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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 I know it's been a tough week for you and Teresa, certainly in our thoughts and prayers.

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 Hank South, who follows Texas, is going to talk about a big Texas win over the Ole Miss Rebels.

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 But right now, Benjamin Ray, the voice of the UNA Lions, recounts the tough loss and previews Central Arkansas.

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 The man who never sleeps, the fine voice of the Lions at UNA, Ben Ray.

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 Ben, welcome in.

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 We're just getting set to head to Conway, Arkansas this week to take on the Central Arkansas Bears.

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 They're on the stripes, the purple and silver field they got over there.

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 I mean, you and your buddy, I mean, y'all are logging some TV time these days, are you not?

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 Faces for radio, and they throw us on television every now and then.

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 And we're looking forward to getting a chance to wear our UNA gear, not the suits this weekend.

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 When I looked at the stats after the game, UNA outgained the Govs 381-320.

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 They had three more first downs, won the time of possession, battled by three minutes.

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 If I would have looked at that first, I'd have said, well, UNA won the game with 10 points.

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 I mean, really, just bizarre when you look at that.

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 An interception on the opening drive that Austin Peay turned around and scored their only first half touchdown on.

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 And then the fumble, obviously, at the end of the game that ended up ultimately being the deciding factor.

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 But UNA had a 20-21 play drive there at the end of the first half and didn't get any points.

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 I think you look at the three FCS losses to southeastern Louisiana, Abilene Christian, and Austin Peay.

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 But then you go back and you look, and you drop an interception that hits you kind of right in the hand.

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 I was about to say, starting this weekend, if anything else we've learned this college football season, U.N.A. fan or any other fan is no game is an automatic win.

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 They've lost five straight games.

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 But, you know, they were one possession away from beating Abilene Christian, much like U.N.A.

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 Tarleton ended up pulling away late.

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 Nathan Brown was the quarterback at 05 when Mike Norvell was his wide receiver.

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 They just lost in overtime to the University of Texas, Rio Grande, 30-27.

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 Varsity Network podcast, young man.

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 So many programs, so many universities now have gone to that.

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 Looking back in, not only does he know the Ole Miss Rebels inside and out and sideways,

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 in a place called Memphis, Tennessee.

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 There is Sports 56.

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 Brett, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well.

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 Thank you, Harold.

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 Thank you, Brett, for having me.

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 Really looking forward to this weekend with Ole Miss and Auburn.

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 Yep.

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 Only five games this weekend in the SEC.

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 Wow, it's hard to believe it's almost.

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 I thought the other day, Brett, when I saw the President of the United States flying into Memphis

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 and taking a helicopter to a place that very few people have heard of the BIM.

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 I know Kossu, Mississippi well.

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 I was playing catcher, and the left fielder decided to throw the ball late to me,

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 and they had a fullback on that country boy team.

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 He rounded third.

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 He separated the ball.

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 He separated my mitt and most of my teeth.

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 When the President of the United States flies into Kossu, Mississippi, to speak at Corinth,

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 that's news in your backyard, Brett.

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 I guarantee you, it had to be the first time the President had ever been to Kossu, Mississippi.

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 Kossu, Mississippi.

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 Our sideline reporter, John Darnell, who was starting quarterback for Ole Miss in the late 80s,

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 he's from Corinth.

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 So, it was a big day for Corinth to have the President there.

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 Let's talk about the Presidents of the Ole Miss Rebels.

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 I was talking this morning, I live in a doctor's office these days,

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 and this young lady, she's a Kentucky fan, and I thought, congratulations.

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 How's it feel for Kentucky fans and Ole Miss fans right now to be amongst the elite in the SEC

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 and the country?

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 How special is life in rebel country these days?

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 Well, I think Kentucky's in a different league right now than Ole Miss.

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 Ole Miss is just like a lot of teams in the league this year.

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 It's good.

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 It's not bad, but it's not real good, and it's not very good.

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 I think you could say that about Alabama.

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 You could say it about Florida.

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 You could say it about LSU.

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 You could say it about Missouri.

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 I think you could say it about Tennessee.

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 And I think you could probably say that about Texas.

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 They're good, but how good?

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 I think the only two teams that are really happy right now in the SEC,

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 Kentucky's got to be the happiest.

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 And I think Florida's going to be on the happy meter pretty far up there.

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 But everybody else is a little bit bluesy and a little bit grousey.

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 I don't think Ole Miss at this point has been that good this year.

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 Recap the Texas game for us.

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 The Texas jumps out 24-3.

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 Arch Manning looks like a million dollars.

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 Then the second half, the Ole Miss defense.

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 I know they gave up some rushing yards to Brown in the fourth quarter.

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 They held Manning to 50 yards in two interceptions in the second half.

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 Ole Miss, to their credit, comes back to tie the game.

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 They execute, I was actually listening to the game coming back from Tuscaloosa.

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 I thought the announcers were going to jump out of the booth

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 when Ole Miss covered that onside, that perfectly executed onside kick.

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 Recap the game against Texas for us.

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 Yeah, that's two times.

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 Texas has had the onside kick work against them.

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 Yeah.

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 They had a shot at the end,

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 and neither Tennessee nor Ole Miss could really capitalize.

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 But, Brett, it was almost like it was three games.

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 It was the 24-3 game.

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 That's right.

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 That Texas was dominant in.

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 Then it was the 24-24 game that Ole Miss was dominant in.

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 And then, almost like in college basketball,

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 when you dig that big hole and you fight all the way back,

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 you can't really finish it off because you expend so much energy in the comeback.

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 And that's what Ole Miss did.

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 Get it to 24-24.

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 And then, in the blink of an eye, it's a ten-point game again.

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 It's 34-24.

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 At Ole Miss, they were able to score and get the field goal and then score and get the onside kick.

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 I don't like kicking the field goal in that situation.

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 I always want to go for it.

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 And it was Trinidad Chambliss' worst game since the phenomenon that he became at Ole Miss.

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 And I don't know why, but I think he has been coached to.

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 I don't know if it's NFL scouts, but he's wanting to stay in the pocket more.

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 And he was so much more effective last week.

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 He's kind of the go-go quarterback, kind of a little bit Johnny Manziel, a little bit run-pass option.

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 And this year, he's wanted to stay in the pocket and not run as much.

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 And I think that has hurt Ole Miss.

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 He's like Ole Miss.

436
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 He's had a good year, but he has not had a great year.

437
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 Talk to us about that, Brett, about college football teams across the board.

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 This team beats this team.

439
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 That team goes on and gets beat by a so-called lesser team.

440
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 There's no such thing.

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 I'm talking about it in the eyes of the world out there.

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 You look at Alabama and Georgia.

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 Georgia goes and gets beat by Auburn.

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 Tennessee beats Alabama.

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 They go get beat by South Carolina.

446
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 We can go up and down the list here.

447
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 Is it safe to say that the NIL and the transfer portal error is upon us?

448
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 Well, it is, and I think it is a good thing.

449
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 We would have not had the Fernando Mendoza story without it.

450
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 We wouldn't have had the Trinidad Chandler story without it.

451
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 We would not have had the Diego Pavia story without it,

452
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 who it really hurt was Alabama and Georgia, Ohio State, and maybe Oregon,

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 maybe one or two more that could just stockpile such depth and had eight or nine defensive linemen

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 and three or four running backs, and now they're just down to, like everybody else,

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 they're down to three or four defensive linemen and maybe one running back.

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 It has really dispersed the talent because nobody wants to sit and wait.

457
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:56,040
 Let me ask you about a running back.

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 He won Lacey.

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 He's one of the best running backs in the country.

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 Got hurt early in the season.

461
00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:02,320
 Got healthy.

462
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 Played well.

463
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 Now reports indicate a separated shoulder.

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 He's going to be out for a while.

465
00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:11,700
 Will it be Frazier, Mills Knight?

466
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 How does Ole Miss compensate for his loss?

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 I think the first will be Mekhi Frazier, who has had good moments,

468
00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:21,340
 and then I think it will be JT Lindsey if he can play,

469
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,560
 and then Shaqai Mills Knight, who has not played very much after being very highly recruited

470
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:34,880
 out of Chattanooga, Baylor got loose on one late touchdown at Vanderbilt for his best college moment.

471
00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:38,020
 But Kawhi Lacey has just been pounded this year.

472
00:26:38,380 --> 00:26:39,640
 He's been hit really hard.

473
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:47,700
 The offensive line, like the team and like Trinidad, it has not been bad, but it's just been good.

474
00:26:47,820 --> 00:26:48,980
 It hasn't been real good.

475
00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:50,400
 It hasn't been very good.

476
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,080
 It hasn't been elite by any means.

477
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,320
 It's just been good, and that's why you're 5-2.

478
00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:03,660
 If it had been elite or real good, I don't think Ole Miss would have a better record than 5-2.

479
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,780
 I don't think much changes the Florida score.

480
00:27:05,780 --> 00:27:12,240
 But the Texas game, and especially the wobbly position Texas was in going into the game,

481
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:18,340
 that game was there for the taking, and the 24-3 lead quickly extinguished that,

482
00:27:18,540 --> 00:27:21,320
 and then so much was spent in the comeback.

483
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:27,280
 And now Texas is back viable again, but I don't think Sark has any confidence in Arch.

484
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,900
 And you can see late in that game where he just said, no more Arch, run the ball.

485
00:27:32,020 --> 00:27:32,140
 Yeah.

486
00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:32,740
 Yeah.

487
00:27:33,940 --> 00:27:39,820
 Brent Norsworthy drives you home afternoons in the beloved city there in Memphis on Sports Time 3-6.

488
00:27:39,820 --> 00:27:45,980
 Brent, what's going to happen with you boys this weekend against some of our neighbors way down in the southeastern part of the state of Alabama?

489
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,560
 Well, tell me what Auburn team shows up.

490
00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:49,240
 Exactly.

491
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:49,560
 There you go.

492
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,780
 Between the edges and beat number one in the biggest upset of the year.

493
00:27:53,780 --> 00:28:01,420
 Auburn going into Athens and beating Georgia there after Georgia had won that heavyweight title fight against Alabama.

494
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,240
 Or is it the Auburn team that really didn't do very much last week against LSU?

495
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:13,360
 I do think Alex Golesh has made strides with his first team, his first year with his first team at Auburn.

496
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:22,440
 But I think being at home and the success Ole Miss has had at home in the last few years should be enough for Ole Miss to win the game.

497
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,960
 But I just don't know how much I trust this Ole Miss team.

498
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,640
 I was scared to death of the Missouri game and then it was nothing to be scared of.

499
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,420
 I felt good going into the Texas game and it was everything to be scared of.

500
00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:38,720
 So I was just going to go from the, with it being Halloween on Saturday, I think I'm just going to go with the scare tactics.

501
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,060
 Trick or treat, right?

502
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:41,620
 Oh, man.

503
00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:41,980
 Yeah.

504
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,620
 You don't know what you're going to get.

505
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:44,240
 That's right.

506
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:49,500
 And then we changed the stupid clocks after I voted for someone that told me we were going to quit.

507
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:50,100
 Oh, me.

508
00:28:50,580 --> 00:28:52,260
 Oh, the politicians don't do that.

509
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 Brent, you know that.

510
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 Let me ask you about the Ole Miss defense.

511
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 Never mind my tax cut.

512
00:28:58,620 --> 00:28:59,960
 I just wanted the time change.

513
00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:00,500
 Exactly.

514
00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:07,280
 Keaton Thomas, eight tackles, three quarterbacks hurry.

515
00:29:07,420 --> 00:29:08,320
 He played well.

516
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:11,880
 Jalen Crawford had two interceptions.

517
00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:14,180
 I thought Blake Purchase played pretty well.

518
00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:20,000
 Again, Texas ran the ball, Brownie, particularly in the fourth quarter, and they gave up a lot of yardage.

519
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,640
 But I thought those three players, Brent, played pretty well.

520
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,080
 That's a good take, and Jalen Crawford, those two picks.

521
00:29:27,260 --> 00:29:33,260
 And the second pick, after we get it to 24-24, we quickly intercept Arch, and I think, here we go.

522
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:39,000
 We're going to score, and the Texas crowd is going to completely turn on Arch and Sark, and you could feel it.

523
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,520
 Now, there's nothing less Texas now than Austin.

524
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:49,620
 I mean, it's a combination of Soho, Greenwich Village, Berkeley, Napa.

525
00:29:50,140 --> 00:29:53,120
 There's nothing less Texas than the city of Austin.

526
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:53,880
 Thank you.

527
00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:55,360
 Those three players did play well.

528
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,920
 We had Blake Purchase on with us post-game.

529
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:58,180
 Yeah.

530
00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:04,180
 But Keaton Thomas, again, without me being a broken record about good, he's been good.

531
00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:06,260
 He hasn't been real good.

532
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,760
 He hasn't been very good, and he sure hasn't been bad.

533
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,620
 But Ole Miss needs more.

534
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:11,420
 Yes.

535
00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:13,760
 Yeah, I certainly understand that.

536
00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:18,580
 Well, listen, good luck Saturday in the call with the Auburn Tigers coming in.

537
00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:22,900
 Hey, Brett, where can we get online and get you on the radio this afternoon?

538
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:29,360
 Sports56, WHBQ.com, 3 to 6, and I sure appreciate you guys having me and enjoy the football.

539
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:32,920
 It's been a great football season so far, and it is wide open.

540
00:30:33,420 --> 00:30:35,200
 Boy, is it ever.

541
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 And you know what?

542
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 It ain't done yet, Brett.

543
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 Listen, enjoy it and keep up the good work, okay?

544
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,000
 Thank you for having me.

545
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:42,720
 Thank you so much.

546
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 Brett Norisworthy hooking up with us.

547
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 He's busy there.

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635
00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:08,940
 Welcome back in, and I mean this.

636
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:11,320
 It is a pleasure for us to welcome in Rodney Orr.

637
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 He is the founder and editor of tighterinsetter.com.

638
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 The book is called Bigger Than Bama.

639
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 I emphasize founder and editor for a reason, and we'll talk about that.

640
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:21,600
 But first, Rodney, welcome in.

641
00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:22,300
 How are you?

642
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:23,800
 I'm doing well, guys.

643
00:37:23,860 --> 00:37:24,380
 How's it going?

644
00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:24,780
 Hey, Boone.

645
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,820
 Yeah, it's not as well as you, Rodney.

646
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:27,860
 And I mean this.

647
00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:31,280
 I mean, did I see the other day, tell me I'm wrong, 30 years.

648
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:31,800
 Mm-hmm.

649
00:37:32,420 --> 00:37:39,380
 I remember two young men in the end zone of an Alabama football game talking about this website 30 years ago.

650
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:40,600
 What the heck is a website?

651
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,740
 And correct me if I'm wrong.

652
00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:46,880
 It's called tighterinsider.com, and I'm sure people said it would never work.

653
00:37:47,060 --> 00:37:50,500
 But that's where we kind of got the ball rolling 30 years ago.

654
00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:51,540
 Congratulations.

655
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:53,040
 A great job.

656
00:37:53,180 --> 00:37:56,820
 I know there's been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, but congratulations, Rodney.

657
00:37:57,260 --> 00:37:58,840
 Yeah, I appreciate it, guys.

658
00:37:58,980 --> 00:38:10,100
 You know, 30 years ago yesterday, October 27, 1996, we launched tighterinsider.com from a small bedroom in Corpus Christi, Texas, nearly 1,000 miles from Tuscaloosa.

659
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:28,740
 You know what, within 18 months, I was in sales and public relations with BFI waste systems at the time there in Corpus Christi, but within 18 months, I'm making more money off of a little website there, flying fans all around the world, Alabama fans.

660
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:35,440
 So, anyway, it kind of was a, you know, crazy thing that was kind of against all odds, but I appreciate it, guys.

661
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:41,840
 Yeah, I was going to say, Bama Magazine was, with Kirk McNair, may have been about the only thing around.

662
00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:42,540
 That was it.

663
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,040
 Yeah, it was the only thing.

664
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 That was it.

665
00:38:45,060 --> 00:38:46,140
 It was the only place.

666
00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:49,540
 And a lot of these guys, Carol and Britt, you know this.

667
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:50,880
 Britt knows it really well.

668
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:56,500
 There's a lot of guys right now that are doing podcasts that are out there without naming names.

669
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 There's people that own, started networks.

670
00:38:59,540 --> 00:39:03,620
 They all started as posters on tighterinsider.com that were Alabama fans.

671
00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:05,860
 So, it was kind of crazy.

672
00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:06,860
 Kind of crazy.

673
00:39:07,260 --> 00:39:07,620
 Absolutely.

674
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:08,460
 What was it?

675
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:13,040
 Because it's easy to sit here 30 years after the fact and say, okay, but I wasn't joking.

676
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,360
 Back then, a show of hands, how many people 30-plus years ago knew what the heck?

677
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:22,480
 A website was something where, on your patio, there was a site for a web out there with a real spider climbing on it.

678
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:29,460
 What was it that you and your family, your brother, and others who helped plant the seeds for this, what was it that said, let's go for it?

679
00:39:30,220 --> 00:39:32,640
 Well, you know, Harold, this is a great question.

680
00:39:32,940 --> 00:39:35,500
 This has been my passion, my dream for many years.

681
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:41,340
 And, you know, my brother knew it, and not that he had the interest in Alabama that I did.

682
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 And, you know, I actually, and Brett mentioned Kirk Minera.

683
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 I talked to Kirk because I'd known Kirk for years when I was in school at Alabama.

684
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 And I talked to Kirk about buying Bama Mag.

685
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,640
 And, you know, he kind of said, well, it's going to be a lot of money.

686
00:39:55,920 --> 00:40:00,940
 You know, and my brother told me, he said, why would you want to buy a magazine when they're going to go out in a few years?

687
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:01,500
 Wow.

688
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,300
 He started telling me about this thing called the Internet.

689
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 He was going to take over TV stations, take over radio stations, all that stuff, newspapers.

690
00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,840
 And I was like, I don't believe that.

691
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 And he goes, yeah, yeah, you know.

692
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,740
 And so finally I got desperate enough.

693
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,200
 I said, well, tell me about this website.

694
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,400
 Let's see what we can do.

695
00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:21,360
 So we started to build it in the summer of 96.

696
00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:29,320
 And as I told my story yesterday, you know, of course, on my website and on Facebook, social media.

697
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:34,220
 But I told the story that, you know, Harold Brett, while I was doing this, I was building my business plan.

698
00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:34,840
 I'll never forget.

699
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,800
 I kept hearing this voice say, why are you doing this?

700
00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:37,940
 It's so stupid.

701
00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:39,020
 This is not going to work.

702
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,220
 Well, I actually quit.

703
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,040
 I quit.

704
00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:41,460
 Yeah.

705
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,040
 I got up and I quit.

706
00:40:43,220 --> 00:40:46,440
 I walked away from the kitchen table where I was doing my business plan and I quit.

707
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:51,360
 And all of a sudden I heard this small, calming voice, which I'll tell you was the Holy Spirit.

708
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:51,720
 Yep.

709
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:52,260
 Wow.

710
00:40:52,340 --> 00:40:58,400
 I'm there and I heard this voice say, just sit down and take the next step.

711
00:40:58,600 --> 00:40:59,040
 Yeah.

712
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,160
 And so I just, I followed, I followed that.

713
00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:05,120
 I sat down and that kind of became my motto.

714
00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:05,380
 Okay.

715
00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:10,200
 Every time I would start to get discouraged, I think just take the next step and the next step.

716
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,840
 And the next thing I know, guys, we launched it on October the 27, 1996, right?

717
00:41:16,020 --> 00:41:17,440
 I'm still having these doubts.

718
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,440
 Then all of a sudden I'm on a radio show kind of like yours.

719
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:21,740
 I'm on WJOX.

720
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,300
 You know, I've been on WJOX some.

721
00:41:23,740 --> 00:41:27,720
 And then all of a sudden I started getting phone calls from all these other radio stations to be on.

722
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:33,080
 And one day, man, three months after we started, I'm sitting there and I did eight shows in a row.

723
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:37,260
 And you guys know how it can wear on you.

724
00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:37,620
 Yeah.

725
00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:39,520
 You know, talking so much can really wear you out.

726
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:40,400
 People don't realize it.

727
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:40,700
 People don't know it.

728
00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:45,400
 I understand why some preachers say, look, man, I'm preaching once or twice on Sunday.

729
00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:45,940
 That's it.

730
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:46,260
 Yeah.

731
00:41:46,420 --> 00:41:47,600
 That's because it wears you.

732
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:48,420
 It wears on you.

733
00:41:48,420 --> 00:41:49,900
 So I say all that to say this.

734
00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:52,660
 I'm sitting there and I'm doing that eighth segment that day.

735
00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:56,060
 And I'm still working for BFI in Corpus Christi, Texas at the time.

736
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:59,000
 And I put up, I hang up the phone on the eighth one.

737
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,660
 I go, man, I go, man, I am exhausted.

738
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:03,740
 I'm exhausted.

739
00:42:04,180 --> 00:42:05,160
 And guess what?

740
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:06,480
 The thought hit me.

741
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,460
 It said, what if I'd have quit?

742
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,420
 What if I'd have quit?

743
00:42:11,540 --> 00:42:14,100
 What if I'd have followed that voice that was telling me to quit?

744
00:42:14,780 --> 00:42:16,000
 You know, what would have happened?

745
00:42:16,460 --> 00:42:18,200
 And I'm sitting here going, man, this is crazy.

746
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:23,580
 So, you know, a few months later and go by, like I said, 18 months after we started, my

747
00:42:23,580 --> 00:42:28,040
 wife comes home one day from church and she says, hey, you know, Chodron Sutter is doing

748
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:28,440
 great.

749
00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:32,820
 How about we put the house up for sale and move to Custalusa?

750
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,940
 And I'm sitting here going, are you crazy?

751
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:36,000
 There's me.

752
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:36,900
 There's me.

753
00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:37,440
 There's you.

754
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,800
 And we have four kids, including a six month old baby.

755
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,060
 We can't just pick up and move.

756
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:42,940
 She says, well, why can't we?

757
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:43,800
 She said, you know what?

758
00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:45,660
 It's part of your business plan, isn't it?

759
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:46,040
 Yeah.

760
00:42:46,780 --> 00:42:48,120
 It's your dream, isn't it?

761
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:48,980
 I said, yep.

762
00:42:49,060 --> 00:42:52,420
 She said, sometimes you just have to take a step of faith.

763
00:42:52,780 --> 00:42:56,400
 And there was the piece right there when she said that, you know, just that step of faith.

764
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:01,300
 So I know that's not what you guys really called about, but yeah, it was a real journey.

765
00:43:01,380 --> 00:43:02,680
 And that's part of my book, man.

766
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:04,840
 You mentioned the book, Bigger Than Bama.

767
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:05,980
 That's just part of it.

768
00:43:06,220 --> 00:43:06,860
 That's just part of it.

769
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:08,500
 That's what I was going to mention.

770
00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:13,620
 You chronicle your story of starting tighter and sider very well.

771
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:14,280
 And you're right.

772
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:19,340
 It was the Holy Spirit, more or less, telling you to keep on keeping on.

773
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:24,940
 Rodney, Alabama is 6-2, 4-2 in the SEC.

774
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,140
 Texas A&M, quite frankly, outplayed them for three quarters.

775
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,040
 And then in the fourth quarter, the light switch went on.

776
00:43:32,700 --> 00:43:35,840
 Alabama scores two touchdowns, and they win the game.

777
00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:41,520
 In fact, they outgained Texas A&M 102-15, eight first downs to nothing.

778
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,800
 But a much-needed bye week.

779
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,220
 We'll get into the injuries.

780
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,880
 But you asked the question earlier this week on tighter and sider.

781
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,840
 Which way is this Kaelin DeBoer's Alabama team headed?

782
00:43:54,180 --> 00:44:03,780
 Will they beat LSU in nearly, I'm never going to say a lock, but at least be a more favorable position for the playoff?

783
00:44:03,980 --> 00:44:07,460
 Or will they lose to LSU and struggle through the rest of the season?

784
00:44:08,140 --> 00:44:10,220
 They're kind of at a fork in the road, Rodney.

785
00:44:10,260 --> 00:44:11,400
 Which way are they going?

786
00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:18,780
 Yeah, yeah, and you know, I always say that I've got a lot of friends that are Aggies, you know.

787
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,160
 But I've got to be honest with you, man.

788
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:25,340
 When you're struggling, the Aggies are just what the doctor ordered, man.

789
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,260
 They go for it on fourth and one.

790
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:27,640
 I know.

791
00:44:27,940 --> 00:44:32,940
 That was probably the play that, in my opinion, kind of started setting in motion.

792
00:44:33,580 --> 00:44:38,240
 Alabama in the fourth quarter, which I thought was a really encouraging performance there in the fourth quarter.

793
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:41,200
 Keelan Russell went five for five with two touchdowns in that quarter.

794
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,720
 So now, you know, you've got to go to LSU, and that's the game.

795
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,760
 I mean, you win that game, you're like you said, Brett.

796
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:51,340
 I mean, you've got everything in front of you.

797
00:44:51,460 --> 00:44:55,940
 You lose the game, I'm going to say your chances of making the playoffs are pretty unlikely.

798
00:44:56,620 --> 00:44:58,640
 And you know what that's going to mean.

799
00:44:58,840 --> 00:44:59,140
 Oh, yeah.

800
00:44:59,220 --> 00:45:00,940
 So this is a huge game.

801
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:06,020
 Now I will say this, Alabama, you know, when you're talking about LSU, and I know how good

802
00:45:06,020 --> 00:45:11,660
 they are, I know all of that, but you know, and Lane's done a great job and all of that.

803
00:45:11,660 --> 00:45:16,620
 But, you know, I've seen some games, especially against Alabama, where Lane's really laid some eggs.

804
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:16,880
 Yes.

805
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,540
 So, you know, we'll see.

806
00:45:19,580 --> 00:45:24,220
 You know, get your thumbprint on the Titer Insider family.

807
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,540
 They're not shy with their comments.

808
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,100
 Kind of get the consensus from you there.

809
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,580
 And I see a lot of criticism, and I think a lot of it's married, quite frankly.

810
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:36,240
 But if you're objective, which is an odd word this day and time, you look at all the injuries

811
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:37,380
 this team has had.

812
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,720
 You look at the overall picture.

813
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:47,080
 Your thoughts about Kaelin DeBoer as objectively, given the schedule, given the key, not just injuries,

814
00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:52,620
 but key injuries, how would you grade it out, apart from the emotion after a game where you

815
00:45:52,620 --> 00:45:55,420
 lose back-to-back games and struggle against A&M?

816
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,940
 Rodney, you've got a good eye for it.

817
00:45:57,940 --> 00:45:58,820
 Where do you put it?

818
00:46:00,940 --> 00:46:04,440
 You know, that's a great question, Daryl.

819
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:09,720
 And I mean, they had opportunities, and I know there were some bad calls in the Georgia

820
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:10,140
 game.

821
00:46:10,540 --> 00:46:10,760
 Right.

822
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,840
 And, you know, you looked at that game and you said, look, Alabama didn't win, but they

823
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:16,540
 showed a lot more physicality.

824
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:16,900
 Right.

825
00:46:17,020 --> 00:46:20,720
 They showed a toe with Georgia, a team that had obliterated them in the SEC championship

826
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,060
 game, you know, just eight months earlier.

827
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:28,000
 So you saw the progress, and then they come out, and again, I understand the injuries, you

828
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,460
 know, but they come out against Tennessee.

829
00:46:30,180 --> 00:46:31,500
 They look totally overwhelmed.

830
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,100
 They look totally unprepared.

831
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:33,700
 Right.

832
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:35,860
 All of those things that we've seen in past games.

833
00:46:36,020 --> 00:46:36,420
 Right.

834
00:46:36,580 --> 00:46:38,440
 And I understand the injuries.

835
00:46:38,620 --> 00:46:41,500
 I think the Alabama fans are the ones that have concerns.

836
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:42,560
 Not all of them do.

837
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,160
 Some of them think everything's great.

838
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:48,600
 But the ones that have concerns, I think they look at that game, that Tennessee game, and

839
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:49,840
 it reminded them of Indiana.

840
00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:52,580
 It reminded them of the SEC championship game.

841
00:46:52,580 --> 00:46:53,760
 Man, Vanderbilt before that.

842
00:46:54,180 --> 00:46:56,280
 It reminded them of, yeah, you could go back to that.

843
00:46:56,280 --> 00:47:00,160
 They reminded them of the FSU season opener, where you just don't show,

844
00:47:00,180 --> 00:47:01,260
 go up to play.

845
00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:01,960
 Right.

846
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:03,760
 And I mean, I think that is the concern.

847
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:04,560
 It's a pattern.

848
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:05,460
 It's a trend.

849
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,720
 And it's like, you know, it's really a strange pattern that they've had.

850
00:47:11,180 --> 00:47:12,620
 And, you know, they'll bounce back.

851
00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:13,260
 They come back.

852
00:47:13,260 --> 00:47:13,860
 They rally.

853
00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:15,840
 And then they hit the wall again.

854
00:47:16,140 --> 00:47:22,740
 And it's just something that I think Alabama fans right now, or at least some Alabama fans,

855
00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:26,820
 just say, hey, man, you know, is this guy the right fit for Alabama?

856
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,320
 And I mean, I think, you know, you go down to LSU, you win that game.

857
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,840
 And I think it certainly does a lot to build confidence.

858
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,980
 Ronny, you touched on something was that fourth quarter momentum.

859
00:47:36,980 --> 00:47:42,600
 We talked to several of the Texas A&M media after the game, and they said, look, guys,

860
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:47,380
 to be frank with you, Texas A&M played the best game they played all year for three quarters.

861
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:48,640
 They did, yeah.

862
00:47:48,860 --> 00:47:51,960
 But Russell finished, you mentioned five of five.

863
00:47:52,060 --> 00:47:54,400
 He finished the game completing nine of ten.

864
00:47:55,460 --> 00:47:56,000
 Yeah, wow.

865
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,200
 The defense even came up.

866
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:03,520
 I mentioned Alabama finished the fourth quarter with eight first downs.

867
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:04,820
 A&M had zero.

868
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:06,420
 Zero first downs.

869
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:07,380
 Yeah, you're right.

870
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:14,520
 The throws, Rodney, to Daniel Hill, who can catch the ball,

871
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,800
 there were easy throws to tight ends in the running backs.

872
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,940
 In fact, the last two touchdown passes were very impressive,

873
00:48:23,940 --> 00:48:29,300
 and it just brings up the natural question, why can't they do that more often,

874
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:33,500
 and why can't they use that as a template to get started against LSU?

875
00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:37,380
 Yeah, yeah, kind of get Keelan Russell into it.

876
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:37,760
 Yes.

877
00:48:38,300 --> 00:48:42,020
 And I think that's something that's another thing that, you know, a lot of people have asked.

878
00:48:42,580 --> 00:48:45,040
 And, you know, again, I guess we'll see.

879
00:48:45,220 --> 00:48:49,040
 You know, we can ask all these questions, and I think that's a really good one.

880
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:53,620
 And, you know, we'll just kind of have to see, you know, how it goes from here.

881
00:48:55,240 --> 00:49:00,960
 You know, but this LSU game is obviously going to be a game that's going to determine a lot

882
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,920
 just kind of for the direction of this team

883
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:07,040
 and probably possibly for the direction of the program.

884
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,080
 Because, again, if you lose that game,

885
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,820
 you're probably out of the playoffs for the second time in third year, in three years,

886
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:15,660
 you're not making the playoffs, right?

887
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:16,260
 Mm-hmm.

888
00:49:16,260 --> 00:49:21,760
 And so, you know, I think it's pretty clear that, you know, Alabama,

889
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:24,960
 Kaelin DeBoer, they need some positive things to happen.

890
00:49:25,820 --> 00:49:27,940
 I guarantee nobody wants that more than Greg Byrne.

891
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,280
 He does not want to have to sit here and face what that would mean in terms of money,

892
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:32,620
 potentially down the road.

893
00:49:32,740 --> 00:49:36,820
 So that's, as you mentioned, all hinges away from Saturday down in Baton Rouge.

894
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,840
 Rodney, what are you hearing as far as the overall health of the team?

895
00:49:40,940 --> 00:49:42,240
 Key guys may be coming back.

896
00:49:42,380 --> 00:49:44,820
 We've seen RCW may be coming back, maybe some others.

897
00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:45,740
 Your thoughts on that?

898
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,500
 And, of course, what every coach has to do, and that's the news this week,

899
00:49:49,580 --> 00:49:51,840
 with Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.

900
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,980
 Yeah, I think the injuries, it sounds like it's going to be better.

901
00:49:56,100 --> 00:50:01,280
 I don't know about London Simmons yet, nor do I know about a couple of the other guys.

902
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,280
 I would say Terrence Green is expected back.

903
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:05,280
 That's what I'm told.

904
00:50:05,700 --> 00:50:07,660
 Rayson Delgatti is expected back.

905
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:09,640
 Brian Williams, as you mentioned.

906
00:50:10,220 --> 00:50:12,600
 So, Zabian Brown, I think, will probably be back.

907
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:17,320
 Like I said, I don't think Will Sanders, obviously, he's not expected back.

908
00:50:17,820 --> 00:50:23,040
 And we'll see what happens, you know, with a couple of the other guys.

909
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:29,320
 But it does sound like, for the most part, they should be much closer to full health

910
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,600
 than they were here in the last couple of weeks.

911
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,180
 Rodney, let me ask you about some players who have caught my eye.

912
00:50:35,260 --> 00:50:40,120
 Again, so much of this is doom and gloom, but Henry was tremendous.

913
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,140
 As far as developing him, I asked the question all summer,

914
00:50:44,140 --> 00:50:46,220
 who's going to be Alabama's third to receiver?

915
00:50:46,380 --> 00:50:52,340
 And I kept getting Noah Rogers, who, again, I keep hearing is going to get more reps.

916
00:50:52,460 --> 00:50:53,680
 We'll see how that goes.

917
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,860
 C.D. Morgan and Derek Mattis.

918
00:50:57,260 --> 00:51:00,280
 Well, mine was Rico Scott.

919
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:04,640
 Hence, you know, 150 yards in the receptions.

920
00:51:05,140 --> 00:51:07,180
 McDonald with an interception.

921
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:09,340
 Ivan Taylor has played well.

922
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,820
 Rodney, they are beginning to develop him,

923
00:51:12,820 --> 00:51:15,400
 particularly on the defensive side, some of these kids.

924
00:51:16,380 --> 00:51:18,580
 Yeah, no, I think some things are coming together.

925
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:21,220
 There's no doubt in the secondary, they've got a lot of young talent.

926
00:51:21,340 --> 00:51:22,760
 They've had some young talent back there.

927
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:24,800
 Jara Edwards played in this game again.

928
00:51:25,140 --> 00:51:27,180
 Number 10, safety, he's going to be a great player.

929
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:29,460
 And Rico did step up big time.

930
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,200
 I mean, you know, Rico's a really physical player.

931
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,620
 You saw him run through some tackles in this game against Texas A&M.

932
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:39,140
 He's physical, you know, kind of like Metschie was in that regard.

933
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:41,240
 He's got legit speed.

934
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:49,500
 So, you know, I think he did show that he's going to be, he's a guy right now that you get Ryan Coleman-Williams back.

935
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:50,320
 He's got lots here.

936
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:53,100
 This could be a solid wide receiver core.

937
00:51:53,240 --> 00:52:11,580
 I don't think one thing is, and I know Ryan can make plays, but, you know, Ryan's, even though he's caught the ball better, you know, the production hasn't been, you know, I don't think that we could sit here and say, okay, Alabama right now has a real difference maker at wide receiver.

938
00:52:11,820 --> 00:52:13,780
 I think Ryan's capable of that.

939
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:17,920
 We've seen it in the past, but, you know, we've got to see more of that.

940
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 And so I think the receiver core, you know, again, with Rico stepping up, has a chance to be really solid.

941
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:29,500
 You know, again, I think the run game, you've got to continue to work on that.

942
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 You've got to become more consistent in the run game.

943
00:52:31,900 --> 00:52:35,540
 And if they can do that, you know, I think they've got a lot of potential.

944
00:52:35,660 --> 00:52:39,000
 And I think, obviously, Keelan Russell, he's still learning, man.

945
00:52:39,060 --> 00:52:40,200
 He's still learning a lot.

946
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 Yes.

947
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 And, you know.

948
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 So, and again, we'll see.

949
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 We'll see how it all comes together.

950
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:48,960
 Absolutely.

951
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,080
 Listen, congratulations again.

952
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 We're blessed to have known you.

953
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 We've been doing this radio thing for 24 years in December, and you've been a big part of it.

954
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 And we appreciate you coming on many, many times during the week when you had a lot of other things that you could have done.

955
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 Tell us about the website, the 24-7 message board.

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 Recruiting, a little basketball, really getting started next week, Rodney, and for a very nominal price.

957
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 And also, where can we buy a copy of the book and read about your, as far as starting, Titer Insider?

958
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 Right.

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 So, TiterInsider.com.

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 It's only $48 a year.

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 You can get in some access right now with your credit card if you prefer.

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 There is an address there to send a check.

963
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 It gives you our premium information.

964
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 Part of our package, of course, is our all-sports forum.

965
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 That's our community there.

966
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 I'm telling you, it's a lot of great discussion there.

967
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 There's a lot of great information.

968
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 Anything that happens, it appears right there almost instantly.

969
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 And then, also, you mentioned the book, Bigger Than Bama.

970
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 Bigger Than Bama.

971
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 You can go to RodneyGord.com.

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 Go to Amazon.

973
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 Google it.

974
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 However you want to do it.

975
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 You can find all the details, you know, if you're interested in the book.

976
00:54:03,660 --> 00:54:06,480
 And, you know, we shared a little part of it there earlier.

977
00:54:07,140 --> 00:54:07,260
 Yeah.

978
00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:09,820
 Rodney Orr, we've known each other before.

979
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 We were blinds.

980
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,520
 Let's do this again in 30 more years from today, okay?

981
00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:15,180
 Sounds good, buddy.

982
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 Hey, I appreciate it, guys.

983
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 Thank you, Rodney.

984
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 Rodney Orr, TiterInsider.com.

985
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 Coming up in the next hour, we're going to be taking all over the place through Jarman.

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 Hello, Texas and Cole Pinkston.

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 Democrat gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones is blasting the Choose Act once again as he campaigns

1059
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 18 national titles.

1100
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 And hungry for more.

1101
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 100 yards and the Tide adds to its lead.

1102
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 Oh, mercy.

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

1123
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 Welcome back in.

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 Our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1125
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 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1126
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 Thank you so much for giving us your ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1127
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 And for Cole Peanston, taking time out of his busy schedule there,

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1129
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:24,500
 Cole, welcome in.

1130
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 How are you?

1131
01:03:26,020 --> 01:03:26,840
 I'm doing great.

1132
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 How are y'all?

1133
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 Hey, Booth.

1134
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:32,600
 Trying to figure out if it's Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde this year across college football.

1135
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:34,320
 Cole, you're the smart one in the huddle here.

1136
01:03:35,180 --> 01:03:39,820
 It's truly a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde world no matter where you go in college football these days, is it not?

1137
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 Well, you know, it is.

1138
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 And I feel like it's my job to make sure it's not, right?

1139
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 I feel like that's my role here at Auburn Sports at On3 is to go look.

1140
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:55,460
 There's going to be some crazy ups and downs.

1141
01:03:55,460 --> 01:03:59,480
 There's going to be some mountaintops, some valleys, especially for Auburn.

1142
01:03:59,580 --> 01:04:00,880
 That's the way it's been for a while.

1143
01:04:02,420 --> 01:04:04,200
 But there is rhyme and reason to it.

1144
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 And, you know, I studied the rosters.

1145
01:04:06,660 --> 01:04:08,380
 I took all offseason doing that.

1146
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:11,160
 And when you look at it, the matchup with LSU was bad.

1147
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:15,620
 The matchup with Georgia was bad, too, but the game plan was better for what they had.

1148
01:04:16,020 --> 01:04:21,420
 And, you know, we could talk about that forever, but that's what I'm looking at right now.

1149
01:04:21,540 --> 01:04:28,280
 You know, let's face it, sometimes it's matchups, but it's also the way the cards fall sometimes.

1150
01:04:28,500 --> 01:04:29,640
 Auburn had an off week.

1151
01:04:30,300 --> 01:04:33,140
 Georgia was facing a mountain there in Tuscaloosa.

1152
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:34,300
 They were coming home.

1153
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:36,220
 And let's face it, Georgia's human.

1154
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:39,180
 They said, okay, we got out of Tuscaloosa with a win.

1155
01:04:39,260 --> 01:04:40,780
 Now we got Auburn lightly regarded.

1156
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:43,300
 Auburn poured everything and then some.

1157
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:45,100
 They got the breaks against Alabama.

1158
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:46,360
 Georgia got the breaks.

1159
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,080
 We as fans sometimes not take everything into consideration.

1160
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:53,080
 We just see the name on my jersey and say, well, that's an automatic win.

1161
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 That's an automatic loss, but not so fast, my friends.

1162
01:04:56,260 --> 01:04:58,520
 He's, amongst others, South Carolina and Tennessee.

1163
01:04:59,980 --> 01:05:00,420
 Yeah.

1164
01:05:00,620 --> 01:05:03,480
 And you got Georgia's C game, I would say.

1165
01:05:04,420 --> 01:05:08,460
 If you're Auburn and Auburn had its A game that day, and that was good enough to get it done.

1166
01:05:08,580 --> 01:05:10,660
 And it was almost not good enough to get it done.

1167
01:05:11,340 --> 01:05:15,540
 But against LSU, you got their, you know, B plus to A game.

1168
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:16,060
 Yeah.

1169
01:05:16,100 --> 01:05:21,480
 And every time when your roster looks like Auburn's doesn't, it's not bad by any means,

1170
01:05:21,540 --> 01:05:23,900
 but it doesn't match up with what LSU has put together.

1171
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:28,440
 It doesn't match up with what Georgia and Ole Miss and Alabama have put together to this point.

1172
01:05:29,380 --> 01:05:34,100
 They got a big portal offseason coming up here to get that right.

1173
01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:38,060
 And I think a game like this against LSU gets them going.

1174
01:05:38,580 --> 01:05:39,220
 Uh-huh.

1175
01:05:39,380 --> 01:05:39,880
 I see.

1176
01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:41,020
 Mm-hmm.

1177
01:05:41,460 --> 01:05:48,560
 Let me ask you, I enjoy your articles before, you call it before the film and after the film.

1178
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:54,500
 After you go through and dissect the plays, fans are notorious about telling anybody when

1179
01:05:54,500 --> 01:05:57,020
 the team loses the game, well, the game plan stinks.

1180
01:05:57,160 --> 01:05:58,280
 It was terrible.

1181
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:02,240
 But you went through and looked at one play after another.

1182
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:06,940
 And in particularly earlier in the game, Auburn had caused some good plays.

1183
01:06:07,100 --> 01:06:08,360
 Now, let's use the caveat.

1184
01:06:09,020 --> 01:06:15,060
 Sometimes receivers drop passes or they run the wrong routes or somebody doesn't get blocked.

1185
01:06:15,300 --> 01:06:15,960
 Whatever the reason.

1186
01:06:16,100 --> 01:06:20,180
 Oh, by the way, LSU's got the best defense in the SEC.

1187
01:06:21,060 --> 01:06:27,360
 Tell us, when she went back and looked at the game plan, it wasn't nearly as bad, I know, as some people believed.

1188
01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:30,200
 No, it wasn't.

1189
01:06:30,340 --> 01:06:33,860
 The problem is, it's the same problem that they had against Florida.

1190
01:06:34,100 --> 01:06:40,640
 If you can think back to that game, they had to go into what I call desperation mode way before they wanted to.

1191
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:42,460
 And they can't live there.

1192
01:06:42,580 --> 01:06:44,080
 They don't have enough pass protection.

1193
01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:46,160
 They can't run the ball like they want to.

1194
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:49,340
 So, their whole game plan is, how can we avoid that?

1195
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:56,580
 And, you know, in these games where they get scored on too quickly, and it almost happened against Georgia.

1196
01:06:56,680 --> 01:07:00,440
 They were on the brink of it, you know, being a blowout kind of game there.

1197
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:02,340
 They can't handle it.

1198
01:07:02,980 --> 01:07:05,760
 And I think they probably know that at this point.

1199
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:12,100
 And looking at the play script for the first three or four drives, first quarter going into the second, I thought, you know,

1200
01:07:12,100 --> 01:07:13,400
 I thought they were doing a good job of it.

1201
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:15,380
 And they held on as long as they could.

1202
01:07:15,620 --> 01:07:16,400
 And then it got out of hand.

1203
01:07:17,340 --> 01:07:19,480
 Cole Pinkston, AuburnSports.com.

1204
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:25,560
 Cole, from players and also from a coach's standpoint, at this point in the season,

1205
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:29,380
 what has exceeded your expectations with those two groups, players and coaches,

1206
01:07:29,580 --> 01:07:34,200
 and what maybe has not lived up to your preseason expectations from both camps?

1207
01:07:35,580 --> 01:07:40,300
 I would say my preseason expectations were pretty good, looking at it back now

1208
01:07:40,300 --> 01:07:41,920
 and seeing how things have played out.

1209
01:07:42,180 --> 01:07:44,320
 I did not account for Auburn beating Georgia.

1210
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:47,940
 That is, to me, that is a huge, huge deal.

1211
01:07:48,860 --> 01:07:53,720
 No, no, I mean, the way we put it on our shows and our write-ups was,

1212
01:07:54,240 --> 01:07:58,840
 Auburn's good enough, and if they want to prove themselves, Alex Gullis and his staff,

1213
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:01,680
 they've got to go beat somebody they're not supposed to.

1214
01:08:02,020 --> 01:08:05,280
 They have to get that done because that's something that Hugh Freeze was not doing.

1215
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:09,080
 And he was losing to teams that probably had no business he'd be losing to.

1216
01:08:09,580 --> 01:08:12,300
 So you go get that done.

1217
01:08:12,420 --> 01:08:13,900
 We said, Georgia's not an option.

1218
01:08:14,420 --> 01:08:15,560
 Of course, that was wrong.

1219
01:08:16,940 --> 01:08:20,180
 But look, you're ahead of schedule now because you've beaten who you're supposed to,

1220
01:08:20,520 --> 01:08:24,060
 you've lost to who you were supposed to, and you snagged one that you weren't supposed to.

1221
01:08:24,340 --> 01:08:28,300
 So now, if you really want to put a cherry on top of this first season,

1222
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:36,060
 what I'm calling an audition to get more money for the portal is go beat somebody else you're not supposed to.

1223
01:08:36,060 --> 01:08:39,080
 Then you're talking, then you're cooking with oil there.

1224
01:08:40,060 --> 01:08:44,760
 Let me ask you about Ole Miss, about the game on Saturday.

1225
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:46,180
 It's in Oxford, of course.

1226
01:08:46,900 --> 01:08:48,660
 Trinidad Chambliss does his thing.

1227
01:08:48,740 --> 01:08:52,340
 We had Brett Norsworthy of Ole Miss Network on earlier today,

1228
01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:57,000
 and he said, quite frankly, they kept Trinidad Chambliss in the pocket too much.

1229
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:01,840
 They didn't utilize his skill set as much in the Texas game,

1230
01:09:02,440 --> 01:09:06,540
 and I would imagine they'll probably use him more, use his legs more,

1231
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,840
 and particularly since Kewon Lacey is out with a separated shoulder.

1232
01:09:11,360 --> 01:09:17,720
 The other thing that I noticed, Texas ran the ball, ran wild with Brown in the fourth quarter.

1233
01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:21,940
 The Ole Miss defense gives up 161 yards rushing a game.

1234
01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:24,680
 Can Auburn run the ball against Ole Miss?

1235
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:26,960
 I think so.

1236
01:09:27,540 --> 01:09:32,780
 I think those numbers can be a little bit deceiving because when I walk out the entire talent score,

1237
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:34,140
 it's what I'm calling their matchup score.

1238
01:09:34,280 --> 01:09:37,920
 I think Ole Miss is up there and very close to LSU's ballpark,

1239
01:09:38,020 --> 01:09:43,100
 just a notch under them as far as the contributors they have and how much talent they have.

1240
01:09:43,420 --> 01:09:46,920
 So that's the kind of team that can have a big day at any moment.

1241
01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:52,140
 And the thing with the Texas game, I really think Texas had a lot to do with keeping him in the pocket.

1242
01:09:52,980 --> 01:09:57,380
 I think they, even though they're struggling at times, they have enough talent to go,

1243
01:09:57,660 --> 01:09:59,220
 and this is how we want the game to go.

1244
01:09:59,740 --> 01:10:00,840
 They can decide that.

1245
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:06,360
 Auburn doesn't have that luxury right now, and that's why you can't pick them to win in a game.

1246
01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:07,760
 It's really tough to do that.

1247
01:10:08,140 --> 01:10:12,840
 But they have a, you know, a puncher's chance to go in there and win a game like this

1248
01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:14,340
 because they can find ways to run the ball.

1249
01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:17,880
 They can keep the offense on schedule and not let it get away from them again.

1250
01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:20,120
 Cole Pinkson again.

1251
01:10:20,340 --> 01:10:21,700
 That's AuburnSports.com.

1252
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:23,540
 Cole, if we can indulge you just for a second.

1253
01:10:23,680 --> 01:10:26,800
 Obviously, you follow Auburn, so you haven't seen a lot of Alabama except on TV,

1254
01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:27,980
 but you have seen LSU.

1255
01:10:28,620 --> 01:10:31,920
 That matchup is coming up a week from Saturday down there.

1256
01:10:32,620 --> 01:10:36,160
 What do you see from an LSU perspective in that game?

1257
01:10:38,100 --> 01:10:40,860
 I see LSU as the most talented roster in the SEC,

1258
01:10:41,340 --> 01:10:44,340
 and when they put it all together, they're very tough to beat for that reason.

1259
01:10:44,940 --> 01:10:46,500
 And they can score a lot of points.

1260
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:49,520
 And Sam Levitt is, yes, in a hurry.

1261
01:10:49,680 --> 01:10:51,840
 And when Sam Levitt's on fire, he's on fire.

1262
01:10:51,900 --> 01:10:53,820
 He looks like Johnny Manziel or somebody like that.

1263
01:10:54,580 --> 01:10:58,420
 So match that up with what I know about Lane Kiffin,

1264
01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:03,120
 and that's Lane Kiffin's watching the film right now and going, you know,

1265
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:05,600
 Dijon Lee, Dijon Lee.

1266
01:11:05,740 --> 01:11:06,500
 Here's a couple of guys.

1267
01:11:08,060 --> 01:11:10,620
 Yeah, he's the matchup king.

1268
01:11:10,740 --> 01:11:14,540
 He understands it more than anyone, and that's what he did against Auburn.

1269
01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:20,220
 Number four, Jackson Harris, had just a mismatch against anybody Auburn wanted to put on him.

1270
01:11:20,460 --> 01:11:23,120
 So we go to that well over and over, and there's always water there.

1271
01:11:23,620 --> 01:11:25,920
 So I think that he's going to do that against Alabama,

1272
01:11:26,060 --> 01:11:28,080
 but it's going to be harder to find against Alabama,

1273
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:29,600
 and that's what makes that one more intriguing.

1274
01:11:29,900 --> 01:11:31,940
 So I'm really excited to watch that one.

1275
01:11:33,740 --> 01:11:37,940
 Who caught your eye on a positive note for Auburn?

1276
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,140
 And again, the game got away from Auburn certainly in the first half.

1277
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:45,920
 And again, as you mentioned, sometimes when that happens, a lot of things go out the window.

1278
01:11:46,180 --> 01:11:52,280
 But as far as who played fairly well or caught your eye on offense or defense, any players in particular?

1279
01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:56,120
 Yeah, it's probably not surprising.

1280
01:11:56,540 --> 01:11:57,920
 There won't be any surprising names.

1281
01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:01,740
 Cody Sigler continues to impress me, defensive lineman.

1282
01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:04,660
 Lodge Melendez always plays well.

1283
01:12:04,900 --> 01:12:09,020
 I think Bryce Diaz is coming along well on the defense to take place of Xavier Atkins,

1284
01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:10,920
 who's not on the team anymore.

1285
01:12:11,320 --> 01:12:13,480
 And I think he's filled in pretty well there.

1286
01:12:13,560 --> 01:12:16,340
 I don't think they're losing a whole lot from losing Xavier Atkins,

1287
01:12:16,420 --> 01:12:18,660
 and I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that before the season.

1288
01:12:18,940 --> 01:12:20,780
 But seem to be okay there.

1289
01:12:21,340 --> 01:12:23,700
 Offensively, that's kind of a tough one.

1290
01:12:24,820 --> 01:12:28,260
 I'd give a shout-out to Kenneth McManus, though, who's been playing right guard.

1291
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:30,900
 You know, he's undersized.

1292
01:12:31,380 --> 01:12:32,400
 He came from Akron.

1293
01:12:32,460 --> 01:12:34,780
 Not a big category as far as recruiting goes.

1294
01:12:34,980 --> 01:12:37,400
 But he could just be handling his job really well.

1295
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:39,460
 So give him a shout-out for sure.

1296
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:45,320
 Cole, obviously, if you want to be bold here, final score, Auburn and Ole Miss.

1297
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:49,660
 Yeah, I'm still kind of coming up with that.

1298
01:12:49,780 --> 01:12:52,200
 So my answer might change as the week goes on.

1299
01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:53,120
 I hear you.

1300
01:12:53,700 --> 01:12:59,100
 As of right now, I'm thinking somewhere in the ballpark of 35 to 24 Ole Miss.

1301
01:13:01,160 --> 01:13:02,560
 Well, it's been amazing.

1302
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:07,260
 Listen, again, I appreciate what you do, the before and after with the film study,

1303
01:13:07,260 --> 01:13:13,000
 and then also looking at you spent all summer digesting this roster.

1304
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:15,540
 And Auburn fans, it's great insight.

1305
01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:19,260
 We had Brian Matthews on yesterday, and we were talking a little bit about you.

1306
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 But where can we get online to get your stuff and the teams?

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 Yeah, AuburnSports.com, part of the On3Rifles network.

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 So plenty on your plate.

1315
01:13:42,220 --> 01:13:45,000
 Cole, keep up the good work, and thanks so much for your time today.

1316
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 Yes, sir.

1317
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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, Boone.

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01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:04,720
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1406
01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:09,760
 Here are thoughts from former Alabama quarterback Tyler Watts from Monday's edition of Crimson Tide

1407
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:10,240
 Rewind.

1408
01:18:10,500 --> 01:18:14,760
 Only the second win of the month of October and it couldn't have come at a better time

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01:18:14,760 --> 01:18:18,700
 after suffering defeats to Georgia at home and then going on the road and getting beat

1410
01:18:18,700 --> 01:18:22,380
 up pretty good and unfortunately another day of getting beat up pretty good.

1411
01:18:22,520 --> 01:18:26,920
 Lost a couple of guys on the offensive line, but as we mentioned, we've been talking about

1412
01:18:26,920 --> 01:18:31,020
 the last couple of weeks, this is the time of the season where you were just physically

1413
01:18:31,020 --> 01:18:37,120
 and mentally exhausted and to be able to get the win versus A&M, who quite honestly

1414
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,820
 early on, I was like, this one's going to go pretty good.

1415
01:18:39,980 --> 01:18:43,880
 First two possessions, the Aggies have the football, they turn it over immediately, put

1416
01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:45,520
 us in great scoring position.

1417
01:18:46,020 --> 01:18:50,000
 Of course, Dijon Lee didn't allow the offense to take credit for that one as he took it back

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01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:51,940
 to the house, but then things kind of turned.

1419
01:18:52,020 --> 01:18:55,500
 Their offense got rolling a little bit with the RPO and gave us some problems and it took

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01:18:55,500 --> 01:18:56,280
 a quarter or two.

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1429
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:31,600
 Join us tonight for Hey Coach and the Kalen DeBoer Show presented by Alpha Insurance.

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01:19:32,020 --> 01:19:36,300
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01:19:36,300 --> 01:19:38,640
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1434
01:19:46,940 --> 01:19:51,360
 Grace Episcopal Church, 103 Darby Avenue in Sheffield invites you to their All Saints Day

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01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:53,720
 activities this Sunday, November 1st.

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01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:57,520
 First, at 9.30 a.m., there'll be a Holy Communion service at Grace.

1437
01:19:57,900 --> 01:20:02,840
 Then at 3 p.m., at historic St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Tuscumbia, there'll be a

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01:20:02,840 --> 01:20:04,040
 service of evening prayer.

1439
01:20:05,180 --> 01:20:06,180
 The Score.

1440
01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:11,260
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1441
01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:12,680
 Welcome back, Ken.

1442
01:20:12,740 --> 01:20:15,420
 Time to head to ZZ Top Country.

1443
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:16,040
 Teos.

1444
01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:20,000
 Hank South is the managing edge for ontexasfootball.com.

1445
01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:21,100
 Hank, welcome in.

1446
01:20:21,160 --> 01:20:21,720
 How are you?

1447
01:20:23,160 --> 01:20:23,840
 Hey, guys.

1448
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:24,340
 I'm good.

1449
01:20:24,380 --> 01:20:24,660
 How are you?

1450
01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:24,940
 I'm good.

1451
01:20:25,220 --> 01:20:26,120
 Man, we're doing all right.

1452
01:20:26,120 --> 01:20:31,620
 Hank, is it safe to say that Sark and Arch and Texas fans everywhere know how to spell

1453
01:20:31,620 --> 01:20:34,440
 relief and it's not R-O-L-E-I-D-S?

1454
01:20:36,440 --> 01:20:43,760
 Yeah, now, they got some stuff figured out on Saturday night in Austin against Ole Miss.

1455
01:20:43,940 --> 01:20:49,940
 Still, some of those issues that have plagued them bubbled up, you know, but in the end,

1456
01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:51,280
 they got a win over a top-ten team.

1457
01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:54,560
 They needed to get back kind of on their feet, and they did that.

1458
01:20:54,560 --> 01:20:57,960
 So, kind of kept their season alive, and we'll see as we go on.

1459
01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:04,220
 Hank, obviously, the national perspective was the pressure was off the charts for both Sark

1460
01:21:04,220 --> 01:21:06,100
 and Arch, and of course, they're about on that team.

1461
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:11,820
 You got a team that everybody said has capabilities of coming into your house and stealing one.

1462
01:21:12,900 --> 01:21:16,580
 Talk to us before we get into some of the X's and the O's and Jimmy's and Joe's just from

1463
01:21:16,580 --> 01:21:21,600
 a standpoint of what this does as far as stopping the bleeding because, let's face it, if you

1464
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:26,100
 lose three in a row at Texas with all the resources there, that ain't going to be a pretty Monday

1465
01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:26,460
 after.

1466
01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:28,900
 Talk to us just what it means from an intangible standpoint.

1467
01:21:30,180 --> 01:21:30,780
 Yeah, it's huge.

1468
01:21:30,780 --> 01:21:36,760
 I think Arch needed this win for his confidence, obviously, last week with everything going

1469
01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:40,720
 on, the reports that, you know, KJ Lacey was going to get more first-team reps in practice,

1470
01:21:40,980 --> 01:21:42,480
 you know, maybe his job was on the line.

1471
01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:47,520
 You know, a third loss probably knocks them out of playoff contention.

1472
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:48,060
 I'm not sure.

1473
01:21:48,260 --> 01:21:52,480
 The SEC is kind of a wild ride this year, but they needed this.

1474
01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:54,660
 And, you know, it came at a good time.

1475
01:21:55,140 --> 01:21:59,360
 You know, they've got a, you know, there weren't many more opportunities to kind of bounce

1476
01:21:59,360 --> 01:21:59,660
 back.

1477
01:21:59,740 --> 01:22:03,940
 I mean, they've got a pretty tough stretch ahead of them.

1478
01:22:04,340 --> 01:22:07,380
 You know, Mississippi State, obviously, this weekend without Camario Taylor, but then, you

1479
01:22:07,380 --> 01:22:09,260
 know, go on the road to Mizzou, go on the road to LSU.

1480
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:13,000
 So they needed to get some confidence back to get ready for that stretch because, you

1481
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:16,660
 know, it's going to be a tough go, you know, through November.

1482
01:22:17,380 --> 01:22:21,320
 Texas had 14 penalties for 121 yards.

1483
01:22:21,580 --> 01:22:33,080
 There were 22 penalties, once again, the SEC officials with 22 flags, 14 on Texas.

1484
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:35,320
 Arch had a very good first half.

1485
01:22:35,480 --> 01:22:39,300
 Texas, of course, as you know, jumped out front 24 to 3.

1486
01:22:40,100 --> 01:22:42,340
 And then I've read several reports.

1487
01:22:42,340 --> 01:22:45,980
 Texas has scored a point in the third quarter in the month of October.

1488
01:22:46,980 --> 01:22:48,880
 Which is amazing to me.

1489
01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:55,540
 And in the second half, Arch goes 5 of 11 for 41 yards and two interceptions.

1490
01:22:55,960 --> 01:23:00,060
 Is that the reason that Sart decided to run the ball?

1491
01:23:00,260 --> 01:23:05,000
 Obviously, the Ole Miss rush defense has given up some yards this year.

1492
01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:06,720
 Malik Brown ran wild.

1493
01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:14,920
 But when Arch, the pros of scoring points in the third quarter in Arch was 5 of 11 for 41,

1494
01:23:15,540 --> 01:23:18,460
 is that why they decided to run the ball in the fourth quarter?

1495
01:23:19,460 --> 01:23:21,300
 Yeah, I mean, I think they found something that worked for them.

1496
01:23:21,380 --> 01:23:25,620
 I mean, the third quarter has been just nightmare zone for Texas the last month.

1497
01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:30,400
 I mean, really the whole season outside of the opener against Texas State, I'm talking

1498
01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:31,140
 offensively.

1499
01:23:31,500 --> 01:23:34,720
 Defense has played pretty well consistently throughout the year.

1500
01:23:35,020 --> 01:23:41,320
 But since that Texas State opener, I think they've scored six points in the third quarter all season,

1501
01:23:41,480 --> 01:23:44,000
 including Ohio State and UTSA as well.

1502
01:23:44,920 --> 01:23:49,860
 So, they just haven't been able to come out of the locker room and kind of find that fire again.

1503
01:23:49,900 --> 01:23:51,100
 We asked Arch about it this week.

1504
01:23:51,180 --> 01:23:55,520
 He said, you know, they might tweak some things on how they approach the third quarter.

1505
01:23:55,800 --> 01:24:01,120
 And, you know, he said it's frustrating because, you know, you kind of have an opportunity to go make another kind of opening script

1506
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:01,920
 offensively.

1507
01:24:02,300 --> 01:24:04,220
 And then it's just not clicking.

1508
01:24:04,440 --> 01:24:08,680
 And, you know, part of that against Ole Miss in particular is, you know, they kind of got the wind blown out.

1509
01:24:08,740 --> 01:24:09,740
 They're taken out of their sails.

1510
01:24:10,420 --> 01:24:11,760
 You know, they lose Trevor Goosby.

1511
01:24:12,220 --> 01:24:13,320
 Pretty significant injury.

1512
01:24:13,460 --> 01:24:14,600
 Obviously, he's out for the season.

1513
01:24:14,820 --> 01:24:16,920
 You're, you know, franchise All-American left tackle.

1514
01:24:17,420 --> 01:24:18,960
 So, I think there's some adjustment to there.

1515
01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:23,440
 But, you know, his replacement, Andre Kojo, he's more of a run blocker than he is pass block.

1516
01:24:24,040 --> 01:24:29,440
 And, you know, Raleigh Brown, you know, finally was kind of seeing the field a lot better in those cutback lanes

1517
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:31,360
 and everything they want to do with that zone scheme.

1518
01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:35,360
 And then Michael Terry, their sophomore running back out of San Antonio,

1519
01:24:35,580 --> 01:24:38,780
 he kind of had his coming out party as well out of the backfield.

1520
01:24:38,940 --> 01:24:40,000
 So, I mean, it was just working.

1521
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:43,740
 I don't think they, like, purposely intended not to put the ball in the air.

1522
01:24:44,220 --> 01:24:46,940
 But, you know, they were getting these chunk plays on the ground.

1523
01:24:47,140 --> 01:24:48,640
 And just, you know, keep doing it.

1524
01:24:49,740 --> 01:24:52,320
 Hank South on texasfootball.com.

1525
01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:54,640
 Hank, I'm sure absolutely no one's asked you this question.

1526
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:56,280
 So, we'll probably quote the first.

1527
01:24:56,780 --> 01:24:59,580
 Your thoughts about the season for Arch Manning?

1528
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:01,900
 Yeah.

1529
01:25:03,460 --> 01:25:06,740
 He's certainly underwhelmed from, you know, the expectations.

1530
01:25:07,100 --> 01:25:10,320
 Last season, I understand that, you know, coming into the year,

1531
01:25:10,420 --> 01:25:13,900
 never having been the full-time starter Heisman Trophy aspirations.

1532
01:25:14,080 --> 01:25:15,580
 Like, that was probably a little overblown.

1533
01:25:16,020 --> 01:25:17,300
 This year, it was warranted.

1534
01:25:17,300 --> 01:25:22,920
 I mean, we saw a really elite play from Arch Manning on the back half of 2025.

1535
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:25,480
 He had that great Citrus Bowl against Michigan.

1536
01:25:26,060 --> 01:25:29,500
 Texas got him all these weapons on the outside of the perimeter.

1537
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:32,940
 Obviously, you know, we've seen Cam Coleman struggle a little bit here and there,

1538
01:25:33,080 --> 01:25:33,900
 the deep ball.

1539
01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:37,860
 But this was supposed to be the year where he didn't have as much pressure on him

1540
01:25:37,860 --> 01:25:40,500
 because he had so many guys around him to kind of make his job easier.

1541
01:25:41,140 --> 01:25:42,940
 And, you know, we've seen glimpses of it.

1542
01:25:43,100 --> 01:25:46,800
 You know, Texas State looked pretty good that fourth quarter of the Ohio State game.

1543
01:25:46,920 --> 01:25:52,360
 But beyond that, I mean, Texas will just go into these lulls offensively where, you know,

1544
01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:54,360
 it looks like he's like backup quarterback.

1545
01:25:54,420 --> 01:25:58,820
 Like, kind of, you know, just everything, nothing is clicking for him.

1546
01:25:58,980 --> 01:25:59,920
 He's getting rushed.

1547
01:26:00,060 --> 01:26:01,860
 You know, he's not comfortable in the pocket.

1548
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:02,960
 He's not trusting his feet.

1549
01:26:03,060 --> 01:26:06,300
 And so, you know, it was refreshing to see that against Ole Miss because, you know,

1550
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:10,400
 you look back to last season, it kind of took that second half, you know,

1551
01:26:10,440 --> 01:26:15,360
 back against the wall type scenario for him to really start to elevate his play.

1552
01:26:15,480 --> 01:26:17,080
 And, you know, he had that rough third quarter.

1553
01:26:17,340 --> 01:26:20,020
 But, you know, the first half was, you know, vintage arch.

1554
01:26:20,120 --> 01:26:21,140
 Like, he was comfortable.

1555
01:26:21,500 --> 01:26:22,600
 He was using his feet.

1556
01:26:22,740 --> 01:26:26,520
 He was having that, you know, kind of that cockiness about him that he plays well when

1557
01:26:26,520 --> 01:26:29,960
 he starts showing, you know, I guess swagger, what you want to call it.

1558
01:26:30,340 --> 01:26:32,820
 But, you know, so it's been up and down.

1559
01:26:33,060 --> 01:26:36,180
 I think just as history has shown us, he can finish strong.

1560
01:26:36,180 --> 01:26:39,720
 He's going to have to if they want to have, you know, a chance of making the playoff

1561
01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:41,160
 and even making a run in the playoff.

1562
01:26:42,200 --> 01:26:45,700
 But, yeah, they can't have the – he's got to clean up the turnovers.

1563
01:26:46,160 --> 01:26:47,260
 He's got to keep trusting his feet.

1564
01:26:47,300 --> 01:26:50,640
 And I think Sark's putting him in better situations in terms of play calling

1565
01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:51,560
 as to what he does best.

1566
01:26:51,940 --> 01:26:53,920
 Kim Coleman coming from Auburn.

1567
01:26:53,980 --> 01:26:57,540
 Everybody thought he would have a monster year for Texas.

1568
01:26:57,740 --> 01:27:00,220
 I know he dropped one pass when he was open.

1569
01:27:00,700 --> 01:27:06,340
 Ryan Wingo, five catches, 105 yards, even had a nine-yard run.

1570
01:27:06,780 --> 01:27:12,360
 Is Ryan Wingo turning into the go-to guy as far as a receiver for Arch?

1571
01:27:13,700 --> 01:27:14,440
 He is.

1572
01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:15,260
 I mean, of late.

1573
01:27:15,480 --> 01:27:17,000
 And, you know, what's interesting is, you know,

1574
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:20,900
 Ryan Wingo was having the same issues Kim Coleman was having this year.

1575
01:27:21,020 --> 01:27:22,180
 That was him last year.

1576
01:27:22,660 --> 01:27:27,060
 And, you know, he's really worked on the hands element of being a receiver.

1577
01:27:27,060 --> 01:27:32,640
 He told us he catches 500 footballs off the jug machine every day after practice

1578
01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:34,280
 or every day, essentially.

1579
01:27:34,920 --> 01:27:38,680
 And so we've seen that, you know, he's had a bad drop this year as well.

1580
01:27:39,060 --> 01:27:41,020
 Against Ohio State, he just dropped a wide-open touchdown.

1581
01:27:41,420 --> 01:27:44,980
 But I will say, you know, he is upping his game at the right time.

1582
01:27:45,060 --> 01:27:46,520
 He was the go-to on Saturday night.

1583
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:50,100
 He's showing that, you know, he's probably the receiver.

1584
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,860
 I've had a Jermaine Bishop that can most kind of just break the game open,

1585
01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:55,880
 take the top off the defense in this offense.

1586
01:27:56,300 --> 01:27:57,820
 And so he's really upped his game.

1587
01:27:58,060 --> 01:28:00,800
 You know, and everyone's saying, you know, Kim Coleman, he's underperformed.

1588
01:28:00,980 --> 01:28:02,780
 And, yeah, he's had some moments like, oh, come on,

1589
01:28:02,820 --> 01:28:05,780
 like the interception against Ohio State, the drop against Ole Miss.

1590
01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:07,560
 But he's also had really good games.

1591
01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:10,100
 You know, in the loss against Oklahoma, he had over 100 yards.

1592
01:28:10,180 --> 01:28:10,500
 He's caught.

1593
01:28:10,800 --> 01:28:12,300
 I think he's leading the team in touchdown catches.

1594
01:28:12,440 --> 01:28:13,660
 Like, he's still performing.

1595
01:28:14,920 --> 01:28:16,660
 But obviously, you know, Saturday night, you know,

1596
01:28:16,660 --> 01:28:19,200
 when you're trying to get your quarterback's confidence back

1597
01:28:19,200 --> 01:28:22,140
 and he's throwing, you know, that right into your lap

1598
01:28:22,140 --> 01:28:24,060
 in terms of, you know, being able to catch it,

1599
01:28:24,340 --> 01:28:26,180
 you've got to make those plays, especially, you know,

1600
01:28:26,220 --> 01:28:28,800
 when I think he's making pretty good money.

1601
01:28:28,960 --> 01:28:31,480
 He's got to, you know, back that up.

1602
01:28:32,280 --> 01:28:32,680
 Absolutely.

1603
01:28:33,100 --> 01:28:36,040
 Listen, congratulations on the website.

1604
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:37,580
 I'll tell you one thing.

1605
01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:42,480
 You've had an interesting career working for two of the most dynamic fan bases

1606
01:28:42,480 --> 01:28:46,500
 in college football, Alabama and then Texas.

1607
01:28:47,280 --> 01:28:49,180
 Never a dull moment.

1608
01:28:49,380 --> 01:28:52,300
 Hank, where can we get online and get your good stuff in the teams?

1609
01:28:53,100 --> 01:28:53,660
 No, not at all.

1610
01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:54,460
 It's been fun.

1611
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:56,660
 We're at ontexasfootball.com.

1612
01:28:57,000 --> 01:28:59,720
 So we have a website and then we have a YouTube page

1613
01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:01,920
 that we do live shows, recorded shows,

1614
01:29:02,140 --> 01:29:03,740
 and we have four or five shows up a day.

1615
01:29:03,740 --> 01:29:06,940
 So if you're interested in Texas football and kind of where we're at there,

1616
01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:10,560
 give us a follow either there or come read our content on the website.

1617
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 Thank you so much.

1618
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 Hank, we'll try to get both those respective fan bases fired up

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1620
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1621
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 Yes, sir.

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 Thank you.

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1751
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1752
01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:39,980
 Welcome back in, Brett.

1753
01:35:40,040 --> 01:35:42,540
 I get the feeling that was not a call from Drew DeArma.

1754
01:35:42,580 --> 01:35:43,800
 No, it was not.

1755
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 No.

1756
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 That's because he's busy as host talking ball in Huntsville's 97.7 FM The Zone.

1757
01:35:48,760 --> 01:35:49,460
 Drew, welcome in.

1758
01:35:49,520 --> 01:35:50,140
 How are you?

1759
01:35:51,100 --> 01:35:56,840
 I'm doing well, but I'm probably, I'm actually driving in the same state that that clown probably

1760
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 lives in.

1761
01:35:57,540 --> 01:35:57,900
 Yes.

1762
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 I'm in Atlanta, Georgia.

1763
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 So, you're going to the Barnum and Bailey Circus over there.

1764
01:36:03,520 --> 01:36:05,040
 Drew, obviously, it's hard to believe.

1765
01:36:05,140 --> 01:36:10,240
 Here we are, Halloween break, a traditional time for Alabama in NASCAR terms to get a pit

1766
01:36:10,240 --> 01:36:10,560
 stop.

1767
01:36:11,580 --> 01:36:13,240
 LSU is right there with them.

1768
01:36:13,480 --> 01:36:17,500
 Drew, before we get into the game itself, your thoughts, has there ever been a time, and

1769
01:36:17,500 --> 01:36:20,100
 I'm sure if we go back, somebody's going to say, yeah, it was this year, this year,

1770
01:36:20,160 --> 01:36:20,460
 this year.

1771
01:36:20,860 --> 01:36:24,640
 Has there ever been a time when Alabama needed a pit stop more than this time around?

1772
01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:30,300
 I mean, I definitely think they needed a day off or a week off, excuse me.

1773
01:36:30,760 --> 01:36:32,380
 They certainly were beat up.

1774
01:36:32,500 --> 01:36:33,780
 There's no question about that.

1775
01:36:34,480 --> 01:36:40,220
 They were without six or seven key contributors, most of them starters, and they had played eight

1776
01:36:40,220 --> 01:36:40,900
 straight games.

1777
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:42,220
 They were definitely tired.

1778
01:36:43,260 --> 01:36:48,260
 Credit to them for finding a way to win against A&M, and the game went about like I thought

1779
01:36:48,260 --> 01:36:48,720
 it would.

1780
01:36:48,980 --> 01:36:50,640
 I thought it wouldn't be a Picasso.

1781
01:36:50,900 --> 01:36:52,380
 I didn't think it would be pretty.

1782
01:36:52,540 --> 01:36:57,040
 Now, it was even uglier than I thought it might be at times, but, you know, it counts

1783
01:36:57,040 --> 01:37:01,640
 to play four quarters, and Alabama dominated the most important quarter, and that was the

1784
01:37:01,640 --> 01:37:05,640
 fourth, and found a way to beat a terrible Texas A&M team.

1785
01:37:05,760 --> 01:37:07,680
 There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

1786
01:37:07,700 --> 01:37:08,880
 It's not a good A&M team.

1787
01:37:08,980 --> 01:37:13,880
 I don't think they'll be in postseason play, and I'm talking even a bowl game, most likely.

1788
01:37:14,060 --> 01:37:18,960
 I think they're dysfunctional and not very good, but Alabama found a good game.

1789
01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:20,680
 They found a way to win in 131-20.

1790
01:37:20,680 --> 01:37:25,920
 I picked 27-16, so it was the same kind of game flow, but, you know, they're going to

1791
01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:33,180
 have to get a whole lot healthier and play a whole lot more, you know, more cohesive football

1792
01:37:33,180 --> 01:37:38,860
 and complimentary football if they want a chance to win in Red Stick, because LSU's playing

1793
01:37:38,860 --> 01:37:39,180
 well.

1794
01:37:39,280 --> 01:37:40,740
 They blew Auburn out on the road.

1795
01:37:41,540 --> 01:37:43,420
 They certainly seem to have found themselves.

1796
01:37:43,620 --> 01:37:48,700
 Levitt's playing much better, and the boogeyman isn't on the other sideline to make Lane Kiffin

1797
01:37:48,700 --> 01:37:53,840
 throw up on himself, burn popcorn, do whatever he used to do, because he was so terrified of

1798
01:37:53,840 --> 01:37:54,720
 his former boss.

1799
01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:59,320
 Does that mean he still won't freeze up or coach poorly against Alabama?

1800
01:37:59,560 --> 01:38:05,640
 No, but I think, you know, he's certainly going to be out for blood, and I think they're going

1801
01:38:05,640 --> 01:38:10,180
 to come out ultra-aggressive, and the key to the drill is, is Alabama going to meet that

1802
01:38:10,180 --> 01:38:12,440
 aggression and be ready to play and be healthier?

1803
01:38:12,720 --> 01:38:18,440
 If they are, then I think it'll be a really great football game, but if Alabama can't get

1804
01:38:18,440 --> 01:38:23,440
 healthy, and if they come out with the same sort of timid approach they did against Tennessee,

1805
01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:25,020
 it's going to get ugly in Baton Rouge.

1806
01:38:25,380 --> 01:38:26,220
 I totally agree.

1807
01:38:26,360 --> 01:38:31,200
 This team does not instill confidence, particularly on the road, and I don't care how good this

1808
01:38:31,200 --> 01:38:31,760
 team is.

1809
01:38:32,440 --> 01:38:37,240
 Anyone who's ever been down there knows it's a different world, but what are you hearing

1810
01:38:37,240 --> 01:38:39,960
 as far, realistically, Drew, as far as the overall health?

1811
01:38:40,020 --> 01:38:44,080
 We know there's always going to be some, as far as getting some of the key guys back,

1812
01:38:44,160 --> 01:38:47,240
 particularly on the road, and I'd say one of the most important is there in the middle

1813
01:38:47,240 --> 01:38:47,680
 of the lineup.

1814
01:38:48,840 --> 01:38:52,760
 With Delgado coming back, what are you hearing as far as the MASH report?

1815
01:38:53,880 --> 01:38:59,860
 Well, I mean, the only guy that I think is out for sure is the latest injury, William Sanders.

1816
01:39:00,060 --> 01:39:04,040
 He had to have tightrope surgery on his ankle, and I don't think he'll be back.

1817
01:39:04,680 --> 01:39:09,800
 You know, hopefully the two most important pieces, besides Ryan Coleman-Williams, in my

1818
01:39:09,800 --> 01:39:11,780
 opinion, are Rayson Delgado.

1819
01:39:12,280 --> 01:39:16,980
 He would come back at center, and I think left guard would be certainly Mal Waldrop, and

1820
01:39:16,980 --> 01:39:23,560
 then I think, and Waldrop would be at his more natural position right now, and then Terrence

1821
01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:23,900
 Green.

1822
01:39:24,060 --> 01:39:26,340
 They've got to have Terrence Green to stop the run.

1823
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:30,360
 I mean, if you go back and look at the first half when he played against Georgia, Georgia

1824
01:39:30,360 --> 01:39:31,680
 didn't run the football at will.

1825
01:39:32,180 --> 01:39:34,040
 When he went out, they ran it at will.

1826
01:39:34,860 --> 01:39:37,020
 And they weren't able to stop Tennessee.

1827
01:39:37,340 --> 01:39:41,360
 And at certain times, I mean, guys, I mean, Brett can tell you how irate I was.

1828
01:39:41,680 --> 01:39:46,620
 There was a third down and eight against Texas A&M, and the Aggies ran it for 11 yards.

1829
01:39:47,260 --> 01:39:49,140
 I mean, that just cannot happen.

1830
01:39:49,220 --> 01:39:49,880
 It's unacceptable.

1831
01:39:50,220 --> 01:39:52,100
 And so they've got to have Terrence Green.

1832
01:39:52,200 --> 01:39:53,380
 They've got to have Rayson Delgado.

1833
01:39:53,440 --> 01:39:54,900
 They need Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1834
01:39:55,160 --> 01:39:56,220
 They need Fabian Brown.

1835
01:39:56,360 --> 01:39:57,740
 They need all hands on deck.

1836
01:39:57,800 --> 01:39:59,080
 And I think there's a chance.

1837
01:39:59,460 --> 01:40:04,020
 I'm not guaranteeing it, but I think there's a strong chance that all of those guys are back

1838
01:40:04,020 --> 01:40:05,920
 except for William Sanders.

1839
01:40:06,080 --> 01:40:11,440
 And if that's the case, if they can get all those key pieces back, and maybe Desmond Zulu,

1840
01:40:11,580 --> 01:40:14,260
 because Zulu seems to have a severe lower leg injury.

1841
01:40:14,260 --> 01:40:14,820
 We'll see.

1842
01:40:15,340 --> 01:40:20,900
 But if they could get all those guys back, then I think they'd have a legit shot in Baton Rouge.

1843
01:40:21,380 --> 01:40:26,240
 And if they had a cohesive game plan with an offensive coordinator that knew how to implement a running game.

1844
01:40:26,780 --> 01:40:36,080
 D2, the fourth quarter, as we saw, of course, on Saturday, Texas A&M actually played Alabama for three quarters.

1845
01:40:36,260 --> 01:40:44,200
 Marcel Reed, I know according to some of the A&M media, said he had the best game for three quarters.

1846
01:40:44,380 --> 01:40:50,140
 But in the fourth quarter, easier passes to the tight ends and the backs.

1847
01:40:51,280 --> 01:40:53,040
 Keelan Russell, more rhythm.

1848
01:40:53,220 --> 01:40:55,740
 In fact, he finished the game 9 of 10.

1849
01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:58,240
 He was 5 of 5 in the fourth quarter.

1850
01:40:58,840 --> 01:41:02,040
 A&M didn't even make a first down in the fourth quarter.

1851
01:41:02,240 --> 01:41:09,980
 It would be nice to use that template against LSU, but I wonder somehow if they can self-scout this week and say,

1852
01:41:10,140 --> 01:41:12,820
 why do we have so much success in the fourth quarter?

1853
01:41:12,940 --> 01:41:15,900
 Maybe we need to duplicate that against LSU.

1854
01:41:17,460 --> 01:41:18,920
 Yeah, I would think so.

1855
01:41:19,400 --> 01:41:23,880
 It was the game plan that I felt like the fourth quarter, what we saw against A&M,

1856
01:41:23,920 --> 01:41:26,060
 I felt like they should have been doing that against Tennessee.

1857
01:41:26,320 --> 01:41:34,020
 You know, getting the ball out of Keelan's hands, exploiting maybe the Tennessee linebackers in coverage against the tight ends,

1858
01:41:34,100 --> 01:41:36,280
 like Marshall Pritchett, like Caleb Edwards.

1859
01:41:36,900 --> 01:41:41,680
 Pritchett and Edwards have the two deciding touchdowns in the fourth quarter against A&M.

1860
01:41:42,060 --> 01:41:43,300
 Also use the backs.

1861
01:41:43,460 --> 01:41:44,840
 I mean, I'll just say this.

1862
01:41:44,900 --> 01:41:48,960
 I think Daniel Hill and his skill set is being criminally underutilized.

1863
01:41:49,180 --> 01:41:54,460
 I think he certainly can run the football, but I think his strength as a player is route running

1864
01:41:54,460 --> 01:41:57,460
 and being able to catch the ball out of the backfield is very dangerous.

1865
01:41:57,900 --> 01:42:01,460
 Quite frankly, I'm coming from a speaking engagement in Sandy Springs, Georgia,

1866
01:42:01,460 --> 01:42:06,300
 and I told this group, and I said it on my show, and I said it on my Bama recap,

1867
01:42:06,960 --> 01:42:11,620
 that I think that honestly, and I said it on Ryan Fowler's show in Tuscaloosa Monday,

1868
01:42:12,200 --> 01:42:16,140
 that Daniel Hill is every bit as good a receiver out of the backfield as Kevin Turner was,

1869
01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:17,980
 the late, great Kevin Turner.

1870
01:42:18,360 --> 01:42:24,580
 And Homer Smith used him so brilliantly in 1989 to exploit him against linebackers

1871
01:42:24,580 --> 01:42:29,280
 and safeties and things of that nature because he was like having an extra tight end

1872
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:31,680
 and had some speed and some elusiveness.

1873
01:42:32,200 --> 01:42:34,280
 And I think Daniel Hill should be used the same way.

1874
01:42:34,280 --> 01:42:38,120
 I think he should get five or six targets a game, and that hasn't been happening.

1875
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:41,880
 So it's definitely frustrating, guys, no doubt about it.

1876
01:42:42,200 --> 01:42:46,220
 And then I think, you know, Treshawn Brown, they haven't been able to, you know,

1877
01:42:46,320 --> 01:42:48,200
 put him in position to be successful.

1878
01:42:48,520 --> 01:42:52,260
 Certainly, they didn't have E.J. Crowell in the last game, so where was A.K. Deer?

1879
01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:54,120
 A.K. Deer was on special teams.

1880
01:42:54,200 --> 01:42:56,360
 He was nowhere to be found in the backfield.

1881
01:42:56,420 --> 01:42:57,880
 We saw a little bit of Kevin Riley.

1882
01:42:58,420 --> 01:43:00,880
 I have not understood the game plans.

1883
01:43:01,020 --> 01:43:02,100
 I don't.

1884
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:05,900
 Certainly, I commend Rico Scott for stepping up big,

1885
01:43:05,900 --> 01:43:07,700
 and I think Lottie Brooks made some plays.

1886
01:43:08,100 --> 01:43:09,760
 But you haven't had Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1887
01:43:09,760 --> 01:43:14,580
 We don't see much of Noah Rodgers or Sadarian Morgan or even Derrick Meadows.

1888
01:43:14,780 --> 01:43:18,500
 So utilize what you do have, sweep what you're doing,

1889
01:43:18,720 --> 01:43:20,560
 and make things easier on Keelan Russell,

1890
01:43:20,820 --> 01:43:23,000
 and don't try to make everything a home run.

1891
01:43:23,300 --> 01:43:25,500
 And I think you could move the football better,

1892
01:43:25,700 --> 01:43:29,400
 and especially if you had a cohesive running game where you committed to it

1893
01:43:29,400 --> 01:43:32,720
 instead of having 20 runs and they all look like grab bag plays,

1894
01:43:32,840 --> 01:43:37,220
 or it's fourth and one and you run the Washington Redskins counter trade.

1895
01:43:37,220 --> 01:43:39,400
 It takes two minutes to get off.

1896
01:43:39,700 --> 01:43:42,480
 So I just don't understand some of the coaching decisions.

1897
01:43:42,880 --> 01:43:46,820
 And Kellen DeBoer and those guys need to do a lot of self-scouting during this bye week

1898
01:43:46,820 --> 01:43:48,020
 and getting ready for LSU.

1899
01:43:48,600 --> 01:43:51,660
 If they're much healthier and with this much time to get ready,

1900
01:43:51,740 --> 01:43:53,660
 there's no excuse for not being ready to play.

1901
01:43:54,200 --> 01:43:58,240
 And I think I saw a statistic today that Kellen DeBoer is 8-0 off bye week.

1902
01:43:58,240 --> 01:43:59,000
 Yep, that's correct.

1903
01:43:59,040 --> 01:44:00,140
 He needs to make it 9-0.

1904
01:44:00,240 --> 01:44:03,960
 If he can make it 9-0, then some of the Alabama fans will settle down

1905
01:44:03,960 --> 01:44:07,960
 and stop dwelling on the Tennessee game, even though I never will.

1906
01:44:10,840 --> 01:44:11,640
 Oh, me.

1907
01:44:12,020 --> 01:44:14,380
 A couple of the guys who caught my attention.

1908
01:44:14,540 --> 01:44:17,560
 Mr. Henry had a pretty good game with two sacks.

1909
01:44:18,400 --> 01:44:20,040
 McDonald had the interception.

1910
01:44:20,280 --> 01:44:22,120
 Ivan Taylor is playing more.

1911
01:44:24,340 --> 01:44:28,240
 Well, again, it's the good and the bad and the ugly.

1912
01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:30,260
 We talk about him particularly on Monday.

1913
01:44:30,460 --> 01:44:33,620
 But a few of the players are beginning to get a little more playing time.

1914
01:44:34,920 --> 01:44:38,120
 Well, I thought, you know, and I asked DeBoer this.

1915
01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:42,480
 I don't think anybody had for two of Henry on their bingo card.

1916
01:44:42,480 --> 01:44:43,380
 No, no.

1917
01:44:43,780 --> 01:44:48,700
 He stepped up and, you know, I have these things on my show we call druinary terms.

1918
01:44:48,960 --> 01:44:52,140
 And I've said it to you too, Brett.

1919
01:44:52,500 --> 01:44:56,700
 I thought for almost two games and then two games and three quarters,

1920
01:44:56,700 --> 01:45:01,960
 it was almost a full, like, three games that we saw a quarterback

1921
01:45:01,960 --> 01:45:03,720
 against Alabama baking a cake.

1922
01:45:03,920 --> 01:45:06,220
 And what I mean by that is they're not getting touched.

1923
01:45:06,940 --> 01:45:10,640
 And I just didn't think they weren't pressuring the quarterback.

1924
01:45:10,960 --> 01:45:14,320
 But in the fourth quarter, Petua Henry got home a couple times.

1925
01:45:14,940 --> 01:45:15,600
 Give him credit.

1926
01:45:16,820 --> 01:45:18,260
 He did a heck of a job.

1927
01:45:18,640 --> 01:45:19,720
 They needed those sacks.

1928
01:45:20,320 --> 01:45:23,440
 They're going to need Yonsei Pierre to get healthier during this bye week

1929
01:45:23,440 --> 01:45:26,860
 because he has three and a half sacks along with Petua to lead the team.

1930
01:45:26,900 --> 01:45:28,800
 But I haven't seen him be a real factor lately.

1931
01:45:28,980 --> 01:45:32,200
 So he needs to be disruptive against Sam Leavitt and crew.

1932
01:45:32,920 --> 01:45:35,660
 And, you know, we need to see more out of London Simmons.

1933
01:45:36,540 --> 01:45:38,160
 We need to see more out of all those guys.

1934
01:45:38,360 --> 01:45:43,060
 And we did see Caleb Woodson play well on Saturday to a degree and Luke Metz.

1935
01:45:43,140 --> 01:45:44,960
 But Luke's, I think, also been banged up.

1936
01:45:45,040 --> 01:45:46,080
 He needs this rest.

1937
01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:48,000
 You need to have everybody rolling.

1938
01:45:48,580 --> 01:45:51,500
 And Zabian Brown definitely needs to be back.

1939
01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:57,480
 And I'm going to tell you what, I hope that because of the way he's played and during the absence of Zabian,

1940
01:45:57,900 --> 01:46:04,000
 that they'll maybe cut down some of Dijon Lee's reps and give Carmelo O'Neal a more consistent opportunity

1941
01:46:04,000 --> 01:46:05,940
 because I thought he played well on Saturday also.

1942
01:46:06,680 --> 01:46:12,420
 To me, back to as far as coming up with the secret of the sauce, if they just watch Lane Kiffin's offensive plan,

1943
01:46:12,540 --> 01:46:13,620
 I think they could learn a lot.

1944
01:46:13,900 --> 01:46:16,400
 Everybody's got this image of Lane going bombs away.

1945
01:46:16,740 --> 01:46:22,140
 He just throws it to the perimeter every time, gets in three or four yards, gets a good first down gain,

1946
01:46:22,300 --> 01:46:23,760
 second down, and then he goes for it on four.

1947
01:46:23,800 --> 01:46:26,440
 He basically tries to get two yards.

1948
01:46:26,780 --> 01:46:28,080
 To me, that's one of the things.

1949
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:34,560
 The other thing on the other side of the ball, Drew, will they play as soft as they have been against these LSU receivers?

1950
01:46:34,740 --> 01:46:36,180
 Because let's just tell it like it is.

1951
01:46:36,240 --> 01:46:38,080
 If they do, LSU's got some receivers.

1952
01:46:38,280 --> 01:46:40,620
 Lane knows how to find the weakness in the secondary.

1953
01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:44,440
 He knows, as we said earlier, the master of mismatches.

1954
01:46:44,440 --> 01:46:49,200
 Will they continue to give basically an easy pad for a lot of these receivers?

1955
01:46:50,380 --> 01:46:51,980
 Well, I mean, you would hope not, Harold.

1956
01:46:52,300 --> 01:46:54,600
 They're going to have to pressure Leavitt, move him off his own head.

1957
01:46:54,600 --> 01:46:54,940
 That's right.

1958
01:46:55,300 --> 01:46:56,140
 He's a lot of light.

1959
01:46:56,680 --> 01:46:58,100
 Leavitt's thrown eight interceptions.

1960
01:46:58,320 --> 01:46:59,700
 He has been turnover prone.

1961
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:05,540
 He did turn it over once against Auburn, nearly a second time, but they didn't get credit for that pick.

1962
01:47:06,320 --> 01:47:09,080
 And that kind of turned the game around with Eric Winters.

1963
01:47:09,080 --> 01:47:15,240
 But certainly Alabama needs to do a better job of pressuring, no question about it.

1964
01:47:15,280 --> 01:47:18,060
 They have got to get LSU out of rhythm.

1965
01:47:18,600 --> 01:47:19,940
 They've got to stop the run.

1966
01:47:20,420 --> 01:47:26,920
 And then they've got to man up some and just challenge Leavitt to be able to, you know, beat him in single and man coverage.

1967
01:47:27,440 --> 01:47:39,620
 So if they do and if they can get LSU in some favorable down in distances, I think, and somebody like Caleb Woodson, who has the speed, spied Sam Leavitt,

1968
01:47:39,980 --> 01:47:42,480
 then I think they can turn LSU over and have a chance.

1969
01:47:42,480 --> 01:47:45,500
 But it's going to be old school stuff like it has been all year.

1970
01:47:45,580 --> 01:47:55,300
 They're going to have to keep the ball away from Leavitt and that LSU offense, sustain some drives, run the football the way they did through the Georgia game.

1971
01:47:55,420 --> 01:47:57,620
 And then you're going to have to win the plus minus.

1972
01:47:58,340 --> 01:47:59,920
 You've got to cut the penalties down.

1973
01:48:00,080 --> 01:48:02,280
 There's too many penalties still against A&M.

1974
01:48:02,980 --> 01:48:06,900
 And then you're going to have to win on third down offensively and defensively.

1975
01:48:07,000 --> 01:48:11,540
 You've got to sustain drives and then get off the field and get LSU off the field.

1976
01:48:11,680 --> 01:48:21,000
 If you can win the time of possession, you know, and win the turnover battle and run the ball for at least 150 yards to help Keelan Russell.

1977
01:48:21,400 --> 01:48:25,700
 And I think also with Keelan, you need to run him more conventionally.

1978
01:48:25,860 --> 01:48:31,020
 You need to speed options, quarterback called runs, quarterback draws.

1979
01:48:31,680 --> 01:48:35,980
 And if the first couple of reads are covered, certainly take off.

1980
01:48:36,340 --> 01:48:47,580
 But I don't think you need to see, you know, a lot of zone reads or RPOs because I just don't think right now the young quarterback is adept at running those.

1981
01:48:47,760 --> 01:48:48,840
 I agree entirely.

1982
01:48:49,080 --> 01:48:52,700
 In fact, in the fourth quarter, he had a couple of quarterback sweeps.

1983
01:48:53,260 --> 01:48:56,800
 Just had to tie it in in front of me, blocking that that worked well.

1984
01:48:56,800 --> 01:49:09,160
 And hopefully Connor Talti will be back in a more positive frame of mind and not miss two out of three field goals, which could have ended up being absolutely huge in there.

1985
01:49:09,300 --> 01:49:11,720
 We'll let you get back to Huntsville, Alabama.

1986
01:49:11,920 --> 01:49:15,740
 Safe travels on the interstate winding down.

1987
01:49:15,820 --> 01:49:17,440
 Another big high school week.

1988
01:49:17,540 --> 01:49:18,960
 A lot of games tomorrow night.

1989
01:49:19,680 --> 01:49:21,540
 Basketball getting started next week.

1990
01:49:21,620 --> 01:49:25,080
 Where can we get online and listen to you and Scott in the morning?

1991
01:49:26,240 --> 01:49:27,280
 Yeah, absolutely.

1992
01:49:27,880 --> 01:49:31,560
 You can connect with me at DrewD977ESPN.

1993
01:49:32,280 --> 01:49:34,640
 Also our station at 977ESPN.

1994
01:49:34,840 --> 01:49:39,180
 All of our content is at ESPN 97.7 The Zone.

1995
01:49:39,420 --> 01:49:42,520
 And that's at SoundCloud on 97.7 The Zone.

1996
01:49:42,660 --> 01:49:45,820
 And 977ESPN.com as far as our website.

1997
01:49:46,240 --> 01:49:48,760
 I did listen to my own show all the way down.

1998
01:49:48,860 --> 01:49:53,780
 And they seem to be wanting to raffle off for charity some kind of Drew D'Armond experience.

1999
01:49:53,780 --> 01:49:56,640
 It's a guest to travel to a game with me or whatever.

2000
01:49:56,860 --> 01:49:58,920
 And Brent has already been on many of those.

2001
01:49:58,940 --> 01:49:59,740
 Yes, he has.

2002
01:49:59,820 --> 01:50:05,860
 He could tell some stories about the pre- and post-game of that stuff.

2003
01:50:06,100 --> 01:50:07,560
 But no doubt about it.

2004
01:50:07,660 --> 01:50:11,000
 But definitely always enjoy being on with you guys.

2005
01:50:11,480 --> 01:50:12,940
 It's going to be a busy rest of this week.

2006
01:50:13,040 --> 01:50:14,620
 We've got, as you said, high school football.

2007
01:50:14,780 --> 01:50:16,760
 We've got Madison Academy Boaz tomorrow.

2008
01:50:17,300 --> 01:50:19,360
 Really nice matchup before the playoffs.

2009
01:50:19,780 --> 01:50:24,640
 And then the Randolph Raiders are taking on their old region rival, the Madison County Tigers.

2010
01:50:24,760 --> 01:50:30,140
 So the Raiders will be finishing off their outstanding regular season.

2011
01:50:30,300 --> 01:50:32,180
 And the playoffs will be upon us next week.

2012
01:50:32,580 --> 01:50:36,900
 Along with high school basketball starting in addition to the University of Alabama.

2013
01:50:37,060 --> 01:50:38,240
 So it's going to be a busy time.

2014
01:50:38,360 --> 01:50:39,920
 And we always enjoy being on with you all.

2015
01:50:40,340 --> 01:50:41,500
 Sam, right back at you.

2016
01:50:41,520 --> 01:50:42,860
 Drew, stay travels back home.

2017
01:50:42,940 --> 01:50:44,000
 And thanks for your time today.

2018
01:50:44,200 --> 01:50:44,700
 There you have it.

2019
01:50:44,760 --> 01:50:46,960
 Drew D'Armond, 97.7 at the end of the zone.

2020
01:50:47,140 --> 01:50:48,980
 BB, final thoughts from you.

2021
01:50:49,980 --> 01:50:52,220
 Well, Drew pretty much handled it.

2022
01:50:52,280 --> 01:50:55,160
 Harold, again, if Alabama would implement some of that.

2023
01:50:55,240 --> 01:51:00,980
 Nick Saban used the bye week to self-scout his team no matter how well they were playing.

2024
01:51:01,560 --> 01:51:10,400
 He would find what plays worked, what plays didn't, and discard those and get the team ready for the second half.

2025
01:51:10,500 --> 01:51:12,300
 Alabama's got to regroup.

2026
01:51:13,140 --> 01:51:14,800
 Again, they beat LSU.

2027
01:51:15,160 --> 01:51:17,260
 They've got a very good shot of being in playoffs.

2028
01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:22,040
 If they don't beat LSU, it won't be good.

2029
01:51:22,920 --> 01:51:24,700
 I understand, Nick, still on the payroll.

2030
01:51:24,700 --> 01:51:27,700
 Maybe he can drop that playbook off by the office down here, you think?

2031
01:51:28,120 --> 01:51:28,960
 We shall see.

2032
01:51:29,440 --> 01:51:30,860
 It's going to take care of this for today.

2033
01:51:30,920 --> 01:51:33,380
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

2034
01:51:33,460 --> 01:51:35,420
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2035
01:51:35,960 --> 01:51:38,200
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, for the Boomer Buck Show.

2036
01:51:38,260 --> 01:51:40,360
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.