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Speaker 1: The the twenty twenty six class.

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BYU Recruiting Coordinator. He's the host of the Utah Prep

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podcast as well as the president of Prep Worm prep

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Speaker 1: We got Moose Bingham on theline. Moose, Hey living Ben,

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I'm living great.

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Speaker 4: I haven't heard from you in an age. Oh my

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sunning Day's coming gone, and I've got it talking about

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some of these recruits.

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Speaker 3: I know we didn't get you on when we should have,

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right at the peak of signing day, but we're like, hey,

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we got to rehash, we got to rekindle the recruiting

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fire of Moose Bingham and get them on to discuss

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the twenty twenty sixth class and beyond.

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Speaker 1: So appreciate you hopping on number one. Give us an update.

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Speaker 3: How are things in your world with your family, with work,

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et cetera.

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Speaker 4: It's tough.

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Speaker 5: Then.

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Speaker 4: I'm living in Florida. I get eighteen holes in a day.

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I need to get you out here. I mean, my

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golf game is getting better and my ten is getting immaculate.

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So life is good for me right now.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad. I'm sure.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure the move was as the move been good

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for work as well, with preper warm and all the

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other things you do.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we've got about forty colleges on right now, so

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it's really really fun. I mean, I'm going to a

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couple of a SEC colleges tomorrow actually, so I get

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to see what everyone's doing all around the country. It's

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a blast.

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Speaker 1: Ben, love it man.

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Speaker 3: Well, glad you're doing well. And for those that don't

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know what is prep worm, how do you do? How

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would you describe prep worm the software as a service

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a program.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: So we're in all in one CRM that allows you

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to have a one stop shop for all of your recruiting,

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that your team can run good and that you can

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do what you want. And that's coach. So we help

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teams all over the country. I don't know if I

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can say them on the air, but we have teams

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in every major people conference love that.

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Speaker 1: Man, Well, glad you're doing well.

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Speaker 3: Let's break down these b YU twenty twenty six signing class.

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You know there's as it's a trifecta. You have your

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freshman class, right that comes in. Some of them serve missions,

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some of them are immediate players. You have your transfer

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portal class, and then you have your return missionary class.

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Speaker 1: Where do you want to start off first, Boos.

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Speaker 4: Bingham, Let's start with the initial freshman signing, then go

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to the transfer portal and then we can talk about

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the kids coming in.

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Speaker 1: Okay, perfect, Okay, so let's go with this freshman class.

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Speaker 3: Then I thought it was a great class, really solid class.

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One of the best in BYU football history, no doubt

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about it. And obviously rider lines with the headliner. You

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have Adam Bywater, Bob Mulitalo, Brock Harris, Taygatchi, Lopetty Mowala,

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Jaron Pula, Kennon Pula, all four star players, which guys

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really stand out to you. I don't know if Boh's

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ever signed this many four star players.

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Speaker 4: No, BYU has never come even this close. When out

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of the BYU, if you got a top fifty class,

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you're like, yeah, let's go oh with this class. If

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you've got two four stars, you're like, we're knocking it

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out of the park, b Yu. Right now we have

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won two, three, four, five, six, seven eight. I feel

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like Lebron James in Miami talking about championships right now

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when we've got four stars on the line and each

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one brings something to key right your lines. He's that

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keystone recruit that you try to get that bring me

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everyone else in Adam Bywater super underrated, he played tight

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end at Olympus and it was just get open, and

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he did and he played awesome. And then he played

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linebacker on the other side, where he's gonna settle in

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at BYU six four ten pounds. He's taller than his

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brother Ben, and he is a rugby All Star. He's

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the one to ask to do so much. When he

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focuses in on what he needs to do, he's going

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to be dominant. Bob Louis Talo, he played o line

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for one year and I was like, what a mistake.

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him play and I said, what a genius move, getting

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Gary Page teaching you how to play offensive tackle, and

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then I think he gets knocked inside. Bob Bobe Talo.

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the VYU. Brock Harris heading on a mission. But if

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he wasn't, I think he'd be the number one tight end.

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I went to the under Armor All American Game practice

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in Orlando. I watched Brock Harris and he was a

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standout each and every day. He's like this stupid offensive

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coordinator here likes to run ten personnel like he should

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be running eleven or just have that one out there.

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Rock Harris is a mismatch. He's a great blocker. I

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think he's insanely underrated because he's been doing the exact

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same thing for so long. Ty Gotschi, he's the same

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way stick six to twenty five. He had some lights

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to add, but he's a top ten player in this

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entire class. Well, Pete Miwala, coming in from Davis to

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sure he had thirty sacks and they didn't count as sacks.

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Speaker 6: Right.

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Speaker 4: There wasn't a player in the state that could stop him.

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And he is a kid that I think could get

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knocked inside be a disruptor from a three tench And

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then my two favorite twins on the team now, Jaren

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and Kennan Pula. My goodness, Kennan, we all remember the

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Sports Center top catch, but Jaren pulla consistent He's phenomenal,

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great receiver. I think both these kids are massively underrated,

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and I think there should be more four stars in

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this class. Between you and me, honestly.

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Speaker 3: It's an impressive class, no dad about it. And Jack

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underrated player I think in this class is actually Braxton Lindsay,

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linebacker at Arkansas, a significant amount of P four offers

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and borderline four star. I think he could be a

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plug and play guy. He's not a mission first kid.

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He's coming in immediately to compete.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I really like Bradston. For me, the most underrated

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player in this class is kawey Akana. He was a

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four star and they knocked him down and I had

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some words with some raiders. I said, hey, if you

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don't want to do the job right, I'll come in

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and do it for you. That kid's before star. It's

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not a border line five start. And they're like, oh, injuries.

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I'm like, do you know who helps had injuries? Who

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can Nakua? And you guys all flight at him and

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now he's the best receiver in the NFL. They're like, well,

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but and then you just know that Kawa a Kona

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when he gets back from his mission, he's a dude

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that's gonna take it by storm. I think he might

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end up as a linebacker or a safety, but he

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can do it all. That's a kid that I'm super

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hyped to watch.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I like that breakdown. Kabi a Kana, very versatile

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and uh, you know, if you're looking at the kids

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that are serving missions, first, is he a player or

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is there another player that you would say, Hey, this

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kid could actually compete and play this season for BYU.

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Speaker 4: So besides the four stars, all of them could come in.

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Matthew Mason coming in from Faith to Lutheran, the safety

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six three one ninety kind of hand picks by Jay

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Hill coming in, and I really like matt I did

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a full breakdown on YouTube on him, being like, what

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is this kid and why are we not talking more

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And then the next kid, Davon Ekka. I mean, I

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love our running backs. RB one kid's a stud, but

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I think Devon is just good enough that he could

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come in and take that spot. And I love that

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he's already in school, already competing, and he's a kid

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that can get it done. He's like a fine line.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Devon Eka has been training with Jamal Williams and Luke,

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Jamal's trainer, and so look, if anybody could step up

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Speaker 1: But it could be Devon Eka.

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one there. Honestly, Davon's gonna come in and he's going

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to surprise a lot of people, great hands out of

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the backfield right at eleven five. He reminds me of

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Jamal a lot too, because Jamal coming in he wanted

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this heralded dude that you're like, oh, that's it. I mean,

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he was a low rated player than aj Moore and

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coming in he was kind of an accestha. Honestly, Davon ecka.

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He's the lowest rated kid on this list, and I

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bet that eats at him each and every day. He's like,

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I'll show you how great I am.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think you're Ryan.

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Speaker 3: He's got a little chip on his shoulder, looking to

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make some hay and uh maybe make an impact his

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first season. We got Moose Bingham on the line talk

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and some recruiting here on your Utah ESPN Radio network.

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Speaker 1: A couple of things I want to get to.

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Speaker 3: There's a uh, there's the missionaries are always intriguing to me.

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You don't always have high expectations for missionaries, right, What

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should be the expectation? What's like the the standard for

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return missionary as far as like when they're going to SEEPT,

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how they're going to SEEPT. Is there anyone that's coming

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home from a mission that you're like, Okay, we got

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to keep an eye on this young man. And I'm

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looking at like the missionary list I want to say

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it is, uh, let me let me.

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Speaker 1: Break this down.

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Speaker 3: I think owen Borg linebacker, Matthew Frederick tight end, Blake

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Lowe linebacker, Jet Nelson wide receiver. Two we Pututau offensive line,

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Adney Reid defensive end, David Tungi Lanu defensive tackling, and

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Speaker 4: Oh you know what, I like a lot of these guys,

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but the one I really love is Adney Reid. And

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for Spanish Fork came and took an official visit and

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when he laid in on his official visit. But he

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and dominate. He's just got a world of potential. And

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that's the kid that I'd paid to say. Hey, he's

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already lived away from home. He has a great base,

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he has a great support system. He's not going to

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be shaken being at BYU. He lives in the mission

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field for two years before he went on his own mission.

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And I think he's just an outstanding human being. And

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his sons are taking after his footsteps.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you're spot on, and he's going to

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be a nice was I kind of like Enick Watson.

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think you're looking for someone to back up Bear, the

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Bear Bachmeyer, the Bachmeyer of Bear, and many are leaning

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towards tracing Borget. I'm like let's see what this uh,

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this uh freshman could do. Kind of an unheralded freshman.

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his junior year and then American Leadership Academy for his

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senior year. Played well at American the Leadership Academy. He's

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got a good arm, good athleticism. I think he's an

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underrated player. Could could Enick Watson maybe uh be the

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backup to bear Bachmeyer this season.

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Speaker 4: Do you know what's crazy? I actually think he could

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so Enich coming in believes that he'll be the starter

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at YU sooner rather than later. And I love that.

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Like you talk to the kid, he's he's borderline cockey,

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but he's a hunt percent confident. He's like, I am

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the dude. I played at a LA, I've been trained

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by some of the greatest quarterback coaches that have ever

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gone through BYU and he's like, I'm the next man up.

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And who's to say he isn't come in, do what

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you need to do, and let's see what you got,

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young man. Spring ball is gonna reveal a lot about him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what are your storylines actually heading into spring ball?

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Speaker 4: Oh, I'm always watching the kickers and the snappers.

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Speaker 3: I mean, oh, okay, that's interesting because we did talk

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about the competition. You're replacing Will Farron, Garrison Grimes, and

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potentially Sam Vanderhart. That doesn't that doesn't make us feel

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real good about the the potential productivity and efficiency of

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our special team.

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Speaker 1: Shunit uh No.

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Speaker 4: But there's some great kids coming in. You've got Ian

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Sanchez in there, You've gotten my fias Don, You've got

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Brody Legatt coming back from his mission. Between the those three,

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I love it. I'm like, let's go, let's see what

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cream rises to the top, because that's what happened with

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our kickers and putters the last few years. And if

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push comes to shove with Punter, we can always go

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to Australia and find a kid from down under, maybe

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a friend of Abbey Reid. Say, hey, who do you

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know down there that can help us out. Let's get

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on the horn. B Yu just signed a long snapper

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from Snow College. They're ready to compete in those positions

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and see what cream rises to the tall. So I'm

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always keeping an eye on special teams because after watching

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the Super Bowl. We know who the real people's MVP was.

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It was a kicker for Seattle. I don't care what

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anyone else says. He was five for five and a

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maculate during the game.

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Speaker 1: He was pretty much to thank good.

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Speaker 3: Let's discuss the transfer portal class for twenty twenty six.

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Roger Sally O Paga, Javin Williams, Zach Yamauchi, Kadi Uluave,

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Jake Clifton from Kansas State, Kyler Casper, Oregon Junior, Seya

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pop Few and then Walker Lions.

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Speaker 1: Who stands out to you there? What do you like

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about this? Uh? These nine acquisitions? Bett, we got it.

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We're back.

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Speaker 3: Maybe transferportal class Roger Saliapaga, Javin Williams, Zach Yamauchi, k

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Dou Lawave, Jay Clifton, Kyler Casper, Junior, Sea Packy Fenu

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and Walker Lions. What stands after you about the transferportal

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class for by U?

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Speaker 4: Do you know what? I love this whole transferporting class. Honestly,

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we've got a plan through a four start. Let's start

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with them. You know Walker Lions, he is an absolute sud.

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It was the worst kept secret him coming to b

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y U. I see a lot of Carson, Ryan and

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him and even more. He's a little longer than Carson,

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has a really good hands, Maybe needs work, comes blocking

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a little bit, but I love Walker Lions Zakilmucci. This

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kid is a stud too, six three hundred and twenty

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five pounds. Hear the tree. We're not worried about grades

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from him. He is an absolute dog woof, woof. And

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if we need to sure up our offensive line hockey

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f now we miss once, we miss twice, but third

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time is the charm to get the four star out

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of Washington Hockey. He is an absolute stud. I love

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this kid and our MTRO line. There's a couple of

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bullies right there. And when you add junior Seatos in

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the mix, the Mountain from Mountain Ridge six five three

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twenty five, you've got a three headed monster right there

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that's ready to road grade for our amazing quarterback and

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running backs. Then you add Kate love it. What's better

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than one kid from Mountain Ridge? Ben who katulambe coming

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in from the way of cow. He was a tackling

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machine for the first couple of years. You're just like,

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nothing can stop this kid. Have a little bit of

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a dip, but he's gonna have a huge boost from

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Jake Clifton as well. Jake Clifton coming off a mission,

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he was an LDS player out there. Now BYU's got

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a chance to have him in on the edge. Jadd

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Williams stun coming from the FCS level. Loves the kid

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a lot. He's actually just kidding coming from Mississippi State.

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I don't know why it's at SCS, Sorry, FBS. Mississippi

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State has put out a lot of good dudes. And

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he's six five, does it all? And Rogers Cielataga and

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Kyle Casper are your two catching amazing one to tight

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end ones the receiver. Kyle Casper reminds me a lot

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of a Niche Matthews or Nick Kurtz Nix foot six,

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two hundred twelve pounds. I loved having those two on

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the team where it's like sea ball, get bawl thrown up.

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Your porter is not gonna catch this six foot six,

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two hundred twelve pound human being that has length to

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dunk and length to pick the ball out of the air.

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And Rogers Cielataga I called a lot of his games.

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I remember his sophomore year. It was bountiful versus Orum,

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and I went up to Orum called his game and

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it was him one on one with our safety, and

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I was like, these are the two best kids on

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the field, and DYU will have a roster if they

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can get both of them. And now we have both

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those guys in the Royal Blue of Provo, Utah.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of twelve personnel this season.

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Speaker 4: You think, oh, my goodness, and nothing makes me happier. Heck,

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let's throw in thirteen personnel, bed I don't mind that

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any bit.

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Speaker 3: Let's go Moose Bingham ladies and gentlemen, Moose. Best way

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to support you, what you do, how you do it.

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Appreciate you hopping off for a little cruit in the

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cougar segment.

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Speaker 4: Oh just follow me on Twitter at Moose b ninety.

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Let me know how wrong I am with my ratings.

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I'm sure they're gonna come out soon. I'll start getting

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after it. Let me know why your kid is the

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greatest and I can't wait to see what our amazing

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coaches do with these young men.

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Speaker 3: Let's go Moose Bingham ladies and gentlemen. Thanks so much, Moose.

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I always appreciate our time together. Thanks for talking to

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Speaker 4: I love you, Ben, can't wait to see you on

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Speaker 6: And what was a busy weekend for Cougar sports. We

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start with the headliner and men's basketball number eight. Houston

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came to town Saturday night and defeated BYU seventy seven

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to sixty six. A j Dea Bonsa scored twenty eight

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to lead all players. The only other Cougar and Blue

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to score double digits was Rob Right. The third was seventeen.

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On a positive note, Houston only turn to BYU over

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six times. That is the least amount of turnovers Houston

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is forced.

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Speaker 5: All year up next for BYU as.

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Speaker 6: A homecoming for rob Right in the third when they

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faced Baylor Waco on Tuesday. We women's basketball is also

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defeated over the weekend in the Little Appril where they

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lost to Kansas State in Manhattan seventy seven to fifty two.

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That was the third least amount of point BYU scored

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all year. They host Iowa State in the nation's leading

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scorer in Audi Crooks Tuesday at seven o'clock in the

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Mariana Super Bowl. Last night, Kyris Tonga was credited with

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a tackle in the Patriots twenty nine at thirteen loss.

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Speaker 1: He was the first two go to.

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Speaker 6: Play in the Super Bowl was twenty twenty three, when

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Fred Warner played with the forty nine ers. The recap

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the rest of the weekend. YU softball went one and

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three over the weekend, with a win over Murder Day

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in the NFCA lead Off Classic. Men's volleyball completed sweeps

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of Lincoln Memorial in Harvard. Men swim and dive lost,

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while women's swim and dive beat Utah and their final

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meet before the Big Twelve Conference champions. Gymnastics scored a

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one ninety six point nine to seventy five to beat

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Southern Utah, which was their highest scores in twenty twenty four,

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and women's tennis won both their competition over the weekend

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I've been asked time and time again to say, Hey,

491
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what is this defense gonna look like under Kelly Papina

492
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,799
as the defensive coordinator. What is it that he's gonna do?

493
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How was he going to execute it? Are we gonna

494
00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:11,359
have a drop off? Is he gonna be as good

495
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as Jay Hill? All of them are valid questions. I

496
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,240
love the conversation, I love the debate. I love the

497
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,839
questions that come from Kugarnation and Uh, I think you're

498
00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:25,400
gonna see you heard you hadn't heard Kelly on BA

499
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,960
Sports Nation. We're gonna try to get him on the

500
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,119
show as well this week, try to get some inside

501
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,680
and commentary, maybe piggyback off of the questions that BA

502
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Sports Nation UH was asking about the future of this

503
00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:40,359
Bayu defense. Uh, but I'm very optimistic, extremely optimistic about

504
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:41,240
the defense.

505
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,319
Speaker 1: Going forward with Kop at the helm. He's definitely earned it. Uh.

506
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Speaker 3: Let's talk a little bit about the future of this

507
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,720
defense under k pop with a former BYU great super

508
00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:49,240
Bowl champion.

509
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Speaker 1: We got Brady Papinka on the line. Brady, how that?

510
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:51,559
Speaker 4: Heck?

511
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Speaker 1: Are you buddy?

512
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Speaker 3: Always a pleasure talking ball with you, Brady, Like like

513
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,519
ever since the change, Right, everyone's you know, everyone's concerned

514
00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,680
about losing Jay, which you know we do reason we

515
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,240
all love Jay. He was a fantastic coach and we

516
00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:10,920
wish him well. Gennaro was a loss. Uh, but everyone

517
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,039
asked me, Hey, Ben, what what type of defense is

518
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,559
k pop gonna be running? What is it gonna look like?

519
00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:18,319
What is it gonna feel like? What type of play

520
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,519
caller will he be? Give me your your eval And

521
00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:23,960
I know, look, I'm asking the big brother here.

522
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Speaker 1: You're you're as familiar.

523
00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:29,279
Speaker 3: With Kelly's strengths as you are with these weaknesses. Uh,

524
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,680
you've watched it up close, you've watched it from afar.

525
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,920
What type of defense do you think Kate Pop's gonna

526
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be running next year in the years to come?

527
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Speaker 5: Well, I mean the biggest thing is you're you know,

528
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,119
Kelly is not a guy that's gonna be delusional.

529
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Speaker 1: Here, right.

530
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Speaker 5: I mean, he's looking at this like this defense for

531
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,519
the last two years has been really good, I would say,

532
00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:51,359
you know, very almost to the point of being a

533
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,640
dominant defense. And there's no reason to change that, you know,

534
00:26:55,799 --> 00:26:58,680
especially when you got guys they're all coming back that

535
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,799
can build off what they've done previously. That's to me

536
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,519
one of the most viable things because in my career

537
00:27:04,559 --> 00:27:07,480
I was always asked to do something different almost every year,

538
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,960
from when I was the freshman in college all the

539
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,079
way to my last year in the NFL, which was

540
00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:15,519
a twelve year spand and it was hard. It would

541
00:27:15,519 --> 00:27:17,359
have been really nice just to be able to stack

542
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,359
years one on top of another. You know. You hear

543
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,480
John Beck talk about that a lot, even in his career,

544
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,799
where you know, you just like to be able to

545
00:27:23,839 --> 00:27:27,319
just grow on what had been done previously. And so

546
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,720
when you take all about it too consideration how good

547
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,799
they play, and then a lot of guys going back

548
00:27:31,839 --> 00:27:33,640
to the show success in the same kind of seam,

549
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,039
there's no there's no reason to try to change it,

550
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,240
you know. And then then at the same time, the

551
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,319
final decision of this defense comes down to money, you know.

552
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,480
And then and that's also why Gary's there to be

553
00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,480
the kind of the guys have been through this whole

554
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,799
thing to keep them true to what they do, because

555
00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:53,279
it's really good. The principals ended up really good their sound.

556
00:27:53,319 --> 00:27:55,400
They got some really good change up in nuances that

557
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,559
on a week to week basis game planning wise, were

558
00:27:58,599 --> 00:28:02,519
really good. And the really good because they're complicated to

559
00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:05,599
the DTA excuse me, they're complicated how they are perceived

560
00:28:05,599 --> 00:28:09,200
by the offense, but from the defensive perspective, they're quite simple.

561
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So they have the illusion of complexity, you know, and

562
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if you look at any strategists like that's like the

563
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,359
perfect sweet spot where something to you can look, you know,

564
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,720
really complicated, but it's really a simple adjustment here, and

565
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:22,599
that's what you go for. So, uh, the base is there,

566
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,319
the infrastructures, they're sure. Kelly's probably gonna have some more

567
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of his signature involved in that, which you know, i'd

568
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,480
imagine to be some of the Broncos stuff, you know,

569
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:33,559
the cover six, Cover four, you know, some of the

570
00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:37,359
Traps Cover two kind of stuff maybe, But that's pretty

571
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,200
much it. And and by the way, all that stuff

572
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,920
compliments already. What BYU does you know with the single

573
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,920
Stafey stuff, I mean Cover six. As you know, Ben,

574
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you ran that for how long?

575
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

576
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Speaker 5: You know, you were prop.

577
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,799
Speaker 1: And we ran it. We ran a ton of Cover six.

578
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I was like, I got.

579
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Speaker 3: I was like, I tried to mix up my alignment

580
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,920
every single time we called cover six. So I was like,

581
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so they don't I'm like pressing one time, I'm playing

582
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,440
at eight, acting like a four four across and other

583
00:29:04,519 --> 00:29:06,839
times and there coming down with a snap. I was

584
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,400
I was trying to give different looks at different times

585
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,880
for certain Yeah, but I bring up.

586
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Speaker 5: That because and again I don't know if he's gonna

587
00:29:13,559 --> 00:29:16,279
actually do it, but it looks a lot from a

588
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:19,359
quarterback standpoint, you can make Cover six look a lot

589
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,640
like Cover three in post course corner stuff. And then

590
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,319
you think, oh, I got we got the seams. If

591
00:29:23,319 --> 00:29:25,720
we get them, you know, in a specific formation, we

592
00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:28,200
got some weaknesses, but all of a sudden they shift

593
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,799
to six and those weaknesses aren't there anymore because it's

594
00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:32,920
a compliment to Cover three. So you have that, and

595
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,079
it's a really strong run defense, you know, with the

596
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with the split safety look and a split with split

597
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:40,720
safety concept too, So it's it's a nice comment. Maybe

598
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,599
it's something they do and that would be that would

599
00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:44,359
be the extensive that I imagine it would go. But

600
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like I said, if if you're smart, like Kelly's really smart,

601
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you know, look, this has been working. You're gonna keep

602
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,599
doing what's working until it doesn't.

603
00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: Work anymore, no doubt.

604
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Speaker 3: One of the things I've also brought up is is this,

605
00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:00,599
I don't know if we've had as much talent on

606
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,680
the defensive side as we've had over the last couple

607
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,319
of years.

608
00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:06,359
Speaker 1: And it continues to look like it's going to improve.

609
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 3: The clay is good an artists into each good clay,

610
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,880
and so a good artisan with good clay, it sounds

611
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:17,079
like it's going to be. I'm pretty optimistic with all that.

612
00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:20,599
You know, the talent that Byu has in the in

613
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,000
that locker room, well.

614
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the and Kelly said it, I believed

615
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,079
is one of his interviews where he hits a theme

616
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of competition, and I think that'll be really fun because

617
00:30:31,839 --> 00:30:34,440
as you get more and more good players, more and

618
00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:36,720
more of them are deserving to play. But there's only

619
00:30:36,759 --> 00:30:39,480
a love of spots, right, and so that just creates

620
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,119
an internal competition to where guys are going to be

621
00:30:42,359 --> 00:30:45,680
more caught up and competing in terms of making plays,

622
00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:48,559
which I think is the ideal scenario where you want

623
00:30:48,599 --> 00:30:50,799
your kids to be is you want them to compete

624
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:56,079
against each other and the scoreboard is making plays versus

625
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,440
worrying about the opponent, because the opponent usually should just

626
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,319
be nameless face boss, it's just it's just there. But

627
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,880
to go out and be like, man, I got to

628
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,880
go out and make some big plays today to get

629
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,599
more plays or to keep you know, the hot hand going,

630
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,559
that's a healthy place to be because when everybody's doing that,

631
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,000
it's an internal synergy that takes everybody's level play to

632
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,839
a whole new level. And if you have enough guys

633
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,440
to pull that off and that the coaches can be

634
00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:21,720
disciplined and you don't have to be a jerk about

635
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,720
it from a coaching standpoint, where you're you know, you're

636
00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:26,079
pulling guys out every time they make a mistake or

637
00:31:26,319 --> 00:31:28,599
every time the other guy makes some plays. You're you know,

638
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,640
you're not all of a sudden benching the other person,

639
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,440
but you're you're letting them know, like, look, you know,

640
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,480
if you do get in a rut, we have somebody

641
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:36,920
here that can come in and make plays. And then

642
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,960
at the same time, and this is what it's going

643
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,680
to be challenging for Kelly and this the staff is

644
00:31:42,079 --> 00:31:43,759
you have to be able to fit these guys in.

645
00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:46,279
You have to have scheme flexibility, scheme creativity to get

646
00:31:46,319 --> 00:31:48,960
your talent on the field. And the eleven best guys.

647
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,119
People don't realize your eleven best guys need to be

648
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,160
on the field, but your eleven best guys change per situation,

649
00:31:55,759 --> 00:31:58,759
and so that takes scheme creativity, takes a situational recognition,

650
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,119
takes you know, record should have understanding how you're going

651
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,000
to defend an offense. And those are the challenges that

652
00:32:04,079 --> 00:32:07,000
this dass is going to be confronting, and I'm sure

653
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,319
it's one they're looking forward to. And because it's fun

654
00:32:09,359 --> 00:32:11,839
from a schematic standpoint, and so this is this is

655
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,240
really good. You know, to have enough horses in the

656
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,640
barn to so to speak, to where you can do that.

657
00:32:16,759 --> 00:32:18,599
You can run a lot of different schemes. You could

658
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,359
have that interial competition going and then at the same

659
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,039
time have that challenge of how do I find a

660
00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:26,480
role for everybody, because you can't just abandon guys. You know,

661
00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:30,359
there's guys that are probably you know eleven A, you know,

662
00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:32,839
when you're talking to your eleven mes guys when it's

663
00:32:32,839 --> 00:32:35,160
a you know, tough running team that you're playing against

664
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,720
versus other teams that maybe spread you out throat. Okay,

665
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:40,640
maybe they're you know twelve thirteen. Well you got to

666
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,599
still be able to help them to be incorporated in

667
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,920
the team and help them incorporated into the scheme, but

668
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,119
not ask them to do something that's outside of the willhouse.

669
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,960
So those are all fun challenges that these these coaches

670
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,319
are going to be dealing with. And you're right, it's

671
00:32:51,319 --> 00:32:53,839
a good buy product because it shows that you have

672
00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:58,079
a slut talent. Relatively speaking, I would say you're correct.

673
00:32:58,079 --> 00:33:00,799
There's more talent than we've been been seeing it be

674
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,400
like you in a long time. And the recruited class shows

675
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,720
as much, and the status shows you know, the being

676
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,319
able to pay player shows and so that's uh, for

677
00:33:09,359 --> 00:33:11,880
surely's new reality that these guys are dealing with. And

678
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,359
like I said, it's it's the challenge is the scheme, flexibility, creativity,

679
00:33:15,359 --> 00:33:16,960
and understanding situations.

680
00:33:18,119 --> 00:33:21,799
Speaker 3: Brad Vinga here on your Utah ESPN Radio network talking

681
00:33:21,839 --> 00:33:25,640
to BYU football and the future of b YU football

682
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,799
here on Cougar Sports. Brady, when you look at the

683
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:32,400
h the acquisitions via the portal, we see a couple

684
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,279
of linebackers Katie lave j Clifton one from CAL one

685
00:33:36,319 --> 00:33:41,480
from Kansas Kansas State. You look at three offensive lineman

686
00:33:41,559 --> 00:33:45,759
Pockey Finow, Junior Sia and Zakiyamauchi al from p or

687
00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:48,160
one two from P four programs, and then Junior coming

688
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,960
from Utah State, Kyler Casper, a wide receiver from Oregon.

689
00:33:52,039 --> 00:33:56,319
Two tight ends Roger sally Apaga from Oregon and then

690
00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:02,000
Walker Lyons from uh from from USC and then Javin

691
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,839
Williams Mississippi State. What stands out to you about the

692
00:34:04,839 --> 00:34:07,279
transferportal class and the guys that are going to make

693
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:09,639
an impact this next season, Well, what.

694
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 5: I liked about it is we fortify our offensive line

695
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,119
because if you're just for example, looking at offensive line

696
00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,800
from a death standpoint, performer standpoint of last year, you

697
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,159
know you're not losing a ton of guys and you're like, man,

698
00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:23,679
we're good, and so there could have been a tendency

699
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,400
by Kwannie and the staff to be like, oh, we

700
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,400
don't need to really be aggressive, and they were the

701
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,599
complete aufste which is like, man, that's exactly how you

702
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,760
have to do. You have to basically fortify your your

703
00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:36,320
your your up your front.

704
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:36,599
Speaker 1: You know.

705
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 5: I like to have seen him maybe be more active

706
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,000
in our defensive tackle spot, but that maybe shows what

707
00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:43,840
they think about some young guys, because we do have

708
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,760
a bunch of young guys there too that are that

709
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,880
are growing and developing. But uh, but yeah, I think

710
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,760
every year you're always looking to fortify your fronts, no

711
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,039
matter what you have coming back, no matter how well

712
00:34:55,039 --> 00:34:58,760
they're performing, because that, to me is the foundation of

713
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,079
what by football flavor, and that's the foundation of just

714
00:35:01,079 --> 00:35:03,039
football overall. You got to have a really good front

715
00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:05,480
I can control the line of scrimmage and then uh,

716
00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:08,599
and then offensively, it was a priority to get man

717
00:35:08,599 --> 00:35:12,400
de man beating offensive weapons. So you know that the

718
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,199
big wide receiver cast for is last thing's cast for correct?

719
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,039
Speaker 1: Yeahs wide receiver from from Oregon.

720
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's a that's a guy right there

721
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,199
that basically you're I mean, he's he's very similarly built

722
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:29,159
to uh Man, just the names. What what was our

723
00:35:29,159 --> 00:35:30,559
other really tall light receiver.

724
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: Very very recent, Mitch Matthews.

725
00:35:33,559 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 5: There is Mitch. It reminds me a lot of Mitch,

726
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,639
but he has a little bit more I would say, flexibility,

727
00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,960
body control at the top of the route. And so

728
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:43,639
he's the guy that if you're going to try to,

729
00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:45,559
you know, play us Manda Man like Texas Tech was

730
00:35:45,559 --> 00:35:47,800
doing against us in that championship game and we didn't

731
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,440
really have a man beater, you know, somebody that makes

732
00:35:50,519 --> 00:35:54,119
you think twice about playing Mando Man that's hard. You know,

733
00:35:54,159 --> 00:35:56,199
he's the guy that's gonna help that. Also, the two

734
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,880
tight end editions you mentioned are right in that Willhouse. Also,

735
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,119
is there meant to be mixed this match? You know,

736
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:04,119
matchup nightmares for these defenses again, making it to where

737
00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:06,760
as a defense, you've gotta double think or think twice

738
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:08,880
about whether or not you're gonna run man to man

739
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:09,719
and when.

740
00:36:09,559 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 2: We can do that.

741
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,199
Speaker 5: In addition to having our quarterback or in any game

742
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,039
like we had with Bear, and then just our overall

743
00:36:15,079 --> 00:36:17,960
running game in general, that really puts the defenses in mine.

744
00:36:18,119 --> 00:36:21,320
So I really liked all of the additions they made

745
00:36:21,519 --> 00:36:24,880
and I'm looking forward to the younger guys too, developing

746
00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:28,559
and becoming you know, household names, which I think is

747
00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:32,199
gonna happen. I think you're gonna see guys emerge, you know,

748
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,559
especially guys that you know, light bulb turns on all

749
00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:37,920
of a sudden, they get more opportunities and boom. Like

750
00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:39,800
last year, you know, we had Body I got really

751
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:44,519
immersed and was really starting to be impactful, especially at.

752
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 2: The end of the year.

753
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 5: And then we had Newcy. You know, Newcy I think,

754
00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:48,519
as long as he can stay healthy. You know, he

755
00:36:48,559 --> 00:36:50,960
had some some stuff he was dealing with, but man,

756
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,280
he was as dominant of a defensive player we had

757
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,440
all year by the end of the season, especially in

758
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,760
that game against George Tech. I mean, he was a

759
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,199
difference maker. So you all you see these guys growing,

760
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,320
and that's I love that about how we're we're managing

761
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,559
our roster byu Is, we're not just selling out to hey,

762
00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:09,960
let's go buy a bunch of talent, although we do.

763
00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:12,880
You know, we talked about these transfer portal guys, but

764
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,440
at the same time, we're heavily investing in draft or

765
00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:18,840
it's not drafting and development, but it's it's recruiting and developing.

766
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,599
There it is. It's kind of like drafting developing, same concept,

767
00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:24,039
but it's recruiting and developing, which goes to show you, like,

768
00:37:24,559 --> 00:37:27,880
if you're able to do that, that's really your your

769
00:37:28,039 --> 00:37:30,360
your mark as a good coaching staff because you're able

770
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,840
to take guys that have the the foundational skill sets

771
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,360
that you want, you're able to develop them into contributors,

772
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,719
you know, dominators. That's that's huge, you know. So yeah,

773
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,400
and then then the on side, then the off the

774
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,440
ball backers. I thought we added toughness, and the big

775
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,000
thing I think we need is we need guys that

776
00:37:47,039 --> 00:37:49,320
could step into if you looked at Texas Tech, because

777
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,480
the Texas Tech I thought had two really good inside

778
00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:55,920
linebackers that they're not going to jump off any you know,

779
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,960
physical trait metrics. You know these guys, yeah, I mean

780
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,280
pretty good, but they're not big and fast, they're not

781
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,039
these hard hitting guys. But what they did, and I

782
00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:07,000
was impressed because I watched it very closely, was they

783
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:11,320
lined up their defense and they executed precisely. I mean,

784
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,800
I don't know if you guys remember that. I think

785
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,599
it was like a reverse pass with Parker I mean

786
00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:18,719
those guys didn't flinch. I mean they were everybody's in

787
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,599
position across the board, and specifically these backers. So we

788
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:24,800
get more of that out of our inside guys, because

789
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,320
that's why I think, you know last year there and

790
00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:28,639
by the way, it's how our defense is. It's a

791
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,840
heavy dose defense. You know, they're gonna have a lot

792
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,119
of layers to it. If we can get that to

793
00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:36,079
where our linebackers can line us up, help us execute

794
00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:38,199
at a higher rate, it just want, you know, make

795
00:38:38,199 --> 00:38:40,119
plays where they're supposed to make plays, fit the gaps,

796
00:38:40,159 --> 00:38:42,440
where they're supposed to fit the gas. That right there

797
00:38:42,519 --> 00:38:44,239
is going to take our defense to home a level.

798
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,119
So so I like those. I like those editions, And

799
00:38:47,199 --> 00:38:49,440
like I said, I think I think our off season

800
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:51,800
so far looks really good. Now you never know, so

801
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,000
you actually go play, you know, guys that have to

802
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,559
go show them. But on paper, we're looking good.

803
00:38:57,519 --> 00:39:00,519
Speaker 3: Let's transition over to super Bowl talk. It was the

804
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:05,679
grand finale of this season. Many people thought that the

805
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,480
actual Super Bowl was the Seahawks versus the Rams, but

806
00:39:09,559 --> 00:39:11,800
this is a defensive showcase, right, a little bit of

807
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,519
a pitchers duel, if you will, Seattle was in control

808
00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:15,199
for most of it.

809
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,039
Speaker 1: They ended up winning the game.

810
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 3: Obviously, they are the they are the champions, and congratulations

811
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:22,280
to them.

812
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: But what did you make of the game. What stood

813
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:24,400
out to you about it?

814
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 5: Well, it stood out a bet. It is John Schneider,

815
00:39:28,519 --> 00:39:30,599
the general manager of the shah Seahawks, and I go

816
00:39:30,679 --> 00:39:33,360
way back, man, he was a big reason why I

817
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,199
ended up in Green Bay. He's a big reason why

818
00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:39,360
they signed me to a contract extension and to see

819
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,440
him have success because I know how he wants to

820
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,639
build teams and by the way he builds, he builds

821
00:39:43,639 --> 00:39:46,760
the teams very similar to how Uyu done. He builds

822
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,039
the teams based off the competition. Can I remember one

823
00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:53,920
time he got all drunk. Man, it was funny. We're

824
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,159
at this Thanksgiving party. I've told this many times, Like

825
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:57,920
I just love telling you about him because it's so

826
00:39:58,159 --> 00:40:01,360
Josh Snider rot this big Giving party and he's he's

827
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,320
a little younger, you know. I think I think we

828
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,599
maybe three or four years apart in age. So we

829
00:40:06,639 --> 00:40:08,400
had some mutual friends and that's why we have this

830
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,639
party together. It is after we had played the Dallas

831
00:40:10,679 --> 00:40:14,079
Cowboys on Thanksgiving back in oh seven, and that was

832
00:40:14,119 --> 00:40:16,840
the game where Brett Farber got hurt. Aaron Rodgers comes

833
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,719
in and just lights it up and everybody's like, Oh,

834
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,440
Aaron's gonna be really good. So we're at this party

835
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,519
and he's just drunk out of his mind and we're

836
00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:26,760
talking and he's yelling right because there's some music in

837
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,880
the background, but he's drunk, and when people drink, some

838
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,679
people they just start yelling, and he just starts yelling

839
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,760
at me. He goes, you know, far from I'm like, yeah, bro,

840
00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:37,320
He's like, we're done with him. He's like, we are

841
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:40,840
done with that guy. He's like, we got our guy.

842
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,000
And I'm like, bro, you were really talking loud and

843
00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:45,719
he's like am I. I'm like yeah, And I was like,

844
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,320
that's pretty sensitive information about here, man, you know, because

845
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,840
Brett Farber is legendary, I mean you know. And so

846
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,840
fast forward into the conversation and my wife's standing next

847
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,079
to me. He's like, oh, by the way, Brady, He's like,

848
00:40:56,119 --> 00:40:59,639
we're gonna give you a contract extension. I'm like, God,

849
00:40:59,639 --> 00:41:01,360
it's gonna thank you very much for that. I'm looking

850
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,079
at my wife. I'm like, how about that? And then

851
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:04,960
he's like but but don't don't get He's like, but

852
00:41:05,039 --> 00:41:07,239
don't get sit on your lures. We're probably gonna draft,

853
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,000
you know, so if we get a background your safe

854
00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:10,960
position in the first round, we're gonna pull the trigger.

855
00:41:11,199 --> 00:41:13,159
It's like, we just we just draft football players and

856
00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:14,920
we let you guys decide it on the field, you know.

857
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,320
And I was like, Hey, that's cool. And then Lobo.

858
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,280
Last forward to when we came back to work on

859
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,559
that Monday. I'm getting my pass getting ready to go

860
00:41:22,559 --> 00:41:25,079
out to practice and I hear this this yelling of

861
00:41:25,079 --> 00:41:27,559
my name, Brady, Brady Brady. I'm like, what the you know,

862
00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:29,880
what's going on? I turn around his John and he

863
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,880
comes up to me. He pulls me aside. He goes, Brady,

864
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,880
whatever I said last week, do not repeat. It's between them.

865
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,239
I'm like, okay, we're good. And uh so, yeah, he's

866
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,599
he's a stunt man. I'm really happy for him. He's

867
00:41:42,599 --> 00:41:45,719
the first general manager to win the Super Bowl with

868
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,280
two different teams where there's zero players on each one

869
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,559
of those teams, different coaches. I mean, he is the

870
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,840
epitome of how you build football teams and he learned

871
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,840
it from one of the greats, Ted Thompson Ron Wolfs. Again,

872
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,079
those agreement packer guys. And so that's my background, by

873
00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:04,119
the way, and how I perceived teams to be built.

874
00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:06,519
You build it off competition, and then you go after

875
00:42:06,559 --> 00:42:09,480
football players. I think so many times. You know, recruiting

876
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,599
wise is the same thing. You get so caught up

877
00:42:11,599 --> 00:42:14,280
with these intangibles are they are they tall? Or are

878
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:14,719
they long?

879
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 4: Are they fast?

880
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 5: I mean, there's certain measurables that ye are minimals, but man,

881
00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:21,679
just get football players. Just get guys who are tough,

882
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,320
have face diversity, and just love to play the game.

883
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,599
And guess what, there's enough scheme flexibility out there, especially

884
00:42:28,639 --> 00:42:31,199
if you're creative to sit those guys in. And I

885
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:34,239
mean that's how the Seattle Seahawk team is built. And

886
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:35,840
like I said, I see a lot of similarities with

887
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,400
how we do it at Uyu and it's very validating.

888
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:39,960
And like I said, I'm really happy for John and

889
00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:43,079
for what he's been able to accomplish.

890
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 3: Brady, who's your way too early favorite to win the

891
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,639
Super Bowl in twenty twenty seven.

892
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,119
Speaker 5: It's gonna be the Seahawks until somebody knocks him up

893
00:42:52,159 --> 00:42:54,639
to the Tote Bowls. The same with the Eagles last year.

894
00:42:54,679 --> 00:42:57,079
And the Eagles looked amazing, and you know, they have

895
00:42:57,199 --> 00:42:59,840
some issues and allow the Seahawks to be merged. But

896
00:43:00,039 --> 00:43:01,840
I mean, the Seahawks are built to be good for

897
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,559
a long time. I mean that the Russell Wilson trade, man,

898
00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:08,480
they got some good draft picks out of that. I mean,

899
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,840
because I'll tell you, Jarns Stander does not miss very often.

900
00:43:12,639 --> 00:43:16,920
Relatives you're always gonna miss, but relative to the other

901
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,320
teams and how they hit or miss on draft picks.

902
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,840
So they're gonna get some really good rookies in there.

903
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,920
These guys that had the experience this, Ye're gonna grow,

904
00:43:26,559 --> 00:43:27,960
you know. I mean, they're only gonna get better. And

905
00:43:28,199 --> 00:43:31,960
and I'll tell you the biggest thing for Seattle though,

906
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:34,480
was getting that home field advantage because they are just

907
00:43:34,559 --> 00:43:38,039
a completely different team up in Seattle, Man, when you

908
00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:41,159
got the twelve just rocket, it's the loudest stadium I've

909
00:43:41,159 --> 00:43:44,159
ever been in, and they play at a different pace there.

910
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,159
It's like a completely different team when you play them

911
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,440
up there. And that's you know what they they had

912
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,199
when they were playing the Rams and then the forty

913
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,960
nine Ers, the forty nine Ers, Man it was like

914
00:43:53,079 --> 00:43:56,079
over first quarter and a half. It's like a blitz,

915
00:43:56,159 --> 00:43:58,039
you know. But but yeah, you know, obviously, I know

916
00:43:58,119 --> 00:44:00,440
I always go with the champion until somebody some off.

917
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 3: There go Brady for pinga ladies and gentlemen, Brady. Last

918
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:11,440
thing key storylines for springball? Uh, it's it's right around

919
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,440
the corner. Is there one key storyline you're gonna be evaluating?

920
00:44:15,559 --> 00:44:18,199
Speaker 1: Is it QB two, RV two? Is it the defense?

921
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:18,800
What do you got?

922
00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:22,199
Speaker 5: I want to see how it's managed, because you know,

923
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,079
there's a lot of money right now being paid to

924
00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:27,920
these kids. I don't know if it's a good idea

925
00:44:28,039 --> 00:44:30,559
to do the traditional spring practice where you pat them

926
00:44:30,599 --> 00:44:32,199
up and you have them go out and you hit.

927
00:44:33,199 --> 00:44:35,840
I'm thinking, and it's just I'm curious to see how

928
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,719
it's Kwante has it as you turn this into the

929
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,400
NFL kind of mini camp where you have them go

930
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,880
run around a little bit, work on their schemes, walk throughs,

931
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,920
jog roots, and then just save everybody, you know, save

932
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,920
them for the season. To me, there's no reason to

933
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,320
go put pat these guys up unless they're young. You know,

934
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,920
maybe some of these young guys that because look, there's

935
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,440
bubble guys. Remember now we now that there's roster limits,

936
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,159
there's money, there's bubble bucks. So yeah, maybe with the

937
00:45:02,159 --> 00:45:04,199
bubble guys, you know you're gonna want to go see

938
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hey hours like guys should come back on missions, I

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don't know, uh, and just see what they're like a

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pads to get idea they we need to move in

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different directions because they will, you know. I think last

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year we had leave a spring Bear after Spring. So

943
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there is some value in some guys playing. But like

944
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I said, I said, majority of the guys, do not

945
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pat him up. Just let them, you know, get out there,

946
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run around a little bit, let him run through the scheme.

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You know, whatever Nuance is Kelly's gonna bring, you know,

948
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that's opportunity for him to do it. It's great for

949
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Bear and Roderick to finally just tail down their exact offense,

950
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which which I'm sure it's a lot like what we

951
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saw in the last part of the season. Uh, but

952
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with more running that now Bear is healthy but still

953
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thrown the ball kind of uh. I mean, I could

954
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,960
see us doing a lot more at times high temple

955
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,159
empty stuff with Bear because he's still a running back,

956
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you know, that's still very similar to if you go empty,

957
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if you have a tight ends like running have a personnel,

958
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he's your other back, you know. But then he has

959
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the option to use the quick game like he did

960
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so well against George Techna. George tech threw everything out

961
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of him and you have it well. So, I mean,

962
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that's gonna be fun to me. Like to see that

963
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offense and evolved this year with these guys having a

964
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full off season and how smart Fair is and how

965
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you know, forward thinking and creative, broader kids and his

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offensive stop this that's gonna be exciting.

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Speaker 3: Brady always appreciate our time together. Invite everyone to check

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out the xpt dot com if there in need of

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any gym equipment and or Jim build out. Brady, thanks

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for so much for hopping on. We'll get you up

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with you again soon.

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Speaker 5: All right, my man, I'm a good rest today.

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Speaker 1: There you go. That's Brady Pavinga.

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