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We've got Stephen Lewis from Lockdown Ole Miss Jimmy Stein from Lockdown, Alabama.

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Locked on SEC and gentlemen, we're going to talk some football.

We've got plenty of stuff we're going to get into but I do want to start with basketball

because we are winding down the final weekend of regular season games happening this weekend

seeding on the line for the SEC tournament.

A lot to still be decided but man, the Florida Gators, they have been absolutely red hot.

They won what, the 10 in a row, they're beating the hell out of everybody.

I think the numbers are, they've on this 10 game win streak.

They've beaten teams by a margin of 23 points per game like it's just absolutely ridiculous.

So I take them off the table, fellas.

Give me another team from the SEC that you think has a chance to make a final four run

this postseason.

No.

I think Arkansas, if they get hot with Calipari and all that, they have the talent to get

there.

It would not surprise me in the least and then what would be funny is to watch Kentucky

fans tears with Calipari taking a team to the final four.

I'll say Alabama though, honestly, as Alabama got hate saying that, I just say it in the

sense that Alabama's got a premier offense.

The offense is fantastic.

It's one of the best offices in the country.

Two years in a row, Alabama has gone farther and done more, they've done more in the

postseason than was expected of them by virtually anyone two years in a row.

Even last year going into the NCAA tournament, they were blown out by Florida and the SEC

tournament, still made it to the elite eight, only losing to a really good Duke team.

I'll say Alabama, but I think it's only Florida, really, from the SEC.

I don't think Alabama's good enough defensively to get past, frankly, the sweet 16.

But again, back-to-back elite eights and this offense is better than the last two.

Honestly, the only thing that slowed down the offense so far is that clock management

of the actual clock, like the physical clock itself in segment policy and last night that

was unbelievable.

No, I don't disagree with either of you.

I think both could get to the final four.

They have as defense is terrible.

They do really, really poorly in terms of defending offensive rebounds, like they do not

protect the rim very well.

You saw last night in Georgia, it's been a big issue for them in other games.

Physically, they are not good down low, but they can shoot the lights out for sure.

I'm kind of with Steven.

If it's not going to be Florida, I'm all in on Arkansas because Darius A-Cuff is the

kind of player that I will put my entire bracket based on for that team getting to the final

form, being able to go and run.

Here's the thing.

They still have a lot of other talented players on that team besides him.

He is just so head and shoulders above everyone else that it's kind of crazy.

I think those three are probably the best ones.

I don't think anyone's Florida.

I mean, we're going all in on Florida, we're just we have to go all in on Florida.

I know Arizona is really good.

I know Michigan is really good.

I know Duke's really good.

I'm looking forward to just watching them beat Florida.

Let's see if it can happen.

You know, it's crazy too.

It's Gordi brought the fact that during this run, they're beaten teams by the average

of 23 points per game.

Before this past game, they had been winning those games by an average of 19.7 points or

outside this past weekend.

So in their game against Arkansas and whoever they played, Tuesday night, I can't remember.

Was it?

Who was it?

What?

Almost?

No, no.

It's a mistake.

No, almost.

It was missing.

It was missing.

It was 19.7 points per game average margin of victory before those two games and jumped

up four points, which is crazy.

Yeah.

It's, and by the way, Arkansas, Billy Richmond has stepped up.

I mean, they just, Calipari, he knows the run is like, he's not going to be long at

Arkansas, right?

But he's maximizing his time there and he's got the Tyson chicken money behind him.

And, you know, I think that's a team.

I'm going to throw it out there and don't laugh.

But Rick Barnes and Tennessee, I know they've been to the final four.

Is this the year?

I feel like we do this every year, but Nate has been an awesome freshman and then Jacobi

Gillespie has been that killer for them who he can step up hit big threes when he needs

them.

And obviously they play the trademark defense at that Rick Barnes always has them playing

physical.

So again, and look, it's no shocker.

Those are the top four teams in the SEC that we hit on.

But it, you know, it does feel like this is a year that one of them could get there.

And I saw somebody in my comments on Twitter said, well, it doesn't matter, the SEC sucks

this year.

And I'm like, I like Dylan already doesn't think so, bro.

He was still as a few days ago arguing a live in SEC teams.

And so I mean, you can say that, but other people think highly of the SEC terrible, terrible

conference that's going to have once again have the most teams out of any other conference

in there.

So just, but yeah, just horrible, horrible stretch this year for the SEC.

And I will say this, if they get the right draw, Missouri could make a run, they legitimately

could make a run, but they, they're, they're draw dependent, they're, they're in that category,

that second tier of SEC team.

Steven, did you, did you see any of you, I wanted to bring this up before we started.

And I couldn't pull it up in time.

So I'm not going to explain it well, but there was a tweet yesterday about Missouri and

just how crazy their, their seating can be in the SEC tournament.

And there's like a set, there's seven games that can dictate where they would be.

And if they, if they win in like, if Arkansas beats Texas tonight, that's the start of it.

But if this, all this stuff happens on Saturday, which all of it's very plausible, it's like

all the favorites would have to win.

They would be the three seed, but if one of the, or I'm sorry, they would, they would

be a different sort of three seed and a ten seed in the SEC tournament.

So there's still like, there's no team that fluctuates more going into this the final

week than Mizzou, which is crazy.

Arkansas beat Texas by 20.

So that's everybody's got one game left going into this weekend.

But it's that long game of those ten and seven teams from Mizzou to Vandy, to Texas A&M,

to Kentucky.

I mean, any of those teams I could buy as their one and done, they lose on the opening

weekend.

Or I can buy Kentucky gets hot, goes on a run, take an OA and all these pieces they have.

So is there one of those, I call them a dark horse, but like one of the lower tiered SEC

teams you're buying that can make a run?

Yeah.

I mean, I honestly, I think the team that's going to be cutting down the nets at the end of

the year is going to be Auburn in the NIT and I personally can't wait to watch it happen.

I honestly want crazy.

It's crazy.

It's crazy.

Talk.

They're not going to win the NIT.

No, they're not.

But watching Brutal hold, hold up Steven on that ladder to cut out the nets of the NIT

would be incredible.

All matter focus.

Here we go.

Well, how about him actually admitting to the nepotism, I mean, he's, you know,

it doesn't hurt to come out and admit, hey, yeah, there was nepotism.

I gave my, I set it up for myself and look, we know that, right?

The timing of when he retired, like, of course, of course, you sent it up.

Yeah, I wouldn't have any other choice but top, but to hire Steven Pearl, I do think,

I don't know if they considered an interim tag, but instead they gave him a four year

deal.

And if they decide to make a change, they'll have to write a, you know, a pretty decent

check to get out of it.

But Auburn played really well early in the season and it is a tough lead.

Yeah, I know there's critics out there, but it is a tough lead.

And this is why the teams that aren't making the tournament, the teams that won't be in

the NCAA tournament, you go try to win a road game there and go, go beat, go beat Oklahoma

at Oklahoma right now.

I mean, there's, this is a deep leak.

It's tough every week.

And that's why I think the SEC teams will do well in the NCAA tournament because the

week to week game to game grind to the SEC prepares you for the NCAA tournament.

Yeah.

Dude, what did you guys think of the Miami of Ohio case?

They're undefeated and yet there's talk of if they lose in their conference tournament

that they're, their strength of schedule is like 200 or something that they're saying

like they don't deserve to get in.

I, my opinion, like you undefeated in any conference, I don't care if it's a summit

league or whatever it is, you deserve to get in.

Yeah, somebody on Twitter posted this like no team that has gone undefeated has ever

missed the tournament.

And I was like, well, think that through.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But if they lost in the conference tournament, you went undefeated regular season.

Yes.

I do not care if the Mac is a one-bid league, you need to make an exception.

The other one would be the Bidste or not Miami of Ohio.

There's 68 teams.

You got to put my, if there's 68, you, you got to put them in.

But I will say with the, with the strength of schedule that low and they lose in the

Mac tournament, I'm going to doubt that they're, that they're very good to be honest.

I, I still think they deserve to, to be in at this point no matter what.

I, I agree with you guys.

I think the thing for Auburn and making their case is like, yeah, they played one of the

toughest non-conferred schedules in the country.

And, but also you look at some of those games like what, what's their best win?

Well, their best wins are close losses.

They, they, they barely lost a Houston.

They got their doors blown off by, by Arizona, which a lot of teams have.

I, I, I think Auburn is a, like every time I watch them, I want to believe it is the

opposite of watching them play football.

Every time I see them play basketball, I want to believe.

But it is, I, getting in over a team, it's what, 28, no at this point, no, absolutely

not.

Yeah.

Counter-part, Marler, um, they lost on their home four to Ole Miss.

Yeah, that was, that cost me some money, Steven.

You know, they, they, they beat Florida, right?

They want to Florida's too long.

Yeah, they can go to at Florida for the first time in 30 years.

Think about that.

The, uh, the other teams to keep an eye on, and I think, if Auburn loses at Neville,

Arena this week, I, I think they're out in, in my opinion.

I think George is in.

Man, they've played George.

I can never get a good read on him.

It's like one minute, they look good.

One minute, they don't.

They look good in the one over Bama.

Uh, I think George is in Texas host, Oklahoma, who's one five of their last seven.

and again, I think Texas is in.

Sean Miller, I think we'll get some respect,

but Texas has not been playing well as of late.

And then, and that's kind of,

the Oklahoma thing's interesting though,

because there's six and 11 in conference,

16 and 14 overall.

But what if they beat Texas this weekend,

they go into the conference tournament,

having one, what would that be?

Six of eight, and if they win a couple games

in the SEC conference tournament,

like maybe Oklahoma gets one of those last spots in.

I don't know, we'll see.

Do you want to hear healthy?

Well, the crazy part is three weeks ago,

I'm talking about Porter Moser as he's fired, he's out.

And now he's like, they can't fire him.

Now he's winning games.

So, but the real question is,

will the basketball court at the SEC tournament

be programmable by a computer?

Because that's apparently a big deal.

The tweet that somebody put out there,

Stephen, that was like, I don't,

and I'm not just saying it to Stephen,

you guys were probably sold on Twitter too.

I don't know, Stephen, you see this on Twitter,

but the guys said like,

they're trying to make it not like a basketball court,

so Darren Peterson plays.

Well, I saw one that said it was a screenshot

of the adult film being produced on the floor.

And, you know, hackers have a way.

It is impossible to do that.

That's cool.

When we return Jensen,

let's talk a little football.

I got a lot of different things we need to get into

a spring ball is getting underway.

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Guys, I do want to get to spring football,

but let me sidetrack a little bit here because there's an

important meeting going on in Washington DC this week

where the president is the president is formed a committee

where he'll be talking with a lot of big influential sports folks.

And the topic is the future of college sports.

And this is kind of coming on the heels of the SEC

and the big 10 kind of saying, hey, you know,

we have our TV deal.

We have our rights deal.

We don't want to, you know, do this fair equal thing with

the rest of college football.

But you have people like Cody Campbell and Texas Tech calling

for, hey, let's just put everybody on the same level playing

field and let's, you know, we'll get ahead of things

like the portal and NIL and all this stuff.

But where do you guys come all come down on some of this stuff?

Hey, I think it's stupid.

It's utterly ridiculous.

It's not the job of the flagship university of one of the

poorest states in America to subsidize Boise state or Colorado

state or anybody else that just wants to play big time

college football.

The SEC and the big 10 got to where they are because they are

the best conferences in college football.

And here's the problem that people need to pay attention

in this deal.

There's a whole lot more people that want this to happen

than SEC and big 10 fans that don't want it to happen,

which should give you pause at least going to Congress,

at least that they will eliminate that sports broadcasting

act that will allow pooling of revenue.

And then the pressure will be on the big 10 and the SEC.

I think in the end of the day, it's time to start having

the conversation about breakaway.

It's time to start looking at what college sports are

going to be for the SEC and big 10.

And that's just not going to be what it is for Southern

Miss and Colorado state.

And that needs to happen because they are putting a full

court press on Congress to make it sound like,

hey, pooling of the revenue, we can make $7 billion

a year.

Well, that comes out to $51 million for SEC teams.

That's a $20 million haircut if that happened.

And no SEC team, no SEC commissioner,

no big 10 are going to agree to that.

I think it's just time to start talking about breaking away.

I'm a little uncomfortable with the president leaving the

situation room at wartime to go discuss parts before.

My crazy for thinking.

I went into damn ball, Jimmy.

College football is my life.

I get it that it's that important.

But maybe it really shouldn't be that important this week.

That's just.

Well, is it the same as Mississippi getting rid of state

tax for an IEL kids?

I mean, you know, it's.

Arkansas did that last year.

I mean, it's not something.

Yeah.

But yeah, I appreciate it.

Now, Mississippi is getting rid of state tax and we're talking

about not much money.

It's more of an object than anything else.

My camera.

I think it's bad.

It's bad optics.

But I mean, but if it's one if one state's going to do it,

then the rest of the Southern states have to do it because

you got to keep up recruiting wise.

But overall, it's a really ridiculous thing that football players

get tax breaks that the hard work in public doesn't.

Well, you have to look at it like this.

If you want your Amazon distribution center,

there's going to be tax breaks attached.

If you want to be able to go to Oxford, Mississippi and watch

the next Trinidad Jamblis, this the tax break to make that happen.

This is the lever that the government has to pull.

It may not agree with it.

If you go to one to one, but that's the world we live in at the

moment.

And like y'all said, it's going to go in Alabama and Georgia and

all of those places.

It'll go around the SEC really hasty.

So I now that my camera's back in focus, which is nice.

I think this is the worst I've looked during the show.

So hopefully it goes blurry again.

But no, I think Stephen, like I think the initial reaction

of the tax thing is people want to be mad.

And then if you just take a second, you think about it.

What you said, Arkansas did this crap last year.

No one, no one batted an eye at it.

Florida, Texas and Tennessee already have no state income tax at

all in their states are like in general.

The state of Mississippi is already on their way to becoming a tax

free of state income tax free state by 2030.

And they're declining the total amount of taxes each year.

I think this year it drops out.

It's targeting if I'm wrong Stephen.

3.3% from like 4.1 from last year.

It's about it's about half a percent every single year until

it's gone.

And so here's where I get on.

I think it's I think it's ridiculous.

I think it's very unfair to the rest of the SEC.

If some people have this versus some people don't.

Like I think all those things can be true.

Here's the other part.

I am never going to be pro taxes in general.

The fact that we have to have third,

a third of our paychecks taken out by the damn government

every year to pay for $20 million toilets or the haircut

that you jokingly mentioned.

I'm sure there's a $20 million haircut somewhere in the government.

Also, at the end of the year we get a damn math project to do

that if we get wrong, we get to go to prison.

What are we talking about?

I'm never going to be pro taxes ever, ever, ever.

We have Mississippi going to do this.

Mississippi being one of the schools that's going to do it

or progress while states are going to do it.

I think it looks bad for objects.

Sure, whatever.

I think they have gone so far past after like no offense

but like they're already kind of past the optics part of this

with chambles and the stuff of the golden.

They're going to catch heat no matter what because they're winning.

Again, we didn't have any conversation about this with Arkansas.

And what's going to end up happening is like what's even said.

It's going to end up being a catalyst for the rest of the SEC.

So if I'm South Carolina, if I'm Georgia, if I'm Alabama,

I don't really care about Kentucky.

But if I'm any of those states, I'm saying why would we be behind on this?

Like what moral high ground are you trying to, or Hillary,

are you trying to die on to say that we're not going to do this

when everyone else around you is already doing it?

Well, I will, I will say this.

I've never seen so many people in Alabama and Georgia be so just

clutching their pearls over teachers in the state of Mississippi.

I yeah.

Been ahead in a couple.

How about how do we track what the kids spend money on the NIL?

Like if you buy a house, you're, you're fine.

No tax.

But if you're like Carson Becking, you buy a Lamborghini.

We're taxing you double on that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, the dirty little, the dirty little secret on this is

they're getting away from income tax.

If the player buys a house, he still has to pay property tax every single year.

And it's going to be at a much higher rate than what he was paying in income tax.

I would love to know what backup hunter in the SEC is investing in real estate

with his NIL money.

I'm sure one of this.

I want to go with Marlor down to the harbor and double budget T in it.

It makes me so I rate Jimmy every in listen.

I love turbo tax.

They have always gotten me the most money back.

They're a great partner that we have.

I love them to death.

But again, do not give me a math project.

First off, I'm great at math.

Okay.

Not mental math.

But I do.

Do not give me a math project with like, Hey, is it pass or fail?

No, it's, it's free or prison.

If you get this wrong, like get, get out of here, dude.

I was going to say of all days for us not to have a turbo tax rate here.

That would have.

That is my turbo tax rate, by the way.

That's why it's so well rehearsed.

It's just me raising nothing government.

Well, still more to come here, guys.

By the way, I went to Boston last summer and you do on the tour.

You get to literally throw tea in the Boston harbor.

Yeah.

It's a bunch of part of the tour.

What we're doing here, we lost a very big sports personality this week.

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All right, fellas, as we wrap up here here on the squad show,

we did say goodbye to one of the great personalities coaches.

And of course, sports personality in Lou Holts,

who passed away this week.

We know he was in poor health a couple of weeks ago.

And he has since gone on and coach at Arkansas.

It was back when they were in the Southwest conference.

But obviously, of course, a lot of SEC fans remember those days.

And then of course, coach at South Carolina in the late 90s into the 2000s.

And was actually I want to say 2000 2001 was named SEC coach of the year.

So anyway, and of course, we'll be remembered for those nights on ESPN with Mark May.

Or Reese Davis was wearing the judges outfit and having some fun arguments.

But it got me thinking guys, I just wanted to pull question through it out there.

Who's your favorite sports personality out there?

I mean, like I said, I used to it was must watch for me watching Lou Holts and Mark May argue with each other.

But if there's a go to personality out there, Steven, who do you like?

Well, this is going to show my age a little bit.

But it'll never compare to keep Jackson.

Ron Franklin in that generation.

Whenever they were the voice of college football, it was just different.

I remember Keith Jackson came to Oxford, Mississippi in 1993.

I think Ole Miss versus Alabama.

And it was such a big deal to get Keith Jackson in Oxford.

Ole Miss wasn't very good offensively.

And I think.

Ole Miss versus Alabama.

And it was such a big deal to get Keith Jackson in Oxford.

Ole Miss wasn't very good offensively.

And I think.

Ole Miss injured Bama's quarterback in David Palmer, played quarterback that game.

And just completely ripped Ole Miss to shreds.

And.

It just reminds me of that arrow, you know, losing Lou Holts.

Now, granite Ryan Day can sleep easy now.

But as it sits, like the late 90s, early 2000s, it was just the perfection for college football.

Jimmy, who you got?

Never met him.

The Vern Funquist guy on Twitter is following up.

I hope to meet him.

I hope to meet him.

One day.

I mean, I hope.

I hope I get enough Twitter e-cred to meet Vern Funquist, whoever that is.

You haven't followed me.

You know what?

Overrated, Jimmy.

You know what I mean?

For sure.

For sure.

There's so many in light, you know, I would even go back, even Bino Cook.

And the whole Bino was great.

I mean, just in the sense of the personalities that made me love college football as a kid that's continued all the way up into this,

this elderly state I'm in now.

But guys like that gave me my love for college football.

But there's so many good ones right now.

I like, I like Josh Pate.

I watch a lot of him.

I like most of it.

A lot of the guys on ESPN.

Game day is, is iconic to me and, you know, Reese and Kirk and Desmond.

And now, now all football coach Sabons up there with Pat McAfee.

So really a lot of them.

But Bino Cook comes to mind for me, even though he passed away a long time ago.

And that's like Bino's who instilled this love for college football in me in the first place.

Yeah, prime course.

Oh, by the way, it wasn't leaked.

Yeah.

That's where I was going to go.

I think be growing up.

I mean, game day is my favorite.

Yeah.

Like the crew.

And I like it now.

I've come around on.

I mean, Sabons been awesome.

I've come around on McAfee.

I didn't like him at first, but I've come around on him.

And I think Reese Davis does a good job.

But that original Fowler.

Course so herb street.

I mean, and I guess maybe it's because it's all the glory day memories of my memories of being in the SEC.

And it meant a big, huge monster matchup that those guys were on your campus.

To me, it doesn't get better than those three.

It was a 30 minute show.

You know, when they extended it to the hour, you were like, oh my god, we're getting an hour of game day.

And then it was two hours.

And then like the, the Lou Holtz.

I said this on my show earlier.

The Lou Holtz, Mark May thing.

I remember coming home just.

What's the most PG way to put this in case David Locke is listening hammered from college on Saturday nights and hearing.

And I was like, Lou Holtz, Mark May argue about God knows what.

And you're just sitting here like, man, this is these are the good old days.

Like this is, those are core members I have with with touch.

Well, I'm so glad you brought up Ron Franklin.

Stephen, that was him and the guy with him who had the horrible Northern accent.

My godfried.

Yeah, my godfried always.

I've been trying to pronounce Auburn's offensive.

I mean, Geno James.

And it was like, you know, James.

What?

Obviously.

What do you, wow, how am I drawn a blank here?

Um, the granddaddy mall.

Who was the Keith Jackson.

And so old school for forever and ever.

And in all the games he did.

I will say to you that I really, I don't love.

I never loved the broadcast.

And you never loved it either if your team was on it.

But the three days on Jefferson pilot.

I was just about to say that it was always some August or September game that was a thousand degrees outside.

And those guys sweating through these stupid white cotton shirts.

And it was like an Ole Miss Vandy game that was for some reason, always 28 to 24 or 31 to 27.

I don't know why.

I used to be on TBS.

Remember when it was on TBS before it was even the Jefferson.

That was that was Dave Neal.

Yeah.

Was that gold?

No, no, Bob Neal.

Bob Neal.

Bob Neal.

Bob Neal.

Golden Flake was a sponsor.

One point potato James.

If anybody's watching this, watch YouTube and find the TBS SEC.

Intro from like 1990.

It was elite.

The hard team.

The hard team mascot.

It was 14 mascots.

It was awesome.

I, the ones I'll say from today that I do love to death.

I love the guys at SC Network with Doring and PB and Daring all of them.

My favorite.

I think they just don't get enough love.

I think Tom Hart and his, his, that Saturday night crew, they usually don't have the best games.

But Tom Hart is electric.

And I've never, I will never forget him doing a game.

It Ole Miss where Jerry and Ely broke off a 69 yard run.

And he, you knew it was coming.

And he scores.

And as soon as he crossed the goal line, he's like 69 yard touchdown.

Nice.

And it was like, that's, that's a man.

A 13 year old dude just trapped in a man's body home football game.

I'll add to, I look, I think I've gotten to be behind the scenes of SCC Nation.

They do an awesome job.

Yeah.

My mom, Tibo and Jordan Rogers and all of those guys.

It's just this up against my favorite show in game day.

Right.

So it's like, I can't watch both at the same time.

I will flip back and forth.

And then of course, we can't go without mentioning the Vern Lundquist Gary Danielson 230 CBS game.

I mean, that was, you know, I liked the ESPN ABC stuff.

Now it's great.

But those games with the, no big, they did a great job making the game.

Now, now, now it's Purdue and Northwestern.

It was crazy. It was a nauseant portion of it. It was crazy, guys. How Gary Daniels, it was simultaneously a Bama

Homer and a Bama Hater at the same time. He got so much unnecessary hate forever. Honestly,

Vern did too. And like, I think those two were so great in that game. And I don't know why

everyone chose to hate Gary Daniels. But in the SEC, it's very hard to ever get anyone to agree on

anything. You mentioned Tango. It's hard for you to watch Tango because you just let his body go

so badly. You know what I mean? Like, it's just watching him. I take my fitness seriously. And watching him

just kind of slink into what do you call it? Retirement's been tough for me to watch, you know?

I'll spare time. He's in Washington trying to get people arrested for doing unsatisfying things.

It keeps going the way it's going. It might be back in college football. We'll end on that. That's good.

And in 20 years, 20 years ago, Jordan Rogers would have been the top broadcaster in college football.

But now, right now, where you're trying to be cute and have a brand and doing all this extra stuff,

the guy just knows ball. And if you know ball, I give you credit. What was that that product he was

selling? Like, where was him in his bathroom rubbing stuff on his face? I don't know what that commercial

was. I don't know. I don't know. I think it's bad. Bachelor at days.

Odd man body spray. Yeah, I might buy his face cream. It works pretty well. Fellas,

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