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<v Speaker 1>So if we're gonna do Billy Joel, you and I

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<v Speaker 1>need a chat because I'm quite sure, with you being

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<v Speaker 1>a young and you being a Summit County boy, your

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Joel knowledge probably needs a little encouragement and a

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<v Speaker 1>little uh, you know, rushing up?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that this is this is fair? Uh? The only

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<v Speaker 2>time I really have heard Billy Joel is parents a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. But then you little and old old uh

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<v Speaker 2>Britain covey a are Billy Joel?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Billy Joel is coming to Rice Cycle Stadium. Billy

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<v Speaker 1>Joel has like a bunch of awesome albums and a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of horrible albums and horrible songs. That doesn't make

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<v Speaker 1>him unique. Let's talk about it, but let's talk football.

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Jeffries, the play by play voice of the Arizona Wildcats,

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<v Speaker 1>on a Monday, Mister Jeffries, how are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 2>Very good?

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<v Speaker 3>Glass Houses? Is that? Is that the album you're thinking of?

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<v Speaker 2>Last Houses? Good? Pull?

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<v Speaker 1>So I may I presume that you're a fan of

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Joel.

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<v Speaker 3>I you know, I'm not a diehard. I'm not going to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, run to his concert at the drop of

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<v Speaker 3>the hat. But yeah, I guess I kind of was

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<v Speaker 3>growing up in his era, so I'm certainly familiar with

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<v Speaker 3>his music. And before I got into sports broadcasting, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>admit to you that I was a rock and roll DJ,

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<v Speaker 3>and so I probably played some of his records.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, very nice times, very nice, very nice.

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<v Speaker 1>I always love to hear the journey of how people

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<v Speaker 1>ended up where they did. And obviously now you and

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<v Speaker 1>have been doing this for a long time with the

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<v Speaker 1>University of.

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona, Brian, what stood out most to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start macro level thirty thousand foot view, Arizona twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>Utah ten.

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<v Speaker 2>What were your main takeaways?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think just the way the Wildcats attacked the game.

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<v Speaker 3>If you look back at their season so far, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>they have been kind of up and down. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>they had a great offensive game planned against New Mexico

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<v Speaker 3>and their opener defense didn't look very good. Second game

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<v Speaker 3>defense looked great, offense kind of sputtered. Third game. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>they scored on their opening drive at Kansas State, they

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<v Speaker 3>were by seven or early third quarter, and then everything

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<v Speaker 3>kind of fell apart from there. They had the bye

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<v Speaker 3>week to try and fix some things, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest question was you know, would they come out

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<v Speaker 3>and attack Utah because, as you guys know, that's how

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<v Speaker 3>the Utes play. I mean, they're a very attacking team

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<v Speaker 3>and Arizona had to stand up to that. And so

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's the first thing that I noticed early

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<v Speaker 3>on in that game that on both sides of the ball,

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<v Speaker 3>Arizona was very aggressive and that's something they need to do.

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<v Speaker 3>If they had any chance to win, they had to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. I'm not going to sit here and tell

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<v Speaker 3>you I thought they had a chance to win, but

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<v Speaker 3>I knew they had to come out and play a

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<v Speaker 3>very aggressive football if they were going to have any

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<v Speaker 3>chance of winning. And that's what they did. Like you said,

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<v Speaker 3>from high up, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Wonder around here and this won't be a surprise.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the biggest topic of conversation is who the

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback is going to be for the Utes and week

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<v Speaker 1>in and week out. You know, you remember it was

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing last year where the messaging from the

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<v Speaker 1>team was it's going to be Cam, he's close, it's

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<v Speaker 1>game time, and then it wasn't. And you know, this year,

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<v Speaker 1>they've got a good young backup in Isaac Wilson who's

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<v Speaker 1>looked pretty good. He's looked better than the situation a

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<v Speaker 1>year ago that ultimately led to a.

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<v Speaker 2>Lot of chasts around here.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder, Brian, what was the conversation last week leading

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<v Speaker 1>up to the game about who Arizona generally speaking, was

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for to see under center for Utah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I can't take you inside the coaches room. I

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<v Speaker 3>can tell you that they probably did the politically correct things,

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<v Speaker 3>saying that they would expect either one of them, had

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<v Speaker 3>to be prepared for either one of them. I know

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<v Speaker 3>that Brent Brennan talked about the experience factor of Cam

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<v Speaker 3>over Isaac Wilson that would be a big factor if

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<v Speaker 3>he played. I think most of the talk was that

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<v Speaker 3>Utah really didn't change its offense a lot depending on

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<v Speaker 3>which quarterback they had. Other than the experience factor, it

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<v Speaker 3>looked just on game film that they were running basically

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<v Speaker 3>the same plays, and so you had to be prepared

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<v Speaker 3>more for Utah's running attack, which is, as you know,

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<v Speaker 3>always been the strength of that team, as opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>who the quarterback might be. Now, the previous two games

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<v Speaker 3>for Arizona they had faced a running quarterback, and I

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<v Speaker 3>guess the one thing going into the game up in

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<v Speaker 3>Salt Lake City, the thought was that Isaac Wilson is

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<v Speaker 3>not going to run, and if cam Rising is playing,

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<v Speaker 3>he's not going to run, because they just didn't want

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<v Speaker 3>to afford any injuries there. And so I can't tell

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<v Speaker 3>you what the Arizona defensive coaches thought if they were

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<v Speaker 3>preparing for the fact that, hey, whoever Utah starts, they're

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<v Speaker 3>probably not going to be a guy that's going to

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<v Speaker 3>run a lot, and maybe they could game plan that way,

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<v Speaker 3>but I don't think there was any thought at least

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<v Speaker 3>from the Arizona camp one way or another as to

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<v Speaker 3>who was going to start in that game and play

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<v Speaker 1>So watching the k State game, you know in Kansas State,

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<v Speaker 1>Utah similar type programs as far as how they want

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<v Speaker 1>to play, it felt Brian that Arizona just had a

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<v Speaker 1>difficult time keeping up with the physicality of k State,

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<v Speaker 1>which I think led to a lot of people around

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<v Speaker 1>here being pretty confident because Utah is a very physical

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<v Speaker 1>football team. But for me, it didn't look like Arizona

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<v Speaker 1>was concerned with the physicality of Utah at all. It

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<v Speaker 1>didn't seem like they were taken back by It didn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem like they were intimidated by it. In fact, oftentimes

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<v Speaker 1>it seemed like they were the ones bringing the physicality

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<v Speaker 1>to a youth team, where it's usually the other way

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<v Speaker 1>around more often than not. What do you attribute the

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<v Speaker 1>shift to. I mean there was a buye between K

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<v Speaker 1>State and Utah. The K State physical team. Arizona had

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<v Speaker 1>a tough time holding up to that physicality. Utah physical

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<v Speaker 1>team didn't seem to face them.

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<v Speaker 3>What are your thoughts, Well, I think the bie weeks

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<v Speaker 3>certainly helped you have a chance to sit back and

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<v Speaker 3>look at some game film, maybe a little more than

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<v Speaker 3>you do during a week because you're normally just preparing

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<v Speaker 3>for your next opponent. So there was also some healthier guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody was not everybody, but you know, guys get banged up,

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<v Speaker 3>not major injuries. And they used that bye week, I

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<v Speaker 3>think to their advantage. And even though it's a new

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<v Speaker 3>coaching staff at Arizona, if you go back to last

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<v Speaker 3>year's Arizona Utah game here in Tucson, I think that's

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<v Speaker 3>really kind of the turning point for Arizona in that

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<v Speaker 3>game that they were able to stand up to Utah's physicality.

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<v Speaker 3>And so maybe they the returning guys, maybe they used

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<v Speaker 3>some of that I know. I asked the coaches, I said,

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<v Speaker 3>even though you weren't on the staff a year ago,

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<v Speaker 3>did you look back at last year's game film to

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<v Speaker 3>try and draw anything from that? And they admitted they did,

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<v Speaker 3>but again they were looking more at what Uta had

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<v Speaker 3>done earlier this season. So it's a combination of things.

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<v Speaker 3>And maybe, you know, the Arizona players just kind of

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<v Speaker 3>figured out that, hey, if we're gonna win, we have

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<v Speaker 3>to be more physical, and they certainly went out and

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<v Speaker 3>did that, and we'll see if they can continue it

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<v Speaker 3>as the season goes on.

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<v Speaker 1>How you know, obviously all of us around here very

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<v Speaker 1>impressed to the job Jedfish did, and I guess Washington

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<v Speaker 1>took note and ultimately he left. How I'm just generally speaking,

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<v Speaker 1>I think everybody was expecting Brian kind of a mass

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<v Speaker 1>exodus to follow Jet up to Washington. How injured, ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>how hurt as far as the personnel goes, was the

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<v Speaker 1>program as a result of the coaching change? And you know, ultimately,

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<v Speaker 1>did it feel like more guys stuck around than you

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<v Speaker 1>were expecting, or did the amount of players who decided

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<v Speaker 1>to bounce after losing their coach kind of fall in

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<v Speaker 1>line with what you were expecting.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, it's kind of hard to tell. I

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<v Speaker 3>think more guys stayed than probably at least if you

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<v Speaker 3>look at the media going into it or the social media.

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<v Speaker 3>I think after Jed laughed last year, they expected more

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<v Speaker 3>to go, and Jed made a concerted effort to try

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<v Speaker 3>and get more guys to go to Washington. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>Arizona lost Jonah Coleman, who was their best running back,

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<v Speaker 3>and now he's the best running back at Washington. A

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<v Speaker 3>season's of prices. Sock also went to Washington. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know how much he's played yet. He's a defensive back.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe the bigger loss than Coleman was Bill Norton, who

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<v Speaker 3>left to go to Texas and he was a defensive

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<v Speaker 3>lineman at Arizona, and that kind of wiped out Arizona's

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<v Speaker 3>defensive front. They already had some guys graduating, but the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that they were able to keep nor Fafida, Tedroa McMillan, etc.

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<v Speaker 3>Tacario Davis, those three guys and Burnett, I'm thinking the

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<v Speaker 3>guys that I know Washington really wanted. But those guys

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<v Speaker 3>all had something in common. They call it the Band

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<v Speaker 3>of the Brotherhood and they decided that, you know, they

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<v Speaker 3>had committed to Arizona, they had committed to themselves. They

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<v Speaker 3>have a different outlook on things. They're not all just

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<v Speaker 3>looking for the nil money. And so they made the

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<v Speaker 3>decision after Jed left that no, they were going to

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<v Speaker 3>stick together and that probably kept some other guys. I

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned some of them. There's some other guys probably that

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<v Speaker 3>were on the fence. And I think because the names

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<v Speaker 3>I mentioned there were the leaders of the team that

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<v Speaker 3>because they were going to stay the other guys said, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to stay with you. And that was big

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<v Speaker 3>obviously for Arizona have any chance to continue their success

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<v Speaker 3>this season, they had to keep that core group together

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<v Speaker 3>and they have and you know, like I said, if

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<v Speaker 3>they continue to play well, I think it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>bode well for the team and their one loss record

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<v Speaker 3>as of the season goes on.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've seen no Fafita for a while make plays.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't surprise anybody around here is watch this young

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<v Speaker 1>man do what he did on Saturday night at Rice

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<v Speaker 1>Cycle Stadium. First couple of games, it didn't look the

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<v Speaker 1>way that most were expecting. And I think it's safe

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<v Speaker 1>to say I'll speak for myself. I just thought that

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<v Speaker 1>Noah would follow Jet up to Washington as well, but

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<v Speaker 1>you kept your quarterback and Saturday night, you fans saw

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<v Speaker 1>firsthand what makes him special, Brian. What stands out most

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<v Speaker 1>about this young player as far as the way he's grown,

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<v Speaker 1>And give me your thoughts on what he did Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>night against a really good defense.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he is a very very grounded young man. And

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<v Speaker 3>if you ever get a chance just to sit and

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<v Speaker 3>even if you just listen to him, you don't even

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<v Speaker 3>have to talk to him, just listen to him. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>he's just somebody that you know takes it personally. He's

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<v Speaker 3>talked over the first three games that he wasn't playing

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<v Speaker 3>as well as he knew he could, and he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>blame anybody but himself. So we'll go back to that

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<v Speaker 3>by week and say, Okay, you know, what was he

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<v Speaker 3>going to do to be better? And I think he

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<v Speaker 3>just got back some of the rhythm that he had before.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll tell you another little you know, just inside part

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<v Speaker 3>on Saturday? I don't know, but Arizona changed their offensive

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<v Speaker 3>coordinator on Saturday and Dino Babers had called plays for

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<v Speaker 3>Matt Atkins, who had been their passing game coordinator, and

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<v Speaker 3>Brent Brennan had said that that was kind of the

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<v Speaker 3>plan as they were working. They wanted some of the

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<v Speaker 3>younger coaches to start moving into rows like that, and

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<v Speaker 3>we just saw some different play calling in terms of

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<v Speaker 3>how quickly they were able to get their plays underway.

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<v Speaker 3>I think if he went back and looked at the

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<v Speaker 3>game film from Arizona's first three games, some of their

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<v Speaker 3>plays were very slow developing and they needed to get

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<v Speaker 3>back because that were you know, Noah was at his

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<v Speaker 3>best last year when it was a very quick offense.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm talking snap to throw, snapped a handoff, and so

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<v Speaker 3>they went back to some of those things Saturday, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think that helped him because that's more the style

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<v Speaker 3>So he's just he's a great young man. He's got

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<v Speaker 3>a tremendous family, and you know, he's got some roots

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<v Speaker 3>there in Utah as well, and so there's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of pride for him, I think going into that game

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<v Speaker 3>where he wanted to get back to what he does best.

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<v Speaker 1>Curious to get the take of the play by play

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<v Speaker 1>voice about the environment in the stadium. You know, we've

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<v Speaker 1>talked about this throughout the course of the show. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a stadium, Riceycle stadium with a reputation for feeling

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<v Speaker 1>and sounding a way that it just didn't on Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course football has to lead the way. It's

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<v Speaker 1>easy to cheer for a team when they're playing well

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<v Speaker 1>and winning. But juxtaposed her past Rice Ecles experiences, I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder what you would have to say on kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the atmosphere that everybody was experiencing on Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 2>Pride.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, two weeks in a row, two games in a row.

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<v Speaker 3>Now Arizona's faced kind of that similar atmosphere when we

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<v Speaker 3>were back in Manhattan, Kansas. They pride themselves the same way.

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<v Speaker 3>They put fifty one thousand in their stadium and they're

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<v Speaker 3>very loud, very supportive of their team. And so Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>knew what to expect going to Salt Lake City. They'd

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<v Speaker 3>just gone through it, and early on it was what

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<v Speaker 3>I'd experienced before going up to Rice Cycles. I think

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<v Speaker 3>probably and I'm just again, I can't get into the

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<v Speaker 3>minds of the fans. But when Arizona had that halftime lead,

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of sensed that there was some worry, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I was thinking, well, there's still another half of football.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, Utah's not going to lay down after this.

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<v Speaker 3>The Utes are going to come out. We figured they've

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<v Speaker 3>come out fired up for that third quarter, and when

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<v Speaker 3>they got within sixteen ten, it look the crowd kind

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<v Speaker 3>of got it back again. But I understand when you're

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<v Speaker 3>used to winning at home and probably and you guys

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<v Speaker 3>would know better than me, you probably don't trail a

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<v Speaker 3>whole lot at home, at least into the second half.

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<v Speaker 3>And you kind of sense then that that was something

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<v Speaker 3>new for the Utah fans. And I'll just add this that,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Brent Brennan has talked a lot if Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>wants to, you know, get back to anything like Utah's

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<v Speaker 3>got going, Arizona's got a packet stadium and we've got

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<v Speaker 3>Texas Tech coming this week, so we'll see how that

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder, since you're one of our friends that sits

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<v Speaker 1>at the former Pac twelve now Big twelve lunch table,

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<v Speaker 1>there's only a few of us, Brian, you know, all

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<v Speaker 1>of us that kind of experienced this for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>What have been your impressions of this new conference experience

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<v Speaker 1>juxtaposed to what we're all used to as long term

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, just personally, it's it's different because, Yeah, if

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<v Speaker 3>you were around the PAC twelve for a long time

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<v Speaker 3>and you play your non conference games and you get

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<v Speaker 3>into the conference schedule, and even though players change and

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<v Speaker 3>you might have coaching changes, you always had a good

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<v Speaker 3>feel for the opponent. You just felt like okay. And

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<v Speaker 3>I felt that way going up to Salt Lake City.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like, oh, this feels great. We're going back

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<v Speaker 3>to playing a team that you know something about, you've

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<v Speaker 3>got some history with, you've been to the stadium before,

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<v Speaker 3>and I just I don't take this the wrong way,

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<v Speaker 3>but it was kind of warm and fuzzy. I thought, Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>this is this is neat going. Even though the Kansas

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<v Speaker 3>State game was not a conference game, it was still

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<v Speaker 3>a Big twelve opponent, brand new. And now this week

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<v Speaker 3>Arizona's got a brand new opponent in Texas Tech. And

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<v Speaker 3>so to me, just from a personal land, it's like

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<v Speaker 3>getting used to all these new rivalries now. And I was,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I grew up in the PAC ten and

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<v Speaker 3>then the PAC twelve, and it's it's been disappoint I

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<v Speaker 3>hated to see the conference come to an end, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm still adjusting to it. So I guess it's let's

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<v Speaker 3>wait and see how it works out. But it isn't

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<v Speaker 3>the same feeling. And that's why I said it was

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<v Speaker 3>kind of fun going to Salt Lake because you knew

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<v Speaker 3>what you were getting into.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, bron, Before I say you louse, appreciate the

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<v Speaker 1>time on this Monday, you know, I don't think anybody

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<v Speaker 1>believes that there will be an undefeated Big twelve team

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<v Speaker 1>at the end, whether overall or in conference. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>it seems so far that this conference is in a

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<v Speaker 1>similar spot to where the PAC twelve was at times,

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<v Speaker 1>where there are a lot of teams that are very

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<v Speaker 1>close and you know, maybe kind of cannibalize themselves a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Who do you believe? And of course Arizona's

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<v Speaker 1>on the list because they've gone defeated, but they're undefeated

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<v Speaker 1>as of now. But how many teams do you think

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<v Speaker 1>realistically can actually win this conference as of today?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I agree with you. I think the balance in

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<v Speaker 3>this conference is pretty good. I mean, there's some teams

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<v Speaker 3>at the bottom. You know, Houston doesn't look very good

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<v Speaker 3>right now, but then you take a look at a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of the other clubs. I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 3>can discount anybody. I haven't seen everybody yet play. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>obviously BYU's off to a great start. Nobody expected this

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<v Speaker 3>from them, So are they the favorite? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know, Kansas State looked great until you know,

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<v Speaker 3>a week ago or so when they went to Provo,

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<v Speaker 3>and Oklahoma State looked really good until Utah and would

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<v Speaker 3>and beat them, And Utah looked great until Arizona. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't you could take half the conference right now and

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<v Speaker 3>probably throw them in the same bucket and pull out

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<v Speaker 3>a name and that that team might win it. So

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<v Speaker 3>I can't give you. I mean, Iowa State right now,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe that's the Maybe it's Iowa State BYU. Maybe those

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<v Speaker 3>are the two best teams. But I just agree with you.

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<v Speaker 3>I think there's too much balance in this league. I

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<v Speaker 3>think there's going to be a lot of teams, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>beating up on each other, and it's gonna, hopefully, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>just for the excitement. I guess at the conference come

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<v Speaker 3>down to the last couple of weeks of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you sir for the time. I hope you had

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<v Speaker 1>a great trip out here to Salt Lake. I enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the seas and we'd love to do

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<v Speaker 1>it again soon.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks Brian, glad to see you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Jeffries, the play by play voice of the Arizona Wildcats,

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<v Speaker 1>has been for a long time at catz PBP on

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