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Alabama Source LEAKS TRUTH Before UGA Football vs Crimson Tide! · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: code HMA. Drew DeArmond on with us to talk about
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  Speaker 1: game of the week, maybe the game of the year.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see if this thing even happens when it's supposed
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  Speaker 1: to happen. But Drew, I won't ask you to be
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  Speaker 1: a weatherman, but I guess I will ask you, are
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  Speaker 1: we playing this game at kickoff? I know the company line,
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  Speaker 1: not from you, but just from the SEC, from the...
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  Speaker 1: I don't see how this game gets played at this time.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like at least the time shifts a little.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, not so far.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I checked with James Spann's Twitter account.
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  Speaker 2: He's kind of a guru meteorologist in Alabama, and he's
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  Speaker 2: now reporting that it looks like most of it will
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  Speaker 2: be out by game time.
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  Speaker 3: There'll be heavy rain, so actually moving it up would
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  Speaker 3: be a disaster. Yeah. That's what it sounds like.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to come straight up through Mobile and through Tuscaloosa.
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  Speaker 2: But it looks like there's a really good chance that
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  Speaker 2: it could be done by game time. Now, it'll be
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  Speaker 2: a wet track, but it does drain. And so I
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  Speaker 2: always said that it would never be moved up. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't think as far as the time of the kickoff
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday or even some of the lunacy I heard
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  Speaker 2: about moving it to Friday, which is asinine.
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  Speaker 3: It's an ACC type move, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: That's a logistical nightmare TJ, but I think if it
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  Speaker 2: were going to happen, it would be moved back on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't really care about the NFL because the
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  Speaker 2: NFL is not in Alabama, but that would be a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot easier.
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  Speaker 3: But I really believe, I mean, it's rain for God's sake.
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  Speaker 2: Now I know, you know, James Spann used some terms
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  Speaker 2: like maybe a pop-up tornado. And I think that's where
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people started getting scared and nervous.
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  Speaker 3: Look, this has happened before.
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  Speaker 2: We were on Talking Ball this morning, and someone called
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  Speaker 2: in and brought up the fact that it rained heavy
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  Speaker 2: pretty much all day up until the 2015 Alabama LSU
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  Speaker 2: game at night. And it was in Bryant-Denny, and the
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  Speaker 2: rain got out, and it ended up draining, and the
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  Speaker 2: atmosphere was fine.
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  Speaker 3: The game was fine.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, look, man, around this time last week,
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  Speaker 2: everybody thought it was going to be a monsoon in Starkville.
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  Speaker 2: It was a monsoon, but it was a crimson monsoon
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  Speaker 2: hitting the maroon.
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  Speaker 3: So, again, the weather is a concern, no question, but hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: It'll get out of there and Georgia and Alabama will
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  Speaker 2: get a chance to play each other for the 10th
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  Speaker 2: time under Kirby Smart since he's gotten to Athens, which
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  Speaker 2: is crazy.
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  Speaker 3: And the crazy thing is, you know, most of these meetings.
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  Speaker 2: Have happened in Atlanta or in the national championship game
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  Speaker 2: with postseason implications. They really haven't played a ton in
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  Speaker 2: the regular season, you know, because of the scheduling quirks. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this will be the third meeting for them
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  Speaker 2: in the regular season since Kalen DeBoer came to Alabama.
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  Speaker 2: He's 2-0 in the regular season against Kirby. Kirby's 2-7 overall.
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  Speaker 2: But I will say both teams are, I think, much
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  Speaker 2: better than a year ago. And so it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a really fascinating matchup. You know, I was just
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  Speaker 2: listening to Brandon Walker of Dog Nation and he was comparing,
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  Speaker 2: he made an interesting comparison. He kind of compared it
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  Speaker 2: to the dogs with 50 really good players and not
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  Speaker 2: really a superstar to Alabama, you know, being the Keelan
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  Speaker 2: Russell show. Well, or, and I should say Keelan, I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to sound like somebody that doesn't cover the guy,
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  Speaker 2: but I mean, look, it's Alabama is not just Keelan Russell.
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  Speaker 2: He certainly stirs the drink and he's a special, special player.
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  Speaker 3: And I think he'll be the best player on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Saturday night, but the supporting cast around him, is really,
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  Speaker 2: really good and coming into their own. You saw it
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  Speaker 2: yourself inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. And in my opinion, they've only
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  Speaker 2: gotten better since that time. And so I'm fascinated to
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  Speaker 2: see how they play against the best defense they would have.
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  Speaker 3: Seen all year, and that's Georgia on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then on the other side, I think about–
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  Speaker 1: I do think that both of these teams have had
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  Speaker 1: different types of tests so far. Georgia against Oklahoma's defense.
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  Speaker 1: I know Oklahoma's offense is not very good. And then
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  Speaker 1: Bama against really, you know, you think about Mississippi State's
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  Speaker 1: offense and Florida State's offense. Like, I'll give them a
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  Speaker 1: little credit. They played well. And they have played well
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  Speaker 1: since then. I had questions about the Bama defense after
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  Speaker 1: that game. I kind of worried, like, man, 36 points,
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  Speaker 1: 377 yards to Ashton Daniels. Ever since then, Florida State
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  Speaker 1: hadn't scored under 34, and they've scored on nearly all
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  Speaker 1: of their possessions. Not always touchdowns, but they've been really
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  Speaker 1: good offensively since they were in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think they've taken on two offenses.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, still, if you're Alabama, you would have
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  Speaker 1: loved to have not given up that many points against
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  Speaker 1: Florida State and that many yards to a quarterback like
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  Speaker 1: Ashton Daniels.
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  Speaker 3: But they've faced different tests.
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  Speaker 1: And obviously this will be the toughest test that either
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  Speaker 1: of them face during the regular season, I w I
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  Speaker 1: would imagine.
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  Speaker 3: Um, but I want to.
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  Speaker 1: See what that Georgia defense, which I think is really,
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  Speaker 1: really good does against a competent, offense or in really
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  Speaker 1: a great offense, but somebody that has a pulse, I
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  Speaker 1: want to see what that Bama defense does against an
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  Speaker 1: offense that does look really, really good. So I think
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  Speaker 1: there are questions that are going to get answered here
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  Speaker 1: that we can conjecture and we can speculate on, but man,
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  Speaker 1: when toe meets leather, we'll find out if Keelan Russell
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  Speaker 1: is as good as we think we'll find out if
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  Speaker 1: that Georgia defense is as good as we think we'll
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  Speaker 1: find out because the other team has a a punch back.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of times the, these guys have, both
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  Speaker 1: these teams have played some teams. They can't punch back
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina, you know, Oklahoma, just whomever there's going to
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  Speaker 1: be some punching going on. Hopefully not the kind that
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  Speaker 1: gets people in trouble, but there there'll be some answers that,
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  Speaker 1: that we get. Cause I've, I think really, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we can speculate on it, but until we see it
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  Speaker 1: against an elite team, it's tough to know.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, it is a little bit, TJ.
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  Speaker 2: But I will say I think Alabama has played a
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  Speaker 2: much tougher schedule than Georgia.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Oklahoma was supposed to be better.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we talked about it today with Brandon Drum
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  Speaker 2: of OU Insider about what's happened to the OU offense.
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  Speaker 2: And I think one thing is some of the receivers
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  Speaker 2: they brought in in the transfer portal have not been
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  Speaker 2: the impact guys they thought to help Isaiah Satania. But
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  Speaker 2: I think the biggest issues are two others. The offensive
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  Speaker 2: line has not been as good as they hoped, and
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  Speaker 2: then Mateer regressing and not having the second-year jump you
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  Speaker 2: thought he would. Honestly, since the start last year, after
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  Speaker 2: he got hurt and came back too quickly before the
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  Speaker 2: Red River shootout, he's really been like a roller coaster.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know what you're going to get, and most
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  Speaker 2: of the time that roller coaster's been off track this year.
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  Speaker 2: He did make a point, though. They did outgain Georgia severely.
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  Speaker 2: and move the ball in between the 20s, but you
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  Speaker 2: have to score.
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  Speaker 2: And one of the vivid things is it was 14-0 Dawgs,
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  Speaker 2: and it was about to be 14-7. Wide open receiver
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  Speaker 2: in the end zone. We all know what happened. The
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  Speaker 2: ball slipped out of Mateer's hand. Chris Cole picked it
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  Speaker 2: up and ran it back 90-something yards for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: And the game was basically over after that. So Alabama
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  Speaker 2: can't make those kind of mistakes. Since the first half
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  Speaker 2: of the Kentucky game, they've done a great job of
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  Speaker 2: not turning it over.
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  Speaker 3: Now they did have.
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  Speaker 2: Two against Mississippi State, but they had already gotten off
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  Speaker 2: to a tremendous start in that game. And they've got
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  Speaker 2: to cut those out. They've got to cut out the penalties.
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  Speaker 2: They did have some operational penalties that will not help
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  Speaker 2: you against Georgia at all. But I will say, Every
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  Speaker 2: week it looks like Keelan is getting more comfortable. They're
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  Speaker 2: making a lot of explosive plays. And his mobility and
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  Speaker 2: his ability to throw the ball accurately down the field
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  Speaker 2: has kind of been kryptonite for Kirby and his defense
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  Speaker 2: at times. They've given up some things through the air
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  Speaker 2: to really good quarterbacks and receivers. And so certainly Alabama
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  Speaker 2: needs to create some balance, and they're a much better
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  Speaker 2: running football team than they were a year ago. They
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  Speaker 2: had just enough balance in Athens to get the win
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  Speaker 2: last year and escape, but they're going to need a
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  Speaker 2: better running game than that on Saturday, I think. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's just going to come down to the fact
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  Speaker 2: that who is the most efficient team as far as
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  Speaker 2: who wins that turnover battle, who can keep penalties to
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  Speaker 2: a minimum, and then to me, Uh, it's once again,
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  Speaker 2: Alabama is going to have to outrush Georgia out, possess
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  Speaker 2: them like they did a year ago. Cause you remember
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  Speaker 2: Alabama dominated the time of possession, especially in the first half.
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  Speaker 2: And they were able to use that and control the football,
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  Speaker 2: keep it away from Georgia. And then, you know, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to make one or two more big plays than
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  Speaker 2: they do. They did that a year ago, and I
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  Speaker 2: think they've got to do that this time. And then,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you can force Georgia into mistakes and
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  Speaker 2: win that turnover battle, and then I think it could
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  Speaker 2: be huge in this game, whether it's just one turnover
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  Speaker 2: or two, if you can take the ball away from
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  Speaker 2: the other guy. And then on defense for Alabama, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Georgia's too good. Gunner's experienced. They've got an underrated receiver
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  Speaker 2: core that's not a lot of known guys yet, not
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  Speaker 2: a Ladd McConkie, not a Brock Bowers, but I think
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  Speaker 2: they have some, or a George Pickens, but I think
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  Speaker 2: they've got some good players. And then, you know, they've
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  Speaker 2: got their Nate Frazier in their running back room, you know, is.
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  Speaker 3: Chauncey Bowens, who hurt Alabama.
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  Speaker 2: I know he's a little banged up, but they have
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  Speaker 2: a good running back room, and Lawson Lucky, who I
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  Speaker 2: think is a really good tight end. So, They have weapons,
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  Speaker 2: but you're going to have to contain them. I think
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  Speaker 2: the red zone defense is going to be key on
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  Speaker 2: both sides, both for Alabama and Georgia. If you can
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  Speaker 2: make them kick, and I thought that was a big
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  Speaker 2: turning point in the Mississippi State game last week. At
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  Speaker 2: the half, Alabama made them kick a field goal, didn't
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  Speaker 2: give up seven. Then they come out in the third
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  Speaker 2: quarter and go up 35-17. There's a big difference there.
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  Speaker 2: You're doubling up your opponent. If you can anytime you
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  Speaker 2: make them punt or kick a field goal, I think
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  Speaker 2: that's a win, especially with.
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  Speaker 3: A team like Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: So if you play good red zone defense and you
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  Speaker 2: win the turnover battle, and I still say both teams
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  Speaker 2: are really good against the run, but whoever runs the
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  Speaker 2: football the best.
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  Speaker 3: Is going to win this game.
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  Speaker 2: And then I think Keelan Russell is better than Gunnar Stockton,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm not taking anything away from Gunnar. I think
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  Speaker 2: he's a hell of a player and a competitor, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to you know, discount him at all.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think Keelan, if he keeps playing at
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  Speaker 2: this level, I think he can be the best player
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  Speaker 2: on the field. And when you have the best player
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  Speaker 2: on the field, you can, a lot of times you
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  Speaker 2: win games like this.
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  Speaker 3: So I think it's going to be a hell of
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  Speaker 3: a game.
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  Speaker 2: I've got Alabama winning 34, 27 and a game that
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  Speaker 2: I think, cause I think Alabama, if they're going to win,
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  Speaker 2: I think I, cause I think offensively they can be elite.
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  Speaker 2: I think you've got to get the game in the
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  Speaker 2: high twenties or.
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  Speaker 3: The, low to mid 30s.
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  Speaker 2: And if it's in the 40s, I really love Alabama's chances,
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  Speaker 2: but crazy because I think both of these defenses are good.
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  Speaker 2: But if the game is played in the low 20s
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  Speaker 2: or in the teens, I think that's to Georgia's advantage
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  Speaker 2: because that means they're containing Keelan Russell. Certainly the game
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  Speaker 2: in Tuscaloosa last year was 24-21. Alabama had a really
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  Speaker 2: good first half, but didn't score in the second. And
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  Speaker 2: so that was an issue. but they were lucky to
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  Speaker 2: be able to escape there. And Kirby made some of
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  Speaker 2: his trademark halftime adjustments. But I think this year Alabama's
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  Speaker 2: more balanced, and I think they've got more weapons on
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  Speaker 2: offense than Georgia does.
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  Speaker 3: But you've got to protect Keelan. And if you can,
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  Speaker 3: and if they can.
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  Speaker 2: Block Georgia's front and wear them down somewhat and kind
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  Speaker 2: of beat Kirby at his own game, keep pounding with
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  Speaker 2: the run, because I think Alabama is much healthier and
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  Speaker 2: much deeper in the backfield than they were a year ago.
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  Speaker 3: Because they didn't have Treshawn Brown. They didn't have EJ Crowell.
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  Speaker 2: Both of them are capable of making plays, and I
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  Speaker 2: think overall Alabama comes in in a position of strength
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  Speaker 2: in this game. Now, there is a breaking injury situation.
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  Speaker 2: I knew about it, but it wasn't going to go
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  Speaker 2: public because I was told not to, but Coach Kaelin
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  Speaker 2: DeBoer just did on the teleconference. Josh Ford broke his
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  Speaker 2: hand-slash-arm in the game last week against– You know, the
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State Bulldogs, and we know what kind of impact
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  Speaker 2: he's had on that tight end room and on the
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  Speaker 2: physicality of the offense.
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  Speaker 3: He had surgery, and he is a little bit different.
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  Speaker 2: And what I mean by that is if anybody's listening
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  Speaker 2: to your show, and we know you have a ton
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  Speaker 2: of listeners, and they're probably from our age gap and
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  Speaker 2: sometimes even older, if you remember Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon,
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  Speaker 2: that's kind of the mindset of this kid, and he
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  Speaker 2: wants to play with a broken arm.
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  Speaker 3: He wants to cast it up and play.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if the doctors clear him, TJ. I even
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  Speaker 2: heard he's already doing push-ups. This is how different the
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  Speaker 2: kid is. Now, Jyra Edwards came back from a similar
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  Speaker 2: injury in about two weeks. Now, I was told originally
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  Speaker 2: this would probably be a two-week injury, but then I
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  Speaker 2: was also told he wants to push the envelope. Luckily,
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  Speaker 2: with Richard Owens, the new tight ends coach, an extension
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  Speaker 2: of the O-line coach with Adrian Clem, They have developed
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  Speaker 2: five good tight ends, so if they lose Josh Ford
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  Speaker 2: for this ball game or only play him situationally, they've
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  Speaker 2: got four other guys that have played well, Jay Lindsey,
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  Speaker 2: Danny Lewis, and of course the two that have been
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  Speaker 2: involved in the passing game extensively, Caleb Edwards, and then
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  Speaker 2: Marshall Pritchett, who put on a show last week. They
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  Speaker 2: certainly will all be available, but That's something to monitor
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  Speaker 2: Josh Ford because he's got one catch for three yards
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  Speaker 2: and a touchdown that you saw against Florida State. But
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  Speaker 2: the thing about it is he hasn't been targeted a lot,
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  Speaker 2: but he's a huge part of that running game.
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  Speaker 3: You talk about the running game.
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  Speaker 1: 229 yards against East Carolina, 155 against Kentucky, 250 against
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  Speaker 1: 247 against FSU. A little lower against South Carolina. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't as needed, I think, but 124 there. And then
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  Speaker 1: 179 last week against Mississippi State. Leaps and bounds from
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  Speaker 1: last year. Not even comparable when you look at what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing. About 186 a game is what they're putting.
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  Speaker 3: On the ground. I do agree with you.
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  Speaker 1: I think if Bama can get over $ 1. 50... I think
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  Speaker 1: they'll be in really good shape in this game. Not that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, now if you give up a buck 50,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like, or more and Georgia gets up to
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  Speaker 1: one 60, one 75, one 80, then yeah, that'll undo it.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, Bama can run the ball effectively. I do
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  Speaker 1: have so much confidence in their passing game right now.
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  Speaker 1: I think what Bama has done on the ground has
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  Speaker 1: been really, really impressive. Clearly they will not have seen
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  Speaker 1: a front like this Georgia front. And then conversely, the
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  Speaker 1: same thing, you know, Oklahoma's front is really good. So
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  Speaker 1: Georgia does have the experience playing that, but Georgia's going
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  Speaker 1: to see a really good front and a team that's
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  Speaker 1: going to be focused on stopping the run.
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  Speaker 3: We get so caught.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: Up, and you're right about turnovers, kind of the great equalizer,
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: but if you just show me the rushing totals after
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: this game, don't show me the final score, just show
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: me the rushing totals and how many attempts it took,
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: I feel like, again, absent a pump, that's blocked or
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: three turnover, you know, absent something weird. You just show
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: me those rushing totals. I'll tell you who wins this
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: game like that. That's really, I've got so much confidence
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: in the quarterbacks. I know the way they'll try and
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: play defensively. Did we just show me that rushing total?
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: I'll give you a winner. Like I'll tell you today
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: who wins. If you just tell me that total now,
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: but I think that's of massive importance here.
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: Well, it is.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: It always is. You have to be able to run
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: the ball. And that's why Alabama is, You know, didn't
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: win an SEC championship last year. They did make the playoff.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: They won one game. But the national champions in Indiana,
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: you know, routed them 38-3 because one team could run
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: the football and the other could not.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: You have to be balanced. And Alabama knew that going
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: into the offseason.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: They had to develop a better offensive line, which they've done.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: And the ironic part is against, you know, against Mississippi
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: State on the road, And against Kentucky, they didn't have
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: their iron five, so to speak, their top five guys.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: In Kentucky, they were without Mike Carroll, their best guard,
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: their starting right guard. They had to start William Sanders
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: and Mal Waldrop. And then against Mississippi State, they didn't
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: have their right tackle, Javon James. They had to start
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Tyrell Miller. But they had guys ready to go. And
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: that's a credit to Adrian Clem and that staff and
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Richard Owens of working with that O-line. and getting backup
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: guys ready. And then that first group is really good.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, you're talking about Jackson Lloyd and William Sanders,
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: the usual guys on the left side, Racine Delgadi from
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Cal Poly has been really good. And, you know, and
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: then also on the right side, Michael, Mike Carroll, when
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: he's in there, I think he's an All-American level right guard.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: And then, you know, Javon James and Tyrell Miller, I
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: think either one of them are more than serviceable enough
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: to play against Georgia.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: And they're just going to have to do their jobs.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: I mean, certainly Georgia's going to win some battles, but
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: you have to win your share. And I think Treshawn
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Brown and Crowell give them some explosiveness. And I know
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: we talked about this going into the Florida State game,
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: explosiveness out of the running game. And they have now.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: They can make big plays out of that running game.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: You know, Crowell's been on a pitch count because he's
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: got a couple of injuries. And, I mean, that's why
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: he missed a lot of spring and fall. And then
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: he's also still trying to learn how to play without
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: the ball. But he basically averages one big play per game.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: And so if he can do that against Georgia, I
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: think it speaks well. Personally, though, I've said it on
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: many shows this week, I wish he would have a
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: breakout game like Sean Alexander's redshirt freshman year in the
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: rain in Baton Rouge when he rushed for nearly 300
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: yards and they emptied the stadium in the second half
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: and shut out LSU. I wish he would explode for
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: the first time because I think he's capable of doing that.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: But I don't know that he's ready to do that yet. But,
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: of course, nothing would please me more if he did
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: it to Georgia because of all.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: The PTSD they would have.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: But it's kind of like me when these games run
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: together and Josh Ford actually had the one-handed catch against
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: South Carolina. But you saw Alabama's offense live in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: You've seen the physicality.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: That they play with now, and you saw them score
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: on nine straight drives, and you don't do that being one-dimensional.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: You have to be multi-dimensional, and they're going to have
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: to be multi-dimensional against Georgia, because Georgia will.
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: Try to make them play left-handed.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: They're going to try to stop the run and put
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: the game in Keelan's hands.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: I know that sounds.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: Crazy, but Herbie's always been a guy that wants to
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: stop the run and knows he has to. But, you know,
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: Keelan Russell can make plays with his feet and he
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: can make plays with his arm. But, you know, they're
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: going to try to put more pressure on Keelan, make
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: him make decisions, try to keep him in the pocket.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: I'm sure they're going to try to build a bubble.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: And then Keelan's going to have to just take what
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: they give him, be patient with it. But I do
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: think there'll be some plays there to be made vertically.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: We'll see, and really, I don't think Georgia's played against
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: a passing attack because we know Oklahoma doesn't have a
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: great one, and this.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Was a vintage Vanderbilt team.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Vanderbilt stayed with them for a half before Georgia wore
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: them down, but I just think Alabama, it's going to
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: be a battle in the trenches. They have to run
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: the football some and help Keelan Russell. I loved the
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: game plan last week where they only threw 10 times
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: in the first half, and then it allowed them to
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: make some big plays in the second half because they
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: State did have a problem stopping the run. But then,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: you know, I know that Georgia's going to make some
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: plays too. Alabama's just going to have to be solid
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: in the red zone. But, again, offensively, they've got to
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: stay ahead of the chains, and then they have to,
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: you know, protect Keelan Russell. If they can keep Keelan
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: Russell clean, and I'm not naive, I know Georgia will
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: probably get a sack or two, but if you can
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: hold that down to two or less sacks in this game,
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: and he doesn't take a beating, is not getting hit
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: a lot. If you can keep him clean, then I
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: think they can beat Georgia. And so far, the Georgia
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: pass rush has been good, not great. I'm sure Kirby's
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: been saving some things, but so has Alabama. So it's
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: going to be a really great chess match. I'm going
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: with Keelan Russell and Alabama because they're at home and
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: because I think this is a well-rounded offense. I certainly
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: think Georgia's is as well, but I think Alabama is
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: better equipped defensively to deal with him this year. They've
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: done a good job stopping the run. They've got to
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: slow Georgia's run down, and then they've got to put
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: some pressure on Gunner Stock, and he's been sacked five times.
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: Gunner can run, too, but you've got to pressure him,
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: get in his face, and make him make some difficult throws.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: And if you do, then I think you can force
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: a turnover or two that could potentially be the difference
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: in the game.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Drew, where can people follow you?
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: What do you got coming this week and social media shows,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: all that stuff?
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: Well, we got a lot of stuff going on.
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: We got talking ball Monday through Friday, 7 to 10 a.m.,
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: and certainly we're looking forward to the rest of the week.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: We got two more shows coming up that we're excited about,
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: really three. We're going to be out at Hyundai of
• 22:46
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• 22:50
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• 22:50
  Speaker 3: Morning for me.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: I've already got a lot of hit lined up in
• 22:53
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• 22:56
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• 22:59
  Speaker 2: be talking a lot of Georgia Bama, and we're going to,
• 23:01
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• 23:03
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• 23:06
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• 23:10
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• 23:11
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• 23:13
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• 23:15
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• 23:17
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• 23:22
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• 23:25
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• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate the kind words.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: I appreciate you for coming on.
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: These are always fun.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: And like I said, massive game that the Southeast will
• 23:37
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• 23:40
  Speaker 3: Cause I think we all.
• 23:41
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• 23:45
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• 23:56
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