WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:05.759 Deep track alert on a Tuesday, no hits. We follow 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:07.679 the advice of Andy Bernard when it comes to Dave 3 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:11.679 Matthews band all right typically joins us on Fridays. And 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.839 my initial hypothesis is that it's sixty two degrees outside. 5 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.480 So Chris Camaraddie wanted to leave his house, but why 6 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:21.440 don't we get you on a Tuesday today, not a Friday, 7 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.399 because I got to leave the house. That's what it 8 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:26.199 is with shorts on, shorts on, I got the T 9 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:26.760 shirt on. 10 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.359 I mean it's I'm not going to complain about it. 11 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:34.079 It's amazing. So I don't obviously want this to happen 12 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:38.960 often because we are very reliant on these atmospheric rivers 13 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:41.600 to bless our mountains with water to help, you know, 14 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.439 the hotter times of the year. But I don't mind 15 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:46.840 a couple sixty sixty five degree days in February. 16 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:49.479 I think it puts wind in the sales. Yeah, absolutely, 17 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.799 get you to the end. We already made it through January, 18 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:52.840 so shout out to the group. 19 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:53.520 Yeah we did it. 20 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:56.600 Congrats everybody. And now to me, February is just the second. 21 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:58.679 Worst month of the year, shortest month, but it is 22 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:00.079 a short month, agreed. 23 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.880 And then we'll get to March, and ultimately we'll probably 24 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:05.239 still have a lot of cold weather and snow in March. 25 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.120 But when you get to March, you've just kind of 26 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:07.799 made it to the end. 27 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:08.519 That's how I feel. 28 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:12.079 I had this conversation with my in laws recently and 29 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.959 they all disagreed. They all said March is too much 30 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.760 of a tease in terms of the fluctuation of the weather, 31 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.400 and I was like, well, if that's a teas, then 32 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:21.799 what's going on right now? 33 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.200 The same big teas because it will snow this Weekend's 34 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.079 gonna be freezing next week. But nonetheless, we got you 35 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:29.519 out of the house and on schedule release day. 36 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:30.959 Oh huge c K. 37 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:36.079 Schedule release day here. Look, you know it's an exercise 38 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.439 in futility to try to analyze whether or not Utah 39 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.719 is an easy schedule or a hard schedule. Just tell 40 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:44.719 me who was picked to finish sixteenth, and then I'll 41 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:47.760 pick them to win it like Arizona State, but for 42 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:53.120 the first time since nineteen sixty seven, Utah and BYU 43 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.680 play in October. It's October the eighteenth. Now for me, 44 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.239 I'm a last yearst Game of the Year guy. And 45 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.599 my second option would be like first game of the year, 46 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:08.080 but not buried in the middle October the eighteenth. And 47 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:09.680 there were a lot of people in the Big Twelve. 48 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:11.879 You know, you hear these things like, oh, well, yeah, 49 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.560 we're excited at BYU and Utah are conference, but we 50 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.719 don't really know what that rivalry is all about. And 51 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.360 if last year was the first time you watched that game, 52 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.639 you were indoctrinated. It was excellent start to finish. Obviously 53 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.360 you'd fans wish you went the other way. It was close, 54 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.479 it was dramatic, the overnight splits were through the roof. 55 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.199 Millions of people watched it, and there are other rivalry 56 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.960 games being played later on Arizona Arizona State's the final 57 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.639 game of the year. So I don't really have a question. 58 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.280 I just think that's the one thing that stands out 59 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:45.240 of BYU Utah damn, you know, kind of slammed there 60 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:46.280 in the middle of October. 61 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.719 Well, since you know I'm a man of the people, 62 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:50.199 I know you are. The first thing I thought of 63 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:56.280 was the Big Twelve hijacked uea weekend for families. Yes, 64 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.080 they did this entire state. I hadn't considered that that 65 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:02.199 angle that is a a Disneyland weekend, that is a 66 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:06.960 fall break is a very important staple in the Utah 67 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.479 Public Public School calendar. And the fact that that is 68 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:13.360 going to be part of the week I mean, I 69 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.960 think maybe it's not going to keep people from traveling 70 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.439 and going to do stuff with their family. It'll just 71 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:23.080 presumably make one spouse angry that another spouse is going 72 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:29.319 to want to hijack theoretical happenings on the on the vacation. 73 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.439 But that's the first thing I thought of. I was like, dude, what, Yeah, 74 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.439 that's a good point. I mean, my wife's a first 75 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.439 grade teacher. I'm always looking at UEA weekends as a 76 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:39.879 time to potentially get out of town. It's also around 77 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:43.240 the time my son was born. But I think it's ridiculous. 78 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:43.479 Man. 79 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.719 I don't know, like, maybe we'll get some light shed. 80 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.479 I don't know if Brett or Mark will be taking 81 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:55.599 questions because I know when he when Utah joined, he 82 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.639 did like these mini like round tables with media members 83 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.360 andvarious markets, and I was part of one and he 84 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.120 spoke glowingly of the rivalry, said it's, you know, one 85 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:08.599 of the best in the country. As we know it is. 86 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.639 So the fact that we go from November ninth and 87 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.919 year one to October eighteenth and year two, I don't 88 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:16.920 I don't really get it, man. I mean that is 89 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:22.959 that is basically just it's doing a disservice to the rivalry. Yeah, 90 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:24.879 and I think it's doing a disservice to the fans. 91 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.160 And you just brought up another dynamic, which is UA weekend, 92 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.560 And you know, I don't know. That's the one thing 93 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.639 because again analyzing the rest of this stuff, like, hey, 94 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:35.839 is it easier? Is at hard? I don't know, neither 95 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:36.240 do you. 96 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.439 So that's the one you're not You're not crushing Cincinnati 97 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:41.720 well springball tape. 98 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:44.959 I mean the issue is, yeah, we'll look at springball stuff, 99 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.519 but then another portal window opens and I don't even 100 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:49.920 know what they're going to look like in the fall, 101 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.319 none of these teams. So the BYU game is the 102 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:58.040 one that stands out non con UCLA opening week pass, 103 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.399 it being a little Rose Bowl action And if you 104 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.319 want to take a road trip, that's probably the option 105 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.759 because then it's cal Poly here at home. 106 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.240 It would have been cool if they played cal Poly 107 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:10.879 on the road. San Luis Obispo would never happen in 108 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:14.160 a million years, but an amazing college town. A lot 109 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.680 of people each time I'm sure aren't familiar with it. It's 110 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.720 smack dab in the middle of south central California. Beautiful place. 111 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.199 Had lots of friends in high school who went there. 112 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:27.639 But this is all a preamble to the ultimate unveiling 113 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:28.519 of the third game. 114 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:29.360 Laramie. 115 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.199 Have a great Laramie story, you do. 116 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.759 Does it involve fans throwing feces at people? 117 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:36.319 It does not. 118 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.319 It involves the late great Dirk Facer trying to save 119 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:43.199 my life out to Dirk. It was the two thousand 120 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.240 and eight season they went undefeated. I was the beat 121 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.639 writer at the CROWNNY that year, and I think the 122 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.839 game was in the middle of October, so everybody was like, 123 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:56.439 thank god, we got to Laramie and we're dodging potentially 124 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:01.319 a very sticky situation. It was like fifty degree or 125 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:03.720 fifty mile an hour wins in that day. It was 126 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.519 like a crazy odd game. Nobody threw the ball. When 127 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:09.079 we're leaving the stadium, I looked out to like the 128 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.000 West or whatever, and I've never seen like a stranger 129 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:15.560 things type like cloud, just pure black, and I thought 130 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:20.399 were screwed because everybody, not only me, the DEAs guys, 131 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:23.560 Tribune guys, everybody, they were trying to put it home, 132 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:26.720 and we you know, looked up and back then, I 133 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.519 don't think the weather on the internet was all that much, 134 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.959 like it wasn't as accurate as it was now. 135 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.639 So we're like, all right, let's just brave it. 136 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.319 So we get in our car and we start to 137 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.480 drive home, and within like an hour, it is like 138 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.120 the worst blizzard I've ever been a part of. 139 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:45.480 It was so bad. 140 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:48.040 It got so cold so fast that the roads the 141 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.160 roads had about like six inches of solid ice on top. 142 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:55.800 So we're stuck because there was an accident. Obviously, we're 143 00:06:55.839 --> 00:07:00.519 stuck between Laramie and Rock Springs, Wyoming, and is calling 144 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:02.040 us because they were a little ahead of us, and 145 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:04.360 he was like, did you get through? And I was like, no, man, 146 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:06.720 we're stuck. And he was like, all right, well just 147 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.800 keep calling me to make sure you guys are all right, 148 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:10.720 because like we you know, you can't like just run 149 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.959 your car. You're gonna burn gas. And we don't know 150 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.759 how long we're going to be there. The temperatures are dropping. 151 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.680 It's insane, Like I got out on the highway. Was 152 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:19.480 just like a sheet device. It was like a hockey arena. 153 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:22.439 It was the wildest thing. So for hours and hours 154 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.360 on end we had to sit there. Eventually we got going. 155 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.600 We got to Rock Springs at like four thirty am, 156 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.399 and I vowed that I would never ever, in a 157 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.199 million years go back to Laramie again. 158 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.040 Well, to your point, the good news is this is 159 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:37.199 September thirteenth. 160 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:41.519 Does that matter though it's sixty six degrees. 161 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:45.240 In februarying, I guess nothing is real. I learned which 162 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:46.879 I did not know. Maybe I should if this game 163 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.079 has been on the schedule for like ten years. Yeah, 164 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.480 and so is this the final? Like, hey, okay, we 165 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.360 did the thing. The deal is complete and no more 166 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:55.040 of this nonsense. 167 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:58.199 I mean, considering this was made when Utah was a 168 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:02.439 Pac twelve team. A a home game versus Wyoming makes 169 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:06.079 sense because Wyoming is traditionally a decent Mountain West Conference team. 170 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:09.639 It is not a bad schedule and it's not a 171 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.959 bad team to have on your schedule. The trip to 172 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.720 Laramie can be tricky, man, it can be Harry. I 173 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:15.279 know by you handled it last year. 174 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:16.160 I don't. 175 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.480 I don't think it's that bad frankly for a Utah 176 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:21.399 team that does not have a ton of great road games. 177 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.680 With this upcoming twenty twenty five schedule, it's like two 178 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.199 out of the three first games you can go to 179 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.240 and they make sense. Pasadena in August, which is going 180 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.480 to be great, probably hot, and then Laramie in September 181 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:33.879 it'll still be green. 182 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.240 You can what can you do in Laramie? 183 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.759 Wrong? Got ath Lyne jays all over the place? 184 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:40.240 I mean wrong. 185 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.080 I mean I would assume that I'm not the type 186 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.000 of person that can just walk into any sort of 187 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.440 establishment in Laramie and be welcomed with open arms. 188 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.519 Maybe wish I could argue with that. Maybe probably probably 189 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:51.879 following on that one. 190 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:55.879 But cool stadium, I'll say, I don't have you been there? 191 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:56.840 Not for years? 192 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:05.159 Interesting stadium? Yeah, if you're looking to splash your cash, 193 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.840 is it like, do you want to drive whatever it 194 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:11.919 is six or seven hours Selaramie or do you want 195 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.279 to say for a five thousand dollars trip to Morgantown 196 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.440 because you got a flight to Pittsburgh. 197 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:16.799 I don't know. 198 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.960 Well, again, we are the wrong people. Ask with that 199 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:24.440 guy in there. Porters is out front facing excited. Yeah 200 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:24.919 about the. 201 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:25.840 App Man on the Street. 202 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.000 Man on the Street interviews every single day, calling in 203 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:30.039 live hits. 204 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.320 So what is uh, what what is calling your heart 205 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:34.879 about this potential September weekend trip to Laramie. 206 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:38.960 I just like the the open skies of Wyoming, I guess, I. 207 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:42.440 Mean, listen when you get out on the planes. I've 208 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.519 driven through there multiple times in the summer. It is 209 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:49.559 something to behold like from like a this we're at there. 210 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.360 I don't know what elevation they're at. They're at very 211 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:55.200 high elevation. It's just like the planes, and you're like, man, 212 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.399 this is like very much the most secluded Division one 213 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:00.840 versity in the country. 214 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:01.480 Yeah, like that. 215 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:04.399 I'm a whenever i'm there, I'm like, how do they 216 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:05.080 recruit people? 217 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.080 What will you be doing with your free time when 218 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:08.200 you're not working in Laramie? 219 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.200 Probably will be spending too much time there. 220 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:13.879 I don't know, Uh, have you been except yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. 221 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.720 I've been to Laramie for one football game. I've been 222 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.200 to Laramie for a couple of rodeos. 223 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.519 See if there's a rodeo, I'm down right like you 224 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:25.320 could overlap some stuff in Laramie. 225 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:25.559 Yeah. 226 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.080 I mean, if there's an event like I can, I'll 227 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.639 throw down. I'll go to Laramie with Porter. 228 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:32.200 You want to go, I do not, but I will 229 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.519 support the two of you in your endeavors. Headed to 230 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.399 UH to Laramie, whether it's a football game or a rodeo. 231 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.879 I think I'm good. But let's pull out the c 232 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.399 K Yelp Guide, the K travel Zagat Guide, Yeah, and 233 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.720 talk about road trip options. We already talked about Pasadena. 234 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:56.840 We just got into Laramie, all due respect. Then it's Morgantown, Provo, Waco, Texas, Lawrence, Kansas. 235 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.120 Any hot rex with the other trip potential. 236 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.480 Never been to any of those places? 237 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.879 Yeah, I know, I know a lot of good places 238 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:12.360 in Provo. Come on, I'll give an underrated shout out 239 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.639 to a place that's not in Provo. The Purple Turtle. 240 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:19.200 American Fork, great burgers, amazing tater tots, like a mom 241 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.639 and pop fast food place. Yeah, the Purple Turtle. 242 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.799 So hit up the Purple Turtle on the way to 243 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:25.120 in America. 244 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:26.159 And it makes sense. Purple. 245 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:28.960 You know, it's the melding of red and blue. It's 246 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.480 it's a perfect place for people. 247 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:35.039 To meet any gut feel on uh BYU next year, 248 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:38.120 like top preseason, top twenty five. Where do you think BYU. 249 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:43.399 Land fifteen fifteen. I'm trying to think how many guys 250 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:45.960 they're going to lose to the draft. They didn't lose 251 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.080 anybody that significant in the portal. 252 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:51.240 Honor Pay graduated, Baddie graduated. 253 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:52.559 Yeah, I mean so like they have a lot of 254 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.000 a couple guys in the trenches. Baddy was was. You know, 255 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:57.679 they're arguably one of their best defensive players in Connor Was. 256 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.679 Both guys are team captains. They get Keanu Tonavasa like 257 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.960 that's a huge get. Jake Retzlov has another year in 258 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.320 aeron system. They still have a bunch of weapons. Chase 259 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.639 Roberts decides to come back. 260 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:11.039 LG. Martin's coming back. 261 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:15.919 They're deep, man like, I mean think, I think their 262 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.080 defense surprised a lot of people last year. They turned 263 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:19.639 out to be one of the better defensive teams in 264 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.600 the Big twelve. I don't know what their non con 265 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.559 schedule is like in twenty twenty five. You might have 266 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:27.200 it pulled up on your fancy MacBook. 267 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.480 You talking about BYU, Yeah, yes, I will pull it up. 268 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.000 It's like Portland's not it's not all that. It's like 269 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:36.639 Portland State, they have to go to East Carolina. Oh, 270 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.600 that's a tricky one that finishes their deal with them. Yeah, 271 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:41.360 I'm almost talking about that earlier. 272 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.399 Yeah, that's a tricky game. 273 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:45.120 So it's Portland State. They have Portland State in Provo, 274 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:47.360 they have Stanford in Provo, and then they have a 275 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:51.360 September thirteenth by which is wild and then they're out 276 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:51.960 East Carolina. 277 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.679 That's a pretty decent non con schedule if you think 278 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:56.879 about it. I mean, I know, Stanford is no world 279 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:58.759 beater at the moment, Andrew Luck is back at his 280 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.440 alma mater trying to to build things as the pseudo 281 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:05.399 GM of the football program. But Stanford here and then 282 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:08.759 at East Carolina, I mean, there are worse non conference schedules. 283 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.759 BYU is on the road quite a bit as I'm 284 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:17.320 reading this. So Portland State home, Stanford home, bye week out, 285 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:21.759 East Carolina at Colorado home against West Virginia at Arizona 286 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:26.080 home against Utah, and then yeah Jack Trice for Iowa State, 287 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:27.919 Lubbock for Texas Tech. 288 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:29.200 Those are tough games. 289 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.600 TCU at home, Cincinnati on the road, UCF at home, Yeah, 290 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.080 you couldn't schedule Utah November twenty ninth because you had 291 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.360 to fit in UCF. That's BYU's final game. 292 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.639 And that was Utah's final game this year, right, don't, 293 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:44.679 I don't. I mean, I'm sure trying to get everybody 294 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:50.559 somewhat pleased with a sixteen team schedule is near impossible. 295 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:55.200 But again, if you're the Big Twelve, this is is 296 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:58.039 there a outside of Arizona State in Arizona? Is there 297 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.879 another rivalry within this conference? 298 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:01.279 Right now? 299 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.399 Pay State, Kansas? 300 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:02.799 Yeah? 301 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:06.840 I mean those are your three. Yeah, but I maybe 302 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.320 I'm biased here. I feel like the casuals will turn 303 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.879 in for Utah BYU way more than Arizona Arizona State. 304 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.639 Well, and again based off of the debut of that 305 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:19.240 game in the Big Twelve last year, just checked every box. 306 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:24.360 So that's the one thing that's certainly puzzling Dion. Without Shador, 307 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.440 what does Colorado look like? You know? They they had 308 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:32.120 Travis and Travis Hunter. They according to what I read 309 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.919 this morning, they have the number one QB transfer. 310 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.039 They got Caden Psalter from Liberty. 311 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.120 But there's another and Juju Lewis, who was a five 312 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.360 star kid who was committed to USC for a very 313 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.679 long time. 314 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.159 Okay, that was the kid I read about. So obviously 315 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.279 Dion has shown he can get talent. But now that 316 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.120 you know Travis Hunter and his kid is, they're going 317 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.399 to move on? What's both U town buy? You have 318 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:53.720 Colorado next year? What do you think? 319 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.440 I mean, this is the great question that a lot 320 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.440 of people who followed Dion Sanders and follow Colorad are 321 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:04.000 wondering is for so long Dion was adamant that you 322 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.919 know the reason why he wanted to do this was 323 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.879 to coach his sons, and I think a lot of 324 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.039 people were waiting for the other shoe to drop when 325 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:15.799 Shador and Shiloh and Travis graduated and or moved on 326 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.399 to their professional aspirations. They did a pretty good job. 327 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.399 I mean, you land a five star kid, high school kid, 328 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.799 and then you land one of the best dual threat 329 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.559 quarterbacks in the portal and Cadence Salter. You could do worse, 330 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.240 but this it will be a significant step down. I 331 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.080 think people underestimate how good Shador Sanders was behind a 332 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.919 pretty bad offensive line again for a second year in 333 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:41.919 a row, and I know that's been their priority is 334 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.759 to beef up the offensive line. I'm fascinated to see 335 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.000 what their rushing attack looks like. Because I'm not saying 336 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.200 Dion was patting Shadoor stats, but you could tell that 337 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:56.440 their their best option was to go five wide and 338 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.120 to have Shador drop back and throw it to Travis 339 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:01.960 or a bevy of those you know, future and NFL receivers. 340 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:04.240 I don't know what their schedule looks like. I haven't 341 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.399 looked at it, but nobody's out of it. 342 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:06.879 Man Like. 343 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.960 If twenty twenty four taught us one thing, everybody's in play, 344 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.320 and I think they have. I think they have Georgia 345 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.320 Tech at home to start their non conference schedule, which 346 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:22.480 is a great non conference game, but it'll be fascinating, 347 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:25.559 man Like. Dion has coached his kids since they were 348 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.159 nine years old, and it's been like this for. 349 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.840 Fifteen years. 350 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:35.200 And not only like, he literally went from Peewee to 351 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.600 prep school, to high school, to Jackson State and now 352 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.639 to Colorado. 353 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.320 The latest mock, this is Matt Miller's mock, has Shador 354 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.919 going six in the NFL draft, and that would be 355 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:51.080 to the Vegas Raiders. That might be my favorite option. 356 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.919 There are worse places to go. Listen. 357 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:58.519 It would be fascinating to have the ultimate football dad, 358 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:01.720 Dion Sanders have to deal with Pete Carroll and Chip Kelly. 359 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.559 Yep, two guys. 360 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.480 I'm sure he respects a ton for obvious reasons from 361 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.160 the fit and scheme point of view. For our guy, 362 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:12.759 shout out, John Paul Uhud are going to play for 363 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.319 Chip Kelly. I mean, there are worse offensive minds to 364 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.119 go play for. I mean, I think I read somewhere 365 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.119 that the Raiders are going to pay Chip six million 366 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.319 dollars a year to be there. 367 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.799 O see. 368 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.759 Oh, I guess that's why you leave Ohio State. 369 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.519 After one which is which is more than Dion is 370 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.920 making right now at Colorado. 371 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.480 Did you ever think Dion was seriously flirting with Jerry Jones? 372 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.680 You didn't think so? Now. 373 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:36.599 I mean I talked to so many people who covered 374 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:41.640 the Cowboys and they were like, listen, nobody is ever 375 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.960 going to be a bigger star in the room than Jerry. 376 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:47.400 Jerry might make it seem like, I mean, who knows. 377 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.720 Maybe he was helping Dion out being able to cultivate 378 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:57.799 some leverage in his ongoing renegotiation talks with Colorado because 379 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:01.559 Colorado is paying Dion five five point seven million a year, 380 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.200 right now, that's a that's a bargain, I think, considering 381 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.559 what he's been able to do in two years. Now 382 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:08.240 the hard part comes though, to your point, it's like, 383 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:11.759 what does Colorado look like post Shador, post Travis Hunter? 384 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:15.960 We're going to see It sounds super cliche, but it's like, 385 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.200 you're really going to see what kind of coach Gian is? 386 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.400 Now? 387 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.799 Yeah, no, for sure? What are you? I know you're 388 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.799 not a scout, but I'm a scout. Well, I know 389 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.039 you Gran Ta Okay, I know you're Gran Tape. No, 390 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:27.960 a're a ball I'm ready should during the NFL? How 391 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.759 do you think that looks? Hmmm? 392 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.599 Behind a good line, he's he can be really good 393 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:41.359 man Like he has like tremendous touch, Like he gets 394 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.240 the ball out so fast unless he's running for his life, 395 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.359 which he did way too often the last two years. 396 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.960 But it yeah, in the right system where he doesn't 397 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.559 have to throw it forty five times. I think it 398 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.200 can be good if he goes to a team that 399 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:57.880 has an offensive mind at the helm, that understands how 400 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:59.400 they want to play, and if they have a def 401 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.720