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Speaker 1: Thucol Macknis So March is right around the corner and

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the Cougars are written the metal of it. It's time

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to talk to some college basketball, a lot Cougar sports

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with Ben Cripple.

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Speaker 2: We welcome back to Fugure Sports.

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Speaker 3: Here on a three nine and ninety three ESP and

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the fan Ronald the three and nine. We were here

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holding it down for Ben Cripple.

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Speaker 2: Got Brett always bringing the hammer by my side as well.

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Speaker 3: Gonna get into a little basketball discussion, going to discuss

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a lot of stuff about this BAYU men's basketball team.

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Gonna take a different approach. I look, I love talking hoop.

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You guys know I love talking basketball.

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Speaker 4: I do.

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Speaker 3: I'm the basketball guy. Ben has given me that ropes.

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I love talking about it. Getting Jonathan Tavnari on. You know,

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we've had Anson Winder on former b AU greats. We've

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had h Tyler before. Still trying to you know, uh

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get TJ. Look, this BAU basketball program has has shocked

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the world in my opinion, and they it started with

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Mark Pope. I know a lot of people might look

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at that differently, but it started under Mark Pope when

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no one thought that they would be be good.

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Speaker 2: They went, I think was fifth or sixth in the

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Big twelve.

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Speaker 3: And then Pope got hired and the staff dispersed, and

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everyone thought the sky was falling. Chicken little who wasn't lying,

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and maybe for a second it wasn't. Then lo and

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behold here comes, you know, the bearded dragon who unfortunately

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had to shave his beard in Kevin Young and said, look,

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I'm preparing to develop young men for the NBA. And

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that's what he did, the top ten lottery pick. And

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now you got the number one recruit in the twenty

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twenty five class. So you have the number one Euro,

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you got the number one high school guy who's going

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to be the number one pick in the twenty twenty

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six NBA class maybe excuse.

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Speaker 2: Me, the NBA draft.

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Speaker 3: And then you also had the number one Juko. Just

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a phenomenal of that. But he's an even better person.

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And look, I know a lot of people feel sometimes

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that Kevin Young is just business. But this is why

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I tell you, guys, watch the cut. You watch the cut.

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Kevin Young is leading to the discussions, he's leading the prayer.

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It's like, I love to see this from Kevin Young.

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And it goes back to what President Rees announced. He says, Hey,

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we got a great man, but a great follower.

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Speaker 2: First and foremost of Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 3: And sometimes that can get overlooked when you know you

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have a very intense and serious personality and you're about

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your business and your action.

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Speaker 2: But that doesn't take away and.

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Speaker 3: Getting to know Kevin Young just over these last two years,

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I see a lot of Christ and that man more

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than I think maybe some other people might not have

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the opportunity. So I'm just very grateful to be able

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to do that, you know, and cover this team. And

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we're gonna break it down with the guy who does

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the fan experience for him. He gets to see the

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team a little bit more, maybe more than I do

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interact with them. But we're gonna discuss that Dawson Baker,

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you know, unfortunately it will be out for the rest

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of the season and has a decision to make on

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his future. But it felt like, you know that fans

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and people forgot about Dawson and shout out to the

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top king, but he was delivered a stack of letters.

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I don't know how many it is, and I'm gonna

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have to have a guy on the line and tell

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me how many letters that he got, but they wrote

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him love letters, thank you message especially around the holidays.

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A great light the world from the BYU Rockets. This

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is this was great to do to be a to

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do that and show Dawson some love, and I know

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Dawson definitely felt the spirit and it blew up over

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the hotline. I don't want to make them wait anymore.

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I've made them wait a little bit I have none

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Speaker 2: Joel, thanks for joining me today. Brother.

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Speaker 4: Hey, absolutely, Ron'm excited to chat with you and chat

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with Tigernation.

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Speaker 3: Tell me how all of this came about, because I

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saw it a couple of weeks ago. I was very intrigued.

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Great thought process by you and the rock board just

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who resually came up with this idea to write Dawson Baker.

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And you're gonna have to tell me how many letters

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is that, because that's a thick stack of letters that

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Speaker 4: I was gonna say it was a healthy stack and

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credit where it's due, because you know, Cougar Nation really

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is always excited to you know, share the love that

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they have with players. And in fact, that's where it

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started was the staff had been getting kind of fan mail,

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which isn't very common. There's not like a mailbox necessarily

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for you know, players or staff, but they some people

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seemingly found the address and started kind of sending some

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some good wishes and well wishes to Dawson and so

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they In fact, I was approached by the staff to say, hey,

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can we make this, you know, bigger if we do

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it all at once and kind of have all of

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the fans you know, kind of the word I've been

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using is love bomb Dawson, And so that's kind of

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the genesis of it was, hey, can we do this

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all at once? And we luckily had a great opportunity

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on the concourse at the Merritt Center what we call

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the fan zoned to kind of host that. So you know,

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we had fans just take a quarter sheet of a

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piece of paper. So yeah, it had to have been

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easily four or five hundred of those little pieces of

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paper that they were able to write a little note

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to him and give him, as you know, their best

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wishes as he goes through a pretty grueling process right

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with his knee injury and a lot of isolation, I'm

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sure is what it feels like. Obviously he's got a

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great support team and good professionals to help him get

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back on his feet, but you know, I'm sure that

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that's the lonely process. And so the thought was, hey,

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how can we you know, kind of give Dawson a

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love bomb? And in fact, we did do it over

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two different games up on the concourse. Pregame is where

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we did it and when we did it. But it

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was an awesome opportunity just to kind of say, hey,

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here's a big stack in that hour that you know,

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the rocks waiting for the game to start, and for

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general fans who are you know, walking the concourse, give

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him a chance to you know, share some love to

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Dawson directly. And it was especially good. I thought to,

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because sometimes we'll have things like that that are you know,

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fan facing, but are intended for the players that sometimes

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it's like is he going to ever really see the

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output of this? You know, is he going to really

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read my letter? And so it was really fun to

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see that, like you said, kind of blow up and

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you know, have people realize, hey, that actually made it

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to him and it made a big difference for him

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and for his family that's supporting him and help him

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not feel as lonely in the in the recovery process.

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Speaker 3: Man, you guys hit out of the park for sure.

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I swear I feel like you guys, you don't miss

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a beat down there. Ay BYU Athletics.

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Speaker 2: That's for sure. No, his reaction was.

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Speaker 3: It caught my attention, honestly, and I mean my wife

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see this? And I said, see what she's like? Did

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you see that? She's like Dawson Baker like got notes?

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then I went to social media. I was like, oh,

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my goodness, like and just his reaction. I know he

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gave the reaction, Hey, thanks to rock, you know, but

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take me a little bit more behind the sly. I

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just like the one of him in the locker room, right,

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he didn't know that. I feel like he's been on

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the highlight of these these videos, which is awesome. But

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because I feel like that made me emotional in a

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moment as just a person, right and just a fan

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of the game of basketball, and I know that probably

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had to make Dawson emotional as well.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know. In fact, I very fortunately had the

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chance to take the elevator with him outside of the

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Merritt Center that day, and it wasn't you know, I

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wasn't like, you know, cherry bombing them waiting to say

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hi to him on the way out, But it just

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worked out, which again was really fortunate for me. I

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of interactions that we try to prepare for. But I

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was really humble to be in the elevator with him,

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and you know, he's got his crutches, had some nice

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shoes on. In fact, President Reese was in the elevator

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and gave him a shout out for a shoe game,

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which Dust's always had a strong shoe game. But we

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you know, almost play dumb for a moment, but I said, hey,

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you got some some fun notes from the fans, and

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he goes he kind of had a little tear in

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his eye and was just said, hey, you know that

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really really means a lot. It's a it's a long

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road ahead, but it was really cool to see individuals

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with their names on a little piece of paper saying

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something to me. As an individual because you know, I'm

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and comment on the post rather that say hey, you know,

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we wish you the best. But it's really fun to

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see it in the handwriting of a you know, six

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year old kid or a longtime Cougar club member that's

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been at games forever. So he was really grateful and

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in fact, his wife was there as well, and you

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could kind of tell that she was grateful as well,

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which is a really cool interaction. So you know, can

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be able to see the interaction in the moment when

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you know, Richie walks up and says, hey, these are

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from the rock and from the fans was its own

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payoff moment for sure. But then again being able to

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walk out with him and just wish them the best

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myself and say, hey, it's the least we could do

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on our staff from the fan experience side, to just

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express our gratitude and use the platform that we have

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to you know, make a personal touch for him, which

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is really humbling. Again, he was very emotional and you

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could tell as a very genuine, uh gratitude moment for him.

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of get lucky on the way out that that I

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got to walk out with him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, Joe, we talked and we talked about

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the interview and prep you. I I didn't think I

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was going to get that response. I had no idea

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you had the opportunity to be on the elevator, you know,

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you know with him, I was shooting in a dark

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hoping you would and that that that's very touching that

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you are to experience that, And thank you for sharing that.

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media can only tell us so much, but we really

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don't know what's going on behind the scenes.

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Speaker 2: So thank you for that.

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Speaker 3: That moment you get b yu, you guys, and you

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guys were able to light the world, you know, for

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Dawson Baker and his family. I know that he will

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he will cherish that. But I want to go back

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to behind the scenes. Get to know you a little

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bit better. Tell us about you know, your role. You're

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the manager of the fan experience in marketing for men's basketball.

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You're the behind the scenes guy I see you all

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the time. I know you're busy. I don't get to

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talk to you as much, but you got a lot

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going on.

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Speaker 2: Just take us through.

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Speaker 3: What did the day in the life is like for

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you for a normal game day for bou basketball.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, it's a really it's crazy that I get to

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call us my job. I'll admit it's really fun because

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I prepare, you know, as early as I can for

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a given game. And what's interesting is the two kind

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of parts of my job are marketing and fan experience.

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And some people may say, well, isn't it the easiest

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job ever to market a team like this? And in fact,

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I tell the guys in the once kind of the

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first meeting of the year, I'm invited in to kind

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of describe what I do, and I just say, hey,

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you guys make selling tickets really easy, so thank you.

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And in the market sitting side, my mindset pivots a

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lot to you know, how do we now have season

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ticket holders using their tickets? So that's kind of at

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least one thing that is heavy on my mind, and

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you know, improving the usage of tickets, So that's a

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big part of what I do. But the true game

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to game preparation that we do is really regimented on

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some sould. Inventory is a big part of things that

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we do. So in fact, even as listeners here, you know,

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was brought to you by a blank In fact, I

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run through the same things. So I prepare for the

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in game entertainment portion of the game from you know,

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doors open till about fifteen twenty minutes or so after

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the game concludes. Basically, anything that's between the whistles or

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really outside of the whistles is what I get to

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work towards. So that's the you know, the timing of

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the intro video with the sheet falling and the music

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and the lights and all those sorts of things, in

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addition to during timeouts, the breaks where we have a

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chance to you know, run a half court shot by

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a sponsor or, you know, do a Light the World initiative,

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which we did technically unsponsored but certainly aligned with BUYU,

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which is a big thing I wanted to push over

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the last few years. But so yeah, my entire job

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is to entertain the fans and particularly do that in

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a way that helps the environment of the game be

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conducive to that home court advantage that everyone wants and

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everyone luckily talks about when they think about the Merritt Center.

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So you know, trying to think, Okay, we have, you know,

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handful of things that we have to do before the

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end of the game, and we just went on a

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ten oh run, and so what I'm going to do

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is actually let the energy you ride a little bit

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longer and kind of push my script aside and you know,

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kind of mold things as they go, which is a

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really fun part of it. So, you know, I know,

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Coach Young says all the time that each game has

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a new life or a new story behind it, which

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is surprisingly very true of what I do, because there's

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different times where can those runs that we go on

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or I just want to live in those moments and

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still get the things done that are paid for, but

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then allow you know, kind of flexibility for that and

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realize too that I have the kind of the levers

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if you will, to help kind of squash the energy

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of the other team if they go on a quick

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six to zero run. You know, how can I help

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our fans and the team, you know, kind of let

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that be a quick burn and then move on to

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the next thing and reignite our fans in a positive way.

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So that's at least kind of the high level of

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what we do and what I get to do and

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I can call my job is to try to build

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the environment such that the players can feel the energy

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at the right time. Perhaps the other team cannot feel

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the energy at the right time in hopes of having

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a great home court advantage in the Merritt Center.

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Speaker 3: And you just get a bou fans new life and

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you might have put a name just target on your back.

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So if one of these teams Arizona comes up here

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on atal run, they're gonna need you to kill the

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momentum to do that to Swim and Bye's favor. I'm

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totally I'm totally joking when I say that, But that's

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that's good to know about that I've experienced. Look, i'm

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a media member there, but I've enjoyed every part of

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the atmosphere from the sheet drop to the half court shot.

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I do have to ask this, and I need to

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let you go in a little bit. But I was

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told by you know, the better three force, I need

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to ask this.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to do this. I told her.

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Speaker 3: I said, I rather Joel hook up me having a

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half court shot, you know, trying to bring some money

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to the family. But I was told by the Better

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three Force, you're ever gonna have that baby crawl again

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because we got a little one. And she's like, oh,

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that would be fun. And I was completely vetoing it.

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But you know, sometimes you just stop arguing because you're.

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Speaker 2: Not gonna win.

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Speaker 4: Hey, I feel that for sure, But yeah, in fact

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it is. It is one that we will have and

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in factor's a kind of some new elements to it

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that we're always trying to enhance those types of things too, right,

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kind of make it feel a little bit more like

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a broadcast for those kids and have a little bit

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more wow. So that, to my understanding, it actually has

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been sold, so we should have a few of those

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baby races coming up.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm definitely gonna have to talk to you. She said,

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you're gonna ask him about this and we're gonna make

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that happen. It was like, I don't like to be

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in the light. I just want to sit up in

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the seat. She's like, it's happening. We need to have

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her do it. Just started crawling everywhere and she's giggdy

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about it. So I'm like, okay, so I will get

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home safely tonight. I won't sleep on the couch because

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I asked the correct question in.

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Speaker 2: The right way.

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Speaker 4: Uh, very well done, you know you.

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Speaker 3: Know all about that. I'll get you out of here

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on this, Joel. Just take me through BYU Athletics and

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BYU as a whole. What is meant to you as

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a student. You know your job well when when you

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were a student. Obviously Fu's just got baptized. I think

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that speaks proudly to what the BYU mission statement is.

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And it happened after he left BYU, not during his time,

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and someone who is completely of a different faith, and

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you know you felt like embodied the mission statement at

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b YU.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. In fact, I was listening to the segment prior

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and I was humbled enough that in fact to be

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at the baptism just yesterday, which I was really humbled

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for the chance to be there, and it was really

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to that point kind of encapsulate all that. You know,

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He's one of many examples of just people that live

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life in a way that just like brings light to

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other people. And it was you know, not surprising to

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see that he would bring what he you know, his

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experiences in life and his personality and just add that

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to the light of the Gospel and what BUYU itself

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and the church stand for. And so that's one thing that, Yeah,

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your main question is, you know, that alignment that I

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can have in my role is what I strive for,

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you know, with the mission and aims of BUYU in

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general as the university. Same with within athletics. You know,

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we harp on it as a team a lot and

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I kind of drive it into my team's head a

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lot of you know, can we be aligned to the

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best of our ability and really be honest with ourselves

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because we want to just be the best version of

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ourselves in what we do and the interactions that we

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get to have with our fans. And again, you know,

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fous is a great example of that. Where from his

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freshman year, which is actually my first year in this

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role working with basketball, you know, I've seen him grow

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both as a basketball player but as a person even more,

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which is why it was such a humbling opportunity to

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see him, you know, dressed in white and being baptized

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and then you know, directly after being confirmed a member

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of the church and receiving the priesthood immediately in fact,

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and just to think, hey, he's the light that he's

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already shared in my life and in even my wife's

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life and others that know him. It's the Gospel is

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just going to add to the light that he already has.

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And it's just so humbling to think that again, not

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only am I doing this job that's fun and really

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entertaining and engaging and dynamic, but I get to do

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it at a place where if I align myself well

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with the principles of the Gospel and the university, it's

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going to even have a bigger impact on those that

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come into the arena, and it can hopefully leave having

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a great experience, hopefully having seen a lot of wins,

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and hoping to come back at future times. So get

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humbled to have the chance to call this my job

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and think about it a lot, and and and try

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to just do my best to be my best and

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share that light the best that I can.

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Speaker 2: Well, you've been sharing that light.

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Speaker 3: You do a great job, and you're portion with the

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with the basketball team. I've told Anna Metcalf, your colleague

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as well. Phenomenal job with football. I'm always in impressed.

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We'll have to talk of off record, but I love

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the new additions that were added, uh you know that

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will be added for conference play for basketball. I love

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the new additions for football of the field. You know,

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the all of it is great, and you guys have

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truly earned by I think others and you know, I

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pull other media members of this day for football and

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basketball say those are some of the best. If not,

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that's the best atmosphere to come to in the Big twelve,

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number one and in college athletics that they enjoy their

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time in provo. So you guys do a great job.

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Please coop up the good work. But before I let

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you go, I got to give you the pitch. What's

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the best way? You know myself? The listeners, the people

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that download the podcast and that are tuning into the

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show right now can support you what you do, how

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you do work, and they maybe follow you on social

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media ad to get all the updates.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely well, thanks for the chance to do so.

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Maybe even at a higher level, I'd encourage people to

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give BYU fan Experienced our team's account a follow that's

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where you can learn about themes of a game or

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giveaways or you know, fan zone related things, and that's

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just BYU fan X, which is FA n e X

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short for experience, but then just personally on X. My

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handle I suppose as it's called is Marion m a

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ar Io n Underscore Joel Underscore thirteen, product of twenty thirteen,

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Class of twenty thirteen. That is from high school, which

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is where that came from, but yet available online. Always

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open to feedback and experiences from fans, because again, if

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I can even understand one person's experience a little bit

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better and improve that and multiply it time over time,

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over time, my job gets a lot better and everyone's

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experiences get better too. So be sure to drop me

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a line if there's ever any suggestions, and we take

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them seriously too, so no hesitation.

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Speaker 3: Look, I graduated in April, Joel can my class last year.

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He does take the suggestion seriously. I've had a chance

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to talk to him, but now that I'm outside, I

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see all of it coming to fruition, trust me, So

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give him a follow today on his personal account at

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marian Underschool Joel Underscore thirteen, and then also followed them

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at you know BYU fan.

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Speaker 2: X as well.

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Speaker 3: Look, you gotta follow this guy, the marketing and data

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nerd per him, not me. He was born in Colorado,

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but he was built in Provo.

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Speaker 4: That's exactly right. It takes a chance to be on of.

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Speaker 3: Course, thanks Joe brother, I'll let you go, man and

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late Mary. Christmas to you and the family, and happy

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New Year two year as well.

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Speaker 4: Man. Hey, likewise, thanks so much. Gokus, Okay, I'll let

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you go.

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Speaker 2: That was Joel Marion. Love to have Joel on discuss.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to take a different angle guys of bu

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basketball and highlighting Dawson like the world. Happy holidays to everybody,

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Merry Christmas. Look, I am a big advocacist the gospel.

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Jesus Christ changed my life forever I am. I'm a

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convert to the church, and I've seen how it's blessed me.

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One of the reasons I met by he was to

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surround my I sell by these people. So whenever I

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hear stories and see these things, I love to highlight them.

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Speaker 2: But we gotta go to break.

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Speaker 3: We gotta get to Jerem Jordan on the flip, don't

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go anywhere you touch the am dollar. Might it might

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not be christ Like, it might not be like the word.

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I might juda choppy in the throat, but it's only

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go anywhere. Jerrem Jordan on the flip in the Little

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always bringing the hammer loves food as well. Bread got

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sick honestly on some pop tarts from sorry bread.

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co hosts for BATV Sports. He does also play by

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hats over there at BAA TV. We got JJ Jordan.

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How you doing brother?

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Speaker 6: Hey, Ron and Bret? What's going on? How are we doing?

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Speaker 2: Hey?

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Speaker 3: We are doing fantastic, phenomenal day today. Hopefully you all

564
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had a merry Christmas in the household.

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Speaker 2: Take me through that.

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Speaker 3: What are the Jordan family traditions that you guys do

567
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on Christmas?

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Speaker 2: Even Christmas?

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Speaker 6: I think for like everybody where we open a present

570
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on Christmas Eve. My in laws do this super fun

571
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game that's called the penny game. So there's a bunch

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of like, you know, gift wrapped up that you don't

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know what it is. It could be like five bucks,

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it could be like just you know, some candy, and

575
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everyone starts with like fifty pennies. We did eminems this year,

576
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Like that's super fun. You know, you get some junk,

577
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you get some good stuff get trade kind of like

578
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a different white Elephant gift, but yeah, it was good.

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And then one of our kind of over Christmas break traditions,

580
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do we watch all three Lord of the Rings typically

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all in one day in a row extended, which is

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like the whole day. We're breaking it up. This year

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we have a one year old. It's a little harder,

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but watch a lot of football, eat a lot of food,

585
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and just hang out.

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Speaker 7: Man, that's incredible, Jerrem, that you guys do that all

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in one day.

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Speaker 5: Is are the Hobbit movies saved for a separate day.

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Speaker 6: Then that's a separate kind of situation. You know, we

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for a minute there we're doing every other year. But

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I was like, we got to go with the og

592
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like been doing it since, you know, early two thousands.

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So we'll get that in there somewhere. I think it's

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the twenty five year anniversary coming up here in the

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twenty six so apparently they come back to theaters. They

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kind of Megaplex has been showing them and those are

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the best. That's my favorite trilogy of all time. I've

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read the books a bunch of times. I'm pretty nerdy

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about that. I love them.

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Speaker 7: I honestly love anytime someone has a holiday tradition that's

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like not holiday specific. So like at my house we

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watch we usually watch like The Spider Man's for Christmas,

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just because I'm obsessed with those have nothing to do

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with Christmas, really, so I feel.

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Speaker 5: You on that.

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Speaker 7: I do want to ask you one other, non really

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BYU related question though, before we really get into it.

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Speaker 5: I saw you retweeted this. I saw this on Twitter.

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Speaker 7: Lincoln Riley had some comments about Notre Dame saying, hey,

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they weren't willing to play us anytime, anywhere, any place,

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and that just made me feel validated as a BYU guy,

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because I think there's a lot of people who feel

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that BYU's apprehensiveness towards Notre Dame not being willing to

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play us at home and only being willing to play

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us in the Shamrock series is a little one sided.

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But now Notre Dame is saying, oh, yeah, no, we've

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had the same experience where they maybe didn't want to

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come to our crib, and now BYU and USC are

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kind of united in these back to back repeat offenders.

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Speaker 5: On behalf of Notre Dame.

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Speaker 6: There was a report that it had more to do

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with which months they were going to play unless on

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kind of you know, the home and road situation. But

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I'm glad that it worked out because once BYU had

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Cale Camsell, you thought, man, who's gonna fit in there?

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You could argue that's the best game on the schedule

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next year, and then Marcus Freeman says, you know, hey,

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I'm running it back. So okay, they keep that continuity.

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It's a great game, it's a great program, and I

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know that they've taken a bunch of shots and deservedly,

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so you can't be elitist and just take your ball

632
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and go home. NBO wins the Pop Tar Bowl and

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blah blah blah. I think it's gonna be awesome. It

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speaks to the fact they get one home, one road,

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which it always bucks me when they say a home

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and home. I'm like, it's not two home games, it's

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one home, one road, Like, why is it? Why are

638
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you taking it's too home? It's not that Jared, where

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where byus at? I'm weird like that. It speaks to

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where boys at that you know they're on they're in

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a space where they're a power team and they've been

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one of the most successful programs for the last fifty

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years in the last two years. And so if you

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can win a game like that and you have a

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similar regular season to what you've had the last two years,

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you should be in the playoff conversation. Especially a Bear

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and LJ return. You always should be a preseason top

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fifteen team. And then the climb's not as high. They're

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up there with the butt near the top of the mountain.

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Just keep winning and then you can fall a little

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bit if you lose a game like that or in

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league or whatever. But like a ten and two BYU

653
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next year should be in the mix for a college

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football playoff Berth if they have a win against Notre

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Dame in provo.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not wrong, Jerem, and I think that's why

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it's good to schedule this game. A lot of people,

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you know, look, Brian Santiago, typically after you to be signed,

659
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getting it done, getting the home in a way, but

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getting the home first and then getting the AA a second.

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00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,680
This deal could never be signed if you were going

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to do away than home. I don't trust, as we've

663
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been saying. I've been joking the quitting Irish well to

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go on the road to South Bend first and then

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come back to Provo.

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Speaker 2: They've duck BYU.

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Speaker 3: Defens can be happy finally got their game, but bou

668
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didn't duck out of the Pop Tarts Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Get that twelfth win.

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Speaker 3: Jerem first time since two thousand and one, I believe

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what does that win do for the program going into

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the offseason.

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Speaker 6: I think it's massive And honestly, if the UA had

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lost that game, it's it's not a huge deal like

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it it would have stunted to kind of end the

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season two losses, and now we're talking about this team

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kind of like ninety to two thousand and one, where

678
00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:06,200
it was like, oh, amazing start to finish. Not one

679
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of the all time great teams, but I think they're

680
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the fourth best team Boas ever had, given the fact

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that you have eighty four, ninety six, eighty three, and

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then it's probably this team because they played a power

683
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conference schedule. They went twelve and two. They beat everybody

684
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not in Texas Tech. It was nice to beat a

685
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team with Tech in the name. They'll play Utah Tech

686
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next year, you know, so all kinds of texts, but

687
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it was great and it's a bigger deal to return

688
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Baron LJ than it would have been to win the game.

689
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If you can do all of that, that's good. And

690
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all indications right now are pretty positive that Lj's probably

691
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coming back. He has yet to announce his intentions, but

692
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it sounds like he probably will, which is great news.

693
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And Baron LJ coming back does more from Boy's preseason

694
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ranking than the game against Georgia Tech.

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Speaker 3: Would you said coming back, I'm gonna rip off the

696
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band aid, Jerem.

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Speaker 2: You know what it is.

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Speaker 3: There's a coach that might not come back. You didn't

699
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think coaches I guess can come back because Marcus Rueman says,

700
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let's running back. But there's a certain coach named j

701
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Hill that is reportedly could be pulled a high likelihood

702
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,720
of going to Michigan and going to join Kyle Whittinghams

703
00:30:13,759 --> 00:30:14,680
former you know, coach.

704
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Speaker 2: What could that do to the program.

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Speaker 3: Just your thoughts on everything going on right now with

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the b yu's coaching staffs.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, certainly if j leaves, you know, and he is

708
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at some points, it's not like you're just going to

709
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keep it forever. It's too good. If you're if you're

710
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a good coach, you probably bounce. I mean, it's not

711
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a it's not a calling, it's not a stick president

712
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for ten years as the DC. Although I wouldn't mind that,

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you know that.

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Speaker 3: We should we should write that it's a contract, right,

715
00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:39,519
we should write that in the contract.

716
00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:43,039
Speaker 6: Benifests all those in favor. I I raised my hand, man,

717
00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:43,400
let's go.

718
00:30:43,519 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 2: I agree, I raise my hand as well.

719
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,799
Speaker 6: He he's really good and this would be an incredible

720
00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:50,759
opportunity for him. Uh, you know, it makes total sense.

721
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,519
You know, if someone comes and perhaps doubles your salary

722
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:57,279
and you increase the exposure being in Michigan. I mean,

723
00:30:57,319 --> 00:30:59,440
that's a top five job in college football. That that's

724
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,960
school Like, come on, it all makes sense. And to

725
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,079
go to Weaver State to Michigan in three years is

726
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,279
quite the ascension. And Jay has paid his dues and

727
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,799
it's his time and he reunites with Kyle like it

728
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,720
all makes sense. It's all good. And you know, be

729
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,799
always bigger than one defensive coordinator or one offensive coordinator

730
00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:19,000
or frankly even one head coach. You know, and if

731
00:31:19,039 --> 00:31:21,240
Kloni had taken the Penn Stage job, Jay Hill would

732
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,279
be the YU head coach undoubtedly. So Jay's in a

733
00:31:24,319 --> 00:31:26,319
good spot. Wherever he goes, because he's a great person,

734
00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:29,920
he's a great coach, and if he bounces, I think

735
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,079
there are five candidates of note, three internal, two external.

736
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,079
The internal would be Kelly Pepanga, Justin Ana, and Gernaro Gilford,

737
00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:39,599
and then the external would be Sean Neuwall, who was

738
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,359
kind of Sean and Jay Hill were the top two

739
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,039
names when Jay was hired. And then one that Spencer

740
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:47,000
brought up today that I was interested in it is

741
00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:50,839
Justin Wilcox, former Oregon d C cow head coach, let

742
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,079
Go and Berkeley. He could be interesting. I'm not hearing

743
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:56,279
reports of that. Just kind of spends his opinion there,

744
00:31:56,279 --> 00:31:58,559
but I would think that Sean Neuwa would probably be

745
00:31:58,599 --> 00:32:01,079
your leader in the clubhouse. So we'll see who Boi

746
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,640
goes with. And we're kind of just waiting on the

747
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:08,000
official news, like all the indications of ports conversations behind

748
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,559
the scenes public layer that Jay's going to get that job,

749
00:32:10,599 --> 00:32:13,200
But as of last night, and I double checked just

750
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,200
a few minutes ago, I was told that he is

751
00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:18,240
not alerted coaches or players that he is officially taking

752
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,759
that job or got that job quite yet. So we'll

753
00:32:20,759 --> 00:32:23,640
see when and if that happens. But I would love

754
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,200
nothing more than for j Hill to tweet out the

755
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:30,480
Leonardo DiCaprio gift with a family safe, you know, text

756
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,799
on it that he's coming back. But I don't actually

757
00:32:33,799 --> 00:32:34,880
believe that that would happen.

758
00:32:36,799 --> 00:32:37,119
Speaker 5: Jerem.

759
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,119
Speaker 7: Speaking of coordinators, something I found really interesting when diving

760
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,759
into this Georgia Tech game and the Pop Tarts Bowl

761
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,000
was bou played two games this year without l J.

762
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,599
Martin while having a true freshman quarterback, and those games

763
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,920
were Iowa State and Georgia Tech. Iowa State, which he

764
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,000
got injured at the beginning of that game. And we

765
00:32:56,039 --> 00:32:58,640
know how vital LJ was to the past game. We

766
00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:01,839
know how vital he was obviously in the run game,

767
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,799
being your number one running back. What does it say

768
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,960
to you about obviously Bear Bachmeyer, but I also think

769
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,480
Aaron Roderick as a coordinator in terms of what he

770
00:33:11,599 --> 00:33:13,680
was able to do with this offense.

771
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,039
Speaker 5: You say, hey, hey, we're going to tie one hand

772
00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:16,680
behind your back.

773
00:33:16,759 --> 00:33:19,799
Speaker 7: You don't have LJ, who is basically half your offense,

774
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,839
go ahead and win both of these games.

775
00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 5: What does that say to.

776
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:29,119
Speaker 7: You just about the football intelligence and how Aaron Roderick

777
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,200
was kind of able to make things work despite it

778
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:33,720
not being a perfect situation.

779
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 5: With Georgia Tack and Iowa State.

780
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 6: I don't understand the a Rod haters. He's developed three

781
00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:44,240
quarterbacks and the guys that have had NFL contracts. One

782
00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:47,599
was the top two pick. I mean, he knows the

783
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,640
game and he knows what his player strengths are. Second,

784
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,880
you know, last three quarters against Iowa State, they had

785
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,839
to check out the game plan. Their game plan was

786
00:33:56,839 --> 00:33:58,640
the rush of three hundred yards. They had to suddenly

787
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,160
chuck it. They throw for three hundred Yeah, in this game,

788
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:03,440
you know you have no l Jerricione, You're gonna be

789
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,680
limited With Enox and Joe Bessa. They were good when

790
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,159
they got the ball. Bearer then tweaked his vehy cool

791
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,400
early in the first quarter. It's like, oh my gosh,

792
00:34:11,599 --> 00:34:14,239
We like, how are they going to manage this? Bar

793
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,320
throws for three twenty five. I mean, that was an

794
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:21,159
incredible performance. He understands what the situations are and byu

795
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,440
you know, in that second half, cranked it up, especially

796
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,000
in that fourth quarter. Another comeback made it happen. In

797
00:34:27,039 --> 00:34:29,079
the past game, Carson Ryan had his best game as

798
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:32,559
the Cougar that uses a tight end, so that rhetoric's

799
00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:35,119
kind of gone right, and hopefully there are more tight

800
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:37,440
ends that come in here and have years like that.

801
00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,760
Shout out to a certain tight end at USC and

802
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,599
I think he does. I think he does a great job,

803
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,800
and I've really enjoyed kind of what UI does. Does

804
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,880
by you have guys with four to four speed on

805
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,760
the edges and running backs that run four to three. No,

806
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,679
they have LG. Martin who's more of a bruiser. They

807
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:59,679
have possession receivers and guys who are Brandon Parker is fast,

808
00:34:59,679 --> 00:35:03,880
but like Chase and Parker and Carson and these guys

809
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,039
made it happen. Joe Bessa went for almost seven yards

810
00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:08,199
of carry when he got the rock, and BYU was

811
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,400
good in their power rushers. That means when you have

812
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,599
two yards or less, do you either get a first

813
00:35:12,599 --> 00:35:14,400
down or a touchout. B he was three for four.

814
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,119
So they made that happen when they needed to. And

815
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,519
I think a healthy bear in the system for another year.

816
00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:24,039
As they sophomore, he'll be so versatile, like he can

817
00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:26,639
just open up and chuck it thirty eight times for

818
00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:29,039
three hundred and twenty five yards, Like that's almost you know,

819
00:35:29,079 --> 00:35:32,519
that's you know, approaching ten yards per attempt, which is

820
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:35,280
a monster number. Or the dude next year is gonna

821
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,800
have some games where he rushes were one hundred yards.

822
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,519
He gained sixty sixty seven this year, so minus stacks dfls,

823
00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:43,480
he was down in the five hundreds, but he gained

824
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,840
almost seven hundred yards. He had a spectacular freshman year.

825
00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:49,760
One of the best developers of quarterbacks in the country

826
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,880
for a Rod And you know, hopefully that continues with

827
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,119
U because I think ay Rod likes Klani, likes Provo,

828
00:35:57,199 --> 00:35:59,119
and he's doing a great job. Man, He's he's right

829
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:00,920
in the same mold as Norm Chow and all the

830
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,400
guys that he learned from.

831
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, he definitely is. He's riding that for sure.

832
00:36:05,679 --> 00:36:08,760
Speaker 3: BYU Athletics and football is at all time, you know,

833
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,519
a great We'll transition to basketball after this question, Jaren,

834
00:36:12,559 --> 00:36:13,519
But I need to finish on this.

835
00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:14,079
Speaker 2: You mentioned it.

836
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,519
Speaker 3: What could a certain USC tight end that's in the

837
00:36:17,519 --> 00:36:19,280
portal do for this program?

838
00:36:20,119 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 6: Certainly hope that whoever you alway gets in the portal

839
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,320
that things come in and have a similar output to

840
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,519
Carson Ryan of Okay, you did something there, but we

841
00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:29,519
can use you here, and I think he already does

842
00:36:29,559 --> 00:36:31,639
a great job of Okay, if you're key in need

843
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,239
and you come from New Mexico State, we're going to

844
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,519
use you as a blocker and be effective. Did they

845
00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:38,400
throw a single time to Keen All you, I don't

846
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,000
think so, you know, but with Carson Ryan, they used

847
00:36:41,039 --> 00:36:43,320
the skills there. So you got to go to the

848
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:44,920
portal and get a guy that's going to be your

849
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,239
main guy again, because you do have some young guys

850
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:47,920
that are in the mix.

851
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,039
Speaker 7: No.

852
00:36:48,199 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 6: Moyaki actually scored the first offensive touchdown of the year

853
00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:53,840
against Portland State, but it wasn't thrown to a ton

854
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,079
After that. I think he caught one ball against West Virginia.

855
00:36:56,119 --> 00:36:59,079
Maybe I'm recalling, and there's some young guns in that

856
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,280
group that could blossom perhaps, but I'd love to see

857
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,960
some death there because in the future you always recruited

858
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,840
that position very well. Highlighted Brian brock Harris of course.

859
00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:11,360
But they've got some other dudes that are on missions,

860
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,960
like Jackson Doman's going to come back from a mission

861
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,039
in two years and be a baller as well, and

862
00:37:16,119 --> 00:37:19,840
the ord kids from Dallas last year. They like Tygetche

863
00:37:20,519 --> 00:37:23,280
They've got all kinds of guys in the pipeline. They

864
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,039
do need an media fix though at that position, and

865
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,199
perhaps it's a certain someone at USC.

866
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,199
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's such a bummer to see Carson Ryan go

867
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,719
out on that incredible performance because you're like, dude, we

868
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,880
would like he was incredible this season and your bun

869
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,239
that you don't get to see it again next season.

870
00:37:40,639 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 5: Speak of new additions.

871
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,559
Speaker 7: Though, Jerem BYU basketball adds a mid season edition in

872
00:37:46,679 --> 00:37:52,519
Abdullah with his addition and you getting a break, getting rest.

873
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,800
What's your confidence level with this BYU basketball team heading

874
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,559
into conference play on a scale.

875
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 5: One to ten?

876
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 6: Uh, like a nine? I think, boy, you played a

877
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,960
really really good non conference obviously had some buy games

878
00:38:06,039 --> 00:38:07,679
at the very air that you can ask the specific

879
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,400
idea about his feelings on that, but it was it

880
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,559
was good to it was good to play a super

881
00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:16,800
tough schedule, six neutral games or away from Provo in

882
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,599
a row. Uh. And then you know you come home

883
00:38:19,639 --> 00:38:22,519
and is feeling good. They'll be well rested. Perhaps there'll

884
00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:25,239
be some rusts in that first exposure at Kansas State,

885
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,480
which by the way, is on CBS. You talk about

886
00:38:27,519 --> 00:38:31,000
exposure for BA football, on ABC and them Men's basketball

887
00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:34,840
on CBS this after Saturday afternoon, prior to my Seahawks

888
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,159
taking down the Niners for the one team in the NFC.

889
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,000
It'll be a fun Saturday, but that there could be

890
00:38:41,039 --> 00:38:43,519
some russ there and you're playing drum takes team and

891
00:38:43,559 --> 00:38:46,199
it's picked twelve now and it all matters. And then

892
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,320
it's Arizona State at home with the excitable Bobby Hurley,

893
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,480
and you know, BA should start strong in conference play.

894
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,280
Hopefully they jump out to a four and oh record,

895
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,360
but who knows. It's tough man and boy is not infallible.

896
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,320
They have arguably the best starting lineup in the country

897
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,320
and then very limited bench right now. I do think

898
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:09,079
Abdullah Ahmed adds some toughness, some rebounding, some shot blocking.

899
00:39:09,079 --> 00:39:10,599
It's going to take him a minute to get in

900
00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:13,719
the system. He literally practiced one and a half times

901
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,079
before his first game, and then they took this big break.

902
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,280
So he'll get some practices in prior to their game Saturday, obviously,

903
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,119
but it's going to take a sec for him to

904
00:39:23,159 --> 00:39:25,480
have a big impact. I don't know that they'll have

905
00:39:25,519 --> 00:39:27,679
a massive impact. We're kind of hoping he's like a

906
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,960
five and five guy most of the season. Not a shooter.

907
00:39:31,079 --> 00:39:32,960
He's more of a clean up guy, can finish with

908
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,239
both hands, but he's got some decent skill. If you

909
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,079
are Hadeen, book, you're going to be battling for minutes

910
00:39:39,119 --> 00:39:41,760
there and then xavieron Staton probably is limited in his

911
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,840
minutes because of Amad. Just a little more experience, a

912
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:45,840
little more ready right now.

913
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to think with him coming in, what's

914
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,159
it going to look like? But look, you need a

915
00:39:51,159 --> 00:39:54,480
guy to backup Caba, no doubt about it. Caba and

916
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,239
Abdullah are going to be the forces x and maybe

917
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,239
needs a little bit more developed Hadeen. Maybe he can

918
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,840
play his troopers the four. You never know, but I

919
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,960
like the rotation of adding of him to the roster. Jerrem,

920
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,840
we'll get you out of here on this. Why is

921
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:09,880
number three who had that thirty point triple double and

922
00:40:10,039 --> 00:40:11,480
shot out to Miilo? He was going to be a

923
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,599
hated man in provo if he had missed that shot.

924
00:40:14,039 --> 00:40:15,840
Why will aj be the number one pick in the

925
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,559
twenty twenty six NBA draft.

926
00:40:18,519 --> 00:40:20,800
Speaker 6: I just think he's super ready, and you know, I

927
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,360
could see Cam Boozy as being the first pick. Darreon Peterson,

928
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,519
you know, with his hand string. That's a tough situation

929
00:40:26,599 --> 00:40:29,559
for him. I would stink right if Aj or Cam

930
00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:32,800
had that situation. But Aj has already got the NBA body,

931
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,039
already has the length. The only thing that kind of

932
00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:37,760
AJ needs to work on right now, and I've said

933
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,519
this out loud, there are two things. One is he

934
00:40:39,519 --> 00:40:41,639
needs a little more lift on his free throw, a

935
00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:43,960
little more arc. And then two is I want him

936
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,159
to shoot threes a little more. He Cam Buzie has

937
00:40:46,199 --> 00:40:48,599
actually made more threes and then AJ has. At this point,

938
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,719
I would love Aj to shoot a little more from

939
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,280
a distance. I think he's got a nice stroke from there.

940
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,559
He doesn't force it though, He lets the game come

941
00:40:55,559 --> 00:40:59,440
to him, all those phrases. He just plays the game

942
00:40:59,519 --> 00:41:02,119
the right way, and he's cranked it up a notch.

943
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,000
I think second half of Clemson to now he just said, hey,

944
00:41:06,039 --> 00:41:08,000
I need I need to help my team in a

945
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,920
different way. He was kind of at nineteen a game

946
00:41:10,519 --> 00:41:13,000
in December. He went to twenty eight a game. I

947
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,320
mean it was crazy. He's rebounding more, which I know

948
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,039
Ace has told me he wants to rebound way more.

949
00:41:18,039 --> 00:41:19,880
He's likely there's no excuse for him not having ten

950
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,280
every game, and so he's hitting the glass away more,

951
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he's defending at a high level. He's doing everything. He's

952
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the tennis sists obviously a massive fun to watch man.

953
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Joey's never had a player like this. I mean when

954
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they hed Sean Bradley, they thought maybe at some point

955
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he'd be a high draft pick. He goes number two

956
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after his mission, but b y U with an Ajdubonca,

957
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I mean, enjoy every second of this because it's pretty special.

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Speaker 3: God enjoyed his special, no doubt, because when he leaves,

959
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what not even leaves after this season, he ain't coming

960
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back unless he's visiting or on making stop buys.

961
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Speaker 2: He's going to be playing on Sundays.

962
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,079
Speaker 6: Although his mom says he needs to get his degree,

963
00:41:53,119 --> 00:41:55,360
so who knows, maybe he will. Maybe he and er.

964
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Speaker 2: Hey fans loveday.

965
00:41:58,079 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 6: Back and got his law degree in the off season

966
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with an so go rule it out.

967
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 3: This is definitely not you know, I think he was

968
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an interview with Kevin Durant saying that they've even worked

969
00:42:06,199 --> 00:42:07,920
out or that for him to get his degree in

970
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,880
that So yeah, he byu education to play ball at

971
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b YU then get a BYU degree. Look, I mean,

972
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for crying out loud, he'd have to get baptized. But

973
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maybe he'll be the next general authority like Tanner Wall

974
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who's got his degree, who is a great football player.

975
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Tanner Wall is gonna be gonna be a state president Bishop.

976
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Speaker 2: You just Keanu Tonavas as well.

977
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Speaker 3: I'll be scoping the guys on the roster of who's

978
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going to have that title, you know, as I look,

979
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so I need to say my daughter dad to.

980
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Speaker 2: Get coached up.

981
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Speaker 6: Michael Ware's got an agree from Boyure in PENNI study too,

982
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So it's all good, everybody.

983
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Speaker 3: In everybody in JJ. Before we let you go, what's

984
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the best way we could support you? What you do,

985
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how you do, What can we find you work?

986
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Speaker 6: The benmo is that continue to watch by E TV,

987
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,559
listen to BYU Radio. We got tons of three in

988
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postgame shows coming up for home Big twelve games. Obviously

989
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,159
bo Sports Nations, But shout out to you guys all

990
00:42:57,199 --> 00:43:02,960
the content creators associated with BYU, whether it be linear, terrestrial, radio, TV,

991
00:43:03,199 --> 00:43:07,840
podcast blogs like I love that we're all in this together,

992
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whether it be the fan or Robbie McCombs on banquish

993
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,199
the Foe or you know, the traditional media. Like everyone's

994
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,920
doing a great job. Continue the great work Ron and

995
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,480
Brett with with Critle and the gang. You guys are

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doing awesome.

997
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Speaker 3: Keep it up well, Brett and now we're trying to keep

998
00:43:23,639 --> 00:43:26,000
up the good work as well. And it's very fitting

999
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that you said this, we're all in this together. Very

1000
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fitting as uh, you know, we're here talking about that

1001
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in the state of Utah. Certain I think musical or

1002
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movie was filmed with that with that saying in it

1003
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as well.

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Speaker 6: No doubt, that's that's right. Shout out East High school man,

1005
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:45,559
let's go shout out before he got on Royds. It

1006
00:43:45,639 --> 00:43:48,360
looks like it's totally different, dude. It's so weird, right, it.

1007
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Speaker 2: Is so weird. You're not wrong about it at all.

1008
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Speaker 6: What happened to.

1009
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Speaker 2: Hey kids? This is why we say don't do drugs.

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Speaker 3: Obey the word of wisdom and U and your bodyshell,

1011
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it shall not pair you shall you shall be cherishable

1012
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,000
in that wise word from Jerrem Jordan Jerm. We'll catch

1013
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up with you next time, brother, the travel safe man.

1014
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Happy New Year.

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Speaker 6: Hey love you boys, Yeah, he love you two.

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Speaker 2: That was Jerrem Jordan. That was so funny that way.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Jared Jordan bringing up Zach Effron on steroids was

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not on my bingo card for this interview.

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Speaker 2: Nope, never was mine either, but he knocked out a part.

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Speaker 3: That's Jerrem Jordan. Guys, we gotta go to break. We

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gotta get to Brady Papinka, Bink. Critic will be back.

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