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Speaker 1: You're listening to Cougar Sports with Ben Krettl, and it's

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time for Crewing the Cougars and inside look at the

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latest news on the recruiting trail surrounding Cougar athletics.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Couger Sports here on one O three nine.

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On you there, Ronald three man.

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Speaker 3: We were here holding down for a second for being credal.

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We are going to get out too the hotlines momentarily. Oh,

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Banker's back, I'm gonna turn it back over to him.

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Mike's Hobin.

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Speaker 4: Alrighty guys, let's get into this cruit and the Cougars segment.

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And I can't wait to talk some two thousand and

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twenty six recruiting class here on your Utah ESPN Radio

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Network with Cougar Sports Insider, Recruiting Insider Moose Bingham, former

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BUYU kicker, punter, special team or Extraordinair Moose.

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Speaker 3: How you living, buddy, Ben?

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Speaker 2: I am hein. I actually just got tickets for the

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up Turt Bowl. I'll be going there for a good

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old fob. Can't wait to see Cougar Nation in the

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second best state in the Union.

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Speaker 4: Well, hey, you're living in Tampa now, right, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I'm only in an our hour fifteen from Orlando. I

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might go see Rider Lions. Tell them what's up? Go cat?

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Speaker 4: Oh my, how many times have you got over to

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like Universal Studios in Disney World since you moved there

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to Tampa.

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Speaker 2: I was just there with my family over Thanksgiving. But

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I don't go there very often. I get motion sickness

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because I'm an old man. Now, Ben, I don't even

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ride the rides, but I have a glorious time there

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nonetheless love it.

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Speaker 4: Man, Well, I'm glad you're doing well. Look I'll tell

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you who's doing well right now. Colodia taking these BYU

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Cougar football team, this Bo Cougar football team and players.

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They just signed a top twenty one class in the

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college ball. This is the best class recruiting class in

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bya football history. I want to break it all down

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with you.

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Speaker 3: Number one. What's that hey man.

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Speaker 2: Treats about it? It's the best class about twenty rankings.

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My goodness, I'm hyped about this class.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you like about it? Specifically? What do

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you make of the twenty twenty six commitment list?

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Speaker 2: Well, right now, you look at the twenty five class,

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our top signing from the twenty five class what have

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been probably about number seven or eighth in this class.

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That's the depths up top, which is absolutely nuts. And

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then you start getting into the weeds of this class.

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I mean, I like the bottom players. Devon Eka is

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a stut but you get all the way to the

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top rider Lions. We haven't had a quarterback like Listen

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Ben Olsen. Let's freaking go.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean Lucy tom wy Peer who played started produced.

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Speaker 3: As a true freshman this year.

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Speaker 4: It was a fifty ninth rated overall class and we

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saw what Doocy did. You can also add, you know,

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the the transfer portal players I guess to the to

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the list tel Celia Khanna ended up being a good

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player for the Kougs. You combine all that, you're like, man,

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well this the future is bright for BYU.

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Speaker 2: Well look at what Colonie is doing. The current roster

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is ranked between sixty and eighty, depending on what fight

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you go after. With a roster like that, it's a

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good roster, but it's not an NFL caliber roster. Signing

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classes in the top twenty five that brings us an

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NFL caliber type roster, where if you're signing guys in

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the top two fifty. Those are guys that are projected

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to the NFL draft picks, and we have about six

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or seven of them just from this class.

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Speaker 4: Crazy times, man, you have Rider, Lions, Botmoltalo, Brock, Harris,

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Adam Bywater, Tygetchi, all four stars, Jerem Poula, Lopetti, Muala,

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Kennan Pula. I don't know if By's had every of

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these many four stars in a signing class. Who's your favorite?

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Frost and why oh.

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Speaker 2: You're asked me to pick my favorite child? Day have Ben?

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I love him all equally, But my goodness, there's some

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absolute star. It's like, let's talk about writer. Writer should

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be a five star quarterback. He was robbed. He's an

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absolute dog wolf wolf when you see him on the field,

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bob let Metallo. When he switched to tackle, I said,

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that's a horrible mistake. Then I watched him the first day,

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I'm like, what a genius? Whoever told him to move?

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Because he was amazing playing offensive line and he improved

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leaps and bounds throughout the season. But I still love

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him at three tech Rock Harris, he is massively under raked,

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just disgustingly so he's rated an eighth in his position. No,

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that kid should be number one. He's an absolute dude.

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Adam Bywater was an absolute star, and when I watch Adam,

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I'm like, this kid is the true ty. I haven't

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watched as much film on him, but I really like

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his potential. He can block. He's just like Brock. I

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mean he's almost a twin. And then right below them

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you have actual twins in Jaron and Kennan Gula. Those

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kids are two of my favorites. I've been watching them

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since their freshman year. Loved their family, Kirson Pula, all

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of them are awesome. And then we get Repeitie Malala

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in there, Repeiti Juny. He's an absolute dog Juny. He

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took over games where they're like, oh, you only had

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three sacks, and I'm like, I was watching the game

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and whoever's doing stats at Orum is doing it long.

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The kid had like six sacks a game. I mean,

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he's one of the kids. I had an NFL scout

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called me and said, who should I be watching at Orum?

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And like, watch Judy because that Milala kid is going

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to be an absolute force on the defensive line. I

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love Jack Tanner he's a dude. He reminds me a

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lot of Jackson powers Johnson, which is the highest compliment

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I can give to any interior alignment. I mean, he's

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a kid that can lock down forever. The receiver from Washington,

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Terrence Sariak, that kid is amazing. You get Braston Linsley

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where you're getting him away from SEC schools, getting an

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Arkansas kid like that. Kalawaey Aconna was a four star,

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got dropped down to a three star. I need to

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question some of these rating systems because I think they

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might be blind, because kalaway Acona might have the most

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NFL potential when we get him to his natural position

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of safety or linebacker, I don't know where he's gonna

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end up. Collway is an absolute force and he would

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have been one of the top five recruits in almost

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any class, and we would have been over the moon

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to get them. Legend Glass. You watch him receiver extraordinari

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He runs a four to four. He says he's six

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to one. Yeah, coming out of high school. I was

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six to though. I don't know if he's six one,

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but he's an absolute force there. Matthew Mason, I actually

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they're a breakdown of Matthew Mason going into the season

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before he committed to BYU, And I'm like, this is

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a hitting gym right here. Graham Livingston there hasn't been

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as a productive or receiver in the state possibly ever,

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and he did it in less games. Graham Livingston is

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the absolute truth, Harper or another tight end that you

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can just throw into the fray that you love. Stefani

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Antonio Johnson like him at corner six three and a half.

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I mean, where do you fight in these giants playing corner?

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Another d lineman in Cologne, NAHMANI I love that kid.

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Justice Brayle, I mean er Brathwaite. I'm talking a lot.

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So that's a lot. But Justice is a stud coming

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out of Higley in Gilbert, Arizona. And then sign me

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back down to the VAUG. Definitely solid class from top

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to bottom. When you're lowest rate is a three star

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eighty four, You're just like, Okay, this class is stacked.

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Speaker 3: It's truly a great day to be a Cougar.

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Speaker 4: Look, I was listening to Brian Santiago recently, and and

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you know, one of the things that he.

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Speaker 3: Discussed was investing.

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Speaker 4: In in the future of BYU and investing in these

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student athletes that can enter to learn and then go

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forth to serve. You bring in high level talent, high

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level kids that are going to ball out on the

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field and also off the field, and I think, you know,

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anything is possible. I think the board of trustees, I

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feel like the byus An institution. Obviously the athletic department

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has been bought in, but I feel like everybody else

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is getting bought in now with the foundational why behind

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everything we do, and there's better alignment now than ever,

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the alignment of the silos that I've been preaching from

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my hope it is fondly coming to fruition.

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Speaker 2: I believe you're correct, and I haven't said that like

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ever since I've been looking at the YU. But it

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seems like everyone's like, Hey, when we have a good

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football program, good things happen all throughout campus. Why not

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invest in the football program, invest in the basketball program,

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invest in athletics so that we can actually get things

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done and make BYU cool again.

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Speaker 4: Well, we're on the trend right now towards that. We

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got Moose Bingham here on your Utah. ESPN ready to

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network a little Crewton the Cougars segment and delving into

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all the knicks and crimes of this twenty twenty six

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class as b what you football prepares for their pop

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tards bawl the best ball outside of the CFP. It's

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the it's a nice consolation prize. Noeubt about it. But

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you look at BYU season, these back to back seasons,

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and it's it's it's the glory days. Now you look

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at twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two, there's

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a little drop off in twenty twenty three, but then

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we got back into prominence the last two years. What

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Kalani has able to accomplish since twenty twenty is nothing

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short of remarkable.

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Speaker 3: It truly is the.

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Speaker 4: Glory days that our forefathers talked about in the modern era.

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Speaker 2: It absolutely is. And what you see from these guys

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they completely believe in themselves. This isn't an NFL roster

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by any stretch of the imagination, but Lani's preaching of

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love has really dictated one score games. When these guys

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get behind of two scores, they're like, it doesn't matter,

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We're gonna come back and win. The belief in that

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locker room is absolutely phenomenal, and it's just fun to

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watch them really outform where they're at. I mean, this

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is a team where you're like, I I love watching

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these guys. They put forth a ton of effort and

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they really have gone above and beyond reflect who their

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head coaches on the field, and it's fun to see

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what this twenty twenty five roster has done.

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Speaker 4: Ronald at the end of the day, right, you're gonna

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look at all these prospects as they come into BYU

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and you hope that bay you can retain them all.

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I look at last year's class, Lemson Waller is in

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the transfer portal, but it looks like for the most part,

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everybody else, Actually Cale Breslin went to Montana State.

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Speaker 3: If I'm not mistaken, I.

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Speaker 4: Think everybody else is still committed, still bought it.

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Speaker 3: So you have a little bit of attrition.

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Speaker 4: Does BYU experience less attrition than most schools? And is

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there anybody that you could compare BYU two? As it pretension,

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they may maybe their retention of their recruiting classes under Lane.

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Speaker 2: This is an interesting question. It used to be Stanford

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had incredible retention, but it was because they couldn't take

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any transfers in any mid year enroll ease, so they

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were very selective about who they brought in. With BYU,

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they create such an amazing environment from the teachers, to

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the student body to the coaches, that kids just don't

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want to leave. And most of the time they not

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forced out. A lot of schools that's take a few

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kids force out the rest, but by he does a

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great job getting kids to graduate, helping them all throughout life,

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and even if they don't make it through forever and ever,

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it's a different atmosphere and I love what they're doing

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and how they're developing kids. You even look back to

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twenty twenty four, you're seeing volatile thoughts, wall of really

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coming into his own. You're seeing a lot of these

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guys where you're like Trey Anderson or Alexander Sorry, he

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is an absolute force. You're watching Kenny Lyttle come into

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his own. A lot of these guys. You're like, this

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different kids contributing, and I love to see that they

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you will be successful. I can tell you that right now.

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Speaker 4: It's intriguing time, no doubt in BAU football history b YU.

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Though I've asked this question a lot of BYU football

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seeing right now. B YU wasn't able to beat and

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even compete against Texas Tech, an elite team.

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Speaker 3: We're a great team, Okay.

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Speaker 4: How far away are they from becoming an elite team

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right now?

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Speaker 3: You would you say?

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Speaker 4: Because from a point total, standpoint competition standpoint right, it

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seems as if you know by you still far away

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from closing that gap.

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Speaker 3: What say you?

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Speaker 2: I would actually have to agree. I don't need to

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be a bearer of that news. But BYU has honestly

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like a seventy roster when you look at the talent gap.

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Excess Tech has probably a top and fifteen roster in

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the country based off of stars, based off of stats.

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For BYU to be competitive in that game, they need

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to have a roster that's at least top thirty. And

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this first class in twenty twenty six is really starting

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to change the way that it's seem because last year

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our overall rank was fifty nine. The year before that,

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when you're looking into twenty twenty four, it was sixty two.

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So we still have a lot of those guys. Some

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of them have really stepped it up, but it takes

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a minute to be there to really get to the

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roster that you need. And I think Justin Anderson is

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really stepping it up now. And he's been in the

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program for the last couple of years, but this is

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the first told class where he's been recruiting kids since

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they were sophomores freshmen and bringing them in and really

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loving them up with that amount of time and making

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sure that they come to BYU.

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Couple last things before I let you go, I look

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back at the twoenty and twenty signing class. Okay, body

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schoonover Cody Apps, Tate Romney, Logan Peeley, Alex Mouti, as Kowfusi,

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Michael Harper, Josh Wilson, Devin Downing, Preston Rex Sol, Jamiava Peters,

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Isaiah Perez, Miles Davis, Josh Larson, Nu Kuhlou ahlu CoA Eldridge,

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Jake Griffin, Chris Jackson, Terrence Fall, Dean Jones, p D two,

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Polo two, John Nelson, Jock Wilson, uh tyber Kinkleuropat Shone, Moa,

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Isaiah Tupo, Tuapolo to Lai, Bruce Garrett, Drason havea Sittalingijvea

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and then DeVante Henry Cole. You look at that, it's

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like that crazy like how how crazy like? Look at

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how far boy has come? Look Askafusi is still on

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the roster, Boddy screwed over. Both of those guys are contributor.

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Cody Apps ended up transferring and then essentially retiring. Tate Romney.

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I think he's still at a SU right. I don't

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know how much he's playing in a Okay, he opted

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in the portal, how I have to pull up his stats.

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I don't know how good he was last year for

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a issue. Logan Peeley ended up transferring to Utah State.

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Alex Moutie I don't know whatever happened to Alex. Michael

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Harper's at Montana's Montana. I think University of Montana. Josh

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Wilson ended up kind of retiring. I think medically retiring,

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or maybe he graduated after his career was done. Devin

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Downing is at Utah Tech. Preston Rex still at BYU.

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He's in the running back room now is a RB

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three sol Jiamiava Peters ended up transferring to New Mexico.

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Isaiah Perez I think went to Eastern Washington transfer. Miles

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Davis transferred to Utah State. Josh Larson I think medically retired.

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Nu Koluvihilu ended up in the portal, but I don't

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know if he ended up anywhere. CoA Eldridge I believe

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is he at University of Hawaii. Co Eldridge, Okay. Jake

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Griffin's in the portal. Chris Jackson I think graduated or

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into the portal and never got back. I think he

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was at University of Hawaii as well, though. Terrence fall

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I think medically retired. Dean Jones went to Northern Colorado.

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If I'm not mistaken, Pete, he's still on the roster.

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I think he's still on the bou roster, still working

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his way. John Nelson was great John Nelson. You can

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make an argument John Nelson so far in this class,

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the best player in this class. Body Scooover's got something

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to say about it. But my guy John Nelson, the

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Salem Sandman, who was like ranked like twentieth on the

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twenty four to seven Sports rankings, Kay was maybe the

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best guy in this class. Jock Wilson got injured, never

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really played ty ber Is Ti where he retired went

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the portal. I don't know if he ended up anywhere.

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Henklew Apati obviously a good play for Buyu yep Shoni

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Speaker 3: That's gonna be a good one of it.

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Speaker 4: He was ranked like last. He didn't even have any stars.

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Uh Isaiah two pole. I don't know where Isaiah went.

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Bruce Garrett like quit after like three practices at by

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you running back out of Pleasant Grove, Texas. Drason Havevea,

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I don't think he ever really played at Buyu. DeVante

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Andry Cole got to springball and then left. I mean,

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that's crazy how much attrition is from that twenty twenty

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signing class when I go through that, and that was

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overall ranked eighty first in the concept by the way.

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Speaker 2: And that's a hard class because you're pulling up the

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COVID year, so you're just like, can we really evaluate

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these kids where they at? And that's what's really hard.

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But that's the thing with that year. There were a

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lethora of misses where you're just like, oh, no, what

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has happened here? Because we need to not be eighty

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We need to be a quarter of that at a

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composite rate of twenty to be a really successful team.

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And the sad thing is you see these kids that

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hop in the portal. None of them are really going

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to other big time programs beside like Tate Romney. Yep,

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You're like, okay, where these guys valued at at the

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end of the day, And they're not valued high in

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recruiting circles. They're going to lower G five teams or

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FCS teams. So this whole class was probably a miss

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in my mind, but it's definitely gotten better in the

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last few years. I mean, like the twenty twenty one

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class you hopped up almost twenty spots when you got

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Logan Foto Raiders of Moody, John Henry Daily guys that

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are absolute contributors and absolute dudes. But then it took

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a steep drop. You had Idiah Glasker in that class.

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That's obviously amazing. Josh Sink hopped in the portal and

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went to Vanderbilt and is playing really well. You still

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have other guys in there where you're like, okay, these

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are absolute dudes. Well, that's kind of the hard thing

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where it's like you don't want to be in the

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portal too much. You want to develop the high school kids,

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and you can only develop them if there's some talent

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in there and they just wasn't talent in the early

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twenty twenty classes.

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Speaker 4: Crazy times, Moose Bingham Ladies and gentlemen, Moose. Best way

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to support you, what you do.

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Speaker 3: How you do it?

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Speaker 2: Oh, just follow me on Twitter at MOOSB nine. I

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still have recruiting for parents out. If you think your

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kid is good enough, let's get him rated, Let's see

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where he's at and see if he can help DYU

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get into that immortal status of a top twenty recruiting class.

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Speaker 4: Love it most who always appreciate your time, man, great

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content as always.

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Speaker 2: Oh appreciate you, Ben, have a merry Christmas and hopefully

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you get out into the palmp tarts full so you

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Speaker 3: The third let's go appreciate you man, love you.

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