1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,919 Speaker 1: And then I would have to say, this is the 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,040 first time all year where our quarterback depth became a problem, 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,800 you know, because we really didn't have an option at 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:14,359 least versus Texas Tech that was superior to Bear being 5 00:00:14,439 --> 00:00:17,679 fifty sixty percent healthy. You know, I think that's really 6 00:00:17,719 --> 00:00:19,960 what ultimately led to our demids because I'll say you this, 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,719 I mean, at the game, Texas Tech had no answers 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,920 for our first few drives. Roderick has a perfect game call. 9 00:00:27,079 --> 00:00:28,960 We had them on their heels. They did not know 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,480 how to handle, which a lot of good defenses don't 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,840 a quarterback that can run with all the different actions 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,079 and motions, and you know, the players should pass with 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,719 LG running down Hell really well, it would have been 14 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:45,399 a very very interesting outcome if Bear doesn't get hurt, 15 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:47,719 but we'll never know. But at the same time, you 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,520 have to give Texas Tech all the credit because they're 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,079 the ones that did I mean, they were hitting hard, 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,600 they were executing with excellent precision on the defense side 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,640 of the ball, and they're the ones that knocked Bear out, 20 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:02,000 you know, like the pain on him enough. It's where 21 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,680 very very negatively affected to throw the ball because people 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:11,879 don't realize those ankle rolls are the most excruciatingly painful 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,519 injuries ever. They make you want to throw up. I've 24 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:19,799 had a cl reconstructions, I've had a seat joint separations, thumbs, 25 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:24,480 blown out, concussions, neck fingers. The most debilitating and one 26 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:27,040 that it makes me think. I remember when I heard 27 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,519 it against carn of State my software year. I basically 28 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:32,519 rolled my ankle very similar to Bear. I thought I 29 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,319 had snapped my leg in half. That's like the degree 30 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,519 of which you're expecting the injury that look like based 31 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,799 off of the pain you're feeling. And then the worst 32 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,280 part is that you don't have any bounce, you don't 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,799 have any wiggle, any twitch and that and that it's 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,400 almost like a dead leg until that tendon really heals 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,319 up and gets back to its normal. It's normal attention. 36 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:56,000 So you have to get text and tech credit. And 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,760 then they were hitting hard and they made by Bear 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,760 pay pay play on uh beare hey on that one 39 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:03,640 play before the touchdown where he got on that inline 40 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,439 option where he just got he got hit hard and 41 00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:09,120 and the big dtackle there for Texas Tech got him 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,000 got him low as he was getting hit high, and 43 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,039 it just knocked him out and that was the difference 44 00:02:13,039 --> 00:02:15,800 in the game right there. Otherwise we controlled the game. 45 00:02:16,039 --> 00:02:18,240 And that's why I'm not I have no shame in 46 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,120 this game. The second thing is is I was on 47 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:23,840 the sideline and I knew something was seriously wrong with 48 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,759 there I did. I was curious to see how everybody 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:32,000 else would operate, you know, if there's concern if guys flinched. 50 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:35,240 Nobody flinched. Bro I was like, dude, these guys are 51 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,360 so focused and locked in. I just I just love him, man, 52 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,639 and the way they compete, the way Clowne's got him 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,960 competing was exactly the right way. We just played a 54 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,680 phenomenal team that required us to be healthy across the board. 55 00:02:48,039 --> 00:02:50,560 We ended up not being Bear was a little off. 56 00:02:50,599 --> 00:02:52,840 We didn't have much you know, we don't have much depth. 57 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,960 That was again nobody's fault of this team that at 58 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,560 the quarterback position. What happened with the red slaugh and everything, 59 00:02:58,599 --> 00:03:01,280 and we got caught, you know, and end up you know, 60 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,319 having a rough you know, basically what halfway through the 61 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:06,000 third quarter to the end of the game was just 62 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,599 a disaster. But still the guys played hard. I mean, 63 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,360 like I said, I was very, very proud of them 64 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,400 after the game, and there's no shame in that loss 65 00:03:13,479 --> 00:03:17,520 whatsoever versus the previous one, the first encounter they had, Yeah, 66 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,800 there was some shame there. You know, you're doing dumb 67 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,680 things that you generally don't do, and this one it 68 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:24,560 wasn't the case. That was Texas Tech bringing it to 69 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,520 us and we just didn't have the depth to handle 70 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,680 it at the quarterback position. 71 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: So how far away are we from? I think Bioways 72 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:34,120 a great team. How far away is b away from 73 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,439 being an elite team in college football? Because I feel 74 00:03:36,479 --> 00:03:38,680 like the top five teams in college football are elite. 75 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:39,639 How far away are we? 76 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,479 Speaker 1: I love that question because I believe based off of 77 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,919 what I was witnessing in person when I was watching 78 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,919 Texas Tech's elite defense, which by the way, that's that's 79 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,319 one of the best defenses I've ever seen in college 80 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:55,159 football ever. I put it up there with any Alabama 81 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,159 defenses I've seen, any of these Georgia defenses with the 82 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,680 Jalen Carter that now is played for the E I 83 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:03,960 put them up there because they have all the physical 84 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:06,560 raw talent you could ask for right on all levels. 85 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,080 But these guys are disciplined man like Roderick pressed every 86 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,599 single one of their buttons with scheme and motion and 87 00:04:12,639 --> 00:04:15,240 all those kinds of things, and they, I mean, even 88 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,639 when they were out of position, they still were able 89 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,839 to mitigate some of those players, like some of the 90 00:04:19,879 --> 00:04:24,240 reverse passes by sweeps, those the auction the auction actions 91 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,560 and those kinds of things. But having said all of that, 92 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,519 when I was watching, when we were driving methodically fourteen 93 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,399 plays ninety yards in this defense and nobody's ever done, 94 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:36,240 I thought we are going to win by three touchdowns. 95 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,639 That's what I thought. Because they don't know what that's like. 96 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,319 They looked at each other like, dude, what is happening 97 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,319 to us? This never happens to us. So we were 98 00:04:44,439 --> 00:04:48,360 one ankle roll away from taking that game and showing 99 00:04:48,399 --> 00:04:50,279 the whole world what was up. But again, that's the 100 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:53,839 name of the game of football. You know, it's a violent, 101 00:04:53,879 --> 00:04:56,240 physical game and you want to inflict pain on your opponent. 102 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,199 And just everybody knows if we'd done the same things 103 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:00,920 as their quarterback, you know what, they already had a 104 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,399 game like that against Arizona State where the star wasn't playing. 105 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,079 Maybe something similar happens to them. You know. So that's 106 00:05:07,079 --> 00:05:08,839 that's just kind of how it goes. You know, So 107 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,079 we're there. I don't I don't look at this like, 108 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,360 oh man, wait, there's a huge gap. I never once 109 00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:15,920 felt that. I felt that we just didn't have the 110 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:19,199 quarterback death because McKay, bless his heart. Man, I'm looking 111 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:23,160 at that freaking you know, Texas Tech defense, and I'm 112 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,600 looking at at mckenn. I'm like, I can't. I would 113 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,160 not feel comfortable sending McKay out there. He doesn't have 114 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,519 enough reps. That dude is not ready to handle the 115 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,759 kind of pressure and the kind of checks and all 116 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:35,639 the things that it's going to take to be functional, 117 00:05:35,879 --> 00:05:38,360 just functional. And that's and I think I think, you know, 118 00:05:38,399 --> 00:05:40,519 obviously the coaching staff probably felt the same way. That's 119 00:05:40,519 --> 00:05:43,439 why you know, fifty percent bear is you know, our 120 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,480 answer in that particular situation. But I don't have any 121 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:48,319 issues be where we're at. I don't have any issues 122 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,839 of how we stood up stacked up against you know, 123 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:54,319 Texas Tech, who is arguably I mean, if if they 124 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,040 don't win the national championship, I'll be surprised, quite frankly. 125 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,319 So I'm fine. I thought that was, like I said, 126 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:01,959 there's no shame in that loss. That's the heck of 127 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:03,560 the team, war heck of the team and ended up 128 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,519 having our quarterback go down and they caused that, and 129 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:10,959 then ultimately we just couldn't find any depth or any 130 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,279 way to manage that to where we could be functional 131 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:15,040 as an offense. You know, then we'll turn the ball 132 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:17,319 over on our side of the field and then all 133 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:18,920 of a sudden it just get you know, gets out 134 00:06:18,959 --> 00:06:21,079 of control fast, which, like I said, that could go 135 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,839 either way with if you're playing against really good teams. 136 00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: In your opinion, Brady, why is it? What's your theory 137 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,519 on why BYU was never considered seriously for the college 138 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,680 football playoff? There was never I mean even Colonie said 139 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,199 post game, He's like, at least put our graphic up 140 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:41,600 next to Alabama, Notre Dame, Miami, Oklahoma, everybody else that's 141 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,920 a two loss team. At least put our graphic if 142 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,439 we were on eleven one team. The ESPN completely skirted from, 143 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,399 you know, from the fact the resume of BYU football 144 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:56,120 throughout this entire process when they deservingly needed to at 145 00:06:56,199 --> 00:06:57,360 least be in the conversation. 146 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,959 Speaker 1: There's so many ways that can go here, Ben, I mean, 147 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,000 this is this is a great question, and because it's 148 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,199 so fascinating and I wanted to kind of stand the surface, 149 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,439 but I'm not going to. Now we are gonna go 150 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,720 a little deep and what so, I don't know. Have 151 00:07:11,879 --> 00:07:15,160 you ever watched there's a documentary done by ESPN thirty 152 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:19,920 for thirty about the evolution and the eventual takeover of 153 00:07:20,079 --> 00:07:23,160 the passing attack in all of footballs. Have you seen that, Ben? 154 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: I don't know if I've seen that. I would like 155 00:07:24,959 --> 00:07:27,480 to watch it, though you may. 156 00:07:27,319 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: Not want to. And here's why they only mentioned BYU 157 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,560 in passing. It's absolutely insulting. It is not accurately. It 158 00:07:37,639 --> 00:07:44,399 is not historically accurate. They mentioned these podunk schools acting 159 00:07:44,439 --> 00:07:47,439 as though and I free. I was so upset because 160 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,759 I was like, this is not history. If you go 161 00:07:49,839 --> 00:07:54,639 when you look at all, like even today, Shanahan, the 162 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,560 dude with the La Rams, I can't believe he's blanket. 163 00:07:57,639 --> 00:08:00,360 You look at all these coaches you know are up 164 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,040 with Green Bay. I'm talking the best offensive coaches. Guess 165 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,720 where they all come from? The West Coast offense genealogy. 166 00:08:08,759 --> 00:08:10,839 Andy Reid's a great example. He comes from the same 167 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:14,040 one they all come from that. And guess who was 168 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:17,319 a huge influence in that. You got Mike Holmgrin, Oh, 169 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:20,480 you go all the way back to Lavelle Edwards and yeah, 170 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:23,600 we won a national championship in nineteen eighty four because 171 00:08:23,639 --> 00:08:26,439 of it. And you're not gonna mention that in your 172 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:31,240 documentary of the provlif relation of the pass. Who are 173 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:35,799 you people? So I think there is some religious problems 174 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,720 with us. I believe there's political problems with the church 175 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:42,759 in some of our political stands. I think this is 176 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,279 deeper than football. And then on top of it, what 177 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,759 compounds it is I do believe that a lot of 178 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:51,000 the same people that are on this committee are the 179 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,919 ones that in ninety six we sued them because we 180 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,320 were basically invited to go to the Fiesta Bowl and 181 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:59,960 then all of a sudden they got involved in this 182 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:01,679 Oh no, we're not saying BYU. And then we went 183 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,600 to the Cotton Bowl and then we sued them, and 184 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:07,600 then you know, you go back to ninety today flock 185 00:09:07,639 --> 00:09:09,960 I had mentioned, and we win a national championship under 186 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,919 their rules, and ironically they were so arrogant, these big 187 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,120 blue blood teams, which by the way, they're all going 188 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,480 nuts right now because they're not blue bloods anymore. But anyway, 189 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,159 that's another topic. But anyway, all these blue bloods are like, dude, 190 00:09:23,159 --> 00:09:24,720 how is it that you get this? You know, we're 191 00:09:24,759 --> 00:09:27,440 going to determine national championship on whoever has the best record. 192 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,799 They never ever thought that a team like BYU with 193 00:09:30,879 --> 00:09:33,759 inferior talent physically would ever be able to beat teams 194 00:09:33,799 --> 00:09:36,679 like the Michigans and all these blue bloods. And we 195 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,279 did with the passing attack because we were a little 196 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:41,399 bit more intelligent than they were, that's the bottom line, 197 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:43,639 and that pissed them off. And so right now, this 198 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:47,559 is just this is retaliation against the history of BA football. 199 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,440 I say, there's religious animosity towards us, political and like 200 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,919 I said, it's this isn't the first time they've tried 201 00:09:53,919 --> 00:09:58,039 to kind of pretend we're not there as a BYU cougrination. 202 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,320 I'm telling you, it's a really funky thing because we 203 00:10:01,399 --> 00:10:03,639 have a pretty dang good relationship with them, at least 204 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:07,399 to my knowledge, on some fronts. With we helped ESPN 205 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:10,879 emerge as this powerhouse in the sports broadcasting world with 206 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,200 their first college football game being broadcast at BYAU versus 207 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,879 pit huge between quotation, upset and all of a sudden 208 00:10:16,879 --> 00:10:18,919 you see this, you know, passing offense it was, and 209 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,279 so it's there's a lot of that going on, man, 210 00:10:21,279 --> 00:10:23,840 and I just it's hard to see, but we can't. 211 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:25,879 I don't feel like we're a victim. I felt like 212 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,639 we had every opportunity to win our games and get 213 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:31,480 in and we did it. We had we had all 214 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,559 right there, and we just didn't do it. And you 215 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,759 know what, that's okay. I think it's great. We're gonna 216 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:37,360 go to the bowl game. We're gonna get extra time 217 00:10:37,399 --> 00:10:41,440 to develop another real time opportunity for these young guys 218 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,559 to go get some reps. If these older guys want 219 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,440 to improve their draft stock, they have that opportunity. It 220 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,559 never hurts to continue to play by the way. It 221 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:50,320 never does. I don't know what Notre Dame's doing. I 222 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,879 don't know what Kansas State's doing. I don't know what 223 00:10:51,879 --> 00:10:54,399 Iowa State's doing. I don't get it. I don't even 224 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,919 know what that means. If oh, it's we're actually doing 225 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,200 something better by not playing in practicing, I don't even 226 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,200 that does not align with my my principles and my philosophy. Whatsoever. 227 00:11:05,399 --> 00:11:08,840 There's reps, there's practice, there's activation that has to take place, 228 00:11:09,159 --> 00:11:11,799 there's experience that has to be gained, and you don't 229 00:11:11,799 --> 00:11:13,759 do that by not doing something that you're trying to 230 00:11:13,759 --> 00:11:16,320 get experienced in. So here's my rant. 231 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's crazy, right, like Notre Dame pulling this, 232 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,799 taking their ball and going home. Why do you think 233 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,919 they did that? Beverquah the ad said, we just didn't. 234 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,279 We didn't like the process. We were led to believe 235 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:31,399 that we were going to be a part of the 236 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:35,480 college Football Playoff and then poor Marcus Freeman had to 237 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,240 tell these players, hey, we're not going to play in 238 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,159 a bowl game because the colleg Football Playoff Committee screwed us. 239 00:11:40,159 --> 00:11:43,519 That's what he essentially said. Making the rounds earlier today. 240 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, again, it's so revert back to my comment where 241 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,679 these blue bloods are freaking out. Notre Dame is having 242 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:57,440 a moment of vulnerability and iMore of mortality in the 243 00:11:57,519 --> 00:12:01,639 sense of they're not a powerhouse anymore. Really, the only 244 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,799 powerhouses that exist are those that are affiliated with ESPN, 245 00:12:04,799 --> 00:12:08,159 which would be the SEC, now the ACC ironically, and 246 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,080 the Big Ten isn't. But the Big Ten has enough 247 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,320 of the viewership to where that has some sway with 248 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,720 ESPN because they want to get their investment back, and 249 00:12:15,039 --> 00:12:17,080 ESPN is invested to US seven and a half million 250 00:12:17,159 --> 00:12:20,320 dollars in the college Football Playoff. They want their investment 251 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:24,279 back and Notre Dame is an NBC kind of thing. 252 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,559 But at the same time, what we're looking at here 253 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:32,919 is we're looking at Notre Dame. I believe shocked because 254 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,120 they're assuming they're entitled to some kind of cachet based 255 00:12:36,159 --> 00:12:38,840 off of their history, based off of their how many 256 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,679 I got twelve you know, recognized national champions championships of 257 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,000 all different polls and stuff. You know, it's one of 258 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,000 the between quotation's top football programs in the country. And 259 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,519 they were just you know, basically excluded out of something 260 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:55,320 that they thought they would always be automatically as long 261 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,840 as they were good a part of which that didn't happen. 262 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:01,639 So there's a moment of more time for them where 263 00:13:01,399 --> 00:13:04,320 they're looking like, you know what, this is scary. Maybe 264 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,519 we don't have the power, Maybe we do have to 265 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,879 become part of the conference now, Maybe we do have 266 00:13:08,919 --> 00:13:11,559 to conform instead of being able to dictate our terms. 267 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,639 And this is a test to that, and I think 268 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,039 this is what they're trying to do. They're trying to 269 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,159 understand their leverage points. And we'll see. We'll see if 270 00:13:19,159 --> 00:13:22,279 it SWAZIESTPN or any of the powers that be to 271 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,399 because next year's schedule, I don't know if you've looke 272 00:13:24,399 --> 00:13:26,600 to Notre Dame schedule, it's horrendous. It's not one that 273 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:29,080 if they weren't undefeated. I don't even know if they 274 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,720 would get into the playoffs, you know, even if you 275 00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:34,799 took the same kind of teams this year, because they don't. 276 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,639 Unless USC is really good and that Miami's really good, 277 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,480 that's the only chance they have. USC and Miami have 278 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,759 to be like top ten teams and they have to 279 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:45,799 beat them. That's really the only chance they have for 280 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:48,440 that schedule to really help them get into any kind 281 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,320 of playoff contention next year. But yeah, but I believe 282 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,399 it's a sense of mortality that they kind of realize 283 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,080 that they don't have the leverage anymore in college football 284 00:13:59,120 --> 00:13:59,600 than they used to. 285 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 2: Do you think we should get rid of conference championship games? 286 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: I don't. I think what we should do is, again, 287 00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:12,360 I'm not one to get rid of games, even in 288 00:14:12,399 --> 00:14:15,600 the NFL go to streaking eighteen regular season games, We're fine. 289 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,799 I prefer that I think most wear and tear on 290 00:14:19,879 --> 00:14:22,759 these players happens in practice because coaches don't know how 291 00:14:22,759 --> 00:14:25,879 to manage practice correctly. I believe most where in tear 292 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,279 happens in the training room because most trainers not training room, 293 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,159 but you know, the weight room, and those training they 294 00:14:33,159 --> 00:14:37,039 don't know how to properly load their athletes and follow 295 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,320 that load. Well. Luckily we got an unbelievable team that does. 296 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,000 And that's where most of the injuries start to percolate. 297 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:46,639 And that's where all the accumulation effects take place, is 298 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:49,799 in training and then also in your practicing. It's not 299 00:14:49,879 --> 00:14:52,360 in the games. We need more games. And the reason 300 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:54,360 why you need more games is because that's how this 301 00:14:54,399 --> 00:14:57,080 needs to be determined. This doesn't get determined, and we're learning. 302 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,279 That's why it's frustrating right now for everybody. It should 303 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,279 not be determined by a committee. This shouldn't this is 304 00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:04,720 this is stupid. It should be determined like hey, and 305 00:15:04,799 --> 00:15:07,960 so I've heard some really good suggestions that I think 306 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,720 would work, which is this, you have your conference championship weekend, 307 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:14,240 and then you have your bubble teams and basically whoever 308 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,840 whoever's not in a conference championship, you're gonna line them 309 00:15:16,919 --> 00:15:20,559 up like like this last year, our excuse this last week, 310 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,279 you'd have had Vanderbilt playing, you'd had Texas playing, and 311 00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:25,639 they would have been playing old Miss Texas A and 312 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:28,240 M these schools that weren't in the championship game, and 313 00:15:28,279 --> 00:15:30,320 we're gonna get it really good. And Notre Dame would 314 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,519 have been involved in that, Miami would have been involved 315 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:35,679 in that, and you're gonna get a really good idea 316 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:39,360 off of those those matchups of who's who's who and 317 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:41,039 then and it's gonna weed a bunch of teams out 318 00:15:41,039 --> 00:15:42,960 because they're gonna lose. And it's just, you know, it's 319 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,159 kind of like what what or how I should say 320 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:49,919 the committee treated by you and both by Alabama, not Alabama, 321 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,240 but b YU against Texas Tech, where you know, we 322 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,039 lost by three touchdowns and they thought, Okay, well that's 323 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,720 our indicator that they're not you know, but that's I 324 00:15:57,759 --> 00:16:00,240 think more games the better and that and it be 325 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:02,759 playing out on the field. This shouldn't be decided with committees. 326 00:16:05,159 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: Grady for being on the LII Cougar Sports one of 327 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,840 three nine ninety eight point three es Ben the Fan 328 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,039 by the Way two is the season to be giving guys. 329 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,320 ESPN the Fan of the Rocky Mountain Chevy Dealers invite 330 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,960 you to help those at the road home this holiday 331 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,159 season much needed blankets, coach shoes, hats and gloves. Drop 332 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,519 off donations at any Rocky Mountain Chevy dealer. Vis at 333 00:16:22,679 --> 00:16:25,960 espndefan dot com for the dealer location, spread the warmth, 334 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,320 and help others find their way home. A couple last 335 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,679 things here before we let you go beat Pop. Any 336 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,360 concerns about bear Bachmeyer's ankle. Do you think he should 337 00:16:34,399 --> 00:16:36,320 be ready to be ready to go for the Pop Tarts. 338 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:42,399 Speaker 1: Bowl You're always concerned with I'm assuming I'm just using 339 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,759 my own analysis that was probably a high ankle spring. 340 00:16:45,639 --> 00:16:47,919 There are procedures that can be done that accelerates that 341 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:51,039 recovery pretty quickly. And I've had him before, and you know, 342 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,360 if you get a good three weeks rest and really 343 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,919 strengthen it up, it'll actually be functional and he'll be fine. 344 00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:01,159 So I don't think there's any longer turn problems with it. 345 00:17:01,159 --> 00:17:03,720 It's just you know, how it's gonna come down to 346 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,400 you know, really that ligament tightening back up. You know, 347 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,160 some guys it takes a little longer than others, but 348 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,640 a few we're three weeks away here, so uh, and 349 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:13,960 he's probably gonna have to get in the boot and 350 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:16,039 kind of just let everything came down. But we'll see 351 00:17:16,039 --> 00:17:19,079 how it goes. But yeah, I mean he's a young kid, 352 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,279 he's a tough kid. He works really hard. I don't 353 00:17:21,279 --> 00:17:23,079 see why he could have have his body ready to 354 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:23,799 go by that time. 355 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:31,039 Speaker 2: And then finally, you know this, uh, this BYU football 356 00:17:31,079 --> 00:17:33,359 team with a top twenty one recruiting class. 357 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: Uh. 358 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,279 Speaker 2: We talked about it making like making that jump from 359 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:40,079 great to elite? Are we a year away? Do you 360 00:17:40,079 --> 00:17:42,640 think you were? You're two seasons away from maybe uh 361 00:17:43,079 --> 00:17:44,480 entering into that elite status. 362 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: We're there. We just need to get we needed. We 363 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,160 got to get a quarterback depth right. And look, it's 364 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:58,400 nobody's fault. We had a surprise situation happened. We handled 365 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,039 it as literally. I mean, come on, I was I 366 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:02,640 think you could pull up some of my interviews with you. 367 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,279 I didn't think we win more in eight games, you know, 368 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,039 especially the true freshman quarter back was brought Our excuse me, 369 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,799 Bear was historic. Imagine having a whole off season now 370 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:14,519 where Roderick can Bear can get together along with the 371 00:18:14,519 --> 00:18:16,920 coaching staff and they just build an offense customed to 372 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 him and it's like his it's like a part of 373 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:21,119 his hand, it's like a glove. It just it just 374 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,079 is who he is. And then he probably have a 375 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,799 very good idea what that's gonna be, but they can 376 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,440 detail it out more. I mean, Bear is a phenomenal thrower. 377 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,720 I think we've seen that with his accuracy and as 378 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,839 long as his ankles is right. And so I look, 379 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,880 this team is there. We just got to reload. I mean, 380 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,720 that's the thing is we gotta we gotta stay with 381 00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:43,039 getting going into the portal and developing good front guys, 382 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:44,839 you know, because we're probably gonna lose some of them 383 00:18:44,839 --> 00:18:47,839 into the NFL, which is fine. We're gonna have to 384 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,559 develop and maybe go into the portal, get some linebackers. 385 00:18:50,599 --> 00:18:52,400 We just got to get competition, you know, let these 386 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,799 guys figure it out. We got talent. We got talent, 387 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,519 that's the one thing. We got more enough talent. We 388 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,880 just gotta let these guys go to Pete builds great 389 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,599 schemes around them. Which our coaches can do keep guys healthy. 390 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,920 And the biggest thing next year is the quarterback depth 391 00:19:07,039 --> 00:19:09,640 is going to be a lot better, which if we 392 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,960 had in the same situation arise like happened in the 393 00:19:13,079 --> 00:19:15,839 Texas Tech game, you'll see that will be very very 394 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:18,640 I say, a lot more equipped to handle that instead 395 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,119 of kind of just man, we got to go with 396 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,799 a guy that's fifty percent right now, you know, And 397 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,960 again that's nobody's fault. It's just you know, Jake getting 398 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,400 kicked out basically because of the auto code issue. So 399 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,000 so yeah, I mean we're there. I just think we, 400 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,839 like I said, we got to reload and use this 401 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,640 time with the bowl game, We've got to use it. 402 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,920 You know, this has to be a time for me personally, 403 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,799 This was like the best time for me to gain 404 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,960 so much in terms of understanding the game and he 405 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,079 kind of evolving into being a college football players with 406 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,279 this bowl game in my freshman year. So I think 407 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:50,640 for a lot of young guys, this is going to 408 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,359 be huge in their development and that's what we need. 409 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,119 We need to devote guys. We can't just go buy 410 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,400 a roster, you know. I think a lot of people 411 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,160 think that I think a lot of people assume all 412 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,799 the Texas Tech just bought their roster. Well they did, 413 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,880 but at the same time they coached them up very well. 414 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,759 These guys have been developing and they molded very well together. 415 00:20:05,839 --> 00:20:07,880 It's a very hard thing to do what they've done. 416 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,799 So what you have to do is you have to 417 00:20:09,839 --> 00:20:14,720 develop and full practice playing and balls that helps your 418 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,119 team develop. Is good in anything. 419 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,599 Speaker 2: Great breakdown, Brady, we gotta let you go. We gotta 420 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,920 go to break. But I invite everyone to check out 421 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,720 the XPT dot com. 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