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let's get into it. LJ Martin a little player profile.

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LJ obviously the returning Big twelve offensive play of the year.

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He's going to be a boom for BYU. But we

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got to figure out who RB two is. How healthy though,

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is LJ?

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Speaker 3: Martin? This is what he had to say, Yeah, I'm

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feeling great.

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Speaker 5: It was coming along with nicely, just you know, just

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been trying to get healthy and everything's going good.

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Speaker 4: Okay, feeling healthy, feeling So he probably wanted an eighty

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percent You think, Ronnie, where do you think he's at

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right now?

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Speaker 3: Percentage wise?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's seventy five eighty range is accurate.

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But even then, I mean in a seventy five healthy

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LJ is still.

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Speaker 3: Good, Still good baby.

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Speaker 4: How difficult of a decision was it to come back

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for this this year?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was kind of difficult because that's what jijimo

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as a kid. But ultimately I think this is the

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best decision, just coming back for another year and being

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able to do some stuff at BYU.

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Speaker 4: Big decision and I hope it pays off for BYU.

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It was massive to get him retained, to get him

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back on this twenty twenty sixteen in roster. Who were

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the people you leaned on in the decision making process, LJ?

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Speaker 5: I would say, it's my parents and then my mentors

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like Coach Harvey and Jamal Williams. And like good guys

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like that, just talking to them, hearing their advice for

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me and what they have to say to.

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Speaker 4: Me parents big time. Right, then you have Harvey and

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then you have Jamal Williams. Was it surprising here that

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Jamal Williams was involved in his decision making process and

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that mentorship process?

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Speaker 3: I would say, so, I know we've seen him.

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Speaker 4: I mean, i'd say, like, no one knows that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that's maybe why.

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Speaker 6: I think in the interaction, El just had to have

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had conversations with them to come across him. And you know,

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what is it, h luke Han, Like he's had to

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come across them with as much as Jamal's been around

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and having trained here, So I would have to think

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he has done that. But I mean it's Jamal and LJ,

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both Loki guys. So I'm surprised. I'm I'm surprised that

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we didn't hear about it more, but I'm not surprised

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that it happened.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, look, I thought I was surprised that, I mean,

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LJ is is gonna probably take on you know, a

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small circle around him, and I didn't know Jamal was

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a part of a circle and that mentorship. I know

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he's been at the facility. I know he's eight and

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support in any way that he can this season and

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into the off season, But I didn't know he was

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that deep with the mentorship and the retention component of

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this roster. What was some of the advice Jamal Williams

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shared with you, LJ.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's kind of funny because he was just like,

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just enjoy it. You know, like you're only getting to

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be in college like one time. You know, you only

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get to do it for a said amount of time.

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So he's like, as much as you can, just enjoy it.

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Like then, if I was not going nowhere, if that's

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something you really want.

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Speaker 3: To do, you can do it.

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Speaker 5: But you know, if you can come back next year,

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you can do the same thing. So I took that

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advice in Kim Beg.

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Speaker 3: Interesting that take right.

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Speaker 4: Tamal Williams has played in the NFL for a long

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time and granted he exhausted his eligibility in college football,

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he had a red shirt. He had a red shirt

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kind of a medical red shirt time where he took

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time away from BYU, started training with lu Kahn and

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came back bigger, stronger, faster than ever and primed and

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ready for the twenty sixteen season where he took over

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the college football world. Just tote in the rock. It

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was a fantastic effort from him. But you know, he's

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been in the NFL for a minute now, twenty seventeen

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through twenty twenty four, an awesome career, twling over four

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thousand yards four yards per carry, thirty two rushing touchdowns,

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one hundred and eighty seven receptions, and over thirteen hundred

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yards receiving as well as eight touchdowns. And he told

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his guy LJ, hey, you have eligibility left, enjoy it,

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take advantage of it. You're getting paid too. It's not

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like you're not getting paid. The NFL will be there

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for you. The NFL is waiting for you. You know,

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there's no guarantees in the NFL either. So he's taken

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that and he decided he's coming back.

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Speaker 6: And can I add another tidbit that I think that

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helps here. It also helps you know Jamal and you

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know LJ like not members of the faith. That helps

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being younger. So you know, when you're looking at that,

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you're like, okay, I don't it's Okay, if a guy

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like LJ does that, but you know, a Jaron Haller Chase,

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maybe not so, even though Chase did, right, But like

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that's the difference. Is LG's twenty, you know, twenty two

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this year to compare to the guys who are twenty

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Speaker 1: So I think that plays a factor.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with you there, It matters where the

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the opinions are coming from.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get back to it, LJ.

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Speaker 4: What's your timetable health wise to begin back at full

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strength in fall camp.

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Speaker 5: I'm pretty close to it, really, Yeah, yes, sir.

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Speaker 3: Oh so maybe he's like ninety percent, Ronnie maybe that

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Speaker 6: After that, I'm like, that's that's closer than ninety yeah,

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feeling that, I mean, I think that's why he got

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the shoulder surgery, Ben, And you'd be at a shed

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more on this, you know, being in the orthopedic and

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sports medicine world. He got this, that surgery right after

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the big to a championship game right away. I think

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he did that probably so he could get back faster

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and not wait, you know, because I think just the

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longer you wait in general, from what I know about surgeries,

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it just it takes you longer to heal. That's common sense.

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But I think that's why he did it so he

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could be back. But that's crazy. He sounds like, you know,

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he could probably get going into in spring Bot. I

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don't think he will. I'll think he'll stay out. But

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that's good news, Ben, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, only he knows why he ended up

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having surgery rather than a playing to the bowl game.

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I think what it did if I was gonna, you know,

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project here and give an opinion on it, I think

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it gave him an often like, would the bowl game

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have helped his draft status if he had decided to

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go to the NFL, I don't think so. I think

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he had the resume necessary to jump into the league

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and probably be a mid to late round pick.

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Speaker 3: I don't think, you know.

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Speaker 4: And so by having the surgery, if he did decide

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to participate in the combine, he just and the combine

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just occurred, right, So he would have been you know,

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ninety percent let's say ninety ninety five percent. Would he

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have bench press, No, he would have said, no, I'm

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not going to bench press. But he would have been

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Speaker 3: Does that make sense? So I think that's why I

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Speaker 4: Now, when it came down to it, it's like, Okay,

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I can get just as much value monetarily speaking, coming

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back to BYU as I possibly could in the NFL.

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And I have some eligibility left. You know, I'm gonna

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come back. I have some unfinished business at BYU. What

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were those are some of the things he stated about it,

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some unfinished business.

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Speaker 3: What were some of the reasons you came back to

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Speaker 5: I would say it's today and just being around these guys,

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Like just being around my teammates, you know, just I know,

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I just enjoy being around them, Like we go out

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to eat. We got corn dogs the other day. I

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mean it was a great time. So I just like

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being around them, and I like playing football. So just

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coming back here is it's fun.

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Speaker 4: I like playing football, like being with the boys. And

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he mentioned Jamal wall and say, hey, enjoy the college life.

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It is different, guys. It becomes a whole lot more

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transactional then you may realize. In the NFL, you are

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a piece of me. Like I mean, it's football in

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general is pretty transactional because your your best abilities, your availability,

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and once you're not available, you can't play, and you

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kind of are forgotten, you know, because you got to

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move on, you got to go compete. But you know

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he's gonna enjoy the process, enjoy being with his boys

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and making memories and hopefully having a magical season in

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twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 6: Disappointed though we didn't ask the question Ben, and LJ

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was waiting for us to ask it. I saw his

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lips like quivering, you know, and I know people like

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lips quivering.

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Speaker 1: What piece of meat?

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Speaker 6: Where we got all the sayings in this segment anyway,

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the point of what I'm saying is and Ben will

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know what I'm talking about, and I'm gonna have to

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do the one on one Ben. And maybe he wouldn't

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have given it to me anyway, like Colonel, he'd have

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left it dry. Oh to be back with the boys

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in this So really, the all time Russian records not

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on your mind? L JAB, Yeah, unfinished, it's not on

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your mind. Really, you sit number seven, it's not on

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your mind number four.

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Speaker 3: Hmmm.

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Speaker 6: I don't believe that, for I guarantee if we would

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ask him, he'd have said, that's one of the reasons.

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what would a thousand yard season mean to you?

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Speaker 1: Hey, do you want that? Absolutely?

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Speaker 6: Like, but maybe that's the one on one thing I'll

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have to request and get him. But uh, we missed

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that opportunity. Ben, in general, he was waiting for us.

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Speaker 1: To saw it.

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Speaker 6: I saw it in his eyes. He's looking back and forth.

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But that's one of the reasons too, LJS. They're gonna

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try to get him the record, Ben, I think he's

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gonna break it. They're gonna get it, and that's that's

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not about reason to come back. If that's the case,

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you know, and you raise your draft stock, I like

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all of it.

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Speaker 3: Yep, Hey, I would love to see him break the record.

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I think he should. I think he will.

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Speaker 4: I was winning the Bigtal Championship and going to the

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College Football Playoff a factor as well.

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Speaker 5: I would say that's a big factor, you know. Just

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I felt like, you know, we had two opportunities these

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last two years to do it, and I feel like

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we have another opportunity this year where we got to

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make the most of it. And just for me, you know,

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when I think about getting drafted, it's like if you're

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going the first day, you know. So I just wanted

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to be able to come back and give myself the

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opportunity and to see where it goes.

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Speaker 4: See what happened, see where it goes, see what the

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potential is of this team and myself. Lots of unfinished

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business there. Running back depth was an issue last year.

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how much better will that depth be?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't think it was an issue last year.

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did well in that room. And yeah, I feel like

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we got the same guys and we're gonna do great

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this year.

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Speaker 4: Push pushing back, rallying around whose boys? Running back death

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was not an issue? LJ states, what do you make

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of that, Ronald the three man Weaver?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's an issue when uh, you guys

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are hurt. So I mean, and look, this is gonna

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be all numbers. Wise, take out the numbers. How many

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different running backs did they have? All injuries are part again? Well,

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then depth is an issue because you were carrying the

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ball a lot, rightfully, so, but I mean it was

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Speaker 1: Raw with this boys.

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Speaker 6: He can say that and look I'm not trying to

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say that he's not truthful. That's his belief and he's

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supposed to believe that he's on the team. But the

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fact of the matter, if it was, I mean, we

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can go back and look at the numbers. You know,

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do we know who the third or fourth leading rusher is.

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Brett would always breathe this as he was with us

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in the first hour, he would like this, Sam vander Harbind,

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Sam Vanderrror, you know, with those fake punts. I still

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think in Parker Kingston when he was on.

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Speaker 1: The team all of that.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, yeah, it was an issue, and that's okay,

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but it's not going to be an issue this year.

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Speaker 1: I think they got the guys.

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Speaker 4: Did they have the dudes? That they have the guys?

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Is their true running back depth? Do you believe in it? Kugarnation.

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We'll see how it plays out in spring ball, see

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if we can get some confirmation that there's true running

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back depth. What did you see from Jovesa de Mooney

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in the bowl game?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he could be really good for us. He had

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a lot of opportunities last year at the bowl game

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and he did really well with his opportunity. I was

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proud of him, and we saw it all in practice,

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so it was just him getting the opportunity and he

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finally got it and he was able to make the

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most of it.

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Speaker 4: Jeffsa looked good in the seven toast that he got

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in the bowl game, and he's gotten a little bigger, faster, stronger,

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a little bit thicker. Jovesta is a great scat back

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and has some good explosivity in twitch and solid vision

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as well. I like the foundational elements of Jovester's game,

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and I just got to make sure he's securing that

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football don't cough it up or else. A Rodney Bencer,

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what's this next month LJ going to be looking like

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for you?

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Speaker 5: Oh, it'll be a lot of just hanging around, just

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trying to get the younger guys right. We got Devon

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in now Micah, do guys like that who are learning

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the offense, So just trying to teach them, trying to make.

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Speaker 3: Sure they're up to speed.

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Speaker 5: And they look good today, So I'm excited for them.

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Speaker 4: Looking good, feeling good, nice work, just mentoring. I asked

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the question, do you want LJ playing in fall camp?

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Do you want him coaching in fall back? Do you

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want like a hybrid. What do you make of it, Ronnie,

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do you feel like he's just gonna coach mentor for

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most of excuse me, springball not fall camp.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think when I and I, when I hear

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participating Ben, he doesn't need to go out there right

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and do any of the contact and even like the

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you know the what eleven on eleven, he doesn't need

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to do that. Like I think going through the drills,

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keeping your footwork up, getting some cardio, and I think

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that's okay to work that out is all because you

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can do footwork and stuff and run brand even you know,

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while you're covering from a surgery, right if it doesn't

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affect you. So I think I want to see him

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doing that. We don't need to see himny observation sessions.

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We know what he's capable of, and then that's when

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you mentor guys. I would love to see LJ and

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that leadership ro Koalani's talked about, and you know that

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Lj's talked about that others have raved about.

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Speaker 1: And him being the captain.

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Speaker 6: I want to see him thrive now and want I

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want to see that in observation. I want to see

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Devon ecka come over. You know, Mike, I want to

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see Logan paint Preston. I want to see him talk

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and coach you guys up. That's what I personally would

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Speaker 3: See, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: Last thing, what were your first impressions of Devon Ekka.

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Speaker 3: Play bug down?

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Speaker 5: You know, got to get the play book down. You know,

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it's the first time being in our offense and being

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out at the practice. But he looks really good. He

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looks fluid, like a fluid runner, and I'm really excited

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for what he is, what he's about to do.

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Speaker 3: There you go. That is LJ.

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Speaker 4: Martin discussing the first impression Devon ECKA definitely good athlete,

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definitely explosive. But I gotta learn that playbook and make

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sure you get your pass pro down as well. Let's

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go to break, guys. That's your segment, that's your play profile,

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and know LJ.

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heart of Cantotown of Vasa. When we catted up, our

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caught up and chatted up with Kelppinga prior to the

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kickoff of spring football in Camp Killiney twenty twenty six.

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He said, one of the guys that stood out in

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the off season was Kiano Tonavasa.

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Speaker 3: Bigger, faster, stronger.

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Speaker 4: And fully invested in this Cougar football team. So I

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want to reap between the lines a little bit in

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this Cougar in cider Port with Canto Tonavasa, you addressed

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the media on Friday. Let's see how his offseason has

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played out, because we expect big things from Kianu. For

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many BA fans, they felt like that that Keanu was

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good last year, not great, and they expected greatness from Keanu.

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And I expect greatness from Keanu this year, no doubt

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about it. And so we're gonna get to know him

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get to it.

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Speaker 4: Kianto Tonavasa, going into his final year of college football.

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What did why did you come back to BYU four

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your final season, Kiau.

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Speaker 7: I think it was the boys that as well as

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obviously we look into the draft stock. There was opportunities

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there to declare for the league. But for myself, I

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have high standards and I believe that I didn't perform

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to the.

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Speaker 3: Level of my ability last year.

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Speaker 7: So I was just looking forward to coming back and

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even more of a better year this year.

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Speaker 4: So he evaluated the draft stock, said there was opportunities

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coming back. Probably the nil is solid and he did

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it for the boys. You gotta do it for the boys, right,

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Ronnie is always for the boys.

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Speaker 3: I mean LJ said it too. He did it for

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the boys. The boys in.

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Speaker 4: The Provo Hood are always hard baby, just ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Baby.

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Speaker 4: Shout out to all the boys that are retaining LJ

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and Keanto bringing them back to Provo, Utah to ball

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out for one last season. What are you looking to

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show the NFL this year, Kianu.

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of took a little bit off of my knockback. So

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the ability to get into the back cloth consistently is

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something that I'm starting to master within this technique as

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well as my past rush as just being even more

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relentless using my hands better. So I took a lot

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of that feedback and I'm looking forward to applying it

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not the same scheme. Everyone's like, well, it's the same

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scheme he was running before. No, guys, it was not.

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always the same technique. Remember that Byu is not always

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running a traditional forty front. Okay, it is a more

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of a thirty front. I have that on good authority

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it was about thirty percent or sorry, thirty percent was

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forty front. Uh, but the majority of it seventy was

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a thirty front with a stand up outside edge guy.

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to three five look with that Nickel package with Tommy Perezus,

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strokes for different folks. And now he's dialed in and

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ready to go. Now take a through your emotions when

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all the defensive staff changes occurred.

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Speaker 7: Sir, I think the emotions were just recognizing that I

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was kind of calm because I realized that the Lord

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would take care of what he needed to. I also

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recognize that coach Kilani was staying. And regardless of who's

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in that position, I think that the culture of Kialani

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is what makes this team special. It's not necessarily just

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the coaches, but it's the culture that the players buy into.

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So as that transition was happening, I think I was

476
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less worried about the coaches and more worried about my

477
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players and my brothers understanding that we're here for each

478
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other and we're here for this culture.

479
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,920
Speaker 4: Gotta be here for the for the peeps, for the culture,

480
00:21:40,079 --> 00:21:42,960
for the for the squad, for the boys, and for

481
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cougarnation right buying into all facets of this football program.

482
00:21:49,079 --> 00:21:55,920
So I think, LOOKSA was a Kilani recruit. That was

483
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a Kilan recruit period. Okay, Siony played a role, Jay

484
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,519
may have played a role, but the major recruiter in

485
00:22:05,599 --> 00:22:08,519
all this was Kalani. Kalani's like a nephew, like a

486
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son for Kanto to Kanu, so he's doing it for

487
00:22:14,039 --> 00:22:18,640
Kilate as well. Now, number four, what were your emotions

488
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when Kelly Popinga got hired as the DC.

489
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Speaker 3: I think we're all excited.

490
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Speaker 7: I know from my standpoint, k Pop is a he's

491
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an energetic demon right there.

492
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Speaker 3: So he's always upbeat always. He loves this team.

493
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Speaker 7: I think the last time he always says, the last

494
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time we won a championship was when it was his

495
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senior year. So with that in mind and him taking over,

496
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we want that's our goal, our championship, getting back to

497
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that uh in Texas, that game in Texas, and then

498
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just finishing it this time.

499
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Speaker 4: Got gotta finish what you started, Kelly Pinga and energize.

500
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Speaker 3: You said energizing demon and energized demon.

501
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Speaker 4: Correct, that's crazy, man says some good some good terminology there.

502
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Capop brings the energy, no doubt about it, brings the fuego.

503
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,440
Are there any changes that you've seen thus far with

504
00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:08,599
Kelly's defense that he's employing.

505
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Speaker 7: Not too different, if I'm being honest. There's a little

506
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,799
changes here and there. Verbage is kind of different, But

507
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,240
a lot of it is just everyone owning their role

508
00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:21,799
and then letting us play free, which I'm really excited about.

509
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,400
I think with the bodies that we have coming back

510
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,799
and the health and then adding the additions that we have,

511
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,960
a lot of it is everyone play your game, but

512
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within the scheme.

513
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Speaker 4: Do your one eleventh within the scheme. Baby, Not much

514
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,039
of a difference, he states, not much of a difference.

515
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,920
Last year you said that John Tell mc perry was

516
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going to be a standout. Who has been standing out

517
00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:46,000
to you this offseason from your group?

518
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Speaker 7: VI Fetuli v is phenomenal. He's a freshman. This is

519
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,880
his first spring, but you saw a couple of games

520
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,720
of him last year he red shirted, but he's got

521
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,920
that natural instinct to play within the box, which is

522
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,240
it's hard to find. The box is a difficult place

523
00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:05,240
to play, especially as a younger kid. So for him,

524
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,720
he put on a lot of good weight and he's

525
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:07,480
he's looking well.

526
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 3: Who is ve Fitituli?

527
00:24:10,799 --> 00:24:13,839
Speaker 4: You may ask who is VI and how did he

528
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,599
come to brig him?

529
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,880
Speaker 3: Okay, let's talk about him.

530
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,519
Speaker 4: Shout out to parents Ali Pat and Lauren Fittuli. He

531
00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:27,000
enjoys playing golf and he enjoys playing video games. Stayway

532
00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:28,799
from the video games. The six foot four two and

533
00:24:28,839 --> 00:24:31,839
eighty five pound defensive tackle Recherd freshman at a Layer,

534
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:37,640
Hawaii Lajabra High School, a three star defensive end rated

535
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,240
number sixty seven overall player in California. Twenty twenty four

536
00:24:42,279 --> 00:24:46,319
Epsilon League Defensive Player of the Year, three time first

537
00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:50,160
team All League selection, recorded nine sacks, three interceptions, six touchdowns,

538
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,759
twenty four tackles for a loss, and over four hundred

539
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:55,680
dollars purpose yards. Twenty twenty two second team All League

540
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,960
honoree also played basketball and golf at.

541
00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:58,839
Speaker 3: Lahabra High School.

542
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 4: Of note two that twenty five basketball Defensive Player of

543
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,720
the Year at Lajavre okay I see you dog held

544
00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:07,920
basketball team to a CIF Championship in twenty twenty four,

545
00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:10,519
earned second team All league honors and basketball as at junior.

546
00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:15,000
Was also recruited by cal Tech, Fresno State, San Diego State,

547
00:25:15,039 --> 00:25:18,839
San Jose State, Idaho, cal Poly, sax State, and New

548
00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:19,599
Mexico State.

549
00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 3: A nice offer sheet, so shout out to my guy.

550
00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:30,279
Speaker 4: Committed back in June of twenty twenty four. So that's

551
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,519
a little bit about vi Fittuli. It was nice and

552
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,559
spelt in high school. By the way, looking good, my guy?

553
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,440
Is he the next John Tom Waypeyu Ronald the three

554
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,960
man weavery you buying, you're selling this?

555
00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:48,799
Speaker 3: Tell me what you feel about Ulav Fittuli.

556
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, this is a guy that been Look, all guys

557
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,279
have to go put in the work, but he definitely

558
00:25:54,279 --> 00:25:57,079
has to think all the intangibles. Has a skill set,

559
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:02,319
size and look, you know, sometimes you know you want

560
00:26:02,319 --> 00:26:04,799
a player, ben coming to college and playing and starting

561
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,200
is really hard, you know, and coming and making a

562
00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:09,799
media pack sometimes it takes a little bit of time.

563
00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:11,799
It takes, you know, maybe a year into the program.

564
00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:14,279
It takes until you get bigger, faster, stronger, Right, you're

565
00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:16,440
always talking about that and you see the change. But

566
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,960
he definitely has the opportunity. So I'm I'm looking forward

567
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,799
to seeing if he can do that. And look, I

568
00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:24,000
think that position an opportunity is going to be open

569
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,920
because you know, justin Kirkland last year, Ben was a

570
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,920
little bit dinged up. He's back, obviously saw him walking

571
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,960
off the field, you know. So I think it's gonna

572
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,519
be a great opportunity for anybody and everybody to make

573
00:26:34,519 --> 00:26:35,000
an impact.

574
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,279
Speaker 1: And look what Kiana getting double team Ben? What did

575
00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:37,519
that do?

576
00:26:37,599 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 6: He said it last year Ben time and time after interviews.

577
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,240
If I'm getting double team, it just allows them, my boys,

578
00:26:43,279 --> 00:26:45,119
That means I'm doing my job for them to make place.

579
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,440
So maybe he's a guy that can go and make plays.

580
00:26:47,759 --> 00:26:50,079
Speaker 3: Gotta go make them plays, no doubt about it.

581
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,880
Speaker 4: Another guy in your group that balled out last year

582
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,400
and easy Purcelle, what can you say about him and

583
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,200
how he's grown?

584
00:26:58,519 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 7: I mean it easy to look phenomenal Eve last year. I

585
00:27:00,759 --> 00:27:03,039
mean we saw that sack that he had at Cincinnati.

586
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,839
That's just a tribute to his work effort. He's gotten thicker,

587
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,400
he's gotten bigger, and he's gotten stronger. That's one of

588
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,000
our I think our strongest power cleaner. So he's getting

589
00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:14,440
up there with four plates plus and he's hitting the

590
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,440
basement with it when he catches. So him being able

591
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,519
to do that forcefully within his technique, it's phenomenal.

592
00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 3: I'm excited to play with excited to play with him. Look,

593
00:27:25,039 --> 00:27:27,480
an E. C. He was great last year.

594
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,759
Speaker 4: Remember he wasn't even full strength because he had a

595
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,480
club on his club.

596
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:32,799
Speaker 3: He had the club.

597
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,079
Speaker 4: That's the that's the wrong kind of clubbing, all right,

598
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:37,119
so maybe that's the right.

599
00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:37,559
Speaker 3: Kind of club.

600
00:27:37,599 --> 00:27:40,079
Speaker 4: And excuse me, I hold up, hold on, yeah, that's

601
00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:42,720
that right, that's the right kind of club. And shout

602
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,119
out to an Ec Purcell going into his Red Shirts

603
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,599
senior year six three three h five at A West Bountiful,

604
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,440
Utah via Southern Utah.

605
00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 3: Southern Utah has.

606
00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:55,279
Speaker 4: UH has done BYU good over the last decade. You

607
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,599
can all the SUU transfers, all of them come in

608
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,000
and and played, I think for the most part, is

609
00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:02,920
significant role along the offensive and defense.

610
00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:05,880
Speaker 1: Just techy.

611
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,559
Speaker 3: Austin Leusa was also from Southern Utah.

612
00:28:09,599 --> 00:28:10,839
Speaker 1: Okakay, yeah, I just want to make sure I had

613
00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:11,039
that right.

614
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,599
Speaker 3: Let's yeah, yeah, Yeah, he was great. He's fantastic.

615
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,319
Speaker 4: So shout out to uh to an e c percell

616
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,759
number ninety four. Watch out for that young man getting

617
00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:23,160
some love from Keanutanavasa. Last thing, when you transferred to

618
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,599
by You, you mentioned that the strengthen conditioning burn was a

619
00:28:25,599 --> 00:28:28,599
big reason why. Now that you're in another offseason, what

620
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,000
has stood out to you.

621
00:28:31,079 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 7: They are bought into the culture just as much as

622
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,240
the players, maybe if not more. We do everything as

623
00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:39,400
a unit, so when we win, they win. When we lose,

624
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,720
they lose, and so they're just as hungry because they

625
00:28:41,759 --> 00:28:44,079
lost that Big twelve championship just as much as we did.

626
00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:47,559
But they are one hundred percent committed to what they work,

627
00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:50,039
what they do, and what they believe in, which is amazing.

628
00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:53,039
We have I have numbers where I've increased one hundred

629
00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:55,720
pounds on my back squad within just a year from

630
00:28:55,759 --> 00:28:59,000
last year's test testing to this year. So they are

631
00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:01,640
phenomenal again, not just strength wise, but I mean I

632
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,240
was able to play fourteen games without an injury. That's

633
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,000
a tribute to them. That's a huge blessing. Obviously I've

634
00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:10,720
learned how to work on my body, but with the

635
00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:13,519
nutrition staff, with the strength staff, everyone works as a

636
00:29:13,559 --> 00:29:16,720
collaborative unit, and it's just phenomenal when you get the result,

637
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:18,480
it matters.

638
00:29:18,839 --> 00:29:22,759
Speaker 4: It matters right that these officers are elevating increasing He's

639
00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:24,880
backsquad by overall hundred pounds.

640
00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:26,839
Speaker 3: I love hearing that.

641
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 4: Fantastic dudes coming out of the strengthening. Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

642
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,039
Speaker 6: I don't know which one I'm more excited to hear

643
00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:37,599
Kenavasa continue to talk about his football career or when

644
00:29:37,599 --> 00:29:40,079
he's he's speaking at general conference. I don't know which

645
00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:41,920
one I'm going to be. I don't know which one

646
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,279
I'm more excited to be. Like, I'm not dismissed, sound terrible.

647
00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:46,880
I'm like, should I just follow this man where he

648
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,720
goes because he's going to be a bit of future

649
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,759
bishop and state present. Like, you know, I don't know

650
00:29:50,759 --> 00:29:52,640
which one I'm more excited, and we should put that out.

651
00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:55,319
Do you like Keanu Tonavas as a football interview or

652
00:29:55,359 --> 00:29:56,440
do you like him giving church?

653
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 8: Hey?

654
00:29:57,519 --> 00:29:59,839
Speaker 4: Hey, I like football first, and then he can be

655
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:06,519
the next gift by elder Elder Guildford elder sikahemah. He

656
00:30:06,559 --> 00:30:09,119
can be the next guy up for that calling after

657
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,440
his NFL career is all said and done. He plays

658
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,880
in the league for ten years and balls out for Brigham.

659
00:30:14,319 --> 00:30:16,880
Last thing actually from Kiata, what are you wanting to

660
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,640
accomplish in the next fifteen practices or so with this

661
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:20,359
new defense?

662
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 7: The objective for me is to almost grow as much

663
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,119
as I can. I feel very secure in my technique,

664
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,519
so right now it's almost frog hair's length of growth.

665
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,599
So it's just those point one percent point two percent.

666
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,039
I've been playing college football for five years now, so

667
00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:39,839
it's a super amazing blessing to be where I'm at.

668
00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:42,799
But I want to close that gap to one hundred percent.

669
00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:44,400
If I'm a ninety point two, I want to get

670
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,960
to ninety one point two, you know, just those little

671
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,519
increments of growth and then bringing on the new guys

672
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,799
and then buying in just as much as everyone else's.

673
00:30:53,839 --> 00:30:56,440
So unity, this brotherhood is what's going to take us

674
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,799
all the way.

675
00:30:58,319 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 4: Cultures everything, culture and putting in the work, digging in

676
00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:06,720
day out, that's all part of it. Staying humble, staying hungry,

677
00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:11,519
and buying in to the Kalani culture.

678
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,440
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Let's get in to a couple of soundbites here. Ky

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Kevin Young addressed the media earlier today and he was

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asked a specific question about that final defense you stand

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from BYU in the half of course, that where Rob

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Wright looked like he wasn't gonna Yeah, I don't know

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if he was gonna switch. He was not supposed to

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switch on. Ronald, Why don't you break that down for

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me real quick? What it was that you saw? And

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then we're gonna listen to k why and as he

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breaks down the film of that that final defensive effort

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from BYU versus West Virginia.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, to give you the breakdown.

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Speaker 6: So the screeners coming screens on the left, a Lexi

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coach is supposed to talk. They're in zone, and in zone,

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you know, you rotate over. So Alexi's rotating and waiting

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because if the screen does come and then the guy

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goes over the you know, goes use the screen and

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goes on it as it's on Rob's left, so his

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right if he takes it, Alexi has to switch.

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Speaker 1: What happened?

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Speaker 6: And you do this all the time, and I even

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do this in basketballs when you see that that guy

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is coming and the guy's looking for it on the left.

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You try to quick step him and cross him over

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quick and go back and blow past them so you

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can get the advantage if they're looking, because you know

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it's coming now. I don't know what they were talking

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and doing it. So Rob gets beat and naturally it

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happens to a lot of people and the guy and

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Connor Huff blows back left and he's driving to the

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basket with this left and Rob is beating. Rob has

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a chance to recover and steps, so he goes and

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then he stops and doesn't and and Honter Huff goes down,

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you know, into the basket.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of debate was all, well, lexy, Keba doesn't.

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Speaker 3: Keba doesn't really doesn't.

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Speaker 6: Really contested shots, stays and drop coverage, which Keble was

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doing all night. By the way, that just wasn't on

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that play. I want to paint a picture for people.

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Cable was staying and drop coverage around the whim a

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rim because I think that's something he might struggle with Vennis.

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He jumps, he leaves his feet. He was fouling a lot.

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When you pump fake Keba, he goes off of his feet.

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The Ba was terrible on Saturday's been with the pump fakes.

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You were watching it, it seemed like everybody, every big

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kept leaving their feet and then they get you up

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in the air and then they get a foul. You

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gotta stay disp And that's why I think Boop is

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better because he doesn't do that. He forced you to shoot.

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Just put a hand up, That's what I always say. Anyway, Keba,

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you know, didn't come to contesta shot. You know, floater

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happens all of that. There was debate should Alexi blitz

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around the screen. That's really difficult. Ben If the screen

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is coming to your side of you're preparing to switch it,

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and a guy blitzes and goes the other way, that's

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a lot that's tough for Alexi. Get over that and

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do that. That means he's coming out of position. That

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means either the person on the low block in the

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corner has to rotate up to stop him, or Rob

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has to you know, get back and press on the

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defense for Keba has to step up. And that's that's

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who it falls on. Between one of those three is

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not necessarily on Alexi. That's that's breaking down that play.

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Speaker 4: Okay, So let's listen into k why uh and see

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what he had to say about that specific defensive play.

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Speaker 8: I thought we gave him too many second chance points

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down the stretch there.

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Speaker 1: But you know, one on one defense was poor.

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Speaker 8: You know, Cava guy driven right off the left elbow

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on the one that was uh troublesome. And then uh,

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you know the one where half by Rob like I'm

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not sure what excuse me, I'm not sure what Rob

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was doing. He was looking over at the bench, you know,

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but like he just kind of had a brain fart

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in that moment, honestly. So we just gotta gotta be

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better one on one man bottom line. And then and

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then you know, in that particular game, the rebounding obviously

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killed this, which you know, on the whole throughout the

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year has been more of a strength than a weakness

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of ours. But you know, without Richie, that's something where

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other guy's got to step up and help defensive rebound.

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I thought we gave up too many second chance Okay, so.

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Speaker 3: I'm a little confused.

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Speaker 4: I mean, so this this, this was the media availability today,

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So I'm gonna be a little bit more harsh, right,

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Kboi said he didn't know what Rob was doing. I mean,

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this is we're we're forty eight hours out, like we

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haven't had that conversation at all, like what Rob was

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or maybe he's just that doesn't want to throw him

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under the bus about what he was doing and what

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he was thinking where he was looking. He said, I

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don't know if he's just looking towards the.

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Speaker 6: Bench, that that's him trying to be accountable without being

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harsh on him. That's gonna call them mount hun Perc.

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I don't know where I was looking at, couldn't tell you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but what wouldn't you know with him? For Ben?

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Speaker 1: Ben?

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Speaker 6: Yes, you would knowing what you're doing in the absolutely

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they have the game plan.

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Speaker 3: So like you know what I'm saying is do you

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think k Y said that? Like what were you looking at?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 3: Tell me walk me through?

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Speaker 1: Probably behind closed doors, he's probably what are you looking at?

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Tell me?

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Speaker 6: I guarantee that's what the accountability game. Because Kevin doesn't

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say these things. I feel like without doing his p's

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and q's, he's not the type of guy. He's not

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gonna tell us something that he hasn't talked about with

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the staff. That not and he's a big tape guy.

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You know how many times he played sound couldn't tell

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you have to go back and look at the tape.

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But what I did see that's who he is. So

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I know he went back and looked at the tape

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and that's his honest thing. I don't know what Rob

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was looking at the bench for mm yep. So now

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you can be harsh, Ben, because I'm with you.

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Speaker 3: Mm hmm.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's it's bad. It's bad. It's a joke.

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It's a joke anyway, joke, there's a joke in.

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Speaker 1: The first half. Who it was a joke. Look, Bennon,

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can I say this right? Ben?

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Speaker 6: You always tell me and Brett said in the first

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half and he missed it. Go check it on the

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podcast the former players, former coaches, and the Carter Bond

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of the Field of sixty eight right the church Ball

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Pod was saying, this is maybe the laziest defense I've

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ever seen, pathetic, right, And there's a lot of people

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that caught that clip when viral Tim Lacombe, Ben b

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Yu assistant coach at Coach Jimmer says thirty four seconds,

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you need one stop.

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Speaker 1: This is bad that's coming from it.

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Speaker 6: But that's coming from a coach, a guy that does

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stuff with the with the jazz.

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Speaker 1: Ben, it's bad. Like, look, I know people don't like it.

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The sid has come from. You can say it if

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I have former coaches that were employed by.

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Speaker 6: The university that said it. If I have the current

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coach saying I don't know what he was looking at,

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and the and the tape says it to the tape

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it is caught on four K, it's bad.

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Speaker 1: It's bad.

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Speaker 6: I'm a calm down on the mic, but Ben, it's

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I don't know what to say about it at this

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point of you just don't care, and I'm gonna say

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it selfish, I'm gonna say it like having played sports,

871
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been you played sports, Selfishness is not good in the

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locker room, not on the team saying you don't care.

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Speaker 1: You can't do that.

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Speaker 6: And look, no one's perfect, right, you can't have a

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perfect game. You probably never will, but to be that

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way in the most crucial moment, So you have a

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chance to win the game, Ben, and they should me

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tie the game.

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Speaker 1: Ben, you have a chance, you really do, and.

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Speaker 6: They go and they seal it because of you in

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a way, I like, you know what happens to me.

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But when I look at tape and something happens, I

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get angry if like I let my team down, like

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it doesn't seem like that's like he goes Ben and

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he's like, actually, forget it.

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Speaker 1: He stops. What what the hell has that?

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Speaker 3: Ben? You stop? Yeah? No, I'm not going for that,

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No way, Jose.

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