Speaker 1: Welcome back to your sports one three nine ninety eight
point three SBO fan. I'm met from broadcast.
Speaker 2: Rum R Vanderwelt Studios Bledsoe showing up, showing out here
to our old tailgate du the Opera salth of Lavelle
Edwards Stadium at the Swig location. Stop on by, get
caf in in and up, get your your delicious beverage.
Come on by and uh and get some hot dogs
and hot chocolate from our band or wealth crew. We
appreciate all you Cougar fans of Cougar Country tuning in
and chiming in on a beautiful Saturday evening edition.
Speaker 3: Of Cougar Sports.
Speaker 1: As we prep you, I get you ready for BYU
versus TC as well as BYU Basketball versus ukon They're
about to tip off here shortly move Davis Cannard Davis
Junior did make the trip, but he will not be
playing tonight as having been cited for dy earlier this
week prior to the chartered flight to the East coast.
Speaker 3: But we hope everything turns out okay.
Speaker 1: We hope everything is, that everything ultimately gets judged justly
and that we can move forward with the BYU Basketball season,
a big opportunity for this men's basketball team to prove
themselves the dynamic three, the Big three of Rob Right,
the Third Agent of Bons, and Richie Saunders. Gotta have
a big night. They've been tallying I think over seventy
percent of their points respective points on the season, and
I imagine tonight will be no different. BYU Football gonna
be taken on TCU tonight. They are a three and
a half point favorite over Unders at fifty one and
a half, so not necessarily a high flying, high scoring
game what the prognosticators are predicting, but it should be
a good one. If you beat the six and three
TCU horn Frogs, you know, it keeps you, you know,
as the master of your own destiny.
Speaker 3: You can get to the Big twelve Championship.
Speaker 1: And you can take on a I believe a very
very very good Texas Tech team once again. And that's
all you want is another chance to face that team
on a neutral field. But you got to take care
of the horn Frogs, who are on a five game
winning streak versus b YU.
Speaker 3: Let's not make it six to discuss this.
Speaker 1: Let's welcome in former BYU great one of the few
the proud wide receivers that actually tallied over a thousand
yards in a season.
Speaker 3: I think there's only eleven of.
Speaker 1: Them, So pretty pristine productivity from this young man once
upon a time. Let's welcome in Reno my height to
the show. Reno.
Speaker 3: How the heck are you?
Speaker 4: I'm doing great? How you doing Ben? Thanks for having
me on.
Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome, man. One of the things that is
a product of a double digit win season. I feel
like if we go back in history, I think we
see a couple of things. We see typically like a
really good quarterback, like a professional quarterback, be it the
CFL or eventually the NFL. We see a one thousand
yard received on the roster, and we see our one
thousand yard rusher on the roster. You were part of
a two thousand and one team that had that. You
were the receiver and Luke Staley was the Doak Walker
wold what he had like fifteen hundred yards, and you
had a pretty good quarterback in Brandon dombin NFL quarterback.
We see a little bit of that this year in
bear Bachmeyer, like he looks to be possibly an NFL
town as a true freshman. One of the best highest,
greatest high highest graded freshman in the country. You got
Chase Roberts, who's trending to be a thousand yard receiver,
and LJ. Martin a thousand yard rusher. What do you
like about this team?
Speaker 4: Yeah? I you know, it's funny how a lot of
times we start talking about the yards and the thousand
yards and this and that and the quarterbacks, and but
I think for the most part, it comes down to
the trenches. And so I think some things that gives
get missed is that those teams had nass the linemen
and then they had d linemen that made plays plays
the play needed to be made. And so I think
of those teams and I think of the trenches, and
I think of those guys. They we had a lot
of guys those years that went on to play playing
the pros, and so it spoke to the talent we had.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's uh like when we look at the five
game losing Street versus Tshue, we're discussing this with be Low,
it seemed like there was a talent gap. Do you
feel like that talent gap across all positions has been
leveled out? And that's why b Yu's winning at the
rate that they are right.
Speaker 4: Now, absolutely, and I think entering into the Big twelve
that's totally helped, without a doubt. And you know, you
it's funny because you always look at what the comparison
is with the NFL. You you go to your D line,
your O line, and then the corners. You know, we
it's so fun to see how awesome Coach Guildford has
done with our corners and how active they are. And
then you know this is you don't talk much about it,
but man, that linebacker course pretty special. So it's pretty
fun to see how the defense is really balling out
out there.
Speaker 1: BYU lost to Texas Tech. Uh, and it wasn't pretty.
Everyone was watching game day, was there the national media
because they were evaluating BYU's offense, So like, hey, BA
has no firepower offensively, what do you think about the offense?
Do you think they bounced back tonight? And if so,
why do you believe that?
Speaker 4: Well, if she watched the game, if you're talking about
three plays that could have really made a big difference
on the momentum of that game. You know, the way
our defense played, holding them the thirteen points and a
half with the offense not being as strong. But at
the end of the day that halftime, I believe the
time of possession was even between both teams, and so
the score didn't you know, I think the score had
to do with mostly special teams. I mean, you can
point to three teams, three things the special teams fell
short on the fumbled punt, the bad punt, and then
the missfield goal. But again, those are things that are
uncharacteristics of our special teams, and it's nice to know
you fix a few of those things that I think
the offense gives you a different light and it's a
whole different game. So I'm excited to potentially play them
again if we can take care of business these next
three games.
Speaker 1: Reno Mahe here on ESPN the Fan, Get your prep
getting ready for that b y U TCU matchup tonight
under the lights of Lavelle.
Speaker 3: Everyone hoping the Vampire Kug's show up show out.
Speaker 1: What are you most optimistic about and what are you
your biggest concern heading into a game like this TCU.
Every one of their games that they've lost this year
have been very close, competitive games.
Speaker 3: Most recently Iowash Stay.
Speaker 1: It was a three point loss So what what's what
are your most optimistic about, and what's uh maybe keep
you up at night prior to kick off.
Speaker 4: I mean one, I'm most see that I can't even
talk right now. I'm excited about the the way the
players looked after that Texas Tech game, Like the confidence
they took from that game, regardless of the score. Like
our boys know they belonged, and so they just have
to take care of business. You got to give respect
to all the different things you still have to play
in these next three weeks. But at the end of
the day, I think the boys are still full of
confidence because they've put the work in, and so I'm
super excited for what they still have left the rest
of the year.
Speaker 1: Right now, Yeah, I mean you were running back, wide receiver.
You could do you could do both and uh not
many people can say that in BYU football history, even
college football history, that ability is unique. Uh b Yu
has a really good RB one right now in l J. Martin,
we're still in discovery mode as to who can Who's
gonna be RB two. Preston Rex looks to be that
guy as he gets healthier throughout the season.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 1: We have heard that Logan Pain that legacy player, uh,
the son of Matt Payne, the former by punter, could
be good. We've seen Enoch Nawaheeney out there as well.
Any concerns about establishing the run versus TCU tonight with
l J. Martin still even though he's he's he's playing tonight,
He's had a few Nicks, Deans bruises, upper extremity injuries
this season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, this is a nice thing about getting to just
be a fan and like what I would like to see.
But at the end of the day, I trust what
a Rod and them are doing. And I think our
potential second best, you know, such that we don't have,
but our second best might be our quarterback. I'd love
to see the good old, the old days with going
empty and then when he needs to run, man, let
that big boy number forty seven run the rock.
Speaker 1: Hey, he struggled versus Texas Tech, but TCUs defensive front
not nearly as good, not nearly as talent as that
Tech defensive front.
Speaker 4: Man that text defense is. I think they could beat
the Jets of the Cleveland Browns that was. That was
a great team. So I'm looking forward to playing them again.
But no again. Injuries is all part of it, and
Aron and then will adjust and you know, at the
end of the day, he's just whoever his number gets called.
You got to go make place.
Speaker 1: Injury report.
Speaker 5: B YU.
Speaker 1: These are the guys that are out this game. Cody Hagen,
wide receiver. He's also your kickoff return specialists. He's out.
Toddy Prasher's safety, Nickel he's out, Matthias Leech he's a safety.
He's played mostly I think special teams out. And then
Marcus McKenzie cornerback. Overall, BYU's pretty healthy, are you? Are
you pretty satisfied with the healthy this BYU football team
all things considered this late in the season.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, I think they've done. You know, you start getting
some of that Big twelve funding and you're able to
take care of you know, they're doing some special stuff
with the weight room and the trainers and it's it's
pretty cool to all the different things they're implementing there.
So I mean, you got to tip your hat to
how hard those boys are working in the offseason and
getting their bodies right.
Speaker 3: Reno mahe former BYU.
Speaker 1: Great talking some BYU Cougar football here as we prep
you for the BYU TCU matchup. Do you feel like,
I mean, BYU has TCU at home since he on
the road, and then UCF at home. If BYU wins
out and they make it to the World Championship game, okay, stay,
we're out. Stay We're out real quick, and and and
they and they lose again to Texas Teck. Do you
think b YU gets an at large bid see the
College Football Playoff with two losses to Texas Tech, and
I think tex Tech will be a top five team
at that time for the College Football Playoff Committee. Give
me your thoughts on that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I I could see it, but I that bias
up there is so wild man, But I could see it.
I could see them as long as they keep it competitive.
You know, it's it's tough when you're well again. You've
got to win these next three games convincingly. You've got
to get up there. But I think they're in a
good position win or lose the that the conference championship game.
I think they have to have a good chance at it.
They just got to just continue to win these next
three and be competitive. Live in that last game.
Speaker 1: Rino, did you ever play against TCU. If so, what
do you remember about that game.
Speaker 4: I did not I did not play against TCU.
Speaker 1: Okay, so never got the chance to take on the
horn Frogs. I know you you've probably watched every single
b YU football game and the last five, like five
in a row.
Speaker 3: That's a crazy winning streak.
Speaker 1: It's not a b YU Utah modern era winning streak
by any means, but it's been pretty dominant over the
last decade plus. What do you do you think has
changed that gives b YU a great opportunity to win tonight?
Speaker 4: I think but they've always had a great coaching staff
out there at TCU, but that that speed that they're
able to pick up players at CCU, that speed, that's
it's hard to you know, to match up. But the
nice thing is being in the Big twelve now we
we're able to get that speed, especially at that corner position.
So it's it's nice to see that because of that,
we'll be able to compete with the TCU and with
that speed.
Speaker 1: Reno, my hey, ladies, and gentleal Renal, give me a
score prediction, bo He's a three and a half point
favorite at home tonight under the lights of Level We
hope the Vampire Kugs show up, show out because when
they do, they do well. The twelfth Man hopefully is
rising and shouting and disrupting communication between Hoover and whose
offensive line.
Speaker 3: How do you see this game play? Now, give me
a score prediction.
Speaker 4: I ain't going to go thirty one twenty one by
U ten.
Speaker 1: Point victory for the Cougs. I think that would be
a fantastic bounce back at home versus a high powered
offense limiting them to twenty one points. I'd love that,
and I think that would actually be in an important
step in the right direction from a public relations standpoint.
Speaker 3: It is on the Mothership.
Speaker 1: It's a late night kick, so not everyone's going to
be watching it, but everyone's gonna look at the scoreboard.
A two score win over a six and three TCU
team could bode well for BYU. Reno, always appreciate our time.
Always love talking ball with you. Enjoy the evening. Are
you gonna be heading out to the game. You're gonna
be watching it from home tonight?
Speaker 4: Yeah? Stay conference right now. So I'm at the leadership
meeting right now. I just stepped out in love it all.
Speaker 3: Right, get back to your meetings, man.
Speaker 1: I always appreciate you hopping all with us, even when
you have previous obligations, church obligations. You're attending to much
love to you, brother, all right, brother, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3: There you go.
Speaker 1: That's Reno. Ma Hey b Yu basketball. By the way,
his tipped off. They're up three to zero two minutes in.
Speaker 6: He just drawn two thousand like the first two minutes,
just so everybody else a j. He's in downhill mode easy,
he's not selling for shots.
Speaker 5: He's in front of his home crowd in Boston.
Speaker 6: He's picked up two thousand on two point guards like
and and we had a guy on the show yesterday.
Speaker 5: We had the voice of the Huskies, Mike, Uh what
is it? Forgot his last name?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 7: What is it?
Speaker 5: Christiano?
Speaker 6: He said, don't put them at the throw line, and
they've already put aging out at the free throw line twice.
Now EDJS is his second miss. He's got to get it.
But that's something you're gonna have to work on. They
give you free shots, but look, you get in foul
troub of a Yukon, that's not gonna help your death.
They'd like to go nine to ten deep Ben, So
we'll see right now. B A up three zero, Mike, Chrispino.
By the ways, Yeah, AJ's got hit from the charity stripe.
He's gonna get fouled all night. He's the ram all night. Then,
especially if you're not gonna settle for jumpers and you're
gonna get foul bin and go there, you gotta make them.
Speaker 1: Yep, no doubt about it, dude. They're picking up full
court and and I mean they're running a one to
three one right now, full court press.
Speaker 5: They just called a foul on Richie Soniz.
Speaker 6: I don't know if I give him that, Like, I
think Yukon's gonna have the advantage in us with that.
But like when you're throwing the ball into the back
court like that, like, I don't know. I don't think
you can call a foul.
Speaker 3: Real quick.
Speaker 1: As we kind of wrap up this segment, I want
to bring in Jared bledshow form a BA wide receiver
real quick, and then we'll welcome in Johnny Harlean. I
want to get a little a couple of thoughts from
Jared Bledshoe. Check out this stat Johnny Harlen also coming
up here shortly in the next ten minutes or so.
We'll welcome in him in momentarily long term consistency. Modern
era consistency between BYU football and TCU football compare contrast.
From two thousand to twenty twenty five. BYU has nineteen
winning seasons, ten seasons with ten plus wins and a
bull record of eleven and fourteen. Just even keel, steady
Eddy always win in football games. TCU twenty winning seasons,
twelve seasons with ten plus wins, a bull record of
eleven and eight, So a little bit higher ceiling. They
have been able to get over the hump where By
was not. They got the invite to the Big twelve
when BA did not. Utah got the invite to the
Pac twelve when by You did not. Now was that
fair all things considered historically speaking, not only in the
modern erabody, in the prior twenty years from nineteen eighty
to two thousand, No, it wasn't fair. But by you
got the stiff farm. Now's the time to change the tide.
Now's the time to flip the script. BYU should be
in the driver's seat. BYU has competitive nil, BYU has
is resource rich. BYU is now P four affiliated. They
can recruit better athletes, they can invest in their infrastructure.
Speaker 3: They can invest in their coaching and.
Speaker 1: Support staff personnel, and BYU no longer is experiencing a
talent gap. There's a five game winning streak going into
this game for TCU.
Speaker 3: It will not and it shan't be six.
Speaker 1: Jared Blechel, former by wide receiver, tell me why it
shan't be six.
Speaker 7: I think the team's ready.
Speaker 8: I think we learned a lot from last year having
gone through this exact same scenario, and I know the
coaching staff learned a lot, and there's a lot of motivation.
I think we need to we need we need to
earn some more national respect, and I think the players
know that.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's all about winning games.
Speaker 8: But now what a day in college football.
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 8: I enjoyed to kind of kick back at home and
watch some games and what a day. But it's it's
time to show out and really put together a full
game where where we just we gel on offense, our
defense continues to make stands, and we need to break
out something in the in the special teams, and I
think we're just.
Speaker 7: Brewing for it.
Speaker 3: You know what what makes you believe?
Speaker 1: Like So for me, biggest question mark is this can
BYU's offense create its own momentum in this game. You're
at home, playing on the lights. It's fifty nine degrees.
It's perfect fall football weather. It's not cold, it's not
too hot. It's literally perfect. You have the competitive advantage
with sixty two thousand fans rising and shouting, Okay, everyone's
gonna be quiet when you're on the field. You're on
your natural grass which you're familiar with, with your cleats
that you know are gonna be a little bit more
surefooted on this home field.
Speaker 3: Like, I don't know if you can.
Speaker 1: Say in this season that boy's offense has been the
catalyst to the momentum shifts in any one of the games.
Speaker 7: No, they haven't. They haven't.
Speaker 8: And I agree, and I say all the time, momentum
in these games is everything. And Texas Tech last week,
there were a few times where we started to feel
like the defense has given us the beginning of a momentum,
and then the offense would let down and we wouldn't
get that momentum.
Speaker 5: And I mean you look at you look at the
game today, Uh.
Speaker 7: With I can't even think of it right now.
Speaker 1: That was thirty to zero or thirty thirty, Yeah, thirty
to three Texas A and M.
Speaker 8: Yeah, momentum shift from half one to half to it
was insane, you know, But that amount of momentum B
why you need to momentum we need and and as
I said before, when when a rod gets in rhythm,
it's not on play two or play three, it's four, five, six,
and seven, and we need that momentum moving forward.
Speaker 5: So I have a question for you. Then, Yeah, should
they take the ball?
Speaker 6: They're not gonna do this, but I'm just you know,
I like to think that should they take the ball
and go down start the offense there four or five plays,
go to Hollis and air it out and like get
get them in rhythm because it always seems to be
okay and it makes sense right at home. Let your
defense get it. But they've been they've had the slow starts.
Colony can't say.
Speaker 5: That they have they have, So should they do that?
Speaker 8: So that's a great question, and I think there could
be some advantage to that. But I understand why we
defer one hundred. Understand what I mean to try to
capitalize on that middle eight.
Speaker 5: Is absolutely that's why you're doing it yet, But it would.
Speaker 8: Be amazing if we were to get the ball first
and have our offense put a drive together or or
did get one of those quick hitters, you know, and
get down the field and score quick. Get the momentum,
whether we get it through our offense or get it
through our defense. We need to have a majority of
momentum in this game in order to really show that
we are a dominant force in the nation.
Speaker 3: Would love to see it.
Speaker 1: And yeah, to Ronnie's point, you wonder, at what point
do you want to hand the baton to the offense
and say, look, go out and score first, and go
out and get us a lead, go out and get
create momentum right off the bat with your script.
Speaker 7: It'd be great.
Speaker 8: But I think we know our we kind of know
our place with our team, and I think the coaches
know that the opportunity to get a big three and
out to start the game is likely, you know, not
to say that the offense can't go score, but if
we're trying to gain momentum at the beginning of the game,
our defense will more than likely give us that opportunity.
And but this is a great TCU team. These guys
could throw the ball, you know, and now we've got
a secondary that Ken lock down uh and plays really well,
hits real hard. But and generally when our secondary is
in sync, we get sacks because you know, Jack Kelly
and Isaiah Glasyer just find a way to get to
the quarterback. Uh, when when our dbs are locking everybody down.
So there's it's an exciting game. I'm really excited for
this one. It's been a great day of college football.
And you know, let's let's see what we do off
of this loss last week. And I feel like this
team is mature enough and we have enough athletes and
the coaches learned what they needed to learn last year
from this same situation where where things will be different.
Speaker 1: Injury report, Cody Hagen is out, Tommy prash hushes out, Uh,
you know, and he's been out for a while now. Yeah,
he's a red shirt.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Per J Hilly, I think you said this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Matthias Leech, Marcus McKenzie overall pretty healthy. Mcpercells back
this week as well. It looks like big well. And
what's interesting about this is is Justin Kirkland is not
listed here, but he's not on the depth.
Speaker 8: Charge well, because so they were saying this past week
that it looks like they're gonna redshirt him.
Speaker 5: He's one of those guys.
Speaker 3: But he's not out. He's not out, he's available, available.
Speaker 5: I think he's got one more game.
Speaker 3: So what that tells me? Let me tell you, this
is what he tells me.
Speaker 1: Sure, he may not be in in the best shape
in order to make the best impact. And they're like, Okay,
well we need a developmental year because other guys within
the two d are playing better than Yeah.
Speaker 8: Well, and I think too that he with his injury
at the beginning of the season. Yeah, kind of throw
the beginning of the year off. The guy's a beast,
you know, and he's he's going to be a great player.
But yeah, we we have some really good d linemen
that have really stepped up this year. And uh so,
I think that's more of a business, long term decision,
and I think it's a good one probably for him too,
so he can put a full year together being fully healthy.
Speaker 7: But yeah, that's a that's that's a good point.
Speaker 1: You could be seeing number seventy two and number ninety
nine a little bit more of this game too. Kalfusi
Kofe the Weaver states transfer and then Ulavai Fittulli six
seventy five pounds freshmen that could be seeing some reps
as well.
Speaker 3: On that into your defensive line.
Speaker 1: So see young bucks maybe getting some reps because Anissi
has been kind of he's due to his injury, he's
probably been limited. Sure, So these are the guys that
have been getting those second games, the the guys that.
Speaker 8: Still have four games left to continue their entert you know,
because they haven't played much.
Speaker 1: And so.
Speaker 8: Gosh, I look back to our years at what a
cool concept, you know, covers it was one play in
and yeah, the petition to get your year back, you know,
and it was a mess. And so it's a pretty
cool thing that the NCAA is doing some good things
with that. But yeah, it'll be it'll be good to
see some of these fresh guys. But we just got
to get up. We gotta get up and then we
can get some of these guys in for their four
games and give them some real game time, you know,
provo night atmosphere experience, because you know, you get you
could get a half a quarter in as a freshman,
and you're you're gaining just a ton of experience out
there last.
Speaker 1: Week versus Texas Tech. The special teams unit was bad.
They need to be much better tonight. The offense was bad.
They need to be much better tonight. Who's your WY
factor from a personnel standpoint, offensively, defensively and shoot even
special teams wise. Yeah, yeah, you know what I mean,
Because like LJ had ten carries last week, Like I'm
looking at LJ.
Speaker 7: I'm like, look, we.
Speaker 1: Need LJ to be healthy, strong, fleet of foot, fast
and physical, like they need him to be LJ RB
one one thousand yard running back LJ and run with
some ferocity and physicality and and and and and and
also be a three down back like yeah, be on
the field pass pro and catch the ball to backfield
when dumped down and make a guy miss an open field, Like,
we need twenty plus touches from LJ, whether it's run
or a combination of and pass situations.
Speaker 8: So I think for for the on the offensive side,
Chase for Roberts, we we need Chase to be chased
make the plays. I was saying last week that diving play,
you know, hit him, hit him in the hands. Tough
catch he.
Speaker 1: Had, but if you if you count ball on the hands,
and it's kind of gripped for a moment.
Speaker 3: He dropped three. Yeah, tough, big, tough catch.
Speaker 8: Big players need to make big plays in big games,
and that was what I'm so I expect him to
come out that. That's if Chase has a big game
to night over one hundred yards gets a touchdown, we're
in good shape. My defensive wife actors raider DEMONI really
and the reason is that the way that this offense
throws the ball, so you've got your corners are gonna
lock down. I think where we're vulnerable and where we
showed vulnerability last week was across the middle, the short
across the middle plays where we kind of got picked off.
So I think, and you could also call it fall
of Towe to also be in that wife factor, but
I think Raider be in the back. Raider phils holes fast,
he hits hard, but we're going to have to defend
the pass really well. And then you know, I want
to call Parker Kingston from my wife actor on on.
I want him to make a play. Did He's such
a good player, he's such a good special teams player.
I wish people understood what it's like to stare up
at a ball, white white eleven guys are coming to
take your head off with the wind with all the
different spins that punters put on the ball now like
a champions. But I want to see him do it again,
you know, because he has it in him and and
I want him to see some personal redemption, uh in
that game, so that those would be my three going
to do the game.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like those wife factors. Give me a score
prediction and uh, then we'll let you roam around and
do your pregame ritual.
Speaker 3: I know you got your pregame ritual. My son Ryder
here with something I wanted to play in that big game.
Speaker 4: He did quarter.
Speaker 7: Yeah, such a good one. So we're yeah, we're actually
going to the game today with I'll give.
Speaker 1: You a little baseline, so three and a half point
favorite over under fifty one and a half BYU's five
and seven.
Speaker 3: Overall against TCU.
Speaker 1: Historically by AU TCU now in the Big Twelve together
have been conference foe before in other leagues. As everybody
kind of knows, Sunny Dikes and b AU TCU head
coach Sunny Diykes is familiar obviously with bau's football program.
They had that twenty twenty twenty three matchup in the
Big twelve and then Christian Stewart and the Bau Cougars
ended up out dueling Jared Goff of the cal Bears
at the time in twenty fourteen shootout forty two to
thirty five. So he's well familiar with BYU. It's brand
BAU competing as a ranked team. Check this out BYU
is all time. So when they're in the top twenty five,
they're thirty four and ten under coach Kalani Satake thirty
four and ten when playing as a ranked team, So
hopefully they they went out tonight.
Speaker 8: Yeah, No, I'm looking at a like a thirty one
twenty one BYU win. But my expectation is that we
get momentum and we score more points than that. And
I just think that they're gonna score. They have a
potent offense, but we I just feel like our momentum
on offense is gonna start clicking. We're gonna be able
to put together some drives and being at home always helps.
Speaker 1: Do you think this is going to be a sold
out crowding buy that. I know that it's a sold
out crowd. Yeah, but you think we fill the seats tonight, like.
Speaker 5: This is the most this is November and it's almost
sixty degrees right now, Like this should.
Speaker 1: Be a full sellout, right, yes, yes, okay, but will
we fill the seats?
Speaker 3: I don't know, man, Like it's a good question. I'm
wondering if people are showing up tonight.
Speaker 6: Well, I can tell you this right now. I'll talk
about the basketball game. It's playing right now Laville Edwards
st and people are Washington. So I feel like their
marketing and trying to promote everything to people.
Speaker 7: That's crazy to me.
Speaker 8: We're the twelfth ranked team in the nation. Be here
support your team. Like there shouldn't even be any drawbacks.
Speaker 6: But Alabama lost. They didn't beat Oklahoma to to knock
them out.
Speaker 7: I get it. We have to show out tonight.
Speaker 8: Come support one of the best teams in college football
and in the most beautiful atmospheres on a night that
you don't get in November. You know, most of us
thought it was gonna be in the thirties tonight, you know,
so beautiful night. Come support your team. You know we're here,
We're excited. This is gonna be a fun one. I'm
glad to be here, and yeah, I'm ready to win.
Speaker 1: Do they show up at l e s tonight or
they stay within the walls and their home, the comforts
of their home, warm and toasty. It's not even cold
out tonight. I mean it's gonna be what I mean,
it's right now, it's gonna be one degree.
Speaker 8: It's gonna be fifty by the time, maybe forty nine
when the game ends.
Speaker 3: Maybe right like, I mean.
Speaker 1: That's that's a beautifully evening of college football right there.
You gotta be.
Speaker 5: I mean, look, it's still early.
Speaker 6: I know we're thinking about it, but right now, it's
only five thirty p amounts of standard time. The game
is kicking off at a fifteen, So we've been here
for an hour and a half now. So look, it
starts to ramp up at about an hour and a
half before kickoff. Look, oh yeah, fans do so right now,
I'm not worried. I think does show up. I think
people watching the basketball gain.
Speaker 8: Get the world the Texas Tech I'll tell you that
that that was an all time tailgated festival.
Speaker 7: It was crazy. Yeah, I bet anyways, get packed.
Speaker 6: The seats still be and I think right now people
are watching by U yukon basketball. I think that's the focus,
bull loook. The game's not gonna go more than two
two and a half hours. You'll be back. You'll be
here by kickoff a fifteen. I'm not worried.
Speaker 5: I think they fill the seats. No questions.
Speaker 6: Do you get tow dubs tonight? Do you get a
basketball dub and a football dub?
Speaker 3: Give us an up date real quick before we go
to break Bou basketball?
Speaker 6: Yeah, bo basketball down right now out eight to twelve
turnover by b Au basketball and Yukon has the ball
going back down on the court right now, look right
now out from what I'm seeing everything, Uh, you're not
finding easy shots. Rob right and A J debonds As
seemed to be the only ones to get into the paint.
Yukon is forcing other guys to beat you. And look,
look if Rob Wright is drawing three bending kicking and
as drawn two and getting and by the way, a
J getting to the rim over three people, My goodness,
does he really look like a pro. And the projected
number one pick you gotta you gotta hit shots, Ben,
they're er five already from three. That can't happen against Yukon.
I said it earlier in the week I've been saying
it all season. If you're gonna draw that and kick it,
you gotta hit it. Hey you got, but you got,
you got the tatter tak king Richie Saunders. But I mean,
and look Richie right now is Richie has picked up
a couple of foults. That's been the problem. He put
him some of the bad situation trying to get the
ball at half court on a press and end up
picking up a foul and then got another one. So
that's that's killing you right now. But look, I think
you have to say this, Ben, the Canard Davis Junior
being out is playing a factor that's hard, and that's
a starter guy that you need and you don't have that.
Speaker 1: It's a special night, real quick Billio induct It's twenty
twenty five Hall of Fame class this week, and the
class includes Alexa Gray women's volleyball, Tyler hausman's basketball, Michelle
Stewart Mackie women's track and field, Tripper Matach football, Jack
Morris baseball, Mark philbrick BYU photographer, Roger Reid men's basketball coach.
The seven inductees will also be honored during a special
presentation at halftime of this by U TCU football game.
So show up, show while beat the twelfth man, rise
and shout Jared. Always appreciate our time you see at
the game. Let's go guys.
Speaker 3: Stop five. We're gonna beet with hot dogs and hot chocolate.
Speaker 1: Here at our band Wealth Tailgate or Ultimate Tailgate just
south of Lavelle Edwards Stadium at the South Swing. Stop by,
say hello, talk some ball with us. We'd love to
talk ball with you. Get your prep, get you ready,
and if you're looking to save money in your taxes,
contact Banterwealth Banterwealth dot com. Get on a free Q
and A no obligation to invest Q and A with
our tax smart wealth advisors. Today, let's go to break.
Don't go anywhere more to get you. This is Cougar
Sports one to three nine ninety eight point three ESBN.
Speaker 9: You're from players, coaches and experts on all the latest
happenings with the Cougars.
Speaker 1: Yeah, buddy, welcome back for sports one O three nine
ninety eight point three EESPN. The fan I've been for
the broadcasting from our Banterwealth Ultimate Tailgator just south of
label Edwards Stadium at the Swig stop by, Say hello,
get caffeinated. Get some caffeinated beverages. We're gonna handing out
hot dogs and hot chocolate. Keep you to toasty and warm.
Getting you ready for this by U TCU matchup. Currently
by men's basketball taking on the Yukon Huskies at td
Aver Trade Arena, and look, I think, what's our what's
our score right now?
Speaker 3: Ronald than three man Weaver?
Speaker 1: What have we got?
Speaker 5: Yukon just hit a three.
Speaker 6: Nineteen twelve, Cavian called the time out trendisity defense as
not well, too much one on in basketball, A lot
of watch it right now in AJ go one on
one Richie and not moving to basketball.
Speaker 7: Really well, I.
Speaker 3: Don't like that update.
Speaker 1: But hey, hope BYU basketball finds a way to win
on the East Coast. AJ Shines and the Big three
AJ Ritchie and Rob Right bring home a big dub
a top ten victory for the BYU men's basketball team.
We are getting prep getting ready for this BYU TCU matchup.
TCU six and three overall this season, BOU eight and one.
Very excited to see if this BYU men's basket BYU
men's football team can bounce back from a loss on
the road versus a very good, very talented well coach
Texas Tech team who just demolished UCF today by will
thinking it will be taken on UCF at the end
of the season at Level Edwards Stadium here in a
couple of weeks. One of the reasons why you should
show up and be a part of the twelfth man right,
rise and shout, disrupt the communication between Hoover and his
offensive line. The other reason why you should show up
is because a former BYU great, one of the greatest
to have ever donned the Blue and white. Okay, one
of the best tight ends is gonna be on his guitar,
melting faces with a guitar solo, playing the national anthem
of our beautiful country. Johnny Harlen's gonna be out in
front of everybody, and I feel, you know, very excited
about this. We've been working on this for a long
time behind the scenes. Johnny, Welcome to the show. Thanks
for hopping on, and I'm grateful that we finally get
to see you melt faces on your guitar at Lavelle.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's been a long time coming.
Speaker 9: We talked about it a lot, and I don't know,
I kinda had been at least a decade, right, Yeah,
I mean you've been mentioning it. John Beck's been saying it,
and it's happening tonight, So yeah, it's gonna be cool.
Speaker 3: I mean, you did the tryout though you had to
try out.
Speaker 1: This is not like you were on on scholarship where
they just gave it to you then say Johnny, you're
gonna play.
Speaker 3: You had to go to the walk on tryouts for
this down.
Speaker 9: There, and I, yeah, there was a there's like a
hundred people in line. Most of them were singing. I
was the only one with the instrument. There was one
guy I think it was maybe it was like a trumpet,
and uh, but yeah, I tried out.
Speaker 7: They loved it.
Speaker 9: And I thought at that time that they were like
I was just like a random guy. But I found
out like a couple weeks ago, they're like, no, we know,
we recognized you, and.
Speaker 7: But they still liked it.
Speaker 9: And I was kind of glad too, because like that's
a lot of people to play in front of. So
I'm like, hey, I don't want to just you know,
get the special privilege in there and like mess it up,
Like I better play it well.
Speaker 7: So I'm very excited about it.
Speaker 9: It's really cool. Also, it's Veterans Day Week. Yeah, so
I feel that's pretty special too. A quick quick thing
I've been thinking about this week in relation to that.
We played TCU in two thousand and six.
Speaker 1: Yes, we did, and.
Speaker 7: I'll tell you why. I know this day. It was
September twenty eighth, and that was a huge victory for
our team.
Speaker 1: We ranked I think there were seventeenth in the country
at the time, went into TCU and AMG Carter Stadium,
it got the dome.
Speaker 7: Yeah, and we we kind of thumped him pretty good.
Speaker 3: I mean, it wasn't like a huge blowout, but like
we we already won seventeen.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it was a great victory.
Speaker 1: And now, like.
Speaker 9: I don't know, a few years ago, I'm listening to
a Navy Seal podcast, the Great Jocko Willink Jaco podcast,
Love that, and he's talking about some of his guys
and so, you know, I was just reading about a
couple of them and the date stood out. It was
September twenty ninth, two thousand and six. That and so
that this was in the morning, but it was in Iraq, right,
so it's like it's probably happening the same time is
our game, right, and you know we as I was
just saying, so blessed and honor that in America we
have this chance, we get to go play football. And
you know, I I I was like thinking, I'm sure
I was feeling pretty great about myself after that game.
Had a great game, had a good game, our team won.
But you know, it's important I think to consider like
at that same time, these guys are over there, you know,
liberty and justice putting their lives on the line. And
you know, one of the guys that they talked about
in the podcast is that morning, you know, they're in
a fight and grenade bounces off his chest and he
has a decision to make. You know, he could have
gotten to safety, they say, right, and he popped on
the grenade and saved his two teammates who could not
have gotten to safety. He died from those wombs shortly after,
Navy Seal Michael monsur.
Speaker 4: And so.
Speaker 7: I don't know, Like when I'm playing.
Speaker 9: The national anthem tonight, it's like I've been really trying
to think about a lot, Like it's not about me,
It's not about like.
Speaker 7: Hey, I'm gonna just like show off.
Speaker 9: It's like, this is a moment for the United States
of America Veterans Day Week and pay the great honor
to these people that are just man much. They're the bravest,
they're the best of us to go out there and
do things and put their lives online, give their lives
like that, and so I just am incredibly honored to
go do it.
Speaker 1: Can't wait for it, And I love that. You know,
your mindset is one of of pondering on our nation
and those that serve our nation in order to provide
stability and protections in peace in our lands.
Speaker 3: Right, and like we just feel great.
Speaker 1: Look, this is entertainment, right, this is this is college football.
We love it. It's our escape from maybe the real world.
There are those out there that are on the front lines. Yeah,
that's who we're celebrating this week obviously with Veterans Day Week,
and that's who you're gonna be celebrating tonight as you
uh as you uh you know, show us in part
we get to partake of your talents, man, which you've
been developing for a very long time on the guitar.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean that's uh that like again, yeah, that's
my mindset in going into to perform tonight. It's like, uh,
you know, it's not about me, but I do want
to do a great job with it and have people
be excited about it. I mean it is, Uh there's
this very unique American rock and roll spirit and uh
I'm happy that I get to to bring that in
and I want to do a really great job. I
think it's gonna be a lot of fun and uh yeah,
exciting night.
Speaker 3: Man, excited man.
Speaker 1: Johnny Harlean's gonna be uh playing the national anthem on
his on his guitar.
Speaker 3: Which type of guitar do you have?
Speaker 1: By the way, it's a what are you gonna be?
Speaker 3: You know, melting our faces with tonight?
Speaker 7: So I'm gonna be playing my Les Paul.
Speaker 9: It's a Zach Wild custom But then I I also
customized it more for myself. I painted it a little bit.
This was like during the pandemic. I'm just sat home.
I'm like, let's make this even cooler if possible. And
so you're he be busting that out.
Speaker 3: Do you have a picture of it? By chance you
can share with me?
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I can put it out there so everyone
can take a look at your guitar and give me
the details on it too. I can put that out
there so where you're prepped for this BYU TCU matchup. Obviously,
Johnny's gonna be playing the national anthem on his guitar.
And I know you keep tabs on this bau Cougar
football team.
Speaker 3: What do you make of this team? What do you
like about it? What stood out to you.
Speaker 1: As you've been watching this Cougar football team led by
Kalani Sataki, head coach. And you know, now Bear Bachmeier
true freshman quarterback. It's been a while since a true
freshman quarterback has been winning at this rate with this
much efficiency. It has been pretty fun to watch. And
his supporting cast deserves a lot of that credit.
Speaker 7: They've been a lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 9: You know, they're winning games. But it's exciting football again too.
There's a lot of playmakers. You're watching the game and
a good you know, handful of times you're going to
be up out of your seat. Something exciting is going on,
something's going somebody's going a little bit beyond their job description.
Speaker 7: And making a great.
Speaker 9: Play making the ones that are tough, and you know,
it's it's so many different people too throughout this season
and in clutch moments when it's when it's been needed
other than last week.
Speaker 7: But besides that, it's it's been great.
Speaker 3: It's it's hard to win football games. You know that
it's hard to win.
Speaker 1: You know what I would say, what I've been talking
about this week is BYU in the modern era. And
let's say from ninety six, we had the eighty four season,
eighty five, you know, the early eighties and late seventies, right,
we got to watch that as fans. You know, we
were young. I was born in eighty two, I think
as well, and so we didn't get to partake of that.
And then you had kind of like this this you
know that the late eighties, early nineties with Tie Demur.
We got to experience that a little bit, and then
you had like ninety six and then two thousand and one,
and and then it came our era, right like from
ninety six on, like we haven't been able to get
over the hump into that elite status. Yeah, right, a
BCS Bowl, a College Football playoff berth whereas other teams
have Boise State has, TCU has, Utah has, right, UCF
has like that. Our resume is a program deserved to
be in a power conference. We were forced into independence
and had to wander the desert for over a decade,
feeding off of and praying for manna from heaven.
Speaker 3: And we finally got the invite an hour here.
Speaker 1: And we're in year three, and I'm wondering if this
is the year in which BYU gets over the hump. Right,
you gotta win tonight to do that. Yeah, you gotta
beat Cincy on the road, you gotta beat UCF at home,
and then you have to be competitive versus Texas Tech,
most likely in the Big Twelve championship game, in order
to get an at large bid to get into the
College Football Playoff.
Speaker 3: What makes you believe that BYU.
Speaker 1: Now in this era, can get over the hump and
do something that we weren't able to do in our era.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean their destiny is in their hands still, right,
Like they take care of business. And I don't know,
I mean each game, you know, going into the Utah
game maybe too, it's like you look at it and
you know, bear Backmeyer freshman and he's played unbelievably well, right,
but you know, I don't know that. I say, like
I'm more and more comfortably, and like, all right, he's
gonna make This guy is making plays, he's consistent, he's
not making these you know, bonehead plays and ruining things.
Speaker 7: So yeah, my confidence just keeps growing in him as
he keeps playing, making plays and being the guy.
Speaker 1: We need to.
Speaker 9: What would give me a lot of confidence is bouncing
back tonight. They could not get anything going last week.
Got to have some guys stepping up making plays, like
you know, a couple of drops here and there. It's like,
you know, how many can you have of those? If
you're really trying to get up over that hump? Like
you said, it would be so awesome to see, because yeah,
like you know, there's been several teams that had it
right there, right and in like two thousand and six,
our team that was a possibility dropped a couple games
early on. I think, you know, barely right, and I
think we hadn't quite found our identity at that point either.
But by the way, like after really after that TCU
game I mentioned earlier, it's like we've got things rolling.
It's like, man, the way we were playing was definitely
at that level, like we could have played with anybody.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt and we should have been we should
have been able to get all the hump you know,
one one play here, one play there, that's all it took,
and the ball has bounce your way. Sometimes you make.
Speaker 7: Those, you know, when teams lose.
Speaker 9: I don't know, Like I always see fans, it seems
like they are so hesitant, like they want to tell
nobody wants to criticize the players, which is fine, but
like they always want to kind of say, like it's okay,
it's still a successful season, and there's these conversations about
was it a success or was it not. It's like, look,
I have no problem somebody saying, man, it's a freaking
shame that we lost those two games early on.
Speaker 7: It's like, I, of course, we would have loved to
go to that next level. It's like, I have no problem.
You know, we're not fragile. We can handle Yeah, we're not.
We can handle it.
Speaker 3: We remember everything, you know, but where we lived with our.
Speaker 9: Yeah yeah we get we get it from the coaches,
you know. So it's like this fan, Curtis that we
can handle it, are gonna be all right?
Speaker 1: What makes you believe that, BA, you can come out
victorious tonight. Give me a little bit of a score prediction.
How do you see this game playing out by a
three and a half point favorite. They're coming off a
loss twenty two point loss versus Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: It's a late night kick.
Speaker 1: The Vampire Cougars will be out and about, I imagine,
and playing good ball on their home field.
Speaker 3: It should be a sold out crowd.
Speaker 1: I hope all the seats are filled and that they
show up, show out and rise and shouting, are loud
and proud.
Speaker 9: What gives me confidence is just you know what I've
seen so far this year, They've always been able to
come up with plays. Of course, besides last week, we'll
throw that in there one more time. But like when
the pressure has been on, they've come up with plays.
And so hopefully they find that identity again tonight. There's
no reason why they couldn't do that. They gotta bounce
back if they're going to keep their destiny in their
hands and have that type of season where they're getting
into that playoff. And yeah, I mean just the way
who these guys are. They they step up in the moment,
they're making plays, So I have confidence in them. I
know nothing about TCU so I you know, I'm gonna
take my analysis.
Speaker 1: Do you remember about the TCU team though in six,
I mean that was an eleven win team. Yeah, that
BYU that we beat on their own at their home stadium.
And they're like, that's what they did from two thousand
to twenty twenty five, Like it seems like seventy percent.
I think it is seventy percent of their Their seasons
are double digit win seasons, ten plus wins.
Speaker 7: Yeah, they're awesome program.
Speaker 9: You know, when we played them in two thousand and five,
it was the first year that they were in the conference, right,
and we were pounded them pretty good.
Speaker 7: Our offense was rolling.
Speaker 9: I kind of thought like it you kind of have
the feel of the game over in the third quarter,
which you know, I'm.
Speaker 7: Not saying I was letting up or anything, but I
don't know what happened.
Speaker 9: They got I think they had a kick return, they
got a couple long plays, and that's when we ended
up losing in overtime. So the next year, they ended
up winning the conference that year, right, And then the
next year when we went down to two thousand and
went down there two thousand and six, it was kind
of like, man, they are. They've been rolling since then. Yeah, right,
like they they had they had not lost. I think
they had the longest winning streak in the country. We
went down there and they had a great defense, top
twenty rank. And but I remember kind of thinking I
got in the elevator with coach and I one on
one just happened. Hey, hold that elevator.
Speaker 2: It was like, all right, Brighton Brown, get up here,
get up here, sir, come on up here, and uh.
Speaker 9: Yeah, so and he was asking me, he's just you know,
the one on one coach conversation in the in the elevator,
and he's asking me, like, how do you feel about
the game, And I'm just like, hey, we're uh we
did a like we put a ton of points on him.
Speaker 7: I know we can go score on him, and and
we did so.
Speaker 9: Offense played great defense, stepped up and created some great turnovers.
Speaker 7: So that was that was one of my favorite games.
Speaker 3: Like I said, yeah, I still.
Speaker 1: Remember the over route. Still remember the over route, that
that high point over route spin you know, okay, and
I got stumbling to the almost to the end zone.
You should have scored a touchdown. I can't believe you
fell short. I was ticked off about it.
Speaker 7: Oh that's two thousand and five was Oh yeah, that
was here was here?
Speaker 1: That was one of my favorite plays I ever mixed
at t.
Speaker 7: Same play, Yeah, same play. That's the best play there
is in the old Yeah.
Speaker 9: I caught one on there and the safety hit me
and I pinballed and the linebacker came and hit me
right in the back ribs and that was painful. But
you know, you pop up. You don't let her know
that they broke your ribs. It was right in that
region where the the training staff was like, well, it's
not quite bone, it's not cartilage. It's kind of broken,
but well, just put a pat on it.
Speaker 3: Just send you back out there.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I love that man.
Speaker 1: Uh well, Johnny can't wait to watch him melt our faces.
Listen to you as you sing or as you play
the national anthem. Uh, it would be really cool if
you've sung. If you sang the national.
Speaker 7: Health could be cool for.
Speaker 1: Other people. It might be cooler for me, It would not.
Speaker 7: Johnny love it.
Speaker 3: Appreciate you man, Thanks for stopping by the tailgate.
Speaker 1: Get some hot chocolate, get a hot dog, hang out
with this Watson Scugar basketball team, with your boys, and
your boys.
Speaker 3: Man, you're getting older. Man, they're grown up. How many kiddos?
How many kittos do you have?
Speaker 7: Now? We got four?
Speaker 1: Awesome?
Speaker 7: So we got baby Jesse Isaiah two years old. Come
that name.
Speaker 1: By the way, I'm a big old Testament guy. I
just love the old names.
Speaker 7: I love him. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, he's coming to
his first game tonight.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 9: The Wonderful and ful Tiary Harlene on her way here
right now, let's go. Uh, my daughter not coming. She's
starring in her first high school musical situation. Okay, and
they got her performance tonight, so she's gonna have to
get good luck to.
Speaker 7: At the replay. Kay.
Speaker 1: Awesome, Johnny, love and appreciate you men things for stopping by.
Appreciate all right. Uh and you you predicted a big
win for the coops tonight, did you not huge win?
Huge win?
Speaker 7: I mean yeah, let's go.
Speaker 5: All right.
Speaker 1: We'll call that a segment brought to you by Batterwell
Batterwell dot Com. Get on a free Q and A
no obligation to invest Q and A with our tax
more Wealth Advisor certify financial Planners. Nobody doesn't then better
than Banterwealth Batterwealth dot com.
Speaker 3: Stop by our ultimate tailgate.
Speaker 1: We're at the South Swig here in Provo, just south
of Lavelle Edwards Stadium. We're gonna get some hot chocolate
and hot dogs and you know Royal Army Brand will
be here as well. Royal ar mcbrand is right there
at the freehand selling swag Bau swag Herd by fans
for fan stay loyal to the Royal rep.
Speaker 3: They the right way.
Speaker 1: Purchase all your BA licenses barrel at Royal Army Brand
dot com. BYU basketball is down eleven to the Yukon
Huskies with three minutes remaining thirty two.
Speaker 3: To twenty one. Hopefully BYU can bounce.
Speaker 1: Back in the at the latter end of this first
half and get back into it in the second half.
Speaker 3: Let's take a brief time out.
Speaker 1: We'll come back. I think I think one of my
favorite okay shout out to a former BYU offensive line
that I would love to have on my show, but
I cannot have him on my show.
Speaker 3: We'll go to break, don't go anywhere. This is Cougar
Sports on ESPN.
Speaker 4: The