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my favorite guests. We got Lane Allo, the owner operator
of the Pleasant Grove location of Game Day Men's Health.
Speaker 2: Lane, how the heck are you, buddy?
Speaker 3: See what I'm doing good?
Speaker 2: Then how I'm doing awesome? Man? The silver lining.
Speaker 1: Like I know, it hurts to lose to the Houston Cougars, right,
it was a tough, hard fought loss, seventy three sixty six,
one of the best teams in college basketball.
Speaker 2: Though.
Speaker 1: I believe that Houston Cougar's team is an Elite eight team.
They have the talent, they have, the ability, they have
the coaching staff. They got it all to be an
Elite eight, maybe even a Final four team when you
take it all in. Is it a good thing or
a bad thing that BYU lost this game? They couldn't
get higher. The only way that they were getting a
five seed was if they won the Big Twelfth Tournament
per all of the bracketologists that we had on our show.
So they remain a sixth seed and they get to
rest up Thursday or they get the rest of Friday, Saturday,
Sunday before the NCAA Tournament. Good thing or do you
feel like it's a bad thing that BYU lost to
the Houston Cougars.
Speaker 3: No, I think it's I think it's a good thing.
I mean, obviously we see some momentum going with this
new crew, of guys that are that are starting for
him now. So in my opinion, I think they showed
really well. Three games in three days is no joke,
and you can start to see it. Towards the end
of that game, they were just I mean, they were
gas right, And so I think going into the tournament,
this gives them a little bit of I don't know,
encouragement motivation, but this team can win, and they can.
They've shown now that they can hang in there with
basically anyone in the country.
Speaker 1: Some of the best ball they've played all season long.
Or like about two months ago, a month and a
half ago, we were hearing that from Aj from Rob,
from from from Richie, Hey, we've found our identity. We
feel like we're finding our identity. We know who we
are now and we didn't really believe it. Right now,
in this post game press conference AJ Rob, they're saying
the same thing.
Speaker 2: Are we buying it now? Have we found the identity?
Speaker 1: Do they have an identity now in the in the
twenty twenty six season, I mean.
Speaker 3: I sure hope. So the question is because can they
carry that into next season? Right? I mean, obviously this
next year's team is going to look even different with
aj Levin Richie leaving cave of going. So the question is,
with the roster turnover the way that it is over
the past couple of seasons, are we going to be
able to continue and have that type of consistency and
find the team a little bit quicker than we have
this past year or I guess this current season.
Speaker 1: Manlan, you're already moving on from this team, right, I
think that this team's gonna go in the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 2: Like, how what's the ceiling for this team? Do you think?
Speaker 3: Well, I'll say this, like it will be very disappointing
if if we go out in the first round. I
don't know, I see a repeat of last year. I
legitimately think I think more than anything, it's gonna be
this Our tournament is going to be predicted or based
off of who we match up with. I think we
really struggle against teams that have a really big presence,
you know, really big ramp protectors and stuff like that.
But you saw against like West Virginia and Houston, even
like A J and Rob were able to get their
points down well. When we don't have or when we
have worst matchups or less favorable matchups. We really struggle
in the paint.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough, but man, I feel like they're
trending in the right direction and hopefully AJ, Rob and
Cunard the trio, the new Big Three can bring a
ton of victories to b YU. I want to you know,
I want to cast my gaye over to BYU bat
Baseball real quick. I just want to give you an
update on this in this let's in the in the
world of BA sports. BYU men's baseball ended up opening
Big Twelve play with a five to two win over Cincinnati.
Shout out to Cruz, McChesney, Ezra McNaughton each hit home runs.
Dingers starting pitcher Garrison Sumner surrendered just one run on
five point one innings for the win. So, you know,
I'm hoping that we can finally compete in the Big
twelve in baseball because we struggled a little bit in
Big Twelve. I think like we were we were pontificating
once upon a time on just over like about three
years ago, when when the announcement had occurred and we
were we were asking the question, which team's going to
struggle the most within the athletic department in the Big Twelve,
and it was a resounding kind of affirmative that that
we thought b YU baseball would struggle and they have.
And it's nice to start off Big twelve play with
a victory and Trent Pratch team hopefully gonna have a
few more wins this year on the on the baseball diamond.
Have you taken in any games there at Miller Park recently, Lane.
Speaker 3: I haven't been to any games yet. We were watching
the game yesterday before the Houston game started for the
for the tournament, and I think, if I'm not mistaken,
I think we were down a couple of rounds when
I was watching, So glad to hear that they came back.
But yeah, I mean it's a competitive league for baseball
for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Right now, I think they're eight and eight on the
season and so sitting around five hundred and it's only
going to get more difficult. First pitch I believe just
occurred in today's game.
Speaker 2: So Game two of three uh IS is.
Speaker 1: Now underway it Miller Miller Park and PROVA will get
updates here momentarily and uh and then Saturday's contest is
scheduled for one pm Mountain time. Both games are televised
on ESPN Plus and are available on BYU Radio as well.
Shout out to the b YU men's baseball team. Shout
out to Ezra mcnote he was two for four yesterday,
three RBIs, one home run, Crew mcchassy one of four,
two ribbies and one home run.
Speaker 2: Ryder Robinson was one of two with two walks.
Speaker 1: And then as I mentioned Garrison Sumner, he looked good too.
He had fifty four strikes, four innings pitch, only one
run and six strikeouts. So shout out to this BYU
men's baseball team, showing up, showing out. Camp Killani is
well underway now, two weeks into Camp Killani, and we're
starting to get a little bit more of a of
a vision of what this Cougar football team is going
to be. I chatted with a former Cougar that was
down there yesterday or excuse me Wednesday, and he was just,
I mean, he was so hiped. He said, this BYU
men's football team's gonna be fantastic this year. And so
you know, any of the storylines that have stood out
to you thus far. Two weeks into Camp Killani, twenty
twenty six, Leyna Loo.
Speaker 3: I think the part that I'm most excited about is
just the tight ends group, you know, I think. I mean,
obviously we're losing a lot of production from our passing,
well not the passing game, but from our receivers, and
so to hear that we have two like legitimate stars
or potential stars at tight ends really reassuring, especially since
we got a glimpse of what it could be like
with Carson Ryan last year. So I'm really excited to
see what those most tight ends can end up doing
for us.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Walker Lines, Roger Siley of PAGA is going to
be much involve Kyler Casper's looked really good, Jojo Phillips,
a slew of wide receivers trying to vibe for more
playing time on the football field in springball. Another thing
that I really like about springball is the end of
spring ball. I'll tell you why, because the Alumni game
is occurring, and do you hear about the the alumni
football scrimmage again. BA will conduct its annual football Alumni
Day on Friday, April third, and it will conclude the
festivities with the twenty twenty six Alumni Game being played
at Lavell Edwards Stadium six pm. The alumni game is
actually free to the public, gates opening at five pm.
Fans can enter the stadium through Gates one on the
southwest side and also northwest and southeast side, with seating
available in the east and west stands.
Speaker 2: Parking is free as well.
Speaker 1: Food concessions and the Bay Store gonna be on hand
five pm for the fans to enjoy meals and the
latest and greatest merchandising.
Speaker 2: Merchandising. So, have you ever been to a football alumni game? Lane?
Have you checked out the Navy versus Royal games at all?
Speaker 3: Oh? Absolutely, They're great fun and it's the cheapest way
to get all your kids there for free.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it. Man.
Speaker 1: It's uh it's Norm Chow's Royal team versus Robbie Bosco's
Navy team.
Speaker 2: I gonna tell you.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you the rosters here, Okay, So Team
Royal Norm Chow, you got John Walsh, Charlie Peterson at quarterback,
Jamal Willis, donniyattawaya Fahutahi and a little Pini katoe running back,
Toby Christensen, Dylan Colly, Colby Pearson, alevefo and Neil Powe,
as well as talmus Gun through at wide receiver. The
tight ends comprised of Byron Rex to Be, Tolphen Galway,
and then you got Brian Keel, Harvey Longi, Adam Pulsifer
linebackers Uh and Uh also Josh Arnold, to mctyre, Travisale,
Micah Hannaman, Kainakua, Michael Shelton as defensive back.
Speaker 2: So that's your team Royal. Here's Team Navy for you.
Speaker 1: Robbie Bosco leading that team and also as a quarterback,
so he's a player coach this year. Steve Klemts quarterback,
Brandon Doman quarterback, Jay Keeps, quarterback, Wayne Latu, Manasse Tunga,
Harvey Unga, as well as Reno Mahe running backs Jared Bledsoe.
Shout out to Jared Bledsoe, Spencer Hafoka, Cody Hoffman. Wide receivers,
Brydon Brown, Moronai Lalutu Tao, tight ends Bronson Kalfusi, Mike Tanner, Juaniunga,
Butch Powell, Isaiah Kafusi, Peyton Wilgar, ben Bywater, David Tafuna,
Austin Lee and Caleb Christian are your defensive guys.
Speaker 2: Who you picking and why?
Speaker 3: Lene alo oh man? I I can't pick based off
of that. I mean some of these guys are how
many years removed from the game.
Speaker 2: I know? But who you root? Okay, who you're rooting for?
Speaker 3: Then?
Speaker 1: Is there like a favorite player of yours on the
either roster, like a guy that you really liked watching
when they were in Cougar Blue playing for the BYU
football team.
Speaker 3: Uh I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say Manasse Tonga I
loved he played with like and yeah, all those guys right,
Oh yeah, it's tandem to watch in the backfield. I'm
gonna go. I'm gonna go with Manassa.
Speaker 1: Okay, then Team Navy Manase Tonga, Uh yeah, one of
the kind of the bash brothers back there, the Polynesian
power backs in the backfield, really good backfield with Fuivakapuna,
Harvey Unga and Manase Tonga. That was a lot of
a lot of poundage of Polynesian power in the backfield.
Speaker 2: No if sands or butts about that. And so I'm
kind of leading Team Navy as well.
Speaker 1: I mean, other guy I didn't get to wear the
royal so I got to always pick my team Navy.
Final thing, Lane wanted to ask you this, this BYU
basketball team most likely going to be a sixth seed,
and where do they have to reach though for you
to feel like it's a successful season, Like for you
to feel like, hey, this belly basketball team, you know
they met quota this year.
Speaker 3: I mean, that's so hard to say with all the injuries.
If it was the beginning of the season, I think
everyone would say like Elite eight or bust, right. I
think I think getting to the round of thirty two
is like, man, it was a it was a very
mixed season. Really, if we get to the sweet sixteen,
I'm pretty pleased with with what we're able to accomplish
with the guys that are still remaining on this on
this team.
Speaker 2: Would love to see it.
Speaker 1: Lane, How can the men that are listening to the
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Speaker 3: I appreciate it. Brother, There you go.
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