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the gm Man brandan Segurnie g Man.
Speaker 1: How are you doing well, guys? How are you guys
doing on this lovely day?
Speaker 3: I'm doing fantastic. On a Wednesday, hum Day edition of
Cougar Sports. Uh, let's start off with this, g Man,
are you are you pro committee or anti committee right now?
Speaker 2: After the latest rankings?
Speaker 1: Man, you don't look.
Speaker 3: At all of that.
Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of take solidarity with Kilane
in that. Yeah, it's it's you can make any argument
this way or that way, but what can you do?
It is what it is, and what they came out
was shouldn't surprise anyone. We know what this College committee's about,
we know what they look at, we know what they
want and B what you use an annoyance, they just aren't.
They're an annoyance. It's like, no, you're not a serious team.
You don't play in the SEC, you don't play in
the Big ten, and they're looking for reasons, and they
have a very bright and shining reason in that B
Way you had a chance to validate itself in November
playing on the road against Texas Tech and got whacked.
And that's and there's no forgiveness right that. There's no
allowance the other way for BWAYU because they're looking for
a reason. They don't have the credibility in their minds
historically to match up. So you're given to just take
any excuse whatsoever and not put Bwayu in. I am
sympathetic to the argument that what you're doing November is
far more important than September. My problem is that when
they is when they make an unbelievable statement, it's like, yeah,
we're still regarding Oregon's win over Penn State, where not
only did that happen a long time ago, but ben
State's just not good at all. Right, it's been revealed,
So it's there's inconsistencies and you can just nitpick it
all you want, but the fact remains b Way You
did get whacked on the national stage in November, and
that's very pression in the minds of the committee members.
Everybody watched that game. It's not doing Bway You any favors.
But here's the good news. Be what you has the
opportunity to go back win out based out Texas Tech
team and I know you we kind of disagree on this,
but I think it'd be what he gives Texas Tech
a good game, and despite to their very end, I
think the Committee's going to give some allowance for that.
Maybe I'm being naive in that regard. I don't know. Probably, Well,
let's a lot of it.
Speaker 3: Let's start off with the BYU element here. Okay, so Hunter,
you're a check. The committee chairman said this regarding BYU
and where it's right. It's really the way they looked
in that game against Texas Tech. They've dominated on both
sides of the ball in that game against Texas Tech.
Speaker 2: Then you look at their wins.
Speaker 3: They have a win over Utah, who's ranked thirteenth, but
then their other wins are against what we would consider
quality wins against unranked Iowa State team, Arizona and East Carolina. Albeit, like,
let me just clarify, those are all on the road, right,
these are, And that's one of the things that they're
not they're not specifying in these wins on whether or
not it's one at home or on the road. That's
one thing they are not waiting into their human and
metrical algorithm. Here he goes on, Then you look at
the two loss Alabama team that's got wins against number
four Georgia, number fourteen Vanderbilt and number twenty one Missoo
and number twenty Tennessee Notre Dame's got to win over
number fifteen ranked Southern cal and then last week of
dominating went on the road at pitt Who's ranked. Then
Oklahoma has wins at number eighteen Michigan, number twenty Tennessee,
and then number ten Alabama. Hunter says, I think it's
just the number of quality wins that are with those
two loss teams ahead of them, and how they looked
in that game two weeks ago against Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: Your reaction, Yeah, it's a strong argument. It's not an argument.
But I'm just like all that guy's up in the ninety.
He doesn't know what he's talking about. It is a
strong argument against BYU or b way You had a
chance to elivate itself when on the road. But I
agree with your road argument, but no one else. It
doesn't matter. But it is what it is. B WAYU
is not gonna get any allowance. They're gonna make any
excuse they can to exclude BYU. But but the fact
that it was played in November, that is very pression
in people's mind, is absolutely working against b WAYU in
this regard because that gives everyone the excuse they need
when they're looking for teams that are looking for competitive games.
They don't want someone to come in as like, oh,
they don't belong and all that. They don't want to
hurt their own credibility, and they don't believe that B
Way You's going to match up. Well, they see b
Way You going against whoever, Alabama, Notre Dame, Oregon, whatever,
that is going to lay an egg like it did
against Texas Tech. That's the fact of the matter. And
until B Way You proves otherwise, they're not going to
give any allowance to get in. It's I mean, it sucks,
but I feel like I'm just arguing and then just
yelling and then nothing's gonna happen with anything. And none
of this should surprise anyone. This is the lot, the
way you've been handed. I do believe that it be
Way he gives Texas Tech a good, solid game where
it could go either way, where it's like, yeah, we belong.
I do believe that people in the committee will notice
that and maybe give Bway some allowance in that regard.
But it might be too late by that stage because
it just matters with the carnage that might happen in
front of it. But I do see a pathway where
b Way You at large team could get invited. It's
very very slim, very slim, but I do believe it's
there and it better be there because if that's the argument,
and that's the shining argument you have, and if b
Way you counteracts that argument says, hey, listen, we respond
if we can do this, now we can hang, then
it kind of smecks their credibility and puts that whole
argument aside. Where where yeah, we saw that game, B
way you wasn't able to hang, or B way you
proves it can hang. No, you have to flip that.
You have to flip that script and you have to
allow the way you in. That would be my argument.
Speaker 3: I feel like the preseason rankings, combined with TV contract
revenue share, influenced ultimately by population density and conference affiliation factors,
are these the things that are contributing to the rankings
as they are and combined with you know, the other
component here is not enough objective data points between Power
conference foes right wins and losses.
Speaker 2: And they were all early on.
Speaker 3: So to your point, anything that happened early on is
now negated by anything that's occurring now. Whoever's trending in
the right direction is the team that's favored, especially if
you're in the big ten and the.
Speaker 1: SEC Well, well, unless you have the favorable outlook like
Oregon does, where you want to give them credibility because
you want that team in there because they have the establishment,
whatever it is, the track record of doing stuff in
the plaffs or BAYU hasn't. What would be their argument.
I would argue that it's different every year that the
teams progress teams have been flowed. Oh, I don't know,
but yeah, of course that's a big factor that they
had their blessed collection of teams that they want to
assign any credibility in any regard whatsoever, and that's what
you're seeing play out. I don't know, a lot of
this discussion is really frustrating to me because it just
doesn't matter, right, it doesn't matter what I think. It
doesn't matter how many inequities you're going to point out anything,
it's not gonna matter.
Speaker 4: B Way, he has its path, they have that opportunity,
and you correspond to that it's real and it be
way he does go to that college champion Big twelve
championship game and gets wife against Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard for me to make the argument.
It's like, well, it would be different in the playoff,
it would absolutely be different. I don't know if I
could float that. I don't know if I could credibly
argue that, because I don't really believe that. So to me,
the pass just cut and dry. All the speculation, all
the conspiracies and all that. Just get to that big
twelve championship game and yourself that's it. Because seriously, if
you're a BWAYU fan and you're and you're ranting and
raving about all this, and if b Way he goes
back to that day cuelt championship game and gets done
like it did the last time against Texas Tech, it's
really really hard to argue. It's like, hey, well it's
going to be different in the college football playoff. Of course,
if Texas Tech goes and Robson wins the national championship,
they need have an argument in that regard. I don't know.
I do think Texas Tech's capable being that team, but
to me, it's just noise. It frustrates me. I'm not
smart enough to understand all the components, everything that goes
into it, all all the different factors and whatnot. But
I just didn't know what the pappy way you have,
So Yeah, I'm standing with Kilawney. I'm frustrated, right, I'm
frustrated because none of what I say and what I
think matters. None of it matters. They don't care. Validate yourself.
Get to that big celt championship game. Certainly win the
game against Cincinnati, because the last thing you want is
for Utah to get in in there. That would that
would really sting. And just get it done on the field.
That's all you can do. Sorry, I know that's a
simple man's take on the matter, but that's where I'm at.
Speaker 2: What issue?
Speaker 3: What's your biggest issue in the rankings right now? Is
there one in particular that you point as like they
got this wrong?
Speaker 2: Right? Is that they got wrong?
Speaker 1: Well? The Notre Dame always bothers me. I just think
that Notre Dame is perennially overrated, and it bothers me
considerably that they are where they are. But I don't
have a lot of inks toward anything ahead of b YU.
It's not a huge outrage, like, no, that team doesn't belong.
I'm not seeing that. With the teams ahead of BYU,
I'm really not. I mean Oklahoma's and they beat Alabama.
I mean, you got to give some credit in that
regard that that's probably going to preemp baus hope for
now large bit as much as anything. That no one
was expecting that. And if you watch that game, almost
kind of got lucky. Alabama shot itself into the foot.
But the committee apparently doesn't care about that as like, no,
they did it. They beat The way Oklahoma beat Alabama
was kind of the same way b way you beat
Utah in a lot of regards it was similar, although
I think Olklahoma was even more lucky. But no, they're
gonna give Oklahoma the benefit of the down. I'm not
really seeing a team in front of the where you
where you're just outragers like, nah, they be way he
deserves to be ahead of that team. You can make
like little arguments here and there, but as far as
just being a saying no, there's no doubt be where
you deserves to be ahead of that team, I'm not
seeing that. Sorry, I'm just done.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's pivot here a little bit.
Speaker 3: Let's talk prep football recruiting, something that you know you're
very much privy to. You were at the semi final games.
You were sitting next to Brandon Huffman of two for
seven Sports getting all the deats on these prospective local recruits.
Speaker 2: What did you see? What did you like?
Speaker 3: Do you feel like anything's brewing in the twenty twenty
sixth class for BYU with some flippage, give me some
evows if you will. Malala Poula's all the all the
deeds please, just.
Speaker 1: So people know, Brandon Hoffman is extremely in tune with
what goes on. I just want to brop that guy up.
He knows his product. And while I was sad by him,
he I don't think he'd be mad for me revealing this.
He said he Judy Mowalla has got to be a
four star. What I'm seeing now there is a four
star alignment, and sure enough, two days after Brandon Hoffman
has a lot of pull with the two four seven network.
Guess who's granted four stars? Judy Moalla, Lo Petti Moala,
everyone calls him Juni by the way, and seeing him myself, man,
he's good. He is going to be a dominant inside lineman,
probably a three technique. He's probably going to play the
position that JT's playing this year. I think you could
buke up and play noseguards zero technique whatever, he's good.
He's really really good. And while this and I've been consistent,
b way the last piece for BYU and they're getting
there because they're better in that regard this year with
the tackle play. But once they get that fall of
six man rotation of dudes, they can just rotate in
and out and take on guys, have death, not tire out,
and just punish an opposing offense on the interior man.
That's going to be formidable because be what you kind
of has figured it out at every other position. Defensive
end looks fantastic for the coming years. That's going to
be the strength of the defense. Linebacker, they have solid death, safety, quarterback.
They're looking really really good at all the positions, and
they're not looking bad at defensive tackle. Don't get me wrong.
I think they ask some guys. But once they get
the uptick there where it's matching the t Allan, it's
a band linebacker that's going to be really really big
for this defense. And that's where you're going to reach
the next tier to have a truly dominating unit game
in and game out. Whereas you're seeing teams that they
can still do things against Bayu on occasion but once
you shut that down and get that interior and getting
guys like Juni Muala, who I believe will play the interior,
that's going to go along Rain in that regard. So, yeah,
be excited about this kid. He's going to be very
very good. The only thing is you need three or
four of these guys. That's the goal, that's what you want.
But this is a really really good start because he's tremendous.
He's very very good. I mean, you had the foremost
two four seven evaluator watching him live and he came
away just saying, no, I gotta bump this kid up.
He's really good. So and he was good. He was
dominating his assignment.
Speaker 3: I think Cannon Pola also earned his fourth star per
two four seven Sports.
Speaker 2: What do you make of the Pula twins.
Speaker 1: I think what's hurting Kennon is a people are comparing
him to Jaren, and Jaren's a legitimate four star guy.
Cannon hasn't been as good as a receiver, but I
would argue he's as good as a safety prospect. His
ability to hunt down a ball and everyone saw that catch,
My goodness, I mean it was it wasn't only on
Sports center. They interviewed him about it. He was the
most phenomenal catch I've ever seen ever. I've never seen
a catch like that. I'll probably never see a catch
like that. Again, that's athleticism, that's no hell. But more
so than anything, that's confidence, the confidence to go up
there and snare that down. I think what you see
with a lot of defensive backs, it takes everything within
their power just to be in the right spot right,
but reaching that next year whereas Okay, I'm not only
in that right, smile, I'm making a play on this thing, right,
I can do this. Man's that's that's hard to come by. Sure,
And and I got to believe that Jay Hills saw
that and just like, hey, no, I need to step
in here because it's kind of been a receiver thing.
Jared's kind of headed this, and yeah, you get Kenon
as the bonus. And I think Keenan maybe reached the
tier where it's like, no, I'm my own guy, I
can lead this thing, and we're kind of equal in
that regard. I'll get it done on the defense, Jaral
will get it done on the offense, and we'll just
be happy and we'll contribute heavily to these teams. But
these guys are athletes. These these are legitimate college players
that will contribute sooner rather than later. They're very, very good,
and from what I understand, b Way's not really in
it right now. They could get it in a moment's notice,
because I think the kids like b Way You. They're
hanging around b Way You. They want that. So I
think it's just up to j Hill. I think it's
up to j Hill if he wants keenan Pool is
a safety and that's going to move in that regard
because I don't think Fessi's enamored with Jared. Maybe I'm
wrong on that. I don't know that. I just haven't
seen anything where it's any movement or any percolation where yeah, yeah,
b Way's on the cuspo of getting these guys. So
I think it's gonna take Jay Hill falling in love
with what Kennon as a safety prospect, which I think
could happen. I think probably should happen because because the
kid's tremendous. YEP, he's really really good, so really good.
Speaker 3: Player, no doubt about it. H b Yu still to
a certain degree, is the master of own destiny. You
got to focus on the task at hand. They got
to focus on Cincinnati on the road. How do you
think Boau finishes out the regular season.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a tough game. I hope fans understand
this is gonna be a lot tougher than that TCU
game you pointed out, and you preach it all and
I believe you. I hate it when I have to
give you cred, but I do in this regard where
I think the way use advantage being on a grass
field is pronounced this year just because of what Bear
Bachmeyer can do it his strengths as a player. Cincinnati's
gonna be tough. This is gonna be a big, big game.
This is do or die for Cincinnati. And even though
Utah whack Cincinnati, look at Cincinnati's total yardage, they were
making yards. They were doing things against that Utah defense,
and that gives you pause. Things obviously didn't go well
the turnover battle. Utah dominated that, but what Cincinnati showed is, yeah,
it can't make yards against a very good defense, which
you diae is you tie is a very good defense.
I believe the ba's defense is better than Utah's. But
given the fact that it's on the road on a
surface that since Natty's comfortable with, it's gonna be a
tough all. It's gonna be really tough. I do believe
the Bau's offense with what it showed and what I
loved what Clawney said said this week is Bear's a
ride to the point where they can give him anything.
He's he understands the playbook. He can beat you with
his arm, he can beat you with his legs. His
progression is now to the point where where they can
do things. They can do a lot of things against
an opposing defense, and since then you don't now that
good of a defense. So I expect Bear to have
a huge game.
Speaker 2: Again.
Speaker 1: I'm still waiting for that Chase Roberts game where he
just domin and it's like you did in American Fork
High School. I think it's coming, and I think it
might be this week against him uh Cincinnati. But but yeah,
it's gonna be tough. It's gonna be a lot totugher
than TCU for a lot of factors. But but you
give Bway you the edge. I think the team culture
of what they showed coming out out against TCU is tremendous.
I think it's gonna overcome, and I think it's gonna
get the way the victory of this coming Saturday.
Speaker 3: The g Man, g Man best way to support you,
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Speaker 3: If one last thing, if b YU gets to the
Big Tal Championship and loses to Texas Tech and makes
it competitive, your stances that the committee is going to
include BYU like a one score game.
Speaker 1: Like a seven, No, that is not my stance.
Speaker 2: That your stance. I thought you said that.
Speaker 1: I believe the B Way you may have that opportunity,
but they're looking for reasons. Critical, they're looking for reasons,
and it all depends on what happens in front of BYU.
But I do believe the B Way you can get
that at large bid if it's competitive against Texas Tech,
even if it loses in that Big twelve championship game.
I do believe that g man.
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