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Line's gonna get caught up with Aaron Rodder, your offensive
coordinator and quarterbacks coach of BYU Football. A number of
things that we delve into with a rod He's concerned
about tampering, so he doesn't want to talk about the
the young bucks. He's gonna talk wide receivers. Who's standing
out thus far? Who can replace Parker Kingston productivity? What's
the QB two situation? Like with you, Nick Watson and
Trayson borgay Uh Walker Lions. How good could he be?
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Speaker 1: Number one? What are your thoughts on the receiver room?
Speaker 3: Obviously Parker Kingston has gone what do you got in
that in that room?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 4: Well you're going tracts twice, but there's a lot of
good players in that room, and uh, those guys will
step up. I'm very confident about that. You and you know,
Casper did some good things today, and we've got some
some young players that are doing some good things. I'm
a little reluctant to comment about young guys though, because
then people will start tampering with them before before the
next portal windows. So I'm just gonna not I'm not
gonna say nice things about the young guys anymore.
Speaker 3: That's pretty crazy, that's pretty fiery, that's pretty uh. I mean,
big deal are not a big deal that he went
on tape on record and said, I'm not going to
talk about the young bucks, the young guns, the rising
stars on my squad because that's when the tampering begins.
Speaker 1: Big deal are not a big deal. Ronald the free Man, weaper.
Speaker 5: Big deal for sure. He's not wrong.
Speaker 6: And can I can I go into my conspiracy and
jump a little bit further deep. Yes, I understand that
there is that out there of what could be with
you know, players and young guys, and people want to
tamper with them. I think he's talking about the school
up north. I think he's talking really Yes, I think
he's talking about the school up north. The first year coach.
They need some people.
Speaker 5: They're willing to throw anything right now, Ben at anybody.
Speaker 6: Hey hey, hey, what an opinion, We'll pay you this
like they're desperate. First year head coach, Wait takes everything
and goes to Michigan. I believe that A Rod's thinking
of Utah, wants my receivers, my offense. Well, you can't
have them. Not gonna say anything about Legend Glasker, not
gonna say anything even to Cody Haggans, even the other guys.
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna say.
Speaker 6: I'm not gonna say anything about nobody. Terrence, Sirian, You're
not getting it net from me. Ben, I'm buying what
a Rod is saying. I don't blame him either. I
would be if I were a coach, Ben, with this
day and age of man, I know I would be
that concerned about it as well, So I don't blame him.
Speaker 3: I don't blame Look, we know the transportal windows are closed,
right and I think he knows that as well. But
you never know when and how tampering could occur. The
tamper the tamper gate, I mean, there's been many more
accusations Uh thrown Uh you know, disseminated from the team
up north that I think there has been the team
deep the team down south? Okay, from once do these
tamperings spring forth from most oftened hot spring?
Speaker 5: I see what you did there?
Speaker 3: We we we we aul Yes, Cody Hagen.
Speaker 1: How about we asked about a little Cody Hagen action?
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Speaker 5: Look?
Speaker 6: It connects to you a little bit because they'll play
this team later this season. And I wanted to wait.
It broke, you know, about twenty minutes ago. But I
wanted to wait because we unannounced it. Former Notre Dame
South Carolina coach Lou Holtz dies passes away. I know, yeah,
nine games with six schools and the nineteen ninety eight
national title just had to show him some love, Ben,
and let you give your thoughts on that.
Speaker 3: You know, man, I mean Lou Holtz, an icon in
the college football world, a better man than a better coach,
a developer of men, a mentor of men, someone who
changed and impacted the lives of so many that came
under his wing, that came under his influence.
Speaker 1: Eighty nine years.
Speaker 3: Of age he passes away, eighty nine years of impact.
Speaker 1: Of productivity, of purpose, of wending his way.
Speaker 3: And showcasing what I deem is christ Like discipleship in
his per his professional, his spiritual life. A man that
you know had a fantastic relationship. In much respect for
Lavelle Edwards, May he rest in peace, rest and love.
We're losing the great ones man, We're losing the legends.
We're losing losing the individuals that I felt like coached
for the right reasons, got into college football, high school
football coaching for the right reasons to aid and support
and develop young men and set them on a path
of discipline, of great uh fatherhood, you know, brotherhood, and
making an impact in the lives of not only your
family but the community around you. And to continue to
have those fruits bear positively for the world to take
part in.
Speaker 1: Lou Holtz one of the greatest.
Speaker 3: Loved his commentaries, loved his you know, his analysis. Uh,
loved the way he coached, the way he inspired. I
love that he had a speech impediment like I love.
You know that when your weaknesses, in many ways become
your iconic strengths, That's who Lou Holtz was.
Speaker 1: Man. You know, think of Moses.
Speaker 3: I was afraid to speak, I'm sure at one point
and lose live life. He was afraid to speak because
of his lisp. He continued to speak, and he spoke
confidently and fervently and in a way that captured the
hearts and minds of people on and off the football field.
Loved him, man, loved him. Was an awesome linebacker, by
the way for Kent State. Started his coaching career Iowa,
then William Mary, Connecticut as an assistant in the sixty
South Carolina, became an Ohio State assistant, then back to
William Mary. I believe he was the head coach in
nineteen sixty nine nineteen seventy one. After his success at
William and Mary, got the call up to NC State
in nineteen seventy two to nineteen seventy five. Then he
went to the New York Jets after that for one season,
and then came back to the college football world Arkansas
nineteen seventy seventy to nineteen eighty three, Minnesota nineteen eighty
four nineteen eighty five, and then Notre Dame nineteen eighty six,
nineteen eighty six to nineteen ninety six. We remember him
for Notre Dame, but look at his career trajectory.
Speaker 1: He had coached for.
Speaker 3: Twenty five twenty six years before getting his opportunity to
be at Notre Dame, and that's what we remember him by.
We remember Lou as the head coach of Notre Dame.
That's how we remember him. Then he went on too
South Carolina nineteen ninety nine two thousand and four. Overall
record as a head coach two hundred and forty nine
wins under three to two losses and seven ties. He
was three and ten in the NFL. He was twelve
and eight in bowl games. He got a national championship
in nineteen eighty eight with the Fighting Irish and two
times Paul Bear Bryant Award winner nineteen seventy seven to
nineteen eighty eight, two time Nady Robinson Coach of the
Year Award winner, two times Sporting News College Football Coach
of the Year. A great man, great great person, great coach,
A great example to all of us of you know
what we would all strive to be like. I fall
short every day. I fell short today, Ronald three man,
because I get ahead of myself. I had a little
bit you know what I mean. You know, you make
mistakes along the way, like.
Speaker 1: I don't know that. Lou didn't seem to make many mistakes. Man.
He was a gifted man.
Speaker 3: On and off the football field, and like whatever mister
he made as a coach, he made up for off
the field, being a fantastic mentor to so many. So
rest and love, rest in peace to Lou Holtz. Not
the breaking news that you want, right, but we we
kind of knew he was on hospice. I think he was.
He was a bit in dire straits, and uh so
we knew it was coming. Lou Holtz, a legendary coach
and person, has passed on to the other side, and
he'll do even better work in the eternities. In my opinion. Uh,
let's get back to some sound. What do you say,
huh he Aaron Roderick quarterbacks coach.
Speaker 1: Let's talk Cody Hagen.
Speaker 3: How's Cody Hagen been thus far for them Koogs in springball?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 4: He's you know, he got banged up in the bowl game.
So he's making his way back right now. He's doing
a good job. Yeah, he's doing a good job. He's
just uh just hes' we're easing him into it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's the problems with the bull game. What
was the bowl game? December? Where were we at?
Speaker 3: Okay, so December twenty seventh, so we're only two months
out from a suspected knee injury, right, So I mean
two months out. So he's not one hundred percent yet
one hundre percent. But he actually was pretty good in
one of the ones. We saw a little clip him
getting behind Raider De Mooney and doing some work. He
had an eebrace on, but he was galloping like a gazelle.
Shout out to Cody Hagan. I think he's gonna be
a great one. Quicks quick as is a mongoose, and
his fleet his foot as a gazelle.
Speaker 1: That man glides across the turf.
Speaker 3: I love me some Cody Hagen and so I expect
big things from Cody this the next season, as you know,
you're looking to replace a guy like Parker Kingston. I
think Cody could be the guy for you. Maybe in
the Punk Return game, maybe the kick Return game. Maybe
he has that slot receiver, just doing work, doing damage.
Speaker 1: Now, Hey, Rod, you mentioned Kyler Casper.
Speaker 3: Was he a guy you had a lot of experience with,
just in the recruiting world prior to you know, his
U commitment to Orgon.
Speaker 7: Yeah, somebody we wanted in high school.
Speaker 4: We just didn't really have know he He was in
on Oregon pretty quick. But he's somebody we liked a
lot in high school.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, is somebody that you wanted. But when Oregon
gets into the mix, unless you have a connection to
Byu your latterday, say you're in the state of Utah,
you have you know, some sort of familial or geographic
cultural connection with Byu.
Speaker 1: You're probably not going to get him from Oregon. Right.
Speaker 3: The Swoosh is strong, The Swoosh is powerful. Phil Knight,
Uncle Phil the shoe Dog. That man has set up
you know, some some closing aspects of those recruiting trips.
I mean, let's be honest, you walk in to to
the swoosh university and it's hard to say no to
the swoosh. Ronnie, I know you're a swoosh guy. I
don't think you could say no to the swoosh. It's
like a you know, the scriptures say you will not
be tempted above which you are capable capable of resisting.
Speaker 1: I think the swoosh is.
Speaker 3: The temptation all young men fall prey to. They're like, yes, yes, Satan,
I'm sorry I should have called that, you know, but.
Speaker 1: The swoosh is powerful, man, it's very powerful. So is
the Jordan logo.
Speaker 5: Has the swoos. So I just said he has to
b why you've been no.
Speaker 1: He has a different swoosh. It's like it's like capital
squooh swoosh.
Speaker 3: Versus like it's all access lowercase.
Speaker 1: It's it's a lowercase swoosh.
Speaker 6: Just too just the sting of to day. You're not wrong,
that's the capital swoosh swoosh. It's capital and it is
hard to say no. Look, I'm making up, you know,
trying to give a radio no, it'd been it had
been tough if our were that good and had have
been recruited by organ in my dreams, right, but you
talk about ulimited swoosh been aulimited, swosh is alimited, Jordan,
You get everything I mean and then I mean, and
you know it's alimited. They got a new eulimited swush
jersey like every four weeks they debut a new jersey,
new helmet. So yeah, it's tough to say no to
the swoosh.
Speaker 3: Tough to say no and tough to say no to
the nil of the swoosh.
Speaker 1: Uh. Let's uh, let's take a time out. What do
you say? Time out? We gotta go to break.
Speaker 3: Let's get back to the a rod sound Little Cougar
Byke coming up next.
Speaker 1: We'll maybe getting into the.
Speaker 3: Beer block buyer sound as well quarterback competitions. We'll talk
Enick Watson and Bear Bachmeyer on the flip side, how
Bear is looking during springball. That segment, though, great segment,
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Speaker 8: A ninety to sixty eight loss to Cincinnati last night
now leaves the BYU men's basketball team with three straight losses,
all of which come to unranked opponents. The team struggled
turning the ball over a total of seventeen times, with
nine of those turnovers coming from A. J. De Bonsa
and Rob Right. The Third AJ led the team in
scoring once again, grabbing twenty three points, with Rob Wright
the Third's twenty one and Alexei Coastages fourteen points as
the only Cougars in double digits. The Cougar scored only
four points off turnovers, while the Bearcats grabbed the whopping
twenty one. Next up for BYU is Senior Night against
tenth rank Texas Tech on Saturday night. Sticking with the
men's team, the number six recruit in the twenty twenty
six class signed with BYU yesterday. Bruce Branch, the third,
was originally the number one rank recruit in the twenty
twenty seven class before reclassifying. He announced his commitment on
ESPN's NBA today and gives Kevin Young three straight years
signing a five star recruit. And the only other event yesterday,
the BYU women's golf team wrapped up their play and
the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, finishing in twelfth overall.
Top Cougar on the leaderboard.
Speaker 2: M J.
Speaker 8: Bargant finished tight for fifteen. Now shifting over to women's basketball,
de laning Gid was named one of the Anne Myers
Drysdale National Players of the Week last week with her
performance over Arizona State in Colorado. Also yesterday, gibb was
named First Team All Big Twelve and Olivia Hamlin was
named to the All Freshman Team and landed a spot
on the All Big Twelve Honorable Mentioned Team. Earlier today,
Gibbon Hamlin led the BYU women's team the first round
of the Big twelve Tournament, looking for their fourth grade
win game against the Houston Cougars tipped at twelve thirty
mountain time and the winner faces you to tomorrow to
finish off the news today eight different runners landed themselves
a spot at Nationals on the women's track and field team,
which includes Riley Chamberlain and freshman phenom Jamee Head and Grim.
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didn't want to talk about the young bucks, but how
about Enig Watson and.
Speaker 1: You were just talking.
Speaker 3: He was alluding to the young bucks in the wide
receiver room, right, Ronnie, you said it. Yes, Enick Watson,
those quarterback we can talk about that. He's a new
face on the roster. What kind of skill set does
he bring to the quarterback.
Speaker 4: Room, just similar to our other guys.
Speaker 7: And he's a super.
Speaker 4: Athlete, really live arm He played like really only one
year in high school in a real passing offense for
played for Max Hall and uh he had one one
really good year, and we feel like his best days
ahead of him. Still, he's he's developing, and he is
a very talented guy, very very talented guy.
Speaker 7: See that I just made it.
Speaker 4: I just made a compliment to a young guy.
Speaker 7: I shouldn't have done that. I got you, right, Yeah,
tricked me.
Speaker 5: Yeah that's true, that's true.
Speaker 1: You're right dude.
Speaker 3: So but he realized what he did, like right after
his like, ah, something like you tricked me. The thing is, though,
a Rod loves to give like nuggets to the to
the to the media, like he likes talking depth, like.
Speaker 1: So Jay and Kelly and.
Speaker 3: Like you're gonna get some depth, chart, action and profile
stuff from the coordinators. And that's why you like talking
to them, right, you like getting some of those things.
Speaker 1: But hey, Ron going into depth on Enick Watson. You
can hear it in his voice.
Speaker 3: Now, maybe this is me taking some liberties here, but
I think he feels like he's got a diamond in
the rough in Enick Watson. And the rough is Flagstaff, Arizona,
which I love Flags. That's a fantastic place. So it's
a beautiful place. Its celestial, But Arizona Homer Athletic standpoint
there's not many guys that were ballers, that are ballers
that came out of flag Staff, Arizona.
Speaker 1: Do I know.
Speaker 3: I'm from Arizona, ge Town, Baby Phoenix, Metroprobitsan area. Not
a whole lot of productivity coming out of flag Staff, Okay, but.
Speaker 1: It's a great place to go and ski.
Speaker 3: It's our only place pretty much to go ski and
to get up into the fresh air.
Speaker 1: It's only about two hours away from where we grew up. Anyway.
Speaker 3: So Enick Watson a diamond in the rough, very talented,
super talented, athletic young man, got to get the playbook
under his belt.
Speaker 1: But he has been the home ladies and gentlemen, boys.
Speaker 3: And girls since about I want to say he got
back in October.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think October, right, you.
Speaker 1: Know what I mean? So yeah, So it's it's gonna
be intriguing now.
Speaker 3: Tracon is the favorite to be QB two, and it's
gonna be hard to unseat him. But I think he could.
I think he could. I think it's feasible. I think
it's possible. I think he's a smart kid, hard worker,
comes from great jeans, great lineage. His uncle's played it BYU.
He's got many great athletes that have come through the
Watson Wagner family, so I expect big things. And his
brother Pearson really good football player as well, right linebacker.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, let's get into it here.
Speaker 3: How about Aaron Roderick commenting on Bear Bachmeyer. How different
has it been having Bear here for spring compared to
last year when he got here.
Speaker 7: Yeah? Yet it's nice.
Speaker 4: You know, he he knows the offense so well now
and we don't we don't have to, you know, we
can really just play ball, and you know, it's like
from day one, he's got the whole thing down, and
we're doing some pretty advanced stuff right now with the
first group when he's in there. And then the biggest
thing though for Bear is this offseason conditioning.
Speaker 7: He didn't have.
Speaker 4: This is first college offseason, so we're really getting a
chance to you know, get him in shape, get him strong,
get his you know, get his body tuned up. And
he made it through fourteen games this year healthy, but
we want to, you know, we want to use this
offseason to really get him in great shape.
Speaker 1: Love it, man, Ronnie, what do you got for me there?
You want to chime in?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I did want to chime in, Ben, I read
between the lines. You know me, and I'm a receipts guy, right,
you always you know you have to be telling me
you keep them receipts running.
Speaker 5: Have to baller back. You don't want to make anybody
too angry.
Speaker 6: I thought the playbook was all the way open, Ben,
last year, I thought it was. But now you're doing
some pretty advanced stuff. Look, let's just call it what
it has been. He was a freshman. Whatever they were
gonna give him according to his knowledge and his level
of ability as being a true freshman, was what they
was in the playbook. But we all know there wasn't
playbook wasn't fully open. It wasn't wait, and I didn't
believe that it was. Because I'm watching Jake Retz laugh
in his second year throw darts all over the place.
Speaker 5: I'm like, Wow, this playbook is open, and I'm watching Bear.
Speaker 6: I'm like, yeah, the rock combinations live different, right, And
still they maximized a lot of it. You see what
Parker and Chase did with Chase not playing one game,
you almost had what two thousand yard receivers like.
Speaker 5: So it still was a lot was done.
Speaker 6: But if he's saying advanced stuff now in springball, bind
it just proves Steve Clement's points even more. Is four
thousand yards and thirty touchdowns coming? Is a trip to
New York coming. And I'm not trying to be hyperbolic.
I'm prone to that, but I'm being serious. I look,
but I'm being serious. I guess is the playbook gonna
be more of answer him? And with these weapons that
he has year two for him in this offense with
a bunch of talent around him.
Speaker 3: Man, yeah, I mean, I you want to believe it, right,
you wanna? You wanna achieve it?
Speaker 1: Dude? This is uh this, this should be a good
offensive team.
Speaker 3: It should be a good offensive team with everyone that
is returning in the new faces that are part of it.
But there's still gonna be an acclimation period. There's still
gonna be a period of like getting to know you.
But that being said, Bear came in right away and
did some magical things. Uh and uh, you don't you
don't doubt Bear Bachmeyer's work, ethic, his focus, his his
playmaking ability, and his ability to lead right now because
he leads by example.
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm intrigued. I'm I'm excited.
Speaker 3: And the best thing is is that Bear Bachmeyer is
getting healthy and I think he's he's getting you know,
the whole bigger, faster, stronger thing going for him. I
would like to see him put on a little bit
more lean muscle maths and really elevate his h his
pliability through his lower half and tour show to so
generate more uh, more rotational force and really being able
to use that plant leg to just rotate off of
and and sling it.
Speaker 1: And I hope he can. I think he will.
Speaker 3: How much easier will it make him for to have
you know, an offseason in fall camp now under his belt.
Speaker 1: How much easier will it be for him?
Speaker 7: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Experience is huge in every position, especially quarterback. But you know,
he he's he played a lot of football last year.
He's seen a lot of things, and so he's you know,
he's he's a true sophomore, but he's a veteran player
for sure.
Speaker 3: Experience it matters, guys, The repetitions matter, Walker Lions. He's
got some experience as a transfer from USC tallied uh,
I mean in the twenties of receptions and had a
few hundred yards and uh and I think a touchdowner too.
At USC, very talented, could run like a gazelle. He's
he's a six foot three, two hundred and forty five
pound slot receiver, is what he is that can line
up in line as well and blockwell. For you, Walker
lines with someone you got out of the portal. What
have you seen from him?
Speaker 1: A rod?
Speaker 4: So far in camp, Walker has been exactly who I
already knew who he was and who I expected him
to be. He did a really good job at USC.
We loved him in high school, and we're really happy
to have him now. He's doing a great job.
Speaker 3: One wonders, how is it that we missed on him
in the first place? Remember, uh, that was during independence.
We had barely maybe got the Big twelve invite.
Speaker 1: Have to look at the timeline.
Speaker 3: I don't know how far you know, you know, how
close it was to his recruitment.
Speaker 1: But I believe Walker.
Speaker 3: Was looking at b YU at that time, and I
mean he's he's from the San Clemented area, very well
familiar with the Rex family, Isaac. I believe it was
at BYU at the time, And you know, I don't
think they would have I mean they would have. I
guess crossed paths a little bit. He was a part
of Walker Lions, was a part of the two thousand
and I want to say twenty two class. Coming out
of high school twenty two, twenty three, twenty three class,
so a fourth star had plenty of offers. He decided
to go with his hometown school, essentially in USC.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 3: I think he was initially committed to Stanford though, because
he was looking for the event, and then he pivoted
over to USC music part of the twenty twenty three class,
So that was, you know, the you know, the first
foray into the big twelve and BA he was adapting,
investing in by investing, I mean, look at the staff
that BAU haves now. Look at the strength and conditioning staff,
look at the nutrition staff, look at like all of
the the upgrades to the locker room, upgrades to the
strengthening conditioning room, and it's just a different time, it's
a different place. And I think that's where BYU has
really accelerated their movement and in their progress. Or for
a guy like Walker who's looking at development and he's
comparing and trusting BYU at that time to Stanford and USC,
I think he just felt like individual development and maybe
even coaching, you know, for some people to believe that's
why he went to USC and Stanford.
Speaker 6: Been having a timeline for you. So by you got
the invite to the Big twelve. It was in September
twenty twenty one, is when they posted about it. There
weren't going to go to a twenty twenty three, twenty
four athletic year. Walker went on his mission February of
twenty three, got back June of twenty four. Lincoln Roley
was the coach in twenty twenty one twenty two. So
that how do you say no to air? That that's
the problem.
Speaker 5: So there you go.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's that. I think there's any number
of things. Riders recruiting. It probably matters to uh B,
why you going hoard after Ryder or his younger brother
and saying, hey, do you know to to Walker? Do
you want to play with your brother eventually? Do you
want to you want to ball out at Brigham? Baby,
Walker's got some eligibility left, right, He's got some years
and uh I believe he's gonna be able to play
with his brother now he's he's gonna receive a lot
of touchdowns, a lot of throws right uh to uh
are from Bear Bachmeyer. Can't wait to see these two
connect and they've been connecting early and often in spring ball. Okay, Okay,
let's get back to it. One last thing from Aaron Roderck.
You had success with Carson Ryan last year. Did that
have any impact on the guys like Walker and Robert
coming to b YU.
Speaker 4: You'd have to ask, You'd have to ask those guys
if I had any impact on them.
Speaker 7: But I can't hurt you, know.
Speaker 4: I mean, I think Carson Carson really did a nice
shot for us last year is a every every down player,
like he was, an excellent locker, really good receiver, did
so many good things for us, and I think it
gave us a chance to sort of re establish like
what we've always wanted to be and what we've always
wanted to do with our tight ends. And I think
that you're gonna see a lot more of that in
the future with these guys we have in the program
right now, and guys, a couple guys are on missions,
they're gonna be coming home and just are recruiting that
that position has been really strong the last couple of years.
And you're gonna start seeing the fruits of that in
the next few seasons.
Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, the fruits for the next couple of seasons.
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Speaker 1: Let's get into it. Bear Bachmeyer Springball just a day ago.
Speaker 7: For springle at b YU.
Speaker 4: You were at Stanford a year ago, and how different
is it being here in the spring and not having
to touch up on the fly.
Speaker 5: In the summer day.
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's definitely beneficial and just knocking off the rust,
but but also building chemistry with the new guys and
and yeah, so it's good.
Speaker 5: Were some of those new guys maybe we've stuck out
too so far?
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean you got the new tight ends Roger
and Walker and yeah, Kyler from from Oregon and then
some of the freshmen as well. So yeah, obviously.
Speaker 5: A lot of new faces in the wide receiverment.
Speaker 1: Andre's have you seen anybody's there? And what have you
noticed about the datu there?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I got a lot of confidence in
all those guys.
Speaker 9: I mean, I think it's self explanatory that that you know,
it's it's lined up right for for Jojo to have
a great year.
Speaker 7: And so yeah, he's looking really good.
Speaker 5: Carson Ryan had such a productive year last year.
Speaker 8: More so you might order to end. What do you
think is you're so reductive in terms of like you're.
Speaker 1: A connection with a kid.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think I think it's just a
testament to Carson and and the kind of player that
he is. And and uh, yeah, a Rod a Rod
and the staff scheme schemed up well for him, and yeah,
he had a he had a marvelous year and and yeah,
I can't wait to see him performing prodey and get
drafted your prison.
Speaker 7: Do you think there's anything that you talk to play
guy that ends to come here. Yeah, of course it's Uh.
I mean everybody's totally different.
Speaker 9: But uh, I mean, once once they get acclimated to
our scheme and what we like to do.
Speaker 7: Uh, you know, our tight ends are gonna be dangerous again.
Speaker 1: Bear, what do you what?
Speaker 5: What do you want to do accomplished.
Speaker 1: By the end.
Speaker 3: So, I mean a lot of tight end talk here,
And I know Cougar nations huge, huge.
Speaker 1: Fans of the tight end.
Speaker 3: Okay, twelve personnel is ingrained in their mind, their hearts,
their body, their football souls. Hearing him start off right
through the interview discussing Walker Lions in Roger Salia Paga,
the transfer from USC and Oregon. That has to get
your jazz, That has to get you excited, It has
to get you juiced.
Speaker 1: Like if you're looking for the dynamic duos of the past, the.
Speaker 3: As I mentioned, I played in the era of Johnny Harlena,
Dan Coates, Dennis Pitta, and Andrew.
Speaker 1: George right, And you know what, I loved me some.
Speaker 3: You know in the modern area, you know n Isasac
Rex and Dallan Hulker that that DANDAM was pretty good too.
Good football team, good football players. We're seeing maybe a
little bit of a resurgence of this twelve personnel and
these dynamic duo tight ends, and you go back into
the past, there's been plenty of great tight ends that
have come through b Yu and VIC.
Speaker 1: I know you love a tight end. You're a big fan.
So who's who's your favorite dynamic duo?
Speaker 3: I have to tula Meaz, I knew exactly what you
were thinking.
Speaker 1: I could.
Speaker 3: I was im I stole it from you, and I apologize.
Speaker 1: That's okay. That was that was that.
Speaker 3: Was inappropriate to me. But I knew what you were thinking.
I could feel it in my loins.
Speaker 10: And to Nelely was just incredible too. I mean he
guaranteed pass catcher. I mean he threw it to him
and he catch it every time. I never saw him
drop a pass.
Speaker 1: And he was quick, he was fast.
Speaker 10: And unfortunately he had that knee injury with the Seahawks.
Speaker 3: Or he would have well, yeah, I think he had
an injury with b Yu prior and then then had
had an additional later on, but yeah, he had, he
had a devastating injury. So sad, I feel hard man.
It's a game of attrition, as I'd like to say,
a game of attrition. It's not if it's when the
game takes you out the game injuries, you mean, and
it'll get you, gosh darn guarantee it. But I think
it's good news. It's great news. It's grand news. It's
wonderful news to hear bear Bachmeyer start off these segments
saying Walker Lions and Roger Sally of Paga.
Speaker 1: Baby, those are my new go tos.
Speaker 3: And remember Bear Bachmeyer is a premiere intermediate passer, premiere.
Speaker 1: Bro just on point.
Speaker 3: And you know who thrives in intermediate pass game big strong, fast, burly,
great blocking, great route running, tight ends. Baby, I don't
think you're ready for this, Jelly, I don't think you're
ready for this because my time and so Booty.
Speaker 1: Let's just for your baby. Let's get back to bear Bachmeyer.
Sound Bear, what do you got cooking?
Speaker 11: End of springball?
Speaker 8: Anything you and good joy like to the calm?
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think I think schematically with our
personnel obviously, uh guinea acclimate to the new guys. Just
kind of what we were talking about, uh, you know,
getting getting adjusted to to how they like to play
and and and then them getting just how I like
to play as well. So just kind of uh making
that chemistry stronger and and uh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11: You obviously had a remarkable fall camp last year, but
that kind of a compressed uh opportunity to to learn
just how to implement the offense and succeed because kind
of maybe transpose that to what you're gonna be able
to do the spring and how it's gonna benefit you
and and and just how how much of an advantage
that could be for.
Speaker 9: Yeah, No, definitely looking at last year, definitely a confined,
confined time to to to U really diviulgent in the
playbook and really take that all in. But uh yeah,
obviously having a whole spring ball and getting getting it
under my belt, it'll be very beneficial.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it'll be very beneficial.
Speaker 12: There's so much attentions given obviously the spring ball is
like being able to get out on the field, oxtage
and all that. What's the big deal about off season conditioning?
Speaker 7: Kind of the the.
Speaker 12: Extra lighting that you guys are able to go through,
Like is, have you already noticed a little bit of
an advantage of being able to start to go through
that that you didn't.
Speaker 2: Get last year?
Speaker 9: Yeah?
Speaker 7: Of course yeah.
Speaker 9: I I mean I was, I was at Stanford last
year doing off season training. But yeah, obviously being here
and and uh obviously being in higher elevation and getting
getting even more used to that.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's it's it's beneficial obviously. So yeah, did.
Speaker 12: Anythings surprise you from the strength stop here that you
kind of went through the first time?
Speaker 9: I mean, I was, I was here in the summer.
I yeah, they just try and kick your butts in
the off season.
Speaker 7: So yeah, that's w winter. Winter is rough.
Speaker 9: Uh and uh yeah winter is pretty rough and summer
will be rough as well.
Speaker 12: So yeah, Okay.
Speaker 1: There you go.
Speaker 3: That's bear bach myrish and uh in so many ways
love I've heard from Bear Bachmeyer. Good stuff from Bear
bark Man. Any thoughts, any commentary follow up to the
Bear Bachmeyer sound bites Cougar bytes there. I Mean, the
biggest thing that I that I loved was the frank
and fourth rightness of tight end talk. Right Walker Lyons
and Roger la Paga. Both great football players and now
it's time to really showcase their abilities at the highest
levels in the Big twelve.
Speaker 1: Baby.
Speaker 5: I have one thing Ben, I can say this.
Speaker 6: You can see if you stand in front of him
and we have this privilege, I'm not reporting anything that's
gonna get me in trouble. His You can tell his
physical his his his feature is different, Like his body's
already different. You can see it just a little bit,
like I'm seeing his triceps flex, he slimm. I think
he's definitely put the time in the weight room.
Speaker 5: You can see it.
Speaker 6: And I think once they're done with them in the summer,
it's gonna be different. Caline mentioned that day one, but
that was something I noticed is I think the physical
appearance of Bear will be different.
Speaker 5: Come come this year.
Speaker 1: And fall boom Baby.
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