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Speaker 1: Yes, there was weeping, there was wailing.

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Speaker 2: There was national teeth last night as by You fell

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to the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorn leap did not occur

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as take some once executed, and it was unfortunate.

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Speaker 2: We thought, we prayed, we hoped that BYU would be

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the team that we saw early in the season, that

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Speaker 2: They fell short, They did not reach their potential. Some

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have said this is the most disappointing season in BYU

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basketball history. I'm not there, but it is one of

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the more disappointing seasons in be basketball history. But what

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Speaker 1: We're gonna split up. We're gonna bufargate.

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edition of Cougar Sports. There is plenty of March madness,

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plenty of bracketology to talk about. We will talk football,

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we will talk who, We will talk all manner of

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It's bway you related to because Kyle Whittingham is an alum.

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Kyle Whittingham is Whack player of the Year, whack defensive

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player of the Year once upon a time, and now

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he hates the utes just as much as BYU fans.

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So yeah, we're arm in arm we like Kyle. Now,

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if you're a BYU fan, you know what I mean.

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Like he's taking shots at Utah on his way out peace.

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He's saying, yeah, I didn't have that luxury recruiting five

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star running backs and having five star players at Utah

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didn't have that luxury. Taken shots at the utes in

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Harlan in particular, but not so fast. Harlan, by the way,

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could be like Athletic Director of the Year. He's getting

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all these awards. I mean, this is pretty crazy stuff.

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And Kyle Whittingham's like, no, he doesn't deserve it. He

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Speaker 1: By my Side. Uh he is a house divided both

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Speaker 6: A lot of things for that nice trol.

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Speaker 7: Hey, you know you're you're a house dividing me. My

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Speaker 1: You have internal you like a vipercation.

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Speaker 6: You're bull.

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Speaker 5: You're a b YU fan, uh, a Utah fan and

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a jazz bance.

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Speaker 6: You are perfect, I guess.

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Speaker 6: I mean, the best thing that they've ever made in

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Speaker 6: She is a longtime BYU fan.

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Speaker 9: Family has season tickets and you know she's she's doing

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her darnness, that's for sure. But no, I've I've been

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twenty tens, not with with them not being in a

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conference was was was a good thing, and I do

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find myself cheering for for either fan base as long

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Speaker 1: Right of course, of course, Logan Street by my side.

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Speaker 2: What do you make of all these hulla buloos surrounding

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Kyle Whittingham on his way out taking shots? It doesn't

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feel like he was respected. His legacy may be sole

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lead for some Utah fans because uh, you know, he

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he left maybe not on the nicest in the nicest

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accord with Harlan and Crew and Morgan Scouted, the coach

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in waiting was just sitting there waiting, hoping, Hey, what's

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm here ready to coach up this Utah football team.

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Speaker 2: On his way out, he took what seven coaches, Uh,

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he took you know, a couple of high profile players

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and uh was able to uh uh you know, make

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an impact not only on the huge coaching staff, but

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the B A U coaching staff.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 9: You know, I think, uh, you know, you pointed you

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one of the one of the one of the biggest

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mistakes I ever made was putting an expiration data on

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myself because that put you know, a lot of things

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politics and things like that that are going on. And

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and With's a it's a very competitive guy. So I'm

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sure that you know, if he felt like he was

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slided a certain way or you know, vice versa kind

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playing bou or Utah. I hope Michigan does really well

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this year. And I want to see Morgan Cook. I

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Speaker 2: Well, there was some breaking news that dropped not too

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long ago Friday morning the University of Utever, these documents

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related to former head coach Kyle Whittingham's departure from the program.

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The corresponds release is is very interesting, very intriguing. Right

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this letter deal Dear Kyle, Dear Kyle, from Mark Harlan,

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Dearest Kyle in close, please find a check for eight

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million dollars which includes interest, from January eighth to today's date.

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This represents the first payment of a transition bonus to

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be paid in three installments over the next two years

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under the fourth Amendment to your employment agreement. As you know,

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the University was disappointed by your actions last month. The

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university felt that your involvement with recruiting our football coaches

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and staff to Michigan was contrary to the terms of

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your employment agreement, which requires you to assist with a

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smooth and successful transition of the football program to the

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new head coach and his coaching staff. Your position was

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that this provision only prohibited non disparagement. We have determined

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that a fight over this issue would not be in

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the long term interest of the university and his football program,

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or your legacy as our longtime football coach. We have

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decided to look to the future, and we hope and

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expect that you will do the same. Future payments of

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the transition bonus will be paid persuaded to the ongoing

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terms of the fourth Amendment. We wish you well, Sincerely,

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Mark Harlan. No bad blood there right by any means.

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Speaker 9: I think there may might have been a few words.

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He was holding back. But how do I get one

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of these letters from Mark Carlin?

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Speaker 1: You want an eight million They just sent a.

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Speaker 9: Check for eight million dollars in the mail, like, hey,

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here you go. No, it's uh, it's it's interesting. I

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mean the way that I read that, it's kind of like, hey,

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legally we need to send you this check, but we're

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Speaker 1: So that if it does come out, you know, shows

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Speaker 6: Maybe you might not cash it, you know, I mean,

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come on, let's be he you know.

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Speaker 1: But Kyle wanted to stay. That's the thing.

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Speaker 2: Kyle Whittingham wanted to stay at Utah, and uh Ustah said, okay,

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that's fine. You can have a one year deal. Kyle says,

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not good enough. I want more than a one year deal.

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where he can be an associate ad and and still

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make a lot of money.

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Speaker 10: You know.

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Speaker 2: It was like three millions or something, a lot of

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money more than that, I think actually, And so he

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he he chose instead of taking the one year deal

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two to step down. He said, now more, and I'm

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going into the transfer portal. He said, I'm going to

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the transfer portal. And Michigan, uh needed a good head

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coach that was not scandalous, not scandal Wasn't that like.

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Speaker 9: Two days after or was it like two days before?

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Speaker 6: It was suspected for sure.

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Speaker 2: Well no, I mean you're you're you're talking about Michigan

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had had scandals. Oh, I mean they had scandaled ongoing scandal, right,

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Speaker 1: So like it's not like.

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Speaker 2: It's not like they they they were looking for someone

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that it was not scandalous. And so all of the

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social media. They really he doesn't tweet, he doesn't follow

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this is our guy, this is our guy. There's no

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way he's gonna be scandals. But lo and behold, there's

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a scandal, and there's all at his former school, and

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it's really not that much of a scandal. It's just,

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you know, a disagreement, a discord. You guys didn't see

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eye to eye, and now you have to pay out

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all it. Look, when you're winning, like Kyle was winning,

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Harlan and Company, they're gonna give him whatever whatever he

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Speaker 2: This is the interesting thing, and we're gonna get into

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the nitty gritty here momentarily and talk to b what

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first year and it was a much more physical conference

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in the Pac twelve. Obviously no longer exists as it was,

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and like the Pac twelfth had waned a little bit.

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And there's a reason why no one's winning national championships

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in football west of the Mississippi and no one's winning

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basketball championships west of the Missippi. There's there's a there's

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an there's a component there. As you get more into

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the Midwest, you get more into the South. There's just

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better football players, better basketball players, more population to choose from,

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more talent, more resources, more coaching, more investment too. The

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West Coast, they their Hollywood eyes. You know, there's a

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lot of discrestions lacrosse, there's basketball, there's football.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's just one of many things that you do.

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Speaker 2: I remember rich Rod telling me that that was an

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issue when he was at U of A too, because

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he's like, we're not a football town. It's just all

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basketball every day. It's hard to win anyway. A lot

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of distractions out there. I digress.

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Speaker 1: But ultimately, this.

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Speaker 2: Is a situation where Utah is no longer the cock

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of the lock baby, no longer the cream of the crop.

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Speaker 1: And they were like, we gotta we gotta usher out.

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You know, Kyle.

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Speaker 2: Whittingham, even though he just won on you know, a

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lot of football games this year and got a twenty

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five finish and was knocking on the door of the

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college football Playoff once again.

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Speaker 1: So Harlan made a mistake.

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Speaker 2: In my opinion, some Utah fans think that this was

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the right move. But you're paying your penance now, you

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are paying the repercussions not only monetarily, but also on

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the football field with your players and coaches.

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Speaker 1: Look at all the coaches that went to Kyle, went

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with Kyle.

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Speaker 2: Now we're going to see how good football is without

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Kyle Whittingham.

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Speaker 1: Up on the hill.

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Speaker 2: Not a pressure, A lot of pressure on Harlan his

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legacy as an AD and I would even say the

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pressure it's it's it's really high pressure situation. It's heavy

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on Oregon scale.

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Speaker 6: As far as the AD, but no with scaley.

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Speaker 9: I mean, I remember having conversations with my wife about

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this again big b you fand my wife lover to

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death and and every time like something would come up

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like oh, well he's taken so and so, he's taken

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so and so, it was, well, you know, Morgan's gonna

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have to earn it, you know. And and you know,

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I don't know Morgan Scalley personally, but you know, I

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know the personality that he has. I'm sure he's up

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for that challenge. I'm sure internally, yeah, that's frustrating is

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all get out.

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Speaker 6: But uh but you know, I mean.

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Speaker 9: Again, it kind of comes back to what I said,

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Kyle kind of put an expiration state and an expiration

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date on himself. I don't know whether that was intentional

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or unintentional. And you know, in the business of college football.

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Speaker 1: That we're in this year to year.

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Speaker 9: Are you staying? Are you going type of deal? I

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just don't know if if that's sustainable with with the

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way that recruiting has turned, like the the way that

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recruiting is, you know, all of that, and you know,

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we just again, let let Morgan cook and we'll see.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Look, I had a good conversation with a you'd insider

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that's been up at practice and knows the roster and

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and and he said, look like you know, Utah is

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going to be good next year, and and I trust him.

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practice doing. He said, hey, uh Ba is going to

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be better. Now Utah could could could surprise.

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Speaker 5: You, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, in in a game and they had anything happened

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to Robber again, But he said, Bau looks to be

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better from a roster. But that's the thing, like he

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said last year and the year before the last two meetings,

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Utah had a better roster and b way you found

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a way to win.

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Speaker 1: So anyway anything can happen to a rival.

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Speaker 2: Again, but that that was his perspective, and I trust

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his inside from a player personnel talent standpoint, But you know,

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it's interesting to me before we get into the nity ready,

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Mark Carlin was just nominated Athletic Director of the Year

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by the Sports Business Journal. Like bau fans are like,

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extend Harlan please. This man has has done so many

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awkward things on social media and in front of media,

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and time and time again, he's like he's like put

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up on this pedestal. He makes himself look like just

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unprofessional like time and time again. This is another one

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of those those issues where I don't understand why Brett

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Jormark put him onto the committee for the for the

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COLLG Football Playoff committee to replace I don't know about

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that one.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Why he's being publicized as twenty twenty six Sports Business

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Journal Athletic Director of the Year because everything that I've

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seen so far from a public relations standpoint would be

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contrary to that. Like, for instance, Tom Holmo became was

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voted Athletic Director of the year after COVID.

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Speaker 1: What were the justifications for that? UYU football went eleven

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and one.

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Speaker 2: They you know, they they trusted the science, but they

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kept on playing while the entire West coast.

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Speaker 6: Was shut down. They don't have the support of a conference.

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Speaker 2: Well, they didn't have the arbitrary scientific ruling of a conference.

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The PAC twelve all science based, correct, you know, they

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had all of a sudden when they were losing all

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that money about halfway through the season with the big

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ten SEC and and independent b what you're playing like, wait, wait.

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Speaker 1: Wait, wait, we have we have a breakthrough in testing.

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Speaker 2: Now now we can play sports because we have these

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four things that we're gonna do in order to assure

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the safety of our student athletes. Anyways, just go back

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and look at the timeline. It was insane, It was ridiculous,

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and it was really you know, it wasn't really science

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based as we know now anyways, but I still don't

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get it. But b A fans Cougar nations like extend

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Harlan for eternity.

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Speaker 1: We love him, He's the best.

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Speaker 2: Please keep him there because if things start to spiral,

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it's not looking good.

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Speaker 1: Up on the hill. Not looking good up on the hill.

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So anyway, let's let me get the rest of this year.

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Speaker 6: A p.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Peterson producing for today. AP. How you living, buddy, Ben?

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Speaker 11: I'm doing pretty good myself, honestly, Harlan Guy, right, I

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am absolutely an extent Harlan Guy. I think he's the

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greatest athletic director in the University of Utah history.

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Speaker 6: For b YU, it's been one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, like most recently before like this sports visits Jurner

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like he quote tweeted like.

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Speaker 11: A recruit it was he was interesting online and he's like,

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I think it was Yeah, I think it was Jaren

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or Ken No, who was it?

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Speaker 6: It was Celeste mo no Celes, it was Celestie Moa.

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Speaker 1: Celeste Moa. You can't quote tweet recruits as an eighty you.

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Speaker 5: Know, I.

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Speaker 1: Can't.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's the Hey, we love Harlan keep quote

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quote tweeting the recruits that he commit uh and ask

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for a release from their LOI.

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Speaker 9: That was an interesting situation though, well yeah, you gotta

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admit that, right, Like I just signed my NL. I've

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never played it down and now I'm now I'm entering

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the transfer portal.

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Speaker 1: I'm out of here.

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Speaker 2: Peace peace anyway, free market system, aph here in the

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house and well in Salt Lake, Shitty behind the Glass.

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Also shout out to Brett Hammer on social media and

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the content will be putting out. Check out the resk

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of our esp and the fans starting lineup. We'll get

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into postgame commentary when BA basketball is losing we turn.

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Thank you Utah, thank you Kyt Witingham, thank you Mark

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Harland for allowing us just.

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Speaker 6: You were looking forward to having me on the show

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today just because.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, BA basketball is a one and done after

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investing so much in their program. They had THESA had

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six season ending injuries, all those things, Richie's out, Todd

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Kings Out, uh Dawson, Baker's out, day pickings out, all

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those things.

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Speaker 1: It was.

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Speaker 2: It was trials and tribulations for the basketball team. But

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thank you Mark Harland, thank you all of the news

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media outlets for unveil the Kyle Winningham News today so

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we didn't have to start off the show with an l.

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We'll get to postgame sound with Kevin Young. Don't miss it,

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Lane Allo, owner of Game Day, Mens Health, and Pleasure

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Grovell join us at two forty five. We got some

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Cougar bytes as well as some Cougar sports commentary from

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Mkelly Wesley, former b YU great. We'll get his thoughts

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on the BAU men's basketball team and whether or not

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he could have bodied off bodied up that seven footer

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last night and limited his massive double double against the Coobs.

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Jonathan Tavanari joining us for a keeping up with the

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Cougar segment as well. At three thirty, Jared Bledsoe, former

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So yes, BYU Basketball. They fell in a tough one

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to the Texas Longhorns last last night. One and done

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is the path for BYU in the NCAA tournament. Many

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people feel this is the most disappointing or one of

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the most disappointing seasons in BAU basketball history. Why because

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our happiness is determined by our expectation, and the expectation

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was at worst sweet sixteen this year, at best a

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final four to maybe national championship run with the roster

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they had put together. Now many people are are asking

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the question, like how much money did be what you

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actually spend and we'll never know. There's just conjecture out

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there but i'd imagine that, you know, Okay, so if

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if BYU football, let me actually let me just talk

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about BA basketball for a minute. Let's say the number

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I've heard about AJ about four point two million, and

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then all of the other things, the Nike deal, the

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Red Bull deal. I think the number that keeps on

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being put out is this seven million dollar. They think

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that that's all coming from BYU. That's not what's That's

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not what's happening. I think when you combine all of

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the the marketing and advertising and brand sponsorship deals along

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with what BYU and their donor base is ultimately allocating

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to AJ, you probably get to that seven million. But

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I think what BYU's donor base probably came up with

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was probably a ond that four to four point two

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million dollar. So if he's making that, what is everybody

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else making? Right on the roster? Let's say that it's

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ten to twelve million. Is this roster, this basketball roster,

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that's a lot of money.

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt.

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Speaker 2: Now we're talking Kentucky had twenty million for their basketball roster.

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money allocated to them that BYU was obviously competitive with

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their pay from their collective and their donor base this season,

472
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I think it's more fair to be in that ten

473
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,839
to twelve. I don't think it's in the fifteen. I

474
00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:10,680
don't think it's in the low teams there are in

475
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,720
the mid teens. I think it's more ten to twelve.

476
00:24:13,599 --> 00:24:17,440
So that being said, you should have probably gone to

477
00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:20,440
his sweet sixteen even at that rate, and that's what

478
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:24,680
the expectation was and they fell short of it. In

479
00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:28,359
your opinion, Logan from Afar, looking from your perch, is

480
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,839
this the most disappointing season in BAU basketball history? One

481
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and done with the roster allocation and furthermore, I mean

482
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,279
k wise, I mean it was reported he was making

483
00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:42,799
around four million pleasants, the highest. You know, the amount

484
00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:47,279
of resources given to the basketball program as a whole.

485
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,200
They have an NBA staff, there are more coaches. The

486
00:24:52,039 --> 00:24:55,000
ratio is two to one coach to player. That means

487
00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:59,720
there's a lot of money there infrastructurally from an organizational

488
00:25:00,039 --> 00:25:00,759
I standpoint.

489
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,079
Speaker 1: With that being said, is it the most disappointing season

490
00:25:03,079 --> 00:25:04,119
in b Weaving basketball history?

491
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,880
Speaker 9: In some aspects I would I would agree, and in

492
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,519
a lot of aspects though, I think when you look

493
00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:11,799
at the perspective of of everything that that went on,

494
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,119
I I disagree. I think, uh, you know, obviously the

495
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,920
the injuries that they had to deal with. And again

496
00:25:20,079 --> 00:25:22,680
I get it, injuries are part of the game. It's

497
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,079
the same with with with you know, the gridiron everything

498
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,119
like that. But I think you saw last night it

499
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,960
can't just be aj AJ can't do it all right,

500
00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:38,720
And I think, uh, you know, I it's it's it's

501
00:25:38,839 --> 00:25:39,599
it's one of those.

502
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Speaker 6: Things that there. I think you have proof of concept there,

503
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:43,519
you know.

504
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Speaker 8: Uh.

505
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Speaker 9: I was listening to some of the post game and

506
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,799
and and that sort of, you know, some of those interviews,

507
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,400
and I think you just look at and I get it.

508
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,440
It's you know, A j was the number one recruit

509
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,599
coming out of high school. But even as the number

510
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,400
one recruit coming out of high school, look how much

511
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,839
better he got as a basketball player in one year. Now,

512
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,279
if I'm you know, a class of twenty twenty seven

513
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,279
or class of twenty twenty eight, and I'm looking at

514
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,359
how much better he got and potentially solidified himself as

515
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,000
the number one overall pick, I might take a second.

516
00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 6: Look at BYU. Whereas you know, I think I think

517
00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:19,000
with aj.

518
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 9: This the stars aligned to a certain extent for the

519
00:26:21,559 --> 00:26:24,160
for them to be able to get him. But now

520
00:26:24,319 --> 00:26:26,319
you've you've kind of got that proof of concept that

521
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,000
you know, Kevin Young is a great developmental coach and

522
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:31,920
if you do want to get to that next level,

523
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,079
b why you use the place to be and they

524
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,599
have the resources to to help you get there. So no,

525
00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:40,680
I I again, I think you know, any any time

526
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,000
your your team goes out in the first round, Uh,

527
00:26:43,279 --> 00:26:45,200
it isn't great, But look at the perspective of it. Right,

528
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,839
they were the they were the ten seed in the

529
00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:50,839
Big twelve conference tournament. That shows you how tough that

530
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,680
conference is, right you know, and then you tie that

531
00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:57,519
into being a sixth seed and it's NCAA tournament.

532
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 6: You're in year out.

533
00:26:58,839 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 9: You know, whether you're the the six, five, the seven,

534
00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:04,200
you're always on an upset alert that can happen. And

535
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,119
you know they just happened to run into that. That

536
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,880
big white guy from Texas last night.

537
00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:12,559
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, Modis was ridiculous in that massive double double.

538
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,920
Once again, b Yu, time and time again. Kay Wy said,

539
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:17,680
we know who we are.

540
00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 1: We're not going to change anything.

541
00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 2: This is who we're going to be and look, they

542
00:27:20,519 --> 00:27:22,440
were crummy in the first half again, like that's what

543
00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:25,160
they've been. They've made they were, they were they were horrible,

544
00:27:25,319 --> 00:27:27,720
not horrible, they were they were lackless in the first half,

545
00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:31,319
poor defensively, and they got dominated on the glass forty

546
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,119
six thirty seven and a half and Texas was controlling

547
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,799
the tempo. UH and B what you never led again

548
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,039
after an early first half lead, they couldn't overcome the

549
00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:42,559
double digits. Kevin Young in the post game. We'll get

550
00:27:42,599 --> 00:27:45,200
to it, UH in the in the in the next segment.

551
00:27:45,319 --> 00:27:48,599
But disappointed in the first half defense and rebounding, that's

552
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,640
where the game was won. So is this a coaching

553
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,480
issue or is this a player issue? When you're when

554
00:27:53,519 --> 00:27:56,720
you're always bad in the first half and you're trying

555
00:27:56,839 --> 00:27:59,039
to dig yourself out of a massive hole in the

556
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,200
second half, and to me, it's becoming obvious.

557
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,519
Speaker 1: I have a lot of grace for.

558
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,319
Speaker 2: The UH the season ending injuries, but the first half

559
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,720
woes were consistent throughout the entire year. That to me

560
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,240
is a coaching issue. So Ky is a mastermind of

561
00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:22,559
the offense. He's very good offensively for all the you know,

562
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,839
by many reports even though I hate the ISO ball

563
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,200
and everyone watching AJ throughout the entire game, and that

564
00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,839
includes the fans in the stands, the fans on TV,

565
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,960
his own players, and the defenders. Everyone's watching AJ. Everybody.

566
00:28:43,599 --> 00:28:45,799
It's it's just ISO ball to the max.

567
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: And it's just I hate it. I abhor it.

568
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,079
Speaker 2: It's I know this is a pro system, and he's

569
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,160
attracting AJ and Bruce Branch the third and Rob Wright

570
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,240
because of the pro system.

571
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: I just I just don't like it.

572
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:04,759
Speaker 2: And as someone stated, it's like, yeah, obviously this is

573
00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:05,480
a pro system.

574
00:29:05,519 --> 00:29:06,559
Speaker 1: They don't play any defense.

575
00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 2: They're only focused on ISO basketball, and they only they

576
00:29:09,319 --> 00:29:11,920
start playing once the playoffs. They actually start playing hard

577
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,680
once the playoffs come around. And I'm like, yeah, there's

578
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,559
a lot of truth to those those three statements.

579
00:29:18,519 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: But I mean, we we should have the way.

580
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,039
Speaker 2: You should have won more games, period, and and so

581
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,039
coaches got to take some accountability here. And I think

582
00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:30,359
there's a sense of urgency and we'll get to some

583
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,079
of the comments from Ky in that sense of urgency,

584
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,599
but yeah, Matus Vokatitis had twenty three point sixteen rebounds,

585
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,039
eleven of those boards in the first half, I asked

586
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:42,000
the question, is there a big and b a basketball

587
00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:44,640
history that can box out this seven footer?

588
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,759
Speaker 1: And we had like Hafa.

589
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 2: Comments, we had Eric Meeka comments, we had Greg Kite

590
00:29:50,319 --> 00:29:51,680
comments like going deep.

591
00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: You know they great Kite would put them in a

592
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:54,480
body bag.

593
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,319
Speaker 2: I was talking with a fan about Jake Show of

594
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,759
my brother in law of rest and love, rest and piece.

595
00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:02,759
That man he was slowing down Omecha Okre for from

596
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,039
Yukon back in two thousand and three. He would slow

597
00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:09,359
down that big white European seven footer from Texas or

598
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,559
the u of a seven footer. He could have done

599
00:30:11,599 --> 00:30:14,559
it as well. But overall, look Aj, if we're gonna

600
00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:17,839
evaluate AJ's performance, he's an A plus. He did everything

601
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,960
that he was supposed to do he was He ends

602
00:30:21,039 --> 00:30:24,640
up becoming a legendary Cougar in one year because of.

603
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: His individual performances.

604
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,559
Speaker 2: He'll probably the number one NBA draft pick in this

605
00:30:29,079 --> 00:30:32,000
in this next NBA draft. He's second all time in

606
00:30:32,079 --> 00:30:35,920
single season point total, only behind Jimmer Fredet's Jim er

607
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,240
many A tw twenty eleven run. And I think he's

608
00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:43,359
third all time as a freshman in NC double A

609
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,440
history with about almost one thousand or nine hundred points

610
00:30:47,559 --> 00:30:53,480
under his belt. Pretty impressive all things considered. So byu

611
00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:59,759
is Bau and Kugarnation. Very disappointed, but I'm not going

612
00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:03,279
with the most disappointing season. There has been other disappointing

613
00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:06,680
season in the late nineties, in the mid nineties when

614
00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:11,039
the transition from Roger ree to to Steve Cleveland, or

615
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:14,519
there was a rebuild and no one was showing up

616
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,400
to the Marriott Center. When the Marriott Center is a

617
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,559
ghost town and no one showing up and it looks

618
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,319
like the Huntsman Center with like the close curtains.

619
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: That's that's the most disappointing thing.

620
00:31:26,279 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, guys, this is not the most disappointing season

621
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,599
in BUE basketball history, even though all of the resources allocated.

622
00:31:34,119 --> 00:31:36,559
Speaker 1: And everything else and on one and done, it's not.

623
00:31:37,079 --> 00:31:40,839
Speaker 2: It's to me, the most disappointing is when fans become apathetic.

624
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,680
And none of the fans became apathetic this season.

625
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:44,759
Speaker 1: Does that make sense?

626
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: Like apathy is what kills programs, And like I said,

627
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,000
to make it make yourself feel better, all you got

628
00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:55,839
to do is they say, comparison is the thief of joy.

629
00:31:56,119 --> 00:31:58,880
It can also be the provider of perspective. So compare

630
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,519
your basketball program to the use right now and that

631
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:02,880
should make you feel a whole lot.

632
00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 12: Better again, as good as what you was. They were

633
00:32:06,519 --> 00:32:09,319
a ten seed, there were Yeah, this is a tough conference. No,

634
00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:12,039
they were, well, Texas was an eleven seed. You're talking

635
00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:14,680
about in the Big twelve tournament. In the Big twelve tournament.

636
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,680
So in the ncaterm they were six seed. And but

637
00:32:17,759 --> 00:32:19,640
in the Big twelve tournament they were. They were a

638
00:32:19,759 --> 00:32:21,799
ten seed, but they were like the seventh they were,

639
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,240
they were ranked around you know.

640
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:24,799
Speaker 1: Anyway, it is what it is.

641
00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:28,279
Speaker 2: Uh, It's not the most disappointing season in BUE basketball history,

642
00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:29,799
no matter what anybody tells you.

643
00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:32,839
Speaker 9: If any if anybody needs to learn perspective, it's Utah

644
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:33,559
basketball fans.

645
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 6: Let's let's be real true true.

646
00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 2: Morgan should have Morgan Scoaltar should have given the two

647
00:32:39,319 --> 00:32:41,720
million dollars to the basketball program so they can bring

648
00:32:41,799 --> 00:32:43,039
them a Jerius era back.

649
00:32:43,359 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 6: I mean, he wouldn't have to, but it would help.

650
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 2: Let's go to break, Uh, tell us a little bit

651
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,559
about oorm Toyota Logan Street, the internet sales manager. What

652
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,519
deals we have going on right now? Why should fans

653
00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:56,680
show up to fourteen hundred sand Hill Road.

654
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 9: Yeah, so, hey, with with March madness going on, we've

655
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:04,200
actually got promotion going on Caller Basketball Showdown. No purchase necessary.

656
00:33:05,119 --> 00:33:07,519
All you need to do is stop buy and I

657
00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:11,240
think we're actually extending it through Monday, but stop buy

658
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,039
it today or tomorrow and just test drive any vehicle.

659
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,559
We've got a QR code you can scan, put your

660
00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:20,319
information in. You'll be entered in to shoot for one

661
00:33:20,359 --> 00:33:24,559
thousand dollars. Next week, we're gonna draw I think ten

662
00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:27,440
individuals and five of them are gonna shoot, or five

663
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,480
of them will walk away with with at least one

664
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:33,480
thousand dollars. The other the others we'll make sure that.

665
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 6: They get something.

666
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,039
Speaker 9: But hey, it's free money, and you gotta come check

667
00:33:37,079 --> 00:33:39,359
out one of these brand new toyotas. We've got some

668
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,839
awesome deals right now. We've got Corolla payments. You know,

669
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,039
you can lease one of those for under two hundred bucks.

670
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,240
Your Tacoma you can lease those for around two point

671
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:58,240
fifty and then your your tunders are just over over that.

672
00:33:58,359 --> 00:34:00,960
And then if leasing is not your thing, you've got

673
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,640
two nine nine for seventy two months, on the Tundra

674
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,720
plus an additional thousand dollars, so you get a little

675
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:08,519
extra cash with that.

676
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 6: They've got rats.

677
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,199
Speaker 9: As low as two nine nine on the Tacomas right now.

678
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,719
And then this is this is new uh we obviously

679
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,039
I think the last time you were here, the new

680
00:34:20,119 --> 00:34:22,159
for runner was just starting to start.

681
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 1: Beautiful big well, I love that run.

682
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 6: We've got quite a few of them right now.

683
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 9: A new this month Toyota Uh just came out with

684
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:31,360
four point nine nine for seventy two months on them.

685
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,519
So great time to buy a buy a Toyota right now,

686
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,119
and great time to to you know, see see what

687
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,199
you can do as far as uh your your your

688
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:42,840
basketball skills.

689
00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 6: We've got a hoop set up here in the show room.

690
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:45,920
Flo come on in.

691
00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:48,159
Speaker 1: I gotta get shot at the break.

692
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 6: That's right.

693
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 9: Come on in, take a test drive and uh, you know,

694
00:34:52,119 --> 00:34:54,719
get get put in for this contest and potentially walk

695
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:55,880
away with a thousand bucks next.

696
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: Week, one thousand dollars.

697
00:34:58,119 --> 00:35:00,519
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698
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699
00:35:04,079 --> 00:35:09,079
his tuckson ball and uh, let's discuss all the things happening.

700
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,559
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Speaker 4: Ben Qriittle's life accomplishments include a two time conference champion,

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him creator of the Ode to the Walk on Business mogul,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back Cougar Sports. One O three nine nine eighty

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point three. Heres form the Fan.

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Speaker 2: I'm in m broadcasting from warm Toyota, fourteen hundred sand

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Speaker 1: Who got some great deals?

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Speaker 2: I got Logan Street, the Internet sales Manager by my side,

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Speaker 1: That's what he does best. He's a car guy, but

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he is a sports guy through and through. Journey is

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the band of the day.

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Speaker 2: H you know, don't stop believing, Logan, don't stop believing

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in your team.

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Speaker 1: Don't stop believing in your utes, your Cougar's or your jazz.

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Because A J.

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Speaker 2: De Bons is gonna be the first overall pick in

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the NBA draft and he's going to your Utah Dazz

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And now Utah fans are gonna have to join us

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and start rooting for AJ.

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Speaker 1: So get ready.

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Speaker 9: I you know, I think that'll be easy for his accountant.

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If that's how it plays out, it's.

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Speaker 1: Gonna be good. It's gonna be great. It's gonna be fantastic.

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00:36:56,679 --> 00:36:58,480
He can come do a deal here at ORMT Toyota

737
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as well.

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Speaker 11: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, get him into a vehicle.

740
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Speaker 6: What would you put AJ in?

741
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,199
Speaker 2: I'd put him in probably a fore Runner, probably in

742
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,599
a four runner. I've seen it because uh, you know,

743
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,159
I feel like the the fore Runner.

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Speaker 1: You know, you can do like that? What's that?

745
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,079
Speaker 2: Like that low prob some ground effects on it. Yeah,

746
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:17,599
and put it you know, tinted out and like you know,

747
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,320
you know, just get him in an suv. I think

748
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,800
it's aekoya okay tekoia A little bigger, a little bigger, larger,

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00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,440
tird Pro. Let's go trd pro Baby, Let's go off

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road in Logan Street by my side. Band of today

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is Journey and it's brought to you by Royal Army

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dot Com. B YU Swag cruited by fans forour fans,

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Speaker 1: Is that Tamasile? That is Tamasil? I knew I huge

756
00:37:44,199 --> 00:37:46,960
Tomas here, guys, what's up? TOMASI?

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00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 2: One of my favorite BYU defensive linemen in the modern era.

758
00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:56,360
Underrated in my opinion, was a beast and unfortunately, you know,

759
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,880
we didn't get to watch him play at BYU A senior.

760
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,960
But he's been bawling out all right, British Columbia. Now

761
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,920
you're BC dude killing it bro, looking good, Bro. Yeah,

762
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I gotta catch up with you, man. We're live right now.

763
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But hey, I'm gonna catch up with I'm gonna hit

764
00:38:07,079 --> 00:38:08,639
you up, bro. Much love to you, man. I thought

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that was you, TOMASI.

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Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know.

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Speaker 2: A former b YU defensive live when I see one.

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Shout out to Tamasi low Lee, Lay ladies and gentlemen. Anyway,

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00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,800
we gotta get to some sound BYU fell in the

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first round of the NCAA Tournament to the Texas Longhorm

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seventy nine seventy one in that round of sixty four.

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Let's get into it. What is it that Kate why

773
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had to say? Who's in this postgame commentary? Anyways, Aj,

774
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:37,159
Rob Kevin as all the above. Let's tune in as

775
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,920
they pontificate on all things in this basketball program.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, congrats in Texas. They played a hard, fog game,

777
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,480
and credit to coach Miller. I mean for them to

778
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play in the first four and then having to travel

779
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out here and do all the things that they did,

780
00:39:05,639 --> 00:39:08,719
that's impressive. So they deserve all the credit. They made

781
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,719
all the plays and they did a great job.

782
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Speaker 6: You know.

783
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Speaker 5: I thought for our guys, I was disappointed our first

784
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,199
first half defensive effort and intensity and rebounding. I thought

785
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that's where the game. Uh, we knew the game was

786
00:39:22,199 --> 00:39:24,199
gonna get won. There we got we took. That's all

787
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,719
we talked about was the rebounding kind of coming into

788
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the game. So that was a little disappointing, not a little,

789
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:34,719
a lot disappointing. And then I thought our guys fought

790
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their tails off in the second half. So in a

791
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lot of ways, it was a microcosm kind of of

792
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our of our season where we've you know, we faced

793
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a lot of challenges this year, and just like we

794
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did in this game, we battled back. And that's kind

795
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of the mantra of this group. You know, they never quit.

796
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So I'm really proud of the group. And uh, you know,

797
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it hurts obviously seeing Richie over there in the street close.

798
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You know, he's been the heart and soul of our

799
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program since I took this job, so I love him

800
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and it's all and that he's up here with these

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two guys. So with that, I'll open it up. Rachard

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hand if you have a question, we'll bring the microphone

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to you. Come down here. And then in the back

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Eric Anderson Associated Press.

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Speaker 10: I mean, you talked about the rebounding a little bit,

806
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but was it at all surprising to see in the

807
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first half where Folktitis had as many rebounds by himself

808
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as you guys had as a team.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, and our guys heard about it at halftime and

810
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that was just like I said, it was just super disappointing,

811
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you know, because we've been a really good rebounding team

812
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for the most of most of the year and in

813
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particular in our sort of resurgence at the end of

814
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the season. So you know, we knew how good he was.

815
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You know, you watched the tape, it's pretty obvious to

816
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see it. So you know, we challenged our bigs at halftime,

817
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and not just the bigs, the guards too. I thought

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we did a much.

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Speaker 1: Better job in the second half.

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Speaker 5: But yes, extremely disappointing that he basically manhandled our whole

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team in the first half in the back.

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Speaker 9: Darnell Dixon Daily Herald, AJA, with that game, what did

823
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,719
you like in the second half of what you guys

824
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were able to do to get back in when you

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were down seventeen?

826
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Speaker 5: What things do you guys do?

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Speaker 10: Well?

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Speaker 13: Uh?

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Speaker 14: I just like how we persevered. That's kind of been

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our identity the whole year. We were a second half team.

831
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You know, obviously the first half is just shaky with

832
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the rebounding, but I'm I'm happy that we fought back,

833
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and you know, we could have folded and lost by twenty,

834
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but we tried to cut it down and make a

835
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push for the win.

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Speaker 15: Over here, Jackson Payne does the right news, Aj as

837
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,960
your year at BYU comes to a close, if this

838
00:41:38,079 --> 00:41:39,639
is the end, I mean, how would you describe your

839
00:41:39,679 --> 00:41:42,079
time at BYU and just the way it ended? Especially?

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Speaker 1: Nah, I love it.

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Speaker 14: I love this place. I'm happy I chose here. I

842
00:41:45,039 --> 00:41:47,679
definitely made the right decision. I knew coming in. I

843
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,039
made the right decision ever since my visit with the

844
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:53,320
coaching staff, with how it's just a family atmosphere, talking

845
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,119
to the academic advisor of everything about this base.

846
00:41:55,159 --> 00:41:55,679
Speaker 5: I'm just happy.

847
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,159
Speaker 14: But as far as the season, it's tough dealing with

848
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,559
that type of adversity, but I'd rather do it nobody.

849
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Speaker 5: Else over here.

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Speaker 16: Zach dem Texas Longhorns n s I, Richie, I know

851
00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:11,320
you didn't play in this game, even out for a

852
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,840
little while, but why was it important for you to

853
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,360
sit up here with the guys uh here at the

854
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:15,880
press conference?

855
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Speaker 1: Right?

856
00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 8: You know? I mean just we've gone through a lot

857
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:27,719
together and Tyson Jacks who media rep you know, Yes,

858
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,320
that's one of my that's one of my heros in life,

859
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,840
and he asked me to be up here with these

860
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,440
guys and do do a lot for that guy and

861
00:42:35,519 --> 00:42:40,880
for for these guys just part of my team, for fighting,

862
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:44,800
for staying together, and it's been it's been an amazing

863
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:45,559
son being with them.

864
00:42:48,159 --> 00:42:51,039
Speaker 3: Coach Jordaan does at USA today, there was a lot

865
00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:53,519
of hype going into this season for you guys and

866
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,719
just being able to be around this team and be

867
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,719
around a J. I mean, what is it meant? What

868
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,199
is he meant to be? Yu basketball? And how would

869
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,719
kind summarize what the season has been knowing that and

870
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,280
maybe didn't end exactly the way you wanted to, Yeah.

871
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:07,199
Speaker 5: I mean disappointing, no question about it. I mean we,

872
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,760
you know, we wanted to advance in his tournament, but

873
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,440
so does everybody else, you know, and that's why you

874
00:43:11,519 --> 00:43:12,920
play the game. And like I said, that's why you

875
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,440
got to give Texas credit. But you know, in terms

876
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:21,960
of AJ, you know, I think, uh, you know, I'll

877
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,679
probably look back in twenty years and just have a

878
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,519
lot of joy that I was able to be a

879
00:43:26,599 --> 00:43:30,239
part of his story and to do it with guys

880
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,000
like Rob Wright, who's been tremendous all year. It's been

881
00:43:33,079 --> 00:43:35,679
fun watching these two guys, really all three of these

882
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,840
guys come together. I mean, you know, it is what

883
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,880
it is. But at one point, this was the highest

884
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,159
scoring trio in college basketball. It's fun for me as

885
00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:46,239
a coach to sit back and watch three really good

886
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,920
individual talents all kind of come together and figure out

887
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:53,000
how to play off of each other. And obviously, you know,

888
00:43:53,079 --> 00:43:55,400
AJ gets a lot of the headlines rightfully, So I

889
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,679
thought there was moments in tonight's game where he just

890
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,239
looked like that Portland Trailblazer Befloor should have been down there.

891
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,519
You know, he just looked like an NBA player, the

892
00:44:04,519 --> 00:44:07,679
stuff he was able to do on the court, and

893
00:44:08,159 --> 00:44:10,199
you know, him playing off of a rob, I thought,

894
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:13,159
they're they're together, and it's really grew throughout the season.

895
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,320
But but in terms of AJ coming to b YU managed,

896
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,360
you know, it's been tremendous. You know, Jegor came in

897
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,559
and set the foundation and then AJ kind of took

898
00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:25,000
the torch. And so it's cool to hear him say,

899
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,800
you know how much he's enjoyed being here, and you

900
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,400
know he's going to be a coup for life, and

901
00:44:30,039 --> 00:44:31,480
you know, that's what's awesome. That's why I told the

902
00:44:31,519 --> 00:44:33,360
guys in the locker room. It's probably my favorite thing

903
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,679
about coaching, as you get a chance to just make

904
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,440
relationships for life and they just go far beyond the court.

905
00:44:38,519 --> 00:44:40,480
And just glad that AJ's part of that, and so

906
00:44:40,599 --> 00:44:46,480
are these two other guys. Okay, Alexander Espianation coach Young.

907
00:44:47,039 --> 00:44:49,760
Speaker 17: Right around the final minute of the game, it looked

908
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:51,920
as if you were trying to tell your team to

909
00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:54,800
intentionally foul Vokatito so you could win zero for seven

910
00:44:55,119 --> 00:44:58,239
and his free throws in the second half. And was

911
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,440
that the case And did you consider trying to intentionally

912
00:45:01,519 --> 00:45:04,199
file Vopatitis earlier in the game when it appeared as

913
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,519
if he was just having a big struggle at the

914
00:45:06,559 --> 00:45:07,119
free throw line.

915
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, we were definitely were targeting him at the end

916
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,199
in terms of trying to do it intentionally prior to

917
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,960
when we did it. I mean, it's a little tricky

918
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:17,679
because of the rules. You don't want to get intentional

919
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,239
fouls and they get the ball back and things like that,

920
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,719
and a little nervous about that. But I thought we executed,

921
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,960
you know, that strategy. Well, you know, we just weren't

922
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,079
able to come up with enough rebounds and stops to

923
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,960
really you know, have it benefit us. I thought that,

924
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,840
like he missed the one and we came down. We

925
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,239
got a little unorganized in our transition offense. They did

926
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:43,920
a good job of getting back. We had a play

927
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,719
drawn up. Our guys kind of went went rogue in

928
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,559
a good way, and I thought they did a good

929
00:45:48,639 --> 00:45:52,320
job Texas did in their transition defense. And if had

930
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,119
we have scored there, obviously that would have been a

931
00:45:54,199 --> 00:45:57,199
big shift in the game. But we're unable to convert that.

932
00:45:58,159 --> 00:46:00,599
Speaker 9: All the way of aar on the left regruter from

933
00:46:00,639 --> 00:46:03,599
Field Level Media, A j how do you plan to

934
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,159
attack the next few weeks as you make a decision

935
00:46:06,679 --> 00:46:07,360
on your future?

936
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 14: Just talk to my family. Uh, you know my mom

937
00:46:13,599 --> 00:46:15,880
Ultimately she kind of is the big boss. She kind

938
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,280
of makes the decisions in life one of my family.

939
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,559
So I mean, just taught to her, see what she says,

940
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:24,159
and y'all will go to answer the next couple of weeks.

941
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 15: Okay, Jackson Payne does right, news, Richie, As your time

942
00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:30,440
at BYU comes to an end, you know, you're a

943
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,760
four year guy. You're an all time BYU cougar and

944
00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:36,320
just have grown up around the program and being a

945
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:37,960
fan of the program. What do you make of your

946
00:46:38,039 --> 00:46:40,000
legacy at b YU and maybe what are some of

947
00:46:40,039 --> 00:46:41,639
your favorite memories from your time at BYO.

948
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 5: That's a big question.

949
00:46:46,199 --> 00:46:50,159
Speaker 8: Just in a few few sentences, But I mean it's

950
00:46:50,199 --> 00:46:52,920
it's it's been a dream come true. You know it's

951
00:46:53,199 --> 00:46:56,159
I mean winning here has been one of my just

952
00:46:57,519 --> 00:47:01,599
like looking back, I know for a very long time

953
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,920
I'll remember winning here and just the joy that that

954
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:06,760
brought me to be able to put on this uniform.

955
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 6: I mean, I think.

956
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 8: Last year, there's you know that that that run was

957
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,639
was one of my one of my core memories along

958
00:47:16,679 --> 00:47:19,840
with the Iowa Stay game. WoT if you guys remember

959
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,440
that that was a that was a really fun one.

960
00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:27,960
But still trying to look back on this year and

961
00:47:28,599 --> 00:47:31,679
work through, work through those emotions and stuff. But I've

962
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,719
it's this has been a dream come true. I've I've

963
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,639
loved it in the back.

964
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,119
Speaker 16: Robbie Macombs, think with stuff, Kevin, when you look back

965
00:47:40,199 --> 00:47:42,639
on how this roster was constructed, and even look at

966
00:47:42,679 --> 00:47:44,719
your first season how it was constructed, how do you

967
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,719
think that will impact your decisions as you build your

968
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:47,679
roster for next season.

969
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,599
Speaker 5: I think it's hard to evaluate this year in terms

970
00:47:50,639 --> 00:47:54,199
of that question, because and again I'm not crying over

971
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,280
spilled milk. Things happen in life and you got to

972
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,280
figure it out. Which I want to say this before

973
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,599
I answer that question. I thought, I'm just proud of

974
00:48:00,639 --> 00:48:03,800
this group because in terms of the roster construction, it

975
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,719
was it was constructed in a way that once Aj came,

976
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,719
we were building it essentially around you know, the you

977
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,079
know him and obviously Richie. That's why Rob was such

978
00:48:12,119 --> 00:48:14,400
a humongous get for us, and then we tried to

979
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:16,760
build it around that. And so we liked the level

980
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,320
of maturity that we had. Number one, you know, we

981
00:48:19,519 --> 00:48:22,000
liked the shooting that we had. I mean, you know,

982
00:48:22,119 --> 00:48:25,519
I'm reminded of of you know, there's just no substitute

983
00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:28,039
for shot making. End of story. We were four twenty

984
00:48:28,079 --> 00:48:30,199
two from three. We had a hard time shooting the

985
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,320
ball the last couple of weeks of the season. Our

986
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,840
spacing was not where I like it to be. But

987
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,400
we just it's the cards that we've been dealt, and

988
00:48:37,519 --> 00:48:40,480
so how how this season impacts what we do?

989
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:42,760
Speaker 1: I think for sure, just shooting is.

990
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 5: Always for me something that there's no substitute for. But again,

991
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,639
in terms of this year's team, it's hard to get

992
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,519
it's hard to really judge, you know, what we constructed

993
00:48:52,519 --> 00:48:54,280
because we were never able to see it with five

994
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:58,320
season ending injuries, which is crazy. But you know, I

995
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,920
think there's not there's not guy like aj that come

996
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,280
around too often, right, So I think we tried to

997
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:06,960
build it around a unique player. And now as we

998
00:49:07,119 --> 00:49:09,159
as we fast forward for next year, trying to get

999
00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:12,639
shooting you know around around Rob and have some some

1000
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,199
dynamic spacing and like we did our first year is

1001
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:20,679
definitely something that will be under heavy consideration. And we

1002
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:22,559
are out of time. Gentlemen, Thank you very much for

1003
00:49:22,639 --> 00:49:25,000
your time. Congratulations on a great season. Thank you.

1004
00:49:26,679 --> 00:49:28,320
Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're live.

1005
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:31,039
Speaker 2: I want to get up to Blaine Anderson here momentarily,

1006
00:49:31,199 --> 00:49:33,599
so let's just get him on the line. But we're

1007
00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:36,840
live from Orum Toyota. I got Logan Street by my side.

1008
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:40,320
Any thoughts, any commentary to the follow up? There great

1009
00:49:40,599 --> 00:49:45,559
soundbites from Ky. He says it's unfair to evaluate, you know,

1010
00:49:45,679 --> 00:49:49,280
the roster composition, restructuring what he's going to do going forward,

1011
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,559
because he's like, well, I had you know, three of

1012
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:58,519
my you know, rotational starting players, injured, so it's unfair

1013
00:49:58,599 --> 00:50:00,719
to really evaluate that. I thought he said some really

1014
00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:04,639
interesting things. A J commenting on how he doesn't regret

1015
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:06,519
coming to BUYU was the right place for him. His

1016
00:50:06,639 --> 00:50:10,960
development had has has been scaled forward, and he feels

1017
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,280
like he's more prepared for the NBA now than ever.

1018
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:17,119
Speaker 1: Any thoughts, any commentary to your as you heard it, Yeah, I.

1019
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:21,400
Speaker 6: Wrote down just two notes real quick. Both of them

1020
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:22,039
had to do with a J.

1021
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:27,760
Speaker 9: First off, you know says, uh, you know what whatever

1022
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,559
mom says is what he's gonna do. Ye Mom, So

1023
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,280
you know, you you Cougar fans, Let's let's make sure

1024
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:37,719
that we uh, we're making sure that that that's uh

1025
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:43,079
in our prayers, right. But the other side of that,

1026
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,679
he made a point to in the sense of, you know,

1027
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,280
when you when you get a once in a lifetime

1028
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:55,960
player like like a J on your roster, you you're

1029
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,800
gonna build your offense. You're gonna build your roster around

1030
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,519
that guy. And unfortunately, injuries are a part of basketball

1031
00:51:02,679 --> 00:51:05,960
and and uh, you know that that that makes it

1032
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,920
that makes it hard. But I do think that there's

1033
00:51:10,119 --> 00:51:13,719
again we talked about perspective earlier that is perspective.

1034
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:13,679
Speaker 6: Too, right.

1035
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,679
Speaker 9: I think when you when you have the one year

1036
00:51:17,079 --> 00:51:20,599
potentially you have that one of the best recruits that

1037
00:51:20,639 --> 00:51:23,719
you've ever gotten, you push your chips, you know, you

1038
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:25,559
push your chips all in and you go for it,

1039
00:51:25,639 --> 00:51:27,119
and I and I think it just you know, they

1040
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:28,239
caught some bad breaks.

1041
00:51:29,199 --> 00:51:30,320
Speaker 1: Let's get out to the phone line.

1042
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:33,199
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1043
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:34,199
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1044
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Speaker 1: Uh, real quick? Is this for you the most disappointing

1045
00:51:39,159 --> 00:51:41,320
season and be with you basketball history? Yes?

1046
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:41,559
Speaker 16: Or no?

1047
00:51:41,639 --> 00:51:41,760
Speaker 8: Why?

1048
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:42,079
Speaker 1: Why not?

1049
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:44,400
Speaker 10: Uh?

1050
00:51:45,159 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 13: I think the results are disappointing because we had so

1051
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,239
much hope going into this season that it was going

1052
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:55,639
to be this magical year. But there was a lot

1053
00:51:55,679 --> 00:51:59,400
of fun games along the way. So it's hard because

1054
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,320
we're like base a lot of it off of like

1055
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:06,760
the final outcome, which was last obviously. But I'm trying

1056
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,840
to like keep in protective, like we had an awesome

1057
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,760
season in terms of like specific games. So I'm like

1058
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:15,360
trying to like look on the bright side of things.

1059
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 1: Got to look at the bright side of things, no doubt.

1060
00:52:20,599 --> 00:52:23,719
You know, what does this? Does this make you feel

1061
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:27,199
like we didn't get the right return? On investment.

1062
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 2: Though as a b WAU fan based a b WA

1063
00:52:29,079 --> 00:52:33,239
you donor base seeing a one and done after so

1064
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,440
much was invested into the program and into the roster.

1065
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:40,639
Speaker 15: No, I mean I think.

1066
00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:45,800
Speaker 13: Personally, I feel like if you look at it from

1067
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,920
the perspective of like us wanting to win, Yeah, we

1068
00:52:49,159 --> 00:52:52,039
didn't get what we wanted that way, but I feel

1069
00:52:52,079 --> 00:52:55,679
like this does open up a pipeline for us. Aj

1070
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,519
is the kind of player that will have other recruits

1071
00:52:58,559 --> 00:53:01,199
in the future thinking to them else, Okay, if this

1072
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:05,440
guy goes top three, first pick overall or whatever like

1073
00:53:05,559 --> 00:53:07,440
that could be me. I can get the development that

1074
00:53:07,519 --> 00:53:10,800
I need to get to the NBA Draft. Now, I

1075
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,480
think it does require kind of an organizational shift in

1076
00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:16,320
mind because we haven't been that one and done school,

1077
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,000
right Like, we've had very few players come from BYU

1078
00:53:21,159 --> 00:53:23,800
who have have even made it to the NBA, let

1079
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:28,360
alone go after one year. But from from my perspective,

1080
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,440
like we are getting our return on investment. It might

1081
00:53:33,559 --> 00:53:36,360
just not manifest itself this year in terms of wins.

1082
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:40,159
Speaker 2: How much is it worth to have an advocate, a

1083
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,280
brand ambassador such as Aj Debonsa not only for this

1084
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,519
year but in years to come for BYU and is

1085
00:53:46,679 --> 00:53:50,000
that worth whatever you spent on him as a donor base.

1086
00:53:51,079 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 13: I think it can be. I mean you think about

1087
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:56,679
some of these big names in the NBA and like

1088
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,280
the association they have with specific programs. I mean you

1089
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,280
think of like a Carmelo and Anthony and you immediately

1090
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:05,719
think of Syracuse. You think of I don't know, Anthony Davis,

1091
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,280
and you think of Kentucky, you think of Michael Jordan,

1092
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,480
you think of Carolina that has some cachet like that.

1093
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:17,239
That does that does bring some awareness, some brand recognition

1094
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,000
to a program. So you do have to take that

1095
00:54:20,079 --> 00:54:21,440
into consideration.

1096
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:23,800
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. How can we get back into

1097
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:24,039
the game.

1098
00:54:24,079 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 2: We need to be with your basketball to get back

1099
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:28,960
into the game and get recruiting again and maybe finding

1100
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:33,880
better offensive and defensive system because it just wasn't good

1101
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,159
enough this year. They got to get healthy too. How

1102
00:54:36,199 --> 00:54:37,719
can we get healthy and get back into the game

1103
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,119
there at game Bay Mattel.

1104
00:54:40,159 --> 00:54:42,320
Speaker 13: Just come in and get your blood work done. I

1105
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,719
mean we've been saying it now for the past several months,

1106
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:48,400
Like understanding what your baselines are in terms of your

1107
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,920
blood work is typically your first thing. I mean It's

1108
00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:54,960
no secret that as you get older, your body changes

1109
00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:57,360
in a lot of different ways. And if you're not

1110
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,760
happy with that, if you're not happy with your performance,

1111
00:55:00,159 --> 00:55:02,800
if you're not happy with how you look, how you feel,

1112
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:07,320
your energy levels come in. There's lots of different solutions

1113
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:09,960
out there, and it's not one size fits all. We

1114
00:55:10,119 --> 00:55:12,360
really do sit down and listen to what guys are

1115
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:16,519
trying to accomplish and come up with a very tailored plan.

1116
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:18,159
Speaker 5: For that individual.

1117
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:22,199
Speaker 13: So come in, schedule an appointment. The initial consultation and

1118
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,760
labs are completely free of charge, and then from there

1119
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:26,199
we can figure out what we can do to.

1120
00:55:26,199 --> 00:55:26,639
Speaker 1: Help you out.

1121
00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:29,360
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Speaker 1: Will you a football school or a basketball school? Lane?

1124
00:55:34,199 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 6: Oh Man?

1125
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:36,639
Speaker 1: Can they both?

1126
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:37,360
Speaker 8: No?

1127
00:55:37,559 --> 00:55:41,079
Speaker 1: Okay? Well is it more so? Is it more so

1128
00:55:41,199 --> 00:55:43,159
a football school or a basketball school?

1129
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:49,559
Speaker 13: Well, we've had more recent success probably in football. I'm

1130
00:55:49,599 --> 00:55:51,000
gonna say a football school.

1131
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,599
Speaker 1: Yes, damn straight. It's that's that's that's true. That's doctrine

1132
00:55:54,679 --> 00:55:55,079
right there.

1133
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:55,679
Speaker 5: Yeah, B.

1134
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 2: While he was a football school, doing more with less

1135
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:03,960
since nineteen two, more wins, more championships, more NFL football

1136
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:08,199
players with less more wins okay per dollars spent in

1137
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:13,920
any university, any football program in the United States of America.

1138
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,320
Speaker 1: Okay, that's truth.

1139
00:56:16,639 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 2: That is knowledge that his doctrine UH top ten and

1140
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:23,119
wins over the last fifty plus years. And you know

1141
00:56:23,159 --> 00:56:25,880
how much Lavelle was making his final season in two thousand,

1142
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,400
You know, he's how much he was making like one

1143
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,079
hundred and twenty, like one hundred twenty thousand.

1144
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:33,440
Speaker 1: Dollars, one hundred twenty thousand dollars.

1145
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:37,880
Speaker 2: You kidd me, you kidd me, more more wins, more

1146
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:42,480
championships and natty included than any more wins per dollar

1147
00:56:42,559 --> 00:56:45,280
spent than any And it's continued. I know things a

1148
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:47,840
little bit of change. But look, let me give you

1149
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:49,880
a CBS Sports. Let me talk about stats here for

1150
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:53,519
a second. Jay fin May, CBS Sports, when the Kilani

1151
00:56:53,599 --> 00:56:58,639
Satake deal was struck, reported that their roster.

1152
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:02,440
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty five, Buli Football's roster was ten million dollars.

1153
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:06,239
Speaker 2: Okay, we're seeing reports of forty million dollar rosters right

1154
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:07,800
now at LSU SEC.

1155
00:57:07,639 --> 00:57:09,800
Speaker 1: Schools, big ten schools, forty million dollars.

1156
00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:11,239
Speaker 2: Like I don't know what it was last year, but

1157
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:12,840
he was probably around like thirty million for some of

1158
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,400
those schools, right, So b WAU was operating at a

1159
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:18,119
third of the cost on their roster last year, and

1160
00:57:18,119 --> 00:57:20,199
they almost won a Big twelve title. They lost two

1161
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:22,880
games to Texas Tech. They beat a top twenty five

1162
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:24,800
team in their bowl game versus Georgia Tech. It was

1163
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:27,400
a great season, one of the best seasons in BYU

1164
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:32,480
football history, Okay, I believe and this leans into my

1165
00:57:32,639 --> 00:57:34,800
opinion on y BoA's a football school more than a

1166
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:35,480
basketball school.

1167
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: I think BOU basketball.

1168
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 2: I think it's pretty obvious that their roster payroll was

1169
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,840
probably around ten to twelve million at least, right, Like,

1170
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:45,760
it's probably around there, right, would we agree with that?

1171
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:47,039
Speaker 6: Right?

1172
00:57:47,599 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 1: Probably around there right with the you know, they.

1173
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 2: Had a pretty good roster Rob Wright, AJ Ritchie, you

1174
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:57,119
know Conar Davis. It probably got up there pretty quick

1175
00:57:57,119 --> 00:57:58,639
to round ten twelve million, let's see.

1176
00:57:58,679 --> 00:58:00,760
Speaker 1: And that's fair, right, that's not even like on the

1177
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high end.

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Speaker 2: That's in the upper probably third of college basketball, maybe

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upper fourth of college basketball. Their roster, and I think

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it was all worth it, by the way, I think

1181
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it's all worth it because BYU needs advocacy it needs

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00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,639
brand ambassadorship more so now than ever. And I think

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the donors, because that's where it's coming from. The donors

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are willing to pay for it. And obviously the brands

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00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,360
locally and nationally are willing to pay for these guys

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to be at BYU. Okay, so they're buying the players

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00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,639
as much as they are at the BAU brand. With

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that being said, I think you know where you're getting

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a better roy That's what I'm saying. That's why it's

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a football school. The Kaloni culture maybe Kalani culture hard

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to argue, is you know what I mean. Anyways, that's

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my final thoughts, Laye. We invite everyone to head on

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00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,039
over to game day. Men, Seuth, get your blood work done,

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00:58:47,679 --> 00:58:49,639
you know, Logan I, We're gonna get our blood work

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done right after the show. See how much testosterone and

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00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:56,159
him adecurate And you know where we're deficient. What vitamins

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00:58:56,239 --> 00:58:58,119
we need? They're at game day men, South We need

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some vitamins right there?

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Speaker 13: You go, Man tell absolutely, especially after that loss, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely need a little bit more vigorant vim

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in my lines. I'll be honest, after that we got

1202
00:59:08,519 --> 00:59:10,519
that loss. I need a little bit more vigoran vim

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00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:13,119
in my loins. All right, Lane, appreciate you man. We

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appreciate Game day men's health as well.

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Speaker 5: Thanks, Ben, have a good one.

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00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:17,440
Speaker 1: All right man.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna go to break, but before we do, Logan Street,

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we're at Orm Toyota, one of my favorite places to visit,

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fourteen hundred sand Hill Road.

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Speaker 1: Fourteen hundred sand Hill Road. Tell us about some of

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the deals.

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Speaker 2: We have going down here at Orum Toyota and the

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March Madness extravagance that we got cooking.

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Speaker 9: Yes, we got our basketball showdown going on. All you

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got to do is show up, test drive a vehicle,

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We'll help you scan a QR code, and you're entered

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in for a chance to win your opportunity to shoot

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00:59:43,719 --> 00:59:46,440
for one thousand dollars next week. We're gonna have five

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00:59:46,559 --> 00:59:48,519
individuals winning one thousand dollars next week.

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Speaker 6: It's gonna be awesome. We'll select on Monday.

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Speaker 9: That shootout will be on on Thursday, and then part

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of the kind of the some of the special promotions

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going on, I do want to highlight we've actually got

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some certified pre owns that you can get an interest

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rate as low as four point seventy five percent. That's

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actually one of the cool things with Toyota. One of

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the you know, if you think about other brands, even

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with their certified pre owns, a lot of times you

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01:00:17,599 --> 01:00:20,639
can't necessarily get as good of an interest rate on

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01:00:20,719 --> 01:00:22,679
a new car or sorry, a used car that you

1231
01:00:22,679 --> 01:00:24,960
can get on a new car. Well, in this scenario,

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you can actually get a better rate in some cases

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on a used car rather than a new one through Toyota.

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Speaker 6: Through with their certified pre owns.

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Speaker 9: And the cool thing is is I've actually got some

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Corollas and some rab fours that have no miles on them,

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less than fifty in some cases that you'd normally, you know,

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if you bought them new, you'd get a five year

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01:00:46,599 --> 01:00:49,920
sixty thousand dollars or five year sixty thousand mile powertrain warranty.

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You actually get a seven year hundred thousand mile powertrain

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warranty with these built in, and a lot of them

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01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,639
actually have five years worth of maintenance built into them,

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probably the best deal on the lot. And with those,

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01:01:01,639 --> 01:01:03,360
a lot of them are twenty twenty six Kernel of

1245
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:07,559
Hybrids twenty twenty five RAP four hybrids. So the Raft

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01:01:07,599 --> 01:01:09,519
four has a new body style coming out. You can't

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get the old Spoty style anywhere except for here at

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oram Toyota because we thought ahead and we've got again.

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I'm gonna say that they're used, but they really only

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have like fifty miles on them. It's the best deal

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on the lot.

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Speaker 2: Best deal on the lot. Come in and talk to

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01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,679
Logan Street. He's gonna give you a deal. He's going

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01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:29,119
to take care of you. Let him know you heard

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01:01:29,199 --> 01:01:31,480
us here on ESPN The Fan and the and the

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01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:34,679
Cougar Sports with Ben Crittle Show. And you demand the

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01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:39,639
ben Crittle discount. You demand it from Logan. You say, Logan, don't, don't, don't.

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01:01:40,199 --> 01:01:43,119
Don't you know short me on this one. I need

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01:01:43,519 --> 01:01:46,280
I need that ben Crital discount right now. If you

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01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:48,360
want to sell me, you want to sell me out

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a vehicle today, I need that Crittle discount.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Come get your ben Criddal discount.

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Speaker 2: Which includes a tidening discount on top of the ben Cridal.

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You get ten percent backs because you gave it.

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01:01:56,239 --> 01:02:00,880
Speaker 1: To the Lord. Well we'll have a discussion about that alright.

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Logus free baby. I appreciate you and appreciate all the

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deals you give our listeners,