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Let's welcome in my guy, Ronald, the three man where

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if I could be the the PG of that. You know, Ben,

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Speaker 1: You want to hear. My wife said, said been the

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other day. This is how she takes shots. She's like,

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you sound the same in one point speed? Is you

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she said, you talk so and the yunk and swerver

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certain mission. Remember we've we've had the discussion for those

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twenty five to maybe fifty K a year in investments, investments,

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to the Athletic department. You're in the five to ten

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k you're gonna get Okay, you're gonna be up in

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the upper bowl upper Bowl area. It's gonna be tough

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South North End zone maybe, but in order to get

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like priority seating, you're probably in that twenty five to

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fifty K range annually. That's pretty crazy to get really

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good seats. Uncle Pooh, who's been a huge BYU fan

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for them as long as I can remember. Uh, he's

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a tailgator too. I thought it was insitaying that that

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Uncle Pool, out of everybody that I know, is past

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up on tickets this year. I'm I'm floored. It's crazy,

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he said me. I've been impacted. I tailgate and I

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come home Legacy two and away selection isn't great. So

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he's a Legacy too, so he has access. He got

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to bid on these he bottom last year, but kind

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of sold them probably per game. He found that going

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home and watching it from the comfort of his home

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was actually a good experience too. It was a nice

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experience Brett. We always try to invite Brett to the

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tailgate and like the pregame, like, hey, I got a

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ticket here and he's like, no, I'm sitting here. He's

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got like fifteen screens around him and he's just sitting

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there with his diet coke, And what do you eat?

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Speaker 1: What do you eat?

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Speaker 2: What do you eat? What do you eat?

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Speaker 4: Beat ups usually or wings on. Honestly, it depends. Sometimes

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sometimes it's.

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Speaker 2: You know, pulling Brett. You know that's what they do now.

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They just sit in a dark room with football on.

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Speaker 4: And just like I can't watch I can't watch games

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from the stadium anymore, can't do it. And I realize

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I sound like the a hole saying this, but I'm

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just gonna say it because this is my life experience.

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Speaker 2: You're actually the black hole on the ESPO fan Spencer

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Winds and.

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Speaker 4: I had this debate one time when I was working

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at BOUTV because I told him I was like, after

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doing Sideline, I can no longer go sit up in

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the seats, like sitting courtside at games, walking amongst all

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the coaches and the players and everything. I'm like, why

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would I ever go sit in a seat where I'm

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like it more than twenty feet away from the action.

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And I was sidelined. I was sidelined for Latle Belle

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Edwards once, so like, yeah, I have a hard time

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now just watching games from the stands. However, being the

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a hole and saying that I hope I can win

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a little bit of affection back with our fans. I

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understand what they're I understand their frustration.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, So you're here, the pompous prick. Yes.

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Oh no, I'm too good to go watch it from

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row thirty.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we have to get an a lot of sideline

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reporter before Brett will go back.

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Speaker 2: And he's like, I will be your sideline reporter. That's

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the only way. That's where I draw the line. I

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will not be a reporter from the booth, hells to

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the bells, not accept that luxury suite. Nope. All right, well, okay,

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let me show you my seats that I ended up

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buying this year, okay, and you can tell me if

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you would take one of these seats, okay, because you

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know you would be you'd be in these seats, okay.

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You know you can make a decision on how you feel.

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I'll pull them up here on my phone and you

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can tell me. But this is a bad situation, There's

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no doubt about it. For individuals that have been purchasing tickets.

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They've been in these seats for fifteen twenty years. These

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are like, I mean, sometimes longer. The memories have been made,

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names are engraving. Yeah, I mean they probably they've probably

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put their names into the concrete below. They may have

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done the thing the bench. Yeah. Oh yeah, this is uh,

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this is a it's dire. Straight. People are pissed. They're

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not happy, and they're making it known on social media.

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They're saying, look, look, I understand this is big time football,

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but you are kicking the Royal loyal, strong and true

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fans right in the Gontz. You're not giving them any recourse.

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You're not giving them an opportunity, right, You're not giving

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them a standing room only situation. You're not giving them

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any opportunity. Here and I'll read through some of these things, right,

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Sam Dean says, I up my Googar club membership and

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still couldn't keep my seats. They weren't the best top

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row of the lower bowl, but I really like them.

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I mean top roll a little. That's where I got.

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That's a pretty good site. That's where I got. So

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I got. Let me see here, So I'm in section

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one thirty five. I think it's like, right, start finding

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it during games. Well, I don't sit there, but these

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are just my tickets, right, I think it was thirty

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five b top row, thirty five top row right there,

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I take that right, So, like, I mean, they're pretty penny, man,

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they're pretty expensive. These are mucho de naro And I'm

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it's a business expense because these are business tickets for

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my other business, my orthorpros of Utah. Right, but still

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it gets really competitive out there. I also have a

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friend whose family has had twelve seats, says Sam Dean

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together for twenty five plus years. In order to get

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twelve seats together, they had to up their Cougar club

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to ten k. So now they are just they just

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are not going anymore. That's crazy. So they're not going

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to do it. Yeah, Shiloh Lloyds has not enough characters.

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I say, give it to me, come on, give it

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to me. Jesse says, we have had tickets as a

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family for over fifty years. We went from having twelve

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in the same spot for so long to getting it

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cut to eight unless we paid ten thousand dollars a

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year to keep twelve. And we are we are in

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a different spot. Now, this means we can't have our

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family together at games. Okay, so impact it bleeding. I mean, look,

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first four problems, right, first four problems. But I get it.

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These are complaints where I asked for them. We're bringing

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it in bleeding BYU Blue. I usually can find seats

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in the chair sections. This year, all but single chair

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options were left when my selection time was open, so

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I had to get my tickets on the bench section.

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I feel very lucky to be able to get tickets

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and feel for those that did not. BYU hashtag BYU

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Stadium Expansion. David Lundberg been season ticket holder for two

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plus decades. I've had a good run with great memories.

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With the reseating arrangements, the rock got put into our seats.

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I'll admit I don't do donate much to the Cougar clubs,

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so that pushed me away down the renewal list. I'll

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use the money to go to a road game. You go, Okay,

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that's actually, that's that's fair, that's good coping. That's a

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great coping mechanism. I'll use the money one thousand, fifteen

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hundred two grand to go to a road game instead.

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I'll watch it from home for the home games, and

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I'll go on the road and have an enriching experience.

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I like that.

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Speaker 3: The bonus, one of the bonuses of being in the

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Big twelve is the road games are closer. Yeah, generally speaking,

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you're not going to like the Carolinas anymore, sure like,

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I mean you did last year for an out of

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conference game. But generally speaking, you've got the Arizona's, you've

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got Colorado, you'll go to Texas. Yeah, it's a lot

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closer than the cross country trip that you had to

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UMass of all places.

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Speaker 2: Yep, yep, yep. It looks Yeah, it's a little bit easier.

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But these are truck stop conference locations. So that's what

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they say, you know, that's what it is, what they say.

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You know, it's not there's not all. They don't have

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major metropolitan international airports flying. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you got Tempe that's right next to the

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feet Nickson there.

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Speaker 2: You could go to the Temple. That's a good one.

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Speaker 4: You aren't most college towns like a truck stop anyway,

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Like Athens is almost two hours outside of Georgia, Like

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Oxford is almost impossible to get to state college.

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Speaker 2: Isn't any easier, Like, yeah, it's such a dumb take.

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Speaker 4: Good college town is not near Like think about the

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college towns that are in a metro city, like Temple,

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like places.

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Speaker 2: That colleges that suck. Frankly, if you want a good

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college town, you don't want to be taking offense temple

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those temple at you know, you know, lums do not

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take offense to that. But Brett does live at one

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four seven West Sandfield. I don't know if it is either,

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but you know, these are these are trying times for Kugarnation.

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B Yu koalisays we've had them the past two years.

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We didn't make the cut this year. Such a bummer

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was down to pay even with the higher seat price

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by alumni. DFW says zero. We don't go to home game.

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Our kids have rock passes. So there's some that like

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aren't impacted by it. There's a lot of boy fans

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that that are out of the state right that are

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that are not participating in this. My biggest thing is

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like I don't want the fans that have that are

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willing to show up rain or snow, one pm or

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nine pm kickoff to be ousted like those are the

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fans that you need that actually rise and shout. Yeah,

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the one like to me, there's a meritocracy and they

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need to qualify it of you know, maybe it's consistency.

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We talk about all these point of cruel systems that

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are digitized now, like on our apps, right with food

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and with anything for that matter, any product or service.

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It seems like there's like some sort of loyalty rewards program.

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To me, if like you're showing up consistently no matter

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what the game is, you're not reselling them. And I

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don't know how to track this. I'm just ideating here,

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do you know what I mean? Selling a whole other

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issue that we haven't really dived into. Yeah, there's a

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resale market too, some guys are buying it. And then

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these big time games, Notre Dames on there. You're gonna

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go sell those, right, You're gonna sell those. You can

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make a lot of it.

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Speaker 3: Those are expensive right now, Yeah, very very expensive.

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Speaker 2: They're like four fifty six is the cheapest dice. Yeah,

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and and that's probably maybe what Uncle Poot did. He

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was able to make more money off of it and

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then and than anything. So you know, but like you

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want to build up like, look, I love the decibel

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Like this was like a decade ago. I'm like, we

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need to have like a decibel measuring device for our

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fan base. And like, if we get to a certain

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amount of decibels in the game consistently, you know, three

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or four times in games, then everyone needs a chicken

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sandwich or a pizza. Like the cheapest way is do

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you know that cougartail? Do you know what I mean?

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Or a cougartail right, like something right where like you

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there's an incentive we're we are we are Homo sapiens,

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but we are basic mammals in many ways, and we

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are incentive and accountability based. Those are the two things

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that change up. You're like, oh you cougartail? Yeah, yeah,

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go cook? You know what I mean? Like a pizza, yes, pizza, repizza.

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We got to get up to that, you know, ninety

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eight decibels. I don't know. I haven't looked up decibel

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measurements in a long time anyway, but you know what

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I mean, Like that, we need to do that. And

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I like there has to be something of like loyalty

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points outside of like cougar club points that like gives

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the little man you know, the young graduate that just

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got out of college that wants to be a BYU,

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you know, a season ticket O a chance to earn

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his way or her way into Cougar Club points. Does

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that make sense? No, like some sort of gift and

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kind type of deal, like what if? Like what like

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ap let's say your recent graduate. You're like, dude, I

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want tickets. I'm working. You know, say you're working forty

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hours a week. I know you got a child on

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the way, et cetera. But you're like, hey, I got

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an extra twenty hours that I'd be willing to allocate

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to the boy's athletic department. Whatever special. They'll do whatever

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it takes, right the recruiting right, you want me to

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look at film, you want me to have signed an

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n D a non disclosure agreement, and I'll these lips

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are shut, and I'll work. I'll work. I'll work for

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Cougar Club points. You know what I mean. I'm pitching it.

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I'm ideating. I'm an idea guy. Right. All I'm saying

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is like, you could gift in contact. You gotta find

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a way to be you can be an usher usher. Sorry,

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that's from my era. Who is that usher? Who I mean.

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It's not like uh Usher is gonna be banned the

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day by this part of the Beatles. Oh yeah, I's

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he was backshitt yeah bye bye bye, Yes exactly. But

468
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you know what I mean, Like I just want to

469
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,759
give them an opportunity away, a path to earn clear

470
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,720
Cougar Club points somehow, some way. Maybe it's helping set

471
00:23:57,799 --> 00:24:01,519
up at like the fan fests, you know what I mean,

472
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,799
Like whatever it is, find a way a market, a

473
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,160
loyalty program where these individuals that may not have the

474
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,200
funds to a crew Cougar Club points. Yeah, they don't

475
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,319
have one hundred Jesus to spend. They're not fifty Jesus spend.

476
00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:16,160
They have twenty five. They don't have ten grand to spend.

477
00:24:16,319 --> 00:24:18,000
But you know what, they may have some time. They

478
00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:19,799
may have a skill set, they may have you know,

479
00:24:19,839 --> 00:24:21,559
they they may be able to do that for you.

480
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Speaker 3: You know, I one hundred percent agree because look, when

481
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,440
I was younger, like my first ever game, I sat

482
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,559
at the very top most of the games I've been

483
00:24:29,559 --> 00:24:31,599
to by before being a student, I was at the

484
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,599
very top of the stadium. I went to that Oregon

485
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,119
State game, that first black guy I went to a

486
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,319
couple of Utah get I spent. I would save up

487
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,880
money because I was not a rich kid. My parents

488
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,240
were like, you're if you're going to Bay game went peaked.

489
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Speaker 2: I had some very I have the kids in he

490
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,359
has all met filthy. How do I know this because

491
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,680
my brother Matthew went to Loan. I had some very

492
00:24:55,799 --> 00:24:56,519
rich neighbors.

493
00:24:56,559 --> 00:24:58,640
Speaker 3: I don't want to get like my family had some help.

494
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,960
Like like growing up, my family had life. I have

495
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,799
some friends and so I had to I would save

496
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,440
up money to get to top of the row, like

497
00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:13,079
top level of the stadium tickets and those are some

498
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,319
of the best memories I have as a BA fan.

499
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,359
Is I stood in that twenty seven degrees There was

500
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,400
a raining against Boise s date in twenty nineteen or

501
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,599
two and four hosting a top twenty like that was

502
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,720
incredible and with ticket price like BYU. My point is

503
00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:33,559
BYU can't afford to lose those fans, Yes, because those

504
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,319
are the backbone of a ROCKUS stadium.

505
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I agree with you. So like the resale

506
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,400
market to me, like it's really a like I think

507
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,480
there needs to be a message that goes out and

508
00:25:42,519 --> 00:25:45,480
they may be doing this where and I think I

509
00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:49,000
have seen this, you know, game day or even like

510
00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:51,480
the day before, these reminders like hey, if you're not

511
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,400
if you're not planning on going to the game, put

512
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,000
them like put them out to like cougarnation to sell

513
00:25:58,039 --> 00:25:59,759
them or something, you know what I mean. Like and

514
00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:01,160
if you don't know, there has to be like a

515
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,240
resell market. Maybe back to BYU and B what you

516
00:26:04,279 --> 00:26:06,400
need to use their pulpit to like get it out

517
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,880
there to like fans that are willing to go and

518
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,039
attend at a decreased price or something like that. It

519
00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:14,079
doesn't make it. There's gotta be something. There has to

520
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,759
be a pivot there and then those fans are like, yeah,

521
00:26:17,799 --> 00:26:20,039
I want to go to that game. It's one game, boom.

522
00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:23,000
I can spend a few hundred bucks on four tickets,

523
00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:26,119
right and then they show up. But then I don't

524
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,000
have the like the consistent view or whatever. But there's

525
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,920
got to be something there.

526
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 4: I just feel like sports as a whole is becoming

527
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,000
less about the fan and more about the corporate sponsor.

528
00:26:36,079 --> 00:26:37,799
And I understand we gotta pay bills and everything. I

529
00:26:38,319 --> 00:26:41,079
I before that, but like, I don't even think this

530
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:41,559
is just.

531
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,519
Speaker 2: A BYU issue. I know that's what we're talking about.

532
00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:45,839
Speaker 4: But like, I think this is a movement we're kind

533
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,319
of seeing across all sports because sports are becoming like

534
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,000
the popular thing, and so people are like, oh, I

535
00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:55,240
have money, I can do this. I'm gonna buy out

536
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,160
the guy who maybe has been going for forever. Now

537
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,440
I'm just gonna go because this is a to me.

538
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,200
It's not necessarily and guy loves I just.

539
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,519
Speaker 2: Want to, so I'm going to.

540
00:27:04,799 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 4: I almost wish they had like rent control on tickets,

541
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,960
you guys, know, like rent control, like you can.

542
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 2: A socialist, Yeah, so you can't. You want communism too.

543
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,759
I do that rent control going to New York right now.

544
00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 3: I have, but it.

545
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,279
Speaker 4: Just it does suck right for these fans who want it,

546
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,119
they've had it, and it's like, hey, I know you

547
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,119
had those tickets last year, but other people willing to

548
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,640
spend more money. So we're gonna kick you out of

549
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,519
those and you're gonna have to move back, even though

550
00:27:35,519 --> 00:27:39,440
what you paid last year should have been enough. And

551
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,319
the hard part, I think the truth is, I know

552
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,079
Andrew you said, I don't think Bill you can afford

553
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,000
to lose those fans. I think they can and that's

554
00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:49,799
the problem. They shouldn't be able to. This shouldn't be

555
00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:52,079
an issue. Be what you should be committed to those fans.

556
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,960
But like at the end of the day, if BYU

557
00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:59,480
is gonna sacrifice fans who can't pay for fans who

558
00:27:59,519 --> 00:28:02,839
will pay, irrespective of how long the fans have been

559
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,359
with them, because the more popular BYU gets, the more

560
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,640
corporate sponsors are gonna want to get their packs of

561
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,240
seats and their's and their their spots whatever.

562
00:28:11,599 --> 00:28:13,839
Speaker 2: I hope it. I hope they find a way to

563
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:14,400
combat this.

564
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 4: But the problem is, like more money is what BYU

565
00:28:17,799 --> 00:28:20,759
is going to take over the guy who's been there

566
00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:21,920
for X amount of years.

567
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 2: Well real quick and then ap you take it. UH.

568
00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:27,240
Private equity getting into sport is also going to be

569
00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:30,960
very interesting, right you have like that Francis Fenway Sports Group,

570
00:28:31,079 --> 00:28:34,640
a pairent company for Boston Red Sox Okay, deeply integrated

571
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,400
private equity into its ownership structure and business strategy. It

572
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:43,480
feels expansion and valuation, growth, profitability, and they don't want

573
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,640
to win like it's actually more profitable sometimes not to

574
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,640
invest from a roster standpoint, and you just want to

575
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,000
stay semi competitive. Sometimes you want to take, sometimes you

576
00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:56,920
want to lose. I mean the Jazz, I mean the

577
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,720
Jazz are taken right now. I mean they're They're extremely profitable.

578
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:03,839
Why my Ryan Smith is in that is in that ownership. Now,

579
00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,240
do they want to win a championship eventually, sure, but

580
00:29:06,319 --> 00:29:10,400
they are so dang profitable and you can you can

581
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,200
continue to raise those ticket sales. Concessions are going through

582
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,960
the roof, parking is going like, there are so many

583
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,640
ways to create money on that. I mean we had

584
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:23,079
we we we bought some nosebleeds at the Jazz game

585
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,759
in their losing season, right, I mean I was still

586
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:31,559
out two hundred between parking tickets and concessions and a

587
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:37,039
losing season for four tickets, Like right, that's crazy, right?

588
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,480
Food can se? I mean I can't. You can't sneak

589
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,480
food in what was the last time the Cowboys won

590
00:29:41,519 --> 00:29:42,119
a playoff game.

591
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 4: That's the most valuable franchise in the United States in

592
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,640
North America. Yeah, so, like you don't have to win

593
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,519
to be relevant and be valuable.

594
00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 3: Yeah So, like my point with they can't afford to

595
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:56,240
lose those fans though it's twofold, is that one, Like

596
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,000
those are the loud fans.

597
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,279
Speaker 2: Those are, Yeah, those are, but that doesn't affect lot

598
00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:00,640
of line.

599
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 3: Well, so here's my other point is though, I think

600
00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:06,680
in the future it does because if.

601
00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:09,039
Speaker 2: You want the twelfth Man, if you want a rock crowd,

602
00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:12,279
you want someone to you want those those those false

603
00:30:12,319 --> 00:30:15,559
starts like you did versus ASU, those people will well.

604
00:30:15,559 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 3: Also, it's like those people grow up and become donors

605
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,160
of a colors, like if they are successful, that's like

606
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,960
it's it's a very long term point is that those

607
00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:28,200
like I think I remember seeing something about some BAU

608
00:30:28,279 --> 00:30:31,440
donors love donating to the BAU because BA supported their

609
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,720
family right in the past. And I think you lose

610
00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:37,839
out on that kind of relationship if you don't look

611
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:38,839
out for the little man.

612
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655
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care about that, No people really care about baseball, but

656
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I'm gonna mention it just because of the weather. When

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we get into the off season, that song definitely definitely

660
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661
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you would consider that country. But I've played Florida Georgia

662
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line last week, Rascal Flats post Malone. I kind of

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switched my music around this time, when the weather gets

664
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Speaker 2: Outside, I would one thousand consider Rascal Flats country music.

666
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That's country music I grew up on.

667
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Speaker 4: I've always had this question though, because obviously I love

668
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:29,359
country music. Country music, I feel like has become popular

669
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in like general popular culture over the last few years,

670
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which like I'm not super happy about because I'd like

671
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to gatekeep country Morgan wall and I think made like

672
00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:41,160
white girls love country. But I had always wondered this

673
00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:45,480
question before country music became popular. If you're going on

674
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a boat and you don't like country music, what in

675
00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:53,119
the world are you listening to? Or does everyone magically

676
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,799
just become country music fans as soon.

677
00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 2: As they go voting.

678
00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: That's a good question.

679
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,559
Speaker 2: You're listening to on the boat, it is not country music.

680
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,559
Speaker 1: It's a great question. You're not wrong.

681
00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 2: You don't listen to Jason Derulo on a boat.

682
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 4: You're not listening to Billy ey list When you're on

683
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,639
a boat, you're listening to Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker.

684
00:34:14,039 --> 00:34:18,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, are you? Are you listening to guys? Maybe like

685
00:34:18,079 --> 00:34:21,239
if you're not contry going a CDC? Yeah, maybe rock

686
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,639
music that does music.

687
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 4: But I also feel like the people who probably don't

688
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because I'm I'm thinking of like your stereotypical white girl

689
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,760
and your frat bro, like because like.

690
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 2: Listening to the rock music.

691
00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:38,119
Speaker 4: But like, what are those people listening to on the

692
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,280
boat other than the possibility of like as soon as

693
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,079
they get a white claw in their hand, like they

694
00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:45,920
automatically become from Tennessee and they just love country music.

695
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,199
Like that's that's the only way I see it. Like

696
00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,440
same with people with driving with windows. Now, as soon

697
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,199
as my windows go down, I gotta put country music on,

698
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,760
because what what else are you listening to? I just

699
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,719
I don't know, but now that everyone's become fake country

700
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,119
music fans, I guess it is what it is.

701
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 2: So I appreciate you playing that.

702
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 1: Run Yeah no, yeah, I consider myself to be a

703
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,079
real countryman fan. And I I knew that Rascal Flowers

704
00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:07,960
the country music I was just posing that for Bread.

705
00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:12,159
Speaker 3: Just calling me out there. But I am a real

706
00:35:12,199 --> 00:35:14,079
country music fan. But I do love Morgan Wallen.

707
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 2: I mean I.

708
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:21,039
Speaker 4: I but I'm saying there's people who didn't like country music.

709
00:35:21,079 --> 00:35:22,679
Speaker 1: This is very true.

710
00:35:23,679 --> 00:35:24,760
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I like country now.

711
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,159
Speaker 3: It's like what Morgan Wallen's done, Like this is a

712
00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:30,119
hot take. But his last album was very there was

713
00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:32,519
not much real country in there. There was a lot

714
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:36,239
of there was a lot of more pop mixed than

715
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:37,159
with country.

716
00:35:39,079 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 2: Well that was real country.

717
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,679
Speaker 1: But I think you got to also adjusted the times, right,

718
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,880
I mean, look, and we have this debate amongst my

719
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,280
friends all the time, and I'm in the genre of music.

720
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,199
As we're talking about band of today.

721
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 2: I actually don't think I agree with this take.

722
00:35:52,559 --> 00:35:56,559
Speaker 1: But Andrews take what I'm about to say, Miami, Okay,

723
00:35:57,519 --> 00:36:02,239
we'll be the song Miami, not yeah. Well, and there

724
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,719
might not be a few songs, but it's like the

725
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,320
conversation about Okay, who's the This is where it gets

726
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,519
a debate of like, right, who's the greatest rapper? Right?

727
00:36:08,559 --> 00:36:11,519
People always have there and I define it two different things.

728
00:36:11,559 --> 00:36:15,360
Like I don't consider Drake anymore to be like a

729
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,239
rapper or what he does, even though it falls in

730
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,119
that genre. I consider Drake to be a great artist.

731
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,639
But like that's the thing, Like the BAA football team

732
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,239
had this like four years ago with Jaron Hall and

733
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,760
like Isaac Rex, and they're like, Kendrick is overrated. I'm like,

734
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,760
how's the guy? How does the guy that Isaac Rex

735
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,079
have the most Grammy's overrated? I don't get that, but like,

736
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,599
I mean, his proof is in the putting. It is

737
00:36:33,639 --> 00:36:35,679
like if a guy, if you have eight championships, how's

738
00:36:35,679 --> 00:36:37,840
the overrated? Anyway, My point of what I'm saying is

739
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,280
that I think there's difference of it. Like I consider

740
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,760
Kendrick to be the greatest rapper right in my opinion,

741
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,119
but I consider Drake to be the greatest like artist

742
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,199
because of what he's done and how he's evolved. I

743
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,440
just I don't think you can just have one so like,

744
00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:54,519
although yes, Morgan Wallen the last album might not have

745
00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:56,039
been that way, I think you do have to like

746
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,360
mix in a few things because I think you can't

747
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,920
just be so like, you know, you can't just be

748
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,480
one narrow track minded. Like as much as I love Kendrick,

749
00:37:04,679 --> 00:37:06,639
I feel like he can only go here, he can't

750
00:37:06,639 --> 00:37:08,480
go here and other people can go elsewhere. And like

751
00:37:08,679 --> 00:37:11,880
I appreciate people like Morgan wall and that do that,

752
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,719
that are able to do that. So yeah, but it's

753
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:14,679
up for debate for sure.

754
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there's a couple of songs on that

755
00:37:19,199 --> 00:37:23,920
album that are not country are still really good. Yeah,

756
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,559
I mean I wouldn't say yeah, I'd say it's more

757
00:37:26,559 --> 00:37:27,960
country than some of the stuff that.

758
00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:33,519
Speaker 1: Yes, definitely definitely more country than that. You know, what

759
00:37:33,559 --> 00:37:35,400
do you guys feel? Dan and Shae Falls, they're like

760
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,800
cop pop country, you know, I think pop.

761
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,039
Speaker 2: A lot of country now is just pop.

762
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:45,679
Speaker 4: It is, it has shifted. There's a couple of people

763
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,199
like your I mean, even Luke Combs has some stuff.

764
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,519
Speaker 2: But like, yeah, I mean it's all good. I love

765
00:37:51,559 --> 00:37:51,880
all of it.

766
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 4: I don't I don't understand the country fans are, like,

767
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,159
I don't like pop country.

768
00:37:56,119 --> 00:37:58,079
Speaker 1: But to your point, though, yeah, I like I.

769
00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 3: Like some pure Like give me some George Straight in there,

770
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,719
Like I love George Strait that kind of music, you know.

771
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's definitely a good debate to have. But

772
00:38:06,599 --> 00:38:09,559
to Brett's original point, bringing a back full circle, I

773
00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:12,800
do agree with Brett that definitely if you're on a boat.

774
00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:15,400
I've gone to Lake Powell, I've been on some boats

775
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,280
as of friends, and there is no music other than

776
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,159
country music and maybe a little bit of Taylor Swift

777
00:38:20,199 --> 00:38:22,599
because you know, the white girls play that and that's

778
00:38:22,599 --> 00:38:25,000
what my family play, my in loss play. Other than that,

779
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,239
it is a definitely country I definitely can you definitely

780
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:29,840
hear that go around the boat for sure. Even at

781
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,760
a barbecue you hear that as well. That's something definitely

782
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,079
that curse. Okay, all right, let's keep going into it. I

783
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:36,599
didn't give a chance to give my thoughts on this.

784
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:38,800
You guys are having a great discussion as to question

785
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,599
of today about basically the ticket sales, just a rehash it.

786
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:45,320
You know how many amongst you and Cougarnation have been

787
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,119
impacted by the season tickets selection for the last two years.

788
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,679
I'll be honest, guys, I won't lie. One of the

789
00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:54,440
reasons that I'm staying in the media business is because

790
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,880
of this is to continue to cover to say objective,

791
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,599
but you're not gonna get tickets now it's been mentioned

792
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:03,079
the expensive tickets that he's bought. The last game that

793
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:06,000
I went to, you know, just as a fan in general. Yes,

794
00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:08,280
it was a bou game. This was when Jake Resz

795
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,000
left through the ninety nine yard pick six. My wife

796
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,519
and I were watching that on the fifty yard line

797
00:39:13,679 --> 00:39:15,599
and that was horrific. I can tell you that I

798
00:39:15,639 --> 00:39:18,159
saw it checked out of the play. Yes, he did, guys,

799
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,760
checked out of the play. I know that this could

800
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,280
give me to some trouble because it's different, but I

801
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,360
wasn't covering the game that day. I was there of

802
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,519
my own free will and choice with my family and

803
00:39:26,039 --> 00:39:27,559
tried to throw to Cody Epps and it went the

804
00:39:27,559 --> 00:39:30,360
other way. But to the point of that, I can't

805
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,320
even imagine just the times of how it's changed and

806
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,159
that and that's the thing, right, I could not get

807
00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:37,800
creditial to get into a game. But having done that

808
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,199
is kind of like what Brett says, it's it's hard

809
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,239
now to go and spend money and do that, even

810
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,079
like for jazz games, like I find the connections of

811
00:39:46,119 --> 00:39:47,880
friends that I know that work or these things are

812
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,280
super discounted because after having covered it's just they're so

813
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,639
expensive and I know if I don't make a certain amount,

814
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,320
like and I hate to be this transaction with it,

815
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,920
but this is just a case like money means power.

816
00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:03,079
And because I don't have a dollar sign tattooed, you know,

817
00:40:03,199 --> 00:40:05,079
on the back of my arm and I can and

818
00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:07,039
I haven't built a business or I don't have, you know,

819
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,960
saying that I don't bring anything to the table. So

820
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,639
I know, as a fan, unless I'm gonna be willing

821
00:40:11,679 --> 00:40:13,639
to spend the top dollar to said all the way up.

822
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,159
Is just it's tough these days. Like I could probably

823
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,880
get season tickets to the B's before I could get

824
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,519
season tickets to a BYU game. And maybe I'm exaggerating.

825
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 2: That, but I just these are expensive.

826
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,639
Speaker 1: They are, but like I think that's a difference though,

827
00:40:26,679 --> 00:40:29,079
like with that but you know, but but that's my point,

828
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:32,360
Like that's where I'm comparing it to when four or

829
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,800
five years ago as a BYU when I just started this,

830
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:36,920
you know, they were expensive, but they weren't like what

831
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,920
they are now, like you really have it's the name

832
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,400
of the game is paid to play, And it's just crazy.

833
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,199
I know that there's been a lot of fans impacted

834
00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:45,519
by it. I've had people tell me I just stay

835
00:40:45,559 --> 00:40:49,039
on the couch like I'm not gonna you guys know

836
00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:51,559
that I as a part time side house. I'll work

837
00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:53,400
an Adobe on the side. And there are a bunch

838
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,679
of bau fans that said, yeah, they wanted me to

839
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,719
pay an extra fifteen to twenty thousand dollars to sit

840
00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:01,920
five rolls up. No, I'll move back, And I just

841
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,880
think that's crazy. Those are the times that we're in.

842
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,159
But that's a lot of money fifteen to twenty thousand

843
00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:08,639
dollars just to move forward to just keep your original

844
00:41:08,679 --> 00:41:12,039
seats and not be moved five rolls back. Man. I

845
00:41:12,079 --> 00:41:13,880
just hope I'll work hard enough that one day, you know,

846
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,519
I can get back to my university in whatever way

847
00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:18,880
I want to. But that's I think that's crazy that

848
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,320
we're in those times to pay you have to pay

849
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,559
that much just to keep your original seats and not

850
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:24,280
get split up.

851
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,519
Speaker 4: I may get in trouble for this idea, but I

852
00:41:26,599 --> 00:41:28,039
like this idea, so I don't really care.

853
00:41:28,159 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: Hit me with the idea.

854
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 2: Here's the deal.

855
00:41:31,159 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 4: If someone's good, If I'm donating money to a school,

856
00:41:36,599 --> 00:41:38,400
I don't know, I don't I'm sure there's no legal

857
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,639
precedent for this, But I feel like if I'm giving

858
00:41:40,639 --> 00:41:43,360
money to a school, especially that much money, I should

859
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,079
earn the right of getting to know how much we're

860
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:45,760
we're paying.

861
00:41:46,119 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: Ooh, I like that idea. That that's crazy, that's a

862
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:50,360
great idea.

863
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,679
Speaker 4: I'm investing. I want to know where my money is

864
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,559
going is because here's the deal. If I'm like, Okay,

865
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,840
let's say I pay Let's just say I was a

866
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:03,239
rich Downer and I paid two million dollars as a donation. Well,

867
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,079
I want to know if you paid so and so

868
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,800
X amount of dollars, and I want to know if

869
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,199
you paid this basketball player X amount of dollars, because

870
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,480
let's say you gave ex basketball player five hundred thousand

871
00:42:13,559 --> 00:42:17,599
and then that basketball player way underperforms And I'm like, Okay, well,

872
00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:19,800
I think we overpaid for this guy. And that's my

873
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,760
money that went there. And obviously I got some perks

874
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,400
in return, I got seats and whatever. But I think maybe,

875
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,519
I'm sure there's no legal precedent for that, But I'm like,

876
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,719
maybe that's how you start the CBA negotiations with college athletics,

877
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,920
is like, well, people are donating to these schools, they

878
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,280
shouldn't know what their money is going to and who

879
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,440
their money is going to.

880
00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:44,079
Speaker 3: That's I mean, it's not it's a fiery take, but

881
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:45,840
I don't know if I just like I don't, I

882
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:46,639
don't disagree.

883
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 4: To be honest, I'm sure it will never happen, But

884
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,840
like I, I want to know what people are making.

885
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,400
I want to know if people are getting overpaid, if

886
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,840
they underperform or overperform, all that good stuff, which again

887
00:42:57,079 --> 00:42:59,639
I think we never will because of collective bargaining and

888
00:42:59,679 --> 00:43:01,920
all that. But when we were having this conversation, I

889
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,400
was like, if.

890
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,119
Speaker 2: I was paying that much money, I would want to

891
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:05,960
know where it was going.

892
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: You bring up a good point.

893
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:08,800
Speaker 2: I don't disagree.

894
00:43:09,159 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: Look, I'm willing to pay extra money for one time

895
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,679
events such as the one that we're going to transition

896
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,360
to get you guys's thoughts on the Sweet sixteen of

897
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,199
your brackets and those things. But I would pay, you know,

898
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,119
some good money to see a marchin Madnis game, or

899
00:43:22,159 --> 00:43:24,559
a Final four game or Elite eight or something that

900
00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:27,199
feels local. You know, I would pay to see that.

901
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,119
But it's it's definitely tough to pay for that. But

902
00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:33,079
I like Brett's idea. We've had this discussion before about

903
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:34,880
if you're gonna pay pay to have the headset, but

904
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,960
you have to sign NDA's to not say anything what's revealed.

905
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,719
I like Brett's idea of that. That's a very good idea.

906
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:43,679
I would like to definitely do that. If I'm gonna

907
00:43:43,679 --> 00:43:45,760
pay twenty thousand dollars or if I'm gonna pay not

908
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,519
not twenty, that's not enough. If you're gonna pay six figures,

909
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,239
then yeah, what's what's what's Kevin Young making? What's these

910
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,519
other players making? And I might get people mad, people

911
00:43:53,599 --> 00:43:55,599
might not like that, but I mean, hey, the name

912
00:43:55,639 --> 00:43:56,920
of the game is paid to play. There has to

913
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,440
be some return on investment or compensation, not just courts

914
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,039
that seats. This might give me in trouble, but I

915
00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:03,480
and look, I was a student at the time when

916
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,599
this happened. I'm no longer that, but I remember I

917
00:44:05,639 --> 00:44:07,920
was taking a class from a certain information director down

918
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,239
there at BYU and talked about the seats of Ryan

919
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,719
Smith and the media you know used to sit you

920
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,840
know there at the scorers table of course, or whatever

921
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:17,760
the conversation was. It was somewhere on the lines of

922
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,519
that and that now those seats are gonna take priority

923
00:44:20,519 --> 00:44:22,679
because they pay more, and that's the name of the game,

924
00:44:22,679 --> 00:44:24,400
and that's what I'm getting at. So I do feel

925
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,440
sad for these fans who maybe they work hard enough

926
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,519
and they're not able to afford the you know, the

927
00:44:29,639 --> 00:44:32,000
fifty sixty thousand dollars, whatever the tickets are. They can

928
00:44:32,039 --> 00:44:34,199
only afford this and that's the best that they can do.

929
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,480
And it does suck that people are getting booted out

930
00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:38,440
because I do feel, like Brett says, you know, and

931
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,760
Ben has said, the little man, you want those people

932
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,679
to be able to win. And I am bringing this

933
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:43,960
up and I do. And I can say this because

934
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:46,719
I'm at BU games. When I go to non conference games,

935
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,719
Brett and Andrew, and I see that the Laura Bowl

936
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,559
behind BYU's bench is not all the way fold up.

937
00:44:52,119 --> 00:44:52,320
Speaker 2: You know.

938
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,280
Speaker 1: That does frustrate me where I'm like, Okay, you're gonna

939
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,280
come during conference when the games matter. Then I'm gonna

940
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,159
echo a Ben's point says, like, can you give those

941
00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:04,239
tickets away to people an award if those seats aren't there?

942
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:05,519
And I don't know what the reasons are and I

943
00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:07,960
haven't asked the people. Maybe I should I might have

944
00:45:08,079 --> 00:45:10,199
to this, but like, how how do people or how

945
00:45:10,199 --> 00:45:11,880
do how do those that want to come to games

946
00:45:12,199 --> 00:45:14,800
get those tickets? What can we do? Or like you

947
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,039
guys were saying in the last segment, can people volunteer?

948
00:45:17,599 --> 00:45:19,639
Like do people need to cut the grass at the

949
00:45:19,679 --> 00:45:22,239
Marriott Center? Like what needs to happen? Because I do

950
00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:25,559
believe if you incentivize people, if hey, do X y Z,

951
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:27,639
people would show up. I know I would. I know

952
00:45:27,679 --> 00:45:30,039
definitely what if I was, you know, being as poor

953
00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:31,760
as I am and not having to be able to

954
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,239
afford that, that's something that would I would definitely take on.

955
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:35,639
But I don't know. I don't know what the right

956
00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:38,159
answers are, but I know people getting pushed out is

957
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,360
definitely seeing that is frustrating for people.

958
00:45:40,679 --> 00:45:43,119
Speaker 3: I think there should be there's a way to track

959
00:45:43,159 --> 00:45:44,320
if a ticket's used.

960
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 2: If your ticket, yeah, you scan it and it goes

961
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:47,559
in the system.

962
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,199
Speaker 3: Well right right, Like like they can keep track of

963
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:53,559
this if your ticket isn't used. I think you should

964
00:45:53,559 --> 00:45:56,079
be dinged on your priority list the next season.

965
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,639
Speaker 1: Ooh ooh, you're getting fired with it with people in

966
00:45:59,679 --> 00:46:00,440
the money they.

967
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 4: Spend their argument, but like here's the thing is like

968
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,519
Bou doesn't want to ding people who are spending a

969
00:46:04,519 --> 00:46:04,840
lot of.

970
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 2: Money, exactly right.

971
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,599
Speaker 4: I agree with everything that is being said, but when

972
00:46:09,639 --> 00:46:11,840
you look at it from BYU's perspectives.

973
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:13,519
Speaker 1: No, you can't punish.

974
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 4: Exactly if if you have to pick between two jobs,

975
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,199
and you're picking between working for your friend at one

976
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,039
hundred thousand or working from some guy you don't know,

977
00:46:23,079 --> 00:46:26,360
from Adam at a million dollars, Like, I love you, man,

978
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,199
I know we grew up together, but that's.

979
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,280
Speaker 2: A lot of money. I'm not going to turn that

980
00:46:30,519 --> 00:46:32,360
down because we have a relationship.

981
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:37,599
Speaker 4: And I think that's how sports and not just BYU,

982
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,920
Utah's taking private equity money, Like it's not just BYU,

983
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,119
but by us who we're talking about right now. These

984
00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:46,880
athletic departments and these teams, they want to go where

985
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,679
the money is, and I hate it because I think

986
00:46:49,679 --> 00:46:51,840
it ruined sports. It's the same thing that I'm dealing

987
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,400
with with a sneaker that I'm trying to buy right now,

988
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:56,760
Like it's the same thing. People just want to buy

989
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:00,400
things that they can flip and sell to even richer people.

990
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,760
It's all about making the money, and unfortunately, I think

991
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:08,280
it does sometimes dilute the quality of the product. That

992
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:12,000
being said, I still love watching football. I hate that

993
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:14,079
it is this way. And the thing I think that

994
00:47:14,119 --> 00:47:15,880
I hate the most is the point that you brought

995
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:20,639
up AP is like I remember going to Braves games

996
00:47:20,639 --> 00:47:22,079
with my dad. I mean, I ain't grew up here.

997
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:29,800
I remember going to Thrashers games with my dad. Like, yeah,

998
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,280
so we don't even have a hockey team in Atlanta anymore.

999
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,239
But but the point being, like, that's a core memory

1000
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:38,320
for me, and it may not be BYU, for our listeners,

1001
00:47:38,559 --> 00:47:40,599
for whoever's listening to this, but like you have a

1002
00:47:40,639 --> 00:47:44,079
core memory of attending a sporting event with your friends

1003
00:47:44,199 --> 00:47:46,480
or your parent or whatever. You have a story like AP,

1004
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:52,000
And unless you have a really rich parent, that's likely

1005
00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:53,320
not going to be the case for you. And there's

1006
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:54,960
gonna be a lot of kids who grow up with

1007
00:47:55,079 --> 00:47:56,480
a lot of money, and good for them, I'm not

1008
00:47:56,519 --> 00:47:58,400
I'm not shaming them, but there's gonna be kids who

1009
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,519
they're not as fortunate and their parents can't afford those

1010
00:48:01,559 --> 00:48:03,760
tickets and therefore they don't get those memories.

1011
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,280
Speaker 2: And again to your point.

1012
00:48:05,119 --> 00:48:08,679
Speaker 4: Like, now those you have less fans later on or

1013
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:12,400
I guess maybe less seriously committed fans because they're like, oh, yeah,

1014
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,880
I love you, Au. I didn't really go to any

1015
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,519
games growing up because we couldn't afford to which is

1016
00:48:16,559 --> 00:48:19,400
a crazy thing to say, Like I think even five.

1017
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 2: Years ago that would have been crazy to say.

1018
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,639
Speaker 4: But it's like, yeah, we didn't go to games because

1019
00:48:23,679 --> 00:48:26,039
we couldn't afford tickets. What do you mean you couldn't

1020
00:48:26,039 --> 00:48:28,360
afford tickets? You could get you could get, no, man, Like,

1021
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,880
it's just it's just so pushed out and it's so

1022
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,920
tough to get tickets that like, unless you want to

1023
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,880
go watch Portland State, Like, you're not really gonna be

1024
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,599
watching a BYU game as a kid, And that I

1025
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:42,320
think makes me hurt more than anything.

1026
00:48:42,599 --> 00:48:44,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, you bring up a valid point. I don't know

1027
00:48:44,639 --> 00:48:46,320
about you guys. If you guys have watched this as

1028
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,079
you've you know, an AP will get closes to you

1029
00:48:48,079 --> 00:48:50,079
as you get you know, more towards graduation. But Brett,

1030
00:48:50,079 --> 00:48:52,800
you might be at answers better even AP. I've seen

1031
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:56,599
friends post, you know, post like obviously alumni people that

1032
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,679
like BYU and I over the years since two thousand

1033
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,920
twenty two, I've seen them get further and further up

1034
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,519
in the stands, like when they post their games, like

1035
00:49:04,559 --> 00:49:06,360
we're talking about like basketball games, they're all the way

1036
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:09,440
at the top, like my goodness, compared to four years ago.

1037
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,719
I have friends that could say, maybe you know, upper bowl,

1038
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:13,280
but like the first row. Now they're all the way

1039
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,920
at the top. And I said, it's just crazy, but

1040
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,639
that's where it's come from. But yeah, in the point

1041
00:49:17,679 --> 00:49:20,360
of business, Brett's right, Look, a million dollars compared to

1042
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,880
one hundred thousand. Even if they're your friend, let's not

1043
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,599
act brand new. We know what probably is going to happen.

1044
00:49:25,639 --> 00:49:27,440
Look at you exactly. I just don't. I don't want

1045
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:27,960
them to be you.

1046
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 3: Know, I love you, Ron, but I'm taking million, one

1047
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:30,800
hundred percent.

1048
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,679
Speaker 1: Look, look, and can't we keep it a buck? Like

1049
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,039
Brett would tell me the same thing, Ron, if you

1050
00:49:35,039 --> 00:49:37,320
don't take this, you kind of like, and I would

1051
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,719
say the same of like, yeah, like you understand, you

1052
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,599
understand the reasoning why they do it, you don't have

1053
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:43,079
to agree with it. I always say, both of those

1054
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:44,599
things can be true. We say that on the station.

1055
00:49:44,639 --> 00:49:47,280
We've implemented that since twenty twenty four. Two things can

1056
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:48,960
be true you don't have to agree with it, but

1057
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,480
you can also say that that's what's gonna happen as well.

1058
00:49:51,519 --> 00:49:53,679
It's going to be the business side of it. Both

1059
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:55,239
of those things can be true. But yeah, shout out

1060
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,440
the Jared Bletso was tuning into the program of Utah

1061
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:01,719
Protective Films Utah Protective Films dot Co. He said, only reggae,

1062
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,679
only reggae music. So, uh, there you guys go, I'll

1063
00:50:04,679 --> 00:50:06,480
give you give you. I don't know if you're voting

1064
00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:09,480
for voting, Yeah, for voting only reggae barb. Yeah, you

1065
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,320
know I can accept that to that's a valid answer

1066
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:13,239
for sure. I didn't even think about reggae. So shout

1067
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,880
out to Jared on that no reggae is reggae is

1068
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:19,239
pretty good. Some Bob Marley shows how much regg I

1069
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:20,239
really listened to what you hear?

1070
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,119
Speaker 2: I don't enough to speak it's that, But no, Jared.

1071
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,559
Speaker 1: He's listening. So texas some some reggae actions so we

1072
00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:27,760
could play it tomorrow for bandit. I really liked that

1073
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:28,480
he brought that up.

1074
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:28,679
Speaker 2: With that.

1075
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: All right, let's finish up with some sweet sixteen some

1076
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,239
March madness basketball talking o b Yu Well, supposed to

1077
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,800
be taken on Perdue. That's what I had in my bracket.

1078
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,320
You guys remember the little corgy that like goes out

1079
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:41,760
and sess who's gonna win with the little ball thing,

1080
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,599
and he like hits with his nose. He's got Texas

1081
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:49,239
beating Perdue in the Sweet sixteen, Nebraska advancing, He's got

1082
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:53,159
Arizona beating in Arkansas. He's got Houston beating Illinois. He's

1083
00:50:53,159 --> 00:50:56,000
got I believe Duke is beating Saint John, Saint John,

1084
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,679
excuse me, beating Duke, and then it's Alabama taking down

1085
00:51:00,159 --> 00:51:03,800
Michigan and then obviously Yukon beating Michigan State. What do

1086
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,000
you guys have in your Sweet sixteen? What do you got?

1087
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,320
Speaker 4: So you can actually go back and like, uh, they're

1088
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,760
called second chance brackets. So I just went back and

1089
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,679
made my second chance bracket. If you want to do it,

1090
00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:16,760
you'll have to go and do it in the next

1091
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,519
couple hours here because they're about to close. But on

1092
00:51:18,599 --> 00:51:21,519
Danskin's Tournament Challenge app you can do a second chance

1093
00:51:21,559 --> 00:51:24,760
bracket because mine got brusted hard in the first round.

1094
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:26,960
So needless say, I'm not using that anymore.

1095
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:31,800
Speaker 2: You know what I picked Saint John's to beat Dukes Sames.

1096
00:51:34,119 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 4: I said this before, like the tournament is not about

1097
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:37,960
who deserves it the most.

1098
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 2: It's not about who earns it the most. It's about

1099
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:40,840
who wants it the most.

1100
00:51:41,039 --> 00:51:41,320
Speaker 1: True.

1101
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 4: And I get the vibe from Duke that like they

1102
00:51:44,039 --> 00:51:46,599
just think that they deserve it, They think that they

1103
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,719
Saint John's feels like they want it more than Duke does.

1104
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:52,880
I don't know that Saint John's is more talented, but

1105
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,480
I do think Saint John's wants it more than Duke does.

1106
00:51:55,519 --> 00:51:57,920
So I got Saint John's winning that one. I have

1107
00:51:58,119 --> 00:52:02,280
Yukon beating Michigan State. I have I'm going back and

1108
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,760
forth on this Iowa Nebraska one, but again, like I

1109
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:06,039
think Iowa just wants it.

1110
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,559
Speaker 2: So I have Iowa winning that one. I have Houston

1111
00:52:09,559 --> 00:52:10,480
beating Illinois.

1112
00:52:10,599 --> 00:52:14,519
Speaker 4: Yes, Arkansas Arizona scares me a little bit because I

1113
00:52:14,519 --> 00:52:16,719
think Darius Acuff in the I mean Darius A. Cuff

1114
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:18,360
is the best player in the tournament right now. He

1115
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:21,159
is the best player in the today. I put out

1116
00:52:21,159 --> 00:52:22,960
a video the other day like there's a world where

1117
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,039
he could be the best player in the NBA draft.

1118
00:52:26,199 --> 00:52:27,280
Speaker 2: We'll see how that goes.

1119
00:52:27,639 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 4: I'm still giving it to Arizona because I think Arizona

1120
00:52:30,039 --> 00:52:33,000
is the deepest team in America. Like, there's just no

1121
00:52:33,159 --> 00:52:36,400
reason the guys coming off the bench for Arizona, there's

1122
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,840
no reason they should be bench players. They are the deepest

1123
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,119
team in America. That's why I have Arizona is my

1124
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:44,519
national champ. I want to pick Texas because again of

1125
00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:47,159
that same factor of like they just seem like they

1126
00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:49,320
want it more than anybody else in the tournament.

1127
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 2: I'm not going with Texas.

1128
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:52,559
Speaker 4: I don't think it pans out for them, but I

1129
00:52:52,599 --> 00:52:54,599
think they'll put up a hell of a fight against Purdue.

1130
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:57,519
I have Michigan over Bama, and I have Iowa State

1131
00:52:57,719 --> 00:52:58,760
over Tennessee.

1132
00:53:02,199 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 2: Sold some good picks. So what I have.

1133
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,360
Speaker 3: I have Saint John's over Duke because Duke's just not

1134
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,599
playing well in the tournament right now. Like they they

1135
00:53:10,679 --> 00:53:15,119
nearly got ousted by that game against That game against

1136
00:53:15,119 --> 00:53:19,119
TCU was way closer than that. That was a game

1137
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,880
for most of it, and then and then obviously the game. Yeah,

1138
00:53:23,119 --> 00:53:26,320
I mean, I'm gonna take Michigan State over Yukon. Yukon's

1139
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:29,800
been suspect lately. I trust Michigan State in the tournament,

1140
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:34,840
like I I just do. I'm gonna take Nebraska over Iowa.

1141
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:38,719
That game is gonna be a dogfight. That's a dog

1142
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,199
that they split the season series. I mean Jordan being

1143
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:43,280
Neucte and I talked about this on the Morning show.

1144
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:45,320
It's gonna be a dogfight. It's not gonna it's gonna

1145
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:48,000
be an ugly watch. I'm gonna take Nebraska just because

1146
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,119
I love the story. They're picked fourteenth in the preseason

1147
00:53:51,159 --> 00:53:55,199
Big ten A Poll, fourteenth, They're in the sweet sixteen.

1148
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 2: Love Nebraska.

1149
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:57,760
Speaker 3: I think they want it because this is the first

1150
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:00,320
year they've even won a tournament game in his Is

1151
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:00,960
that true?

1152
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,800
Speaker 2: It just did. That makes no sense to me.

1153
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 3: I'm gonna take Illinois over Houston. That's a hot take.

1154
00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:10,400
Speaker 2: Probably No, no, it's not hot. No oh no, no

1155
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,840
it is hot. Ain't nobody beating in Houston.

1156
00:54:13,159 --> 00:54:16,599
Speaker 3: I'm taking I'm taking Illinois over Houston. No way, Arizona

1157
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:20,480
over Arkansas. Purdue is gonna. I think Purdue's gotta kill Texas.

1158
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,440
I just I don't see how Texas can hang with him.

1159
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:27,760
I'll take Michigan over Bama, Iowa State over Tennessee.

1160
00:54:28,159 --> 00:54:30,199
Speaker 1: Al right, here we go, ready for the hot takes

1161
00:54:30,199 --> 00:54:32,639
of them all. So I did take Saint John's over Duke.

1162
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,960
I took Yukon over Michigan State. I think Hurley's pod

1163
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,719
from last year. I took Saint John's over. Excuse me,

1164
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,000
I took Yukon over Saint John's. I think he gets

1165
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,119
to get back. I think Hurley gets back to the

1166
00:54:44,159 --> 00:54:47,000
final four. I have Nebraska over Iowa. I do like

1167
00:54:47,039 --> 00:54:48,719
the story of Iowa. I would like to see Iowa in,

1168
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but I think Nebraska is filling some juice right now.

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I'm not even though I love my fine Aline, I

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love Illinois, I love Keenan Wagler. I don't think that

1171
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anybody wants to see Kelvin Samson pick you up ninety

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four feet the entire game and guess what they're not.

1173
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They don't get tired either, by the way, So I'm

1174
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taking Houston over that. Then I took Houston obviously over Nebraska.

1175
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Here we go. John caler Pari is a good coach

1176
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for a reason. Arizona has been the deepest team all year.

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Speaker 3: They have.

1178
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Speaker 1: They got BYU, they got Kelvin Samson, But John kyla

1179
00:55:18,079 --> 00:55:19,679
Pari has been doing this for a while, one of

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the oldest coaches coaching. I think he lets Tommy Lloyd

1181
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know there's a lot of noise going on right now,

1182
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Tommy Lloyd and you know you and see, oh no,

1183
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:30,039
he's not on the list. And tj Oski Bergy sources

1184
00:55:30,039 --> 00:55:31,920
say he doesn't want it after he spoke and said that,

1185
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but people claiming they saw him from Burner's accounts in

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the hotel. It's too much noise. And John caler Pari

1187
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:39,639
has this man named Darius A. Cuff, who if he

1188
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:41,599
keeps playing like this should be a top three pick.

1189
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He might have to bump Peterson or Boozer. That's a

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hot take, but that's facts. With the way he's playing,

1191
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:49,039
people make their name of the tournament. Gimme Arkansas over

1192
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number one Arizona to ruin them in the sweet sixteen

1193
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:55,280
to go on to the they have a shot, they do.

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Speaker 2: I do not hate that pick.

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00:55:57,800 --> 00:55:59,159
Speaker 1: They got a shot. We'll see if they're able to

1196
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do it, but we'll see Zona's. If Arizona beats Arkansas,

1197
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then I have to think they're winning the whole thing

1198
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because this is the only team I look at this

1199
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side that could take them out. I don't think Purdue

1200
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could take Arizona. If I'm gonna be honest, I have

1201
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,400
Purdue over Texas. I do have Michigan over Alabama. I

1202
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,039
think Aid and Holloway not playing, it's gonna catch up

1203
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to him. Now. I just think the deeper you get,

1204
00:56:18,119 --> 00:56:20,800
you need guys like that to play. He's not the

1205
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:22,360
best player, but he is one of the best, and

1206
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,639
I think you need guard play in this in this tournament,

1207
00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:27,480
so so heavily give me. So give me Michigan and

1208
00:56:27,519 --> 00:56:29,559
then give me Iowa said. I even think without Joshua

1209
00:56:29,639 --> 00:56:32,079
Jefferson they can do it. But then I think after

1210
00:56:32,119 --> 00:56:34,360
that their run comes to an end. In the Elite eight,

1211
00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:37,199
I think Michigan takes it. I got Michigan in Arkansas

1212
00:56:37,519 --> 00:56:41,039
and then I got Houston versus Michigan in the final four,

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and Brett, do I ever pick against the final boss?

1214
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So give me Houston to win the whole thing. That's

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my second chance bracket. That's not my original but that's

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my second chance one because you have the opportunity to

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do that. But just wanted to give that. So what

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do you guys got in the Sweet sixteen? Kugarnation. Let

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us know, go ahead. You can tweet at me dm me.

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