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one still discussing all manner of coach talk, and guys
are going into the portal. It's that time. The portal
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quarterback is gone. I'll discuss with the guy sitting here
in just a second of what other people could go
and earn reminder. Caloney said this, and I do believe
this wholeheartedly. Guys that are going to the port aren't
gonna play just as simple. That's how it goes at
the end of the day. That's how it was when
I played rugby and I thought about going elsewhere playing time.
Everybody wants to play it. And it's not that those
players aren't good players. They just aren't gonna play here.
And that's just what it is. At the end of
the day. Look at the talent coming in and today.
These coaches have to keep their jobs. They have to
put the best product on the field. They have to
go win games. So as much as the relationships do matter,
those things, if you aren't able to perform, or if
I like to say my new phrase, if you piss
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behind you, it takes your spot. That's just the nature
of the business. Look, I took someone's spot when I played,
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a California Christmas.
Speaker 1: You definitely did, and you can travel off of the California. Uh,
definitely was a California Christmas. And then the wave just hit.
You know, I think, what is the start of this
week and over the weekend it just.
Speaker 2: Weather.
Speaker 1: I know you like the flip flop man, I got
shoes on and everything. So look, hey, we just got
to get through three months and then once we get
back to it, it'll be okay to get ready to go.
All right, let's just start there. Your thoughts on the
matter of you know, you heard the show yesterday, Bim
was discussing it Jay Hill and talks, you know, with Michigan.
Obviously it hasn't been reported, but it sounds like even
rumblings a Rod as well. All of this is crazy.
Speaker 2: So for me to start with, so I'll just make
it real clear, I am a J Hill guy.
Speaker 1: I am an Aaron Roderick guy. Yes you are.
Speaker 2: I am a Justin and A guy. I am a
general Guildford guy. I McLane Sataki. So when I say that,
that means wherever these guys go, I follow, you know.
Speaker 1: And so for me, these are these are my former teammates.
Speaker 2: These are guys that that I followed throughout their entire
coaching career. They changed my my whole perspective on the
University of Utah.
Speaker 1: I want him to win because my, my, my, we're coaching,
you know, and so things say.
Speaker 2: Obviously wanted to lose one game a year, you know,
but I wanted them to have success. And I still
want them to all be successful. And these guys are
gonna make good decisions based on what's best for them,
just like players do in the portal themselves. They jump
in the portal because the opportunities to play and get
the time. And the difference is the portal. You're limited.
You know, you got four years to play. You're limited,
so you might bounce around more. A coach has a
lot more flexibility in the amount of time that he
can coach.
Speaker 1: So do I think Jay Hill will go I'm on
the fence about it. You know.
Speaker 2: I know everyone's Oh, He's definitely gonna take it. Well,
I don't think that necessarily it's a it's it is
definitely a step up, but is it a better step?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: So when you look at what he has here? And
I know yesterday you guys said, well Jay's not a
b YU got.
Speaker 1: Yes he is?
Speaker 2: And now and the reason I say that Jay Grup
in Lehigh you know where did he go to Junior?
Call exactly what I said yesterday. If you're a Utah
guy growing up, you don't go to Ricks.
Speaker 1: You go to.
Speaker 2: Dixie back in the day, which is now Utah Tech,
or you go to Snow if you're gonna go J. C.
Rout in the state of Utah, you don't go to
Ricks when you're a.
Speaker 1: Utah If you are a Utah person, you ain't at
Rick Snow or you're you're at Dixie back in that day.
You know.
Speaker 2: So Jay grew up in Utah Valley and loves b
YU love BYU football. B why you should have scholarship
him straight out out of ricks? You know, it's you know,
he may not have been at Utah at that point,
but but anyway, so there's a lot for Jay to
figure out. He has here in Utah and with the
BYU fan base. I don't want to say flexibility, but
but I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: Cougar fan base has his back. It's more flexible. I
thinking schedule as well, but they have us back.
Speaker 2: Right, so things go wrong a little bit, we we
trust Jay's gonna pull it around and figure it out.
Give them another you know, it's not like, well, you
guys had a five and seven year, you're out forever.
You know, you go to Michigan and have a five
and seven year, you're done. You know, it's not it's
not or your defense isn't highly ranked and you're losing
games because of your defense. The people are calling for
your head because they don't love and respect you yet
you haven't earned their love and respect. You have here,
you know. So, so there's a lot to play into
that is money. The biggest factor. I don't think it
is when you're already in the two million dollar range
of year. I don't think that making two point eight
versus two million, but having the life that you want,
where you want to live.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of factors that are going
to it.
Speaker 2: But overall, if you know, the administration made their decision
that Kolonie Sataki is our man, right, so had Colon
had they not done that, then Jay Hill would be
our head coach right now, right So in making that decision,
now Jay's got some decision. Am I pursuing more head coaching?
Am I happy where I'm at? Am I happy and
healthy where I'm at? You know, so there's a lot
for him to figure out. I'll ask you an honest
question on that. And look, these guys are competitive. They
want to win at the highest level. They all want
to be the best.
Speaker 1: Do you feel Kline pushing it hard and getting it
and he deserves it, does not argue that. Do you
feel that maybe j C's did and says, you know,
and okay, well that's what it is. Then I'm going
to go elsewhere. Do you think that the thought could
come cross to mind. You I always thinking that in
competitive nature of col it.
Speaker 2: Just depends if that's what he If his ultimate final
goal is I want to be a head coach of
a nationally ranked football team, then yeah, then I would
say yes. If if he's realizing at this point that
that's not his ultimate goal and his ultimate goal is
to win a national championship, and maybe he has that
opportunity here better than moving in and kind of throwing
it in the ring and let's see what happens type
of deal.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll see. You know, it's there's a lot
to figure out.
Speaker 2: But then you and you look at a Rod, you
know that the you know, the fan base is probably
more behind j Hill, I think when you look at
them online, but I think the FAMI base is really
behind a Rod. It's just the haters are more vocal
and and the best part about the haters is reading
some comments of some of these guys and they was like, well, yeah.
Speaker 1: But on third down and fifteen and you call them
come on, you know?
Speaker 2: So anyway, so I think I think a Rod has
a has a lot to negotiate as well.
Speaker 1: It is important we keep these guys. I think it's important.
Speaker 2: I mean, you heard you listen to to uh bear
talk after the game. And what is he given the
credit to Right before Matt Mitchell left, he was given
credit to MAdM Yeah, so there, there's there's Uh. I'm
excited for the future and where things are going. But uh,
you know, I personally, I have favorites of of guys
that I like, and I'm gonna follow them wherever they go.
And I will be if Jay goes to Michigan, I
will be now following Michigan football.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: I'm Akila and Marrion, right, That's who I started following
Miami football, right, I'm a I'm a Jake Redsoff guy.
I enjoy watching Jake play. So I started following too Lane.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: Now I don't follow too Lane anymore because he's done right, but.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, but I follow.
Speaker 2: You know. That's the funny thing is is I've been asked,
you know, years ago, who's your NFL team? I'm like, man,
I even have one, you know, and people, wait a minute,
mahomes andything you don't want I have. I have players.
I like to watch players. I like to watch good football,
and I like to watch certain players. I follow players,
you know, So that's kind of how I am. And
and so i'm as I follow these guys and and
I want them to all be successful, and I want
them to have great careers, and and you know, whatever
decision they make, it's the right decision for them, you know,
And let's.
Speaker 1: Support and move move forward.
Speaker 2: And uh see what We've got a lot of a
lot of a lot of good opportunity moving forward here
regardless of what happened. We can bring in good guys
if we need to, if we're able to keep them.
Then the man, Brian Santiaguani the race, you know it
all right, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: Look if he's able to do it. And look, and
then you bring up a good topic that we that
is actually needed for debate. And you know, on the
Cougar basketball premimself talk to those of by you and
I said, hey, I would like to talk to Brian about,
you know, the basketball team with more bo athletics as
a whole at some point. And now that you bring
up it gives me an idea. If Brian's able to
retain j Hill and you keep a Rod and you
kept Kalani and he kept Kevin Young, all in a
calendar year that deserves a race, but no, no, bring you
keep all of your coaches. Come on, now, when does
that ever happen? And all of them are winning exactly, know,
so developing time, putting it in at the next level.
Speaker 2: So fun to watch is who's who's all coming back
and and transfer pot the windows opening. You know, it
doesn't it doesn't out as a by you fan as
it would a lot of other schools. You see it
was Iowa who's lost as they have one start something
like that.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: So what BYU and Kilani and his staff and the
administration are able to do is retain the guys that
they originally signed. You have guys coming through, so see.
But but my whole point of that transfer portal we've
talked before is is the guys that jump once, jump twice,
jump three times. You know that what's his name, Dali
from from Utah. Yeah, yeah, he's in the portal, I
mean he's where he's going. But once you jump once,
it becomes easy to jump again. Absolutely, we're keeping guys
that have the ability to transfer into maybe a bigger
school or a bigger league, and they're staying at BYU.
So that tells you something about the culture that's there,
because if it was just about chasing dollars and money,
they would all be gone. And I think that that's
happening at a lot of other schools. I mean, was
LSU's entire old line or five of their old linemen
just entered the portal and Lane Kiffin's coming in.
Speaker 1: I mean they, you know, so having conversations. Yeah, there's
a lot going on. And even the Michigan quarterback went
into the portal. Bryce Underwood is going to be staying.
But yeah, the guy by the backup he's gone and
he's good. He's good. He ain't in the back quarterback,
but he said, all right, I'm out. And it's just
it's hard to keep kids like at the North Texas
kid that played off. It's hard to get what do
we have? Two guys that have said they're leaving for sure,
and Jake Griffin. I think I think Griffin's in the portal.
I might have the name. I might have the name wrong.
It's an offensive lineman. I need to get the name
for the XI so I know, but it's an ol
lignement that wasn't that was looking for more time. He's
in the portal. The McKenzie twins are in the portal.
Did they both go. Yeah, Marcus announced that he plans
in ten, and you you'd have to think with Marcus
wants to play a corner, hasn't gotten opportunity. He has
been on special teams, but has also been dinged up,
been dealing I think with the lower you know, lower
leg injury what he's been dealing with. But look, that's
maybe a pack of jill you want to play with.
Brother Marcus is playing more than Dom. Who knows, but
let's keep it honest. They weren't going to play at
their position. That younger players are starting over them, and
there are younger players coming in aka the Pulitwins that
are going to play over you. Is just that simple, right,
Whether Jay stays or he goes, those guys are going
to come in and play over you. So they're leaving.
And then the last one we can get your thoughts
on offensive player. McKay Hill's dead. Everybody I think anticipated
that that he would go, and if you don't, you
live under a rock. But I saw this coming the
minute he lost the starting job and Barrels announce said
he will be in the board at the end of
the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and and go get some playing Go go find
a school that you can walk into and go play
football and.
Speaker 1: Stay to play for Broncos.
Speaker 2: I chase playing time, But back then it was a
lot harder to chase by time because you had so
many restrictions on where you can If you were going
from BYU to another D one, you had to sit
out a year, you know. So if you were going,
the only way you could do it was go down,
you know, to Division III and AIA or whatever in
order to play that next year. So so your your
options were limited a little bit more and what you
could and couldn't do. So today, with what they have,
I mean, go get playing time. You only get four
years to play football, you know, So go play if
you're gonna unless your dream was to be on this
team and your dream and you're there now and you're
okay with where you're at, then stay, you know.
Speaker 1: But if your dream is to play ball, go play ball.
Speaker 2: Go find a school that's going to give you the
opportunity to go in and start and play. Because they're
all great athletes, they wouldn't even be on the team.
So everybody on the team can play football, it's just
where they have their opportunity to do it. And the
kid's going to find a spot, you know, and and
and he'll probably have a great season. And what was
what was the safety that went to Montana? Can't think
of his name? Had a great year, a great He
wouldn't have played, he wouldn't have played and not.
Speaker 1: The same because he's a he's a great athlete. And
he started gettinghurt ando the guy started performing playing better.
So you won with those guys's and then and then
they're in. But so what did he do with Montana?
Speaker 2: Had a great year, you know, So he's gonna have
his memories are going to be a great senior year
playing football, not standing watching other.
Speaker 1: I got sacks, I guy interceptions. I had fun. Now
I sat on the cell line and I and I
that's the best way to get.
Speaker 2: Your playing time. I'm all for it. And by his
quarterback room is going to be fine. We're I think
we end up picking up somebody potentially in the portal
thatchuring guy.
Speaker 1: You need a thirty or fourth year guy coming as
welling to do that. Maybe that last I mean, we'll
we'll see.
Speaker 2: It's it's a hard one because you know you have
a bona fide starter in there. You're you're not coming
in necessary to compete, you know. So that's that's the
only hard, hard pill to swallow, like I'm going to
transfer to by you and compete to be in the
second straight, So that that's that's not an easy one
to to to get the best guy in.
Speaker 1: For and a quarterback young too, not like he's older.
In the chance that goes, it's not like you're like, oh,
it's like oh maybe, it's like it's like you're not
going to play for at all. And then you got
Emerson coming back from his missing It's like it's like,
you're not going to play politicially for what six years? Yeah,
you're not. You're not gonna You're not going to play
for six years because unless something happens with Bear and
then and we'll save this discussion for when Rider Duskin back,
because that's going to be a whole fiasca. It's you know,
does ride a red shirt? Always not got a red shirt?
Though he wants to play, You're not gonna play I'll
beat a junior and that's been balling his butt off. Look,
that's you're not trying to start the conversation. But I
bring it up with if your guy coming in, you
know you're you're not touching the field, you're gonna run
maybe scout. If you don't run, scout, but you're the
backup guy in the back of run scout. Definitely about it.
You might take what how many reps do you take
as a as a backup quarterback in practice?
Speaker 2: Because the third string runs well second and third still
second takes a lot of reps, a lot of because
if you're if your first string goes down, your second's
gotta be down there.
Speaker 1: So he's getting plenty of rep, plenty of reps. Cat.
Speaker 2: But the he with that is that if if you're
able to keep a rod and throughout throughout the time,
that that bears here. And then with Rider Lions, I mean,
if you imagine having a full year of preparation with
a Rider Lions learning from Bear and then going into
his freshman year, you know whether he I don't if
Ryder is all that he is is spoken to be,
he's gonna come out and he's not gonna be a
four year guy.
Speaker 1: Just like I don't think, there's also not gonna don't
think writer's gonna read share when he comes in.
Speaker 2: Well, it doesn't red Schert is great if you're gonna
play four more years, you know. But but if he
is what he's prepped up to be, and you know
he won't be for.
Speaker 1: He only needs to show that for two years. And look,
I also think looking I mean this in the nicest way,
and I'm not trying to, you know, be negative, but
they are getting hurt this year. If that becomes a
problem as you get older in the body and those things,
and you got the younger guy that has more eligibility.
Not so they would do this to Bearble You've seen this.
If you have it where it's that close and this
guy is kinged up or maybe he's thinking about going
to the next level, you don't have that young guy
do that because he's gonna come in day one and
you know, throw the football. So yeah, it's like I
go back to the Geirblehen and Jake thing we all thought,
including myself GB three. I still think that GB three
would have toured up. I still think that, but they
went with the dude that had more eligibility. And I
bring it up of I think injuries play a factor
and that happened to Michael Harper, like we talked about.
Speaker 2: No, I think that was the final I think that
was the final straw with Jake and and Gary was
the more another year had had they both had one year.
Speaker 1: I think Gary Gary would have won a hundred percent
you have if that's both there last year number three
one is the job you got two years, okay, And
I mean up until everything that occurred in the offseason,
b was gonna be A. They were supposed to be
number nine, Like that's what it would have been. Now.
Look Cougarnation, I tell you, I thought it was great
for both schools. Jake got to the CFP b A
did phenomenal. And I just want your thoughts on that.
The last freshman quarterback to throw for three thousand yards
was a man that is is in the playoffs right
now in a place for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Don't want
to national championship. Not saying Bart could do that, that'd
be great for b YU, but Trevor Lawrence was a
damn good quarterback in my opinion. Yeah, absolutely so. No,
We've got we've got a right future.
Speaker 2: It'll be fun to see what we are able to
do in the portal. I personally think we we we
should pull a running back or two and a wide
receiver or two. I think our wide receiver room is
very very good, but we we could use one or
two guys to come in and just elevate that that room.
And that could also be you know, some of the
freshmen coming in. But you know there there aren't a
lot of freshmen that contribute as well as like a
Bear Bryant or or not Bear Brightens as that Bear
bachbyer did you know this year? So we may have something.
We have some really good athletes coming in, so we'll see.
But I think it's good. You know, we we accomplished
more this year, in my opinion, with a little bit
less talent than we had last year.
Speaker 1: You got your twelfth one with your best and I
know you mean raw talent. You got your twelfth win.
What's your best player? Have a off season surgery? Yeah,
you got your twelve years best line your best linebacker,
which who you they held out because they didn't want
anything to happen. That's what you did that. So can
you imagine you get a healthy Isaiah Glaskar back. You
feel the other spot at linebacker, you get Shaye Bryant
strang back like he's coming back. You get that, which
is pivotal. I think for the defensive line, you justin
Kirkland will be healthy.
Speaker 2: I think we talked before about is is that your
decisions before to leave college early to go to the.
Speaker 1: NFL was to get paid period. That's that there was
nothing other you can get paid.
Speaker 2: Now you can get paid in college, likely the same
amount that you're going to make as a rookie. You
can take that an insurance policy, so if you get injured,
you still get paid period.
Speaker 1: You know. So there's and.
Speaker 2: If you're already getting paid in college that much, you
can afford that policy, right, and so you do it.
And so there there's you know, I imagine sitting in
the locker room with everybody and going, guys, what do.
Speaker 1: You need to come back? Like as a player to player,
like what do you need?
Speaker 2: Because I'm gonna go to Klonnie and I'm gonna go
and you look, we want all these guys back.
Speaker 1: How do we keep them Let's keep everybody together, and
how do we keep everybody happy? With Mark?
Speaker 2: Once a ton of USA comes said I'm coming back
and LJ when he announced what he's doing if he
if he ends up coming back, it's like all that
does it.
Speaker 1: I think it's a domino.
Speaker 2: Everybody who was going to like glasses, I think I'm
coming back to with this group, you know, and and
everyone had that had a breakout. You're is gonna get paid,
you know, so there's and you're the top dog like
you when you go to the NFL. You're now in
this group of apex predators rights everywhere, and you are not.
You have to prove that you are an apex. With
all these guys right now here at b YU, you're
all apex. You know, you are the top of the
you are. Enjoy your time in college. Enjoy the football
experience that you have. Enjoy it, enjoy it. Let's keep going,
you know, and then and then go get your go
go feed the NFL, you know, go go make your
mark there. But enjoy because you can't come back, well
unless you're in the NBA. I guess you can come
back now, but you know, in the NFL, oh my gosh.
But anyways, it's you know, I feel like you enjoy it. Now,
get it. Enjoy the time with your boys where life
doesn't matter. As much. There's not a lot of worry.
And our worries back in college were financial. You know,
they had those worries. Imagine being able to be a
football player in a D one school with all your
boys hanging out playing NCAA football on your Xbox all
day while you're getting paid like look every day, right
because we can afford it, Like you know, these guys
have it really really good and and well that would
be awesome to be in those positions where you could
come back and be that APEX top dog and and really,
you know, set the mindset together, bring everybody back, figure
out what we need and there's no reason why we
kept be in the playoffs next year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I I think a plan order, Dame, you do
what you did this year, and look, I look at
the schedule next year. I'm being honest. I'm not trying
to have hyperbolely farewell. This team could go un defeated
next year very well with or without, you know, I
think j.
Speaker 2: Hill and though, but we've got the schedule.
Speaker 1: You bring people back. A lot of coaches and players
have left and all the best part about this a
lot of those games at home, you get Iowa State
at the crib. You get Arizona and Arizona State at
the crib to twelve in order, Dame. Those are all
going to be night games. It's tough for teams to
play at night in Laville. I don't care what anyone
says with Kalani well what they do and look, even
if they lose Jay Hill or not, you think about
the defense line. You got Keanu Justin kirk and will
hopefully be healthy. You get JT back for his last year.
He gets one more. I think a Nisi Purcell said
one more to go. So you get all of those
guys back. You had a few more pieces. Nowsy's coming side,
Hunter Clegg had a good season. You got these young
bucks coming up. You got you got only dB. He
lives on the corner. You Lois Bomba Bomby. Yes, you're
gonna have to figure to replace that.
Speaker 2: But but you but he was road. He was kind
of the goal line inside the twenty guy come in.
You're gonna have to figure out. The Trays is kind
of let you down the season. Tray is gonna be
bigger and stronger. Already put on a you know.
Speaker 1: Straight fifteen pounds, gonna put on another he's.
Speaker 2: Gonna be a two hundred and fifteen pounds six foot three.
Speaker 1: Corner that can. I be honest, I'm not saying he's
this player, but it's gonna give you Sauce Gardner like vibes,
long b like that cosausa sixty three, built like that
Bill like two ten, two fifteen as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so yeah, I played against a couple of guys
that are that big, you know, and as a receiver
going against the guy who's six three and two ten,
it is very very It's it's intimidating off the ball
when you're lined up and you're barely six foot point eighty,
you know, and you're going against the guy that that's
got thirty pounds on you and it's just as fast
and three inches.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it'll be. It's also going to Brandon
Browner the corner for U. What is it? I think
it's the that was the Seattle Seahawks. This dude six four,
two twenty one likes that's a corner. Like I was,
like duds a linebacker, bro stop playing with playing safety,
but he would. But that's what he was a big
body in that Seattle defense and because of the pieces
complimentary football. He locked dudes up, like we do.
Speaker 2: We keep our safeties. Yeah, you know, well if we
keep it, we have right now and.
Speaker 1: If you lose j Hill, you might lose volatile, you know.
Speaker 2: To be honest, maybe maybe, okay, maybe I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know why that's to become the biggest rumor.
I think because I think the reason why is that
one is I interviewed him during the season. He says,
Jay Hill wanted me. That's the reason I came to
be why you I love j Hill? The relationship there,
He's talked about it on other in his other networks
that he has in il deals with So because I
think he's been so vocal and Jay's been all I
love folatal He's a great player for us. Is that coin?
Speaker 2: I think it was a point and that's what he said. Yeah,
it was a coin. Foot So the love is only
as much as heads or tails. Good discretion anyway, We'll
leave it at that. But no, I love, I love
and I want them all back. Raider got.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he'll be a true junior. Tommy will be a
red shirt, uh freshman.
Speaker 2: So you got you gotta a pretty solid Yeah, I
mean you're only starters that you're losing on defense then Jack, Yeah,
I mean who else? Yeah, So if everyone wants to
come back now, and then you go to the offense.
Speaker 1: Who are you? Who are you starting because he's out
of eligibility because he's out of eligibility. Lose because he's
out of eligibility, right, so said?
Speaker 2: And then and then well you lose, you lose Chase
out eligibility, Chase Carson.
Speaker 1: So yeah, the guys that you're losing like you're to
your point or because they're out of eligibility, it's not
because it's not because they're just gonna leave one because
it sounds like, you know, I think you and I
are both on the same page. You're gonna get him back.
I g I think is in that boat of yeah,
gotta come back after having, you know, being dinged up.
So you're not losing guys because they're like, all right,
I'm out. They can't come back because they can't play
anymore if they if Carson had another season, he would take.
Speaker 2: It'll be interesting to see if the Pool Twins come
in the spring. I haven't heard I.
Speaker 1: Talked to the I think Devon Echo who we talked to,
who he had on the show and Legend Glaskar. I
think they might already be on campus because I think
they're coming in because you can, you can get it right,
you can come in right. Devon told us on the
show him and Legend Glaskar both were planning to come in.
So that's what he is. Damn good, gracious, I've said
that twice. This this is you. But and that's why
I agree with your point. Any one or two guys.
And that's why the the whide receivers are leasing leaving
because they look at Terrence Sarah and he's gonna get time.
They look at Legend Glasker, he's gonna come in and
compete right away. They look at the Polatino, he's gonna
come in and play. They got three guys, he's gonna
start competing more. But you think of who the assos
in the room. He's gonna get time now. Because of that,
she's gonna get so they might go get one guy.
Speaker 2: So the best part about that I have to talk
with uh with I can't even think of his name,
Tiger blackbre So after after Reggie got laid out on it,
they're just blindsided, laid out and and you see him
running off the sidelights. All you see is is Tiger
and the smile and smirking laughing about him.
Speaker 1: Getting laid out. I have to ask you about it,
but yeah, I mean that it was great. Hey, look
he went from you know snow to Weber to b Yu.
He's a good player. You have to have. You have
to have a big twelve moment when you get laid out.
How he got dropped and he got dropped it but
it's okay. Look and the reason why I brought up
his name is you started to see number seven get
more time. And I think you're going to see him
a lot next year with Chase. And that's why I
think they get one year. Tiger does have another year
that's his last year. Next year, I think he'll play
a bigger role. He will. And I say, this room
is like, that's why guys are leaving because you're like, Okay,
I have to look, if you're domb, if you're the
Mason you're looking at, I gotta beat out Legend. Okay,
I'm not probably gonna beat him out. I gotta be
out of Terrence. But they're they're already beating out the
guys that are back. And that's that's why if you're
not being out those guys, and that's why I say,
you already have dropped. So now you're looking at am
I going to be out these dudes coming in? No,
I'm not. So you're like, I'm gone.
Speaker 2: So the transfers to by you that have come out,
our guys, as we said, looking for playing, looking for
play because they're not gonna they're not gonna get it
where they're at now. Absolutely, But a lot of the
schools that the guys that are transferring our starters and
are players and they're they're leaving where they're starting. That's
a big difference what you have and that's that's culture.
Speaker 1: Well, you know what I love about this And I
know we got to get to break here. Uh well
now you get the break. I know we got it
in the show. But what I love about this is
this is great for Bronco. Look, Bronco I think is
going to take the McKenzie Twins. I think they'll stay
in the state. I think you'll tell you know, le
Mason Waller I think is a guy that can play
at Utah at the next level. Mean, he's a four
star guy. I think that guy can play there. But
this is great. I think for Bronco there are guys
like Look Jack Iicorn went up to there. You know
you saw mouse Hall who played great. Oh you could
you could have used Miles said, I'm tired of that
mousing up there. Great, you saw Landon Rico. Look all
of these guys. This is a great place. Like that's
what I say. Chale's at back Etho State. Would that
be a great place for you? So this is if
guys going into the portal, this is great because Bronco's
gonna take you. You're gonna play in the Mountain West. You're
gonna play still tough competition like the Boise States to
un l vs. You play Tex like Bronco has rapports.
So this is great. This is great. I don't think
this is bad of what's end all being.
Speaker 2: I think I got some guys that you thought. Matyra
Brown is the linebacker there. I grew up with his dad.
See guy's a baller. See, so this is this is great.
Speaker 1: Still for players who are gonna go into the port
aren't gonna get time. I still feel now that Broncos
is back in the state, it's a great place for
them to to be at a place. So, like you said,
you have playing time, but we'll see. But look, I
said this yesterday on the air, are reiterated right now.
At quarterback, wide receiver. You need to start acting like
the Georgia's. The Alabamas need to have talent and depth
from one all the way through five, six, seven, whatever
it is. This is no more of well, this guy
is someone that tried out for the team and picked up. Yeah,
you can have those stories here in there, but that's
over with. You need guys one through second.
Speaker 2: We need we need the ballers in high school that
are coming in. And that's the thing. We get the
right guys out of high school. They're staying, they're staying
saying that look at him, look at.
Speaker 1: Who was the wide receiver first? But but did he
he could have left? Oh he could set him out.
Could have been like Zion Allen who you roomed with.
The said by but Jacob Robinson said to stay tuned
and look what happened.
Speaker 2: Yeah, anyway, and then we've got a lot of good
stuff going on and you're excited about it, and let's
get through the Jay Hill negotiations. The A Rod negotiations.
Let's make sure we don't forget about and and pay.
Our recruiting coordinator Justin Anderson, like, let's go. Let's let's
get the guys that need need to be paid paid
and let's keep them and let's go win.
Speaker 1: Yep, And I think they definitely definitely will win. But
before we go up, before we end the show, tell
us how people can get in touch with you in Utah.
Will protect it from talk and they went over there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, dude, give us a call eight oh one, eight
hundred and ninety seven sixty seven.
Speaker 1: I'd love to help you out.
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variety of a little bit of everything.
Speaker 1: Bring your boat in if you want some boat protection,
we got that as well.
Speaker 2: So anyways, but yeah, we're we're uh it's winter and
uh it's it tends to be a little slower time,
but not not at UPF and we're slammed.
Speaker 1: So get it.
Speaker 2: Come in and and and you know, I'll tell you
what if you tell me and I don't get enough.
I need more people saying they heard us on the
bank credits show. I'll continue the fifteen percent off and
the no tax oh, so it's three quarter of all service.
Just got to mention it, like, come in and say,
I'm happy to give you that discount.
Speaker 1: So hey, look you heard the man from himself. He
said he's willing if people keep coming because they're busy
at UPF. If you keep doing it more tax don't
tell me you don't like, you don't want to, you
don't want to have your taxes. I always say tax,
let me jer pay your taxes. Look what go? Hey?
Look I always tell you guys, you want the eleven
percent for paying your thie, then this is the way
to get it. A youth ought protective bills. We thank
jar first time guys. We gotta close it out. I
gotta get off the airwaves. We've had a great show
this far. Shout out to everybody that joined us. We
discussed McKay Hillstead in the transfer portal B what you
backup quarterback talk. We have bradon Day, the CEO of
Odion Menzor, Sean Walker, Kissel dot Com, Blaine Anderson our
financial tax tomorrow with Advisor here at esp and the
fan JT for three and then of course Jared Bleszel
just joined us. And then of course Brett always bringing
the Hammer, was with me as well. We had a
star stud of cast for this Tuesday, December thirty edition.
Guys that will do it from us here. Will be
back tomorrow a New Year's Eve edition for a December
thirty first, it will be my birthday. We will be
ending the twenty twenty five season well over the greatest moments,
all of that, more that discussion tomorrow, guys, have a
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