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

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 Huge weekend of college action on tap.

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 has it really been 25 years since the world changed?

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 Happy Friday to you and the listeners.

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 9-11, 2001, 25 years later, our nation reflects on the worst day in American history.

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 But never forget those who lost their lives that day and the true heroes,

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 and particularly the first responders who went in the building as everybody else was trying to get out.

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 Caleb Suggs and Zach Pounders previewed the top high school games in North Alabama.

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 Bill Shanks previews a huge matchup with the Braves and Phillies.

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 But Larry is here right now to talk about a very confident Kentucky media and fan base

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 entering tomorrow's game with Alabama.

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 Larry is all over the Cats.

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 That is the Kentucky Cats, part of Vault's Views.

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 Get this, in 30 newspapers with his columns up in the bluegrass state,

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 Larry, we thank you so much for carving out time to be with us today with that busy schedule.

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 I saw a stat, Larry, where since then to now, 100 million people have been born since then around the globe.

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 That's a lot of people who don't have – it'd be like people being born in the 50s and 60s couldn't remember World War II, you know, and for that matter, even World War I.

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 And a lot of years they play Alabama, I don't think they thought they had a chance.

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 Well, with that prediction, and we know that you live in Kentucky,

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 we will give you the witness protection program, Larry.

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 Yeah, because if it happens to go the other way, the radio show tomorrow morning or Sunday morning,

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 I will be eat alive.

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 Because one of my co-hosts played on the 1997 game that beat Alabama and ran for like 130 yards

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 or something like Anthony White, so he had a big role in winning that game.

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 So, if Kentucky beats Alabama, I'll have to sit there in silence.

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 Just call in sick.

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 That's the key to that one.

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 That's the idea.

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 I make, I make.

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 There you go.

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 Yeah.

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 Larry, thanks for your time today.

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 And keep that bad weather away, okay?

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 Yeah, I hope so.

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 But it's just kind of warm people.

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 Don't be surprised if we end up in some delay, mainly because of the lightning.

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 Yeah, I appreciate the heads out.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are you all?

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 Hey, bud.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Let's kind of kick things off here with a very interesting matchup.

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 I don't know that anybody at one time would have said when Muscle Shoals and Austin gets together, Muscle Shoals will be 0-2.

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 Austin will be 1-2.

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 If you don't mind, Caleb, let's start with your thoughts on that matchup tonight.

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 Yeah, well, you guys aren't the first person to say that to me.

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 It's very odd to think that this is where they are.

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 And, you know, I think it's just taken some time to, you know, obviously Muscle Shoals has a new coach.

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 And Austin took some time in the first couple games that needed to kind of find their identity.

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 And they have a lot of young players.

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 So I think this will still be a great game.

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 It may not be the records coming in that people expected.

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 But, you know, I still think it will be, you know, one of the better games here in North Alabama.

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 I mean, Muscle Shoals' defense is elite right now.

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 They just got to figure out how to score.

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 So when they do that, they'll be just as good as everybody thought they'd be.

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 And I think Austin's kind of finding their identity, too, as well.

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 They had a great game last week defensively.

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 Offense is coming along.

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 I think this will be a great game.

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 It will be really tough.

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 And it could be one that, you know, I know they're 0-2 and, you know, 1-2.

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 But, you know, this is still a very important region game that could decide, you know,

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 some important region playoff matchups later.

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 And to your point, Muscle Shoals' defense gave up 14 to Hoover and 7 to Florence and lost both games.

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 Wow.

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 Athens at Decatur, the 95th meeting of this series.

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 John Ritter, Cody Gross, two of the best coaches in North Alabama.

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 Athens is playing well, averaging 30 points a game, only giving up 11.

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 Cain Bledsoe's had a very good year, ran for 400 yards.

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 As you mentioned in your preview, Isaiah Allen's got to get going.

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 The 95th, but Athens has had a hammerlock on this series, seven of the last nine games.

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 Key game, Athens at Decatur.

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 because there's a lot of good teams in only four playoff spots.

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 And, you know, Athens is playing.

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 They've been solid so far.

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 You know, even though they're pretty young, I think, you know, the schedule has favored them early

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 to kind of let them work out some of the kinks.

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 And Cain Bledsoe has emerged.

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 And then their quarterback's been a lot better than I thought he'd be.

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 So it's been a good start.

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 one of the best starts Athens could have hoped for with such a young team.

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 And they end up, you know, with zero points.

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 that were just really killed some drives

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 They've got to get a signature win here or there.

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 So maybe it'll be tonight.

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 But, you know, if it's not tonight, I don't know when it's going to be.

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 out at Lexington 3-0 and the home cooking night against Falkville.

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 He's kind of, you know, built on what Lexington had done there

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 and they continue to have success.

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 They also know the team that's really young,

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 I think it's going to be really tough to go on the road.

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 The Lexington didn't get a win,

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 3-0, they're traveling to Winfield.

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 Nikita Stover is a very good coach.

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 They have outscored opponents 115-38.

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 Kate Porum is completing 70% of his passes,

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 thrown for nearly 600 yards.

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 Severus Evans, Nazi Gamble have combined for 541.

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 Will the Hanton Hornets continue to roll tonight?

465
00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:28,020
 Absolutely.

466
00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:28,840
 I believe.

467
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,320
 I've seen it a lot.

468
00:25:30,940 --> 00:25:33,580
 You have teams that have a good season,

469
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,820
 and they're bringing so many back,

470
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,140
 and they have so many expectations.

471
00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:39,040
 Usually, one of two things happens.

472
00:25:39,180 --> 00:25:40,700
 One, they completely fall on their face.

473
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,180
 Or two, they completely live up and exceed those expectations.

474
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,940
 And so far, Hanton has done the latter.

475
00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:50,520
 They've been even better than I thought they would be offensively, defensively.

476
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:51,200
 They're throwing it.

477
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:51,840
 They're running it.

478
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,300
 Their defense is swarming people.

479
00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:57,220
 I mean, right now, I'm struggling to find a team that,

480
00:25:57,460 --> 00:25:58,760
 at least in their regular season schedule,

481
00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:00,080
 is going to be to keep up with them,

482
00:26:00,140 --> 00:26:01,580
 and I don't think it's going to be tonight either.

483
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,580
 They're really good.

484
00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:05,440
 East limestone at Hartzell.

485
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,160
 Hartzell coming off a loss to Russell.

486
00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:09,500
 And as you mentioned,

487
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,800
 they couldn't handle Russell's winged tee attack.

488
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,900
 But I think Hartzell gets back on track tonight against East limestone.

489
00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:18,480
 Yeah, absolutely.

490
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,420
 I think, you know, an opponent, you know,

491
00:26:20,460 --> 00:26:22,480
 if you want to bounce back game, this is the best one.

492
00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:23,640
 And no offense to East limestone,

493
00:26:23,780 --> 00:26:25,560
 but obviously a new head coach and stuff.

494
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,960
 They're kind of growing up.

495
00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:28,220
 But, yeah, I think last week, you know,

496
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:29,220
 Hartzell's got a young team,

497
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:30,860
 and it's probably been, honestly,

498
00:26:30,980 --> 00:26:33,200
 10 years since they played a team that ran up winged tee.

499
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,680
 So, I'm sure they weren't quite prepared for it.

500
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,400
 And we know Russellville and Coach Higgins runs it very well.

501
00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:40,200
 So, I think, you know,

502
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,240
 not to take anything from Russellville,

503
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:43,420
 they obviously earned that win.

504
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,460
 But, you know, I think, you know,

505
00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:46,140
 they caught off guard.

506
00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:46,800
 They're a young team.

507
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:47,560
 They'll bounce back.

508
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,740
 And I think that tonight will be a big win for them.

509
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:50,920
 Absolutely.

510
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:51,960
 Great stuff.

511
00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:55,100
 Standing, stance, previews, predictions.

512
00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:59,660
 Where can we get online and get before game, after game, recal?

513
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,400
 Yeah, you can get online at decadedaily.com.

514
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,760
 We'll have, we've had plenty of stuff going up to this week,

515
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,580
 and we'll have tons of game stuff tonight.

516
00:27:08,620 --> 00:27:09,740
 Thank you so much, Caleb.

517
00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:11,500
 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily,

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519
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 the latest on the Florence High Falcons.

520
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522
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523
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 There was a chance for an All-American women's singles final at the U.S. Open,

524
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 but both Coco Gauff and Jess Pagula lost in last night's semifinals.

525
00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:44,800
 So it'll be, instead, Irina Sabalenka and Elena Rabacana tomorrow.

526
00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:50,340
 Sabalenka going for a U.S. Open three-peat, the last to do that for the women's Serena Williams in 2014.

527
00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:54,500
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528
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 Alex Zverev and Karen Ketchinov played this afternoon.

529
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,320
 Zverev began this tournament with two wins that took five sets.

530
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 He was glad he had a chance to prevail.

531
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,520
 You know, you saw that in the first two rounds when I really didn't play well.

532
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,740
 I can rely on my physicality a bit more in majors than I can in other tournaments.

533
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,280
 You know, in other tournaments, I would have been out of the first round,

534
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535
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642
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 He's always got a full plate in the Peachtree State this time of the year.

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645
00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:42,660
 Bill, welcome in.

646
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 How are you?

647
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:44,540
 I'm good.

648
00:33:44,620 --> 00:33:45,000
 How are y'all?

649
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:45,320
 Hey, Bill.

650
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,000
 Two weeks to go in this crazy season, the Atlanta Braves.

651
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:53,160
 Bill, what kind of adjectives would you put on this season for the Braves?

652
00:33:53,620 --> 00:33:55,600
 Rollercoaster may be up, down, sideways.

653
00:33:56,220 --> 00:34:01,900
 Two weeks to go, any combination of 11 wins and fields losses and the Braves get the title.

654
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,320
 What better way to start on that tonight?

655
00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:06,980
 They could chop two off, taking on the fields tonight.

656
00:34:07,060 --> 00:34:09,280
 Your thoughts about the Braves down the stretch here?

657
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:16,360
 Well, they need to have a good weekend to kind of get this out of the way, if you will.

658
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:17,720
 They're not done yet.

659
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 I mean, they have a four-game lead to 15 to play, and they hold the tiebreaker over the

660
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,200
 Phillies, so it's really a five-game lead to 15 to play.

661
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:26,500
 Yep.

662
00:34:26,740 --> 00:34:28,040
 If you look at it like that.

663
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 So they're in the driver's seat.

664
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 They don't want any catastrophe to happen, like a sweep, because if that were to go on,

665
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 then you'd be screwed, and you'd be in big trouble Monday morning with a one-game lead

666
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 with about 12 to play, and then all bets are off.

667
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 So you've got to take care of business and do what you're supposed to do, which is win

668
00:34:46,340 --> 00:34:51,340
 series, you win series, you get another game on the standings, and you're in really good

669
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 shape.

670
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:56,940
 So they've got to play well this weekend, and they have not hit very well at all.

671
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,520
 It's been rough the last six games, six, seven games.

672
00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:06,940
 It's been really, really bad, and they are getting ready to face three good pitchers here,

673
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,840
 so it's not going to be an easy series for them, especially with the offense struggling

674
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:12,620
 as a hash.

675
00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:14,660
 No question.

676
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:22,080
 The ironic thing about it is they've outscored the Phillies 44 to 27 while winning seven of

677
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,280
 the ten matchups.

678
00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:27,500
 Matt Olsen, who I thought could have an MVP year.

679
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:34,080
 It's certainly tailed off, and manufacturing runs, hitting with runners in scoring position.

680
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:40,580
 We talk about starting pitching to the point of nauseam, but you brought it up on your Twitter

681
00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:42,000
 post earlier this week.

682
00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:46,600
 Can they hit well enough the last two weeks of the season to win the division?

683
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:54,800
 Well, these are the pitchers that they're facing, like they faced last weekend in Philadelphia.

684
00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:58,560
 I know they split the series, but they didn't hit the ball very well.

685
00:35:59,820 --> 00:36:04,940
 And so it's like these are the kind of pitchers, like the pitchers they faced against Tampa Bay.

686
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,320
 These are the people that you're going to have to face in the postseason.

687
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:12,820
 Well, you know, can you do well against those kind of pitchers?

688
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:17,160
 It's one thing to do well against the Mets or the Nationals or the Marlins.

689
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 You've got to do well against top-tier pitching that's going to be keyed up for October, and that's

690
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 what you've got to prepare for.

691
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 So I'm kind of skeptical about that, to be honest with you.

692
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:34,100
 I don't know how well they can do in that situation because I do think they are inconsistent.

693
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,380
 And when you're inconsistent offensively, you open yourself up to get shut down like they

694
00:36:38,380 --> 00:36:39,680
 have the last seven games.

695
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,460
 So they've been very fortunate.

696
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,380
 The pitching overall has been very good for the most part, and the bullpen continues to

697
00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:46,580
 be a strength of this team.

698
00:36:47,060 --> 00:36:48,020
 But they've got to hit.

699
00:36:48,020 --> 00:36:54,320
 I mean, in 2023, they had the best offense in 96 years, going back to the 1927 Yankees.

700
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,720
 They averaged 5.85 runs per game.

701
00:36:57,140 --> 00:37:02,700
 And then they got into four-game series, best-of-five-game series of the Phillies, and they scored

702
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:03,800
 eight runs.

703
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,580
 And they lost the series three games to one.

704
00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:08,460
 You can't do that.

705
00:37:08,780 --> 00:37:10,780
 You know, you can't have that happen again.

706
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:12,800
 And so the pitching, I don't think it's the problem.

707
00:37:12,860 --> 00:37:13,280
 It's the hitting.

708
00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:14,580
 And can they hit this weekend?

709
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:15,960
 Can they hit the rest of the year?

710
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,860
 And can they get hot going into October?

711
00:37:18,020 --> 00:37:21,860
 They've got to get Matt Olsen right because he's had a bad month of September.

712
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,440
 He had a bad 30 games, to be honest with you.

713
00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:31,480
 Bill, it comes down to this, too, how the two respective schedules stack up for, let's

714
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,000
 face it, you can't overemphasize the importance of winning tonight for many reasons.

715
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,000
 It sets the tone.

716
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,960
 And no matter what happens, the worst that could happen is the Phillies will only pick up one

717
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,080
 game, even if they win Saturday and Sunday, if the Braves can take care of business tonight.

718
00:37:44,580 --> 00:37:45,800
 Only two weeks to go.

719
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,520
 But here's the deal.

720
00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:51,080
 After that, they've got to go on the road to Wrigley, to the Chicago Cubs.

721
00:37:51,580 --> 00:37:52,700
 And the Cubs are competitive.

722
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:53,740
 They're going to be in the playoffs.

723
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:54,340
 An off day.

724
00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:57,440
 And then Houston, they're doing all right in the American League Central.

725
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,320
 And then Cincinnati and Miami to close things out.

726
00:38:00,420 --> 00:38:02,180
 I haven't seen the field schedule.

727
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,040
 But your thoughts about how the Braves schedule stacks up down the stretch here?

728
00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:08,040
 Well, it's tough.

729
00:38:08,340 --> 00:38:14,960
 I mean, the next week is, I mean, the final six games, Marlins are struggling and the Reds

730
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:15,460
 are struggling.

731
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,600
 So, I mean, you've got to take care of business with them.

732
00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:19,900
 It's good that it's there in case you need it.

733
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,260
 And if you're in a bind there at the end of the season where you've got to win, hopefully

734
00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:25,660
 you can beat those two teams that aren't having winning seasons.

735
00:38:26,060 --> 00:38:31,980
 But, I mean, you've got to play three teams here with Philadelphia and Chicago and Houston

736
00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:33,360
 who are getting ready for the playoffs.

737
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:34,220
 And they're all over.

738
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:34,700
 That's it.

739
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,980
 You've got to be at the top.

740
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,580
 Playoffs are already underway, right?

741
00:38:39,620 --> 00:38:42,680
 You can't say, well, the playoffs start in October or this, that, you know, the playoffs

742
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:43,400
 have already began.

743
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,280
 And so, you've got to play at a high level.

744
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,940
 And they're going to have to do that in this next week against those three teams who are

745
00:38:49,940 --> 00:38:51,080
 getting ready for the postseason.

746
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:58,320
 Okay, the starting rotation for the postseason, Sale, Malley, Holmes, Martín, Perez.

747
00:39:00,140 --> 00:39:05,260
 Yeah, and if they have to be in a best of three series, you know, it'll be interesting

748
00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:08,400
 to see how they would do and how they would construct that, obviously.

749
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,860
 Would they go with Sale in game two?

750
00:39:11,180 --> 00:39:15,740
 If they, you know, were, you know, if they got, if they lost the first game, then Sale

751
00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:16,640
 could save the season.

752
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:18,260
 Would they put him in game two?

753
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:22,200
 Because if they won the first game, they could have him try to clinch that series.

754
00:39:22,420 --> 00:39:23,860
 I mean, there's strategy in that.

755
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:28,980
 Plus, you know, the series are so close together that you've got to think, or if we win the series,

756
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,780
 what's going to be the deal for the best of five series?

757
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,120
 So, there's a lot to kind of think about.

758
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:42,080
 But I think, in general, Sale, Malley, and Perez probably, because I think he can go deeper

759
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:46,080
 than Holmes, and especially with Elder out now with a knee injury.

760
00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:50,700
 I would probably say Perez, but of course, you know, you have the ability to have Holmes

761
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:55,480
 there as either an opener or a middle guy who can go, you know, three or four innings,

762
00:39:55,540 --> 00:39:57,940
 which would be very beneficial to them.

763
00:39:57,980 --> 00:40:02,580
 But I would think Perez, who's been really good since the All-Star break, like sub two

764
00:40:02,580 --> 00:40:05,820
 and a half ERA since the All-Star break, I would think he would be the number three right

765
00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:06,100
 now.

766
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,380
 Well, Shane, check him out online at thesesuperstations.com.

767
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,960
 Bill, let's shift gears, talk football, a lot of good games this weekend.

768
00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:16,800
 I think we can all agree Georgia won't be a part of one of them.

769
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,140
 Taking on the Mighty Hilltoppers from Western Kentucky, it is what it is.

770
00:40:21,140 --> 00:40:24,720
 Your thoughts, what did you learn about the Georgia boys in the opener?

771
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,940
 They're very deep.

772
00:40:27,180 --> 00:40:33,500
 Kind of confirmed why I believe that they have perhaps the deepest roster since they won the

773
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:40,460
 national championship, that if certain players on the first team go down, they have people

774
00:40:40,460 --> 00:40:44,700
 on the second team that can step up and they're not be that big of a drop-off, which is what

775
00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:49,680
 you have to hope with your depth, that when you lose a player, the drop-off is not substantial

776
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:50,900
 to where you're screwed.

777
00:40:51,260 --> 00:40:54,920
 That happens a lot of times with college football teams with certain players that get hurt and

778
00:40:54,920 --> 00:41:00,600
 like, oh God, we don't have a backup right tackle, or we don't have a backup safety or something

779
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,940
 like that where they can really get in the bind, Georgia's not in that situation at all.

780
00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:09,720
 They are very deep, and even though it was a cash-for-clucker game, and we've been putting

781
00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:14,080
 the disclaimer on it all week long, it was the most impressive cash-for-clucker performance

782
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:14,940
 they've ever had.

783
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,200
 A lot of times you come out and you look sluggish or you don't do well or you're going through

784
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:19,680
 the motions.

785
00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:22,340
 They came out to kick a**, and that's what they did.

786
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,840
 We talked about this yesterday on your award-winning show.

787
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,300
 Can the SEC set the tone for the year?

788
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,060
 This is a big weekend for the SEC to make a statement.

789
00:41:35,340 --> 00:41:39,320
 They play three Big Ten teams, Michigan, Ohio State, Minnesota.

790
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:44,220
 They play three Big 12 teams, Kansas, Arizona State, and Utah.

791
00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:47,580
 Tennessee plays Georgia Tech from the ACC.

792
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:52,800
 Can Texas, can Sark finally get the monkey off its back?

793
00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:56,460
 Can Oklahoma beat a reeling Michigan team?

794
00:41:57,020 --> 00:41:59,580
 Can the SEC make a statement tomorrow?

795
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,340
 Well, I think it can.

796
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:08,760
 I think Texas and Ohio State will obviously be very, very interesting, and I think Texas

797
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:09,920
 has something to prove.

798
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:15,780
 I mean, there's a lot of light on Texas, and they've got a lot of publicity about Sark and

799
00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:20,500
 Arch and all of the defense and all the players they brought in, and ones that are trying to

800
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,500
 make a difference to get to that next level.

801
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:30,160
 So, you know, I think they need to prove something tomorrow, and I think they can.

802
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,400
 I don't know if they will or not.

803
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,620
 I mean, I think Julian Sane versus Arch Manning is going to be a very interesting matchup there

804
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:40,100
 of which quarterback has the most success against the opposing team's defense.

805
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,580
 I think Oklahoma should take care of Michigan.

806
00:42:42,740 --> 00:42:47,300
 I mean, Michigan obviously showed that they weren't very good, and it may be a little bit of a transition

807
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:52,720
 for Kyle as he gets into that job, which is customary with a lot of first-year coaches.

808
00:42:52,720 --> 00:43:03,900
 So, you know, I think they should win those games and do the – I'm just worried about

809
00:43:03,900 --> 00:43:06,220
 Alabama, Hanley, Kentucky, to be honest with you, Brett.

810
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,380
 You don't have to expand on that, Bill, because, Brett, that's not breaking news.

811
00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:11,940
 Sure, absolutely.

812
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,620
 If you can expand on that, please, because Brett needs that.

813
00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:19,420
 I mean, Will Stein's a great coach, and Menchie's a great quarterback, and you can't beat the

814
00:43:19,420 --> 00:43:25,220
 powers of the blue, so we'll see what both of those teams can do in a conference game tomorrow.

815
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:26,620
 I'm looking forward to that one, too.

816
00:43:27,220 --> 00:43:31,020
 Speaking of conference, Bill, any message to Lane Kiffin and the SEC?

817
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,660
 They went to divorce court this week, or they got to the steps, and then they said,

818
00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,600
 I, Chuck, we're just kidding, guys.

819
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,780
 Well, I mean, you know, nobody should be surprised.

820
00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:45,640
 Lane's going to be Lane, and that's customary with him.

821
00:43:45,780 --> 00:43:48,520
 He's kind of a – I don't know.

822
00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:50,920
 He – look, he wants to win.

823
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:52,700
 He wants to be Mr. Big Shot.

824
00:43:53,140 --> 00:43:53,460
 Yeah.

825
00:43:53,620 --> 00:43:54,820
 He wants to be Mr. Slick.

826
00:43:55,020 --> 00:43:58,740
 And so nobody should be surprised, again, of what he did.

827
00:43:58,820 --> 00:44:01,140
 And if anybody was going to do it, it would probably be him.

828
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,940
 And look, he was trying to get an advantage and take it as far as he could, and they did,

829
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:05,820
 and they backed up.

830
00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:09,580
 And I'm glad the conference kind of called their bluff and shut them up a little bit.

831
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:10,260
 Yeah.

832
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:11,120
 Absolutely.

833
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,700
 Listen, I liked your text this morning about 9-11.

834
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:21,200
 You're at home in your apartment and talked about – the media actually did their job that day.

835
00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:28,580
 It's an emotional day for a lot of people for 9-11, and I appreciate you putting that on the post.

836
00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:31,140
 One of you – who have you got on the show today?

837
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,180
 Can our callers call in and make predictions?

838
00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:36,220
 Well, they can.

839
00:44:36,220 --> 00:44:41,300
 And we're going to have Tua Tangelo over to talk about his transition to a female.

840
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,360
 So, you know, we like to discuss those kind of topics.

841
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:47,020
 Oh, man.

842
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:49,960
 Nothing like being woke.

843
00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:54,520
 And so, we're going to talk a little bit about the games tomorrow

844
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:58,540
 and may take some predictions and get you ready for the Braves, the Phillies,

845
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,740
 tonight at 7-15.

846
00:45:01,460 --> 00:45:02,740
 Breaking news there with Tua.

847
00:45:02,780 --> 00:45:05,480
 We didn't know that, but I guess we'll have to listen to your show today, Bill.

848
00:45:05,540 --> 00:45:07,660
 Listen, man, have a great weekend and stay safe, okay?

849
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:09,020
 All right, guys.

850
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851
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 As we say always, it's the fastest 10 or 11 weeks of the year.

936
00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:48,840
 I'm looking at the numbers here.

937
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,480
 3-0 for the Florence High Falcons.

938
00:49:51,620 --> 00:49:52,980
 You are a student of history.

939
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:59,140
 Kevin, when's the last time we've been able to say we're sitting here talking about a 3-0 Falcons team?

940
00:50:00,420 --> 00:50:03,600
 Sean Southwood was playing running back, if I'm not mistaken.

941
00:50:04,220 --> 00:50:08,760
 And I think it goes all the way back to 2007, if I'm not mistaken on that.

942
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,220
 And that tells you a little bit about the history of this.

943
00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:14,420
 And that was the first region championship team, by the way, in 0-7.

944
00:50:14,580 --> 00:50:17,220
 So, maybe a little foreshadowing.

945
00:50:17,340 --> 00:50:17,860
 I don't know.

946
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:18,660
 We would take that.

947
00:50:19,020 --> 00:50:21,280
 But it has been a while since start out 3-0.

948
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,240
 But it's been a good start.

949
00:50:23,380 --> 00:50:24,300
 August was good.

950
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,120
 Last week was real good.

951
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:29,020
 But tonight is a huge win for the Falcons.

952
00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:33,200
 Ken Williams was the star against Muscle Shoals.

953
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,860
 Had, of course, the winning touchdown, 56-yard scamper.

954
00:50:37,540 --> 00:50:42,060
 But to me, the play of the game, and Kenny Morrison talked a little bit about this,

955
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:46,420
 was a high snap that went back to the end zone.

956
00:50:46,580 --> 00:50:53,500
 And Williams somehow got back to the end zone, scooped it up, and came out of the end zone

957
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:59,500
 in what probably should have been a safety and then a free kick to Muscle Shoals.

958
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:02,020
 Was that the key play in the game?

959
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:04,520
 I'd say no doubt.

960
00:51:04,740 --> 00:51:10,120
 It was one of the more amazing plays I've seen in my 23 years of covering Clarks High School.

961
00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:11,000
 And I really mean that.

962
00:51:11,260 --> 00:51:15,600
 The kid went and picked it up on the very end line after the snap went to the end zone.

963
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:18,360
 So, he was 109 yards away from the other end zone.

964
00:51:18,940 --> 00:51:22,000
 And six or seven Trojans were right there.

965
00:51:22,420 --> 00:51:23,480
 He raced to the right.

966
00:51:23,620 --> 00:51:26,580
 It was like he was trying to dive across the goal line for a touchdown.

967
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:30,400
 He dives and gets the football just about a foot outside the goal line.

968
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,180
 It was a distinctive play.

969
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:33,460
 It was an athletic play.

970
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:37,200
 And I thought for just a moment I was going to be able to say, there goes Williams.

971
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:40,660
 Like, there goes Davis 109 yards because he was a step away.

972
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,480
 That's a pretty amazing play.

973
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,420
 And what it does is it shows the resilience of this team.

974
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,200
 And it really shows the heart of this team.

975
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:49,860
 They don't take anything for granted.

976
00:51:49,980 --> 00:51:51,080
 They're going to play every play.

977
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,580
 Obviously, they've got to have all their plays in the deck tonight.

978
00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:57,120
 You're taking on Russellville.

979
00:51:57,340 --> 00:52:02,520
 It's almost like a combination of Marsh Hill coming down to Franklin County.

980
00:52:03,100 --> 00:52:06,160
 A very interesting matchup, Florence and Russellville tonight.

981
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:11,000
 Well, I mean, Darryl Higgins is a great coach.

982
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:14,500
 And I have so much respect for him and Kenny and Morrison.

983
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,180
 You know, Kenny Morrison and Darryl Higgins played on the same high school team

984
00:52:18,180 --> 00:52:19,300
 at Coffey High School.

985
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:23,440
 And Kenny Morrison was the quarterback.

986
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,620
 And Darryl Higgins was, I think, defensive back and return punts.

987
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:27,360
 Wow.

988
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:28,680
 That gives you a little bit about those two.

989
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,940
 So they know each other well and their respect is there.

990
00:52:32,540 --> 00:52:35,700
 But it's not Kenny Morrison versus Darryl Higgins tonight.

991
00:52:35,700 --> 00:52:37,620
 It's Florence versus Russellville.

992
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:39,440
 And two really good teams.

993
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:43,080
 Russellville and Sho, they've got a tremendous running back again.

994
00:52:43,780 --> 00:52:47,800
 Taurus Davis threw 250-something yards last week, four touchdowns.

995
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:52,360
 The wing tee is something you don't see at this level as much.

996
00:52:52,780 --> 00:52:55,660
 But nobody runs it better than Coach Higgins' team.

997
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,800
 So it's going to be an absolute dogfight.

998
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,240
 And there's no doubt about it.

999
00:53:00,620 --> 00:53:04,000
 This Florence defense has been outstanding for three games.

1000
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:07,680
 But tonight might be the most difficult test they've faced all season.

1001
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,500
 All season because it's such a unique offense.

1002
00:53:10,940 --> 00:53:11,080
 Yeah.

1003
00:53:11,140 --> 00:53:12,260
 Such a well-coached offense.

1004
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:14,720
 And Russellville is playing with a ton of confidence.

1005
00:53:15,220 --> 00:53:16,340
 So two confident teams.

1006
00:53:16,900 --> 00:53:20,820
 And going in tonight and thinking, hey, either one of us can come through this thing and win it.

1007
00:53:21,220 --> 00:53:25,840
 I think it could come down to the simple thing of turnovers, especially if it's a rainy night.

1008
00:53:26,140 --> 00:53:30,420
 It could come down to just taking care of the football or maybe who asked the football last.

1009
00:53:31,060 --> 00:53:32,540
 You're exactly right.

1010
00:53:33,340 --> 00:53:38,600
 Pre-game, kickoff, and then the coach's breakfast Saturday morning.

1011
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:39,540
 Tell us about it.

1012
00:53:40,340 --> 00:53:44,980
 I'll go coach's breakfast from the North Alabama Bona Joint Clinic at 8 a.m.

1013
00:53:44,980 --> 00:53:47,880
 excuse me, 8 a.m. right here on 93.9 The Score.

1014
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:54,980
 And then tonight, 6 o'clock pre-game on the TNT fireworks pre-game, 7 o'clock kickoff from Russell High School.

1015
00:53:55,380 --> 00:54:03,280
 And I also want to say, just for a moment, that tonight, 194 high school games will be played in the state of Alabama.

1016
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:03,920
 Wow.

1017
00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:11,700
 And that means there's 194 renditions of the national anthem, small bands to large bands will be played tonight.

1018
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:12,240
 Yep.

1019
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:17,020
 And tonight, these young kids that are playing, hey, they weren't born, you know, 25 years ago.

1020
00:54:17,020 --> 00:54:17,720
 Yeah, that's a great point.

1021
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:21,440
 Tonight is a history lesson for them in many ways.

1022
00:54:21,780 --> 00:54:23,220
 But it's also a life lesson.

1023
00:54:23,220 --> 00:54:31,320
 If there was ever a night to go to support high school football and bring yourself together as a community in the city, tonight's that night.

1024
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:32,720
 These kids deserve it.

1025
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:40,140
 But some of them are going to trade in those uniforms they're wearing tonight one day for uniforms to protect us as soldiers or as first responders.

1026
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:45,640
 So we need to understand we're continually pouring into young people because of this great country.

1027
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:49,120
 And tonight, it's a very special night to be at a high school football game.

1028
00:54:49,980 --> 00:54:51,640
 Absolutely well put, KJ.

1029
00:54:51,740 --> 00:54:52,560
 Thanks for sharing that.

1030
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:56,560
 We can do what we do now because of what they did then, the ultimate sacrifice.

1031
00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:58,900
 KJ, safe travels and another good call tonight, okay?

1032
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:00,620
 Thank you, my friends.

1033
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:01,340
 Thank you, bud.

1034
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,900
 Damian Johnson getting ready for the call tonight here on 93.9.

1035
00:55:04,980 --> 00:55:07,140
 The score very, very well put.

1036
00:55:07,540 --> 00:55:10,980
 Coming up in the next hour, we're going to be talking to the Auburn Tigers with Justin Ferguson.

1037
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,420
 More high school stuff throughout the shows with Zach Pounders and Mike Huguenen.

1038
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:20,260
 He's the A&P Atlantic to Pacific guy when he comes talking college football this weekend across the country.

1039
00:55:20,260 --> 00:55:22,340
 That and more straight ahead here at the Boomo Bugg Show.

1040
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:37,640
 A questionable record of behavior has now come to light when it comes to a candidate who is running for the Alabama State Legislature.

1041
00:55:37,900 --> 00:55:41,400
 Democrat Rudolph Drake is running in the District 2 state Senate race.

1042
00:55:41,660 --> 00:55:45,620
 He's accused by a woman in Florida of blackmail, stalking, and domestic abuse.

1043
00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:52,260
 The accuser, Runeisha Guess, says the threats and physical violence occurred back in November of 2021 and May of 2022.

1044
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:59,500
 Court documents show that Guess claims Drake told her he would put a bullet in her head after first making verbal threats and text threats to her

1045
00:55:59,500 --> 00:56:04,360
 and threatened to share private health information along with videos and pictures to her family and friends.

1046
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,260
 This case that is being brought against Drake is a civil case.

1047
00:56:07,380 --> 00:56:11,320
 He's up against Republican John Roberts in the general election here in Alabama.

1048
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,040
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1049
00:56:14,180 --> 00:56:16,320
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1050
00:56:16,620 --> 00:56:17,800
 Come to the Lion's Den.

1051
00:56:18,260 --> 00:56:24,740
 For over 12 years, business owners have come to Birmingham from 37 states and 42 countries for the Lion's Den.

1052
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 Founders walk onto a stage.

1053
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 They pitch live about their social, spiritual, and financial impact.

1054
00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:33,100
 A panel asks the hard questions.

1055
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:41,640
 If you have capital to put to work, interest in exploring business as mission, or a business already built for more than money, you need to be in that room.

1056
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:43,880
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1057
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,960
 Get tickets at thelionsden.us.

1058
00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:54,820
 A jury has rendered a guilty verdict against Brian Martin for the shooting death of Sergeant Nick Reisner in October of 2021 in Colbert County.

1059
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:56,960
 The jury found Martin to be guilty on all counts.

1060
00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:01,380
 His attorneys had argued that Martin should be found guilty by reason of insanity and mental defect.

1061
00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:08,160
 An inmate and a correctional officer have been charged in the death of an inmate at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer.

1062
00:57:08,380 --> 00:57:11,840
 45-year-old Antoine Webb died from an assault that occurred last year.

1063
00:57:12,180 --> 00:57:17,720
 Now an inmate is being charged with that assault, and a corrections officer is being charged with failure to render aid to the victim.

1064
00:57:18,140 --> 00:57:18,880
 I'm Andrea Theis.

1065
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:23,620
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

1066
00:57:23,620 --> 00:57:26,680
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1067
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:37,220
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1068
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:40,760
 DJ K-Durk checking in, previously on the Feinbaum Show.

1069
00:57:41,220 --> 00:57:43,240
 If somebody wants to pay him, let him get paid.

1070
00:57:43,340 --> 00:57:44,680
 It's a free country.

1071
00:57:44,860 --> 00:57:46,160
 It's called free enterprise.

1072
00:57:46,660 --> 00:57:47,900
 Paul, you're doing a great job.

1073
00:57:47,980 --> 00:57:52,280
 I'd like to talk to you more, but I have a meeting with my parole officer that I have to go to.

1074
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:53,680
 Listen, we don't brag here.

1075
00:57:53,740 --> 00:57:54,620
 We just take calls.

1076
00:57:54,740 --> 00:57:59,600
 But I still maintain we are the number one show in America when it comes to people out on parole.

1077
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:07,360
 The Paul Feinbaum Show, weekdays at 3 Eastern on the ESPN app and on the SEC network.

1078
00:58:08,420 --> 00:58:10,640
 This is Graham Dunn and Michael Butler.

1079
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:14,680
 Get ready for your college football weekend with the Lindy's Football Report.

1080
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:18,340
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1081
00:58:18,820 --> 00:58:23,820
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1082
00:58:24,060 --> 00:58:25,460
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1083
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,480
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1084
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:32,600
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1085
00:58:33,540 --> 00:58:35,740
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1086
00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:43,200
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1087
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:49,220
 Tonight mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers overnight, possibly a thunderstorm, low near 70.

1088
00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:54,280
 Tomorrow cloudy with an 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high around 90.

1089
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:58,800
 Tomorrow night partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers overnight and a low near 70.

1090
00:58:59,380 --> 00:59:02,100
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1091
00:59:02,780 --> 00:59:05,420
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1092
00:59:06,420 --> 00:59:14,880
 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1093
00:59:15,540 --> 00:59:18,880
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1094
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:24,360
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1095
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,860
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide.

1096
00:59:27,020 --> 00:59:29,960
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1097
00:59:30,780 --> 00:59:36,180
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1098
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:38,920
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1099
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:40,720
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1100
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:44,020
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1101
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:49,100
 And for Mike Huguenen taking time out of his busy schedule down in the sunshine state of Florida.

1102
00:59:49,420 --> 00:59:50,660
 He's got it all covered there.

1103
00:59:50,740 --> 00:59:52,780
 National College football slash basketball analyst.

1104
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:54,780
 Mike, welcome in.

1105
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:55,720
 How are you?

1106
00:59:56,380 --> 00:59:57,220
 Yeah, doing well.

1107
00:59:57,400 --> 01:00:02,200
 And looking forward to what should be a very interesting weekend.

1108
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:04,400
 Matt, where do you...

1109
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:08,640
 I think it's safe to say where we start, but I won't sit here and take anything for granted.

1110
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:10,400
 Let's face it.

1111
01:00:10,420 --> 01:00:16,220
 A lot of football fans have been waiting for a marquee matchup, although there have been some surprises along the way already.

1112
01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:17,040
 Your thoughts on that.

1113
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:22,100
 But before we get back to that, your thoughts about where do you start talking about this weekend's menu?

1114
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:41,820
 I think there's a heck of a lot of pressure tomorrow on the entire Texas program, specifically Sarkeesian and Arch Manning.

1115
01:00:42,220 --> 01:00:47,220
 I think there's also a ton of pressure on Michigan, on Bryce Underwood.

1116
01:00:47,220 --> 01:00:57,560
 So, I think there are potentially, clearly, big winners or big losers from those two games tomorrow.

1117
01:00:58,220 --> 01:01:06,620
 I don't think it's a stretch to say that if Texas loses, you're going to have people wondering if Sarkeesian is the answer.

1118
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:10,780
 That is an extremely expensive roster.

1119
01:01:12,460 --> 01:01:19,620
 And at Michigan, I think you're going to have, if Michigan were to lose at home, you're going to have people saying,

1120
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:25,280
 why is Bryce Underwood making seven figures, or eight figures, rather?

1121
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:29,160
 So, it's going to be, I think, a bit...

1122
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:33,340
 And you've also got Mississippi State-Minnesota, which I think is a fascinating game.

1123
01:01:33,340 --> 01:01:37,700
 So, three really interesting Big Ten SEC games.

1124
01:01:37,820 --> 01:01:44,940
 But I think Ohio State-Texas, two top five teams, that's the marquee game for a bunch of reasons.

1125
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:49,720
 Mike, just quickly, as far as the X's and O's in a second, but you bring up a good point.

1126
01:01:49,900 --> 01:01:56,060
 Because, let's face it, the pressure's there because Michigan should expect a return on their investment with Underwood,

1127
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:59,320
 and Texas should expect a return on their investment.

1128
01:01:59,620 --> 01:02:02,820
 The question is, what message does that send across college football?

1129
01:02:03,060 --> 01:02:08,460
 Because, up to this point, a lot of folks think, well, if I just write a check, it's almost automatic, not so fast, my friend.

1130
01:02:08,980 --> 01:02:16,320
 And for Texas, if they can't win with this roster now, with a second coming of who-knows-who at Texas with Arch Manning,

1131
01:02:16,380 --> 01:02:17,540
 when will they ever win one?

1132
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:20,880
 Yeah, I think that's the interesting aspect to me.

1133
01:02:22,140 --> 01:02:24,920
 You look at Sayan versus Arch Manning.

1134
01:02:25,780 --> 01:02:27,020
 Sayan's been the better player.

1135
01:02:27,020 --> 01:02:33,500
 I think Arch Manning still has a higher ceiling, but if Sayan now plays in tomorrow, I think people are going to say, you know,

1136
01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:40,300
 for all the plot it's thrown Manning's way, maybe this kid is not, like you said, the second coming.

1137
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:44,400
 And as good as Cam Coleman is, he's not as good as Jeremiah Smith.

1138
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:48,740
 But Jeremiah Smith, in two games against Texas, only has four catches.

1139
01:02:49,220 --> 01:02:54,860
 But the flip side of that is, he hasn't been productive, and Ohio State still has won.

1140
01:02:55,700 --> 01:03:04,340
 So, and tomorrow, for me, it comes down to who runs the ball better, Ohio State with Bo Jackson, or Texas with Hollywood Smothers.

1141
01:03:05,060 --> 01:03:07,460
 And Smothers is getting paid more than Bo Jackson.

1142
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,880
 They're also paying Relique Brown a heck of a lot of money.

1143
01:03:11,340 --> 01:03:18,480
 So, yeah, in a lot of ways, it's a referendum on Sarkeesian and a referendum on Arch Manning.

1144
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:24,860
 Ohio State's a higher-ranked team, but I really don't think there's that much pressure on Ohio State.

1145
01:03:24,860 --> 01:03:32,500
 I think everybody's watching tomorrow to see if Texas' roster is worth all this money.

1146
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:40,040
 And, you know, Sarkeesian, he is a very good offensive mind, but you look through his coaching career,

1147
01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:42,400
 he's never had a great team.

1148
01:03:43,220 --> 01:03:50,360
 And this potentially can be a great team, but I would argue that if they lose at home to Ohio State,

1149
01:03:50,620 --> 01:03:52,400
 no, this is not going to be a great team.

1150
01:03:52,640 --> 01:04:01,040
 And the Michigan, the way they won last week lends itself to conspiracy theories,

1151
01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:02,320
 and that's never a good thing.

1152
01:04:02,580 --> 01:04:08,160
 But the idea that Kyle Whittingham, who's been there not even eight months,

1153
01:04:08,820 --> 01:04:16,080
 basically is saying that, yeah, the $10 million quarterback, he's our quarterback for now.

1154
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,980
 And, you know, I don't think you would have heard Sharon Moore saying that,

1155
01:04:21,140 --> 01:04:24,240
 but I think Whittingham comes in and looks around and goes,

1156
01:04:24,980 --> 01:04:28,760
 this dude isn't even as good as the guy I had last year at Utah.

1157
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:31,460
 And I think there's a lot of truth in that.

1158
01:04:31,580 --> 01:04:35,780
 Devin Dampere was phenomenal in the Utah offense last year.

1159
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:38,880
 And maybe they let Bryce Underwood run the ball more,

1160
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:40,540
 because that's certainly...

1161
01:04:40,540 --> 01:04:51,220
 Nothing he has shown in his 14 college games leads you to think that Bryce Underwood's an effective pocket passer.

1162
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:55,560
 So maybe they do put him on the move more tomorrow, run him more.

1163
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:58,100
 But who knows the back story?

1164
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:00,480
 Maybe he wants to prove he's a pocket passer.

1165
01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:01,080
 I don't know.

1166
01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:05,200
 But there's a lot of pressure on the two home teams tomorrow.

1167
01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:09,560
 Mike, you mentioned the three games with the Big Ten.

1168
01:05:10,260 --> 01:05:16,680
 And I know SEC fans are nauseated with hearing for the last three years the SEC's reign is over.

1169
01:05:17,220 --> 01:05:18,520
 But the opportunity is there.

1170
01:05:18,660 --> 01:05:20,940
 They've also got three games with the Big 12.

1171
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:23,820
 Kansas, Arizona State, and Utah.

1172
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:28,080
 They got one with the ACC, Tennessee, and Georgia Tech.

1173
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:32,760
 Can the SEC go 6-1 or 5-2 tomorrow?

1174
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:37,420
 Well, I think Oklahoma's winning.

1175
01:05:38,980 --> 01:05:40,820
 I don't think Tech...

1176
01:05:40,820 --> 01:05:41,260
 I'll be honest.

1177
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:42,720
 I think Ohio State's going to beat Tech.

1178
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:44,840
 Missouri should beat Kansas.

1179
01:05:44,940 --> 01:05:45,920
 The game's at Kansas.

1180
01:05:46,060 --> 01:05:47,560
 I don't think people understand how.

1181
01:05:47,900 --> 01:05:49,080
 That is really nasty.

1182
01:05:49,580 --> 01:05:50,540
 That's a nasty rivalry.

1183
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:56,040
 It's really bad in football, but the campuses are about two and a half hours apart.

1184
01:05:57,940 --> 01:05:59,620
 Mississippi State, Minnesota.

1185
01:06:00,900 --> 01:06:02,600
 Mississippi State's supposed to be horrible.

1186
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:06,400
 Minnesota's supposed to be, I don't know, the eighth or ninth best team in the Big Ten.

1187
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:07,580
 That's got some intrigue.

1188
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:11,060
 Georgia Tech was a massive disappointment last week.

1189
01:06:11,060 --> 01:06:19,420
 I don't know how you can get your lines to improve in a week enough to beat Tennessee.

1190
01:06:19,620 --> 01:06:21,260
 So I think Tennessee wins that game.

1191
01:06:22,540 --> 01:06:25,600
 Utah, that's...

1192
01:06:25,600 --> 01:06:31,360
 I don't think the SEC is going 6-1.

1193
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:35,720
 I think 5-2 or 4-3 is more likely.

1194
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:46,800
 But if the SEC comes out of this weekend with a losing record, that bodes ill for, I'll be honest, the rest of the season.

1195
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:51,000
 I don't think Arkansas is beating Utah either, so I think that's a loss for sure.

1196
01:06:51,220 --> 01:06:53,640
 So that right there is 5-2.

1197
01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:55,960
 But Tennessee should win.

1198
01:06:57,380 --> 01:06:59,640
 I don't know.

1199
01:06:59,820 --> 01:07:01,520
 That's a phenomenal question.

1200
01:07:01,700 --> 01:07:06,120
 I think it's more likely to be 5-2 or 4-3 at best.

1201
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:09,220
 Mike, you're going to huddle with us.

1202
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 Mike, obviously you know our zip code.

1203
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,960
 We saw what they did against East Carolina this weekend.

1204
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,280
 They are not going to be facing East Carolina.

1205
01:07:17,420 --> 01:07:22,420
 They're going to be facing an SEC foe on the road with a coach who says,

1206
01:07:22,420 --> 01:07:25,240
 Kentucky's going to be good because of me.

1207
01:07:25,700 --> 01:07:27,440
 Will Stein does not back down.

1208
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:29,860
 He's telling the fans to cuss and drink early.

1209
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:31,960
 It's a hostile environment.

1210
01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:34,520
 What's going to happen in Lexington tomorrow?

1211
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:37,900
 I know that the weather could be nasty up there, so what's going to happen, Mike?

1212
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:42,080
 Alabama wins comfortably.

1213
01:07:43,260 --> 01:07:46,120
 Kentucky looked relatively impressive in its first game.

1214
01:07:46,980 --> 01:07:49,720
 Competition level was obviously not good.

1215
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:55,340
 Kenny Menchie, highly hyped, threw four touchdown passes, threw for 300.

1216
01:07:56,020 --> 01:08:05,600
 I think the Alabama defense is going to provide a much tougher opponent than Youngstown State did.

1217
01:08:06,940 --> 01:08:14,300
 Yeah, and Keelan Russell looked exceedingly comfortable in the board's offense.

1218
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:16,860
 Let's put it this way.

1219
01:08:17,180 --> 01:08:24,080
 I think if Alabama struggles tomorrow to put away Kentucky, they're both ill for the season.

1220
01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:26,280
 I don't think Kentucky's that good.

1221
01:08:26,700 --> 01:08:34,480
 Will Stein, this is a guy who in 2019 was the offensive coordinator at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.

1222
01:08:35,740 --> 01:08:44,120
 Sometimes I think younger guys tend to right-check or right-check with their mouths that their bodies don't cash.

1223
01:08:44,500 --> 01:08:49,600
 And I'm putting a lot on the line for a team that I don't think is overly talented.

1224
01:08:51,020 --> 01:08:56,860
 Mike, I think one of the more interesting games tomorrow is Arizona at number 15, BYU.

1225
01:08:56,860 --> 01:09:05,720
 The Cougars, 7-and-point favorite for Fiesta and Bear at Bunker-Meyer might be an interesting quarterback match.

1226
01:09:08,020 --> 01:09:12,320
 Right, and here's a guy who easily could have left Arizona twice.

1227
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:19,280
 He could have left when Jed Fish left, and he could have left after last season, too.

1228
01:09:19,340 --> 01:09:21,460
 But he decided his stay is going to be a four-year starter.

1229
01:09:22,180 --> 01:09:26,880
 He's not a great pro prospect because he's listed at six-foot.

1230
01:09:26,980 --> 01:09:27,680
 He ain't six-foot.

1231
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:30,560
 Arizona's a fun team to watch.

1232
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:36,000
 They had a really bad first season under Brennan.

1233
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:39,940
 They retrenched and were quite good last year.

1234
01:09:40,340 --> 01:09:41,640
 Fiesta makes them that good.

1235
01:09:42,400 --> 01:09:44,040
 Bear Bachmeier is really good.

1236
01:09:44,140 --> 01:09:46,520
 BYU, I think, is more physical than Arizona.

1237
01:09:47,180 --> 01:09:50,240
 But this is – you look at the Big 12, okay?

1238
01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:53,060
 Texas Tech and BYU considered the top two teams.

1239
01:09:53,180 --> 01:09:55,280
 I think there's legit reasons for that.

1240
01:09:55,680 --> 01:10:01,800
 If Arizona can win tomorrow or make this a game that BYU has to win late in the fourth quarter,

1241
01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:04,400
 I think Arizona says, don't forget us.

1242
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 We're legitimate here as well.

1243
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 And if Arizona wins, I don't think they're going to, but if Arizona wins,

1244
01:10:10,220 --> 01:10:13,840
 that means they're a contender for the Big 12, which means they're a contender to get in the playoffs.

1245
01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:18,760
 So that's an important early-season game in the Big 12, no question.

1246
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 Mike, obviously everybody in the off-season is pumping up.

1247
01:10:22,420 --> 01:10:29,460
 Notre Dame, you look at all the pieces, the potential is there now that we've got at least one episode in the books.

1248
01:10:29,540 --> 01:10:34,220
 Your thoughts about – I don't think they'll get much of a contest this weekend with the Mighty Owls and Rice,

1249
01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:36,000
 but your thoughts about Notre Dame so far.

1250
01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:46,260
 Last week made you appreciate what those running backs meant to the offense because the passing game was not very good.

1251
01:10:47,180 --> 01:10:52,020
 Notre Dame got sort of on track second half, blew Wisconsin's doors in,

1252
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:56,440
 but I still think there are concerns about the passing attack.

1253
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:00,040
 I don't know how good their receiving core is.

1254
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:02,060
 They have a really good offensive line.

1255
01:11:02,460 --> 01:11:06,820
 They don't have a stud running back, but I think they're comfortable with the committee approach

1256
01:11:06,820 --> 01:11:09,740
 and all those guys bring something different to the table.

1257
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 I think Carr's a pretty good quarterback.

1258
01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:15,780
 I don't think he's a Heisman-winning quarterback because I don't think he's –

1259
01:11:15,780 --> 01:11:18,420
 I'm not sure he's one of the most – well, let's put it this way.

1260
01:11:18,820 --> 01:11:21,660
 He might have the sheer innate talent.

1261
01:11:22,100 --> 01:11:26,340
 I don't think he's going to have the numbers that are good enough to be a Heisman-winning quarterback.

1262
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 And, you know, their schedule is exceedingly easy.

1263
01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:35,020
 They should crush Rice.

1264
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:39,280
 But you do want to see them throw the ball better.

1265
01:11:40,380 --> 01:11:45,320
 And maybe they start doing that tomorrow against a vastly over-matched opponent.

1266
01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:49,100
 But, yeah, for the first half last week, I'm thinking,

1267
01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:53,200
 oh, Notre Dame, this is going to be – they're not as good as people thought.

1268
01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:55,000
 And the second half, I'm like, well, yeah, they are.

1269
01:11:55,060 --> 01:11:56,220
 And their schedule is a joke.

1270
01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:57,300
 Yes.

1271
01:11:57,940 --> 01:12:00,200
 But, yeah, they're going to be in the playoff.

1272
01:12:00,300 --> 01:12:03,440
 I'm convinced of that because the schedule is not that hard.

1273
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:08,260
 But I still think that's a team that has a lot of question marks offensively.

1274
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 Absolutely.

1275
01:12:09,300 --> 01:12:10,380
 Listen, great stuff.

1276
01:12:10,440 --> 01:12:13,280
 As always, we really enjoy breaking down games.

1277
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 You're right.

1278
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:18,720
 It's a great slate tomorrow, particularly with the SEC and the Big Ten.

1279
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 Listen, enjoy every minute of it.

1280
01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:22,380
 Let's do this again next Friday.

1281
01:12:22,940 --> 01:12:23,240
 Excellent.

1282
01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:23,720
 Thanks, guys.

1283
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 Have a good weekend yourself.

1284
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 Thank you so much, Mike.

1285
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 You too.

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1373
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1374
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 I feel like that wood position is just perfect.

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 You know, you're able to showcase everything, whether it's rushing, setting edge, playing off-ball in our ball alignments, and even, you know, dropping and playing flat coverage.

1376
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 You know, I get the chance to even play to the field as, like, the outside linebacker in our gator package.

1377
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 So, like, you know, just being able to line up outside of two in the slide and, you know, work to the flat and play hook and, you know, showcase my zone ability while also being able to play off-ball and then pass rush when the time is needed for sure is great.

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01:18:35,900 --> 01:18:40,640
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1395
01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:47,740
 Welcome back, and he's busy gearing up for another busy night of high school gridiron action here near the neck of the woods.

1396
01:18:48,140 --> 01:18:52,000
 He is Zach Panner. He's got it all covered there. He's founder and editor of Shoals Sports Report.

1397
01:18:52,140 --> 01:18:54,500
 Zach, welcome in. Happy Friday to you. How are you?

1398
01:18:55,180 --> 01:18:55,920
 Doing good. How are y'all?

1399
01:18:56,080 --> 01:18:58,580
 Hey, man. We're doing all right. A heck of a headliner tonight.

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01:18:58,700 --> 01:19:04,560
 Zach, Florence, Russellville, what they've got in common, both 3-0 overall, 1-0 in the region.

1401
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:08,640
 Your thoughts about the meeting of the Bulls, if you will, tonight?

1402
01:19:09,500 --> 01:19:15,820
 You know, one-minute phrase. I would say the winner of this game is in the driver's seat for Region 7 championship,

1403
01:19:15,820 --> 01:19:23,380
 and possibly join that club of Clay Charlottesville and that crew of 5A competitors in the north.

1404
01:19:26,180 --> 01:19:31,180
 Let me ask you about what I think is another great game, too.

1405
01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:37,940
 Russellville and Florence. It's going to be tough for Florence to get ready for that wing-T offense in a couple of days,

1406
01:19:37,940 --> 01:19:46,560
 but another great game, Hamilton. 2-0, 1-0 in the region at Dessler. 2-1. Dessler, of course, lost to Russellville.

1407
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:51,300
 You and I saw that game. The first game of the year, failed two-point conversion.

1408
01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:55,600
 These are two teams that are really playing well.

1409
01:19:56,300 --> 01:20:02,720
 Hamilton's 2-0. They're averaging 49 points a game, only allowing eight.

1410
01:20:03,300 --> 01:20:11,180
 Dessler is averaging 46 points a game, back-to-back 50-point performances.

1411
01:20:11,180 --> 01:20:19,980
 In fact, they led Calvert County 52-0 at half, and I think Lawrence County about 49 is just about as bad.

1412
01:20:20,420 --> 01:20:24,960
 Bryson Williams has played really well for Dessler, but Hamilton's got two guys.

1413
01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:26,840
 Mason Holloway, their quarterback.

1414
01:20:27,540 --> 01:20:32,700
 Houston-Tilbs, their wide receiver. This should be a dandy of a game at Dessler.

1415
01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:35,940
 Yeah, if you can't get in the roster, we'll get to Dessler or not.

1416
01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:40,140
 This is going to be one of those games where it's high school football at its peak.

1417
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:44,080
 It's not a rivalry game like Dessler-Carvert County or Florence, Muscle Shoals,

1418
01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,300
 but it doesn't have history in this matchup.

1419
01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:47,700
 They've met about 20 times.

1420
01:20:48,360 --> 01:20:51,940
 Dessler has won 17 straight in this matchup,

1421
01:20:52,420 --> 01:20:55,200
 and the last time Hamilton beat Dessler was 101 years ago.

1422
01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:56,500
 I think it was 19.5.

1423
01:20:56,900 --> 01:20:57,660
 My goodness.

1424
01:20:58,260 --> 01:21:00,940
 So you're talking about the streak of streaks in this season so far.

1425
01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:02,140
 You've got two tonight.

1426
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:05,800
 Dessler 101 years straight to beat Hamilton in theory.

1427
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:06,320
 My goodness.

1428
01:21:07,020 --> 01:21:11,880
 And then Russellville has coach Higgins with 23 straight wins.

1429
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:14,800
 And his time at Russellville.

1430
01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:21,240
 If you've been doing something 101 years, that means there's a lot of injuries out there.

1431
01:21:21,340 --> 01:21:22,460
 It never gets boring.

1432
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:27,260
 Let's talk about two teams that have had a tremendous run here of late,

1433
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,100
 but basically trying to get their legs on them right now,

1434
01:21:30,180 --> 01:21:32,420
 and that's Muscle Shoals at Austin.

1435
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:36,540
 Yeah, Muscle Shoals had a rough start so far,

1436
01:21:36,660 --> 01:21:39,920
 but he played Hoover in Florence, which doesn't need that.

1437
01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:42,140
 And Austin got to win last week at Cater.

1438
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:44,760
 But Muscle Shoals, you've got Hoover in Florence.

1439
01:21:44,860 --> 01:21:48,380
 That's like playing an Alabama and a Tennessee or whatever in college.

1440
01:21:48,780 --> 01:21:51,780
 You can't find each other's opponents to have early out of the gate

1441
01:21:51,780 --> 01:21:54,940
 with a rivalry game and one of the top programs in the state

1442
01:21:54,940 --> 01:21:56,120
 regardless of classification.

1443
01:21:57,640 --> 01:21:59,880
 Muscle Shoals, I think it's about to get late quick.

1444
01:22:00,160 --> 01:22:01,300
 If they don't get a win tonight,

1445
01:22:01,300 --> 01:22:05,720
 they get a hard score next week before a bye week on the 25th.

1446
01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,120
 If they don't win tonight or next week,

1447
01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:11,080
 I don't know how they recover after they go over and forward

1448
01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:12,720
 to start the season or 1-3 even.

1449
01:22:13,420 --> 01:22:15,380
 If they don't get back on track tonight with a win.

1450
01:22:15,940 --> 01:22:18,740
 The exact thing is, you look at this team, if you don't follow them,

1451
01:22:18,820 --> 01:22:19,640
 it isn't an enigma.

1452
01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:21,980
 It just shows you, they say you win with defense.

1453
01:22:22,620 --> 01:22:24,480
 That's true, but you've got to have offense.

1454
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:26,740
 Muscle Shoals' defense, they're showing up,

1455
01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:28,420
 they're looking for some help with their offense.

1456
01:22:29,880 --> 01:22:30,140
 Right.

1457
01:22:30,200 --> 01:22:32,600
 If they can use a score in 10, 12 points a game,

1458
01:22:32,660 --> 01:22:33,660
 I think they have a chance.

1459
01:22:34,040 --> 01:22:34,320
 Yeah.

1460
01:22:34,320 --> 01:22:37,160
 But it's hard to win a score in seven points.

1461
01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:37,600
 Yes.

1462
01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:38,840
 Or eight points in eight quarters.

1463
01:22:39,420 --> 01:22:40,020
 Yeah, yeah.

1464
01:22:40,020 --> 01:22:43,620
 Their defense has only given up 14 in seven points.

1465
01:22:43,760 --> 01:22:46,580
 Of course, that was to Hoover and to Florence.

1466
01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:50,680
 The Lexington Golden Bears are 3-0.

1467
01:22:50,820 --> 01:22:53,400
 They're hosting Folkville, who's a really good team.

1468
01:22:53,580 --> 01:22:55,000
 They're 2-1.

1469
01:22:55,140 --> 01:22:58,620
 Reed Dillard is a good quarterback for Folkville.

1470
01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:01,140
 Boy, you're talking about battle-tested.

1471
01:23:01,720 --> 01:23:08,020
 Brett Mask and Lacington, they have won 20-19 over Lauderdale County

1472
01:23:08,020 --> 01:23:11,160
 and won last week 20-18 over Phil Campbell.

1473
01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:13,960
 Came back and won both of those games.

1474
01:23:14,440 --> 01:23:16,960
 Zane Kilburn is a very good quarterback.

1475
01:23:17,500 --> 01:23:20,360
 Another very interesting game, kind of flying under the radar.

1476
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:22,480
 Folkville at Lacington.

1477
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:25,860
 Yeah, he's only a sophomore, too, as Zane Kilburn is.

1478
01:23:26,140 --> 01:23:28,360
 But battle-tested, you won't find a coach around here

1479
01:23:28,360 --> 01:23:30,440
 that has more of a battle-test mindset.

1480
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:33,600
 Then Coach Mask, because he realizes it's a serious time

1481
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:34,600
 in the Carpenter County and Florence.

1482
01:23:34,700 --> 01:23:36,360
 You've got to have those battle-tested games

1483
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:37,360
 to get deep in the playoffs.

1484
01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:38,240
 That's it, yeah.

1485
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:40,860
 And this is another game, that Florence-Roseville game,

1486
01:23:40,920 --> 01:23:42,600
 I think, where the winner is in the driver's seat

1487
01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:44,180
 for that region 7-2-8.

1488
01:23:44,580 --> 01:23:47,080
 Because that region, respectfully, is so down

1489
01:23:47,080 --> 01:23:48,500
 as you're looking at the standard so far.

1490
01:23:49,420 --> 01:23:52,000
 It's not going to pay 10-0 in that region.

1491
01:23:52,420 --> 01:23:55,160
 You can be 9-1, lose to a higher-classification team

1492
01:23:55,160 --> 01:23:55,660
 in that region.

1493
01:23:56,600 --> 01:23:58,840
 But if you lose to Pauville or Carpenter County,

1494
01:23:59,320 --> 01:24:00,880
 it's going to be tougher to climb out.

1495
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:03,040
 L.A. has a showdown possibly October 2nd

1496
01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:04,040
 coming over Carpenter County.

1497
01:24:04,720 --> 01:24:06,160
 If they win this tonight and Carpenter County

1498
01:24:06,160 --> 01:24:07,860
 keep us winning out, October 2nd,

1499
01:24:08,380 --> 01:24:10,700
 that's why it's going to be a region 7 championship game

1500
01:24:10,700 --> 01:24:12,440
 on October 2nd with L.A. and Carpenter County.

1501
01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:15,140
 Zach Panners again, founder and editor

1502
01:24:15,140 --> 01:24:16,480
 of the show's sports report.

1503
01:24:16,740 --> 01:24:19,140
 Zach, you mentioned Lauderdale County earlier.

1504
01:24:19,260 --> 01:24:21,100
 They're on the road tonight to Central.

1505
01:24:21,340 --> 01:24:24,100
 Central trying to preserve their unbeaten slate today.

1506
01:24:24,240 --> 01:24:27,240
 They're 2-0, taking on 1-2, Lauderdale County.

1507
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:29,900
 Yeah, they've had some battles the last couple of years

1508
01:24:29,900 --> 01:24:32,520
 in non-region play, but now it's a region game

1509
01:24:32,520 --> 01:24:34,160
 and a new coach for Lauderdale County.

1510
01:24:34,900 --> 01:24:36,760
 Interesting for Lauderdale County if they respond tonight

1511
01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:37,900
 with a win or a loss.

1512
01:24:38,540 --> 01:24:40,980
 If they win, they're 2-2, back to .500.

1513
01:24:41,260 --> 01:24:42,480
 If they lose, they're 1-3.

1514
01:24:43,020 --> 01:24:44,800
 And this region is one of those interesting ones

1515
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:47,280
 where it could be, it could wind up being

1516
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:50,060
 three teams for two spots or three teams for one spot

1517
01:24:50,060 --> 01:24:51,720
 waiting for the season on playoffs.

1518
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:53,280
 So you can't ever look too far ahead,

1519
01:24:53,500 --> 01:24:57,440
 but you can already look at position or sale for October.

1520
01:24:58,280 --> 01:24:58,720
 Absolutely.

1521
01:25:00,580 --> 01:25:03,200
 Central is undefeated.

1522
01:25:03,340 --> 01:25:05,920
 Going to be interesting to see if Central and Rogers

1523
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:08,480
 can improve to 3-0.

1524
01:25:08,620 --> 01:25:10,240
 Yeah, Lauderdale County at Central.

1525
01:25:10,480 --> 01:25:12,600
 Rogers 2-0 at Clemens.

1526
01:25:13,500 --> 01:25:14,880
 Rogers had a good year.

1527
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:17,900
 Bell Green 2-1 at Red Bay 3-0.

1528
01:25:17,900 --> 01:25:22,640
 So it's going to be interesting to see if Central, Rogers,

1529
01:25:23,020 --> 01:25:26,400
 and Red Bay can remain undefeated going into Week 5.

1530
01:25:27,240 --> 01:25:28,780
 Yes, I would expect Red Bay to win that game.

1531
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:33,000
 Not a Bell Green on the pure fact of just a billion in the program.

1532
01:25:34,080 --> 01:25:35,680
 And if you look at the recent results,

1533
01:25:36,540 --> 01:25:39,140
 Bell Green and Red Bay is a great matchup in basketball.

1534
01:25:39,740 --> 01:25:41,240
 But that football, Red Bay is too much.

1535
01:25:41,780 --> 01:25:43,700
 And Central and Rogers, you're right, if they keep winning,

1536
01:25:43,860 --> 01:25:45,800
 there's a short answer between the third and coming.

1537
01:25:46,020 --> 01:25:46,180
 Yep.

1538
01:25:47,540 --> 01:25:52,380
 And Wilson is also sitting there who could shake things up.

1539
01:25:52,540 --> 01:25:54,180
 Also, they had to play Rogers before that

1540
01:25:54,180 --> 01:25:57,080
 and Lauderdale County before that game on the 23rd.

1541
01:25:57,980 --> 01:26:01,780
 So it could get fun real quick in that region 7-3-8.

1542
01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:05,920
 It could turn into five or six teams for four spots.

1543
01:26:06,180 --> 01:26:07,340
 That's exactly right.

1544
01:26:07,500 --> 01:26:09,660
 Central beat Wilson last week.

1545
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:13,120
 And I know you mentioned to us they were one of the more improved teams.

1546
01:26:13,260 --> 01:26:16,700
 Lucas Price has been running wild for Heath Wood.

1547
01:26:17,180 --> 01:26:17,980
 And Central.

1548
01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:19,760
 Listen, great stuff.

1549
01:26:20,240 --> 01:26:25,660
 As always, your game of the week, of course, is Florence at Russellville.

1550
01:26:26,200 --> 01:26:26,720
 You've got standings.

1551
01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:28,560
 You've got predictions.

1552
01:26:28,840 --> 01:26:29,820
 You've got scores.

1553
01:26:30,460 --> 01:26:31,800
 You've got flag football.

1554
01:26:32,140 --> 01:26:33,860
 You've got it right now.

1555
01:26:33,960 --> 01:26:35,260
 You name it and you've got it.

1556
01:26:35,340 --> 01:26:37,600
 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

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01:26:38,220 --> 01:26:42,000
 On Facebook, show, sports report, show, sports report, three words.

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 And on Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-F.

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 And on Twitter, if you'll follow us and turn on post notifications, it will send our updates to your phone, like it was ESPN app, Fox, ESPN app, whatever app.

1560
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:57,080
 Sounds great as that.

1561
01:26:57,180 --> 01:26:59,100
 Safe travels out there and have some fun, okay?

1562
01:26:59,860 --> 01:27:00,440
 Thank you, y'all too.

1563
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:01,000
 Thank you, buddy.

1564
01:27:01,220 --> 01:27:02,800
 Zach Pounder, show, sports report.

1565
01:27:02,940 --> 01:27:06,900
 Coming up, I know they don't follow tennis a whole lot, but the semifinals are now set.

1566
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:09,460
 And his dad is from Huntsville.

1567
01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:12,700
 Ben Shelton in the final four of the U.S. Open.

1568
01:27:12,820 --> 01:27:13,340
 What's the latest?

1569
01:27:13,500 --> 01:27:13,960
 Stay with us.

1570
01:27:14,020 --> 01:27:15,480
 You're on 93.9 The Score.

1571
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 Listen to the Crimson Tide Sports Network for Crimson Tide Rewind.

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 Live from Baumhauer's Victory Grill in the Stavie Hills, Monday nights at 6 p.m.

1573
01:27:26,460 --> 01:27:28,020
 Tune in and roll tide.

1574
01:27:31,220 --> 01:27:34,280
 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update.

1575
01:27:34,460 --> 01:27:36,680
 It's been a good few months for Alex Zverev.

1576
01:27:36,760 --> 01:27:42,340
 He won the French Open, losing the moniker that he was the best player to have never won a grand slam.

1577
01:27:42,420 --> 01:27:44,760
 Then he made it to the finals at Wimbledon, lost to Yannick Sinner.

1578
01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:48,680
 And now the 29-year-old from Germany is in the U.S. Open semifinals.

1579
01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:54,420
 He's getting ready to take on Karen Kachanov, the 30-year-old Russian who makes it to the semis as an unseeded player.

1580
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:58,300
 Tonight, it's the two Americans, Ben Shelton and Francis Tiafoe.

1581
01:27:58,380 --> 01:28:02,840
 When Tiafoe reached the Open semis two years ago, he beat Shelton along the way.

1582
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:08,640
 And when Shelton got this far as a 20-year-old in 2023, he beat Tiafoe along the way.

1583
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:13,000
 Irina Sabalenka and Elena Rabakina have played 23 times.

1584
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:15,660
 Sabalenka leads the head-to-head 16-7.

1585
01:28:15,660 --> 01:28:21,240
 But when they met early this year in the Australian Open final, Rabakina won in three sets.

1586
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:24,420
 They meet tomorrow at 4 p.m. Eastern in the winning singles final.

1587
01:28:24,720 --> 01:28:26,480
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1588
01:28:28,380 --> 01:28:32,800
 And Doug.

1589
01:28:33,460 --> 01:28:34,660
 What a horrible call.

1590
01:28:34,820 --> 01:28:36,340
 Hey, Raph, open your eyes!

1591
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 It is a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Justin Ferguson.

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 The Auburn Observer.

1714
01:35:11,480 --> 01:35:12,400
 Justin, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing all right.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, bud.

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 Well, we're doing all very well.

1720
01:35:17,620 --> 01:35:18,740
 Justin, appreciate you asking.

1721
01:35:19,260 --> 01:35:25,940
 Is it safe to say that maybe some Auburn fans are starting to grow back their fingernails from the opening act against Baylor?

1722
01:35:26,760 --> 01:35:30,200
 Yeah, I don't know if you could have a closer win than that.

1723
01:35:30,560 --> 01:35:33,400
 You know, literally inches away from a loss.

1724
01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:40,540
 Incredible tackle there at the end by, you know, by Eric Winters.

1725
01:35:40,660 --> 01:35:45,780
 He's just been, had a phenomenal game and, you know, got a deserved play there at the end.

1726
01:35:46,040 --> 01:35:51,880
 But interesting note, that was the first one-point win Auburn has had since the 2010 Iron Bowl.

1727
01:35:53,040 --> 01:35:53,360
 2010.

1728
01:35:53,780 --> 01:35:54,440
 That's amazing.

1729
01:35:54,440 --> 01:35:57,960
 Yeah, it's been a long time since Auburn's had a game quite that close.

1730
01:35:58,200 --> 01:36:01,320
 But, you know, I think there were a lot of things to clean up, a lot of things you've got to fix.

1731
01:36:01,540 --> 01:36:04,120
 And that's going to be the key, obviously, tomorrow when they play Southern Miss.

1732
01:36:04,400 --> 01:36:09,220
 But, you know, Auburn was 2-12 under Hugh Freeze in one-score games.

1733
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:10,800
 And now a goal is 1-0.

1734
01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:17,720
 And I thought that team, for as bad as things win in that game, the fact that they were able to walk down the field in the fourth quarter,

1735
01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:20,760
 get that game-winning touchdown, and then get that game-winning stop at the end,

1736
01:36:20,760 --> 01:36:27,400
 I think that just showed a lot of fight and a lot of finishing power from a team that just hadn't done a whole lot of winning close games in the last few years.

1737
01:36:28,140 --> 01:36:30,100
 Let me ask you about the offensive line.

1738
01:36:30,200 --> 01:36:35,220
 They get a lot of the criticism, certainly the quarterback does, when you have three interceptions.

1739
01:36:35,480 --> 01:36:39,140
 And the coaches took responsibility for one of it.

1740
01:36:39,260 --> 01:36:41,900
 Five sacks, 11 tackles, four loss.

1741
01:36:42,660 --> 01:36:44,600
 Auburn ran for 3.2 yards.

1742
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 But I keep saying it's the first game of the year.

1743
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 You've got a lot in you guys.

1744
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 It takes a while for an offensive line to jail.

1745
01:36:54,460 --> 01:36:57,600
 Will there be any changes on the offensive line tomorrow?

1746
01:36:57,860 --> 01:37:01,940
 I think you're going to have to see some different guys up there up front, especially in the middle.

1747
01:37:02,300 --> 01:37:03,960
 Auburn cannot run the ball down the middle at all.

1748
01:37:04,180 --> 01:37:08,500
 And that's kind of the building block of this entire offense is, you know, if you can't run the ball up the middle,

1749
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 you really can't run Byron Brown as effectively.

1750
01:37:12,180 --> 01:37:15,900
 You can't, you know, throw it deep off of that as much as you want to.

1751
01:37:15,960 --> 01:37:17,680
 So it really just put a hindrance on everything.

1752
01:37:17,680 --> 01:37:21,420
 And I thought, you know, Auburn struggled at left guard last week.

1753
01:37:21,500 --> 01:37:22,780
 It was just a really bad game there.

1754
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:24,640
 I think the center and right guard had some good moments.

1755
01:37:24,880 --> 01:37:27,180
 And, you know, you're looking at a lot of inconsistency there.

1756
01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:31,100
 So, you know, tomorrow against Southern Miss might be an opportunity for them to change some things up.

1757
01:37:31,460 --> 01:37:32,600
 Use some different guys up front.

1758
01:37:32,700 --> 01:37:35,580
 I thought both tackles played fairly well in the game.

1759
01:37:35,700 --> 01:37:37,180
 Auburn didn't really give up a lot on the edges.

1760
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 And their better runs were on the perimeter.

1761
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 So I think that said a little something about, you know, the tackle play.

1762
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 But, yeah, I mean, I think tomorrow is a really good opportunity to try some other guards out there,

1763
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 see who, you know, does better.

1764
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 Because you've got to play a lot better than that on the interior of your offensive line

1765
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 if you want to win in the SEC.

1766
01:37:55,400 --> 01:37:57,720
 And what they showed last week against Baylor is just not good enough.

1767
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 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer, all eyes on the quarterback spot.

1768
01:38:02,540 --> 01:38:03,480
 Obviously, it's a marriage.

1769
01:38:03,600 --> 01:38:04,840
 The Lions got to do their job.

1770
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 Running back's got to hit the holes and break that first tackle.

1771
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 Wide receiver's got to catch.

1772
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 But the quarterback is the straw that serves the drink.

1773
01:38:13,080 --> 01:38:15,960
 What's your critique of Chapter 1 of Mr. Brown's era?

1774
01:38:16,900 --> 01:38:19,840
 Yeah, I thought when he took what the defense gave him, he looked really good.

1775
01:38:20,380 --> 01:38:27,020
 You know, he had 26-35 is the type of passing performance that Auburn would have killed for a lot of the last few years.

1776
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 Was really good on third down.

1777
01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:31,380
 A lot of third down conversions through the air.

1778
01:38:31,380 --> 01:38:36,060
 Auburn, it's been a long time since Auburn's had that, you know, through the air on third down.

1779
01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:38,700
 So, a really good, you know, game in that regard.

1780
01:38:38,840 --> 01:38:41,720
 But three interceptions, I mean, that overshadows everything.

1781
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 Those are killers.

1782
01:38:42,580 --> 01:38:47,760
 And that's a big reason why Auburn only scored 17 points is, you know, they forced things too much.

1783
01:38:47,880 --> 01:38:51,660
 I thought, you know, just a couple of bad reads, mad decisions there.

1784
01:38:51,780 --> 01:38:53,440
 There was one where they really threw out a shot.

1785
01:38:53,740 --> 01:38:55,960
 And Baylor guy on the backside made a really good play.

1786
01:38:56,040 --> 01:38:57,400
 It was a little too aggressive of a call.

1787
01:38:58,060 --> 01:38:59,920
 So, I think it's a combination of factors.

1788
01:39:00,720 --> 01:39:06,020
 You know, I don't think, you know, one of the interceptions came on a deflection at the line

1789
01:39:06,020 --> 01:39:08,940
 when they gave up too much, you know, kind of pressure inside.

1790
01:39:09,160 --> 01:39:13,000
 So, you know, Auburn can definitely play a lot better in those regards.

1791
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:18,640
 But, like, I think, you know, those are three really bad throws, really bad plays, really bad interceptions.

1792
01:39:19,140 --> 01:39:21,900
 The rest of his game, throwing the ball, I thought he did pretty well.

1793
01:39:22,620 --> 01:39:27,040
 So, you know, just if you clean up those mistakes there, don't force it as much.

1794
01:39:27,140 --> 01:39:28,160
 Take what the defense gives you.

1795
01:39:28,240 --> 01:39:28,940
 Play your strengths.

1796
01:39:29,500 --> 01:39:30,740
 I thought he had a really good game.

1797
01:39:30,800 --> 01:39:32,200
 So, he's going to have to do more of that.

1798
01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:36,780
 And, you know, there might be some stuff, you know, that he threw against Baylor

1799
01:39:36,780 --> 01:39:38,880
 that he might have been able to get away with in the AAC.

1800
01:39:39,560 --> 01:39:42,580
 Might not be as much when you've got, you know, power conference defenders there.

1801
01:39:42,580 --> 01:39:44,640
 So, that was definitely a learning experience.

1802
01:39:44,820 --> 01:39:48,920
 I think if he looks more like the guy who went 26 to 35, he looked pretty good.

1803
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:49,900
 You've just got to cut down those terms.

1804
01:39:50,040 --> 01:39:50,580
 You can't have those.

1805
01:39:50,920 --> 01:39:56,480
 Just to reiterate your point, Baylor gave Auburn the ball five times between failed,

1806
01:39:56,720 --> 01:40:02,000
 fourth down conversions, a missed field goal, a fumble, and an interception.

1807
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:05,800
 How many points did Auburn generate from all of that?

1808
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:06,300
 Three.

1809
01:40:07,360 --> 01:40:10,940
 Well, when you have those opportunities, you know this better than anybody else.

1810
01:40:10,940 --> 01:40:12,920
 You've got to take advantage of some of them.

1811
01:40:13,820 --> 01:40:14,640
 Yeah, 100%.

1812
01:40:14,640 --> 01:40:17,260
 And it goes back to not being able to run the ball effectively, right?

1813
01:40:17,320 --> 01:40:20,140
 Like, that's, you know, it's a key to finishing drives in this sport.

1814
01:40:20,220 --> 01:40:25,160
 You can't just throw it up and down the field and expect to, you know, eventually, you know,

1815
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:26,260
 things are going to kind of run out there.

1816
01:40:26,380 --> 01:40:29,880
 So, the fact that Auburn wasn't able to run the ball really, really hurt them.

1817
01:40:30,080 --> 01:40:33,580
 On the flip side, the fact that Baylor wasn't able to run the ball really hurt them when they

1818
01:40:33,580 --> 01:40:34,360
 had their opportunity.

1819
01:40:34,560 --> 01:40:39,920
 So, like, it was very much a kind of telltale sign of, like, okay, throwing the ball is good.

1820
01:40:40,060 --> 01:40:41,580
 You can get some explosive plays off of that.

1821
01:40:41,660 --> 01:40:44,720
 But, hey, how did Auburn win that game, you know, in the fourth quarter?

1822
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:47,580
 How did Auburn get that, you know, game-winning touchdown?

1823
01:40:47,860 --> 01:40:48,460
 They ran the ball.

1824
01:40:48,540 --> 01:40:49,360
 They ran the ball by Brown.

1825
01:40:49,520 --> 01:40:51,080
 And so, finished in the red zone.

1826
01:40:51,400 --> 01:40:52,560
 They didn't do that enough.

1827
01:40:52,920 --> 01:40:54,120
 And so, they've got to get back to doing that.

1828
01:40:54,160 --> 01:40:55,500
 They've got to get back to finding a win.

1829
01:40:55,540 --> 01:40:59,340
 That's why I said fixing that interior offensive line could do a world of good if they could

1830
01:40:59,340 --> 01:41:01,720
 do it because everything comes off of that.

1831
01:41:02,040 --> 01:41:04,800
 But, you know, Jeremiah Cobb, I thought, looked good when he ran the ball.

1832
01:41:05,180 --> 01:41:07,540
 Omar Madison, you know, Bryson Washington as well.

1833
01:41:07,800 --> 01:41:10,760
 The problem is that they couldn't get very many opportunities because, you know,

1834
01:41:10,760 --> 01:41:12,580
 they weren't getting much push up front.

1835
01:41:12,700 --> 01:41:13,900
 So, you've got to do that.

1836
01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:15,520
 You've got to be able to run the ball to finish drives.

1837
01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:16,580
 Alex Gulloch knows that.

1838
01:41:16,640 --> 01:41:17,340
 This team knows that.

1839
01:41:17,400 --> 01:41:18,600
 They've been preaching the importance of that.

1840
01:41:18,720 --> 01:41:21,980
 So, they really got to get that cleaned up here in the next week.

1841
01:41:22,520 --> 01:41:25,260
 Justin, in some ways, tomorrow's a no-win game.

1842
01:41:25,440 --> 01:41:28,320
 Obviously, I'm not talking about the scoreboard because you're favored to win.

1843
01:41:28,400 --> 01:41:30,640
 I think the line is 32-and-a-half Auburn.

1844
01:41:30,640 --> 01:41:32,980
 If you do that, people are going to say, well, they're supposed to.

1845
01:41:33,040 --> 01:41:35,260
 And if you don't, it's like, oh, my gosh, here we go again.

1846
01:41:36,200 --> 01:41:39,920
 At the end of the day, what are you trying to find out tomorrow against, let's face it,

1847
01:41:39,920 --> 01:41:41,240
 an overmatch Southern Miss team?

1848
01:41:41,820 --> 01:41:44,460
 Yeah, you're just trying to clean up the mistakes you had last week, right?

1849
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:47,160
 You know, I think one of the big problems Auburn had on defense, for example,

1850
01:41:47,240 --> 01:41:48,760
 is they just gave up easy stuff, right?

1851
01:41:48,920 --> 01:41:51,680
 You know, they had bad leverage and you couldn't get off the field on third downs

1852
01:41:51,680 --> 01:41:52,280
 and fourth downs.

1853
01:41:52,840 --> 01:41:55,840
 That was, if you go back to last season, Auburn had a game against South Alabama

1854
01:41:55,840 --> 01:41:58,320
 where it ended up being closer than it should have been

1855
01:41:58,320 --> 01:42:01,040
 because they were giving up a lot of the same stuff on third and fourth down.

1856
01:42:01,160 --> 01:42:03,660
 And that ended up being like a telltale sign that that was going to be an issue

1857
01:42:03,660 --> 01:42:04,740
 later in the year.

1858
01:42:04,920 --> 01:42:05,980
 So, clean it up.

1859
01:42:06,060 --> 01:42:06,960
 Control what you can control.

1860
01:42:07,080 --> 01:42:09,960
 Look, the guys on the other side of the ball, you know, they're going to be

1861
01:42:09,960 --> 01:42:10,400
 fighting hard.

1862
01:42:10,460 --> 01:42:11,080
 They're going to be playing hard.

1863
01:42:11,120 --> 01:42:12,680
 But this is a brand new Southern Miss team.

1864
01:42:12,740 --> 01:42:14,820
 It's a lot of guys who have never been in this spot before.

1865
01:42:15,320 --> 01:42:17,620
 They played Alcorn State last week.

1866
01:42:17,820 --> 01:42:20,420
 Like, you know, you should be able to take care of business.

1867
01:42:20,640 --> 01:42:24,540
 And so, nothing you do this week can win you the game next week against Florida.

1868
01:42:24,680 --> 01:42:28,100
 But, it's about, hey, did we learn from our mistakes last week?

1869
01:42:28,200 --> 01:42:29,240
 Can we operate better?

1870
01:42:29,600 --> 01:42:31,220
 Can we control what we can control?

1871
01:42:31,940 --> 01:42:35,720
 And then just take care of business, put on a show, send the fans home happy,

1872
01:42:35,840 --> 01:42:40,660
 and get people excited again for, you know, next Saturday against Florida at home.

1873
01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:44,540
 So, you know, I think, yeah, you know, nothing you do in this game is going to blow

1874
01:42:44,540 --> 01:42:45,220
 anybody away.

1875
01:42:45,340 --> 01:42:48,340
 Nothing you're going to do is going to say, okay, all of our problems are fixed.

1876
01:42:48,340 --> 01:42:50,560
 But, you need to go out there and just play clean.

1877
01:42:50,700 --> 01:42:52,320
 You don't want to give any more causes for concern.

1878
01:42:53,000 --> 01:43:00,620
 I still say Auburn learned a lot more about their team by winning a close game,

1879
01:43:01,020 --> 01:43:05,160
 and you've already mentioned that, than beating a team 50 to nothing.

1880
01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:08,040
 I don't know what you learned with that.

1881
01:43:08,160 --> 01:43:10,740
 Now, the defense, I think, is very good.

1882
01:43:10,740 --> 01:43:16,900
 They gave up 333 passing yards, five passing plays of 20 or more yards.

1883
01:43:17,300 --> 01:43:22,120
 But I'll be honest with you, after DJ Langway did his Superman routine, he got hurt,

1884
01:43:22,780 --> 01:43:26,320
 he made some incredible throws, and they've got some good receivers.

1885
01:43:27,220 --> 01:43:30,600
 Baylor surprised me at how much improved they were on offense.

1886
01:43:31,600 --> 01:43:32,180
 Oh, they were.

1887
01:43:32,340 --> 01:43:34,060
 I mean, you know, I think that just goes back.

1888
01:43:34,140 --> 01:43:35,700
 Jake Spavitol is a great offense coordinator.

1889
01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:39,780
 And I think Langway is going to be a perfect fit for that system.

1890
01:43:40,340 --> 01:43:42,760
 I think he's going to do better there than he ever did in Florida.

1891
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:45,180
 I think it's just a better fit for his skill set.

1892
01:43:45,640 --> 01:43:47,520
 And then I was also really impressed with Baylor's defense.

1893
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:50,020
 You know, last year, Auburn just got to do whatever it wanted on the ground.

1894
01:43:50,720 --> 01:43:51,840
 Obviously, they weren't able to do that.

1895
01:43:51,920 --> 01:43:54,080
 They go get, you know, Joe Klanimer from Kansas State.

1896
01:43:54,200 --> 01:43:55,760
 I think the scheme was really, really good.

1897
01:43:55,940 --> 01:43:59,820
 I think their interior presence gave Auburn a lot of fits, and it changed the game because of that.

1898
01:43:59,920 --> 01:44:02,560
 So, I'm very interested to see what Baylor does this season.

1899
01:44:02,680 --> 01:44:05,660
 I think they've got the ability in that Big 12 to make a little noise.

1900
01:44:06,120 --> 01:44:11,760
 And I don't think that's going to end up being like, you know, at the end of the year, it'll be like, oh, Auburn only beat Baylor by one.

1901
01:44:11,880 --> 01:44:13,240
 They're going to be like, oh, Baylor's a pretty good team.

1902
01:44:13,440 --> 01:44:20,000
 Like, you know, I think that is, you know, more likely than what we saw last season where both those teams ended up, you know, finishing with a losing record.

1903
01:44:20,180 --> 01:44:21,680
 So, yeah, I think Baylor's improved.

1904
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:23,800
 You learn a lot about your team, especially.

1905
01:44:24,740 --> 01:44:29,080
 And I think, you know, Alex Golesh was really, really adamant, and he's been adamant all this week.

1906
01:44:29,120 --> 01:44:30,500
 He's like, look, we've got a lot to work on.

1907
01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:31,440
 We've got a lot to clean up.

1908
01:44:31,480 --> 01:44:32,300
 We've got a lot to fix.

1909
01:44:32,780 --> 01:44:33,940
 Disappointed with the way we played.

1910
01:44:34,200 --> 01:44:40,300
 But if we, you know, what a brand-new team, a brand-new team may show me is that they will fight for each other,

1911
01:44:40,300 --> 01:44:43,640
 and they will finish next to each other and play hard for one another.

1912
01:44:44,160 --> 01:44:45,380
 And that's a really good sign.

1913
01:44:45,460 --> 01:44:50,100
 That's a really good sign to have early in the season that you don't know, hey, what's going to happen when adversity?

1914
01:44:50,320 --> 01:44:51,920
 Well, there's a lot of teams in the SEC.

1915
01:44:52,260 --> 01:44:56,280
 We don't know what's going to look like when adversity strikes because they didn't get to face any of it at all in week one.

1916
01:44:56,700 --> 01:44:58,080
 Auburn at least got to see some of that.

1917
01:44:58,400 --> 01:45:03,300
 Yeah, I guarantee you that that game's going to come back to help Auburn in a close game in the SEC.

1918
01:45:04,160 --> 01:45:12,060
 6 a.m. emails, Friday mailbag, the podcast, a lot of great pregame, a lot of great postgame.

1919
01:45:12,180 --> 01:45:13,620
 Where can we find all of it?

1920
01:45:14,260 --> 01:45:15,360
 Yep, auburnobserver.com.

1921
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 Check it out there.

1922
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 Seven bucks a month for a subscription.

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1924
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 So, yeah, we email everything out to you, like you said.

1925
01:45:25,320 --> 01:45:28,840
 Got a mailbag out today previewing this game, podcast previewing this game.

1926
01:45:28,900 --> 01:45:31,980
 We'll have coverage all this weekend from the home opener against Southern Miss.

1927
01:45:32,100 --> 01:45:34,320
 So plenty of stuff on the website to check out right now.

1928
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 And if you subscribe today, you'll get everything that we do this weekend sent straight in your email inbox.

1929
01:45:39,520 --> 01:45:40,740
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1930
01:45:41,020 --> 01:45:42,620
 Go to auburnobserver.com and check it all out.

1931
01:45:43,360 --> 01:45:44,720
 Justin, appreciate your time.

1932
01:45:44,800 --> 01:45:46,060
 Have a safe weekend, all right?

1933
01:45:46,780 --> 01:45:47,280
 Yeah, y'all too.

1934
01:45:47,320 --> 01:45:47,580
 Thank you.

1935
01:45:47,620 --> 01:45:48,140
 Thank you, bud.

1936
01:45:48,360 --> 01:45:50,760
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1937
01:45:51,100 --> 01:45:55,420
 Coming up is those crazy, stupid underdog picks and more.

1938
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1939
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1990
01:50:14,140 --> 01:50:17,220
 The show starts at 6 p.m. and you don't want to miss it.

1991
01:50:17,360 --> 01:50:18,280
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1992
01:50:18,980 --> 01:50:20,140
 The score.

1993
01:50:20,580 --> 01:50:25,300
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1994
01:50:25,840 --> 01:50:26,520
 Welcome back in.

1995
01:50:26,580 --> 01:50:28,240
 Brett Beaird, the light just turned green.

1996
01:50:28,460 --> 01:50:28,680
 Go.

1997
01:50:29,020 --> 01:50:31,600
 UNA at Southeastern Louisiana.

1998
01:50:32,280 --> 01:50:34,260
 Louisiana 5.5 point favorite.

1999
01:50:34,260 --> 01:50:39,280
 But UNA has got, they're in the top 10 in three defensive rankings.

2000
01:50:39,820 --> 01:50:42,920
 UNA 28, Southeast Louisiana 17.

2001
01:50:43,480 --> 01:50:45,260
 There he is again.

2002
01:50:45,760 --> 01:50:49,000
 Tennessee a 12.5 point favorite at Georgia Tech.

2003
01:50:49,420 --> 01:50:51,040
 I think Brandon has a good game.

2004
01:50:51,180 --> 01:50:52,500
 Tennessee runs the ball.

2005
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:55,520
 Tennessee 35, Georgia Tech 20.

2006
01:50:56,300 --> 01:50:58,000
 Southern Miss at Auburn.

2007
01:50:58,080 --> 01:51:02,260
 The Tigers a 33-point favorite, 645 on the SEC Network.

2008
01:51:03,260 --> 01:51:05,600
 Auburn plays a much cleaner game.

2009
01:51:05,840 --> 01:51:07,400
 Byron Brown is a good game.

2010
01:51:07,540 --> 01:51:09,620
 Tigers runs for over 200 yards.

2011
01:51:10,100 --> 01:51:12,580
 Setting up that big game against Florida next week.

2012
01:51:12,660 --> 01:51:14,440
 Auburn 34, Harold Bugg.

2013
01:51:15,060 --> 01:51:16,440
 The Southern Miss 10.

2014
01:51:17,260 --> 01:51:17,980
 Alabama.

2015
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:20,520
 And Ric Flair agrees with me.

2016
01:51:20,880 --> 01:51:23,560
 Alabama a 10-point favorite over at Kentucky.

2017
01:51:23,560 --> 01:51:26,620
 If Michael Carroll can't play because of a concussion,

2018
01:51:27,300 --> 01:51:29,060
 Mel Waltrip starts a left tackle.

2019
01:51:29,180 --> 01:51:32,880
 Will Smith, Will Sanders will start at right guard.

2020
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:35,320
 Alabama must get off to a fast start.

2021
01:51:35,820 --> 01:51:37,460
 Grab the ball for under 50 yards.

2022
01:51:37,580 --> 01:51:38,640
 I think they will.

2023
01:51:39,180 --> 01:51:41,320
 Alabama 35, Kentucky 17.

2024
01:51:41,600 --> 01:51:43,720
 And the stupid underdog pick.

2025
01:51:43,800 --> 01:51:44,700
 Rick likes that one.

2026
01:51:46,360 --> 01:51:48,380
 Rutgers at Boston College.

2027
01:51:48,880 --> 01:51:50,960
 The Eagles 3.5 point favorite.

2028
01:51:51,320 --> 01:51:51,420
 Uh-uh.

2029
01:51:51,640 --> 01:51:57,960
 Rutgers rebounds from losing to UMass 37-21 and beats Boston College.

2030
01:51:57,960 --> 01:51:58,260
 Woo!

2031
01:51:58,880 --> 01:51:59,760
 Yeah, there you go.

2032
01:51:59,920 --> 01:52:01,480
 I think it's 5 o'clock somewhere.

2033
01:52:01,820 --> 01:52:06,900
 I still think Will Smith would be a more interesting matchup there than anybody else in that matchup.

2034
01:52:07,360 --> 01:52:11,580
 Anytime you play at a stadium called Strawberry Fields, the Beatles look like this,

2035
01:52:11,620 --> 01:52:15,140
 which is what you're going to do tomorrow night at 6.02, not to be specific.

2036
01:52:15,660 --> 01:52:20,920
 Uh, this is not the first time these two have met about 14 times over the years, uh, southeastern Louisiana.

2037
01:52:21,040 --> 01:52:23,680
 They've, they've dominated 10-1 and 2 over the years.

2038
01:52:24,180 --> 01:52:28,760
 I still got to go with my lines and getting ready for a heck of a homecoming next weekend.

2039
01:52:29,320 --> 01:52:30,240
 31-28.

2040
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:35,040
 Let's go with an upset there over the mighty 5.5 point favorite down in Hammond, Louisiana.

2041
01:52:36,040 --> 01:52:37,740
 Georgia Tech and Tennessee.

2042
01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:39,600
 Tennessee should have their way with this one.

2043
01:52:39,760 --> 01:52:41,920
 31-18 Auburn.

2044
01:52:42,060 --> 01:52:46,700
 If they don't cover this one in style, then it's going to be a long year for the Tigers because Southern Miss,

2045
01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:50,180
 basically, all their team went to Memphis from last year's team.

2046
01:52:50,260 --> 01:52:51,680
 44-14 in that one.

2047
01:52:52,100 --> 01:52:55,220
 You mentioned missing a key offensive lineman for Alabama.

2048
01:52:55,380 --> 01:52:58,220
 That's going to be interesting, but I still think they've got enough to prevail.

2049
01:52:58,740 --> 01:53:00,080
 They favored by 10.5.

2050
01:53:00,360 --> 01:53:01,600
 Uh, last point was 10.

2051
01:53:01,700 --> 01:53:03,180
 Still think Alabama's going to pull it out.

2052
01:53:03,260 --> 01:53:04,220
 28-21.

2053
01:53:04,420 --> 01:53:06,180
 And the stupid underdog pick.

2054
01:53:06,340 --> 01:53:07,320
 Sorry, Dan Mullin.

2055
01:53:07,420 --> 01:53:08,360
 North Texas.

2056
01:53:08,520 --> 01:53:08,800
 Hmm.

2057
01:53:09,080 --> 01:53:12,200
 Take care of UNLV 30-28.

2058
01:53:12,840 --> 01:53:15,140
 Dan Mullin, a long year out in Vegas.

2059
01:53:15,240 --> 01:53:15,500
 Woo!

2060
01:53:15,500 --> 01:53:15,860
 B.B.

2061
01:53:16,340 --> 01:53:17,200
 There we go.

2062
01:53:17,260 --> 01:53:18,520
 I was wondering who he was.

2063
01:53:18,580 --> 01:53:20,260
 He just got back from the bathroom, I think.

2064
01:53:20,340 --> 01:53:28,380
 B.B., quickly, quickly, we got football tonight with the Falcons and the Tide coming up tomorrow right here on 93-9, the score.

2065
01:53:28,380 --> 01:53:32,820
 Yeah, pregame at 6, Florence at Russell should be a dynamic game.

2066
01:53:32,980 --> 01:53:38,120
 Battle of the Unbeatens, kickoff at 7 o'clock with Kevin Johnson, the crew.

2067
01:53:38,720 --> 01:53:38,800
 Yeah.

2068
01:53:38,880 --> 01:53:40,960
 Coaches breakfast in the morning at 8.

2069
01:53:41,080 --> 01:53:44,960
 Alabama, again, going to be kicking off approximately 2-30.

2070
01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:47,520
 You can hear that game on 93-9, the score.

2071
01:53:48,040 --> 01:53:49,600
 A lot of great high school games.

2072
01:53:49,740 --> 01:53:55,440
 Bell Green at Red Bay, Haleville at Danville, Hamilton-Dasser.

2073
01:53:55,880 --> 01:54:00,600
 If the weather cooperates, go out and see a great high school game.

2074
01:54:00,700 --> 01:54:03,500
 Have a safe and fun football weekend.

2075
01:54:03,860 --> 01:54:06,240
 Quickly, Rick, how was the show today, Rick?

2076
01:54:08,500 --> 01:54:10,200
 Rick has gone to the bathroom again.

2077
01:54:10,300 --> 01:54:14,760
 That's going to take care of this for now on behalf of B.B., Greg, James, and Eric, the entire crew here.

2078
01:54:15,080 --> 01:54:17,200
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2079
01:54:17,580 --> 01:54:22,580
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2, with the Bermode Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio 93-9, the score.

2080
01:54:22,580 --> 01:54:52,560
 We'll be right back.