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Speaker 2: Welcome and former BYU great one of the best gun
slingers to quarterback at BYU. We got John Beck on
the line. John, how you living?
Speaker 4: I'm doing good?
Speaker 3: Then, how are you guys doing fantastic? How was the
weekend in the back home?
Speaker 4: It was awesome. We actually had a Friday playoff win
and then ran up to the game on Saturday mornings,
so I actually got to be up there for the game.
I got in Saturday afternoon, went to the game, got
to be there to see Johnny Harlean do the national
anthem and the Cougars win, So it was pretty awesome.
Speaker 2: John, You and I have been working hard behind the
scenes trying to get Johnny Harlen on the football field
to melt our faces with that guitar solo.
Speaker 3: How validating was that.
Speaker 4: Yeah. I told Johnny before the game, I said, I
flew up here to watch this, and I'm catching the game,
you know, because I'm up here for his guitar solo.
So it was pretty awesome, you know, Like you said,
for years, we've been trying to talk to Duff and
a lot of people at UYU, and it's awesome that
Johnny on his own went to the tryouts and made
it happen. And I mean he crushed it. I think
the guy absolutely nailed it. So it was really cool
to see a teammate and friend do that.
Speaker 2: You played in the National Football League for a while, right,
And I think Johnny Harlen may have the biggest hands
that I've ever been around, and that includes a lot
of the offensive linemen that we played with.
Speaker 3: Man, he can just, i mean just.
Speaker 2: Cover the expanse of that less Paul guitar and really
melt faces with his solos.
Speaker 4: Yeah. You know what's funny though, I used to mess
around and play the guitar with Johnny here and there.
He has ginormous hands, which is great for catching, great
for pulbing and basketball. But I'm like how does he
actually get some of those, like the A cord is
not easy, Like there's certain chords with how big his
fingers are. I'm like, oh that I even have trouble
sometimes I'll tell us. I'm like, you know, he has
a great reach across the threats, but.
Speaker 5: Sometimes like he must have to adjust and use like
some special barkboards that are a little bit different, because
not only does he have big hands, but he's got
thick fingers and huge nailbits.
Speaker 4: So it's impressive. But that guy can do.
Speaker 3: Love it man, well, it was glorious to watch.
Speaker 2: Speaking of glorious BYU dominant victory, just what the doctor order,
especially considering after just the abysmal performance in Lubbing.
Speaker 3: What did you make of the performance? How good was that?
Speaker 4: I thought it was great. I was so impressed with
BYU's ability to create chunk plays in the offense, especially
in the past game. I thought this was a huge
game for bear Love. You know, you love to see
a quarterback have bounce back games. Every quarterback, especially young quarterbacks,
they're gonna take their lumps, you know, they're just gonna
have some games where things are a little bit off,
and maybe that throws them off a little bit, you know,
it feels like a struggle, which, okay, that was last week,
and it was great to come out. I thought he
made some really really good progression throws. I thought he
made some very accurate throws towards the sidelines. I loved
a Rod's aggressiveness in the play calls in trusting Bear
after a tough game to just come out and sling it,
especially on some first downs. I thought the offense did
a great job of getting yards after the catch. There
was just so many good things that happened. It was
great to see Bair you know, get another touchdown run
on that option play. I know against Texas Tech, it
felt like Bear's runs like they had a great plan
for that. So it was great to see him kind
of open back up and create some things with his legs. Again,
to me, this was a really good win for a
BYU team that's now trying to earn their way to
a conference championship game a back against Texas Tech, and
so this was a huge game in my mind for
the offense.
Speaker 2: Bear Bachmeyer highway do you evaluate his performance? He was
pretty guys shtang of fishing. I know you mentioned a
few things that you liked about Bear's performance this particular game.
He was I think he was second in QBR in
college football this week. Twenty three of thirty three two
hundred ninety six yards and what was that sixty nine
point seven percent completion percentage one touchdown, should have had
another one, and then he had ten totes for fifty
nine yards in an additional touchdown.
Speaker 4: I mean, that's about as good as you can play.
I mean, I know that we see the Mendosa kid
for Indiana, who probably was the number one guy right
this week. I think he only had two incompletions and
like four touchdowns. But you know, here we have a
young quarterback that to me, this has to be one
of his best games, if not his best game of
the season. And I know that, like you love the
performances that happen in tight ball games where critical players
are made in close ballgames to win him especially against
quality opponents. To me, this was a game that Byu
went in and you know, you have a lot of
the odds makers saying this could be a tough game
for Byu. I think you had some of the ESPN
people saying, is this a trap game? Could BYU actually
lose this game. And so for a young quarterback to
go out there and play as efficient as he did
and look like like I said, the receivers, they also
did a great job of getting yards after the catch.
I thought Bear made some progression throws that it's the
accuracy of a young quarterback as he progresses to number
two and number three in the progression. There are so
many guys young, even in college football, that when you
give them number one, they have enough reps. They're going
to go out there and they're going to throw a
really clean ball to number one. Okay, well, what do
they do when they have to progress? What do they
have to do when they have to move in the
pocket and progress to two and three? Are they accurate there?
And that's where I thought Bear did a really good
job this game on some of his progression throws of
throwing very accurate footballs.
Speaker 2: When you look at how he plays at home versus
on the road, why is it that that barries as
a true freshman and he plays well on the road,
There's no doubt, but he just elevated into almost an
elite status under the lights of Leavell.
Speaker 3: What happens under the lights of level for these quarterbacks.
Speaker 4: Well, you know, there's always that. I think that like
gamesmen competitive, like when you need to be at your best,
when you can feel that this is a moment that
I need to be dialed in. Sometimes that's when you
can fall into that light flow state, right like you
enter the field, you go through pregame warmups. You try
to just get yourself in that natural competitive place where
you aren't overthinking, your thoughts are clear, they're concise. It's
not too much, but it's just enough to execute the
game plan. The brain when it flows smoothly, you can
handle a lot effortlessly. Mentally, you are holding onto all
the information in your game plan. It doesn't feel like
you're balancing plates. It feels like it's retrievable, very easy.
And then also the creativity, your creativity of those those
plays when you have to make something as if you're
playing backyard football, that happens as well. And so I
think when a guy is in that state, it just
things happen. Things happen. It looks easy, it looks comfortable,
they look in control. And that's not to say that
there still won't be a few, you know, Like I know,
Bear had one where he was slide lefty through it.
He threw it a little bit low, like that's just football,
that's quarterbacking. You're not going to go out there and
hit absolutely everything, but you're going to be really efficient
when you're in that space. And it felt like that's
the space that Bear was in. And that's what I
like to talk about in terms of, you know, mental
and emotional performance. To come off of a game that
felt shaky, which I'm sure he felt shaky last week,
and to follow it up with this game that seemed
comfortable and precise and dialed in'. That's the great thing
about growth and a young quarterback.
Speaker 2: Are you seeing improvement from Bear on some of these
tougher throws, the opposite hash throws, the vertical throws, like
the seam up early in the game to Parker Kingston.
I thought that was a great ball. He had another
one where he went vertical, I think to Chase Roberts,
and Chase got a little bit tangled up, but I
thought the trajector was good and it was probably going
to be in the right spot for a catchuble play,
if you will.
Speaker 3: What do you make of his progress in that regard?
Speaker 4: Well, I think it's comfort as well. I know early
in this season there were a few balls down the
field that he wanted to be able to be more
accurate and being able to drive him, you know, more easily.
I think that as I've watched him throughout the course
of the season, you can sense the comfort in how
he's seeing the field. You know, you hear the term
all of the time. Well, when the game slows down
for a player, you can see it, you know, of
when the game is not too fast. And I think
what Bear right now is getting a really good feel
for what his eyes are seeing down the field, and
that comfort allows them for you to drive the ball
places confidently and stretch people down the field knowing I
have that window or knowing this is where I got
to take my guy in that situation. And look, Texas,
I mean sorry, TCU did some things shell coverage wise,
where they were rotating at the snap. They were playing
that like what looks like a shell coverage, but the
nickel has a little bit of depth and you're trying
to gauge who's going to be moving the nickel. The
strong safety you're trying to fill what the backers do
in pressure because they tie together the secondary and the
backers and the movements and what they give. And so
to me finding that that throw right there, and you know,
one thing I don't know is I don't sit in
any of the game planning, so I'm not sure of, Hey,
that's the exact throw we thought we were going to
get or was it where there was multiple receivers And
because Bard did such a good job of feeling the
space he took that shot to me, watching it there
and seeing it like, that's what it looked like. And
to me that spells comfort of looking through the backers
into the secondary and feeling confident and comfortable with the
speed and the rotation of how things are going to
make a throw like that.
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John BYU and in this offense specifically made significant improvements
from last week to this week. Obviously, TCU not as
good of a defense as Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: But that tc defense has actually been pretty good this season.
Speaker 2: So, B, what you're trending in the right direction offensively
down the stretch. What do you feel like needs to
be improved upon heading into the road slate with Cincinnati,
who has been good this season, but they just fell
now two games in a row, you know, one to
Utah and then a close one to UVE.
Speaker 4: I mean, look, I don't want to sound overconfident, but
if the team that showed up Saturday night shows up
in Cincinnati, I don't think there's anybody left on the
regular season schedule that could be any type of close
contests heading into the conference championship. If we went out
or they went out BYU's in correct to the Conference
championship game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so they went out there there they are
facing Texas Tech once again in the Conference championship game.
Speaker 4: Well, in my mind, if I'm talking to this team,
I'm saying, you know who you are, you know what
you're all This BYU team needs to do is go
out there and be themselves. And I don't think there's
a team on the regular season schedule left who should
be able to compete with the team playing the way
I saw them play on Saturday night. And it's okay
to have that mindset, like, yes, we will like respect
our opponent. To believe that you can go out there
and just freaking whip their tail, that is a great
feeling also to believe. And so I would say if
you feel this way, build on that. You should have
a confidence and a swagger and you should feel like, yeah,
there is nobody else left on this schedule that should
compete with us, and so we're gonna go dominate. And
I think that BYU I like that they felt what
they felt it against Texas Tech. They got to feel
what they felt like last night, like, look, that's a
good TCU team, not a great TCU team. I think
that when people were watching him, they were saying, well,
what team of BYU is going to show up? I
think that's the only reason why some odds makers had
it close, because if you watch throughout the year, there
were elements throughout the season where you could see a
little sputter here or there, and then you could see
greatness here or there, and so odds makers can't count
on the greatness just showing up all the time. But
if I am the staff right now, if I'm on
that group, I am saying, you know exactly what that
felt like your responsibility, what you should aim for every
single day is to repeat that feeling, that emotion, that performance,
that state, that togetherness. And we're going to go on
the road one last time in the regular season, and
you're going to bring all of that against the Cincinnati team.
And the truth is the Cincinnati team should not stand
a chance bury them. Right, they've lost a couple of games. Okay,
let's like, let's learn as a team how to go
step on somebody's throat, finish them, and then finish the
season because we know where we want to end up.
Speaker 2: John, this h this team is trending in a direction
that that you know, could get over the hump. And
but what I mean by that is, you know, ninety
six didn't necessarily get over the hump, even though you
had a New Year six or New Year's New Year's
Bowl game. Right the Cotton Bolvers Kansas State one. We
didn't get over the hump. Six didn't get over the hump.
Like we were a part of that. We were essentially
two plays short of being over the hump and probably
playing maybe being a Boise State that year. Right, the
BCS busting team seven once again close losses one score
losses eighth nine, same thing two thousand and twenty twenty one.
While TCU and Utah over the last twenty years, UCF,
Boise State, all these teams that they've been able to
get over the hump BYU hasn't.
Speaker 3: Is this the year? Are you feeling it?
Speaker 4: Well? I think that knowing that if they went out,
they can go to a conference championship game, and I
think that there's two scenarios. You know, and going back
to some of those conversations, you know, where you start
the season in the rankings helps where you finish starting high.
Some of those Boise years, UTI years where we've seen
some of the other teams go over the hump, they've
started higher. Like one of the tough things is if
you have an early season loss and then you catch fire.
Even though you catch fire at the end of the year,
it's much tougher to go far enough up if you're
not in one of those power conferences to make it.
If you start higher, that helps you. By us in
a good position because you know they climbed early in
the rankings, they've been up there. In my mind, you
win these next two games, you go to the conference
championship game. If you win, you're over the hump. Like
if you go and you knock off Texas Tech and
the conference championship game, like you're in if you I
honestly think that if YU can go and let's say
that they can make it a super tight game, I
want to see BYU go to that game and win.
I think that would be amazing. That's what we all want.
But let's say for some reason they don't. I'm going
to use what I watched on Saturday night when everybody
was waiting for the football game to kickoff, was the
game against Yukon the men's basketball game. Like, even though
the men's basketball team didn't beat Yukon, how good was
that for everybody in the country to see what BYU
is capable of. If BYUS has two losses on the season,
and those two losses are only to those two teams
and me to sorry to Texas Tech, and if the
last one is a super close game, in my mind,
how do you keep them out? You know? Like how
like you know, okay, we have to have like the
qualifying team that's outside of the P four conferences, Like
don't they make it as like a qualifier if you're
going to say that that team gets to qualify because
of a rule that brings somebody else in, how do
you keep a team that just went toe to toe
with a team that could potentially be buying for a
national championship, And so that would be the argument. But
you know, look, and here's what the coaching staff is
going to say. Don't leave it up to anybody else.
If you can win the next two games, don't leave
it up to as somebody sitting in a room trying
to make a decision. Don't just go win, yeah, find
a way to win.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: And that's the cool part about what I like about
this situation, Like, how awesome would it would be to
be a player on the BAU team right now, sitting
at the record that they're sitting at, looking at the
next two games, saying, if we go take care of
our business, we get to be in the exact position
we always wanted to be in, playing in the conference
championship game. And how awesome of an opportunity to go
play a team that we know we can play much
better against. Man, I would just as a competitive person,
I would love to be in the situation that these
guys are in. It's so awesome. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I look at SMU last year, they had one loss
and it was actually two BYU.
Speaker 3: They got to the ACC Championship game. They lost to
Clemson and.
Speaker 2: It was a close one, thirty four to thirty one,
and so they the committee has already set a president
for this now. Albeit SMU got demolished by Penn State
in the first round, and so there were some out
there that we kind of feel like, oh, well, they shouldn't.
Speaker 3: Have gotten in. Look, they ended up getting demolished. So
I don't know.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be intriguing to see how the human base
evals are combined with the algorithms the metrics within the
College Football Playoff Committee and how they take maybe data
sets from even last year and experiences from last year,
and how they maybe evaluate this year's teams.
Speaker 3: But I'm intrigued by it.
Speaker 2: Bear Bachmeyer as a true freshman, what he's been able
to accomplish this year, it's been a surprise to me.
Speaker 3: I thought he'd be good. I did not think he'd
be this good. Like, are you surprised at all?
Speaker 2: Or were you taken back at how efficient and effective
and how good he's been this year?
Speaker 4: Well, here's the thing that is impressive, and I've said
it a number of times on the show, to arrive
at BYU, when he arrived, to absorb the offense in
the amount of time that he did, to go into camp,
and to compete and perform at a level where the
coaching staff says, maybe this needs to be our guy,
and maybe we just need to give him that opportunity
to grow and start him day one. To me, that's
the really impressive thing. I've seen Bear for a long time.
I've been around him a long time, so I've always
known the ability with the legs, the ability to extend plays.
He's smart and twitchy and athletic, especially for how big heous.
He's so good with his eyes. Also, like he's just
a really good football player. And I personally believe it's
like anything else in life, right, Like you want to
get really good at it, you need a lot of reps. Well,
when you get a lot of reps, you can step
into college football.
Speaker 6: I've seen it where guys the level of experience that
they have is high, and they have a high talent level,
and then they're given an opportunity and a good football team.
Speaker 4: And I've seen them kind of thrive and excel young.
So you look at Bear, you look at the team
that he was going to, and also how much experience
he was coming out of high school with, Yes, you
can see like this guy can step in. I mean
I had conversations with other colleges when Bear was coming
out of high school because they knew that I'd known Bear,
and they were feeling the same thing like this, I
think this can be a guy that we can bring in.
I think he can play young. I love his ability
to extend place with his legs. He can get us
out of trouble, like a lot of people were seeing that,
and I think that's also why Yu wanted to be
able to give him the opportunity to play young, was
because you could see going into it what he was
bringing to the table. And I think, look like any quarterback,
you need to be on a good team, in a
good situation if you want to thrive as a young player.
There is no young player they can get dropped into
difficult situations and just magically lifts the team out of
things because of his talent or ability. Talent alone or
ability alone can't just completely change a team. You have
to have a team around a quarterback, and I think
that it's just been such a good match. The way
that a Rod utilizes Bear's legs, Bear's ability to withstand
the hits throughout the course of a season, all of
that has just been impressive and fit so well this
hyar here.
Speaker 2: John, do you think if a Rod could go back
and do it again versus Texas Tech, he would have maybe, uh,
maybe xci is taken out some of the the max
pro and chips and maybe been a little bit more
aggressive and just let his tackles try to fend for themselves,
or what do you think?
Speaker 4: You know? Game planning is tricky when you're an offensive
coordinator because you see certain things that you feel like
this can work, and then you put them out there,
and you're always going to go back and say, wow,
was that a good thought? Now knowing what I know
and now see how it played out. I think every
coordinator is always learning, you know, really really good coaches
they like they understand like sometimes stuff looks really good
and works really good. Sometimes stuff looks really good and
doesn't work. And sometimes just running our plain old simple
stuff that we know at the back of our hand
that can work too. Even though we may think that
they're going to be really prepared for it, sometimes we're
just better at executing it than they are at stopping it.
And so all coordinators go back and learn a lot
from games, and I'm excited to see what a second
opportunity could look like, you know, and I know we
can't get ahead, but a Rod has always been really
good of coming up with little wrinkles here or there.
And then I think also finding that balance between you know,
are we scheming on too much stuff? Are we trying
to do too much because of what we see on tape?
Are we sometimes giving the opponent too much credit? You know,
like that that can happen sometimes, like you can see
things on tape and you're like, man, well then I
don't want any chance that, or we need to make
sure that we do this, or man, they got beat
so many times on that, like we shouldn't maybe use
that because they're gonna be ready for it, and it
may not always play out that way on game day.
And so then you get to go back to the
drawing board. You learn, you grow from it. And you know,
I've always respected the coaches that are always willing to
learn and be open and not ever like you know,
point the finger at somebody else, but just say, okay, hey,
you know what the ideas that we had maybe that
didn't work for us, that's okay. You know, it's on
all of us, and we're just going to learn from it,
grow from it, and will be a much better team
because of what we learn from that loss. And that's
what excites me about another opportunity to play Texas Tech
is because how much does BYU learn about what they
can do better? Sometimes the team that loses is the
team that learns the most. And sometimes on the winning end,
you don't always learn the most because you don't look
at the tape the same way after a win as
you do a loss.
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