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Nothing, nothing, 36 00:01:56,319 --> 00:01:57,799 I I is this. 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: Oh I have a friend, and yet you know the 38 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,239 entire lyrics of that song. Oh my goodness, I had 39 00:02:07,239 --> 00:02:09,800 no idea. I didn't know he recommended it. 40 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:13,039 Speaker 3: This has been has has Let me let me start 41 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,800 this interview with the question for you, my good friend, 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:20,080 Benjamin Crittle, has this been the best college football season? 43 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:23,159 For the resurgence of Abba Classic. 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: Look, I don't know about that, but I will say this, 45 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,840 it's been arguably one of the best college football seasons ever. 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,319 In my opinion, it just has been between the expanded playoff, 47 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:46,039 Indiana taking it all, undefeated, Kirk Sinnetti, Fernando Mendosa right, 48 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:49,199 and the Abba song. It is what it is, all 49 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,080 of it combined. To me, it's one of the best 50 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:51,919 seasons all time. 51 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,319 Speaker 3: No, I totally agree. I mean this, this college football 52 00:02:55,319 --> 00:02:58,520 season was awesome, capped by the fact that we're talking 53 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,120 about Indiana in the Freakingana as you're twenty twenty five, 54 00:03:04,319 --> 00:03:07,319 I guess twenty twenty six now twenty twenty five season 55 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:10,479 national champions like, it's amazing, like Indiana. Do you realize then, 56 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:18,000 Indiana was the losingest top level football program up until 57 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:20,319 I think earlier this year, or maybe it was late 58 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,719 last year. It was one of the two sometime during 59 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:25,159 this Kurt signety era. It was very very late last year, 60 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:26,960 or like one of the first weeks of this year, 61 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,400 they were the losingest top division college football program of 62 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:34,479 all time. I believe they're number two now, so they're 63 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,120 they're officially kind of out of that spot. It's a 64 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:40,039 MAC team that's actually number one. I can't even remember 65 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:42,719 who it is anymore. But like the fact that we're 66 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:46,039 talking about the powerhouse that is Kurt Signety in Indiana 67 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,960 in the year where there were no SEC teams in 68 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,639 the National Championship Game for the second straight season that 69 00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:59,879 there were, that the last SECS team standing was like 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,360 the fourth best team in the league in all miss 71 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,360 Like we're talking about two group of five programs that 72 00:04:07,639 --> 00:04:13,560 made the college football Playoff. Like it's just I don't 73 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:16,639 I don't understand why anybody in this sport wants to 74 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,519 go beyond the current twelve team playoffs that we currently 75 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,439 that that we're currently in because we just played an 76 00:04:23,439 --> 00:04:26,360 absolute banger of a season kept by a banger of 77 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:29,040 a postseason, and for some reason we want to go 78 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,720 and do something and screw it all up again. Like 79 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,759 this sport it confounds me sometimes then it really does. 80 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,439 It absolutely confounds me. But let's celebrate what we had 81 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,720 for a little bit, Kelly. 82 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,519 Speaker 1: Let's go Sean Walker casel dot com. What have you 83 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,800 been writing about recently? 84 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: Sean? 85 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: What can we find on the KSHL dot com webshite 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,199 with your authorship. 87 00:04:48,079 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, do you do you want to celebrate 88 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,639 last season and you want to look ahead to next year, 89 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:53,439 because I think most people ufens right now are trying 90 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:55,560 to look at to next year. We're all over the 91 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,480 transfer portal, we're talking, we're talking about the end of 92 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:03,720 the year. This was here's a good one for you. 93 00:05:04,399 --> 00:05:07,720 So BYU number eleven, I think you guys probably I'm 94 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,680 assuming you guys probably talked about it a little bit earlier. 95 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:18,600 Should we get into the top top twelve postseason Cougar's 96 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:21,319 twelve and two for the first time, and what's it 97 00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:23,560 been twenty four years? I think it's been twelve one 98 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,639 campaign for the first time in twenty four years. I 99 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:29,800 mean a program that is getting stronger under Kline Sataki, 100 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,879 who's locked up for the long term. Boy, a couple 101 00:05:32,879 --> 00:05:35,160 of weeks ago, that would have been a sentence to say, 102 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,399 wasn't it. I mean this, like we talked about the 103 00:05:39,399 --> 00:05:41,959 strength of college football, BYU's adapting to the new era 104 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,560 of college football, I think, very very well and setting 105 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:49,319 itself up for really good success potentially as soon as 106 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,600 next year. Like I really like with this team is 107 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:53,920 that I really like where the state of the game 108 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,759 is at oh, we'll all we can talk about whether 109 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:58,279 or not the current state of college football is sustainable. 110 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,800 There are programs right now that are sustaining themselves very 111 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,319 well in college football, and I think YU is trying 112 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:07,519 to prove it's darnedas that it is one of those 113 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:11,360 programs that wants to sit towards or near the top 114 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:13,920 of the sport and kind of be in that that 115 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:14,680 upper class. 116 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: If you will look, way too early top twenty five 117 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,399 season is here right after the national championship game. It 118 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,480 all settles right, and every it's talking about the way 119 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,600 too early top twenty five BYU is hovering in that 120 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,279 thirteen twelve, eleven ten range. 121 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,519 Speaker 2: PFF had him at ten. 122 00:06:33,399 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 3: I think ESPN ten had them at like eight or nine, 123 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:37,240 and their way too early to twenty five. 124 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: I have it right here. 125 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:43,079 Speaker 1: Well, Mark Slabuk has him at number eleven. He states this, 126 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,680 do you agree or disagree with the spot? Eleventh? Okay, 127 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,959 obviously they're twelve and two eight won a big twelve 128 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,920 play Key starters expected to leave Isaiah Johda, Waitland Lapuaho, Carson, 129 00:06:52,959 --> 00:06:56,000 Ryan Chase Roberts, Tanderwall, John To mcpeo Logan with. 130 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: Twoy Jack Kelly. 131 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: We're still waiting to see if John to mcpeo hired 132 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:01,639 a lawyer and can get his eligibility back. 133 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 2: We'll see how that plays out. 134 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: Key additions Kadu ou Lave, Jay Clifton, zakiy Alamouchi, Pockey, 135 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,279 Fenout Walker, Lyons, Kyler, Casper Junior, Sia, et cetera. 136 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:12,839 Speaker 2: There's a number of guys there. This is what he says. 137 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six outlook, the Cougar's won eleven games or 138 00:07:15,399 --> 00:07:18,399 more for the second straight season. Their biggest victory might 139 00:07:18,399 --> 00:07:21,879 have been locking up coach Kalani Satake, who turned down 140 00:07:21,879 --> 00:07:24,079 the Penn State job to manage his alma mater. The 141 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,879 Cougars have a good core of star players. Quarterback Bear Blockmeer, 142 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,279 tail back L. J. Martin leading the way on offense. 143 00:07:29,319 --> 00:07:31,519 By you signed a trio of experience transfers to shore 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,879 up its offensive line, and they look to help open 145 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,480 holes for Martin, obviously, who led the Big twelve with 146 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,160 one thousand and three out of five rushing yards in 147 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,680 twenty twenty five. Two of the top three receivers must 148 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:45,240 be replaced. Defense coordinator J hill In quarnerbacks coach jan 149 00:07:45,319 --> 00:07:47,720 Or Guildford left to join Kyle Witningham staff at Michigan. 150 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,720 Sataki promoted special teams coordinator and defense end coach Kevin 151 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,000 Pingatt the defense at Boise States. Tomorrow, Warren was hired 152 00:07:54,279 --> 00:07:57,680 as cornerbacks coach. So number eleven, do you think that's 153 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,480 an accurate depiction of who b YU is headed into 154 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,920 twenty twenty six? 155 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: I mean, I think, if anything, it's maybe underrating BYU, 156 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:07,879 but b YU it's nothing if not a team that 157 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,560 kind of likes to be a little of aner rated 158 00:08:09,639 --> 00:08:12,079 right like this. This is a team that looked like 159 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,439 a top ten team down the stretch with a lot 160 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:17,879 of questions. I mean, this was a team that went 161 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,439 into the highest rated by the Way non playoff bowl 162 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,120 game of the postseason, and the Pop Tarts Bowl, one 163 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,879 of the few postseason games that included two top twenty 164 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,639 five bonents win number twenty two Georgia Tech and BYU. 165 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,279 Won that game and won that game pretty not handily. 166 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,960 They didn't went going away by any means. It was 167 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,360 very tight down the stretch, but they won it very physically, 168 00:08:41,759 --> 00:08:45,600 and they won it physically without that aforementioned LJ. Martin 169 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,320 without Jack Kelly and the defense without some of their 170 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:54,320 top defenders being out for a neard of reasons. Now, 171 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,919 they did still have bear Blockmeyer and he's resigned. Rey 172 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,519 up for another year. LJ. Martin's coming back for his 173 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,720 senior season. He's passing on, in my opinion, a jury. 174 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,720 He's an NFL draft pick right now. Uh, he probably 175 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,000 would get selected. I don't know around. I don't want 176 00:09:10,039 --> 00:09:11,639 to protect too much because he's not going to be 177 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,720 out of any of these monks because he's coming back. 178 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,279 But this is a guy who would probably find a 179 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,919 spot in the NFL this year right now, and he's 180 00:09:17,919 --> 00:09:21,919 coming back for another year. And then all of that 181 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:25,320 talent on the offensive line. They're still bringing back Andrew 182 00:09:25,519 --> 00:09:28,879 Entry at left tackle. That's kind of important, right They're 183 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:32,519 still bringing back Bruce Mitchell their starting center. They added 184 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,919 a plethora of offensive linemen and then guys like Pocky 185 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,399 s Now from Washington, Junior Siah from Utah State, Zakia 186 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:45,519 Maluchi from Stanford, former Bischem Corman product. There remember a 187 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,480 couple of years I remember a couple of years ago, 188 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,200 we were talking about a certain four star recruit that 189 00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:53,320 BYU was giving a kind of a second crack ad 190 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,759 in some ways because he was coming home from a 191 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:02,159 mission to offload Norway. You remember remember for that guy 192 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:06,559 ended up signing with USC had a pretty nice couple 193 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,159 of seasons there. He's now coming over via the transfer portal. 194 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,879 You want to talk about replacing reliable white wide receiver 195 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,080 in uh in Chase Roberts, Well, they just where. They 196 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,679 got a kid from Oregon and Kyler Casper who's coming 197 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,759 back over. They got another pretty good line uh uh 198 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:25,279 pass catcher, tight end and Roger Chalie Aponda from Orum 199 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,320 who's coming home like this. Oh and by the way, 200 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,279 arguably the best linebacker in the portal, Calcado Luise, a 201 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,759 local kid from Mountain Ridge High School out in Harriman, 202 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,240 also coming back to b Y. So this is this 203 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,320 is a team I think that has everything set, including 204 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,159 its head coach, offensive coordinator, and the entire offense staff 205 00:10:47,159 --> 00:10:49,240 that's been doing what they've been doing for the last 206 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:53,080 year with Bear Bodmeyer, for the year before that with Jaquila, 207 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,000 with all of the quarterbacks before that. They're all coming 208 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,600 back as well. I see no reason why this can't 209 00:11:00,639 --> 00:11:04,159 be a top ten team going into the preseason. Now 210 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,360 top ten teams in the preseason. We talked about it 211 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,639 every year, what do they actually mean? They're worth about 212 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:10,519 as much as the paper. They're way mon right, They 213 00:11:10,519 --> 00:11:13,320 don't actually mean anything until you go out and you 214 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:15,440 prove it and now be why. You also have the 215 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,120 schedule I think where they can prove that they're a 216 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,799 top ten team a couple of weeks ago when they 217 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,720 brought when they added a home game against Notre's game 218 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:25,960 to beef up some of that schedule. They also go 219 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,519 tow Color out of state, which I think will be 220 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,600 a pretty decent contender or could be a kind of 221 00:11:32,639 --> 00:11:35,240 a middle mid range contender in their first year in 222 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:40,039 the new Pac twelve, I mean, plus that Big twelve 223 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:42,960 schedule as well. So like this, this is a team 224 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,000 that I think should be hovering right around the top 225 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,480 ten to start the year, and they've got everything in 226 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,080 front of them to prove that they're one of those 227 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,279 top ten teams and could pretend when they could earn 228 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:56,440 a spot in the cost of a playoffs. In twenty twenty. 229 00:11:56,159 --> 00:11:58,759 Speaker 1: Six, you mentioned a few of these tight ends. It 230 00:11:58,799 --> 00:12:01,200 looks like that's been a priority of the transfer portal. 231 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,559 With four star tight end Walker lines four star tight 232 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,399 end Roger Sally Pocket coming. 233 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 2: Too, b Yu. 234 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: It begs the question how much twelve personal do we 235 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:13,039 foresee being showcased on the Great Iron at Lavell Edwards 236 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,919 Stadium this year? With Walker, Roger and of course Kean 237 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,399 Needs still on the roster too, and a couple other 238 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,279 guys that could make their way into the competition. 239 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, and there could be a lot, right, I mean, 240 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,480 I think the short answer is as much as offensive 241 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:31,559 coordinator Aaron Roder wants to run or run game coordinator 242 00:12:31,639 --> 00:12:34,480 and offensive line coach TJ. Woods wants to run, right, 243 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,279 I mean the strength of this BYU often hopefully you know, 244 00:12:39,639 --> 00:12:43,200 you hope to see another year of progression in bear Backmeyer. 245 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,000 He was able to show that he could make a 246 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,159 lot of really good throws, I think, especially in the 247 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,600 back half of his freshman year, and even in that 248 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,519 that pop Tart full game where he very clearly wasn't 249 00:12:53,639 --> 00:12:56,960 his usual self into football, whether that was by scheme, 250 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,320 by injury, maybe a little bit of both, he showed 251 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:01,759 that he can make a lot of pretty good growth, 252 00:13:02,279 --> 00:13:05,759 but he still got making it before bent that all 253 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:08,720 Big Twelve, that Big Twelve Offensive Player of the Year, 254 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:14,960 the Big twelve rushing yardage when they're in LJ. Martin 255 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,519 coming back, Like, this is going to be a team 256 00:13:16,639 --> 00:13:18,960 that wants to run the ball, and they're gonna run 257 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,279 the ball, and then they're gonna run it some more, 258 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:23,000 and then when they're tired of running it, they're probably 259 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,679 gonna run out a little bit more than that. Like 260 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,639 they're gonna want to run the ball a lot. I 261 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:29,919 could see a lot of twelve, maybe even thirteen personnel 262 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:36,960 out there, like I mean this, Yeah, I think I 263 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,200 think the short answer is as much as Aaron Rodger 264 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,320 kN Kolin Ezac want to run like this is going 265 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:44,759 to be a very one heavy run oriented team that, 266 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,480 by the way, also happens to have a couple of 267 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,159 nice quarterbacks as well, like Perkarten Sindo the Phillips coming back, 268 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:56,240 Kyler Kasper coming in from Oregon, and Walker Lyons by 269 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,080 the way, breaking pass catchers when he was a USC 270 00:13:59,399 --> 00:14:02,000 as well, caught a couple of toutsound last year. So 271 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,399 I think I think they're I think they're on the 272 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:05,919 up and up. 273 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:12,039 Speaker 1: Love the breakdown and yes, I'm excited too about these acquisitions. 274 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,320 Is there is there a specific acquisition that that cochrenations 275 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,480 should be most excited about in your opinion? 276 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:22,799 Speaker 3: Uh, can I give you two? But it's in one 277 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,279 position because I mentioned a little bit of Kadu Luave. 278 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,159 I had a chance to cover kid when he was 279 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:30,159 in high school at Mountains, which this kid is a baller, 280 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,879 six foot one, two hundred thirty five pounds played. He's 281 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,879 a little bit of an inside linebacker who's not afraid 282 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:39,519 to rush the passer as well. He's a two way 283 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:43,360 star at mallen Ridge though a thousand yard rusher at 284 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,159 running backs. I mean I thought when he In fact, 285 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,519 I remember talking to him why around signing game when 286 00:14:49,519 --> 00:14:51,879 he committed to cow I asked him if there was 287 00:14:51,919 --> 00:14:53,759 any chance of him playing two ways for playing a 288 00:14:53,799 --> 00:14:56,360 little bit of offense. He said, well, whatever coach Willcox 289 00:14:56,399 --> 00:14:58,519 wants me to play, I'll play. But I'm not he said, 290 00:14:58,559 --> 00:15:01,200 I'm not opposed to it. So he's not opposed to 291 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,960 playing two ways. I think if Lani or a Rod 292 00:15:05,159 --> 00:15:07,840 or new defensive coordinate Kelly Pabing to want to work 293 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,000 something out there, maybe there's some possibility right there, like 294 00:15:11,039 --> 00:15:14,759 this is an absolute athlete, a stud, a baller. But 295 00:15:14,799 --> 00:15:19,039 I don't think anybody's talking enough about the other linebacker 296 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,720 transfer that EYU added as well in Kansas State, Jake Cliff, 297 00:15:23,759 --> 00:15:27,039 And now he's he's coming home from a church mission 298 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,519 in Nicolagua. I'm sure that's the big reason why he's 299 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,360 offing to transfer to BYU from Kansas State. That in 300 00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:37,919 the fact that his former head coach has retired and 301 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,399 there's going to be a whole bunch of changes out 302 00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:43,080 there in Manhattan. But I think day Cliff and Clifton 303 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,879 is very quietly a nice pick up for a team 304 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,200 that that yes, they're losing Jack Kelly, but they're bringing 305 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,279 back the other two pieces of kind of their three 306 00:15:53,279 --> 00:15:57,039 headed linebacker monster and Isaiah Glaska and Sarah Like, the 307 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,960 strength of this team is still probably going to be linebackers. 308 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:04,320 Kelly Lavinia has a very good track record of developing linebackers, 309 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,120 by the way, you know, the guys who whose protegees 310 00:16:07,159 --> 00:16:09,600 include guys like Kyle that nooy and talk to talk. 311 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,159 You know, there's uh So I think this linebacker group 312 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:16,159 could be as good on the whole as it was 313 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,159 last year, even losing a guy like the generational player 314 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,960 and Jack Kelly, Like, I think they they're they're at 315 00:16:23,039 --> 00:16:25,919 least as good and probably even a little bit better 316 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:28,000 with the Luve and Jay Clifton. 317 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:33,519 Speaker 1: Some great acquisitions. Uh any of the attricians keeping you 318 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,200 up at night? 319 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 3: Oh you know, I hate losing anybody. 320 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,639 Speaker 1: Ben, Come on now, you know I'm just saying, you know, 321 00:16:40,639 --> 00:16:42,279 if you're if you're a b YU fan, b a 322 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:42,759 you coach? 323 00:16:42,799 --> 00:16:45,039 Speaker 2: Are you looking at that like a man? Why? Like 324 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,360 is GMT like to stay shot through the heart? You 325 00:16:47,399 --> 00:16:48,120 know that one hurt? 326 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: Yeah? No, I mean I think I think there are 327 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,759 a couple, uh several of these several of these players, 328 00:16:55,799 --> 00:16:59,080 like you understand why they're leaving. I think they're mostly 329 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,000 looking at playing time or a lack of playing time 330 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,119 in their current position. I'm thinking of guys like McKay 331 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,480 Hill said, the quarterback from Skyridge High School who's going 332 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:10,759 back to Utah State. He probably just wasn't saying he 333 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,920 playing time behind bear Backmeyer, who's younger than him going 334 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,440 into the sophomore season. So I don't blame McKay for leaving, 335 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,039 although that one urns. I really like McKay, like him 336 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:23,559 as a person, like him as an individual, also like 337 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,079 him as a football player. So I'm a little bit 338 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,599 saddened to see him go, but I think it's probably 339 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,079 for the best of him. Davian Beasley I kind of 340 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:33,799 feel the same way. I feel like tavie On Beasley 341 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:35,960 was the guy who was just starting to scratch the 342 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,160 surface a little bit midway through the year that Nickel 343 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,279 spot at cornerback. Now he's headed east to go play 344 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,680 at South Florida, And you know what, you wish these 345 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,759 guys all the best, right once a career, always a 346 00:17:46,839 --> 00:17:50,200 cooiter is not what you'd like to say say. I 347 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,599 think that I think there are two players that would 348 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,039 have seen significant time next year, and they're both going 349 00:17:58,079 --> 00:18:03,680 to be playing in power force systems that I don't 350 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,079 know what YU fans are like hurt or being kept 351 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,759 up at night with these guys, because again, you probably 352 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:11,960 understand some of why they're transferring out. But one of 353 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,240 them is offensive tackled Jake Griffin. He was a rotational 354 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,680 piece last year and I thought he was going to 355 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,920 be even more in the rotations this year. He just 356 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,519 signed with Arizona, going back home so to speak. He's 357 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:26,480 from the Mesa area, so he's just one hundred miles 358 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,880 down the road in Tucson, gonna be gonna be playing, 359 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,960 It's gonna be staying in the big twelve. I think 360 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,480 I think Jake's a guy who who probably would have 361 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,680 seen decent time, maybe not starting next year, but certainly 362 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,119 as a as a very high rotational piece on that 363 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,599 offensive line. And then the other one's pretty obvious. It's 364 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:46,680 Mac Golford, the fifth year senior out of Park City, 365 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,920 former Utah State transfer. Now he's headed over to Michigan 366 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:56,279 joining Jay Hill. So j Hill didn't completely leave Yu's 367 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,559 roster free from transfer, as he is bringing along Max 368 00:19:00,599 --> 00:19:04,039 s Afford with Max also has a very close relationship 369 00:19:05,039 --> 00:19:09,359 with Kyle Wadingham through his late father who coached under 370 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,160 Kyle up at the U as well. So those those 371 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,400 are probably two of the bigger ones. I mean, I 372 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:20,119 think Dom and Mark and McKenzie are really nice pieces 373 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,319 that are maybe a little bit unfortunate Marcus in particular 374 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:28,400 as a gunner as well as the cornerback. But again 375 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,319 that's I mean, that's the two way shreated the transfer portal, Right, Like, 376 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,960 if you're going to use it and try to acquire 377 00:19:35,079 --> 00:19:37,440 new talent and then see where you can get better, 378 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,200 you also have to be willing to take the risk 379 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:41,440 that you might lose somebody that you respect or that 380 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,400 you need. And I think there are a couple of 381 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,680 guys like that, Schaber and Strauthers, another kind of late 382 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,039 one to the portals. That's that's still floating around out there. 383 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,079 Really going to miss that guy personally, But that's I mean, 384 00:19:53,079 --> 00:19:55,440 that's that's just the risk of the transfer portal. But 385 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:57,640 you kind of have to accept, like, if you want 386 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,920 to use the portal, then you need to be you 387 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,880 need to be cognizant of the fact that it's probably 388 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,000 gonna be used against you as well. So do I 389 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,039 think b YU lost absolutely nothing to the portal. No, 390 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:10,960 I don't think that's true at all. I think they 391 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,799 lost some absolute talent. But I also think they gained 392 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,519 enough talent to make up for what they lost and 393 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,839 probably then thumb out to make up for some of 394 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,440 what they lost to graduation. 395 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,039 Speaker 1: You know which one I hate, like you know, I wish. 396 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,440 I think he could have been very very good for 397 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:30,000 BYU this year and even next year. If you're looking 398 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:34,839 at wants needs on the roster, I think Polka Hungah, 399 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,799 you know, leaving and granted, there's some things that are 400 00:20:37,839 --> 00:20:40,640 extenuating circumstances. He's gonna have to leave right and he's 401 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,279 got to take his talents elsewhere. But that one, to 402 00:20:44,319 --> 00:20:47,240 me hurts man that he's not able to play, not 403 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,480 eligible to play at b YU. We need running backs, baby, 404 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:53,400 LJ is a dude. We need a little lightning to 405 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:54,680 the thunder though, you know what I. 406 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 3: Mean, Oh, Poke would have been an absolutely huge need. 407 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,640 And I guess it's hard for me to consider Poke 408 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:03,319 as like this transfer portal when those decisions is because 409 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,480 of when he left right there in fall camp and everything, Like, 410 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,200 can you imagine that Poke I had been that backup, 411 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,039 that RB two behind LJ this past year, Like, I 412 00:21:13,279 --> 00:21:16,599 think that would have been absolutely massive. So, you know, 413 00:21:16,759 --> 00:21:20,279 there was I think initially I think I'm okay to 414 00:21:20,319 --> 00:21:23,319 say this now at this point because he's he's not 415 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:25,480 coming back, he's officially important on all that, But there 416 00:21:25,599 --> 00:21:27,960 was initially maybe a little bit of hope that he 417 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,920 could figure out some things and work out some things 418 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,680 to be able to come back and rejoin BYU. But 419 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,839 that's obviously not going to be the case anymore. I think, boy, 420 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,720 you could use a guy like him, But I you know, 421 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,599 if you also want to talk about the next man 422 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,759 of mentality. I think you know, he found a pretty 423 00:21:42,799 --> 00:21:44,720 good next man up and Joe that sit the mooney 424 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:49,160 in particular in that Bowl game, So maybe things end 425 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,079 up kind of riding themselves out in a little bit 426 00:21:52,079 --> 00:21:54,319 of ways. I also want to be shocked. Remember the 427 00:21:54,319 --> 00:21:57,640 transfer portal is closed, but players that are in the 428 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,759 portal still you know, they've all got to find somewhere 429 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:04,519 to go as well. So I want to be shocked 430 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:06,359 and maybe be why you kind of kick the tires 431 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,519 at some of those running backs that are still floating 432 00:22:09,519 --> 00:22:12,160 around the portal, especially to see if there's somebody who's 433 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,960 okay maybe taking a little bit of that lightning to 434 00:22:15,079 --> 00:22:19,319 LJ Marns thunder that RB two goal to him as well, 435 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:24,200 because LG can tote the rock a lot, but maybe 436 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,400 he doesn't want to carry the ball thirty times a 437 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,400 game this year, and I think you'd probably be okay 438 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,079 with that going to his going into the senior tear 439 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,920 in as well. 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