1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:00,760 Speaker 1: Perspective. 2 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 2: It's the NFL Blitz week game mornings at seven forty 3 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,320 five only on send via new Chie on one oh 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,160 three nine at ninety eight three ESPN, No Fan, You're 5 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:15,240 listening to Cougar Sports with Ben Kretel, and it's time 6 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:18,039 for a cruping the Cougar's and inside look at the 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,559 latest news on the recruiting trails surrounding Cougar Athletics. 8 00:00:22,679 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: Brother Ban Kruger Sports one of three nine ninety two 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,359 point three ESPN The Fan. I've been grittal broadcasting from 10 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:29,839 our Vanderwilth Studios Vanderwialth dot com. 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How 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,480 you live in Hey? 33 00:01:32,519 --> 00:01:33,159 Speaker 3: What's up? Guys? 34 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Always a pleasure, always a blessing, talking ball 35 00:01:36,719 --> 00:01:39,599 with your case. So let's start off with a little recruiting, right, 36 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,799 So how would you evaluate? You know, we got a 37 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,439 lot of new facers, the transferportal players and then the 38 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:47,280 true freshmen that are coming in return. Missionaries as well. 39 00:01:48,239 --> 00:01:50,799 From what you've seen thus far from the newcomers, the 40 00:01:50,879 --> 00:01:55,040 new faces, the transperportal freshmen, the transported players, the freshmen, 41 00:01:55,079 --> 00:01:57,599 and then the return missionaries, what has stood out to 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,879 you amongst that group? 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,239 Speaker 3: I think, first and foremost, you can go down the 44 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:07,519 list of transfers and probably expect most of those guys 45 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:11,000 to contribute right away. You know, we'll see how the 46 00:02:11,479 --> 00:02:14,240 depth chart along the offensive line irons itself out. But 47 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,000 I expect at least a few of those guys up 48 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:21,120 front to be starters. I know they brought in three, 49 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:23,159 but I would expect at least one or two of 50 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,400 those guys to be starters. And then beyond that, you've 51 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,039 also got a ton of brand new true freshmen that 52 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:35,319 are already enrolled and participating in spring camp. I think 53 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,800 that's become a little different from BYU classes in the past. 54 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,240 Perhaps like four or five years ago, I would say probably, 55 00:02:44,759 --> 00:02:47,599 you know, seventy to ninety percent of those signees would 56 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,280 leave for two years and serve missions. But now we've 57 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:53,319 seen it the last couple of years where it's about 58 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,919 a fifty to fifty split, and that's the case this year, 59 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,840 so about half of BYU's record class is enrolled, and 60 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:02,400 of the signings that will play right away, all but 61 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:06,520 one Antonio Johnson, are enrolled and participating in spring camp. 62 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,520 So I look at whenever you're trying to see where 63 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,240 a true freshman can find playing time, it's a matter 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,960 of not only talent, but opportunity as well. Right, So 65 00:03:16,599 --> 00:03:19,400 if Jake Resloff was on the roster last year, then 66 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,319 bear Bachmeier doesn't have his breakout freshman campaign, assuming you 67 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,919 stays healthy. So as far as opportunity goes, I think 68 00:03:29,479 --> 00:03:32,400 the opportunity at wide receiver is wide open given the 69 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:36,080 departures of Chase Roberts and Parker Kingston, and then pair 70 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:38,840 that alongside some of the really talented players that you 71 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:42,639 brought into the room, namely Jaron Poula, Legend Glask or 72 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:48,120 Terrence Serry on guys like that. So historically, really talented 73 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:50,759 wide receivers have been able to find their way to 74 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:53,879 the field early in their BYU careers. And so I'm 75 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,599 keeping an eye on that room in particular. 76 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean a Rod He's very hesitant to talk 77 00:03:58,919 --> 00:04:03,919 about the newcomers because the transfer portal, right, and the 78 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:09,000 tampering tamper gate in provo. When you heard a Rod 79 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:12,520 state that earlier this week, he doesn't want to. He's 80 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:16,800 reluctant to, you know, to to highlight. Let's actually tune 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,720 into it. Let's listen. What did he exactly say about 82 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,519 potential tampering of his young rising stars. 83 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 4: Well, I mean going tracts twice, but there's a lot 84 00:04:26,959 --> 00:04:32,279 of good players in that room, and those guys will 85 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,639 step up. I'm very confident about that. And you know, 86 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,160 Casper did some good things today, and we've got some 87 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,160 some young players that are doing some good things. I'm 88 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,759 a little reluctant to comment about young guys though, because 89 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:47,000 then people will start tampering with them before before the 90 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,600 next portal windows. So I'm just gonna not I'm not 91 00:04:49,639 --> 00:04:51,319 gonna say nice things about the young guys anymore. 92 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:57,079 Speaker 1: He goes on, like I think it was Sean Walker said, well, 93 00:04:57,199 --> 00:04:59,480 you know there isn't a spring portal wing. He's like, yeah, 94 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:01,680 that's right. But when you heard that, Casey, what was 95 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,800 your reaction, what did you ponder? What did you think about? 96 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,439 Speaker 3: Well, the transfer portal has taken another thing away, apparently. 97 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:12,079 I guess that's commentary from a Rod to ay Rod's 98 00:05:12,079 --> 00:05:15,040 credit I think historically he has done a pretty good 99 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,959 job of singling out players and giving some real information 100 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,079 from his interviews. It's not just coach speak. So I 101 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,360 think if you look back at his track record, you 102 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:27,800 know he spoke very highly of l. J. Martin as 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,240 a true freshman. He spoke very highly a bear. He 104 00:05:31,439 --> 00:05:35,759 has given some real tidbits throughout the years. So if 105 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,279 that's another thing that the transfer portal has taken away, 106 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,639 then that's a shame. But it's a real threat. 107 00:05:40,759 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 4: You know. 108 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 3: I don't know how much teams are tampering because of 109 00:05:45,439 --> 00:05:48,879 media quotes. I don't know that, but tampering is a 110 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,920 real thing, and especially when you have a really talented class, 111 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,759 you'd like to keep them around and keep them in 112 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,720 the program. So I understand the sentiment. But there is 113 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,800 no spring transfer portal windows, so it's gonna be a 114 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:04,680 while before teams can start tampering. 115 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a I thought it was gonna say. I 116 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,600 know it was a little chung at tongue in cheek, 117 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,360 but I thought it was funny. Nonetheless, I mean, look, 118 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,319 the young bucks are very, very talented, as you mentioned, 119 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,839 and these new faces that are kind of on the rise, 120 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,079 We've delved into it a little bit today and it's 121 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,040 exciting times to be a Cougar. From a talent level standpoint, 122 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,120 how would you compare the talent the depth present day 123 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,240 on this Cougar football roster to when Kalani started back 124 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,680 in twenty sixteen or even and let's say twenty twenty 125 00:06:38,759 --> 00:06:41,800 or twenty twenty one, like you'd had some good NFL 126 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,600 guys there draft picks. I mean, there's a reason why 127 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:49,000 you you won eleven and ten games, respectively. How does 128 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:53,879 the roster maybe compare to that initial era that and 129 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:56,000 then that midway point for the Kalanie era. 130 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 3: Well, certainly compared to the start of the Kalanie it's 131 00:07:01,399 --> 00:07:05,040 elevated far above that, you know it. There was a 132 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,480 core of guys that stayed around for Kilani's first year 133 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:11,360 and that led to the twenty sixteen season. But once 134 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:14,439 those seniors graduated, you know, we saw what was the 135 00:07:14,519 --> 00:07:18,040 twenty seventeen season. I mean, you could say there were 136 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,560 maybe some cultural problems on that team and things like that, 137 00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:22,120 but at the end of the day, there was just 138 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,560 a talent deficiency and that led to, you know, one 139 00:07:25,639 --> 00:07:28,639 of the worst seasons of the last fifty years, so 140 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,519 byus in a much better spot, I think, especially depth wise. 141 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:39,759 This is probably every year that BYU continues to recruit 142 00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:42,399 better and better, the depth will get better and better. 143 00:07:42,519 --> 00:07:46,040 You know, you will have four star recruits or highly 144 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,360 coveted three star guys that had a bunch of offers 145 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,839 that are second, three string, third string, or even four string. 146 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,920 And that probably wasn't the case even just a few 147 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,600 years ago. As you mentioned in twenty twenty and twenty 148 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,279 twenty one, those teams had some real high end talent 149 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:04,480 guys that are still in the NFL today, But once 150 00:08:04,519 --> 00:08:08,279 you got behind that first layer of defense, it wasn't 151 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:10,920 nearly as deep as this roster is today. I think 152 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,199 there was a quote from Mario Christobal at Oregon when 153 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,720 he left for Miami about, you know, his decision to 154 00:08:17,879 --> 00:08:20,680 leave Eugene and return home to Miami, and he said, 155 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,079 I feel okay about leaving Oregon because that program is 156 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,560 in a good spot. The most talented players are on 157 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,279 the roster are young guys, and I think looking at 158 00:08:31,319 --> 00:08:35,159 this roster today, you can say something similar about BYU's roster. 159 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,799 You know, it's not black and white statement, but for 160 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:43,720 the most part, a lot of BYU's most talented guys 161 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:47,399 are still really young and just matriculating into the program. 162 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:50,200 If you pair that alongside some of the you know, 163 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:53,519 proven stars that are gonna have you know, NFL futures 164 00:08:53,639 --> 00:08:56,480 like LJ. Martin and you know guys like k dou Lave, 165 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,600 I think that's what's really exciting is the momentum continue 166 00:09:00,919 --> 00:09:04,080 to build and they can take maybe even another incremental 167 00:09:04,159 --> 00:09:05,960 step this year, which will be hard to do. They 168 00:09:06,039 --> 00:09:08,919 did go eleven and one, but there's the potential to 169 00:09:09,039 --> 00:09:11,200 do that and then take some of this young talent 170 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:13,759 in the program and just to can continue building on 171 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:15,519 it in twenty seven and beyond. 172 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,519 Speaker 1: Casey Lund quiz BAYU Sports illustrated here on your Utah 173 00:09:19,799 --> 00:09:24,440 ESPN Radio Network little the Cougar Slash College Football segment 174 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:26,360 brought to you by our good friends at Dental Pros 175 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:30,360 of Utah Dentalprosifutah dot com. What other storylines have you 176 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:36,720 been maybe addressing on your platform and reading into during Campkolani. 177 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, Unfortunately, as you know, we haven't had too many 178 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:47,159 opportunities to see things in person. But with that being said, 179 00:09:47,759 --> 00:09:50,639 I think just the progression of Bear Bachmeier has been 180 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,480 just probably second to the wide receiver rotation, but that's 181 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,080 right up there at the top. Bear played so well 182 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,120 as a true freshman. But if you can compare where 183 00:10:01,159 --> 00:10:03,960 he was against Georgia Tech to where he started against 184 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,080 Portland State or even that Stanford game where he was 185 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,480 just so clearly, you know, doing things that were limited 186 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,919 within BYU's offense, it was very measured what Aaron Rodgers 187 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:18,600 was giving him. Now that he has a full year 188 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,399 of starting experience and a full off season, he looks, 189 00:10:22,879 --> 00:10:24,879 you know, a little slimmer. To me, I think he's 190 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,399 changed his body a little bit. And I'm really interested 191 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,799 to see the progression of Bear Bachmeyer because last year, 192 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:36,960 in those games against Texas Tech, the offense was the deficiency, right, 193 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,600 And I think if bear Bachmeyer is able to make 194 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:45,320 some key improvements in certain areas, I think bau has 195 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,360 a really really good chance to repeat last year's success, 196 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:50,159 if not built on it. 197 00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:56,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, many like the off season conversation for regarding Bear. 198 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,159 It centered around two touch subjects in my opinion, the 199 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,240 body mass, you know, the the you know, they want 200 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:04,960 him to maybe trim up. Some people want him to 201 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,919 trim up and or lean out rather you can still 202 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,320 stay like in that two thirty five range whatever, he's 203 00:11:14,399 --> 00:11:16,440 maybe playing at two forty, But it's got to be 204 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,240 muscle mass, not the atiposts. I will say, like, when 205 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:20,879 you're running as much as he is, you need a 206 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:23,320 little bit of protection and sometimes a little bit of 207 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,480 ada post tissue around them joints. It does aid and 208 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:28,759 support in that, and also a little weight game. You know, 209 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:31,039 he sometimes has throwers. You can gain a little bit 210 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,519 of power, but you always want muscle more than fat obviously. 211 00:11:35,399 --> 00:11:37,240 And then the other one was like just arm strength, right, 212 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,320 just arm strength in general. They just want to see 213 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,519 elevated arm strength and where is that gonna come from? 214 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:46,600 And I think they coincide with each other. So how 215 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,519 much improvement do you think you're gonna see in those 216 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,440 two arenas from Bear in twenty twenty six? 217 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, on the first one, I think we've seen progress already. 218 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,840 I mentioned it early Bears looking different to me, and 219 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,279 he's only been in BYU's program right now for you know, 220 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,879 two months. Really the gains are mostly made between springball 221 00:12:11,879 --> 00:12:14,159 and fall camp because that is, you know, a four 222 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,279 or five month window as opposed to a two month window. 223 00:12:17,399 --> 00:12:21,159 So I think he's well on track there. As far 224 00:12:21,399 --> 00:12:25,879 as arm strength, man, it's it's hard to know because 225 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,440 he's he came in as a really big kid. Like 226 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,840 you said, he might be slimming down instead of adding weight. 227 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,600 So I am interested to see where his arm goes. 228 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,919 Just as far as arm strength, like I said, we 229 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,159 haven't had many chances to see them in person yet, 230 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,559 so I think that's something that we'll learn throughout camp, 231 00:12:47,159 --> 00:12:50,039 but certainly that that's an area where he could grow. 232 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,320 And I think he excelled with some of those intermediate 233 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:58,080 throws last year, but there there's definitely room for growth 234 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:01,480 as far as those throws beyond you know, twenty twenty 235 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,759 five yards. Just a little more arm strength and a 236 00:13:04,799 --> 00:13:07,639 little more accuracy. And if he can do that and 237 00:13:07,799 --> 00:13:09,879 you pair it up with you know, his ability to 238 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,799 take care of the football make those intermediate throws, then 239 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,840 you could have a complete quarterback alongside one of the 240 00:13:15,919 --> 00:13:17,120 best running backs in the country. 241 00:13:17,919 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, Barry's listed right down the roster six two two 242 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,720 thirty and so that's where he currently sits per the roster. 243 00:13:25,879 --> 00:13:28,159 That's not always accurate, but that's where he currently sits. 244 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,960 So he may have trimmed up a little bit. Let's 245 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,720 get into a recruiting news and note, I know there's 246 00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:34,399 like not a whole lot going on on the recruiting 247 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,399 front with new acquisitions, but there was a PWO that 248 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:42,039 committed two way athlete, James Clifford committed as a PWO. 249 00:13:42,519 --> 00:13:47,200 Tell us a little bit about James Clifford and his position, 250 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:50,080 his impact. What do you got for us on that front. 251 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, James Clifford is interesting because, as you know, the 252 00:13:55,759 --> 00:13:58,960 walk on spots have kind of dried up in college football. 253 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,559 Where there used to be forty opportunities per roster, now 254 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,919 depending on the school, it could be you know, anywhere 255 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,000 from ten to twenty. So whereas we used to see 256 00:14:10,039 --> 00:14:13,960 PWO classes that range from ten to fifteen guys, now 257 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:17,759 it's you know, two or three. So the PWO offers 258 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,039 that go out today are a little more significant than 259 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,200 they used to be. So he is a California native. 260 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,639 He was a first team All All Region or All 261 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,559 Conference selection on both sides of the football. So he 262 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:35,159 played tight end in defensive end. It's unclear to me 263 00:14:35,279 --> 00:14:39,279 where he's going to play at BYU. I think depending 264 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:43,519 on the situation at those positions, he could probably end 265 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,600 up at either one. But he is the younger brother 266 00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:50,080 of David Clifford, who was on By's roster in twenty 267 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:52,399 twenty four and then he left to serve a mission. 268 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,879 If you remember David Clifford, David actually turned down scholarship 269 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,600 offers to walk on at BYU. He had scholar offers 270 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:05,039 from Arizona, San Jose State, a handful of Mountain West schools, 271 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,480 and he opted to walk on at b YU instead. 272 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:12,360 So BYU family. He's a dual sport athlete, plays basketball, 273 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,080 kind of an interesting player. He's six foot seven, so 274 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,159 huge frame, a lot you can do with that, and 275 00:15:19,399 --> 00:15:23,879 he's had a lot of success in California. So there 276 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:28,120 is still a kind of a need to fill out 277 00:15:28,399 --> 00:15:31,320 every spot on the roster. Colony has talked about that 278 00:15:31,799 --> 00:15:34,279 since he got to BYU that an important part of 279 00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:39,639 developing depth is recruiting every spot that's available. So interested 280 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,840 to see where he ends up. But as far as 281 00:15:41,919 --> 00:15:44,759 pwo's go, I think he's up there is one of 282 00:15:44,799 --> 00:15:47,519 the more promising ones. He had opportunities to walk on 283 00:15:47,639 --> 00:15:50,679 at Oregon and USC and pick BYU. 284 00:15:51,879 --> 00:15:55,519 Speaker 1: Love that great breakdown from Casey lundquiz Casey we invite 285 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:58,639 everyone to follow you on x and read all your 286 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,600 content at b yuside best way to support to you 287 00:16:00,679 --> 00:16:02,200 what you do, how you do it though, give it 288 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,480 a little pitch to cougarnation. 289 00:16:04,919 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, you can find our stuff on sid dor com, 290 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,759 slash Callers, slash b yu. Read all this stuff there 291 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,840 and then as camp you know, rolls on, we'll have 292 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:17,679 some more content coming out on Twitter and on on 293 00:16:17,799 --> 00:16:21,440 the website. So any support is greatly appreciated. Love it. 294 00:16:21,519 --> 00:16:25,559 Speaker 1: And one last thing, who's you're projected MVP of Springball 295 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:28,480 on the defense and m VP of Springball on the 296 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,039 offense right now? I know it's early. I know it's early, 297 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,240 but you're maybe way too early prediction on those MVP spots. 298 00:16:36,679 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 3: Okay, a little bit, a little bit more of a 299 00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:43,279 difficult answer for springball because not everyone's playing, But I 300 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:48,559 would say on offense, I'll I'll give the EA the answer. 301 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,759 I'll just say Bear. I think I think we are 302 00:16:50,799 --> 00:16:52,879 going to see a lot of progress from Bear. And 303 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,559 while it's probably going to take some time to get 304 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:58,440 dialed in with a brand new group of wide receivers, 305 00:16:59,559 --> 00:17:02,399 I think I think Bear is gonna show that he 306 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:05,440 still has a lot of room to grow, and if 307 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,799 there's potential on bear Bachmeier, I do believe he's the 308 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,880 kind of kid that's gonna find it. He just works 309 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,400 so hard and he stays humble, and he's he's coachable. 310 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:18,839 So I really like his chances to progress compared to 311 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:23,200 where he was last year on the defensive side. Man, 312 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:27,079 I'll say, Paula taus Otsawala, I think he just takes 313 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,720 another step this year. I think he's an NFL safety 314 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,920 and he made so much progress from his freshman year 315 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 to his sophomore year and now is his third year 316 00:17:39,079 --> 00:17:41,839 in the program, second year as a starter. I just 317 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,000 think you say, you see Faulla taus Otawalla start to 318 00:17:45,079 --> 00:17:46,720 look like a day one or two draft pick. 319 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: Love it, Casey lunnguage ladies and gentlemen, Thanks for hopping on, Casey. 320 00:17:50,519 --> 00:17:52,640 We'll catch up at the end soon. We'll see that 321 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,319 at practice and have a great weekend. 322 00:17:56,519 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 3: Hey, thanks guys, have a good one. There you go. 323 00:17:58,519 --> 00:18:00,599 Speaker 1: That's Casey Languish. That segment was brought to you by 324 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,200 Dental prose of u dah Dental Prosiviewta dot com. If 325 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,680 you've been told you need to filling a ground a 326 00:18:04,759 --> 00:18:06,599 rook it out, just get a check in opinion at 327 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,279 Dental Prose of Utah the best bomb of meta dentistry 328 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,559 in the business. It's minimally invasive dentury. It's gonna save 329 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:14,079 your teeth and your money in the long run. Any thoughts, 330 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,480 any commentary, Cameron Jensen, anything that stood out to you 331 00:18:17,559 --> 00:18:19,839 from our conversation with Casey Lundquish. 332 00:18:19,519 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 5: Well, yeah, we talked about it a little bit earlier. 333 00:18:21,319 --> 00:18:23,400 Is just the development of Bear. I think we're all 334 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,640 excited to see that he has the poise, he has 335 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,000 the confidence. We saw things that we don't see from 336 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,960 a true freshman. I'm seeing what does that develop into 337 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:36,000 year two, because that's not normal. And so his arm strength, 338 00:18:36,039 --> 00:18:38,160 if that improves, if he can make those throws over 339 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,519 twenty five yards, wow, that's a deadly combo. And I 340 00:18:41,599 --> 00:18:43,200 think he should lean up a little bit to make 341 00:18:43,279 --> 00:18:45,519 him a little more mobile. I think towards the end 342 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:46,920 of the year he saw him get banged up with 343 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,559 the ankle and that really affected the way he likes 344 00:18:49,599 --> 00:18:49,960 to play. 345 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:51,559 Speaker 3: So I like that. 346 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:53,759 Speaker 5: And obviously the wide receiver and wide open you got 347 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,079 some young guys filling those gaps it's exciting to see. 348 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,359 But if that comes together, bear with these new core 349 00:18:58,440 --> 00:18:59,160 wide receivers. 350 00:18:59,200 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: I like where we're at. 351 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: He did drag like three uts into the end show 352 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,200 at that size, you know what I mean? So yeah, 353 00:19:05,319 --> 00:19:07,640 you know he we gotta give him some credit on that. 354 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:09,240 You know, we don't want to lean him up too much, 355 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,440 you know, not too much, right. 356 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 3: Not too much? 357 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,839 Speaker 1: You want to what's up? What's want? What's away? 358 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 5: Five? I think for getting a little more mobile, so 359 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:20,119 like to twenty five. Yeah, yeah, it could be a 360 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,480 little more muscle mass in there. 361 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: Do you think he's Do you think he was two 362 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:24,559 thirty last year? 363 00:19:24,759 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 5: It looked like a little bit more than that. 364 00:19:26,559 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: Man, I thought he was like too, I thought it was. 365 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 5: Two forty, even pushing over to forty five, just how 366 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:32,960 he saw. 367 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:35,039 Speaker 1: Him move and it looked like it's a big dude. 368 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,759 It looked like two forty. I mean, you know what 369 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:37,680 two forty looks like. 370 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:40,839 Speaker 5: I know it. You were like, to forty, that's that's 371 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:41,440 two forty. 372 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:44,559 Speaker 1: You're exciting, You're like, you're two forty. 373 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 5: That's a two forty guy. 374 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 3: Yo. 375 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 5: That's exactly what I did. That's what I played at Man. 376 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,079 Speaker 1: Forty you're looking at like the caps and legs, the 377 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,000 bodies of me, Like that's a two forty two thirty. 378 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 5: I'm like that, Yeah, that's what That's what you want 379 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,519 people to think. But especially after all those meals. 380 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,519 Speaker 1: Man, you're you know, you know, there's a you know, 381 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,720 you get it. You get injured in games, you know, 382 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,440 and get a little dinged up, and you're not doing 383 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,440 as much cardio during the week. 384 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 5: You're season went on. I think he put on a 385 00:20:16,559 --> 00:20:18,559 few extra It's every week he seemed to be getting 386 00:20:18,599 --> 00:20:20,519 just a little bit bigger, bigger. I'm like, Bear, we 387 00:20:20,599 --> 00:20:22,160 gotta slow that down a little bit. Then he hurt 388 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,720 his ankle that but no, it's you do want to 389 00:20:25,759 --> 00:20:27,400 be big, you know, because he is going to run 390 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,279 to be able to take hits. But I would have 391 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:30,880 liked to see him a little more mobile. But again 392 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,200 he had an ankle injury that he had against Texas 393 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,519 text so but yeah, I like that combo. If you 394 00:20:36,559 --> 00:20:38,519 could lose a little bit, let's still stay big man. 395 00:20:38,559 --> 00:20:41,559 You're bere you're forty seven. There's a lean into it.