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Speaker 1: I am great man? What's going on? Dy ten and one?
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a cougar. Nos ans or buts about it?
Speaker 2: B Yu ten and one right now and YO hope
that all will be well versus UCF a eleven o'clock kickoff.
But before we get in to that, give me your
takeaways from the Cincinnati game.
Speaker 3: Main takeaways. What are you to learn about this BA
football team.
Speaker 1: That they do? You like Harry Potter, ben I.
Speaker 3: Love Harry Potter, love it.
Speaker 1: There's the room of requirements, right, they go in there,
they get what they need. Byu goes into that room
ten times this year and they grab what they need
for wins. Right. This game was not a shining passing game, right.
It was a Hey, we're going to hand the ball
to our future NFL running back l J. Martin and
he's going to go for two to two to two.
I mean, this was a man's game, it was. It
was an on line grinder and Byu did a great
job of moving the sticks doing what they need to do. Defensively,
you talk about a field goal kicker that, for whatever
reason miss is three where he had only missed won
the last two years, and by you had only had
an opponent miss one all year. By the way, then
they missed three. They get too takeaways. They they played
great on third down. This this BWOA team, they don't
They aren't flashy they don't have the style points, they
don't have the five hundred yards that told offense. They
just win and if that's not valued by the committee,
so be it. But this boy team has been spectacular.
Apostle crowd, super loud music. Kelly Papegna mentioned to dam
coordinator's corner that he said it was they were. It
was so loud, to the point right up to the
snap of almost being illegal. Like there Obviously the chant happened.
Whatever they apolow lots of lots of reasons not to
show up. Boa showed up again and they have a
home game against the team they should be to get
to Arlington, which is more than we could have hoped
for at the beginning of the season.
Speaker 2: How much credibility will the committee give to by you
with that win, a double vision win on the road
versus a quality, respected, former top twenty five college football team.
Speaker 1: Well, the hope is they do what they did last week,
which was dumb, which will say, well, this team has
wins against this team when they were ranked. Who cares
about when they were ranked? You know, the Cincinnati was
ranked two weeks ago, and they're going to give credit
for that if they're bringing up ten states for Organs.
There's too many stinks it. It's BYU. If they are
eleven and one, should be a college football playoff team period.
If you look at all the metrics dot dot dot.
I argued hard last week for BYU to be above
Oregon and Notre Dames. Oregon finally got a win versus
the ranking. Welcome to the club dogs. BYU has one
over Utah. Utah has probably overrated too, given the schedule,
but they're blowing fools out. They like the style points.
That's not what bo he does for a bunch of
different reasons. Whatever. If you're a power for team, you're
eleven and one and your strength to schedule it's top
thirty and your strength to I record his top seven,
you should be in the playoffs. And I hope YU is,
but I don't know that they will be if they
don't win the Big twelve title.
Speaker 3: Right yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: If they're competitive in that Big twelve title game, do
you think they get in?
Speaker 1: I hope so, but I don't have a lot of
faith in this committee right now. You always kind of
stuck at eleven. Why are they eleven? They should be
like seven or eight. No, worse than nine. Fact they're
eleven is in atrocity. Obviously I work for BYU. I'm
gonna pound that drum, but I feel strongly about it.
But honestly, if people have been listening to my opinion
over the years, if I didn't think if you are
deserved it, I would say it. They deserve it, they
really do. And the hope is that, regardless of what
happens in the Big twelve title game, if you always
gonna be okay. But I don't actually feel that way.
I feel like, especially this year, where's top ten guaranteed,
but if you're eleven and the ACC champions outside, you know,
the top twelve and the G five, they take the
eleventh and twelfth seed if you potent right those spots.
So if U goes eleven and one and they lose
the Big Hill's title game by let's say ten competitive,
are they gonna stay. Are they gonna be in at
number ten? I don't know, man, because they would have
to kind of be at eight to be able to fall.
I don't think. I hope the committee does what they
said lat year, which is we're not gonna penalize teams
that play in that game. Therefore, does Boa have to
be inside the top ten to feel comfortable. We're gonna
need some chaots this week. Spencer Wentzon always tweets out
the rootables. You know the teams above BA obviously, and
you have to watch the teams behind kind of jumping in.
But the get to Arlington is within Boy's control. They're
not focused on the allers at all. By the way
the rhetorics and conversation, it's like, we want to go
to Arniston and win that game, and then it becomes
the following Then do we actually want Texas Tech in
a rematch? Or do you want Utah or do you
want Arizona State? I personally would love Arizona State. It
has to be a lot of kaots that's happened. I
don't think Texas Tech is losing to a Virginia, but
there are scenarios where you know it's really Tech Tech, Uton,
Arizona State. Those are the only four that can make it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh.
Speaker 2: I've gone into all the data, all the analytics, so
be it Sagarin, Massy sp plus obviously taking into account
the AP pole, the coaches poll, the College Football Playoff
Committee poll, and you know I understand why the committee
is doing what it is, But at the same time,
you only have the schedule in front of you that
you can that you can play, you know, I just
I don't think there's I don't know what b why
you could have done differently outside of play a little
bit better versus tech, Right, that's the one thing, and
they kept it a little bit closer.
Speaker 3: Would we still have this rhetoric?
Speaker 1: No, if it was a ten point game and not
a twenty two point game. Granted, if you actually watched
the game like it should have been Texas forty two
to seven, but Boa played great in red zone defense.
Two of Steven right for a second, rhythm could have
been way worse. The Bury offense needed to put up
twenty one points things, and then it's then it's a
different games. And yet that's what what is what was
within Boy's controller is the one game you've lost was
was that? And Ole Miss is the only other team,
by the way, who's only lost is on the road
to another Top ten teams, Like, there's certain metrics that
are favorable to BYU, but the eye test and the
efficiency and whatever defensively blays pretty efficient offensively, they're not
the most efficient or you know, explosive team at times.
But isn't it about winning? Isn't that the point? And
then we have to sort of discuss among the winners
who's the most deserving, Like who's better. I'm okay talking
about Oklahoma and Alabama and kind of they have two losses,
but like they have some really good wins and they
have better shins to schedule, and they have more good
wins than vo per se. But when it does settle,
YU might have two wins over nine plus win teams.
The bar Zona be Aarzona state that the nine and
three Wildcat team. Obviously Utah's at nine to two expected
to win this week and be a ten win team.
Those are two good wins. Man Like Arizona might be
a ranked team on selection Sunday and that might be
the second best win. There's all kind of data points.
What I don't want to do is just get out
se seed or Big tens. That'd be annoying because when
will the Big twelve get a second team in? And
if an eleven and one team does not get in,
like come on, obviously, you just like you said, you
just played the schedule in front of you if I
didn't have, you know, another Texas Tech or another Utah
wasn't as highly ranked as they are now win Bo
played them, which, by the way, Tangent, can you imagine
if that game was this week? That is its rightful
and proper play. And I am spitting mad this week
that we don't have that game on Saturday. That would
have been epic.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know there's pros and cons to having it
this week. It would have been epic. There's no doubt
about it. So much on the line. It would have
been pretty cool. I mean, all eyes with all eyes
beyond BYU in Utah right now in the Big twelve?
Do you think they get college game Day? Do you
think they get big nude kickoff again? If that's the
scenario on rivalry week.
Speaker 1: Big Newton loves them some Ohio State Michigan. So no,
But where's game day going this week? I haven't even noticed.
I don't know if it would have, but it would
have been fun.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's the I almost feel like your
Mark always the monetizer, the outside the box, trying to
create monetization. Like he's sitting there thinking, well, we can
get more viewership at this spot. And more money at
this spot if we highlight BYU Utah in this week
rather than competing with all the other rivalry games.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: College Game Day, by the way, is at the same
spot as Big Nude All.
Speaker 1: They're going head to head night. Yeah, I feel you
on the let's maximize the moment kind of thing, but
not at the sake of the tradition of what I
think like bo and Utah don't agree on a lot.
I think they'd agree that they'd rather play it this week.
It's one of the few things that I think both
fan bases are like, Yeah, that would have been sweet,
and they wouldn't be ranked the same. You know, they
might be back a little bit just because that win
has helped volu and one now. But I just miss it. Man,
growing up, it was fun to know, okay, and then
November this is this is what we're doing. But alas
BOI has a very winnable game. Obviously in UCF they've
only scored twenty eight points once since like game four.
You know, you get to twenty eight, you probably win.
So it's not about style points. I thought style points
might affect a committee in some way. Absolutely not. I
don't think it matters at all, Like if BOI one
by one or they won by twenty eight, I don't
think it influences anything that the job is. And then
go to Arlington and play a play a sixty minute
game in which you can turn yourself into the playoff.
And then if there's a little bit of cast, then
there's a chance that you could climb to it to
an eight seed and host won at Lavell Edward Stadium.
I'm not banking on that, but just get in and
validate one of these two seasons. Like BOI cannot go
eleven plus wins twice then and not have a playoff
to show for it. They never got into the New
Year six, they never got into the BPS. Now B
always in a powerful league. We need a validating season
and this needs to be it B always right there.
How many times are they gonna do this? Have this
kind of season? This is special. It doesn't it's hard
to maintain and sustain. Buoy is certainly in a great trajectory.
But I need that validation for Boa football in one
of these years we've we've stared at Boise State do
it and turned around and looked at all kinds of
other schools that cut Utah of course before they got
in Pac twelve. And then obviously we'd we'd love to
we'd love to lose to Rose Bowls two. But he
only needs to have something to attach to the season
not named pop Darts bull.
Speaker 3: And hey, we love pop tarts Bulls. We love Orlando,
no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: Who who's most likely to lose in front of b YU?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 2: You hope in Oklahoma loses to l s U. They're
gonna be at home. Notre Dame is taking on Stanford.
It's at Stanford. By the way, Stanford won this past week,
they beat Cal they may be trending in the right direction.
Olive Auburn in uh in the Iron Bowl. That's at Auburn.
That could be a big one. Auburn has been very
close to winning football games all season long. Uh They've
they've kept it within one score, it seems in all
of their losses. Uh. Look, you got Texas Tech on
the road versus West Virginia. Rich Rod could maybe pull
a rabbit out of his hat. Ole, miss I believe
takes on Do they take on Mississippi State?
Speaker 3: I think?
Speaker 2: And then Oregon takes on Washington at Washington shoot. Georgia
could lose to Georgia Tech. I don't know how much
that meets. Maybe that's a good thing.
Speaker 3: Maybe Georgia Tech shocks Georgia Tech.
Speaker 2: Georgia Tech just lost the pin, right Georgia Tech, I know.
Speaker 3: But george Tech lost the pit. And if they beat Georgia,
maybe they bounce Georgia. No, that's not gonna happen. But
who's the most likely to lose.
Speaker 1: If Georgia got a second loss, they're still in. There's
no way they're out. I think Washington against Oregon is
a good one. Like you mentioned, I like Mississippi State's
chances mainly because Ole miss is just stressing the freak
out over what Lane Kiffin's gonna do, whether he's gonna
go to LSU Florida or stay. I think it's super
low that he stays right like he's not an Oxford
guy for an extended period of time. I wouldn't think.
So there's the chances, a little bit of chaos. No,
Like a couple of weeks ago, I was hoping Notre
Dame will lose one because the three loss Notre Dame.
You don't have a ton of I know, it's Notre Dame,
but that was one where they could have got out
of the way, Oregon could have slid behind with the
USC win. That didn't happen. So there's an opportunity for
a little bit of chaos. And frankly, if you want
to goes in at at eleventh next week, again, I'm
thinking it's you have to win or you're not going
to get in. So let's hope for some chaos. But
it's going to be sweaty on Flection Sunday if you
doesn't win the big cold title.
Speaker 3: Oh so sweaty.
Speaker 2: Reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit from my childhood,
you know, on the Sweaty the sweaty balls.
Speaker 1: Really you had to go there, Hey, I just you asked.
Speaker 3: I gave it up too, the you asked for the
you mean swetty oh man, habitual line stepping. That's what
I do best.
Speaker 2: Uh Well, jerem a couple of last things before we
let you go. This bo a basketball team, let's talk
about that for a moment. A dominant victory at the
Delta Center over Wisconsin. Uh and and then watching yukon
they they lost to you of a we all know
you of A's a good squad. They lost by I
think the bucket. They had two guys that they were down. Well,
b what you said, two guys down as well. You
just wonder like, if Bwi's at full strength, man, how
good can this team be? Are you feeling the Final
four vibe with his squad?
Speaker 1: Well, we saw how good they could play, so you
see the high end. The high end was was constant,
I mean, and it was it was wild what Boi
did against a quality team. That's the team they barely
beat in the second round. I know there's some piece
of gone John Tanjay notably he scored thirty seven in
in Denver. But man BYU's defense was more impressive than
the offense to me, because they held a top ten
offense Wisconsin to seventy, and they were points, you know,
nine to eight. I think points per possession, boy was
one point three. Those are winning numbers and BYU's length
and athleticism gave Wisconsin problems. They knocked down threee Richie Sanders,
I think the role players are getting comfortable. Dautin Bakers
scored ten plus and three of the last five. He's
settled in and fit nicely in the starting lineup because
Buoy's got to deal with life without Canard Davis. They'll
just tell us when he's able to play. If he's
able to play, right, we just you just move on
and then it's a bonus if he's there. I think
at this point Aj gets some foul trouble. What's Boy
going to do without a start? They go plus seven
because Rob right the third, goes for a double double,
Richie goes off adem Boob's getting remount these euro stepping
in uh in in the in transition and Donkey, I
mean it was it was good. I think Boi's figuring
some things out together. And that was probably the high
right in gymnastics, to throw out the high and the low,
and that's what you kind of are. I think what
we've seen is no real low for Boy quite yet.
Uh they've played well and kind of who Boy was
against Yukon and in the game and against Villa Nova.
That's kind of who they are and it's a very
good team. You could you could see right if you
played in an elite a game against the Yukon.
Speaker 3: They can hang.
Speaker 1: If they play in a kind of a sweet sift
team kind of game against Wisconsin. They can win that game.
We knew the future was Brian, but it's just nice
to see that they are probably ahead of schedule in
terms of how they're coming together and figuring things out.
It doesn't mean they won't stub their toast skill. They'll
lose some more games because they're going to play a
tough schedule here. Hopefully they win this week, but you
got Clemson and Madison Square Garden coming up. You got
all kinds of fun ones this week with Miami on Thanksgiving.
So let's go. Man. It's so fun to watch Boy's
perform at a high level, and every night scouts are
watching an NBA. People in the whole country is watching
this Joy team mainly because of AJ. But it's a
time for Richie to sneak into the second round.
Speaker 2: Right next June, Let's go Jerem Jordan. Make sure you're
following Jerem on X. Make sure you watch them on
b YU TV. Nobody does it better. Jerem, appreciate you
hopping off for a little cougar beat. Thanks for catching
up with us.
Speaker 1: Thanks Ben Gokobs, much love to Jerem Jordan.
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