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 Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll discuss Florence Falcons football with coaches and players.

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 Presented by 93.9 The Score, State Farm Agent J.D. Byers and River Bank and Trust. Now live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Florence Falcons, Kevin Johnson.

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 And good evening on this beautiful night for coming out to Lost Pizza, being a part of the opportunity to celebrate Florence Falcons football.

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 We're glad to be with you here as Lost Pizza is our host for our Thursday night events and can't believe it's already at the end of the season down the home stretch.

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 We're looking forward to a great crowd here on hand. A lot of Florence Falcons fans here, a lot of Florence coaches and players here too.

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 And looking forward to a great game Friday night at Brawley Stadium as the Florence Falcons will take on the Hearts and Tigers.

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 You'll hear that game right here on 93.9 The Score.

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 Would you help me here in welcoming this? We're joined by the head coach of the Florence Falcons coach, Kenny Morrison.

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 Coach, how are you doing tonight, my friend?

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 Doing great.

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 Good to see you. Everything going well this week? Had a decent week?

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 Decent week of practice. These guys worked really hard, bounced back from a tough loss last week and proud of where their mindset is right now.

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 Well, let's talk about it. It's hard to believe it is week number nine, really, or week ten, however you want to look at it.

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 I don't know if for me, it seems like the season just flies by. Does it seem the same to you?

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 It does every year, and I know these seniors, it comes to mind what I tell them every year.

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 Guys, you'll look up and it's week nine or ten, and sure enough, I've reminded them that several times.

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 Enjoy the moment. Enjoy the time. It goes by fast for them.

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 Coach, you and I have done so many radio shows together this year. I know it's at nauseam for what we talked about,

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 but the fact is, after we get all through to the last week where the region play, we realize what you've been saying all along.

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 This region, from top to bottom, is just so tough, but you know, it's got to pay dividends maybe when you go to the postseason.

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 Yeah, I mean, we're hoping that for sure.

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 It is definitely the SEC North, and it's been termed that for probably the last 15, 20 years, so it's lived up to the billing this year for sure.

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 It has. It's been amazing. You can see it any time, any place.

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 Anyone on any given night is able to win a game as we speak with Coach Kenny Morrison.

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 And Coach, not only do you need to maybe, as I say, flush last week, but it would be great to come out and crush Friday night

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 because if you could flip the switch and say, let's come out and show who we really are, that would be a great testament to your team.

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 Yeah, and we hope these guys, you know, follow the rule that we always use with a win, 24-hour rule.

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 Even with a loss, we've got to put it away fast, 24 hours.

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 We know it hurt, and it was a tough loss for us.

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 Some things didn't go well for us, but these guys have bounced back this week,

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 and it's time to get back out on the field and play.

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 It's going to be senior night.

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 It's a great time to be a Florence Falcon.

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 Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison of the Florence Falcons football team,

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 and let's talk about those seniors for you because it is senior night tomorrow night.

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 This senior group has bought in and set a pretty high bar for you.

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 They have.

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 I had Bill Jordan come talk to them today.

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 He was a ninth-grade coach on our staff with these seniors,

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 and he reminded me of something over the weekend as we were down and out about the loss.

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 He said he sent me a post that our freshman center had posted when they were ninth-graders

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 and said congratulations to this senior ninth-grade class going undefeated season

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 and, even more importantly, zero unsportsmanlike penalties as a group.

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 And he and I talked about that.

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 I asked him to come speak to the guys today,

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 and he reiterated everything that we've been preaching and then some.

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 So, yeah, it's a move-on mentality.

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 It is.

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 And this senior group, I think it's 27 is what I counted.

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 I'm not sure if I'm wrong with you.

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 27 and two senior film guys, so 29 total.

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 29 total, and they'll be honored before the game and with families and all.

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 But it's such a special night.

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 It's such a special recognition.

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 And these kids have done so much.

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 They deserve a great send-off as well.

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 Yeah, I go back to the senior nights we've had in the past.

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 And I remember just to equate to the first year, you know, we have to get off the field a little bit early

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 so that we can have time for all the seniors, band, cheerleader, and all our media people as well.

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 And we had 13 seniors the first year, 29 of them that will be recognized.

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 We'll be coming off the field about 620.

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 So, it'll be a fast pregame warm-up to get these guys to have a special opportunity to be out there.

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 Speaking with head coach Kenny Morrison of the Florence Falcons here on Florence Falcon Football Night Live at Lost Pizza.

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 Glad you're listening in on 93.9 The Score.

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 And all those here at Lost Pizza enjoying it as well.

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 And, Coach, home field advantage is only an advantage when you have a huge crowd.

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 And that's such a big part of it.

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 That's all I'm hearing, the buzz around town.

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 It feels like game one, the first home game we had, the buzz that was flying around the community about the new stadium, this and that.

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 So, the hearts was going to bring a good crowd.

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 They're going to travel well, no doubt.

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 So, our people better be there.

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 And I think it's going to be a great night for football.

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 The weather will not be an issue for you not to be there.

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 Hallelujah to that because it was an issue last week for the broadcast crew and everybody else, I believe.

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 Yes, and a shout-out to those that traveled and endured that weather last week because it was brutal.

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 It was pretty brutal for sure.

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 Coach, adversity reveals a lot about a team.

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 We haven't had much adversity throughout the year, but last Friday night we did.

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 And now the adversity is what happens this week.

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 What have you seen from this team this week?

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 Maybe just from coming back from adversity.

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 Short-term memory, resilience.

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 They've come back with a great attitude, ready to go.

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 They know the season's not lost.

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 A lot of things can happen.

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 The region championship's still right there in front of us with a little help from Russellville.

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 But, you know, at the end of the day, I said it way back when we left the field house at Austin.

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 It's about us.

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 We're not – I asked the team on Sunday who are we playing, and they said us.

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 So we can't look at our opponent.

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 We've got to look ourself in the mirror.

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 We've got to get better.

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 And I think we did that this week, and that's what I'm proud of.

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 We flushed it quick.

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 It's time to move on, and we didn't dwell on it.

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 Speaking with Coach Kenny Marson, the Florence Falcons, and Coach, one of the things I thought about, too,

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 with this Hartzell game coming in is that, you know, over the years we haven't played Hartzell in many years,

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 but they sort of had the same format of what they do.

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 I think they still run the 3-5-3 defense.

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 It's still something they've been ingrained, and they've had a success as a program,

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 and I mean a program as a school, baseball state championships, different things.

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 So these are kids from Hartzell.

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 They know how to win in big games.

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 So it's not going to be an easy game.

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 You're going to have to bring your A game.

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 I mean, and they've gotten better every week.

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 You flip on the film and you watch them from week one until now, they have improved tremendously,

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 and they're a really good football team.

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 Their guys are, even though the situation is kind of iffy about playoffs for them,

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 whether they're close to being or not, but they're playing for their life.

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 They've got a lot to play for, and they're playing harder now than they were in the early weeks.

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 So that tells me they're bought in.

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 It tells me they're well coached.

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 It tells me they're following what their coaches are saying.

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 Coach, we're about a week away from Halloween.

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 Which one of these groups of players, position groups,

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 would be most likely to show up at your door and say trick-or-treat on Halloween night?

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 It's going to be this D-line group, probably.

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 That D-line group.

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 They were raising their hands, weren't they?

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 They'll scare me when they come to the door.

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 Be some big old dudes.

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 They'll eat the candy, that's for sure.

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 Coach, are you ready for Friday night?

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 Let's go.

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 I'm ready.

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 We're excited about it as well.

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 Looking forward to a great crowd.

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 It'll be at Brawley Stadium, Charles C. Anderson Senior Field,

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 Florence and Hartzell on Friday night, 6 p.m. pregame, 7 o'clock kickoff.

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 It's time for a Florence Falcons one-minute timeout with head coach Kenny Morrison, following Florence's 21-17 loss to Alston.

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 Coach, the point about it is it just wasn't our night, was it?

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 No, it was not our night.

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 Hats off to Coach Perkins.

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 Those guys, they played really well tonight.

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 You know, we had some turnovers.

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 Things didn't go our way.

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 They whipped our tails tonight.

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 There was some bright spots.

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 You know, we faced some adversity with that wind all night long.

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 Some great receptions by our receivers downfield.

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 You know, there was some things to learn on.

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 We took a step back tonight.

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 I was a little disappointed in our sideline stuff in the first half.

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 Hey, lots ahead of us.

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 Rustful beats them next week.

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 Florence and Hartzell, this Friday night at 6 on 93.9 The Score.

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 We welcome back to Florence Falcons football night, live at Lost Pizza.

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 Packed house here again tonight.

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 A lot of Falcon players and fans here tonight.

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 Excited about them being here.

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 And they're looking forward to their big game against Hartzell on Friday night.

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 We're joined now by the assistant coach of Florence High School, Coach Nathan Cobb.

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 It's here for Coach Cobb here being with us tonight.

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 Coach, how you doing, my friend?

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 I'm doing good.

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 Coach, your position here.

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 Now, talk about what position you coach and what's your main focus when coaching?

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 Main focus is just having them stay grounded and stay true to themselves and, you know,

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 going out and expecting to hit the best ball they're going to hit every day.

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 One is, by the way, before I get anywhere else, I'm just looking at all these guys eating.

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 That's a good advertisement for Lost Pizza right there on that one.

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 Let's talk about what has been maybe this season your favorite game so far that you've

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 So, I've got three that are full-time specialists on varsity.

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 And I've got a couple that are, you know, long snappers or backup punters.

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 And then I've got four freshmen.

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 And I've got an eighth grader right now that'll be coming up in the ninth grade next year.

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 All right.

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 So, you've got an eighth grader coming up.

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 So, you've got some young ones you're working with.

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 You've got some older ones you're working with.

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 That's really important.

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 And you also, let's talk about practice.

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 Because as a kicking coach, what does a typical practice look like for our kickers and specialists

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 and all that?

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 Because it's different than a lot of the other guys practicing football.

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 So, Monday is usually the days we go out and we kick a lot.

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 And, you know, we get a bunch of good reps.

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 And then we get into Tuesday and we make corrections.

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 And then we get into Wednesday.

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 And that's more of our stretch day, getting ready for Friday.

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 And so, because ultimately you're not the same as other positions.

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 You're working that same body part over and over and over again.

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 See, you don't want to overstretch that.

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 It's a long season.

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 It is a long season.

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 That's a good point about making sure.

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 Because I know one of the things I realized a long time ago is if you get a kicker to kick

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 too much, you've got to rest their leg.

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 They need rest too, don't they?

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 Yes.

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 Speaking with Nathan Cobb, the kicking coach at Florence High School.

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 Parker Greenhall has had an outstanding season for you this year.

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 What makes him special?

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 What do you like about his form of kicking and punting?

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 Because he does both.

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 So, the kid's a gamer.

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 I mean, he goes out there and he knows he's going to hit the best ball that he's got in him.

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 He just, he goes out every day and works.

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 Kevin Sledge, I know he's listening from the road.

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 But he told me at one point that Parker had been to every extra workout that he helped.

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 And so, he is true to his craft.

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 He knows when he hits, when he miss hits a football, he knows what he did.

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 And he is very quick to correct it.

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 Very easy to coach.

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 Very easy to coach.

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 That's a great, great time.

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 One of my favorite things about Parker, and I've seen it with some of your other kickers that

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 are punters, after they punt, they will walk the track and they'll practice their steps

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 with their ball on the pump and letting it bounce and bounce back up to them.

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 That's an old trick that we used to learn with punters years ago.

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 And I love that as well.

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 We speak with Nathan Cobb, the kicking coach at Florence High School.

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 Coach Cobb, you were a kicker at Florence High School.

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 You mentioned a minute ago.

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 What was the record you held in field goals?

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 And by the way, I hate to bring this up, but who broke that record, by the way?

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 So, I had a 48-yarder in high school.

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 I think it was against Columbia.

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 Yeah.

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 And Chandler Dixon broke it, not once, but three times.

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 Okay.

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 A 50, a 51, and a 52.

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 So, the record now is 52, but you get it broke three times, you're like, okay, salute.

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 It was fun the first two times, and now it's just like, man, you're rubbing it in my face.

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 Just a little too much there.

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 I don't know how kickers are and everything.

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 So, game-winning kicks on the line.

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 What is the mindset of a kicker doing that?

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 So, you've got to treat it as every other kick.

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 Obviously, you and I talked about this actually a couple weeks ago, my game-winning kick against Athens.

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 That was homecoming.

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 Yeah.

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 That was a game.

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 You don't want to lose homecoming.

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 So, those big games, and Alex McPherson, you know, a couple days ago, drilled a 34-yarder, beat the number one team in the country.

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 Yeah.

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 You've got to go out there and treat it like it's every other kick.

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 Obviously, wind's going to be a factor, and there's, you know, distance and hash and this, that, and the other, but you have to treat it like it's just another kick.

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 Do you talk to the kicker if there's a timeout?

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 Do you pull him aside, or do you just leave him alone?

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 So, you know, Chandler had his against Bob Jones a couple years ago, and I just looked at him and said, you got it.

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 Yeah.

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 That's all you can do.

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 Yeah, you've already coached him up for everything.

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 That's a great word there from Coach Nathan Cobb, kicking coach at Florence High School, and we talked about game-winning kicks.

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 We talked about different things, but I want to ask you, who is your favorite kicker?

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 And Vini football team, did you have a kicker that you sort of liked watching, and, hey, man, I would like to mimic my game after him a little bit?

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 So, growing up, I had a lot.

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 Cody Parkey was a big one, Auburn kicker.

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 Andrew Carlson.

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 Right now, I've got a partial to say Evan McPherson.

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 He's a good friend of mine.

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 We grew up together.

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 Kicker for the Bengals.

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 Yeah, and interestingly, Evan McPherson, a Fort Payne kid, we're going to Fort Payne a week from tonight.

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 By the way, let you know, if you're listening to Florence Falcon fans, that game against Fort Payne has been moved to Thursday night, so a week from tonight.

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 Florence will be at Fort Payne, but, you know, they're known for their kickers there, but Florence High School is starting to be known for kickers and long snappers, too.

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 That's a pretty important position, and working with them, it's really just a routine, isn't it?

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 Yes.

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 You've got to stay grounded and stay focused in what you're doing.

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 Distractions have to be limited, for sure.

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 There may be some young kickers listening, some dads and parents saying, man, I wish my kid would become a kicker in high school.

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 What would be your encouragement to these young kids that are thinking about maybe wanting to be a kicker or punter in high school?

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 Do it.

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 You know, you can never have too many guys that can go out there and make a kick.

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 Or pin somebody deep in the end zone in high school ball, especially in this league.

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 You've got to have guys that can put the ball where you need it put.

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 That sounds good.

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 Well, Coach, I appreciate all that you do.

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 I know from a guy that worked with kickers myself a long time ago, it's not an easy job, but it's a great thing,

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 and especially when you see these kickers have success.

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 I know you're proud of Parker and all the other specialists as well, and we wish you the best of luck next Friday night, okay?

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 Yes, sir.

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 Thank you.

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 Coach Nathan Cobb, the kicking coach of Florence High School.

342
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 We're joined now by assistant coach of Florence High School.

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 Let's hear it for Coach Ivan Denton.

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 Coach, how you doing, my friend?

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 Good to see you.

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 Good to have you with us here, that's for sure.

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 Coach, let's talk about this for a little bit.

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 Do you have a favorite go-to here at Lost Pizza for you as well?

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 Hey, I want to ask you about this.

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 You've been a veteran coach is what I'd say.

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 I say that nicely because you and I are close to probably the same age.

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 You've been coaching a long time.

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 But that's a great thing because in your coaching times and doing things,

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 you've been in a lot of different positions in coaching over the years.

404
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 You've worn a lot of different hats.

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 Is that a good way to put it?

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00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:25,740
 Definitely.

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 I've coached everything that you can think of, not even football, other sports also.

408
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 What's the most random sports you've coached, maybe?

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 Girls volleyball.

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 Girls volleyball coach.

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 My first year teaching, I had girls volleyball.

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 First volleyball game I ever saw, I was coaching in it.

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 The first time.

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 Did you win that day by any chance?

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 I don't even remember.

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 I don't even remember.

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 That's been 35 years ago.

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 Okay.

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 Well, now you've worked your way from being different places, even head coaches,

420
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 and now you're coaching on the defensive side here.

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 What are you coaching at Florence High School?

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 I coach the outside linebackers.

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 Outside linebackers.

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 You've got some good ones.

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 Yeah, I do.

426
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 You've got some good ones.

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 I do.

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 That's a good room right there, isn't it?

429
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 And, you know, I had one of the best around with Bo Burski

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 and with some injuries we've had to move him inside,

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 and then we just replaced him with a guy that's –

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 and we've got backups that are really good.

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 And I'm really pleased with that group.

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 Let's talk about that for a little bit because as you were talking about

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 replacing, it's a next man up mentality always.

436
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 And in the linebacker room, you do have to mix and match a lot of times,

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 don't you?

438
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 Yeah, we do.

439
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 And, you know, I think Bo's natural position was probably inside linebacker.

440
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 But he was so – we were really solid there before Chase got hurt.

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 And so we could afford to put him outside, which he was really great there.

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 But once we had to move Bo inside to inside linebacker, Austin Klotschbach,

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 who's going to be speaking here in a minute, he got to come in and step up

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 and fill that position.

445
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 He's done a fabulous job.

446
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 Well, that's great to hear.

447
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 And we're looking forward to hearing from Austin in a few minutes as well.

448
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,540
 And, Coach, one of the things about outside linebackers and coaching them is

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 that they are so important to setting the edge, doing all these other things.

450
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 There's a lot more to it than people realize.

451
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 It's probably one of the hardest positions to play on the field because they've got to be

452
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 that hybrid guy who can come down and play a tight end in the box and keep contained

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 and take on pullers and spill stuff and box stuff.

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 And then they've got to come up from their depth and come up and set the edge,

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 be physical there.

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 But then they've also got to drop in pass coverage.

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 And sometimes they have to run man-to-man with a guy, say, back on a wheel route or whatever.

458
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 So it's a tough position for them, and just anybody can't do it.

459
00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,920
 Speaking with Ivan Denton, the assistant coach, Florence High School coaches outside

460
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:44,540
 and linebackers.

461
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:50,280
 Coach, does your days maybe as a head coach help you now in this day and age of coaching

462
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:57,560
 that position, but also maybe just to be a voice sometimes or maybe even a listening ear

463
00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,260
 may be a better way to put it to other coaches?

464
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,220
 Yeah, most definitely.

465
00:24:00,220 --> 00:24:04,300
 I feel like that I think this is my 38th year of coaching.

466
00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,020
 I coached when I was in college as a volunteer coach at local high school.

467
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,400
 You know, I've seen a lot and done a lot.

468
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,860
 You know, I've got – I work for a great guy with Kenny Morrison

469
00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:21,240
 and our defensive coordinator, Harold Wisdom, he'll bounce ideas off of me

470
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,420
 and I feel comfortable enough to take the idea to him and say,

471
00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:25,620
 hey, what do you think about this?

472
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,140
 Because I've seen it all.

473
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:33,800
 And one of the players in practice yesterday was talking about another one of the coaches

474
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:39,340
 and said, I bet he would be a 3-3 stack defensive coach.

475
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,160
 And I said, well, boys, I've done 3-3, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2.

476
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:44,680
 Yep.

477
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,440
 You know, back in the day when nobody threw the football, you get a 6-1.

478
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:54,640
 And I've done a 7-1, you know, and so I've seen a little bit here and there.

479
00:24:55,020 --> 00:25:00,140
 And I feel like my experience helps us a little bit.

480
00:25:00,220 --> 00:25:04,720
 But also just knowing what Coach Morrison goes through with his day-to-day activities,

481
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:10,620
 being a head coach, it's really tasking mentally and physically on a guy.

482
00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,820
 I know he's not coaching a position, but he's running a football program.

483
00:25:15,020 --> 00:25:21,860
 And I understand his decision-making and the things he says is how we're going to do it

484
00:25:21,860 --> 00:25:24,580
 or things that's going on in the program.

485
00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:31,060
 He can, you know, I have his back completely 100% because I've been in that position before

486
00:25:31,060 --> 00:25:32,660
 and I understand where he's coming from.

487
00:25:33,020 --> 00:25:37,040
 Good words and thoughts here from Ivan Ditt and assistant coach, Florence High School.

488
00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:40,140
 And Coach, who were some of the coaches that influenced you as a coach maybe?

489
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:41,700
 Every coach I've ever been around.

490
00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:42,160
 Yeah.

491
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,600
 Good and bad.

492
00:25:43,980 --> 00:25:46,720
 You know, I go back to my high school days.

493
00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:52,220
 One of my first high school football coaches I had was one of the meanest men I've ever met in my life.

494
00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:54,020
 And he motivated with fear.

495
00:25:54,500 --> 00:26:00,260
 And I always vowed that I would never be that type of coach once I got into coaching.

496
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,080
 And then I had some great ones also.

497
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,780
 Garner Ezell was my head football coach.

498
00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:08,060
 Mark Aldridge, Kenny Aycock was it.

499
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,560
 And Richard Phillips were football coaches and my baseball coaches in high school.

500
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,260
 And those guys influenced me.

501
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,180
 And then every coach I've worked with, you take something good or something bad from each one.

502
00:26:20,180 --> 00:26:23,220
 And luckily I've been around some really good ones.

503
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,100
 Leroy Willis at Calvert Heights, a tremendous hard worker.

504
00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:30,460
 And the coaches I've worked under become a head coach.

505
00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:39,020
 Every one of them has influenced me and helped me grow as a person and as a football coach in one way or the other.

506
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,980
 What do you like about this Florence defense as a whole?

507
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:43,760
 Oh, this Florence defense is phenomenal.

508
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:45,620
 They're fast.

509
00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:50,320
 We really don't have blazing speed over there.

510
00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:52,180
 We've got a couple guys that's fast.

511
00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:57,660
 But as a whole unit, I don't think anybody in our region runs like we do.

512
00:26:58,580 --> 00:26:59,440
 We get to the football.

513
00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:02,780
 Our D linemen are very athletic and they get to the football.

514
00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:09,480
 It's just a real good group and a lot of fun to watch them and coach them.

515
00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:15,160
 Because they're physical and they're fast and they are tenacious and they get on the field.

516
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,160
 Coach, you've talked about your years of coaching.

517
00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:21,980
 As the game has evolved, what are some things that you've seen that's been good for the involvement?

518
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:23,720
 Because I see things too.

519
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,580
 What are some of the good things and how things have changed?

520
00:27:27,060 --> 00:27:31,860
 Well, you know, like I talked about while I go, I've been in a 5-2 and a 6-2 and a 7-1.

521
00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:36,740
 And you huddled up on defense and you huddled up on offense.

522
00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:44,560
 And now the game has evolved into such a fast-paced game with signaling, hand signaling.

523
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,540
 And nobody huddles from there.

524
00:27:47,140 --> 00:27:53,200
 And the defense is looking at the sideline and all 11 players are getting the signal from Coach Wisdom.

525
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,860
 And they're looking for key words for their position.

526
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,740
 And it's really inviting.

527
00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:07,660
 The RPO game, the passing game, is really amazing how it's developed in high school football.

528
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,900
 Which has made it tough.

529
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:18,680
 I mean, defense are at a disadvantage now because the rules have evolved around offense.

530
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,200
 And everybody wants to see the ball thrown.

531
00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:21,320
 They want to see points scored.

532
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:29,020
 And another thing that's really, I think, has gotten better in high school football is the injury part.

533
00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:30,840
 The concussion protocol.

534
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:31,560
 Things like that.

535
00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:32,620
 The safety of the game.

536
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,500
 And they've done a lot of things to help the safety of the players.

537
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,540
 Coach, I've been dead and assistant coach here at Florence High School.

538
00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:44,660
 Before I let you go, is it fun for you to see when a player is out there that you've been working with and the lights come on?

539
00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:46,860
 I mean, it's like one of those things where he gets it all of a sudden.

540
00:28:46,860 --> 00:29:01,000
 It just, I get excited at practice when we have a young kid and we're doing our drills and we're trying to be really specific on our fundamentals.

541
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,020
 And they do something correctly.

542
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,460
 And they haven't done it completely right all year long.

543
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,520
 And all of a sudden, that day, they get it.

544
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,000
 And then they apply it to a game.

545
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,240
 It really gets me excited.

546
00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:16,520
 Austin Klotzbach is a perfect example.

547
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:19,460
 A kid that hasn't played in three years.

548
00:29:20,220 --> 00:29:26,740
 A baseball guy come out and he just, well, first started out in the secondary.

549
00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:27,360
 Yeah.

550
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:32,060
 And then we moved him down to outside linebacker and lost as a goose when we first got down there.

551
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,080
 But he has worked extremely hard.

552
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:45,000
 And now he plays the game like he's been doing it for three years at outside linebacker, which is really exciting to see.

553
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,100
 Coach, we appreciate you and all that you do and what you do bring to Florence High School.

554
00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:51,400
 And we're excited about the game Friday night.

555
00:29:51,460 --> 00:29:52,540
 Are you still excited about Friday night?

556
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,300
 Oh, Lord, yes.

557
00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:56,220
 I get excited every Friday night when that national anthem goes off.

558
00:29:56,340 --> 00:30:00,900
 And during the prayer and the national anthem, that's when I get the goosebumps.

559
00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:10,860
 And I kind of see myself looking from a Google map, zoomed way out, looking down on Florence, Alabama, the northwest corner.

560
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,080
 And I see the whole state of Alabama.

561
00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:14,060
 And I think, this is where I'm at right now.

562
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:15,600
 This is where my feet's at.

563
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,020
 This is where God has put me.

564
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:22,040
 And I just want to make an impact where I'm at.

565
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,780
 You are definitely making an impact.

566
00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,080
 And, Coach, we appreciate you.

567
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,460
 Let's hear it for the assistant coach, Florence High School.

568
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,260
 Coach Ivan did.

569
00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:28,520
 All right.

570
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,060
 Thank you.

571
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,260
 Listen to Florence Falcons football here on 93.9 The Score.

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594
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 If you missed Florence Falcons football last Friday night, you missed this.

595
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,680
 Off the right side again, going to leave it with Williams, up the middle, breaks a tackle, he stays on his feet.

596
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,220
 20 by 20, 15-10, they're chasing him at the five and knock him out of bounds.

597
00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:20,040
 Inside the five at the three.

598
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:25,460
 Going to leave it off the right side with Kayon, cuts it up in the middle, pushes forward to the one, to the touchdown.

599
00:32:26,420 --> 00:32:34,480
 As he puts it in the end zone, and Florence strikes first, as Kayon Williams is welcomed back, and he does it with six points.

600
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,480
 Blitz coming, got to pick him up.

601
00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:37,100
 Good block.

602
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:39,220
 Mahan throws it to the end zone.

603
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:40,080
 Has a man out there.

604
00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:41,220
 Touchdown.

605
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,880
 Gooseby brings it in.

606
00:32:43,140 --> 00:32:44,500
 That's a close hit zero.

607
00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:47,700
 So now it'll make it a harder field goal, 27-yard.

608
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,460
 Good snap.

609
00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:49,900
 Good hold.

610
00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:50,540
 This time the kick.

611
00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:50,960
 Block.

612
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:51,980
 It's blocked.

613
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,180
 It can be picked up by Florence, and they do.

614
00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:56,960
 Join us this Friday as Florence takes on Hartzell.

615
00:32:57,140 --> 00:33:00,660
 Airtime 6 p.m. kickoff 7, here on 93.9 The Score.

616
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:14,600
 Welcome back to Florence Falcon Football Night, live on 93.9 The Score and live from Law's Pizza

617
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:20,420
 as we're preparing for the Florence Hartzell game Friday night at Brawley Stadium.

618
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,260
 Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you on the call today and the show today

619
00:33:24,260 --> 00:33:28,000
 and actually have one of my good friends that's on the radio with me every Friday night,

620
00:33:28,380 --> 00:33:30,040
 our sideline reporter Jeffrey Jones.

621
00:33:30,140 --> 00:33:31,380
 And JJ, how are you doing tonight, my friend?

622
00:33:31,420 --> 00:33:33,140
 I'm a little nervous about this radio gig.

623
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:38,300
 You know, I'm used to doing the pregame and calling the game.

624
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:41,820
 You know, sitting here in this crowded room, it makes me a little nervous.

625
00:33:41,940 --> 00:33:43,340
 Usually we just pretend that no one's listening.

626
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:47,780
 I'm a little more nervous having you on the radio tonight than I am on usual nights.

627
00:33:47,820 --> 00:33:48,500
 I'll put it that way.

628
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:49,820
 I can't control you tonight.

629
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,040
 I like that.

630
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:51,620
 I like that a lot.

631
00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:52,220
 That's a good thing.

632
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,380
 Jeffrey Jones, we appreciate you so much being our guest.

633
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,660
 How did you get started in a sideline for 93.9 The Score?

634
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:00,240
 So, good question.

635
00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:02,240
 Actually, it was random.

636
00:34:02,420 --> 00:34:06,200
 One day, my preacher at First Baptist Church called me, and he said,

637
00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:07,860
 Hey, I got a question for you.

638
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:08,620
 I said, all right, what's that?

639
00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:11,420
 He said, how would you like to be the sideline guy on the radio?

640
00:34:12,220 --> 00:34:15,120
 I said, KJ, I've never done the radio before, so I don't know anything about it.

641
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,480
 And I was like, but sure.

642
00:34:17,740 --> 00:34:21,900
 You know, I've got a little bit of a personality, and I know a smidge about football.

643
00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:25,840
 So, you know, I jumped on it, and I'll never forget that first game.

644
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:26,540
 It's Clay Chauvel.

645
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,180
 You still make fun of me every year about it.

646
00:34:28,980 --> 00:34:30,980
 51-48 final in that game.

647
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,840
 One of the craziest games I ever saw, too, by the way.

648
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:37,480
 And one of the best receivers on the Florence side and the Clay side.

649
00:34:37,580 --> 00:34:39,080
 One, I'm still playing in the pros right now.

650
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,280
 I'm watching on Sundays.

651
00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:46,300
 But anyway, yeah, I ended up, I got a little nerves before the game on Friday,

652
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:53,940
 and so I ended up having to, we got to Clay, and I had to go and vomit in the bathroom.

653
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,540
 You know what, I made it.

654
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,740
 Those days are over.

655
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:57,920
 I'm more comfortable now.

656
00:34:58,300 --> 00:34:59,420
 Well, we appreciate it so much.

657
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,720
 By the way, has there been a favorite game this season for you?

658
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:06,840
 Well, I've got to say, it wasn't last week.

659
00:35:07,220 --> 00:35:07,720
 That's right.

660
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:12,100
 I would say my favorite game, well, the most nerve-wracking game by far,

661
00:35:12,260 --> 00:35:15,000
 which turned out to be my favorite game, was the Muscle Shoals game.

662
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,320
 You know, getting that monkey off our back was very important.

663
00:35:18,020 --> 00:35:20,880
 I knew we could do it with this team we have.

664
00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:23,220
 We knew that we could do it.

665
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:26,300
 It was just one of those things that you've got to get the monkey off your back,

666
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:26,880
 and we did it.

667
00:35:27,180 --> 00:35:30,220
 So, I would definitely say the monkey, it's always, you know, back in the,

668
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:34,280
 back in 10 years ago, we beat, we were undefeated against them.

669
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:35,160
 Yeah, four or five in a row.

670
00:35:35,260 --> 00:35:36,500
 Yeah, we didn't.

671
00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:37,960
 And they flipped it on us for about nine years.

672
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:38,320
 And they flipped it.

673
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,020
 Yeah, that's right.

674
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:43,140
 So, I'd say the Muscle Shoals game, and, you know, I enjoy the Jasper game too.

675
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,120
 The Jasper game was fun because it was the first game of the year.

676
00:35:46,420 --> 00:35:47,240
 Football's back.

677
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,520
 You know, I've got my friend Patrick Darwins, the principal over there.

678
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:51,860
 We've been talking smack all week.

679
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,680
 So, and they had a running back that was highly touted, still is.

680
00:35:56,340 --> 00:35:58,860
 Ohio State is where he probably will end up.

681
00:35:59,420 --> 00:36:00,480
 Yeah, that was a good game too.

682
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:01,800
 So, I guess I have two that will.

683
00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:04,120
 And DeBrawley Stadium being recognized that night.

684
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:04,720
 Oh, yeah.

685
00:36:04,820 --> 00:36:06,220
 Charles C. Anderson Field getting dedicated.

686
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,640
 That'll be a memory that we'll carry on as a radio crew forever.

687
00:36:09,820 --> 00:36:13,020
 Speaking with Jeffrey Jones is our sideline reporter for Florence Falcon Football.

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00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,880
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 We appreciate River Bank and Trust.

692
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,460
 And just tell us a little bit about your bank and where you're located.

693
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:25,760
 Okay.

694
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,680
 Yeah, I appreciate you giving me the time to talk a little bit about the bank.

695
00:36:27,820 --> 00:36:31,540
 So, I'm the Shoals Market President for River Bank and Trust here in Florence.

696
00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:34,780
 We are the third largest bank headquartered in the state of Alabama.

697
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:37,060
 We're still a local community bank.

698
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,500
 We're headquartered in Prattville, Alabama.

699
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,180
 We've got about $4.2 billion in total assets.

700
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:55,480
 We have 25 offices all around the state, everywhere from Florence, Huntsville, Decatur, Montgomery, Prattville, Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Dothan, Enterprise, Lake Martin, all over the place.

701
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:02,040
 So, some good news, and I know we've been talking about this offline for quite a while now.

702
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,880
 We are breaking ground on our new office this week.

703
00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:05,920
 So, our office is going to be in.

704
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:16,060
 I found out the address of the new building today, 325 East Tennessee Street, right across the street from our 401 East Tennessee Street building we're in right now.

705
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,380
 So, we're going to be at the corner of Walnut Street and Tennessee Street.

706
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:21,060
 Very exciting time for us.

707
00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:26,820
 We've got some bulldozers on the site and everything.

708
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,480
 I don't know anything about commercial construction as far as that goes.

709
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,600
 I know about the lending side, but I don't know about the actual construction.

710
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,320
 But it's a good look, isn't it?

711
00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:38,980
 But we are moving dirt as of – they said it's probably going to be Monday, but it could be as early as tomorrow.

712
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:39,740
 So, we'll see.

713
00:37:39,860 --> 00:37:42,400
 Well, congratulations to River Bank and Trust and to y'all.

714
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:47,120
 And we appreciate, again, River Bank and Trust sponsoring Florence Falcon Football Night live at Los Feats.

715
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:53,300
 Listen, by the way, does it blow your mind how many people will say they've listened to the ballgames on the radio on 93 on the store?

716
00:37:53,540 --> 00:38:01,100
 Well, so, internally with the radio crew, we have a thing where we act like, you know, if we mess up or say something stupid online or, you know, whatever.

717
00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:01,880
 Nobody's listening.

718
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:02,140
 It's okay.

719
00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:02,760
 Nobody's listening.

720
00:38:02,860 --> 00:38:03,600
 Yeah, nobody's listening.

721
00:38:03,660 --> 00:38:04,700
 Well, that's not true.

722
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:04,980
 No.

723
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:11,020
 Because when we say something, you know, sometimes I'll say something just to see who's listening.

724
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:11,360
 Yes.

725
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:12,740
 You know, like, I'll give you an example.

726
00:38:12,860 --> 00:38:18,440
 I was at a barbecue with bankers just earlier at UNA, and this one guy walks up to me.

727
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:19,360
 You haven't known him for years.

728
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,480
 He was an old former player, Jordan Bird.

729
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:27,120
 And he said, would you predict Alabama by 90 last week in the halftime show?

730
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,080
 I was like, I sure did.

731
00:38:28,180 --> 00:38:29,780
 It's like, sounds like we've got a listener on our hands.

732
00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:30,520
 Yeah, absolutely.

733
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,200
 Yeah, and I told him, I said, I just did that just to see who's listening and who will comment on it.

734
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,380
 I've got some other friends that are Florida State fans.

735
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,900
 I'll pick against Florida State just to make him mad and see if he's listening.

736
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:41,900
 And I'll get a text.

737
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:43,720
 My father-in-law is a great listener.

738
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:45,840
 My dad listens from Montgomery.

739
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:49,700
 And we even have the military people who listen in, that former Florence Falcon.

740
00:38:49,820 --> 00:38:50,060
 Yes.

741
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:50,800
 And they love it.

742
00:38:50,860 --> 00:38:52,280
 They say, man, we look forward to this.

743
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,100
 It brings a little bit of home to them.

744
00:38:54,220 --> 00:38:56,920
 We have truck drivers all across the country listening to us.

745
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,920
 And you can download the app if you're listening.

746
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:03,200
 And you can download the 93.9 The Score app and listen to Florence Falcon football any Friday night.

747
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,660
 We speak with Jeffrey Jones, our sideline reporter.

748
00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:09,780
 And, J.J., I want to ask you, senior night, it's just a special night, isn't it?

749
00:39:09,820 --> 00:39:10,920
 It's always a special night.

750
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,580
 And I sometimes might play into it a little bit too much because you get down there on the sidelines.

751
00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:16,380
 We have our little pregame show and all that.

752
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:22,460
 Well, I transition to the field around 6.30-ish, 6.15, 6.30.

753
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:28,960
 And, you know, I get to see all the ceremonies that are before the game and whatnot.

754
00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:34,820
 Well, you won't see a prouder mom and dad than senior night for their kids.

755
00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:37,180
 You know, there's tears shed.

756
00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:41,540
 And whenever I'm, you know, good friends with the parents, whatever, I'll take a picture of them and send it to them.

757
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:47,200
 You know, it doesn't beat the Joseph Roman photography pictures, but it's just something, just one more picture of a night that they'll never forget.

758
00:39:47,580 --> 00:39:48,860
 You know, and that's a very special time.

759
00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:57,320
 You know, these kids, these seniors, they've been practicing and working hard for four years, you know, playing for the Falcons.

760
00:39:57,540 --> 00:39:58,880
 And, you know, we owe it to them.

761
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:03,540
 We owe them a good night and good pictures on the field with mom and dad.

762
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:08,060
 You know, some of these memories here are going to get blown up being the parents' house.

763
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:08,780
 Yeah.

764
00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:17,140
 And when they end up, when the parent finally decides, you know what, I'm giving all the stuff back to you, they're going to have that picture and they'll be able to show it to their kids.

765
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:17,500
 Yeah.

766
00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:18,500
 It's very important.

767
00:40:18,620 --> 00:40:21,100
 I think that's, you know, those memories will last a lifetime.

768
00:40:21,220 --> 00:40:26,540
 Well, again, we want to say thank you to Riverbank and Trust for being our sponsor for our show every Thursday night.

769
00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:29,000
 Florence Falcons football night here at Lost Pizza.

770
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,180
 And Jeffrey Jones, appreciate you being a part of that.

771
00:40:31,380 --> 00:40:33,000
 And congratulations on breaking ground, too.

772
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:33,300
 Yeah.

773
00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:36,560
 So, real quick, I want to give you our contact information.

774
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,620
 So, we do commercial loans.

775
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:39,220
 We do mortgages.

776
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,560
 We do all that good stuff.

777
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:41,680
 We get the best rates in town.

778
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,420
 Just give us a call at 768-5291.

779
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,000
 768-5291.

780
00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:47,800
 768-5291.

781
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:52,120
 Or on the web at www.RiverbankAndTrust, spell out the word and.com.

782
00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:53,980
 Or you can just call him on his cell phone, which I'll get to you later.

783
00:40:53,980 --> 00:40:54,920
 Yeah, everybody's got that, too.

784
00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:55,700
 Everybody's got that, too.

785
00:40:55,780 --> 00:40:57,460
 That one's 3-3-5, 6-5-3-3.

786
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:58,040
 I don't mind.

787
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,280
 You don't mind at all.

788
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:00,740
 We appreciate it, Jeffrey.

789
00:41:00,780 --> 00:41:04,780
 Let's hear it for Jeffrey Jones, who helps us out on Florence Falcon football every Friday night.

790
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:05,200
 Thanks for having me.

791
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:06,440
 We look forward to it next week as well.

792
00:41:06,620 --> 00:41:11,060
 We're back with more from Florence Falcon football night, live at Lost Pizza, after this timeout.

793
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:14,860
 Hi, I'm Jeffrey Jones at Riverbank and Trust.

794
00:41:14,860 --> 00:41:20,380
 Our team is proud to support the Florence High School Falcons and honored to serve our hometown community.

795
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:26,120
 To the players, coaches, families, and fans, best wishes for a safe and winning season.

796
00:41:26,780 --> 00:41:27,440
 Go Falcons.

797
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:35,780
 Come see us at Riverbank and Trust, 401 East Tennessee Street in Florence, or www.riverbankandtrust.com.

798
00:41:36,420 --> 00:41:37,560
 Remember, FDIC.

799
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,120
 Switching is easy.

800
00:41:40,220 --> 00:41:41,300
 We switch on the lights.

801
00:41:41,420 --> 00:41:42,400
 We switch on the channels.

802
00:41:42,540 --> 00:41:45,700
 Some folks switch universities a lot, and that's not a stretch.

803
00:41:45,820 --> 00:41:49,860
 What's also not a stretch is how you can switch and save with State Farm.

804
00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:57,200
 This is local State Farm agent J.D. Byers right here in Florence, and we can switch you over so you can start saving today.

805
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:02,800
 The J.D. Byers State Farm agency and my team are ready to welcome you to the State Farm neighborhood.

806
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:07,100
 With J.D. Byers State Farm on Cloverdale Road, it's easy to switch and save.

807
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:14,060
 Just call 263-4312 when you want the real deal, because like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

808
00:42:14,420 --> 00:42:18,020
 Game day's coming, and your tailgate crew is counting on you.

809
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:25,880
 That's why Lost Pizza Company Shoals put together the tailgate playbook specialty pizzas, wing trays, and subplatters, all built to feed a crowd.

810
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:32,120
 It's why we're the go-to pizza place in Florence, Alabama, now bringing that same lineup straight to your tailgate.

811
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,860
 Order for pickup or delivery to UNA tailgate only.

812
00:42:34,860 --> 00:42:40,860
 Call 256-415-8693 or order online at lostpizza.com frontslash shoals.

813
00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:43,160
 From our playbook to your plate.

814
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:47,480
 It's time for a Florence Falcons one-minute timeout with head coach Kenny Morrison.

815
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,520
 Following Florence's 21-17 loss to Alston.

816
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,800
 Coach, the point about it is it just wasn't our night, was it?

817
00:42:53,060 --> 00:42:54,300
 No, it was not our night.

818
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:55,680
 Hats off to Coach Perkins.

819
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:58,380
 Those guys, they played really well tonight.

820
00:42:59,460 --> 00:43:00,560
 You know, we had some turnovers.

821
00:43:00,940 --> 00:43:01,900
 Things didn't go our way.

822
00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:03,140
 They whipped our tails tonight.

823
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,900
 There was some bright spots.

824
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,680
 You know, we faced some adversity with that win all night long.

825
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:12,920
 Some great receptions by our receivers downfield.

826
00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:14,900
 You know, there was some things to learn on.

827
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:16,940
 Yeah, we got a lot to build on.

828
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,880
 We took a step back tonight.

829
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,960
 I was a little disappointed in our sideline stuff in the first half.

830
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:26,440
 And we've got some maturity issues that we got to grow up.

831
00:43:26,620 --> 00:43:27,600
 And we got to just keep working.

832
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:29,200
 Hey, a lot's ahead of us.

833
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:29,960
 Who knows?

834
00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:32,040
 Rustful is a dadgum good football team.

835
00:43:32,540 --> 00:43:33,940
 Rustful beats them next week.

836
00:43:34,340 --> 00:43:36,600
 We're still reaching chance with a win over Hartzell.

837
00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:38,740
 So, lots ahead of us.

838
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:39,780
 We'll see what happens.

839
00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:41,560
 Florence and Hartzell.

840
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,540
 This Friday night at 6 on 93.9 The Score.

841
00:43:52,220 --> 00:43:55,500
 Welcome back to Florence Falcon Football Night Live at Law's Pizza.

842
00:43:55,620 --> 00:43:57,460
 Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons.

843
00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:58,820
 Glad to be with you.

844
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:00,740
 93.9 The Score.

845
00:44:01,140 --> 00:44:05,620
 Been your home for Florence Falcons athletics from the very beginning in 2004.

846
00:44:05,860 --> 00:44:09,040
 And it's been my privilege to be with you all those years as well.

847
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,940
 We're joined now by two of the Florence Falcons seniors.

848
00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:14,840
 Let's hear it for Austin Klotzbach and Parker Greenhall.

849
00:44:14,940 --> 00:44:16,080
 Let's give them a big round of applause.

850
00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:17,780
 Javis, how y'all doing tonight?

851
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:19,940
 Doing all right, Austin?

852
00:44:20,020 --> 00:44:20,440
 Yes, sir.

853
00:44:20,540 --> 00:44:21,240
 Parker, you doing okay?

854
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:21,840
 Doing good.

855
00:44:21,860 --> 00:44:22,420
 All right, good deal.

856
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,220
 Let's talk about Austin.

857
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:24,260
 Let's start with you first of all.

858
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,180
 What number are you in what position do you play?

859
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,420
 Number 22, and I play outside linebacker.

860
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:28,820
 All right, 20.

861
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,600
 I'm going to let you pull that microphone a little closer to you there.

862
00:44:30,700 --> 00:44:32,260
 All right, 22 and outside linebacker.

863
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:33,340
 Parker, what about you?

864
00:44:33,540 --> 00:44:35,520
 I'm number 81, and I'm a kicker and punter.

865
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:36,980
 81, kicker and punter.

866
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,540
 All right, so we're going to get to a couple things here.

867
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,820
 I'm going to start with Austin.

868
00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:42,760
 Now, Austin, this is your first year out in football.

869
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:46,400
 What or who convinced you to play football your senior year?

870
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,840
 Friends convinced me in senior year.

871
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:51,460
 I just kind of had to do it.

872
00:44:51,980 --> 00:44:53,740
 Felt like I should do it.

873
00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:54,000
 Okay.

874
00:44:54,340 --> 00:44:55,840
 Wouldn't have the chance to otherwise.

875
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,060
 All right, so you felt like you needed to do it.

876
00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:58,480
 That's good.

877
00:44:58,520 --> 00:44:59,400
 I like that as well.

878
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:00,400
 Friends convinced you.

879
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:00,860
 Any friends?

880
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,000
 Any guys that play football sort of convinced you to do it?

881
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:05,080
 Bo, Sully, JC.

882
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:05,820
 All right.

883
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:07,860
 All right, so some of those guys said, hey, we need you out there.

884
00:45:08,380 --> 00:45:09,180
 Are you glad you did it?

885
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:09,740
 Yes, sir.

886
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:10,540
 Yeah, I can tell you.

887
00:45:10,540 --> 00:45:13,820
 I can tell you're pretty good out there and had a good season so far as we speak with

888
00:45:13,820 --> 00:45:14,680
 Austin Klotzbach.

889
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:20,020
 And Austin, how does your years of playing baseball help you on the football field?

890
00:45:21,180 --> 00:45:26,900
 I mean, work ethic and just being competitive overall definitely help.

891
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,400
 You think being in tight games and big games on baseball help you feel more comfortable?

892
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:30,560
 Oh, for sure.

893
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:31,440
 Yeah, absolutely.

894
00:45:31,660 --> 00:45:32,600
 That's a good answer there, Austin.

895
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:33,060
 I like that.

896
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:34,360
 I also want to ask you one more thing.

897
00:45:34,740 --> 00:45:38,560
 When you think of, you've got a coach over here that we interviewed earlier, Coach Ivan Denton.

898
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:39,020
 Yes, I do.

899
00:45:39,020 --> 00:45:42,680
 Coach Ivan Denton's been coaching, he said, for 38 years and he knows the game backwards

900
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:44,740
 and forwards and one of the good guys in coaching.

901
00:45:45,100 --> 00:45:47,460
 But when you're coached by him, what has he meant to you?

902
00:45:47,540 --> 00:45:49,240
 What have you learned from him in this game?

903
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,620
 Not only maybe football, but just learned from him as a coach.

904
00:45:52,420 --> 00:45:56,640
 Definitely learned a lot about football that I wouldn't have known and just overall how

905
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:57,180
 to be a man.

906
00:45:57,720 --> 00:45:58,080
 That's good.

907
00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,480
 Very respectable guy.

908
00:45:59,860 --> 00:46:00,780
 A respectful guy.

909
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:01,760
 That's a great answer.

910
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:02,960
 I mean, that is a great answer.

911
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:03,740
 I like that as well.

912
00:46:04,020 --> 00:46:07,320
 Well, I'm going to go over to your buddy here, Parker Greenhoff, the kicker and the punter.

913
00:46:07,660 --> 00:46:10,340
 Parker, I've got to ask you, who got you to try out for football?

914
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:11,640
 When did you know you were going out for football?

915
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:17,000
 Yeah, I was actually, I was out playing soccer with some of my friends and the punter at the

916
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,760
 time was out there with me and there was a football laying around and he set it up and

917
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,320
 I just kicked it and it went in and it went in good.

918
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,020
 So then from then on, I just kept doing it and they recruited me to the team.

919
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:29,160
 So that's how I started playing.

920
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:33,260
 I don't know if you know this, but the other day there was a kicker by the last name of

921
00:46:33,260 --> 00:46:37,240
 McPherson for the Auburn Tigers who took down the number one team, Georgia

922
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,900
 Bulldogs and it was great for all the Auburn fans.

923
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:44,840
 But here's a young man that he started out as a soccer player and almost the same story

924
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,220
 because his brothers picked up the football, he picked it up.

925
00:46:47,540 --> 00:46:50,820
 Is that something when you started kicking like, I think I got this, I can do this,

926
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:52,040
 did it feel comfortable for you?

927
00:46:52,460 --> 00:46:52,740
 Yeah.

928
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:57,100
 I mean, like I've only been kicking for three years, but I've really been kicking for 12

929
00:46:57,100 --> 00:46:57,940
 years with soccer.

930
00:46:58,180 --> 00:47:01,180
 So, you know, like just kick playing soccer your whole life.

931
00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:03,780
 You just got that leg swing down, down packed.

932
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,260
 Does playing soccer give you a calmness in being a kicker as well, by the way?

933
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:08,280
 For sure.

934
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:08,520
 Yeah.

935
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,460
 Because, I mean, like you have PK shootouts in soccer where you got to be calm, cool and

936
00:47:12,460 --> 00:47:12,840
 collective.

937
00:47:13,060 --> 00:47:15,380
 So, it just transfers right over to the football field.

938
00:47:15,540 --> 00:47:16,920
 Now, Parker, I'm going to be honest with you.

939
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:18,000
 I know your mom.

940
00:47:18,340 --> 00:47:20,780
 She was a cheerleader at Bradshaw High School.

941
00:47:21,180 --> 00:47:22,500
 I remember her in those days.

942
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:26,240
 Do you hear her in the stands any during the game, maybe yelling out your name?

943
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:27,260
 Have you ever heard her during the game?

944
00:47:27,260 --> 00:47:28,000
 I feel like I have.

945
00:47:28,100 --> 00:47:30,720
 I try to block all that out, but I mean, I can hear some voice.

946
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,060
 Try to block it out, but you're pretty.

947
00:47:32,260 --> 00:47:33,840
 Hey, a mom's voice is always heard.

948
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:34,320
 I like that.

949
00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:34,580
 That's right.

950
00:47:34,820 --> 00:47:36,020
 Parker, I was going to ask you this.

951
00:47:36,140 --> 00:47:38,120
 Coach Cobb has been on the radio earlier today.

952
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:39,940
 How has he helped you as a kicker?

953
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,220
 Yeah, I mean, he played at a high level, so I've just really tried to be a sponge and

954
00:47:44,220 --> 00:47:49,460
 just take in all the information that he has for me, you know.

955
00:47:49,780 --> 00:47:50,300
 That's pretty good.

956
00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:50,940
 I like that sponge.

957
00:47:51,060 --> 00:47:54,140
 Guys, both of you, we're proud of what you've done and how you've handled everything.

958
00:47:54,620 --> 00:47:57,160
 I want to ask you, first of all, Austin, is there anyone listening tonight?

959
00:47:57,260 --> 00:48:00,260
 Maybe out there listening, but you want to say hi to any family or anything?

960
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:01,200
 My mom and dad.

961
00:48:01,420 --> 00:48:02,820
 Yeah, that's a pretty good answer there.

962
00:48:02,860 --> 00:48:05,400
 Mom and dad listening in, so what about you for Parker?

963
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:06,160
 Anybody listening tonight?

964
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:06,840
 Same thing.

965
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,280
 My mom and my dad are both listening.

966
00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:11,800
 All right, well, I'm glad they're listening in as well, and I know they're very proud of

967
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:12,580
 you as well.

968
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:14,080
 Any college plans for you?

969
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:15,220
 You got any college plans?

970
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:16,480
 I know you play baseball some, too.

971
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:17,180
 I'm a mom.

972
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:18,400
 I play baseball.

973
00:48:18,740 --> 00:48:22,420
 Okay, is that where you may think you'll end up maybe baseball at the next level, hopefully?

974
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:23,320
 Probably.

975
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:24,440
 That or IBW.

976
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:25,800
 Okay, very good.

977
00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:26,840
 What about you, Parker?

978
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,200
 Do you have plans for college yet?

979
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:28,920
 Not yet.

980
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:30,600
 I'm just kind of keeping my options open.

981
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,340
 Wait until after the soccer season, maybe.

982
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,280
 See if anything comes up from that, and then after football season, just kind of see what

983
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:37,280
 comes up for me.

984
00:48:37,460 --> 00:48:38,060
 All right, guys.

985
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,660
 It's time to roast some people, and we're going to roast some people.

986
00:48:40,660 --> 00:48:44,260
 If your friends are listening, they've been trying to make faces to you, it's time to

987
00:48:44,260 --> 00:48:45,120
 get a couple of them back.

988
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:50,660
 Which teammate, Austin, is most likely to dress up and go trick-or-treating next week?

989
00:48:51,900 --> 00:48:52,920
 I'd say Casey Mitchell.

990
00:48:53,220 --> 00:48:53,860
 Casey Mitchell.

991
00:48:53,980 --> 00:48:54,860
 All right, that's good.

992
00:48:55,420 --> 00:48:58,540
 Casey Mitchell called him out, and his teammates loved it.

993
00:48:58,620 --> 00:48:58,760
 Okay.

994
00:48:59,220 --> 00:49:00,980
 What do you think you would dress up as, by the way?

995
00:49:01,060 --> 00:49:01,660
 What do you...

996
00:49:01,660 --> 00:49:02,680
 Oh, I have no idea.

997
00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:03,460
 No idea on that?

998
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,120
 Probably a superhero, right?

999
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:06,340
 Yeah.

1000
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:07,460
 Yeah, probably some type of superhero.

1001
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:09,240
 All right, same question to you, Parker.

1002
00:49:09,620 --> 00:49:14,020
 Which teammate do you think would be most likely to dress up and go out trick-or-treating next

1003
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:14,260
 week?

1004
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,000
 I'd probably have to say my long snapper, Ben Powell.

1005
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:17,760
 I like it.

1006
00:49:17,780 --> 00:49:19,460
 I always throw the long snapper in there.

1007
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:19,980
 I like it.

1008
00:49:20,180 --> 00:49:21,540
 That's well done right there, Parker.

1009
00:49:21,620 --> 00:49:22,040
 Well done.

1010
00:49:22,180 --> 00:49:23,140
 Both of you guys, okay?

1011
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,260
 All right, I got one more question for you guys, okay?

1012
00:49:25,620 --> 00:49:30,860
 Austin, which coach, most likely, if you went trick-or-treating to them, would try to pull

1013
00:49:30,860 --> 00:49:32,300
 a trick on you and not give a treat?

1014
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,480
 Which one was always going to try to pull the trick on you?

1015
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:37,160
 I'd say Coach Cobb.

1016
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:38,480
 All right, Coach Cobb.

1017
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:39,200
 All right, you like that?

1018
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:39,720
 Okay, that's good.

1019
00:49:39,820 --> 00:49:41,720
 I was from Austin, by the way, Coach Cobb.

1020
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:43,240
 Same question, Parker, which one?

1021
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:44,760
 I would definitely have to agree with that.

1022
00:49:44,780 --> 00:49:46,280
 Coach Cobb, he's the one you've got to keep an eye out.

1023
00:49:46,300 --> 00:49:47,640
 Don't go to Coach Cobb's house, okay?

1024
00:49:47,860 --> 00:49:48,040
 No.

1025
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:48,720
 That's pretty good.

1026
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:50,400
 Guys, are you excited about Friday night?

1027
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:51,180
 Yes, sir.

1028
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:51,540
 You are?

1029
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:51,960
 Yes, sir.

1030
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:56,080
 What's it like to be out there and practice on Friday night, warming up, especially as

1031
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:56,500
 a kicker?

1032
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:57,380
 I'm going to start with you, Parker.

1033
00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:58,280
 That's a kicker.

1034
00:49:58,340 --> 00:49:59,560
 That's one of my favorite things to do.

1035
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,400
 I used to love to go and put out the footballs for kickers to kick.

1036
00:50:02,740 --> 00:50:04,500
 What's it like for you on Friday night to get out the kick?

1037
00:50:04,740 --> 00:50:08,340
 You get the adrenaline going and what was a 40-yard field goal and say, hey, I think

1038
00:50:08,340 --> 00:50:11,240
 I can do a 45, 47, you feel that adrenaline sometimes?

1039
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:12,220
 For sure, yeah.

1040
00:50:12,340 --> 00:50:16,340
 Like in practice, it's completely different than like just in a game, before a game.

1041
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:20,060
 I feel like I've got like the adrenaline that will add five yards to the end of a kick before

1042
00:50:20,060 --> 00:50:20,400
 a game.

1043
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,880
 And last week you had to play with the wind, so you had to really practice getting the

1044
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:24,120
 wind.

1045
00:50:24,580 --> 00:50:25,020
 Yeah, that's right.

1046
00:50:25,020 --> 00:50:26,120
 That was a big part of it too, wasn't it?

1047
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,180
 Yeah, a big, big part.

1048
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,640
 Thankfully, the field goal I had was with the wind, so it helped me out.

1049
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,360
 But I had a punt against the wind, and that was definitely a huge factor.

1050
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:39,440
 Austin, Friday night, I know it's your first year to play, but it's senior night.

1051
00:50:39,820 --> 00:50:42,960
 You're going to walk out there at Brawley Stadium, are you going to look around and sort of take

1052
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:43,600
 it in for a moment?

1053
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:44,460
 Yeah, for sure.

1054
00:50:44,820 --> 00:50:47,380
 As a senior, what do you think about this senior class?

1055
00:50:47,860 --> 00:50:48,600
 Oh, I love them.

1056
00:50:48,860 --> 00:50:49,800
 It's a great class.

1057
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:51,120
 They're a great bunch of guys.

1058
00:50:51,660 --> 00:50:52,000
 Love them.

1059
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:52,920
 Pretty tight-knit?

1060
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:53,520
 Oh, yeah.

1061
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:54,520
 Pretty tight-knit.

1062
00:50:54,620 --> 00:50:55,620
 All right, I like that as well.

1063
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:57,760
 Well, guys, we're going to go get the wind tomorrow night?

1064
00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:58,200
 Absolutely.

1065
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:01,220
 All right, let's hear it for Austin Klotzbach, Parker Greenhall.

1066
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:02,880
 They did a great job with us tonight.

1067
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,680
 Two seniors for Florence High School.

1068
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1096
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1097
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1098
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 Now the Falcons turn their attention to the Hartzell Tigers on senior night at Raleigh Stadium

1099
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1100
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1102
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1110
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1111
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,460
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1112
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1121
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 A lot of people come in.

1122
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,520
 There's a lot of people here that said, we didn't come for Florence Falcons football night.

1123
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,780
 And how many times I've had them after the show said, man, I really like that.

1124
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 When's the game?

1125
00:54:26,420 --> 00:54:28,180
 We've even had people that didn't even know about it.

1126
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:29,040
 So when's the game?

1127
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:29,580
 And we've had people.

1128
00:54:29,580 --> 00:54:32,480
 So it introduces a lot of different people to Florence Falcons football.

1129
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:33,540
 That's important, too, isn't it?

1130
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:34,640
 Yes, absolutely.

1131
00:54:35,220 --> 00:54:38,620
 I mean, I see former head coach at UNA, Chris Willis, over there.

1132
00:54:38,700 --> 00:54:38,900
 Yep.

1133
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:40,580
 We've got a lot of folks in the house tonight.

1134
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:43,080
 I mean, when you've got famous people coming in, that's pretty big right there.

1135
00:54:43,100 --> 00:54:43,800
 That's it, for sure.

1136
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,120
 Coach, let's talk about it a little bit.

1137
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,480
 This senior class, they have known one head coach.

1138
00:54:49,020 --> 00:54:49,820
 That's big to me.

1139
00:54:49,860 --> 00:54:52,840
 As a guy that's been with this program for a long time, as a broadcaster,

1140
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,900
 when these kids get out there, there's a great bond they have with you

1141
00:54:55,900 --> 00:54:57,620
 because they've known you for four to five years now.

1142
00:54:57,980 --> 00:54:58,940
 That's special for you, too.

1143
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:00,380
 It really is.

1144
00:55:00,660 --> 00:55:04,580
 Most people will tell you in this profession three to five years

1145
00:55:04,580 --> 00:55:08,300
 to really build a program like you want it, and we're in year five.

1146
00:55:08,940 --> 00:55:11,020
 And the relationships that we've built with these young men,

1147
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:15,660
 even the guys way back in 2022 when we first got started,

1148
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,260
 still got relationships with those, talk to those guys occasionally.

1149
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:24,160
 And, you know, it's special when you can continue to have that bond with them

1150
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,540
 that you know is going to last a lifetime.

1151
00:55:25,900 --> 00:55:28,140
 And football is so much more than a scoreboard, isn't it?

1152
00:55:28,420 --> 00:55:29,220
 Oh, absolutely.

1153
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:33,000
 I mean, this is, you know, football teaches a lot of life lessons.

1154
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:37,600
 I say it's the vehicle that drives a lot of lessons taught,

1155
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:42,180
 and it's really good for us to be able to use the platform

1156
00:55:42,180 --> 00:55:45,560
 and those guys stick with us, listen to us, and draw from it.

1157
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:47,040
 I use it a lot.

1158
00:55:47,180 --> 00:55:49,340
 I use the – they get sick of hearing it.

1159
00:55:49,380 --> 00:55:54,100
 I talk about 10, 15 years from now when you're married and you have kids

1160
00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:58,700
 and you've got a job, what you can pull from right now when you're being challenged.

1161
00:55:58,700 --> 00:56:02,540
 You know, Saturday mornings I do the coach's breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1162
00:56:02,980 --> 00:56:04,620
 Dr. J.T. Murphy's in there.

1163
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:06,960
 He was a former Florence Falcon I got to help be with.

1164
00:56:07,380 --> 00:56:08,760
 Dr. Aaron Joyner in there.

1165
00:56:09,100 --> 00:56:12,240
 These two guys that used to play, and now they're grown men, got their families and all.

1166
00:56:12,540 --> 00:56:14,120
 And I look at those men, I'm so proud of them.

1167
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:16,420
 But they remember me, and I was nothing on the coaching staff.

1168
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:18,220
 But they remember every coach on there.

1169
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,700
 So that's an important thing because everybody's important.

1170
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,740
 Coach, it's also important how you handle tomorrow night because it's a big game.

1171
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:26,620
 What do you want to see out of your team?

1172
00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:31,760
 I want to see our guys relax and play football and have fun playing it.

1173
00:56:31,860 --> 00:56:33,420
 We didn't have fun the other night.

1174
00:56:34,380 --> 00:56:35,840
 You know, adversity hit us.

1175
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:37,900
 We didn't handle it very well at times.

1176
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,600
 And I told the guys after the game, I might have said this Saturday morning,

1177
00:56:41,720 --> 00:56:45,860
 but I told the Carson, you know, and I told several of the guys,

1178
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:47,220
 and then I told the whole team at the end,

1179
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:51,520
 if this is the worst thing that happens to you in your lifetime, you're going to be okay.

1180
00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:52,020
 Yes.

1181
00:56:52,020 --> 00:56:56,160
 I mean, we have faced adversity in our lifetime as adults,

1182
00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:59,480
 and losing a football game is far from it.

1183
00:57:00,380 --> 00:57:04,800
 You know, it needs to hurt because it needs to matter to you, but it's not life-ending.

1184
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:08,500
 And it's something to draw from.

1185
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:09,280
 You pull from it.

1186
00:57:09,340 --> 00:57:12,500
 It reveals your true character when adversity strikes.

1187
00:57:12,700 --> 00:57:16,780
 And this program has come a million miles from the adversity standpoint.

1188
00:57:17,220 --> 00:57:22,340
 And I hear it from those doctors that are on the sideline that have seen those other teams,

1189
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:28,940
 and they really complement our sidelines with our players and how they respond and react to us as coaches.

1190
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:31,540
 It's just, we've got a good thing going right now.

1191
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:33,880
 We just need to keep rolling with it tomorrow night.

1192
00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:35,600
 Coach Kenny Marson of the Florence Falcons.

1193
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:36,680
 Coach, it's a good team.

1194
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:38,420
 They have a chance to become a great team.

1195
00:57:38,740 --> 00:57:39,920
 It's in their hands, is it not?

1196
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:41,120
 It is, absolutely.

1197
00:57:41,340 --> 00:57:45,240
 I mean, it's, as Bill Jordan told them today of what we preach all the time,

1198
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,820
 one snap at a time, go win one snap.

1199
00:57:48,220 --> 00:57:48,300
 Yeah.

1200
00:57:48,460 --> 00:57:50,000
 Let's don't worry about the scoreboard.

1201
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:52,780
 Let's don't worry about the series, the drive, nothing.

1202
00:57:53,380 --> 00:57:55,660
 One snap at a time, let's attempt to win that.

1203
00:57:56,060 --> 00:57:58,620
 And then we get back in the huddle, let's try to win the next snap.

1204
00:57:59,060 --> 00:58:02,800
 Let's don't try to win the whole series and the whole game right there in one lick.

1205
00:58:03,060 --> 00:58:04,440
 Coach, let's go do it tomorrow night, okay?

1206
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:05,060
 Let's go.

1207
00:58:05,140 --> 00:58:05,660
 Go Falcons.

1208
00:58:05,820 --> 00:58:08,180
 The head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Kenny Marson.

1209
00:58:08,220 --> 00:58:11,420
 Again, a big thank you to Jeffrey Jones, Riverbank Trust,

1210
00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:13,580
 who was our guest tonight and our sponsor as well.

1211
00:58:13,580 --> 00:58:17,320
 Also, I want to say thank you to J.D. Byers, State Farm being our sponsors as well,

1212
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:18,980
 and the good friends at Lost Pizza.

1213
00:58:19,100 --> 00:58:19,880
 I'm Kevin Johnson.

1214
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,020
 Hope you enjoyed the night of Florence Falcon Football Night live at Lost Pizza.

1215
00:58:23,220 --> 00:58:27,960
 We'll see you Friday night, 7 o'clock kickoff, Brawley Stadium, Florence and Hartzell,

1216
00:58:28,220 --> 00:58:29,320
 a huge region game.

1217
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:30,600
 Come out and fill the place up.

1218
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:31,840
 These seniors deserve it.

1219
00:58:31,900 --> 00:58:33,000
 This Falcon team deserves it.

1220
00:58:33,220 --> 00:58:35,560
 Hope you enjoy it here on 93.9 The Score.

1221
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:40,440
 And now we send it to Alabama and Auburn Basketball preseason.

1222
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:42,840
 You'll hear it right here on 93.9 The Score.

1223
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:43,640
 Good night, everyone.

1224
00:58:46,060 --> 00:58:50,320
 You've been listening to Florence Falcons Football Night at Lost Pizza.

1225
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:52,940
 Presented by 93.9 The Score.

1226
00:58:52,940 --> 00:58:56,540
 State Farm agent J.D. Byers and Riverbank & Trust.

1227
00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:01,460
 Join us tomorrow night for Florence Falcons Football on 93.9 The Score.

1228
00:59:01,860 --> 00:59:03,980
 Pregame at 6 and kickoff at 7.

1229
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:07,280
 Thanks for listening, and go Falcons!