WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.400 Welcome back Drive time on a Monday afternoon. Monday is 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:07.599 always pre jam packed on the sports side, reacting to 3 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:13.039 all the football, hoops, hockey, MMA boxing over the weekend. 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:18.079 It was Stevenson, still vest of the former Utes NFL 5 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:23.239 linebacker busy man over the weekend, I'm sure of course 6 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.320 in Boulder for Utah and Colorado. He was doing some 7 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.719 high school football stuff on Friday. Slide how are you, man? 8 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.280 I'm doing great, pee, I just think about it. I'm 9 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.679 trying to figure out how I made it through the weekend. Yeah, 10 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.479 it was nuts. The twelve hours of high school football 11 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:48.119 on Thursday and Friday and then five am flight to Boulder. 12 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:51.200 My uber driver, Man, he's the real MVP. Man. He 13 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.159 had a he was going a little above the speed 14 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:58.200 limit to get me to the stadium before pre show. Am. 15 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:00.399 So I appreciate him for that as. 16 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:02.399 Long as we let you there, get you there safely. 17 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:04.719 Oh yeah he did. Man, he was great. He was great, 18 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:06.799 two hands on the wheel, he was focused, you know, 19 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.120 so I can only appreciate that. But yeah, man, it 20 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:11.040 was good. It was good. 21 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:12.159 Did you uh? 22 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.439 You mentioned the high school stuff on Friday. A lot 23 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.519 of state titles to be determined over the course of 24 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:19.799 the next week or so. A few of them, the 25 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:25.519 smaller schools actually were determined already, including my my buddy 26 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:28.959 Jalen winning another one down at San Juan. You've got 27 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:31.959 a bunch more with I think three, A, four, A, five, 28 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.040 A plus coming up this this week. Give the folks 29 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.159 the latest there on where they can find your coverage 30 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.879 and what you're looking forward to. We'll get into of course, 31 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.879 you talk Colorado and Big twelve stuff as well. 32 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.200 Yeah, man, if you guys want to tune in. Honestly, 33 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.000 this has been one of the best UH semi final 34 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.799 matchups that we had. It was snow blowouts. These teams 35 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.239 are are really evenly matched, some really good football, so 36 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.359 I absolutely love it. But download the KSL Sports app 37 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.040 and we're streaming those games all day, all long. You 38 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:06.319 catch that anytime. But you're getting to see that the 39 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.919 new and up and coming talent in this state. You 40 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:13.400 know from the amazing twenty twenty six class. I'm telling you, 41 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.400 there's a group of juniors throughout this state are gonna 42 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:19.199 be this. This is gonna be one of the best 43 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.439 recruiting years in Utah this next year in high school football, 44 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.719 the twenty twenty six class, so you get to see them, 45 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.080 you get to see the seniors that are right now. 46 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.599 Four A, five A, six A is gonna be awesome lineups. 47 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:37.080 Four A Spanish four versus Crimson Cliffs that's down in 48 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.319 southern Utah. That's that's gonna be a premier matchup. It's 49 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.599 gonna be actually my favorite matchup of the state finals. 50 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:50.680 And then five A you're gonna get Bountiful versus Roy, 51 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.080 and that's gonna be awesome. They're in the same region, 52 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.280 so they're very familiar with one another. Roy only has 53 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.400 one loss on the season and that's too Bountiful, So 54 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.840 this is gonna be a crazy, crazy matchup. Roy's gonna 55 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:04.840 have to get some get back. Roy did an amazing 56 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.360 job of knocking out Tim View, which is a juggernaut 57 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:11.280 down there, which we all know. And then six eight 58 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.960 Long Peak Corner Kane. You know, as as familiar as 59 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.960 those names are, it wasn't an easy road for them 60 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.120 to get to the final this year, and so they're 61 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.719 pushing out and cream our Corner Kayane only has one 62 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.439 loss on the season and guess who that's against Loan 63 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.159 Peak you get, So it's gonna be some amazing matchups 64 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.759 on Thursday, So tune in the case how Sports that 65 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:35.680 we're streaming that game. It's gonna be absolutely awesome. 66 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.400 Yeah, Spence is a bountiful guy and all all of 67 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:41.639 my friends coach on the roy staff. So we'll have 68 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.199 to we'll have to talk about that one on Thursday. 69 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.120 I'll be down there at Rice Cycle Stadium looking forward 70 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:50.319 to it. All right, sly over to the college game. Unfortunately, 71 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.360 we got to talk about it. Utah visits Boulder, visit Colorado, 72 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.680 and they find a Buffs team that, man, it looks 73 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.840 a whole lot different than any team that we have 74 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:04.360 seen in the last decade or so. Give us an 75 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.759 idea of and you've been to Boulder multiple times in 76 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.719 that time frame, Slie, give us not an idea of 77 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:15.000 how different this trip to Boulder felt off the field. 78 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.240 We'll get to what went wrong for Utah on the field, 79 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:20.319 but I got to imagine Dion and in that environment, 80 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:23.879 that that community that they've got kind of building there. 81 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.600 I think they had fifty five thousand at that at 82 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.399 that stadium on Saturday. Give us an idea how different 83 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:31.399 it is from you know, maybe four or five years 84 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.560 ago when you were in Boulder and the cold with 85 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.240 a few thousand watching it. 86 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.199 Completely different, right from driving up to the state. I 87 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:44.920 mean the hardest part was getting that last block into 88 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.279 the stadium for me to get up there. There is 89 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.000 so much going on, it's so many things. It's it's 90 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:56.439 it's insane. I heard that they had eight hundred plus 91 00:04:56.519 --> 00:05:00.639 media credentials. Now, porter, I know you understand that, but folks, 92 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:03.920 eight hundred media credentials that need to be had for 93 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:07.680 the game, and I'm like, that is insane. So from 94 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:17.360 photographers to reporters to uh, radio personalities, TV personalities, you know, photogs, writers, 95 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.800 there was eight hundred media credentials that were handed out 96 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.600 in this game, and it was awesome. The stadium was packed, 97 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.199 it was rocking. They were doing amazing things. Uh. They 98 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:32.680 got a nice little setup in between timeouts and and pregame. 99 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.360 They already already did the running buffalo, but it just 100 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:41.279 seemed that much crazier this year. So so Diaz got 101 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.720 the magic, he's got the the the personality that that 102 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.439 is fitting over there and you're seeing it throughout Uh. 103 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.920 Well one, I mean their shop right just watching their 104 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.720 fans wearing Prime gear. Uh, and the new Caacu logos. 105 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.560 I'm like, he's hitting at home with that, and I 106 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.160 know he's getting a great portion. He's a smart businessman. 107 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.959 So Dion is just he's hitting in all cylinders right now. 108 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.040 If he can get your door and Travis on the 109 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:10.680 same team in the league, which if anybody can, it's him. 110 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:15.040 He's literally one of those people that is able to 111 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.279 pave his own way. He sees the vision and he 112 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:21.680 can really make that happen, and that is so hard 113 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.959 to do and so you have to commend him for that. 114 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:26.120 He's doing a great job at Colorado. 115 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.240 A sly Trey Fitzgerald here filling in with Porter for 116 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.759 Spence to hear your voice. Tell me, you know, how 117 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.759 long do you think Dion has in Boulder. There's a 118 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:39.160 lot of people talking about him maybe going to the Raiders, 119 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.319 maybe going back to Florida State. Like the turnaround and 120 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.360 Boulder is insane and amazing as you just kind of 121 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.519 painted the picture. But you know, what more does he 122 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.399 have to do because it's been twenty years since that 123 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:55.040 program meant anything. College football is different now. But where 124 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:57.480 do you see Dion next year and maybe in a 125 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:58.560 couple more years after that? 126 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:03.000 Well, the world is his right, and so I think 127 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:05.560 that he can just choose whatever he wants to do. 128 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.360 If you want to stay at Colorado, if he wants 129 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:10.839 to go. I don't know his contract situation, right, But 130 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.439 you got to understand these people like Texas A and 131 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:18.000 m Florida State, they got money whatever buyout, whatever buyout 132 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.360 they want, they can make that happen. Ten million dollars, 133 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:22.959 fourteen whatever. They can make that happen if they want 134 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.199 Dion to do that. Dion has been with his kids 135 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:30.680 since they were young youngsters, right, So does he take 136 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.759 his talents back to the NFL and and tries coaching 137 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:35.480 ranks on there so he can stay close to them, 138 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.079 I don't know, or is he going to let them 139 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.199 grow up and just handle their own He can do 140 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.759 whatever he wants, right, And so I think that's just 141 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.480 that's that's an amazing deal. People want to talk about 142 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.399 nepotism and this and that, and if you have the 143 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:51.279 ability because of you know, what you put in, the 144 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.000 work that you put in, then then go ahead, you know, 145 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.879 because with competition as it is, right, Like let's talk 146 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:02.560 about Bronnie James for example, if Bronni James wasn't gonna 147 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.680 make it happen. People are going to exploit that, right 148 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.759 it's on the professional level with college or in the pros. 149 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:12.199 And so just because he's able to make that happen 150 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.199 doesn't negate the fact that, you know, Lebronos has been 151 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.959 putting in work in order to make that happen. Dion 152 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.839 is putting in work to make that happen. And so 153 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.480 if you have the ability to control your own narrative 154 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.480 aka Jake Paul, go ahead do it. You got to 155 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.279 commend somebody's hustle. And so I think that that's what 156 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.879 Dion's doing. I got to respect his hustle. He's doing 157 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:36.120 this thing out in Colorado. I don't see him at 158 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.080 Colorado this next year. I think Colorado has made great money, 159 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:42.519 you know, with him being there, and they'll be able 160 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.519 to waver the storm and make a new move after 161 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.960 he leaves. But I think, honestly, I see Florida State 162 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:53.759 as the best ending point for for prime after Colorado here. 163 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.799 Yeah, and we'll, you know, we'll see how that all 164 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:01.039 plays out. Of course, with his kids in Boulder, as 165 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:03.759 long as there's a Sanders on the roster, I'm sure 166 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:06.320 you know he's gonna be there, But once that ends, man, 167 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.120 I really don't see many ties to that happening. 168 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:10.159 If there's an opening in. 169 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.480 At Florida State, yeah, I think that's the natural fit 170 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.279 because I think he feels like more of a college 171 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:18.720 guy than than a pro guy. 172 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:19.440 But you never know. 173 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:22.080 With the right pocketbook and the right offer, I'm sure 174 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.360 he'll move on. 175 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:25.320 To the next opportunity. 176 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:25.639 All right. 177 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:26.960 That's off the field. 178 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.600 He's clearly done a good job of cultivating all of that, 179 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.799 and it's brought a lot of money. It's brought a 180 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.360 lot of attention to Colorado. But on the field, it's 181 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.720 not just flash either slide. That's a top five Big 182 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.320 Twelve defense. It's a team scoring thirty four points per game, 183 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:43.960 and they're right in line to play in a Big 184 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.720 Twelve championship and possibly a college football playoff. What have 185 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.679 they done on the field differently from even last year 186 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.639 when they had a lot of these guys on the roster. 187 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.960 I mean they look like a team for once, you know, 188 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.039 I mean, they don't look like a whole bunch of 189 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:02.320 individuals up there, right. I still think that they have 190 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:06.759 huge O line issues, and playing against Utah, I think 191 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:08.720 we exploited them a little bit. So if they can 192 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:12.240 fix that going ahead, that's gonna be huge for them 193 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:14.960 to do, is to fix their on line issues, because 194 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:18.080 if Shador doesn't have time, it's going to be hard 195 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.759 sledding for them when they get to the CFP. But 196 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:22.759 right now, I think that they can win out. They 197 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.159 can win out here. They put up enough points. They 198 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.879 have they have the right tools to make that happen. 199 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.639 I think Chador is more comfortable with the talent that 200 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.919 he has around him, right, He's able to make the adjustments. 201 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.200 I'm sitting, I'm very in tune with what's going on, 202 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:41.519 so I'm paying attention to them offensively and what checks 203 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:44.679 did they make? What is Shador seeing that he's checking 204 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.720 too from us? I think that we confuse him a 205 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:51.360 couple of times. But he's got command. He can change guys. 206 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.720 They don't huddle, They just they go to the line 207 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.039 of scrimmage. He takes a look and he sees Colorado 208 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:03.159 has a problem because they don't know how to be conservative. Right, 209 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.600 so when they have the game in hand, they don't 210 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:08.559 know how to slow it down and run a four 211 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:11.879 minute offense. They have absolutely no idea how to do that, 212 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.720 and so that could be proving to be a problem 213 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.919 down the road when they need to be able to 214 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.679 control the game and keep their defense off the field 215 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:25.120 right and just because they can't, they do take risks, 216 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:28.159 they'll get you turnovers, and so there's things like that. 217 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.519 But for me, the difference that I see in Colorado 218 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.039 is they got a lot more familiarity, they got a 219 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.320 lot more chemistry, and they got a lot more belief 220 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:40.080 in making things happen. And so I think that's just 221 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.320 proven success for them. They like the glam, they like 222 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.159 the hype. I'm telling you, when they make a play, 223 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:51.360 what they do in that stadium is awesome. The crowd 224 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:55.159 jumps in it, the scoreboard, all of the other effects, 225 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.600 and that makes the players play better. So they thrive 226 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:03.159 and they vuy off of that. And so I'm just 227 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.200 if there was any worry for them is when that 228 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:10.600 adversity hits in a neutral site or an off site game, 229 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.360 will they be able to handle, you know, that adversity, 230 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.720 or when they don't have, you know, the effects of 231 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.919 the home crowd helping them out. 232 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:25.600 Sly speaking of adversity, obviously that that Utah locker room 233 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:28.919 has had their head spinning for for six straight weeks now. 234 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:33.679 And you know, I heard Mackai Bernard on with OC 235 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.440 late last week talking about just trying to, you know, 236 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.480 put everything into every rep, put it on film, get 237 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:45.679 things right, you know for next year. That obviously doesn't 238 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.320 work for the guys that aren't going to be here, 239 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.879 But for the guys that are being close to the 240 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.720 team and being around the group, do you do you 241 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.279 like the attitude and the work ethic what you're seeing, 242 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.000 even as the results aren't going their way right now? 243 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.519 I mean, it's hard for outside perspectives to kind of 244 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.240 understand kind of the mindset that these guys are having 245 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.360 right now, right, and and so it's just a difficult 246 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.240 situation and one thing that I can commit as an alumni, 247 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:15.639 as a guy, I see these guys giving that effort, right. 248 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.679 I don't see any quit in these guys. I see frustration, 249 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:22.240 which is totally normal. But these guys continue to go 250 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:25.960 out there every single play and make that happen. We 251 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:27.799 just missed on a lot of plays. We've missed on 252 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.919 a lot of opportunities. We beat ourselves up in this 253 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.759 game of Colorado, right, you know, not being able to 254 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:37.039 score after a huge momentum change to start the game 255 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.480 with the land of Barton interception. You know, that's that's heartbreaking, 256 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:46.240 you know, getting quick three and outs all the time, 257 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.159 you know, not hitting wide open guys. Those things are frustrating, 258 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:53.639 and so they just compile and you allow Colorado to 259 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:56.120 stay in the game and instead of putting them away. 260 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:59.559 We had plenty of opportunity in this game against Colorado, 261 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:03.559 but I commend Colorado. Their defense played top notch. Their 262 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.840 defense was all over the place. They bubed even on 263 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:10.200 the mistakes that we made, they capitalized on opportunities from 264 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:15.879 the interceptions and fumbles and turnovers to uh, you know, 265 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.759 getting that quick turnover and then scoring. Right, they did 266 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.080 a rushing play. They caught us in a zero, We 267 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.279 had nobody in the middle of the field, one guy 268 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:27.759 missed the gap and touchdown, you know, And so that's 269 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:31.360 that's life, right, is capitalizing on opportunity when it's when 270 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.120 it's presented. And I think Colorado did a great job 271 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.679 of doing that in that game, even after their first 272 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:41.080 play of the game mistake. And so, you know, I 273 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:44.519 just love to see Utah fight and they're continuing to fight, 274 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.559 They're continuing to put it on tape, because no matter what, 275 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:51.120 if these guys stay with Utah, they transfer, they go 276 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.919 to the draft, they take the next step. They want 277 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.200 to have good film, right, They want to show that 278 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.279 I'm a fighter, I'm no matter the cause. They don't 279 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.120 want to put bad things on tape. And so with that, 280 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.200 it only behooves them to give it their best effort 281 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:09.240 each and every time. If they can knock off of Colorado, 282 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.240 you know, eliminated Iowa State from Big twelve competition or 283 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.320 Big Twelve championship contention, that's what they want to do. 284 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.840 And if they can do that, you know, each and 285 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.720 every play, you know, I think that that's where their 286 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.480 mindset is. Their mindset is, let me get these last 287 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:27.480 two wins to get to a Bowl game, and let 288 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.720 me put some good things on tape. 289 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.480 Obviously, you mentioned that slide the last two games in 290 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:36.639 order to get to Bowl eligibility. Motivation outside of that is, 291 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:42.000 you know, maybe playing spoiler for Iowa State back to 292 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:46.360 the matchup. I'll get to the remaining two games here. Momentarily, 293 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:51.240 it seemed like Isaac Wilson had moments where he really 294 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:54.399 settled in. It seemed like there were there were kind 295 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:59.559 of flashes of him. Well, the way I describe it 296 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.759 in Character Rise, it is catching up with the speed 297 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.240 of the game. I feel like that's been an issue 298 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.879 with Isaac throughout the majority of the season. I think 299 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.720 he dealt with a lot of struggles with the speed 300 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:14.240 of Colorado's defense. How have you felt he's progressed throughout 301 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.840 the year going forward? And what do you want to 302 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.360 see in these these last two games to feel confident 303 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.919 in one Isaac Wilson handling that offense. 304 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.200 Yeah, I mean a lot of people got to see 305 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:34.240 that Isaac in this game. The flashes that you talk about, right, 306 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:36.840 that's what the coaches are seeing. There's like, you have 307 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:40.000 the capability, you can do this, but it's just not 308 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:43.879 translating on Saturday. And so that's the most frustrating part 309 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:48.120 from you know, the players to the coaches. So it's like, Okay, 310 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:50.759 we want to make the right decision. We're seeing this guy, 311 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:54.519 he's putting in the work, he has the capability. What 312 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:57.600 are we missing on Saturdays? And so you know, that's 313 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.159 hard to coach, that's hard to game plan for, it's 314 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.840 hard to do anything for. But you know, we're just 315 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.119 in a position right now where we just need better 316 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:09.480 quarterback play, and Isaac's got to step up. He's got 317 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:13.559 to own whatever has happened in the past and move over. 318 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:15.400 He can't hang his hat over the past. That's why 319 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:19.799 the quarterback position is so so vital, so important, and 320 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.000 why everybody says as a quarterback, you gotta have a 321 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.640 short memory. You can't think of all the other things, 322 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.799 right because you know, look, Isaac Wilson didn't have a 323 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:29.799 great first half, right he comes out in that second 324 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.920 half and he was slinging it, you know, and then 325 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:34.640 we got some touchdowns, we got some defensive turnovers, we 326 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.920 made some things happen. But you gotta have a short memory. 327 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.599 Forget about the past, forget about all those other games. 328 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:45.559 Worry about the right now. I think Isaac Wilson, I 329 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.720 can't really say that there's been huge developmental jumps because 330 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.160 we're just watching the games, but you know, you do 331 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.039 have to understanding things are faster, and so hopefully this 332 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:58.839 offseason he can really master that and understand like it's 333 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:02.680 a whole new level of competition. And I have to 334 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.240 do that not only for myself but for my teammates 335 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.480 because everybody's relying on me. 336 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:09.839 Back to that last question, knowing that a bowl game 337 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:12.599 and maybe playing spoiler at Iowa State is your your 338 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.759 real only motivation going into these these final games? What 339 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.440 do you want to see from this Utah football team 340 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.559 big picture going forward into the offseason to you know, 341 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:25.720 maybe leave with a better taste in your mouth than 342 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.359 you have right now. 343 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.079 Yeah, I mean the same thing that we we We've 344 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.000 been you know, understanding about this team for the last 345 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.880 however long. Right, we have the talent, we have the personnel. 346 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.880 You know. I want these guys to go out there 347 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:43.279 for this Iowa State game and just put it on display. 348 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.200 You know, Iowa State is a good team, go make 349 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.200 them look like not a good team, right. I just 350 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:52.519 I want to see sex. I want to see turnovers. 351 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:55.119 We got that against Colorado. We need to see more. 352 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.200 You know. Here's the thing. We got to shor Sanders 353 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:03.079 so many times and finish right, and we got there 354 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:06.720 with four man pressure. We have some amazing defensive linemen. 355 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.880 I want to see more finishes with that. So I 356 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:12.440 want to see these guys just take pride and playing 357 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:15.359 the game of football because it's it's so limited, man, 358 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.680 it's not for long. You want to get an old 359 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.640 guy like me, and then you're just you're reeling right, 360 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.480 You're just wishing that you had another opportunity. So I 361 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.160 want these guys to live with no regrets and let 362 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:28.079 them know that they left it all out there on 363 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.880 the field, and whatever the future holds, the future holds. 364 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:33.880 But as far as right now, it's playing the game 365 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:35.880 of football and making that happen. So I hope that 366 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:38.880 they go out there on Saturday and just make all 367 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:42.480 those plays, get all those turnovers, get all those touchdowns, 368 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:46.960 you know, and understand what they should have been doing 369 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:50.480 all season. That they still have that capability, they still 370 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.279 have that know how that they can do those things. 371 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.599 So just go out there and play with pride and passion. 372 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.480 Alright, SLYI. 373 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:01.200 How about your Steelers man, Mike Tomland Russell Wilson. Obviously 374 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:06.599 that's a team you're still got some love for. And uh, 375 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.400 I don't know. It's been a little bit of a 376 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:11.039 roller coaster, but they seem to have figured some stuff out. 377 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:13.319 Seemed to be a kind of what you expect out 378 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.519 of a Mike tomlin Seiler's team. 379 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:17.400 Yeah, tough, right, We've said it all along. We have 380 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:21.400 a darn good defense. If we get some satisfactory quarterback play. 381 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:24.200 Look what it could happen, right, I think this game 382 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:27.319 was all field goals for Pittsburgh, Right, And even though 383 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:29.839 we got down there, we got a darn good kicker, 384 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.359 but we didn't kick ourselves in the in the butt 385 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:36.079 with with turnovers and and and and messing ourselves up 386 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:39.279 that way. Right. It's it's kind of like if we 387 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.960 were able to do that, right, Like, we only had 388 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.440 one turnover in that game, but it didn't hurt us. 389 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:48.160 And so if we could just be complimentary, we can 390 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:52.079 win games. Pittsburgh is known for for being gritty and 391 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.839 and gutting out tough wins. Right. They're built for that, 392 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.160 Their defense is built for that, the city is built 393 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:00.880 for that. So if we could just get our offense 394 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.079 to get us in field goal range so we can 395 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:05.720 get some points, our defense will be able to hold. 396 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:08.240 You know, these teams, what Baltimore Ravens was averaging what 397 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:13.519 thirty six points coming into coming into that game, and 398 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.839 we were able to hold them the sixteen total points. 399 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:19.680 It's crazy. They're gonna be able to gut out some 400 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:22.119 tough wins, and they're gonna be a team that you're 401 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:26.759