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Speaker 3: Sixth edition of Cougar Sports Versus One.
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the show and this one man Ronald the three Van Weaver.
Speaker 3: What's up, Roddy? What's up? Happy Tuesday?
Speaker 1: Everybody gonna keep it short the day. I hope you
guys are all doing well and that the new year
is a beautiful day.
Speaker 3: So be joyful and cheerful today. Be joyful, be cheerful,
be grateful. My friends, It's a great day to be
a Cougar. What's also?
Speaker 1: Woman in?
Speaker 3: Brett always bring in the hammer Hammer times show. What's up? Brett?
Speaker 5: I hate the New Year, and not just specifically to
this year, but every year because every year. So I
don't want to pretend like I own the gym, because
I don't, but every time I every time.
Speaker 3: The new year comes around. I hate going to the
gym in January and February because it's full of people.
Speaker 5: And look, if you're gonna stick there and be here
in March in April, then you can ride.
Speaker 3: With the rest of us.
Speaker 5: But I sometimes I'm horrible for this, and I know
I am, but sometimes I'm like, dude, come on, I
need this machine right now, and let's be honest.
Speaker 3: Which one of us is gonna be here in March?
And look, there were days when I was that guy.
Speaker 5: There were days when I went in January and March
and I didn't end up staying for the rest of
the year. But uh, yeah, I hate going to the
gym at the beginning of the new year because just
filled with way too many.
Speaker 4: You're the guy that watched around's like, bro, you're not
gonna be here in March. Get off the machine. You're
not gonna get get get a set in and move
on to the next.
Speaker 3: But these people, they just sit there on their phones
and just hang out at the machine. I literally saw
it yesterday. She was on the leg press for thirty minutes.
Speaker 5: If it takes you thirty minutes to get in a
whole like four sets, you either have some issues or
you have some attention issues.
Speaker 4: I don't know what it is, but you need to
move if you're going to failure. I understand that because
you may not a valid five minutes in between sets.
That's about you know what I mean? You need five
like I used to take, like when I was going
to failure failure reps. I mean I'd take five, sometimes
ten minutes in between sets, you know. But if you
ain't doing that, you better get off that.
Speaker 3: That's right, Press.
Speaker 4: Let's also welcome in the gym man the grenade, the
silver backed beef one.
Speaker 1: See no one understands that reference.
Speaker 3: I know it because you know what.
Speaker 4: Like, we've been doing this show since twenty and twelve,
and it's changed ownership hands and different tech technological systems.
There's been like fifteen different producers and we've lost some
good key cuts from the good old days.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well this might surprise you guys looking at me,
But I haven't been to the gym for a while.
So you're at the turn of the new year. I
told myself, I need to go back to the gym.
But this is what you like, bred I told myself,
I don't want to be that guy that goes back
to the gym in January because it's gonna.
Speaker 4: Be crowded, and I just don't want to be that guy.
So you're gonna go in February March. I think that's
actually a good smart man. Yeah, So I've done the
gym thing and all that.
Speaker 1: I don't like crowds. I don't like it. And I've
been thinking of Ammer the entire time. I don't want
to piss off rap, that's right. Yeah, And so anyway,
I come come March, I'll be back in there, but
I've changed my diet.
Speaker 5: I actually think that makes more sense anyway, because the
worst thing when you first start going to the gym
is showing up at the gym and it's full and
you're like, well, I can't get to.
Speaker 3: My machine, so I should I just go home now?
So I actually think that there's a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: Man. Anyway, That's where I'm like in.
Speaker 3: The sauna, Like, if it's full, just go hang out
in the sauna.
Speaker 1: But then you got to pay the extra.
Speaker 3: True, I'm with you on that, g man. It's okay.
Speaker 1: Hey, look, it's just I don't pay I piggyback for
someone else been It's it's just until March. Man, I
don't know a month that might be worth it.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 4: Just for two months, are go for a swim and
then go to the saunay, you know, for the first
two months, because no one's doing the swim and sauna.
Speaker 3: Initially they're in the gym hitting lates, right, that's true.
Speaker 1: That treadmill.
Speaker 3: They're on the treadmill. Try to get lean, try to
get sexy, try to get mean. You know what I mean.
So well, I don't envy you guys. I have a
home gym, So.
Speaker 1: Can I use your gym? Totally?
Speaker 3: Yes, you guys, if you guys really want to come over.
Everyone just going down. I realize.
Speaker 4: Just because I said six a m. But I mean,
just because I say you can't, doesn't mean you're gonna
be able because I don't. I do not own my
house anymore. I don't own like I used to from
when when you know, when I was single and I
was living in my town home and in Toscata, I
own that place.
Speaker 3: I was the master of my domains, right, I was
the ruler of my turf. Not anymore. I don't have
really much of a say of anything. It's Okay.
Speaker 4: Every once in a while I get decide, hey, can
we can I have something to eat that's not on
the menu on the schedule.
Speaker 1: It seem so bad.
Speaker 3: I'm kidding. No, my wife's wonderful. But you know what
I mean, I don't.
Speaker 4: I don't get much decision making power within my own
home anymore, you know, so books to read to my kids,
I can do that.
Speaker 1: I have that.
Speaker 4: I that I've been delegated those powers at any rate.
It's a new year, it's a near you, new you
I have.
Speaker 3: I do ask this question.
Speaker 4: I didn't get a whole lot of run on Twitter
because no one really likes to delve deep into the
philosophies of this life because we love the escape. But
I did ask, like, if you had all the resources
in the world, right, all the resources in the world,
what problem would you solve in twenty twenty six? And
why I want you to ponder on that. You know
what I mean, Like, if you had unlimited resources, what
problem would you solve?
Speaker 3: And why?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
Speaker 4: Some for some maybe a practical thing, you know, something
that can enrich people's lives. For others is like world peace,
you know, poverty, you know the uh, the banking system,
you know, whatever it made think think of search and ponder.
Speaker 3: We're gonna come back to it.
Speaker 4: Okay, as you have time, as you have bandwidth, guys,
shout out the rest of our ESPN. The fans starting
lineup should be a great one. We're gonna get into
k y sound Kevin Young. He addressed the media yesterday,
Chris Cartman, owner publisher of sun deevilsource dot com. We're
gonna get a little scouting reports and BOE basketball top
and also I want to talk about Sam Leavitt with him.
Speaker 3: It's pretty crazy to see that the last two.
Speaker 4: Quarterbacks that Lane Kiffin recruited out of the portal are
both LDS Jackson Dart and Sam Levitt. It sounds like
Sam Levit's going to LSU. Remember we were talking about this.
We thought that when Sam Levitt was like purportedly possibly
been shopped in the portal, we said he's going to
Lane Kiff, He's going to ole Miss. Now, this is
before ole Miss and Lane Kiffin parted ways. For Lane
Kiffin decided l s U was his new home, that
he could win a national championship at l s U
and not Old Miss. By the way Ole Miss is
in the final four, right, kind of a crazy thing
that happened. But isn't it crazy that Lane Kiffin is
the guy recruiting high level LDS quarterback talent.
Speaker 1: Really ironic?
Speaker 3: Isn't it ironic? It is Atlantis Morris.
Speaker 1: Not I don't want to go there, but but but
but yeah, it's it's end of the day.
Speaker 3: You would have you would.
Speaker 1: And what he is and what he's been with with
with the Aliss culture in any way you just want it.
Speaker 3: Lane is not.
Speaker 4: What you aspire to be as a latter day say man, right,
like you don't look at him and like, I assue
who I want to be growing up.
Speaker 1: When the rumors started hitting that he was gonna take
the l s U job, I just had to laugh
at people that thought he might stay at Old Miss.
I mean, have you followed this guy? This man, there
is no chance he is not going down issue, no chance.
Speaker 4: As soon as he said, guys, this is a good
thing that we're getting all this attention, he's I'm like
you are that we're getting all this attention. You're a
great team we're doing. I'm like you, son of a
motherless goat. You love yourself. I mean, I love myself.
But Lane, yeah, Lane loves himself some some Lane. The
lane train is always is always uh you know, uh
dialed in on himself. He's always riding himself, if you
know what I mean. Anyway, I got you as I
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Speaker 1: G Man.
Speaker 4: Transfer portal, Yes, twenty twenty six. What is it that
BYU needs?
Speaker 1: You know when I think of the transfer portal as
listeners to this program me, no critical and I attended
the same thirty one and older young old. This is true,
not young a old. But this is because we were
pretty old.
Speaker 3: Well no, this is when the transition happened over thirty
singles ward. They separated us. We were the island. This
is news to me. I had no clue. Yeah, yeah,
you didn't know about this. Oh, I wondered what the
connection was. I know there was something, but I didn't
know this. When did that happen? Was that twenty fifteen fourteen?
Speaker 1: I don't remember. I was long gone out of the
war by then. But anyway, uh, Bishop Jensen, you Remembership Jensen.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We were at the.
Speaker 1: Linger longer and I remember we were just kind of talking,
not flirting with the girls whatever, right, And I remember
he came over. He was pretty stirred. He said, guys,
you don't have a lot of time to get this together.
I want to see you active. I want to see
you at young activities. Because he didn't say the portal's
gonna close, but it was implied it's going to close. Right, Criddle,
graduate with honors. I was discharged dishonorably, but it stuck
with me. I mean, Bishop Jensen, as always was right.
He was right, and you heeded his advice. What I'm
saying is I.
Speaker 4: Was actively dating at that time, were right inside and
outside of the war.
Speaker 1: Not only Bishop Jensen knew, but yeah, anyway.
Speaker 3: Even inside and outside of the face.
Speaker 4: Not to divulge too much, but I was exploring my my,
my dating. I just wanted to fall in love g
Man and you didn't, and you still don't.
Speaker 1: That's right, that's right, I didn't.
Speaker 3: You're in love with work that you do every day
here on the show.
Speaker 1: It's honorably discharged and I live in infamy. There you go.
Why does this apply to the transfer portal?
Speaker 3: Talk about it. Let's come full circle.
Speaker 1: B what you is on the cusp of being really
good next year. You look at Bayu's roster. It is
kind of amazing to me that they were able to
retain just who they have so far, who's announced. There's
some big names out there. LJ. Martin and Schmath those
are the two big ones, right Bear Bachmeer, I yeah,
I guess you have to put that out there as well.
Every one square game in this day and age. But
considering they're getting the amounting guys they have, and so
soon these guys just boom boom. I'm back, I'm back,
I'm back. Things are working at Bway. You there's still
a culture there even without j Hill, even without Gennaro Guildford,
and I think the way he's gonna make some really
really strong additions through this transfer portal. Yeah, I've been
Every single move I've seen is just like yep. Yeah, okay, yep, yep.
That makes sense. That makes sense. I'm makes sense tv
On Beasley. I think he would have liked to retain him.
I think that's the one where.
Speaker 3: I was like this morning.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's still not catastro. I mean, he was
a nice player. He filled in his slot and he
was good. He was fine.
Speaker 3: He's played for four or three teams.
Speaker 4: He's gonna go on his fourth now, yeah, so Jackson
Jackson State or Jacksonville State and then Colorado now was
it San Diego State too, and they'll be with his fourth.
Speaker 1: Yeah. The one I'm most excited about is obviously Isaiah Glasker.
I and don't take this the wrong way. I really
did not enjoy watching Isaiah Glasker play.
Speaker 3: For those that don't know, he's back, He's got back.
Speaker 1: He announced. I did not enjoy watching Isaiah Glasker play
this year because he was a shell of himself. I
thought it wasn't just a slight drop up and play.
I thought it was pretty significant. It was substantial because
this guy's talent level is so high. He was the
premier player ye and and he battled through that ankle injury.
Props to him for gutting it out and doing it,
but he was not able to perform like I know
he can like b way you Nation needs to understand
he can't perform. So to me, it made no sense
for him to go to the NFL with that season
under his belt. It's not gonna work for him. He
needed to come back and that's going to be a big,
big boost because when this guy just think prior to
the Colorado game, what this guy was doing on the field,
and yeah, give me Stanford and I forget the first
day of the year, Portland State, Portland State, Yeah whatever.
That guy rex havoc regularly and you did not see
it this year, and you need to see it again.
NFL scouts need to see it again. Huge, huge, huge
for him to return. Big big retention there, Yeah, absolutely enormous.
And it's not just him. You got a lot of
guys returning, a lot of guys where you just they
believe the way he's on the cusp of something. Dot
Roster's going to be better next year than it was
this last year. Really, yes, by all together, it is
going to be a better better this year. Absolutely that
it was. I will hold to that comment. I believe
what they have developing the potential additions B way, he's
going to get a stronger roster and they're going to
be capable of doing a lot of things. So they're striking.
They're not doing what g Man did back in the
single over thirty single ward. You can't you can't say
young adult war. We were not young.
Speaker 3: I felt young.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I felt young. They're doing like Criddle did. There
you go.
Speaker 3: I still feel young.
Speaker 1: So be like Crittle in the transfer portal, not like Gurney.
And that's what the way he's doing. I like it.
There you go. I like it.
Speaker 3: So what is it that b WHYU needs? Position wise
of the portal.
Speaker 1: I'd like a left tackle that that's the one people
are not talking about. I think that's a void.
Speaker 3: Isaiah john is going to the league. Yeah, Andrew J.
Trees coming back.
Speaker 4: You have I think right down you Haveano, you have
Ikenacio Tupo and Jake Griffin all in the portal in
that tackle spot.
Speaker 1: Yeah. The fact that there's not an obvious name, I
guess Ostler would be the guy you're thinking of, and
maybe he can do it. I don't know. He was
affording some playing time.
Speaker 3: He used to Us is also graduating and he looked
pretty good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Austin Leus. That was one of the more understated
stories of the pop art school. I thought isay John
had barely played, like I don't even remember if he played,
to be honest with you and Austin les Oh, yeah,
he's out there. He did miss a beat. He was fantastic.
He was really really good. That's gonna be a tough
guy to replace. Interior offense line. They're fine, They're fine.
It's a horse choke coming back big Sonny Macassini. Uh,
Bruce Mitchell, who's probably the most underappreciated player on this
entire BWA football team. Outstanding season for Bruce Mitchell. They're
gonna be really good. Just get that left tackle. They
need to figure that out. And that's a big position.
That's kind of the most important position on that Are.
Speaker 3: There any young talented sines that could play this year?
Speaker 1: Bot Mooly Talo you might be referencing, absolutely could do it.
Here's my hesitation. You look at Spencer Fano, the best
lineman in the entire country right going to be a
first round NFL draft pick, lottery pick. Whatever. The NFL
doesn't have a lottery. But but you know what I'm saying,
he's gonna go really, really high in the NFL draft.
He started as a true freshman, and he was a
little shaky if you remember.
Speaker 3: Druggle a little bit, a little bit.
Speaker 1: I put Bob Mooly Talo has about as big as
a recruiting profile as Spencer Fano did coming out of
high school. A little bit less, but not much. But
I do worry about that with Bob Mooley Talo. He's
gonna be tremendous. He's gonna be fantastic. He's gonna be
as a true freshman. I pumped the brakes a little bit.
It's a little bit, just strictly looking at the Spencer final,
it's a difficult position to master. It's difficult to be
that guy at a young age. You do not see
a lot of true freshmen playing offensive line. I say,
relative to other positions, probably less so than any other position.
Probably safeties maybe might be the other position, but I
think safety in offensive line is where you do not
see true freshmen by a large playing.
Speaker 4: And he's only played one year of exactly, but he's
had the pays mentoring him.
Speaker 1: For there's no question.
Speaker 3: He has the tam, the defense, he has some pretty
good coaches.
Speaker 1: There a lot, Yes, he does. I want to put
it past him. I mean, let's see, we'll see. I mean,
I'm the guy that said there's no way Bear is
going to be ready. I was that guy.
Speaker 3: I'll own it.
Speaker 1: So what I'm saying about Bob Mooley, towel throw it
out if you want. We'll see. I'm not gonna put
anything past the kid. I'm just my Brak's a little concern.
But we'll see how that shakes out. It'll be tremendous.
So left tach Man. That's just one. Even if LG.
Martin comes back, I still think you need another running back. Yep,
at least one more. I I really like what Joe
Bessa de Mouni showed in the Pop Darts Bowl. I
think he showed that he can be a guy. He
can be a second or third option on that running
back and he can play well. I don't know if
you guys got that. I was impressed. I thought, so
you need at least one more transfer portal guy. Maybe
maybe again the true freshman running back. It's a far
easier to transition in that regard. The passporal thing that's
that's difficult. That can be a thing. Yeah, even with
Devon ika Eka, Sorry, I still think you need a
transferportal running back. I think b what he got really
lucky this year with LG. Martin, really really really that
could have derailed the entire season. Bear was not ready
to do what he did in the Pop Darts Bowl
four fifth game of the season. He wasn't there yet.
He got there because he's Bear Bachmeyer and he's phenomenal, right,
But if LJ would have had an early season injury,
that could have derailed a lot of things for this
BA football team. And I think they know it and
they don't want that to happen again. Of course, you
have a bareback who's gonna be phenomenal. He's gonna be tremendous.
I stayed on the program last time I was here
that that ankle injury is gonna be the biggest blessing
in disguise ever for that day. Just learning to be
a Drew Letsoe type straight back with no mobility, picking
a part of defense. That's gonna serve himber really well
heading into next season. That's gonna be a blessing in disguise.
Speaker 4: I like that's the status of Poka.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, you asked that,
and you gave me a look like you know what's
going on and I don't, So why are you asking me?
Speaker 3: No, I'm just saying the other thing.
Speaker 1: I think he needs some more cornerbacks. I personally think
Schmev's probably going to Michigan. I think I think he.
I think he is because he's really really good. He's
a guy that could play at a lot of places
and probably could play at Michigan. Very tight with Chenaro Guildford.
I the fact that he has not announced he's returning.
I I think he's going to Michigan. We'll see. I
don't know for certain, I've heard nothing. It's just I'm
just using my common sense when I know of the situation.
I think it would be likely that he goes to
Michigan's so you need to replace that. That's gonna be tough.
Eva Johnson's really really good, really good. I don't know
if he's at Jacob Robinson's level quite yet, but I'm
absolutely certain he will be there by by next year.
Very very good player. Also, I want more d tackles
more detackles, more tackles. Gotta get those guys. Even if
John Tamoy Peyo comes back, which I mean the n
C doualea, come on, it's not gonna work. Sorry, I
I I'd love to see j T come back. I'm
just not bad. I don't think the way coaches should either.
Speaker 3: You gotta hire lawyers. You gotta right hire the right
from with the players.
Speaker 4: Don't realize John John took someone's advice and it's it's
great advice.
Speaker 3: I don't think he is. I don't know where he
got it from, right, but.
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Speaker 1: Getting him back would be big. He had a really
good year last year, phenomenally year. He was so good
in that Pop Darts Bowl. He was really really good.
So even if they get John Tomoypeo back and Keo's
coming back. You still need guys. Give me more guys
on that defensive tackle position. Anyway, those are my spots
that that's where b way you need to live. They
don't need a lot they do not know well, wide
receiver would be nice. Yeah, I was gonna say wide receiver.
I'm not saying tight end just because there's that one
guy from USA.
Speaker 3: Who am Walker Lions.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's I mean, absent that knowledge.
Speaker 4: I thought we were a twelve personnel team. I thought
you always wanted twelve percent. You're a twelve person ol guy. Yeah,
you love to war twelve percent.
Speaker 1: Yes, I do that. That's so not in a dish
to tight ends. No, I'm a twenty one personnel.
Speaker 3: You're a two back, one tight end guy.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I always I always confusing. You're no, I've
been twelve personnel.
Speaker 4: I'm a twelve person I said, sorry, trust me, Sorry,
I know my personnel group.
Speaker 3: I had to call him out every day of my life.
Speaker 1: Well I know you do. Anyway, I'm a little bit
embarrassed by that. But yes, I'm a twelve personnel guy.
That's right. I always confused those I did not play football.
I'm not been criddle. Anyway, you played a lot of Madden,
though I did, and a lot of college football know that. Yeah,
but you don't use that jargon the mandeny you do,
you don't.
Speaker 3: There's there's there's a personnel group So are you kidding me?
In Madden?
Speaker 1: I didn't do Madden. I did. I did n C
Double a Football, But that's basically the same game.
Speaker 3: They don't do personnel groupings in n C doublea Football.
Speaker 1: They well, they do, but they don't call it twelve
twenty two person can Well I I wasn't familiar with
that anyway.
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I'm good at n c double A football. I don't
know if you know this, but I'm a I'm a
pretty big deal on NCAA football. I love twelve I
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Speaker 1: Twelve person I know what twelve personnel is.
Speaker 3: Goodness gracious, yeah, you.
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and I don't know if anybody else wanted to, I'm
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talking off here. You're you're wondering, you're hoping, you're praying
that a cornerback coach will be announced. Gennaro's gone farewell, coach,
g It's gonna be hard to replace that.
Speaker 1: Man's gonna be really, really hard. The talent b what
you've had at cornerback. I think it's to the point
where fans are kind of taking it for granted and
they kind of forget what it used to be at
that position where you were just bringing in juco guys
and just oh, please be good, please be good. You
don't really know it until they show up to campus.
The development retention was the big thing, the fact that
he was able to keep these guys at b YU
and what I'm talking about are double minorities, which non lds,
you know, non white cornerbacks. It's tough, it's not a
but I think what happens is when you get enough
of those guys that are happy, they can roll together,
they can be fine. It's like, oh yeah, I got
guys that are like me here. Whereas I remember when
Justin Robbins showed up, he was like maybe one of
four myes on the team. It's like, okay, right, but
they kind of got that rolling now and maybe it's
still there and it's gonna be enough there, but the
next guy can just take off where Gen left off right,
pick up where Gennara left off. You hope that's the case,
but it needs to keep rolling because the culture's phenomenal
in that room. The trio Maury Bamba, Evan Johnson and
Terry and Alexander, those guys really really get along and
like each other, and they played for each other and
they're talented and you saw that. You saw that exuded
and you got other guys. Jonathan Cabea, he had a
bit of a rough go after his injury, but I
still think he's gonna be really good for Bway you
in the coming years. You just want to see that
continue because, like I said, as to the point where
you're almost taking that for grants. Oh yeah, quarterbacks wine, Yeah,
they're strong, they got good corners. Yeah, what that is
something you never said hardly ever? Yea, I mean pick yours?
Do I have to remind you of the Danny Phillips,
Darris Wilson dash? Do I need to tell you about
those days? Remind you guys, it was bad, It was
really really bad. I mean some off years you'd get,
you know, some walk on cornerbacks from Gila monsters that
just happened to provide something you weren't expecting. But other
than that, it was thin. It was really really thin. Right,
So it's gonna be tough. It's gonna be really really tough. Plus,
and I want to say this about Gennaro why he
meant to be what you was exemplified just because of
the fact that he was a double minority coach who'd
been at BWAYU and it could bring him along that
that was a big, big bonus. That doesn't mean a
thing at Michigan. They don't need that. It doesn't mean anything.
So why has he taken Gennaro Gilbert of Michigan. It's
because he's a really good coach. You take away the
profile everything else. The dude knows ball, he knows how
to develop, he knows how to develop system coaches. And
I hope fans understand that, because I think what you
get is like, oh, they need him because of this. No,
first and foremost that you need General Gilbert because he's
just a really, really good football coach. And I think
that's very apparent to everyone that knows anything right now,
is that just based on his own merits, he can
coach in a lot of places and do really well.
I think he's going to be very good. And I
think he's going to be really, really tough for b
Way to replace, probably maybe even more so than Jay Hill,
which sounds insane to say, but I really believe that.
But but I think a significant thing. And I don't
know if you want to jump into this. We kind
of mentioned this before. Is I just penned a piece
on the Daily Herald, the curious case of Gary Anderson.
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's talk about it. Oh well, yeah, I like that.
Let's go, let's get into that.
Speaker 1: Of Gary. So anyway, I went on the Twitter machine
the other day and I gave a list of potential
replacements as defensive coordinator, right, Kelly, but being good justin
you know, the obvious choices. What I got from a
lot of people was, well, what about Gary Anderson? I
can't believe he did conclude Gary Anderson, Lee don't want it.
He doesn't want it at all.
Speaker 3: Right, he likes his role.
Speaker 1: And when you're talking about Gary Anderson, it's another thing.
I think some fans understand just how good this guy is.
He was defensive coordinator for Utah from two thousand and
three to two thousand and nine. When was Utah better
than during two thousand and three. During two thousand and nine,
you saw two BCS busting teams. Those defenses were fantastic.
They were rolling guys into the NFL. Plus the emphasiss
defensive line coach. That's where he made his Hey, he
played center at Rix College. Did you know that? Yeah?
I don't think a lot of people knew he's alignman.
You look at him, it's like, no, he's just kind
of a tall, skinny link. No, he's He's in it right,
And that's was his basis was defensive line. So what
he's been able to do with his BWAYU defensive line
has just been phenomenal. And I remember Coach Hill kind
of giving a propaganda's statement two years ago. He says,
you look at the defensive line talent we have here
in this program with Gary Anderson, Chad k Kelly popinga.
Where else are you going to get better defensive line coaching?
The fact that Gary Anderson is staying at BYU is enormous.
Speaker 4: So anyway, he went to Uta State didn't already knows,
I mean Jay went after Gary too.
Speaker 3: Wanted Gary in Michigan.
Speaker 1: Who wouldn't want Gary? Are you kidding me? Went to
Utah State. Phenomenal success at Utah State, went to Wisconsin.
He did well Wisconsin. He was only with their two
years and it was one of the weirdest departures that
the reasons still aren't clear why he left Wisconsin. Then
he goes to Oregon State, doesn't do as well, goes
back to Utah State. It's kind of a disaster, and
then it's like, all right, I'm done. Becomes a special
I think the guy got burned out. I think it's
very apparent and I feel very comfortable to state the
pressures of Wisconsin. He's like, nah, I don't want this.
I don't bet. He's still a phenomenal coach. That's the point.
So what does he get to do at b WA.
Speaker 4: I mean, by the way, I mean he went nine
and four in eleven and three in those two years.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's really good in the big ten. So what
he gets to do now at b YU is he
gets to do everything he loves about coaching and none
of the things. He doesn't have to do any of
the things he hates.
Speaker 3: He has a.
Speaker 1: More chest of money, I'm guessing more money than he'll
ever know how to spend. Right, get generational wealth. I
mean those payoffs was got. I mean, he's got to
have a lot of money. Plus I think b Way's
probably flowing him a good paycheck. Yep, so right, I'd
imagine they are. He's fine. He is fine doing what
he does, and as long as he is there coaching
that defensive line, being the co defensive coordinator whatever, I
like the Way's chances. I like the new defensive coordinators
chances quite a bit no matter who that guy is.
And when you're talking about talents like Kelly Pupping, I
think he's a phenomenal coach. I think he could do
well in his own right, but the same way that
I think Jay Hill's going to do fine at Michigan.
They're that much better with Gary Anderson, and I don't
think anybody would argue otherwise. I think Jay Hill would
be the first to admit that, Yeah I did, Gary.
I mean, do I even need to explain just how
good of a defensive mind this guy is?
Speaker 2: Well?
Speaker 3: Man, should we tell him the timeline of how this
all came about?
Speaker 5: This?
Speaker 3: Gary Anderson? Sure you know this? How impactful? G When
did you come to the realization?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Okay, So Gary Anderson joined Jay Hill at Weaber
State prior to the twenty two twenty one season. Right,
the defensive stats immediately got better. I don't have him
off the top of my head, but they got better. Right,
Jay Hill comes to BAYU twenty twenty three, it was
a disaster. I mean, you can't put it all on
Jay Hill. He was developing a new system. There's a
lot of facets. But and I think this is right.
I'd have to look at my own article. I believe
b what you averaged more than one hundred yards fewer
yards defensively per game in twenty twenty four as opposed
to twenty twenty three, massive massive improvement. What did Jay
Hill not have in twenty twenty twenty three? He didn't
have Gary Anderson? What did he happen in twenty twenty four? Yeah,
Gary Anderson? Well yeah, and where did you see the
most improvements? So on the defensive line? No question? I
mean teams were just And again it's not all Gary Anderson.
No one's suggesting that. But you can't tell me it
was not a big thing. I think Jay Hill would
be the first to admit that. Of course he helps.
How couldn't he help? The guy coached the best Utah,
the best Utah has ever been defensively is when Gary
Anderson was defensive coordinator and Kyle Winningham was head coach.
You just had some phenomenal defenses. I'd probably warrant a
lot more research, but I dare say what Utah's best
defensive years were from two thousand and three to two
thousand and eight when Gary Anderson was there. I mean, look,
wait at Wisconsin. The dude, you could argue he's top
ten defensive mind in college football. I think you can
say that he's been through it. He understands systems, he
understands developments, and him being retained in that capacity is
such a luxury. And I also think you have to
credit Colonie Satake for this. People love coaching for Clonie Satake.
I know this, talking to boosters, sources, whatever. The toughest
thing for Jay Hill and deciding to leave from Michigan
was he really enjoyed coaching for Colonia Satake. Being on
his staff is a he knows how to head coach,
he knows how to how to treat his assistance. He's
learned that. I don't think he was always good at that.
I think he had to go through some things. But
I think that's a big, big thing. When you look
at Gary Anders's like, no, I really like my gig.
I like how I treated by Colonia Setaki. I like
how I'm treated. I like my job. What more do
I need? I this is what I want. I get
a coach. I get to do all the things I
like about coaching and none of the things I hate.
Let's go, and it's a big, big thing for Bway Football,
and it's gonna be a huge thing for whoever Bway
he decides will be the its next defensive coordinator.
Speaker 3: So do you think will be the DC?
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be Kill.
Speaker 3: Yeah, who's gonna be the next cornerbacks coach?
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be to Mario Warren.
Speaker 3: Who's going to be the next safeties coach?
Speaker 1: Oh, that's a tougher one. Did they bring back Gavin
Fowler or is he already at Weaver State?
Speaker 3: Well, he is at Weaver State right now, But I
mean I'm sure.
Speaker 1: I I think you bring him back. I think Gavin
Fowler is a really good coach. Yeah, if he can
do that, I think you do that. And again, fans
don't like the retention, Oh, promoting, you know that that's
kind of a punt in their mind. Yeah, but that's continuity,
right that that you want that you want coaches that
are good enough, that are being brought up that you
can develop. That's the first choice for any head coach.
And I think Kelly Popink is a very capable individual.
I think he's a very good recruiter and I know
he's a very hard worker.
Speaker 4: Have you looked up the stats of so from twenty
twenty three to twenty twenty five, that three year period,
looked at the offense, defense, and special teams unit to
see who's which unit was the best out of those
three years?
Speaker 1: I did not, Well, I just off to touch special teams.
Speaker 3: Well, no, I just I mean I don't know, Yeah,
I mean what do you think, like off the top
of your.
Speaker 1: Special teams have been phenomenal under Kelly popping So is
the defense though, I mean especially the last two years. Yeah,
you know who you which?
Speaker 3: Which do you think is is best defense or special teams?
Speaker 1: Special teams? Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 4: Sp plus average ranking is twenty twenty point seven. Defensive
average ranking is forty six. The last two years sp
plus had him at twenty one and twenty three. The
first year though, twenty twenty three without Gary was ninety fourth.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't pretty.
Speaker 4: Offense continually has improved. Why is that so seventy fifth?
You didn't have t J. Woods, you didn't have Kevin Gilbright.
In twenty twenty four, you had those guys. You went
thirty six and then twenty fourth this last year.
Speaker 1: Offensive line play I think is the biggest thing. Bear
Backchmeer helped. Ends are right there too, Yeah, a part
of that. Yeah, they're a part of it. But to me,
the biggest improvement is the offensive line play. I mean,
b where you got a good offensive line coach, I mean,
with all due respect to coach Funk, probably not what
you needed at BAYU. You need to upgrade that. I
like t J. Woods. I think he's impressive and it's
only going to get better. They're getting some guys through
through recruiting. I mean, you mentioned Bob Moulee, Tolo, He's
he should be phenomenal. So yeah, you like that development.
And that's the line plan. And I'm seeing I swear
I say this every time I'm on the program. Want
to that's the missing piece. I think offensive line's farther
ahead still, but that defensive line, I'm not talking about
the edge positions. The edge looks phenomenally good in the
near future. My goodness, that's another guy, Telakana. He hasn't
said anything. Kind of hold your breath there. You want
to retain that guy? Definitely, he's gonna be really really good.
Uh newcy Talmoy Peyo coming back. But I think his
futures at linebacker. I think he showed that at the
Pop Darts. I kind of like him a middle backer.
I think he could play middle backer. I mean the
need now is you won that director to replacement for.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah coming back off an injury.
Speaker 1: Man, I haven't even thought about him. That strengthens my comment.
This roster is gonna be better next year. It's going
to be better, and it might be crazy to say.
I think Nucy with what I saw in the Pop
Tarts Bowl, I don't know if he's gonna be quite
up to the form Jack Kelly showed his senior year,
but I think he I think he's gonna get there eventually.
He is good. He is really good deepensive tackle, I
mean the front like guys JT and Keanu. Yeah. Great, phenomenal.
You just need the depth behind him. You need six guys.
Six guys, that's what you want that can rotate in
and out. I I know that because that's what told
me he needs six guys. So once b way You
was able to get that, it's gonna be a big,
big thing for this program. But what you worry about
now is that is that back end going to be
as good as it's been in recent years with Genaro
gilforth of moving on.
Speaker 3: Do you and j Hill do you think b YU
will ever be a majority four down front?
Speaker 1: Yeah? You do, yes, when when they get the bodies
at detail, when they get six d know how.
Speaker 4: Many years because j was here for three, Gary was two, right,
I'll say two years, two more years, so by two
thousand and and twenty eight.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's my deadline. There you go, there's my deadline. Guys.
Speaker 3: By the numbers, about seventy front this year?
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, b WA use a thirty front defense. Everyone
hates the three three five. Well guess what, b Way
You was.
Speaker 3: Not always a three three five. We didn't have a
lot of the time we didn't have.
Speaker 1: Well four two five. No, I'm I'm arguing in formations
with critical is froub.
Speaker 3: I mean we did that. We played a lot of nickel,
a lot of nikel. We played a lot of nickel.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so Tommy played the first four games, played a
lot of nickel, and then they brought back I mean
then they had tav On for like the next three
or four games before Jonathan Cabea started to get into
the rotation. Yeah, we struggled at nickel though we didn't
really have the depth of NICOLSA. I don't I wonder
how much nickel we're playing next.
Speaker 1: Year, especially Johnson's going back to Michigan.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, like, I don't know, I don't know how much
nickel we're playing. You may see more of a traditional
three four.
Speaker 1: Yea, your best eleven that's what you gotta go with.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, and so, but you need to be
able to play with nickel if you want to go
against your ten personnel eleven personnel.
Speaker 3: You know, empty. It's nice to be able to put
that nickel out there and play man. It's luxuries some times.
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Speaker 1: Was this year? Is really good relative to what it's
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Speaker 3: On the West coast.
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Speaker 1: Those are great numbers, especially when you're playing as well
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hand if you're a big deal. If you're a bigger
deal than you have been, people want to watch you.
You get prime viewing spots. You don't want them to
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the Bob Darts Bowl, Yeah, a lot of people. And
they saw a really good BWAYU team that is resilient.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: The ability of this team, Yeah, I look at you
know what. This BWAYU team reminded me of going back
to Utah during Utah's glory years. Remind me a lot
of the two Utah team. I remember watching Utah every
week and think, no, they're not that good, and they
would just pull something out. It's like and you want
to think they're gonna be lucky, they're being lucky, but
you're lucky enough times that you think it's not really luck.
There's just a culture, there's something there that this team
just knows how to come together at the right time
and make plays. I think that's kind of the lost
thing with football, and I think the CFP ignored this tremendously.
Is knowing what you have to do at key moments
and to do those things. That's a big, big thing,
big thing for any football team. I remember leading up
to the Utah game, everyone was like represent oh Utah
has been blown over guys and all that. Yeah, but
can Utah make plays when it matters? B Why he
was going into that game having to make plays against
Arizona Colorado and Utah really hadn't been there. And I
think that's a big thing for any football team. It's like, yeah,
we've been in this situation. We know what to do,
we know what we can do, as opposed to what
is this, I gotta do something, And especially when you
have a quarterback that can't really locate like you need
him to during critical situations, it's kind of a big thing.
Speaker 3: Kind of compared the youth Tah team of two thousand
and eight to BYU's twenty twenty five team.
Speaker 1: That's what I thought this whole year. Yeah, I really did.
Speaker 4: Just everybody knows in two thousand, two thousand and you
said two thousand and eight, right, Yeah, they beat a
three and nine Michigan team in Ann Arbor to start seeing.
Speaker 1: Everyone thought that was such a huge win and not really.
Speaker 4: They eat to win out versus air Force thirty to
twenty three. The Air Force team was eight and five
that year.
Speaker 1: He always struggled against air Force.
Speaker 4: I don't know why They beat Oregon State by three
thirty one twenty eight.
Speaker 1: I remember these games.
Speaker 4: That Oregon State team, though, was nine and four, and
so they won some decent games. That was there was
a good win. They beat New Mexico thirteen to ten.
That New Mexico team was four and eight that season
hockey long. They beat a number eleven TCU team they
were so sucked with thirteen to ten at home. That
was an eleven and two.
Speaker 1: I remember TCU missed a chip shot field goal that
would have wanted or put into overtime or something like that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and they finished the season strong. I mean they
beat BYU forty eight to twenty four. They beat San
Diego State sixty three fourteen, and then they beat Alabama
thirty one to seventeen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, shocked everybody. I mean he could argue Alabama wasn't
they wanted to go BCS and once they lost, I
think they lost the SEC championships like eah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they lost to Florida and the SEC championship game
were not really down twenty to.
Speaker 1: Three whatever, But props to Utah. I mean they worked them.
You don't want to take anything away from them. But yeah,
this BWAYU team reminded me of that Utah team. Phenomenal culture,
just able to pull it out whatever. I think it
was pretty similar just from a macro view. I mean,
you can get into specifics and all that, but I
think macrowise and culture wise, this bway you team remind
me a lot of the two thousand and eight Utah team.
There you go.
Speaker 3: Well, look a lot of people got to c BYU
this year.
Speaker 4: Did BYU gain advocacy in the college football landscape power brokers?
Speaker 3: Did they gain enough equity this year?
Speaker 4: Or are they still viewed as new money getting lucky,
barely getting by, not talented enough, you know, the nice
little program over here, they.
Speaker 3: Got lucky, you know what I mean?
Speaker 4: How are they viewed and how will they be view
going into twenty twenty six?
Speaker 1: I hate to say it, but it's the latter. And
look what Texas Tech did against Oregon. H I mean,
it just throw me crazy because all these CFP guys
are like, yeah, uh huh, yeah, we knew we knew it. Yeah,
well we got it right, man. How bad was Baron
Morton in that game? Oh my gosh, it is so bad.
Speaker 4: So did did the Big twelve Bowl record? Was it
undermined by the Texas Tech laying in.
Speaker 1: EG. Yeah, Texas Tech was everything.
Speaker 4: It was everything everything because Texas Tech had no offensive
potency because Baron Morton was uh sorry that that's how
it's viewed.
Speaker 1: That's absolutely how it's viewed. Yeah, you see, Texas Tech
wasn't that good. Well, we knew it. They weren't that good.
Big twelve kn't hang. That's their best team that blew
out the second best team. Stop it stop, give me
the seventh place SEC team. We were right. That's what
drives you crazy. SEC. I'd done that well though, Big ten,
Yeah they've done well. Yeah, Big ten's the conference SEC.
Don't give me the SEC.
Speaker 3: They've lost their footing.
Speaker 1: Yeah. How good's Indiana? I mean that they're the bye
week buster and they laid it Indy Man, Indiana might
be my Waltz its way to the national championship without
looks right now. I think they're significantly better than the
team remaining. I mean, we're gonna look pretty good. Those
are your two teams though, and unfortunately they're gonna be
playing in the semi final round. I think that's the
championship game right there. Whoever wins that game is gonna
win the championship. I don't think there's much question. And
I think they're gonna ROMP or either Miami or Ole Miss. Anyway,
we're gonna We're going on a tangent. But but yeah,
where was big was b YU?
Speaker 3: And where was Indiana?
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Where was BYU ranked for two four seven sports with
this roster? And where was Indiana?
Speaker 1: Oh Rn? Do you think prior to the season or
just right now?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I mean no, into the season, going into the season,
the twenty twenty five season.
Speaker 1: Only not that big of a separation. And the fact
that you're posing this question with your little twinkle that
you get say, pretty similar, I know.
Speaker 3: But what do you think Bau's roster ranked going in
this year?
Speaker 1: Probably fortieth.
Speaker 3: Higher, fiftieth higher, are you kidding me? Sixtieth higher?
Speaker 1: Seventieth yep?
Speaker 4: Wow, Indiana had a worse roster than BYU. Where were
they ranked? Eightieth seventy second?
Speaker 3: Wow?
Speaker 1: That that is like I knew where you were going,
but I was gonna guess, like, yeah, bad but not
bad bad? But are you kidding me?
Speaker 3: So Saine had a better roster than dau at sixty
eight JESU.
Speaker 1: Well maybe they need to tweak their formation in their
calculus about how rosters are formed. I don't know, I mean,
I know they do it. They go off recruiting rankings, right, Yeah.
Speaker 4: So yeah, they go off of like the commits of
like you know, the totality of like the committed roster.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well that speaks very well all to the player
development going on in Indiana, MB with you.
Speaker 4: Most talented rosters Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, Oregon, LSU, Clemson,
Texas A and m Notre Dame Penn State.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, spres is there all right?
Speaker 4: Michigan eleven, Florida twelve, Auburn thirteen, Oklahoma fourteen, Miami fifteen,
Tennessee sixteen, USC seventeen, South Carolina eighteen, Florida State nineteen,
Nebraska twentieth, Ole, miss.
Speaker 1: Twenty first, Nebraska twentieth, Yeah.
Speaker 4: Missouri twenty second, Arkansas twenty third, Mississippi State twenty four,
SMU twenty five did you.
Speaker 1: See Nebraska against you tell that team's bad.
Speaker 4: So who's the biggest underachiever of the year Clems in Nebraska?
Oh no, I'd say it's Clemson.
Speaker 1: Yeah, probably Clemson.
Speaker 3: And they were seventh yea their rosters.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely Clems. Sorry yeah, yeah, sorry, yeah, Clempton.
Speaker 3: Penn State, you could argue to they were ten.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well you throw that out just with a team
turmoil and James Springklin being let go. Yep.
Speaker 4: So all right, let's go to break. Great, let's talk
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Speaker 1: Before, Guys, I have not. My niece went there kicking
and screaming and then didn't want to leave on a
young women's getaway. Crazy. I've told you that. Yeah, she
had the time of her life. She loved it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's truly a wonder.
Speaker 4: Like I've been I've been talking to my wife a
lot about how the Criddles are going to vacation.
Speaker 3: And it's really hard because, like my wife and now,
my kids love Disneyland.
Speaker 1: They love you failed the mouse.
Speaker 4: My son throughout the Christmas holiday wanting me to read
Santa Claus goes to Disneyland book from like the nineteen sixties.
Speaker 3: Oh crittle, Like I was reading that. Every night.
Speaker 4: He gets to pick like four or five books and
I'll read them, and like he was picking that one
a lot.
Speaker 1: It's all about the pictures though, you know that.
Speaker 4: He no, no, no, no, he he told me last night,
like we were talking about like vacations. I was just
kind of going through the day with them and talking
at him like and and somehow Hawaii got brought up. Oh,
He's like, have you read The Home Alone two book? Anyways,
you know what happens Harry and Marv end up in
New York.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like and he's asking like why, how how did
they get to New York.
Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know.
Speaker 3: So then I started making stuff.
Speaker 4: I'm like, well, they broke out of jail and they
took the Boss to New York City, right, I know that.
Speaker 3: The Stinky band is they.
Speaker 4: I think they broke out of jail. But then they
they took a bus And he's like, well, why did
they take a bus in New York? Well, because they
wanted to rob the toy store. Duncan's toutschest. Well, why
because they wanted to live on a beach in Hawaii, Hawaii. Oh,
are we gonna go to Hawaiian I'm like, yeah, would
you want to go to Hawaii?
Speaker 1: Or do you want to go to.
Speaker 3: Disneyland again for vacation? He said, Disneyland? Dang it, son of.
Speaker 1: The Vortex.
Speaker 3: So but like going back, I want.
Speaker 4: I want to have experiences, not the same experience over
and over and over again.
Speaker 3: So like this is I'm I may lose this battle lost.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I may lose this battle because my wife has
all the leverage now because my son, you're done, and
my daughter like yeah, Disney Nader buzz Woodie, you're done.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, now you're going to be out number
two to one.
Speaker 3: So I got to figure this out.
Speaker 1: Well, I will help you in any way. I can't
thank you. I don't know if I have.
Speaker 3: Helped me how I helped you. In the over thirty singles, Ward,
I graduated without honor. I tried, I tried, dogs.
Speaker 4: I always trying to hook up with sister Sanchez and
you're just like no, no, I don't want it.
Speaker 3: I'm not I'm not ready. This is what he said.
Speaker 4: So he said he didn't want he didn't want him, Like, dude,
we're in the island of misfit toys.
Speaker 3: We just got to the embrace it, you know, King
Moon Racer and that was Bishop.
Speaker 1: That's true.
Speaker 3: Let's go to break, don't go anywhere and want it.
Get to on a Tuesday and issue Bishop j. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you should have here on your one O three
nine ninety eight point three. Uh oh I do, I
did tease it. We're gonna talk the the third season
ending injury and then get into Kevin Young sound coming
up next? Who is the mysterious third season ending injury
person that up next?
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