1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,359 Speaker 1: Let's get to know the Cougars student athletes. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,599 Speaker 2: Get a player profile segments here on one oh three 3 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:10,240 nine at ninety eight three ESPN the Van. 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,519 Speaker 3: Welcome back up your Sports one of three nine ninety 5 00:00:14,679 --> 00:00:15,640 with re ESPN the band. 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,839 Speaker 2: I'm in broadcasting from our Bannerwell Studios, banner Will dot com. 7 00:00:18,879 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 3: Please get on that free Q and A. 8 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:22,879 Speaker 2: No obligation to invest Q and A with our tax 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,359 more wealth advisors. They're gonna make sure you're saving money 10 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:28,440 on your taxes. They're gonna work arm in arm headed 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,719 hand with your CPA to help you save money on 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,439 your taxes. 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Father Ron was actually an NFL 24 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:09,519 wide receiver with the Philadelphia Eagles. 25 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 3: If you don't know, now you know. 26 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:17,079 Speaker 2: He helped also locally in with the Boys and Girls Club. 27 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,040 He speaks fluent Spanish, loves to play matt and considers 28 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:23,560 himself a professional ping pong player. 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 3: He addressed the media yesterday. We're gonna delve into him. 30 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,599 Speaker 2: It's gonna be brought to you by Utah Protective Films 31 00:01:28,719 --> 00:01:33,400 Utah Protective Films dot com. Former BYU wide receiver Jared 32 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,120 Bledsoe would love to give a facelift to your vehicle. 33 00:01:37,719 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 3: That's right. 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Schmevin, 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,319 it's been a few weeks, but what does it say 45 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,719 about this defense the way you guys are playing you 46 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,759 played against Iowa State. 47 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:30,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it kind of just goes back to 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,680 fall camp and how you know, we kind of emphasize 49 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,199 takeaways and all those things, and you know, last year 50 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:37,639 we lent to the nation, but this year we're still trying 51 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,199 to emphasize getting those takeaways because you know, to top 52 00:02:40,439 --> 00:02:42,240 best in the nation, you gotta do something special. So 53 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,599 I feel like when we constantly emphasize getting the ball 54 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,639 and making plays that and just and just having people 55 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,199 who are prepared and ready, they're always in position to 56 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,719 just go out there and make plays and get the. 57 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: Ball, make plays, show up, show out. This Cougar defense 58 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:02,919 has been tremendous. Evan, you have some I n ts 59 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:04,560 under your belt into your career. 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,479 Speaker 3: Are you due for another one soon? 61 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:07,599 Speaker 2: Oh? 62 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,319 Speaker 4: I got me one of the dial and an Iowa 63 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,199 stay out of that. I'm due for sure. Hoping you 64 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:14,879 get an opportunity this week to just go get the 65 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,080 ball and show what I can do. I want to 66 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,439 get one where I can runs so I can see 67 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:18,960 the speeds. 68 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,599 Speaker 2: So he always wants to showcases his top end speed, 69 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,439 doesn't he We haven't seen him actually get out in 70 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:30,800 the wide open and and really boot scoot and boogie 71 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:32,759 on the on the grid iron. 72 00:03:33,439 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 3: So he says he's the fastest on the football team. 73 00:03:37,039 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: I wonder, I wonder, who do you think the fastest 74 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,439 player is on this team? 75 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 5: It's gotta be it's hard to argue against Parker Kingston, Parker, 76 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:50,800 maybe maybe Cody, and it's probably It's It's it's Cody. 77 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,479 It's it's it's Parker or Cody. It's hard to see 78 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,879 somebody catching those two. 79 00:03:57,159 --> 00:03:58,919 Speaker 2: I have a fun one for you. You guys don't 80 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,800 know much about him. Joseph Douglas. Okay, So you have Cody, 81 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,759 you have Parker, you have oh, Maurie McKenzie twins, you have. 82 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 3: Maury, you have Evan. 83 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,039 Speaker 2: You have the mckensei quins, Marcus and Dominique mackenzie. A 84 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,560 lot of sprinters, a lot of guys that hovered around 85 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,240 that ten six, ten to five. Reportedly, Evan ran a 86 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:28,000 ten to four one. Joe Douglas. No one knows Joe 87 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,560 and he's a He's a young man that was running 88 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:34,800 track at Utah State. Was running one hundred meter for 89 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,399 Utah State. Kid out of Stansbury Park, Tuilla, played wide 90 00:04:40,399 --> 00:04:43,279 receiver tight end in high school and like DND outside linebacker, 91 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,959 was probably gonna was probably on the track to be 92 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:51,240 on track to become like a decathlete at Utah State. 93 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,040 He was training at Lehigh High School when my brother 94 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,720 saw him running and. 95 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,959 Speaker 3: He's over there looking at him. He's like, this guy's not. 96 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: A track guy. He needs to be playing foot ball. 97 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,399 Got to know him. He came down, did a tryout 98 00:05:04,439 --> 00:05:07,560 at for BAYU football and made the team as a 99 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,160 walk on, number forty seven on the team. Right now, 100 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:12,439 he's playing free safety. He got in for he got 101 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,240 into school. He transferred Utah State after running track there 102 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,519 for a season after his mission and has walked on 103 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,600 at THEEU. He's not in the two D, he's not 104 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:21,160 in the three D. 105 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 5: But I think that that's the same story for Kevin 106 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,519 Doe was Aaron Rodgers. Kevin does also very found him 107 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,759 at a track me and said do you play football? 108 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 3: He said no. He said, well you. 109 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:36,639 Speaker 2: Should yeah, yeah, Kevin's Kevin's also one of the fastest 110 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,079 guys on the team, big shrug fast. So I've been 111 00:05:40,079 --> 00:05:43,279 a good authority now that I mean, you would say 112 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,759 our put return team's pretty good, right, Oh yeah, like 113 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,360 our gunners are the guys that are blocking. The gunners 114 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,959 are pretty good. They block well, Kevin, Doe, Mariy Bomba, Right, 115 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,199 are those guys really fast? 116 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,319 Speaker 3: Yeah? So I've been told that Joe Douglas runs right 117 00:05:59,360 --> 00:05:59,680 by him. 118 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,439 Speaker 2: He's literally unblockable, like separating by two yards consistently. So 119 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,720 I was told this week Joe Douglas is traveling to Tech. 120 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,639 He's on the travel team now because no one can 121 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,680 block the kid. 122 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: This is the inside of report, right. 123 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 2: I got to confirm by multiple individuals, right and great, 124 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,079 that I have a connection with Joe too. And so 125 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,120 I kind of found out that he was traveling. I'm like, well, 126 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,920 how the heck are you traveling? Like you're not even 127 00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:26,920 on the depth chart. I don't think Joe. I don't 128 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:32,319 think Joe's on the depth chart for like safety right now, right, 129 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:37,079 he's please playing free safety, but apparently he's unblockable. Watch out, 130 00:06:37,079 --> 00:06:40,560 bro because at Utah State right off the mission. He 131 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,319 ran a ten eight, which you're like, Okay, ten eight's solid, right, 132 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:47,639 ten eight's solid. But he's gotten bigger, faster, stronger. I 133 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:49,680 mean it's been over a year and a half now 134 00:06:49,759 --> 00:06:51,639 since I think he ran that ten eight or a 135 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,000 year and. 136 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,519 Speaker 3: He's flying apparently. 137 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 2: And I was told that his ten split when they 138 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,519 tested was like number three on the team in the offseason, 139 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,560 so like when they were doing all that performance training anyway. 140 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,879 Speaker 5: So is he is he the football version of a 141 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,360 of a Tray Stewart. If you remember a year ago 142 00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:16,560 Trey Stewart broke some NBA combine record, It's like he 143 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:17,800 was on nobody's. 144 00:07:17,439 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 3: Radar to play at all. I don't know, I don't 145 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:21,480 know what the look. 146 00:07:21,639 --> 00:07:25,839 Speaker 2: Joe is big, fast, strong, He's he benches okay, he 147 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:31,360 squats over five hundred, benches over four hundred, and cleans. 148 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,519 Speaker 3: Like three point fifty like that. 149 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:37,759 Speaker 2: He's probably he may be the strongest guy Papa abound 150 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,920 in that on the team. He's a he's a project. 151 00:07:40,959 --> 00:07:44,240 He's raw, but he he's fast. 152 00:07:45,319 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 5: I'm looking at his profile on on BYU. Yeah, he 153 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:51,879 looks like he's he looks like a surfer guy from California. 154 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: I know, I know he's not. He's from Stansbury Parking Toila. Baby, 155 00:07:55,639 --> 00:08:00,000 that's crazy. I shout out to Joe, like he puts 156 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,160 the work, smart kid, and he's an athlete. He may 157 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,160 be the best like linear explosive athlete on this team. 158 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 3: Quite honestly. 159 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: He's like when we when I watched him for the 160 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,360 first time when my brother found him at Lehigh High 161 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,519 School running track and he sent me video and we're 162 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:19,160 talking about him, like he's like Max Tuley, like Max, 163 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,279 like yeah, he's like you guys don't remember this Max 164 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:26,399 Tuley for a spring ball. After playing linebacker, they moved 165 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:32,639 him to free safety, really free safety. Wow, they moved 166 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,919 hto free safety, bro because he was that fast linebacker though, 167 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:39,480 but he was always kind of lean, you know what 168 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:44,200 I mean, Super explosive, really strong. Could line him up 169 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,919 like he'd be like at two five, two ten, and 170 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,399 he'd just obliterate guys and track him down. Like I 171 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:53,399 remember in the USF game at USF if you go 172 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,200 back and watch that film, there was a runoff tackle. 173 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,399 Speaker 3: And Max was the fastest guy on the defense. 174 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 2: He's like running by defensive backs because you get him 175 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,399 into a gallop. The man's a gazelle. Anyway, it's kind 176 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:10,279 of like Joe. So we'll see what happens with with 177 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:12,279 with Joe Douglas. But I think he's trying. I don't 178 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:14,440 know he's gonna play. But if you see forty seven 179 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,919 out there, I hope I I I don't think he's 180 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:18,480 forty seven. 181 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 3: That's not bear Bachmeyer. Yeah, that's the other thing. He's 182 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,519 the other forty seven. He's the other forties. 183 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 5: We could have the days of forty seven. 184 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: I hope Joe gets to play because he's unblockable. He's 185 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:35,120 a four sequels masstimes, acceleration and he's uh, he's he's 186 00:09:35,159 --> 00:09:38,039 he's he's big, he's fast, strong. Anyway, we got to 187 00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:40,080 get back to the sound. I apologize And on the tangent, 188 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:42,919 what enables you guys to make these plays? 189 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 3: Uh? These make these plays? Is it the play calls. 190 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,519 Speaker 4: Everything? I believe it's the calls as well as the preparation. 191 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:53,120 You know, I'm especially in my room, I can really vouch. 192 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:56,519 You know, we prepared a lot of this offseason and 193 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,840 just trusting in our technique and those people around us 194 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,879 that they're gonna be in the right position. Our coach, 195 00:10:00,919 --> 00:10:02,320 you gonna put us on the right calls to go 196 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,840 make the plays, and so I feel like that's been 197 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,080 a big help in our success and getting the ball 198 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,960 and just making plays plays. 199 00:10:11,039 --> 00:10:13,799 Speaker 2: Evan Johnson b Way, your defensive back. The biggest thing 200 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:16,480 about the bye week is getting healthier. Have you felt that, Evan? 201 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,519 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we've been relatively healthy all season, so 202 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,919 I feel like even now we're still very healthy and 203 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:24,639 we're still ready to. 204 00:10:24,639 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 2: Go, feeling good, feeling strong, nourish some strength, and they 205 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,080 have been healthy. They've been pretty pretty healthy. What did 206 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,720 you guys do during the bye week? 207 00:10:34,919 --> 00:10:37,519 Speaker 3: Was it light? Did you have any time off? 208 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, well we had some time off. It was some 209 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,480 practices too that were a little lighter, but you know, 210 00:10:43,519 --> 00:10:45,679 the intent was still there, you know, making sure that 211 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,320 we're ready to go this week, because you know, you 212 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,120 could come off the buy too. He can come off 213 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:51,519 to buy and kind of lollygag, or you can come 214 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:53,639 out ready to go and ready to fire. So I 215 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:55,200 feel like that's been a big emphasis for us. 216 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: Coming out a. 217 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,639 Speaker 2: Little bit lighter, but the intent was there. They put 218 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:00,440 in the reps, they put in the mental work, and 219 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,120 I'm sure they got in the weight room as well. 220 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,679 What what's jumping off the tape right now from your perspective, 221 00:11:06,879 --> 00:11:09,279 in particular on Baron Morton the other pair. 222 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a good guy, good quarterback. He can throw 223 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,840 it well. I feel like the receivers are very good. 224 00:11:15,879 --> 00:11:17,559 It'll be a good matchup for us to really show 225 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,840 that we're capable of going out there making plays. 226 00:11:19,919 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 3: And I'm just excited, excited as we all are. 227 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:30,039 Speaker 2: It's a big game eleven am start nationally televised. What 228 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,519 are your emotions going, What are they going to be 229 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,559 like going into this game. 230 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 4: I feel like the emotions don't really change. I feel 231 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,759 like every game, the emotions, you know, they're always the same. 232 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,399 Just be ready and when our time comes, go out 233 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,919 there and make a play. You know, whether the game 234 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,120 is the biggest game or whether it's just a little 235 00:11:47,159 --> 00:11:49,080 game that you know, first game of the season, second 236 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,799 game of season, we're always going in with that mindset 237 00:11:50,799 --> 00:11:52,840 that we're going in there to dominate and win the game. 238 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:55,039 And so I feel like with our team and just 239 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,759 how we prepared, how we practice everything that that's always 240 00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:59,840 emphasized to just go out there and make plays. 241 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 2: Got to be a player and play on last couple 242 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,519 of things here, How was the team preparing for the 243 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:07,919 early start? 244 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, just do the little things, waking up earlier, lifts 245 00:12:11,039 --> 00:12:13,600 a little earlier, and breakfast club, so we're getting prepared. 246 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,600 We'll be ready to go out there and fire off them. 247 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 3: All right. See this is interesting. 248 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: So they're getting up earlier, they've been doing early morning 249 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:27,480 lifts and doing breakfast club, so they're acclimating. 250 00:12:26,759 --> 00:12:27,759 Speaker 3: To the early morning. 251 00:12:27,799 --> 00:12:29,519 Speaker 2: Look, I'll be honest with when I was at BAU, like, 252 00:12:29,919 --> 00:12:33,360 you know, we had afternoon we had like kind of 253 00:12:33,399 --> 00:12:37,519 afternoon practices and you didn't necessarily have to get up early, 254 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:39,279 and so you kind of get into a habit of 255 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:41,279 maybe staying up a little bit later because you didn't 256 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,039 have to wake up depending on class schedules. 257 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 3: So they're doing some breakfast club. 258 00:12:44,759 --> 00:12:49,039 Speaker 2: A little bit more early morning lifts, acclimating early so 259 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,639 that when they do get out there, maybe they get 260 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:52,440 out a little bit earlier. 261 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,759 Speaker 3: It's fine. I'm all for getting out there earlier. Right. 262 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,639 Speaker 2: What are the strengths right now for this defense going 263 00:12:58,639 --> 00:12:59,840 into the Texas Tech game. 264 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 4: I feel like just physicality and then you know, just 265 00:13:04,639 --> 00:13:06,879 our our ability to make plays and make change in 266 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:10,200 the game. You know, there are many times where you know, 267 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,639 we may need to play or just something to get 268 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:14,600 the momentum going to the game, like Iowa State, and 269 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:16,559 then that's where our defense started, where we woul to 270 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,159 go out there and make plays, get the ball and 271 00:13:18,279 --> 00:13:19,519 just execute. 272 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 2: All right, let's get to the final one here, Sailor 273 00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:25,639 kug Helmet. We haven't really talked about this, don't. Are 274 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:26,519 we swag guys? 275 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:28,639 Speaker 3: Are we swag? I love uniforms? 276 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,039 Speaker 2: Okay, okay, so you're you're the We have a former 277 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,679 executive producer, Hunter Miller, who is all over the swag. 278 00:13:37,039 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 3: It's part of the Hype Training podcast podcast. So you're 279 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,320 a swag guy. Oh yeah, I love I love unis 280 00:13:43,799 --> 00:13:46,200 Yeah yeah, I love it all. I think I think 281 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,559 the helmets. I think it's good. I think I like it. 282 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,399 Speaker 5: I don't think it's gonna look as good on the 283 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,799 field as it does. And that you know picture that 284 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,360 they made look all perfect and pretty well. 285 00:13:57,399 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 3: I think it's a nice look. Yeah. Uh, Ronald, do 286 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,320 you like this? Uh? 287 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:07,399 Speaker 2: This foray into Sailor coug Insignia world on the helmets. 288 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,279 Speaker 1: Stop being cute and go playball. 289 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: That's how I am bro like we got him so 290 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,200 many ideas. We have a brand, we have an image, 291 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,720 We have a likeness. That is the stretch. Why the 292 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:23,759 only other? The only other entity? Like when you turn 293 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,799 on a game and you see the Royal and you 294 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,279 see the stretch, why you think BYU? 295 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: Every once in a while you may get like you 296 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,879 may get is that Yale? 297 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: Is that Yale? 298 00:14:34,399 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: You may get that. 299 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:38,039 Speaker 2: But like anywaey that knows college football is gonna no 300 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,919 b yu, well, is that the non football? No? 301 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: Or is they're gonna the academics of the world? Is that? Yeah? 302 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,039 You know that's what they do. 303 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: And that's I just but this is Brigham Young University. 304 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,480 It's the why. It's not angry sailor cougar from the 305 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,679 nineteen forties World War Two era of logo. 306 00:14:57,399 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 3: Don't get cute, then I hear, are we doing? Ben? 307 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:02,840 What happened? 308 00:15:02,879 --> 00:15:05,639 Speaker 2: Last time we got cute? We got too damn cute, 309 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:08,279 and we did we all black out. We beat Kansas 310 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:09,960 State thirty eight to nine. 311 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 5: Last time I got ninety six throwbacks. 312 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 3: That's not cute. Yeah, it's freaking epic. 313 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,799 Speaker 2: No, No, that's not cute. That's not cute. That's that's 314 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:23,440 tradition that we wore those uniforms for two years. Ben, 315 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:27,399 that's not tradition. That is tradition. That the shadow that 316 00:15:27,519 --> 00:15:30,039 it didn't you didn't change your logo all you did. 317 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:31,759 Speaker 3: I think you should have. 318 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: What is ninety six throwback is not cute, that's legacy. 319 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,279 Speaker 3: I think it's getting cute. That's not cute. They changed 320 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,639 everything in the stadium for that game. It's not cute. 321 00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:46,120 They absolutely got cute. It's not cute. 322 00:15:47,039 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 2: Blackouts is cute. Blackouts is cute. That's that's cute. That 323 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,320 is Sailor Cougar. 324 00:15:53,759 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: It's cute. 325 00:15:54,759 --> 00:15:57,679 Speaker 2: It's not a part of your brand, no, because it's 326 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,919 about recognition when you turn on the But I think 327 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:04,679 it's ninety six game, it still looks like BYU they 328 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,440 just had the shadow. 329 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:07,639 Speaker 3: They had the shadow. That's it. 330 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 2: It still looks like BYU the Sailor Cougar soon's gonna 331 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,600 throw on, Like, what's that image on the side of 332 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:14,320 their helmet? 333 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 3: Is what is that? I do think it's important to 334 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:22,120 I think it's the fans wear the Sailor kug. When 335 00:16:22,159 --> 00:16:23,919 we have our branding. 336 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: On college football and game day, showing up top ten matchups, 337 00:16:29,039 --> 00:16:33,039 never happened in our history where the stretch freaking why 338 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,399 wear it with pride? All right, we're gonna go to 339 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:46,360 break shehan Ja Roger coming up next. What we gotta 340 00:16:46,399 --> 00:16:48,399 go to break? 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How's it going on your end. 380 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,079 Speaker 3: It's going beautifully. 381 00:18:37,079 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: It's going remarkably well today on a Thursday in Utah County, 382 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,279 in Salt Lake County, it's a it's a great day. 383 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 3: Man. I'm excited for this game. 384 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot around this game, for sure. I 385 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,240 think part of me is kind of just ready to 386 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,359 get to the football aspect of it all. But we 387 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,680 got a lot of time, a lot of things going 388 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,359 on in between there even just Saturday morning itself, So 389 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,359 should be interesting to see how this all unfolds. 390 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, what have been the storylines coming out of Lubbock? Obviously, 391 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,079 Texas Tech is favored in this game. Bay You're running 392 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,079 higher than them slightly, eight to zero the Red Raiders 393 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,480 eight and one. It's a game day kickoff right on 394 00:19:14,559 --> 00:19:19,960 ABC ten AM, and Texas Tech is favored not only 395 00:19:20,039 --> 00:19:23,839 in Vegas but also in ESPN analytics giving Tech I 396 00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:26,960 believe a sixty point nine percent advantage. I'm sure it's 397 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,880 going to be a sold out crowd. It looks like 398 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,519 it's going to be sunny and beautiful. Sixty six degrees 399 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:35,240 at Jones at and T Stadium would have been the 400 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,160 storylines coming out of Lobbick. 401 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,039 Speaker 1: Honestly, there's not a lot of football oriented storylines coming 402 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:44,160 out of this right now. A lot of the focus 403 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,359 has just been on game day's arrivals. Fans started camping 404 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,160 out Saturday night or excuse me, Sunday night, ready to 405 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,319 get their spots online for it. They've been the students 406 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,759 are lined of welcoming the football team going to and 407 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:01,160 from practice. Players have been handing now donuts and pizza 408 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,240 out there. So I think the actual football aspect of 409 00:20:04,279 --> 00:20:06,799 it has been kind of watered down a little bit. 410 00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:09,599 I think it'll amp up more as we get into 411 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,799 closer to game time, but right now, it's just kind 412 00:20:12,839 --> 00:20:16,920 of everything surrounding the game. Like you mentioned, two top 413 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,559 ten teams and both polls and the college football playoff, 414 00:20:20,599 --> 00:20:24,240 And I think the big talking point now is what 415 00:20:24,279 --> 00:20:26,319 does this look like for the Big twelve conference, because 416 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:29,759 the way this kind of sets up is usually the 417 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:31,839 Big twelve teams if they get a team in and 418 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,480 that fourteen playoffs aspect. Now we go to the twelve 419 00:20:36,519 --> 00:20:39,000 team the Big Swell's got a pretty good chance to 420 00:20:39,039 --> 00:20:42,359 get two teams in there, especially with these two teams 421 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,359 in particular as opposed to the ACC which has taken 422 00:20:45,599 --> 00:20:48,640 a step back. So This isn't just a big game 423 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,640 for Texas, Tech and Bye. This is a big game 424 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,160 for the conference to kind of put itself in position 425 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,720 to be that number three conference at least this year, 426 00:20:57,759 --> 00:20:58,799 if not going forward. 427 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 3: Tech and BYU. 428 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,319 Speaker 2: Some would say were the most aggressive in NIL. I 429 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,400 would say the Red Raiders in the portal and be 430 00:21:12,519 --> 00:21:16,440 a nil were probably the most aggressive. BYU had a 431 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:21,240 solid portal class. There's been a lot of hype around 432 00:21:21,319 --> 00:21:24,039 the basketball program getting a lot of NIL BYAU football 433 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,240 not as much. Are these two teams going to become 434 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,759 the brand ambassadors for the Big Twelve going forward? What 435 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,079 Oklahoma and Texas were for decades? Are these the two 436 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,960 teams that will be carrying that bashar in that flag, 437 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:43,720 that banner for the Big Twelve in the foreseeable future. 438 00:21:45,599 --> 00:21:48,039 Speaker 1: From the financial aspect, in the back end that these 439 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,359 programs and those blastalic departments have, I think there's a 440 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,440 very good chance of that, and I think that's what 441 00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:56,039 the conference needs. And that's kind of been a talking 442 00:21:56,079 --> 00:21:59,839 point since Texas and ol you both left, was who 443 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:03,119 fills that void? Who steps into that Who can be 444 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,519 our most reliable, our most consistent programs? There and a 445 00:22:06,519 --> 00:22:09,720 lot there was some talk about possibly TCU. They're in 446 00:22:09,759 --> 00:22:12,880 the for work area. They got some wealthy backers too, 447 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,680 but they haven't turned that into anything. They're good. They've 448 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,400 been a good team this year. They're kind of flying 449 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,680 under the radar two and then Arizona State comes out 450 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,119 of nowhere last year. What the conference really needs is 451 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,839 whether it's Texas Tech and BYU, whether it's two other teams, 452 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,839 to be a consistent threat and a presence and always 453 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,279 in that mix, whether that's top twenty five, top fifteen 454 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:41,480 kind of thing. Financially speaking, I do think the way 455 00:22:41,599 --> 00:22:43,839 this is going to kind of work now with revenue 456 00:22:43,839 --> 00:22:46,640 sharing in the NIL, how that has to shift with 457 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,680 like this portal class Tech brought in, You're not going 458 00:22:50,759 --> 00:22:53,440 to see that anymore because they're not going to allow 459 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,440 that those kind of payments to go to players unless 460 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,200 there's like fair market value and whatever the heck that 461 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,359 whatever that means. In this NIL go era, you're not 462 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,920 gonna see this anymore. You're gonna see something downscale to 463 00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:13,160 it where you can still pull off get the recruiting 464 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,119 classes through the portal through high school, get shoot your 465 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,640 shot and get higher star guys, but you're not gonna 466 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,400 get this kind of collective talent there. So it depends 467 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,839 on how everybody handles things moving forward. 468 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 2: Talking some Texas Tech football with Texas Tech Insider here 469 00:23:32,039 --> 00:23:34,599 on your Utah ESPN Radio Network, Nathan Geese of the 470 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,640 Lumbic Avalanche Journal. Get your prep, get you ready for 471 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,519 this boor your Texas Tech next up? From a health standpoint, 472 00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:42,680 how healthy is Texas Tech? We saw the injury poort 473 00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:46,400 last night. How'd you grate it? How would you evaluate it? 474 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,839 Speaker 1: The overall health of Tech, They're about as healthy as 475 00:23:50,839 --> 00:23:53,480 they've been all year. The one big injury that they 476 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:56,960 have had this year go back to the preseason. They 477 00:23:57,039 --> 00:24:00,200 lost running back Quinton Joiner for the season before or 478 00:24:00,279 --> 00:24:02,799 they could even get anywhere. But they were going to 479 00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:04,880 go with a three running back committee. They just shifted 480 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,000 into two guys, and I think that probably works better 481 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,079 form with Cam Dickey and Jacoby Williams. They've both been 482 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,680 very effective in their roles, but the main one is 483 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,359 defensive tackle sky with Gil Howard. He got banged up 484 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,720 in the Kansas game. He had surgery on his ankle 485 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,200 and he's been out for the last three games. This 486 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,640 will be his fourth straight in a row that he's missed, 487 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,880 but they're hoping to get him back for the postseason. 488 00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:36,559 And the thing is, you don't he was really good. 489 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,319 Is a really important presence, like vocally and maturity wise, 490 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,440 but production wise. AJ Holmes was backing him up. He 491 00:24:44,519 --> 00:24:46,519 was a starter at Houston, he was an All Conference 492 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:48,880 player at Houston last year. He stepped in and they 493 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,319 hadn't missed a beat. It's just kind of that death 494 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,640 that they were talking about before the season really shining 495 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,319 through their health wivese Beyond that, You're always worried about Baron. 496 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,359 Morton's hurt in pretty much every game in some aspect 497 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:07,000 or another. But he looked really good after taking out 498 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,920 some cob webling its Kansas State last week. So what 499 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,960 you really need to do now is make sure he's 500 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,799 healthy come out of every game, especially since you don't 501 00:25:15,839 --> 00:25:18,799 have backup quarterback will hand him there anymore. 502 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh no injury bugs. 503 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 2: I mean, look, Texas Tech is going on what six 504 00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:27,279 straight weeks without a buy? 505 00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:31,079 Speaker 3: Is that? Is that all? It all impactful? 506 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,799 Speaker 1: I think it is because of where their open dates 507 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,599 came this year. It was right after the first conference 508 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,160 game against Utah and then they their last one is 509 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,279 right before the season finale, so it's weird timing of 510 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:48,720 how they're tenants based out. So you're going through this 511 00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:53,400 big stretch of playing games and you don't have that break, 512 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,839 and they keep getting amped up in pressure and intensity 513 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,640 and importance every week. So I think they're very much 514 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,359 looking forward to getting to that open date. But it's 515 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,359 that also at a weird time where like say, if 516 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,119 they don't make the base twelve Championship game, it's kind 517 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,160 of weird because then you're off a week, you go 518 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,200 play West Virginia, then you just got to wait for 519 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,759 wherever you go in postseason wise. But if they do 520 00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:20,160 make the Baseball Championship game, they're going to see that 521 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,200 as beneficial to have that open date pretty close to 522 00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:24,400 that conference title game. 523 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an intriguing time in the Big twelve, no 524 00:26:30,039 --> 00:26:32,640 doubt about it. And this is the most intriguing game obviously. 525 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,960 There's a lot of hype surrounding the Texas Tech Utah 526 00:26:36,079 --> 00:26:40,960 game with everything that occurred in preparation for it. Texas 527 00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:44,559 Tech has shown very well on the biggest stages thus far. 528 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,640 They did lose to ASU on the road, and I 529 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,880 have to wonder what happened, How did it happen? How 530 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,279 did they lose to the sun Devils on the road 531 00:26:53,319 --> 00:26:56,359 in temp Well. 532 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: One of the things one of the kind of narratives 533 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:03,200 around Texas Tech this year, at least from the national perspective, 534 00:27:03,319 --> 00:27:06,640 is that because they're watching Tech more this year, they're 535 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:11,519 notice they noticed something where Baron Morton got hurt in 536 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,240 the season over, so he was dinged up already. Will 537 00:27:15,279 --> 00:27:18,119 Hammond came in, played pretty well, and then in the 538 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,160 Utah game he went out with the concussion, and Will 539 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,279 Hammon came in and he led them to widen that 540 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,839 gap and come away with the win. And that led 541 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,440 a lot of people to say, well, maybe this Will 542 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,000 Hammond guy should be be the starter, because you know 543 00:27:32,079 --> 00:27:35,400 he these the offense does have another gear with him 544 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,000 because of his legs. That's something they don't want Baron 545 00:27:39,079 --> 00:27:42,160 dat to do because he has been so injury prone 546 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,079 and he's just not the most mobile guy. But what 547 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,680 they were kind of lacking is there's a reason why 548 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,079 they brought Baron back in the first place. If they 549 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,599 thought Will was better, they would have said Baron, and 550 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,119 we love you, but we're going to go on with 551 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,359 this other guy. They did the exact same thing with 552 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,680 Tyler Shuck the year before. They are not afraid to 553 00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:04,880 make that decision. But they brought Morton back for a reason. 554 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,319 And the reason is he has all of this experience. 555 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,000 He knows what he's doing, He's got the body type 556 00:28:10,039 --> 00:28:13,759 for it to handle big time throws and can handle 557 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,000 the nix and things that he gets throughout the year. 558 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,559 And then will Ham is now out for the year, 559 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,559 suffered to torne a c elegant Oklahoma State. So now 560 00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:26,519 it's Morton's show. That was unquestioned anyway, But now that's 561 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:30,119 not even a conversation plane. But Morton has gotten hurt 562 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,400 throughout the year, and if he gets hurt again, your 563 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,480 backup is now Mitch griffis wake Forest transfer who wasn't 564 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,519 even playing football last year. The conversation becomes very different 565 00:28:40,599 --> 00:28:43,559 if Morton has to leave or he can't come back 566 00:28:43,599 --> 00:28:46,240 for anything. So a lot of this now, a lot 567 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,240 of it ran on Morton's shoulders being with Now there's 568 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:50,200 even more there. 569 00:28:53,000 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 2: Talking some Texas Tech football, and look, the line is 570 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,599 is impressively in Texas Tech's favor ten and a half. 571 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,880 I think it's at right now. Do you think that's 572 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,759 Is that fair? Is that a fair look? And I 573 00:29:09,759 --> 00:29:11,759 know Vegas is in the betting game, right, They're not 574 00:29:11,839 --> 00:29:15,039 in the score prediction game necessarily, but they do set 575 00:29:15,079 --> 00:29:18,160 over unders, they do set lines. Is that a fair 576 00:29:18,359 --> 00:29:20,440 evaluation do you think heading into this game? 577 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: I think it's fair in the aspect that I mean, 578 00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:27,039 just look at the scores Texas Tech has had in 579 00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:29,759 its game. The only one that wasn't a blowout was 580 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,839 the four point loss at Arizona State, which kind of 581 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:37,119 goes back to the quarterback conversation. Morton didn't play in 582 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,519 that game. Will Hammond was not good in that game 583 00:29:39,599 --> 00:29:41,720 until late and they had a chance to still win that. 584 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,920 So I think if you look at it with Texas 585 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,920 Tech with Morton is a very different team than Texas 586 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,839 Tech with Will Hammond. And in the game that he's played, 587 00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:54,680 at least a lot of they've blown everybody out, whereas 588 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,440 BYU they've had a lot of close calls. They've had 589 00:29:57,559 --> 00:30:00,839 a lot of instances where they've gotten down, had to 590 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,279 kind of climb out of holes early, especially in big 591 00:30:04,319 --> 00:30:06,839 twelve plays. So I think it's fair. I think it 592 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,559 is a big spread for sure. I'm out a gambler, 593 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,119 So I wouldn't take that dait regardless either way. But 594 00:30:14,359 --> 00:30:17,519 I just based on what we've seen from the teams, Yeah, 595 00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:20,119 I think the product on the field Saturday is going 596 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,599 to look probably much closer. The score could be maybe 597 00:30:24,519 --> 00:30:26,799 maybe that ten to fourteen point win, but I think 598 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:29,440 it might be closer than what the score actually winds 599 00:30:29,519 --> 00:30:29,880 up being. 600 00:30:31,319 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: What are the fans feeling, What are the donors feeling 601 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:37,720 right now? What's the vibe around even the locker room 602 00:30:37,799 --> 00:30:41,440 or even the coaching staff. Is there a kind of 603 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,799 a shuttle confidence? They feel like, Hey, this is our 604 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,759 game to win. We were favored, we're the top dog, 605 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,039 we're better than this team. 606 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 3: What's been the rhetoric like. 607 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,119 Speaker 1: They're not taking that bait this week? They're honestly not. 608 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,400 They haven't taken it all years. Joey Maguire said, from 609 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,480 the beginning, we know talent, why we should be able 610 00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:06,720 to outperform everybody on our schedule, and to this point 611 00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:10,000 they mostly have. But they also know if they don't 612 00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:13,440 put in that work that they get to ego inflated 613 00:31:13,519 --> 00:31:16,440 and listening to people and let it Like if they 614 00:31:16,519 --> 00:31:18,319 let all this get to their head, they could get 615 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,039 run out of the building. I don't think talent wise 616 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:23,759 they will, just because I think even if they don't 617 00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:25,839 play well, they can still stay in the game till 618 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,759 the end. But they know that there are much bigger 619 00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:32,720 things that stay here than just a game that means 620 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,319 they first conference title game appearance, first time in the 621 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:39,400 college football playoff, and there's a lot of investment into 622 00:31:39,519 --> 00:31:42,799 making that work. And one of the things Maguire keeps 623 00:31:42,799 --> 00:31:45,079 touting is the reason why it's worked because we have 624 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,039 so many old guys that I've never done this before. 625 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,359 They know what they have to do because they want 626 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:53,720 to do it too. They want to do it just 627 00:31:53,759 --> 00:31:56,119 as bad as all the ad and the coaches and 628 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,839 the players that came back. They want to do it too. 629 00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 2: Is uh what has Joey said his coaching staff said 630 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,240 about this b what you Cougar football team from the 631 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,799 pulpit this week and their scattered reports. 632 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 3: To the media. 633 00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:14,759 Speaker 1: They're really impressed with Bear Bachmeier. Obviously, he's the guy 634 00:32:14,839 --> 00:32:16,319 that you're kind of watching here. 635 00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:18,119 Speaker 3: I know L. J. 636 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: Martin is supposed to play. How effective is he going 637 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:24,640 to be? That's kind of a question that everybody's going 638 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,599 to kind of be watching for there, and a lot 639 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:28,200 of it's just going to come down to the run game. 640 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:33,240 How can how can BOYU manage in the run game, 641 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,440 which nobody does against this team. If they can find 642 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,319 success in that area, then that changes the equation defensively 643 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,359 and offensively. A lot of it is these scores become 644 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,079 a little bit more lopsided as the game goes because 645 00:32:47,079 --> 00:32:49,559 the defense can kind of just wear down the opposition, 646 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,240 And happened last week against Kansas State. That was a 647 00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:55,920 pretty close game until about midway through the fourth quarter 648 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,480 where they just kind of open it up on them 649 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,680 wand up at the twenty three points win. A lot 650 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,839 of it's gonna come down to the run game. BYU 651 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,960 has to make Tech respect the run game to open 652 00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:10,640 up the pass game a little bit. The defense has 653 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,119 been susceptible the gain be in the pass game here 654 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,720 or there, especially in the middle of the field. As 655 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,599 good as Jacob Rodriguez and Ben Roberts are at the 656 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,759 inside backer positions, they're not great in covering the past. 657 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,559 So if b why you can exploit that, that can 658 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,880 open things up. They've gotten to be in on that 659 00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:32,759 a couple of times, most recently that I can think 660 00:33:32,839 --> 00:33:35,519 of is Kansas and Arizona stake out a little bit 661 00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:37,839 of that too, just kind of using some motions to 662 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,559 get guided into more of a middle of the field 663 00:33:40,599 --> 00:33:44,119 to get away from that pass rush. 664 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,759 Speaker 3: I like that scatter report. It's a great breakdown. 665 00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:51,359 Speaker 2: Going back to the injury report, do you feel like 666 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:56,880 there's any weaknesses personnel wise on this Texas Tech Red 667 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:01,200 Raiders team, Aaron Roderick said, there's no weaknesses. There's absolutely 668 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,880 no weaknesses in the personnel anywhere on the defensive side 669 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:05,279 of the ball. 670 00:34:05,319 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 3: Do you see any. 671 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:14,159 Speaker 1: Weaknesses personnel wise, No, not really. Every would every position 672 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:16,840 I would say is graded at least at least the 673 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,400 B minus. Maybe not the strongest group out there, but 674 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,559 they're pretty solid. The one thing I would say is 675 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,480 kind of going back to the passing game, teams haven't 676 00:34:25,519 --> 00:34:28,440 been able to get into the passing game because of 677 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,800 that pass rush, and that's where the layer of the 678 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:35,679 defense becomes so strong. That's how guys like Jacob Brodrigez 679 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,960 can have these amazing seasons that probably aren't being talked 680 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,719 about enough. Because you got David Bailey or metal height 681 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,599 on the edges in the middle, you got Lee Hunter 682 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:47,840 and aj Holmes clogging that up is they get to 683 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,719 the outside and away from it. The secondary is quick 684 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,559 and long enough to keep up with receivers, and that's 685 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,239 where the middle backers can kind of be used and 686 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,400 pick up at the running at the quarterback. It's gonna 687 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,760 run at the receivers. They're gonna kind of come underneath. 688 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 2: There's not. 689 00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:10,079 Speaker 1: I would say the one position group that hasn't been 690 00:35:10,159 --> 00:35:13,960 the best offensive line, but they've also had games where 691 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,360 they've looked amazing too. It's just been kind of inconsistent there. 692 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,880 They're dealing with a couple of injuries. They look pretty healthy, 693 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,880 at least based off the injury report from from Wednesday. 694 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:29,599 I think offensive line is maybe the iffy part. But again, 695 00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:32,920 they can go. They can be an air receive regardless 696 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,559 of the game, depending on what happens. 697 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 3: Getting to know the Foe. 698 00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 2: Here on your Utah ESPN Radio Network, brought to you 699 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,320 by Bresa Cleaning Services, we have Nathan Geese on the 700 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,519 line from the ubbg Avalanche Journal talking Texas Tech Red 701 00:35:47,639 --> 00:35:49,119 Raider football. 702 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 3: Game days out there. 703 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,840 Speaker 2: I'm trying to think historically, when was the last time 704 00:35:54,039 --> 00:35:55,400 game day was out in love It. 705 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: Two thousand and eight, for that Texas game. 706 00:35:59,679 --> 00:36:02,119 Speaker 4: Wow, it's been a while. 707 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: Been out here. 708 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,840 Speaker 2: I think that's the same. I want to say, the 709 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:13,199 last time Game Day was in Provo was in maybe 710 00:36:13,199 --> 00:36:15,400 two thousand and eight, two thousand, I think it was. 711 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,360 It was two thousand and eight or two thousand and nine. 712 00:36:18,199 --> 00:36:21,400 So there's a there's a rising of the tides here. 713 00:36:22,039 --> 00:36:25,000 These two teams haven't really been featured on Game Day, 714 00:36:26,119 --> 00:36:28,639 you know, until like what I mean, almost twenty years ago. 715 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,679 The last time around. It's pretty pretty interesting. 716 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 1: I would say, Yeah, it's back to back weeks. They're 717 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,239 going to Big twelve destinations. I mean that says something 718 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,320 right there, is that they have to kind of look 719 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,039 at it, and I think a lot of that is 720 00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:46,440 kind of coming down to the flattening of the talent 721 00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:49,639 and the team success is being much more spread out 722 00:36:49,679 --> 00:36:51,719 and now where you can't just keep going back to 723 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,880 Georgia and Alabama every week because hey, sometimes there's a 724 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,280 top ten game and Lubbock, Texas out of nowhere. You 725 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,000 got to look a little litle bit deeper to find 726 00:37:01,039 --> 00:37:02,360 these day games. 727 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,559 Speaker 2: Love it, Nathan, best way to support you, what you do, 728 00:37:05,639 --> 00:37:08,000 how you do it? Over there at the LOVEBG Avalanche Journal. 729 00:37:09,559 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 1: Uh, just see my work at lobic online dot com. 730 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,480 I'd say follow me on Twitter, but I just got 731 00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:17,880 suspended for something, so I'm not really sure if I 732 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,239 have access to that anymore. H Yeah, love It online 733 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,400 dot com. Check out a colleague, Don Williams. He's like 734 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,039 the head honcho of a lot of the football stuff. 735 00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:32,679 He's the encyclopedia if you really want the historical perspective 736 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,440 and everything that's kind of going on here. He's the 737 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,960 guy to talk to you for that. 738 00:37:37,199 --> 00:37:37,800 Speaker 3: Love it man. 739 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 2: Well, Nathan, appreciate you hopping on. Thanks for letting us 740 00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:42,639 get to know the foe through your eyes your voice. 741 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,119 Looking forward to seeing you guys out there and love it. 742 00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:45,760 Thanks so much. 743 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:48,639 Speaker 1: All right, thanks for having me there you go. 744 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 2: That's know the faux segment brought to you by Bresa 745 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:54,039 Cleaning Services. You want to be in the good graces 746 00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:57,360 of your wonderful wife, get your house cleaned so they 747 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,960 don't have to. Uh, if you've already had a house 748 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,800 or office cleaner, give Bresa Cleaning Service as an opportunity 749 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,079 to earn your business. They're better than the rest. 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Eight oh one 760 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,159 three eight zero eight zero eight seven. 761 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 3: Let's take a brief time out. We'll be back. 762 00:38:48,119 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 2: You're listening to a Thursday edition, November six edition of 763 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,679 Cougar Sports here on one O three nine ninety eight 764 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:53,119 point three