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Speaker 3: Welcome in Double D the Daily heraldy and Darnell Dixon's
on the light.
Speaker 2: What's up? Don't know?
Speaker 1: You know? He had about twenty windows open on my computer,
so I hope have the right ones open for this interview?
Speaker 3: Well, I mean you have, you have twenty open windows?
Speaker 2: What have you been googling? What have you been looking up?
Speaker 1: What have you been I'm working on a couple of stories.
I've got a men's volleyball season preview, and they had
a news conference for the new women's volleyball coach today
and then you know, putting the paper together in my email,
and so I'm just like trying to organize it all
so I sound like I know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3: You always know what you're talking about. Double D has
it all together. I fake it well, well, double D.
Speaker 2: We want it.
Speaker 3: We want all the real talk today on our show,
all of the truth, all of the knowledge you can
bestow on our listenerships.
Speaker 2: I know you're gonna bring your a game. You mentioned volleyball.
Speaker 3: I typically don't start off with volleyball talk, but because
you love volleyball, we're gonna talk about it. What is
the state of the volleyball programs right now at Brigham
you own university.
Speaker 1: Well, Ben, I'm honored that you would start with volley
tell I know well with with the men's program, which
begins tomorrow. Their opener is tomorrow at this Midfield House.
And they last year were a top ten team but
didn't make the NCAA tournament. Year it's a twelve team
NCAA tournament instead of eight, so they've increased the number
of chances that teams can make it in. They picked
up four transfers from Grand Canyon University, which disbanded its program,
and they had a really good one, so that helped.
They have a great freshman class, and I expect to
see some growing pains, but I do think there's some
talent in the program, and Sean Oldmstad's been at the
job for a long time. With the women's program, they
just hired a new coach and Rob Nielsen, former BYU
player who won a national championship with Shawn Olmstead in
two thousand and four. He comes from Utah State where
he was undefeated and Mount West Conference played this year,
went to the NCAA tournament and won the first round
upset over Tennessee. And we just had the news conference
today at the Simidfield House with Rob and got a
chance to talk to him and some of the players,
and I think they're in a good place because he's
not starting from zero. Sometimes when you take over a program,
you've got to rebuild everything. Certainly, the loss of Philly
Davis to SMU is a big one. She was Big
twelve Freshman of the Year. But they did get Alex Bauer.
Their center back. Claire little Chambers is coming back and
they've got a lot of good talent on the program,
and they're gonna get started tomorrow they start winter workouts.
So I think the programs are in pretty good places.
The Smithfield House is one of the finest venues to
watch volleyball in the country year in and year out.
So it's a hot ticket on campus. You know, everyone
talks about getting to the Mary Center to see this
basketball team and getting into the Edward Stadium for football,
but the Smithfield House on winter nights and then in
the fall for the women, it's a hot place to be.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 3: Double D starting us off ride with some volleyball talk.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 3: Let's talk some football now. We finally got the announcements right.
BYU football has hired Kelly Paping.
Speaker 2: Guys, it's DC.
Speaker 3: We have de Mario Warren as the passing gave defensive
coordinator as well as cornerback coach. It looks like the
BYU offense retains all of its coaching staff. I imagine
Justin Enna is coming back to represent the linebackers. You
still have a vacancy to fill in the safety room.
Give me your eve out, your opinion on whether or
not b Way you made the right decisions here, a
lot of people thought, Hey, we're going to hire external
rather than internal.
Speaker 2: Give me your reaction.
Speaker 1: It seemed like most people were expecting an internal reward
for somebody on that staff. And he looked at thing
has put in, the work, He's put in the time.
He is a BYU guy, and I know the players
really like him a lot. He's had good experience not
only with Jay Hill, but with Bronco Mendon Hall, you know,
both at BYU and in Virginia. So I feel like
he's a good selection for that defensive coordinator spot. And
the thing about college football coaching staff is they've got
to be better in their collective parts than they are
in an individual thing. Because everyone gets Jay Hill a
lot of credit when there's the release so for how
the defense has improved over the past couple of years,
but he's had a lot of help doing that. And
a guy like Kelly Plapinga is somebody who stepped up
and did his work on special teams and you know,
with that defense and knows the defense. And as Calonne
looks forward for the next year, he wants to bring
somebody in there that knows what the situation calls for,
what the job entails, and I think that's where he
decided to go with it. You know, we'll see how
much missing j Hill does to this defense, if they're
able to maintain a high level of play or if
they take a step backward. But it collectively they have
to be everyone has to step up, and not just Kelly,
but everybody on that defensive staff has to account for
what they do and maybe a little bit more since
all has left.
Speaker 2: Yeah, excited to see what k Pop can do.
Speaker 3: I think he's got tremendous potential as a defensive coordinator
and he's been one of the best special teams coordinators
in the country over the last three years. Definitely intrigued
by that big loss, losing Jennaro Guildford. Can Demario Warren
field the shoes of Gennaro Guildford. Your reaction to the
Tomario Warren news coming from Boise State. He's been a
special teams coordinator, He's been a head coach at the
FCS level as well. He's at Boise State a good program,
one of the best, if not the best G six
programs over the last twenty or thirty years.
Speaker 2: Give me your reaction to the Tomorrow Warren News.
Speaker 1: This is no slight on to Mario Warren, but Genaro
Guilford leaves some pretty big hole and some big shoes
to fill. I feel like, not only in the recruiting,
but in the mentorship of that defensive backfield and longevity.
The reason that he was staying there at BYU was
because he was doing a really good job. So it
is a big job I think for Tomorrio Warren to
step into, and he'll have to do it in a
different way because he's not Gennaro. He's going to have
to do it the way that he feels comfortable, and
you know, just take it day by day and do
the things he knows how to do well. You know,
it's hard to say they'll take a step back there,
but I don't know how he cannot. After what Gennaro
has done and meant to that program. I think Tomio
Warren is a good choice, but there's going to be
an adjustment period and we'll see, you know, if they
do get quite a few players coming back in that secondary,
they may pick up a few in the transfer portal,
and it'll be up to Tomorrow to make his own
way and put a stamp on how he does things,
but there's there's gonna be some transition back there, no question.
Speaker 3: Definitely intrigued to see if he can fill those big shoes.
If I had a question mark about it, I say, well,
I need to get to know tomorrow a little bit better,
see how he recruits, see how he coaches, and because
he does have some big shoes to fill. No if
sands about that, BYU has their coaching staff, I think
for the most part in place, they could hire a
safety's coach in momentarily see where they go as far
as that is concerned. But they just picked up their
first acquisition via the portal and they went wide receiver first.
Kyler Casper, a product out of Gilbert, Arizona, a kid
that was a four star talent coming out of high school,
had offers galore to pretty much anywhere on earth. Oregon, Tennessee, Arizona,
Arizona State, Cow Colorado, Duke, Georgia, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Miami,
you name it. He had an offer to that place.
Hasn't produced a whole lot.
Speaker 2: He's only got.
Speaker 3: Six receptions seventy seven yards on his career. He's got
two years of eligibility. How would you evaluate that initial
signing and.
Speaker 1: Kyler Casper, the first thing he jumps out of me
is his size. Six', SIX i believe is where he's listed.
At that's a different kind of look for THE byu receiver.
Group they've had that in the past with some other,
guys but you, know that's a that's a really big
target to throw. To a good, pedigree but like you,
mentioned not a lot of production yet in his college.
Career and, really when we talk about the transfer portal
and we discuss you, know whether a guy should, leave
or whether he shouldn't, leave or whether it's a better
situation where he's. Going this is an opportunity for him
to show that he's not just a bunch of high school,
stats that he is a good college football, player and
he needs to take that opportunity to impress the. Coaches
have a good spring if he's able to enroll that
soon and and you, know start to make it in
for himself in. Provo there's going to be some some
REPS i think available at the receiver spot with With
Chas roberts moving on and some other additions and subtractions
as they go on through the, offseason but a good
pick UP i, mean and somebody who you never know
who might thrive in the. Situation we've seen both sides
that we've seen guys transfer and becomes, cigars and we've
seen guys transfer and kind of stayed in the little
work and transfer. Again so it's another opportunity for an
athlete to come into B yu and take advantage of
what they have to.
Speaker 3: Offer Kyler casper wide, receiver as you, mentioned six foot,
Six he's got the.
Speaker 2: Size does he have the speed to help you make?
Speaker 3: Plays and you, wonder you, know it's, like obviously he
wants more, targets.
Speaker 2: He wants more playing, time he wants an.
Speaker 3: Opportunity how does he fit into the current wide receiver?
Rotation you got you got some good Guys Parker, Kingston Cody,
Hagen Jojo. Phillips you're trying to fill in the big
shoes left By Chase. Roberson you Got Reggie friscinnett who
who ultimately came in last year From Weavers.
Speaker 2: State tiger's in, There Tiger, bach My Tiger. Uppercut you
know WHAT i. Mean you got some good. Guys Kyler.
Casper do you.
Speaker 3: Think he becomes either a star a rotational, guy or
is he still riding pine like.
Speaker 2: He was At.
Speaker 1: Oregon the THING i always think about WHEN i look
at the receiver group is That Fessi stataki is pretty
stingy with his. REPS i, mean he gets a certain
rotation of four or five guys and he likes to ride.
That so it's going to be a CHALLENGE i think
For kyler to step in and beat out some of
the guys who've already been in the. Program you talk
about athletes with, Size Reggie frisch next to six sixty,
Four Jojo phillips is six,' five you would expect him
to kind of be in, that group but you know
he he ultimately can control what he does by how,
he performs and that the coaches, are impressed they'll put
him in. That Rotation.
Speaker 3: Donald DIXON, Double D The daily heraldi and here On
YOUR Utah Espn.
Speaker 2: Radio NETWORK Double. D basketball i know that's your second.
Speaker 3: FAVORITE sport byu basketball is playing elite basketball. Right now
their only loss IS the u gone on a, neutral
court which is technically a home court Advantage. For yukon
being On The east coast is essentially in a way setting.
Speaker 2: You know this team. Is special is this.
Speaker 3: Trio THAT that byu has, RIGHT now aj To, Bots
At richie Sauders And rob right. The third is that
the best TRIO in byu, Basketball history.
Speaker 1: And you can make an argument. For it and after
what we saw, last night eighty one points that outscored
The Entire arizona. State team and, you know we expected
a little bit of saltiness from, you Know The arizona
State Coach bobby earley after, the GAME but i think
he was pretty resigned to the fact that he's facing
a very unique and special and maybe unprecedented trio in those.
Three guys and there wasn't much Defensively That arizona state
could do against any. OF them, aj was, you KNOW
and aj scored ten points before five minutes a gone
off the clock in the. First half in the, Second
half richie ten points in about, four minutes and then
We Saw rob wright the third kind of takeover make
a spectacular behind the back Pass to richie for a
three in the. Second half it was a pretty. Amazing
display and you, think about, you know areas those states
got some. Good, talents obviously when you saw those guys
play that they can play a. Little ball but The
way by's playing, together OFFENSIVELY and, I asked I Asked,
kevin young does he just kind of try to get
out of the way of those kind of players when
they start cooking? Like that and he kind of said.
Both things he kind, of, said, well yeah we do
because we want to give, them space but they still
have to make the right decisions and we give them
the opportunity to. Do that and they were making a
little good decisions last night and attacking, the basket shooting.
Three pointers, YOU know aj was active defensively. As well
that was a pretty impressive display. Last night and they're
going to face. TOUGHER teams, I Mean arizona state is
one of those programs that generally put it's eight or
ten or twelve new guys on the on the roster,
every year and this year was. No exception and they're
gonna act To Face, Iowa, State. Houston arizona there are
some great teams in, this league but that was an
impressive display last night.
Speaker 3: For. Sure yeah i've been looking at these best, of
trios Like Maybe, danny Ainge, Great Kite, fred roberts What About,
Travis hansen haffa, A Rougoh, mark bigelow it's a pretty.
Speaker 2: GOOD crew i want. To, SAY yeah I. Mean Tj
eric Meek Uh.
Speaker 3: Nick emory they, you know they struggled a, little bit
a little bit.
Speaker 2: Go nuts, You, know, yeah yeah they. They were.
Speaker 3: THEY were i kind of feel like The lone peak
three is like uh uh obi one to Uh.
Speaker 2: To anakin you were the.
Speaker 3: Chosen one you Were the chilians was a big ballance to,
the boss you KNOW what? I, mean like here's A
tree i was thinking about the.
Speaker 1: Other Day Was, Sean Bradley ken Roberts And. Ryan, cuff
yeah they all came in together or they were all
freshmen in the. SAME class i don't know if they
actually ever played together because of Missions And ryan cuff
moving on to different places and stuff. Like that but
that was a tree that was supposed to LEAD by u.
Speaker 3: Breaking news, all right later a, Second, here darnelle we got.
Speaker 2: Breaking news let's. Look. IT uh, i know darn this is.
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Speaker 4: MAN weaver i APOLOGIZE double d. FOR that i turned
it down a. Little, bit UH but i have. To
announce we've been waiting. For it it's. Finally here it's
not a coaching, staff member it's not, an analyst but
it is neat indeed fact the big twelve offensive of.
THE Year lj martin post one minute ago On his
instagram one more and he's not.
Speaker 2: Done yet i'm not. Done yet i'm, NOT leaving, Lj
says i'm. Not Leaving i'm i'm. Not leaving he's. Not
leaving your reaction to, the NEWS.
Speaker 1: Double, d yeah that certainly sets the coaches on a,
good path and this postseason bonanza is the. Transfer portal
they probably still need to get another running back out of,
the portal but it's not maybe as critical to get
a guy that could start right away if THEY get,
lj back, because man what. A beast how many times
this year do we see defenders just absolutely bounce off?
Of him how many times do we see him push?
THE pile, I mean lj is one of those guys
that you look at him and you, say well he
doesn't really have, breakaway speed but man between the tackles
and that fifteen to twenty Yards from lion scrimmish to,
the secondary there's. NOBODY better, i mean he is so
good at putting his shoulder square and getting up field
and leaning forward and. Getting yards And As aaron roderick
takes a look at his personnel for, next year that's a,
number one maybe a number two if you If You're.
Bear blackmeyer but to get him back is a fantastic
bit of news for that coaching staff and.
Speaker 2: That team amen, TO. That lj running, it back ladies.
Speaker 3: And gentlemen number four on the, football field number ONE in.
Speaker 2: Byu fans hearts, right now no doubt. ABOUT.
Speaker 3: It lj HE'S only i think he's ONLY about i want,
to say about one three and ninety four yards away
from becoming the all time leading RUSHER and byu, football
history he's not too.
Speaker 2: Far off could he? Do it could he do it?
Next year what are?
Speaker 1: You? Sure?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: No no will he will he do it? Next? Year yes?
Or no why or? Why?
Speaker 3: Not?
Speaker 2: Darnell yet then?
Speaker 1: He will we know. He will he'll get the number
OF touches i did this accounting earlier before the, SEASON
started i think he was around thirteen carries a game for,
his career pretty much closer TO eighteen i think now
during this Season if i've looked at my, stats lately
but if he gets eighteen to twenty carries, A game
i think he'd definitely put that in. The books LET'S.
Speaker 2: Go. Lj martin.
Speaker 3: It would be crazy for him to become the all
time leading RUSH in byu. Football history it seems like
the modern era has been a Running, BACK like i
FEEL like byu has been a running back team more
than like a, passing, team right like a wide. Receiver,
team yeah he had some really good record setting running
backs over the last, Twenty Years Like curtis brown breaks,
The Record harvey unga breaks, The Record jamal williams breaks, the, Record,
right like it's. Pretty Crazy tyler ow's year was extremely
good and he. Broke records so like you look at
the all time leading RUSHERS in byu football history and, you're,
Like Wow jamal williams at, three thousand nine, Ninety eight
Harvey un got, three thousand five hundred and, Forty Seven
curtis brown, three thousand three hundred, Seventy Two jamal wells
three hundred and. Sixty Nine tyler ow's year at three thousand,
AND six, I believe.
Speaker 2: I think that's where.
Speaker 3: He's At taysom hill actually is is, number four, three
thousand three hundred and thirty Six. For taysom that's fantastic for,
freaking quarterbacks. That's Ridiculous locke ahele moolees at, two thousand
eight hundred. And fifty You Have jeff blanc, two thousand
seven hundred and sixty six of last from the past.
Speaker 2: From nineteen seventy three to nineteen, seventy six AND.
Speaker 3: Then lj martin sitting at, number nine, two thousand six
hundred and fifty three.
Speaker 2: Yards gained, Pretty impressive.
Speaker 3: Pretty impressive he's got to boot twenty three, rushing touchdowns
so you LOOK at, i mean he'd have to have
a lot of rushing touchdowns To Surpass. Luke Staley luke
staley's at, Forty One harvey unger's at, thirty six and
so Is tyler as here at.
Speaker 1: Thirty, six yeah look at twenty eight, one season, so
yeah it's gonna be hard.
Speaker 2: To catch that's gonna be hard.
Speaker 3: To catch that'll definitely be a difficult one, to catch
but he could be in the, top four their top
five there by.
Speaker 2: The end of this. Next season what do you got, for, Me,
AP well i just want to go.
Speaker 5: Off this that would mean Two if by's all time
best rushers are in the last six Years Under harvey
unga as the running, backs coach who is himself one
of the all. Time, leaders yes what does that say
about the Success That harvey unga is quietly having ON
this byu.
Speaker 2: Coaching, STAFF yeah i think it's a.
Speaker 3: GOOD question i don't know if you want to take
that ONE double d And then i'll bring up.
Speaker 1: The.
Speaker 2: Caboose.
Speaker 1: Yeah Sure so I've known harvey since he was about
fifteen years old PLAYING, at TIMPU and i used to
joke that if you had, three plays Run, with harvey Throw,
to harvey Fake, to harvey and it worked so well
when he WAS, at timpu and then they kind of
the same THING. At byu he was a, multifaceted runner
great big kid that could run. Over guys his transition
into coaching has, been really, really good and you have
to give credit to him for mentoring these young athletes
and these running backs and sticking with the. Game plan
you know a lot of schools are LIKE the nfl
for sure is like, you know running back, by committee
and nobody in college wants that they want to carry
the ball twenty times a game and takes patients to
work up, to that as we've SEEN. With lj so
you need to have, the carries you need to have,
the health and you need to have a guy that
believes in you on that. Coaching Staff and harvey is.
That guy and, You know harvey's interesting because he doesn't
really like to, do interviews but he's a good interview
when you get a chance to talk. To him and
he's a very. Humble, KID uh i call him. A
kid he's what? Hell? Is he is?
Speaker 3: He?
Speaker 1: Important yet? I'm old, But anyway harvey's done terrific job
and and like Like like, berett said just kind of
quietly going about his business AND producing nfl caliber. Running, BACKS.
Speaker 2: Yeah I.
Speaker 3: LOVE harvey i think. He's fantastic i'll give a ton
of Credit. To harbor harvey's got to go find. The
clay harvey's got to go find the guys uh and
uh and definitely develop them in that running. Back room
you also got to give some credit TO the ocs
right of the of this era and also the offensive
line coaches and uh those those hosses. Up FRONT so
i Love what i'm seeing from the running back room
though over the last decade, Or so Double d any
any other thoughts of any, other comedy what anything else
you're gonna be working on that you can tease us
with At The.
Speaker 2: Daily, herald.
Speaker 1: WELL like, I said i've got the big men's volleyball
of you going In for. Saturday's paper they open. Tomorrow
night and YOU know i enjoy a good night At The. Smithfield,
House ben you've, been there you know what. It's like.
It's crazy the tempo and the energy in a volleyball
match is just unprecedented. Anywhere else so that'll. Be fun
and just stepping Back With, ROB nielson i knew him as,
a player and then he was an ASSISTANT at byu
with the, men's program an interim coach at. One point
then he went off and got great Experience WITH team
usa as a first assistant with the men's program and
then utested he's had. Terrific success now he steps in
A b yu where the expectations. ARE high, I Mean
heather olds had won eighty five percent of the matches
and so the expectations will be super high, for that,
and so, you know and then we're in the. Off
season it's fun to follow all the players that are in.
The portal what are like four thousand. Of THEM now
byu will get a few of those and try to
enhance there their. Their team it's almost like there's no
off season for. Football anymore and then the, basketball program,
you know we're definitely, following that and the schedule, gets tougher,
but boy they are so much fun. TO watch a
couple of electric plays, last Night including AJ's windmill slam
down the MIDDLE and uh and of course we mentioned
that that pass Too to richie. For three, richie said,
you know you really steel it when you're there and
and the fans start to come up because they know
that that you're taking. The shot, he says you can
miss it and everyone's gonna. Love it you can miss
it and they won't. Wait it you'll make it and you'll.
Love it he was just glad that he was able
to make. The shot but lots of good things happening
here at B y u WITH, the uh with the
athletics programs AND and uh fun to follow and will
continue to do that there At.
Speaker 2: The herald love what, you DO double d appreciate you.
Hopping on thanks. So much, all right you guys, Are great, you.
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