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student athletes for a long time. Now they want to

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and support you. I got Ronald three man Weaper behind

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the glass on the mic as well as Brett always

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bring the hammer Hammer time show. We're going to get

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into some college football. Get your prep, getting you're ready

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for this National Championship Game. The Indiana Hoosiers doing something

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that has never been done essentially in their history, coming

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back from the college football dead. Let's be honest, Indiana football,

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the fact that they are in the college football National

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Championship Game is insane. Do you give more credit? Okay

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to Kirk Signetti as like a coach, a culture builder,

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talent evaluator. Or do you give more credit to the

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nil landscape, the transfer portal landscape, you know, the ability

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to acquire and a team epteaen talent via the portal?

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Speaker 3: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Because I do think this is an interesting study, Like

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could Kirk Signetti do what he's doing in the former

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Nick Saban SEC dominant era when the SEC was paying

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players under the table right and nobody else could hire

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the bagmen that we're ultimately running car dealerships in the

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South in order to pay players, you know, you know,

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six figure, five figure sums to get them to those

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SEC schools. So it's kind of an interesting debate. And

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we'll get into some of the other topics here. But

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like when I say that, who are you given more

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credit to? Is it the landscape or you're given it

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to the coach here with the the Indiana Hoosiers, Kirk

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Signetti or the landscape?

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Speaker 4: Which one do you give more credit to? Kurt Signetti? Goo,

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Google me, baby, I think that's what he said.

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Speaker 3: Google me.

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Speaker 4: All I do is win, I'm going through their transfer

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portal class right now, and there's not a single guy

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in here who I'm like, oh.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wish p Yu would have had that guy. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think part of what makes great coaches great is

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they know the very unique niche things that a certain

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individual is great at, and then they asked that individual

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to do that specific thing a lot. That's what I

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think Bill Belichick was so great at. That's why you

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saw Bill Belichick pulling like college lacrosse athletes And I'm

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trying to remember that one kid who was always catching

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touchdowns for them in the Super Bowl, Like, I think

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it and I think part of it is dan Il,

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but but I do think a lot of it is

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I think there's no amount of money.

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Speaker 3: Really, I don't.

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Speaker 4: Think that you could say, like if I would have

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told you two years ago before Indiana went to the playoff,

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and I would say, hey, Ben, Indiana has all the

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money in the world. They're gonna go from the worst

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team in the history of the sport to going to

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a national championship. I don't know about you, but I

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would have said, there's no amount of money that's gonna

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turn Indiana around that fast. And so I do think

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obviously Nil helps NL got them. You know, the likes

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of Fernana Mendoza and Pat Cougan and some other some

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other solid prospects. Again, Pat Cougan came from Notre Dame,

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and we know what Notre Dame does with offensive lineman.

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Speaker 3: But I don't think we can.

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Speaker 4: Really truly appreciate how great of a coach Kurt Signetti is.

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And it's like we can't quantify it, we can't put

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it into words in a way that appropriately outlines just

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how ridiculous this current story with Indiana is. They have

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never prior to Kurt Signetti, reached double digit wins in

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their history three going back to eighteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 2: And granted, I mean there are many seasons. Was the

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only play like eight games, seven games, and things of

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that nature, but getting even into the modern era, like

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nineteen sixty seven was maybe their greatest season nine to two,

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right like eight and four in nineteen seventy nine, nineteen

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eighty seven, eight and four, nineteen eighty eight, eight and three,

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nineteen ninety three, eight and four, it's not They're not

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even getting to nine wins in their most historic modern

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era seasons in nine or in twenty nineteen they went

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eight and five under Tom Allen, so it's truly it's

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a fascinating study of culture, coaching and cohesion.

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Speaker 3: Right this.

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Speaker 2: Kirk Signetti brand, All I do is win right, no

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matter what. Does the NIL Transfer portal help, no doubt.

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But what's crazy? I really believe it's culture cohesion and

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and finding a bunch of guys that buy into the scheme,

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that are high football IQ, guys that are productive wherever

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they go. Fren Amendoza coming out of going into a

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senior his best offer was to Yale, and then somehow,

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some way, cal Berkeley found him and he got to

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cal Right, so let's listen in here. Uh you know,

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eventually he ends up at Indiana, entered the portal after

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last season, and Kirk seing that he saw something in

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him that made him, okay, believe that he could be

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the guy to lead the Hoosiers farther, surpassing them what

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is surpassing what they did last season, and eventually to

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become a Heisman Trophy winner.

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Speaker 3: Let's tune in FORR. Daniel.

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Speaker 5: I'm talking to longtime college an NFL assistant coach Bill

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Musgrave earlier this week, and he told me a story

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about a.

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Speaker 3: Phone call that changed the landscape of college football. Tell

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Speaker 5: Yeah, So throughout my entire high school career, very underrecruited,

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and going to my senior year, my only committable offer

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was Yale.

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Speaker 3: So it's like, great, here we go, great.

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Speaker 5: Academics, you know, good football and to be able to

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you know, live out my dream and basically become you know,

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essentially a student at that point, like you know, it's

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the way to get my foot in the door to Yale. However,

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I still love football, and I was like, wow, like

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if I just get a.

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Speaker 3: Shot like whatever.

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Speaker 5: Level, like I just really literally want to go there,

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especially the D one level, like that guest level. And

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at a quarterback coach really believed me who had ties

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the NFL, and he was making all these calls to

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coaches who you know, had gone back and forth in

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college in the NFL, and there's really no luck.

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Speaker 2: There's really no luck. How are we?

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Speaker 5: We kept on working just to get better, just to

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refine my skills for you know, a college level, and

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then a call in late January, and mind you, like

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the early signed day is December, and so that's what

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everybody does their whole like signing day, and that's kind

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of like done.

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Speaker 3: Deal.

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Speaker 5: And I did a whole signed day at Christopher Colombus

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High School. Signed a blank piece of paper, but you

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can't sign the.

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Speaker 3: Ivys to Yale, so I really signed legg.

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Speaker 2: Is a paper have my yell hat on.

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Speaker 5: And late January, this quarterback coach got a call from

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Bill Musgrave, who I owed so much too, and I'm

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forever in debt for and he's been one of the

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best coordinators the quarterback coach I've been around has poured

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so much of myself as football knowledge but also as

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a character and as a teammate. And he made the

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call the quarterback coach saying, Hey, I'm gonna come come

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down there, do a little bit of pro day, test

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him on IQ, see him throw a little bit. And

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he came down and saw him.

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Speaker 3: And after that he's like, hey, I want to offer you.

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Speaker 5: Sounds good, Like how much is tuition?

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Speaker 3: Because I thought he was talking as a walk on.

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Speaker 5: And I'm like, wow, he's believing in me like that,

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that's insane. Like everywhere else, I was like kind of

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fighting for a walk on, fighting for a walk from

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the University of Miami's fighting for you know stuff at

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I fy you and I fay you and him offered me.

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Speaker 2: A full scholarship.

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Speaker 3: I was like, wow, like I I owe this guy.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, where can I sign? Crazy story, just

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a unique pathway. How did Kirk say Eddie know about

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this guy? How did he know that he lead him

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to glory and victory and surpass what they had already

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accomplished last year with eleven wins et cetera double? Did

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you win something that had never been done before? He

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sees something, he knows, something he's able to evaluate better

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than Maybe he's the greatest evaluator of football players to

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walk the face of this earth, or rather at least

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in the modern era. I think that's very, very possible.

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Nick Saban had a quote today on Pat McAfee show.

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Speaker 4: They asked him about stars and recruiting rankings, and Nick

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Saban said, we never looked at how many stars a

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guy had, because you have to look at who's giving

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Speaker 3: Quote.

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Speaker 4: They don't know their bleep from a handful of sand.

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And I do think there is a possibility as we

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think we do stars rivals and on three they do

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a great job. But stars are not all the end,

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all be all. You look at guys like Devontae Adams,

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guys like Justin Herbert, some of the guys at the

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top of the top in the NFL, who guys didn't

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want Patrick Mahomes was at Texas Tech.

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Speaker 3: Nobody.

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Speaker 4: It's not like Alabama was calling for Patrick Mahomes. I think,

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if nothing else, this is incredible because it just goes

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to show you, like, this is bigger than football to me,

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wherever you're at in your life, you may have been

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turned down for ex job or by you go on

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lots of dates and it's not working out for you.

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Just because somebody else doesn't see it in you does

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not mean that it's not in you. The fact that

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Fernando Mendoza, nobody wanted this kid out of high school

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and now he's playing in a national championship. He's gonna

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maybe have a sixteen and o season, he has a

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Heisman Trophy from a guy that nobody wanted to now

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the guy who everybody wants to interview there at College

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just a great life lesson really that wherever you're at

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in life, just because other people tell you no, that

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doesn't mean they automatically can see what's inside of you.

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I think you just got to keep on going. But

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go to show. Like I'm looking at their twenty twenty

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four class for transfers for Indiana in coming from Ohio,

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Curtis Rourke the absolute stud coming in from.

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Speaker 3: Ohio a JMU guy.

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Speaker 4: Kent State, Michigan State, Ohio JMU, JMU Old Dominion unc JMU,

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JMU JMU JMU. So like clearly Kurt Signetti got them

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to JMU. And then instead of saying, hey, I'm going

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to Indiana, instead of saying hey, Mark Cuban, can you

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flip the bill on this, I'm gonna leave my guys

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at JMU. I need you to buy me a whole

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new team, he says, I don't need that money. I'm

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bringing my guys with me. They're already here in the system,

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and here they are in the Natty.

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Speaker 2: Pretty crazy to see. And so I know Cougarnation's rooting

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on idiot. There are very few are rooting on Miami,

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even all the Kuilan Marrion fans that still exists. Do

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we want Kill and Marion to have a two hundred

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yard game but Indiana to win the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: Real quick, let's talk about way too early college football

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preseason polls on three put out their way too earleague

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college football top twenty five Ohio State's one, Georgia two,

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Texas three, Notre Dame four, Indiana five. Still not buying

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coming in at number twenty five. Of note. Let me

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football team rankings BYU has the twenty first overall class

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per two four seven sports. Their transfer portal class comprised

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of nine players, thus far as forty first in the country.

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And I'm sure there's an update like total composite ranking

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between the two, but that's where BYU's at, and they

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have a ton of talent coming back and returning. Let's

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start off with this is the thirteenth ranked. Thirteenth ranking.

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Is that an accurate depiction of who BYU is and

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who they deserve where they deserve to be ranked right now?

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Speaker 4: I think ideally BYU sitting at eleven or ten. But

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I'm also the same guy who will look at this

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list and tell you the.

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Speaker 3: Gentleman who put out this list.

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Speaker 4: I truly believe they just put out the same list

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every year. I was looking at last year's and you

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know who's at number four, the same team who's at

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number four in this year's list, which is the Notre

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Dame quitting slash fighting Irish.

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Speaker 3: To me, the way too.

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Speaker 4: Early, top twenty five, it's ninety percent brand ten percent.

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Speaker 3: What have you done for me in the last couple

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of years.

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Speaker 4: The fact that Texas is jumping up to three, even

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though we haven't seen Texas win an SEC championship since

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they've been there. Notre Dame finished outside the playoffs, but

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somehow they're in number four and they're losing Jeremiah Love,

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probably the biggest piece of their offense. Orgon in Texas Tech.

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I'm good with Texas A and m I'm good with Miami.

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I'm good with Oklahoma. I think they've earned it. Michigan,

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I think we saw have some questions. I think we

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believe Michigan will be good. We believe in with and

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we know what they have with their recruiting classes there. LSU,

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we gotta see it because every year with LSU, we're

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saying they're gonna do it and they don't. I think

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ideally BYU is at ten or eleven, because obviously we

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know what bou brings back in terms of quarterback, in

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terms of returning basically the entirety of your defense. They

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add one of the best recruiting classes in the history

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of their program. But also I don't put a whole

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lot of stock into on three and way too early

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College Football Top twenty.

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Speaker 3: Five my other caveat.

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Speaker 4: I thought we waited to do the way too early,

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at least until the game had been played. I didn't

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realize that we were doing these before the national championship.

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Speaker 2: But here we are. Ronald the three man weave al.

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I know you got something to say about this. What

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do you make of the top twenty five? The way

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too early top twenty five rankings from on three?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're going by brand and not by what's occurred.

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Speaker 6: And I think this is just poo poo. Like if

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this is very simple to me, one and two should

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be should be ranked based on how you just do

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the playoffs? Man, Just do like the NFL draft, do

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you win a super Bowl, you get the last pick,

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you know if you win, Like, that's just how it goes.

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Speaker 3: Do the same thing with the rankings.

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Speaker 6: If if Indiana wins it, why isn't Indiana not the

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favorite next year? So you just think Kurzinetti, who inherited

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a three and nine program, not was the three and

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nine program, inherited the three to nine program and then

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got their most wins and now is undefeated.

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Speaker 3: Who I'm picking to win a national champion?

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Speaker 6: So you're telling me that guy shouldn't be ranked next year, Ben,

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that's what you're telling me, Like, so how many how many

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national championships? Nick Saban coaching tree, by the way, does

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he have to win to be able to I just

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don't know. I'm just I understand Ohio State. I understand Georgia.

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I don't understand Texas. I definitely don't understand order. Like

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I just don't understand why Indiana is not gonna be

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one in you know Miami higher. Miami should be a

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top five team. If you don't want to put him

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at two, Okay, they should be a top five team.

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They've proven the star talent in all these stars do

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not perform this year sec other Big ten, even though

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Big ten, I think it's gonna win again.

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Speaker 3: So I think you should just go backwards.

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Speaker 6: I just think you should go backwards in national Championship

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game and and do that because the teams that got

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to the playoffs so that are getting there most of

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the times do have a top ten, top fifteen program.

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But I think that's where they should be ranking. So

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I would have Indiana at one. I would have Miami

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at too. I know a lot of people are gonna

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disagree with me and say, no, Ron, that's not it.

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But Miami's gonna have a better roster for like next

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year based off of what they did. They're gonna be

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able to get people to commit and what they already

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have coming in. So I don't know I just I

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can't put Texas been who It's just it's tough for

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me to put Texas above Miami and above Texas Tech

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and above Oregon. I just wouldn't have done it that way.

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And then I have an issue with BOU being at thirteen.

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I think BYU could have beat Texas this past year.

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I think BYU could have I would love to see

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BOU against Notre Dame last year and this year. I

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know people gonna be like, oh, Jeremiah Love. Yeah, I

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would have loved to see Jay Hill when he was

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a DC. And I think BOE's better than Oklahoma, and

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I think they're better than Oklahoma. I'm going in the

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next season. I think they're better than Texas A and M.

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So I would have b YU up, you know, at eleven.

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That's that's where I would put b YU. I think

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there are two teams in Oklahoma and Texas A and

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M that shouldn't be in the top ten. I think

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BAU should be in the number eleven, and then both

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of those should be behind.

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Speaker 2: Ultimately, they're putting BYU where they're gonna, you know, ultimately

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probably end up in the in the final rankings.

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Speaker 3: Right. That's so Yeah, that's where they're gonna end up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it could be they could move up

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to top ten. They could also drop down a few

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slots because certain teams have low but they were in

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the college football playoff, right, so I don't know where

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they're gonna end up, but they could very well drop

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to thirteen. So they're just putting them right where they

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were because they have everyone returning essentially that is of

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import and they've done pretty well in the portal thus far.

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That's why ON three put them right there. They don't

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think that they're talented enough to cross that threshold into

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the elite status just yet, and hopefully they can prove everybody.

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Speaker 3: Wrong and they can have a chip on their shoulder.

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Speaker 2: But is it controversial to be number thirteen in the

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country and that's kind of where you ended up in

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the prior year for some Yes, but remember by us

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the new kid on the block b Yu and many

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in many ways is the new money and new money

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without spending the twenty eight million, thirty million on a

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roster that Texas Tech has all of a sudden become

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famous for. Like they're not spending that amount. They didn't

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spend it this time not for football at least, they're

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still not there. They only spent about ten million this

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last year on the roster. Now I'm sure that that's

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gone up. Is it fifteen, is it twenty this year

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with rev share.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: We'll see k how it plays out and who ultimately

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is retained, But it looks like most of the players

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are retained, so I imagine that will be going up their payroll.

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And with a twenty let's say it's a twenty million

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dollar roster, does that make you think? I mean, look,

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I feel like the money allocated to a team has

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as much to do with hype as any other thing in.

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Speaker 3: College football right now.

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Speaker 2: Right like, there's a lot of hype that surrounds portal

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money and retention money is what it is, and you

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have low hanging fruit from guys like Cole Whittingham and

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many other coaches around the country to say, well, yeah,

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if you pay the players, you're going to get the

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best players. Miamis a pretty good study of how much

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money was spent in nil. Look at their ROI they're

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in the National Championship Game. They spent a lot of

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money on their roster. I'd say they probably spent more

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than what Indiana did, but Indiana has been pretty dominant.

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Speaker 3: We'll see.

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Speaker 2: This is a This is a very interesting study because

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if you look at two thousand and twenty five, like

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roster talent, I want to say that Miami was one

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of the most active one is one of the most

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active transfer portal. I guess acquisitioners. I don't even know

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if that's a word. They were acquiring a ton of talent.

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They spent a million dollars on Kilan Marion. That's a

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lot of money for a wide receiver that was not

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guaranteed to be a wide receiver one. So to me,

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this is a very interesting study of like brand plus

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nil money versus UH culture, coaching, cohesion and and getting

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old and stangold to a degree within a scheme. This game,

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that's like, that's the battle tonight, and I'm in to

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see what wins out because Miami has been trending in

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a very very good direction obviously towards the end of

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the towards the end of the year, so very intriguing,

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no doubt about it. Most Cougar fans, and I think

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most of Vegas, what's what's the spread on this right now?

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And they know it's moved a bit eight and a

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half eight and a half. So some people think, like

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Indiana's covery, this is gonna be a this is gonna

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be another blowout fourteen to twenty one points. I don't

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know if that's the case. I don't know if that's gonna.

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Speaker 3: Be the case.

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Speaker 2: We'll see how it plays out. As Kirksigetti mentioned, you know,

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don't don't buy in, don't purchase, don't consume the rat poison.

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It's all poison. You can't show up to war with

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milk and cookies. Don't do it, guys. That's our segment.

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But real quick, a couple of news and notes coming

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out of the transfer portal if you missed it, A

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couple of notes I want to bring up here. So

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Ice moa former BYU line back edge, was at Michigan

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State last year. He committed to Michigan along with his

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brother Celestie. I told you it could be a two

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for two for one type of deal. Celestimo was committed

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to the University of Utah, the number one recruit in

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the state of Utah, and due to the coaching staff changes,

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Celestimo de commits from Utah, incites a bit of a

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petty tweet from Mark Harland, the ada of the University

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of Utah, and he ends up at Michigan. Also, a

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couple of Utah quarterback products have committed to Colorado, and

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Coach Prime, a former BYU commit in canl Sweet Wine

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out of Sky Ridge three star player, he has committed

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to Colorado as well as transferportal quarterback from the University

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of Utah. Isaac Wilson, the younger brother Zach, has also

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committed to Colorado. So a couple of news and notes

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Speaker 6: Mar.

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Speaker 2: These are the two guys that are going to lead

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you alongside bear Bachmeyer to glory and victory. How do

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you feel right now about this offensive unit coming back

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to BYU? How confident are you that this offensive unit

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will be better than it was a season ago. We'll

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delve into that and discuss why this BYU crew is

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excited to rep the y again in twenty twenty six.

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experience the Wonder of the West. All right, let's get

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into a few soundbites. Is this PK that we're starting

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off with first, Yes, it is, all right. This is

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PK discussing why he's coming back. Why ultimately are all

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these guys coming back to BYU.

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Speaker 7: And they did a great job taking care of us.

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I think they made it a priority to keep the

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guys in house before looking elsewhere. And I think it's

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just a testament to Colony and his culture and what

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we've got built for us and brewing for us. After

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last year, we're I mean we're hungry. I mean with

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what happened in the Big twelve championship last year, we

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want to rewrite that. And I think with everyone staying

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and everyone had the opportunity to go to the NFL

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or elsewhere, we just we wanted to have one more

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year together and see what we can do.

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Speaker 3: You had a big decision to make. Why was returning

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to be away the right one for you?

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Speaker 8: Just talking to people and then just also having an

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opportunity to reach my goals. You know, just if I

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came back for another season, I could ope my draft stock,

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I could have a chance to win some really cool awards.

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Then also just talking to Jamal Williams, he was saying,

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I mean, you're only in college once, you know, just

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enjoy it. He's like, the NFL is not going to

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go nowhere. I mean, you know, like he's like, if

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you're good, you're good, like it's gonna happen. So just

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hearing that advice and hearing that, you know, you only

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get to be around these guys like one more time,

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you know, and I mean this real fun team. You know,

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you always hear about the NFL how it's not as

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much camaraderie, But I feel like here BYU we have

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a lot of camaraderie, Like we really enjoy being around

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each other and just having fun. So it kind of

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just made my decision, as you know, having a chance

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to come back of my draft stock, win some awards,

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and yeah, go out there and have fun with my

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guys one last time.

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Speaker 2: The haters are always going to say, oh, it's just

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because of the money.

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Speaker 3: By who's money?

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Speaker 2: Now BYU throws out the filthy luker and that keeps

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everybody there. And Parker Kingston does allude to the intent

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and the actions of the Cougar coaching staff. The GM

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the power brokers, saying that they wanted to take care

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of us, like the team before going out and acquiring.

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Speaker 3: Anybody before going out acquired. They took care of us.

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Speaker 2: They negotiated with us, They sat down with us, which

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does allude to, hey, there was a negotiation there and

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taking care of us. But and there's money involved there.

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But LJ goes on and says, look like we actually

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enjoy each other, We enjoy building something special, enjoy the synergy,

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we enjoy the culture. It's it's a testament to Kilani

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and the culture that b YU has. I've always said

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it and I'll continue to say b Yu's locker room

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has been and always will be different.

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Speaker 3: It just is.

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Speaker 2: It was different when I was there. I had come

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from two different junior colleges. Great people, yes, great football players, yes,

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many of them went on to Division I programs and

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balled out at their.

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Speaker 3: Respect to schools.

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Speaker 2: But it was nowhere close to the culture and the

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type of the quality of person that I experienced that

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surrounded me. Uh At b Yu, high level people doing

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high level things individually right in their personal growth, academically, spiritually, morally,

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in their business.

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Speaker 3: Uh you know, their.

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Speaker 2: Professional Uh, their their their professional like just you know,

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praise like where they wanted to go in their professional world.

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Speaker 3: So it's just unique, it's different.

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Speaker 2: So shout out to these guys for going on record

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on it and discussing the impact of the culture there

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and the impact of the type of players that are

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surrounding them there at BYU. That's what makes this next

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year very special. Now you know we're excited. Were related?

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Does BYU have the roster to get over the hump?

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Ronald the three man weaver. You're looking at recruiting rankings,

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you're looking at what's been acquired, You're looking at what's retained.

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Do you think that what's been acquired, what's been retained

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can put BYU into the elite status? This is a

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great team. They've gone eleven and two and twelve and two.

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But we saw a little bit of the the difference

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between Texas Tech twice where they dominated BYU. Texas Tech

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then goes into the colle Football playoff and loses handily,

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loses to and they were a quarterback away. Maybe you

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could argue what it has by You've done what it

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needs to do in order to get into that elite

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status and survive and arrive at a college football playoff

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and actually compete in a college football playoff and maybe

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win a college football playoff game.

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Speaker 3: They're close.

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Speaker 6: I know fans are gonna get mad at me, but

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I don't think they're there yet. I need to see

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a little bit more depid defensive tackle interior and maybe

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you know, you get j T back, you know a waiver.

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I know he's a petition for it. Maybe Justin Kirkland

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is healthy. Remember they brought him and he wasn't healthy.

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I used that red shirt year he from Osceata. I

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think we'll add to the linebacker room. So you know

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they're gonna get guys back. TP will be healthy. They

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still got one more scholarship to go get a Nickels,

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so I can't make the decision yet. But based off

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of what they have now there, I still think they're

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missing a wire receiver. One see a lot of two's.

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I agree with Jared Bledsae with that thought. That was

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a great take by him. I'm a second THET and say,

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I don't know if you can go get Look, there's

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still some guys in the total and you need to

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go get a guy that is the keeling Mary and

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I won't say wide receiver one. Let's just not even

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put that. You need to go get a Kilan Marriot

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type of guy that can that. The defense fear has been, like,

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I'm not being rude, like Parker's a slot guy, but

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you need to go get a guy like that can

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play in a slot like Parker. But there's also, you

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know that close to that six foot one, maybe six

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foot six or two, a guy that they fear Jackson

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Smith and jacbof You're gonna run over our head and

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we don't want to let that happen. So that I

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still think is missing. I think they've upgraded a tight end.

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I think they got that. I think they upgraded offensive line.

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They've added great pieces, and then the last thing is

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running back to I know I have nothing against I

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have I have questions about depth.

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Speaker 3: If goes down, who's there? You need more bodies.

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Speaker 6: I think putting all your eggs and Davon Neck is

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tough for a freshman, tough to do playing at the

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next level. I think he will be great, but it's

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tough being to be able to do that. I do

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expect them to play right away and be on the

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depth chart, but you still want one more guy. And

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I know people are gonna say Ron, you're Hamprecks and

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Rex I am, but we didn't see a lot of

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guys towards the end of the season, and when guys

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are dinged up, when things are going on, you need

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that bok Ahungga is in a porter. You need to

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replace that scholarship Ben you so I think you need

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to go get another running back guy maybe who could

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be a beneficial Rby two, there's still a great amount

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of guys in the portal. You know, not getting Dylan Edwards.

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He's at Kansas. If you live under a rock, that's

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think you need to go get a guy like KEITHA.

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Mary And that puts stress on the defense that they respect.

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And then I still think that, you know, maybe upgrade

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defensive tackle with a few more bodies. But they're close,

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been there, so close, They're so close to getting that

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perfect score on that test. I think BA use it

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like ninety five ninety six percent for the most part, Ben,

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but one or two more pieces there and I think

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they will have the roster that can compete in the

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debt positions at right.

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Speaker 3: Now is the depth.

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Speaker 6: It's what do you have after your one or two guys,

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and I think BA is lacking that. But for the

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most part, I like what they have at every single

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position group and I think they're in a good spot.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Roger Sally Apaga tight end, a former four star coming

710
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,400
out of high school. He ended up at Oregon. The

711
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,880
six foot five, two hundred and forty pounder balled out

712
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,400
for Oregon for the last few years, got some pt

713
00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,679
and now he has entered the portal and he's coming home.

714
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,800
A La Pooka Nikua Puoka had a similar trajectory heading

715
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:09,559
out to Washington. Remember he had some injuries and minimal

716
00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:12,960
productivity there in Washington and then came to BYU, balled out,

717
00:35:13,039 --> 00:35:15,639
still had some injuries at BYU, but we're seeing what

718
00:35:15,679 --> 00:35:19,280
he's doing in the NFL. Obviously a prime talent for

719
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,800
Brigham back in the day via the portal, but Roger

720
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,800
Sally of PAGA has committed to BYU. The six foot four,

721
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,440
too hundred and forty five pounds sophomore now going into

722
00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:32,119
I believe his junior season appeared in oregons Is in

723
00:35:32,119 --> 00:35:35,119
twenty twenty four. Appeared in Oregon's first eleven games before

724
00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:37,320
missing the rest of the season due to injury. Played

725
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,400
one hundred and ninety four total stats, including thirty six

726
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,239
on offense, on hundred and fifty eight on special teams,

727
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,960
made two tackles on special team, one against Michigan State

728
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:48,159
and one against Wisconsin, and recovered a crucial onside kick

729
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,920
in his Organs historic win over number two Ohio State.

730
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,559
So we've seen the football field on the special teams

731
00:35:55,639 --> 00:35:58,760
unit and also on the offensive side of the ball.

732
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,599
With twenty twenty five so this season, though, what did

733
00:36:02,599 --> 00:36:04,320
he produced? I mean, he was on the field a

734
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,039
lot for special teams. He only had three receptions twenty

735
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:09,920
six yards, and he did have a touchdown and the

736
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:13,320
last College Football playoff game where they fell to Indiana,

737
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,920
so eight point seven yards per reception. Looking for more

738
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,960
pt looking for more targets. He's an individual. Look at

739
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,239
that six foot four, forty five pound frame. He's similar

740
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:27,559
to like Walker Lions in Carson Ryan in build and

741
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,159
look he's an inline tight end that can also be

742
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,320
split out as a flex tight end. And so I

743
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,880
expect I wouldn't be surprised. This is even a lot

744
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,599
of twelve personnel this year with Roger Saliapaga and Walker

745
00:36:41,679 --> 00:36:45,039
Lions being brought into the fold. You have a few

746
00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:48,639
other tight ends that are retained. Some of them have

747
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,480
injury history, injury issues, injury history. They're gonna have to

748
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:57,360
fight off two transfers and Oregon Treasurer Roger Saliapaga and

749
00:36:57,559 --> 00:37:01,000
us he transfer Walker Lions. But this boat's well for

750
00:37:01,079 --> 00:37:06,119
all you twelve personnel fans. I know there's many out

751
00:37:06,199 --> 00:37:09,880
there that are fans of Gurney as well. G Man

752
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,880
is the biggest fan of twelve personnel. But Roger salia

753
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,320
Paga and Walker Lions, ladies and gentlemen, Ronald did the

754
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,800
three man weaver? What do you make of this two

755
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,079
tight end acquisitions via the portal? Will they will we

756
00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:25,320
be seeing a whole lot more twelve personnel this season?

757
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 6: Absolutely remember the you're with Jake Gretz laugh where you

758
00:37:28,039 --> 00:37:33,480
just saw twelve thirteen, fourteen, fifteen seventeen. Well, I'm just

759
00:37:33,639 --> 00:37:35,440
a kid, bit I wanted to make you laugh, and

760
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,199
I made you laugh. No, but I'm being honest. I'how joking.

761
00:37:38,199 --> 00:37:40,320
You did see twelve thirteen personnel. You saw a bunch

762
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,800
of Titans, Ray Polou, you know there's a bunch of

763
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:47,039
guys Matavatasa, like with that route with Jay Gretsov, they

764
00:37:47,039 --> 00:37:48,400
were big, you know, very heavy.

765
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 3: You saw Keano Hillet tight end.

766
00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:51,760
Speaker 6: So they had a bunch of guys in that room

767
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,400
been that were really were really dominant, whether that was

768
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,440
in the run blocking him, that could catch the ball,

769
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,599
and I I'm seeing flashes of that with this, and

770
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,119
it's giving me vibes of guys that can put their

771
00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:03,719
hand in the dirt that can also catch the ball

772
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,199
as well. And I think just just makes Ba's run

773
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,800
game more dominant. It sets the play action up phenomenally. Ben,

774
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,840
you got Walker, Lions, Robert Ciali Apaca the seconds, I think,

775
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,960
you know, he's got to give a shot out to

776
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,199
my brothers that got the number two three junior or

777
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,079
senior or whichever we by their name.

778
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 3: Look, this allows BYU.

779
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,599
Speaker 6: To you needed another tight end being like a not

780
00:38:24,679 --> 00:38:26,159
just a guy like a block, but that is also

781
00:38:26,159 --> 00:38:28,360
a red zone threat because he was the only transfer

782
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,639
I think that's coming in that scored in the college

783
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:33,400
football playoffs. So he scored a touchdown recorded that. So

784
00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:37,400
with him and now Walker and with LJ in the backfield,

785
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,599
the reigning Big twelve offensive player of the year. This

786
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,159
boats well to help LJ. Martin to accomplish. I think

787
00:38:42,159 --> 00:38:44,239
that rushing record tight ends are a good part of

788
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,159
the run game. Man Rodicker is big on that. He

789
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:47,800
will not take that away, and I think that's why

790
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,119
Carson ryand was so dynamic.

791
00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:50,679
Speaker 3: And they have that, and like.

792
00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:53,559
Speaker 6: You said, because of the depth issues with some injuries

793
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:55,320
that they've had in the room and a couple of

794
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,199
guys leaving, I think Walker now Robert Bowe well, I

795
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,280
like Ke and Need as well.

796
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,639
Speaker 3: I think that also ads as well.

797
00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:03,119
Speaker 6: So I think with those three ben those are gonna

798
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:04,679
be your main tight ends next year.

799
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 3: And you've upgraded.

800
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,519
Speaker 6: You got a flex guy that can catch you, a

801
00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:09,119
guy that could be your primary blocker, but that it

802
00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:11,559
can also do that. But I like the twelve person. Now,

803
00:39:11,559 --> 00:39:13,519
I know g Man right now, if you're listening, I

804
00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:16,000
know he's celebrating. He's doing a little leperchun where he's

805
00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:18,000
jumping up and clicking his g man heels with all

806
00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:18,480
that girth.

807
00:39:20,199 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 3: This is really good. They need this.

808
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,079
Speaker 6: But someone that put out a tweet and I wanted

809
00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:26,519
to know who it was, and I should have found

810
00:39:26,559 --> 00:39:28,800
it been when I knew we were going into the segment.

811
00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:31,119
But someone that said, just over the next couple of years,

812
00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:34,480
by U's tight end, Roma is gonna have Carson, Ryan Walker,

813
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,480
Lyons or Roberts, the alipak of the second Royner, Swanson,

814
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,840
Brock Harris. They're just naming a bunch of guys. And look,

815
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,079
it's the bau throws to the tight end and they

816
00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:47,960
run the dang football. And I'm great for that. Aaron

817
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,599
Roddic to stay true to his roots. I think a

818
00:39:49,599 --> 00:39:52,280
lot of people, maybe two seasons ago with Keaton Slovans

819
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,239
after Isaac Retz, thought okay, I still think they're fans

820
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,079
that might maybe felt some type of way about Dollan

821
00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,800
Hulker leaving and felt that by he doesn't utilized tight ends,

822
00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:01,480
and that narrative is just not true.

823
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,119
Speaker 3: And they have a bunch of guys.

824
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,519
Speaker 6: It's not just linebacker you, it's not just quarterback of you, O,

825
00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:08,880
lineman you, it's tight in you as well at b

826
00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:10,760
YU and they got some phenomena guys. This is a

827
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,920
great pick of Ben. They had a scholarship there. They

828
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,000
use it phenomenally and you're gonna see him play. Glad

829
00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:16,800
that they brought him home.

830
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 2: Ben Walker Lions, Rogers, Sally Apaga. Two four stars come

831
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,639
in to BYU via the portal, two tight ends, and

832
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,440
I'm sure Kevin Gilbride, T J. Woods, Aaron Roderick are

833
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,800
excited to utilize these guys their talents in the run

834
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,320
game and in the past game. A couple other things

835
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:41,079
as it pertains to the recruiting class and recruiting rankings

836
00:40:41,079 --> 00:40:45,679
from BYU the twenty twenty six Transfer Portal team rankings

837
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,280
per two four to seven sports. Where does BYU currently

838
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,239
stand in these rankings?

839
00:40:51,519 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 3: Right? You know?

840
00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 2: They are they winning the portal currently with nine acquisitions. Okay,

841
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:02,840
they're sitting at four first, not too bad. Sandwichhip between

842
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:08,199
Vanderbilt and Cincinnati and of no, Vanderbilt has taken fourteen players,

843
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:12,360
Cincinnati has taken twenty players. The amount that byuh's gone

844
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,480
and it acquired via the portal is is minimal comparative

845
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,960
to all of these other teams. You know, you look

846
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:24,440
at the top the top players in the portal right now,

847
00:41:25,039 --> 00:41:28,039
LSU has thirty eight commits, Ole Miss has twenty five,

848
00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:31,960
Texas has sixteen, Ohio State has sixteen, Penn State thirty six,

849
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,400
Oklahoma State. Wow, they've got fifty three. They are completely

850
00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:43,559
revamping retooling their team. Indiana has seventeen, Texas Tech has twenty,

851
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:48,639
Kentucky has twenty nine. Notre Dame is similar to BYU.

852
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:52,519
They have only seven commits Texas A and M with eighteen,

853
00:41:52,679 --> 00:41:56,920
Auburn thirty three, Cali with twenty seven, ASU with twenty four,

854
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:02,159
Michigan was seventeen. There are very few schools that have

855
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,440
taken so few players. Georgia has nine and USC has eight.

856
00:42:07,039 --> 00:42:10,159
But you're like in good company here, like you're not

857
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,960
having to completely retool your roster. BYU is like one

858
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,400
of five teams that is sitting under ten acquisitions in

859
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,760
this early portal season. Now I say early portal season,

860
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,000
I guess it's officially closed. But so there may be

861
00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:32,920
more right with uh, you know, with with more acquisitions

862
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:39,000
post spring, but I mean it's probably somewhat solidified.

863
00:42:39,639 --> 00:42:40,320
Speaker 3: Quite honestly.

864
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 2: B YU one of maybe five teams that's taken under

865
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:49,199
ten portal players. What does that say about BYU?

866
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 3: Right? That tells you.

867
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,119
Speaker 2: Everything you need to know about where BYU stands, especially

868
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:58,119
when you're you're you're you're in the same group as

869
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,159
Notre Dame. I know the quit irish, But hey, that's

870
00:43:01,199 --> 00:43:05,719
a good roster. They've routined a lot to USC Georgia.

871
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,159
You don't have to go out and get a whole

872
00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:11,840
lot via the portal. You like what you have and

873
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,280
you're creating that cohesion, chemistry and continuity and getting old

874
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,480
and staying old in the college football ranks, by the way,

875
00:43:18,519 --> 00:43:22,119
you thought only with thirteen acquisitions thus far via the portal.

876
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:23,039
Speaker 3: Okay, So that's.

877
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 2: Where b WAYU stands forty first in the in the

878
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,599
transfer portal rankings right now per two four seven. Okay,

879
00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:35,880
And just as a side note, in twenty twenty five

880
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:41,559
college football team talent composite ranking BYU was seventieth in

881
00:43:41,639 --> 00:43:46,599
the country. That's what their team talent was. I imagine

882
00:43:46,599 --> 00:43:49,519
the team talent will be a little bit better this season.

883
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,360
In twenty twenty six, the recruit football team rankings, by

884
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,760
the way, b why, you're bringing in a pretty good class,

885
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,760
twenty first in the nation per two four seven. They

886
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:06,519
had seven four stars and fourteen high level three stars.

887
00:44:06,599 --> 00:44:09,480
Pretty goys, staying good recruiting class. Some of those guys

888
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,760
are going on missions. They're serving the Lord with all

889
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,360
their heart, might, mind and strength, just like elder Rider,

890
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:20,639
Lions and others. But the future is bright for BYU

891
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:24,119
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