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Speaker 1: Are you buddy doing awful?
Speaker 4: How you guys doing?
Speaker 3: I'm doing fantastic appreciate you hopping on to talk some ball.
One thing I noticed over the last couple of weeks,
we've been having some twenty twenty six b YU football
signees that are part of the Cougar football family. They're
coming in to get their suits and tempo shirts. I
think I saw Adam Bywater and kawai Akana show up.
Both of those guys big time players.
Speaker 1: I think I think Adam's gonna be better than Ben.
Speaker 3: We're gonna talk with Ben about it maybe tomorrow on
the show's or stay tuned Cougarnation.
Speaker 1: And kawai Akana that dude's a dog, He's a dude.
Speaker 3: He can do it all offense, defense, special teams. I
really like both of those players. And they got outfitted
at Odeon.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know it was awesome, And I wasn't able
to be there for Adams, so I didn't get to
meet him and kind of talk to him. But I
but my guys that worked with him super impressed. And
I agree. Don't tell Ben I said this because I
also know Ben. He's come in and got some suits
from us too, But I agree, I think Adam's gonna
get to pass surpassed Ben's production of bau So and
then Kawai was awesome, honestly, just a super good, good,
good good dude getting out of his mission, and I
think he's gonna be an awesome mission out there, and
I'm excited for him to come back and play safety.
Speaker 1: So who is.
Speaker 3: Your favorite BYU football recruit the twenty twenty six class.
I'll name off a few of these guys, you know,
and now I'm talking more like the traditional.
Speaker 1: Class, not the transfer portal class. Right.
Speaker 3: You got bat Mulatalo, Jaron Poula, Kennan Poola, Terren Serion,
Brax and Lizzy. Some of these guys are playing right now. Legend, Glasger,
Matthew Mason, Neemiah Colone, Justice, Braithwaite, Devon Ekka, all part
of the crew, Writer Lions, Adam Bywater Brock, Harris, Taygetchi, Lopetimala,
Jack Tanner, Antonio Johnson, Cowboy, Kona Graham, Livingston, Parker Ward and.
Speaker 1: Sefaniaya A Latini.
Speaker 3: That's your freshman class, some of them going on missions,
some of them playing right now.
Speaker 1: Who is your favorite? By the way, I would.
Speaker 4: Say, can I give you two as there's one that's
enrolled and gonna be playing this year, and then one
that's maybe getta get on a missionary.
Speaker 1: Yeahs like that.
Speaker 4: So I think in Rollies, I think the one that's
gonna make the quickest impact that I just keep hearing
little rumors about how well he's doing in camp is
actually Braxton Lindsay. I think you got let in Glacesters
also is going to be another one that I think
is gonna make a big difference, and then the Pula
twins also have that opportunity. But I think Braxton is
gonna be the one that by the end of the
year will have played the most and made the biggest impact.
That's one of these guys incoming. So that's my number
one there. And then from the guy who's going out there,
I mean Rider's gonna be the answers. I'm gonna take
away Rider just because because of the way it is.
So I think Brock Harris is the one that I
also think is I'm super pumped about. I think, outside
of Ryder, he's the highest recruit we've had since I
don't remember a Fields and eight or something like that,
and so I think Brock is going to be a
stud I'm really excited to get him back. I love
that the tight end pipeline is super full right now.
So those those are my two guys I'm gonna pick.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I just want to throw another one in here
is Graham Livingston. An under rated recruit for BYU because
he's not the he's not the highest rated, but he
had an incredible senior season at at at Ridgeline. I
believe yeah, Ridge where I mean, I mean he did.
He put up some numbers, but it's it's a smaller school.
Is he maybe an underrated guy?
Speaker 1: I think so.
Speaker 4: I think if he was at a corner Canyon, he
would be much highly higher recruited. So he's one that
I'm also intrigued by. Honestly, this class is hard because
a lot of these guys that are the quote unquote
lower end of this class are guys that's four or
five years ago. We would be absolutely elated to have
them at the top.
Speaker 1: Of the class.
Speaker 4: So that's the hard thing of this classes. We just
have such so much better recruiting classes than we had
in the past. But I honestly think all of these
guys that better recruited have really high potential to make big,
big differences. But I do think Graham fits into that
category of underrated.
Speaker 1: Love that breakdown.
Speaker 3: Let's talk some Camp Killani, shall we one of the
topics that we need to broach right now as we
get into essentially, we're week three into Camp Kilani twenty
twenty six, getting towards the spring scrimmage, the spring game,
if you know, the the alumni game, et cetera. Is
who's our offensive line right who's our starting offensive line
right now? I'm in the I'm in the the the
mode of putting Pockey Feenale as my starting left tackle.
I was high on them prior. I've seen enough of them.
He's your starting left tackle obviously. Bruce Mitchell, all big
twelve player. I think he's a future NFL center. He's
at center. Uh and then right tackle is Andrew Gentry.
All of those guys tried and true, very talented, a
multiple multitude of starts under their belt. But we don't
know necessarily who are starting guards are going to be
just yet because there's a competition occurring and there's some
guys that are out. For instance, Sonny Macasini seen plenty
of starts, He's a red shirt senior. He looks to
be a favorite what about Trevin Ostler Keanu town of Vasa,
Bruce Mitchell I think gave him some love. I think
it was actually Bruce. They gave trevn Ostler some love.
The they're both red shirt seniors. So you better watch
out for those two guys because they've been in the
system long enough, and they've seen enough reps, they've seen
enough live fire that they're looking to solidify themselves. Mean
Green Joe Brown, the red shirt sophomore, tremendously talented, twitchy
out of a Lone Peak high school. I'm intrigued by him.
Kyle Superchoke, also a red shirt senior, the Southern Utah
University transfer. He's looking to solidify himself, I believe is
one of the guard positions. And then you have like
very talented Bob Mulatalo, who could play tackle, he could
play guard.
Speaker 1: But and then Junior Sea too.
Speaker 3: Junior c is a guy at six five two three
twenty five red shirt junior has played a ton of
football at Utah State.
Speaker 1: He's fighting for a job.
Speaker 3: Zach Yamauchi too, So I mean there's a competition.
Speaker 1: I think brewin in the guard room. Your thoughts on the.
Speaker 4: Matter, Yeah, And I was gonna name those exact same
guys I think. I mean the safe bets are guys
like Calca Parchuk and Sunny Maxini just because they have
been started, they were starters last year at least at
some point in the in the season, they played a
ton of reps. But I think guys like Trevin Osler
who played a little bit more of that tight end
role last year, but just a blocking tight end and
came into as that that sixth offenses offensive lineman. And
then yeah, Junior c is one that I think there
was a lot of pub when he got when he
was transferring that he was going to be a difference
maker immediately. So I think he's a He's a guy
that could definitely take that spot. And then, like you
mentioned with Bot, I think I think long term he
ends up at tackle for sure, But if they felt
like he to get the best five out there was,
the best option was to put Bot in it guard.
I don't think that's crazy, so I could see that
happening too. But I think day one, if I were
to have to put money on it, I would have to.
I would say it's gonna end up being pockey fee
now and then Sonny, and then Bruce and then Kylesa.
Parchuk and then Andrew Gentry is the way I would
say it's the safest that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you're You're probably right there. They've been
into the system, they've been coached up. You wonder if
the Sonny Macassini injury is gonna set him back at all?
How far does it set him back? Was it an
upper extremity injury? Is it a lower extremity injury? Does
it inhibit him at all? Something to watch, no doubt
about it. That offensive line has got to be good.
And a Rod you know, went out of his way
in media availability. I want to say about a week
ago or so he went out of his way to
state that he feels like this offensive lines can it
be essentially just as good as it was last year?
So that that bodes well. You had a lot of
young bucks too. I mean, these guys are towering giants
in the tackle position. Ethan thomas In sixty eight three ten,
and Andrew Williams sixt' eight three hundred, coci Wa Lato
final six' five three.
Speaker 1: Ten these are big dudes and very talented as.
Speaker 4: Well, YEAH i think this line is. Exciting AND i
think if A rod really feels that way about the
offensive line and they're gonna be just as good or,
better and then you bring back instead of having JUST
lj and then a kind of a big drop off
because we had a because of, injuries and you can
add guys like Having sionamoa back and then you, know
maybe the pain train comes in, there or you, know
you got other guys in that devon acall those guys
in the, ROOM i think it'd be really. Exciting and
THEN i Think, bear as you've mentioned on your show off,
times he looks much more elusive and twitchy than he
did last. Year JUST i feel like the Strength stats
has done really good job with. Him so he was
already a great, runner but if he can be even
more twitchy, THERE i think the ground game could be
pretty dang dangerous next.
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koalani twenty twenty. Six you mentioned the pains rain running
back room like we were, Wondering, okay WHO'S rb? Two
cionimo looks to if SOLIDIFIED rb, two?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 3: UH i Think kilanie stated earlier this week he's he's
back to one hundred. Percent he's looking like his old
self That Kansas state game where he went off and
rumble in stumbling and toting that that rock for tuddies At.
Lavelle edwards, saiding it looks like he's he's back and
he's he's up to. Snow BUT rb three, now then
we'll move on to the depth because IF i know
anything ABOUT byu, football it's we're gonna have to go
TO rb five by the end of the, year, Right
LIKE i DO i know anything ABOUT bwa football in
the latter half Of independence and throughout The big, twelve it's,
like we need five running, backs not just.
Speaker 1: Two we need.
Speaker 3: Five and we saw how many running backs got toads
and starts and significant playing time last, season AND i
just think that that's what's gonna. HAPPEN rb three maybe
up for. Grabs Devon ekka has been an individual that
we really. Like he's super, fast he's, nimble he's put
on good.
Speaker 1: Weight he could be.
Speaker 3: Involved BUT i think someone that everyone's sleeping on Is Logan.
Pain he's coming off a red shirt freshman. Year he's
a return missionary he was RUNNING i want to, say
with the threes and fours during fall camp last year
before sustaining a lower extremity injury and that set him
back pretty much for the entire year. Year he didn't
get back into the swing of things still the back,
half the back, third back forth of the. Season are
we sleeping On logan? Pain if, so why are?
Speaker 4: We AND i think for, ME i was a couple
of practices last fall camp and he stood out to
me in those practices like a. Lot BUT i was, like,
well that's. Interesting and then he didn't play at all
AND i didn't realize it was because of injury until
you just mentioned. That BUT i think it's just that
he Hasn't he's a lower he was a lower rated,
recruit and maybe in a walk, ON i can't, remember
even on scarship he might be a.
Speaker 1: Walkover he WAS i think a preferred walk.
Speaker 4: On yeah it was the a Pw.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 4: Yeah SO i think that's kind of where it. Is.
Is his expectations haven't been, high and he hasn't done
anything in front of fans to prove that he's that
that's not, true and so BUT i definitely, THINK i,
mean you look at most the. Clips last year In Fall,
camp it was and love and pain almost all the.
REPS i think a lot of it was BECAUSE lj
wasn't taking a ton of, reps but those two were
getting a ton of the the pub and the carries
that were happy in that AND i think he he
has a good shot. THERE i think there's some some
really good young guys in that, room AND i Think
Preston rex will be a good change of paceback like
he was this last. Year so BUT i do Think
i'm really excited about that room kind of having two back.
SETS i know we MENTIONED i think we talked about
it last, year or maybe it was even two years
ago That siona reminds us Of Manasse, ponga AND i
think having him AND lj in that backfield kind of
have That harvey And manasse type of vibe. There AND
i think there's a lot of cool things you could
have with with those two And bear also being basically
a running back in terms of size and. Stature SO
i think there's some really cool things they could do
this year with with with the.
Speaker 5: Backfield, YEAH i just want to stick with the running
back room a little bit. HERE i Mean Harvey unga
as a running backs, coach And i've said this before
and we might have talked about. THIS i think is
a very underrated coach on bau staff and he's Put
Tyler algier in THE Nfl Chris. BROOKS i don't remember
if he was when When tyson william has got a,
shot BUT i mean he's about to PUT.
Speaker 1: Lj martin in the league that would before.
Speaker 5: It do you feel like there should be more confidence
from fans In Harvey UNGA's ability to develop these these
running backs that are on the lower part of the
depth chart, CHART i.
Speaker 4: Would say one hundred. PERCENT i think in terms of,
Development harvey is. UNDERRATED i think he's. Underappreciated BUT i
think a lot of that comes from he also hasn't
had great recruiting classes as of like with the running,
backs like you've got guys LIKE. Lj who was an awesome.
Get devon was a you, know a good. GET i
wouldn't say he was like, this you, know home run.
GET i think in terms of what he's gonna end up,
BEING i think he'd be. Great BUT i Think harvey
usually kind of goes with the guy that can be
developed and get, there and he hasn't really got home
run potentials in terms of. RECRUITINGS i think that's where
a lot of the at least from my, side is
a little disappointment. There BUT i think what he has
actually had the running back room achieve despite that lack of,
RECRUITING i think it's been. Awesome.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, look a lot of good things happening right
now WITH byu.
Speaker 1: FOOTBALL i don't know if you saw.
Speaker 3: This, Yesterday Bill conley dropped his returning production stats and
ranked out the highest to the lowest returning production in college,
football AND byu coming in top. Twenty they're number eighteen
in returning. Production they have sixty four percent of their
offensive and defensive productivity coming. Back, defensively they're actually ranked.
There they're about seventy percent of their productivity returning their
number six in the. Nation BYU's offense has fifty nine.
Speaker 1: Percent which is still.
Speaker 3: Significant they ranked fiftieth in college, football so obviously the,
defense very robust, offense has a little bit of reloading
to do, with you, Know Chase roberts and others moving
on to THE. Nfl but when you hear that, number
does that make YOU i, mean you're an optimistic. Guy
you're a blue goggled. Guy that does that make you
even more optimistic ABOUT boe chances in twenty twenty.
Speaker 4: SIX i don't know that you can get more optimistic
than national. Championship but it doesn't My national championship blue.
Goggles they're been so. NO i definitely, think AND i
think one of the awesome things is a lot of
the we short up a lot of the loss of
production in the transfer portal with guys that can play,
immediately and then obviously the recruiting class has guys that
can can keep stepping. Up So i'm super optimistic BECAUSE
i do think it's on the, offense it's the stuff
With Parkerson kingston doesn't go. DOWN i think that number
is even, higher quite a bit. Higher and then obviously
you still have to replace those, guys BUT i Think,
bear being the guy that he, IS i think he'll
still get a similar production out of the. Offense So
i'm excited about the offensive and the. Defense you've reloaded
in so many different ways that in those places that
you did lose, guys and THEN i mean the safety
room is like where you lost Penne wall that was a, big,
big you, know hit to not have ten of, wall
but you also still Get, raider you still Get, tommy
and you still get followed Out like that's that room
is still super super, strong super. Deep So i'm super,
optimistic But i'm always super, optimistic but this YEAR i
feel Like i'm not as crazy for being super.
Speaker 3: Optimistic so who's someone in springball right now that we're
not talking enough? About would you, say is there anyone
in springball that you're, like, Hey, Ben, ben we're not
giving this kid.
Speaker 1: The love he deserves right? Now is it somebody on the.
Speaker 3: Offense is it somebody on the defense who's low key
performing at a high level in spring ball that deserves
a little bit more?
Speaker 4: LOVE i think from the. INTERVIEWS i, mean they're getting
love in the interview so that's HOW i know about,
Them BUT i think maybe not as, fans we're not
talking about. Him Is Jared kalama is the one that
in that safety room THAT i just keep hearing every
coach brings it up in some way or another in
different interview, Settings and SO i think he's going to
be that that's that fourth safety in the room that's
gonna kind of shore up that. Spot so He's he's
one THAT i just keep hearing about THAT i don't
feel like we talk about as, fans but it is
happening from the. Coaches love.
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Speaker 1: On there you. Go that's our. Segment who? Else who?
Speaker 3: Else aren't we talking enough about? Guys ronald Ap what
do you got for? Me who aren't we given the
love they? Deserve right? Now is anyone that comes to,
mind maybe Ephrom. Asiata, YEAH i like.
Speaker 5: THAT i think He's, look we talk a lot about.
LINEBACKERS i said this a couple of, times BUT i
think he From asiata has a lot of. Potential he
might not be in the too deep this, year BUT
i think he is a linebacker that you should keep
an eye on for future.
Speaker 3: Years, yeah there was a little bit of highlight that
came across my. Feed ephraim pursuing from inside. OUT i
don't know if he was coming from the opposite, side
like weak, side and there was a toss given to
the young freshman running back to Von, ekka and he
turned it up looking good, looking fleet of foot, breaks a,
tackle and then the hit, stick the violent hit, stick
took down the true, freshman and that was probably a
come to to deity moment For welcome to college, Football
welcome to college. Football this is what it feels. Like
this is what it looks like in my, Mind. DEVAUGHON i,
mean he's a. DUDE i mean he's gonna be a
really Good cougar football player for years to. Come but,
man he kind of slowly got, up walked the wrong
direction for a few, steps and then finally made his
way back to the.
Speaker 1: Huddle But ephraim gave him to. Business SO i like.
Speaker 3: That take a Lot ronald the three man, weaver who's
somebody on the roster we're not talking enough.
Speaker 1: About we're not showing him enough.
Speaker 6: Love, yeah and the coaches have talked about this, guy
AND i mean we've talked about him when the coaches
have And gurney's mentioned him. Once but the, GUY i
think that this is no disrespect To, Silia, sarah even Cadul,
lave even A Skufusi Isaiah. Lasker Jake clifton's gonna. Play oh,
yeah he's gonna get some. Time this is a guy
that They kelly, Likes klannie's. MENTIONED i, Said, okay might
need to, go you, know interview the. Linebackers coach might
have to you, know do some of, that get him
one on, one do that Say, okay what do you
like About Jake clifton size? WISE i, mean we Had
kelly on the show been and he, says what coming
off a, mission he's power cleaning three thirty. FIVE i was,
like what in the, world so look out for for.
THAT i don't know what number he has. BEEN i
don't know if we've gotten it. Yet but Whatever jake
was thirty, one, okay look out FOR i don't know
if he kept the same. One if you, could then
look out for number thirty one this. YEAR i think
he's gonna get some planning.
Speaker 1: Time they like His Clay Ben, no.
Speaker 3: He's uh him And kate they, man they, run they can, gallop,
smart smart football players as. Well that linebacking room is,
stacked and there is a there's gonna be some heated competition. There,
guys it's gonna be pretty crazy to watch that puts
those particular competitions in fall.
Speaker 1: Camp can't wait for?
Speaker 3: It, yeah you, know you KNOW i kind of leaned
into it a little bit of you, KNOW i wonder
if we're not talking enough About logan.
Speaker 1: Pain right in that running back.
Speaker 3: ROOM i love me some pressure, RES i love me
some Of Devon, eka love all the running backs jo
VESTA Demoni and, look sometimes when you get into, springball you,
know guys get injured and they get nicked, up they
get dinged, up and that provides an opportunity for the
young running backs to get more reps and get more,
looks and they build up, equity they build up, Merit
they build up trust with those.
Speaker 1: Opportunities so if you have a.
Speaker 3: Good high FOOTBALL, iq you can pass, pro you can
you can pass, catch and you can tote between the
tackles and off, tackle then you can find your way
into the rotation and build trust with your offensive coordinator
or running back. Scope so watch out for the, paintrain
baby to to