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the own Operative Alpha Recruits.
Speaker 2: Let's welcome in Will Snowden to the show.
Speaker 3: Will.
Speaker 2: How heck are you buddy.
Speaker 3: Doing very good?
Speaker 2: Ben?
Speaker 3: How are you doing. You do a great job at
what you do.
Speaker 2: Oh mat dude, Hey, I appreciate that. Bro, Hey much love,
do you know?
Speaker 3: I mean, I know you don't hear that a lot.
I mean I might be the only person in the
world to that.
Speaker 4: But well my mom my mom sometimes listened to says
she said, you're Ben, You're so funny, it's so good.
I'm like, man, I wish I wish everyone loved me
as much as my mother. Man, I'd be a popular
dude in these parts in Utah County and beyond.
Speaker 3: He really would, he really would. Bless her heart, bless
her all.
Speaker 2: Right, Leah May Webster Cridle.
Speaker 4: Hopefully she's tuning in today and she's laughing at all
my my force jokes. Well, it's a great day to
be a Cougar. Obviously, Killani gets the extension. All is
well in Cougar country. Man, your reaction to the news
that Kilani's uh staying, he's retained and Brian's Santiago Seamer's
Keith Orking, We're able to retain him.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a really big deal. Obviously. I'm you know,
how sad I am for Kilane being a good close
personal friend of mine, and more importantly, it's just so
well deserved. And when you look at what he's done
leading the Cougars into the into the Big twelve, that's huge,
and then being as effective as he's been, knocking down
his rival a couple of times, three times, and you know,
things are rolling really well. I'm really proud of him,
and it just the fan base has to feel amazing
just knowing that that's the leader they have who's committed
really to being here, because I'm telling you, ninety nine
point nine percent of people would be at would be
at the other Happy Valley with that type of opportunity
and that type of money. So it is a good
time to be a BAU fan and really happy for
Klonne and his family.
Speaker 2: What's the direction of BAU football right now? Would you say?
Speaker 4: Knowing what you know, seeing what you've seen, the investment,
the momentum, the talent that's gone, I mean, the Provo
right now in the twenty twenty sixth class, the commits,
the potential signings that could happen as well. We got
a good class here at top twenty class that's brewing
in Provo.
Speaker 2: What do you make of it?
Speaker 3: Well, I'll tell you what it looks like. The trajectory
is on fire. I think that the players are, you know,
more important than the players are. Kalanie's the guy that
people can really buy into. The players absolutely love him.
And what people don't understand is that's one of the
keys of being great head coach, right, is having the
respect and the love of your players, because Klanne's not
doing all the x's and o's. He's not the guy
who's coaching the backers or the back end or the
O line. It's he's the guy who who gives brings belief.
The coaches bring technical, technical and game planning, but he
brings the belief. And that's one of the things that
BYU just really really have to be so grateful for
is that Kilanie's the guy who can make kids believe
and uh, and that's that's more than half the battle
in today's game, right. He can bring in portal portal
guys and make them believe and make them buy in
to his culture and what BYU stands for so uh,
the trajectory is, I mean, there's hot as fish reefs.
Fish grease is very hot, right, any type of grease
is hot, and that's how hot b YU is right now.
They're doing great things and I'm interested to see, uh
what else happens. I mean, I think they're going to
making some pretty aggressive moves. And obviously, you know a
lot of people will say what they want to about
the a D. But he's serious about winning. Uh He's
proven that, and uh so it's going to be a
great time to be b YU alumni and also a
b y U fan. Hoping for the best for those guys.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.
Speaker 4: Will Snowden, owner operator or former by of Alpha Recruits
and former b YU coup were talking to b YU
Football in this segment. Right now, you're looking at the
twenty twenty six football signings Bob Mulitalo, Brack Harris, Adam Bywater,
Ty Goce Lopetimwala, Jacks Tanner, Terrence Serian Braxton, Lindsay kaway Akana,
Legend Glasker, Matthew Mason, Graham, Livingston Parker, Ord sep and
Iah a Latini, Antonio Johnson, Neamiah Cologne, Justice Braithwaite, and
Devon Ekka.
Speaker 2: What do you make of that class? What stands out
to you?
Speaker 4: You know, these guys better than anybody, especially those local guys.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know him very well, so the three that
I really really love. But these guys are really closer
guys that I've worked with. But Bot is just gonna
his upside, his ceiling. Man, he can be really really
really really really really good. You know, right now, I
would project him as a draft pick. He reminds me
a lot of a guy who transferred back to BYU
who now plays in the NFL. Bot has a lot
of upside. He's physical and he's super athletic, so I
think he's there that he's going to be really good
on the offensive line. Legend Glask is an absolute game
breaking receiver, probably one of the better receivers that b
YU has ever signed in the last ten years. Out
of high school. Legend has a lot of skill. He's long,
he's fast, understands the game really well. He can take
the top off. So I think Legend is hused. But
I'll be honest, we didn't talk about Rider because it's
not one hundred percent of this class with the mission.
But I'll be honest with you, the most dangerous player
in this group, the most electric player in this group,
is going to be the Echo Kid. He is a problem.
He can beat you out of the backfield, he can
beat you running the ball. He's gonna be one. I
have a feeling he's going to be a b YU
favor and a b y U great.
Speaker 4: Really I could, like, you know, from a ratings standpoint,
he's not the highest rated guy.
Speaker 2: Uh you know, he's actually in.
Speaker 4: This class the lowest rated prospect that he signed with
the Coogs.
Speaker 3: He's the lowest rated cross back. And I'll in my opinion,
is he that he will be a Cougar grade. That's
how good the kid is. The rating system is an
interesting system. Obviously, I'm in that system pretty soon. I'm
going to start alpha alpha grading grading process and will
be a little bit more fair because he's an underrated
player and he's perfect for what BAU does. But he
can tote the rock and I expect him to play
next year. He will play. He's that good.
Speaker 2: Crazy times.
Speaker 4: Yeah, there was a report that came out regarding Ryder Lions.
This is from Brandon huffan BA for Star committed rider.
Lions unlikely to sign with the Koogs on signing day,
and he did mention though he was going to sign
around this time.
Speaker 2: He had tweeted it out a little bit ago.
Speaker 4: What's the latest on rider lines where he stands?
Speaker 3: Just a few things to work out. I'm not going
to get too too far into it, but things are fine,
perfectly good, nothing to worry about. Just remember it as
the big business and there are just a few things
that that we're just getting fixed and cleaned up and
right hand, some things to do. But I have nothing
to front about.
Speaker 4: So no, nothing to get overly anxious about. He he'll
be signing with b YU today.
Speaker 2: You think.
Speaker 3: I don't want to get into it too much, but
I will tell you will Snowden expects writer to sign
with b A you today, okay, But I also expect
that the deal will be done fully no later than Friday.
So I'm expecting the signature. Everything looks good and they're
just things that have to be done in this situation.
And I and that's all I'm gonna say. Everything is
good more than good.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, this is a new era of college
college football, right, and you know you have the traditional methodologies.
Speaker 2: Of like letter of intent.
Speaker 4: Right, there's a letter intent, there's a commitment, there's like
official offers that go out in the process and then
letter of intent that is sent in and then now
you also have some contractual obligations that are in place too,
whether if that's to the collective, it's to the school,
and agents and agencies are involved. Like there's a lot
of moving parts here, and it can get pretty complicated.
It can be a pretty complicated process, yes.
Speaker 3: For sure. But but what people need to know is
is Wider Lions wants to be a bay Ukougar. That's
why he committed to be by you, and I expect
him to be signing his LITTERATIP and we'll see how
it goes. But it's just a big business, and you
know how, there's a lot, like you said, that goes
on with this. So no, I do not think anyone
needs to be worried that it's not fined yet because
there's a lot that goes into it.
Speaker 4: We got Will Snowden owner Operative Alfred recruits former b
YU football player running back here on your Utah ESPN
radio network.
Speaker 2: You mentioned a few of these guys, right, I.
Speaker 4: Talk about former BYU Greats, former BYU Cougar football players,
and I see a few legacy players on this signing sheet.
How about Justice Braithwait, what do you know about Rinaldo
Braithwaite's young man that he's built there in Gilbert, Arizona.
Speaker 3: Well, you know, I get a tip to talk to
coach Gilfer quite a bit about Renaldo's young boy, and
he's supposed to have all the goods. I'll be honest
that I've been all to evaluate him as closely as
some of the kids. But Gennaro has guaranteed me that
he has everything that he's looking for, that they're looking for,
and that he's a baller. And I and I want
to be clear, I'm not the class is ridiculous. I'm
just telling you I'm most high on Eka and that's funny.
He's the lowest rated player I know obviously you have
you have all of these guys out here who are
high star rated kids and they can ball, and they
can all ball. My money though, and that's without rder
Lines being signed yet. My money is on that Heka
is going to be a very very very special player
in Royal Blue. Very special. I think he I'm trying
to think of who I would compare him to. I
probably would say he has a little bit of ron
Jacobs in him, a little bit of Ronnie Jenkins in
him and a lot of ron and a lot of
Reno Mahi in him.
Speaker 4: I like that combo that sounds like that sounds almost
too good to be true, that that dynamic duo.
Speaker 3: I want you fired up about the kid. I want
I want the state fired up about him. But then
you've got the kid coming down from Saint George, a
big special tight end. I mean, I mean, they've got
this class is really put together in the top twenty
class at BUYU.
Speaker 2: That says a lot, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4: It's it's obviously trend in the right direction the group. Also,
I mean, they've got some good skilled players, right, but
you have some you got two four star tight ends.
You have Bob Mlitala, who could play on either side
of the ball and be a very effective, very disruptive
whether it's guard or tackle on the offensives side of
the ball, or defensive end or d tackle in the
defense side of the ball. Who's maybe a player locally
like I look at Moala for instance, he was tremendous
in the on the back end of the season for
oorum Utah. I think if you haven't watched him Cougarnation,
you got to get to know Mowala, who's really stood
out to you? Maybe as from the local prospects. I
know you mentioned Devon, anybody else we can highlight, Well,
really I.
Speaker 3: Talked about Bot. I've got a chance to watch Bot
a lot, right, He's right in my area and and
he is a kid, like you said, he could play
either side of the ball. His real money is on
the offensive line. He's like, he's just super physical and
moves really well. Uh plays a good pad level and
and getting with TJ. Woods. I mean, it was just
one of the best to do it. He does a
great job up front with the with the old line,
and he's gonna make Bot super special. It's too hard
to really highlight just one of these guys. They're they're
there ranking say at all. These are the best. These
are some of the best prospects in the country. And
by us tied them up and and and tied them
up early, did an exceptional job recruiting them. So the
one that I know best is bought in the trench,
and I'm gonna so I'm gonna kind of stick with him.
The young man from Orum, he did he he came
on really strong late. But I have not watched as
much film on him as I have on BOT, So
I want to I want to stay there. Just like
I'm saying as far as the skilled players, I really
think that that he can just he has every tool
you could look for. And then the Glass kid is
an absolute free I mean, the whole the whole class
offensively is super dangerous. It's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 2: Well, I want to.
Speaker 4: Get your reaction to the College Football Playoff Committee. BYU's
at eleven. They've just been sitting at eleven despite winning
and winning I think with some style points as well.
Speaker 2: On the back end of the schedule.
Speaker 4: Utah was right behind them and they've won their football games,
but apparently they haven't won by the margin that the
College Football Playoff Committee has wanted.
Speaker 2: And they've moved to number fifteen. Why is it?
Speaker 4: What's your theory on why either BYU Utah the Big
twelve is maybe disrespected. Texas Tech is at four, which
is fine. I think everyone you know agrees with maybe
their slot. But why is b YU on the outside
looking in and why the disrespect for Utah over the
last few weeks.
Speaker 3: Well, well, what I'll look at. There's a few things.
Obviously I mean everyone understands that everyone that the most
respected football, the most respected whether it's right or wrong,
is played in the Big ten and the SEC and
then noted by themselves. Right, you have SEC, Big ten,
no to day. So when you when you look at it,
there's just levels to how people see college football. And
another thing is they people don't know this, but I
really do think they get involved with certain things like
how many stars? What what is what are the recruiting
classes that they have brought in over the last three
or four years, what is the star power is? This
is just big business. So I think the disrespect comes
for the Big twelve because they're not in the Big ten.
It's not the Big it's not the Big ten or
the SEC, but the disrespect for BYU Utah. They can
have a they can be frustrated, but at the end
of the day, you do need to be in the
hunt for a conference championship, particularly if you're not in
the Big ten or the SEC. So I don't feel
like the disrespect is the same at Utah. I don't
think they're probably the fifteenth ranked team, but at the
end of the day, you've got to win the games
and what BYU has done is they've won every game
that's really mattered, whist one to the fourth ranked team
in the country, who arguably could be the best team
in the country, and they get a chance to rematch
them on Saturday. But like I agree with agree with
everyone saying b YU should be in the Big twelve
is a very competitive league with four or five guys,
four or five teams in the top twenty five, It's
it's pretty dang disrespectful. But at the end of the day,
b YU will come out on Saturday, They're gonna give
their best shot. They're going to play tough and regardless
win or lose. By you have to come out and
play tough and show that they really really belong and
they are they and they aren't to be walked over.
And those are the things that they look at, like, hey,
let's look at the at the what are the names
on these rosters that make us say we want them in?
And I think that's one of the biggest things that
they look at and say, yeah, you know how many
draftball guys are on that team. All of those things
are coming into play when they really should not come
into play. With chasing championships, with chasing the college football playoffs.
You have a good job to do. Go win games.
Number one, win games, and that's a b Why you
have done nothing but win and they've done it for
two years, so the disrespect is really ridiculous. It's all
of a sudden. They had a great year. They're coming
off of they they're coming off of the season that
they won eleven games.
Speaker 2: Yep, yep.
Speaker 4: It's crazy, man, crazy times in the college football chaotic
world that we're living in right now, and still dominoes
are falling. Kind of find it interesting Chris Cleman just
stepped down at Kansas State, Heartline gets the job at USF.
Speaker 2: I'm trying to think that there's.
Speaker 4: Not that many job openings left for the head coaching vacancies.
Do you foresee any movement on BYU's staff right now?
Kline obviously got the extension that means probably pay raisers
for him, his staff, and obviously his players. Do you
feel like the crew, the Cougar crew right now in
Provo stick together through the off season and into twenty
twenty six?
Speaker 2: There you go, Ben, I know, it's a tough one man.
It's a tough one man. I was just thinking about it,
you know what I mean. I was like pondering.
Speaker 4: I'm like, man, I want to believe, you know that
the Cougar crew is going to stick together. But with
so much success, it's hard not to be a little
bit pessimistic that guys will aspire to new adventures, new challenges,
new positions, and yeah, new opportunities.
Speaker 3: So I don't want to say I don't want to say.
This is not a yes or no question. I'll say this,
I would not be surprised if there was movement on
the staff. Yeah, And I mean that just is what
it is. The state of Utah has very good coaching,
and it's obvious you have to bringing me in Cougar
that I love it in one playing for a championship
in the University of Utah at ten and two one
game out of the championships. So a lot of that
has to do with coaching, if you so, would I
be shocked if the Utah staff was a little different,
I wouldn't. Would I be shocked if the BYU staff
was a little different, Not at all, because there are
opportunities out there. There are head coaching jobs out there,
and if you're on it, there's two dcs in this
state who have the ability to be head coaches. One
has already proven that it can be a great head coach,
Jay Hill, and so I wouldn't be shocked if there
is movement, but my fingers are crossed that there won't be.
Speaker 2: Love.
Speaker 4: The breakdown is always alpha recruits. Will snowed in former
b YU great, Yes, great, my guy running back and
probably should have played some slot wide receiver in my
opinion too. Could have been really nasty out of that slot,
coming out of the backfield, getting some one on one,
some angles, some obs routes for the Kougs.
Speaker 2: Well that's where fortunate.
Speaker 3: Justift real quickly before you say that you got to
go out to tape. I've been in the spot before.
One of the things about Will Snowden, he was far
from a grade. He was a role players great am
the ball he could.
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying, Bro. I mean, I just I'm
just saying.
Speaker 4: I'm just saying like I felt like Norm should have
used you a little bit more as well.
Speaker 2: That's the argument I naked.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think I'm gonna give Norm a
call and let him let him know that you backed
me up on my on my everything I've been complaining
about for four years when I was at the school. Hey,
good luck this weekend. It's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 4: Yeah man, oh yeah. Score prediction. Do you think b
YU gets the dub in Arlington?
Speaker 3: Listen, I'm not ready to give a score prediction. I'm
going to give you a score prediction, but I don't
know where it's going to be. I'm going thirty one
to twenty eight, thirty one twenty.
Speaker 2: Eight, and you're not sure who's gonna win it.
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna call who's gonna win it. I will
say thirty one. I'm after the.
Speaker 2: Game, all right.
Speaker 4: Hey, if you're a recruit, if you're a father, a
mother of a recruit, or you're just looking to get developed,
then contact Will Snowden Alpha Recruits, Alpharecruits dot Com. He'll
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are interested in the talents that are developed and available
there within the walls of your help.
Speaker 2: Thanks so much. We'll appreciate you, buddy.
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