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Speaker 1: Are you buddy doing awful?
Speaker 6: How you guys doing?
Speaker 5: I'm doing fantastic appreciate you hopping on to talk some ball.
One thing I noticed over the last couple of weeks,
we've been having some twenty twenty six b YU football
signees that are part of the Cougar football family. They're
coming in to get their suits and tempo shirts. I
think I saw Adam Bywater and kawai Akana show up.
Both of those guys big time players.
Speaker 1: I think I think Adam's gonna be better than Ben.
Speaker 5: We're gonna talk with Ben about it maybe tomorrow on
the show's or stay tuned Cougarnation.
Speaker 1: And kawai Akana that dude's a dog, He's a dude.
Speaker 5: He can do it all offense, defense, special teams. I
really like both of those players. And they got outfitted
at Odeon.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I know it was awesome, And I wasn't able
to be there for Adams, so I didn't get to
meet him and kind of talk to him. But I
but my guys that worked with him super impressed. And
I agree. Don't tell Ben I said this because I
also know Ben. He's come in and got some suits
from us too, But I agree, I think Adam's gonna
get to pass surpassed Ben's production of bau So and
then Kawai was awesome, honestly, just a super good, good,
good good dude getting out of his mission, and I
think he's gonna be an awesome mission out there, and
I'm excited for him to come back and play safety.
Speaker 1: So who is.
Speaker 5: Your favorite BYU football recruit the twenty twenty six class.
I'll name off a few of these guys, you know,
and now I'm talking more like the traditional.
Speaker 1: Class, not the transfer portal class. Right.
Speaker 5: You got bat Mulatalo, Jaron Poula, Kennan Poola, Terren Serion,
Brax and Lizzy. Some of these guys are playing right now. Legend, Glasger,
Matthew Mason, Neemiah Colone, Justice, Braithwaite, Devon Ekka, all part
of the crew, Writer Lions, Adam Bywater Brock, Harris, Taygetchi, Lopetimala,
Jack Tanner, Antonio Johnson, Cowboy, Kona Graham, Livingston, Parker Ward and.
Speaker 1: Sefaniaya A Latini.
Speaker 5: That's your freshman class, some of them going on missions,
some of them playing right now.
Speaker 1: Who is your favorite? By the way, I would.
Speaker 6: Say, can I give you two as there's one that's
enrolled and gonna be playing this year, and then one
that's maybe getta get on a missionary.
Speaker 1: Yeahs like that.
Speaker 6: So I think in Rollies, I think the one that's
gonna make the quickest impact that I just keep hearing
little rumors about how well he's doing in camp is
actually Braxton Lindsay. I think you got let in Glacesters
also is going to be another one that I think
is gonna make a big difference, and then the Pula
twins also have that opportunity. But I think Braxton is
gonna be the one that by the end of the
year will have played the most and made the biggest impact.
That's one of these guys incoming. So that's my number
one there. And then from the guy who's going out there,
I mean Rider's gonna be the answers. I'm gonna take
away Rider just because because of the way it is.
So I think Brock Harris is the one that I
also think is I'm super pumped about. I think, outside
of Ryder, he's the highest recruit we've had since I
don't remember a Fields and eight or something like that,
and so I think Brock is going to be a
stud I'm really excited to get him back. I love
that the tight end pipeline is super full right now.
So those those are my two guys I'm gonna pick.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I just want to throw another one in here
is Graham Livingston. An under rated recruit for BYU because
he's not the he's not the highest rated, but he
had an incredible senior season at at at Ridgeline. I
believe yeah, Ridge where I mean, I mean he did.
He put up some numbers, but it's it's a smaller school.
Is he maybe an underrated guy?
Speaker 1: I think so.
Speaker 6: I think if he was at a corner Canyon, he
would be much highly higher recruited. So he's one that
I'm also intrigued by. Honestly, this class is hard because
a lot of these guys that are the quote unquote
lower end of this class are guys that's four or
five years ago. We would be absolutely elated to have
them at the top.
Speaker 1: Of the class.
Speaker 6: So that's the hard thing of this classes. We just
have such so much better recruiting classes than we had
in the past. But I honestly think all of these
guys that better recruited have really high potential to make big,
big differences. But I do think Graham fits into that
category of underrated.
Speaker 1: Love that breakdown.
Speaker 5: Let's talk some Camp Killani, shall we one of the
topics that we need to broach right now as we
get into essentially, we're week three into Camp Kilani twenty
twenty six, getting towards the spring scrimmage, the spring game,
if you know, the the alumni game, et cetera. Is
who's our offensive line right who's our starting offensive line
right now? I'm in the I'm in the the the
mode of putting Pockey Feenale as my starting left tackle.
I was high on them prior. I've seen enough of them.
He's your starting left tackle obviously. Bruce Mitchell, all big
twelve player. I think he's a future NFL center. He's
at center. Uh and then right tackle is Andrew Gentry.
All of those guys tried and true, very talented, a
multiple multitude of starts under their belt. But we don't
know necessarily who are starting guards are going to be
just yet because there's a competition occurring and there's some
guys that are out. For instance, Sonny Macasini seen plenty
of starts, He's a red shirt senior. He looks to
be a favorite what about Trevin Ostler Keanu town of Vasa,
Bruce Mitchell I think gave him some love. I think
it was actually Bruce. They gave trevn Ostler some love.
The they're both red shirt seniors. So you better watch
out for those two guys because they've been in the
system long enough, and they've seen enough reps, they've seen
enough live fire that they're looking to solidify themselves. Mean
Green Joe Brown, the red shirt sophomore, tremendously talented, twitchy
out of a Lone Peak high school. I'm intrigued by him.
Kyle Superchoke, also a red shirt senior, the Southern Utah
University transfer. He's looking to solidify himself, I believe is
one of the guard positions. And then you have like
very talented Bob Mulatalo, who could play tackle, he could
play guard.
Speaker 1: But and then Junior Sea too.
Speaker 5: Junior c is a guy at six five two three
twenty five red shirt junior has played a ton of
football at Utah State.
Speaker 1: He's fighting for a job.
Speaker 5: Zach Yamauchi too, So I mean there's a competition.
Speaker 1: I think brewin in the guard room. Your thoughts on the.
Speaker 6: Matter, Yeah, And I was gonna name those exact same
guys I think. I mean the safe bets are guys
like Calca Parchuk and Sunny Maxini just because they have
been started, they were starters last year at least at
some point in the in the season, they played a
ton of reps. But I think guys like Trevin Osler
who played a little bit more of that tight end
role last year, but just a blocking tight end and
came into as that that sixth offenses offensive lineman. And
then yeah, Junior c is one that I think there
was a lot of pub when he got when he
was transferring that he was going to be a difference
maker immediately. So I think he's a He's a guy
that could definitely take that spot. And then, like you
mentioned with Bot, I think I think long term he
ends up at tackle for sure, But if they felt
like he to get the best five out there was,
the best option was to put Bot in it guard.
I don't think that's crazy, so I could see that
happening too. But I think day one, if I were
to have to put money on it, I would have to.
I would say it's gonna end up being pockey fee
now and then Sonny, and then Bruce and then Kylesa.
Parchuk and then Andrew Gentry is the way I would
say it's the safest that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you're You're probably right there. They've been
into the system, they've been coached up. You wonder if
the Sonny Macassini injury is gonna set him back at all?
How far does it set him back? Was it an
upper extremity injury? Is it a lower extremity injury? Does
it inhibit him at all? Something to watch, no doubt
about it. That offensive line has got to be good.
And a Rod you know, went out of his way
in media availability. I want to say about a week
ago or so he went out of his way to
state that he feels like this offensive lines can it
be essentially just as good as it was last year?
So that that bodes well. You had a lot of
young bucks too. I mean, these guys are towering giants
in the tackle position. Ethan thomas In sixty eight three ten,
and Andrew Williams sixt' eight three hundred, coci Wa Lato
final six' five three.
Speaker 1: Ten these are big dudes and very talented as.
Speaker 6: Well, YEAH i think this line is. Exciting AND i
think if A rod really feels that way about the
offensive line and they're gonna be just as good or,
better and then you bring back instead of having JUST
lj and then a kind of a big drop off
because we had a because of, injuries and you can
add guys like Having sionamoa back and then you, know
maybe the pain train comes in, there or you, know
you got other guys in that devon acall those guys
in the, ROOM i think it'd be really. Exciting and
THEN i Think, bear as you've mentioned on your show off,
times he looks much more elusive and twitchy than he
did last. Year JUST i feel like the Strength stats
has done really good job with. Him so he was
already a great, runner but if he can be even
more twitchy, THERE i think the ground game could be
pretty dang dangerous next.
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koalani twenty twenty. Six you mentioned the pains rain running
back room like we were, Wondering, okay WHO'S rb? Two
cionimo looks to if SOLIDIFIED rb, two?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 5: UH i Think kilanie stated earlier this week he's he's
back to one hundred. Percent he's looking like his old
self That Kansas state game where he went off and
rumble in stumbling and toting that that rock for tuddies At.
Lavelle edwards, saiding it looks like he's he's back and
he's he's up to. Snow BUT rb three, now then
we'll move on to the depth because IF i know
anything ABOUT byu, football it's we're gonna have to go
TO rb five by the end of the, year, Right
LIKE i DO i know anything ABOUT bwa football in
the latter half Of independence and throughout The big, twelve it's,
like we need five running, backs not just.
Speaker 1: Two we need.
Speaker 5: Five and we saw how many running backs got toads
and starts and significant playing time last, season AND i
just think that that's what's gonna. HAPPEN rb three maybe
up for. Grabs Devon ekka has been an individual that
we really. Like he's super, fast he's, nimble he's put
on good.
Speaker 1: Weight he could be.
Speaker 5: Involved BUT i think someone that everyone's sleeping on Is Logan.
Pain he's coming off a red shirt freshman. Year he's
a return missionary he was RUNNING i want to, say
with the threes and fours during fall camp last year
before sustaining a lower extremity injury and that set him
back pretty much for the entire year. Year he didn't
get back into the swing of things still the back,
half the back, third back forth of the. Season are
we sleeping On logan? Pain if, so why are?
Speaker 6: We AND i think for, ME i was a couple
of practices last fall camp and he stood out to
me in those practices like a. Lot BUT i was, like,
well that's. Interesting and then he didn't play at all
AND i didn't realize it was because of injury until
you just mentioned. That BUT i think it's just that
he Hasn't he's a lower he was a lower rated,
recruit and maybe in a walk, ON i can't, remember
even on scarship he might be a.
Speaker 1: Walkover he WAS i think a preferred walk.
Speaker 6: On yeah it was the a Pw.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 6: Yeah SO i think that's kind of where it. Is.
Is his expectations haven't been, high and he hasn't done
anything in front of fans to prove that he's that
that's not, true and so BUT i definitely, THINK i,
mean you look at most the. Clips last year In Fall,
camp it was and love and pain almost all the.
REPS i think a lot of it was BECAUSE lj
wasn't taking a ton of, reps but those two were
getting a ton of the the pub and the carries
that were happy in that AND i think he he
has a good shot. THERE i think there's some some
really good young guys in that, room AND i Think
Preston rex will be a good change of paceback like
he was this last. Year so BUT i do Think
i'm really excited about that room kind of having two back.
SETS i know we MENTIONED i think we talked about
it last, year or maybe it was even two years
ago That siona reminds us Of Manasse, ponga AND i
think having him AND lj in that backfield kind of
have That harvey And manasse type of vibe. There AND
i think there's a lot of cool things you could
have with with those two And bear also being basically
a running back in terms of size and. Stature SO
i think there's some really cool things they could do
this year with with with the.
Speaker 7: Backfield, YEAH i just want to stick with the running
back room a little bit. HERE i Mean Harvey unga
as a running backs, coach And i've said this before
and we might have talked about. THIS i think is
a very underrated coach on bau staff and he's Put
Tyler algier in THE Nfl Chris. BROOKS i don't remember
if he was when When tyson william has got a,
shot BUT i mean he's about to PUT.
Speaker 1: Lj martin in the league that would before.
Speaker 7: It do you feel like there should be more confidence
from fans In Harvey UNGA's ability to develop these these
running backs that are on the lower part of the
depth chart, CHART i.
Speaker 6: Would say one hundred. PERCENT i think in terms of,
Development harvey is. UNDERRATED i think he's. Underappreciated BUT i
think a lot of that comes from he also hasn't
had great recruiting classes as of like with the running,
backs like you've got guys LIKE. Lj who was an awesome.
Get devon was a you, know a good. GET i
wouldn't say he was like, this you, know home run.
GET i think in terms of what he's gonna end up,
BEING i think he'd be. Great BUT i Think harvey
usually kind of goes with the guy that can be
developed and get, there and he hasn't really got home
run potentials.
Speaker 1: In terms of.
Speaker 6: RECRUITINGS i think that's where a lot of the at
least from my, side is a little disappointment. There BUT
i think what he has actually had the running back
room achieve despite that lack of, RECRUITING i think it's been.
Speaker 1: Awesome.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, look a lot of good things happening right
now WITH byu.
Speaker 1: FOOTBALL i don't know if you saw.
Speaker 5: This, Yesterday Bill conley dropped his returning production stats and
ranked out the highest to the lowest returning production in college,
football AND byu coming in top. Twenty they're number eighteen
in returning. Production they have sixty four percent of their
offensive and defensive productivity coming. Back, defensively they're actually ranked.
There they're about seventy percent of their productivity returning their
number six in the. Nation BYU's offense has fifty nine.
Speaker 1: Percent which is still.
Speaker 5: Significant they ranked fiftieth in college, football so obviously the,
defense very robust, offense has a little bit of reloading
to do, with you, Know Chase roberts and others moving
on to THE. Nfl but when you hear that, number
does that make YOU i, mean you're an optimistic. Guy
you're a blue goggled. Guy that does that make you
even more optimistic ABOUT boe chances in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: SIX i don't know.
Speaker 6: That you can get more optimistic than national. Championship but
it doesn't My national championship blue. Goggles they're been so.
NO i definitely, think AND i think one of the
awesome things is a lot of the we short up
a lot of the loss of production in the transfer
portal with guys that can play, immediately and then obviously
the recruiting class has guys that can can keep stepping.
Up So i'm super optimistic BECAUSE i do think it's
on the, offense it's the stuff With Parkerson kingston doesn't go.
DOWN i think that number is even, higher quite a bit.
Higher and then obviously you still have to replace those,
guys BUT i Think, bear being the guy that he,
IS i think he'll still get a similar production out
of the. Offense So i'm excited about the offensive and the.
Defense you've reloaded in so many different ways that in
those places that you did lose, guys and THEN i
mean the safety room is like where you lost Penne
wall that was a, big, big you, know hit to
not have ten of, wall but you also still Get,
raider you still Get, tommy and you still get followed
Out like that's that room is still super super, strong super.
Deep So i'm super, optimistic But i'm always super, optimistic
but this YEAR i feel Like i'm not as crazy
for being super.
Speaker 5: Optimistic so who's someone in springball right now that we're
not talking enough? About would you, say is there anyone
in springball that you're, like, Hey, Ben, ben we're not
giving this kid.
Speaker 1: The love he deserves right? Now is it somebody on the.
Speaker 5: Offense is it somebody on the defense who's low key
performing at a high level in spring ball that deserves
a little bit more?
Speaker 6: LOVE i think from the. INTERVIEWS i, mean they're getting
love in the interview so that's HOW i know about,
Them BUT i think maybe not as, fans we're not
talking about. Him Is Jared kalama is the one that
in that safety room THAT i just keep hearing every
coach brings it up in some way or another in
different interview, Settings and SO i think he's going to
be that that's that fourth safety in the room that's
gonna kind of shore up that. Spot so He's he's
one THAT i just keep hearing about THAT i don't
feel like we talk about as, fans but it is
happening from the. Coaches love.
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Speaker 1: On there you. Go that's our. Segment who? Else who?
Speaker 5: Else aren't we talking enough about? Guys ronald Ap what
do you got for? Me who aren't we given the
love they? Deserve right? Now is anyone that comes to,
mind maybe Ephrom. Asiata, YEAH i like.
Speaker 1: THAT i think He's, look we talk a lot about.
Speaker 7: LINEBACKERS i said this a couple of, times BUT i
think he From asiata has a lot of. Potential he
might not be in the too deep this, year BUT
i think he is a linebacker that you should keep
an eye on for future.
Speaker 5: Years, yeah there was a little bit of highlight that
came across my. Feed ephraim pursuing from inside. OUT i
don't know if he was coming from the opposite, side
like weak, side and there was a toss given to
the young freshman running back to Von, ekka and he
turned it up looking good, looking fleet of foot, breaks a,
tackle and then the hit, stick the violent hit, stick
took down the true, freshman and that was probably a
come to to deity moment For welcome to college, Football
welcome to college. Football this is what it feels. Like
this is what it looks like in my, Mind. DEVAUGHON i,
mean he's a. DUDE i mean he's gonna be a
really Good cougar football player for years to. Come but,
man he kind of slowly got, up walked the wrong
direction for a few, steps and then finally made his
way back to the.
Speaker 1: Huddle But ephraim gave him to. Business SO i like.
Speaker 5: That take a Lot ronald the three man, weaver who's
somebody on the roster we're not talking enough.
Speaker 1: About we're not showing him enough.
Speaker 8: Love, yeah and the coaches have talked about this, guy
AND i mean we've talked about him when the coaches
have And gurney's mentioned him. Once but the, GUY i
think that this is no disrespect To, Silia, sarah even Cadul,
lave even A Skufusi Isaiah. Lasker Jake clifton's gonna. Play oh,
yeah he's gonna get some. Time this is a guy
that They kelly, Likes klannie's. MENTIONED i, Said, okay might
need to, go you, know interview the. Linebackers coach might
have to you, know do some of, that get him
one on, one do that Say, okay what do you
like About Jake clifton size? WISE i, mean we Had
kelly on the show been and he, says what coming
off a, mission he's power cleaning three thirty. FIVE i was,
like what in the, world so look out for for.
THAT i don't know what number he has. BEEN i
don't know if we've gotten it. Yet but Whatever jake
was thirty, one, okay look out FOR i don't know
if he kept the same. One if you, could then
look out for number thirty one this.
Speaker 1: YEAR i think he's gonna get some planning. Time they
like His Clay Ben, no.
Speaker 5: He's uh him And kate they, man they, run they can, gallop,
smart smart football players as. Well that linebacking room is,
stacked and there is a there's gonna be some heated competition. There,
guys it's gonna be pretty crazy to watch that puts
those particular competitions in fall.
Speaker 1: Camp can't wait for?
Speaker 5: It, yeah you, know you KNOW i kind of leaned
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Speaker 1: Pain right in that running back.
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get dinged, up and that provides an opportunity for the
young running backs to get more reps and get more,
looks and they build up, equity they build up, Merit
they build up trust with those.
Speaker 1: Opportunities so if you have a.
Speaker 5: Good high FOOTBALL, iq you can pass, pro you can
you can pass, catch and you can tote between the
tackles and off, tackle then you can find your way
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that first year twenty twenty, five twenty twenty, six they
went twenty three and. Ten or season twenty three and,
twelve they were nine to nine in The Big. Twelve
they had a net ranking same one twenty. Three the
goat NUMBER ncaa tournament seed was, six and they were
one and done the round of sixty. Four, okay disappointing
to say the. Least but another key. Stat you had
what like six season ending, injuries three of those guys' rotational.
Players it was devastating to the devastating to the. Culture
three iterations of THE blei men's basketball team this, season and,
uh you, know we never got to see the best
iteration of them because they everyone got injured early, On
Dawson baker and A pickens getting, injured both rotational. Players
to talk about these stats and maybe grade out k
why over a two year. Pier let's welcome in our
Certified Financial PLANNER Nflpa Certified Financial, Planner Wealth Management advisor Representing,
VANDERWELF Nflpa Certified Financial. Player we Got Blaine Blaine anderson
on the. Line, blaine how the heck are, you?
Speaker 1: Buddy i'm doing.
Speaker 9: Great ben happy to join you.
Speaker 1: Today, hey appreciate you hopping. On So, blaine you see the.
Speaker 5: Numbers you know he's got a he's got a one
and done in yegor two and let me give you
that stat, Right, UH a top ten pick in THE
nba draft and now he's gonna have maybe the first
overall draft pick in Aj. Devon so a great ambassador FOR.
Byu he came up AND i thought he hit. Dangers
he was AN A a plus, acquisition no doubt about.
Speaker 1: It. Uh but, uh you, know how would you grade
it out after two?
Speaker 6: Years?
Speaker 9: WELL i tried to separate out the fan in me
and then also the professional side of, me and the
fan in me says certainly what most you're saying in
this past year was a. Disappointment we had high, hopes high.
Expectations so first YEAR i would have SAID a minus
second YEAR c plus MAYBE b. Minus and that's the
fan side of. Me from a professional, SIDE i, think you,
know it does take a couple of. Years you've got
to let take the. Average usually it's a three five year.
PROCESS i know sports isn't always that, forgiving BUT i
feel like he still needs a little bit of. Time
BUT i Know i'm not the only fan that feels
like this year was a bit of a, bummer and
even the disappointment from a team, standpoint SO i love having.
Him the first year was exceeded. Expectations second year definitely
missed the mark and missed those expectations would certainly be
my take on.
Speaker 5: It, yeah it's, unfortunate, right. Unfortunate, indeed the second year
wasn't to. Par we did not hit quota in twenty twenty,
five twenty.
Speaker 1: Twenty, six and that was. Unfortunate and so it's a
good thing that we're a football, school Right are we
a football? School? BLANE i would have to say.
Speaker 9: SO i think we still do lean that. Way it's
been nice having both our teams finished top, fifteen top.
TWENTY i mean that's. IMPRESSIVE i still lean football, THOUGH
i Think i'm with, you but let me make one, Point.
BEN i was talking to SOME yu fans out of
The big twelve tournament From. Alpine they made a pretty
good case For Kevin young in this second year being
better and more of a coaching job than his first.
Year and they just talked about those. Injuries they talked
about the shift and, identity certainly the adjustments that were.
MADE i felt like there was a good argument and
a good. CASE i could see where they were coming.
From But i'd still take the first year over the second.
Year BUT i can see there's some debate for.
Speaker 5: Sure let's talk about money here for a. Minute if
you spend, money you want to make money. Right if
you got money you want, invested you want an Roy
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pen to piece what's next For BYU's massive investment after
massive investment leads to unsatisfying? Seasons he, said by you
spent big on football and basketball and never got close
to the biggest stage in either. Sport examining THE roi
In What's next for The, COUGARS i thought it was,
interesting he, said, like not even close to the biggest stage,
now you know, football you Know big Twelve championship.
Speaker 1: Appearance you know they were knocking on the door last.
Speaker 5: Year, okay they got shafted out of THE cfp arguably both. Years, Okay,
uh they are top ten In Director's, cup SO i
mean they're they're doing just fine on The Director's cup
as a collective athletic, department one of only a handful
of schools in the top twenty five in both football
and ultimately you, know basketball AND net And Ken. PALM
i don't know if The Ape, pole IF ba is
going to be top twenty five at the end of the,
season in the top twenty, five probably, not but at
least up to this point you, Know Ken palm AND net,
rankings maybe but not even.
Speaker 1: Close that seems a little bit.
Speaker 5: Outlandish at the same, time is our RI i we
don't know the actual. Number did we get a SOLID
roi for football and basketball the last?
Speaker 1: Year how do we feel about? It?
Speaker 6: WELL i don't know.
Speaker 9: THAT i believe a lot of the numbers that have
been put out there about how much we have into each.
PROGRAM i think that we've picked it up AND i
think In io.
Speaker 6: Has leveled the field in a lot of.
Speaker 9: WAYS i feel like there's been. Progression and when we
talk ABOUT ni and the net increase for the investment,
RETURN i think we still got a few to. Settle
it's going to take us being in this top twenty
five a few years in a row certainly to get
the attention of the school's back. East. Yep and IF
i was to say year per year from investment, standpoint,
GOSH i always tell, investors you, know you've got to
give it a little bit of time to play. Out
and to, Me i'm looking at it in three and
five year, windows and SO i think next year will
get a much better. Lens and then especially after five,
years it's still tough to say.
Speaker 5: YEAH i mean some of that, football you, know lack
of access has to do with things outside of b
what you football's control. Period SO i saw, yeah, Right
AND i think if you look at it in periods
right of, time maybe three to five year. Windows even
if you go over the last the last two, years,
RIGHT i would say THE roi was is. SOLID i
would say it's solid to quite. Solid my personal opinion
ap two year, PERIOD i think it's it's pretty.
Speaker 1: Good it's.
Speaker 5: SOLID i wouldn't say it's like, fantastic BUT i, mean,
Look Pop Tards bowl And alamobile from.
Speaker 1: Football you're kidding. Me it's like when you. Football it's
not even close, football you're getting.
Speaker 5: It you're getting a HUGE roi on Football alamo bil
And Pop Tards bowl and all of the. Hullablue, now
from an eyeball, STANDPOINT i think you got a great
ar in basketball Because aj was la creme de la
creme in, scoring leading THE ncaa. Scoring SO i think
all things, considered you got a solid. Return you got
you got a solid five six seven percent. Return and
in the financial world that's not too, bad, Right that's
not too.
Speaker 10: Shabby, Blain, no that's, consistent and especially getting someone Like,
aj that, alone to me is POSITIVE roi and was worth.
It from a basketball, standpoint look at some of the
other guys we're starting to, get you, know to, me
this is still, momentum which is important in the investment,
world but also of course in life and in. Sport
so we're still on the time of but we're making.
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Speaker 5: Report we're gonna get into a couple of the New
there's been a couple of.
Speaker 1: New hires and elevations within.
Speaker 5: The cougar football, staff the admin, staff the support staff
AS i would describe.
Speaker 1: Them in the equipment. Room, look you got to have
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they have to have the SAME i think you want
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Speaker 5: RIGHT Byu Football, News congrats to our guys on their new.
Positions first and, foremost congratulations To Josh. Weer he's the
director Of Equipment operations FOR Byu. Athletics if you don't
know Who Josh weir, is he's been with the program
for a. Minute so he oversees the development of, policies
logistics and procedures related to equipment, operations management OF byu equipment,
staff direct daily football equipment, operations including the, design, evaluation
and management of standard and special equipment for the football. Program,
manages football equipment, managers all other, managers the student, managers
and their assigned, responsibilities including but not limited, to helmet, construction, decaling,
cleaning gear, distribution and laundry. Operations you think that that's
an easy thing to do, it ay, man there's a.
Lot there's a lot of skews running through that equipment.
Room he administers the equipment needs for the team and,
recruiting photo shoots, overseas football practice set up and practice.
Operations from an equipment, perspective managers game day, setup, equipment
trunk packing and truck loading for all. Games his professional
EXPERIENCE Byu director Of Equipment operations from twenty twenty six to,
president before, that director Of Football Equipment operations twenty twenty
five to, present and then he was a football equipment
manager from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty five working
under the former. Director before, that he was at We
Were state from twenty two to twenty. Three as well
as that he was the director of Equipment. Operations he
was at The university Of utah as. Well he was
a football equipment interned two thousand in twenty two and
then before that he was actually the head student equipment
manager AT byu twenty seventeen twenty eighteen and at twenty
sixteen seventeen he was the student equipment. Manager so he
IS Aema Certified Athletic Equipment Manager association and graduated FROM
byu with a degree In exercise And. Wellness we's got
a little background in the exercise and wellness. Deal and
a wife's name Is jasmine and they have three, children
all starting With.
Speaker 1: Jay OKAY i like that From, Spencer.
Speaker 5: Wisconsin of all players served a two year voluntary missionary mission.
Volunteer he was a volunteer missionary for The Churchy's Christ
Lattery saints In South Salt Lake, City Salt Lake City
South mission man Oh. Man so he's been in a
great say he was congratulations To. JOSHUARE i will say this.
Much there's been some legendary equipment manager of the year
and having a positive influence on the equipment side for
these players is really. Impactful when we talk about individuals
that have come to bus non lds and so they
got the locker, room they have the equipment. Room they
had so the locker rooms obviously your, teammates, right you
have the equipment. Room that's an. Impact the training, room
that's an. Impact the strength and conditioning, room that's an.
Impact these are all touch points for just development AND
i think introduction to the positive fruits of the. Faith
we've seen many people have great experiences across a football
program and end up coming to the.
Speaker 1: Faith Tom, homo, right go down the. List Curtis, brown
one of my.
Speaker 5: Teammates, ANYWAY i think it's really important to have guys
Like josh in the program and to retain them that
really fit the. Culture, Also big hoogar war to some
of these other guys that got the. Elevated ELEVATED i guess.
Positions Cody wilcott the way you football equipment, manager he's
rising the. Ranks and Then weston McFarlane b where you
foot ball equipment, Managers so get an, elevator your, thoughts.
Speaker 1: Your competent or you follow UP.
Speaker 7: AP i, MEAN i really like the direction THAT byu
equipment has. GONE i Know ben AND i tend to
disagree when it comes to. Uniforms we do agree that
that the black uniforms maybe should be. Retired, Yes i'm
starting to call them The black plague because they have
not been good to. Us they look, nice but it's
just NOT i like What BYU's done with the equipment
the last few.
Speaker 1: YEARS i think they've they're developing a nice.
Speaker 7: Brand it's not quite Like oregon where you're using like
five different. Colors like by you's still staying true TO
i think THE byu.
Speaker 1: Brand they've got The royal for most.
Speaker 7: Part you've got a little bit Of navy mixed in,
there but it's still it's true TO byu while mixing
it up in a nice way for. Recruits to the,
players they look nice every. Game they're not doing any
anything with The, tan thank.
Speaker 1: Heavens some people want. It i've heard some people want The.
Speaker 7: Tan you can you can do that for one throwback
game that you, Know Honor Luke, Stay Brendan. Doman, yeah
that's my. Opinion that's. It but, YEAH i mean it's
it's good. STUFF i think they're going in the right.
Direction THEY'VE i, mean they threw in a new logo last.
Speaker 1: Year it didn't work out, great BUT i like the. Creativity,
yeah and and everything going on. There so good. Stuff.
Speaker 5: Yeah so Before josh it Was Josh, HEWITT i, believe
and now he's back AT. Ulv Before josh it Was Billy,
nixon and he was very much into the alternative uniform.
Combo so like the integration of the uniform. COMBOS i would, say,
uh you know with.
Speaker 11: Uh the All, navy all royal wide, out With navy
wide out with royal gray face, mask chrome face, mask
white face.
Speaker 1: Mask like that Was billy and the right.
Speaker 5: Move, yeah you want some, combo you want some, changing
but you want to still stay true to your.
Speaker 1: Brand the just blackout. Top no more of the black,
Plague no more of the black. PLAGUE i, mean we
just it's a. DISTRACTION i will, say, though KEEP i
do Like, kate keep the main, thing the main.
Speaker 7: Thing i'll say, THIS i think you have a point
with when it comes to national.
Speaker 1: Games stick with the the, why the. Stretch.
Speaker 7: Why but if you've got A Utah tech coming into
town like you do this, YEAR i think it might
be fun to throw in, That, uh what's that?
Speaker 1: Alternate why they're they're using a basketball right? Now the? Alternate?
Speaker 7: Why, yeah they have another why they're block? Why, yes
it's the block why? Block why they've got a cougar on? It,
OKAY i think that's a great logo you throw in
for THE fcs. Game that's, like, yeah it's AN fcs,
game but there's something to look forward.
Speaker 1: To the uniforms look, cool they look, different you, know
you like the change. UP I i like some of
the alternate. Logos they look nice AND i like to
see them on the. UNIFORMS i Think cougarnation they just
care about getting.
Speaker 7: Dubs, well that's Why i'm, saying do it against THE
s team that you're gonna beat forty to.
Speaker 1: Nothing, anyways if you want to unveil something, new something,
DISTRACTING i don't, know you could have thirty.
Speaker 5: Five you could have A Duke siena situation where you're
down ten in the first.
Speaker 1: HALF i mean won sixteen. SEEDS i, Mean i'm turning
from football, here but like sometimes.
Speaker 7: The UMass three nothing after the first quarter one year
and we beat them fifty nine to six or something
like you're.
Speaker 5: Saying, man start slow with the. Distractions all, right, guys
that's the latest from the equipment.
Speaker 1: Room.
Speaker 5: Minchell shout out To Nick, kill my equipment. Manager you
had to earn his. Respect he wasn't given any extra,
socks any extra, shoes any extra, wristbands nothing extra until
you were a certified bona fide starter like.
Speaker 1: Once it was.
Speaker 5: Crazy, MAN i can't tell you like that first year
your red Shirt scout teamer didn't get a whole lot of,
love didn't get a.
Speaker 1: Whole lot of.
Speaker 5: EXTRAS i MEAN i felt LIKE i bawled out in
spring earned my, keep you, know after, that AND i was,
Like i'm been here for a, year come on, now, no, no,
no love.
Speaker 1: Got my first start versus u of.
Speaker 5: A after, that it was it was high, fives it
was bro, hugs it was whatever you.
Speaker 1: Need AND i was, like, hey all, right all, RIGHT
i made.
Speaker 5: IT i got all the. Equipment NOW i got extra.
Shoes you, KNOW i. WAS i was living the DREAM
i was living At thanks To Mick hill for finally
putting some respect on the cridinal.
Speaker 1: Name you got that first star tip, bracelet YOUR. Byu
it was. Nice i'll be, honest it was really.
Speaker 5: Nice uh you, know you know the strengthen conditioning, room you,
know all of a sudden buddying up to you like.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5: You, know not not just uh you, know they they
get they get on you about, things, right it's. Everywhere
so you earn your.
Speaker 7: Key you gotta you have to give him credit, though
because he's the one that Fixed navy.
Speaker 1: UNIFORMS i feel, like.
Speaker 7: Isn't he because he made? It so there's a different
there's two Different navy.
Speaker 1: Uniforms, well.
Speaker 5: Actually the bringing it, back getting away from the tan
and bringing the traditional it sort Of bronco bro Going Mick,
hill we're part of.
Speaker 1: That so that finally because And, bronco we finally.
Speaker 5: Got The royal back as.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 7: Yeah but but that look where you've got the white,
helmet The navy jersey and the white.
Speaker 1: Pant that was actually that's a pretty clean.
Speaker 7: LOOK i feel like when it comes to, uniforms like
The royals nice and. Flashy, yeah The navy This i'll
use this. Analogy it's a formal. Attire, yeah, yeah it looks, clean,
professional whereas that The royals are very.
Speaker 1: Flashy you can'tar royal every. Day it's not a. Tradition
it's a game day. Color, yeah it's.
Speaker 5: Harder to wear The royal out and about to, work
you know WHAT i. Mean like if you're not working
at b Y u AND i show up With, royal
it's like what are you?
Speaker 1: Doing? What what's going on? Here but like there's value
in The navy BUT i. DO i prefer The royal
that they've been.
Speaker 5: Doing that was that same reason Why nike probably wanted
to push Towards navy rather than The. Royal you can
sell MORE t, shirt you can sell more gear to
the general.
Speaker 1: Pop that was the.
Speaker 5: Issue but we're back To, Royal Royal, Army Royal army
dot com, differentiation not just like the we don't want
That aggie, blue which was originally the what you blew
anyways until we went away From frontman Went royal. Anyway
that's neither here nor. There shout out To Nick hill
And Billy. NIXON i mean that's. Sequencing you, know this
is truly insider. INFORMATION i ain't know what talking, about
the sequencing the passing of the baton of the way
football equipment management managers and the director of equipment. Operations
only on this show do you get this type of,
detail talking about McK hill and Then Billy nixon getting the,
baton and Then.
Speaker 1: Josh hewitt and Now josh.
Speaker 5: Where that's why you come, Here, cougarnation because we give
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