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college football world, maybe even talk some cougars in the pros,
like Fred Warner being activated off the injured reserve. That
are you kidding me? It's great that dude man that
he is an alien, he is not human. He will
be activated off injured reserve ahead of the Saturday's game
in Seattle for the Divisional round, per head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Pretty ridiculous, pretty crazy. Fred Warner suffered what seemingly was
a season ending injury earlier in the year and now
he's back. I was watching highlights of him run around
of practice last night. But you gotta be Kidney, who
is this man? We used to see that from like Taysom,
He'd get injured season and he injured somehow get back
and be bigger, batter, and better than ever. What a
tremendous feed for Fredworder. But we're gonna delve into all
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Speaker 2: Hey, h Bradon what's caught your eye? During the college
football transfer portal season? As we get the into the
lead up of the College Football National Championship Game.
Speaker 3: I would say, what's caught my eye? It is just that,
I mean, we've retained everybody. What an awesome feat for
I think we talked about this a little bit last week.
But with everything, you know, losing j Hill and Gennaro,
Like I was really worried about general. Obviously when we
lost J Hill, I thought, like, you know, a lot
of the guys are probably gonna say we might lose
a couple, but Gennaro was the one coach that I
was super worried to lose, Like I was. I was
to the point where I was. I think I even
said on the show, like if we have to make
him DC to keep him, like that might be worth it,
just because he's so crucial to keeping guys here and
he's been you know, that's just a hard position with
the double minorities to recruit and the fact that he left.
And still we didn't lose any of our main contributors
in that position. Obviously lost tab On Beasley, but like
not our number one and two that I was nervous about,
Like that's huge. And then you know this week we
started pulling people out of the portal and Katu however,
he say, the last thing is somebody I'm really pumped about.
Speaker 2: So it's a great day to be a Cougar, There's
no doubt about it. Is there an acquisition that you're
most excited about? Is it the the hawsers up front?
The three guys And by the way, Pockey Finale is
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Speaker 3: So Tjon Caromo two point zero is what we're saying this.
Speaker 2: Maybe I'm telling you T John is one of the
very few that had that try shep that definition. Pocky
Fenale's got it too.
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I'm I'm super excited about that. I really think, like, yes,
we're gonna we're gonna notice and talk about the guys
on the edges and you know some of the recruits
that are giving me more of the skill positions. But
obviously as a former offensive lineman and as something that
I really think that was what did us in this year,
like not saying that offensive line wasn't wasn't incredible, Like
I thought they were great, but they weren't elite, and
we needed elite to play against Texas Tech and win.
And I think you know, that was a place they
clearly recognize the coaching staff did that we need to
go and try and build that even stronger because that
was where I feel like that one spot if we
would have had that offensive line totally locked down against Tech,
I think it would have been a totally different game
on the offensive side of the coin.
Speaker 2: So, uh, what give me your eval as a fan,
as a Cougar sports insider, de Mario Warren the defensive
back coach, quarterbacks coach, and the passing game coordinator.
Speaker 3: I'm excited about it. You know, he's got he's got
a lot of experience, but he's also has a ton
of experience in the area. I think, honestly like it
makes a ton of sense in terms of getting a
minorities here. He's familiar, familiar enough with the church with
you know, him coaching the SUU for so long, even boys,
he you know, has got some of that aspect there,
but he's still a double minority, can still bring in
a lot of those guys.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 3: He on his Sports Nation interview, he said that Gennaro
is his best friend in the coaching world, and so
I think, I think it's a really great fit. I
think he's, you know, the best thing we could ask
for in that spot. And I think it's going to
be a really big thing. And I think he's gonna
bring in some recruiting ties that are you know, we
we haven't had. We might lose a couple that we
that we had with Gennaro, but I think we're gonna
get some some other guys, and I think we're hopefully
we don't have a big drop off there.
Speaker 2: I don't think you will, would your you know, what
do you want from the safeties coach? Or let me
let me ask you this. I've been debating with with
certain individuals about this. Do you want to Mario to
coach your corners or your safeties? If you could bring
in like a another guy to coach corners, like I
had put out my list of cornerbacks coaches that have
some connectivity to b YU DeVante Cross. He was a
former Virginia cornerback GA at New Mexico. Current Utah Tech
cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell currently at n C State. Former
BYU and NFL cornerback and cornerbacks coach at b y
U Dwayne Walker. Maybe there's Charles Mack at Utah State,
Preston Hadley, Rob Daniel, Eddie Hecker, Mike David. If you
could bring back someone to coach corners and to Mario
coaches safeties, would that be a route that you'd be
interested in pursuing. Or even Brandon Bradley, You know, Brandon
Bradley was another guy on my list.
Speaker 3: I mean, I love those guys. I think if you're
getting a coach just as good or better than Warren
and you can that, it makes most sense to move
them over. I think you go with that, But I
don't think you. I think you go after whoever the
best coach you can get. I think enough of the
guys on the staff can move around that. I think.
I mean, even to Mario said in his interview with
with Sports Station that originally it sounded like he was
going to possibly gonna come when Gennara was still here
and he was going to be safeties coach. So obviously
that's an option, but I think it depends on who
you bring in. I don't want to go not that
I love some of those guys that you mentioned, but
they're not proven. I think we're in a we're in
an era now with with the resources that we can
go and get a guy who's proven and then let
those other guys still kind of grow up through those
those ranks. Guys like you know, Eddie Heckert, who's gonna
be an assistant out there at Michigan. Let him keep
growing up through that route. I don't know that I
want him to be the corners coach this year. And
let's go get somebody who is qualified ready to go
right this second. And if you have to move tomorrow
for that, I think that's totally great. But I don't
know that you have to if you played a safeties coach, Grady,
you find a linebacker's coach and let and let k
Pop go to safeties, like I think he could do
any of those.
Speaker 2: Okay, So okay, let's say tomorrow's the quarterbacks goes passing
a coordinator. What about Gavin Fawler? You know, I know
he's at Weeper State. Would you go and get him?
Tanner Jacobson, would you go get him? He's a former
defensive back and safety and was coaching up at Tyler
Junior College. You have a couple options there that especially Gavin.
I mean, he knows the defense quite well and is
essentially an internal hire if you get him back to b.
Speaker 3: YU, I would say Gavin was one that I obviously
there was a ton of smoke behind it, and the
fact that he hadn't been announced by Weber yet. That
was what I thought was gonna happen. I think we
even talked about last week, and I was good with
that because it was the internal It was somebody who's
super familiar with the system, had been coaching with Jay
in that position, so I would be good with that.
I think Tanner Jacobson also brings a totally different type
of experience. I think you do that, but I think
it's better for Tanner to go and you know, kind
his teeth in another spot, one more level up, and
then it's better for Bau long term for some of
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Speaker 2: So Transfer Portal I went through the numbers, the acquisitions
and the attritions, if you will, year over year since
about twenty twenty two. We currently sit at seven incoming
transfers and there are twelve on the out How many
do you think BYU acquires this offseason? Last year was
thirteen and you lost twenty seven. It looks like it's trending.
And look, there's going to be springball too, so you
could see some some other players that enter in after
spring ball and we can add to the list. But uh,
what do you make of it? What do you what
number do you think it's going to be both attrition
and acquisition?
Speaker 3: Yeah, attrition wise, I think there could be some guys
that after spring, you know, if they kind of see
the writing on the wall and move. I don't know
if I could, if there's a number I can think
up off my head. I think in terms of acquisitions,
we're at seven. Now, I think they're definitely gonna try
and get another two corners, at least, probably a running back,
a couple of other positions. If there's other opportunities, I
would guess we end up around end of twelve acquisitions
by the end of it, and then maybe two or
three more guys hit the portal after spring.
Speaker 2: What's your priority right now? Is it a QB two,
is it a CB three? Is it an RB two? Uh?
Where do you have your eyeset as far as positional
transfer portal?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: You know, just your your your your your your, your wants,
your need if you will. If you were director of
player personnel at DYU, I.
Speaker 3: Would say cornerback, corner back, So see me corner just
because I feel like I feel like that's the spot
that the top two with from Evin and Trey are there,
but everybody else is just not proven yet. Like I
think that they're good, they're gonna be fine, but just
not proven. So I think those are the two spots.
Running backs another one. But I am a bigger believer
in MOA than I think the average fan is. But
I still think you want to have depth there because
hasn't proven to be super I think this last year's
injury was flu super fluky. But but I would say
corner is the first position I'm nervous spout, and then
running back next.
Speaker 2: It's uh, it's interesting, right, Like BYU hasn't taken any
poral running backs over the last couple of seasons, But
in the early I want to say, late two thousands
and even early, you know, twenty twenties, it always seemed
like there we were picking up running backs. What gives?
What's going on?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's interesting. I think it's I don't
know what it is. I would say it's probably that
the coaches believe more in.
Speaker 2: The room.
Speaker 3: We than maybe the fans do. I think they think
that they've got that. I also think there's a chance
that LJ. I mean, it would be really hard to
get a guy right now. Back when we were getting
those guys out of the portal, there was nobody in
the room or the guys weren't proven in the room.
So it's easy to come in and say, hey, you come,
come to the team and prove yourself and you're gonna
be the starter. That's a lot harder when you have
LJ coming back. Even though it's the last two years.
So I think anybody coming is going to come in
to be a depth piece, and if they're looking at that,
they're saying, well, we've got depth pieces we need, you know,
RB one A. And I don't think there's very many
portal backs that are looking out there trying to come
in and compete with LJ.
Speaker 2: Yeah, just said, you know the twenty twenty three career,
you got Dion Smith, Aiden Robbins that were added in
twenty twenty two. I want to say, I'm trying to
think of who you picked up in twenty.
Speaker 3: Twenty two, but it was twenty two.
Speaker 2: EnEx Nowahine Houston, Hamily, Chris Brooks.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Chris books him and then the year before that
was a Supa And why can I think of the
other guy that?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah?
Speaker 3: But yeah. So I do think it's mostly that those
years there was more availability, and so people saw it
out of the portal as like a hey, let's come
in and compete immediately, where having a competians LJ isn't
most I wouldn't saying most gause. A lot of the
guys in the portal are going in for playing time
and then to come and try and compete with with
l J would just I don't know if that suits.
What their what their goals are.
Speaker 2: You got Devon Aka coming in from Lee High. I
don't know if you've got an eyes on Devon Aka
and whether or not he would be the guy, a
dude that you'd you'd buy into to be an RB
two RB three obviously, Shiny Moa and Jovesta de Mooney
they're gonna be the mixed Preston Rex as well. What
about the s UU running back? It's not too far
away hop skipping to jump away. He's got great straight
line speed and he was one of the most productive
running backs in college football this year, albeit at the
FCS level. I think he topped out at like twenty
three point seven miles per hours as fast as speed.
Joshua Die He's originally from Everett, Washington, runs a four
to three nine and tallied one eight hundred and thirty
one yards last season. And what was it? Uh? I
mean he rushed for a lot of touchdowns as well.
What do you make of that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would definitely, I would love to have him
come in. I think he's a he's a back that's
a different skill set than l Jencione, A little more
on the I think he's obviously way more proven than Jobasa,
but they run similar. They're more of that you know,
quick quick back. So I would love to get Die in.
And the fact that he hasn't signed anywhere yet, I
think to a sign that maybe we're at least trying there.
But I haven't seen much, you know, smoke. I saw
it a lot run as it came out, but I
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It would be awesome to get die We'll.
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