1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: He is Cougar Sports with Ben Gretel and it's time 2 00:00:02,799 --> 00:00:04,960 for the Cougar Beat getting the dish. 3 00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:07,679 Speaker 2: From the local reporters that cover Cougar athletics. 4 00:00:09,279 --> 00:00:11,279 Speaker 3: Welcome back at the Sports one of three nine ninety 5 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:13,800 eight point three ESPN the Fan. I've been crital broadcasting 6 00:00:13,839 --> 00:00:16,600 from our Banter Wealth Studios Batterwealth dot com. Get on 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,800 that free Q and a no obligation to invest na 8 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,719 with our tax more Wealth Advisors Today Blaine Anderson, NFLPA 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,559 certified Financial Plannagement aiding and supporting the student athletes over 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,559 five years now he wants to eight and support you 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,760 in Kugarnation. 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Let them know that you heard Ben 22 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,679 Crittle talking about odeon mensury, VIP products, VIP service, VIP discounts. 23 00:00:56,679 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: All right, let's get out to the hotline. 24 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,439 Speaker 3: Welcome in the voice of the Cougars on the BYU 25 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:03,079 Sports Network. We got Greg Rebel on the line. G Unit, 26 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:03,960 How that are you, buddy? 27 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: Good Ben? How are you? 28 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome. I'm excited. This is. 29 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 3: A new era of BYU football, new era of BYU athletics, 30 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:17,239 and it's just great to experience it. Like the glory 31 00:01:17,359 --> 00:01:22,799 days of the eighties and the nineties, the post level 32 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:28,400 inception of of BYU football was amazing, right, and now 33 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,920 we're experience something that is maybe akin to the glory 34 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,480 days of BYU football. You probably can can speak to 35 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,040 it better than I can. What do you think about 36 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:41,799 you know when you take in the last five years 37 00:01:41,799 --> 00:01:45,239 and what colonie's are accomplished in creating a championship program 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,680 now a part of a power for structure. 39 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, what was done in the past was outstanding, but 40 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,560 it wasn't done at the level that it's being done currently. 41 00:01:56,599 --> 00:01:59,040 Because of BYU status as a Big twelve member, b 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:00,959 YU never had. This is to kind of schedule with 43 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,159 the Cougars are seeing year in year out now. So 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,879 we saw great results, We saw a lot of wins, 45 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:08,599 we saw an undefeated season, we saw a national championship, 46 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:12,639 but we saw it in a different set of circumstances. 47 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,319 And and what By is being asked to do now 48 00:02:16,039 --> 00:02:18,639 is exponentially more difficult than anything it was asked to 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,879 do in the seventies or the eighties or the nineties. 50 00:02:22,759 --> 00:02:25,599 This is big time football and b Yu's had to 51 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,280 make a lot of changes to get to this level. 52 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,039 And they've made those changes successfully and and got those opportunities. 53 00:02:33,159 --> 00:02:36,000 And now you're seeing BYU competing with the very biggest 54 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,639 names in the game week in week out, And so 55 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,680 what By's being what bo He's doing right now, Uh, 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,360 it's kind of unprecedented. We don't want to, we don't 57 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,199 want to, you know, make too many pronouncements before the 58 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,879 season is over, because there's four tough games to play 59 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:53,280 here in the regular season, maybe more to go before 60 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,960 a bowl game. But yeah, it's it's pretty special what's 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,199 happening right now, and and the Kougs are on the 62 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:02,520 verge of doing something truly. I'm president if they can 63 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:03,879 win three games here in November. 64 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 3: There's been much that has been improved upon over the 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,520 years within the athletic department. You know, there's not any 66 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,520 one thing that you can point to necessarily and maybe 67 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,240 and say, look, this is the reason why b Y 68 00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:20,360 is great right now, and they do truly have a 69 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,159 great culture. 70 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,159 Speaker 2: The hole is greater than the sum of its parts. 71 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:26,319 Speaker 3: Everyone kind of lifting where they where they stand within 72 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,039 the athletic department, whether it's marketing, whether it's on the 73 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,719 recruiting side of things, the academic side of things. When 74 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,120 you look at the organizational design as is and what's 75 00:03:36,159 --> 00:03:39,719 being accomplished, you know what, what do you look at 76 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:42,800 and say, hey, this is you know, maybe sequentially most 77 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,599 important to least important. I know there's a lot to 78 00:03:44,639 --> 00:03:47,599 take in, but what are some of the big impact 79 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,159 moves that by's athletic department if MAD do you think 80 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,800 in order to put their their programs at the forefront 81 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,360 of the world right now, in the forefront of college athletics. 82 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: Well, I think the most shortant one was the hiring 83 00:04:01,319 --> 00:04:04,039 of Kalanie Seetaki. It comes to what we're seeing right now. 84 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,680 I think it all starts from there. I think all 85 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,400 of all of the mechanics and logistics of NIL and 86 00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:17,600 resources and and and and you know, booster contributions and 87 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:22,319 everything else by he's done to stay competitive is super important. 88 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: But I think, you know, maybe the most important thing 89 00:04:24,519 --> 00:04:25,920 they did was. 90 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: What was get the right man in the head job. 91 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 4: And so I kind of start there, love. 92 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:33,639 Speaker 3: That we're getting prep getting ready for the BYU Texas 93 00:04:33,639 --> 00:04:36,319 Tech matchup. Some have whispered in my ear, this is 94 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,519 the biggest game in b YU football history. I'm like, 95 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,680 I'm not going there, but it is definitely the next game, 96 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,079 and it is a massive game, a top ten showdown, 97 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,279 you know, two top ten teams. Obviously, this has never 98 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,519 happened before in BAU football history. When you look at it, 99 00:04:50,759 --> 00:04:53,240 what makes it so big? What makes it so grandiose? 100 00:04:53,319 --> 00:04:55,959 And and and how impactful could a win in Lubbock 101 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:56,800 b for the Coops. 102 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: Well, we could start with the fact that you always 103 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:03,120 never been a top ten team taking on a top 104 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,759 ten team, and it's football history. So you can really 105 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,519 kind of start and end there. Ben. Once you get 106 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,600 to November and you have a number next to your name, 107 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:15,360 it's pretty well earned. All the preseason biases have gone 108 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:17,560 by the wayside. We know through two months of football 109 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,720 who these teams are, and so for it to be 110 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:23,120 the first ever top ten versus top ten in the 111 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,759 history of this program. 112 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,319 Speaker 4: Kind of tells you all you need to know. And 113 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,240 then when you add to it the CFP rankings. 114 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: And what they all mean, and the fact that there 115 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:34,600 is so much on the line in this new twelve 116 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,680 team bracket. I mean, you're not too far afield and 117 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,079 it's not too much of a stretch to call this 118 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,639 the biggest football game in BA football history. And the 119 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:46,079 thing is win or lose. Next week will probably have 120 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,360 the same label attached to it, and then the week 121 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:51,079 after that until you get to the end of this 122 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,120 regular season. So that's all you can want is to 123 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,959 be playing these kinds of games in November. And you 124 00:05:55,959 --> 00:05:58,920 could argue the playoffs already started. For BYU, it's going 125 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,639 to feel like playoff football. The positive thing for BYU 126 00:06:02,759 --> 00:06:05,000 is win or lose on Saturday. They're still in the hunt. 127 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,759 Speaker 3: It's imperative for the football program itself, the football players. 128 00:06:09,759 --> 00:06:12,279 Football go is to take one game out at a time. 129 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:16,199 It's us as media, maybe fans, donors, et cetera. They 130 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,000 begin to project best case scenario, worst case scenarios. Have 131 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,360 you run your analytics? Have you looked at all the 132 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:26,360 potential tiebreakers? What could happen, What will potentially happen if 133 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:30,000 BYU wins or loses certain games? What if you where? 134 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,519 Where does your mind wander in this process? 135 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to get too bogged down and 136 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,120 clog my brain with too much stuff. It's already got 137 00:06:38,199 --> 00:06:41,199 enough craziness in there already, So I'm trying to keep 138 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,040 it simple. I mean meaning, I'm not going to any 139 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:44,519 of the two I'm not going to any of the 140 00:06:44,519 --> 00:06:46,519 two lost tiebreakers right now because there's just too many 141 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,120 of them. Bottom line is three and one or four 142 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,199 and oh and you're playing in the Big twelve championship game, 143 00:06:52,639 --> 00:06:54,040 and three and one or four and oh and I 144 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,560 think you're in the playoff. I think you can run 145 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,600 most of the percentages and you can come up with 146 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,959 the sim a result that it's that win or lose 147 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,560 against Texas Tech. If the Coops go three and one 148 00:07:05,639 --> 00:07:08,079 or four and oh be three and one with a loss, 149 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,160 of course they're they're going to be in the playoffs. 150 00:07:10,279 --> 00:07:12,120 I don't think you can keep a BYU team out 151 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:15,360 with two losses if the second loss comes in the 152 00:07:15,399 --> 00:07:16,639 Big twelve championship game. 153 00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 3: Greg Ribell here on esp and the Fan, Greg, as 154 00:07:21,959 --> 00:07:24,399 you've done your scattering report on the Red Raiders. What 155 00:07:24,519 --> 00:07:27,759 has stuck out to you from an analytics standpoint, personnel standpoint, 156 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,920 schematic standpoint, well personnel standpoint. 157 00:07:32,399 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: You know, Jacob Rodriguez is a pretty special player. He 158 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:40,680 has thirteen career fumbles forced. He's the he's the ultimate 159 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:46,279 disruptor at linebacker. Those defensive ends are projected NFL draft 160 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:46,720 picks for. 161 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 4: A lot of good reasons. 162 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,319 Speaker 1: The numbers David Bailey is putting up are ridiculous. Eleven 163 00:07:51,319 --> 00:07:53,920 and a half sacks. His counterpart at the other ran, 164 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,879 Romelo Height, has six sacks. They're they're they're They're a 165 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:03,399 top ten team in total offense, total defense, scoring offense, 166 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:07,040 scoring defense. I mean, they're as well rounded a team 167 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:10,040 as you're going to see in college football. And they 168 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,360 and they kill you from the get go. 169 00:08:11,439 --> 00:08:12,879 Speaker 4: I mean, they're the only team. 170 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: In the country with eight wins by twenty three points 171 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,519 or more. When they win, they win big. They do 172 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,000 have a loss, but when they win, they win big, 173 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,879 and they start early. They're crushing teams in the first quarter, 174 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:28,199 and that's been By's most problematic quarter defensively. I think 175 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:30,399 the first quarter is huge. Man, it's not the whole ballgame, 176 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:33,120 but I think the first fifteen minutes will tell us 177 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:35,440 more than a half of what we need to know 178 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:38,840 about the game on Saturday. And that's said knowing that 179 00:08:38,879 --> 00:08:41,399 boy has been great at coming back from early deficits lately, 180 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:43,559 can you do it against Texas Tech, which is kind 181 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,080 of running people over right now? I mean, the first 182 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:51,440 quarter scoring gap is crazy for Texas Tech right now, 183 00:08:51,799 --> 00:08:55,320 and although BA doesn't struggle mightily that that's the quarter 184 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,000 they've allowed the most points in. So I do want 185 00:08:57,039 --> 00:08:58,759 to see how these teams start, because we do know 186 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:00,519 that when the Cougars get out to a good start, 187 00:09:00,759 --> 00:09:04,519 they're tough to beat thirty five consecutive wins. Now for 188 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:07,759 b YU, when they just score first. Now, they didn't 189 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:10,799 score first in Ames and still found a way to 190 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,279 come back and win that game, so it's not the 191 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,519 be all and end all, But when they do score first, 192 00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:17,960 it's usually put into a pretty good indicator that DY 193 00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:18,720 is where it needs to be. 194 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,919 Speaker 3: No, I've been listening to you for over twenty years now, Greg, 195 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:26,399 and you've always pulled up that status starting fast and 196 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:30,639 how critical it is in BYU football history, And so 197 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,679 I asked you this question knowing that it's like, how 198 00:09:33,799 --> 00:09:36,240 is it that BYU now could be in multiple games 199 00:09:36,279 --> 00:09:41,399 this season has found a way to win being down early, 200 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:44,360 you know Colorado game that was kind of we were 201 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,919 all taken taken back a gas at what was happening 202 00:09:47,919 --> 00:09:50,600 with Caden Salter, and then the Iowa State game. 203 00:09:51,519 --> 00:09:53,039 Speaker 2: The way you found a way to win. How are 204 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:53,960 they doing that. 205 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:55,919 Speaker 1: Well? 206 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 4: Because they are a resilient group. 207 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: And that's the great thing when you when you can 208 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:01,840 combine a team that that succeeds when starting fast with 209 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:03,639 a team that's never out of it, you've got yourself 210 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:05,960 a really good football team. They're they're they're winning when 211 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,919 when trailing after half, or they're winning when trailing after 212 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,399 three quarters. They're just finding ways to win. And I 213 00:10:12,399 --> 00:10:14,960 think there's kind of a narrative out there right now 214 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,320 that that BYU doesn't control its games well enough that 215 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,200 there are flashier teams and Texas Tech being one of them, 216 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,519 that when they win, they just win, you know, going 217 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,440 away crushing people. But the fact is BA has not 218 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:27,399 lost the game yet. 219 00:10:27,879 --> 00:10:29,799 Speaker 4: So regardless of how you. 220 00:10:29,799 --> 00:10:31,919 Speaker 1: Win, whether it's from in front or coming from behind, 221 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,240 if you're eight, no, you deserve more credit than the 222 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:35,720 team that has one or two losses. 223 00:10:35,799 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 4: Just straight up, I don't care if. 224 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: The team with one or two losses blows people out 225 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,159 when they win, they've also lost games. 226 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 4: And and the teams that. 227 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,759 Speaker 1: Are blowing people out, some of those teams have lost 228 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,399 to BYU. Okay, they haven't done it against BUYU, and 229 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,639 the Cups haven't lost a game yet. So until they 230 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,600 lose a game, I don't want to hear about game 231 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:55,600 control and how well you control a game, because all 232 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,159 that matters is that you have more points than the 233 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,960 other team when that game comes to an m and 234 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,600 that's been BYU eight times in eight games. So yeah, 235 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,679 there's a belief about this team right now, Ben that 236 00:11:05,159 --> 00:11:07,399 you know, give us any kind of scenario, we can 237 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,480 find a way to get it done. And we haven't 238 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,799 even mentioned the name Bear Bachmeyer yet. I think he's 239 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,960 a pretty good embodiment of what this team is about. 240 00:11:14,759 --> 00:11:16,720 How many times have you seen this year when there's 241 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,200 a line to gain or a goal line to be 242 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,159 crossed that Bear says, I'm just going to get there 243 00:11:21,399 --> 00:11:23,080 no matter what it takes or how many guys I 244 00:11:23,159 --> 00:11:24,919 take with me. And that's a great thing to have 245 00:11:25,039 --> 00:11:26,240 from you from your quarterback. 246 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,279 Speaker 3: I know you're a man of metrics, and since you 247 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,320 brought up you know some of these ways in which 248 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,960 B way he's been winning. And I do want to 249 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,799 get to Bear Bachmeyer and for you to elaborate and 250 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,360 partificate on his his abilities. It's been really fun to watch. 251 00:11:41,399 --> 00:11:45,840 He's overachieved the expectation for every one of us. But 252 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,039 one of the differentiating metrics that I've looked at in 253 00:11:50,039 --> 00:11:53,039 this game and also the Utah game, and I think 254 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,799 even the Iowa State game, BYU's special teams unit per 255 00:11:57,039 --> 00:12:00,000 ESPN SP plus metric is six in the country. 256 00:12:00,639 --> 00:12:03,799 Speaker 2: Tech in special teams tech is eightieth. 257 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 3: And I feel like since K Pop came around and 258 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,679 look ed LAMB was really good too with special teams. 259 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,320 But since K Pop came around, I've never seen as 260 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,720 many touchdowns scored via special teams. I've never seen as 261 00:12:14,759 --> 00:12:18,799 many turnovers created or the flipping of the field, pinning 262 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,720 of an opponent within their ten yard line. It's been 263 00:12:22,759 --> 00:12:25,039 remarkable to watch and I think I don't know. 264 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,039 Speaker 2: I don't know how heavily weighted some of these. 265 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 3: Some of these algorithms are two special teams as one 266 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,279 of the three facets of complimentary football. 267 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: Well, Texas Tech coming into the week was second nationally 268 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,159 in average starting field position on offense, meaning they give 269 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,159 their team the second fewest yards to have to go 270 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,600 to score a touchdown. So field position and special teams 271 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:54,840 are a massive part of what Texas Tech has been doing. 272 00:12:55,799 --> 00:12:57,639 And when it comes to where they where, they forced 273 00:12:57,639 --> 00:13:01,279 teams defensively their twenty first nation only they're in defensive 274 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,879 average starting field position. 275 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,039 Speaker 4: So what Texas Tech is doing via. 276 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: Special teams but not only special teams, is forcing teams 277 00:13:09,759 --> 00:13:11,919 to go a long way and giving themselves a shorter 278 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,200 way to go BYU's no Sloutstoll. In both those categories, 279 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,240 the crews are top twenty five as well. So I 280 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,360 think fuel position is one of the areas we can 281 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,840 really look to to say whoever has the edge there 282 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:24,639 might have the edge in this game. I'm fairly confident 283 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:27,759 that BYU believe if they can take that that average 284 00:13:27,759 --> 00:13:30,519 starting fuel position of the about thirty six yard line 285 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:32,840 for Texas Tech and make it make it closer to 286 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,080 the twenty six yard line. Dy is going to feel 287 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,799 it has a pretty good chance to win. In the 288 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:42,879 Kalani citak Era. When BYU is plus an average starting 289 00:13:42,919 --> 00:13:46,159 field position, all right, they are sixty five and ten, 290 00:13:47,519 --> 00:13:50,799 sixty five and ten, you just give them the better 291 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,759 starting fuel position and it's you know, you've given DYU 292 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:55,440 a pretty. 293 00:13:55,159 --> 00:13:56,919 Speaker 4: Good crack at a victory. 294 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: And then you you talk about, you know, points score 295 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,399 on defense and special teams. When a touchdown scored by 296 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:06,799 a defensive our special teams player under colomby By he's 297 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:09,639 nineteen and four when that happens, and they won nine 298 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,320 straight games in that scenario as well. 299 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:13,159 Speaker 4: So I think special teams is a. 300 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: Great place to go. And the reason I like the 301 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:17,480 average starting field position we've talked about this is it's 302 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,399 not just a special team stat because offense and defense 303 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,200 both contribute to that to that average starting field position number. 304 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:27,840 So I think, to me ASFP average running field position 305 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:33,200 is the embodiment of the phrase complementary football. 306 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:33,519 Speaker 2: Greg. 307 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 3: I've been evaluating, you know, quarterback play over the last 308 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:40,759 five years and comparing it to what Bear Bachmer is 309 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:44,679 doing right now, and it's honestly impressive efficiency wise, what 310 00:14:44,799 --> 00:14:47,399 has it being able to produce not coughing up the football, 311 00:14:48,039 --> 00:14:51,080 making good decisions with that football, being able to run 312 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:57,799 the football with efficiency and power and scoring the football. Recently, 313 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,000 I compared to thrast even Jake slap Over at Tulane. 314 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:03,039 And I know that the supporting casts are different, coaches 315 00:15:03,039 --> 00:15:06,120 is different and stuff like that, but bear Bachmeyer has 316 00:15:06,159 --> 00:15:13,559 completely overachieved statistically from a leadership standpoint, from a you know, 317 00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:15,799 even his interactions with media, I'll be a the you know, 318 00:15:15,919 --> 00:15:20,600 short intermit, like his stoicism and his calm, cool, collected demeanor. 319 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: He fits like perfectly. If A Rod was to create. 320 00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:33,399 Speaker 3: A like a genetically enhanced quarterback personality wise, you know, biochemistry, 321 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,559 et cetera, physical physically wise, like, it would be bear Bachmeyer. 322 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,320 It's like the perfect fit for the A Rod offense. 323 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,720 Could you maybe elaborate on that perfect fit? 324 00:15:44,879 --> 00:15:47,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we're going to look back at at 325 00:15:47,639 --> 00:15:52,840 how bear Bachmeyer went from Stanford to BYU as one 326 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:57,919 of the great transactions in in Cougar football history. How 327 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,000 this happened, why it happened, How how fortunate by you 328 00:16:02,039 --> 00:16:05,279 got with everything that came after that. I mean it's 329 00:16:05,639 --> 00:16:08,480 it's crazy to think about where b why you might 330 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:10,960 have been as opposed to where they are right now. 331 00:16:11,159 --> 00:16:14,919 And thanks almost only to one guy, bear Backmeyer, you're 332 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,039 right about. He's what you want. You want your guy 333 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,919 to be. You know, cool, you know, composed, you use 334 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,679 the word stoic all you know, that's great to have 335 00:16:25,759 --> 00:16:30,240 that that guy off the field the way he is, 336 00:16:30,679 --> 00:16:32,960 and he's this, And then yet that same guy on 337 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,360 the field becomes an absolute animal, right he is an 338 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:40,000 absolute man, possessed when it's with with the ball in 339 00:16:40,039 --> 00:16:43,720 his hands and an objective in mind. And and that's 340 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:46,919 exactly what you want. He's a smart guy, the calm guy, 341 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,039 the cool guy to assess and synthesize and read and 342 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,519 call and change and do all. 343 00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: The things a quarterback has to do. 344 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: But then when it comes time to secure a football 345 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,919 and find a yard line, he will not be denied. 346 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:04,000 And when it's time to you know, square the shoulders 347 00:17:04,039 --> 00:17:07,599 on the run and throw a laser, you know, over 348 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,960 a defender in front of a defender, into the arms 349 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,480 of your waiting receiver and do it accurately. He's been 350 00:17:14,519 --> 00:17:17,160 that guy too, you know. Yes, he's a freshman and 351 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,039 he doesn't it make every play because he's only a freshman, 352 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:21,799 but most of the plays he's been asked to make, 353 00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:23,880 he's been able to come through in flying colors. And 354 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,000 I just think it's the story of the year for BYU, 355 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:29,319 one of the stories in college football. 356 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 4: What Bear Bachmeyer's been able to do with that position. 357 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: College game Day last visited Lubbock in two thousand and 358 00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:37,720 eight when Texas Tech took on Texas. 359 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:39,519 Speaker 2: That was the Michael Krabtree game. 360 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,599 Speaker 3: Last time BYU got a visit from from game Day 361 00:17:43,839 --> 00:17:47,079 in Provo was the TCU game, I believe in two 362 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:51,319 thousand and nine, And it made me think that, like, 363 00:17:51,799 --> 00:17:55,960 these two teams are on the same, maybe similar trajectory, 364 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,160 and I wonder if these will be possibly the the 365 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,200 new brand ambassadors for the Big twelve. We've often talked 366 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,720 about this as media members at least talking heads, the 367 00:18:06,839 --> 00:18:09,599 radio heads right out here though, just the shock jocks 368 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,799 of the world, and I'm like, man, it kind of 369 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:14,799 feels like these two teams could be the brand ambassador's 370 00:18:14,839 --> 00:18:17,880 moving forward because of their organization, will design the culture 371 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,279 that the men that are leading their respective programs. 372 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,559 Speaker 1: Well, it's been pretty well documented, you know, the pipeline, 373 00:18:26,559 --> 00:18:30,759 No Pun intended or maybe Pun absolutely intended that that 374 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,079 Texas Tech has to its program right now through the 375 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:35,880 oil industry and the boosters they have right now in 376 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,039 that program. And I don't think by is going to 377 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:41,799 be suffering for resources anytime soon either. So yeah, I 378 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:44,240 don't see why these two why these couldn't be two 379 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,759 kind of flagship programs for the conference moving forward. We've 380 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:50,160 seen just how quickly things can go south though, right 381 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,079 for traditional powers. Let's let's talk about Oklahoma State the 382 00:18:54,079 --> 00:18:56,640 first year b YU was in the league. That was 383 00:18:56,839 --> 00:18:59,160 kind of a team expected to, you know, carry the 384 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,519 banner from Texas in Oklahoma moving forward, and they absolutely disappeared. 385 00:19:04,319 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 4: And so you have to be able to do it 386 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:07,640 the new way, and Oklahoma. 387 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: State was slow to adapt and slow to adopt, and 388 00:19:09,559 --> 00:19:11,519 BYU and Texas Tech we're not. And that's why we 389 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:12,680 see those teams where they are. 390 00:19:14,039 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 3: Love it, Greg, real quick scattering report on Texas Tech. 391 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,599 How do you see this game maybe playing out? And 392 00:19:21,279 --> 00:19:23,839 knowing that our team's pretty healthy all things considered, and 393 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,119 coming off of bye week, they should be well prepared, 394 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,960 well rested, healthy and strong to get out there and 395 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,039 ball out and love it. 396 00:19:32,279 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think the national stats just telling 397 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,440 you what you need to know about Texas. They're as 398 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,440 well rounded the team as there is in college football. 399 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:42,279 Right now. Baron Morton is a starter again, Let's see 400 00:19:42,319 --> 00:19:44,240 how he does with that role. He's been really good 401 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,079 with that role historically. You know, Baron Morton, when he 402 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,079 can start a game and stay in the game that 403 00:19:51,079 --> 00:19:55,119 that is, not leave injured, he's giving himself giving his 404 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,039 team a real good chance to win football games. He's 405 00:19:58,079 --> 00:20:01,920 twenty one to nine in three career starts, and since 406 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,519 twenty twenty three when by You joined the league, he's 407 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:07,240 nineteen or the team is nineteen and four where he 408 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:09,319 starts and doesn't lead the game injured. Now, he did 409 00:20:09,319 --> 00:20:12,160 not play in the game at BYU back in twenty 410 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,200 twenty three, let's remember that. But you know, he's kind 411 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,039 of he's he's like Rockebeck and any number of other quarterbacks. 412 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,599 What he's seen in this Big twelve. It's a good 413 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,240 quarterback league, and he's the guy that makes it go. 414 00:20:23,319 --> 00:20:27,160 And although the backup played well while Morton was hurt, 415 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,640 I think Baron being back is is certainly positive news 416 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,240 for Texas Tech and and I think, you know, the 417 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,000 way the backup played made people kind of forget a 418 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,039 little bit about how good Baron was. But he's still 419 00:20:38,079 --> 00:20:40,880 a really good quarterback. And I just, you know, I 420 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,160 don't know, I don't I don't know the BAU scores, 421 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,000 you know, uppards of forty in this game, like they 422 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,279 did at Iowa State. But it doesn't matter necessarily to 423 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:53,359 me what the point total is in this game. Texas 424 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,359 Tech is good enough defensively that you may not score 425 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,039 a big number, but by you should expect to score 426 00:20:58,079 --> 00:21:02,880 some points, you know, not be brought down entirely to 427 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,720 where they're you know, hopeless and punchlesslike Texas Tech has 428 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,160 done to every other team they've seen this year, with 429 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,519 the exception of one being as you. 430 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not a gambling man, but I always look 431 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,200 at the spread and I look at the total, right, 432 00:21:14,279 --> 00:21:17,119 fifty two and a half, and Boa has been covering 433 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,880 as an underdog, and they've many times overachieved in the 434 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,599 point total when the prognosticators say that it's going to 435 00:21:25,599 --> 00:21:27,880 be lower than they think. 436 00:21:28,039 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 2: Right. 437 00:21:28,279 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 3: So, Greg, I always appreciate our time together. Best way 438 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,119 to support you what you guys do and how you 439 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,000 do it. Love listening to your calls, whether it's live 440 00:21:36,319 --> 00:21:37,839 or I get to go back and listen to it 441 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,039 if I wasn't able to get all of the nuggets 442 00:21:40,079 --> 00:21:40,880 from your broadcast. 443 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,519 Speaker 1: Thanks Ben and one clicked oute about this game. As 444 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:46,279 good as Texas Tech is, We've said a lot of 445 00:21:46,279 --> 00:21:50,200 good things about them. They're heavily penalized team and they 446 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,880 give the ball away pretty frequently, all right, and those 447 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,039 are the two things that will kill you in any 448 00:21:55,079 --> 00:21:59,000 close game, right do you hurt yourself? And the takeaway 449 00:21:59,079 --> 00:22:02,920 number and been really really good with ball security. It's 450 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,960 the one area where Texas has been a little bit loose. 451 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,599 Now they do have twenty takeaways to compensate, but they've 452 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,000 given it away pretty frequently. And so I want to 453 00:22:10,039 --> 00:22:12,640 watch three key numbers. We talked about average starting fuel position, 454 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,640 Who've got the edge? There is Texas Tech killing itselfia 455 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,000 penalties and can do all you finished positive in the 456 00:22:18,039 --> 00:22:20,279 turnover margin. Let's watch those on Saturdays. 457 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 2: Greg. We salute you, We appreciate you. 458 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 3: You do the best work in the business as a 459 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,000 play by play voice, and you've got a great crew 460 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:31,079 surrounding you with handsy Pits and Mitchell and the rest 461 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:35,200 of the crew. Ralph Sofilowski, You've created an all star 462 00:22:35,319 --> 00:22:38,039 cast for an all star type of broadcast. 463 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,559 Speaker 2: Great job. Thanks for joining us today to give us 464 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:41,039 some insight. 465 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: Ben, You're very kind, Thanks for the invite and going 466 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:46,640 to be with you as always. Appreciate you much. 467 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: Left at the g unit, Greg Rubelle, the voice of 468 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,640 the Cougars on the VYU Sports Network. 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