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It was a good dub on Saturday, double overtime, maybe
a little stressful for fans.
Speaker 2: Want your takeaways?
Speaker 1: What'd you like about the double overtime win against Arizona.
Speaker 4: I love that we won, right, you can't.
Speaker 3: You can't be mad about going on the road in
the Big twelve and then getting a win. Obviously, we'd
always like it prettier and better, like Coloney said in
his post game. But was something that I really loved
was everyone was freaking out on the end of the
fourth quarter, like, oh, they gotta get going, they got
to hurry, or even the announcers were like what are
they doing? But Bear looked poised, a Rod knew what
he wanted to do, what plays they wanted, and we
still had twenty seconds to score, right, and when we
scored that touchdown. So obviously it's still twenty seconds is
cutting it close, but still they were calm, collective, keeping
their posure. Like I was very impressed on how the
offense handled that in that five minute, four minute, you know,
time laps of the last few minutes.
Speaker 1: Of the game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Bear's definitely been poised. Very interesting.
Speaker 1: We haven't seen this, and you know, we all love
Jake and what Jake did, but Jacob had a different
level of experience. But I don't think any of us
expected Baron Bachmayer to have to have this type of
poison as a freshman, to have turnovers and to bounce
back so quickly. I mean, BYU has a gym in
this quarterback Ryan, and you're talking about his first year
playing college football. This just gets you excited because you're
gonna have him for another two until Ryder gets back
at least another year for sure.
Speaker 4: Yep. It's exciting.
Speaker 3: And how big he is and how he's able to
run the ball and sand the ball twenty times last
week on Saturday.
Speaker 4: I mean, and he took some hits.
Speaker 3: He's a big boy, and you know, so I love
that you he can take those hard yards and he's
getting some yards after contact as well. He's getting hit
and he's still getting two, three, four or five yards sometimes,
which is awesome because it's another person you got to
a fan in the box besides LJ. And if Elgick
keeps having the season he's having and stays healthy, I
mean he could be up for one of the best
running backs in the country. I think he's number six
right now out in the country rushing yards.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's up there in the top ten, no doubt is.
We're here with Ryan Elgers, the owner of big otires
in America. Four on the line. LJ speaking of him,
we'll turn in to that was named the Big twelve
Offensive player of the week. Obviously we had he had
a career day with carries and with you know, yardage
as well. If LJ keeps us up, looks like a
thousand yard season's definitely gonna happen. I hate to be
so declared of on that, but the way it's going,
in five of the six games he's rushed for one
thousand yards. Would LJ come back for that senior season?
Because you said it, I think right now he is
the best running back into Big twelve, if not one
of the best in the country. Is he gonna come
back for that senior year. I feel like when it's
your opportunity to go, it's time to go. But I
don't know if LJ comes back, if he keeps us
up for that senior season, he might just declare and
go to the NFL.
Speaker 3: Obviously, as a bou fan, you want him to come
back for your senior year, But I'd like get to
know the players and get a little closer for some
of these players, Like you want what's best.
Speaker 4: For them, right, you get you get to grow to
these know these players and who they are.
Speaker 3: And obviously, yeah, if he's got a chance to go
be a first or second round draft pick, maybe even third, Yeah,
I hope he goes because you never know what can
happen next year, you get hurt, You never know, right
Tomorrow's promise to no one. And so if he keeps
having the year he's having, the way he's improved his
blocking and his leadership role and just pounding the ball, yeah,
there's no reason at all that he should come back.
In my personal thing always says up to him in
his fan winning decision, I'll make. But he he's fiving
the year he's having Yeah, he's going to the.
Speaker 1: League always tough. You mentioned a good point. Never you know,
want to risk the opportunity to come back and get hurt.
You're and you're hot, you're hot, but you always want
to see maybe somebody come out and finish that that
last year BYU.
Speaker 2: You never know.
Speaker 1: Let's let's go back to Bear a little bit name
for the Big twelve freshman a week for the third
consecutive week in a row, fourth time in six weeks,
stead that he's received this honor. Is Bear gonna be
the Big twelve Freshman Player of the year when this
all said and done.
Speaker 4: If he keeps to this up, Uh, yeah, I would.
I would love to know, maybe you know, Ron, who
are other.
Speaker 3: Some other Big twelve freshmen that are playing at a
high level or playing good. We'll say, I don't know
of any true freshmen that I can think, I'm out
of my head right now that are on any of
the teams that he played so far, so i'd have
to know his competition. But yeah, I think he's playing
like he's playing and keeps improving like he's improved over
the last few games, last five games, Then yeah, I
think for sure he'll he'll be the freshman of the
year from the Big Twelve.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's one of the few quarterbacks that are playing
right now. When you look at how he's been doing that,
there a couple other, you know, transfers that come in
as a quarterback. I think the only other freshman quarterback,
and I think he's a freshman is the Oklahoma State
a kid that transferred in the early part of twenty
twenty five. I think or I don't know if he's
a richer freshman. I'd have to double check on that,
but there are not many freshmen competing at the higher
level that Bear is, So it's gonna be really hard
I think for Bear to lose this with what he's doing,
I think he's gonna I think in the next couple
of weeks he keeps up, he's gonna have this locked up,
especially at BAYU stays undefeated, which takes us to this week, right.
I've talked to a lot of BYU fans. Ryan, you're
a BAU fan yourself. I've heard people say, Ron, we
could go eleven and one and go to the title game,
and I would be upset if the one losses of Utah.
Speaker 2: I'm like that's.
Speaker 1: Crazy, the big TOEF tititle game one loss to be
in Utah. But that's the nature of the robbery game.
That's how much weight it holds to people. How big
of a game is it this week for BYU to
go seven to zero.
Speaker 3: I think it's huge. I mean, Utah's got blood in
their mouth, right. They don't want another loss, and on
the big twelve that you don't want more than one
or two losses.
Speaker 4: The way things are shaping out, and like I said,
they have blood.
Speaker 3: In their mouth from last year, you know they want
to beat us. I'm I'm excited for the game. I'm
glad it's at Lavelle Edwards Stadium. I'm glad or got
Jack Kelly back to just put Dan Pierre on hold
and just qbs by the heck out of him and
let Jack Kelly do his thing against him.
Speaker 4: I just I'm excited.
Speaker 3: I'm super excited for our defense to go up against them,
and then I'm hoping to see that how how our defense,
our offense does against their defense.
Speaker 4: They got a really good defense.
Speaker 3: They are a very good defense, and so seeing how
our offense handles that the four quarters of them, I
think could really decide the game that special teams.
Speaker 1: Yes, special teams has been phenomena. Kelly pipinga. I kind
of went yesterday on the show. I went the Incredibles
of Edna. You know, ma I said no fix like
she says no capes, No fix, because you've done to
fit the last couple of weeks and it worked out
for you. Well one week it didn't work out for you. Well,
look Kate Pop's k Pop. He's gonna dial it up
if he sees it. You know, you just never want
to put Sam in a in a place to get
injured or not turn the field over because I think
the time of possession and the possessions you have in
this game are gonna be critical. Any turnovers I feel
I could cost any team in this moment. But you
bring up a good point. I want to go back
to Jack Isaiah Glaska. We know who he is, right,
but it looked honestly, you saw BYU's defense maybe not
I don't want to say struggle, but take maybe a
step back without Jack Kelly in the pass rush, you
saw them be affected by that to a little bit
with nor feet and not too much, but just a
little bit.
Speaker 2: And you mentioned.
Speaker 1: It is did you notice not having Jack on the field,
because the defense still turned up in the second half,
I thought and was phenomenal.
Speaker 2: DB's really tested. They were stout and true.
Speaker 1: But I felt like you could notice that number seventeen
wasn't in the middle spy and note Noah fa fida
a lot.
Speaker 3: I mean Jack, he's a freak athlete, he's fast, he's
one of the strongest guys in the room on offense
and defense on the team, and he's a baller, right.
Speaker 4: And so I obviously you're gonna show some.
Speaker 3: Regression as far as the defense goes when a leader
and captain like him goes down. But it's also encouraging
to see, you know, someone like Acoosi come in and
play as well as he did. Right next guy up mentality.
But I do think having Jack out there against against
the U, we're gonna keep him in the pocket and
make him throw, and I think we're gonna hurt him,
not where our secondary is gonna eat Dampierre alive.
Speaker 4: He's got he's throwing decently.
Speaker 3: Passing percentage is very high, but he's not throwing the
ball down field very It's all short checkdowns, you know,
And so I think if we if Jack Kelly and Glass,
we could keep him in that enter d line, keep
him in the pocket and make him throw that ball.
I think we could have Evan Johnson and Tanner Wall
going off and each getting a pick or two.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you say, Evan Johnson, Tannerwall, Evan Johnson and the
coverage on that last play. Schmev I asked bollatas Twala
in the post game. He says, you're not getting anything
on Nevin Johnson said he's, you know, playing as one
of the best corners in the nation, and I can't
disagree with him. It's hard to get the ball pass zero,
but it's also hard to get the past ballpass Trey
Alexander Morty bomb I felt like I have his best
game of the season right now. Dan Pierre struggles for
to the ball twenty five yards downfield. In my opinion,
I think if you're getting pressure and you're keeping him contained,
it could be a big game for one of these
defensive guys. So I'll ask you who's the X factor
in this game on the defense? Who do you think
is gonna be the guy that has a takeaway or
that is gonna make a big time play on Saturday.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go back to Jack Kelly. I think it's
gonna be him. Uh, he may not get the pick,
but he's gonna. He's in said to the where we
need get that pick. And just to go back to
Evan Johnson. Everyone talks about him defending. How about that
third down stop and open field that tackle he had
the boss on the left side.
Speaker 4: Like that was a great play.
Speaker 3: He you know, squared him up and got him a
half yard yard shore to the first down.
Speaker 4: They obviously went for a fourth down and they end
up getting it.
Speaker 3: But everyone talks about Evan's coverage, but he could tackle too.
Speaker 4: He reminds me a lot of j Rob.
Speaker 3: And his tackling ability and getting in front of him
picking an ankle, get you know, And that's the saying.
Speaker 4: A lot becausej Rob was one of our best tacklers
last year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jay Rob was phenomenal.
Speaker 1: You Jay Rob could it was sticky in an nickel
position and coverage on the outside. He was great in
the tackle game. He was great when you blitz him
at the line of scrimmage. I mean I remember the picky.
I don't know if if he literally jumps up pops
it up in the air like it's a volleyball catches it.
The only reason need to scores because Noah tackled him.
If not, he'd been to the house. So it sounds
like whoever wears jersey number zero on defense?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 1: Hero with Ryan Eldriss, owner of Big Otis in America,
folking line, I want to ask you about this.
Speaker 2: Did is Vegas getting it right?
Speaker 1: Utah favored three and a half over under his forty
nine and a half, but I was surprised that Utah
comes out as the early favorite in this game for Saturday.
Speaker 4: And I'm not a big gambler, so I don't really know.
Speaker 3: I do know they say that if you're home it's
three points of technically some of them think it's actually
six and a half points.
Speaker 4: The Vegas is.
Speaker 2: Giving them yeah touchdown, So I.
Speaker 4: Don't really care what Vegas says.
Speaker 3: To be honest, I do know they are right a
lot of the time, but they're also wrong a lot
of time too.
Speaker 4: So we'll let a players figure out who's.
Speaker 3: Gonna make money if they bet on those games as
far as like the fans, but the players will take
your themselves and they'll.
Speaker 4: Lo'll get the dobb In my opinion, Ryan.
Speaker 1: Let's finish up on this for the second I think
season in a row. Big New Kickoff is coming back
to Provo. Happened last year, now this year for the
rivalry game. What does that say about what Klonie Shittaki is?
And I thought that Arizona double overtime win was a
big part of his makeup, his culture and really solidified
his career. Will go down in history as a game
that people won't talk about. When you think of the Georgia's,
the Alabama's, the Organs, the other premier programs, they all
have had a win like that where maybe you didn't
play your best, but then you able to get the gritty,
gut out win. Now that's led to Big New Kickoff
back in Provo for the second year. What does that
say about the BYU football team or where it's headed?
Speaker 3: Exactly what you said. It talks about the culture that
Kawna is creating. But more vitally, it's going to play
even more seats. How many more recruits are gonna be
watching Big New cook Kickoff. I saw on Instagram that
writer Lions is gonna come to the game.
Speaker 2: There you go.
Speaker 4: I think it's just.
Speaker 5: Great for the culture, great for the program and the
attention that we're gonna get correct and then, like I said,
planning the seeds for future recruits to be watching, Oh
look at the what you's not playing.
Speaker 3: On big name kickoff, Like, hey, maybe that maybe I
do go here. I mean they've kind of talked to me.
I think it's gonna gonna plant even more seeds to
continue to create that culture and create a team that
we want here at by U and continue to create
a dynasty for Colonney and what he's done with this program,
just like his mentor level.
Speaker 1: He's solidifying the culture, if it not already has done.
So the dynasty is in the making and it's gonna
be a big game on Saturday. I gotta ask you,
will you be in the tenants of the game. Yes,
of course, of course I knew what the answer was,
but I had to ask it. I always got to
ask to make sure. Shout out to Ryan. Also, shout
out to your boys the champs. Saw you guys got
it done. The Eligence Family took home gold only excellence
in that how sold.
Speaker 3: Yeah we uh my first my younger boy, he plays
on the first grade and he plays up here on
a second grade team coach.
Speaker 4: Quote those teams.
Speaker 3: He took home first in both those divisions for the
grid Iron and then my oldest he's the fourth credit
coaches team as well.
Speaker 4: We got second.
Speaker 3: But yeah, it was a good weekend for the Elders family.
Six games and one day. It was a little crazy.
And I'm actually driving home right now to go to
our our team.
Speaker 4: Banquet that we're having at six o'clock. So it was fun.
We love football in the Elders house.
Speaker 2: You gotta love it as well.
Speaker 1: Honestly, one of the elder boys looks like Parker Cakeston
out there. Honestly, should be a ship on the field.
Can't touch him. I'll be seeing the highlights. I'd be like, oh,
that might be a future sticks a feature b yu
I receiver open there.
Speaker 4: We can only hope that would be awesome. Yeah, he's
he loves that. He eats, sleeps and dreams football.
Speaker 3: I mean he stayed up till midnight watching football with
me on Saturday night. So he loves it and we
just we enjoy It's fun, fun, fun.
Speaker 4: To be in our house.
Speaker 2: Hey, that that's okay.
Speaker 1: I was talking with one of my friend's sisters and
she does flag football, and I'm like, you know what, Jersey,
I want you to do soccer, but I might be
putting you in flag football.
Speaker 2: You might have to go out there and do that,
so I might be switching up.
Speaker 1: But hey, I'm gonna be looking for your son in
the class of two thousand, what thirty nine, just throwing
years out there.
Speaker 2: I have no idea.
Speaker 4: He's seven right now, so I have no idea.
Speaker 2: I have no idea. I'm just throwing numbers out there.
Speaker 1: Maybe And I said that maybe after the mission, and
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Speaker 2: Brother. We'll catch up with you next week.
Speaker 4: I thanks, John, go and take care you too.
Speaker 1: That was Ryan Eldrich and a little Cougar Insider report.
Lots of good thoughts in there. Hey, we'll see if
if Vegas is right. Sometimes Vegas is right, sometimes Vegas
is wrong. I guess we're gonna find out on Saturday,
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