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former BYU wide receiver to discuss what's going on with
the Cougars right now as they prepare for UCF and
a home slate a home matchup versus the Knights, the
UCF football team.
Speaker 2: They got to get both eligible, so they'll come into Provo.
Speaker 3: And they're gonna be motivated and they're a good football team.
Speaker 2: They've had their ups and downs.
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Jared Bloodstones on the line, Jared, how thatck are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing great? How you doing? Ben?
Speaker 2: Doing fantastic? Man?
Speaker 3: How was the weekend? A nice dub over the Cincinnati Bearcats?
Was it everything you hoped for?
Speaker 2: And more?
Speaker 1: Oh? Man, it was a lot of fun to watch.
I was blown away by the power running of LJ.
Martin Know. It was incredible how many tackles he was
able to to really, I mean guys, think guys were
coming in full speed at him and he was shucking
those guys off, and you know, it was it was
super fun to watch, and it had that Tyler al
gierfield to it, and it's it's just been nice this
season to be able to rely on different people in
different times and just just to get the full feel
of a real dynamic BYU football team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 3: It was impressive to watch. The defense was phenomenal. The
run game from LJ was fantastic. The biggest concern I
have coming out of the Cincinnati game was just the
overall health of the offense. Chase went out the hamstring,
LJ was a little bit digged up on that final drive,
Bear took a shot that was throwing shoulder. Way Lin's
out at left guard hopefully. I don't know if he's
going to be back for the UCF game, or even
the bowl game, or hopefully the Big twelve championship game.
So yeah, that's my biggest concern. Do you have any
concerns coming out of this the Cincinnati win.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I would agree with that. We definitely have
to be healthy. I hope that this week has given
some guys the opportunity to get strong and get healthy again.
You know. The passing games a little bit of a
struggle for me. I feel like there's been a number
of times in the last couple of games where Bears
kind of forced some pass plays that could very easily
turn into picks or game changing type momentum shifting plays,
So there's some concern there. I've had some concerns over
the last couple of weeks with although our defense played great,
we seem to be real vulnerable across the middle. I
don't know if you're noticing that a little bit. I
did see that some differences in the second half where
we really sat that middle linebacker back in the middle,
and I think maybe that's a little bit more of
our when we're playing a little less man and going
a little more zone, that they're finding the holes in
there and that What are your thoughts on that, Ben I,
As a defensive back, what are you seeing where most
of our our defensive passing issues tend to be across
the middle.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So so it depends on what your base coverage is. Right,
if you're your too high safety or you're going single
high safety with man, you're.
Speaker 1: Mostly too high safeties.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you're not, if you're not running like
a Tampa two. So Tampa two is where you drop
that middle linebacker into kind of a free safety spot
where he's he becomes some somewhat of a robber, right.
Tampa two is a great coverage to to combat your
too high safety base stuff.
Speaker 2: And that's what we do a lot.
Speaker 3: We do a lot of too high safety and then
we'll roll down and we'll be in man free.
Speaker 2: That's what I see all that time.
Speaker 3: Every one's while you're throwing a little Cover three as well.
But all of those coverages, uh, they they kind of
if you don't have a really long middle linebacker that
likes to get depth, Yeah, there's gonna be digs. You're
gonna have, you know, skinnies, you're gonna have uh, kind
of those over routes as well that are maybe play
action rollouts, and you're gonna have the the climb.
Speaker 1: Route cross Yeah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, those aren't easy throws to make over the tackle box.
But realize also we faced. I pulled up the QBR
rankings and the quarterback efficiency ratings and Pro Football Focus ratings.
Buy us faced some really good quarterbacks this year. I
mean Baron Morton good quarterback, Brendon Sorosby also very good quarterback,
Hoover good quarterback, Nova Fee's a good quarterback, rock Aback
good quarterback. Like all these guys are in the top
like most of them are in the top forty in
college football from an efficiency standpoint, from a productivity standpoint.
So I think all of those things considered, b Yu's
done really well against these quarterbacks, in fact, limiting them
to to maybe some of their worst outputs all season long.
Speaker 1: Sure well, and I see we tend to get coverage
sacks weekend and week out, you know where where there's
there's just nowhere to go with the football, and which
is a lot of fun to watch it. Yeah. No,
I'm all overall, I'm super happy with with the output
of the team over and looking forward to this week,
I think you're you're on the right path absolutely with
this Team's that you see, I'm gonna they're gonna come
in ready to play. You know, it's this is their
only opportunity to make a bowl game. I still think
that we uh, we should, we should really get ahead quickly,
get out strong, get the momentum. And if we do that,
we're gonna be able to rest some of our players
that may need some rep and I think that's an
important thing. Did you ever find out anything about Chase
Roberts what his injury was?
Speaker 2: His static hamstring, soft time string?
Speaker 1: Okay, you know those are no fun. Those are those
are the lingering things that you just can't get rid
of sometimes. So hopefully he gets all the treatment he
needs this week and gets back into rotation.
Speaker 3: We get Jared bled So form BA wide Receiver talks
some college football in this segment. B Yu is eleventh.
I believe in the eight people. Do you think they
stay at eleventh in the college football playoff poll?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I don't think there's any movement there.
There's nobody lost in front, nobody put out an effort
that would make that group change. In my opinion, you know,
I think that that this week's going to be really
important to say we need a loss somewhere up in there,
in my opinion, in order for them to make some movement,
because nobody loses. It's really hard for them to justify
moving somebody ahead week in and week out unless it's
a I don't know how you could call it a
bad win. I don't I don't quite understand these good
losses and bad wins that how they determine these things,
you know, But it's it's important for us to be
in the top ten, and you know, it's really hard
to know where their heads are at on each week
and where they're going to place their emphasis, especially going
into you know, we we had heard before that that
the conference championship games would not affect things, but they're
now saying that they may take that into consideration. Each
game affects everything, So who knows? Who knows where we're
going to be at. I feel like when you look
at the metrics that a lot of the and and
a lot of the polls that other people are putting out,
you know, byus between eight and ten, and most of
the polls, and but yeah, it what it comes down
to is what these guys decide tonight and and where
they're going to end up. And it's as much as
I love the twelve playoffs, there's a lot of frustration
in how certain teams tend to get just that flagship
opportunity kind of before b y U. But but we'll see.
You know, we just got to keep winning, that's it.
And if we do that, I think that you know,
I had some conversations with Aaron Roderick this week and
and uh you know, I'm not to jump ahead, but
I already bought my ticket to Arlington, so I'm ready
to go. Uh So, yeah, that was it was one
of those things. We're about halfway through the Cincinnati game.
My brother text me, are we are we buying our
tickets yet? What are we doing to do? And so
we we ended up getting our tickets and and uh
so we've got our flight set. But going into that game,
there's some interesting dynamics that that I don't I don't
think we're talking about as much that that Aaron shared
with me that I'm gonna keep it, keep it under
wraps because I think it's some important stuff going into
the game and the game plan that will go against
Texas Tech. But but there's definitely some things that were
going on in that stadium that affected the offensive plays
and the production that being in a neutral site, we
won't have those same issues. So although that they are
the straight from Aaron Rodgerck, he said, man, you think
about it, that b line makes almost as much money
as the entire b YU football team in n I
L And and he said, they are very very good.
Wo But I think there's some opportunities there that that
that the offense has has learned, and then being in
a neutral site is going to be a real positive
for us. But yeah, we've got to finish out this season.
We've got to be UCF this Saturday. It's going to
be cold, it's going to be a morning game. You know,
there's a lot a lot of fun, different atmosphere that
goes into that game. But I think we come out
on top and and we show show out real well,
and you know, I just I'm excited for what BYU
football is doing year in and year out. Kalani Sataki is
definitely should be up for Coach of the Year. When
you have you know, and the whole staff. Really it's
not just it's all the coordinators and and all the
position coaches, the analysts and everybody that's involved. Dave George
as the UH as the general manager, everybody's done a
phenomenal job. With the team and to be able to
be sitting at a potential after this weekend at eleven
and one and going into our first conference championship game.
You know what an exciting opetamity we we You know
when I played, we had that that we played in
the in the WAX championship game. Back then we had
we were split into two divisions and we had that
championship game. UH played in Vegas, and it's a it's
a great atmosphere. It's going to be super exciting, and
we we've we've definitely come further than I think a
lot of people expected us in a in a just
in great fashion. In my opinion, you're.
Speaker 2: Good friends with a Rod. Uh?
Speaker 1: What is it?
Speaker 3: What is it about a Rod that that the cougarnation
those that are the haters are missing uh with his
play calling, his structure, his uh utilization of personnel. Right now,
ESPNSP Plus has BYU is a top twenty five team offensively,
and so this is an efficiency metric that takes into
account strength of scheduled et cetera. So what are they
missing about a Rod as a play card? Those that
are hate this?
Speaker 1: Yeah, this dude is all in all in. I mean,
he lives, sleeps. When he sleeps, you know, breathe, and
that's not even that's not even exaggeration, you know. Yeah, yeah,
you know he is one hund focused on this and
I don't you know, being able to take a true
freshman that you had such little time with and and
then producing the season that we've produced with that is huge.
He has. He he had one difficult game this year
in calling plays and that was Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: And and as you mentioned, as you mentioned that there's
some defensive line makes more money than BYU's entire defense
or the entire team.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll talk later to more about kind of that,
you know, metrics of some of the things that were
going on in that stadium that affected a lot of
what was going on with play calling and stuff. But
there's so much more that goes to and that I mean,
I try to stay out of the comments on different things,
and you know, but it's like figure needs to be fired.
After the Texas Tech game, It's like, do you guys
understand what he's doing and what he's putting in to
get this team where it's at to be ten and
one right now? Takes so much work and so much effort.
His play calling I think has been on point. He
does need to get on a role as as he
gets on a roll and starts calling plays, play after
play gets better and better, so when we three and
out it that is where it affects I think his
play calling. He needs to get into the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh play of the drive where he really starts getting
on a roll and getting things moving. But to be
able to bring in bear Bachbuyer and the group that
we have now and being able to produce the offense
that we have and the wins. That's what it comes
down to is we're winning games. We are winning games
with our defense, but we are also winning games with
our offense because if we didn't score, we wouldn't win,
you know. And so I've been super happy with what
he's doing. And on the back end, man, I'm proud
of the coordinators, I'm proud of the coaching staff, and
I'm super proud of the players for buying into everything
that they're doing this year.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so one last thing before Leo's goo, BYU is
going to beat UCF. You've already booked the tickets. I
believe the line, if I'm not mistaken, is is a
healthy one. At home by you just wins better at home,
wins bigger. Eighteen and a half, I think, yeah, eighteen
and a half. Let's see here have moved up or down?
Speaker 1: Though?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't have a Well, I'll try to get
a confirmation on that one, but yeah, I mean, look,
BYU isn't going to be heavily favored, no doubt about it.
Then ba he gets to Arlington, most likely versus Texas Tech.
Speaker 2: What do you think is going to change on a
neutral field in Arlington?
Speaker 3: You know, with BYU fan base trying to get out there, right,
they've they've bought their tickets. They want they don't want
it to be a home game for Tech right well,
and I mean you alluded to all the things that
were happening in Lubbock right to maybe disrupt play calling
That could change for the offense in Arlington, well it will,
it will.
Speaker 1: Because it's a neutral site, and so they can't control
the sound system just to say that, they that control when, when,
when the music starts, and when the music stops. Being
in in Lubbock, they have a really really good system
within that stadium where they will they will play their
music very very very loud, right up until the point
of the that the offensive lining up on the line
of scrimmage. Without saying everything, I just said everything I think,
you know, but you see what I'm saying. And so
the ability to run an offense in the way that
we do in today's n Cuba, where you have speakers
and helmets and you have coordinaries to add the ability
to say different things during different times, There's there's a
lot that goes into that. And after I was kind
of brought up to speed on some of that, I thought,
you know what if that's all legal, lovel Edwards Stadium
needs to jump on board and start doing the exact
same thing, you know, I mean, if that's a legal
way to do it, and it's and it is just
uptive enough to an offense, let's play the game. You know,
it's our turn to play, so anyways there that'll change,
and I think that'll give a lot more ability. I'm
noticing two in different games that that when they know
huddle and teams will line up, there's the coordinators are
still talking to the quarterbacks cause you'll see the court,
they'll line up, and then you'll see the quarterbacks put
his hands over both of your holes, and then they'll
call another play and they'll audible and shift. So if
you're not able to do those things, you have to
rely on one person and one person only to do everything,
and that might be tough for a freshman quarterback. But
when you have that ability to voice certain things with
within the regular you know, within the dynamics of the
of the of the you're not penalizing your team or whatever,
that that helps a lot with a coordinator, especially with
that freshman quarterback. So that's where I think we're gonna
have some differences. If Aaron can be in his ear
a little bit more and and be able to be heard,
I think that'll change some of that offensive uh stuff
and where Bear doesn't have to make split decisions, where
things can be helped as we line up that I
was trying to hold back I think I just let go.
Speaker 3: Hey, we want truth on these airways. That's how we leave.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a big one, and I think that
that's gonna We're going to see a big difference. And
I just can't I can't wait for that game. I
can't wait to see what the offense changes. Uh what
just what we're able to do and see if we
can step up to the plate and and control a
little bit more of that line of scrimmage because we
have a great offensive line and I think our our
blocking scheme will change a little bit. I mean being
able to go against the team and then be able
to line back up and replay them again. I think
there's just a lot with with the smart coaches that
we have, that we're going to be able to make
some changes and and I'm excited.
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