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 It's time for UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll go in-depth as we talk to your University of North Alabama Lions.

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 UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals, Burnley Spine and Sport, Singing River Brewery, Southern Pride Pest Control, Alabama Health Guidance, The Carriage Wine and Market,

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 and Brown Equipment Company. Live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Lions, Benjamin Ray.

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 Hello and welcome back down to Lost Pizza Shoals in downtown Florence, Benjamin Ray alongside Mike Ezekiel.

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 We're back with another edition of UNA Football Night. We took last week off for the holiday and now we're back.

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 And Mike Ezekiel, it's perhaps the most anticipated game we've had maybe all time, something that's been talked about for a really long time.

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 We finally made it happen. We've had this date circled.

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 We've got, what, four or five more days before we were there, but this has been a long-awaited home football game

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 on campus with a grand opening of Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independent Stadium on Saturday,

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 on campus for the first time, a 6 p.m. kick against Alcorn State.

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 Benjamin, I got goosebumps.

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 And a lot of people here at Lost Pizza tonight, I just want to ask a question.

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 Who likes numbers? Because I like numbers.

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 I'm going to give you some numbers, so listen closely. Are you ready?

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 26 years since the university was founded in 1830, 114 years since the first football team was fielded in 1912 here at UNA,

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 98 years since that team was disbanded, and then 78 seasons of football since then, the rebirth of football in 1949,

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 and in all of that time played at a high school municipal, probably municipal stadium, did not play on campus.

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 And then 53 years ago, a blueprint went out for an on-campus stadium in 1973 in a media guide.

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 And then it took two years to break ground on an actual on-campus stadium, and here we are seven days away.

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 No, six days? Five days?

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 Something like that.

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 Five days. Five days away from opening that stadium.

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 I know it's coming up very quickly. Saturday will be here before we know it.

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 And for the first time ever, campus will be connected to a home football game.

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 I mean, used to, we would tailgate on Spirit Hill, and campus was not a part of it.

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 Unless we left something in the office, we had no campus connection on game days.

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 We were at Brawley all day long.

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 Now, we'll all be at the office early Saturday morning.

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 We'll be there all day getting ready.

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 Campus will come to life, tailgating alongside the Pines.

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 The Lion Walk will take place down Pine Street.

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 Everybody's walked to class on Pine Street, driven through Pine Street.

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 Pine Street's going to be the heart of Bobby's backyard, Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independence Stadium.

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 And there's going to be so much activity.

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 But that's what I'm most excited about, is to see campus come to life with a new Saturday sanctuary.

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 Yeah, hearing you put it that way, that's kind of how it was, you know, when game days were at Brawley Stadium.

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 Campus felt a little dead.

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 And if we had to go back to get something, there wasn't much going on.

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 Nobody walking around campus, but now campus is the heart of it.

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 Everybody's going to be walking around near the fountain, near, you know, where the lion's cage was.

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 And just walking all through campus, where the amphitheater was.

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 So many great things going on.

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 And then you've got the Pines coming up down the hill there, right outside the stadium.

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 It's going to be beautiful.

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 I'm excited, Ben.

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 Campus will be buzzing on Saturday.

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 I had a thought today, and I don't think I've mentioned this to you yet.

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 I mentioned it to Dr. Looney.

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 I believe Saturday will be the largest event hosted on campus all time.

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 I still have to run that through some numbers.

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 But we're expecting to have 10,000 people, and probably plus that.

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 I can't think of another event at UNA.

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 Think about all the concerts.

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 You hear stories about the concerts.

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 Billy Joel played on campus.

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 There's a great list of people.

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 But those venues didn't hold this many people.

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 We're talking 10,000 people on campus.

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 I can't think of another time that has happened.

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 I can't either.

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 And, man, pulling out all the stops for those thousands and thousands of people that will

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 I know a lot of you watching, listening on the radio, the people that are here today at

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 Lost Pizza, they're all excited for it.

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 And there's going to be some pyro, some fireworks, a lot of things going on that are going to be

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 The flyover that got announced, that's going to be exciting.

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 And, of course, UNA football playing their first game on campus.

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 It's going to be so exciting.

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 We're going to be talking about that all week long.

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 And, hey, we've been teasing every episode, the tailgate package that Lost Pizza and the

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 We've been testing food.

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 We've had sandwiches.

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 We've had tamales.

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 We've had wings.

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 It's all been delicious.

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 And we've got one more item to talk about.

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 Let's bring up Katie McDonald, the bar manager here at Lost Pizza.

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 I don't know what she's bringing.

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 Oh, we've got some pizza, Mike.

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 Look at that.

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 Let me get my drink all out of the way.

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 My daughter's so excited right now.

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 She ran up here.

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 Thinks she may want some of this.

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 I know what that one is.

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 That's the beekeeper right there.

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 That's my go-to.

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 What do we have here, Katie?

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 Everybody got quiet.

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 They want to know what we're eating tonight.

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 This has become a favorite segment of this show.

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 What did you bring us to chow out on?

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 So we know and love the beekeeper.

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 And then we've got our limited edition, the Philly, y'all.

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 Like a good old Philly cheesesteak.

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 It's got Alfredo base, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and steak.

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 I know Brayden Rogers.

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 He's a Philly sports fan, unfortunately.

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 He's excited for this one right here.

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 And the beekeeper, is that the most popular pizza here?

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 Oh, yeah, for sure.

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 Just classic pepperoni and then with a little extra honey on there.

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 It makes it so good.

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 Yeah, I'm a big beekeeper fan.

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 I usually like it with the hot honey.

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 That's kind of where I go.

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 But Philly, man, that Philly looks amazing.

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 I can't wait to try the Philly, y'all.

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 It's pretty good.

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 All right, so we've teased all the different items from wings, tamales, sandwiches,

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 and then lost pizza.

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 You know it's got to be the pizza.

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 So let's tell people again, how do they order this?

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 What do they need to know to have this at their tailgate spots on Saturday?

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 So you'll be able to order directly through us.

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 You'll have to call the restaurant.

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 We'll get you in.

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 Our system will be delivering to the stadium every 30 minutes.

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 And, yeah, we've got a set tailgate menu.

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 You'll be able to get one of those here in the store.

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 And they're online on Instagram and Facebook.

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 You can see our whole menu.

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 Everything's on there.

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 Just pick what you want, and we'll bring it to you.

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 How early do they need to get their orders in?

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 Preferably Friday, but first time for everything.

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 So we'll try it out.

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 If we need to do Saturday, we can do Saturday.

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 Well, Katie, we look forward to this every week.

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 Everybody's been asking, what are you guys going to eat tonight?

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 And it's turned into our favorite segment.

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 So Mike and I are going to get to this pizza in just a second.

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 I think we've got Edward from the carriage here.

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 So thank you so much for treating us to food every single week.

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 So we'll slide Katie off, and let's get Edward up here from the carriage.

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 So, again, we've got tailgate sandwiches.

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 We've got tailgate tamales, wings.

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 We've got pizza Mike and I are going to get into here in just a second.

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 We've got Edward here from the carriage right next door.

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 Thank you, thank you.

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 Always glad to be here.

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 All right, so what pairs with this?

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 Listen, if I was going to eat this Philly, I would have me a pretty bold red blend,

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 something smooth and silky to kind of go with this steak and these onions.

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 Maybe something sparkling, maybe some champagne or something like that.

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 I don't know, something to help kind of balance out the heat of the pepperonis

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 A lot of good options.

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 What do fans need to know about placing orders with you all for Saturday?

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 Yes, so this is kind of our first go-round with this, but we've built it out on our website,

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 carriagewine.com, where you can actually go on our website and basically build your own case of wine.

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 You'll have the options for dry whites, still rosés, sparkling rosés, bold reds, light reds, anything you can think of in that category.

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 We'll put the case together for you and we'll have it ready.

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 All you've got to do is swing through.

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 We'll even have it chilled down for you if it's all white and rosé wine.

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 So then all you've got to do is swing through and pick it up on your way to the tailgate.

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 I hope it's just that easy.

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 You know, the game's going to be going on.

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 You know, what's the hours for the carriage on Saturday during game day?

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 We're open at 10 o'clock on Saturday mornings and we are slinging blue cups.

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 We're slinging those to-go drinks.

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 I know that the area that you can have blue cups has now extended all the way down to the stadium.

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 So we can come downtown, get you a snack, get you a drink, and then take it with you.

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 I mean, UNA has made it so easy for people to be able to tailgate every week.

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 I mean, Law's Pizza, the carriage, both downtown businesses, right?

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 The buzz is huge, y'all.

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 I mean, every day we're hearing people talk about it and how much more they're excited to get down to the stadium.

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 I've finally been able to drive past it on my way home after the street has been closed for so many weeks,

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 and it's a beautiful stadium.

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 I cannot wait to see it filled up with all that purple and gold.

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 Well, one more time, how do we get those orders into the carriage?

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 You've got it, carriagewine.com.

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 That easy.

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 It's going to be a big part of game day.

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 Do you want to try one of these with us?

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 I'm really torn because the beekeeper is what I always get, but we got the Philly, which looks delicious,

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 Cheers, friends.

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 Roar Lions.

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 Roar Lions.

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 Chuck, you've done it again, my friend.

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 That is fantastic.

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 It's the cheese.

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 The cheese makes it.

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 The Philly, limited time.

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 Get it for your tailgate on Saturday or just come get it any day of the week.

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 Can't go wrong with it.

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 Hey, when we come back, we'll talk some football with North Alabama head coach Brent Dierman.

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 This is UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

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 Burnley Spine and Sport Chiropractic is proud to partner with UNA to keep our lions performing at their best.

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 Roar Lions.

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 Get comfortable.

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 Football season is back at the carriage.

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 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South, and football season is officially back at the carriage.

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 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks, good food, and a comfortable spot to settle in for a quarter, a game, or the better part of the day.

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 Saturdays get $5 craft drafts, $2 off wine slushies, paraffs of mimosas, and game day bites from the kitchen.

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 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses, something sweet, and all the good stuff for your game day spread.

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 Football season looks pretty good from the carriage on East Mobile Street in historic downtown Florence.

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 It's summertime in the shoals, which means sunshine, hot weather, and a lot more bugs.

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 Ants, mosquitoes, termites, they love this time of year just as much as we do.

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 Call Southern Pride Pest Control today to schedule an appointment.

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 When you have pests, we have solutions.

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 We're back.

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 And we're welcoming back UNA Head Football Coach Brent Dierman to UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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 Benjamin Ray and Mike Ezekiel.

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 We're here enjoying this Philly.

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 It has been a big hit.

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 Everybody's been asking why I didn't go for the beekeeper.

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 It's what I always get.

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 It's my favorite.

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 I'm about to get a slice.

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 But I had to try the Philly.

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 Coach has the – you went with the beekeeper right there, Coach.

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 Yeah, you got me on the beekeeper.

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 I was the Otis guy.

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 I still like the Otis.

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 But sitting beside you for a year last year, I finally tried the beekeeper and really like it.

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 That was the goal right there.

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 That's what we do.

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 We sell these pizzas.

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 And when they feed us, it helps especially.

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 Well, and then I've got a little small picture of you up in my locker because you're my idol.

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 So I had to eat what you eat.

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 Well, Coach, Bank Independence Stadium.

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 Yeah.

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 Oh, I thought my cat's so funny.

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 I wasn't ready yet.

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 You go first.

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 So, Coach, Bank Independence Stadium.

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 I know this was probably a distant dream when you took the job three, four years ago to finally be at this point Saturday.

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 Just how does it feel?

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 Man, it's a relief.

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 It's a weight off your shoulders.

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 It's an exciting week.

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 I mean, there's so many different emotions going into this week.

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 What our message to our kids today was you got one first opportunities in life.

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 You got your first kiss.

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 You got your first date.

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 You got your first impression.

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 You know, the first time you go to church.

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 And then you got the first football game on campus in school history.

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 And our kids get to be a part of that game.

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 It's going to be a really good week.

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 It's going to be a fun Saturday.

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 That's a good way to put it into perspective.

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 And going back to the Arkansas locker room, I remember you told the guys, hey, we're going to get to practice on this field.

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 And you'll finally get to break it in.

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 And, you know, the first practice is also something that's really special.

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 And talk about the turf.

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 I mean, that's been kind of a big focal point in how significant that is because the turf is very high quality.

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 It's very rare.

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 I think we're one of four schools in Division I with that turf.

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 Yeah, it's different.

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 You got to get used to it.

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 It plays just like grass.

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 Your kids come in thinking it plays more like turf.

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 So they plant outside their frame a lot.

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 So it helped us last week.

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 You know, our kickers were the ones that probably struggled with it the most.

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 Ian, the first couple days, had trouble.

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 Lost his plant foot a couple times.

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 And then he's had to change his plant shoe.

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 So it was good for us to kind of work those kinks out last week.

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 Kind of creates a home field advantage a little bit for us.

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 But the science behind that turf is it prevents injuries.

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 There's a lot less knee and ankle and back injuries because it doesn't send the force back through your body.

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 It absorbs the force.

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 And it's been really good for me and my low back.

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 I know that.

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 So I think our players have really liked it.

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 It's just the whole field, the turf is just the icing on the cake.

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 But the whole field, the stadium, being in there, they were trying out the sound system a little bit today.

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 The band was in there today.

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 I mean, you just got chills in there today.

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 What was it like the first time that team walked through the tunnel for practice?

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 It was unreal.

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 It was a moment you'd been waiting for for two, two and a half years.

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 You go back and you think about the old practice field right there of just walking across.

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 And with the track around it and all that.

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 And then to step into that moment of walking underneath that road and that tunnel, the lights are hanging in there now.

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 The UNA going down, the North Alabama going down the tunnel.

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 It was just surreal.

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 It's something the guys have been waiting for.

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 You think of Colin Wright, Jaheim Ingram, guys that have been here for four years.

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 Colin going on five years.

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 I thought Colin was about to cry out there the other day.

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 So, it's been really fun.

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 You were talking about music earlier.

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 And, you know, I can already see the music going through the tunnel and, you know, the third down song.

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 If Brent Dierman has the ox court and he's picking that motivational song, what is it?

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 Well, Drew's turned me down already.

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 I mean, I sent Mo Bamba as a third down song.

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 We're trying to get a fourth quarter startup to play song.

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 So, DJ Drew on the ones and twos.

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 I've been hollering at him about some things.

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 You mentioned talking to the team about those firsts, right?

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 And everything that happens on Saturday will be a first.

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 But, also, how do you not let it be too big of a moment to where guys don't blow it up too much

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 and they go out and remember that this is a game that we need to win?

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 You know, I think the way the schedule's laid out, it's really helped us in this moment.

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 I mean, to go into Fayetteville, Arkansas and play in a big stage like that,

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 you would think the jitters and the nerves would be in that game.

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 So, I'm glad we played that one before we're playing this one.

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 To go on the road last week and play your first true tough opponent on the road.

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 Let one slip, but to see our players face a little adversity in that.

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 So, I think the last two games have set us up to come home

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 and hopefully have the jitters out of us playing this first home game.

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 First home game coming up this Saturday and then next Saturday, of course, being a home again as well.

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 Six home games coming up this year.

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 Ben, is it time for Brent Dierman Trivia?

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 Let's do it.

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 Let's do it.

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 Brent Dierman Trivia.

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 We're talking new stadium.

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 We're talking stadium things.

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 So, I'm going to hit you with a trivia question.

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 Are you ready?

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 I think so.

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 All right.

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 There have been five FCS stadiums, including ours, that have opened since 2016 from the ground up, built from scratch.

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 Can you name four of the five?

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 Oh, man.

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 I don't know if I can do that.

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 Can you name one?

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 Can I name one of the five FCS stadiums from scratch?

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 Oh, man.

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 Should he get a hit, Ben?

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 I think you could help him.

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 So, I'm going to give you two hints.

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 Okay.

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 There's two schools that we have connections to.

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 One of them is in the league.

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 The other has a connection to Mike sitting at the table.

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 And in a roundabout way, Mike's connected to both.

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 Yeah.

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 Okay.

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 I don't know if it helps me much at all.

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 How old is Tarleton's?

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 Tarleton's has been renovated.

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 I knew it looks newer.

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 Yep.

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 They've had renovations done.

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 West Florida?

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 They will be.

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 They're in the process.

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 That's right.

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 They will be.

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 So, West Florida's getting.

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 I think theirs will complete next year.

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 So, they're getting new.

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 And it's pretty cool because when West Florida's done, that'll give three of the most recent four in the UAC.

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 Oh, Abilene's got to be somewhat new.

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 Abilene is one of them.

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 You got it.

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 We'll give you credit there.

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 Abilene Christian opened in 2017.

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 And you kind of see some similarities in our stadium to theirs, like the bowl feel.

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 I think ours is going to be the best, obviously.

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 Absolutely.

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 They've got a great stadium, too.

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 They do have a nice setup, the concrete bowl kind of feel.

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 It's very similar to ours.

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 Give the whole list there, Mike.

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 All right.

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 ETSU was the most recent before UNA in 2017.

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 I was actually part of that opening.

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 This one I'm more excited about because I came in kind of late to that process at ETSU.

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 It was my, like, you know, first month on the job.

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 This one, a lot of hard work has went into that from a lot of people.

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 This is really exciting.

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 South Dakota State, 2016, and Prairie View A&M was the other.

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 Okay.

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 I would not have known those.

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 And now North Alabama in 2026.

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 I know Tennessee Tech has done a renovation.

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 Yes, that's right.

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 But it's not new.

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 The more you know.

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 So, there you go.

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 It's very exciting.

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 North Alabama will make history on Saturday.

431
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:33,920
 Let's take a timeout.

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 I'm going to reload with some beekeeper.

433
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 And when we come back, we're going to talk some more UNA football with head coach Brent Dierman.

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 This is UNA football night from All's Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

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 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South, and football season is officially back at the carriage.

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 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks, good food, and a comfortable spot to settle in for a quarter, a game, or the better part of the day.

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 Game day Saturdays get $5 craft drafts, $2 off wine slushies, paraffs of mimosas, and game day bites from the kitchen.

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472
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,880
 We got a nice assist of some napkins to help us with these delicious pizzas.

473
00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:07,420
 I got my beekeeper there.

474
00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:08,480
 We've been chowing down.

475
00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:13,240
 I've noticed more and more people from the crew behind the scenes coming up in between breaks.

476
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,200
 We got to feed them.

477
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:16,780
 They're the hard workers here, Coach.

478
00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,640
 Mike and I just get to look pretty up here.

479
00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:19,700
 They do the work.

480
00:24:19,780 --> 00:24:21,440
 Grant, Braden, Cruz in the house.

481
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,960
 When I want to talk about music, they didn't want to say nothing to me.

482
00:24:24,020 --> 00:24:25,140
 Now we've got Pete's over here.

483
00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:26,820
 Drew jumps up, ready to go.

484
00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:30,820
 Coach, we're enjoying the fun here at Lost Pizza Shoals.

485
00:24:30,980 --> 00:24:39,500
 And let's back up last week in Hammond, Louisiana, taking on Southeastern Louisiana, a program that's been to the playoffs four times in the last eight years.

486
00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:48,780
 They had high expectations when they hosted last year, but they lost to an Illinois State team that won three straight road games while making it to the FCS championship.

487
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:55,660
 So we knew they were going to be a great team second in the Southland preseason poll.

488
00:24:55,780 --> 00:24:57,700
 Just your takeaways as you reflect back.

489
00:24:58,020 --> 00:25:00,920
 Yeah, I mean, you talk about a really good road test for us.

490
00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:02,780
 You know, I'm still upset.

491
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:03,780
 It's Monday night.

492
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:06,520
 I'm still upset because I think we let one slip away.

493
00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,020
 I mean, you outgain them in yards.

494
00:25:09,020 --> 00:25:12,220
 I think we had almost 300 yards of offense in the first half.

495
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:17,480
 First drive of the game, we go two plays, probably about 70 yards or so.

496
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:28,160
 Get down to the one-yard line and snap the ball over the head of our kind of wildcat quarterback with Ty in there that we would have, by the play design, it looked like we would have easily went in the end zone.

497
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,860
 Had a 7-0 lead, hopefully to start off there.

498
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,680
 In the second quarter, we had a two-score lead.

499
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,440
 We're driving down the field, third and one, inside the 15-yard line.

500
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,480
 We have a false start penalty that backs us back up.

501
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:46,860
 We could have taken a touchdown there, and I think the momentum would have fully been on our side.

502
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,960
 We jump off sides and we lose momentum.

503
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:51,900
 We kick a field goal, but there's a big difference between 7 and 3.

504
00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:54,320
 And then they score.

505
00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:56,080
 They win what we call the middle 8.

506
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,280
 We miss a field goal right before halftime.

507
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:00,800
 They come out and score.

508
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,100
 They really dominated us in the middle 8, and that's where we lost the football game.

509
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,460
 I think it was 14-0 in the middle 8.

510
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,360
 And that's really what decided the game.

511
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,580
 I thought we were explosive in the fourth quarter.

512
00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:13,800
 We've got to get better at tackling.

513
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,000
 That was a big emphasis today.

514
00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:17,540
 We had too many busts on defense.

515
00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:18,800
 Didn't set an edge.

516
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:25,820
 So I don't know if that's me saying enough about how upset we were as a staff and a team with how we went down there and played.

517
00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:28,360
 Let's put it into this perspective.

518
00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:32,120
 After the game was over, you talked about the standard, and we've got to meet our standard.

519
00:26:32,860 --> 00:26:35,240
 You said we didn't meet it in Louisiana.

520
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,220
 What does the standard look like to you, and how would you describe that to fans?

521
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,960
 You know, I've talked to a couple people, and it's bothered me.

522
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:49,220
 It's kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and I've tried to make it where I'm not upset at them for the way they say things,

523
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,700
 but there's no more moral victories in our program.

524
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,360
 There's no more, oh, we lost to a playoff team on the road.

525
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:57,360
 There's some good to take.

526
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:58,060
 No, there's not.

527
00:26:58,180 --> 00:26:59,360
 We go down there to win the game.

528
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:00,800
 That's what we're here for.

529
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,620
 We're here to win, and we had an opportunity to go down there and win,

530
00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:09,340
 and our players understand that it's a different standard around this place now.

531
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,760
 We can compete with anybody in the country.

532
00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:15,700
 We have a team that can go down and play in Hammond and win.

533
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:18,800
 We have a team that can battle in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and compete to win.

534
00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:22,840
 So our standard is to win football games.

535
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,360
 Our standard is to do things right all the time.

536
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:31,200
 Our standards, to have our eyes and our keys in the right spot, our standards to make tackles when the ball comes to us.

537
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:32,620
 And we didn't meet that.

538
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:39,800
 Coach, after the way that the team played in the first two games, and I know you're disappointed in this past game against Southeastern Louisiana,

539
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:43,380
 could it also serve as kind of a wake-up call for the team?

540
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,060
 Hey, look what you guys do when you come in focused and locked in.

541
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,040
 If you want to, you know, we had a nice wake-up call today.

542
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,600
 We had a very nice closed-door team meeting today.

543
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,940
 They got their butts chewed out a little bit.

544
00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:56,920
 But I'll say this.

545
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,720
 In public, everything's always my fault.

546
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,040
 If a player misses a tackle, it's my fault.

547
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:03,560
 A player misses a throw, it's my fault.

548
00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:04,940
 A player misses a block, it's my fault.

549
00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:08,200
 When we win, the players won the game.

550
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,740
 When we lose, I lost the game.

551
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,740
 And it's always going to be that way as long as I'm here.

552
00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:14,240
 I didn't put them in that situation enough.

553
00:28:14,740 --> 00:28:17,040
 I didn't plan against that coverage enough.

554
00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:19,220
 I didn't plan against that open-field tackle enough.

555
00:28:20,380 --> 00:28:22,340
 And closed doors, we're going to talk about it.

556
00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:25,920
 But it's always going to be my fault, and I want our players to know that.

557
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,160
 Coach, I think these first three games have proven one thing for sure,

558
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,020
 and that is we have the talent to win.

559
00:28:32,060 --> 00:28:34,060
 And we had a lot of talent on this team this year.

560
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,220
 And one guy I want to talk about, he's been in the program a couple years now,

561
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,420
 and he's really shining right now.

562
00:28:39,460 --> 00:28:41,120
 Tay Martin on the defensive side of the ball.

563
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,600
 What does he add to this defense?

564
00:28:43,060 --> 00:28:46,980
 He's an explosive football player that can play really anywhere on the back end.

565
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,820
 You know, he played corner a lot last year.

566
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,460
 We threw him in there early in the season against Illinois State

567
00:28:52,460 --> 00:28:55,040
 and put him at field corner on a day we were struggling.

568
00:28:55,580 --> 00:28:57,380
 And he goes against the national runner-up

569
00:28:57,380 --> 00:28:59,660
 and kind of shuts down that side of the field over there.

570
00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,340
 We've moved him into nickel this year.

571
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,400
 Because he's so versatile, he can cover a slot receiver.

572
00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:10,640
 What happens a lot of time in football is the slot receiver is the shifty guy.

573
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,780
 He's the faster guy.

574
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,160
 So the nickel has become a very kind of Swiss army knife position

575
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,460
 where you've got to be able to tackle,

576
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,400
 but you've also got to play man coverage on a guy that's probably really fast.

577
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,980
 And you don't have a lot of human beings on earth that can do that trait.

578
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,960
 So he's a special talent.

579
00:29:30,460 --> 00:29:32,220
 And he's just a football junkie.

580
00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:35,800
 Was a three-sport athlete in high school.

581
00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:38,280
 Won three state championships in the three sports.

582
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,420
 Was a heck of a baseball player and basketball player.

583
00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:44,620
 He's just uber talented and just shows up to work,

584
00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,480
 puts his hard hat on every day, and doesn't really say much.

585
00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:49,560
 We're going to hear from him in just a moment.

586
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,580
 And the other player we're going to hear from next, Xavier Johnson.

587
00:29:52,940 --> 00:29:56,400
 He leads the nation in receiving yards in FCS football.

588
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:03,000
 He also has the most receiving yards by a UNA player in the first three games of a season all time.

589
00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:07,960
 He's caught 19 passes, 386 yards, two touchdowns as well.

590
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,380
 And for UNA fans, some names you'll remember.

591
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:16,080
 The previous record was Jarman Fortson, Florida State transfer, played under Coach Bowden in 2010.

592
00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:20,260
 He had 278 receiving yards through the first three games of the 2010 season.

593
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:23,160
 This is a blast in the past for a lot of people.

594
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:29,600
 Joe Maul, Showtime Campbell in 2007, had 18 catches, 268 yards.

595
00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:35,260
 Just a few years ago, Cortez Hall in 2019 had eight catches, 265 yards.

596
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:41,600
 If UNA fans will remember, he had back-to-back games with a 75-yard touchdown catch against Montana.

597
00:30:42,060 --> 00:30:44,360
 And my memory's going blank on Western Illinois.

598
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,740
 That was the other one right there.

599
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,980
 So three great receivers in UNA history.

600
00:30:48,340 --> 00:30:49,780
 And Xavier Johnson's got the most.

601
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,840
 Coach, 386 yards through three games is unbelievable.

602
00:30:53,180 --> 00:30:56,640
 Yeah, I think that's the most in my career for a receiver in the first three games.

603
00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:01,360
 And to break the record at UNA by over 100 yards is pretty special.

604
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:02,380
 I mean, he's got a talent.

605
00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:05,400
 I was talking to some of the media guys about it.

606
00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:06,860
 He can stretch the field.

607
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,000
 He's a long strider.

608
00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:09,580
 He can open up and run.

609
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:15,820
 But his body control, that second deep ball he caught the other day, the DB was on his back hip.

610
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:20,220
 And he had the body control to jump up in the air and shield the DB from making the play.

611
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:25,560
 A lot of receivers that are straight-line fast struggle with the body control to make those type plays.

612
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,180
 So it's a great asset to us to have him.

613
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:34,480
 It's going to help us to get kind of safeties out of the box a little bit more, hopefully, as the season goes along.

614
00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:37,220
 But he's done a fantastic job these first three games.

615
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,860
 And, Ben, one more name on that list that you were talking about.

616
00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:44,960
 It's kind of an asterisk by his name because he didn't play the first game of his season, but he played the next three after that.

617
00:31:45,220 --> 00:31:49,800
 Takari Kennebrew, another guy that had, what was it, about 200, a little over 200.

618
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,820
 Yeah, but 386, just outstanding.

619
00:31:53,100 --> 00:32:01,240
 And, Coach, last thing for me on Xavier, as we talk about him, the touchdown catch, another instance of him having to control his body, come down with the grab.

620
00:32:01,460 --> 00:32:02,800
 Walk us through that play if you remember.

621
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,580
 Yeah, we ran a what's called a glance wheel concept, about the 15-yard line.

622
00:32:08,540 --> 00:32:10,400
 He's got a line at the bottom of the numbers.

623
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:13,800
 He's got a square up the corner that was hard inside leverage.

624
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,620
 It's a seven-step slant is really what it is.

625
00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:19,520
 Broke hard across the corner's face.

626
00:32:20,140 --> 00:32:22,640
 The wheel route pulled the safety out of the roof.

627
00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:25,180
 That way there was no safety help over the top.

628
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,920
 And then Destin did a good job of throwing on time.

629
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:33,380
 Probably could have let him another inch or a foot and made it not as hard of a catch.

630
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:43,460
 But to have the body control on that kind of deep slant route to turn and make that catch, and a tough catch, was a heck of a play and had a good time for us.

631
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,540
 Well, Coach, we'll let you eat some more pizza if you want to during this break.

632
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,120
 We've eaten half of these two pizzas so far.

633
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,220
 We'll try to put a bigger din in it as we go throughout this night.

634
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,820
 We'll catch up with you here in just a little bit, Coach.

635
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:55,560
 Absolutely.

636
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,060
 Thank you, guys.

637
00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:59,680
 Coming up next, we'll talk to Xavier Johnson, then Tay Martin after that.

638
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,260
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662
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663
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664
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667
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668
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669
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676
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:27,860
 Our next guest is one of North Alabama's leading tacklers from Realtown High School.

677
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:32,620
 He's got 23 tackles, three TFLs, two sacks, four pass breakups.

678
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,220
 He's in his second season.

679
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:34,840
 Welcome in.

680
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,480
 Tay Martin back to the house here on UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

681
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,600
 Benjamin Ryan, Mike Ezekiel with you as well.

682
00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:44,100
 Tay, it's great to have you back with us, man.

683
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,580
 Your season so far, man, you've been making plays like crazy.

684
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:52,060
 How does it feel to be back for year number two after last year was kind of cut short due to an injury?

685
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:56,920
 It feels great being back on the field and being a ball player and being me.

686
00:36:58,300 --> 00:36:59,980
 Yeah, I think that's a good way to put it.

687
00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:02,060
 We saw glimpses of what you could do last year.

688
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:07,080
 Just talk about that development, what you learned from your first year of college,

689
00:37:07,220 --> 00:37:13,240
 and how you've kind of put that into play here in your second year in this breakout season you're having.

690
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:20,780
 The biggest thing I noticed from my first year coming back from an injury was that I need to get bigger, more stronger, and faster.

691
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:26,180
 Because coming out of high school, I was about 160, 155.

692
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:28,880
 And where are you at now?

693
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,880
 I'm like at 180, 175.

694
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:33,440
 Yeah, getting those gains.

695
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,800
 So you're listed at 5'11".

696
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,080
 You said you weigh about 180, 185.

697
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:41,220
 And listen to this, man.

698
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:42,540
 So you're a defensive back.

699
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,820
 You've played in eight career games now.

700
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,920
 So defensive backs, you don't think about these numbers right here.

701
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,880
 You have four tackles for loss in eight career games.

702
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:56,120
 You have three sacks to your stat line in eight career games played now.

703
00:37:56,220 --> 00:37:58,720
 I mean, you don't see that every day from a defensive back.

704
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,760
 How much pride do you take in being aggressive out there on the field?

705
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:07,100
 I'll tell you, that's like one of my biggest strengths in me playing is being aggressive.

706
00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:10,420
 I can't go out there and underestimate people.

707
00:38:10,580 --> 00:38:14,860
 I've got to be the commander on all the time on the field.

708
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:20,860
 Hearing Coach Dierman talk about you, he said you're a great multi-tool type player.

709
00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:22,000
 You can play the outside.

710
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,280
 You can play safety.

711
00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:24,500
 You can play the nickel position.

712
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,760
 Which one of those positions do you like the most?

713
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,340
 I like nickel better because I'm closer to the ball.

714
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,820
 I like tackling, covering speed guys, and just being me.

715
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,640
 Yeah, and talk about what goes into covering a speed guy like that in the nickel position.

716
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:42,600
 You've got to have great technique, great eye discipline, and hand-eye coordination,

717
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,780
 and know the develop the routes.

718
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,000
 Now, you've done a great job with film study.

719
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,700
 Your coaches were bragging on you.

720
00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:52,680
 Arkansas, you jumped a route.

721
00:38:52,860 --> 00:38:55,200
 You read it right, but you didn't get the interception.

722
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,700
 Let's talk about this for one second.

723
00:38:56,780 --> 00:39:00,340
 Have you been dreaming about that ball that you missed on the first drive?

724
00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:01,560
 Has it been haunting you?

725
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:02,820
 Yeah, it's the first one, yes.

726
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:07,520
 But then, after that, I just brushed it off and hoping he'll throw me another one.

727
00:39:08,060 --> 00:39:13,500
 And that film study, Coach Bowen was the one actually telling me about what you saw and how you reacted.

728
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,320
 How much time are you putting in the film room to see things like that?

729
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:26,960
 I'm putting in at least 18 hours a week, like studying film, going over calls that's like when they're lining up,

730
00:39:27,020 --> 00:39:31,420
 I go over calls, write down my tips, and go over the plays.

731
00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:35,120
 Yeah, and let's talk about some of those schemes we were talking about.

732
00:39:35,180 --> 00:39:35,980
 You watch a lot of film.

733
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:37,180
 You run a lot of schemes now.

734
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:42,380
 Coach Bowen has installed a great defense, and it's been really exciting to watch these first three games.

735
00:39:42,820 --> 00:39:44,440
 Talk about the coaching staff a little bit.

736
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:49,060
 Coach Bowen and, obviously, Coach Lockett that you've been with for a few years now and Coach Moffitt.

737
00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:54,900
 With Coach Bowen, I knew how he was going to coach

738
00:39:54,900 --> 00:40:01,200
 and be very hard on players that he knows has a lot of potential.

739
00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:05,040
 And being with Coach Lockett and Coach Moffitt, they teach me a lot.

740
00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:08,740
 Coach Lockett be on me hard about my grades,

741
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,580
 and Coach Moffitt be very detailed in everything I do on the field.

742
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,120
 So, overall complete, I love the coaching staff that I'm on.

743
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,640
 Well, Tay, your career is going to be even bigger this Saturday.

744
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,060
 The first ever game on campus, Bank Independent Stadium, Bobby Wallace Field.

745
00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:25,540
 You guys have been practicing it.

746
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:31,020
 First of all, how excited is everybody on this team to have that opportunity to play on the on-campus stadium?

747
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:37,380
 We're very excited because this is the first on-campus game in a very long, long time.

748
00:40:38,140 --> 00:40:38,620
 That's right.

749
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:41,420
 78 years of football without an on-campus game.

750
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,580
 196 years since this university opened, and now to play an on-campus game.

751
00:40:45,980 --> 00:40:47,920
 It sounds like it means a lot to you guys.

752
00:40:48,340 --> 00:40:52,980
 Let's go back to that first practice, that first week of being on the turf and getting to experience it.

753
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,120
 How did it feel for you to be on the turf and then just describe, like, what it was like practicing on it?

754
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:03,620
 Like, my first day on the turf, it was a very different feeling because of how the turf is.

755
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,540
 It's more like grass-like turf.

756
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:11,240
 So, you have to stay, like, inside your frame in order to come out your breaks and, like, stand on your feet.

757
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:19,880
 Like, being on the practice field itself, or being on the game field itself, it's a very different environment because of how big the stadium is.

758
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,660
 We'll tell you this Saturday, we cannot wait to see you out there for the first time at Bank Independent Field.

759
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,840
 We've talked a lot with guys as we have interviewed them about who's going to get the first what.

760
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:35,440
 Who do you think will score the first touchdown in Bank Independent history?

761
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,000
 Xavier Johnson.

762
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:38,580
 That's who we're talking about next.

763
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,320
 But what about a little pick six, maybe?

764
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:43,840
 That's if they throw it in my way.

765
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,240
 I will score for sure.

766
00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:47,860
 Have you guys as players talked about that much?

767
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,420
 Like, who will get the first?

768
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,040
 What it will mean to get the first?

769
00:41:51,740 --> 00:42:00,340
 Yeah, so we have, we, we have, like, bets, like, like, individual bets to our, to ourself on, like, who will get the first pick, who will get the first tackle.

770
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,820
 So, we're very, we're very competitive in a DB room.

771
00:42:04,020 --> 00:42:06,800
 Well, if you get one on Saturday, we want to see you take it to the house.

772
00:42:06,820 --> 00:42:07,600
 How does that sound?

773
00:42:07,660 --> 00:42:08,240
 Sounds great.

774
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,220
 Tay Martin, we're glad you're a Lion man.

775
00:42:10,340 --> 00:42:11,560
 We love watching you out there.

776
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:12,420
 Thanks for joining us.

777
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:12,860
 Yes, sir.

778
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:14,200
 That's Tay Martin.

779
00:42:14,260 --> 00:42:15,000
 We'll take a time out.

780
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,620
 We're going to talk with the nation's leading wide receiver when we come back, Xavier Johnson.

781
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819
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,880
 Well, our next guest is the nation's leading receiver.

820
00:45:42,340 --> 00:45:45,660
 19 catches, 386 yards, two touchdowns.

821
00:45:46,740 --> 00:45:52,660
 It's the most receiving yards by a North Alabama player in the first three games of a season in school history.

822
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,720
 Xavier Johnson, a North Alabama newcomer, is with us.

823
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,880
 Xavier, man, how much are you enjoying playing in North Alabama this season?

824
00:46:00,180 --> 00:46:00,940
 I've been fun.

825
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:03,140
 It's a bust.

826
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:04,260
 I'm bust.

827
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:05,800
 But it's very fun.

828
00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:09,760
 Well, and we talked about this before, just you and I talking before.

829
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,700
 This is your first year of actually playing football.

830
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,960
 Obviously, you were at Memphis last year, and you redshirted.

831
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:18,140
 And Sanford was your first game, and it was a breakout game.

832
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,720
 You told the media just how great it was to actually play your first game.

833
00:46:21,860 --> 00:46:23,380
 And now you've got three under your belt.

834
00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:25,320
 You've been a superstar out there.

835
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,440
 How does it feel now that you've got three games under your belt,

836
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,420
 and you've actually gotten to experience that taste of college football?

837
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,760
 I'm just ready to show what else I can do.

838
00:46:34,980 --> 00:46:37,120
 I know I've still got more in me to show.

839
00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,020
 Your first reception, 95 yards.

840
00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:43,280
 I mean, that ball's flying through the air.

841
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:43,920
 You catch it.

842
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:45,420
 School record at that, man.

843
00:46:45,460 --> 00:46:46,940
 You keep checking off all the records.

844
00:46:47,020 --> 00:46:47,640
 You're smiling big.

845
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,480
 How did that feel to know that was your first ever collegiate catch?

846
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:54,340
 I'm just blessed with the opportunity, you know,

847
00:46:54,700 --> 00:46:56,860
 because there's a lot of people who wish they was in my shoes,

848
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,320
 so I try not to take it for granted.

849
00:46:58,640 --> 00:46:59,860
 And then take us through the play.

850
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,400
 They jumped off sides, and I would just run down field,

851
00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:08,060
 and I'd just seen the opportunity, so I just ran with it.

852
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,780
 So as soon as he jumped off sides, were you like, okay, let's go do this?

853
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:12,200
 Yes, sir.

854
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:13,820
 And then you just took off flying?

855
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:14,880
 Gone.

856
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,920
 It was a thing of beauty, man, let me tell you.

857
00:47:17,380 --> 00:47:19,900
 Well, when you caught that ball, did you know anybody was in front of you?

858
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:22,040
 Like, did you know that you had it wide open?

859
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,540
 I didn't see anybody in front of me, but I knew somebody was kind of bombing.

860
00:47:25,900 --> 00:47:27,580
 But I just thought they'd just get away.

861
00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:31,040
 Well, you talked about being in your shoes.

862
00:47:31,180 --> 00:47:33,800
 A lot of people would like to be in your shoes because you got some fast ones,

863
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:34,380
 that's for sure.

864
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,520
 You've got three big catches over these first three games.

865
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:40,520
 Obviously, the 95-yarder.

866
00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:44,580
 But then in Arkansas in the fourth quarter, you had a pretty big game-breaking type play

867
00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:46,540
 that kind of sparked what could have been a comeback.

868
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:53,160
 And then you also had the big touchdown and another big catch last week at SLU.

869
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,160
 Which one of those catches has been your favorite?

870
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,260
 I don't think I've seen my favorite yet.

871
00:47:58,820 --> 00:47:59,460
 I like that answer.

872
00:47:59,460 --> 00:48:00,160
 Yeah, that's a good answer.

873
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,000
 I like that a lot.

874
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:01,380
 Yeah.

875
00:48:02,060 --> 00:48:03,320
 Haven't seen your favorite yet.

876
00:48:03,420 --> 00:48:05,260
 We've got a couple of favorites for sure.

877
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:10,000
 But for UX, this offense, what is it that you like playing in it the most?

878
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,100
 Just being able to play with the guys next to me, you know.

879
00:48:15,380 --> 00:48:16,940
 Like, we've been through a lot.

880
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:22,400
 So we just try to showcase and show the people, you know, we could do this.

881
00:48:22,660 --> 00:48:23,960
 You know, turn things around and around here.

882
00:48:24,660 --> 00:48:27,100
 Well, you've got a lot of good teammates, and they like playing with you.

883
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:28,740
 And let's talk about these coaches as well.

884
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:33,020
 Coach Partridge and the offense he's installed and playing for Coach Ellis.

885
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:36,300
 How do you like this coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball?

886
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:37,200
 What have they done for you?

887
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,740
 The one thing I really can say is they don't tell me the stuff

888
00:48:41,740 --> 00:48:42,460
 that I want to hear.

889
00:48:42,700 --> 00:48:43,940
 They tell me the stuff that I need to hear.

890
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,320
 And, you know, as a player, you really need that around you

891
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,740
 because you don't want to be patterning your back all the time, you know,

892
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,240
 because that's just the expectation.

893
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,740
 So, yeah, really just them holding me to the standard.

894
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,540
 We have talked to every offensive player,

895
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,580
 really every player that we've had on this year about who will get the first,

896
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:03,820
 who will have the first touchdown, who will have the first catch.

897
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:06,020
 I mean, how much pride would you take in knowing

898
00:49:06,020 --> 00:49:08,420
 if you were able to get a couple of those first?

899
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:10,420
 Again, I would just be blessed.

900
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:12,960
 It would just be an honor for all.

901
00:49:13,380 --> 00:49:16,880
 What kind of smack talk has there been in the locker room about that?

902
00:49:18,620 --> 00:49:20,480
 I mean, I don't really pay attention to it.

903
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:20,940
 I got you.

904
00:49:21,460 --> 00:49:21,940
 I don't really.

905
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,980
 You know, I just try to keep quiet and just do my job.

906
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:27,260
 Yeah, and obviously all about the team.

907
00:49:27,340 --> 00:49:30,040
 You talk a lot about that and just how much of a blessing it is.

908
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,200
 Whoever gets that first touchdown, as long as it's a victory.

909
00:49:33,060 --> 00:49:36,700
 Let's go back to last week, first day of practice in the new stadium.

910
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,400
 Vibes are really high.

911
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,740
 Everybody getting used to the new turf, looking at the surroundings,

912
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,180
 knowing that it's going to be surrounded by 10,000 fans in a couple weeks.

913
00:49:45,260 --> 00:49:46,980
 What was that first day of practice like for you?

914
00:49:47,780 --> 00:49:53,640
 So I think it was raining that day, and so I was slipping all over the place, kind of.

915
00:49:54,080 --> 00:50:00,720
 But, you know, we got adjusted to it, and we love the grass for it, and we're thankful for it.

916
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:02,480
 We are thankful indeed.

917
00:50:02,620 --> 00:50:04,640
 We can't wait to see you out there on Saturday.

918
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:10,780
 Last thing for you, this North Alabama program, and what sold you on coming here?

919
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:17,060
 You know, just having a chance to really show what I can do and what I can be.

920
00:50:17,260 --> 00:50:21,280
 You know, they took a chance for me, you know, and it was a lot of coaches who skipped past me

921
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,000
 just because I was still young, and I didn't have no film for real.

922
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,860
 But, again, I'm just thankful for the opportunity that Coach Dierman

923
00:50:27,860 --> 00:50:29,920
 and the rest of the coaches gave me here.

924
00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:31,940
 Well, we're thankful that you're here, Xavier.

925
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,880
 Everybody watches, loves watching you fly around out there.

926
00:50:35,020 --> 00:50:38,040
 And, hey, we hope we see a couple deep shots this weekend, my friend.

927
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:39,320
 Thank you, thank you, thank you.

928
00:50:39,540 --> 00:50:43,260
 That's the nation's leading wide receiver, Xavier Johnson.

929
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 We'll take one final timeout when we come back.

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 North Alabama head football coach Brent Dierman.

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 and game day bites from the kitchen.

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 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses,

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 We're wrapping up this week's edition of UNA Football Night

1001
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 from Lost Pizza Shoals.

1002
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 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel,

1003
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:17,960
 we've got the head football coach Brent Dierman

1004
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:19,480
 of North Alabama back with us.

1005
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:23,220
 We'll be here every Monday night for the rest of the season.

1006
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:25,640
 The bye week will be here in a couple weeks.

1007
00:54:25,740 --> 00:54:26,940
 We'll give coach the night off.

1008
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:29,580
 Have some of our fall sport coaches on.

1009
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,480
 But make your plans every Monday night, 7 to 8 p.m.

1010
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,680
 You'll hear from coach and random guests from the program,

1011
00:54:35,780 --> 00:54:37,560
 players, other coaches as well.

1012
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:38,900
 We'll take you inside UNA football.

1013
00:54:39,060 --> 00:54:41,380
 Come enjoy the great food that we have showcased.

1014
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:44,080
 Get your tailgate orders in as well for this weekend.

1015
00:54:44,300 --> 00:54:46,080
 And coach, we've talked about it a lot,

1016
00:54:46,180 --> 00:54:52,020
 but this UNA football program has achieved so much since coming back full-time in 1949

1017
00:54:52,020 --> 00:54:56,140
 from being the first program to fully integrate in the 60s

1018
00:54:56,140 --> 00:54:58,440
 to the first conference championship in 1980,

1019
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,120
 the national championships in the 90s.

1020
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,160
 And it feels like on Saturday, your team, your program,

1021
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:07,720
 you guys are getting to add that next great moment in program history.

1022
00:55:07,820 --> 00:55:08,780
 That's got to feel pretty cool.

1023
00:55:08,980 --> 00:55:09,760
 Yeah, this is huge.

1024
00:55:09,980 --> 00:55:12,600
 I mean, this ranks up there with the national championship.

1025
00:55:12,780 --> 00:55:14,880
 This ranks up there with the White House visit.

1026
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:21,160
 I mean, to me, this is a top three, top five moment in UNA football program history

1027
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:23,880
 of having the first on-campus football game.

1028
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,760
 This program deserves it.

1029
00:55:26,940 --> 00:55:28,360
 This fan base deserves this.

1030
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:30,160
 The alumni deserve this.

1031
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:34,200
 Now, we've got to play in such a way we honor all those people in that new stadium.

1032
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:38,580
 And coach, just from day one since you got hired in December of, what, 22,

1033
00:55:39,020 --> 00:55:42,660
 going into that 23 season, I remember, like, tradition was a big deal to you.

1034
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:44,340
 And you knew the tradition of North Alabama.

1035
00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:48,740
 I wanted to keep that going and involve that past.

1036
00:55:48,940 --> 00:55:52,500
 And I remember the pride of our past thing we did to count down the first season

1037
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:55,780
 and some of the things you've done with the Ronald McKinnon, the 44 number,

1038
00:55:55,900 --> 00:55:59,000
 and him presenting that and, you know, welcoming guys like Cody Gross,

1039
00:55:59,140 --> 00:56:02,320
 Jacob Tucker, and some others that have, you know, come back, talked to the team.

1040
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,120
 That tradition means a lot to you.

1041
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,920
 And to continue that with this milestone is going to mean a lot.

1042
00:56:07,300 --> 00:56:10,520
 Yeah, there are so many people that built this program through their blood,

1043
00:56:10,620 --> 00:56:11,220
 sweat, and tears.

1044
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,200
 And we want to honor them by the way we play the game.

1045
00:56:14,260 --> 00:56:15,460
 And we put on that uniform.

1046
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,080
 We put on that North Alabama jersey.

1047
00:56:17,580 --> 00:56:19,440
 We put that Purple Swarm helmet on.

1048
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,540
 There's so many people that laid the foundation, laid the groundwork for where we're at.

1049
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:28,820
 I was texting with Red Cross about a week ago, trying to get him organized to come speak

1050
00:56:28,820 --> 00:56:29,440
 to the team.

1051
00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:35,820
 There's been different players that have come around from Steve Carter, having him around

1052
00:56:35,820 --> 00:56:36,480
 the program.

1053
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:41,460
 Fred Riley reaches out to me and texts me pre-game, post-game.

1054
00:56:42,020 --> 00:56:43,340
 And then I was just talking to y'all.

1055
00:56:43,460 --> 00:56:45,140
 I need to educate myself.

1056
00:56:45,340 --> 00:56:49,300
 I want to get more, maybe some people here know a little bit more about, but to tell

1057
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:50,220
 them where we're from, y'all.

1058
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:52,060
 I want to know where that came from.

1059
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:55,980
 We sang the fight song with the band today on the field.

1060
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,840
 I mean, from Pride Rock.

1061
00:56:57,940 --> 00:57:00,400
 There's so many great traditions at this program.

1062
00:57:00,780 --> 00:57:02,280
 And I want us to keep those things going.

1063
00:57:02,500 --> 00:57:06,060
 And as we jump into our Burnley Spine and Sport preview, before we talk about Alcorn

1064
00:57:06,060 --> 00:57:07,680
 State, I got to ask, Coach.

1065
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,220
 I mean, you've been a part of some big programs, big games.

1066
00:57:11,240 --> 00:57:15,240
 But how nice will it be on Saturday knowing when the game's over, you can just go through

1067
00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:18,460
 that tunnel and go right up to your office and kind of decompress for a minute instead

1068
00:57:18,460 --> 00:57:22,460
 of having to figure out, remember where you parked or how you're getting back to the place

1069
00:57:22,460 --> 00:57:24,780
 or figuring out what's next, like we used to.

1070
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:25,360
 Oh, yeah.

1071
00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:31,300
 At Brawley, I would go, after my post-game interview and all that stuff, I would go to

1072
00:57:31,300 --> 00:57:35,300
 the hill and help my wife load up her tailgate stuff and put it in the truck.

1073
00:57:36,020 --> 00:57:40,340
 And to not have to drag it up the hill over there at Brawley up to our parking spot anymore

1074
00:57:40,340 --> 00:57:41,440
 is going to be amazing.

1075
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:45,860
 But it just, everyday efficiency is so much better.

1076
00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:49,820
 You look at today, we were able to go out on the field and there was a 10-minute window

1077
00:57:49,820 --> 00:57:52,180
 from when meetings stopped to when walk-through started.

1078
00:57:52,380 --> 00:57:56,100
 Where we previously were, it was about a 25, 30-minute window to get out there.

1079
00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,100
 30-minute window to get back.

1080
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:04,120
 So the players have about an hour more every day taken off of them.

1081
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:05,440
 So it's more efficient.

1082
00:58:05,820 --> 00:58:08,120
 They can focus more on their grades.

1083
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:09,520
 They can get in study hall more.

1084
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,460
 There's just so much more time now that we have.

1085
00:58:13,100 --> 00:58:16,820
 Coach, diving into Alcorn State, you've had a couple days to watch that film now.

1086
00:58:16,820 --> 00:58:22,460
 And I'm sure the film's really interesting from Saturday, 53-51, double overtime win over

1087
00:58:22,460 --> 00:58:25,740
 Arkansas Pine Bluff over in Memphis, the Southern Heritage Classic.

1088
00:58:26,060 --> 00:58:29,060
 And quarterback was nominated for a national award this week.

1089
00:58:29,140 --> 00:58:30,660
 I mean, 32 for 45 passing.

1090
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,780
 Jalen Tolbert, five touchdowns, 485 yards.

1091
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:35,520
 What have you seen in Alcorn State so far?

1092
00:58:35,900 --> 00:58:40,280
 I mean, I remember Jalen in high school when I was down at FAU.

1093
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:42,320
 He was right down the street from us.

1094
00:58:42,740 --> 00:58:48,860
 He was a heck of a high school football player and has developed as a really, really good college quarterback.

1095
00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:52,020
 You know, he had 460 yards passing last week.

1096
00:58:52,660 --> 00:58:56,680
 They're a 10-personnel, 11-personnel air raid system.

1097
00:58:56,860 --> 00:59:00,800
 So it's going to be a different offense than we've seen in these first three weeks.

1098
00:59:01,220 --> 00:59:04,880
 We're going to see faster tempo than we've seen in these first three weeks.

1099
00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:06,840
 So we've got to be ready for tempo.

1100
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,740
 We've got to be ready for them to throw it around a little bit.

1101
00:59:08,860 --> 00:59:11,820
 So I think they've got some skilled guys that are very talented.

1102
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:18,800
 They're really big up front, so they're going to give us a lot of challenges with their offense they're bringing in here this week.

1103
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:24,940
 On Saturday, Coach, 6 o'clock, first-ever game on campus, Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independence Stadium.

1104
00:59:25,020 --> 00:59:27,080
 We hope you'll make your plans to be out there with us.

1105
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:32,940
 Coach, I hope some point during pregame warm-ups during the game that you get a chance to take it all in.

1106
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:34,980
 I know that you get locked in during games.

1107
00:59:35,220 --> 00:59:38,440
 I know I'm going to try to make it a point to get down there and take it all in.

1108
00:59:38,460 --> 00:59:40,320
 But we all get caught up in doing what we do.

1109
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,300
 I hope we can all find time to enjoy Saturday because it's going to be special.

1110
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:45,840
 I'll probably enjoy it on Sunday.

1111
00:59:46,020 --> 00:59:46,840
 That's right, yeah.

1112
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,160
 But there's just so much.

1113
00:59:49,660 --> 00:59:52,900
 And after 18 years of coaching, I still get butterflies pregame.

1114
00:59:52,980 --> 00:59:54,420
 I still get anxious the night before.

1115
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:01,220
 We're dealing with 18-year-old kids, and you have to wonder if the 18-year-old kid's prepared and ready to play.

1116
01:00:01,580 --> 01:00:05,860
 So I don't think I'll be able to take much in on Saturday.

1117
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:10,640
 We're also coming up with new traditions and hoping all those things work out well.

1118
01:00:10,820 --> 01:00:15,220
 So it's going to be amazing, but I'll probably sit back more on Sunday than I do on Saturday.

1119
01:00:15,460 --> 01:00:18,400
 Well, Coach, best of luck this weekend, and we'll do this again next week.

1120
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:18,900
 Thank you, fellas.

1121
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:19,380
 Royal Lines.

1122
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,260
 That's North Alabama head coach Brent Dierman.

1123
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:26,220
 Hope to see you out at Bank Independent Field this Saturday, 6 o'clock, against Alcorn State.

1124
01:00:26,220 --> 01:00:29,260
 Shout-out to Braden, Grant, Ty, running the backhouse show.

1125
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:30,900
 Blair back at the station.

1126
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:32,560
 I'm Mike Ezekiel, head coach Brent Dierman.

1127
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,440
 I'm Benjamin Ranks, and Roar Lines.

1128
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:41,400
 You've been listening to UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza.

1129
01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:48,200
 Tonight's show is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals, Burnley Spine and Sport,

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