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

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 You've got to be in your A game.

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 Brett Beaird and Harold Bugg will be joining us in just a few minutes.

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 Those were the words of Kaelin DeBoer last week.

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 And when he said, don't lose to Georgia twice, that's exactly what happened to Alabama in Knoxville.

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 An incredible five of the top seven teams in the Associated Press will lose.

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 Alex Golich gives a signature win over Georgia.

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 Adam Spencer, newsletter editor, columnist, and podcast and host of Saturday Down South.

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 I was just a little bit late to the show here.

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 I'm just admiring the glass house that Kaelin DeBoer now lives in in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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 Just one word, wow, for the folks who wanted that nine-game schedule and get rid of the patsies, you got what you wish for.

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 Shane Beamer was sitting on the sidelines this week just watching some of his colleagues heat up underneath them there.

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 When you talk about Kentucky being 6-1 and 4-1, that win over Kentucky for Alabama looks better every week.

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 So, Mizzou hurries its punt return team on, and then Trinidad, Chambliss, and the offense come back onto the field,

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 and Mizzou panics and has to call a timeout.

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 And it's just like, that's just like, it's not even like Pete Golding was really like trying to get Mizzou to burn a timeout there,

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 but that just shows, like, when they go on the road, it's like, do they forget to bring their game plan with them or something?

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 Is it like sitting on his desk back in Columbia?

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 I don't know what goes on on the road, but if they want to become an elite team, like, you've got to beat top teams on the road.

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 Like, I know that it's tough to win on the road against ranked teams.

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 Like, nobody's got a great record at doing that, but you've got to do that if you're going to be a playoff contender,

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 and we're just a step below that right now still.

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 Adam, I think we're going to continue to see this mid-season.

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 A lot of teams are tired mentally and physically.

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 They've got to play through it, but we saw it the entire Saturday.

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 Once again, the game has changed, which makes for even more excitement for fans.

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 Always enjoy beginning Monday with you to break down the games.

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 I know you've got your power rankings.

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 Joe Cox has got some great stuff, too.

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 Where can we get online and get all the teams' good stuff, Adam?

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 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 My power rankings were quite different this week.

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 A lot of reshuffling, and we've got a newsletter coming out tomorrow,

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 and, yeah, Joe Cox has got his stuff coming later this week.

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 It's always popular, so check it out at SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 Adam, look, the sun came up all over the country for all the folks who came up on the short end this weekend.

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 Hope the week gets better for you.

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 Thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

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 Yeah, thanks for having me, guys.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Adam Spencer, Saturday Down South.

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 Quote from Kalen DeBoer about Ryan Grubb.

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 Quote, he's a great play caller.

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 It comes down to execution.

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 Bebe, your thoughts?

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 Well, we'll discuss this throughout the show,

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 but I don't know too many Alabama fans who would agree with that statement.

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 Red Fish and others are going to have some thoughts on that a little bit later on.

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 But first, welcome to Heartbreak Hotel if you're a UNA fan.

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 Hopefully, you were able to make it out to the brand new Confines with the UNA Lions over the weekend.

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 I know Matt St. Charles had a good seat there.

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 He follows the Lions with the Times daily.

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 Matt, welcome in to the Monday after.

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 How are you?

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 Hopefully, you'll be able to hook up with Matt there shortly.

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 B.B., you look at it.

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 I don't think you could have had much better weather.

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 I don't think you could have had a much better start.

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 If only the ending would have been as good as the beginning, B.B.,

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 it would have been a great weekend for the Lionbackers.

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 Would you agree?

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 Yeah, I think Matt is with us.

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 But you're right, Harold.

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 And one of the things we'll talk to him about is the defense has really been carrying the team the entire season.

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 This time, they gave up 31 points, only created one turnover.

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 But the offense seemed to be in rhythm, in particularly Destin Wade had an impressive day.

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 See if Matt's out now with us.

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 Matt St. Charles again from the Times daily.

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 Matt, are you with us now?

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 There we go.

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 I'm here, guys.

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 There we go, bud.

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 There we go.

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 We were just chatting there, Matt.

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 Obviously, I don't think you could have scripted a much better beginning.

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 The weather was football-y.

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 You had a good beginning.

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 But between the beginning and the ending, when you walked off the field at the end of the day,

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 UNA fans wanted a little bit more.

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 And you know the team.

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 And Coach German did, too.

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 Where do you start breaking down the game with Albelin Christian?

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 Yeah, I mean, I think Leo Glover said it best in the post-game press conference.

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 Just some self-inflicted wounds there that really, really cost UNA.

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 And you know, on a day where the offense started to figure things out, you know, scored 28 points,

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 the defense, you know, wasn't bad, but sort of pedestrian after a game that they forced, you know,

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 four interceptions in.

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 Didn't really do much against Albelin Christian.

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 But, you know, little, like, procedural things as far as, you know, having to, you know,

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 Dierman called it icing his own kicker there when Ian Vachon missed the field goal.

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 And, you know, just things like that that kind of got in their way.

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 And then penalties, obviously, a big part of it.

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 The most notable being, you know, Conigel Thomas is there at the very end that kind of sealed their fate.

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 But just a lot of things that they can correct.

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 But, you know, on the bright side, that's an Abilene team that has won the league two years in a row.

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 And it's mostly the same group.

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 And, you know, UNA belonged on the field with those guys and really had a chance to win it at a few different points.

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 So a lot of positives to take away.

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 But the negative, obviously, is that an L goes in the loss column.

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 Matt, the offenses you alluded to in your article or articles seem to have a rhythm.

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 Even the offensive line, they're banged up.

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 When you get to midseason, every team's got some injury issues to work through.

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 Colin Wright starting a right tackle.

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 I mentioned Destin Wade does what he does best, run the ball.

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 Rushed 14 times, 76 yards, three touchdowns.

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 Roderick Taylor added 13 rushes, 459 yards, and a touchdown himself.

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 But at least, again, we've talked about the offense struggling a lot this season.

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 But they seem to be in a lot more rhythm in this game.

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 Yeah, I think the key to unlocking that, like you said, is Destin Wade getting used in the run game.

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 I think Dierman has talked a lot about doing that throughout the season, but hasn't gotten to it out of the jump of most games, I would say.

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 You know, against Eastern Kentucky, he didn't run much in the first half, but they started to use him a lot in the second half.

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 And that's where the offense got going.

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 But here against Abilene, he ran, I think, five times on the first drive.

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 So definitely something that unlocked the offense.

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 And I don't want to say it's a miracle, but it's certainly impressive given all of the injuries and just ailments that this offensive line had.

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 You know, Jaden Simmons broke his ankle against Eastern Kentucky.

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 Levy Johnson's been sick over there at left tackle.

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 And then they get Isaac Rue in there on Saturday, and he gets nicked up.

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 So Levy Johnson gets back in there.

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 Just a lot of, you know, things that have really hindered this offensive line.

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 But I think they, you know, they only allowed two sacks.

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 One of those came there before the half when Destin Wade kind of smartly just ate the ball and took that sack instead of trying to throw it and maybe getting stripped.

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 But they did a lot of good things in terms of chipping tight ends and running backs and that kind of thing to give him some time.

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 But definitely an offense that found its rhythm on Saturday.

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 Matt St. Charles Times daily, no time to lick the wounds.

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 The good news, UNA keeps the home cooking this weekend.

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 The challenging news, Austin Peay comes to town.

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 The governor's 6-2.

455
00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:22,940
 Two losses, by the way, one of them to SEC for Vanderbilt.

456
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,840
 This team scores a lot of points.

457
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,800
 Your thoughts about this weekend's matchup?

458
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,440
 It's going to be a challenge across the board, but especially for that UNA defense.

459
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:41,460
 Yeah, I mean, they lost one game to Vanderbilt and their other game is to Tarleton State, who is now the number one team in the country in those polls.

460
00:26:41,460 --> 00:26:50,640
 So, you know, Austin Peay really with Chris Parson at quarterback has turned into a juggernaut in FCS this year.

461
00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:55,360
 And I think their defense may leave some to be desired, especially in the secondary.

462
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 That's something that I think, you know, Snap Reid and X Johnson will be able to kind of take advantage of given the right play calls and execution.

463
00:27:03,140 --> 00:27:12,080
 But, you know, it's certainly going to be a challenge for this UNA defense to rein in Austin Peay's offense, for sure.

464
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:18,080
 You also do a good job of covering high school, and you covered Central and West Limestone.

465
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:29,400
 We talked to Heath Wood back during the summer, and you could tell there was a burr under his saddle because they missed the playoffs last year for the first time in eight years.

466
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,280
 I think he's been there 16, 17 years.

467
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:36,220
 I've talked about Lucas Price running wild the entire season.

468
00:27:36,220 --> 00:27:38,080
 Well, here's another good example.

469
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 He runs for four touchdowns and 255 yards.

470
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:49,040
 They ranked up 377 overall, but a big win for Central running that wing tee.

471
00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:54,400
 Yeah, definitely a spectacular game from Lucas Price.

472
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:59,100
 Definitely one that a lot of people thought wasn't going to be as close as it was.

473
00:27:59,180 --> 00:27:59,340
 Yeah.

474
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,700
 West Limestone had a good third quarter there to kind of

475
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:12,700
 hang in it, and obviously Central takes the region, but Coach Wood wasn't ready to count his chickens before they hatched, I would say, after the game.

476
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,820
 I told him Rodgers was down big, and he was like, well, we'll see.

477
00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:26,900
 Yeah, I know he's very happy to have that group back to his expectation for it after missing the playoffs last year.

478
00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:31,100
 Even if it was an ugly one, but even if it was an ugly one, they were definitely happy to get it.

479
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,080
 Absolutely.

480
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:42,640
 We'll go into more detail about a high school tomorrow, and particularly Ben Thomas, but Austin upsets Florence 21-17 to throw the region into a three-way time.

481
00:28:42,780 --> 00:28:57,880
 Aiden Davis, the running back at Austin, carried the ball 49 times and ran for 251 yards as Austin beat Florence 21-17 in Austin and Russellville.

482
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:05,380
 If Austin wins, they will win the region, but Florence is still certainly there along with Russellville, and we'll talk about that more.

483
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:08,820
 More great stuff covering UNA and high school.

484
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,320
 Matt, where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

485
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:18,640
 You can get all my stuff at timesdaily.com and then on social media at Matt underscore St. Charles.

486
00:29:18,780 --> 00:29:21,460
 That's S-T-C-H-A-R-L-E-S.

487
00:29:22,340 --> 00:29:23,300
 Sounds great, man.

488
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:24,740
 Listen, man, have a great week, okay?

489
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:26,060
 Thanks, guys.

490
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:26,680
 Appreciate you.

491
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:27,340
 Thank you.

492
00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:40,020
 That's St. Charles, the E-Times Daily, coming up always fun to chat with one of the vets in the business as a sportscaster and as a former coach in the SEC, The Max.

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 Max, welcome in.

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 Did anything out of the ordinary catch your eye over the weekend in college football?

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 How are you?

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 Well, we start.

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 Let's talk about the weather first.

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 I woke up Saturday morning and it was 42 degrees in Mississippi.

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 And the high ended up being about 65.

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 So, a sudden change, but that's okay.

606
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 It's time to do that.

607
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 Yeah, I can tell you exactly what I saw this weekend.

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 What did you say, Max?

609
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 Alabama didn't run the football.

610
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 You know, they were trying to rely on the pass every snap.

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 Again.

612
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,760
 And guys, it's just another point that we talked about.

613
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 There are certain coaches and certain programs in this league now that's going to take it up the NFL approach to the game.

614
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 And the other opponents are not doing that.

615
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 And so, consequently, if you can't control the ball, you've got a quarterback.

616
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 I wonder, here's the thing I wonder often.

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 Do quarterbacks not have the ability to check off anymore regardless of what comes down from the press box?

618
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 Good question.

619
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 I'm just telling you.

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 I've called a media play for the sideline.

621
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 It's the year that we won a national championship there at Troy.

622
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 And my quarterback checked off and scored.

623
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 That's the way I called.

624
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 Because he saw something in the change in the defense that I couldn't see from the sideline.

625
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 So, I'm just saying, I don't know what's going on.

626
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 But some changes are headed that have to be made again.

627
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 I don't know where they are, what they're going to be.

628
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,440
 But that was inexcusable to me to see.

629
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 And then the other side of that is we go to all the Georgia games.

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 What take did Georgia watch?

631
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 They must have watched one that these kids must have been still in high school or something.

632
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 And they just took it for granted that all of them was going to walk it in and roll over.

633
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 Because they didn't play very well either.

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 So, I think with the point, guys, and I've said it, and I've tried to tell other people just to think about this,

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 that we know we're in a system of change right now.

636
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 But the mentality of the kids that we have is not on the maturity level that the NFL is.

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 And I'm just telling you guys, when they sit down on Sunday afternoon and watch that tape for their next opponent,

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 and they make up their mind on Sunday afternoon, hey, I can handle that guy, block him.

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 I'll make a sack or two and go along.

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 And they really don't get ready for the ball game.

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643
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 And then what they, on Sunday, and by the next Saturday, whatever they see is not what they saw on Sunday.

644
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 That would be last week.

645
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 And they get their tail beat.

646
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 And I heard a written rage from the Texas staff also, you know, about what Florida was doing.

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:04,760
 And, well, look, that offensive front didn't drop the ball and didn't throw the interceptions.

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 You know, I got real problems when you've got the court reporting some of the best talent in the country and you don't utilize it.

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 Or if you do, or if you do, if they make mistakes, you try to cover it.

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 You know, I just, I guess I'm not adjusting well to the change.

651
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 And I'm not the only one, guys.

652
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:30,260
 I'm telling you, there's some programs and coaches that are not adjusting too well either right now.

653
00:39:30,940 --> 00:39:35,880
 Max, I mentioned this in the first segment, just going back to the Auburn-Georgia game pretty quick.

654
00:39:35,980 --> 00:39:38,000
 I saw this coming against Alabama.

655
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,180
 Georgia fumbled four times.

656
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:42,780
 They were fortunate that they didn't lose one.

657
00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:48,260
 Stockton had one interception, should have had another one by QB Reese that was not called,

658
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:53,780
 should have thrown three interceptions, had seven penalties for 57 yards.

659
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,120
 Now, again, Georgia, when they're playing well, is the most complete team.

660
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,460
 They've got the most talented roster.

661
00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:05,700
 But, Max, when you make that many mistakes, Stockton had three turnovers.

662
00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:08,400
 When you turned the ball, same thing with Alabama.

663
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,240
 And I agree with everything you said.

664
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 Max, when you have three or four turnovers, you're not going to win the game.

665
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,140
 No, that's exactly right.

666
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:23,100
 And it's my opinion, guys, that those kids, the kids part, make up their burn on Sunday afternoon

667
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,880
 when they look at the tape for next week.

668
00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:29,260
 Remember, these are still, some of these kids are still 18, 19 years old.

669
00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:33,880
 I know we've got some, you know, that the old men and the 22-plus here,

670
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,020
 but those have become fewer and fewer.

671
00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:42,600
 Once all the rules are settled in, the majority of the kids are still going to be between 18 and 22 years old.

672
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:48,380
 But you're going to have to do something about the way you make that adjustment

673
00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:52,020
 from what you see on this Sunday when you go to practice Monday.

674
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:57,440
 I don't know what the coaches are, and I know each group is going to be different to a certain point,

675
00:40:57,780 --> 00:41:03,100
 but when you've got the key players making mistakes on something, just as you pointed out,

676
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:09,260
 that they don't make normally like turn the ball over, that's a psychological thing.

677
00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:16,320
 The other thing I really, and I just mentioned a while ago, that I really would like to see change

678
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:21,280
 with some of these coaches, it'll allow me, if the quarterbacks are as good as advertised,

679
00:41:22,060 --> 00:41:25,800
 if we talk about the Georgia quarterback, we'll talk about Alabama's quarterback,

680
00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:30,020
 give them the ability to change the line of scrimmage.

681
00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:38,000
 And again, it does not take a mental genius, and I'm willing to say that for sure,

682
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:45,660
 because I call for the plays along the way, and I know that if you can have the guy in the box

683
00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:50,260
 override what you say because they see something different, or the quarterback comes under center,

684
00:41:50,540 --> 00:41:53,060
 and he sees something different, allow him to do it.

685
00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:53,860
 He's on the field.

686
00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:57,740
 You're sitting on the sideline and seeing a level player play all along.

687
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:02,700
 I'm just saying there are ways to correct some of the mistakes we're seeing right now,

688
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:06,960
 but guys, the game's moving just as fast as it can right now.

689
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:07,820
 We know where it's headed.

690
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:10,620
 It's headed to the NFL quicker than anything I've ever seen.

691
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:11,460
 That's right.

692
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:14,620
 To your point, I think some of these coaches have got a bigger ego than they've got brains sometimes.

693
00:42:14,620 --> 00:42:18,420
 I saw this is a high school game over the weekend at some place across the country.

694
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:22,580
 A quarterback audibled at the line, and the coach suspended him,

695
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,380
 and the team was suspended, too, because they supported the quarterback.

696
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,440
 So I think sometimes these coaches, they're getting paid a lot of money.

697
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:33,780
 And back to that, Grubb today said, duh, we're pathetic in the second half of late.

698
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:35,900
 If I was a fan, I'd be, you know, P2.

699
00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:41,660
 Yeah, it's like Sunday, the preacher preaches one thing and then practices another,

700
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,660
 and it's easier said than done.

701
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,120
 Everybody says, fire the coach.

702
00:42:46,220 --> 00:42:49,860
 Well, how many millions of dollars is that going to drain from Alabama's budget?

703
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,500
 Where are you going to bring, how much are you going to pay for a new staff?

704
00:42:53,860 --> 00:42:57,160
 Where is that going to leave you as far as paying for the NIL?

705
00:42:57,420 --> 00:43:02,500
 The only thing they can depend on right now is getting a half million dollars from Tennessee for storming the field.

706
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,140
 It's a hard thing to sit here and preach it.

707
00:43:06,220 --> 00:43:08,100
 What do they do to correct it, Max?

708
00:43:09,060 --> 00:43:11,700
 See, I think that's the major problem.

709
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:20,360
 And I think what's happening is the fear of the correction is what, if you put it out, the money situation is going to hold a bunch of them back.

710
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:20,680
 That's right.

711
00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:24,500
 I mean, you know, you're right.

712
00:43:24,580 --> 00:43:25,720
 But see, let's talk about it.

713
00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:27,020
 Let's talk about Mississippi State.

714
00:43:27,260 --> 00:43:28,800
 They're in the same situation.

715
00:43:29,260 --> 00:43:30,840
 They don't have the beauty guys.

716
00:43:31,260 --> 00:43:32,960
 I'm telling you, I've been on campus.

717
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:34,200
 I know too many people.

718
00:43:34,580 --> 00:43:39,680
 Jack and Cheryl and I are good friends, and he and I talked constantly when he was coaching at Mississippi State,

719
00:43:39,740 --> 00:43:41,060
 and I was on the staff at Ole Miss.

720
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:45,280
 And I'm just telling you, their inner workings at these universities.

721
00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:49,220
 Let's just transition right quickly back to Auburn.

722
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,800
 How about the last seven years at Auburn?

723
00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:53,920
 What's the heck you think is going on over there?

724
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:59,980
 There are licks that might, after the wind is coming up, that may just pass this past weekend,

725
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,900
 maybe that will change the attitude a little bit.

726
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:09,780
 Or maybe Gus Malzahn, the newly acquired assistant consultant, can have something to do with the offense.

727
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:10,720
 I don't know.

728
00:44:10,780 --> 00:44:12,080
 I don't know what the answer is.

729
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:16,880
 But the fact is that if you're going to win and keep your job any length of time,

730
00:44:17,380 --> 00:44:22,660
 and how you mentioned it, because of the money, they'll find a way to get the money up some way.

731
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,060
 If they have to pay them a dollar down to a dollar a week for the rest of their life,

732
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,520
 they'll find a way to make a change.

733
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:33,280
 Because how many coaches want to stay in a situation where the players are hollering at them

734
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:37,300
 and the administration's not dealing with them on an equitable basis?

735
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:39,620
 You get the message.

736
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:44,100
 When you get up there every morning and hate to go to work, then you better be looking for another job.

737
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:48,640
 Max, the only fan base more upset this morning than Alabama is Texas.

738
00:44:49,340 --> 00:44:54,660
 They jump out to a 17-3 lead over Florida.

739
00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:59,060
 And the Gators experienced some growing pains for two weeks.

740
00:44:59,180 --> 00:45:04,660
 But they kind of grew up in the second half and just whipped Texas at the line of scrimmage.

741
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,300
 Ball started doing better.

742
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,380
 Tremel Jones had a tremendous game.

743
00:45:09,580 --> 00:45:12,160
 Arch did not have a tremendous game.

744
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:13,560
 Fumbled again late.

745
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:15,580
 Another crucial penalty.

746
00:45:16,140 --> 00:45:20,000
 They're 103rd in the nation now in offense.

747
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:28,740
 And, Max, it was, again, we're hearing, well, the second-string quarterback may get more reps this week.

748
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,380
 Max, your thoughts on where Texas is right now.

749
00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:37,080
 Well, let's look at the big picture first.

750
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:40,940
 How many National Championships have won in the last 20 years?

751
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:41,680
 One.

752
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:42,620
 That's right.

753
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:43,240
 See?

754
00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:44,700
 I'm just saying so.

755
00:45:44,980 --> 00:45:48,220
 And then, of course, Texas A&E, we won't even talk about them.

756
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,820
 They go back to 1930 and it does and say one more.

757
00:45:51,220 --> 00:45:53,080
 So, there's something in the air out there, Texas.

758
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:53,980
 I don't know what is.

759
00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:55,580
 But you're absolutely right.

760
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,140
 They poured more money into it.

761
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,980
 The head coach is the actual play caller.

762
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:08,740
 When you see him squatting down there, throwing X's and O's on the sideline, he's talking to his coordinator at the press box who actually calls a play with the quarterback.

763
00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:17,520
 But I think they have, up until just recently, they've given Arch Bader the ability to make some calls at the line of scrimmage.

764
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:22,400
 And I don't know how that maturation point is going across right now.

765
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:28,020
 If you recall, the Ohio State win was, what, the last three or four minutes of that fourth quarter.

766
00:46:29,020 --> 00:46:30,840
 He finally got it all together.

767
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:41,420
 At a program like that where they have all the resources, they've got the financial resources, the universities in the state with the most high school products in the country.

768
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,240
 And we could just go old and old and old about all the pluses.

769
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,960
 So, somewhere in that mix-up, there's got to be some leadership.

770
00:46:51,100 --> 00:47:06,120
 And I'm saying this, you know, when they start going downhill like this, somebody better, you know, have a bed to be taught with a head guy or they better select a selection committee and start looking for another head coach.

771
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:08,520
 I got a feeling Bubba Big Bucks out in Texas.

772
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:10,780
 Yeah, he's on the phone right now with some of those folks.

773
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:15,760
 Max, your thoughts about the balance of the season for Alabama and Auburn?

774
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:23,580
 Now that we know what we know, starting this weekend with A&M for Bama and LSU, who knows about this team for Auburn on the home turf?

775
00:47:23,820 --> 00:47:25,240
 That's very true.

776
00:47:25,380 --> 00:47:32,000
 Well, you've got to take them one at a time because, like I was going to say, we're in the process of change right now.

777
00:47:32,060 --> 00:47:32,780
 Different world.

778
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,560
 You know, it's a whole different world.

779
00:47:35,780 --> 00:47:40,720
 Remember that quarterback from Florida that beat Texas is the number two quarterback.

780
00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:41,080
 That's right.

781
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:41,660
 He's not the starter.

782
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:42,240
 That's right.

783
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:43,240
 Well, he's in Tennessee.

784
00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:45,060
 McIntyre's starting to do the best.

785
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:46,500
 That's right.

786
00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:49,940
 If I was coaching that, they have become the starter now.

787
00:47:50,520 --> 00:48:02,680
 I mean, you know, you put a young guy out there that has no experience in a crowd that big and they come away with a win, make very few mistakes, then you've got to give him a chance again, I think.

788
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:15,680
 But so it's hard to answer the question because this change, this flux that the whole game is in right now, I think we're going to keep seeing this kind of thing.

789
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:25,320
 I did say at the beginning of the year, I would almost admit we would not have an undefeated team in the SEC this year.

790
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:37,680
 And I understand from the administration standpoint with the SEC, they want to go to their ball games because the individual schools that play that great game, that's a bigger paycheck for them.

791
00:48:38,140 --> 00:48:40,180
 It's a paradigm budget.

792
00:48:40,580 --> 00:48:46,000
 But, guys, what it does, it minimizes the opportunity to get more players in the playoffs.

793
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:46,920
 See?

794
00:48:47,420 --> 00:48:48,940
 And so, now here we go.

795
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,400
 You know, if they stay at 12, I mean, we know they aren't going to stay at 12.

796
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:58,880
 I thought they'd just go gradually go to 16 and maybe then 24, but the word looks like they're going straight to 24.

797
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:09,240
 Well, that's going to just, you know, that may be the excuse to drop their number of losses to three as opposed to two.

798
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:13,220
 But as long as they stay at 12, it's going to be two.

799
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:14,440
 Nobody's going to change that.

800
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:15,420
 They aren't going to do it.

801
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:21,760
 And remember, out of that, you've got two lower-level teams that are going to make it.

802
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:23,120
 And they're going to save us three.

803
00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:27,460
 So, really, you've got dead teams that you can look at across the country.

804
00:49:28,020 --> 00:49:37,680
 And I don't believe, you know, I don't believe that SEC is playing at the level to get more than maybe two or maybe three at the most

805
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,880
 if the leading teams win out the rest of the year.

806
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:52,760
 Because when you lose a game like the games that were lost this weekend, when it's pretty evident that you've got the best talent and you're losing that game,

807
00:49:53,140 --> 00:49:55,040
 the guys that go straight to the coaching staff.

808
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:55,900
 That's right.

809
00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:58,160
 You can't deny that.

810
00:49:58,480 --> 00:49:59,640
 You can't excuse it.

811
00:49:59,960 --> 00:50:02,840
 You've got to find a way to, you know, to overcompensate.

812
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:11,780
 And I think what we've got is administrations now, it's become so, I don't want to call it curbelated,

813
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:16,000
 but it's changing so fast that the administration can't keep up with it.

814
00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:26,400
 And they've got more, really, those college presidents and more trustees have got more interest in maintaining what goes on at the college-university level

815
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:27,760
 than worry about the football team.

816
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,840
 Now, they'll worry about the football team when people stop coming.

817
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,180
 Now, that's not because it cuts into the cash flow.

818
00:50:34,940 --> 00:50:40,640
 But other than that, you've got to be competitive and you've got to find a way to win.

819
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:42,700
 And that's just, I don't know any way to put it.

820
00:50:43,020 --> 00:50:44,100
 Max, I agree with you.

821
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,480
 There's not going to be an undefeated team this year.

822
00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:50,600
 We're halfway through and there's not one in the SEC.

823
00:50:51,460 --> 00:50:56,680
 But, by the way, Max, everybody was laughing at Will Stein in July in Tampa when he said,

824
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,200
 Well, we're going to be better because of me.

825
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,180
 Six-and-one and four-and-one is pretty impressive, isn't it?

826
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:04,120
 I agree.

827
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,400
 I don't think there's any doubt it.

828
00:51:07,620 --> 00:51:15,220
 But people stop to realize that Kentucky's got as much money as the other guys.

829
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:21,540
 I mean, have you ever driven up through Lexington and going on up to the horse farms and up there?

830
00:51:21,740 --> 00:51:22,040
 Oh, yeah.

831
00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:26,500
 And, of course, those people don't stay up there in the wintertime.

832
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:27,740
 They come to Central Florida.

833
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,700
 They've got farms down in Central Florida just like Kentucky.

834
00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:30,740
 No birds.

835
00:51:31,820 --> 00:51:32,540
 That's right.

836
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:38,460
 I'm telling you, guys, until you turn the book over and look behind the last cover

837
00:51:38,460 --> 00:51:43,360
 and find out really what goes on in different places, you'll be surprised what you'll learn.

838
00:51:43,660 --> 00:51:43,900
 I'll tell you.

839
00:51:43,900 --> 00:51:44,300
 That's right.

840
00:51:44,380 --> 00:51:44,780
 Absolutely.

841
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:48,700
 Max, we always enjoy breaking down the games with you.

842
00:51:48,820 --> 00:51:50,080
 Hope you have a great week.

843
00:51:50,140 --> 00:51:51,540
 I know you're going to be on the road again.

844
00:51:51,660 --> 00:51:53,100
 Let's do this again next Monday.

845
00:51:53,780 --> 00:51:55,060
 I'll be glad to do it, guys.

846
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:55,780
 Just give you a call.

847
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:56,480
 Thank you so much.

848
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,320
 And who knows how the world is going to change between now and then.

849
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:00,600
 Max, how are you going to go with us?

850
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:06,220
 BB, the question is, can Alabama win out and keep the slimmest of margins to make the playoff field?

851
00:52:06,420 --> 00:52:07,360
 Well, that's the question.

852
00:52:07,500 --> 00:52:12,220
 We'll be talking with our guests about it the rest of the week and also William Barger.

853
00:52:12,220 --> 00:52:16,340
 But, again, that was rather interesting this morning with Ryan Grubb.

854
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:20,180
 Yeah, we do our best when we run the ball and do play action passing.

855
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,980
 Well, why didn't you do that Saturday afternoon?

856
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,140
 Safe to say he's not the head of the Mensa Society, right?

857
00:52:27,260 --> 00:52:28,540
 Coming up, you mentioned Redfish.

858
00:52:28,620 --> 00:52:29,500
 Going to be talking Bama.

859
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:34,760
 Vince, we're all talking about a half-million-dollar fine weekend in K-Town and worth it.

860
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,980
 And Charlie Trotman says, whoops, look at this for the Auburn Tigers.

861
00:52:39,100 --> 00:52:40,020
 Right ahead, stay with us.

862
00:52:44,460 --> 00:52:46,320
 All right, grab some buds and listen up.

863
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:48,240
 Grilling season's here.

864
00:52:48,660 --> 00:52:50,880
 Now we find out what we're made of.

865
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:53,700
 Are we going to fold under pressure and overcook the burgers?

866
00:52:53,700 --> 00:52:59,640
 Or are we going to nail the carne asada and the brisket and pack the coolers with ice-cold Budweiser and Bud Light?

867
00:52:59,860 --> 00:53:06,340
 Because that's the difference between winning and losing, between flipping burgers and grilling like a pro.

868
00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:09,980
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869
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874
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875
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878
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879
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880
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882
00:54:15,060 --> 00:54:19,320
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883
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:23,400
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884
00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:28,220
 Once my old team dispersed and our fan base hinted about wanting to come back, we built a new stadium,

885
00:54:28,580 --> 00:54:32,160
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886
00:54:32,660 --> 00:54:38,060
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887
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888
00:54:41,180 --> 00:54:45,680
 but our lineup with the very best steaks, chops, burgers, and sandwiches has remained the same.

889
00:54:46,060 --> 00:54:48,360
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895
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896
00:55:18,900 --> 00:55:21,340
 Well, you know what happens when the seasons change.

897
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:23,860
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898
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 Tommy Tuberville says manufacturing growth could help save rural hospitals.

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937
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 Speaking in Guntersville, he acknowledged the approach would not provide a quick fix.

938
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 He says rural facilities struggle as residents move towards cities and increasingly turn to larger hospitals for their care.

939
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 Democratic House candidate Hanu Karla Palum has criticized immigration enforcement and called the CHOOSE Act a scam.

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950
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 Karla Palum has also criticized limits on faculty, senates, and President Trump,

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 arguing Republican policies threaten academic independence and equality.

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957
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959
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960
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961
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 and look ahead to next Saturday for the Crimson Tide and the rest of the SEC.

962
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964
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965
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 And the Los Angeles Rams give up the Sunset Strip where the Las Vegas won in order to go to battle with the Raiders.

966
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968
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971
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 It's the Rams at the Raiders this Sunday on Sports USA.

972
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,460
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973
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974
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975
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976
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977
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978
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 Your weather from 93.9, the score.

979
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:33,440
 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

980
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:37,460
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

981
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:42,940
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

982
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:45,360
 Your exclusive inside track to the tie.

983
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,520
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

984
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:54,720
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, the score.

985
01:01:55,500 --> 01:01:56,380
 Proud of our kids.

986
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,580
 Grateful more than anything else to our players.

987
01:01:59,860 --> 01:02:01,100
 Grateful to our staff.

988
01:02:01,260 --> 01:02:04,980
 I'll just say this, not to make it any more or less than it is.

989
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:12,740
 We've worked really, really hard to be able to put ourselves in a position where we can build.

990
01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:18,060
 And at whatever point, we're able to get it to where we don't come in here as a huge underdog.

991
01:02:18,140 --> 01:02:24,100
 And where we are given a chance to go win these games from the outside, on the inside.

992
01:02:24,460 --> 01:02:27,360
 Give these guys a lot of credit for continuing to believe in each other.

993
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:29,140
 Continuing to believe in what we're building.

994
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,120
 Continuing to buy into their process.

995
01:02:31,260 --> 01:02:32,580
 And just continuing to fight.

996
01:02:33,020 --> 01:02:34,840
 And that's how you build a program.

997
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:37,420
 That's how you build sustained success.

998
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:42,380
 Start with building a foundation of toughness and a foundation of work.

999
01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:44,180
 There you have it.

1000
01:02:44,180 --> 01:02:46,820
 The happiest tiger in all the planes these days.

1001
01:02:47,060 --> 01:02:49,280
 Alex Golesh, head football coach at Auburn.

1002
01:02:49,380 --> 01:02:50,800
 BB, welcome in, folks.

1003
01:02:50,940 --> 01:02:52,960
 Welcome in to the second hour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1004
01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:54,240
 I'm Harold Bugg.

1005
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:56,980
 Brett Beaird in the huddle with you this hour as well.

1006
01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:59,260
 BB, your thoughts about the Auburn win.

1007
01:02:59,320 --> 01:02:59,900
 What it means.

1008
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,560
 Obviously, this was a stunner across the country.

1009
01:03:02,660 --> 01:03:05,000
 Not only winning, but the way they won.

1010
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:06,560
 And to me, it illustrates again.

1011
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:07,880
 This is 2026.

1012
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:10,880
 There ain't no off weeks in college football anymore.

1013
01:03:11,060 --> 01:03:11,920
 Welcome to the NFL.

1014
01:03:12,260 --> 01:03:13,840
 Well, I'll be honest with you, Harold.

1015
01:03:13,900 --> 01:03:21,280
 When I looked at the schedule during the summer again, when they finally defined it or finished it,

1016
01:03:21,860 --> 01:03:30,380
 I thought Alabama would have a problem in Knoxville coming off of a huge emotional game, win or lose, against Georgia.

1017
01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:33,140
 And I thought Georgia would have the same.

1018
01:03:33,260 --> 01:03:37,840
 Alabama, according to pro football focus, missed 23 tackles.

1019
01:03:38,340 --> 01:03:40,920
 Georgia missed 15 tackles.

1020
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:43,000
 They had missed six tackles.

1021
01:03:43,540 --> 01:03:54,020
 And once again, when you win a game like this and you're playing the number one team in the country, the number one team in the country has got to help you beat them.

1022
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:55,180
 And that's what happened.

1023
01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:59,880
 There were three turnovers in this game that provided to be huge.

1024
01:04:00,140 --> 01:04:04,480
 But, Harold, Auburn has figured out who Auburn is.

1025
01:04:04,780 --> 01:04:05,220
 Thank you.

1026
01:04:05,420 --> 01:04:07,140
 Tennessee knows their identity.

1027
01:04:07,540 --> 01:04:09,180
 Auburn now knows their identity.

1028
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,300
 I don't know if Alabama knows their identity yet.

1029
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:14,460
 And that's something they're going to have to figure out.

1030
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:18,920
 Ryan Grubb says, well, we're best when we run the ball first.

1031
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:21,080
 And that opens up the passing game.

1032
01:04:21,260 --> 01:04:23,940
 But Auburn knows who their identity is now.

1033
01:04:24,340 --> 01:04:26,880
 With Byron Brown, I think Charlie has joined us.

1034
01:04:27,060 --> 01:04:30,740
 But, no, it was an absolutely incredible win for the Auburn Tigers.

1035
01:04:31,020 --> 01:04:39,000
 So, who was the happiest tiger in all the land, the aforeheard Alex Golesh, the head coach, or former Auburn quarterback Charlie Trauman?

1036
01:04:39,100 --> 01:04:42,880
 Why don't we get that question and others out of the way by saying hello to CT.

1037
01:04:43,020 --> 01:04:43,780
 Charlie, welcome in.

1038
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:44,340
 How are you?

1039
01:04:45,040 --> 01:04:46,000
 Hey, Harold.

1040
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:46,540
 Hey, Brett.

1041
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:46,840
 Hey, Benny.

1042
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:48,620
 Appreciate you guys having me.

1043
01:04:49,060 --> 01:04:50,500
 Yeah, it was a huge win.

1044
01:04:51,320 --> 01:05:00,080
 A very unexpecting group of Auburn fans watching, you know, Auburn go down 14 to nothing.

1045
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:03,560
 I mean, you know, kind of feeling like, uh-oh, here we go.

1046
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:05,440
 It's going to be a tough, tough day.

1047
01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:08,080
 And this thing may get away from us.

1048
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:08,600
 Yeah.

1049
01:05:08,700 --> 01:05:19,060
 But, you know, you've got to give Auburn and Coach Golesh and the other coaches a lot of credit because of the resiliency that that team had.

1050
01:05:20,060 --> 01:05:26,940
 Being able to come back from that deficit and score a couple of touchdowns, kick a field goal before half and go in.

1051
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:33,580
 I mean, no one at that point, halfway through the first quarter, would have thought that Auburn would be leading at halftime.

1052
01:05:34,580 --> 01:05:40,540
 But, you know, they were able to get a few things going offensively.

1053
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:46,140
 You know, the first couple of drives, they stalled and had to punt, and Georgia scored each time.

1054
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:52,140
 And Auburn ended up, you know, finding some third-down conversions.

1055
01:05:52,140 --> 01:05:59,900
 And Byron Brown was really, I thought, excellent in his running ability.

1056
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:05,300
 You know, he made Georgia respect the quarterback run.

1057
01:06:06,060 --> 01:06:12,260
 And that gave it, you know, with the play action, you know, he drops back, looks like he's going to throw, and then he runs.

1058
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:16,600
 You know, it puts a lot of pressure on the defensive backs.

1059
01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:19,620
 And then, you know, he found some open receivers.

1060
01:06:19,620 --> 01:06:28,160
 And then, you know, we had one receiver that made an unbelievable catch to tie the game at 14.

1061
01:06:29,380 --> 01:06:38,540
 And then we got the field goal and went in feeling pretty good at halftime, being over in Athens, playing the number one team in the nation.

1062
01:06:38,780 --> 01:06:45,920
 You know, Charlie, since you mentioned about the fans, my little fur buddy is not feeling all that well these days.

1063
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:49,140
 So I had to go to the vet this morning, and he came out.

1064
01:06:49,220 --> 01:06:50,160
 Of course, he's an Auburn grad.

1065
01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:53,840
 He was talking to some folks with their dog, and they were all Auburn fans.

1066
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:55,460
 And I asked him to watch the game.

1067
01:06:55,460 --> 01:07:00,480
 He said, actually, no, he says, because I already had a conclusion drawn in my mind.

1068
01:07:00,520 --> 01:07:05,100
 I started listening to it, and the more I got to listening to it, now I'm happy.

1069
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:10,740
 So I think he illustrated kind of the mindset for a lot of Auburn fans, if they're honest.

1070
01:07:10,840 --> 01:07:13,340
 But your thoughts what this kind of win means for a program.

1071
01:07:13,460 --> 01:07:17,280
 He goes back to Gene Stallings up against the wall back in the day.

1072
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:21,860
 Alabama caught one against Tennessee when they were like, wow, I think they were number two in the country at the time.

1073
01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:23,740
 They beat Tennessee at Tennessee.

1074
01:07:23,740 --> 01:07:31,440
 What does this do for a program, and as Brent brought out, Auburn already has a pretty good idea halfway through a first-year coach's program.

1075
01:07:31,820 --> 01:07:36,480
 Your thoughts on what this means going forward starting this weekend against who knows about this LSU team.

1076
01:07:37,780 --> 01:07:38,560
 That's true.

1077
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:40,580
 You couldn't find a bigger win.

1078
01:07:40,900 --> 01:07:43,100
 I mean, I was trying to think back.

1079
01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:54,920
 You know, when Auburn beat Georgia and Alabama successively in 2017, that was a good Auburn team.

1080
01:07:55,480 --> 01:08:02,460
 Now, this team going into the game against Georgia, people were wondering whether Auburn was even going to make a bowl game.

1081
01:08:02,820 --> 01:08:06,520
 And people, you could still wonder that.

1082
01:08:06,520 --> 01:08:13,780
 But the thing is, is that this game gives Auburn so much confidence, so much energy.

1083
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:29,040
 I think, you know, it makes the coaches believe that what they're doing is working, that the program that they're trying to instill at Auburn is on its way, that they've got a good foundation.

1084
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:39,640
 They're building a foundation, and when you build a foundation, you don't always put – I mean, sometimes you put two building blocks up and one falls down, and then you have to put two more back up.

1085
01:08:40,180 --> 01:08:53,320
 So, it's a process, and I think Coach Golesh, you know, didn't want to make too big a deal out of the win, but he – I don't think you could have –

1086
01:08:53,320 --> 01:09:01,340
 you could have even written up a Hollywood script that would have been better for Auburn than this past Saturday.

1087
01:09:01,640 --> 01:09:04,620
 Charlie, I think Auburn won this game last week.

1088
01:09:05,220 --> 01:09:06,540
 Auburn had a bye week.

1089
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:08,360
 They had a chance to get healthy.

1090
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:11,100
 They looked at a lot of film of Georgia.

1091
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:19,040
 D.J. Durkin is a – you know, I know that they've gotten off to a little bit of a slow start tackling and defensive fundamentals,

1092
01:09:19,240 --> 01:09:23,340
 but he's one of the best defensive coordinators in the country now.

1093
01:09:23,540 --> 01:09:27,140
 Again, Auburn outrushed Georgia 192-113.

1094
01:09:27,800 --> 01:09:35,820
 I think they figured out – Auburn now knows what their identity is, and that's primarily being physical and running the ball,

1095
01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:42,980
 and I think Auburn got a little bit of schedule luck because I think – when you come off a big emotional game like Alabama and Auburn,

1096
01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:49,700
 you're going to have some guys out beat up, and they're going to be mentally tired, but Auburn took advantage of that.

1097
01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:56,760
 But when you outrun rush Georgia 192-113 and get three turnovers, that's quite a day.

1098
01:09:57,420 --> 01:10:00,640
 That is, and Brett, I think you're exactly right.

1099
01:10:01,060 --> 01:10:07,360
 I mean, excuse me, the Alabama-Georgia game, I think it took an awful lot out of both teams.

1100
01:10:08,660 --> 01:10:15,480
 Alabama really had a hangover in Knoxville, and I think Georgia had a hangover at home.

1101
01:10:16,260 --> 01:10:21,320
 And, you know, even though they got out to a big start, I think when it was 14-0,

1102
01:10:21,520 --> 01:10:25,640
 they were just going to feel like they could coast the rest of the way.

1103
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:33,040
 And then when Auburn came back and scored a touchdown and got within a score, it became a game.

1104
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:36,320
 And you're right, Auburn was a little bit more physical.

1105
01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:45,360
 At halftime, you know, when they were interviewing Kirby Smart, he even said Auburn's more physical on the line of scrimmage than we are right now.

1106
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:51,580
 And that quarterback draw, the quarterback keeper, is really keeping them, you know, honest.

1107
01:10:51,860 --> 01:10:59,880
 And so, yeah, I think, you know, Coach Golesh always talks about who's the most violent team.

1108
01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:06,620
 And he always says if you're more violent than you're the guy right across the line of scrimmage from you,

1109
01:11:06,620 --> 01:11:13,720
 and if you can, you know, stay from six to eight seconds every play and be more violent and be more aggressive,

1110
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:16,260
 then you're probably going to win the day.

1111
01:11:16,460 --> 01:11:18,640
 And that's kind of the way they're coaching.

1112
01:11:18,960 --> 01:11:23,300
 And I think they went into that game knowing they had to stop the run.

1113
01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:28,060
 You know, of course, Gunnar Stockton had a good day passing.

1114
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:34,480
 You know, he threw for well over 250 yards and a couple of touchdowns.

1115
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 He's an outstanding quarterback.

1116
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 But, you know, he had not thrown two interceptions in a game in his career.

1117
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 And he had two interceptions against Auburn and then that last fumble.

1118
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 So, you know, Auburn took advantage of those and was able to, you know, keep Georgia kind of at bay

1119
01:11:55,660 --> 01:11:58,780
 and got a 10-point lead going into the fourth quarter.

1120
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 And, you know, gosh, guys, I don't think anybody could have prognosticated that, you know,

1121
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 that Auburn would be winning the game in the fourth quarter.

1122
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 We were hoping that we were going to be in the game in the fourth quarter.

1123
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 Charlie, this is a different style.

1124
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 But I said after watching where some of the Auburn-Baylor game last year, Auburn ran for 300 yards,

1125
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 I said to myself, Hugh Freeze, that's your identity.

1126
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 Run the ball the rest of the year.

1127
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 And he wouldn't do it.

1128
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 But Golich is smart enough, Charlie, to where I think they, again, I go back,

1129
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 five weeks really helped teams out.

1130
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 And I think Auburn took full advantage.

1131
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 They figured out, I think, who can play on the offensive line.

1132
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 The defense needed a week off.

1133
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 Listen, Melendez was just incredible.

1134
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 He was.

1135
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 With that, Charlie.

1136
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 But, listen, we always enjoy breaking down the game with you.

1137
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 Congratulations to you and the Auburn family.

1138
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 That was an incredible win, my friend.

1139
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 Let's do this again next Monday, Charlie, if we can.

1140
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 Sounds great, Brett and Harold.

1141
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 War Eagle, guys.

1142
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 And we are fortunate to have gotten out of Athens with the win.

1143
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 We know that.

1144
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 But it is hopefully going to be a springboard and maybe give Auburn a chance to be successful

1145
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 In the meantime, enjoy the ride on cloud nine this week.

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 Hello again, everybody. I'm Roger Hubert.

1206
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:42,240
 Here are thoughts from Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer following Alabama's game on Saturday against Tennessee.

1207
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:51,540
 Struggled to sustain anything, keeping drives, you know, and continuity there and a penalty or, you know,

1208
01:17:51,620 --> 01:17:57,360
 came up short on a couple fourth downs and you're going to have to find a way to get some explosives against a front like that.

1209
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 And, you know, we struggled to do that.

1210
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 So, you know, turnovers early gave them some field position.

1211
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 They got the points.

1212
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 Our defense did a nice job of holding them to field goals.

1213
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 They did score every time they got in the red zone.

1214
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 But, you know, I thought those were some key stops to give us a chance.

1215
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 And so, you know, struggle coming out of the locker room each half to put some drives together.

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 You know, and just, again, you know, fourth and one a couple times and coming up short.

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 We put the ball on the ground four times.

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 We were without our number one and number two running back.

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 And you know what?

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 We still hate to beat down and beat down.

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 The score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1239
01:19:43,940 --> 01:19:46,380
 That was Daryl on Paul's show.

1240
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 Wonder what Daryl is going to be calling Paul about today.

1241
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 Paul, by the way, will follow the Boomo Bugg show later on here on 93.9 The Score.

1242
01:19:52,740 --> 01:19:54,380
 What's Daryl going to say today, B.B.?

1243
01:19:54,380 --> 01:19:58,000
 I think a little different tone today for Daryl.

1244
01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:03,480
 It's the same tone when Alabama goes to Knoxville under Coach DeBoer.

1245
01:20:03,560 --> 01:20:05,140
 I think Vince Ferraro would agree with that.

1246
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 He follows the victors in East Tennessee this weekend.

1247
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 The Tennessee Vols there on 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville.

1248
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 Vince Ferraro, welcome in.

1249
01:20:14,500 --> 01:20:20,880
 Did any Tennessee fans make it to work this weekend or they still hung over and having breakfast with Pepto-Bismol?

1250
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 How are you?

1251
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 Well, I'm great.

1252
01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:24,720
 Great to be on with you guys.

1253
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 I can't confirm like everyone's work status, but there's a chance that they, I know what they smell like if they were in the stadium on Saturday.

1254
01:20:36,540 --> 01:20:46,280
 V-Man, obviously, wow, we know what's being said on this side of the state line and it's family radio, so we'll be careful with that.

1255
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:48,780
 What are they saying on your side of the state line about this game?

1256
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:57,720
 Yeah, obviously, tremendous excitement and pride for, you know, a game that's very important to a lot of fans.

1257
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 You know, to the older demographic, we've talked about this before, it's the most important and meaningful rivalry game for the younger fans, Florida.

1258
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 And now they don't play Florida every year, so, you know, maybe that will bring more towards Alabama if they weren't already.

1259
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:35,800
 But, you know, the fact that they, you know, is much, you know, really bad history against Alabama they had basically since Saban got there and, you know, how much that was dominated until 2022's victory.

1260
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:48,880
 And now, you know, you have three straight wins at home against Alabama, considering all the struggles, and then to win the game by the most points since 1998 against Alabama.

1261
01:21:49,760 --> 01:22:00,720
 Honestly, I think as dominant as Tennessee was at the line of scrimmage in that game, the score probably wasn't even indicative of how one-sided it was.

1262
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:07,700
 And, obviously, you know, Cat only getting field goals early was a part of that.

1263
01:22:07,860 --> 01:22:11,080
 But, look, I give Josh Hypo credit for taking the points.

1264
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 There's times where he's chasing points.

1265
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 He is going for it in plus territory.

1266
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 This game did not call for that.

1267
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 And he read the room.

1268
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 He doesn't always make those calls that I agree with, but I agreed with him in not forcing things.

1269
01:22:31,220 --> 01:22:39,140
 They obviously, you know, want to get touchdowns, but, you know, they weren't executing into play, some drops and things like that.

1270
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 And so, take the points.

1271
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 You can't afford.

1272
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 I know kick and field goals all the time has to come back and bite you.

1273
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:47,680
 Hypo said it in the post game when I asked him about it.

1274
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 But he, you know, you also can get beat by not getting anything at all.

1275
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 And so, that didn't happen to them.

1276
01:22:57,000 --> 01:23:06,020
 So, I give him credit for not only that, taking those points, but also playing to his team, to his quarterback play.

1277
01:23:06,420 --> 01:23:12,460
 They advanced a little bit the passing game and some of the wrinkles that they did to move the chains.

1278
01:23:12,580 --> 01:23:19,240
 They weren't the typical explosive hypo offense that he has a, you know, a reputation for.

1279
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:25,920
 I also, because of that, I don't think Alabama's game plan, and I'm sure people have been talking about it there.

1280
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 I didn't understand why they were so adamant to not give up the deep shot and play soft coverage, and Tennessee smartly took it.

1281
01:23:36,780 --> 01:23:37,120
 Why?

1282
01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:40,860
 What have they shown on tape that they're going to beat you over the top?

1283
01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:48,400
 Maybe some past years or his reputation, and then no adjustment during the game either.

1284
01:23:50,020 --> 01:23:53,600
 So, I, you know, but Tennessee, Tennessee didn't force things.

1285
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:58,500
 They took it, and George McIntyre got the ball out of his hands.

1286
01:23:58,880 --> 01:24:06,040
 Just really impressed by them doing what was necessary to win a game and do it in dominant fashion.

1287
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:14,220
 Last thing on this, the defense, guys, Alabama going into that final drive in the fourth quarter,

1288
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:18,700
 they had 139 yards in total offense.

1289
01:24:19,340 --> 01:24:25,100
 So, they had 62 on that drive when Tennessee's playing a little pre-bend defense until Knowles was like,

1290
01:24:25,160 --> 01:24:26,640
 all right, enough of this.

1291
01:24:26,900 --> 01:24:30,580
 And they started eating up, you know, Keelan Russell.

1292
01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:35,240
 But he had 89 yards passing going into that drive as well.

1293
01:24:35,240 --> 01:24:38,900
 I mean, just absolutely dominant across the board defensively.

1294
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:42,460
 And then the ground game, obviously, was massive to get them in the finish line.

1295
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:45,400
 I thought Tennessee had a simple game plan.

1296
01:24:45,620 --> 01:24:49,300
 I give Clint Lamb credit for laying this out.

1297
01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:50,800
 You alluded to some of it.

1298
01:24:51,700 --> 01:24:54,760
 Offensively, ran the ball with Deshaun Bishop.

1299
01:24:55,400 --> 01:25:01,660
 Quick easy throws for the quarterback because Alabama was soft coverage and were playing off.

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01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:06,240
 And then defensively, and Jim Knowles put on a master class.

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 He's earned every penny that they paid him.

1302
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:13,720
 Put Alabama in unfavorable down in distance, third and eight.

1303
01:25:14,260 --> 01:25:20,820
 Yet after Russell, which they did with four sanks because Alabama, for some reason, would not run the ball enough.

1304
01:25:21,240 --> 01:25:24,500
 Very simple game plan, but executed to perfection.

1305
01:25:25,180 --> 01:25:27,980
 Yeah, it was spectacular.

1306
01:25:28,660 --> 01:25:37,400
 And what Jim Knowles has done, I told you guys on my show, this would be a much improved defense.

1307
01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:40,940
 And to me, it was the trust in Jim Knowles.

1308
01:25:41,420 --> 01:25:50,100
 Yes, there was a whole reputation that he needed two years to really make an impact, but he has much more to work with.

1309
01:25:50,240 --> 01:25:53,400
 He had coaches all over the defense that he's worked with.

1310
01:25:53,480 --> 01:25:57,800
 He had players from every level that are starters on this defense, support staff.

1311
01:25:58,220 --> 01:26:03,340
 Oh, by the way, they hired another massive hire that's earned every penny.

1312
01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:08,020
 He's the strength and conditioning coach for the national champions at Indiana, and Derek Owings.

1313
01:26:08,340 --> 01:26:10,540
 And that is paying off on defense so much.

1314
01:26:11,100 --> 01:26:18,520
 Plus the other transfers they brought in, like T.J. Metcalf and Quay Moss, they've all panned out.

1315
01:26:18,680 --> 01:26:22,860
 And they're veteran guys that were able to learn the system and put in the work.

1316
01:26:22,980 --> 01:26:29,720
 And even Amari Campbell said the difference between Jim Knowles' defense last year at Penn State and here is the buy-in.

1317
01:26:29,980 --> 01:26:34,920
 Which tells me he was a mess there, and they weren't all brought in.

1318
01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:39,300
 And when you buy in to him, this is what can happen to you.

1319
01:26:40,020 --> 01:26:47,360
 And they lead the nation in sacks and up there in TFLs and so many other defensive categories.

1320
01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:49,660
 Just a clinic.

1321
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:51,320
 They work as all 11.

1322
01:26:51,900 --> 01:26:55,740
 They show young quarterbacks, older quarterbacks.

1323
01:26:56,060 --> 01:26:59,660
 They show them one look pre-snap and something different post.

1324
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:03,340
 And they'll send blitzes at the right time, seemingly.

1325
01:27:04,180 --> 01:27:10,560
 Number two, Xavier Gilliam is, as Cole Kubik mentioned, probably the best defensive player in the country.

1326
01:27:11,140 --> 01:27:12,500
 They disrupt everything.

1327
01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:14,500
 And then they all work connected together.

1328
01:27:14,500 --> 01:27:24,160
 So game plan, players, not super deep, but man, this group is at as high a level as you can get right now.

1329
01:27:24,260 --> 01:27:30,600
 I agree with you entirely about hiring Derrick Owens after the national championship game, getting him from Indiana.

1330
01:27:31,220 --> 01:27:33,180
 Tennessee just looks like a bigger team.

1331
01:27:33,600 --> 01:27:37,840
 But they need to be as far as – but they need to be careful.

1332
01:27:39,360 --> 01:27:42,320
 I know you're going to talk about this all week long.

1333
01:27:42,820 --> 01:27:46,160
 Tennessee coming off a big emotional win over Alabama.

1334
01:27:46,460 --> 01:27:52,760
 And then you're traveling to South Carolina on the road with a South Carolina team that's had a bye week.

1335
01:27:53,440 --> 01:27:57,300
 A lot of people are going to be looking at that as a trendy upset pick.

1336
01:27:57,420 --> 01:27:59,320
 We'll see more or less how that goes.

1337
01:27:59,820 --> 01:28:06,300
 Hey, man, where can we get online and get all your postgame for Tennessee and Alabama?

1338
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,860
 Yeah, I was talking about South Carolina in his postgame.

1339
01:28:10,180 --> 01:28:12,400
 They had the extra week and they had to catch up.

1340
01:28:12,600 --> 01:28:14,460
 And he was obviously talking about it today.

1341
01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:19,560
 And there's so many examples of teams having letdowns after emotional wins.

1342
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:25,020
 And, oh, by the way, South Carolina ruined Tennessee's season and hope for a playoff in 2022.

1343
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:31,300
 And there's a track record there of not playing well there, just like there was for Arkansas when people said,

1344
01:28:31,340 --> 01:28:33,360
 oh, there's no way they're going to blow them out.

1345
01:28:33,460 --> 01:28:35,080
 Well, there's a track record there.

1346
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 So Tennessee's got to be careful.

1347
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 But you can follow me on all the socials, Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E Sports.

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1351
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1352
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 What's the old game show thing?

1353
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 The consolation prize.

1354
01:29:02,380 --> 01:29:05,860
 Alabama does come away with a half million dollars for our Tennessee storm in the field.

1355
01:29:06,000 --> 01:29:07,840
 So is that the consolation prize?

1356
01:29:08,760 --> 01:29:09,040
 Yeah.

1357
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 Hey, in the NIL world, you'll take all of it, right?

1358
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 It's all part of the strategy.

1359
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 V-Man, have a good week, okay?

1360
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 All right, you guys are the best.

1361
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 I always enjoy it.

1362
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 Thank you.

1363
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 Thank you, buddy.

1364
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 Coming up, if you think you're upset as a fan, I would imagine the former players have a thing or two or more.

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1469
01:35:22,940 --> 01:35:24,000
 Welcome back in.

1470
01:35:24,220 --> 01:35:33,260
 It is obviously a huge, huge honor for us to say hello to William Redfish Barger, former University of Alabama offensive lineman, close to BAMS Radio.

1471
01:35:34,260 --> 01:35:35,420
 William, welcome in.

1472
01:35:35,500 --> 01:35:37,080
 We've heard from the fans.

1473
01:35:38,580 --> 01:35:41,700
 The question is, what are former Alabama players saying?

1474
01:35:41,900 --> 01:35:45,560
 William, William, William, where do you start breaking this one down the Monday after?

1475
01:35:46,820 --> 01:35:51,960
 Well, I mean, before I get going, do y'all have a waiver from the FCC so I don't get y'all taking care of their way?

1476
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:53,300
 Let me check on that.

1477
01:35:53,340 --> 01:35:54,940
 Let me check on that, William.

1478
01:35:55,300 --> 01:36:00,620
 Until we get a final word, let's try to keep it on Thursday all the way home, okay?

1479
01:36:00,620 --> 01:36:05,680
 I'll try and give you the dizzle version.

1480
01:36:05,680 --> 01:36:06,080
 That's it.

1481
01:36:06,080 --> 01:36:06,660
 That's okay.

1482
01:36:07,160 --> 01:36:07,360
 All right.

1483
01:36:08,480 --> 01:36:17,560
 But, you know, it's probably one of the worst examples of coaching malfeasance I think I've ever seen.

1484
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:18,480
 I agree.

1485
01:36:18,720 --> 01:36:19,280
 I agree.

1486
01:36:19,460 --> 01:36:19,960
 From the beginning.

1487
01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:27,560
 You know, I came back from grabbing a Diet Coke out of the fridge at the start of the fourth quarter,

1488
01:36:27,700 --> 01:36:35,780
 and when I looked at the TV screen and, you know, saw that Kane Womack had two defensive linemen

1489
01:36:35,780 --> 01:36:41,940
 and two 230-pound outside linebackers lined up across the defensive line to stop the run.

1490
01:36:42,180 --> 01:36:43,940
 You knew they were going to be running the ball.

1491
01:36:44,140 --> 01:36:44,240
 Yeah.

1492
01:36:44,480 --> 01:36:47,040
 And then the corners were still 10 yards off the ball.

1493
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 I just turned it off.

1494
01:36:50,080 --> 01:36:50,340
 Yeah.

1495
01:36:50,540 --> 01:36:53,580
 You know, I've got better things to do with my time.

1496
01:36:54,200 --> 01:36:54,520
 Yeah.

1497
01:36:54,660 --> 01:36:56,840
 I switched it over and watched a good ball game.

1498
01:36:56,840 --> 01:36:58,700
 I watched the rest of the Auburn-Georgia game.

1499
01:36:58,700 --> 01:37:07,600
 But, I mean, I wish I could offer some kind of, you know, educated, informed opinion on what we all saw Saturday.

1500
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 But, I mean, it's just, you know, from the head coach to both coordinators, you know,

1501
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 the offensive coordinator did nothing to get his, you know, first-year quarterback comfortable.

1502
01:37:22,200 --> 01:37:29,620
 You know, the most hostile environment to play in in college football, you know, especially with being down, you know,

1503
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 the starting center and the best wide receiver.

1504
01:37:32,960 --> 01:37:38,900
 You know, they're just, you know, watching them expect that offensive line to hold up for five and six seconds

1505
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 against a really good pass rushing defensive line, you know, for, you know, pass patterns that take forever and a day to, you know,

1506
01:37:48,040 --> 01:37:50,760
 develop and come open if they ever do come open.

1507
01:37:50,760 --> 01:37:57,420
 And, you know, you know, not much of an effort to, you know, run quick hitting, running plays up the middle.

1508
01:37:57,680 --> 01:38:05,000
 And probably the, you know, the worst thing that I saw was the fourth and one attempt with a counter play that,

1509
01:38:05,540 --> 01:38:08,700
 h***, I probably could have run that play down at 55 years old.

1510
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:11,320
 It takes forever so long to get somebody going with that.

1511
01:38:11,440 --> 01:38:16,440
 You know, I just, you know, I wish you could, you know, I wish I could find something positive to say.

1512
01:38:16,440 --> 01:38:18,760
 But I'm fresh out of positivity.

1513
01:38:19,100 --> 01:38:20,620
 I've been supportive.

1514
01:38:20,860 --> 01:38:21,640
 I've been loyal.

1515
01:38:21,940 --> 01:38:25,480
 But I won't watch the Texas A&M game this weekend.

1516
01:38:26,460 --> 01:38:32,580
 You know, if I see that they won and performed well, maybe they can win my fandom back over the off week

1517
01:38:32,580 --> 01:38:34,100
 and I'll watch the LSU game.

1518
01:38:34,160 --> 01:38:35,860
 But that's even up at the air at this point.

1519
01:38:36,400 --> 01:38:37,280
 Here's the deal, William.

1520
01:38:37,320 --> 01:38:40,200
 When you get out, let's face it, it's safe to say outplayed, outcoached.

1521
01:38:40,240 --> 01:38:41,500
 That's the outcome you can get.

1522
01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:42,940
 I think here's what's frustrating.

1523
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:43,780
 It's year three.

1524
01:38:44,300 --> 01:38:45,860
 And we're hearing the same platitudes.

1525
01:38:45,860 --> 01:38:47,320
 Well, we came out flat.

1526
01:38:47,420 --> 01:38:48,360
 Well, we know that, Coach.

1527
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 This is a good man.

1528
01:38:50,620 --> 01:38:52,360
 I think Kenneth DeBoer is a good man.

1529
01:38:52,640 --> 01:38:56,540
 But nobody ever accused Bear Bryant and Nick Saban being gentle guys.

1530
01:38:56,860 --> 01:38:58,280
 They did their job.

1531
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 They won at the highest level.

1532
01:39:00,360 --> 01:39:01,480
 It's one thing to be good.

1533
01:39:01,540 --> 01:39:02,700
 No question about that.

1534
01:39:03,080 --> 01:39:09,000
 But to hear the same platitudes in year three, the question is we know what screwed up.

1535
01:39:09,120 --> 01:39:12,160
 I mean, I got a little blind dog and she saw what was going on.

1536
01:39:13,020 --> 01:39:16,600
 What are you going to do to fix it is a problem because it's not the first time they've come

1537
01:39:16,600 --> 01:39:18,760
 out on the Monday afternoon and said, we screwed up.

1538
01:39:19,400 --> 01:39:21,240
 If I was a fan, I'd be mad too.

1539
01:39:21,440 --> 01:39:21,760
 Okay.

1540
01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:24,720
 But what are you going to do to fix it?

1541
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:30,980
 You know, I mean, there's some pretty simple solutions to fix it.

1542
01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:37,880
 I mean, you know, when you're the defensive coordinator and you've recognized that, you know,

1543
01:39:38,040 --> 01:39:42,780
 a team has basically told their quarterback they're not going to ask him to do anything

1544
01:39:42,780 --> 01:39:48,100
 to put the game in jeopardy, which equates to throwing the ball deep down the field.

1545
01:39:48,260 --> 01:39:48,380
 Yep.

1546
01:39:48,540 --> 01:39:48,740
 Right.

1547
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:51,240
 And all they're going to do is run the football.

1548
01:39:51,660 --> 01:39:56,700
 And when they have to pass it, they're going to throw it, you know, five yards down the field

1549
01:39:56,700 --> 01:40:00,860
 and, you know, roll the dice on what the wide receiver can pick up after the catch.

1550
01:40:01,020 --> 01:40:06,180
 And when you're giving them 10 yards, you know, on a third and six, I mean, h***,

1551
01:40:06,240 --> 01:40:14,360
 I could, I could complete that, you know, it's just, and again, it's same thing on the

1552
01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:15,420
 other side of the ball.

1553
01:40:16,600 --> 01:40:22,160
 You know, I mean, I have no problem in that kind of atmosphere if there's some illegal

1554
01:40:22,160 --> 01:40:28,160
 procedure penalties, because it is a hard place to hold the mud, you know, when you're

1555
01:40:28,160 --> 01:40:33,920
 in your stance, getting ready for that ball to be snapped and, you know, communication is

1556
01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:41,320
 difficult, but, you know, just, just to see the, the poor game planning, um, I, you know,

1557
01:40:41,320 --> 01:40:43,480
 I don't even put it on the players at this point.

1558
01:40:43,480 --> 01:40:48,780
 I mean, you're putting them in impossible situations to be successful and, and, you know,

1559
01:40:48,800 --> 01:40:54,740
 part of the, you know, part of the, you know, the first bullet point on a coach's responsibility,

1560
01:40:54,740 --> 01:41:00,420
 whether it's a position coach or coordinator or head coach, man, you got to be able to put

1561
01:41:00,420 --> 01:41:03,780
 your players in a position to be successful or have a chance to be.

1562
01:41:03,920 --> 01:41:04,440
 Yeah.

1563
01:41:04,980 --> 01:41:10,940
 Um, and William, you, you're going against, uh, a defensive coordinator.

1564
01:41:11,120 --> 01:41:13,820
 A lot of people are saying, well, Jim knows has come in.

1565
01:41:13,880 --> 01:41:16,900
 It's going to take two years to get acclimated to assist him.

1566
01:41:16,980 --> 01:41:20,420
 Well, he brought two coaches, three players with him.

1567
01:41:20,420 --> 01:41:26,220
 Another one went AWOL on him, but you're going against one of the best defensive coordinators

1568
01:41:26,220 --> 01:41:27,880
 in college football.

1569
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:30,320
 And you've got a game plan like that.

1570
01:41:30,400 --> 01:41:31,140
 William, you're right.

1571
01:41:31,220 --> 01:41:33,120
 There's no way you can be successful.

1572
01:41:33,920 --> 01:41:40,300
 I guarantee you, I'm not saying, you know, to, to this extent, but some version of this

1573
01:41:40,300 --> 01:41:47,520
 conversation, you know, since the Georgia game, um, is taking place on a Sunday at all

1574
01:41:47,520 --> 01:41:48,960
 the football complexes.

1575
01:41:49,500 --> 01:41:54,000
 I'm in the Southeastern conference that they're still, you know, have or left to have to play

1576
01:41:54,000 --> 01:42:00,140
 Alabama, you know, uh, coach a is calling coach B at the school that just got through

1577
01:42:00,140 --> 01:42:03,720
 playing and saying, Hey man, just fax me your game plan.

1578
01:42:03,720 --> 01:42:07,360
 And I'll get the AD to wire $500,000 to y'all's AD.

1579
01:42:07,920 --> 01:42:11,320
 Um, it's, it's, it's a rinse and repeat scenario.

1580
01:42:12,160 --> 01:42:18,500
 You know, that that's, that's the other thing that's become a pattern here is it happens more

1581
01:42:18,500 --> 01:42:24,040
 often than not when they're the visiting team on the road and it happens more often than

1582
01:42:24,040 --> 01:42:27,640
 not when it's just a subpar to a decent defense.

1583
01:42:28,140 --> 01:42:33,960
 Um, you know, when, when they come up against somebody, you know, that's got obvious deficiencies

1584
01:42:33,960 --> 01:42:41,700
 like a South Carolina and, um, you know, Kentucky and, and, and people like that, um, you know,

1585
01:42:41,700 --> 01:42:45,860
 that they, they just, this, you know, this, this offense, you know, functions at a pretty

1586
01:42:45,860 --> 01:42:50,620
 high level, but man, when you, when you come up against the George's and the Tennessee's

1587
01:42:50,620 --> 01:42:54,940
 and I listen, there's no guarantee that you're not going to see a repeat of it Saturday.

1588
01:42:55,820 --> 01:43:02,320
 Um, you know, I mean, uh, unlike Tennessee, I don't think A&M is going to, you know, put

1589
01:43:02,320 --> 01:43:06,500
 a quarterback on the field that they asked not to put the ball in harm's way.

1590
01:43:06,500 --> 01:43:09,740
 I mean, Reed's kind of got some Lenore sellers in him.

1591
01:43:09,800 --> 01:43:13,960
 He's, he's generous with, with given turnovers, but let me tell you something.

1592
01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:18,540
 Elko's a h*** of a defensive mind and he's got the athletes to pull that same scheme off.

1593
01:43:19,540 --> 01:43:22,000
 So obviously we, and we know where Alabama is.

1594
01:43:22,040 --> 01:43:23,540
 They've always played golf.

1595
01:43:23,660 --> 01:43:27,960
 If you've got with boys that gives us a mulligan, I think Alabama's out of mulligans.

1596
01:43:28,180 --> 01:43:29,300
 They're down 13.

1597
01:43:29,540 --> 01:43:30,600
 It ended a day.

1598
01:43:30,660 --> 01:43:31,600
 They'd miss the playoffs.

1599
01:43:31,960 --> 01:43:36,280
 This is just two weeks after having the number two offense as far as scoring in the country

1600
01:43:36,280 --> 01:43:41,980
 and a top five ranking, uh, back-to-back defensive minds that took their pride away.

1601
01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:43,720
 Let's say this plays out.

1602
01:43:43,800 --> 01:43:46,340
 This is, they lose again and they miss the playoffs.

1603
01:43:46,720 --> 01:43:50,760
 It's easy to say, well, you fire the coach, William in 2026.

1604
01:43:51,460 --> 01:43:52,440
 What do you do?

1605
01:43:52,500 --> 01:43:57,540
 If you are the brain trust, given what that would mean financially to take the flush on

1606
01:43:57,540 --> 01:44:02,160
 that, as far as the entire staff, the buyouts, bringing to somebody else and what that does

1607
01:44:02,160 --> 01:44:04,600
 for the NIL budget, trying to buy players going forward.

1608
01:44:04,700 --> 01:44:07,640
 What, what is realistic in a worst case scenario?

1609
01:44:08,880 --> 01:44:14,620
 Well, I, I don't think it's at that point yet, but let's just say that there is another loss.

1610
01:44:15,220 --> 01:44:17,620
 Um, they get eliminated from the playoffs.

1611
01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:18,220
 Right.

1612
01:44:18,280 --> 01:44:23,220
 You know, that, that's going to be viewed, um, as an abject failure.

1613
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:24,060
 In year three.

1614
01:44:24,160 --> 01:44:26,220
 You know, in year three.

1615
01:44:26,300 --> 01:44:26,740
 Mm-hmm.

1616
01:44:26,740 --> 01:44:32,620
 Um, you know, I think a lot of it will have to, you know, depend on, you know, the three-point

1617
01:44:32,620 --> 01:44:35,500
 loss at home to Georgia, I don't think is going to be the issue.

1618
01:44:35,500 --> 01:44:36,580
 No, no, no.

1619
01:44:36,580 --> 01:44:41,220
 You know, the whipping at Tennessee, and if there is any more, you know, whippings that

1620
01:44:41,220 --> 01:44:44,600
 take place, either at that, you know, this bunch has been pretty good at home.

1621
01:44:44,900 --> 01:44:45,320
 Mm-hmm.

1622
01:44:45,420 --> 01:44:50,840
 Um, but, you know, you got that visit to another pretty tough place to play in, in, uh, three

1623
01:44:50,840 --> 01:44:52,100
 weeks, you know, down there.

1624
01:44:52,180 --> 01:44:58,780
 So, you know, I would think the initial flush would be, you know, hey, Kalen, um, we're going

1625
01:44:58,780 --> 01:45:02,980
 to give you one more shot to get this right, but you're going to have to make some changes

1626
01:45:02,980 --> 01:45:04,140
 with the coordinators.

1627
01:45:04,580 --> 01:45:04,760
 That's right.

1628
01:45:04,940 --> 01:45:09,100
 Um, and, oh, by the way, um, we're not asking, we're telling.

1629
01:45:09,360 --> 01:45:09,540
 Yeah.

1630
01:45:10,540 --> 01:45:10,980
 Exactly.

1631
01:45:11,840 --> 01:45:16,600
 Uh, William, the Masher Report, Kalen DeBoer came out today and was quite vague.

1632
01:45:16,600 --> 01:45:19,680
 Uh, well, we'll see, and they're week by week.

1633
01:45:20,120 --> 01:45:25,060
 And particularly, Rayson Delgotti and Terrence Green, what are you hearing there?

1634
01:45:26,200 --> 01:45:31,080
 You know, I, I think there's a chance Green is back probably before Delgotti.

1635
01:45:31,460 --> 01:45:36,720
 Um, you know, I, I think we, we have to be, you know, a little bit cautiously optimistic

1636
01:45:36,720 --> 01:45:41,900
 with the bye week coming up, but, you know, based on, you know, the stuff that I've heard,

1637
01:45:41,900 --> 01:45:48,740
 um, I think Green might have a chance to come back before Delgotti, but, you know, I, I think

1638
01:45:48,740 --> 01:45:54,020
 you'll, you'll know, you know, by Wednesday on that, when that injury report comes out,

1639
01:45:54,020 --> 01:46:00,180
 but prior to, um, you know, LSU, um, you know, what we're looking at here, but, you know,

1640
01:46:00,200 --> 01:46:05,160
 those are, and again, man, you're, you're going to probably get the, you know, the injury

1641
01:46:05,160 --> 01:46:05,880
 excuse.

1642
01:46:06,220 --> 01:46:08,680
 Um, and that's all it is.

1643
01:46:08,680 --> 01:46:14,920
 I mean, everybody, you know, I think Miami, you know, Miami's got like four or five starters

1644
01:46:14,920 --> 01:46:19,880
 that they're down and, and, you know, they almost, it almost cost them Saturday night,

1645
01:46:19,880 --> 01:46:24,620
 but, um, you know, that, that's where we are, you know, you, if you remember, that's

1646
01:46:24,620 --> 01:46:30,020
 kind of where this, this outfit was last year at this time, you know, they were, they were

1647
01:46:30,020 --> 01:46:35,340
 gangbusters in September and when a couple of injuries started creeping up, you know,

1648
01:46:35,380 --> 01:46:38,680
 you saw the, that's exactly right.

1649
01:46:38,820 --> 01:46:45,380
 Um, you know, you kind of saw the scores tighten up and, um, you know, games were, you know,

1650
01:46:45,380 --> 01:46:48,480
 had to, had to be pulled off in a, in a magician type manner.

1651
01:46:48,480 --> 01:46:54,660
 And, and so, um, it, like I said, it's a pattern and it's an uncomfortable one for, you

1652
01:46:54,660 --> 01:46:55,680
 know, Alabama fans.

1653
01:46:56,140 --> 01:47:00,600
 The interesting of the situation with Crowell as well, when we get the official list later

1654
01:47:00,600 --> 01:47:02,700
 on the week, but, uh, let's face it.

1655
01:47:02,720 --> 01:47:05,580
 First things first, nobody's going to feel sorry for you.

1656
01:47:05,660 --> 01:47:08,020
 And what's going to happen Saturday against the Aggies?

1657
01:47:09,280 --> 01:47:11,800
 Well, I mean, and that's, that's part of it, man.

1658
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:15,820
 I mean, these guys, including the players, you know, they're making way too much money

1659
01:47:15,820 --> 01:47:22,900
 for, you know, sympathy cards to be mailed out, um, you know, and there again, man, I

1660
01:47:22,900 --> 01:47:32,700
 mean, if, if you see, um, another slow start, you know, just, you know, critical mistakes

1661
01:47:32,700 --> 01:47:40,120
 made that are unforced errors, um, chunk plays, you know, being made on the defense and you're

1662
01:47:40,120 --> 01:47:43,140
 going to see the boo birds come out in full force.

1663
01:47:43,760 --> 01:47:48,840
 I wouldn't be surprised to see, you know, not, not a half empty stadium, but I guarantee

1664
01:47:48,840 --> 01:47:50,580
 it's not going to be sold out.

1665
01:47:51,100 --> 01:47:54,580
 Um, and homecoming, you know, that's exactly.

1666
01:47:55,060 --> 01:48:00,220
 And then, you know, that's, that's what this kind of, um, production that that's the kind

1667
01:48:00,220 --> 01:48:01,560
 of results that yields.

1668
01:48:01,560 --> 01:48:06,120
 And, and, you know, there's, there's only, you know, one group of people, um, down there

1669
01:48:06,120 --> 01:48:10,280
 in the Malmore football building that can change the trajectory that they're on right

1670
01:48:10,280 --> 01:48:10,480
 now.

1671
01:48:10,540 --> 01:48:11,300
 It's not a good one.

1672
01:48:11,620 --> 01:48:12,540
 Yeah, absolutely.

1673
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:16,640
 Well, I hope Monday's been better than Saturday afternoon.

1674
01:48:16,900 --> 01:48:17,960
 Believe me for a while.

1675
01:48:18,140 --> 01:48:19,660
 Let me tell you, let me tell you something.

1676
01:48:19,660 --> 01:48:25,140
 That's one thing that, that's one thing that old age, um, you know, provides you with a little

1677
01:48:25,140 --> 01:48:25,840
 bit of wisdom.

1678
01:48:25,840 --> 01:48:29,900
 I walked in and saw that ridiculous defensive set.

1679
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:34,840
 I grabbed a clicker, turned it off and drove to Academy and bought some, some fishing tackle

1680
01:48:34,840 --> 01:48:38,780
 because that's where I'm going to be Saturday afternoon.

1681
01:48:39,540 --> 01:48:40,580
 I'm going to be fishing.

1682
01:48:40,700 --> 01:48:42,160
 I'm not going to be watching the Aggies.

1683
01:48:42,500 --> 01:48:44,460
 So what are you going to be kicking some basses?

1684
01:48:44,680 --> 01:48:45,580
 Oh Lord.

1685
01:48:46,040 --> 01:48:46,920
 No, no, man.

1686
01:48:46,980 --> 01:48:51,300
 With this stable, cool weather, I'm going to be looking for those, those, those spotbacks,

1687
01:48:51,420 --> 01:48:52,020
 those crappies.

1688
01:48:52,260 --> 01:48:53,200
 There you go.

1689
01:48:53,420 --> 01:48:54,040
 Good eating.

1690
01:48:55,440 --> 01:48:57,700
 I always enjoyed the conversation, my friend.

1691
01:48:57,780 --> 01:49:01,040
 Even if it's a bad, bad topic, great wait for Monday.

1692
01:49:01,500 --> 01:49:02,900
 Listen, have a great week, William.

1693
01:49:03,660 --> 01:49:04,340
 Hey, y'all too.

1694
01:49:05,360 --> 01:49:08,140
 Hey, hey, I think we still have our license at that interview.

1695
01:49:08,140 --> 01:49:08,860
 Yes, we do.

1696
01:49:09,380 --> 01:49:11,000
 Your final thoughts over the weekend, Brett.

1697
01:49:11,220 --> 01:49:13,560
 Well, it's just frustration for everybody.

1698
01:49:13,720 --> 01:49:16,680
 Harold, again, it was a terrible game plan.

1699
01:49:16,860 --> 01:49:18,600
 Again, kudos to Tennessee.

1700
01:49:19,460 --> 01:49:20,540
 And Georgia and Auburn.

1701
01:49:20,740 --> 01:49:22,620
 Jim knows had a master class.

1702
01:49:23,100 --> 01:49:24,240
 Kudos to Auburn.

1703
01:49:24,460 --> 01:49:28,000
 But, again, five out of the top seven teams in the poll lose.

1704
01:49:28,100 --> 01:49:31,240
 I think we're going to continue to see that trend throughout the season.

1705
01:49:31,500 --> 01:49:37,120
 Well, if Motown was still in business up there, they would be having a song in Tuscaloosa called Soul Searching.

1706
01:49:37,180 --> 01:49:40,280
 It is soul searching time in T-Town for this coaching staff.

1707
01:49:40,360 --> 01:49:41,620
 That's going to take care of business for now.

1708
01:49:41,720 --> 01:49:44,220
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1709
01:49:44,740 --> 01:49:46,520
 Harold Boggs, thank you so much for your time today.

1710
01:49:46,600 --> 01:49:47,200
 Let's do it again tomorrow.

1711
01:49:47,400 --> 01:49:51,200
 Tune to the Boomo Bugg Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.