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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 One of the big questions is, which UTQB will Bama's defense face on the third Saturday of October?

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 We'll be talking about both of those subjects in depth today.

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 Larry Vaught talks about the excitement that is going on in Lexington right now for a 5-1 Kentucky team.

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 Anytime you got Paul and Coach Dierman on the show at the same time, it is, as they say on the TV commercial, it must be hump day.

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 Coach, welcome in.

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 it's a rough and rocky road to go from where this program was in D2 to this point.

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 They're coming off a win, too, over Central Arkansas in 2014.

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 We put the ball on the ground four times.

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 The Score.

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 Brett, I had my hearing aid off.

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 What was that promo about there?

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 Can you give me that again?

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 It was the Alabama-Georgia game on the Paul Feinbaum show.

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 Okay.

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 I wonder what he's up to these days.

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 Oh, wait a minute.

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 I'm looking at my screen here.

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 He needs absolutely no intro, as you just heard.

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 He drives you home every afternoon.

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 You're on 93.9 The Score after this show.

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 And on the SEC Network all over the globe.

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 Paul Feinbaum, welcome in.

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 Great promo.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing great.

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 I'm glad you guys remember me.

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 I was in downtown Birmingham yesterday and some guy walked up and said,

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 I thought you got fired.

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 I didn't know you were still around.

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 Now, Paul, I would imagine that this week,

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 if anybody had a question about that,

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 is it true that you're going to stay with this broadcasting gig and not have a side hustle

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 of becoming an SEC football official?

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 Yeah, I was glad to hear the commissioner of the SEC, my close friend, Greg Sankey,

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 say today, that was a judgment call.

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 We don't comment on judgment calls.

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 Well, I'll tell you what, I'm not the commissioner of the SEC.

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 I'll comment on it.

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 It was atrocious.

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 It was a bad call.

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 Everybody listening knows it.

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 And I don't know why the SEC can't just tell the truth.

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 Yeah, we don't normally comment on judgment calls.

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 But since we've had 4 million calls to our office on this, we agree with you.

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 It was a terrible call.

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 Nothing we can do about it.

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 We'll see you in Knoxville.

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 Paul, we won't talk about that trip,

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 which nobody knows more about that rivalry than you.

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 But this is something still, Stu, and you know where we are.

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 You know our zip code here.

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 I said it was bad when even Auburn fans said it was bad.

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 Even the Georgia defensive back says, yeah, if that happened to us,

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 we'd probably feel the same way.

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 And I got a blind dog.

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 And even the blind dog said, what?

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 I mean, we know what happened.

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 We know nothing's going to be done.

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 People are going to fuss.

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 Blood pressure is going to come up.

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 But this ain't the first rodeo for this crew and a lot of crews.

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 What would be wrong, Paul,

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 if they're not going to have the officials come out and address the media

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 and say, here's what happened, here's why it happened,

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 have some point person to come out and say,

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 let us explain to you what happened in the heat of the moment.

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 Don't wait three days.

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 Well, let me tell you something off the record, guys.

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 The SEC has always been thin-skinned about officiating.

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 Yep.

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 And I understand why, considering their officiating is so bad.

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 But I sat on a plane about three weeks ago,

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 and I won't mention his name, but he said, yeah, I'm an official in the SEC.

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 He was going to a game, the same game I was going to.

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 And I said, what do you do when you're not officiating?

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 He said, I'm a financial advisor.

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 And I said to myself, I wouldn't let this guy handle my money.

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 You know, I mean, the problem is very simple.

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 They're part-timers.

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 They're school teachers.

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 They're insurance guys.

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 And they shouldn't be deciding games that 15 million people are watching

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 and people are caring about.

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 And that's on the commissioner.

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 What else can I say?

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 And the thing is, this is not, and I'll do your respect to UAB in South Alabama,

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 this has more than pride.

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 This has national championship implications,

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 because who knows how this is going to figure into the algorithm at the end of the year.

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 So this is more than just pride on the line.

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 And if I could just tell you again, I'm kind of, that guy you heard coming into the show

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 was Daryl, who's a barking dog.

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 Right.

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 Yes.

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 And, I mean, the point is, it doesn't matter whether there was missed calls earlier.

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 That was the call of the game.

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 Right.

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 And it's just not, yeah, and I don't know.

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 I mean, if a coach can come out after losing a game like that,

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 why can't they send the head official and say, listen, you know.

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 And, by the way, this guy who was sitting next to me the other day,

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 which he probably sold oil six months ago thinking it was going down instead of going up,

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 he told me that as soon as the game is over, no matter where they are,

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 they go back to the hotel and review it.

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 So it's not like the crew didn't know whether that was the right call or not.

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 Yeah.

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 Let me ask you about the other story in the game.

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 Obviously, Georgia won the game.

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 Everybody knows about the penalties or the ones that were not called,

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 but after getting run out of the Mercedes Dome last year in Atlanta,

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 Alabama went toe-to-toe with the number one team in the nation.

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 But the other big story was Kalen DeBoer going for the final play the first half

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 with no timeouts.

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 He could easily keep the field goal, went for it, and scored.

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 And then DeJohn Lee, which, again, punched the Georgia player.

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 And as Kalen DeBoer said, well, you cost us the game with that.

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 He was trying to hold the player accountable.

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 But a lot of Alabama fans, as you well know, loved it, showing some fire and some gusto there.

431
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 Did Kalen DeBoer lose the battle but win the war?

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 He did.

433
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 By the way, I'm going to go old school with you.

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 I was kind of a Bill Curry moment.

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 Remember that game under Curry where he finally joked that he was something more than a male model?

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 And he grabbed the player by the face mask.

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 I mean, DeBoer, no, I just want to add one more thing before I compliment him too long.

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 In the event they lose Saturday and not until I would like to come back next week

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 and understand everything I'm about to say.

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 But, yeah, I mean, it was a big moment for him because my argument and many others is

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 he just doesn't fit the culture because he's not tough enough.

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 You know, he's playing ice cream, he's playing nursery rhymes.

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 But, yeah, I mean, I was glad to hear him curse, too.

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 I didn't know the guy knew a curse word.

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 I think he went from West Coast sushi to raw steak Saturday night.

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 He did.

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 Of Alabama fans.

448
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 Paul, Paul Feinbaum in the huddle with us.

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 And thanks so much.

450
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 You're gracious.

451
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 Your schedule is crazy.

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 So thank you so much, Paul.

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 But no one knows about this rivalry coming up better than you do.

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 Alabama, Tennessee, we know what all the pundits are saying.

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 But to be the bad guy here, Alabama is going to be, at least right now,

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 what's this, a Wednesday, according to the camel on TV and the ad,

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 will be going in with a suspect at center.

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 They'll be going in without Ryan Coleman-Williams, their top target,

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 and a rookie quarterback.

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 And nobody knows that stadium better than you do.

461
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 Your thoughts, where are you starting breaking down the latest chapter

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 in the third Saturday in October?

463
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 Well, all I can do is point to the last two times.

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 Now, you can't point to the 10 before that.

465
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 But, you know, four years ago, Alabama was number one.

466
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 They were stunned as a 17-point favorite.

467
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 Two years ago, Alabama had beaten Georgia, had lost to Vanderbilt.

468
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 We all thought they would beat Tennessee, and they didn't.

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 So, I mean, I sat in Dallas last Saturday and laughed when I heard everybody talk about it.

470
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 You know, I think this was a rivalry game, and it doesn't matter how bad John McTheer is,

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 he couldn't start for a CYO team.

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 But it happens in rivalry games.

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 You guys understand that.

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 It hasn't happened in a while in the Iron Bowl, I might add,

475
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 but it does happen in most rivalry games.

476
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:27,600
 And I don't think it's going to happen, and I say that having watched the last two Tennessee games.

477
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,240
 And, by the way, I don't get paid enough for having to watch Tennessee offense this year.

478
00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:36,180
 They are impossible to watch.

479
00:25:36,740 --> 00:25:38,860
 But I'll give them credit.

480
00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:45,340
 Two games they easily could have lost, except the coach on the other side proved to be incompetent in both cases.

481
00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:48,860
 So, I really, I like Alabama.

482
00:25:49,140 --> 00:25:50,560
 I think it will be a struggle, though.

483
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:51,200
 I'm not wondering.

484
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,380
 Listen, I don't like to give you cliches.

485
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 But I feel fairly comfortable with Alabama surviving this,

486
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 because I think Alabama has the superior roster,

487
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 and they have a quarterback that they're confident in,

488
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 and Tennessee doesn't really have a quarterback at the moment.

489
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,100
 Who's going to be the quarterback in that game?

490
00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:12,780
 Paul, I know right now, obviously, McIntyre looks to be,

491
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 but I've been reading some of the tea leaves.

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 And, you know, let's face it,

493
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 these coaches want to burn up practice time for the opposing guys coming in to get ready for the what else.

494
00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:22,420
 But will it be McIntyre?

495
00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:26,900
 Are they playing basically fool's go now and throwing Brandon Faison's name out there?

496
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,160
 I mean, I think, listen, there has to be a reason.

497
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 I know I'm using deductive logic here, how Faison won the job.

498
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 I mean, he must have really looked good at some point this year before the cameras were turned on.

499
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 But I don't, I mean, I have to think he's going to be the starting quarterback.

500
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 What more could go wrong if he doesn't handle the scene?

501
00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:55,940
 You just bring McIntyre back in.

502
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 You'd rather not, but I don't know Josh Heupel's thinking.

503
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 We all want to give him credit as a quarterback whisperer,

504
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 but I haven't seen much great quarterback play at Tennessee the last two years.

505
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,720
 Let me ask you about the other big story in the SEC this week.

506
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 You had a fascinating interview yesterday with Billy Lucci,

507
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 the founder of Tex-Aggs.

508
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 Olin Buchanan, he's right-hand man, is on our show a good bit.

509
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 And Billy found himself in the middle of Mike Elko's post-game press conference meltdown

510
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 when he talked about Billy's sass pool on his message board.

511
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 And everybody knows that he was, that Mike Elko was frustrated with the loss to Missouri.

512
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 He's a good coach.

513
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 He's been successful everywhere he's gone.

514
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 But this is an A&M team that a lot of people thought would make the playoffs again.

515
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 Now they may be lucky to go 6-6.

516
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,040
 And Billy handled himself well.

517
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,460
 What's going on at A&M on and off the field?

518
00:27:56,740 --> 00:28:01,640
 Well, it feels like, once again, a good coaching hire looks like he's about to get fired.

519
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 It happens that quickly.

520
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 And A&M will fire a coach.

521
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 I think Jimbo Fisher's $76 million payoff will prove that.

522
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 And I think Elko completely lost it.

523
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,800
 And Billy was trying to be diplomatic yesterday.

524
00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:15,580
 That wouldn't have been.

525
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 But, again, I work for somebody.

526
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 I don't own my own business.

527
00:28:20,140 --> 00:28:22,540
 That depends entirely on my double-edged football team.

528
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 But I thought it was crass.

529
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 I cannot believe he did it.

530
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 I mean, if Lane Kiffin did that, if Will Wade did that, I mean, we're talking about Pond

531
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 scum now.

532
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 That wouldn't really surprise me.

533
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 But I've always respected Elko.

534
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 And he just, you know, when you're frustrated, you should take a deep breath instead of pointing

535
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 fingers at people that have absolutely nothing to do with your own failing.

536
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 Paul, obviously, before we jump off, your thoughts about the border war, the South's oldest rivalry.

537
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 I think it's pretty safe to say here again Wednesday who's going to win the game.

538
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 The question is, in Vegas, will they cover your thoughts about the elicitation?

539
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,980
 Georgia, when they're on, who's going to beat them?

540
00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:04,940
 Your thoughts about Auburn and Georgia?

541
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 Well, I mean, I do think it's a fact that the last couple of years, this game has been

542
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 closer than it probably should have been.

543
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 So, I mean, if you're handicapping it, and by the way, I think you guys know I don't bet.

544
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,000
 And by the way, there's a reason I don't bet, because it's impossible to win.

545
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 I mean, I have enough failings in my life as opposed to burning money every Saturday afternoon.

546
00:29:30,980 --> 00:29:34,260
 But, I mean, I just don't see much with Auburn right now.

547
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:34,860
 I'm sorry.

548
00:29:36,140 --> 00:29:40,000
 I mean, I think Alex Skolich is a good coach.

549
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:41,820
 I think he has a chance to be successful.

550
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 But this season feels very much like it's about to fall apart.

551
00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:50,560
 Paul, I cannot imagine how busy your schedule is.

552
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,060
 We thank you so much for carving out a little time for our show here.

553
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,060
 Thank you so much.

554
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,020
 And please, if you can, get a handle on Daryl and those dogs over there, okay?

555
00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:05,320
 Well, I want to remind Daryl that it's been a while since Georgia won a national championship,

556
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 so shut up already, okay?

557
00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:09,160
 Guys, always enjoy it.

558
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:09,860
 Thank you, Paul.

559
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 We'll get to follow up later on today with Mr. Paul Feinbaum on the ESPN Network.

560
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 Coming up, Alabama getting ready to maybe pack maybe some cigars.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Let's go to a place that was the eye of the storm in more ways than one over the past few days.

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 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Rodney Orr calls home.

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 Rodney, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 What's up, guys?

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 How's it going today?

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 Good, Boone.

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 Man, I tell you what, it's going fine, Rodney.

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 It's the Wednesday after.

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 Forget about the storm that was predicted in the sky.

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 Have Alabama fans on your website, TiderInsider.com, have they started to sit here and get back

683
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 to sunnier days after a stormy weekend with the officials against Georgia?

684
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 They're trying.

685
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 Yeah, I think, Harold, they've kind of moved forward now again.

686
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 I think that most people realize, hey, you know what?

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 You lost one game.

688
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 You're still right in great position now.

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 Everything's in front of you.

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 I mean, everything's still in front of this team.

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 So, I mean, I think that certainly, you know, people have complained about the officiating

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 and the things that were missed in that game.

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 coming up in Knoxville on Saturday.

695
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 We want to talk about that, Rodney.

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 Your thoughts about that, I mean, let's face it, the pollsters said it didn't matter

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 because Alabama, in the respective polls, didn't move either up, didn't move down.

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 They stayed where they were.

699
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 And I think the consensus was what most folks thought.

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 You lost by three to the now number one team in the country with controversial calls.

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 The silver lining to that is, it could have been at Alabama to move to either the number

702
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 one spot or number two spot.

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 And I've always said it doesn't matter where you are right now, as long as you're in the

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 top 12 or top certainly five in this case, it's at the end of the year you want to be

705
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:21,320
 number one.

706
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,560
 When you're number one, sometimes it's better to be the hunter than the hunted.

707
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:31,000
 Your thoughts about where the mindset is with this game and what factor maybe that causes

708
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,600
 this team to be even more fired up coming into this week's game.

709
00:38:34,540 --> 00:38:39,780
 Well, I think, you know, again, just my concern about this game is, number one, you're going

710
00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:42,020
 on the road in Knoxville, hostile environment.

711
00:38:42,340 --> 00:38:42,560
 Yep.

712
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,160
 There's a lot of communication issues.

713
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:44,520
 Yes.

714
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:45,220
 We saw that.

715
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,240
 We saw that the last time they were there.

716
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,380
 First play of the game was a delay of the game.

717
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:49,800
 Mm-hmm.

718
00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:55,240
 You know, and so I think when you look at it with a young quarterback who hasn't experienced

719
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:57,460
 anything like that from a crowd perspective.

720
00:38:58,100 --> 00:38:58,280
 No.

721
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,020
 An environment perspective, you've got a lot of new players playing in the game that haven't

722
00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:02,860
 experienced that.

723
00:39:03,060 --> 00:39:03,600
 And guess what?

724
00:39:04,180 --> 00:39:05,360
 Probably going to have a new center.

725
00:39:05,820 --> 00:39:06,400
 Thank you.

726
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:11,920
 Probably going to have a new center that has very, very few snaps at the position on this

727
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:12,300
 level.

728
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,460
 And, you know, it could be something that's something to watch.

729
00:39:16,460 --> 00:39:21,440
 Really, really could be something to watch with potentially Mal Waldrop getting the start

730
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:22,060
 in this game.

731
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,740
 Now, I'm not saying that's 100%.

732
00:39:23,740 --> 00:39:30,320
 I'm saying that there's a very strong possibility or a possibility, you say possibility, that

733
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,100
 he starts with Delgatti's injury.

734
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,620
 So, you know, there's some concerns, Harold.

735
00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:38,560
 I know that on tighterinsider.com, we have a lot of people out there that are saying this

736
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:43,000
 is crazy to even think that Tennessee can compete with Alabama.

737
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:43,720
 Yeah, yeah.

738
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:49,260
 But I think all of us who understand this series and understand, you know, this game and where

739
00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:53,920
 things are with the injuries that Alabama has, you can't really say that.

740
00:39:54,140 --> 00:39:57,020
 So, I think it's going to be an interesting game.

741
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,760
 I think it's a huge game for Alabama, obviously.

742
00:40:00,340 --> 00:40:02,720
 You just want to get out of there with a win in this game.

743
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:08,660
 Because I think if you can get past this game, get your team healthy, then all of a sudden

744
00:40:08,660 --> 00:40:10,580
 you've got some opportunities.

745
00:40:10,580 --> 00:40:14,720
 I think this team has a chance to really grow and get a lot better.

746
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:17,460
 I think the experience against Georgia really helped.

747
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,340
 I think this experience here in Knoxville is going to help Keelan Russell.

748
00:40:20,860 --> 00:40:26,020
 So, if you can get out of it with a win, then I still think you're in great, great shape.

749
00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:26,980
 Man, I really do.

750
00:40:27,180 --> 00:40:31,380
 But now, if you lose it, I think you know what's going to happen.

751
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,520
 You know you're one game from playoff elimination.

752
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:34,640
 Yeah.

753
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,160
 Well, you're spot on with the intangible.

754
00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:40,280
 Everybody makes up about the road games to Kentucky and State.

755
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:41,720
 In all due respect, that's great.

756
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:47,340
 But if anybody's ever been to a game and certainly been on the field at Tennessee, you can't

757
00:40:47,340 --> 00:40:48,060
 even compare it, really.

758
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:49,420
 I know the cowbells are loud.

759
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,600
 But Tennessee fans, it's like going to Disney World.

760
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:53,360
 It's a small world.

761
00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:55,660
 After all, three weeks later, you're still hearing that song.

762
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,640
 Every time Tennessee even burps, they play Rocky Top.

763
00:40:58,980 --> 00:41:01,000
 It will get in your head if you're not careful.

764
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:05,660
 They'll literally move the earth when they've been at pick six or something like that.

765
00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:06,320
 They will, literally.

766
00:41:06,380 --> 00:41:07,040
 They'll pick it up.

767
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,580
 And to me, that is a big intangible.

768
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,620
 State has, I think, 60-something thousand.

769
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:13,740
 Tennessee, almost double that.

770
00:41:14,260 --> 00:41:16,540
 So, and listen, they're not shy and quiet.

771
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:20,760
 So, to me, that's a big factor that folks who just sit here and look at the numbers don't

772
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:21,640
 factor into it.

773
00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:23,200
 I mean, yeah.

774
00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:25,760
 I mean, listen, I think Alabama's the better team.

775
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,220
 There's no doubt about that, obviously.

776
00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:32,360
 I think the injuries are something that's a real concern.

777
00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:34,500
 I mean, I really do.

778
00:41:34,740 --> 00:41:37,820
 I don't know how they're going to respond to that.

779
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,540
 Again, you just have to see.

780
00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:43,600
 This is a rivalry game.

781
00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:47,900
 The reason it's such a rivalry game, I mean, obviously, both teams have been great through

782
00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:48,420
 the years.

783
00:41:48,660 --> 00:41:53,360
 But when you go back, and I just posted memories from the game going back all the way to 72

784
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:59,340
 on tighterinsider.com, and, you know, when you go back and you start looking at those

785
00:41:59,340 --> 00:42:03,660
 games, you can see there's times that, you know, one team was expected to win the game.

786
00:42:04,180 --> 00:42:07,080
 Clearly, the favorite, and they didn't, you know?

787
00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:13,080
 I mean, if you could go to 1990 in that game, there was no way Alabama should have even been

788
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:14,060
 on the field with Tennessee.

789
00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:16,640
 And they won the game 9-6.

790
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,080
 You guys remember that one.

791
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,820
 So, and again, I'm not predicting anything.

792
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:25,800
 I'm just saying that when you're in a rivalry game like this, Alabama-Tennessee, Alabama-Auburn,

793
00:42:26,020 --> 00:42:29,000
 whatever it might be, the unpredictable can happen.

794
00:42:29,660 --> 00:42:32,660
 Yeah, and Terrence Green and Delgado are the biggest injuries.

795
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:38,340
 I know a lot of people are going to talk about Coleman Williams, but when Terrence Green went

796
00:42:38,340 --> 00:42:45,000
 out, the Alabama run defense went with him, and particularly in the fourth quarter.

797
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,180
 Ronnie, I understand the angst with the no calls.

798
00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:51,140
 There were three or four others.

799
00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:56,200
 Crowell nearly had his helmet, the way he did get it taken off.

800
00:42:56,420 --> 00:42:59,040
 But Alabama had four fumbles on the ground.

801
00:42:59,140 --> 00:43:00,420
 They couldn't get one of them.

802
00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:06,220
 QB Reese had an interception, which, as Harold said, they took 10 seconds to review.

803
00:43:06,580 --> 00:43:17,340
 They had some opportunities, but Georgia was, their front on both sides won the game.

804
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:18,200
 They're deeper.

805
00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:20,100
 They're a little bit more experienced.

806
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:21,940
 Stockton was incredible.

807
00:43:22,540 --> 00:43:27,980
 He was 9-10 on third down, and as Harold said, throws the ball through a donut hole, much less

808
00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:29,020
 a coffee cup.

809
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:34,020
 But when you step back and look at the big picture of this, Alabama got run out of the

810
00:43:34,020 --> 00:43:36,520
 stadium in Atlanta last year.

811
00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:41,220
 This is a game they went toe-to-toe with the number one team in the country, and they've

812
00:43:41,220 --> 00:43:41,780
 got issues.

813
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:44,140
 They've got to work on their run defense.

814
00:43:44,340 --> 00:43:46,400
 That secondary is a mass at times.

815
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:52,940
 But when you look at how much progress this team has made through six games, it's really

816
00:43:52,940 --> 00:43:54,220
 actually quite impressive.

817
00:43:55,780 --> 00:43:57,120
 Yeah, I mean, I think so.

818
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:58,860
 I mean, I certainly think so.

819
00:43:59,020 --> 00:44:01,480
 I mean, I thought they played Georgia toe-to-toe.

820
00:44:01,620 --> 00:44:06,760
 I did think that Georgia, in spite of all the calls that went in their favor, and like

821
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:11,060
 you said, there were multiple balls on the ground that Alabama didn't come up with, Georgia

822
00:44:11,060 --> 00:44:12,200
 got back on them.

823
00:44:12,660 --> 00:44:19,040
 But I would say this, I still thought Georgia was a little better overall as a team in the

824
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:19,320
 game.

825
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:23,540
 I thought, I think they're a little bit better right now, physically at the line of

826
00:44:23,540 --> 00:44:24,000
 scrimmage.

827
00:44:24,540 --> 00:44:29,640
 And I think Tennessee is not really great, obviously, on the offensive line.

828
00:44:29,940 --> 00:44:30,680
 They're good.

829
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:32,020
 They're better, I should say.

830
00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:33,400
 I don't even know if they're good yet.

831
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:34,940
 But they're getting better.

832
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,800
 And they can run the ball pretty well.

833
00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:42,840
 I mean, they've got to be able to run the ball because they certainly haven't been able

834
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:43,480
 to throw it.

835
00:44:44,340 --> 00:44:49,300
 I do know that McIntyre gave them a better opportunity last week against Arkansas.

836
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:49,900
 throwing it.

837
00:44:49,980 --> 00:44:51,180
 He went for 249.

838
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:55,200
 I think that's the first time this year they've thrown for over 200 yards in a game.

839
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:55,780
 You're right.

840
00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,280
 So, listen, I'm hearing they're going to play both quarterbacks.

841
00:45:00,820 --> 00:45:06,200
 That's what my source has told me, that both quarterbacks, George McIntyre and Faison

842
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,460
 Brandon, are expected to play in this game.

843
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,880
 So, we'll see what happens there.

844
00:45:12,940 --> 00:45:14,820
 But you've got to be able to stop the run.

845
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,320
 You've got to be able to slow that down.

846
00:45:16,420 --> 00:45:20,500
 And defensively, if you look at Tennessee, they're pretty disruptive up front.

847
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:23,240
 I mean, they hounded Arch Manning the entire game.

848
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:27,060
 And, again, Texas offensive line is not necessarily doing a bang-up job either.

849
00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:30,980
 But they hounded him the entire game.

850
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:31,940
 Xavier Gilliam.

851
00:45:32,780 --> 00:45:33,260
 He's good.

852
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:34,020
 Remember that name.

853
00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:34,560
 He's good.

854
00:45:34,740 --> 00:45:37,600
 He is a dominant player on the inside for Tennessee.

855
00:45:38,020 --> 00:45:42,340
 I think David Hobbs has done a really good job for them, the former Bama recruit.

856
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:43,860
 Bama recruited him pretty hard.

857
00:45:43,980 --> 00:45:45,840
 Tennessee beat Alabama out a few years ago.

858
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,040
 He's really good.

859
00:45:47,140 --> 00:45:51,380
 They've got some other guys up front that can really harass the quarterback.

860
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:59,240
 You know, so, but, again, I think when you get into that environment, if Tennessee gains

861
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:04,420
 some momentum in the game, then I think it could be, you know, they could certainly challenge.

862
00:46:04,580 --> 00:46:11,900
 Now, if Alabama gets off to a fast start and jumps out 14-zip, whatever, 17-zip, multiple

863
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:16,640
 scores, then it's probably going to be really, really hard for Tennessee to try to mount a

864
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:16,900
 comeback.

865
00:46:17,260 --> 00:46:18,760
 Could get out of hand.

866
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:23,620
 But, you know, again, you can't take anything for granted in this game.

867
00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:28,280
 And I see there's a long thread right now on tighterinsider.com kind of mocking Tennessee.

868
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:33,880
 But I'm just saying, I wouldn't be surprised if they come out and give Alabama a challenge.

869
00:46:34,420 --> 00:46:36,120
 Do it after the game.

870
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,740
 And the cigar is down to but not before always.

871
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,740
 Rodney Orr, tighterinsider.com.

872
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,940
 Rodney, as far as injuries, and I agree with Brett, you go back.

873
00:46:45,020 --> 00:46:47,400
 If you play in defense, you're always in the ballgame.

874
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,620
 But on the offense, RCW looks to be out of the game.

875
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:54,380
 Who steps up as the prime receiver?

876
00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:56,600
 And what's the status of Noah Rogers?

877
00:46:56,740 --> 00:47:00,280
 I mean, a lot of folks thought by now he might have a more prominent role.

878
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:01,920
 Would this be the weekend he steps up?

879
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:11,020
 Well, you know, again, that's an interesting question because I know that initially, Harold

880
00:47:11,020 --> 00:47:16,340
 and Brett, they thought Noah Rogers, this would be the game that he would probably get back.

881
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:16,760
 That's right.

882
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:17,240
 Okay.

883
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,320
 And I came back a few weeks early, played some.

884
00:47:21,940 --> 00:47:24,180
 I don't recall him getting in the Georgia game.

885
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,800
 But, you know what, he might be needed in this one.

886
00:47:28,940 --> 00:47:34,260
 So, hopefully, Noah Rogers, who, for those who don't know him, of course, the transfer

887
00:47:34,260 --> 00:47:39,040
 from North Carolina State, he originally signed out of high school with Ohio State, played

888
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:39,780
 there for a year.

889
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,960
 But, you know, he's a really talented guy, man.

890
00:47:43,020 --> 00:47:46,780
 I know that, you know, before his injury in A-Day, they were, they thought he was going

891
00:47:46,780 --> 00:47:50,100
 to be a key, key part of this offense.

892
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:54,920
 And then he had the injury and, you know, hopefully he can work himself back into a regular

893
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,160
 role now with Ryan out for at least a few weeks.

894
00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:03,720
 So, you know, we'll see Derek Meadows, another guy, I said, Cedarian Morgan.

895
00:48:04,300 --> 00:48:06,780
 I mean, those are other guys that, you know, are in the mix.

896
00:48:07,020 --> 00:48:08,900
 So, somebody's got to step up.

897
00:48:09,420 --> 00:48:13,500
 Ronnie, we've asked this question for nine months.

898
00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:16,460
 Will Alabama be able to run the ball more effectively?

899
00:48:17,180 --> 00:48:20,180
 Well, they ran for 195 yards against Georgia.

900
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,780
 Thirty-four yards of that was subtracted because of sacks.

901
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:29,680
 Treshawn Brown, I know you get asked this all the time on the board, et cetera.

902
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:37,300
 Now that we're nearly halfway through the season, I keep getting asked, will 17 and 13 get more

903
00:48:37,300 --> 00:48:37,820
 carries?

904
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:46,660
 Now, one of the reasons is Daniel Hill in pass pro nearly decapitated one of the rushing

905
00:48:46,660 --> 00:48:51,620
 ends for Georgia, and that's one of the reasons why, plus his experience.

906
00:48:51,620 --> 00:48:56,600
 But you see what 17 can do, and particularly on that run.

907
00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:05,480
 And then the last play, the first half, was incredible as far as that touchdown run by 13.

908
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:10,360
 Do you anticipate 17 and 13 getting more carries moving forward?

909
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:15,520
 That's another good question.

910
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:21,100
 I mean, you know, I got some texts about that this morning, actually.

911
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:26,360
 And they're like, they're breaking down the play calling, you know, and the text messages I got

912
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:32,660
 and wondering why they didn't, especially Treshawn, get more carries in that game against Georgia.

913
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,200
 So, I mean, I can't really answer that.

914
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:42,060
 I mean, it would stand to reason that you would think so, but again, I don't know.

915
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:48,040
 I mean, the play calling is what it is, and I'm not knocking the play calling, but I just

916
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:52,880
 think that there are some opportunities, I think, as you're suggesting, that, you know,

917
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:58,260
 Treshawn Brown and a couple of these other backs, Daniel Hill, EJ Crowell, could maybe

918
00:49:58,260 --> 00:49:59,780
 do some damage running the football.

919
00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:05,700
 And I think there were some times last, in this last game against Georgia, and if you

920
00:50:05,700 --> 00:50:09,900
 just, you're in position to kick field goals, you know, and how big would a field goal have

921
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:10,100
 been?

922
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:10,520
 Absolutely.

923
00:50:11,260 --> 00:50:13,380
 If it had been a tie game, then you would have gone to overtime.

924
00:50:13,580 --> 00:50:15,820
 Or how, what about two, you know?

925
00:50:15,940 --> 00:50:19,880
 So you were in position for a couple of field goals that you chose to throw the ball and

926
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,880
 you took some sacks and some losses on plays and all of that.

927
00:50:23,940 --> 00:50:28,320
 And I understand one of those was a missed face mask, you know, after the ball was actually

928
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,120
 blown, I think.

929
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:34,820
 But anyway, that said, I mean, yeah, I mean, I think there are some opportunities to run

930
00:50:34,820 --> 00:50:35,140
 the ball.

931
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,200
 Will the, will they, we see that?

932
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:38,400
 I mean, that's a good question.

933
00:50:38,940 --> 00:50:41,100
 Well, I need finally the big question.

934
00:50:41,340 --> 00:50:42,920
 I'm looking to fill in the blank here.

935
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,720
 Rodney Orr's score, and who likes the cigars in this game?

936
00:50:48,220 --> 00:50:53,180
 You know, Harold and Brett, yesterday, you know, I was kind of thinking about going really

937
00:50:53,180 --> 00:50:53,560
 close.

938
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:58,660
 I have to turn in my pick, you know, fairly early on Tuesdays for our show.

939
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:03,140
 And my first thought was, you know, just the concerns that I expressed to you.

940
00:51:03,140 --> 00:51:08,040
 And I don't take anything for granted in this game.

941
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:11,780
 And my first pick, I went 30 to 23.

942
00:51:12,620 --> 00:51:17,940
 But, you know, I was watching some of the people on tighterandsetter.com, and, you know, they

943
00:51:17,940 --> 00:51:21,780
 suggested this is, this is, this is crazy to consider that.

944
00:51:21,900 --> 00:51:24,860
 So I said, okay, then we'll go Alabama 37-20.

945
00:51:25,580 --> 00:51:26,300
 37-20.

946
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,780
 So we'll see, we'll see what happens.

947
00:51:28,780 --> 00:51:29,940
 We'll see what happens.

948
00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:35,220
 Really, I think Alabama should win the game handily.

949
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:38,500
 But, like I said, Harold and Brett, you guys know it.

950
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:40,720
 Anything can happen.

951
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:41,620
 Yeah, that's right.

952
00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:42,040
 Crazy.

953
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:47,980
 Ronnie, just to reiterate your point, everybody points to the no call on the interference.

954
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:52,380
 But the next play was third down, and Keelan Rosso got sacked.

955
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:59,320
 If Alabama runs a five-yard off tackle, they've got the ball at the Georgia 29-yard line, which

956
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:03,220
 means that would have been a 36-yard field goal to tie the game at 20.

957
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:09,840
 And then another, another, midway through the second quarter, Alabama did a good job of pinning.

958
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,300
 Alabama's punter done a really good job this year.

959
00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:16,420
 And Georgia, inside of the 15, they punt to the 50.

960
00:52:17,220 --> 00:52:23,540
 So instead of running the ball, and they throw three consecutive incompletions.

961
00:52:24,020 --> 00:52:29,300
 That was a real chance then to take control of the game, and they did not do that.

962
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,480
 Just to reiterate your point.

963
00:52:31,580 --> 00:52:36,140
 But anyway, a lot of feedback, I could imagine, on that message board this week.

964
00:52:36,660 --> 00:52:41,220
 Coaching interviews, player interviews, pre-game, post-game, a little basketball.

965
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 Buy my basketball.

966
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,000
 Got an exhibition with Ole Miss tomorrow.

967
00:52:45,660 --> 00:52:46,680
 Nominal price.

968
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 Where can we get TI and then also buy the book?

969
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974
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 Just put up, like I said, memories from the Alabama-Tennessee series through the years.

975
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:11,040
 You know, the forum right now.

976
00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:12,700
 It's funny.

977
00:53:12,820 --> 00:53:13,260
 Smoking.

978
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:19,780
 Don't ever go on there and question that Alabama might be challenged.

979
00:53:20,740 --> 00:53:22,400
 Some of these people eat you a lot.

980
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,760
 But anyway, it is what it is.

981
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:26,020
 Yep.

982
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:30,120
 We have been warned, I promise you, Rodney.

983
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:31,840
 Listen, man, good luck to you this weekend.

984
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:32,980
 Thanks so much.

985
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:34,260
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

986
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:35,780
 Okay, guys.

987
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:36,160
 Appreciate it.

988
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:36,600
 Thank you, bud.

989
00:53:36,940 --> 00:53:38,080
 Rodney, we're hugging up with us.

990
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 Titaninsider.

991
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 The book is called Bigger Than Bama.

992
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 Coming up for the next hour, more on Alabama and Darville with Drew DeArmond.

993
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 The hot shot in the entire country, certainly the SEC right now.

994
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 How about those cats in Kentucky country?

995
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 Larry Vault on that.

996
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 And Henry Adelson from ESPN.

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 Straight ahead.

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 Stay with us here on the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 18-19 News.

1069
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 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is reacting to the recent news out of Washington, D.C.

1070
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 that federal agents raided the D.C. home of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

1071
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 Those agents walked away with boxes of evidence that are likely related to Omar's immigration history

1072
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 and the fraud that was uncovered within her home state.

1073
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 Tuberville was on WVNN with Dale Jackson.

1074
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 Everybody knows what she's done over the years.

1075
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 She lied about her citizenship.

1076
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 Well, all this has come to fruition now.

1077
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 And this Democrat judge even looked at the evidence going, oh my God.

1078
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 I mean, let's follow up on this.

1079
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 And so she's in big trouble and so should several other people up there that say they're citizens

1080
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 and they're not.

1081
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 That's just the problem in this country right now.

1082
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 You've allowed people to come here to say whatever they want to, change all their records,

1083
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 and we're in a situation now where we have a lot of them that are elected leaders of this

1084
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1085
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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1086
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 Johnny Sankey is the declared winner in a city council seat race that was held in Montgomery

1096
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 this past Tuesday.

1097
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 Sankey was up against Greg Crawford in the special election runoff for district seat three.

1098
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 She won by 13 votes in this race.

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 Sankey is the wife of Montgomery County Commissioner Isaac Sankey.

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1112
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 I do.

1139
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 I'm doing all right.

1140
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 Did you spend the weekend in Tuscaloosa wearing a striped shirt?

1141
01:03:06,300 --> 01:03:07,160
 Where were you, Andrea?

1142
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:12,380
 No, I would never be caught dead wearing a striped shirt in Tuscaloosa, guys.

1143
01:03:14,340 --> 01:03:15,400
 Oh, my goodness.

1144
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 Listen, let me show something at you.

1145
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 This is from the boss of the league.

1146
01:03:19,660 --> 01:03:20,920
 God by the name of Greg Sankey.

1147
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 I'm sure you've heard of this dude.

1148
01:03:23,580 --> 01:03:24,260
 What's the day?

1149
01:03:24,540 --> 01:03:24,940
 Wednesday.

1150
01:03:25,300 --> 01:03:26,740
 This happened, what, Saturday night.

1151
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 So, Mike, Mike, Mike, it is hump day, coach.

1152
01:03:29,860 --> 01:03:32,440
 We don't comment on judgment calls.

1153
01:03:32,540 --> 01:03:33,040
 It's a quote.

1154
01:03:33,460 --> 01:03:37,480
 There are going to be tough calls that happen, and we want to get everyone right.

1155
01:03:37,580 --> 01:03:41,820
 And I mean that literally, but it's a dynamic game with 22 players.

1156
01:03:42,260 --> 01:03:43,260
 Greg, that's deep.

1157
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:46,120
 But how do you define a judgment call, Andrea?

1158
01:03:47,740 --> 01:03:50,440
 Yeah, that, to me, was past interference.

1159
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:56,760
 And I'm assuming he means past interference is a judgment call.

1160
01:03:57,040 --> 01:03:58,620
 I'm just trying to decipher.

1161
01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:06,680
 But, honestly, if that's how you're viewing the way that past interference should be adjudicated,

1162
01:04:07,180 --> 01:04:11,140
 I think that there are problems, then, with your officiating group, right?

1163
01:04:11,140 --> 01:04:18,900
 There are, obviously, very clear rules when it comes to how past interference should be called.

1164
01:04:19,300 --> 01:04:19,760
 On paper.

1165
01:04:19,780 --> 01:04:30,040
 And if you, if, on paper, and if the DB's back is turned, right, and he's pushing the offensive player,

1166
01:04:31,260 --> 01:04:33,660
 both of those things constitute past interference.

1167
01:04:33,780 --> 01:04:34,240
 Am I wrong?

1168
01:04:34,460 --> 01:04:35,200
 Like, I thought that was the rule.

1169
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:36,300
 Before the ball gets there.

1170
01:04:36,380 --> 01:04:37,840
 Before the ball gets there.

1171
01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:38,360
 Correct.

1172
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:40,200
 I thought that was the rule.

1173
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:46,460
 Those are the very, right, basic things that would get a flag to be thrown.

1174
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:47,740
 And a flag was thrown.

1175
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:49,440
 And that's the thing, guys.

1176
01:04:49,620 --> 01:04:50,700
 And they picked it up!

1177
01:04:51,140 --> 01:04:53,020
 I don't understand how they picked it up.

1178
01:04:53,180 --> 01:04:56,300
 I was, I was apoplectic.

1179
01:04:56,420 --> 01:05:00,960
 I was watching this game with my dad, and he's a huge college football fan.

1180
01:05:02,080 --> 01:05:06,480
 And, like, we literally, like, don't, right, we're not rooting for anyone.

1181
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:09,220
 We just want to watch a really good college football game.

1182
01:05:09,300 --> 01:05:17,320
 And it was a really good college football game until the refs had to, you know, stick their noses in it.

1183
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:24,040
 And I just, the two of us were just, and again, we're not Alabama people.

1184
01:05:24,260 --> 01:05:25,280
 We're not Georgia people.

1185
01:05:25,700 --> 01:05:27,620
 We're just watching the game.

1186
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:28,680
 People.

1187
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,340
 That's just humans watching the game.

1188
01:05:30,660 --> 01:05:32,560
 We were apoplectic that they picked that up.

1189
01:05:32,780 --> 01:05:36,580
 I mean, my dad just could not stop talking about it for the next hour, afterwards.

1190
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:40,520
 So, we know that you're not going to change it.

1191
01:05:40,620 --> 01:05:42,700
 We know Greg is going to go political here.

1192
01:05:42,780 --> 01:05:43,560
 He's not going to answer.

1193
01:05:43,740 --> 01:05:47,320
 He needs to go get some, I don't know, maybe some for straddling the fence.

1194
01:05:47,380 --> 01:05:48,300
 I don't know what you get for that.

1195
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:55,400
 But now that the verdict is in, how did this game change your opinion of both teams?

1196
01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:58,360
 I mean, Alabama and Georgia, let's clear.

1197
01:05:58,580 --> 01:06:00,480
 By the way, take nothing away from Georgia.

1198
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:01,900
 They played their butts off.

1199
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:03,580
 They won the ball game.

1200
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:04,240
 Take nothing away.

1201
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:05,240
 That's not what we're talking about.

1202
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:07,300
 Two things can be true at the same time.

1203
01:06:07,380 --> 01:06:09,940
 But what are your thoughts about both programs coming out of that game?

1204
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:19,200
 Well, you know, it was a week ago on this show that I was explaining why I had Texas ranked number one.

1205
01:06:19,260 --> 01:06:21,620
 And that's pretty foolish right now.

1206
01:06:21,620 --> 01:06:25,920
 That was when there were a lot of people who were saying, nah, you know what?

1207
01:06:26,060 --> 01:06:28,560
 Like, Georgia looks like they're the number one team.

1208
01:06:28,980 --> 01:06:31,200
 And they did in that game, right?

1209
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:35,060
 To go in there and make the plays they had to make to win, like disputed.

1210
01:06:35,060 --> 01:06:37,800
 And, you know, and Kalen DeBoer was going to take the high road.

1211
01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:38,920
 I think we all knew that.

1212
01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:41,740
 It can't just come down to a play, right?

1213
01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:43,200
 There were other missed opportunities.

1214
01:06:44,120 --> 01:06:50,420
 Obviously, the personal foul call there late was not great either, guys.

1215
01:06:51,220 --> 01:06:53,540
 But it can't come down to those two plays, right?

1216
01:06:53,580 --> 01:07:01,940
 You want to make sure that you leave no doubt and there aren't, quote, unquote, judgment calls that come into play.

1217
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:04,800
 Having said all of that, Georgia is number one.

1218
01:07:05,240 --> 01:07:06,360
 They should be number one.

1219
01:07:06,780 --> 01:07:14,440
 Go on the road and do that against what I still think is a, you know, top five, top six team.

1220
01:07:15,420 --> 01:07:16,040
 You're right.

1221
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:17,480
 It is absolutely earned.

1222
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:32,400
 I honestly, even though Alabama lost, I came away more impressed with them in this game than the Florida State game, which I was there and watched in person because it was a more complete effort.

1223
01:07:32,820 --> 01:07:34,580
 You know, the Florida State game wasn't.

1224
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:35,860
 You know, they started slow.

1225
01:07:35,980 --> 01:07:36,940
 They had to come back.

1226
01:07:37,040 --> 01:07:39,220
 They kind of looked disjointed a little bit.

1227
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:41,240
 Defense was, you know, hit or miss.

1228
01:07:41,460 --> 01:07:42,720
 Not in this game, right?

1229
01:07:42,800 --> 01:07:47,380
 I mean, these two teams traded blows, you know, back and forth.

1230
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:58,400
 And so I just actually feel like I left that game having Alabama roughly in the same spot that I had them ranked the week before.

1231
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:00,900
 I really didn't drop them all that much.

1232
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:12,480
 And I think I had them ahead of a few undefeated teams because I felt like they probably, if the pass interference call stands, maybe there's a different outcome.

1233
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:14,960
 And I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on that.

1234
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:19,180
 But I also felt like they played good enough to win that game.

1235
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:28,320
 And therefore, I absolutely feel like they're 100% still a playoff team right now, middle October.

1236
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:30,380
 You mentioned Texas.

1237
01:08:30,980 --> 01:08:36,880
 There are two teams in the state of Texas whose fan base is not having a good week.

1238
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:45,400
 Texas A&M, Mike Elko goes after Billy Lucci of Tex-Ags in a post-game meltdown.

1239
01:08:45,980 --> 01:08:48,060
 He's since apologized to that.

1240
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:52,920
 I think Mike Elko is a good coach, but A&M is going off the rails.

1241
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:58,240
 And then Texas losing in the last few minutes to Oklahoma.

1242
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:04,440
 John Mateer actually had a couple good passes to Centega, and they ended up winning that game.

1243
01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:13,600
 But again, when you look at the NIL for Texas, the roster construction, double A's and folks in Texas not happy this week.

1244
01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:19,100
 No, and they should not be happy for a whole bunch of reasons.

1245
01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:28,060
 And, you know, when I kind of said last week I was sticking with Texas at number one because of the strength of the Ohio State win,

1246
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:41,580
 it's not like at that point they had put a complete game together the way that Georgia had, and it still felt like there were some flaws in Arch Manning's game.

1247
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:47,860
 And obviously, Oklahoma with Brent Venable, the defensive coach, exploited some of that.

1248
01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:52,420
 And give credit to Oklahoma for, you know, scoring in different ways in that game, right?

1249
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:54,240
 You know, making plays on special teams.

1250
01:09:54,240 --> 01:09:59,640
 But when you're limited on offense, right, you have to find other ways to make plays to win.

1251
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:06,380
 And maybe Texas, you know, kind of thought, ah, they're not very good, and we'll have our way with them.

1252
01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:17,340
 Whatever the case may be, Oklahoma deserved to win that game, too, because they played a complete game in all three phases, and Texas did not.

1253
01:10:18,060 --> 01:10:26,900
 And now that these flaws have kind of been exposed more so than even the Ohio State game for the first three quarters,

1254
01:10:26,900 --> 01:10:32,560
 and you look at the way the rest of the season could potentially play itself out, fellas,

1255
01:10:33,460 --> 01:10:45,700
 and what if I had told you before the year started that Texas, Texas A&M, and LSU may not make the CFP at the end of the season?

1256
01:10:46,340 --> 01:10:49,900
 There's a very real possibility that that happens.

1257
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:58,180
 A&M, you know, is just, it feels like a dumpster fire right now, not just because of Mike Elko's comments,

1258
01:10:58,180 --> 01:11:05,240
 but it seems like questionable hire at OC, not being able to manage, like you mentioned,

1259
01:11:05,380 --> 01:11:11,900
 bringing all of these guys in and getting them on the same page to play the way that he needs them to play.

1260
01:11:12,160 --> 01:11:16,740
 And Mike Elko is a really good coach, and I watched him at Duke, up close.

1261
01:11:17,140 --> 01:11:22,500
 I watched him as the Notre Dame, you know, defensive coordinator and the Wake Forest defensive coordinator.

1262
01:11:22,500 --> 01:11:30,500
 I've known Mike Elko for a really long time, and watching this A&M team doesn't feel like I'm watching a Mike Elko team.

1263
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:33,200
 And I think that's part of the problem.

1264
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:39,940
 They don't have his DNA, and I'm not sure, and I don't think he knows how to fix it,

1265
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,000
 because if he knew how to fix it, they would have fixed it already, right?

1266
01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:45,320
 And it goes beyond Marcel Reed.

1267
01:11:46,260 --> 01:11:52,980
 So there are major issues there, and we see a team every single year, multiple teams maybe,

1268
01:11:53,180 --> 01:11:59,300
 that are preseason top 10 that kind of fall off by middle of the year for lots of different reasons.

1269
01:11:59,660 --> 01:12:04,640
 And it just so happens that this is Texas A&M's year to be that team.

1270
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:08,060
 Well, if you'd said those things, Andrew, we'd love you anyway.

1271
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:10,500
 You know, warts and all, it's unconditional.

1272
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:11,640
 Many reasons.

1273
01:12:11,820 --> 01:12:15,820
 One, you're a Florida Gator, and oh, by the way, speaking of the Florida Gators,

1274
01:12:16,220 --> 01:12:19,020
 Andrea, oh my God.

1275
01:12:19,020 --> 01:12:20,120
 Let's skip that, Harold.

1276
01:12:20,380 --> 01:12:22,820
 Is the sugar out of the gum already down there?

1277
01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:23,860
 What's going on, Andrea?

1278
01:12:24,200 --> 01:12:28,620
 My God, you know, after the Ole Miss game, you know, I'm all like,

1279
01:12:29,100 --> 01:12:32,080
 wow, maybe there's a chance to beat Georgia this year.

1280
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:35,700
 And, you know, I've got Mark Schleba on our staff who went to Georgia,

1281
01:12:35,700 --> 01:12:40,900
 and I'm like, finally, for the first time in like six years, maybe I can talk some trash.

1282
01:12:41,200 --> 01:12:41,420
 No.

1283
01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:42,760
 No.

1284
01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:44,180
 No, guys.

1285
01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:45,000
 Oh.

1286
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:51,220
 Look, I think we all realized that at some point someone was going to stop Jaden Baugh,

1287
01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:56,240
 and when that day happened, and it was going to be on Aaron Filo's shoulders,

1288
01:12:56,240 --> 01:13:02,540
 we all knew the defense wasn't great, right, through the first four games.

1289
01:13:03,240 --> 01:13:04,660
 And that's what's happened, right?

1290
01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:07,220
 The last two teams have stopped Jaden Baugh.

1291
01:13:07,680 --> 01:13:09,580
 Aaron Filo hasn't been able to make the plays.

1292
01:13:09,720 --> 01:13:14,020
 Obviously, not having Burnell Brown in the lineup has been problematic.

1293
01:13:14,260 --> 01:13:17,660
 Their most dynamic playmaker on the outside at receiver.

1294
01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:22,440
 And now there are reports that Aaron Filo is questionable.

1295
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:23,520
 Wow.

1296
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:28,460
 And he's not played on Saturday, which would lead for Mel Jones as the starting quarterback.

1297
01:13:28,620 --> 01:13:31,160
 Jaden Baugh, you know, we'll see if maybe he can get it together.

1298
01:13:31,480 --> 01:13:36,460
 But, guys, it hasn't been great the last two weeks in Gainesville.

1299
01:13:36,580 --> 01:13:40,620
 And I know there were a lot of Gator fans, like, after the Mizzou game,

1300
01:13:40,620 --> 01:13:43,860
 were like, oh, South Carolina, it'll be fine.

1301
01:13:43,860 --> 01:13:49,500
 And up in South Carolina the last three weeks, you know, congrats to Shane Beamer

1302
01:13:49,500 --> 01:13:52,820
 and those guys for a get-back game.

1303
01:13:53,120 --> 01:14:00,500
 But there are a lot of problems right now at Florida that have been exposed

1304
01:14:00,500 --> 01:14:02,560
 in these last two games.

1305
01:14:02,580 --> 01:14:04,460
 And now you're scratching your head wondering, wait,

1306
01:14:04,720 --> 01:14:06,880
 but I thought they were going to be a bowl team,

1307
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:09,920
 and now I just don't even know if they're going to be a bowl team.

1308
01:14:09,940 --> 01:14:10,340
 I'm sorry.

1309
01:14:10,340 --> 01:14:11,520
 Yeah, guys, yeah.

1310
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:12,460
 It happens.

1311
01:14:13,140 --> 01:14:15,140
 At Double A, my brother and I are good friends.

1312
01:14:15,340 --> 01:14:18,020
 It's Harold with a lot of the Florida media.

1313
01:14:18,900 --> 01:14:21,780
 I keep telling them there are better days coming.

1314
01:14:22,180 --> 01:14:23,460
 There are better years coming.

1315
01:14:23,620 --> 01:14:25,160
 You made the right selection.

1316
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:29,940
 There are going to be growing pains, and you saw it again, but it is coming.

1317
01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:32,040
 Great slate this weekend, young lady.

1318
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:38,040
 Notre Dame, BYU, Ohio State, Indiana is finally playing somebody.

1319
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:40,940
 And then some great games in the SEC.

1320
01:14:40,940 --> 01:14:47,600
 Where can we get online to get your incredible stuff, your incredible articles, and the teams?

1321
01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:49,100
 Appreciate that.

1322
01:14:49,420 --> 01:14:50,560
 Fellas, ESPN.com.

1323
01:14:50,620 --> 01:14:52,400
 Click on the college football page.

1324
01:14:52,460 --> 01:14:54,100
 I'll have something tomorrow.

1325
01:14:54,260 --> 01:15:01,840
 It's been 10 years since Lamar Jackson leaped over the Syracuse player for his Heisman moment in 2016.

1326
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:03,280
 I've got a great retrospective.

1327
01:15:03,340 --> 01:15:05,120
 I talked to Lamar for that.

1328
01:15:05,180 --> 01:15:06,040
 It's a great piece.

1329
01:15:06,500 --> 01:15:07,840
 That'll be out tomorrow.

1330
01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:10,860
 And then ACC Network for folks who are interested.

1331
01:15:11,560 --> 01:15:14,560
 Our show, Inside Access, is on Thursday, 4th Central.

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01:15:15,100 --> 01:15:17,580
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1333
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:18,620
 And I don't know.

1334
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:19,940
 What do you guys make of the Cardinals?

1335
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:21,320
 Your guess is as good as mine.

1336
01:15:21,340 --> 01:15:22,020
 Up and down.

1337
01:15:22,660 --> 01:15:23,000
 I know.

1338
01:15:23,180 --> 01:15:23,540
 Absolutely.

1339
01:15:24,380 --> 01:15:26,240
 2026 college football.

1340
01:15:26,500 --> 01:15:28,760
 A lot of college fans are asking that same question.

1341
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:30,860
 We know you've got all the answers there at ESPN.

1342
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:32,660
 Andrea, listen, man, thanks so much for your time, Dan.

1343
01:15:32,700 --> 01:15:33,980
 Have a great rest of the week.

1344
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:34,300
 Okay?

1345
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:35,580
 All right, fellas.

1346
01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:36,600
 Appreciate it as always.

1347
01:15:36,740 --> 01:15:37,220
 Thank you, dear.

1348
01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:39,760
 AA, Andrea Adelson, ESPN.

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1420
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 Dishler Basketball will host Dinner in the Dome on Saturday, October 17th at 7 p.m.

1421
01:19:07,220 --> 01:19:12,440
 in the Dishler Dome with guest speaker, former University of Alabama men's basketball coach Mark Godfrey.

1422
01:19:12,700 --> 01:19:17,040
 There will be a silent auction from 7 to 7.30, along with a meet and greet with Coach Godfrey

1423
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:19,000
 and a steak dinner that starts at 7.30.

1424
01:19:19,220 --> 01:19:23,980
 Tickets are $100 and reserved tables are $1,000 with eight tickets included.

1425
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:29,680
 For more information, call Coach Brian Pounders at 205-246-0644.

1426
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:34,380
 That's Dinner in the Dome at Dishler High School on Saturday, October 17th.

1427
01:19:39,260 --> 01:19:42,600
 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide Today.

1428
01:19:42,980 --> 01:19:46,140
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1431
01:19:51,300 --> 01:19:51,980
 Hello again, everybody.

1432
01:19:52,280 --> 01:19:53,000
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1433
01:19:53,420 --> 01:19:57,640
 On Tuesday's Crimson Drive, we were joined by Alabama tight end, Marshall Pritchett.

1434
01:19:57,740 --> 01:19:59,840
 How much fun is this group having planned together?

1435
01:19:59,940 --> 01:20:03,080
 Yeah, I mean, I was doing an interview for Alabama not too long ago

1436
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:06,780
 and they were chatting about how they think we're the closest group on the team.

1437
01:20:07,340 --> 01:20:10,360
 You know, I would definitely go off on a leg to say we definitely are.

1438
01:20:10,460 --> 01:20:14,740
 Like our group's 10 guys, you know, obviously you've seen a little bit of everybody.

1439
01:20:14,740 --> 01:20:17,180
 Me, Jay, Josh, me, Danny, Caleb.

1440
01:20:17,840 --> 01:20:19,140
 But, you know, we do everything together.

1441
01:20:19,260 --> 01:20:21,440
 Like our group truly is just like a bunch of best friends.

1442
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:25,440
 And I think that kind of shows on Saturdays with the way we go out there and compliment each other,

1443
01:20:25,500 --> 01:20:26,500
 the way we go out there and play.

1444
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:29,120
 And the biggest rule in our room is like when it comes your way

1445
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:31,400
 and when the spotlight finds you for you to make a play,

1446
01:20:31,460 --> 01:20:32,800
 like we have to be able to do it.

1447
01:20:32,900 --> 01:20:36,140
 And I think, you know, all five guys that have gotten some stain this year

1448
01:20:36,140 --> 01:20:39,660
 have done a really good job just when that play is called going out there and executing it.

1449
01:20:39,940 --> 01:20:40,720
 I'll have more in a moment.

1450
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1453
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1454
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1457
01:21:35,540 --> 01:21:37,140
 Hey, it's Evan Cohen coming up Thursday.

1458
01:21:37,260 --> 01:21:39,520
 We'll react to Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.

1459
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:43,620
 Plus, I'll tell you which QB is in most danger of getting benched.

1460
01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:47,920
 It's on Sportsmanlike, 6 a.m. Eastern, right here on ESPN Radio, ESPN2, and ESPNU.

1461
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:51,480
 The Score.

1462
01:21:51,900 --> 01:21:56,680
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1463
01:21:57,100 --> 01:21:57,800
 Welcome back in.

1464
01:21:57,840 --> 01:22:01,480
 He may be even more popular than Jim Beam in the state of Kentucky.

1465
01:22:01,620 --> 01:22:03,880
 Larry Vaught's busy all over the state.

1466
01:22:04,040 --> 01:22:06,580
 Vaught's used column 30 papers.

1467
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,220
 WBBK-FM show on UK Sports Minute.

1468
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:17,060
 He's busy there on radio for Edge Media, WLAP, and also busy at Topps Magazine.

1469
01:22:17,260 --> 01:22:18,700
 Larry Vaught, welcome in.

1470
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:19,520
 How are you?

1471
01:22:20,680 --> 01:22:21,560
 Couldn't be better.

1472
01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:23,040
 It's great to live in a football state.

1473
01:22:23,400 --> 01:22:24,720
 It really is.

1474
01:22:25,020 --> 01:22:29,980
 We were going to ask you about the hottest sport in the state of Kentucky these days.

1475
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:32,680
 Please tell us the secret of this volleyball team, Larry.

1476
01:22:34,020 --> 01:22:36,620
 Well, the volleyball team's hot every year.

1477
01:22:36,980 --> 01:22:37,260
 Yes.

1478
01:22:37,260 --> 01:22:39,380
 They get it done every year.

1479
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:40,620
 You just kind of take this for granted.

1480
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:43,720
 I think they're only ranked fifth now.

1481
01:22:44,140 --> 01:22:44,320
 Wow.

1482
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:45,240
 So they're struggling a little bit.

1483
01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:46,940
 They'll get better for this season.

1484
01:22:47,440 --> 01:22:49,460
 They have been fantastic.

1485
01:22:49,460 --> 01:22:55,920
 And then again, with football, it's just unbelievable up here right now.

1486
01:22:56,020 --> 01:22:59,320
 It's one of the few times I can remember in 50-some years of doing this.

1487
01:22:59,380 --> 01:22:59,740
 Wow.

1488
01:22:59,860 --> 01:23:00,920
 We've got to mid-October.

1489
01:23:01,500 --> 01:23:03,500
 Nobody's even really talking basketball up here.

1490
01:23:04,020 --> 01:23:04,700
 A bit.

1491
01:23:04,940 --> 01:23:06,100
 Other than wonder what they're doing.

1492
01:23:06,500 --> 01:23:08,080
 It's all about football.

1493
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:13,180
 And if Kentucky takes down Oklahoma, I want to talk to you next week.

1494
01:23:13,240 --> 01:23:16,500
 We won't be worthy.

1495
01:23:16,780 --> 01:23:19,340
 But, Larry, talk to us about this team this year.

1496
01:23:19,380 --> 01:23:20,460
 We go back to media days.

1497
01:23:20,540 --> 01:23:25,260
 And everybody said, oh, this kid, he's full of moxie and full of sap.

1498
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:27,820
 I'm going to ask about Kentucky and how they're going to do it.

1499
01:23:27,880 --> 01:23:33,760
 And he, in effect, said, to paraphrase because of me, we go, everybody gets hot.

1500
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:37,560
 And then you go to Kentucky, and I think if people are honest, they say, well, there's a reality check.

1501
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:40,040
 That's Kentucky football again.

1502
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:44,600
 And since then, it's been Will Stein doing Las Vegas football.

1503
01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:50,080
 Over time, heck with that one-point stuff, let's go and roll the dice, get the two-point conversion.

1504
01:23:50,580 --> 01:23:56,480
 Talk to us about the journey and Will Stein basically being able to practice what he preaches.

1505
01:23:57,940 --> 01:24:04,220
 Well, the biggest thing, first, did you like the way, and maybe you guys didn't see because you probably didn't watch the whole game,

1506
01:24:04,640 --> 01:24:07,820
 but did you like the way that Lane Kiffin chickened out on fourth and one?

1507
01:24:07,820 --> 01:24:12,320
 It was the official's fault, right?

1508
01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:13,540
 I mean, did I say that right?

1509
01:24:13,940 --> 01:24:17,820
 It's not always anybody's fault, but Will Stein just got him.

1510
01:24:18,040 --> 01:24:21,600
 Will Stein just got him, and that was the best part of the night.

1511
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:28,280
 But I said from the time that Will got here, he just reminds me of Hal Mummey with his confidence,

1512
01:24:28,820 --> 01:24:32,880
 his offensive approach, his belief in what he could do, the way he liked the players.

1513
01:24:33,460 --> 01:24:36,540
 The only difference is he also knows it's good to have a defense.

1514
01:24:36,540 --> 01:24:39,160
 And he's emphasized having a defense.

1515
01:24:39,700 --> 01:24:44,420
 I mean, Mummey just thought, well, no matter how many other teams score, I can score many or more,

1516
01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:48,600
 where Will wants to shut you out and score 70 at the same time.

1517
01:24:48,780 --> 01:24:53,300
 So it's amazing what he has been able to do.

1518
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:58,160
 They have now won three straight SEC games where they were a touchdown or more underdog.

1519
01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:03,680
 Now they're up to 15th in the country, and they're a touchdown underdog again this week on the road to an unranked team.

1520
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:08,060
 So that kind of gives them something to kind of build with and all right there.

1521
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:11,440
 And they just make plays at the right time.

1522
01:25:11,780 --> 01:25:13,200
 They're not always great on defense.

1523
01:25:13,440 --> 01:25:14,620
 They're not always great on offense.

1524
01:25:15,100 --> 01:25:18,580
 But when you have to make a play, it seems like somebody makes one,

1525
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:21,120
 and they just don't do many things to beat themselves.

1526
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:24,200
 But you mentioned defense.

1527
01:25:24,940 --> 01:25:27,000
 Let me ask you about the offensive stars.

1528
01:25:27,180 --> 01:25:31,920
 Kenny Minchie, the transfer from Notre Dame, 23 of 36, 246.

1529
01:25:32,840 --> 01:25:34,640
 206 of that in the second half.

1530
01:25:35,180 --> 01:25:39,120
 CJ Baxter, the transfer from Texas, 123 yards,

1531
01:25:39,220 --> 01:25:42,880
 had nearly an 80-yard run first play of the game.

1532
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:49,740
 Kenny Darby, originally committed to LSU, four catches for 79.

1533
01:25:50,580 --> 01:25:55,520
 And I ask you during the summer, would Kentucky have the big blue wall back again?

1534
01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:59,500
 And I know that will block everybody on every play, but that's improved.

1535
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:02,700
 Look, Larry, I'm impressed with these offensive stars.

1536
01:26:03,820 --> 01:26:06,720
 Yeah, I mean, Kenny Darby wasn't good enough to play for Lane Kiffin.

1537
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:07,060
 That's right.

1538
01:26:07,180 --> 01:26:09,560
 I kind of think maybe he was thinking there another time.

1539
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:11,440
 Yes, he was.

1540
01:26:11,940 --> 01:26:13,240
 Oh, buddy, oh, buddy, oh, pal.

1541
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:14,280
 Yeah.

1542
01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:20,220
 And the offensive line, as you said, they've not been overwhelming people,

1543
01:26:20,420 --> 01:26:21,760
 but they're just efficient.

1544
01:26:21,980 --> 01:26:24,240
 They just block and get their job done.

1545
01:26:24,380 --> 01:26:27,320
 And then Minchie just doesn't make many mistakes,

1546
01:26:27,480 --> 01:26:30,040
 seems to always know what to do with the ball.

1547
01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:32,980
 It was that case the week earlier when they beat South Carolina

1548
01:26:32,980 --> 01:26:35,660
 when he threw the two-point conversion pass

1549
01:26:35,660 --> 01:26:38,340
 in kind of a muddled formation that they had.

1550
01:26:38,640 --> 01:26:40,260
 And then it was this week when he came out.

1551
01:26:40,760 --> 01:26:43,040
 And I don't know what Lane Kiffin guys were doing.

1552
01:26:43,420 --> 01:26:45,460
 I mean, you would think if you're on the three-yard line,

1553
01:26:45,620 --> 01:26:47,920
 you might have somebody in the middle of the field, wouldn't you?

1554
01:26:48,040 --> 01:26:48,220
 Yep.

1555
01:26:48,220 --> 01:26:49,620
 You would think just maybe one.

1556
01:26:50,060 --> 01:26:53,420
 When you're sitting here watching that play unfold,

1557
01:26:53,480 --> 01:26:55,460
 my grandson who's 14 is sitting here saying,

1558
01:26:55,620 --> 01:26:57,340
 sure, they're going to call timeout.

1559
01:26:57,440 --> 01:26:57,880
 I said, why?

1560
01:26:58,040 --> 01:26:59,700
 He said, they've got nobody in the middle of the field.

1561
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:00,720
 I said, you're right.

1562
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:01,180
 Stamp it.

1563
01:27:01,180 --> 01:27:01,480
 That's right.

1564
01:27:01,540 --> 01:27:01,940
 Stamp it.

1565
01:27:02,480 --> 01:27:03,420
 Give him $10 million.

1566
01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:05,720
 Yeah.

1567
01:27:06,040 --> 01:27:06,240
 Yeah.

1568
01:27:06,420 --> 01:27:06,700
 Really.

1569
01:27:06,900 --> 01:27:10,140
 So, it's created a lot of great things up here.

1570
01:27:10,480 --> 01:27:14,100
 And then it's just, I think it's one of those things where both y'all have been

1571
01:27:14,100 --> 01:27:16,480
 around long, but sometimes it just works well.

1572
01:27:17,160 --> 01:27:19,440
 Everybody on this team just kind of meshes together.

1573
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:26,820
 And I think that's part luck, I think, part you give Will Stein credit for,

1574
01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:29,320
 but sometimes you just can't make that happen.

1575
01:27:29,860 --> 01:27:33,320
 But this team just does mean they have a field goal kicker who couldn't kick a

1576
01:27:33,320 --> 01:27:35,720
 field goal from anywhere where he was last year.

1577
01:27:35,820 --> 01:27:37,420
 He comes up here and he's been pretty good.

1578
01:27:37,740 --> 01:27:40,120
 Then he misses two against LSU.

1579
01:27:40,540 --> 01:27:43,700
 Stein sends him right back out there and he makes the one to send it into overtime.

1580
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:44,120
 Yeah.

1581
01:27:44,120 --> 01:27:44,540
 Wow.

1582
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:45,740
 It's one of those years.

1583
01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:46,580
 Yeah.

1584
01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:51,140
 You know, what's amazing about this Lane in the preseason, he's doing all of his

1585
01:27:51,140 --> 01:27:54,620
 commercials and we saw him after one of the games this year at a frat party.

1586
01:27:54,700 --> 01:27:58,780
 That's like he's 19 and looking at the sorority girls.

1587
01:27:58,900 --> 01:28:01,980
 I mean, he might want to focus on getting the job done because here's why, Larry,

1588
01:28:02,540 --> 01:28:06,140
 two losses to first year coaches, Will Stein, Pete Golden.

1589
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:06,860
 Think about that.

1590
01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:08,560
 Here's the guy that was a rock star.

1591
01:28:09,020 --> 01:28:12,960
 He's leading the way as far as money and he loses the first year coaches.

1592
01:28:13,520 --> 01:28:16,820
 Your thoughts about this Kentucky team, the schedule.

1593
01:28:16,820 --> 01:28:17,600
 So I'm looking at it.

1594
01:28:17,660 --> 01:28:22,260
 I mean, all schedules, you never take anything for granted, but you got to be realistic too.

1595
01:28:22,440 --> 01:28:26,500
 Starting this weekend with Oklahoma and then Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida.

1596
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:29,760
 Toughest game may be Missouri and then Louisville.

1597
01:28:29,860 --> 01:28:31,660
 Your thoughts about the balance of schedule, Larry?

1598
01:28:32,620 --> 01:28:36,980
 Well, I think there's not a game left on the schedule, but I would say at this time that

1599
01:28:36,980 --> 01:28:38,360
 if they won would surprise me.

1600
01:28:38,620 --> 01:28:39,880
 I think they're capable.

1601
01:28:40,380 --> 01:28:42,360
 Now, there's probably four of them.

1602
01:28:42,540 --> 01:28:45,580
 If they lost, it wouldn't stun me either.

1603
01:28:45,820 --> 01:28:50,000
 But I think every week that they win another one and get that little bit more of confidence.

1604
01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:54,920
 Like I say, if they get this one Saturday at Oklahoma, then they come back home.

1605
01:28:55,480 --> 01:29:01,540
 And I think Vandy may be the first time they've been favored since early in the season and can get that one.

1606
01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:05,180
 All of a sudden, you're sitting there 7-1 and you get a week off to regroup.

1607
01:29:05,700 --> 01:29:07,840
 And then you go into those last four games.

1608
01:29:08,640 --> 01:29:11,720
 And I mean, you've got to sit here and think, Kentucky wins 3-0.

1609
01:29:12,020 --> 01:29:14,100
 They're going to be 10-2 and they're probably in the playoffs.

1610
01:29:14,260 --> 01:29:15,160
 That's amazing.

1611
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:20,780
 And we're just sitting here thinking, what in the world is going on?

1612
01:29:20,900 --> 01:29:26,680
 I mean, I know Saturday night was the first time in Kentucky history that every school in the nation

1613
01:29:26,680 --> 01:29:28,560
 was pulling for Kentucky except for LSU.

1614
01:29:28,720 --> 01:29:28,920
 Yep.

1615
01:29:29,180 --> 01:29:29,660
 That's right.

1616
01:29:30,020 --> 01:29:30,240
 That's right.

1617
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,460
 Well, Larry, 5-1 on the season.

1618
01:29:34,820 --> 01:29:37,520
 I've been saying this on the show for weeks.

1619
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:41,960
 The Alabama win over Kentucky looks better every week.

1620
01:29:42,060 --> 01:29:45,340
 And I'm telling you, Larry, if you gave them truth serum,

1621
01:29:45,540 --> 01:29:48,860
 Cale and DeBoer would say, I don't want to play Kentucky in the playoffs.

1622
01:29:51,580 --> 01:29:56,400
 Well, I don't even know if you give them truth serum, if the coaches really tell you the truth or not.

1623
01:29:56,840 --> 01:30:01,660
 But, yeah, that was – and, again, a lot of Kentucky folks were really disappointed that day.

1624
01:30:01,760 --> 01:30:01,940
 Yeah.

1625
01:30:02,080 --> 01:30:05,420
 And my point was you just had to give Alabama credit for what they did the second half.

1626
01:30:05,420 --> 01:30:08,100
 I didn't think it was that Kentucky just went to pieces.

1627
01:30:08,260 --> 01:30:11,860
 I thought Alabama just came out and played a great second half.

1628
01:30:12,060 --> 01:30:14,000
 They took control of that game.

1629
01:30:14,120 --> 01:30:18,340
 I think Alabama's going to be one of the teams that's still going to be playing pretty late this year.

1630
01:30:18,540 --> 01:30:23,800
 So, yeah, I think Kentucky, you look back at that, the thing that they had to lead at halftime

1631
01:30:23,800 --> 01:30:28,400
 in Will Stein's second game, I think that probably has lost them.

1632
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:35,160
 Even though they lost that game, I still think that made fans and players both believe,

1633
01:30:35,500 --> 01:30:39,800
 not only let's hope we can do this, then they believe they could do this.

1634
01:30:40,040 --> 01:30:40,340
 Yeah.

1635
01:30:41,160 --> 01:30:44,800
 Now, Larry, you got so much pull with the SEC now.

1636
01:30:44,980 --> 01:30:50,460
 Double-check and make sure that the officials who call the Georgia-Alabama game

1637
01:30:50,460 --> 01:30:52,980
 are not doing the Kentucky-Oklahoma game.

1638
01:30:53,580 --> 01:30:57,980
 Make sure before kickoff that's not the case.

1639
01:30:59,660 --> 01:31:02,640
 That's okay, because Kiffin says officials cheat from Kentucky anyway.

1640
01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:03,780
 So, bring them all up.

1641
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:04,980
 We're good with the officials.

1642
01:31:05,180 --> 01:31:10,500
 I'm not saying anything bad about officials here in Kentucky right now, but they can make Lane cry like that.

1643
01:31:10,860 --> 01:31:12,160
 I mean, so what?

1644
01:31:12,260 --> 01:31:15,240
 But that has been one thing.

1645
01:31:15,680 --> 01:31:22,280
 When you've watched UK play as long as I have, sometimes in these key situations when a flag goes down,

1646
01:31:22,340 --> 01:31:25,660
 you're just so used to that penalty being against Kentucky.

1647
01:31:25,780 --> 01:31:28,360
 And now, this year, they're not.

1648
01:31:28,780 --> 01:31:37,120
 I mean, it's just fascinating to watch, and you're sitting there thinking, well, I mean, I've got friends who watched the replay of the Kentucky-LSUK

1649
01:31:37,120 --> 01:31:38,620
 still thinking Kentucky's going to lose.

1650
01:31:38,860 --> 01:31:40,120
 You know, they'd already seen the original.

1651
01:31:40,540 --> 01:31:43,260
 So, that's just what happened to Kentucky for so many years.

1652
01:31:43,740 --> 01:31:45,580
 But now, it's incredible.

1653
01:31:45,780 --> 01:31:52,720
 And I'll tell you about it was, you just had to, I think, kind of be there to experience what was going on.

1654
01:31:52,780 --> 01:31:59,900
 I mean, I know I had one grandson who was supposed to be working concessions at the stadium, making himself a little money, 14 years old.

1655
01:32:00,380 --> 01:32:01,660
 He's underneath the stadium.

1656
01:32:02,140 --> 01:32:07,140
 Well, he sends me a picture at the start of the fourth quarter from up in the stands.

1657
01:32:07,340 --> 01:32:09,320
 So, I'm talking to him, and I said, what are you doing?

1658
01:32:09,500 --> 01:32:10,380
 Aren't you supposed to be able to...

1659
01:32:10,380 --> 01:32:11,580
 He said, I quit.

1660
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:12,620
 Oh, no!

1661
01:32:12,820 --> 01:32:14,540
 He said, I just quit.

1662
01:32:14,660 --> 01:32:16,660
 He said, there's nobody buying anything anyway.

1663
01:32:16,980 --> 01:32:19,060
 And he said, if Kentucky wins, I'm on the field.

1664
01:32:19,500 --> 01:32:20,780
 And sure enough, he did.

1665
01:32:21,140 --> 01:32:22,100
 Oh, that's hilarious.

1666
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:23,340
 Great story.

1667
01:32:24,280 --> 01:32:30,840
 Listen, as much as we enjoy teasing you sometimes, I know you're loving the heck out of this.

1668
01:32:30,900 --> 01:32:36,080
 And a lot of Kentucky media, as you mentioned, they've been up and down for so many years.

1669
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 Listen, we always enjoy the conversation.

1670
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 Much continued success with those columns in 30 papers.

1671
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 Where can we get online to get all your great stuff?

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 Well, you can go online just at vaultsfuse.com or yoursportsage.com.

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 Or you can follow me on X, or as we still all know, is Twitter.

1674
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 You can just follow me at vaultsfuse.

1675
01:32:58,120 --> 01:32:58,860
 Sounds great.

1676
01:32:58,920 --> 01:33:01,020
 And by the way, LSU says, thank you, Kentucky.

1677
01:33:01,040 --> 01:33:04,080
 You just gave him a half million dollars to pay for that Lane Kiffin salary.

1678
01:33:04,080 --> 01:33:06,000
 So, by storming your paper.

1679
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:07,540
 Best money Kentucky has ever spent.

1680
01:33:07,860 --> 01:33:08,040
 Exactly.

1681
01:33:08,040 --> 01:33:09,660
 They've got the story of the New York Times.

1682
01:33:09,760 --> 01:33:11,320
 They've got stories of papers in China.

1683
01:33:11,720 --> 01:33:14,040
 I mean, it's been incredible what all has been spread.

1684
01:33:14,400 --> 01:33:16,480
 I mean, I hope they spend it that much again next week.

1685
01:33:16,660 --> 01:33:17,340
 There you go.

1686
01:33:17,400 --> 01:33:18,000
 It's an investment.

1687
01:33:18,280 --> 01:33:18,940
 Larry, listen, man.

1688
01:33:18,980 --> 01:33:20,780
 Thanks for your time and all the best this weekend.

1689
01:33:20,900 --> 01:33:21,200
 All right?

1690
01:33:21,480 --> 01:33:21,880
 All right.

1691
01:33:21,880 --> 01:33:22,320
 Thanks for having me.

1692
01:33:22,320 --> 01:33:22,900
 Thank you, bud.

1693
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 Larry Vault, Vaults Views.

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1816
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 Happy Mike-Mike-Mike Hump Day.

1817
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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well, guys.

1819
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 How are you?

1820
01:39:14,340 --> 01:39:14,660
 Hey, buddy.

1821
01:39:14,840 --> 01:39:16,700
 As we mentioned, it's Wednesday.

1822
01:39:17,260 --> 01:39:19,820
 The dust has settled, I guess, a little bit.

1823
01:39:19,880 --> 01:39:24,820
 Your thoughts now on a Wednesday after what happened in Tuscaloosa on a Saturday night?

1824
01:39:25,600 --> 01:39:27,920
 Well, Alabama got beat by a better football team.

1825
01:39:28,060 --> 01:39:29,440
 They got out-executed.

1826
01:39:30,640 --> 01:39:32,540
 Officiating wasn't good on both sides.

1827
01:39:33,580 --> 01:39:39,260
 It's not good throughout college football, but it did not cost Alabama the football game.

1828
01:39:39,320 --> 01:39:43,620
 It maybe cost them a couple of opportunities, but they had other opportunities to catch in,

1829
01:39:43,620 --> 01:39:52,720
 including recovering four fumbles, and especially the one that was botched by the return man of the Georgia Bulldogs.

1830
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 And they certainly had chances to throw and catch, including that throw.

1831
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 So, that was interference.

1832
01:40:01,540 --> 01:40:07,900
 If it were not underthrown and thrown to the back corner of the pylon, then it's a touchdown for Rico's got.

1833
01:40:08,500 --> 01:40:14,720
 So, just overall, Alabama got out-executed, got outplayed on both lines of scrimmage in the second half,

1834
01:40:14,780 --> 01:40:22,020
 and certainly competed hard, and I thought played well, just not well enough to beat a team of the caliber of Georgia,

1835
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 especially when Gunnar Stockton had the best game of his life,

1836
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 and he basically encapsulated Trevor Knight, Stephen Garcia, George Jefferson.

1837
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 He played a tremendous football game, the best game of his career, and in that case,

1838
01:40:41,200 --> 01:40:46,600
 you tip your cap to Georgia, congratulate them, and look forward to hopefully seeing them down the road.

1839
01:40:46,820 --> 01:41:02,940
 Let me ask you, it appears right now Ryan Coleman-Williams would not play either because of a knee concussion or both.

1840
01:41:03,800 --> 01:41:05,140
 Who steps up?

1841
01:41:05,420 --> 01:41:08,940
 Who's going to get more reps, Derek Mendes or Noah Rogers?

1842
01:41:09,820 --> 01:41:12,860
 Well, I would hope both, maybe even three.

1843
01:41:13,040 --> 01:41:17,480
 There's a Cedarian Morgan as well who is capable of making plays,

1844
01:41:17,480 --> 01:41:23,820
 but certainly I think you have to have Rico Scott, and people aren't really talking about that.

1845
01:41:24,260 --> 01:41:27,260
 Rico and Lottie Brooks were contained by George.

1846
01:41:27,340 --> 01:41:33,420
 They both need to be better on Saturday, and certainly Derek Meadows, who made a catch late,

1847
01:41:34,340 --> 01:41:38,280
 you know, Cedarian Morgan or Noah Rogers, they all need to step up.

1848
01:41:38,500 --> 01:41:42,360
 You know, they need to be some guys, step their game up, no doubt about it.

1849
01:41:42,400 --> 01:41:45,540
 The offensive line, I thought, the roadblocking was pretty good.

1850
01:41:45,720 --> 01:41:47,260
 I won't give George the credit.

1851
01:41:47,380 --> 01:41:50,760
 They only gave up one explosive play, that was to Treshawn Brown.

1852
01:41:51,180 --> 01:41:56,440
 Alabama needs to make, you know, some explosive plays, both via the pass and run on Saturday,

1853
01:41:56,440 --> 01:42:00,420
 and to me, the best way you slow down a pass rush is to run the football,

1854
01:42:00,740 --> 01:42:03,840
 and I think Alabama needs to run the football against Tennessee,

1855
01:42:04,420 --> 01:42:07,800
 and I think they need to make the game easier on Keelan Russell,

1856
01:42:07,800 --> 01:42:12,000
 and if they do that, I think Keelan can make plays with his legs and his arm

1857
01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:17,000
 and be a difference maker in the game, and I think Alabama needs to get home against Tennessee.

1858
01:42:17,180 --> 01:42:19,940
 They didn't, they let Gunnar kind of bake the cake back there.

1859
01:42:20,020 --> 01:42:21,700
 They didn't get a lot of pressure on him.

1860
01:42:22,080 --> 01:42:24,760
 They need to pressure whoever it is, whether it's Faison, Brandon,

1861
01:42:25,180 --> 01:42:28,100
 you know, whether it's George McIntyre, they need to pressure him,

1862
01:42:28,160 --> 01:42:30,980
 and the biggest thing, though, is to take away Tennessee's strength,

1863
01:42:31,460 --> 01:42:37,360
 which is the running game, and Deshawn Bishop, I think they need to keep him under 100 yards.

1864
01:42:37,760 --> 01:42:41,000
 If they do, because I think he's averaging eight yards a carry against Alabama,

1865
01:42:41,140 --> 01:42:45,580
 which is completely unacceptable, and Alabama might be without Terrence Green,

1866
01:42:45,680 --> 01:42:48,860
 their best running offense in the tackle, so if they are,

1867
01:42:48,980 --> 01:42:53,900
 that means guys like Edric Hill, Isaiah Faga, potentially maybe London Simmons,

1868
01:42:54,100 --> 01:42:58,580
 though Simmons is not the best run defender, but I think they need to have some guys

1869
01:42:58,580 --> 01:43:03,100
 to step up along that front, and of course, there need to be more gap sound at linebacker,

1870
01:43:03,400 --> 01:43:09,420
 and make Tennessee earn everything, and I think if they do that and win the key areas,

1871
01:43:09,480 --> 01:43:12,320
 which they didn't win against Georgia, I came on your show last week,

1872
01:43:12,760 --> 01:43:17,580
 I said, you know, they had to win the time of possession, they did not outrush Georgia,

1873
01:43:17,700 --> 01:43:22,740
 they did not force more turnovers and win the turnover battle at all,

1874
01:43:23,020 --> 01:43:25,060
 and then they got outperformed on third down.

1875
01:43:25,220 --> 01:43:29,980
 If they win those four key areas, they can win on the road to Tennessee,

1876
01:43:29,980 --> 01:43:33,200
 and don't forget, they've lost the last two games to Tennessee,

1877
01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:36,200
 and that's been a very frustrating thing.

1878
01:43:36,700 --> 01:43:41,700
 Two years ago, I felt like they could have won the game if they just executed better,

1879
01:43:41,780 --> 01:43:44,880
 but they just got flat beat, and then, of course, four years ago,

1880
01:43:44,940 --> 01:43:48,700
 they were absolutely and completely robbed, and that's what a robbery is.

1881
01:43:48,740 --> 01:43:51,300
 That's not what happened on Saturday night at all.

1882
01:43:51,400 --> 01:43:52,880
 They just got beat on Saturday night.

1883
01:43:53,120 --> 01:43:55,880
 In 2022, FanDuel won.

1884
01:43:56,320 --> 01:43:56,760
 Yeah.

1885
01:43:58,120 --> 01:43:59,940
 How do you spell that, they say, Drew?

1886
01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:02,500
 You brought up a point I was going to make there.

1887
01:44:02,600 --> 01:44:04,180
 To me, the whole key comes down,

1888
01:44:04,300 --> 01:44:07,520
 can you stop one of the best running backs in the country in Bishop?

1889
01:44:07,600 --> 01:44:09,440
 That's going to be the key without green.

1890
01:44:09,900 --> 01:44:10,680
 That is suspect.

1891
01:44:10,820 --> 01:44:14,400
 The other part is your thoughts about Alabama's defense.

1892
01:44:15,160 --> 01:44:18,620
 What do they do in the secondary with the Lee situation?

1893
01:44:19,800 --> 01:44:21,380
 Well, I think they compete.

1894
01:44:22,020 --> 01:44:28,780
 It was interesting that Jordan Edmonds warmed up in the last game and did not play.

1895
01:44:29,240 --> 01:44:32,820
 I know he was having a really good camp and impressive a lot of people before he got hurt.

1896
01:44:33,280 --> 01:44:35,540
 If he can go, perhaps he gets some reps.

1897
01:44:36,100 --> 01:44:38,180
 I know they believe he's supremely talented.

1898
01:44:38,700 --> 01:44:43,760
 I thought Carmelo O'Neal, the Mercer transfer, played really well in his stead,

1899
01:44:43,760 --> 01:44:49,380
 and I was surprised that late in the game that they played Dijon Lee.

1900
01:44:50,360 --> 01:44:54,360
 And then maybe Dijon responds in practice.

1901
01:44:54,900 --> 01:44:55,320
 We'll see.

1902
01:44:55,460 --> 01:44:57,480
 But I would say he can compete for his job.

1903
01:44:58,780 --> 01:45:06,500
 And if he does not perform well or doesn't respond, then, hey,

1904
01:45:06,620 --> 01:45:11,300
 then you play Carmelo O'Neal and then you make him win his job back.

1905
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:14,440
 But I think there should be some competition, certainly.

1906
01:45:14,840 --> 01:45:17,840
 I don't think he's forfeited his opportunity to return kickoff.

1907
01:45:18,240 --> 01:45:19,480
 He's done a good job of that.

1908
01:45:19,760 --> 01:45:20,580
 I'll tell you this.

1909
01:45:20,900 --> 01:45:23,460
 Don't forget if Ryan Coleman-Williams is out of the game,

1910
01:45:23,800 --> 01:45:25,240
 they've got to have another punt returner.

1911
01:45:25,240 --> 01:45:27,280
 And I sure as h*** hope it's not Dijon Lee.

1912
01:45:27,440 --> 01:45:29,740
 It will probably be Rico Scott.

1913
01:45:29,820 --> 01:45:31,560
 We'll see if the job he can do.

1914
01:45:31,880 --> 01:45:34,780
 Or perhaps it's someone else who will get an opportunity.

1915
01:45:35,480 --> 01:45:39,120
 That would be interesting because I'm not sure who they would go to

1916
01:45:39,120 --> 01:45:41,780
 as their quote-unquote third-string punt returner.

1917
01:45:42,180 --> 01:45:43,840
 Maybe it would be a Treshawn Brown.

1918
01:45:43,940 --> 01:45:44,660
 I don't know.

1919
01:45:45,260 --> 01:45:49,540
 But certainly they need to replace Ryan Coleman-Williams

1920
01:45:49,540 --> 01:45:52,620
 because I think their special teams have been underrated

1921
01:45:52,620 --> 01:45:54,240
 and really good all year.

1922
01:45:54,520 --> 01:45:56,840
 Certainly we know Connor Talti's been perfect.

1923
01:45:57,040 --> 01:46:00,160
 I thought Aster-Ruha was really good on Saturday.

1924
01:46:00,660 --> 01:46:00,860
 Yes.

1925
01:46:01,680 --> 01:46:06,340
 And they'll need him to be good against Tennessee to pin them deep.

1926
01:46:06,480 --> 01:46:12,220
 And hopefully this time Alabama won't allow the ball to dig out of holes

1927
01:46:12,220 --> 01:46:14,400
 like they did certainly Georgia.

1928
01:46:14,980 --> 01:46:20,320
 I asked you this question about 1.30 Sunday morning coming back home.

1929
01:46:20,540 --> 01:46:26,660
 But Zulu and Justin Hill, I think Zulu may not be back until LSU after the bye.

1930
01:46:27,100 --> 01:46:33,420
 But I've heard a couple of rumblings this week that Justin Hill may get a little playing time against Tennessee.

1931
01:46:33,420 --> 01:46:34,520
 Have you heard that?

1932
01:46:35,520 --> 01:46:44,400
 Yeah, I mean, I saw Chase Goodfred hinting it from the Tuscaloosa News that Justin Hill may be back very, very soon.

1933
01:46:44,480 --> 01:46:47,080
 It certainly would be outstanding for Alabama.

1934
01:46:47,480 --> 01:46:52,980
 Honestly, his strength as a player is setting the edge against the run.

1935
01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:57,340
 You could certainly use him against an outstanding back like Deshaun Bishop.

1936
01:46:57,960 --> 01:47:00,280
 And then he can help with a pass rush as well.

1937
01:47:00,940 --> 01:47:07,440
 Maybe we'll see, you know, because certainly two weeks ago we thought, you know, Xavier Griffin was unreal against Mississippi State.

1938
01:47:07,780 --> 01:47:10,180
 Perhaps we see him more against Tennessee as well.

1939
01:47:10,180 --> 01:47:15,940
 But they certainly need to get home pass rush-wise, whether it be organically or with the blitz,

1940
01:47:16,020 --> 01:47:18,520
 because they did not get home against Georgia.

1941
01:47:18,980 --> 01:47:22,520
 And these two young quarterbacks, you need to confuse them, you need to get to them.

1942
01:47:22,740 --> 01:47:25,660
 And if Alabama does, then I think Alabama can win this game.

1943
01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:32,660
 And honestly, I think this week will go a long way to deciding if this Alabama team is truly a college football playoff contender,

1944
01:47:33,040 --> 01:47:35,480
 because if they are, they will take care of Tennessee.

1945
01:47:36,540 --> 01:47:37,840
 Agree with you totally, Drew.

1946
01:47:37,960 --> 01:47:40,140
 Drew DeArmond, 97.7 FM, The Zone.

1947
01:47:40,200 --> 01:47:44,500
 Let's talk about something else that obviously is begging a big answer to the question.

1948
01:47:45,100 --> 01:47:49,800
 You've got a rookie quarterback in one of the most hostile environments in the entire country

1949
01:47:49,800 --> 01:47:52,860
 going up against a very good defensive coordinator in Jim Knowles.

1950
01:47:52,920 --> 01:47:54,660
 Your thoughts about that, Chess, matchup?

1951
01:47:55,620 --> 01:47:58,600
 Well, I mean, certainly Jim Knowles has done an outstanding job.

1952
01:47:58,720 --> 01:48:06,160
 Tennessee is leading the SEC in sacks with 25, and I think they're playing good football.

1953
01:48:06,300 --> 01:48:12,160
 I think Alabama needs to take, you know, the opportunity to try to establish the run early.

1954
01:48:12,720 --> 01:48:20,040
 That's the way you slow down a pass rush or a blitz package, because if you're in second and third and manageable or short,

1955
01:48:20,440 --> 01:48:27,180
 then it's very difficult to blitz and or, of course, rush the passer because you're running the football.

1956
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:35,260
 So, I think they need to run the ball, put, you know, Keelan Russell with them down in distant situations that are advantageous.

1957
01:48:35,320 --> 01:48:40,900
 And if they do, I think Keelan can make plays with his legs and he can make some plays through the air.

1958
01:48:40,900 --> 01:48:49,000
 And then it also takes some pressure off the passing game without a Ryan Coleman Williams because you're trying to, you know,

1959
01:48:49,060 --> 01:48:53,380
 establish the run, establish dominance along the line of scrimmage.

1960
01:48:53,600 --> 01:49:02,040
 And it also helps, you know, time of possession and then keeping that Tennessee ground game off the field where, you know,

1961
01:49:02,080 --> 01:49:03,800
 where Deshaun Bishop can't touch the ball.

1962
01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:11,860
 So, I think overall, you know, Alabama needs to try to run the football against this group if they can do so,

1963
01:49:11,920 --> 01:49:18,260
 if they can outrush Tennessee and outrush Deshaun Bishop and win that turnover battle,

1964
01:49:18,420 --> 01:49:23,180
 which they did not last week when they weren't able to recover those four fumbles.

1965
01:49:23,720 --> 01:49:29,460
 If they can turn Tennessee over and create some short fields, then I think they can wear Tennessee down.

1966
01:49:29,460 --> 01:49:31,260
 Now, I expect it to be a war.

1967
01:49:31,680 --> 01:49:34,740
 I think it will be a good football game going into the fourth quarter.

1968
01:49:35,120 --> 01:49:40,420
 But if Alabama can play out front, and I think that's the key because Tennessee needs to start fast

1969
01:49:40,420 --> 01:49:43,540
 and play with the lead because of inexperience of the quarterback position

1970
01:49:43,540 --> 01:49:47,140
 and not wanting the QB to have to bring the team back.

1971
01:49:47,540 --> 01:49:54,060
 But if Alabama can start fast and build a lead, I think they can beat the Tennessee team.

1972
01:49:54,200 --> 01:49:59,200
 And while Tennessee, I expect them to stay in the game, stay in the 17-10 game,

1973
01:49:59,660 --> 01:50:01,220
 Alabama going into the fourth quarter.

1974
01:50:01,560 --> 01:50:06,180
 I expect a couple of touchdowns from the Tide, and I think they can slam the door on Tennessee

1975
01:50:06,180 --> 01:50:09,040
 or even a couple of field goals and a touchdown.

1976
01:50:09,640 --> 01:50:12,440
 And my pick was Alabama 30, Tennessee 10.

1977
01:50:12,440 --> 01:50:23,640
 I know it's the third Saturday in October, Saturday, but you've been doing a little SEC basketball media days this week,

1978
01:50:23,640 --> 01:50:25,560
 and then Alabama Ole Miss.

1979
01:50:26,060 --> 01:50:31,200
 Alabama won the first one over Furman, won 11 and 93 of the exhibitions.

1980
01:50:32,240 --> 01:50:36,780
 A lot of things going on, a lot of great high school football Thursday and Friday.

1981
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:40,240
 D2, where can we get on line to listen to you and Scott?

1982
01:50:40,980 --> 01:50:43,840
 Yeah, it was good to be over there yesterday here from NATO.

1983
01:50:44,280 --> 01:50:51,780
 And certainly, Coach Pauline Love, the new women's basketball coach in Alabama,

1984
01:50:52,360 --> 01:50:59,780
 Chris Beard also, Chris Beard and the Rebels will take on Alabama tomorrow at the Battlin' Boutwell,

1985
01:51:00,340 --> 01:51:04,220
 or excuse me, Ballin' in Boutwell over at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham.

1986
01:51:04,880 --> 01:51:07,760
 Was over there last night for Alabama A&M and Samford.

1987
01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:14,820
 Got a chance to see Caleb Harrison and J.D. Gossett play for the Samford Bulldogs for Lenny Acuff.

1988
01:51:15,240 --> 01:51:16,600
 Lenny's got a really good team.

1989
01:51:16,600 --> 01:51:23,460
 Alabama A&M's got a good team under Dante Jackson, and Samford won that game by 10, 71-61.

1990
01:51:24,180 --> 01:51:28,000
 But they can connect with me at DrewD9770STN on X.

1991
01:51:28,440 --> 01:51:34,120
 Certainly a lot of people have been trying to, including LSU fans who think they've followed every rule

1992
01:51:34,120 --> 01:51:39,260
 and haven't tried to circumvent anything and don't deserve any of the scrutiny that they're getting

1993
01:51:39,260 --> 01:51:40,580
 from the Southeastern Conference.

1994
01:51:41,000 --> 01:51:43,800
 It must be nice to be drunk 24 hours a day.

1995
01:51:45,300 --> 01:51:53,420
 But certainly they can also connect with us at 977ESPN, and they can check out our SoundCloud page

1996
01:51:53,420 --> 01:52:02,060
 for our content, ESPN 97.7 The Zone, or 977ESPN.com, or even our YouTube page, WCZN TV.

1997
01:52:02,420 --> 01:52:07,720
 And we always enjoy being on with you guys, and we're looking forward to some more Ballin' in Boutwell

1998
01:52:07,720 --> 01:52:14,700
 on our station tomorrow as the UAH women take on the University of Alabama at noon on 97.7 The Zone.

1999
01:52:15,000 --> 01:52:19,920
 Sounds great. Drew, as always, good to hook up with you. Thanks so much. Have a great rest of the weekend, weekend, okay?

2000
01:52:20,780 --> 01:52:23,520
 Absolutely, guys, and it wasn't too foggy to go to Birmingham.

2001
01:52:24,240 --> 01:52:35,020
 Drew D'Armond, 97.7 FM, the Zone. Quickly, B.B., sad note, Auburn fans, college fans, remember Jesse McCovery, standout for Auburn in the mid-90s,

2002
01:52:35,140 --> 01:52:38,600
 passing away at the age of 53.

2003
01:52:39,240 --> 01:52:43,400
 Way, way, way too young. Our thoughts and prayers with the family, bud.

2004
01:52:43,580 --> 01:52:47,420
 Absolutely. I echo those sentiments. That's going to take care of business for today.

2005
01:52:47,500 --> 01:52:52,560
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2006
01:52:53,080 --> 01:52:57,480
 That's doing it again tomorrow, noon to two, with the Bumal Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.