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We got Steve Clements on all the Live Steve, How thatck?
Are You's right?
Speaker 3: I'm doing fantastic, brother. How is everything going with you?
Speaker 4: Great? I mean absolutely outstanding?
Speaker 3: Give me up thinks how's the fab doing? Anything new
in your world?
Speaker 1: You know?
Speaker 4: Uh? Fam is great? Married life is great too. Just
took my youngest son down for a birthday golf trip
to southern Utah and played Black Desert last weekend and man,
that's a nice place. Due that was so much fun
and I kind of surprised him. He didn't know where
we're going and kind of pulled into place. He's like
that or we lost? I could No, We're not lost.
This is where we're supposed to be and so man,
that was so much fun. But uh yeah, everything's man.
I'm up and up and just just loving life right now.
Speaker 3: Love the I love that all who's well in your world?
Speaker 2: And you got some uh uh some quality time with
your your your son and uh nothing better than a
little fathers and sons outing.
Speaker 4: Absolutely yeah, yeah that's you. Gotta you gotta cherish those
moments because they're not gonna be there forever.
Speaker 3: Stevie. So there, I got you.
Speaker 4: Yeah hear me.
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Speaker 4: I can hear you. Hello, you there, I can hear you.
Speaker 2: Okay, you can hear me. I saw, yeah, we couldn't.
I couldn't hear you there for a second. We have
a little technical difficulties. Well, hey, okay, I wanted to
I wanted to get into a couple of things with
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Speaker 3: You took some heat. We've talked about it before.
Speaker 2: You said that bear Bachmeyer reminds you of a better
throwing Tim Tebow. Obviously it played out very much like that.
Bear Bachmeyer was tremendous. He was fantastic. Give me an
overall eval of Bear Blackmeyer year one at b Yuh.
Speaker 4: To be honest with you, I you know, the expectation
is probably a little bit higher in provo for a
quarterback based on the tradition, but you know, you have
a true freshman and you got to be really, really
careful as far as expectations. So I really didn't have many,
if at all, because you're just setting yourself up when
you have unreal hoo, it's unrealistic expectations to create resentment
when those expectations aren't met. And so, at least for
me my point of view, didn't have a lot of expectations.
So when you don't have a lot of expectations, you,
I guess consider that a low bar. I think it
was absolutely phenomenal what he was able to accomplish at
his age, with his experience, And really the one thing
that I've always looked at is, yeah, the performance on
the field, but I always like to see, especially I'm
at a game not TV. It's hard to see the
sidelines a lot of times, but how he reacts to
both plays that might be a bad play, whether that's
a turnover or taking a sack or fumbling whatever, and
even a good play, And what I observed throughout the
year is you really couldn't tell where he made a
bad play versus when he made a good play. He
has a knack, and I don't think.
Speaker 3: A lot of.
Speaker 4: Quarterbacks have this. A lot some do and some do,
But I think the difference between maybe a great quarterback
and elite quarterback and an average or a good quarterback
is that ability to come back down or from a
disappointment or an exciting play, you know, a game changing
play or maybe a turnover that's that really you know,
made a big time difference in the game. And what's
your reaction to the result after the result? How do
they act, how they interact with their coaches, their teammates.
And I think he has a really good ability to
what I would say, come back to five, which for
me is even you know you're gonna hit a ten,
nine to ten on a big touchdown, but also on
a big turnover as well. How how quickly can you
get back to that five? That even kill calm, cool,
confident demeanor, And it just seemed like he was at
five most of the time, very aggressive for a young
be able to.
Speaker 2: Do that, always stoic, always even killed, never overly oberctional,
even like when he got injured, like it was like
you didn't see him ever really WinCE in pain, like
he didn't really have any emotions. It was hard to
see even with the high definition cameras. That that that
that exposes about everything on a football field.
Speaker 4: Yes, and and that's that's the ones that I look
at and gravitate to and go, Okay, he's going to
be something special because it's almost like he doesn't have
a pulse. And that works both ways, meaning yeah he can,
he doesn't. He doesn't get really high. He never really
gets low either. And some people will say, well he
doesn't care because look, I mean they scored big touchdown
and he's just like, ah, whatever. Or he might be
smiling after an interception, or he might just be stoic
after an interception that's really cost you know, the team
either a game or whatever. And now we're trying to
call back and you know, we have this mistake and
it's really neither. It's just he has an ability to
be very stoic whether things are going really well or
things are going really poorly, like Texas Tech. But you
can't tell from his at least and his inside might
be chewing him up, but you can't tell, and I
don't I don't see that affecting him on the football
field either, whatever is going in between his ears. So
after after that happens. But very impressed.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, I feel like he he met
that that bar, that standard that you put forth the
right handed Tim Tebow.
Speaker 3: I really do.
Speaker 2: I mean, Brady Quinn even piggybacked off of your comp
remember that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, oh absolutely, yeah, that was that was kind
of fun. But I do I do think that his
ability to throw, I mean, his ability to run and
his his style of play lends you, yes, to run
the game, you're the running game, and and and ground
it out on the you know, in between the tackles.
But his ability in a couple of games Iowa State
the ball game to throw the rock and have a
rod just cunning, loose man, you know he Now, I
think he's shown that ability and really maybe not for Cougarnation,
but for all the opponents the next year is Okay,
this dude can throw it down the field. He's not
just a you know, two hundred and forty pound running
back that's playing behind the center. But my man can
throw too, So we got to be ready for that
too next year, no doubt. That's why I'm really really
excited because he's of course he's got another year experience.
But I think I think you may see a little
bit different offensive philosophy this year. And man, just take
the reins off the horse, letting go.
Speaker 2: What improvements would you like to see from Bear Bachmeyer
in the off season?
Speaker 4: Boy, I don't know. I mean, I mean, you can
always it's hard to go against speed, right, It's hard
to defend speed. It makes it the the defense very
very difficult to defend when you have speed. And so
I would say, I mean, if if there's one thing,
I would say, get faster, but I would say that
to an out lineman and the dB just as much
as a quarterback, if if not more so. But and
I'm I'm sure he's doing that. I'm sure they all
do that. They have a great weights program and strength
and conditioning program, and that's going to be handled between
you know, January and August. But yeah, I would say,
just a little bit more speed. He's gonna throw the
ball more. And so when practices this spring, I guarantee
he's gonna get his rep with his arm. So obviously
arm endurance is gonna be play a part in how
well he does next year. He just didn't throw it,
probably as much as he's gonna throw it this next
year and probably in year three, is it's gonna move
up even more so, So I would say speed and
arm endurance and get ready for to light up the skuys.
Speaker 2: I was debating with a few people earlier this week
about weight gain, weight loss, you know, staying the same.
What have you seen, like you know, in your career
as a as a quarterback and coaching quarterbacks. You know,
he's a big quarterback, obviously a big body guy. Do
you kind of try to keep him at that weight?
Do you want to lose weight? Put on but like
you know, gain the lean muscle mass? Do you want
to put on?
Speaker 4: Way?
Speaker 3: What do you where do you put that?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 3: You know, if I was to ask you what you
would do with his.
Speaker 2: Body, uh as far as strength and conditioning and things
of that nature are concerned, what would you.
Speaker 4: Say, Well, I think you're not going to go wrong
with lean muscle mass. He hasn't had you know, he
hasn't really had a full off season to be in
the weight room and to increase his speed and his
strength and his lean body mass. And yeah, it would
be great if you know, he's at five percent ten
percent body fat, was still at two twenty five to
twenty and my guess is that's probably where they're going
to want him to be. You don't want him to,
you know, be at one ninety five because that's kind
of not really part of the offense. But again, I
don't think it matters with a rod because he's got
plenty in the pantry to utilize. And this is just
one aspect of his offense. Having a kid that's you know,
six two sixty three, two hundred and thirty, two hundred
and thirty five pounds versus someone like Zach Wilson wasn't
even closed. I mean he might have been two hundred
pounds or two oh five. But so I think the
lean body mass, yeah, is going to be essential for him,
but he still has to be able to sustain. And
if you're gonna throw the ball more, that means you're
gonna run the ball less. And this is projection, This
is not law that says they're gonna throw the ball more.
I want him to throw the ball more. I think
you would tend to think they might throw the ball
more with one year experienced by your freshman quarterback. But
so if that's the case, then he's gonna run a
little bit less, so he's not gonna take as many hits,
so he doesn't have to be two hundred and forty pounds.
I didn't think he would sustain the offense they were
running in the first two or three games for the
entirety of the season, and the only thing he had
to show for as far as injury was was an ankle.
They're in the championship game and that was it. So
like he went beyond my expectations as far as being
sustaining being really relatively injury free the entire season, running
as much as he did in between the tackles. So
I think, you know, you're two twenty to twenty five
lean body mass, more speed. It might create a little
bit more of a dynamic offense because now it's not
in between the tackles anymore. Now he can bounce that
sucker outside, you know, and instead of going to take
as many hits, maybe he avoids a couple of those
hits because he's a little bit quicker and he has
a little bit more speed and a little bit thinner
but lean, you know, muscle mass type, If that makes
any sense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'm I'm intrigued to see where Bear takes
his game this offseason. I'm sure he'll be training with
three DQB John Beck and the crew, as well as
putting in reps there in provo with his wide receiving group.
What do you how would you evaluate the supporting cast
right now that's coming back. Obviously Parker Kingston had himself
a season. You got Jojo Phillips coming back, Cody Hagen.
They went out and got Kyler Casper from Oregon, a
four star, former four.
Speaker 3: Star wide receiver.
Speaker 2: Not much productivity though that though they're at Oregon Walker
Lions coming in from USC at tight end obviously LJ.
Speaker 3: Martin coming back.
Speaker 2: How would you evaluate the skill position players that surround
Bear going into his sophomore season.
Speaker 4: I think it's I think it's going to be. It's
going to be has the potential to be really good,
especially on the outside. Now, in order for you to
throw the ball, you've got to have the five guys
up front, and where we're losing three, I believe that
would be a bigger concern for me than on the outside,
because I guarantee your help is coming. Because you've got
the Pula twins. One's probably gonna play defense. My guess
is the Jaron kids is going to be offense. You've
got the Glaster kid that's coming in from Lehigh, which
I think makes I think he plays on the special
teams really really early and makes an impact on their
special team, especially on their kicking game. That allows Parker
maybe Cody to focus a little bit more on receiving
and on the offensive side of the ball. But because
my man can do it like that kid is. He's insane.
I'm telling you, this legend kid is absolutely insane. And
everybody's gonna seem this next year. And yeah, I'm making
a prediction that he's gonna he's gonna be on the
field and and and be a difference maker, especially initially
with his youth, probably in special teams first, before you know,
a rotation into the receiving corps. But just because of
his inexperience but talent, now he's that's already there. It's
it's it's beyond anything I think I've seen. I got
to watch him in practice every day, the last two years,
and the plays that he made in practice were crazy, dude. Anyway,
So I think, you know, you got to shore up
in the middle obviously the line, but I think on
that outside, you've got another year experience with all three
of those guys. You know, Jojo, I think was just
trying to find his footing this year, and I think
he's fine there. I think they're going to be really
I think they're going to be deeper than normal I
think for those guys typically in a typical year. But
there's gonna be some inexperience too with that depth, and
so that's going to be you know, Fessi's job to
get them up to speed and learning the offense and timing.
Right spring is all about timing with Bear and the
quarterbacks and new receivers and where those guys are on campus. Now,
I'm looking forward to a really good year and really
I see him just throwing the ball a lot more,
and LJ is, Yes, we're gonna lean on him. We've
got to have five solid dudes up front though, for
anything to work. So there, it's the backbone of the team,
that's the skeleton of the team. It's the offensive line
it's not the quarterback, it's not the defensive backfield or
the defensive line. I think most important position on the
field is offensive line.
Speaker 2: Well, they went out and got three offensive linemen of
the portal. Thus far looks like they're they're fortifying that
front right now.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's great. Absolutely.
Speaker 2: Last thing for you, what's been your favorite Mark Harlan moment?
Has it been the you know that the game was
stolen from us after the Holy War twenty twenty four?
Was it? They give me a break? Tweet that he
he quote tweeted Dennis Dodd. Dennis Dodd had reported that
the Big twelve was ready to pounce on the four
Corner schools. As doubt creeps in about the Pac twelve's viability,
he retweeted that obviously they eventually went to the Big twelve.
He's at his most recent tweet attacking a former BYU
commit and signy who entered the portal and is now
taking his talents elsewhere. He kind of got a little
petty there. Do you have a favorite moment for Mark Harlan?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 4: Oh, that guy. I don't say about him. I don't,
I don't, I don't know if I haven't a favorite moment,
but I have an unfavorite moment. As soon as Morgan
Scalley became the head coach, that's my unfavorite moment. And
obviously he's the athletic director. He made that happen. He's
he's gonna be good. I'm I'm concerned because he's he's
not gonna be like Kyle was there. There's they're two different.
I know a lot of people are like, oh, it'll
just be the same old Utah, this, that and the other.
It's not. Trust me, it's not. As a matter of fact,
we had a conversation Morgan I a couple of days ago.
It went quite a lengthy discussion and he goes back
to the years of when he was recruiting down in Texas.
I was at Uless Trendy High School. He'd come down
and recruit and we go out lunch and so we've
kind of been friends over the years and kept in contact,
and yeah, we had a pretty lengthy conversation. And man,
he's a he's a culture guy. And yes, he's gonna
he's gonna want to beat us to a bloody pulp
in those four hours when we play, but he's not flaming.
I mean, he's not gonna fan any of the flames
before and after the game, and I think that's that's
that that concerns me because he's a culture guy and
Klonnie is a culture guy, and that's I guess that's
my most unfavorite moment, at least as a by U
alam Uh. He's good. He's gonna be good, and Utah
is going to be good for as long as Morgan's
running the show. And that's from a YU alarm, but
I have a lot of respect for Morgan. He's a
good friend of mine, and yeah, there's some things going
on up.
Speaker 2: There that are.
Speaker 4: A little bit concerning to me, at least for those
four hours on a Saturday in the fall.
Speaker 2: So yes, indeed, uh, Steve, we appreciate you, man think
for ropping off for a little keeping up with the
cougar segment, and we'll catch up with the end soon.
Thanks so much, my guy, Steve Clements, ladies and gentlemen.
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