Jim Donnan

And, and maybe you don't know that I know Dennis because when I was a freshman at K-State, he was the wide receivers coach.

Uh, Jim Donnan was the quarterback coach and the offensive coordinator at that time under Jim Dickey.

That was our staff.

And Jim Donnan went on to be the head coach at Georgia at one point.

So, you know, he...

Uh, the defensive coordinator, Gary Darnell, was the head coach of Florida at one point.

And, and maybe you don't know that I know Dennis because when I was a freshman at K State, he was the wide receivers coach.

Uh, Jim Donnan was the quarterback coach and the offensive coordinator at that time under Jim Dickey.

That was our staff.

And Jim Donnan went on to be the head coach at Georgia at one point.

So, you know, he, uh, the defensive coordinator, Gary Darnell, was the head coach of Florida at one point.

Uh, so the coaching world, you wouldn't have known when you're just a freshman learning everything that you're around these kind of people.

So if we see anything else, if we see anything new from the SEC, from Alabama, we will let you know.

To talk a little bit more about the matchup and game coming up this weekend, on the Hagen-Botham Hotline is former Georgia head coach Jim Donnan.

I, I'm interested just to hear from you, we know that wet ball drills are a real thing, uh, we know it's something that you practice, but if you were to go into a game in which you knew the field, regardless of what's gonna happen, is gonna be wet, the ball is probably gonna be wet, and it's gonna be windy, maybe more important than anything, Coach, how does that alter your preparation or your game plan?

You know, everybody talks about Cole, uh, uh, about different ways to approach it, but the offense really does have a advantage in today's game because so many teams now run the, uh, shotgun.

Uh, I, I'm just ...

I don't want to overplay it, but, uh, from ... as a quarterback coach, this, this kid's poise for a young player and his ability to make the f- make the plays when the, uh, broken plays is just unbelievable.

Jim Donnan, former Georgia head coach, joining us on the Higginbotham Hotline previewing Alabama-Georgia.

I want to hear from you, Coach, both sides of this.

Now, it was, you know, it happened obviously within the last couple of decades, but it happened in the '80s.

And who was coordinating that offense? None other than the guy who joins us right now, my longtime friend, former offensive coordinator at OU, former head coach at Marshall, won the Natty, former head coach at Georgia, Jim Donnan, hanging with us.

How are you, buddy?

Doing pretty good.

That's, that's what I, I was talking to, uh, a coach a couple days ago, just, uh, a phone call with a coach.

And, um, his thought was, and I'd be curious to get your reaction to this, you know what John Mateer does best, he's big, he's physical, he's strong, is run the ball.

And, and, and what he had told me was, Jim Donnan with us here, was you would like to have hoped, I guess first of all, that maybe this offensive staff would have kind of taken into account what does he do best, you know, i- during the spring and the fall.

It's run the ball.

I promise you, yeah.

All right, tomorrow, Jim Donnan is coming on the show.

Tomorrow, we're going out to Macon, Georgia, to a guy that covered Whit Neubauer.

Look, he may not get to start, but I'm guessing he may get to play.