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The Next Round: Aaron Murray Breaks Down Georgia-Alabama + Tennessee’s QB Change | Hour 1 · The Next Round

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Speaker 1: We'll get to the baseball in a second. Some of
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Speaker 1: our Braves friends are on edge after a loss to
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Speaker 1: the Dodgers last night. Forrester's excited. I'm nervous. We'll talk
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Speaker 1: baseball in a moment. More college football tonight after a
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Speaker 1: guy named Goose was the star last night in college football.
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Speaker 1: A ton of stuff to get to on the college
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Speaker 1: front today, but we start, as always, with traffic and
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Speaker 1: weather on the ones. This weather situation in Tuscaloosa or
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Speaker 1: in the Gulf that could impact the game in Tuscaloosa
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Speaker 1: has become a big storyline around the country. And so
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Speaker 1: we're going to try to calm the nerves for a
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Speaker 1: second and let everybody know the weather has to play
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Speaker 1: itself out before you can make any decisions. One thing
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Speaker 1: that everybody wants to know. Yesterday is are you moving
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Speaker 1: the game? We're going to play the game. How is
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Speaker 1: it going to happen? Georgia and Alabama with this tropical
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Speaker 1: storm soon to be hurricane in the Gulf. And as
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Speaker 1: a lot of people pointed out to me, when you
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Speaker 1: guys wanted to know about the Alabama, Mississippi state weather
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Speaker 1: last Tuesday, when you guys were all saying it was
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Speaker 1: going to be a torrential downpour in Starkville on Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: the game ended up getting played in what? Sunshine. Beautiful day.
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Speaker 1: Gorgeous day. Weather can change by the time we get
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Speaker 1: to Saturday. Yeah, I don't trust these meteorologists. I told
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Speaker 1: you it's a coin flip most of the time. They
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Speaker 1: tend to get hurricanes right. Yeah, but these hurricanes can
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Speaker 1: be a coin flip because they can jog and oftentimes wobble.
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Speaker 1: A late movement changes everything.
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Speaker 2: You know, this has become a national story. This morning
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Speaker 2: I was on the way in and I was listening
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Speaker 2: to college sports, XM Sirius. I think it was Neuheisel
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Speaker 2: and Chowder's. And the first thing they updated when they
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Speaker 2: went to, you know, their their their girl that does
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Speaker 2: the updates was the weather in Tuscaloosa. So, I mean,
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Speaker 2: this has become a national story.
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Speaker 1: Weather in Tuscaloosa today. Perfect.
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Speaker 2: It's going to be perfect Friday when we're in.
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Speaker 1: That's right. We're going to be in industry. Perfect day Friday.
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Speaker 1: As usually is the case if you live on the
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Speaker 1: Gulf like we do or Gulf adjacent like we do.
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Speaker 1: oftentimes before these storms, the weather is perfect. Oh, yeah,
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Speaker 1: before and after. I mean, you get some beautiful days
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Speaker 1: after hurricanes come through. The latest model that I sent
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Speaker 1: Forrester was 7 a.m. Central Time, 8 a.m. Eastern from
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Speaker 1: Jason Simpson of WVTM Channel 13, both the NBC and
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Speaker 1: the CBS affiliates in Birmingham, Alabama. I'm not choosing sides
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Speaker 1: on the weather side. This is just the first one
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Speaker 1: I came across. And this was the 7 a.m. This
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Speaker 1: is what it looks like late Friday evening when landfall
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Speaker 1: happens on one projected model. But you see all the
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Speaker 1: other lines? Uh-huh. That's other models, which includes, by the way,
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Speaker 1: it hitting Panama City or going even further west and
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Speaker 1: never even coming close to impacting with severe weather Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
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Speaker 1: which is Which is why you have to wait to
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Speaker 1: make a call here.
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Speaker 2: Well, can we address the elephant in the room?
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Speaker 1: Which is?
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Speaker 2: Dunaway going to his first game as a fan since 2011.
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's been 15 years. Yeah, Jim, what are
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Speaker 1: you doing?
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Speaker 2: When you're in the press box, you're not going to
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Speaker 2: be affected by the elephants. But if you're going to
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Speaker 2: be sitting in the stands, like... We've never had a
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Speaker 2: hurricane with you in the press box that I'm aware of, Jim.
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Speaker 2: It's been some downpours.
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Speaker 1: Okay. Some torrential rains. Here's the thing, and this is
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Speaker 1: apparently important.
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Speaker 3: I don't know a lot about hurricanes.
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Speaker 1: But today, they started doing the planes that fly into
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Speaker 1: the hurricanes, which is apparently where you get your best data.
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Speaker 1: That's right. Of course.
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Speaker 2: We've known that forever.
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Speaker 1: I'm just telling you what I've read is that when
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Speaker 1: the planes fly in, the Hurricane Hunter planes, that's where
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Speaker 1: they really get the good data where they can start
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Speaker 1: to refine these forecasts. So whether it's Jason or James
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Speaker 1: Spann or Stephanie Walker in Birmingham, all these people, or
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Speaker 1: the Weather Channel people, They will always tell you it's
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Speaker 1: a little too early to start making because they're waiting
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Speaker 1: on these planes to fly in. So I think the
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Speaker 1: first one went in at 6 a.m. Central today. So
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Speaker 1: I would assume some of this data we're seeing now
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Speaker 1: is coming from that. Yeah. The reason I bring this
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Speaker 1: up is because everyone's asking, including the people I'm going
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Speaker 1: to the game with and I'm being gifted a ticket
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Speaker 1: and sitting with outside.
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Speaker 2: Are you thinking about not going?
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Speaker 1: They asked, is there a chance they'll move this game
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Speaker 1: to Mercedes-Benz in Atlanta? The protocol and the history of
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Speaker 1: the SEC, recent history, and the commissioner does have the
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Speaker 1: power working with Alabama to move this game, but the
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Speaker 1: most likely scenario is to move it either up to
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Speaker 1: Friday or the more likely scenario back until Sunday. If
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Speaker 1: the weather is going to be not safe for players
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Speaker 1: but also fans, then the protocol can kick in to
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Speaker 1: where they can adjust the time. Friday, it's happened in
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Speaker 1: the past. In 2022, the SEC moved up a game
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Speaker 1: to Friday and the same weekend moved a game back
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Speaker 1: to Sunday because of a hurricane impacting there. An SEC
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Speaker 1: game was actually moved from a Saturday to a Sunday
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Speaker 1: in 2016 that involved Georgia and South Carolina. So the game,
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Speaker 1: it'll take a lot to move it out of Tuscaloosa
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Speaker 1: somewhere else from what my sources tell me. I think
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Speaker 1: that is the lowest of the probabilities. Unless... God forbid,
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Speaker 1: and I hate to even speak this aloud, there is
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Speaker 1: damage in Tuscaloosa that would force that. You see what
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Speaker 1: I'm saying? Because one thing I have read about this
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Speaker 1: is this, they believe, could be a pretty big tornado
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Speaker 1: producer potentially.
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Speaker 3: That's right. Obviously, in this part of the country, we're
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Speaker 3: very familiar with that.
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Speaker 2: If Alabama fans and Georgia fans had their choice, Friday
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Speaker 2: or Sunday, I know high school football could get in
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Speaker 2: the way of some of this on Friday night, but
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Speaker 2: what direction do you think they would go? Because I
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Speaker 2: told you guys earlier today that I'm 100% in. I
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Speaker 2: will go to this game. It's on Friday night.
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Speaker 1: I think if you gave fans a vote right now,
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Speaker 1: Saturday looks dicey. We either move this to Sunday or
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Speaker 1: move it back to Friday. Friday would win in the landslide.
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Speaker 1: I think Friday for the fans would win. And probably
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Speaker 1: for the TV folks, too. Friday would win. Because of
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Speaker 1: the NFL, obviously. ESPN will have a Bama-Georgia game at
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Speaker 1: primetime on Friday night. Heck, yeah. Or ABC. Now, if
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Speaker 1: you're Kalen DeBoer or Kirby Smart. Is it Friday or
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Speaker 1: Sunday for you? If I'm Kalen, Friday is fine with
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Speaker 1: me because it's a bigger impact on the team that's
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Speaker 1: now got to travel a day early. I got to
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Speaker 1: scramble everything together. I got to get my team out
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Speaker 1: of their rhythm. If I'm Kalen DeBoer, we're sleeping in
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Speaker 1: our own beds. Boys, we're playing a day early.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, if it's Kirby, he's probably fighting for Sunday. Now,
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Speaker 2: what does it look like on the other side? Alabama's
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Speaker 2: got Tennessee. What does Georgia have next week?
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Speaker 1: That's a good question. Are they on Auburn? Yeah, that's right.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: So you've got both teams, short week, one at home,
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Speaker 1: one on the road. Is it Alabama-Tennessee already?
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Speaker 3: It is.
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Speaker 1: Isn't that crazy?
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Speaker 4: Wow.
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Speaker 1: How the season flies.
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Speaker 2: You probably could take on the NFL on Sunday night.
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Speaker 2: We talked about that Ravens-Falcons game.
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Speaker 1: That's what I was going to say. That's what I
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Speaker 1: would love to see, what Alabama-Georgia on a Sunday night,
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Speaker 1: if they kept it in primetime, if they didn't try
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Speaker 1: to play it during the middle of the day.
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Speaker 2: Now, Georgia fans would hate it because there are, I mean,
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Speaker 2: they're suffering, but there are a lot of Georgia-Falcons fans.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I think in the state of Georgia, if you–
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Speaker 1: Are you more of a Georgia or a Falcons fan?
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Speaker 1: If you're a Georgia fan, you're more of a Georgia
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Speaker 1: fan than you are a Falcons fan.
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Speaker 2: Probably. I mean, if you're not a glutton for punishment, yeah.
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Speaker 1: I would love to see what Georgia-Alabama primetime on ABC
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Speaker 1: did against that Falcons. Who are they playing? Ravens.
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Speaker 2: Ravens without Lamar Jackson more than likely.
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Speaker 1: Falcons, no Lamar Jackson, Ravens game on NBC. I'd like
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Speaker 1: to see what that did nationally.
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Speaker 2: It'd be tight. You think it'd be tight, huh? Well,
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Speaker 2: Alabama and Mississippi State topped out at 5.5 or 6.5 million.
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Speaker 2: The ratings are down. At least it looks that way
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Speaker 2: to me.
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Speaker 1: Because I always thought the biggest game of the week
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Speaker 1: drew 8, 9, 10 million. The biggest game this past
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Speaker 1: week was Ohio State and Iowa. And it was 5.9 million.
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Speaker 2: Let's take away the fantasy football element of it. If
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Speaker 2: you have those numbers, what, number two versus number six,
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Speaker 2: you roll that out there and you hear Lamar Jackson's
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Speaker 2: not going to be playing.
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Speaker 1: I mean, if you're just a football fan, what's the
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Speaker 1: better problem? That would be in my promos all day
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Speaker 1: Saturday if I was ABC. Lamar's not playing. I remember.
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Speaker 1: I remember we've got Georgia-Alabama tomorrow night. Hey, y'all see
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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. He's not playing.
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Speaker 2: And I'm 100% if it's a Sunday night. Friday or Sunday,
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Speaker 2: I'm in.
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Speaker 1: Saturday, I'm not. Are you the same way? I'm probably
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Speaker 1: on my couch either way. I'm just going to be
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Speaker 1: blunt with you. I think I would do Friday or Sunday. Friday,
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Speaker 1: we're in Tuscaloosa, so it would be just hanging around
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Speaker 1: at that point. That's true. That does change things. We
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Speaker 1: were doing the show for minutes free Friday. That would
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Speaker 1: just mean cocktails until you go into the stadium on Friday.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but when do we get to a point where, hey, look,
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Speaker 2: we have passed that number where we can't do it
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Speaker 2: on Friday?
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Speaker 3: Today.
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Speaker 1: You've got to make that call today because Georgia would
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Speaker 1: have to travel tomorrow. This is Wednesday. Georgia would have
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Speaker 1: to travel tomorrow. I think more, and I don't know
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Speaker 1: this for sure, this is no sourcing, it seems like
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Speaker 1: 48 hours ahead of the game time is when you
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Speaker 1: make a decision. So 6.30 tomorrow night is when you
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Speaker 1: make a decision. Not if you're moving it this way.
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Speaker 1: But you can't move it this way. Today is your
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Speaker 1: deadline to move it to Friday. There's zero... you would
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Speaker 1: have to tell Georgia so that they could travel on Thursday.
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Speaker 1: And that's not without its problems, which I'm sure, you know,
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Speaker 1: wherever the team stays probably could accommodate them Thursday night
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Speaker 1: just as easily as they could Friday. I guess.
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, if I'm shaking my crystal ball, I think it's
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Speaker 2: going to be fine on Saturday. And I think they'll play,
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Speaker 2: you know, 630 and everything will be fine.
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Speaker 1: That is actually the most likely. With rain, but they'll
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Speaker 1: play on Saturday. Yeah, it could not be great weather,
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Speaker 1: which is unfortunate for a game of this magnitude. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: but your point real quickly on the Marriott, we'll say
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Speaker 1: it's the Marriott on 280. Yeah, let's just pick that hotel.
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Speaker 1: And they had to move it up. Right. And all
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, George is coming in on Thursday and
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Speaker 1: not Friday. Do you like to be that person that's like, Mr. Johnson? Hey,
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Speaker 1: I know you're supposed to be okay tomorrow here in
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Speaker 1: room 723, but we're going to have to– we've got
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Speaker 1: your new hotel. We're moving you down to– You're in
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Speaker 1: Mountain Brook now at what used to be the Bohemian.
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Speaker 1: They changed their name. Another weird name. What is up
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Speaker 1: with that? Did they change it?
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Speaker 2: I didn't even know that.
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Speaker 5: I thought it was still the Grand Bohemian.
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Speaker 1: It was. They just recently changed it, and it's another
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Speaker 1: weird name. I don't know what to say. Don't worry
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Speaker 1: about it. It's a different name.
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Speaker 3: Anyway....
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Speaker 1: Hotel Wildemont. Yeah, I don't know what that is.
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Speaker 5: I don't know what that means.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like a movie that... A quirky movie I'd watch.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys remember this story. You
10:40
Speaker 1: probably don't. But it was the biggest news story in
10:43
Speaker 1: the world. And the 2000 election when we had the
10:47
Speaker 1: recount going on, President Bush versus Vice President Gore. And
10:51
Speaker 1: there was the recount going on. And it all was
10:53
Speaker 1: centered in the state of Florida. And it was all
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Speaker 1: in Tallahassee. And Florida and Florida State played a game.
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Speaker 1: And they had to kick out all these people out
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Speaker 1: of these hotels. All these people were in covering the story,
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Speaker 1: and they were like, I'm sorry, Florida and Florida State
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Speaker 1: are played. Don't remember that. They're not surprised. It was
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Speaker 1: a huge deal. NBC and ABC and CBS and Fox
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Speaker 1: News and all these people are there. This is a
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Speaker 1: period piece joke, okay? But it was like, sorry, Chad,
11:18
Speaker 1: you can't hang around. All right. How about a hidden
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Speaker 1: option E or F or wherever we are on all
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Speaker 1: these options? And this would be a ballsy move by
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Speaker 1: Kalen DeBoer. What if Kalen DeBoer came out today and said,
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Speaker 1: we don't know what's going to happen to Tuscaloosa. Let's
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Speaker 1: go play this game in Athens. We'll play in Athens.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Anywhere, anywhere.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think he's going to do that, bro.
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Speaker 1: Didn't hurt him last year.
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Speaker 2: But it could hurt him this year.
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Speaker 3: Why? Why?
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Speaker 1: Because it's on the road. He's got a better team
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Speaker 1: this year. He's got a better team this year than
11:50
Speaker 1: he did last year. Yeah, but Georgia's got a better team, too.
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Speaker 1: But what if all the Alabama fans, they adjust their
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Speaker 1: tickets and get to go to the game? So it's
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Speaker 1: the Alabama crowd in Athens. Yeah, I mean, you're going
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Speaker 1: to have a pieced-together Athens crowd. It's not going to
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Speaker 1: be your typical Athens crowd. And boy, imagine the college
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Speaker 1: football playoff committee when they're like, guys, Alabama voluntarily moved
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Speaker 1: that game to the road. We're giving them, I mean,
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Speaker 1: that is the best win of the football season. This
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Speaker 1: is where Kalen DeBoer does his best work. You know this,
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Speaker 1: is against highly ranked teams.
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Speaker 2: Oh, there's no doubt. And again, Kirby has really, really
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Speaker 2: struggled in this matchup. But I just, that would be shocking.
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Speaker 1: Let's just be fair. Let's just move it to SoFi.
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Speaker 2: Oh, then that'd be a good trip because then Monday
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Speaker 2: night you get the Bills and the Rams.
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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm in on the going to the game. When
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Speaker 1: is the last time Alabama lost in Athens? I mean,
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Speaker 1: they haven't lost in Athens in forever.
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Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh.
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Speaker 1: God, I can't even. Hang on. I've got to look
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Speaker 1: this up because I think, unless I'm missing a game,
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Speaker 1: I think this goes back to Gene Stallings, Jim. It might.
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Speaker 2: It might be 1990. Is that possible?
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Speaker 1: I think it is 1990, the last time Alabama lost
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Speaker 1: in Athens. Is that believable? I don't think that's possible.
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Speaker 1: It's 2003.
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I forgot about that era of Alabama football.
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Speaker 2: That's still a long time ago, though.
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Speaker 1: 23 years now. That's a Brody Quirrell team, because that's
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Speaker 1: what I was going to say, right? Was that Brody?
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Speaker 1: Should have been. I think that's Shula's first year. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: But Brody had some injuries. It could have been a
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Speaker 1: Spencer Pennington team for all I know. Yeah. All right.
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Speaker 1: So that's what we know and don't know. about the weather. Uh,
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Speaker 1: it's a wait and see, and we'll, we'll wait and
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Speaker 1: see what the rest of Alabama had a statement. They
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Speaker 1: sent out the sec had a statement. They sent out,
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Speaker 1: there's fake statements that are out there, but listen, find
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Speaker 1: your weather source and trust only that weather source, Alabama
13:37
Speaker 1: athletics with that right there closely. They did the old
13:40
Speaker 1: closely monitoring the weather forecast ahead of Saturday. Stay tuned
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Speaker 1: to the university of Alabama for all your updated weather information,
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Speaker 1: official Alabama sources. And, uh, We'll try to keep you
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Speaker 1: as updated as we possibly can from our platform, and
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Speaker 1: we will not fall for anything. That's a bold statement
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Speaker 1: right there. I'm just saying. We'll try not to fall
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Speaker 2: probably the Braves' night when he made that catch. but
16:34
Speaker 2: Dodgers get the two-run shot from Kiki Hernandez. They get
16:38
Speaker 2: the solo shot from Freddie Freeman, and Yamamoto was unbelievable
16:41
Speaker 2: with the 10 Ks and seven innings, and he has
16:43
Speaker 2: just been lights out in the postseason.
16:44
Speaker 1: Well, and it feels like, you guys correct me if
16:46
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, just watching from afar here, it feels like
16:49
Speaker 1: the Dodgers stars, by and large, have showed up for
16:51
Speaker 1: this series.
16:53
Speaker 2: By and large, yeah.
16:54
Speaker 1: And the Braves' biggest star, Ronald Acuna, has not.
16:57
Speaker 2: I mean, Shohei is really, really struggling, and he's always
17:00
Speaker 2: struggled against Chris Sell, but Mookie Betts is playing... Great.
17:03
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman's playing great.
17:05
Speaker 1: But on the Acuna side, this guy has been a
17:07
Speaker 1: non-factor in this series.
17:09
Speaker 2: I didn't realize he has not hit a postseason home
17:11
Speaker 2: run since 2020, I think, or 2018.
17:15
Speaker 1: And if I heard Walt Weiss right, because Acuna did
17:18
Speaker 1: not play in the field yesterday.
17:19
Speaker 2: Might have been 2020.
17:20
Speaker 1: Acuna did not play in the field yesterday. If I
17:21
Speaker 1: heard Walt Weiss right, he said it was because Acuna
17:24
Speaker 1: told him he was a little bit sore in the playoffs.
17:27
Speaker 2: Yeah, everybody's sore.
17:29
Speaker 1: You can't play in the field in the playoffs because
17:31
Speaker 1: you're sore? I mean, how soft is this guy? That
17:34
Speaker 1: is stunning to me. And I call him the Braves'
17:39
Speaker 1: biggest star. Perhaps he's not. But he seems like he
17:41
Speaker 1: should be if he's not. Dubon kid has played all
17:44
Speaker 1: over the place. Kid, he may be 32.
17:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, utility can do it all.
17:49
Speaker 1: They're all kids to us. He's been really good.
17:53
Speaker 2: But to your point, Brown, Acuna is hitting 143 in
17:57
Speaker 2: the postseason. Matt Olsen, 174. Michael Harris has been the
18:00
Speaker 2: bright spot. Yeah, Magic Mike.
18:02
Speaker 1: He's probably been your biggest star in the postseason.
18:03
Speaker 2: Austin Riley's hitting 105.
18:05
Speaker 1: Yeah. Riley's been that way all year long. He's been
18:08
Speaker 1: a strikeout machine after getting a big contract.
18:11
Speaker 2: But even Sell wasn't good yesterday.
18:13
Speaker 1: But he battled. They got out. I mean, I think
18:15
Speaker 1: in this series, I think I saw the stat with
18:18
Speaker 1: innings still to play yesterday. At one point, I think
18:21
Speaker 1: about the sixth or seventh inning, they put up a
18:23
Speaker 1: stat that said 42 runners have been left on base
18:26
Speaker 1: in scoring position. And... and both teams have missed opportunities
18:31
Speaker 1: to really rack up some runs. But Dodgers with a
18:35
Speaker 1: heavy favorite today with Glass now on the hill against
18:38
Speaker 1: the Braves, 6 o'clock Eastern, 5 o'clock on FS1. For
18:43
Speaker 1: Forrester's White Sox, if they were to win today or
18:47
Speaker 1: tomorrow to clinch this series, it would be the first time,
18:51
Speaker 1: and Forrester told me this last week, I read it
18:53
Speaker 1: this morning, but he told me this last week, if
18:55
Speaker 1: they clinch at home, It'll be the first time they've
18:58
Speaker 1: clinched a series at home since 1906. I said this yesterday,
19:04
Speaker 1: and you looked directly at me, and you didn't even respond. Well,
19:06
Speaker 1: Forrester told me yesterday. He told me earlier in the week.
19:10
Speaker 1: But 1906. That's crazy. And the White Sox, four road games.
19:15
Speaker 1: This is their first home. It's a 3 o'clock Central,
19:17
Speaker 1: 4 Eastern, but 3 o'clock in Chicago, Forrester. But I
19:20
Speaker 1: would imagine the scene is going to be crazy there today,
19:25
Speaker 1: don't you expect? Yeah, I really wish this was in primetime,
19:28
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19:31
Speaker 1: can't be in primetime because the Yankees are playing. Yeah,
19:33
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19:38
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19:43
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19:45
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19:48
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20:17
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20:20
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20:24
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20:31
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20:32
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20:35
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20:40
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20:43
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20:44
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20:47
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20:49
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20:53
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20:55
Speaker 1: I did not watch it back in the day.
20:57
Speaker 5: Well, they're remaking it with Michael B. Jordan, and I
21:00
Speaker 5: forget who else is going to be in it.
21:02
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21:04
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
21:04
Speaker 5: They're remaking the movie.
21:05
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21:09
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21:13
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21:15
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21:18
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21:19
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21:22
Speaker 1: it was on HBO. It canceled abruptly.
21:23
Speaker 3: Yeah.
21:24
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think we've got two good seasons.
21:26
Speaker 3: Yeah.
21:26
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21:27
Speaker 3: I don't think Lance liked it.
21:28
Speaker 2: No, I did. I thought it was pretty good. I mean,
21:31
Speaker 2: it was, you know, the growth of Miami and organized crime. Yeah.
21:35
Speaker 3: It was interesting.
21:36
Speaker 1: That was more interesting to me than Miami Vice.
21:38
Speaker 2: I mean, Miami Vice was cheesy, but network television back
21:41
Speaker 2: then in the 80s was really, really cheesy.
21:43
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21:45
Speaker 1: We get to Aaron Murray when we come back next
21:47
Speaker 1: right here on the next round presented by Hard Rock
21:50
Speaker 1: Bet on Sporting State. I mean this as a compliment,
21:53
Speaker 1: but Aaron Murray seems like a guy who could throw
21:55
Speaker 1: wet balls. Okay.
21:56
Speaker 3: Yeah.
21:57
Speaker 1: Do you have to practice that a lot, Aaron? Well,
21:59
Speaker 1: that's one way to start an interview. Well, I mean,
22:01
Speaker 1: we got Georgia, Alabama this weekend. That's all everybody's talking about.
22:04
Speaker 1: Can Keelan Russell throw a wet ball? Aaron, take that one.
22:07
Speaker 1: What do you got?
22:09
Speaker 3: I cannot throw a wet ball. I would much rather
22:11
Speaker 3: it be 30 miles per hour wind than throwing a
22:14
Speaker 3: football that was soaking wet. And this is coming from
22:16
Speaker 3: someone who grew up in Florida and Tampa and But
22:19
Speaker 3: crazy enough, two-year starter in high school in Tampa, four-year
22:22
Speaker 3: starter at Georgia, never, never dealt with rain.
22:26
Speaker 1: Ever.
22:26
Speaker 3: Not one time. Are you kidding? Crazy.
22:30
Speaker 1: You've started more games than just about anybody in SEC history.
22:32
Speaker 1: That's crazy you never played a rain game.
22:35
Speaker 3: My freshman year, when Joe Cox was a starter, it
22:39
Speaker 3: was pouring pretty good. We played Arizona State at home
22:41
Speaker 3: in Sanford. Um, so like obviously on the sidelines for
22:44
Speaker 3: that one, but yet never a game. I guess the,
22:48
Speaker 3: the bowl game, my freshman year, the fourth quarter, it
22:51
Speaker 3: started coming down a little bit, but like, yeah, that was,
22:54
Speaker 3: that was pretty much it of what was that 50
22:56
Speaker 3: plus starts in my career. Uh, never once did I
22:59
Speaker 3: have to worry about the weather.
23:00
Speaker 2: Well, I was going to ask you this and maybe
23:01
Speaker 2: it it doesn't pertain to you because you never worried
23:04
Speaker 2: about the weather, but like, are there two different game
23:07
Speaker 2: plans that, that Kirby and Kalen are, are installing right now?
23:11
Speaker 2: Like one for, Hey, we're going to have normal conditions
23:14
Speaker 2: in one. We might have this deluge and we've got
23:17
Speaker 2: to change the game plan altogether.
23:19
Speaker 1: Is that a thing?
23:20
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. A hundred percent. I think it's for both,
23:22
Speaker 3: obviously for both sides of the football, because defensively, you know,
23:25
Speaker 3: if you're Georgia in this game, you're thinking about all
23:27
Speaker 3: the explosive ability of Alabama's offense and, Obviously, same thing
23:30
Speaker 3: for Alabama's defense looking at Georgia, especially what they did
23:33
Speaker 3: last week for Spannerbilt. You look and say, like, how
23:35
Speaker 3: many shots are these guys willing to take down the
23:38
Speaker 3: field if the ball's wet? So can we be a
23:40
Speaker 3: little bit more aggressive to try and stop the run?
23:43
Speaker 3: And a lot of it depends on the quarterback. So,
23:44
Speaker 3: you know, as a coaching staff, you're out there. All
23:47
Speaker 3: these guys are looking at the other team in pregame warmups.
23:50
Speaker 3: So you're watching the other quarterback. How's he throwing the football?
23:52
Speaker 3: How's he handling the snap? And you take that all
23:55
Speaker 3: into account and say like, Hey man, like the ball
23:57
Speaker 3: did not look good coming out of his hands or,
23:59
Speaker 3: you know, man, I've seen plenty of quarterbacks that actually
24:02
Speaker 3: someone threw the ball better when it was a little
24:04
Speaker 3: bit wet. You know, most of those guys had big
24:06
Speaker 3: 10 inch plus hands can handle it. They don't really
24:08
Speaker 3: bother them, especially a college football that is not as
24:11
Speaker 3: big as an NFL football. So you take that to account,
24:14
Speaker 3: you adjust. But yeah, for me, if it was raining,
24:17
Speaker 3: I'd be telling Bobo, like, dude, let's just run this football. hell,
24:20
Speaker 3: I'll run the football 10 to 12 times if we
24:22
Speaker 3: have to. And I'll be like, well, Georgia, they've run
24:25
Speaker 3: all these screen passes. Well, that's not easy to do
24:28
Speaker 3: because you're trying to catch the football and get out
24:30
Speaker 3: of your hands quickly. A lot of times you don't
24:33
Speaker 3: have the laces throwing it, which makes it even more
24:35
Speaker 3: slick as a quarterback as well. So it's quarterback by quarterback.
24:40
Speaker 3: I'm sure they're doing a lot of drills this week
24:41
Speaker 3: to figure out who can throw it, what kind of
24:43
Speaker 3: throw can you handle, and then you adjust the game
24:46
Speaker 3: plan from there.
24:47
Speaker 1: Okay, for those that have never gone through the practice,
24:50
Speaker 1: What is a wet ball practice? Is this where they're
24:53
Speaker 1: dipping the ball in buckets and tossing it to you? Yeah.
24:57
Speaker 3: I mean, they literally, you know, they'll do it in
24:59
Speaker 3: the warmups. They may even do it in the practice.
25:00
Speaker 3: But when you're going through your quarterback drills, they'll have
25:03
Speaker 3: a bucket or a trash can that's filled with water.
25:06
Speaker 3: And the football's just hanging out in there. And they'll
25:08
Speaker 3: just grab them, throw it to you, catch it, bam. So, yeah,
25:12
Speaker 3: you got to get used to it. And I said,
25:14
Speaker 3: if some guys have it, some guys don't. And it's
25:17
Speaker 3: something that you can try and work on. during the week,
25:19
Speaker 3: but you're not going to get that much better in
25:21
Speaker 3: five days throwing a wet football.
25:23
Speaker 2: Would it help if I had a hose?
25:26
Speaker 1: Would it help if I had a hose and I
25:28
Speaker 1: was spraying you in the face too, like while you
25:31
Speaker 1: were trying to throw? It's not a game show. Yeah.
25:34
Speaker 3: I mean, I think you're more worried about some of
25:36
Speaker 3: these Chris Cole and company trying to hit you and
25:38
Speaker 3: take your head off in the rain. It's more just
25:41
Speaker 3: finding a grip on it, securing the football. But I mean,
25:44
Speaker 3: it's not just for quarterbacks. It's for everyone who touches
25:46
Speaker 3: the football. you know, those guys on the outside, a
25:48
Speaker 3: lot of them are going to take the gloves off.
25:50
Speaker 3: Obviously running the football, got to mostly keep two hands
25:53
Speaker 3: on it, really keep it in tight. You don't want
25:55
Speaker 3: it to be out there. And, you know, obviously defensively too,
25:58
Speaker 3: I was talking with Brandon Boykin and champ Bailey about
26:00
Speaker 3: this yesterday. We do, we do a local show here
26:02
Speaker 3: in Atlanta and like they feast on these games because
26:05
Speaker 3: they are coming out punching over and over and over again.
26:08
Speaker 3: Obviously it makes it a little bit difficult for the
26:10
Speaker 3: defensive backs to keep their footing, which is something they
26:12
Speaker 3: got to work with on that side. But From a
26:15
Speaker 3: turnover standpoint, you'll see even more guys trying to punch
26:18
Speaker 3: balls out than normal in this one.
26:20
Speaker 1: I know you love to watch good tape, so I
26:23
Speaker 1: want you to be the next guy to tell us
26:25
Speaker 1: what you've seen from Keelan Russell from the Kentucky start
26:29
Speaker 1: to what he did at Mississippi State this past week.
26:32
Speaker 1: Where has he improved?
26:34
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think he's been terrific all season.
26:37
Speaker 3: I haven't seen these massive strides just because I think
26:40
Speaker 3: he's played really good from the start. I mean, for
26:42
Speaker 3: that first game, the guys showed me the willingness to
26:45
Speaker 3: be a passer first, to stand in the pocket, the accuracy,
26:49
Speaker 3: the decision-making. I think the decision-making, obviously taking care of
26:51
Speaker 3: the football, something that you hope a young quarterback continues
26:54
Speaker 3: to get better at during his time, so that would
26:56
Speaker 3: be one area. But he's always been a good thrower
26:58
Speaker 3: of the football. He's always had a strong arm. He's
26:59
Speaker 3: always been an elite athlete. There is one thing, I
27:02
Speaker 3: did a film breakdown of him from this past weekend's game.
27:05
Speaker 3: There's one area that I do think that he needs
27:07
Speaker 3: to get better at. Certain times, and I had this
27:11
Speaker 3: on the YouTube channel, certain times in the pocket, he'll
27:14
Speaker 3: turn his shoulders when he's moving to face the line
27:17
Speaker 3: of scrimmage. And you just can't really do much from
27:19
Speaker 3: that position as a quarterback. Sometimes you have to, don't
27:22
Speaker 3: get me wrong, and you're trying to move around guys.
27:24
Speaker 3: But the few times that he did have to do it,
27:27
Speaker 3: I did not think that he had to naturally turn
27:29
Speaker 3: his entire body to move. Keep that front shoulder down
27:32
Speaker 3: the field, move up, then out. And that way you're
27:36
Speaker 3: able to throw the football with a little bit more
27:37
Speaker 3: accuracy and you get the ball out quickly as well.
27:39
Speaker 3: So to me, that would be my one tip for
27:42
Speaker 3: him is just work on his footwork a little bit.
27:44
Speaker 3: not squaring up to the line of scrimmage. But other
27:46
Speaker 3: than that, he has been, man, he has been everything,
27:49
Speaker 3: if not more, from the quarterback position. I mean, he's
27:52
Speaker 3: my number two quarterback in the SEC and probably my
27:55
Speaker 3: number two quarterback maybe in all of college football right now.
27:57
Speaker 1: Aaron, well, I now have to ask this. This is
27:59
Speaker 1: not my question, who number one is. Aaron Murray will
28:01
Speaker 1: be at the Tennessee-Arkansas game, where there has been a
28:04
Speaker 1: quarterback change, by the way, 315 SEC Network on Saturday.
28:08
Speaker 1: So who's your number one before I ask my question?
28:11
Speaker 3: Trinidad. Trinidad is number one still.
28:12
Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought so.
28:14
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, even that loss, he played terrific. They just,
28:17
Speaker 3: you know, that team without Lacey is so different on offense.
28:21
Speaker 3: There's such a drop off from one to two when
28:24
Speaker 3: it comes to running backs. They don't have the stable
28:25
Speaker 3: running backs like Georgia has or that Alabama has or
28:28
Speaker 3: some of these other teams. I mean, I put Texas
28:30
Speaker 3: into that category, too. Like I saw a drop off
28:33
Speaker 3: when Hollywood wasn't playing. to the rest of their guys.
28:37
Speaker 3: And I know the number two guy, the kid from
28:38
Speaker 3: Arizona State, he's pretty good. Names dropped me for a
28:41
Speaker 3: quick second. But he's pretty good, but he's not Hollywood.
28:45
Speaker 3: So Ole Miss needs that.
28:48
Speaker 1: Sometimes on the other side of this, people talk about
28:50
Speaker 1: Gunnar Stockton like he's great value Stetson Bennett sometimes. And
28:54
Speaker 1: I just... i feel like georgia and kirby smart have
28:57
Speaker 1: just conditioned us to think this is always the quarterback
28:59
Speaker 1: you're going to have so maybe i mean am i
29:02
Speaker 1: you live over there so am i wrong about that
29:04
Speaker 1: that that's kind of the way this guy gets viewed sometimes.
29:07
Speaker 3: Yeah listen and listen i had i had georgia last
29:10
Speaker 3: week and that was one of my first questions and
29:12
Speaker 3: i'm trying to like ask it to to kirby in
29:14
Speaker 3: a way that i'm not because i i love gunner
29:17
Speaker 3: i think gunner's a great quarterback but my kirby like
29:19
Speaker 3: you look over the past decade Nick Saban changed his model.
29:23
Speaker 3: He didn't need elite quarterback play to win championships, but
29:25
Speaker 3: then all of a sudden, he started to get that
29:27
Speaker 3: towards the end of his time in Alabama. Obviously, Clemson
29:30
Speaker 3: always had elite first-round quarterbacks. When I say elite, Gunnar
29:34
Speaker 3: is in that elite college status, but I don't think
29:36
Speaker 3: many people view Gunner as a first-round NFL draft pick.
29:39
Speaker 3: But Alabama had that in the late 2016 and on,
29:43
Speaker 3: 2017 and on. Obviously, Clemson had that. All these teams
29:47
Speaker 3: that are vying for championships seem to have a lot
29:49
Speaker 3: of them that are winning it have first-round quarterbacks. You
29:52
Speaker 3: have won championships without a first-round quarterback. You have a
29:55
Speaker 3: quarterback this year that's not deemed a first-round quarterback. yet
29:58
Speaker 3: you're a team that looks like they can compete for
30:00
Speaker 3: a championship once again. And he kind of was like,
30:02
Speaker 3: you know, it's a team game. It's a team game.
30:05
Speaker 3: You know, we don't need a first-round quarterback. Gunner's terrific.
30:08
Speaker 3: And I agree with all those points as well. Like,
30:10
Speaker 3: I think Gunner is a very, very good college football quarterback,
30:14
Speaker 3: a guy that, you know, has an opportunity to maybe
30:15
Speaker 3: get drafted, you know, fourth, fifth round on in the NFL. But,
30:18
Speaker 3: you know, he takes care of the football. He's gritty.
30:21
Speaker 3: He's a great leader. He makes guys around him better.
30:24
Speaker 3: There's no doubt about it. There's respect in that locker room.
30:27
Speaker 3: But he did show me something last week. I was
30:29
Speaker 3: on the call for that game versus Vanderbilt, and I
30:31
Speaker 3: know he could push the ball vertically down the field.
30:34
Speaker 3: That was never a question for me. But the accuracy
30:37
Speaker 3: in which he did it a week ago, the ability
30:39
Speaker 3: to layer the football, he had won to a tight
30:42
Speaker 3: end off play action where he play action, really didn't
30:45
Speaker 3: even take a drop, no hitch, bam, threw it down
30:48
Speaker 3: the seam, up and over a linebacker before the safety
30:50
Speaker 3: could make a play, threw it back shoulder where the
30:52
Speaker 3: guy could protect himself. I'm like, that's the type of
30:55
Speaker 3: play I want to see from Gunner. along with the
30:58
Speaker 3: down the field accuracy. So, you know, he impressed me
31:00
Speaker 3: a lot live. Obviously, I think he's a really, really
31:03
Speaker 3: good quarterback and, you know, surrounded by a great team
31:06
Speaker 3: that is going to be dangerous all year long.
31:08
Speaker 2: Last year, this Georgia offense was run the football, screen
31:11
Speaker 2: it to Zachariah. Zachariah Branch, 81 grabs, you know, this
31:15
Speaker 2: Georgia single season record. This year, I would be shocked
31:18
Speaker 2: outside of Georgia fans if anybody could name two receivers
31:22
Speaker 2: for the Georgia Bulldogs. Is there going to ultimately be
31:25
Speaker 2: an established guy? And if there is, who is that guy?
31:29
Speaker 3: I think it's talent, Taylor. I do think that there
31:31
Speaker 3: is a connection between those two guys. I thought he's
31:34
Speaker 3: played well this year. Bobo has been able to move
31:36
Speaker 3: him around a little bit, get some jet sweeps as well,
31:39
Speaker 3: find creative ways. I really like the Dan Wright Dan's right.
31:44
Speaker 3: The freshman receiver, I think he's got some elite speed
31:46
Speaker 3: on the outside. Obviously, we know about these tight ends.
31:48
Speaker 3: Impressed with Dwight Phillip Jr. and his ability to catch.
31:52
Speaker 3: The guy that Bobo did talk a lot about last
31:55
Speaker 3: week was Isaiah Canyon, the transfer from Georgia Tech. Obviously,
31:59
Speaker 3: has not played a lot this year, but he said,
32:01
Speaker 3: you'll go back and watch the tape from the first
32:02
Speaker 3: few games when he wasn't there. He just commands a
32:06
Speaker 3: different level of attention from defenses. size, running ability, all that.
32:10
Speaker 3: I know they're excited to hopefully get him back, you know,
32:13
Speaker 3: hopefully this weekend, if not afterwards, just to add to it.
32:16
Speaker 3: But yeah, right now it's everyone. Like I said, it's
32:19
Speaker 3: the running backs, it's the receivers, it's the tight ends,
32:24
Speaker 3: which I think makes this offense very difficult. I still
32:26
Speaker 3: think it's a run first offense, especially when Nate Frazier
32:30
Speaker 3: is healthy. They want to run the football first. But
32:32
Speaker 3: then from there, it's kind of pick your poison. Like
32:34
Speaker 3: whose game is it going to be? Is it going
32:36
Speaker 3: to be the tight ends? Is it going to be
32:37
Speaker 3: the receivers? Is it going to be the backs out
32:39
Speaker 3: of the backfield catching as well? So a well-balanced offense,
32:42
Speaker 3: which is a nightmare for most DCs.
32:44
Speaker 1: I think Kirby meant this as a compliment about Keelan
32:49
Speaker 1: because at his time at Alabama, he struggled as a
32:52
Speaker 1: coordinator with quarterbacks who could get off script. And when
32:56
Speaker 1: asked about defending Keelan, he called it backyard ball. He
33:00
Speaker 1: can scramble and add time. He's got the threat. of
33:03
Speaker 1: running through the whole defense. Why is that such a
33:05
Speaker 1: problem for not only Kirby, but most defensive coordinators?
33:10
Speaker 3: I'll say this about Keelan, though. Yes, he has it
33:13
Speaker 3: as a part of his game, but it's not the
33:15
Speaker 3: main part of his game. This guy can truly win
33:19
Speaker 3: taking a three-step drop, getting through his reads, finding his
33:22
Speaker 3: check down. I think that's just an add-on. There are
33:26
Speaker 3: certain guys that need to play that backyard football, like
33:28
Speaker 3: the Johnny Manziels of the world, like Lenore's. you know,
33:32
Speaker 3: truly is at his best when he's either bootlegging on
33:35
Speaker 3: the run, being creative. I still think Keelan is his
33:38
Speaker 3: best inside the pocket. Uh, some of those back shoulder
33:41
Speaker 3: throws he threw last week. Obviously we all talk about
33:43
Speaker 3: that third down one, but the one to Ryan Williams
33:46
Speaker 3: on the left side, uh, the two on the right,
33:48
Speaker 3: the one for the touchdown, uh, to, to Rico Scott,
33:51
Speaker 3: like he is, he is a terrific thrower of the football.
33:54
Speaker 3: And I think that's the, I think that makes him
33:56
Speaker 3: even more dangerous when he does run because as a defense,
33:59
Speaker 3: you watch all these highlights of him pushing the ball
34:01
Speaker 3: vertically down the field, the speed of these receivers. So
34:04
Speaker 3: you kind of have to latch on and you can't
34:06
Speaker 3: take your eyes off the receivers and covering those guys 15, 20,
34:09
Speaker 3: 25 yards down the field. So you're stuck on them.
34:13
Speaker 3: And all of a sudden you got this guy that
34:14
Speaker 3: runs a four, four, four, five. And then when he
34:16
Speaker 3: wants to run, he's gone. I mean, it is like one, two, three,
34:20
Speaker 3: like that bootleg last week. It was once covered, two's covered.
34:24
Speaker 3: puts the foot on the ground, and as soon as
34:26
Speaker 3: he gets north, there's no chance you're going to stop him,
34:29
Speaker 3: especially in the red area. So I think that's the
34:32
Speaker 3: more dangerous part of him is the fact that it
34:34
Speaker 3: is elite quarterback play in the pocket. Then I could
34:38
Speaker 3: play backyard football after that.
34:39
Speaker 1: Okay, before you go, you will be doing Tennessee-Arkansas. It
34:42
Speaker 1: appears you'll be seeing George McIntyre make the start instead
34:45
Speaker 1: of Faison Brandon. What do you expect out of McIntyre,
34:48
Speaker 1: and does your gut tell you we may be seeing
34:50
Speaker 1: this all season long?
34:52
Speaker 3: Ah, I, I, I, I hope not. And that's nothing
34:55
Speaker 3: against George McIntyre. You know, I think, I think phase
34:58
Speaker 3: on is a terrific young quarterback and, you know, I'm
35:00
Speaker 3: hoping that, you know, he did not lose confidence too
35:04
Speaker 3: much after that Texas game. You know, he was definitely
35:05
Speaker 3: gun shy that game. He was gun shy versus Auburn
35:08
Speaker 3: a week ago. The ball is just late. That interception,
35:10
Speaker 3: that ball should have been out, you know, a second
35:12
Speaker 3: before he threw it. And it probably would have been
35:14
Speaker 3: a completion. He's just not seeing it. You know, the, the,
35:17
Speaker 3: the speed of the game is a little bit too
35:18
Speaker 3: much for him right now. But the talent's there. There's
35:21
Speaker 3: no doubt. So when you talk about the future of
35:23
Speaker 3: Tennessee football, I do believe he is that guy. But,
35:26
Speaker 3: you know, when, when, when, when my guitar came in there,
35:28
Speaker 3: like you sold the ball in time, he was accurate
35:30
Speaker 3: with the football. So for right now, it may be
35:33
Speaker 3: the best decision, but I think for the longevity of
35:35
Speaker 3: the season, I would love to see phase on back
35:38
Speaker 3: in the starting lineup, but this is a very different
35:40
Speaker 3: Tennessee team. You know, I was watching the tape. I
35:43
Speaker 3: was like, man, like I've, I don't know if I've
35:45
Speaker 3: ever seen Tennessee in this much 12 personnel. So, You know,
35:48
Speaker 3: went back and looked at the stats, 46 snaps a
35:50
Speaker 3: week ago in 12 personnel, which is the second most
35:53
Speaker 3: that he's been in during his time at Tennessee. The
35:56
Speaker 3: number one was back in 2024 against Mississippi State. So
36:00
Speaker 3: it's a team that is not, you know, the traditional
36:03
Speaker 3: spread you out receivers on the sideline kind of thing.
36:06
Speaker 3: It is 12 personnel. You know, they get heavy with
36:09
Speaker 3: a 60 offense alignment at times and they just want
36:12
Speaker 3: to run the football. So I expect that's going to
36:14
Speaker 3: be the MO this year of, hey, our offensive line
36:17
Speaker 3: is better at run than they are in pass pro.
36:20
Speaker 3: We have a terrific running back. We got physical tight
36:22
Speaker 3: ends and we have a really good defense and a
36:24
Speaker 3: really good front seven defensively that can stop teams. And
36:27
Speaker 3: they've done that the past couple of weeks against Texas
36:29
Speaker 3: and obviously against Auburn as well. So. I think Heupel
36:32
Speaker 3: is playing to his team right now, so I think
36:35
Speaker 3: they're going to be taking some pressure off whoever the
36:37
Speaker 3: quarterback is going forward.
36:38
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36:44
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Speaker 1: bit from Aaron Murray there that he, as a quarterback,
37:51
Speaker 1: he wanted to be really quick to say, No, no, no.
37:54
Speaker 1: Keelan is– the backyard ball is secondary to him. And
38:00
Speaker 1: I know why Kirby said it because that's the part
38:03
Speaker 1: that's hard to defend because if we've got everything covered,
38:07
Speaker 1: he can still run out the back door. But it's
38:11
Speaker 1: not backyard Bo. We used to call Bo Nix backyard Bo.
38:15
Speaker 1: I mean, he didn't know what was going on there.
38:17
Speaker 1: Johnny Menzel, I see the backyard– thing on Johnny Manziel
38:20
Speaker 1: this looks nothing like.
38:21
Speaker 2: That yeah and you brought it up yesterday back to
38:23
Speaker 2: that third and 18 the back shoulder throw where young
38:26
Speaker 2: quarterbacks typically take off in that situation he was patient
38:29
Speaker 2: he waited in the pocket.
38:30
Speaker 1: I think Johnny Manziel you just used two we used
38:32
Speaker 1: two examples Bo Nix and Johnny Manziel both those guys
38:34
Speaker 1: run right there yeah well I think most people do
38:36
Speaker 1: yeah I think the vast majority of quarterbacks do and
38:38
Speaker 1: again I don't think Kirby's trying to take a shot
38:40
Speaker 1: at him but it does you know when you call
38:44
Speaker 1: a quarterback a game manager You can say it all
38:46
Speaker 1: you want as a compliment. It sounds like an insult.
38:48
Speaker 1: That's right. When you call a quarterback, he just plays
38:51
Speaker 1: backyard football. You can say all you want as a compliment.
38:53
Speaker 1: It sounds like an insult because what it sounds like
38:56
Speaker 1: is this is not an X's and O's guy. This
38:58
Speaker 1: is a guy that just goes out there and freewheels it.
39:00
Speaker 1: And most people want to think of their quarterback as
39:03
Speaker 1: a smart X's and O's guy. I'm not out here
39:06
Speaker 1: freewheeling it. I'm out here going through my progressions and
39:10
Speaker 1: throwing the ball to the proper receiver and not just
39:13
Speaker 1: running anytime I can run. And you could see it.
39:16
Speaker 1: When I was asking the question, Aaron jumped in really
39:18
Speaker 1: quickly and was like, no, no, no, that's secondary to
39:21
Speaker 1: what he does. And for quarterbacks, it's the game manager
39:25
Speaker 1: or the backyard, both of those somehow raises the hair
39:29
Speaker 1: on their neck when you say that.
39:30
Speaker 3: That about quarterbacks.
39:31
Speaker 1: I don't know about you guys, but the play he referenced,
39:33
Speaker 1: the bootleg 20-some-odd-yard touchdown run there, it almost felt like
39:38
Speaker 1: watching in real time. I don't know why I felt
39:40
Speaker 1: this way, but in real time, it was almost like
39:41
Speaker 1: he was like, well, crap, I guess I got to
39:43
Speaker 1: run it. Let's go.
39:44
Speaker 3: Yep.
39:44
Speaker 1: It was like he kind of rolled out and there
39:46
Speaker 1: was this hesitation of like, is he open? Is he open?
39:49
Speaker 3: All right, I'll run it.
39:50
Speaker 2: Most quarterbacks love running. I mean, most quarterbacks are like, boy,
39:52
Speaker 2: I've got the corner. Yeah, when they've got the corner
39:55
Speaker 2: of the seam there and they're not going to get hit.
39:57
Speaker 1: Yeah. I've got the corner. I've got a touchdown. I'm going.
40:00
Speaker 1: All right. When we come back here on the next
40:02
Speaker 1: round on Sporting State, a little fashion show. We've got
40:06
Speaker 1: several interesting uniforms this weekend. We'll judge whether they're good
40:09
Speaker 1: or not. Also, when we come back, bubble watch. We're
40:15
Speaker 1: approaching the halfway part of the season. Is there a
40:18
Speaker 1: chance that we're almost 10 teams battling for two spots
40:23
Speaker 1: in the playoffs? Are we that far along yet? There's
40:26
Speaker 1: a lot to happen between now and Selection Sunday, but
40:29
Speaker 1: you can almost make a case. 10 teams fighting for
40:32
Speaker 1: two spots left. Some teams look to be like playoff teams,
40:36
Speaker 1: but There's two dangling spots out there. We'll talk about
40:38
Speaker 1: the path to the playoffs, a little bubble watch as
40:41
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40:43
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40:52
Speaker 1: get ready for another big college football weekend that continues tonight.
40:56
Speaker 1: We've already shown you FIU and their plans tonight for
41:01
Speaker 1: their Miami Vice game. Some interesting things. uniforms going on
41:05
Speaker 1: this weekend as well. Forrester, let's go SEC, Big 12,
41:12
Speaker 1: ACC in that order. So this is the weekend with
41:17
Speaker 1: South Carolina coming to play Florida, that Florida is going
41:21
Speaker 1: to unveil their throwback to the 1960s, the Steve Spurrier
41:26
Speaker 1: uniform back in the day and take a look at
41:31
Speaker 1: the Florida uniform for the weekend. What do you guys
41:33
Speaker 1: think of Florida this weekend with Carolina coming to town?
41:35
Speaker 2: I don't love the helmet. I like the uniform.
41:38
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't hate that white with the stripes like that.
41:40
Speaker 1: Pretty clean, simple Florida uniform. I know it's the helmet
41:45
Speaker 1: spur of your war, but that was back when basically
41:49
Speaker 1: you just did a basic helmet, you know?
41:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't love the Gators script either. I don't
41:52
Speaker 2: think they've got a really good helmet.
41:55
Speaker 1: There is an F helmet they have. It's not in
41:59
Speaker 1: a circle. That isn't too bad.
42:02
Speaker 2: That looks more Cal State Fullerton. I don't even know
42:05
Speaker 2: if they have a football team.
42:06
Speaker 3: They used to have a good baseball team.
42:07
Speaker 1: And that's interesting. White at home this weekend. So I
42:10
Speaker 1: guess South Carolina agreed to wear their home jerseys down
42:13
Speaker 1: at Florida this week. I enjoyed South Carolina last week.
42:17
Speaker 1: So you guys give that A, B, C, D, M? Boy,
42:20
Speaker 1: the uniform I give an A. The helmet drops the
42:23
Speaker 1: whole thing to a B. Yeah, I would go B.
42:26
Speaker 1: In the Big 12, Arizona is going to Morgantown to
42:29
Speaker 1: play West Virginia. I love these. They're actually called the
42:32
Speaker 1: Coal Rush after the West Virginia coal mines where they're
42:37
Speaker 1: all blacked out. Here, West Virginia this weekend with silver
42:42
Speaker 1: down the middle and everything. It's the Coal Rush uniforms
42:45
Speaker 1: with Arizona coming. C-O-A-L, coal.
42:49
Speaker 2: I would not mind this at all if you had
42:51
Speaker 2: your traditional gold. I don't know why you go silver here.
42:55
Speaker 1: Because I would imagine the tools... and what you're mining
43:00
Speaker 1: for in there. Sometimes it's a little silver and gold.
43:04
Speaker 2: I could have been going for gold, too, right? I mean,
43:06
Speaker 2: I was more West Coast.
43:08
Speaker 1: I don't mind that one. I like that one.
43:09
Speaker 2: Yeah, that just looks nothing like West Virginia's uniform.
43:12
Speaker 1: I'm not crazy about West Virginia's uniform, though, normally.
43:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not either. But, I mean, throw that gold
43:16
Speaker 2: in there and see what it looks like.
43:17
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
43:18
Speaker 2: Or just go all black.
43:19
Speaker 1: Okay, give me the A, B, C, D, F.
43:22
Speaker 3: I'll go with a B on that one, too.
43:23
Speaker 2: I will go C.
43:25
Speaker 1: I'll give it a B just for the name, the
43:27
Speaker 1: coal rush. The coal rush. Yeah, for West Virginia. Put
43:29
Speaker 1: Kubrick on the game. Duke plays Georgia Tech this weekend,
43:34
Speaker 1: and I can't wait to see your grades on this.
43:36
Speaker 1: They're bringing out their REC Tech logo, which I love
43:40
Speaker 1: the car, and I love REC them, but putting that
43:43
Speaker 1: little car, putting that car on the helmet, that's terrible.
43:46
Speaker 1: That seems to be a loser for me. That's an F.
43:49
Speaker 2: It looks like a 50s hamburger stand.
43:52
Speaker 1: Oh, I disagree with you guys.
43:53
Speaker 2: You like this, Scott?
43:54
Speaker 1: I love these.
43:55
Speaker 2: That's hokey as hell.
43:56
Speaker 1: You love these?
43:57
Speaker 2: Yes.
43:58
Speaker 1: But Duke is wearing this logo, not Georgia Tech. No,
44:01
Speaker 1: this is Georgia Tech. Yeah, this is Georgia Tech. Why
44:03
Speaker 1: would Tech wear one that's called Rec Tech?
44:07
Speaker 5: That's a sweet helmet logo.
44:08
Speaker 1: Why would they wear one that's called Rec Tech? It's
44:10
Speaker 1: called Rec Tech.
44:11
Speaker 3: Oh, you said Rec Tech.
44:12
Speaker 2: So you've got Alabama playing a home game over in Athens,
44:15
Speaker 2: and now you've got Duke.
44:16
Speaker 1: Wearing Georgia Tech's helmet. Alabama would win that game in Athens.
44:18
Speaker 1: They haven't lost there since 2003. Why would Duke ever
44:20
Speaker 1: wear Georgia Tech's car? Why would Georgia Tech wear a
44:23
Speaker 1: helmet that was rec tech? That's what you said. Did
44:25
Speaker 1: you try your.
44:26
Speaker 2: First edible this morning?
44:27
Speaker 1: Rec tech. That's a terrible logo. I don't care who's
44:30
Speaker 1: wearing it. It is a terrible logo. It doesn't resonate
44:34
Speaker 1: on the helmet, my point. No, I would agree. It's
44:36
Speaker 1: a good t-shirt. Yeah, it's an interesting game. This weekend
44:39
Speaker 1: with Duke, Georgia Tech. Somebody back there thinks Tech could
44:43
Speaker 1: pull the upset, right? That was my upset alert. What's
44:46
Speaker 1: his point spread on that one? I have Tech locked
44:49
Speaker 1: in at plus 7.5.
44:50
Speaker 2: Now, if Brinkey rolls out in his ACC Media Day outfit,
44:55
Speaker 2: they got a shot.
44:57
Speaker 1: He's going to drive that car out on the field.
45:00
Speaker 3: He can't fit in that car.
45:01
Speaker 1: That thing's small. By the way, as we're talking about
45:04
Speaker 1: games this weekend, ticket prices, most expensive ticket in college football.
45:08
Speaker 1: texas oklahoma uh until all the weather talk georgia alabama
45:13
Speaker 1: was number two number three was lsu at kentucky at
45:17
Speaker 1: the commonwealth kentucky fans are excited i mean will stein
45:19
Speaker 1: obviously i mean you've got an offense when's the last
45:21
Speaker 1: time we saw kentucky with an offense i mean where
45:24
Speaker 1: do you where do you think they are in conference
45:26
Speaker 1: scoring offense which normally you would say with stoops there
45:29
Speaker 1: if i ask that question hey where's kentucky in scoring
45:31
Speaker 1: offense you'd say what i would.
45:33
Speaker 2: Guess sixth right now which is extremely high.
45:38
Speaker 1: Um I would put them at six is a great answer.
45:43
Speaker 1: They're still 10th at 34.6. That's still a lot of
45:46
Speaker 1: points for them, 34.6. Okay, so we're about to hear
45:50
Speaker 1: from Will Stein. Their uniforms this weekend, we showed you
45:53
Speaker 1: I think last week, they were off. They're bringing the
45:56
Speaker 1: power K back with K on the helmet Kentucky as
46:00
Speaker 1: they play LSU. It'll be a block letter game, LSU
46:03
Speaker 1: against the K on the helmet Kentucky. But this uniform
46:07
Speaker 1: means a lot to Will Stein. Here is the Kentucky coach. Will,
46:12
Speaker 1: this is Power K week, I guess. When you got
46:17
Speaker 1: this job, was this something you pushed for? And just
46:20
Speaker 1: what is it? Does this bring kind of extra juice
46:22
Speaker 1: to your team or anything like this?
46:25
Speaker 3: Yeah.
46:25
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know if it brings extra juice.
46:27
Speaker 3: I mean, it probably will.
46:29
Speaker 4: But that wears off like once the ball is kicked
46:32
Speaker 4: and once you start doing everything else. I just love
46:34
Speaker 4: the logo. You know, I mean, it's not because I'm
46:37
Speaker 4: a big retro guy. I just think it's super cool
46:39
Speaker 4: and looks clean and it obviously embodies the era that.
46:45
Speaker 4: My dad played in, and so that's where it's special
46:48
Speaker 4: to me. The first Kentucky thing that I wore when
46:50
Speaker 4: I was a little kid was the old plastic helmet
46:53
Speaker 4: with a Power K on it. So I think it's
46:55
Speaker 4: just an ode to the past, and I think it's
46:59
Speaker 4: just something that's really cool and unique and seems to
47:01
Speaker 4: be well-respected and well-liked by everybody.
47:05
Speaker 1: Yeah, so a Power K weekend for them there. He's
47:08
Speaker 1: talking about the old Hutch helmets that we all had
47:10
Speaker 1: back in the day.
47:11
Speaker 2: You know, and I think Will Stein, just because he
47:13
Speaker 2: saw it up close and personal, Oregon and all the
47:15
Speaker 2: uniform combinations, and a lot of people think it's silly,
47:18
Speaker 2: but these kids get excited about it. So don't be
47:21
Speaker 2: surprised if there is more wrinkles when it comes to
47:23
Speaker 2: Kentucky's uniform.
47:24
Speaker 1: And I hate to be the one to bring this
47:26
Speaker 1: up with that game this weekend. As great as this
47:30
Speaker 1: start has been, it's still going to be incredibly difficult
47:32
Speaker 1: for him to get them bowl eligible. And they're 4-1.
47:35
Speaker 2: And I know you look at their 4-1 and you're like.
47:38
Speaker 1: You look at more future schedules than Spann does weather models.
47:42
Speaker 1: It seems like the future schedule is important. Let's see
47:45
Speaker 1: the Kentucky schedule. I mean, you find six wins for me.
47:48
Speaker 1: They're 4-1 right now. They can beat Oklahoma. They can
47:51
Speaker 1: beat Vanderbilt. They can. They can beat Missouri. And they
47:55
Speaker 1: definitely can beat Louisville right now. They can beat Tennessee.
47:58
Speaker 1: So you've got them challenging 10 wins. I didn't say
48:00
Speaker 1: they could win them all. I'm just saying you're saying
48:02
Speaker 1: they're going to be difficult. They've got four wins. It is.
48:05
Speaker 1: Oklahoma's offensively challenged. Vanderbilt's offensively challenged. Tennessee's offensively challenged. And
48:11
Speaker 1: Louisville is struggling since their big win. They've lost two
48:14
Speaker 1: in a row. You've got Oklahoma on the road. You've
48:15
Speaker 1: got Tennessee on the road. You've got to go to Missouri.
48:18
Speaker 2: I think six and six is their number. They're not
48:20
Speaker 2: winning this weekend.
48:22
Speaker 1: I don't think they have a shot this weekend either. Okay, so.
48:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, but they are 6-6.
48:25
Speaker 1: I mean, 6-6, that's difficult to get bowl eligible. If
48:29
Speaker 1: you're only 6-6, it has been a challenge. But they're
48:32
Speaker 1: 4-2 after the loss this weekend, correct? Yes, and that's
48:34
Speaker 1: my whole point is they've only got to find two
48:36
Speaker 1: more wins, and that's going to be really hard for
48:39
Speaker 1: him to do. That's a challenging schedule. Quick poll question
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Speaker 1: around the table. All right. We'll start in the back.
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Speaker 1: Microphone's on the back right here. It is Brown on
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Speaker 1: some kind of medication and or alcohol this morning. Does
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Speaker 1: he seem a little off this morning to you guys? Forrest,
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Speaker 1: are you first?
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Speaker 2: Everybody can be honest. Don't be honest. No, possible is
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Speaker 2: not an answer. I mean, it may just be he
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Speaker 2: missed his morning biscuit.
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Speaker 1: No, got that. Brooke's a little off or on this morning?
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Speaker 1: Brown doesn't eat breakfast. He doesn't like breakfast. I don't
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Speaker 1: like breakfast. Admittedly, I don't understand the confusion on the
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Speaker 1: Georgia Tech-Duke thing. I didn't get that either. Because of
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Speaker 1: the way Jim said it. It doesn't matter. I mean, like,
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Speaker 1: have you never heard anyone butcher a saying or something?
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Speaker 1: You know the record. Yes, I work with him. His
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Speaker 1: in-ears don't work. He doesn't hear his comments. Have you
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Speaker 1: ever seen gold in a Duke helmet? I haven't, which
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Speaker 1: is why I thought it was such a dumb helmet.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what was more ridiculous.
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Speaker 5: This Duke helmet has a Georgia Tech logo on it.
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Speaker 1: But you guys tell me.
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Speaker 2: He served up Kayla DeBoer saying, you know what, we're
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Speaker 2: going to go to Athens and play this game.
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Speaker 1: Why would you be scared? They don't lose in Athens.
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Speaker 1: It seems plausible. They should definitely do that.
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Speaker 2: The Tuscaloosa economy gets seven home games every year.
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Speaker 1: Do you think they're going to try to give one
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Speaker 1: of those up? Brown doesn't care about that. They get
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Speaker 1: a hurricane, too. And those guys in the suite that
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Speaker 1: pay all that money, they've got to pack up and
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Speaker 1: sit outside in Athens. I'm just watching right here, ABC News.
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Speaker 1: This is a national story. They've got it coming right
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Speaker 1: through Tuscaloosa. It's as if it's following Highway 43 right
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Speaker 1: to Tuscaloosa. I think you should text Greg Byrne with
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Speaker 1: this idea right now. Go to Athens? Now, they would
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Speaker 1: have to give Alabama the money. Georgia does not get
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Speaker 1: to keep the home money. What is this, high school?
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Speaker 1: Like the high school gate here?
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Speaker 2: Let the Alabama sweet holders use their sweets.
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Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're going to split the gate here
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Speaker 1: so both quarterback clubs get something. Let them drink their
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Speaker 1: liquor and hang out with their women too, Brownie. I
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Speaker 1: just think it's a ballsy move.
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Speaker 3: You've got Byrne's number.
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Speaker 2: Just text him. I'll text Byrne right now and say, hey.
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Speaker 5: I would like to see an update to this.
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Speaker 1: If I text Byrne, you want me to ask him?
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Speaker 2: See if they'll wear silver britches, too, for Georgia.
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Speaker 1: Here's my idea. I'm thinking about, let's just play the
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Speaker 1: game in Athens. Well, that's not my idea. It was
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Speaker 1: a chat idea. Oh, I didn't hear that part. Maybe
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Speaker 1: I didn't say that.
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Speaker 2: You should call that dumb idea.
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Speaker 1: Up on somebody else. I think we're misremembering that.
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Speaker 3: I said hidden option D or F.
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Speaker 1: What if you just said we'll play the game and
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Speaker 1: that's definitely an F. If this show was the NHL
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Speaker 1: and our Lego chair was a penalty box, you'd spend
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Speaker 1: two minutes over there right now.
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Speaker 3: I mean, I'd still get a morning tea time.
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Speaker 1: I'll leave. That's a true statement.
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Speaker 5: Did you have your morning Diet Coke today?
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Speaker 1: I did. My morning went absolutely normal.
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Speaker 5: I didn't see you with your large Chick-fil-A cup.
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Speaker 1: Is that Brown's way of saying he's a grown-ass man?
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Speaker 5: Okay, you got it on deck. I don't know what's
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Speaker 5: going on then.
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Speaker 1: Brown, is that your way of saying you're a grown-ass man?
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Speaker 1: You're not putting me in timeout. I'll just leave. I'll
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Speaker 1: just leave. I did my normal day. My day has
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Speaker 1: been normal. I admittedly made a mistake on the Duke
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Speaker 1: Georgia Tech helmet. I'm not going to deny that. Massive mistake.
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Speaker 1: Because I thought Jim said it was the rec tech helmet,
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Speaker 1: and I was like, that doesn't make any sense.
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Speaker 5: Oh, so you made a mistake, but it's Jim's fault.
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Speaker 1: 17 years in the making, my friend. He made the
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Speaker 1: mistake leading into my mistake, yes. I mean, listen, if
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Speaker 1: the quarterback gets a bad snap and throws an interception,
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Speaker 1: do you say, I mean, bad interception, but the play
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Speaker 1: was off because of the bad snap.
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Speaker 2: You say that all the time. That was a bad snap.
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Speaker 2: I threw a pick, but it was a bad snap.
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