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Fan Hotline and welcome in our first guest of the program.
We got the former by U great quarterback. We got
Steve Clements on the line. Steve, thanks for joining me today.
Speaker 4: We'll talk my friend.
Speaker 3: How you doing man, I'm doing good? First of all,
as you caught up, how is the weekend? Any plans for
the weekend or is it just to sit back, relax
and strap it down type of weekend?
Speaker 4: Oh? I think we're going to relax a little bit.
My son's got a little new jazz okay junior jazz
basketball games. He's in the high school Division eleven twelfth grade.
I think that's the greatest sport in all of America.
Junior jazz basketball. Oh my gosh, dude, it's so fun
like it's it's it's a whop, especially when you're watching
your boy play. But other than that, yeah, pretty pretty
sure we can man ready for the super Bowl next weekend.
Speaker 3: You brought up the super Bowl. That was gonna be
my next question. You knew exactly where I was had
that you read my mind. Who you picking in this one?
Are you picking the Mike Vabrils. Do you believe in
Drake may Kyris Tongeo in that team the former BYU
Cougar or are you Grandy? Gurney says he believes Seattle
the Seahawks are the real deal.
Speaker 2: He really believes in Sam Donald.
Speaker 3: I just don't know if you're gonna be able to
go back to back games of throwing three hundred yard
plus and three touchdowns.
Speaker 2: But I'm happy to be wrong any day of the week.
Speaker 4: You know. I you know, when I saw first watch
Donald in college at USC, man, I thought he was was.
I thought he's going to be the dude. I mean,
they you know, it was a high draft pick, and
you know, he's kind of bounced around a couple first
couple of four or five six years of his career,
and and then now he's I think where he should
have been or maybe hoped he would be coming out
of USC. Well, now he's kind of looks like he's
kind of hitting his stride and and there were some
things that I saw, especially I saw the USC Utah
game on Saturday night, and man, I was just I
was very very impressed h with him and how he
spun it and his mental capacity and just everything. I
just says, Aura, just I really liked about it. And
so because of that, and I think he's hitting a
little groove here. He's gotten out of you know, bad
offensive lines and and teams that he's been on since
being drafted in the NFL, I think he'm mnna go
with the Seahawks.
Speaker 2: So taking the seat.
Speaker 3: Look, this is not a bad pick. It's a rematch.
I think of Super Bowl forty nine. If I'm correct,
this is gonna be a great game. I think it's
gonna be a high scoring and I really do. I
believe both teams can throw the football at a high level.
This might come down to the last possession. But that's
what you want, right and not just a college football
game super Bowl. You wanted to be close. You don't
want to see blowouts. Some people think it will be
a blowout. I don't want it to be that because
then it's just it's no fun to watch.
Speaker 4: No. I think you have that faction of they want
to watch the game because the halftime and the commercials,
and you have another faction that like me and probably
you like man, I want to see a good game. Yes,
I want to come down to, you know, the last
field goal, the last drive, whatever, whether it's overtime or not.
It's like with two minutes left BYU playing Arizona on
Monday night that I was there. I turn to my
wife and I go, just make me stay in my
seat until the last buzzer, you know, go on a
little mini run. I don't care if you can just
get it into single digits, right, And just so I
don't want to leave early. I don't early, I don't.
I'm not an early guy. Uh but plenty had left,
you know after that last the four minute under four
time out in the second half, and sure enough they're
going on a little mini run and it's still dude,
it's still like down eight with fifty something seconds left.
I'm like, wow, but maybe you just you just never know.
You need three bowl get a stop, Aliyu and then
all of a sudden you cannot hear yourself think because
you went from out of it to in it to
oh my gosh, now we have a chance. What like?
That was insane, dude, that was that was so fun.
So hopefully something a semblance of that might happen next Sunday.
Speaker 3: So I'm hoping the same thing. I'm hoping for a
good game. And just to give you guys an update
if you're just tuning in. Sam Donald was the first
overall pick excuse me, he was the first round pick
third overall to the New York Jets in twenty and eighteen.
He threw for over four thousand yards this year twenty
five dutchdowns fourteen interceptions.
Speaker 2: He has been a plot throw.
Speaker 3: He's had a career, He's moved around a lot, but
he has found a home now in Seattle. Really started
last year with the Vikings and the quarterback whisper Kevin O'Connell,
and now he's here and shifting ties a little bit. Steve,
you mentioned the BA basketball game and stand in your
seat of just your overall thoughts on that game, BYU
basketball taking on the number one team in the country.
I thought the game was over, but I have to
stay the whole time as a media member. But I said, okay,
But like you said, that game came down to the
final second and it ended up looking like BYU was
gonna win, but Arizona sneaks out of there with the
winning provo.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a fun one. It's interesting because if
you're a stat guy, then you know that BYU is
the best second half team. Yeah, college basketball. I think
Duke is number two. It's that first half that we
can't seem to quite piece together, and then adjustments are
made and Kevin Young does this thing, and then here
we go second half. It's a lot of times a
different ballgame. It's either a continues to be a blowout
or we're playing catch up, so there are two losses.
The latter is true where we had to play catch up.
So and here we are with two losses, once to
number one, and I think you CON's number is three.
They're at least in the top five, and that's our
two losses. And so, yeah, dude, that that place was nuts.
I mean you had to just watch kind of when
everybody stopped, especially late in the game. You because you
couldn't hear a whistle. You're just like everybody turning, Okay,
why did they play? And so you just had to
watch the ref go two thumbs up jump ball or
one hand up because it's a foul on such and such. Like, dude,
it's I've never been in a louder arena in my
entire life. The Marriott Center on Monday, that freaking place
was rocking. And I'm sure Saturday was too. I mean,
I watch it on TV and it's not the same
thing playing the good old team up north and spanking them,
But that was that was an exciting atmosphere. And I'm
telling you, man, Pro Bowl, basketball, football, it's it's fun
to be a Cougar. I cannot lie.
Speaker 2: Steve, this is vic.
Speaker 5: Can you tell Cougarnation? How does someone get as cool
as you?
Speaker 4: It's funny because I burnt that book long ago, so
like I'm the only one that has that secret. I
can't tell you.
Speaker 2: Because he has to kill you, you know. It has to
say that they share with your fellow man, my friend. Okay,
I want to talk. I want to talk football. I
want to talk Bear. First of all, what.
Speaker 5: Kind of advantage do these young kids have in the
off season going down working with John Beck, having that tutelage,
and what do you expect Bear to get better at
going into his second year?
Speaker 4: Well, I think I think number one, they're gonna throw
the ball a lot more. Now they've got to sure
up not just their starting receiver corps, but then some
quality backups to be able to rotate in and out.
And you can't do anything without the skeleton or the
backbone of the team, which is offensive line. So so
having said, let's say those two are in place, we're good,
we feel good about it. Then it comes back to
the quarterback and what can he improve on. I think
you're gonna see a little bit a variation of Bear
from twenty twenty five. And in that I mean his
body type. I think he I think he not thinds out,
that's pour chorte of words, but but gets a little
bit more. He won't be as big. I don't think
I does. Yeah, yes, and and not from not from
you know, not that two forty was bad, but a
faster slimmer two twenty to two twenty five. Where now
I don't think, because I don't know if and I
questioned this the first year, is the amount of hits
that he was taken early in the year is that sustainable?
I didn't think it was. Well, he was outside of
a spring ankle in the Big Teal Championship, he was
pretty healthy doing you know, running inside the tackles. I
think next year we throw outside of the hashes and
he runs more outside of the tackles rather than you know,
in between the tackles. At two forty, I think he
bounces things outside and you might see some quarterback runs,
maybe some quarterback sweeps outside the tackles, where now he's
not necessarily looking for contact, he's actually avoiding contact because
his feet are so much better and he's a lot
quicker even if he has to get in between the tackles. Uh.
He's already elusive as it is. It's just a lot
of times he was taking probably a little bit more
hits than I would have liked, and I'm probably the
coaching staff too. But you have lg back there and
then you have you know, you got almost five hundred
pounds of some bad a flesh dude running down. He'll
at you like that. Those are weapons, right, I think again,
I don't think you completely take away the inside run.
The quarterback runs inside the tackles. But I think it's
just gonna be more of another layer of game and
weaponry that Bear's gonna have because I think he's gonna
be quicker, and I think he's gonna be faster. I
think he's gonna be a little bit slimmer, and we're
gonna be throwing the ball a lot more. I think
he's he's a four thousand yard passer next year. So
his middle game is there, like it's it's like you
split screen and intercept his reaction to an interception versus
a touchdown, and you can't tell. You might have a
little bit more of an eye close with the interception,
But dude, other than that, you can't freaking tell. So
like neck up. They're gonna work with him down there too,
But you got a year under his belt with this playbook.
Oh man, like watch out?
Speaker 2: Yeah, watch out? And do you bring up a good point?
Speaker 3: I liked that you brought up the point about you know,
getting in shape, swimming down, getting tone right. You have
to get tone, lose.
Speaker 2: The baby fat as they always say. That's just the
phrase that they use.
Speaker 3: But he had two twenty five bear because we saw
a lot this year stevee try to bounce it out
wasn't his thing. He'd liked to go lead blocker between
the tackle. So I would love to see a two
twenty five bear rumbling and pumblin. Speaking of rumbling and tumbling, Bay,
you added a running back. I don't know if you
had a chance to see it, but they need more
depth in that running back room. They added a former
Utah running back, Micah Beckstead. He enrolled the BYU after
the mission. What do you know about Micah, Steve and
the addition to this room by you really didn't have
an RB two. We saw dravesa pop off and the
pop tars BOLLSIONI was hurt. You got the Devon echa
kid coming in. What you like about this edition? They
need as many running backs as possible.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's a great addition because you know,
you're just adding to depth now, you know, with still
with the portals. As much depth as you can get,
the better, and especially at the running back position, where
we at least last year relied on heavily, pretty heavily
our run game. I think last year we were run
to pass. I think next year will be more of
a pass to run the ball at least change it
a little bit. But man, that's that's great. I've seen this.
I saw his highlights and I really liked what I saw.
And he was quick, good, good, the feet in the hole,
big strong guy. Seems like now he's getting gonna have
the missionary legs and this, that and the other. But hopefully,
you know, we're we're seven months away. Hopefully you get
back into the weight room and you get running with
the g. You go through spring ball, you know, fifteen
twenty practices and we're rolling, and so any any depth
is is going to be good depth. And it's funny
you mentioned uh Devon, so I coached him at LEI
last couple of years. I mean, I coach quarterbacks, but
obviously I think that's two.
Speaker 3: By the way, just to put that out there, just
you know, I think Devon will of Marge's Army two
in my personal opinion.
Speaker 4: Oh, he's a dude. Like he is. He's a dude.
Matter of fact, I saw him. He went to the
Arizona basketball game. I saw him. I was talking to him.
He goes, coach, this is insane. Like off season program.
I like it so much. Here he goes, I started
at I'm up to one ninety one. So wow, gained
nine pounds. I'm like, dude, you've only been here what
week and a half, two weeks? It was like two
weeks and I've already put on nine pounds, you know.
So you talk about the baby's hat in the high
school and the transition to you know, the advantage that
these guys have that maybe someone like me didn't have
back in the day was you can graduate early and
you can get into spring training or get into school
in January, second semester, a winter semester, whereas before, I
mean you had to wait and then you couldn't go
through a spring and an off season, you know, five six,
seven months off season with the college that you went to,
you'd have to show up like straight up in like July.
And so you didn't have a lot of freshmen start
back in the day because you know they're missing out
on seven eight months practice and training. And it's completely
different high schools, completely different than college and vice versa.
And it shows way more in the off season in
the weight room than it does really sometimes on the
practice field. And so these guys having the opportunity to
come off return missionary or return mission and get into
the off season program as quick as Beckham is going
to be able to do or Beckstad excuse me, and
then Devon man, that helps them. But obviously it's gonna
help us as an offense going forward.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna help bo you a lot. I mean,
any of these guys as he can play. And I
mean the reason why you didn't have an RB two
is a lot of these guys got danged up's got nicked.
So maybe that presents opportunity. That's what it's about. Your
best ability is your availability. But hey, when one man
goes down, another man has to to step up. I
love that you mentioned that he's already put on the weight,
But I'll stay there with you. Since you bring up
Devon and he's a living product, we can see should
that be the recipe for all guys that are trying
to you know, go that are going to college to
next year, graduate early, go into springball, because it seems
like that's what the recipe is because I hear that
from Devon a bunch of other people that extra you know,
ten to fifteen practices and that development is crucial.
Speaker 4: I really think it is because it helps, you know,
especially these high school kids and they you know, if
it's quarterback, it's because man, you've got to learn a
completely different offense than what you're used to. But even schematically,
de Von's got to understand pass pro that that's going
to be you know, outside of gaining the weight. So
off seasons huge. Athletically, it's huge. Physically, it's huge, but
then the mental aspect and getting around guys that you're
gonna go to war with, go to battle lifts for
the next two three four years. Like physically, yeah, I
got to get there, but man, like in you didn't
have a lot of pass pro as many pass per
responsibilities and and that's the one that's gonna where the
quicker he can pick that up, then the quicker and
the better he's going to be and more be able
to contribute earlier than someone like that that in in
July obviously or August, because it's it's a lot, man,
I mean, it becomes football kind of becomes part of
your life and the majority part of your life outside
of school. Lesid's gonna be the same way. He's going
to be many steps ahead. And I really do think
he's KR one.
Speaker 6: Because that dude, he is ridiculous though, and I'm biased
because I coasted him right last couple of years at Lehigh.
But I'm telling you, like both of them can change games, man,
And they're going to be young, but hopefully with this spring,
this six or seven months before they start fall camp, physically,
they're going to be there and hopefully psychologically mentally as well.
Understand the playbook, what a Rod wants, what Betsy wants
on that side, and then what they want for running
back as far as past pro and like, and then
go let them do their thing.
Speaker 4: Man.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to think just about last season. And
this is nothing against the kid. I love him, but
Cody the muffed the kickoff. You know and that Pop
tards Bowl and Pole still end up winning the game,
so that's all that matters. But mistake there been a
little dinged up. You have to wonder a guy like
Legend with his speed, what opportunities that presents. I mean,
this is a two D guy in my opinion, regardless
of that, but a opportunities. Opportunities are a lifetime in
college athletics.
Speaker 2: I love it. I want to transition.
Speaker 3: Maybe something that could be a little controversial, the targeting call.
Speaker 2: Now I did talk to you about this and then
prep you on this.
Speaker 3: A certain cornerback in Miami had to sit out the
first half of the game because he committed the penalty
in the semi final against Ole. Miss your thoughts on
just a targeting rule. This is something that's interesting. The
committee's gonna meet at the end of February and maybe
to you know, readdress this rule. But how are you
feeling about that? Like we had brought up and discussed yesterday.
Maybe what you do you do it like how they
did any NFL. You look at it. If it's egregious,
maybe you kicked the kid out and people don't like
the whole ejection thing of ejecting kids. It was crazy
because back in the day, you know, they would have
to leave the field, which I really didn't like. I
still don't like them being injected. Now at least they
get to be on the sideline. But should they adjust
it to where everybody's making money? Do you just find
them now? Do you go back and look, Because I mean,
to sit out of the first half of a national
championship and then this guy comes back and Miami's able
to shorten the gap, I don't think that is a coincidence.
It's tough, right, So I just wanted to know your
thoughts and your perspective on that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, I think a lot of
times with the targeting call, and I hate the injection.
I think that's that's the dumbest thing. I think you
have to go really to let's phase it or or
grade it. I should say so a grade one grade too,
like a flavorant one or flag. Yeah, doing the same
thing in basketball with targeting, because I mean, you get
I would say eight to nine times out of ten,
they're trying to do right. The defensive players trying to
do the right thing, and the offensive player is the
one that lowers their head or shifts their body at
the last second, and they're really not trying to lead
with their head, but it looks like they are because
of a lot of times. The result then the guy
looks like he's dead on the field. Okay, that's automatic targeting.
We're going to have a funeral and this, that and
the other because he's not moving. But I think we
gear a little bit too much on the result. So
the intent obviously is the safety of the players. But
my gosh, from third grade off or first grade on,
these kids have been taught forever not to lead with
their head. I mean even when I was going to
don't lead with your head, you know, and so like
it's been taught ingrained over and over and over and
over again. Now, if you lead with the crown of
your helmet and you launch, that's different, right, Like you're
that's pretty egregious. Your intent is pretty noticeable that way.
But if you go back to a review and go, okay,
it's targeting, but it didn't. I mean, he's not trying
to Like he went down for a legal tackle, a
legal move in football, and the offensive player moved at
the last second. One still fifteen yards but gosh, dang it,
don't eject him. Don't send him off, you know, into
you know, send him to jail for he's just trying to,
you know, do what he's been coached for the last
fifteen years to do. And things happen. Like I said,
that's eight to nine times out of ten. The other
times where it's it's pretty egregious and you can tell
and it's obvious. Yeah, I still don't think there should
be an injection. But yeah, there's got to be something
different on that as far as I'm sorry, if it's
egregious like that, I should. I think there should be
an injection. But other than that, no, And I think
that's only ten percent of the targetings that are called
are that egregious? Where Yeah, that's that's that's wrong, that's
not right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm in agreeance with you.
Speaker 3: They hope they get this right, they get this change,
because you know, I just think back of you know,
like Kaidnakua's right in that Utah game, you remember that,
only I mean he's trying to make a play on
the ball. He's trying to hit, he's not trying to
lead the shoulder, and you wonder if he stays in
a game at BO he is able to win. He
already had two interceptions, He's been playing very well. I
just don't like to see the whole eject in the
kid and doing that.
Speaker 4: I lie.
Speaker 3: I rather them unless it's agregeious and they launch go
look at it afterwards, and even he just has a
fine do that keep the kid in the game.
Speaker 2: I think we're doing the kids.
Speaker 3: A disservice in the game with that, and especially in
national championship and that semi final games.
Speaker 2: We'll get you out of here on this.
Speaker 3: I got to ask you, you know, it's sounded like
that they were ready to expand the football playoffs to sixteen,
and then the Big ten said, no, maybe twenty four.
I need your official opinion on this. You know, sixteen.
I feel like that's right about right. I've heard twenty.
Don't know how you would do twenty, but some people
want twenty four. I feel that's just way too many
need conference championship games. I feel like sixteen would be
the perfect number. Steve where yet on the college football
expansion talk, and I guess I'll just get your thoughts now.
Notre Dame is going to just I guess bully their
way into the college football playoffs.
Speaker 2: Now, if they're a top twelve team, they have to
be in.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I don't For some reason, college football has
allowed them to kind of dictate whatever the heck they
want to do, and they don't know how to It's
just I don't think that's right.
Speaker 2: Hope, it's not.
Speaker 4: I give the Golden Dumbers and their big tradition and this,
that and the other. They're probably the most recognizable logo
and all of of sports in some cases, but I
don't agree with that, I think. But to your point,
I think sixteen teams because it's even and you don't
get to twenty four, where I think you run into
an issue of maybe saturating the field and having you know,
a forty or fifty or sixty point blowouts. However, that's
dollar signs though too. The more teams, the more games,
the more money for everybody involved. And you know, in
this day and age, everything is around the good old
dollar sign dude, unfortunately, But I think sixteen. I don't
think twelves enough, but I think sixteen is kind of
right because it allows the fairness and really the quality
of the opponents against each other and I think there's,
but there is a risk because you have more games,
there's extra where maybe on the top teams. I don't
but then you're taking a buy and then then you're
saying one through four, it doesn't matter if you go
undefeated because you're not going to get a bye. So
then what's the point in, you know, having a great
regular season, because there's no benefit if I don't get
a buye. But as we saw, I think Indiana was
the only one to get through and had the buy
not affect them or affected everybody else.
Speaker 2: That's correct.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd sure they ended up losing. I think it
might've been the first round that three other four lost
after a buye. But I think I think you with sixteen,
I think it's still fair enough. I still think it's
quality opponents. Even a one versus a sixteen better than
a one versus a twenty four or something like that.
It's an even number. So there is no buy so
that would be a con I guess to the guys
that are going to be in the top five or
six every year. But I think probably that's the most
fair as I see it, and I mean more games
obviously is better for the fan base. I mean more football,
Are you kidding me? I'd love that, and so we
can have one more weekend. I really do think I
wish they would either move the transfer portal or move
the season to start earlier so we could finish before
the portal opens in the first January and be done
by January one with everything national championship or whatever. I
don't know if that's ever gonna they're ever gonna do that,
because they'll mighty dollar dollars and gets in the way
a lot of times. But yeah, I like sixteen.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I like sixteen two. You break it down very well,
even numbers money. Who doesn't want more college football? And look,
this might be a little biased, but it's to by
you in and you know that's the biggest thing. I
think they've been snubbed a few times, and I think
sixteen is the perfect number because if you're not a
top fifteen sixteen team, I really don't know if you
should really be competing for a national championship.
Speaker 4: So I love that.
Speaker 2: Steve clements everybody.
Speaker 3: Steve, before we let you go, what's the best way
we can support you on what you do and how
you do it?
Speaker 4: Man? Oh man, I love one another and have gratitude
in your life.
Speaker 3: Hey, that's the first and second greatest commandment that was given.
You know, you have to love the Lord that got
with all they heart, my mind and strength, and love
that neighbor on to it.
Speaker 2: I love that council.
Speaker 3: It's a very simple counsel and if you apply it
and be a peacemaker, like President Nelson said, the world
will definitely become a better place.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 3: Steve will let you go, man, We'll catch up with
you next week. All right, Yeah, we'll see it. That
was Steve Clements everybody. That was a keeping up with
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Speaker 2: Let's go to break.
Speaker 3: Let's get into a little inside or report on the
flip and then we'll welcome in Dave mccannon. After that,
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Speaker 1: Fan extra stra read all about Let's get the latest
news coming out of BYU Athletics with a Cougar Sports
press release.
Speaker 2: This is Ronald the three Mail Weaver bringing you the
Cougar Sports press release today.
Speaker 3: After suffering back to back losses for the first time
in this season, BAU returns home Saturday afternoon looking to
setting the ship in the robbery game against Utah at
Deniatism tip off a schedule for two pm Mountain Time,
with the game screaming on the ESPN Plus and airing
live on BAU Radio with Jason Sheppard on the call.
BYU and UTAH score off with the matching records of
fifteen to six this season, but the two programs entered
Saturday trending in the opposite direction. The Cougas had dropped
four of their last six contests, while the Youths arrived
in provo riding momentor after winning five of their past seven.
UTAH has controlled the rivalry lay, winning four straight meetings
and holding a seventy to forty three advantage in.
Speaker 2: The all time series.
Speaker 3: BYU has also struggled at home against the UK's trilling
twenty five to twenty one and games played in provo.
The Cougar's most recent victory in the series came on
December fourth, twenty twenty one win the current BYU assistant
coach Paisley Johnson. Hardy led the way as a player
on that night, already delivered their career high night, pouring
in a personal best thirty three points from fourteen to
twenty shooting, including four to seven from beyond the arc,
to lift BYU in an eighty five to eighty win.
She also added three assists three rebounds in the steal
Sheiligan Zalez to twenty twenty two NCZ Player of the Year,
chipped in twenty points, seven assists, two rebounds, and is
still also in the The most recent meeting between the
rivals produced one of the series' most memorable finishes.
Speaker 2: Then freshman Delaney give erupted for thirty six points and
ten rebounds, shooting thirteen to.
Speaker 3: Eighteen from the floor and five to seven foot three
point range, adding five assists, two steals, and a block
to help force overtime. With the game being tay lay.
In the extra period, Utah's Maddy will Keep buried a
half four buzzer beater, adding by US seventy three to
seventy three loss in overtime.
Speaker 2: What's that stick?
Speaker 1: Is this?
Speaker 4: You will?
Speaker 3: You could snap that four games get against the Utes
dating back to twenty twenty one, and earn its first
victory over Utah as a conference fow since February twelve
of twenty eleven. The Couvers would also match their highest
win total since going twenty six to four in reaching
the NCAA Tournament in twenty twenty one. That victory, if
it were to occur, would also put Leeka Mark in
a tie for Amber Whiting for third most wins by
first year head coach in program history with sixteen. Lee
Kamard as a player, holds a six to two record
over Utah. The two times ap All American Honorable Mention
average eighteen points on forty eight point one percent shooting
from the floor and fifty percent from deep, while recording
eight point five rebounds, two point five assists, two steals
and a blow in the robbery games during his junior
and senior seasons. Good luck to the BYU women's team
as they take on Utah to model. For more Cougar
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There was some quotes and stuff that was dropped. It said,
don't be surprised if Mula Talo pushes for playing time
in twenty twenty six, but they are indicator that his
ceiling could progress to the NFL level. He was a
two year standout at the Under Armour Salt Lake City Camps.
In twenty twenty four, he was amongst the top performance
as a defensive lineman.
Speaker 2: A year later, he returned on the other.
Speaker 3: Side of the ball and walked away as the camp
MVP for offensive lineman.
Speaker 2: His explosive off is rare.
Speaker 3: Mulitalo's thirty inch vertical jumps at six five, two hundred
and ninety five pounds would have him been in the
top ten on either side of the ball at last
year's NFL COMBA.
Speaker 2: That's crazy.
Speaker 3: His intensity and coaching abilities stood out to our in
person evaluators. In person evaluations as well, He's a natural
football player with great bend power and a solid base.
His major strides are just one season of prioritizing offensive
line play indicates big things could be coming with continued
focus and physical development. Look, offensive lineman get paid in
the NFL. There's a reason some of the great to block,
some of the greatest quarterbacks and Tom Brady, you know,
Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Man, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, a bunch
of them. So Bob Mulatala follows into that. You know
this is per ESPN. This is Craig Hobbard who says
this in an article at ESPN dot com. I have
to put in a request to get him on. But yeah,
I mean Kalanie Sataki earlier, when they did the National
Signing Day we played the media availability, he hinted at this.
He hinted that guy a guy like Bob pushing for
time and coaches don't do that. We played the Kevin
Young sound in the last hour. Coaches don't give you
a lot. They don't like to give away secrets, but
when they do, they're bring serious, they're not making it up.
So Bot's a guy that definitely can a heres the numbers.
I mean with the thirty inch vertical jump of being
six five, two hundred ninety five pounds that would have
been top ten on either side of the ball of
lastyear's NFL combine.
Speaker 2: Come on, likely that speaks the NFL already.
Speaker 3: We've had muse Bingam. We might have to get mus
Bingam on the program again and discuss this. But he says,
Bob Mulatala not only is a starter, but a next
level player at excuse me after BYU and I agree,
Bob Mulatalo is definitely a guy. But that's your inside
of report, guys, give you a little update on a
guy that's going to be pushing for time. We'll see
him in springball here in a couple of weeks. Can't
believe we're almost at the We're pretty much in February
and then March and springball will be here as glorious guys.
Speaker 2: Way on it.
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