Oh, me too.

You know, I, I, I felt like ...

You know, Keelon Russell, I think he played about as I expected, to be honest with you.

Uh, you know, Kirby did a great job mixing things up, uh, giving him some looks that, that any ... that older quarterbacks are gonna struggle with.

Um, but a young guy playing his first real big game as a starter, you know, second year in college, uh, I, I thought he made plays when he had to.

And, uh, and he made mistakes that, that, that guys are gonna make.

I mean, it ...

And, and look at that now

And then this year, you know, obviously they've had an emphasis on running the ball.

Yeah.

I, you know, I don't know what the weather conditions are gonna be like.

You know, I don't know if, I, I, I'm, I'm hearing 30 mile an hour winds, uh, all that.

I, I don't know how wet it'll be.

Uh, that's certainly gonna affect the quarterback.

I know when we played in 2015, we had it, I mean, it was, it was kind of wet out there in the first half, but it was dry enough to where it didn't, it did not affect the, my grip on the football.

How, how tall is-

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Or I thought I was either getting catfished or I was in trouble.

And, uh, and I gave the guy a call, and, and, uh, he asked me if I wanted to be a part of it, and I was like, "Yeah.

Hell yeah." I mean, I, you know, it's...

I always...

I- if, if a president asks you to do something, then, then you do it, you know? Um, that's the second president I've met.

I met, met Obama when we went to the White House, uh, after the national championship game, and, uh, shook his hand and went to, uh, you know, the rally Friday in Mobile.

Uh, but yeah, I mean, so w- I guess the last thing on this episode, and we're gonna get back together again later this week, but, um, how do you as a player block all of that stuff out and just focus on the thing that you're there to do, play football?

Mm-hmm.

Um, but I also think C.J. Russell's gonna, uh, uh, as long as he settles in and starts seeing it, I think you're gonna see a lot of explosives.

You gotta have Ryan Williams again show up and make the plays he made against South Carolina.

Um, he absolutely has to go up and get the ball against these, these, uh, corners.

I know they've got one corner that's, like, 6'4".

Um, imagine that, you know, when they're trying to bring pressure and, and they, they try to man us up, that guy's gonna be on Ryan Williams, so he's gonna have a big guy to, you know, to, to jump over and make plays over.

But if there's a guy that, that when he's on and catching the ball in a one-on-one matchup, I'm taking Ryan Williams over just about anybody in the country.

Saban lost to them in 2007.