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Speaker 3: Garrett, how the heck are you? Man? Thanks for joining us?
Speaker 1: Hey doing great? Ben, Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 4: Hey, I appreciate you hopping on to discuss all of
these topics here. Let's start off with this first one here,
what's next in the scandal that has ensnared Chauncey Phillips.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this has been quite a story, right, I mean
it was a bombshell when this thing landed. I think
it was last the end of November, just a few
months ago. The you know, really big federal indictment involving
this rigged poker ring, right that was backed by the
mafia and Chauncey Billups is the big name of course,
uh in this case, I mean there were I think
there's a total of thirty one defendants, so a lot
of people involved in this. You know, Chauncey Billups and
most of these people have all pled not guilty, but
things are are moving along in the process. I mean,
if you're if you remember really what his involvement is
and how it's alleged is that he was basically kind
of a just a celebrity and a big name and
would and they used him to lure victims to the
poker table.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: It was like, hey, do you get a chance to
play poker with Chauncey Billups. And so Chauncey Billups there
was there to lure these people in and then it
was a rig These were rigged games, right, I mean
they'd lose the first one or two games to these
unsuspecting marks and then you know, up these bets and
take their money. So it's a big list. But what
came out just this week in a court hearing in
New York this isn't These charges are in the Southern
District of New York. The prosecutors are reporting that they're
going to reach plea deals with about two dozen of
these defendants. So this case may be wrapping up. I
don't know how that's gonna affect Chauncey Billups, but I
would expect if there are plea deals happening. We've got
a lot of defendants that are you know, turning state's
evidence and that they're potentially ready to testify against Chauncey Billups.
And so we'll see what happens. The judges said that
we're looking at maybe a November two trial eight, so
kind of moving along. The other thing that came out
is and the judge has put a protective order on
all of this evidence. But they've got over one hundred
thousand pages of phone and bank records. There's a lot, right,
So it's going to be a big It'll be a
big case and we'll just kind of continue to follow it.
Speaker 4: Man, just so much drama, so much, I mean, so
many bad decisions, right and uh man, I just hope
everything you know turns out an a justice in a
judicial injustice filled way.
Speaker 3: Going forward here, let's.
Speaker 4: Talk a little bit about ex Michigan assistant Chris pa Patridge.
He's filing a lawsuit over the twenty twenty three firing
from the Wolverines. Is it justified give us a breakdown
of this one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly so. So Partridge. He he was a linebackers
coach at Michigan and and he was really caught up
in the twenty twenty three sign signs stealing scandal of
course at Rock to Michigan, you know, where they were
alleged of, you know, going to other teams stadiums and
watching practice and stealing these signs. So he got wrapped
up in this, and and there was an investigation of
course by the NCAA, and they looked into it and
ultimately he was cleared of any wrongdoing by the nc
double A. And so he's moved on. He's now actually
with the Seahawks linebackers coach. He's got an NFL job.
But this lawsuit that he's brought as he said, hey, look,
my dream is actually to be a college football coach.
I wanted to stay in the college ranks. I wanted
to become a head coach in college and my reputation
has been tarnished in such a way that that's going
to be really hard for me. And you guys used
me essentially as a scapegoat, right, And there's it sounds
like there's some compelling evidence of that that the the
athletic director at Michigan and some other things. They kind
of quickly just started pointing fingers, you know, and some
of this, you know, what ended up coming out is
a few players came to him and said, hey, I'm
kind of nervous, like I'm the in c double A
is poking around and they're they're asking me questions what
should I do? And according to him, he told these players, hey, hey,
tell the truth and be you might want to get
your own lawyer, saying that's all I said to them, Right,
I didn't do anything. I didn't do any thing wrong,
and you guys have just used me as a scapegoat
and throwing me under the bus. So yeah, you know,
another more drama at Michigan.
Speaker 4: More drama at Michigan. The Big Ten seems to be
a place of drama recently, Ohio State, Michigan.
Speaker 3: You wonder if you know.
Speaker 4: Success and money breed corruption, all manner of corruption.
Speaker 5: What do you know?
Speaker 3: You what do you know? The you know the Yeah,
it's crazy, man, that's even scriptural. You would say.
Speaker 4: Let's talk a little bit about Michael Johnson, who's accused
of fraud of over five hundred thousand dollars secret payment
from a Grand Slam Track.
Speaker 3: What do you have here? What's the latest here?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you remember Michael Johnson. I mean he this was,
you know, kind of going back to famous track athlete
from the really from the nineties. I think he ran
in Barcelona and Atlanta. I think he's got four or
five gold medals, I mean really decorated US track champion.
And so what he did a couple of years ago
is started essentially a professional track league I guess I'll
call it called Grand Slam Track. And the idea was
they were going to have these meets. They were going
to have one in Jamaica and three in the United States,
and this was going to attract a lot of fans
and younger, younger fans to you know, watch these the
big stars in the sport, just as a way to
promote this sport. And so this really comes out of
a bankruptcy filing. So cut to the chase, Grand Slam
Track did not make it. They were way underwater, not
making money, not attracting the fans that they thought and
not generating the revenue that they thought they would either.
So what he's been accused of is as the as
this company, I guess i'll call it the league. Grand
Slam Track is going under last summer, Michael Johnson, secretly,
the allegation is Get writes himself a check for five
hundred thousand dollars as the as the as the thing's
going down, and he says it's it's to repay his
own loans he had. He was owed two point two
million dollars of money. Anyway, fast forward to December and
Grand Slam Trek Track filed the Chapter eleven bankruptcy. And
so what's happening now is you have a whole bunch
of creditors, right, including athletes and other people who had
put money into this venture to make it go there,
and now there's no money to pay them, right, the
other creditors, And so they're looking at it going, well,
wait a minute, why does Michael Johnson get his money back? First?
Why did he How does he get to take five
hundred thousand dollars. There was no board meeting, there was
no oversight, nobody approved this, right, and we're getting left
out to dry, so that this is a fraudulent transfer essentially,
and so they're they're they're suing over that they're also
suing because it looks like the athletes and however you
want to look at it, they're getting taken care of
a lot better than these other creditors, right, They're they're
gonna get maybe eighty five cents on the dollar, where
these creditors might get ten cents on the dollar. And
and the allegation as well. Okay, Michael Johnson, you just
trying to save face with these other athletes and keep
them in your good graces. You don't care about us, right,
You're gonna leave us out to dry, even though we
have our own legal rights. So so that's what it's about,
is just who's gonna get paid back out of this bankruptcy?
Speaker 3: Ah?
Speaker 4: Yes, the the money, the money, the money, five hundred
thousand dollars secret payment, crazy stuff. How about a million dollars?
I'm gonna up the end of a little bit. Now,
one million dollars. The Whack has allowed Utah Valley basketball
teams to compete in tournaments after the one million dollar payment.
What's the latest will the Wolverines and their million dollar fee?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Things things got a little dicey actually this week
with the Whack and UVU and Essentially, as we've kind
of talked about, of course, this grows out of UVU's
intention to leave the conference and that there's this buyout
clause that's a million dollars, and the whole dispute was right,
UVU said, well, we're not going to pay it, and
in retaliation, the WAC said, well, then we're not going
to let UVU play and put our postseason tournament. We're
not going to broadcast your games, We're otherwise not going
to promote UVU. So UVU random court of course here
in the state of Utah filed for a preliminary injunction,
which was granted.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 1: The court here found that that UVU players would suffer
irreparable harm if they weren't allowed to play in the
in the conference tournament, which is happening right now. And
so the little caveat was that that this million dollars
that's still in dispute, right, so the underlying you know,
essentially a breach of contract dispute is still ongoing, but
that this million dollars would get deposited more or less
than an escrow account, right, and the money hadn't been
deposited yet. And according to the whack. There was a deadline,
and that deadline was Tuesday at five pm, just this week,
and basically they kind of and it's so funny how
these things happen. Now, all the statements come. It's on Twitter, right,
they're saying, Hey, if we don't get the money by
five pm, then then you guys have violated this court
order which which gave you the injunction and and so
we're not bound by that court order to you know,
let UVU play in the tournament. So anyway, I haven't
seen the evidence that the money was deposited. According to UVU,
it was in process that essentially the court would hold
this money pending the outcome of the the underlying case.
But I mean it's yeah, it's all money today, right then,
all these all these disputes, it's over money. I mean,
sports is a big business. It would have been shamed
to have those kids left out and not let them play.
So I'm glad that at least that's been happening.
Speaker 3: Amen to that.
Speaker 4: It's you know, the the conference realignment drama in Sagas.
I mean, what's interesting is we haven't seen a whole
lot of like litigation on that front. I know, there's
been threats with like the ACC and teams possibly leaving,
but it's hasn't seemed to like really, I don't think
any finds have been levied. Anyway, I thought it was
interesting that the whack was was the example of, Hey,
this is the stay we're taking. You're not leaving. The
whack uvu getting made an example of. So I thought
that was interesting. I got another thing for you, my
colleague here, Ap was wondering. And now we didn't prep
Garrett for this, but this is off the cuff conversation.
Recently we've seen coaches, and most recently Morgan Scalley, head
coach of Utah, give two million dollars back to the
athletic department.
Speaker 3: Of the football prom Was it football the football pro? Okay?
Like the NIL program though? Is it just the football program?
You know what I mean?
Speaker 4: Like, you know, so we were talking about this is
like wait, like is that like some sort of like
is there is there like NC double a bylaw.
Speaker 3: Issues with that? Is there any sort of legal issues
with that?
Speaker 4: Could this end up being somewhat controversial? Like on the
service you're like, oh that's so nice, right, Like what
a what a guy?
Speaker 3: What a gentleman.
Speaker 4: What a scholar, right, you know, what a what a
what a philanthropist giving back to these young student athletes,
poor student athletes. They have no they don't have food,
they don't have clothing. They're just you know, just bottom
feeders now in this in this world. Anyway, I just thought,
you know, i'd soft toss it to you and give
me your thoughts on it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure. I got to think about what
the legal ramifications are. I mean, my my initial impression
is this is a pr move right, This is an
and I think it's a way for like a Morgan
Scalley to send a signal to the boot to boosters,
University of Utah boosters, which is to say, hey, we
need money for our athletic department, and we need it
so badly that I'm even willing to put my own
money on the line, right, my own salary and give
back some money. And so I'm hoping you'll do you'll
follow follow suit right and do the same. I'm gonna
put my money where my mouth is, and you need
to too, because the new age of college sports is,
you know, money makes the world go round. So I
think that's mostly what's happening. But I'm gonna I'm gonna
give that some thought. If there's some legal ramifications to that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very intriguing to me. What does it say, ap, what's.
Speaker 7: The least the Their official statement is it's two millions,
two million dollars to the Utah football program.
Speaker 3: So to football program. Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 7: Just it wasn't clear to me if it was going
specifically to players, like as if he's paying two million
of players.
Speaker 3: I was wondering, well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well there used to be like I mean used
to like, you know, you couldn't even let the kids
come over to your house tea. I think you can
feed them. I think that's what you could do as
a coach. You could feed them. But that was just.
Speaker 7: Wondering if that was going to be an issue with
the revenue share?
Speaker 3: Is that? Yeah, what boundaries is he may be crossing? Yeah,
I don't know. I don't know if he is.
Speaker 4: It's a it's this is a true free market, capitalistic
world we're living in. There's no by laws anymore. There's
no legal rampification for for nothing right now, right Garrett,
it seems like it's everything's in play.
Speaker 1: Everything's kosher, right right, and well it is a moving
target of course with this stuff. But I mean it
would make sense, you know, I think along the lines
of what you're saying for Morgan Scalley to if he
wanted to get a legal opinion, he could certainly do
get that. But to make this you know, quote unquote
contribution in the right way, whether he's got to do
that through into an nile collective, you know, as opposed
to again where there's kind of some co mingling of
money and then who is it actually going to?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 1: I mean, if it just goes into a you know,
a larger fund, maybe there's you know, nothing wrong with that,
but yeah, it just brings up a lot of questions.
Is all new new territory, new ground that we're covering
all the time.
Speaker 4: Yes, indeed, I will say this much, you know, Morgan
Scalley donating ten percent of his contract to the you
you know and tithes and offering.
Speaker 3: I'm kidding, what a guy? What a guy?
Speaker 4: Anyway, last thing, actually, any updates. I do think we
have a maybe a hearing was it with Parker Kingson's
that March twenty fifth is the next come around go
around for for.
Speaker 1: This that's yeah. I think that's right. It was an
April hearing it and it did get moved up. I
haven't heard anything anything lately on this.
Speaker 3: But so let me ask you this one. Oh go ahead,
go ahead, No, no, go ahead, Sorry I cut you off.
Speaker 1: Well, I was just going to say a little bit
of a side note. We've talked a lot about sports gambling,
all these you know, lawsuits and controversies about that. B
YU alum Mickay Coppins, who's a great journalist. He's a
writer for the Atlantic, and he's got a big cover
story out just today about about sports gambling, and it's
a great read. It's a long article, but I just
wanted to kind of share that with some of your
listeners there who might be fans of his writing. You know,
there's some discussion in there about being a BYU alum,
so it's kind of good.
Speaker 4: Well here's a philosophical discussion then, as as you brought
that up, because I've you know, on this show, we
have done advertisements for for like these gambling sites, and
I came to the point where like, man, I don't like,
I don't gamble myself when I when I've tried it,
I've lost money, and I'm.
Speaker 3: Like, wow, why I would I even do that?
Speaker 4: I mean, it could be fun at the blackjack table
whatever Texas holding with the boys, you know, has fans
asked to have a nice uh you know, cold beverage,
you know, have it like a late night with the
boys and have some fun there and and put in
a little bit of fun money in there, et cetera.
But you know, I do think the there is uh,
the the young men are just getting demolished right now
with the game of fication of gambling and sports. They
love sports, obviously, and you know, they want to make
a little bit of money and they think that they're
competent enough to go gamble, and what they realize is
they lose more than they win.
Speaker 3: And then you get addicted.
Speaker 4: And I mean the dopamine and the biochemistry behind it all.
It's pretty crazy, man, to see what's happening. And and
uh and this is where it gets philosophical though, a
lot of people think that without gambling and the sports book,
that sports and the money that booies, it goes away.
Speaker 3: I don't know if that is Does it go away?
You know what I mean? Does it? Does it disintegrate.
Speaker 1: There's an argument about that that in recent years, for example,
like TV revenues have been have been dropping, and so
you know, leagues and teams have been looking for ways
to generate more revenue. I mean, if you I mean
in the not too distant past, right, I mean, it
was the leagues, it was the teams that were saying,
no way, we cannot allow sports betting. This will be
the end of you know, of fairness in sports, and
we just cannot have it. And guess what, as soon
as it was allowed, I'm telling you, these leagues and teams,
with their arms wide open, went running right towards sports
betting and have totally embraced it, right, I mean, if
you want to talk about kind of philosophical moral issues,
I mean, they have had no problems cashing in on this.
And again maybe that's a way to make up for
some other revenue deficits. But it's a huge industry. It's
just massive.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean that the stats are something as you're talking
about kind of younger men. I mean it's like forty
I mean almost half in a certain age range. You know,
it might be like teen to twenty nine or something,
you know, I have done some sports gambling, so it's
really big.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know, it's crazy times in the in
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All right, let's get caught up with legend glasgar be
what you wide receiver Jean Glasgow YU wide receiver, true
fresh legend. How is springball van so far?
Speaker 2: For you?
Speaker 6: Spring ball has been good. I mean it's a little
faster than well, it's a lot faster than high school.
But to be honest, it's it's really fun to come
out here and just be around guys that are like
loving and to just be around great players overall, and
with just great coaches to help you, help you succeed
and push you in the ways that you need to
be pushed. And just saw the alumni guys looking down
at you helping you in good ways like you would
never think.
Speaker 4: Local kid, local star Lehigh High School.
Speaker 2: What was your high school experience?
Speaker 4: Like you got coached by some great coaches and uh
and had a ton of success. What was that like
for you, being you know, so highly talented coming out
of Lee Hig High School?
Speaker 6: Leehi High School was good. My transition there was really good.
I feel like I was welcome with open arms, and
I mean the offense fit me. I love the players,
I got to play with my cousin, and I mean
just everything was good over there. They did I feel
like they developed me like smarter and just physically like
in a good way for me to come in here
and just do the best that I can. They developed
me a lot. Who's your cousin Devon at devone?
Speaker 2: Okay, so you guys are cousin your family?
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, so you got to play with Devon.
Speaker 4: You guys are both here transfer mid year or essentially
enroll mid year. Why why b YU for you? Why
why was that the right spot for you? And how
was that recruiting process?
Speaker 6: Just the number one thing? The culture? I mean, Kline
does such a good job with just like making everything
here a family and just so welcoming. My first time
ever here was actually a spring practice, and I mean
just the love and support and just the welcoming that
he provided for me and my family and just saw
the love that I saw around everything was just amazing
and I loved it.
Speaker 2: Who were you trying to decide between? Or was it
ever really a question where you wanted to be?
Speaker 6: No? I mean I feel I when I got here,
you feel like I always wanted to come here. But
I mean, like the offers were cool and stuff, but
like in my heart, I always know I wanted to
come here.
Speaker 4: Easy Isaiah, did he have any influence on you, Isaiah Glasger.
Speaker 6: Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean just the way they
built him. I mean he used to be like skinny tall,
and like now he's a brick house, like he's big,
and I mean the development part was a big thing
for me because I want to I just want to
be the best of my game. And even when I
got here in like December, I put on a lot
of way, got stronger faster in just five weeks, and
like many more used to come. I can't wait to
see the turnout.
Speaker 2: Was that pre planned? Like to get here mid year?
Speaker 4: Did you know in high school that that was kind
of your trajectory?
Speaker 2: You want to be a mid year end rolligue wherever
you're gonna end up.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I talked to Fiataki a lot, and
he already had told me he's like, I want you
to come in like December. But like that was already
like one of like my plan that I wanted to do.
It just wasn't like a set thing. And then like
when he told me he wanted me to come early,
it made me want to come Like early, what.
Speaker 4: Skill set do you bring to the wide receiver room
that can make it, help make an impact that.
Speaker 6: I'd say speed kills. So I feel like I'm gonna
get behind the defense regardless and I'm gonna go make
a play. I'd say I'm a really good playmaker. If
you need a play, I mean, I feel like I'm
your guy to go go make that play. And I
mean I can't just do it depends on like the
quarterbacks and everything. So a huge shout out to all them,
the offensive line, the receivers running arounds for me to
get open, and just a huge shout out to all them.
Speaker 4: Who's who's stood out to you from the wide receiver
room and who stood out to you from the team
thus far during.
Speaker 6: Spring Roger Roger, He's like, for how like big he is,
tight end, he can move like a receiver. He stood
out to me. I already knew Jojo could move all that.
That's not like surprising to me. Kyler, he's for how
big he is and how fast he can move and
get out of his cuts and brakes is crazy to me.
And then on the defensive side, I would say, like Caid,
he he's a dog. I mean, he's he's just gonna
go make a play wherever he's at so like he's
he's made me like look at him in a good,
good way. Don't want to come, but like he's made
me look at him and like Dan, he's good.
Speaker 4: So you mentioned the transition from high school to college.
Speaker 8: Obviously it's I'm sure it's been difficult, but it seems
like you've already started to make plays. You've been receiving
some good praise from teammates and from individuals that have
been able to see practice.
Speaker 2: How would you describe the transition this far?
Speaker 6: I mean, I have such a good connection with the coaches.
I mean the transition was like it's obviously a big transition,
but like it just feels like another practice another day,
because I have coaches around me that are going to
put me in the right position to succeed, and they're
gonna help me run good routes, help me in any
type of way. But like it's a big change from
high school to college. But I'd say I integrated pretty
well with I mean, this is my week two and
I feel like I'm making it like a good impact
on the team.
Speaker 4: What's the message from FESSI and what type of impact
has FESSI already had on you through the recruiting process
and now getting here to be.
Speaker 6: One thing that I that always stood out to me,
like any big, big game that I would have, anytime
I would make any big plays, he would always tell
me to work on the little details, work a little
bit harder. Like he was always on me to push
me more than I need to be pushed. And I
mean I love him for that. For just I make
a good play and he's do this, better to do this,
make sure you do that. Like he's always congratulating me,
but he's coaching me and at a good high level.
Two And that's one thing that I really like about him.
Speaker 2: What number are you going to be repping this year?
Speaker 6: I don't know. I'm looking. I'm eighty eight right now,
but I was talking to Josh and he said it could.
Speaker 4: Change, but if you earn it, yeah, if I earn it,
yeah yeah, yeah, So if you get in that rotation,
that's an incentive, right, Yeah, it's down to like I
was thinking one or sixteen, one of those one of
those two.
Speaker 6: I hope it's one. I'm not trying to be sixteen.
I can't lie.
Speaker 2: Isn't that is that a fan? Is that a family number?
Speaker 6: By chance or no, I think I don't know how
he like he got that, but like, yeah it's one
and sixteen or put on offensive sides. But like I
got to prove myself to earn that number, and I'd
love that. I don't like to just come in here
and like ask for something and they just give it
to me. I want to work for it.
Speaker 4: Are you gonna be trying to play maybe some special
teams as well?
Speaker 2: What role will you have on special teams? That's one
way to hurt it?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm trying to play kick return and part in
turn really get back down kick return. They have me,
I don't even know what they have me, but those
are the two things that I'm on for part turning
kick return.
Speaker 2: What do you want to study while I by?
Speaker 4: Have you got any idea? Yeah, you're just trying to
get those pre RECs and just trying to stay above
water right now.
Speaker 6: No, I'm studying zoology and for this for my whole
college career.
Speaker 4: Actually, why is that, like has always been something you've
been intrigued by?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean ever since a little kid, I just
always loved animals. So I mean, like BYU has a
good zoology, Like program and all that. So I'm happy
to you know, have that as a good thing, and yeah,
I think it will be fun.
Speaker 4: You mentioned your skill set that separates you speak to
I've been told, like in the offseason you were hitting
some some good numbers.
Speaker 2: How many what was the mphs that you end up
at the top end speed you end up.
Speaker 6: Hitting it was like twenty two miles Prower around there,
that's fly it, yeah, around there. But shout out to
Scaler Maine. I mean, even like when I was in
high school, he would help me like get my speed
up too as well, and like him and my trainer
would like figure out drills to like tweak those spots
to make me faster. And that's a big reason why,
like I'm getting faster because of him.
Speaker 4: Was that a big portion of why he also that
you committed to be with you because of the strength
conditioning program, the human performance element.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, like I said, the way they turned
Isaiah's body into I would like I didn't want to
obviously look like him like that big, but like just
like the physical speed wise, strength wise, I'd say, like,
I mean I already got way stronger from high school
to now.
Speaker 2: You mentioned your cousin Devon. There's people have been hyping
up him too that he can make an impact.
Speaker 4: What do you like about de Bond's game and why
do you think he can make an impact this season?
Speaker 6: I mean, he's always just been so elusive. I mean,
you give him the ball and he sees a lane,
he's gone. I don't think anybody's gonna catch him, even him.
He's getting faster too, and he plays a good pad level.
I mean he's getting he's like two a five right now.
He came in at like one, so like I'd say,
he's at the way in the strength now. They just
gotta get continue to get him right. But yeah, he's
always just been like playmaker as well. You can give
him that lane, he's gone, Like, you're not gonna catch him.
Speaker 4: Who's faster, he's You're the only one that can catch
him on the squad for sure, for sure.
Speaker 2: How would you describe the Kolani Sataki culture here?
Speaker 6: Just man, just loving, just just pure love. I Mean
every time I talk to him, it's just such a
I have like five second conversation with him, but I
just feel so so much better after talking to him
and him just telling me good job. God, do this good,
doing this well all that. I mean, he's such like
a loving person, the holy guy, and I'm glad I
could be coached by him.
Speaker 4: You mentioned some of the guys on the defense who's
been giving you some good looks in the defensive backfield
that tests your skills.
Speaker 6: I mean, Schmid, I'm gonna give a shout out to
Trade Tray, Alexander Jay will jam Williams, and then even
some of the freshmen that came in with me, Justice Brathway.
He's I mean, even before like springball started, me and
him would always go out there have a competition all
that I would win. But you know he's good, a
good look. Yeah he's giving me good looks. But yeah,
Evan and Trade Tray, it's a big It's a big
difference between like a college dB and a high school dB.
Like they're like their technique is crazy. And especially for Evan,
he's so fast, like if you don't like beat him
at a certain spot, like he'll be right there on you.
And Trade Tray is just so long he get his
hands on you and it'll be hard to get out
of that situation. I've went against Tom at though, on
the opposite side of him. Yeah, I've won.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll have to hopefully get that in the off season.
Speaker 2: Get that, get that on tape as well. So who
do you model your game after? From?
Speaker 4: Maybe a professional wide receiver, co Leagier, wide receiver that
you've watched growing up, et cetera.
Speaker 6: My personal favorite player of all time is Odell and
I would model my game after him just because like
how fast he is and like, like one thing I
like about my game, I could like I can go deep,
but I can also like take just sweeps. Like I'm
very like versatile with what I do, and I like
that with Odell's game, He's a deep threat, he has
good yak. I feel like, yeah, my game is modeled
after him, and he's my favorite player, So I like,
I don't try to be like him, but like I
want to have his swagger, if that makes sense.
Speaker 2: I love it. Who are your biggest mentors? Would you
say as a wide receiver.
Speaker 6: That's far and as a football player growing up, I
would say Toby Christensen, my wide receiver turner. He played here,
his dad played here, Todd christians To. Well, yeah, he's
been coaching me since I was seven and started in
basketball and then he watched one of my football games
and he was like, wait, you're good, Like, let me
let me train you can get you right. So he's
been training me ever since, like seventh grade. And I
gave a huge shout out to him.
Speaker 4: Love it message to Kugarnation on why they should be
excited about twenty twenty six squad.
Speaker 6: A ring coming. That's all I gotta say. A ring's coming.
Be ready for a show every Saturday night's gonna be.
It's gonna be a fun ride this year and the
years to come.
Speaker 2: Let's go Legend Glasker, Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 3: That's Legend Glasker.
Speaker 4: Really fun getting to know him, really like this young man,
really good football player, tremendously talented.
Speaker 3: Sixty two one seventy five.
Speaker 4: He's probably up in one eighty five by now, but
when he signed he about one seventy five, already put
on about ten pounds of muscle. Three star recruit per
two four seven was recruited by Kansas State, Utah, cal
Colorado State, and Utah State. Three time All Region, two
time All State MVP one thousand, four to fifty seven
total receiving yards as a senior, marked six hundred and
seventy six yards on thirty seven receptions, nine touchdowns and
added an additional two hundred and six yards on the
ground on eleven carries and two touchdowns and now wants
to us the cousin of Isaiah Glasker as well as
Devon Ekka, and he mentioned he's not only get reps
at wide receiver, but punp return and kick return.
Speaker 3: Looked got his eye on the prize.
Speaker 4: Guys, anything that stood out to you from that one
on one interview in that player profile with legend glasg
or Apu startus and then Ronnie, you bring up the
back end here.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think he talked about some special teams action,
some kick return, punt return. I think I think that's
a really good way for him to see the field
early on. Like obviously he's got tools to make it
as a wide receiver. I don't think there's any doubt
about that. But if you're gonna see him week one,
week two, I think it's gonna be kick return, punt
return because he did really well in high.
Speaker 3: School with that, Like he was really good.
Speaker 7: And that hurt me a little bit because he took
one back against my Lom Peak Knights. I think he
was ninety six yards to the house and LEEI never
looked back and just.
Speaker 3: Absolutely spanked him.
Speaker 7: Yeah, but he's really like I think he could really
fill the void.
Speaker 3: There no doubt about it.
Speaker 4: Ronald, any thoughts, any commentary, What did you make of
that one on one interview with Legend?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the biggest thing being that stuck out
to me was the number. I know a lot of
people don't like to read into the number, but you know,
he's wearing number eighty eight. When I think of eighty eight,
I think of the great Mike Irvin. I think of
obviously Ceedee Lamb wearing it. Eighty It's a great number.
So when he said that and I saw him wearing
him like that's me, I thought his favorite, you know player,
you know Ceedee Lamb obviously, you know him being a
younger guy. But then when he discussed it being he
was talking about, oh, moving up to number one, but
I just don't want to take that number.
Speaker 2: I want to earn it.
Speaker 5: I was like, oh wow. I mean I didn't know
he had that dog in him like that. You know,
sometimes guys will just taking it in and want to
do it. But it reminds me of Trey. You know,
if he were to get that number, it's kunt of
part of number one. If Trey took the number after
plany a year and says, I'm gonna put the target
on my back. And you know, I think Trey's earned that.
So I love legend of not just wanting to take that,
but to earn it. And if he does, you know,
he could have a number change. You could see, you know,
number one out there. And I think it's different now
with these younger guys when they adjusted to the number rule.
If you're wearing number one as a receiver, not the
eighty eights bad like you know, but if you're number
one wearing it out there, zero or you got two,
Ben or three or five, you're flashy, right, You're one
of those guys that you know, you're you're a playmaker.
You're going out there making plays. So let's see if
by the uh, let's see if in fall Camp Ben
he's number one, or if it's still available if he changes,
So I'm excited to see that. But yeah, number one,
legend Glasser. Could you see number thirteen? Number three?
Speaker 3: Kyler Casper, who could you see?
Speaker 5: I'm intrigued to see what happens as did they end
spring ball and then get the fall camp.
Speaker 4: A lot of guys mentioning Legend, like when pinged Win
Aste who stood out in the wide receiver room, et cetera,
legend is being mentioned. I thought it was cool to
see legend also highlight. You know Kyler Casper, he has
been impressed by him thus far, a very explosive athlete
that is coming from Oregon. So Kyler big opportunity for
him to step up and fulfill a role that laughed
avoid that has left like Chase Roberts, a big, strong
wide receiver, like like Chase Roberts, who's been tried and
true baby Well.
Speaker 7: I think an interesting poll or question that I think
would be really interesting to see what fans think is
who would you rather take of the two freshmen?
Speaker 3: Would you rather have Legend Glaskar or Jaron.
Speaker 7: Pula see the field like if you had to choose one,
who are you picking? And And I think it's interesting
because I think before springball most people would say Jaron
Puola just because he's a four star recruit. But Legend
glask has been getting a lot of praise and he's
getting a lot of traction towards that.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 4: Yes, indeed, I'm watching DeShawn Jackson highlights right now because
when I watch Legend move, when I watch him run,
when I watch him float across the grid iron, he
reminds me in body control, in athleticism to Deshaun Jackson,
that's what I that's you know, Deshaun reminds me of Legend.
Legend reminds me of just on now, Deshaun was very
highly tauted, Like, I don't know if Legend is as
fast or will be as fast as Deshaun. Deshaun was
so shifting though, so quick, so fast, uh, and one
of the best returners not only in the colleisial game
but also in the NFL during his heyday. But how
they're built. I mean, I think Legend may be slightly
taller than Deshaun, but just watch their film, like watch
high school film and then watch maybe Deshaun's high school
and collegiate film, and they look and feel similar, and
how they move, how they how shifted they are, how
they get up to their top end speed with such
an accelerated its accelerated fashion. So I'm intrigued both of
them toted the rock too on like those jets coming
off tackle and and maybe Legend he continues to put
on a little bit of weight. You know, he's got
that ability to get off tackle on those jets and
those fly sweeps. So that's getting to know Legend Glasgar
in that player profile, big grow to him. Thanks for
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