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Speaker 1: We got Blaye Anderson on theline. Blaine, how the are.
Speaker 4: You happy to be here? Looking forward to the weekends?
Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, big game tomorrow BYU versus Texas Tech. But
let's start off with BYU's recruiting class.
Speaker 1: Check this out.
Speaker 3: They got a lot of four stars in this class.
I count them out, Rider Lions, Bob Mulitalo, Brock Harris,
Adam Bywater, Ty Getchi, Jaron Puola, Lopetti, Moala, Kennan Puola.
That's eight four stars. And then you have two others,
actually three others that are right there knocking on the
door of four star and Jacks Tanner, Terrence Sarian and
Braxton Lindsey Kamaia Kana's right there too, and Legend Glasker.
Speaker 1: So a lot of high level three stars as well.
Speaker 3: So when you see the recruiting rankings, you see the
recruiting class, what do you make of all those high
level recruits and where BYU's going?
Speaker 4: Got me totally excited. I love hearing the number of
four stars. I know even Rider Lions is a border
line five star, but this class is exciting. I know,
as I've talked to even some of the recruits and
even their families, they're talking about this class with real
high expectations. I've even heard talk and the word national
championship floating around. I know that's a big strong word,
but I'm as excited as to be about this class.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a special class, no doubt about it, and
obviously the headliners Writer Lions QBU Quarterback Factor. Writer Lions
signs with the BYU Cougars and continues down the long
list of great quarterbacks that have come to by you
and bald out, What do you like about this class?
Speaker 1: Is there any players that stand out to you?
Speaker 3: Ones that you've gotten to know, Individuals that you've been
able to watch in person or on film that you
like the most.
Speaker 1: I mentioned a few of them the top guys. Who
do you like and why?
Speaker 2: Well?
Speaker 4: And it's not because I'm real familiar with these players,
but some of the backgrounds of them. For example, Bywater,
we all know what his brother Ben did. I know
Ben is a standout class guy. His career got cut
a little bit short. I'm excited to see his brother.
I don't know him personally, haven't seen him play, but
just knowing his heritage and his background, it's exciting to
hear about him coming in. I know kaya Kana know
him and his family. I'm excited. I've seen what he's
done with Writer Lions playing together already and having some
experience together. I'm excited about him. Glasger thinking about getting
another one of the Glasger family members at BYU for
a few more years. They all excite me. And then
there's a lot of guys that I don't know and
haven't heard much about. But when we talk about stats,
they are four star ratings, the three star ratings. It
seems like a wonderful group in an awesome recruiting class.
Speaker 3: Blaine, we talk a lot about stats football stats here.
B YU is a twelve and a half point dog. Okay,
they're twelve and a half point dog. But they're number
six in the country at covering. Okay, so they're they're
like nine and three against the spread. So Vegas has
not you know, got them just dialed in just yet.
They're one of the best in college football at covering
and winning.
Speaker 1: Football games this season.
Speaker 3: What do you think is going to be different this
go around than than what occurred in love Itck? What
makes you believe that, baby, maybe b way you can
not only covered but get a win.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 4: One thing that stands out to me is our coaching
staff and seeing what we've done in the second half
versus the first half. It seems like we make good adjustments,
We are able to customize the game plan happening, so
I love that we get a second crack at these guys.
I really do think that we're going to play a
much tougher We'll have more fans support than we did
in Loveick, certainly in Dallas. I've already talked to a
lot of friends and family and colleagues that are already
making their way out for the game, so I know
we're going to have much better representation. And talking to
some of the players, they talked about the win and
the fans and love it and how that did affect
the game a little bit. So when we think about
the adjustments we can make the second time around, having
more support, our guys are playing with a ton of
enthusiasm right now and excitement. I'm expecting a much closer game.
We've been tracking Vegas and their spread for the last
couple of years. I know last year by U was
able to overcome the odds a number of times, so
I'm not putting much credibility into what Vegas is saying.
I like our chances and whether it's one point or
three points, of course, I'm taking the codes in this
matchup and can't wait to see the game.
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Speaker 1: A couple last stats.
Speaker 3: Before we'd let you go, Blaine, appreciate you hopping on
talking some Cougar football with us today as we prep
as we get ready for this BYU Texas Tech matchup,
Bear Bachmeyer. This season, Okay has been one of the
best freshmen in college football. Okay, he has two thousan
five and ninety three yards through the air. He's rushed
for over five hundred yards five hundred and twenty nine,
so he's accrewed three thousand total yards. He's all also
been attributed for fourteen passing touchdowns and eleven rushing touchdowns,
so twenty five total touchdowns, and he's led his team
to an eleven to one record. No one thought that
this was going to be possible this season as a
as you lost Jake Retzlov and Jake retzl has had
a great season at Tulane and Tulane may be in
the colleg football.
Speaker 1: Playoff as well.
Speaker 3: But you know what's your you know your reaction to
the true freshman quarterback of BYU. This has never happened
where a true freshman has led BYU to this height.
Speaker 1: What do you make of it?
Speaker 3: What do you think about when you evaluate bear Bachmeer's
performance thus far this year?
Speaker 4: Bear back Meyer's been in absolute stead. I don't think
we could have asked for anything more than what he's
given us, plus even a little bit more. I mean,
it's I think when we look back at this season,
it'll be highlighted as one of the best we've had,
having a freshman come in, step in for a quarterback
that left, and to go through a regular season and
a P four conference put up the kind of numbers
he has. But more than anything, win eleven games and
get us to the Big Twelve championship. Regardless of what
happens tomorrow, I think he's going to be a key
differentiator and key to the game. But I can't say
enough good. What a pleasure it's been to have him
here at BYU. I hope we have him for a
few more years. But in talking to and getting to
know the Bauchmeyers and even in particular their dad, their family.
It's so neat that we would attract these kind of
people and that it could be such a good fit
for Bear and Tiger and the Bachmeyer family. But all
the good they've done for BYU this past year, I
couldn't imagine it being much better, except for to get
a win tomorrow and get into the playoffs. But knows
to Bear Bachmeyer the family, It's been a great story
thus far, and I hope it keeps going.
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Speaker 1: Those dialed up.
Speaker 3: Saittake, along with twenty players, earned Big Twelve Football honors.
Shout out to everyone that earned these Big Twelve Football honor.
Speaker 1: Satake ended up being Coach of the Year. L J.
Speaker 3: Martin was Offensive Player of the Year. Bachmeer was Freshman
of the Year. Congratulations Tanner Wall, Jack Kelly, First Team
Defensive Players for the Big Twelve. Bruce Mitchell Baby getting
first team honors as a offensive lineman. Congratulations Felici Dadies.
Two Cougars were named to the second Team All Big Twelve,
including Will Farron and Parker Kingston. Shout out to Will
and Parker. In addition, four players were named Third Team
All Big Twelve, led by senior wide receiver Chase Roberts,
senior offensive tackle Isaiah Jada, junior linebacker Isaiah Glasker, and
sophomore safety Fana Tau Satuala. Six additional Couiters were named
hon Roll Mention All Big Twelve, including tight end Carson Ryan,
specialist Garrison Grimes, quarterback Evan Johnson, and defensive lineman Body Scoonover,
Keano Donavasa.
Speaker 1: And John Tomoy Peyu.
Speaker 3: Others who received honro mention Honorable Mentioned recognition for various
awards included Andrew Gentry Newcomer of the Year and Tauciliacana
Defensive Newcomer of the Year and Hunter Clake Defensive Freshmen
of the Year. Shout out to all those Cougar football
players in Cougar Country.
Speaker 1: It's they prep.
Speaker 3: They get ready for this BYU Texas Tech matchup. I
wanted to listen into Always Talking Ball if I could
ap They break down the resumes year some blind resumes
they compare BYU to another another top ten team in
the College Football Playoff Committee rankings. Let's tune in Always
Talking Ball talking BYU.
Speaker 5: Let's take a look at the BYU Cougars. Why are
they continually disrespected by the committee year after year? Let
me give you a blind resume, real quick team, a
number six strength of record, number fourteen in game control,
I got wins over number eleven, number twenty eight.
Speaker 1: I gotta lost to number five.
Speaker 5: They've got four wins over the top forty and five
wins over teams that finish seven to five for better
Team B. Number seven is strength the record, so one
spot behind ten in game control, so a couple spots ahead.
Best win versus thirteen and twenty seven relatively similar lost
to number seven, three wins versus the composite top forty
and only two wins versus teams that finished with a
seven and five or better record. Teammate obviously, BYU, do
you know what who Team B is?
Speaker 1: Who is it? Ole? Miss?
Speaker 2: Ole?
Speaker 5: Miss moved up to six this week after losing their coach.
How in the world are there five spots separating those
two resumes.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the BYU.
Speaker 3: There you go, There you have it, Ole, Miss B
YU pretty much have the same dang resume. One was
moved up one spot after losing their freaking head coach
and all of their offensive staff.
Speaker 1: They moved up. It's insane, yeah, Ben, how does that happen? Ben?
Speaker 6: Can we add a new stat? Coaches kept BYU? One
ole miss zero?
Speaker 3: Goodness gracious, just insane, man, just insane. Let's go to
Aaron Torres comments as well about the resumes and BYU
comparing Miami's and Notre Dames resumes to bring him Young University.
Let me know when you got it cued up. But
the brand bias is real. This is Aaron Torres of
the Torres Podcast, Aeron Torres Podcast.
Speaker 1: Bill Eyes.
Speaker 7: How preposterous it is that they are not part of
the conversation that, oh my god, they actually have a
better resume than not only that I realize, but that
all of these teams that I'm arguing about. And so
why you should care is because it might be b
WHYU this year, and you might think b WYU stinks,
But next year, if you're not an Alabama or Notre
Dame fan, it might be you. It might be Vandy,
who nobody seems to be seriously considering for a playoff
spot even though they went ten and two in the SEC.
It might be you know, Northwestern or Michigan State now
that they have Pat Fitzgerald. It might be Kentucky if
will Stein gets going in there, the fifth of five teams,
you know, you know, sixth the five teams in the
playoff picture in the SEC, like it's going to be
your school at some point. And so this is why
you should care, And this is why you should frankly
be like advocating for BYU to at least be in
the picture. Now, what I always say is stuff is
always subject to change, and BYU still has a data point.
They can certainly just win the Big twelve championship game.
Speaker 1: And get in.
Speaker 7: But again, I don't think they should be punished if
their only two losses are are to a top five
team on the road and on a neutral field. So
it's driving me crazy. It's insane that nobody's talking about it.
By the way, it's insane the Big twelve office isn't
doing more, which we'll talk about it in a minute.
I do want to give credit to one person though,
because I think there's only one other person who's He
certainly has a bigger platform than I do.
Speaker 1: But only one person with a national.
Speaker 7: Platform that isn't related to BYU in some way somehow
who is advocating for BYU. That is dayportany So Barstool
Sports obviously. Now the relationship with the Fox, Dave Portnoy
has been out to Provo. I believe at least once,
maybe twice, he has experienced the same thing that I have.
I've been to Provo twice in the last calendar year.
It's a beautiful community, beautiful area.
Speaker 1: By the way, the football team stunk.
Speaker 7: I want to be advocating for him, but he loves
BYU in provo.
Speaker 1: I love BYU and provo he.
Speaker 7: Went on a rant for the ages on I guess
it was Wednesday afternoon talking BYU.
Speaker 1: All right, that's that's it.
Speaker 3: Aaron Torre is discussing BYU Miami Notre Dame resumes and
part of the reason why we're delving into this is because,
look like it validates, you know, our our our assumptions
about our team.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt.
Speaker 3: But there's a lot of advocacy out there right now,
there's more and more advocates that have turned us as
the distractions have been limited. There's not as many games
to break down in conference championship games, right, We're getting
I feel like this kind of this precipice of resume
eval and by he's going to get another data point here,
whereas Miami Notre Dame and and others are not. And
you're just like, okay, like what what what is the
jury collective jury going to say?
Speaker 1: Not even the collef Football Playoff.
Speaker 3: Committee, right, But I do believe the collef Football Playoff
committee is going to be forced eventually to do side
by sides with BYU, and they may feel a little
bit more heat if the collective body of college football pundits,
analysts out there and insiders start reprimanding them. I'm and
attacking them for their incompetency.
Speaker 8: Here, Ben, I have a question here for you.
Speaker 6: We've we've had a lot of clips that we've played
today that describe the national narrative concerning BYU.
Speaker 8: Right, would be eating Texas Tech tomorrow? Change that at all?
Speaker 6: Or would they just say they got lucky. Let's talk
about the other teams in the playoff.
Speaker 3: No, I think they would give them credence, obviously, I
will what I think would happen, where like they do
not want BYU.
Speaker 1: In this thing for its money. And it's also.
Speaker 3: Just brand equity and conference affiliation.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can see it. It's it's purposeful.
Speaker 3: The fact that you don't put BYU into these images
on ESPN and these college football playoff committees, So like
what is going on here? Like they're number eleven and
you're jumping over them to showcase Miami's resume.
Speaker 1: It's just I mean, it's it's it's purposeful.
Speaker 6: The only explanation I have for you is b YU
must have missed picture day and they don't have a
picture to show.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess so, man, I guess so.
Speaker 3: ESPN's made plenty of money off of BYU over the years.
Now is it as much as they've made off of
maybe Notre Dame or or Texas or Texas A and
m or Ole miss I obviously not, because there's no
advocacy there for by You're not even a mention.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: It's like, you know, they're like side eyeing BYU over there,
like oh gosh, we got to talk about them there
in the room, but I don't want to talk about
Let's avoid them at all costs. So look, I think
what will happen is if BYU wins, b YU will
not be elevated in the rankings to a point where
like they're gonna get a home game.
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't. I don't think they're gonna
be elevated to that status.
Speaker 8: You don't you don't think that they'll put us at eight?
Speaker 1: I don't know if they will. Why I'm not convinced.
Speaker 3: I am so disgruntled, so disillusioned, so angry at these fallible, corrupt,
oligopoly ridden humans. Right, the monopolies, the cabals of college football. Look,
I just don't see it happening. I don't see it happening.
I want to be proven wrong. I want to be
proven wrong. I don't think they get the home game.
I don't think they're they're they're labeled as a home
game seeding team.
Speaker 1: They got lucky. Once again, they got lucky. They got lucky.
Speaker 3: Look, by the way, historically speaking, the teams that win
the regular season matchup in college football and have to
play the same team twice have about a fifty six
to about sixty five chance of winning the second game.
This is gonna be a closer game. It's it's almost
a coin flip.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 3: The narrative that is difficult, that it's difficult to beat
a team twice in the season is somewhat statistically supported.
The better team, which likely won the first game usually
wins the second game.
Speaker 1: Though.
Speaker 3: Okay, so, but there are some statistical you know, elements
that makes you lean towards BYU as well.
Speaker 6: Right, So I'm gonna give you my dream scenario of
chaos for tomorrow.
Speaker 1: You ready, Okay, let's go.
Speaker 6: I want Duke to beat Virginia in the ACC Championship. Okay,
give me JMU to win their conference championship. North Texas
tu Lane. Actually, let's let's have tu Lane just for
Jake Reetz left win. Let's have Alabama lose to Georgia
and BYU win.
Speaker 8: If all that happens, you'll.
Speaker 6: Probably have BYU jump Alabama, and you won't have an
ACC team in the in the.
Speaker 8: College Football Playoff because the top.
Speaker 6: Five ranked conference champions would be BYU Georgia, whoever wins
the Big Ten JMU, and whoever wins Tulane in North Texas.
Speaker 1: So I need you to enumerate.
Speaker 3: I need you to listen this out on Twitter and
tag me it and we'll we'll do our rooting right
who are who you're rooting for right now? And I'll
retweet it for you so everyone can evaluate and take
a gander at it. Things here, let me change gears
a little bit by Offense coordinator, quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick
and director of player Personnel Justin Anderson were honored this
week by Football Scoop as the as national finalists for
the twenty twenty five on Field and Off Field Coach
of the Year Awards, presented by TeamWorks check us out
so now in his eighteenth year, Coach Aaron Roderick is
the only football award oh sorry to honor sorry now
in his eighteenth year excuse me. The Football Scoop Coach
of the Year program is the only college football awards
to honor excellence on the field across all position groups,
as well as off field personnel who play an important
role in the success of the school's football program. Roderick
was named one of the five finalists for Football Scoops
Quarterback Coach of the Year be high BYU's offensive coordination
in twenty twenty one. Roderick has helped guy the number
eleven rank Cougars to an eleven to one record at
a trip to the Big twelve Championship game in Dallas
on Saturday, December six. He is also a semi finalist
for the Broyles Award, which honors college football's top assistant coach.
Speaker 1: Shout out to a rod So.
Speaker 3: You probably wanna you just want to like, you're just
gonna go like this, let me show you how to
do that. You're gonna You're gonna flip that right, Gonna
flip that anyway. As Justin Anderson, a finalist for the
Football Scoop Player Personnel Award, joined the BYU football program
as a Director of Player Personnel in twenty twenty two.
Anderson managed manages the BA football roster for all perspective
and current student athletes, helping to recruit highly rated national
talent while ensuring each.
Speaker 1: Position group is filled.
Speaker 3: In addition, he oversees the onboarding and off boarding process
for members of the official roster. Shout out to Justin Anderson,
former BYU Cougar football player, now leading the personnel and
roster management there for the BAYU Cougar football team. So
a couple other news and notes coming out of the
football world.
Speaker 1: Other news and notes one, I think Taylor dil G.
Speaker 3: Taylor named Big twelve Women's cross Country Coach of the
Year for the third straight season.
Speaker 1: Baller shot Collar.
Speaker 3: Jane Hendergren claimed Big twelve Women's cross Country Newcomer of
the Year.
Speaker 1: Shout out to her.
Speaker 3: Also, Jane Hendergrin caps standout season as Big twelve Women's cross.
Speaker 1: Country Runner of the Year. Match She's tremendous. L J.
Speaker 3: Martin was named semi finals for the Earl Campbell Tyler
Rose Award for top offensive player in college football who
also played for and graduated from a Texas high school.
Love that and those are some of the other news
and notes coming out of Brigham. Let's go to a break,
don't go anywhere, Cougarnation more to get to as we
finish up this fantastic pregame edition of Cougar Sports. We'll
give you your keys of the game and preview this BYU.
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news and notes coming out of this game, uh, the history, uh,
and what we're feeling about this game as far as
keys to the game.
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All right, let's get into it. I want to start
off some of the history here the series. B YU
and Texas Tech are facing off for just a fourth
time in uh. They're in this series, Texas Tech obviously
winning the matchup during the regular season twenty nine to seven.
Speaker 1: This year in Lubbock.
Speaker 3: Earlier, Texas Tech won back in nineteen forty, while the
Cougars won the lone game in provo twenty seven to fourteen.
That win in twenty twenty three. This is the first
matchup at a neutral site and that boats well I
think for Brigham Bau's college football playoff resume. The Cougars
are currently ranked number eleven in the College Football Playoff
rankings were waiting Tuesdays update, which they stayed at eleven.
Boas earns eleven to one record with consistent and resilient
complimentary football.
Speaker 1: Look like, what's the brand of BA football this year?
Speaker 3: Is it just consistent, resilient complimentary football in twenty twenty five?
Maybe that's why the College Football Playoff doesn't like us.
Colle playt play Football Playoff Committee doesn't like us because
we're too gritty, We're too overachieving, we're too blue collar.
Speaker 1: You know, we have as do we Graat put it out.
We have the talent level.
Speaker 3: Per two four to seven of the seventieth best team
in the country, but we are the eleventh best team.
We are the most underrated team in college football history
for the a Peopole and the ap Pole era, and
that includes the modern day twenty fourteen and to present,
consistently underrated outside the top twenty five preseason and consistently
in the.
Speaker 1: Top twenty five by the end of the year.
Speaker 6: Then I'm gonna yes, I'm gonna give you a different
word for our brand of fot.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what is our brand? What is our brand of
BYU Football?
Speaker 1: This year.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna say, who are we? Our brand is balanced.
Look at the offensive stats. Two thousand, six hundred and
thirty four passing yards, three and thirty four rushing yards.
Speaker 8: That's a huge difference.
Speaker 1: Fourteen let's see there.
Speaker 6: I think there's fourteen passing touchdowns thirty rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 8: So there's a big difference there. But in terms of yardage,
in terms of of of.
Speaker 6: How we get there, it's pretty balanced. We are not
flashy necessarily in running the ball. We're not flashy in
throwing the ball. We don't throw for three hundred and
fifty yards a game, and we don't have these you know,
like running the ball. We're kind of a ground and pound.
We'll run into people. We don't have these like slicing
and dicing type of runs. It's a balanced team.
Speaker 1: It is balanced. I like that.
Speaker 3: And look, it kind of piggybacks off the complementary college
football team that it's been, you know, promulgated from the
college football analyst pundits and pundits pulpits. But balanced. They
are balanced. Indeed, I like that. That's a little bit
more positive. That has a different that's just a different
spin on it. I like it Magustamucho. BYU is one
of two teams Oregans the other one in the FBS
with four or more road wins against both eligible teams
this season. Oklahoma has two, Alabama has two, Notre Dame
has one. BYU has six wins versus FBS teams with
winning records, tied for the most among.
Speaker 1: Teams ranked in the College Football Playoff.
Speaker 3: Ohio State has six, Indiana has five, Notre Dame has five,
Alabama's five, Miami's four, ole Miss has three, Vanderbilt has three.
BYU has more double digit margin wins with eight than
Alabama with six and Oklahoma with six. BYU is one
of the two teams in the nation with its only
loss coming on the road against a College Football Playoff
Top ten ranked team. BYU and Ole Miss are the
only two teams. BYU owns the sixth strength of record
for ESPN Power Football Index, ranking just behind Georgia at
five and I had an ole Miss at seven, in
Alabama at eight, Oklahoma at nine, Texas Tech at ten.
Van they had eleven, Texas at twelve, Notre Dame at thirteen,
in Miami at fourteen. By you Strength the schedule ranks
number thirty five in the ESPN Power Football Index, ahead
of Ole Miss at forty, Notre Dame at forty two,
Indiana forty five, Ohio State at forty six, and Texas
Tech at fifty nine.
Speaker 1: Conference championships.
Speaker 3: BYU is playing for its twenty fourth conference championship in
school history and would be its first in the Big
Twelve Conference. The last time BYU won a conference title
was two thousand and seven in the Mountain West Conference.
Speaker 1: That was when I was playing. That's insane.
Speaker 6: Then I was forty. I am old, I am I
was four. I had not made it to kindergarten.
Speaker 3: Andrew Peterson, our producer, was, it's not even in kindergarten.
Speaker 6: I had not yet entered the public school system.
Speaker 3: Oh man, it's insane, Like, we gotta get this, We
gotta get this win, gotta get this dub.
Speaker 1: We need another ring.
Speaker 3: The last time Bou played in a conference championship game
was back in nineteen ninety eight in the Western Athletic
Conference against air Force. By the Way rematches, By's getting
a second chance at Texas Tech after falling just short
in the regular season. Last time Bou played a team
in a rematch for the regular season was two thousand
and seven against UCLA. The Cougars lost to the Bruins
in September. They lost twenty seven to seventeen, and then
faced them in the Las Vegas Bowl that same season.
BOU won the rematch seventeen to sixteen thanks to a
block field goal by defensive lineman Ethan Mana Malauna. So
not only was the last time you won a conference
championship in two thousand and seven, the last time BYU
played the same team twice and the season was.
Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven. B y, you's winning this game? Baby?
Speaker 3: That that my friends yeah U c l A that,
my friends is a is a stat of the day,
in fact of the day.
Speaker 1: Boom shaka laca.
Speaker 8: How many times have we played someone twice in the season.
Speaker 1: That's a great question. I don't have that.
Speaker 6: I don't like I'm just off the top of my head,
Like the UCLA one's the only one that really comes
to mind. I'm sure it's happened before. But are we
are we are we undefeated in our rematches?
Speaker 3: That's a great question. I I don't have that stat
in front of me, but I can sure as heck.
Try to look it up. I can sure try to
look it up. But Texas Tech is a good football program,
good football team.
Speaker 1: Look, they're in a same similar.
Speaker 3: Situation to BYU as far as relevancy is concerned, right like,
they have not been all that relevant since when thousand
and seven, two thousand and eight, that was the last
time when coach Leash was there.
Speaker 1: Now they're on the rise.
Speaker 3: They are a good football team and a good football program.
Over the last few years under Joey McGuire, they've gone
eight and five, seven and six, and eight and five.
Now they're eleven and one. They're eleven to one, baby.
Then they've gone to bowl games for four consecutive years.
They're going to a fifth consecutive bowl game. So Matt
Wells was the coach prior to Joey McGuire. They went
seven to six that season. They went seven to six,
not good enough though for the Tech alumni.
Speaker 1: They didn't like it.
Speaker 3: They got rid of them and Joey McGuire was brought
into a revamp, remodel, restructure this football program.
Speaker 6: What do you got ap, I'm looking it up, and
as far as I can tell, two thousand and seven
is the only time BA has played.
Speaker 8: The team twice.
Speaker 1: Wow. Wow, I will keep.
Speaker 6: Looking diving deeper. But as far as I found, that's
where we're at.
Speaker 1: Okay, well, we're undefeated.
Speaker 3: When you got to play US twice, baby, well take it,
take it to the bank.
Speaker 1: Betting on them cougs, no doubt about it. Test atention.
Good football team, guys.
Speaker 3: They average forty three point two points per game and
they only give up eleven point three points per game.
BYU averages thirty four points per game and gives up
seventeen point eight.
Speaker 1: This's pretty good. It's pretty good.
Speaker 3: Bow he's running the ball well effect very effectively. This
this season one hundred and ninety four point five rushing
yards per game. The rush defense only gives up one
hundred and nineteen passing offense two thousand or sorry, two
hundred and nineteen point five passing yards per game passing
defense two pH five point six. So look, the stats,
if you go side by side, are mostly in favor
of TECH everywhere you turn, except for like punt return
yards per attempt or per per punt return. Time of
possession is another one where BYU's better at than TECH.
Fourth down conversion actually by US better than TECH slightly
better b YU is not has not accrued more sacks
than TECH.
Speaker 1: They have.
Speaker 3: Actually, they're pretty good at protecting their quarterback. They're they're
they're better than TECH at protecting their quarterback. Boas only
giving up fourteen sacks this season. BYU is better in
the red zone. Thought that was interesting. Nice work red
zone efficiency and so yeah, that's that's some of the
the side by sides there. Statistically, where does BYU have
a competitive advantage? I just gave you some of the
stats where they have a competitive advantage.
Speaker 1: B YU is a twelve and a half point dog.
Speaker 3: ESPN Analytics only gives b YU a thirty three percent
chance of victory versus TECH in arlenk Okay. But BYU
is nine and three against the spread this season, and
I expect them to cover once again. So if you're
gonna bet on this game, I wouldn't necessarily bet b
way you to win, but I would bet them to cover.
At twelve and a half, I think that they keep
it a one score game.
Speaker 1: And you wonder if.
Speaker 3: BA he keeps in a one score game is competitive
and maybe back and forth, and it causes a little
bit of drama, and it causes more to watch their
games and be bought into the game. You wonder if
that subjective eye test could put by you into the
conversation for the college football playoff.
Speaker 1: That's what you hope for, That's what you pray for.
Speaker 3: So any other thoughts as you break down this game
before we give our keys to the game and score predictions?
Speaker 1: What do you got from me? Ap?
Speaker 6: I guess the only thoughts that are going around in
my brain right now.
Speaker 8: Actually, I've got a lot.
Speaker 6: I have been looking through every single season of BAU
football to see any you know, times we've we've played
another team twice. The only other one I found was
nineteen twenty two we played Wyoming twice. We won the
first win and lost the second one, which is unfortunate anyways,
first ever season.
Speaker 8: I think.
Speaker 6: The only other thought that I have, and I've been
thinking about this a lot, this is the This is
one of my official predictions. It feels like this is
a Trey Alexander game where he gets an interception.
Speaker 3: Dude, I love this take. By the way, I was
just thinking about Trey. He had a boo boo game,
He had his worst game of his career, the worst
game of the season versus Tech.
Speaker 8: It feels like Trey's gonna get one.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 6: I think so that's that's my bold prediction. That's the
one that I'm gonna text you about mid game if
it happens, which I do quite often.
Speaker 1: Look, look, look, this is this is a great take.
Speaker 3: I want you to put your hot take okay from
the for the BYU text Tech game. This is what
I want you to put out because this is your take,
my tay, this is your take.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 3: Trey Alexander had his worst game of his career versus
Tech at at Tech. They picked on him, they got him, Okay,
and you can word out however you want. Trey's gonna
have an awesome game. He's gonna have a pick this game.
He dropped a pick that Look, hey, you know else,
Evan john.
Speaker 6: Is this the cornerback game where we get two different
corners to get a pick?
Speaker 3: Dude, this is the cornerback game Evan Johnson and Trey Alexander,
maybe Maury Bombay.
Speaker 1: Those guys they're gonna.
Speaker 3: They're gonna, they're gonna they're gonna make They're gonna make
Baron pay. They're gonna make Baron pay for his mistakes.
He had a lot of chunkyardedge plays through the air.
Speaker 1: Not so fast, not so fast.
Speaker 3: You ain't gonna do that to us again, love to take.
I think this is accurate. I think this is has
been foretold, This has been prognosticated.
Speaker 1: You are a football Uh uh.
Speaker 8: You are the pigskin prophet.
Speaker 3: Yes, the pigskin prophet. I was thinking of what a
literation I created last time. He is the pigskin prophet.
This is happening, guys, a p He has foreseeing it,
he has foretold it.
Speaker 6: So if we're gonna extend this to all the cornerbacks, Okay,
first off, my official prediction, Trey Alexander one pick. We're
gonna extend this to the cornerback game. This is this
is my dream. Okay, Trey gets a pick, Morey gets
a pick, and schmev Evan Johnson gets two PBUs.
Speaker 8: That's where I'm going.
Speaker 1: I love it, I need it. I'm down with it. Okay, beautiful,
ready for it? All right? What's that four minutes left?
Guys before we wrap up this show?
Speaker 3: All right, let me give you a few nuggets here
before we say good night. How did ASU beat Texas Tech?
How in the world did ASU beat Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: Well, Sam love That had a pretty good game.
Speaker 3: He was twenty eight to forty seven, three hun nineteen
yards sixty eight yards per attempting one touchdown. He didn't
do it entirely through like big chunk yarders plays. Most
of it was quick game denk and dunk, dropping off
to his playmakers in space, screen game, and then his
playmakers would make plays and they would march down the field.
There were I believe two occasions in which he extended plays,
scrambled and found a way to have a chunk yarders
play through the air, and that helped.
Speaker 1: Can Bear Bachmeerer do the same? He doesn't.
Speaker 3: Bear bach Miner does not have the arm straight that
Sam Levitt has, but Bear is a more of a
linear runner. Maybe he can extend plays, keep eyes downfield
and do something special, but quick game has to be involved.
Screen game has to be involved and make that Texas
Tech defensive front pay even when they're only bringing a
four or five man pressure. Releak Brown ran the ball
pretty effectively. Okay, so we need LJ to get at
least four yards of carry. Releak was at three point
six and he had one touchdown. Sam Levitt did carry
the ball twelve times, but he was and all that effected.
We gotta get downhill with bear Bachmeyer and sometimes a
four yard game is all you need. So we have
to be effective there and be physical. The offensive line
has to be good. The one thing that BYU does
not have as a receiver is a Jordan Tyson. Can
we expect a Jordan Tyson type of performance from Chase
Roberts with him coming back off of hamstring?
Speaker 1: A Parker Kingston? Maybe maybe Parker is the guy.
Speaker 3: Parker had his best performance of his career last week.
Speaker 1: Is this the Parker.
Speaker 3: Kingston game where he makes Texas Tech pay?
Speaker 1: I hope, so I pray.
Speaker 3: So look, Texas Tech dropped seven a lot versus BWAYU
the first game they dropped seven a lot only a
four man pressure.
Speaker 1: But the other way that.
Speaker 3: Texas Tech lost they didn't have their starting quarterbacks. They
didn't have their starting quarterback. Will Hemmon did not have
a good game. One hundred and sixty seven yards. He
had two touchdowns. And now turn the ball over, meaning
you gotta win the turnover battle. You can't cough up
the football. You can't have Parker Kingston muff punch. You
can't have shank punts and you cannot throw picks. Jacob
Rodriguez got that one. It was a tremendous play. So
we gotta be at least neutral. We gotta be at
least neutral. We don't have to win the score, we
don't have to win the turnoverward. We gotta be at
least neutral and let our guys play. Let our guys
play their game, and let's see if discipline wins out,
complimentary football wins out, balance wins out.
Speaker 1: In this game, LJ should have. If we win, LJ
will have a game.
Speaker 3: LJ and Bear will probably run the ball pretty gosh
dang effectively, and our offensive line will establish And look,
if I was to pick one position group that has
been much improved since that Texas that game, it's been
the offensive line. They've been tremendous in the run game,
and I expect them to be much better than they
were the first go around.
Speaker 1: Those are my keys in the game. I'm gonna say this.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say twenty four, twenty twenty four to twenty
three BYU, twenty four to twenty three BYU. They get
the win in Arlington, Glory, Glory, hallelujah. Guys, that's my
score prediction. That's how I see it. Guys, from all
of us here's at twenty SBN The Fan to give
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