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Harold Bugg Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 3: Mayor Star Cassino. Keith Harty will join us in about
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  Speaker 3: an hour from Ameris Star Casino. Right now, Harold Bug
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  Speaker 3: He is co host with our good friend Brett Beard
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  Speaker 3: on the Boomoo and Bug Show twelve to two in
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  Speaker 3: the great state of Alabama. Kind of enough to chalcout
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  Speaker 3: some time on a Friday afternoon, Harold, I know you're
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  Speaker 3: getting ready to move into the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us.
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  Speaker 4: How are you? You're more than welcome, Jake. I've just
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  Speaker 4: just as hot in your backyard as as it is
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  Speaker 4: on this side of the state line.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it rained a little bit down in our
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  Speaker 3: part of the county last night, and I just stood
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  Speaker 3: out there and watched it because I was like, yes,
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  Speaker 3: we finally got some rain.
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  Speaker 2: My grass needs it. So uh it is, uh, hey,
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  Speaker 2: when do you guys kick high school football? Offer there?
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  Speaker 2: I know it's coming up here in the next few weeks.
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  Speaker 4: Well, actually camp has opened up this week, and then
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  Speaker 4: a couple of what they do they I don't know about.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they have the jamborees and some of them
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  Speaker 4: are going to start. The seventeenth I've heard is the
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  Speaker 4: earliest I've heard as far as the jamboree, and then
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  Speaker 4: basically whatever that last Friday night is in August. That's
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  Speaker 4: when the real dog gets rocking and rope.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so we're I think both states are right on
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  Speaker 3: target as far you know, we have some the m AIS,
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  Speaker 3: which is the private schools in the state Missisippi. They'll
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  Speaker 3: kick off here in a couple of weeks, and then
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  Speaker 3: the MHSA, the public is a couple of weeks, you know,
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  Speaker 3: like you said of chamboree and then kicking it off
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  Speaker 3: as well. Speaking of kicking off, we're getting closer to
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  Speaker 3: SEC football. Boy, we've had some talking season this year
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  Speaker 3: with the Big ten and Kurt Signetti and the SEC.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think we're all getting ready for the
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  Speaker 3: ball to be kicked and the talking to stop, aren't we.
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  Speaker 4: And the other thing that we've learned is there's in
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  Speaker 4: the state of Alabama. There is a native of North
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  Speaker 4: Alabama from Huntsville. His name is John Thumraw, and I
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  Speaker 4: think he's ready to challenge Lane Kiffin for the go
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  Speaker 4: to quotes including be careful if you're going to call
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  Speaker 4: him out for petticures, don't they'll be floating any pictures
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  Speaker 4: of sniffing women's high hills shoes. Yeah, I'd like to
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  Speaker 4: do to the ESPN. So these these young guns coming on, Jake,
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  Speaker 4: I tell you what, they're not backing down.
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  Speaker 2: They're not.
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  Speaker 3: I was very impressed at SEC Media Days that that
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  Speaker 3: week of the of the six coaches that were all
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  Speaker 3: you know, different in new coaches.
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  Speaker 2: Very impressed.
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  Speaker 3: But let's let's talk about some of you mentioned John
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  Speaker 3: Summer All, I mean, Florida returns, you know, a really
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  Speaker 3: good running back room, they've got players. What can can
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  Speaker 3: he do? What billiy Naper couldn't do what Dan Mullin
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  Speaker 3: started but didn't finish, what jim mcilwaine, Jimmy mcawaane couldn't do.
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  Speaker 3: Can he get Florida back relevant in the sec Well, of.
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  Speaker 4: Course, only time. It's going to tell Jake, but based
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  Speaker 4: on all the metrics to measure, and by this point
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  Speaker 4: the answers yes, because he's given these kids what they've
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  Speaker 4: been missing, and that's boundaries. He's telling them up front,
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  Speaker 4: here's the deal. If you want to play here, make
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  Speaker 4: you money, great, but you're going to be treated like
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  Speaker 4: an employee. If you make a million, we want you
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  Speaker 4: to make us back to Mellium maybe plus. So he's
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  Speaker 4: not going to take any you know what. He's laying
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  Speaker 4: down the law, and I think at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the day that probably is going to cost you a
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  Speaker 4: recruit here and there because now everybody's cut out of that,
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  Speaker 4: especially in the modern era. But I think long term,
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  Speaker 4: if Florida fans will give him a chance, I think
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  Speaker 4: they're in good hand.
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  Speaker 3: Visit with Harold Bug. He is a part of the
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  Speaker 3: Boom and Bug Show in the Great State of Alabama.
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  Speaker 3: Friday edition of the program. All right, so Alex Gulish
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  Speaker 3: was another impressive coach on the podium. Seems poised, seems
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  Speaker 3: to be a good at guy. You know, he's you
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  Speaker 3: can tell he's one of these guys where he's going
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  Speaker 3: to be polite, but he's not going to take no ball.
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  Speaker 3: He looks like he is ready for the SEC. Is
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  Speaker 3: the SEC ready for him? I think Auburn could be
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  Speaker 3: pretty darn good this year.
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  Speaker 2: Your thoughts, Yeah, I do.
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  Speaker 4: And the thing is, you know, in the modern era,
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  Speaker 4: the one thing that's hard for any team, and we
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  Speaker 4: look at Auburn especially because this offense basically is South
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  Speaker 4: Florida's last year. He brought up everybody, including Brown, who
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  Speaker 4: I think is gonna be one heck of a quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: If the question at Auburn right now, like a lot
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  Speaker 4: of school, is going to get an offensive line that
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  Speaker 4: can keep the big uglies off of them. It's so
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  Speaker 4: then that offense it should be good. And you got
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  Speaker 4: DJ Dirkin on the other side of the ball defensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 4: and as your listeners know, he is one heck of
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  Speaker 4: a defensive coordinator. So when you put those two together
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  Speaker 4: and keep in mind Auburn's offense, you better not go
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  Speaker 4: to the bathroom if you want to watch them. They're fast.
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  Speaker 4: They last year they were the second fastest offense in
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  Speaker 4: the country behind John Denver's team at West Virginia. So
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  Speaker 4: they I think it's gonna be a different look on
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  Speaker 4: offense and DJ Dirk and he is pretty reliable on
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  Speaker 4: the defense side of the bass. So I agree with.
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  Speaker 2: You state in your state, Alabama.
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  Speaker 3: We've talked to Brett about this, We've talked to several people,
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  Speaker 3: and I think the big question for Alabama, and correct
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  Speaker 3: me if I'm wrong, is can they get back to
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  Speaker 3: running the football? That was an element that they missed
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  Speaker 3: last year and we don't know if it's Hey, they
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  Speaker 3: didn't have the guys up front. I think they've got
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  Speaker 3: capable backs or is it just a schematic and you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of a kind of a theory thing where they're
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  Speaker 3: going to be a pass first team.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be interesting to see. But I think they have
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  Speaker 2: to run the football.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it do. One comes back to the offenship line.
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  Speaker 4: And then the joke over here is it has to
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  Speaker 4: be business last year because it can't get worse. So
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  Speaker 4: there's only one direction to go. And you know, I
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  Speaker 4: think the boards finding out this is not packed, you know,
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  Speaker 4: must back then back in the day offense, you've got
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  Speaker 4: to have a physicality about you. To what Florida's bringing.
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  Speaker 4: I think what dotors she's bringing, they're gonna bring a
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  Speaker 4: smash mouth attitude. In Alabama under the boor has not
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  Speaker 4: been that fiscal team. And if you go back and
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  Speaker 4: look at any game under a guy named Nick Saban,
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  Speaker 4: I remember his first day as a job interview and
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  Speaker 4: he was he was asked about his mindset. And I'm
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  Speaker 4: not going to quote him exactly here, I'll let you
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  Speaker 4: well a mind fill in the blanket says, we want
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  Speaker 4: to make them tough, we want to make their aid QUI.
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  Speaker 4: So that was that was Nick's philosophy. And I think
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  Speaker 4: under the board he wants more of a finesse offense
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  Speaker 4: past first, past second and then just hoping pray again
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  Speaker 4: the running game, the mills, the clock. If you need
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  Speaker 4: to in the fourth quarter, give.
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  Speaker 3: Me a team that you're looking at in the SEC,
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  Speaker 3: not named Texas, not named Georgia, that may come out
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  Speaker 3: that we may look up November go. They've got a
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  Speaker 3: shot to make the SEC championship. Is there is there
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  Speaker 3: a team or two in your mind?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? Right up the road from you, Oh, miss, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: what would anybody tell you? As far as an offense,
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  Speaker 4: You're gonna have a pretty good quarterback, and yeah, pretty
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  Speaker 4: we have a pretty good running back. And who's got
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  Speaker 4: a better quarterback in running back? Right now? Time's gonna tell.
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  Speaker 4: But on paper, who's got a better one two combo
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  Speaker 4: than know?
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  Speaker 2: Miss? Right now? No, I would agree with you.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, and you know, it's gonna be interesting to see,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with Pete Golding in his first full year
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  Speaker 3: with a new offensive coordinator, I don't think, you know?
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  Speaker 2: For me?
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  Speaker 3: And this is the way I look at it. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: the talent's there, the coaches are there. They're gonna do
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  Speaker 3: probably everything right Monday through Friday. What do they do
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  Speaker 3: in the crucial situations? You know where Lane Kiff and
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  Speaker 3: may have gone forward on fourth and short at the fifty?
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  Speaker 3: Do they do they stay with that kind of mindset?
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  Speaker 3: Or do they punt and play defense?
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  Speaker 2: You know? What do they do on certain down and distance?
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  Speaker 3: I think that's what makes or breaks new coaching staffs personally.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And the thing about Pete, I mean, he's got
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  Speaker 4: to answer some questions. He's obviously a very personable guy,
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  Speaker 4: quite frankly, I think he stole the show. Hello Lane
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  Speaker 4: as you see media days, but he was the only
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  Speaker 4: guy to get a standing ovation, and that's I think
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  Speaker 4: that's why Lane was a pretty boy. He wants to
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  Speaker 4: be the GQ centerfold and Pete is a cat at
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  Speaker 4: the end of the bar you want to go have
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  Speaker 4: a beer with. And I think he can relate and
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  Speaker 4: IFO miss fans to get him a shot with all
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  Speaker 4: the contacts he's gotten in the Magnolia State, now I
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  Speaker 4: think they got to me Lane. Take nothing away from Lane,
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  Speaker 4: but they're in good hands with Pete Golden if he
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  Speaker 4: can get to this first year because last year, let's
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  Speaker 4: be honest, we tend like it is there was a
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  Speaker 4: lot of us against them there at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the season. Obviously that won't be on the table. So
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  Speaker 4: it's going to be instan see right out of the bat.
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  Speaker 4: I guess a pretty good Louisville team.
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  Speaker 3: Make sure to get up to get their show in
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  Speaker 3: the great state of Alabama. Get him on ex he's
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  Speaker 3: Harold Bug, part of the Boom and Bug Show. Harold,
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  Speaker 3: thank you so much for taking some time. Look have
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  Speaker 3: a great weekend. Try to stay cool as we get
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  Speaker 3: another day closer to kickoff. We appreciate you.
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  Speaker 4: It'll talk soon, and thanks so much for having me.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much,