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at ESPN the Fan. First thing I want to do
is take a victory at Victory Lap. My my co
host today while I will welcome in here momentarily made
me abreast of some breaking news in the National Football League,
So I'm taking my annual. I know more ball than
Utah fans on AX and Twitter, Victory Lap. They may
be the dumbest fan base in regards to just football.
They may be the dumbest fan base in regards to rules.
Personnel evows, talent evows in the world of college football,
they're very bad. Now, granted, maybe I'm a little bit myopic.
I have a very you know, uh, you know, maybe
a funneled view of of Utah fans because I see
them so often. There could be dumber fan bases out there.
But for me, they don't know ball. And once again
I am proven right like I always am with my
NFL evaluations. Keaton Slovis his QB two in Arizona, I
declared and August August nineteen, twenty twenty three, I was
down at BYU fall camp watching Keten Slovis go through
his drops, go through rep after rep, slinging it high
velocity footballs, checking out his stature He's a man large
in stature, and watching him run too him Like dude,
he's a better athlete than has been advertised. He can scoot,
he can move, he can run. Now, did he produces
we wanted him to at BA?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: Was there a little bit of a figuring out mode
with a Rod and Keaton and how they were gonna,
you know, Mesh and meld. Of course there was okay,
But I said, I look like ket slove is a
great quarterback. I stated on Twitter. I don't want to
overhype him because I don't want anyone on Twitter message
boards to blame me when he throws his first pick
and and then tell me that I lied to them.
But he's an NFL talent. There was no question in
my mind after watching him for about twenty minutes. It's
all it takes. Okay, it's all it takes. I'm like,
that dude is an NFL talent. Now will he be
productive enough, will he be able to, you know, showcase
his talents in such a way that that merits a
draft pick. I don't know, But that's an NFL town.
Same thing that I said about San Anderson. He's an
NFL talent. There was no question in my mind he
was an NFL town. He's still playing ball in the
National Football Ue and granted, let me tell you this.
I had a ton of former football players BYU football
players say Ben, you're an idiot. I'm like, guys, I
know more ball. I have watched more film than all
of my teammates. When look, guys, it was me, John Beck,
Cameron Jensen, and Quinn Goots. Those were the only guys
watching film. Jan Jorgenson, I think would watch some film
every once in a while too. Those are the only
guys watching film. Everybody else was out doing their thing. No,
I'm not trying to hate on my team, as I'm
just saying I have watched more football than all of
them film all twenty two delving into it. Okay, that's it. Okay,
So I'm I'm just being declarative when I state that
I know talent. Okay, I know NFL talent when I
see it and it was like, well, yeah, well if
they're big, they're strong, they're faster. Their NFL talent. There's
a lot of things that go into it. It's their movements,
it's their biomechanics, it's it's football IQ. There's there's interviews
that are involved, Like, there's a lot that's involved, even
outside of production and stats and efficiencies that that that
are involved in why NFL organizations draft and acquire undrafted
free agents, uh for their respective organizations. So just taking
my victory lap. So just just let me have my
have my time here today as I dunk on Utah, Man,
I I got to because otherwise I forget. I'm gonna
move on because spend a lot.
Speaker 3: Of time Joe, everybody in the company backstage, I'm starting
to fat job everybody.
Speaker 4: I ridiculed everyone on the rust.
Speaker 1: I just want to say from the bottom of behind,
I'd like to take this.
Speaker 3: Chance to apologize absolutely nobody.
Speaker 5: Oh man.
Speaker 1: That's the thing, Like, if I don't bring it up,
they all they remember. This is how they're like. They
don't remember exactly what was tweeted Ze died. They just
remember how the tweet made them feel. And Utah fans
are very much in their emotions, their feels. They're very
they're emotional. They're not logical, right, and we're emotional and illogical.
Then that that's I gotta I gotta remind you that
you this is what happened. You were wrong, erroneous. Let's
welcome in to the show. Let's fire it up the
ESPN the fans starting lineup, so I can introduce you
to my co host and the rest of the star
stud of cast joining us for this Land State November
fifth edition of Cougar Sports. Uh one of my favorite
bring co hosts and hosts and insiders and riders here
at Cooger Cuncher. That's welcome in Brantasy gurdy. G Man.
Speaker 5: Let me add this insight that I think you overlooked.
But this kind of boos up your criticism of Utahs.
You tough man's look.
Speaker 6: For anything that differentiates themselves from b Why what is
differentiated in Utah for BWAYU is Utah hoots.
Speaker 5: Guys in the league be what you doesn't. And that
was largely true for a number of years.
Speaker 6: So when you take a French prospect and say this
is an NFL talent, you tough mass reflects.
Speaker 5: Like me, Yu doesn't produce NFL talent. Guys don't go
to b Way to go to the lake.
Speaker 6: Sure they have luck every wow, but we're the we're
the school that produces NFL talent. That's where it derives
from because they're looking for any advantage of that.
Speaker 5: That was a hallmark of Utah's advantage over BWA. You
for a number of years. Yeah it's cone now. Yeah
it's gone now.
Speaker 6: And you're saying that ps all come asma Zoobie quarternalls,
stop it.
Speaker 5: And that's and that also.
Speaker 6: Irks him because you tell usn't put quarterbacks into the NFL,
none of them except.
Speaker 5: Utley Humley, that's it.
Speaker 1: And and the reason like, look, the first time I
saw Huntley, he was wrapped up. He's about seven yards deep,
seven to eight yards deep in the pocket, wrapped up
without any sort of like leverage to be able to throw.
And he threw fifty yards like while his legs are
wrapped up, like literally tied up, and he just cocks
back with those big old banana spider fingers of his
just enveloping that pigskin and ripped off a fifty yard
like fade. I was like, Bro, that's an NFL arm.
He's an He's an NFL talent. I can tell you
that by the way the form and fashion he runs.
And he's a smart kid. You've heard his interviews, A
smart kid. He was a leader, Huntley for heisman, right,
Huntley for Heisman right.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, dude, yeah, he's he's got NFL ability,
no doubt.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna have this story.
Speaker 6: You may you may not remember this, but this is
going to add to your grandeur. So I'm very hesitant
to share this, but this is this is how Crittle
gets with his evaluation. I remember I was sitting with
you when when the news came across the b WA
you got a commitment from Bear Bontner. No one really
knew anything about Bear at that moment, what do we do?
We go on the internet. Well, and we're watching film.
Oh yeah, yeah, armstring and all that. I remember you're
looking looking then your eyes just got really really big.
Speaker 5: You said, Dury, come here, right now, come look at this,
and you showed me. You know what you showed me.
Speaker 1: I don't even remember what.
Speaker 5: You found a picture of Bear's lower body.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you.
Speaker 6: Said you you got that excited, bro, That's exactly what
a rod needs.
Speaker 5: This. This is going to be big.
Speaker 6: Look at that, Look at that gernie and you're just
scouring for for for pictures of his caboos, right. I
was just looking at his butt, by the way, and
you got really really excited. Hamstrings, calves, looking at bone structure.
Then you evaluate that and you look at neuromuscular twitch
and you were getting so excited. And I hate to
say it, but what have we seen Bear out? I mean,
he's tremendous. He can take so much impact. Yes, he's
basically LJ. Martin, but can throw a football.
Speaker 1: That's what he is.
Speaker 5: And I don't know, I just wanted to add that because.
Speaker 6: Yeah, but yeah, Kril does his due diligence I'll just
say that he looks at girth, he looks at bone, stretch,
and he looks at everything when evaluating these guys.
Speaker 5: Anyway, I just thought you need.
Speaker 1: To I mean, I noticed that that Bear Blackber's got
a double jointed like thumb, you know what I mean.
I'm looking at that. So I'm like, how in the
age does he throw a freaking football, you know, so
accurately when he's got this thumb that kind of drops
down and almost dislocates.
Speaker 5: It's unique.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at everything, Okay, And look, the jury is
still out for me, by the way, on whether or
not Bear Bachmeyer becomes an NFL quarterback. But there is
no doubt in my mind that he is a great
to an elite college football player. And the reason being
is like, there's a reason why people have dubbed him,
and I think this is a rod's of values that
he hasn't gone on record on it. And then Steve
Klements came on, is like, he's the right handed, better
throwing tebow. There's a reason why he's dubbed that. Tibo
was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, college
football players ever, but there were always question marks even
though he was a first round NFL pick. There were
question marks even when they drafted him. I think on
whether or not his skill set would be starting material,
backup material. If he was more of an undrafted free
there was a lot of question marks. But you have
to take a guy like that because of his productivity,
right And like, like I said, this is a victory
lab for me. We're gonna move on from me today.
It's not all about me. This is cougar sports. But
we're all we should all celebrate and all dunk on
Utah fans evals of football players, especially when they're at BYU,
because you know they're gonna be jaded, they're gonna as
you you brought up some really good points about that
Utah is the developer of talent NFL talent in the state,
not BYU, which is completely changed post twenty sixteen with
Klonie at the helm.
Speaker 6: By the way, yeah, that's been the big thing you
has had over b Way units kind of gone.
Speaker 5: It's gone.
Speaker 1: Look, we talk about leveling the playing field here, and
that's one of the elements that has leveled out because
of the investment that BYU has had in their developmental program.
Strength and additioning nutrition health. Look at our injury report.
How healthy are we right now? Yeah, there's Nickteing's bruises,
but we're probably ninety five percent healthy from when we
ordered the season. Are you kidding me? Who can say that?
In college football, and much of your ability is based
off your availability. When you can stay healthy, when you
can stay strong, you can get bigger, faster, stronger, more refined.
You're a football like you goes up because you're getting
more reps. You're just developing. The problem with football is
you get injured all the time. You just get injured,
and then that sets you back in your development.
Speaker 5: It just does.
Speaker 1: So shout out to Killani. Kalani's building a championship program
and finally people are taking notice and it's really really
been accelerated post twenty nineteen.
Speaker 5: I hope b Way You fans are able to appreciate.
Speaker 6: I think a lot of them are just what's going
to happen on Saturday?
Speaker 5: Where b Way You has the specter of the nation
in November.
Speaker 6: I mean it's happened maybe sometimes in September to a
lesser degree, but b Way You has the eye of
the nation on them.
Speaker 5: The premiere game of the entire week in November.
Speaker 6: And it doesn't matter if Bway's been misperceived, underrated, whatever,
b WA. He has a chance to win. They have
a chance to just do it on the field. The
opportunity for this game for the rest of the season
is absolutely tremendous. They've earned it. I think they've What
consistent thing Kalani's given this year, more so than any
other year, is he always goes back to the plan
that he and his coaches have had for this team
this entire year. They've had a framework, they they've had
a process of development that's been realized by a large
where they know how they're gonna win games, how they
best can manage games, and they're doing it very, very effectively.
And that's why I think they're going to pose a
bigger test against Texas Tech than almost everyone is thinking
at this point.
Speaker 1: Guys, we have Brett Hammer in the house, Brett always
bringing the hammer. He's gonna be on the digital side.
He'll come in and out Ronald the three man Weaver
also in the easy Uh, Ronald, how are you living buddy?
Speaker 5: Living good? Guys?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, been love when you're right about these quarterbacks and
you get the dunk on the Utah fans, the ones
on Twitter at least, it's pretty funny hear that, But
seeing Keaton slow as a QB two. Happy for Keaton,
wish you would have worked out better at BAU, but
happy to see him balling at the highest level though.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. We got a tremendous start set
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Utah dot Com. Aaron Roderick was able to get in
front of the media yesterday and we discussed a number
of topics. Let's get into it. What's the expectation for
l J Martin this week? Is he going to play?
Speaker 2: Thanks me, we expect him to play. I mean he's
he's practicing.
Speaker 1: All right, having some technical difficulties with our sound. Lociento
Pete Damilo tweeted out earlier yesterday that LJ was available.
He's practicing, He's gonna play. I stated last Wednesday that
I had heard through the grape vine that hey, he
should be good to go, and it was most likely
an ac joint separation, which can can impact the form,
the fashion, the physical nature of a running back and
lowering his shoulder. But I think LJ will look decent
on Saturday versus Texas Tech. I think he'll be ready
to go.
Speaker 6: I listened to the interview, and I think what a
Rod's putting out there is he doesn't really know how
Lj's gonna respond. He hasn't taken any impact until he
takes that first head. It's kind of hard to evaluate
just how much they can lean and depend on l J.
Speaker 5: Martin.
Speaker 6: It's gonna be pain tolerance, a lot of it is.
I think LG is really tough. I think he's going
to I think it's gonna be hard to tell that
Lj's hurt.
Speaker 5: I really do.
Speaker 6: I maybe I'm too optimistic in that regard. I think
he's a very tough kid. I think he's focused. I
think he's gonna be ready to go. But but but
A Rod's necessarily qualifying it because he doesn't know.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he really doesn't know. He's gonna have a plan
B if he can't go.
Speaker 6: But LJ is gonna be taking his first contact since
sustaining that injury, so it's kind of hard to say, no,
he's gonna be fine, He's gonna be Okay. Every injury
is different, every way every player how they responded that injury,
and then Dura is different, and we're just gonna gonna
have to see him that regard.
Speaker 1: What's the expectation for LJ this week? Aaron Roderick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we expect him to play. I mean, he's he's practicing.
It's not sure what percent he'll be yet. You were
still working our way through that, but I'm expecting him
to be ready to play.
Speaker 1: So is Eliji a physically bruising running back or is
he more of a finesse quick he's you think he's
a bruce.
Speaker 5: He's an absolute bruiser. Yeah, yeah, there's no question.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, that's what he does.
Speaker 6: He falls forward. I think he's kind of like Harvey Unga.
If I was to give a cop B way you
pass running backs. I think he compares most with Tyler Alsier.
Harvey uh not Harvey Ungu. Yeah, Harvey O good type.
Speaker 5: Okay, all right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: He's a bruiser, sure, Okay, So will he be able
to sustain that is the question. Yeah, right, what's the
long term concern? Is there any surgery that's going to
be needed down the road.
Speaker 2: I'm not allowed to talk about his personal you know,
like his his uh, the details of it, but I
think he's gonna have a chance to play just how much.
We're still still working through that in practice, seeing how
he feels day to day.
Speaker 1: So yeah, you're not gonna get into details. I mean
sometimes A Rod and and Jay Hill will give.
Speaker 5: A little bit more. Jay so Jay Hill much more.
Speaker 1: Than as very good. Like we've we've we've pulled the
media on this. I would say like Kilanie is always
gonna be like not not gonna give you too much,
very rarely. Every once in a while he'll drop a
jem and you just got to read between the lines
a little bit. You gotta know, Kilanie, he may give
you a little something if you like shit maybe, But
A Rod and j they've been good, like they've been good,
pretty pretty detailed.
Speaker 5: No has been good. I just think Jay Hill's a
little gives you a little bit.
Speaker 6: He's more effusive with with with his commentary on specific
players that I think A Rod is. I'm not saying
a Ron's bad. I enjoy interviewing a Rod. I think
he gives good quotes. I thought his interviews prior to
the Utah game morale standing, Yeah, they were really really good.
Speaker 5: So so yeah, I know I agree with your revalue.
Speaker 3: Ben, I'm hopping in here. I think Jay Hill, like
Gurney said, is more open. But this is what I've
learned in my observation of your Rod. If you ask
the right question or in a certain way, he'll give
the answer. You know, you can't. I don't, I don't
know have the right word for but if you just
expect him to tell you if you go, I guess
with that, he's gonna look at you sideways, and I've
seen him look at myself and other people. But if
you ask it the right way, he can catch him.
On the right day, he's gonna give it to you.
That's just what I've noticed my Aaron. He's a very
friendly guy.
Speaker 1: Aaron Lj's been physical, a guy that fights off contact.
Can he still do that?
Speaker 5: Well, we'll find out Saturday, right.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the whole that's that's what I that's
what I can't answer it.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 6: Yeah, So he's Essentially, he was asked the same question
three times in a row.
Speaker 5: He's done, he's done. You know, you don't want to
answer it anymore.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so there you go. Killani Kilanie said, he's been practicing.
This is still a right. I apologize if I'm if
I'm confusing. Kilani said, he's been practicing. How has he
been responding?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's practiced a lot. Really, I mean he's he's
it's just uh yeah, he's just a little got a
little banged up and he's practicing and we'll find out
what he can do Saturday. And still got a couple
more days of practice to see how he feels each
day too.
Speaker 1: So four times was that the same? Is that the
same person asking the same all four?
Speaker 5: All right? There you go?
Speaker 3: Uh no, no, no, no, no, the first three asked by
the same person.
Speaker 1: That was a different person. That person everyone wants it
all about l J.
Speaker 5: Yeah, big news, I get it, right, I get it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. How is Preston Rex doing? Then he went into
the tent during the Iowa State game.
Speaker 5: That's a good question. Yeah, he's good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's playing doing everything, playing well and becoming a
more complete running back every day. He you know, he
hasn't been a running back very long, and but he's
a super athlete and he's doing a really good job.
Speaker 1: The Preston Rex, jovesa Enich. Those are your running backs
right now, Logan Pain.
Speaker 5: That's who I want to see.
Speaker 1: That's who you want to see. It's always that's the
most popular guy campus. Is the fifth string running back.
That's that's a rule.
Speaker 6: That's right, running back that led the entire state of
Utah running senior year.
Speaker 1: Right, who's more pot Pain? Who's more Pott?
Speaker 5: Name right there?
Speaker 1: Four string running back? Riley Burt or four string running back?
Speaker 6: It's absolutely I have never in my life fielded more
questions from fans about regarding a third or fourth string
running back than I was with Riley Burg.
Speaker 5: Can you tell Riley Burt Riley.
Speaker 1: Burt that one cincinato? Yeah, that one run?
Speaker 5: It was weird. Riley Burn had vision issues? That was
this big problem. You had vision issues anyway? Yeah, wait
to dig that up, criddle, Sorry like that.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like, you know, like whenever there's like
a I was like a deep cut.
Speaker 5: I was so I was so annoyed. Just think is
d I love? I thought he was a good kid.
But stop asking about him anyway.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to it. How did the
rest of the running back room take advantage of the
bye week?
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've had some good, good opportunities to get you know,
Joevessa has been a little banged up too, so it's
had been been good time for him or not Joe Vessa, Sorry, Enix,
Now he's been a little banged up, so it's been
good for him because he's needed that time to heal up.
Enix a good player, and and then we've been getting
Joe Vessa a lot of reps too. We we have
a lot of a lot of faith in Joe Vessa.
He's he's got juice and uh, he's tough, and so
if we need him, he's ready to go as well.
Speaker 1: Give him some love.
Speaker 6: I would like to see them trot out, Joe Vessa.
I thought he looked pretty good. Yeah, and and by
all accounts, he's been the best looking running back while
he's been running in practices. Yeah, he fumbled bad. Stop
it doesn't he get another chance. I think he gave
a guy another chance. You fumbled the one time.
Speaker 5: That's bad. You can't do that. Give him a second chance.
Speaker 6: That's the That's typically the rule for NFL running backs.
You fumble once, it's like, okay, we got your eyes.
You fumbled twice, you're done. That should be the rule
with Joves, in my opinion, put him out there if
you had a healthy stable backs that you knew could
get it done. Okay, yeah, maybe maybe you Hinkley repotting
him and we don't see him for a year. But
given the situation b what you currently has and with
how the running backs have looked not great, I think
you trot out Joe Bessa. You give them another chance.
Absent my guy Logan pain.
Speaker 1: You don't want to create like a Hinkly Rapati situation
right where you're not utilizing a talent just because he
fumbled once upon a time. Yeah, but I will say
this much. You guys got to realize that much of
what happens with playing time is based off of trust.
And like, trust is an interesting thing, right, Everyone's like, well,
if they're talented, if they're highly rated, you know, they're athletic,
then they probably trust him, right, And that may be
true at times, but not always, Like it's like there
has to be trust that the player is going to
do the job and not make the coach look bad.
You could be the biggest, the strongest, the fastest and
winning reps, but until you do it in a game
like sometimes there's a little bit of there's not a
full amount of trust, So like earning that trust back
if you do fumble is an interesting dilemma. And a
Rod may be distrustful sometimes, but he's like gone out
of his way now over the last two weeks to
say no, I love Javessa. I think he's great, he's
got juice, he's a good football player. He's been dinged
up too, so I don't know. It's hard to know
exactly what a Rod is thinking because you have the
Hinklu Rapata situation where he fumbled and had some ball
security issues and he did not see the field for
a long time until the Boise State game in which
he had a great game. It was fantastic back into
the good graces. So if you're Harvey and you're you're
you're you're advocating for Joe Vessa and you feel like
he's you know, corrected his his ways in ball security,
then then you say, hey, like remember Hinckley, that's what
you're trying to say. Yeah, that's what you're trying to
convince me, Like, hey, let's give it another.
Speaker 5: Chance, give it another trust his heart.
Speaker 1: Trust This hard to be. It's hard to to to
gain and once you've lost it, it's hard to get back.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so uh.
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Speaker 6: So this is a remix, it's a remake, it's a cover.
Speaker 1: It's a cover.
Speaker 5: Ring a Fire, Ring a Fire by Social Distortion.
Speaker 1: Social Distortion g Man chose the demand of the name
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Speaker 5: I had a roommate that was the norm of social
distortion and he kind of got me into them.
Speaker 1: So is this their best song?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 1: What's their best song?
Speaker 5: Ball and Chain?
Speaker 1: Ball and Chain. Find Ball and Chain real quick, just
so I can listen to it. Ronald Ball and Chain.
You don't like that, Yeah, I ran a Fire is good.
I mean I like the original there. I like the
original of that one. Like it's a little bit too
indie for me, Like I don't love it.
Speaker 5: It's all right, It's fantastic, Yeah, it's okay, stop it.
Speaker 1: Mas samandoms six seven stop stop it as the kid
of say six seven, I hate thos.
Speaker 5: Well, I don't. I don't understand the sixth seven just
from seven.
Speaker 1: It's it's mustamanos, it's it's plase. What what you just
chose was a Blase song and a Blase it.
Speaker 5: Was a fantastic song.
Speaker 1: Okay, I don't need it. I don't like it. It's
sixty seven.
Speaker 5: No, it was fantastic's six seven. No, you're wrong anyway.
Speaker 1: Like I chose earlier this week, Fleetwood Mac that is
that was a good pick that I mean, that's like
one of the greatest, you know what I mean.
Speaker 5: So you're gonna need more from me from Band of
the Days. I need more from gem I thought that
was a fantastic pick. I thought it was a good pick.
G Man, I liked it.
Speaker 6: It was okay, I said, six seven anyway, moving on,
whatever I failed you, I did not fail the audience
because they loved it.
Speaker 1: But did they love it?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Find Ball and Chain because I didn't like that better.
Speaker 5: Probably Goulda chose I played ball and change.
Speaker 1: Is it. Yeah, we're gonna get into some sound here. Momentarily,
Aaron Roderick had discussing this Billy Cooper football team, reping
us for the Texas that game, give me a little
scattered report. I hate this too. Social Distortion sucks. I
at least at least the cover like there's like some
like nostalgia in history and like an original songwriter and
musician that created the basis and foundation for glory and
victory on the guitar.
Speaker 5: You're wrong. Social Distortion is a great band.
Speaker 1: That song socks.
Speaker 5: No, it was fantastic.
Speaker 1: It's really bad. That's like a one two for me.
Not a good song, not listenable. All right, guys, we're
gonna get into a questioning poll of.
Speaker 5: The day is beautiated mocked?
Speaker 1: No, I look not a good band.
Speaker 5: No, just move on. I'll never pick Social Distortion.
Speaker 1: Let me thank you. I appreciate that. One of my
questions is this, What did the colleg football Playoff committee
get right? What did they get wrong? So this is
your rankings for those that have not been caught up
to speed. Ohio State one, Indiana two, Texas A and
M three, Alabama fod Georgia five, Ole, Miss six, BYU seven,
Texas Tech eight, Oregon nine Notre Dame ten, Texas eleven,
Oklahoma twelve, Utah thirteen, Virginia fourteen, Louisville fifteen, sixteen IS Vanderbilt,
seventeen is Georgia Tech, eighteen IS Miami, usc is nineteen,
Iowa is twenty twenty one Michigan twenty two, Missoo twenty
three Washington, twenty four pit and twenty five Tennessee. What
did you feel they got right? G Man? And what
do you feel they got wrong this go around? For
the initial rankings, I think.
Speaker 6: It's absolutely perfect. I thought about this a lot. It's
really hard for me to make a Bible. Are you, oh,
b where you got scrawl? They should be ranked higher
than that.
Speaker 5: No, Georgia has one well as one loss was the
whole miss.
Speaker 6: And they barely lost or maybe it was vice Per
I don't remember, but their quality quality losses in front
of B WAYU, I think seven is exactly what B.
Speaker 5: Way you should be ranked right now.
Speaker 6: It's hard for me to find any qualms where Bway
fans are always up in arms.
Speaker 5: It's like, oh, just respecting all that, you're ready to
go the drop of a hat.
Speaker 6: I'm not seeing that on social media. I'm not seeing
that on Cougar board. I'm not seeing that on the Twitter.
Bway fans are very satiated by this number seven ranking.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's exactly where b Way you should be.
Speaker 6: I think they did it by way you exactly right
with this designation is the number seven team. And I
think what's helping BWA used causes that went over Utah
big time, big, big, big time, because they love Utah
for some reason. It's the margin of victory. It's all
that where Bay where you talk and as b Way
you beat them and they're on and they're undefeated. I
think that's helping me with you Utah, thanks get thanks
to the University of Meutia. I think you're helping be
what he's causing that regard. It would be tremendous if
the Big twelve got two bins. It's looking like it's
going to get two bits.
Speaker 1: Just so you know foundationally what we're seeing with this
particular this particular committee. And I tried with Bretty Ormick
about this at the Big Twelve media days. I said, look,
I believe that there's too much human element in the
committee and they have to begin to at least wait
it somewhat equally with objective metrics across a multitude. I mean,
we're living in twenty twenty five in a tech world
filled with AI, and we're just allowing the human committees
to corruptly or incompetently either one. I have questions about
choose who's the best team and best teams in college football? So,
like I do I think most of this, I'm like,
I feel like it's pretty good. Like I don't have
much to disagree on. You can maybe move a few
teams around. But Brett, I know you have some comments
on this. I'm gonna I'm gonna follow up after you
chin in. Yeah.
Speaker 9: I want to give you guys something that may make
you look at the committee's rankings in a different way.
Speaker 1: I just read this. This is from David Hale.
Speaker 9: He did his ESPN FBI Anger Index, so people who
should be most enthralled about where their team was ranked
in the college football playoff ranking. So he put together
a blind resume. Just listen to this and just see
what you think. Because I initially was with you, Gurney,
I was like, you know what, I think, BOU is
exactly where.
Speaker 5: They should be.
Speaker 1: And then I listened to this.
Speaker 9: So team A in the blind resume number three, strength
of record, number thirty three, strength of schedule four and
overs s P plus top forty opponents, and their best
win was number eleven in the committee's initial poll. So
that's teammate Team B number four in strength of record
very similar, number forty five, strength of skied very similar
three and ozero versus s P plus top forty opponents
very similar. Their best win was number thirteen in the
committee's poll. Team A was Ohio State, the number one
team at the College Ofwall PLANFF rankings, and Team.
Speaker 1: B would be one B y you cougar, Yes, So
if anything that what did they get wrong? And I
had this conversation like, look, BYU's undefeated, and they have
pretty good metrics backing them up right now, and then
you see what the committee put out and what they
like behind BYU two and that win versus Utah, they
get it. They get to go against Texas Tech, the
other team that's sitting right at number eight behind them.
You could make an argument that BOU deserves to be
in the top five, right, like at worst, right like
I I would have been appalled if they would have
been lower than nine. Yeah, like I would have been
a strung would have been fined six seven eight sixty
seven eight.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I got it, six seven sixty seven six seven grey, Yeah,
I got it.
Speaker 1: But metrically speaking, you could make a case to make
look and that's what David Hall said, like the number
one team that you could say like they deserve better
is BYU. He also makes a case for Louisville at
seven and one, number fifteen. We get it as accomplished.
The acc might in fact just be an episode of
Punked that Ashton Kutcher started in two thousand and eight
then got distracted forgot to let everyone know it was
a prank. Right reference Yeah, great reference Team A number ten,
blind resume number ten, strength of record number fifty eight,
strength of schedule one win in the SB plus top
forty best win versus Committee's number thirteen team lone loss
versus an unranked team, so a bad loss right team
B number thirteen, strength of record number fifty six, strength
of schedule three wins versus SB plus top forty best
win versus Committee's number eighteen team loan loss to Committee's
number fourteen team. This is basically a coin flippy states,
though given the additional wins versus high level opponents and
a better loss, it would be hard to argue against
Team B right add to that teams, Team b's loan
loss came in double overtime in a game when it
outgained its opponent by one hundred and fifty yards. Surely
you would be on Team B side right now. Well,
not surprisingly, Team B is Louisville. Team A is Texas Tech,
ranked seven spots higher at number eight. Let's go back
to the beginning of the season when we aggregated poll
data in the ap Pole era. The most overrated team
in college football since the beginnings of the Ape Paul,
at least in the modern era, it was Texas A
and m or Waste, and the most underrated team was
B y U I knew, I knew B way is
the most but the most overrated team. The teams that
are overhyped and over ranked at the beginning of the
season and end up floundering on the back end three loss,
four loss, five loss, six loss. Texas A and m
Utah was also in that group. By the way, I
know it has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
I just like to point that out. They're the most
overrated too, which you hope they're not this year, you know,
because that helps BOU and the the resume. UH just
don't let Utah fans pick NFL talent out. They're just
not very good at it.
Speaker 5: Here's what's gonna happen with the University of Utah.
Speaker 6: They're gonna win out and they're not gonna go to
the College Football Playoff.
Speaker 5: They're gonna go to a bowl game.
Speaker 6: They're gonna dominate, and the Utah fans are gonna just
they're gonna you know, Utah would have all they would
have mashed it and they will ride with that.
Speaker 1: You think, so you don't think if if you Utah
wins out. Let me give you this scenario. Let's say
BYU beats Texas Tech, right, and Texas Tech after that
wins out. So now they are a two loss team
and they end up in the UH in the in
the championship game with BYU, BYU loses to Texas Tech
and and Utah wins out. There's the rest of their schedule.
I think it's a possibility that Utah overtakes b where
you know that all three Big twelve teams couldn't get
into the College Football playoff. No, it's a possibility, especially
especially if Utah continues to dominate offensively and defensively. Like
dr right now, if it is, you don't obviously you
have to put b yu in Texas Tech into the
college football player could by that time, by that time, like,
I don't know how far. I don't know how far
Texas Tech is going to drop if this is a
close game, if this is a one score game, I
don't know how far they're gonna drop with those two losses.
Speaker 6: If that makes sense, it's definitely a possibility. I just
can't see a scenario. Or they invite three Big twelve
teams to the college football player.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I just don't think that's gonna happen.
Speaker 6: Maybe it's Utah because they they're obviously enamored with Utah,
So maybe Utah is going to to push that envelope
in that regard. But I think the ultimate destination for
Utah is the Alamo Bowl. Or they can just dominate
and just pat themselves on the back. Wow, Oh, if
only if only we had Cam rising, if only they
we would.
Speaker 5: Have gotten that golden passage.
Speaker 6: Then they'll go forward next you're booed up with that
lose their entire offensive line and oh, how come you're
not as good this year?
Speaker 1: Well, somebody told me Devin dan Pierce was to win
the Heisman. I swear a couple of fans told me
that before the season. No, maybe every fan of Utah
on Twitter. So maybe Devin Depier, I mean Bert Faklin
is just they have two Heights candidates right now.
Speaker 5: Wow, can I say someone about Utah football? That offensive
line is so good they could make.
Speaker 6: A lot of very mediocre players look out standing. And
that's exactly what's happening this year.
Speaker 1: Really, that's exact. And I'm not I don't know that
I that much. I just don't know if i'd say it.
Speaker 6: I'm not criticizing Utah. They deserve tremendous prossle putting that
offensive line together. That is the best offensive line in
the country, highest rate of weekend and week out. They
recruited as tremendous. But just don't give me Bird Fackland
and Devon dam Pier because it is all that offensive line.
I watched every Utah game this year except last week
because I have YouTube TV, so I was preempted from
watching that game.
Speaker 5: They are all offensive line and that's exactly what they
should be.
Speaker 6: Jason Beck is a very very smart individual. Put it
at all on that offensive line. They're responding and they're
making those guys look phenomenal. Everyone's you give Bird Fackland
a mediocre offensive line.
Speaker 5: Guess what, Bird Faklin's a.
Speaker 6: Mediocre Sorry, that's the truth of the matter. And I'm
not ripping on Utah. You deserve props for putting forth
the most outstanding offensive line in the entire country, developing them.
Speaker 5: It's fantastic.
Speaker 6: Every bway you finis should be envious of what Utah
is doing with that offensive line production. Probably two first
round draft picks. Uh Fano's going in the first round. Yeah,
Caleb Lomo could go really high. Yeah, they're fantastic. So
both of them should be a b. That's Utah's offense.
And guess what, all five of your starters are gone
next year.
Speaker 5: All of them, all of them.
Speaker 6: I'm just just a warning Utah fans just just just
be aware of that.
Speaker 1: Be aware. So anyway, let's take a brief time out.
What what did the committee get right? What did they
get wrong? What did they get right? What did they
get wrong? What do you got from me?
Speaker 5: Ronald.
Speaker 1: Okay, uh so, before we go to break, Before we
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Scott reports about the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and that segment,
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We will never play Social Distortion again. I am from
the from the show. That is a absolutely, that is
a trash man. In fact, I'm gonna look them up
on the break and see if I can find a
song that I like so that you know, I.
Speaker 5: Played Social Distortion before on the show.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'd probably let you slide with it, you know.
I'm like, because the Ring of Fire, you probably played
that same song at least once. Yeah, That's what I'm saying. Like,
and I'm like, I'm okay with That's why I said
six seven but not today. I just don't want to
hear it again. I mean, if I want to listen,
I'll try.
Speaker 5: To do baar next time.
Speaker 1: If from the show, if I want to listen to
it an oldie, but goodie, I'm gond not the new
he you know, I don't want to listen to that.
Speaker 5: Fair enough, We'll.
Speaker 1: Go to break, We'll come back. Aaron Roder gett your
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and get a little scattering report. My buddy Adam just
texting me said, Social Distortions. Best song is Story of
my Life. I kid you not. I went to like
I told you, I promised you. I went to their
best Songs on Apple Music and I played that song.
I'm like, Okay, I like this song Story of my Life.
Speaker 6: I have never been more besead with criticism in the
history of this program than.
Speaker 5: I have today. Yeah.
Speaker 6: So, like, but I am a professional. I'm not gonna
take it personally. I'm gonna try, but this has been
hard for me.
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of your eighties stuff I like,
and this is nineties though, yeah this is nineties indie.
This isn't my wheelhard stuff like this is.
Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, this isn't my wheelhouse. Admittedly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so Adam, you were right, Like I just so
you know, Adam, I went before you sent that to me.
I had I had listened to that song of I
like this one. I give it like I give Story
of my life, probably like a seven eight, not a
six seven. But I do like ring a Fire I
dig I mean it's sixty seven. You know I can
listen to it without being like I wanted I want
to punch myself with the face ball and shame not
not so I didn't like that anyway. Let's get into
some comics from Aaron Roders show. We talk some stats.
What stands out to you number seven, Numero day, What
stands out to you about this Texas Tech defense?
Speaker 2: Man, this is the best defense we've played, probably since
Texas in twenty twenty three. I'd say they're right up
there with those guys. This D line is they're freaks
and they're really good players. Their linebackers are great. Everybody
knows that good secondary. They have no personnel weaknesses. They
have a very good scheme, very well coached. I have
a lot of respect for their defensive coordinator.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they're good.
Speaker 2: They don't they don't really have any weaknesses, and they
they get turnovers many. They strip the ball as well
as any team.
Speaker 5: I've ever seen.
Speaker 6: Man thoughts, that's stripping the ball. Things real, and I
know you love that. You love that linebacker stripping that football.
That's a very bolt we've been talking about a right
gives any interviews.
Speaker 5: That is a gem right there.
Speaker 6: Stating that this is the best defense. Because we search
for comments about that all the time. Usually they don't
bite Kalawne never bites for ay Rod just to come
out and say, this is the best defense we played
since Texas of twenty twenty three.
Speaker 5: That specific, that's effusive.
Speaker 6: That's money right there, And you know what I love
about that? That wasn't the twenty twenty four Utah defense.
Speaker 5: Wasn't what wasn't the twenty twenty five Utah defense.
Speaker 6: No, this is the best defense and it's bad that
that front seven is tremendous.
Speaker 5: Those defensive ends are as good as Utah's defensive ends.
Speaker 6: But where Texas Tech's going to be that much more
formidable is defensive tackles. That interior is going to be
tough to run on the way you was able to
run on Utah unlike I've seen b what you do
in recent history.
Speaker 5: It's gonna be tough sledding against Texas Tech. You need LJ.
Speaker 6: Martin really really bad in this game because they're formidable
and they're gonna be stripping that ball man.
Speaker 5: We talked about Joe Vesson, the moody coming back.
Speaker 6: Maybe this isn't the game you get it back because
Texas Tech makes things happen in that regard. But anyway,
props to a Rod for giving us the pretext and
the glimpse of exactly what BA use up against comes
Saturday with this defensive.
Speaker 1: Front Texas Texas Texas defense is ranked eighth in the
country per ESPN SP plus metric, so very efficient, very effective,
very good in all facets. So this is objectively and
from the eye test, the best defense that BOA has
faced obviously this year. But I would have to go
back and look at that Texas defense from a talent standpoint,
that Texas defense was extremely good, and Texas Tech definitely
invested into that defensive front, maybe more so than any
you know, any other group that that defensive front of
those first seventies extremely expensive and extremely talented. And the
crazy thing is is like how cohesive they are, Like
they play well together. That doesn't always happen. Okay, you
get a bunch of guys that you bought on the
free market and you try to put them in the
same room, and like a lot of times, they just don't.
They don't align, they don't buy in, they don't put
in the effort, they don't execute. Tech is executing and
they've been exeuting since day one. Let's get back to it.
What do you need to see from your guys to
slow down this Red Raiders defense, Well.
Speaker 2: We just have to execute, you know, we have to
you know, we have to stick within our identity. You know,
you you you know, when you play a defense, that's
good if you know, you try to have some wrinkles
for them. But at the same time, if you do
too much new stuff, then you're not gonna play fast.
And so we're trying to find that right balance of
having some things that give them trouble, but also stick
to our core identity and be physical and execute our
our core things. And you know, that's really what it's
gonna come down to, is just those individual matchups, every player,
you know, executing a block or executing an assignment, you know,
And I'm sure it's gonna be the same thing for them.
They're really good.
Speaker 1: What's by us offensive weakness? Would you say.
Speaker 5: Maybe the offensive line hasn't been as consistent as.
Speaker 1: You would like in which way? In what way?
Speaker 6: Just as far as past pro it just seems like
there's there's times where they just seem overwhelmed. Opening up
against Iowa State is like Utah certainly seems like they adjusted,
and I don't think the offensive line play has been
poorced by any means, but if you're looking at maybe
the interior has been fantastic I think for the most part,
but I think the tackle play they've got to be
better coming out than they were against Utah. You remember
against Utah, John Henry Daily was in on every single play.
They made some adjustments, acclimated with regards to that kind
of went tight zone and just kind of took it
away just by running the football and all that. I
don't know if they're going to have the means to
do that effectively this time around, but they've got to slow.
Speaker 5: Down those defensive vents.
Speaker 6: It's going to be a big, big game for Isaiah
Jada and Andrew Gentry. They have to have the best
games they've had all year. I'm a big fan of
both of them. I think they've been good this year.
They've got to be great come Saturday.
Speaker 1: Aaron Roderick, how do you feel the team has done
and performed during the bye week? Good?
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think we have a mature team, you know. I
think our guys make the most of it. I think
our players Klanie really preaches, you know, just he calls
it the low hanging fruit of getting sleep and nutrition
and taking care of your body and doing the right things.
And I think our guys are been using the time
off the right way. And I think we practiced enough
to get some good work in, but we also got
a lot of good rest and get some guys healthy.
Speaker 1: Music to my ears.
Speaker 5: You like that.
Speaker 1: It's like as we get older, As we get older,
we realize just how beneficial hydration nutrition, uh, being in
an in an anti inflammatory state, uh, being sleep deprived,
and how that impacts our performance, our mental acuity, uh
fasting whatever it may be. Right, Like, we begin to it.
It's like when we were younger, you could do the
all nighters. I could drink jolt and play to rock
on my N sixty four all night and and and
we did that. Oh yeah, the Jolt, Yeah, oh yeah,
jolt playing in to rock all yeah. Wow.
Speaker 6: This is the most similar I've ever felt. This is
the most we've ever connected. Yeah, we were connected here.
I thought it was warcraft.
Speaker 1: I thought that we were connected by I thought we
were bound warcraft craft. Yeah, little Bloodluss, you know what
I mean. Ye, shout out to all the nerds out there.
I'm a jock nerd guys, So don't hate on me. Okay,
I'm one of you. I may make fun of you
for your football takes, but I will not make fun
of you for a Warcraft two takes or Warcraft three takes.
I'm not a World of Warcraft guy. Not that that's
like never ending up as a nerd well, because you
never finish anything. So it's like constant like development with
no end in sight, like I need a mission accomplishment,
like okay, put it away type of deal. Anyway, A
couple last things from a rot. What are your expectations
for bear Bachmar? What do you want to see from
him this week?
Speaker 5: Yeah, just just the same.
Speaker 2: I mean each each week he improves a little bit
and that's what we're looking for. And as the challenges
get more difficult, you need him to just keep finding
incremental ways to get a little bit better each game.
Speaker 1: He has exceeded my.
Speaker 2: Expectations multiple times this year already, and these guys are good.
This could be a game where maybe he struggles a
little bit for part of the or whatever, but I
think that he has the character to battle through and
really looking forward to seeing how he does in this environment.
Speaker 1: The fact that he's exceeding the expectation of Aaron Roderick.
I think it needs to be evaluated. That's a strong
statement to me. That's the best quote from the day
in my opinion, because this is a guy, Aaron Roderick,
that has wanted Bear since like eighth grade, right, and
like he has ever since he started recruiting him. He's
won it. When he entered the port, he's like, this
is my guy. Barre had come in and earn it.
But by the first day he says he's brilliant. So
he's brilliant first day, and then you get into the
season and he's now overachieved versus the expectations of a Rod.
Year one.
Speaker 6: The watershed game was the Colorado game. I think that's
the game where he arrived and it was no doubt
this kid is special. And I told the story before.
I was at the Colorade game. I was on the field.
Speaker 5: I have never seen Aaron Rodders who's kind of a
you know, he's reserved. He's not that guy. He was
kissing babies, he was given hugs. I was standing there.
Speaker 6: I felt a side hug. I looked behind him, his Hey,
Rod Rod. I mean, he didn't know who I was.
He would he would want nothing to do with me
if he knew who I was. But he was just
that he didn't care. He was so excited because that
guy exceeded his expectation. He went beyond, above and beyond
what a Rod even thought possible.
Speaker 5: And he was giddy. Oh, he was giddy. He was
he was joyous. It was really cool seeing a Rod
like that.
Speaker 6: And Bear has responded and even elevated his game in
every game since.
Speaker 5: And if Bear just just gives.
Speaker 6: The same performance he has this next week, is he's
shown so far this season.
Speaker 5: Maybe disappointment because he's elevated his play every single game.
Speaker 6: He really has that That's what you expect with a
freshman quarterback, is you expect that learning curve to be
kind of traumatic that first year, and you're seeing that
with Bear Bogmeyer. And it's kind of tough because he's
risen in his standards so much. Do you think, well,
what else can he do? I think what he can
do is throwing the football more effectively and beating a
team in that way. And he's been good in that.
He's very good in that against Iowa State, and he's
gonna have to do that again again against Texas Tech.
Chase Roberts, he's ready for that ball. I want to
see him. He's been really good. His connection with Parker
Kingston and Chase Roberts, they've been tremendous, and you want
to look for those guys often because they're fantastic. I'd
like to see him branch out a bit. I think
that's the progression I want to see from this Bayu offense.
I think it will help out a lot. If Cody
Hagen gets more involved, maybe Jojo Phillis. By all accounts,
he's gonna be back. I don't know how involved you
can make that guy. I'd like to see Carson Ryan
get more reps. We talk about injuries. Carson Ryan has
been dang man. He hasn't been able to get off
as well. I think the spy's gonna really help Carson Ryan.
No one's talking about Carson Ryan and how hurt he is.
It's pretty apparent to me that he's gutting.
Speaker 1: Through a lot.
Speaker 5: Out there.
Speaker 6: Defense I point out Isac Laster I've done so on
the show. That's a little more obvious. But yeah, I
just want to see Bear kind of get outside. Just
the Parker Kingston, Chase Roberts thing, which is really hard
for me to say because those guys are really good
and they're they're they need a lot of looks. But
I think Texas Tech is so competent with that front four,
they're gonna be dropping coverages there. I don't think Texas
Tech needs to stack the box as much to stop
the way he's offense. So you're gonna see tougher coverages.
It's probably gonna be a lot like Arizona. That's what
I think they're gonna be facing, but with a better
front seven than Arizona is. I think what Texas Tech
is is so so yeah, let's see it. I think
Cody Hagen's gonna have maybe Bretchie Frischneck. He's out there,
he's healthy. Maybe this is the game, he writes. But
but yeah, I think that's gonna be a key components.
You've got to spread that wealth around you. You gotta
look for other guys, good.
Speaker 1: Supporting cast, no doubt, and uh, look, I'm gonna take
a quote real quick as we finished this up.
Speaker 8: Uh.
Speaker 1: John Beck joined us earlier this week and said bear
Bachmeier's skill set in a runs offense, we're a match made.
Speaker 5: In Heaven certainly appears that way, and so.
Speaker 1: We don't want to set a bar that's too high
to jump over. But if we do, it's all Bear's fault.
It's all air Rod's fault for setting that bar. So
hyphen So the thing is with Bear, He's not going
to disappoint. I'm very commidon say that. Yeah, he's so tremendous.
I mean, there hasn't been any chinks in the armor
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