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more sound in new segment Big twelve Conversation BYU heading
out to Arlington, gonna take on the Texas tech Red Raiders,
and it's a sold out game. It's a sold out game,
ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. So if you're heading
down there, make sure to rise and shout, make sure
to be loud and proud, make sure to compete in
a fair and kindly way against your Texas tech Red
Raiders fan base. Okay, but make sure you're disruptive and
you are the twelfth man guys. Yeah, sold out, sold out,
this is you know, I think Pete Damil dropped this.
I'm gonna give you a few more Big twelve news
and notes, but yeah, Pete Damil dropped this a little
bit ago that it is a sold out crowd.
Speaker 4: Also some other Big twelve news.
Speaker 5: Chris Clemon has stepped down after seven seasons leading the
Kansas State football team. The expectation is that Kansas State
at Kansas State is that there they target callin Klein
as the next coach. For sources, there's been no deal
in place, but there's mutual interest for Klein to return
to his alma mater.
Speaker 4: So Chris Climban.
Speaker 5: Stepping down as the head coach for the Kansas State Wildcats.
Over his seven year tenure, they were fifty four and
thirty four, okay, and this season was a tough one
for him, obviously not the ideal exon. They went six
and six crazy. Since twenty nineteen, they've gone eight and five.
They had a COVID year in which they didn't give
Bo eligible. They were four and six, eight and five
in twenty twenty one, ten and four in twenty twenty two,
nine and four in twenty twenty three, nine and four
in twenty twenty four, and six and six in twenty
twenty five. What is going on here? How is it
that he has he has stepped down? Like I do you?
I don't know if you saw the the emotional state
that coach Cleman was in after the loss.
Speaker 4: To Utah at Rice Echo Stadium.
Speaker 5: That one hurt and I believe the ad came in
postgame and told him whispered to say, Hey, you're our guy.
Don't worry, You're our guy. Okay, fifty one to forty seven.
That was a heartbreaking one on the road versus a
top twelve team at the time.
Speaker 4: Utah. You know, look, I'm glad Utah won. I'm glad
Utah won, no.
Speaker 5: Doubt about it because that helps Bwayu's resident, it helps cougarnation,
et cetera.
Speaker 4: But man, that that hurt.
Speaker 5: They ended up getting both eligible this last week versus Colorado,
they beat the Bops twenty four to fourteen. They beat
Oklahoma State earlier this season fourteen to six. It wasn't
a It was a close one, though. They lost to
Texas X forty three to twenty on November first. They
got wins against Kansas forty two to seventeen and the
TC hornfornt They ended the season Okay on a four
and two versus a pretty difficult schedule, a very difficult schedule,
and they lost by four points to the Utes.
Speaker 4: Sadden saddening. Just a lot of these games.
Speaker 5: They lost to Baylor by by one point thirty five
to thirty four. They lost to the Wildcats twenty three seventeen,
they lost the Army twenty four to twenty one, and
they lost to Iowa State twenty four to twenty one.
That's that's insane. Their margins in these losses skin of
their teeth. You know, they their opponents got by by
the skin of their teeth. Guys, I feel bad for
Chris Conney. He's a phenomenal coach. We caught up with
him at Big twelve media days and I was just
extremely impressed by him. This college football world is wearing
out the good ones, the good ones of college football.
Speaker 4: I'm telling you, sad day in Big twelve football. Anyway.
Speaker 5: I do want to get some sound Colleini Stockey post
game our post deals sound.
Speaker 4: I keep.
Speaker 5: I want to call a post game post deal sound
from yesterday. He was alongside Bryan Santiago. Let's hear what
he asked to say to Kugarnation.
Speaker 1: How hard was.
Speaker 4: You see?
Speaker 6: I just really never. I mean, I've been here a
while and for ten years, I've had a lot of
people that have been interested in talking, and I think
that a lot of them have been aggressive, and it's
one of those more it's where you kind of for me,
it's It's like I never really thought about leaving ever,
you know, And but I'm also competitor and I want
to be able to take care of people. And this
is just one of those moments where I felt like,
you know, us being in the Big twelve, if we can,
if we can make the the right moves, and I
don't really need to do this anywhere else. I can
do it here. And I feel like we've got some
great momentum, you know. And I want to keep focused
on the culture but really really tough, but not really
that tough either, you know. So I think for me
it was I don't know, after after people start talking
about it, it was. I talked about the love bombings
like it was an amazing feeling of appreciation from everybody.
I don't know how you can leave that, man, I
also know how you can walk away from it, you know.
And it's not really about the money, but there is
an opportunity for me to take care of my players
and my staff and that make sure that we're all
headed the right direction what we want to accomplish. It's
been our third year in the Big twelve. I think
I feel like we've made some really cool moves and
We're in a place now that we've never been before.
But I think we can really accomplish a lot of things,
especially with Brian Santiago as as our a d we
can be aggressive and get after some things and be
the best we can not on the not just on
the field, but also off the field. That I don't
know if I can answer that right by saying it
was it was rough, but also easy.
Speaker 2: A deeper investment.
Speaker 3: Well investment in first and foremost are our head coach.
You want to make sure that your head coach feels valued.
But like I mentioned before, Colony is totally committed to
building a program that's that is not only championship driven,
but to do it the byu WI. So his focus
was making sure that we made an investment in his
coaching staff, make an investment in the players, to make
sure that we give him the resources he needs. But
he wants it spread over the whole program. And if
you're gonna chase greatness and do it in a unique way,
you have to be invested all the way. Because one
of the things that we're committed to is that we're
climbing the mountain. We're chasing greatness. We're doing it the
byu w A and if we're going to sustain it.
We're interested in the long game and the long term
sustainability of our program. We're not just trying to win
a few games for now. Last I checked, and I've
said this a few times, a lot of people talk
about our competitive juices and how they flow. The last
seven or eight months since I've been named the AD,
I haven't had anybody call me or email me and say, hey,
can you guys mediocre. Everybody is interested Kugarnation everywhere in
the world is interested in what's going on. We just
found out the last three or four days, we've literally
heard from people all across the world of how invested
they are. And then their message is, if you're going
to chase greatness like this, if you're going to invest
in the program, the whole program, all the way, facilities included,
we are driven to have our facilities be second to none.
If you're going to invest in the whole program, We're
in Kugarnation all across the world. We're in let us
know what you need. And that's been super heartwarming. And
I see people even in this room the last few
days that have just sent clear messages. We're all in
for this program.
Speaker 5: All in for this program. We do not want to
be mediocre. Everybody is rallying. Everybody wants to win at
a high level. They want championships, but they want to
do it the BYU weigh. They want to do it
the right way.
Speaker 4: What does that mean?
Speaker 5: It means winning your way and going out and serving
your fellow men as you go out and compete with
your fellow man. I know that sounds crazy, right, You
got to go compete as a team in the field
of play, right on the court of play, et cetera.
But the alumni bases, the alumni base in these respective communities,
the church's christ Altity Saints as an extension of by US,
the sponsoring institution of b it has to go out
and do good works and give back to those communities
in which you're engaging in and where you're competing in.
So that's a part of it. So if you if
you do it that way, you do it the right way,
you do it the b way, you wig. You can
also do it with a fiscally minded and judicious and
a fair market rate in order to pay the best
coaches and support staff and players to represent your university
and as an extension of that, sign up for the
sign up, for the academic sign up, for all of
the other benefits that come with that. When you do
abide and you're a part of that brand, you're a
part of that and to you're part of that organization
and have a transformational experience at BYU. Right, that's what
it's all about. And and as you transform the people
at b YU, and they then go out and transform
the people that you're competing against and serving serving in those.
Speaker 4: Communities, that will be the right way.
Speaker 5: And you're gonna get the tip of the cap and
the nod of approval for the board of Trustees, and
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Speaker 4: Let's take a brief time out. We'll be back. Will
Snowden coming up next to give us an update on
Ryder Lions. He shall be signing here shortly.
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Talking to BA a football, talking Rider Lions with a
former b YU ratings the owner Operative Alpha Recruits.
Speaker 4: Let's welcome in Will Snowden to the show. Will. How
the heck are you, buddy?
Speaker 1: Doing?
Speaker 4: Very good?
Speaker 1: Ben? How are you doing? You do a great job at.
Speaker 4: What you do. Oh, May, dude, Hey, I appreciate that, bro,
Hey much love. Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: I know you don't hear that a lot. I mean,
I might be the only person in the world, but.
Speaker 4: Well my mom my mom sometimes listened to say. She said,
you've Ben, You're so funny. He's so good.
Speaker 5: I'm like, man, I wish, I wish everyone loved me
as much as my mother. Man, I'd be a popular
dude in these parts in Utah County and beyond.
Speaker 1: He really would, he really would.
Speaker 5: Bless her heart, bless her Leah May Webster Criddle. Hopefully
she's tuning in today and she's laughing at all my
my force jokes. Well, it's a great day to be
a cougar. Obviously, Kalana gets the extension. All is well
in Cougar Country. Man, you're real to the news that
Kilani's staying, He's retained and Brian Santiago seam Ree's Keith
kick we're able to retain him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a really big deal. Obviously, I'm you know
how exact am for Kilane being a good, close personal
friend of mine, and more importantly, it's just so well deserved.
And when you look at what he's done leading the
Cougars into the into the Big twelve, that's huge, and
then being as effective as he's been, knocking down his
rival a couple of times, three times, and you know,
things are rolling really well. I'm really proud of him,
and it just the fan base has to feel amazing
just knowing that that's the leader they have who's committed
really to being here, because I'm telling you, ninety nine
point nine percent of people would be would be at
the other Happy Valley with that type of opportunity and
that type of money. So what it is a good
time to be a BAU fan and really happy for
Coloney and his family.
Speaker 5: What's the direction of BUA you play fall right now?
Would you say, knowing what you know, seeing what you've seen,
the investment, the momentum, the talent that's coming to Provo
right now in the twenty twenty six class, the commits,
the potential signings that could happen as well. We got
a good class here at top twenty class that's brewing
in Provo.
Speaker 4: What do you make of it?
Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what it looks like. The trajectory
is on fire. I think that the players are, you know,
more important than the players are. Kwanne's the guy that
people can really buy into. The players absolutely love him.
And what people don't understand is that's one of the
keys of being great head coach, right is having the
respect and the love of your players. Because Klowney's not
doing all those x's and o's. He's not the guy
who's coaching the backers or the back end or the
O line. It's he's the guy who who gives brings belief.
The coaches bring technical, technical and game planning, but he
brings the belief. And that's one of the things that
b Yu just really really has to be so grateful
for is that Kalani is a guy who can make
kids believe and uh and that's that's more than has
to battle in today's game, right, he can bring in
portal portal guys and make them believe and make them
buy in to his culture and what BYU stands for. So, uh,
the trajectory is. I mean, there's hot as fish reefs. Fish.
Greece is very hot, right, any type of Greece is hot,
and that's how hot b YU is. Right now, they're
doing great things and I'm interested to see, uh what
else happens. I mean, I think they're they're making some
pretty aggressive moves and obviously, you know a lot of
people will say what they want to about the a
D but he's serious about winning. Uh, He's proven that.
And uh so it's going to be a great time
to be b YU alumni and also a b YU
fan hoping for the best for those guys.
Speaker 4: No doubt about it.
Speaker 5: Will Snowden, owner operated or former buy of Alpha Recruit
and former BYU cougar're talking to some BYU football.
Speaker 4: In this segment.
Speaker 5: Right now, you're looking at the twenty twenty six football
signings Bob Mulitalo, Brock Harris, Adam Bywater, Ty Goce Lopetimwala
Jacks Tanner, Terrence Serian Braxton, Lindsay kaway Akana, Legend Glasker,
Matthew Mason, Graham, Livingston Parker, Ord sep and Iah A Latini,
Antonio Johnson, Neamiah Cologne, Justice Braithwaite, and Devon Ekka.
Speaker 4: What do you make of that class? What stands out
to you?
Speaker 5: You know these guys better than anybody, especially those local guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know him very well, so the three that
I really really love, But these guys are really closer
guys that I've worked with. But Bot is just gonna
his upside, his ceiling. Man, he can be really really
really really really really good. You know, right now, I
would project him as a draft pick. He reminds me
a lot of guy who transferred back to b YU
who now plays in the NFL. Bod has a lot
of upside. He's tough, he's physical, and he's super athletic.
So I think he's there that he's gonna be really
good on the offensive line. Legend Lasker is an absolute
game breaking receiver, probably one of the better receivers that
b YU has ever signed. In the last ten years.
Out of high school, the Legend has a lot of skill.
He's long, he's sass, understands the game really well. He
can take the top off. So I think legend is used.
But I'll be honest, we didn't talk about Rider because
it's not one under this class with the mission. But
I'll be honest with you, the most dangerous player in
this group, the most electric player in this group is
going to be the Echo Kid. He is a problem.
He can beat you out of the backfield, he can
beat you running the ball. He's gonna be one. I
have a feeling he's going to be a b YU
favor and a b y U great.
Speaker 5: Like you know, from a rating standpoint, he's not the
highest rated guy. Uh you know, he's actually in this
class the lowest rated prospect that he signed with the Coogs.
Speaker 1: He's the lowest rated cross back. And I'll it in
my opinion, is he will then he will be a
Cougar grade. That's how good the kid is. The rating
system is an interesting system. Obviously, I'm in that system
pretty soon. I'm going to start Alpha alpha grading grading
process that will be a little bit more fair because
he's an underrated player and he's perfect for what BAU does.
But he can tote the rock and I expect him
to play next year. He will play.
Speaker 4: He's that good crazy times.
Speaker 5: Yeah, there was a report that came out regarding Ryder Lions.
This is from Brandon Huffan BA for Star committed Rider
Lions unlikely to sign with the Koogs on signing day,
and he did mention though he was going to sign
around this time. He had tweeted it out a little
bit ago. What's the ladiest on writer lines where he stands, Just.
Speaker 1: A few things to work out. I'm not going to
get too too far into it, but things are fine,
perfectly good, nothing to worry about. Just remember it as
the big business and there were just a few things
that that we're just getting fixed and cleaned up and
writing around. Some things to do, but nothing to fret about.
Speaker 5: So no, nothing to get overly anxious about. He he'll
be signing with b YU today.
Speaker 4: You think.
Speaker 1: I don't want to get into it too much, but
I will tell you will Snowden expects writer to sign
with b AU today, Okay, but I also expect that
the deal will be done fully no later than Friday,
So I'm expecting the signature. Everything looks good and They're
just things that have to be done in this situation.
And I and that's all I'm gonna say. Everything is
good more than good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the payment.
Speaker 5: This is a new era of college college football, right,
and you know you have the traditional methodologies of like
letter of intent. Right, there's a letter intent, there's a commitment,
there's like official offers that go out in the process,
and then letter of intent that is sent in. And
then now you also have some contractual obligations that are
in place too, whether if that's to the collective, it's
to the school, and you know, agents and agencies are involved.
Like there's a lot of moving parts here, and it
can get pretty complicated.
Speaker 4: It can be a pretty complicated process.
Speaker 1: Yes for sure. But but what people need to know
is as Wider Lions wants to be a bay Vukougar.
That's why he committed to be by you, and I
expect him to be signing his LETTERATIP and we'll see
how it goes. But it's just a big business and
you know how there's a lot, like you said, that
goes on with it. So no, I do not think
anyone needs to be worried that it's not fined yet.
Because there's a lot that goes into it.
Speaker 5: We got Will Snowden, owner Operative Alpha Recruits, former BYU
football player running back here on your Utah ESPN Radio network.
You mentioned a few of these guys, right, I talk
about former BYU greats, former BYU Cougar football players, and
I see a few legacy players on this signing sheet.
How about Justice Braithwait, what do you know about Rinaldo
Braithwaite's young man that he's built there in Gilbert, Arizona.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, I get to tip to talk to
coach gil for quite a bit about Renaldo's young boy,
and he's supposed to have all the goods. I'll be
honest that I've been all to evaluate him as closely
as some of the kids. But Gennaro has guaranteed me
that he has everything that he's looking for, that they're
looking for, and that he's a baller. And I want
to be clear, I'm not the class is ridiculu. I'm
just telling you I'm most high on Ika. And that's funny.
He's the lowest rated player. Obviously, you have you have
all of these guys out here who are high star
rated kids and they can ball and they can all ball.
My money, though, is and that's without righter lines being
signed yet. My money is on that Heka is going
to be a very very very special player in Royal Blue.
Very special. I think he I'm trying to think of
who I would compare him to. I probably would say
he has a little bit of Ron Jacobs in him,
a little bit of Ronnie Jenkins in him, and a
lot of Ron and a lot of Reno Mahi in him.
Speaker 4: I like that combo.
Speaker 5: That sounds like that sounds almost too good to be true,
that that dynamic duo.
Speaker 1: I want you fired up about the kid. I want
to I want to state fired up about him. But
then you've got the kid coming down from Saint George,
A big special tight end. I mean, I mean, they've
got this class is really put together, been a top
twenty class at BUYU.
Speaker 5: That's a lot, no doubt about it. It's obviously trending
in the right direction the group. Also, I mean, you've
got some good skilled players, right, but you have some
you got two four star tight ends. You have Bobmlitala,
who could play on either side of the ball and
be a very effective, very disruptive whether it's guard or
tackle on the offensives side of the ball, or defensive
end or d tackle and the defenside of the ball.
Who's maybe a player locally like I look at Moala
for instance, he was tremendous in the on the back
end of the season for orum Utah. I think if
you haven't watched him Cougarnation, you got to get to
know Mowala. Who's really stood out to you? Maybe as
from the local prospects. I know you mentioned Devon, anybody
else we can highlight.
Speaker 1: Well, really I talked about Bot. I've got a chance
to watch Bot a lot, right, He's right in my area,
and and he is a kid, like you said, he
could play either side of the ball. His real money
is on the offensive line. He's like, he's just super
physical and moves really well. Uh plays a good pad
level and and get with c. J. Woods, I mean
it was just one of the best to do it.
He does a great job up front with the with
the old line, and he's gonna make Bot super special.
It's too hard to really highlight just one of these guys.
They're they're their rank and say at all these are
the best, These are some of the best prospects in
the country, and b y U has tied them up
and tied them up early, did an exceptional job recruiting them.
So the one that I know best is bought in
the trench and I'm gonna so I'm gonna kind of
stick with him. The young man from Orum, he did.
He came on really strong late, but I have not
watched as much film on him as I have on BOT,
So I want to I want to stay there. Just
like I'm saying as far as the skilled players, I
really think that that he could just he has every
tool you could look for. And then the Glass kid
is an absolute freak. I mean, the whole the whole
class offensively is super dangerous. It's going to be fun
to watch.
Speaker 5: Well, I want to get your reaction to the College
Football Playoff Committee.
Speaker 4: BYU's at eleven.
Speaker 5: They've just been sitting at eleven despite winning and winning
I think with some style points as well.
Speaker 4: On the back end of the schedule.
Speaker 5: Utah was right behind them, and they've won their football games,
but apparently they haven't won by the margin that the
College FOOTBA Playoff Committee has wanted, and they've moved to
number fifteen.
Speaker 4: Why is it.
Speaker 5: What's your theory on why either byu Utah the Big
twelve is maybe disrespected. Texas Tech is at four, which
is fine. I think everyone you know agrees with maybe
their slot. But why is b YU on the outside
looking in and why the disrespect for Utah over the
last few weeks.
Speaker 1: Well, well, what I'll look at there's a few things. Obviously,
I mean everyone understands that everyone that the most respected football,
the most respected, whether it's right or wrong, is played
in the Big Ten and the SEC and then Notre
Dame by themselves, right, you have SEC, Big Ten, no
to day. So when you when you look at it,
there's just levels to how people see college football. And
another thing is they people don't know this, but I
really do think they get involved with certain things like
how many star what is what are the recruiting classes
that they have brought in over the last three or
four years? What is the star power is? This is
just big business. So I think the disrespect comes for
the Big twelve because they're not in the Big ten.
It's not the Big it's not the Big ten or
the SEC. But the disrespect for byu Utah. They can
have a they can be frustrated, but at the end
of the day, you do need to be in the
hunt for a conference championship, particularly if you're not in
the Big ten or the SEC. So I don't feel
like the disrespect is the same at Utah. I don't
think they're probably the fifteenth ranked team. But at the
end of the day, you've got to win the games.
And what BYU has done is they've won every game
that's really mattered, lost one to the fourth ranked team
in the country, who arguably could be the best team
in the country, and they get a chance to rematch
them on Saturday. But like I agree with agree with
everyone saying b YU should be in the Big twelve.
Is a very competitive league with four or five guys,
four or five teams in the top twenty five. It's
it's pretty dang disrespectful. But at the end of the day,
b YU will come out on Saturday, They're going to
give their best shot. They're going to play tough, and
regardless win or lose, BYU has to come out and
play tough and show that they really really belong and
they are they and they aren't to be walked over,
and those are the things that they look at like, hey,
let's look at the at the what are the names
on these rosters that make us say we want them in?
And I think that's one of the biggest things that
they look at and say, yeah, you know how many
how many draftball guys are going to do that team.
All of those things are coming into play when they
really should not come into play. With chasing championships, with
chasing the college football playoffs, you have a job to do.
Go win games. Number one, win games, and that's a
b why you have done nothing but win And they've
done it for two years. So the disrespect is really
ridiculous because it's not like they're to fly by all
of a sudden they had a great year. They're coming
off of they they're coming off of the season that
they want eleven games.
Speaker 4: Yep, yep.
Speaker 5: It's crazy, man, crazy times in the college football chaotic
world that we're living in right now, and still dominoes
are falling. Kind of find it interesting Chris Cleman just
step down at Kansas State Heartline gets the job at USF.
I'm trying to think that there's not that many job
openings left for the head coaching vacancies. Do you foresee
any movement on BYU's staff right now. Klinie obviously got
the extension that means probably pay raisers for him, his staff,
and obviously his players. Do you feel like the crew,
the Cougar crew right now in Provo stick together through
the offseason and into twenty twenty six?
Speaker 4: There you go, Ben, I know it's a tough one, man.
It's a tough one. Man. I was just thinking about it,
you know what I mean. I was like pondering.
Speaker 5: I'm like, man, I want to believe, you know that
the Cougar crew is going to stick together. But with
so much success, it's hard not to be a little
bit pessimistic that guys will aspire to new adventures, new challenges,
new positions and all that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, new opportunities.
Speaker 1: So I don't want to say I don't want to
say this is not a yes or no question. I'll
say this, I would not be surprised if there was
movement on the staff. Yeah, I mean that that just
is what it is. The state of Utah has very
good coaching and it's obvious you have the Brigham in
Cougars at eleven and one playing for a championship, and
the University of Utah at ten and two, one game
out of the championships. So a lot of that has
to do with coaching, If you so, would I be
shocked if the Utah staff was a little different, I wouldn't.
Would I be shocked if the BYU staff was a
little different, not at all, because there are opportunities out there.
There are head coaching jobs out there, and if you're
on it, there's two dcs in this state who have
the ability to be head coaches. One has already proven
that it can be a great head coach, Jay Hill,
And so I wouldn't be shocked if there is movement,
but my fingers are crossed that there won't be.
Speaker 5: Love The breakdown is always alpha recruits. Will Snowden former
b YU great, Yes, great, my guy running back and
probably should played some slot wide receiver in my opinion too,
could have been really nasty out of that slot, coming
out of the backfield, getting some one on one, some angles,
some option routes for the Kougs.
Speaker 4: Well, that's really fortunate.
Speaker 1: Justift real quickly before you say that, you got to
go out the tape. I've been in the slot before.
One of the things about Will Snowden. He was far
from a grade. He was a role player. Is great,
he could That's what.
Speaker 4: I'm saying, Bro. I mean, I just I'm just saying.
Speaker 5: I'm just saying like I felt like Norm should have
used you a little bit more as well.
Speaker 4: That's the argument I making.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think I'm gonna give Normal call
and let him, let him know that you backed me
up on my on my everything I've been complaining about
for four years while I was at the school. Hey, go,
good luck this weekend. It's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 5: Yeah man, oh yeah. Score prediction. Do you think b
YU gets the dub in Arlington?
Speaker 1: Listen, I'm not ready to give a score prediction. I'm
going to give you a score prediction, but I don't
know where it's going to be. I'm going thirty one
to twenty.
Speaker 4: Eight, and you're not sure who's gonna win it.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call who's gonna win it eight. I'm
gonna be after the game.
Speaker 4: All right.
Speaker 5: Hey, if you're a recruit, if you're a father, a
mother of a recruit, or you're just looking to get developed,
then contact will Snowden. Alpha recruits, alpharecruits dot com. He'll
get your place to get you connected with those that
are interested in the talents that are developed and available
there within the walls of your help.
Speaker 4: Thanks so much. We'll appreciate you, buddy.
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