1
00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,720
Speaker 1: It's time to celebrate the greatest team sport known to man,

2
00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,280
where modern day gladiators collide for all the glory on

3
00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,679
the grid. I let's talk some college football on Cougar

4
00:00:10,759 --> 00:00:12,160
Sports with Ben Cridle.

5
00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,359
Speaker 2: Welcome back Cougar Sports. One of three nine ninety eight

6
00:00:22,399 --> 00:00:26,280
point three ESPN the Fan. I've met crital broadcasting from

7
00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,399
the road Home the road Home dot org. Tis the

8
00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,679
season to be giving, and because we have been given much,

9
00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:35,000
we too must give. Head on over to the road

10
00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000
Home dot org and making monetary donation today to help

11
00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:39,960
those that are in most need this time of the

12
00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:43,119
year and to fight homelessness here at the road Home

13
00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,719
the road Home dot org. You can do it online.

14
00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,719
You can do it via venmo or PayPal. They're at

15
00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:54,000
the road Home on Venmo and PayPal. Or you can

16
00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:57,759
drop off any hygiene items, non paris from food items

17
00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,439
or lightly lose clothing or blankets to any of the

18
00:01:00,479 --> 00:01:03,759
local road Home locations along the Watats Front.

19
00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:05,359
Speaker 3: It is top of little college football.

20
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,239
Speaker 2: Can't wait to get into all the mix of Granny's

21
00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:09,159
talking to some college football as well as BYU Football

22
00:01:09,159 --> 00:01:11,719
with a Cougar Sports insider here on your Utah, ESBN

23
00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,200
Ready or never get it be brought to you by

24
00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,239
Odeon Men'swear Odeon Menswear dot Com. Look your best, for

25
00:01:16,359 --> 00:01:18,280
your best, Get out there and do your best. Whether

26
00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,840
it's a whether you're a missionary, whether you're going to

27
00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,680
church or heading to a business meeting. You got to

28
00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:27,519
look your best, and Odeon Men'swear is always providing you

29
00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,560
the best men's wear businesswaar and missionary attire to do

30
00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:32,200
the job.

31
00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,239
Speaker 3: Okay, look good, feel good? Too good. At Odeon Men's

32
00:01:35,239 --> 00:01:36,599
where I love their Elevate suit.

33
00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,799
Speaker 2: Get fifteen percent off online orders utilizing the Cridle fifteen

34
00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:43,280
coupon code. That's Crittal fifteen coupon code, as well as

35
00:01:43,599 --> 00:01:46,480
heading into store and heading into the stores along the

36
00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,239
watatch front mentioned myself or ESPN the fan, Let's get

37
00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:52,159
out to the hotline. Welcome at Cougar Sports Insider. He's

38
00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:54,840
also CEO Odion Men'swear. We got braidon day on the line.

39
00:01:54,879 --> 00:01:55,719
Speaker 3: Braidon. How you leaving?

40
00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:57,319
Speaker 4: Yo?

41
00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:57,719
Speaker 3: Man?

42
00:01:57,799 --> 00:01:59,799
Speaker 4: I would be doing better if we were playing this weekend.

43
00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:00,959
I think we should see.

44
00:02:01,519 --> 00:02:05,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, you wanted to you want to be in the playoff.

45
00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:08,159
Speaker 2: I understand that, Brandon, I know you feel that b

46
00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,960
YU has been shafted, and like, how do you feel

47
00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,960
like kugarnation he's doing right now after kind of getting

48
00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,879
the short end of the stick as it pertains to

49
00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:17,599
the committee.

50
00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,319
Speaker 4: I think we're probably over it, and we probably should

51
00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:24,439
have expected it, but I'm still sad. I think I

52
00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:26,360
think it's gonna be harder. I've got over it for

53
00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:27,960
the first two weeks, and I think now that games

54
00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,360
are actually happening this week, I think I'm is when

55
00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,879
I'm gonna gonna hurt sing the most.

56
00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, how how is by How are b

57
00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:39,719
YU fans reacting to the fact that Jake Retzlof is

58
00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:41,439
in the playoff and b YU is not.

59
00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,680
Speaker 4: I think it depends on where you talk about it.

60
00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,520
I am pretty self proclaimed Jake lovers. Still I'm I

61
00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,360
think it's awesome that he's still there. I think he's

62
00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,800
a great quarterback that I'm excited for him to be there. Obviously,

63
00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,000
I wish that we were there also, But I think

64
00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:01,159
there are certain people who are not very happy in

65
00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,840
Kugernation that we didn't make it and he did.

66
00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:09,400
Speaker 2: The future is bright for BYU football despite not getting

67
00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:12,159
into the College Football Playoff. The last two years, we've

68
00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:16,280
been knocking on the door, and they wouldn't let us in. Okay,

69
00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,280
even though the metrics heavily favored the objective analysis, the

70
00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,159
pure data was in BYU's corner.

71
00:03:24,199 --> 00:03:26,439
Speaker 3: Okay, So the subjective human element.

72
00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,719
Speaker 2: The corrupt cabal, the cartel of college football, said no,

73
00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:34,400
not today, not today, Brigham, Not today Brigham.

74
00:03:34,439 --> 00:03:36,800
Speaker 3: But the future is bright, and.

75
00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,319
Speaker 2: I feel like there's gonna be great retention this offseason

76
00:03:42,439 --> 00:03:45,840
on the roster. I think LJ is coming back. I

77
00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:49,400
think Bear is coming back. Still to be determined what

78
00:03:49,439 --> 00:03:52,639
happens with IG, but I feel like IG is coming back.

79
00:03:52,639 --> 00:03:53,479
Speaker 3: How much of those that.

80
00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:59,960
Speaker 2: Have have ultimately exhausted their eligibility, they can't come back

81
00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,039
and unless they have some sort of Juco experience, Right,

82
00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:05,240
But I think you're gonna retain a lot of guys

83
00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,759
and then go acquire some good gap fillers, right, filling

84
00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,400
devoid of guys that that may be left to the NFL,

85
00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:17,279
and you're gonna be right back into the mix of

86
00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:19,600
it once again in twenty twenty six.

87
00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:23,240
Speaker 4: Yeah. And I think the thing that it's hurt is

88
00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,519
I remember last year, maybe out of this time, but

89
00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,920
early spring we were talking about how you know this

90
00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,680
year it'll be different because they're gonna finally get the

91
00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,040
respect of the of the rankings. We'll have preseason rankings

92
00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:35,040
and everything, and obviously all the stuff Jakes that happened,

93
00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,199
But I really do think I don't think we can

94
00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,240
count on that happening two years in a row, hopefully,

95
00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,199
so I think I think that's one of the things

96
00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:43,800
that I'm really excited about is that next year, with

97
00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:46,639
every with the returning talent, having Bear going from being

98
00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,519
a freshman to a sophomore, which is usually when they

99
00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,199
make the biggest jump, I think we're going to get

100
00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,439
quite a bit of preseason respect, which sets us up

101
00:04:54,439 --> 00:04:55,959
a lot better than we were this year. I really

102
00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,360
think if if we start in the top if we

103
00:04:59,439 --> 00:05:02,120
start in the top up fifteen, then we end up

104
00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:03,680
getting in the playoffs no matter what.

105
00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,000
Speaker 3: This year with our resume, no doubt about it.

106
00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,639
Speaker 2: Uh, what is it that b YU needs in the

107
00:05:09,639 --> 00:05:10,800
portal of this offseason?

108
00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:11,240
Speaker 3: Do you think?

109
00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,920
Speaker 2: What do you think they will go out and try

110
00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,360
to acquire? Obviously you had a four star tight end.

111
00:05:17,439 --> 00:05:19,839
You're looking at you like, hey, Carson Ryan is leaving,

112
00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:21,240
why don't we go pick up Walker?

113
00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:23,560
Speaker 3: Lions, what else it's on the dock and what else

114
00:05:23,639 --> 00:05:24,240
is on the menu?

115
00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think obviously we I hope we

116
00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,879
get both Walker Lions and oh, I can't thing of

117
00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:32,639
the how Lafo is that.

118
00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,439
Speaker 3: His name from La Foule? Yep, yep.

119
00:05:35,959 --> 00:05:38,959
Speaker 4: So I think I think those two. I really hope we.

120
00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,079
I think we're gonna need to get a running back.

121
00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,600
I think the Dye Kid from Sue You as an

122
00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,560
option there. I think we probably will get look at

123
00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,639
two hopefully, And then I think deepens the line. We're

124
00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,360
gonna need to, you know, keep stacking that because I

125
00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,439
don't think that the rooms deep it up. I think

126
00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:00,399
you have Kirklindon and oh my goodness Town it make

127
00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,439
John's right. So having Giano and kirkland back, if they're

128
00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:09,800
both decide that they're gonna come back and play, I

129
00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,560
think that's gonna be a spot that's a little more

130
00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,800
depth there with them, But honestly, behind them, there's just

131
00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:17,399
not anything proven. And so I think that the d

132
00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:19,319
line is the spot that I'm the most worried about

133
00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:20,800
and that I think we need to go after. In

134
00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,079
the portal that I haven't heard too much about that

135
00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:26,560
we actually like what we're gonna do there and haven't

136
00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,920
seen any rumors really happen. Who we're gonna try and

137
00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:29,480
get out of there.

138
00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,759
Speaker 2: I'm intrigued to see what they go out and try

139
00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,040
to require no doubt. You know, last year, you wonder

140
00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,279
if you were two pole, all the players, all the

141
00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,040
players that entered the portal and left BYU and we're

142
00:06:44,079 --> 00:06:48,120
talking about probadent Keeling, Harrison. Right, you go down that

143
00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,319
list of transfer portal players, how many of them regret

144
00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:55,199
leaving Kru Wakelee, How many of them wish they would

145
00:06:55,199 --> 00:06:57,680
have stuck around b Yu. What do you think?

146
00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,680
Speaker 4: I'm guessings like Crewe who maybe didn't do as well

147
00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,079
as they thought they were going to do outside of

148
00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,600
the way. I think you got Crew, maybe even Harrison Taggard.

149
00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,519
Our guys probably wish they would have stayed. But I

150
00:07:10,519 --> 00:07:12,720
think obviously like get guys like Keeling and Jake are

151
00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,560
gonna say that. I mean, Jake kind of got Jack

152
00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,079
didn't have a choice, but let's just say he did

153
00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:17,600
have a choice. I think both of them are happy

154
00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,879
with their situations. They're both in the playoffs, but I

155
00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,079
think overall, if they weren't getting the time they wanted.

156
00:07:24,519 --> 00:07:26,920
I don't know. I didn't follow really anybody outside of

157
00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,079
those four super closely, but I think.

158
00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,399
Speaker 2: I think we lost Brayden. Braidon's still there, buddy, I

159
00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:39,800
think I lost you there for a second.

160
00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,439
Speaker 4: Yeah, sorry about that. Yeah, I honestly think it's just

161
00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,879
I think it depends on how much they got playing

162
00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,240
time they got out of that situation.

163
00:07:47,959 --> 00:07:52,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Harrison, Josh Singh is an interesting study. You went

164
00:07:52,399 --> 00:07:54,160
to Vanderbilt, played well there.

165
00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,120
Speaker 3: You wonder how.

166
00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,600
Speaker 2: Much rotation he would have been in on that interior

167
00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:58,639
defensive line.

168
00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,079
Speaker 3: I think if he.

169
00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,439
Speaker 2: Started for Vandy this last year or at least be

170
00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,319
in that two D rotation, you imagine he would have

171
00:08:04,519 --> 00:08:07,199
been in the two DP rotation at BYU. But he

172
00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:11,040
probably got paid a little bit more there at Vandy.

173
00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,639
Speaker 3: So I wonder, you know, when it does shuttles.

174
00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,800
Speaker 2: And because these guys talk, right, anybody that's an all

175
00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:23,720
flirtatious that's currently on the roster, okay, that has has

176
00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:25,439
a good friendship with those guys.

177
00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:27,560
Speaker 3: That left, they're calling them. They're asking, hey, what has

178
00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,040
it been.

179
00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,759
Speaker 2: Like for you? You know, what was the approximate pay? What

180
00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,639
what is the market rate? And they have agents as

181
00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:36,480
well that are out trying to field these calls and

182
00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,240
field these numbers and try to figure it out. You

183
00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,039
wonder how many of them are saying, Hey, I wish

184
00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,799
I would have stayed at BYU, And I think a

185
00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:45,600
lot of them would actually say, hey, I would have

186
00:08:45,639 --> 00:08:47,399
I would have liked to. I think Keelan would have

187
00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,000
liked to stayed at b YU. At by you've been

188
00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,679
able to, you know, maybe up the ante at that time.

189
00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,679
I think we're in a different spot now though than

190
00:08:54,759 --> 00:08:57,440
we were even a year ago now with revs share right,

191
00:08:57,519 --> 00:09:03,080
So when you get into these competitive maybe bidding battles now,

192
00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:04,399
Buy's probably.

193
00:09:04,039 --> 00:09:05,679
Speaker 3: Built a little bit different to be able to retain

194
00:09:05,759 --> 00:09:06,480
some of these guys.

195
00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I honestly think that's the you know, I'll

196
00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,960
hear BYU fans say things complaining about the portals were

197
00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,279
in college football or nil you know, REP shares ruining

198
00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:18,600
college football. But I just don't know how you can

199
00:09:18,639 --> 00:09:20,399
look at it and say that as a YU fan.

200
00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,879
Obviously from the maybe overall college football you can say that.

201
00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,559
But we're in a spot that it's it's leveling the

202
00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,600
playing field for it and obviously getting it in the

203
00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,960
spots now where we're able to compete and getting us

204
00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,080
into these But like you said, I think with Kilaney

205
00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:38,600
like him being retained that type of coach of the

206
00:09:38,639 --> 00:09:41,240
coach that you don't lose people to the portal unless

207
00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,600
you're kind of telling them, hey, the playing time isn't

208
00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:46,799
going to happen unless the money isn't there. And obviously

209
00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,200
with some of the renegotiations rep share happening, like, I

210
00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,000
don't think the money is going to be an issue

211
00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,600
if we want the guys bad enough. Obviously there's gonna

212
00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,320
be guys who maybe want to get paid a little

213
00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,919
more and we're just not worth it for us valuation wise.

214
00:09:59,279 --> 00:09:59,879
Speaker 3: But I really do.

215
00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,320
Speaker 4: I think we're just spont where we're gonna keep people

216
00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,919
we want to keep. Like I think Bear could have

217
00:10:03,919 --> 00:10:06,519
gotten offered from everywhere. I think we have the ability

218
00:10:06,519 --> 00:10:08,519
and resources to go to keep him.

219
00:10:08,519 --> 00:10:08,879
Speaker 1: And I think he.

220
00:10:08,919 --> 00:10:11,480
Speaker 4: Fit's offense so well that they're they're gonna put the

221
00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,600
money out there to keep him.

222
00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,879
Speaker 3: It's transfer portal season.

223
00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:21,240
Speaker 2: Uh, And I wonder since the transfer portal became a thing, Braden,

224
00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,159
I know you you monitor recruiting. Obviously, you know this

225
00:10:25,279 --> 00:10:28,960
team better than just about anybody monitoring the roster of

226
00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,720
the productivity, et cetera. Do you have an all time well,

227
00:10:32,759 --> 00:10:37,159
I guess a modern day favorite transfer portal player that

228
00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,320
came to BYU because you mentioned it, Like, hey, be

229
00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,080
you guys benefited from the transfer portal.

230
00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,840
Speaker 3: How could you hate the transfer portal.

231
00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,080
Speaker 2: When you've benefited so greatly from it and you just

232
00:10:46,159 --> 00:10:48,200
had two consecutive years going to eleven and two with

233
00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,720
an opportunity to be twelve and two doing something you

234
00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:53,240
haven't done in twenty four years.

235
00:10:53,759 --> 00:10:55,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm trying to think that's a that's a tough

236
00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:58,200
question to choose because there's not a lot of good

237
00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,159
ones honestly, Like, I think Baron Jak are both Transfer

238
00:11:02,159 --> 00:11:04,559
Portal guys, and I think they've both been huge for

239
00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:08,080
the program. I think guys like Jack Kelly. Jack Kelly

240
00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,399
is a huge one. Gianna Tomasa, like, there's a there's

241
00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,320
a ton of really really good talent we brought in

242
00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,919
that's changed the game for us. On on that sut side,

243
00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,480
I think, you know, almost all of our tackles over

244
00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:24,480
the last few years have all been transfer products. Like, like,

245
00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,440
the Transfer Portal has been good to it. If I

246
00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,720
had to pick one. I'd probably be bear just because of

247
00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:30,320
the upside because we got up so early in the

248
00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,759
transfer portal and how good he did this year and

249
00:11:32,799 --> 00:11:36,200
the upside of where he take the team. But it's

250
00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,320
been good overall for us. It's really good for us.

251
00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,879
Speaker 2: You mentioned Jack, right, and and uh, I was like,

252
00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,200
we've benefited from Weber State. Two of our best defensive

253
00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,960
players over the last few years have been Weber State

254
00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:55,399
transfers Eddie Heckerd and Jack Kelly. Shoot what about yeah? Yeah,

255
00:11:55,399 --> 00:11:59,919
Mark Collins really good football player. So you see that

256
00:12:00,039 --> 00:12:02,200
and you're like, wait, oh, man, the the you know

257
00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:05,600
you you mentioned uh, you know these guys that come

258
00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:08,799
in and you're like, man like, uh, you know Kingsley

259
00:12:08,879 --> 00:12:11,320
Sulmatiya also from Oregon.

260
00:12:11,759 --> 00:12:13,440
Speaker 3: Right. You look at the tackles.

261
00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,200
Speaker 2: That have come into b YU. It seems year and

262
00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:18,600
and you're out. It seems like they're they're transfer players.

263
00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:26,480
Speaker 4: Yep. Yeah, Isaiah Jahanna, You've got at Kingsley like a

264
00:12:26,519 --> 00:12:29,720
lot of and obviously this year you had Andrew Gentry.

265
00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,720
Like honestly, all of our tackles over the last few years,

266
00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:35,519
almost all of them have been transfer products.

267
00:12:36,159 --> 00:12:44,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just uh, yeah, Pooka Nakula Pooka Nakua twenty

268
00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:51,480
twenty one came from Washington, Yep. Samson Koua, Jacob Robinson,

269
00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,240
Jacob Robinson came from Utah State.

270
00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,480
Speaker 4: True, it's true, like it it's benefited. Well, that's what

271
00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,720
I'm saying. I don't know. I'd never understand when dau

272
00:13:02,799 --> 00:13:06,840
fans complain about the portal herding college football, Like, yes,

273
00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,960
maybe as a whole, but for BAU it has been

274
00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,799
such a net positive, such and that positive for us.

275
00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:13,519
Speaker 3: Agreed.

276
00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,200
Speaker 2: We got Braton Day Brandon, CEO of Odeon Men's were

277
00:13:17,279 --> 00:13:19,200
what deals do we have for our fans our listeners

278
00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:19,600
right now?

279
00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,720
Speaker 3: They're at Odeon Men's Worth.

280
00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:21,919
Speaker 1: Yeah.

281
00:13:21,919 --> 00:13:23,600
Speaker 4: So we've got a couple of things going on in

282
00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,480
our Orange store. We have clearance items, so we're just

283
00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,799
trying to get out by the end of the year.

284
00:13:28,039 --> 00:13:30,360
There are some crazy deals there. Boy suits starting at

285
00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:35,960
forty five dollars. We have our men's suits for one

286
00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,639
hundred dollars and men's sports Code for seventy five bucks.

287
00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:41,120
They're honestly still great product. They're just stuff we've had

288
00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,759
over inventory we're trying to clear out. So that's a

289
00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:46,519
great thing. And then obviously for full price stuff, we're

290
00:13:46,519 --> 00:13:50,039
doing twenty percent off gift cards. So that's a great

291
00:13:50,039 --> 00:13:51,840
way to be able to get a gift for someone

292
00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,200
in your life that you want to be able to

293
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,480
give the gift of confidence, but you don't know, you're

294
00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,879
not confident in what their size is. You can get

295
00:13:57,879 --> 00:13:59,440
them a gift card and that's a great way for

296
00:13:59,519 --> 00:14:01,039
them to be able to come back in and pick

297
00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,519
out what they want, to find the right fit for them,

298
00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,120
find the right colors for them, and do that all later.

299
00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,799
So twenty percent off gift cards from now until the

300
00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:08,279
end of the year.

301
00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,320
Speaker 3: Love that deal.

302
00:14:10,799 --> 00:14:13,320
Speaker 2: What else has been on your minds as a fan,

303
00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,000
as an insider.

304
00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,360
Speaker 3: There in the Cougar sports world?

305
00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,799
Speaker 2: What else have you been delving into as we get

306
00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,000
prep get ready for the pop Tarts Ball.

307
00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,639
Speaker 4: I think the thing I've been just thinking a lot about, honestly,

308
00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:27,600
is just kind of a transport like stuff we talked about,

309
00:14:27,639 --> 00:14:33,039
but also looking at with the recruiting process mixed with

310
00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,720
transfer portal like. I know I've listened to some of

311
00:14:34,759 --> 00:14:37,000
your interviews with Anything. It was showing back a few

312
00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,320
days ago you were talking about how he was talking

313
00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,200
about how the recruiting classes, Like, yes, they can be stacked. Really,

314
00:14:42,519 --> 00:14:43,960
it's still kind of a year to year thing and

315
00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,960
how being where BAU is and what they've been doing

316
00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,360
and it set them up for good recruiting. But then

317
00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,440
if those recruits don't work out, then they obviously move

318
00:14:52,519 --> 00:14:54,879
somewhere else. But at the same time, with recruits, if

319
00:14:54,919 --> 00:14:57,200
we don't hit on recruits, we've been pretty good at

320
00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,320
getting those guys to come back around to us after.

321
00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,879
I think the trajectory of the program has just been

322
00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:04,080
an all time high right now, and it's just been

323
00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,240
so excited to kind of you that trying to kind

324
00:15:06,279 --> 00:15:08,840
of probably some copium there to try and get over

325
00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:10,240
the fact that we didn't make it the playoffs.

326
00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:18,840
Speaker 3: How often do you take copium every day? Oh?

327
00:15:19,039 --> 00:15:19,240
Speaker 2: Man?

328
00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:20,720
Speaker 3: Well? Uh great?

329
00:15:21,159 --> 00:15:22,919
Speaker 4: Was my blue gog was popping copium pills.

330
00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,200
Speaker 3: Baby, Hey, I love it.

331
00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:26,360
Speaker 2: You know other guys that have come to BYU this

332
00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:31,039
year from other schools taw Celia Khana last year, Nucy Town,

333
00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,559
we Payo from stam for right, like, these are the future,

334
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,600
these are the future stars of this BYU offense or defense.

335
00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:42,919
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think you saw what Nucian after

336
00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,960
and cal seely kind of got into the rhythm of things.

337
00:15:46,039 --> 00:15:48,360
We started using them as not even I think Nucy

338
00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:50,039
started what both of them started getting used not just

339
00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,600
as third down specialist. And I'm really intrigued to see

340
00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:54,639
next year kind of what that does. I know that

341
00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,559
there was when we got into more depth sides of

342
00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,440
the games, when we were like the TCU game, when

343
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,519
we got ahead by quite a bit, Newsey was playing

344
00:16:01,559 --> 00:16:04,759
in that that Midia glaster spot. So I was kind

345
00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:07,120
of intrigued to see that and see him not playing

346
00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:08,600
on the line and playing off the ball a little bit.

347
00:16:08,639 --> 00:16:11,360
And then as soon as third down came, he dropped,

348
00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:12,879
he jumped back on the line and they brought a

349
00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,120
new package in. And I'm really excited for Nuci. I

350
00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:19,000
think that kid has some really really high upside.

351
00:16:20,519 --> 00:16:22,879
Speaker 2: My guy, uh, I'm gonna put this out as one

352
00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:24,519
of my questions of the day. I want you to

353
00:16:24,639 --> 00:16:26,879
chime in on Twitter, because I gotta I got a

354
00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:31,159
robust list. Pukaakula, much Jack, Kelly, Edy Hecker, Carson, Ryan

355
00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:34,200
Andrew Gentry, Aiden Robbins that was a fan favorite, Chris

356
00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,600
Brooks was a fan favorite, Keaton Slovas, Justin Kirkling to

357
00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:40,320
see Lea Kana Neuci, tom Way, Pao Jackson, Craven's shout

358
00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:40,720
out to him.

359
00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,399
Speaker 3: How about Will Farron, Jake or you know, I mean,

360
00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:44,519
look will Will.

361
00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:47,360
Speaker 2: If there's a Will, there's a way Will Farron, Isaiah

362
00:16:47,399 --> 00:16:50,639
Ban Yeah, was a favorite, Darius Lassiter, Bear Blackmeyer, Tuger

363
00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:55,080
Bachmeyer obviously. Uh, and there's uh, there's a slew of others.

364
00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:00,840
Speaker 4: Williams Williams, Yeah, yeah, that was I'm trying to remember.

365
00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:03,960
Was that tran that was transfer? I can't remember if

366
00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:04,799
or not.

367
00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,559
Speaker 3: I want to say he was.

368
00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,440
Speaker 2: He may have been more of a grad transfer, right,

369
00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:12,200
wasn't he the grad transfer transfer?

370
00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:12,720
Speaker 1: No?

371
00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,799
Speaker 2: That was a yeah a man, right, yeah, yeah, Tyson

372
00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,599
Tyson Williams was before the actual portal era.

373
00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:20,960
Speaker 3: I think he was a graduate transfer.

374
00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:22,839
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, yep, yep.

375
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,480
Speaker 2: You went like Jordan Leslie was a grad transfer, right

376
00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,039
like he was. Uh yeah, I'm pretty sure that that's

377
00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,599
kind of how it went. And like you got Juco

378
00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,359
transfers as well, right, Like Devon Blackman was a Juco transfer.

379
00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,319
Speaker 3: Jake was more of a Juco transfer as well, Jake

380
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:40,000
Retzlaf so.

381
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,880
Speaker 2: But hey, it's fun to talk about appreciate you hopping

382
00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,680
on to discuss the transfer portal season with his give

383
00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:47,519
me a score prediction?

384
00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:49,759
Speaker 3: Uh for this? Uh, well, I guess we're not in

385
00:17:49,839 --> 00:17:51,599
score prediction mode yet. We're we're we're in prep.

386
00:17:51,799 --> 00:17:53,279
Speaker 2: I was gonna get a score prediction from you for

387
00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,359
the pop Talk Bult. We got to still get a

388
00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,720
few scouting reports done before we get into that, but

389
00:17:57,799 --> 00:18:00,599
we appreciate you joining us. Brandon Day, ladies and gentlemen

390
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,000
Odeon Men's Where. Uh. He does a fantastic job there

391
00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:05,440
at Odeon mens Where wants to give you a great

392
00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,200
deal so you can look your best, feel your best, and.

393
00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,799
Speaker 3: Get out there and do your best. Thank Ben, appreciate you,

394
00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:13,279
my guy. Brandon Day.

395
00:18:13,519 --> 00:18:15,920
Speaker 2: Guys were live from the Road Home the Roadhome dot

396
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,319
Org and we are in need of your blessings. Tis

397
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,200
the season to be giving, because we've been given much

398
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,640
we two must give Right now, families and children across

399
00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:28,559
Utah are facing homelessness for the first time. The road

400
00:18:28,599 --> 00:18:31,839
Home is there as a last resort helping people stay

401
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,240
safe and find permanent housing. Last year, the Road Home

402
00:18:35,279 --> 00:18:38,359
served over eight thousand people, including two thousand children. In

403
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,640
ninety percent of those plays in housing remained house. You

404
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,400
can make a difference today. Donate online the Roadhome dot

405
00:18:44,519 --> 00:18:47,359
org call eight oh one eight one nine seventy three hundred.

406
00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,640
That's eight one eight one nine seventy three hundred, or

407
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,519
give THEA venmo or PayPal at the Road Home the

408
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,920
Road Home UH this holiday season, your generosity helps families

409
00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,240
find their way home. You can also drop off off

410
00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,240
non parashp of food items, hygiene items, as well as

411
00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:08,039
lightly used clothing and blankets at any one of the

412
00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:12,519
Road Home locations along the Wasatch Front. Gentlemen, ladies, we'll

413
00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:14,599
go to break Coming up next, I want to get

414
00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,039
the latest on Kyle Whittingham and where he could end up,

415
00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,200
why he stepped down from J T wistersill of locked

416
00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:22,720
on utes.

417
00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:23,240
Speaker 3: That up next.

418
00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:26,160
Speaker 2: This is Cougar Sports on one oh three nine ninety

419
00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,440
eight point three ESP