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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 You know, I guess some of it just goes back to I've seen, we've seen, you know, Gunnar Stockton now a number of times and so, but he keeps getting better and, you know, you get, there's more, I think, probably more familiarity and that's us with them and them with us too, you know.

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 and get their guys highlighted, the right guys in the right spots, you know, especially on offense.

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 And, you know, I think we do a lot of the same things, but just, you know, this version, I mean, has just jumped all over people.

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 I think that's the biggest thing is they come out of the gate swinging.

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 The words and wisdom of Alabama boss, Kalen DeBoer, like a lot of folks, got an eye on the sky for this weekend showdown in Tynetown.

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 I'm Harold Buck, normally joined by Brett Beaird.

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 He is somewhere between here and the Gulf Coast.

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 Obviously, it's Wednesday.

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 Everton hooked up with UNA boss Brent Dierman.

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 And David Weathers is going to be on board.

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 How about his favorite Yankee, the status of Ryan Weathers with the New York Yankees, talking about being up against the wall.

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 And being up against the wall, what about the Atlanta Braves?

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 Will they survive in even that series tonight?

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 He's going to be talking about that and more with David.

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 Rodney Orr is going to be on board with us today.

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 He's going to be giving us the latest from Tuscaloosa, what he's hearing.

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 As far as the local weather folks, and you know, the obvious question of what happens if things don't work out for Saturday.

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 Andrew Adelson is going to check in from ESPN a little bit later on.

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 Going to be giving us a kind of escape across the entire college football world right now.

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 And my, how things have changed since the last time.

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 This guy named Keelan Russell, his stock going up as far as the Heisman.

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 Double A on that.

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 Jim Gomm will take us all over the SEC.

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 I've seen, obviously, all the scenarios on the board.

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 It's about that thin when it comes to the running game, when it comes to the passing game.

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 One thing that you know that's going to happen is Kirby is looking at Keelan Russell right now and trying to figure out.

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 You get the feeling it's almost like pick your poison with this because Kirby knows that he goes back to his days with Nick Saban.

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 Josh Ford in the game against Mississippi State, and if you go back and you look at the video, if you've got an astute eye, you saw it in real time.

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 Because Georgia, let's face it, up to this, and Brock Bowers, remember that guy?

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 Georgia's had a lock on the best tight end room over the last few years.

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 I think that's a reach right now.

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 It's been a huge point of emphasis.

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 I really do believe, and I know that all the receiver group does believe, too.

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 It shows you can do your versatile, and you want your teammates to succeed, too.

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 Like, and running backs, like, because our running backs are so good.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure.

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 It's rare, as a matter of fact.

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 Not only a pleasure, but rare to be able to talk to somebody who's been there and done that at the highest level of a game called Major League Baseball.

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 But that is the case of the man who spent almost two decades in the MLB world and now has his favorite Yankee playing there in New York, David Weathers.

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 Welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Good, Harold.

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 How are you today?

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Man, what's going through your mind right now?

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 It's October, you're a big football fan, you've got baseball rocking and rolling.

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 In a way, it's kind of like Christmas in October for you tonight, David.

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 Listen, it's a sportsman's dream, and especially when you've got a little stake in the game.

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 It's good.

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 You know, I've been able to make all the playoff games so far, so a lot different than on this side of it, than playing.

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 I can tell you that for sure.

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 David, talk to us about the obviously, Ryan, a tremendous year, and like so many players, let's face it, this is a marathon.

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 I have to tell you this, man, I'm preaching to the choir.

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 I know that.

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 It ain't high school.

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 It is a long journey.

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 Injuries happen.

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 What's the latest with Ryan?

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 He's good.

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 He just had, you know, there at the end of the year, most innings he's had in a while or ever,

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 and so just battling fatigue, and he picked up a butt.

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 The guy bunted on him.

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 He picked it up with all his, you know, had it in the palm of his hand, threw it as hard as he could to get the guy out,

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 and, you know, it just flared something up, and so he wound up missing about four weeks, but he's healthy,

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 and he's already pitched twice in the playoffs, so everything's good.

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 Let's talk a little bit about this series.

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 Obviously, the New York Yankees, if you're just a casual fan, you go and hit you.

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 What?

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 Tampa is two up on the Yanks?

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 First of all, is there a better managed team from the top than Tampa?

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 I mean, who gets more with less than they do with that payroll compared to some of the other teams,

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 but the Yankees on the other side of the coin, Ryan's missing, and a guy by the name of Aaron Judge is missing.

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 How do you break down where things are with the Yankees and the Rays?

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 Let's face it, these ain't kids.

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 You can be down to nothing, but if you're a pro, you've been there and done that before.

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 Oh, yeah, and, you know, the thing is, I remember when we were playing in 96 in the World Series,

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 and the Braves won the first two, and I remember Maddox's interview going to, you know,

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 you've won two, but it takes four for women, and so, you know, that's the theory is, I mean,

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 yeah, you hate to went down to Tampa and really didn't have a shot in the first game.

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 I mean, they had a solo home run was all the difference in the game, but Rasmussen was so good.

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 Probably let some opportunity slip away in game two, but, you know, you're back at Yankee Stadium,

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 and as I told Ryan, I said, there's tougher days than knowing you got Max Fried going today,

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 Rodon tomorrow, and then you're going to choose between Cam Siltler and Garrett Cole.

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 So, you know, they're still fine.

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 I mean, it's not ideal.

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 Obviously, there's no wiggle room, but I think 16 different times this year, they've won three in a row,

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 so it's not like it can't be done.

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 The problem you have is, Harold, Tampa's old school.

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 Yeah.

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 They put the ball on the ground.

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 They move guys over, and they don't strike out with, I mean, evidently, they, I think their run differential

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 might have been like 60-something all year, but what they do is, what they do, they do well,

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 and to me, that's the mark of a great team is, and I think that's the toughest out for New York is,

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 Tampa's not going to walk out there and beat themselves.

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 Like, you're going to have to beat them, and that's why they're so good.

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 That's the first time I've seen them live this year down in Tampa, then in New York in regular season.

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 The bottom line is, they do everything well.

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 They shield it, they catch it, they throw it, and man, they play great.

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 They're one of the best situational teams in the game.

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 Just move them up 90 feet at a time.

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 Here's the bottom line, David, and I got a feeling I know your answer before I ask.

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 I look at the modern game now, and I'm saying to myself, why are they paying money for a manager?

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 Just get a kid out of college over there with an iPad, because it's all analytics.

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 Whatever happened is just using common sense and common talent and having that knack,

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 kind of like Kelly did back in the day with Minnesota and so many other great managers.

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 Your thoughts about the modern game and how much they lean on analytics as opposed to what you said.

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 It's just like football.

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 Just block, tackle, and stop the run.

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 Well, I'll be honest with you.

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 I think that's what they tried to accomplish.

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 It's not only the analytics.

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 Like, you know, you got in-game offensive coach.

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 You've got four different pitching coaches.

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 You've got, here's the thing.

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 All that sounds great, and you're giving guys jobs, but the bottom line is something in sports that will never change.

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 I don't care what sport you're playing.

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 It does not matter.

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 Your eyes do not lie to you.

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 Trust what you're seeing.

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 You know, analytical numbers are really good because it gives you a basis of what somebody,

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 but the majority of the time, I enjoy that.

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 But that's been around for years.

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 You know, you go around in the bullpen.

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 Hey, if you face this guy and there's runners on, he is a different hitter than a guy with no one on.

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 And, you know, you knew those guys, and everybody talked about it.

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 You just didn't quantify it with numbers.

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 Somebody could tell you a piece of paper and I'd say, hey, look at this.

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 Here's the problem.

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 Yeah.

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 And it's a major problem.

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 And you hit the nail on the head.

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 I think 90% of these guys are not managing.

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 I think it's coming from the front office.

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 I think it's coming like this is the lineup we're going to use today because the analytical numbers say this.

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 I've never, ever in my life seen so much situational stuff.

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 And I'm sitting there going, you know, there's times that lefties would rather face a righty as opposed to a lefty

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 because if I face a righty, I have my main pitch is my changeup or something going away from the right-hander.

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 But it might not be coming into the left-hander.

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 I don't even use it because I'm not going to give up power to the full side.

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 Yeah.

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 And it's like nobody even sees that.

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 I'm starting watching the game going, dude, why would you, the guy, he does better against righties.

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 He does lefties.

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 He's like, I don't care what it says.

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 And so those things, Harold, they drive me bananas because I'm like, just because you put David Weathers

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 in the face of righty doesn't mean I'm getting him out.

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 Like, I mean, oh, God, that's the end of the world.

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 It's righty on righty.

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 Why would you do that?

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 I'm like, dude, are you kidding me?

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 There's big league ball players.

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 And so I think those things, let me ask you this, Harold, and I'll reverse the question.

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 If you're a pitcher, all right, and then second and third with a base open,

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 and a manager comes out there or a pitching coach says, hey, listen,

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 Harold, what do you want to do here?

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 Do you want to walk him and put him on and go after the next guy or do you want to go after him?

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 Now, the reason that question is posed to me is because now I can say an oppressor, right?

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 I have butt coverage is what we called it.

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 So, and I told my managers, everyone I had, I said, listen, and Dusty laughed at me.

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 Dusty Baker, I had him in me.

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 I go, Dusty, I promise you, if you don't give me four wide ones, I'm trying to get him out.

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 So, and then you decide, do you want me going after him or do you want me to walk him?

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 And what we see in today's game, Harold, is what?

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 If I do what the numbers say, I'm covered.

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 But if you don't win a World Series, you're just doing that.

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 Yeah, and let's face it, Dave, you guys, you know each other.

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 If you bring, and I think that's been one of the secrets for the Braves, bringing up the kid,

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 Kerr, is that they have no book on him.

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 But by and large, you guys have a book on each other.

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 You know everybody's tendencies.

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 You face each other X number of times over the course of the year.

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 I mean, for the most part, I know in postseason it changes.

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 But for the most part, you guys sit here, you guys can throw it through a coffee can.

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 Reminds me of kids and Russell.

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 I think he's throwing it through a donut hole now.

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 We'll get to that in a second.

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 But you guys know each other.

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 And it just, it sends a message.

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 I might say, depend on you.

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 But the intangibles tonight, are the Yankees, you've been there.

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 But let me make sure we're clear on this.

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 If you're a first time to show, welcome in.

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 I'm talking to a man who has been on the mound for the New York Yankees,

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 who has a world series for the New York Yankees.

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 How does the pressure, and from that standpoint, things change here in the postseason?

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 You just, it's like Ryan and I were talking about the other night.

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 You just really realize for the first time in your life,

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 when coaches talk about every out matters, man, in the postseason,

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 if you went out and got two outs, dude, everybody's dabbing you up.

424
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 Like, everybody's fired up.

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 Right.

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 Because that's how hard outs are to get.

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 So, number one, every out matters.

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 No one's giving you, like, no one's throwing the towel in.

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 And every A-B is just a grinder.

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 Right.

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 So, you've got to be able to just be able to go out there and just separate, honestly,

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 and slow the game down and say, listen, man, this is baseball.

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 You know, somebody's going to win tonight and somebody's going to lose.

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 Right.

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 What I have to do is execute my game plan.

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 And when you do that, it just simplifies things.

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 Yep.

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 Like Nick.

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 You've got to simplify.

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 And so, and by the way, as a coach, that's the hardest thing to teach kids sometimes is

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 just simplify everything and slow down.

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 Slow the game down.

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 And in the postseason, you know, I've listened to Smoltz, who's had unbelievable postseason numbers,

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 guys that hit, that have great postseasons.

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 And they all say the same thing, is, man, I just got to go up there, relax, and do what I do.

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 Do what I do.

447
00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:22,780
 And it's a funny way of having, you have a funny way of being able to execute.

448
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 Yeah.

449
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:24,460
 All right.

450
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 David Debray is going to execute tonight.

451
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:27,660
 It's just going to be the end of the road.

452
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:33,420
 It's amazing to see, how refreshing is to see a guy who was at 7-Eleven not long ago,

453
00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:38,000
 worked at a movie theater to pay the bills, going up against a billion-dollar payroll.

454
00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:39,580
 How refreshing is that?

455
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,640
 Yeah, your thoughts about that series.

456
00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:47,620
 Well, and I was really proud for Ray, because Ryan played with Ray two or three years with Ray Kerr

457
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:49,600
 out in San Diego in the minor leagues.

458
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,340
 And so, you know, Ray's got really good stuff.

459
00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:56,100
 And, man, it was so good to see him go out there and do well.

460
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,640
 And you know what, though, Harold, what happens is, is you're like, you know,

461
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,760
 what's the worst thing that can happen out here is I lose my job?

462
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:02,920
 Well, I've already done that.

463
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,460
 I've already had to do other jobs.

464
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,240
 And so, yeah, that's exactly right.

465
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,460
 I will survive.

466
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,560
 And so, man, super proud of Ray Kerr.

467
00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:13,600
 Kelly and I had to do a double-take of it.

468
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:18,000
 And the probable starters, I go, Kelly, they have got Ray down here.

469
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:18,920
 She goes, Ray who?

470
00:27:19,340 --> 00:27:20,220
 Ray Kerr.

471
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:21,980
 You know, we followed him.

472
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,620
 And so, super proud of him.

473
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:30,560
 But I think the Braves tonight, you know, they're doing a little bit of what the Yankees are doing.

474
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,200
 They had a little bit better success in game two.

475
00:27:33,540 --> 00:27:39,100
 But, man, you just got to, when you have a chance to cash runs in, you've got to find a way.

476
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,380
 You've got to find a way to get a guy across the board because it's like I told Ryan.

477
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,860
 You know, ERA, flux weight, wins and losses forever.

478
00:27:47,140 --> 00:27:48,160
 And it's just like a run.

479
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,800
 We can talk hypotheticals.

480
00:27:49,860 --> 00:27:53,060
 When that dude touches home plate, that run is there forever.

481
00:27:53,140 --> 00:27:54,460
 And you can't take it off the board.

482
00:27:54,980 --> 00:28:01,660
 And what happens is these guys don't understand how much pressure each run puts on the team.

483
00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:05,340
 Now I want him to score one to tie you.

484
00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:06,380
 Now I've got to score two.

485
00:28:06,620 --> 00:28:08,780
 And so, I think the Braves have got to do that.

486
00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:09,620
 Yeah.

487
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,620
 Let's talk about another one of your favorite topics, and that's Alabama football.

488
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,320
 How good is this kid named Russell?

489
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,440
 Oh, man, he's, you know, special.

490
00:28:20,660 --> 00:28:23,920
 A lot of my buddies, we've got a huge thread on Saturdays, and we're watching it.

491
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,180
 The first couple of Saturdays, you can see some things.

492
00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:32,100
 You're like, okay, man, you know, we've just got to buckle our chin straps in here.

493
00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:33,860
 And he's going to make some young mistakes.

494
00:28:33,860 --> 00:28:34,380
 That's right.

495
00:28:34,540 --> 00:28:34,980
 He's a kid.

496
00:28:35,820 --> 00:28:41,580
 But I'll tell you this, man, at Kentucky, he came back, and you're like, wow, that's impressive.

497
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,420
 I think they're getting him in good positions.

498
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,300
 And, you know, man, I've never bashed the board on here.

499
00:28:48,940 --> 00:28:51,620
 I think it's just he is getting his team.

500
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:52,680
 That's right.

501
00:28:52,860 --> 00:28:58,460
 It looks like the Washington, when he was up there, that they got all these explosive players,

502
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,900
 you know, and they got six or seven of them.

503
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:03,480
 Like, you're not relying on one guy.

504
00:29:03,620 --> 00:29:09,800
 And so I think, man, I think Russell is in good hands as far as, I think, you know,

505
00:29:09,860 --> 00:29:12,960
 it's not the popular opinion, but I'm a Ryan Grubb guy.

506
00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:17,600
 I think he's very much knowledgeable of his kids.

507
00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:24,100
 And I don't know, man, he reminds me of a lot of Bryce Young, same body movement.

508
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,400
 His maturity at 19 is incredible.

509
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:28,540
 And, Dave, you bring up a poem.

510
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:32,320
 And the reason I bring it up is, obviously, Nick recruited five stars.

511
00:29:32,620 --> 00:29:34,800
 When DeBoer came in, he inherited that.

512
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,040
 And human nature being what it is, let's face it, you go to Hollywood and you get these pretty

513
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:40,020
 people marrying each other.

514
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:40,900
 It doesn't always work.

515
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,020
 You can have five star here and a five star there.

516
00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:46,120
 But it's human nature to sit here and kind of push back.

517
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:48,240
 I think the difference now, I'm not saying that happened.

518
00:29:48,340 --> 00:29:49,500
 I'm saying that can happen.

519
00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:56,240
 But now DeBoer pretty much across the board, 99.9% of this team, they're his and he recruits

520
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,340
 personalities.

521
00:29:58,260 --> 00:30:00,880
 And I thought he brought up a very good point this past week.

522
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,020
 This is, quote, a low-maintenance team.

523
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,440
 If you're a baseball manager, a football coach, high school coach, if you've got a bunch of

524
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,240
 kids who want to perform, like Josh Ford.

525
00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:14,420
 He broke his arm in a game and just came out moments ago and said, Coach, I dare you to

526
00:30:14,420 --> 00:30:15,020
 take me out.

527
00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:17,740
 That's it.

528
00:30:18,540 --> 00:30:23,200
 Harold, here's the thing that people kind of, and man, we all love Saban.

529
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,020
 We all know that.

530
00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:24,340
 Yep.

531
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,640
 Go back to the Michigan semifinal loss.

532
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,140
 That was an awful loss.

533
00:30:30,740 --> 00:30:32,040
 I don't care if Michigan won or not.

534
00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:37,580
 We had that game won two or three times, and it was the same problems that sometimes what

535
00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:38,220
 DeBoer had.

536
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,000
 Saban was not perfect.

537
00:30:40,340 --> 00:30:44,380
 That Alabama team probably could have won four or five more state national championships,

538
00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:47,240
 but, you know, that's called sports.

539
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:54,360
 And with DeBoer, you're going out there and, like you said, a man recruited what he wants

540
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:59,520
 and a football player, well, that's not what DeBoer might have needed.

541
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,380
 That don't fit my system.

542
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:07,220
 And so, you know, I think it's so easy to sit around and judge all that.

543
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:08,280
 I'll tell you this, Harold.

544
00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:09,780
 I will tell you this.

545
00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:15,480
 How many men would have stepped up and took that job behind somebody?

546
00:31:15,780 --> 00:31:16,920
 No smart ones.

547
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:17,940
 Right.

548
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:23,460
 How many guys that were coaching were saying, I really hope I don't get offered this because

549
00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:26,640
 it did an unbelievable job, but I'm not following him.

550
00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:30,380
 Well, that tells you a lot about DeBoer.

551
00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:32,020
 It tells you a lot into his insight.

552
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:32,800
 Yeah.

553
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:38,980
 So, David, after all said and done, yeah, if they play the game this weekend and right

554
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:42,540
 now it's still on, we'll see how the weather folks have this at the end of the day, but

555
00:31:42,540 --> 00:31:45,380
 who's going to win this ball game whenever they play it?

556
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:50,840
 I got to tell you, I've watched Georgia play a little bit and I've watched Alabama every

557
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:51,320
 game.

558
00:31:54,020 --> 00:32:00,120
 Harold, if we show up and don't turn the ball over, they play their best game, we play

559
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,500
 our best game, we beat them.

560
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,060
 We're better than they are.

561
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:12,300
 But they got Kirby and they got a quarterback that's been around for 16 years and so everybody

562
00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:16,620
 thinks that they're just like this unbeatable team and they're not.

563
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,720
 You know, Vanderbilt let that game and get away from them.

564
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,560
 Vanderbilt pulled that thing with their three points.

565
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:21,680
 Yeah.

566
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:28,280
 And I don't know, I believe if we play their best and they play their best, I think we walk

567
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:28,600
 out there.

568
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:33,720
 But now we cannot turn the ball over because that's what they're going to be looking to

569
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:33,940
 do.

570
00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:40,740
 And I do think Russell's going to see some exotic stuff he hasn't seen, but I'm telling

571
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:44,760
 you, at the end of the day, it ain't about the X's and O's, brother.

572
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,840
 It's Jimmy's and Joe's.

573
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,180
 And no matter what anybody says, we got some good Jimmy's and Joe's.

574
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,100
 Again, tee it, tee it up.

575
00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:54,920
 Rain or no rain, let them have the game.

576
00:32:55,020 --> 00:32:56,520
 Dave, it's always good to hook up with you.

577
00:32:56,580 --> 00:32:59,260
 Listen, man, send Ryan, the family all our best.

578
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,780
 Hope a speedy recovery there and all the best for the Yankees tonight and the Braves.

579
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,340
 I know you got a close eye on all that stuff.

580
00:33:05,380 --> 00:33:07,320
 And thanks so much again for your time today, buddy.

581
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,540
 Will do, but I can't promise you this.

582
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,020
 Come Saturday, I'll be yelling roll time.

583
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,000
 Not go talk.

584
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:15,560
 I hear you.

585
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,340
 I got a feeling of plenty of company.

586
00:33:17,460 --> 00:33:17,940
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697
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698
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699
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700
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:31,920
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701
00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:32,320
 Boom!

702
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,320
 Look who just entered the room.

703
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,960
 Brent Beard, welcome back in.

704
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:36,660
 Where have you been?

705
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,760
 Shopping for hurricane-proof weather gear?

706
00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:39,680
 What's going on, man?

707
00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:40,220
 Welcome in.

708
00:39:40,380 --> 00:39:43,820
 Well, I know you've heard this old line before, and I just told James.

709
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,600
 They examined my head this morning and found nothing.

710
00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:47,480
 Oh, man.

711
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,600
 Which, quite frankly, would not surprise a lot of people that I know.

712
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:53,680
 I went to the ear, nose, and throat dude.

713
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,300
 And he said, while you're here, let's just look at your sinuses and everything else.

714
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:00,140
 And they did.

715
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,300
 By the way, when you get some time this afternoon,

716
00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:07,700
 send Tommy Battle, the mayor of Huntsville, an email and say,

717
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,480
 Tommy, we love everything you've done for Huntsville, but fix all the roads.

718
00:40:13,860 --> 00:40:15,400
 Join the crowd, my friend.

719
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,820
 If you haven't been to Huntsville in the last five years.

720
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:18,660
 It's a challenge.

721
00:40:18,980 --> 00:40:20,240
 You're in for a challenge.

722
00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:23,720
 I don't care where you go, but welcome back in.

723
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:24,820
 But it could have been worse.

724
00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,040
 You could have had a colonoscopy.

725
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,120
 Yes, I did last year.

726
00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:28,660
 Thank you.

727
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,520
 Yes, take it on the other end, okay?

728
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,660
 You know, Rodney Orr says, what in the world are you talking about?

729
00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:34,840
 I know it.

730
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:35,820
 I've got to follow that.

731
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,540
 Rodney is a pattern editor of TatterInsider.com.

732
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,440
 His book is called Bigger Than Belmer.

733
00:40:41,540 --> 00:40:42,460
 Rodney Orr, welcome in.

734
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:42,960
 How are you?

735
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:45,800
 Doing well, guys.

736
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:46,360
 How's it going?

737
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:47,100
 Hey, Rodney.

738
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:49,480
 Now, the question, Rodney, is how's it going down there?

739
00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:53,300
 We joked earlier, Rodney, maybe owner of the good Lord,

740
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:56,320
 and maybe Jane Spann knows what's going to go on this weekend.

741
00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:00,940
 What are you hearing, the very latest on your eye to the sky this weekend in T-Town?

742
00:41:01,580 --> 00:41:05,400
 I think they're still, you know, obviously trying to figure it all out.

743
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:12,800
 And I think perhaps maybe we'll get a decision today, maybe later on this evening,

744
00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:16,380
 on exactly what they plan to do, if there's going to be any changes.

745
00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:20,380
 Because, you know, again, all I'll say is that the last I was told,

746
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:24,700
 and it was yesterday before, actually, I guess the statement was put out,

747
00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:27,080
 that, you know, they were holding tight.

748
00:41:27,260 --> 00:41:31,120
 They were making plans yesterday to go forward with a 6.30 kickoff.

749
00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:34,940
 Now, again, it's going to be revisited today

750
00:41:34,940 --> 00:41:39,440
 and kind of see which direction that they feel like is best to go.

751
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,200
 And, you know, we'll see what happens.

752
00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:43,440
 I don't pretend to know.

753
00:41:43,580 --> 00:41:47,140
 I'm friends with a lot of meteorologists over the years,

754
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,320
 a dude named Satterfield over in Huntsville,

755
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,240
 and James Paul Dice, who I worked with.

756
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,600
 He was a kid when he came to Huntsville,

757
00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:54,280
 and then went on down to Birmingham, Channel 6,

758
00:41:54,340 --> 00:41:56,600
 their chief meteorologist down there.

759
00:41:56,740 --> 00:41:58,880
 And we still touch base with each other.

760
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,540
 And James Paul, he basically said there's a dirty side to a hurricane.

761
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,080
 The beast is on the east.

762
00:42:04,460 --> 00:42:05,960
 And that's the thing about it, Rodney.

763
00:42:06,020 --> 00:42:07,740
 It depends on where that path is,

764
00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:10,120
 which side you get the winds and the rains,

765
00:42:10,220 --> 00:42:12,660
 and more importantly, the tornadoes are right there with it.

766
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,260
 I won't say more importantly, but certainly with it.

767
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,720
 And to me, they won't know until those computer models tell them

768
00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:19,700
 which side Tuscaloosa is going to be on.

769
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,960
 And so I guess the question is, if they play, we know the answer.

770
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,020
 But what happens if they can't?

771
00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:27,120
 What's the alternative?

772
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,000
 I don't know what they're going to decide to do.

773
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,140
 I'm sure they have every option on the table.

774
00:42:32,660 --> 00:42:34,100
 I don't know what it is.

775
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:39,700
 I was just told emphatically yesterday that the meeting that they had yesterday

776
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:45,080
 just said, listen, plan to move forward with the 6.30 kickoff as scheduled.

777
00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:47,660
 That's the way we're going to work at it now.

778
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,660
 There was some talk earlier in the day.

779
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:55,500
 I do know this among the emergency people that possibly moving it to 11 a.m.

780
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,720
 At that time, that was at that time.

781
00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:01,000
 Okay, that was 24 hours ago or longer.

782
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,980
 And then yesterday afternoon, they said, you know,

783
00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:06,140
 they're sticking with the plan for now.

784
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:07,820
 So that's really all I know.

785
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,900
 I don't know if there's going to be any other, you know,

786
00:43:09,940 --> 00:43:12,480
 options on the table about changing the date or whatever,

787
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,680
 but it doesn't sound like it at this point.

788
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:17,380
 I think that the plan is to move forward,

789
00:43:17,380 --> 00:43:22,100
 and they're revisiting all of the discussions here this afternoon.

790
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:27,040
 Rodney, Kane Womig mentioned on Monday when you met with the media

791
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:31,500
 that physicality has become the identity of this football team,

792
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,540
 and I got amused this morning.

793
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:37,080
 Kenlyn DeBoer was on the coach's conference call,

794
00:43:37,180 --> 00:43:41,820
 and he mentioned Josh Ford, Alabama's tight end transfer from Arkansas State,

795
00:43:42,180 --> 00:43:44,660
 had broken his arm, and Ford said,

796
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,480
 look, just put a cast on it and let me play.

797
00:43:47,980 --> 00:43:51,300
 I'm telling you, that's the kind of guy, that's Rodney Orr.

798
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,520
 They get hurt, put a cast on it or a club, and let's go.

799
00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:56,980
 Yeah, right.

800
00:43:58,140 --> 00:43:59,740
 He might be an old raider.

801
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:00,880
 Yeah, that's right.

802
00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:01,820
 That's right.

803
00:44:02,260 --> 00:44:09,720
 You know, yeah, so we were told that he had broken a bone in his arm

804
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:15,760
 and that he had surgery on Sunday and got a text yesterday.

805
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,240
 Yeah, got a text yesterday.

806
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:23,560
 Well, Monday, the text was, well, probably out two to three weeks,

807
00:44:24,220 --> 00:44:28,500
 and then yesterday we got a text that he actually, on Monday,

808
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,460
 after having the surgery on Sunday, did 25 push-ups.

809
00:44:33,660 --> 00:44:34,460
 Tough dude.

810
00:44:34,460 --> 00:44:35,100
 No kidding.

811
00:44:35,420 --> 00:44:36,120
 Tough dude.

812
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:42,440
 So we'll see if he plays or not.

813
00:44:42,540 --> 00:44:44,240
 I know that he really wants to.

814
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,440
 But, yeah, that's that kind of mentality that he brings.

815
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,120
 Rodney Orr, tight end saturday.com.

816
00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:52,400
 Before we ask the obvious question about this weekend,

817
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:57,720
 Rodney, it basically got roughly half of this regular season over with.

818
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:01,800
 Where's this team relative to your expectations coming into the season?

819
00:45:02,940 --> 00:45:03,820
 Probably ahead.

820
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,780
 And I'd say a lot of that's because of Keelan Russell.

821
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,080
 I mean, we knew he was a great player.

822
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,980
 But, I mean, the fact that, you know,

823
00:45:13,020 --> 00:45:16,100
 the way he's taken off in the last, what, two and a half games

824
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:17,280
 has been pretty phenomenal.

825
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,560
 I think he started a little slower than I expected.

826
00:45:22,140 --> 00:45:25,040
 But he really kind of ignited.

827
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,240
 And so I would say probably a little ahead.

828
00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:32,120
 Now I say all that to say it's not that I expect them to play

829
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:33,660
 for the national championship right now.

830
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:34,780
 It's not where I'm putting them.

831
00:45:35,220 --> 00:45:37,680
 I'm saying this is a team that can be a contender.

832
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,040
 We thought they could be.

833
00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:45,620
 And now we're seeing that they certainly can be, in my opinion.

834
00:45:45,620 --> 00:45:50,340
 I do think, and this is me, I mean, the defense,

835
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,400
 the first couple of games carried them through the Kentucky game.

836
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,080
 And since then, I just see some of the same things.

837
00:45:57,220 --> 00:45:58,360
 I mean, I think they're better.

838
00:45:58,660 --> 00:46:00,360
 They're a lot better in a lot of ways.

839
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,480
 I think, you know, obviously they've got some really good young players

840
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,840
 like Xavier Griffin that are coming around.

841
00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:07,360
 They've got a lot of depth.

842
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:11,720
 I do think, though, the one thing that kind of you look at and you say,

843
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:17,040
 man, I think there's some, if you get a quarterback that can make those throws

844
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:22,580
 and go down the field, they look to give up those big plays sometimes.

845
00:46:22,860 --> 00:46:26,860
 And that was what I was warned about after the scrimmages was, you know,

846
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,200
 and the things that people were seeing in practices was they could be vulnerable

847
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:31,980
 down the field.

848
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,380
 So we'll see.

849
00:46:34,180 --> 00:46:38,680
 But otherwise, I would say overall, now I think they're ahead of where I would

850
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:42,320
 have expected them to be because, you know, guys, I mean, again,

851
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,040
 I don't know that I've seen any other team that's better.

852
00:46:45,420 --> 00:46:49,280
 I'm not saying they're the best team, but I think they're right there with the best team.

853
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:49,520
 Yeah.

854
00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:50,000
 Yeah.

855
00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,760
 Rodney, you'll talk about this a little bit later on Tudor and Satter during the week,

856
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:58,640
 but what is the Rodney Orr keys for Alabama to beat Georgia?

857
00:47:00,220 --> 00:47:03,340
 Well, first of all, any time you play Georgia, I think you've got to be,

858
00:47:03,660 --> 00:47:08,160
 you've got to match their physical toughness, relentlessness, and all of those things.

859
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,240
 And I don't think you can lose the turnover battle either.

860
00:47:11,580 --> 00:47:16,300
 I mean, I think those are pretty basic things because Kirby Smart's teams are first and foremost,

861
00:47:16,540 --> 00:47:18,700
 they're tough and they're fundamentally sound.

862
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,540
 And if you're not, eventually it's going to catch up with you.

863
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,520
 So, you know, I mean, I think Alabama will have some opportunities.

864
00:47:26,820 --> 00:47:31,320
 Again, as high as I am on Georgia and the coaching that Kirby does,

865
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,100
 especially on the defensive side and as good as they are,

866
00:47:34,620 --> 00:47:39,240
 I think there's opportunities to throw the football against Kirby Smart's defenses,

867
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:40,600
 I think, make big plays.

868
00:47:40,740 --> 00:47:44,860
 And I think Keelan Russell's the kind of quarterback that everybody hates to play against,

869
00:47:44,940 --> 00:47:45,960
 and I know Kirby does.

870
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,140
 I mean, it's a little bit like Bryce Young going against them.

871
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:55,100
 But, you know, so I think there's going to be some big plays there for Keelan Russell to make.

872
00:47:56,780 --> 00:48:01,120
 On the flip side of that, I know Kirby's going to show him some things that he probably hasn't seen.

873
00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:02,420
 They're going to come after him.

874
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:06,020
 They're going to try to knock him around, you know, beat him up a little bit,

875
00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:09,720
 and, you know, see how he responds to it.

876
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:14,100
 So, again, I think it's the basic things in this game.

877
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:18,560
 These are two really good teams, and I think it's going to come down to the basics

878
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,180
 in terms of which one separates himself.

879
00:48:22,180 --> 00:48:26,620
 And let's face it, if you face a team by Kirby, you know what he's going to try to do.

880
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,880
 He's going to try to run it down your throat.

881
00:48:28,980 --> 00:48:31,500
 Your thoughts about how Alabama matches up.

882
00:48:31,580 --> 00:48:32,700
 I agree with you.

883
00:48:33,260 --> 00:48:36,000
 The second year is a little more vulnerable if you look at the stats.

884
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,420
 And the other side of that coin is I know that Russell's getting it out of love,

885
00:48:40,540 --> 00:48:43,880
 but Gunnar Stockton quietly has stats right there with Keelan.

886
00:48:43,980 --> 00:48:45,320
 He just does his job.

887
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,880
 It's not flashy, but he's been there.

888
00:48:47,940 --> 00:48:48,720
 He's done that.

889
00:48:48,820 --> 00:48:50,660
 And the thing that's the difference between the two,

890
00:48:50,980 --> 00:48:54,300
 Keelan can throw it through a coffee can 30 yards plus down the field.

891
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,260
 Basically, Stockton likes to go the short game.

892
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:58,740
 He'll nickel and dime you to death.

893
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:02,160
 It's not flashy, but it's effective more times than not.

894
00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:04,260
 Exactly.

895
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:05,340
 He's very efficient.

896
00:49:05,580 --> 00:49:08,140
 He's got 13 touchdown passes, only one interception.

897
00:49:08,340 --> 00:49:08,640
 Right.

898
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,140
 75% of his passes.

899
00:49:11,300 --> 00:49:13,060
 He's also a sneaky scrambler.

900
00:49:13,340 --> 00:49:16,100
 You know, he can pick up yards, clutch yards on the ground.

901
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,520
 He's a clutch player, I think.

902
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:22,200
 And the experience is certainly very huge, in my opinion.

903
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,340
 He's been in a lot of these battles.

904
00:49:24,460 --> 00:49:25,980
 He's a typical Kirby smart guy.

905
00:49:26,060 --> 00:49:28,900
 I'm not saying he's just like Fromm or just like Stetson Bennett,

906
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,560
 but he's in that mold in terms of the efficiency.

907
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,620
 So, you know, he's really good.

908
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:35,580
 And you know what?

909
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,300
 He's surprisingly, he can make throws down the field.

910
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,220
 He made a couple against Vanderbilt that were very impressive.

911
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:42,880
 He dropped some dimes.

912
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,880
 So, yeah, I mean, he's going to be a challenge to defend.

913
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:50,780
 And I think they're probably not as explosive, maybe, as some teams.

914
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:52,660
 You know, they're outside receivers.

915
00:49:52,820 --> 00:49:54,040
 People talk about that.

916
00:49:54,340 --> 00:49:55,120
 But they're really good.

917
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:55,700
 They're solid.

918
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:56,360
 They're consistent.

919
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:57,540
 Taylon Taylor.

920
00:49:58,220 --> 00:50:01,440
 And, you know, I know they have the Craig Dandridge kid that's really good

921
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:02,520
 that's having a good year.

922
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:04,680
 Of course, like you said, they run the football.

923
00:50:04,860 --> 00:50:07,700
 They didn't run it really well in the first half against Vanderbilt.

924
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,080
 I think they only had 20 yards.

925
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,900
 But they do rush for about 213 a game.

926
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,680
 I know Nate Frazier, their key back, has been banged up a little bit.

927
00:50:15,780 --> 00:50:19,020
 They held him out for the most part in that Vanderbilt game.

928
00:50:19,460 --> 00:50:20,460
 But they're deep there.

929
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,640
 I mean, Chauncey Bowens had a big game against Alabama last year.

930
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:28,020
 Dwight Phillips is a really multiple guy that is a real weapon,

931
00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:30,040
 kind of like a Swiss Army knife.

932
00:50:30,140 --> 00:50:30,900
 You know, he can run it.

933
00:50:30,980 --> 00:50:31,620
 He can catch it.

934
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:33,280
 He can just be a pain in the rear.

935
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,460
 And, you know, they've always got a tight end or two.

936
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,120
 I know they've got a couple over there now.

937
00:50:38,220 --> 00:50:39,720
 Lawson Lucky is really good.

938
00:50:40,220 --> 00:50:44,340
 And they've got the other guy, Lice Williams, I think is, you know,

939
00:50:44,420 --> 00:50:47,020
 a big, tall kid, very effective.

940
00:50:47,460 --> 00:50:50,200
 So, you know, they're Georgia.

941
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:52,080
 I mean, that's what they are.

942
00:50:53,020 --> 00:50:56,360
 They're pretty much going to be what we've seen the last 10 years, I think.

943
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,660
 Rodney, we talked about this subject yesterday,

944
00:50:59,660 --> 00:51:06,580
 but Dennis Franchoni, Alabama's former football coach from 2001 to 2002,

945
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 passed away yesterday.

946
00:51:09,340 --> 00:51:12,460
 I always enjoy promoting your book, Bigger Than Bama,

947
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 and you've got several chapters about your relationship with him and his staff.

948
00:51:17,980 --> 00:51:21,140
 As I mentioned to you yesterday, I always thought he was an enigma.

949
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,540
 He was a very good football coach.

950
00:51:23,820 --> 00:51:25,920
 Anywhere he went, he won.

951
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:31,580
 A lot of Alabama fans would never forgive him for leaving and going to Texas A&M,

952
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 recruiting restrictions.

953
00:51:33,220 --> 00:51:39,980
 I know he didn't even like the carpet on the floor, and I think you've mentioned that.

954
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:43,600
 But Dennis Franchoni was an interesting guy, wasn't he?

955
00:51:44,180 --> 00:51:45,520
 He really was.

956
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:46,940
 You know, he really was.

957
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,380
 I thought Coach Franchoni was a great coach.

958
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:50,100
 I really did.

959
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,140
 I thought he could have been here at Alabama.

960
00:51:53,500 --> 00:51:57,700
 You know, all the players were bought in, at least most of them were bought in.

961
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:03,840
 I think the fandom was certainly bought in with him, and I don't think he totally understood that.

962
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:08,540
 And, you know, like you said, I did tell him some things in the book that I wrote bigger than Bama,

963
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:11,160
 you know, some conversations that I had with Coach Fran.

964
00:52:11,740 --> 00:52:16,700
 You know, I had a sneaky suspicion that if Texas or Texas A&M came open, that he would,

965
00:52:17,340 --> 00:52:19,840
 and if they came after him, that he would be gone.

966
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:23,980
 And I talked to him about that, actually, the summer before he left.

967
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,700
 And I kind of relate that in the book.

968
00:52:27,540 --> 00:52:35,500
 And, you know, so, but I just think that, you know, Fran really struggled with the scrutiny here at Alabama.

969
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:44,740
 You know, I mean, it was, I think it made him uncomfortable, you know, just the constant 24-7, 365-day fishbowl that he lived in.

970
00:52:45,020 --> 00:52:45,900
 Yeah, absolutely.

971
00:52:47,180 --> 00:52:49,740
 A great reason to buy the book, Rodney.

972
00:52:49,820 --> 00:52:51,620
 Where can we get online and get the book?

973
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:58,880
 And then the 24-7 message board, interviews with coaches, players, commentary.

974
00:52:59,140 --> 00:53:01,940
 Where can we get on and get it for a very nominal price?

975
00:53:02,940 --> 00:53:03,380
 Right.

976
00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:11,460
 So the book is Bigger Than Bama, and you can find it at RodneyOr.com, or you go to Amazon, Amazon.com,

977
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 and look it up, Bigger Than Bama.

978
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 You'll have all the details there.

979
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 Also, tighterinsider.com.

980
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 It's only $48 a year.

981
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 You can get access with your credit card if you prefer.

982
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 There is an address there to send a check.

983
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 It gives you all our premium information.

984
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 And also, you know, that includes our all-sports forum where we do a lot of discussion there.

985
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 You want the up-to-the-day minute of weather forecast, we'll turn it to a meteorologist board, too.

986
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 So you can go there.

987
00:53:38,820 --> 00:53:41,960
 I may not can spell it, but I can tell you all about it.

988
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,880
 And listen, Rodney, stay as dry as you can down there, and thanks so much for your time, Dave, buddy.

989
00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:47,400
 Appreciate it, guys.

990
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:48,000
 Thank you, bud.

991
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,760
 All right, New York, tighterinsider.com.

992
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,540
 And, again, the book is Bigger Than Bama.

993
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 Remember Fridays with Fran?

994
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 Remember that in BB?

995
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 Yes, I do.

996
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 Coming up the next try, I'm going to be taking you all over the place.

997
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 I'm going to be checking in with Double D, Drew DeArmond, Jim Gomm, all over the SEC, and Andrea Adelson.

998
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 What happening at ESPN?

999
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 We've got that more.

1000
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 Straight ahead, stay with us.

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1070
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 A tropical depression in the Gulf waters has strengthened quickly into a tropical storm

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 and could continue to develop into a hurricane.

1072
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 The storm is expected to hit the Gulf states such as Alabama and the Panhandle of Florida

1073
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 by this coming Friday.

1074
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 And if it's going to turn into a hurricane, it will do so by Thursday.

1075
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 Should the storm not fully develop into a hurricane, it will still bring heavy rains and rip currents

1076
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 to the area.

1077
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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1078
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 A Jefferson County woman is facing child abuse charges after her two-year-old son almost drowned

1088
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 in a swimming pool.

1089
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 The two-year-old child was pulled from the water and given life-saving CPR by two people

1090
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 who were simply walking by.

1091
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 The children's three-year-old sister was also found in the pool area unattended.

1092
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 Now 25-year-old Tatiana Hurst is facing multiple aggravated child abuse charges after

1093
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 she was found to not be anywhere near the pool attending to her children nor even at the

1094
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 children's home.

1095
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 The mayor of Montgomery, Stephen Reed, says domestic violence is on the rise in that city.

1096
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 Reed had a report of crime statistics for the past year and said that in 2026, the police

1097
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 department responded to 800 domestic violence calls, which is the equivalent of three calls a day.

1098
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 There were 13 domestic violent cases that turned into homicides out of the 41 homicides that

1099
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 occurred in Montgomery this year.

1100
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 What that means is 32 percent of homicides committed in 2026 originated from domestic violence.

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1105
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1106
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 How far gone does it have to get in Cincinnati before we start pointing the finger of blame

1107
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 at Joe Burrow?

1108
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 Since 2024, no quarterback has more fourth quarter turnovers than Joe Burrow.

1109
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 I'm sorry, I'm not impressed with 5,000 yard passing seasons if it doesn't equate to your

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1112
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 Weekday mornings starting at 6 Eastern on ESPN Radio and on ESPN2.

1113
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 Evan, Kenti and Michelle are unsportsmanlike.

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 Pat, you would take money from a homeless person?

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 Around the room.

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1124
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 Unsportsmanlike.

1125
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 Weekday mornings starting at 6 Eastern on ESPN Radio and on ESPN2.

1126
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1127
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 Today's sunny with a high around 90.

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1129
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1130
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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

1134
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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1135
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1136
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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide.

1137
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 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1138
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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1139
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1140
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1141
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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1142
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 And for AA, taking time out of a busy schedule there at ESPN, Andrea Adelson.

1143
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:48,880
 Welcome in.

1144
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 How are you?

1145
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1146
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1147
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 Hey, dear.

1148
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 Are you preparing for a storm?

1149
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 Well, here's the deal.

1150
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 I'm proud you brought that up, Andrea.

1151
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 You are the business humans on the face of the sports world.

1152
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 You bounce all over the place.

1153
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 So, I know you can't keep up with everything.

1154
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 So, let me plug you in.

1155
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 There is a pretty big, according to what we're understanding, a pretty big football game this

1156
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:11,220
 weekend in Tuscaloosa.

1157
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:12,720
 That's in the western part of the state.

1158
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:15,220
 You've got the President of the United States coming in.

1159
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:17,320
 You've got a hurricane I can't pronounce coming in.

1160
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,180
 And game day from its network called ESPN coming in.

1161
01:03:21,180 --> 01:03:23,500
 What is the latest when the mothers show up in Andrea?

1162
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:28,420
 If they cannot do it in Tuscaloosa, can they do it from your home in sunny Orlando?

1163
01:03:30,700 --> 01:03:32,740
 I hope it's going to be sunny, fellas.

1164
01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:35,340
 You know how the bands of these storms work sometimes.

1165
01:03:35,340 --> 01:03:36,580
 We all get rained on.

1166
01:03:37,340 --> 01:03:39,440
 I'm hoping for the best for you guys.

1167
01:03:40,300 --> 01:03:47,960
 You all know how much I pay attention to these things as a Floridian, how many times I have

1168
01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:54,920
 had to deal with games being canceled or rescheduled, whatever the game may be, because of a hurricane,

1169
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:56,720
 how many of those I've had to live through.

1170
01:03:56,720 --> 01:04:05,660
 So hopefully it's not as bad as what it seems like it will be, because honestly, fellas, I can't

1171
01:04:05,660 --> 01:04:12,640
 imagine that they would play a game if there's going to be, you know, 55 potential mile-an-hour

1172
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:14,860
 winds coming through Tuscaloosa.

1173
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:16,000
 And tornadoes.

1174
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:17,180
 That's right.

1175
01:04:17,500 --> 01:04:18,580
 They're hard to predict.

1176
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:23,880
 I mean, you remember a couple years ago, they called off a Florida game because they thought

1177
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:29,500
 a storm was coming, and then nothing happened, and it was a beautifully sunny day in Gainesville.

1178
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:34,720
 That's the hard thing about making these sorts of decisions, because you have to do them

1179
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:38,200
 with enough time to make sure that everyone is safe.

1180
01:04:38,660 --> 01:04:43,440
 But oftentimes, as you guys know, these storms are very unpredictable, and anything can happen.

1181
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,080
 Let me ask you this, Andrea.

1182
01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:46,300
 Yes.

1183
01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:47,340
 Yeah, I'm sorry.

1184
01:04:47,380 --> 01:04:48,080
 Let me ask you this.

1185
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:53,340
 Obviously, ESPN, anyone who's working television knows TV is not as simple as what you see on

1186
01:04:53,340 --> 01:04:53,580
 TV.

1187
01:04:53,580 --> 01:04:58,720
 It takes literally an army to put everything together.

1188
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,920
 It ain't as simple as saying, oh, by golly, the weather's going to be bad.

1189
01:05:01,940 --> 01:05:03,280
 Let's just drop our plans here.

1190
01:05:03,540 --> 01:05:09,000
 What goes into the—right now, there's a lot of stress in the war room of coming up with

1191
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,200
 plan B and C, just in case.

1192
01:05:11,660 --> 01:05:13,000
 Let's just say that there is a threat.

1193
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:15,000
 Do they go inside the Coleman Coliseum?

1194
01:05:15,100 --> 01:05:16,520
 Do they go to Nick Saban's house?

1195
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:21,440
 And if they can't have it, what goes into the thinking from an ESPN standpoint?

1196
01:05:22,340 --> 01:05:25,000
 I love your idea of going to Coach Saban's house.

1197
01:05:25,020 --> 01:05:25,340
 Yeah.

1198
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,080
 They did it from Lee Corso's house during COVID, right?

1199
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:30,480
 He was at his house, remote.

1200
01:05:30,980 --> 01:05:38,560
 But in all seriousness, look, there are hundreds of crew that are in charge of just putting

1201
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:39,900
 the set together.

1202
01:05:40,140 --> 01:05:41,380
 And it's not just the desk.

1203
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:42,280
 You have the lights.

1204
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:43,120
 You have the cables.

1205
01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:43,960
 You have the electrical.

1206
01:05:44,220 --> 01:05:51,340
 You have the trucks that beam everything up to the—that it can be shown on TV, right?

1207
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:56,800
 You've got everything that is set up to make it a safe environment for fans to come in in

1208
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:57,640
 attendance, right?

1209
01:05:57,700 --> 01:06:00,920
 So it's not just the five people who are sitting at the desk.

1210
01:06:01,700 --> 01:06:02,880
 There's so much more involved.

1211
01:06:02,940 --> 01:06:08,180
 And all these trucks are driving week to week to new places to be able to set it up.

1212
01:06:08,260 --> 01:06:09,520
 The setup just doesn't happen.

1213
01:06:09,780 --> 01:06:13,800
 And waving a magic wand and snapping your fingers and boom, we're all set up.

1214
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:20,040
 So as far as contingency plans goes, you know, I am not in a loop on that as someone who is

1215
01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:23,860
 here in Orlando just trying to work on writing some stories and things.

1216
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:27,340
 I'm sure ESPN has kind of gone through all of that, right?

1217
01:06:27,420 --> 01:06:27,900
 Yeah, exactly.

1218
01:06:28,060 --> 01:06:29,120
 Leave me out of it, guys.

1219
01:06:30,700 --> 01:06:31,140
 Right.

1220
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:35,800
 I'm sure there's lots of contingency plans for what could potentially happen.

1221
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:39,460
 And of course, you know, we are with ABC News.

1222
01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:46,100
 So I'm sure the meteorologists at ABC are keeping us informed of what those forecasts

1223
01:06:46,100 --> 01:06:48,160
 look like and what the latest is there.

1224
01:06:48,300 --> 01:06:51,840
 And it's Wednesday, so there's still a little bit of time.

1225
01:06:52,040 --> 01:06:55,700
 But fellas, that's not a whole lot of time because you're probably going to want to have

1226
01:06:55,700 --> 01:06:59,560
 to make a decision about this, you know, within 36 hours of kickoff.

1227
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:03,060
 So, you know, we'll see what happens.

1228
01:07:03,260 --> 01:07:09,320
 But I do believe it's in everyone's best interest to and to continue monitoring the

1229
01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:15,120
 situation because we don't want to put anyone in harm's way or cause any sort of safety

1230
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:20,380
 issues for fans, players, obviously, anybody involved in putting this game together.

1231
01:07:20,740 --> 01:07:23,100
 Double A, your thoughts on the game itself.

1232
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:30,600
 Kane Womack yesterday or Monday mentioned physicality is the theme of this Alabama team

1233
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:32,980
 this year, and they've certainly looked better with that.

1234
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:37,240
 Your thoughts on the annual grudge with Alabama and Georgia?

1235
01:07:38,420 --> 01:07:43,700
 Yeah, I mean, obviously, when you're playing a team like Georgia, the physicality has to

1236
01:07:43,700 --> 01:07:45,400
 be on the next level.

1237
01:07:45,580 --> 01:07:51,320
 It has to be even more physical than what you've already done because you know what Georgia

1238
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:53,640
 is bringing to the table.

1239
01:07:53,640 --> 01:08:02,540
 I do feel like Alabama has been a little bit more battle-tested than Georgia has up until

1240
01:08:02,540 --> 01:08:04,900
 this point in the season.

1241
01:08:04,900 --> 01:08:13,040
 I wouldn't consider beating Oklahoma and Vanderbilt and going on the road to play Arkansas as battle-tested

1242
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:17,600
 as having to go to Mississippi State, obviously playing Florida State at home.

1243
01:08:17,860 --> 01:08:19,380
 A much improved Florida State team.

1244
01:08:19,500 --> 01:08:20,900
 I know Florida State beat them last year.

1245
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:26,640
 But that was a game that Alabama had to fight back to win.

1246
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:33,340
 And we've seen how much better this offense has gotten week-to-week, fellas.

1247
01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:35,680
 We've seen the growth of Keelan Russell.

1248
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:40,740
 But obviously, this is going to be the biggest test they will face from Georgia's defense.

1249
01:08:41,100 --> 01:08:49,580
 So I'm fascinated to see how Alabama will fare in terms of establishing the run and trying

1250
01:08:49,580 --> 01:08:56,240
 to get that part of their offense settled against a Georgia defense that looks as ferocious

1251
01:08:56,240 --> 01:09:00,260
 as ever, looks better than it did a year ago.

1252
01:09:00,260 --> 01:09:03,480
 And again, they haven't played anyone as good as Alabama yet.

1253
01:09:04,020 --> 01:09:08,520
 But certainly, when you talk about physicality, you know that's what that defense is going to

1254
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:08,960
 come with.

1255
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:12,680
 And you're full of five stars up the middle if you try to establish that running game.

1256
01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:14,120
 That's going to be something to keep an eye on.

1257
01:09:14,340 --> 01:09:16,080
 So, Andrew Adelson, the ESPN.

1258
01:09:16,140 --> 01:09:18,300
 Let me get this straight, if I can recall correctly.

1259
01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:19,960
 Ole Miss beats LSU.

1260
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:23,680
 Florida beats Ole Miss.

1261
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:26,560
 Kentucky beats Florida.

1262
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:30,960
 Talk to me about the SEC scramble race and about your beloved Gators.

1263
01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:37,800
 Look, I knew after the Ole Miss game that Florida was going to lose.

1264
01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:45,160
 Columbia has been a house of words for the Gators going back however many years.

1265
01:09:45,340 --> 01:09:47,080
 I think we talked about it last week.

1266
01:09:47,860 --> 01:09:50,500
 I knew that they were going to be in for trouble.

1267
01:09:50,500 --> 01:09:58,360
 And I knew, right, if some team could tackle Jaden Baugh, that there'd be problems for Florida.

1268
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:00,860
 And obviously, they didn't have VB3 in this game.

1269
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:06,380
 So, the offense was limited without VB3 and obviously without Jaden Baugh being at his best.

1270
01:10:06,620 --> 01:10:12,140
 And defensively, right, this isn't a group that is on par with Georgia.

1271
01:10:12,140 --> 01:10:19,120
 I mean, this is a defense that has had issues throughout the course of the season in terms of giving up big explosive plays.

1272
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:25,560
 Quite frankly, I was surprised that Ole Miss did not take more of an advantage on that Florida secondary in that game.

1273
01:10:25,700 --> 01:10:28,920
 You know, Ole Miss came out trying to establish the run without Kiwan Lacy.

1274
01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,560
 And I'm like, I don't understand what's happening.

1275
01:10:30,940 --> 01:10:32,620
 You should be attacking the DBs.

1276
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:36,960
 And so, I just thought Mizzou had a terrific game plan for Florida.

1277
01:10:37,740 --> 01:10:40,420
 And Florida just wasn't prepared for it.

1278
01:10:40,840 --> 01:10:43,080
 And that is the end result.

1279
01:10:43,300 --> 01:10:47,420
 But, you know, this is like, you know, as the SEC turns, right?

1280
01:10:47,500 --> 01:10:52,960
 Just when you think you have things figured out in this conference, something happens.

1281
01:10:53,220 --> 01:10:55,100
 And you're like, wait, hold on.

1282
01:10:55,160 --> 01:10:56,700
 I didn't expect that, right?

1283
01:10:56,740 --> 01:10:57,860
 Like you mentioned Kentucky.

1284
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:00,320
 What's happened to A&M the last few weeks, right?

1285
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:06,380
 South Carolina not being as good as we thought they maybe could be at the beginning of the year.

1286
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:08,320
 You know, that's another team there.

1287
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:10,720
 Shane Beamer now looks like he's on the hot seat.

1288
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:20,540
 So, yeah, it's been fun to watch because it feels like it's just been a tiny bit more unpredictable,

1289
01:11:20,540 --> 01:11:26,980
 kind of in that second tier of teams beyond where Alabama, Texas, and Georgia are right now.

1290
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:29,080
 And who knows, right?

1291
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:30,960
 Florida's got Texas in a few weeks.

1292
01:11:32,300 --> 01:11:34,020
 We'll see what happens in that game.

1293
01:11:34,140 --> 01:11:41,980
 But it certainly feels as if there's a lot of teams in the conference this year that can kind of beat anyone.

1294
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:45,360
 And I put Florida in there in the mix as well.

1295
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:53,520
 So, it should be a fun, you know, final, what, eight weeks of the season to see who ends up in the SEC championship game.

1296
01:11:53,780 --> 01:11:56,640
 Double A, who's the best team in the country right now?

1297
01:11:57,060 --> 01:12:01,040
 Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami.

1298
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,040
 I don't think it's Ohio State.

1299
01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:06,160
 Their defense is nowhere near where it was last year.

1300
01:12:06,460 --> 01:12:09,820
 But between a Texas, Georgia, and Notre Dame in Miami.

1301
01:12:11,700 --> 01:12:13,880
 Why are you putting me on the hot seat?

1302
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:16,420
 Well, you're used to this.

1303
01:12:16,660 --> 01:12:18,280
 You can handle this.

1304
01:12:18,340 --> 01:12:19,160
 I can handle it.

1305
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:20,020
 I can handle it.

1306
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:20,380
 All right.

1307
01:12:20,440 --> 01:12:20,780
 There you go.

1308
01:12:20,780 --> 01:12:23,220
 This is what I'm going to say to you fellas, all right?

1309
01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:32,480
 I think my opinion of who is the best team in the country is based off of who has played the best schedule.

1310
01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:33,240
 Thank you.

1311
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:37,100
 And, therefore, that makes them the best team.

1312
01:12:37,180 --> 01:12:41,560
 So, I have Texas number one right now because I think they have played the best schedule.

1313
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:51,100
 Who is playing the best would be Georgia, in my opinion, because of the way they have handled every single team on the schedule.

1314
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:56,580
 They've played, I think, a better schedule than Notre Dame and Miami up until this point.

1315
01:12:56,580 --> 01:13:02,300
 Miami really, and Clemson was the first, like, I'm using this in air quotes, guys, good team.

1316
01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:11,780
 That Miami has played, they're not good, but, you know, going on the road to play at Death Valley, it's a place Miami, you know, got blown out the last time they played there.

1317
01:13:11,940 --> 01:13:13,320
 That's a good win for Miami.

1318
01:13:13,480 --> 01:13:17,880
 They had to go on the road and do that and dominate the way that they did.

1319
01:13:18,220 --> 01:13:23,460
 But I don't think their schedule just yet matches up to what Georgia has played and what Texas has played.

1320
01:13:23,460 --> 01:13:30,540
 And because I think Texas has the best win, I have Texas number one in my top 25 this week.

1321
01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:35,400
 Andrew, obviously, the only one that matters is to hear a few weeks when the big poll comes out.

1322
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:40,220
 Did the AP send a message to the committee with what happened over the past weekend?

1323
01:13:40,460 --> 01:13:44,020
 They leapfrogged Alabama over Indiana.

1324
01:13:44,220 --> 01:13:45,140
 Are they sending a message?

1325
01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:51,180
 I mean, you look at that schedule, and they need to bring in Perry Mason and Matlock to arrest them for that schedule at Indiana.

1326
01:13:51,180 --> 01:14:11,040
 Look, I have a lot of issues with the AP poll in terms of the way some voters have decided to use their privileges this year as it relates to a few teams and not ranking some others from the ACC, for example.

1327
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:16,700
 I think Miami is, like, not in the top 10 on multiple ballots, which doesn't make any sense to me.

1328
01:14:17,240 --> 01:14:20,060
 But in this respect, they have it right.

1329
01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:23,140
 And I have had Indiana on my top.

1330
01:14:23,180 --> 01:14:24,840
 So I do one for ESPN.

1331
01:14:24,940 --> 01:14:26,100
 I don't do one for the AP.

1332
01:14:26,580 --> 01:14:30,700
 But every week I've got to do one for ESPN for our power rankings that come out every Monday.

1333
01:14:30,700 --> 01:14:34,140
 It's a compilation of all of our votes on staff on ESPN.com.

1334
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:41,160
 I have had Indiana towards the bottom of my top 10 for the reason you mentioned.

1335
01:14:41,580 --> 01:14:42,660
 The schedule is terrible.

1336
01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:44,460
 They struggled in a few games.

1337
01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:48,860
 I think they've taken a step back on offense in terms of quarterback.

1338
01:14:49,980 --> 01:14:57,680
 And so, therefore, I don't value what they have done in the same way that I value what Alabama has done.

1339
01:14:57,680 --> 01:15:01,700
 And we already just talked about the strength of schedule they have played to date.

1340
01:15:01,840 --> 01:15:09,620
 And, yes, it looked a little bit, you know, inconsistent early on in the season, right, against Kentucky, against Florida State.

1341
01:15:09,660 --> 01:15:10,020
 That's fine.

1342
01:15:10,060 --> 01:15:13,100
 But then they came back and they turned it on and they won big.

1343
01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:17,920
 And, obviously, the performance last week, how can you even argue with what they did against Mississippi State?

1344
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:23,720
 So, in my view, Alabama should have already been ranked ahead of Indiana.

1345
01:15:24,180 --> 01:15:28,120
 I had them ranked ahead of them, I think, for most of this season.

1346
01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:32,440
 And my approach to this is I try to approach it like the selection committee.

1347
01:15:32,900 --> 01:15:39,460
 And the selection committee, as many flaws as people think that they have, and we could have a whole other conversation about that,

1348
01:15:39,960 --> 01:15:48,440
 what I do agree with is they really do try and weigh what they believe is the strength of schedule for every single team.

1349
01:15:48,440 --> 01:15:52,500
 We may disagree on what we think of that strength of schedule, right?

1350
01:15:52,940 --> 01:15:57,880
 But it's very clear that Alabama's strength of schedule is way better than Indiana.

1351
01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:00,800
 And Indiana is never going to play a hard non-conference game, guys, right?

1352
01:16:01,020 --> 01:16:07,700
 So that automatically should kind of, like, disqualify them in terms of what some of those early rankings look like.

1353
01:16:07,700 --> 01:16:12,400
 So, when I approach it, I try and say, who have they played, who have they beaten?

1354
01:16:12,500 --> 01:16:15,480
 It's kind of like the Texas example I just gave.

1355
01:16:15,840 --> 01:16:22,400
 And, therefore, I have dropped Indiana in my poll because I just haven't been impressed with them or who they've played.

1356
01:16:23,700 --> 01:16:25,920
 Northwestern could have beat Indiana at double-A.

1357
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:34,980
 In fact, Northwestern boat raced Penn State in that brand-new stadium, $875 million stadium last week.

1358
01:16:35,480 --> 01:16:37,580
 Always enjoy the conversation, my dear.

1359
01:16:37,700 --> 01:16:43,840
 Tell us what game you're covering this weekend, and where can we get online to get your great stuff and the teams?

1360
01:16:44,820 --> 01:16:51,420
 I'm home this weekend, fellas, but I will be back on the road next week for Florida State traveling to play Miami.

1361
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,640
 I'm always at that game every single year.

1362
01:16:54,380 --> 01:17:03,860
 But coming up next week, folks can tune in to a 10-year anniversary story I have on Lamar Jackson winning the Heisman and his famous Lamar Leap.

1363
01:17:03,940 --> 01:17:06,240
 I can't believe it's been 10 years on that.

1364
01:17:06,620 --> 01:17:10,640
 And, of course, you can catch us on ACC Network for our show, Inside Access.

1365
01:17:10,900 --> 01:17:15,420
 We've got Ashton Daniels had five touchdowns last week against Virginia.

1366
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:16,960
 He's going to be our guest.

1367
01:17:17,140 --> 01:17:19,640
 So, 4 o'clock Central on the ACC Network tomorrow.

1368
01:17:20,740 --> 01:17:22,300
 Enjoy the off weekend.

1369
01:17:22,300 --> 01:17:26,840
 And safe travels the following weekend, but send us some of that sun and fire this way this weekend.

1370
01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:27,460
 Okay, Andrea?

1371
01:17:27,660 --> 01:17:28,180
 All right.

1372
01:17:28,240 --> 01:17:29,320
 I'll do my best, fellas.

1373
01:17:29,380 --> 01:17:30,080
 All right, dear.

1374
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:31,500
 Hold you to it.

1375
01:17:31,540 --> 01:17:33,800
 Double A from ESPN, Andrea Adelson.

1376
01:17:34,320 --> 01:17:38,380
 Coming up, follow over the SEC with Jim Gomm on deck on the Boomo Bugg Show.

1377
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 Welcome back in, and you don't want to miss the man who's at the center of the blitz, Jim Gomm.

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 Jim, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm good.

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 How are you guys?

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 Hey, bud.

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 Trying to come up with a B plan.

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 What do you do if a hurricane's bearing down on you, Jim?

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 And you've got a pretty big ball game.

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 What's the B plan here, Jim?

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 Yeah, that is so ironic, and I was just looking.

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 I was just reading all the things out there.

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 I mean, obviously, you don't want to put the fans at risk,

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 and you don't want the players or anyone to be at risk,

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 but I'm just hoping that somehow, some way, they can get this game in.

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 I don't know if they can move the time.

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 Hopefully, they don't have to postpone it.

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 But, you know, it is a situation when, you know, you live in the south,

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 and we know that hurricanes are, they happen.

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 They happen, you know.

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 So, from time to time, it does disrupt games and whatnot.

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 But, man, you know, Georgia, Alabama, and usually these things happen in,

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 you know, like early September, maybe up to mid-September,

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 but this is already October.

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 So, yeah, I didn't see this coming, man.

1509
01:24:55,900 --> 01:24:56,120
 No.

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 Well, speaking of living, you live in an instant place, Jim, Chattanooga,

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 which means you are about a good five-iron or two-iron from Alabama

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 and a good two-iron from Georgia.

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 You're sitting basically on top of the border there.

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 Your thoughts, just from your objective seat, how do you see it?

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 Let's face it.

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 Let's assume the game does go on.

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 How do you see it, Jim?

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 You know what, if you'd have asked me this a week ago, I'd have said,

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 I probably would say I like Georgia.

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 But after watching Alabama just dismantle Mississippi State

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 and Keelan Russell looking how he looked,

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 the fact that it's in Tuscaloosa, I like Alabama.

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 Honestly, I do believe it's going to be a fantastic game,

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 either way, no matter where the game's played.

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 I'm buying into them.

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 I know that, you know, if you watch the first half of that Kentucky game,

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 you're like, boy, can Alabama, I just don't know.

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 But ever since that second half,

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 it just seems like they've just seen what they're capable of doing.

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 Jim, I think a lot of people are beginning to buy into Kentucky.

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 They came back and beat South Carolina.

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 South Carolina lost another 17-point lead,

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 which South Carolina fans are not happy about that.

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 Will Stein's come in there, made a real difference.

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 LSU's a 10-and-a-half-point favorite going to Lansing 10.

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 Jim, I think LSU wins, but I honestly think this is going to be a fairly close game.

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 Yeah, I think what Will Stein is doing at Kentucky is,

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 He's done a great job there.

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 They've got a really solid quarterback,

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 and the defense is playing much better than I thought they'd be able to play.

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 No, I think Kentucky and LSU is going to be a fun game.

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 Like you said, I do think the LSU's roster is just too deep for them.

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 But I don't think it's going to be an absolute one-sided blowout.

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 Now, it may get maybe a two-touchdown score by the end of the game,

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 but I think Kentucky can play with them for at least a half.

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 No, it is interesting to watch some of these new coaches and the job they're doing.

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 Of course, you know, Florida's having a resurrection under summer also.

1554
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 It's fun to watch these new coaches and how the teams are responding to them.

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 Jim, let's talk about a couple of things.

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 One of our neighbors down here in this state called the Auburn Tigers

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 and your neighbors to the north on I-75 there in Tennessee.

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 Where do you start breaking down the class between the two this past weekend?

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 And who is the QB at UT?

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 Well, from all the reports that I've been hearing,

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 it's like George McIntyre is going to get the start in Fayetteville.

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 And he deserves it.

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 I mean, he outplayed Faison Brandon.

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 Listen, I don't believe Faison Brandon is 100% right now.

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 I think he got hurt that Texas game.

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 I don't think he was 100% going into last Saturday's game against Auburn.

1568
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 And they made the good decision to take him out and put McIntyre in.

1569
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 Listen, as long as they've got a running attack there at Tennessee,

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 and they do have a good running attack,

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 they can play.

1572
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 They can play with most teams.

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 But you can't be one-dimensional.

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 They're going to have to be able to.

1575
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 And listen, Alabama's coming in a week from this Saturday.

1576
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 But I think they're going to be able to win this coming weekend

1577
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 against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

1578
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 But they're going to have to find a passing attack when they play better teams.

1579
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 But I do think the decision to play McIntyre is the right call at this point.

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 I agree with you.

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 Jim, you did yourself with the blitz this week.

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 Or the last one to do it, the last one to do it was Alabama.

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 Jim, it is a labor of love.

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 Yeah, it's so funny.

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 But no, the best way to, you know, I get listeners from your show all the time

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 Well, I've got some subscribers from you guys.

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 But the best way is just to email me direct, jimgum.blitz at gmail.com.

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 I'm proud you answered that question, Jim.

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1709
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 Drew, welcome in.

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01:37:11,120 --> 01:37:12,180
 How's your Wednesday going?

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 It's going pretty well, especially if I'm looking at you to get a hit.

1712
01:37:18,080 --> 01:37:21,040
 Man, I tell you what, they're going to bend on it big time tonight.

1713
01:37:21,280 --> 01:37:22,860
 Maybe you can get back into the lineup.

1714
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 Stay tuned for that.

1715
01:37:23,820 --> 01:37:27,220
 But, Drew, obviously we've got that game for you on 93.9 The Score.

1716
01:37:27,320 --> 01:37:31,140
 We've got a pretty big football game this weekend between Alabama and Georgia.

1717
01:37:31,240 --> 01:37:34,340
 But first things first, let's put on our James Spann hat

1718
01:37:34,340 --> 01:37:37,720
 and talk about what you're hearing as far as the White Elps

1719
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:39,680
 as far as the weather is concerned this weekend.

1720
01:37:40,720 --> 01:37:47,540
 Well, I mean, I think, first of all, right now if things don't change

1721
01:37:47,540 --> 01:37:50,080
 and very likely they may change yet again,

1722
01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:58,200
 but it looks like the majority of the rain and the severe weather will be through Tuscaloosa before the game.

1723
01:37:58,780 --> 01:38:04,260
 It kind of reminds me, and it was pointed out on Talking Ball this morning by one of our listeners,

1724
01:38:04,580 --> 01:38:11,400
 Richard Edwards, that if people remember in 2015 for one of those games of the century with LSU

1725
01:38:11,400 --> 01:38:17,000
 and when Leonard Fournette was considered the Heisman Trophy winner until that week was over

1726
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:24,000
 and someone named Derrick Henry took the lead, it rained all day before that game.

1727
01:38:24,440 --> 01:38:26,500
 And it was a very, very wet track.

1728
01:38:27,200 --> 01:38:32,100
 But it rained well, and they had the football game that went off without a pitch.

1729
01:38:33,260 --> 01:38:35,340
 It didn't affect the crowd at all.

1730
01:38:35,880 --> 01:38:38,780
 And hopefully the same situation is going to happen on Saturday.

1731
01:38:39,520 --> 01:38:43,940
 You know, about this time last week, people were worried about a flood run us over in Starkville,

1732
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 and the only flood was a crimson one that washed out the maroon and white.

1733
01:38:48,900 --> 01:38:52,840
 So we will see, but certainly the weather could be a factor.

1734
01:38:52,840 --> 01:38:59,460
 And it's one thing we haven't seen with this group offensively at Alabama is weather conditions

1735
01:38:59,460 --> 01:39:05,800
 and how it would affect, you know, a guy like Keelan Russell who hasn't had to play in that kind of situation.

1736
01:39:05,800 --> 01:39:11,560
 But certainly it will be monitored, and I still think the game is going to be played on Saturday.

1737
01:39:11,760 --> 01:39:14,940
 I don't think it will be moved to another location or another time.

1738
01:39:15,500 --> 01:39:19,140
 And they're just going to, I think, you know, deal with the situation.

1739
01:39:19,660 --> 01:39:25,500
 I think the only thing that could give people real trepidation is tornado chances.

1740
01:39:25,700 --> 01:39:31,280
 And if that were the case, then Brett and I might be going through another Alabama-Florida state

1741
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 and we might not get home until 7 o'clock.

1742
01:39:33,400 --> 01:39:34,220
 You got that right.

1743
01:39:34,220 --> 01:39:35,540
 You might see Toto fly.

1744
01:39:35,700 --> 01:39:37,580
 Let me give you some updated numbers here, okay?

1745
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:40,100
 Just the same changes by the minutes.

1746
01:39:40,240 --> 01:39:43,000
 Saturday, this is from the National Weather Service.

1747
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:45,540
 If you go by some of the locals, sometimes they get ahead of themselves.

1748
01:39:45,680 --> 01:39:49,500
 This is probably, back in the day, I knew some of these guys,

1749
01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:53,060
 and this is the foundation for their forecast is the NOAA.

1750
01:39:53,920 --> 01:39:58,600
 Saturday, Saturday is a 90% chance of rain.

1751
01:39:58,780 --> 01:40:00,940
 Saturday night, that started out at 90.

1752
01:40:00,980 --> 01:40:02,620
 It's down to 40% now.

1753
01:40:02,760 --> 01:40:05,880
 Again, for whatever that's worth, we're not saying it is or it's not,

1754
01:40:05,980 --> 01:40:07,640
 but take that with a grain of salt.

1755
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:11,800
 That's been decreased by almost half since the last time I checked, not too long ago, Drew.

1756
01:40:12,900 --> 01:40:18,080
 Yeah, I just think, once again, hopefully, and again, we're praying for the people in Mobile

1757
01:40:18,080 --> 01:40:21,300
 because it does look like it's going to come straight through there.

1758
01:40:21,480 --> 01:40:27,800
 But hopefully, this is not going to be a dire situation for the city of Tuscaloosa.

1759
01:40:27,800 --> 01:40:32,100
 You want this to be a football game that's not affected by the weather.

1760
01:40:32,580 --> 01:40:34,720
 It's two heavyweights playing each other.

1761
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:40,620
 It's Ollie Frazier, and it's usually been the case since Kirby Smart went to Athens, Georgia in 2016.

1762
01:40:41,140 --> 01:40:50,320
 So, it'll be the 10th meeting already, which is really pretty amazing, considering Kirby's only been there a little over a decade now.

1763
01:40:50,460 --> 01:40:50,700
 Right.

1764
01:40:51,020 --> 01:40:57,620
 But it's kind of taken the place of Alabama-LSU as the preeminent matchup in the SEC.

1765
01:40:57,860 --> 01:41:01,960
 Now, Lane Kiffin may have something to say about that at LSU, though I hope not.

1766
01:41:02,800 --> 01:41:06,960
 But, again, you know, I'm looking forward to the game.

1767
01:41:07,240 --> 01:41:09,140
 I think Georgia's played exceptionally well.

1768
01:41:09,240 --> 01:41:14,080
 I don't think they've played a great schedule, but they certainly have clubbed everybody they've played.

1769
01:41:14,560 --> 01:41:21,360
 It'll be the best front seven Alabama has seen and be a real test for this offensive line.

1770
01:41:21,820 --> 01:41:24,780
 I do think they beat a good Kentucky team soundly.

1771
01:41:25,120 --> 01:41:28,220
 They certainly beat a good Mississippi State team, but this is a different animal.

1772
01:41:28,220 --> 01:41:36,460
 I'm looking forward to seeing how Keelan Russell and this offense and how this improved Alabama front seven matches up against a heavyweight like Georgia.

1773
01:41:36,900 --> 01:41:40,940
 D2, I mentioned this on Twitter a couple weeks ago with Michael Sutherland.

1774
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:50,040
 I remember distinctly when my family and I, and Harold probably covered this game, we sent through a tornado warning with Alabama and Auburn.

1775
01:41:50,120 --> 01:41:56,260
 Ray Perkins' first year, and I knew whoever had the lead going in the fourth quarter was going to win that game.

1776
01:41:56,260 --> 01:42:01,600
 But Simpson Pepper, he was the principal at one of the Birmingham schools.

1777
01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:07,620
 He comes over to the PA and said, ladies and gentlemen, attention, we have a tornado warning.

1778
01:42:08,440 --> 01:42:11,860
 My dad turned to me and said, well, what are we going to do?

1779
01:42:11,940 --> 01:42:15,020
 And I just simply said, well, Dad, where are we going to go?

1780
01:42:15,560 --> 01:42:23,080
 So we just literally sat in the stands and a frog strangler started about five minutes later.

1781
01:42:23,240 --> 01:42:28,820
 I remember another one in 93 for the Florida-Alabama game for the SEC championship.

1782
01:42:29,400 --> 01:42:37,580
 But I'm not trying to make light of Saturday, but yeah, you used to sit through stuff like this in the past.

1783
01:42:38,120 --> 01:42:40,700
 D2, let me ask you about the offensive line.

1784
01:42:40,780 --> 01:42:42,740
 This is a line of scrimmage game.

1785
01:42:43,460 --> 01:42:47,980
 Will Sanders be at left guard and Miller be at right tackle against the Dawgs?

1786
01:42:48,820 --> 01:42:49,780
 Well, we'll see.

1787
01:42:50,080 --> 01:42:54,720
 I think the injury report is going to kind of play that out.

1788
01:42:54,880 --> 01:43:03,000
 I do think with Tyrell Miller's performance against Mississippi State, though, it's a different level of D-line.

1789
01:43:03,120 --> 01:43:05,400
 He'd have to block against Georgia.

1790
01:43:05,600 --> 01:43:10,680
 I do think at least you have confidence he can play in a big game, in a big-time environment.

1791
01:43:11,200 --> 01:43:17,440
 You would hope and be optimistic that Javon James could play, but at least you have another option.

1792
01:43:17,580 --> 01:43:18,420
 And it's so funny.

1793
01:43:19,100 --> 01:43:26,540
 In Alabama's two biggest wins of the year, arguably, Kentucky and Mississippi State, they haven't had their usual five.

1794
01:43:26,540 --> 01:43:34,420
 They had William Sanders, Mal Laundrup in Lexington, and then Tyrell Miller was in place of Javon James in Starkville.

1795
01:43:34,560 --> 01:43:40,720
 So they've got at least seven guys I think they feel like they can play on their O-line.

1796
01:43:41,100 --> 01:43:47,820
 And then you hope that it's the five that they'd like to have healthy out there, which, of course, would be, you know,

1797
01:43:48,500 --> 01:43:57,420
 Jackson Lloyd, who's played at a great level, William Sanders at left guard, Racine Delgati, Carroll, who I thought played great against Mississippi State,

1798
01:43:57,780 --> 01:43:59,680
 and certainly have Javon back.

1799
01:43:59,840 --> 01:44:02,340
 But if not, they've got other guys that can play.

1800
01:44:02,340 --> 01:44:11,520
 It's kind of like the injury situation that people were sitting on and waiting for Catelyn DeBoer to go public with it this afternoon,

1801
01:44:12,080 --> 01:44:13,160
 and that was Josh Ford.

1802
01:44:13,260 --> 01:44:18,320
 Josh Ford broke his hand-slash-arm in the game last week.

1803
01:44:18,500 --> 01:44:21,900
 He wasn't known until later this week.

1804
01:44:22,040 --> 01:44:23,040
 He had surgery.

1805
01:44:23,720 --> 01:44:33,840
 But he's a little bit like a guy that I always reference from one of my favorite movie, you know, trilogies or whatever you want to say.

1806
01:44:34,240 --> 01:44:36,820
 I believe in that lethal weapon.

1807
01:44:37,240 --> 01:44:38,580
 He's a little bit like Riggs.

1808
01:44:38,660 --> 01:44:39,640
 He's a little different.

1809
01:44:40,140 --> 01:44:40,460
 Yes.

1810
01:44:42,340 --> 01:44:47,180
 I've even heard he's already, after having this procedure, he's already tried to do some push-ups.

1811
01:44:47,420 --> 01:44:49,360
 He would like to cast up and play.

1812
01:44:49,460 --> 01:44:49,940
 Exactly.

1813
01:44:50,580 --> 01:44:51,720
 Josh Ford plays.

1814
01:44:51,900 --> 01:44:59,180
 But luckily, with Richard Owens there, they've developed five tight ends, and Danny Lewis, Jay Lindsey's done a nice job.

1815
01:44:59,300 --> 01:45:06,340
 And then you've been seeing what Marshall Pritchett's doing, and then also, of course, Caleb Edwards.

1816
01:45:06,340 --> 01:45:09,880
 So, they have some depth there if Josh Ford can't go.

1817
01:45:11,020 --> 01:45:11,380
 Crying.

1818
01:45:11,420 --> 01:45:14,140
 There's no crying in football, says Josh Ford.

1819
01:45:14,300 --> 01:45:18,440
 Drew, let's talk about that, because to me, that's going to be one of the X factors in this game.

1820
01:45:18,480 --> 01:45:19,780
 You can elaborate on more.

1821
01:45:20,260 --> 01:45:21,940
 But the respective tight end rooms.

1822
01:45:22,160 --> 01:45:25,540
 I mean, Georgia's been tight end U over the last few years.

1823
01:45:26,700 --> 01:45:29,440
 Alabama, I think right now, they're very happy with their room.

1824
01:45:29,620 --> 01:45:33,340
 Your thoughts, and let's face it, Crowell's trying to work his way in.

1825
01:45:33,340 --> 01:45:39,060
 And if the weather is bad, why not just put three of those big tight ends out there and say, we're not going to worry about pass pro.

1826
01:45:39,100 --> 01:45:41,200
 We're just going to run it down your throat and try to with Crowell.

1827
01:45:41,300 --> 01:45:45,240
 Your thoughts about the influence on both sides with the respective tight ends?

1828
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:55,280
 Well, I mean, I think I never would have thought this even back in July, but I would take Alabama's tight end room over Georgia.

1829
01:45:55,960 --> 01:45:56,360
 Right.

1830
01:45:56,440 --> 01:45:57,100
 Oh, yes.

1831
01:45:57,180 --> 01:45:59,280
 I mean, who would have thought that?

1832
01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:05,180
 I mean, I do think Lawson Lucky is a h*** of a player, and they have some young depth behind them.

1833
01:46:05,560 --> 01:46:08,540
 The pro throw kid's probably going to be a great player in the future.

1834
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:14,560
 But I think Alabama's got an even deeper tight end room, or at least as deep, in Georgia.

1835
01:46:14,800 --> 01:46:18,120
 So I think, and they've certainly just shown the physicality.

1836
01:46:18,640 --> 01:46:23,620
 And they're going to get tested, because, you know, I always in these kind of games like to quote Jack Dawson,

1837
01:46:23,620 --> 01:46:24,560
 they're going to check your oil.

1838
01:46:24,720 --> 01:46:24,960
 Yep.

1839
01:46:26,280 --> 01:46:27,420
 Twice, absolutely.

1840
01:46:27,600 --> 01:46:31,120
 Georgia's not going to, you know, they're not going to change what they do.

1841
01:46:31,340 --> 01:46:34,060
 And they're going to come out, and they're going to try to punch you.

1842
01:46:34,480 --> 01:46:37,780
 So they're going to think, they're going to check your physicality.

1843
01:46:37,940 --> 01:46:40,360
 So Alabama has to be ready for it.

1844
01:46:40,860 --> 01:46:44,740
 And I think if, and it comes down to the same factors.

1845
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:48,140
 I think whoever can run the football the best is going to win the game.

1846
01:46:48,140 --> 01:46:54,920
 And I think, you know, the plus minus, the turnover ratio will play a big, big factor.

1847
01:46:55,380 --> 01:46:59,200
 And Alabama, when they won the game last year in Athens, they dominated time of possession.

1848
01:46:59,360 --> 01:47:00,620
 They've got to do that again.

1849
01:47:00,940 --> 01:47:04,620
 And then you've got to make them kick field goals every now and then.

1850
01:47:04,680 --> 01:47:12,360
 You've got to stand on your head in the red zone and make some stops, which they had to last week, you know, against Mississippi State.

1851
01:47:12,460 --> 01:47:19,400
 And I thought a big turning point in that game was when they made Mississippi State kick at the end of the half instead of giving up the touchdown.

1852
01:47:19,780 --> 01:47:23,060
 So it's going to be an old school type football game.

1853
01:47:23,380 --> 01:47:32,400
 But I do think if Alabama can do those things and then, and they held up and protected Ty Simpson for the most part in the first game last year.

1854
01:47:32,400 --> 01:47:38,220
 If they can protect Keelan Russell, he can make some big plays to beat Georgia.

1855
01:47:38,540 --> 01:47:45,180
 I respect the h*** out of Gunnar Stockton, but I think the best player is in Crimson, and that's Keelan Russell.

1856
01:47:45,420 --> 01:47:51,580
 And if they can keep him upright for most of that football game, I think he can make the plays to win it.

1857
01:47:51,940 --> 01:47:52,380
 Absolutely.

1858
01:47:52,760 --> 01:47:54,600
 I had a doctor's appointment.

1859
01:47:55,220 --> 01:47:58,840
 I told Harold, it is a challenge now to get in and out of Huntsville.

1860
01:47:59,260 --> 01:48:03,620
 I was listening to you and Scott talking with Brandon Drum, who follows Oklahoma.

1861
01:48:03,620 --> 01:48:11,320
 He's been on our show with Red River and all the issues that Oklahoma's got, and particularly on the offensive line.

1862
01:48:11,480 --> 01:48:17,140
 James Clemens at Spartan, but maybe one of the best games in North Alabama on Friday night.

1863
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:21,140
 D2, where can we get online and listen to your show?

1864
01:48:22,140 --> 01:48:34,900
 Well, they can follow us at 9770SPN.com, and they can connect with me at DrewD9770SPN or our station at 9770SPN on X.

1865
01:48:35,680 --> 01:48:47,540
 Certainly, we have WCZN TV as well, where they can watch all our content live or go back and watch our shows if they want to see my face made for radio.

1866
01:48:47,540 --> 01:48:50,480
 But certainly, we have a lot of fun on Talking Ball.

1867
01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:51,860
 We've had a lot of fun this week.

1868
01:48:52,340 --> 01:49:00,580
 We are also going to be on Saturday out at the Hyundai of Decatur for a 10 to noon show.

1869
01:49:01,060 --> 01:49:06,080
 And so we look forward to that as we continue to hype up Preview, Bama, Georgia.

1870
01:49:06,580 --> 01:49:13,120
 And then, of course, we want we look at some of the other matchups like that Oklahoma-Texas matchup.

1871
01:49:13,120 --> 01:49:18,800
 Can OU, and you know, Brandon made a great point today, this year it's totally flipped.

1872
01:49:18,960 --> 01:49:22,160
 Last year, Texas was desperate, coming in to beat Oklahoma.

1873
01:49:22,620 --> 01:49:26,420
 This year, it's Oklahoma coming in trying to beat big, bad Texas.

1874
01:49:26,760 --> 01:49:33,300
 And can the Sooners defense, special teams, can they find a way to beat a Texas team?

1875
01:49:33,360 --> 01:49:39,640
 But really, I don't think it's played like the number one team in the country except for that fourth quarter against Ohio State.

1876
01:49:39,640 --> 01:49:43,040
 So it's going to be a really interesting Saturday, no doubt about it.

1877
01:49:43,580 --> 01:49:47,420
 Stay safe and dry as you can, Drew, and thanks for your time today.

1878
01:49:48,160 --> 01:49:48,680
 Thank you.

1879
01:49:48,800 --> 01:49:49,640
 Thank you guys for having me.

1880
01:49:49,640 --> 01:49:50,040
 All right, buddy.

1881
01:49:50,180 --> 01:49:52,860
 Good job, and John, 877 FM, this is on BB.

1882
01:49:53,160 --> 01:49:56,040
 Quickly, the lineup here on 93.9, the score.

1883
01:49:56,160 --> 01:50:01,720
 A quick reminder, Braves, Dodgers, 350, heard it right, the pregame, 505 first pitch.

1884
01:50:02,100 --> 01:50:05,720
 Hey, coach, we'll broadcast this entirely following the game.

1885
01:50:05,720 --> 01:50:07,920
 And then the Brewers, Padres, join in progress.

1886
01:50:08,420 --> 01:50:13,640
 And in case you missed it, the updated forecast, Saturday, 90% chance of riding in Tuscaloosa.

1887
01:50:14,300 --> 01:50:16,840
 Saturday night, down to 40%.

1888
01:50:16,840 --> 01:50:18,860
 How will that change by tomorrow, Brett Beaird?

1889
01:50:19,020 --> 01:50:20,420
 Well, we're going to see, Harold.

1890
01:50:20,520 --> 01:50:23,720
 I know a lot of people looking at it, but we know one thing's for sure.

1891
01:50:24,220 --> 01:50:26,440
 It's do or die for the Braves tonight.

1892
01:50:26,660 --> 01:50:27,980
 Malley is on the mound.

1893
01:50:28,440 --> 01:50:30,480
 Yamamoto, and it's not Tojo.

1894
01:50:30,980 --> 01:50:34,380
 It's that other Yamamoto, struck out 10 Braves.

1895
01:50:34,700 --> 01:50:34,940
 Yeah.

1896
01:50:35,380 --> 01:50:39,460
 Harold, they've got to get batters one through three doing something.

1897
01:50:40,080 --> 01:50:46,000
 They had an opportunity in the fifth inning to break that game open a little bit and couldn't

1898
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:51,280
 take advantage of it, and Chris Sale didn't have his best game, but got to do it tonight.

1899
01:50:51,420 --> 01:50:55,920
 You can, of course, again, as you mentioned here, that game on 93.9, the score.

1900
01:50:55,920 --> 01:51:00,900
 And if they do, they'll go west, young man, and wrap things up in L.A. for better or worse.

1901
01:51:00,980 --> 01:51:04,040
 Again, catch it right here on 93.9, the score, later on this afternoon.

1902
01:51:04,440 --> 01:51:05,560
 It's going to take care of business for now.

1903
01:51:05,680 --> 01:51:09,480
 On behalf of B.B., Greg James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bugg, thank you so much for

1904
01:51:09,480 --> 01:51:10,140
 your time today.

1905
01:51:10,240 --> 01:51:13,940
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boom Old Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio

1906
01:51:13,940 --> 01:51:15,120
 93.9, the score.