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Number thirteen boy. You taking our number fourteen Kansas. We're
gonna have a lot of stuff to discuss on the
pregame tomorrow. We'll discuss a little bit of it today. Here,
I gotta get you that's prepped and ready. But we'll
also discuss some college football byu Is also added a
running back that's off of his mission. Wanted to know
the running back? Dep Are you still concerned about that?
With discussion and our question and pull day in the
next sex man, but without further ado, I'm gonna go
ahead and fire up the esp and the fan starting line.
I've been introduced to you. My co host one will
be joining me a little bit later well away for
him to get in. But coming back on back to
back days, I appreciate him. He did his first day yesterday.
Back for a second. We got Caleb Lines joining us today. Brother,
how are we doing today?
Speaker 1: How are we doing that?
Speaker 3: I'm doing good man speak a little bit louder to
the mic for me.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I got you.
Speaker 3: There we go now right now, you sound beautiful? There
we go, There we go. Yeah, get those beautiful get
those beautiful lungs and lloying speaking as Ben.
Speaker 4: Would say, yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Hey, I talked yesterday about I wasn't sure if it
was gonna be a toe tap or a baptism kind
of experience that I can tell you. I was fully
emerged yesterday, so one might say I was baptized. I'll
leave that up to you, But no, I'm happy to
be here again, happy to chat Cougar sports. I'm nothing
better to do third day in our time than to
talk to Kubernation about what we love most. I better
say you love family and our wives that are but
the sports teams that we love the most?
Speaker 4: How about say that?
Speaker 3: Yeah. I always say that my wife loves the Lord
more than me, and a lot of people may look sideways,
and it's like, no, that's the truth. You want someone
that actually is a god fearing woman or man that
puts them first. Since she does, that's how our householders run.
Always reminds me of that. And then you know, obviously
I come second. We got the little one, drowsy you
as well, you know, you got the kiddos. But hey,
the family is important, and then obviously sports is just
we get to do this, you know, for for fun.
We say fun. It is a job, it is our career,
it is what we do. But in the same breath,
with all that being said, that the real things that
matter in life our family, you know, I think about it.
In April it'll be three years since my dad had
passed away from a heart attack. I don't know if
I've shared that with the I know Vic knows, but
you just you think about obviously, you know what matters
most in life, and it's the people that you go
home to as the people that are in your support system.
My dad never had an opportunity to partake of the
Gospel here on this earth, and then was able to
do that work for him, you know, through through the
beliefs that we have, and everything was a very spirit
your experience that I have, and I keep that to
myself and I've been able to journal about that. So
just always gonna reminder, look, p Yu loses tomorrow, the
sky isn't falling. You still get to go to church,
you still get through New Year covenants. Or you're of
another faith. You know, people of other faiths, whether you're Muslim, Jewish,
we all get to pray to a higher power. And
I believe that, so appreciate you mentioning that. Yeah, but
sports also do matter. You know, it's fun to have that, so.
Speaker 5: I know, I appreciate I appreciate you bringing that up.
Of course, I'm just gonna interject a little bit there
too and say that you know, I'm still a.
Speaker 4: Relatively young individual.
Speaker 5: I'm twenty eight years old, but able to be lucky
and blessed to have three beautiful children on my own
that I share with my wife.
Speaker 4: Just a wonderful mother to them. And I love that
you bring that up right, Like.
Speaker 5: Obviously we are very passionate about what we do, very
passionate about Cougar sports. It's very tough when the coops lose.
I know we all take that, take that to heart
as Kugar Nation as a whole. But just being being
there and being present for those three young boys we
just we've got I got to give them a quick
shout out. Weve got Benny who just turned four in August,
we got Dawson, and then we got a little baby Cason.
Speaker 4: Who was just really born in November.
Speaker 5: So just being there and showing up for those boys,
don not taking it too hard, feeling that emotion, but
still being happy and present for those boys that don't
understand exactly. They'll understand one day how it feels to
have that heartbreak from sports. Is those cardiac cubes will
keep that running for years and years, I'm sure. But
like you said, the family and faith very happy to
be blessed with with wonderful, wonderful situations.
Speaker 3: Both of those appreciate you showing up and showing out.
We got Caleb Lyons our other co hosts don't want
to say his name when we give him the proper
introduction when he gets here, but he will be joining
the program as well. Give you maybe a little tease
of who it is. I have the bon Jovi cuta.
I'm just kidding. I'm not gonna do that to him.
Three times in a row. I told him I wouldn't
do it. I don't want him to get upset. I
don't like to make him mad. But maybe that's the
tease of who it is. I need to get the Trump.
It's actually ready for when he does he get here,
you know, because he said he wanted that Injro. He's like,
why can't I get the Trump? It's like Darnell Dixon.
So I want to make him happy, but he'll join
us later. Our second co host appreciate both you guys
showing up and showing out, Like I said Vic Graham
on the data aggregation, Brett always bringing the hammer. Check
out the rest of our ESPN the fan started align
up for you guys. So we're gonna discuss and break
down the matchup between Kansas basketball and the nitty gritty.
Like I said in our Band of the Day, Question
of the Day, we'll discuss BYU football running back news.
There's a certain guy that's enrolled the BAU back from
his mission. Can that help BYU? The mission legs are
a real thing, they are, but BAU need to step
in this running back LJ. Martin and Bear Bachmer cannot
do this by themselves. They just can't. I thought they
were gonna go get a guy from a portal been
discussed last week or the week before. Having Miles Davis
really could have helped BYU as you look back at it.
That's why you have to reevaluate the season. It's crazy,
but BYU had a phenomenal season. We're gonna disus and
I'm gonna give you guys all the news and notes
recapping the twenty twenty five season. It was a great one.
I know BA was left out of the college football playoffs,
but nonetheless, you can't take advantage of double digit win
seasons twelve one seasons, the first time that has happened
since the early two thousands. That's a good football program
led by one Kaloniy Sataki. I know a lot of people,
you know, Jay Hill's gone, Ope Gennaro with them to
double Minority. All of that will be impactful in some
shape or form. But they hired a great guy in
Kelly Papega. They really did. But the most important to
retain the head of the snake in Kalonie Sataki. This
culture is still set. That you show that of all
the people coming back now, they are going to probably
lose a lot of people after the following season is over.
I know I'm jumping a way ahead, but the reason
why you got those guys back is because of Klinie Sataki,
the man, the myth, the legend, the guy that wants
to be here forever. And I'm gonna play a little
clip from they put a video out. Maybe i'll play
here in the nitty gritty, but they played. They put
together a video of the twenty twenty three season, excuse me,
twenty five season of everything that occurred, and Kalanie talked
about I love you know, being your coach and all
of this, and if you haven't seen it, it could
make you a little bit emotional. It's definitely I felt
like Kilani got emotional in the moment. But look, it's
really tough to find, hard to find good coaches, and
when they leave, it breaks the program. And the reason
why I bring it up, if you're looking at the
Big twelve and watch Iowa State under Matt Campbell's a
phenomenal program. Kansas State could not beat them. They have
their fits. Matt Campbell into a couple of Big Told championship,
I'm pretty sure, and turned that program around. Most double
digituins is on their head coach, and then you know
gets the job of Penn State obviously because Colonne didn't
get it well deserved. Matt Campbell's a great coach, he
had NFL jobs were interviewing him, and then Rockobec and
you know Hanson, they both leave, They both up and
leave and go to a Penn State as well as
a multitude of other guys. That's the impact in college athletics.
College head coaches and programs that have these special individuals,
they impact these youth, They impact these young men, and
you see that now Iowa States in the rebuild mode.
And look that happens at everything. But you have to
be grateful because that could have been be why you
Klanie could have been out the door to Penn State.
J Hill probably would have followed, and who else could
have gone? Like I believe if Colonie's not if Colonie
was not retained and j Hill would have win and
staff would have been you know, taken as well, you
would have not gotten back to the Evan Johnson's. You
might not have gotten back to Trey Alexanders. And I
know Trey Sam, I'm here to stay, you know, until
you know, until it's over what I'm not going anywhere.
But if your whole coaching staff leaves, all the people
that took a chance on you are are you are
you gonna follow them? I A you gonna say that's tough.
You never know, it could have been ever we could
have stayed. But I'm just I'm presenting conversation of that.
Does volatile South Tuala State, Does Keanu Tanavasa stare? Does
he take his last year and go to a Big
ten program and play, you know, at the next level?
Does ig comeback? I believe Iji could play at the
Michigan's of the Penn States. Just you know, Jack Kelly
was out of eligibility. Do you get the kid uluaves
to come in or do they go and follow the
point of what I'm bringing in is that I'm on
this tangent to begin the show. Is the higher of
the Excuse me. The retention of Kline Sataki is everything
for this BAU football program. However long he wants to go,
whether he wants to go another five years, ten, you know,
get up there like Kyle Whittingham. It doesn't matter. BAU
football will be forever in a great place because you
have Kilane Sataki at the helm and I firmly believe that.
So good job on them. We'll discuss some of that
the rest of our ESPN. The fans started lining up
at three oh five. We'll get into the Kevin Young sound.
He addressed the media early, was on that zoom call.
In preparation for this Kansas BYU game, big matchup. BA
needs to quad one win a road more than poorly.
They just need to bounce back. But Kevin Young has
been able to bounce back after losses this season. Can
they go into fagallen Field House, Can they go into
what matter, into into the place that what is gonna have?
I think it's thousandth game. Man, that's history right there.
The number, the projected number one overall pick Darren Peterson,
the projected number two. Aj De Bonsa going at it.
I believe as it should be the number one. But
those guys tomorrow that will be the game game day,
is there. I talked to a Kansas insider earlier this morning.
We'll get on the show this afternoon. You hear from
them in our five thirty segment, but at four or
five will have Steve Clements. He's gonna discuss this. I
saw this yesterday and we discussed this with Caleb. I'll
get our of the co hosts who I heard I
heard the headset pick up, so I'll get his thoughts
maybe on this, and then the running back that's back
from BYU as well. But the targeting call, should it
be adjusted? It's not going to go away with but
should it be adjusted? Discussed this a little bit yesterday
and no one cares until it affects your program. But Lucas,
Alexander Lucas, I'm pretty sure that's name had to sit
out in that game, that first half game for Miami,
and then in the second half he didn't, and you
started to see how the game changed, how close it got,
how adjustments in Miami was able to make. So that's
a good question of should it be should it be different?
Brian Logan said he doesn't disagree with the fact if
you find players you go to the NFL, well, you
don't kick players out. So I asked Steve his thoughts
on that. Will also get his thoughts on should the
college football expand? It sounded like they were ready to
go to sixteen, but the Big ten set let's go
to twenty four. I don't think the SEC wants that.
I think the SEC sees that the more teams that
they allow in the playoffs, the less they'll have a
likelihood of winning. They just it's not the best football
conference in America anymore. We'll discuss that at four five
at four thirty, going to welcome in Brett Always bringing
the Hammer. He is the host of the Believe Network
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myself every morning we do that podcast separately, and then
you also can hear him previously because he's a former
BWA you sateline reporter. If you want to go back
and live the glory days, Brett will joined us at
four thirty five of five Dave mccamfor a Cougar Beat,
and then the five thirdy will close out the show
with Sean Kellermer. He is a radio co host for
the pregame and post game for Kansas men's basketball and
a part of the Jayhawks Radio Sports Network. Phenomenal person
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circuit at time. I think our second co host has joined.
I said it before. Hopefully he wasn't listening to the radio.
I'm not gonna play the bon Jovi to make him mad.
But we got Brandon C. Gurney in the house. G man,
thanks for joining me today.
Speaker 1: How you doing, Roddy? I'm I'm conflicted today, immense conflicted. Yeah,
let me explain to you guys why everyone's a sportsman
in here. What happens on February eighth at four thirty?
Speaker 3: What happens February eighth, a fourth thirty? Don't get come on?
Super Bowl?
Speaker 1: What?
Speaker 3: I may not stop it. I only only watch if
my guy's in it, So I'm not watching. He can't
get mad at me.
Speaker 1: You don't watch the Super Bowl every year? Do you
really do?
Speaker 3: You do you really want me to expose myself. I
really want me to expose you. Yes, I will expose myself.
I go to parties, but if I'm not intrigued by
the matchup, then I honestly, I'm in the back on
my phone, are talking to people. But you're still there, you, Yes,
I'm still yes, I'm still Yeah. I'm not tuned in,
but I'm not like there's no like. I'm not as passionate.
Speaker 1: So yes, okay, Well I watched the super Bowl every year.
It's basically national holiday, right it is, everybody's watching the
super Bowl, growing to parties whatnot. So anyway, I have
a sister, really good person, great family, all that. I
don't know a person who cares less about sports than
my sister. So anyway, I get a I get an invitation,
a Google invitation today, Hey, come to my daughter's baptism
four o'clock.
Speaker 3: Oh no, oh no, oh no, he's conflicted.
Speaker 1: Yes, So what do I do? What do I do?
I I told you.
Speaker 3: You're gonna you're gonna ask the most. The the is
the how do I say that without coming off or
in the wrong way. The very active LDS person that's
with the youth that is going around on Sundays, and
that is doing service stuff throughout the week at five
twelve and going to the bishop storehouse. And you're gonna
ask me what to do. You shouldn't ask me that.
That's bad?
Speaker 1: Is this? So you're gonna tell me.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell you to go to the Baptist But
can I also tell you what I would do as well?
Because look, I do both. I'm always gonna tell you
to pull up the game on your phone and be
in the back, sit in the last row, because you're
quickly in, quickly out, no disrespect, quickly and quickly out.
You know you're in the back. You're right there in
the white shirt and tie. You got the phone and
you got you're not you don't have the headphone in,
but you got the phone on the lap and you're
tuned in and you're doing double duty. So you're looking
at you're watching anybody listens to the program right now
that comes at me and says you, no, don't do that,
g man. They're lying to you because most of these
people GM and either wouldn't go I'm serious, they wouldn't
go to the baptism. Because every everybody on this program
right now, Vic Caleb, you and me has been in
church at some point and has watched sports. Do not
do it.
Speaker 1: Every man that.
Speaker 3: Listens to the program twenty five to sixty four has
done that. You all play fantasy football. Don't do that.
You watch the games while you watch church. So what
I'm telling g Man ezactary, you go to the baptism,
g Man, and you watch the game.
Speaker 1: Superhero's the thing, Roddie. The super Bowl is not so
much about the game. It's the immersive experience. It's the commentary,
it's it's the commercials, which aren't as good as they
used to be.
Speaker 3: Admitted this year, they're supposed to be supposed to be
like six or seven movies they're already releasing. This is true.
They are also doing that till you're not wrong.
Speaker 1: I'll believe it when I see it. But I for me,
and I don't like the super Bowl party either. I
don't like it. And you're just with a bunch of people.
That is probably the first football game they've really watched
all year. And because you know, I'm a newspaper radio guy,
I know things, so they asked me questions and I
don't like that. I like watching the super Bowl by myself.
Speaker 3: This is what bred Hammer likes. He's like, don't talk.
I just want.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, Brett and I could watch the game together.
Speaker 3: Because we just you guys watch it with me too.
I I do like to watch the ball and need
just to be quiet. But like that, I don't sit
on the couch of people because people like, what was
that play called?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 4: You think?
Speaker 3: I know, I don't have the headset on what are
you talking about.
Speaker 1: I'd definitely roll with you, Roddy, you know game and
you'd be fun and.
Speaker 3: We can watch it without the sound too.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So, but but anyway, props to my sister for
being so far removed from the world that she schedules
her sisters, her daughter's baptists. It's a four o'clock like
literally when the super Bowl starts. It's not just kind
of during the super Bowl. It's exactly when it starts
supposed to be. It's just amazing.
Speaker 7: What aren't baptism is supposed to be on Saturday?
Speaker 1: I know that's what I think too.
Speaker 3: But but she's up for you, Jim and your intro music.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this is Darnell's I wanted to play
this work Darnell.
Speaker 3: You said that you wanted Darnell's me. You said, why
can't I get the Darnell music? That's literally what you
say when I kept playing bon Joe.
Speaker 1: No, this is I'm gonna. I'm gonna think on a
walk up song. I'm gonna, I'm gonna.
Speaker 3: Okay for you, I can show you my I'll play
my walk up. So maybe the later point in time
and day when I played baseball, people forget I know,
we say ruggy, but I played it actually baseball a lot.
I got some good walk up music. Anyway, that's a
good point.
Speaker 1: Vic.
Speaker 3: You know, baptisms, I can't remember if they're a member,
if it's Saturdays or Sundays, because I know the confirmations
on Sunday, you know or something, or maybe it is Saturday,
yeah today, confirmation on Okay, Yeah that's normally that That's
what I thought. But yeah, that's interesting and everything is
on Sunday. Maybe it's wrong. Someone's gonna tweet at me
or text me or tell me. Look, my family is
a convert to the church. I maybe this will be
different when Drewsey's baptized, and I mean maybe need to
read and learn. But I saw a lot of convert
baptisms from the mission and things. But yeah, it is
interesting that it is Sunday. Yeah, now that you bring
it up, But I'm sorry g Man that you have
to go through that. But I'm telling you that's what
I would do. Go to it, have the phone, do that.
But yeah, I understand, And then you just need to
go away from the party and go home and watch.
If you want to come watch it with us, we're
gonna be staying in our place. We got invited to
a couple of places, but I don't know. There's a
lot of people that invited us that are fans of it,
and I'm just like, I really don't want to watch
it with you because you're gonna get too crazy with
skinning the game. That's kind of how probably people felt
the last five years of me and the Andy Reid
and the Chiefs. But I still even then, super Bowl
parties are make or break g Man for sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Plus, I don't really care who wins. I I
don't have any skinning it. I certainly don't care Patriots Seahawks.
I really don't care.
Speaker 3: Like Tyris Tonga gets his first ring, I just want
to see him.
Speaker 1: Get the doing things. Huh man, he is impacked. Ye,
he's not just that guy that fills in that you
don't see sides.
Speaker 7: Agreed.
Speaker 1: When you see a nose tackle and you notice him
in the game making plays, you're legit because because you
can be a really good nose tackle, no one even
notices you. You're just too gapping and holding up blocks.
All that Kyris is making impacts very fun to watch.
Speaker 7: I want to see him get a touchdown, yeah.
Speaker 4: Or lead block for a touchdown right, or or a
crucial first down.
Speaker 3: Man, he's strip sacks, scooping score. You want to see both?
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: We'll put that out maybe as a random football question, Dad,
how do you want to see Tyris kyros Tonga impact
the game in the Super Bowl? Do you want to
see him lead block? You want to see him run?
The ball has to be a blowout for that to happen.
Do you want to see him get a strip, sack
of scoop and score? What would you like to see?
I'll throw that around you guys, Vick. It sounds like
you want to see him, you know what? Is it
just what offense? Or do you want to see him
more on defense?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 7: You know, I want to see him on defense because
that's where he's most powerful, is in the middle and
stuffing up, stuffing the run. But I love to see
Vrabel throw a little you know, run for a touchdown
one yard, a little blast up the middle and let
him blast the line black. That would be fun to see,
kind of like Refrigerator Perry did in the nineteen eighty.
Speaker 3: Five Super Bowl eighty five. While let's before my time
unless Vic and g Man can go in that when
I was not born to ninety six, So dang, you're
I know, yeah, Kaylor twenty nine, there you go. I mean, look,
I can't I always respect g Man. I respect you
as my older I've never disrespected you. I've poked you,
but I know I respect my elders. But yes, I
am a young buck for sure. But I can't tell
you this. Playing basketball with the youth last night and
running up and down the court the next day, it
does not feel the same as it did when I
was twenty one. Oh, I can tell you that.
Speaker 1: You just wait.
Speaker 3: You know it's gonna get worse. I know. Well, here's
the crazy part. It's, like I've said the multiple times
on this program. The priest advisor. I've gotten a lot
of the youth priest and teachers now to come, and
the parents now trusted me. So what I do, and
I do it right because I know someone's gonna say,
pulling the rules, all these breaking rules. I go pick
up the priest, remember what I do, pick up the
six year old boys, and I'll get fourteen year old
boys because the brothers that are priests aren't coming. I
gotta make sure you know, abide by that the right way.
And then we go to the church and we play.
Their parents come and pick them up, and it's fun
playing with them, but it hurts so much the next
day and I'm like, I can't even imagine. Like I
say this gym, and I have two more years to
enjoy this, because after I'm thirty one, is the decline comes.
It's not gonna it's not going to be better.
Speaker 1: And then when you're forty it goes into over grab.
Speaker 3: Oh man, it's crazy, crazy to think that'll be forty soon. Yeah, anyway, anyway, anyway,
so that's my only option.
Speaker 1: Go to the baptism watch on my phone. That's all
you got for me.
Speaker 3: I mean, you know that's not that's the right answer.
The other answer I can give you is just don't
go to the baptism and watch the game. And then
the third answer I can give you, which is also bad,
go to the baptism and don't watch the game. Those
are your options.
Speaker 1: We're watching on delay.
Speaker 3: Okay, you're gonna watch it on delay with the internet
and how you you be on the zets? Sure?
Speaker 1: OK.
Speaker 3: I don't like when people say I watch it on delay.
Like I feel like most of those people that say
they watch on delay already know, already know what's happening,
and maybe I need to have some That's what I'm saying.
Never words. That's why just leave it be tennis matches
other thing. I go back and watch so I can
be informed. But I've let that emotion go of being
surprised because with social media and this iPhone seventeen and
a half here in my and it's impossible to not do.
You can't avoid it, g man, it's impossible. Good luck
trying that.
Speaker 5: You could avoid it. You just put your phone on
do not disturb. That's what I had to learn the
hard way. Put delay and that's how you But that's
but that's harder to do, right, Yeah, If you have,
if you have any inclination to want to use your
phone throughout the day, do not disturb is not enough.
You gotta avoid the reflex to open Instagram, to open
Twitter slash x like you're talking about. You gotta full, clean,
full clans from it. But that that's one way to
watch on delay, but that's not the fun way. And
then I usually find myself fast forwarding through some some
key plays on my on my own, so doesn't feel
like you're watching the real game.
Speaker 1: Anyway. We all have trials in this life, and I
don't counter my trial with grace and a plumb.
Speaker 3: You will be rewarded, g man. The Lord will bless you.
G Man, He will bless you for going to the
baptism and for also watching the game. Both can be true.
You can do both. Now, I can't say people will
be happy. I'm not going to tell you the emotions.
I get poked all the time by my wife of
turn Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid off. Right now, I'll
turn Zach Wilson off. I can't tell you how many
times this has happened in church, you know, and me
checking fantasy football.
Speaker 1: But you can be present.
Speaker 3: You can still be president, and like Elder Holland said,
all right, Peter, excuse me, president of Holland, you get
credit for trying. G man, you get credit for trying.
All right, anyway, as.
Speaker 7: Long as you're not v wind DraftKings, all right.
Speaker 3: Oh goodness, gracious, as long as you're not that. Yeah,
don't do that. But yeah, I guess we'll ask that question,
you know, I guess you know, how would you like
to see Kyris tongk impact the game? Stripsacks, scoop and score.
Would you like to see him in the offensive side
lead block? And would you like to see him getting
the end zone? Honestly, this might be a take that
no one likes, but honestly, I would like to see
him on offense and get the ball and run it
in or lead block. I know people can say, Ronnie,
that's crazy, you know, but look, unless you're like really
putting fourth effort in on offense and scoring, they don't
give defensive guys like the Super Bowl MVP anymore in
those things. And I'm not saying he can't have an
impactful game, but if he ran it up the middle
and bulldoz a linebacker over a lead block and just
destroy it guy, and you know that that's what you're
gonna remember. It's you're not gonna remember old Kyros Tonga
had to the two stops at the line when you're
not gonna unless it's like a big tackle for loss
or a big time thing. I would love to see him,
you know, blocking out their offensively. So that's my thing.
But no former Cougar in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: G Man.
Speaker 3: I'll get your thoughts on this really quickly before we
go to break. If you are a b YU player
and if you want to win a super Bowl, because
I believe the Patriot's gonna win, g Man, I guess
I'll get your take right now.
Speaker 1: Do you do.
Speaker 3: You think you think Sam Donald is gonna fully revive
his career and do it good. We're gonna have to maybe,
you know, the losers are maybe gonna have to sit
down with the other one.
Speaker 1: At I think the NF is clearly better than the
AC this year.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, this year, I agree. But I think I
think I think Mike Vabro and the Patriots. I think
Drake May is the real Do I don't think this.
Speaker 1: I want the Patriots to I want the Patriots to win.
I'll be cheering for the Patriots, but I think the
gonna win.
Speaker 3: So I just don't think Sam Donald's gonna be a
replicate back to back three hundred yard games to three touchdown.
I just think that's hard to do. And I think
Mike Rabel, having played in this game before, having been
on a have before, I just I think he's gonna
be well eclipped. I could be wrong, and if I am,
I'll come to airways. All of my football takes compared
to g Man are wrong, but gim man. My point is,
if you're a cougar, a former baa cougar in this
day and age, and you want to win a Super Bowl,
it used to be the forty nine ers, but as
Bang Bang Kyle chok it Away Gang, it seems like
you have to now be on the Patriots because Cava
knowing not Kyro's Tonga. It seems like the New England
Patriots are the team for bou Cougar. So it sounds
like Pooka needs to maybe get out of LA and
then maybe be in New England and go to the
Super Bowl and get it done.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think the Rams are ever gonna get rid.
Speaker 3: Of They're not getting rid of them. It's a fantasy.
Speaker 1: Man. How great for Pooka. I remember when it got
dropped in the fifth round and we're thinking, man, that's
really low, and then you start to look at his situation.
He was in the perfect situation. Yeah, the Rams had nothing,
Cooper Couple's hurt, and man, it just goes to show
I mean, Pook's if you're phenomenal, you're gonna be phenomenal
in most occasions. But it always helps to have that path,
that opening where you can prove yourself. And Pooka ran
through it. In my goodness, he could well be considered
the best receiver in all of the NFL. And I'll
tell you what else is cool. When I started with
the Desert News, part of my responsibilities was the NFL
tracker for local athletes. So I'd list all the athletes
from Utah Bwauutest eight and it was pathetic for Bwayu.
It was. It was bad. This is like back in
twenty twelve, twenty thirteen, and every time I do it,
it's just like, Man, Bwau has no presence in this league.
Even Utes State had more presence than the way you
Back in the day, it seemed like that is a
really big and significant thing that has happened with b
WAU football in recent years, where you're not only getting
guys that contribute, you're getting headliners. And that's a really
really good look for any program that's credibility. And that's
I mean, what's the purpose of college, if you think
about it, is to vulture to professional life to where
you succeed. Every athlete wants that that goes to any college,
maybe a little less so because they can get paid
a lot going to college. Sure I get that, but
it's still promoting yourself to the NFL. That is a big,
big thing. And now that b way you can say, hey,
you know that Pukinku play for BAU Fred Warner, Yeah,
same school, Kylevin. It's a big, big thing, and it's
it's just kind of kangarooon with the strides by way
he's been made. They go together, NFL presence, increased viability
on the actual field of play. They go together. And
that's one of the great things that Klanne's helped realize
within this program. And Ben would point this out of
Hugh's coasting right now, who actually coached these guys well,
Kylevin hy that was Bronco. Fred Warner, that was pro Bronco.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, Bronco.
Speaker 1: Yes, So you have to credit Bronco as well for
sure for a lot of these. But but I think
it's kind of been putting overdrive with Kilanie. Hopefully it continues.
I think it will, and it's a big thing for
this Bway Football program.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 7: Like eighteen people guys now, eighteen guys now on roster.
Speaker 3: I think I think you would have the numbers who
you do the newsletter, but I think I know it's
above fifteen for sure, But there you are eighteen people,
and I mean it's not gonna stop there excuse me,
almost sneezed again yesterday called a sneezing thing, not sneezing
today anyway.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 3: But no, Bronco does get credit for those guys. And
I know Klinie is someone that you know, he inherited
some of them. But the guys that Kilanie has is
gonna continue to go. You know, it's not gonna stop.
How many draft picks or NFL guys are on this
current roster now and the ones that are, you know,
the seniors going out. Will Farren is gonna play, Chase
is gonna play. Jack Kelly's gonna play, and then you
think of Isaiah Glaska as the future at the at
the next level, Klave has a has one in grounded
Evan Johnson I think, does I think if I think
Trey has to take the next step, but Trey has
the potential to file South Tuala does. Tanna Walla I
think has a good shot to play. You know, at
the next level, there's a bunch of guys that can
can do that.
Speaker 1: I think.
Speaker 3: I think Carson Ron's gonna play. You know what is it?
Tyler Baddy's already playing. I'm trying to think of why
is this space in my brain? But going back to
the offensive side, does Parker Kinkston I have a shot
Parker gets a thousand yard season, g man. I think
Parker is a really good shot to play put and
put himself in that conversation.
Speaker 1: What's gonna help Parker a lot is that he's been
returning ponds.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's yeah, that's he's gonna.
Speaker 1: Be a guy that's gonna want to do special teams
and he can excel at that and that's gonna help.
Speaker 3: Like the Tyreek Hilway do that then work yourself up
one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: Agree. Yeah, that's gonna be a big thing for Parker.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that that that is And I know Keanu, uh
what is it? I mean, Keanu ton of As is
gonna be one of the Kilani guys because he will
have spent years at Utah and years at b A.
I think you have to spend at least two two
years minimum and by you're above to be considered that.
So maybe not Kadu la Ulu unless he comes back.
I don't know if he's a senior AF to double
check that. But a lot of these so yeah, so
a lot of these guys on the roster are gonna
be Kialani guys playing at the next level. Kialanie had
said this. It was after Jaron hall g Man. I
think you you would have remembered this, but we were
in the in the post game, it says, my job
is to get you know, help these young men win
games and build them, but also prepare them to be
in the NFL and get to the next level. He's
been doing that consistently. He did that this year, Like
is bear bachmar not gonna be an NFL quarterback because
of coming to BYU and how he plays in Kalonie
and Aaron Roddocks system. I'm not saying it's gonna be a
first to fourth round guy. That's not what's coming out
of my mouth. But I think this guy's production and
if he's able to play three years, that that's the
he's gonna have a shot. Like you know, he might
be a fifth round, sixth or seventh round pick, but Bear,
I think is gonna have a chance with his running
ability to do that. And look at this Kialani culture
of the reason. I mean, when you get this many
guys back. I said it earlier. You don't see this
in college football. This is an anomaly. Gee man, I
mentioned Matt Campbell and Iowa State. Normally the program gets shredded,
it gets it gets torn down, and instead this program
is getting built up because of it. And it's all
because of Kilanie's a Dockum.
Speaker 1: Here's what Bear has for him. Running backs typically don't
make it very far in the NFL. No, they're if
they're not built. Look at the guy for the Redskins.
I'm forgetting his name right now. I'm wondering if that
that guy's gonna be able to stay healthy Why why
is Josh Allen in sixteen? Because he's built like.
Speaker 3: A tank six to seven, built like a tank.
Speaker 1: Jalen heards same thing. Bear's bigger than all of them. Yeah,
facts without lower body, that durability, that's going to play
big and some smart NFL executive man, this kid can
deliver it on time. And look at that lower body.
Speaker 3: His improvement.
Speaker 1: He is a centaur.
Speaker 7: His improvement just last year from the beginning throwing the ball.
Speaker 1: And you add that running element, that durability, there's no way.
I mean, he didn't finish the season hurt healthy. Obviously
he was hurt, but Matt the shots he took, and
I'll tell you why, He's gonna be much better prepared
this time. Yeah, this time around he was not. I mean,
he looks like a college athlete just because he's so
well built naturally, but he hasn't been through a collegiate
weightlifting program and all that. He's going to be far
better prepared this coming year. And when you get Marry
that with his given attributes, has God given ger I
wonder I wanted to use a different word, but that's
all I got right there. Yeah, he's gonna prove durable
oh yeah, and that's that should play really big in
the NFL.
Speaker 3: I definitely will.
Speaker 1: I have to believe it is same thing with l
J Mar and him going through this entire season healthy,
that's gonna play so so yeah, I think the way
he's well stuck. Honestly, if you're gonna ask me who
the best NFL prospect is on the team right now,
ready for a hot take?
Speaker 3: A hot take? You will were always ready for hot takes.
Speaker 1: It's because I'm really high on this kid, and I
think he's going to be absolutely phenomenal. This nucy talmoy P.
Speaker 3: I knew he was gonna say that. I knew he
was gonna be.
Speaker 1: I think he I'll tell you what, when the season
rolls around next year, he's going to be the guy.
He's gonna be Wow.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 3: In camp, it's gonna be him and katuluav I think
those are gonna be the guys, like, because Kid's also
going to be in there role.
Speaker 1: Well, you know what Kid's gonna be. Kid's gonna be phenomenal.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, he's gonna be phenomenal. I mean he's already
is phenomenal. I mean all freshman defensive team and all
a c c like doing that in your freshman and
sophomore Ye, CAD's going to be a problem.
Speaker 1: But what I like about Noose replacement for Jack Kelly
is his versatility. I think he could play really well
at middle backer. I think we know he can play
good at Russia. And like when he went in the game,
I knew every time he went into the game, I'd
be in the press box number probably always going in
and I usually don't hone in on specific defensive players.
I would hone in on Newsy almost every time.
Speaker 3: And guess what the quarterback.
Speaker 1: He did something almost every time he was in there.
And that was his first year playing college football. Yep.
His spin move is amaine. Guys, I'm telling in the game,
I believe he is the best NFL prospect on the
team right now.
Speaker 3: I agree like that. That's a pressure on the last
and I'll tell you the last play, Yeah for the pick.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you who. No one's talking about that
that's gonna play in the end NFL Bruce Mitchell, Yeah,
oh no yet. No.
Speaker 3: Brady Papinka has come to airways and multiple multiple times
has been Bruce Mitchell is really really Bruce is the
next level alignment and you look at his egline.
Speaker 1: This was his first before This was the first season
where he had the entire offseason to prepare as a center,
as an offensive lineman. He greeted out phenomenally. He he
you could argue he was the best center in the
in the Big twelve Conference. He was fantastic. Yeah. Richie
Saunders companion, Yeah, campaign the top King companion, Yeah, the
top King. One of my favorite guys to interview on
the entire team. Bruce Mitchell. His the age thing is
going to get him. It's probably gonna make him a
fifth or six round pick.
Speaker 3: That's fine. I still think think he's gonna be a
dominant lineman.
Speaker 7: I interviewed him after camp I think goals for this year,
and he got this little, a little shy look on
his face and he goes, I don't think i'm gonna
tell you that.
Speaker 4: I thought that was cool.
Speaker 3: Well, that that's the dog mentality, right, That's how you're
able to keep yourself humbling hungry. Is you ask a
valid question vic, which is totally I think valid. And
I remember this interview and he's like he thought about
as I'm not gonna tell you that because look, I
like these guys. Look, they're all everyone on this football team, coaches, players,
has an ego. Is just how does a personality shine?
Are you a talker like Trey Alexander and Tommy Prass's
are you more like? Are you are? It's not even
necessarily humble. I don't even think humbles the word er.
You just more of a because talking is not a
lot a lot of guys to think. Are you more
of a Evan Johnson that you just like to smile?
Because Evan just likes to smile, right, He just likes
to make plays and like I like pop star star
like you know, he's just every personality plays a factor
into it. And Bruce is one of those guys. Of Bruce.
Bruce I actually doesn't like a lot of talking, but
he's definitely got it, puts in a work in good
take g man, Uh yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: You know, go through the roster. I'm reminded of the
most obvious NFL prospect last year who were not even
talking about is Isaiah Glasker. Oh yeah, he's still that guy.
His ankle was bad last year, bad bad. He was
limited bad bad man. You wait, you're gonna be reminded,
just tell impactful and how good Isaiah lask And my
goodness is linebacking CORPR for B. Why you come and
next year is the best position group in it's the
best position group. I don't think it's I don't think
it's even close.
Speaker 3: People might say wide receiver room. I'm like, but it's
and I'm like the potential, the potential, yes, because you
got you got a lot of young dudes. Well, someone
told me yesterday like, oh, I like the wide receiver room.
I think it's up there, said, I think you like
the potential. I think you like the potential of what
it is because they got a nice freshmen coming and
they do have two or three dudes that that can
if they if they put in the work GM and
they can't get themselves up there. But it's not even close.
It's linebacker.
Speaker 1: Okay, I know you need to go to break, but
I'm gonna leave with people. B. Why you will be
a three to four base defense next year and you're
gonna think you're gonna hate it, but you're going to
love it anyway. I'm just gonna leave you with it.
Speaker 3: We'll leave it on that. No, we've gone really long
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Speaker 8: Two teams were in action yesterday as we start with
eight rinked menon's volleyball who swept number fifteen? You see
Santa Barbara three to nothing yesterday down in good old
Santa Barbara, California. Trent Moser and Connor Oldanni each had
ten chills and freshman middle blocker Max Elite had a
career high three kills and a match high three blocks
and watch the win. The two teams meet again tonight
at eight pm on ESPN Plus. The other team in
action was the men's and women's dive teams, who are
currently in action at the Air Force Invite in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Spanish driver on the men's side, Marty Yoke finished second
and a three meter event, earning a collegiate personal best
three seventy eight point eight five in the finals. On
the women's side, Brooklyn Decorates took fifth place and then
one meter event. Both teams are in action through Saturday.
In cross country, the USTFCCCA recognized the YU women's team
as an all academic team, Riley Chamberlain, Lexi goth Thompson,
Jane heedinggren Zariel Napia, and Taylor Rotinsky all earned individual
academic All American honors, and swim and dive Tatum Cooley
was named the Big Twelve Women's Swimmer of the Week,
Lineman the Men's Swimmer of the League, and Marty Off
the Men's Diver of the Congrats to those three. Besides
the aforementioned volleyball and dive teams in action tonight, seven
additional teams are in action today. Women's gymnastics hosts Arizona
the Big Twelve home opener tonight in the Marriott Center.
Women's golf opens their season down in Guadalajara, Mexico. Women's
track and field is in Boston for the John Thomas
Terriot Classic and in Logan for the Roman Rees Speed
and Power Invitation. Of Men's track and field joins them
in Logan for the Utah State Indoor Invitation. Men's tennis
faces the Rainbow Warriors in Hawaii, and women's tennis is
up in Boise to face Boise State. Low's more teams
are in action tomorrow, including number thirteen YU at number
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Speaker 2: Ben Crittle's first scholarship was from the hands of Kalani Sataki.
Kilani immediately regretted that decision chet Crittle on the bench
at JUCO Ball and told Gary Kroute to recruit Walt
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Sports here on one, O, three, nine and ninety three
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We'll be traveling safe back. He'll be back on Monday
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We want you to continue to feel better. I know
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Don't get sick out there. You don't want to be
sick for Super Bowl, uh, you know, the super Bowl
weekend and then in a couple of weeks. But you
also maybe not want to go to baptisms as well.
You might have to be like Brandon Gurney and go
watch and go watch, go go support spiritually and then
then do that.
Speaker 1: My life is so hard.
Speaker 3: This is why I would never be bishop, because the
Lord knows that I would cancel church and then you'd
have that day off. So that's why I will never
be called because of that.
Speaker 1: Hey, Ron Ronnie, this is off the coff but I
want to I want to give a plug to Ortho
Prosa Utah. And this is legit what happened today.
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ahead and plug orthrop Pros.
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you just say Ben does this mom and pops store
or whatever. So I get a group text because I'm
on the company text line because because I do some
stuff for Criddle here and there. Right, Yeah, So anyway,
Lindsay Vaughn biffed at big time. You guys probably saw
Switzerland just had to be airlifted out one hundred percent. Yeah, yeah,
So anyway, her mtr her trainer is based in Utah.
He needed to fly out with a brace. Guess who
they called to supply the brace Utah. So when you
see Lindsay Vaughn with a brace on in Switzerland because
he's flying out to Switzerland tonight, it was provided by
Bank Crittle for Prosa Utah.
Speaker 3: Look like, well, we always say as super cool Orthopros.
You always say we have an array of orthopedic and
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helping in supporting MS Vaughan appreciate that a guess who
they call, they know who to call. You gotta call
the right people. It's not just Ortho pros though. Speaking
of calling the music and bandit ay chosen by g Man,
I'll let him explain who the band is in the
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good song?
Speaker 1: It was Pearl Jam. It's it's probably my favorite Pearl
Jam song. And what I like about is you can't
understand a word, he says throughout the I love it.
I don't. I think I know what those songs about,
but I'm not sure, but I love it. It's a great song. Yeah, flastic,
there you go. Pearl Jam band of today.
Speaker 3: It's a good song that Pearl Jam is the band today.
So all right here we go, g Man. I know
you probably saw the news. I saw it. It was
put out over social media. You have to pay attention
obviously to the ex's I like to say, make sure
that you're zening all the time. But a certain BYU
player has enrolled a b YU GM. I know you
know who it is, adding depth to this running back room.
Do you like this edition? I mean, look, any edition
at this point has to be able to help this
room because it's then a lot of people are like, oh,
Baron LJ can do it again. I firmly believe you can't.
And we're not talking about g Man going twelve and
one or twelve. So you're talking about getting to the
college football playoffs. Being competitive like BAU basketball. You need
to beat the teams that matter that we think are
elite eight teams that can be Final four teams. Baron
LJ just won't be enough.
Speaker 1: It won't.
Speaker 3: It is not going to do that. And that's why
former you touch their running back signee. You know he's
a rolled in BAU after his mission, Makai Beckstead, he
ran for nearly two thousand yards as a senior attemp view.
Gi Man, you're on the preps world as well as
Double D and Seawan and a multitude of others. This
addition to the running back room for BYU. What impact
do you think he'll make.
Speaker 1: He could have a really big impact.
Speaker 3: I'm not counting on, really not count on. Okay, I
just I don't.
Speaker 1: Know the thing about he was tremendous in twenty twenty four.
He looked really really.
Speaker 3: Good, look great.
Speaker 1: He was hurt. He was not able to be himself.
And if you talk to him, remember when he scored
after that stand for game. I remember he was in
the press conference and I asked him, how did that
fail to score some touchdown? And he immediately just went
this person. I just I hope I can get my
burst back. I'm not there yet. He never got there,
and I wonder if he'll ever get there again. I
hope he does, because he's a really nice kid and
it'd be a really great story. But you cannot depend
on that. I like what I saw from Joe Besa
de Mooney in the Bowl game. I think he can
be a guy now that bumb link things behind him. Plus,
I think he's a really good change for LJ. Martin,
really good. But what you want is competition. You just
don't want to plug in guys. That's what hurt me.
Why you last year? As SIONI Mulla did not really
any competition and whatnot. So yeah, give me the running
back death. I like the kid from Lehigh whose name
I forget right, Devon Eka. But you need competition because
guess what, LJ is gone after this year. You're gonna
need guys I are, of course in this day and age,
they're probably gonna hit the train reportal bringing some guys whatnot.
It seems like running backs a position where you can
just pick and choose guys from all over the place
to plug and play. The problem is is they want
to play. They just don't want to be plugged in.
So and that's the problem at b Way because you
have the offensive the Big twelve Offensive player of the year,
Elgi Martin. He's returned, he's really good. But but here's
what you you particularly need one this year b Way.
He was afforded two buys last.
Speaker 3: Year happened in this year everybody was, but not.
Speaker 1: Those nine straight games to end the season. That's I
I just I just don't think you can bank on that.
I want to see games where LG. Martin's not used
that much, where he's afforded some breathing room and all that.
I think with Bear's progress. The missic component with LG.
Martin why he was so valuable was he was valuable
because what he provided Bear Bachmeyer in that backfield, making
checks right uh and and doing everything he does pass
pro big, big big. He had to perform a lot
more than just running the football, and he was so
essential to this team. And it's gonna be diminished a
little bit just because Bear's gonna be progressed that much more.
But it's still a big thing. And yes, he needs help,
so so yeah, give me all the running backs the
chances that he's gonna go through the season unscaped once again.
I don't know if he can count on that. I
think Joe Besa de Mooney he's gonna be up to
speed more and more. But yeah, I even though they
had this guy from Utaha, I still want to see another.
Speaker 3: Guy, absolutely, Caleb. I'll get your thoughts on this question
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How do you feel about Bo's projected running back room
with the addition of Mackay Beckstad. Just to give you
the names in there, LJ. Martin, as G Man mentioned,
Senior Preston Rex, Senior Joe Vessa de Mooney sophomore, Sony
Moyre junior as a junior at my apologies not Ony
mona junior, not saying the names. Don't want to get
that mixed up. Charles Miska, who's the sophomore, Logan Pain sophomore.
I really thought we see Logan Pain last year, Lucky
Now junior, Devon Echa freshman twenty twenty six, sinety by
the way, and then Makai bec said he is a
returned missionary. Caleb, your thoughts on that, well, let me.
Speaker 1: Just say ahead, Yeah, I'm very high on Logan Pain
as well. He was hurt.
Speaker 3: He was hurt too, see everybody deemed.
Speaker 1: He was skimpy anywhere. Anyway, go ahead, Caleb, I just
want to.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, that's okay.
Speaker 5: I think like Gurney was talking about, I think competition
breeds excellence, right ooh.
Speaker 3: I like that.
Speaker 5: I was wishing that we would see more out of Sion.
It was unfortunate that he was hurt last year. I
really liked what like Gurney was saying. What we saw
in twenty twenty four when he came in was really
a good one two punch with LJH.
Speaker 4: I think if we can find something like that.
Speaker 5: Again, with Gurney saying, in this era of transfer portal,
I don't know how much we're gonna be able to
develop and plug and play, especially with LJ getting the
majority of the reps at that position, as he should,
as he's earned right and as we brought him back
to do. But I think it's gonna have to come
down to competitions. Like you said, we've got some freshmen
coming in, We've got beck set coming in.
Speaker 4: I think, just let him play it out.
Speaker 5: I think something that I've come to really gain faith
and trust in is the coaching staff's ability to let
people play it out and to have that healthy competition
and to earn that spot and earn that role. I
think there have been a few different competitions where somebody's
come out on top that I wasn't necessarily expecting, But
a few games into the season, you just start to
see what the coaching staff saw and the practices and
why they were able to get that position they had.
So I really hope they were able to find a
clear number two running back this offseason before the season starts,
and not just somebody that will be like, hey, LJ, you.
Speaker 4: Take a you take a few few breathers.
Speaker 5: Right, and I'll get in there legit number running back. Yeah,
somebody that we're excited to have in there at number two.
You know, I'm a Detroit Lions fans. Right now, we've
got Jamiir Gibbs and David Montgomery. Yeah, so maybe, yeah,
maybe we'll compare. Yeah, you got it, you got the joker,
you got it.
Speaker 4: I got it, I got it. I heard it.
Speaker 5: But maybe I feel like Lj's kind of our David Montgomery.
We can get our Jamiir Gibbs for the boycoug's this offseason.
Speaker 3: If if people are blinded and don't know what I
was poking. I'm from Chiao, guys, Bears fan Lions fans
really really thought the Lions would steamroll this year. But
I guess losing coordinators does hurt. But I like the
comparison of Jamier Gibbs and David Montgomery. David Gomery is
r LGM Martin to me, I think the Jamior Gibbs.
I think the guy that can be flashy is Devon Ekka. Yeah,
thank you, Ricky. I really believe like it is. I
think that kid has a bright future. Not just to
BA you. But in college football, this kid is he's
a workaholic man. He has a chip on his shoulder.
Quick one step, he blitzes, he's to the house, puts
his foot in the dirt, and he's gone. I like
Makai Beckstead. I like what he brings. He's gonna have
to get the mission legs off. I like Logan Pain,
so I like the depth here. But g Man said it.
You know you got it. Logan Pain was hurt. How
many of these guys got hurt last year? Ba's you know,
running back room a lot. Press and Rex hurt, Javessa
Mooney hurt. Well, he fumbled, but maybe he wasn't hurt.
My apologies, Press and Rex hurt, Javessa de Mooney. You
know they're trying to give other guys opportunities. But and
I know he had fumbled, and they say, oh, well
he's not punished. Yeah, that's how it goes in a
rod system. If you fumble, you do you dude, sometimes
have to have accountability. So anymo was hurt. Don't know
what happened with Charles misk If he was hurt, Jiman,
tell me if he was. You just said Logan Pain
was hurt. Lucky for now and there you go, like,
so you got to your entire room on top of
LG and Bear got nicked. So this addition, look, I
don't just want to say throwing a body in there,
but the production he had in high school and being
a good football player, this helps. This really does help,
because you need as many. I will finish it with
this and I'll start with you, Jimmy, and then go
to Caleb. Are you surprised that b what you has
declined to add a transfer running back from the portal
to this room. This is the one I think that
I'm still caught off guard by.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I am. The difficulty in that is telling a guy, hey,
we want you to transfer over, but you got to
back up LJ. Martin. That's a that's a tough sell.
It's a tough sell.
Speaker 3: But networds at Kansas, Yeah, I.
Speaker 1: Think you could have sold that. So yeah, I think
you needed one. And yeah, if I'm gonna if I'm
gonna nitpick anything B way you did not accomplish in
the transfer portal. That's the one check mark that's not
check off. That doesn't make sense. That's the one box
that's not checked off. There you go That's what I
meant to say, And and yeah, it could be a
glaring a mission to what has otherwise been a fantastic
transfer portal exercise with B Way Football.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Caleb, go ahead your thoughts on that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it would have been nice to bring
in somebody, somebody that we could rely on immediately and
maybe not necessarily have to have that competition. But I
think about what Grinny was saying, right like, what are
you going to promise this individual? You've got Lgen who's
going to get the majority.
Speaker 1: Of the reps.
Speaker 5: Then you've got someone like Davon Echo, who you're just
talking about, who we're hopefully going to develop and maybe
make into our number one guy in the future. So
you're not necessarily promising somebody. I mean, I don't know
you promised anybody that comes in. Hey, you're going to
be a starter immediately, et cetera.
Speaker 3: No, NBA you said they don't do that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we heard that j Hill quote.
Speaker 5: Right, we're saying if you want to just be promised it,
then maybe maybe this spot isn't for you. I'm butchering
that quote, but I think you know what I'm talking about.
In the off season last year.
Speaker 4: I think it was.
Speaker 5: But yeah, I just don't know what we would have
been able to promise somebody coming in from the transfer
portal as running back when you've got LJ and then
some people that were hoping to develop for the future.
So am I a little bit sad about it? Yeah,
I think it would have been nice to have somebody
to bring that one two punch with LJ.
Speaker 4: Am I surprised, not necessarily, So.
Speaker 5: I'm still hopeful for what we can figure out with
what we've got who in that who we've got in
that room for the number two spot and.
Speaker 3: The whereas the Kalinie Sataki we knew you guys just
didn't know, but you got to see him. Look Preston Rex,
I still feel like he can give you something there.
We saw Javessa. He's earned the spots. So it's going
to be I think LJ. Devon and and you know,
I think Joe Vesa until you know, other guys show
that they're healthy at the press and Rex, I think
we'll be in the competition have something to say about it.
I think Logan pain will and I'm still a question
mark on see anymore. It's a question mark of I
don't think nice cable is just can he be healthy enough?
Because when he is, we saw what he was capable of.
You love to have everybody here in this running back
room and have a problem. But we'll see. But right now,
that's the projected running back room an addition of Makai Bex.
How do you feel about Bay's projected running back room
with the addition of Makai bex that let us know.
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hoop yesterday. Want to stay on the topic of football
before we basketball. Maybe I'll get Gurney in Caleb's thoughts
on this twenty twenty five BAU Football impact live television
television viewership. Yes, this is the actual numbers. Now that
the season is over, check this out. I thought this
was crazy. So BAU thirty seven point seven million TV
viewerships in twenty twenty five, seventeen point seven million post
season viewership. That's a lot. And remember the Pop Tarts
Bowl is what bo You had social media reach three
hundred and two million totals nine point five to four
million totals in social media engagement in twenty twenty five,
nine point seven six million. That's the total social media
what is it? It's generated in twenty twenty five. All
these numbers are just ridiculous, like the news information when
you look at all of it, like the attendance. Total
attendances at BOU home games three hundred and eighty two thousand,
seven hundred and thirty three. The road attendance is ridiculous
as well, three hundred and seven thousand, two hundred and one.
The average home attendance was sixty two thousand, seven hundred
eighty nine. G Man, Caleb, please look up what is
how much lavel Ever Stadium or VIC seats? Because is
that a sellout? Pretty much every game ranks top twenty
five and higher. C Yeah, like this, I mean one
hundred and two seven point six percentage of the home
stadium capacity. So yeah, this is you're pretty much getting
to sell out every single game. And then the big
twelve Championshi of attendants eighty nineteen GM. Your thoughts on
all of that, BA, you just killed it this year
with the viewership and attendants.
Speaker 1: Well, I think what BWA You's done really well is
the on game production day experience is nice. The game.
They've really upped that, and I think they've done it
in a smart way because BWA is never going to
be a pregame destination. You're just tell game is not
a thing at BYU never, So what do you do?
You enhance the show during the game, and it's phenomenal.
They spend a lot of money, but I think it's
worth it. In every regard, there's tradition, there's things to
look forward to. That fourth quarter break is phenomenal. I
love what they do with the fire dancing and Cosmo
with the drums. It's great.
Speaker 3: Lad lights on the field and on the flags.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tradition and it's great. It's a lot of fun,
and it's a hard thing to do in this day
and age is making a game to experience fun and
BA You's done that really really well, So props to them.
And plus it helps when the football team's really good.
But this coming year, I can't think of a home
schedule that's been more sexy than what we're gonna see
in twenty twenty more sexy? Are you kidding me? You
get both the Arizona schools and Notre Dame. Stop it,
come on, are you kidding me? It'd be better if
you had Utah home, obviously, but yeah, sixty three five,
Ronnie is what Laville Edwards sixty three five?
Speaker 3: So there you go sixty or three five.
Speaker 1: So it's but the key things the product. Oh yeah,
b Way's winning. Fans want to.
Speaker 3: When you win, people show up like I'll ask you,
Caleb Lions this. I saw you at the basketball game.
We chopped it up for a little bit, like give
me your thoughts on the game day atmosphere. I don't
know if you've been to a football game this year,
but if you have, you and the kids. I mean
that atmosphere is for everybody. Everybody loves it. Even opposing
media that comes says it's the best drop back in
college football first of all, and then it's the best
atmosphere they've seen this far.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's funny you bring that up. I had the
season football tickets this last year with some uncles and
a cousin. Wasn't able to bring my kids to all
the games. But what's funny is what I would be
recording was the in between stuff, right like the three
minute timeouts or the halftime or the fourth quarter show.
I was recording that for my kids because they wanted
to see it. Like Cosmo would come up next to
up the aisle next to me. I'm recording Cosmo at
the top of the stadium with the drums. I'm recording
the fireworks and when I get home, they better I
better have had a video fresh from that game.
Speaker 4: On my phone when I get back, because that's what
my kids wanted to see. So that entertainment.
Speaker 5: I think it's working for not just children, but for
all all sports, all types of people, all different ages. Yeah,
I think it's a great great environment, great impact. I
really like what they're doing, the direction they're taking it,
and that fourth quarter stuff. I mean, even if you're
losing a game, how do you not get hyped up
at the beginning.
Speaker 4: Of the fourth quarter.
Speaker 3: It does a great job. David does a great job,
David Amadolan Know's crew and you know is you got
to give a shout out, an animetcalf as well. Joel
Marian does the basketball game to experience. We had a
on a few weeks ago. Phenomenal job. Bou athletics in general,
Bou football, Bou basketball. I can't wait to see what
the Bou basketball numbers are now. It is a product.
Like g Man says, I want to make sure I
give Creed to say that you do have to win
and people want to see it. But all of that
combined together is for all these fantastic numbers. Bo you
probably top ten I think in the country, if not
top fifteen, and a lot of these numbers. So you
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Speaker 1: We'll go to break.
Speaker 3: Don't go anywhere a little read it between the lines.
Let's get g Man's thoughts on the basketball. I haven't
talked much hoop with him. We're gonna hear from Kevin
Young post us use him not POSTCA media availability from
earlier this morning. G Man is gonna give his thoughts
and tell me if by you will get its first
Quad one win on the road. All of that coming
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