57:50,540
 Quarterback's out at 555 and going from there.

1138
00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:52,200
 You've got a few new coaches.

1139
00:57:52,300 --> 00:57:54,220
 I don't have to, but about two minutes, maybe less.

1140
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:55,560
 Can't go into all of it.

1141
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:56,560
 Not all the names I know.

1142
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,040
 But just the staff is alone.

1143
00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,320
 They've been pretty special, haven't they?

1144
00:57:59,780 --> 00:58:01,160
 They are a special group.

1145
00:58:01,860 --> 00:58:06,120
 Coach Miles, she told me, wow, you've got a great staff.

1146
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:11,220
 And I told her, I said, well, if I can do anything, I can hire some coaches.

1147
00:58:11,340 --> 00:58:12,820
 And I've hired a dang good staff.

1148
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:14,420
 Love these guys.

1149
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:16,100
 We're all on the same page.

1150
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:18,600
 We've all coached together coming through.

1151
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:20,860
 And these young guys have joined us.

1152
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:25,020
 And they are old school, even though they're young.

1153
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:26,760
 And they're bought in.

1154
00:58:27,220 --> 00:58:33,900
 It's just fun to be in a room with a bunch of guys and everybody saying the same thing.

1155
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:35,560
 And believing the same thing.

1156
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:39,540
 Coach Kenny Marson, do you have anything you do on game day before you get there?

1157
00:58:39,580 --> 00:58:40,860
 Do you have a certain thing you eat for breakfast?

1158
00:58:40,980 --> 00:58:41,860
 Do you have some routine?

1159
00:58:42,220 --> 00:58:43,400
 Or is it just, hey, let's just go?

1160
00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:45,660
 No, it's a let's go.

1161
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:48,180
 It'll be in my head.

1162
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:50,280
 So I'll tell you one thing.

1163
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:54,960
 Coach Sawyer, Coach Denton, and Coach Robinson, we're going to Waffle House after regardless.

1164
00:58:55,260 --> 00:58:55,780
 I like it.

1165
00:58:55,860 --> 00:58:59,660
 Folks, let's hear it from Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons.

1166
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 We're looking forward to having it right here on 93.9 The Score tomorrow night.

1167
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 Live from Pinson Valley, Florence Falcons on the road.

1168
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 They're going to come back home 1-0.

1169
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 We're looking forward to it.

1170
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,480
 It's going to be a great night of high school football.

1171
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 Let's get out and support these guys.

1172
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 Thank you for coming to Lost Pizza.

1173
00:59:15,900 --> 00:59:16,820
 Thank you for listening tonight.

1174
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 Have a great weekend.

1175
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:19,140
 Go Falcons.

1176
00:59:20,140 --> 00:59:24,320
 You've been listening to Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza.

1177
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 Brought to you by Riverbank in Florence and 93.9 The Score.

1178
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 Join us tomorrow night for Florence Falcons football on 93.9 The Score.

1179
00:59:33,940 --> 00:59:36,060
 Pre-game at 6 and kickoff at 7.

1180
00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:39,380
 Thanks for listening and go Falcons.

1181
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