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Speaker 3: Kalani discusses what needs to happen going forward, you know,
his outlook on this this college football season and more,
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Speaker 3: Utah Dodd, com Kalate Shiitake, head coach b Yu Cougar Football.
Speaker 2: Uh, in the second quarter.
Speaker 3: This is a bit of a controversy, right, they were
trying to look the game got out of hand.
Speaker 2: People want to talk about the fake punt.
Speaker 3: They were just trying to create a spark because the
offense could not move the football. They only had two
hundred yards of total offense in the second quarter. You
went for the fake punt? What went into that decision?
In your own territory, Dodd is going to be a
good play. I mean that that's uh, give credit to them.
They had one player that that sniffed it out. And uh,
I mean we were aggressive, tried different things.
Speaker 4: I like it.
Speaker 5: I told K Pop and I told our coaches don't
practice something and we're not going to call it in
the game, and we called it. It didn't work. And
then I think we forced the missfield goal. So no harm,
no foul. We're good. I like being bold and aggressive
and usually that the fortune will go our way. But
you have to give them credit. They they made a
credible amount of plays and force some turnovers. And we
have a tough team. Man but they they were really
aggressive and they made some big time plays and big
time the big time stops.
Speaker 6: So it's hard for us to advance.
Speaker 5: The ball when when we're you knownot converting third downs,
over putting ourselves in third and long, you know, And
that's hard against this team. And and then we didn't
convert a couple of fourth downs and they know. And
obviously the turnovers, but proud of the way our guys,
our guys played in the way they fought.
Speaker 3: Look, yeah, we ideally we wouldn't. We don't want to
be in that situation. W we're trying to convert on
fake punch and you don't want to go to the
short side of the field, uh, but rather to the
field or to the field side where there's more space.
Speaker 2: I agree with Colonie.
Speaker 3: Look like the offense wasn't going to be capable of
winning this on their own. We needed a special team
touchdown or a defensive touchdown to beat Texas Tech. And
that's why. Look, we're not going to win through the
air just having Bear just sling it. He's a good too,
above average, I would say, arm talent, Like he's not
gonna just destroy you through the air. We have been
built off of the run game and play action game
this season, and we pepper in a few a few
tempo possessions and some throw game with that, some quick game.
That's who we are. And I think we know who
we are. I think the coaches know there.
Speaker 2: Now. I'm not saying they don't need to be better.
Speaker 3: I'm not saying they don't need to have better play calls,
and I'm not saying they don't need to have better strategy.
But Kalanie was just looking for a spark and and
you know, you know how Colone rolls, you know how
aggress is gonna get.
Speaker 2: But that wouldn't have mattered anyway.
Speaker 3: We no no harm nor fality said because no field
goal was was made on.
Speaker 2: That short field. It could have got ugly, it didn't.
Speaker 3: Are you concerned, though, on by side of the ball kicking,
are you concerned about Will Fahren and the amount of
mississ he's had lately.
Speaker 5: I mean no, there's there's a bunch of different areas
of go into kicking the ball. I wish they could
just kick it, you know, and put it on their
tee kick it, But there's a there's a snap, a hole,
the protection that goes into it, and and the nerves,
And so I think it's easy for us to criticize
the kickers. I've seen some amazing kickers in the Big
Twelve missed field goals and on both sides. That happened today,
you know, so, But I think the environment can play
into that. And we just we trust him. So he's
won games for us, and he's gonna be our guy.
We just got to get him ready for the next one.
But there's a lot of different parts that go into.
Speaker 3: It, a lot of different parts that go into it,
no doubt about it. He's not going to call it
anyone call it any one person. It could be the
long snapper, could be the holder, it could be the
additional protection. Uh, it could be the kicker himself, it
could be the nerves. Right, He's given all those the
pie chart of accountability, all the slices, some some credit
here depending on the particular kick, because it's not just
Will uh.
Speaker 2: And that's what he's saying.
Speaker 3: There's been times in which Will has missed field goals
and it wasn't necessary his fault because maybe the snap
was bad, or maybe the hold was bad, or maybe
the protection was bad.
Speaker 2: And he had to rush his mechanics, So you can
take it or leave it.
Speaker 3: I wouldn't put it all on well though, Klaana, you
said lessons were learning against the best team of the country.
Speaker 2: What lessons were learned the second time?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I thought, I mean the game felt different than
the first one. Let's let's let's be honest. The first
one was really hard. This one, I thought we were
competitive and we're in it, and then the turnovers started
happening towards the end, and then it just got away
from us. But you know, we could do a lot
of things differently. I liked that we were physical. I mean,
they they they couldn't just run the ball up on
us inside, and so we were physical up front on
both sides. I thought they they tackled really well and
obviously forced some fumbles. I mean they forced a couple
of fumbles and had a couple of interceptions, and I
think that was the difference in.
Speaker 4: What could have happened.
Speaker 5: I felt like we held it to a one score,
two score game for a while, and then all of
a sudden, the the negative things started to happen, and
they it just got away from us. But you know, listen,
this is a really really good team. Now they're the
best team in the country. I wish more people would
be saying that.
Speaker 3: I was really hoping that BYU's first half effort versus
texastaff would have been recognized by the Committee, like, Hey,
that BYU football team looked really good against Texas Tech
in the first half.
Speaker 2: Didn't happen? Right seven to thirteen.
Speaker 3: We played the Red Raiders pretty gosh dang well in
that first half.
Speaker 2: Committee, what do you think of it? It just reminds
me of.
Speaker 3: Of the Committee and Hunter Yurichik talking about like Alabama
we knew. As Dave Portnoy points out, this is when
you knew ESPN and the SEC had it rigged for
Bama no matter what. When they made it sound like
Bama escaping Auburn was so bad this year that they
fired their coach was like beating the eighty five I've
nineteen eighty five Chicago Bears. They looked really good in
the first half. As such a hilarious line, I'm gonna
send this over to you just so you guys can
listen to it.
Speaker 2: Ronald the three man weaver look.
Speaker 3: BYU played Texas Tech extremely well. If that first half
but the committee was not not seeing I guess what
we were seeing. Unfortunately, we'll play that here momentarily. But
this is when you knew Bama was not gonna be ousted.
Speaker 2: Guys.
Speaker 3: Remember Bama was ousted last year and they went kicking
and screaming and there was all manner of whaling and
nashing of teeth. This year, the SEC is well taken
care of ESPN took care of them because they apparently
didn't take care of him last year. Okay, so this
is a hunter Yurachek discussing the Alabama Auburn game and
why you know, Bama just looked really good in that
first half.
Speaker 7: Apparently a Notre Dame went on the road, had a
strong win at Stanford, but Alabama went on the road
and a rivalry gain looked really good.
Speaker 4: Especially in the first half.
Speaker 7: Getting up seventeen to nothing, ran the ball well, Auburn
came back at him. They had a great gutsy call
on fourth and two late in the third quarter to
get a touchdown, and then got the turnover late in
that game, and I think that was enough to change
the minds of a couple of committee members to push
Alabama up ahead.
Speaker 4: Of Notre Dame in this week's rankings.
Speaker 2: This the first half just got up looked really good
in that first half.
Speaker 3: A rivalry game, a rivalry game, and just a gritty
performance from that Auburn team that had fired their coach
earlier in the year, didn't get to a bowl game anyway.
Speaker 2: It is what it is.
Speaker 3: I was hoping for more from BYU in the second half,
but they showed well in that first half. Unfortunately the
committee didn't take notice. Let's get back to a couple
of last soundbites from Pilate. How do you feel about
the overall preparation going into this game? Plotate, was anything
lacking coming into this bye week? No.
Speaker 5: I thought we started off fast and then with a
lot of energy, and we got the lead early, you know,
and I like the way the guys, I mean, their
mindset was good. We're physical right right away and went
into halftime with the score being thirteen to seven, and
it still felt good about where we're at. And that
first drive coming out, I think we you know, missed
the field goal and had a good drive. Just the
stuff that we did is really hard to do against
this team, and we just made too many mistakes. You
got to you have to capitalize, you have to convert
third downs and term of the first downs, and then
when you have your moments for points, you just have
to make them. And that's just otherwise this team will
figure out a way to just they'll just squeeze it
out of you, man. And that's what championship teams do.
That's why they deserve to win the Big Twelve championship.
And so you know, we've got to learn from all
these things. But they just beat us a different way
than they did the first time. But it was really cool,
like I said, as an honor for us to be here.
But that can't just be the only reason. You know,
We've got to learn from this and build on it
and be a lot like them. I think they put
a lot of pressure on teams to make me stakes
and maybe stress them a little bit. And that's just
great coaching and great veteran leadership on their on their part.
Speaker 3: Sorry I said bye week, but it was just this week.
But yeah, look the preparation was there, techa. Sextus a
better football team, more talented, well resourced team.
Speaker 2: And look, you can even make an argument, hey are
they better? They do? They have better coaches? I'm willing
to hear that they just that.
Speaker 3: They've had They've been a part of the power infrastructure.
I tweeted this out for thirty years. They have a
thirty year head start on BYU from a TV money
revenue generation standpoint. Thirty year head start by who's been
in the power searcher for three years?
Speaker 2: Three? Come on, I mean, I just I want some
truth and perspective here from cogradation. That's it.
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ninety eight point three ESPN the Fan. Let's get to
number eleven. How concerned are you, Kialani with whatever the
next game ends up being, with Bear being injured and
there's availability going forward.
Speaker 5: Yeah, always concerned, But I mean that's that's not the
reason why we lost. I mean, it's it is part
of the reason why he wasn't able to play his best,
but because he's going to be hurting a lot more tomorrow,
you know. But I thought, you know, that wasn't we made.
We made a lot of mistakes. It wasn't just Bear.
He wasn't He wasn't the reason why we didn't score
enough points. It was a lot of different exams. We
the fumbles forced because we didn't have the right protection going.
And I thought Texas Tech had a great game plan
for trying to eliminate the quarterback run game, and so
we just didn't make enough adjustments to that. But like
I said, they just kept be guessing on a lot
of different things, and and well coached team, and you
just weren't gonna get anything cheap on them. They were
they they basically covered all the areas and thought of
their eyes across their t's And that's when you can
tell the real coach team that the culture that they
have and everything they're doing, you know, they're dynamite team, man.
And so that that was a really cool experience for us.
But I think I think there's a lot of things
we can learn from this game.
Speaker 3: Still, How concerned are you about Bear Backmeier's health. Ronald
the three man Weaver, what level of concern are you
at right now?
Speaker 4: Definitely, I think I'm in the middle.
Speaker 8: Like Bear's pretty tough, right Ben, But ankles, ankles are
different than when you get rolled up on.
Speaker 4: I've been rolled up on before, Like right, I played rugby.
Speaker 8: I've had a two hundred and fifty sixty seventy pound
plus lineman rolling to my ankle.
Speaker 4: It does not feel good and.
Speaker 8: You have to do recovery work, ice it, do everything,
and it's tough, and look, you're gonna be feeling it regardless.
Speaker 4: So I'm in the middle.
Speaker 8: Maybe a little bit more on the more concern is
if I'm leaning past five to six. But yeah, I'm
concerned because one of Bear's best abilities been is to
be able to you know, is to be able to
run the football.
Speaker 3: I'll be honest, I'm a little bit concerned here. I'm
looking at the mechanism and I'm hoping of praying it's
not a high ankle sprain. High ankle sprain's look grade
one your minimum one to four weeks, you know, minimal damage,
quick recovery, you hope you get back. But I've seen
it like that grade too. If it's a Grade two
four to eight weeks. And so we're sitting here. You know,
the injury was sustained on December, just a few days ago,
just December six, and so I mean, I'm concerned.
Speaker 2: I'll be honest.
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, you can tape it up, spat
it up, shoot it up. But his running ability is
really unique too, you know, being able to get downhill,
and you want to be able to beat Georgia Tech.
So we'll see what his reps and he's gonna have
maybe a limited amount of reps as he's going through
his recovery too, if it is a hig ankle sprain.
So something to keep an eye on, Okay, something definitely
keep an eye on, with his left ankle getting rolled
up on by that massive defensive tackle from Texas Tech.
Got to sustain your blocks. If you don't sustain your blocks,
you get your quarterback injured. You know, I would rather
you hold than not sustain a block. Take a flag,
and we don't have an injured quarterback.
Speaker 2: Anyway. We did end up scoring our only touchdown on
that drive, though.
Speaker 3: Great play call there on the little bit of triggeration
with the direct snap to LJ.
Speaker 2: Martin All right.
Speaker 3: One last thing here in the post game with greg
Rebell and Hans Olsen, I believe Kalani was asked a
question about the contract why it maybe took so long?
Speaker 2: You say, I don't have the direct verbiage here, but
let's tune in Colonie in.
Speaker 3: The post game with Gregorbell and Hans Olsen discussing his contract,
why it took so long to get it all signed, sealed, delivered.
Speaker 9: What a week of emotions for you, Kilanie, just kind
of take us through the Monday emotions then leading through
the week and and coming into this game. How how
crazy of a week has this been with your extension
and this game attached to it?
Speaker 5: Well, first of all, I was trying to get the
extension done way way before, and even last year's extension
wasn't good enough. Like I want to be here for
the long run, and you know, I asked for this
the stuff to be taken care of by the bye week.
It wasn't, and it lingered on and so I didn't
know if Bhyu was getting able to.
Speaker 4: Get that done.
Speaker 5: And and now that we got it done, it became
it disrupted us for one day, and you know I
tried to avoid as much as I can as a
head coach, but I don't make all the rules. And
I'm just glad that it got done eventually, you know,
and that I'm going to be here for a long
time and I don't ever have to plan about leaving.
This is where it's at. And and you know I've been,
I've been, you know, Hans, You've been a hunting for
a long time, saying with you, Greg, this is what
I've been looking for from the very beginning. So I'm
sad that it came it became an issue for one day.
I'm glad that our guys were able to focus and
getting keep fighting along. But you know, we were trying
to get this done a long time ago.
Speaker 3: Colonia, Okay, So I mean he laid it all out there, guys.
He was trying to get it done by the bye week.
When was the bye week? It was the week prior
to the Texas Tech Game, So November one, he was
trying to get it done. At that time, BYU was undefeated, right,
they were rolling in to a bye week, getting prep
getting ready for text A. You had two weeks to
get it done and get it announced before taking on
arguably the best team in college football, Texas Tech on
the road. Right, So if you're you're if you're the
BYU brass, you're like, well, let's wait and see real
quick how you do against the best.
Speaker 2: And then and then we'll give you.
Speaker 3: If you beat him, then we'll give you that that extension, Pal,
then we'll give you, you know, that lifelong contract. You
know that you're looking for, pal. You know, I have
to side a little bit with Kolanie. Look, Kirk Signetti
was signed to two weeks prior. Matt Ruhle was signed
an extension two weeks prior. With you know, you know,
you take those two scenarios. If you know you have
your guy, or you think you have your guy, then
you want to get it done. Maybe there was some
sort of a contingency. Maybe there was some sort of
clause there. Maybe maybe you had a different, you know,
different mindset. If you're like the power broker's decision makers
are are are these right?
Speaker 10: Like?
Speaker 2: And I don't know the.
Speaker 3: You know, how it sequences, how they counsel and how
they make decisions. But Bryan Santiago, Shane Reese, Keith voor
kink Elder Gilbert like those are the individuals that I
think are involved in that decision making process to be
able to extend a do something different than you've traditionally
done with your contracts.
Speaker 2: Does that make sense? So unfortunately Kilane needed an.
Speaker 3: Offer on the table from Penn State to get something done.
That's what it came down to, because then all of
a sudden you had the leverage. You know, I'm sure
you probably could have got him cheaper if you would
have signed him on November first. He probably would have
got him a whole lot cheaper if you would have
signed him November first.
Speaker 2: So I mean, that's that's Killani. Now, Look I understand.
Speaker 3: Look from a business standpoint, you know, you maybe had
some sort of a contingency plan. Maybe he felt like
if Kilani did leave for greener pastors, because you couldn't
give him the money that he was looking for. Obviously
you could you eventually did, and the donor stepped up.
Did the donors need to have a little fire up
there up their booty? You probably could have lit a
fire under him on that bye week too though. Anyway,
you could have a tend contingency plan. You could have thought, hey,
we can bring in this coach or that coach and
we'll we'll be fine, We'll continue to be BYU. There's
no to no player that is bigger than the bay
You brand. That is something that I've been told before,
right this uh, this idea that anyone can win at
b YU.
Speaker 2: Anyone can win, you.
Speaker 3: Can win eight plus games, you can beat quota yearnie
out because of the BAU brand.
Speaker 2: That's what I've been told.
Speaker 3: I'm like, Okay, I get it, But who do you
want to be your ambassador?
Speaker 2: Who do you want to be the face of the program.
Speaker 3: And the people have spoken, the sponsors, the corporate sponsors,
the donors have spoken they want Kilani to be their coach,
their ambassador of their their.
Speaker 2: Faith driven athletic department institution.
Speaker 3: And even Shane ree Shane said it via Keith Vorking,
like in many ways, Killani is the face of BYU.
And I would say, is Kilani the most recognized visible
like popular right now this day and Agee the most
popular latter day Saint, the most visibly recognized latter day Saint?
I mean maybe Mitt Romney, right, But like if you
ask any Joe Schmoe around the world, around the country,
who are they going to recognize as who's the most.
Speaker 2: Popular latter day Saint. I don't know.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's is there someone in dancing in the stars
I'm not aware of, you know, I don't know. But
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All right, Brett b Yu didn't get it done. We've
recapped it all show now go into the pop Tarts Bowl,
but still got to break down some of the post
game sound gonna get into here. Parker Kingston and Tanner
Wall sound Tanner, Wall and Parker were addressed by myself
and other members of the media.
Speaker 4: I was down. They are gonna go question by question.
Speaker 8: Let's start with number one, and just to let everybody know,
shout out to I forgot his name, but the guy
there's directed questions, he said, hey, will when you ask questions,
will you say the player's name that way they know yes?
And you know in your home media availabilities you do
that right because you're used to it. When you go
on the road and you have local people in Dallas,
even Fox was there. You need to make sure that
you address the players by their name because they might
not know. Okay, number one, Tanner, what was the difference
this time around against Texas Tech compare to the first time.
Speaker 11: I mean, honestly, when you look at it, the game,
the way the game went pretty similar, right, A lot
of stat categories. We lost the turnover margin four to
zero last time three zero. I thought, you know, defensively
we fought and battled in some of those short fields
to try to force them into field goals or no points.
But honestly, just looking at the way the game went
and felt like they made more plays than us. Right,
Their playmakers made plays to change the momentum of the game,
and we weren't really able to do that on our end.
Speaker 8: Now, look, the game definitely felt different. I don't know
about your opinion, but I feel like the game definitely
was different. I felt that Bay you had a lot
more fight. I felt like the defense was more physical,
but the result wasn't different. The result indeed was the same.
And for Texas Tech, I definitely think it was different.
On the defensive side of the ball. The turnovers started
to build up in that third and that fourth quarter.
Ben Roberts, who got the defensive player most Outstanding big
to a player of the game, rightfully so he set
a big twelve interception record of two. That second interception
was ridiculous to one hand to pick. So, yeah, Texas
Tech demolition the defense. Deal with the defense does, I
think to a lot of people they normally don't do.
They didn't do that to bo you the first time.
The mup punk was on Parker. I know there's a turnover,
but that bear had the the bad fumble and then
he had the interception this game to make LJ.
Speaker 4: Martin fumball. I think that was the first fumble he
had of his career. That ah Man. Texas Tech was
clicking defensively everywhere on Saturday.
Speaker 10: It just felt like, and I hate saying this, I
really hate saying this, but it almost felt like one
of those situations where no matter what BYU would have done,
they would have lost the game. And I realized, that's
really disrespectful. And it's not BYU. It's just Texas Tech
is generational. You made the point this morning on our
podcast that we may see a playoff game where Texas
Tech pulls at Georgia TCU where it just doesn't even
look competitive. Yeah, and everyone's given BYU mess for how
they looked in these Texas Tech games. I think why
Texas Tech is going to upset someone very hard in
the playoffs and they're gonna come away going what just happened?
And it's gonna be Kline's gonna say, I try to
tell you they did know that they didn't know. They're
about to find out find out they're about to find
out about Texas Tech. Did this game feel different? Yes, Honestly,
when b what you proved they could go ninety yards
sixteen plays on that first drive, I said, this is
a completely different ball game.
Speaker 4: And I even saw text afferent team.
Speaker 10: To be honest, I saw Texas Tech fans after the
game who said, hey, if you guys saw the way
bo you played in the first Tech quarter, they could
play with anybody. And I respected Texas Tech fans for
saying that. The other thing that was really unfortunate is,
especially in that first quarter, like Barren Morton threw some
balls that were so bad that.
Speaker 4: They didn't get intercepted.
Speaker 10: And what I mean by that is they were so
off target that the guy who was in in correct
position to play the ball couldn't have been in the
right position because there's no way he would have expected
the ball to be that bad. There was a couple
of plays in that first drive in that first quarter
where Foulatow almost comes down with it. Jack Kelly almost
comes down with it. And if that happens, you suck
even more momentum out of the building. But I'll tell
you this, I think even if that happens. This Texas
Tech team is just so dangerous they can throw a
knockout punch at any point. So yes, Tannerwall, I agree
a little bit. But I also think the defense played
their hearts out. I said this after the game, like,
if Dau's defense, if you'll use offense, played as good
as Buoy's defense.
Speaker 4: Bili would be a national championship. The defense is that good.
Speaker 10: The problem is you can only hang on for so
long until and unfortunately he missed field goals, miss opportunities
to get points.
Speaker 4: It's just unfortunate.
Speaker 10: But I do think this defense did everything they could,
and I think this offense was just battered and bruised
and not up the task with the best.
Speaker 4: Defense in the country.
Speaker 8: Quite frankly, Yeah, when you when you put your defense
in tough situations like that, as we mentioned over and
over and over, it's bad. You see it even at
the highest level. You saw it if you watched any
night football last night.
Speaker 4: What happened.
Speaker 8: True, When you go forward in your own territory on
the thirty and you don't convert or down, it's tough
to stop that. You're asking the defense to go out
and have a miracle. Now, granted they're going to say
the right things. It doesn't matter what position we're put in.
We got to go out there and do this right.
And I respect him for saying it. Be like no, oh,
like you can't be put in that position. Unfortunately, that's
just not how it goes. Not how it goes, but
that's what happened. And Texas Tech they're the real deal.
Like this is not hyperbole, but they have the top
they have a top five defense. They gives enough to
be able to compete and win a national championship. Yep
I said to all the media members in the elevator,
they're gonna win a national championship, and they looked at me.
So I was like, oh, you can't be declared of
on that so fast. And I said, I know what
I just witnessed. I know bears a freshman. I know
that there are other quarterbacks that might be in this situation.
But I look forward to the matchup between Mendoza and
Indiana and this Texas Technique. Taxa Tech is gonna be
in the semi final game. I don't think Organ's gonna
beat them. I think they're gonna give. Like John Kurtz says,
Dante more Hell. I really believe that. I really if
Dan Lanning is able to win that, then he should
go on to the National Championship and compete for that.
If you're able to de throw in the Texas Tech defense.
But the way they are, like I can't remember what
play it was. They had route concepts that were going
down the field and bau Bear took a checkdown.
Speaker 4: It was the right read.
Speaker 8: And the way they swarmed to the ball it looked
like Tampa Bay's defense in that Tom Brady Super Bowl
against the Chiefs I think twenty twenty one or whatever
it was. I'll like the speed, Brad, It's ridiculous. You
gotta tip your out the Texas Tech. So they really
are different. And like Coloney said, they'll find out they played.
They played the best team that Klonne says in the
best defense twice two times in a four week what
twice in a month span. So look, sometimes you just
you don't get it done. You don't get it done,
and you have none to be ashamed of, like Texas Tech,
like Colannie said, they do that to everybody. Number two, Parker,
this one's for you. The offense started out well and
then it started to unravel after that.
Speaker 4: What were the reasons for that?
Speaker 12: Like it was last last time we played them, we
just weren't executing or we weren't we weren't playing our
brand of football and we let that game get out
of hand because we weren't making We weren't making plays.
Speaker 4: Weren't making plays.
Speaker 8: But it's also because Texas Tech wasn't allow you to
make plays and they were making plays against BYU.
Speaker 4: So it goes both ways. Tough tough with the offense.
Speaker 8: You thought after that first quarter, Okay, Bo's gonna have
a chance in this game. And then Texas Tech does
what they always do. They didn't They didn't panic made adjustments. Well,
take it back, they didn't make adjustments, Peerly Hunter, they
didn't make any adjustments, just kept the same defensive plan
and they kept doing that.
Speaker 4: To me, I don't know if that's true or not.
Speaker 8: We'd have to ask the defensive coach of Texas Tech
if they made adjustments, right, not saying that Lee Hunter's lying,
but we'd have to ask, hey, did you change anything
at all?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 4: Get more specific.
Speaker 8: But with that being said, Brett, if they didn't change
a single thing, that's.
Speaker 10: More scary I mean they were they they did a
lot of things really well. I just think what this
game came down to is when you're in a situation
where you're in predictive play calling, like what are you
gonna do? Because that's what Texa Tech does so well,
is they put you in a position where they say, Okay,
now you're down X amount of points, so now we
know you have to throw the football, so now we
can bring the pass rush every time, and our d
line doesn't even have to worry about whether or not
you're running the ball or not. We know exactly what
you're going to do. And in a scenario like that,
I'm not even sure that it matters if you change
up what you're doing, because Texas Tech A is that
good that if they didn't know what you were doing,
they could still stop you and be they do know
what you were there, They do know what you're doing.
So they only have to bring three guys, and they
brought a couple extra blitzers, which they really don't do
that often. They just they got byu into predictable play
calling situations and were able to snuff them out from there.
Speaker 8: It's true they were able to snuff them out on
a lot of things. So Parker, this one's for you again.
What did the defense do to take away your shots downfield?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean they were just bailing. They didn't want
to get beat over the top, and they made us
beat them in front of them, and we weren't. We
weren't playing clean football and we were executing.
Speaker 4: In order to do that.
Speaker 8: With these type of teams that play the deeper coverages,
you got to run them out of it, or you
got to throw it underneath enough to burn them. You
got to get first down out, the first down on
the crossing cross shallow routes and that that's what you
have to do to beat them. That's the only way.
And b we did that on that first drive. They
were moving the ball. Then the cop started to come
and with the LJ. But if you're not doing it underneath,
they're just gonna bail and do that. You could say, oh,
it's a weak's strategy. Look, I always say in and
pick up basketball, I can in church, I do it.
I go right every single time until someone forces me
to go left. I'm not gonna stop my game planer
switching until you stopped it. So you can say, oh, yeah,
you can say oh it's weak and say okay, sure
have you beat it? No, okay, well that's exactly what's
gonna gonna happen. They'll keep doing that or they're just
dominant with it and any to do anything else.
Speaker 4: They never have had to change it. So we'll see.
Speaker 8: We'll watch Texas Tech all of us in the playoffs,
and we'll see and grant.
Speaker 4: If you're a byufen, you want a root for Texas Tech.
Speaker 8: Why is because you want BYU not those loss to
be validated, but you want the committee and everybody to see, Okay,
this team is really legit. So you need them to
knock off a big team team, you need them to
knock off an SEC team. You're glad that they got
to buy all of that matters. Number four Tanner Kalani said,
you guys were more physical of this game.
Speaker 4: Do you agree with that assessment?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 11: I mean if if our head ball coach you know,
saw it that way, then absolutely, you know I trust
him and would agree.
Speaker 6: I thought we played physical. I thought we played with
great effort.
Speaker 11: Just as I mentioned, they made way more place than
we did.
Speaker 4: May were more players, they played with may and more
effort don't have to go into it.
Speaker 8: But yeah, if you ask a player what their coach says,
they're most likely going to agree less it's really bad
blub But I don't think so. Look they played. If
you watched that game, you saw how physical Bay was playing.
They were trying out there. It just it didn't work out.
You could say how talented, you could say, you know,
there are a few pieces away, maybe on the defensive line.
Whatever the reason was, bau gave their all the defense
and the offense like they were. They were trying, bro,
they were really trying, and it just didn't work out.
Speaker 10: I just think this Texas tech defense, they don't need
the bodies. They only have to put three on the
d line and you still won't run the ball against
That's crazy. They have safeties and corners who bail downfield,
and even when you throw short, their linebackers are fast
enough to get from that hout curl out into the
so it almost again, it just feels like they have
the bodies to do things that football wise, they shouldn't
be able to do because they are that good.
Speaker 4: They are that athletic, they are that talented.
Speaker 10: Look, do they maybe need an upgrade in the pass
rush situation. Yes, and that's not anything really that's new.
They have lots of good pass rushers. I don't know
if they have any great pass rushers, so that is
something that you have to figure out. But I mean,
we've now heard this from Parker and now from Tanner,
both of them kind of saying, yeah, they just made
more place than we did.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and look Lucy to see Lee Hunter Klegg. Those
guys are playing well. For young guys, they're going to develop,
They're going to get better. They're close to it when
you look out close if they are getting to the quarterback.
I think that's where experience comes into play.
Speaker 2: Brad.
Speaker 8: I think next year we'll start to make those plays
as they get more mature, as they watch more tape.
But they've all played very well so far. Lucy to
tear some of his achilles, Broden to come back and
do what he's doing, Talciley to finally get timed down
the stretch later like that, that means something that really does.
Like the future of the BAU defensive line is bright.
Where the keanuton Avasa comes back on it's right, the
defensive ends.
Speaker 4: All of it.
Speaker 8: I really believe that BYU is going to have an
opportunity to really grow more defensive players, and it's going
to start with the defensive line, then the secondary. But
the boys up front defensive wise have been phenomenal down
the stretch. They got one more game now against Georgia Tech.
I think they'll go and take care of business as well.
Number five for both of you guys, Kalani said that
that's the best team in the country. Is that the
best team in the country and the best team you
guys have faced at BYU.
Speaker 12: Yeah, one hundred percent. That's the best defense I've ever
gone against them. To be able to play them twice
is it's honestly an honor to play those guys because
it makes every other team not.
Speaker 6: I mean every other team's.
Speaker 12: Good, but that is a the best defense in the country.
And to be those guys, you got to play clean
football and they yeah, they're they're gonna make a run
in the playoffs for sure.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 11: No, that's a, if not the best, the top three
team in the country. And you know, we had to
play him twice. We didn't didn't play our best either
time that we played them, But I think offensively, they
capitalize very well on the way that they get big
plays in momentum from their defense.
Speaker 6: Right, they had I.
Speaker 11: Mean seven ish short fields today, right, So you know,
when you're in that position as a defense, you gotta
just fight and claw and try to keep points off
the board, which you.
Speaker 6: Know we tried to do.
Speaker 11: But that's a that's an exceptional, exceptional team. They have
great players across the board, and they're coached extremely well,
and the way that they they play compliments each other. Right,
they played great, complimentary football and thought they they did
that well today.
Speaker 8: Look, I'm gonna agree with Tannerwa on this again. If
you want to know I interviewed excuse me if you
want an interview that has a lot of good content
and a very thorough answer asked for Tannerwall. Tannerwall gave
you they had seven is short fields today, Like he's
giving you the amount of short fields that they had.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 8: Granted he's the one plan out there, and people say
you should have known that, But to know exactly how
many short fields that they had, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 4: Seven. So that's how it was.
Speaker 10: When they played the first time around, they kept getting
stuck in shortfield situation.
Speaker 4: And this time it was worse because it was due
to turnovers.
Speaker 8: Yep, this one was worse and people they had turn
the ball and you're not like the way they did,
Like Bear did not play well at all. It was
very tough and the ball just didn't bounce your way.
This is twice, Like you know, we're looking at the
highlights right now. The fumble forward. That's the second time
that that's happened. Happened in the Utah game. Remember the
ball is fumbled for it and to Merriweathering then fumbled
now and then I don't know if it was Douglas
or Carter Junior that picks it up and then they
keep going BYU has had some to look and I
don't want to you know, hear this, but Sean Walker,
you know been and.
Speaker 4: I'll say that Davis because they'll be fine with it.
Speaker 8: But they gave me crap last year of like there's
no such category as near miss interceptions with Jake Retz leve. Okay, well,
then there's no in the category with near miss almost
getting the turnovers against Texas Tech didnt happen.
Speaker 4: Yeah it didn't, right, So.
Speaker 8: I it's tough because yes, we've seen twice. Now them
played Texas Tech that if they would have taken the
ball away, that could have changed the momentum. But it
didn't happen. They did not execute, and that Texas Tech did.
And seven short fields, Brett, you give seven short fields
to any college football team, yet alone Texas Tech, you're
gonna lose that game. So I hope that this is
tape for other teams that think they could be Texas Tech,
because if you give them two short fields, give them
double the possessions. With how Baron Morden is able to
throw the football, make some high level throws. With these
high level receivers and tight ends that he has, it's
not gonna go well for your team. And Cameron Dicky's
a beast too. They got offensive power. It was the
I looked at this. It was on the jumble tronp played.
I'm a if it was set on the broadcast. Eighty
six pass play of the season of twenty plus more
yards yep, when they got it at third and I
think twelve or whatever.
Speaker 4: Pretty explosive offense in the country by far. It's ridiculous.
Speaker 8: So all right, number six, Parker Bayu is eleven and
two with your only two losses coming to the number
two four team in the country. Do you feel like
you guys belong in the CFP?
Speaker 4: Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 12: I mean to be eleven and one in a power
for conference is something that's really hard to do. And
the fact that we aren't getting the respect that we
deserve or the Big twelve even that there we're not
getting respected is I mean, it pisses you off right,
it makes you mad and to be I mean, like
to have the conference championship as the reason why we
can't go or get in I think is not right.
I mean, what's the point of even getting the conference
championship if it's going to hurt your odds of getting
into playoff or not.
Speaker 4: It's a joke.
Speaker 8: Some say it's a joke, like Kirk Krbstreek is saying, yeah,
you know, Ba, you shouldn't be penalized for losing a
conference shamers game.
Speaker 4: I don't think that.
Speaker 8: You and I were down at christone we saw so
yes you so you're saying, yes, they should be penalized.
Speaker 4: That's what you're saying. Come on, Kirk, do better, do better.
Speaker 10: The thing that really sucks and Tanner and Parker both
alluded to this, b YU had to play Texas Tech twice.
You know who else had to play their conference championship
conference champion twice?
Speaker 4: Alabama?
Speaker 10: Same, that's the only because the way it got scheduled
in the Big Ten. And look, there's no way they
scheduled ahead of time knowing the Indiana was going to
be that good, so they avoided playing website.
Speaker 4: I'm not I'm not insinuating that.
Speaker 10: I'm just saying, b YU, anybody else have to play
a conference champion twice? No, only BYU, and only Alabama
had to play the team who won the conference twice,
the only two teams and all PO four who had
to play twice. So it just sucks because you kind
of got into like an unfortunate scheduling situation. And look,
should BOYU have been good enough to win this game?
Should they have to rely on that excuse? Absolutely not.
That's not what I'm saying. But I am just saying,
you're in a tough situation where you got scheduled that way,
and if they don't adjust, how these things matter, and
my guess is that they will.
Speaker 4: We've already seen yeah, because they're not doing it.
Speaker 10: No, and we've already seen one Bowl executive who told
Brett McMurphy like bollseason as we know it is effectively dead.
I think we will learn that this year was a
landmark year in the future of college football, not only
because it was a twelve team plaff, but I think
a lot of changes are coming, as they should be.
And look, it's only a mistake if you do it twice.
Speaker 4: That's what I heard growing up.
Speaker 10: If you do it once, it's okay, it's only a mistake,
and you're only wrong if you do it twice. And
my guess is that at the end of this year. Unfortunately,
that won't do anything for BOU fans who wish to
Bou was in the playoffs this year. But my guess
is we will see change, because if we don't, then
my next question is how long until you see someone say,
you know what, I don't want to run the risk
of losing another game because guess what, everybody else got
to sit on the couch on Saturday in a conference championship.
It's not a privilege to play in a conference championship anymore.
All it is is an opportunity to hurt your brand.
That's all it is. They're basically no bonus that comes
all you get. The only bonus you get in conference
championship weekend is by not losing, but you don't really
get a bonus from winning. So if they don't change things,
then my next question is how long until somebody says, yeah,
we're not going, we're not playing and they have to
because these conferences have a ton of money tied up
in these games. So you got to find a way
that makes sense, that's fair, that still keeps the integrity
of these games, still keeps the games alive, but makes
it so it can't actually hurt you. And it'll be
interesting to see how they problem solve that. Yeah, it's
gonna be interesting to see how they problem solve that.
Or sure, look in in today telling you it's only
amount of time before someone says er team's not gonna
play in a conference championship. Notre Dame says it's not
the CFP, We're not going to pop tarts, not gonna
play BYU.
Speaker 8: No, I believe they were scared to catch that ling
get exposed. That's just my personal opinion as well. You
can say, oh, we compete for national championships, all right,
Guys getting into it with Governor Cox, the last time
you actually won one was nineteen eighty eight. No, you
were in it last year, but when was the last
time you won one? Like, it's not about competing, brother,
it's about winning it. Yep, gotta take it to the
crib because guess what, bo you competed in the Big
twelve title in their first three years?
Speaker 4: Did they win it? No?
Speaker 8: So that's just being objective. But that's what's gonna happen, Brett.
You're gonna continue to have that where people now are
going to take it the extreme of forget bowl games. Now,
we're not going to participate in conference championships. And I
agree with Parker, you should be pled. They should be
pled as BOYU, why play in it? Why does it
hurt you? Kansas State niais dead already got a five
hundred thousand dollars fine for not accepting bowl invitations. What
is the punishment for not going to a conference championship?
I'd be curious to know. And Brett your mark should
start thinking about that because you're on the verge of
that with BYU now, b Yu, I don't think it's
going to be like or to Dame and do those
other things because I don't believe that's who they are
the brand, but you're going to start to see that
from OU Alabama, other people. All people are going to
do that. And now I'm interested to know that if
Nordo Dame would have stayed in Miami wouldn't have or
what happened. And this is how I know Miami was
not banking on them getting to the college football playoffs.
You know why Keilan Marrion was at his house and
posted on his Instagram.
Speaker 4: I still follow him. They did not have a watch party.
Speaker 8: They did not, he posted on his Instagram, because they
didn't think they were getting in.
Speaker 2: Dang.
Speaker 8: I don't think they thought that because they didn't go
to the title game, thought their playoff hopes were over.
So look, and that's just me speculating, right, I don't
know they could have had it, but I don't think
that they did. I know Boau probably had one, probably
thinking that they were going to get in being eleven
to two.
Speaker 10: So I think it's a really weird that ESPN sent
correspondence to a whole bunch of and they didn't send
anybody to b Yu Run.
Speaker 4: They sent someone to Duke Duke.
Speaker 10: And look, I understand a little bit, a tiny bit
because they're like, well, technically they are ACC champions, so
I under show they have some right to it, but
not so.
Speaker 4: But the fact that they didn't send anyone to provo.
Speaker 10: Again, it's we don't know that there is a hard
conspiracy from ESPN towards non SEC Big ten schools.
Speaker 4: But when you do things like that, it makes it
really hard to quiet the conspiracy theorists. So the question is,
is the problem the SEC? Or is the problem ESPN?
Seen a couple of those copems and.
Speaker 8: That's not me saying that that's not a bortleshale Round
said that that's from what I've seen on Twitter. So
was the problem the SEC is the problem ESPN? Because
it seems like Fox is promoting YU more than ESPN is. Anyway,
let's finish up with the last couple of things. Uh,
let's let's get you out of here on this. Actually,
Tanner the final thing, and I think this is a
very good question. I was asked by Kevin Reynolds, a
Solid Tribune Tanner, as a senior, you've seen this program grow.
Where do you think you need to grow the most
now to close the gap with the top five team?
In the country, so next time you're in the Big
twelve Championship, it's a different result.
Speaker 11: You know, I think we're I think we're headed in
the right direction. I think we've Clonie's laid down an
amazing culture and that's deeply rooted into you know, our program.
You know, I think we're I think we're headed in
the right direction. I think we've Clonie's laid down an
amazing culture and that's deeply rooted into you know, our program,
and that's going to continue to bring forth great fruit.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 11: We're we're capitalizing on a lot of momentum from our
success and recruiting, bringing in amazing players. We've got great
players in our locker room now, but the the players
who are coming in and who are going to continue
to wear the y and carry that legacy, I know
we'll do that.
Speaker 6: We'll do an amazing job doing that.
Speaker 11: So I think as we as we really understand our identity.
Speaker 6: Of who we are and what by.
Speaker 11: Football will be in this conference, I think we're gonna
have a lot of confidence and continue to have a
lot of success in the way that we play. I
envision future matchups with with Texas Tech being just like this,
like they those games will mean a lot because they're
they're a great program and they're going to continue to
have great players and great coaches. So going forward, this
will be an amazing matchup for years to come. But
just really excited for the future and knowing that Kilanie's
the guy at the top leading the boys.
Speaker 8: Yeah, Kilanie's at the top leading the boys. He brings
up a good point though, and this is a good
question to ask because talent, I think, does correlate with winning,
and you've seen that with Kilani and Bau being what
twenty two and four now you see that it has
correlated for sure, and it is definitely propelled Bau and
giving him a bunch of momentum bread But it's more
to be done. When you talk about competing now for
a conference championship, to go to the college football playoffs,
all of that matters. Signing the POOLA twins eight four
stars are part of this class. That matters that that
has to be You have to have the talent, You
have to have high level athletes to be able to
come in and compete. And for me, the question that
was asked and the results that have been done, Bau
is still overachieved. In my opinion, I still think they have.
But I also think that the talent that you have
coming in is going to help you. You're telling me
Ryer Lions is not the quarterback to win you a
big top title. Not saying that Bear back Mark cant.
I don't want to have that argument and people to
think I'm down in Bear. But can he Can a
guy like Bear really lead you to that? I think
a guy like Writer is going to be able to
do that. I think so, I really think.
Speaker 4: I think Bear can.
Speaker 10: The issue just has to be what I've always said
it was, which is your quarterback can't be your RB two.
Speaker 4: Your quarterback just cannot be your RB two point. That's
that's you can't.
Speaker 10: You won a lot of games that way, and I
command a rod in this offense for doing that. But
you've got to find other ways and other means of
finding yards and points outside of Well, we've given Bob
all to LJ a lot, so I guess we're giving
it to Bear. Like I just I think you have
to get a little bit more running back depth in
order for Bear to be a big part of your
run game.
Speaker 8: He can't be your main source of rush Yards. Look,
we have Brandon Heffman on it to discuss his class.
Kawe Ocanna. He's a guy that can help you win
you a Big twelve title, Sealefini a Latini Justice breakaway
lockdown corner from which year?
Speaker 4: Legend?
Speaker 8: Glasker that speed you want to talk about speed? That
speak can help you on special teams. Devon Ekka, that's
a running back that can help you win, Adam Bywater,
Ty Getchi, Brock Harris know he's going on a mission,
but all of these Antonio Johnson, Graham Livingston, I feel
Graham can step in fulfill the network roll of what
Parker's doing. Graham Livingston, I think is one of the
slept on recruits in this class. I think Graham's gonna
play great. Abu, I really think so. I think Graham's
gonna play great. Braxton Lindsey sixty three to two thirty
defensive end out of Arkansas, Emmi Cologne sixty four defensive
end Rider Lions. Bear can't help you, but like you said,
not being RB two, But I think Bear. I think
Bear can get you to a Big twelve title game
and take it home. He's already done it once. As
a freshman. What do you do when he gets older?
But you think of high level talent, not saying that
Bear is not a high level recruit.
Speaker 2: He was.
Speaker 8: He had offers too, but Bear Ryder. Those are the
type of quarterbacks you need. Lo Petti Moala that's the
anterior defensive line. You need to be disruptive. Phula twins,
that's the wide receive you need to be at a
to bring down premier catches. Jaren is gonna be able
to do that for you. Terrence Sirian is gonna be
able to do that for you. Bob Mulatala is gonna
be the guy blocking Keenan Pula. He sounds like he
might play safety. That's the guy you need there making
plays the one hand catch that made sports center Jack
Stanners the offensive lineman you need. You need those guys.
And this is just a twenty twenty six class. I
didn't even remind people by guys from the twenty twenty
five class and that have gone on missions that will
be back.
Speaker 4: There's a bunch of dudes, a bunch of dudes.
Speaker 8: So this is a building point, a stepping stone, ba
using the year three. Remind people, this is just year three.
So relax. Yes, disappointed that they didn't get it done,
but they got there. You know what, the Texas Tech,
how long did it take them to get to this point?
Took him way longer than the bou So for the
fact that Kalina got that extension. Resource has now been allocated.
He's gonna be here forever. This is one of the
best recruited class. Sit back, relax and the great in
the words of the great Ken the Hawk Carrolson, that
did White Sox baseball, Sit back, relax, strap it down.
White Sox baseball coming your way, Sit back, relaxed, strapping
down BYU football is coming your way for the future.
Speaker 4: It's a team of the future in the Big Twelve.
Speaker 10: I firmly believe that bro Texas Tech has been a
member of the Big Twelve conference since its inception in
nineteen ninety six, so.
Speaker 8: When I was born, so twenty nine years almost. They
are just now winning a Big Twelve champ and you've
gone to one of your thirty year Yeah, it's look,
this suck guy is not It doesn't make what happened
this season with the playoff committee suck any les.
Speaker 4: Oh no, you can teaches that However, both things can
be true. You reached the Big Twelve title in your.
Speaker 10: Third year in the Big Twelve, and look again, I
remind the people remember how you felt two years ago
at the end of that season in the Big Twelve,
your first year in conference, and it sucked.
Speaker 4: So again, how you feel right now is valid.
Speaker 10: The way that BYU got snubbed basically from the playoffs,
it sucks. I guess is the will probably never happen
again because I think the playoffs are going to be
expanding to at least sixteen teams by next season.
Speaker 4: We shall see.
Speaker 10: But there's a lot of good to take away from
this season.
Speaker 4: It is a lot of good to take away, but
the not good.
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