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Speaker 3: We got Jeff Fuller on the line. Jeff, how that heck?

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Speaker 5: Are you doing great?

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Speaker 1: Ben?

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Speaker 5: How's it going?

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you joining me for a Let's talk about stats segment.

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Look I love seeing Jeff Fuller take to Twitter and

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begin pontificating about numbers, analytics, metrics. Uh that uh that

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people need to know about rite many of your tweets,

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When of your opinions have gone viral over the years

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and you continue to put out great content and I

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keep on retweeting it.

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Speaker 3: Uh, what have you delved into recently?

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Speaker 1: Jeff?

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Speaker 3: What's got your Uh? What's is there a be in

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your bonnet at all?

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Speaker 4: About any of the stuff that's occurred this b YU

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college football season?

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Speaker 5: Oh? Are you? Are you kidding me?

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Speaker 1: Is water wet?

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Speaker 6: Is?

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Speaker 5: Is there a dog in Georgia? Is the Pope Catholic?

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Speaker 1: Then?

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Speaker 5: I guess we shouldn't talk about about Catholic in the

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recent Notre Dame situation. But little little source spot there,

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But yeah, of course, I mean there's some stuff over

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the last you know, two seas seasons that boy, I'm

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I'm I'm gonna, you know, keep keep spouting from the

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small platform that I have as much as possible. But

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I mean, what's happened to BYU just being left out

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of discussion last year? And even you know when clearly

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not just a bubble team but probably the most resume

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definitely the most resume were the Bubble team this year

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just completely left off graphics, just not discussed on podcast shows,

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you know, with with national podcasters when you're talking about

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you know, the ESPN podcasts or their shows, when you're

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talking about Josh Pate or Ari Wasserman, Andy Staple, you know,

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some of those, some of those shows that these guys

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that are the talking heads and sort of drive a

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lot of the narratives. I mean, just completely like, oh, well,

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why why would we talk about b YU. They can

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they can play their way into the playoffs. It's like,

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are you getting eleven and one BYU? And this is

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one of the things that sort of hit the most

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is that I did an analysis you know that I

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saw other people sort of picked this up afterwards, some

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other BYU stats people, and then Shihan Jayleraja I think

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I'm saying that name right. He picked it up and

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put it in his article a few days after I

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tweeted this out. But if you look back at all

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one loss teams from power conferences over the last thirty years,

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have taken it back even further and have confirmed that

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it's even for there has never been a Power conference

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one loss team at the end of the regular season

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ranked worse than ten in the nation. And BYU with

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eleventh at eleven and one only loss to a top

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five team, Texas Tech, the strength of schedule around thirty

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ish in the nation. You know, jump just jump back.

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Last year, Indiana wasn't getting a lot of respect. Oh,

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they haven't played anyone, you know, yeah, they were eleven

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and one, but they haven't played anyone. You know, though

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smoked by Ohio State. But you know, sort of similar

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to what BYU was being said about about Texas Tech.

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last year? It was eighty fourth eighty fourth, Okay, BYU's

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was about thirty ish. We're talking about two different you know,

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resumes completely as far as strength of schedule and strength

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of resume. Then you know, strength of record, I guess

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is the resume metric. And then just going back, I mean,

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even Boise State last year was a one lost team,

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was ranked higher than BYU in the final final College

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Football playoff poll before conference championship weekend. So even Boise

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one lost Boise State than by you did in a

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power conference. And you know, you just I've been you know,

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people say, oh, you know, there's this persecute persecution complex.

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the worlds have to get them, and everything's unfair and

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they're just you know, they just like to whine and

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they're just you know, got this persecution complex. I mean,

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is it a persecusing complex? If it's real? I mean, well,

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what do they say, I'm only paranoid because everyone's against me.

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And you know, you go back and you look. Brett

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fourteen and he ranked all the most underrated teams in

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the history of the A people since that time, you know,

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the last eleven years number one, b YU. I've done

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a longer analysis, going back twenty five years, fifty or

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seventy five years, at every time interval over over all

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the time intervals. Guess who pops up is the most

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underrated team in ap pol. You know it's b Yu.

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It pops up again and again. I did basketball you know,

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I've pweted something out a week or two ago. You know, basketball,

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most underrated team in the last fifty years in basketball

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comparing pre season rankings to postseason you know where you

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finish in the AP poll in basketball, no other team

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is more underrated than b YU. It was tied with

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Texas Tech for that one. But you know, one one

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sport could be sort of a statistical you know, someone's

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got to be the most underrated, right, But if you

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take it to a second sport, and it's also there,

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if you take it, you know, not just to AP pole.

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and it's the same team popping up time and time

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and time again. You know that there. It's it's clear

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that whether it's contents just you know, hate or bias,

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it's not right. And I do not trust a committee,

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the committee idea for deciding the playoffs. They'd have to

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end or if there's a committee, they have to publish

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the metrics that matter, and they have to you know,

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and they have to you know, rank the teams if

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they're using metrics, and you know, maybe they can say, well,

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metrics are fifty or seventy five percent of it, and

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then we'll apply the eye test and our other arguments

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sorting tool of the net ranking for the for the

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basketball tournament. At least we know an idea of where

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people are slotted. And b Yu is just totally totally

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left out of that discussion. And I've talked long enough.

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Speaker 4: But well, no, I think one of the tweeks that

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too subjective, and when we were going to see kind

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of a melding between algorithm metrics objective with the.

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Speaker 3: Human element and how will that be weighted?

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Speaker 4: And like he felt like they were moving in that direction,

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but it still didn't seem that way this go around. Well,

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they ever, they waited it except for BYU. Right, BA

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was never involved. So the other component right at Parker Fleming.

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I need to do a lot more on this, but

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he's got a stat wins above what an average team

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would be expected to have against your schedule. Indiana at

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number one point plus seven to one, Georgia at six

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six point seventy five. Ohiouse Ate at six point three

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to one, Texas am at six point one to three,

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and then b Yu at number five five point six four.

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I think you timed in on this and said everyone's

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going ballistic over number thirteen, getting it getting in on

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this list. That last CFP spot, number thirteen was Miami

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at plus four point twenty nine. Well number five, b Y,

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you can't even make ESPN's bubble graphics.

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Speaker 3: It's really insane.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I looked at that, at that metric that

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the stats of war Parking Fliming guy put out, and

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I know you've you've had interactions with him. Producer some

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great stuff, produces some interesting stuff. But number one through

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ten and in this metric of this wins above you

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know what an average team would be expected to make.

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five is DYU and then number eleven is Notre Dame.

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Number twelve is Vanderbuilt, then number thirteen is Miami. Miami

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got in the playoffs. You know, Texas isn't on here,

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Utahs fourteen, Michigan sixteen, Tulane was sixteen, today Lane a

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playoff team. You know, they even made this young top

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and then James Madison was nineteen. So we've got the

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two G five teams pop up as the you know,

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top twenty in this metric. So it seems to be

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a pretty good sorting metric to sort of predict who

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should be in the playoffs, except for BYU, who's number

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five and is not nowhere near you know, make you know,

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nowhere near seated there, let alone even in the bubble

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discussion for a lot of the graphics. I mean, you know,

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people tell me I'll just get over it, and you know,

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by he's got to get on the stage and prove

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it on the stage. And it's like, well, I agree,

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we could make our case a lot better. But it's

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why why did it rules for BYU?

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Speaker 4: Okay, minus Alabama because they got to the SEC championship

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and earlier in the year they had baked into their

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resume that they beat Georgia on the road. I understand

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all that you're an Alabama guy, right, so you maybe

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even though they got blown out in a similar fashion

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to that of BYU in their.

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Speaker 3: SEC championship game.

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Speaker 4: BYU lost by twenty two the first go round and

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then how many did they lose by?

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Speaker 3: What was it like thirty four to seven? And in

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the second go round?

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Speaker 5: Yeah it was twenty twenty four. This second time four nine,

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second down no twenty seven, twenty seven the second seven

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yet four seven?

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Speaker 4: Okay, So was there anybody else in the college football

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playoff that lost by that amount to another college football

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playoff team or a lesser team? Did anyone else lose

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Speaker 5: I mean, Alabama the first week of the year lost

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by is it eighteen or twenty two to Florida State,

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a team that didn't then ranked. And you know that's

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what's so frustrating. Ye. Yes, I'm a Dama fan and

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I live on seventeen.

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Speaker 4: It was a closer game, you know what I mean?

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I mean it's closer game.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well a little bit. But if you if you

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watch the games. You know that that game wasn't it

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look at the box scores and the final scores. But

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what's frustrating is just here in Alabama, people have watched

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this team that honestly is peaked mid season. You know,

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a stretch of four four straight ranked wins. Well, two

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of those teams didn't end up being ranked by the

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it's just so frustrating just seeing sort of both sides

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the opportunity to be there. You know, DAMA fans are like,

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on the national stage because they feel they've been falling

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off towards the end of the year. And you know,

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I think if you look at the results that sort

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of bears out.

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Speaker 4: So let me ask you this, This is a philosophical

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thing we debated.

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Speaker 3: Look, I think the committee was trying to do B.

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Speaker 4: Why you was solid by lining up Notre Dame with

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with b YU and the pop touch bawl? Had that happened, right,

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how much anguish would BYU fans be having a post

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post final committee decision? Do you think if they go

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to the pop touch bawl against Notre Dame the first

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two teams out?

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Speaker 3: Like, how how disgruntled are we?

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Speaker 5: I'm I mean I'm still still very Yeah, I mean yeah, absolutely,

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And the committee wasn't trying to do anything there. I mean,

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the committee doesn't care one lock about the bulls. After

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the college football it was.

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Speaker 4: Acc associated with a big twelve FO so that they

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were able to to make that work because Notre Dame

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was contracted out with the a SEC.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but the College Football Playoff Committee doesn't make that.

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Speaker 3: College You're right, You're right.

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Speaker 4: So Okay, let's say, B, why you got in? What

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were they would have been probably a number ten seed? Right,

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they would have got that ten seed? Okay, Texas A

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and M. How would be why you far against Texas

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A and M in your opinion.

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Speaker 5: I mean, Texas A and M is the least tested

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of the SEC teams. They played one team that had

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that finished in the top half of the SEC final

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standings and they lost to that team. That was the

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Texas is the only team they played in the SEC

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that finished in the top half of the standings, and

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they got beat pretty handily. So they had a very

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interesting draw. Yeah, they have the Notre Dame win early

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in the season, and people argue whether that should have

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been win with the hold at the end and the

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mixed missed extra point and everything. But they you know,

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they really drew an inside straight on the easy side

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of the SEC schedule. When they played a better team Texas,

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they lost pretty handily, So you know, they they may

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they've they've got talent, they got a better coach now

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than they've had in a while with Elco. I think

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Dyu performs pretty well. I mean, they have one of

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those explosive offenses that you know can can come out

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of nowhere, So it really depends on how well the

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defense would hold up.

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Speaker 3: But I mean and M's strength of record was fifth.

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B Yu's ninth.

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Speaker 4: Their FPI was tenth, BYU was sixteenth strength of schedule

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and M was eighteenth.

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Speaker 3: BYU is twenty third. This is all per ESPN.

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Speaker 4: Right, Sagarin had BYU at number twenty four, Texas am

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at number eight.

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Speaker 2: ESPN.

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Speaker 3: Okay, you don't like Sagur.

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Speaker 4: That's why I'm giving you all the date, these these

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these spots, right, because I'm giving you as many of

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these because I go through them all right, I'm going

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into Massie, you know, I try to see exactly and

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how they're weighted, and just to try to get a

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visual of what BYU is because in my opinion, BYU

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is in that very uh like they're a great team.

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Speaker 3: They're in that.

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Speaker 4: Six to about seventeen rank. I think right around there

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where they that's where they're at. I don't think they're

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an elite team. I just don't.

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Speaker 3: I think the top five teams.

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Speaker 4: That are our leader probably Ohio State, Indiana Tech, Georgia,

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and I think Oregan's right there knocking on the door

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to be an elite team.

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Speaker 3: I really do.

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Speaker 5: I think that's the correct assumption, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 4: Like that's kind of where I'm at. A and M

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was eighth per sp plus. Collectively, they're septh and offense,

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twenty first and defense, and then eighty first on special teams.

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think we're out matched even versus Texas A and M.

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a profitability or not like I want to be where

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you get over the hump. But at the end of

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the day, I also think, do you believe how a

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team finishes, you know, matters going into the offseason.

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Speaker 3: Do you think getting a win over at Georgia.

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Speaker 4: Tech a twenty second team, twenty second team, best team

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in the country would be more beneficial than by you

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losing by you know, fourteen to twenty one points versus

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Texas A and M.

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Speaker 3: And the college football.

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Speaker 5: Playoff, oh no, take the playoffs. Playoff loss every day

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of the week and twice on Sunday until.

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Speaker 3: You got to the playoff. It's kind of the tournament thing.

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Speaker 5: Sure, you you get the yeah, you get the buzz,

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you get the sort of the notch on your belt,

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you get the the buy in that hey we can

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you know you've broken through the glass ceiling. And I

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think maybe in any other given year. You know, if

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if a team that you don't think is going to

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do great, maybe you're like like the Alabama fans here,

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uh maybe maybe don't want to see this team, you know,

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not not do as well as they are fearing. Uh.

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But yeah for b YU, yeah, you got to break

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that class ceiling. And even if you get uh, you know,

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you don't get beat. And I think that's where you know,

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fans just don't want to hear it from you know,

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their their co workers or people on social media. So

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you just got to ignore that stuff. The average person

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who you know, they respect, uh, they respect programs too,

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who get there. I mean uh so, I mean you

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don't want to TCU versus Georgia kind of total blowout.

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But you know people talk about that, but they also

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forget that TCU beat Michigan to get there. They want

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a playoff game, uh to get there.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 5: And then sort of the the other side of the

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coin is that a lot of these powerful teams got

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there and got embarrassed. Last year. I mean, Indiana got

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blown out by Notre Dame in the playoff game. Oregon

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got blown out by Ohio State in the playoff game.

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Where are those two teams now this year, you know,

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those are two of the five teams you just mentioned

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that are elite. They were able to parlay that, you know,

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elevated status of being in the playoff, even though they

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didn't perform well in the playoffs, they were able to

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parlay that into increased respect. Uh and you know, great

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transfer portal classes.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you just got to get there.

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Speaker 4: I think when when the when the Dominoes finally felt

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like and they evaluated who they got in last year,

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to me that what they did is a reactionary cause

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or reactionary uh, just just kind of this motive of

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why they did what they did this year. I think

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they reflect on last year. Boys State got their their

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their booties beat belt a boot s MU did not

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was not competitive last year.

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Speaker 3: I think they look at.

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Speaker 4: Those two situations and they're like, we overseeded Boise and

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we probably should have left s m U out. We

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want a more competitive playoff. The more competitive playoff will

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come from five SEC teams. Let's do something different than

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we did last year. I think it's almost that basic.

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And then they had to find a way to get

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an ACC team in there.

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Speaker 5: I mean, but the playoff, I mean they're not being

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if what you're saying is true, I mean, did they

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not watch the games? I mean, I think Indiana and

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Tennessee and Oregon performed every bit as bad as SMU

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or Boise State, did you know you can say, I

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mean that there were a lot of and you know,

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people say, well, we want to have the most competitive games,

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and that's why we're going to put in the best teams.

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Maybe not the most deserving teams, that we want to

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put in the best teams. And it's like some of the.

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Speaker 3: R tennant Tennessee got destroyed.

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Speaker 4: Some people say the Ohio State team was was you know,

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I don't know they're seeding right, Yeah, you know, we

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know how good Ohio State is from a resource depot.

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They like Tennessee was. You know, like I said, it

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goes back to like my elite and then great teams.

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Like I think in any given year you probably have

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like five elite teams, right, Like we know that Clemson

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was not an elite team. Last year they were, they

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were a great team, and Texas was kind of in

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Texas to me last year was kind of like Oregon

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this year, like depending on the day, they're like great

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or they're they look elite, right depending on their game

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plan where they're playing is at home away neutral type

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of deal. So I don't know, it's intriguing to me.

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It really is like how how far out should we

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How how many teams should we expand to? Do you

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think in order to you know, like maintain brands, conferences,

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you know that happiness and have a couple of cinderellas, Right, Like,

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what do we need to get to with some bye

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weeks as well? We would start the calendar a little

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bit earlier, maybe get rid of conference championship games, right,

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if we need to just get rid of conference championship

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games and we can play another conference game there, we

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can we can play maybe a couple more conference games

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if you start the calendar a little bit sooner with

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your non conference play.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know their expansion is imminent. Apparently

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the question is it sounds like sixteen is sort of

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the next step that most people are agreeing upon, and

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you know, then, I you know, five plus eleven is

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what's being discussed right now. It's five plus seven, you know,

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five automatics plus seven at largest, five plus eleven would

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just expand the large field by by four more. I

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just don't trust that commit I honestly believe it was

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if it was a sixteen team playoff this year at

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VYU Utah would be ranked, you know, the first two

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teams outside outside of I mean, that's the cynic in

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me that that they've just seen what they've done in

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the last two years, and it seems like they figure

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out a way to do it. So I don't I

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don't trust the committee. And initially I hated the idea

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of the Big Ten with these multiple automatic qualifiers, this

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four you know, initially it was four four two two

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one five or something like that for the sixteen team playoff,

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and then they expanded it, well, let's do four four

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four four, so all the power conferences get four automatics

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and then you know there's still you know, maybe two

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spots for G five champions and then still like five

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or six at large spots I think for a twenty

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four team playoff, which I know sounds huge, and I

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initially just push back and hate that idea, but I

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you know, the committee has made me a bullie. We're

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in that plan, a plan that I don't like because

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I don't trust the committee. And if conferences can sell

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and you talk about, you know, conference championships going away

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with that plan, you know, you could still have your

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conference championships for the Power four and they you know,

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the top two teams automatically get in, uh, those those spots.

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But then you maybe have two play in games where

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you know, number three plays number six and number five

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plays number four in your in your conference, and whoever

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wins those playing games, you know, they get a home

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game maybe on that same weekend, and that you know,

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under the interest. And he initially I hated the idea,

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but I mean seeing what the committee's done in the

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last couple of years to b YU and certain other teams,

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you know, I just anything that will take hower away

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from a very subjective committee that won't tell us the rules,

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that'll say, well, strength of record matters now because this team.

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We want to get this team in, but oh, the

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test applies more to this team. And did you see

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how gutsy they were, you know, going fourth down or

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did you see how their offensive line played? It's like,

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what what are you talking about? These these are completely

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random subjective things. Why are you quote you know, the

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committee and the show and everything. They just need to

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have less and less power, and anything we can do

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to get that committee is going to be better for

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college football. In my opinion.

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Speaker 4: The college football cartel, the cabal, the oly goppoly, the

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monopoly on the sport.

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Speaker 3: It continues.

479
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,839
Speaker 4: They don't like look BYU once upon a time, That's

480
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why they don't like them. Eighty four baby, the by

481
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was able.

482
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Speaker 3: To circumvent the cartel. That you're like, no, never again.

483
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,839
When we let that happen, they still haven't paid their pennance.

484
00:25:49,279 --> 00:25:52,400
Speaker 4: It's you know, they they're not getting in no IF's answer,

485
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but about it. No, I do think from a legacy standpoint,

486
00:25:56,319 --> 00:25:59,240
like okay, like we we've had top twenty five for

487
00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:02,200
a right, we always talked about the top twenty five.

488
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,640
Obviously you can't have twenty five in the in the

489
00:26:08,079 --> 00:26:10,880
in the college football playoff, but it'd be nice to

490
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include as many of the big brands as possible, even

491
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,119
if they end up being one and done right or

492
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,759
you have multiple playing games like that with like these

493
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,559
you know fifteen to the twenty five area, right, Like,

494
00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:25,359
I don't know, there needs to be those playing games

495
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,880
to keep relevancy and we need need Cinderella's Joel Klatz

496
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,000
an idiot. He doesn't want any Cinderella. What an absurdity,

497
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,720
what a pompous prick. No offense, nove. He's a smart man,

498
00:26:35,839 --> 00:26:38,319
but that was not a smart thing to say, in

499
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my opinion.

500
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Speaker 3: So anyways, I gotta let you go, Jeff.

501
00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:42,799
Speaker 4: But always a pleasure, always a blessing, talking ball with you,

502
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,400
love talking stats with you, a great conversation today.

503
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,519
Speaker 5: Brother, Appreciate the time, and you have great day. Go

504
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koogs and I go.

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Speaker 3: There you go.

506
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Speaker 4: That's Jeff Fuller, our local or our favorite Vitrio retinal

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surgeon live from Alabama, always talking metrics with him.

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side with Jonathan Tabinari, the Brazilian bomber.

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Speaker 4: Welcome in former BYU great the three point Specialist or

555
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three JT.

556
00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:03,799
Speaker 3: Jonathan Tabinari, the Brazilian Bomber. What's up JT?

557
00:29:05,799 --> 00:29:08,559
Speaker 1: Another Dame Paradise man. How's it going going?

558
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,279
Speaker 3: Awesome man? All is well in Cougar Country? Uh? This

559
00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:14,359
is uh Like last year we talked.

560
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 4: About how football and basketball they did two teams combined

561
00:29:18,519 --> 00:29:23,079
created one of the best athletic performances in BYU athletics history.

562
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 3: We're gonna top that this year.

563
00:29:25,279 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 4: Man if BYU wins in that bowl game of the

564
00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:31,559
Pop Tarts Bowl and BYU basketball does what they're capable

565
00:29:31,599 --> 00:29:34,559
of doing, this is gonna be an even better season.

566
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

567
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 6: You know, like to have you know, back to back

568
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,200
his market seasons for both football and basketball, you know,

569
00:29:42,319 --> 00:29:44,720
and and what that's gonna do for football, putting them

570
00:29:44,759 --> 00:29:48,440
into in the top ten coming into next year. Hopefully

571
00:29:48,559 --> 00:29:52,240
that perception into the you know, into the committee helps

572
00:29:52,279 --> 00:29:55,319
with the playoff seating right for the conversation next year,

573
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,680
Bey are coming back and so on, and.

574
00:29:57,799 --> 00:29:59,559
Speaker 1: So it's huge.

575
00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:03,759
Speaker 6: And from a UYU basketball perspective, I think you're spot on,

576
00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:04,559
you know what I mean.

577
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: And and based on where.

578
00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 6: You know that right now and with the games that

579
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,519
they have before conference, you know, it's not crazy to

580
00:30:13,559 --> 00:30:15,480
say that they're going to be continued to be a

581
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top a top ten team, you know as they start conference,

582
00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:22,039
which again it's ludicrous and uh, you know, but this

583
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,680
is the reality that we're in. And you know, God

584
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,279
blessed the de Kevin Young era.

585
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,359
Speaker 4: It's uh, it's truly remarkable to watch a great performance

586
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,440
from AJ to BONSA. The last couple of games. Obviously

587
00:30:35,599 --> 00:30:39,960
MSG took over that second half. Uh, We're truly remarkable.

588
00:30:40,079 --> 00:30:43,119
We're watching something remarkable. It's tremendous. One of the things

589
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,240
that I really love about AJ is his effort on defense, though,

590
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and his effort to get his teammates involved. He's the

591
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,759
backup point guard for that second team, and we're still

592
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:54,440
figuring out who's going to be a part of that

593
00:30:54,839 --> 00:30:57,880
that bench rotation right now. But I think my favorite

594
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,079
quality about AJ is just his competitive nature. How he

595
00:31:01,119 --> 00:31:05,279
gives full flop fledged effort whatever it is that he's doing,

596
00:31:05,599 --> 00:31:08,119
whether it's defense or distributing for his teammates.

597
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Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know, I I'll maintain this and I

598
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,039
don't know how many people would agree with me, but

599
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,359
I see a j much more than a Tracy McGrady

600
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,279
or Kevin Durant. Definitely not a Kevin Garnet. I see

601
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,519
more as a Penny Hardaway. I've always said that because

602
00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:27,599
of his playmaking ability. I think if he tied his

603
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,880
handles more, meaning you know, he dribbles a little bit lower,

604
00:31:31,079 --> 00:31:33,880
he's a little bit more given the ball the ball more,

605
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,279
you know, like the way that he created and he

606
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,759
took over the game at Medicine Spread Garden, my first

607
00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:42,559
time in the garden. You know, did an interview with

608
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you as the game started. It was a crazy energy

609
00:31:45,359 --> 00:31:47,759
in a game, but like that second half, it was

610
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,559
masterfully right. I mean, I'm I'm not going to put

611
00:31:50,599 --> 00:31:53,880
it up there with magic in you know in nineteen eighty,

612
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,640
you know, going and playing center to win, you know,

613
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,920
a Lakers sidle over the sixers. But like he or

614
00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,799
for sure that that comeback. And I don't know how

615
00:32:02,839 --> 00:32:05,240
many people in basketball, I'm not talking about college basketball,

616
00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:07,400
talking about entirely. I don't know how many people in

617
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the in the world, you know, have the ability to

618
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,440
do that. I can tell you it was not many.

619
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Speaker 5: And so you know, for him to.

620
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Speaker 6: Deliver performance on top performance and also been starting on

621
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the defensive end because he is the anchor of that

622
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,039
team and getting stopped and you know, obviously Richie is

623
00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:30,599
incredibly talented and has incredible abilities, but you know, AJ

624
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,119
truly is one of one, and you know he's one

625
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,319
of ours, and it's it's an amazing experience and well

626
00:32:37,359 --> 00:32:40,759
we're winnessing you know here. I mean it, I think

627
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,839
back to our time here and this is crazy to

628
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,559
even think about we're even in this realm of conversations

629
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:47,079
that we're.

630
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Speaker 4: Having right now Jonathan Tabinari talking to b YU Basketball

631
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,519
here on esp and the fan.

632
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Speaker 3: Who do we trust right now coming off the bench?

633
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,559
Speaker 4: Right what do we we're getting into. We're about to

634
00:32:58,599 --> 00:33:00,960
get into Big twelve play? Worth were three games away

635
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:03,359
from Big twell play. We're gonna find out a lot

636
00:33:03,599 --> 00:33:06,319
about our bench over the next three games. That's something

637
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:11,240
I'm looking at intently tonight versus specific who do you

638
00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:14,440
trust right now coming off the bench in that rotation

639
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,799
with aj Maybe is the backup point guard leading.

640
00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 6: The way Kadeem and Diamante And that's about it. You know,

641
00:33:22,359 --> 00:33:24,799
Kadeem and Dominique are the only ones to me right

642
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,279
now that have shown that they can hang and aside

643
00:33:29,319 --> 00:33:31,319
from that is just very much lacking.

644
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:32,599
Speaker 1: You know.

645
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 6: Obviously, with Dawson going down, that became an issue. You know,

646
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,079
it's it's uh uh, you know, a massive, massive loss.

647
00:33:41,599 --> 00:33:44,000
But as I've shared before, you know, I expected much

648
00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:46,240
more from Alexe. He played at a at a very

649
00:33:46,319 --> 00:33:49,799
high level in Europe. You know, I expected much much

650
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,400
more from him, and we're just not seeing it. And

651
00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:55,519
Kevin any it's clear that Kevin young Is, you know,

652
00:33:56,279 --> 00:34:00,200
is being forced not obviously, you know, it's he's thing

653
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:03,759
to turn to a Lexe to provide some some some minutes,

654
00:34:04,079 --> 00:34:07,279
you know. And but even then aj is the backup

655
00:34:07,319 --> 00:34:09,920
point guard and rob Is then comes back in, and

656
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:12,880
I expected more of a Lexe and I think that

657
00:34:13,039 --> 00:34:17,400
if he can fix that situation, hopefully Mahilo and Tyler

658
00:34:17,519 --> 00:34:20,039
will start knocking down some shots, because that is also

659
00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:21,679
an area that's lacking right now.

660
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:22,599
Speaker 1: I mean, the game of.

661
00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:27,679
Speaker 6: Medicine Square Garden had YU made you know, not even

662
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,639
half of its threes, but if they had made a

663
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,480
third of their threes in the first half, that that

664
00:34:31,599 --> 00:34:35,320
doesn't happen, right And you know, but you see the

665
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,960
people that are stepping up, are you know Aj or

666
00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:44,480
Rob you Robert Wright and Richie and Dominique and Canard

667
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,039
and so are people that are always doing what they're

668
00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:49,360
supposed to do, and so they need.

669
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 1: A little bit of help, right.

670
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 6: I mean, John Rothstein said, hey, bench play is going

671
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,480
to be the key here. I think b YU has

672
00:34:56,519 --> 00:34:58,639
a fine bench. They need one more player to step

673
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,360
up and you know, hoping to be a point guard

674
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,800
that is supposed you know, that was supposed brought here

675
00:35:05,039 --> 00:35:08,400
to help with international experience, and you know, we're just

676
00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:09,159
not seeing.

677
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: It right now.

678
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:15,079
Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like, you know, I'll be honest, I'm

679
00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:16,840
a little disappointed in Mihilo right now.

680
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,199
Speaker 3: I thought he would make he'd make bigger jumps.

681
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 4: I thought that he was trending in the right direction

682
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,239
last year, and I felt like with an off season

683
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,559
that he was going to take a big lead forward,

684
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,599
maybe like that stretch five four man, you know what

685
00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:32,480
I mean, Like I felt like that, Like I mean,

686
00:35:32,519 --> 00:35:34,079
I haven't given up hope on him by any means.

687
00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:36,360
It's still very early in the season. But what does

688
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,719
Mahilo need to do better in order to maybe get

689
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,599
some more minutes. I mean, he's very he's a seasoned

690
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,599
overseas player. He comes here and now he's in year two.

691
00:35:44,639 --> 00:35:45,920
I figure he's going to make the jump.

692
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,039
Speaker 6: He needs to do everything better, I mean what I mean,

693
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:51,199
you know, and from that perspective, you know, he needs

694
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,880
to make shots. He's not making shots. He's even shooting

695
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,079
air balls, and so you know, like you saw the

696
00:35:57,159 --> 00:35:59,840
way he played last year and he just hasn't played

697
00:36:00,119 --> 00:36:02,760
way this year at all. And so I would, you know,

698
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,440
hope that Mahilo can be in a situation where he's

699
00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:08,920
making shots, he's knocking down shots, and uh.

700
00:36:09,199 --> 00:36:11,199
Speaker 1: You know the same thing for Tyler.

701
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 6: Tyler had a really good summer, but just has him

702
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,199
delivered that, you know, on the way that's needed. Right

703
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,000
you look at Travin now the way that he was

704
00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:23,199
a specialist and a sniper. They accomplished that last year,

705
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,880
right this year they don't have anything. They're asking one

706
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,800
of their big three players to be a shooter, which

707
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,760
is fine, right, you know, I was a shooter with

708
00:36:31,039 --> 00:36:34,119
jim Or and Jackson and and and Lee and Lee

709
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,880
and Trent and you know and so on. But you

710
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,159
need someone else, right, You need that micro's that extra

711
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,119
guy who's able to knock down shots and you're we're

712
00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:45,519
just not seeing that right now. So to me, the

713
00:36:45,639 --> 00:36:49,559
most glaring things are too. One is, you know, is

714
00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:51,280
a lexic going to step up and be able to

715
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,320
play more of a of a of a no conservative

716
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,400
but more of a assured back up point guard that

717
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,119
they can try them with big minutes. And two, who's

718
00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:04,000
going to be able to knock down some wide open threes?

719
00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:06,559
Because they're there, but nobody can you know, can can

720
00:37:06,639 --> 00:37:07,840
throw a rock in the ocean right.

721
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:14,039
Speaker 4: Now, Alexei looked pretty good. He's coming along. What would

722
00:37:14,039 --> 00:37:15,960
you like to see from election in these next three games?

723
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,400
What do we need from Alexa in these next three games?

724
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,679
Speaker 6: J T Well that he is able to you know,

725
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,079
come in play about ten minutes, you know, anywhere from

726
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:27,119
eight to twelve minutes, and then he is able to

727
00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:29,480
not turn the ball over and be able to put

728
00:37:29,519 --> 00:37:31,599
the ball in the hens of people that that need

729
00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:33,639
to be doing that right And I think, I think

730
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:35,880
if he does that, and he can do that for

731
00:37:36,159 --> 00:37:38,400
you know, around ten minutes a game on average at

732
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,960
the Big twelve level, then buy is going to be

733
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,400
a top four team even be able to fight for

734
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,039
a league championship, which again is crazy that we've been

735
00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:48,039
thinking about these levels of success for BUYU.

736
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, I need more from a lot of these guys.

737
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:56,280
Dominique obviously has the play. You look at Dominique running around,

738
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,880
you know, his athleticism is like he's he's there, right,

739
00:38:00,039 --> 00:38:03,320
He's just he's still a little raw. And and so

740
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:04,920
I think down the stretch we're going to see some

741
00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:06,639
some some great ball from him.

742
00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 3: He needs to be that guy.

743
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,519
Speaker 4: Are you You're sold? On on booth though, right, you're

744
00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:13,800
sold on a deam right, he's he's he's that guy.

745
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,199
He's he's going to be tried and true right now.

746
00:38:17,159 --> 00:38:21,599
Speaker 6: And Dominique as well. I'm sold on all all the night. Yes, so,

747
00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:24,239
but that's okay. I've always been a little bit more

748
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,280
optimistic than you've been, so that's okay. And so but yeah,

749
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,559
I Dominique is there and so is Kadeem. We just

750
00:38:31,679 --> 00:38:35,840
need Alexei. If Alexei, Mohilo and Tyler figure it out, uh,

751
00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:38,760
this is a absolutely lead eight final fourteen.

752
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,039
Speaker 1: But if they don't, then you know, we need.

753
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,039
Speaker 6: To say a prayer every night for a brother the

754
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:46,920
Bansa to stay healthy and keep leveling up after every game.

755
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,000
That's the only I mean, those are the two pass

756
00:38:49,039 --> 00:38:49,840
of success.

757
00:38:49,559 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: That we have.

758
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:54,519
Speaker 4: So crazy, man crazy Jonathan Devenar here on ESPN the

759
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:57,679
fan h keys to the game tonight, We would you say,

760
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,599
what do you want to see from this squad tonight?

761
00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:05,159
Speaker 6: I mean anest you know it's it's it's finals week.

762
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,480
Then you remember this better than I did. You know,

763
00:39:09,039 --> 00:39:12,079
go to class, be healthy, don't get hurt, put them

764
00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:14,960
away early. You know, like you know I was just

765
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:18,199
talking to Shocking a couple of people here at Uyu TV.

766
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,639
You know, as I do the pre game tonight, you know,

767
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,199
like just before the game Delaware, you know, me and

768
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,280
and him and Himuley Junior, we kept looking at each

769
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,559
other like, oh boy, it's ten zero, Oh boy, it's

770
00:39:27,639 --> 00:39:31,679
thirteen zero. Oh boy, it's eighteen to one. And you know,

771
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,119
like we like when is this going to change? And

772
00:39:34,199 --> 00:39:36,639
so you definitely don't want Dad put them away early,

773
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,760
put them away. Let you know, these guys get a

774
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,000
lot of minutes, get them up and running, and let

775
00:39:43,039 --> 00:39:45,199
Alexay play for ten to fifteen minutes and make a

776
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,480
lot of mistakes and hopefully that is going to allow

777
00:39:48,599 --> 00:39:50,840
him to get the confidence, the confidence that he needs.

778
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,039
So to me, the key is, you know, can we

779
00:39:53,159 --> 00:39:57,719
get Alexe, Mihailo and Tyler some meaningful minutes in terms

780
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,360
of being able to play longer period as a time

781
00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:02,840
so they can get comfortable with the environments.

782
00:40:04,639 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: JG.

783
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 4: As we get closer to Big twelve play, I don't

784
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,559
know if you've been monitoring the Big twelve and how

785
00:40:11,639 --> 00:40:13,920
good it is right now, like you compare it to

786
00:40:14,519 --> 00:40:15,039
you compare the.

787
00:40:15,039 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 3: Big twelve record to it's other.

788
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,159
Speaker 4: Power Conference foes and they're dominant right now. You got

789
00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:25,119
a lot of top twenty five teams coming of the

790
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:27,679
Big Twelve this year, and it seems like the seeding

791
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,559
is gonna be pretty gosh dang impressive from the Big

792
00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:31,360
Twelve this year.

793
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Speaker 3: You may have I think John.

794
00:40:32,519 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 4: Rosson said, like, you know, six of the top sixteen

795
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,719
seats could be Big Twelve teams, which is an insane number.

796
00:40:41,559 --> 00:40:45,360
This is the the G League with university logos right now,

797
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,880
and BYU's bringing in a G League player, Abdullah Achmed.

798
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,000
What type of impact will you think Abdullah Achmed will

799
00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:55,039
have if he plays this year?

800
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,519
Speaker 6: You know, word is right now to him and the

801
00:40:58,559 --> 00:41:03,119
junior college transfer won't right. But again right, if Alexey

802
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,440
doesn't show up these next three games by January first,

803
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:08,880
that might change on a heartbeat. Reminds me a lot

804
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,000
of when uh, Steve Cleveland was going to red shirt

805
00:41:12,079 --> 00:41:14,880
Jimmy Balderson and then nobody was really doing anything and

806
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,559
he throwed Jimmy in and you know, and Jimmy Bolsen

807
00:41:17,639 --> 00:41:20,280
played out of his mind and so you never know.

808
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:24,599
But if you know the whole plan, like yegor going,

809
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,159
you know, going in the draft after one year is

810
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,719
for you know, this guy to come in next year

811
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,559
after Robert Wright is drafted, you know, but if you know,

812
00:41:33,679 --> 00:41:37,079
if it needs become, you can also make an argument

813
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:39,639
that he's coming in right away because he plans to play.

814
00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 1: And so, you know, I think either way, the.

815
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,199
Speaker 6: Key becomes, you know, who is able to offset Robert

816
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,159
Wright's minutes, you know, for about ten to fifteen minutes

817
00:41:49,199 --> 00:41:52,199
a game, so that maybe they feel they can get

818
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,760
him some rest. So this dude is not playing, you know,

819
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,320
thirty plus minutes a game in conference, and he is

820
00:41:57,519 --> 00:42:00,400
you know, burned out by the time, you know, by

821
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:05,039
the time the tournament comes in March. And so that's

822
00:42:05,079 --> 00:42:06,519
what I would say. But I know, for the for

823
00:42:06,599 --> 00:42:08,719
the big guy from the from the G league, you know,

824
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,239
Keba is such a massive force, and so is and

825
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,960
so is Cadem. I think, you know, he I would

826
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,280
definitely see the plant guard getting playing time right away

827
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,559
and even even you know, burning in his red shirt

828
00:42:20,599 --> 00:42:23,840
year before the big fellow does. And so and by

829
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,320
the way, man, the same way that every single one

830
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,079
of us were criticizing the committee and complaining about the

831
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:32,800
SEC football and so on, b y U basketball in

832
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,719
the Big twelve is the sec of basketball. So we

833
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,079
get to you know, you know, you know, not to

834
00:42:38,199 --> 00:42:40,880
quote brother, uh, you know Van NOI a whole lot,

835
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,280
you know, but we get to soak it up a

836
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,480
lot on the on the basketball court for the Big

837
00:42:44,559 --> 00:42:45,320
twelve basketball.

838
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,599
Speaker 4: So hey man, we'll take all six of those those

839
00:42:48,679 --> 00:42:51,000
top seeds, no doubt about it. I think recently b

840
00:42:51,199 --> 00:42:53,880
YU was predicted projected as a two seed. If they

841
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,280
keep on this trajectory, they win the you know how

842
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,480
they've been winning, Uh, they could be as good as

843
00:42:58,519 --> 00:43:00,960
the of a two seed or maybe even better. What

844
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,800
do you think the floor in the ceiling is for

845
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,199
b Y as far as seating is concerned in the

846
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:06,400
NCAA tournament.

847
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,159
Speaker 3: We broached this subject yesterday.

848
00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:11,079
Speaker 4: I think the best seeding deal he's ever gotten was

849
00:43:11,159 --> 00:43:13,679
like a three seed, if I'm not mistaken.

850
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I mean, obviously, you know, the the ceiling

851
00:43:16,559 --> 00:43:18,679
for this team is like Michael Jordan said, you know

852
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,960
the roof of the ceiling because there was no roof,

853
00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:23,880
and a lot of people didn't understand that his airness

854
00:43:24,039 --> 00:43:26,760
was that's smart. But what I would probably say is,

855
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,800
you know, obviously, you know the ceiling is them being

856
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:33,679
the number one seed. That's extremely difficult, but possible. And

857
00:43:34,039 --> 00:43:36,039
you know, if this team doesn't make it the Sweet sixteen,

858
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,599
it will be a disappointing year. Right And based on

859
00:43:39,639 --> 00:43:43,760
the showing that they had against Yukon, against Clemson, you know,

860
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,760
their matchups that they've had. You know, if if they

861
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,280
are not a Sweet sixteen team, then then you know,

862
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,239
it's not a successful season. And so that that's the

863
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:55,920
way that I'm looking at it. This team right now.

864
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 4: Jonathan Tabinari did Brazilian Bomber talk can BYU basketball here

865
00:44:01,519 --> 00:44:04,119
on your Utah ESPN Radio network.

866
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:07,199
Speaker 3: Have you been satisfied with? Look?

867
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,679
Speaker 4: Your three point guy is b Why you shooting the

868
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,119
three point shot as you would like you? Is they're

869
00:44:14,159 --> 00:44:16,039
meeting your standard, I guess is what I'm getting at.

870
00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:18,239
Are they meaning the JT standard right now?

871
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 1: Absolutely not? I mean not even close.

872
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 6: You know, like you have Ritchie and Robert Wright being

873
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,000
one of their best three point shooters right now, what

874
00:44:26,079 --> 00:44:27,880
are we talking about? They're supposed to be the guys

875
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,280
that are penetrating and kicking it out. Which is why

876
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,599
I'll humanly say, because I play my role to perfection,

877
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,440
you know, someone made fun of me the other day

878
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,719
and said, oh, you were the Lewis litt of the

879
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,400
Suit Show. I said, absolutely, but that man played his

880
00:44:40,679 --> 00:44:41,559
role to perfects.

881
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 1: And when when Jessica.

882
00:44:43,679 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 6: Peersonan and Harvey Spector were in trouble, who took care

883
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:47,400
of the farm.

884
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 1: Lewis did.

885
00:44:48,559 --> 00:44:50,800
Speaker 6: And so you know, like the role players needs to

886
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,880
step up bar none, right because right now you have

887
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:57,079
Domique Diamonde, you know, and Canard knocking down big three

888
00:44:57,119 --> 00:45:00,559
point shots. Mahilo needs to do that. Mahalo knows better.

889
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,320
He is European guy, so is Alexe. He needs to

890
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,119
step up. Tyler was brought in here definitely because he

891
00:45:08,199 --> 00:45:09,960
was a shooter and because he shot the lights out

892
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,079
against BYU.

893
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 1: And we need that.

894
00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 6: They need to step up, They need to start doing it.

895
00:45:13,559 --> 00:45:16,800
And so you know, my my b for right now

896
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,079
is these guys needs to start making wide open shots.

897
00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:21,239
You're not asking them to make less second shots, you know,

898
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,280
with three people on top of them, You asking them

899
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,920
to have their feet set up and knocked down a

900
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,960
three that's not asking.

901
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,199
Speaker 1: Much for Disney level, especially if an Io involved.

902
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,679
Speaker 3: So no doubt about it.

903
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,679
Speaker 4: Jonathan Tabnai, Ladies and Gentlemen BYU versus Pacific. Tonight will

904
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,280
have a pregame show as well. Ronald the three Man

905
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,519
Weaver will take you all the way up to tip

906
00:45:42,639 --> 00:45:46,400
six to seven pm right after Cougar Sports, and so

907
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,480
we'll give you some content. The Pacific Tigers are good

908
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,880
though they're an eight and three team right now. B

909
00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:53,360
y U absolutely nine and one boy will be favorited

910
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:57,159
in this game, and I think it's like, I mean,

911
00:45:57,199 --> 00:45:59,719
it's a heavy favorite by like twenty three and a

912
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,519
half half, but uh, you know, hopefully it's a nice

913
00:46:04,039 --> 00:46:05,159
you know, maybe hopefully.

914
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 3: It's another fifty point win.

915
00:46:06,199 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 4: Do you do you expect it to be as dominant

916
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:11,360
as the UC riverside when was this this past week?

917
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 6: I would hope, so, you know, especially because it's Pacific

918
00:46:15,039 --> 00:46:18,719
and you know, teams from a WCC for me are

919
00:46:19,079 --> 00:46:21,840
full and the fact that we were in a conference

920
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,239
with them and we couldn't really dominate them, it's, you know,

921
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,159
it's it's kind of it's kind of a sad story,

922
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,360
and so you know, we need to throttle these guys

923
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,880
to make sure that they understand that there is a

924
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:38,159
massive difference between uh BUYU and know and them and

925
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,400
so I take back to when I was playing. We

926
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:44,480
played Pacific a few times and we played Pepperdine when

927
00:46:44,519 --> 00:46:45,440
I got my eyes poked.

928
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you need to make sure that.

929
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 6: You understand that you need to blow these guys out.

930
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:50,760
And the fact that they were actually beating us in

931
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,719
conference play is not a very good look. And and

932
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,880
so but you know, would I could have should have been.

933
00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:58,960
But this is something that they have to do it

934
00:46:59,079 --> 00:47:01,000
right now when he has to be done, you know,

935
00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:03,840
it has to be done well. And I hope, I

936
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,280
hope he does and I hope he happens.

937
00:47:06,039 --> 00:47:06,800
Speaker 3: Let's go, j T.

938
00:47:07,079 --> 00:47:09,400
Speaker 4: Any best way to support you what you do, how

939
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,159
you do it, JT, thanks for hopping on for another

940
00:47:11,199 --> 00:47:14,840
college basketball bo you basketball segment always.

941
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate it.

942
00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 6: You know, the best way to hop me is, you know,

943
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,519
coming up for conference play, I'm here on ESPN defan

944
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,440
we're gonna be doing post game shows for road games

945
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,880
and so stay tuned to see you know, after the

946
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:34,320
game on Twitter on Band's account, the radio station's account,

947
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:37,440
my account, we're on the three men Weaver account, and

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so we're gonna get it done hopefully, you know, brother

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brother Crittle makes time for for a chat so we

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can align on all of this. Yes, and and so

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I'm calling him out round. That's okay, that's your boss game,

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my boss. I'll say whatever I want to him.

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Speaker 3: And so can count me out, man, you can call

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me out. I need to be better getting the alignment done,

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no doubt.

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Speaker 1: Figured this out and but always in forever been appreciate

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you and.

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Speaker 3: Go Koob's love to appreciate you.

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Speaker 4: Brazilian bomber Jonathan Tabana, always producing fantastic content and opinions

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and insight that you can't get anywhere else. Shout out

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to JT, Ronald and the Three Man Weaver before we

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go to break anything that stood out to you from

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what JT state. I know you're gonna be taking us

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up to tip off six to seven pm, so stay

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tuned for the Cougar Sports Basketball pregame Show, brought to

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Speaker 7: Ronnie your thoughts, Yeah, I think the biggest thing that

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JT has said as I was listening, you know, I

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have my notes here. Look, I think the biggest is

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disappointment is Mahilo. You know, and and JT's right. Hilo

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played at a high level European basketball and he has

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a high ki Cuban. He came in the game to

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make that pass to Rob right for him to hit

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the buzzer beater. That was the third option, by the way,

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and if you missed that catching interview on the podcast,

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Brendan Dunson said that was a third option, so that

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wasn't the first. So Mahilo is a high level player,

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just hasn't stepped up and played and it is disappointing

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out of all the guys in the system.

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Speaker 6: This is his second year.

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Speaker 7: Ben guys thrived normally in that second year, and he

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missing free throws, air ball and hasn't played well this season.

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And he's not hurt Ben, He's out there, so just

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hasn't found the shot. Look, I think that is the

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biggest disappointment. You can blame Tyler, you can blame Alexi,

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but those guys it's their first year playing this.

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Speaker 6: Level of basketball.

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Speaker 7: But Mihilo has been on this team before. So that's

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probably the biggest disappointment because that's the guy at the

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beginning of the season that you thought would come in

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and he'll still play because of matchups.

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Speaker 6: But I'm with JT.

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Speaker 7: If things start to go south bend where things are

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going well with Alexi and with Mahilo and Kadem's always

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gonna be playing well, but he's really a four, he's

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not a five, and Dominique will get in the mix.

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Speaker 6: They're gonna get stuff worked out.

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Speaker 3: Like I agree with j T.

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Speaker 7: If if all hell starts to break LuSE excuse my language,

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you might have kJ and Abdullah at worse both playing.

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Speaker 3: You don't want to burn up. I'm not trying.

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Speaker 6: I'm serious.

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Speaker 7: If it starts to go south, Kevin young season opportunity

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with aj De, Bonser, Rob and Ritchie, and he will

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not squander He will do that if he has to

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Afi goes south. I don't think it will. I think

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he'll be able to get it done in that show.

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That will show it to the level of coaching in

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the STAB. But right now, I think that's the biggest thing.

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Is he Nimahilo and Alexi to step up big time

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so you don't.

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Speaker 1: Have to go that out.

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