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news Utah State transfer offensive tackle Junior Sia has signed
with BYU per Pete nakos of on three and rivals.
That's a nice pickup for BYU. Also Crystal Ball of
Pockey Fenale the transfer from U dub the offensive guard
will be a reg I think it will be a
sophomore reger freshman. He's got some experience as a starter
on the interier offensive line and in the Big ten.
Paki Faw would be a fantastic acquisition as well. But
junior c six foot six Redschard sophomore three hundred and
eight pounds and was really good for the Utah State
Aggies this year.
Speaker 2: Just committed to the BYU Cougars.
Speaker 3: That makes uh I believe two Officially Zach yama Uchi
from Stanford.
Speaker 2: He's committed to BYU, A product out.
Speaker 3: Of Bishop Gorman, multiple starts under his belt at Stanford
with with I think he's got three or four years
of eligibility as well left UH so Zach yama Ucci
and uh paki Fina could be on the docket as
well as junior Sea. Let's talk some BYU football in
the world the BYU Sports with Brady papinga beat Pop
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Speaker 1: Man, always gonna jump on buddy. Sounds like we got
some good action into the transfer portal that's fun. Yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean, look, BYU is gonna be a much more
strategic than than others. I think when you look at
their transfer portal acquisitions, I mean they're up to four
with a potential five right now. They've lost eleven guys,
but they haven't lost any like key starters. Max Alfred
and Tavion Beasley and Sonny Tuala are the three that
I'm like, ah that that counters an't even Marcus McKenzie.
Speaker 2: Uh, those guys kind of hurt.
Speaker 3: But Boa is gonna be probably different and singular in
the sense that they don't allow a whole lot of
of attrition and they're looking for more specific players in
the portal. How would you describe how would you describe
BYU's recruiting efforts and retention and acquisition in the new
era of the transfer portal era.
Speaker 1: Well, I think they invest heavily in developing. So it
reminds me of with the Green Bay Packers, you know,
because the Packers, you can you can basically get your
draft class into your building and you got it locked
in for three years, right. You can't really get free
agents coming into Green Bay, And so green Bay is like, hey,
we're going to draft and develop. And what they realized
and the Stellers realized this too, is that when you
do that, not only do you get to keep guys
under your program and see a year over year improvement
that's drastic because they're stacking year on year on year
and they're not having to go to another position or
another place and reset. And then on top of it,
there's a loyalty factor that's built into that too, because
it's like, Yeah, these guys believed in me. What I
see with BYU, it's coming from a different place because
guess what Probo is. It is le place to go
if you compared it to Ames, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska, Manhattan, Kansas.
I can name a number of other places. Promo is
a sweet place, Provo orm is a really nice place
to go. So I don't think the OEO is a
problem getting guys there, But I believe the reason why
they want to keep as many guys possible, and the
guys that are there want to be theres first. They
enjoy it. Bonnie creates a very enjoyable culture to play football,
and his coaches buy into it. And then on top
of it, it's extremely competitive, so you're going to do
the very thing which you love, which is compete playball,
and then at the same time you get to do
it in a place that's desirable to live in, which
is Provo Utah, you know, or Orum. And then on
top of it, you do it in a way to
where the culture is built, so where's fun and you
want to keep doing it. I mean, there's not a
surprise as the last couple of years we've been in
Bowl games and we've done well relatively because guys when
they're going into these extra practices where there's really between
quotations not allowed to play for it, they don't care
because they love the game and that's of Kuannie being there.
And then that also is because they're having this desire
to want to improve because they're seeing this year over
year improvement and they want to keep pushing it. And
so it's a smart thing to do. Because the teams
that keep their players in my opinion, and can develop
them and have year over year retention at the highest
and you're getting that extra year that you know you're
stacking year after year atops each other consistently, they're they're
gonna be the best teams because those are gonna be
the teams are gonna be able to master their schemes,
master their requisite skill sets, and they're gonna be the
ones that are gonna play at a high level of proficiency.
These other schools are gonna have to simply if they're
in their transl portal constantly, they're gonna have to simplify
their schemes and they're gonna have to run the risk
on a year and year out basis. That make you
get some guys in there that just don't take to
your schemes as you have previously, and they won't be
as good, which puts them behind a team that's able
to retain and like I said, build that year over
year improvement. So I think the philosophy is sound. I
love it comes from Ball Bends and this is one
of those byproducts to where we at b YU have
an advantage because it is unique. The culture there is right,
and like I said, Probo just so happens to be
a really nice place to go and live and play
your football and go to school. And and like I said,
when you compare that to a lot, I mean even
like you know Seattle, it is a lot nicer than Seattle.
Reason is you get to see the sun Seattle, Oregon,
those areas dark and dreary, and if you're getting as ACU,
but most people just aren't. I mean that's just the reality.
So there's there's a lot of things that by are doing.
BYU is doing. Its leveraging the attractiveness of their school,
which is culture and the desirable place to live, and
they're they're gonna get the results. Well, you'll see it
next year and the year after it's going to exponentially.
It really starts to happen. Or do you get guys
that are in there and they have like with Bear
for example, he is gonna have the biggest leap next
year in terms of improvement as long as he stays
healthy then he would ever have had if you'd got
in the portal had gone to some other school like
Notre Dame or whatever. You know. And so it's a
very sound culture and like I said, I've seen it
personally work very well. That's why you see a lot
of these teams like the Packers and the Steelers and
the Chiefs or another one that they tend to do
well and they've done well over years because drafting, developing
or retaining your talent at least to a lot of
really good benefits for team buildings.
Speaker 3: We do have some breaking news now in the midst
of it all. Pockey Few the Washington transfer, has committed
to b YU.
Speaker 2: We've had.
Speaker 3: Out of the acquisitions thus far, three of them are
offensive lineman, two of them are guards. We got Zach
Yamauchi from Stanford LDS, kid Pockey Fenw from Washington and
then Junior Sea from Utah State. To tackle your thoughts
your reaction to the news, Well.
Speaker 1: It's one the ay you need to go into the
off season. You're always looking to fortify your fronts, your
offensive and defensive fronts, whether it's're recruiting or through the portal,
and you can see that that's exactly where they're putting
their their priority. I would imagine we should be seeing
something come down with more skilled players on the edges
we have. You know, we've seen Ari with Tasper and
Yep with Ryder Lusts older brother, those guys that we're
hoping could come in and be and basically what you
want to those guys, you want to make And I
don't know if you guys watching any Indiana game, I
don't know if kid's name, but number I think their
big receiver who's six four sixty five, he's a nightmare.
And Manda Man coverage. You want to make defenses, and
today's are especially lead defenses, has to question do we
really want to play a man demand because all you
need is one guy that can absolutely destroy any Manda
Man matchup, and all of a sudden it puts doubt
in the defensive coordinator you're facing whether or not they
should do that, which is good for us because actually,
if you don't run Manda Man in theory and a
lot of times conceptually, those defenses aren't as strong against
the russ Uh. So i'd like to see Hi, yeah,
we probably see some more there than on the defensive side.
You know, maybe we'd get some more help, you know,
in the middle of our defense. Probo to say, the
guys last year weren't phenomenal, and ten Ton of Austin's
coming back and he's going to be an anchor there,
but we need to still exceed improvement there. And then
also I would say on the edge of the quarterback position,
always adding guys that can play Manda Man just as
much as you want guys that could beat Manda man
Or equally is important. So uh, I think there's still
root for us to continue to add guys and improve
our squad. But yeah, I think the number one foundation
for an offense is your offensive line, especially if you
want to run the power football game that we do.
And this is right in line with where the team's
mental focus is at, which is really good.
Speaker 3: It looks like cada Ula could end up at b
YU as well. Most recent reports are that Michigan may
not get him. I don't think U c. L A
Is going to get him. He wants to maybe possibly
come back home. Kate linebacker uh formerly uh from here
in the state of Utah. Obviously he has been at
Cal for the last three seasons. What do you know
about k eight.
Speaker 1: Well, see, that's another area that we've I'd like to
see us improved. Like I said, I thought Sarah last
year was solid. He had some games where he was excellent.
But off the ball backing is gonna be a priority.
We gotta have guys that can be tough, they can
line us up. We gotta have guys that are gonna
be the right place at the right time on every
day because they're the guys that are ultimately the fillers,
and they're the guys that make everybody right at least
in the front and uh and then they connect themselves
to the back end in terms of fitting into the coverage.
Texas techond I thought was an excellent example of that
was there two backers. They're not overly talented, they don't
have physical traits, so they're gonna jump off the page.
You know that Rodriguez kid, everybody talks about, Oh, he's
a high draftic. You know what, I don't know because
he doesn't have any special attribute. But is he an
NFL Albert player? Absolutely? Probably a sixth you know, sixth
seventh round or fis six seventh rounder guy. But the
point is is the reason why they were so good
is those guys were very cerebral. They knew where to be,
They were rarely ever out of position. They knew how
to connect the secondary and coverage to the front. They
were able to fill in the gas in the front
and be the guy to make everybody right. We need
guys like that across the board now, Jack and you
know Isaiah have done that at a high level. But
we need to get better there because if we can
get better there, I'll tell you what. Our run defense
will improve drastically, even more so than it has been,
and that'll set up everything coverage, rush and so that
I think is a nice It's an interesting one because
I think that could be a really good fit for
what we're needing.
Speaker 2: Brady Vibenga here on ESP and the Fan.
Speaker 3: Kelly had some of his first interviews as defensive coordinator.
He was asked what the defense will look like in
twenty twenty six. He mentioned, the defense will be a
little taste le Bronco in there, a little taste of
what we've done last year. I've learned so much, but
the base of the defense will be what it's been.
I'd been idiot to change much of what we're doing,
but there will be little different things here and there.
But what do you think the defense will look like
next year?
Speaker 1: Well, Kelly, this smart guy, and I know you know
everything that I say. For a lot of people may
be like, well, you're his brother, of course you're gonna
say smart court. Okay, So I'm gonna be real. Kell's
not dumb. Kelly, He's not dumb. If something is working,
he is going to do it until it doesn't work. Anymore.
So you're gonna see very I would say, from a
fans perspective that has the basic fundamental knowledge of defense,
you're gonna think you're seeing the same defense as you
saw last year. Sure, there's gonna be some nuances and
some concepts that Kelly likes, and like I said that,
or like he said that, that have maybe not been
implemented that we're with Bronco, and I'm obviously have to
passes off to klawannee uh. But predominantly that defense is
gonna look the same, and it's gonna be from the
same kind of multipliplicity element, a lot of simulated plitzes,
a lot of pressure by the man. There's gonna be
like I said, I don't think there's any reason to change. Hey,
Kelly understands that, and so I would say it's gonna
look very similar. And then Kelly's also gonna find ways
to put his little spin off things. Man, he's got
some nice little schematic new watch up his belts that
you know he'll pull out every so often and I'm like, wow,
where did you get them? Really good? You know, that
makes a difference when you've been around guys like Bronco
and Jay and Klawanne and Gary Anderson and you know
the guys that he was coaching with at Virginia. You
kind of accumulate this stuff over time, and then also
when you watch your offense play against her defenses, you
pay attention to kill. He's been like that. He's absorbed
a lot of good defensive football and he's not going
to hold anything back.
Speaker 3: What do you think the pitch is right now to
keep so many of the key players here at b YU.
I mean, he has not lost one key contributing defensive
player on this roster, Like you know, guys that they prioritize.
You can make an argument for Max Alford or Tavon
Beasley or Marcus McKenzie. I'm willing to hear that. But
I haven't really lost anybody. And so what has been
his pitch do you think to keep everybody well?
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing is that comes down to,
like I initially said, which they like playing at the BYU.
They enjoy it. First second, like you want to know
that you're going to do the same thing you did
last year, because there's nothing more refreshing from a player
standpoint than to build year over year. And I can
speak to that because I've played four different positions in
my four years at UYU, and by the way, I
don't know if people realize that I'm the only player
in BYU history to get All Conference at three different positions.
I was a four to three edge guy. In my
sophomore year, I was an odd front edge guy or
excuse me, odd front defensive end, which is different than
the four to three edge guy my junior year, and
then my senior year has moved to off the ball linebacker,
which all three of those are very different. And then
finally my rookie year, I do something that I was
able to repeat three years that was refreshing, and then
I did something else for another number of years, and
then kind of went back and forth. So it's like
from a player stamp like that was kind of my
niche of always being able to change. But there's a
this advants to that because you're not able to stack
years on years of information, and so as a player,
when you're able to say I'm gonna do the same
thing last years I did this or next year they
did last year with all the information now and knowledge
that I had now versus not having before that, that's
really good. I can really take my game to the
next level. And I think I see that. And like
I said, I think the culture of BYU is such
a word that it's just fun. There's no reason to
leave because it's enjoyable. In addition to their projection of
themselves was playing at a higher level next year because
they're going to be doing the same thing that were
last year.
Speaker 3: Brady popinga hre on the ESPN the fan talking world
of BA Sports BYU football specifically, but a couple of
last things here, Brady, I feel like, obviously the culture
of Kilate is big, right the fact that Kelly Gary,
the essentially the defensive staff is mostly retained. They went
out and got Tomorrow Warren. I thought that was a
nice acquisition. I think the other component of retain and
he's got to be the strength and conditioning, the the
the human performance element, the nutrition element, the medical staff
as well, keeping these guys healthy and developing because it's
still a developmental sport.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, you're exactly right. Thank you for bringing
that up, because, uh, I mean, it still goes back
to Klaney's culture because like the performance, everybody knows if
they've listened to us over the years that I was
always really critical of performance training. As you know, when
Klannie first came and the guy did something that was
really ingenious. He built the whole structure hierarchy within the
performance training space and he hired Kolbe and Tyler basically
be the CEO, and the COO went overseeing the actual performance,
which is a compilation of taking data and trying to
figure out when the guys are healthy or not. And
we've had phenomenal numbers in terms of injury rate, keeping
guys health over the last year. And then Kolbe's over
your physical therapy but also mental un are combining that
with the training. And then you have Ryan that's come
in and he answered to both of those guys, So
everybody's got to make sure everybody's staying healthy. And it's
turned out to be a pretty phenomenal organization. And you're
absolutely right to me. If I'm looking at any other
school and I'm comparitive to YU as a player, and
let's say, have these other schools I'm dealing with all
these injuries like soft tissue injuries or you know, shoulder back,
and I can go to BYU and know that Hey,
they've been pretty clean over the last three years with
this hierarchy of performance training. I'm not even thinking about
the other stuff because health is the number one thing,
and so you're absolutely right. I would I don't know,
I haven't got any inside information, but I would like
to see the numbers on that, and that would be
probably one of the most convincing and influential bits of
information you could share with the potential recruiter. Say, look,
this is the average of soft tissue injuries or guys
that basically are done through the year on any other team.
This is what we faced over the last three years.
We promise you if you come here, odds are you're
gonna be able to stay healthy, stay healthy, You're going
to get really good. It could get really good. You
can be able to maximize your potential. That's huge and
so yeah, sorry for not bringing that up, but that
is an absolutely huge selling point for BYU to be
able to say he come work with the best of
the business, because I don't know of any quite frankly
that's as good as those guys and that way they work,
and having a data profile as every single player to
where right now, Kobe Skyler can pull up any single
player that's on the roster. They have three years of
data on these guys and they can say exactly where
they are based off of a workout in terms of
ready to play and need some work? Are they fatigue?
Are they under you know, they can just pull back
the whole curtain and give a big story as to
what is going on the inside. Not many schools, if any,
I'd say there's a small amount of the schools that
can actually do that. We happen to be one of
them at BYU.
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