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Let's get out to the hotline. Welcome to colleg Football Insider,
CBS sports representative. We got Shahan Jaya Raja on the last. Shahan,
how are you.
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Thanks much for having me.
Speaker 1: Always a pleasure, always a blessing. You decided to get
to know Bear Bachmeier a little bit better. You pen
to peace recently they get dropped yesterday. Now, uh but
uh you know, Sean, give me your your your the woes,
the catalyst behind delving into who Bear Bachmeyer is and
what sets him apart from everybody.
Speaker 2: Well, I actually told Tiger this. I've been fascinated with
the Bachmeyer family for years at this point, actually ever
since Hank Bachmeyer was starring at Boise States one. I mean,
obviously you see the names and it's just pretty incredible.
The other thing too, I mean, you know, for me,
I always notice whenever there's some great young Asian American
athletes coming up, but especially when Bear came to the
limelight when he had his moments, and with the way
that he's led BYU football in twenty twenty five, I
knew that this was the perfect time and I really
wanted to get to know all of them better.
Speaker 1: I love it. Man. Well, so Bear has been an
intriguing guy for a while now this season, but only
recently have people really started to notice what he's doing
and how he's doing it. At what moment did you
kind of say, you know what, this Bear Bachmeyer's becoming
the real deal. I got to watch him more closely.
Speaker 2: Well, I think for me, you know, and I said
this a little bit before the season, I felt like
the biggest thing that BYU needed from the quarterback position
to be a Big twelve contender with playmaking. I know
what the rest of this offense is. I know what LJ.
Martin is, I know what Chase Roberts in that receiver
room is. But I think that kind of that final
piece that Jake Reresov gave this team last year was
that dynamic play was the ability to go down and
make big time plays and big time moments. And I
think that for me, when they decided to go with
Bear Backmeyer over the alternatives that quarterback that really intrigued me.
It's said a lot about one what they felt that
his floor was, but to what they also felt that
his ceiling was. And I think they've done a tremendous
job of bringing him along slowly through a pretty manageable
schedule early on. And I think that it was really
maybe that Arizona game into the Utah game, of course,
that was when I felt like, Oh, this is serious,
this is serious business. There really has the chance to
be something special.
Speaker 1: The piece is entitled Forged and Organized Chaos. I love
that bou quarterback Beart Bachmeyer prepares to take challenge to
take college football's biggest stage. So in this process, you know,
who is it that you learned? Who is Bear Bachmeyer?
How did he get to be yu, why is he
in provo? And where did he come from this organized
chaos in which you speak of.
Speaker 2: Well, so when I talk about organized chaos, I mean
I had all three of the brothers that I talked to, Hank,
Bear and Tiger also at different points our dad is crazy.
And what they meant by that is he had a
plan very early on in their lives where he wanted
to essentially turn them into this great athletic family. Now, look,
was he expecting that all three were going to have
a chance played major college football. I don't know about that,
but he wanted to give them the best chance possible.
And so I think that what Bear had and you know,
the really unique advantage that he had is he had
two brothers who were older than him, who got to
go through the process before him. And you know, with Hank,
one thing that he really learned was he specialized in
playing quarterback really early. Well, Hank kind of suggested his dad,
look there, maybe we don't do that. Maybe we let
him kind of diversify play different positions, different sports in
a different way. With Tiger, I mean, you know, Tiger
is an incredible, you know, academic. He is somebody who
graduated in two and a half years from Stanford in
computer science, which is no small seat. And I think
that from Tiger he really kind of learned how to
handle himself in the classroom in a different kind of way.
And I think that now when you look at him
right now. And also, by the way, I'd be remissed
out to mention his sister, Ella, who was a D
three All American in the heptathlon at the University of
the Redlands. So, like you know, he just has so
many influences, so many people in his life who have
shaped who he is. And again when I when I
talk about the organized chaos that came out, I mean
they were every single weekend, every kid was playing multiple sports.
His mom had to be basically at four places at
once every single Saturday, and they just found a way
to make it work. And I think that when you
look at Bear Bachmeier, that's why he is so I
think well grounded is because of the support that he had,
and also why he's able to handle all the casts
around him is because that's what his family has trained
him to do.
Speaker 1: If he has a big game this week, Let's say
BYU doesn't even win the game, but it's close, right,
is there enough buzz to put him into the Heisman
Trophy at least conversation right now? I mean, if he wins,
and he wins in a way that's maybe a kin
or similar to what he did versus Utah or what
he did versus Iowa State, I'd imagine that could put
him into at least a top five conversation. I don't know.
For some they believe that that could be a possibility.
Speaker 2: So here's the one thing that I'll say about getting
into that tier is that because they brought him along
a little slower, his numbers are a little more modest
compared to some other contenders. But there's still four or
five games left to go. Of course, he has this
big time matchup against Texas. Like you look at also
what he did in his last three games. I mean's
scoring eight touchdowns over his last three games, of them
come from behind victories, So like he has had the impact.
There's no doubt about it. I think for him it's
going to be in these last four or five games,
including let's say a Big twelve title game. I think
that you need to start putting up sort of big
time numbers, you know, be putting up three hundred and
fifty yards and four touchdowns and be pushing four hundred yards.
That's the one piece that I think is going to
be difficult for him to make up. And again, I
mean when you look at the way that BYU plays
and the way that they structure their offense under Kaloney Sataki,
it's hard in some ways to just stand apart statistically
because they want to be balanced. But again, I think
that this is going to be an introductory moment to
the country for bear Bachmeyer one way or another. And
I'd also encourage BYU fans to take the long approach
of some of this too, right, like I as somebody
who is of course outside of the state of Utah.
I mean, I remember the first glimpses that we saw
of Zach Wilson and thinking, oh, this is a really
fun player. I'm excited to keep an eye on him. Well,
bear Backmeyer's got at least two more years of eligibility
as well, so he doesn't have to win the Heisman
this year for it to be a success.
Speaker 1: Shay and Ja rajis CBA Sports College football insider breaking
down his most recent article of bear Bachmeer's family, the
organized chaos from which he sprang forth and became a
big time college football player. How do you see this
BYU Texas Tech game right now? Shahan?
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one is going to be so much fun.
And I think that in this matchup, the defenses are
really going to cease. I think that for Texas Tech,
this is the best defensive line, certainly in the Big twelve,
maybe in college football. They've got a linebacking corps that's
really really competitive, is always in the right place, makes
big time plays. But the same goes for BYU. I mean,
you've looked at the way that this defensive line has
come together. I think that the linebacker due of Isaiah
Glaster and Jack Kelly, is I would argue the best
in the country right now. I mean, they are just
unbelievably good. And so I think the question is going
to become which of these two off sentences can create
more opportunities outside and downfield in the passing game. Now,
I know from a personnel perspective and a talent perspective,
both of them are capable of it, right I mean
you talk about the level of receiver plays that BYU
and text Tech bring to the table, it might be,
you know, outside of the linebackers and defensive line respectively,
like this is probably the strongest unit is their wide
receiver core on both teams. But you know it's also
going to be okay, who can extend plays like I
give their blockfire and edge an extending place, who can
make quick decisions and get the ball down the field.
I if Baron Morton a little bit of an edge
in that. So this will really be a chess game
that I think comes down to the very end, and
I frankly expect a pretty low scoring game overall.
Speaker 1: Schehan, this is a it's a great matchup in a
number of ways. Game Day will be there all eyes
on the Big Twelve. What branding opportunities are there, what
imaging opportunities like, what public relations opportunities do we have
here with the Big Twelve being featured this week?
Speaker 2: Well, I think the most important thing to come from
this game is you want people to watch this game
and come away thinking, Wow, these are two really good
football teams and maybe one is better than the other
after the game, but like one, it's not by much,
and two the other one would still be able to
contend with anybody in the country. I think that while
obviously Tech Tech pulled away at the end, I think
that that was the takeaway for a lot of people
from Textex win over Utah. I think it was in
a lot of ways to takeaway for BYU against Utah.
But I think that Tech Tech versus BYU is another
level of that. Right, You're talking about two top eight
teams by far, the best ranked matchup of the weekend
between number seven and number eight, big time playmakers, future
NFL players, rising stars in college football, like you just
wanted to live up to that. And I think that
when people turn on the TV, I think that people
are going to be very impressed by how well both
these teams dandlest moment and just to speak by the
way to BYU specifically for a second. I mean there's
a lot of people who I think I think that
BYU is a little undervalued right now because I think
that people look at some of these analytic numbers that
you know, I think represent in some ways that BYU
started the season a little slower because they wanted to
bring along their quarterbacks slowly. I think that people are
going to be really impressed by what they see from BYU.
And I think more than anything else, people are gonna
come away thinking, oh, these two teams deserve to be
in the college football playoffs. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Speaking of like a bear backer, I want to talk
about the matchup of Bear Bachmeyer versus this Texas Tech defense.
Bear bachmeers maybe a different kind of dual threat quarterback
than we normally see. He's maybe not as fast as
they normally are, he still got good speed, but it's
mainly his size ability to run over people that stands
out to me run through tackles. Is there any aspect
to bear Bachmeyer's game that might give him any sort
of advantage over a very tough Texas Tech defense.
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you know, I think that we can
put it pretty simply right there. Buck Meyer plays quarterback
like he wears number forty seven, and I think that
he lives up to that in so many ways. But
you know, it's gonna be interesting, right because we haven't
seen outside of that Utah game there have to take
on a huge rushing load when it comes to, you know,
having to take on a lot of contact. That's what
I'm gonna be curious about most is. Look, Texas Tech
is without one of their top defensive Linemans Skyler McGill Howard.
He's out for the season or at least for the
regular season with a lower body injury. And Lee Hunter
is was a mid season All American for US. But
is there able to withstand some of that he is
he able to keep the chains moving? That's something that
I think will be critical. I said it actually I
believe on this program over the offseason, the thing that
worried me the most about losing Jake Restlof is so
much of the time he was the guy who just
found away on third and two. Well, I think that
bere Bockmeier is that kind of runner. The flip side
of that, too, is how does he handle this level
of physicality. He's never had to deal with it to
the level that he's going to have to against Texas Tech,
against the level of talent that tex Tech brings to
the table, against edge rushers by the way, like Romelo Heighten,
David Baily. So I think that there's a lot of
unknowns when it comes to knowing how he's going to
handle that moment, but I do know he's going to
be up for the challenge.
Speaker 1: What's interesting about this matchup you recently wrote this piece
on Bear. I remember chatting with you at Big twelve
media days about Texas Tech and your pin tweet right
now is the story that you wrote about Texas Tech
and the new t Boom pickens of Tech, Cody Campbell,
his billions of billions of dollars, his black gold money,
the billions of dollars they've been flowing through this Texas
Tech program, and it seems like these two teams, these
two programs, these two brands BYU with their tech money
and Texas Tech with their black Gold money, they may
be the premiere brands of the Big twelve moving forward
and the Brett your Mark era, your thoughts.
Speaker 2: I think that they're off to a really good start
from that perspective. I'll tell you anybody who's had to
recruit against the Big twelve teams right now, they know, like,
these are the two teams right now that are causing
people a lot of conniptions. And there are other teams
certainly that I think have the ability to get into
the mix. But I think that BYU and Texas Tech,
what they share is their aggressiveness and their forward thinkingness.
I guess you could call it. They have been ahead
of the curve. They've been very structured, They've planned things
out very well. I think that they also have recruiting
strategies that they really do a good job of sticking to.
With Texas Tech, I mean, they put all of their
finances into the trenches, right I think for BYU it's
being really targeted and doing a good job of finding
developmental prospects that stick around and become great players. So like,
I think that both of them have done a really
good job of building their respective identities and by the way,
I think that both of those programs can can. They
owe a lot of that, yes, of course to the
money that's coming in, but I think also to their
head coaches, who set the tone for what each of
these teams wants to be and needs to be in
order to win in college football. So I think that
both of them are off to a really hot start
right now, and again even when you start talking about
some of the other top contenders in the Big Twelve
in terms of competing with them from a monetary perspective, Like,
you know, I think that Baylor has a lot of upside,
but their coach is on the hot seat right now.
I think that you know, Utah obviously is one of
those programs. You know, we don't know how long how
winning hand's going to keep doing this.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 2: With BYU and Texas Tech, you are basically looking at
what they're going to be for the next decade and
almost nothing i'd think is going to change that.
Speaker 1: Cheyanjarajer, ladies and gentlemen, Shahan, best way to support you
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like that Bear Bachmeyer piece, I'll tell you right now
the way that I get to keep doing pieces like
that about BYU is when people share them and read them.
So make sure and check that one out.
Speaker 1: Love it. It was a great piece. We invite all
Kucharnation to check it out. It's great work is always Sehan.
Thanks so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.
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