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Speaker 2: That's right, getting into some soundbites from Jojo Phillips, the
six point five two hundred five pounds retort sophomore out
of Lancaster, California, Sierra Canyon High School balled out with
Bronny at Sierra Canyon and uh the number thirteen BYU
Cougar on the football field is looking to get back
into the swing of things since turning from injury. He's
played in four games thus far this season. He started
in all four. He's only got six receptions sixty nine
yards nice and a longer twenty one. He's averaging those
seventeen point three yards per reception. I would like to
see Jojo involve more, but he needs to not drop footballs.
I'd give him a solid B minus just because I
think he's a pretty good blocker thus far this season,
utilizing that big old body of his. But he needs
to be better, needs to be more consistent, especially with
the balls in his hands. But I like the fact
that they're trotting him out in front of the media
because they expect big things from Jojo, and you need
big things from Tojo. You need him to step up.
One of the biggest issues this season, I think is
you don't really have a true wide receiver, one that's
meriting a bracket.
Speaker 3: Some people say, oh, Chase and Parker.
Speaker 2: No, they have not always dependent on you know just
how good that secondary is.
Speaker 3: We need Jojo to step up.
Speaker 2: You need that big body to create separation through physicality,
good route running, and he needs great hands and I
have not seen it thus far this season. I know
he's coming back off from injury hopefully can get into
the swing of things. Let's get caught up with Jojo Phillips.
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strong start to your season that had some injuries. How
does it feel to finally be back? Uh?
Speaker 4: It feels really good.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 5: I'm just really happy to be back out there with
all of my teammates and just playing back in And
it was really good this weekend playing back in front
of our home crowd, And I'm just really happy that
I'm able to be back. Just blessed I was able
to heal quickly and get back on the field.
Speaker 2: Just getting back on the field is a blessing, especially
after undergoing surgery. How many people can say, Hey, I
got surgery or earlier in the season and I and
I'm I'm still playing. It's hard to do.
Speaker 3: What's the biggest challenge with getting back into action.
Speaker 5: Just really just picking up where I left off at
just getting back in the rhythm with uh, like our offense,
with Bear and everything, because I did miss a lot
of like a lot of our season and everything.
Speaker 3: He was able to get in the rhythm.
Speaker 5: With Chase and Parking a lot of our other guys,
which is really getting this playing really well. So it's
really just getting back in the rhythm and just just
getting catches in and really just getting back into groove
of things.
Speaker 3: Really.
Speaker 2: Look, it's gonna take a minute for him to be
able to maximize his ability this season. But Boway's playing
good football right now, bouncing back. Uh, And you need
Jojo now that he's been I think he was involved
a little bit in that Texas Tech game, got a
little bit more involved versus DCU. Now now's the time,
Now's the place for Jojo to really thrive. Jojo, how
do you think the wide receiver group has great out overall?
Speaker 3: Are you happy with the performance or does there need
to be improven.
Speaker 5: I feel we're playing really good, especially at the time
that I was out. I felt like they're making a
lot of plays coming down with cantestic catches, coming down
with everything, and just opening up our offense a lot more.
And I'm just trying to get up to them, catch
up to them now since because of the time that
I missed so but I felt like we've been performing
really well this season.
Speaker 2: A lot of people talk about the chemistry with quarterback
and wide receiver. Jojo, do you feel like your chemistry
with Bear took a hit with you being out.
Speaker 5: I would say it didn't like take like a huge hit.
I would just say, just getting like those game time
reps down if for sure take a hit, Like I
know we get reps in practice and everything, but nothing
can really similate like game time reps and just the
timing getting everything down.
Speaker 3: So of course he's gonna take a hit, no doubt.
Speaker 2: But you have seen a Rod dial up some easy
passing catch scenarios for Jojo from the hand of Bear,
and I predict you're gonna see more of that.
Speaker 3: Jojo. Bear seems to.
Speaker 2: Button up when he's talking to us in the media.
Teammates have said he's very different in the huddle. Can
you explain that to us?
Speaker 5: Yes, he's a lot more. I would say, like, uh,
not like loose, like loosing a good way like in
the huddle, just encouraging us, just keeping a huddle light,
like it's not like down are like too serious in
a huddle.
Speaker 3: I would say so.
Speaker 5: Just having like a balance of just like fun in
a huddle and like off also like times we know
we need to lock in and get things done. And
I would say so, but yeah, I would say he's
a little he's a little different when we were on
the field and in the huddling things.
Speaker 2: Let's be honest, that's good parenting. In my opinion, it's
good parents, especially from a young quarterback. He's like, look,
I'm gonna button it up in front of the media
until I get into my groove.
Speaker 3: He's gotta get to know you guys.
Speaker 2: Get to be familiar with some of these media members,
what their angles are, what their personalities are.
Speaker 3: Et cetera.
Speaker 2: Get to know the lay of lamb, the landscape of
it all. And I'm sure as he gets more comfortable
with the media. And by the way our question of
the day, Bear will be targeted. The right handed, better
throwing Tim Teble's gonna be targeted in the transfer portal.
I think b Y's paying him a decent amount this season,
but he's gonna he's gonna get I would say, very much,
an aggressive overtures over the off season. Okay, if there's
one guy you do not want to lose is Bear
Bachmer question of the day was, you know who do
you expect to be targeted in.
Speaker 3: The transfer bortal this offseason?
Speaker 2: So Keelan say farewell to BYU because of some filthy luker.
Speaker 3: Who else will be uh? Who will be pitched anyway?
Speaker 2: Uh? But uh yeah, I mean Bear's gonna be different
with his teammates, gonna be different in the locker room,
and you want that. How did you feel about overall
the overall performance from the offense on Saturday.
Speaker 3: No, Yes, it was a good performance.
Speaker 5: I felt like we were executing a lot better than
we were the week before and just getting things done
like everywhere, from from US receivers to Bear, from the
run game and just the lineman. I just felt like
our executioner was smooth, were able to move the barar
a lot better than we did, and just everything was smooth.
Our defense was playing well, and special teams and just
everything complimented each other.
Speaker 2: Little complimentary football all out for Brigham. Final question for Jojo.
You played basketball growing up. Do you feel like your
transformation to wide receivers fully complete now?
Speaker 5: I would say yes. Like I mean, I've been playing
wide receivers since I've probably been like nine years old.
I started off, I run it back in it once
I got taller. I'm into transition, but I feel like
my game is getting there for sure. I still have
a lot of things I need to tien up and uh,
just working my craft more, I would say, But yeah,
I feel like I'm getting there. I'm not fully there yet,
but I'm I'm on the train to be there.
Speaker 2: Hopefully we get JoJo's best down the stretch versus SINC
and UCF and they really ball out on in early
December at the Big twelve Championship Game. Let's go to
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that's been finding ways to not only pressure quarterbacks, but
sack quarterbacks over the last four weeks.
Speaker 3: You're you guys won a lot of the the the the.
Speaker 2: Trench warfare this last week versus teaching you what does
it mean to win that type of honor The Big
Twelve Big twelve Defensive Line of the Week honor.
Speaker 6: Man, It's always honored just to see the fruits of
our labor have been putting in since January. But I
feel like that's just all of us buying into what
the coaches have set for us. And I feel like
that's just everybody's willingness to put trust in one another,
to trust in the game plan, put trust in the coaches,
put trust into the strength and staff, and just trust
at each other, trust in God, and then we're just
able to perform on Saturdays.
Speaker 2: The Big Twelve Defensive Line of the Week Award, Man
I've been.
Speaker 3: Really impressed with this group.
Speaker 2: They've improved weekend and week out, and even in that
Texas Tech Game showcased well, you guys have a deep
rotation at defensive end right now.
Speaker 3: Billy.
Speaker 2: Was it fun to see guys like Nuci and tall
Seay making plays?
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's so fun. I just remember when they first
gotten here in the summer or last winter, and we
just really seen our relationship grow from there. I just
love to see them play ball.
Speaker 2: The future is bright for that defensive end unit. I
think that's where you see the most potential unreached. It's
not inside of close new See Klaani mentioned it NEWC
in Dallas. Seely are guys that when they become grown men,
these are going to be NFL high level draft picks.
I think they have the potential to be that if
they continue get a bigger, faster, stronger, and maintain their coachability.
Last year you were amongst the fewest in shacks across
that defensive line, and as a team this year your
top twenty five. How have you guys transformed into a
double shacked total defensive unit.
Speaker 6: I feel like it we've have the guys more to
run stunts and run more games. Obviously we had guys
like Tyler Batty, Blake Mangelsen, John Nelson. Those guys are
more of like stop the run and then just be
more physical. But from now we have like Tassie Lee,
we have new Se Tamoy Payout. We have those more
speed guys off the edge and compare. And also with
me and me JT. Knew and Bodie, we're also to
run those good twist games and also get pressure off
the edge and in tear two.
Speaker 2: Love what I'm seeing from this group, and it'll only
get better as long as you know. Look, Kilate's there,
Kelly's there, Cioni's there. You got a great unit just
in the coaching staff, and they'll continue to recruit at
a high level.
Speaker 3: What is it like to play for your pops?
Speaker 2: He isn't your specific coach, but he's in that room
on the defense side of the ball.
Speaker 3: What is that like? It's a real fun dynamic.
Speaker 6: He's always told me that I'll have fifty plus coaches
within my lifetime, but I'll only have one dad. So
if I ever have any football questions or have any
questions about the scheme, he just says, come to him,
and then that's the time where you can put his
coaching head on and take his dad hat off for
a minute. But then other than that, when I go
home on Sunday's dinners, we just talked about how the
week was, how school. But yeah, it's pretty normal.
Speaker 2: Balance balance relationship, normal and balanced relationship. Yeah, you have
a lot of coaches in your life, especially if you
make to the National Football League, have even more coaches.
But all the way up from Pop Warner to college
to high school and then college, what a lot of
coaches involved in your development and your mentorship. Only one
Pops And so that's a special blessing to have no
doubt about it. And it's about family at BUYU. That's
one of the wise. What do you make of Cincinnati.
Let's get a little scattered report on the Bearcats. What
are you expecting from Cincinnati this Saturday.
Speaker 6: We're expecting them to give us their best shot, just
like every other week. And we know it's a senior night,
so they want to put on the best show for
their seniors, and they run a tight ship over there.
Their old line looks pretty pretty solid from what I've
seen so far. A lot of bells and whistles behind them.
But yeah, I know they're going to give us their
best shot.
Speaker 3: No doubt about it.
Speaker 2: Final thing from Hilly Billy Albi pooha do you fense
a van for the bau Cougar football team and this
reading between the lines Cougar byte? Do you pay attention
to the outside noise, whether it's chatter about the CFP
or Big twelve title game?
Speaker 3: Not much.
Speaker 6: I just have a family group chat on Instagram. I
just be sending me a lot of reels to there.
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm telling you it's hard man in this data,
Like Ronald, do you feel like the players like collectively?
Like what percentage of the players are taking notice to
what is being said on social media amongst national media?
Like how how in tune are they to the news
coming out around the country.
Speaker 7: All of them because they have social media? Like you
can't avoid it, man, Like, look, I run some of
our accounts here, I run my own, Like you're tagging,
you're seeing everything? Now, how much you consume it is
a different question, But they see it, all of them.
I mean, look, if we listen to follows us out
to all the sound for me to availably Last Wednesday,
we played it on Thursday and did he say? He
said it was playing up in y'all on the TV
in the locker room, and Kelly Pepinka walk Bay say
it doesn't matter. It's you know, if you're winning at
the end of the month and YadA YadA, gotta like
it's gonna come up.
Speaker 4: You can't avoid it. That's a part of it.
Speaker 7: And if you try to ignore it, it's like it
look anything going on in our country from a sports standpoint,
whether you're part of a locker room, from a political
stumbl it's coming across your feet and if it just
are you consuming it and are you letting it affect you?
Speaker 4: So I think this team does see it.
Speaker 7: I Meanville's gonna say, look, oh yeah, don't know what's
going on. I just have a family group chat where
I sind reels, No, it's coming across your Pageville, You're
getting tagged in stuff. That's how it goes. Now, whether
you consuming it let it affect you is another question.
But I don't believe any player been in that locker
room or not. Like I've interviewed Parker Kinkston, I've interviewed
Evan Johnson, Trey Alexander.
Speaker 4: This year, they all have said it's just noise. Yeah,
you see it, but you don't let it affect you.
Speaker 7: And that's the truth, right, that's the right answer to
say that you don't see it. I think you're just
what you're trying to say is that you're not let
it affect you. But you can't say that you're not
seeing it. I think letting me consume you is the
right type of answer. But yeah, Ben, I think all
these players see the noise. They look at the college
football rankings, they're paying attention. You be dumb like Darius Lassiter.
What I loved about d last because I felt like
he was one of the most honest individuals in that
locker room when it came to just telling it.
Speaker 4: And I know he did not.
Speaker 7: Like doing the interviews he did, but he did. He
posted every week on his social media on Instagram. Okay, cool, right,
because this thing is like no I believe with the
number one team in the country.
Speaker 4: But he posted that to recognize, but.
Speaker 7: He used it as motivation. I think that's how you
have to do. You have to embrace it. You can't
run from it.
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coming up next, Let's discuss Canard Davis Junior.
Speaker 3: Myron Medcalf dropped a bit of.
Speaker 2: A bombshell on the world, on you know, the college
basketball world and even on Cougar in the.
Speaker 3: Cougar Sports world.
Speaker 2: Uh, he's he's reported that the duy substance that was
consumed was marijuana. We'll discuss the impact on and off
the court at BYU with Canard Davis Junior Coming up next.
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Speaker 3: Time for a little inside report.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get the latest on the Canar Davis junior situation.
Speaker 3: He was cited for.
Speaker 2: Duy uh last week and uh prior to uh taking
off to the East Coast and uh on that team
trip on that uh uh yeah.
Speaker 3: That neutral court versus ukon.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 3: He was in a core accident and then was later
cited for duy. Not good. Not a good situation by
any means. UH.
Speaker 2: Kevin Young has stated that he was suspended for UH
due to infringing on team rules, and he is he's
suspended indefinitely, so we'll see how that plays out and
when he can be back in a BWA You Cougar
basketball uniform. He was on the bench, though he did
attend the trip that that showcased a very I don't know.
I mean, I thought it was a resilient BWAU basketball
team on the road without Cannard Davis Junior. I do
you think having Cannar Davis Junior would have maybe tipped
the scales and be always favorite defensively and then offensively.
He's just a well rounded, extremely high level basketball player.
Speaker 3: And we missed him, no doubt. But he's got to
pay his pennance.
Speaker 2: He's gotta take accountability for his actions here and and
we found out a little bit earlier today about what
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Speaker 2: This is the report that dropped early today BYU Star.
Cannard Davis Junior was cited for marijuana possession and driving
under the influence following a car crass and subsequent arrest
in Proa, Utah. According to a redacted police report obtained
by ESPN on Tuesday through a open records request.
Speaker 3: Neither the school nor.
Speaker 2: The program and offered any additional updates about Davis and
the specifics of his circumstances from Friday's accident and arrest
beyond coach Kevin Young saying that Davis had been held
out of his teams lost to Yukon on Saturday in
Boston due to the violation of team rules. He also
said Davis is suspended indefinitely. The school said in a
statement last week that it was looking into the situation.
The report details that Davis's arrest involved a drug related offense.
Police of the scene performed standard field sobriety tests to
make their determination prior to the duy arrest. According to
the report, Davis, who has averaged nine points per game
and connected on fifty percent of his three point attempts
in two games for BAU, was on the sidelines but
not dressed for BYU's matchup against Yukon on Saturday. Projected
lottery paghej De Bouns nearly led Bolli to victory, though
in that eighty six eighty four loss in his hometown
after the Cougars had been down by twenty points. After
the accident, Davis was transported to a local police station
and his car was impounded. He was treated for minor
injuries after the accident, An officer on the scenes said
he's suspected that Davis, a transfer from Southern Illinois, was impaired.
I responded, this is what the officer said in the report.
I responded to assist on a traffic accident when I
began to suspect impairment from one of the drivers. He
was ultimately arrested for driving under the influence. As a
side note, myern Medcalp says this at BUYU Young might
not have the final say on Davis's situation on the
team or his future at the school.
Speaker 3: The honor Code at BYU.
Speaker 2: The flagship school of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter day Saints, states that every student must make a
personal personal commitment to abstain, both on and off campus,
from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, vaping, and substance abuse.
Speaker 3: Any student who.
Speaker 2: Violates those rules can't face penalties up to and including
dismissal from the university or termination of employment, according to
the school's code. Provo police did not release any body
campuotage related to Davis's arrest, saying it could compromise the
investigation involving the incident. So that's the leaders Ronald the
three man Weaver. Your reaction to the report that dropped
earlier today from Myron medcap.
Speaker 7: I mean, we've been waiting on to hear this, Ben
of what it would be right, And there's a couple
of things. And look, I'm not gonna come for anybody,
but everybody that was online of saying that what they
thought it was. And now I invite you to you know,
first of all, repent, right, there's a lot of emotion. Ben,
when you hear about a DUI, everybody jumps to the
worst case scenario because look, first of all, accountability canard
myself you no one should be behind the wheel at
all if you're.
Speaker 4: Under the influence at all.
Speaker 7: I go back to the analogy I used it when
I got my wisdom teeth. Thought I was giving some nice,
you know, medicated drugs if I had to, if I
had have tried to drive a car, I probably would
have killed myself.
Speaker 4: With that being said, you don't know what.
Speaker 7: Came out until now, and now that it's not that
I know there are a lot of people saying that
they thought it was alcohol. That's not the case. Look,
I'm not here to be someone's judge in Israel. I'm
not here to compare what is good and what is
bad at the end of the day. But I think
with how things have gone and with what I've seen
from you know, the Honor Code, and I don't know
if this is a medical prescription, Ben, you know, because
it is possession of marijuana, And you know, my thoughts are,
why didn't they just cite that at the beginning? And
then I have thoughts on, well, why wouldn't you release
a body cam footage to see that? How could that
compromise investigation? All that really doesn't matter, even though those
are my personal opinions. The point is that now you know,
you have to go from this downpoint of what's gonna happen,
like with criminal charges and these things and all of that.
So this is gonna be interesting to see how this
works out like and I think BYU is still looking
into the matter. I think a lot more is gonna
come of it. I don't think he's gonna play on Friday,
if I'm gonna be honest with you, I still think
that's too close to the matter. I don't think he'd
even play next week. But to give my thoughts, I
don't think Canard's gonna be kicked off. This team might
be very surprised if that were to happen. And the
reason why I bring it up is that's the conclusion
people are jumping to us. Well, Okay, it's marijuana. You know,
if it's not medicated, Oh he had a drug, you
can't do that. It's like, yeah, maybe in the past,
these things I have happened with BYU athletes. But I
mean I bring up back you know, Neil Powell, I
think went through something similar, and you know, we're still
on the roster. I think we've moved to the grace thing.
And there's a sound clip from Nick Saban. I wish
I would have got it queued up of everyone wants
to know how he pretty much says, been to punish
the guy. How do you want to punish you know Canard?
No one ever thinks about. Okay, well you punish him,
then what happens to the kid? Where's the love? Where's
the grace? Where's the learning moment?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 7: And I think the biggest thing for him in this situation,
and my honest opinion would be have some accountability, which
means he has to get suspended for whatever that looks
like and whatever they agree on, but also you keep
them on the team. I don't think this is he
gets kicked off the team type of offense. And I
think that just doesn't do anything. Shunning someone athlete or
not a non athlete doesn't help, just like I feel
the same way about a normal student at BYU. My
my opinion, energy stays the same. Getting the value for
fans or for people of getting rid of someone just
doesn't do it for me. And granted, when that boundaries cross,
we address that situation. But I don't think this is
a line that's been crossed to say, get him up
out of here. And I see a lot of comments
and a lot of hate, and I don't know. I
just point the finger at people and say, what happens
when you're in this situation, or when it's someone you love,
or if it's your own kid, or if it's your
parent or your daughter, you know, your mother or father.
I just don't want to be that person. I hate
to go spiritual it, but I go back to the
prodigal son Ben. I'd rather be the prodigal son's father
than the brother. Instead of questioning, asking and pushing and
being like he doesn't deserve this. I'd rather be the
one with fully open arms, loving and be like Jesus
Christ with the woman taking an adult trey, push out
those that try to make fun of and shun and
say hey, you can't do this anymore, but also love
and then have accountability. I think there's a room for justice,
mercy and love. But sometimes, Ben, we only want one
thing to occur depending on our emotions, which are valet
doesn't make it.
Speaker 2: Right, though, So I'm looking at this from a thirty
thousand foot vie right. Individually, the accountability has got to
come down in what that accountability looks like from a
legal standpoint is one thing. The other accountability comes from
b yu's basketball program, and as an extension of that,
the institution itself. I would say the president has been
set that that essentially, you know, he's not playing at least,
you know, for a month or so, right as these
legal issues are drawn out.
Speaker 4: And the nonference.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, Like I.
Speaker 2: Know there are some out there in in the media
world even internally that that that feel like, hey, he's
going to be back after a week. I'm like, okay,
Like I don't know if that's right.
Speaker 4: Like I agree I don't know if that's what happened.
Speaker 3: I don't.
Speaker 5: I don't.
Speaker 3: I want to have grace in all of this.
Speaker 2: I want to have like, you know, forgiveness and things
that nature, and like we don't know if it's medical marijuana,
Like is it hasn't been prescribed?
Speaker 3: Is it a gummy for anxiety? Is a you know what?
I I don't know.
Speaker 2: I mean in the state of Utah, the laws are
are are going to also decide this too, but we
don't know of that. We don't know of that fact
right just yet. But you can't get behind the wheel,
and so there's got to be a repercussion for that.
And you have to wonder, did b why you know
if it is medical marijuana, let's say, and that has
been prescribed for a condition mental emotional issues and a
prescribing physician I said, hey, he's got to take this
or you know what?
Speaker 3: Have you? Then? Did be what you know about it? Right?
Did be what you know about it? Is there an
accountability on that start?
Speaker 2: Now we may not find that out because of the
private nature of Brigham Young University.
Speaker 3: It's a private institution.
Speaker 2: But there is a lot to maybe dissect here as
it pertains to the accountability and the justice that needs
to be served. But I would love to see BYU
and its community kind of wrap theirns around them, because
you don't want to have a situation where this negative
propaganda is then utilized in the future for what negative recruiting.
Speaker 3: BYU the LDS Church.
Speaker 2: I mean just recently this last week, Elder Holland and
Elder Oaks President Oaks sat down and discussed BYU as.
Speaker 3: An institution as the Lord's University.
Speaker 2: And also went into detail in their twenty five minute
podcast about the role that athletics plays, going so far
as to discuss the the service projects that the alumni, bays,
the fan base are getting involved in whenever you go
and play at a destination football and basketball, the fundraising
that went on for the Texas Tech Barber, the wife
of the Texas Tech Barber. I can guarantee you the
Church and just Christ of Latter day Saints and its
leadership loved that BYU is leading the way in that regard, okay,
and there are so many positive fruits to that. Do
you have to have perfect personnel in their ability to
abide the honor code in order to continue to do that? No,
We've had plenty of these situations honor code violations over
the years. There is a difference between a BYU honor
code violation and a legal issue though, and that's where
it gets a little bit serious. The Jake Retslock situation
was very serious. Seven game suspension for that situation. So
what does that mean Forkennar Davis Junior. Right, if you're
looking at the most recent legal issue and how the
school employed that that type of justice, what does that
mean for Connard Davis junior? There's more games in basketball? Right,
it essentially took half of the season away from Drake Redsloft.
Does that mean half of the season or a third
of the season taken away? Like I said yesterday, Like
I feel like with this situation, whatever the substance was,
driving behind the wheel, I believe in grace. I believe forgiveness.
Let the law, you know, h effectuate the justice there.
But more than so anything, you got to get Cannar
Davis some help and some mentorship if he's consuming even
medical marijuana, and get behind the wheel.
Speaker 3: Like to me, it's about the individual.
Speaker 2: You recruited him, the basketball program recruited him and said
you are a part of our basketball family. They adopted
him into the BYU basketball family. They said, we want you, okay,
we want you as a part of our family, our brotherhood.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 2: So it's on the basketball program and the school to
now say, you know what, we did adopt you, and yeah,
you maybe didn't live up to our standard, and you
you infringed on not only our honor code but also
the legal code of the land. But you know what,
we're gonna embrace you. We're gonna get you the help
that you need, however long it takes. That's called accountability
from BYU side of things.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean.
Speaker 2: Like if I'm going to take someone into my home
and I'm gonna say you're a part of my family,
you know, and they and they fall short because you
know whatever whatever that you know may be falling short. Right,
It's like, no, I'm going to do everything that I
can until you completely want to separate yourself from this family. So,
just like an ar Davis Jnior and needs to take accountability,
I think by U Basketball and b yus an institution
as and as an extension of that, the LDS Church
need to do a really good job of embracing him
and getting him the help that he needs. If that
means he needs some red shirt and go into, you know,
some sort of recovery program, so be it. For the
long term development of the individual. I think that's the imperative.
What what does what did the mission do for me?
Speaker 3: As as an.
Speaker 2: Example, like that two years transformed me the good, the bad,
the ugly, the beautiful right and transform me into a
better human.
Speaker 3: Like I and and.
Speaker 2: Honestly a better football player because I was better at
navigating my time management. Some of these young men need
a mission, need a sabbatical, need of time in their
in their lives to kind of just focus on themselves
and folk and also focus on other people too and servy,
but focus on setting their own house in order, if
that makes sense. So that's what I would ask in
this situation. This is impactful on the floor, There's no doubt.
Cannard Davis Junior was highlighted by k Why the entire
offseason about how he could be a big twelve all
defensive team player.
Speaker 3: He's a three and D guy.
Speaker 2: He's supposed to replace ma what Mag But what Mag
was pretty gotstain good. I think what Mag was the
most underrated player on Blau's basketball team last season.
Speaker 3: That's what he was supposed to be. Now can dominate Diamande?
Do that?
Speaker 2: Maybe possible. He looked pretty good. He looked pretty good,
So we'll see kind of how that plays out. But yeah,
losing Cannard Davis, it's a big deal for the basketball
team in their quest for you know, finally breaking the
curse of.
Speaker 3: Being the the only.
Speaker 2: Like the the the nc doublea team that's gone to
the most NCUBLEA tournaments without reaching the final four. But
the like the thing that I'm most concerned about is
I hate the individual and you adopted him. How are
you gonna treat him now? It just be why you
take accountability and all this too. He's your family. Hopefully
that makes sense. But that's the latest on the Canard
Davis junior situation. I don't think it makes it back
into a conference play and I think he needs.
Speaker 4: To do what I said, worst scenario, Yeah.
Speaker 3: Well I don't. I don't think I think the worst
case scenarios he's out for the year. I think I
think the worst case scenario is out for the year.
Speaker 7: I mean, I just look at it with the way
it's I look at what happened with the Jake Redstaff.
Think I'd be surprised if it was the whole year.
If it was the whole year because of Canard's choice. Man,
I just don't see how the Jake Redstaff thing unfolded
face of the program football and that again you hate
that you have to compare this, but you look at
that situation and you look at Canards and it's like,
so you're gonna Jake wasn't suspended for the whole season,
but then Canar wasn't. I know that this has happened
in the past of the players. It's not what I'm saying,
but you just think of that. I would really be
shocked if they did it for the higher season. I could,
like I said, I could, I could see all of
non conference. If someone even pitched that, I'd be like, yeah,
how you expect me to argue with that? Like you
can't get behind the wheel on there any influence and drive.
There has to be accountability. That is legal issue, Like
that's the accountability part that he has to do, and
then he learned.
Speaker 4: You don't get rid of him.
Speaker 7: I just think I don't the way the honor Coat
is just operating. How I've seen him maneuver with student athletes,
with students. I don't think they're going to kick him
off the team or he's gonna be gone for the
whole year. I could see all of non conference and
he's just for conference. But that would be Canard's choice.
If you wanted to step away from BAU. I don't
think that will happen. I have faith, And look, I've
talked to Canardo the few cases at the tailgates and
then passing, and have had opportunity to interview him, you know,
in the Blue and White scrimmage, formally, non informally, good
young man, doesn't excuse his actions, and I think he's individual.
Speaker 4: I think that can learn from this, but we all
need mentor tip.
Speaker 7: Look, I'm gonna keep saying this, Ben, if you were
to ask me to put my sins on my resume
and give them to you or give them anybody else,
I'd be pretty disappointed and pretty embarres of what it has.
If you were to know that if this job, or
if any job, you probably wouldn't want to talk to me,
right because I'm not a perfect individual. I've made some
mistakes in my life, right, but I've had good mentors
and good help and people to guide me. You know,
I made mistakes at twenty man, even on the mission,
even before at seventeen eighteen, and now here I am
almost thirty, and I've been able to learn and grow.
But I've had good people around, and I think the
same should be for Canard.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 7: I think we need to extend the olive branch and
be there. There can be accountability, and there can be
teaching moments. There can also be love, and there could
be mentorship, but there's room for both. The problem is
people just want to be emotional and want to react
and say one thing, and I just don't think that's true.
I think Canar can be suspended from the team and
have accountability. I think he can come back from that
and still play. I still think he can learn. You
have to give an individual opportunity to change. But if
you don't give him that, I can you expect me
ever to grow?
Speaker 4: So I don't know.
Speaker 7: I don't like all of the things that you see
on social media and all of that. Like, Look, I
think how BYU operate this. They're very calculated. They're going
to keep this in house, and I think what you'll
see is that Cannard will get some games and that
he'll still be around. I'd be shocked if he were
kicked off the team and if they did not allow
him to still be a part of this program.
Speaker 4: I'd be shocked if that were to happen.
Speaker 2: And just so everybody knows, the Church of Jedish Christ
of Latter Staints does not oppose the use of medical
marijuana when it's determined to be medically necessary and used
under the supervision of a licensed physician.
Speaker 3: I'm not sure if this is the case with Kennard
Davis Jr. But to be determined. According to the.
Speaker 2: Church's General Handbook, the use of medical marijuana is permissible
if deemed medically necessary by a licensed physician or authorized
medical provider and used according to their instruction. However, the
Church does not approve smoking marijuana, even for medical purposes.
Vaping is also not approved unless specifically authorized by a
medical provider due to medical necessity. The Church remains opposed
to non medical or recreational use of marijuana. This stance
is consistent with the church's Health Code, which allows for
the use of substances typically prohibited when prescribed by a
physician for health reasons. Similar to other medications. The Church
has also supported stricter regulation for medical cannabis programs to
prevent miss use. So that is the official stance of
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