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Speaker 2: It's time to talk some college.

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Speaker 3: Basketball on Cougar Sports with Ben Cripples.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Cougar Sports here on one on three,

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nine ninety eight three ESPN. A fan Ronald a three

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man weaver, Brett always bringing the hamber by my side,

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gonna get into little college basketball.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 1: We know it's Robert we Week, but BYU Basketball is

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playing in an exhibition game this week, and you know

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to Brett and I love the basketball.

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Speaker 2: We got to ask JT about right, one hundred percent.

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We got as hi about Robert Week.

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Speaker 1: We always ask him a reminder of the folks every

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Tuesday until basketball season because still this football season, Jonathan

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played at the highest level. It's really difficult to find

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Speaker 2: Brother, How you doing today?

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Speaker 3: As always, I am thrilled to be speaking with you guys.

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Speaker 4: And you know, Ron, there's a reason why.

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Speaker 3: You know, Ben and I negotiated a seventh figure, multi

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Speaker 5: Uh, you know takes care of all of my dental

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hygiene and my family and my you know, my entire

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Speaker 4: So I'm grateful for it.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I need some of that seven figures.

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Speaker 1: What a deal is like rains the w W No.

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and you're the AJ. You know, Ben's the richie. And

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then sports Radio one hundred percent bends the richie. You know,

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little colored brother and you know, uh, you know our

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Speaker 2: You know we have both of those.

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Speaker 1: And then me, Look, I'm okay, I'll be the the

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highlight bucket itches. I'll be the Dawson Bakers. I'll be

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I somebody actually said that I am the Mormon Charles Barkley, and.

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Speaker 1: I like Charles Barkley. I really respect Charles and what

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Speaker 1: People respect Charles and what he did, and now he's

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Speaker 2: So I think that's definitely the biggest thing.

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Speaker 1: And you, like Charles, are not afraid to knock somebody's

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Speaker 1: Though we saw it the other day yesterday, in particular

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Boia basketball, we were waiting on it. I wanted to

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Speaker 2: Just right? Seems like there's a target on our back now.

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Speaker 4: I think that's I mean, I I'm surprised.

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Speaker 3: I think BYU football for you know, the reasons that

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Speaker 8: Kevin Young is all about that, you know, come on

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to be the best and so interesting to see how,

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Speaker 8: And how crazy, you know, I think about it.

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poll and to start a season you know that high.

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Speaker 4: It is going to be a big one.

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Speaker 3: Now I hope that you know, the now I know

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we're going to talk about this, but there's basketball this week,

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and I hope that the exhibition game against Nebraska. If

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by chance, BUYU loses it, you know what's the reprocution

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is going to be right, And so I think that that,

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next week Carolina comes to town and that's uh, that's

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Speaker 4: Based on the rankings, you know, Jaz, we.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 8: Brody is a top one hundred recruit, right, and so.

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Speaker 3: Can we just talk about that We should be grateful

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Speaker 4: Come to the US.

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Speaker 3: Because you can tell Alexe has that experience of I'm

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Speaker 4: I'm not gonna turn the ball over.

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Speaker 4: And he I would be.

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Speaker 3: Now, I don't know if he's gonna get six and

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Speaker 4: Now, he is most likely going to be the prime.

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Speaker 3: The secondary, the secondary, primary ball handler or the primary

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to get the rebound, initiate the offense or Xavion, but

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you know, I definitely think that, you know, AJ can

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be to the extent that a little bit more than

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Richie because AJ seems to be a little bit more

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comfortable you know, creating, you know, creating things. Right now,

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AJ his game. I've always said that if he tight

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his handles, and I don't mean again, not a negative

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knock on AJ, but if AJ were to like tie

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his handles a lot, I see a Penny Hardaway more

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than I see a Kevin Garnett or a Kevin Durant.

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Speaker 4: And I've said this before.

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Speaker 3: People look at me funny, and I'm like, look look

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lot of the times you see his handles, it's a

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little bit too wide, and you know, his crossovers are

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a little bit you know, like, but his frame, he is, guys,

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he has built very much like Penny is.

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Speaker 8: Like, and so I personally feel like a j.

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Speaker 3: Yes, he's gonna be a forward. He has a scorer,

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he has there's the T Mac comparison. Yeah, there's a team,

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the trace, you know, the the Kevin Garnett. Yeah, there's

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the you know, the KD and all of this. I

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see Penny hardaway, you know, if he ties his handles

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and he's able to be a little bit more. I

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don't want to again, right, I mean, he's a memori

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of Kidney the country, so how can you knock?

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Speaker 4: But like as you watch him, just watch the ball

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is not close to his body.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't play like and then watching watch Penny play,

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Penny would spin and the ball would never leave like

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his you know the side of his body. And so

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a potential like you know, like obviously not a point guard,

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but as a potential guard way more than I see

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Aj as a forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a good point in your regard. And

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we're not looking at you finding we both like, oh

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Speaker 2: I see it when I watched one thing he brings.

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Speaker 1: I'm letty brought up the handles because I'm specifically seeing

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Agent dribble wide sure, right, And I just think in

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the Big twelve, depending on how they're gonna blitz him,

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he could turn the ball over depending how he's dribbling,

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and not because he's a bad play, but just like

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with how physical they're going to try to be with

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him now because of the big friend, he's gonna.

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Speaker 6: Draw a lot of fouls, right, And that's what I

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wanted to ask JT about because we saw that a

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ton in the Blue White scrimmage where a frame was

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a problem. Like I don't know, I'm not really qualified

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to critique the handles, but what I can tell you

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is he could get to the rim, and when he

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got to the rim, he got fouled, and it felt

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like he was shooting free throws all night. JT's not

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going to continue when actual play starts.

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Speaker 3: So I would say this going back to the two

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thousand and five season, when Kobe shot like twenty free

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throws a game, it seemed like and you know, but

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like it is difficult man, that night in and night out,

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you're getting to the line, you know, more like I

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don't want to say ten times because that's that's just

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a crazy number. But like shooting eight free throws a game,

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it takes a toll on your body.

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Speaker 4: It really does.

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Speaker 3: Now there is a difference between you know, it's a

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close game and you're just you know.

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Speaker 4: Patting your stats. But you know, like I'll tell you

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from from experience.

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Speaker 3: Trent placed it, it took a toll on his body

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shooting free throws.

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Speaker 4: Keene Young, it took a toll on his body shooting

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free throws.

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Speaker 3: Halfa was a nightmare to guard because you were so big.

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Speaker 4: But he took a toll on his body.

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Speaker 3: Same thing with Tyler Hawes, right, same thing with Joli Child's.

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Speaker 4: It takes a toll.

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Speaker 3: Getting to the lane and then getting fouled, right, And

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so is that sustainable? If it is sustainable, I gotta say,

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you know, he's going to be at a level that

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none of us thought he was even at.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be pretty crazy. Indeed, Brett's gonna draw

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some stats in just a second. But let's transition just

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a little bit. BYU Nebraska this Saturday eleven am are

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going to be at the Pinnacle Bank are and that

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they're on the road in the exhibition game, right, these

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exhibition games. He's used to be the close scrimmagers, private

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scrimmages that fans weren't allowed to. Now fans can attend

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this Saturday. We heard in the postgame h JT from

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Kevin Young. He's not going to try to hide anything,

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you know, from Nebraska. He told them what the coverages are.

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They're not going to try to trick them. I want

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you to shet some mind on this ee you had

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mentioned earlier. If they don't win, I don't want fans

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to have a knee jerk reaction. I know it's different

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when you're playing North Carolina because he'll be an eight

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versus twenty five exhibition game, But I feel like these

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exhibition games are chances for players like Rob Wright, Richie

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Speaker 3: You know, we used to scrimmage Western College, University, State Fair,

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Boo Boo State.

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Speaker 4: You know, uh, you know, and these guys are scrimmaging

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Nebraska and North Carolina. So you know, I think that's wild.

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But you know, I let's.

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Speaker 3: Just say, everybody's gonna have a knee jerk reaction, you know,

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if Uyu loses or if Yu wings big right, and

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so and and plus these games are are difficult for

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you to be able to be like, hey, let's not

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get ahead of ourselves. Everything is going to be looked

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under a microscope. Now, fans should actually look at this

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through a telescope. Lands But that's not the way that

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we're built, right, We're going dissect and make a big

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deal out of everything, and so, you know, but.

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Speaker 4: It's that's just the way it is, and that's how

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it's going to be.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, at these exhibition games, games, you try to get

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everybody minutes, you know, like there were a few.

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Speaker 4: People that that didn't play.

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Speaker 7: You know at the Blue and White game, you know,

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namely Brody and Nate, you know, and and and I

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mean you know, and and Nate is someone that that

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came over and he's expected to play, right, I mean,

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why would they have brought.

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Speaker 4: Someone like him to the team.

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Speaker 3: And so it will be interested to see, you know,

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the just how things unravel and how, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, like the results of it.

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Speaker 3: I am interested to see to your point, And I'm

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gonna keep saying this for as long as I'm giving

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a chance. More important to me than their rotation and

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the guy's coming off the bench more important to me

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is how will Robert ride a J.

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Speaker 4: And Richie.

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Speaker 3: H connect and how will they play together and how

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will that unravel? To me, that's the biggest uh, That's

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the biggest uh question mark that I'm willing to I'm

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eager to see at both of these games.

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Speaker 2: How much stock do you put in exhibition games?

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Speaker 4: JT?

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Speaker 6: Because you could I could see it going both ways

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where you could make the argument, you know, like they

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don't want to give away everything, they don't want to

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show everything. They're still learning. This is college basketball, so

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your teams are always new. But on the other hand,

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you come in and say you have Kevin Mung, who's

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one of the best coaches in America. We talked about

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the recruiting class. We know the guys are who are

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on this team. How much stock do you put in

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what BYU does or doesn't do in their exhibition games?

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Speaker 3: I think the first so to be one hundred percent

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honest with you, to me, I'm gonna give.

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Speaker 4: A lot of a lot of.

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Speaker 3: A lot not credit, but I'm gonna give a lot

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of weight to what happens the first the first fifteen

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minutes into the.

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Speaker 4: Very last TV timeout.

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Speaker 3: Okay, one hundred percent honesty, because you know they're gonna

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play their starters and their potential starters the first five

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six minutes, and then you know that the first subs

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are going to be the real subs and not people

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that Kevin Young is just trying to throw it out

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there to see. And then right after that is going

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to be the starters are maybe going to be coming back.

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But then who's Kevin Young going to look at right

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away to see gonna come off the bench? Remember it

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took about six seven games before Trevin Nell came back

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into the starting lineup, And so I'm interested to see

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who is going to be the first eight guys that

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he plays. The first eight guys that Kevin Young plays,

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to me, is going to dictate, you know, the who

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are the guys that have that have stood out the

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most doing camp and uh and you know, at least

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to begin with, who are going to be the guys.

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Speaker 4: That he trust the most?

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Speaker 3: And so I'm interested to see where Dawson Baker falls

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into that that mix. Right, we haven't seen a ton

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of Dawson Baker this year yet, and and last year

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he was a constant contributor in our rotation. Guy much

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more so than Mahilo. We didn't see a ton of

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Mohilo last year. We would see him sporadically. We would

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see Mohilo come out of nowhere and either save us

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a game or come in and then come out right away.

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Speaker 4: And so.

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Speaker 3: You know, I think jareded McGregor is a great story.

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I don't see him getting a ton of playing time

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this year, But then after that, these are all guys

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that would be perennial rotation players and get a lot

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of minutes in any other college team in America, you know.

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Brody going to react? Is he gonna get playing time?

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I'm looking at the team picture right now. That is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen.

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That is fourteen guys today that you know that could

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easily have a lot of playing time at a mid

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major in college right now, but they're at b YU.

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You already know you can't play You can maybe play

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eleven and that is a lot. You can definitely play nine.

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But you know you're already getting crazy, crazy, you know crazy,

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you know crazy options when playing ten and so uh,

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all the way up to the last TV time out.

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To me, that's gonna be the core guys that Kevin

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Young trusts in right away.

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Speaker 6: JD, do you have an idea of who the five

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starters will be and then who those next five guys

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will be coming off the bench.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna give you my personal opinion on everything that

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Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna tell you.

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Speaker 3: That Mahilo, Mahi Loo and Alexe and Kadeem and Dominique

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and Xavion. Out of those guys, I would say that

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Alexe and Xavion are you know, probably within the first ten, right,

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I don't. I would say that day to me, are

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going to be the first the first subs.

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Speaker 4: That's my opinion.

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Speaker 3: Now, the starters to me is going, if everybody's healthy,

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it's going to be Robert Wright and.

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Speaker 4: Then Richie and then a J.

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Speaker 3: With Canard Davis. Uh with Canard Davis at the four

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and Keba at the five. Now this is my personal opinion. Right,

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you can make the argument that kadem may.

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Speaker 4: Start over Canard.

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Speaker 3: I just don't see uh Nate Pickens starting especially at

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six three Meg, Well, Meg was about six five sixty six, right,

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and and and that's a big difference. You can play

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the four in college like I did, right, and so

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to me, that's the starting five.

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Speaker 8: And then you know, uh Kadem.

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Speaker 4: And Xavion.

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Speaker 3: And Robert and uh Alexey make up the eight by

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everything you know. And then I'm wondering, is he gonna

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go with with uh with Tyler, or he's he gonna

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go with Baker?

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Speaker 4: Is he gonna go with you.

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Speaker 3: Know, Brody, or he's gonna go with Myhi Low? And

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where does Dominique play? And all of this as well, right,

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and so again that's the reason why I'm very curious

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for the first for the first fifteen minutes of the game.

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That's gonna tell you a lot, especially next week against

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North Carolina. That's gonna tell you who's the main who's

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the main rotation for the you know, to start the year.

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Speaker 1: With Jonathan Tavanar on the lone in the college basketball segment,

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former bou basketball great, the ESPN The Fan college basketball analyst,

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I love to start the lineup.

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Speaker 2: I love the rotation.

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Speaker 1: Position battles have been something interesting and intriguing to me

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all off season. Now it's finally here, we're gonna see it.

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And just want to remind coagre nation. Just because you

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may see a certain lineup or a certain guy might

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not play, reminder cannon catchings, you know, work themselves, file

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the rotation tray and what work themselves in. So it's

494
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always a possibility that any one of these guys can

495
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get more playing time by the end, because you want

496
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to be peaking in February, in March, right around the tournament.

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Speaker 4: J T.

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Speaker 1: Let's get you out of here on this transition to

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a little football. Been ONLFE that I did this the

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rivalry game anytime BAU as an opportunity to you know,

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beat Utah.

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Speaker 2: Your thoughts on this Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Don't know if you'll be in the tennis, but you

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might be watching virtually from home.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, uh, you know, why can I say

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I hate them? I hite them vout my heart. I

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think they're classless.

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Speaker 4: I think that I think that.

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Speaker 3: You know, they they're just they're terrible, and you know,

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they just I think the whole university and all their

511
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fans and everything about them, they're just classless.

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Speaker 4: And I hate them.

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Speaker 3: I every single one of them have talked about them,

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so jokes, jokes aside.

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Speaker 2: From quoting my eyes some Max Hall, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I

517
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have anything about them. I hate their program, their fans.

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I hate everything about Utah.

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Speaker 3: So now obviously that's not how I feel about Utah.

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You know, it's a rivalry game, man, It's supposed to

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be fun, you know, I you know it's it's part.

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I will say this, College rivalries are the absolute best

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because it doesn't matter if your team is good or bad.

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The fan base rallies around in a way that is super,

525
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super amazing. I will say that Red Sox and Yankee

526
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sometimes the team have a good year, bad year. It's

527
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not the same Lakers and Celtics. It hasn't been a

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thing for quite some time. You know, college rivalries.

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Speaker 4: Are where is it at?

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Speaker 3: And the way Bui Utah are positioned this year, it's

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gonna be a big game. I'm excited and I will

532
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say this, guys, I'm grateful that the banter on social

533
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media this year has been you know, the temperature has

534
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been lowered significantly. Your own seeing very little, too minimum nonsense.

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But it's amazing, Like you know, I love the way

536
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Kilaney positioned.

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Speaker 4: This, like we need them.

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Speaker 8: Let's be realistic and honest about this. We need Utah,

539
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Utah needs BYU.

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Speaker 4: We are each other's rivals.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Colorado, nobody cares Utah state. You know it's a

542
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little bit to the side. But BYU in Utah, they

543
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need each other. And you know, hate them all you want,

544
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,039
does like them all you want? Does like us and

545
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hate us all you want? We should like there is

546
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a business aspect of BYU in Utah that smart people

547
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should be like, you know, they really need each other.

548
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They should definitely play each other every year. And I

549
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just don't get the contention of it, like we're rivals.

550
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Yet you don't see Michigan and Ohio state administrators hating

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each other and not, you know, working really hard to

552
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schedule each other on their calendar, like you know what

553
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I'm saying, Like it's you know, and embrace the rivalry

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because it is better for both universities. And you know,

555
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I am a I'm a defender, and I am a marketer,

556
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and I and a promoter of the state of Utah.

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It is better for the State of Utah when the

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rivalry is really good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're not wrong. It's definitely better for the state. JT.

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Speaker 1: We always appreciate our time together. We will catch up

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with you next week as always, especially after this basketball

562
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exhibition game and the rivalry game happens a lot to

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talk about. Hopefully it will be a victory Monday and

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there will be lots of joyful cheers instead of maybe

565
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booze on the opposite end.

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Speaker 2: We will catch up with you next week, though, brother.

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Speaker 3: And I appreciate it, and I want to do a

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Speaker 8: On a ten to fifteen twenty minute walk.

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Speaker 3: And we just talk about stuff. Hey, how's it going, Hey,

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what's going on? And you know, I've done four of

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these things. The first one nobody showed up, but the

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second to third and fourth one we had about five

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to six people in we go and you know, so

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please go follow me on X at four to three JT.

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Speaker 4: I'd appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to come to one of these walks

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there then I definitely got to make sure I pull

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in that walking every day is great and I appreciate

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you and want to be with you on this journey

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as well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for being vulnerable and open. Appreciate all of that.

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Speaker 1: I want everybody to always know that you have a

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love and support system wherever you had and it can

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our brothers and sisters are everywhere around us. We need

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more peace in the world and less Hey appreciate you

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in Utah dot com. Keanu Tanavasa probably one of the

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biggest storylines Brett in this rivalry transferred from Utah to BYU.

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John Henry Daily transferred from BYU to Utah.

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Speaker 2: A lot of guys.

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Speaker 1: Hunter Klegg comes back from his mission, goes to BYU. Look,

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you can look up and down the watchat front. There's

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a multitude of players that go back and forth. We've

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seen this multiple times. Devin Kafusi was at BAU transfer

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to Utah. This is nothing new that we have not

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seen before. But I think Keanu and John Henry are

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probably you could say, and I don't want to disrespect

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the you know, the Kafusies. Devinkfusi is a good football player.

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These probably the most two talented defensive tackles. Are lineing

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that Bau's had and that Utah has had and they

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switched schools, and I think those are the storylines right now.

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Speaker 2: John performing at a high level.

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Speaker 1: Keanu people saying, ahwa, he's not living up to the

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task while he's doing a lot of other things.

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Speaker 2: And I had that. I heard that thought as well,

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like I don't know if Keanu is living up to everything.

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Speaker 6: Watch how Bou defended the run before Keanutanovasa went out

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of the game, and now he went after he came

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out of the game. And that's not a shot at

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anyone on the Bou defensive line. That is, Arizona was

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a good team, running the football better than we thought

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they would be. When Keanu was no longer in the game,

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Arizona said, kay, cool, we don't have to send two

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to three guys all at Keanu. We can open things

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up and go one on one and they move the

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football down the field. So again, you may not see

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Keanutanavasa just making these absurd plays. That's kind of part

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of playing interior defensive line is one of the most

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thankless jobs on the field. Is he does things that

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you just don't see get quantified in a statue.

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Speaker 1: We should actually do a random poll. I know, I'm

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going on a different tangent. What are the most thankless jobs,

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thankless positions in the game of football? Offensive coordinator that's

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number one. Yeah, you.

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Speaker 2: Know for bau Fans. Center.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, uh, maybe tight end, except tight ends do get

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to pass or do get to catch passes.

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Speaker 2: This is true, but tight ends on that list.

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Speaker 4: I agree.

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Speaker 1: D tackles are on the tackles on There are sometimes

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defensive end as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, drushers.

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Speaker 6: I feel like though when they get the sack, though,

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they get all they get all the love.

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Speaker 1: Even I think for BYU, they're getting different type of pressures.

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Speaker 6: Yes, And that's a great point because Logan Latuwei is

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doing a ton of things even though he doesn't have

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the sacks, Like he's leading the team in tackles, he's

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flying all over the field, He's being places he doesn't

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even need to be Like, you're right, he is absolutely

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not getting enough credit. And that's because fans are saying, oh, well,

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he doesn't have the sacks. Well, in the words of

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K pop, sacks are overrated. Sacks are overrated in the

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words of K pop.

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Speaker 1: But Keanu gets a sacked this week and I don't

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think anybody will say it's overrated.

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Speaker 2: It matters in a rival we game.

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Speaker 1: Keanu actually addressed the media yesterday, Gonna break it all

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down for you right now. Gonna go question by questions,

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so stay with us. Start with number one, Keanu, what

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are your emotions going into this game?

709
00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:58,519
Speaker 9: I think I'm just extremely excited and passionate to be

710
00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:01,759
able to take the field with so many individuals that

711
00:34:01,799 --> 00:34:04,079
have impacted my career, you know, both at the University

712
00:34:04,119 --> 00:34:08,840
of Utah and now being here at BYU circling a game.

713
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,039
I don't think that that doesn't you know, a lot

714
00:34:11,039 --> 00:34:13,599
of people can say it's just another game. Obviously I

715
00:34:13,599 --> 00:34:16,559
could feel that it isn't. But I've never had this

716
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,320
game just circled because I believe that, you know, every

717
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,679
game deserves the fullness of my energy at that time.

718
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,119
So now this game is circled now that it's game week,

719
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:29,440
but prior to it's it's been other focused.

720
00:34:29,559 --> 00:34:31,559
Speaker 1: I believe in with that. That also is the pr

721
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:32,480
statement true.

722
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,559
Speaker 6: But this is also a game that you like to play,

723
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,840
you and I like to play, which is called two

724
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,199
things can be true, which is this is true. You

725
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,840
want to the podium and you tell us, hey, it's

726
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:43,639
just another game.

727
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:45,519
Speaker 2: It's just game week. We're on to the next one.

728
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:46,639
None of us believe you.

729
00:34:47,079 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 6: But what you can say is what Keanu did say,

730
00:34:50,119 --> 00:34:54,639
which is this is not just any other game. However,

731
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,840
I haven't been sitting since springball waiting for this one

732
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,000
circled on the calendar. Now, I'm sure he's excited for

733
00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:04,159
this one. I'm sure he thought about this one, but

734
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,800
also he thought about all the other games, because again,

735
00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:10,079
this season is about more than just the Utah game.

736
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,320
Even though in some ways I do believe this is

737
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,199
a big twelve.

738
00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:15,559
Speaker 2: Championship playing game.

739
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 6: Because for BYU, I know we might have to tackle

740
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,039
this a little bit more later, but for BYU, if

741
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:24,840
they win this game, then they are undisputed the number

742
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,559
one contender to Texas Tech in the Big Twelve. If

743
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,800
Utah wins this game, they get back on track from

744
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,000
beat losing to Texas Tech, and then they move into

745
00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:38,480
the spot of contending for that number one spot to

746
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:40,639
take on Texas Tech in the Big twelve title game.

747
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,159
Speaker 2: So, yes, this is not just any other game.

748
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 6: Kyle Whittingham was right when he said it back in

749
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,320
the Big Twelve media days. I think this is a

750
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,679
Big twelve Championship playing game. But Tianhu's point, yes, this

751
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,599
is one he's thinking about. Yes, this isn't just any

752
00:35:54,639 --> 00:35:57,360
other game. But also that doesn't mean that this is

753
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,519
his whole world, in his whole universe. He's been thinking

754
00:35:59,519 --> 00:36:02,119
about other on the schedule, but he also was excited

755
00:36:02,119 --> 00:36:02,559
for this one.

756
00:36:02,599 --> 00:36:03,599
Speaker 2: Both things can be true.

757
00:36:03,679 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you convinced me on that that both

758
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,559
things definitely can be true in regards because he would

759
00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:10,840
it would it would be a disservice if he said

760
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,199
that this wasn't Yeah, right, this is school you told

761
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,679
it from it's one hundred percent.

762
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, we would not believe that statement.

763
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: But I think it goes back to the mindset of

764
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,719
going one and on everywhere you have Utah circle with

765
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:22,400
the week of Utah.

766
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 2: If you look ahead, what happens? You get burned.

767
00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: I hate to go to the NFL team, you know,

768
00:36:27,039 --> 00:36:29,239
but look at the Packers, right, I bring up them

769
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,000
of Brady, the biggest Packers, but a young team. So

770
00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:34,079
we're gonna go undefeated and go to the super Bowl.

771
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:35,239
And then what happens?

772
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,519
Speaker 2: You tie? You lose, like well, you lose the Browns.

773
00:36:37,519 --> 00:36:38,000
You tie.

774
00:36:38,199 --> 00:36:40,039
Speaker 1: You gotta focus on the task, and hey, you gotta

775
00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:42,079
stay humble, you gotta stay hungry. So you hear that

776
00:36:42,199 --> 00:36:44,800
from Keanu in that regard, no doubt, and I agree

777
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,719
this is definitely a Big Twelve pre title game in

778
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,519
a way. Whether you say that's them being in the

779
00:36:49,519 --> 00:36:52,199
title game, this game has a lot of weight on it.

780
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,840
This game holds the most weight in my opinion, in

781
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,599
the Big Twelve. In any other game. I think you're

782
00:36:56,639 --> 00:36:59,360
exactly right. The bau Texas Tech game, No, the bo

783
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,000
you have a stay game. No, the Utah versus Baylor

784
00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:04,320
gaming to go on the road. No, this by Utah game.

785
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,480
The winner of this game probably is going to take

786
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,440
all of the momentum and have the best opportunity to

787
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,639
go to the big twelfth title game because they will

788
00:37:12,639 --> 00:37:15,639
hold the tie break. And I think I'm be honest,

789
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,440
there is a lot more right now for BYU to

790
00:37:18,519 --> 00:37:20,519
lose in Utah. A lot of people are gonna hit

791
00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:24,119
me for them, like Ron wrong, No, no, no, well By's undefeated.

792
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,239
You've already had their favorite three and a half. They

793
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,320
already have their first loss. Utah can actually play a

794
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,400
little bit more free coming in than by can. BYU's

795
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,760
actually the team, unnotice the pressure is all on you.

796
00:37:35,039 --> 00:37:37,079
The pressure is not on Kyle witting game. They've lost

797
00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:39,360
the last two games, right, Okay, extend the winster. It's

798
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,559
harder to beat a team, in my opinion, the third

799
00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,559
time in a row and keep that going in that

800
00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:46,280
momentum when there's blood already in the water and their

801
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,119
blood's already in their teeth and they.

802
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 2: They look good. Last week.

803
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: I know that Sam Levit didn't play, Yes he did.

804
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:52,119
Speaker 2: It is what it is.

805
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,559
Speaker 1: But at the same time, they still played their game

806
00:37:54,599 --> 00:37:57,920
of offense, and that offense is very dangerous. So it's

807
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,840
gonna be a lot going into this game on Saturday.

808
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:00,679
See what happens.

809
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,039
Speaker 6: Texas Tech is undisputed the number one best team in

810
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:07,039
the Big Twelve, but with Iowa State losing back to

811
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:10,559
back weeks, that spot for whose number two to Texas

812
00:38:10,599 --> 00:38:13,599
Tech is wide open right now. And Kyle Whittingham said

813
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:15,280
it in Big twLF Media he said the winner of

814
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,239
the Holy War could determine the Big Twelve championship. Now

815
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,760
to why wish this game is being played at the

816
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,000
end of the season. Obviously, so does everyone else because

817
00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:24,760
that means more. We'll ride on it, but it's not.

818
00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:27,599
This is where we're at. It's a fun kind of

819
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,199
mid season, mid season finale. I don't know if shows

820
00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:32,960
still do that, but they used to do that. This

821
00:38:33,079 --> 00:38:35,840
is kind of your litmus test, your checkpoint to see, okay,

822
00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:37,840
where do things go the rest of the season.

823
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:38,519
Speaker 2: I agree with you.

824
00:38:38,559 --> 00:38:41,639
Speaker 1: This game sets the tone for the rest of the

825
00:38:41,679 --> 00:38:44,719
season for BYU and for Utah. We'll see what happens.

826
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,519
Let's keep going, Keyana number two. Looking at Devin dan Pier.

827
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,679
He can beat you with his arm, he can beat

828
00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:53,320
you with his legs. What are the challenges going up

829
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:53,840
against him.

830
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,119
Speaker 9: Yeah, a great dual threat QB, someone that we look

831
00:38:57,159 --> 00:39:01,599
forward to challenging our defense. But we've been blessed to

832
00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:04,280
be able to be prepped against other quarterbacks like nor

833
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,760
Fafita and individuals who have tested us with their dual

834
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,599
threat as well. And so we're just gonna go out

835
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:13,440
there and stick to the scheme, stick to the plan

836
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,599
that we have, and give it our best shot.

837
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,559
Speaker 1: Now, Noah Flafita is probably going to be the most

838
00:39:18,559 --> 00:39:21,719
elusive quarterback that they play in getting out of the pocket.

839
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,159
The difference with Devin is he's gonna run up right.

840
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,880
Noah doesn't really run too much. Nope, he Now, he

841
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,519
did run more in the Arizona A game, which shocked

842
00:39:28,519 --> 00:39:30,159
all of us. I was surprised as much he was

843
00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:32,239
willing to get upfield, which I had a feeling maybe

844
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,159
he would do, but I was also surprised of how

845
00:39:34,159 --> 00:39:35,880
he was willing just to take that. But then he

846
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,719
went back to his nature staying in the pocket. Devin's

847
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,199
not gonna do that. He's gonna take off ye if

848
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,719
he will at times hold the ball, but there are

849
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,559
gonna be times who's like bye, and you're gonna have

850
00:39:45,559 --> 00:39:49,119
to really contain so Jack, Kelly, Isaagh, Glasker, Ace, Cafu,

851
00:39:49,199 --> 00:39:51,800
Cili and Sara. Spying him is going to be a

852
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,159
big thing in this game. Probably gonna spy him the

853
00:39:54,159 --> 00:39:56,639
whole game. I think I'd be surprised if they didn't,

854
00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:58,360
because you don't want him to get outside of the pocket.

855
00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:00,119
Speaker 2: He can hurt you.

856
00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:02,519
Speaker 1: Looking last week in Arizona State, still has a good defense,

857
00:40:02,679 --> 00:40:04,760
but you saw tear them up. He went for two

858
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,639
tubs on the ground. He can be a problem get

859
00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:09,960
outside the pocket. So I'm excited to see the battle.

860
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,280
Like Keianu said, but I think Keanu will be one

861
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,960
of those players that will be trying to contain him.

862
00:40:14,039 --> 00:40:17,239
Let's get the number three Giano, what are your expectations

863
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,360
of this chess match? In the trenches? You know Utah's

864
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,960
offensive line, they know you. What do you think of

865
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:23,639
that dynamic?

866
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 9: Yeah, I love that term chess match. When I think

867
00:40:26,519 --> 00:40:30,159
of those guys, It's been a blessing to go against

868
00:40:30,199 --> 00:40:32,440
them for the past three years. It was a different

869
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:37,920
offensive scheme, now them having a new coordinator. Same Similarly,

870
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,039
I play a little bit of a different technique here

871
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:42,199
at the University of Utah. So I think it will

872
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,719
just be who can stick to their fundamentals and ultimately

873
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:50,280
who can play with that passion but keep that engagement

874
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,559
and focus that is critical to high performance.

875
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: Let's jump the number four as well, because it goes

876
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,760
along with number three. How important in these robbery games

877
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,760
is it to stick to the fundamentals you just mentioned

878
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,280
and not get outside your comfort because emotions can be

879
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:03,119
so high.

880
00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,519
Speaker 9: Again, I think the emotions are so critical and I

881
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:11,199
think they can be used in such an amazing fashion

882
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,559
to help you to perform greater. But again, I think,

883
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,559
like we were talking about, it has to be siphoned

884
00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:20,079
through fundamentals and technique. It can't be abandoning your technique,

885
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,119
and so it's it's absolutely critical for the success of

886
00:41:24,159 --> 00:41:26,159
the game to stick to that technique.

887
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 2: Right your thoughts on those last two comments from Kanu?

888
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 6: Keeping your emotions in check is going to be a

889
00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:35,480
massive piece of this game, as it is every year.

890
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,559
Speaker 2: Especially for him, especially.

891
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,079
Speaker 6: For Keanu Tonovasa who's gone up against this team for

892
00:41:40,119 --> 00:41:42,480
the last three years. As he pointed out, if you

893
00:41:42,599 --> 00:41:45,840
let your emotions get the best of you, that can

894
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,119
completely derail you from playing your best football and you

895
00:41:49,519 --> 00:41:52,360
put your head in a space where you forget your

896
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,519
assignment or you go to take on a different assignment

897
00:41:55,639 --> 00:41:58,360
just because emotionally you want to go make this player,

898
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,239
you want to go hit that guy. And it has

899
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,760
to be about the game, and it's easy for it

900
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,440
to not be about assignment. It's easy to kind of

901
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,199
just let your emotions run wild. But in a situation

902
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,880
like that, what you realize is the team who's able

903
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,639
to keep their emotions in check in the right way

904
00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:20,480
wins this game. And I'm not saying don't be emotional,

905
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,719
because you can use your emotion in a way that

906
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,400
allows you to be aggressive, to fly around and make plays.

907
00:42:25,559 --> 00:42:28,000
But if you let your emotions take you out of

908
00:42:28,159 --> 00:42:31,320
focus and you don't use them to play the right way,

909
00:42:31,639 --> 00:42:35,119
you can cause yourself a lot of problems. And in turn,

910
00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:38,400
that emotion and that high energy can actually cause you.

911
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:39,159
Speaker 2: To lose the game.

912
00:42:40,039 --> 00:42:42,119
Speaker 1: And I know that this is not necessarily a player,

913
00:42:42,119 --> 00:42:44,360
but it's a coachable. When you react like Penn State did,

914
00:42:44,639 --> 00:42:46,840
when you have a knee jerk reaction, you fire a

915
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,119
very good coach, and when you look at the resume,

916
00:42:49,159 --> 00:42:50,000
it's like, what are you doing?

917
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:51,599
Speaker 2: Big mistake to connect it.

918
00:42:51,639 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: From a NFL standpoint, you have the Brian Branch thing

919
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,719
after the Chiefs game, you know, on Sunday night, where

920
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,719
you're punching a dude in the face because you're so

921
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,119
upset right again, and emotions can be high. And I

922
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:03,599
bring up those two examples because those are two examples

923
00:43:03,639 --> 00:43:08,000
where I feel like people reacted emotionally based off a situation.

924
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,920
And I know it's not in a robberie game, but

925
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,039
I'm using that just as evidence of if that's not

926
00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:14,960
a robbery, imagine what is, and how your emotions can

927
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:15,639
get the better of y'all.

928
00:43:15,639 --> 00:43:16,559
Speaker 2: Love how you broke that down.

929
00:43:16,599 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: And for him personally, he's had a couple of penalties

930
00:43:19,159 --> 00:43:22,679
the last couple of games that were uncharacteristic of him.

931
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,280
So when emotions are running high, you're more prone, I think,

932
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,960
to making even those mistakes with the trashw Because he's

933
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,719
a guy that likes to go back and forth, he'll

934
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,800
tell you more about it. And I'm even teasing the

935
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,000
penalty question coming up, but let's get the number five.

936
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 2: Obviously, this is a rivalry for both sides.

937
00:43:36,639 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: When you look at your time at Utah to now

938
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,719
at BYU, is it a different focus. Treating it more

939
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,039
like just another game, or are you treating it like

940
00:43:44,079 --> 00:43:44,960
it's a rivalry game.

941
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 9: Yeah, I love the position that I'm in, considering being

942
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,000
on both sides, and I think that the way that

943
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:55,320
both teams attack it is recognizing that there is extra passion,

944
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,440
extra emotions that's going into this game. But I do

945
00:43:58,519 --> 00:44:02,159
believe that BYU, you not just in the difference of culture,

946
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,280
but in the perspective of the way that they go

947
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:09,039
about the game is handled a little bit different. And

948
00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:11,440
I think both are great and and I'm just buying

949
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,119
into what BYU and what Kilane's culture is for this

950
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:15,639
this week.

951
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:16,679
Speaker 2: It's the right answer.

952
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 1: A bo is gonna go about this game a way

953
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,280
differently than Utah will in I regarded. I'm not trying

954
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,440
to pinpoint or project or anything, but Kilane's love and

955
00:44:25,519 --> 00:44:28,400
learned cultures go out there play dominate. But you know,

956
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,440
it's it's different in how maybe Utah will handle And

957
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:32,760
I think that was a part of the reason why

958
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,840
he may be transferred and a lot of the reason

959
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,760
he's taking away the way he is, and I think

960
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,760
that's why he's actually gonna ball out in this game.

961
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,119
Speaker 2: He's gonna appreciate that. Let's go to.

962
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 1: Number six really fast. How had the personal fouls from

963
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,719
the last two two games? How have you dealt with that,

964
00:44:45,159 --> 00:44:47,360
especially with the last one where you had to sit

965
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,239
out the whole game.

966
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:53,599
Speaker 9: Fortunate, you know. I think potentially West Virginia's was a

967
00:44:53,599 --> 00:44:56,079
little bit more of a dumb play on my behalf.

968
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,400
Noah's a great quarterback. He's a little shorter than I am,

969
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,320
so I need to learn how to tackle those shorter quarterbacks.

970
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,480
But they're bumps in the road and their learning experiences

971
00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:11,599
to go and be even better this week. It's just

972
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:16,519
staying disciplined to my technique, my fundamentals, and just staying consistent.

973
00:45:17,159 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 2: I don't think that.

974
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,119
Speaker 9: I think that happens to everybody. Unfortunately, it was a

975
00:45:21,159 --> 00:45:24,199
little undisciplined on my behalf, but I recognize that I

976
00:45:24,199 --> 00:45:26,000
can bounce back and learn from those lessons.

977
00:45:26,119 --> 00:45:28,320
Speaker 1: It happens to the best players, even at the highest level.

978
00:45:28,639 --> 00:45:31,119
You can hear it in his vice, like he knew,

979
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,400
he knows that he's committed those he shouldn't have. The

980
00:45:34,519 --> 00:45:39,039
one of West Virginia is definitely probably more embarrassing, I

981
00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:41,960
think than Arizona one, because they're giving north Afeeda, I

982
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,760
guess are short. You know a man's passing card because

983
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,880
of you being short. It was targeting, though I don't

984
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:48,599
want to take it away. Yesterday I said it was.

985
00:45:48,639 --> 00:45:50,639
If you think I'm not gonna listen to the entire show,

986
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:54,519
you do have to tackle short quarterbacks later. But I

987
00:45:54,559 --> 00:45:56,639
don't know you're gonna have this issue again because you

988
00:45:56,639 --> 00:45:58,039
have another short quarterback this week.

989
00:45:58,039 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 2: Brett.

990
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think Devin Daniers got a little more

991
00:46:01,039 --> 00:46:02,960
bill to him than No Stock does.

992
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:05,559
Speaker 2: But the height thing is real again.

993
00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 6: Another game of two things can be true with Keanu Tonavasa,

994
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,159
which is, hey, I gotta be more disciplined in how

995
00:46:12,199 --> 00:46:16,000
I tackle shorter quarterbacks because it clearly was a penalty.

996
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,320
But also, dude, come on, we're just gonna give no

997
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,360
Fafida a pass because he's small.

998
00:46:22,599 --> 00:46:26,320
Speaker 2: Again, both things can be true. It absolutely was helmet

999
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:27,000
to helmet.

1000
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,559
Speaker 6: But I do think on some level, when you're Keanu Tonovasa,

1001
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,159
I mean you're thinking about the quarterback you have to tackle,

1002
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,719
and when you see a bigger guy, it's okay, I

1003
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,880
just gotta I need some weight coming behind me because

1004
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:38,840
I gotta run through this guy.

1005
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,760
Speaker 2: When you see a smaller guy, it's okay.

1006
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 6: I really don't have to do too much because as

1007
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,320
soon as I touch him, he's gonna fall over. And

1008
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,480
I wonder if part of that went through Keanu's head. Unfortunately,

1009
00:46:48,519 --> 00:46:51,119
when you think that, what you forget to remember is

1010
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,840
I have to move my head out of the play

1011
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,199
because typically when I go for a bigger guy, I

1012
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,480
don't have to worry about that. But when I go

1013
00:46:58,599 --> 00:47:01,679
for a smaller guy, no matter what I do, it's

1014
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:03,840
pretty easy for me to run into his head because

1015
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:04,800
that's where my head and my tour.

1016
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:06,679
Speaker 2: So so both things are true.

1017
00:47:07,119 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 6: I'm glad that Keanu has taken a lot of accountability

1018
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,079
and responsibility to be like, yeah, man, I just got

1019
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:13,760
to get better. I got to do better because people

1020
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,559
who take accountability, those people are winners.

1021
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: From having played rugby and being small and having taller

1022
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,760
Dudes sometimes tackle unit chess and they say it's hide

1023
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:23,199
a tackle.

1024
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,199
Speaker 2: He does have to learn how to tackle lower.

1025
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,039
Speaker 1: They do give the short people sometimes the benefit of

1026
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,199
the doubt in that regard, especially when you go helmet

1027
00:47:30,559 --> 00:47:33,039
to helmet in that regard. Number eight, though, since you

1028
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:36,119
love Utah, there has been a lot of stuff written

1029
00:47:36,199 --> 00:47:39,320
and said some you know, vitriolic, like the stuff at

1030
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,440
Big twelve media days. Does that fuel your fire at all?

1031
00:47:42,559 --> 00:47:44,800
Or is that just water on the bridge At this point, I.

1032
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:49,679
Speaker 9: Think it's both, which can seem contradictory. But I recognize

1033
00:47:49,679 --> 00:47:52,960
that there's moments where I need to recognize that people

1034
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,679
are going to say things and the way of the

1035
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,719
world is it's just going to happen, and communication is

1036
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,400
a huge part of this field and recognizing that mental

1037
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,519
strength has to be a battle we fight amidst a

1038
00:48:04,559 --> 00:48:07,519
lot of voices, but it is also a blessing to

1039
00:48:07,559 --> 00:48:11,199
have some extra fuel to the fire again, as long

1040
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:15,440
as it's siphoned into the proper performance and proper focus.

1041
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,639
Speaker 2: Keanu Tonovasa deserves a lot of credit for the way

1042
00:48:18,679 --> 00:48:21,000
that he's handed this made availability.

1043
00:48:20,639 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 6: Because you and I were having this conversation yesterday morning

1044
00:48:24,039 --> 00:48:26,960
of I wonder who BUYU will trot out there for me?

1045
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 2: I know exactly what we're going to try today.

1046
00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 6: And if they do trot out, Keanu, how will that go?

1047
00:48:33,559 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 2: What things will be said, what things will be asked?

1048
00:48:36,159 --> 00:48:39,719
And none of these questions are are bad gotcha questions.

1049
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 6: They're all good questions, but they're all real questions, which

1050
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,559
means you have to give real answers.

1051
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,599
Speaker 2: And to me, Keanu is doing a.

1052
00:48:47,639 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 6: Near perfect job of addressing the elephant in the room

1053
00:48:53,199 --> 00:48:56,880
and being real about what he's saying, but not being disrespectful.

1054
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,480
He's not ducking the smoke in any of these questions,

1055
00:48:59,559 --> 00:49:01,599
and he's I'm not saying, oh, we don't think about

1056
00:49:01,599 --> 00:49:03,679
this game, Oh I don't think about anything that happened

1057
00:49:03,679 --> 00:49:06,079
in Big twelve media is He's doing the perfect job

1058
00:49:06,119 --> 00:49:09,360
of just being human and saying, look, yeah, this is

1059
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:10,920
a place where I used to play. I have a

1060
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,039
lot of friends here, but also there's a little bit

1061
00:49:13,039 --> 00:49:15,199
of bad blood here. I'm here to play a game

1062
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:19,199
and I'm I'm happy to play it. I'm excited for

1063
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:22,800
the opportunity to go up against these guys, but also

1064
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,679
we got to win this football game because we have

1065
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:27,480
things ahead that.

1066
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,119
Speaker 2: Are more important than just this one game.

1067
00:49:30,199 --> 00:49:33,679
Speaker 6: Keanu is not in an easy position with these questions,

1068
00:49:34,119 --> 00:49:36,360
and he's handling them near perfect.

1069
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: In my opinion, I think he deserves a lot of

1070
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:38,440
credit for that.

1071
00:49:38,519 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 1: It's very unfortunate and I'm not trying to pin the

1072
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:41,840
two against each other, and people are gonna think I'm

1073
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,440
doing that. Keanu's in a worse position than John enermy

1074
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:50,239
daily it is the player of this caliber right leaves

1075
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:54,119
comes to BYU why all the talk everything? Why everything

1076
00:49:54,199 --> 00:49:56,159
ridden a big two a media day? By the way,

1077
00:49:56,199 --> 00:49:58,519
those individuals on Twitter that are trying to take out

1078
00:49:58,519 --> 00:50:01,679
a proportion, you're wrong, even though it is seven hundred

1079
00:50:01,679 --> 00:50:03,320
who I talked to are like, that's not what they

1080
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:04,400
had asked and they were there.

1081
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:05,760
Speaker 2: It's just unfortunate.

1082
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 1: But that you deal with this, You deal with this

1083
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,360
in the game of sport when you leave, when you transfer.

1084
00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:12,840
Such a well spoken kid, humble kid that understands he

1085
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,119
can look beyond the mark of his emotions and doesn't

1086
00:50:16,199 --> 00:50:17,159
let his emotions get.

1087
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:17,679
Speaker 2: The best of them.

1088
00:50:17,679 --> 00:50:21,280
Speaker 1: But emotions are okay, especially with trash talking, totally fine.

1089
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,159
I think it's appropriate building on that from there. Are

1090
00:50:24,199 --> 00:50:26,559
you a guy that likes to talk a little trash

1091
00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:27,440
to fire yourself up?

1092
00:50:27,519 --> 00:50:27,880
Speaker 2: Kiatu?

1093
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,599
Speaker 9: I think so. I think football is a huge heavily

1094
00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:35,559
amplified by trash talking, not just off the field, but

1095
00:50:35,559 --> 00:50:38,039
I would say especially on the field, there's guys that

1096
00:50:38,159 --> 00:50:41,199
aren't that way, and it's wise. You know, some people

1097
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:43,079
need to stay within their own zone, and that's not

1098
00:50:43,119 --> 00:50:47,440
through communication. I do enjoy. I think that's within my

1099
00:50:47,599 --> 00:50:50,800
zone is talking a little bit. And so within these guys,

1100
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,639
I'm sure I'll hear a bunch of it, considering they

1101
00:50:53,679 --> 00:50:55,079
know a lot about me and I know a lot

1102
00:50:55,119 --> 00:50:59,400
about them. But it wouldn't be competition if it wasn't

1103
00:50:59,400 --> 00:50:59,880
that way.

1104
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 1: Wouldn't be competition if it wasn't that way.

1105
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:05,119
Speaker 2: That's in my zone. Yeah, I do. He talks. I've

1106
00:51:05,159 --> 00:51:07,400
seen him. Oh, he chirps. He likes the chirp.

1107
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:12,679
Speaker 6: The pregame speech I can't remember was the video. We

1108
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,480
got a video of a pregame skeeech from John Stanford

1109
00:51:15,559 --> 00:51:16,239
and that's what I think.

1110
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 2: I think it was Stanford.

1111
00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:21,039
Speaker 6: Man, I want to see the pregame skech speech from

1112
00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:23,079
Keanu Tonobasa ahead of the UTAH.

1113
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,360
Speaker 2: Was already elected before the seasons.

1114
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 6: And I'm I'm sure there may be some I can't

1115
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,679
remember what record though, I can't remember what word he

1116
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,360
used to describe when he was asked about it last time.

1117
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:36,800
There may be some similar words, some cute words, few

1118
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,320
cute words, some some some honor code words that may

1119
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,440
be used in that speech. And uh, I think everyone

1120
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,280
in the office says, hey, you know you get you

1121
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:46,480
get passed for this week.

1122
00:51:46,679 --> 00:51:49,760
Speaker 1: Look, honor code violations you know could happen with a

1123
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,519
pregame speech just on a code words. And when I mean,

1124
00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:54,599
there's some words, you know, some words that might make

1125
00:51:54,599 --> 00:51:57,320
the nerd some Tyler Baddy words. It might make the

1126
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,800
nerds feel a little bit uncomfortable. Look, if you're not uncomfortable,

1127
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,880
you can't grow. So my mom always calls me so

1128
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,199
it's okay. So if you hear a cute word or

1129
00:52:05,199 --> 00:52:08,039
two from Keanu, it's totally okay in that regard, don't

1130
00:52:08,039 --> 00:52:10,800
be upset about it. But guys, that was kanutna vasa sound.

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