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the hotline. Welcome in one of the stars of the
Boe Wins basketball team. We got Delaney GiB on the line. Delaney,
how are you? Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4: I'm great. How are you doing.
Speaker 3: I'm doing awesome.
Speaker 2: I appreciate you hopping on to talk some some hoop today.
But the first thing I want to ask you is
this last year there was ups and downs, trials and tribulations.
Obviously ups, ups and downs lead to led to a transition.
Lee Kamard ends up becoming the head coach of BYU.
What's the difference this year with this squad, this team,
this culture, this coaching staff compared to maybe last year.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, we have a great squad right now.
Leek Marv has done a great job of just you know,
bringing in high standards and bringing in girls who want
to work together and want what's best for the team
and just want to compete and work hard. So it's
it's been fun so far.
Speaker 2: Well, it's it's been awesome to watch what, uh, what
has stood out to you about the personnel this year?
You know, who can we highlight on this team and
about the you know between all the gals and the chemistry.
Speaker 3: That you guys have right now? What stood out to
you there?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's so fun because we have such
a young group of girls. Obviously, we have a great,
great supporting cast from last year and girls that were
here last year, but we also have a have a
bunch of new girls that you know, they're either freshmen's
or we've got transfers and they've just kind of bought
into our culture and just been really successful. We have
freshmen freshman star guards did they and Olivia Hamlin have
been so good, just such high energy players and just
you know, they're really young, but they've really just stepped
up and helped us be successful so far.
Speaker 2: You've been balling as well, sixteen point nine points, three game,
three point seven rebounds, five is says, shooting forty percent
from the field. What do you attribute your success to
this year? Taking your your game to the next level
this season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I feel like I had a successful
year last year, and so really I just wanted to
build off that, taking more of a leadership role this
year and just continuing to, you know, grow my game
and try and get better in all aspects of the game.
I feel like I obviously was here last year, and
so I know coach coach Lee really well and no
kind of a style of play that he wanted to play,
and it's like I just benefit really well off of it.
We like to play fast, and we like to shoot
a lot of threes, which is is how I loved
play basketball.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: How would you describe Lee Kmart as a coach and
what he's trying to institute culturally with this squad, with
this locker room.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, he's He's been great. It's super cool
to see him transition from an assistant spot to now
our head coach. He he's intense and he's so competitive,
and so it's super fun to be able to have
him as our head coach. You know, he he holds
us to the highest standard, and he expects excellence, and
he expects us to come in and work hard every
single day. And so I think having a head coach
that just you know, expects so much out of us,
but also instills confidence in us and really builds us
up at the same time is just a perfect combination.
Speaker 2: Next game up, Next team up, next challenge. Who's Texas Tech?
A ranked fo Texas Tech? They took down the men's team.
Give us a little preview. What's the scattered room report
says for the Red Raiders? And how are you guys
gonna do what the the the guys couldn't accomplish?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean Texas Tech is a great team. They
just recently lost their first game of the entire season,
so they've been undefeated for quite some time. They're just
a super fast paced team, similar that similar to us,
they work really hard, and they have you know, they
have some talented players. And so really, for us, we
just gotta walk in on our scouting report, and you
know what our coaches are, you know, instilling in us
and what they've kind of scouted and reported on and
and you know, just knowing personnel and knowing who the
shooters are. You know, they stretch the floor the floor
well and have a lot of great shooters and just
you know, locking down on that and if we can
do that, we'll we'll be successful.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the the matchups, right, how do you feel about
the matchups on the scouting report you mentioned kind of
the scheme of what you're going to be employing.
Speaker 3: What what is it? Uh?
Speaker 2: What matchups do you feel confident that b YU has
maybe a competitive advantage with.
Speaker 4: Honestly, I I love our entire team from top to bottom,
and so you know, I feel like at every position
we have some really good strengths, especially when you know,
we push the ball in transition and we get out
wide and we have spacing, and so I'm really excited.
The thing about Texas Tech is they're they're a great
offensive team. They're a great defensive team, and so are we.
So really just you know, being confident in all positions
that we have and knowing that, yeah, they're a great team,
but we have we have special players and they have
to also guard us.
Speaker 2: What's been the biggest surprise to you from the roster
this season? You know, someone that's maybe wasn't expected to
come in and contribute right away, or uh, you know
that's maybe shocked.
Speaker 3: Even the oster were shocked.
Speaker 2: Maybe the fans that have been able to come in
and watch this Lady Koog's team.
Speaker 4: Well, that's a great question. Honestly, I feel like all
of our freshmen so far, they've they've all done a
great job of just coming in and you know, playing
their role and just competing hard. That goes from I mean,
Sid was Sid was so good when we when I
was going dealing with injuries, and so it was super
cool to be able to see her just kind of
bloom and take on a bigger role and be able
to you know, lead our team and being point guard
is never easy, especially as an incoming freshman, and so
I really just give props to her. She's done so
well this year and it's just super fun to be
able to see her continue to grow and get better
each game.
Speaker 2: We got the Lady Gibb on the Line Cougar Sports
one of three nine ninety eight point three ESPN The
Fan and a little player profile getting to know this
women's basketball team and to Lady Gibb on the Line,
Big game coming up obviously Texas Tech that's going to
be tomorrow.
Speaker 3: And if they we want them to show up.
Speaker 2: To this game, Delady, why should Cougar Nation come out
and support this This Lady Kook's team that's playing really
a fourteen to four on the season.
Speaker 3: The Red Raiders are nineteen one of This is a
big opportunity.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I mean we're such a fun team to watch. You know,
we play fast, we play exciting, we have high energy players,
were scrappy and tough, and so I think Coobe Nation
is so awesome. And you know, the more people that
we can get to come and support our games, the
more energy there's going to be in the Marriott Center,
and it's it's going to really help us be successful
and just be able to play our best.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think I want to say over the last few games,
fans have showed up. I think we've had maybe over
about a little over three thousand at the last home
games and uh, I don't know what the record is, uh,
you know for the season or all time for the
Lady Coogs uh and in attendance, but we got a
big opportunity.
Speaker 3: Even with the West Virginia game.
Speaker 2: I think they're offering free admission to the women's game
to anyone attending the men's game. Trying to set that
attendance record, so we need some some carry over there
as well. Uh, you know, b YU fans that don't
get an opportunity to watch your team. You mentioned a
few of the things that stand out. I mean, you're
you're a highlight too to come and watch.
Speaker 3: What How would you.
Speaker 2: Describe your play those that have been able to watch
your The way that you kind of wend your way,
how you handle the rock, how you get to the
rack and score.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I've I've always been a been a
shooter and been a score my whole life. I think
that I play really well in transition and just kind
of I'm crafty and find different ways to be able
to score, but also find ways to be able to
set my teammates up for success. And you know, we
have such great shooters around and so it's it's really
fun to be able to, you know, just play freely
and just play creative and you know, treat basketball as
as a game where you know, we just we have fun.
And so I love I love to play, and I
just I have a lot of fun out there you're.
Speaker 3: Number eleven on the court? Why why do you rep
the one? One? Has that always been the number of
the family number? What is it?
Speaker 5: Yeah? It was.
Speaker 4: It was my mom's number when she played, and a
couple other family members. So I just I the first
team I ever played on, I was number eleven and
it's just stuck since then.
Speaker 2: So it's always going to be eleven then, no matter
what you do, where you go.
Speaker 3: Uh. And it's a.
Speaker 2: I'd love the significance of obviously numbers. Uh, So you've
been repping it for a long time? How it was
it was the mom? Was your mom the first to
rep that? Or where did she get it from?
Speaker 4: Honestly, I don't really know where she got it from.
She might have been the first.
Speaker 2: The the og as they say, so shout out to
mom for setting the tone, set the presidents here on
the number game.
Speaker 3: Outside of who the lady? What do you like to do?
Speaker 2: What are what are the extra curriculars that you participate
in down in Provo? And I know there's lots to do,
lots to see. I know you got school as well.
What are the extra kid curriculars? Getting to know you
a little bit here.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I love being outdoors. Utah is beautiful.
I'm more of a warm weather person, so I don't
necessarily love the winter when it gets cold and it's snowy.
But in the summertime, I'm always you know, at a pool,
at a lake, at a beach. I love to be
outside and just you know, enjoy nature.
Speaker 2: So then what are the where are the go tos?
Then in the winter, what do you do? Do you
go to Provo b Resort?
Speaker 3: You know, like, what what do you do in the
in the winter months.
Speaker 2: Obviously you're hooping a ton in the winter months, so uh,
you know, obviously you're very busy during that front.
Speaker 3: But when you do have time off, where do you go?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, my life's busy in the winter. But
I also love the movies, so try and go see,
you know, any good movies when they come out. I've
been to Provo Beach. I my my little sisters love
going there. So if they're ever in town, you know,
we've gone there with them a couple of times.
Speaker 3: It's a it's a it's a spot. Okay. So movies
bring up.
Speaker 2: Ronald is a movie guy, so uh and I like
movies too.
Speaker 3: I haven't seen a lot of new movies.
Speaker 2: So, so any new movies that we need to go
check out. Give us a little rating review of any
of the movies you've seen.
Speaker 4: Oh, the last movie I went to was actually a
while ago, well not too long ago, but it was
with our team. We went and saw the New Avatar movie.
It was pretty good. I liked it. But yeah, besides that,
I mean, that's the last one I can even remember.
Speaker 2: Well, okay, so do you have an all time, like,
just off the top of your head, all time favorite movies?
Speaker 3: The ones that you love the most.
Speaker 4: I like Disney movies. My favorite movie ever is Brother Bear.
Okay you know what that movie is? Yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was.
Speaker 2: Okay, So Brother Bear still holds holds the trophy?
Speaker 3: Right, that's the all time favorite?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Still number one?
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 3: Okay, So Disney movies or what else you got for me? Ah,
I'm putting you on the spot.
Speaker 4: I know. I say I'm a movie person, but maybe
I'm not. Yeah, it's probably about it. I A lot
of people love the Marvel movies, which I actually haven't
really seen a ton of Marvel Marvel movies, but I
like the Spider Man movies, even like the New cartoon
Spider Man movies.
Speaker 3: I like those, Okay, I love it.
Speaker 2: Okay, So you know you're going into the movie thing
and you're getting into like opinions. Here, what's like the
your your like most controversial take amongst like you know,
we get around, for instance, we get around the boys. Right,
we're talking takes. Ronald's got his hot takes, Brett's got
his takes, Vix got his. I got what's like something
that you're like, you're always willing to die on the
hill for a particular opinion at about a particular stuff.
It could be who maybe it's it's Lebron MJ. You know,
it could be an all time great type of conversation,
like what's the what's the the the debate where you
die on that hill?
Speaker 4: Oh, this is a hard question. Well, first off, MJ
is the goat.
Speaker 3: So that's what I'm talking That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4: This.
Speaker 3: I liked you. I knew I liked you. I knew
you had a good head on your shoulder.
Speaker 4: De lady, Oh yeah, that's probably the one that you know,
I'll put up a good fight.
Speaker 3: Do A lot of your teammates are they team.
Speaker 4: Lebron Honestly, that's a question I might take to practice tomorrow.
Lebron As. Yeah, I'll do some research for you guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we need to get some objective data points at
an official poll.
Speaker 3: See who wins that, because, like.
Speaker 2: I want to believe, and especially with Lee as the
head coach, like I there's no doubt. I'm almost one
hundred percent sure Lee Kamard is Team MJ. But I
need an official count on this.
Speaker 4: To Laney, I got you, I'll get one. That's an
interesting question to go ask everyone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, let's uh, like we get the social
media team at ball because I want to see this
poast it. I need official statement for the team collectively,
see who wins the Paul all right, Rodnie, what good?
Speaker 3: What do you got for me? Yeah?
Speaker 6: I want to ask Delaney this.
Speaker 3: Look.
Speaker 7: I can't confirm or not, but I heard from sources,
Delaney that a certain basketball coach of yours was getting
late night buckets on the Marriotte Center court. Just describe
just the competitive nature of seeing your coach on the
basketball court, not on the basketball court. I don't think
people really know how competitively Comarde is as a coach,
which I think.
Speaker 3: Is a good thing.
Speaker 4: Oh it's a great thing. You guys would not even
believe me. But every single road trip we go on,
so I remember, I remember at least three trips last
year where we walked past a men's player on the
opposite on like our opposing team, and Lee is talking
crap to them and like just going back and forth
with these random players from their men's program, and I
just was in awe. I was like, he is some
random no one knows who he is. Like we're at
TCU and he is talking to some TCU kid and
it was just hilarious to see, Like he doesn't care,
he doesn't care who they are, he doesn't care about anything.
But you know, he thinks that he is the best,
and I mean, from what I've heard, he just might be.
But he he is so competitive. It's so fun. He
really brings that energy to every practice, in every game,
and you know, it hypes us up, and it's it's
fun to be around.
Speaker 3: He's a competitive guy.
Speaker 2: I've been around him since, you know, I mean twenty
years ago when we were kind of contemporaries down there,
when I was down in Prova watching league at Buckets.
So it's great to have him as an influence on
the on the roster, no doubt. Okay, final question for you,
delayed before we let you go, excited to watch you
ball out tomorrow and we got to set a record
versus the West Virginia Mountaineers at home, So everybody show up,
show out and support Delaney, Gibb and the crew. We're
in the transfer portal era Delaney, and there was like
this fear that gripped all of us when you know
there was a transition. You know, Lee's taken over, Like, wait,
is Delaney gonna enter the portal? She gonna leave us?
Like how you know, what was that process like for
you to to evaluate and then ultimately signed that you
were coming back. And how how tempting was it to
jump in the portal and maybe, uh, you know, take
on all the offers that could have come. You know,
you you would have fetched a pretty price in the
free market.
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. I mean it was definitely a stressful
time where I'm just you know, trying to think of
what's gonna be, you know, the best for my future
and for my rest of my career. And the worst
part was just kind of the uncertainty that we had
for a long time. You know, coach Lee wasn't just
hired right off the get go, and so just like
not really knowing what was going to come out of it.
But when when Lee got the job, I knew that
this is where I wanted to be. I love coognation,
and I've known Lee for a long time, and I
know that he believes in me, and he he sees
the type of player that I want to become, and
he sees all of my potential and so you know,
I'm confident in him and he's confident in me, and
I knew that this is somewhere special and somewhere that
I can you know, really grow as a player and
as a person.
Speaker 3: Love that.
Speaker 2: Well, we're glad you're you're a Coug, a Koug for life,
and that you didn't enter the portal, even though it's
very tempting these days because uh uh, you know, there's
a lot of money being thrown around.
Speaker 3: So it's a to me.
Speaker 2: You know, this speaks to maybe your long term vision
of who you want to be not only is a player,
but off the court as well, rather than having a
short term vision. So I give you kudos for that.
De lady, give ladies and gentlemen. Delaney, thanks for letting
us get to know you. Thanks for letting us get
to know this women's basketball team through your eyes and voice.
Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 3: And I need him, you know.
Speaker 2: So the MJ lebron to do list and then a
more robust movie list as well going forward.
Speaker 4: Okay, I got.
Speaker 3: You all right. Next time, thanks to lady. There you go.
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Speaker 3: Okay, how he rebuilt Indiana.
Speaker 5: We signed twenty two transfers. They were all two to
three year starters. I knew we had flipped the roster
right there. There was no doubt in my mind we'd
flipped the roster. We only had three or four P
four guys the restler G five guys had been.
Speaker 3: Three year starters.
Speaker 5: But see production over potential. There's something about that. The
guy that can stay on the practice field, the guy
that can stay on the game field, the guy that
can handle success, the guy that can handle failure, has
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caught thirty five the forty balls three years.
Speaker 3: In a row.
Speaker 5: Right, that's what those numbers mean. Are this stuff I
learned from coach Saban. You've heard a lot of this
stuff before. High standards and expectations and everything we do.
Accountability throughout the entire organization. It's all about people. The
people you hire and the people you recruit. You got
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have a foundation of habits, that understand right from wrong,
that have passion, that love football, that want to be great.
They want to be great, they want to learn and
get better every single day. You got to have those
kind of people in your organization, and then you've got
to create the environment where they can thrive.
Speaker 2: Wise words coming from a wise coach. A tenured coach
sixty four years of age, became a head coach at
the P four level just two years ago, took his.
Speaker 3: Team to a colleg football playoff.
Speaker 2: The first year ousted, got beat up by the fighting Irish.
The second go round rebuilt, retooled, revamped, remodeled the offense, okay,
the defense with the roster being flipped, found a way
to improve and and win at a high level, and
then did what many thought would be impossible to win
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Speaker 3: They are sixteen and oh, Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2: Okay, here's his postgame commentary regarding going sixteen and oh.
There at the University of Indiana. Kirk Signetti, head coach,
Indiana Hoosiers.
Speaker 5: Okay, hard fut game. Give law credit to Miami. It
was a real gut check. We found a way. It's
credit to our guy's resiliency to find a way to
get that done. It's a great thing. Indiana win the
national championship two years into our tenure. You do it
with people and a plan. Can't say enough about our
senior leadership and the people we have in the locker room,
and the people we have on our staff, and our
strength and conditioning staff, support staff, and the commitment we
received from President Wit and Scott Dowson. I would like
to say our nil is nowhere near what people think
it is, so you can throw that out. And this
team really overcame a lot on the road, in a
lot of tight games and found a way to get
it done. And we're sixteen and o and we're I
guess we're twenty seven and two since Indiana, but we're
sixteen and o sixty national champions at Indiana University, which
I know a lot of people thought was never possible.
It probably is won the greatest sports stories of all time.
But it's all because of these guys and the staff.
So produm and it's a great night.
Speaker 2: Wise words, once again from a wise coach. It is true.
He makes the declaration. This may be the best story
all time in sports history.
Speaker 3: He sent a message.
Speaker 2: Indiana sent a message, but Kirk Signetti specifically sent a message.
He stated, I think we sent a message, first of all,
to society that if you keep your nose to the
grindstone and work hard and you got the right people,
anything as possible, Anything as possible. He was also asked
about the roster in the post game. He said, are
there eight draft picks on this team? Question Mark?
Speaker 3: Probably not.
Speaker 2: But the whole was better than the sum of its parts,
something no coach in my professional career could say. While
sitting at the podium Victoria's after winning the national title. Right,
pretty crazy, guys. Indiana changed college football these past two seasons.
Changed the narrative that has been pervasive in college football
that only buying players and the best players can win
your national championships. What the SEC has done for the
last twenty years, having the donors the bag men go
through the back door rather than the front door, not
happening anymore. Okay, now everyone's on equal playing field and
Kirk Signetti has finally been given the opportunity to become
a head coach. How many other coaches are out there
position coaches that are waiting for their opportunity that have
to wait.
Speaker 3: I mean, you think of it.
Speaker 2: Nineteen eighty three is when Kirk Signetti started coaching, and
he only became a head coach in two thousand eleven.
Speaker 3: He was at a D two. By the way, many.
Speaker 2: Coaches that decide to take head coaching jobs at D two's,
they don't make it back into the limelight, they don't
make it back to a D one double A. And
you look at his trajectory, his path, He's at a
D two U iup and then finally got his opportunity
to get to James Madison all in like the same
similar geographical area. So he made inroads geographically, culturally, speaking
with maybe high school coaches maybe, and along the way
probably finding the right people to surround himself with schematically
and culturally, and then.
Speaker 3: Finally got his job, his head coaching job at the.
Speaker 2: Worst institution in college football history, Indiana. That was his
P four job and his opportunity, and in two years
won the Natty. This is work that has gone on
for fifty years.
Speaker 3: Guys.
Speaker 2: I mean, he was a football player, number one, He
was a he was a he was a quarterback at
West Virginia, right this institution knowledge of the game, but
then becoming a recruiting coordinator has really aided him and
supported him.
Speaker 3: He talked a little bit about that in that first cut.
Speaker 2: So this story, man, I hope it brings hope to
everyone that is putting in work that feels under you know,
maybe they haven't got their opportunity yet, right, and they
just got to keep on showing up, keep putting their
nose to the grindstone, keep on putting their head down,
their nose down, and going to work every single day,
mastering their craft, becoming bigger, faster, stronger, more efficient, becoming smarter, okay,
becoming the best version of themselves within their profession. Kirk
Signetti and the Andana Hoosiers Man best story maybe all
time in sports history. And I loved every single minute
of it. Okay, love the story of Fernando Mendoza as well.
Kirk signetti story is the best. Fernanda Mendoza's is right
there next to it. He got declined to walk on
at the University of Miami. It's a full circle moment
for him, taking down the Hurricanes, finding his way to
Indiana of all places.
Speaker 6: I love this story, Ben right, and you have to.
That's why I picked the banditt.
Speaker 7: It'd be funny, Fernando, you know, all jokes aside. Look,
I mean it's gonna go down as one of the
greatest stories in college football. It will the undefeated season
Kurtzinetti in the second year, and I just want to
remind people he inherited a three and nine booboo program.
Three and nine, it was booboo. It was I can
say that booboo not good. It's not like he was
there been had three and I No, he took a
three and nine program to its highest ranking of a time,
which we thought at the time, and then comes back
this year and there was an ESPN graphic, never been
ranked number one, never had a bunch of other things.
Speaker 6: He checked all those boxes. Championship, he got it all.
Speaker 7: And I mean, look, he's already cemented himself and people
that that's a hot take. No, it's the truth. College
football is so hard. This is not the NFL where
everyone's the lead and you do it. No, he is
already one of the greatest college coaches of all time
period period. With this one season alone. He could never
win another National Championship and he's already in the College
Football Hall of Fame. Ben That is it because this
doesn't happen. This doesn't happen in our day. You don't
beat out stars, you don't do that, You don't get
everybody to buy in.
Speaker 6: You know what it reminds me of. It gives vibes
of BYU in a way it gives viz the Kaloni Shataki.
Speaker 7: It feels like that BYU is on a trajectory of itself,
still obviously missing a few pieces, but that same thing,
the culture buy in a guy that's probably not gonna
have eight NFL draft picks, but it's a culture that
has been built different. Now Klonne likes to smile a
little bit, more likes food, so he's not going to
do that in Kurcinetti and be that way. But look,
I like, you know how he's built this And he said,
is you know it is? It's the greatest sports story
of all time. I really believe it has been. I
believe it's up there because this is Fernando Mendozi. You
just don't see that, Like he is not going to
get drafted in an NFL been because of that he
might go number one overall. But I love this. I
love that he went to Indiana. I love that Kurtzinetti
did it with this team the way he did it
in two years, and I'm a fan. I'm a fan
now of him in his program in college football. Until
they played BUYU, I would definitely be rooting on Indiana.
Speaker 2: Love that shout out to the Hoosiers and hopefully that
brings a lot of hope to those that feel like
the sport is ruined. The fact that the losing is
program in college football history, especially at the highest levels
of college football. The power structure of college football became
the national champion in two years in this new era,
this new college football landscape, is proof that the product
the landscape is not broken, at least not yet. In fact,
the inverse of that has occurred. I think it was
broken before. I think it was corrupted before. I think
it was two too heavily favored towards a specific conference
that was finding a way to circumvent the rules. Not anymore,
Ladies and gentlemen, By the way, in this college football segment,
if you want to get coached up by one of
the best as well, Klonie satake putting together a coach
is clinic March eighteenth. Okay, this coming around the corner here,
We're about.
Speaker 3: Two months away.
Speaker 2: It is a one day affair eight am to noon,
breakout sessions, student athlete building, position drills registration begins at
seven am, and weight and weight training session as well.
So shout out to the coaches clinic there at BYU
and Colode for putting together a fantastic event.
Speaker 3: He does this annually.
Speaker 2: Come and get coached up by the best the B
way you cougar coaches at Big Sports Games dot Com.
It's thirty dollars per coach and lunch is provided. Maybe
should we sign up for that, Ronnie? Should we go
on down?
Speaker 3: Do little thirty dollars can afford that? Right? Go get
coached up? Is that is that? Is that? Is that improper?
Can we ask the SID on that one?
Speaker 6: It might be improper? That might not be ethical to
come down now if our kids did.
Speaker 3: I don't know, but i.
Speaker 2: Mean, come on, let's not make this a moral ethical thing.
I'm just saying, like, hey, immun to be coached up.
Speaker 7: I'm mean you were media members like we're coming. I
just don't want to get involved. I don't have any
desire to get coached up. That's what I'm saying with that. Look,
I don't need you don't want to be coached up. No,
I'm okay. I'll do a Kevin Young one. Look sorry,
I mean I'm bringing out the true thing. I'll do
a basketball one. I'll do a football one like No,
like I did, I had the hoop. I will go
and watch you get coached up. I'll come and, you know,
be there and be like, hey, you know, I'm family
and I'm watching a big get coached up.
Speaker 6: I'll do that. But I don't know about participating.
Speaker 3: But I mean, it doesn't say you have to be
a coach.
Speaker 7: It just coaches. It does say you know, it does
say coaches. I just I think the biggest thing is, uh,
I don't. I just don't want to get embarrassed with
those around me. Basketball is a little bit different. I'm
a little bit more confident there.
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short last night in the National Championship game and feels
horrible about it, but uh man great football players. Keelan
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So Keelan Marion bald out former BYU wide receiver bald
out for Miami. They got their money's worth. Okay, BYU
was paying them decently. Miami was paid paid him absurdainly.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: The six foot one hundred and ninety five pound wide
receiver out of the atl via U com via BYU
to the Hurricanes this season. He had fifty seven reception
seven hundred and forty six yards two touchdowns. That's thirteen
point one yards per reception. Pretty gosh dang good season.
He also was a returner. I think he had twelve
attempts two hundred ninety three yards. His long was thirty eight,
so he was also a kick returner. Keelan had some opportunities.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: Pete Damil was in the locker room postgame. Miami's Keelan
Marrion was not happy.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: Pete Amil states two takeaways from the Miami locker room.
Miami wide receiver Kielan Marrion had tears in his eyes
and a towel over his head, saying aloud, I didn't
even know he had threw the ball. He admitted he
was talking about that that fade route.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: He admitted it was his mistake and said I got
to look for the ball and make that play for him.
Speaker 3: So that's all on me.
Speaker 2: He's referring, I believe to that final play that was
a little bit underthrown. There was also another opportunity where
he had the ball in his hands, kind of had
to kind of overhand it a little bit.
Speaker 3: And he ended up dropping it.
Speaker 2: Pete Dam also stated Miami defensive cordinator Corey Hethrom had
said he wished he'd call. He had called a time
out before the Fernanda Mendoza run on fourth and five.
We knew what the play was. It wasn't a secret,
said the defensive coordinator. It was two by two four open.
They were going to get a QB draw in there.
Speaker 3: He said.
Speaker 2: The call didn't get communicated fast enough. He added that
had been Indiana's go to on fourth and medium all
year from that for nation. So you don't get you
don't get Mulligan's Unfortunately, as when you're when you're one
of the coaches or players in these games.
Speaker 3: A fiel for Kielan Marion.
Speaker 2: I was rooting kilan On, wanted him to have a
fantastic game, A great young man. So the first time
I got to interview Keelan, the jubil happy human that
he was, man, he was bought into b YU, bought
into Provo, and I thought we'd be able to retain him.
Speaker 3: Fortunately, it is what it is.
Speaker 2: Sometimes the portal comes calling, and maybe we were able
to match what others were willing to match.
Speaker 3: But still Field. Once a Cougar, always a Cougar.
Speaker 2: Kieland Marion great football player, great person, and what a
great career he had in its entirety over his season's career.
He had two seasons at Yukon. Remember he had a
red shirt. He had an injury his sophomore year, so
he came to b YU. I think is a red
shirt sophomore. One hundred and thirty three receptions one and
seventy one yards fourteen point one yards perception, nine touchdowns,
also running the ball thirty four rushes one hundred and
sixty one yards four point seven yards per carry, five touchdowns.
Speaker 3: And then in the return game, I think.
Speaker 2: Total returns fifty attempts and sevy four yards two touchdowns.
Of those two touchdowns came at BYU and one of
them came in the robbery game at Rice Eccles Stadium.
So no matter what you feel, what you say, what
you do, no matter what Keeling did. Okay, he going
to Miami, you gotta give him a tremendous amount of
because he was a key pivotal piece in a rivaly
game up in Salt Lake City, immortalized himself, was part
of the catalyst that forced Mark Harland to to to
just stomp his feet on that football field on that
turn and go to the pulpit in the postgame and
declare they stole it from us, They stolen my precious Ah.
Speaker 3: Keeling was a part of that. Man so.
Speaker 2: Much loved to Keelan. Keep your head up. What a
great career. Now take it to the NFL and go
make some more memories. Ronald, I know you're a big
fan of killing Marion. You hear that from Keelan. He's crying,
He's got a towel over his head. He's got to
be able to hold his head high. Had a great
career in a great season at Miami, just fell short
in this uh in those in those final moments he.
Speaker 7: Did and look, I'm I've always been a big fan
of baby Keeling. Look to give you guys a little insight,
I remember when we were showed to practice, Ronnie Crittle
like he would always wave, you know, mid play, I'm.
Speaker 6: Attention, like block, We're not that important. Don't do that.
Speaker 3: He would.
Speaker 6: He was so like enthusiastic.
Speaker 7: And that's why, you know, I guess to go a
little outside the lines of I guess the world of
journalism and coverage was. It did hurt a little bit
to see him go, you know, because look, this job
is just not it's not transactional for me at all.
And to see someone you know, who you develop a
relationship with, to watch him leave, that was that was tough.
But when he went to Miami, and obviously I watched
those games, it kept track. He had his biggest moment
of his career in the semi final game.
Speaker 6: I was nothing but happy for him. It's nothing belove.
Speaker 7: I texted him one hundred percent, you know, posted on
my social media.
Speaker 6: You know, I even look, I even ordered some laceship
boots merch.
Speaker 7: I'll just say it because I mean, it's it's bigger
than you know, football. So when I hear that, I
hear a young man that's very passionate about the game
of football, who's the team guy, and it's it's sad
that he wasn't able to achieve his ultimate goal win
a national championship. I know he worked so hard to
be there. He's taking accountability. I appreciate that. You know
it wasn't all of his fault the throw. Also, it's
just tough to throw from the right hash to the
left hash and that type of coverage. What you've broken down,
Ben So to the point is Keithen Marrion's a phenomenal individual.
Hopefully he can continue to further his football career. Missed
him at By this year. I definitely think he's somebody
that and take the top off the defense and was
respected that he saw it in these playoffs of year
watching By, you definitely miss number zero, no doubt about it.
But Miami picked up a great receiver and Keelyn had
his moment. So happy for him. Sad that he lost
in the National Championship. That's a part of the game.
But Keelan, whether you're listening to this or not, if
someone sends it to him, brother, you not need to
hold your head down at all. You've you've played, You've
had some of the phenomenal games in college football. You're
a great leader, You're a great you're even better person
off the field. So love love watching Keilan Marion from
a far end, the privilege to be at a cover
when he was at BYU.
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Speaker 3: Let's take a brief time out. We'll be back though.
Speaker 2: Let's talk some BYU football with Robbie Bosco. How far
away is BYU from winning a national championship. We'll discuss
it with former BYU quarterback and national champion Robbie Bosco.
Also a little missionary moment as well, as he's been
called to serve. That's right, He's going to be serving
in a mission as a missionary, and I can't wait
to get to know where he's heading and when he
enters the MTC, the Missionary Training Center. Let's go to break,
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