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Speaker 3: Braidon, how you.
Speaker 5: Live in I'm doing awesome.
Speaker 4: How you guys doing doing fantastic? How's the offseason been
for you? Regarding football seas? I know you're a basketball
fan too, but I know you lean heavy in the
football round.
Speaker 5: Definitely heavy into football. About what I would say this
football is the sport does no matter how the team is,
no matter what's going on, I'm gonna be just as
crazy as I am, even if they're they're pelve and
zero or if they're own twelve. But basketball I'm a
little more of a fair weather fan. So when they're
doing great, I'm following, whether or not I probably could
follow a little closer.
Speaker 4: Yes, indeed, no, totally get that. Well, Camp Killaani's a
week away. What are the key storylines you're looking at
right now of interest?
Speaker 5: I think one of the interesting things will be And
I think, actually I had already thought about it a
little bit, but I think Brady papinga on your airwave
said it even a better way that I think it's
going to be a little bit more like spring Ball
with the way that people are playing players as much
as we're paying them now, I don't think we're gonna
see as much of the guys that are high end.
The guys are gonna be playing quite as much as
spring Ball, just because you don't want to to risk injury.
And I think you're gonna be trying to figure out
what roster spots you have opened, where to push guys,
what's going there. So I really am being treated to
see how springball kind of turns into a like kind
of like mini camps, like roocky mini camps like I
think that was kind of what Brady said. So I'm
intrigued to see a lot of the backup battles obviously
in the receiver room. We want to see kind of
who if the guys can step up there. That's obviously
became has become a big point of emphasis now is
who can step up into those roles in the receiver room.
But I'm like, I'm excited to see who QB two for,
how that that battle turns out between Trayson and and
Watson iniquats and I'm intrigued to see kind of that
RB two situation. I'm definitely a Siona moa big fan.
I think he'll end up being that guy, but I
think they'll definitely be a battle there. So that's more
of my thing, is just kind of seeing how how
the depth works itself out in spring ball.
Speaker 3: So your RB two favorite is Shooney Mo.
Speaker 4: You think he'll he'll rise to the occasion to be
that RB two heading into fall camp.
Speaker 5: I one hundred percent things though. I think if he's healthy,
he is a great RB two option. I don't know
that i'd call him a great RB one in the
league forever, but I think RB two he's I think
he's on seventy nine carries, I think is what it is.
He's at five yards of carry, like that's not nothing.
Speaker 3: So no, it's solid. Who's your QB two favorite right now?
Speaker 5: I think it's got to be tracing just because of
the time in the system. But I think I think
it gonna be one of those situations where by by
the time the season comes around, if Bar went down
in game, Tracy would come in. But if it was
early enough in the season and Bar went down and
it was like a long term injury, I wouldn't be
super surprised with them going with Enick as a future
situation just to because I think he has higher upside.
It's just gonna be hard. You have to kind of
formulate the offense around him a little more where it
wouldn't be an in game type of situation.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm I've been. I've been very much intrigued by
Enick Watson. Goldie is the calm in his Family's the
golden child. Apparently. I really like whose skill set, whose athleticism?
What have you heard about Enick Watson?
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's why I think I think he'll definitely,
I think his upside is really there. He would he
played in his until his senior year. If I if
I'm right, he played in a really run heavy offense,
so he didn't get to really show off his arm
and played there, and then by the time he got
to his senior year, he really kind of got to
show that off and play under Max and all those
different situations. And so I think he was an under
the radar recruit in terms of what his high ceiling is.
And I think that I think Arob really likes it,
and I think there's gonna be a good battle there
and I think he's gonna push for that that QB
two spot pretty dang early.
Speaker 3: Love that breakdown.
Speaker 4: My guy, Vick Kram is very much intrigued by the
offensive line and the offensive line battles that could be ensuing.
You got some mercenaries coming through the portal. You got
Pockey Fee now junr Cia from a Utah State, Zach Yamuuci.
You have a few freshmen guys like Bob mul Talo
getting into the mix.
Speaker 3: Uh is that intreaking two years all?
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I mean obviously as a as a former
Aligned guy, that's that's something that I'm intrigued to see
kind of how that breaks down. I think they have
the bodies there, it'll be interesting to see what rotation
of five guys or you know, even like last year.
Last year we played seven guys pretty inconsistently, so it'll
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is the wide receiver room. Now that Parker Kingston's out,
who's ready, who's willing?
Speaker 3: Who will step up? In your opinion?
Speaker 4: Are you leaning towards the big body Tyler Casper from
Oregon that he's finally gonna get his opportunity Reggie fish Kinnet?
Is there others that you're intrigued by, maybe a true
freshman Legend Glasgar can he be a dude, he's a
mid year.
Speaker 3: Maybe he can get into the swing of things.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think that's a lot of those
are options. I think they'll probably play a lot more
by committee. I think obviously you'll have Casper, who will
obviously is when healthy. I think he's a great receiver.
I think he'll take a lot of that. Jojo was
going to be obviously a huge focus in the offense
as long as he can stay healthy. But I do
think Legend asks the one that I think has an
opportunity to be Parker Kingston esque receiver, just that quick
little you know, somebody's got a ton of speed to him,
but maybe not super big body type of receiver. I
think short term you might see a lot more of
like guys like Tiger. I even think Tanku is gonna
get some run. I think Reggie Fishnek I had heard
a lot of good things in a couple of practices
I went to. He played really, really well in practice.
So I think that this is still the most talent
one of the most talented receiver rooms in b A history.
Is just are any are the guys gonna actually step up?
And live up to that talent is a really big
question mark because we had none of them were proven
at all. We have a ton of high high end
depth there. I think I can't remember which one of
the Pula brothers is the receiver. I think it's Kennon
is the is the receiver.
Speaker 3: It's Karen poll is the receiver. Can's the safety?
Speaker 5: Okay, Okay, Yeah, So I think I think he has
options to be there. I think he could really come in.
He's a midyear early I think too. So I think
the depths there, I just have no idea who's gonna
actually step up. I think you'll get Casper and Jojo
will be the number one, number two targets, and then
we'll see who kind of slides into that third role.
Speaker 4: Love that one of the main questions that I've brought up.
I think most b WU fans, uh, you know, have
maybe a little anxiety about they They don't know how
how boy is gonna be able to place j Hill
and Gennaro Gilford? What is the defense gonna look like?
Speaker 5: Right?
Speaker 4: Who's gonna what type of scheme are we run? We
were on the same scheme, we're on a similar scheme.
Is this Spronkleman and all defense, what's going on there? Like,
have you had those conversations as well amongst Cougar Nation.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think the general consensus that I've
heard just from the fans is that they understand and
I think, I mean even Brady said it on your airwaves.
But I think Kelly said in multiple interviews like I'm
not stupid, like it's not broke, so it's not We're
not gonna go out and fix it. Where it's work
worked really really well recently. Obviously, I think he's gonn
throw some of his flavor into it. And I think
a huge part of the defense under j Hill was
Gary Anderson, and we still have Gary, We Stive Kilane,
We're both that kind of mentality. So I think you're
we're gonna see some Bronco flavor to it because of Kelly,
But I think there will still be very, very heavy
the same scheme we've been running. But honestly, if you
go back and look at last year's scheme, there was
a lot of odd fronts, Like we weren't really playing
even front as much as people think we were. We
were playing a lot of oddfront and then bringing one
of the backers off the edge every once a while coming,
you know, on twists and things like that, but a
lot of it still was odd front. So I don't
think it's gonna look very much different at all to
the to the average.
Speaker 4: Fans, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3: It's it's intriguing to me.
Speaker 4: Justin Enna also is the special team before now, and
we're not going to see the fruits of the the
these changes until the college football season. But Justin Enna
taking over the special teams in it that has traditionally
been the top for four forming unit between the offense,
defense and special teams. What do you make of that
particular move Justin in At getting over to the special
teams unit and taking control of that, and he's not
even coaching a position, he's all in twenty four seven
three sixty five special teams.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm intrigued by I think it'll be something interesting.
He's definitely a very intense coach, so I think it'll
be something that'll be that the guys will be disciplined.
I would guess it was interesting listening to his interview.
I can't remember where it was. Maybe it was the
GUP Club interview that I was watching but he mentioned,
you know, some of the things that he would try,
and they keep very very similar. But then he did
mention a couple of things like how the punt team
was gonna work, and maybe the strategy in some of
those situations would be a little bit different. So I'm
intrigued to see kind of how that goes. But I
think he's had correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm
pretty sure he had NFL special team experience coaching things
like that. Why I totally trust it will be there.
I think it'll look at tiny bit different, but I
think really the name of the game in special teams
is just making sure guys are doing their jobs and
not messing stuff up. But I think, I mean, the
part of thinks something I think hurts special teams as
much as that hard it hurts anything because he was
such a special returner. So I think that'll be one
of the hard things. We'll have to see who can
kind of fill into that that that role.
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Speaker 3: What's the ceiling?
Speaker 4: What's the floor in your opinion of this BA basketball season.
Speaker 5: Oh ceiling. I definitely think the ceiling is lower than
it was. I do think this team would would still
having a J and Robb. I think you have a
pretty dang high ceiling. Like if things are perfect, we
started figuring out stuff and it all kind of rolled together.
I still think we could get to a nine of four,
but I don't think it's I think it's that's like
the ceiling where before I feel like the ceiling was
National championship and Final four was kind of not an
expectation but pretty achievable, but still kind of out of
you know, it was a it was a high expectation,
but not the highest end of the ceiling. I think
will probably be more like a Sweet sixteen round with
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