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always want to know what's going on up on the hill.
What's going on with the University of Utah. They're prepping
for the Vegas Ball. They have a formidable foe and
the Cornhuskers, and we wish them well out there in Vegas.
It's a it's a place, a venue that we're well familiar,
familiar with here in Cougar Country. But I also want
to know what the future of Kyle Whittingham looks like.
Where's he going to end up? Will he take staff
members with him wherever he ends up? If he is
he going to be a head coach out, is he
gonna be a DC assistant head coach elsewhere? Is he
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Speaker 2: Let's go Scott Mitchell down in Dirty Scott, things have
been crazy up on the hill over the last couple
of weeks. I know you caught up with Kyle Whittingham,
had a little one on one with him.
Speaker 1: You know what's the vibe? Right now up on the hill.
Speaker 2: How is everybody feeling about the future of Utah football
right now?
Speaker 5: When Utah went to the Pac twelve, they made a decision.
You know, we weren't we weren't just going to be
here and be happy to be here. Staff UH to
to be competitive and going to four Pac twelve championship
games winning to them going to two Rose Bowls. I
think made a statement about where you know, where they
that they invested wisely and.
Speaker 4: That you know, it was it was it turned out
to be a good thing.
Speaker 5: Now now college football is turned the page and it's
going in a very different direction, and money and having
it is a.
Speaker 4: Very important thing. And so I think with this private equity.
Speaker 5: UH decision, it's something they spent a lot of time
talking about developing.
Speaker 4: You know, it just didn't come out of the blue.
Speaker 5: They realized that to be competitive in the conference in
the country, that they needed money, and they needed more
money than they had and most programs do you know,
you see what's going on at EYU and and there's
an infusion of money into the football program and that's
a good thing.
Speaker 4: And so I think you Thaw felt that needed to do.
Speaker 5: I think it also was like, Okay, we knew Kyle
was going to retire at some point.
Speaker 4: And I don't think anyone knew that. I don't think
Kyle knew that.
Speaker 5: But we've also made it clear that Morgan Scalley's going
to be the coach in the future. So let's it's
kind of the right time. You know, last year didn't
end well. The team, you know, had a ten.
Speaker 4: To two season.
Speaker 5: This year was an incredible season that the two losses
were to two really good opponents, and you know, games
could go either way, you know, you know, break here
or there, they could change and so it.
Speaker 4: Was a very good season.
Speaker 5: And I think to risk the potential of a bad
season or maybe a really really good season and kind
of prolonging the inevitable, I think they just said, hey,
we're we've.
Speaker 4: Got this private equity, we're moving in.
Speaker 5: A different direction in our program, and where it's headed
now seems to be the sensible time to make a
break and go a different way.
Speaker 2: Well, it sounds like there's still some optimism out there.
Speaker 3: They're moving forward.
Speaker 2: They've decided to be aggressive, which is fantastic.
Speaker 3: Now out with the old, in with the new.
Speaker 2: But Kyle Whittingham has stepped down, but he's not out
for the count. He still has some juice. He says
he's in the transfer portal. He's willing to take on
another job. Do you think he's a head coach at
the collegial level. Do you think he's going to Michigan.
I know his name has been uttered by those in
ann Arbor.
Speaker 5: Well, I don't think he just wants to coach for
the sake of coaching.
Speaker 4: I don't think he.
Speaker 5: Wants to make a lateral move, like to a program
in the Big twelve or the ACC.
Speaker 4: Or you know.
Speaker 5: And a lot of a lot of the really quality
jobs have of course been taken, and I don't think
he wants to really go anywhere. But boy, to me,
Michigan sure feels like a nice fit, and even a
nicer fit considering the chaos and the problems that they've
had with the science, dealing with their Sharan Moore and
just that whole situation. And and Michigan's a very proud program.
It's a program that has been one that's been a
clean program, and they do things the right way.
Speaker 4: It's one of the top programs in the.
Speaker 5: Country, and it feels like more and more a fit
for for Kyle Whittingham and and I think it.
Speaker 4: I think that goes both ways.
Speaker 5: The one thing, you know, that hasn't happened yet, Michigan
hasn't hired a head coach, and they haven't really said
who they're going.
Speaker 4: I mean, there was some.
Speaker 5: Speculation about Kenny Gillingham and Kaylin de Boor and some
of these other coaches, and maybe they were on their list.
Speaker 4: Who knows, And maybe.
Speaker 5: There's something, you know, until this Bowl game is over
and Kyle is kind of gone from Utah. Maybe I
don't know this, but maybe Kyle can't coach, you know,
or maybe he can't.
Speaker 4: I don't know. It seems like from his comments that
he probably can.
Speaker 5: And if I was Kyle Whittingham and Michigan came knocking
on my door, I would be on the first airplane.
I'd be on the first bus. I would run to Michigan.
I mean, it's one of the top premier programs in
the country. They have a tremendous fan base. He literally
will have all the resources that he potentially could have.
Speaker 4: He'll compete for the best athletes in the country.
Speaker 5: And with the way he develops players and his program
and getting great talent.
Speaker 4: That would just be a fun thing.
Speaker 5: I'd love to see what happens and where he goes
with that. And I think it's you know, he's been
coaching a long time, and I think it's one of
those things where you know, just just to experience it, right,
just to go, man, I went to I went to
the big House and and I got to sit in
a chair and I got to drive it around for
a while, regardless of what the results are, to have
that experience in your life and as a coach. And
he's really at a point where he still has the
juice to do it. He really still wants to coach,
but his family's grown. You know, he's kind of he's
kind of in a really good place. He's he's in
a place where he doesn't have anything to prove, you know,
he can just go and just really enjoy and just
get into just being a great coach and and and
putting together a great program.
Speaker 4: I just think it's a beautiful fit. I hope it happens.
Speaker 5: And again for me, it's all just speculation and hope.
But I don't I don't know that there's another job
or opportunity out there that would excite him, Like I
think Michigan.
Speaker 2: It looks like there are a few other candidates there.
If he doesn't get the Michigan job, where else do
you think he could land?
Speaker 6: Do you?
Speaker 1: And do you think he would take a d C.
Speaker 2: At a DC position, assistant head coaching position at a
major power for university?
Speaker 3: Those those?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 3: I think those positions there.
Speaker 2: I mean some of these dcs are getting paid three
three plus million. I know he's got a three point
four to five million sweetheart deal there as an associate
AD personal assistant to the AD and president at the
University of Utah. But do you think he just you know,
he takes an assistant head coach or DC role.
Speaker 5: Well, you look at a guy like Chip Kelly who
went to Ohio State and won a national championships. Not
a bad deal, you know, if he goes into a
situation like that, And I mean there is some there
is some appeal to that.
Speaker 4: And the appeal is, Hey, all I gotta do is
coach football. And that's that's why coaches get into this.
Speaker 5: When you become a head coach, if head is like
headaches and heartache and you know, dealing with all the
things you have to deal with that aren't football related.
And I think that's something that I'm sure he loved
to do and be a part of. But there there
is a real appeal to just getting back to just
coaching football.
Speaker 4: And if you again could go to the.
Speaker 5: Right situation, the right you know, the right school, yeah,
that that might be appealing as well, but.
Speaker 4: It has to be something significant.
Speaker 5: It couldn't it wouldn't and it couldn't be just you know,
you know, just going anywhere to coach it. It'd have
to be the right thing. Otherwise I think he's like, yeah,
I'll just kind of sit on the sideline. Maybe I
sit for a year. Maybe I just take some time
off and uh and see, you know what comes up.
Because because part of the challenge is the lateness with
which this decision was made and it still won't be
final until New Years and so with the transfer portal
coming up, and with you know, all the different things
that are happening, you really need to have been in
place by now.
Speaker 4: So maybe it is sitting out. I don't know, but
there's certainly whether it's this year or maybe a year
or so down the road, I think Kyle Whittingham definitely
will be coaching again somewhere.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you wonder if the NFL would he be interested
at all in taking that leave to the NFL?
Speaker 3: Or is that college ball the place for him?
Speaker 4: I think there's some guys that it appeals to.
Speaker 5: I don't know, I've never in any conversation I've had
with Kyle like that. It's something, you know, maybe if
it was with someone he was real familiar with, like
Andy Reid, I know, his sons with the Chiefs, if
there was an opportunity to coach there, that that might
appeal to him, just just because of the environment. Now,
the Chiefs are kind of down right now, maybe it's
not the best time to be at the Chiefs.
Speaker 4: I remember level Edwards.
Speaker 5: Ask me one time about the Detroit Lions because they
really went after Lavelle hard and I could tell in
our conversation that it really intrigued him.
Speaker 4: But he ultimately knew kind.
Speaker 5: Of his you know, kind of where he fit the best,
and and even though it was extremely enticing, he's still
and I think he made the right choice to stay
at BYU. But still, I think I think for every
coach there's always that allure of Hey, that's the big time.
Can I coach at that level? Can I succeed at
that level? I think everyone has that feeling. But again, boy,
it's that that's a that's a tough, tough place to
be a coach and uh and and it's it's a
brutal grind, even more more than colleges. So you have
zero life whatsoever as a coach there. I think it'd
be great at it. I think it'd be wonderful. But
I think for Kyle just I think he wants to
be selective and it's got to feel right and fit right.
Speaker 3: Does he really want to leave Utah?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 2: It's got What do you think he would ever entertain
going back to Zamah mater in coaching down the line
in the next couple of years, depending on how the
dominoes fall.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, a lot of a lot of coaching,
his relationships. I mean a lot of coaches that Kyle
has brought on, you know, or even brought back.
Speaker 4: I mean you look at Gary Anderson, who played at YOUTHA.
Speaker 5: I played with Gary Utah and Gary left and was
it Oregon stayed at at Wisconsin. Kyle brought him back
for a year or so to coach and uh, you
know he's and Kyle's got a great relationship with Coloney
and j Hill and and a lot.
Speaker 4: Of guys that are now at b YU.
Speaker 5: And you know, it's one of those things though where
I think I think it could feel like it could.
Speaker 4: Be more of a distraction. I don't know, you know,
I don't know that's a that's good.
Speaker 5: It would you know, if he if he felt like, hey,
b YU has really got it together, like they got
their NIO money together, that really have something here, maybe
maybe he you know, because he look, we went to
school there. He's an alumni of the school. I believe
that BYU means a lot to him. He met his
wife there. I mean there's just you know, his dad
coached there. I mean, he's just the whole experience. Yeah, there,
there could be you know, under the right circumstances, and
that that's when your head coach has to feel really
confident in himself, you know.
Speaker 4: And then some coaches aren't.
Speaker 5: You know, they're like, man, I don't want anyone that
potentially can overshadow me.
Speaker 4: But if you know, if he could go in there
and say, look.
Speaker 5: The the better, bigger minds that we have here were
the better we're going to be as a team.
Speaker 4: And and uh, you know, I don't know if Kyle
would do that.
Speaker 5: I don't know if Coloney do that, But that would
be really interesting. That might be about as interesting as
I think any coaching spot Kyle could get into.
Speaker 2: It would be crazy if he wanted to make things real,
real interesting along the wahsat front, that would be one
of the most controversial moves in Utah, the state of
Utah athletics history, b YU, Utah football history.
Speaker 3: That's what it would be, Scott, It'd be It'd be crazy.
Speaker 4: I think it would be normal. Ben.
Speaker 5: Look at this relationship between all these coaches and it's
so incestuous. It's like they all know each other and
they go back and forth coaching against and with and all.
Speaker 4: This stuff and just be par for the course here.
We wouldn't even bat an eyelash Well.
Speaker 2: I think Utah fans and donors and the collective corporate
sponsor base, I.
Speaker 1: Think they think. I think they think differently.
Speaker 6: You b.
Speaker 2: YU fans would be like, Okay, let's go, we got
we got Kyle back in the fold.
Speaker 1: You know, there would probably be a few.
Speaker 2: Few individuals like I don't know if we should do this,
and like, no, if Kyle's willing to be a coach
at b YU and you have a job opening for
his specialty, well you bring him in with open arms.
Speaker 3: I think, tell me what you think about this.
Speaker 2: Obviously UTAH is going to induct him into their Hall
of Fame. I think b YU should induct him into
their hall of fame as well.
Speaker 3: Your thoughts, Yeah, I mean he had a great career.
Speaker 5: I just happened one day to pop on a video
of Kyle when he was at d YU and they
were playing at Hawaii and he was all over the field.
You know, he was a whack defensive player of the year.
I mean he was on some really really good football
teams at d YU.
Speaker 4: You know, all of what he did there sure alone,
I think should.
Speaker 5: Be fitting of him going to you know, to the
into their into their Hall of fame. So much was
focused on offense at b YU at that time, but
they were really good defensive. I mean, they were great teams.
They had some great defensive players all through Lavelle's era.
Speaker 4: But just throwing the.
Speaker 5: Football got all the attention, as it should by the way,
Ben but uh, but but he was great and yeah,
he'll he'll definitely, he'll definitely be in the Utah Hall
of Fame. He'll get his name up on the on
the stadium here and I'd imagine it'd be pretty soon too,
and well deserved. I mean, he was incredible at you
saw what he did there, and I know for me,
you know, when I went there in nineteen eighty six,
I never imagined that the school would get to where
it got and it went places that I you know,
going to Rose Bowls and Power five Conferences was not
something that anyone saw happening. And he was right in
the middle of it and a big part of why
it was successful.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you have any unique perch as it relates to
the Holy War, the time, the era in which you
were recruited to Utah that was kind of the glorier
is yu football, right, and then you see this, you know,
like there was a reversal, right that you know from
you know, the Lavera era, and then Ronnie Mack took
over in the nineties and it made it competitive. And
then Urban came in after that and started to win more.
And then when when Kyle took over, it was back
and forth until you got.
Speaker 1: Into the back twelve and then he dominated.
Speaker 2: Now it's back in maybe BYU's favor the last three
go rounds.
Speaker 3: Now that BYU has power for affiliation.
Speaker 2: Are we going to see kind of a splitting kind
of similar to the Ronnie Mack era to Urban Mara
Urban era where where it was kind of fifty to
fifty or do you think it's going to be heavy
towards BYU. How do you see the win loss record
going into the big twelve era of this Holy War?
Speaker 5: I think the one thing that's always shocked me is
that anything's possible, and you really do throw out records,
you throw out talent bases. The game is shocking how
close so many of these games have been, and who
won and who lost, and it's just funny how that works.
Speaker 4: So I see it.
Speaker 5: I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be extremely competitive.
Speaker 4: I'm a huge fan of.
Speaker 5: The rivalry, and I think what's happened where by us
kind of you know, edged out forward and it feels
like the ball is in their court. I think it
doesn't sit well with the people up on the hill
at Utah and so that your rival getting the best
of you actually makes you better and you go, look,
we got we gotta get better to compete, and we
don't want the humiliation of losing. And I believe that's
passionate on both sides of this, and all that does
is it just makes everybody better and it brings especially
with the affiliation to.
Speaker 4: A power conference. I think I think the conference.
Speaker 5: Should really seriously look at this game coming at the
end of the season. If you would imagine, you know,
BYU eleven and one in Utah eleven and one going
into the last game of the season.
Speaker 4: Or or I think that I don't know if b
why had they lost? Did they lose to someone?
Speaker 5: I don't know, they may have Anyways, the point is
is both of these teams playing for going to the
conference Championship College Football playoffs and really really squeezing every
ounce of what's great about this rivalryalt and letting it
play out in front of a national audience. I think
is huge for both schools wherever it goes.
Speaker 4: But it's always going to be competitive. I thought, I mean,
I thought.
Speaker 5: After winning nine games in a row at Utah, like,
there's no way DYU is ever gonna win other game,
And and then and then they did, right, and and
and the crazy thing is that was the year Utah
won the Pac twelve and went to the Rose Bowl
for the first time, and they lost to BYU that year.
And so, you know, it's just that's how it is.
It's it's no matter what, no matter where, no matter
who thinks they're ahead of the other one, the other
one is going to find a way to give it
their very best shot every time they play because they
do not want to lose this game, which.
Speaker 4: Is which is what we all want. We want we want,
we want the healthy hatred towards one another.
Speaker 1: No doubt.
Speaker 2: Well, some of it's going to be determined by who's
winning the recruiting battles in the state, right and uh.
Speaker 3: Who's winning those right now.
Speaker 2: Look, there's been a bit of a flip, but both
both teams had pretty good recruiting classes. I think by
you edged it out this year. But you know how
that goes year to year. We're gonna see kind of
battles even on the recruiting fertile grounds of the state
of Utah, because football on the State of Utah keith
on getting better and better.
Speaker 3: A lot of high profile prospects here.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it certainly is getting better, and you definitely want
kids from your own backyard for so many reasons. They
have more, you know, to play for there's a greater investment.
Speaker 4: I think both of these.
Speaker 5: Programs though, they understand there's a unique culture that they
have to find a player that fits.
Speaker 4: Into that as well.
Speaker 5: And so you know, if you look at it just
from the mirror stars and rankings and whatever, it can
be a little bit misleading because you know, it's always
been getting the right players to fit our culture.
Speaker 4: And I think Koloni feels the same way at BUYU
and they do at.
Speaker 5: Utah, and that's the fun part to watch. I think
the question for me about recruiting now is who's going
to be around? Like you know, there's some exciting guys
Youtah and you go, are they going to be here
or not? Or I know that you know, you take
a guy like Keanu Tunavaso, who is who would have
been a huge help for Utah this year and he
leaves and it goes to BYU. And then you look
at John Henry Daly who was just phenomenal for Utah
this year and he left BYU and you and so
you certainly don't want to spend all that time recruiting
guys and then have them leave, and especially leave to
to their their rival, and it's kind of gone both ways.
Speaker 4: I don't know. Maybe that makes it more interesting or better, but.
Speaker 5: It's you know, it's so much about keeping the players
so that you can develop them into your culture as
much as you can. I think that's that's a strategy
that's got to take a different path, and it has
in the past, just because guys, it's so easy for
guys to leave.
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great to hear that the staff is treating you right yeah,
and that you're you know, you're focusing on your health
for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: It's it's super important.
Speaker 8: It's one of those things that you know a lot
of people end up neglecting, and you know, as someone
who went through that same thing, it's great to finally
be back at a point where I'm feeling better, I'm
performing better, I'm looking better, and so it's awesome to
hear that you took advantage of that.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 6: No, I talked to Jason, set up playing, gonna be
doing some things, talk to the wife, because look, I'll
just be honest. I'm not going to hide it. I've
been open about it. I don't know if I've told you.
My dad died from a heart attack, and that's the
last thing I want to start experiencing. I know I
don't look older, but like i'll be twenty nine next week,
so I'm almost in my thirties and things start to change,
you know. And my dad just he didn't take care
of things the right way, diet wise, other stuff wise,
and I'm just I got a kid now, families on
the way. I was like, I don't want to go
out early and neglect my health, and that's why I
got to get back in the game game day ment healths.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think it's good.
Speaker 6: So if men out there older than me, this is
the opportunity now, even if you're younger, take advantage of it,
because that's the biggest thing. My wife and I had
a conversation when we were going to the airport two
years ago and she's like, you gotta make some health changes.
You do, She's like, because if you don't, you'll be
in the same position. And going out at fifty one
to fifty two is way too early, you know. And
our health is our wealth, it really is. And it
says that even in the scriptures. I hate to get
biblical with it, but we're taught, you know, and the
Bible and even in the Book of Mormon a word
of wisdom that we need to take care of ourselves.
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But there's a vacation that we're going to be taking
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Speaker 8: You know that's awesome to hear those body weight scans.
Those body composition scans are kind of humbling.
Speaker 1: Oh I did one.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I did one a.
Speaker 8: Couple of months ago, and I was like, all right, well,
it just pointing out the areas that I need to
improve on.
Speaker 4: Yep.
Speaker 6: But it's good though. It gives you the exactly what
you need. I'm gonna attack it hard to new year,
after coming back from the pop Tarts bowling after my birthday,
actually got to splurged a little bit. But after that,
gonna hit it hard for sure. Let's get right in
to it. Though, BYU notorder Dame, that's the first thing
Home and Home series, I would have to think that
this only got agreed upon if notre Dame was coming
to Provo. First, bou is not going to go to
South Bend. They got they got a little bit you know,
jipped with the Shamrock series and the ticket sales. But
just your thoughts on this home and home.
Speaker 8: Uh, super excited for it. I went to the game
down in Vegas. Was that two years ago? Twenty twenty two?
I think it was okay with Jaron Hall. Yeah, yeah,
super fun, really good series. And I am excited that
they're coming to Provo. I mean, I know that that
was the big controversy back with that Shamrock series was
that they ended up doing that neutral. I thought that
it was a lot of fun. You know, I love
going to Lavelle Edwards Stadium, but going down to Vegas
and making a trip out of it was a lot
of fun as well.
Speaker 1: But I'm super glad that they're coming.
Speaker 8: And I mean, what a marquee matchup to add to
already a great slate of football in.
Speaker 1: For next year.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think this is needed. I received a text
message from somebody. It was two days ago, and they said,
got to take the respect and this is how you
do it. How you do it is playing a team
like this in non conference because look, regardless of when
it's place, and I've heard this person said it's supposed
to be October when they're supposed to play. Regardless of
when they play, this is a great opportunity to build
the resume because they said, you didn't play anybody in conference.
You're not getting credit for playing someone in a conference.
So maybe you beat or to Dame and then you
get that respect that she deserves and if you don't.
What that does it gives the opportunities. It may be
an organ or a Washington or USC to schedule you
going forward and home and homes a non conference game,
which I think will eventually lead to be why you
get in the CFP.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think this is going to be only going
to boost our our strength of schedule this this upcoming year.
I mean that's been such a challenge, right, especially with
some of these deals that we've had where it's like
scheduled ten years in advance or whatever. We have no
idea what type of team it's going to be ten
years from the time that it was actually scheduled, and
so but we do know what Notre Dame's like, right,
I mean, they were one of those fringe college football
playoff teams. So it's great to have that scheduled here
within the next couple of years and really boost our
resume for this upcoming season.
Speaker 6: Yeah, they're definitely going to boost the resume for next year.
The twenty twenty six schedules. To give you idea I
of in case you haven't heard of it, they were
playing Kali callin at home. That's your placed now in
order Dame. They play Utah Tech, So there's your FCS opponent.
They played Colorado State. Throw head out to the rams
over there. I'm going to Fort Collins, so you'll find
and never and drive about an hour or hour and
a half up. I remember playing them in rugby. Smashed him,
so bau foom Oneys smashed him even more. Arizona you
play them at the crib. You traveled this season. It
was a double It was a double overtime game. What
a thriller, My goodness. And they were a good football team.
They were nine and three. Good football team. Arizona State
also was a good football team. Kennedy Dellham got an extension.
Sam Levit's gone, but there have beens I've seen pitchers.
If Devin denper is gonna get pulled, will he go?
Speaker 1: Doubt it?
Speaker 6: But let's see. But Arizona State, you get them at
the crib, you get Baylor l e S, you get
Iowa State. Have to think that's a dub right new
coach Rockobecks probably going to Penn State most likely he's
in the portal. And I'll just get your thoughts on
that you even play Cincinnati. I'm listing these out one, two, three,
three opponents for this next season at BA you played
this year have all lost their quarterback to the portal.
Levit's not with Arizona State, Rock go Beck's now what
Iowas date and Brentan Scoresby excuse me, Sowarsby is also
testing the poort now And it is crazy to think
that that's the landscape of college athletics.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, we're so grateful that we were keeping
bear as right now right like Joshua were too, TCU
horn Fall.
Speaker 1: It's lotstick quarterback as well. That is nuts.
Speaker 8: I mean think about that, that movement, especially with such
a high profile position like quarterback. I mean you have
to think, I mean, hopefully for those guys they have
they have someone in the wings just waiting to take over,
right yeah, and uh yeah, it's just it's just crazy
the landscape of college football right now. So I think
a lot of those guys are testing the water because
they kind of see the riding on the wall with
college Football Playoff. If they want to compete with the
College Football Playoff, it's like, well, is this the right
conference to do it? I mean, unfortunately, that's that's the
case right now, especially at quarter to the quarterback position.
Speaker 4: Guys.
Speaker 6: I'm trying to get to the next level. And I think, look,
I think Bear could be contacted. That's just the way
they is. Everybody is. But I don't think he's gonna
go anywhere. No, you should be more concerned about will L. J.
Martin come back or willly declare for the draft? Can
you retain Isaiah Glask or is that a guy who
before he got injured, because I think he can play
in a different conference to the linebacker position. I think
he's athletic enough. I think he is worth the money.
Speaker 8: We've seen that before in recent years, right with like
Keenan Peely going to Tennessee like we are. Our players
can play in any conference, and so it's it's really
a testament to the program though as well, how well
we've done in the transfer portal, not just getting guys
to come to BYU, but keeping those guys. And yeah,
I'm not super concerned about Bear, but I'm I'm positive
he's getting attention from other teams.
Speaker 6: There's no way he isn't well. I mean that just
is a credit to the coaching staff. He just said
the program Jay Hill in conversations with you know people
in the past of oh, you know the rumors that
go out and no fan should ever be up set
with that, or Kalani in the deal. Maybe that it
took so long for a deal to get done. You
could have thoughts and pains about that, but that means
we've had multiple guests on the show things you're.
Speaker 1: Doing something right.
Speaker 6: And at some point, I said this about a week
and a half ago, this staff, in the next two seasons,
maybe three, someone's gonna be gone. And that's just the
way it goes. That's just college athletics. And they altered
to me at some point, are gonna deserve coaching head
coaching jobs or coordinator Johns. These guys are position coaches
like Matt Mitchell right, he's at Colorado State, now you
know as the quarterbacks coach and you know as one
of the offensive I don't know if he's offensive coordinator
or something there offensively, like he's he's gone now promotion
for him. Everybody coaching at some point has a expressions
to be a head coach, position, coach, dco see, whatever
it is. So you have to take that into account.
But Kilanie's done a phenomenal job of being able to
advocate for his assistance because I think this is one
of the longest tenures I've seen of a coaching staff
that it's going to be able to be together because
this doesn't happen off in a college as.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and that's the great thing about Kloni, and it's
as as any employer, like they want the best for you, right,
and Colonie wants the best for his his coaching staff
as well, whether that's with the program or if they
have higher aspirations to to help them get to whatever
it is their goal is. And for like you said,
like the competitive nature of college football coaches, they want
higher and bigger and better, right, And that's the kind
of guy that you want your staff as well. And
so at times that means that they have to you know,
spread their wings and fly at a different program. But yeah,
it's been it's been awesome to have the consistency that
we've had over the past few seasons.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely, you're not wrong. Got to have the consistency,
no doubt about it. Let's go and transition out to
the pop tards ball b he takes them door to
tech the football team, the quarterback form or four star.
He can run it, he can throw it. He's phenomenal
with his legs on the ground. You can say arguably
he's just as good as bare I looked with stats.
I think he's got fifteen tds on the ground, almost
one thousand rushing yards this season. He can run the football. Yeah,
you saw what he did against Colorado. Tear you up
if you if you don't plan for a plan for him.
What do you like about the matchup? What Bau's defense
can can accomplish in this game? And give me a
score prediction?
Speaker 8: Oh man, well, I think we do match up pretty well.
We've done fairly well against uh running quarterbacks already this season.
We're in a unique position where we have some linebackers
that can you know, spy the quarterback and kind of
keep him a little bit more corraled. He is a
phenomenal quarterback right both with his legs and with his arm,
and so it will be a unique challenge for this team.
But I think they're I think they're ready for the task.
And we're healthy at the linebacker position. So whether it's
Jack Kelly or as Isaiah Glasker or one of these
other new guys like new Sire, or we have some
some dudes that can run and and make sure that
we keep him a little bit crowd like I mentioned before.
So I think we're in a good position we have.
I have no doubt in my mind that they are
game planning specifically for that, and I have the most
confidence in the world that Jay Hill will dial something
up that will keep him at bay. In terms of
score predictions, man, I have no idea what the score
of this is game is gonna be. I don't think
it's gonna.
Speaker 3: Be a blowout.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a close game.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't think it's gonna be like the Colorado
game last year.
Speaker 1: For our whole game if it would to be great,
but I don't think so.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I mean, motivation is a big factor for I think
both these teams.
Speaker 1: I think so too.
Speaker 8: I think they both feel a little bit snubbed, and
so I think they're gonna both come out playing really,
really hard. And so I don't know, I would say
it's gonna be like BYU twenty four Georgia Tech twenty
one or something along those line.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I think it's gonna be definitely a touchdown
or less, you know, thirty one twenty seven type game.
Definitely in that ballpark up for sure. But the Cougars,
you got them coming out on top of your thoughts
on the helmet, the Pop Tarts sprinkle helmet and are
you in the competitive petty nature that bo should wear
that helmet in a uniform against Notre Dame next year?
Speaker 8: Oh no, No, I love the I love the the
unique helmets that they they came out with.
Speaker 1: I know that our record when when having kind of.
Speaker 8: Those those custom those custom lids, is a little bit suspect,
but at the same time, like I love that they
do it. I don't I don't put too much weight
into that, like determining the outcome of the game or
anything like that, but I think it's fun to do that.
I mean, the Pop Tarts Bowl In recent years, that's
been one of the most fun bowl games to watch
with all the festivities and the way that they entertained
for the game. I mean, this is this is way
better than uh, what's that one? Like the Duke's Mayo
Bowl or I'm not throwing shade at like these other
these other bowl games, but the Pop Tart Bowl. They
know how to do it. And the fact that they're
doing this with the the uniforms is a lot of fun. Now,
what do I think that they should wear this for
the Notre Dame game?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 1: Honestly, the Notre Notre game is too cute. Keep it business.
Speaker 8: Yeah, Notre Dame's decision not to play in the in
the bowl game, I think had very little to do
with b YU. I think it was a personal decision
that they made, But I don't think it had anything
to do with b YU. I think whoever they put
in front of that Notre Dame, they would have made
the same decision.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that the Players Committee.
Speaker 6: From everything that's come out now as Jeremiah Love is
declared for the NFL Draft, and I think a couple
other players have said that they would have opted out anyway,
and what if to declared for the draft. They just want
to have the bodies, you know, and that doesn't make
the argument do you go out there like Florida State
of Guys or you know, the main quarterback gets hurt
and everybody opts out in Georgia spanks them. Do you
go out there and have that? Is it worth the brand?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 6: You know, Kirby Smart praised Florida State that it's unfortunate
that they had to get left out and had to
deal with that, and that they had to play second
third and maybe even walk on guys. Right, he tried
to do the best that he can, but he had
the game plan and he had to be down a
team that was already be down. So you bring up
a good point with that. And maybe they also opted
out as like, look, we're gonna play you in a
home and home anyway, So you know, maybe that we
don't know, right, but that's all speculation. But at the
end of the day, I really think they didn't have
the bodies. I don't think they would have.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it sucks for the seniors on that team though,
the guys who don't have eligibility that Yeah, no, that
would have been their last game every that does suck,
and then some of these guys like that would have
been a huge opportunity for him, like they might never
make it back to or make it down to Florida.
Speaker 1: Yeah, like hanging with.
Speaker 8: Their friends, experiencing some of the stuff they would for
the Bowl game. So I feel bad for those guys.
But you know, it's great that l has a consolation
prize that we're getting them in twenty twenty six and
twenty twenty seven. But yeah, it's it's kind of a weird.
It's a weird precedence for the sport, and hopefully we
can figure something out to make this type of thing
not happen again.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I've definitely got to make sure it doesn't happen again,
no doubt about it. I'm here with Lane Allen, the
owner of Game Day, Men's Healthier for Pleasant Grove, in
a world a bau Sports second on a Christmas Eve
edition of Cougar Sports here on one to three, nine
and ninety eight three. Finish up on the last couple
of things and then we'll get you out of here.
Got to talk a little bit of basketball. Ag de
box is put back dunk. Don't know if you're at
the game, if you're watching on television or if you
saw it afterwards, just your reaction. And then the thirty
point triple double, first ever thirty point triple double on
BYU history, first triple double since Kyle Collinsworth March sixteen,
twenty sixteen. Almost what so about almost ten years ago?
Nearly what a decade ago that it's taken that to happen.
Your thoughts on that?
Speaker 8: Man, one of these teams gonna learn that they got
a box out right, because it's two games in a row. Now,
well was was Apple? Yeah ZAPLI and Chris he had
to put back on Monday. Yeah, phenomenal. I mean, this
guy is so insanely athletic in his court vision to
to even anticipate that, uh is so great. So we
are so spoiled as fans to have this team right now,
to see what they're able to do, and to have
a player like a j de band So, I mean,
hopefully we get another player like this in the future,
but we are so spoiled to have a guy like
him at b YU. So I didn't watch the game
live last night. It was spending time with the family
doing Christmas festivities. But I did watch it back, and
uh was was elated when I saw when I saw
that dunk. In terms of his just overall performance, man,
he is he is getting better and better. I mean,
there's gonna you're you're starting here the national media that
the the analyst saying there was that that period of
time where you know, they're questioning whether he was going
to be the number one draft pick. He's somewhere in
the top three. I mean, he's solidifying it right now.
Like you can't look at that guy and say, like
his game is becoming more and more well rounded, not
just from a scoring perspective, but his ability to pass,
his ability to rebound. I mean, it's it's just incredible
to see what this kid's doing right now. And he's
really he's really coming into his own and figuring out
the college game.
Speaker 6: Yeah, he definitely. As Kevin Younger said that he continues
to grow every game. You're like, well, how much growth
does he have with the way he just continues to
grow in every game? And now you're saying it, you know,
the career high with thirty five thirty point triple double.
I do not want to be Mihilo Boskovich in that situation.
That was a shot of his life. That's probably the
biggest shot he's ever going to take in his career
unless he's in a championship game with opportunity to win it.
Because if he would have missed that shot, he'd been
a very hated man in provo. So I don't envy that.
But I was watching on Monday being like, you've you
missed it? Ooh, and he made it so it made
up for But no doubt, AJ definitely is showcasing why
he's going to be the number one pick, and if
he doesn't in conference play, I think he will. I
was looking at the numbers yesterday today he's right behind
Cam Boozer with second and leading scorer in the country
with twenty three point one. Cam is twenty three point three.
So he's on track to win a Nasmith Player of
the Year and the last person to do it at
BA was Jimmer for that.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, it's absolutely crazy. This freshman class across
the country is just so stacked. I mean, and it's
I mean, this is a product of nil right. A
lot of these players would not be in uh in
college right now if it weren't for and I. They
would figure out some other path to get to the NBA.
But it's great. It's it's great for the sport, and
it's really exciting. I mean, I I wasn't around for
uh well I would I don't remember Sean Bradley. I
was actually at BYU when Jimmer was there. And this
is the most or excited I've been since since those
Jimmer years, and it's been it's been a while, right,
It's it's just really fun time to be a fan.
Speaker 6: It's a fun time to for those fans yourself watching that.
As a media member, I enjoy watching and covering. Look,
I'm gonna enjoy every aspect because I'm sure at some
point they'll have a number one overall recruiting the Kevin
Young gar As long as he's at BYU, I don't
know if there'll be another AJ. That's the thing that's
the tough part is this is a generational talent, generational player,
gonna go down in the history of BYU greats. He's
gonna be up there with Jim if not better, depending
what they're able to do, if they're able to get
to an elite eight. Last time I was done with
Danny Age in eighty one. You get to a final
four like Bo. He is the most NTA appearances without
a final four. He does that, I think he's one
of the greatest players, if not the greatest player in
Kevin Young by go down as the greatest coach. Some
people are gonna say that's hyperbole, and they're gonna say
it's way too early. But look, none of those other
coaches got there. I get it's a different error. I
get things are way different. I understand that, but you
have to play with the cars that you're dealt. Those
other coaches accomplished a lot, and they are all time
greats and they go down in history their top five
Dave Rose, Steve Cleveland. I don't want to take that away,
but Kevin Young gets Bo to a final fourth, opportunity
to get to the national championship. If that occurs, there's levels,
there's levels, so you better enjoy it as bau fans.
And I know you're enjoying it and other people are,
but they're you need to enjoy Also, Game Day Min's Health.
Tell Us about Game Day Min's health, Getting in the
holiday season, get it to the start of the new year.
Twenty twenty six tell Us about how just men and
people need to take care of their health. We're seeing
a lot of you know, just more diseases younger people
like going at this point, man, I'm seeing I feel
like we're at risk for a lot of things. Now,
how can we improve our health? Plane?
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's it's focusing on preventative medicine as opposed to
you know, wait until you're sick and overweight and low energy.
There are things that you can do now to help
yourself in the long run.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 8: You can't wait until your fifty sixty seventy to start
focusing on your health.
Speaker 1: You got to do it.
Speaker 8: At a younger age, right, and your overall life will
improve in all aspects.
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Speaker 8: That includes your your family life, your your business, professional life,
whatever it is, it will be better because your health
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Not only are we here for you to feel your best,
but to perform your best, to look your best. Like
we understand that this is all part of like people's goals, right,
and so that's what we do. You mentioned our provider,
Jason he is fantastic. There is a reason why we
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Not every guy is exactly the same. They have different goals,
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So if you are low energy, if you are not
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These are all things that are directly impacted by where
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it's a matter of listening and figuring out what you want.
Speaker 6: But you gotta go in guys. Look, I went into
to Jason. It was a great, great talk. I'm good
to catch up, ready to feel cared about right where
the person's focusing on you or how are you feeling?
What are your concerns asking those questions? Okay, this is
what we have. What would you like to go hear?
Are your options? All of it being explained, and man,
it it's set up of like, man, I feel like
I can really accomplish. You feel empowered when you leave,
And I hope that people that are listening to this
right now live or on the podcast that they can
feel the same thing because I really feel like, man,
I'm gonna attack twenty twenty six hard. I'm really going
to be able to change in my life. And that's
how you get back in the game with game day
ments health, I need to let you go. I've taken
a lot of your time today. You got to get
back to the family. I met your wife. I don't
want her get upset with me. I know family time
is important. But before I let you out of here,
I need to ask this traditions in an aloe house?
Speaker 1: What do you guys like to do?
Speaker 6: Who will you guys be with this Christmas?
Speaker 1: Are you the pajama family?
Speaker 4: You know?
Speaker 6: Bread and I had this discussion yesterday before he left.
In the first hour, him and Out were like, yeah,
we lose the battles on the pajama things, but what's
their traditions in your house?
Speaker 8: So we do the pajama thing. This is actually we
changed it up this year. So in previous years we
did pajamas on New Year's Eve, and we realized if
you do it New Year's Eve, you can only wear
them for you know, a handful of days out of
the year. So we actually did pajamas early this year,
and I think we did it like on the first
or the second or something like that. Oh, so we've
been wearing Christmas pajamas now for the entire month of December.
Speaker 1: Oh I like that.
Speaker 8: Yeah, because the Bread and I were saying the one
day sucks. Oh yeah, Christmas, it's it's all about ROI right,
you got you gotta get your money's worth. Yes, so
uh so that's one big change that we've made.
Speaker 1: No, this year is gonna be pretty low key.
Speaker 8: We're sticking around, uh, sticking around here, spending some time
with my wife's family. Uh. They live in Pleasant Grove
where where our clinic is at, and just keeping it
pretty low key this year. So, but I'm not gonna
bore you with all the traditions. My wife is all
about traditions.
Speaker 6: Look, I always like to know how other people's wives
are because my wife is about the only tradition that
my mom installed and says, we watched the Public Express Christmas.
We have hot chocolate and popcorn and we watch an
Upper Jamas. That's really the only thing that we do.
But the whole actions, they got a bunch of other
stuff that they do. So I'm always intrigued to know
because I feel like I hate the South this way,
But as a man, I'm like, I'm pretty simple food games,
and I'm okay.
Speaker 8: If anything happens to my wife, my kids holiday experiences
are gonna change drastically because Dad doesn't put put much
time and effort into the traditions, but the wife is
all about them.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Dad's a vacation guy.
Speaker 6: That's what I say. I'm a vacation person. See, you're
not in your head like Ben and I talk all
the time about it. Dad's a vacation guy. Vacation is
where you're gonna get us Holidays decorating now see other things.
And I'm probably the worst person for you. I'm not
a she loves Halloween. I don't like Halloween. She puts
up all the decorations and they're coming down at the
week of Thanksgiving them just like, oh my goodness, you
loved it so much.
Speaker 1: But I will be good.
Speaker 6: I'll give our daughter the ornament, make sure he doesn't
put in their mouth, puts it on the tree. But yeah,
you're not wrong about it. Lane, thanks to your time today.
I'll let you go. Meyror Christmas to you and your family.
We'll catch up with you next week if possible, and
then if we don't, then happy to Y're to you.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, man, thanks for having me.
Speaker 6: Of course, appreciate Lane showing up and showing out. Guys,
that's the rest of the show. Unfortunately, we are out
of time, actually over on a little bit of time.
I had to make up for it, you know in
the earlier hours. Appreciate everybody that joined us for this
special Cougar Sports edition. This Christmas Eve edition. You have
Brett Always bringing the hammer in the first segment discussing
all things related to the Pop Tars.
Speaker 1: Bowl and BYU basketball.
Speaker 6: We have Brian Keith sound discussing what he thinks about
this BAU football team. You can catch all of that.
If you missed any of it, I'll a cart on
the podcast. Darnold Dixon of Daily Herold join us, Mark Durant,
the color analyst for BYU men's basketball. We had Scott
Mitchell join us as well, talking about well Kyle whitting
him continue to coach? Could he be at Michigan and
will he go after be what your coaches? We'll find
out in the next coming weeks. I told you guys,
I think a deal might already be done. You know
how these things go. He says to us that he's
focusing on that Bowl game New Year's Eve next week,
but a couple of days after I think a decision
will be made where Kyle will end up. And then
laying of course, appreciate you man, thanks for joining us
today and shout out to game day Men's health. As always, guys,
Merry Christmas to all of you. Please be safe, whether
you're already traveling, whether you're driving, however you may be
traveling this holiday season, Please be safe, enjoy time with
the family. Remember it's not just about the gift giving,
but it's also about our savior, Jesus Christ and the birth.
Speaker 1: Please incorporate both.
Speaker 6: Like I told you, had too much presents from my parents,
not enough Jesus, and then my grandmother gave too much Jesus.
And now I've been able to find a balance with
my family as well. Read the Christmas stories, Read the
Birth of Christ, do the Nativity, give presents, love each other.
Eat lots of delicious food and Christmas cookies from all
of us here at Cougar Sports and ESPN the Fan.
Have a good night, have a say to night, Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays.
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