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It is time 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,039 for the little world of b E sports doctors a 14 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:43,479 BA football specifically in their Secon'm gonna welcome in defense 15 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,520 coordinator of the BAU Cougar football team, Kel Papinka to 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,320 the show and I get to know how the offseason 17 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,840 has gone for the Cougar football team. It's players, it's coaches. 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,560 They got a lot of new they got some new 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:01,320 faces within the defensive room, new roles, and also we're 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,880 gonna find out a little bit about some of the 21 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,439 new faces, new players and what scheme, what type of 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,920 scheme Beeway is going to be running and then near 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,799 future under Kelly Papaninga All that and more here on 24 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:13,799 your Utah ESPN Ready never going to be brought to 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,920 you by Odeon Men'swear Odeon Menswear dot Com. I love 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,519 Odeon Men's where I think you will as well. You 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,439 can shop and store at any one of their brick 28 00:01:20,439 --> 00:01:24,640 and mortar locations or shop online. 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You check out the videos 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,799 and the photos online. Odeon Men'swear, Odion Menswear dot Com 41 00:02:01,879 --> 00:02:04,519 utilize the Criddle fifteen Criddle fifteen coupon code. That's Crittle 42 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:09,319 fifteen coupon code to get fifteen percent off your order today. 43 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,360 So very intrigued by what Kelly Pepinkann accomplishes the defense 44 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,479 coordinator real quick though, just to kind of recap Kelly's 45 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:22,479 trajectory as a coach there at BYU, he was a 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,080 fantastic football player, team captain, led the team in tackles 47 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,879 in two thousand and seven, and I believe that single 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,400 season productivity put him placed him thirty ninth overall and 49 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,639 total tackles in a single season. I mean, there were 50 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,599 some remarkable seasons from some of these these linebackers back 51 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:41,120 in the day. 52 00:02:41,879 --> 00:02:44,039 Speaker 1: I believe Schad Hansen, I. 53 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,159 Speaker 3: Guess had one hundred and ninety three tackles one season 54 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:48,360 in nineteen ninety one. 55 00:02:48,759 --> 00:02:50,439 Speaker 1: That's an insane number. Anyway. 56 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 3: K Pop comes in at number thirty nine, one of 57 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,280 the best Mike linebackers in the modern era for BYU 58 00:02:57,319 --> 00:03:00,280 in a legacy name that you guys all know on 59 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,080 Love in two thousand and nine. 60 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: After his NFL career, After he played for a. 61 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 3: Multitude of teams in the NFL, he became a defensive 62 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,560 intern got into coaching, and then became a defensive graduate 63 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,879 assistant and interim outside linebackers coach in twenty ten. From 64 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:20,439 two thousand eleven twenty twelve, he was at BYU's outside. 65 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: Linebackers coach full time. 66 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 3: From twenty thirteen to twenty fifteen BYU Special Teams Coordinator 67 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,719 and outside linebackers coach. Then took his talents to Virginia 68 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:31,560 with coach men in all two thousand sixteen to twenty 69 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:37,520 twenty Virginia outside linebackers coach, and also in twenty twenty 70 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,960 one was the just the linebackers coach so the entire 71 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,000 unit and by the way, in twenty sixteen, two thousy 72 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,400 seventeen Virginia Special teams coordinator coach, twenty eighteen to twenty 73 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:51,400 twenty one Virginia coach, defensive coordinator and edge position coach. 74 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, took. 75 00:03:53,319 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 3: His towns to Boise State, was coach special teams coordinator 76 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,680 and edge position coach, and then came back home twenty 77 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:00,879 twenty two to twenty twenty five Bill your special teams 78 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:05,360 coordinator and defensive ends coach and now twenty twenty six 79 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:11,439 to present BYU Defensive coordinator so a couple other coaching notes. 80 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,800 He returned to BU to be on Kalini Satake staff 81 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,279 in December twenty twenty two, after serving as the as 82 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:20,199 the co special teams coordinator and exposition coach at Boys 83 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:22,279 to State for the twenty twenty two seasons. Since taking 84 00:04:22,319 --> 00:04:26,800 over that group, the special teams unit has been the 85 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,199 best unit in my opinion for ESPN ESPN sp plus metric, 86 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,360 They've been the most effective and efficient group comparative. 87 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:34,879 Speaker 1: To the offensive defense. 88 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,879 Speaker 3: Not to take anything away from the offensive defense, They've 89 00:04:36,879 --> 00:04:41,839 been fantastic over this three year period or so. But man, 90 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,040 I've been impressed with a special teams unit. I can't 91 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,920 wait to see what k Pop can do with this defense. 92 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,360 Without further ado, let's get out to the hot line 93 00:04:50,399 --> 00:04:53,639 and welcome in. You know he's gonna love This stat 94 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,439 ranked thirty ninth all time in BYU football history in 95 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:05,439 season a single season total tackles. Uh, just just behind 96 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:09,920 let's see here, You're just behind Aaron Francisco, who was 97 00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:11,480 a tremendous linebacker. 98 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:12,399 Speaker 2: I'll take that one. 99 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:14,519 Speaker 3: I'll you know what I mean, You're right there next 100 00:05:14,519 --> 00:05:16,199 to Aaron Francis, which was pretty impressive. 101 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:20,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I'll let Aaron have that one. That's okay. 102 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,839 He's a great player. If you're gonna tell me somebody 103 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,800 like Brian Kiel or something like that, I would have 104 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:26,800 been serious. 105 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 3: No, man, you you had one hundred and thirteen tackles 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,160 that season in two thousand and seven, leading our defense. 107 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: Obviously, it was a great defense. 108 00:05:35,959 --> 00:05:39,399 Speaker 3: Everyone thinks that that seventeen was all offense. It's a 109 00:05:39,399 --> 00:05:42,079 bunch of malarkey. That defense was fantastic. 110 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,639 Speaker 1: K Popper. 111 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, we had some really good players, man, and 112 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,879 we learned from a really good defense from the year 113 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,040 before and built off of those guys. And yeah, that's 114 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:53,360 we had. We had great players from you know yourself 115 00:05:53,439 --> 00:05:58,800 and kill and Nixon and Markel Staffieri. You had a 116 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,600 good noseguard line Ethan Molly Butler, Luna was a freshman 117 00:06:02,639 --> 00:06:04,560 that came in and played. I mean that was Yeah, 118 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,160 there's a lot of really good players on that team 119 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,439 that ended up becoming even better players as the years 120 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:08,680 went on. 121 00:06:09,079 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: When you think of like the great defenses that you 122 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,120 were a part of, the great defenses that you've been 123 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,120 able to coach, uh, the great defenses that you've been 124 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,879 able to oversee in your your career, What are some 125 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,680 of the qualities of a great defense? 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: Would you say, you know, we just hit this, we 127 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,079 just hit this yesterday. As the defense, and I believe 128 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,120 it all starts with an edge. Man, Great defenses play 129 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,079 with an edge like they play with this this confidence 130 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:41,639 and this swagger that everybody can feel. And I think 131 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,800 we've seen that the last couple of years. That edge 132 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,959 comes with you know, relentless pursuit and effort. You know, 133 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,480 there's physicality and violence that's played with it. There's this 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,839 you know, swagger. I don't want to say cockyness. It's 135 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,920 like right on the edge of being cocky, like everybody 136 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,879 knows they're good, but they you know, it's right to 137 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,160 the point where we're not going to go around. I'm 138 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,480 telling everybody that we're good. But I just I've felt 139 00:07:03,519 --> 00:07:06,399 that here the last couple of years. For sure. It's 140 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:09,720 something that that twenty twelve team had. I think those 141 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:13,240 defenses was Danny, Danny Sorenson and you know, Kyle van 142 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,399 Oi and Ziggy and those guys. I felt that in 143 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,040 seven when I was here. There's a year at Virginia 144 00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:20,519 we were really really good and felt the same way. 145 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,160 But it's I think it all starts with that. Man, 146 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:24,920 there's the swagger of this edge that that you play 147 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,480 with that comes from confidence of you you knowing what 148 00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:29,439 to do and doing it at a high level. 149 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 3: That h does that swagger? Is that kind of a negative? 150 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,759 Is it developed? Is it due to like position mastery? 151 00:07:38,199 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: Is it dud? 152 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:38,879 Speaker 2: Like? 153 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 154 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:41,319 Speaker 2: I think you got Yeah, I think you got to 155 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:42,879 earn it. I think you got to show it. You 156 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,920 got to earn it. And yeah, there was there's an 157 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,920 example I showed yesterday of Glasger of him playing with 158 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:51,879 this edge, and uh, and I told everybody it just 159 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:54,120 didn't happen overnight, Like Glasger just didn't show up and 160 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,720 all of a sudden that he had to He had 161 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,480 to go through it his first year in twenty twenty three, right, 162 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:01,480 he had to go through being a backup and you know, 163 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,279 going and making mistakes and learning the hard way a 164 00:08:04,279 --> 00:08:06,240 couple of times. And then he gained more of that 165 00:08:06,279 --> 00:08:08,000 as he played more in twenty four and then you 166 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,720 know last year in twenty five. But it just yeah, 167 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,560 it's turned over time. Man. It doesn't just happen. You've 168 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,639 got to earn that through not just hard work in 169 00:08:13,639 --> 00:08:15,399 the weight room and on the field, but also just 170 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:17,639 knowing what to do and you got to make plays. 171 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: Yep. 172 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 3: Humans are creatures of habit, right, No one likes change 173 00:08:23,199 --> 00:08:26,720 in the human, you know, amongst Homo sapiens, and so 174 00:08:26,879 --> 00:08:29,319 there were some changes, right. You get an opportunity to 175 00:08:29,319 --> 00:08:32,559 be DC and we've brought in some new coaches. Tell 176 00:08:32,639 --> 00:08:35,039 us about some of the coaches that are coming in 177 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,320 and why they were the right fit for you and 178 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:37,960 your defense. 179 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll start with Chad Kaha. Like Chad's been with us, 180 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,039 Chad is a season season that when it comes to 181 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,200 coaching defensive ends and outside backers, and he's coaching big 182 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,879 time guys from his time at Utah Wisconsin to when 183 00:08:55,879 --> 00:08:57,919 he went to USC and UCLA. And so he's been 184 00:08:57,919 --> 00:08:59,960 with us the last three years and he's his role 185 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,120 what increased each each year. Last year he's kind of 186 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,639 like our past rush specialist and really you know, helped 187 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:09,080 kind of our our whole entire defense go to the 188 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,639 next level and get I think we got over thirty 189 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:13,320 sacks a year ago. And you know it was a 190 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,039 lot with just the work that he put in with 191 00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:17,039 those guys. And so now he's he's going to be 192 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,960 over those outside backers and edge guys that I had 193 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,399 over the last couple of years, and and I think 194 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,559 he's I think he's exceptional with that. And so I 195 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:27,519 really like just his experience and just his attention to 196 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,480 detail in the way that he does things with those guys. 197 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,360 And then the two the two back end guys, I'm 198 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,240 extremely excited about, being very impressed. We've all been together 199 00:09:36,759 --> 00:09:39,960 as a staff now for two weeks and uh and 200 00:09:40,039 --> 00:09:41,799 really three weeks. I would say we've been together for 201 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:44,960 three weeks. And and Louis Walker coming from North Dakota 202 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,159 State that was at Mamath, that has some Utah tiys. 203 00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:53,279 He has great energy, great detailed, very smart. He's a 204 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:55,279 guy that was that's been a coordinator before, right, so 205 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,639 he he knows defensive football. And he's not not just 206 00:09:57,919 --> 00:10:00,240 the back end, he knows front play. And and then 207 00:10:00,759 --> 00:10:02,679 the Mario Warren that's, you know, the guy that I 208 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:05,080 very first hired, that I told myself a long time 209 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,440 ago if I could ever hire anybody as a coordinator, 210 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,039 he probably my first started just how how impressed I 211 00:10:10,159 --> 00:10:11,720 was with him when I was at Boise State. And 212 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,080 a guy that has head coaching experience, he's also called 213 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,919 defenses before, and he'll he'll be heavily, heavily involved in 214 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,480 our past game and uh calling the shots of how 215 00:10:21,519 --> 00:10:22,879 things are going to be done on the back end, 216 00:10:22,879 --> 00:10:24,679 and uh, you know this has been new for him. 217 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,399 It's uh, you know, he's been more of a two 218 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,799 high cover two, cover four type of guy and playing 219 00:10:30,919 --> 00:10:33,960 more one high, you know, man free cover three and 220 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,600 some of this one high stuff that we do here. 221 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,159 It's been new for him and he's had to adjust 222 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,879 and he's been uncomfortable. So uh, it's it's been There's 223 00:10:40,879 --> 00:10:42,080 been a change for a lot of us. But I 224 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,320 think that's where growth happens. Growth happens when you have 225 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,519 to go through that change. And so yeah, it's exciting. 226 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:48,879 I'm excited about the staff that we have, and I 227 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:51,120 think we've messed really well together over the last couple 228 00:10:51,159 --> 00:10:53,080 of weeks that we've been together. And yeah, we started 229 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,840 spring ball here in a couple of days and we're 230 00:10:54,879 --> 00:10:56,720 ready to rock and roll and get this thing going. 231 00:10:57,639 --> 00:11:01,039 Speaker 3: Love that breakdown, Kelly pinga defensive coordinator here on your 232 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,360 Utah ESPN Radio Network. A couple of things I want 233 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:08,279 to ask you. You broke down the coaching staff and 234 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:13,840 maybe the skill sets that they provide to the team, 235 00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:17,960 the roster, and uh one of the things I thought 236 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,360 was interesting. So initially to Mario Warren was maybe hired 237 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,840 to be the cornerbacks coach. But then you know, something changed, right, 238 00:11:26,279 --> 00:11:28,440 I don't know if what the what was that process 239 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:34,120 like to figure out skill sets and best best personnel 240 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,600 to oversee your defense from a position group standpoint. 241 00:11:38,639 --> 00:11:43,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I you know when I when I try to 242 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:45,759 think of the best way it is when Gennaro decided 243 00:11:45,799 --> 00:11:49,559 to leave and go to Michigan, I thought for sure 244 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,440 to Mario was going to be going to be our 245 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,919 corners coach. And then the more I was around him 246 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,919 and then just seeing his understanding of the back end 247 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,720 as we were talking through our defense. So there was 248 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,480 about a week or two there where we were just 249 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,399 all alone. We didn't have anybody else hired. Soon I 250 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,360 was here still, but we were talking more coverage stuff 251 00:12:07,879 --> 00:12:10,919 and we were as we were going through that and 252 00:12:10,919 --> 00:12:13,480 I was teaching them the defense, I just thought, man, 253 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,840 it would be it would be great if we could 254 00:12:15,879 --> 00:12:18,440 find a great corners coach and to make this guy 255 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,519 a safeties coach, because I think you can coordinate the 256 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,440 back end in the pass game a lot better from 257 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,840 a safety position coach rather than a corners position coach. 258 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:28,399 I just think they they the safeties a lot of 259 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,879 times in the back end, they're making the calls and 260 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,519 telling the corners what to do, right, So I found 261 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:33,639 it would be a lot better if that was coming 262 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:35,799 from the safeties coach rather than him, you know, being 263 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:37,799 the corners coach. And so as I went through the 264 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,000 interview process and started interviewing all these different guys, that's 265 00:12:41,039 --> 00:12:42,639 when I found Lewis and I was like, holy cow, 266 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,320 we can get this guy to coach our corners and 267 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,039 at the Mario coach the safeties. That's that's the combination 268 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,320 that we had. And we had a lot of really 269 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,120 good candidates. There was a lot of really good guys, 270 00:12:51,879 --> 00:12:54,320 guys that I'd worked with before and guys that I 271 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,080 coached with before that are all really good coaches. And 272 00:12:57,159 --> 00:12:58,639 I had never coached with Lewis, and so it was hard. 273 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,000 It was really that was a really hard to say 274 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,320 for me to make because I had some really good 275 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,120 friends and guys that had worked with before that were 276 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,879 very good, and really the hire a guy that I'd 277 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:11,039 never worked with before and really didn't know that was 278 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,240 that came highly recommended, and as we went through the 279 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:16,120 interview processes and we talked, I thought Lewis would be 280 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:19,320 he'd be an exceptional fit here. I thought he'd fit 281 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,440 really well with de Mario. And I knew that he 282 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,279 was also going to be loyal to Kilwey and to 283 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,360 a Rod and to the staff because he's been with 284 00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:28,279 those guys from day one when he was a player 285 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:30,759 at the University of Utah. So I just felt like 286 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,240 there was a lot of positives. And then just with 287 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:35,399 his Utah ties, I just thought there was a lot 288 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:37,519 of things that he brought to the table. East Coast 289 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,159 recruiting he's got. I mean, we're already recruiting guys from 290 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,279 the East Coast now just because of his ties that 291 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:43,559 he had when he was at Mama Thing, when he 292 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,039 was at North Dakota State recruiting out there. So there 293 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:49,559 was just a ton of positives that came from hiring him. 294 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,600 And at the end of the day, you know, me 295 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:53,000 and Clonie talking it through, I just thought it was 296 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,759 a no brainer. I thought he, for sure, far and 297 00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:58,759 away was the best candidate for us in this moment, 298 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,039 right and nothing against any of those other coaches. I 299 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:03,399 think those other coaches that interview were great and are 300 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:06,440 gonna be very successful whatever they do. But at this moment, 301 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,240 in this time of where our program was and what 302 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,159 our staff needed, I thought Louis was the best best 303 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,519 fit with tomorrow and you know the rest of our staff. 304 00:14:14,159 --> 00:14:17,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, for cornerbacks, you know, it seems like they're always 305 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:20,320 looking for like a technician to give me all the techniques, 306 00:14:20,399 --> 00:14:23,879 give me all the footwork, what expound maybe on what 307 00:14:23,919 --> 00:14:27,759 maybe Lewis can provide there, because Gennaro was always uh 308 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,919 labeled as that technician and developer. 309 00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:34,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Lewis there's you know you and 310 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,039 Lewis's he's pretty young dude man, and he's I think 311 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,200 he can mesh really well with our players. I think 312 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,559 he relates to him really well. And I think, you know, 313 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,799 immediately he's gained their respect as he's come in, and 314 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,080 I think, you know, I think as soon as a coach. 315 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,840 So players players are funny now, they know they know 316 00:14:52,919 --> 00:14:55,559 immediately if you can coach or not. You sit in 317 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,000 one meeting for five minutes and you're like, oh, yeah, 318 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:00,600 this guy can coach or he can't coach, right, And 319 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:03,519 so day one he came out of their first meeting 320 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:06,519 and first walked through, and and you know, the DVS 321 00:15:06,519 --> 00:15:08,080 were like, oh, yeah, goes, this is this is the 322 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,639 guy right here. This is who we needed, This is 323 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:13,840 who we wanted. And I think, you know, nothing against General. 324 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,279 General was a great coach and they did a great 325 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,120 job with those guys. But this is you know, like 326 00:15:18,159 --> 00:15:21,240 you said, sometimes a new voice brings new ideas and 327 00:15:21,519 --> 00:15:23,559 challenges guys in different ways. And you know, he just 328 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:25,720 coaches guys different Everybody coaches in different ways and has 329 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:29,000 different styles, and so this style of coaching and the 330 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,320 way that Lewis is going to do it, I think 331 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,639 is gonna sit really with our players. And at least 332 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:34,519 the feedback from the a couple of weeks that he's 333 00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:36,159 been here has been really good for the players. And 334 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,240 so we'll see how it goes. Man, everybody's kind of 335 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,440 in the honeymoon phase right now. You know, when we 336 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,000 get on the field, when we get on the field 337 00:15:42,039 --> 00:15:44,960 on Friday, and then we'll see when the bullets start 338 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,759 being a little live out there and actually, you know, 339 00:15:47,919 --> 00:15:49,840 play football, we'll see how it goes. But as far 340 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,120 as walkthroughs and meetings and those things have gone, I 341 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,039 think we're right where we want to be at this point. 342 00:15:55,799 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 3: A couple other things as it relates to the coaching 343 00:15:57,879 --> 00:16:02,320 staff that I find intriguing everyone. All the Boa fans, 344 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:07,000 they love pressure, You love pressure being a linebacker, and 345 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,639 and uh, you know, just getting after quarterbacks, et cetera. 346 00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:14,360 Chad K he's been there, he's been a part of 347 00:16:14,399 --> 00:16:16,639 the squad. But what does he bring maybe to the 348 00:16:16,679 --> 00:16:19,000 outside edge guys and the techniques that he employs and 349 00:16:19,039 --> 00:16:21,120 the coaching at the form of fashion which he coaches. 350 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,039 Speaker 1: Uh, and and what type of impact do you think 351 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,039 coach Chad k can make? 352 00:16:25,639 --> 00:16:28,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's between the outside backers and the 353 00:16:28,799 --> 00:16:31,399 inside backers that we have. I think we've I think 354 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,440 we've done a really good job as the staff recruiting 355 00:16:33,919 --> 00:16:35,799 and so I think there's really good talent at both 356 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,519 of those positions. And I think Chad is going to 357 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,879 bring an opportunity to be able to We're gonna be 358 00:16:42,879 --> 00:16:45,759 more versatile, I think than we've been, meaning in that way, 359 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:47,639 I think there's gonna be times kind of like how 360 00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:49,559 we use glass at times where there's times where it 361 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,759 looks like he's outside backer at times where he's inside backer. 362 00:16:51,799 --> 00:16:53,279 But now we're gonna be able to do that with 363 00:16:53,399 --> 00:16:57,919 multiple guys, and I think that's gonna be uh you know, 364 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,159 that's a big part of why I moved the inside 365 00:17:01,159 --> 00:17:03,200 backers because of my experience with outside backer and the 366 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,039 inside backers being able to do that too as well, 367 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,160 being able to go back and forth. And that's when 368 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,000 it gets hard for offenses when they can't identify whosho, 369 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:12,160 who's the inside backers the outside backer. And if you 370 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,599 watch the NFL and and if you looked and saw 371 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:17,559 what kind of the Patriots do with Kyle Banoay, it's 372 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:20,440 kind of a similar similar concept, right where what is 373 00:17:20,519 --> 00:17:23,039 Kyle is then outside backer, he's an inside backers kind 374 00:17:23,039 --> 00:17:24,720 of like what we did to Kyle with Kyle back 375 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:26,359 in the day. And we were doing that with Glassger 376 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,839 last year and Nucie at the end of the year. 377 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,359 So it's nothing new, but I think we're now going 378 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,599 to be able to do that with more guys and 379 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,759 be able to hide guys in positions that typically you know, 380 00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:38,480 offensives might think they're, you know, an inside backer, but 381 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,400 they're an outside backer. Hey, this guy was an outside 382 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,200 backer's played four now he's an inside backer. So being 383 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,119 able to have that versatility. I think Chad brings that, 384 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,200 but I mean his specialties as rush and h I 385 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,000 think those guys are you know, from Hunter Klegg to 386 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,079 the new seed, the tall Seely. I think those guys 387 00:17:54,079 --> 00:17:55,880 that played force last year, I think are going to 388 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,680 have just a new way to hear. I mean, you know, obviously, 389 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,880 you know, you know I'm leaving that room, but I 390 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,640 think a new voice going in there for those guys 391 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,759 is going to be doing It's going to help those guys, 392 00:18:05,759 --> 00:18:07,160 you know, hopefully take the next step to be great 393 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:07,920 football players. 394 00:18:08,599 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 3: Justin Ena taking over a special teams coordinator, and I 395 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,200 mean up to this point, I haven't seen anything official, 396 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,720 but he's not He's just coaching special teams. He's not 397 00:18:16,759 --> 00:18:19,519 taking a position, correct, Yeah, yep. 398 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,279 Speaker 1: So co why. 399 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,279 Speaker 2: Coach Enna's playing are doing special teams because I think 400 00:18:24,279 --> 00:18:25,880 we wanted to just get to a guy that just 401 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,799 coached special teams. So I think that probably was gonna 402 00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:30,839 end up being my role. If every everything ended up 403 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,920 staying the same as my guests to where and you 404 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,440 could hire another assistant coach, right, So instead of having 405 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,000 ten full time assistant coaches, now we have eleven plus 406 00:18:41,039 --> 00:18:43,480 the head coach, which makes you know, twelve full time 407 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,680 guys and and really, you know more with the unlimited 408 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,559 amount of coaching positions that the NCA has given us. Now, 409 00:18:51,559 --> 00:18:52,960 I think that's going to even get bigger. I think 410 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,799 there's going to be other roles that are going to 411 00:18:54,799 --> 00:18:58,119 continue to increase, increase your on my, on my, our staff, 412 00:18:58,559 --> 00:19:01,039 and so we'll see, Yeah we're goes. But yeah, Justin's 413 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:02,359 a great coach. He's done a great job. But I 414 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,920 think he's kind of the same deal. I think he's 415 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,759 excited for you know, I don't want to speak for him, 416 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:07,839 but kind of the same deal, excited for kind of 417 00:19:07,839 --> 00:19:09,480 a new adventure and a new way to learn and 418 00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:10,119 grow as a coach. 419 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 3: From a schematic standpoint, defensively, over the last few years, 420 00:19:14,519 --> 00:19:16,279 how would you describe the defense? 421 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 1: Uh? 422 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 3: Is it a three four? Is it a four to three? 423 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,599 Is it a three three five? Is it multiple? 424 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 2: You know? 425 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: How is it? By forget a BUYU? 426 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 3: Fans are always asking me these questions, and I'm like, Hey, 427 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,240 this is what it looks like to me, and what 428 00:19:28,319 --> 00:19:28,880 will it be? 429 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,519 Speaker 1: What will it look like going forward? 430 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 2: Do you think the best way that I can describe 431 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,759 it is klan all right. 432 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: I just know that, all right. 433 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 2: I don't know how other way to say it. But 434 00:19:42,079 --> 00:19:44,440 something in that, something in the middle of that, something 435 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:46,200 right in the middle of that is what it'll be, 436 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,279 something like that. So it'll be it'll be a mixture 437 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:51,480 of a bunch of stuff I've I've learned over the years. 438 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:54,640 But we're not going to depart, you know, too far 439 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,319 from our base of what we've done here the last 440 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,440 couple of years. And that's just that's just who Klanie is. 441 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,079 And you know, Coach as with us, and that's who 442 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,920 he is. And and they've taught me a ton over 443 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,079 the last couple of years. And Coach Hill I got it. 444 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:08,880 I mean I get a good that guy credit. He's 445 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,519 taught me a ton and just the scheme of things 446 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:14,440 and and and you know, just to I think everybody 447 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,400 just needs to understand, like at the end of the day, 448 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,519 you know, Coach Will leaves and he left this place 449 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:21,720 in a great spot. But Coach Will learned this defense 450 00:20:21,759 --> 00:20:24,200 from Coach Anderson, he learned it from Kilanie. They all 451 00:20:24,279 --> 00:20:26,599 learned it from Kyle Whittingham, right, So it's it's that 452 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,359 whole tree, right, So It's not like because Coach Hill 453 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,319 left and all of a sudden, this this whole defense 454 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,920 is gone. Like two of the main creators of this 455 00:20:34,079 --> 00:20:36,519 defense are still in this building, right, and so getting 456 00:20:36,519 --> 00:20:39,519 feedback from those guys every single day. Coach Anderson's in 457 00:20:39,559 --> 00:20:44,319 our staff meetings every single day. Kilanie is in meetings 458 00:20:44,319 --> 00:20:46,079 when he can when he's not doing head coach stuff. 459 00:20:46,319 --> 00:20:47,880 I mean, he was in my position meeting all day 460 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,519 to day with the linebackers, right, So he's super passionate 461 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:52,839 about that. So having him that voice in there with 462 00:20:52,839 --> 00:20:55,119 me is awesome and we see things very very similar, 463 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,839 which is good. And so just that involvement and they're 464 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:02,279 voices and their experiences that they have in this defense, 465 00:21:02,319 --> 00:21:07,000 I think just gives gives myself as a new decordinator 466 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,680 of an advantage from two guys that have done the 467 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,240 scheme in the system for a very long time. 468 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 3: Before we get to kind of an overarching kind of 469 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:22,000 going into the off season training, uh, you know, springball conversation. 470 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:24,759 Who stood out to you in the off season? I 471 00:21:24,799 --> 00:21:27,039 know that hey, champions can be made in the weight 472 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,599 room and in the strength and conditioning room. Who's stood 473 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,440 out to you on the human performance side of things. 474 00:21:31,599 --> 00:21:33,759 After all, you were going to be a human performance 475 00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:37,440 coach before you got roped into this college football coaching game. 476 00:21:38,519 --> 00:21:42,279 Speaker 2: I know, yeah so, And I think As has been 477 00:21:42,319 --> 00:21:47,799 great man. He's strong, super strong kid, great leader. He 478 00:21:48,279 --> 00:21:50,400 stood out to me probably more than anybody. But I 479 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,039 think even even our other leaders like our corners positions. 480 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:55,640 I've been really impressed with Evan. Evan Johnson's put on 481 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,240 some weight and some strength and some speed. He's looked 482 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:01,839 really good, and leadership qualities have been awesome. Raider to 483 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,839 Mooney on follat Ou saying, like the guys that you 484 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,440 thought were going to be that are great per ut 485 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,440 players for so those guys, those guys have had great 486 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,640 off seasons. And so I would say if I were 487 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,960 to pick one guy that's come out of nowhere and 488 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,799 as surprised the heck out of us as far as 489 00:22:16,839 --> 00:22:19,240 just being ready to play in good shape, is uh. 490 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,079 Jake Clifton are the transfer from Kansas State, just came 491 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,640 home off a mission, got home in December, was here 492 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:30,519 eager to go in January. And he is He is 493 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:33,039 impressive man, and he moves well. He's big, he's strong, 494 00:22:33,079 --> 00:22:34,920 he's fast. He just power clean. He just I mean, 495 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,720 he's been home a mission from a mission three months 496 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,519 and he's just power cleean the other day three thirty five, 497 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,559 which is really really hard to do for anybody, but 498 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,240 especially the guys that's just been home off a mission 499 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,720 for two months, three months. So I'm excited to see 500 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:48,640 him continue to progress and just the few things that 501 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,359 we've been able to do with them so far. I'm 502 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,799 excited about his movements and his leadership and his personality, 503 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,440 like he fits in really really well with what we 504 00:22:57,519 --> 00:22:59,960 do here. And yeah, just you know, one of those 505 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,400 one of the surprises. Man, you usually think a missionary 506 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:03,960 is going to take about a year or so to 507 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,559 be able to clean you know what. He cleaned the 508 00:23:05,599 --> 00:23:07,960 other dat power clean that. And he made it look 509 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,039 easy too as well. So I'm excited about that new guy. 510 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 3: Overarching questions, this is a team question that I think 511 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,119 you guys. 512 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: Talk about a lot. Continual consistent success. 513 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 3: How do you balance the success eleven to two, twelve 514 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,119 and two back to back seasons. You try to leverage 515 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:29,160 that positive positively recruiting public relations, getting fans and donors engaged, 516 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:29,559 et cetera. 517 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,599 Speaker 1: But from a. 518 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 3: Team standpoint, you know, still instilling like this, humble, hungry, 519 00:23:35,079 --> 00:23:39,279 you know, compartmentalizing that these seasons are siloed in, they 520 00:23:39,279 --> 00:23:42,279 are individual. You have to create the championship season in 521 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:44,000 the success right now. 522 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you said it already, man, Look at that's 523 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,400 Kalanie's message, that's one of our core guys in Principal's years. 524 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,119 To stay humble and stay hungry. And honestly, it doesn't 525 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,319 matter what we've done in the past, nothing, none of 526 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,519 that matters. Nobody cares, I promise you right now, nobody 527 00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,640 in the big twelve pairs how good we were the 528 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,799 last years. What matters is the work that we put 529 00:24:02,799 --> 00:24:05,759 in right now, the belief and confidence we build with 530 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:08,119 each other over the next couple of months as we 531 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,799 get ready for the season, and we got to prepare 532 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,319 and we got to go earn it, and it's not 533 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,160 going to be given to us. And so I think 534 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,960 our guys are hungry, and I think they're anxious. I 535 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,440 think they're anxious to prove that we're better than what 536 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,480 we showed, you know, especially in those two games against 537 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,279 Texas Tech. But those games I think we were necessary. 538 00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:25,640 They were necessary. We had to go through that to 539 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,039 be able to learn and grow to get to where 540 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:29,279 we want to now. And so if we handle it 541 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:31,359 the right way, then I believe it's going to help 542 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,359 us take us to the next level. And so I 543 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,960 tell our guys all the time, Man, we don't we 544 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,000 don't need to go around and tell everybody how good 545 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:40,039 we think we're going to be. All we need to 546 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:42,160 do is go talk or go do the work and 547 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,440 not do any talking. There's no talking necessary. And that's 548 00:24:44,759 --> 00:24:47,559 that's one thing that I think in the past here, 549 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,240 not just any team, but I just think people get 550 00:24:50,319 --> 00:24:53,000 so overhyped about the offseason and just all this guy's 551 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,920 coming back and this guy's coming back. It doesn't matter 552 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,880 who's coming back. At the end of the day, everybody 553 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,200 still has to put in the work and go through 554 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,400 the process to be great. There's been there's been great 555 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,400 teams here in the past that have had great depth 556 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,680 that went eating five or went you know whatever, nine 557 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,720 to four or whatever. So we want to take this 558 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,920 this depth that we have, in this experience that we 559 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,839 have and take it to a whole other level. And 560 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:16,960 we got to go earn it every single day, right, 561 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 And so Friday is kind of that first step and 562 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,279 really in the next phase, right, We're moving from the 563 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:25,079 off season winter phase conditioning into now springball. That's the 564 00:25:25,079 --> 00:25:27,079 next phase. And we gotta we gotta win, win the 565 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,200 day every single day. 566 00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:31,559 Speaker 3: And uh, and they're putting in the work just so 567 00:25:31,599 --> 00:25:35,799 everybody knows, uh full transparency. The band of brothers tried 568 00:25:35,839 --> 00:25:38,400 to get together and like do a little lunch with 569 00:25:38,559 --> 00:25:41,319 K Pop and he's like, guys, I have to cancel. 570 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: I'm way too busy. 571 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,559 Speaker 3: I'm like, the only way we're gonna be able to 572 00:25:43,559 --> 00:25:46,440 get together and celebrate a K Pop becoming the defense 573 00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:49,240 coring is if we meet at the y Mountain at 574 00:25:49,319 --> 00:25:51,559 four thirty am for a quick run up the hill 575 00:25:51,839 --> 00:25:52,480 like old. 576 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: Times, only only if Bronco Menenham meets us there and 577 00:25:56,319 --> 00:25:58,640 meets That's the only way. That's the only way we're 578 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,720 doing it. So we got to get we gotta get 579 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,519 an invite from Bronco. You gotta try to beat us, 580 00:26:03,559 --> 00:26:04,960 because I guarantee you all of us are gonna be 581 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:05,839 able to beat them to the top. 582 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,839 Speaker 1: Yes we will be, Yes we will be the only time. 583 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 3: This might be the only time in our lives that 584 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,839 we can see that Yep, amen to that cape appreciate 585 00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:16,160 you hopping on. Congratulations on becoming the defensive coordinat Excited 586 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,480 to look at the defense at springball. 587 00:26:17,519 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 2: Thank you all right, guys, appreciate you. 588 00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: There you go. 589 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 3: That's Kelly Pavina, defensive coordinator BYU Cougar Football. Let's call 590 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,839 that a segment. 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