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 It's time for the 93.9 The Score High School Coaches Breakfast. The Coaches Breakfast on 93.9 The Score is brought to you by Lost Pizza, John C. Saylor Attorney at Law, The Courier Journal, Miller's Place, North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, Southern Pride Pest Control and Bank Independent. Now live from the North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, here's your host, Kevin Johnson.

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 Top of the morning to you as we close up September and get ready for what's going to be a great October. We're going down the backstretch as they say and we're coming around soon. We'll be coming down that corner and going ready for the backstretch, I'll say it that way, for high school footballs. We're at the halfway point. Glad that you're with us here on The Coaches Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score. We're live from North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic on a glorious day. 61 degrees when I walked in today.

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 Man, get out and enjoy that fall weather and thank you fall for finally showing up.

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 It has been great football weather last night and today as well.

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 So I enjoyed that weather and we're glad it's starting to feel like football around here and excited about that.

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 I want to run down some things that KJ saw last night, high school football. It's a little different. It's the midway point, non-region games mostly all throughout the state last night.

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 So here's some things KJ saw last night. I'm going to extend this version a little bit on this.

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 One is one of the best players in the state of Alabama. You probably haven't heard of in North Alabama, but he's from Sarah Land High School.

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 Jamison Roberts, he's the quarterback. He's six foot three, 210. He's a commit to Oklahoma.

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 He turned down a couple of SEC schools to go to Oklahoma. It looks like that. Well, Oklahoma's SEC school sort of too.

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 We'll say here in Alabama, but Jamison Roberts is really, really outstanding.

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 And they knocked off Pell City easily last night at Pell City. They are a really big time contender for 5A from the South.

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 And one reason is because of Jamison Roberts. Just remember that name.

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 One of the great high school players that will be coming out of the state of Alabama coming next year.

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 Also, congratulations last night to a friend of ours that has been in the coaching business for a while, for many years at Decatur High School, now at Whitesburg Christian.

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 Coach Jerry Adcock and his team wins last night.

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 Personally, it was his 200th career win.

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 He's one of the great guys in high school coaching.

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 Does it the right way. His coaching tree is phenomenal.

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 Kenny Marson comes from that coaching tree.

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 I could go on and on. Several others.

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 He's just impacted the game the right way.

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 And Jerry Adcock gets his 200th career win and well-deserved last night.

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 Red Bay had an incredible game last night against their rivals from right across the state line, Belmont.

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 When those two get together, I mean, you might as well play it at the Cardinal Inn down there.

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 Because I'm telling you, they'll go at it anywhere.

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 And last night, it was on the field.

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 And Red Bay wins it in overtime in a thriller, 22-20, with a goal line stand on the two-point conversion.

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 And with that win, congratulations to the Tigers.

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 A school 500th win.

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 500 wins for Red Bay High School.

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 Congratulations to the Tigers.

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 Speaking of Tigers, over in Huntsville, the Grissom Tigers ended a 13-game losing streak last night.

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 Grissom.

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 Coach, I guarantee the alum, Coach John Summerall of Florida, is excited here.

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 Grissom Tigers finally got a win.

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 Ends a 13-game losing streak, and they did it, ironically, against the Columbia Eagles.

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 They win it last night.

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 I think it was about two touchdowns.

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 I don't have the score exactly in front of me here.

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 But they win it last night.

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 So congratulations on the Tigers for ending that losing streak.

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 Hey, kudos to the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

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 I don't know if you're aware of this, but on Thursday nights, every Thursday night, statewide on PBS Network TV,

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 you can watch a game of the week.

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 They choose a game of the week somewhere random from the state of Alabama, from South Alabama to North Alabama.

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 And this week, it was an Andalusia enterprise.

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 In a couple weeks, three or four weeks, it's going to be Brooks and Deschler statewide.

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 We'll get to see these two programs play.

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 So kudos to them for having a statewide TV game that the entire state can watch on Thursday night.

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 Sort of a standalone moment, and it's really taken off, and it's really neat how it's done.

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 And kudos to the coaches for adjusting to it.

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 But they do it right, and it is well done.

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 And so if you didn't know that, now you can turn on PBS on Thursday nights, see an hour-long pregame show from 5 to 6,

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 and the game will start at 7.

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 And it's really well done by the Alabama High School Athletic Association's network as well.

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 Also, kudos to the sports writers of the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

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 Last week, I called you forward.

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 We had a little sit-down, campfire talk.

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 I said, hey, what about Northwest Alabama getting a little love?

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 This week, you heard me.

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 Four different teams ranked in the top 10 this past week, including Hackelberg in Class 1A,

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 Hatton in Class 2, I believe it is, Class 3A, excuse me, and then Destler in Class 4A,

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 and then Florence in Class 5A.

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 So four teams from Northwest Alabama in the top 10.

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 Congratulations to them, and thank you for noticing that Northwest Alabama is playing some pretty good football right now.

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 Last night, 130 games were played between Thursday night and Friday night.

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 That's not as many as usual because it's the midway point.

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 Most teams took off from playing last night.

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 How many teams took off?

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 According to the Times Daily, who do a tremendous job, by the way, and the sports writers there,

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 162 games off, our teams off last night.

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 So 130 games, and we're going to count those down here

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 and look at some of the scores from last night's games across the state of Alabama.

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 Again, non-region games crossing over classifications, playing against each other.

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 So we'll find out some of these games from last night.

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 It was A-Rab over Decatur last night by a score of 35-14.

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 Big win for A-Rab.

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 They're really good.

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 The Knights can really play.

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 That great high school game last night.

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 You'll hear from coaches from both sides of this one.

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 Brooks and Central Florence went at it.

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 Brooks ends up winning at 49-35.

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 It was almost like a tennis match.

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 Who would break serve?

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 That means who would get that two-score lead, and Brooks finally did in the fourth quarter.

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 It was an outstanding high school football game between two county rivals right there.

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 Cherokee, big win over Vina last night.

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 Congratulations to the Indians.

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 They win it 47-22.

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 Big win for the Indians there.

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 Curry knocks off Carbon Hill, 42-14.

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 It was D.A.R. over Section, 55-34 last night.

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 Also last night, Gadsden City over Fultondale, 49-8.

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 Good Hope got by West Point, doubled them up, 52-26.

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 Gordo over Corner, 42-26.

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 Grissom, as I said, knocked off Columbia, 34-20.

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 Those Hackleburg teams down there are playing well right now.

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 They're undefeated, ranked in the top ten.

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 They continue to be that way as they knock off Lynn, 48-16 last night.

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 Other scores of interest from around the state of Alabama as well.

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 Catch a few of these here.

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 We'll have last night, Knoxville Catholic played Hoover.

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 That was an interesting game, sort of put midway and maybe rescheduled.

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 It's a really good team.

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 They lose to Knoxville Catholic, 20-17 last night.

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 Lawrence County and Wilson may have had the game of the night.

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 Those two teams went back and forth.

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 Wilson led it by ten or double digits.

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 And Lawrence County scores late, gets it to overtime.

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 Lawrence County in overtime scores, gets a two-point conversion.

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 And Wilson came up just about a yard short.

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 So Lawrence County wins it over Wilson, 43-35.

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 And the Warriors are for real.

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 They're a really good team this year.

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 Lindsey Lane shuts out Phillips last night, 42-0.

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 Checking a few of these others down the scoring list here.

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 Mountain Brook over Oxford.

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 Mountain Brook win that defensive battle.

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 Ramsey gets by Pinson Valley, 34-26.

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 Red Bay, as I said, knocked off Belmont, Mississippi, 22-20.

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 Getting some information from some others here.

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 Spartan knocks off Jemison last night, May Jemison last night, 21-6.

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 Tharptown over Waterloo, 38-14 last night.

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 Vinemont over Appalachian, 24-14.

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 West Limestone, big win over Brewer last night for them, 21-13.

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 Antiana fell to Westbrook Christian.

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 That was a great game, 28-27.

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 Whitesburg Christian, 66.

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 Coach Jerry Adcock's team really playing well.

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 Woodville beat Decatur Heritage, 61-7.

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 Kevin Johnson with you this morning.

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 Getting your morning off to a good start.

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 Hope you can get that cup of coffee on this cool morning.

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 There's a lot of coffee being drunk by these coaches back here.

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 Waking up on some long trips last night.

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 And good to have some different coaches with us, too, because it's mid-season.

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 So, sometimes we start to get some assistant coaches to come in with us.

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 And today, we have one of those assistant coaches from Brooks High School.

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 A good friend, Casey Phillips.

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 Offensive line coach at Brooks High School, whose team wins a county battle against Central 49-35.

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 Coach, I told you, before you got on the air, it was almost like a tennis match.

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 Who would break serve?

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 It was one of those, who's going to have the ball and get that one stop and make that one big play?

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 You know, in the first half, we had some opportunities to kind of put some distance between us and them.

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 And we just finally, you know, kept pushing through and ended up on the good side of it.

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 224 yards rushing last night.

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 Your backs are pretty good.

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 Coffey and Thompson can really tote of it.

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 And we had a, it's kind of been a, you know, a mass unit this year.

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 We've had several different combinations up there throughout the year.

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 He's going to be a really good player for us.

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 Wasn't perfect.

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 But when we needed them, we got a good push up front and gave some holes for those backs to run through.

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 Speaking with Casey Phillips, offensive line coach at Brooks High School, whose team wins 49-35 over Central.

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 And, Coach, you talk about a mass unit having to bring in a freshman to play.

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 Do you say, hey, you may play here, but you may have to play here, too?

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 Not all of them can handle that.

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 But we've got a couple of guys inside our center and one of our guards that, if we need to, we can move them around.

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 That is something new that you're having to be flexible, I think, with guys and seeing that.

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 We have one that's our starting right guard, Tristan Young.

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 He didn't play as much defense last night, but we've had some games early in the year where he has played.

229
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 Just about every snap on both sides of the ball.

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 Is that something you have to keep an eye on?

231
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 Or do you have a certain coach that keeps an eye on that with certain players?

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 Because I know when you get class 4A and down, you're always seeing some guys having to play both ways.

233
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 Yes.

234
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 Because of numbers.

235
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 Is that some coach saying, hey, watch your snaps here?

236
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 Or is it just the position coach keeps an eye on his guys?

237
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 Just kind of the position coaches.

238
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 And, you know, we do a good job.

239
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 Our defensive line coach, he rotates a lot of guys.

240
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 And, you know, that was big.

241
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 Plus, we had a young man that was injured on the D line there, one of our good starters there.

242
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 And he's back with us.

243
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 So, you know, that's kept us from having to play so many guys, you know, going both ways there.

244
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 We've kind of got a little bit healthier, and that's helped out a lot.

245
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 Brooks wins it last night, 49-35 over a central team that really runs that wing tee as well as anyone probably around.

246
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 They can run it.

247
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 They've run it for years with Coach Wood.

248
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 And when you look at playing a county game, why is it so special, you think, in Lauderdale County?

249
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 Well, you know, these – of course, I'm a Brooks guy, and I grew up doing the same thing over the years.

250
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 And it's just – it's kind of a source of pride.

251
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 These kids grow up around each other.

252
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 They know each other.

253
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 They cross paths all the time.

254
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 You know, I've got a son that's a senior, and he's got friends, it seems like, from every one of those schools around there.

255
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 And they just love to compete against each other because it's such a, you know, a tight – kind of a tight-knit, you know, community as a whole, as a county, you know.

256
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 And you don't have any of the riff-raff.

257
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 I know that sounds funny.

258
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 It's a good, clean rivalry.

259
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 It's always good, clean.

260
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 When you get in there, they get after me.

261
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 You might have one or two sparks sometimes, but it really has that – you have your son on the team.

262
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 And let's talk about that for a minute.

263
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 I remember when your son was the ball boy, Casey.

264
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 You're getting old, bud.

265
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 I mean, let's be honest.

266
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 I guess I am.

267
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 He's a senior this year.

268
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 What's it like to see him be on the team as a dad and as a coach?

269
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 It's good.

270
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 He probably at times wishes it was a little different.

271
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 But, you know, and we've got – right now we have three coaches on staff that have sons on the team.

272
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 And I know a couple of years ago we had six coaches that had sons on the team.

273
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 So it's – we all kind of bounce ideas off of each other and we kind of watch each other

274
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 and how each of us handles that relationship and, you know, trying not to do too much with it.

275
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 Tell you what, y'all starting to sound like a travel ball baseball with all these coaches coaching their sons.

276
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 But I won't go there.

277
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 Let's talk about your son playing.

278
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 And I know just you and I are close enough like they can say is he has had to battle through a few things this year

279
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 and unexpectedly and he got to play a full game last night.

280
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 Had to be pretty good to see him get back on the field.

281
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 Oh, yeah, yeah.

282
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 That was – he was looking forward to it.

283
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 And, yeah, he's had some unfortunate stuff with appendicitis.

284
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 That's just not one of those things that's on the agenda.

285
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 But, you know, he got back at it and, you know, had a pretty good game last night.

286
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 Halfway through the mark with Brooks High School at three and three, basically,

287
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 what are you seeing about your team?

288
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 What do you like about your team right now?

289
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 I feel like we're getting to a point where the – we had a lot of inexperienced guys going into this year.

290
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 And now they've got six games under their belt.

291
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 They've seen a lot of things, especially up front on the offensive line.

292
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 I mean, there's so many different things that get thrown at them.

293
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 But they've seen a lot of them now.

294
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 And they know how to handle those situations.

295
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 And that's just going to – that's just going to be beneficial for us down the road

296
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 when we get into those, you know, those region battles,

297
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 trying to jockey for playoff position and all that.

298
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 That's going to be huge.

299
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 Coach Casey Phillips, the offensive line coach of Brooks High School,

300
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 whose team wins 49-35 over Central last night.

301
00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,880
 Coach, on the sideline, do you have the iPads that go with it a little bit?

302
00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,220
 Do you show the iPads to your team?

303
00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:51,300
 Do you coach through that?

304
00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:52,380
 Yes, sir.

305
00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:58,300
 We have – of course, we keep a big-screen TV on the sideline.

306
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 I think most – just about everybody does that now.

307
00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:04,480
 And we have a tent that when offense comes off the field

308
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 or defense comes off the field, they go to the tent and we sit down

309
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 and we go through anything that we need to look at and correct.

310
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 They ask questions if they need to.

311
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 And we can, you know, just kind of see it in real time right there just, you know,

312
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 because it's there very quickly.

313
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 We've come a long way from the whiteboards, haven't we?

314
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 Yes, sir.

315
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:29,700
 And, you know, I was sitting back here this morning just watching some of the film on my phone.

316
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 And, you know, I remember those days back at Florence when we had to wait on somebody

317
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 to go all the way to Athens to pick up the film and come back.

318
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 And you used to be that guy sometimes.

319
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 I did.

320
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 I did.

321
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 And, you know, then Coach Hand would have to go through and burn all the copies.

322
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 Yeah.

323
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 Yeah.

324
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 I mean, it's a lot of work now.

325
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 It's just right there before everybody.

326
00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,800
 Does that help your players, though, to be able to have access where they can see what you're talking about?

327
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,840
 Oh, yes, yes.

328
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 They, you know, they all have those accounts.

329
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 We use Huddle.

330
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 Right.

331
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 They all have those accounts, and they can watch not only game film, but we film every practice, too.

332
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 And it's, you know, within, you know, 20, 30 minutes after practice is over, that film's in there,

333
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 and they can watch it.

334
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 They get feedback.

335
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 Plus, we watch it with them, you know, from one day to the next and correct things from the practice field.

336
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 Who do the Lions have next week?

337
00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:27,260
 We have West Point at home.

338
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 At home.

339
00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:28,100
 Okay.

340
00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:28,980
 Not homecoming, is it?

341
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:29,680
 No, sir.

342
00:19:29,740 --> 00:19:30,620
 We've already been through that.

343
00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:31,480
 Been through that already.

344
00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:31,840
 Yeah.

345
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:32,740
 That'll be good.

346
00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:34,200
 So, a region game, though, West Point.

347
00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:34,660
 Yes, sir.

348
00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:35,920
 Is this a familiar opponent?

349
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 Have y'all played them in the past?

350
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 I didn't think so.

351
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 The only time we've ever played them in the past is in the playoffs.

352
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:43,060
 Okay.

353
00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:49,640
 I think maybe 10 years ago, and then when I was a sophomore at Brooks back in the mid-90s, we played them.

354
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 Wow.

355
00:19:50,220 --> 00:19:54,160
 So, a new face coming to Killen should be a fun one.

356
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,320
 This is going to be a packed house.

357
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,720
 Big, big region game coming down the stretch now.

358
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 It's a big game, so I know the folks from Lions Country will come and support you well.

359
00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:05,120
 But congratulations on the win, and good to see you, my good friend.

360
00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,740
 I hope you and your family are doing well, and best of luck this season.

361
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,140
 Yes, sir.

362
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:08,700
 Appreciate it.

363
00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:12,260
 Casey Phillips, one of the good guys and coach and assistant coach at Brooks High School.

364
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 When we come back, more from the coach's breakfast after this one-minute timeout.

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382
00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:31,420
 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

383
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,940
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you flying solo today.

384
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,320
 Talking to coaches about Friday night's games on Saturday morning.

385
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,720
 A great tradition here in the Shoals area.

386
00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:43,820
 Do you realize it's been well over 25 years that this has been going on?

387
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,740
 And I actually, I can think it may be closer to 50 years that this has been happening.

388
00:21:48,860 --> 00:21:54,360
 Because I remember as a young boy waking up and listening to Jerry Knight do some of this broadcast.

389
00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:57,220
 And so it's been a tradition that's going on for many years.

390
00:21:57,340 --> 00:22:01,080
 And it's my pleasure to be with you each and every Saturday morning as well.

391
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,660
 We're joined now by the head coach of the Russell Golden Tigers, Coach Darrell Higgins,

392
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 whose team went all the way over to the other side of the state to Gadsden to take on Coos of Christian

393
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 and come home with a 49-10 win.

394
00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,360
 And Coach, congratulations.

395
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,320
 A long trip, but worth it.

396
00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:19,240
 It was a long trip, but it was good for us to go out and do that.

397
00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:24,960
 And I was telling them, hopefully we can make the playoffs one day and do one of these trips like this.

398
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,520
 So use this kind of as a trial run to go get on the road, see how we do things on a road trip.

399
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,820
 It's a smaller private school you played last night that has been a state champion last year.

400
00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,020
 And when you schedule them, that's what you were thinking.

401
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:37,920
 But things fell through.

402
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,680
 They're not the same team they were.

403
00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:44,960
 But you're also going to a campus where the stadium's smaller, everything's smaller, it's a little different.

404
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,120
 Did your team adjust to that different environment pretty well last night?

405
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:50,300
 They did good.

406
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:55,720
 They came out ready to play and did what they're supposed to do and let the young kids play a lot.

407
00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:59,320
 Getting everybody back healthy was very big for us.

408
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,360
 Health is a big part of this game in this time and day.

409
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:08,240
 Talk about maybe the assistants and the staff around you that help keep everybody in check.

410
00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:12,180
 Because it's not just trainers, it's several people I'm sure that keep an eye on your guys.

411
00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:14,080
 We've got a lot of guys that help.

412
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,120
 And our trainer Bulldog, he does a great job.

413
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,900
 And John Pasarello has been with me a long time and he helps with injuries.

414
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:26,640
 And we've got a lot of people that really look out for the players and try to make sure we're doing everything we can

415
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,080
 to take care of when they get hurt and get them back out there as soon as they get well.

416
00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:35,680
 Taurus Davis last night had a big game running the ball, four touchdowns and 155 yards.

417
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,440
 What makes him so special?

418
00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:44,460
 From the time I got there, he just stood out as different from the drills that we do, the way he works in the weight room.

419
00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:47,160
 His body's not that big.

420
00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:49,020
 He's really got a small frame.

421
00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:54,100
 But he gets every bit of potential out of his body because of the work he puts in.

422
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,140
 He's just a great athlete.

423
00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:58,300
 And when that ball's in his hand, he can do some special things with it.

424
00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:01,080
 He can play at the next level somewhere, I believe, without a doubt.

425
00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:01,700
 Absolutely.

426
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,440
 He reminds me of the Fletcher kid that's at UNA right now from West Morgan.

427
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,740
 I told Coach Dierman, I said he's very similar to him.

428
00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:11,880
 I know Fletcher's really good, but Taurus is very talented.

429
00:24:12,060 --> 00:24:13,860
 That's a great comparison there as well.

430
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,820
 You know, you have a lot of college coaches come through and talk to you.

431
00:24:18,220 --> 00:24:23,340
 Is that a set thing where they will call you and tell you to come, or they just show up, randomly show up?

432
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,040
 Well, when I first got to Marseille, I couldn't get any college coaches to come by.

433
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,400
 We had Joseph Hansen, a really good player.

434
00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:30,420
 Colt Smith, a good player.

435
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,880
 And I was calling everybody, and nobody would come by.

436
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,920
 And a couple years later, Mike McCluskey started making a name for his self,

437
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,360
 and he got 15 to 18 offers coming in.

438
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,500
 And ever since then, it's been where colleges were coming through and seeing us.

439
00:24:45,740 --> 00:24:51,440
 And what's been special is now we've got guys at Alabama, Memphis, Troy, UAB, UNA,

440
00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:55,640
 and they do a good job, and the coaches see they're well-prepared,

441
00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:59,880
 how hard they're used to working, and they know if I say a guy can play,

442
00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:02,320
 they believe he can play and he's going to go over and do a good job.

443
00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:03,520
 It is the trust factor.

444
00:25:03,700 --> 00:25:05,580
 I think that's a big part of it, and I'll say that.

445
00:25:05,580 --> 00:25:08,200
 I know college coaches know they can trust certain coaches,

446
00:25:08,380 --> 00:25:10,280
 and that's impressive right there.

447
00:25:10,340 --> 00:25:12,680
 So we speak with Daryl Higgins, the head coach of Russell High School.

448
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,220
 And, Coach, you did get to play a lot of players last night.

449
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,660
 Was it good to see those young guys get in and have some success as well?

450
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,100
 They had a lot of fun just to get out there.

451
00:25:21,180 --> 00:25:24,060
 We did a running clock in the second half, so it went really fast.

452
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,120
 But they do a great job for us on the scout team all week.

453
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,760
 We've got two offenses that run full speed against our defense

454
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,680
 and see them get out there and do it against somebody else.

455
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,440
 The older guys really enjoyed watching them, cheering for them.

456
00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:38,320
 Big win for you last night.

457
00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:40,280
 You go on the road, you knock off Kusa Christian.

458
00:25:41,220 --> 00:25:44,000
 You know, people don't realize how difficult scheduling is,

459
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,140
 and especially in your case, you're in the midst of moving from one school to another.

460
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,140
 I mean, the whole scheduling thing is up in the air sometimes.

461
00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,400
 It's a lot to it when that first – every two years put it that way.

462
00:25:54,660 --> 00:25:57,220
 A lot of our people was like, why are we going to Kusa and doing that?

463
00:25:57,380 --> 00:25:58,040
 And I was with them.

464
00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:58,900
 I was like, I don't know.

465
00:25:58,960 --> 00:25:59,800
 I don't want to do this.

466
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:01,140
 We're trying to find a game.

467
00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:02,540
 We want our kids to play.

468
00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:04,400
 Kusa couldn't find any games.

469
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,740
 They were so good the year before, and nobody had scheduled them.

470
00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:10,840
 We couldn't find a game, so it's just something that we wanted to get our kids a game.

471
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,900
 If we have to go all the way to Gadsden to do it, to play, that's what we did.

472
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,400
 Well, next week you don't have to go on the road.

473
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:19,640
 Next week you're at home, back in region play, and it's a big one.

474
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,460
 The Muscle Shoes Trojans coming to town.

475
00:26:22,340 --> 00:26:25,540
 You know what a big rivalry over the years that has been,

476
00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:28,380
 and really an important game coming up for both teams.

477
00:26:28,780 --> 00:26:32,260
 I know it's going to be one that the folks in Russellville are going to be really excited about.

478
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,580
 Oh, I've been hearing all about it from the time I got there for Russellville.

479
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:36,980
 It's really a big game.

480
00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:43,040
 Our people are excited to play Muscle Shoes, and they know what it means to play Muscle Shoes,

481
00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:44,600
 and I think we'll be a packed house.

482
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,300
 I think it will be a packed house, too.

483
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,060
 I think it'll be the marquee game maybe at the state next week,

484
00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:50,880
 and these two teams come together.

485
00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:57,800
 Is it good for maybe for your team, too, to be able to see where you measure up

486
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,460
 when you're playing a team like Muscle Shoes, too?

487
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:04,020
 Because you're thinking playoffs, obviously, and it's a high-quality team you're about to play.

488
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,780
 We want to see where we stand, and like I told you earlier,

489
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,340
 Florence and Muscle Shoes, they're both so good and talented.

490
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,340
 They're really hard to play, and so I don't know how we'll match up.

491
00:27:15,460 --> 00:27:17,100
 We'll find out Friday when we kick it off.

492
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,760
 Well, it'll be a great one at Golden Tiger Stadium next week.

493
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,360
 Should be a tremendous matchup.

494
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,520
 Should be a lot of fun, and best of luck to you.

495
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,820
 By the way, did you get to watch or see the highlights of the UAB game last night a little bit?

496
00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:34,680
 Well, they played at 6, and we started at 7, and Hudson was back deep on the kickoff return.

497
00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:35,340
 They kicked the ball.

498
00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:39,160
 I think they saw a little small white dude, freshman, that kicked it straight to him

499
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,080
 to start the game out.

500
00:27:40,420 --> 00:27:42,480
 Yep, he got his name caught out on the air there.

501
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,780
 Yeah, so that was pretty exciting to see.

502
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,720
 Well, I tell you what, I know you're proud of him.

503
00:27:46,940 --> 00:27:47,860
 Well, it's going to be a great one.

504
00:27:47,940 --> 00:27:48,840
 Best of luck next week.

505
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200
 Russell Muscle Shows, get your tickets early, get your popcorn early.

506
00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:55,180
 It's going to be the marquee matchup in North Alabama for sure.

507
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,580
 Those two teams match up at Golden Tiger Stadium.

508
00:27:57,660 --> 00:27:59,040
 Daryl Higgins, thank you for being our guest.

509
00:27:59,160 --> 00:27:59,560
 Thank you.

510
00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:01,900
 The head coach of the Russell Golden Tigers.

511
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,120
 More from the coaches' breakfast after this timeout.

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 Live from the North Alabama Bona Joint Clinic, here atop Florence, Alabama, Kevin Johnson with

536
00:29:47,020 --> 00:29:51,960
 you on the coaches' breakfast here as coaches come in and out of the green room having breakfast

537
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:52,260
 together.

538
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,020
 A lot of coaches here.

539
00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:54,020
 I didn't think we'd have any here.

540
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,600
 We'll probably have one of the bigger groups I've seen.

541
00:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,080
 So it's good to see that today and they fellowship and have a good breakfast together, talk about

542
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,860
 Friday night's games, and really talk about just life in general and their programs.

543
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,540
 And it's always good to have them with us.

544
00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:08,240
 We're joined now by the head coach of the Central Wildcats, Coach Heath Wood, whose team had

545
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,320
 a big county game last night against the Brooks Lions.

546
00:30:10,460 --> 00:30:13,300
 And Coach, thank you for being with us this morning.

547
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,440
 County games are always county games, aren't they?

548
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:16,280
 Oh, for sure.

549
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,520
 Yeah, always kind of a rival situation in all the county games, for sure.

550
00:30:21,660 --> 00:30:26,540
 You know, those guys grow up playing peewees and all that against each other and hanging

551
00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:27,660
 out and all that stuff.

552
00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:32,820
 So, yeah, anytime you play an in-county game, it's always a good game.

553
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,340
 Good gate, a lot of people, everybody shows up for those games.

554
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:36,980
 It is.

555
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,200
 And it really is a huge part of it, is the good gate for a non-region game like that.

556
00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:45,300
 And to have a county rival to play as a non-region game, that's great for both schools.

557
00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:46,960
 And it helps them out there.

558
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,080
 Do you sometimes look across there and see some of these players from the other team

559
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,280
 and go, I remember when their dad played?

560
00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:55,220
 You ever seen some of those kids or like that?

561
00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,800
 Because you and I are both supportive and say, hey, we're getting to a point now, we see some

562
00:30:58,800 --> 00:30:59,400
 of these kids come in.

563
00:30:59,420 --> 00:31:01,500
 So, I think I remember that name from the past.

564
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,880
 Yeah, yeah, for sure.

565
00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:04,720
 No doubt, no doubt.

566
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:07,740
 Yeah, not only their team, but our team as well.

567
00:31:08,380 --> 00:31:09,680
 But, yeah, for sure.

568
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,000
 What a game last night.

569
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,520
 I know it didn't come out the way you wanted to in the end, but what a great high school

570
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,340
 game effort, just great back and forth.

571
00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:19,240
 No quit in either team.

572
00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:22,880
 I know you've got to be proud of the effort for your team last night, for sure.

573
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:23,120
 No doubt.

574
00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:27,060
 You know, we've got things we need to work on and things we've got to fix moving forward.

575
00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:31,920
 But as far as our effort went, you know, I did feel like we played as hard as we could for

576
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:32,880
 the four quarters there.

577
00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:35,840
 And we're where we needed to be there for about three and a half quarters.

578
00:31:36,180 --> 00:31:39,120
 But, you know, we've got, again, we've got things to fix.

579
00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:43,100
 But as far as our effort and how hard we played, I was proud of the players for the way we played,

580
00:31:43,180 --> 00:31:43,540
 for sure.

581
00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:47,340
 Got down 21-7, battled back, came back, tied it up.

582
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,720
 You know, it was just a back and forth game.

583
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,680
 And did you sort of get a feel early on, hey, this is going to be an up and down the field game?

584
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:55,960
 Did you sort of have that feeling early on?

585
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,880
 Well, you know, going into the game, you know, the guys that they've got, you know,

586
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:01,960
 they can pretty high power.

587
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:02,240
 Yeah.

588
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:02,900
 They can go score.

589
00:32:03,020 --> 00:32:06,140
 They've got the guys that can run it and throw and catch as well.

590
00:32:06,340 --> 00:32:08,500
 So, we knew it was going to be a challenge going into it.

591
00:32:08,540 --> 00:32:12,860
 But, you know, again, for about three quarters there, you know, going into the fourth, we were,

592
00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:15,880
 you know, we were where we needed to be to give ourselves a chance, you know.

593
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,000
 But, again, proud of the way we played.

594
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,740
 You know, things didn't work out.

595
00:32:19,860 --> 00:32:23,540
 But, you know, we've got to take that loss and learn from it and, you know,

596
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:25,300
 get ready to play next week back in the region.

597
00:32:25,620 --> 00:32:29,700
 Speaking with Coach Heathwood of the Central Wildcats and, Coach, you know,

598
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,860
 one of the things that I think in playing a game like that, it really helps you going forward

599
00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:38,300
 as far as playing a competition like that in a game like that that's high intensity.

600
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,580
 Yes, yes, out there playing four quarters like you were talking about in intense situations, you know.

601
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,540
 And, you know, from that, you know, hopefully we, you know, learn that we can handle

602
00:32:48,540 --> 00:32:51,420
 some of those situations and we know we've got to work on some stuff too.

603
00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:55,360
 But, you know, again, going back to the players, definitely proud of how hard they played.

604
00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:57,560
 I want to mention one touchdown you had last night.

605
00:32:57,620 --> 00:33:01,160
 One of your players, I can't remember if it was a catch or a run, but he got it,

606
00:33:01,220 --> 00:33:04,680
 went down the left sideline, cut all the way back across the middle of the field,

607
00:33:04,780 --> 00:33:05,700
 came back down to the right side.

608
00:33:06,140 --> 00:33:10,480
 It was an, I mean, he probably ran 150, 200 yards to get to the 100 yards to the end zone.

609
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:10,700
 Yeah.

610
00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:11,900
 It was an impressive play.

611
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:14,240
 Yeah, I think that was Lucas Price.

612
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,000
 Lucas Price, yeah.

613
00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:19,640
 It was right before halftime there, I think, I don't know, 20-something seconds.

614
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:25,160
 And, yeah, to make the run that he ran, it took all but one second over there.

615
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:29,880
 So we were able to get a timeout and then Jakar was able to sneak it on in there.

616
00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:33,060
 But, yeah, definitely a great run by that young man for sure.

617
00:33:33,340 --> 00:33:34,720
 We're halfway point right now.

618
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,080
 What are you learning about your team?

619
00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:39,180
 You think maybe as you look back, it's okay, where are we right now?

620
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,180
 What have you learned about this team?

621
00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:42,480
 Yeah, the effort that these guys play with.

622
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:43,720
 I'm definitely proud of that.

623
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,420
 And that comes from the leadership, you know, those seniors and the older guys that's been around,

624
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:52,600
 not only seniors but the juniors and just how hard those guys play

625
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:53,700
 and how hard they want to win.

626
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,260
 Well, Central now gets ready for region play, back in the region play

627
00:33:58,260 --> 00:34:00,060
 and coming down the back stretch here.

628
00:34:00,420 --> 00:34:02,000
 Who do you have next week and where?

629
00:34:02,180 --> 00:34:02,980
 We've got Clements.

630
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:04,400
 We travel over there.

631
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,680
 So, you know, big game next week for us, you know, getting back in this region.

632
00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:11,580
 And it'll be how we handle, you know, the loss from last night.

633
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,760
 You know, we've got to put that behind us and fix our mistakes and, you know,

634
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,820
 move forward and get back into this region play

635
00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:19,280
 and try to get ourselves in the playoffs.

636
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,680
 This region, it's really from top to bottom any night.

637
00:34:23,780 --> 00:34:25,080
 You've got to strap it on and get ready.

638
00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:25,620
 Yeah, yeah.

639
00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:30,480
 I mean, we've got to worry about ourselves getting better from one week to the next.

640
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,980
 That's kind of how we try to look at it is look at ourselves

641
00:34:32,980 --> 00:34:36,320
 and continue to try to get better as a team, you know, moving forward.

642
00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:40,360
 But, yes, definitely, you know, if we don't get ready to play, you could, you know,

643
00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:42,100
 definitely not work out in our favor.

644
00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:44,800
 Yeah, this region is topsy-turvy.

645
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,160
 Anything can happen on any given night.

646
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,360
 But you're right there in the mix of it.

647
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:51,780
 You've got to feel good that you're right there in the mix and at the top

648
00:34:51,780 --> 00:34:55,520
 and got a chance to, as you say, region play is region play compared to non-region play.

649
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,140
 Yeah, yeah, you know, like you said, we're on the back end of this thing.

650
00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:03,800
 We've got to make sure we're continuing to get better at ourselves each and every week.

651
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,920
 And hopefully we'll go back to work Monday and do that.

652
00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:12,120
 Wildcats are on the road this next Friday night at Clements.

653
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,540
 It's going to be a good game, not too far to travel down there.

654
00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:15,420
 It won't be too far a trip.

655
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,000
 And so the Wildcat fans can come in a big, big region game.

656
00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:23,600
 Coach, we appreciate you coming by and best of luck this Friday night and the rest of the season, okay?

657
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,760
 Yeah, appreciate you guys having us on Covering Central.

658
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,560
 One of the best guys in the business, I promise you that, Heath Wood of the Central Wildcats.

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 When we come back, more from the coach's breakfast after this one-minute timeout.

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678
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 The score felt like football last night.

679
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:47,960
 Man, it felt good.

680
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,340
 And I felt so bad for the 150-something teams that didn't play last night

681
00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:54,240
 because it was the perfect night for football.

682
00:36:54,460 --> 00:36:58,660
 And after 99-degree weather every night, we finally have one of those great games.

683
00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:00,840
 And most teams had an idle game last night.

684
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,600
 One of those teams that didn't play last night was the Dester Tigers.

685
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 And we're joined by the defensive coordinator of the Tigers, Coach Jeffrey Woods.

686
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,280
 And were you like me last night thinking, man,

687
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,220
 this would have been a great night to play high school football?

688
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:11,820
 Oh, yeah.

689
00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:14,560
 It was one of those nights where we think around and look around and think,

690
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:15,820
 and no heat timeouts tonight.

691
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:16,800
 No heat timeouts.

692
00:37:17,020 --> 00:37:20,180
 And especially because you work with those big guys up front sometimes,

693
00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:23,120
 and they know that it has been really brutally hot.

694
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,660
 I mean, you have to keep a close eye on these guys during the season, haven't you?

695
00:37:26,820 --> 00:37:27,120
 Yes.

696
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:28,220
 Got to make sure we're in shape.

697
00:37:28,220 --> 00:37:32,960
 We try to, especially during the summer, our conditioning, we hit it kind of heavy.

698
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,660
 And when it's like we kind of go in the mornings,

699
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,420
 but it's catching in the middle of the day when it gets high,

700
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,780
 and we got to make sure we're in shape, make sure that we keep an eye on them

701
00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:40,840
 because we don't want nobody going down.

702
00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:42,060
 Yeah, that's a big thing.

703
00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:45,920
 And we speak with Jeffrey Woods, the D.C. at Dester High School.

704
00:37:46,020 --> 00:37:48,880
 And, Coach, let's talk about your program a little bit.

705
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,480
 First of all, defense has always been something at Dester

706
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,540
 that is really where you hang your hat.

707
00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:57,760
 I know everybody's talked about for years the different offenses that they run.

708
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,080
 But, man, there's one thing that always Dester brings is the defense,

709
00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:01,640
 and you know that.

710
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,140
 What makes it so special to play defense at Dester High School, do you think?

711
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,100
 It's really the history.

712
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,660
 And just like they understand what they play for.

713
00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:11,600
 If you ever come to our stadium at Howell Chapel,

714
00:38:11,980 --> 00:38:15,000
 you go look at a quarterback club and you see those numbers,

715
00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:19,580
 and everybody's goal is to try to get the number on the board

716
00:38:19,580 --> 00:38:21,020
 and then to see how far you can take.

717
00:38:21,420 --> 00:38:22,180
 So that's the goal.

718
00:38:22,180 --> 00:38:25,340
 And we want to pride ourselves on being physical, being tough,

719
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:26,520
 and just flying around to the football.

720
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:27,920
 Let's talk about goals.

721
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,880
 Do you have preseason goals that you do with your defense and your teams?

722
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,500
 And here's what some goals we have.

723
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:34,340
 Do you have anything like that, a list of goals anywhere?

724
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,840
 We haven't presented them to the guys because we don't want them focused on numbers.

725
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:39,580
 But in my mind, we've got kind of some.

726
00:38:39,580 --> 00:38:43,440
 We kind of want to be lower in far as points that we allowed in the year before.

727
00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:45,040
 We want to win a turnover battle.

728
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:49,100
 And this year, we're kind of hitting a lot of those goals as far as turnovers.

729
00:38:49,180 --> 00:38:51,520
 We've probably had a turnover, at least one in every game.

730
00:38:52,020 --> 00:38:55,160
 Are you a guy that keeps the – during the week, you go back and find the stats

731
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,100
 and look at the stats and sort of check everything out?

732
00:38:58,140 --> 00:38:59,660
 Or do you have to do the stats yourself?

733
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:00,440
 That's another question.

734
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,280
 Luckily, the coach we have that charts during the game,

735
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,380
 he's kind of a former head coach.

736
00:39:06,380 --> 00:39:07,840
 So he kind of helps us out.

737
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,500
 So he'll chart at the end of the thing.

738
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,420
 Especially like last game we played, he handed me the sheet.

739
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,620
 And it was – well, I don't know, I was impressed.

740
00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:16,860
 It was only one sheet of calls.

741
00:39:17,020 --> 00:39:17,160
 Yeah.

742
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,240
 That was rare for us.

743
00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:20,480
 And then, too, he already had everything marked down,

744
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,400
 how many yards were given away, how many yards in passing and rushing.

745
00:39:23,580 --> 00:39:24,940
 So that makes stuff a whole lot easier.

746
00:39:25,220 --> 00:39:26,340
 Okay, let's talk about something.

747
00:39:26,460 --> 00:39:28,360
 Let's speak with Jeffrey Wood, defense coordinator.

748
00:39:28,980 --> 00:39:32,720
 Coach, when you go in at halftime, do coaches still do,

749
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:36,360
 like you see in most places where they all huddle up before they go in?

750
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,920
 Do you go to one side and offense go to another side?

751
00:39:38,980 --> 00:39:39,800
 Or how does that work out?

752
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,860
 So it depends on how that half went.

753
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,340
 If there's a lot of points, you're going to be talking first, right?

754
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:47,280
 I got you.

755
00:39:47,380 --> 00:39:47,600
 Okay.

756
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,040
 Yeah, but we will meet right before we go into the locker room as a group.

757
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,280
 And then we'll kind of – as we're walking out the field,

758
00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:56,300
 kind of a defense coach will kind of get together and we'll talk a little bit.

759
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,600
 But then it depends on how it goes.

760
00:39:57,660 --> 00:40:01,800
 If it's a kind of so-so, then we'll break off.

761
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,500
 If it's something where we need to get fire up under them,

762
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:05,940
 Coach Malone will go in there and say something,

763
00:40:05,980 --> 00:40:07,560
 or somebody else will go in there and say something

764
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,060
 and try to get them on the same page.

765
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,000
 And then we'll kind of talk.

766
00:40:10,060 --> 00:40:11,440
 We don't kind of want to over-talk them.

767
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,100
 That's a great point.

768
00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:14,140
 You don't want to over-talk them.

769
00:40:14,260 --> 00:40:17,260
 Sometimes – is there – sometimes that maybe we as coaches,

770
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,760
 and I put myself in that shoe sometimes,

771
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,200
 do we sometimes maybe put too much out there

772
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,840
 and it over-stimulates the mind and keeps them from playing?

773
00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:26,540
 Sometimes you can give them too much information.

774
00:40:26,740 --> 00:40:26,980
 Yeah.

775
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:30,380
 So, sometimes you just got to let them – you give them a little update

776
00:40:30,380 --> 00:40:33,320
 or a quick fix here and there and then let them sit there and think about it

777
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,180
 because a lot of them will correct themselves.

778
00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:37,320
 And a lot of them will hold each other accountable,

779
00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:40,160
 especially if they're not holding up their end at their spot

780
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:41,100
 or on their side of the ball.

781
00:40:41,580 --> 00:40:43,860
 You know, I heard a statement one time that said,

782
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,900
 sometimes you got to realize this, Coach, you did your job during the week.

783
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,800
 And on Friday nights, you got to let them do their job sometimes too.

784
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,360
 And I think that's part of it.

785
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,740
 We speak with Jeffrey Wood, the defense coordinator at Desher High School.

786
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,740
 Coach, let's talk about your team.

787
00:40:57,260 --> 00:40:59,420
 Halfway point, what have you learned about your team?

788
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,120
 Where do you feel about your team right now?

789
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,160
 We are – I feel like we're a player-led team,

790
00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:05,700
 and that's kind of where you want to be as a coach.

791
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,820
 You don't want to have to be – like we just said about giving them too much information.

792
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,200
 Well, we don't want to have to always constantly be saying,

793
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,500
 hey, pick your stuff up.

794
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,820
 Hey, run to the football.

795
00:41:15,020 --> 00:41:17,100
 Hey, make sure that you know your keys.

796
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,400
 They hold each other accountable.

797
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,620
 So, that's where we kind of feel like we're at because this is a tight group.

798
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,820
 They've been together for a while,

799
00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:25,560
 and they've seen good leadership over the past couple years,

800
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,700
 especially with last year's group.

801
00:41:27,140 --> 00:41:28,940
 So, that's really a plus for us.

802
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:35,080
 Tigers 4-1 on the season, I believe ranked number nine in Class 4A in the ASWA poll.

803
00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:38,220
 And, Coach, you've got coming up next week a big one.

804
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:43,380
 You go on the road to the nemesis that has been really good the past five or six years,

805
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,740
 those West Morgan Rebels.

806
00:41:45,220 --> 00:41:46,400
 What a matchup that's going to be.

807
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:47,060
 Oh, yeah.

808
00:41:47,060 --> 00:41:50,080
 So, we kind of were very familiar with each other.

809
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,520
 Actually, they was on a bye week, too, which kind of, in your mind, you think,

810
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,320
 I bet they did that on purpose once they saw the schedule.

811
00:41:55,620 --> 00:41:57,980
 But, you know, you get your point in, it's just the way it falls.

812
00:41:58,060 --> 00:41:59,240
 But we go back to them again.

813
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:01,640
 So, we know what kind of game it brings.

814
00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:02,960
 The past three years has been close.

815
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,300
 It could have went either way, depending on how the ball went.

816
00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:07,120
 So, we're excited for that game.

817
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,040
 We've been preparing.

818
00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:09,700
 Like I said, we was on a bye week.

819
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,560
 So, really, we focused on just us getting better at Deshler.

820
00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:14,500
 Deshler at West Morgan next week.

821
00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:15,520
 Going to be a great one.

822
00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:16,840
 Huge game for both teams.

823
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,220
 I don't even have to tell the Deshler fans to go to that one.

824
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:20,320
 That's a given.

825
00:42:20,420 --> 00:42:21,200
 It's going to be packed.

826
00:42:21,260 --> 00:42:21,900
 It's going to be great.

827
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:29,080
 Coach Jeffrey Woods, the defense coordinator, before I let you go, your wife is the head basketball coach at Florence High School.

828
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:33,460
 Coach Blair, and you and her are expecting your third child, I believe, correct?

829
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:34,320
 That is correct.

830
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,300
 And so, congratulations on that.

831
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:36,700
 Thank you.

832
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,320
 What is it like to have two coaches in the family?

833
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:40,860
 All right.

834
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:42,400
 So, it's good and bad.

835
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:42,760
 Sure.

836
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:43,380
 So, good.

837
00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:48,300
 Well, you've got somebody you can talk to about stuff that, same thing, kids not doing this, parents doing that.

838
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:48,520
 Yeah.

839
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:49,820
 Those type of everyday things.

840
00:42:49,820 --> 00:42:50,840
 And it's also bad, Larry.

841
00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:58,160
 If one of us may think that we know what we're doing or we have an idea about something, but you've got somebody else who's not going to be a yes man.

842
00:42:58,340 --> 00:42:58,920
 That's right.

843
00:42:59,020 --> 00:43:00,220
 They'll come back and say, hey.

844
00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:01,200
 They're going to bring your opinion.

845
00:43:01,420 --> 00:43:01,740
 Exactly.

846
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:02,340
 That's good.

847
00:43:02,380 --> 00:43:03,200
 That's a good way to put it.

848
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:03,760
 That's well put.

849
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:04,480
 Well, I'll tell you what.

850
00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:07,780
 Y'all are a beautiful family and two great coaches.

851
00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:10,120
 And your girls are blessed to have you both as parents.

852
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,920
 And we wish you the best of luck as Desher goes on the road at West Morgan next week, okay?

853
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:14,340
 Thank you.

854
00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:17,340
 The defensive coordinator of Desher High School, Coach Jeffrey Woods.

855
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 More from the coaches breakfast after this timeout.

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875
00:44:56,380 --> 00:45:06,780
 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

876
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:12,660
 Don't forget, later today, Alabama Crimson Tide football, getting ready to take on South Carolina this evening.

877
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:13,620
 That will be a good one.

878
00:45:13,660 --> 00:45:17,000
 You'll hear it right here on 93.9 The Score.

879
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:23,980
 We're joined now by the head coach of the Rogers Pirates, whose team last night took on a really good Whitesburg Christian team, Coach Daniel Garrett.

880
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:25,920
 Coach, thank you for being here this morning.

881
00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:35,760
 Sometimes in non-region games, you don't know exactly what you're going to see and who you see, and it was just one of those nights where it wasn't your night, but luckily it was a non-region game.

882
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:48,700
 Yeah, you know, definitely think that, you know, we got outcoached, got outplayed, you know, in every phase, in every category, you know, by a good football team that's very well coached.

883
00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:53,000
 Like I said, Coach Adcock, that was his 200th win, and he's a legend.

884
00:45:53,140 --> 00:46:04,360
 I got so much respect for him, and, you know, I wish we could have gave him a little bit more of a fight, but like you said, you know, you dust yourself off, you know, get back ready to go back to work.

885
00:46:05,020 --> 00:46:15,860
 As a head coach, there's games where you have to fire your team up over certain things and all, and there's certain times where you have to remind your team, hey, don't let that score feel you're better than you think you are.

886
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:16,880
 We're going to find out this week.

887
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,340
 This is a big week for you to rebound a little bit, isn't it?

888
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:24,820
 Yeah, you know, I feel like we just got to, you know, regroup, so to speak.

889
00:46:25,980 --> 00:46:31,000
 I felt like the fear of the moment kind of got to some of us, you know.

890
00:46:31,780 --> 00:46:47,040
 We got some maybe, you know, a couple guys that, you know, that was their first, like, big game type deal, and that moment, you know, sometimes can get you, and I think, you know, the more you can be in that moment, the more comfortable you can be.

891
00:46:47,920 --> 00:47:00,100
 And I think that I need to do a better job preparing them for that, and, you know, once again, I think that this can be a, you know, kind of a line in the sand moment for our football team.

892
00:47:00,500 --> 00:47:02,360
 You know, we got a lot in front of us.

893
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,440
 Everything that we want to do is in front of us.

894
00:47:05,060 --> 00:47:09,520
 You know, we can use this and learn a lot of positive things from this game.

895
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:11,340
 Four and one on the season.

896
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:17,060
 Rogers Pirates, after last night's game, you get ready to go to the back stretch of your region.

897
00:47:17,060 --> 00:47:28,200
 And you look at this region and just, you know, Central Florence, Clements, Carver Heights, Elmont, Lauderdale County, West Limestone, Wilson, and Rogers, and you're 3-0 right there at the top.

898
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,320
 So everything's still in front of you as a team.

899
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:31,080
 Absolutely.

900
00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:33,740
 And, you know, this next one's a playoff game for us.

901
00:47:33,820 --> 00:47:34,700
 Like, you know, you win.

902
00:47:35,220 --> 00:47:37,880
 You know, they say you win four region games, you qualify, right?

903
00:47:38,020 --> 00:47:41,720
 And, you know, so for us, that's a playoff game, right?

904
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,380
 So we're treating it like a playoff game.

905
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:44,100
 It's that important.

906
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,420
 And, you know, all bets are off.

907
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,980
 You know, we got to come ready to play with some heart and some fight.

908
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,680
 You know, that's going to be kind of a big thing for me this week.

909
00:47:54,740 --> 00:47:55,840
 I want to see who wants to fight.

910
00:47:56,100 --> 00:48:01,480
 And, you know, I told these guys this last week in the second half, I said, this is the most important half of my career.

911
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:17,480
 You know, and I said, and I said, and that's a career that's, you know, I've been a part of two state championships, but this is the most important, mainly because, hey, we're getting killed, you know, but this is going to tell us a lot about who wants to fight, no matter what the circumstances.

912
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:24,560
 And I think we, you know, like, I'll say this, my quarterback, C.J. Davis, is a fighter.

913
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,780
 You know, our middle linebacker, Hunter Bacon, is a fighter.

914
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,060
 You know, we got a tackle who's a sophomore.

915
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:33,640
 His name's Reese Thickpin.

916
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:35,080
 Everybody knows his daddy.

917
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:36,020
 Don't nobody know him.

918
00:48:37,260 --> 00:48:38,300
 But he's a fighter.

919
00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:44,220
 And those are the things that will build this thing around is people like that.

920
00:48:45,020 --> 00:48:52,060
 And so, you know, play well or don't play well, you know, screw up or not.

921
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,960
 You know, people like that is who you win with.

922
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:05,240
 And I'm very, very, very proud of those guys and the attitude that they showed through victory and defeat.

923
00:49:05,740 --> 00:49:10,480
 And, you know, we'll be successful with those guys.

924
00:49:11,020 --> 00:49:16,860
 That is an extremely mature statement from a head coach that I've watched grow up as a head coach.

925
00:49:17,420 --> 00:49:21,100
 You know, I've sat here for many years from the time you began being a head coach and you came on.

926
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:25,380
 And to see the maturity of you as a head coach has been encouraging to me.

927
00:49:25,540 --> 00:49:27,140
 And that was well stated right there.

928
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,500
 And the folks at Rogers are going to be proud of you for that as well.

929
00:49:29,820 --> 00:49:31,660
 Next week, who do you have again and where?

930
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,020
 We go to Wes Limestone.

931
00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:35,960
 Wes Limestone, a team that won last night.

932
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,920
 A confidence game, I believe, if I'm not mistaken.

933
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:38,660
 They won last night.

934
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,560
 So, you're playing a team that's starting to play a little bit better as well.

935
00:49:43,140 --> 00:49:48,580
 This is something you know that going into any team at any night in this region can pick somebody else off.

936
00:49:48,980 --> 00:49:50,960
 It's a really pretty even region.

937
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:52,340
 Yeah, you've got to bring it.

938
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,840
 If you don't bring it, then you're going to find yourself sitting at home in November.

939
00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:01,980
 And, you know, that's kind of a big message for us is we've got to bring it.

940
00:50:02,540 --> 00:50:04,460
 And, you know, it starts tomorrow.

941
00:50:04,740 --> 00:50:15,420
 We'll get them up there and watch the film and work out and do some walk-through stuff and, you know, put this past one to bed, learn from it, move on, and then, you know, start working on these guys.

942
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:20,000
 And, you know, Coach Davis has been there, you know, for many, many years.

943
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:24,020
 You know, they've got a good football team and, you know, we've got to get ready to go to war.

944
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,240
 It's always a tough place to play over there.

945
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,260
 And, you know, I'm excited.

946
00:50:29,580 --> 00:50:35,680
 Anytime you play a game, you know, like last night, you're ready to get back on the field again, right?

947
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:40,520
 And so I think sometimes you can get back out there too quick, so to speak.

948
00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:46,360
 You've got to go back in and put in the work, you know, to prepare yourself for the moment.

949
00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:55,080
 And, you know, I think we've got some guys, like I said, you know, some of those guys that are those fighters, I think, they're going to lead us in the right direction.

950
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,340
 Does the road game next week sort of hit at the right time, you think, a little bit?

951
00:50:58,540 --> 00:51:00,760
 Well, we've played better on the road this year, honestly.

952
00:51:01,140 --> 00:51:07,780
 And, you know, the two games we've had at home, maybe we didn't, you know, perform.

953
00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:09,800
 You know, obviously last night I didn't play great.

954
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:13,140
 But, you know, the other home game, we didn't really play that great either, I didn't think.

955
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:24,160
 And, you know, so maybe, I don't know, maybe I need to look at our schedule and how we kind of operate at home to make sure that we're setting ourselves up for success with that.

956
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:26,660
 Because the road game, there's less downtime.

957
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:27,160
 Right.

958
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:31,020
 You know, you've got to do this just schedule-oriented, right?

959
00:51:31,140 --> 00:51:36,620
 And so we might go to more of that approach for home games.

960
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:38,220
 Well, it should be a good one.

961
00:51:38,260 --> 00:51:41,840
 Next week, Wes Limestone, you follow it up with Lauderdale County, Wilson Central.

962
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:43,900
 So the next few weeks, it's going to get real.

963
00:51:43,980 --> 00:51:46,260
 It's all about what you've been practicing for all year.

964
00:51:46,340 --> 00:51:49,520
 And, Coach, we wish you the best of luck next week and go get that W, okay?

965
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:50,280
 Thank you.

966
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:50,760
 Appreciate you.

967
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:55,960
 The head coach of the Rogers Pirates, Coach Daniel Garrett, whose team goes on the road to take on Wes Limestone.

968
00:51:55,960 --> 00:52:01,700
 As we go to break, we want to say to our friends at Bell Green High School, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

969
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:07,880
 As you continue to pray for Carter Rainey, one of the young men that plays for Bell Green that was in a wreck this past week.

970
00:52:08,340 --> 00:52:11,360
 And a 93-9 to score in all the shows there is praying for you.

971
00:52:11,660 --> 00:52:12,860
 Last night, their game was canceled.

972
00:52:12,980 --> 00:52:13,820
 They had a prayer time.

973
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,600
 And we join you in prayers and wish you the very best.

974
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:17,780
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975
00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:19,020
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976
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977
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981
00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:53,460
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982
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:55,740
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983
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:59,500
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984
00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:02,580
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985
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:07,540
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986
00:53:07,860 --> 00:53:10,820
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987
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:18,920
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988
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,200
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989
00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:35,180
 Back here on the Coach's Breakfast as we approach the 9 o'clock hour.

990
00:53:35,180 --> 00:53:38,240
 Kevin Johnson with you here at the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

991
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:43,280
 Can't believe we're halfway through the high school football season, coming down the stretch.

992
00:53:43,340 --> 00:53:46,180
 It just seems like we started yesterday, but we are there.

993
00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:50,260
 By the way, best of luck to the North Alabama Lions back at home again today

994
00:53:50,260 --> 00:53:53,120
 at Bank Independence Stadium, taking on Western Illinois.

995
00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:57,660
 That's a day game, so if you're in the Florence area, if you're going around UNA,

996
00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:59,360
 the campus is going to be buzzing.

997
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,220
 You may not get through as much, so just heads up about that.

998
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:05,980
 So be careful if you're in the area, knowing that's going on today as well.

999
00:54:06,740 --> 00:54:10,820
 Joined now by another assistant coach, this time from Lexington High School.

1000
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:13,520
 First time ever to have you on the air here, and that's Hunter Killen.

1001
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:14,260
 Coach, how are you doing?

1002
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:14,780
 Doing good, man.

1003
00:54:14,780 --> 00:54:15,260
 Thanks for having me.

1004
00:54:15,340 --> 00:54:16,440
 Well, glad to have you.

1005
00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:20,360
 And out there with Coach Brett Mask at Lexington, you're the defensive back coach.

1006
00:54:20,940 --> 00:54:23,720
 How's it like to coach with him on the defensive side a little bit?

1007
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:24,320
 Man, it's great.

1008
00:54:24,420 --> 00:54:26,220
 You know, he's first time calling defense for him.

1009
00:54:26,300 --> 00:54:30,260
 You know, he spent all of his time as an offensive coach, which makes him a great defensive

1010
00:54:30,260 --> 00:54:30,680
 coach.

1011
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:30,980
 Yeah.

1012
00:54:31,180 --> 00:54:32,240
 You know, but it's been great.

1013
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,960
 He gives me a lot of freedom back there in the back half, and I'm really thankful to

1014
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:36,280
 work with him.

1015
00:54:36,380 --> 00:54:40,180
 He doesn't have any relapse and start hollering twins left or anything like that, does he?

1016
00:54:40,180 --> 00:54:43,480
 You know, okay, making sure he does that, because he's called that offense for a long

1017
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:47,080
 time, and it does make him a better defensive coach, you know, because I think when you've

1018
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:50,780
 been on both sides of the ball, it makes you better, and that's part of it.

1019
00:54:50,780 --> 00:54:52,700
 You've been there now for 10 years at the school.

1020
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,580
 You're coaching football.

1021
00:54:55,580 --> 00:54:57,420
 You've seen the transformation happen.

1022
00:54:57,500 --> 00:55:01,160
 It's always been a great high school for football, but Coach Mask is sort of putting

1023
00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:02,600
 his fingerprint on there, too, isn't he?

1024
00:55:02,700 --> 00:55:06,040
 Yeah, he's done such a great job, and people said the wins, but a lot of people don't say

1025
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:09,300
 the hard work that goes into it, and man, he's done a great job.

1026
00:55:09,300 --> 00:55:10,260
 Really thankful to have him.

1027
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:17,500
 What's it like to coach defensive backs, and in a school where Class 2A, you play guys

1028
00:55:17,500 --> 00:55:18,660
 both ways a lot of times.

1029
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:18,880
 We do.

1030
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,540
 How do you get to get the guys to your side where you get to coach the DBs?

1031
00:55:22,580 --> 00:55:24,500
 Do you really have to work practice a lot to do that?

1032
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:24,760
 We do.

1033
00:55:24,820 --> 00:55:28,960
 We meet every Sunday, and we kind of lay out a practice plan, and we allow time for

1034
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:33,980
 offense, time for defense, any time for both, but it all starts on Sunday, planning

1035
00:55:33,980 --> 00:55:38,420
 out the week, and again, Coach Mask is really organized, does a great job with it, and it

1036
00:55:38,420 --> 00:55:38,940
 all starts there.

1037
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:42,040
 All right, so your DBs, have they got a few interceptions this year?

1038
00:55:42,260 --> 00:55:43,280
 I think we have four.

1039
00:55:43,540 --> 00:55:44,320
 Four, that's not bad.

1040
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:44,880
 I think we have four.

1041
00:55:45,020 --> 00:55:48,000
 Five games, four interceptions is not bad right there, so you got to like that.

1042
00:55:48,500 --> 00:55:51,720
 How's it like to practice against your quarterback that you have to practice against?

1043
00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:52,500
 He makes us better.

1044
00:55:52,580 --> 00:55:53,460
 He makes you better, doesn't he?

1045
00:55:53,460 --> 00:55:54,140
 He makes us better.

1046
00:55:54,300 --> 00:55:55,160
 He's really talented.

1047
00:55:56,380 --> 00:56:00,680
 He don't play a whole lot of defense, just special situations, third and long, those kind

1048
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,760
 of things, so he just stays on the offensive side, and I think we make him better, too,

1049
00:56:04,820 --> 00:56:06,240
 but I will say he makes us a lot better.

1050
00:56:06,460 --> 00:56:09,940
 You know, you got one of the best quarterbacks in North Alabama, I believe, and so that helps

1051
00:56:09,940 --> 00:56:12,800
 you a lot as well, and you're 5-0 on the season.

1052
00:56:13,220 --> 00:56:13,800
 You have big wins.

1053
00:56:13,860 --> 00:56:15,200
 You had some close wins early on.

1054
00:56:15,260 --> 00:56:19,240
 You had a close win against Lauderdale County by one, a close win against Field Camper by two,

1055
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:24,000
 and then three wins that were blowouts, but those close wins, is that going to pay dividends

1056
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,680
 for your team coming down the stretch, you think?

1057
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:26,360
 Yeah, absolutely.

1058
00:56:26,540 --> 00:56:31,980
 I think, of course, we play Lauderdale County week zero, first game, big rival, and that

1059
00:56:31,980 --> 00:56:36,400
 was a big challenge for us, and then week three, I believe week two, week three, we go to

1060
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:41,780
 Field Camper over there, first road game for us, and we learn a lot about our guys, and yeah,

1061
00:56:41,820 --> 00:56:41,940
 I do.

1062
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,060
 I think it's going to pay off in the long game.

1063
00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:47,260
 Speaking with Coach Hunter Killen, Lexington Golden Bears, defensive back coach, I'm going to

1064
00:56:47,260 --> 00:56:48,500
 get into some other things as well.

1065
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:50,920
 Coach, you said you've been there for 10 years at Lexington.

1066
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:51,480
 Yes, sir.

1067
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:52,480
 It's a special place.

1068
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:55,520
 What makes Lexington just such a special school and special place?

1069
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:56,240
 The community.

1070
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:57,320
 I'm from there.

1071
00:56:57,400 --> 00:56:58,180
 I graduated from there.

1072
00:56:59,260 --> 00:57:00,780
 It's where I want to finish my career.

1073
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,420
 I love it, and again, the community is what makes it.

1074
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:07,240
 Whether you're having a great year or a bad year, the people are going to show up.

1075
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,120
 They're going to support you, and no matter what sport it is, it's a special place.

1076
00:57:11,900 --> 00:57:15,800
 Well, you also double as, and I would say you double as a defensive back coach.

1077
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:18,280
 I hate to say it that way because we're on football, but you also have

1078
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:19,440
 the head basketball coach.

1079
00:57:19,500 --> 00:57:19,740
 Yes, sir.

1080
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:24,600
 And so, you know, we're getting to October, and so now you've got a balance.

1081
00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:26,740
 How many guys on your basketball team play football?

1082
00:57:27,020 --> 00:57:28,220
 So, my varsity has got three.

1083
00:57:28,540 --> 00:57:28,780
 Okay.

1084
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,400
 One of them being quarterback, Zane Kilburn, Sawyer Howard, and Lucas Eddy.

1085
00:57:32,780 --> 00:57:33,700
 Those three guys.

1086
00:57:34,340 --> 00:57:40,240
 So, I've got most of my guys, seventh period PE, will work, skill work there, and work out

1087
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:43,600
 then, and then I go to football right after practice with them guys.

1088
00:57:43,820 --> 00:57:45,740
 Well, can I give you a little heads up?

1089
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,980
 You might have to put some scheduling around some playoff games in football.

1090
00:57:48,980 --> 00:57:49,320
 I hope I do.

1091
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:53,740
 I think there's a real possibility this Lexington team at 5-0 is playing really well.

1092
00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:57,820
 Is it good, do you think, for kids to play two, three multiple sports?

1093
00:57:58,520 --> 00:57:58,840
 100%.

1094
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:00,460
 I think that's the best thing they can do.

1095
00:58:00,540 --> 00:58:01,620
 And we're at a school where they can.

1096
00:58:02,620 --> 00:58:05,380
 I mean, we've got several three-sport guys, and I do.

1097
00:58:05,460 --> 00:58:07,740
 I think it pays off, and the fact that they're always competing.

1098
00:58:08,340 --> 00:58:10,700
 It may be a different ball, a different sport, but they're always competing.

1099
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:11,920
 I think that always pays off.

1100
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:13,140
 That is big, too.

1101
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,080
 Well, this week, who do you have coming up and where?

1102
00:58:15,300 --> 00:58:16,580
 We go to Colbert County.

1103
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:17,400
 All right.

1104
00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:21,600
 CT Manley Stadium, and a place that Coach Mass knows well, I know well.

1105
00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:26,420
 One of the great venues in high school football, and one of the tough places to play.

1106
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:31,280
 But this has become a really good game coming up, and two really good teams.

1107
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:33,860
 What is the key for your team this week, you feel like?

1108
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:35,680
 Just focus on us.

1109
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,160
 I think just doing the basic things, tackling, throwing, catching,

1110
00:58:39,660 --> 00:58:40,900
 just playing assignment football.

1111
00:58:41,940 --> 00:58:43,580
 And I think at the end of the day, if you do those things,

1112
00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:45,060
 you're going to put yourself in a situation to win.

1113
00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:49,080
 With defensive backs, as you coach them, you talk a lot about tackling.

1114
00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:50,740
 I'm going to be honest with you.

1115
00:58:50,860 --> 00:58:54,600
 I'm about to take off my – I'm going to be honest about it.

1116
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,820
 My Auburn Tigers defensive backs did not tackle well last week.

1117
00:58:58,140 --> 00:58:59,280
 And I watched it, and I thought,

1118
00:58:59,420 --> 00:59:01,760
 why do kids not tackle as well as they used to?

1119
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,340
 Because it seemed like tackling was such a given in high school football

1120
00:59:05,340 --> 00:59:05,940
 and college football.

1121
00:59:06,420 --> 00:59:08,580
 It seems like it's a lost art in some ways.

1122
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:11,120
 What is the importance of teaching it, and how do you teach it even a little bit?

1123
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:15,200
 So every day, Monday through Thursday, we do tackling circuit to start.

1124
00:59:15,360 --> 00:59:16,840
 Everyone does it, including quarterback.

1125
00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:17,720
 I mean, everyone does it.

1126
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:20,440
 And I think the repetition of doing it every day.

1127
00:59:20,540 --> 00:59:22,980
 We have four or five stations, and they just rotate through the stations.

1128
00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:25,420
 And I think doing that every day definitely helps.

1129
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:28,320
 That's a good – the repetition of it, the teaching of it,

1130
00:59:28,580 --> 00:59:30,380
 just getting used to the habit of it as well.

1131
00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:32,820
 Well, it will be a great game at Carpet County High School.

1132
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:34,680
 Did you ever play against Carpet County when you were playing?

1133
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:35,300
 I did not.

1134
00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:36,440
 They were always –

1135
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,720
 They were always in a different region or in different classification.

1136
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:41,860
 So I never played against them.

1137
00:59:41,860 --> 00:59:42,160
 All right.

1138
00:59:42,180 --> 00:59:43,800
 Well, you're about to go to a big-time stadium.

1139
00:59:43,900 --> 00:59:44,520
 It's a lot of fun.

1140
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:45,880
 It should be a lot of fun with that.

1141
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:48,920
 And I've got several Coach Mass stories I could tell,

1142
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:50,300
 but I know you do as well.

1143
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:51,520
 We'll tell them off the air.

1144
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:52,520
 We won't tell them on the air.

1145
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:54,340
 But, Coach, thank you for being our guest,

1146
00:59:54,380 --> 00:59:56,240
 and we hope you have to come back very soon, okay?

1147
00:59:56,340 --> 00:59:56,620
 That's right.

1148
00:59:56,680 --> 00:59:57,160
 I appreciate it.

1149
00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:00,640
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1175
01:01:17,660 --> 01:01:19,160
 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast.

1176
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:20,640
 Top of the hour here at 9 o'clock.

1177
01:01:21,100 --> 01:01:22,680
 Getting a second cup of coffee going.

1178
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:23,840
 Kevin Johnson with you.

1179
01:01:24,100 --> 01:01:25,140
 Hoping you're having a good day.

1180
01:01:25,220 --> 01:01:27,980
 Man, it feels so good outside here in northwest Alabama.

1181
01:01:28,060 --> 01:01:28,960
 The weather is just perfect.

1182
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,360
 And, man, it's just great to be out there.

1183
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:34,020
 And just football weather, beautiful weather.

1184
01:01:34,340 --> 01:01:35,860
 And I hope folks are enjoying that.

1185
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:38,020
 Be careful outside as you go do things as well.

1186
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:40,480
 We're joined now by assistant coach of Marce Hill,

1187
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:41,340
 Coach Stephen Cohen,

1188
01:01:41,500 --> 01:01:44,660
 who's Marce Hill Panthers took on Baldwin, Mississippi last night.

1189
01:01:44,940 --> 01:01:46,780
 A team not one that you always see,

1190
01:01:46,780 --> 01:01:50,860
 but Marce Hill comes out and wins it quite handily last night over Baldwin.

1191
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:54,280
 And, Coach, one of those games where you play somebody you're not used to,

1192
01:01:54,340 --> 01:01:57,000
 but you come away with a 56-0 win.

1193
01:01:57,140 --> 01:01:58,420
 I know you've got to feel good about that.

1194
01:01:58,700 --> 01:01:59,000
 Oh, yeah.

1195
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:04,280
 I mean, Coach Hill and Coach Ryan Derrick was really on top of everything last year.

1196
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:10,340
 We know Baldwin won the state championship over there in 2A in 2024.

1197
01:02:12,060 --> 01:02:14,880
 So, we knew they had a lot of – they had seven seniors.

1198
01:02:15,180 --> 01:02:19,280
 And we got the game because, you know, trying to schedule you.

1199
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:20,280
 And we got a one-year deal.

1200
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:21,800
 And somebody dropped them.

1201
01:02:21,900 --> 01:02:23,340
 So, we got to play ball in Mississippi.

1202
01:02:24,260 --> 01:02:25,320
 They come over.

1203
01:02:25,560 --> 01:02:28,680
 And they were really big kids and athletic.

1204
01:02:29,060 --> 01:02:30,260
 Yeah, they were big and athletic.

1205
01:02:30,540 --> 01:02:33,260
 So, we really didn't know what – just watched it on film.

1206
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:37,800
 They played Booneville and Kassuth and some of those Mississippi schools.

1207
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,280
 So, we didn't, you know – us didn't know a whole lot about them.

1208
01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:41,600
 But we knew their field school.

1209
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:43,480
 So, we just had them ready.

1210
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:45,820
 And we come out – we played our best game last night.

1211
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:48,160
 So, you know, Coach Hill was saying, like,

1212
01:02:48,420 --> 01:02:49,640
 got to take that next step.

1213
01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:52,720
 And he just worked them all week.

1214
01:02:52,820 --> 01:02:55,080
 And we just got a great atmosphere.

1215
01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:57,760
 What a great night for this feeling and everything.

1216
01:02:57,960 --> 01:03:01,640
 So, we really played from a tit to a – we went up 14-0 quick.

1217
01:03:02,180 --> 01:03:06,340
 And Titus Cosby just throwing – throwing really – throwing BB, throwing darts.

1218
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:08,220
 I mean, he was like wildfire.

1219
01:03:08,340 --> 01:03:09,580
 He was coming out throwing everything.

1220
01:03:09,940 --> 01:03:11,900
 And receivers, you know, mailing more.

1221
01:03:12,260 --> 01:03:16,040
 And, wow, everybody was just catching and just having fun.

1222
01:03:16,100 --> 01:03:17,640
 He was like, well, our kids had so much fun.

1223
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:18,860
 Like, they were having fun last night.

1224
01:03:19,260 --> 01:03:21,980
 Well, I did think Cosby had a great game passing last night.

1225
01:03:21,980 --> 01:03:25,680
 And one of the things I saw was – I thought it was great.

1226
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:28,800
 Maybe offensive play calling, too.

1227
01:03:28,900 --> 01:03:31,340
 Because Baldwin started bringing the blitz early on.

1228
01:03:31,380 --> 01:03:32,920
 They started bringing a safety every once in a while.

1229
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:33,700
 They brought a linebacker.

1230
01:03:34,180 --> 01:03:36,920
 And so, well, third or fourth down, I think you had to go for it.

1231
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:37,960
 Maybe it was in a fourth down play.

1232
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,520
 And you went right where that backer and safety was.

1233
01:03:40,580 --> 01:03:42,160
 You went right behind him and threw it over the middle.

1234
01:03:42,300 --> 01:03:43,500
 Threw it down to McIntyre.

1235
01:03:43,780 --> 01:03:45,240
 McIntyre down that seam route.

1236
01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:47,540
 The seam route twice on both sides.

1237
01:03:48,020 --> 01:03:50,160
 So, you end up having a big win last night.

1238
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:52,600
 Kevin, that seam route is kind of – it's timing.

1239
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:54,580
 You've got to hit that thing right on pace.

1240
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:57,840
 And Titus, he's working on that seam route.

1241
01:03:57,940 --> 01:03:59,400
 So, he's got a quick release.

1242
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:02,000
 You know, Titus, his release is getting better and better.

1243
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:06,680
 And Coach Hill does such a great job with just setting his feet

1244
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,340
 and finally seeing the field now, I think.

1245
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:12,100
 You know, I'm doing – I'm working on defense.

1246
01:04:12,260 --> 01:04:13,880
 But I don't really know what they're all doing.

1247
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:16,560
 Well, you must have done something good on defense

1248
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:17,920
 because you had a shutout last night.

1249
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,500
 Talk about the defense and how well they play.

1250
01:04:19,900 --> 01:04:21,960
 Coach Ryan Derrick is our defense coordinator.

1251
01:04:22,140 --> 01:04:25,460
 And he's just – man, he's just such a guy, a great guy to be around

1252
01:04:25,460 --> 01:04:26,360
 and learn from.

1253
01:04:26,560 --> 01:04:29,720
 And he's always thinking – he's thinking outside the box.

1254
01:04:29,860 --> 01:04:31,420
 So, he's got a couple new schemes.

1255
01:04:31,580 --> 01:04:33,460
 And they had two bigs back.

1256
01:04:33,540 --> 01:04:35,580
 Baldwin's got – they went that unbalanced line.

1257
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:37,800
 And he's got some big kids.

1258
01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:40,460
 So, I mean, just – he just made some great adjustments.

1259
01:04:41,140 --> 01:04:44,240
 And plus, our kids, Kevin, just run to the ball so hard.

1260
01:04:44,300 --> 01:04:47,460
 We had like eight, nine guys run to the ball the whole game.

1261
01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:49,760
 That gang tackling was a big thing.

1262
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:51,200
 I got to watch it a little bit last night.

1263
01:04:51,480 --> 01:04:53,860
 By the way, just give Titus Cosby a little shout-out.

1264
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:58,480
 16-22, 320 passing, and he had five touchdowns and one interception.

1265
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,920
 And I love how Coach Hill said in the newspaper in the Times Daily,

1266
01:05:02,060 --> 01:05:04,840
 he said, well, he had one thing they didn't do right there.

1267
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:06,920
 That's a great coach saying, hey, you weren't perfect.

1268
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,120
 There was that one interception, so he's going to remind him of that.

1269
01:05:09,180 --> 01:05:10,500
 And that's a good head coach right there.

1270
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:13,680
 But now, Coach, you've got to turn your attention to region play.

1271
01:05:14,340 --> 01:05:15,900
 And, boy, it's a big one next week.

1272
01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:17,420
 Whitesburg Christian's playing really well.

1273
01:05:17,420 --> 01:05:19,100
 Yeah, they're playing out of their mind too.

1274
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:22,700
 I mean, so Coach Adcock, they got them on fire with us.

1275
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:24,220
 I mean, I know we played them last year.

1276
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:27,440
 And I think to look at – they got the same guys back from last year.

1277
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:29,360
 And that quarterback and receiver is really good too.

1278
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:32,500
 So, we're really going to have to get buckled down again.

1279
01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:34,220
 We've got them coming.

1280
01:05:34,380 --> 01:05:35,660
 They're coming to Mars Hill.

1281
01:05:35,980 --> 01:05:40,060
 So, Panther Nation needs to show up and got to have a big crowd next week.

1282
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:41,300
 That will be a huge game.

1283
01:05:41,780 --> 01:05:44,340
 Mars Hill's 4-2 on the season, 2-1 in region play.

1284
01:05:44,700 --> 01:05:46,940
 And, Coach, last night you played a team out of state.

1285
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:48,660
 First time Mars Hill's played a team from out of state.

1286
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:51,280
 It is a little different playing a team from out of state, isn't it?

1287
01:05:51,300 --> 01:05:51,600
 Oh, yeah.

1288
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:55,200
 It was – we had to get a read on what they did.

1289
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:57,780
 They were just so athletic, so quick, so big.

1290
01:05:58,580 --> 01:06:03,640
 But the adjustment, I mean, it was just – it was pretty cool to have a place

1291
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:04,720
 from a different state.

1292
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:04,920
 Yeah.

1293
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:06,400
 It was a pretty – a little different atmosphere.

1294
01:06:06,700 --> 01:06:08,620
 They brought a pretty good little crowd, really.

1295
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:09,300
 Yeah, brought a district crowd.

1296
01:06:09,300 --> 01:06:10,480
 It was like two hours away.

1297
01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:13,440
 Coach Allen – I got to meet Coach Allen this summer.

1298
01:06:13,540 --> 01:06:16,580
 And he was really – he's a really good – he's been there for a long time, so.

1299
01:06:16,960 --> 01:06:20,300
 Well, now, next week you're at home, as you said, against Whitesburg Christian.

1300
01:06:20,460 --> 01:06:22,820
 Both teams – I know, as you're a defensive guy, you've got to be thinking,

1301
01:06:23,260 --> 01:06:26,960
 our team the past three weeks has put up 44 points, put up 56 points.

1302
01:06:27,380 --> 01:06:30,260
 Well, last night, Whitesburg Christian put up 66 points.

1303
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:33,180
 I think that whoever's doing the scoreboard operator in Mars Hill

1304
01:06:33,180 --> 01:06:35,820
 better get ready because this could be a shot at the shootout.

1305
01:06:35,820 --> 01:06:36,340
 Oh, yeah.

1306
01:06:36,420 --> 01:06:39,020
 But have you ever seen it sometimes where you think it's going to be an offensive game

1307
01:06:39,020 --> 01:06:40,400
 and it turns out to be a defensive game?

1308
01:06:40,460 --> 01:06:41,080
 Could it be that possible?

1309
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:42,380
 Yeah, I mean, it's possible.

1310
01:06:42,660 --> 01:06:45,320
 As far as you're going to know how to get the read on the quarterback

1311
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:46,400
 and you've got to get pressure.

1312
01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:49,900
 I mean, the biggest thing on playing offense is you've got to get pressure

1313
01:06:49,900 --> 01:06:51,340
 on the quarterback.

1314
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:55,060
 So, I mean, I know they've got a good skill group

1315
01:06:55,060 --> 01:06:57,280
 and Whitesburg so well coached.

1316
01:06:57,380 --> 01:07:00,860
 I think – I mean, I think they just – they just roll.

1317
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:02,660
 I mean, the quarterback is really good, I heard.

1318
01:07:03,120 --> 01:07:07,080
 Well, two legendary head coaches, Chris Hill against Jerry Adcock.

1319
01:07:07,180 --> 01:07:09,020
 It'll be a great win at Mars Hill next week

1320
01:07:09,020 --> 01:07:11,500
 and that one will be one you'll want to keep an eye on for sure.

1321
01:07:11,500 --> 01:07:13,920
 Yeah, it should be a fun one of Whitesburg Christians coming to Mars Hill.

1322
01:07:14,360 --> 01:07:17,380
 Congratulations to the Panthers, Coach Cohen, and best of luck next week, okay?

1323
01:07:17,780 --> 01:07:18,260
 Thanks, Kevin.

1324
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,300
 Coach Steven Cohen of the Mars Hill Panthers assistant coach there.

1325
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 When we come back, more from the coaches breakfast after this one-minute timeout.

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1340
01:08:32,900 --> 01:08:35,860
 Welcome back to the coaches breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1341
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:37,240
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you.

1342
01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:42,120
 Don't forget, again, Alabama Crimson Tide football today against South Carolina.

1343
01:08:42,320 --> 01:08:46,800
 Should be a great matchup there, and you'll hear it right here on 93.9 The Score.

1344
01:08:46,860 --> 01:08:48,300
 What a day of SEC football.

1345
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:51,980
 Man, just sit back on the couch and wait today.

1346
01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:56,100
 It's going to be great from Texas, Tennessee, all the way to the Alabama-South Carolina game,

1347
01:08:56,140 --> 01:08:56,660
 and then some.

1348
01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:00,720
 It's going to be a great day of SEC football, that is for sure.

1349
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:04,680
 Joined now by the head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Kenny Marson,

1350
01:09:04,700 --> 01:09:06,840
 whose team last night took on opening.

1351
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:08,840
 Once again, open falls to Florence.

1352
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:09,600
 I like it, Coach.

1353
01:09:09,860 --> 01:09:12,060
 That open week hits at the right time, doesn't it?

1354
01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:13,060
 Boy, it did for us.

1355
01:09:13,260 --> 01:09:18,760
 As bad as we were banged up from the previous games, we needed that off week bad.

1356
01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:21,540
 Yeah, you know, and you never know when you schedule.

1357
01:09:21,820 --> 01:09:22,240
 You never know.

1358
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:24,080
 Some coaches say take it early.

1359
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:25,000
 Some say take it late.

1360
01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:27,040
 It hit right for Florence this time.

1361
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:27,640
 It did.

1362
01:09:27,780 --> 01:09:30,900
 You know, after that stretch with Muscle Shoals, Russell, and Decatur,

1363
01:09:31,180 --> 01:09:34,900
 we were limping out of the first five games,

1364
01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:37,740
 and just fortunate to come out of those 5-0.

1365
01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:43,980
 But, you know, with all the injuries that we had, you name it, we've had it.

1366
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:46,580
 Looking at Wes Richardson over here to the right,

1367
01:09:46,680 --> 01:09:50,880
 he needs therapy on his hands from all the taping he's had to do to keep us going.

1368
01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:52,980
 So they're lined up at the door.

1369
01:09:53,420 --> 01:09:56,300
 But this week was good for us to be able to heal those guys up.

1370
01:09:56,900 --> 01:10:00,460
 Well, on a Friday night, what does a head coach do when he has an open week?

1371
01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:01,960
 I mean, is it a movie?

1372
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:03,000
 Was it a movie at night?

1373
01:10:03,180 --> 01:10:04,680
 Was it a get away from the game?

1374
01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:05,600
 Or did you go see it again?

1375
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:10,160
 I did go to a game, you know, normally trying to get away from it

1376
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:12,680
 and, you know, breathe a little bit.

1377
01:10:12,820 --> 01:10:16,880
 But it was a special night going on last night out at Rogers High School.

1378
01:10:17,540 --> 01:10:21,180
 Jerry Adcock that I had coached with for 22 years

1379
01:10:21,180 --> 01:10:24,480
 and one of my closest friends, love him to death.

1380
01:10:24,580 --> 01:10:27,580
 He was playing for his 200th win last night,

1381
01:10:27,580 --> 01:10:35,820
 which is amazing in this game to reach that landmark of 200.

1382
01:10:36,120 --> 01:10:36,940
 You know, it's amazing.

1383
01:10:37,780 --> 01:10:39,340
 And, you know, I went out there.

1384
01:10:39,420 --> 01:10:40,040
 I talked to him.

1385
01:10:40,180 --> 01:10:43,980
 If I'd have listened to him during the week, of course, I know him really well

1386
01:10:43,980 --> 01:10:45,920
 and he will poor mouth somebody in a heartbeat.

1387
01:10:46,180 --> 01:10:47,040
 No, really?

1388
01:10:47,300 --> 01:10:47,640
 Awful.

1389
01:10:47,860 --> 01:10:49,920
 I was wondering where you got that from over the years, Coach.

1390
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:50,600
 I didn't know.

1391
01:10:50,900 --> 01:10:55,140
 I know, but, boy, you'd have thought he was going to get beat by 60.

1392
01:10:55,280 --> 01:10:57,900
 So I thought, you know what, I might not even go out there.

1393
01:10:58,020 --> 01:11:00,360
 And so I was kind of listening to it first quarter

1394
01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:04,180
 and I'd already planned to go out there

1395
01:11:04,180 --> 01:11:07,160
 and I was sitting out there waiting to go in.

1396
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:10,060
 And I said, doggone, they are scoring at will.

1397
01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:12,060
 And my phone had died.

1398
01:11:12,140 --> 01:11:13,780
 I charged it in the truck and was sitting out there.

1399
01:11:13,860 --> 01:11:18,700
 And so I went on in and, boy, they blew up.

1400
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:19,380
 He did.

1401
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:22,800
 It was 45, 45-14 at the half.

1402
01:11:22,900 --> 01:11:26,180
 And then right there before the end of the game, they were up pretty well.

1403
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:30,400
 And he sent Jeff Bell, the AD, a good friend of mine as well,

1404
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:32,280
 and brought me to the sideline with him.

1405
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:34,120
 And I got to experience that with him.

1406
01:11:34,120 --> 01:11:35,580
 It was just awesome.

1407
01:11:35,740 --> 01:11:36,280
 That's pretty cool.

1408
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:36,680
 Awesome.

1409
01:11:36,860 --> 01:11:38,480
 And I was tickled for him.

1410
01:11:38,620 --> 01:11:42,100
 And we shed a lot of tears and had a good moment last night.

1411
01:11:42,740 --> 01:11:44,720
 Friendships in football are special.

1412
01:11:45,500 --> 01:11:46,720
 Lifelong, for sure.

1413
01:11:46,940 --> 01:11:48,660
 And I'm going to say this, too.

1414
01:11:49,580 --> 01:11:52,460
 He's got an assistant coach that coaches with him, Dobie Willis,

1415
01:11:52,980 --> 01:11:54,740
 that I coached in high school.

1416
01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:58,820
 And actually, the first job I ever had was with Leroy Willis at Calvert Heights.

1417
01:11:59,340 --> 01:12:00,940
 And Leroy was out there last night.

1418
01:12:00,940 --> 01:12:07,000
 And I got to see him and his boys and got to see the whole gang together, everybody.

1419
01:12:07,340 --> 01:12:07,900
 Full circle.

1420
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:13,660
 I have been very fortunate in my career to have been around some really good coaches.

1421
01:12:13,860 --> 01:12:21,780
 I mean, all the way back to my GA days with Mike Lane at UNA and Don Creasy when I was coaching in college at Coffey.

1422
01:12:21,780 --> 01:12:25,120
 And then Leroy Willis and Jerry Adcock.

1423
01:12:25,420 --> 01:12:28,700
 So I've been very fortunate, spoiled in my days.

1424
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:30,440
 These guys brought me up the right way.

1425
01:12:30,820 --> 01:12:32,540
 I've known you for a long time, Coach Morrison.

1426
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:34,960
 I did not know about you with Coach Mike Lane.

1427
01:12:35,100 --> 01:12:36,380
 I'll find that one out later.

1428
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:37,460
 That's pretty cool right there.

1429
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:41,500
 One of the greats in our area as well as we speak with Coach Kenny Morrison of the Florence Falcons.

1430
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:42,840
 His team was off last night.

1431
01:12:43,440 --> 01:12:48,360
 And, Coach, now you're building up coaches that are going to learn from you.

1432
01:12:48,860 --> 01:12:51,700
 It's what you take from one and now you pour into the other.

1433
01:12:51,940 --> 01:12:54,980
 It's a pretty neat place to be in life, isn't it?

1434
01:12:55,560 --> 01:12:58,520
 These guys, I think, feel like they've coached for Jerry Adcock.

1435
01:12:58,780 --> 01:13:05,460
 I mean, the stories that I've told in the office and, you know, I tell them a lot of times when they think I'm harsh.

1436
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:07,640
 I'm going to say, guys, y'all couldn't coach for that guy.

1437
01:13:08,580 --> 01:13:09,760
 I'm a piece of cake.

1438
01:13:10,660 --> 01:13:20,880
 So, but, yeah, what I learned from the guys that I work for, I just feel like it's my duty and obligation to pass that down.

1439
01:13:21,180 --> 01:13:26,160
 You know, I feel like, again, I have been very fortunate to be around people that have done it the right way.

1440
01:13:26,700 --> 01:13:28,600
 And I feel like we're doing it the right way.

1441
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,140
 And I try to coach the young guys up.

1442
01:13:32,740 --> 01:13:35,800
 As much as I'm coaching the players, you're coaching coaches as well.

1443
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:40,940
 And I hope that they're learning from example from me and that we're going to do it.

1444
01:13:40,940 --> 01:13:42,360
 Don't always do things the right way.

1445
01:13:42,440 --> 01:13:45,700
 I mean, we always make some mistakes and some decisions we make along the way.

1446
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,840
 And everybody feels like they would do it different.

1447
01:13:48,100 --> 01:13:56,480
 And I used to give Jerry a lot of heartache, a lot of heartburn through the years because I was pretty opinionated of the things that I wanted to do.

1448
01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:59,300
 And I've called and apologized to him about a million times.

1449
01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:00,940
 And I get it now.

1450
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:02,700
 I get why we did these things.

1451
01:14:03,220 --> 01:14:08,160
 And I find myself doing them just like he did and just like we did at Decatur.

1452
01:14:08,380 --> 01:14:09,700
 And it works.

1453
01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:14,080
 And it has worked for us to turn this program in the direction that it's in.

1454
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:18,240
 And it's, you know, taken into year five to do it.

1455
01:14:18,300 --> 01:14:21,220
 And everybody says it takes three to five to flip one.

1456
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:22,780
 And we flipped it.

1457
01:14:22,980 --> 01:14:29,380
 And it's, again, what I've learned through my coaching career that has turned this thing and surround yourself.

1458
01:14:29,940 --> 01:14:32,940
 One thing Jerry always said to me, surround yourself with good people.

1459
01:14:33,380 --> 01:14:34,680
 And that's what I've done.

1460
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:36,200
 I've got great staff.

1461
01:14:37,400 --> 01:14:39,080
 I couldn't do it without them for sure.

1462
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:40,780
 Jerry, I've talked story.

1463
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:41,560
 Kevin Johnson.

1464
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:43,300
 Coach, forgive me if you're listening in.

1465
01:14:43,680 --> 01:14:47,520
 But this is one of my, I've watched my nephew play for him as a player.

1466
01:14:48,180 --> 01:14:49,360
 And I'm at a Decatur game.

1467
01:14:49,500 --> 01:14:50,760
 And I'm not sure who you were playing.

1468
01:14:50,840 --> 01:14:51,420
 It was at home.

1469
01:14:51,500 --> 01:14:53,760
 But it was not going well in the first half.

1470
01:14:53,980 --> 01:14:56,160
 And the team just wasn't playing with anything.

1471
01:14:56,380 --> 01:14:58,380
 And he called a timeout to chew a referee out.

1472
01:14:58,780 --> 01:15:02,480
 And he went out there and chewed a referee out and tried to get the crowd a little riled up.

1473
01:15:02,540 --> 01:15:04,280
 Tried to get the team riled up.

1474
01:15:04,580 --> 01:15:06,000
 And it just didn't seem to work.

1475
01:15:06,340 --> 01:15:07,320
 So, you know what he did?

1476
01:15:07,420 --> 01:15:10,640
 He called a second timeout before they even started another play and brought him back over.

1477
01:15:10,780 --> 01:15:11,900
 Then everybody got fired.

1478
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:12,960
 Yeah, you give it to him.

1479
01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:16,380
 And I'm telling you, it turned the whole game to two timeouts back to back.

1480
01:15:16,740 --> 01:15:18,300
 He knew what he was doing that whole time.

1481
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:19,180
 He did.

1482
01:15:19,180 --> 01:15:21,080
 And, boy, he would give officials.

1483
01:15:21,420 --> 01:15:24,580
 So, officials in our association, I'm sorry.

1484
01:15:24,780 --> 01:15:27,440
 I blame him for the way I act sometimes.

1485
01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:36,680
 And I have done this several times here that I thought was the craziest thing ever at Decatur.

1486
01:15:37,540 --> 01:15:42,700
 He called timeout at the end of the game when, you know, it looked like we had won.

1487
01:15:43,020 --> 01:15:43,120
 Sure.

1488
01:15:43,300 --> 01:15:45,760
 Things were getting a little chippy and a little out of control.

1489
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:51,960
 He called timeout and called the whole team down there and put them on a knee and gave them the what with all

1490
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:55,560
 and said, this is not what we're going to do and, you know, explained it to them.

1491
01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:58,140
 And he did that several times.

1492
01:15:58,140 --> 01:16:00,480
 And I've done that about three times since I've been here.

1493
01:16:00,480 --> 01:16:06,320
 And it is – I'm glad I experienced that because it has helped our kids.

1494
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:11,600
 And people are saying, what is he doing bringing all these 90 guys down here on a knee at a timeout?

1495
01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:14,360
 But it gives you an opportunity to get things under control.

1496
01:16:14,480 --> 01:16:16,960
 And I thought back then, boy, this is crazy looking.

1497
01:16:17,180 --> 01:16:19,800
 But it works and it has worked for us here.

1498
01:16:19,860 --> 01:16:21,740
 And I'm glad I experienced those things too.

1499
01:16:21,860 --> 01:16:24,420
 One of my favorite things I've seen you do and I've seen it over the years.

1500
01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:26,340
 And these young coaches will learn from that as well.

1501
01:16:26,420 --> 01:16:30,160
 As we speak with Kenny Marson of the Florence Falcons, whose team was off last week.

1502
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:32,080
 But next week it's back in the region play.

1503
01:16:32,220 --> 01:16:35,960
 And, boy, at Brawley Stadium, the Athens Golden Eagles come flying into town.

1504
01:16:36,060 --> 01:16:36,940
 And that's a really good team.

1505
01:16:37,460 --> 01:16:37,960
 Can't wait.

1506
01:16:38,260 --> 01:16:39,600
 It's going to be a great atmosphere.

1507
01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:43,480
 I look for Athens to travel really well.

1508
01:16:44,260 --> 01:16:46,040
 They're a solid football team.

1509
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:47,500
 Very well coached.

1510
01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:50,920
 Cody Gross and those guys, they do a phenomenal job.

1511
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:55,440
 Daniel Terry is a coach that's been with Cody a long time that we coached at Decatur.

1512
01:16:55,520 --> 01:16:58,840
 And it was with us as a student assistant at one time.

1513
01:16:59,340 --> 01:17:01,360
 Over there, phenomenal young man.

1514
01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:03,520
 Just that whole staff is solid.

1515
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:05,420
 And you can watch it on film.

1516
01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:06,120
 You see it.

1517
01:17:06,340 --> 01:17:08,380
 I mean, you can't hide.

1518
01:17:08,520 --> 01:17:09,240
 Film doesn't lie.

1519
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:11,000
 And we see teams coming in.

1520
01:17:11,060 --> 01:17:12,780
 We're like, ooh, I don't know about that.

1521
01:17:12,780 --> 01:17:15,460
 But this team, we're going, ooh, we know about that.

1522
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:16,580
 They're well coached.

1523
01:17:16,620 --> 01:17:17,700
 They're where they're supposed to be.

1524
01:17:17,980 --> 01:17:18,940
 They play hard.

1525
01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:20,380
 Great scheme.

1526
01:17:21,160 --> 01:17:23,160
 Now, they're a trick play bunch, too, now.

1527
01:17:23,260 --> 01:17:25,040
 So, we've got to be prepared for everything.

1528
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:27,960
 They bring a lot of stuff at you.

1529
01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:31,220
 Fake punts and onside kicks and everything.

1530
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:33,660
 So, we've been preparing.

1531
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:37,120
 It's a good time again for an open week when you're facing a really good football team

1532
01:17:37,120 --> 01:17:38,140
 that does a lot of things.

1533
01:17:38,940 --> 01:17:41,660
 This week has given us a lot of time to work on those things.

1534
01:17:42,060 --> 01:17:44,720
 Going into the season, Coach, with your defense at Florence,

1535
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:46,900
 you knew it was going to be a pretty strong defense.

1536
01:17:46,900 --> 01:17:49,120
 I think any fan knew that you had a lot coming back.

1537
01:17:49,580 --> 01:17:51,460
 Did you see this coming out of your offense this week?

1538
01:17:51,540 --> 01:17:54,800
 Did you know preseason, say, hey, we might have a pretty decent offense?

1539
01:17:54,860 --> 01:17:56,960
 Or when did you see that offense come to light?

1540
01:17:58,040 --> 01:18:00,420
 Well, we felt like we were talented.

1541
01:18:01,240 --> 01:18:07,320
 And I saw this offense coming to light two years ago when I hired Cade McGuire.

1542
01:18:08,020 --> 01:18:08,260
 Okay.

1543
01:18:08,420 --> 01:18:14,460
 I knew sitting in the office about two minutes in that I thought I knew football

1544
01:18:14,460 --> 01:18:15,600
 until I talked to him.

1545
01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:17,800
 And I realized that, boy, I forgot a lot.

1546
01:18:18,200 --> 01:18:20,720
 And that young man is phenomenal.

1547
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:28,160
 And he's surrounded himself with a staff with Cole Harden O-Line and Parker Driggers with receivers

1548
01:18:28,160 --> 01:18:30,700
 and Jacob White with the tight ends H's.

1549
01:18:30,940 --> 01:18:36,060
 And I assume I'm coaching quarterbacks, but I think those guys are too.

1550
01:18:36,200 --> 01:18:37,920
 So, I'm just there.

1551
01:18:38,180 --> 01:18:40,940
 But Cade McGuire is phenomenal in what he does.

1552
01:18:42,100 --> 01:18:45,300
 Cutting edge of everything and of what's going on now.

1553
01:18:45,540 --> 01:18:49,480
 And I knew then we hired the right guy.

1554
01:18:50,060 --> 01:18:51,520
 And we had some talent coming.

1555
01:18:51,800 --> 01:18:54,240
 And it's been a perfect storm for us with those guys.

1556
01:18:54,440 --> 01:18:56,040
 But, hey, we got a long way to go.

1557
01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:58,640
 This thing could turn out to be five and five.

1558
01:18:58,740 --> 01:18:59,020
 Sure.

1559
01:18:59,420 --> 01:19:01,680
 So, but we'll take the start we've got.

1560
01:19:01,780 --> 01:19:06,880
 We're going to go out of this break 0-0 and try to get this thing done.

1561
01:19:07,060 --> 01:19:08,540
 One last thing before I let you go.

1562
01:19:08,540 --> 01:19:10,860
 Coach, I'll speak with Coach Kenny Marson, the Florence Falcons.

1563
01:19:11,720 --> 01:19:15,980
 The city of Florence has come behind you in the team this year, very much so.

1564
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:17,700
 The support has been overwhelming.

1565
01:19:17,980 --> 01:19:21,220
 And it's good to see that should be that way every year, no matter the record.

1566
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:22,720
 But it really has been great to see.

1567
01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:24,060
 It has.

1568
01:19:24,700 --> 01:19:33,700
 I know that through the years, a couple of times I've got on radio and been pretty harsh to the community

1569
01:19:33,700 --> 01:19:39,480
 about not supporting these guys when we were in a tough times, as hard as they had worked

1570
01:19:39,480 --> 01:19:41,800
 and, you know, called on them to come out and support.

1571
01:19:42,060 --> 01:19:43,100
 And they have.

1572
01:19:43,560 --> 01:19:46,840
 But, boy, they have really come out this year.

1573
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:48,840
 And it was from the start.

1574
01:19:48,980 --> 01:19:50,820
 It wasn't just because we're 5-0.

1575
01:19:51,620 --> 01:19:54,180
 First home game there, it was a packed house.

1576
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:56,940
 And our gates have been phenomenal, which we needed.

1577
01:19:58,200 --> 01:20:03,860
 The atmosphere there with covering the bleachers at the top with the bleacher seats and bringing

1578
01:20:03,860 --> 01:20:10,220
 the fans down, the noise level increased tremendously as it got closer to the lower levels.

1579
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:17,560
 And it's a high school football atmosphere in a really big stadium that now feels like a high school stadium.

1580
01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:18,880
 And it is a lot of fun.

1581
01:20:18,940 --> 01:20:20,100
 It's electric at night.

1582
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:23,760
 And Athens is going to fill their side up over there.

1583
01:20:23,940 --> 01:20:29,880
 And it's going to be a – again, that's why we got into this game to coaching nights like this.

1584
01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:31,100
 And I'm excited about it.

1585
01:20:31,300 --> 01:20:34,080
 And you'll hear that game right here on 93.9 The Score.

1586
01:20:34,460 --> 01:20:37,760
 Next Friday night, it'll be Florence hosting Athens.

1587
01:20:37,900 --> 01:20:40,340
 A huge, huge region matchup.

1588
01:20:40,700 --> 01:20:43,040
 Both teams at the top of the region battling for it.

1589
01:20:43,400 --> 01:20:45,060
 And Coach Marson, we wish you the best of luck.

1590
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:46,240
 We look forward to Friday night, okay?

1591
01:20:46,540 --> 01:20:46,980
 Thank you.

1592
01:20:47,060 --> 01:20:47,560
 Go Falcons.

1593
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:49,480
 That's Coach Kenny Marson of the Florence Falcons.

1594
01:20:49,560 --> 01:20:50,080
 We come back.

1595
01:20:50,140 --> 01:20:50,800
 We'll wrap it up.

1596
01:20:50,900 --> 01:20:52,680
 This is the Coach's Breakfast back in 60.

1597
01:20:54,640 --> 01:20:55,280
 Let's go.

1598
01:20:55,380 --> 01:20:56,400
 It's Friday night football.

1599
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,620
 I'm John Saylor, your local lawyer.

1600
01:20:58,620 --> 01:21:02,360
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1601
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:05,440
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1602
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:10,400
 It's our schools, our teams, our bands, our cheerleaders, and everybody in the stands.

1603
01:21:10,700 --> 01:21:13,680
 It's good times, and that's what Friday night football is all about.

1604
01:21:13,940 --> 01:21:17,300
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1605
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 your local lawyer at 256-740-3131 or visit johnsaylorlaw.com.

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 Back here on the Coach's Breakfast at 93.9 The Score here for the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

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 Again, a big thank you to the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic

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 for helping us out each and every week, checking on athletes, taking care of the athletes.

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01:22:12,220 --> 01:22:13,300
 They had several here today.

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 They are the best of the best.

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 They'll take care of you as well throughout the week.

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 Contact them.

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 Tell them that KJ and friends recommend them.

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 I promise you the best of the doctors and administrators and everybody else here at the North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic.

1625
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:28,620
 Hey, today, college football, Texas and Tennessee.

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01:22:29,460 --> 01:22:31,920
 I like, actually, Tennessee to pull the upset.

1627
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:35,020
 I think Tennessee is going to outscore Texas.

1628
01:22:35,420 --> 01:22:36,560
 I think they win that one there.

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01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:40,380
 By the way, maybe the hottest team in SEC, the Kentucky Wildcats.

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 They have a South Alabama team coming to them.

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 Keep an eye on Kentucky throughout it.

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 Florida, Ole Miss.

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 Everybody's all about Florida.

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01:22:46,760 --> 01:22:50,540
 I'm not sure that Florida's played anybody yet, and I'm an Auburn fan saying that.

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 I think Ole Miss wins that one at Florida, but it'll be close.

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 Oklahoma, Georgia.

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 Oklahoma, welcome to the SEC.

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 Go to Athens, Georgia for the first time.

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 You're about to find out what it's like.

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 Vanderbilt, Auburn.

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 Going to be a big game for Auburn.

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 If they're going to turn it around, they've got to do it in this game.

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 If they don't, it's going to be a long season for the Tigers, I'm afraid.

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 Alabama, South Carolina.

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01:23:10,940 --> 01:23:11,580
 Trap game.

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 Watch out.

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01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:13,600
 Alabama is scoring a lot of points.

1648
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:17,880
 They look really good on offense, but South Carolina, they're playing for a lot right now,

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 and I think their coaching staff is playing for a lot, keeping an eye on that.

1650
01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:25,200
 And maybe the sneaky game of the night, everybody's talking about LSU and Texas A&M.

1651
01:23:25,300 --> 01:23:26,700
 LSU, I think, will win that one.

1652
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:30,320
 But the sneaky game of the night might be Mississippi State and Missouri.

1653
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:32,100
 Boy, that's going to be a fun game right there.

1654
01:23:32,460 --> 01:23:33,720
 Mississippi State's really good.

1655
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:36,080
 They may be the surprise team of the SEC.

1656
01:23:36,280 --> 01:23:38,200
 That's KJ's prediction, sure to go wrong.

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 I promise you that.

1658
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:41,260
 Well, it's going to be a good day for college football.

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 I hope next Friday night you will be out at a high school game somewhere.

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01:23:45,240 --> 01:23:49,940
 And don't forget, we'll have the Florence-Athens game right here on 93.9 The Score this coming

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 Friday night.

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 Well, that's going to do it for us today from the coaches' breakfast for midway through the

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 season.

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 For our good friends, Greg Thornton, our station manager, James Moody, and the 93.9 The Score

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 studios, I'm Kevin Johnson saying have a great day.

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01:24:02,720 --> 01:24:04,680
 And as always, folks, I'll see you in church on Sunday.

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 Good day, everyone.

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 You've been listening to the 93.9 The Score high school coaches' breakfast.

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