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We got Brett always bringing a hammer. Brett Brother, How
are we doing today?
Speaker 3: I'm well, we are approaching Christmas.
Speaker 4: I'm happy to say as of December seventeenth, the last
gift that I have to give has been wrapped and
shipped off.
Speaker 3: The tree is full. I'm done with Christmas Day preparation.
So that's number one.
Speaker 4: Number two, I think I may have just found the
best idea on the entire Internet right now scrolling through Twitter.
And I don't know how fully familiar you are or
how familiar our listeners are with mister Beasts, but he's
one of the biggest YouTubers in the entire.
Speaker 1: Yes, I am a fan of mister Beast, I can't
say that, and if.
Speaker 3: You're not, if you're a little bit older.
Speaker 4: Mister Beast basically is a super rich YouTuber who just
spends literally just gobs of money on these ridiculous fanatical videos.
Well heard bros on X tweeted someone said mister Beaese
should do a video where he pays for a G
five team to win a national championship. And I actually
think that's a genius idea that would fascinate sports fans everywhere.
Can you imagine if mister Beese just said, because like
he's he's got a billion dollars, what if he just says, hey,
for one year, I'm going all in, We're doing one
hundred and fifty million dollar roster for the year. Everybody's
going to SUU and SUU or whoever. I guess that
maybe not s YOUU, but some G five team, Utah State,
whatever it is. Everybody's going to logan one hundred and
fifty million dollars worth of roster for the Utah State
Aggies and then they go on to win a national championship.
I would watch a documentary, I would buy Utah State merch.
I think that is literally the best idea in all
of content right now. I need to see that actually.
Speaker 1: You're a fan of paying for the you know, have
an opportunity for G five's and that he's okay, I
mean that that's been kind of what's I guess bugged people.
I ran into some BYU fans the other day and
upset about you know, bau still not getting into the
playoffs still haven't moved on from that. But this is
a good point that you bring up. The money talks, Brett.
You and I always talk about this off record. You
can say what you want to say, but the dollars
in the viewership and the money, the money talks. If
someone is paying for it, if that's what drives you know,
the revenue, the ship or whatever it is, that's gonna speak.
And this is a good I would pay to see
that too, now that you bring it up, especially because
mister BC, you think about what he's done with over
the last Brett, I'm gonna try to say, what seven
eight years and how he's built his brand. I definitely
could see this this possibly happening. And look, people can
say Ron, you're wrong, but this man had a video
and was like was being featured very much so on
YouTube for the Chiefs. For the Chargers Chiefs opening game
in San Polopers are like shooting people through cannon. Still
believe b why you should shoot Cosma through a cannon?
They should still that idea. Shoot them through the uprights, right,
and don't tell me that it's too dangerous. I see
Cosmo underwater, I see him jump through fire hoop rings,
don't jump out of a plane, zip line from the
top of it. Don't tell me that's too dangerous, ron
because I don't believe you. Guys. It definitely should happen,
so hopefully sooner rather than later. But yeah, Brett, I'm
a fan of this. I definitely actually would be intriguing
and hope this would happen as a fan. Absolutely.
Speaker 4: I think the only hard part that you'd run into
with an idea like that is you it's convincing guys
to come play for a certain coach, right if you
bought the players that like, Because what you would really
have to do is you would have to pay the
school to then fire the coach. So I guess you
just Okay, here's your buyout. So we're giving you the money,
the buyout money to fire the coach. Okay, cool, which
which can be done? Which could be done and have
to go maybe a little bit, but can be done. Right,
you were paying the school to fire the coach. Then
you have to find someone. Maybe you got Kyle Whittingham,
he's available, I've heard. Then you have to find a
coach who's capable of winning and coaching that high level
and staff honestly, and then you have to fill the
school that way. And then on top of that, then
you have to go to the best play. You have
to go to Jeremiah Smith and and the rest.
Speaker 3: Of these guys all across the country.
Speaker 4: You got to find a quarterback, and you got to say, hey,
I'll give you five million dollars for one year. I'm
doing this for a video. So I'm pulling out of
the school after this. I don't I mean, on the
one hand, I don't know that it would work. But
on the other hand, ron like we are seeing people
at high level schools transferring to what I feel like
is a lateral move just for money.
Speaker 3: Like I think Sam.
Speaker 4: Levit's in a great spot at Arizona State, you won
the Big twelve last year. He's he's transferring to a
school that I think is probably gonna be just a
lateral move. So you could say, like it's hard to
convince big level recruits to go to a G five
school just to play for one year. But with the
world of the transfer portal that we're living in right now,
and we're gonna be talking about one of these folks
who may be entering the transfer portal and potentially coming
to bou later on in the show, like with what
the portal is, and frankly, with what money has convinced
and constrained and conditioned human beings to be and how
to make their choices. I think it's very possible that
something like this could work. But to me, that's a
bigger commentary on what the transfer portal is and really
how human beings act now based on a one year salary.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you bring up a good point. Look, one year
deals in college football are all transactional.
Speaker 3: They are, yep.
Speaker 1: I mean look, not even just that. Any time now
in college athletics, when a guy go to the portal,
it's transactional, right, Look, look at what happens in the
rest of the Big twelve is to take you guys
around the state of the Union. Jace Brown, right, good receiver,
good receiver over there at Kansas State portal. He feels
to me, Bretton, not to you know, get your high
hopes up, but he feels like a Georgia guy. He
feels that way. He feels like an SEC quarter but quarterback,
excuse me, receiver he does. These guys are getting paid,
you know, led Kansas State. He can push the ball vertically.
The only reason that maybe he didn't get the ball
enough is because Kansas State had no run game, you know,
until like the last two games of the season. Honestly so,
but that's the way it is. Is when it's like
what Drake Tolhead said, everybody has what he calls a
speed coach. It says, hey, you know this person's willing
to pay you. This Your agent, as I like to say, it,
is doing that. And if your agent tells you, hey,
you can get paid more. An agent knows that he's
gonna make more off your salary, and then you can
do this same You're gonna be able to play against
the best level talent, high level talent, high level conference
and showcase yourself more to be able to play in
a prolific conference, the chance to get to the NFL,
which is where you make even more money. Then why
would a kid not do that? Right? And that's just
the way it is. It is transactional though at this point.
So yeah, I could if someone like mister Beast is
willing to pay Jeremia Smith one year. I don't think
every student athlete would do it, Brett, but I could
definitely see that possible where a quarterback could do it,
you know, a high level guy. Look, if you pay
Sam Levitt and you convinced Jeremiah Smith, I think that's possible, right,
I think Sam will come to you, Tom. But when
you're getting paid, dude, your market rate or above market
rate to play the game and do what you love,
they'll find a way. Right. Look at we look at
the national televised Look that Chiefs had. How many primetime
games this season didn't work out?
Speaker 3: AJ?
Speaker 1: Now at BYU? How many you know, prolific matchups can
you schedule? It doesn't matter where the talent goes. I
tell people that all the time, Like it doesn't people
always does. It may be to a degree, but not really, Brett.
If high level talent were to come here or some
other G five, they're gonna get televised. If everybody went
to Julane. You know how many nationals and you know
how many non conference people want to schedule you know
too lane or have that chance to play. Maybe not
conference play might not be that way, but that's just
the way it goes. Because look at AJ demoncea coming
to BYU, BYU and AJ not getting talked about enough
as it should be still number two when you look
at all of these other rankings, putting the other kids
above them because of you know, maybe place value or
history or blue blood whatever it may be. So I'm
with you. I think at the end of the day,
it does come down to money, and you can pay
someone to do anything for your Look, I was looking
at it, and this might people may think this sound crazy.
I was looking at a job, Well do I do
this job for a year for one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars? Like I was looking at the job the
way now, granted, the stipulation of it is I would
have to travel, you know, three to five days a week,
so that'd be tough on my family. But I looked
at that and I said, well, I could do that
for a year, like anybody I think can talk about
Brett doing something for a year because the money talks
at the end of the day. So I'm glad you
brought it up, but I would like to see it happen.
So I guess that's a weird poll of day we
could put out would you like to see this happen
if you were a college football fan? So I guess
we'll just have to see and look, you'd make mister
be some more content, but you just get paid more.
Think at the end of today. So I'm a fan
of it. I would love to see it the behind
the scenes of it all. He does a good job
on YouTube, especially some of the videos of people living
in the stores and other things. So yeah, Brett, I'm down.
You've convinced me. I definitely would love to see if
this were to take place.
Speaker 3: Here's the real question.
Speaker 4: Even if you are you had one hundred and fifty
million dollar roster, even if they had bought all the
best players in the world with the committee.
Speaker 3: Still find a way to keep you out. Oh that's
all I gotta say.
Speaker 1: Yes, they would, So I just I'm just saying to
say that, Look, you could be undefeated and it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: Just this is how crazy this is BYU could have
could pay all of that for a year to get
those people. They could beat to Georgia or Alabama. I
think in a non conference if this were to happen
and they still find a way to lose him out, well,
you know that one loss that you had in the
conference game that shouldn't count. Look again, I said gerhard
Street don't trust it, Joe Klatt, don't trust it. I
get that you're some of the best in your highly
paid but what you say to me is starting to
get more I live in a value and I don't.
I'm not taking you seriously because you can't say on
national television I don't think a team should be punished.
But Chris, you and I were at that game and
there was a despair. That's not how it goes, okay.
I firmly believe if Tulane came to provo or provo
or by excuse me, went to down to two Lane
in New Orleans, or vice versa with James Madison, if
BYU went there, they came here by you would smoke them.
One hundred percent. They would. And that's not disrepect to Jake.
I love Jake. I think jakesonuld quarterback. But Bau's won
in that game by two scores, if not three. I
believe that they are. I believe when you match these
teams up, BYU is talented enough to go in there,
it's not going to be a one score game. So
I don't like that they do that. I know that
according to the levels of the contract, bread and what
they agreed with with college football, this has to happen.
But I don't like the stipulations, and I am on
more of the side of where you lean of Wied
G fives in even though it's ridden that way, because
if you were to take these G fives and match
them up against a team that's Notre Dame or BYU,
they're out. They're getting smoked that thing nine times out
of ten, maybe even ten out of ten. And that's
respect to him. I really believe that.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 1: I'd love to see that under Willie Fritz and how
that would go. But I firmly believe and I'm confident
that this BA football team could be any of those
G fives on any given day, especially now in the
Big twelve, with a high level talent that they have gotten.
I could be wrong, but a like you know, Keiler
Marion said in a viral video, Lasha boots, Lasha boots,
As he said, anyway, check out the rest of our
esp and the fans start a lineup. We got a star.
Start the cast for this Wednesday edition. In the Nitty Gritty,
Brett already teased it gonna discuss A certainly teased it
yesterday A certain usc tight end. I'll just say his
name has hit the portal, expected to hit the portal.
Excuse me. We'll get into that here momentarily. Then we'll
get into our question of the day. We're also gonna
discuss the two forty five Zach Wilson talk. Now, as
far as I'm not aware, Zach is not injured, not hurt.
We're gonna look at his stats, but quinn Ewers named
the backup. We gotta talk to Cougar's in the pros
criminal why is Zach not the starter in Miami? To
a tongue of ioloa not getting it done? And three
or five are gonna get into Kevin Young Postkins sound
that was gonna be the nitty gritty, but when news dropped,
we switch some things around. So we'll discuss a recap
BAU Basketball three or five with Kevin Young, and then
as well as three thirty, we'll get into a little
reading between the lines with Tyler Russ and Rob Right. TYLERM.
Russ showed up last night in a Big Time Row
No a Lexi Coaster. She was out due to illness.
Perg Gregor Bell and Kevin Young on the pregame show,
it was a big deal. I thought it turned out
not to be a big big deal in the end.
But it felt like a game within a game within
a game within the game. Some people are gonna say, Ron,
you're speaking too fast, and that's a tongue twister. If
you watched last night game, last night's game and Brendan
I will discuss this later. It felt that way. It
felt okay, too close and ba he pulls away. Okay,
Pacific comes back. Is it's gonna be a letdown of
the WCC? Is it gonna be a delaware You have
no idea. There were a lot of emotions and roller coasters.
But highlight Tyler and Rob and play a couple of
the sound clips here three thirty Little inside our port
might have a surprise guest join us at four h
five to discuss the you know this certain tight end
going into the transfer portal. Maybe we'll discuss that. At
four thirty. Gonna have Devon Ecka gonna figure out how
do you pronounce his sexual Is it eca or is
it Echa? The three star running back signee for BYU football,
will join us. He'll discuss why he committed to BYU. Look, Brett,
you know as well as I do. This is a
position of need. I was at practice today down there talking.
It doesn't sound like any of the guys have opted
out yet per kalone. Saitaki speaking of that per kline
as well, he said this, there's still time up into
the bowgain. There's still a few more practices. So guys,
could they still have what Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday before
they leave on Monday to opt out? But as far,
nobody yet, But I bring it up. If LJ decides
to opt out, right, what does that look like? If
LJ decides to declare, Brett, you need running backs. Even
if LJ comes back forget this, you need two or
three more guys. We saw it this year with SIONI
going down. You didn't get Hinkley back, probably banked on
a lot more. LJ and Bear cannot carry it a little.
Like you said, to win a big TEF title. I
agree with you. But this kid, everything that I've heard,
everything that I've seen on tape. I you know, Will
Snowden joined our show a few weeks ago. He can
come in and impact the program right away. It sounds
like if this kid hits the potential Brett. He can
even play at the next level. So we're gonna get
to know the three star who has committed out of
Lehigh High School. UH coach by you know some of
the former by U great Jason Anderson offensive lineman over
there Lehigh Hill join us at four thirty five five
a guy that's mentor to Divan as well. We'll get
him an update on Jamal Williams lu Kahan, the training
for Jamal is going to join us at five oh
five for a little college football. Banker will be back
at four to break those interview downs and discuss that.
All of that and more and than at five thirty
will turn it over to the Wolverines Utah Valley Basketball.
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it a little bit, I talked about it. Let's not
wait any longer. We discussed it a little bit yesterday
and this is per You know, I believe it's CBS Matt,
and I'm trying to pull it up right now. A
national football college senior writer for CBS said USC tight
end Walker Lines expected to answer the transpporter. Sources tale
CBS Sports was a class of twenty twenty three top
one hundred and fifteen overall recruit had twenty catches and
two touchdowns for the Trojans this past season. He's going
into the portal. Everybody's been reporting this. Let me read
specifically what he said, as he's now going into the portal.
Walker says this as I'm pulling it up right now
and it doesn't want to load. This is why this
bad radio, guys. She'll put this up, he says this.
He says, I'm incredibly grateful for my time here at
the University of Southern California. It has been an honor
to put on this jersey of Cardinal and Gold and
represent them in the manner in this historic program. He's like,
to my teammates, thank you for pushing me every day,
building me for what the high standards are and making
this journey unforgettable. He's like, the relationships we build up
and it cannot be imaginable, and I will always carry
that with me. I will always be a Trojan, and
I will forever as I'm paraphrasing, with everything that comes
for usc fight on, I will be entering the trans
report Sorr. I paraphrased some of that. But he is going.
And you know what the best part about this is,
it's not that he just said that he was going
to and he posted that. Do you know if you
check Instagram and social media, do you know who posted
it and said time to be great eighty five and
gave a salute Brett, you know, because you do not. Okay, well,
this would be fun. He posted that on this obviously,
he posted on his story. So if you go to
Instagram you are a Walker Lions, you can find that
but one BYU sign any quarterback the brother rider a
Lions posted that and said time to be great eight
five and gave the salute emoji as John Cena would
and shout out to the WWE fans, the greatest of
all time, and that saluted to and gave that emoji. Look,
you have to think that this was bound to happen,
that this was gonna come. No one should be surprised
by this. No one should be shocked, right, and I'm
not you know, got rumblings that this could possibly happen.
And look, how many times have we seen brothers play
at BYU and it's gone, well, you know, Gunner Romney obviously,
Baylor Romney, Pooka Nakua Samson, Nakua Brett. No one should
be shocked by this at all.
Speaker 4: No, they they shouldn't be at all. And then you
also factor in I'm not sure. Look, somebody has to
bring the social media pop culture knowledge to the show,
and it has to be me. But for those who
don't know, he is currently dating Dancing with the Stars. Yes,
row Riley Arnold, who is from and lives in the
state of Utah.
Speaker 3: This is Troe.
Speaker 4: You got a couple of things in the mix that say, hey,
Walker Lions is coming to the state of Utah and
coming to Byu.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so there's a lot of connections here. And you
would have to think that Walker with his brother, because
I think Walker is gonna have one more eligibile. You
think when that a writer would get back from his mission,
depending if he were to play or not, that Walker
will want to play with his brother. You would have
to think that that would be a possibility. Look, this
shouldn't be a shocker at all. And quite frankly, when
you look at the Bau tight End room when you
go and you break it down as Ben and Gurney
and you did yesterday so greatly, I do think that
Byu is in need of of having a flex tight end,
of having a guy that can really go catch the ball.
I'm not saying key and he can't not saying normal.
Yaki can't not saying that ty getch. You who's gonna
come in can't do that. But this is a guy
that's proven himself. He's proven to already being able to
produce at the highest level, big ten tight end, and
you got to bring him home. You got to bring
him home. And the words have been kurded. I really
can't sing, so sorry if it just burns your ears
right there. But the point is BYU needs needs a
tight end like this. Look you had it with Carson Ryan.
You started getting back or bau threw to the tight end.
But there's been a drop off. Whether it's been offensive line,
quarterback play, running back play, I don't care what it is.
But the days of where Isaac Greek was dominating people
one on one and in the end zone of being
a red zone threat, right, Carson was great in both.
I think because he was so skilled in the blocking
game and LJ was running the ball so fait at
such a high level, you didn't really need to throw
it to Carson as much, right. I think that's the
biggest thing that you cut back on, maybe having Carson
catch as many passes, because remember he caught a pass
in the East Carolina game, and I think he won
six or seven games before catching another touchdown pass. I'm
not saying that Carson is not talented esc but he's
such a phenomenal blocker along with Key and Need. The
skill set is different. But when you bring in a
guy like Walker that can press the defense, I get
vibes of Brady. You remember this of Isaac Grex's going
across the middle of the field, Keaton Slovan is dropping
a dime and Isaac going, you know, forty or fifty
yards downfield and people trying to track him. That's what
I imagine if if Walker were to commit to BYU and
coming to this program, that he would get it with
Bear in a rod system. I just this is an
NFL tied end. This a guy that can play at
the next level, and I think he's looking for a
place where he can be showcased like that. He's looking
where they air the ball, out, where they run the ball,
where they go they go phenomenal play action, and I
think right now with the outside, I think BYU's trending
towards that they just played in the Big twelve title game.
Speaker 5: LJ.
Speaker 1: Martin was the offensive player of the Year, Brett I
said Brett bear Bachmeier was the Freshman of the Year.
So all of that encompass into one is probably attractive
for a guy that had a BYU offer that has
ties to UTAH LDS, return missionary, right served eighteenth month
mission brothers gonna come here. This just all seems like
the dominoes will be effect Brett. I would be shocked
if BYU weren't able to get him, you know, committed
to the school and sign and if he did not
come to BYU.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you definitely need him because it's been a
while since you felt like you were truly too deep
at the tight end position. There was a year there
where Dallen Holker and Isaac Rex were kind of on
the same page and that was great. But you're coming
into another year, I mean what like last year and
frankly the year before, like you're relying on Keanu Hill
to be your top tight end. So you were missing
somebody at that position from that time period, and so
you really do need a guy. And look, there's a
number of tight ends coming in, some who are gonna
go on missions, some who are not so tight end
is honestly not the position that I'm most concerned about. However,
it never hurts when you have a guy who's a
former four star coming into your program he had last season,
I guess this season twenty catches, two hundred and twenty
three yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 3: And if you think that's not a lot.
Speaker 4: If you don't think that that's really good enough to
come to BYU and help produce, I would ay, go
tell you to look at what Carson Ryan was doing
before he got to BYU, because I think if you
look at that and then you look at his five
hundred yards of offense this year, then you would say, okay,
maybe and turn it around.
Speaker 3: The other thing.
Speaker 4: I would say, if you don't really think that Walker
Lions has done enough at USC to prove anything to you,
I would also go back to you say, outside of
Isaac Rex, go look at tight ends at BYU the
last five years. Outside of Isaac Rex, that's frankly been
it and Dallen Holker a little bit for one year.
So given what Carson Ryan did and in this offense,
and frankly what Aaron Roddick was able to do with
him in this past game, then you look at the
fact that Walker Lions comes in with all the potential,
all the talent in the world because he is a
former four star and you look at what he did
this year with USC.
Speaker 3: He brings in a lot.
Speaker 4: That you have to like and frankly like, again, you
need to be able to go too deep in that
tight end position.
Speaker 3: Again, we believe Keanid is capable.
Speaker 4: We believe there's a couple guys on this roster that
are capable, and there's I believe Ryder Swanson's coming back
from a mission. But it doesn't ever hurt to have depth,
especially at that position because frankly, for the last five
years you've been hoping for Isaac Rex to save you,
frankly at the tight end position, and we know you're
not going to be getting Carson Ryan back. So this
is I think a big get. It also, Ron, on
top of all of that, makes me feel really good
about whatever the future is with Ryder Lions at BYU,
because I've heard some speculation of people saying, well, what's
it going to look like if Ryder gets back from
his mission and he wants to start as a Drew freshman,
but bear Bachmeyer maybe still be killing it at BYU,
So then Ryder would have to wait a year.
Speaker 3: Like the fact that Walker.
Speaker 4: Is willing to come to BYU, says that they feel
like their family is being treated well and that if
they believe in BYU enough for him to come here
and potentially maybe play with his brother, who knows, But
either way, I think he brings in a massive skill set,
a ton of potential and adds a lot of depth
to this BYU tight end room.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you definitely need depth with I don't want to
say unproven guys, but guys that probably players excuse me,
players that having, like you said, maybe proven themselves, you know,
to that to that degree, this is a guy that
has proven it. You know you mentioned some of the numbers,
the six four, two hundred and forty five pound, you know,
kid out of Folsom, California, brother older brother of writer Lions.
I think this is a guy that could change your
offense around. Like he's gonna be on the scouting report.
You always talk about, you know basketball, right, who's on
the scouting report? Aj Richie Rod pick your poison. Look
with who's coming in with Parker coming back next year,
You're they're probably gonna go get a wide receiver two right, Like?
And I bring this up because it's me watching Twitter.
Darius Lassiter keeps saying Tray Spivey. You need to see
you in the BYU uniform. You have to think, do
they get me? I don't know if Tray Spivey's in
the porter haven't looked that hard, but you have to
think do they get that? Can they bringing maybe a
Jace Brown? I don't know, do they go get another
high level profile receiver? So you thinking bringing in one
at the minimum, if not too that you bring in
one of the POOLA twins that can play BYU. With that,
it's going to attract attention, high level talent that you
bring a walker to block that just helps your offense.
So I'm with you Bretton. It looks like he's gonna
have I think in you know, two more years, two
or three more years of eligibility. You know, played for
the Trojans in twenty twenty four and in twenty twenty five.
Remember people, he was a part of the twenty twenty
three class and he was the ninth tight end in
his class, ninth tight in his class, twelfth prospect in California,
the former four star of the Charity Mission. And the
offer sheet is probaly that fic. I love it. It's sexy.
Look at this USC BYU, Utah, Stanford, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona,
Arizona State, Colorado, Florida State, g Tech w BYU plays
next Saturday in the Pop Tarts Both Lee Louisville, Miami,
Michigan State, Oklahoma, Old Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, San Jose State, Texas, Washington,
Washington State. That's a lot of schools. How many of
those schools are in the in the College Football Playoffs
were close to being in the College foot All Playoffs.
Fro now went tens, b YU had a season, Utah,
Georgia's in Alabama's in Arizona had a good season on
the Brent Brennan. Arizona State had a good season. Georgia
Tech is playing BYU, they had a good season. Miami's
in the College Football Playoffs, Oklahoma's in oh missus in Oregons.
So the offer ship they had, Texas is not getting in,
but they're playing Michigan. I believe it's in the cheese
and bowls. You have all of that, and in Washington
had to get So all of these schools that he
got offered by are playing great. He could go to
any one of them, but I think he's gonna end
up in a BYU uniform. I really do. I just
believe that that's what it's going to be, and that
just helps you in delivering the opportunity to win a
big twelve tit on. Here's why. When you look at
what Texas Tech was able to do offensively, Brett, they
had guys that were in the receiver position that can
match up outside, that were technically tight ends. And I
think Walker is the same. Walker can line up in
the slot, he can line up outside, probably be mainly
in the slot, but this is a guy that really
can change your offense. And the last time, like you
said that you saw by you have a the Aby
took a take and I know I'm jumping ship. Ab
took a take that he thought that Carson Ryan would
be the second leading receiver on this team. Wasn't a
bad take. I agree with that. I said that that
possibly could be. Now granted we didn't think Chase is
gonna get hurt, you know. And then Parker ended up,
you know, taking over doing what he did best, showing
himself why he could be wide receiver number one. But
with everything going on with Parker playing in the slot,
night gonna have a couple of outside guys and now
you're at Walker. I think that case could be made
that your second leading receiver, if not third, on the
team next year could be Walker Lions. With the way
that a Rod throws a ball, with all the misdirection,
with how prolific this offense is, Bear's gonna be better.
Bear's gonna be better. You know what the best part
is if he makes his decision, Brett sooner before the
year's over, where he's gonna commit, and you get him
on campus next semester. That guess what that means. He's
gonna be there for springball. You know what? That also
means a whole offseason together, Bear having another having a
full offseason with a Rod. I know a lot of
people are hating Brett. He didn't push the ball enough.
You could have done this year. Maybe he could have. Right,
Maybe we can go back and look at all the
tape and break down a pass place and there could
be accountability with that. But you know where there's where
there's gonna be more accountability if you give Bear more weapons,
if you do like we need to argue like and
this is not a shot at Chase, but how many
times could Chase maybe not catch balls, and you know
can tough to. He struggled at catching passes in contested coverage,
really difficult. Darius Lasser could do it, but you didn't
get him back. But now you add a guy like Walker,
this just spreads the field more. It gives more spacing.
We'll see if he gets done. But to me, Bred,
if you pick up this guy, a guy that has
a seventy seven inch wingspan, thirty three inch arms. Look
and it's probably bigger now, probably because he's come back
from the mission. But this kid is a phenomenal athlete.
Go look at the tape. Go look at it from
when he was in high school, to go look at
it in college. Now you bring this kid in, I
think you can argue that he might be the red
zone target when BYU gets into the red zone because
of his route running ability, his blocking ability, his pass
catching ability. I think this is a musket for BYU
in the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 4: Well, the reality of the situation ron is BYU is
about to lose three of their top four pass catchers
from this last year.
Speaker 3: Good point Chase Roberts, Carson, Ryan L. J.
Speaker 4: Martin and the guy after that, And this is not
what be all your fans want to hear. But the
guy who's fifth on this list, Ron missed most of
the season due to injury in Jojo Phillips. Yeah, so
you almost have no returning production in terms of pass
catchers from this season going into next season. And really
the only way you can fix that, or even have
any hope of fixing it, is we got to bring
in as many pass catchers as possible and find what
sticks and find what works. Again, we've talked about some
of the tight ends who are coming in. We know
that you have guys like Terrence Sarrion and Legend Glaskar
and obviously the Pulas.
Speaker 3: Then you bring in walk ger Lions.
Speaker 4: Potentially you need as many guys as possible to frankly
be able to fill up the production from what you
are going to be losing this year. Walker Lions, we
think could be a big part of it if he
gets in. You also make a great point, I think
that we're kind of been under selling. Bear's never had
a full off season at bou never had a full
off season in college. He's never had a full off
season with Aaron Roderg and with his offense and with
his playbook and whatever they want to do. So, yeah,
do you feel like at times they didn't push the
ball downfield as well as they should have? Yes, And
the fact that LG. Martin, your running back, is your
fourth leading receiver probably.
Speaker 3: Would tell you that.
Speaker 4: However, you look at the recruiting class coming in, we
haven't even discussed you bring up guys like Trace fivey.
Speaker 3: We don't know what the transfer portal class coming in
is going to be.
Speaker 4: Like, true, I did feel like, truly if BYU was
more dangerous through the air, I think they had a
way better shot at beating Texas Tech. That to me,
I felt like was BYU's weakness a lot this season
was team said we're.
Speaker 3: Gonna stop you from running the football.
Speaker 4: We'll let you pass because we don't think you can
do it in a dynamic fashion. And I think that's
what cost them some games and frankly, unfortunately, I think
cost them some eye test Olympic medals as far as
the Collegewall Playoff Committee is concerned, So what you need
is to bring in a plethora, a number and a
large amount of pass catchers who can frankly return production
that you were going to be losing this season, and
hopefully Walker Lions is a big.
Speaker 3: Part of that.
Speaker 1: And the reason to your point in bringing it up.
All those guys that Bred mentioned, Legend, Glasker, Terrence Sound,
all those guys that will I believe play in and
can have a good Caribou, they got to go prove
it in practice. They're not gonna come in and just
get an opportunity. Fessi Sataki, who wasn't a to catch
up with today at practice due to my rast. Anyway,
the point is Festie has talked about guys that are proven,
so Parker is going to be one of those guys.
He looks at him and a Rod. They look at
guys that are proven. So Walker, if he were to
commit to Bou and come is proven, He's going to
be a guy that can catch the ball. Where did
ba you get most vulnerable? Where they couldn't beat Texas
Tech the middle of the field. Who's a guy that
can work in the middle of the field. This dude,
I'm telling you, just check the tape, like this guy
can work in the middle of the field, in the slot.
He can also play outside. Beat you up, get the slant.
Look you just mentioned it. You're losing three of your
top pass catchers. Potentially next season you're gonna lose Chase
out of eligibility, and then the other two you're you know,
you have no idea what's gonna happen. You have no
idea what could could Jojo be? Backe? Is he gonna
hit the portal? Right? Talk to Klane today. They've had
those discussion, those conversations. So within the next couple of week, Bret,
Week's Brett, we're gonna know who is leaving. And that's
not even that springball guys could leave. Guys left last year,
remember you lost killing Marion Lake. Excuse me, you also
lost Harrison Taggart. So it's posible that you could lose
a number of guys.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 1: I know that the rules the change of when guys
can go into the portal on the cycle, but you
might lose a number of those guys now with the
one transfer portal cycles, so they need as many as possible,
and you need to bring in a couple as well.
You got some coming in in this twenty twenty five class,
excuse me, twenty twenty six casts, which I think is
great and Legend Glaster and Terrence Sarah on one of
the Pula twins, but also thinking getting a couple of
guys in the portal. You probably need three in the
portal as well, because Bear needs as many options as possible.
And again, the full offseason will help. If all of
those guys get here by spring ball, or even if
they got here in April, whatever it is, that would
help so much because Bear having a full offseason, being
able to look at the tape now being a sophomore,
that would help a lot. He's going to improve guys,
but he needs weapons to throw to. And I think
this year with Jojo going out, I think when it
was tough for Chase to be coverage and really it
was just Parker and Carson had to stay in the
blocking game at times because he was so dynamic. It
made it tough because it wasn't that the offense wasn't good.
It was a lack of number of you know, pass
catchers that you half to Brett's points. So we will
see what happens, but I would be surprised to be shocked.
I think you could see number eighty five in blue guys,
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Speaker 1: The three Man. We were here holding down a little
bit for Big Crittles. Brett always bringing the hammer by
my side, Brett the digital content creators here at ESP
and the Fan and on Cougar Sports. I'm the executive
producer of the program. Coming back with Rocking Around the
Christmas Tree, Little Country Vibe as well, because those that
celebrate Christmas in Texas and Georgia a little bit different. Brett,
I think you could speak on to that, not too much,
but I brought Toby Keith isar is our artist of
the day. But hey, I hope arrest in peace. I
felt like that was that, you know, it's still crazy
to think about all the great people that have left
this world. So I wanted to share that this is
another Christmas I remember because I'm I normally in charge
of the reason why I prayed played that is my
dad was the one that put the star on the tree.
But he's not here, so that's been delegated to me.
I do have my own family now, but it's it's
always weird doing that. So I always think of my
dad during Christmas times. And look, I love the gift giving.
I love the time that we get to eat, load
up on food, the time I'm a off to spelling family.
All of it's wonderful. But you know, when I think
of Christmas and my dad not being able to put
the star and you can speak to this two bread,
I just also think of the spirit of Jesus Christ,
you know, him being born and if it wasn't for that,
you know, and having the Gospel, wouldn't have the opportunity
to see our families again, my dad, your dad. So
I'm very always blessed of what the true meaning of
Christmas still is. The gifts they do matter, Santa Claus,
the spirit all that does. But I also think what
matters is not forgetting our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
or however you worship in the world and worship him.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the thing for me when it comes
to Christmas is just I had so many great Christmases
growing up. Christmas was just perfect to me my whole life.
Like I mean, even I can remember when we you know,
we had poor Christmases because both my parents were didn't
have a job, and Christmas was always great. But since
losing a family member, the thing that I remember more
and more and I'm kind of grateful for this is
and if you're listening, like please just remember this, Christmas
is not Christmas for everybody.
Speaker 3: The way that you enjoy.
Speaker 4: Christmas is not how everybody else feels about Christmas. And
I'm not saying that it's like a you should feel
shamed and you should enjoy it. That type of way,
I'm just saying that it's like a reminder to just
go out of your way to do things for people
this Christmas, because I mean, we get the opportunity. You're
gonna spend it with your wife and daughter, and I
spend it with my beautiful wife. But there's a lot
of people who Christmas is a lonely and sad time
for them, and so I think it's just important that
we remember, like, it's so great to have so much
fun with your family on Christmas. But honestly, ron my
favorite memory of my Christmas my whole life was I
was in high school and I can't remember why we
decided to do this, but we bought a bunch of
gifts for this family and we thought they weren't going
to be home. Well lo and behold, show up and
they were home. And I think it was either the
day before Christmas or two days before. So we're like,
this is the only time we can do it. They
were all kind of congregated in the front of the house,
and sometimes these houses out in the middle of nowhere
in Pennsylvania, like you have a back door that's kind
of your front door, and vice versa, and straight up
like we broke into this family's house in order to
drop off all of the gifts, and as we were
putting them down, somebody heard us and started walking towards
the back and we just started booking it, and we
had parked on the backside of the trees of their house,
and we sprinted back to our car. And so to me, like,
that's my favorite memory of Christmas. And it's taken getting
older and some life experience for me to remember that.
But I just say that as kind of a psa
to everybody. Not everybody enjoys Christmas, unfortunately, the same way
that some of us are so blessed to so in
the same way, in the same fashion and the same
energy that we enjoy Christmas with those we love.
Speaker 3: Just see what you can do to just.
Speaker 4: Send a text, send a phone call, buy lunch, whatever
it is that you can do to brighten somebody else's Christmas,
because Christmas isn't always Christmas for everybody.
Speaker 1: I love that you brought that up, you know, because
it really isn't. A lot of people might think this
is crazy, but I love talking about my you know,
Southern Baptist grandmother, right because my roots come from Clinton Mississippi,
also where I had the privilege to serve my mission.
So shout out to the Lord on knowing what to
send me. But check this out. My grandmother doesn't celebrate
Christmas and gift giving. She actually doesn't, so I had either.
It was extreme in my house. It was either gifts,
movies with family and all of that when my mom
and dad were wrong because both of My mom was
a nurse, so she had to work every other year
my parents.
Speaker 3: I remember plenty of Christmases.
Speaker 4: My mom is a nurse as well, and I remember
being so sad as a kid man that I didn't.
Speaker 3: Have my mom for Christmas.
Speaker 4: But now that i'm older, man, I'm like, you know what,
there's some kids who got to have my.
Speaker 3: Mom with them in the hospital.
Speaker 4: For absolutely, it sucks that they were there, but I'm
willing to give my mom for that.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And my mom worked in the children's units, So
it was a blessing for moments back in the day
to be it I uplift someone other than myself, maybe
the selfish kid I was being of, Hey, where's my
presence from saying and being with you? But that's how
it was. But in the other extremes of my grandma
who doesn't get presents because she believes in celebrating the
birth of Jesus Christ. So the Nativity, read stories of
the Bible. Shout out to her. So I've been able
to take both, being on both sides the like, well,
this is too many presents, too much of it all,
this is too much Jesus. And I know people could
say you can never have too much Jesus, Yes you can.
I've seen the first dand from my grandmother and being
able to mix those together because there does need to
be a balance. I think of both. But yeah, shout
out to the Christmas spirit and I Webred said, remember
not everybody's that way, and remember stop by. This is
where ministrying, I think, comes into play, whether you're a
member of the church or not. This is where uplifting
someone gift giving, dropping off cookies like and just shout
out to my ward the creek side or where I live,
so many people are dropped off goodies, said Merry Christmas.
What can I do for your family? Like people are
always the Lord is always mindful of you. I just
want to say that whether you believe it or not,
whether you know it, he really is mindful. He knows
exactly where you're at all times, all things, all places,
and he's looking out for everybody this holiday spirit. So
I just want to say that. But anyway, all right,
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dot com. All right, here is my poll of the day,
brat and I'll have you put this out. It's in
a rundown for you. But what's your confidence level the
byu Lands four Star Portal tight End Transfer Walker Lions.
Very confident, somewhat confident, not very confident, or you have
no confidence at all. I think this is a good
thing to bring up. And I know that they still
have one game, but we're getting towards the offseason or
getting towards recruiting portal talk. I think this is the
time and I want to throw this question out there
right now because to me, I think this is the
first guy on the list that you gotta get too
many ties his brothers coming to play here, You've had
multiple multitude of other brothers come and play and make
your work. There's a history of brothers succeeding at BYU.
You know, still haven't seen that Bear Bachmeyer a Tiger
Bachmeyer connection waiting for it could happen in the pop
Tars Bowl bull Look, all of that is on the table.
So that's my poll day. What's your confidence level the
BYU lens four star portal transfer tight end Walker lines. Look,
I might be overly confident, and this is where sometimes
it bites me the button. I've had some bad takes,
but Brett, I'm very confident. I'm in that seventy five
to one hundred percent range. I might go maybe ninety
ninety percent or above. I'd have to say it, but
I'm very confident that BYU lends this. I know some
people could maybe say somewhere confident because an il is
still a factor of things could not go well. But
with with Writer committing and signing to BYU not grant
he's gonna go on a mission, will have to re
sign his NLI as national let of intent. But this
tells me a lot. If he even were to come
to BYU, this gives me more confidence that Ryder will
come back. All of that. So I think this is
a match made in heaven. It's a package duel. I
think getting Walker is a big step. I think Rider
being a BYU sign is gonna help it come. And
I believe that he will be a BYU Cougar. I
believe that eighty five will be wearing the Royal Army
next year fighting for the Cougars. So I'm very confident.
What say you, Brad Hammer.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm one hundred percent in on this. My wife
has shown me enough. Riley Arnold content.
Speaker 3: I watched with starts to not ball here.
Speaker 4: I mean, plus, you have his brother in it, you
have the fact that he is a member of the church,
served the mission, probably wants to be here. And honestly,
I mean to me, the biggest question is like.
Speaker 3: Why are you leaving USC? Because that's my point.
Speaker 4: I'm not even taking a shout at BYU. But USC
is a historic football program. Lincoln Riley like, so the
fact that he's leaving USC, to me is honestly the
bigger story than whether or not he's coming to b YU. However,
seeing now that he's hit the portal, I think he's
coming to b YU. Something you said earlier, though, I
do want to I want a caveat. You were talking
about Trey Spivey and whether or not he's hit the portal.
We don't know yet. Here's what we've learned so far. Ron,
this is what we've learned. You no longer, You're no
longer safe saying nothing.
Speaker 3: You have to. We learned this last year.
Speaker 4: I say this that you are coming back back, so
innocent until proven guilty. Yeah, the new world of college,
what we live in is in the portal, in the
portal until you say otherwise. So he someone may not
be in the portal, but I think it's safe to
assume at this point that until they announced they're coming back, they're.
Speaker 3: In the portal.
Speaker 1: This is a good point. Look, I said this. I
think you and I were doing a show in the offseason,
and not even offseason. We're a Redmends farm with Dawson,
Bigger and Brody and they both laughed when I said it.
Said guys, I said, well, Dawson and Brody, I said, look,
I didn't think that players would have to announce hey,
excited for the next year, create a post. But now
you not saying anything means yeah, he's in the portal,
Yeah he's gone. And it's crazy, Brett, because you and
I are get information that we can't always say say.
We have to, you know, be very careful of how
we do things. But it's always interesting to someone's he's
gone and I'm lying and they're not gone. But how
it looks these days is when nothing gets said, that's
exactly what happens. Oh he's not coming back. There's just
no way. And I agree with you. The question I'm
asking is why is he leaving USC? Lincoln Riley, a
proven coach, has several NFL quarterbacks. You know when he
in his days going back to Oklahoma and a USC,
Kayler Williams is playing for my Chicago Bears. You got
Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts and then Spencer Ratler like He's
had a multitude of quarterbacks playing good football right now
that are playing like Kyler won the Heisman was the
number one pick. Baylor won the Heisman was the number
one pick. Jalen Hurts was drafted by the Eagles, Caleb
Williams was the highest number one overall pick, and Spencer
Raller you know, playing over there for the New Orleans Saints.
So this is very interesting when you play with a
coach that has proven to put guys in the league
in his offense. Call of Dair Raight, he had what
is Zachariah Branch I think the transfer. So when you
look at the guys that has been in his offense,
it's interesting to see, well, why is he leaving USC?
That's a good question. So look, if you know how
to operate, Brett, if the kid commits, you know, and
sign is not on campus, I am going to reach
out and try to get him on. So we'll have
to wait and see. But if you committed to Bou,
you best believe I'm going to try to get him
on the show and give you that opportunity to ask
that question of why are you leaving USC? And it
might be as simple as you know, I felt like
I could further my career BYU football if that be
the case, if he were to select BYU, right, because
if he selects another school, we're not having them on.
That's just how it goes. But it could be because of
all the positive momentum that athletics has right now. So
that's a very good point. But to your point, if
you don't say anything, then that means you're gone. So
the question is in the next couple of well, I
guess in the next week or when the next couple
of weeks. Yeah, when BYU is done with their season,
how many guys are gonna have to say hey here
to stay? The likes of Evan Johnson, the likes of
Trey Alexander. How many guys are gonna get post now
we know that you know what is it? The government's
trying to stop this private equity deal. Utah was the
first to go all in on it. But even without
that equity deal, like this guy like Isaiah Glass gonna
come back to BOU for his final season. Could he
go to an SEC Big ten top level program and
be featured. Jack Kelly's out of eligibility, so he'll be
in the draft. Could LJ come back to be a
could someone else bey LJ? Could LJ say my time
is now he hint, wave my hand over my face.
Could he say my time is now to go to
the draft? You know, we don't know, but all of
that will work out. But to your point, Brett, and
to what I had to ask Dawson and Brody and
what caught my attention, you now have to say that
you're coming back for your final year and you're ready
to run it back. And especially when you have a
coaching change or something drastic happens, because everybody just thinks,
oh the sky is falling. This player is not coming back.
They're going into the portal. Because in this day in
college sports, if you don't say anything, you're guilty.
Speaker 3: You have to make a declaration one way or the other.
Speaker 4: Innocent until proven guilty in the portal until declared otherwise.
Speaker 3: Honestly, the battle to otherwise the battle that.
Speaker 4: Scares me right now, and I've seen some pretty prominent
people say it's about to get crazy.
Speaker 3: The one that worries me is this.
Speaker 4: Recruiting battle and this transfer portal battle between BYU and Utah.
Speaker 3: And look, it's crazy.
Speaker 4: Every year but it's even crazier this year because it
feels like it's a little bit of an arms race.
Speaker 3: BYU.
Speaker 4: Was like, hey, Crumble's getting involved and all these other donors,
Neutra costs, all those guys, they're pumping money into the
Nile budget, was what we heard from Sean Walker and others.
And then we get the deal a couple days later
that Utah is doing private equity deal, getting five hundred
million dollars up front. So I am really curious to
see these bidding wars for big time BYU and Utah
players in the transfer portal.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all the transfer portal is alive and well,
and it's gonna give it the BYU, but it's also
fans just want to let y'all know it's going to
take it. I think as well. Now, a couple of
guys that have already hopped in Lamson Waller thought there
was a proven talent there Dom that's tough. Maybe he
wasn't gonna play. It's also a bunch of talent that's
also coming in might be tough.
Speaker 3: Receivers.
Speaker 1: Yea.
Speaker 4: The wide receivers are the ones, and the wide receiver
position is the one that's like guaranteed losing pass catchers.
Speaker 1: Well it would It makes you think, right, that makes
you think that again maybe and we don't know all this, right,
We haven't been given this information that maybe you might
think of. And this is why you know, I got
to get INTERVIEWEDFESTI SA TALKI to the wide receivers coach.
Maybe conversations have happened already that we don't know about.
Maybe this stuff will get addressed in the off season
of maybe they said, hey, let's find your place because
you're not getting playing time. Coline said it today in
the media availability when I asked him about you know,
hey is the Pop Tarts Bowl of Consensus and you
know another report I'd asked him about transferport and all
that connecting and guy's opting out, and Colinie said, when
a guy goes into the transferport, it's because of playing time.
So what it is and look at it. Look at
the guys that have gone in Jay Griffin playing time.
I think Don McKenzie, you know, playing time. Marcus McKenzie's
been playing, you know, on special teams and a gunner,
so he was still around, saw him at practice, and
you know, and then you look at guys like le
Mason got dinged up a little bit, you know, in
camp and you know, was trying to work through an injury.
Maybe that bears you a little bit low on the
depth chart because Brett, we know what the best ability is.
It's availability. So he's like, hey, I feel like I'm
a starter day one. Maybe that's through his mind. I
don't know. I havn't talked to the kid, and now
he's thinking, Okay, well I'm gonna go elsewhere, and then
they're having these conversations of this guy might get brought up. Look,
players in the locker room see a lot more when
I remember what playing rugby, I remember in practice and
I don't think this might be good coaching. And hopefully
my coaches don't jp me for this. They straight up
had conversations at the end of the semester, guys, if
you don't work hard, we're bringing in guys next semester
and they can and will take your spot. Right during practice.
I remember that happening. So if that's rugby that no
one cares about that as a program that is not
sponsored Division one at all, even though we play other
Division one schools that they do offer scholarships imagine a
Division one high level football. They know what's going on.
They're being told these things. So look, don't blame any
kid for trying to leave to get more playing time.
They work so hard Brett to be in this position,
So not upset again. Just want to remind people if
you're just tuning into the show talking about the Walker
Lions thing, and to give a little bit of a tip.
But I'm gonna reread what he posted. He's announced that
he's going into the trans portal and it was reported
by Hayes Fawcett of on three. This is the message
that he set out. He's like, I'm incredibly grateful for
my time at the University of Southern California. It has
been an honor to put on the Cardinal and gold
and represent such a historic program. The memories made in
the coliseum, the battles on the field, and the brotherhood
built with my teammates are the things I would cherish
for the rest of my life too. My teammates, thank
you for pushing me every day, holding me to a
high standard, making this journey unforgettable. The relationships we built
go far beyond football, and I will always carry them
with me. I want to extend a special thanks to
Coach Riley, Coach Hansen, Coach Savage, Coach True, coach Wiley.
Thank you for your leadership, belief and investment in me,
both as a player and as a person. I am
truly grateful for the opportunity to learn grow under your guidance.
After a lot of prayer, reflection and thought thoughtful consideration,
I've decided to change it the transfer portal as I
take the next step in my journey, and I will
always be a Trojan. I will forever be thankful for
everything USC has given me. Fight on, now bring that
up when you give that thorough of a thankful I'm
going into the portal, Brett. It lets me know if
he were to come to BYU, everything gets signed out
through paper and he gets on campus. It's to play
for BYU and to play with his brother. That's what
it means. Look, I want to give you a fun
fact and a lot of people might not know this,
and this is hopefully not too much of a diet
tried because we do have to get to break. I
remember when Walker went on his mission. I was working
at the Missionary Training Center. I was in the student
manager position role and they said, hey, Ron Walker, Lions
is coming. I was like, I'm aware, and they're like, oh,
you're aware, because we get all the print outs, and
I knew he was going on the mission, so I
looked at the paper. I was trying to obey the
rules and not go search him. Knew where his mission
he was going to, and they said, the church is
going to be doing a feature and he's going to
be coming here. So I remember seeing Walker and Writer
when they're at the MTC and coming in all of that,
and I said, what is the likelihood that if everything
were to work out in the end, that he would
be at BYU? Because he's already in provo going on
a mission. You know they do the family does like
BYU the parents and said okay, and here we are
years later, So everything, guys always comes into frushing. But
I remember thinking that Brett when he was getting dropped
off right there in provo with his parents, and I said,
that is a future BYU, Cougar and here we are
lo and behold and look. I got my eyes on
him before the mission and he wasn't even you know,
as built as he was. Now. It's a big boy
it's a big kid. And if he's catching touchdowns, if
he's running routes for BYU next season, it's going to
be glorious, no doubt about it. So we'll just wait
and see. Wheret we will wait and see, but I
have to think that this would be a decision that's
made sooner rather than later. But we'll find out. But
again that's the poll of today. What's your confidence level
that BYU lands forced our transportal tied end walk a lion?
Are you very confident, you somewhat confident, not very confident,
or you have no confidence at all. If you have
no confidence, look BYU is lost out on high level talent.
It's totally okay. I think the tides are shifting with
them begin the Big twelve, but it's totally possible. Let
us know you can catch that. Paul on Ax is
going to be at Crittle Benjamin Gods just also want
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You can click on the home page number four. You'll
see it right there on the right. Spread the warmth
and help others find a way. Like Brett said, everybody
doesn't get to spend Christmas like you do. If you
give back, that's a great opportunity. Shout out to Jared Bleds.
I know when we were doing a remote a couple
of weeks at the sky wonning the sky Chevrolet Provo,
he was dropping off toothpaste, socks. Look, give back, give back.
I'm a prime example of I remember the year me
and my family got Christmas gifts from people in the
ward because you know, my mom was struggling that lost
their job. It mad ters. I don't want to have
to beat the table, but it does. Look. Don't be selfish,
don't be thinking of just about yourself. Get back this one.
It doesn't have to be big. I'm not saying it
has to be gifts. It could be clothing, eyemus. But
I remember, before we moved into a different war, my
old bishop we would go to Walmart and he would
buy one hundred dollars for other stuff. Get him a shirt,
get him pants, get them you know, you know, a
pair of shoes, a coda blank. It doesn't have to
be anything fantastic, but giving back. That is how we're
able to truly live the spirit of Christmas. Is not
about us, It's about serving others. But we need to
go to break. I've been way too long and I've
gone on this tangent. Guys will come back. Don't go anywhere.
Let's get into a little basketball talk. Recap this win
yesterday over Pacific. They didn't fall BYU does not belong
in the WCC anymore. Don't go anywhere. Teasing Kevin post
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