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 It's time for UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll go in depth as we talk to your University of North Alabama Lions.

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 UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals, Burnley Spine and Sport, Singing River Brewery, Southern Pride Pest Control, Alabama Health Guidance, The Carriage Wine and Market,

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 and Brown Equipment Company. Live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Lions, Benjamin Ray.

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 We're back with you for another week of UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel on hand in historic downtown Florence, getting set for another home game at Bank Independent Stadium on Saturday

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 and celebrating a road win over on the stripes against Central Arkansas at Estes Stadium.

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 Final score of 14-9. And Mike, winning is not easy. Winning is especially not easy when you go on the road.

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 It's really not easy when it's pouring down rain. It's the other team's homecoming.

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 And you know what? North Alabama went out on the road and did something pretty tough.

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 Good teams always find a way to win. And that's what North Alabama did on Saturday. And going on the road, not an easy task, especially on the stripes.

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 Not a lot of teams go to the stripes and win this late in the season. North Alabama did just that. And Ben, early in the season, I think a lot of us had two games circled on our calendar to say,

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 hey, are we a top-tier team or are we a bottom-tier team? And those two games were on the road at EKU and on the road at Central Arkansas.

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 North Alabama's 2-0 in those games on the road. Those are huge wins. And no matter how you do it, you got it done. It was a rain game. It was ugly at times.

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 Halloween night. But guess what? This defense really stepped up. The offense stepped up when it needed to. Got the job done.

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 Now with three games remaining on the season, North Alabama improves to 2-2 in UAC play. The Lions sit in fourth place overall in the conference standings.

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 North Alabama's also 5-4 overall now in the five FCS wins. Mark, the most Division I wins in a season at the Division I era.

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 And Mike, we feel like we still got three more in us.

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 Absolutely. And it starts this week against the West Florida team. They are transitioning up. They've had a good start so far, 4-3 on the season.

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 They've been ranked at times. Now they are outside of the rankings.

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 But they're coming here a little bit hungry. But North Alabama is at home.

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 And they feed off that energy. The Lions are excited about this one.

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 And then after that, you go on the road at West Georgia, another game where North Alabama will probably be favored.

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 And then, of course, Charlton coming to town. And you've got a chance there.

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 If you win all three of those games, you're probably a playoff team.

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 North Alabama gets West Florida in a rematch of Old Gold South Conference.

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 Friends, 6 o'clock, Bank Independent Stadium. Mike, you blew my phone up today.

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 Mike and I used to share an office area. Now I'm in the stadium.

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 Mike's in the old office. He's going to move to the stadium soon.

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 But Mike was blowing my phone up today with all sorts of incredible stats.

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 And the first one I want to touch on tonight, Mike, home attendance.

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 North Alabama is doing something pretty special at the new stadium that kind of puts us up there with the elites in FCS.

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 Yes, so capacity is 10,000, as our fans know.

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 We had 12,000 people come out for that game against Austin Peay.

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 And what that means is the 10,000 seats were filled.

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 And so the rest of the 2,000, that's standing room only.

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 And if you looked at the berm, you saw probably over 1,000 people.

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 And then you look around the concourse, you look at tailgate, you look all around.

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 UNA is doing more than its capacity.

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 And there are only three teams in the nation in FCS that are averaging above their capacity per game.

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 North Alabama's won.

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 The other two, Montana and Montana State.

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 Montana State, they've won, what, the last two national championships?

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 Montana, we went there back in 2019, I believe it was.

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 One of my favorite trips ever.

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 I mean, that was one of the best FCS crowds I've ever been a part of.

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 But that is what North Alabama is building here.

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 It's incredibly special.

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 We hope to see you out there Saturday.

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 Let's continue to show people what UNA football is all about and what the Shoals area can do, turning out to watch.

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 All right, Mike, it is crossover season.

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 Basketball starts tonight.

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 The men are out west at UC Davis.

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 Chuck is not here.

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 Chuck's with Coach Pujol out there.

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 He took a long road trip out to California.

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 But you know what?

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 He still left us some food to sample.

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 Let's bring Katie up for everybody's favorite sample.

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 We're going to taste some food.

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 You can add this to your tailgate orders for Saturday.

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 There's still two more home games this season that you can come and tailgate for.

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 The pines have been absolutely packed.

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 Last time out, Mike, what do we count?

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 We were estimating over 1,000 people out on the pines just by themselves.

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 I mean, tailgating has become the place to be.

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 Yeah, no doubt.

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 It had to be over 1,000 people.

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 And I'm sure Lost Pizza, the phone was ringing all day long with orders.

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 Saturday was crazy.

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 It was just absolutely awesome.

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 The energy just keeps getting bigger and better, and it's so much fun to see it grow.

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 It is indeed.

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 And Lost Pizza's been a big part of that with their tailgate packages.

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 We've had sandwiches, wings, desserts, dessert pizza, traditional stuff.

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 I mean, we've had it all.

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 More appetizers.

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 What did you bring us tonight, Katie?

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 All right, so we've got our classic cheese sticks, which is basically a cheese bread.

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 It's our small, thick crust cut into 12 sticks with a bunch of cheese and marinara.

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 And then we've got our spinach dip, which is super good, definitely a fan favorite.

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 I can smell it from here.

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 It smells amazing.

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 I love spinach dip, and I'm excited to dig in.

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 Now, the cheese sticks, right, this is the regular cheese stick.

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 We got the secret chuck recipe earlier, right?

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 Explain the difference in the two.

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 So cheese sticks is just cheese.

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 Our garlic bread sticks is just bread, no cheese.

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 And then the olive bread has olive salad on it, which is just a blend of olives.

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 And then the chuck whey was with the pepperoni and ham on it.

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 Spilled some marinara there right there.

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 Mike, what are you going in for?

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 I'm going for the spinach dip, I think.

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 I'll go with the cheese stick right here.

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 Here we go.

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 I can see the boys over there.

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 They're wanting to dig into it.

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 What's all in the cheese right there?

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 So it's spinach dip.

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 It's got spinach and artichokes, cream cheese, and Parmesan.

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 I think that's going to be a good fit.

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 It's so good.

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 Cheers, here we go.

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 Cheers, indeed.

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 Perfect fit on the chip there, too.

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 You can't go wrong with the cheese stick.

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 It's just as good as the pizza.

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 Mike looks like he's enjoying that spinach dip.

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 It is so warm in the best way possible.

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 That is fresh.

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 So good.

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 We make it in-house every single day.

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 Good ingredients, too.

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 And the cream cheese, it's a perfect ratio.

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 Super cheesy, super good.

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 Add these to your tailgate order.

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 Give Katie a call this Saturday.

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 How do they schedule this as part of their orders?

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 Yeah, just call us by the end of day Friday.

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 Either ask for me or Jaina, and you'll ask for a tailgate delivery.

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 We'll get everything set up for you.

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 We deliver every 30 minutes to the Pines, and we'll get your payment day up and bring it straight to you.

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 There you go.

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 It's that easy.

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 Katie, you bring us delicious food every single time.

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 Thank you so much.

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 We'll take our first time out.

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 When we come back, we're going to jump into things with North Alabama head football coach, Britt Dierman.

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 This is UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

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 Game day's coming, and your tailgate crew is counting on you.

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 Football season is back at the carriage.

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 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South,

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 and football season is officially back at the carriage.

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 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks,

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 good food, and a comfortable spot to settle in for a quarter, a game, or the better part of the day.

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 Game day Saturdays get $5 craft drafts, $2 off wine slushies, crafts of mimosas,

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 and game day bites from the kitchen.

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 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses,

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 something sweet, and all the good stuff for your game day spread.

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 Football season looks pretty good from the carriage on East Mobile Street in historic downtown Florence.

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 North Alabama head football coach Brent Dierman is in the house here on this first November night.

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 Q&A football night from Los Pizza Shoals on 93-9, the score.

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 Benjamin Ray and Mike Ezekiel with you.

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 Coach, Mike and I just summed it up like this.

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 You guys went on the road, played in the rain, conference game at night, in a tough environment,

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 and you went out there and got a road dub.

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 Had to feel pretty good coming home.

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 Yeah, it wasn't pretty, but it was a W.

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 I think they still spell it the same way.

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 I tell you what, this is not an excuse by any means.

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 I was telling a couple people here tonight, and maybe you can ask some of the players when

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 We had about 15 or 20 guys get the flu within our team last week, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

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 Snap Reed was one of them that was just kind of struggling through the day Saturday.

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 Camor Harris was another one that just hit really hard.

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 And to see our guys to still go out there, we're to our ninth starting offensive lineman.

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 We're playing with 15, 20 guys that's got flu-like symptoms.

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 That was one of the most dominating performances we've seen.

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 I mean, Coach, the fewest points we've scored in a game, 14 for a victory.

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 The last time we did that was 1992, and I almost liken it to this.

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 I was going to say, that was the foundation building for three consecutive national championships.

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 Defense wins championships, and that defense played a championship game.

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 You know, I think Coach Bowen will probably tell you they gave up too many yards with 350.

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 It was an unbelievable effort day out of our defense.

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 You know, Chuck, our punter – I think I saw Charles in the room tonight.

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 First play of the drive, their running back busts out into the boundary run on a stretch play.

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 Won us that football game.

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 You know, Coach, cornerbacks, defensive backs are kind of like offensive linemen, right?

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 You only really talk about them when they're getting pass interference or something bad, right?

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 One of the four times Central Arkansas had it in the goal line.

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 They scored three points in those four trips.

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 So he gets the interception there.

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 He recovers the fumble in the end zone to seal the victory.

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 And then he really makes the play of the game another game-winning play on that tackle right there.

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 I mean, how about Dallas and his breakout game?

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 Well, to me, there's one more that early in the game they throw an out route up their sideline

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 that Tay Martin comes and just didn't make the tackle.

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 And that's rare for Tay.

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 And Dallas gets off of the block of the receiver and chases the guy down again there.

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 So Dallas, to me, really had four game-saving, touchdown-saving plays for us.

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 Yeah, and the one we're going to talk about a lot is the interception or the fumble recovery.

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 But the one you talked about, the 90-plus yard run where he ran from field side,

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 you can almost tell at the 50, I was thinking in my head,

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 I think there's only one guy that can stop him, and he had the angle and did a really good job.

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 How much does that still get practice, the pursuit angle?

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 You try to practice it a lot, but this late in the year, I mean,

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 you're trying to save guys' legs a lot of times.

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 That's just solely an effort play.

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 And for the people that love kind of weight room numbers like Ben Ray does over here,

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 our GPS units measure a couple things.

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 Number one, it measures how fast players run.

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 It measures how many yards and distance they cover during the game.

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 On that play, Dallas and Conigel both hit 21 miles per hour,

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 and they had to hit it to make that tackle.

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 Pretty fun to watch.

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 Wow.

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 And, Coach, as we keep talking about remarkable plays,

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 again, it felt like we were dominating that ball game until the final, what,

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 eight minutes of that fourth quarter.

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 They have a scoop and score for their only touchdown.

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 They go for two.

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 We get a stop.

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 Then they're in a position after another turnover to get the win.

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 And their quarterback, he played a pretty solid game.

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 He's a great runner.

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 He's kind of a gutsy quarterback like we've seen the last couple of ball games.

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 Well, he breaks free, and it looks like he's about to score.

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 And a couple guys are out at this point in the ball game,

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 and it's Raylan Sims stepping up with the game-winning play.

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 Gets his – I don't know if his helmet got in there, just a hard hit.

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 Pops the football back.

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 But what about Raylan, Coach?

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 Getting his number called and stepping up.

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 Yeah, I mean, you're talking about a redshirt freshman linebacker that,

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 on the road, steps up and makes a heck of a play like that.

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 Just an unbelievable effort play of never quitting.

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 And I've watched that replay many, many times, like I'm sure you guys have.

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 I bet that ball is two inches from the goal line.

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 Do we have the photo?

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 Two, three inches away from them making the go-ahead score on us right there.

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 And his high school teammate was Camor Harris.

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 Camor Harris missed the tackle right in front of him.

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 He comes over to the top, makes a heck of a hit, creates that turnover,

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 and I don't know where we'd be without him making that play.

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 Unbelievable play.

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 I sent that to our leadership group when y'all texted to me on the bus ride home.

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 Just that play right there saved that football game.

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 Iconic photo.

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 It is.

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 That one may be one that goes down the history books right there to see.

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 You know, to me, the guy that probably had a chance to be the player of the game,

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 Mo Harris, was in great position, doesn't make the play.

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 Their quarterback's a heck of a player.

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 And Tay Martin was the initial, but Raylan Sims' hit, the impact of his hit,

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 really what's creating that turnover.

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 Yeah, it was a lot of fun discussing it in the press box.

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 And I think a lot of their statistics staff was like, guys,

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 I think that was out before the one.

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 It was funny watching their team celebrate touchdown,

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 our team thinking, hey, that's a recovery.

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 But like you said, Coach, it was by the hair of our skin we got that one.

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 It was a huge play.

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 This is the difference in football nowadays is the last two years we now have the iPads on the sideline.

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 And Coach Craig Schurig, I think he's in the room here tonight, him and Nick are in the box.

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 And so every reviewable play, I get on my headset and say, all right, guys, what do y'all see already on the iPad?

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 So I actually get the information before the referees come over and tell me information now.

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 So they, on the Xavier fumble, they told me exactly, essentially what happened with the refs is there was not enough to overturn it.

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 So X's fumble was his elbow down, was his knee down.

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 There wasn't enough to completely overturn it.

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 So whatever they called on the field.

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 But that's exactly what Coach Schurig told me in the headset and the same with the fumble.

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 He said, Coach, it's out.

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 It's our ball.

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 We won this football game.

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 Wow.

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 And, Coach, that's one of the things I want to jump into you with tonight.

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 The reviews went our way on Saturday, right?

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 Noah, Greg, touchdown pass.

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 I think even before you saw the iPad, you were signaling touchdown, got them to go back and look at it.

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 But what exactly does Coach Schurig, what is he able to see up there in the booth?

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 What's on those iPads?

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 Is it the broadcast or more?

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 No, it's what we get on the film.

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 So it's not the broadcast version.

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 It's our coach film.

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 Our coach film.

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 So the film that we'd watch on Sunday, they're actually to go in and it's happening in game right there.

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 So there's multiple angles he's able to see.

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 Noah, unbelievable play.

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 So Noah got chewed out, first off, because he didn't flatten out like he was coached to this past week.

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 I think he's in the room.

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 All right.

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 But if he flattens out, then we're not even reviewing it.

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 But Noah's right foot, half of the foot is inbounds.

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 He doesn't put his heel down.

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 And because his whole foot doesn't come flat and he puts his heel down, it ends up being a touchdown.

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 And that's how close we are from those plays, winning and losing games, is just putting his heel down or not putting his heel down.

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 It's something pretty unbelievable.

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 I thought one of the things that helped is, we're kind of jumping to our plays of the game early.

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 I thought one of the things that helped is you can see that the beads fly up with his left foot.

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 There's no beads.

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 I guess that's water.

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 Water is water.

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 That's sand.

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 Sand.

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 Okay.

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 Sand.

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 Yeah.

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 It didn't rain at this point, I guess.

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 Yeah.

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 So right here, it's funny to watch.

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 Noah is watching his life flash before his eyes right here as he's looking around and looking at the referees.

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 What is coach going to say to me right here?

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 And coach, it's a cool moment, too, because I know Noah's been banged up a little bit.

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 He's a crowd favorite.

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 He's a local hero.

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 And we always go crazy when those kind of dudes make plays.

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 And everybody was so excited for him right here.

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 Yeah.

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 Both of our touchdown passes, I mean, we've got a great group of receivers as a whole.

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 I think Snap and X are getting all the attention that they deserve.

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 And to watch two guys like Noah and K.J. Fields that have made big-time plays for this program in the past step up in this big road game was fun to watch.

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 Yeah.

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 And let's go back to K.J. and talk about his touchdown.

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 Just able to get an open space.

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 And as he was going, I think he had one guy to beat, and he beat him.

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 Did a really good job getting in the end zone.

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 And like you said, to get those two guys involved when maybe X or Snap's getting more of the spotlight had to be special.

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 Well, both of their plays, really, somebody else, one of those other two guys was the initial target.

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 With Noah's, Snap reads running a whip route on one side that actually pulls the safety out of the roof, which opened Noah up.

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 Right.

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 On K.J.'s play, Snap is running a bubble play where we fake the bubble throw, and Xavier's running the post over the top.

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 So they keep two guys over X.

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 The Sam Nickel linebacker comes out to make the tackle on Snap, which opens up K.J. on his kind of fake bubble block there.

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 There are so many guys that stepped up and made big plays in that road win, and it's put North Alabama in a position for success down the stretch.

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 Brent Dierman is in the house.

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 And coach, we love coming to Lost Pizza every single Monday.

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 It's a highlight of the week for sure.

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 And for you, you've got a group that we need to recognize here tonight, right?

419
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 Sitting over there with your coaches.

420
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 Yeah, I do.

421
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 Our whole uni council came out tonight.

422
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 You know, for us to be put in this, we've kind of put ourselves in a good situation sitting here at five and four, three close losses in our FCS games.

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 But to think where we've come from, it's because of this group here.

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 I think back to Leo, Jaheim, who've been through the ups and downs, been through so much tough, adversity situations.

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 And then the new guys that have come in and really added to our culture, our character.

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 We're the gritty team we are because of those 14 guys there.

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 And I'll tell you this, but pregame, I didn't feel a lot of energy on the field.

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 And it probably had a lot to do with the sickness and the flu bug going through our team.

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 I pulled those 14 guys aside and I said, hey, I don't know what you got to do, but y'all need to go in this locker room and make sure we do whatever it takes to win this football game.

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 And sure enough, they did it.

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 So this core group of guys we have here tonight is special.

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 And Coach, speaking of this core 14, one of the things we've all noticed, especially here at Las Pizzas Shoals for football night, is every guest we have had talks about how close this team is, the relationships amongst one another.

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 And it feels like it probably starts with that table right there.

434
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 Yeah, it does.

435
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 I mean, to me, your leadership within your organization, within your program, whatever you do, the team takes on the persona of your leadership group.

436
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 The team takes on the persona of those 14 guys there.

437
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 And I think there's never finger pointing.

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 What I love, most teams, when the offense fumbles twice in the fourth quarter, the defense does some finger pointing at the offense.

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 That's reality.

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 This team here can say, you know what, this is an opportunity for us to go out and play again.

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 And took advantage of that opportunity.

442
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 Now, I pointed some fingers.

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 I pointed a lot more fingers than they did.

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 But to see teammates act the way they do with each other.

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 They go to church together.

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 We've got FCA on Monday night together.

447
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 They hang out at each other's houses all the time.

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 I mean, this is a close group.

449
00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:34,500
 One of the guys I'm excited that we're talking to tonight is Josh White.

450
00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:37,640
 He seems like he's one of the most vocal guys of that 14.

451
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,260
 And something that's really cool about him, I think every captain you've had, Coach, since you've been here,

452
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,360
 it's been a guy that's been here at least one year.

453
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,080
 Josh White's really the only one that did it as a transfer in his first year.

454
00:25:48,460 --> 00:25:50,980
 What does that say about his leadership and what his teammates think about him?

455
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,000
 It just shows you the impact he has on people in a short amount of time.

456
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,160
 He's got a, number one, he's a huge person.

457
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,860
 As soon as he walks in the room, his presence alone is going to kind of win the room over.

458
00:26:01,420 --> 00:26:05,280
 But then he's got a huge personality, a great character to him as well,

459
00:26:05,740 --> 00:26:10,540
 that others kind of tend to flock to him a little bit.

460
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,400
 He's a big teddy bear.

461
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,060
 I tell you a funny story about Josh that he probably don't want me to tell people.

462
00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:18,740
 But the other night, Josh got hurt in the game.

463
00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:22,640
 And Josh is laying out, and I'm like, oh, my goodness, we're late in the game.

464
00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:23,900
 Big Josh is hurt.

465
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,260
 I'll walk out there, and I look at Josh, and he gives me a wink.

466
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,240
 He's laughing.

467
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,360
 He's got a laugh out of that.

468
00:26:31,620 --> 00:26:35,040
 I think Josh needed a breather, and he knew the defenseman needed a breather.

469
00:26:35,820 --> 00:26:37,240
 And I'm worried to death that whole walk.

470
00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:39,840
 He's a smart guy.

471
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,620
 He's very smart, very smart human being.

472
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,460
 He gave you a fright right there.

473
00:26:43,460 --> 00:26:46,360
 Coach, some other dudes that have been standing out, let's talk about him.

474
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,320
 He's here tonight as well.

475
00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:48,280
 Xavier Johnson.

476
00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:54,300
 And he is having one of the best receiving seasons in North Alabama football history right now.

477
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,400
 Third in the nation in receiving yards.

478
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,020
 Third in the nation in receiving yards per game.

479
00:26:59,100 --> 00:26:59,680
 He's electric.

480
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,980
 He's the great showman of Bank Independence Stadium.

481
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,160
 And he's got a strong case for the Jerry Rice Award building right now.

482
00:27:05,260 --> 00:27:06,200
 And he's got his own song.

483
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,380
 I mean, how many players in history have had their own song at the home game?

484
00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:13,180
 So, I mean, he's an electric player.

485
00:27:13,660 --> 00:27:16,880
 We do everything we can to get the ball in his hands in different ways.

486
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,880
 Sometimes offensively, and I take the blame for most of them,

487
00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:25,120
 I try to get it in his hands in trick plays and reverses.

488
00:27:25,340 --> 00:27:27,700
 The other night we caught a reverse, and we lost eight yards.

489
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:32,100
 And those are the ones that you go, well, we tried our best to get the ball in his hands.

490
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:37,200
 And sometimes because he has been so dynamic, there's so many eyes on him that it doesn't work.

491
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,780
 So, he's got a knack for the football.

492
00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:40,900
 He's a long strider.

493
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,320
 He's having a heck of a season.

494
00:27:43,420 --> 00:27:43,800
 I'll say that.

495
00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:53,040
 That graphic right there, talking about Eli Gilman at Montana and Xavier being the only two players at FCS to have a 75-yard run and a 75-yard catch,

496
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,460
 it's probably more impressive for X because Gilman's a running back.

497
00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:59,060
 And so, you know, there's probably a screen pass that you could do that on.

498
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,860
 But for X, he's a receiver and did it on a run play.

499
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,460
 I mean, just how important is it to get the ball in his hands no matter which way?

500
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:06,860
 You know, we try our best to.

501
00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:14,160
 I mean, there's a couple guys on our offense that there's a little box on our play sheet that we know what play gets to them.

502
00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:16,920
 Some plays, there's multiple options in plays.

503
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:23,380
 But as a play caller, as an offensive staff, you've got to know how do we get this guy the ball in his hands.

504
00:28:23,580 --> 00:28:26,000
 And for receivers, it's a little bit harder than running backs.

505
00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,080
 Running backs, you just call a run play and you hand it to them.

506
00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:30,760
 Receivers, you've got to try to generate it somehow.

507
00:28:31,780 --> 00:28:36,760
 And we probably, like I said earlier, we probably try too much to get that in his hands if that's possible.

508
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,020
 But you showed a clip earlier.

509
00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,000
 Western Illinois, the refs took a touchdown away from him.

510
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,620
 He should have five, but he's making a heck of a case for the freshman of the year, I'll tell you that.

511
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,000
 And right here, Coach, he's on record watch.

512
00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:52,600
 Dre Hall, one of the all-time greats, he'll get in the Hall of Fame next year.

513
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,720
 All-time leading receiver, single-season record holder.

514
00:28:55,780 --> 00:29:00,660
 He broke Michael Edwards' record, which held from 94 up until 2016.

515
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:01,480
 Unbelievable.

516
00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:05,920
 Michael Edwards was the single-set wide receiver in the option days during the championship years.

517
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,980
 Lion fans will recognize the other names on the list.

518
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,400
 Anthony Merritt, fourth-most receiving yards in a single season.

519
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,760
 Marcus Lewis, all part of the HUD era.

520
00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:16,920
 Miko McSwain, the Ole Miss transfer when he was here.

521
00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:20,880
 And X right there, sitting seventh all-time with 880.

522
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,120
 He's got a chance to climb.

523
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,460
 I mean, for North Alabama fans, those are some really big names.

524
00:29:25,540 --> 00:29:28,360
 But it's kind of special to watch record chases like this.

525
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:28,880
 It is.

526
00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:30,520
 And he's got three games left.

527
00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:32,440
 One game he didn't play in.

528
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,820
 I think Eastern Kentucky played a couple snaps and was a little banged up, so didn't play much.

529
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,760
 So to see him on that list, knowing that he missed one and still got three left is pretty unbelievable.

530
00:29:42,300 --> 00:29:44,120
 Yeah, and a lot of guys on this list ahead of him.

531
00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:47,900
 55 catches, 81 catches, 80 catches.

532
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:49,700
 X only has 47.

533
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:55,140
 I mean, he's done this in a short amount of time, and his receiving yards per catch is among the best in the nation.

534
00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:56,600
 Yeah, he's a big play receiver.

535
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,020
 He's either catching a post or a go route most of the time.

536
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:06,700
 You know, I think some of those other guys, you look at Snap Reed, does a phenomenal job at that intermediate or go ball-like plays.

537
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,380
 Noah Gregg's another one that gives us a lot of different options.

538
00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:18,400
 K.J. Fields is probably our better intermediate cross over the middle of the field because of the toughness he plays with.

539
00:30:18,980 --> 00:30:20,640
 And X is, I mean, he is what he is.

540
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,360
 He's a deep ball guy, and so he rarely catches some of those type routes.

541
00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:26,140
 But he's really good at what he does.

542
00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:28,820
 And then the last guy on a record chase as well.

543
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:35,820
 Chase Glover is our sideline reporter on radio, and this young man made a great play, and he ran up to Chase afterwards.

544
00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:38,560
 He says, hey, I'm three away from the all-time record.

545
00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:40,340
 I'm talking about Avery Howard over there.

546
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,420
 He's got eight sacks now on the season.

547
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:50,460
 Right now, that is ninth in the nation, and he wants that record held by an all-time favorite in Reginald Ruffin.

548
00:30:50,820 --> 00:30:55,480
 But, Coach, teams are not making it easy on Avery right now, and he's still finding ways to disrupt the backfield.

549
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,200
 Yeah, a lot of times he's getting double-teamed.

550
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,420
 They're putting the tailback or tight end on him.

551
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,740
 The other night we had an opportunity where Avery was one-on-one with one of their tackles.

552
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:09,360
 And when he gets those moments and opportunities, a lot of times he takes advantage of it.

553
00:31:09,420 --> 00:31:17,780
 Now, there's been times that he gets blocked in those situations, but his pass rush ability is really on another level right now.

554
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,180
 And he scares teams.

555
00:31:19,580 --> 00:31:27,040
 But the other thing is, sometimes in our third down packages, you look out there and him, Camor Harris, Caden Atkins, and Jaheim Ingram are the four on the field.

556
00:31:27,140 --> 00:31:29,660
 And you've got a single one of them or two of them.

557
00:31:29,780 --> 00:31:36,300
 So, I think as good as Moe and Caden Atkins and those guys are getting, it's singling Avery up more often.

558
00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:39,500
 Man, what a great problem to have if you're on the defensive side.

559
00:31:39,660 --> 00:31:40,880
 Which one do you throw out there?

560
00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:41,900
 Which combination?

561
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,120
 And Avery Howard, obviously, among them.

562
00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:45,800
 And you don't want him one-on-one.

563
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,140
 And we saw why at Central Art.

564
00:31:47,540 --> 00:31:50,560
 Yeah, I made a joke with Big Josh the other day at practice.

565
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,500
 I think Coach Bowen yelled for the nickel speed group.

566
00:31:54,020 --> 00:31:56,220
 And I looked at Josh and said, that's not you in that group there?

567
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,740
 No, they don't know my true speed, Coach.

568
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,360
 All right.

569
00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:03,940
 Well, I think it's time for Brent Dierman Trivia.

570
00:32:04,020 --> 00:32:04,460
 Are you ready?

571
00:32:04,660 --> 00:32:05,300
 I think I'm ready.

572
00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:05,940
 All right.

573
00:32:05,980 --> 00:32:07,380
 Well, I think this is a really good one.

574
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:10,580
 Yeah, this is a really good pull, and it's very similar to last week.

575
00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:12,240
 So, we're playing West Florida this week.

576
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,240
 We've played them three times before, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

577
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,900
 And I want to go back to the 2016 game.

578
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,480
 North Alabama won that game 51-3.

579
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,640
 Coach, who were the quarterbacks for both teams in that game?

580
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:25,280
 All right.

581
00:32:25,340 --> 00:32:31,000
 I know one of them solely because his daughter is in my wife's pre-K class.

582
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,680
 And I think it's – well, my first guess would have been Luke Wingo,

583
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,280
 but I think that was the year before Luke or year after Luke.

584
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,780
 So, I'm going to say that would have been Jacob Tucker.

585
00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:40,980
 That is correct.

586
00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:41,660
 Jacob Tucker.

587
00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:43,780
 And, in fact, Blake Hawkins was his backup.

588
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,600
 But Jacob Tucker, that was his year that he was the starting quarterback,

589
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:48,520
 led UNA to the championship.

590
00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:49,580
 Now, bonus points.

591
00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:50,880
 Can you guess West Florida's quarterback?

592
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:57,280
 And then I kind of – I know you asked me this last week,

593
00:32:57,340 --> 00:33:02,480
 so I'm going to just take a guess because last week their head coach was –

594
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,900
 UCA's head coach was part of it.

595
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,340
 So, I'm going to guess that their head coach maybe was the quarterback for their team.

596
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,480
 Hey, Coach, look at you.

597
00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:09,880
 You got it exactly right.

598
00:33:10,020 --> 00:33:14,160
 Caleb Nobles was the quarterback for West Florida in that game.

599
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,360
 And now he's the head coach.

600
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,020
 Pete Shinnick, I believe, was the head coach at that time.

601
00:33:18,260 --> 00:33:21,460
 And he has called Caleb Nobles Mr. West Florida

602
00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:23,860
 because he transferred from Valdosta after playing four years.

603
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,220
 He was a grad transfer when that was a thing.

604
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,920
 And then he was the quarterback there for one year, then became a coach,

605
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,400
 went on to Clemson for a few years with Dabo, and then came back as the head coach.

606
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,240
 Yeah, and I'll tell you what, me and Coach Nobles know each other pretty well

607
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,020
 through that kind of Clemson-Auburn.

608
00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:43,280
 Coach Malzahn and Chad Morris connections,

609
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,920
 they're very similar in their offensive style.

610
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:51,520
 I think they've got some Chad Morris, Gus Malzahn, 11 personnel type stuff in their schemes.

611
00:33:51,980 --> 00:33:54,580
 I've always respected him and how he does things.

612
00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:56,020
 I think he's a heck of a football coach.

613
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,760
 We'll talk more about West Florida with Coach Dierman coming up here in just a little bit.

614
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,120
 But we'll slide away for now.

615
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,680
 And when we come back, Noah Boltikoff will join us next with Alabama offensive linemen.

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676
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,740
 And we're going to kind of work backwards here in this interview.

677
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,060
 And you want to go to law school next, right?

678
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:52,580
 Yes, sir.

679
00:37:52,580 --> 00:37:59,160
 So tell Lion fans kind of where that interest in law comes from and why you want to pursue a career in law after football.

680
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:02,920
 So I've kind of just always wanted to help people.

681
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:04,540
 Like, that's always been my goal in life.

682
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,680
 And going into college, I didn't really know where that was going to take me.

683
00:38:10,220 --> 00:38:12,160
 And I kind of found the criminal justice path.

684
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:15,400
 I thought that was going to take me to law enforcement.

685
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:20,880
 But as I studied up and eventually got my master's here, that's kind of what drew me to law.

686
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,060
 Man, and you're crushing it there.

687
00:38:23,180 --> 00:38:26,100
 You had an internship where you were in your full suit.

688
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:26,940
 You were going there.

689
00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:30,100
 Then you were coming back to watch film and do all those sorts of things.

690
00:38:30,220 --> 00:38:31,340
 So really cool to see.

691
00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:35,300
 But also a 4.0 GPA student, I guess from a class.

692
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,100
 Yeah, there you go.

693
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,280
 Yeah, that's applause worthy right there.

694
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,440
 I know I certainly didn't do that.

695
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:46,140
 So tell those of us that have not achieved a 4.0 GPA, what do you have to do to do that?

696
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:50,420
 You know, I think it's just finding time management.

697
00:38:51,180 --> 00:38:54,900
 It's just being able to stay on top of everything because it does get kind of jam-packed.

698
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:02,380
 But when you learn to prioritize everything, and then, you know, you've got to put, obviously, school and then football.

699
00:39:03,060 --> 00:39:07,200
 But if you're able to knock out school first, then football comes a little bit easier.

700
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,540
 So it's just that time management and prioritizing.

701
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:12,280
 Let's jump to your journey to North Alabama next.

702
00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:16,140
 How do you go from Rose Hill, Kansas, to the University of North Alabama?

703
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,980
 Well, I went to high school in Rose Hill.

704
00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:28,900
 Fun fact, Coach Dierman actually recruited me to KU out of high school.

705
00:39:29,860 --> 00:39:34,500
 But my offensive line coach in high school went to TCU, and that ultimately pulled me there.

706
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:41,200
 Playing at TCU, you obviously got the chance to play in the national championship there, and that was an amazing experience.

707
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:47,500
 But my best friend ended up going to play quarterback for Indiana, and that pulled me to Indiana.

708
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,260
 I went to go play at Indiana.

709
00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:55,480
 You know, I didn't have the football career that I wanted there.

710
00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:00,380
 Ended up tearing my ACL, and, you know, I hit the portal not knowing if I was going to have another opportunity,

711
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:04,180
 and Coach Dierman hit me back up again, and I just knew it was a place to go from there.

712
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,340
 It's amazing that he recruited you to Kansas.

713
00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:12,220
 It didn't work out that time, but then landed you here in Florence a couple years ago.

714
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:13,400
 Now you've been here two years.

715
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,620
 What were some of the things you learned being on a national championship team like TCU

716
00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:22,120
 and being at Indiana who went on to a national championship and was building that foundation?

717
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:25,960
 What did you learn from those two programs that you were able to bring here to your career in Florence?

718
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:34,000
 The difference between winning and losing is extremely small, and it's all about the details, all about discipline,

719
00:40:35,140 --> 00:40:39,200
 all about having that team bond, like having players who are bought into the program,

720
00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:43,620
 and I think that's something that we have been able to accomplish a lot better this year and this season.

721
00:40:43,940 --> 00:40:45,920
 Let's talk about the sled dogs next.

722
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:50,020
 Your fellow offensive lineman, Coach Clegg, he's in the house as well.

723
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,080
 Man, this group is tight, and they have been battle-tested.

724
00:40:53,220 --> 00:40:55,640
 Guys keep rotating in after a couple of injuries.

725
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,500
 I mean, what can you say about the way this group has come together and persevered through all that?

726
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:04,460
 You know, I think Coach Clegg has done an amazing job just kind of building the culture in the room.

727
00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:10,880
 You know, he came in here halfway through the spring, and he did not have a lot of time to work with us,

728
00:41:10,940 --> 00:41:14,840
 but the things he has done with our culture, the people that he has brought into the room,

729
00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:19,560
 and ultimately just everything that we have been able to build together have made us into the room we are today.

730
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:26,100
 Man, it's been impressive to see, and the whole sled dog mentality is you run together and you pick each other up,

731
00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:29,200
 make sure you're all going at the same direction, same speed,

732
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:38,200
 and what you see there is you might be down to your ninth or tenth offensive lineman on the depth chart at this point in the season,

733
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:43,280
 and to see people step up like that, I mean, what does that mean to you to see all the teammates that you have

734
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,840
 that are all just stepping up when needed?

735
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,180
 You know, I think it just talks about the culture in the room.

736
00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:52,340
 It talks about the guys that are bought in because we can trust those people,

737
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,520
 people who may not have the same reps as some of the older guys in the room,

738
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,360
 but we can trust them to step in without a beat,

739
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,940
 and I think that just tells you about the buy-in in the room

740
00:41:59,940 --> 00:42:02,080
 and tells you about what Coach Clegg has done for us.

741
00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:07,100
 Well, Noah, we got a big one coming up on Saturday against West Florida, man.

742
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,520
 We enjoy rooting for you.

743
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:12,440
 Three more games left at North Alabama, then you can pursue your law career,

744
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,300
 but hey, let's do these three plus some with a little playoff run.

745
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:15,900
 How's that sound?

746
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,800
 Yes, sir. It sounds great.

747
00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:17,560
 Let's close it out strong.

748
00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:19,920
 That's Noah Boltikoff. Thank you for joining us, sir.

749
00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:21,340
 We'll take a timeout.

750
00:42:21,420 --> 00:42:22,520
 We got another Big Daddy.

751
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:27,740
 Coming up next, Josh Wyatt is our next guest here on UNA Football Night for Los Pizza Shoals on 93.9.

752
00:42:27,820 --> 00:42:32,140
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753
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754
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755
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 It's why we're the go-to pizza place in Florence, Alabama,

756
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757
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,000
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758
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 Call 256-415-8693 or order online at lostpizza.com front slash shoals.

759
00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:57,300
 From our playbook to your plate.

760
00:42:57,980 --> 00:43:00,920
 Hi, this is Ike Fowler with Alabama Health Guidance.

761
00:43:01,140 --> 00:43:03,560
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762
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763
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764
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765
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766
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:26,200
 Again, that's 256-648-5710.

767
00:43:28,260 --> 00:43:32,520
 Welcome to Burnley Spine and Sport Chiropractic, located in downtown Florence.

768
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 We offer a large array of therapies and techniques to help you get back in the game of life.

769
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,020
 One of those therapies is red light slash infrared light therapy.

770
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 Dry needling is used to help reduce pain associated with painful trigger point.

771
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772
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773
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 Burnley Spine and Sport Chiropractic is proud to partner with UNA

774
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776
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777
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778
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779
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780
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781
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782
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:25,520
 Don't miss out on the good times.

783
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 Come sip, socialize, and savor the taste of Singing River Brewery.

784
00:44:30,620 --> 00:44:31,500
 Get comfortable.

785
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,420
 Football season is back at the carriage.

786
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,480
 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South,

787
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,060
 and football season is officially back at the carriage.

788
00:44:39,340 --> 00:44:42,320
 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks,

789
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,260
 good food, and a comfortable spot to settle in for a quarter,

790
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,300
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791
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,060
 Game day Saturdays get $5 craft drafts,

792
00:44:50,260 --> 00:44:51,620
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793
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:52,880
 drafts of mimosas,

794
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,600
 and game day bites from the kitchen.

795
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,700
 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks,

796
00:44:57,960 --> 00:44:58,700
 dips, cheeses,

797
00:44:59,140 --> 00:44:59,780
 something sweet,

798
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:01,720
 and all the good stuff for your game day spread.

799
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,080
 Football season looks pretty good from the carriage

800
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801
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802
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804
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805
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806
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807
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808
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809
00:45:41,460 --> 00:45:45,880
 All right, up next, he's a captain his first season at North Alabama.

810
00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:49,600
 He's got a tackle for Laws in six of nine games played,

811
00:45:49,820 --> 00:45:52,720
 six for the season, 19 tackles overall.

812
00:45:53,140 --> 00:45:54,860
 You know him as big number zero.

813
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:59,660
 Joshua White is in the house here at Laws Pizza Shoals for UNA football night.

814
00:45:59,740 --> 00:46:02,620
 Benjamin Harry, Mike Ezekiel with Big Daddy as well.

815
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,200
 Josh, man, nine games into this season.

816
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,020
 Man, we still got a lot to play for over these next three.

817
00:46:08,020 --> 00:46:11,020
 Benjamin, what can you say about the way this team has come together this season?

818
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,020
 It's unexplainable.

819
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:14,260
 This is a great team.

820
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:18,520
 Like, everybody plays their role, and, you know, transferring in, you know,

821
00:46:18,580 --> 00:46:21,120
 that's hard when the transfer portal gets a lot of new guys

822
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:25,500
 and being able to burn so quickly from spring to summer workouts to fall camp

823
00:46:25,500 --> 00:46:28,680
 and to the season, just seeing everything pay off is really a good thing to see.

824
00:46:29,340 --> 00:46:32,700
 We got eight different players from where you were at last year, Memphis,

825
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,720
 and y'all had a lot of success, went to some bowl games, won a lot of games.

826
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:39,300
 Obviously, your former head coach went on to Arkansas.

827
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:40,840
 Now he's at the SEC level.

828
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,620
 But to have all those guys come here,

829
00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:45,820
 and it seemed like you were maybe one of the first ones to come

830
00:46:45,820 --> 00:46:48,760
 and kind of help everybody else join you here at North Alabama.

831
00:46:48,940 --> 00:46:49,880
 What was that like for you?

832
00:46:50,580 --> 00:46:53,220
 Family going to another family, making a bigger family.

833
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:54,160
 I really did.

834
00:46:54,260 --> 00:46:55,300
 And I wasn't the first one.

835
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,940
 It was actually KV on Ben, number nine.

836
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,220
 He came in from talking to Dierman.

837
00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:02,200
 He said, oh, guys, I committed.

838
00:47:02,380 --> 00:47:05,160
 And then once he committed, it was really everybody else committed too.

839
00:47:05,740 --> 00:47:06,220
 That's awesome.

840
00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:10,180
 Josh, this defense, one of the best in the nation at getting to the quarterback,

841
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,340
 one of the best at the nation in TFLs.

842
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:16,220
 Mike told me today, well, we've already set the sack record.

843
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:21,000
 We're three tackles for loss away from setting the single season division one tackle for loss record.

844
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,700
 19 different players have a TFL this season.

845
00:47:23,780 --> 00:47:24,440
 That is crazy.

846
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,180
 11 different players have a sack.

847
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:28,140
 That's unbelievable.

848
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,620
 And then, I mean, just look at what we did last week.

849
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,240
 Raylan Sims comes in and forces that phone board.

850
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,220
 This group is deep.

851
00:47:35,300 --> 00:47:36,760
 How about that depth on this unit?

852
00:47:37,420 --> 00:47:38,520
 Everybody can play ball.

853
00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:40,880
 You know, the best teams with the most depth.

854
00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:44,800
 So, if you can play three depth, you're going to win the majority of the games.

855
00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:46,180
 And Ray Ray, that's my boy.

856
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:48,740
 Ray Ray, you know, he's a great player.

857
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:49,740
 He has some days.

858
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:50,560
 He has his down days.

859
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:51,540
 But he's going to come.

860
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:52,700
 He's a people person like me.

861
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,080
 So, we have a lot of talk.

862
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:57,760
 And actually, the night before the game, we talked about him for the football.

863
00:47:58,340 --> 00:47:58,700
 Wow.

864
00:47:58,920 --> 00:47:59,200
 Yeah.

865
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,780
 And he came into reality.

866
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,560
 I love Ray Ray.

867
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,140
 He's such a quality guy, just like you said.

868
00:48:05,340 --> 00:48:09,440
 And for him to come up with that play, playing in the fourth quarter was big for him.

869
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,880
 Josh, I want to go back to something Coach Dierman was talking about earlier.

870
00:48:12,980 --> 00:48:14,240
 You talked about the depth on this team.

871
00:48:14,300 --> 00:48:16,800
 And it's good when you can have guys step up when needed.

872
00:48:17,180 --> 00:48:20,120
 Was he serious about the accusation of the wink?

873
00:48:21,060 --> 00:48:22,840
 Let's hear your perspective of that.

874
00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:24,300
 Well, you got to get that again, please.

875
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:26,680
 Going back to the fourth quarter,

876
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,840
 you gave him kind of a wink, I guess.

877
00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:32,840
 You were trying to get off the field, maybe get a breather.

878
00:48:33,140 --> 00:48:33,960
 Was that accurate?

879
00:48:34,140 --> 00:48:34,660
 Yeah, that's true.

880
00:48:34,740 --> 00:48:35,040
 That's true.

881
00:48:35,180 --> 00:48:35,620
 That's true.

882
00:48:35,700 --> 00:48:35,960
 That's true.

883
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:36,520
 That's true.

884
00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:38,620
 You know, big guys need a break sometimes.

885
00:48:40,380 --> 00:48:42,260
 Josh, I want to go back to two weeks ago.

886
00:48:42,380 --> 00:48:44,680
 I got to witness a pretty cool moment pre-game

887
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,160
 where a bunch of former UNA players came back for the homecoming ceremony.

888
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,120
 I took them on a tour of the stadium.

889
00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:51,280
 It was Jeff Red Cross.

890
00:48:51,620 --> 00:48:52,540
 It was Gerald Smith.

891
00:48:52,540 --> 00:48:56,840
 It was Ronald McKinnon and Israel Raven, key players on the championship teams.

892
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,740
 Israel Raven, everybody knows Big Israel.

893
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,980
 He blocked a punt in the 1993 national championship game,

894
00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:03,720
 and he always says,

895
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,140
 I won UNA those three national championships with that block.

896
00:49:07,260 --> 00:49:09,020
 He's got a larger-than-life personality.

897
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:10,460
 He's one of the most beloved players.

898
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,720
 Coach Dierman called you over and introduced you to Big Israel, man.

899
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,540
 And for you coming in, you've been embraced by this fan base.

900
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,320
 You've loved being at North Alabama.

901
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,160
 We can tell the way you represent UNA how much you love it.

902
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:25,840
 How cool was it to meet an alum like that as someone who plays the same position as you

903
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:26,860
 and is just as beloved?

904
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,100
 I've never felt smaller in my life.

905
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,460
 I'm like, oh, okay, yeah.

906
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:33,700
 It felt good.

907
00:49:33,780 --> 00:49:36,460
 That was a big human being, and I'm a big human being, so yeah.

908
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:37,980
 But it's just a great community.

909
00:49:38,220 --> 00:49:39,000
 Just love everybody.

910
00:49:39,540 --> 00:49:40,320
 There's no hate.

911
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,620
 When you lose games, some people just turn away.

912
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:45,740
 Our fan base still comes to every game.

913
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:46,820
 See us in the church.

914
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:48,140
 I love my church, Christ Chapel.

915
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,400
 Every Sunday, hey, Josh, great game.

916
00:49:51,540 --> 00:49:53,080
 You know, win, lose, or draw, so yes.

917
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,600
 You've become a fan favorite just instantly with this fan base.

918
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:02,360
 And one thing that really stood out to me was when it's time to stand up for your teammates,

919
00:50:02,540 --> 00:50:05,500
 stand up for the student section, stand up for the community,

920
00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:08,840
 you're always the first one to kind of step up and do that.

921
00:50:08,980 --> 00:50:13,060
 What makes you feel like you need to do that, and why do you do that for this community?

922
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:14,240
 Shout out to my mom.

923
00:50:14,460 --> 00:50:17,780
 You know, just growing up, she always told us, as a man, you got to protect your family.

924
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:19,520
 And the students, that's our family.

925
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:20,320
 That's our fan base.

926
00:50:20,420 --> 00:50:24,040
 So if I see somebody trying to hurt my family, I'm going to protect my family at all costs.

927
00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:26,680
 Speaking of family, how are the kids?

928
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:27,840
 Oh, they're doing great.

929
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:28,580
 They're doing great.

930
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:29,500
 Yeah, my babies.

931
00:50:29,740 --> 00:50:30,300
 They're doing great.

932
00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:32,360
 How have they enjoyed Bank Independence Day?

933
00:50:32,380 --> 00:50:34,660
 What's it like for you looking back into the stands and seeing them?

934
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:35,340
 Good.

935
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,340
 You know, they come on the field after every game.

936
00:50:37,340 --> 00:50:38,400
 You see them front row.

937
00:50:38,540 --> 00:50:39,280
 You know, just having fun.

938
00:50:39,380 --> 00:50:41,680
 You might see them down, sliding down the field sometimes.

939
00:50:42,180 --> 00:50:43,040
 It just depends on how they feel.

940
00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:43,380
 But, yeah.

941
00:50:43,780 --> 00:50:44,980
 I'm trying to get them with a mask.

942
00:50:45,060 --> 00:50:46,840
 I think they're scared, but we're going to get there.

943
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:47,300
 We're going to get there.

944
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:48,580
 I love it.

945
00:50:48,620 --> 00:50:49,060
 I love it.

946
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:50,980
 It's a big family thing.

947
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:54,140
 And one other guy I want to ask you about, back on the team.

948
00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:55,400
 This was in July.

949
00:50:55,740 --> 00:50:58,300
 Had a good conversation with our very own Jaheim Ingram.

950
00:50:58,380 --> 00:50:59,280
 We were in the car together.

951
00:50:59,660 --> 00:51:01,880
 He said, man, y'all are going to see with Josh White.

952
00:51:01,980 --> 00:51:03,440
 Y'all are going to see with this defensive line.

953
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:07,660
 And, you know, you've been a really good running mate together, both of you, when you're on the field.

954
00:51:07,780 --> 00:51:09,880
 Talk about him and how you complement each other.

955
00:51:10,580 --> 00:51:11,660
 Jaheim is Jaheim.

956
00:51:12,020 --> 00:51:15,140
 I was just like, oh, yeah, he's a great guy off the field.

957
00:51:15,260 --> 00:51:18,460
 You know, so many people get confused about this stuff on the field.

958
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:19,640
 There's really nothing on the field.

959
00:51:19,720 --> 00:51:22,300
 It's more off the field, just a bungee crate going out to eat.

960
00:51:22,340 --> 00:51:23,480
 Like, we went to Waffle House today.

961
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:29,220
 You know, it starts, like, if you know why a person is playing ball, you can help each other, complement each other's game.

962
00:51:29,660 --> 00:51:31,100
 So it's more off the field than on the field.

963
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:34,280
 Well, Josh, we love having you here at the University of North Alabama.

964
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,640
 This team's already done some special stuff.

965
00:51:36,700 --> 00:51:38,480
 You got a chance to do some more special stuff.

966
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:39,460
 You're a big part of it.

967
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:40,680
 Thank you for swinging by here tonight.

968
00:51:40,700 --> 00:51:41,020
 Thank y'all for having me.

969
00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:42,740
 That's Josh for a while.

970
00:51:42,780 --> 00:51:44,200
 Give a big round of applause.

971
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:45,380
 We'll take a final timeout.

972
00:51:45,460 --> 00:51:51,460
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973
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1000
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1004
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 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses,

1006
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1008
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1020
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 Man, the hour absolutely flies by here at Lost Pizza Shoals for you in a football night.

1021
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 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel, head football coach Brent Dierman.

1022
00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:20,660
 Let's jump into our Burnley Spine and Sport Preview.

1023
00:55:20,740 --> 00:55:24,200
 Coach, back home Saturday against West Florida,

1024
00:55:24,340 --> 00:55:28,000
 a team transitioning in their first year from Division II to Division I.

1025
00:55:28,380 --> 00:55:30,800
 We've got history with them in the Division II days,

1026
00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:33,480
 going back to when they joined the Gulf South Conference in 1994,

1027
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:37,900
 but they didn't add football until the 2016 season.

1028
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,380
 In 2017, they played for a national championship.

1029
00:55:40,780 --> 00:55:42,840
 I think they went on to win it in 2019.

1030
00:55:43,300 --> 00:55:46,500
 So it's a program that very quickly established itself at the top,

1031
00:55:46,540 --> 00:55:49,860
 and they've made some noise early on in their first year as a Division I program.

1032
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:50,440
 They have.

1033
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:51,240
 They're a really good team.

1034
00:55:51,740 --> 00:55:55,580
 You look at last year, I remember we looked at some guys off their team

1035
00:55:55,580 --> 00:55:56,500
 that went into the portal.

1036
00:55:57,060 --> 00:56:00,880
 I think most of their portal guys ended up at a group of five

1037
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,740
 and even some power five programs.

1038
00:56:03,260 --> 00:56:06,060
 Last year's starting quarterback is now the starting quarterback in Memphis.

1039
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:08,140
 They've always got talent.

1040
00:56:08,620 --> 00:56:11,600
 They're in a talent-rich area of the world down there in Pensacola.

1041
00:56:12,020 --> 00:56:14,800
 You can go from New Orleans to Tallahassee on I-10

1042
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,660
 and find about everything you want in recruiting.

1043
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:19,240
 So it's a very good staff.

1044
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:20,920
 Coach Nobles does a great job.

1045
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,420
 His offensive and defensive staff, they've been together for a little while.

1046
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:27,680
 So they're a very talented football team, and they've won some big games.

1047
00:56:27,820 --> 00:56:31,900
 I mean, beat UCA early in the year, beat Southern – a ranked –

1048
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:34,800
 I think they may have been a top-10 team in Southern Illinois to start the year.

1049
00:56:35,580 --> 00:56:36,440
 Beat SEMO.

1050
00:56:36,660 --> 00:56:38,880
 I mean, they've had some big-time wins this year.

1051
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,160
 So very talented team.

1052
00:56:40,420 --> 00:56:43,680
 Yeah, Southern Illinois was number 16, Central Arkansas number 24.

1053
00:56:43,860 --> 00:56:45,820
 That was their first two wins, two ranked teams.

1054
00:56:46,260 --> 00:56:48,240
 They were even in the rankings for a little bit.

1055
00:56:48,740 --> 00:56:51,280
 Coach, what are some of the games that maybe you look to

1056
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,320
 when you're looking at this West Florida team to try to scout?

1057
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,700
 You know, we really only have just this year.

1058
00:56:56,820 --> 00:57:00,360
 Because of them transitioning from D2, you can't really go back

1059
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,060
 and find other teams, other games.

1060
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:07,300
 So usually the teams that we play against, I could look back and I could say,

1061
00:57:07,380 --> 00:57:10,040
 all right, last year this team scored a lot of points on them.

1062
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:12,200
 Let's go pull that game off of the system we have.

1063
00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:15,080
 Well, the D2, they operate off of Huddle.

1064
00:57:15,220 --> 00:57:16,840
 So it would be a little bit different.

1065
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:21,840
 So there's some games in the past that I would love if we could find them,

1066
00:57:21,940 --> 00:57:24,980
 but there's just no way to get to them with our current system.

1067
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,940
 So we have this year's games to go off of.

1068
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:33,760
 And you just try to find offensive or defensively teams that match up to what we do,

1069
00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:34,860
 and you try to pull from that.

1070
00:57:35,220 --> 00:57:37,940
 Note for UNA fans, there's an alum on their staff.

1071
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:40,840
 DJ Thomas was one of my high school football coaches.

1072
00:57:40,980 --> 00:57:43,340
 He played at Florida State under Mickey Andrews.

1073
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,800
 Came to North Alabama as well after that.

1074
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:50,520
 A lot of people know Coach Thomas, so he'll be down on the sidelines against West Florida.

1075
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:51,480
 Kind of a cool note there.

1076
00:57:51,620 --> 00:57:55,660
 But Coach, as we turn our attention to this one, Mike mentioned the attendance numbers right here.

1077
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:57,260
 This is a big football game.

1078
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:01,720
 This UNA team has a chance to check off a lot of goals this season with three games left.

1079
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:03,360
 Still have a chance to make the playoffs.

1080
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,620
 Still have an outside shot at winning the conference championship.

1081
00:58:05,740 --> 00:58:07,460
 But you've got to beat West Florida on Saturday.

1082
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:11,660
 It won't be easy, but one thing we know, life is better at Bank Independence Stadium

1083
00:58:11,660 --> 00:58:14,960
 when it is 100%, 110% full.

1084
00:58:15,060 --> 00:58:16,300
 We need a big crowd on Saturday.

1085
00:58:16,380 --> 00:58:18,320
 How much has it fueled you guys in the previous four?

1086
00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:19,860
 Oh, it's been amazing.

1087
00:58:19,860 --> 00:58:25,960
 I mean, our home environment has become one of the best FCS home environments in the nation.

1088
00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:28,580
 But we need everybody this weekend.

1089
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:30,260
 I mean, you just said it.

1090
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:36,000
 I think in some polls, they got us sitting from 20 to 28 range in some of the different polls.

1091
00:58:36,380 --> 00:58:40,860
 So we're right there in striking range for everything that we want to make the playoffs,

1092
00:58:41,020 --> 00:58:44,060
 to do something that we haven't done in the Division I level.

1093
00:58:44,460 --> 00:58:46,120
 But we can't look past this game.

1094
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:48,040
 We can't look to other games down the road.

1095
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:51,620
 We've got a very talented West Florida team coming into our house.

1096
00:58:52,060 --> 00:58:53,860
 We've got to feed off of our fan base.

1097
00:58:53,940 --> 00:58:58,340
 We've got to feed off of our band, our student section, and play a good game at home.

1098
00:58:58,920 --> 00:58:59,800
 Final thought for me.

1099
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:04,860
 I mean, it's been really good to see the purple outs that we've had with over 10,000 in both of those.

1100
00:59:05,140 --> 00:59:06,040
 We've had a white out.

1101
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:06,780
 We've had a gold out.

1102
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:08,500
 And now we get to have a blackout.

1103
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:10,300
 So make sure you wear your black on Saturday.

1104
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,020
 Ben, last time we had a blackout, I think, was basketball.

1105
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:14,840
 And we packed that gym out.

1106
00:59:14,940 --> 00:59:16,760
 So I'm excited for a blackout on Saturday.

1107
00:59:17,080 --> 00:59:18,700
 Let's pack Bank Independence Stadium as well.

1108
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:19,660
 Let's do it, Andy.

1109
00:59:19,820 --> 00:59:21,540
 Coach, we appreciate your time as always.

1110
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:22,920
 We'll do this again next week.

1111
00:59:23,020 --> 00:59:25,560
 Best of luck on Saturday at Bank Independence Stadium.

1112
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:26,360
 Thank you.

1113
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:26,840
 Roar Lions.

1114
00:59:27,020 --> 00:59:27,900
 Roar Lions, indeed.

1115
00:59:28,060 --> 00:59:30,760
 That's North Alabama head football coach Brent Dierman.

1116
00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:38,980
 Shout out to Noah Boltikoff, Josh White, for Grant, Braden, Zach, Ty, Blair back at the station.

1117
00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:41,380
 A lot of people to ramble off for Mikey Zico.

1118
00:59:41,460 --> 00:59:44,180
 I'm Benji Murray saying we'll see you Saturday at Bank Independence Stadium.

1119
00:59:44,300 --> 00:59:45,080
 Roar Lions.

1120
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:52,900
 You've been listening to UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza.

1121
00:59:53,340 --> 01:00:10,320
 Tonight's show is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals, Burnley Spine and Sport, Singing River Brewery, Southern Pride Pest Control, Alabama Health Guidance, The Carriage Wine and Market, and Brown Equipment Company.

1122
01:00:11,020 --> 01:00:12,120
 Thanks for listening.

1123
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:13,880
 And Roar Lions.

1124
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:43,860
 We'll see you next time.