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little Cougar inside of report. There was some celebrities outside
an open house, a Temple open house and our hard
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the hotline. Welcome and Ronald the three Man Weaver live
from Shytown. I believe you you touched down yet.
Speaker 2: Roddy, I have, man, It's it's weird. You know, my
mom has changed to our house a thousand times. I'm
standing currently in the room that is a office of
where I used to sleep growing up at this room
has been dissolved for many years, but it's always going
to be back home.
Speaker 1: Good Man. I'm glad you're home. Man. You were out
about though, getting some video last night at the open house.
Who'd you see?
Speaker 3: Look this is interesting, Ben. Look, first of all, for
the I.
Speaker 2: Have received, you know, a numerous amounts of response of.
Speaker 1: Why are you doing that? Rod?
Speaker 2: Leave him alone? And it's like, look, first of all,
public settings are public settings. I'm just gonna say that
the off season we sleep in May. That's what John
Rostein says. And it's not May yet, Ben, So until May,
I'm always doing my job. And look, we're at the
open house yesterday. I'm the Priest Corps advisor. I'm with
James Waite, Ben. You know, we're just standing there and
then they're like Ron, They're saying that you should go
get Bear Bachmeyer and the other guy and have him
come to take a picture. I'm like, yeah, right, I
was like stop playing. He's like no, he's actually like
right over there. I was like, are you serious? And
I look and I'm like Bear and body schoon over
outside the Linden Like Temple Openhouse I'm like, oh, that's legit.
So I was like, well, the chemist's opportunity, right, It's
not like I'm seeking to find Bear. He's just right there.
Speaker 3: So put out my phone, recorded the video and.
Speaker 2: Sure enough, you know, number forty seven and number forty
eight just walking outside the you know, Lynden Temple. So
it's open to everybody. So it was fun to see Baron. Yes,
you're not safe with me if I see you. I
always got my phone on me. I didn't point it out,
but when it was pointed out to me, I had
to snag a picture and some videos.
Speaker 1: Ben love it. Man. Kind of cool though, to see
Bear and Body out there hanging out at the temple.
Obviously he's of the Catholic faith, but has really assimilated
and embraced the culture, embraced the community and embrace BYU.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he's embraced the culture. I mean remember
being we had him on the show last year in
the summer when he first committed, and you know, him
and his brother Tiger like, hey, we are the mold,
you know, we fit in here at BYU and they
do culturally, and I think it just speaks to how
unified BYU is not just as a university, but the
football team, the program, everything it stands for. I never
thought of my life i'd see the starting quarterback for BYU,
who's who's a member of the Catholic faith outside the
Lennon Temple open house with his teammate, and sure enough,
here we are. I love that, you know, they allow
other people to, you know, express their faith the way
they want you to jump into something else. Jake Retz
Laugh is gonna be participating in pro day. He was
of the Jewish faith at by Us. So by Us
always embodied and allow people to express who they are,
and they've learned about it, like Fustraier got baptized. So
I love to see moments like that. And shot at
the bear on going with body. We're gonna have to
get the story further. You know of who invited him,
did body invite him? Someone else?
Speaker 3: How it happened?
Speaker 2: But I loved. I loved that bear was embracing the community.
Love to see it.
Speaker 1: Ronald the three Man Weaver talking some uh some some
inside report. Let's talk some some n CUA A March
Madness tournament conversation. Uh so far? I mean, how's your bracket? Feeling.
How are you feeling about your bracket? Uh?
Speaker 2: Brackets busted already. I hate high Point. They can kick,
they can kiss one. People who don't shoot two has
been decided that they want to shoot twos and win
the game their first ever two. You know, when Wisconsin's
supposed to have it in the bag, will by you
beat mind you this year earlier, just completely down the stretch.
But that's the madness, right A guy who's not taking
a two pointer all year makes the game winning basket.
So High Point got me with Wisconsin, and then I'm disappointed.
I thought South Florida would be able to pull it off.
Speaker 3: I really thought that they were.
Speaker 2: Gonna be able to do it against Louisville.
Speaker 1: They didn't.
Speaker 3: But other than that, I'm doing well.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie. He would have busted everybody's bracket
if Duke.
Speaker 1: Would have lost.
Speaker 2: Been but I'm not gonna lie. I wanted to see
him lose when I was watching the game in the
car with my mom and she's like, why are you yelling?
And I'm like, you have no idea what I'm watching
right now because she's not a big sports a march
madness person. And it was sad to see that.
Speaker 3: You know, yes, Duke moves on my.
Speaker 2: Brackets, says perfect. But I'd have been okay with the
busted bracket been if Cianno would have taken him down,
and I was hoping that they would.
Speaker 1: I wanted to give you an inside report. I don't
know if you saw this or not. This came from
a Michigan inside a little football talk for a moment,
Michigan football basketball recruiting reporter for Michigan Insider. On twenty
four to seven Sports CBS Sports Bryce Marriage he interviewed
Kyle Whittingham and let me give you this quote here.
Head coach Kyle Winningham said this regarding five star prospect,
former five star prospect in freshman running back Saveon Hitter.
That's five star saving, he said, the tailback save On
Hitter is special. I believe he's going to be a
special player. There's a handful of guys that we think
in that freshman class will be real contributors, major contributors
for us right now. I didn't have that luxury at Utah.
Very often, shots fires, shots fired. With Kyle Whittingham and
his you know, his legacy and legendary status as a
ute head coach. What say you, what's going on here?
Speaker 3: Look?
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna always be interpreted at Eighthtown. Coyle's
mentioned something about Utah. It's going to be interpreted then
as a shot with the way he he had to
go and the way he was, you know, in my opinion,
was forced out right because they were at the Morgan scalley.
Who is going to be a great head coach? I
believe for the Utes, some of the embodies, you know,
the whole ute model and what the University Utah stands for.
But what wasn't done and there was some more reason.
I felt like that he could maybe leave and get
off for coaching jobs. So Kyle stepped down. He didn't
say he was retiring then remember we read the thing
he said, he's just stepping down. So when he got
the job at Michigan, I.
Speaker 3: Said that this is this is a guy that's got
a lot.
Speaker 2: Of juice left in the tank and now that he's
got unlimited resources, unlimited nil, you have to think with
what he's done over here with the University of Utah
and then taking j Hill, taking Jennard Gill for taking
you know, Jason Beck, like he's got a great shot.
So I think it's going to be viewed that way.
I don't think this person was a shot. I think
society will view it that But I mean Kyle's right,
like he didn't have the ability been to recruit high
level four and five stars as freshmen and give them
and pay them what Michigan's going to allow you to do.
It's the same thing with Jay Hill, the opportunity, like
you can't pass up that. So when you couple all
that together, Ben, Yeah, he's right, he didn't have the opportunity.
Speaker 3: That's not a knock on Utah.
Speaker 2: He built it from the ground up. You have to
give him credit him, Herbin Meyern, whoever else.
Speaker 3: But no, I don't think it's a shot.
Speaker 2: I think it will be interpreted that way because of
how ugly that relationship ended, in my opinion, And I
don't think it's between Scally and you know Wit. I
do think it's between Wit and the ad of Utah.
Just be honest about that. Mark Harlan has had his
fair share of rumbles over the last.
Speaker 3: Couple of years, unfortunately, But no, I think with loves Utah.
Speaker 2: It will always be a place in his heart. He's
going to go into the Utah Football Hall of Fame.
He should go into the BAU Footballer Like did it.
There's so much to this man and body. I don't
believe it was a shot, but it will be interpreted
that way of how ugly it ended and how he
ended up leaving Utah ultimately and in my opinion.
Speaker 1: Brandon Gerdiy chopping in on my question, I said, why
is Kyle Witningham taking shots at the ute? He says,
He's always done this, leaves little nuggets at the end
of quotes and whatnot. It's it's been jazz du for
a lot of his time at Utah. Now he apparently
has a new target. It's who he is and it's
what drives him and it obviously works. Ready, So uh yeah,
he's competitive. Yeah, he's definitely competitive. Petty Busku says, because
they did him dirty after he dedicated his life to them,
because they pushed him out, says Jay Bingham freemail says,
he's not taking shots at Utah's just speaking the truth.
Just look at who he has at He's had at
running back since twenty nineteen with Moss. It has been
a total crapshoot, as none of them have performed all
that well, uh and or or reached kind of the hype,
hence having the quarterbacks come in as running backs the
last few seasons. So uh, Utah fans didn't like. Some
of them liked that I pointed out not happy about
the comment, and then some some b why or some
Utah fans said, you ow Satus says, don't you have
some priceps to examine? Ben? Not happy that I pointed.
Speaker 2: This, dang dang So okay, So he's in body is
Kyle winning and being paid? Well, well, guess what, sir, Look,
we don't know anything Ben, and I'm not revealing anything
that the coaches have told us. But guess what Ben's
evaluation of triceps? He guess what. He can evaluate equipment.
Speaker 3: The right way, he can evaluate tackles, tricept the right way.
Speaker 2: And guess what the coaches have raved about pockey feed Now,
So Ben wants to rave about quadriceps next to caps
or tolls for crying out loud, He's accurate in his descriptions,
so you can take that where it's at. But that's Look,
that's the nature of it that Utah fans get mad
when you poke at him. I posted a picture of
Jake being back at practice, and I'm not allowed to
say stuff over the air beIN because he'll get us
a fine. But they left some nasty comments on my page,
and this is it's who the Utah fan base is.
It's look that they'll never say it to my face,
right and passing. They'll say it behind the burners. But
I'll just say be nicely been alone And yeah, Kyle
Whittingham looks he's gonna keep being as he should, Oh
real quick.
Speaker 1: Another inside of port, the NCAAN C DOBLEA has approved
changes to targeting suspension in a one year trial for
at least one season, a targeting penalty will no longer
automatically take a player off the field for the following game.
The Division one Football Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday approved
a one year trial rule that gives a player a
break for his first targeting penalty for the twenty twenty
six season. A player that's qualified for targeting for the
first time in the season may participate in the following game.
The trial rule will apply regardless of which half the
targeting penalty is called your reaction. Ronald the three man Weaver,
This is.
Speaker 3: A good first step. I remember we discussed as what
is about a month ago with.
Speaker 2: Brian Logan and I asked Steve Clements then you know
friends of the program, former players, and they all agreed
that no one should be kicked off the field, you know,
even as Jackson Payne and Sean Walker, you know that
same week when I was doing the show, and they said,
it's tough, right, It's tough for a player to go
go off the field, you know. And I think the
big reason you have to give Mario christball credit. He
raved about it, like why is the best player on
our team on the defensive side of the ball out
the first half and then then he comes back in
the second and there's a big change in the game,
like Miami gets back in the game. Right, That's so
I like this. I think they should. They should treat
it like the NFL. Look, maybe players weren't getting paid
ben on my opinions different, but they're getting paid like
NFL players. They're getting prepared for the next level. It's
a business now. So for that point, yeah, kids should
not be you know, it should not carry over into
the next game. I think that's the first step. I
still think they have a lot more work to do.
But overall, yeah, I don't want to see a kid
kicked out of the first half of the game if
it happens in the second and those other things treated
like the NFL, maybe you need to find them take
some of their nil money. I don't know if that's
the right way. I'm just throwing ideas out there, but
I like this good first step. Let's see where they
can build on after this trial period.
Speaker 1: Yeah, a couple other things here as it relates to this.
A player who draws the second targeting pedals in the
season will be required to miss the first half of
the next game. A player who draws its third targeting
of the season must sit out the full following game.
No players were disqualified for targeting three times in twenty
twenty five and that season. A conference can choose to
initiate appeals process after a player second targeting penalty. The
appeal will be sent to the NCAA National Coordinator of
Football Officials for a video review. If the appeal is successful,
the player would not be forced to sit out the
first half of the following game. So that's the latest
here in this inside of port. Any other thoughts in
your commentary, Ronald the three man Weaver as it pertains
the news or notes coming out of Brigham or the
NCAA tournament. Before we let you go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll just comment one more on targeting thing, and
then you have my thoughts some predictions for the BAU
game that's gonna happen in about an hour and an
hour and twenty, no more than hour and a half. Ben,
I think it's I think it's a good thing to
reevaluate this targeting thing because you want to see the
best players on the field as much as possible.
Speaker 3: And the thing I think of.
Speaker 2: Right is you and I were in the box is
win gave Judy Loley got kicked out of the East
Carolina game. You know he's coming down the flat, and
I didn't agree with the call. Right. I know it's
still an early time period, but I think if now,
if that were the case, I don't know if they
call it. I think he got square. I think things
are different. So I'm glad that they're just overall looking
at this rule in general, because it does need to
be changed. They do need to have trial periods because
there's sometimes where it's not And then get the call right.
Remember the Arizona game, the Isaiah glasgra one like you,
Brady Pepinni explained it perfectly. Don't call targeting because if
you call rough in the past, or you can go
back and look and in add a targeting pimalley home.
But you can't pick that flag up if you say
it right the first time. So let's keep getting this
thing correctly and then to move on.
Speaker 3: Finally, look, I gave my thoughts yesterday.
Speaker 2: I'll give it here for those that are listening. Comes
down to ken kiba, kidding, hidean boops, stay out of
foul trouble and can they rebound? I think you might
even have to have Mihailo in bet who play a
little bit of a stretch. Texas is long, they're physical,
they do foul a lot, but vocatitis is going to
be going to be the big deal. And then obviously
a Swayne. If you do that, then if Yu is
able to rebound, and if they come out the gates
juiced and they're on the glass, been not allowed a
second chance points. Look, Texas is a good basketball team,
and I respect what Seawn Miller has done in his
coaching career, and this team but this team, I feel
like people are overlooking the travel ben to play Tuesday,
to be on a plane three am, get in tap
to practice, and then play Thursday. That is going to
play a factor. BYU got tired down the stretch against
Houston when Foules didn't get called. Texas is going to
get tired. If Vyu's playing just as physical or better
than them, their legs are going to catch up to them.
I have a feeling that's going to play a factor
in the game. And if it does, you could see
BYU pull away earlier than expected. I expected to be
close early, but I expect DA to pull away down
the stretch and have a rematch of the other. They said,
ww my goodness, you send me a text about that.
I'm tripping about the high point coach. It's going to
be a WCC matchup in the round of thirty two
against Kenzaka. That's my prediction.
Speaker 1: My guy, Ronald, a three man weaver, and your time
out there. Enjoy the games. We'll chat with you again soon. Okay.
Speaker 2: I love you guys. Be safety on Monday.
Speaker 1: Much love Ronald the three man Weaver. That's our insad
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Real quick. Little scoreboard update NCAA Tournament first round, Arkansas
up seventy nine sixty with eight minutes left in the
second half, Michigan State seventy six fifty one with seven
point fifty eight left in the second half, and I
believe all the other games have pretty much gone final
with a high point knocking off Wisconsin eighty three eighty two,
Duke beating CNA seventy one sixty five, Vanderbilt beating McNee
seventy eight sixty eight. That's the recent scoreboard update of
the NCUBLEA Tournament. Actually, yeah, I think that's about it. Well, TCU,
we'd announced that before TCU Ohio State sixty six sixty four,
Nebraska seventy six forty seven over Troy Louisville eighty three
to seventy nine over South Florida. And that's all I
have to say about that. Let's go to break, let's
get into