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

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where the SEC says no to the NFL loophole. Good afternoon, welcome in and UNA inches closer to opening day. Good afternoon and how are you, my friend?

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 Happy Wednesday to you, Harold Bugg and the listeners. Alabama defensive lineman Jeremiah Beeman suffers another ACL injury on Sunday, had surgery yesterday and will miss the 2026 season.

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 As you alluded to, the SEC bans, the NFL and NBA players from conference rosters in the penalties. If they do, the head coach is suspended for 50% of the season and 50% of the sports annual budget.

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 Boy, that's sending a message.

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 Hello.

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 But we're delighted to bring in UNA coach Brent Dierman, who is here right now to preview the opening game against Samford.

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 I'm just guessing Coach Dierman is not willing to take and roll the dice on that, but he is willing to take the curtain up on the 2026 season.

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 UNA head football coach Brent Dierman, welcome in. How are you?

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 I'm doing fantastic today, guys. I am not worried about the 50% budget for the head coach Tony's. We are not messing with that world.

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 It's pretty simple, isn't it, Coach? As long as you drive the speed limit, you don't have to worry too much about getting a ticket, do you?

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 You are 1,000% correct. If my taillights are not out, not speeding, I'm going to make it everywhere without getting pulled over.

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 Well, you and the team are getting ready, along with the Lion Nation, to head east, young man, all the way to a place called the Rocket City.

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 Are you ready for some football?

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 I am ready. I've been ready for eight months now, and you're at that moment in time.

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 I've been coaching 18 years, and no year's any different.

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 You are anxious this week. You are stressing. You are worried. Did you get enough of this look?

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 Did you practice the surprise on sides? Did you put your kids in enough of these situations?

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 And you never know.

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 Every year is different, but you get to find out Saturday night at 6 o'clock if your kids are ready to go.

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 I'll tell you what. You have got an impressive coaching staff.

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 We have talked with you about that throughout the summer.

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 But I was looking at Samford's coaching staff.

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 Of course, John Gross is back, very successful at Jacksonville State, back at Samford this year.

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 And I saw an interview with him.

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 He's really excited about playing UNA on Saturday.

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 I'm also impressed with some of the Samford assistant coaches.

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 Mickey Kahn is the defensive coordinator, was at Clemson, been throughout the SEC.

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 Some guy by the name of Andrew Zell, former quarterback at Alabama.

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 Paul Tyson, Coach Brian's grandson, is on that staff.

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 Andrew Sweeney, the son of Dabo Sweeney.

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 And Brent Venables has got not one but two sons on the Samford staff.

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 Tyler Venables and Jake Venables.

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 These are two impressive coaching staffs going at it.

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 What a phenomenal coaching tree of all the people you've listed over there.

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 So you're talking about Venables.

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 You're talking about Sweeney.

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 You're talking about Chizik.

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 Just an unbelievable group of coaches he's been able to put together.

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 I mean, all of those guys came out of the womb understanding what football was.

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 They've got a ton of knowledge.

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 They're all young guys.

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 And I know that they're going to have their team ready to play and well prepared on Saturday.

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 Let's talk about UNA and their preparation, Coach.

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 Every year you never know until the live bullets start flying, of course.

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 But gut-wise, what's the good and the bad and the ugly that you've seen from this team to this point?

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 Of our team, I think we're for sure bigger.

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 I'm excited about the growth that we've had of bringing in a lot bigger crop of players.

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 Our O-line and D-line are thicker.

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 We've had some big gains in the offseason in the weight room.

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 But I like our mindset right now.

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 I think our team has come together and are really unified.

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 It's more of a team mindset.

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 In the past, we've had a collection of individuals.

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 And you play a sport that's a very tough sport to be an individual.

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 You stand out like a sore thumb and you're a cancer in the locker room.

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 So I think we're a bigger team, but I also love the unity and the brotherhood that this team has developed.

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 I've heard a lot of positive comments about both the defensive line and the offensive line.

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 And we talked with you about the defensive line.

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 As you mentioned, getting taller, bigger, much more length.

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 Talk about the progress of your offensive line so far.

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 You know, this group, we finished the year with an O-line coach last year that went into the offseason that took another job.

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 He took that job, I think, in like February.

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 He was here all the way up to the first day of spring ball.

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 And Louisville offered him a job on staff in the O-line there.

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 So I lost an O-line coach, didn't get to rehire and bring somebody in until towards the end of spring ball.

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 So this group has had three guys coaching their room.

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 And that's tough.

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 You've got to learn three different ways.

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 You've got to learn three different philosophies of how we're going to do things.

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 But Coach Clegg has come in and hit the ground running.

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 I think our players love their coach they play for.

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 He holds them accountable.

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 And you've got to find a good mix.

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 You know, I'm a son of a high school O-line coach.

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 You can't be their friend or they're going to run you over.

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 But you can't be the guy that just comes in and yells and cusses them all day, every day, or they're going to shut down on you.

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 So you've got to find the mix there of how can you really push them to be the best they can be.

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 Because O-line, we've got a little laziness in them now, all right?

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 I'm sure you guys know that.

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 When you're 6'5", 300 pounds, you've got a tendency every now and then to have a little laziness.

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 And you need somebody that can get that laziness out of you.

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 And Coach Clegg does a great job.

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 We're talented.

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 We're big.

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 And we've sold out to the weight room this offseason.

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 And I think we're going to be able to move people a little bit more this year.

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 You and the head football coach Brent German.

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 Coach, obviously the straw that stirs the drink on any team, including the Lions, is the quarterback.

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 You pretty much said early on, we're going to go with this man.

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 Talk to us about the straw that stirs this drink.

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 For the folks who might have missed your earlier comments with us.

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 Absolutely.

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 You know, Destin Wade was not our starter to begin the year last year.

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 Came in and was a late add for us in the summer.

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 Really pushed who was our starter to begin the year last year, where we almost made a switch then.

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 But starter struggled early in the year.

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 And we made the switch in game three to Destin Wade.

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 He won our first ball game then.

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 Plays well in the fourth game, but gets hurt.

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 Fifth game is out still with his injury.

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 Sixth game, he plays and wins with our second ball game.

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 The next game he plays, he breaks his ankle.

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 So, both of our two wins from last year came from him being our starting quarterback and leading us all through the game.

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 The other game that he got hurt in later, we're up on West Georgia 17-7 when he broke his ankle.

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 We ended up losing that game after he's out.

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 So, he has shown this team that he can lead us.

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 He's shown this team his ability to extend plays with his legs, make all the big-time throws.

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 And then, he won him over in the season last year and then just kept the locker room on his side all season with his work ethic.

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 And like we said the other day, anytime your quarterback is wearing that Captain C on his jersey, it's a great sign for your program.

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 If your quarterback's not wearing that Captain C, something's off.

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 You're playing a young guy or you're playing a guy that doesn't have a voice in the locker room.

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 And all things are not good when that's happening.

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 Let me ask you about your captains.

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 We talked to two of them at UNA Media Days earlier in August that lost Pete Zedin Wade and Jaheim Ingram.

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 But Joshua White is another one.

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 Colin Wright, who the Times Daily had a nice article about this week.

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 It is an honor, but you've got to earn it to be a captain of any football team.

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 Talk about your other three captains.

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 Yeah, I mean, it's pretty interesting to me.

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 This is my first time in coaching that this has happened.

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 Three out of our four captains play O-line and D-line.

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 And you rarely see that, especially O-line.

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 O-line do not get recognition.

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 O-line rarely gets individual awards.

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 So to have an offensive lineman get voted by his teammates and Colin Wright to be a leader on this team just tells you his work ethic.

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 It tells you how this team believes in him.

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 He's a three-year starting guard for us.

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 He's from Muscle Shoals, cares about UNA, cares about this community.

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 And all those things led to him being named that captain by his teammates.

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 And the other two guys, Jaheim Ingram, everybody should know that name in this area, has been a three-year starting defensive lineman going into his fourth year being a starter.

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 Where's the number 44 jersey in honor, Ronald McKinnon?

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 And the legacy that guy left of being a stud defensive player here.

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 Another Muscle Shoals guy.

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 And I thought it was rare that two out of our four captains went to Muscle Shoals High School.

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 Came from the same high school.

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 Went against each other since park ball.

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 And then the third there is Josh White.

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 Josh White's a transfer that came in here in January.

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 He's a 6'5", 320-pound defensive lineman from Memphis.

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 And to win your team over in just six months just tells you the influence that he has on this football team.

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 So I think our three captains being in the box and in the trenches tells you that we've gotten better on the O-line and D-line.

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 So it's an interesting start to the season.

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 Obviously going to Huntsville again.

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 We were joking yesterday with Coach Newton.

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 I still call him Coach Newton down at Samford.

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 That place has a history of its own.

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 Back in the day, Canseco, McGuire, and the current Atlanta Braves manager, Walt Weiss, played there when they were in double-A ball with the athletics at the time.

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 So that thing is full of history.

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 They've renovated it.

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 It's a nice facility.

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 So you've got Samford this week in Huntsville.

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 And I don't have the schedule in front of me.

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 I think it's a road game next week.

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 Where are you going next week, Coach?

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 Next week we travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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 We are game one for the Razorbacks.

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 So me spending some time in my career in that state, you're going to have 80,000 people game one packed in that stadium, calling the hogs, doing the woo-pig suey.

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 It's going to be an electric environment for our players.

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 I think it's the first time in over 60-plus years that we've played an SEC opponent.

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 I think the last was Vanderbilt, maybe in the 50s.

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 So it's a great stage for the logo.

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 You know, we talk about we want to get the UNA logo out there to the world, and we're going to be playing on the SEC network.

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 So it's a great opportunity for the University of North Alabama and a great opportunity for our players in this program.

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 Well, it's a great opportunity Saturday night because I know there are going to be a lot of UNA alum fans who are going to be in Huntsville watching the game.

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 Listen, the best of luck.

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 I know you've been working the entire spring, summer.

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 Everyone wishes you a very successful 2026.

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 Bring back a W from Joe Davis Stadium.

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 We're going to do everything in our power to bring that W back, and it's always good to start the year 1-0.

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 So we're going to do everything in our power to be 1-0 to start the season.

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 Royal Lions with Coach Brent German, UNA head football coach.

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 He'd be the senior editor there.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I am doing great, guys.

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 Looking forward to the start of college football week zero this weekend.

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 Yeah.

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 Wouldn't you know where we've got to start, Brian.

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 Tons of football to talk about, and I promise you we will.

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 Or we'll send Brett to your house to clean both your bathrooms and Mr. Clean.

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 But here's the deal.

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 What about this news with basketball?

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 Bear with us, folks.

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 Alabama and Auburn in October on the hardwoods.

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 That legacy arena.

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 That, I don't think, I don't remember that ever happening before, Brian.

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 I hear there's going to be a feud in Birmingham.

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 And I don't think it's definitely never happened in my lifetime.

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 And I think it's a great idea for both schools, first of all, to get together, you know, to have a game where you get to play your rivalries before it all gets started.

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 And, of course, they're going to play again and again during the season.

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 But, you know, the thing that this does is it gives fans of Birmingham to see both schools right before the season starts.

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 And it raises money for both schools for NIL.

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 And, you know, any little bit they can raise, even if it's a few hundred thousand dollars or whatever it's going to be,

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 it definitely could make a difference between getting a player or not getting a player or getting a better player.

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 So, and, you know, Auburn, this is the second one.

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 Auburn's also playing Florida State in Birmingham in an exhibition.

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 So, you know, this is something I think you're going to see more and more of,

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 trying to get these, you know, big matchups in the preseason to fill out an arena and sell enough tickets to pay for some NIL.

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 I think that is exactly what this is.

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 Alabama plays Ole Miss in another exhibition.

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 Auburn, they play Alabama Legacy Arena, B-Man.

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 I think the Florida State-Auburn game's in Batwell.

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 It is.

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 Yeah, if I'm not mistaken.

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 Let me do, let's do talk about football.

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 And let me begin where, on the topic, we haven't discussed much with you.

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 I always get amused.

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 Nobody wants to talk about special teams, but they win or lose two games a year.

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 Pump returns, kick returns.

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 Kristen Neptune, Trey Taylor, from what I gather, are two guys on punt returns.

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 I've heard a lot about Neptune.

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 B-Man, punts, kickoff returns, and special teams overall.

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 What are you hearing?

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 Yeah.

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 Well, Pleasant's going to be the main kick returner on kicks.

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 And then, I don't know who definitely is going to be the main punt returner right away, but we have seen Neptune.

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 Trey Taylor, the late transfer from Troy, he has been cleared to practice, not cleared to play yet, but he is part of that group that is catching punts and working with that punt return unit.

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 Bryce Kane is another young man, Deshaun, oh, shoot, the wide receiver, the freshman, is also doing it.

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 So, I think they've got some guys.

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 Deshaun Spencer.

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 Yes.

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 There we go.

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 So, you know, they've got three or four guys that they're looking at there, and I don't know that a final decision's been made yet, but, you know, it may be that some guys get a chance.

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 It depends how they, you know, operate during games and such.

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 And then, as far as kickoffs and everything, so Madison McPherson is going to be your field goal kicker.

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 They may use one of the other kickers for kickoffs.

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 And then, you know, K-A-K, I hate to say his name, because you pronounce it exactly the way you think it might be pronounced.

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 It's going to be the punter again.

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 Oh, it's about in the old days, that girl.

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 It's that guy.

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 Is it Kank?

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 Is that, is that, is it Kank?

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 Nope.

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 It's not it.

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 Yes, again.

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 It only looks like it.

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 I still, here's the deal.

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 I know I'm going to sit here and delineate a little bit, Brian.

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 I would love for Kenny Sabler to be back and announce some of his names.

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 Would you love, I'd pay money to hear him pronounce some of his names.

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 Would you not?

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 That would be a lot of fun.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 So, we'll call him Hudson, I guess.

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 There you go.

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 Hudson.

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 Hudson.

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 Hudson K.

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 Brian, obviously, if you look at this thing, Brian Matthew Hughes, by the way,

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 it's senior editor of AuburnSports.com.

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 Never change your name.

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 I can handle that one.

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 But, Brian, you kind of look at this, and I guess it's across the board.

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 It's a 1,000-piece puzzle.

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 I'm going to imagine 998 pieces are in place, maybe even 999.

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 But, I would imagine every coaching staff still looking for that one piece to put in

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 to make a complete picture.

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 What would be the missing piece or two over this next week and a half for Auburn?

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 Well, it's just got to be the offensive line continues to come together, right?

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 You've got five new starters, all transfers.

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 Two of them, Cole Skinner, Cole Bass, you know, transfer from USF.

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 They know this offense, but still, it's a step up for those guys in the SEC.

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 And Cole Skinner doesn't have a whole lot of starts under his belt.

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 So, that's going to be a challenge.

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 You've got to Joe Simmons, a transfer at left tackle.

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 You've got Dan Ramble, a transfer at right tackle.

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 So, it's just going to be a real challenge for that group to function as one, which is such

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 an important thing for an offensive line.

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 So, I think that's the big thing offensively is just to see how far along those guys are

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 game one and how far along can they get, you know, by the time we get to the end of September

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 when you've got to play Vanderbilt and then a big night game against Florida.

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 Because I really think that's going to be a big part of Auburn's success is how well

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 that group comes together.

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 I think defensively, I'd probably say just, you know, do you have enough depth at cornerback, right?

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 You've got Andre Jordan.

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 I think he's been really, really good.

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 Rashawn Pleasant is probably going to be the other starter.

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 Gavin Jenkins has stepped up.

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 Three guys, but you need more.

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 And certainly, Champ Anthony can step up over there, like would be, I guess, another transfer

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 to grab Richardson, Shemar, no, but I think that's a position that you don't have a lot

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 of proven guys.

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 They're a little bit thin, and they're going to be kind of thrown to the wolves right away,

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 and we'll see how they respond.

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 Has Jacob Strand beat out Derek Plaus for left guard, and is Bryson Washington now pretty

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 much set as the number three running back?

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 I think both things are true, right?

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 I can't say that for certain, but, you know, Strand has been one of the guys that's

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 really come on during fall camp, and he's been working with that first team a lot, and he

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 was out there with that first team, I guess it was, was it Monday we were out there?

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 Tuesday.

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 It was Tuesday.

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 It was yesterday.

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 So that's our expectation, that he will be the starter there.

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 And the Bryson Washington has gotten over an injury.

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 The coaches have been getting on to him, not because they don't think he's working hard,

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 it's because they think he can be good and help out this team.

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 And I think these last couple weeks he's finally come on, he's gotten healthy, he's gotten back

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 Calvin and Omar Mabson are, you know, pretty much settled in as one-two at running back,

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 but I think Bryson's definitely the three.

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 And I think you'll see all three.

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 Of course, Bryson's from Baylor, so he'll be playing his former team, but I think you'll

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 see all three in ten more days.

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 So, Brian, before you jump off here, are you upset along with Lane Kiffin and the governor

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 of Louisiana with this ruling from the SEC saying no to the NFL loophole?

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 Are you right there pitching a hissy fit with Lane and the LSU family?

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 No, this whole thing is wild to me.

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 It just really is, and we're probably not done with this.

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 Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers.

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 Lawsuits against conferences.

461
00:26:54,760 --> 00:27:01,020
 I'm sure, and maybe the conferences will have more luck because, you know, perhaps they'll

462
00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:07,840
 be looked on differently there just because they don't hold a, what's the word, they may

463
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:14,460
 not kind of come under the same scrutiny, you know, as the full NCAA because they have a

464
00:27:14,460 --> 00:27:16,420
 monopoly and the conferences don't.

465
00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:21,540
 So we'll see how that affects everything, but it's just the same old, same old.

466
00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:27,980
 I still think, you know, had they five years ago or whatever, six years ago, just sat down

467
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,900
 and found a way to collectively bargain.

468
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,740
 I know there has to be some things that have to stay, change structurally to do that, but

469
00:27:33,740 --> 00:27:34,800
 they could have started that process.

470
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:41,400
 We would be in a much better place right now than still being in this constant state of

471
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:47,840
 change and of nobody knowing exactly what's going on and just the Wild Wild West era continues.

472
00:27:48,060 --> 00:27:49,900
 I don't think it's going to come to end anytime soon.

473
00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:57,440
 NCA could have handed this off five to ten years ago and saved so much misery.

474
00:27:58,140 --> 00:27:58,560
 And money.

475
00:27:58,840 --> 00:27:59,040
 Yeah.

476
00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:01,040
 No question about that.

477
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,940
 What is the media schedule?

478
00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:09,020
 Now, the next time you meet with the coaches, will that be next week?

479
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,060
 Will that be Monday?

480
00:28:11,060 --> 00:28:11,700
 That is right.

481
00:28:11,860 --> 00:28:17,740
 Yeah, but what's the practice schedule this week, the media schedule this week, and what

482
00:28:17,740 --> 00:28:19,180
 else have you got coming up?

483
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,740
 Y'all have had bang-out coverage for the preseason.

484
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,620
 Cole Pinkston does a great job for you, by the way.

485
00:28:25,740 --> 00:28:26,000
 Yeah.

486
00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:32,000
 Tell us about schedules the rest of the week and where can we get online and get all the

487
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:32,560
 good stuff.

488
00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:39,800
 Yeah, so this has been a mock game week with the coaching staff and the players treating

489
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,960
 it like a real game week and going through all the things that they're going to go through

490
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:43,500
 next week.

491
00:28:44,260 --> 00:28:48,000
 And so for us, that meant a press conference was out to go on Monday.

492
00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:54,640
 We got to see parts of practice on Tuesday and then talk to players after practice Tuesday.

493
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,820
 And then, you know, normally if it was a game week, well, we may get something with

494
00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:01,220
 goalish after practice Wednesday.

495
00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:01,700
 We'll see.

496
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,300
 That's not finalized.

497
00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:03,800
 I don't know.

498
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:08,380
 But normally then it would go to Saturday in the game, although we're not going to get

499
00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,280
 anybody this Saturday.

500
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920
 So that's it for us as far as media this week.

501
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,520
 And then we'll get back with goalish Monday, which will be the real game week.

502
00:29:16,740 --> 00:29:18,240
 And it'll be on.

503
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:18,800
 Here we go.

504
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 Yeah.

505
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506
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 Enjoy that.

507
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645
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 Rodney, welcome in.

646
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:25,600
 How are you?

647
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:27,460
 Doing well, guys.

648
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:28,060
 How's it going?

649
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:28,460
 Hey, bud.

650
00:36:28,940 --> 00:36:33,360
 Well, I look at this match report, Rodney, and it's like, here we go again.

651
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,420
 What was the old saying back in the day on the old show?

652
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:36,880
 He-haw.

653
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,780
 If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

654
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,600
 I think that's Jeremiah Beeman's theme song, is it not, Rodney?

655
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,220
 Man, what a disappointing thing for him.

656
00:36:45,220 --> 00:36:50,980
 I mean, obviously, he goes down early last year in the Florida State game with his injury.

657
00:36:51,180 --> 00:36:57,640
 And then now, this injury that he suffered over the weekend and out for the season again.

658
00:36:58,420 --> 00:37:01,700
 So, really, you know, bad thing for him, obviously.

659
00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:06,500
 You know, he was a guy that was going to be in that rotation on the defensive line.

660
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:13,000
 And I think the one good thing is that this year, at least, as compared to last year, they've got a little more depth.

661
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:18,400
 So, you know, if there's some positive news from that, it's that Alabama does have a little more depth.

662
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:26,140
 Rodney, the thing is, overall, when it comes to camp, every school is going to have nicks and bruises, and some, in this case, much more than that.

663
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:32,020
 But on the flip side of the coin, looking at least gleaning some of the comments from DeBoer this week,

664
00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:38,120
 some of the folks who had a big question mark over them at one point now, at least, it seems like they're moving on up, as they say,

665
00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:43,060
 including Noah Rodgers, looks like some of these folks who basically might have missed some extended time,

666
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:44,920
 may be coming back sooner rather than later.

667
00:37:45,020 --> 00:37:50,400
 I saw where E.J. Crowell, to no one's surprise, looks like he's a scratch for the opening game against East Carolina,

668
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,900
 but should be coming back soon thereafter.

669
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,760
 What are you hearing overall, Rodney?

670
00:37:55,420 --> 00:38:01,120
 Yeah, you know, again, we had heard, and I've actually posted within the last few days,

671
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:06,080
 that, you know, Rodgers' timeline keeps going up, and it was probably going to be late September.

672
00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:11,460
 We said last night we thought it might be the South Carolina game, and, you know, we'll see.

673
00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:16,220
 Again, I know that's being reported, but that's a possibility today, so.

674
00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:22,460
 But, again, these things are subject to change, and I think, you know, Rodgers' deer is,

675
00:38:23,020 --> 00:38:29,140
 I think he was about considered six to eight weeks when he was injured, but about, I guess it was, you know,

676
00:38:29,180 --> 00:38:32,700
 almost, what, 10 days ago now, something like that, 12 days ago.

677
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:38,800
 So, that's probably looking at least a month, and, you know, we'll see what happens from there.

678
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:47,200
 But it does seem like a lot of the other guys, Jaira Edwards and so forth, I think those guys are just a matter of time.

679
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,140
 It's not really a season-ending thing, so that is good news.

680
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,420
 Rodney, we've talked a lot about the offensive line.

681
00:38:54,420 --> 00:39:03,120
 It's been all nauseam, quite frankly, since the Indiana game ended, but Jackson Lloyd at left tackle,

682
00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:09,360
 Mal Waltrup, Will Sanders going at at left guard, Delgatti's been cemented at center,

683
00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:16,120
 Michael Carroll at right guard, and then Jevin James, according to some reports, may have edged out.

684
00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:18,960
 Nick Brooks, we'll see if that's the case.

685
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:27,680
 Rodney, if that is the starting offensive line against East Carolina, who's the swing man or the sixth offensive lineman?

686
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,900
 Would it be Will Sanders or Nick Brooks?

687
00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:36,060
 Well, you know, you're asking who might be the sixth offensive lineman?

688
00:39:36,060 --> 00:39:43,900
 Well, I just think that probably if it is Mal Waltrip at left guard, which I think he does have the edge there,

689
00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:50,540
 I think that it would be Sanders the backup, and then, of course, Brooks at right tackle behind.

690
00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:54,320
 Dave and James, so that's pretty much the way it looks.

691
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:59,020
 And I know that, you know, on the other side of the ball, inside backers,

692
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:05,500
 I think Womit just said that Mets would probably start this game, this first game anyway.

693
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:11,180
 So, you know, they've got a rotation there, I think, at inside linebacker that you'll see a lot of those guys play.

694
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 In huddle with the man, Rodney Orr.

695
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:20,440
 Rodney, obviously, the big news over the last few days, Alabama names of starting quarterback.

696
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,020
 I'm assuming that you're on the same page with most of us.

697
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,540
 Not a big shock there.

698
00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:29,880
 When you look at this news, first of all, get your reaction overall, what it means to the team.

699
00:40:30,380 --> 00:40:34,460
 And we've seen these stories before where somebody was walking on water,

700
00:40:34,460 --> 00:40:39,680
 and some lived up to expectations, some didn't, is the big danger right now.

701
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,640
 Building up the expectations is too high.

702
00:40:41,740 --> 00:40:46,580
 He's got a lot of potential, but he's still got to go out and basically do on-the-job training

703
00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:51,340
 because, yes, he saw some action last year, but it was in mop-up games with not a lot of pressure.

704
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,400
 It wasn't in Neyland Stadium with three seconds to go, and you've got to pass the bomb.

705
00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:01,820
 Your thoughts overall as far as the good, the bad, the ugly with Keelan Russell, the new QB in your backyard.

706
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:11,040
 Yeah, I think, you know, first of all, I thought it was good timing because you want to allow the guy an opportunity to get his feet settled a little bit

707
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,180
 and to work with the first group consistently over a week or two.

708
00:41:15,260 --> 00:41:18,940
 So I think that gives him that opportunity, which is really good.

709
00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:22,960
 You know, obviously he's a playmaker.

710
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,440
 And look, I said my pre-camp pick was Mack.

711
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:32,220
 That was my pre-camp pick based on what we'd heard in the spring, that, you know, Mack had been consistent.

712
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,660
 He had protected the ball, minimized mistakes, and his understanding of the offense.

713
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:44,840
 And that if Keelan Russell grew and grew into those things in camp, then I thought, you know, he'd be hard to keep off the field.

714
00:41:45,140 --> 00:41:52,500
 So the good news is that he apparently, you know, obviously they feel really comfortable with him in those areas now.

715
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,040
 And he's just such a playmaker.

716
00:41:54,280 --> 00:42:00,240
 And the word is that the last two weeks, he really, you know, kind of started taking that next step.

717
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,700
 You know, just went from one level to the next.

718
00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:08,600
 So I think that probably sealed it for Keelan Russell, you know, again, a playmaker.

719
00:42:09,140 --> 00:42:11,800
 But a guy that, look, I think he's a lot like Bryce Young.

720
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,720
 When I just watch him, I think he's got a lot of those same skills.

721
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:18,260
 But, you know, look, he doesn't have a lot of experience.

722
00:42:18,860 --> 00:42:20,200
 I think that's the downside.

723
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:29,060
 And I think there's probably going to be some ups and downs in terms of, you know, how you respond to things, especially in the SEC.

724
00:42:29,060 --> 00:42:35,620
 I mean, it's no more difficult than playing here in this conference, I think, for a young quarterback to be really tough.

725
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:45,000
 So hopefully the offensive line is, you know, takes a major step because if you can get the offensive line going, you get the run game going,

726
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,260
 you take a lot of pressure off Keelan Russell.

727
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:53,780
 The things I'm seeing from this that gives reason for optimism, the coaching staff, two things on that.

728
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:59,380
 Basically, they said pre-snap and he seems like he is getting that.

729
00:42:59,540 --> 00:43:00,100
 That's the big part.

730
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,040
 It seems like they made the biggest improvement from just a short time ago.

731
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:12,600
 And the word that I love to use, and I always said Antonio Langham had this on the other side of the ball as a defensive back, not a quarterback, instinctive.

732
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,920
 Some guys just have a nose for the ball on that side of the ball defense.

733
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:25,600
 And then these quarterbacks have that automatic clock in the back of their mind, as Kenny Rogers would say, when to hold them, when to fold them, when to run, when to gun.

734
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:33,860
 Your thoughts just about those two elements that may be some, a lot of quarterbacks have talent, but sometimes they lack that instinctive quality.

735
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:36,140
 He's got the it factor.

736
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:37,800
 Man, we saw it in A-Day.

737
00:43:38,060 --> 00:43:39,840
 We saw a little bit of that in A-Day.

738
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:53,060
 I think his ability to not only stand in the pocket, make throws, see the field, deliver throws accurately in all spots of the field, but like you said, he's got a feel for it.

739
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,340
 He's got an uncanny feel for the game.

740
00:43:56,540 --> 00:43:58,320
 You know, makes plays outside the pocket.

741
00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:07,380
 Again, the best thing I can say is you go watch what some of the things Bryce Young used to do here, and I think that's, Keelan Russell has a lot of those things.

742
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,060
 I mean, you said instincts, and that's what it is.

743
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:17,960
 He's got a great instinct for the game, you know, and again, I think just the excitement he brings.

744
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:24,440
 I can sense a little bit of different tone, I guess, in Alabama fans, and that's nothing against Austin Mack.

745
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:33,120
 I just think that, you know, Keelan comes with a lot of the hype, and, you know, fans are really excited to see him as a playmaker, and here's the thing, though, I'll say about this.

746
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,240
 Mack is a guy that's really mature.

747
00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:49,660
 I mean, he's hung it out with his coaching staff for four, this is going on four years, and this is a situation where, and we've seen it, if Keelan Russell, for whatever reason, has to come out of a game,

748
00:44:49,660 --> 00:45:00,320
 whether it's injury or struggles, whatever it might be, an opportunity to arise, and I think Austin Mack is more than capable of coming in and being very productive.

749
00:45:00,860 --> 00:45:01,200
 Mm-hmm.

750
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:07,860
 Ronnie, the third receiver, we know Lottie Brooks, Coleman Williams are going to be one and two.

751
00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:14,860
 I'm hearing more about Derek Meadows, tremendous potential there, along with Sidarian Morgan.

752
00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:17,660
 Rico Scott's been there.

753
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,880
 Tyler Henderson is certainly a possibility.

754
00:45:21,660 --> 00:45:25,840
 What are you hearing as far as the, quote, third receiver coming out?

755
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:27,580
 Yeah, that's a good question.

756
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:35,540
 I mean, obviously, you mentioned those guys, Rico, you know, great, great speed, really physical guy.

757
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:40,560
 I think consistent in the ball with Rico, we saw some drops last year.

758
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,600
 Of course, he wasn't the only one, as we know.

759
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:43,080
 Mm-hmm.

760
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:49,280
 But I think Meadows obviously brings great size, a combination of size and speed.

761
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,920
 I think with Sidarian Morgan, both these guys, 6'4", 6'5".

762
00:45:52,920 --> 00:46:00,800
 Here's the thing that I'm hearing on the receivers, of course, you know, we're limited in terms of our observation periods.

763
00:46:00,940 --> 00:46:06,220
 We've had four 15-minute observation periods throughout camp, so it's kind of tough to say.

764
00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:07,600
 We have to rely on other people.

765
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:13,160
 But the one thing I will say that I keep hearing about the receivers is they're still dropping balls,

766
00:46:13,380 --> 00:46:18,340
 and I think they have to continue to improve that, get better at that.

767
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:24,140
 It may not be as bad as it was necessarily last year, but I think that is still something that people keep pointing out.

768
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:30,560
 So, Rodney, now that it's a week and a half away, where are you with this team?

769
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:37,300
 I think after last year's lesson, everybody was optimistic as heck, and then we saw what happened right out of the chutes.

770
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:44,460
 I'll ask you again, now that we're basically, what, a week and a half and maybe some change away from the curtain coming up on this season,

771
00:46:44,580 --> 00:46:45,420
 where are you right now?

772
00:46:47,220 --> 00:46:49,480
 Well, that's a really good question, Harold.

773
00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:56,100
 You know, I said pre-camp, and again, it's really hard to predict these teams because so many new faces,

774
00:46:56,380 --> 00:46:59,880
 regardless if it's Alabama or whoever, there's just not a lot of teams.

775
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:02,560
 There's so much transition now.

776
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:10,100
 But here's what I would say, and I said, Ben, 10-2, but things don't go right.

777
00:47:10,460 --> 00:47:12,400
 I could easily see 8-4.

778
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,320
 They have a tough back half of the schedule.

779
00:47:15,780 --> 00:47:21,060
 I would say right now, Harold, if I'm leaning somewhere, and like I said, I was optimistic.

780
00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:25,860
 I went with an optimistic pick at 10-2 because 10-2 would be a really good season.

781
00:47:26,860 --> 00:47:29,100
 Almost sure as you're in the playoffs, right?

782
00:47:29,420 --> 00:47:31,440
 But I could see 9-3.

783
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:40,200
 I just, you know, I'm waffling back and forth, Harold, Brett, between 9-3, 10-2.

784
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:41,200
 We'll see.

785
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:45,200
 Ronnie, surprise players.

786
00:47:45,580 --> 00:47:48,480
 These two are not really surprise players to me.

787
00:47:49,060 --> 00:47:55,760
 Carmelo O'Neal, I think, will certainly get some playing time to transfer for Mercer.

788
00:47:56,380 --> 00:47:58,600
 Everybody certainly were impressed.

789
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,120
 Treshawn Brown, he is certainly going to be playing.

790
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,700
 Any position, any player?

791
00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:11,500
 What are, now that summer camp's nearly about over and they get into game week preparation,

792
00:48:12,260 --> 00:48:18,480
 two or two or three surprises that really are some guys that have potential

793
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,400
 but have surprised you in summer camp?

794
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:28,480
 Well, you know, again, the limitations that we have, it's hard to say.

795
00:48:28,620 --> 00:48:30,660
 You know, you hear names pop up all the time.

796
00:48:30,660 --> 00:48:36,040
 You know, last year this time, we were hearing from inside the building that Cam Calhoun,

797
00:48:36,660 --> 00:48:40,920
 the cornerback, was going to be a big story for that team.

798
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:42,960
 And he's now at Ohio State.

799
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:47,140
 I mean, you know, he didn't play very much, which surprised a lot of people.

800
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:50,420
 So, it can be really tricky.

801
00:48:51,060 --> 00:48:54,540
 But, I mean, obviously, and he's been talked about a lot.

802
00:48:54,620 --> 00:48:56,760
 I think Treshawn Brown's extremely talented.

803
00:48:57,820 --> 00:49:02,060
 You know, I think he was, he might have been vastly underrated coming out of high school.

804
00:49:03,340 --> 00:49:04,620
 He's not very tall.

805
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:06,320
 I mean, he might be 5'8", 5'9".

806
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,900
 That's the way he looks to me, just looking at him on the field.

807
00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:11,600
 I need to get closer to him.

808
00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:15,360
 But, he's about a Josh Jacobs size, you know, when Josh was here.

809
00:49:15,540 --> 00:49:15,680
 Yeah.

810
00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:25,420
 So, really powerful, low to the ground, great feet, elusive, you know, breaks tackles, makes

811
00:49:25,420 --> 00:49:30,300
 people miss, catches the ball extremely well, and after he does, he makes the first guy

812
00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:31,540
 miss almost every time.

813
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:33,240
 He's got a lot of talent.

814
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:34,760
 He's got a lot of talent.

815
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,720
 Everybody was talking about Crowell coming in.

816
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:44,620
 Well, Treshawn Brown came in with a chip on his shoulder, and I think he's made the most

817
00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:47,000
 of what he's had so far.

818
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:52,880
 Now, you know, just trying to think about some guys.

819
00:49:52,940 --> 00:50:00,960
 Now, I will say this, looking at the secondary, I don't know exactly where he's going to fit

820
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,300
 in, but Drake or Patrick Jr. is a playmaker.

821
00:50:05,380 --> 00:50:05,540
 Yeah.

822
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:11,140
 And, I mean, every single time he is on the field, he makes a play, whether a big hit,

823
00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:14,520
 comes up with a loose ball, comes up with a pick.

824
00:50:14,740 --> 00:50:18,100
 He's had, in two scrimmages, he's had two picks.

825
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:18,560
 Mm-hmm.

826
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:21,260
 And, he had one that might have been a pick six.

827
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:22,060
 They blew it dead.

828
00:50:22,780 --> 00:50:27,420
 But, I mean, he's a playmaker, and you just wonder, are they going to figure out a way

829
00:50:27,420 --> 00:50:28,440
 to get him on the field?

830
00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:30,480
 Because they do rotate those guys a lot.

831
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:30,620
 Yeah.

832
00:50:30,620 --> 00:50:33,320
 I know last year he had some trouble off the field that kind of hurt him.

833
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:38,960
 But, it just looks like, to me, Drake or Patrick are just such a playmaker.

834
00:50:39,260 --> 00:50:39,460
 Mm-hmm.

835
00:50:40,180 --> 00:50:41,540
 Watch for number 21.

836
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:42,600
 Let's see what happens.

837
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:43,200
 Mm-hmm.

838
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:44,540
 Absolutely.

839
00:50:44,820 --> 00:50:47,160
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843
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844
00:51:05,180 --> 00:51:06,220
 That's kind of interesting.

845
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 Where can we get online to get the great stuff for a nominal price

846
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847
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 But also, as you mentioned, the all-sports forum.

852
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 Mm-hmm.

853
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 I mean, it's just constant, constant discussion, updates, what have you.

854
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 So, it's all right there on TenderInsider.com, and then, of course, the book, Bigger Than Bama.

855
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 If you're interested, there's a way to order it there, either at RodneyOr.com or on Amazon.

858
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:53,780
 Rodney, it's always good to hook up with you.

859
00:51:53,940 --> 00:51:54,860
 Enjoy this weekend.

860
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,960
 Word is, it gets really rocking the following weekend and beyond, so enjoy, okay?

861
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,180
 I appreciate it, guys.

862
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:01,560
 Take care.

863
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:02,040
 Thank you, Ron.

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 Previously, on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.

918
00:55:00,580 --> 00:55:03,160
 There's the 2-2 pitch on the way to Mauricio Dubon.

919
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:05,660
 And he swings and loops it into right field.

920
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:07,660
 Dropping and down for a base hit.

921
00:55:08,060 --> 00:55:09,420
 1-0 Braves.

922
00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:10,720
 In to score Baldwin.

923
00:55:11,020 --> 00:55:12,440
 Three singles in the inning.

924
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:14,780
 And the Braves on top right out of the gate.

925
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:15,720
 3-2 to Harris.

926
00:55:15,780 --> 00:55:16,000
 Crown.

927
00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:16,920
 Ball to the right side.

928
00:55:17,020 --> 00:55:18,780
 That finds a hole at a base hit.

929
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:19,820
 In to score.

930
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:20,500
 Matt Olsen.

931
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,660
 First to third for Mauricio Dubon.

932
00:55:22,820 --> 00:55:23,660
 3-2 pitch.

933
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,200
 Swung on and hit in the air to deep center field.

934
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:27,280
 Thomas going back.

935
00:55:27,580 --> 00:55:28,260
 Has it measured.

936
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,080
 Shy of the warning track makes the catch.

937
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:31,600
 Both runners tag.

938
00:55:31,740 --> 00:55:32,600
 Harris to third.

939
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:33,660
 Dubon to the plate.

940
00:55:33,820 --> 00:55:34,820
 3-0 Braves.

941
00:55:34,820 --> 00:55:35,680
 2-0 pitch.

942
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:39,140
 Swung on and whistled in the left center base hit.

943
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,300
 Braves take the lead in the eighth.

944
00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:45,680
 Ozzie got the slider he was looking for and shot it right up the middle.

945
00:55:46,220 --> 00:55:46,860
 1-2.

946
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:48,740
 Fly ball center field.

947
00:55:48,900 --> 00:55:50,280
 Michael Harris is under it.

948
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:51,440
 He calls for it.

949
00:55:51,700 --> 00:55:52,800
 Braves win.

950
00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:55,000
 Great win in game one.

951
00:55:55,420 --> 00:55:59,940
 And a terrific opening act in this series between two first place teams.

952
00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:04,560
 Join us tonight for Braves and Dodgers following Hey Coach on 93.9 The Score.

953
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:08,380
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954
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:13,800
 The Alabama Department of Revenue is providing new general rules for employers when it comes

955
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956
00:56:16,820 --> 00:56:21,580
 The Department of Revenue has reversed a rule that was allowing for the state to tax remote

957
00:56:21,580 --> 00:56:26,620
 workers who might be living outside of the state while working for an Alabama-based employer.

958
00:56:26,620 --> 00:56:31,880
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959
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960
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:39,020
 This new ruling comes after negotiations occurred between the Council on State Taxation

961
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962
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:45,840
 That negotiation was initiated by state lawmaker Danny Garrett, who is the chairman of the

963
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:47,700
 House Ways and Means Education Committee.

964
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:52,580
 Birmingham attorney Bruce Eli told 1819 News that the taxing of non-residents working for

965
00:56:52,580 --> 00:56:58,060
 an Alabama employer started during the COVID crisis but is clearly flat wrong and unconstitutional.

966
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:02,220
 He says it's definitely a much-needed change to the state when it comes to income tax rules.

967
00:57:02,460 --> 00:57:04,960
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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979
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:40,660
 The University of Alabama at Birmingham has wrapped up its nationwide search to find their

980
00:57:40,660 --> 00:57:44,460
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981
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,440
 Dr. David Standert will oversee research centers and facilities at UAB.

982
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 He's been serving as the chairman of the UAB's Department of Neurology and started working

983
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984
00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:55,720
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985
00:57:56,220 --> 00:58:00,600
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989
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990
00:58:19,060 --> 00:58:21,360
 I may not have gotten Texas right at the end of the season.

991
00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:24,000
 I did miss a game or two, but you know what game I got right?

992
00:58:24,180 --> 00:58:25,040
 The Red River game.

993
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:26,380
 That's an easy one to get right.

994
00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:27,560
 Give me a break.

995
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,660
 Every time they've beaten us, we've had a quarterback that's been injured.

996
00:58:30,980 --> 00:58:31,640
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997
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:36,220
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00:59:50,220 --> 00:59:53,540
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00:59:56,380 --> 00:59:59,060
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1027
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,520
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1028
01:00:01,660 --> 01:00:04,620
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1029
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:10,780
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1030
01:00:11,580 --> 01:00:12,340
 Welcome back in.

1031
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:13,600
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1032
01:00:13,700 --> 01:00:15,360
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1033
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:18,200
 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1034
01:00:18,340 --> 01:00:21,220
 Brad, you're familiar with the name Tommy Tuberville, right?

1035
01:00:21,420 --> 01:00:22,280
 Yes, I am.

1036
01:00:22,740 --> 01:00:24,980
 You're familiar with the name Nancy Pelosi, right?

1037
01:00:25,620 --> 01:00:26,640
 Yes, I am.

1038
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:29,700
 Do you know most folks think they can't agree on anything?

1039
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:32,760
 But I think we have found one thing they can agree on.

1040
01:00:32,820 --> 01:00:33,780
 And do you know what that is?

1041
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,040
 That would be?

1042
01:00:35,540 --> 01:00:37,740
 Max Howell knows himself some football.

1043
01:00:37,980 --> 01:00:40,880
 It took Max to bring about that marriage.

1044
01:00:42,060 --> 01:00:43,340
 I hear him laughing now.

1045
01:00:43,700 --> 01:00:46,220
 Max Howell, former assistant coach at Ole Miss, Florida State,

1046
01:00:46,340 --> 01:00:52,980
 and the guru of sports talk radio in the southeastern part of the place called the United States of America.

1047
01:00:53,140 --> 01:00:53,940
 Max, welcome in.

1048
01:00:54,020 --> 01:00:54,540
 How are you?

1049
01:00:55,060 --> 01:00:56,360
 I'm doing great, guys.

1050
01:00:56,500 --> 01:00:58,760
 But, you know, give me that confession with Nancy Pelosi.

1051
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:02,000
 The only thing that she gave away good was about $200 million.

1052
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:06,680
 How did she make that kind of money, Max?

1053
01:01:06,940 --> 01:01:10,480
 What I understood is she only made like a few hundred thousand dollars.

1054
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:12,460
 I mean, that's pretty good, isn't it?

1055
01:01:12,500 --> 01:01:13,180
 She made it.

1056
01:01:13,340 --> 01:01:15,680
 Yeah, I mean, she was a great conversationist.

1057
01:01:16,020 --> 01:01:18,740
 She picked people to talk to.

1058
01:01:19,060 --> 01:01:22,860
 And, you know, if she had a little phone app, she'd take that information right on to her husband.

1059
01:01:22,860 --> 01:01:24,820
 Yeah, I wonder if she knew Jimmy's texting.

1060
01:01:24,820 --> 01:01:26,240
 And she had a good agent, did she not?

1061
01:01:26,340 --> 01:01:32,660
 Max, it would not be football season without inviting Max Howell onto the show to help us get in the mood.

1062
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:34,720
 Week zero, it's hard to believe the end is near.

1063
01:01:35,140 --> 01:01:37,480
 It's over as far as the beginning of action.

1064
01:01:37,620 --> 01:01:40,080
 Starts tomorrow night, technically with week zero.

1065
01:01:40,620 --> 01:01:43,900
 Max, where are you with 2026 and the curtain coming up?

1066
01:01:44,860 --> 01:01:45,780
 Well, let's see.

1067
01:01:45,860 --> 01:01:47,100
 I've got all my list already.

1068
01:01:47,740 --> 01:01:48,040
 All right.

1069
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:48,760
 I've got what we've got.

1070
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:50,600
 Whatever you want, Max.

1071
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:52,120
 At this point, what the heck, huh?

1072
01:01:52,480 --> 01:02:02,560
 Yeah, you know, I think really, when you look at the conference from top to bottom, I mean, it's, you know, I know the big teams won the last three, and I understand all about that.

1073
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:07,480
 But I think right now the SEC is going to fight back and regain some of that.

1074
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:09,220
 I don't think there's any doubt about that.

1075
01:02:09,260 --> 01:02:16,120
 I like Georgia, Texas probably fighting it out at the top, but that's just based on experience and what they've had before.

1076
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:29,500
 I will say this in relationship to the Texas job, you know, if they can't come close and at least play for the national championship, I think they're going to have some folks out there scratching their head now.

1077
01:02:29,660 --> 01:02:30,000
 Yeah, yeah.

1078
01:02:30,260 --> 01:02:33,280
 We know that they got money out at the zoo.

1079
01:02:33,940 --> 01:02:40,900
 We know they've had long stretches in there, not, you know, not being competitive, having decent football teams, but they've not done it.

1080
01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:50,740
 Guys, in today's market, it don't matter what you say, no matter who you bring, if you can't perform on Saturday, you're not going to be around long.

1081
01:02:51,140 --> 01:02:56,900
 I mean, I just, I drew a line through a bunch of coaches today that you just mentioned.

1082
01:02:57,420 --> 01:03:06,440
 I think two right off the bat, Shane Bieber and Jeff Libby, probably going to have to be seven or eight or more to keep the job.

1083
01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:11,140
 And then here's a list here I came up with that is going to be questionable based on the one loss record.

1084
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:22,700
 Josh Heupel, Steve Sarkeesian, Kevin DeBoer, and probably Venables at Oklahoma.

1085
01:03:23,420 --> 01:03:27,980
 I think all three of those are going to have to have great seasons to really take their position.

1086
01:03:27,980 --> 01:03:39,840
 And I think that this is the change now, guys, because of the system that we're involved in, because of the amount of money that's being spent to build that football team.

1087
01:03:40,380 --> 01:03:52,720
 And if they can't do it down under the system of what Lane Giffen was able to do, he recruited one guy, got the whole room changed about the NFL players coming back.

1088
01:03:53,060 --> 01:03:59,320
 So hats off to him for, you know, at least stabilizing that unintentionally, I'm sure.

1089
01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:05,500
 But the fact is that these guys, some of these guys have had, you know, we talk about Josh Heupel.

1090
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:07,700
 Heupel, you know, he's won eight or more.

1091
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:13,560
 He's had a decent, Steve Sarkeesian's won eight or nine or more every year he's been there.

1092
01:04:14,140 --> 01:04:16,780
 Kevin DeBoer's not lived up to expectation.

1093
01:04:16,780 --> 01:04:21,440
 The one loss record there, I think, you know, we can all debate about that.

1094
01:04:21,860 --> 01:04:34,820
 And Brent DeBoer, I think he's finally decided he needs to call the defense and hire an offensive coordinator completely and let, you know, let that system run as it probably should have been done all along.

1095
01:04:35,380 --> 01:04:44,580
 So it's just, as long as I've been in it, been in it from the reporting side, from the radio side, and also been in it from the coaching side,

1096
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:49,860
 it's as big a frustration to a guy like me as anything that's ever happened.

1097
01:04:50,560 --> 01:04:50,680
 Yeah.

1098
01:04:50,860 --> 01:05:00,240
 There's no way I could watch a ball game on Saturday except sit here in my bed by myself so I could flip back and forth to different games and catch what's going on.

1099
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:00,960
 Yeah.

1100
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:04,340
 It's a challenge, let's say that.

1101
01:05:05,420 --> 01:05:08,360
 You mentioned two names there, Venables and DeBoer.

1102
01:05:08,580 --> 01:05:10,200
 Venables just ain't the contract.

1103
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:18,280
 DeBoer has a big buyout, but we know in the modern era, if somebody wants to look at LSU, if you want it better, if you'll scratch the couch, you'll get enough money.

1104
01:05:18,500 --> 01:05:20,600
 But you also brought up another word, experience.

1105
01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:22,340
 And, Max, you've been there and done that.

1106
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:29,760
 I mean, Russell's got all the potential in the world, but the one thing he doesn't have right now, like anybody in his situation's experience,

1107
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:34,180
 these coaches, in the case of DeBoer and everybody on that staff, they put all their chips on him.

1108
01:05:34,260 --> 01:05:40,980
 You can have a great team, but if you don't get the QB spot right, that car ain't going to win the Indy 500, the Talladega 500.

1109
01:05:41,140 --> 01:05:44,260
 Your thoughts just about that decision to go with Russell.

1110
01:05:45,380 --> 01:05:52,240
 Well, you know, when somebody asked a question like that, I immediately have to put myself in that situation.

1111
01:05:52,240 --> 01:06:00,820
 It is evidently, evidently, he has performed better there with the kids he has around him than anybody else.

1112
01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:07,780
 I mean, if not, I mean, he's rolling the dice big time, and I think he's rolling the dice anyway, but that's just a personal opinion.

1113
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:09,860
 You've got so many other things.

1114
01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:10,640
 You've got maturity.

1115
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:16,680
 Here's the thing, guys, that I've really come to look at in the last year.

1116
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:31,680
 And I tell you, I probably started off thinking about it from what Kiffin said in some of his interviews where he broke down an offensive line really needs to be on campus two to three years and play together if you're going to be ultra successful.

1117
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:39,780
 Wide receivers on skill sets alone, you've got to have a great offensive line for the running game and the passing game.

1118
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:42,880
 And you've got to have a quarterback that can think of the pressure.

1119
01:06:43,100 --> 01:06:51,820
 Now, those things being said, analyze the quarterbacks that are going to play in the NCC this year, and particularly early on.

1120
01:06:52,700 --> 01:06:57,580
 I mean, it could be wholly catastrophic for some teams.

1121
01:06:59,020 --> 01:07:05,620
 And, you know, in my mind, I go back, let's see, when LSU comes to Oxford, the third week of the season,

1122
01:07:06,820 --> 01:07:12,600
 who does that game mean more to at that particular time to win?

1123
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:18,160
 And which team has, I think, the most confidence coming into that ballgame?

1124
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:28,880
 I'm saying right now, I've used all that evaluation, and Ole Miss has got a great chance because it's a home game.

1125
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:30,280
 But I am not convinced.

1126
01:07:30,760 --> 01:07:32,160
 I would not bet on that game.

1127
01:07:32,300 --> 01:07:32,680
 How about that?

1128
01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:35,720
 I don't know what the line is going to be.

1129
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:38,280
 But let's just say Ole Miss wins that.

1130
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:38,980
 Well, guess what?

1131
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:40,780
 They have to go to Florida next week.

1132
01:07:41,260 --> 01:07:48,040
 These guys, I know, John, some of all, I graduated from Troy, so I got to know him pretty well when he was looking down there.

1133
01:07:48,900 --> 01:07:52,880
 And I'm telling you, he'll have that bunch of guys ready to play.

1134
01:07:53,280 --> 01:08:01,020
 And I don't care how good Pete Golden is and his staff, he's not going to get that team back up to play as well as he did against the issue.

1135
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:02,040
 That's a good point.

1136
01:08:02,060 --> 01:08:03,460
 I just marked that there right there.

1137
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:07,700
 So I'm just saying those are the things that, to me, is going to be just so important.

1138
01:08:08,140 --> 01:08:14,860
 And really, the changes, you know, how many play-in games that we used to talk about in the first two or three weeks?

1139
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:15,280
 Yeah.

1140
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:17,240
 Not beating.

1141
01:08:17,860 --> 01:08:30,760
 And then, again, as I start off the conversation, that one loss record at the end of the season, who makes a playoff and who doesn't, I'm telling you, it's going to weigh heavy on some of these teams that the coaches have won several eight ballgames every week.

1142
01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:35,340
 So that's my observation for the first week.

1143
01:08:35,440 --> 01:08:36,140
 How about that, guys?

1144
01:08:36,800 --> 01:08:43,940
 But, Max, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Vandy, and Arkansas naming starting quarterbacks this week.

1145
01:08:44,460 --> 01:08:47,100
 Max, how did Bobby Bowden choose a quarterback?

1146
01:08:47,420 --> 01:08:59,220
 If he had two guys, fairly equal talent, and they performed fairly well during the summer, how did Coach Bowden choose who was going to be the starting quarterback?

1147
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:11,100
 We'd go into every ball game with two quarterbacks, Brad, because we know emotions, you know, let's just say we had a start-up coming back from last year.

1148
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:11,720
 He was a kid.

1149
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:14,000
 He'd run the scrimmage, you know, every week.

1150
01:09:14,140 --> 01:09:23,680
 We had a number two guy that either transferred in and became eligible or was a young high school kid, was in his second year, that was really athletic.

1151
01:09:24,480 --> 01:09:39,300
 We would have both of those guys ready to play because you can't tell from the time you get off the bus, it doesn't matter if you're playing at home or if you're on the road, you don't know what kind of emotional state that they're in.

1152
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,920
 You don't know how many girlfriends are, you know, made one of them mad.

1153
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:45,320
 You don't know if they've had an illness in their family.

1154
01:09:45,620 --> 01:09:47,420
 You don't know any of that stuff.

1155
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:51,920
 It's not like the NFL where you come and stay all day every day with these kids.

1156
01:09:52,000 --> 01:10:05,820
 You know, after the transition years ago where they don't make them all live together anymore, how would you like to have bed check with the guys that play at Georgia Tech when they live all over Atlanta, Georgia?

1157
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:06,180
 Yeah.

1158
01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:09,920
 I don't believe you can do that too well myself.

1159
01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:14,040
 But the point is, to ask you a question, we always had two.

1160
01:10:14,200 --> 01:10:14,380
 Yep.

1161
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:19,920
 If Wood, Bob, we'd start to Wood, he would be told he was going to start on Friday.

1162
01:10:21,200 --> 01:10:26,340
 But if you let him fumble Wood, you let him throw a pick, we had somebody else ready to go in and heart me.

1163
01:10:26,740 --> 01:10:28,220
 Because I'm going to tell you something else, guys.

1164
01:10:28,580 --> 01:10:39,940
 Not only does that guy have to be a emotional and strong leader on that team, but the other guys that's on the team, I mean, you let that offensive front give up a sack or two.

1165
01:10:39,940 --> 01:10:48,400
 Maybe they had a play was called that even they knew was against the strength of the opposing defense.

1166
01:10:49,060 --> 01:10:58,500
 That locker room is so important because, guys, those kids talk, they're more in touch with what's going on in there than you are as a coach.

1167
01:10:58,660 --> 01:10:59,060
 I'm going to tell you.

1168
01:10:59,260 --> 01:11:05,380
 They know the emotions, they know the problems the kids have, they know the smart ones, they know the words they can't read and write.

1169
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:09,020
 You know, they know all the ins and outs of that.

1170
01:11:09,540 --> 01:11:12,420
 So that was Coach Bowden's way to settle that.

1171
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:19,280
 And he would tell everybody on the offensive side, he said, we've got two guys that's going to play quarterback today.

1172
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:24,120
 Now, that may be true, it may not, but going in, we had two that could play.

1173
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:27,940
 And that was the way we worked practice all week long.

1174
01:11:29,140 --> 01:11:35,820
 Max, obviously, I don't know about your neck of the woods, you're across the state line, but over here, Auburn fans are ready to walk on water.

1175
01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:39,380
 The vibe is high with this new staff coming in.

1176
01:11:39,740 --> 01:11:43,920
 What is the good, the bad, and the ugly for the Auburn Tigers in your view this season?

1177
01:11:44,700 --> 01:11:47,880
 All right, it's been seven years now, guys, since they've had a winning season.

1178
01:11:48,360 --> 01:11:49,220
 Yeah, hard to believe.

1179
01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:50,140
 Think about that.

1180
01:11:50,300 --> 01:11:52,300
 I mean, that's almost impossible to believe.

1181
01:11:53,760 --> 01:11:57,800
 Here's my only reservation, and I'll give you a couple of examples.

1182
01:11:58,660 --> 01:12:06,400
 First of all, when they made the transition in Florida, they took Napier out at that level to come up there.

1183
01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:07,500
 He was highly recruited.

1184
01:12:07,700 --> 01:12:10,020
 He was reporting his way through the LSU job.

1185
01:12:10,420 --> 01:12:13,440
 Between us guys, there was a reason the LSU didn't take it.

1186
01:12:13,620 --> 01:12:14,540
 They didn't notify him.

1187
01:12:14,540 --> 01:12:16,140
 We saw that wine.

1188
01:12:17,860 --> 01:12:23,180
 I've seen others that struggle, and I will give you a personal example.

1189
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:28,500
 I was fortunate enough to be at Troy to coach the offensive front.

1190
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:36,800
 He called every offensive play for a quarterback that set the record still on the books since 1968 for the number of passes that we threw,

1191
01:12:36,940 --> 01:12:38,720
 the number of completions he made, the number of yards.

1192
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:40,820
 He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns.

1193
01:12:41,620 --> 01:12:42,760
 On top of all that.

1194
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:45,500
 But that was at that level at that particular time.

1195
01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:51,180
 Then I was fortunate a few years later to end up at Florida State, which we were number one in the country.

1196
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:52,680
 We get beat by Miami.

1197
01:12:52,820 --> 01:12:53,760
 We end up number three.

1198
01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:59,280
 We white-rolled the rest of them all the way through the season, but we weren't prepared for that first ballgame.

1199
01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:01,080
 Here's my comparison.

1200
01:13:01,580 --> 01:13:06,420
 When you've got somebody that is coached at a lower level, I don't care how good you are.

1201
01:13:06,420 --> 01:13:08,900
 I don't care about that thing.

1202
01:13:08,980 --> 01:13:16,320
 The thing that happened in Indiana this year was something that the system allowed that to happen that way.

1203
01:13:17,020 --> 01:13:26,780
 I don't know that the system right now will allow all of them because everybody's participating in the system because they've seen what teams like Indiana is doing.

1204
01:13:27,260 --> 01:13:34,540
 I question the situation about having a magnificent team come in and win it.

1205
01:13:34,540 --> 01:13:36,960
 I looked at the schedule close.

1206
01:13:37,380 --> 01:13:44,740
 I think they might get seven, but they're going to have to play like the devil to get seven because everybody knows what their record is being.

1207
01:13:46,220 --> 01:13:57,780
 Until you get around that on the inside, the attitude, the beat-down attitude that you have, once you get behind in a ballgame on Saturday, that attitude surfaces again.

1208
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:01,160
 That's what I'm concerned for Auburn right now.

1209
01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:13,420
 If he can erase that, if he can whitewash their minds where they've got one play at a time, but they've got to be successful, I think they've got a chance to be decent.

1210
01:14:13,420 --> 01:14:19,040
 But I would be pushed hard to bet Buddy over the board seven wheels this first year.

1211
01:14:19,200 --> 01:14:19,640
 Yeah.

1212
01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:28,860
 Well, Auburn fans are hoping for a winning season, Max, or at least to get to six and six and maybe to a minor bowl game.

1213
01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:30,580
 Always enjoy the conversation.

1214
01:14:30,780 --> 01:14:35,560
 We're going to be doing this Monday, this coming Monday, and throughout the season.

1215
01:14:35,820 --> 01:14:41,920
 We'll set a time here soon and be previewing all the games, start with week one next week.

1216
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:44,160
 Max, always enjoy the conversation, Buddy.

1217
01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:46,920
 Really enjoy talking with you earlier in the week.

1218
01:14:47,260 --> 01:14:48,060
 Have a great week.

1219
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:49,480
 Let's do this again on Monday.

1220
01:14:50,060 --> 01:14:51,540
 I'll be looking forward to it, guys.

1221
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:52,340
 Thank you so much.

1222
01:14:52,900 --> 01:14:53,640
 Have a good one.

1223
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:55,820
 The one, the only, Max out.

1224
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1225
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1226
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1227
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1228
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1229
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1232
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1237
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1265
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 It's time for a Florence Falcons one-minute timeout with head coach Kenny Morrison.

1266
01:17:17,620 --> 01:17:21,240
 Following Florence's 45-0 winning, it's Pinson Valley last Friday night.

1267
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:22,360
 I'm really proud of our guys.

1268
01:17:22,500 --> 01:17:23,800
 Boy, they played extremely hard.

1269
01:17:24,120 --> 01:17:25,800
 We got a lot of guys in the game tonight.

1270
01:17:26,180 --> 01:17:27,660
 That's what I'm excited about as well.

1271
01:17:27,820 --> 01:17:29,460
 So, a good win for us tonight.

1272
01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:31,440
 What would you say was the best highlight tonight?

1273
01:17:31,880 --> 01:17:33,640
 Well, our kicker set the tone.

1274
01:17:34,220 --> 01:17:37,060
 Greenhawks kicking it in the end zone, making teams drive 80 yards.

1275
01:17:37,140 --> 01:17:37,800
 That's hard to do.

1276
01:17:38,140 --> 01:17:39,680
 Our three running backs, phenomenal.

1277
01:17:40,100 --> 01:17:40,340
 Wow.

1278
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:43,320
 We've said we've had a three-headed monster with those three guys.

1279
01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:44,540
 We just got to keep working.

1280
01:17:44,940 --> 01:17:46,960
 45-0, we didn't really expect that.

1281
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:50,940
 How do we keep these guys kind of grounded going into a tough, tough couple weeks ahead?

1282
01:17:51,180 --> 01:17:53,060
 We got to start getting ready for Jasper City.

1283
01:17:53,480 --> 01:17:56,180
 Hey, they got a running back been offered by Ohio State.

1284
01:17:56,640 --> 01:17:57,580
 They got some players.

1285
01:17:57,820 --> 01:17:58,640
 We got to be ready.

1286
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:00,700
 And it's our home opener, youth night.

1287
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:02,160
 So, we'll be ready.

1288
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:03,740
 But we got to get back down to earth first.

1289
01:18:03,940 --> 01:18:08,040
 Join us this Friday for the Falcons home opener as they welcome Jasper to Brawley Stadium.

1290
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:13,280
 Airtime is 6 p.m. with a kickoff at 7 right here on your home for Florence Falcons athletics.

1291
01:18:13,680 --> 01:18:15,000
 93-9, the score.

1292
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1296
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1297
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 On Thursday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we'll be joined by Alabama volleyball's Hannah Perrons.

1298
01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:39,600
 Was this always the goal to play for the Crimson Tide?

1299
01:18:40,120 --> 01:18:42,540
 So, I grew up an Alabama fan my whole life.

1300
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 Like, I moved here when I was five.

1301
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 I was born in Salt Lake City.

1302
01:18:46,040 --> 01:18:47,300
 Grew up an Alabama fan.

1303
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:52,400
 When I started recruiting, I wanted to go kind of far, like, away from home at first.

1304
01:18:52,620 --> 01:18:58,380
 But then, when Roshinda reached out to me, and I talked to her, and I came on my visit, like, I just, like, automatically knew I had to come here.

1305
01:18:58,700 --> 01:18:59,440
 That was a big thing for me.

1306
01:18:59,500 --> 01:19:07,260
 Like, the second I started talking to them, and the second I stepped on campus, I was like, wow, the beautiful campus, the atmosphere of all the athletics, everything.

1307
01:19:07,640 --> 01:19:08,820
 Like, I couldn't pass it up.

1308
01:19:09,220 --> 01:19:11,380
 And, like, ever since, I've been so happy with my decision.

1309
01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:14,780
 And, like, looking back, I'm like, I was an Alabama fan the whole time.

1310
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 I don't know how I ever thought I could go anywhere else.

1311
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1323
01:20:15,180 --> 01:20:23,000
 Hey, it's Michelle Smallman, and coming to you Thursday, as week one in college football approaches, I'll tell you the head coaches who are entering the season on the hot seat.

1324
01:20:23,440 --> 01:20:27,280
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1325
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:32,360
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1326
01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:37,520
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1327
01:20:37,980 --> 01:20:38,680
 Welcome back, kid.

1328
01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:44,880
 Where in the world is Waldo, and where in the world has Andrew Adelson been?

1329
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:46,600
 Busy there at ESPN.

1330
01:20:46,820 --> 01:20:48,100
 Double A, welcome in.

1331
01:20:48,260 --> 01:20:49,020
 Welcome back.

1332
01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:49,680
 How are you?

1333
01:20:50,740 --> 01:20:59,500
 Fellas, I think the last time I was home in Orlando on a Tuesday, which is my usual spot, was the first week of July.

1334
01:20:59,840 --> 01:21:00,200
 Wow.

1335
01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:08,940
 It has been a very long ramp-up to the season, but happy to be out and about and thrilled I'm back on with you, fellas.

1336
01:21:09,440 --> 01:21:10,560
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1337
01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:11,740
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1338
01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:13,480
 Andrew, you got all the answers.

1339
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:15,420
 Why is Lane Kiffin pouting today?

1340
01:21:15,540 --> 01:21:16,660
 Did the dog eat his homework?

1341
01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:18,180
 Why is he pouting today?

1342
01:21:19,940 --> 01:21:23,000
 I mean, it could be any of a number of things, guys, right?

1343
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,240
 I just, can you keep up with what's happening?

1344
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:27,280
 This is my job.

1345
01:21:27,500 --> 01:21:32,120
 And I can barely keep up with what's happening in college football right now.

1346
01:21:32,340 --> 01:21:40,700
 And I just, what I find completely rich about this entire situation that we're in in college football,

1347
01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:48,400
 whether it's eligibility or signing guys off practice squads or rev share or salary caps or spending money,

1348
01:21:49,020 --> 01:21:56,260
 is the coaches complain at every turn about everything that has gone wrong.

1349
01:21:56,420 --> 01:22:00,200
 Yet they're the ones who are making things go wrong, fellas.

1350
01:22:00,660 --> 01:22:05,480
 They are the ones that are trying to bend the rules to their own whims.

1351
01:22:05,480 --> 01:22:10,160
 And then suddenly, when there's a pushback, well, I don't know who did that.

1352
01:22:10,300 --> 01:22:16,040
 It's like that guy in the hot dog costume, right, in the meme, like, we're looking for the guy who did this.

1353
01:22:17,380 --> 01:22:19,420
 Yeah, Lane Kiffin has done a lot of this himself.

1354
01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:21,880
 But that doesn't stop anyone from complaining about it, right?

1355
01:22:22,180 --> 01:22:22,480
 No.

1356
01:22:23,180 --> 01:22:29,500
 Double A, the SEC has banned NFL and NBA players from conference rosters.

1357
01:22:29,700 --> 01:22:37,020
 The Big Ten has, I believe the ACC is contemplating this, and they haven't already decided it.

1358
01:22:37,820 --> 01:22:42,120
 They did basically the same thing the Big Ten did, but they added a little caveat.

1359
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:53,500
 Greg Sankey has added, and the president's, the penalties, if somebody wants to try this, such as A.K.A. Lane Kiffin,

1360
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:58,460
 the head coach will be suspended for 50% of the season.

1361
01:22:59,020 --> 01:23:09,520
 And then the annual budget, the sports budget, will be either they're fined or they forfeit 50% of the sports budget.

1362
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:15,680
 Those are two things, dear, that I think would get my attention if I'm an athletic director.

1363
01:23:16,680 --> 01:23:24,720
 And I believe their basketball coach, Will Wade, would also be subject to these penalties because they're the guy they're trying to forget who played in the NBA.

1364
01:23:25,720 --> 01:23:32,860
 I don't know that there's a more out-of-control athletic program right now than LSU, including Kim Mulkey.

1365
01:23:32,980 --> 01:23:34,640
 But we won't get into all that.

1366
01:23:35,020 --> 01:23:44,980
 I think it's about time that conferences kind of put their foot down and say enough is enough because they do have some power in this situation.

1367
01:23:45,240 --> 01:23:48,260
 Yes, they've been trying to defer to Congress, and let's figure it out.

1368
01:23:48,420 --> 01:23:49,340
 Now, you know what?

1369
01:23:49,480 --> 01:23:58,280
 Like, if everyone can agree to a set rule, conference rule, there should be punishments and penalties that go along with it,

1370
01:23:58,320 --> 01:24:06,680
 just like what we saw with the Big 12 do with Sorsby and the gambling situation, which felt like a bridge too far over there.

1371
01:24:06,780 --> 01:24:09,420
 And then the league banded together and said, you know what?

1372
01:24:09,660 --> 01:24:11,080
 We're not going to take this.

1373
01:24:11,180 --> 01:24:12,340
 We don't have to take this.

1374
01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:13,400
 We are the conference.

1375
01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:15,280
 We can agree to a set of rules.

1376
01:24:15,480 --> 01:24:17,540
 And if you don't like it, too bad.

1377
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:19,180
 This is what everyone has agreed to.

1378
01:24:19,360 --> 01:24:30,200
 So I applaud the conferences for coming out and saying, look, signing guys off of an NFL team to come back to college, that's a bridge too far, too.

1379
01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:37,240
 If gambling's a bridge too far, then getting guys who've already been professional back into college is a bridge too far.

1380
01:24:37,240 --> 01:24:42,620
 It feels like those are two things that most people can agree on.

1381
01:24:42,760 --> 01:24:44,860
 I get that players are paid now.

1382
01:24:45,320 --> 01:24:48,000
 But this is still college sports.

1383
01:24:48,200 --> 01:24:49,940
 They're not professionals.

1384
01:24:50,420 --> 01:24:55,100
 And so that is, to me, the difference between these eligibility lawsuits, right?

1385
01:24:55,140 --> 01:24:56,320
 You want to get a fifth year.

1386
01:24:56,660 --> 01:24:57,820
 You didn't sign a contract.

1387
01:24:58,660 --> 01:25:02,500
 They've already grandfathered in the five for five for this year's class.

1388
01:25:02,580 --> 01:25:03,860
 I get that part of it.

1389
01:25:03,860 --> 01:25:13,840
 But if you've been on an NFL team and you've played in NFL preseason games and you've been in NFL camps, what world are we in?

1390
01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:18,540
 See, my fifth year of eligibility, that stuff shouldn't count.

1391
01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:31,840
 Especially when you see Tennessee get punished, their linebacker get punished because he signed an NFL contract, pulled out of the draft, and now has to serve a suspension because of, like, what, $400 worth of stuff that he took?

1392
01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:32,840
 Literally, yeah.

1393
01:25:33,080 --> 01:25:33,340
 Right?

1394
01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:36,260
 So, okay, we're playing by that set of rules.

1395
01:25:36,360 --> 01:25:41,260
 But now, suddenly, guys who literally were in NFL camps for a month can come back to college?

1396
01:25:41,980 --> 01:25:43,980
 I can't make sense of any of this, guys.

1397
01:25:44,420 --> 01:25:44,780
 Yeah.

1398
01:25:45,160 --> 01:25:46,520
 Let's add some spice to it.

1399
01:25:46,660 --> 01:25:47,820
 Jerry Maguire runs the world.

1400
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:48,580
 Show me the money.

1401
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:49,620
 That seems to be the theme.

1402
01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:51,520
 But how about Loverboy?

1403
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:55,100
 What kind of season is Loverboy going to kick off here this week at North Carolina?

1404
01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:56,240
 I think his name's Belichick.

1405
01:25:56,340 --> 01:25:58,520
 Talk to us about that team and his entourage.

1406
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:02,440
 Well, I mean, a lot of his entourage is missing.

1407
01:26:03,080 --> 01:26:06,360
 Their general manager, Michael Lombardi, is under investigation.

1408
01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:08,320
 He's not with the program right now.

1409
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:12,760
 His son, Steve Belichick, is out for undisclosed reasons.

1410
01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:14,940
 Don't think he'll be coaching in the game.

1411
01:26:15,080 --> 01:26:18,360
 So now it's going to be who's going to call the plays.

1412
01:26:18,460 --> 01:26:19,420
 We think it'll be Bill.

1413
01:26:19,540 --> 01:26:20,740
 He's been mum on the subject.

1414
01:26:21,440 --> 01:26:28,120
 So you've got that plus a game overseas in Ireland, which is never easy, whether you've got drama or not,

1415
01:26:28,340 --> 01:26:34,560
 to have to go and prepare for and play against a team that wiped the floor with you last year.

1416
01:26:34,580 --> 01:26:36,900
 He wiped the floor with you 41-7.

1417
01:26:36,900 --> 01:26:43,840
 And we all know that Sonny Dykes is going to have something ready for them, at least from an offensive perspective.

1418
01:26:44,320 --> 01:26:49,100
 You guys remember Bobby Petrino is now calling the plays for North Carolina offense.

1419
01:26:49,100 --> 01:26:49,640
 My gosh.

1420
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:52,680
 Bobby Petrino in Ireland with all that beer.

1421
01:26:54,180 --> 01:26:54,740
 Yes.

1422
01:26:54,980 --> 01:26:57,820
 It's good to remind people about what is coming.

1423
01:26:58,340 --> 01:27:12,480
 So, you know, I think a lot of this is I don't, even though it's year two, it feels like there are even more question marks about North Carolina going into this season because of what I just mentioned.

1424
01:27:12,480 --> 01:27:23,300
 But also because they've had another complete roster overhaul, they say that the guys now are more, quote, bought in to what they're trying to do.

1425
01:27:23,820 --> 01:27:33,400
 But it's hard to believe all of that, considering the speculation, the rumor, what's coming out of Chapel Hill.

1426
01:27:33,740 --> 01:27:37,460
 It doesn't feel like this is a very functional program right now.

1427
01:27:37,460 --> 01:27:37,660
 No.

1428
01:27:37,660 --> 01:27:42,480
 So it's hard to believe they're going to put together a functional product on the football field.

1429
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:43,260
 I could be wrong.

1430
01:27:43,260 --> 01:27:45,380
 We'll see what happens on Saturday.

1431
01:27:45,380 --> 01:27:51,960
 But I think there's a lot of people in Chapel Hill who are ready for this whole thing to be over.

1432
01:27:52,280 --> 01:27:55,840
 Double A, let me ask you about the ACC game.

1433
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:58,020
 North Carolina State at Virginia.

1434
01:27:58,200 --> 01:28:01,400
 This is 2.30 Central time on ESPN.

1435
01:28:01,540 --> 01:28:03,500
 Virginia, five-and-a-half point favorite.

1436
01:28:03,980 --> 01:28:06,760
 This may be the best game of the day.

1437
01:28:07,480 --> 01:28:19,120
 You've got two good quarterbacks, Bo Pribla, who was at Missouri last year, now with Virginia, and C.J. Bailey with North Carolina State.

1438
01:28:19,380 --> 01:28:22,660
 This has been quite a fun game the last couple of years.

1439
01:28:23,100 --> 01:28:23,740
 Your thoughts?

1440
01:28:25,020 --> 01:28:28,560
 Yeah, I think it will be the best game of the weekend.

1441
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:37,240
 This was supposed to be played in Brazil, but Brazil couldn't meet their end of the bargain, so now it's going to be played in Charlotte.

1442
01:28:37,240 --> 01:28:38,760
 Let's feel this is a conference game.

1443
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:46,140
 I think it's the first time, not counting COVID, that NC State, Dave Dorn, has actually opened with a conference game.

1444
01:28:46,940 --> 01:28:51,600
 So it's a unique challenge because these teams played each other last year.

1445
01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:52,800
 Virginia had a big lead.

1446
01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:55,480
 NC State came back in the second half to win.

1447
01:28:55,940 --> 01:28:58,100
 But they have different rosters, obviously.

1448
01:28:58,320 --> 01:28:59,260
 You mentioned C.J. Bailey.

1449
01:28:59,380 --> 01:29:01,460
 He's kind of the one constant for NC State.

1450
01:29:02,660 --> 01:29:06,600
 But they've got a completely revamped receiver group, new running backs.

1451
01:29:06,720 --> 01:29:10,700
 Virginia, obviously, revamped receiver group, new quarterback, new running backs.

1452
01:29:11,520 --> 01:29:14,820
 You know, the one kind of mainstay for Virginia is that offensive line.

1453
01:29:15,060 --> 01:29:19,980
 They return more starts than any program in the country along the offensive line.

1454
01:29:20,180 --> 01:29:31,900
 And so I know that they're going to want to establish the run, especially as Bo Pabula, as you mentioned, gets comfortable in this offense.

1455
01:29:33,020 --> 01:29:36,420
 And obviously, playing at home should give them a bit of an advantage.

1456
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:44,460
 But, you know, Tony Elliott has done such a nice job kind of building that program up from where it was to where it is now.

1457
01:29:44,660 --> 01:29:49,360
 They may have lost a bunch of those key pieces that helped them play for an ACC championship last year.

1458
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:54,560
 But they were just as active in the transfer portal in terms of filling some of those holes.

1459
01:29:55,280 --> 01:30:01,680
 So, you know, I asked him, do you feel pressure to kind of live up to what you guys did last year?

1460
01:30:02,100 --> 01:30:04,040
 You know, 11 wins, a program record.

1461
01:30:04,300 --> 01:30:07,280
 And he said it's not about living up to anything.

1462
01:30:07,660 --> 01:30:12,720
 You know, it's about kind of building off of what we were able to do last year.

1463
01:30:12,780 --> 01:30:14,980
 But I'm telling you, NC State, I was there yesterday.

1464
01:30:14,980 --> 01:30:23,820
 You know, Dave Doran, there's just – he feels so chill compared to previous years.

1465
01:30:23,960 --> 01:30:28,620
 I mean, he feels really good about this team and feels good about their trajectory.

1466
01:30:28,820 --> 01:30:33,320
 And I think a lot of that comes from C.J. Bailey, as you mentioned, now going into his third year as a starter,

1467
01:30:33,840 --> 01:30:38,680
 recruiting a bunch of his friends that he played with growing up in South Florida to kind of help him out,

1468
01:30:38,780 --> 01:30:40,620
 and JoJo Trader and Davion Gauss.

1469
01:30:40,620 --> 01:30:46,960
 So, the five-and-a-half to me is a little bit surprising because I feel like this is a very even matchup, guys.

1470
01:30:48,100 --> 01:30:49,520
 It's rather interesting.

1471
01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:54,340
 North Carolina's starting quarterback last year was a guy by the name of G.O. Lopez.

1472
01:30:54,940 --> 01:31:00,280
 I watched him play two years at James Clemens in Madison.

1473
01:31:00,540 --> 01:31:05,760
 He has now transferred to Wake Forest, and I think he's a little more healthy.

1474
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:09,920
 His offensive coordinator is a guy by the name of Rob Ezell.

1475
01:31:10,400 --> 01:31:13,200
 Rob Ezell is from Athens High School.

1476
01:31:13,460 --> 01:31:20,760
 He was a former walk-home quarterback at Alabama and does one of the best Nick Saban impressions I think I've ever seen.

1477
01:31:21,140 --> 01:31:26,280
 We will talk to you about that duo a little bit later in the season.

1478
01:31:26,540 --> 01:31:28,780
 But listen, we know you've been traveling.

1479
01:31:29,340 --> 01:31:30,860
 You've done a great job again.

1480
01:31:31,460 --> 01:31:32,720
 We've said this before.

1481
01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:33,760
 I'm proud of you.

1482
01:31:34,500 --> 01:31:43,700
 We had a discussion 17, 18, 19 years ago, and you were about to go to ESPN, and you were a little bit apprehensive,

1483
01:31:43,700 --> 01:31:48,420
 and I said you will do it, and we are proud of what you've been able to do there.

1484
01:31:48,500 --> 01:31:50,880
 You're on TV now more than Nick Saban is.

1485
01:31:51,300 --> 01:31:55,480
 Where can we get online and get all of your stuff and the teams?

1486
01:31:56,080 --> 01:31:57,940
 Gosh, thanks for making me cry today.

1487
01:31:58,260 --> 01:32:05,320
 Just add that to the list of things I didn't need, but I appreciate the kind words you guys have meant so much to me

1488
01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:09,900
 and helped me out over the years, and it's my absolute pleasure and honor to come on with you.

1489
01:32:09,960 --> 01:32:15,360
 I was sad that I didn't have a chance to be on for the last six weeks, so I'm happy that I'm back,

1490
01:32:15,560 --> 01:32:19,600
 and so appreciate all the support over the years.

1491
01:32:19,940 --> 01:32:23,980
 Inside Access, our show on ACC Network, is back tomorrow.

1492
01:32:24,160 --> 01:32:28,080
 You can catch that at 4 Central on ACC Network or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

1493
01:32:28,360 --> 01:32:31,980
 We will have Tony Elliott on previewing that game we just talked about,

1494
01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:36,500
 and I also sat down with C.J. Bailey yesterday, so we'll have that interview as well.

1495
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:39,740
 Lots of great preview stuff coming up in the next week.

1496
01:32:39,940 --> 01:32:45,640
 We'll talk about it a little bit more because I know you've got a Virginia Tech fan base in your parts.

1497
01:32:45,840 --> 01:32:49,580
 I've got a James Franklin story I'm working on as we speak that's going to be out next week,

1498
01:32:49,720 --> 01:32:53,000
 so everyone check that out on ESPN.com.

1499
01:32:53,080 --> 01:32:53,620
 Appreciate that.

1500
01:32:54,100 --> 01:32:56,020
 Stop all the verbal bouquets, Andrea.

1501
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 This segment brought to you by Kleenex, okay?

1502
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 Yes!

1503
01:33:01,080 --> 01:33:02,400
 Have a good day, Andrea.

1504
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 Thank you, dear.

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1547
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 Tim collects bobbleheads.

1548
01:35:28,180 --> 01:35:30,080
 A lot of bobbleheads.

1549
01:35:30,580 --> 01:35:31,620
 Baseball bobbleheads.

1550
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 Race car bobbleheads.

1551
01:35:33,460 --> 01:35:34,920
 Little chihuahua bobbleheads.

1552
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:37,940
 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

1553
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1554
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 No.

1555
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 Is his wife mad about it?

1556
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 A little.

1557
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 But Tim works with Empower, and he got good at money.

1558
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 So he can be a little bad.

1559
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 Ooh, horse bobblehead.

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1581
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1584
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1585
01:37:03,900 --> 01:37:07,880
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1586
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1587
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1607
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1612
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1613
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1622
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1623
01:38:47,120 --> 01:38:47,760
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1624
01:38:48,040 --> 01:38:51,860
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1625
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:54,300
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1626
01:38:54,520 --> 01:38:55,520
 Drew, welcome in.

1627
01:38:55,600 --> 01:38:56,180
 How are you?

1628
01:38:57,140 --> 01:38:57,840
 I'm good, guys.

1629
01:38:57,900 --> 01:38:58,280
 How are you?

1630
01:38:58,360 --> 01:38:58,660
 Hey, buddy.

1631
01:38:58,840 --> 01:38:59,620
 Hey, we're doing all right.

1632
01:38:59,620 --> 01:39:01,480
 Let's talk a little breaking news here.

1633
01:39:01,540 --> 01:39:05,640
 I don't think a lot of folks shocked another piece in the puzzle as far as starters

1634
01:39:05,640 --> 01:39:07,320
 for the upcoming season.

1635
01:39:07,320 --> 01:39:08,780
 Little Lifter against East Carolina.

1636
01:39:08,780 --> 01:39:14,740
 How many folks are shocked with a new inside linebacker position going to one, Luke Metz?

1637
01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:19,540
 Nah, he's been one of my guys I've had my eyes on since the spring.

1638
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:20,900
 I wasn't surprised.

1639
01:39:21,120 --> 01:39:23,160
 He came on really strong.

1640
01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:25,660
 I think as fall camp unfolded.

1641
01:39:26,520 --> 01:39:30,440
 He's a really good young player from Mill Creek High School in Georgia.

1642
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:33,800
 Same high school that Caleb Downs came from.

1643
01:39:34,020 --> 01:39:38,280
 And, you know, I was really impressed with him last year when a little bit of playing time

1644
01:39:38,280 --> 01:39:38,840
 that he got.

1645
01:39:38,980 --> 01:39:42,160
 It looked like he was grasping the scheme really well.

1646
01:39:42,300 --> 01:39:46,860
 And, you know, I know they brought in Caleb Winston to kind of be the red dot.

1647
01:39:46,980 --> 01:39:52,220
 But I just felt like we went all day long, you know, with Deontay Lawson, or Deontay Lawson,

1648
01:39:52,280 --> 01:39:57,400
 pardon me, and then losing Justin Jefferson and Micah Hill Green.

1649
01:39:57,760 --> 01:40:01,940
 He was going to be one of the guys, if he continued to progress at the rate he was,

1650
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:07,240
 that he was going to be someone that could compete for a starting position,

1651
01:40:07,420 --> 01:40:11,320
 and if not just really winning the job outright.

1652
01:40:11,540 --> 01:40:17,540
 And it's like for now, I certainly understand that they're going to be competing all year.

1653
01:40:17,720 --> 01:40:20,080
 Caden Jones has had a pretty good camp.

1654
01:40:22,740 --> 01:40:28,480
 I just really think that, overall, Luke Metz has been one of the better stories at camp,

1655
01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:30,220
 along with Mal Walder at left guard.

1656
01:40:30,320 --> 01:40:32,800
 But I think Luke is going to be a really good fit for this defense.

1657
01:40:33,980 --> 01:40:34,800
 I agree with you.

1658
01:40:34,940 --> 01:40:42,520
 I'm guessing D2 was not too surprised that Keylon Russell was named the starting quarterback

1659
01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:43,500
 for Alabama.

1660
01:40:44,720 --> 01:40:46,040
 No, no, I wasn't.

1661
01:40:46,220 --> 01:40:49,640
 He was the guy that I had kind of pegged back in the spring,

1662
01:40:49,640 --> 01:40:52,620
 and the way he ended and the way he played on 8A.

1663
01:40:52,760 --> 01:40:54,960
 And I understand Austin Mack was a little banged up,

1664
01:40:55,040 --> 01:41:02,320
 but his abilities to move laterally and just to make plays with his feet,

1665
01:41:02,480 --> 01:41:07,800
 to extend plays, his mobility, your ability to run RPOs with him,

1666
01:41:08,120 --> 01:41:12,280
 his ability to make all the throws, his accuracy, his arm talent as a whole.

1667
01:41:12,820 --> 01:41:14,860
 I just felt like he was the total package.

1668
01:41:15,040 --> 01:41:17,100
 Certainly, Austin Mack has outstanding size.

1669
01:41:17,100 --> 01:41:20,960
 I think he's got a really good arm talent himself, and I think he's a really good player.

1670
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:24,700
 But I just think, overall, that Keylon Russell's a special kid.

1671
01:41:24,900 --> 01:41:28,300
 I think he's cut out of the Bryce Young, Tua Tungvaloa mold.

1672
01:41:29,260 --> 01:41:32,040
 And you could say maybe Austin Mack is a Mack Jones.

1673
01:41:32,660 --> 01:41:36,800
 And Mack was really good in the system at Alabama and really worked hard.

1674
01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:43,180
 But I just really think that Tua and Bryce are probably the two best I've ever seen do it at Alabama.

1675
01:41:43,180 --> 01:41:46,840
 And I really think that this kid's cut from the same cloth.

1676
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:51,340
 And I think he was handpicked by Caelan DeBoer and the staff when they got to Alabama.

1677
01:41:51,500 --> 01:41:57,960
 Certainly, Austin Mack followed them from Washington and reclassified and had spent three years in the system.

1678
01:41:58,280 --> 01:42:01,960
 But Keelan Russell was a guy that had kind of flown under the radar,

1679
01:42:02,260 --> 01:42:04,200
 even though Duncan built a high-profile program.

1680
01:42:04,320 --> 01:42:06,380
 He was committed to Rhett Lashley at SMU.

1681
01:42:06,620 --> 01:42:08,280
 They quickly flipped him.

1682
01:42:08,500 --> 01:42:12,420
 And by the end of the recruiting cycle, you know, he was the number two player overall in the country.

1683
01:42:12,640 --> 01:42:15,300
 So I think he's lived up to the hype so far.

1684
01:42:15,440 --> 01:42:17,280
 I can't wait to see him play as the dude.

1685
01:42:17,500 --> 01:42:21,280
 And I think he's going to do some special things in this offense for Alabama.

1686
01:42:21,940 --> 01:42:23,560
 In the huddle with Drew DeArmond.

1687
01:42:23,680 --> 01:42:28,540
 Drew, on the other side of the coin, obviously by now most of us are familiar with the news.

1688
01:42:28,680 --> 01:42:31,360
 Jeremiah Beeman out again for this season.

1689
01:42:31,480 --> 01:42:31,960
 Poor kid.

1690
01:42:32,400 --> 01:42:34,580
 A lot of potential just can't get on the field.

1691
01:42:34,800 --> 01:42:38,780
 Your thoughts about the impact there, and I guess if there's such a thing as good news,

1692
01:42:38,820 --> 01:42:42,800
 and I always say that parathetically, is that they have depth in that position.

1693
01:42:42,940 --> 01:42:47,360
 Your thoughts about the impact of that, and then on the optimistic side,

1694
01:42:47,800 --> 01:42:52,600
 seems like some of the guys who've been nicked up may be, as they say, ahead of schedule

1695
01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:55,780
 to get back on the field sooner rather than later.

1696
01:42:57,040 --> 01:42:58,680
 Yeah, you know, it's tough for Beeman.

1697
01:42:58,680 --> 01:42:59,960
 I did some checking today.

1698
01:43:00,060 --> 01:43:02,200
 I think it's the same knee, which is really tough.

1699
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:04,780
 I think he tore up in camp last year.

1700
01:43:04,920 --> 01:43:08,480
 And so, second straight year, he's going to miss the entire season.

1701
01:43:08,760 --> 01:43:13,480
 You know, the last time we saw him, he was one of the few bright spots in what was really

1702
01:43:13,480 --> 01:43:17,340
 a thudder performance at the end of year one for Kevin DeBoer in the Reliak West Bowl

1703
01:43:17,340 --> 01:43:18,040
 against Michigan.

1704
01:43:18,640 --> 01:43:21,560
 He played really, really well, and he had redshirted that year.

1705
01:43:22,280 --> 01:43:23,660
 Now he's missed two straight.

1706
01:43:23,740 --> 01:43:26,440
 He got a medical hardship, I think, after last season.

1707
01:43:26,940 --> 01:43:28,800
 He's not eligible to get that this year,

1708
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:31,320
 so he'll have three years of eligibility remaining.

1709
01:43:31,500 --> 01:43:33,180
 In theory, he'll be a six-year guy.

1710
01:43:33,860 --> 01:43:36,840
 Hopefully, he can stay healthy, but it's just really, really tough.

1711
01:43:37,500 --> 01:43:41,580
 I didn't have him pegged to start, but I think he was going to be a rotational piece

1712
01:43:41,580 --> 01:43:45,920
 and play quite a bit because they have a lot of talent in that D-line room,

1713
01:43:45,980 --> 01:43:47,780
 but you just hate to see him go down.

1714
01:43:48,420 --> 01:43:50,580
 And then, of course, as far as the other two injuries,

1715
01:43:51,080 --> 01:43:52,960
 AK Deere had the tightrope surgery.

1716
01:43:53,680 --> 01:43:56,020
 I figured he would be out six to eight weeks.

1717
01:43:56,020 --> 01:43:59,880
 And if you remember, he injured it in the first scrimmage,

1718
01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:02,260
 so he's already had a few weeks to heal.

1719
01:44:02,940 --> 01:44:07,040
 And it looks like he's on schedule or maybe a little ahead of schedule right now,

1720
01:44:07,120 --> 01:44:10,900
 so potentially they could get him back in late September before Georgia.

1721
01:44:11,400 --> 01:44:13,440
 And, again, I don't think he was going to start,

1722
01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:15,880
 but certainly had to have him in the rotation

1723
01:44:15,880 --> 01:44:18,500
 and his abilities as a runner and receiver

1724
01:44:18,500 --> 01:44:20,860
 and a guy where the light was kind of turning on.

1725
01:44:21,300 --> 01:44:23,280
 I mean, certainly that's going to be a boon.

1726
01:44:23,400 --> 01:44:25,340
 And then I had been told over a month ago

1727
01:44:25,340 --> 01:44:27,440
 that Noah Rogers was ahead of schedule

1728
01:44:27,440 --> 01:44:30,980
 and that instead of being back in late October, early November,

1729
01:44:31,480 --> 01:44:33,880
 he was very likely to be back by the end of September.

1730
01:44:34,220 --> 01:44:36,080
 He's been running routes for a while.

1731
01:44:36,460 --> 01:44:40,040
 I know they've let pictures leak out now that he's been in practice

1732
01:44:40,040 --> 01:44:42,840
 and going through, maybe not full bore,

1733
01:44:42,900 --> 01:44:44,300
 but they've certainly been giving him reps.

1734
01:44:44,300 --> 01:44:46,920
 And so I think if he doesn't hit a snag here,

1735
01:44:46,980 --> 01:44:48,980
 he should be back by late September as well.

1736
01:44:49,140 --> 01:44:52,140
 And certainly that's huge because they don't have a ton of depth right now

1737
01:44:52,140 --> 01:44:53,200
 in the wide receiver room.

1738
01:44:53,300 --> 01:44:57,100
 And he's a guy that was a five-star, went to Ohio State out of high school,

1739
01:44:57,180 --> 01:45:02,120
 then ended up in NC State, finished last year strong in their bowl win

1740
01:45:02,120 --> 01:45:05,240
 and had a really good scrimmage before getting hurt in A-day,

1741
01:45:05,300 --> 01:45:06,560
 had a couple of touchdowns.

1742
01:45:06,580 --> 01:45:10,540
 And I know Kellen DeBoer feels like he's a really good fit for them schematically.

1743
01:45:10,540 --> 01:45:17,160
 So getting him back by the end of September, I think, would also be big for that wide receiver room.

1744
01:45:17,820 --> 01:45:21,080
 Was Mal Wontrup the biggest surprise to you in summer camp?

1745
01:45:22,740 --> 01:45:27,180
 I would say pretty much, yeah, I would say that that would be accurate.

1746
01:45:27,600 --> 01:45:29,380
 I didn't have him pegged to start.

1747
01:45:29,620 --> 01:45:32,800
 I had William Sanders, and then William missed the spring.

1748
01:45:33,020 --> 01:45:36,180
 But I really had Mal as the backup center to Racine Delgatti.

1749
01:45:36,180 --> 01:45:40,640
 But, you know, but obviously Mal's been busting it,

1750
01:45:40,760 --> 01:45:43,860
 and he's a guy that can play both guard spots and center.

1751
01:45:44,420 --> 01:45:46,020
 So he's somebody that's versatile.

1752
01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,900
 His dad played at Alabama under Coach DeBose and Coach Fran.

1753
01:45:50,120 --> 01:45:54,160
 And so he's a Bama kid and came from a really good program,

1754
01:45:54,300 --> 01:45:56,520
 playing for Patrick Nix at Central Phoenix City.

1755
01:45:57,020 --> 01:46:01,040
 And, you know, he kind of reminds me of Bradley Bozeman a little bit.

1756
01:46:01,100 --> 01:46:05,620
 A guy that's probably been underestimated but plays really hard, really, really smart,

1757
01:46:05,740 --> 01:46:09,220
 can play different positions, could be the center down the road.

1758
01:46:09,360 --> 01:46:12,780
 But right now I think he's taking advantage of, you know,

1759
01:46:13,080 --> 01:46:18,600
 obviously Sanders missed the entire spring and then has just now started to get healthy.

1760
01:46:18,780 --> 01:46:20,820
 So they're really kind of pushing each other.

1761
01:46:21,180 --> 01:46:25,180
 But if you had to ask me, I think he's earned the right to start against East Carolina.

1762
01:46:25,320 --> 01:46:27,000
 He started in both scrimmages.

1763
01:46:27,180 --> 01:46:29,240
 And I think both of them will play at left guard.

1764
01:46:29,700 --> 01:46:33,140
 But right now I would say, yeah, I think he is the surprise of fall camp

1765
01:46:33,140 --> 01:46:38,320
 and certainly has won a job potentially at left guard on that offensive line.

1766
01:46:38,560 --> 01:46:39,040
 All right.

1767
01:46:39,120 --> 01:46:41,140
 Let me ask you a scouting report.

1768
01:46:41,660 --> 01:46:48,740
 The Beard Boys' alma mater, Jasper, used to be Walker, beat Huntsville last week 28-14.

1769
01:46:48,980 --> 01:46:52,720
 They're coming up here to play Florence Friday night.

1770
01:46:52,720 --> 01:46:56,340
 They have got some explosive players offensively.

1771
01:46:56,400 --> 01:47:03,520
 E.J. Oliver threw two touchdowns, ran for another against Huntsville in the 28-14 win.

1772
01:47:04,140 --> 01:47:11,380
 Zion Cogger is ranked the number nine running back in the country.

1773
01:47:11,560 --> 01:47:13,580
 I think he may be as good defensively.

1774
01:47:13,640 --> 01:47:14,780
 He had to pick six.

1775
01:47:15,300 --> 01:47:19,940
 Tell us about the Jasper Vikings and what Florence has to look forward to.

1776
01:47:21,140 --> 01:47:24,460
 Well, I mean, I thought Huntsville actually played really well in the game.

1777
01:47:24,620 --> 01:47:29,340
 They really kind of – they contained Cogger as far as a runner.

1778
01:47:30,180 --> 01:47:33,860
 He made a few good runs, but he didn't break anything long.

1779
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:40,660
 He had a really big conversion on a third and long catch that really – in the fourth quarter

1780
01:47:40,660 --> 01:47:45,680
 that extended a drive and put them in position to take the lead, which they did.

1781
01:47:46,820 --> 01:47:52,200
 Well, E.J. Oliver, I believe, ran the football in, and they ended up taking that 21-14 lead

1782
01:47:52,200 --> 01:47:58,400
 with about five, six minutes, I think – or actually a little under five minutes left in the fourth quarter.

1783
01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:04,720
 Huntsville had had a third down and about half a yard inside the 10-yard line,

1784
01:48:04,760 --> 01:48:10,940
 and if they had made that first down, had a great chance to score with about seven-plus minutes in the fourth quarter

1785
01:48:10,940 --> 01:48:13,960
 and take the lead and put the onus on Jasper.

1786
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:21,780
 But Huntsville got a 10-yard holding penalty, plus Jasper held up their front seven talented.

1787
01:48:22,260 --> 01:48:24,160
 They certainly stuffed the run.

1788
01:48:24,280 --> 01:48:28,760
 Huntsville lost three yards there anyway, so Huntsville had to turn it over on downs.

1789
01:48:28,760 --> 01:48:33,940
 But Jasper with E.J. Oliver and Coger, they drove down the field, scored.

1790
01:48:34,700 --> 01:48:38,880
 And then right after that, they didn't play Coger much on defense,

1791
01:48:39,160 --> 01:48:43,160
 but they categorized him on this play as a linebacker.

1792
01:48:43,200 --> 01:48:47,920
 I thought he looked like he was dropping back playing safety, but he did read the QB really well.

1793
01:48:48,380 --> 01:48:51,020
 The transfer from Bob Jones for Huntsville, he picked him.

1794
01:48:51,180 --> 01:48:54,140
 And it was really the only mistake for Huntsville the entire game,

1795
01:48:54,140 --> 01:48:58,320
 but it sealed it, made it 28-14 with about three minutes to go,

1796
01:48:58,460 --> 01:49:00,500
 and Jasper was able to pull away.

1797
01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:01,760
 But it was a good football game.

1798
01:49:02,280 --> 01:49:04,420
 I thought Huntsville's front seven held up well.

1799
01:49:04,840 --> 01:49:06,480
 Their secondary needs some work.

1800
01:49:06,700 --> 01:49:09,340
 You know, they're replacing Ben Watson, who's at Sanford,

1801
01:49:09,380 --> 01:49:11,940
 and some other good players that were back there last year.

1802
01:49:12,020 --> 01:49:14,560
 Zavian Drake didn't play much in the secondary, if at all.

1803
01:49:14,960 --> 01:49:16,680
 He was playing running back and receiver.

1804
01:49:17,400 --> 01:49:21,160
 Huntsville's got to shore up their short yardage offense a little bit

1805
01:49:21,160 --> 01:49:23,180
 and their offensive line play.

1806
01:49:24,140 --> 01:49:25,820
 He's got some new guys in different places.

1807
01:49:26,040 --> 01:49:31,580
 But I thought, you know, when we saw Jasper, they spread it out a little bit.

1808
01:49:31,760 --> 01:49:35,740
 You know, they hurt Huntsville with tunnel screens and throwing underneath.

1809
01:49:36,060 --> 01:49:38,400
 Oliver didn't throw the ball down the field much,

1810
01:49:38,900 --> 01:49:42,720
 but they do have speed at both the wide receiver spots and at tailback.

1811
01:49:43,180 --> 01:49:46,100
 And they operate from like a one-back spread most of the time.

1812
01:49:46,100 --> 01:49:50,760
 They do a little bit of a two-back a little bit and did a little bit of eye formation,

1813
01:49:50,980 --> 01:49:54,840
 but they're mostly a spread team, and they like to run some spread option

1814
01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:58,200
 and some spread concepts and some RPOs and some zone reads.

1815
01:49:58,480 --> 01:50:00,200
 And so they're a good football team.

1816
01:50:00,260 --> 01:50:01,500
 It should be a good game with Florence.

1817
01:50:01,500 --> 01:50:05,120
 I saw Florence against Huntsville the previous week in their jamboree,

1818
01:50:05,180 --> 01:50:06,340
 and Florence looked pretty good.

1819
01:50:06,540 --> 01:50:08,500
 They've got a quarterback with some arm talent,

1820
01:50:08,600 --> 01:50:12,160
 and I know they went over to Benson Valley and laid waste to the Indians.

1821
01:50:12,300 --> 01:50:15,040
 So that's probably going to be a tough road trip for Jasper.

1822
01:50:15,480 --> 01:50:15,960
 Absolutely.

1823
01:50:16,720 --> 01:50:18,280
 By the way, congratulations.

1824
01:50:18,800 --> 01:50:24,820
 You and Steve Moulton and Scott did a great job calling the Columbia game.

1825
01:50:24,960 --> 01:50:27,760
 I listened to the second half of that, and I know Columbia,

1826
01:50:28,460 --> 01:50:30,900
 I heard the interview this morning with Sammy Coates,

1827
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:32,660
 is the team of the week.

1828
01:50:33,040 --> 01:50:35,040
 That is not a surprise at all.

1829
01:50:35,640 --> 01:50:40,720
 Where can we get online and listen to the show and everything else you've got going on?

1830
01:50:41,800 --> 01:50:44,380
 Yeah, we're really excited for Sammy Coates,

1831
01:50:44,520 --> 01:50:46,120
 and Columbia will be out there tomorrow.

1832
01:50:46,460 --> 01:50:51,740
 A well-earned win, 41-0 run after falling behind 14-0 to Greensboro,

1833
01:50:51,900 --> 01:50:53,480
 snapping that streak.

1834
01:50:53,700 --> 01:50:56,220
 Now we've got to get the lead generals back in the win column.

1835
01:50:56,460 --> 01:51:00,920
 And certainly, you know, they can connect with me at DrewD977ESPN,

1836
01:51:01,100 --> 01:51:04,380
 now that the Nigerians gave it back on X.

1837
01:51:04,540 --> 01:51:08,600
 And then certainly they can connect with us at 977ESPN.com.

1838
01:51:08,840 --> 01:51:12,420
 And on our SoundCloud account, if you miss anything and want to catch the show,

1839
01:51:12,840 --> 01:51:17,020
 97.7 The Zone, ESPN 97.7 The Zone.

1840
01:51:17,100 --> 01:51:18,240
 That's our SoundCloud page.

1841
01:51:18,300 --> 01:51:20,920
 And then also WZZN TV on YouTube.

1842
01:51:20,920 --> 01:51:25,060
 You can go back and catch any of our content if you want to look at my bearded face.

1843
01:51:25,260 --> 01:51:26,740
 And certainly they can connect with me.

1844
01:51:26,960 --> 01:51:29,320
 And we're going to be busy this week, too.

1845
01:51:29,640 --> 01:51:32,220
 Randolph's going to be traveling to Whitesburg Christian Academy.

1846
01:51:32,380 --> 01:51:35,340
 That'll be a very interesting matchup of 1-0 teams.

1847
01:51:35,440 --> 01:51:36,660
 And then we're going to be honored.

1848
01:51:36,760 --> 01:51:40,400
 We're going to be bringing you the Samford Bulldogs and UNA Lions live

1849
01:51:40,400 --> 01:51:42,540
 from Wicks Family Field on Saturday as well.

1850
01:51:42,660 --> 01:51:44,620
 So a lot of football this weekend.

1851
01:51:45,200 --> 01:51:47,440
 Other than that, not a thing going on.

1852
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:50,160
 Drew, listen, man, stay safe out there and thanks for your time today.

1853
01:51:51,440 --> 01:51:52,600
 Really appreciate it, guys.

1854
01:51:52,640 --> 01:51:54,580
 And I didn't have to say Lane Kiffin one time.

1855
01:51:55,000 --> 01:51:55,660
 There you go.

1856
01:51:56,180 --> 01:51:57,520
 We'll save it for next week.

1857
01:51:57,920 --> 01:52:00,020
 Rudy Armand, 97.7 FM The Zone.

1858
01:52:00,100 --> 01:52:02,780
 Baby, we've got a busy night again.

1859
01:52:02,880 --> 01:52:05,400
 You're on 93.9, the score, my friend.

1860
01:52:05,520 --> 01:52:09,600
 Yeah, I said yesterday, Harold, I hope the Braves can win the series over the Dodgers.

1861
01:52:09,740 --> 01:52:10,780
 They got the first step.

1862
01:52:10,880 --> 01:52:12,600
 They won last night 4-3.

1863
01:52:12,680 --> 01:52:16,060
 Aussie Albies, two-out RBI single.

1864
01:52:16,200 --> 01:52:18,560
 The Braves win 4-2-3.

1865
01:52:19,380 --> 01:52:21,740
 Three-game lead over the Phillies.

1866
01:52:21,840 --> 01:52:25,080
 They've got seven games on the Phillies in September.

1867
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:27,740
 Actually, four and a half now in the fields.

1868
01:52:27,860 --> 01:52:29,440
 They got beat last night.

1869
01:52:29,580 --> 01:52:33,400
 And you can hear the Braves tonight after, hey, coach.

1870
01:52:33,560 --> 01:52:36,260
 It's all straight ahead right here on 93.9, the score.

1871
01:52:36,580 --> 01:52:40,220
 It's going to take care of us for now on behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1872
01:52:40,320 --> 01:52:42,460
 Paral Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1873
01:52:42,940 --> 01:52:47,720
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to two for the B.M.O. Buck Show back here on Sports Radio from 93.9, the score.