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doesn't get any crazy. We've been discussing Kilani Saitake, the
negotiations that have been occurring between him and his agents
as well as Penn State. How long has this been
going on, I imagine for the last few weeks. We'll
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Speaker 2: This is coming from on three ok Brett McMurphy as
well as Pete Nacos and I believe Chris Lowe. Okay,
so this just dropped. I want to say, man, just
about twenty minutes ago.
Speaker 3: Guys.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna read through it for you guys and let
you know what they're saying. BYU's Kalani Satake has emerged
as the top target at Penn State.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: Sources told on threes Bret McMurphy, Chris Low, and Pete Nacos.
The two sides have had extensive conversations in recent weeks.
Sources have told On three that the Niitney Lions have
laid out a plan to provide top and resources in
nil and salary pool. Penn State Athletic director Pat Kraft
fired James Franklin on October twelfth after losses to UCLA
and Northwestern Satake is eighty three and forty four as
BYUS head coach and is leading the program to its
first Big twelve Conference title game appearance. He took the
job in twenty sixteen and led the Cougars as an
independent before BYU joined the Big Twelve in twenty twenty two.
He's currently in the midst of his second consecutive eleven
win season. Sources have also told On three that the
Nitney Lions have made made it clear to stake that
they will offer.
Speaker 3: This is where it gets really intriguing.
Speaker 2: A lucrative salary pool, including defensive coordinator j Hill. The Cougars,
who are fifty six and nineteen since twenty twenty. Okay,
they ranked I think believe I believe that ranks. Kalani
seventh best among FBS programs, only behind Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon,
Notre Dame, and Michigan. Early today, Kilani stated that in
his press conference, I'm all about the Big Twelve championship
and keeping our team focused on that. We're going to
avoid all the distractions. Eighty craft of Penn State have
run an under the Radar coaching search. Indiana's Kurt Signetti,
Texas A and M's Mike Elko and debrass met Rule
were all names of note in the search, each of
who have now signed contract extensions to stay at their
respective school. Franklin was fired with a four and to
one win mark against AP Top ten opponents, including a
one in eighteen mark against top ten Big ten teams.
Franklin's winning percentage against AP Top ten teams is tied
for the third worst record by a coach minimum of
twenty five games at a single school since the Pole
Arab began in nineteen thirty six. So he won a
lot of football games, got to College Football playoff and
in Broadpenn State out of the mucket was in post
Paterno scandal, and but this was always the underlying issue.
Couldn't win the big games. Was a builder of men,
a culture builder, but couldn't win the big games. Now,
how many times has Killatte had the opportunity at PY
you to take on top ten opponents. Not not at
all often. I mean, I imagine his record is not
great against top ten opponents. It's very difficult to win
against the elite of college football. But he's done fairly
well against top twenty five foes. Okay, and I'll pull
those data. I can maybe pull those analytics here momentarily,
but that's a little bit of an insider report there.
And I'm getting more texts, getting more data, getting more
in information. Like I said, I have had two stories
told to me over the last twenty four hours. Number
one the optimistic story that Brian Santiago, Shane Reese, Keith
ar King are all in on Kalani Shatake. They're trying
to approve everything that Kalani has requested for fair market
value okay, resource allocation to his coaching staff, and nil
offerings that are competitive with you know, the top thirty
programs in college football. Okay, that messaging, Okay, that request
from Brin Santiago, Shane Reee, Keith forking. They've essentially approved it.
Now it has to be run up the chain, the
chain of command. Clark Gilbert has to.
Speaker 3: Approve of it. He's uh. He oversees as.
Speaker 2: A general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of
latterday Saints, the Church Educational System okay, which as an
he oversees bringing me on university okay. That then goes
up to the Board of Trustees, the first Presidency and
the Apostles of the Church of just Christ of Laturday Saints.
And there are other probably consultants within that. I don't
have a full list of the Board of Trustees, but
I can look it up.
Speaker 3: They have to approve it. They already did it.
Speaker 2: By the way, they already agreed to a robust resource offering.
Speaker 3: To the BAU basketball program.
Speaker 2: They've built an NBA squad through organizational design. I think
you have the Milwaukee Bucks strengthen adeditioning coaches, mental coach,
mental performance coaches.
Speaker 3: You have the Phoenix Suns nutritionists. You have.
Speaker 2: Like G League and EuroLeague coaches on your staff that
have good ties and connections in relationship with Kevin Young,
who was the highest paid assistant coach in the NBA
reportedly receiving four point three to five million or so
dollars a year and his initial contract and that has
recently been extended after a great first Foray in the
Big twelve and college basketball.
Speaker 3: Are getting to a Sweet sixteen. So they've already done it.
Speaker 2: They set a president that they're going to invest in
the ambassadorial tool of BYU athletics. They're going to allow
for the donors, the corporate sponsorships to Boowye up Brigham. Remember,
none of the tithing funds, none of the offerings, fast offerings,
very little if any of the student fees trickle down
to the athletic department, they could see what they kill.
Speaker 3: As I've said many times, that is the nature of it.
Speaker 2: I pulled the US Department of Education numbers recently.
Speaker 3: For twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2: Now, these are the numbers that were given to the
US Department of Education from BYU. Whoever the controllers. I
believe it's down in Moody. I think that's who would
submit these numbers. If they're audited and accurate, I'm not sure,
but this is what was submitted. I think it is
accurate BYU's Athletic department in twenty twenty three revgend one
hundred and twenty nine million dollars. That is nice, That
is robust. Just to give you a little glimpse of
what happened over the last twenty years when I was
at BYU. Okay, you pull these same numbers in the
Mountain West, like two thousand and five, two thousand and
six BYU was making as an athletic department, maybe twenty million.
So you see how how robust the offering is now
as it pertains to revenue generation, how you can allocate
those funds to personnel. And you do have something on
the horizon that you haven't accounted for just yet, which
is revshare. So what was the profit right? Most of
these athletic departments use it until they lose it. Right,
they get subsidies from the state that will funnel down
through you know, via student fees, et cetera. But you
know these athletic departments, Remember, Kyle Whittingham is the highest
paid employee in the state of Utah, and your tax
dollars go towards the University of Utah and Kyle Winningham's
salary and he's making you know, I don't know, five
point three million dollars a year with you know, plus incentives.
So just keep that all in mind as we go
through these numbers. The numbers show in twenty twenty three
that BYU had a fourteen million dollar surplus of profit
in their athletic department. As Tom Homo has stated for years,
we run in the black. We're one of like five
programs in the in college athletics that run in the black,
and we're very proud of that. Obviously, we are fiscally minded,
We are very judicious about how we allocate resources, as
we should be, you know, and will continue to be.
Speaker 3: But what I'm getting at here is like there is
money to be distributed.
Speaker 2: Like I said, you still have to account for the
revenue revenue distribution, the REV share, So you can allocate
up to twenty million dollars from your TV generated money
twenty point five million dollars per the NCAA right per
the UH you know the recent ruling.
Speaker 3: You can distribute that amongst.
Speaker 2: Your your player population, your your your your workforce essentially.
Speaker 3: Okay, you're you're, your talents, the lifeblood of the program.
Speaker 2: So I don't know if Bway's going to go all
in on REV share, right especially if you're having to
pay coaches a little bit more, you're having to elevate
the coaching salary poll, et cetera.
Speaker 3: But that's what they're trying to do right now.
Speaker 2: I believe that's the story that I've been told to say, Hey,
we're trying to get this approved so that we can
pay a fair market rate and have long term tenure
for these coaches as well. And because if you see
Kurt Signetti, who's done great things. I'm not saying Kalani
deserves what Kurt Signetti got, but if he got an
a nine year, million, ninety three million dollar deal and
that's the market rate for top ten coaches, well, where
does that put top five coaches? Where does that put
Kalani as a top twenty coach? You know, many would
say he's a top fifteen coach with his win loss record. Okay,
over that six year period from twenty twenty to present day,
he's got four top twenty I believe, top top twenty.
He finishes in three top fifteen finishes. And think of
what BYU could be in the future once they get
even more brand equity that they don't have right now.
You can see that with the College Football Playoff Committee
and how they rank BYU. They're not even mentioning BYU
right now when they're comparing and contract contrasting resumes. They're
putting Alabama in Oklahoma in Miami and Notre Dame and
all these other schools up there, and they're not including BYU.
So you can see how that also could contribute to
you know, Kilani saying, wow, man, if I win ten games,
if I'm ten and two at Penn State, I'm probably
getting into the colle Football Playoff.
Speaker 3: Now. I do not believe that Killani is chasing money.
Speaker 2: I really don't. People are like, oh no, Kilt, he's
chasing money. He has never chased money like he is
more often advocated for more resources being allocated to his
coaching staff. And I think we could get individuals on
record that would corroborate that. And he's all he's advocated for. Uh,
I think nil. Look at what he did with the
Built for Life Built Bar deal. He didn't even he
paid walk On like he's trying his best to.
Speaker 3: Bow up BYU an affair.
Speaker 2: And I would say, you know, just just a fair
and uh, you know, just an equal manner as best
as he can but you need alignment.
Speaker 3: I've said it time and time again. You need alignment
of the silos.
Speaker 2: If BYU is an ambassadorial tool for good and you're
seeing service projects correlated with wherever BU basketball or BYU
football goes, we all know that Brigham Young University and
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have
plenty of resources to boo ye up. An ambassadorial tool
of the faith, such as BYU athletics is by athletics.
I was gonna be perfect the student athletes, I was
gonna be parow the coach that I was gonna be
per No. But when you when you combine that that
force right of great to elite athletic play, and then
you can showcase your talents.
Speaker 3: You're not supposed to bury your talents.
Speaker 2: And athletics and human performance is a talent just like Okay, music,
just like you know any other the many temporal and
spiritual gifts that are bestowed upon the children of men. Okay,
you go and you combine force with the alumni association.
You combined force it with the Latter Day Saints in
those communities. When you head out to Cincinnati, you you
you donate twenty seven pounds of food and you go
thrust in your siicle with your might in these communities
and you you create these anecdotal positive experience for people
that may not be familiar with the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter day Saints and it's members or it's
athletic department and the student athletes that are that are
being showcased on the field to play. So what I'm
getting at here is I think the call to action
is to meet the standard that has already been stet
from Brian Santiago with the basketball program period, and to
inject and support, you know, the football program in a
manner that says athletics is an ambassador to a tool
and to embrace it. Who's who have we seen, Ronald
the three man We've I'm gonna let you, let you
get in on this action.
Speaker 3: Which member of the quorm of the twelve.
Speaker 2: Have we seen actively engaged recently yet football and basketball games.
It seems like every single week there is a member
of the first Presidency or the form of the twelve
at every basketball game and football game.
Speaker 3: On the trip out to Orlando.
Speaker 2: Recently, a basketball Ronald A rasban Elder Rasband was there.
Speaker 4: He was there last year at the Baylor game.
Speaker 3: He's been engaged Russell M. Nelson. I mean, excuse me.
Speaker 2: Elder Oakes showed up to a BYU football game this year.
Speaker 4: So Gong was passing out ice cream this past weekend.
Speaker 2: Elder Gong was passing out ice cream to ancestor Gong
UCF fans in the stadium.
Speaker 4: Holland was at the game. He was in a wheelchair.
He won't right past me.
Speaker 3: Elder Holland was at the gate.
Speaker 5: Elder Anderson participates. He wore a BYU helmet two years ago.
Speaker 3: Ben Yeah, I mean to me.
Speaker 2: Like I feel like we know what we should do, right,
Like we know what should do? Is Kalanie the face
of BYU football, that the board of Trustees and that
the BYU's BYU's administration wants to showcase in usher and
in front of the world outside of the first Presidency
and the corner of the twelve. What's the most visible
visible what's the most visual position of employment? Essentially of
the church's just Christ letter Saints, it's it's the BA
football coach I was. I used to call Lavelle Edwards
the thirteenth apostle. That man spoke at general conference, He
spoke at BYU devotionals, right, and so you know, do
you believe that Kilane can be that guy for you?
Has he been that guy for you up to this point?
That's the question I have. And if you think he is,
then I think that that the b Yu uh b
Yu administration. You know that that's comprised of Elder Gilbert
Shane Reese, President and VP.
Speaker 3: Of Advancement, as well as Brian Santiago.
Speaker 2: They're gonna push to retain Kilani amidst Penn State, pushing
extremely aggressively as the top candidate of their university, being
willing and capable of doling out not only an eight
figure sum to Killani, but also a robust salary for
all of the assistant coaches, which would include the ability
to retain and attract Jay Hill on his staff.
Speaker 3: That's what on three reported.
Speaker 2: So if Kolani leaves because BYU doesn't want to maybe
invest in the ambassadorial football tool and match, you know,
some or or at least create some sort of symmetry
and congruency between how they're investing in basketball as opposed
the football, you could lose out on J Hill too
for this report. What would the reaction be amongst the
Cougar faithful if Kalani left and took his entire staff
with him, You do not retain J Hill because right now,
all I'm hearing is well, if Kalanie leaves, Jhill's going
to be your guy.
Speaker 3: On three reported that Jy Hill.
Speaker 2: That Penn State would be very aggressive about retaining J
Hill as his assistant head coach as well as the
defensive coordinator.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean, Like, that's where we stand
right now.
Speaker 2: There would be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth in Kugarnation. Okay,
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Joy McGuire.
Speaker 3: Let's read between the lines.
Speaker 7: Yes, and then we will open up for questions at
the end of the comments for both coaches. So if
you could, folks, just hold off on your questions till
the end. Please use the raise hand function. I'll be
able to call on you when we get to the
questions and answers parts. So without further ado, I'll kick
it off to Big Cook, Missioner bred or Marks.
Speaker 1: Great to see everyone. I want to start off with
a couple of congratulations. First, e Yu, I want to
think and congratulate President Jane Reese, Ad Bryan Santiago, and
of course head coach Kalani.
Speaker 3: Just a great season.
Speaker 1: And we welcome you to Arlington later this week. From
a Texas Tech perspective, obviously, I want to congratulate Laurence Skubenek,
the President A. D. Kirby Holkitt and of course head
coach Joey Again, just a great season and we look
forward to having you in Arlington later this week. I'm
really excited for the Edward Jones betwe A Football Championship.
It's going to be a big time event. Limited tickets
are available. We do expect a sellout and we're going
to show in every facet of the game why the
Big Twelve is truly a different lead. A big part
of that will be our halftime show, and as you
all probably know already, we're the only conference in America
that does a big time halftime show. This year, we're
going to be honored to have country star John Party
with us, and John is with us this morning to
say a couple of words about how excited he is
to be part of this incredible event this Saturday in Arlington.
Speaker 3: John again.
Speaker 2: So Yo, that's Brett your Mark introducing, you know, the
coaches in discussing what this Big Twelve Championship supposed to be. Look,
we delved into, i think last week the SoundBite from
Brett yor Mark finally finally putting his approval on BYU.
Found it interesting that you know that he was kind
of slow to advocate for BYU. Would you say that's
an accurate depiction, Ronald, the Three Man Weavers a little
bit slow to advocate for BYU.
Speaker 4: One hundred percent.
Speaker 5: I think he's advocated more for the School of North
Utah than BYU.
Speaker 4: For sure, I would agree with that.
Speaker 2: He went on record during the ASUU of a game
and stated BYO is a better overall record, better strength
of record or better strength of of record, and a
better strength of schedule than Notre Dame. He doesn't even
think it's close. Boy's body, you work at eleven one
is being undervalued by the college football playoff committee. Let's
not look at logos, Let's look at resumes in comparison
with Notre Dame. BAO is a better overall record, better
strength of record, and better strength of schedule. So he's
picking fights right now with a fighting Irish and I
love every bit of it. Let's get back to the
shown and discuss what Kalatate and Joey mcguariree are cooking
for their respective teams.
Speaker 8: Again, honored to have you, Please take it away, Hey,
thanks for having me. Congrats everybody making it here. Big
twelve a different league. This is gonna be a high
energy halftime show.
Speaker 4: I'm very excited.
Speaker 8: We've been working with so many people to bring us
all together. You know, we've got marching bands and it's
just really it's gonna be.
Speaker 4: It's gonna get.
Speaker 8: Everybody pumped up, and we look at it as just
it gets me excited. As soon as you started talking
I was like, Yeah, football, baby, let's go football and
country music.
Speaker 4: It's gonna be great. So I'm so proud to be
a part of this.
Speaker 8: Thank you for having me, and look forward to the
halftime show and staying for the game.
Speaker 4: Thank you, John So.
Speaker 1: I often say there's never been a better time to
be part of this conference, and that could be no
more evident than this past week alone. We've had an
unprecedented run to the start of the basketball season. We've
had TCU now qualify and reach in women's soccer the
College Cup. We sent a nation leading ten teams to
the NCAA volleyball tournament last night a Big twelve record,
and we saw Iowa State beat the number three team
in wrestling Iowa yesterday. All that is an incredible runway
to what we think will be just a fantastic matchup
this week in Arlington when BYU.
Speaker 4: Faces Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: Both programs got to Arlington by earning it on the
field with an impressive eleven.
Speaker 4: To one records.
Speaker 1: Just like when these two teams met in love It
last month, All eyes again will be on the Big
twelve when they take the field this Saturday. In our
Lincolns Live on ABC at eleven o'clock CT.
Speaker 3: Both programs are not only worthy of.
Speaker 1: Competing in the Big twelve Titan, but they both deserve
to be in the CFP based on their resumes and
their bodies to work. Texas tech terrific season has them
firm in the CFP.
Speaker 4: No doubt they are shoeing.
Speaker 1: And I said that last Friday, Eyu's body of work
at eleven and one is being under value by the
CMP committee at number eleven in rankings. Let's not look
at logos, Let's look at resumes.
Speaker 3: Diego.
Speaker 2: That's Brett ol Mark just going off on this particular scenario.
Like I said, like he started advocate for BYU, and
obviously he thinks Texas Tech is the bell of the
ball within the Big twelve. You also mentioned Utah being
very competitive and there's irving of consideration in the in
the top ten of the College Football Playoff Committee's polls.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: But then he went on a bit of an aggressive
took on a bit of an aggressive tone when he said,
by you, Uh, he felt like the colle Football Playoff
comtee is going to get it right.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: They've been undervalued, right and and you hurt him there,
UH state as much UH and he'll continue to advocate now, Like.
Speaker 3: I wish it was a little bit earlier in the process.
Speaker 2: It feels like a little too little, too late in
order to sway the committee to to think differently than
they already have. You know, they look when I see
and there's another SoundBite actually will play later on Trevor
Maddic Okay reviews all the resumes.
Speaker 3: A BYOLA national champion.
Speaker 2: He's been a part of the ESPN team for a
long time as a commentator and analyst. We've had him
on the show many times. He's on Sports Nation. If
anyone can make a case for BYU, it would be Trevor.
Even Trevor states that, look, b yu's not getting into
the big into the college Football Playoff unless they beat
Texas Tech in Arlington, even with that record, even with
the strength of record, even with their there you know,
they have you know, the pretty much the most wins
amongst the candidates of at large candidates versus bull eligible teams.
So there's too many objective data points in favor of
BYU to not conclude that there is some sort of
bias against BYU. Where does that bias stem from? Is
it brand equity through the Big twelve? Is it brand
equity that hasn't been built since nineteen seventy two with
all the Whack and Mountain West Conference championships.
Speaker 3: How BYU found.
Speaker 2: Its way through the lone and dreary world the wilderness
wandering in during independence and stayed liviable, stayed prominent, stayed
ranked many years. Like it's just like, is it because
they didn't have bag men paying for players? It's because
they didn't have a robust of a nil offering as
other programs up to this point. Some people will lean
on the religious bigotry. Some people will lean on the
the that could exist.
Speaker 4: UH.
Speaker 2: Someone lean on like the the independent way right, the
the independence.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know when you're you lose a game and all
of a sudden you're out of the the conversation and
you're going to a bowl game that's like the point
setia Ble or the Independence Bowl.
Speaker 3: It's just not a prominent bowl game.
Speaker 2: Whatever it is, there's something a ride, there's something amiss.
Speaker 3: BYU.
Speaker 2: Over the last two seasons, UH has been tremendous elite
UH in their win life record. The haters are going
to say the margin of victory hasn't been impressive enough.
The game control hasn't been impressive enough. They're a complimentary
football team that's really gritty.
Speaker 3: They just find a way to win. That's what they're
gonna say. The eye test, you know.
Speaker 2: Just doesn't seem like they're a college football playoff team,
and they're not trending in the way that we would
like to see them trend in late November like some
of these other teams with convincing victories of game control
and margin.
Speaker 3: That we like to see.
Speaker 2: That's what the state of this situation is anyways, Brett
or Mark finally getting out in front of it.
Speaker 3: Though.
Speaker 2: Let's get back to sound and commentary. Brett Ormark, Kaloni Sataki,
Joey Maguire.
Speaker 6: Thanks for having me, man. I'm really fared up because
I get to play a good bread decline. I love it, dude.
Think O live for high energy guys.
Speaker 3: We have.
Speaker 6: Very physical teams. I think the two best teams in
the conference are playing this weekend. He's a players coach
like me, loves his guys, and I'm just honored and
fired up. Someone pressed for this team. I'm sitting here
watching his last two games since we played and they
just keep getting better and better.
Speaker 3: I think he's got one.
Speaker 6: Of the best freshmen in the country and quarterback and
got an incredible staff. So we're really honored. We're excited,
and do feel like we've earned our right to play
in this game. I'm gonna echo what Commissioner Normark said.
I said this after my press conference in West Virginia.
Speaker 4: I think that, without a doubt, we.
Speaker 6: Both should be in the playoffs no matter what happens
on Saturday. I think we've earned the right, and I
think whenever you look at it, they're discount both of us.
Whenever you're talking about where we're ruting. I think we're
as good as anybody in the country, and we're gonna
put on a great game. Excited. I'm excited. It's my
favorite place in the world to coach, in Cowboys Stadium.
I've had the opportunity to coach there alive, you know,
whether I was at Senior Hill Bayner, and so I'm excited.
I'm excited for our players to be a part of that.
But Klanni, man, I'm glad it's me and you, bro,
and I can't wait for Saturday. You know, the respect
and apprenticeship that I have for you. So with that
I'll turn it over with to my good friend.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Okay, once again, like you have.
Speaker 2: Like this advocacy, this love, this appreciation for Kilani stake
that you're not going to get, in my opinion, anywhere else.
I believe it's an imperative to retain Kilani.
Speaker 3: At b Yu.
Speaker 2: It's like I've been pretty I've been very consistent about this.
One of the main questions that we were asked as
members of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Lattery
States in order to answer the temple, are you honest
in your dealings with your fellow man? And I believe
as an extension of that question, as I know the
church and bring them you on university, I think we
should pay a fair market rate for the talents and
abilities of the personnel that represent the institution. And what
that does when you pay a fair market rate, it
attracts the best of the best that want to align
with the university and the faith. I know we don't
have a paid clergy. I'm not saying pay the clergy.
I'm saying pay the individuals that are getting paid to teach,
to coach, and pay them a fair market rate that
keeps in there. I'm not saying you have to pay
the highest I'm saying you should pay a fair market rate.
I think that's being fair and honest with your in
your dealings with your fellow man.
Speaker 3: I really think that's it's an important element.
Speaker 2: For too long, we have taken this approach of being
so aggressively fiscally, you know, stingy, that we've turned off
a lot of people.
Speaker 3: Like It pains me.
Speaker 2: To know that Lavelle Edwards was making maybe one hundred
thousand dollars in his final year as head coach of
Brigham Young University. We all know that money isn't happy
this month. Money just brings comfort. You know, there's there's
once your necessities are met. The data shows, you know,
households that make upwards of like seventy five thousand dollars
as a household. Anything more than that is just superfluous.
It doesn't really matter. It's just excess.
Speaker 3: It doesn't make you any happier because your needs are met.
Speaker 2: But that being said, you shouldn't justify underpaying people for
the amount of work allocated and the fair the.
Speaker 3: By the sweat of their brow.
Speaker 2: They're they're doing the work, and they're being successful in
bringing positive.
Speaker 3: Fruits to the institution of the Faith.
Speaker 2: You should be paying a fair market rate there, and
you shouldn't be able to justify underpaying them just because
you're trying.
Speaker 3: To save money, just because oh we can't.
Speaker 2: We don't want to have this appearance. We're so ineborated
with the appearance of indulging in any sort of like
filthy lucre transactional relationship.
Speaker 3: I'm like, this is not that way.
Speaker 2: Like you have a great brand ambassador that is loved
and beloved by Dion Sanders and Scott Frost, Enjoy McGuire.
They all go out of their way to say positive
things and speak glowingly kindly to the man. We gotta
retain Kialani, guys, please, we got to. And maybe there's
like a fear, you know, if we don't retain him,
Maybe there's a fear that he's just grown grown too popular,
too powerful, too influential, you know what I mean. Like,
is there that fear, Like I don't know, Like I wonder,
I wonder if there's that like anxiety of like, man,
he's so popular, is he completely aligned with the mission
of the way, Is he completely aligned with the church.
Speaker 3: Are we putting him out in front of our faith,
in our in our in our in our.
Speaker 2: Educational system in a way that compromises, Like there's this
fear that he's got too much power and he's gonna
exercise on righteous dominion or somebody like I haven't seen
the science. I haven't, so I mean I hope, I
hope figures crossed. We retain them because Penn State has
got them in this crosshairs, including his staff.
Speaker 3: A robust offering.
Speaker 2: To his his his support staff, and his coaching staff.
Speaker 3: That's what Penn State's offering.
Speaker 2: They're going all in on Colladi right now, guys, just
so you know, and some believe it's a done deal.
I don't think anything's been signed yet, but maybe there
has been an agree, an agreement in principle, an agreement
in principle that if by you can't be competitive and
be fair, that he's gonna go to Penn State.
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Speaker 9: Yes, you know, unmute this, Yeah, all right, just gotta
push unmute for a second. But first of all, I
just want to thank everybody on the Zoom and and
Uh express my gratitude to everybody involved. First of all,
and I speak for Brett and and Uh and Joey
when I say to how amazing it is that we
have amazing coverage from everybody involved in the media. And
then I also can speak for Joey because Joey and
I've had you know, if you want me at my best,
Joey understands this.
Speaker 4: It's it's usually when we're eating.
Speaker 9: So we've had many opportunities to break bread together and
to talk, mostly because I've been really interested in him
as a leader and as a as a just a
person all around. I love some of the things that
he's been able to share with me about culture, and
I see what they do in their in their with
their team, their progra He as a leader has been
amazing with that with a team culture. I'm really impressed
with their team, just not just the way that they
play the game. Obviously, we went out there and played
in the game in Lubbock. Great atmosphere, great environment. Uh,
not too friendly for us, but it was. It was
a really cool experience. And and and we did not
show up at our best. A lot of that had
to do with Texas Tech. Texas Tech is a complete
team with a great coach, great coaching staff, and uh,
all three phases, they played amazing football. I think they're best,
the best team in the country, you know. And so
when you look at it that way, we've got our
work cutout for us. We're looking forward to the matchup.
In fact, after the game. Uh, if you want to
talk about manifesting when when when when? Well, first of all,
go back to our dinner. When Joey and I had dinner,
we talked about this. Joey, you remember that we talked
about playing each other in the championship game. We manifested
it and and now here we are. It's amazing they
to do it against a great person and a great friend.
But then also his team is a reflection of him
and the sportsmanship and the class that they have. After
the game, we're shaking hands. Half of the players were
saying we'll see you guys in a few weeks, like
they basically respected us enough to know that we're going
to get back at this game. And it was really
cool that that, you know, that interaction for our guys
to you know, go out and play three games and
get ready to get back into this and have another
shot at it. An amazing team and so we're we're
looking forward to being at our best because it's required
of us when playing the best team in the nation
and that's Texas Tech. And so as we go through this,
we're looking forward to the matchup, looking forward to the
game altogether. You know, I'm not much of a campaign
guy for us during the season, but after the season
and looking at it, at everything, I do believe that
what would Commissioner your mark and what Joey Maguire said,
that we are a playoff contending team and so looking
forward to the matchup. And I'm looking forward to us
both teams representing the Big twelve of in this playoff
and and and doing it the right way. But I
do know we have some work to do and some
improvement to get to it. And seeing the film and
Texas Tech making that happen. That's gonna be key. And
to end my my my comments, I just want to
say that being in the Big twelve has been amazing
for our fan base and for all of Kugarnation, for
our team being in all the different venues. We enjoyed
the partnership in the Big Twelve, connecting with all the
coaches and seeing all the places that we need to
play different venues. It's been amazing. Thank you for being
kind to us, and thank you for the leadership that
we see from our commissioner. Looking forward to it and
looking forward to an amazing game this weekend.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 2: So I once to get you know, kilte uh manifesting this.
They talked about manifesting it, and I love the positive
outlook and mindset that Kilanie has always had uh and
and I expect him to continue to be that way
going forward, even if he has to leave his dream job.
I think that's the last thing Kilani wants. That's the
last thing Kilani Satake wants to do. You think Kilani
wants to leave BYU? You think really, after all this time,
ten years, you've interacted with him Kugarnation, You've listened to him.
You think after all of this, that he really wants
to go to Penn State, a place that he has
no connection to, no roots, no family, right, and you
want to go there and compete a place where he
doesn't have any inroads and as far as recruiting is concerned,
Kilani may be the only Polynesian you know at that school.
I mean, I don't know, I don't know how many
Politesians are there, So maybe I'm short sided to hear
I don't have the data in front of me.
Speaker 3: But like, like I just I don't think he wants
to go there.
Speaker 2: He may be forced to go there to a degree,
it's either one or two. Like you to believe that
he is just looking for like generational money and investment
for himself, you know, and it's just like this selfish
desire or kind of byu is you know at a
crossroads is like you know, they're willing to invest in basketball,
but they're not willing to invest in football. They're not
willing to like be equivalent in symbiotic and congruent with
their investment with basketball, which would mean football does not
drive the ship.
Speaker 3: It's actually basketball that drives the ship.
Speaker 2: Ronald Am I off base here like to to point
out the fact that we've taken care of k Y
and the basketball team and the nil on basketball before
we've taken care of football. Am I off base by
pointing this out?
Speaker 5: No? I mean I said this first been when Kevin
Younger officially got hired, and I wasn't trying to spark anything.
I know certain person and I'll leave names that got
mad at me because they felt like I was bidding
the against each other. And I said, you can't give
all this attention to Kevin young And granted the pedigree
and being in an NBA valid is there. But when
Kalani has been here for a while and you know
has cut his teeth, Grid Grid did everything he needed to,
So you're not off base with it? Like Kilanie deserves this,
He deserves to have a bigger pay raise, been his
staff deserves to be paid, all of them.
Speaker 4: TJ. Woods like, Hey, let me break it down. Let
me give you my perspective. Is LJ. Martin not gonna
be a third to fifth round pick this year? I
believe he is.
Speaker 5: Is Jack Kelly not gonna be a third to fifth
round pick. I believe he is is Isaiah Glasker not
gonna be a third to fifth round pick.
Speaker 4: I believe he is.
Speaker 5: Is Keanutna Vasa not projected to be a first or
second round pick.
Speaker 4: He is.
Speaker 5: Like these are things that Kalani been has done like
he is. He's brought these players and his staff has
developed these guys that have gone out. They produced. Jay
Hill is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country.
Like that's why these reports of Penn State they want
him to ay Rod, You've been declared everybody he was
gonna earn his money with the true freshman quarterback eleven
and one, Like what else do you want? So, yeah,
they deserve to have the same I'm gonna be honest.
Deserve to be paid the same. If you see two
basketball coaches are promoted in their second after one year
to associate head coach. Yes, guess what a Rod and
j Hill deserve a payer is. They deserve to be paid.
They deserve a robust nil landscape just like that. They
deserve to be at a go get players paid. I mean, look, Ben,
we are days away from arguably having one of the
highest recruits at quarterback and you're telling me that they
can't have unlimited ress. No football should for sure have
unlimited resources, especially if Brian has been on record saying
football drives the ship. I was there for that press conference,
you were there. There's no way that k Why can
have this and Kalanie can, especially for the fact that
Klanie's been here longer and he's proven I mean, how
many double digit win seasons in the last six years,
Like that's all I have to say about that. So
you're on Park Ben, I think you're accurate.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's man, I can't believe I'm having this conversation.
Speaker 3: I hate this.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know I hate it too, but it's happening.
Speaker 2: All right, Let's get back to the sound that was
Kolonie's introductory sound by Actually, let's go to break. We'll
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