Speaker 1: Special for you.
Speaker 2: It's time for Cougar Sports one ninety three Fan, part
of Utah's ESP and radio network.
Speaker 1: Here's your host, Ben.
Speaker 3: Crit welcoming to Cougar Sports here on one O, three
nine and ninety eight three ESP and the Fan. That's right,
you hear the voice the producer of the program. I'm
wrong up the three man. We were holding it down
for a last edition, a special edition of Cougar Sports,
a New Year's Eve edition. We still have a loss
to talk about. Look, will j Hill still end up
at Michigan?
Speaker 1: Guys?
Speaker 3: I know I shouldn't say guys. Someone told me don't
say guys too much. But I'm gonna say it.
Speaker 4: Guys.
Speaker 3: It still hasn't been announced. Does that help or hurt
Michigan's chances? Does it help or hurt? I have an
insider next to me who would break it all down
here Will Dicuss momentary. Were also gonna discuss this. It
finally came out. I think sorts is confirmed. Ben sources confirmed.
He put it on his Twitter. An article said it.
Gavin Fowler is not gonna be a BYU. He's a
new DC at weaver Stake is right. We'll tell you
all about it here and more. It's not just Tim.
I saw I read a piece that they're trying to
take Eddie Heckerd. What the heck is going on in
Cougar Country? My goodness, they want to explode the entire
BYU defensive staff if they take J Hill? Does Jay
Hill Wantjnaro Guildford? Does he want Gary Anderson? So old
camera's store names?
Speaker 1: That's three?
Speaker 3: Now you're telling me Gavin Fowler is going? Okay? Does
that vode well for BYU? He's been under J Hill?
Does that mean Jay Hill's out? Because Gavin's guy? That's four,
Eddie that's five. Can't lose all those guys. Somebody gotta
stay right, won't you stay with me? Because you're all lone?
Speaker 1: Okay?
Speaker 3: I'm done with that, Done with that, downe with that,
done with that, done with that. Just want to say
this before my COEs. Does he did it this morning?
I need to beat him to the punch. Shout out
to all the birthday wishes. Thank you from everybody. He's
not in his head because he was gonna do what.
I got it from everybody, from Mom's sister, everything from
homies back at home to my brother, in law's friends
that I've met down there at his wedding in Georgia.
Shout out to everybody. Shout out to Tyson Jacks, the
information director. What is it, Moose, my sister Rachel, you
know Mom, Rohanna, Rebecca, brother in law, Artavis, Thank you body, Rohanna. Obviously,
my wife was the first one to greet me when
I woke up, so shout out to you, blessed. And
then of course the little one that just was so
happy to see me that she put right on my face.
You know, they gave me kisses for the birthday, Little
Drewsey as well, and then of course shout to thank
you Ben Crittle as well. You know, he said happy
birthday to me. So appreciate all of love. And Brett
always bringing the hammer.
Speaker 1: Let's just do it.
Speaker 3: Let's get right into let's fire at the ESP and
the fan, start a lineup. I'll welcome in Brett for
this moment, tell you and the starts to the casts
we got before I get to Brett. Let's just go
through the starting lineup really quickly because I don't want
to mess it up. We're gonna have Bryce Lars and
join us at four or five four thirty Darniel Dixon
of The Daily Herald. John Beck is gonna join us
at five thirty to close out the show. Ben will
take over. I'm gonna take off at five point thirty
then so I can get to the festivities. I have
to want to go donate plasma and get some extra
bread for the for the birthday ender tonight.
Speaker 1: But we are going to be going to Chile's.
Speaker 3: Shout out to the family and everybody that wants to
take me there, so appreciate that showing up and showing out.
So we'll be going to Chileas to execute the Birthkeade
inner tonight and celebrate the new year and count down.
We're going to discuss stuff in the nitty gritty. But
that's our starting line up. Not let's welcome in Brett
always bringing the hammer, Brett Brother, Happy New Year, New
Year's Eve to you. It's not the new year yet. Man,
What do you guys got planned tonight.
Speaker 4: I'm very excited, actually, okay, I'm very very excited. My
wife and father, Neil. Mother Neil needs to call into
the program at some point, by the way, he's got
enough shout outs like this show. He needs to just
be a regular guest on the regular guest goal for
twenty twenty six is to get Neil k Well. I
don't know if I'll say it's full government there, you don't,
but to get brother Neil on the program.
Speaker 1: So that's goal number one for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4: But I'm very excited Neil and my wife Jaden, they
went up to Salt Lake. There's a there's a little
market that they go to to get all this stuff
for shabu, which you and.
Speaker 1: I which earlier today.
Speaker 4: I don't know if the fans are familiar with shabu.
I was not familiar with shabu until I married into
this family.
Speaker 1: And for those of you who are listening and you.
Speaker 4: Know about shabu, you've been, you're wondering the same thing
I was, which is where has this been all my life?
It is incredible exactly. That's how I feel about shabu. Now,
it's a little bit of a tradition. I think we've
we've done it on Christmas Eve before, we're doing New
Year's Eve this year. My father in law served as
mission in Japan, so he's a big fan of the
Japanese culture, and so shabu if you don't know. Basically
what it is is you have a bunch of different
like frozen vegetables, meats and stuff.
Speaker 1: Imagine almost like imagine.
Speaker 4: Like roast beef cold cuts, but they're red because they
haven't been cooked yet. Imagine it kind of like that.
And you have a bunch of different meats on there,
and you take it with the chopsticks, and you have
like a little hot pot situation sitting in front of you,
and you just take the chopstick, you pick up whatever
you want, you drop in the bowl, and you stirred
around in this broth. I don't remember what the broth is. Again,
I don't know, though, Yeah I don't. I don't need
to know what it is because it goes in my
body and it nourishes me, and I love it and
I'm a big fan.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm kinning. I don't know.
Speaker 4: I don't know if we throw dumplings in there, but
everything we do throw in there is incredible, and so yeah,
very rarely am I countdown the minutes of this program
until I get to get out of here.
Speaker 1: But shaboo, shaboo will do that to me.
Speaker 4: So I'm very excited to go home and celebrate New
Year's Eve with my in laws.
Speaker 1: And also Ron. We got collegewall playoffs. We got round
to today.
Speaker 4: Round by the way, Tom shout out to the Alamo Bowl.
Yesterday they said, hey, I know we're not a playoff game,
but this is about to be a playoff type environment
the way this game is going down. Ever since, b
what you played in the Alamo Bowl last year, I
will always be an Alimable fan. And to be fair,
the alim Bowl has a very rich history. You have
the I think it was an Auburn organ game a
couple of years. Maybe that wasn't almal Either way, TC you.
Speaker 1: Had that comeback. I think it was ten years ago.
Speaker 4: The Alamo Bowl is always incredible and it was again
last night.
Speaker 1: It made boy, you look really good.
Speaker 4: We have another We have a playoff game tonight between
Miami and Ohio State.
Speaker 1: I meter city. How that's gonna go down?
Speaker 4: And then tomorrow New Year's everybody is off for New
Years for the most part, like we will be off
for New Years.
Speaker 1: And you got three playoff games.
Speaker 4: You got Georgia, Oh Miss, you got Indiana, you got
the whole.
Speaker 1: Slate going down tomorrow.
Speaker 4: So great week for football, and then Saturday Sunday you
got more NFL. So yeah, this is appreciate football before
it goes away for nine months, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and look at people get mad at me. Ron,
I don't want to hear about your tennis cravings. I
don't want to care about that.
Speaker 1: On everybody.
Speaker 3: You talk about cocoa golf, Roden and the doll out
of Ketich. You care about baseball, don't talk about the
bad White Sox. Look, I'm a sports fan. Twenty four, seven,
three or sixty five. That's what I watched and I enjoyed.
Look a lot of people don't know this, bread and
I think I've told you this. I really enjoyed the
tennis tournaments. So yes, you know that I am getting,
you know, geared up for the Australian Open. I'm a
big cocoa golf fan and I love tennis in general.
You got Sabalinka, you got a bunch of people, You
got Yan Tech who like finished off the year strong
as a bunch of people that are up and coming.
So I look, I am never bored, but I understand
people being sad about not having it, you know, But
that's to me, the sports season of tennis and baseball
fits the summer, yeah, because of how slow people for
the dog days or something. And once we get to
the Austa and like after April bread we're in it.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 3: April, May, June until July really hits like we're we're
struggling for three months.
Speaker 4: I'm very excited. I shouldn't say very excited. I'm happy
if football has to be over because my brother in law,
he he my brother in law is not into sports
really at all, but he really loves professional wrestling and
so like in the same way people will talk about
you guys b YU football or the NFL and their
group chats, that's me and my brother in laws. He'll
he texted me about WWE all the time, and I
feel so bad. I'm like, hey, brother, I was like,
I'm because I'm not always caught up, so I have
to go back and like, I think I'm two weeks
behind them Monday Night Raw, which is cool because a
lot of sports you don't really watch back like that, but.
Speaker 1: This one you really can't, right, and you can spoiled
and all that stuff.
Speaker 4: So I'm I'm okay with football being over because then
I will get to be back on track with my
brother in law with Monday Night Raw, with Friday Night SmackDown,
all that good stuff. So I'm grateful to have found
a sport that I can appreciate when football season is over.
Because again, pro wrestling season is twenty four to seven,
three sixty five.
Speaker 1: There's not a week without wrestling. So I'm excited for that.
Speaker 4: But also Ron football will be over, which means we
can finally fully lock in on the Big twelve basketball season,
the best conference in America, the Cougars, the Houston Cougars,
the Wildcats of Arizona, and in case State, everybody in
the Big Twelve. I'm very excited to be fully locked
and honed in on this YU basketball season. Now that
football is over and no longer divides our attention, we
can just go Koog's on the basketball court.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that you brought it up and touched
my heart. It's a good time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you tear it up, turn up. No yet, Look,
I'm ready for the go all and on basketball. Sitting
yesterday on the program, That's what I'm ready for. I'm
ready for this football stuff to be over. No, I
love to be what you got there twelfth win. I
think it was great for the.
Speaker 4: Program, even though the offseason has extended even longer because
of the transfer portal and now because of coaching change
like this, it almost feels like this football season is
not gonna end. You have the right a Lion story
that came out yesterday, This this whole football season in
the same and like, that's what's kind of made the
NFL king right is they found a way to market
free agency.
Speaker 1: They found a way to market the draft.
Speaker 4: Like there's basically no off season with the NFL outside
of a couple months in the summer, and college football
is kind of moving that way as well, where unfortunately
the transfer portal taketh and the transfer portal giveth.
Speaker 1: However, the transfer portal.
Speaker 4: All so gives you a lot of news and things
to watch out for outside of just the play.
Speaker 1: On the field.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not wrong. It gives you more than just
to play on the field. And look, the portals will
open in a few days. You'll open up on your anniversary,
and I'm excited to see what happens. I'm excited to
see who goes in from BAYU because a lot of
people can be like.
Speaker 1: Wow, why are you excited for that? Look, I think
it's a good opportunity.
Speaker 3: I think sometimes you need to test to see if
people give you mark a rate and if you mess up,
does BA you have egg on its face? You know?
With the Keilan Marrion situation, it was a great season,
But I bring that up of in totality. Could Keeling
if helb be text attack and could you have been
in the playoffs?
Speaker 4: Yeah? And also I think, yeah, there's a question we
love Kling malk you heard him you play for Miami.
Speaker 3: There's he is the number one on that team, right,
and Kith Marrion did a lot of things, and Keith's
gonna be the number one on this team.
Speaker 1: It was gonna be chased.
Speaker 3: But with what Parker did you have to wonder what
could that have meant for Keeling?
Speaker 1: I think you would have had days where he was
your number.
Speaker 3: One hundred percent, and then maybe he has those days
where he goes over and look, I think just with
how he stretches to feel, I still think you need
to go get a guy in the portal like that.
So even without that, we will see you. Maybe I'm wrong,
Maybe it's the politans. Maybe that kid comes in and
makes an impact. I think we see freshman coming and
make that. But I mean that type of impact that
Keila would make, right. I think he's gonna be in
the Jojo Phillips minutes. I think Judjo could be in
the portal.
Speaker 4: There are three guys right now in the portal who
I have my eye on, and they are all from
probably top ten programs in the history of the sport.
And I don't want to say too much because I
don't know officially that they're coming. But I have my
eye on two Big ten kids, one of whom we've
talked about, one of whom we have not two kids
in the Big ten, and one kid in the SEC
that I think will be at BYU when it's all
said and done.
Speaker 1: And that's only that's only including the names that I
have heard about.
Speaker 4: That's not including all of the names, because look, I
don't pretend to know everything. I don't pretend to talk
to everybody. I'm sure there's plenty of other great talents
and great values that are headed towards BYU that will
be a little bit of a surprise to us, and
so I'm very excited for that. I mean, it's to
your point. It's very exciting the transfer portal. It's almost
like you kick your feet up, you get some popcorn,
and you just it's like watching reality television.
Speaker 3: That's exactly what it is, one hundred percent. I'm trying
to pull up this now because you mentioned an SEC guy. Look,
this is Per Hayes faucet and we're gonna get into
the nitty gritty momentarily. Auburn true freshman wide receiver Sam
Turner is entering the portal. This six two two oh
seven was ranked the four star recruit in a twenty
twenty five cycle.
Speaker 1: He's got four years of eligibility.
Speaker 3: You know why I bring this up because one by
one by Ucouber quotes me to say, Twin, what does
that look like to you?
Speaker 1: Brad? Doesn't Trey Alexander look like to have that guy
on a visit? Lait? A second?
Speaker 4: That does look to be Trey Alexander sitting there on
the vel Edwards stadium.
Speaker 3: Huh what could happen? Look, I didn't ask you, I
won't confront with you. I'm not gonna ask you to
real for your sources of anything. But you said one,
you know SEC. Wow, that guy was not on the
list of the guys I was talking.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, so that makes four guys that I'm now
watching the head to b.
Speaker 1: Y U four four four not two four guys between
Big ten and SEC. You and I have been and.
Speaker 3: Look we we we have talked about it. You and
I have heard rumlings that there is a receiver out
there that has I b YU you know, and from
from again.
Speaker 1: I don't want to say, but.
Speaker 3: A legend Darry wide receiver school. That's all I'm gonna say.
I'll leave it at that. I'll let you guys figure
out what we're talking about. And there's been some legendary.
Speaker 1: Wide receiver schools.
Speaker 3: But just just wait on it. Christmas is gonna come, guys.
Christmas has not come for Cougar Nation. Christmas is gonna come.
There's supposed to be a tight end from USC by
the last name Lions that apparently is supposed to be
in Cougar Blue. We don't know what we're gonna find out.
And guess what, you know, what's gonnappen. I'm gonna say
right here on the station, if these guys commit, you
know what I'm doing, Uh huh, they gonna join the program.
I'm gonna get it to join the program. Anyway, let's
get to the nitty gritted. We've talked too much. They
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Speaker 1: He is the master electrician. He's got twenty three plus
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Eight zero one, four hundred zero eight eighty five. That's
eight zero one, four hundred zero eight eight five. A
lot of people like Ron you're in a good mood.
I am in a good mood because it's my birthday.
It's my birthday. Hundred percent. I'm turned up. I'm turned
up over here. Look, I was so turned up on
it that I changed my sneaker head and I changed
my Vemo name because I'm so I'm so hyped. It
is no longer what it used to be. It is
now sneaker King, sneakerhead King. That's where you can get
me a three man weaves who it is? So, go ahead,
complete that VIMO request for me. It's only a dollar.
It's only a dollar. All I ask is that people
only send me a dollar. That's all I'm asking. Get
it today, sneaker head King. A lot of people like,
why are you throwing it out there? Look, I am
not a fan of never not asking. I am always
gonna be the person of asking. Hey, ask you, shar
receive knocking, and shall be opening until I'm not above that.
Speaking of asking, some people were asking for Nebraska to
give Utah some Belta booty.
Speaker 1: Just a scoreboard update.
Speaker 3: I know the first quarter just has started, but Nebraska
I think is up seven zero. I think they just scored,
So I would Morgan Scalley looking his first game the
school on the Hill. Are they going to get destroyed
one either by Nebraska or is just everything gonna implode
on the Hill? Yes, so what's going on and coaches
and changes and everything. Anyway, let's get to the Degreeeed,
this is way more importent. This was put out. There
were sources that confirmed it. Ands Olsen was the first
to put it out. He had said this on his
Twitter and I don't want to speak incorrectly. I'm serious
when he said this. He was the first one to
talk about the Gavin Fowler thing. This was Monday, just
hearing from people that we state BAU assistant safeties coach
Gavin Fowler's starting duties as their defensive coordinator to day.
That was two days ago. Gavin has been with j
Hill for the last three years. He knows this BAU
defense well and has made and has had majority responsibilities
for their safety development. Ben puts out on the Twitter
and confirms it. Multiple sources report Gavin Fowler has taken
at DC duties and we re stated helping Eric Kjar
build out his staff as well. Former baudb and head
coach of Junior of the Tyler junior college Tanner Jacobson
will also be on staff at Weber State, coaching special teams.
From what he has been told, Fowler's resume is rooted
in the bau Cougars, where he's been a part of
the program since twenty eleven as a player, GA, analyst,
positions coach. He's well versed in institutional knowledge spanning over
a decade, and knows the defensive systems that's power BYU
success the last two season. If j Hill takes the
Michigan DC job, one must wonder whether Fowler would be
amongst those targeted to return to Provo. He would be
a natural fit to help maintain what is it continuity
at BYU. The reason why I think that last paragraph
is so powerful, Brett. If all does go well, if
you lose j Hill, you lose gene. If you're losing
Gary Anderson, I know that he just he is just
taking the DC job, believer, which congratulations to Gavin, is
a great move for him. If you were to be
off of the DC job to come back to where
you played at you were an analyst, you're a position
coach where you were just that for ten decades. You're
doing it. I know that that sucks for Weber State
that they just got here. And by the way, I
need to pull it up. I'm gonna go online. There's
an article. I can't remember the article or the team,
not the team, but the place. But there's a website
that also confirmed that Eddie Heckert is also possibily that
they're trying to target to for their cornersbacks coach. And
it makes sense he played there. I totally get it.
Get the guy to come back to where he played at.
But there's a lot that's going on in Cougar Country.
But back to Gavin Valor. Though if Jay Hill were
to depart, they were to offer you the DC job,
I think he takes it. He takes it the buyouts,
not that big BYU has the money they're gonna pay
that you get to come back and be the defensive
coordinator or a BYU where you just learn that the
Jay Hill you've been phenomenal developing safeties. Let's go through
the safeties. Probably you don't retain file of Tyle of
Jay Leaves. Tommy prass Is is a dog Raider, de
Mooney is a dog Brett. You think of all that,
Tylan Alfrey's had a good career. They got some dudes,
They got some dudes coming in one of the Pula twins.
Speaker 1: You get to coach him.
Speaker 3: I'm just saying, like, at the end of the day,
this is a phenomenal job for Gavin. First of all,
to move on to the weeper state. I'm happy for
him to be at the furthest football career. But if
he does leave, and if in fact, if in fact
that Jay does and he gets a call and he
takes it, you bring him back home. You're darn right,
you bring him back home. Another scoreboard up there for
you guys will be doing this a lot more. You
have Michigan, who's already leading Texas ten to three. So
Kyle Winningham already putting his his perks on Steve Sarksian.
There you go, Little Utah ties there at the former
BYU quarterback to the head coach the Texas Longhorns, and
Kyle Whittingham was on the hill to know the foth
the former BYU cougar the linebacker over there as well
for Michigan. So little Utah tis for you guys. Anyway,
Bret's your thought on that. Gavin Fowler, D C. At
Weeper State. And then if Jay Hill were to leave,
do you bring him back as the DC? If if
you know, if other things start to happen.
Speaker 1: If Gavin Gavin Fowler is the DC, yes, at b YU.
At b YU, you have to think maybe Kline would
offer him the job. There are a lot of options.
There are a lot of options.
Speaker 3: I don't think he's the first option, right, not saying
he's the first, but I'm saying if you were off.
Speaker 4: With the job because to me, I think Sean Knew
was high up on that list.
Speaker 1: Sew Knew is high up on that list. Gennaro's high
up on that list, I think.
Speaker 3: And it's just saying, if you know he takes Gary,
he takes g they don't get it. Now, do you
go Kelly Papinga? Do you go Sean Knew? I think
those two names would before Gavin. I think K Pop
would have to be up there before Gavin.
Speaker 4: I agree, I think k Pop is your I don't
I mean to me the more the really interesting conversation
is who gets the gig first?
Speaker 1: K Pop or Sean Nuah. That's a good question, bet
I've heard I've heard both, because I've heard both names
as well tough, and I wobble back and forth with
it because I don't I don't know if it's an
upgrade as a program or as a down get as
a program when you hire internally, and I'm that's not
a shot at K pop.
Speaker 4: But I just think like you could look at it
both ways, like if Georgia wants one of the best dcs,
are they going internal or are they going to get
their pick of the litter from around the country or
is that person already good enough that they're there, Like
I think it could go either way. And I think
that's the conversation that you kind of have with are
you hiring k pop because he's already here, or are
you hiring k pop as your DC because you truly
believe he's the best option. And I don't know what
the answer is for BYU, I'm just posing that out there.
But then you look at and you say, he also
has BYU ties, but he's done at other places. He's
worked at Michigan, he's worked at USC. I no longer
think BYU has to be in the scenario of we
just hire the guy who he played at BYU, like
you can truly go out and get top end talent
because BYU is a destination worth going even for guys
who don't have a connection to BYU. And I realize
I have evaded your question a little bit. And the
only reason I evaded the question about Gavin Fowler specifically
is just because I think there's other people in line now.
If Gavin Fowler gets that call, that'd be really interesting
because he's again getting calls from Weaver State. So it
would be a little bit of jack jumping back and
forth across the line and deciding what you want to do,
which I guess would be on par for BYU coaches
this year because we thought Kilany was gone, turns out
he wasn't. We thought Jay Hill was gone. I still
think he is gone, but apparently there's something holding up
that deal. It would be kind of on par for
BYU coaches to go back and forth and back and
forth again.
Speaker 1: We talked about yesterday, like.
Speaker 4: What if Jay Hill leaves and then Gennaro gil forgets
to call as defensive coordinators. There's a lot of guys
BYU coaching wise who are gonna be who have been
in tough positions and will be in tough positions going forward.
Speaker 1: In terms of deciding what job to take. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Look, I don't feel bad for these guys at all.
That's what I'll say. I don't feel bad.
Speaker 1: It's a great problem. It's a great problem, uh to have.
For sure.
Speaker 3: We were efforting to get a Kansas State basketball guest.
I don't think that's gonna happen. Uh, per my updated
just God. So we're gonna replay at five oh five
the interview from yesterday, the Kabakada and Blaye Anderson interview.
Speaker 1: I thought that was a great job, Brett.
Speaker 3: We're gonna replay that one for the fans to discuss
a little bit of basketball. If you if you don't
know who Kbakaida is, shame on you and figure it out.
Such a humble young man. And the story about I
knew the relationship you have with Chris Burgess to a degree,
and he elaborated yesterday more. But then he also elaborated
so so so amazing on what else happened, bred about
what occurred between him and for senature or who just
got baptized into the church.
Speaker 1: It's a remarkable story. Remarkable story. All feels so well.
So yeah, you Tah just tied it up by the
way Dan Berre rush for a two yard touchdown.
Speaker 3: Utah wants this game one hundred percent. You're wanting to
give Nebrasko is going to be motivated coming in. But
it looks like this is going to be a ball game.
So we will see Dan Pierre took a shot downfield
and uh and connected connected. I don't know how you
let the tight end who slows all out doors to
get there. But Devin's a good oh man, it look
like that he might have went down, helmet came off
and everything. My goodness, but playing with the earrings in
the bowl game, everything, that's crazy. That's how you know
you're in the Bilgram. Anyway, The point is, the point
is is I give you guys another scoreboard update. There
are guys internally that deserve the job more. I do
like that he could be one of the many names,
but I have to think it could be like Mark Pope,
like tier two. And what I mean tier two is
a list. You're going down the list of who you have.
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always bringing a hammer. This is my question. I want
you to list it out for me, and I know
I didn't prepare you. Oh boy, what are your top
five moments from BYU athletics this season?
Speaker 1: That could be a recruit.
Speaker 3: Signing, that could be a retaining Kaliney said, TAKEI it
could be anything. What are your top five moments? Go
for it in that order or just daddy order an order.
You can do any order if if you want, I'm
gonna do mine in order, but any order you want.
Speaker 1: Yes, I want to throw BYU wims soccer in there.
Speaker 4: Okay, I think they deserve a ton of credit they do.
Speaker 1: That is on my list to the success that they
had this season. Yes, so that's a top five BYU
women's basketball hiring coach Lee Kamard.
Speaker 4: That is also in my top five because frankly, he's
deserved that job for a while. And I love daanber Whiting,
but I'm grateful that Lee all this time he spent
at BYU, he finally got that job, and it's and
it's not like, oh, we're just gonna hire him because
he's earned it, because he actually spent the time yere No, No,
like he's actually a good coach. And you and you
watch by women's basketball this season, you see that that
not only has he earned it, but he is good
enough to have that gig. So that's in my top
five as well. I feel like number one has to
be Ryder Lions right too. I don't know, you could argue, no, no, no,
just kidding, I'm taking that back. Oh my gosh, man,
there's how do I put it into five ron? How
do I put it into five ball? Because as soon
as I say Ryder Lions name, then I also say,
oh shoot. In the year of twenty twenty five, BYU
achieved acquired another quarterback who actually went on to change
the course of their season, and that did be one
bear Bachmeyer. So I actually I think number one is
easily as bear Bachmeyer. The acquisition of Bear Bachmeyer because
that changed the entirety of the college football the college
football season for b YU and then number three. So
I'll go bear one Rider to number three, retaining Kalani
Satakipark and the other.
Speaker 1: Came along with it.
Speaker 4: And look, I want to give b y U season
b YU beating Utah.
Speaker 1: I want to put that in there.
Speaker 4: But I also feel like in the entirety of the
bou athletic spectrum, I mean, we're not even talking about
BO basketball's tournament wins. I don't and I don't even
know because at first I was only thinking about this
athletic season that we have been in since September.
Speaker 1: And that's what I mean, That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3: You're not talking about the athletic season.
Speaker 1: Okay, So then I then I think I can. I'm
still gonna.
Speaker 4: Include acquiring bear Bachmeyer because what bear no still counts.
Speaker 3: I think this season when everybody that you get to
transport after still counts.
Speaker 1: I feel like developing.
Speaker 4: Include Rider Lions just because that was a little bit
prior to the athletic season. So give me bear Bachmeyer
in there, give me reacquire resigning Klon Sataki.
Speaker 1: Put that in there.
Speaker 4: Okay b yu women's soccer the entirety of their season.
Speaker 1: Put that in there.
Speaker 4: Okay b Yu into women's basketball, hiring coach Leagu Kamar
to do what he's done so far this season. And
then I gotta wait for Lee to go through conference play.
Speaker 1: But I understand what you're saying, in that conference has
been great. Uh you know what, put it in there.
Speaker 4: Put it in there because this is my last one,
because it is really a representation.
Speaker 1: Of what the future of the season is going to
look like. Gim me, oh dang it.
Speaker 4: I was gonna say a j De Bonce's triple double.
Speaker 1: I have that in it.
Speaker 4: But then if you put that in there, you talk
to Bo, you ask, well, you know what else you
have to put in. But maybe one of the greatest
game winners in all of BYU sports history, Rob Right,
the third Madison square.
Speaker 1: Man. That is really hard to narrow it down.
Speaker 3: It is hard to narrow it down the five It
really is, you know, in the moments, and those could
be moments and you can maybe we can extend it
to top seven or top ten for you. Maybe I
should go top ten. And the Rob Right buzzer beater
is great a buzzer beaters happened in college basketball all
the time. That's why I put on the list.
Speaker 4: Here's my Do they happen against the tournament team like Clemson?
Do they happen against tournaments? Not?
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying, and we're talking about BYU.
Speaker 4: I realized they happen for everybody but you when you
add up all of the extra curricular activities that add
into that, and it's kind of like, I don't know,
man like that to me, I realize longevity wise, I realize.
Speaker 1: Kailani is probably the number one.
Speaker 3: But in terms of just pure moments, if you're talking
about pure moments, the buzzer beat and the triple double or.
Speaker 1: Pure moments, yeah, one hundred percent. You can't argue that.
Speaker 3: Now. I will not argue that, which I will typically
say you're right, because those are moments now and in
this list is objective. It's not saying that you're wrong.
Speaker 1: Sure, I just don't know how I put it all.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you really can't. And look here this is what
I have, and I have a few of those, some
of the highest. But if I had to go top five,
I'm going number five. Women's soccer to be able to
be the last team in the tournament, the Big Toe Tournament,
and run the table and win the title. That matters,
That matters. If that were have happened to b AU basketball,
we would give them credit. So let's not take it away.
As Nebraska's up fourteen to seven. Now Utahs back on
the field, Let's not do that and act like that.
You to excuse me that women's soccer did not accomplish
something great. Jenniferrock with the goat. We got to give credit,
loved to Olympic Sports. That's a number five. Ye, here's
number four in this order. Rider Lines signing with BYU,
that's number four. I know I'm gonna get picked for that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I feel like that's not in the athletics season.
That's why I didn't cull.
Speaker 3: And I mean the reason why I counted in the
athletic season because early signing period. He signed early right,
not later. That's why I sign That's what the commitment
didn't happen. Yeah, yeah, so that's the signing is what
I'm getting at. I mean, the rider Lines signing, not
the commitment. The signing of rider Lions matters after Oh,
he won't sign today, we heard that from the national
media and he signed. So the signing of Rider Lions,
here's number three. It's true freshman bear Bachmyer playing on
the bamb angle and leading you to the victory of
the pop Tarts so well and when I'm gonna encompass
it her because it's so tough. But it's also the
acquisition in the offseason. It's bear Bachmeyer in general, a
true freshman alergial to twelve. You could say his fault,
you could say his fall camp. Yeah, that was the
starting earning the starting job, So all of it. Bear
Bachmyer's individual coming in June, earning the starting job, making
McHale said, going to the portal says I'm taking the
job from you. Look, I don't care what people say.
It's a competitive nature. If you don't know this because
you didn't play a college sport. When you're competitive like that,
that's what it is. When I was on the rugby team,
I was like, I want to take that guy's spot.
That's how it goes. I love that brother out love it,
but you want to play there. There's an ego driven
with it. You take somebody's spot. It's not being rude
to the guy, but you want to be the guy.
Everybody wants to be the guy. So he comes in.
He does that brat his fall campus phenomenal. He's slinging
it around. He throws five touchdowns in his first game,
or five total touchdowns. I know is Portland State, but
that still matters because he never played a snap of
college football. He tears it up against Iowa State with
no LJ. He tears it up on a bomb ankle.
What else do you want from the kid? Bear Bachmeyer?
So that's number three. I think it's bear Bachmeyer as
a whole. Number two. This one is going to really
maybe irk a lot of people, but it's true. Freshman
aj Debons's triple double. The buzzer beat it with Rob Wright.
If you want to say this is to be I'll
hear you out, you know on that like and again,
it's your moment. I'm not telling you what's right. These
are just to me. It's aj de Bounce a triple double.
Here's why you never had a thirty point triple double
in the history of this program. Aj was the one
to give you that thirty three, ten and.
Speaker 1: Ten just a thirty point game. So a thirty point
game alone is crazy.
Speaker 3: He had a crower thirty five like, so to me,
almost broke his career high, and that'd have been nice
to have the career high triple double. But he breaks
his career high the game before Brett. Then he backs
it up with a thirty three point triple double. What
else do you want from the kids? So to me,
I think that in companies. In companies a lot in
bodies who AJ is and his coaching staff. So to me,
it's Adrian Debonsa's triple double. That's number two for Ronald
the three man weaver. Again, your list can be your list.
I'm not gonna say no, say wrong your list. You
can have it be whatever. I'm gonna be like yeah,
because it could be moments left handed dunks that you're
pulling up right now, like AJ was phenomenal. So in
non conference, So it's AJ to me is number two
and then the number one. Look, I'm a football guy,
but I ain't no dingbat, I ain't no dumb and
this is the biggest one. I think that's on everybody's
list to some degree, whether it's number one or number five.
Speaker 1: I think Vick would agree.
Speaker 3: Retaining Kalani Sataki, I think was the biggest moment in
BYU athletics history this year. If you lose the Polynesian lavel,
the foundation of what this BAU football program has been
for the last ten years and will be for the
next ten years. The Kyle Whittingham of BYU and what
I mean to that of Utah He Colinie's his own person.
But you know what I mean to have success like that,
that is who Khalani's gonna be. If Jayo gets the
DC job, Oh it's because of who j is. Yeah,
but it's because of Kilani. If coaches get out the
opportunities because of Kilani so much Kilani headstoning this foundation
is remarkable and to lose that piece, your entire foundation
would have crumbled. Just like the Book of Mormon. I'm
going that far with I'm going spiritual scripture with it.
It's scripture to me, baby, it is Kalanie Sataki. I
think it's that deep for me. Where if Kolonie Sataki
left and goes to Penn State, he is BYU. Pull
up a picture of Byu. Is Klonie Sataki. If ain't
Tanna Wallers Coloney Sataki. So I just think that you
could not have allowed that to happen. He couldn't have Brett.
You couldn't have let that happen. You couldn't have let
Kilane walk. I think there was too much writing on it.
So to me, those are my top five moments in
that in that order is women's soccer number five, the
signing of writer Lie Ins True, freshman Bear Bakama are
just in general everything he in companies as a whole,
Agan Jabonson's triple Doublinn, Kaline Sataki being retained. Those are
my top five from this season, and I'm going with
that in the order. I'm just kind of one business
with that because I think all of those do they
play in company? In company and embody something from BYU
this season a big point of it or what is
to come. But look, you're right, Lee Kamar leading this
women's basketball team, dude, he's He's opened up conference.
Speaker 1: Play with the win.
Speaker 3: They play a top ten opponent today in TCU, so
that also is gonna take a big toll. They play
a game on Saturday. So look, you got a bunch
of bunch of things that you can pick from Lee Kamar,
Like you mentioned, I know I'm repeating that there, and
then trying to think of the other one you said.
You also said, well, you said, Rob Wrights buzzer beater, that's.
Speaker 4: On there the top for me, that one, that's the
top five for me because it's in the Mecca.
Speaker 1: It's in the Mecca.
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I guess, like you said, sometimes these moments
you watch them on social media and it doesn't capture
the same. But for me watching that game, I didn't
know if Byu was going to have it in him
to get it done. And you're on ESPN, rob Wright
takes that shot. I mean, even if you rewind it
a couple seconds, and you think about the fact that
from a viewer's perspective, you felt like Byu wasted a
couple seconds. Yeah, And then when that inbounds play starts,
Rob Wright's not even on your screen. You cannot see
him because he's sitting on the other side of the court,
runs packs half court, gets the ball, it goes up
and it felt like it was just up in the
air for forever and it just comes down and it's
pure money and they storm the court, the players do.
And then you sit there with with Common and all
the other New York celebrities. That was an all time
moment for me, frankly, in the history of BYU athletics.
I thought Allen Hall's three pointers at Kansas was number
one for me in terms of like recent buzzer beaters.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was, And that was a moment too.
Speaker 3: You did it. Also wasn't because West Virginia DA had
some moments like being real and trying to do it again.
But might not like this one. People might not like this.
Speaker 4: I put that rob right buzzer beater up there with
Will Feren's field goal over Utah.
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, And I don't know.
Speaker 4: Maybe people feel like that's sacrilegious because it's Utah versus Clemson.
Speaker 3: Well you're going to feel that way because of the rivaly,
But no, a buzzer beater in the game is different
than a walk off field goal.
Speaker 4: And when when we're talking about what seed b why
you was going to be at the end of the season.
Speaker 1: If they were to go to the Final four, he
is going to.
Speaker 4: Be sitting there saying, yeah, you remember what they did,
absolutely biggest stage in basketball.
Speaker 3: And with how they're trending right now, the Will far
and field goal, you remember, but you know it's gonna
hurt fans. Tale is that you choked away and didn't
get to the college football playoffs this year.
Speaker 1: They just they didn't let you win this year.
Speaker 3: Fans will look at that different bread of Okay, they
didn't let us sand YadA, YadA, YadA. You're not gonna
look at it the same as Texas just tied it
up with the touchdown be for March Manning. And this
is a great ball game. The Cheeza bawl, this is
why the cheese didn't pop touch the ball is some
the best anyway. The point is, Brett, the point is
you bring up a very good point that I think
needs to be highlighted of. Rob Wright is better than
Will Farren. And some people disagree with us, and they can.
They're allowed to. We're allowed to have our opinions. But
to me, the reason why I'm agreeing with you and
I feel that way is what happened after that against Utah.
You can say the same bout b a basketball. Oh
it could get you know, it could unravel and conference
play could go bad. Don't think that's gonna happen. But
I think I think when the committee looks at BYU
like you said they're gonna look at Oh, that was
a moment that's gonna make them a two seed. BYU
controlled their own destiny and lost it. Your basketball is
gonna control their undestiny. I don't think that's gonna happen.
So you bring up very, very very valid points that
I think everyone needs to take into account, everyone needs
to be aware of. But to me, I really think
that that is a big moment, and it's tough that
I had to keep that out of my top five.
That hurts is I like buzzer beaters. I like guys
flexing to go to common with the three in the
face to say, you know what, blank on the post game, look,
oh yeah, I forgot me. He deserves to say that
as the top moment for me. Maybe that's because of
the culture. Is getting beleeped in the post game is awesome.
Maybe that's in me as a cultural thing, you know,
as a brother to one brother being like yeah, yeah,
talk that talk.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Maybe that's just me getting hyped about it.
Speaker 3: But I think at the end of the day, you
can't take away anything that BYU Athletics is done. So
we're gonna put that question out there. What are your
top five moments from the season. There's no right or
wrong answer with this. This is not a debig question
where it's like, okay, here I have facts to back
it up. It's whatever you want it to be. So
whatever you want it to be, that's brdst that's mine
to throw in. You know some other ones. You know
the rob Right buzzer beaters there. Look, if you want
to throw a moment as well, Aga de Boce is
put back, Oh God, Like you're like, you want to
throw that? Like you're talking about moments. Asia de Bonces
put back here? How about two of them? Now, I
gotta measure because I got to stand up. Now, Asia
deboss put back where you stared it down and it
goes viral. But AJ's dunk in the Clemson game, both
of those were nice, Like it's put back where he
wind meils it, puts it back, Oh my gosh, the
potza and he's like looking at the dude like this.
I'm like, yeah, I just did that. And the reason
why AJ doesn't get technical foul someone asking me this
is because he stares you down.
Speaker 1: He doesn't he doesn't taunt you.
Speaker 3: Staring someone down is way different than taunting him you
can stare people down all the time, Like people hit threes.
Speaker 1: You don't you see guys hit threes and stare people
down and look at him. That's okay.
Speaker 3: The rest of I say something to you, hey, be
easy there, but they don't stop you from doing anything
like that. If AJ were to dunk, you know, do
that and then tad and be like yeah and say
something to him. That's what it's like if you were
to clap, but AJ doesn't do that. Like same thing
when he locked dudes up and they dribble the ball
off their feet and goes out of bounce. He goes
past him and he claps a screams like he's not
taunting the guy.
Speaker 1: You can stare him down. Some people say that's that's taunting. No,
it's not.
Speaker 3: Guys scare people down all the time in college athletics anyway.
The point is that dunk, that put back dunk is
up there, brat and not just that put back dunk.
The dunk in the Clemson game where he shoots pass,
blows past I say about a kid, but raises up
dunk sit and wants to do to flex but this
still in game me he doesn't and then he's able
to get all the way back on defense. So many moments.
I don't know which one to pick. I don't know
which one to pick, but tell us sugarnation. We're gonna
put that out of here on cridl Benjamin momentarily shortly,
what are your top five moments from this twenty twenty
five season. If you want to do the full year,
go for it. But it's just this season all of all.
There's so many to pick from, so many pick from,
but I can't pick one. So I'll let you, guys
tell me. You can also DM me at Ron the
Three Man. We even tell me what are the ones
you have to I will read all of them. I'm
telling you, trust me. I want to know. Or you
can text me for those that have my number, and
if you don't, then you know it is what it is.
You can also follow me on Instagram at Ron the
Three Man. We even tell me as well. I want
to talk about these. Let's have a conversation. I'll hop
on a call, not with you today, maybe tomorrow during
New Year's Day. We can send voice messages back and
forth because I'll to celebrate with the family tonight like
you do.
Speaker 1: But I want to know. I need Vick Gram's Top
five moments as well.
Speaker 3: He'll tell me. During the break, we're going to go
to break. Don't go anywhere, guys, we still got a
lot more to get to.
Speaker 1: This is just the first time the first hour.
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into right here on the UTI ESPN Radio Network. We're
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the Bryce Larson in the four o'clock out. In the
third hour of the show at four o'clock hour, we're
still gonna get into Darnell Dixon. We're gonna replay Blaine
Anderson and k Baketa, and we're gonna hear from John
Beck and Ben Crudle.
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