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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

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 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 And Brett Beaird, in one sense today, thank you veterans for what you did allowing us to do this. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Yeah, happy Veterans Day, Harold. I agree. Listen, I've got, my dad was in the Air Force. I've got about nine other uncles who were in the

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 military and so many of these people that had the ultimate sacrifice for this country. I was looking at the Huntsville Veterans Day Parade coming in and

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 certainly our thoughts and prayers and our appreciation with so many veterans. Alabama moves up to number three in the college football playoff rankings. We'll be

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 discussing that throughout the show. But right now, you and I coach Brent Dearman is here to recap a big win over West Florida and bring you an upcoming road game against West Georgia.

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 Coach Brent Dearman, UNA Head Football Coach, welcome in. How are you?

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 Doing fantastic, fellas. Anytime you can get a win, especially a conference win, you take it. It wasn't pretty, but you're talking about a team that was ranked for about half of the season this year to get a win. It's a good feeling.

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 Coach, the thing is, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter if it's the good, the bad, the ugly. If you walk off the field with the W, you got to feel good. Your thoughts? Because let's face it, in this modern era, I think fans, all of us can take a lesson. Throw the old stuff out of the room because back in the day, you could say, well, here are the metrics.

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 We say, this team's going to do this, this, and this. You look at your season, you look at the other guys in the top 25. It's been a rocky road. Your thoughts about that and how refreshing is it to sit here and have this many wins under your belt at this date in the season?

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 You know, I've checked the dictionary. I've checked many different ways. I think W is still spelled with the W.

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 No matter what way you get it, no matter if it's about one point, 99 points, no matter if it's in the fourth quarter, a W is still a W, and we're going to take them.

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 You know, we're sitting here with six FCS wins. We're 6-3 in FCS football right now. Best season we've had in Division I by far, with two games left, too.

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 So, we're still playing for playoffs. We're telling our guys right now that we're essentially in the playoffs already. We've got to win both of these games that puts us in.

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 But it's a good feeling to be playing meaningful football in November. We tell our guys all the time that they remember what you do in November. So, we've got to finish this thing out.

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 Let me ask you about your rushing attack. It picked up 244 yards, 6.3 yards per carry.

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 Destin Wade picked up 101 yards on 16 carries.

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 Roderick Taylor, 15 carries for 101 yards.

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 That's quite impressive, number one, for them. But number two, it tells me that a little bit of a makeshift offensive line was doing its job.

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 Yeah, it is. You know, we're down to, we've started nine guys up front this year.

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 We've got injuries, been banged up, and it's not an excuse at all. You go out and you've got to still execute and do your job.

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 We were playing one of the better rush defenses in our league and rushed for more yards than they've given up all year long rushing.

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 So, you know, our quarterback is a heck of a runner. We were able to take advantage of that and use him.

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 Rod Taylor, I think that's his first 100-yard performance of his career.

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 And not only was it him rushing, he was usually the lead blocker for Destin Wade in a lot of his runs.

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 So, kudos to O-line, tight ends, quarterback and running back for a big day running the ball.

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 Coach Brent German, UNA Head Football Coach, while we're talking about individuals, there's this guy known as the X Factor.

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 What can you say about the X-Man? Sixth time to be named Freshman of the Week in the conference.

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 I've been doing this a long time. I don't remember the last time someone put that much trophy on the case in one season.

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 It's unbelievable. I mean, he's making a case to be the National Freshman of the Year.

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 He's just a dynamic player with a ball in his hands.

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 I think we went through the first quarter the other day without him touching it.

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 And I got on the headset and said, hey, guys, what's our plan to be able to play football?

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 You have to have one.

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 And we ended up getting it to him, and he does what he does.

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 He had a big touchdown catch in this game.

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 He's an electric player that changes football games, and I'm glad he plays for us.

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 Let me ask you about an interesting decision that you had to make.

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 Every coach does this two or three times a game.

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 I was reading the Times Daily article.

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 You had a key play in the fourth quarter, fourth and one, go for it or punt,

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 and you got on the headset and conferred with your tight ends coach, who's an 18-year veteran,

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 and then Clint Bowen, who's a Power 4 DC.

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 Somebody asked me to ask you about that earlier this year.

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 When it comes to key decisions at key points in the game, when you get on the headset,

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 who are you talking to?

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 Yeah, those are my main two.

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 Those are, you know, you're talking about an 18-year head coaching veteran in Craig Shearer.

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 He's been in every situation and experienced him multiple times.

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 He's in the box, so he's not feeling the atmosphere.

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 closed room sitting up in the box.

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 And then Clint Bowen has called it for Kansas.

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 He's been the interim head coach at Kansas, western Kentucky, south Florida.

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 I mean, he's been a lot of places and seen a lot of balls.

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 The other thing that played a lot into that is what a lot of people don't see is

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 earlier in that game, we went for in the red zone area,

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 and they stuffed us at the one-yard line with our jumbo package in there.

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 Now we end up getting a QB sneak that got us the three or four inches on the next play.

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 So that's lingering in my mind.

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 We just went for it on third and two and barely got one.

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 So they had done a pretty good job of stuffing us, and our defense is playing really well.

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 So let's pin them down deep and let's make them drive the length of the field.

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 And all three of us kind of agreed with that.

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 Let's talk to us about you, Dee.

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 What went through your mind?

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 We were joking earlier with some of our friends about had ever seen a finish like the one over the weekend.

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 They said, yeah, the week before, and key interception there.

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 And this weekend, were you in agreement with a lot of folks that, uh-oh, there it goes, about to run it in,

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 and then, boom, a key tackle.

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 Your thoughts about the way this baby closed over the past weekend?

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 Oh, no, it's, it's, uh, they, they tempoed on a momentum national known play called Bikesong.

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 They hit the tight end and shot him up the seam.

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 Uh, we didn't see him and, and got a big play.

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 And, uh, one of our corners makes a, a shoestring tackle at the three yard line.

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 And then to be able to hold them, uh, four plays there without getting into the end zone.

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 Um, you know, I'd already got on the headset with our offensive staff and said, hey, guys, let's put a two-minute drive together.

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 Let's go ahead and start planning some overtime plays, um, that we're, we're ready to go.

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 Um, so to have the grit and the resilience to make those plays is pretty unbelievable.

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 Let me ask you about a unit that a lot of people give lip service to, but it wins football games.

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 And particularly in November, we talk with you a lot about defense and offense, but tell us about special teams.

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 Uh, they've been pretty consistent throughout the course of the year, but it's so key.

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 Phil goes, punts, punt coverage, kickoff coverage.

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 And last year we lost three games because of a missed extra point.

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 And you don't realize how important something as small as an extra point is until you're not making them.

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 So, you know, in, in, in this game where we've been a hundred percent on our extra point attempts, which is huge.

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 We didn't have any field goals, but, but just kicking that extra point is just huge in a, in a tight game.

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 Uh, our punter, our true freshman punter has flipped the field.

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 And then we had some big returns.

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 I think we had a, uh, uh, kickoff return that got out to midfield.

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 So, uh, we won all three phases.

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 We won on offense, defense, and special teams in this last game.

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 That's why you come out with a seven point win.

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 Coach, let's talk about your next game and a chance to hit the seven point win and secure and above 500 season.

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 Uh, for a long time, you know, fans, it's like party like it's 1999 again on the road to Carrollton, Georgia to take on West Georgia this weekend.

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 Another old Gulf South conference rival, uh, very, uh, you know, they're one in nine, uh, they're struggling,

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 but they're a talented team.

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 They took Tarleton state was seven to six at halftime with the number one team in the country.

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 Uh, they had a halftime lead with Austin P who's number seven in the country right now.

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 They just haven't been able to put it together.

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 And we've got to go on the road and make sure that we play in such a way that they can't put it together against us.

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 Uh, we're going to lean a lot on our offensive line and defensive line, especially late in the year in November.

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 Uh, we've got to run the ball.

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 We've got to stop the run and we do that.

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 We'll be able to get a win and, um, bring home that seventh victory, bring home a seventh FCS win, uh, and, and, and position ourself for a good home game the next week.

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 Uh, listen, best of luck in practice this week.

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 We always enjoyed the conversation with you.

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 Come back from Georgia with a W.

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 coach Brent German, you in a head football coach on his way again to Carrollton, Georgia and the boys from West Georgia this weekend coming up.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Brent Beard.

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 I'm looking at the calendar here.

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 Do you know what happens about three weeks from today?

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 I'm going to guess it's National Signing Day.

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 Do you know what else that means for one of our closest friends, my friend?

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 You and Freddie Kirby go back how long?

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 30 years?

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 40 years?

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 50 years?

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 How long is it?

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 Too many.

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 I would imagine Freddie would say Freddie is a guru when it comes to recruiting.

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 And he's moving on up.

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 He is the general manager of Southeastern Athletics.

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 Freddie, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 And where are you today?

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 I know you're on the road.

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 Where are you?

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 Well, right now, guys, I'm on Highway 43 between Utah, Alabama, and Demopolis.

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 Oh, you're living, man.

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 You're living.

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 You're living large, are you not, Freddie?

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 Where do you stop down there and eat?

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 On the side of the road with a brown paper bag?

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 Where do you eat down there?

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 Nope.

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 Well, there's a little real place down here in Demopolis that's pretty strong.

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 The old country ribs, about like what you get at Dreamland and everything.

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 I've eaten there a few times and everything.

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 But I plan on going on down closer to Grove Hill, which is my destination, to see if I can

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 find a new place and see what's on the ground that way.

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 Always something new.

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 Freddie, obviously, a lot to get to.

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 We want to talk recruiting to you.

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 But here we are.

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 Is it safe to say that the national media right now is shopping for some help for the

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 butt hurt today?

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 They got Alabama.

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 Last week, they exploded because they were number five.

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 And then we saw what happened over the weekend.

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 And then the committee had the audacity to move Alabama up to number three.

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 And some of these guys, especially down in Louisiana, I don't know what they're going to have

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 to do.

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 They're calling 911.

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 Freddie, can you help those folks out with a major case of butt hurt?

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 Well, like I heard on a radio station as I was coming down this way, as I was coming through

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 the Birmingham area, I think Crane worked, had to talk to Ego at Lake Kiffin off the field

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 Friday or Saturday night.

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 And they were saying, but I heard that load was quite as heavy as it was walking into the

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 But it's been a great football season.

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 And Alabama has earned that number three ranking at the moment.

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 Yes, they've got a couple losses.

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 Of course, some people are undefeated, but you can take those two undefeated teams, put

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 them in the SEC, and they got five losses.

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 Well, here's the deal, Freddie.

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 You look at the committee said in the preseason, we're going to do things different this year.

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 We're going to go by not necessarily on wins and losses, because you can fabricate that.

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 You can put together a championship season if you're smart about that and you've got enough

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 money to put it together.

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 And with a roster, hello, Indiana, last year, taking nothing away from Indiana.

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 But the committee said, let's play by different rules this year.

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 Let's truly practice what we preach and go by strength of schedule.

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 And if you guess last night, according to ESPN, you can agree with it, disagree it.

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 Who has the strongest strength of schedule right now?

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 They're right down the road from you there in Tuscaloosa.

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 So it looks like the committee is sitting here saying, you can throw all the darts you want

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 at us, but we're not going to sit here and just put you in just because you're unbeaten.

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 There's more to it than the recipe than just that.

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 Most definitely.

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 And they're going to have to start forcing these teams to play, society.

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 Like Indiana's went out for the next four years and scheduled Indiana State people like that.

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 That's right.

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 And you've got to start penalizing these people and everything.

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 They want to go out here and run their mouth about the SEC, but don't want to play the SEC.

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 And you go back and look at every week this year on ESPN, when they start talking about the games of the week,

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 four out of every five was an SEC matchup.

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 And so I don't want to hear either upgrade your schedule or live with the consequences.

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 Because the consequences are you can't play with them.

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 But at the end of the year, a lot of the SEC teams are beat up and some of the other teams are beat them in bowl games

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 because a lot of these teams didn't want to be in those bowl games.

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 And they were chasing bigger prizes and everything.

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 And I hear the argument from Tennessee people that they beat Alabama, they should be ranked ahead of them.

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 Okay, Sacramento will be ranked ahead of you.

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 But it's twofold here.

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 You've got to look at all the glasses and not just yours.

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 And so, but I think the committee so far has gotten it right.

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 Yeah, if Tennessee wins out, they should build up Alabama in the end.

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 And they should.

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 They did have the benefit of facing Alabama the week after they got beat up by Georgia.

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 And everything physically, because Alabama was without five major players, including four starters that day.

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 So, but it's a situation there.

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 You've got to play your schedule the way it's laid out.

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 And then, but the situation also that's there that Tennessee's still got to prove they belong.

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 Because they got LSU.

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 And of course, Tennessee's had the fortune also of Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, and LSU all coming to Knoxville.

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 And the decimal reading the other night was 95 at the Kentucky game and 130 at Alabama.

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 Does it sound like pipe noise to you?

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 Absolutely.

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 Yeah, that was a debate on that.

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 Freddie, your thoughts on the game itself?

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 I thought Alabama played their most complete game of the year.

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 Even special teams, the big punt returned by Coleman Williams, the recovered fumble.

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 Ashmeroff had a tremendous and punted for nearly 50 yards on average.

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 Maybe some little innovative plays on offense.

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 The offensive line blocked well.

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 The defense, I know this bend but don't break, but they were huge in the red zone.

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 And particularly with turnovers.

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 And as you alluded to, Bud, when you get four or five starters back, it does make a difference.

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 Most definitely.

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 And especially at key areas of your team.

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 Yep.

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 Because it's not made a difference from racing Delgati to center.

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 And it just shows you how valuable he is to that entire team.

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 And to get Terrence Green to block that middle up, freed up the defensive end there to Tompkins

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 to be able to go one-on-one a little bit more, still having to fight double teams.

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 But some of these other teams haven't had to face a situation with losing four starters in one ballgame.

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 But I thought the overall game the other night against LSU, I thought it was the most complete,

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 as you said, from a standpoint.

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 They played as a team.

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 The play calling was a lot better.

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 And everything.

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 There were a few other times I thought they still should have run the football.

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 But overall, I was pleased.

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 And everything.

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 They're utilizing the tight ends the way they should.

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 I hate to see Josh Forbes for the year and everything.

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 That's going to hurt a little bit.

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 But you've got probably your deepest room in the whole building.

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 And this staff is really, really good at getting tight ends.

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 And being able to utilize them.

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 Coleman Williams being back opened up an avenue for other receivers to be able to find the gaps

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 because they're going to angle at him, which frees everybody else up.

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 But I thought you've seen, especially in the fourth quarter and toward the end of the third quarter,

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 I thought you've seen Russell take another step in his development to where he's seen the field and everything.

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 He's seen the big picture.

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 And he was confident in being able to deliver in those moments.

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 And I think that growth is going to help down the road.

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 If you can come back at Baton Rouge in the second half that way, that late in the game,

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 then you can't say enough about how much he's grown in that situation compared to the road trips to Kentucky and Tennessee.

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 Freddie, your thoughts just about how this team finishes starting this weekend with that dreaded trip to Nashville.

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 Your thoughts about the finish here.

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 And are you in the same camp?

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 Let somebody else play in the SEC championship game besides Alabama.

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 Well, it definitely ain't going to hurt my feelings if I get beat up again.

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 Before they win or lose that Georgia game, you're going to get physically beat up a little bit,

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 which is going to hurt you for your next ballgame.

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 And because, in my opinion, those are still the top two teams in the country.

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 And because they have the same part of throats.

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 UCLA has not played anybody that's incomparable.

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 You got teams like Notre Dame played Miami the other night without their number one receiver

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 and their number one weapon.

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 And it's the situation there.

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 Who else are you going to point to on their schedule?

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 Oh, the team that beat them.

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 That's right.

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 And that team that beat them is going to be the Indiana this week, too.

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 And they're going to see how far Indiana will plummet.

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 But the head and shoulders, the SEC, by far, the most dominant conference this year.

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 It ain't even close.

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 Yeah.

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 But I think you're looking at a 3-0 finish year in the regular season.

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 And if it comes down to where you play Georgia in the championship game, that's just an extra avenue to build your resume.

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 And playing the number one team in the country at that point shouldn't hurt you from making the playoffs and everything.

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 You should be able to still host the playoffs.

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 You might not get to buy.

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 But as far as allowing these Indiana's, Notre Dame's, people like that, to jump you in the top four when they haven't played anybody, to me is totally wrong.

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 You're rewarding incompetence when it comes to schedule.

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 Trady, let me ask you a little bit about recruiting before we let you go.

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 In about another month, as we mentioned, it's going to be another National Signing Day running back.

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 Nigel Newkirk, a top 100 running back from Gainesville, had scheduled a visit to go to Ohio State.

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 I think after watching Ohio State play the last three weeks, he decided to cancel that visit.

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 We'll see if he makes it up.

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 Will Alabama eventually get him?

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 And then, I think, plan B, maybe Kingston Allen, a Wisconsin running back.

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 Trady, your thoughts as far as recruiting running backs for Alabama?

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 Well, like you said, if Newkirk stays on board, I don't know that they'll take another one and everything.

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 But he might want to look at the overall security of the Ohio State coaching staff right now, but I don't think they're safe.

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 Because there's a lot of talk up there right now that they're fed up with Ryan Day again.

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 And you'll obviously see them jump, and to me, if they jump, I think they're going to try to bring the heart line back home.

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 Yeah.

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 And try to keep everything else in order.

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 But there's a lot of them that just don't like Ryan Day, no matter what he does.

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 And of course, you let him go out here and lose to Michigan, like he has in the past.

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 And that'll really set the fire going and the smoke really big, really loud.

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 Because I just don't think they're a better situation than Alabama is, number one.

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 You just tell them up there on the radio, they think they've got the greatest things since last period.

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 But our buddy Double D does that Ohio State impression.

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 I'm not going to try to do that.

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 But right now, Hugh Kirk has not performed on the field this year either, because he's been hurt most of the year.

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 Now, Alabama's stuck by him.

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 And so it might be a situation he might want to look at his picture.

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 But it might not be as visible as what most of them are.

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 And some of these kids, I'm sure, they got a little money thrown at them when they started talking about taking a business.

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 Oh, sure.

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 But the kid that met at Wisconsin, and from what I'm hearing, is just as good a back as Hugh Kirk.

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 And so if he plays his cards too much, they may bring him on and tell him to go somewhere.

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 So they don't have to bow down to him.

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 But there's a defensive lineman coming in from out of junior college.

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 He signed with Miami out of high school that was a five-star.

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 I think he's a little bit of a head case.

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 But if they get his head on straight, they'll think Alabama could pull off a major steal there as a defensive lineman.

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 And there's another one that's a high school teammate of Nolan Wilson that I know they're looking at.

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 Because right now, defensive lineman is another thing I'm still focused on.

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 And they're like, I think you need a couple more, if not three.

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 And then you've got situations they've got a few other spots they're bringing in that I think they're looking.

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 Secondary seems to be a spot that they're looking at.

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 And I think they're looking at a linebacker that's committed to Texas State that really blossomed up pretty high this year in the state of Texas.

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 And everything, which they're going to be losing Caleb Woodson and everything at linebacker.

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 So they're probably looking to try to bring in at least one more body there.

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 But I think you'll see them sign as many as three to five more here towards the end of this 27 class.

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 And I think it'll be ranked pretty good when it's all said and done.

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 They're already off to a very strong start in the 28 class.

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 Absolutely.

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 Listen, before we let you go, tell us, you work for a company for many, many years as far as helping freshmen, sophomores,

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 at least give them a little bit of a blueprint, a game plan to get a college scholarship.

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 You've been very successful doing that for years.

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 Freddie, tell us a little bit more about Southeastern Athletics before you go.

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 We're a company that's been around now for 42 years.

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 And I've been in the recruiting game myself for the same amount of time.

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 And this coming February on the official signing day will be my 43rd official signing day that I've dealt with and everything.

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 But we've had a historic run over these 40-something years.

435
00:30:26,380 --> 00:30:32,260
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438
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439
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440
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441
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445
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 That's right.

446
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447
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448
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449
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450
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451
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452
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453
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454
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455
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456
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457
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458
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459
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461
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462
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463
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464
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468
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469
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470
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471
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472
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473
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474
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477
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535
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536
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537
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538
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539
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540
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541
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542
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543
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545
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574
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 Welcome back in.

575
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 He is behind the curtain there at one of the most active, if you want to call it, internet boards in the entire world of Alabama football.

576
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:14,260
 Rodney Orr, he is the founder and editor of tighterinsider.com and the fine author of his book called Bigger Than Bama.

577
00:39:14,380 --> 00:39:15,420
 Rodney Orr, welcome in.

578
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:15,960
 How are you?

579
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,280
 Doing well, guys.

580
00:39:18,340 --> 00:39:18,860
 How's it going?

581
00:39:18,980 --> 00:39:19,400
 Hey, Rodney.

582
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,600
 And the question is, how's it going in your backyard?

583
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:22,840
 I would assume pretty well.

584
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:29,860
 I saw some of the national talking heads, and they're calling this national poll, the college football poll, the Bama Invitational.

585
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,580
 They're getting all the breaks this year.

586
00:39:32,580 --> 00:39:37,460
 Rodney, do you agree with the national guys that Alabama's getting all the breaks this year with the poll?

587
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,640
 Rodney Orr, well, I don't know.

588
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:42,980
 I mean, I've watched all these other teams.

589
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,480
 They don't look too great to me.

590
00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:45,700
 Do they do you guys?

591
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,800
 I mean, there's maybe a few teams that have looked better than Alabama, but.

592
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:52,680
 Here's the deal.

593
00:39:52,940 --> 00:39:54,440
 What is your definition?

594
00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:56,340
 What is this like when you go to the kitchen?

595
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,520
 What is in your recipe to come up with this?

596
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,200
 Because all these years, they basically, they've preached one thing, practiced another.

597
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,020
 They've come up and said at the end of the year, well, this team's unbeaten.

598
00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:08,300
 This team's lost one or two.

599
00:40:08,660 --> 00:40:10,060
 So the unbeaten team gets in.

600
00:40:10,140 --> 00:40:15,920
 It seems like this committee is saying that's one of the ingredients, but you've got to have more than sugar.

601
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 Sometimes you've got to have a little salt.

602
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 Sometimes you've got to have a little flour in the right mix.

603
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:21,940
 In other words, what is the tiebreaker?

604
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:25,900
 And people have been clamoring for the strength of schedule to be a major factor,

605
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 because otherwise, all you've got to do is sit here and win your championship with your scheduler.

606
00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:34,820
 Your thoughts just about how this committee is putting this group together compared to some of the years past.

607
00:40:35,860 --> 00:40:36,720
 You know what?

608
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,640
 I mean, again, a lot of things have changed.

609
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 I think there's been some years where you've seen, you know, there were clearly teams that stood out that were better.

610
00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:45,620
 Right.

611
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,040
 And all of those things.

612
00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:50,540
 And, I mean, I think right now, again, I go back to what I said.

613
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:55,380
 I mean, I just look at it and, you know, everybody's got about two losses right now.

614
00:40:55,380 --> 00:41:04,340
 You know, the top teams, you know, obviously Miami's got one, Georgia's got one, you know, Utah's ranked real high, you know, all of that.

615
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:09,560
 But after those first two or three, I mean, it's just a bunch of teams to me right now.

616
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:17,720
 And I'm not even sure those top two or three are much better than what we've seen, you know, among the other teams.

617
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:24,820
 So, right now, I mean, I don't really, I don't understand all the hoopla over the rankings,

618
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 because it's so early.

619
00:41:26,180 --> 00:41:27,740
 It's still a lot of things to play out.

620
00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:28,080
 That's right.

621
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,640
 It's all going to usually always fall basically into place.

622
00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,540
 You have a couple of arguments here or there.

623
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:38,300
 But I figure that everything's going to fall into place, you know, right now.

624
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,120
 Is Alabama the third best team in the country?

625
00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:43,040
 I mean, you know, who knows?

626
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,020
 I mean, I just think, Harold and Brett, when you look at the field,

627
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,280
 there's just not a lot of teams that stand out right now.

628
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,160
 But you're exactly right.

629
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:56,500
 Ronnie, when you look at the stats of this Alabama-LSU game, you think, well, my Lord,

630
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:03,580
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631
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:09,420
 They ran 81 plays to 53, 27 first downs to 13.

632
00:42:09,940 --> 00:42:12,740
 But let me add two more stats.

633
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:14,100
 0 for 4.

634
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,080
 That was on fourth down.

635
00:42:16,580 --> 00:42:18,100
 Oh, let me add one more stat.

636
00:42:18,380 --> 00:42:18,940
 Turnovers.

637
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:20,680
 LSU had two.

638
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,240
 Alabama had zero.

639
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:27,800
 And the real number that counts that is 31 to 13.

640
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 I thought Alabama overall played their most complete game of the season.

641
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 I get the BIM, but don't break that, believe me, your board and everybody else I talk to get tired of.

642
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 But they forced turnovers.

643
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 They made plays in the red zone.

644
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 I thought the offense looked much more fluent, much more in rhythm.

645
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646
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647
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648
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649
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650
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651
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652
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653
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 Just made some bad decisions.

654
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,200
 I think Lane Kiffin didn't help matters at all.

655
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,960
 It's like we said last week right here on your segment.

656
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,140
 These are the kind of games that Lane tightens up in.

657
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:33,540
 He does.

658
00:43:33,740 --> 00:43:36,700
 He makes some really, really questionable decisions.

659
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:43,860
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660
00:43:44,420 --> 00:43:46,280
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661
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,800
 I'm not, that's not taking anything away from Alabama.

662
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:56,280
 I thought, you know, they did a better job of managing the game, Alabama did, DeBoer did, his staff, than what Lane did.

663
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 And so there at the end, you know, like you said, the red zone was just, you know, basically they only gave up 10 points in the red zone.

664
00:44:06,860 --> 00:44:09,060
 Alabama got 21 points in the red zone.

665
00:44:09,060 --> 00:44:09,480
 That's a difference.

666
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,700
 Plus they had the touchdown pass of 25 yards.

667
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:18,520
 So basically that's an 18-point difference, and that was the difference in the game in terms of the score was 18 points.

668
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,920
 So I think the red zone was really key, obviously.

669
00:44:22,420 --> 00:44:24,100
 It was a really big key.

670
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:31,680
 And, you know, to me, listen, I think that the offense has a long way to go.

671
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:39,540
 I think it's basically Keelan time, you know, and that's what it was against Texas A&M.

672
00:44:39,740 --> 00:44:42,440
 His late third quarter and fourth quarter heroics.

673
00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:49,760
 And I think, once again, you saw Keelan Russell here in the stretch after LSU goes up 13-10 with 244 left in the third.

674
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,700
 Keelan immediately hits a 57-yarder.

675
00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:56,020
 He has the big scramble on third down for the first down.

676
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,200
 He throws the touchdown pass to Ford.

677
00:44:58,660 --> 00:45:01,100
 Ryan comes back and gets the great punt return.

678
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:01,960
 Guess what?

679
00:45:02,060 --> 00:45:05,440
 First down, Keelan throws a dart, 25 yards touchdown.

680
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:11,320
 And all of a sudden, a 13-10 deficit, 24-10, I'm sorry, a 24-13 lead.

681
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:15,660
 And then Lane pulls the boneheaded move with 8-20 left in the game.

682
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,580
 He goes for it on fourth down.

683
00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:19,240
 And he gets a sack.

684
00:45:19,380 --> 00:45:20,340
 Alabama takes over.

685
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,500
 And the game's over, right?

686
00:45:21,500 --> 00:45:24,840
 And three plays later, Keelan throws a touchdown pass, and it's over.

687
00:45:25,460 --> 00:45:27,740
 So I think there were a lot of things there.

688
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,340
 You know, Lane made a lot of mistakes.

689
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:30,600
 Keelan made some plays.

690
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:35,040
 The defense, as you mentioned, Womack, I thought, did a really good job, especially in the red zone.

691
00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:37,380
 Rodney, or tighter on Saturday.com.

692
00:45:37,420 --> 00:45:38,760
 Rodney, talk to us about that.

693
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,080
 One thing this team, as you mentioned, Russell put it on his back.

694
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,420
 What is his status as far as the health of it?

695
00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:48,620
 And it seems like every week we hear the same thing from Ryan Grubb.

696
00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:50,160
 We've got to get the running game going.

697
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:55,140
 You look at the stats, it's embarrassing by Alabama standards where this team stacks up running the ball.

698
00:45:55,700 --> 00:45:56,480
 What happens?

699
00:45:56,580 --> 00:45:57,860
 What changes this weekend?

700
00:45:57,860 --> 00:46:01,240
 And again, what are you hearing about Russell's health status?

701
00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,700
 Yeah, I think his status, that's a good question.

702
00:46:04,900 --> 00:46:06,700
 You know, obviously, DeBoer said day to day.

703
00:46:06,820 --> 00:46:08,180
 I know he was out there yesterday.

704
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:11,780
 How much he actually practiced, I just don't know.

705
00:46:12,020 --> 00:46:14,020
 It's kind of a lighter day on Tuesday.

706
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:18,800
 Wednesday today, I think, would be a much more telling day.

707
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,320
 And I haven't, you know, obviously we're blocked out.

708
00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:25,580
 We don't know, at least at this point, exactly what happened today at practice.

709
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,400
 But it'll be interesting to see.

710
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:28,080
 And you know what?

711
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,100
 If he can't go, then you go with Austin Mack.

712
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,420
 You may have to do that.

713
00:46:31,660 --> 00:46:32,900
 And again, I want to be clear.

714
00:46:33,020 --> 00:46:35,220
 I have no idea what his status is.

715
00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:40,140
 I'm just saying hypothetically, if he can't go, obviously you've got to go with Austin Mack.

716
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:46,960
 But, yeah, the ankle is, I think, been bothering him for a few weeks and probably aggravated it against LSU.

717
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,700
 And I'm sorry, what was your other question, Harold?

718
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:58,840
 But, Rodney, we mentioned this all week long.

719
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,900
 What a difference starters make coming back from injuries.

720
00:47:03,460 --> 00:47:09,560
 Terrence Green may not have made a lot of tackles or a sack, but I thought he plugged the middle.

721
00:47:09,740 --> 00:47:12,060
 LSU had 77 yards rushing.

722
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:13,420
 I thought that was a key.

723
00:47:13,980 --> 00:47:16,600
 What a difference Rayson Delgotti makes at center.

724
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,060
 Coleman Williams just simply opens up the field.

725
00:47:20,060 --> 00:47:27,860
 Now, I know Zabian Brown may have re-injured or been injured again, but, Rodney, we've talked about this for two or three weeks.

726
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,300
 What a difference it makes when you get four or five starters back.

727
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:41,860
 Yeah, and I think Harold was also asking, too, Brett, about what can Alabama do offensively to get things going.

728
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:42,520
 Right, yes.

729
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:48,880
 And find some rhythm, find some balance, find some consistency, which they really haven't had in several weeks.

730
00:47:49,540 --> 00:47:51,880
 And, you know, I don't know if they can do that.

731
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,920
 What I mean by that is I'm not really sure.

732
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:58,020
 Now, down the stretch, I think they can, you know, here.

733
00:47:58,100 --> 00:48:03,060
 But when you're talking about making a playoff run, you know, is the offensive line, is it good enough?

734
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:07,360
 And I think that's something that's going to have to be answered.

735
00:48:07,780 --> 00:48:10,740
 I think they're going to have to be able to establish a run game.

736
00:48:10,740 --> 00:48:17,960
 And I'm not sure, Brett and Harold, if that offensive line is going to be, you know, up to par to be able to do that.

737
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:19,800
 But, again, I'm not saying they won't.

738
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:31,660
 I'm just saying I think that's the real question mark moving forward is can they give Keelan Russell more than just, you know, just him having to make plays?

739
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,160
 It's going to have to be more than that.

740
00:48:33,220 --> 00:48:37,040
 It's going to have to be – they're going to have to develop some rhythm and consistency in the run game.

741
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:41,880
 How far they make a run in the playoffs will answer that question as well, Rodney.

742
00:48:41,980 --> 00:48:42,780
 Stay tuned for that.

743
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:47,900
 But, in the meantime, the most important game of the year is always the next game.

744
00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:58,300
 And what's Kalen DeBoer in the pulpit preaching to his troops and his congregation this week about the road trip to Vanderbilt after a big win?

745
00:48:59,620 --> 00:49:06,580
 Yeah, you know, that's a great question, Harold, because last week, like we said, we thought that set up really well for Alabama

746
00:49:06,580 --> 00:49:13,600
 because, you know, DeBoer's team seemed to respond really well when their backs are to the wall, and they did.

747
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:18,480
 And then we also said Kiffin's prone to laying an egg, which I thought he did.

748
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:24,480
 So, now you look at Vanderbilt, and this is kind of one of those situations where it's a little reverse.

749
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:29,020
 I mean, you know, DeBoer's teams have had trouble bouncing back from big wins.

750
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:29,660
 Thank you.

751
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:38,720
 The question, though, is, you know, this Vanderbilt team is, let's just be honest, they're really struggling, and they have struggled.

752
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,340
 Now, they had a big win against Mississippi State, and here's the thing.

753
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:48,200
 I know they made, I think they made a few personnel moves up front offensively that helped them against Mississippi State.

754
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:49,340
 They ran the ball well.

755
00:49:49,420 --> 00:49:51,140
 They went for 160 or so.

756
00:49:51,860 --> 00:49:54,680
 They dominated possession, had nearly 40 minutes.

757
00:49:54,820 --> 00:49:58,800
 Now, you know against Alabama that's what they're going to want to do, dominate possession,

758
00:49:59,220 --> 00:50:04,880
 keeps the ball away from the offense, punch in some scores, and they have a field goal kicker.

759
00:50:05,820 --> 00:50:10,220
 And I know Brett probably is on top of this because he keeps up with this kind of stuff.

760
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:15,380
 Brock Taylor was 6 of 6 against Mississippi State.

761
00:50:15,620 --> 00:50:17,780
 He had a 54 and a 55 yard.

762
00:50:17,780 --> 00:50:18,040
 He's good.

763
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:18,800
 He's good.

764
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,300
 So, yeah, I mean, he could be a weapon in this game.

765
00:50:23,380 --> 00:50:30,100
 Harold Brett, I picked Alabama 27 to 12, and I know that's not a blowout, but it's a win.

766
00:50:30,180 --> 00:50:35,840
 It's coming back and, you know, going on the road and, you know, winning a game that you have to win.

767
00:50:36,380 --> 00:50:46,260
 And so that's taking into account the history of, you know, struggles coming back from a really emotional big game like they had with LSU.

768
00:50:46,660 --> 00:50:47,140
 Absolutely.

769
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:51,940
 Yeah, that's been, again, that's in Kaelin DeBoer's DNA.

770
00:50:52,740 --> 00:50:54,880
 It's a basketball team playing pretty well.

771
00:50:54,960 --> 00:51:01,000
 They beat Oakland Monday, and Nate Oates is about to National Signing Day for basketball.

772
00:51:01,220 --> 00:51:03,520
 He's going to sign another top five class.

773
00:51:03,980 --> 00:51:07,140
 Nate Oates is, we'll see how far this team can go.

774
00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:08,580
 They've got a lot of potential.

775
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:14,720
 Rodney, where can we get online and get the absolute latest for Alabama's four's coaching interviews,

776
00:51:15,460 --> 00:51:21,320
 a little bit of recruiting, National Signing Day on the horizon, 24-7 message board,

777
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,900
 and where also can we get online to buy your book?

778
00:51:26,060 --> 00:51:26,500
 Right.

779
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:27,700
 I appreciate it, Brett.

780
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,460
 It's tigerdecider.com.

781
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,320
 It's only $48 a year.

782
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,860
 You can get access right now with your credit card, if you prefer.

783
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,760
 There is an address there at tigerdecider.com to send a check,

784
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:41,540
 and that gives you the premium information, but also our all-sports forum,

785
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,180
 a lot of stuff going on there, a lot of debate back and forth about different things,

786
00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:47,200
 especially, you know, football.

787
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,980
 And, you know, like you said, Brett, I think basketball is really heating up.

788
00:51:50,980 --> 00:51:55,020
 There's a lot of excitement on tigerdecider.com about Nate Oates' team.

789
00:51:55,320 --> 00:52:03,240
 The book is Bigger Than Bama, and you can find it at rodneyor.com, or you can go to Amazon, Google it,

790
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:05,600
 and you can find all the details there.

791
00:52:06,260 --> 00:52:07,220
 Sounds great, Rodney.

792
00:52:07,260 --> 00:52:09,000
 Listen, man, thanks so much for your time, Dan.

793
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:10,180
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

794
00:52:11,180 --> 00:52:12,760
 Okay, Harold and Brett, appreciate it, guys.

795
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:13,320
 Take care.

796
00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:14,180
 Appreciate it.

797
00:52:14,180 --> 00:52:16,700
 You, Rodney Orr, founder and industry, tighter, and insider.com.

798
00:52:16,780 --> 00:52:18,140
 Again, the book's called Bigger Than Bama.

799
00:52:18,260 --> 00:52:22,600
 BB, one thing that if you plan on making up the game, this is, believe it or not,

800
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,620
 for a lot of folks here, this is the closest game to watch an SEC game on the entire schedule

801
00:52:27,620 --> 00:52:28,960
 right off the road in Nashville.

802
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:30,040
 Let us say this.

803
00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:31,920
 Break out the Woolies.

804
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,980
 It looks like the temp is going to take a big dip this weekend, BB.

805
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:38,160
 Yeah, the wind chill is going to be the biggest problem beginning tomorrow.

806
00:52:38,340 --> 00:52:43,560
 Boy, I tell you one thing, high school football Friday night is going to be a little chilly.

807
00:52:44,140 --> 00:52:47,640
 Yeah, it's going to feel like football in November for a change.

808
00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:50,580
 Coming up the next time, I've got to heat things up with Drew Yarman.

809
00:52:50,660 --> 00:52:51,520
 He's going to be on board.

810
00:52:51,620 --> 00:52:56,360
 Tony Pujo talking about what a week it's been on the road to Oklahoma and Miami.

811
00:52:56,820 --> 00:53:01,640
 And Kevin Scarbinsky says, what's all the fuss with Alabama being number three?

812
00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:04,800
 He'll try to sort through that and more straight ahead of the Boom on Bug Show.

813
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:05,600
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861
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874
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 Two candidates are running in this race, Denson Henry and Felicia King-Thomas.

875
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876
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877
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 First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance are going to be visiting Alabama this coming Thursday.

878
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879
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883
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886
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:00,280
 That's the North Court Street Tree Lighting, November 22nd at 5 p.m.

887
00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:06,940
 For board information or project details, visit the Beautification Board at the City of Florence page at FlorenceAL.org.

888
00:58:07,260 --> 00:58:08,140
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889
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:09,460
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890
00:58:11,620 --> 00:58:14,220
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899
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900
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906
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907
00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:47,400
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908
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909
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910
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:56,440
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911
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913
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926
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:54,660
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927
00:59:54,660 --> 01:00:00,200
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928
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:05,820
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929
01:00:06,620 --> 01:00:12,020
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930
01:00:12,620 --> 01:00:13,500
 Welcome back in.

931
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:14,800
 Hour 2 of the Boomo Bugg Show.

932
01:00:14,900 --> 01:00:16,580
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Redbeard.

933
01:00:16,660 --> 01:00:19,840
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley and BB.

934
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:21,580
 A lot to get to this hour.

935
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:28,020
 But before we get the ball rolling, again, a big salute to all of our veteran friends.

936
01:00:28,020 --> 01:00:32,500
 Well, Semenya made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.

937
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:34,480
 I know my family had Semenya.

938
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:40,620
 My dad was in the Air Force, and he had about seven brothers who were in the military, too.

939
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:44,820
 And I was watching a little bit of the Veterans Day Parade in Huntsville.

940
01:00:44,940 --> 01:00:46,360
 It means a lot to them.

941
01:00:46,460 --> 01:00:47,800
 It means a lot to this country.

942
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:49,740
 And I'm glad they've got a special day.

943
01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:56,100
 And it is always a special time for us to say hello to UNA Head Men's Basketball Coach Tony Pujo.

944
01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:57,460
 Coach, welcome in.

945
01:00:57,540 --> 01:00:58,360
 How are you?

946
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:00,300
 Guys, how are you doing?

947
01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:00,840
 Doing great.

948
01:01:01,660 --> 01:01:02,620
 Man, we're doing all right.

949
01:01:02,780 --> 01:01:06,700
 Is it true that you've got the Willie Nelson queued up on the road again?

950
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,760
 I mean, let's start with your first destination this week.

951
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,420
 Out in the middle of the plains of Oklahoma.

952
01:01:13,060 --> 01:01:16,720
 And I tell you what, Coach, I got to fit in those folks out there.

953
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:18,500
 They know the name UNA.

954
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,940
 Talk to us about the showing against the Boomer Sooners.

955
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:26,040
 Yeah, I thought it was a really good showing for our guys.

956
01:01:26,820 --> 01:01:30,140
 You know, I thought our guys competed at an extremely high level.

957
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:35,360
 A lot of credit goes to, you know, Coach Moser and that program.

958
01:01:35,620 --> 01:01:39,580
 You know, he's done a good job everywhere he's been, right?

959
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:40,400
 Loyola, Chicago.

960
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:45,480
 And now there, you know, he's trying to make sure that this team is competitive in a very,

961
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:46,680
 very competitive league.

962
01:01:47,220 --> 01:01:50,600
 And I can tell you right now, he's got pieces that can do that.

963
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:55,400
 But I was really, really impressed with the game plan that we had set up.

964
01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:59,100
 I thought our staff did a tremendous job of preparing our guys.

965
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:02,980
 I think our guys took the game plan and applied it.

966
01:02:03,940 --> 01:02:06,680
 And they just made a few more buckets than we did.

967
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:09,920
 But I was very pleased with the way our guys came out and competed.

968
01:02:10,620 --> 01:02:14,140
 Let's talk about it, Coach, what it means when you're in these, let's not kid ourselves,

969
01:02:14,140 --> 01:02:16,580
 David versus Goliath matchups on paper.

970
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:21,040
 And I think Oklahoma might have bought that coming in the game.

971
01:02:21,460 --> 01:02:25,500
 But I tell you what, talk to us what this means, playing this competitive with a team

972
01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:26,680
 with that pedigree.

973
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:31,300
 And one thing that was impressive that I saw in the game, Coach, this team never gave up.

974
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,240
 They looked at the scoreboard and said, let's close this gap.

975
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:37,800
 Let's never give up until there's nothing but zeros on the clock.

976
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:42,400
 You know, one of the things that we've been telling this group as we're, you know,

977
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:47,800
 to continuing to progress as a team is that right now we've established an M.O., right?

978
01:02:47,860 --> 01:02:49,240
 Like this is who you are.

979
01:02:50,020 --> 01:02:56,360
 And on the side of continuing to grow, we've come out to kind of some slow starts.

980
01:02:57,180 --> 01:02:59,760
 And it was evident in this game as well.

981
01:03:00,220 --> 01:03:04,640
 But one M.O. that we have shown is we know how to finish games.

982
01:03:05,340 --> 01:03:10,400
 And that right there, if I'm going to share with them the things that they've got to continue to grow in,

983
01:03:10,760 --> 01:03:13,220
 I've got to share the things that I see as a strength.

984
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:15,580
 And our guys, you're absolutely right.

985
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:16,700
 They're never going to quit.

986
01:03:16,900 --> 01:03:22,420
 They're going to continue to compete, which is what I've told our fan base from day one with this group,

987
01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:27,760
 is they're going to be proud to be supporting this group because they will not relent.

988
01:03:28,300 --> 01:03:31,380
 They will keep playing no matter what the score is.

989
01:03:31,460 --> 01:03:32,660
 We can be up or down.

990
01:03:33,060 --> 01:03:34,220
 They're not relenting.

991
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:35,560
 They're going to keep moving forward.

992
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:41,460
 And I'll tell you right now, the sooners I know they experience that about this team,

993
01:03:42,020 --> 01:03:49,220
 is that tenacity to keep fighting, to keep going, and keep competing for 40 minutes.

994
01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:54,380
 Tony, when I looked at the stats in this game, several things caught my attention.

995
01:03:55,580 --> 01:03:59,900
 UNA outscored Oklahoma 36-22 in the paint.

996
01:04:00,460 --> 01:04:04,400
 You won the rebounding advantage 36-33.

997
01:04:05,460 --> 01:04:08,480
 The bench points were 36-23.

998
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:16,720
 You shot 48% from the field, 26-54, compared to Oklahoma's 43.

999
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:18,780
 Tony, that's pretty impressive.

1000
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:21,560
 Well, I appreciate you saying that.

1001
01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:32,460
 The one area that has kind of held us down a little bit, and trust me, our guys are doing a great job of showing our guys what they need to get better at.

1002
01:04:33,140 --> 01:04:40,320
 And our guys are working on, because I'm seeing the gradual growth from our players, and that is valuing possessions.

1003
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:45,240
 When you're on the road, you've got to value possessions against teams, especially in the SEC.

1004
01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:48,860
 And credit to Oklahoma.

1005
01:04:49,020 --> 01:04:53,940
 They did a really good job of pressuring our guys and turning us over on occasions.

1006
01:04:54,800 --> 01:05:00,140
 And I think that kind of led to some points that I wish we could take back.

1007
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:07,940
 But outside of that, for me, this is all part of the process for us, right, is how are we growing as a team?

1008
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:11,000
 And right now, I'm very pleased in the way that our guys are growing.

1009
01:05:12,060 --> 01:05:14,700
 Well, Coach, obviously, it's going to be a very interesting week.

1010
01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:18,340
 We alluded to it with Nelson on the road, first out in Oklahoma.

1011
01:05:19,180 --> 01:05:22,080
 And I don't know if you've heard about the forecast here in our neck of the woods.

1012
01:05:22,140 --> 01:05:25,720
 It's supposed to get cold this weekend.

1013
01:05:26,220 --> 01:05:28,580
 And the best way to beat that, I guess, Coach, is what?

1014
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:29,920
 Go to Coral Gables, Florida.

1015
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:30,840
 That's the good news.

1016
01:05:30,900 --> 01:05:31,900
 The weather should be better.

1017
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:36,160
 The bad news is you're going to be facing a hurricane named Miami down there.

1018
01:05:36,220 --> 01:05:38,560
 Your thoughts about the next game for you on the road?

1019
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:43,320
 Well, I'm going to tell you right now, it's going to be great to be back at home.

1020
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:53,000
 So for me, I get to see a lot of family and friends, ex-players, you know, ex-colleagues.

1021
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:58,420
 You know, I'm very blessed to be the head of basketball at North Alabama

1022
01:05:58,420 --> 01:06:02,040
 and being able to go down to Coral Gables and compete against the Miami Hurricanes.

1023
01:06:03,380 --> 01:06:05,240
 I will say this.

1024
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:06,100
 You're right.

1025
01:06:06,360 --> 01:06:11,500
 The weather is going to be nice, but there's a storm of brewing in Coral Gables.

1026
01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:18,040
 And Jai Lucas has done a really, really good job of recruiting players to his style of play.

1027
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:20,460
 Obviously, a top-20 team in the country.

1028
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:28,940
 So I can't wait for the challenge that our guys are going to be going up against in the Miami Hurricanes.

1029
01:06:29,180 --> 01:06:34,120
 They're going to present challenges and adversity at times.

1030
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:40,580
 And I can't wait to see how our guys respond to competing against this ACC opponent.

1031
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:41,980
 Yeah, I'm delighted.

1032
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:43,540
 You and I talked off the air.

1033
01:06:43,660 --> 01:06:46,460
 I'm delighted you're getting a chance to go back home.

1034
01:06:46,900 --> 01:06:50,320
 Because I know you had so many friends and families down there.

1035
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:55,100
 You're going to get a chance to see Miami's 2-1 on the season.

1036
01:06:56,040 --> 01:06:57,180
 They beat Vandy.

1037
01:06:57,580 --> 01:07:02,820
 As a matter of fact, Tony, I think one of the best things that happened in basketball were the exhibition games.

1038
01:07:03,420 --> 01:07:04,220
 Beat Vanderbilt.

1039
01:07:04,620 --> 01:07:07,900
 Yeah, beat Vandy in an exhibition game, 109-96.

1040
01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:10,980
 They beat Wagner, 83-57.

1041
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,480
 North Florida, 89-51.

1042
01:07:14,060 --> 01:07:16,680
 Who was their only loss this year?

1043
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:18,340
 Number one, Florida.

1044
01:07:18,620 --> 01:07:19,140
 The Gators.

1045
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:19,360
 Yeah.

1046
01:07:19,860 --> 01:07:21,140
 77-60.

1047
01:07:21,340 --> 01:07:26,420
 By the way, Alabama plays, goes to Miami December 2nd.

1048
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:31,480
 But, Tony, you know what, Ben, or anybody else, this Miami team, yeah, they're in the top 20.

1049
01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:32,140
 They're good.

1050
01:07:33,140 --> 01:07:33,860
 Oh, they're legit.

1051
01:07:34,220 --> 01:07:34,780
 They're legit.

1052
01:07:34,780 --> 01:07:39,800
 And not only what Coach Lucas has been able to do, but he's got a great staff, right?

1053
01:07:39,900 --> 01:07:46,300
 Like, I'm very familiar with two of their assistant coaches, and Eric Pastrana, who came from Georgia.

1054
01:07:46,540 --> 01:07:48,000
 He's a South Florida native.

1055
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:54,840
 And then Charlton Young, CY, a legend in Miami in basketball.

1056
01:07:55,460 --> 01:08:00,040
 He's been a head coach at Georgia Southern, has been at Florida State, been at a bunch of places.

1057
01:08:00,980 --> 01:08:07,000
 So, not only has he assembled an unbelievable roster, his staff is elite.

1058
01:08:07,500 --> 01:08:11,480
 So, it doesn't surprise me at all that they're, you know, they're top 20.

1059
01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:16,140
 But, to be honest with you, I got a feeling this is going to be a top 10 team when it's all said and done.

1060
01:08:16,900 --> 01:08:20,000
 That's how talented, and that's how well coached they are.

1061
01:08:21,100 --> 01:08:23,620
 In the huddle with Coach Tony Pujo, UNA.

1062
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:27,740
 Coach, talk to us about, at this point in time, let's face it, especially in the modern era,

1063
01:08:27,820 --> 01:08:30,060
 you never really know when you bring your roster together.

1064
01:08:30,180 --> 01:08:34,380
 You can go and project things, get a kind of a gut feel in the preseason.

1065
01:08:34,780 --> 01:08:38,920
 But, now that you've got a few games under your belt, the C word has to come into play.

1066
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:44,820
 Your thoughts about the chemistry of this team, especially going on the road against stout competition.

1067
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:46,420
 You've got two choices.

1068
01:08:46,580 --> 01:08:50,480
 Get in the fetal position, feel sorry for yourself, or say, you know what, we can play with these guys.

1069
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:53,620
 Your thoughts just about the C word so far with this team.

1070
01:08:54,660 --> 01:09:00,340
 Well, you know, guys, I'll go back to year one, right, when we played Gonzaga, who happened to be number one in the country at the time.

1071
01:09:00,540 --> 01:09:02,700
 And, you know, that's one thing we're not going to do.

1072
01:09:02,780 --> 01:09:04,460
 We're never going to get in the fecal position, right?

1073
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:06,100
 We're going to go ahead and we're going to compete.

1074
01:09:06,420 --> 01:09:14,880
 And we realize that this is all part of a journey that we've embarked into to make our team the best possible team come March, right?

1075
01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:17,360
 And I'll say this to you.

1076
01:09:17,860 --> 01:09:27,440
 You know, it speaks volumes of the program and it speaks volumes of the players of the program year in and year out at North Alabama.

1077
01:09:27,780 --> 01:09:52,960
 When in the last three seasons, North Alabama's won four of these, what you call by games, you know, going to San Francisco, going, you know, going to UC Davis this year, East Carolina at Air Force, you know, for the, in the last three years, all of those games have been wins.

1078
01:09:53,320 --> 01:10:02,820
 And it's funny that you mentioned that because one of the, when I spoke to one of the assistant coaches at Miami, Lucas brought that up to them.

1079
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:09,920
 He goes, why are we, why are we bringing somebody in who's had four wins against by schools in the last three years?

1080
01:10:10,620 --> 01:10:18,280
 So again, that just shows you, that just shows you from year one to right now where this program has grown.

1081
01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:33,700
 And I'll tell you right now, the, the reason why it's done that, it's because of everybody that's a part of the organization, but especially the players that, that have come in here and just compete at a level that, that, that, that, that can do those things.

1082
01:10:33,700 --> 01:10:37,000
 So again, just very blessed to be a part of this program, guys.

1083
01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:38,040
 Absolutely.

1084
01:10:38,680 --> 01:10:40,200
 Listen, we always appreciate it.

1085
01:10:40,200 --> 01:10:46,800
 I know you got a busy week, came back from Oklahoma, and then you got to leave to go to Miami, safe travels down there.

1086
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:51,800
 I know you, you can't wait to see former players, coaches, friends, family.

1087
01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:53,940
 God bless you and the team.

1088
01:10:54,180 --> 01:10:55,940
 Bring back a W from Miami.

1089
01:10:56,900 --> 01:10:58,140
 I appreciate you guys.

1090
01:10:58,240 --> 01:10:59,060
 Thank you so much.

1091
01:10:59,540 --> 01:11:00,600
 Thank you so much.

1092
01:11:00,660 --> 01:11:01,960
 And bring us back some good weather.

1093
01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:09,940
 If you don't mind as well, you and a men's basketball coach, Tony Pujol on his way to play in a place called Coral Gables, Florida coming up on Friday.

1094
01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:14,660
 In the meantime, a lot of hurt throw to Alabama in the poll.

1095
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:17,000
 What's Kevin Scarbinsky saying about it all?

1096
01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:17,900
 The tale's next.

1097
01:11:18,020 --> 01:11:19,540
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 Kevin Skarbensky, welcome in.

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 I'm out of breath.

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 How are you?

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 I'm exhausted just listening to that.

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 I tell you, man, you'll be wearing us out.

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 You're busy.

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 It'd be the alternative, for sure.

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 Good to be with you guys.

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 You too, Kevin.

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 Obviously, I guess the topic is your, does Amazon.com sell anything for butt hurt?

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 Because a lot of national guys need it with the recent polls.

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 Do you agree with the national guys that it's the Alabama Invitational with the big polls of late?

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 I do not, and I have heard from many new friends in the Tennessee fan base in the last week.

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 I use the word friends loosely.

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 I have been, man, if I listen to some of the suggestions that they've made or some of the comments they've made,

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 I might crawl under the covers and never come out.

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 Apparently, I'm not worth much as a human being in their lives.

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 However, I like to think I know a little bit about college football.

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 And I also would point out that every ranking, standing, statistic, own to man places Alabama ahead of Tennessee at the moment.

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 At the moment.

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 And we need to speak a little louder for the Tennessee fans in the back and remind them that, hey, guys,

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 there's only been two polls by the college football playoff committee.

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 There will be more.

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 And I happen to have looked at the schedules for both teams,

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 and I see that Tennessee has a more difficult closing schedule than Alabama.

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 And the strength of schedule gap will close.

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 And I fully believe that it may happen at 9-2.

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 But if both get to 10-2, I believe you will see that flip-flop.

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 And then Tennessee's head-to-head victory.

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01:18:57,200 --> 01:19:00,940
 Yes, I am well aware that Tennessee beat Alabama 26-10.

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 I've been reminded about a million times in the last five days or so of that result.

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 I know.

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 I watched it.

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 Tennessee will end up ahead of Alabama.

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 But it's fun debating with people.

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 It's not so fun when people want to get personal and take shots.

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 But, hey, that's college football, right?

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 Yeah, it is.

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 Do you think this committee, basically, they said, we're not going to just preach it,

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 we're going to practice it?

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 Because in years past, it's been, okay, Kevin Scarbinsky's unbeaten and Brent Beard's lost two,

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 even though Kevin played three blind mice while Brent played the Buffalo Bills with those two losses.

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 Are they basically practicing what they preach and taking into consideration, seriously,

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 the strength of schedule this time around to date, as you say?

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 Yes, finally.

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 Yeah.

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 And a lot of people have screamed for that for years to recognize that who you play, when you play,

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 where you play, that should all factor into how you rank teams.

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 Common opponents is one of the criteria that's listed on the college football playoff website

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 as one of the things they're supposed to consider.

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 And, for example, guys, I don't have all the numbers in front of me,

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 but, and many people seem to be upset because Hunter Juracek keeps saying that the committee

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 considers Mississippi State a quality win for Alabama because it's a place on October 3rd

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 and Camario Taylor played three full quarters and he didn't come out of the game until Alabama

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 scored a touchdown to make it 49-23, I think, early in the fourth quarter.

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 So, and if you look at what Mississippi State did before that, they beat Minnesota badly.

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 Yeah, Missouri.

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 At Minnesota, by far bigger margin than Minnesota lost to UCLA or Indiana, both of whom are in

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 the top 10.

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 And that's just one example.

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 And I might remind my Tennessee friends that Mississippi State handled South Carolina.

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 Tennessee did not.

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 And Alabama handled South Carolina very easily.

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 That's different.

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 Tennessee got beat by the Gamecocks.

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 So, again, we could go on and on.

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 It's amazing how people get angry when you present facts to them.

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 Now, you can interpret the facts however you like.

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 You can't change the facts.

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 Kevin, we've got a long way to go in the season, obviously, but Alabama's performance against

1268
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 LSU, Harold and I talked about this a lot last week, that at some point, Lane Kiffin's going

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 to beat himself.

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 He went for fourth down four times, failed all four times.

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 But when you look at the entire game, I thought it may have been Alabama's most complete performance

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 on all three units.

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 They won special teams by a lot.

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 Again, getting five starters back, or at least four, helped.

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 Kevin, your thoughts on Alabama?

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 Well, I agree.

1277
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 I thought it was against a quality opponent.

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 It might have been their best overall game.

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 I thought the game plan was very, very smart.

1280
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 They clearly took advantage of the time off.

1281
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 Getting back some key players was huge.

1282
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 You think Alabama's not a better team with Ryan Coleman-Williams making plays?

1283
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 You know, that's, and remind our Tennessee friends, Ryan Coleman-Williams did not play

1284
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 in the Alabama-Tennessee game for factual purposes.

1285
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 But no, and you hit it on the head, and that's one reason that I picked Alabama to win that

1286
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 game Saturday, is because if you give Lane Kiffin enough rope.

1287
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 That's right.

1288
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 We know what he's going to do with it.

1289
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 And I've got to say, guys, of all the bonehead coaching decisions I've ever seen,

1290
01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:50,980
 fourth and ten, your own 25.

1291
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 Yeah.

1292
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 You're down by only two scores.

1293
01:22:53,780 --> 01:22:54,920
 It's an 11-point game.

1294
01:22:55,460 --> 01:22:55,680
 Well.

1295
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 And you, with eight minutes to play, mind you.

1296
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 Thank you.

1297
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:05,420
 And at this point, your offensive line is getting whipped by Alabama's defensive front

1298
01:23:05,420 --> 01:23:06,560
 and his pass rush.

1299
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 But you decide to go for it.

1300
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 Yep.

1301
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 And essentially end the game right there.

1302
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 That may be in the history of bad decisions made by Lane Kiffin, and that's a long list.

1303
01:23:18,260 --> 01:23:20,540
 That one might leap right to the top.

1304
01:23:21,100 --> 01:23:21,700
 Well, no.

1305
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 It would have to be number two right behind leaving a playoff team on the brink of a playoff

1306
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 to go somewhere else where you think you have a better chance to win the playoff.

1307
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 Kevin, your thoughts about the balance of this season, that dreaded game to Vanderbilt after a big win.

1311
01:23:44,380 --> 01:23:48,960
 It's safe to say that it wouldn't hurt Alabama's feelings if somehow, some way, they don't lose.

1312
01:23:49,480 --> 01:23:54,040
 But the things play out to where they don't have to go play Georgia again, the SEC championship game.

1313
01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:59,920
 When you break out the risk versus rewards in the modern era, it may not be a good move there.

1314
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,680
 But your thoughts about the balance of the season for Alabama?

1315
01:24:03,780 --> 01:24:11,800
 Yeah, well, again, when they're healthy or close to it, they are as good as anybody, and they can beat anybody.

1316
01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:17,820
 I think that's been proven to this point, and I don't think anyone can really argue that point.

1317
01:24:18,400 --> 01:24:25,240
 And sadly, your calculation on what may be best, what may give them the best chance to make a deep run in the playoff,

1318
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 may be avoiding Atlanta.

1319
01:24:27,740 --> 01:24:28,320
 That's right.

1320
01:24:28,320 --> 01:24:35,700
 And avoiding another knockdown, drag-out, rock-em-sock-em-robots game with Georgia, which beat up both teams.

1321
01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:44,780
 And don't think the committee clearly has recognized that neither Georgia nor Alabama was the same the week after playing each other.

1322
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 Because that following week gave us the most inexplicable result of the entire season,

1323
01:24:51,660 --> 01:24:54,180
 Auburn beating Georgia between the Hedges and Athens.

1324
01:24:55,740 --> 01:24:56,960
 Ollie versus Fraser.

1325
01:24:57,140 --> 01:25:05,120
 Speaking of the Auburn Tigers, your thoughts about where they are relative to preseason expectations with a new regime coming in.

1326
01:25:05,220 --> 01:25:05,460
 Kevin?

1327
01:25:06,700 --> 01:25:11,640
 You know, I think they're coming about as close to the ceiling of their talent as possible.

1328
01:25:12,540 --> 01:25:14,900
 They're sitting there now at 5-4.

1329
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:19,060
 You have two very winnable games coming up.

1330
01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:20,860
 Won't be easy at Mississippi State.

1331
01:25:20,980 --> 01:25:22,320
 No, they don't have Camario Taylor.

1332
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:24,120
 But they'll compete.

1333
01:25:24,540 --> 01:25:25,680
 And it is in Starkville.

1334
01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:30,580
 But if you get that one, you certainly should beat Samford next week.

1335
01:25:31,060 --> 01:25:33,280
 No offense to John Gross and company.

1336
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:37,160
 But you get to 7-4 going into the Iron Bowl.

1337
01:25:38,020 --> 01:25:39,460
 That's a successful season.

1338
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:46,400
 Because it has been made clear when they've played teams like LSU, they just have vastly superior rosters.

1339
01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:48,480
 That it's hard to compete.

1340
01:25:48,600 --> 01:25:50,440
 Again, the Georgia game is a complete outlier.

1341
01:25:50,940 --> 01:25:52,960
 Because Georgia has four more talent than Auburn also.

1342
01:25:53,140 --> 01:25:54,440
 But, again, we understand the circumstances.

1343
01:25:55,220 --> 01:25:56,780
 But still, that game happened.

1344
01:25:57,300 --> 01:25:59,680
 And that is a huge positive for Alex Golesh.

1345
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:03,100
 As is winning all these close games.

1346
01:26:03,220 --> 01:26:05,320
 They're 4-1 in one-score games this year.

1347
01:26:05,820 --> 01:26:11,340
 I think the U-Freeze won one one-score game in his almost three years on the plane.

1348
01:26:11,980 --> 01:26:15,660
 They created new ways to lose close games when Freeze was there.

1349
01:26:15,740 --> 01:26:16,760
 And the same thing under Harsin.

1350
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:18,200
 So, that's a positive.

1351
01:26:18,380 --> 01:26:20,440
 Again, these are baby steps, relatively speaking.

1352
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:24,340
 And you're still a lot closer to the bottom of the SEC than you are at the top.

1353
01:26:24,620 --> 01:26:28,780
 But you have to stop the slide somewhere and start moving back up.

1354
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:30,600
 And I think they've done that so far.

1355
01:26:30,820 --> 01:26:33,140
 And that's why this game last week was huge.

1356
01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:35,840
 It was that after the ugly first half against Arkansas.

1357
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:37,040
 That was a must win.

1358
01:26:37,480 --> 01:26:38,420
 And they got it done.

1359
01:26:38,520 --> 01:26:40,060
 And they played much better in the second half.

1360
01:26:40,100 --> 01:26:41,780
 And now you've got to go to Starkville and do it again.

1361
01:26:42,420 --> 01:26:47,100
 But, yeah, if they can get to 7-5, I think they have definitely maxed out

1362
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:48,160
 and hit their ceiling this year.

1363
01:26:48,520 --> 01:26:51,280
 Harold alluded to this in the introduction.

1364
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:55,040
 But I have really enjoyed the high school game of the week.

1365
01:26:55,680 --> 01:26:59,540
 I know you came up for Brooks at Dassler in Tuscumbia

1366
01:26:59,540 --> 01:27:03,420
 to see the tradition and heritage that they've got.

1367
01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:08,520
 I got back last Friday to see the fourth quarter of that Muscle Shoes-Oxford game.

1368
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:10,860
 But it's high quality.

1369
01:27:11,900 --> 01:27:13,200
 I've really enjoyed this.

1370
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:17,520
 I go to a game, try to every Friday night and also Thursday.

1371
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:19,180
 But I've really enjoyed that.

1372
01:27:19,180 --> 01:27:22,580
 I know you've got the, as Harold said, the Super 7,

1373
01:27:22,720 --> 01:27:25,460
 which I think is now the Super 9 or the Super 10,

1374
01:27:25,960 --> 01:27:27,600
 whatever it is in Mobile.

1375
01:27:27,860 --> 01:27:29,380
 But, again, congratulations.

1376
01:27:29,820 --> 01:27:32,280
 I know you quarterback a lot of that stuff.

1377
01:27:32,460 --> 01:27:35,120
 But you've had a very good season so far.

1378
01:27:36,160 --> 01:27:38,440
 Oh, it is so much fun, guys.

1379
01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:39,760
 And I had a great, great time.

1380
01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:41,120
 That was my first trip to Dessler.

1381
01:27:41,900 --> 01:27:43,460
 First time I'd ever been in Tuscumbia.

1382
01:27:43,740 --> 01:27:45,740
 And I really enjoyed that.

1383
01:27:45,960 --> 01:27:51,000
 The hospitality from everyone at these schools where we travel week after week

1384
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:53,260
 has just been unparalleled.

1385
01:27:53,620 --> 01:27:55,200
 And everybody makes us feel welcome.

1386
01:27:55,460 --> 01:27:56,640
 We have a great time.

1387
01:27:57,060 --> 01:27:58,200
 We get to meet new people.

1388
01:27:58,840 --> 01:27:59,380
 We get to talk.

1389
01:27:59,460 --> 01:28:01,680
 This is one of my favorite parts of our pregame show,

1390
01:28:02,060 --> 01:28:04,400
 our Countdown to Kickoff show, which is on 5 to 6.

1391
01:28:04,460 --> 01:28:06,280
 And now it's on Friday nights because we have a,

1392
01:28:06,500 --> 01:28:08,840
 it was Thursday night game of the week during the regular season,

1393
01:28:08,840 --> 01:28:11,560
 but obviously in playoff time we're off Friday nights.

1394
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:15,140
 But just getting to talk to the coaches.

1395
01:28:15,620 --> 01:28:15,740
 Yeah.

1396
01:28:15,980 --> 01:28:18,540
 You know, and they've been so gracious with their time.

1397
01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:22,680
 You know, it's advantageous to us because the show is 5 to 6

1398
01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:24,660
 and kickoff's not until after 7.

1399
01:28:24,740 --> 01:28:25,840
 So that makes it a little easier.

1400
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,360
 But coaches have been very willing to come on with us.

1401
01:28:28,500 --> 01:28:30,900
 And we've enjoyed those visits.

1402
01:28:31,380 --> 01:28:35,400
 We had a good, yeah, I was so impressed with Muscle Shoals last week.

1403
01:28:35,460 --> 01:28:37,020
 We did that Oxford game.

1404
01:28:37,540 --> 01:28:43,440
 And wow, what a performance by Muscle Shoals to take down Oxford in advance.

1405
01:28:43,900 --> 01:28:46,220
 And then this week we've got a heck of a shootout.

1406
01:28:46,300 --> 01:28:48,780
 What could be an elite shootout.

1407
01:28:49,140 --> 01:28:51,840
 We've got Sarah Land at Hillcrest Tuscaloosa.

1408
01:28:52,980 --> 01:28:58,260
 I think they're the two highest scoring teams in the state regardless of classification.

1409
01:28:58,820 --> 01:29:00,500
 If not, they're very, very close.

1410
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:03,120
 And we know what Sarah Land has done.

1411
01:29:03,260 --> 01:29:06,060
 They seem to show up in the state championship game every year.

1412
01:29:06,840 --> 01:29:08,700
 And Hillcrest Tuscaloosa had a great season.

1413
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:12,620
 And it's going to be, again, guys, just to go back, it's not the Super 7.

1414
01:29:12,740 --> 01:29:13,260
 It's not the Super.

1415
01:29:13,340 --> 01:29:15,900
 The actual name is now just the Alabama High School football champion.

1416
01:29:19,420 --> 01:29:21,460
 I think they hung up on Kevin there.

1417
01:29:23,460 --> 01:29:28,360
 Kevin Scarbinsky, if you will, for the folks who are wondering what we're talking about there,

1418
01:29:28,500 --> 01:29:31,260
 a little bit of a tech problem there with Kevin, talk to us about that.

1419
01:29:31,320 --> 01:29:34,160
 Folks, some of you may not realize it, but you can check out quality.

1420
01:29:34,340 --> 01:29:35,600
 And I'm not talking about quality games.

1421
01:29:35,660 --> 01:29:39,780
 I'm talking about quality coverage from Kevin and his crew each week.

1422
01:29:39,900 --> 01:29:42,500
 Yeah, they do the pregame, Harold, from 5 to 6.

1423
01:29:42,580 --> 01:29:47,080
 Alabama Public TV has got another program that they show from 6 to 7.

1424
01:29:47,140 --> 01:29:51,000
 Then they come back to the stadium to do the actual game.

1425
01:29:51,000 --> 01:29:57,760
 But throughout the course of the season, Kevin and his crew have been doing the pregame show on Thursday nights.

1426
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:02,500
 That's why I mentioned they came up to Dessler to do the Brooks-Dessler game.

1427
01:30:03,920 --> 01:30:06,140
 But, yeah, they've done a tremendous job.

1428
01:30:06,300 --> 01:30:08,860
 But with that, now it's switched over to Friday.

1429
01:30:09,160 --> 01:30:12,940
 And I think Kevin's going to join us to end the program.

1430
01:30:13,240 --> 01:30:16,940
 But, yeah, Alabama Public TV, the game of the week, it's been tremendous.

1431
01:30:17,060 --> 01:30:18,720
 And I think Kevin's rejoined us.

1432
01:30:19,180 --> 01:30:22,560
 Kevin, I know you're excited, man, but you blew up my bell there.

1433
01:30:22,660 --> 01:30:24,980
 But talk to us about how we can check out your work, brother.

1434
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:26,620
 Yeah, apparently.

1435
01:30:27,020 --> 01:30:32,460
 But, yeah, so we're going to have 12, counting them, 12 championship games the first week of December.

1436
01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:32,960
 Oh, great.

1437
01:30:33,080 --> 01:30:38,580
 We're at Hancock-Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama for the first time.

1438
01:30:38,700 --> 01:30:43,580
 We'll have four flag football championships, eight tackle football championship games.

1439
01:30:44,860 --> 01:30:48,620
 Yeah, I'm going to be – I've got to rest my voice sometime between now and then.

1440
01:30:48,820 --> 01:31:01,760
 But, again, it is such a joy to be able to be a part of a great team, first-class outfit that I work with, WOTM, Vinnie Early, his team.

1441
01:31:02,240 --> 01:31:05,040
 I'm just glad to be along for the ride because it's a lot of fun.

1442
01:31:05,620 --> 01:31:06,240
 I'm Kenny Wright.

1443
01:31:06,340 --> 01:31:08,980
 I look at it, and I've been around this business a day or two.

1444
01:31:09,080 --> 01:31:10,380
 You guys are quality.

1445
01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:13,060
 Keep up the good work, and thank you so much for your time today, Kevin.

1446
01:31:13,980 --> 01:31:14,620
 Thanks, guys.

1447
01:31:14,660 --> 01:31:15,320
 You have a great day.

1448
01:31:15,380 --> 01:31:15,860
 You too, bud.

1449
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 Kevin Scarbinsky, much other places.

1450
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 Check him out in the meantime at Skarbo Nose.

1451
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 Coming up, time to check in with Double D, Drew DeArmond on deck.

1452
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1453
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1500
01:34:10,860 --> 01:34:15,040
 The New Orleans Saints are back in action on Sunday when the Saints play at home against

1501
01:34:15,040 --> 01:34:16,480
 the Carolina Panthers.

1502
01:34:16,860 --> 01:34:19,080
 Both teams are currently 3-5.

1503
01:34:19,220 --> 01:34:20,620
 Men's basketball action last night.

1504
01:34:20,700 --> 01:34:21,880
 Troy a winner in overtime.

1505
01:34:22,060 --> 01:34:25,500
 They beat Loyola Marymount 74-69.

1506
01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:28,620
 Donovan O'Day with 16 points, 10 rebounds.

1507
01:34:28,760 --> 01:34:31,820
 Troy is 1-2 to start the year.

1508
01:34:32,260 --> 01:34:36,920
 South Alabama fell in Orlando, losing to UCF 76-69.

1509
01:34:37,380 --> 01:34:40,680
 Stephen Williams with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

1510
01:34:40,820 --> 01:34:43,040
 South Alabama is now 1-2.

1511
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 In the latest college football selection committee rankings,

1512
01:34:46,120 --> 01:34:49,200
 Georgia's No. 1, Utah No. 2, and Alabama No. 3.

1513
01:34:49,580 --> 01:34:53,340
 UCLA and Notre Dame are also in the top five.

1514
01:34:53,660 --> 01:34:57,560
 Tune in Friday night for the 5A football playoffs as Florence hosts Minor.

1515
01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,860
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 Down by one with only 10 seconds to go.

1535
01:36:10,180 --> 01:36:15,180
 Anders gets the ball, shakes the defender, has an open shot, and he's checking his phone.

1536
01:36:15,560 --> 01:36:16,820
 What in the world is he doing?

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1546
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 Come back in, really appreciate the free ride around the Tennessee Valley, especially on this Veterans Day BB.

1547
01:36:51,340 --> 01:37:02,380
 We can't thank our fans enough for what the service they put in to help us be here to talk every day because I'm telling you, BB, you look at the way this world is shaping up right now.

1548
01:37:02,500 --> 01:37:05,460
 Let's never take this thing called freedom of speech for granted, my friend.

1549
01:37:05,460 --> 01:37:21,360
 No, and particularly what's going on in this country now, but the men and women made the ultimate sacrifice for us to be able to talk sports and fans to complain about their teams not rated where they think they should be.

1550
01:37:21,820 --> 01:37:23,300
 And that's just a part of it.

1551
01:37:23,400 --> 01:37:25,560
 But yeah, it goes deep in my family.

1552
01:37:26,560 --> 01:37:31,960
 I mentioned that a little bit earlier, but yeah, this is a special day for the Veterans.

1553
01:37:32,220 --> 01:37:34,160
 Every day should be Veterans Day.

1554
01:37:34,280 --> 01:37:40,620
 I know there are a lot of parades today, a lot of memorials, a lot of special activities.

1555
01:37:41,100 --> 01:37:42,680
 They richly deserve it.

1556
01:37:43,120 --> 01:37:43,740
 All right.

1557
01:37:43,800 --> 01:37:45,740
 Obviously, I'll effort to hook up with Drew DeArma.

1558
01:37:45,800 --> 01:37:50,320
 In the meantime, while we effort to get Drew on board with us, BB, the poll is out.

1559
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:55,180
 We just had Kevin Scarbinsky, who we've known Kevin for years, and he's not afraid.

1560
01:37:55,260 --> 01:38:05,620
 The difference between Kevin and a lot of reporters, especially, I don't mean to be mean, but a lot of guys who I say basically dress up as reporters and a glorified fans.

1561
01:38:05,720 --> 01:38:07,500
 They're real sensitive about their team.

1562
01:38:08,200 --> 01:38:09,360
 And that's okay.

1563
01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:11,900
 If you've got a side, I understand that.

1564
01:38:11,940 --> 01:38:16,400
 If you're going to call yourself a journalist, you have to tell the story regardless of where the chips fall.

1565
01:38:16,500 --> 01:38:18,020
 And I think that's where Kevin comes in.

1566
01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:21,780
 You can love him, you can hate him, but he's going to tell you his honest opinion about things.

1567
01:38:22,240 --> 01:38:27,500
 And his honest opinion right now, and let's face it, over the years, plenty of Alabama fans have thrown darts at Kevin.

1568
01:38:27,620 --> 01:38:30,180
 Plenty of Auburn fans have thrown darts at Kevin.

1569
01:38:30,220 --> 01:38:33,700
 And now Tennessee fans are throwing darts at Kevin.

1570
01:38:33,820 --> 01:38:40,440
 But basically what he's saying is, to date, this is what the data says, and it's justified to put Alabama at third ahead of Tennessee.

1571
01:38:40,600 --> 01:38:47,820
 Well, Kevin used that, as a matter of fact, Drew just joined us, but Kevin used a lot of data.

1572
01:38:48,160 --> 01:38:57,440
 The committee now is taking, I get the head-to-head, and that will come into play probably the last two weeks of the college football selection committee.

1573
01:38:57,940 --> 01:39:01,680
 But again, you look at this, both teams beat Kentucky by 28.

1574
01:39:02,340 --> 01:39:04,640
 Alabama beat South Carolina by 31.

1575
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:08,080
 Tennessee lost to South Carolina.

1576
01:39:08,600 --> 01:39:14,100
 Alabama's got three road wins in the Associated Press on the road.

1577
01:39:14,220 --> 01:39:17,780
 Tennessee zero, and you just go on down the road.

1578
01:39:17,980 --> 01:39:21,740
 Again, the head-to-head will come into play a little bit later, but not right now.

1579
01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:24,320
 Well, they beat Alabama, beat Kentucky at Kentucky.

1580
01:39:24,420 --> 01:39:26,780
 Tennessee beat Kentucky on Rocky Top.

1581
01:39:26,880 --> 01:39:30,860
 Drew DeArmond, host, talking ball, announced was 97.7 F in the zone.

1582
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:31,760
 Drew, welcome in.

1583
01:39:31,840 --> 01:39:32,500
 How are you?

1584
01:39:33,320 --> 01:39:34,320
 I'm doing good, guys.

1585
01:39:34,380 --> 01:39:34,680
 How are you?

1586
01:39:34,700 --> 01:39:35,020
 Hey, bud.

1587
01:39:35,220 --> 01:39:41,820
 You agree with Kevin Scarbinsky that Alabama is justified to be the third-best-ranked team right now in the big poll?

1588
01:39:42,920 --> 01:39:47,480
 Well, I don't know if third is the right, you know, spot.

1589
01:39:47,480 --> 01:39:52,400
 I do think they are probably somewhere in the top five or six.

1590
01:39:52,800 --> 01:40:01,080
 I understand the rationale with them being ranked ahead of Tennessee for now because of the win over South Carolina.

1591
01:40:01,960 --> 01:40:04,020
 You know, that makes a lot of sense.

1592
01:40:04,620 --> 01:40:09,160
 And I think Alabama's overall schedule has been more difficult than Tennessee's.

1593
01:40:09,160 --> 01:40:17,380
 But they certainly did lose to Texas in an extremely close game, just like Alabama lost an extremely close game to Georgia.

1594
01:40:17,740 --> 01:40:22,880
 But, you know, as Brett said, that will all play itself out.

1595
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:26,780
 People act like, you know, the rankings have already been decided.

1596
01:40:27,160 --> 01:40:34,460
 It's really kind of stupid to argue about it because, I mean, if Alabama continues to win, if Tennessee continues to win,

1597
01:40:34,960 --> 01:40:38,900
 even as somebody that can't stand Tennessee with all my being,

1598
01:40:38,900 --> 01:40:47,040
 I said on my show today that if they both win out, then Tennessee will fall at the head of Alabama with the head-to-head at the end.

1599
01:40:47,240 --> 01:40:49,800
 So, just relax and win football games.

1600
01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:57,720
 And if you don't win football games, and if, you know, I do think Tennessee's got a tricky game this weekend because of some injuries,

1601
01:40:57,720 --> 01:41:01,700
 but they should beat A&M, no doubt about it.

1602
01:41:01,700 --> 01:41:07,520
 And if they do beat A&M, then I think they'll beat Vanderbilt.

1603
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:10,980
 And then they have to beat LSU, which Alabama's already done.

1604
01:41:11,540 --> 01:41:17,160
 So, if they take care of all that, then I fully expect that they will jump ahead of Alabama.

1605
01:41:17,460 --> 01:41:18,240
 They just got to win.

1606
01:41:18,360 --> 01:41:19,660
 You just got to take care of business.

1607
01:41:20,100 --> 01:41:20,480
 Mm-hmm.

1608
01:41:21,340 --> 01:41:21,820
 Absolutely.

1609
01:41:22,540 --> 01:41:28,500
 Your thoughts on a LSU victory, and I know how you feel about Lane Kiffin,

1610
01:41:29,080 --> 01:41:30,880
 and we talked about it all week long.

1611
01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:36,240
 At some point, Lane was going to beat Lane and going 0 for 4 on fourth down

1612
01:41:36,240 --> 01:41:38,440
 and a couple other interesting decisions.

1613
01:41:39,300 --> 01:41:41,660
 Your thoughts on the Alabama win in Red Stick?

1614
01:41:42,860 --> 01:41:46,180
 Well, I mean, I was pleasantly surprised.

1615
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:48,360
 I certainly picked LSU to win the game.

1616
01:41:48,940 --> 01:41:53,160
 I thought Alabama did out-coach LSU, and I thought, you know,

1617
01:41:53,220 --> 01:41:58,520
 the way you phrased it there, Brett, I mean, Lane Kiffin was his own worst enemy again.

1618
01:41:58,760 --> 01:42:05,340
 I thought, you know, I was wondering how he would coach against Alabama without Nick Saban,

1619
01:42:05,820 --> 01:42:07,260
 you know, the boogeyman there.

1620
01:42:07,760 --> 01:42:10,020
 And he still coached the same way.

1621
01:42:10,360 --> 01:42:14,080
 I thought he and Charlie Weiss kind of panicked a little bit.

1622
01:42:15,700 --> 01:42:18,460
 And they didn't just take points.

1623
01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:20,920
 I mean, they were moving the ball up and down the field.

1624
01:42:21,120 --> 01:42:23,920
 But, you know, it's not a bad thing to take a field goal.

1625
01:42:24,620 --> 01:42:28,800
 And I just thought a couple of times they should have kicked it, and they did not.

1626
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:30,200
 And they decided to go for it.

1627
01:42:30,240 --> 01:42:31,580
 And I think it put them in a bind.

1628
01:42:32,540 --> 01:42:37,680
 And, you know, and then when they, like, for example, at halftime, you know,

1629
01:42:38,240 --> 01:42:43,080
 I felt like Alabama had the lead, and they had done a nice job.

1630
01:42:43,380 --> 01:42:50,760
 But, you know, if I'm LSU to the end of the first half, I don't go for it

1631
01:42:50,760 --> 01:42:53,960
 and allow Chuck McDonald to deny me points.

1632
01:42:54,180 --> 01:42:55,760
 I get the three.

1633
01:42:56,760 --> 01:43:02,280
 And that way I just keep chopping away, even though, you know, I'm not winning the game.

1634
01:43:02,280 --> 01:43:08,300
 And then, you know, they did finally break through and smartly run the ball in the red zone

1635
01:43:08,300 --> 01:43:10,200
 and get ahead 13-10.

1636
01:43:10,380 --> 01:43:15,500
 But then Alabama countered and did not panic and retook the lead so quickly.

1637
01:43:15,620 --> 01:43:19,320
 I think it almost shocked Lane and his coaching staff because, you know,

1638
01:43:19,380 --> 01:43:21,400
 LSU was too busy celebrating.

1639
01:43:21,800 --> 01:43:26,400
 And having Chris Kiffin's son shoot off a fire extinguisher,

1640
01:43:26,540 --> 01:43:29,560
 Lane was too busy cringing for the cameras and smirking.

1641
01:43:30,060 --> 01:43:32,000
 And his team didn't back it up.

1642
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:38,040
 And then when Alabama quickly regained the lead, I thought that's when the real panic ensued.

1643
01:43:38,700 --> 01:43:45,240
 And then when they stupidly, you know, went for it and – or excuse me,

1644
01:43:45,460 --> 01:43:50,880
 when they finally – let me correct myself – they went for it later in the game.

1645
01:43:51,000 --> 01:43:56,680
 But when Alabama, you know, forced that punt and – I thought for once Lane did the right thing.

1646
01:43:56,800 --> 01:43:57,620
 He punted the football.

1647
01:43:58,240 --> 01:44:02,600
 But Alabama got the explosive punt return from Ryan Coleman-Williams.

1648
01:44:02,700 --> 01:44:07,440
 And then as soon as Alabama scored right there, you could just kind of see the news tight.

1649
01:44:08,040 --> 01:44:10,400
 You could just see the look on Lane's face.

1650
01:44:11,140 --> 01:44:13,880
 And it's like the moment was too big for him.

1651
01:44:14,320 --> 01:44:19,680
 And then they did – as I was about to say, they did stupidly go for it after that from their own 25.

1652
01:44:20,280 --> 01:44:22,400
 I mean, it was still just an 11-point game.

1653
01:44:22,480 --> 01:44:25,660
 And I thought he should have just, you know, punted then.

1654
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:35,500
 And they decided to go for it on fourth down for their own 25, which to me is just – if you don't make that play,

1655
01:44:36,100 --> 01:44:37,560
 it's just ending the game.

1656
01:44:37,940 --> 01:44:42,760
 And it did because Alabama was much better in the red zone where – you know,

1657
01:44:42,940 --> 01:44:44,860
 and Ryan Grubb's been criticized.

1658
01:44:45,220 --> 01:44:47,620
 He deserves some of the criticism.

1659
01:44:48,560 --> 01:44:57,760
 But, you know, the bottom line is that honestly – because I think Alabama's been really efficient in the red zone.

1660
01:44:58,260 --> 01:45:04,720
 But as soon as Lane didn't make that play and Alabama scored again, the game was effectively over.

1661
01:45:05,220 --> 01:45:12,240
 And I just felt like, you know, it came down to the fact that Alabama executed on both sides of the ball in the red zone.

1662
01:45:12,660 --> 01:45:14,120
 And LSU did not execute.

1663
01:45:14,440 --> 01:45:20,480
 And then one thing people aren't talking about is the mismatch in special teams.

1664
01:45:20,880 --> 01:45:27,260
 Because as critical as I was to Jay Newton's a year ago, Alabama's special teams have been really good.

1665
01:45:27,400 --> 01:45:29,140
 Conor Taltby made his kick.

1666
01:45:29,520 --> 01:45:35,820
 I thought Alex Asparuhoff was an unsung hero in the game.

1667
01:45:36,140 --> 01:45:38,580
 He continued to kind of pin LSU back.

1668
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:42,900
 And then, of course, Ryan Coleman-Williams makes an explosive return.

1669
01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:45,900
 So, I just felt like that's kind of where Alabama won the game.

1670
01:45:46,740 --> 01:45:50,300
 It's amazing how fans are in national media.

1671
01:45:50,520 --> 01:45:53,260
 Before the game, folks saying Alabama loses this game.

1672
01:45:53,340 --> 01:45:54,960
 There's a chance they won't even make the playoffs.

1673
01:45:55,480 --> 01:45:56,260
 They win the game.

1674
01:45:56,320 --> 01:45:58,320
 And now they're fighting one of the top four spots.

1675
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:07,840
 And going against what Vegas said, your thoughts, speaking of that, USA Today sports guru, Eric Smith.

1676
01:46:08,460 --> 01:46:10,160
 Now, you're talking about a bold one here.

1677
01:46:10,240 --> 01:46:14,600
 He's saying not only is Alabama in the playoffs, they're going to go deep in the playoffs.

1678
01:46:14,600 --> 01:46:21,760
 All the way to the national championship game on January 25th, of all places, in Las Vegas.

1679
01:46:22,160 --> 01:46:26,000
 Are you on board with Eric Smith's bold prediction about this team?

1680
01:46:26,900 --> 01:46:28,640
 Well, I'm not going to go there.

1681
01:46:28,960 --> 01:46:34,880
 You know, I think they certainly have a chance to, you know, make a run into the playoffs.

1682
01:46:35,800 --> 01:46:41,440
 I don't think there's any excuse for them not being a definitive favorite in the last three games.

1683
01:46:42,080 --> 01:46:48,040
 But I'm not ready to say that they're a walk to go to the national championship game or anything like that.

1684
01:46:48,360 --> 01:46:50,420
 First of all, you don't know how healthy they're going to be.

1685
01:46:50,500 --> 01:46:55,360
 So, making stupid statements like that, you've got to see who's healthy and who's not.

1686
01:46:55,480 --> 01:46:58,640
 And Alabama is very fortunate to be getting some guys back.

1687
01:46:59,040 --> 01:47:02,440
 But as you guys know, they also lost a big piece in Josh Ford.

1688
01:47:02,640 --> 01:47:08,200
 So, luckily, they have Depp and Danny Lewis and Jay Lindsey and guys like that.

1689
01:47:08,640 --> 01:47:10,780
 And Caleb Egbert should take on a bigger role.

1690
01:47:11,500 --> 01:47:12,920
 You know, so can Marshall Fritchett.

1691
01:47:13,400 --> 01:47:17,340
 Maybe even Max Sutter, the freshman, because there's no longer red shirts.

1692
01:47:17,540 --> 01:47:22,840
 But certainly, you know, I think Alabama's got a definite chance.

1693
01:47:22,840 --> 01:47:29,960
 The one thing I will say is if Alabama does win out and get into the playoffs, I don't know that they're going to be a top four seed.

1694
01:47:30,160 --> 01:47:33,440
 Matter of fact, depending on who continues to win, I'd say no.

1695
01:47:34,100 --> 01:47:41,920
 I would say they would be, you know, they would host a college football playoff game, which would be a huge accomplishment.

1696
01:47:42,360 --> 01:47:44,560
 Last year, they had to go on the road and beat Oklahoma.

1697
01:47:44,700 --> 01:47:46,400
 They're the only road team to still win.

1698
01:47:46,680 --> 01:47:53,900
 But I would just say right now they need to focus on Vanderbilt and understanding what happened there two years ago.

1699
01:47:54,200 --> 01:47:54,600
 Absolutely.

1700
01:47:55,240 --> 01:47:56,880
 Let me close with a little basketball.

1701
01:47:57,140 --> 01:48:08,320
 You and our beloved friend Freddie Kirby went down to see Alabama set a record with 30 assists against Oakland as the tied won 109-268.

1702
01:48:08,320 --> 01:48:11,640
 Lyndon Jimson's already the most improved player on the team.

1703
01:48:11,780 --> 01:48:15,200
 He hit an amazing 7-of-7 from the field.

1704
01:48:16,120 --> 01:48:20,340
 And football recruiting, we've talked a little bit about today, about a month away.

1705
01:48:20,940 --> 01:48:22,720
 Basketball recruiting is here.

1706
01:48:23,340 --> 01:48:25,340
 You mentioned this on our show last week.

1707
01:48:25,340 --> 01:48:35,880
 Alabama from the Congo picks up Johan Cabongo, 6'9", senior, out of DME Academy in Florida.

1708
01:48:36,140 --> 01:48:41,340
 But overall, Alabama may end up with a number five or top five class.

1709
01:48:41,500 --> 01:48:45,680
 Chase Lumpkin, number 28 nationally, a four-star guard.

1710
01:48:45,680 --> 01:48:49,700
 Zion Green, number 27 nationally, D2.

1711
01:48:49,700 --> 01:48:52,900
 Once again, Nate Oates knows how to recruit.

1712
01:48:54,220 --> 01:49:02,140
 Yeah, I mean, he does a great job of what they have available resource-wise of attracting great players.

1713
01:49:02,500 --> 01:49:07,820
 I mean, Yohan Cabongo is a jumping jack, springy, very, very athletic.

1714
01:49:08,500 --> 01:49:10,900
 To me, he looks like a really good fit for the system.

1715
01:49:11,540 --> 01:49:14,160
 They out-recruited Mississippi State and Tennessee for him.

1716
01:49:14,600 --> 01:49:16,200
 He's a top-70 player.

1717
01:49:16,600 --> 01:49:26,260
 I mean, you know, and then you combine that with Chase Lumpkin of McEachern and Zion Green, who's, I believe, going to be a five-star in the last rankings.

1718
01:49:26,880 --> 01:49:31,520
 You know, that's a couple of top 25, top 30 guys.

1719
01:49:31,680 --> 01:49:35,540
 So it's a top four to five class nationally, so it's a really good group.

1720
01:49:36,060 --> 01:49:41,140
 And then, to top it all off, I believe they've got 14 guys with eligibility left.

1721
01:49:41,900 --> 01:49:44,360
 So you're probably going to lose some to the NFL.

1722
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:48,860
 You may lose a player in the NBA, pardon me, in the NBA.

1723
01:49:49,500 --> 01:49:52,700
 You might lose, you know, a couple to the transfer portal.

1724
01:49:52,900 --> 01:49:59,400
 I think there's a couple of obvious candidates right now in Chris Onyejuwaka and TJ St. Louis.

1725
01:49:59,620 --> 01:50:01,200
 But I will say this.

1726
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:07,020
 I thought near the end of last year that Keaton Bristow was an obvious guy to transfer.

1727
01:50:07,160 --> 01:50:07,780
 He did not.

1728
01:50:08,160 --> 01:50:14,780
 And good thing he didn't because he's done a great job of developing a NATO system and has been really, really impressive thus far.

1729
01:50:15,140 --> 01:50:18,520
 So it's a really good group of Chinese.

1730
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:20,300
 I think they've got a really good team.

1731
01:50:21,700 --> 01:50:27,620
 And, Brett, I should have let you know, I ended up not attending the game on Monday, but I hope to attend the game on Friday.

1732
01:50:27,620 --> 01:50:34,280
 I was a little under the weather, and Freddie Kirby and I did not go to that game on Monday.

1733
01:50:34,420 --> 01:50:37,440
 But they did shoot the lights out, no doubt about it.

1734
01:50:37,640 --> 01:50:40,540
 They did get out-rebounded, which you've got to fix that.

1735
01:50:40,640 --> 01:50:43,600
 But a lot of times it's because the ball was going in the basket.

1736
01:50:43,980 --> 01:50:47,760
 And it was good to have Aiden Holloway back, and he had 12 points.

1737
01:50:47,820 --> 01:50:49,400
 He was really efficient offensively.

1738
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:52,780
 London Jimmison, you are correct, he's been on a heater.

1739
01:50:52,780 --> 01:50:58,660
 He's really coming to his own with his offensive efficiency and just the way he's playing on both ends.

1740
01:50:58,880 --> 01:51:02,100
 Brandon Garrison has been the hard hat machine so far.

1741
01:51:02,580 --> 01:51:11,800
 I really like the fit for him because I saw him last year for Kentucky, and I thought he was their best defender, you know, down the stretch last third of the season a year ago.

1742
01:51:11,940 --> 01:51:14,740
 And they could have used him last night with the Big Blue Nation.

1743
01:51:14,940 --> 01:51:22,740
 I certainly saw Kansas Plats or the Wildcats, but I think they're more focused on football, as crazy as that sounds right now.

1744
01:51:22,920 --> 01:51:30,860
 So they're excited to play John Summerall and the Florida Gators in Lexington on Saturday because Kentucky's got a lot to play for as well.

1745
01:51:30,860 --> 01:51:38,820
 Because if they win out, they have a very strong case to be better than a lot of these Big Ten schools who are absolute fraud.

1746
01:51:39,300 --> 01:51:39,780
 Absolutely.

1747
01:51:39,780 --> 01:51:43,320
 Well, let's hope you get to feeling better as the week progresses.

1748
01:51:44,040 --> 01:51:48,620
 Got eight teams in the shelves advancing to round one in the high school football playoff.

1749
01:51:48,720 --> 01:51:52,040
 Only two, unfortunately, in Madison County.

1750
01:51:52,760 --> 01:51:57,460
 Where can we get online, my friend, and listen to you and Scott on the radio?

1751
01:51:58,680 --> 01:52:01,320
 Yeah, you know, we're basically down to the lone wolf.

1752
01:52:01,640 --> 01:52:04,780
 We've got the Spartan Senators on our network after a bye.

1753
01:52:04,860 --> 01:52:08,160
 They've got a really difficult home matchup on Friday night.

1754
01:52:08,260 --> 01:52:11,380
 We'll have that on our streaming network and on our station.

1755
01:52:12,600 --> 01:52:19,000
 And I believe they'll be on, probably on, on, they'll either be on talk radio or ESPN 977 The Zone.

1756
01:52:19,440 --> 01:52:22,480
 The other will, of course, carry Alabama basketball.

1757
01:52:22,860 --> 01:52:29,420
 The Senators have a really good Vestavia Hill team that, you know, thrashed Sunspil High last Friday night.

1758
01:52:29,420 --> 01:52:33,300
 So, that'll be the last of the Mohicans for us.

1759
01:52:34,220 --> 01:52:41,740
 And, you know, it was really kind of a tough, you know, Friday for the entirety of North Alabama, except for the pipes in the world.

1760
01:52:42,060 --> 01:52:49,260
 I mean, I know that a lot in plain views, I know a lot of teams, you know, came to, you know, a quick end.

1761
01:52:49,500 --> 01:52:52,000
 And that's the way this high school football season can be.

1762
01:52:52,100 --> 01:52:55,960
 But, certainly, they can connect with me at DrewD977ESPN.

1763
01:52:56,180 --> 01:53:01,220
 They can also connect with me at 977ESPN on our X account for our station.

1764
01:53:01,400 --> 01:53:04,680
 And then, 977ESPN.com for our content.

1765
01:53:04,820 --> 01:53:08,340
 And also, ESPN 97.7 The Zone on the SoundCloud.

1766
01:53:08,340 --> 01:53:14,420
 But, we look forward to it and hope to be in Tuscaloosa on Friday and Nashville on Saturday for some hoops and football.

1767
01:53:15,140 --> 01:53:16,660
 Drew, again, echo those sentiments.

1768
01:53:16,840 --> 01:53:17,640
 Thanks for your time, Dave.

1769
01:53:17,740 --> 01:53:19,680
 Safe travels and get feeling better soon, okay?

1770
01:53:20,700 --> 01:53:21,300
 Thank you, guys.

1771
01:53:21,400 --> 01:53:21,900
 Thank you, buddy.

1772
01:53:22,280 --> 01:53:24,460
 And you are at 97.7 FM The Zone.

1773
01:53:24,560 --> 01:53:26,340
 BB, break out the Woolies, okay?

1774
01:53:26,960 --> 01:53:28,480
 It is going to be, yes.

1775
01:53:28,580 --> 01:53:32,980
 We'll be talking a lot more high school and college tomorrow, my friend.

1776
01:53:33,100 --> 01:53:33,580
 Yeah, absolutely.

1777
01:53:33,620 --> 01:53:34,800
 It's going to take care of bids for now.

1778
01:53:34,800 --> 01:53:37,500
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1779
01:53:37,560 --> 01:53:39,580
 Penelope, thank you so much for your time today.

1780
01:53:40,020 --> 01:53:44,760
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to 2, with the Boom on Bug Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.

1781
01:53:52,100 --> 01:54:03,300
 We'll be right back.