Okay, it's always a pleasure to be joined by Pat Smith.

You know him.

W.J.O.X. Host three, man front, co-creator, the Paul Fine Bomb Show show and just it all around good dude pet thank you for

joining me once again how's it going everything is great in the state of alabama i feel so bad for all

of our cc brethren in east tennessee going through these trials and tribulations like you're

going through you and cousin Shane so

my thoughts are with you my friend i appreciate that well let's just start right there pat

because uh you know i would have thought by the end of the week people are like tired of talking about

nico but uh the numbers suggest otherwise i mean they are through the roof. But we've, we've kind of covered

every angle possible from the Tennessee side. I'm just wondering how, you know, out there,

down there in Alabama, what is your reaction? What is the fan reaction from Alabama and

Auburn fans to all this madness? Well, let's get one thing straight, Mike. You've been around

the rivalry of Alabama and Auburn.

There's not a lot of people crying, you know, for Tennessee, for them being in this quarterback situation.

But I will tell you this, all kidding aside, the majority of our listeners to Jox 94-5 and 3-Man front,

they have applauded Josh Heipple.

They have applauded the Tennessee administration for standing up and not letting this 19-year-old kid

dictate the terms of what's going to happen moving forward in college football.

Because this really was a similar moment, in my opinion, of the way things are going to happen

moving forward.

Because if Tennessee would have caved and Tennessee would have paid him

for a mediocre SEC quarterback, then what happens in Tuscaloosa? What happens in Auburn? What

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