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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.

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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, the score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us a speed ride around the Tennessee Valley and for checking in on the 93.9, the score out wherever you may be.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 And three, two, one.

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 Are you ready to raise the curtain on week zero of college football tonight?

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 How are you?

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 And as Roger was saying, tonight's the night, BB.

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 It all gets rocking.

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 Happy Thursday to you and the listeners.

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 In fact, there are 22 FCS games on tap for tonight.

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 Mike Rodak, Obama247, had a tweet earlier today about Alabama starting the 2029 season on August the 25th

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 with Louisiana Tech, which would be the earliest kickoff ever.

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 And, oh, by the way, their opponent the next week, Notre Dame in South Bend.

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 Caleb Suggs of the Decatur Daily previews some of the top games for week two in high school football.

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 And BB is here to preview week zero games and talk a little bit about Lane Kiffin, who, by the way, has got a tremendous Dr. Pepper Fansville commercial that was released this morning.

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 How humble of Lane to take time out of his busy schedule.

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 I guess he's traded the social media for seeing the doctor at the Pepper's house.

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 We see Bill Bender on a weekly basis.

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 He is the man at the Sporting News.

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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Harold, Brett.

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 I can't get any work done.

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 I've watched this Lane Kiffin commercial.

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 Is Lane now basically a combination of Steve Spurrier and Nick Saban?

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 Is he taking over the role of, I mean, let's go back.

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 I don't know if how, just going back to tennis.

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 Back in the day, you had John McEnroe and the bad guy in NASCAR.

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 You had Dale Earnhardt and the good guy in wrestling.

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 You got the good guy and the bad guy.

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 Is Lane now the bad guy and everybody gets to take shots at him?

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 The Big Ten comes out earlier this week and says, nope, we are not taking any of these former college players

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 Again, North Carolina.

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 TCU and Bill Bender put out his predictions for week zero again.

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 TCU is seven-and-point favorite.

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 Billy Edwards coming in from Maryland.

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 In the huddle with a man, hooking up with us, Bill Bender of the Sporting News.

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 Bill, interesting game here for a lot of reasons.

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 People remember Dan Mullen at Florida and Mississippi State.

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 Alabama fans may remember this name, Charlie Huff, back in the day.

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 Back in the day, UNA would play Jack State in the Old Gov South Conference in a regular season.

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 My, oh, my, how both schools have moved on up, as they say in TV land.

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 That one, it's hard to wrap your brain around if you're an Ohio University grad like me.

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 This is a 2-30 game central on, no, I'm sorry, 3-30 on ESPN.

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 Battle of the quarterbacks.

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 Here we go again, Bill.

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 Fifth-year senior, Bo Pribula.

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 Where did he play last year?

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 C.J. Bailey getting a lot of NFL buzz.

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 You have got North Carolina State in an upset, 30-27.

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 I don't think it's an upset.

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 I mean, I know Virginia's got a nice offensive line around, but Pribula, who was another, hey, man, look at that guy.

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 Where was he last year?

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 In the SEC.

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 But Bailey is tough.

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 And Dave Dorn, 4-0 against the Cavaliers.

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 So, that's going to be, that's another, really, a reason to watch.

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 I know we're going to be focused on Belichick, but that's a key ACC game.

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 Remember, they played last year, but it was because it's college football.

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 They played a game, but it didn't count toward the ACC standings.

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 Great stuff.

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 Looking forward to week zero finally here, and then everything gets kicked off next week.

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 Talk about the article you mentioned a little bit earlier, and where can we get online to get all the great stuff.

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 Yeah, we have our 1-to-138 rankings up now.

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 We'll have stories on Belichick and North Dakota State tomorrow.

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 And then next time you guys talk to me, I mean, we'll be on that Thursday and week one.

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 So, I'm looking forward to it, and always appreciate it from you guys.

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 In the meantime, enjoy your neighbors tonight.

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 Youngstown State and Mercyhurst.

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 Get ready, Bill, for the game tonight.

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 I guess some folks would say week one of high school football action and getting ready to tee it up in a lot of places tonight.

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 Caleb Suggs all over that and everything else when it comes to high school sports.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, bud.

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 Man, we talked about it.

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 It's already off, rocking, and rolling.

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 Before we set the table and the menu for what's coming up this week on the respective high school grid irons,

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 Caleb, what stood out to you in whichever way you want to refer to it, week zero, week one of high school football in our neck of the woods?

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 Yeah, it definitely, first of all, it definitely should be changed to week one.

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 Thank you.

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 Because I think everybody plays at this point.

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 But, yeah, I think, you know, in our neck of the woods, we had two big surprises on, you know, one that was a good surprise and one that was a bad surprise.

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 And the good surprise, I think, was seeing Hartzell kind of manhandle Bob Jones the way they did.

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 I thought that was, you know, I thought they would win.

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 But with so many new players, a new offensive play caller, for them to come out and, you know, dominate like they did, I thought, I didn't see that coming.

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 So, you know, that was a pleasant surprise.

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 And then on the other side, you know, I really didn't expect to see Austin struggle as much as they did.

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 But still, I think it was surprising to see.

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 Let me ask you about another surprise.

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 Now, you predicted this, and I'll give you credit for that.

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 Athens, 28, West Morgan, 6.

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 The end of a 34-game regular season winning streak.

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 Athens was very impressive against West Morgan in the game.

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 They were dominant, 7-6 halftime lead, pulled away running back Caden Bledsoe, rushed 19 times for 134 yards.

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 Seth Parker got off to a rough start in losing their game.

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 Hartzell, three turnovers, the safety, and the punt block.

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 You're going to lose the game if you're doing that.

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 Athens at Bob Jones.

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 Yeah, I think, you know, I didn't find it too much of a surprise that, you know,

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 they beat West Morgan, and in the score, it was a lot closer than the score.

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 trying to just kind of, you know, desperately throw the ball around.

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 Athens was almost 7A, and West Morgan was still in 4A.

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 Yes, it is.

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 But not to take away from the fact that Athens did play very well.

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 I don't expect them to play like they did last week.

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 This should be a pretty good game.

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 I'm interested to see.

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 but two teams I still feel like are pretty even.

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 Which means West Morgan now is on the rebound tour,

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 and you're talking about a tough task to bounce back.

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 West Morgan at Madison Academy, both teams coming in with a nasty mood.

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 Both teams losing their opener.

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 Your thoughts about the Rebels and Mustangs?

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 Yeah, I think a much more manageable opponent for West Morgan.

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 You know, I really thought they competed well against Athens last week,

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 and then, you know, depth just became an issue in the second half.

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 West Morgan has a lot of guys that play both ways,

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 and Athens didn't have any guys that were playing both ways.

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462
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 You know, I'm interested to see if West Morgan,

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 they didn't throw it very much last week.

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 They pretty much were all run heavy,

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 They have a young quarterback coming up, you know.

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 So, we'll see there.

468
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,340
 Obviously, you know, I know Coach got too well at Madison Academy.

469
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,140
 He's going to have them very well prepared.

470
00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:15,560
 You know, I think a lot of people are discrediting how good Marce Hill can be this year

471
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,520
 because Coach Higgins went off to Russellville.

472
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,700
 I still expect them to be really good.

473
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,100
 So, I think, you know, losing by three to them is not something to scoff at.

474
00:25:23,180 --> 00:25:25,200
 So, I think this will be a really good game.

475
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,100
 I think what's more going to bounce back, though.

476
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,880
 Good point about Marce Hill.

477
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,560
 Partsall want to know what come in 0-1.

478
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,660
 You touched on it a little bit earlier.

479
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:42,140
 Partsall with a big win over Bob Jones as Asa Friola, 133 yards.

480
00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:45,240
 What impressed me, they ran for 236.

481
00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:48,860
 Maddox Southern, 124 yards.

482
00:25:49,060 --> 00:25:54,280
 Burt Newton in his defense forced three turnovers, a safety, and a blocked punt.

483
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,860
 That's how you win football games.

484
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,800
 Yeah, I mean, everything that is the recipe for success at Hartzell,

485
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,800
 the way it's always been, is what they did last week.

486
00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:07,500
 They forced turnovers, they played defense, they took their shots on offense,

487
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,140
 and they ran the ball very effectively.

488
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,480
 I think that was the biggest thing.

489
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,600
 I mean, not that I thought that Hartzell would struggle to run the ball,

490
00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:15,560
 but the fact, you know, with three new offensive linemen,

491
00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:16,980
 new running backs, a new quarterback,

492
00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:20,260
 the fact that they were physically just pushed Bob Jones around,

493
00:26:20,340 --> 00:26:21,480
 I thought was very impressive.

494
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,700
 I think that's going to be a much bigger challenge coming in this week.

495
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,540
 I know Coleman lost to Boaz on the road last week.

496
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,200
 I think Boaz is a really good team,

497
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,060
 and I don't think that's a result to scoff at.

498
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,600
 But you go to that stadium, it's just, I know from experience,

499
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,300
 it's a tough place to play, especially in a Hartzell-Coleman game.

500
00:26:37,420 --> 00:26:40,140
 It's going to be wild, a crazy atmosphere.

501
00:26:40,340 --> 00:26:42,200
 I'm interested to see how Hartzell takes that.

502
00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,760
 You know, obviously, you know, they won last week,

503
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:46,880
 so they're going to come in with confidence.

504
00:26:47,140 --> 00:26:49,000
 But, you know, you come in overconfident,

505
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,580
 especially against a team that, you know,

506
00:26:50,620 --> 00:26:53,100
 you've dominated recently and coming off a loss.

507
00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:55,700
 I'm really interested to see how this game goes.

508
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,440
 I think Coleman is much improved this year,

509
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,060
 even though they did lose last week.

510
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,480
 And like I said, it's a tough place to play.

511
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,420
 So, you know, I think this is going to be a four-quarter game.

512
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,480
 It's going to go down the end.

513
00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:08,000
 I still favor Hartzell.

514
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,920
 But definitely, I definitely don't foresee a 35-6 like it was last week.

515
00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:15,320
 Caleb Suggs in the huddle with us, the Decatur Daily.

516
00:27:15,420 --> 00:27:18,440
 We talked earlier about Austin getting off to a disappointing start.

517
00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:20,600
 Sparkman's also going to be in a bad mood.

518
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,600
 Both teams looking for their first win.

519
00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:27,040
 The Senators on the road, not as big of a blowout there,

520
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,440
 losing to Spain Park, 17-13.

521
00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:32,180
 Your thoughts about Austin and Sparkman?

522
00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:37,160
 Yeah, you know, I was a little surprised at that Spain Park score,

523
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,720
 which I don't really know much about Spain Park this year.

524
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:40,860
 They may have lost a lot.

525
00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:42,640
 But I thought that was a real close game.

526
00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:44,020
 So, now you're going in.

527
00:27:44,180 --> 00:27:45,880
 Austin just needs to get off to a better start.

528
00:27:45,980 --> 00:27:48,100
 They got off to a terrible start last week.

529
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,940
 I think James Clemmons' first two or three drives started in Austin territory.

530
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,840
 So, I mean, that's just not a recipe for success.

531
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:59,360
 You know, they brought a lot of bad experience back,

532
00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:01,940
 but I think the two positions they didn't bring experience back

533
00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:04,960
 was quarterback and middle linebacker, which is so important for Austin.

534
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,880
 And I think that was kind of the weaknesses for them in last week.

535
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,480
 So, we'll see if they can improve there.

536
00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:14,740
 You know, but I think this is, you know, Coach Perkins, I mean, he's such a good coach.

537
00:28:14,780 --> 00:28:19,740
 And I think he's one of the best coaches at improving from week one to the first game to the second game.

538
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:20,800
 One of the best I've seen.

539
00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:24,820
 I mean, when he gets, like, some actual game film to see, you know, what they need to work on,

540
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,260
 he gets that fixed really quickly.

541
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,520
 So, I expect Austin to be much improved this week.

542
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,880
 It's still going to be a tough game.

543
00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:33,080
 Spartan's always been a tough place to play for Austin.

544
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,900
 Even when Spartan wasn't very good, and Austin was, it's always been a tough place.

545
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,360
 So, it really could go either way, you know, honestly.

546
00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:44,220
 But I do expect Austin to be much improved this week from what we saw last week.

547
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:48,020
 Let me ask you about what may be the fun game on Friday night.

548
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,600
 Lawrence County, the Red Devils, 1-0 after beating East Lawrence.

549
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,420
 You know the coach at East Lawrence pretty well.

550
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,680
 Hatton beat Brooks 27-2-20.

551
00:28:58,940 --> 00:29:00,300
 That was quite a game itself.

552
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,840
 Nikita Stover, second year.

553
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,600
 Brett Voss in his second year.

554
00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:08,840
 Lawrence County's got a running back, Tavion Jones.

555
00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:13,420
 He ran for 252 yards and four touchdowns.

556
00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:13,700
 Wow.

557
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,820
 With their big offensive line.

558
00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:17,820
 Eli Mitchell, 93 yards.

559
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,340
 Hatton, who beat Brooks, as I mentioned.

560
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,140
 Cade Parham threw for nearly 200.

561
00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:25,360
 Nassie Gamble ran for 128.

562
00:29:25,660 --> 00:29:28,380
 Bowling caught 100 yards worth of passes.

563
00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:33,160
 This should be one of the more entertaining games in North Alabama Friday night.

564
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:34,520
 Yeah, I agree.

565
00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:39,860
 I'm actually a little jealous of my colleague, Zane Turner, who works at the Moulton Advertiser.

566
00:29:39,980 --> 00:29:42,740
 I told him, I said, you know, he's the one that replaced me.

567
00:29:42,820 --> 00:29:44,120
 I used to work at the Moulton Advertiser.

568
00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:47,060
 And I told him, well, I didn't have teams and players like this when I worked there.

569
00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:51,940
 So, I think that just goes to show you, you know, kind of Lawrence County kind of coming back

570
00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:54,080
 to their history of being, you know, having some great athletes.

571
00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:54,620
 And they do.

572
00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:57,760
 I mean, Hatton, obviously, is littered with great players.

573
00:29:58,340 --> 00:29:59,740
 You know, they're really good.

574
00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:01,940
 We saw that last year in Stover's first year.

575
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,200
 They're going to be even better this year.

576
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,880
 But I was really impressed with Lawrence County.

577
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,520
 I thought their offensive line is so massive.

578
00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,520
 And their running back, Tavion Jones, as you said, that kid's a beast.

579
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,540
 And he's only a sophomore.

580
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,180
 I mean, he's only going to get better and better.

581
00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:16,940
 I think he's already one of the best running backs in our area.

582
00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:20,760
 And so, they were just so hard to stop the running attack.

583
00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:22,060
 I don't even know if they threw it.

584
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:23,980
 I think they threw it maybe three times the whole game.

585
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,420
 I think that's just how good they are.

586
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,860
 So, I think this is going to be very entertaining.

587
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:29,040
 You're talking about a rivalry.

588
00:30:29,180 --> 00:30:31,400
 They played every year for I don't know how long.

589
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,540
 But it's been a jamboree.

590
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,600
 So, now it's a regular season matchup.

591
00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:36,340
 That place is going to be electric.

592
00:30:36,340 --> 00:30:40,420
 I can tell you from experience, those rivalry games are always a great atmosphere,

593
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:41,680
 even when the teams weren't good.

594
00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:43,660
 Now, you have two really good teams.

595
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:47,880
 So, yeah, if you want an underrated game that's going to be really excited to go to around here,

596
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:48,940
 that's the one I would pick.

597
00:30:49,540 --> 00:30:52,400
 By the way, congratulations to two teams.

598
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,020
 Harold and I talked about Columbia all week.

599
00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,160
 They're going to be hosting East Limestone.

600
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,240
 Of course, they ended that 101-game losing streak.

601
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:07,120
 Lindsey Lane won their first-ever varsity football game last week.

602
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,920
 They had a great baseball team, and I think they're going to have an incredible athletic program.

603
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,500
 Robbie Parker is the administrator, the principal there.

604
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:17,900
 Listen, great stuff.

605
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,040
 I know you've got your previews.

606
00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,760
 You've got your predictions online today.

607
00:31:23,260 --> 00:31:24,560
 You'll have the recamps.

608
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:28,860
 You can follow it on Twitter and certainly get the recamps.

609
00:31:28,860 --> 00:31:31,260
 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

610
00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:34,540
 Yeah, you can get online at DecaturDaily.com.

611
00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:37,980
 We have our blitz section that came out today that has all that stuff you just mentioned

612
00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:40,560
 with the previews and the features and the stats and all that,

613
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,140
 and then you can find all our game coverage tomorrow night.

614
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:44,760
 Sounds great.

615
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,260
 Listen, man, Caleb, stay safe out there, and thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

616
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 Thanks, guys.

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735
00:38:05,220 --> 00:38:05,880
 Welcome back in.

736
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,860
 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello to R.C. Ryan Callahan.

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 He's busy following the Tennessee Vols there at Gold Vols 24-7.

738
00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:15,580
 Ryan, welcome in.

739
00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:16,380
 How are you?

740
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:17,920
 Hey, guys.

741
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:18,360
 Doing well.

742
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:18,680
 How are you?

743
00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:19,080
 Hey, Boone.

744
00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:19,900
 Hey, we're doing all right.

745
00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:33,700
 The question that we want to start with, if you don't mind, Ryan, is Tennessee going to win the national championship, win the Congress, both House of Representatives, and the Senate of the White House with a Mr. Brandon show?

746
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:39,340
 Well, they feel optimistic, I would say.

747
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:54,280
 As optimistic as you can be with the true freshman quarterback, but that's clearly where Tennessee has decided to go, and I think it was pretty much a no-brainer at the point that Tennessee made that decision.

748
00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:56,720
 There really wasn't much of a decision to make.

749
00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:11,060
 George McIntyre, the other main contender for the job, had tried to make a run at it early in camp, had had a really good start to camp, and then his first scrimmage did not go as well, and Faison Brandon clearly had the upper hand in that one.

750
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:21,280
 The second scrimmage wasn't a lot different in that regard, and it seemed like even after the first scrimmage, it was going to be tough for McIntyre to beat out Brandon, given all the momentum he'd had throughout the offseason.

751
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:45,620
 So I think it's one of those situations where Tennessee saw all along that Brandon offered probably the higher ceiling between the two quarterbacks, and then he proved to be pretty consistently the most reliable, the most consistent, playing it pretty carefully with the ball, not risking too many turnovers and things like that, in addition to just running the offense smoothly.

752
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:54,920
 And you can't even see in these scrimmages what his running ability might be able to do for things with him, whistling everything dead when a defender comes even close to him.

753
00:39:55,160 --> 00:40:00,640
 So you'll find out even more in the games, but that's something that probably plays into his advantage as well.

754
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,960
 So all that just kind of pointed to Faison Brandon.

755
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:15,300
 It wasn't by a massive margin, but it just seemed like every category leaned in Faison Brandon's direction one way or the other, and that obviously made it a pretty easy call for Tennessee in the end.

756
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,920
 And all of that, that's the fans, man, too, from our understanding, Ryan.

757
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:24,280
 I mean, is it one of those deals where I see a lot of parallels here in some ways to the situation in Alabama?

758
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,060
 You had to make a decision.

759
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:35,620
 McIntyre, a lot of times you see these kids coming out of high school because at one time it looked like the marriage between he and Alabama was pretty good there,

760
00:40:35,620 --> 00:40:42,420
 but it just seemed like that once he got out of that high school competition that things changed for McIntyre, and it looked like Brandon said,

761
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,960
 okay, I did it in high school, and now I can adjust here.

762
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:49,180
 The difference seems to be, though, between what we haven't seen in the games yet.

763
00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:55,660
 Maybe we'll see once the live bullets start flying, but it looks like at Alabama you've got a case where Russell is the young guy,

764
00:40:55,860 --> 00:40:59,880
 Mac is the seasoned guy, but if Alabama had to go to plan B,

765
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:06,520
 it looks like that Mac may be a little better comfortable to handle that position as opposed to if Tennessee has to go to B plan.

766
00:41:06,580 --> 00:41:10,720
 Right now I think that would be consternation in the Big Orange Nation.

767
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:11,940
 Is that safe to say?

768
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,460
 Yeah, here's the bottom line.

769
00:41:14,580 --> 00:41:18,700
 George McIntyre had the advantage in terms of experience from being in the system for one year,

770
00:41:18,820 --> 00:41:20,560
 but it wasn't a very significant one,

771
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,720
 and it kind of showed up that way on the practice field.

772
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:29,520
 He wasted an opportunity, at least one last year, to get McIntyre in the game,

773
00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:34,300
 and fans were frustrated about that at the time, where Jake Merklinger was the backup,

774
00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:38,400
 and he got a lot of work in a non-conference game,

775
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,100
 and McIntyre sat on the bench and, as the third quarterback,

776
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,740
 didn't get a chance to go in the game in a pretty comfortable victory,

777
00:41:45,260 --> 00:41:47,760
 so he only ended up with nine pass attempts last year,

778
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,440
 so appeared in two games.

779
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,840
 You could have made a case for playing him in the bowl game, even.

780
00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:56,220
 These days, bowl games are kind of auditions for next season,

781
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:56,940
 in a lot of cases.

782
00:41:57,100 --> 00:41:58,680
 Tennessee played Joey Aguilar the whole time,

783
00:41:58,780 --> 00:42:02,240
 so he didn't really get to benefit fully from that extra year in the system,

784
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,100
 and at the same time, he didn't take full advantage of it in some ways.

785
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,540
 Struggled to put on the weight that he was tasked with adding,

786
00:42:09,820 --> 00:42:12,720
 and had some dietary restrictions that made that difficult,

787
00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:15,400
 but still didn't get quite where he needed to there,

788
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,140
 and I think during the offseason,

789
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,520
 Faison Brandon showed he just wanted the job a little bit more,

790
00:42:20,620 --> 00:42:25,280
 but the bottom line is the gap in experience there,

791
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,620
 not quite the same as it is at Alabama,

792
00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:29,560
 and I think that's one of the factors there,

793
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,620
 so I think there would be more concern if Tennessee had to go with plan B.

794
00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:34,720
 Not that George McIntyre is not a talented guy.

795
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:35,300
 He is.

796
00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:38,120
 I just think he would be learning on the job to a large degree,

797
00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:39,600
 much like Faison Brandon would,

798
00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:43,740
 and when you saw how level-headed and calm Faison Brandon is on the field,

799
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,720
 how he answered to, how he responded to his mistakes he was making in scrimmages,

800
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:53,200
 there's just more reasons to believe he's the guy that can take this Tennessee offense where they want it to go.

801
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:59,260
 You dropped an article about an hour ago about the team talent composite.

802
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,040
 Now in its 12th season,

803
00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:09,040
 every fan wants to know where their team stacks up roster-wise with all of the other ones,

804
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,340
 and as you mentioned, this is not perfect science here,

805
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:16,940
 but Tennessee, I believe, is number 11 in the rankings.

806
00:43:16,940 --> 00:43:22,720
 Explain to us what the team talent composite is, and where is Tennessee?

807
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:32,340
 Yeah, so really it's a fairly basic way of just looking at how much talent is on a team's roster,

808
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:37,100
 and it's used by just compiling high school ratings.

809
00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:45,060
 So each player's numerical rating, whether they're a five-star, four-star, or three-star coming out of high school,

810
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:50,440
 which obviously doesn't give you the updated ratings that we have for players coming out of the transfer portal.

811
00:43:50,860 --> 00:43:54,940
 Sometimes those three stars you find out of high school end up being four stars in the transfer portal,

812
00:43:55,380 --> 00:43:59,140
 and then those guys are very coveted, so this doesn't reflect that new information,

813
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,940
 but still gives you at least a general idea of how much talent a team might be working with.

814
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,720
 So not a perfect system by any means.

815
00:44:07,980 --> 00:44:12,040
 There's one major tweak, actually a couple major tweaks, I should say, to this year's

816
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:16,020
 that sort of impact the blue-chip ratio, which goes by a similar thing.

817
00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:20,140
 This year we switched from using the 24-7 sports composite,

818
00:44:20,380 --> 00:44:23,000
 which takes into account all ratings throughout the industry,

819
00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:25,500
 to just using 24-7 sports ratings.

820
00:44:25,540 --> 00:44:29,700
 So the number of four and five stars went down for a lot of teams in Tennessee included.

821
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:34,580
 So now they have 32 four-stars, four or five-stars on their roster

822
00:44:34,580 --> 00:44:36,620
 based on what they were rated coming out of high school.

823
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,760
 But because those numbers dropped across the board,

824
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,940
 Tennessee moved up five spots this year from number 16 to number 11.

825
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,000
 They had three five-stars in their 2026 signing class,

826
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,160
 including Faison Brandon, T.K. Keyes at wide receiver.

827
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,160
 So they've got a good bit of talent, obviously.

828
00:44:53,300 --> 00:44:55,820
 It stacks up favorably against a lot of SEC programs.

829
00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,280
 But as we know, the SEC is so deep, 11th nationally, only sixth best in the SEC.

830
00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:03,980
 So you've still got to keep up with everybody.

831
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:06,440
 And here's the downside for Tennessee.

832
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:10,220
 They don't play Georgia this year, but four of those five teams ahead of them

833
00:45:10,220 --> 00:45:12,020
 are on Tennessee's schedule this year.

834
00:45:12,020 --> 00:45:15,320
 So you've got to be ready for a difficult schedule.

835
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,480
 It includes Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama.

836
00:45:18,740 --> 00:45:20,320
 It's going to be a grind.

837
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,100
 How about that?

838
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:22,600
 Keeping up your neighbor buys a Mercedes.

839
00:45:22,700 --> 00:45:23,680
 You've got to buy two, right?

840
00:45:23,740 --> 00:45:25,180
 That's the way the games play, right?

841
00:45:25,580 --> 00:45:28,760
 Ryan Callahan, looking at with us, visit their goal balls 24-7.

842
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,320
 About just over a week to go to the opening show, Ryan.

843
00:45:32,620 --> 00:45:36,660
 To this point, based on what you've been able to see and what you've been able to hear,

844
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,280
 where are you as far as where the stock is up for this team

845
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,040
 and where the stock may be down for this team at this point?

846
00:45:43,820 --> 00:45:46,280
 Yeah, it's a little bit of a mixed bag, as you say that.

847
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,940
 That's a good way of looking at it, because I think there are some areas

848
00:45:48,940 --> 00:45:51,720
 where you'd say, maybe a little confused about that.

849
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,660
 And that tends to happen this time of year.

850
00:45:54,820 --> 00:45:58,960
 And also, it makes it tough to read, because you are just basing it on preseason scrimmages.

851
00:45:59,180 --> 00:46:03,260
 So if one side of the ball looks good, is that because the other side's not as good as you thought?

852
00:46:03,380 --> 00:46:04,900
 Or what would you take from that?

853
00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:12,140
 Yeah, I think bottom line, defensively, Tennessee has, I think, some things going for it

854
00:46:12,140 --> 00:46:17,660
 that make people think that there could, at least should be, significant growth from last year

855
00:46:17,660 --> 00:46:21,180
 where they were ranked in the 90s nationally in total defense and scoring defense

856
00:46:21,180 --> 00:46:23,160
 under former defense coordinator Tim Banks.

857
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,680
 It sounds like things have gone pretty well for Jim Knowles and that staff

858
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:32,320
 that come in and had a pretty smooth transition to their way of doing things in their system.

859
00:46:32,580 --> 00:46:37,360
 But at the same time, the biggest question about them is a tough one to have, pass rush.

860
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:38,500
 Where is it going to come from?

861
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:39,880
 How consistent is it going to be?

862
00:46:40,220 --> 00:46:42,480
 How many different looks are they going to throw at opposing teams?

863
00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:44,440
 Because I think one of the real possibilities out there,

864
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:46,480
 Tennessee having some real linebacker depth,

865
00:46:47,180 --> 00:46:49,460
 maybe throwing some three-linebacker looks out there,

866
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,040
 or at least packages that have a third linebacker on the field,

867
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:58,220
 and maybe blitzing some of those linebackers to offset the lack of a proven edge rusher

868
00:46:58,220 --> 00:46:59,960
 on the defensive front.

869
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:05,000
 And then, you know, I think the offense has had a pretty good camp in a lot of ways.

870
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,840
 It's not shown up in the scrimmages in terms of a lot of big plays,

871
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:14,140
 but some of that might be because of the different looks that Jim Knowles' defense is throwing at them.

872
00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:17,580
 But, yeah, they seem to be running the ball pretty well up front,

873
00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:22,080
 so there's a lot of belief in that group of running backs and their offensive line right now.

874
00:47:22,580 --> 00:47:28,160
 Offensive line has not been perfect, but I think they have shown the experience they have up front.

875
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,500
 And then at receiver, you've got a couple of really reliable receivers in Mike Matthews

876
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:37,060
 and Braylon Staley that established themselves last year at 800-yard season last year.

877
00:47:37,460 --> 00:47:40,760
 A lot to build on there and some talented young guys behind them,

878
00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:42,700
 including T.K. Keyes and Radarius Jackson.

879
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,500
 So I think they feel pretty good about what they've got.

880
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:48,340
 And a lot of those positions on offense is going to come down to the quarterback play, obviously,

881
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:50,800
 and that may be the biggest wild card about this team.

882
00:47:50,940 --> 00:47:54,380
 But the biggest question marks I still have about this team,

883
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,460
 defensive line, they don't have as much depth there,

884
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:01,000
 at least not as much proven depth as they've had in past years.

885
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,620
 How can they get by there in scrimmages?

886
00:48:03,780 --> 00:48:06,560
 A lot of the big plays they gave up in the run game were when the twos were out there,

887
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:07,840
 so the depth might be concerning.

888
00:48:08,420 --> 00:48:10,120
 And depth getting a little thin in the secondary.

889
00:48:10,340 --> 00:48:13,640
 Safety, Idrees Farouk, after the season, without him,

890
00:48:14,140 --> 00:48:18,060
 a place where they had a lot of depth suddenly doesn't have quite so much.

891
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:19,980
 They've got three guys they feel pretty good about.

892
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,160
 Beyond that, a little shaky.

893
00:48:21,740 --> 00:48:25,640
 Cornerback depth a little thin now, so they can't afford too many injuries in the secondary,

894
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,060
 and they've had problems with that the last couple of years.

895
00:48:28,060 --> 00:48:31,080
 So, some questions, and obviously none bigger than quarterback,

896
00:48:31,380 --> 00:48:34,760
 but some areas where they feel pretty good about what they've gotten accomplished so far in camp.

897
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:36,840
 You kind of alluded to this.

898
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,320
 And outside of quarterback, which position?

899
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,420
 I really thought the secondary, Farouk, is a big loss.

900
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:48,760
 But I know Redmond, Ken Lee from Auburn, Metcalf.

901
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,360
 I've heard a lot about Trey Poteet, Dajon Lane.

902
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:58,720
 In fact, Patrick Brown had a nice column about most improved players or biggest surprise,

903
00:48:59,060 --> 00:49:01,920
 and several of the secondary were listed there.

904
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:06,420
 In your opinion, what position came out of camp as the most improved over last year?

905
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:09,160
 Well, that's a good question.

906
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:15,380
 You know, I might be tempted to go with the secondary just because that group struggled so much.

907
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:20,960
 It's hard to say that when you think back on the fact they had Jermod McCoy,

908
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:25,040
 well, technically on the roster last year, Ricky Gibson, who's now transferred to Texas A&M,

909
00:49:25,180 --> 00:49:29,000
 and Colton Hood, who was the second-round draft pick, all in the same secondary.

910
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,280
 But they weren't very good in the secondary for most of last year,

911
00:49:32,340 --> 00:49:35,300
 really struggled to defend the pass, especially in safety.

912
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,140
 It feels like safety in particular is where you might see the biggest jump.

913
00:49:39,140 --> 00:49:43,500
 Now, again, the injury to Farouk is a big deal, but even with Dajon Lane in there,

914
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:46,460
 it seems like they're playing at a pretty high level, and they've made something happen.

915
00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:50,200
 And pretty much every scrimmage they've had, it seems like we've heard a lot about safeties

916
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:51,380
 getting their hands on some passes.

917
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:56,380
 So we've heard a lot about Jim Knowles being kind of a master of disguise, too, with his defenses.

918
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:01,860
 You know, that obviously plays into the hands of those safeties where they can show one look,

919
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:05,060
 end up in something else, and make things difficult for a quarterback to read,

920
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:08,020
 and the next thing you know, a pass could end up kind of falling in your lap.

921
00:50:08,020 --> 00:50:11,580
 So that's one area I think that kind of stands out the most.

922
00:50:11,780 --> 00:50:14,460
 But there's some others where they've got the chance to be better.

923
00:50:14,820 --> 00:50:18,040
 I just don't know that we're going to see a bigger jump anywhere than what we've seen in the secondary,

924
00:50:18,180 --> 00:50:21,700
 but especially at safety with that group having struggled so much last year.

925
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 Yeah, absolutely.

926
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 Well, it's nearly here.

927
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 At least we got week zero starting.

928
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 A lot of FCS games being played tonight.

929
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 Where can we get online?

930
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 John, I know you've got the absolute latest.

931
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 Recamping, summer camp, getting ready for the first game of the year.

932
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 Still got some recruiting going on.

933
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 Where can we get online?

934
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 And do you have any specials still going on this week?

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939
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 And we'll have to go on the record here tomorrow with our season predictions.

940
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 We'll be doing game-by-game predictions and more to look ahead to the season.

941
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 Got to do the best we can with what we've seen so far.

942
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 At least take a shot at it.

943
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 So we'll have all that and much, much more as we get ready for Tennessee season opener

944
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 next week against Furman.

945
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 And get ready for SEC play after that.

946
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 And as you said, recruiting, basketball, baseball.

947
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 Plenty, plenty more to go along with that at GoBalls247.com.

948
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 No pressure with those picks, I'm sure.

949
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 Ryan, listen, man, good luck with that.

950
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 Thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

951
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 Sounds good.

952
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 Thanks a lot, guys.

953
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 Thank you, bud.

954
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 Ryan Kellyanne.

955
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 I got one of those picks there at GoBalls247.

956
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 BB, pull up the chair.

957
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 Coming up the next hour, the very latest Tide Talk about those injuries and where things

958
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 are right now.

959
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 Just a week, some change away from opening day.

960
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 Ryan Feller is going to be on board with that.

961
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 Jason Caldwell talking to the Auburn Tigers.

962
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 And Randy Kennedy, one of the best talking Hall of Fame speech in the next hour.

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 Monday, October 12th at Blackberry Trail Golf Course in Florence.

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1038
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 1819 News.

1039
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:59,260
 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says that the neighboring country of Canada has been a big problem when it comes to cheating the American forestry industry.

1040
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 Tuberville is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and he says that U.S. foresters have told him of the undercutting going on by the Canadian government by way of subsidizing their lumber businesses.

1041
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 In turn, the lumber products exported by Canada to the U.S. are undercutting the lumber businesses here.

1042
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 Tuberville says that the recent issuing of tariffs by President Trump will help relieve the economic tensions that Canada has created with American industries.

1043
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 Tuberville accused Canada of stealing from the U.S. for years by dumping their products into the U.S. that consumers here should be buying from American farmers and manufacturers.

1044
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 Tuberville says that Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be allowed to take advantage of the U.S. anymore.

1045
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 A murder suspect was in court this past Wednesday in Montgomery for a hearing on Anaya's law and whether or not he should be released on bond.

1054
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 Jaleel Bivins was arrested for the strangulation death of an Alabama State University student, Aval Walters.

1055
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 Bivins had driven from Florida to visit with Walters this past weekend.

1056
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 The two were dating.

1057
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 Authorities say the two got into an argument in one of the temporary dormitories on campus.

1058
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 That's where Walters' body was found.

1059
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 The judge will issue a ruling on bond for Bivins in the next few days.

1060
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 Georgia fans, thank God, are something like Patrick Mahomes or something.

1064
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 Don't you think they're a bit to lose for when it comes to this game?

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1068
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 Previously on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.

1069
00:58:15,660 --> 00:58:16,560
 1-2 to Olsen.

1070
00:58:16,700 --> 00:58:19,580
 He slams it deep down the right field line.

1071
00:58:19,860 --> 00:58:21,820
 And it's off the foul pole.

1072
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,700
 Just heated it up right on down the right field line.

1073
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,920
 And able to nail the foul pole.

1074
00:58:28,180 --> 00:58:29,920
 And it's 1-0 Braves.

1075
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:32,840
 A ringing double his last time up.

1076
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:34,240
 Came in to score a run.

1077
00:58:35,140 --> 00:58:36,460
 Sends a charge into one.

1078
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:38,020
 Deep left center field.

1079
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:39,640
 Back goes Thomas.

1080
00:58:39,780 --> 00:58:40,800
 He's at the wall.

1081
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:43,040
 And that is...

1082
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:43,800
 Gone.

1083
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,360
 Home run, Sean Murphy.

1084
00:58:46,420 --> 00:58:47,380
 There it goes.

1085
00:58:47,500 --> 00:58:48,000
 Line drive.

1086
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:49,060
 Base hit into left.

1087
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:50,420
 Here comes Thomas.

1088
00:58:50,420 --> 00:58:51,960
 He comes to the plate.

1089
00:58:52,140 --> 00:58:53,420
 The Braves win.

1090
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:58,440
 Hassan Kim mobbed out there on the backs.

1091
00:58:58,940 --> 00:59:01,420
 The man without a base hit since June.

1092
00:59:02,060 --> 00:59:04,720
 Steps into the batter's box as himself.

1093
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:06,560
 Steps out as Superman.

1094
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,640
 And it's a 6-5 winner for the Braves.

1095
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 Unbelievable.

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 Join us tonight for Atlanta Braves baseball.

1097
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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

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1110
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1112
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 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1113
01:00:14,900 --> 01:00:20,320
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1114
01:00:21,020 --> 01:00:23,000
 Welcome back in our show to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1115
01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:24,700
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1116
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,480
 Thanks so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley

1117
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:30,940
 and for checking in on the 93.9, The Score.

1118
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:34,260
 Now, I also want to say thank you very much to Jason Caldwell

1119
01:00:34,260 --> 01:00:39,000
 for taking time out of his busy schedule there as columnist with Auburn 24-7 Sports.

1120
01:00:39,580 --> 01:00:40,660
 JC, welcome in.

1121
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 How are you?

1122
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 I'm good, guys.

1123
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 Just getting ready to get this thing rolling.

1124
01:00:46,180 --> 01:00:50,160
 So, doing good and seeing what 2026 is going to hold.

1125
01:00:50,820 --> 01:00:52,560
 We want to talk about that, Jason.

1126
01:00:52,660 --> 01:00:56,680
 But, in a way, it's kind of a nice way, I guess, the way college football does it.

1127
01:00:56,760 --> 01:01:00,760
 And, obviously, if you go to a concert, you're always going to have the front act

1128
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 for the Rolling Stones, et cetera.

1129
01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:04,920
 It all starts tonight with week zero.

1130
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,900
 And, then, this weekend, it moves into an 11 o'clock affair there in Dublin.

1131
01:01:09,020 --> 01:01:13,280
 One thing, if I am an AD, I don't want to go to Dublin and play a football game to you,

1132
01:01:13,380 --> 01:01:14,180
 given the history there.

1133
01:01:14,260 --> 01:01:16,740
 But, your thoughts about some of the games on week zero?

1134
01:01:17,900 --> 01:01:21,640
 No, it has not worked out very well for people across the pond.

1135
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:27,060
 And, so, yeah, you know, there's really only a couple games you look at.

1136
01:01:27,140 --> 01:01:30,180
 Honestly, Jacksonville State, North Dakota State, maybe it's interesting.

1137
01:01:30,180 --> 01:01:31,320
 Yeah, that's right.

1138
01:01:31,700 --> 01:01:32,020
 That's right.

1139
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:36,800
 Looking forward to seeing, you know, Charles Kelly and that group go.

1140
01:01:36,980 --> 01:01:41,340
 And, then, facing off in, I guess, the first D1 game for North Dakota State.

1141
01:01:41,660 --> 01:01:44,940
 And, so, really interested to watch that one.

1142
01:01:45,580 --> 01:01:48,920
 You know, Florida State, just because I really like Ashton Daniels.

1143
01:01:48,940 --> 01:01:51,180
 I think he's a guy that's going to be successful.

1144
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:52,960
 So, I'm looking forward to seeing him play.

1145
01:01:53,380 --> 01:01:57,520
 And, then, you start talking about, you know, what it looks like with that,

1146
01:01:57,520 --> 01:01:59,320
 with North Carolina.

1147
01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:03,600
 I mean, you're talking about two programs that are glad they're in Ireland.

1148
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:05,960
 It's got to be North Carolina and TCU.

1149
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:09,400
 One of them has a GM that has been put on leave.

1150
01:02:09,500 --> 01:02:12,120
 The other one are kicking beat writers out of the locker room.

1151
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:12,460
 Yes.

1152
01:02:12,820 --> 01:02:17,240
 So, they're both probably glad they're out of the country to start this season,

1153
01:02:17,320 --> 01:02:17,820
 I would guess.

1154
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:20,980
 You know, another interesting game, especially if you're an Auburn fan,

1155
01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:25,620
 would be the UNLV Memphis game for the reason that, here's the name to remember,

1156
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:31,620
 Jackson Arnold, apparently the quarterback under a former SEC coach, Dan Mullen, at UNLV.

1157
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:34,560
 Your thoughts about the Jackson Arnold show at UNLV?

1158
01:02:35,060 --> 01:02:37,640
 Yeah, could get to see Ashton Daniels and Jackson Arnold.

1159
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:38,520
 Yeah, that's right.

1160
01:02:39,020 --> 01:02:45,300
 So, yeah, you know, listen, I think, look, fit is important.

1161
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,600
 Like, I honestly think what Dan Mullen does is probably a really good fit for Jackson Arnold,

1162
01:02:49,700 --> 01:02:55,220
 but, you know, you just got to go out and forget about what you've been for two years

1163
01:02:55,220 --> 01:02:59,100
 and figure out if you can be something different.

1164
01:02:59,300 --> 01:03:00,740
 And that's the challenge.

1165
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,740
 It's really hard to, you know, when you get on the field, go,

1166
01:03:04,060 --> 01:03:06,500
 well, I'm going to forget all those things that have happened bad.

1167
01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:10,260
 And, you know, I hope you can, because I really like Jackson Arnold, too.

1168
01:03:10,380 --> 01:03:12,500
 Both those guys were great to us.

1169
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:13,980
 They worked really hard.

1170
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:14,820
 It just didn't work out.

1171
01:03:15,340 --> 01:03:18,020
 But, yeah, you know, that's an interesting one,

1172
01:03:18,020 --> 01:03:21,440
 because, look, UNLV, the team that, look, had some success last year,

1173
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:24,500
 now you're playing Memphis, a.k.a. Southern Miss,

1174
01:03:24,740 --> 01:03:27,820
 with all the players that came from Hattieburg.

1175
01:03:28,620 --> 01:03:30,920
 So, yeah, that's the thing.

1176
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:33,100
 You know, that's the thing about these early season games.

1177
01:03:33,740 --> 01:03:35,320
 We'll talk about it next week, Auburn Baylor.

1178
01:03:35,360 --> 01:03:37,760
 No matter who it is, there's just so much unknown.

1179
01:03:37,980 --> 01:03:39,660
 You have no idea what to expect.

1180
01:03:39,780 --> 01:03:40,720
 You just have no clue.

1181
01:03:41,260 --> 01:03:44,700
 JC, let me ask you your impressions of this staff.

1182
01:03:44,700 --> 01:03:49,360
 You've had a chance to observe the spring, summer camp.

1183
01:03:49,940 --> 01:03:55,540
 Everything I hear about this staff has been positive, detail-oriented,

1184
01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:57,280
 planning, accountability.

1185
01:03:57,760 --> 01:03:59,580
 This is the mock game week.

1186
01:03:59,980 --> 01:04:05,200
 Again, the proof's in the pudding, and we'll see if this equals to more wins.

1187
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:10,400
 But there's a lot of positive vibe coming out about this coaching staff.

1188
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:11,760
 You've looked at them.

1189
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:12,680
 You've talked to them.

1190
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:14,540
 You see how they structure practice.

1191
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,480
 JC, your thoughts on this staff.

1192
01:04:18,140 --> 01:04:18,740
 Yeah, that's it.

1193
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:19,420
 You're right.

1194
01:04:19,420 --> 01:04:25,480
 It's like everything I've seen to this point makes me think it's a lot of positives.

1195
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,660
 In the end, can you go make a few plays here or there?

1196
01:04:29,840 --> 01:04:32,400
 That's going to be the ultimate deciding factor.

1197
01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:34,540
 Can you do it?

1198
01:04:34,660 --> 01:04:36,320
 I think it starts with quarterback.

1199
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:43,720
 Look, it feels like for the first time, even Bo Nix was a guy that people had questions about.

1200
01:04:43,900 --> 01:04:46,180
 He had to win the job and do those things.

1201
01:04:46,180 --> 01:04:54,060
 It probably feels like since Jared said him in 2018 that Auburn doesn't have any questions at quarterback of who the guy is.

1202
01:04:54,440 --> 01:05:00,200
 So I think that's a good place to start when you start talking about, you know, what can a team be.

1203
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:04,560
 And so I think that's where you are right now with this team and having a guy like Byron Brown.

1204
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,920
 You hit on something earlier, Jason, that just kind of spurred a follow-up.

1205
01:05:10,100 --> 01:05:12,860
 You talked a little bit about, you said, Memphis, and it is.

1206
01:05:12,860 --> 01:05:14,840
 It's basically Southern Miss North.

1207
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:21,800
 We saw what happened with Signetti when he went to Indiana, and we're seeing now what's happened with Goldish now that he's now at Auburn.

1208
01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:27,540
 Or is this one of those things that maybe in the coaching fraternity that's saying, hmm, maybe this is the key.

1209
01:05:27,980 --> 01:05:33,020
 You take a guy hot at this level, and especially in the modern era, he just brings that team with the familiarity

1210
01:05:33,020 --> 01:05:36,800
 and at least give us the foundation to get off to a good start.

1211
01:05:37,180 --> 01:05:41,620
 You look at a pattern here, and in some ways it's hard to argue that pattern, is it not?

1212
01:05:42,300 --> 01:05:43,060
 Yeah, it is.

1213
01:05:43,140 --> 01:05:47,700
 I mean, look, there's a couple ways to do it because that's not what Jon Sumrall has done.

1214
01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:49,680
 He didn't really do that at Florida.

1215
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:54,180
 But maybe you feel like there's certain pieces in place.

1216
01:05:54,260 --> 01:06:00,340
 Like for Auburn, you went, look, the defense is in pretty good shape, need help on offense, and you're going to basically start over.

1217
01:06:00,980 --> 01:06:06,360
 We've got all these pieces on offense we feel like can be beneficial, so it makes sense to move them over.

1218
01:06:06,940 --> 01:06:10,240
 Maybe for Jon Sumrall, he thought, listen, he's more of a defensive guy.

1219
01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:15,800
 Those pieces at Tulane might not be as good of a fit for them because they have some guys backed up.

1220
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:21,500
 Yeah, I don't think there's any right or wrong way, but listen, we've seen it at Indiana.

1221
01:06:22,180 --> 01:06:29,300
 Two years ago at this time, there's nobody that would have said, man, Indiana's fixing to be the best program in the country for two years.

1222
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:31,760
 Like, there's no chance anybody would ever have thought that.

1223
01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:38,240
 And look, even last year, you look and go, man, quarterback ends up being the number one overall pick.

1224
01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:42,060
 I saw him two years in a row and went, he's a good player.

1225
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:43,040
 I like him.

1226
01:06:43,220 --> 01:06:44,180
 He did some good things.

1227
01:06:44,740 --> 01:06:46,360
 Is that guy the best quarterback in the country?

1228
01:06:46,420 --> 01:06:46,880
 No chance.

1229
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:47,460
 No, no.

1230
01:06:48,260 --> 01:06:55,840
 Offensive line made up of a bunch of guys and one big-name guy in Pat Coogan, but the other guys were small school guys, overlooked guys.

1231
01:06:56,020 --> 01:06:56,140
 Yep.

1232
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:58,200
 Man, are they going to be the best O-line in the country?

1233
01:06:58,340 --> 01:06:59,020
 Nope, not happening.

1234
01:07:00,020 --> 01:07:05,880
 Something to be said for chemistry and seniority experience and it just fitting together.

1235
01:07:06,420 --> 01:07:08,580
 Can you find that magic formula?

1236
01:07:08,780 --> 01:07:10,440
 I think that's what everybody's searching for.

1237
01:07:10,680 --> 01:07:13,780
 Talk to us about that because the locker room is so important.

1238
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:17,080
 Anyone who's ever played sports, you can have one or two things.

1239
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:22,140
 You can have a locker room full of stars playing as individuals that play as me,

1240
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:25,360
 or you can have a locker room full of me that play as one team.

1241
01:07:25,980 --> 01:07:30,760
 And any time you bring in all those guys from down there up to here, the old guys can say,

1242
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,680
 hmm, you ain't been there and done it in this environment.

1243
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:39,840
 What are you hearing as far as the chemistry and the old guys here accepting these new guys coming in at Auburn?

1244
01:07:40,740 --> 01:07:44,780
 I think the thing you have is, in the end, everybody wants to win.

1245
01:07:45,140 --> 01:07:46,780
 That's the ultimate goal.

1246
01:07:47,020 --> 01:07:48,720
 And, like, why are you here?

1247
01:07:50,620 --> 01:07:55,520
 And if you start building it first around that, I think they did a good job of going,

1248
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:58,560
 listen, it has to be about more than money.

1249
01:07:59,340 --> 01:08:01,440
 And, listen, I understand there's money involved.

1250
01:08:02,220 --> 01:08:04,740
 But that can't be your deciding factor.

1251
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:08,140
 And so I think they went into a lot of these discussions going, okay,

1252
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,840
 what's the first thing you want to talk about?

1253
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:15,000
 If it was money, I think they were like, okay, well, we might have to look in another direction.

1254
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,240
 So I think they did a pretty good job of going, listen, well, guys can play football first,

1255
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:20,820
 and then we'll discuss that part of it.

1256
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:29,040
 And in the end, that's still the most important thing is you have a bunch of guys who are willing to play for each other

1257
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:30,460
 and try to win football games.

1258
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:38,780
 And, you know, look, Kirk Cignetti has done it very similar-sounding ways to the way Nick Saban did it before.

1259
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:43,980
 Now, you have to adjust the way you build a team, but it sounds very similar.

1260
01:08:43,980 --> 01:08:49,620
 And, listen, Alex Golis has some of the same buzzwords and the same things when you start talking about the attention to detail

1261
01:08:49,620 --> 01:08:55,140
 and the process-oriented, all those things that you hear some of those similarities.

1262
01:08:55,580 --> 01:09:00,080
 Now, like I said, the proof will be in the pudding, and you've got to go win football games.

1263
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:08,500
 But I do think that it feels like it's a step of, okay, let's build this thing for the long haul.

1264
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:14,140
 And that takes, nowadays, that takes more than just loading up on talent.

1265
01:09:15,140 --> 01:09:19,160
 And I think that, you know, 10 years ago, it was, tell me who the most talented teams are,

1266
01:09:19,180 --> 01:09:20,600
 and I'm going to tell you who the best teams are.

1267
01:09:20,860 --> 01:09:24,080
 I don't necessarily think that's the case solely anymore.

1268
01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:25,740
 Do you agree with that?

1269
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:29,420
 I think you've got a good point, because Nick's formula was very simple.

1270
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:30,500
 Just stack the talent.

1271
01:09:30,940 --> 01:09:32,720
 If team A goes down, you go to team B.

1272
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:34,620
 If team B goes down, you go to team C.

1273
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:36,760
 Nowadays, you can't afford that luxury.

1274
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:45,560
 No, and look, even, like, Georgia's the team, for sure, in this league, that is the most set up

1275
01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:48,180
 in terms of, hey, these guys are coming back.

1276
01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,080
 You know who these players are.

1277
01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:54,580
 But it's not like it was where you went, well, if this five-star goes down,

1278
01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:56,160
 we're going to put the next five-star in.

1279
01:09:56,920 --> 01:09:59,040
 Well, you might have another guy, but he's going to be a freshman,

1280
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,160
 or he's going to be a guy that hasn't produced.

1281
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,260
 It is not like it was, because now these guys are going,

1282
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:06,120
 well, I'm going to go somewhere else and play.

1283
01:10:06,260 --> 01:10:07,840
 And they go somewhere else and play.

1284
01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:11,580
 And so, it's funny, because I said, listen,

1285
01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:14,920
 there's never been larger rosters than there are right now, 105 scholarships.

1286
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:21,280
 You've got four players, but it's never felt smaller in this league

1287
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,680
 in terms of the actual guys.

1288
01:10:24,340 --> 01:10:27,600
 But there's nobody that you went, well, if we go to our seventh offensive lineman,

1289
01:10:28,060 --> 01:10:31,100
 well, it's going to be a test, because we don't know if that guy can play or not.

1290
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:33,500
 And nobody's, everybody's in the same boat.

1291
01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:37,180
 And a few years ago, you went, oh, well, we've got a few guys that can hold out.

1292
01:10:37,540 --> 01:10:40,140
 Not anymore, even your third or fourth defensive lineman.

1293
01:10:40,220 --> 01:10:41,380
 You're like, that guy hasn't played yet.

1294
01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:46,900
 J.C., we're not going to know until they get started in Atlanta next Saturday.

1295
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:51,320
 And there is a lot of potential in the position groups.

1296
01:10:51,500 --> 01:10:55,820
 I think Auburn's linebacking core is probably the best in the SEC.

1297
01:10:56,360 --> 01:11:01,320
 But which position group has improved the most since spring?

1298
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,200
 Yeah, man, it's interesting.

1299
01:11:05,540 --> 01:11:11,440
 You know, it's hard to tell, because you start going, okay, what does it look like?

1300
01:11:11,540 --> 01:11:13,460
 I would say probably Auburn's pass rush group.

1301
01:11:14,740 --> 01:11:18,620
 When you look at Deshaun Womack, we were just talking about it.

1302
01:11:18,860 --> 01:11:23,500
 That's a former five-star that just hasn't taken that step yet.

1303
01:11:23,580 --> 01:11:26,360
 And you go, okay, is it now time to take it?

1304
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:29,660
 But Jared Smith, the young guy, Nate Johnson's an experienced guy.

1305
01:11:29,740 --> 01:11:35,620
 You've got Chris Murray back for a fifth year, you know, who was probably Auburn's third guy last year in terms of pass rush.

1306
01:11:35,780 --> 01:11:42,540
 And so I think that group, I would say, would probably be the group that's probably taken the most strides.

1307
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:46,120
 And, you know, for a guy like Jared Smith, is it consistency?

1308
01:11:46,460 --> 01:11:48,080
 Can you be that guy every day on close?

1309
01:11:48,140 --> 01:11:49,840
 There's no question about the talent.

1310
01:11:50,220 --> 01:11:50,380
 Mm-hmm.

1311
01:11:51,100 --> 01:11:56,840
 And then you look at Darion Smith, even a guy like Cody Sigler, that guy defensive end.

1312
01:11:57,380 --> 01:12:07,040
 I think they've done a good job of cross-training guys where you look and go, well, if you've got six guys, that's three deep on each side.

1313
01:12:07,100 --> 01:12:14,480
 I think they'll tell you, no, it really means we're six deep on each side because we've got guys that can play both positions and step in.

1314
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:16,580
 And so that gives you added depth, I think.

1315
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:25,860
 So I think they would probably be the one I would say that has probably taken the biggest step in terms of being ready to go in week one.

1316
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:26,640
 Absolutely.

1317
01:12:26,940 --> 01:12:29,200
 Cody Sigler from New Hope High School.

1318
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:30,080
 That's it.

1319
01:12:30,340 --> 01:12:33,700
 What a story he has been, you know, recruiting very well.

1320
01:12:34,020 --> 01:12:36,340
 And I knew the guy was good.

1321
01:12:36,420 --> 01:12:38,340
 I didn't think, but he's going to take a leap.

1322
01:12:38,340 --> 01:12:44,980
 I think he's going to be one of the best in the SEC this week, all along with Auburn 247.

1323
01:12:45,140 --> 01:12:47,840
 Now, tell everybody that you have been renamed.

1324
01:12:48,420 --> 01:12:49,120
 There's nothing.

1325
01:12:49,300 --> 01:12:51,060
 All of the coverage is the same.

1326
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:54,840
 You and Nathan and teams do all the great stuff.

1327
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:56,320
 Tell us about the website.

1328
01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:57,420
 Have you got a special?

1329
01:12:57,620 --> 01:12:59,400
 And where can we get online and get everything?

1330
01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:00,320
 Absolutely.

1331
01:13:00,540 --> 01:13:02,200
 Nothing's changed other than the name.

1332
01:13:02,260 --> 01:13:04,440
 And I love the name Auburn 247.

1333
01:13:04,440 --> 01:13:12,980
 I think it brings into, hey, we're part of a bigger thing, a network where you can go read and learn more about everything around the country, really.

1334
01:13:13,540 --> 01:13:15,800
 And so I think it just hits home that, hey, we're part of that.

1335
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 But we're still CBS, still Paramount Plus.

1336
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1339
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 But, you know, go see our stuff on YouTube and subscribe to our YouTube page there and watch all our videos and podcasts, all those things.

1340
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:39,740
 But, yeah, just looking forward to it.

1341
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:43,260
 You know, I was kind of thinking about it, you know, storyline idea.

1342
01:13:43,420 --> 01:13:50,700
 I saw our Missouri folks, and they're like, somebody said it's the 24th year, so he went through 23 storylines in his 23 years.

1343
01:13:50,820 --> 01:13:56,320
 And I started thinking about what would my 26 storylines be heading into year 27.

1344
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:59,200
 And I'm like, a lot of good, a lot of bad, a lot of in-between.

1345
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:00,040
 Absolutely.

1346
01:14:01,660 --> 01:14:04,760
 So looking forward to another trip for sure.

1347
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:07,620
 Jason, this man is always a great job.

1348
01:14:07,740 --> 01:14:11,380
 Kick back, enjoy week zero, week one coming up on the road to Atlanta.

1349
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:13,780
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1350
01:14:14,540 --> 01:14:14,820
 Yep.

1351
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:17,580
 Hey, we're afternoon, so we'll be able to get to.

1352
01:14:17,580 --> 01:14:18,440
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1353
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:22,220
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1354
01:14:22,540 --> 01:14:23,640
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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a pleasure for us to welcome the man named one of the 50 legends of sports writers in Alabama.

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1455
01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:21,760
 Randy Kennedy, welcome in.

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 How are you?

1457
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 I am doing great, man.

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 It's football season.

1459
01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:25,600
 Couldn't be better.

1460
01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:26,820
 Can you believe that?

1461
01:20:26,900 --> 01:20:27,940
 And it's 2026.

1462
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:29,540
 Man, we've seen a lot of football.

1463
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:38,960
 But have you seen a more inspiring story, Randy, in all these years and what happened just over the past few days at Columbia High in Huntsville?

1464
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 You know, it was so interesting because even though the losing streak had reached triple digits, it wasn't completely unforeseen that it was going to end on opening night here in 2026.

1465
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 But, you know, there was all the media that was there.

1466
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 There was a lot of expectations that Sammy Coase was going to get that thing turned around.

1467
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 And then it started out the game.

1468
01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:02,180
 They're down two touchdowns.

1469
01:21:02,240 --> 01:21:03,460
 You're like, well, here we go again.

1470
01:21:03,700 --> 01:21:04,000
 Hollywood.

1471
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:05,160
 Hollywood.

1472
01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:05,920
 Exactly.

1473
01:21:06,340 --> 01:21:08,540
 That's how they were scripted for the screenplay, right?

1474
01:21:08,540 --> 01:21:12,400
 So they fall behind, but then they make the big comeback and win the game.

1475
01:21:12,500 --> 01:21:17,240
 And now it's going to be interesting to see if that's going to be a one-time thing or they can put together a good season.

1476
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:21,520
 But, man, you've got to just love what Sammy Coase is doing there with that program.

1477
01:21:21,820 --> 01:21:22,660
 And let's see.

1478
01:21:22,740 --> 01:21:23,220
 1-0.

1479
01:21:23,300 --> 01:21:24,260
 That's a winning record, guys.

1480
01:21:24,300 --> 01:21:24,940
 We'll see where they're going.

1481
01:21:24,940 --> 01:21:25,120
 That's right.

1482
01:21:25,240 --> 01:21:26,220
 Stop the season now.

1483
01:21:27,020 --> 01:21:27,840
 I'm telling you.

1484
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 I'm telling you.

1485
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 Randy, the best of Bama.

1486
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:32,280
 An update.

1487
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:36,200
 Randy, first of all, of course, we certainly know it.

1488
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 But refresh our listeners' memory.

1489
01:21:40,300 --> 01:21:45,740
 Tell us again the criteria you use for the best of Bama.

1490
01:21:45,900 --> 01:21:48,800
 We've got a lot of guys we want to ask you about.

1491
01:21:48,960 --> 01:21:53,980
 But the latest update, I think, is going to be published on AL.com today.

1492
01:21:54,740 --> 01:21:59,840
 What is it, and who are some of the latest as far as updates to add to the list?

1493
01:22:00,780 --> 01:22:05,180
 Yeah, I've spent a lot of my life on best in Bama on AL.com.

1494
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:05,680
 And you're right.

1495
01:22:06,100 --> 01:22:11,060
 The first in-season update is actually published at the top of the hour, 2 o'clock.

1496
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 So you are breaking news here.

1497
01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:14,520
 There you go.

1498
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:20,840
 It's so interesting because we do this thing pretty much year-round, and there's always going to be movement.

1499
01:22:21,440 --> 01:22:24,900
 One new player in the list this week is a running back.

1500
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 I'll let you check it out on AL.com that we've got coming up at the top of the hour.

1501
01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:34,640
 But there's always going to be new guys making the list, but also movement within best in Bama.

1502
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 So this is our rankings of the best prospects in the state, regardless of what graduating class they are,

1503
01:22:41,180 --> 01:22:43,880
 which kind of separates it from other recruiting rankings.

1504
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:49,580
 So we're looking at guys all the way from seniors down to even sometimes eighth-graders make the list,

1505
01:22:49,720 --> 01:22:53,740
 which is just crazy to think about, but they do sometimes.

1506
01:22:54,020 --> 01:22:57,860
 So we've got one new player on the list this week, but some movement there,

1507
01:22:57,940 --> 01:23:02,280
 including a guy up in Huntsville, Samuel Bay, the offensive lineman from A. Jemison.

1508
01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:07,540
 He's a big jumper this week in terms of where he's at in the list.

1509
01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:12,240
 It's a good year in Huntsville for prospects, at least with some of the younger guys.

1510
01:23:12,420 --> 01:23:13,160
 Bailey's a junior.

1511
01:23:13,820 --> 01:23:17,960
 So a lot of movement there already, and we'll do this every single week.

1512
01:23:18,040 --> 01:23:19,640
 We'll update that top 50 list.

1513
01:23:20,580 --> 01:23:23,780
 Huntsville needs it because they have had a long drought.

1514
01:23:23,900 --> 01:23:25,340
 Randy Kennedy hooking up with us.

1515
01:23:25,340 --> 01:23:30,680
 Talk to us, a lot of Florence High fans rocking and rolling at that big road win last night,

1516
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:32,540
 last week at Pinson Valley.

1517
01:23:32,700 --> 01:23:39,160
 This week, taking on a team called Jasper, formerly known as Walker County, a pretty good running back.

1518
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:43,080
 Would you agree that Florence defense is going to be facing a pretty good running back there?

1519
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:48,940
 Yeah, he's Zion Coger is the running back there, Jasper, and he is, you know,

1520
01:23:48,940 --> 01:23:51,100
 when you get offers from Ohio State, he's still a junior.

1521
01:23:51,100 --> 01:23:52,020
 Yeah, that's right.

1522
01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:59,040
 It's not just Auburn and Alabama, but when it's Ohio State and it's Indiana and it's USC,

1523
01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:02,120
 he is definitely a guy that's gotten a lot of attention.

1524
01:24:02,540 --> 01:24:06,520
 Plays defense, too, which we'll see a lot, of course, with some of these top high school players,

1525
01:24:06,620 --> 01:24:11,780
 but plays a little bit of a linebacker and is a running back that's really getting a lot of attention.

1526
01:24:11,980 --> 01:24:17,420
 You know, last year, you guys know E.J. Crowell was the number one prospect in Alabama,

1527
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:19,140
 went to Alabama out of Jackson High School.

1528
01:24:19,620 --> 01:24:24,720
 He was number one and best in Bama for all but one week last year when he didn't get to play one week.

1529
01:24:25,660 --> 01:24:28,800
 And Zion Coger is one of those guys, the running back at Jasper,

1530
01:24:28,840 --> 01:24:31,100
 who's going to continue to move up this list.

1531
01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:34,620
 He's a junior, and we'll just see how high he can get in the list.

1532
01:24:34,620 --> 01:24:40,080
 But Florence fans will get a good look at him to see maybe he's the next big superstar in college football

1533
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,480
 after two more seasons now in high school.

1534
01:24:42,780 --> 01:24:45,700
 Randy, we've enjoyed talking with you over the years,

1535
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 and one of the things that we have noticed that a lot of people have,

1536
01:24:49,900 --> 01:24:53,800
 the talent base in the state of Alabama continues to grow.

1537
01:24:54,020 --> 01:24:58,380
 Ask Dan Lanning how many times he's come down here in the last three years

1538
01:24:58,380 --> 01:25:02,620
 and cherry-picked the top players in the state of Alabama.

1539
01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:08,380
 One game I noticed, and I know you pick the games each week.

1540
01:25:08,480 --> 01:25:09,420
 In fact, you're leading.

1541
01:25:10,100 --> 01:25:13,040
 We kid Ben Thomas on Monday or Tuesday.

1542
01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:13,700
 Thanks for mentioning that.

1543
01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:17,180
 Yeah, on Monday or Tuesday about his lousy picks.

1544
01:25:17,340 --> 01:25:19,620
 Well, Randy Kennedy's leading everybody.

1545
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:24,400
 But, Randy, one of the games you picked, James Clemens at Parker.

1546
01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:28,860
 James Clemens beat Austin last week 45-24.

1547
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:34,360
 They've got a running back, MJ Gideon, who had five touchdowns.

1548
01:25:34,700 --> 01:25:37,980
 I believe he had 150 yards rushing and 100 receiving.

1549
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:41,100
 But Parker, Randy, this is amazing.

1550
01:25:41,240 --> 01:25:48,180
 Parker, on their defense, defensive back, CJ Craig James, a four-star defensive back.

1551
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:51,580
 Their defensive front is as follows.

1552
01:25:52,220 --> 01:25:58,000
 Arkansas State commit Robert Taylor, Western Kentucky commit Jermaine Lewis,

1553
01:25:58,540 --> 01:26:00,900
 and Tulane commit Demetrius Terrell.

1554
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:02,720
 Randy, that's amazing.

1555
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:07,520
 You've got a defensive front and everyone to have their D1 commitments.

1556
01:26:09,220 --> 01:26:10,320
 They are really good.

1557
01:26:10,480 --> 01:26:12,260
 And, you know, they're coming off a loss to Vestavia Hills,

1558
01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:15,320
 which is a really, really good 6A program.

1559
01:26:15,880 --> 01:26:17,540
 That's one of the marquee games of the week, guys.

1560
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:17,900
 It is.

1561
01:26:17,900 --> 01:26:20,600
 I mean, I went back and forth about picking that game.

1562
01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:23,880
 That's going to be a really, really interesting one.

1563
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:26,840
 Randy, talk to us.

1564
01:26:27,060 --> 01:26:28,500
 This is one thing you hate to see.

1565
01:26:28,500 --> 01:26:32,220
 I'm looking at your list here, and ironically, number one on the list,

1566
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:36,040
 and you look at this kid and you say, physically, is he in high school

1567
01:26:36,040 --> 01:26:40,060
 or is he in the NFL based on just the physical prowess?

1568
01:26:40,240 --> 01:26:44,260
 Gunner Rivers, obviously, a premier game last week in the Nashville area there.

1569
01:26:45,320 --> 01:26:48,300
 St. Michael Catholic, on his way to North Carolina State.

1570
01:26:48,420 --> 01:26:48,980
 Shock, shock.

1571
01:26:49,020 --> 01:26:50,200
 His dad was a legend there.

1572
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:52,560
 But the bad news is he went down with an injury.

1573
01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:54,800
 Have you heard any updates on his injury?

1574
01:26:54,800 --> 01:26:58,780
 And you know his daddy's going to take every precaution in the world

1575
01:26:58,780 --> 01:27:00,620
 to make sure he's ready to go when he is ready.

1576
01:27:01,280 --> 01:27:05,720
 Yeah, it's such a sad situation because Gunner Rivers, 6'4", 230, guys.

1577
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:06,920
 Yeah, in high school.

1578
01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:11,160
 Just physically, I mean, he doesn't need to get any bigger to play college

1579
01:27:11,160 --> 01:27:12,020
 or even in the NFL.

1580
01:27:12,300 --> 01:27:15,620
 He looks like physically that he's on that level already.

1581
01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:19,100
 And ironically, you know, we talked in the preseason to Phillip Rivers,

1582
01:27:19,140 --> 01:27:22,580
 and he was saying, look, we're going to run Gunner more this year.

1583
01:27:22,660 --> 01:27:23,860
 I mean, he's that big a kid.

1584
01:27:24,600 --> 01:27:25,620
 He's a good athlete.

1585
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:27,820
 He's going to have to run the ball some for this year.

1586
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:32,220
 Well, his first carry of the year results in this right knee injury

1587
01:27:32,220 --> 01:27:34,140
 where he scrambles out of the pocket.

1588
01:27:34,260 --> 01:27:35,220
 He makes a nice little run.

1589
01:27:35,300 --> 01:27:35,780
 He gets hit.

1590
01:27:36,420 --> 01:27:38,820
 Just a solid lick on his right knee.

1591
01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:40,080
 He is out.

1592
01:27:40,140 --> 01:27:44,500
 That's not season-ending, but I do think he's going to miss some time.

1593
01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:48,480
 He's number one and best in Bama, and we'll see if he's out for, you know,

1594
01:27:48,560 --> 01:27:51,180
 a prolonged amount of time, maybe if he keeps that spot or not.

1595
01:27:51,280 --> 01:27:55,060
 But he was looking like the number one prospect in the state early in the game

1596
01:27:55,060 --> 01:27:56,640
 against Battleground Academy.

1597
01:27:57,140 --> 01:27:59,020
 Then he takes that hit on the second possession.

1598
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:00,560
 He'd already scored one touchdown.

1599
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,880
 They were on their way to what looked like another when he went out of the game.

1600
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:05,920
 So we'll see how much time he missed.

1601
01:28:06,040 --> 01:28:10,220
 It's not season-ending, so we think he's okay in terms of long-term for his career.

1602
01:28:10,400 --> 01:28:12,080
 But we'll see how much time he misses.

1603
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 But he is a super, super quarterback.

1604
01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:14,940
 Huge.

1605
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 And a year where, by the way, you guys know,

1606
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 it's a very good year for quarterbacks in Alabama.

1607
01:28:19,300 --> 01:28:24,580
 Randy, before we let's go, let me ask you about two guys in your top ten.

1608
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 Joey Fleming.

1609
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,080
 We talked about Bailey at Mae Jemison.

1610
01:28:28,280 --> 01:28:34,440
 But Joey Fleming at Huntsville, who actually plays tight end more than he does on the offensive line.

1611
01:28:35,520 --> 01:28:42,940
 The 2028 prospect still got a long way to go, but visiting Notre Dame, a lot of people say it's between Alabama and Auburn.

1612
01:28:43,580 --> 01:28:49,400
 But he is one of the best prospects to come out of Huntsville in a long, long time.

1613
01:28:49,500 --> 01:28:50,580
 Your thoughts on him?

1614
01:28:50,720 --> 01:28:56,420
 And then number two on your best Obama list, Nehemiah McCray from Mapleville.

1615
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 I've heard about him for years, uncommitted junior.

1616
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 Randy, your thoughts on both of them.

1617
01:29:03,540 --> 01:29:07,720
 You know, the interesting thing with Joey Fleming is that he is a tight end.

1618
01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:13,460
 He projects as an interior offensive lineman, but he wears number 87 and plays tight end.

1619
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 And it looks like that's where he's going to play, you know, for Huntsville High School.

1620
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 But he's projected as an interior offensive lineman.

1621
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:27,340
 He just this week announced all the visits he's going to make this year a couple of times to Alabama, including to the Iron Bowl.

1622
01:29:27,940 --> 01:29:32,680
 Interestingly, that's his only Auburn in-person view this year.

1623
01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:38,100
 He doesn't have a visit planned for on-campus at Auburn this year, but he's got Notre Dame and Oklahoma.

1624
01:29:38,100 --> 01:29:43,440
 And clearly a national recruit, even though he's playing tight end at the high school level.

1625
01:29:43,940 --> 01:29:52,920
 In terms of McCary, the outside linebacker at Maplesville High School, is just a phenomenal athlete on offense and defense.

1626
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:58,900
 You know, he's the perfect example of when you go to a game, you don't need a program where nobody ever says,

1627
01:29:58,980 --> 01:29:59,620
 now which one's he?

1628
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 I mean, when they jog out there for warmers, you're like, oh, that's the guy, the top prospect.

1629
01:30:05,900 --> 01:30:12,900
 He's one of those kind of people that's just like, oh, yeah, you don't have to be an expert to pick him out as the best player on the field.

1630
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:17,400
 He is going to be a, I think, top 10 national prospect next year.

1631
01:30:17,700 --> 01:30:19,440
 We'll see how it plays out between now and then.

1632
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:24,920
 But just a super athlete who probably projects as a linebacker, but could play just about anywhere.

1633
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 Randy, tell us again, where can we get online in about 28 minutes and get the latest update for the best of Bama?

1634
01:30:34,960 --> 01:30:35,660
 Best of Bama.

1635
01:30:35,800 --> 01:30:37,020
 It's on AL.com.

1636
01:30:37,100 --> 01:30:38,240
 You can easily find it there.

1637
01:30:38,300 --> 01:30:42,220
 We'll also have it on social media, but you can easily find it on AL.com.

1638
01:30:42,280 --> 01:30:47,580
 And as we said, we update this every single week and try to highlight different players every week.

1639
01:30:47,580 --> 01:30:53,220
 And as their recruitment goes, you know, ebbs and flows, the list gets updated every week.

1640
01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:57,520
 I've got a list of about 100 extra guys, guys, that I'd like to include him in there.

1641
01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:03,520
 You know, looking for an excuse to put so many of these guys in the best in Bama, top 50.

1642
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 So it will fluctuate during the year.

1643
01:31:06,020 --> 01:31:08,820
 But obviously, a lot of those guys will be there from start to finish.

1644
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 Got our eyes on you, Randy.

1645
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 Listen, man, thanks so much.

1646
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 And keep up the good work, okay?

1647
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 Always happy to do it, guys.

1648
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 Thank you, Randy.

1649
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 Randy Kennedy, again, just moments away from checking out that list.

1650
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 It's at AL.com.

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 He says it's almost so close you can reach out and touch it.

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1797
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 We're down to nine days.

1798
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 It has been the longest offseason of my career.

1799
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 And it has – I have talked more about Indiana offensive line, running backs,

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 rushing attack than I care to talk about.

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1806
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1807
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1808
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1809
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1810
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1811
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1812
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1813
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 He does have a spin on his ball that is just – I mean, it will make you fall in love with that quick release.

1814
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 I mean, he's – it's fun to watch him throw the football.

1815
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 I mean, he's a guy that – you know, he just – as, what is it, Brian Ellis said, he just makes c*** happen.

1816
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 Yes.

1817
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 Yes, he does.

1818
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1820
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1821
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 But, yeah.

1822
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 But, you know, he did, when you look at it, earn the job.

1824
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1825
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 Ryan Grubbs said it was even, and if it was truly even, that at some point he was going to take back over the job.

1826
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 If he had pulled up side by side, I've said logic tells me that he's going to – he's going to overtake the job.

1827
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 And he did.

1828
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 And I think that's the – you know, the story when you think about what he's been able to accomplish

1829
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 and highest-rated recruit in Alabama history.

1830
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 And, listen, he's going to make mistakes.

1831
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 He is going to make mistakes.

1832
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 It's just going to be part of it.

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01:40:25,600 --> 01:40:30,060
 But I also think that he's going to give you something that this offense needs.

1834
01:40:30,060 --> 01:40:34,860
 And the mobility may not be a part of the game plan, but it's there if they need it.

1835
01:40:35,160 --> 01:40:35,760
 Mm-hmm.

1836
01:40:35,820 --> 01:40:39,420
 Well, it's like someone said the other day, he's going to make mistakes, so he throws the pick six.

1837
01:40:39,700 --> 01:40:45,240
 If he scores you 35 points on the other side, then you win 35-7, so you take the good, the bad, and the ugly.

1838
01:40:45,340 --> 01:40:47,220
 But here's, to me, another factor, too.

1839
01:40:47,780 --> 01:40:50,540
 A quarterback has to have a command of the huddle.

1840
01:40:50,940 --> 01:40:55,240
 You have to have the guys love you, respect you, and will go to war for you and have your back.

1841
01:40:55,320 --> 01:41:01,680
 And from everything we're able to gather, and no disrespect to Austin Mack, the guy, from our understanding,

1842
01:41:01,760 --> 01:41:05,600
 after he got the news, he was the first guy at the practice facility the following day.

1843
01:41:05,620 --> 01:41:07,240
 So that says a lot about his character.

1844
01:41:07,800 --> 01:41:11,840
 But it's a business decision, and you get paid the big bucks to make the tough decision.

1845
01:41:12,040 --> 01:41:18,000
 But at the end of the day, all things being equal, you have to go with a guy who's going to give you more years down the road,

1846
01:41:18,060 --> 01:41:20,900
 let him go ahead and go to school and make his mistakes now,

1847
01:41:20,900 --> 01:41:26,140
 and also that can command that huddle that has the respect of the guys around him.

1848
01:41:27,060 --> 01:41:28,540
 Yeah, I think he does.

1849
01:41:28,660 --> 01:41:29,940
 I think he gives you that.

1850
01:41:30,280 --> 01:41:32,640
 I mean, it's a no doubt.

1851
01:41:33,140 --> 01:41:37,300
 He does, but it's, you know, they're going to pick the best guy.

1852
01:41:37,440 --> 01:41:39,820
 You know, the team, they always say the team picks the quarterback.

1853
01:41:40,060 --> 01:41:41,140
 The team picks the quarterback.

1854
01:41:41,340 --> 01:41:42,140
 The team picks the quarterback.

1855
01:41:42,580 --> 01:41:46,840
 Well, they're simply just picking the guy that gives them the best chance to win.

1856
01:41:46,940 --> 01:41:52,300
 It's kind of like you picking in the backyard when you're taking your neighbors or your schoolmates.

1857
01:41:52,300 --> 01:41:56,800
 You're trying to develop the best 11 that you think gives you the best chance to win.

1858
01:41:57,100 --> 01:42:02,880
 And so when you step back and look at him, he's going to give you something.

1859
01:42:03,620 --> 01:42:05,640
 And he is a natural-born leader.

1860
01:42:05,900 --> 01:42:11,600
 If you've never been around him, he just has that attitude that, you know, it's easy.

1861
01:42:11,600 --> 01:42:17,880
 And I think even, you know, Kalen DeBoer said on Monday that you could already see that taking shape.

1862
01:42:18,160 --> 01:42:24,160
 But now since he's the starter, because you get a lot of respect, but then obviously you earn it.

1863
01:42:24,500 --> 01:42:28,580
 But then when you're declared the starter and the coaching staff kind of gives you that vote of confidence,

1864
01:42:29,080 --> 01:42:31,840
 I think the other guys grab and get on board.

1865
01:42:32,220 --> 01:42:33,620
 And so I think that's what you're seeing.

1866
01:42:34,380 --> 01:42:37,480
 But, you know, at this point, I'm excited to see this team.

1867
01:42:37,580 --> 01:42:38,920
 I'm tired of talking about it.

1868
01:42:39,080 --> 01:42:44,000
 And, you know, we'll see if this team can live up to some of the expectations.

1869
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:48,420
 Now, there's some folks that have very little expectations around this team.

1870
01:42:49,240 --> 01:42:55,000
 I mean, if you really, you know, spend a little bit of time, they don't really have a lot of expectations.

1871
01:42:55,200 --> 01:42:58,080
 You know, we've got a guest this afternoon, Adari Noka.

1872
01:42:59,020 --> 01:43:02,540
 He's got Alabama behind Auburn in his power rankings.

1873
01:43:03,480 --> 01:43:04,400
 Yeah, yeah.

1874
01:43:04,580 --> 01:43:05,920
 So, I don't know.

1875
01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:06,600
 I don't know.

1876
01:43:06,700 --> 01:43:09,280
 So, I mean, there's a lot of people that don't believe it, and there's a lot of people that do believe.

1877
01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:17,100
 Ryan, the biggest question, and it's been talked about ad nauseum, the effectiveness of the offensive line.

1878
01:43:17,820 --> 01:43:18,500
 We'll see.

1879
01:43:18,500 --> 01:43:28,340
 But right now, starting left to right, is it Jackson Lloyd, left tackle, Mal Waltrip, who may be the biggest surprise of summer camp,

1880
01:43:28,940 --> 01:43:33,760
 Rayson Delgotti at center, Michael Carroll at right guard, and Jem and James at right tackle?

1881
01:43:35,160 --> 01:43:35,840
 Yeah, that's it.

1882
01:43:36,080 --> 01:43:37,020
 I mean, that's the five.

1883
01:43:37,100 --> 01:43:41,040
 And really, that's been the five, you know, for quite a while, too.

1884
01:43:41,240 --> 01:43:47,640
 I mean, it's, you know, that's the one thing that this team may have the advantage,

1885
01:43:47,920 --> 01:43:56,460
 is that they've been able to settle with a five, and they've been able to work that for a few weeks.

1886
01:43:56,540 --> 01:44:02,140
 Now, that is something, and a lot of us, you know, like, we like to throw darts, but we need to give some context, too.

1887
01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:09,660
 The reason, I mean, they were not able to settle last year on the five, for one, they didn't ever find the five that they thought were the best five.

1888
01:44:09,840 --> 01:44:09,940
 Right.

1889
01:44:10,040 --> 01:44:12,020
 But they also had to battle with injuries, too.

1890
01:44:12,240 --> 01:44:13,380
 I mean, keep that in mind.

1891
01:44:13,460 --> 01:44:18,540
 They were trying to shuffle guys around, you know, trying to figure out who was the best five.

1892
01:44:18,920 --> 01:44:27,880
 And so, you know, when you do spend some time thinking about this offensive line, Adrian Clem, you know, that's another big topic.

1893
01:44:28,140 --> 01:44:43,220
 And, you know, those who know a little bit more, I know Aaron Taylor was here a couple of weeks ago, and he's had some strong opinions to say, you know, about this offensive line and how he thinks Adrian Clem is going to make it, you know, a dynamic offensive line.

1894
01:44:43,220 --> 01:44:50,100
 I don't know enough about offensive line to, you know, I know what, you know, what a bad offensive line looks like, and that was a bad offensive line last year.

1895
01:44:50,360 --> 01:44:58,980
 So, but to kind of find a way to make this work, I think settling with five is going to give you a leg up, because that's something that they didn't do last year.

1896
01:45:00,940 --> 01:45:02,340
 Ryan Fowler in the huddle with us.

1897
01:45:02,460 --> 01:45:07,940
 Obviously, you got some folks plugging in the most recent to get one of those pieces, Luke Metz.

1898
01:45:08,020 --> 01:45:12,140
 Your thoughts about Metz being able to be penciled in, and we talked about Russell.

1899
01:45:12,240 --> 01:45:13,200
 Now, he's got a position.

1900
01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:18,420
 As far as any remaining positions, where would that be in your opinion, Ryan?

1901
01:45:18,960 --> 01:45:22,220
 Well, we'll go to kicker, but let's go back to Luke Metz here for just a minute.

1902
01:45:22,220 --> 01:45:30,320
 You guys remember when he committed getting some complaints from the Alabama fans about that three-star?

1903
01:45:30,640 --> 01:45:31,900
 He's a three-star.

1904
01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:32,500
 Oh, yes.

1905
01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:34,120
 He's only a three-star.

1906
01:45:34,620 --> 01:45:34,920
 Three-star.

1907
01:45:35,800 --> 01:45:37,400
 I mean, we heard nonstop.

1908
01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:44,120
 Well, I don't want to, but there's going to be about four three-stars that are going to make a big impact on this football team.

1909
01:45:44,380 --> 01:45:51,820
 Luke Metz is going to be one of the, yeah, Treshawn Brown, Mal Walker, I think Mal Walker was a three-star, if I'm not mistaken.

1910
01:45:52,220 --> 01:45:55,840
 So, this staff knows how to evaluate.

1911
01:45:56,060 --> 01:45:59,040
 I mean, that's one thing that you can give these guys credit.

1912
01:45:59,180 --> 01:46:05,720
 I mean, they can find guys that, you know, and that's the trick now, is to be able to do that.

1913
01:46:05,980 --> 01:46:17,180
 But Luke Metz is going to give you, I think, Kane Womack yesterday said that as far as from a field general is the way that he describes it, a field general.

1914
01:46:17,180 --> 01:46:28,400
 And so, I think when you, you know, when you look at what these guys are, you know, he's going to give you something at that middle linebacker that can be very productive, you know, in this defense's side of the things.

1915
01:46:28,540 --> 01:46:33,040
 But the biggest competition, I guess, right now that still hasn't been said of his kicker.

1916
01:46:33,640 --> 01:46:43,580
 I mean, that's a, that is, and you know what, a credit, you know, because we automatically assume that Conor Talty was going to fold it in and go home.

1917
01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:44,980
 Right, right.

1918
01:46:45,680 --> 01:46:50,400
 I mean, I thought, okay, well, appreciate Conor Talty, he can be sitting in the press box with me.

1919
01:46:50,400 --> 01:46:51,380
 He got booed and all that stuff, yeah.

1920
01:46:51,920 --> 01:47:00,120
 Yeah, yeah, well, he's fought, he's fought back, and now he's made it a, you know, pretty in-depth competition with Lorcan Quinn.

1921
01:47:00,480 --> 01:47:08,900
 And, you know, I was told on Sunday, and I put a little nugget out on my Facebook account that they hit from 50-plus out.

1922
01:47:09,220 --> 01:47:15,960
 And I thought it was 57, Caleb Boer said it was 58 during his media availability on Tuesday.

1923
01:47:16,460 --> 01:47:25,920
 Then they followed back up the next day, the next day, they went from 60, and both of them hit it from there.

1924
01:47:26,040 --> 01:47:28,480
 I don't know if they're just going to have a kickoff to win the job.

1925
01:47:28,720 --> 01:47:29,380
 Yeah, there you go.

1926
01:47:29,720 --> 01:47:33,380
 You know, like, okay, hey, we're 61 today, tomorrow 62.

1927
01:47:34,180 --> 01:47:35,840
 One misses, loses the job.

1928
01:47:35,860 --> 01:47:36,900
 I don't know, like, I don't know.

1929
01:47:36,900 --> 01:47:37,940
 I don't know what they're going to do.

1930
01:47:38,360 --> 01:47:39,500
 Yeah, yeah, no pressure.

1931
01:47:39,600 --> 01:47:47,940
 Hey, I know you've worked your entire butt off, but, you know, it gives you some confidence that this, that this kicking unit has a chance to be better.

1932
01:47:48,580 --> 01:47:51,700
 And that's going to be good because you've got this young offense.

1933
01:47:52,080 --> 01:47:55,880
 Now, the job that I don't have a clue about, zero.

1934
01:47:56,980 --> 01:47:57,700
 And that's punter.

1935
01:47:58,280 --> 01:48:04,740
 I don't, I have no, I have absolutely zero knowledge on the punter.

1936
01:48:05,500 --> 01:48:06,260
 Just don't know.

1937
01:48:07,720 --> 01:48:11,340
 Yeah, I mean, I couldn't guess if you gave me a hundred bucks.

1938
01:48:11,540 --> 01:48:11,800
 Right.

1939
01:48:13,140 --> 01:48:14,000
 I have no clue.

1940
01:48:14,120 --> 01:48:14,920
 Not even a prediction.

1941
01:48:15,400 --> 01:48:17,300
 Ryan, do you feel a little more optimistic?

1942
01:48:17,460 --> 01:48:23,640
 And first of all, let me say, Jeremiah Beeman must have the Hee Haw theme song playing in the background.

1943
01:48:23,860 --> 01:48:26,360
 If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

1944
01:48:26,960 --> 01:48:28,380
 Unfortunately, he's out again.

1945
01:48:28,480 --> 01:48:30,180
 I believe it's even the same knee.

1946
01:48:30,900 --> 01:48:35,100
 But as far as the other injuries, do you feel a little bit more optimistic?

1947
01:48:35,800 --> 01:48:40,040
 Obviously, Noah Rogers seems to be very positive.

1948
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:46,740
 Crowell, I wouldn't surprise me at all if he plays a little bit against East Carolina.

1949
01:48:47,700 --> 01:48:49,660
 The other injuries, what are you hearing?

1950
01:48:52,160 --> 01:48:52,740
 Let's see.

1951
01:48:53,380 --> 01:48:57,860
 And Noah Rogers, I think we're still a few weeks away from that.

1952
01:48:57,940 --> 01:49:07,220
 The last time I got a little bit of scoop on that was prior to fall camp, they thought it might be Georgia was a fair target for him.

1953
01:49:08,220 --> 01:49:19,760
 And obviously, he's ahead of schedule, so you might be able to get that maybe the end of September, but if he's already out there doing things, that's a little bit of a different projection.

1954
01:49:20,240 --> 01:49:27,860
 So it's just, I mean, until you have a medical report, but all he told us was that he was ahead of schedule.

1955
01:49:28,580 --> 01:49:33,360
 But that's obviously a big something that you want to keep an eye on.

1956
01:49:35,220 --> 01:49:41,580
 Kyra Edwards, I want to know what part of the upper extremity that is.

1957
01:49:41,940 --> 01:49:50,000
 Because, you know, generically, we love to describe injuries as upper extremity and lower extremity, which is very generically.

1958
01:49:50,820 --> 01:50:03,080
 But think about it, you know, and I don't know if it's an arm or if it's a hand, if it's, because if it is, I mean, would it qualify to put a club out there and let it go?

1959
01:50:03,080 --> 01:50:08,920
 You see so many defenders that are able to do that, offense is a different story.

1960
01:50:09,500 --> 01:50:17,100
 But as far as that, that's something to kind of keep an eye on, that if it is, then could you see him play pretty early?

1961
01:50:18,180 --> 01:50:24,700
 And then EJ Crowell, you know, just continue to get people tell me that this guy will be ready to go.

1962
01:50:25,660 --> 01:50:29,540
 But I'm concerned because of the lack of reps.

1963
01:50:30,240 --> 01:50:30,360
 Yeah.

1964
01:50:31,500 --> 01:50:33,500
 It's just, it's hard to step in.

1965
01:50:33,580 --> 01:50:41,320
 You know, we were talking to Sean Alexander yesterday on the show and asking him about making an impact from the running back.

1966
01:50:41,360 --> 01:50:44,220
 And he talked about, well, everything that you could do running the football.

1967
01:50:44,800 --> 01:50:49,440
 But he said, he'll probably not be there on obvious passing downs.

1968
01:50:49,680 --> 01:50:50,200
 Thank you.

1969
01:50:50,420 --> 01:50:55,700
 That he's probably going to be a guy that will have to do it early, but probably not going to be able to do it late.

1970
01:50:56,100 --> 01:50:56,700
 Makes sense.

1971
01:50:57,500 --> 01:50:57,720
 Yeah.

1972
01:50:58,380 --> 01:50:58,860
 Who else?

1973
01:50:58,860 --> 01:51:05,440
 Some of those third down plays that he's probably not going to be, you know, have a lot of responsibility.

1974
01:51:06,420 --> 01:51:06,820
 Absolutely.

1975
01:51:07,200 --> 01:51:13,280
 Dari Noqua, if the SEC Network's on the show, who else have you got and where can we get online to listen?

1976
01:51:14,080 --> 01:51:16,240
 Well, Todd109.com.

1977
01:51:16,320 --> 01:51:23,440
 We got Mr. Rodney Orr coming up 2-15, 2-15, and then 3-15, Dari Noqua is going to be on.

1978
01:51:23,440 --> 01:51:26,180
 And then at 4 o'clock, we've got Brad Powers.

1979
01:51:26,660 --> 01:51:29,800
 He'll break down week zero and kind of look at some projections.

1980
01:51:30,580 --> 01:51:37,000
 You know, he actually bet on Keelan Russell being a Heisman, I think, finest.

1981
01:51:37,560 --> 01:51:39,580
 And he's going to share some of the reasons why.

1982
01:51:40,880 --> 01:51:43,180
 So we'll talk with him coming up at 4 o'clock.

1983
01:51:43,260 --> 01:51:44,680
 So that's the way the show will line up.

1984
01:51:45,100 --> 01:51:47,080
 Hey, I always appreciate going to be on with you guys, man.

1985
01:51:47,100 --> 01:51:47,760
 I can't believe it.

1986
01:51:47,780 --> 01:51:49,360
 Next week when we talk, it'll be game week.

1987
01:51:49,420 --> 01:51:50,620
 I appreciate you guys so much.

1988
01:51:50,700 --> 01:51:51,040
 Thank you.

1989
01:51:51,100 --> 01:51:51,720
 Thank you, bud.

1990
01:51:51,780 --> 01:51:52,780
 Back at you, Ryan.

1991
01:51:52,780 --> 01:51:56,160
 Ryan Fowler, host of the game, untied 109 FM.

1992
01:51:56,260 --> 01:52:00,940
 BB, obviously the Braves trying to add their four-and-a-half game lead tonight.

1993
01:52:01,180 --> 01:52:03,500
 So far, so good against the Dodgers.

1994
01:52:03,560 --> 01:52:05,500
 And a pretty good pitch on the mound tonight for the Braavos.

1995
01:52:05,800 --> 01:52:08,220
 Chris Sale is on the mound tonight.

1996
01:52:08,320 --> 01:52:10,680
 In fact, he is facing Yamamoto.

1997
01:52:11,140 --> 01:52:11,760
 Oh, yeah.

1998
01:52:12,120 --> 01:52:13,660
 I don't think that's Tojo.

1999
01:52:15,120 --> 01:52:16,360
 I remember Tojo.

2000
01:52:16,580 --> 01:52:20,760
 I bet Blair could remember Tojo pretty good, too.

2001
01:52:21,100 --> 01:52:28,840
 You could have knocked me over with the feather when Kim was able to knock in the winning run last night.

2002
01:52:28,980 --> 01:52:31,080
 But the Braves have won the series.

2003
01:52:31,260 --> 01:52:32,340
 Can they get the sweep?

2004
01:52:32,420 --> 01:52:34,540
 And you can hear it tonight on 93.9.

2005
01:52:34,620 --> 01:52:34,960
 Let's go.

2006
01:52:35,200 --> 01:52:36,840
 Football kicking off week zero.

2007
01:52:37,060 --> 01:52:40,320
 Monkson, Papa Simpson, UT Martin taking on Central Arkansas.

2008
01:52:40,560 --> 01:52:43,220
 One of a ton of games opening night week zero.

2009
01:52:43,440 --> 01:52:44,860
 It's now on and rocking.

2010
01:52:45,220 --> 01:52:46,400
 We'll get the latest coming up tomorrow.

2011
01:52:46,480 --> 01:52:49,880
 But in the meantime, I'm FBB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

2012
01:52:50,180 --> 01:52:52,080
 Harold Bugg, thank you so much for your time today.

2013
01:52:52,160 --> 01:52:53,500
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two.

2014
01:52:53,740 --> 01:52:56,340
 The Good Morning Bug Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9.

2015
01:52:56,420 --> 01:52:56,740
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