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Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: We discussed it in the first hour. You know, don't
want to hop on it too much. Just gotta wait
to see if there is breaking news, what will happen.
As Brett and I were talking about Jay Hill Michigan,
who could be taken you know, reports of Jason Beck
THEOC what is true?
Speaker 3: It's not trural.
Speaker 1: We'll just wait. I know that that's important, that's what
the fans want to hear. But until we get breaking news,
until we discuss, I don't want to beat the dead horse.
So I do want to show some love to this
BYU football team.
Speaker 3: Brett.
Speaker 1: I was telling you during the break, we're gonna get
into the Kilane, Evan Johnson and be bach Myer post
game because I do think it is necessary to highlight
a team that picked up its twelfth win for the
first time since two thousand and one. Little stat of
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never want to, you know, overlook this, like this was
a gritty game, twenty five to twenty one to win.
We're gonna hear from Brady pupinking the five o'clock hour
and I'm gonna have been ask him how good of
a win was this? How good was bear to do this? Literally,
in my opinion, Brett on one leg. Like I know
he has two legs because that's what you do as humans,
but he had no ankle, no left ankle. I'm serious, Like, honestly,
I know you're probably gonna hate that I'm pulling this up.
And I'm not trying to do a Chris collins Worth
where I bring up a guy that's torn his aco
for the entire year on Sunday Night Football.
Speaker 3: I'm not trying to do that.
Speaker 1: But like it literally felt like Patrick mahomes Lamar Jackson,
you know, Josh Allen big time players in the NFL
type s to not have a not have something going
well and just go out there on ball out and
rip the ball for over three hundred yards in a
touchdown and get it done. So look, Bear to me
was phenomenal. I mean, I'll get your thoughts here momentarily, Brad,
But I just I don't know else you want If
you're bafense, what else would you ask if a rod
for the quarterback to be not not that mobile?
Speaker 3: Oh, play McKay Hillstead.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, obviously they didn't, which means they don't what
they don't trust them.
Speaker 3: So for Bear to do that hurt.
Speaker 1: Could you honestly say a healthy McKay or a healthy
Tracing or a healthy Emmerson Goma could do better. I
don't think so, and I think people do. And sometimes
you can't do this as a coach, But my coach
would do this in rugby. If a guy really thought
he was good, he put him out there against the
main squad, the A team, and when they messed up,
they're like, all right, you can't do it against your
own guys.
Speaker 3: What makes you think you're gonna do it in the game.
So sometimes I.
Speaker 1: Wish that could people could see that, just to see
the disparity of it's not the coordinator sometimes it's just
the player. But anyway, we'll discuss that here in a second.
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Speaker 3: Brett.
Speaker 1: Before we get into the sound from Kalane, just your
takeaways and your thoughts from Bear twenty seven of thirty
eight three to twenty five, a touchdown and an interception
had a radio I think of over one forty six
as well at completion percentage over sixty.
Speaker 3: Five what else could you have asked for?
Speaker 1: From now, I'm not even gonna say a true freshman,
the true sophomore, because the season is over now, the
true sophomore quarterback. Last quarterback Brett to throw for over
three thousand yards in the season was by the one
man name of Trevor Lawrence Sunshine who's playing for the
Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL.
Speaker 4: Right now, well, let me do you one better. Let
me upgrade those stats for you a little bit. In
Bear bachmeers two games this season without one l J.
Martin Iowa State Georgia Tech. He's two and zero sixty
seven percent, four total touchdowns, one interception, six hundred and
thirty two pass yards, thirteen carries for forty nine yards.
When Bear doesn't have his number one weapon, he's still
pretty incredible. And when anytime we say Bear is incredible,
I think it's understood or it needs to be understood
that Aaron Rodricks is co signing with all of that.
Anytime we're talking about how gray Bear Bachmeyer is, we
everyone needs to make sure that they put some respect
on Aaron Rodericks the name for putting Bear in position
to be that successful one cannot be successful without the other.
They need each other, they work in tandem. They both
deserve a lot of credit. It's unreal, honestly that when
you hear that kind of stat those kinds of numbers,
and to think.
Speaker 2: About the fact that Bear.
Speaker 4: Without LJ Martin has been exceptional by the way NEWI
they're one of those games were at home. Both of
them either were either a road game or a neutral
site game, neither one at l Ees. When Bear and
a Rod haven't had LJ this season, they have found
ways to win ballgames. And it makes me scratch my
head a little bit because it makes me go, man,
how good would this team be if they just got
into more straight dropback passing situations? But then I have
to push back with myself and say, hey, they still
went twelve and two. The only team they lost to
was Texas Tech. And I don't think they were beating
Texas Tech. Even if they somehow found the magic in
the pass game that they found in the Iowa State
and Georgia Tech game, like, I think they'd be just
as good. They still would be twelve and two had
they switched up the game plan and made it more
drop back passing but I think it just goes to
show how elite and offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick is that
he run. He basically coached the season with a hand
and half tied behind his back because he loses Jake
Retzlov has a month to get a true freshman quarterback
ready for the season. They go twelve and two. They
play two games without l J. Martin, and they dominate
in those games. They find a way to find magic
in the past game. In this game against Georgia Tech,
they got to come back from down eleven points.
Speaker 2: This game alone.
Speaker 4: I felt like was a great way to encapsulate the
entirety of the season. It was really a microcosm of
every game that they played. It was a great way
to summarize everything. BYU found a way to win against
Georgia Tech even despite not having their number one weapon,
and they deserve a ton of credit. Jovesa deserves a
ton of credit. Chase Parker Jojo. There's so many guys
you're not gonna be able to name all of them,
but a total team effort from BYU.
Speaker 2: Man, what a pop Tart bowl if weaking knew?
Speaker 1: Oh no, all right, here's the breaking news. I hope
fans are ready, Brett, I hope you're ready as well.
Speaking of quarterbacks, speaking up bear Bachmeyer easier, easier, burdens everybody.
I know, people like Ron No, what's happening, don't know
if it's gonna happen, but I can tell you per
Blair and Gulo from twenty four to seven Sports b YU,
redshirt sophomore quarterback McKay Hillstead intends to enter the transfer
portal of Source Tales twenty four to seven Sports pass
for one thousand and sixty two yards and eleven touchdowns
as a freshman at Utah State before making the move
to BYU. It was his job to lose. Obviously lost
it to bear Bachmeyer. Bear threw for over three thousand yards.
We're on this topic, this discussion, right, Brett. This is
now surprised by anybody. You should not be shocked by this.
If you are, don't know what to tell you. But
this is just he's transferring for what Brett, When someone
goes into the portal, like Klane says, and we can
sit it here, why is McKay leaving because he's not
going to what play? He's not gonna play? Like if
you think and I wanted to just tell this to people.
If Bear was hurt that bad, then why didn't they
play McKay in the Big Twelf title game?
Speaker 3: Why didn't they play Bear? You know other they didn't.
Speaker 1: They ran McKay with one plan, then they brought him
out due to some other things, maybe not having a
rushing attack and building it up before Javessa decided to
go crazy in the second half. He only had one touch,
one carry, and then he did something phenomenal with the
other six and scoring his first career touchdown shot at
the JD. But it's just that's the nature of college athletics.
And I mean, look at this point, Brett, you from Georgia.
Georgia has how many stars behind you know, the starting quarterback?
There's more four and five? Okay, Hey, I think it's
the same thing at BAU. Bo needs to build a
robust backup system of where you do have bau guys
like Emerson Goleman, you have a trace in Borgai, but
your backup needs to be a guy that can sling
the football too. It should be at the point of
where it's Jaker, it's out, Gary Bohannon.
Speaker 3: That's what it should be. It should be that type
of talent in your in your room.
Speaker 1: Now you might say, oh, they're only going to be
there for a semester, they might leave after spring ball.
Then that just be the case. Let that be the case.
But look at the other football programs around that are
competing at the highest level for national championships. You got
talent behind And I don't know, I don't necessarily know
if the coaching staff as a whole this is killiney included,
if they trusted those guys, because there's moments where if Bear,
when Bear tried to push off on that second to
five and couldn't it just got to the line of
scrimmage and Lily his ankle not blew out, but just
it said Nope, you're not doing it. If you had
a guy that could throw just as good as Bear,
or if not better behind Brett, why would you not
bring him in even if he says no, keep me out.
It's the same thing with Jaron Hall when Jaron Hall
got hurt and don't tell me it's not true because
they didn't trust Jacob Conover to the degree because they
put in Baylor Romney. They put they did, they put
in Baylor Romney. They put in Baylor Romney, and Baylor
went out there and you know, slung the football and
then when Jared got healthy, came back. So I think
right now a question maybe going into the offseason, Brett,
that we need to ask having a having a good
backup quarterback that can throw the football. Now, Emerson's young.
I feel like if he was older, he would be
that guy. But it's in the same breath right now.
I don't think they have a good backup because McKay's leaving.
Trason will come back for a senior year. Maybe it's Tracy.
You don't know if he's gonna go. Emerson's gonna go
on a mission. Writers going on a mission mission next year,
so he won't come in right away.
Speaker 3: Uh, you don't.
Speaker 5: I don't.
Speaker 1: I didn't think this would be a question right now, Brett.
But I'm a little bit concerned. There's not a lot
of depth in this quarterback room.
Speaker 2: No, there's not.
Speaker 4: I'm pulling up the recruiting class rankings right now because
if I remember correctly, there is no incoming quarterback recruit
As I am pulling it up, and I don't believe
there's a quarterback in this twenty twenty six class. Yet
I'm trying to remember if the Syracuse kids sweet Wine
was twenty twenty six or what.
Speaker 3: He was committed.
Speaker 4: I think he dec committed from BAU right, but what
he the twenty twenty six class was my question.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he was. I think he was the next.
Speaker 4: Class, so right, I'm I did misspeak a little bit.
Rider Lions is technically in that twenty twenty six class,
but we know he's not going to be coming in
with this group, so you're probably not getting someone who's
a freshman coming in this class to be a backup quarterback.
Speaker 2: But also Ron, we do know what it is.
Speaker 4: It's not the end of the world because transfer portal
giveth and the transfer portal will take if away. So
you are going to have to go out and find
a quarterback in the transfer portal, probably to back up
Bear Bachmeyer. Again, it'll be interesting to see what Tracon
boor Gay decides because Bear, I mean you kind of
outlined this like they they felt more confident in a
seventy percent Bear than a.
Speaker 2: McKay said or Trayson Bourge.
Speaker 4: Okay, cool, and there doesn't really seem like the type
of guy who's gonna get hurt that often just because
of how tough he is. But then what's your option
if he does go down, who is going to be
there and do Tracon and McKay say hey, or does
Tracon I guess say hey, I've sat here, I've watched this.
I need to go somewhere where I have an opportunity
that's best for me.
Speaker 2: This quarterback position.
Speaker 4: Ron with McKay Hillstead leaving, I think we kind of
just thought he'd be here for forever. What is going
to happen with the future of the backup quarterback position?
Which is hilarious the irony of where BYU has gone
in a year Ron to say a year ago at
this time, we're sitting there with Jake rutzof saying, hey,
this guy is the future, and then you have Bear
Bachmeyer come in and you say, okay, cool, this guy
could develop once Jake is no longer at BYU. Then
Jake leaves and you're saying, hey, we're not worried about
backup quarterback. We're worried about who's going to become the starter.
And eventually you find out it's Bear. And what's funny
is that that really was a race between all three
of those guys, and now one of them is not
going to be there. What does Trayson decide to do?
Who knows. We really have to hope that he stays.
And frankly, now you I think have to court Trason
a little bit more than you were probably planning on
doing this offseason, just because you really don't have anyone
else that you're that confident in behind bear Bachmeier.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you bring up a good point of Cordon Tracon.
This is this.
Speaker 1: You knew that this would be a discussion at some
point Brett. You just didn't think it would happen now.
And granted that's because of the new rule. And just
reminder that the transfer portal one do I think it's
the day after New Year's Day? I think it's the
second end. It closes the eleventh or the thirteen. Maybe
I'm wrong about that, but you don't have that long.
You have like a week and a half to go
into the portal. That doesn't necessarily mean you have to
go somewhere, but if you plan on going and taking
your talents to another university or attempting to Brett, then
you must hop in the portal to do so. Look,
I said there's gonna be more. There still will be
more as this all gets worked out. It's this is
gonna be the first of many. There's a few, and
just to get people an update, you know, I think
you got Jake Griffin. I think he's in the portal.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Brett. You got the McKenzie
brothers in there, le Mason Wallers in the portal, and
now you know McKay Hillstead. All the guys that are
going into the portal are going because of playing time.
Speaker 3: That's the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: You might have a few in springball, like the Harrison
Taggarts of the Kila Marions d to maybe one and
more time trying to you know, be the designated starter,
or maybe feeling they're not getting their market rate, depending
whatever else is going on behind the.
Speaker 3: Scenes, you might have a few of those late. It's
gonna take it.
Speaker 1: But we're also gonna find out, even us as media members,
what's gonna happen with, you know, necessarily those that might
follow coaches, because if Jay Hill goes to Michigan, you
would have to think. The first name off the board,
Brett that you and I discussed this morning on the
podcast is Volatilesatuala, you would have to think that it is.
It was already difficult for him to come to BYU.
He discussed, you know, a coin flip. I interviewed him
early in this season and it says Jay Hill wanted me,
so that's why I'm here all of that. So you
have to think, if Jay Hill wanted you, and Jay
Hill goes elsewhere, you're probably following j Hill.
Speaker 3: And that's tough. Now.
Speaker 1: We obviously did hear in the post game clips and
maybe I need to pull some of these up in
the next segment. We did here that Trey Alexander talking
about running it back next year fifteen and oh if
we got to play an extra game, Natty. So it
sounds like Trey it was making his announcement to stand
and Brett. Remember I told you where you have to
announce that you're coming back, Marcus Freeman.
Speaker 3: I know people might not like the quitting.
Speaker 1: Irish nor to Dame Irish said run it back twenty
twenty six. I'm like, you weren't never going anywhere, but
that's the nature that we live there.
Speaker 2: There were NFL coaches who were interested.
Speaker 1: In one hundred percent, so that's why he had to
say that, you know, and that's for a different that's
for a different you know, that's for the highest level.
But that goes to the point though, you have to
make your announcement that you're coming back. So you have
to think what folatile following. Look, I just want to
paint this picture. Matt Campbell's at Penn State. Roco Becks
in the portal, has one more year of eligibility. Where's
he gonna go. Yeah, he's gonna go to Penn State.
Most likely, I would, I would. I would be surprised.
He might be out of it. But if he has
another season, he's there. Hanson went into the portal, where's
he gonna end up? Both those guys are big ten players.
I think I think those guys can play at Penn State.
So look, that's just how it goes. This is this
is college athletics. So if a coach goes understand that
the players that he targeted, and being a safety's coach,
the other ones would follow too. And you have to think,
like we talked about in the last segment, if you
can convince Gennaro, does that mean that Evan Johnson is
the guy? Does he go, Look, we'll break all of
that down more later in the week, but I just
want to preface that and say, as McKay hill said,
is now in the portal, a little bit of breaking
news on our always bill, your quarterback room taking a hit,
taking a hit. Bear's gonna get healthy this offseason with
that ankle. He'll be fine by spring. Bob McKay gonna
go into the portal, Emerson Gollman going on a mission.
Speaker 3: There you go.
Speaker 1: So your quarterback room currently is going to be Trayson Boorgay,
Bear Bachmeyer. And I think is Enick Watson back from
his mission. I think Enick Watson might be back. I
think he is a quarterback that's gonna be in that
room as well. One of the fans will pay me
and someone will tell me I don't have the recruiting
nets up as I'm looking at the board, Brett. But anyway,
the point is you'll have a couple, but you're gonna
need to go get a guy. They're gonna need to
go get a guy from the portal. I don't know
who they're gonna get. You need to look at who
else is coming back from missions. But Bear, being a
true sophomore, I'm not saying it needs to be some
good senior, but she need a veteran quarterback that is
okay being a BYU playing in this system that a
Bear wore to go down if things could happen, And
they'll tell me it doesn't matter because Bear was dinged up.
Speaker 3: He's a very tough kid.
Speaker 1: He gets right up from hits, but at some point
you're gonna take it hit that might have you lingering.
Speaker 3: Every quarterback has had their fair.
Speaker 1: Share of injuries, but at the end of the day, look,
maybe he's as tough as Jake are tougher and he
doesn't go out, But I think you need to go
get a guy because even if Jake were to go
down Brett, I think fans are confident with Gary Bohannon
behind him that a Rod's offense can still move the
same and work. I don't necessarily know if I encompass
that with traycon Borgay, with what I've seen from him
in fall camp and springball, They're gonna need to go
get somebody that can back up Bear and that can
throw the football just as well, if not better. And
that's and look, at the end of the day, you
never want to push Bear out, but a ro should
upgrade at his position group. He should bring guys in
that makes Bear better, that pushes Bear to be to
throw the ball deeper down the field to increase his
arm strength. It's not saying that I want Bear gone,
but that's the nature of college athletics. You should never
downgrade at your position. You should always be looking Brett
to upgrade and do better. That's how it is in
the company. It doesn't mean that they're trying to replace you.
It's just it's for you to keep that room as
strong as possible and you to keep your job in
order to do that. I think you need to go
get a guy, So we'll see what happens.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be really interesting.
Speaker 4: This I think was a little bit of a shot, honestly,
because I don't think it's something we thought we were
going to be worried about. I don't know that I
when I think about the positions that BYU needs from
the transfer portal, I think about things like running back.
Speaker 2: I don't know that I was thinking about backup quarterback.
Speaker 4: But you know what ron in the world of college
athletics that we live in right now, If you think
you know anything, you're automatically wrong, because the only way
to work in this business right now is believe that
you know nothing and believe that anything on a day
to day basis can and probably will change. So we're
sitting here not believing backup quarterback with something we were
gonna have to talk about. But again, anything goes in
the transfer portal of college football.
Speaker 3: What's the song if you just believe or whatever? That
song is?
Speaker 1: So anyway, but yeah, you gotta believe in getting a
backup quarterback and check Brad Hammer myself every Monday, Wednesday,
Friday on the Believe Network and believe in b AU.
Speaker 3: See how tow it in there? Anyway? That was terrible?
Speaker 1: No, all right, let's hear from Colonne opening statement and
then we'll recap really quickly, go to break, and we'll
come back and discuss the rest of is Kline's opening
statement from the pop Tarchs Ball following Bau's twenty five
to twenty one win over Georgia Tech to get that
twelfth win on the season.
Speaker 6: All right, well, great game, and truly proud of the guys,
proud of the leadership on our team, and proud of
these two specifically from the plays that they made. But overall,
you felt like the got ourselves in a rough spot unfortunately,
but we've been in that position before, and I think
the goal is to not be there in twenty six,
you know, so try to find ways to get ahead
or maybe play the same type of urgency from the
beginning and carry it on sixteen minutes. I think we
can do that being a really good spot. But really
proud of the guy who's getting twelve and two, proud
of all the coaches, uh staff, support staff, and really
proud of the fans that showed up.
Speaker 7: And so we really excited, you know.
Speaker 6: Before before we take questions, so I just want to,
you know, just just thank Georgia Tech for getting it
required us to play at our best.
Speaker 7: So we can.
Speaker 6: So we can because we knew how difficult they were
the matchup seeing them on film, a difficult team and
like I said, they were ranking number seven in the
country at one time, and and so the great team
and and uh, fortunately we were able to make the
plays and came out with the victory. And and then
I want to thank SCS and Pop Tarts Bowl just
for the hospitality that they showed us.
Speaker 7: And we had so much fun here.
Speaker 6: I uh, I was worried about the timing, but then
I realized we probably should have came maybe half a
week earlier.
Speaker 7: You know, that would have been great.
Speaker 6: But the we had a lot of a lot of
fun and and we're able to connect and we threw
out all the festivities. I'm glad that they gave us
an opportunity to do some service and for our guys
to do it with Georgia Tech was really awesome and
just shows that the you know, Bowl games matter and
I'm proud of these guys, are proud of the team
for what they were able to accomplish in the Bowl prep.
I felt like we made a step step towards becoming
a better team and I want to ride that momentum
into twenty twenty six. But still a lot of work
for us to do, but at this time we should
be thankful and celebrate the win. I'm really proud of
the way Bear played entire game. Obviously not one hundred percent,
but he made big time plays. And he's always been
consistent and always been you know, poison under pressure, and
that's not that's not anything that I did or the coaches.
This is how he came and and we can really
do some wonderful things with him going to next year,
and then proud of Shred and you know he's been
a lockdown corner for us all year and fourth down player.
Speaker 7: I know it was difficult credit Georgia.
Speaker 6: Detect they made to play, but I was just proud
about how he reacted, made the tackle and got us
to win and made the play. So really proud of
the way these guys carry on, how they play the
game and how they conduct themselves off the field too.
Speaker 1: So that's Kalainey Sataki the opening statement from following the
bas win over Georgia Tech and the pop tarts. A
lot of good stuff to take away. The biggest thing
Evan Johnson gets beat. We'll hear from a moment from
him momentarily here about what happened on that sixty six
yard play from Haines King shot at the haynes Kin
on making a tough their bread at the end to Rivers.
I had said in my pregame analysis, look out for Rivers,
he's your deep threat.
Speaker 3: They connected on him finally.
Speaker 1: And the given everybody given all b A fans a
heart attack us in a press box, we couldn't believe it.
Speaker 3: We were like stunt.
Speaker 1: I looked at the Georgia tech dudes, They're like, I
was ready to hit Smith for bear back my MVP.
I said, That's why I say wait into the clock
until they do they do to kneel down because you
never know. If Georgia check would have scored there would
have flipped the vote. It would be not bare back
my MVP. It' had been Haines King, especially having having
a legacy throw, not a legacy moment. Evan Johnson had
the legacy moment. I need to find the end of
the game a clip too from Mark Jones because that
call was amazing to go. This is why he's one
of my favorite play by play guys. Brett to go
atonement and rediicption and do that. No better fitting to
do that. Shout out to Trevor Madage on posting that
you know just what he said had broke it down.
But man, Mark Jones, I wish he could just be
the ultimate home play by play television guy.
Speaker 3: Television guy.
Speaker 1: I don't want to get in trouble for BAU football
because he does a phenomenal job on television.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love Mark Jones. He has some incredible calls.
I think he's like the Gus Johnson a ESPN. So
your point about that fourth down play, though, here's my issue.
I'm not calling this play out because I'm pretending to
know the cove.
Speaker 3: You don't like press Man on four to fifteen.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but here's why. Here's why I have a reason
for it.
Speaker 4: Everybody else is just mad about it and they don't
necessarily understand the situation. Here's why I'm mad about it,
Ron because Pressman in a third and fifteen or a
fourth and long.
Speaker 2: That costs me a childhood moment.
Speaker 4: When I was in high school, Georgia played Alabama in
the National Championship and before anybody know who Defonte Smith was,
years before he ever won his heisman.
Speaker 2: Georgia and Alabama are in overtime.
Speaker 4: It's third and long and mal com Paris is sitting
there in press coverage, third and fifteen in overtime. I
still don't understand why, and it gets bombed on over
top and the rest is history.
Speaker 2: And I realize that.
Speaker 4: We since have beaten Alabama and won a national championship.
As a Georgia fan, I get all of that, but
I'm still not over it.
Speaker 2: Okay, So when I see something like this.
Speaker 4: Again, I don't know what the coverage is, and I
don't think it makes sense for us to pretend that
we're smarter than Jay Hill, or that we're smarter than Schmed.
But when I see that, and I remember that memory
for me from a few years ago when I was
in high school, I sit there and I say, oh no,
so look, I'm I am a little confused. I'm watching
that play back like it's just a great release. He
just beats him right off the line. The corner on
the other side, who I believe is Tray is sitting
eleven yards off. So again, we don't perfectly know what
the coverage is. I don't know why you're doing that
in fourth and fifteen, but they must have thought that
they knew what was going on, and to be fair,
like in Evan Johnson's defense, he was still in position,
and I think his fingertips had to have been inches
from tipping that folk.
Speaker 3: He's had so many tips.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he needs glasses or what, but
he's been so close. I think he does wear glasses.
He's been so close bred a few times with the
tips the Texas Tech. He might need to get some
goggles like Kareem Abdul Jabbar and go out there so
he can see specs direct specs there. He must need
some because Evan has come so close made up for it.
But man, if you're able to retain Schmev and he
comes back next season as a red shirt senior, he's
gonna have to play with contacts. You're gonna have to
get some goggles something, because he's I think he's He's
been the most BYU defensive back I've seen this year
to have so many tips and not he Honestly, I'm
not saying he could be Jacob Robinson, but he would.
I think he finishes with five or six on the season,
he might have seven or eight if he's able to
see the ball a little bit better. So might have
to get my man some goggles. We might Kugarnation have
to put together go fund me and get Evan Johnson
a prescription pair.
Speaker 3: Of goggles with tip and s.
Speaker 1: From what I've heard from my sources is that he
might need to wear some some glasses. So, speaking of
that question, let's play it. I asked Evan about the
fourth down play. We'll play this and then we'll go
to break because we really got to get take a
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let's hear from Evan about what happened on that fourth
and fifteen. And Brett is right. I remember watching the
game to a tongue of ioloa. Do not let a
guy go press man right behindre The Chiefs know about it.
With Jamar Chase, they decided to go press man on
third and third and twenty with the Cincinnati Bengals. Then
the year they got beat in the AFC Championship and
they needed twenty and they got twenty one.
Speaker 3: So don't don't play press man? Uh when when?
Speaker 7: When? That?
Speaker 1: That That's all I'm saying. But let's hear from Evan.
Enough talking for me, right, Ron Weaver, esp and the
fans the questions for Evan walk us through the fourth
down and then obviously the interception to seal the game.
Speaker 8: Yeah, just something didn't go right with technique got beat.
That happened that corner, But you know, I was really
just thinking about the next play.
Speaker 3: After that they came to me.
Speaker 8: Coach Hill gave a great call and I got my
opportunity to go make a play and how to play
like that? Texas Tech that I didn't go get so
my only thought that in my in my mind in
that moment was to.
Speaker 3: Go get that ball.
Speaker 8: And and that's why I did.
Speaker 1: You mentioned, Coach Hill, what adjustments were made at halftime
as you guys shut them out.
Speaker 8: Really, no adjustments were made. It's just we came out
with a lot more physicality, a lot more want I guess,
and then we knew the offense was hot, so getting
them the ball was all right was our plan. And
made that happen in Bear made plays and the rest
of the offense and the rest goes from there.
Speaker 1: All right, bred I gotta say this, and I'm gonna
take a turn to some people are gonna be like,
Ron's narcissistic, He's.
Speaker 3: Got a big head.
Speaker 1: I got my phone blew up this weekend and Brett,
you probably know you probably saw the clip, but I
got a bunch of tags and a bunch of things.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he said, that is my man.
Speaker 1: If someone someone said is that you run and I
and I stopped replaying all of them because I'm like,
all right, I really don't want to make this about this.
And my sister and family like we're tagging me, and
it's like, look, I tell you guys this all the time.
You gotta know what questions to ask to get the
to get the answers.
Speaker 3: You gotta do it.
Speaker 1: You can go in there, you can ask the hard
hitting ones and you could be direct and do that
and and that's good. I've done that too, but I've
started to learn, Okay, what reactions can I get or
how can I get the answer I'm looking for? And
this is now I think the fourth or fifth time
I've asked a question that is now gone to social
media and blown up.
Speaker 3: You start with the Yegor demon earlier in the year
that blew up.
Speaker 1: On byus, and then you go to Evan Johnson about
Kalani being the best coach in the nation, Kalanie and
the pop tards like you have to ask and know
what questions are coming. You have to also understand who
the person is, Like, I know Evan is gonna be
honest if I ask about it. He made a play,
But I know if that was someone else that got beat,
if that was maybe another play on the BAU team,
I won't say any names. They might not say that.
So you have to understand the moment and who your
audience isn't saying that. But I knew Evan was gonna
come in and give a good comment on that because
he made the play.
Speaker 3: And I know that he.
Speaker 1: Wants to talk about the playing himself, but he wants
to also stay humble. But look, he said it. Maybe
it's bad technique. Maybe you just get beat, like you said, Brett,
maybe you don't play Brestman on fourth and fifteen, you
play zone, but he made it later and looking at
his a summer and if you go back and watch
the tape, he signals to Tanner Waller follows out south Tuala. Hey,
I'm passing him off to you. You take the guy
running behind me because we're playing zone. They did a
phenomenal job. I'm gonna take this guy underneath and he
cut the route well, he ran with the guy that
cuts around completely and they throw it.
Speaker 3: But you heard it from Evan Brett.
Speaker 1: He missed it in Texas Tech him and the tip
balls just seems to be flutters dis misses those bin
inch But he was there winning matter at most, and
all people remember is the last play. People remember if
you win, so it doesn't matter. But there's Evans comments
on it. He got beat sixty six yards down the field.
Black Colawney mentioned openness statement, got the tackle that was
the most important thing, and then makes up for it
with the you know, getting a toonement redemption per Mark
Jones on that last play. And how fitting is that
that the best cornerback on the team, one of the
best cornerbacks in the nation, seals it and gets the
twelfth win for you on the bau defensive side of
the ball.
Speaker 3: What a moment, Brett.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and he deserves a lot of credit. He's had
a lot of big moments this season. I believe the
pick six against ECU, I believe that was smav correct.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, two in that game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, He's had a lot of big moments for this team.
And because he plays corner the only times you ever
really talk about him is when he makes a pick
or when he this is a when he misses like
a big catch, And so I don't know that because
of that he gets enough credit. But you like, you
got to think about all the times they don't throw
his way because his guy's not open.
Speaker 2: So for him to come down with that ball.
Speaker 4: To seal the game, to seal by U's twelve to win,
I think It's an incredible moment for Schmid because he's
done so many other little things this season that I'm
grateful that that's the taste that we have in our
mouth leaving that game. I'm grateful that that's what we
get to remember is how incredible schmv was in that
game and in this entire season.
Speaker 1: I told the Georgia Tech guys, you don't you probably
don't want to throw Zero's way.
Speaker 3: He's not the guy.
Speaker 1: Then they launched the pass on him and it looked
at me and I was like, I was like, that
was a good throw though. I was like, I don't
even think if he was draped all over him and
he got it's like it still would have been a
pass interference, Like that was the hell of a throw
by Haines King. And then he had the interception and
I look, I got him and they to put their
hands on their face and the guy, one of the
other guys that covers all of like the UCF and
Orlando Sports teams like, didn't you say they shouldn't throw
new Zero's was like I did say that. I was like,
I say, you probably want to attack the other part
of the field. I don't think I told him, I
don't think you would throw a number one tree Alexander either.
He's gonna get the PBu which he had when in
this game. It's just tough to throw on these b
AU cornerbacks, you know, so they pick on the nickel
position a little bit and bo doesn't need to get
better there.
Speaker 3: But that's an offseason discussion.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, it's they got
They got two good cornerbacks, they got two big twelve cornerbacks.
Evan Johnson should have been I, in my opinion, on
one of these all big twelve you know teams locking
down it, but he didn't. Maybe next year what happened,
depending if he's with BOU and they retain them.
Speaker 3: But we'll see.
Speaker 1: But Shmev, you got Schmev Haynes King, you got SCHMEVD
Georgia Tech, and he sealed it for by you always
you know, Evan Kevin Schmevin. Hopefully you can see Evan
Johnson for his last year as a retro senior in
the BYU uniform.
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sound Brett. A couple of soundbites that were really important.
We talked about the sixty six yard bomb and Kialaney saying,
you know, Haines Kane is a good quarterback. Obviously he
didn't like it, but that's just the way it goes
as the nature of it. But the big, the more
of the big problem, Brett, that you and I didn't
have an opportunity to discuss, and we'll discuss it now,
was the turnovers. That's really what killed b Yu. You know,
both team had two turnovers, right Brett. But the biggest
thing was that uh BYU coughed it up after a
kickoff right there, bear through a red zone interception and
then discounts as a turnover on my book two the
fourth down not getting on the goal line, that's twenty
one points potentially right there, if not nine that you
miss out on. How crucial was it not to get
those points? And look, this is why I think if
Byu executes, maybe some of the that hey we get
taken off of a rod and where I wish the
players would execute to help their coordinator out. If they
go out there, bre even if they get nine points
or let's say that they are able to score touchdowns
off of those, this game is completely out of fan
Let's go nine, right, so nine plus twenty five, what
that's thirty thirty four, So thirty four to twenty one.
Speaker 3: That's a good ballgame. You look at that.
Speaker 1: But even if you get twenty one out of that,
you blow them out by you know, thirty something. To me,
the execution has nothing to do with the coaches. Sometimes
it's it's more on the players. Like Cody Hagen took
his eye off the ball. That's on Cody got last
of days ago, Bear made a very bad, poor decision.
Red tried to force a throw and then going forward
on fourth down. Maybe you can say, Okay, Kaline, that's
a bad decision.
Speaker 2: Don't go for it.
Speaker 3: But I believe a lot of people are gonna do it.
It's the bowl game.
Speaker 1: You don't have another game. But Enix gotta get a yard. Though,
Enix gotta get a yard, and you gotta push. You know,
you can't get stuffed at the line on fourth to one.
So your thoughts on those three plays, because those are
all key moments in the game for BYU.
Speaker 4: Well, I even went back and I watched the Chase
Roberts whip route that put them in the fourth down,
and I cannot believe that Chase was not able to
get into the end zone on that one, like as
close as he got. But then to your point, you're
right about Enick needing to get a yard. But also Ron, like,
let's be real, you just finding out about this. I like,
I think he did a lot of things. Well, he's
not that big, and so I can't say I was
completely shocked when he didn't get that. I mean he
didn't even need a full yard. The guy needed I
think like twelve inches he needed a foot to get
from where they were to getting into the end zone.
As I watched this play back, I almost wonder had
they been better off. I know it wasn't in the play,
but Parker Kingston goes in motion. I almost wonder if
it would have been better to find a way to
get Parker the ball because we saw him get the
ball a couple of jet sweeps on that play on
that drive alone, but then we citing him in other
plays during the season where he gets a sweep on
the one yard line and gets in. It is an
unfortunate situation because you do wonder. And I had a
couple of people saying this to me, like, oh, we
should have blown out Georgia Tech. I don't know if
that's necessarily true. I honestly don't think Georgia Tech played
that well in the first half. I think that's a
big part of it. Certainly not in the first quarter.
I think they could have played a lot better. It's
really tough though, that you don't get that score on
that opening drive. It makes you wonder if they get
that or even ron. It makes you wonder, like what
happens if they get that if they get a safety,
because they really on that first run play that Georgia
Tech had out of their own end zone, they had
the middle clogged up, but they didn't have the edge sealed,
so we got to the outside. Maybe you get a
safety there that changes the game. But you talking about turnovers.
Ron turnovers for Georgia Tech is what got Yu into
this game there towards the end. Not necessarily a turnover,
but you have Keanutanovasa blocking that field goal that turns
things around for you. You have Nucy with the scissor kick,
the karate kid getting I still don't understand how that's legal.
Maybe they felt like it was a little bit of
a makeup call because there was a block in the
back on that play.
Speaker 2: I don't know, but.
Speaker 4: It is unfortunate that you couldn't get those really situational
plays that you needed. But to your point, I don't
really blame Kialani for going for it to open the
game on that opening drive because it is the ball game.
Anything can happen. You're trying to win this thing. You're
trying to be gutsy. I wish they would have let
willfarre and kick the ball because it felt like a
little bit that was, hey, we're not sure, even though
I don't think it should have been any commentary on
will at all. I think it was more of we
feel like we want to be gutsy in this situation,
and it makes you wonder if they get that.
Speaker 2: One inch that they need from Enoch.
Speaker 4: Nowahine, are they able to really dominate this game for
the rest of the four quarters? Or Ronald, do you
want even better? If Bear is healthier? Do they let
Bear run that thing in? I don't know, But again
it goes to the point I made off the top,
which is by you did a lot without having LJ.
Martin in situations where you definitely needed him, and for
that they deserve a lot of credit.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you bring up a good point about Bear,
and I'm actually gonna play it right now. Bear discussed
a little bit in the post game.
Speaker 3: This is Bear Bachmeyer.
Speaker 1: Gonna let you guys said the question asked by the reporter.
But he comments on being injured the first drive, all
of that, and how he was able to overcome that
a couple of back to back questions. We'll listen to
this and then we're going to go to break. But
this is bear Bachmeer. What he had to say about
getting banged up in those injuries and what could have happened,
Like you mentioned Brett if he was healthy, if he
could have run those plays in or yeah, I.
Speaker 9: Kind of was banged up but yeah, and then heard
it a little more on the first drive, but yeah,
it ended up battling it out.
Speaker 4: And you win.
Speaker 7: Barry.
Speaker 10: You haven't wanted to reveal much about your injury situation necessarily,
but how tough is that been to overcome?
Speaker 7: And how have you changed it as a quarterback?
Speaker 9: Yeah?
Speaker 10: You not a lot of run attempts today? How has
that progression been?
Speaker 9: Yeah, well it's a testament to coach a Rod and
the guys around me, and yeah, then them making plays
and them doing their job, and all have to do
is do my one eleventh and yeah, so worked out.
Speaker 3: All you have to do is your one eleventh.
Speaker 1: And he said the testament to the coaches Brett and
you really you need to give a testament to Ryan
Phillis and the medical staff and getting him even available
to be at a playback on an angle, that's really
who needs the credit. I know he reaggravated on that
first drive, shout out the jyr of the Desert News
and asked the question in Brendancy Gurney of The Daily
Hero for the follow up. But Bear was dinged up
and and look everyone saw it was. I wasn't in
the press box. I let BA you run out because
I was filming some videos. And I went down to
the end and I watched and Bear planted and tried
to and he got up and he hobbled, and it
was immediately and I was like, that ankle is not right.
I was like, that is a high ankle spring that
is probably great too, and he is He's gonna need
some time out, but he battled through it. And look,
this is why the kid is gritty. BA doesn't win
that game if they don't get that two point conversion.
He has to go down and get that two point conversion.
And what I mean is that gives momentum. But Brett,
he said, f and I'm gonna take off. I'm gonna
put my shoulder down. I'm gonna put it down and
go pop them. And he did that and he got
into the end zone. And that's a part of BA
you getting that twelfth win and crazy.
Speaker 3: That that happened Brett.
Speaker 1: But oh my goodness, man, this kid is tough his nails.
He might be one of the toughest Bou quarterbacks in
the history of the game. And he's young doing this
at eighteen. And I know other people know, well Jaron
was tough for this guy's stuff, but this kid's eighteen. Like,
were you that tough at eighteen? Were you built like
that where you said, all right, I'm gonna, you know,
put the team on my back in this moment and
just do it. Were you built like aj or you
built like Bear? Probably not, I know I wasn't. So
for this kid to do it at that young of
an age is amazing. He's got a high level IQ.
And but like you brought up, Brett, if Bear is healthy,
I think BAU wins this game comfortably by ten. I
think I can say that because Bear's able to run
a little bit more, maybe not as much you want
him to, even with the LJ out. But yeah, the
injuries and the turnovers definitely hurt the team a little bit,
but in the end they got it done.
Speaker 3: They score when it matter most, and we've seen this
a bunch.
Speaker 1: Now, if what if you're not scoring a put in
BYUA and they shut Georgia checkout in the second half.
Speaker 3: And you're giving Bear and Klanie and a rod.
Speaker 1: If you give a great football team a chance in
a window to open and you don't take advantage of
it and put them away, If you don't put the champs,
the champions is gonna find a way to knock you out.
That's what happens. Because they've been in that situation a
multitude of times this season. They don't want to be
in it, but nonetheless, because they've been in it, they
know that they can go find a way, and that's what.
Speaker 3: They did on Saturday.
Speaker 7: Yeah, they did.
Speaker 4: And I think from Bear's mentality, it's like, uh, well
not even Bear's mentality. Go back to what did Kialaney
Sataki tell Quinn Kessinich. I don't know if you say
saw the broadcast, but what Kiliane told Q was it's
gonna require some pain, and it was gonna require some
pain from Bear, and it was gonna require some pain
for the rest of the team. And Bear was willing
to accept, Hey, my ankle's gonna hurt a little bit,
but I'll take ten minutes worth of pain for this win,
which will last with us for a long time. It's
a couple minutes worth of pain going into the offseason
where I can rest and get the help and that
I need. So, I mean the fact that Bear looked
at it that way, the fact that he adopted the
mentality of his head coach.
Speaker 2: That's what all great teams are made of, what.
Speaker 3: All great teams are made, That's what dreams made of.
Speaker 1: Little lism McGraw anyway, Little Disney for you guys, for
those that travel down anyway, we gotta go to break.
We're gonna come back on on the flip discuss a
little insider report. Then we're gonna welcome in Joel Marion.
We're gonna get into a little bit more about Dawson Baker.
I feel like Dawson's been forgotten about. I feel like
it's been a little bit transactional with basketball. We're gonna
hear from Joel in just a second about you know,
how did the notes come upon getting the notes to Dawson,
all of that highlighting Dawson. I feel like he's been
forgotten about. I want to sho Dawson some love because
he hasn't been And what was Dawson's reaction to how
all that came about. That'll be coming up next. But
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excuse me BAU basketball player had something tremendous happened. Everybody
was reported. I put it on my Twitter page. You
can go follow me at Ron the three man weave.
That's the number three.
Speaker 7: Uh to do that?
Speaker 3: Not the new miracle, I said. Moments like this.
Speaker 1: Truly highlight what the hashtag BOU mission is all about,
the Christ centered spiritual growth component. Former BAA basketball player
Brett you know this.
Speaker 3: You saw it.
Speaker 1: Fu SINATOI got baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter day Saints per Richie Saunders Instagram posts and
per Trevenil. Both of them was looking snassy in those suits.
But this was something that been mentioned. You know, I
think it was what maybe a month ago about that
fuss taking the lessons in France or from the missionaries.
And look, this is exactly what it's about when you
come to BYU. It's not about the athletics at the
end of the day, that's great. It's not about if
you get some job to pay six figures.
Speaker 3: It's moments like that.
Speaker 1: A guy that came from from Mibacca, from Mobaco, Maley,
who comes all the way from Africa, who is a
part of the Muslim faith, very active and wants to
take lessons from the missionaries and hear about what makes
people different. Him and Richie's growing up. And Richie talked about, man,
he's got the door locked, led me in the house,
banging on the door and like, oh he's praying. Well,
I feel like an idiot. All of that in company
and led to this moment. What a moment for Fos.
Very happy for him on his decision to get baptized Bread.
This is what it's about. It's about the Gospel of
Jesus Christ impacting people at all levels. And the impacted
Fus enough. And now Fus is the newest members of
the church. And we've seen this a lot, you know,
in BYU athletics current and and you know in the future,
and a lot with the basketball team. Rah Hudgens was
baptized for the women's basketball team. Ari Mackew Williams. I
think a couple of people on the golf team. So
we're starting in the tennis team. We're starting to see
this happen where the mission of BYU is becoming bigger
than just athletics itself.
Speaker 3: Brett.
Speaker 4: At the end of the day, like the purpose of
by US is to invite others coming to Christ.
Speaker 2: And we over the last few months.
Speaker 4: Have seen conversations and Internet wars about the purpose of
BYU and should the church stay connected and his athletics
a missionary tool and all of these things because we've
seen some of the unfortunate situations, unfortunate choices being made
by some of those in the surrounding area. But the
way I look at it, and the way in my opinion,
the way I think that Christ looks at it is
at the end of the day, this is the number
one thing. Like poor choices happen, how they happen. If
people want to make poor choices in and around the university,
that is what it is. But at the end of
the day, what we're seeing here with Fusini Triory, that
is the end goal and it's I don't think.
Speaker 2: It's ever worth giving up.
Speaker 4: Using athletics as a missionary tool to avoid some of
the mishaps. Like I think we always like in the
scriptures in Christianity. We always talk about Christ finding the one.
This is always what it's about, and if other poor
things happen, then that is what it is. But Fusini
Triory coming closer to Jesus, Christ coming closer to God, which,
if we're being real, fus has always been a man
who was close to God.
Speaker 3: And then just.
Speaker 4: The way I look at it, like he just called
it something different, and so it's so cool they get
to see things like this because athletics is a missionary
tool and I don't even like using the missionary tool.
The purpose of athletics is to invite others to coming
to Christ, whether that means they get baptized or not.
Speaker 2: And that's I think that's kind of what makes this cool.
Speaker 4: Also, Ron, it wasn't like everybody was sitting there banging
down his door saying foods get baptized, foos get baptized.
And He's like, well, I'm here, everyone's saying it. I'm
on a high because I'm here, so I'm just gonna
do it. Like he had interest, he had relationships with
those in the church and in the space of Christianity.
He had those relationships outside of his time at BIU
he's in a whole nother continent, he's in a whole
other country, but those relationships still ring true enough so
that when he says, you know what, I've been thinking
about this, and I think this is a choice I
want to make for me, not for the university, not
for my teammates, not for my coaches.
Speaker 2: This is a choice I want to make for me.
Speaker 4: That to me is what makes this situation so cool,
so beautiful, and shout at the fos.
Speaker 3: Shot at the foos.
Speaker 1: Indeed, I love that you mentioned that the purpose and
the mission is to invite others to come into Christ.
I know it has that second part of the statement,
you know, as we suppose have a certain mission's bread
through baptism. Yeah, YadA, YadA, YadA. And I'm not discounting that.
I don't want people listening to be like oh Ron's
discounting that. No, Ron's a convert to this church. Did
my dad's work in the temp I'm not trying to.
I don't want it to see that way. I have
a lot of perspective on this, But I think what
you said is that, you know, he just he went
about it a different way, and that's okay, And I think,
like you said, it's still gonna people try to negate
the bad that it has sometimes come with that. I
still believe the reason why Jake Gretz Laugh is very
active in his faith and you know had him on
the he was on the podcast with a you know,
beyond the three or beyond the logo from Jim or Look.
That to me was a very powerful interview because it
let me know that b YU sparked that because of
their mission, Jake embodied and encompassed that, because of what
BYU pushed him to be better and what he believed,
not what they believe, what he believed, you know. And
I think that's exactly what you said that spot on,
And it doesn't it doesn't need to be our church,
doesn't need to be our religion. Look, my family dynamics
has changed, you know, completely with that. And I think
sometimes you know, people think, oh, it has to be
this way and path. That's great, right, But my path
doesn't need to be yours. As long as you're being
a better person, you're still showing a lot of Christ,
you're still lighting the world and whatever that looks like.
And I felt that Jake and other people have done
that because of that, and BYU does that, Like Malik
Morres talked on their ways of Yeah, no, this is
the church that I go to. I really started going
more when I hear I went here and there. But
when I really got the b YU, I was able
to go with guys, Garrison Grimes Bible study.
Speaker 3: You heard.
Speaker 1: I've talked to Trey Alexander on a recond off record
about conversations about that. Oh yeah, I go to Bible
Study with Garrison Grimes.
Speaker 3: We did this.
Speaker 1: Like all of that means a lot, and it lets
you know that people can come to BYU all parts
of the world, all demographic, and you know they can
live their life the way they want. But there is
something about being on the campus the BYU that does
have people intrigued in. Fus said, you know what, I've
been around Richie since I was a kid. I've learned
about this. I've now left BYU and do that, and
I think that highlights your point even more. Brad of
Fus made the decision away from BAG. He didn't just go, oh,
I'm at the university, let's get dunked. He left was
playing professional ball and decision came and I think to me,
that's way more powerful. Of it doesn't look like a
lot of obligation, and you never want people to say
that it'll take away from you know, Fus's moment. But
this is such a big moment of a guy that
you felt like honestly embodied the mission statement of b
YU and that wasn't a member of the faith that
now has made that decision. So so happy for Fus.
Congrats to him and his family as well as Richie.
You saw that, Trevor Nail. I know we're gonna at
some point this we probably have a media availability with
Kevin Young, gonna ask Kevin Young's thoughts on this too,
because Kevin I got the chance to coach Fus his
last year. Then ask Kevin of how this is bigger
than you know athletics. Maybe need to get Travis Hanson
on and do that as well. But this is a
great moment and I'm glad that has happened because this
especially around the holidays too, Brett. It takes away from
you know, the athletics and the winds. Those are great,
those things need to be But truly the mission of
BYU is you know, you nswered the learning you go
forth to serve and it's through the principles these pillars,
and one of them is a spiritual component of the gospel, Jesus.
Speaker 3: Christ inviting others to come on the Christ.
Speaker 1: Like you said in FUS is now the newest member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints,
and you know, shout out to him and all love.
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