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[00:01:11] Speaker A: Hey, guys. Welcome back to the Bama Balance. Real stories about college students, mental health. It's good to be back.
[00:01:16] Speaker D: Feel so good.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: You know, the week in between feels like a long time. Kind of.
[00:01:21] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:01:22] Speaker A: Then when we get to the Wednesdays, I'm dreaming of the weekends. This is a positive thing to look forward to on Thursday. This kind of kicks my weekend off.
[00:01:30] Speaker D: Oh, does it really? I don't think I realized we were in a spot. Honor for you there.
[00:01:33] Speaker A: Puts me in a. Puts me in a good mood going into the weekend.
[00:01:36] Speaker D: That's pretty cool. You were out. You were out of town last weekend. You went home last weekend? Yes. I can't remember.
[00:01:41] Speaker A: Go home last weekend.
[00:01:42] Speaker D: Okay. Were you in town, Edward?
[00:01:44] Speaker E: I was. I was in town.
[00:01:46] Speaker D: What did you. Would you end up doing?
[00:01:49] Speaker A: What did I do?
[00:01:50] Speaker E: No, I had. Oh, I greeted people for interviews. Oh, Blackburn.
[00:01:55] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:01:56] Speaker E: And then.
[00:01:56] Speaker D: That's right.
[00:01:57] Speaker E: That was.
That's always so interesting because there's, like. It's so funny when you're, like, talking to someone and you can tell that they're, like, nervous but trying to not be nervous, and it's just like, I just want to look at them and be like, just take a deeper.
[00:02:12] Speaker A: Like, you're.
[00:02:13] Speaker E: It's fine. Yeah, like, be nervous. Like, that's okay.
[00:02:15] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:02:17] Speaker E: But I did that and then I was, like, gonna go to the baseball game after and then. Just didn't. Just went home.
[00:02:20] Speaker D: Yeah.
It's that time of year, too, where, you know, if you haven't had midterms, you're in them now. Or if you've had them, you're just really grateful. To be out of them?
[00:02:33] Speaker E: Yeah, no, 100%.
[00:02:34] Speaker D: But then a lot of. I guess there are a lot of selections being made now for organizations around this time. A lot of interviews and things like that. So there's a lot of activity going on. Yeah.
[00:02:46] Speaker A: I feel like the last like four weeks before spring break is kind of crazy, Right? Because when you get to spring break, you're like, all right, I needed this.
[00:02:54] Speaker D: I know, I know some people are
[00:02:56] Speaker A: probably thinking they need it right now, but.
[00:02:58] Speaker D: Yeah, it seems like we've talking about spring break since January.
[00:03:01] Speaker A: Yeah, I think we have. Honestly, it's kind of a bad look, but I promise I like it here.
But a break would be awesome.
[00:03:09] Speaker D: I know it. You know, it's probably the more we talk about it, the longer it gets, the longer it seems like it's gonna be.
[00:03:19] Speaker A: But how about the absolute shooting clinic we put on last night?
[00:03:24] Speaker D: Wasn't that some. That was firing in state?
[00:03:26] Speaker B: Yeah. Hopefully they keep it up.
[00:03:28] Speaker D: Z, what do you think our odds are now in the SEC Championship?
[00:03:35] Speaker A: Like in the tournament?
[00:03:36] Speaker D: Like in the tournament. Yeah. Sorry.
[00:03:38] Speaker A: I mean, we're second. We're two second ranked team.
[00:03:41] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:03:43] Speaker A: I think Ford is really good.
Honestly. I think I've said this before on here. Maybe I don't really like winning. I mean, it's great to win the SEC and win the SEC tournament, but in the past, other than last year, teams that have won the tournament have not. Have not done very well in March.
[00:04:00] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:04:01] Speaker A: It's almost better. It seems better to almost get that break, which with how we've been all year, injuries and being banged up. Fallon didn't play last night.
[00:04:09] Speaker D: Right.
[00:04:09] Speaker A: And I know that was probably looking forward to the weekend, but I mean, I. I wouldn't hate to, you know, make it to the semis or something and maybe get.
Maybe get a close loss. Sure, sure. Something that we can build off of, but also give us a little bit of time off, you know.
[00:04:27] Speaker D: Such an interesting team this year because the game last night, it seems like I was watching any two different games. Like the first half seemed like much different than the second one did.
[00:04:37] Speaker A: No doubt.
[00:04:38] Speaker D: Right?
[00:04:38] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:04:38] Speaker D: And I don't know. I just don't know what that's about. If it's our team or I guess it's our team. But in terms of what is it about our team that is not kept up that.
[00:04:47] Speaker A: And we played small a lot in the first half. Yeah.
Cheryl didn't play a lot in the second half, which. That really hurts.
[00:04:57] Speaker D: Right.
[00:04:58] Speaker A: But we didn't really play Very small either. Like we did in the first half.
[00:05:02] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:05:03] Speaker A: Because it seemed like when we were pulling Cheryl, we're just filling that spot with Millette or London or somebody like that, which I like a lot.
I've always said if we're gonna get beat, I'd rather get beat playing small.
[00:05:16] Speaker D: Right.
[00:05:16] Speaker A: Than having a, you know, big out there.
[00:05:19] Speaker D: That.
[00:05:20] Speaker A: Not necessarily.
Yeah.
[00:05:23] Speaker D: How do you think we're going to match up against teams from the acc?
Because Duke's looking pretty good.
[00:05:30] Speaker A: Yeah. They've got that stud.
There's a lot of good freshmen.
[00:05:36] Speaker D: Yeah.
Yeah.
[00:05:38] Speaker A: Which I think Texas Tech had the power forward that just tours acl, which.
[00:05:42] Speaker E: That's right. That's right.
[00:05:46] Speaker A: Duke looks good.
There's a lot of teams.
[00:05:49] Speaker D: There's a lot of teams.
[00:05:50] Speaker A: Arizona looks great.
[00:05:51] Speaker D: Yeah.
Yeah.
[00:05:53] Speaker A: I don't know. You just gotta hope you get on a good side of the bracket, really.
[00:05:56] Speaker D: That's exactly.
[00:05:57] Speaker E: I mean, if we get hot, we beat anyone. Like, that's the thing.
[00:06:01] Speaker B: And that's such a.
[00:06:02] Speaker E: It's hard. It's hard to do that, like, four games in a row. But.
[00:06:04] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:06:05] Speaker E: I mean, when we're at our best, no one beats us, at least in my opinion.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: I agree.
[00:06:10] Speaker D: It's gonna be tough to beat us, I think, but. So that's the thing.
And I know we're. We. I know we're probably needing to. To move on, but just one more thing. I think we. We haven't yet peaked at. At the place that we need to, you know, we. I don't think we've hit our. Hit our stride, you know, I mean,
[00:06:26] Speaker E: as a basketball team.
[00:06:27] Speaker D: Yeah. Correct. And so maybe if we. If we're in that stride now, that's great. If we continue that, you know, throughout the tournament and then throughout, you know, March, you know, like. Like a racehorse. Right. Coaching a racehorse to the end. You want to.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: I agree.
[00:06:43] Speaker D: You know, not let up your stride.
[00:06:45] Speaker A: And the bad thing about the tournament is if you win. If you win the tournament, that means you've won a lot in a row.
[00:06:51] Speaker D: Right.
[00:06:51] Speaker A: And then when you're stacking march on top of that, then you're looking at a pretty long win streak that you're going to pull off, but.
[00:06:58] Speaker D: Exactly.
[00:06:58] Speaker A: I've got confidence in us. But we're really excited for today's episode.
[00:07:02] Speaker D: Who do we got, Brooks?
[00:07:03] Speaker A: One of my best friends, one of my dearest friends, fraternity brother Mr. Bennet Katz will be joining us. And we're kind of going to do a little different episode than we've maybe ever done before. As far as totally dividing up the two segments and talking about two different things. So I'm excited for it. And we'll be back here in a minute. This is the Ben Balance.
Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:07:43] Speaker C: This show is not a substitute for professional counseling and no relationship is created between the show host or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective counties crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emerg situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
[00:08:25] Speaker D: Hey, y'. All.
[00:08:25] Speaker E: Welcome back to the Bama Balance.
And I'm really, I'm really excited. In this segment, introduce our guest, Bennett Katz. You know, Bennett is been involved in a lot, but of course it would, you know, wouldn't do me, it wouldn't do him justice for me to try to explain it all. So I'll let him take over. But Bennett, thanks for joining us today. And if you want to just give a brief introduction of, you know, who you are and then maybe some of the things you've done on campus.
[00:08:47] Speaker B: Yeah, thank you so much, Edward. And thank you guys so much for having me. I really enjoy it. And listen to a few of yalls episodes. I really like the Spotify the playlist one. If you haven't listened to that one, definitely go check that one out. It's going to be a great one.
But yeah, thank you guys. I'm Bennett Katz. I'm a senior. I'm for Mobile, Alabama, majoring in operations management.
Again, happy to be here and happy to talk with you guys about it.
[00:09:09] Speaker D: No, that's fantastic. We, you know, we, we tried to get Bennett during the first season as we launched this, but he's been involved in so many things, it was just kind of tough to get schedules to work out. So we're, I'm glad that, that Brooke's been able to twist your arm to come in today.
[00:09:29] Speaker A: So, yeah, it's hard to catch up with, you know, how, how, like what
[00:09:33] Speaker D: are, what are some of the things that you have been involved in and are currently involved in? That's, that's what amazes me.
[00:09:38] Speaker B: So now I'm almost all the way done. I'm second semester senior year. I'm still part of capsule Men and women. So we give the tours and ambassadors for Alabama. I was a part of ifc for two years, and that's really what I really enjoyed, impacting students and the fraternity community and just going a lot of meetings, meeting with staff members, meeting with new member educators, presidents, advisors. So that was really what kind of took up a lot of time.
[00:10:05] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:10:06] Speaker B: And then I work with athletics, so worked in the ticket office for a while, and then with Crimson Tide foundation, and then now I've worked with director of athletics office. So I've enjoyed it a lot. It's been, I guess, a lot to manage with classes, but it's all stuff that I enjoy, and I guess you find time for the things you enjoy and.
[00:10:26] Speaker D: Right.
[00:10:27] Speaker B: Alabama's just got so many good opportunities.
[00:10:29] Speaker D: I can't remember. I can't remember the last time we caught up. It was probably at a breakfast or. I can't remember when it was, but. And I don't remember if I've asked you this. I probably have, but how was it that you chose to come to Alabama?
[00:10:42] Speaker B: So have I asked you that? For me, I think you probably. We were at the Waysider. Oh, we sat down. We were right there with coach Brian.
[00:10:49] Speaker D: That's right, we were. That's right.
[00:10:51] Speaker B: Got a good picture.
[00:10:51] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
[00:10:53] Speaker B: But coming here, it was kind of an easy decision.
I grew up coming to football games here. My parents came here. My grandparents came here. Great grandparents. Some of them came here as well. So I would come here for football games, be around this campus. And then once I took a tour and learned about everything else, I was sold. I already knew I wanted to come here, but then took the tour, and I was like, okay, that's it. I know. This is where I want to be. This is where I'm meant to come.
[00:11:19] Speaker D: That's fantastic. That's fantastic.
Well, you know, I guess just with the amount of stuff that you've been involved with, and as Brooks mentioned, that, you know, time management is something that you're sort of pretty keen on. And.
And in terms of, you know, in terms of sort of managing the time to. To contribute to mental health and just overall success in general, you know, that seemed like that was something that. That you wanted to touch on or talk about a bit, right?
[00:11:54] Speaker E: Yes, sir.
[00:11:54] Speaker D: Yeah. So in terms of. So time management and how do you. And how it feels like it's been helpful to you in terms of not only the work, but kind of mental health and all that. Can you say something about that?
[00:12:08] Speaker B: That's a great question. It's a lot of things to think about with that, but I. I think it all comes down to how you start your day. I think you first of all have to get up early in the morning or early ish.
I mean, around 7 o' clock or before preferably. I think it's just important to have downtime before you actually start your day. Before you go to class, before you go to work, before you start doing whatever it is to really sit down and think, okay, this is what I'm going to do today. This is what I have to get done. Having some sort of period of silence to yourself to think out the rest of your day has been something I think that's been the most beneficial to me to really get through the rest of the day, really make the most out of it.
That and starting the day with making your bed.
[00:12:55] Speaker D: So go Brooksy Bang. Yeah.
[00:12:58] Speaker A: The most important thing you could ever do.
And it kind of makes me mad. I. I've talked about this too. My bed at ATO is like lofted up and I've got a board that is like, runs along the side of my bed. So I can't like properly make my bed.
[00:13:14] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:13:15] Speaker A: So every time I walk in my room.
[00:13:17] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:13:17] Speaker A: I see it in the corner and I'm like, golly, yeah.
And like, it's just such a hassle to get up there and actually make my bed. So like, I just do the best I can when I wake up.
[00:13:27] Speaker D: Right.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: But no, making your bed is. And Calvin has talked about this with me and Dr. Perez, not. Have you seen the Navy SEAL video?
[00:13:34] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:13:35] Speaker A: Great. I mean, just a great way to. You've accomplished one thing.
[00:13:39] Speaker D: Correct.
[00:13:39] Speaker A: You start your day off doing something.
[00:13:41] Speaker D: That's right. That's right.
[00:13:42] Speaker A: If you don't get anything else done. You made your bed.
[00:13:44] Speaker D: Making your bed.
[00:13:45] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:13:45] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:13:45] Speaker E: I mean, I was like, obviously y' all can't see it, but I saw brokes like react when it talk about getting up in the mornings. And I was like, what is he about? What does he want to see right now? And I was like, oh, the bed.
[00:13:58] Speaker D: Well, but five in the. Seven in the morning is pretty early. I mean, which is great because your first class isn't until when?
[00:14:05] Speaker B: Usually 8 or 9:30.
[00:14:06] Speaker D: That's not too bad then. That's not too bad. What time do you usually get up, Edward?
[00:14:11] Speaker E: It depends on what I get. Like how quickly I have to be on campus.
[00:14:13] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:14:14] Speaker E: If I mean, Monday is like, I work at 8 on campus, so I get up at 6 on Mondays.
[00:14:18] Speaker D: That's not bad. So you're up.
[00:14:20] Speaker E: I'm up early most days and then like every other day it's class at 9:30 or 10.
[00:14:24] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:14:24] Speaker E: So like 7, 7:30. To give myself time to kind of have a morning. Monday's less time but I'm also like just in an office in the morning. So I have. I still can kind of like get ready for the day.
[00:14:36] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:14:38] Speaker E: But yeah, I mean I'm. I'm up earlier than I probably would like to be on a given day. But I mean I notice a difference though.
[00:14:45] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:14:45] Speaker E: Like when I. I can't like I can't really sleep in anymore.
But when I could, it's just like I get nothing done.
Because if I start my morning slow, my day slow. Oh, I mean. And I'm sure that's Yalls experience too.
[00:15:00] Speaker B: It's just.
[00:15:00] Speaker E: But what I found to be always the case.
[00:15:03] Speaker A: No doubt.
[00:15:04] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:15:04] Speaker A: I've got eight AMS Monday through Thursday.
This, which I actually really enjoy though.
And I don't have anything on Friday. So like Monday through Thursday I'm. I'm up at 6:30 but not like actually up until 6:45. I'll lay around for a few minutes and then I. I just feel like when you get up early, like it, you know, you're already up moving around.
[00:15:29] Speaker D: Right.
[00:15:29] Speaker A: In some people.
[00:15:30] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:15:32] Speaker A: So I, I enjoy it and I like the quiet time and stuff. Now when I lived off campus, I'd wake up a little bit earlier.
[00:15:39] Speaker D: Oh sure.
[00:15:40] Speaker A: So sure.
[00:15:41] Speaker D: But I mean it's a nice way to kind of enter the day is what you're saying. It sounds like you're saying about it. Right. So that you're not like up 20 minutes before you gotta go to class or something.
[00:15:51] Speaker B: Yes sir.
[00:15:52] Speaker D: It's just a nice way to end of the day.
[00:15:53] Speaker B: Now Brooks and I actually live across the hall from each other. So.
[00:15:56] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:15:57] Speaker B: You know, so we make the beds and then you know, I'll open the door and he's probably one of the first people I see, so. Always a positive face to go in.
[00:16:04] Speaker D: Well, we'll figure that. So that's pretty good.
[00:16:06] Speaker B: That certainly helps.
[00:16:07] Speaker A: It's awesome. Living across the line.
[00:16:08] Speaker D: That's pretty good.
[00:16:09] Speaker A: Calvin's right down the.
Literally two doors down from us.
He's up early making his bed.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: Of course.
[00:16:17] Speaker A: We've got a bunch of bed makers.
[00:16:19] Speaker D: That's good.
[00:16:19] Speaker A: That's on the right side of the second floor.
[00:16:21] Speaker D: That's. Hey, you know what? And you'll go far in life because of it.
[00:16:24] Speaker A: No, Bennett, I've got a question for you.
And it's one that I've honestly been Wanting to be, wanting to ask you for a long time.
You know, when I look at you and you're always somebody that's got so much going on, it feels like you're working, you're going to give tours, you're going to classes, but you also make time for stuff outside of those things.
Hanging out with friends, you know, being able to spend time with us. And, you know, it's like, it's like you're. It's like you're never there, but you are there at the same time, past that time. How do you think time management has helped you be able to experience both more in the school aspect side of things and in your just, like, personal life?
[00:17:08] Speaker B: That's a great question.
It reminds me of this story I read about this baker, and it was a starving baker. He fed everybody else. Everybody that came to a store, everybody was fed, but he never fed himself. So I think in order to lead people, you have to lead yourself first. You have to make sure that you're still taking the time to take care of yourself. I think was really important for college guys because there are so many things that people get caught up in doing, whether it's involvement, whether it's classes. And a lot of times people are trying to, you know, race for, you know, accomplishments or compare themselves to other people, but really, you know, taking the time to feed yourself. Don't be a starving baker. And that way, you know, I can still hang out with, you know, you guys at the ATO house. I can still go downstairs and play a game of ping pong or, you know, the Alabama game is on last night and we still take time. Like, I. I mean, there are people that are doing way more things than I am. And, you know, I think you don't want to overload yourself. I think it's all about finding the balance, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just finding your balance in terms of what you can do and making sure you still have time to, you know, enjoy some time with your friends and family, too.
[00:18:20] Speaker A: Have you ever felt like you may have overloaded yourself at some point in college and what did you do to kind of reflect on that and help yourself figure out your mental health, get that back on track before you proceeded?
[00:18:33] Speaker E: Yes.
[00:18:34] Speaker B: I'm trying to think of the exact point when that was, but it was probably in between sophomore and junior year. It was like, right when.
That's the time that if people are getting involved, that's when I feel like everybody's kind of stacking up different things. That was when I made capstone it was when I did ifc, when I started working athletics, it was like, all at the same exact time. And I had never done anything like that before. And so it all piled up, and that was too much. And I had to, you know, realize it was so kind of had to dial it back a little bit. And I guess I was a ATO officer at that point, too. And so that's kind of what I stepped off. I said, okay, I'm gonna let somebody else do this part of it. And, you know, I feel like I can handle these other things.
[00:19:21] Speaker D: How do you know when to.
How did you know when to step back?
[00:19:28] Speaker B: When you're losing sleep? You know, when you, you know, having to stay up late to do homework or, you know, when you can't do the things we. Brooks and I just talked about, when you can't go hang out with your friends. Because I think freshman year, I mean, it's just so much fun for a lot of different reasons, but a lot of it because we have a lot of free time, especially spring semester, freshman year, classes are easier, and so it's just lots of time to hang out with one another. And then sophomore year, it just kind of snaps. And all of a sudden it's, you know, a race to do a bunch of other things. And when I wasn't able to kind of hang out with my friends the way I was earlier, that's why I was like, okay, you got to take a step back.
[00:20:08] Speaker D: Yeah. How would you say you are now as a senior? You know, Bennett, in terms of your ability to manage time versus when you were a freshman? As how has it changed? And.
And if so, how so?
[00:20:23] Speaker B: I'm trying to think. So you're just saying, how has it changed from freshman to now?
I think, I mean, freshman year, I was still adjusting to college, as we all work is, you know, high school year, 8, 8am to 3pm and then you've got high school sports after that or whatever you're involved with.
But then now college, we have so much free time. So I think it was all about trying to learn how to use the extra time when I'm not in class or I'm not at work and just kind of filling those things in with things that, you know, we'll get into coaches in a little bit. But Coach Saban always says, you know, are you spending your time or are you investing your time? So trying to find things that will, you know, benefit others around me.
[00:21:04] Speaker A: I think that is a great point because, like, when you're coming from High school, you know, stuff was so by the book. Like you. Like you said, you go to school, you go to practice, come home, eat, do homework. But when you get here, you know, you may only have two classes on Monday with a ton of time in between.
So what are you going to do with that time? Are you going to be lazy throughout the day and pile it on all at night or use your time wisely? So that was a very good point you made that.
[00:21:31] Speaker E: I mean.
Yeah, that's all great. I think it, like, just making, like, that idea of making sure that you're, like, investing your time, like, making, like, making the most of.
Because, Yeah. I mean, it's such a cult, like a culture shock in a lot of ways, at least. Like, in terms of, like, the routine of high school, like you were saying to get in here, it's just so different. But making the, Making the most of it, investing your time. That's always a good quote.
[00:21:57] Speaker D: That's one of the most, I think, difficult things for freshmen to learn how to do, don't you think, is to learn how to just manage their time. Because I'm still trying to learn. Right. I mean, it's, it's, it's so. It can be so much of a challenge because you're right, that freshman year you realize, oh, we only got five classes to go to.
[00:22:15] Speaker A: No rules.
[00:22:16] Speaker D: No rules, nothing.
[00:22:18] Speaker B: No parents, you know.
[00:22:19] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, no parents breathing down your
[00:22:21] Speaker D: neck, you know, and one day I might only have two classes or something like that, and then what do I do for the rest of the day?
[00:22:27] Speaker A: And I, and I honestly think that's where you see a lot of people pick what kind of path they're going to go down.
I've seen a lot of people make some bad decisions freshman year that have continued to affect them until this day. And I've also seen some people take absolute advantage of it. Learn to get on time management early and invest your time and become very successful at doing things like that and will be set up in the future and not have to learn that type of thing when they get into the workplace.
[00:22:58] Speaker E: So.
[00:22:59] Speaker D: Yeah.
What. So, Bennett, what.
I guess, what takeaways would you want, like, freshmen to have regarding how best to manage your time? And, and now as a senior, what, what takeaways are you wanting to leave for, for, for seniors regarding their time management?
[00:23:21] Speaker B: I guess for freshmen is, first of all, yes. I mean, go and spend the time. Do all the things you want to do.
Have fun. Not, not too much fun, but at the same time, stay on top of your studies. You know, coming into college, you want to start with a great GPA if you can.
And you just want to make sure that, you know, you understand you're not in class from 8am to 3pm and you don't have the extracurriculars all like, set in stone yet. So make sure that you are, you know, going out and then, you know, going to the career fair, going to all these things. You see the university has, there's so many different resources. Just go and take advantage of them at that point because there's really nothing holding you back at freshman year.
[00:24:01] Speaker D: And then how about for seniors?
[00:24:02] Speaker B: For. For seniors, I think it's all about not worrying too, too much about the future because I think everybody's really, wow, anxious about what am I going to do next year. That's what I think about every single day. We've got maybe 60 days left or so of our senior year.
[00:24:21] Speaker D: 60 days.
[00:24:22] Speaker B: Our house mother's countless down.
[00:24:24] Speaker A: She's ready to get us out of there.
[00:24:27] Speaker B: But I think it's just about trusting in yourself, trusting what you've learned from your freshman time, freshman year up until now, trusting that university prepared you no matter where you go. You're going to be fine.
[00:24:40] Speaker D: Right. What would you say? I know we probably need to wrap up here pretty soon, but for this segment, but what would you say has been your.
Your best investment of time since you've been here?
[00:24:53] Speaker B: You're asking some tough questions. I'm having to think that's what makes
[00:24:58] Speaker D: for a good podcast.
[00:24:59] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:24:59] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt.
[00:25:00] Speaker B: Best investment of time, I think going to the focus Bible Studies at St. Francis Bama Catholic. And it's an hour out of the week. Maybe so, but from that one hour I get so much so that I would say has been, I guess, the best way I've invested my time throughout college.
[00:25:25] Speaker D: I love that.
[00:25:26] Speaker E: Sweet.
[00:25:26] Speaker D: I love that. Awesome.
[00:25:28] Speaker E: Well, we'll go ahead and end our first segment there and then like Brooke said, when we come back, we'll be having a quick little topic change, but just stick around. We'll be right back for the BAMA ballot.
[00:25:54] Speaker A: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa this show is not a
[00:25:58] Speaker C: substitute for professional counseling and no relationship is created between the show hosts or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective counties crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emerg.
[00:26:31] Speaker E: Foreign.
[00:26:39] Speaker D: Welcome everybody to our second segment of the Bama Balance. It's been fantastic to have you Bennett join us on podcast today and really loved some of the, you know, some of the sentiments, some of the insights you had around time management, but also too, I understand that, um, that there's some things also that you want to share with us regarding the impact of coaches or mentors in our lives and their impact on our well being. And so, and so I'll leave that to you. What are some of the things that, that you see as the influence and positive impact of mentors and coaches in our lives?
[00:27:19] Speaker B: Yeah, so I think there's been a lot of positive coaches and mentors and people that have had a positive impact on my life ever since I was a young kid. And y' all can probably think of a, a baseball coach or a football coach or a soccer coach or whatever sport you guys played and think back and you know, really the impact that they had at such a young age in teaching y' all that, you know, it's okay to like really care for something and it's okay to really go after it and some of the lessons that they would teach. And then there I think some other people that are coaches like I don't know on a personal level, but you know, guys like Coach Bear Bryant and Coach Saban and you know, all the people that we hear from the media and I learn, I guess through their words as well.
And then you know, in a non sports related thing, we have people like Dr. Perez that we get to interact with all the time.
I mean that's really. No, but I mean seriously, when you walk in and you see Dr. Perez and it's just like the smile radiates and everybody's in a better mood. So there's people like you, you're so
[00:28:19] Speaker D: generous and we're not paying you a thing.
[00:28:22] Speaker B: But I'm serious. You really do.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: I appreciate, I agree.
[00:28:25] Speaker D: I appreciate it.
[00:28:25] Speaker A: I back that.
[00:28:26] Speaker D: I appreciate that. I heard that you third that. Thank you. I feel bad because I'm not paying anybody, but I appreciate it.
No, I think that, that you know, having a coach, having a mentor in life can be one of the most impactful positive experiences that anybody can have.
And whether it's it's through an athletic experience or whether it's through, you know, helping to see through a life experience, you know, having somebody there that you know, has your Back. And not only has your back, but challenges you to do better. Right. Knows you well enough to. To say, you know, Edward, you can. You can do this, and I know you can also do better.
[00:29:09] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:29:09] Speaker D: Because I believe in you. That kind of thing.
[00:29:11] Speaker E: Well, I think it's so important because they're, like, critical moments, I feel, at different times in your life. And you can. Like, I mean, you mentioned, like, an old baseball coach. Like, I think about an old baseball coach. It was like. Like little baseball. Like, I was nine, probably, but I had this coach, this coach, Bubba. He was a police officer, and he was just, like, very, like, you know, strong personality, but he would always like. But I was like, I. I hated batting as a kid. Like, I hated it. You put me in the field all day.
[00:29:39] Speaker B: I would.
[00:29:39] Speaker E: I would have been a designated fielder if I could, but I hated batting.
And. And every time I'd go up, I. I would just kind of always be nervous, and he would just look at me, go have a meeting. In everything you do, which. It didn't really help me bad. I'm gonna be honest. I don't. As a kid, that didn't really resonate with me. I was like. I was like, cool. I'm still gonna strike out, but that's fine.
But I think, like, now, like, I think about.
Have meaning in everything you do. Like, that is huge. And he was just the assistant coach who did, like, the batting lineups, but. But it was just.
[00:30:10] Speaker B: It was.
[00:30:11] Speaker A: It was.
[00:30:11] Speaker E: It was really cool because I think about that, like, how impactful that is for me now, even though it might not have been then. But I mean, to your point, like, these.
There are these critical moments in which, like, people impact your lives and we even realize it.
[00:30:23] Speaker D: Right.
[00:30:24] Speaker A: I think it's also important.
You know, throughout my childhood, I had a ton of, you know, great coaches and. And people that I continue to look up to.
But like you said, there's those critical moments. Getting to college is one of those. When you're a freshman, it is great for you to have somebody that you can look up to, that can kind of show you the ropes, tell you what you need to be doing, how to get involved.
I know me and Bennett and Edward, I'm sure had them. Dr. Prez, I'm sure you had them.
[00:30:55] Speaker D: Absolutely.
[00:30:56] Speaker A: But, I mean, those are just people that set you on the right path.
[00:30:59] Speaker D: Right.
[00:30:59] Speaker B: They're.
[00:30:59] Speaker A: They're looking out for you. They care for you. They want you to succeed. So it's important to try to find one of those when you get to Campus.
Even if you meet them, like, randomly, sometimes those are the best.
[00:31:11] Speaker D: Yeah. So, yeah, no, I can say that, you know, particularly that those first two years in college, you know, I remember, you know, one of my professors being that mentor, that coach, and really looking back on it, you know, he was pretty significant and impactful in my life and, and, and part of what made my experience in college one of the best four years of my lives, it was really.
It was pretty strong.
And I don't know that I would have done anything differently now in terms of where I chose to go to college, because I wouldn't have had that experience with him. Right.
[00:31:46] Speaker A: What do y' all think? The. Bennett, we'll start with you. What do you think the most important, and this could be from any, any point in your life? Coach, actual sport coach, academic coach, mentor. What do you think the most important message that you've heard be told directly to you has been?
[00:32:06] Speaker B: I gotta think it's a bunch.
But just being yourself, I mean, I think that was so big. Don't, you know, try to compare yourself so much to what everybody else, but focus on what you need to do.
You be the best version of you don't worry about being better than anybody else. Just you be the best you can be.
[00:32:30] Speaker D: And that carries a lot, doesn't it? Because then you've got to figure out what is that version? Who is that version of me that I want to be? I think great coaches, great mentors push you to not only perform well, perform in many ways, both physically, athletically.
[00:32:46] Speaker E: Right.
[00:32:46] Speaker D: If they're a sports coach or academically, personally, if. If that's the case. And good coaches, good mentors make you.
Make you a better person, I think. Right?
[00:32:57] Speaker A: No doubt. Yeah. Mental. Mental toughness, too. Yeah. I feel like is very important.
[00:33:02] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:33:03] Speaker A: Is definitely taught from having coaching.
[00:33:05] Speaker D: Absolutely.
[00:33:06] Speaker A: And I also feel like if you can receive coaching in a well manner and good manner, then that will set you up.
[00:33:13] Speaker D: So. Yeah, so that's the other part of it. You can have the best coaches or mentors around you, but if you're not open to receiving that, then, you know, where does that. Where does all that go?
[00:33:25] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt.
[00:33:26] Speaker D: You know?
[00:33:27] Speaker A: No doubt.
[00:33:28] Speaker D: Bennett, was there a time, I was going to say, at what point in your life was a coach or mentor the most important for you?
[00:33:37] Speaker B: I think in high school in terms of. I. I played football freshman year, but it was really cross country and track.
[00:33:44] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:33:44] Speaker B: And I had a coach, coach Paige, and she was fantastic and I loved her and she just was always positive Every day, like, kind of. I was mentioning about you as well, but she was really just very intense a lot of times, and she just pushed us to be our best. And she had different ways about telling us to set our goals, and she wanted us to be very specific about what we wanted our goals to be. And cross country and track is very much an individual sport, and it's still a team sport and encouraging everybody, but, you know, you're the only one running the race.
So she wanted specific goals, and then she wanted you to list out how you wanted to achieve those things. And then she was going to be the one that was there to hold us accountable and make sure that we were doing all the things we could to reach those goals. So she had a full process and always respected that for. And that's something that has stuck with me.
[00:34:39] Speaker D: Do you think that the way in which she coached you was the same or different than the way she coached others, players, other members?
[00:34:45] Speaker B: I think it's probably similar. I. I think there's probably, like, types of players she coaches or types of runners she coaches certain ways. Like, there's some people you probably have to be tougher on, and then there's certain people that probably need, you know, a pat on the back.
[00:35:00] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:35:01] Speaker B: Kind of a little bit of help or a little bit more of an encouraging thing. So I think it's just not necessarily me in particular, but, like, different types of athletes, they probably coach differently.
[00:35:11] Speaker D: You know, it is important, I think, to note that, you know, some of the best coaches, some of the best mentor mentors have a sense of what each person needs. Right.
And there's no, like, cookie cutter approach. There's some things that. That work in general, but there's like, no cookie cutter approach to any one incident.
And so given, you know, given your experiences, our experiences with different mentors and coaches, what kind of mentor or coach would you like to be to others?
[00:35:45] Speaker E: I think one. Wow.
I think one that's encouraging, but also, like, that's real in the sense of, I don't want to be someone who just, like, enables, like, someone to just. I don't want to. Or be affirming to no end. I think, like, be encouraging, but also, like, kind of be like, all right, like, yes, like, I believe you can do this, but also it might mean you cut this out. Might means you spend less time on your phone. It might means you, like, spend less time just doing nothing. Or, you know, I think, like, someone who is able to encourage others, but also, like, diagnosis. Like, why? Like, oh, if you're going through that. Let's figure out why you're going through that and try to not do that.
[00:36:29] Speaker D: So someone who's able to be able to kind of supportive and challenging as well.
[00:36:34] Speaker E: Yeah. And help people work through whatever it is that they're. Because I think, like, this, that's the ways that I've been best helped.
[00:36:39] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How about for you, Brooksie?
[00:36:42] Speaker A: I think I want to be tough.
I feel like mental toughness is one of those things that you can't get enough of, and you're gonna have to deal with tough crap your whole life. That's just how it is.
One of my biggest, I'd say, moments of my life right before my senior year, going into baseball season, Coach Keough, legend, super tough, stayed at practice till, like, 8:00 o' clock at night, got there at 3:00', clock, and there were other schools around us that were better than us prior years that were 30 minutes in and out, hour in and out.
And in one of our scrimmages before the season, I could kind of tell that I wasn't headed in a great direction. Direction as in, like, you know, getting a bunch of time.
And Coach Keough is one of those guys, like, he. He'll. He'll outsmart you.
He wanted me to feel that sense of, okay, I'm about to get screwed. Let's go say something.
Probably don't do this to any other coach but me. Coach Keough in the locker room, like, one of my buddies was seriously concerned. He was like, man, I thought one of y' all were about to, like, hit each other, but it was out of love. Like, I was telling him, like, look, you're not gonna screw me. I've worked harder than anybody in here.
You're gonna give me the opportunity. And he's like, well, now that you're saying that, you're gonna get it. And he gave it to me, went on to throw third most innings on the team. We won the state championship.
[00:38:13] Speaker D: Wow.
Wow.
[00:38:15] Speaker A: But that was just. That was just awesome to me, because now I've got that in my brain, you know? Never will I get put to the side again. Like, I'm gonna work harder than everybody else and advocate outwork everybody. Yeah. And then approach somebody if I feel like something just handled the wrong situation.
[00:38:31] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:38:32] Speaker A: The most important thing I want to be as a coach, though, is a lifelong coach.
Seeing my dad growing up in Fennec City, a super small town, my dad was quarterback, shortstop.
And he still goes and sees his baseball coach and his football Coach. His football coaches in a wheelchair not doing great, but he goes and sees them every two weeks and just will sit and talk with him.
[00:38:55] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:38:56] Speaker A: And he still learned so much.
[00:38:57] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:38:57] Speaker A: So I think that's important as well.
[00:38:59] Speaker D: Yeah.
Is that the coach you hope to be then? That absolutely. Years down the. Down the road, I want people to. We all come to see you.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: Yeah, I want people to come see me.
[00:39:07] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:39:07] Speaker A: Because I think. I feel like that keeps them young, too.
[00:39:10] Speaker D: It does.
[00:39:10] Speaker A: If they're able to relive memories and. And stuff like that.
[00:39:13] Speaker D: That's right.
[00:39:13] Speaker A: I think it benefits my dad as
[00:39:15] Speaker D: well, so that's so cool. That connection is pretty important and. And pretty unique in the lifetime.
[00:39:23] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt. Coach Kia is a legend, though. He's a great dude, but he's very.
He outsmart.
[00:39:28] Speaker D: Yeah. Yeah. So that's a great coach. Mark of a great coach.
[00:39:31] Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt.
[00:39:32] Speaker D: How have you been it?
[00:39:34] Speaker B: I would have to agree with Brooks being a lifetime coach, but I guess really thinking about our college experience from freshman year to sophomore year, and really our whole time, we've been, you know, receiving coaching our whole lives. But then I think we've also been given opportunities to be a coach ourselves, certainly in our juniors and senior years more than our freshmen and sophomore years. But I think what I've always tried to be is very much encouraging, but as you alluded to earlier, is being somebody that, you know, we'll really hold these guys accountable, but also give them affirmation at the same time. That way, you know, first of all, you have to let them know that you care about them. That way, if you ever want to approach them about something you disagree with them doing, they know it's all coming out of love.
So that way, they'll really take everything to heart.
[00:40:23] Speaker D: I love that. Love that. You know, I was watching maybe it's a few weeks ago, rewatching the movie We Are Marshall. You know that movie?
[00:40:32] Speaker A: Yes. Great movie.
[00:40:33] Speaker D: Great movie, isn't it? Talk about, you know, significant coaches and among some pretty tragic conditions, that to be able to motivate a team like, you know, like they did in the movie or was in real life, is pretty significant.
Pretty significant feat. And so. And inspirational, too. It sounds like the coaches that. That you've each tapped into are also pretty inspirational in your lives and continue to be.
[00:41:04] Speaker A: I think it's also important for coaches to bring people together.
If you're together as one, a lot of people are a lot harder to take down than one person.
[00:41:15] Speaker D: Right.
[00:41:16] Speaker A: And a lot of people play sports where it may just be one on one, you know, but if you're a coach and you've got the opportunity to unite other kids that are the same age and kind of give them a shared mindset to be successful, I think that's very important as well.
[00:41:32] Speaker D: And, and, you know, and before we, before we wrap up this, this segment, I want to also ask this question too. And, you know, for, you know, we have a number of students here who may not who are engaged at some level, and then there's some students who aren't as engaged or who don't have those kind of connections to mentors or coaches or what would you say to them in terms of how best to find that person or how best to identify a mentor or a coach while they're here at the university?
[00:42:09] Speaker A: I think one good way, and it's tough as a freshman and a sophomore, we've all gotten fortunate enough to be in these organizations that allow us to be around older people constantly. But some people don't get that opportunity.
Depending on what you necessarily want to coach in.
I think it can be different for many people. But I think a very.
I've never done this.
I don't know why it popped in my head, but I think it'd be very successful to go up to your teacher that you may be the closest with or have the closest relationship with and be like, hey, look, like I'm in this.
I need somebody to look over me, somebody that could share stuff with me and kind of lead me in a direction. Who is the most applicable student you can think to me that you have the most trust in that could help me out. And I guarantee you that teacher would gladly shoot off an email to an older student. And if the older student respects the teacher.
[00:43:08] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:43:08] Speaker A: Like they probably do. If the teacher's recommending them, I guarantee you they'd take that's so good 30 minutes out of their week to talk to you.
[00:43:15] Speaker D: So.
[00:43:16] Speaker A: Yeah, I wish I would have known that. But.
[00:43:19] Speaker D: But, you know, I just thought about
[00:43:21] Speaker B: it, like, that would be a great idea.
[00:43:22] Speaker D: It really is. Yeah.
[00:43:24] Speaker E: Just like seeking it out.
[00:43:25] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:25] Speaker E: Because that's what that is. And then oftentimes people are more than willing. You just got to ask them.
Now, there are probably a lot of people who are willing to, you know, be a coach. Maybe shouldn't, but I think too, for the most part, like, most people who are presenting themselves as such are valid in doing so.
[00:43:46] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:43:46] Speaker E: So just like, don't be afraid to seek it out, but seek it out wherever you can you know, if it's
[00:43:50] Speaker A: your church, it's your church.
[00:43:51] Speaker E: If it's your teachers, teachers. If it's your fraternity, it's your fraternity.
[00:43:54] Speaker D: So maybe it's great to have the experience of having a coach or a mentor who, you know, who connects with you, but sometimes it's also necessary for. For you to take that initiative and go seek one out.
[00:44:08] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:44:08] Speaker D: Or try or make that connection yourself.
Very good. This is a. This has been great discussion. I love this segment.
Bennett, thanks for sharing your insights on impacts of coaches and mentors. And again, I think both what we've talked about regarding time management and those coaching mentoring relationships are so important with. In regard to, you know, developing mental health habits, resilience and.
Yeah. And hopefully we'll stick with everybody for a lifetime. And it's. It's been fantastic. We've got our last. Our last segment coming up, so stay tuned, everyone. This is the Bama Balance,
[00:45:04] Speaker A: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:45:06] Speaker C: This show is not a substitute for professional counseling, and no relationship is created between the show host or guests and any listener. If you feel you are in need of professional mental health and are a UA student, we encourage you to contact the UA Counseling center at 348-3863. If you are not a UA student, please contact your respective counties crisis service hotline or their local mental health agency or insurance company. If it is an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
[00:45:48] Speaker A: What's up, guys? We're back with the Bama Balance. This is our last little outro so segment. And Bennett, it's been great to have you. I've really enjoyed finally getting you in here. It was pretty tough to figure out a date that we could make it work. And I know you've been very supportive of the podcast since I've joined and much longer than that. So I appreciate that. And you shared some really good things on time management and both coaching experiences.
But there's one thing that I've always found very interesting in you.
And it never gets old when you bring something up, this nature.
And even Max said something about it the other day and I just started dying. I thought it was hilarious.
For those of you that don't know, Bennett Katz loves Nick Saban and he can probably quote, and I've heard him quote all sorts of stories and speeches from him, but I kind of want to know, what's your favorite Nick Saban speech?
[00:46:50] Speaker B: There's a lot of them. And first of all, thank you again for. For having me I really appreciate you guys and enjoy the conversation and hearing all the stories about coaches and how y' all manage time, too.
But, yeah, Coach Saban certainly had a really big impact on, I think, a lot of our lives. I don't know him personally. I mean, when I worked at the Crimson Tide foundation, he was a few doors down, and I would replace his Coke bottles and water bottles. We never really interacted, but that was pretty much the extent of how I've ever met him. But favorite story, I think, is one that he gives his teams at the beginning of every single season.
And it was a sermon that Martin Luther King gave many years ago about the street sweeper. And he started off and saying, there's only one shoeshine guy at the Green Stamp store in Montgomery, Alabama, that I'd let shine my shoes because of the pride and performance that he has and the smile on his face that he'd get when you tell him he did a good job. So he went on to say, you know, if you're going to be the street sweeper, sweep the streets like Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, like Shakespeare wrote literature. Let them put a sign up that says, the best street sweeper in the world is right here. Because if you do that, you accomplish the best roads in life, which is knowing you did your best to be the best you can be, no matter what it is you choose to do. So that's something he would tell his teams every year. And I've kind of taken that. I'll say it on some tours here and there and talk about how Alabama can make you be the best you can be. And I think in order to be the best you can be, it starts off, you know, how you start your day, making your bed and, you know, taking advantage of your time and for sure, making the most out of it.
[00:48:19] Speaker D: That's.
[00:48:20] Speaker A: That's a great speech, honestly. And I've heard that one, too. It's pretty awesome. I've got another question, since you just brought something up on your tours. How many random. How many non capstone random Alabama facts do you throw at a normal tour?
[00:48:37] Speaker D: That's a great.
[00:48:38] Speaker A: Because I know you know more than you're supposed to.
[00:48:40] Speaker D: So what do you so like a. Like a non typical.
[00:48:43] Speaker A: So, you know, like. Yeah, opposite. You know, y' all talk about Denny Chimes and y' all talk about certain things.
I know you know a lot more than that about the school, but do you ever throw in some, like, cool other facts to the tours here and there?
[00:48:59] Speaker B: I guess if anybody on Capstone's listening. I stick to the script.
Right.
[00:49:04] Speaker D: Right.
[00:49:05] Speaker B: I do. I do. Um. So no, I don't really bring up a whole lot. In addition to that, there's one thing that's really not in our script that I think I'll mention that it probably should be like the name Tuscaloosa means black warrior. And as an Indian chief here in this area hundreds of years ago. So I'll mention that here when we pass it, when we pass by the Black Hoya River. It's probably something else that I'm forgetting. Tuscaloosa is sometimes called Title Town. Teatown. That's not on there.
So there's a little bitty things that I'll throw in. But for the most part, no, that script is 34 pages. So it covers about all you want A to Z.
That's everything else. So it has all the facts.
[00:49:49] Speaker D: So if anybody on your tour were to ask you what your fun fact is of the university, that that is not on the script, what would you say?
I don't.
[00:49:59] Speaker B: Well, there's one that's on the script. I guess I'm cheating, but.
[00:50:03] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:50:03] Speaker B: The Guinness World Record. We have the Guinness World Record for the world's flattest floor. It's an earthquake seismic simulator in the engineering department that different engineers can build different structures and see how it compete against a real earthquake.
[00:50:18] Speaker D: The world. So here at the university we have
[00:50:20] Speaker B: the world's flattest floor.
[00:50:22] Speaker D: Flattest floor.
[00:50:23] Speaker B: It's kind of a tongue twister. But I know it's.
[00:50:27] Speaker A: I don't even know how you get
[00:50:28] Speaker E: more flat than flat.
[00:50:29] Speaker B: Yeah, that's what I'm being.
[00:50:30] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:50:31] Speaker A: I mean they. They've got this thing.
Millimeters.
[00:50:34] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:50:35] Speaker B: Clearly that's.
[00:50:36] Speaker A: That is a very cool fact.
[00:50:37] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:50:38] Speaker D: How do you measure flat?
[00:50:40] Speaker B: I was wondering the same thing.
[00:50:41] Speaker A: A level.
[00:50:42] Speaker D: Yeah. But then how do you get more
[00:50:43] Speaker B: than that really nice level I don't
[00:50:45] Speaker D: really like 0,000 in on.
[00:50:48] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:50:48] Speaker A: I mean they've probably got some crazy. I mean if they can do. If they can make a makeshift earthquake. Yeah, they've probably got a crazy level that they can.
[00:50:59] Speaker E: I bet they got something that's like lasered something.
[00:51:01] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:51:02] Speaker D: The world's flattest. Meaning there's like another floor that's least flat. That's probably pretty flat.
[00:51:07] Speaker E: Or there's a floor that's the second most flat.
[00:51:09] Speaker D: The second worst. Yeah. Second most flat.
[00:51:11] Speaker E: And they're probably flat just punching air right now.
[00:51:13] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:51:15] Speaker E: So. Yeah, you're the second.
[00:51:16] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:51:17] Speaker B: That's you.
[00:51:21] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:51:21] Speaker A: They're probably ticked, I'm sure.
[00:51:23] Speaker B: Hopefully it's Auburn that would make my day.
[00:51:27] Speaker E: I hate Auburn so much.
[00:51:28] Speaker B: We now have the third largest collegiate Starbucks. Really? In the United States. We were the first largest, and now I think we're somehow or another got bumped down.
[00:51:37] Speaker A: Which one is it?
[00:51:39] Speaker B: It's the one at the student center.
[00:51:40] Speaker D: Okay, sweet. But then there's a couple more recent ones that I think.
[00:51:44] Speaker B: Kentucky.
[00:51:45] Speaker A: Is that as far as size or
[00:51:47] Speaker B: is, I think, square?
[00:51:48] Speaker A: Customers.
[00:51:48] Speaker B: Yes. Size.
[00:51:49] Speaker D: Okay, sweet.
[00:51:51] Speaker B: Awesome.
[00:51:52] Speaker D: Gosh.
Some great fun facts. How. So how's this experience been for you?
You know, I think it's been. You know, we've been trying to get you on for quite a while, Ben, and. And the fact that you live right next door across the hall from Books up from Brooks over here has been kind of a challenge as well. But how's it been for you to be part of it?
[00:52:15] Speaker B: That's awesome, though. I just listening and hearing you guys speak and just really engaging in what you all are saying.
[00:52:21] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:52:22] Speaker B: Especially talking about the time management and coaches. I think that was great conversation that we had and hearing the stories and little anecdotes that you guys had, but I just. The impact that y' all have on people that listen to these podcasts is really incredible. So thank you all for having me on, and me playing a small part of that is something. I appreciate that. So thank you guys to be part of it.
[00:52:47] Speaker D: Thank you. Hey, what are you doing next year? What are your plans for next year?
[00:52:49] Speaker B: So I'm. I took it at LSAT a month and a half ago or so.
[00:52:53] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:52:54] Speaker B: So waiting to hear back on that.
[00:52:56] Speaker D: And. Okay.
[00:52:57] Speaker B: If it goes well, and possibly go to law school.
[00:53:00] Speaker D: Law school here or.
[00:53:01] Speaker B: It'd be nice.
[00:53:02] Speaker D: Yeah. Okay. Well, would you. Would. Would you, I guess, were your choices for law school here?
[00:53:10] Speaker B: I mean, every. Birmingham would be nice.
[00:53:12] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:53:12] Speaker B: Ole Miss.
[00:53:13] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:53:14] Speaker B: Those would be the main three, I would think.
[00:53:15] Speaker D: Okay. Okay. And if we were guaranteed a championship season next year, would this be your number one choice?
[00:53:24] Speaker B: Of course.
[00:53:25] Speaker D: Yeah. Why not?
[00:53:26] Speaker A: That's.
[00:53:26] Speaker D: I know this is probably. That's what I'm saying. I just want to make sure. I mean, I just want to make sure.
[00:53:31] Speaker A: Yeah. No. Bennett. Bennett. We do have something.
[00:53:34] Speaker D: Wait.
[00:53:35] Speaker E: That was the wrong one.
[00:53:36] Speaker A: Roll Tide, baby.
[00:53:37] Speaker E: Here we go.
[00:53:38] Speaker B: How about that? How about that?
Is that a soundboard?
[00:53:41] Speaker D: Oh, no, it's coaches next door.
[00:53:44] Speaker E: That one next door.
[00:53:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:53:47] Speaker B: That's incredible.
[00:53:47] Speaker A: Coach will make an appearance every now and then.
[00:53:50] Speaker B: Roll Tide, baby. Here we go. That's incredible.
[00:53:52] Speaker D: Thank you, Coach.
[00:53:54] Speaker A: No, it has been great, Bennett and I'm glad that we were finally able to get you on. Thank you for joining us. It's been a pleasure to finally have you on here to speak with us.
But yeah, this will be it for this episode.
This is the Bama Balance. I'm Brooks Barbary.
[00:54:11] Speaker E: I'm Edward Fountain.
[00:54:12] Speaker B: I'm Dr. Tony Perez and I've been at Katz.
[00:54:14] Speaker D: We'll see you.
[00:54:15] Speaker B: Have a good one.
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