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many hats over there at BA TV, we got JJ
Jerem Jordan. How you doing brother?
Speaker 3: Hey? Ron and Bret? What's going on? How are we doing?
Speaker 2: Hey? We are doing fantastic phenomenal day today. Hopefully you
all had a merry Christmas in the household. Take me
through that. What are the Jordan family traditions that you
guys do on Christmas? Even Christmas?
Speaker 3: I think for like everybody where we open a president
on Christmas Eve. My in laws do this super fun
game that's called the penny game. So there's a bunch
of like, you know, gifts wrapped up that you don't
know what it is. It could be like five bucks,
it could be like just you know, some candy, and
everyone starts with like fifty pennies. We did eminems this year,
Like that's super fun. You know, you get some junk,
you get some good stuff, get trade kind of like
a different white elephant gift. But yeah, it was good.
And then one of our kind of over Christmas break
traditions do we watch all three Lord of the Rings
typically all in one day in a row extended, which
is like the whole day. We're breaking it up this year.
We have a one year old. It's a little harder,
but watch a lot of football, eat a lot of food,
and just hang out.
Speaker 1: Min That's incredible, Jermy, you guys do that all in
one day? Is are the Hobbit movies saved for a
separate day?
Speaker 3: Then that's a separate kind of situation. You know, we
we for a minute there we're doing every other year.
But I was like, we got to go with og
like been doing it since, you know, early two thousands,
So we'll get that in there somewhere. I think it's
the twenty five year anniversary coming up here in the
twenty six so apparently they come back to theaters they
kind of Megaflex has been showing them. And those are
the best. That's my favorite trilogy of all time. I've
read the books a bunch of times. I'm pretty nerdy
about that. I love them.
Speaker 1: I honestly love anytime someone has a holiday tradition that's
like not holiday specific. So like at my house we
watch we usually watch like The Spider Man's for Christmas,
just because I'm obsessed with those have nothing to do
with Christmas, really, so I feel you on that. I
do want to ask you one other non really BYU
related question though, before we really get into it.
Speaker 2: I saw you retweeted this.
Speaker 1: I saw this on Twitter. Lincoln Riley had some comments
about Notre Dames saying, hey, they weren't willing to play
us anytime, anywhere, any place, and that just made me
feel validated as a BYU guy, because I think there's
a lot of people who feel that BYU's apprehensiveness towards
note not being willing to play us at home and
only being willing to play us in the Shamrock series
is a little one sided. But now Notre Dame is saying, oh, yeah, no,
we've had the same experience where they maybe didn't want
to come to our crib, and now BYU and USC
are kind of united in these back to back repeat offenders.
Speaker 3: On behalf of Notre Dame, there was a report that
it had more to do with which months they were
going to play unless on kind of you know, the
home and road situation. But I'm glad that it worked
out because once BYU had Kyle Cansel, you thought, man,
who's going to fit in there? You could argue that's
the best game on the schedule next year, and then
Marcus Freeman says, you know, hey, I'm running it back,
So okay, they keep that continuity. It's a great game,
it's a great program. I know that they've taken a
bunch of shots and deservedly, so you can't be elitist
and just take your ball and go home. Nboa wins
the pop Tar Bowl and blah blah blah. I think
it's gonna be awesome. It speaks to the fact they
get one home, one road, which it always bucks me
when they say a home at home. I'm like, it's
not two home games, it's one home, one road, Like,
why is it? Why are you saying it's too home?
It's not.
Speaker 2: That's funny, Jered.
Speaker 3: Where where BYU's at? I'm weird like that. It speaks
to where boys at that you know, uh, they're on
they're in a space where their power team and they've
been one of the most successful programs for the last
fifty years. In the last two years and so if
you can win a game like that and you have
a similar regular season to what you've had the last
two years, you should be in the playoff conversation, especially
a Bear and LJ return you away should be a
preseason top fift team team, and then the climb's not
as high. They're up there with the Sherpa and near
the top of the mountain. Just keep winning and then
you can fall a little bit if you lose a
game like that or in league or whatever. But like
a ten and two BYU next year should be in
the mix for a college football playoff. Berth that they
have a win against Notre Dame and Provo.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're not wrong, Jerrem, and I think that's why
it's good to dischedule this game. A lot of people,
you know, like Bryan Santiago Tibicy, happen to be signed
getting it done, getting the home in a way, but
getting the home first and then getting the US second.
This deal could never be signed if you were going
to do away than home. I don't trust the as
that we've been saying. I've been joking the quitting Irish
well to go on the road to South Bend first
and to come back to Provo. They've dug BYU. Befans
can be happy finally got their game, but BOU didn't
duck out of the Pop Tarts Bowl. Get that twelfth
win Jerem first time since two thousand and one. I
believe what does that win do for the program going
into the offseason.
Speaker 3: I think it's massive. And honestly, if thea had lost
that game, it's it's not a huge deal like it.
It would have stunted to kind of end the season
on two losses. And now we're talking about this team
kind of like ninety and two thousand and one, where
it was like amazing start to finish. Not one of
the all time great teams, but I think they're the
fourth best team BOI he's ever had, given the fact
that you have eighty four, ninety six, eighty three, and
then it's probably this team because they played a power
conference schedule. They went twelve and two. They beat everybody
not in Texas. It was nice to beat a team
with Tech in the name. They'll play Utah Tech next year,
you know, so all kinds of texts, but it was
great and it's a bigger deal to return baron LJ
than it would have been to win the game. If
you can do all of that, that's good. And all
indications right now are pretty positive that Lj's probably coming back.
He has yet to announce his intentions, but it sounds
like he probably will, which is great news. And Baron
LJ coming back does more from Boy's preseason ranking than
the game against Georgia Tech.
Speaker 2: Would you say it coming back? I'm gonna rip off
the band aid, Jerem. You know what it is, there's
a coach that might not come back. You didn't think
coaches I guess can come back because Marcus Rieman says,
let's running back. But there's a certain coach named j
Hill that is reportedly could be pulled a high likelihood
of going to Michigan and going to join Kyle Whittingham
is former you know coach. What could that do to
the program? Just your thoughts on everything going on right
now with BYU's coaching staffs.
Speaker 3: Yeah, if leaves, uh, you know, and he is at
some point. It's it's not like is going to keep
it forever. It's too good. If you're if you're a
good coach, you probably bounce. I mean, it's not a
it's not a calling. It's not a state president for
ten years as the DC. Although I wouldn't mind that,
you know.
Speaker 2: That we should we should write that it's a contract, right,
we should write that in.
Speaker 3: The contract manifest all those in favor, I I raise
my hand man.
Speaker 2: Let's go as well.
Speaker 3: Jay's really good and this would be an incredible opportunity
for him. Uh, you know, it makes total sense. You
know if someone comes and perhaps doubles your salary and
you increase the exposure being at Michigan. I mean, that's
a top five job in college football that that school, Like,
come on, it all makes sense. And to go to
Weaver States in Michigan in three years is quite the ascension.
And Jay has paid his dues and it's his time
and he reunites with Kyle like it all makes sense.
It's all good. And you know, be always bigger than
one defensive coordinator or one offensive coordinator or frankly even
one head coach. You know, and if Colonia has taken
the Penn Stage job, Jay, it would be the b
you head coach undoubtedly. So Jay's in a good spot
wherever he goes, because he's a great person, he's a
great coach. And if he bounces. I think there are
five candidates of note, three internal, two external. The internal
would be Kelly Papanga, Justin Ana and Gennaro Guildford and then
the external would be Sean Newall, who was Who's kind
of Sean and Jay Hill were the top two names
when Jay was hired. And then one that Spencer brought
up today that I was interested in is Justin Wilcox,
former Oregon d C cow head coach let Go and Berkeley.
He could be interesting. I'm not hearing reports of that.
Just kind of spends his opinion there, but I would
think that Sean Neuwa would probably be your leader in
the clubhouse. So we'll see who boy goes with. And
we're kind of just waiting on the official news. Like
all the indications of ports conversations behind the scenes, public
layer that Jay is going to get that job. But
as of last night, and I double checked just a
few minutes ago, I was told that he has not
alerted coaches or players that he is officially taking that
job or got that job quite yet. So we'll see
when anaid happens. But I would love nothing more than
for j Hill to tweet out the Leonardo DiCaprio gift
with the family safe, you know, text on it coming,
but I don't actually believe that that would happen.
Speaker 1: Jerem speaking of coordinators, something I found really interesting when
diving into this Georgia Tech game and the Pop Tarts Bowl,
was bou played two games this year without l J.
Martin while having a true freshman quarterback, and those games
were Iowa State and Georgia Tech. Iowa State which he
got injured at the beginning of that game. And we
know how vital LJ was to the pass game, we
know how vital he was obviously in the run game
being your number one running back. What does it say
to you about obviously Bear Bachmeier, but I also think
Aaron Roderick as a coordinator in terms of what he
was able to do with this offense. You say, hey, hey,
we're gonna tie one hand behind your back. You don't
have LJ, who is basically half your offense, go ahead
and win both of these games. What does that say
to you just about the football intelligence and how Aaron
Roderck was kind of able to make things work despite
it not being a perfect situation with Georgia Tack and
Iowa State.
Speaker 3: I don't understand the a Rod haters. He's developed three
quarterbacks and the guys that have had NFL contracts, one
was the top two pick. I mean he knows the
game and he knows what his player strengths are. Second,
you know, last three quarters against Iowa State, they had
to check out the game plan. Their game plan was
the rush of three hundred yards. They had to suddenly
chuck it. They throw for three hundred. Yeah, in this game,
you know you have no l Jerricione, You're going to
be limited with Enoch and Joe Bessea. They were good
when they got the ball. Barter then tweaked his ankle
early in the first quarter. It's like, oh my gosh, what, like,
how are they going to manage this? Bar throws for
three twenty five. I mean, that was an incredible performance.
He understands what the situations are and byu you know,
that second half cranked it up, especially in that fourth quarter.
Another comeback made it happen. In the past game, Carson
Ryan had his best game as a Cougar that uses
a tight end. So that rhetoric's kind of gone right,
and hopefully there are more tight ends that come in
here and have years like that. Shout out to a
certain tight end at USC and I think he does.
I think he does a great job, and I've really
enjoyed kind of what UI does, does DYU have guys
with four to four speed on the edges and running
backs that run four to three. No, they have LG.
Martin who's more of a bruiser. They have possession receivers
and guys who are granted, Parker is fast, but like
Chase and Parker and Carson and these guys made it happen.
Joe Beson went for almost seven yards to carry when
he got the rock, and BYU was good in their
power rushers. That means when you have two yards or less,
do you either get a first down or a touchdout.
Boa was three for four. So they made that happen
when they needed to. And I think a healthy bear
in the system for another year. As they sophomore, he'll
be so versatile, like he can just open up and
chuck it thirty eight times for three hundred and twenty
five yards, Like that's almost you know, that's you know,
approaching ten yards per attempt, which is a monster number.
Or the dude next year is going to have some
games where he rushes for one hundred yards. He gained
six sixty seven this year, so minus stacks in TFLs,
he was down in the five hundreds, but he gained
almost seven hundred yards. He had a spectacular freshman year.
One of the best developers of quarterbacks in the country
for a Rod, And you know, hopefully that continues with
U because I think a Rod likes Kilane, likes Provo,
and he's doing a great job. Man. He's he's right
in the same mold as Norm Chow and all the
guys that he learned from.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he definitely is. He's riding that for sure. BYU
athletics and football is at an all time you know, a
great We'll transition to basketball after this question, Jared, but
I need to finish on this. You mentioned what could
a certain USC tight end that's in the portal do
for this program.
Speaker 3: Certainly hope that whoever you a it's in the portal,
that they can come in and have a similar output
to Carson Ryan of Okay, you did something there, but
we can use you here, and I think he always
does a great job of Okay, if you're key in
need and you come from New Mexico State, we're going
to use you as a blocker and be effective. Did
they throw a single time to Keen All you? I
don't think so. You know, but with Carson Ryan, they
used the skills there, so you got to go to
the portal and get a guy that's going to be
your main guy again, because you do have some young
guys that are in the mix. No, Moyaki actually scored
the first offensive touchdown of the year against Portland State,
but it wasn't thrown to a ton after that. I
think caught one ball against West Virginia maybe that I'm recalling.
And there's some young guns in that group that could
bossom perhaps, But I'd love to see some depth there
because in the future you always recruited that position very
well highlighted Briy brock Harris of course. But they've got
some other dudes that are on missions, like Jackson Doman's
going to come back from the mission in two years
and be a baller as well, and the ord kids
from Dallas last year. They like Tygetchee. They've got all
kinds of guys in the pipeline. They do need an
the media fix though at that position, and perhaps it's
a certain someone at USC.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's such a bummer to see Carson Ryan
go out on that incredible performance because you're like, dude,
we would like he was incredible this season and you're
bum that you don't get to see it again next season.
Speak of new additions, though, Jerem by U basketball adds
a mid season edition in Abdullah with his addition, and
you're getting a break, getting rest. What's your confidence level
with this by U basketball team heading into conference play
on a scale.
Speaker 3: One to ten, like a nine. I think Yu played
a really really good non conference obviously had some by
games at the very air that you can ask the
specific idea about his feelings on that, but it was
it was good to it was good to play a
super tough schedule, six neutral games or away from Prolo
in a row, and then you know, you come home
and you feeling good. They'll be well rested. Perhaps there'll
be some russ in that first exposure at Kansas State,
which by the way, is on CBS. You talk about
exposure for BUA football on ABC and them In's basketball
on CBS this Saturday afternoon prior to my Seahawks taking
down the Niners for the one seed in the NFC.
It'll be a fun Saturday, but that there could be
some russ there and you're playing drum Tay's team, and
it's pick twelve now and it all matters. And then
it's Arizona State at home with the excitable Bobby Hurley,
and you know, Boa should start strong in conference play.
Hopefully they jump out to a four and oh record,
but who knows. It's tough man and Boi is not infallible.
They have arguably the best starting lineup in the country
and then very limited bench right now. I do think
abdulah Ahmad adds some toughness, some rebounding, some shot blocking.
It's gonna take him a minute to get in the system.
He literally practiced one and a half times before his
first game and then they took this big break. So
he'll get some practices in prior to their game Saturday, obviously,
but it's going to take a sec for him to
have a big impact. I don't know that he'll have
a massive impact. We're kind of hoping. He's like a
five and five guy most of the season. Not a shooter.
He's more of a cleanup guy, can finish with both hands.
But he's got some deep of skill. If you are
Hadeen Book, you're going to be battling for minutes there
and then xavieron Staton probably is limited in his minutes
because of man. Just a little more experience, a little
more ready right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to think with him coming in, what's
it going to look like? But look, you need a
guy to back up Keba, no doubt about it. Keba
and Abdulla are going to be the forces X And
maybe needs a little bit more development Hadeen. Maybe he
can play in his true position before. You never know,
but I like the rotation of adding of him to
the roster. Jerrem, We'll get you out of here on this.
Why is number three who had that thirty point triple
double and shot out to Mihilo? He was going to
be a hated man in provo if he had missed
that shot. Why will Aj be the number one pick
in the twenty twenty six NBA draft.
Speaker 3: I just think he's super ready, And you know, I
can see Camboo being the first pick Darreon Peterson. You know,
with his hamstring, that's tough situation for him. I would think,
right if Aj or Cam had that situation. But AJ's
already got the NBA body, already has the length. The
only thing that kind of AJ needs to work on.
Right now, and I've said this out loud. There are
two things. One is he needs a little more lift
on his free throw, a little more arc. And then
two is I want him to shoot threes a little more.
He Cam Buz has actually made more threes, and then
Aj has. At this point, I would love Aj to
shoot a little more from a distance. I think he's
got a nice stroke from there. He doesn't force it though,
He lets the game come to him all those phrases.
He just plays the game the right way and he
creaked it up a notch. I think second half of
Clemson to now he just said, hey, I need to
help my team in a different way. He was kind
of at nineteen a game in December. He went to
twenty eight a game. I mean it was crazy. He's
rebounding more, which I know Ace has told me he
wants to rebound way more. He's like, there's no excuse
for him not having ten every game, and so he's
hitting the gloves as more. He's depending at a high level.
He's doing everything. The tennis sists obviously are massive fun
to watch. Man Joy's never had a player like this.
I mean when the Hedgean Bradley they thought maybe at
some point he'd be a high draft pick. He goes
number two after his mission. But b y U with
an akd bonsa, I mean, enjoy every second of this
because it's pretty special.
Speaker 2: God enjoyed his special no doubt, because when he leaves
and what not, even leaves after this season, he ain't
coming back unless he's visiting and or making stop bys.
He's going to be playing on Sundays.
Speaker 3: His mom says he needs to get his degree, so
who knows, maybe he will be Maybe he hey, fans
loveday back and got his law degree in the off
season with the Niners, so don't rule it out.
Speaker 2: This is definitely not you know, I think he was
an interview with Kevin Durant saying that they've even worked
out or that for him to get his degree in
that So yeah, hey, BYU education to play ball at
b YU didn't get a BYU degree. Look, I mean,
for crying out loud, he'd have to get baptized. But
maybe he'll be the next general authority like Tanner Wall
who's got his degree, who is a great football player.
Tanner Wall is gonna be gonna be a state president. Bishop.
You just Keanu Tonavas as well. I'll be scoping the
guys on the roster of who's going to have that title,
you know, as I look, so I need to say
my daughter there to get coached up.
Speaker 3: Michael Ware's got an agree from Boyure in Penn Study too,
So it's all good, everybody.
Speaker 2: In, everybody in JJ. Before we let you go, what's
the best way we could support you?
Speaker 3: What you do?
Speaker 2: How you doing well? Where can we find your work?
Speaker 3: The venmo is that just kidd. Continue to watch by
E TV, listen to BYU Radio. We got tons of
three and postgame shows coming up for home Big twelve games.
Obviously bo Sports Nation, But shout up to you guys
all the content creators associated with BYU, whether it be linear,
terrestrial radio, TV, podcast blogs like I love that we're
all in this together, whether it be the fan or
Robbie McCombs on Banquish the Foe, or you know, the
traditional media like everyone's doing a great job. Continue the
great work, Ron and Brett with Crittle and the gang.
You guys are doing awesome. Keep it up well, Bretton.
Speaker 2: Now we'll try to keep up the good work as well.
And it's very fitting that you said this, we're all
in this together. Very fitting as uh, you know we're
here talking about that in the state of Utah. Certain
I think musical or movie was filmed with that with
that saying in it as well.
Speaker 3: No doubt, that's that's right. Shout out East High School man,
let's go shout out before he got on ROYD. It
looks like a totally different dude. It's so weird, right,
it is so weird.
Speaker 2: You're not wrong about it at all.
Speaker 3: Happened?
Speaker 2: Hey, kids, This is why we say don't do drugs.
Obey the word of wisdom and uh and your body
shall it shall not perish you shall you shall be
cherishable in that wise word from Jerem Jordan. Jarm, We'll
catch up with you next time, brother, travel safe man,
Happy New Year.
Speaker 3: Hey love you boys, Yeah, he love you.
Speaker 2: That was Jeremy Jordan. That was so funny.
Speaker 1: Hey, Jared Jordan. Bringing up Zach Effron on steroids was
not on my big O card for this interview.
Speaker 2: Nope, never was mine either, but he knocked out a part.
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