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the Daily Heraldy and Darnad Dixon to the show. Darnell,
how the heck are.
Speaker 3: You, buddy?
Speaker 5: I'm good, you know, as I used to stay with
the Jim Rome Show. Thanks for the vian so always
good to be on with you.
Speaker 4: Hey, always a pleasure, always a blessing to talk ball
with you. Darnell, Your thoughts, your commentary, your reaction to
the Parker Kingston uh rest and UH and UH being
held without bail? Currently, what if you learned about the situation?
What can you tell us? What is your perspective on
this deal?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 5: Well, you know, we are a sports show, and we
talk about sports, and we talk about you know, the
various rooms of the athletes and the physicians and all that,
and when something like this happens, my thoughts always turn
to both parties, the victim and the accused, because lives
are changing, futures are changing in this situation, and you know,
I feel for both sides. I don't know all of
the details. I don't know how to turn out, but
I do feel on a personal level for Parker and
the young women involved and their families, because this is
a life changing event that's going to put you on
a very different track than what you've expected to be on,
whether you're on one side or the other. So that's
my first thought is how badly I feel for those
involved and having to go through this, And then you know,
this is this is something that is serious. There's anything
I've ever seen from a by U athlete. This. This
is a felony charge that's been built over the courts
of almost a year. And now that we've heard from
a little bit from Parker's side that he says that
the sexual contact was was consensual. Yeah, so so he's
done a b YU regardless of what happened, because he's
admitted to breaking the honor come and unless he wants
to face a really long suspension for his senior year,
you know, depending on how things worth Rana, he's gonna
be looking elsewhere. But his immediate issue is staying out
of prison because this was a very serious defense. And
so you know, we haven't heard the last from either
side as this goes forward, and it's it's a shame.
It reflects badly on everyone involved, you know, on b
YU side. It's a traumatic experience for both sides. And
that's that's where my mind goes in these situations. Is
it just bad decisions and then on top of that
a legal batter that can ultimately change the course of
your life in a negative way.
Speaker 4: One of the things internally we've discussed today is, you know,
we've had three separate instances UH this this year essentially
UH regarding on our code violations, high profile honor Code violations.
Speaker 3: A civil civil suit.
Speaker 4: UH brought up against Jack Orr Jake Retzlov that led
to the suspension. It was a rape allegation as well.
You have Cannard Davis Junior d u Y UH and
UH and that that that process is still I guess
being executed. I don't know if there's any update on
the Canard Davis Junior UH issue with the du Y,
But now you have Parker Kingston phony rape allegation and
an eventual court case.
Speaker 3: We have an arrangement tomorrow. Yeah, it beankes.
Speaker 4: The question these are This is a lot of drama,
a lot of issues at a church sponsored institution, and
the bar is high, and these student athletes aren't meeting it.
What should be done going forward with these student athletes
to make sure that they're abiding by the Honor Code
and not bringing disdain and dishonor to brig them and
themselves for that matter, and they're families for that matter.
Speaker 5: It's a good point that you make about the bar
being high. There's a high standard set and there's always
the case in a situation like that that someone will
fall short of a standard and then what do you do?
I would think knowing that the people that work in
the athletic department that they are very clear with their athletes.
You know, this is what you're expected to do, and
this is these are the rules you're expected to live by.
And Ben, you and I both attended by you. We
know that's not always the case with the student or
an athlete. They just decide to do something that they
shouldn't because they're young and and sometimes they feel invincible.
Sometimes they think they can get away they not get caught.
Sometimes it's you know, maybe alcohol evolved. Mean, there's lots
of reasons why someone would fall sort of those standards
in terms of what by you should do about it.
These are individuals. This isn't not a situation where you're
back seven or eight guys involved, like back in the day.
But what happened during the Gary Crochton era. This is
an individual making bad decisions and that happens in every
single athletic department around the country, and it happens at BYU.
We had to happen before, maybe not quite this serious,
but it's just an opportunity I think for all coaches
at BYU to sit their players down and say, look,
you are admitting when you go to school here, you
sign a release that says you will follow these rules.
There are consequences to not following the rule, and because
the standards so high, there are streme consequences in some cases.
So you need to be sure that this is what
you want. We don't want to put you in a
situation where you're going to go astray and change the
course negatively in your life. If this is where you
want to be and you want to follow those rules,
then let's do this. But it again is an opportunity
for not only maybe the coaches, but also your team leaders,
your captains to sit down with players who they maybe
they know about, are a little bit way we're in
doing things they shouldn't and tell them it affects more
than just you, and you need to step up and
live up to your word. It's very important that you
take accountability for what you said you would do, so
that I think that's what they can do. But I
don't think there's any question that you look at this
and say I don't think you can say, oh, the
coaches didn't let him know. This is what he should
or shouldn't be doing. These athletes know, and when they
choose poorly. This is what we see.
Speaker 4: Double D Donnelle Dixon here on your Utah ESPN Radio
network for a little Cougar beat, and I'm intrigued to
see how this all unfolds. It's I think it's it's
everyone's conclusion to Parker Kingston will not be playing for
by You ever again, and he won't be playing college
football I think this year either, with all of this
scrutiny and this legal battle that he's about to face.
Speaker 5: And again, like I said, changing your life from not
the better, changing the course of where you thought you
would go in your life for a bad decision. And
you know, we feel, like I said, I feel for
both sides on this because it is a life changing situation.
And you know, Parker his future is unknown right now
and it's going to take a lot of work on
his part to recover from whatever the deciding factors might
be and how this turns out to continue his life
because it's definitely not going to go the way he
expected when he announced he was coming back for his
senior year at b YU a few months ago.
Speaker 4: Let's talk football related, right, the impact of not having
Parker Kingston on the football field next year for BYU.
Speaker 3: How do you see it? How how big of a
loss this is for BWAU football.
Speaker 5: Well, just taking a look at the football aspect of it,
I really felt like the wide receiver group needed to
go out and get an established receiver, maybe somebody from
a smaller division school or somebody that's actually had put
a lot of time in on the field. I know
they went and got the kid from Oregon, but he
hasn't played much and so I was already thinking, even
with Parker Kingston in the room that the receiver groups
had a lot of questions in my mind, And now
with Parker going to almost assure to be gone, I
do have questions about who's going to step up in
that room. Because of everything that Chase Roberts did in
his career. There are good talented players, they just don't
have anybody that's really established themselves as a go to guy,
as a leader, as a player that there Bachmeyer feels
really comfortable with going to on third downs. We're in
tough situations, so there's a lot of work to be done.
In that wide receiver room, and even more so now
as they get closer to springball and then summer workout
and then fall down.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I just wanted to add on that. Do you
feel like there would be a front runner to take
that spot? I gotta I personally would put Tiger Bachmeyer
maybe in that case, because he has got some He's
obviously got some chemistry with Bear. He's been around college
football while I've been in the program here and then
and then is someone like Jaron Poola maybe able to
get in the in the mix for a starting or
the too deep.
Speaker 5: Now, Yeah, it is. It is pretty wide open to
to step up that way. You know. I think Jojo
Phillips says all the physical act of Youse, I just
don't know about his mental preparedness to be that kind
of a player. I know he's pretty young in his
football development. I like Reggie Firsni. I think he's got
some great talent there. And uh, it's just a matter
of who is going to step up in that room.
And and uh, Fessy Sataki famously doesn't like to go
too deep in his rotation at the receiver growth. He
likes to go with you know, four maybe five beyond
that is something he's not as comfortable with. So there's
going to be quite a bit of moving back and
forth in their room with who gets to get those
reps and who impresses Bethy and who develops the chemistry
with bear Bachmeyer in order to make that happen. And
there are, as you mentioned, several different guys that could
possibly step forward and make themselves a name and make
themselves a leader.
Speaker 3: Darnell.
Speaker 4: As we look at the twenty twenty six BYU football team,
will learn a little bit more about this team.
Speaker 3: Obviously it's spring ball, et cetera.
Speaker 4: One of the questions I've I've broached is, yeah, there's
not a wide receiver one. Hopefully you can find one now,
But what about RB two. Who's your favorite to become
RB two from this BYU football team?
Speaker 3: And why.
Speaker 5: At this point most people would Probays, they say, anymo
I like Devon Eka's skill set. I think that if
there's a position for a freshman to step up and
make some plays, I think Davon can do it. He's
a really good receiver out of the backfield. He's grown some,
he's gotten bigger and thicker. I think you know that's
important when you're you're back there, how much the coaches
trust you to be part of the passing game and
if you can block and fill gaps, one of those
guys blitz. But but catching well out of the backfield
is important. And I feel like maybe Devon Eica might
be a guy if he puts in the work and
find himself with a few reps once the season starts.
Speaker 4: Darnell, this is, you know, a hot debate right now
with b YU basketball. Who do you expect to step
up and be a supporting player to the brig three,
the triple combination, if you will.
Speaker 5: It's it's been an ongoing problem this season, and Kevin
Young's admitted and much to us that the depth is
an issue. I think that affects their defense because the
big three are maybe a little hesitant to stick their
nose in there sometimes because they know they can't get
in foul trouble. I think, you know, the Canard Davis
situation has had its moments where I felt like he
maybe was breaking through and he didn't. He had a
nice game against Baylor, hit some free tros, made some plays.
That's the thing. And you know, as you look at
what this team needs to do when they are focused defensively,
and in that Baylor game, there was probably two specific
areas where when they had Boop in there and they
were going small that their defense was outstanding. And it
was once it happened when they were down thirty four
or twenty one in the first half, they had a
couple of really good defensive sequences that turned into breakouts
on transition buckets and then they got back into game
tied to the forty one, and then earlier in the
second half they had I think it was a fifteen
or sixteen to two run and that was fueled by
a block by Richie and a steal by Richie. When
they can find those moments more frequently, they're going to
have a better opportunity to win. And Cannar Davis came
here as a guy they said can play really well
defensively and as a good open shooter. He has not
been a good open shooter, but he can definitely make
a difference on the defensive end if he focuses there,
get some steals, make some plays on that side. And
I think we're all pretty much in awe of that
Big three and what they've done offensively, but we if
YU wants to be successful moving forward into the Big
Fell Tournament and the NCAA Tournament, they need more plays
made by others and Cannard Davis is one of those
guys that needs to make more plays.
Speaker 4: Darnelle Dixon the Daily heraldy and what are you going
to be working on for is double D What can
you tease us with?
Speaker 3: What are you going to be publishing here shortly at
the Daily Herald?
Speaker 5: So we know jimmerfer Dead is having a jersey retired
on Saturday. I had a nice long talk with one
of his former assistant so just Tim Lacombe, and he
told me some great things about the way that it
kind of happened, you know, behind the scenes a little bit,
and so I'm working on that. I'm sure we get
a chance to talk to Gimmer on Saturday. Anybody who
lived through that time, whether they were watching it on
TV or following the team or going to games, it
was unprecedented. And I don't know if we'll love to
be duplicated because one of the things that Tim talked
about with me was, you know, everyone knew when Aja
Debonsa came to BYU he was the number one player
in the country and he's probably going to be top
draft choice in the NBA. When Jimmer game, he he
had two scholarship offers, and nobody really knew much about
him until towards the end of his junior year when
BYU beat Florida and double overtime in the NCAA tournament,
and then the following year when he had that big
game as Utah, suddenly he was the social media darling
and social media was just getting started that time. So
the way that it happened and the experience that we
all had kind of following the team at that time
is just such a unique adventure and you can experience
And that's kind of what I hope to write about
heading into Saturdays after the game of Colorado.
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Speaker 4: Thanks for hopping out for a little Cougar beat here
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Speaker 5: Right, you guys have a great day, all.
Speaker 4: Right, brother, appreciate you. That's Darnold Dixon and a Cougar Beat.
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Speaker 1: Delaney Gibb and Olivia Hamlin.
Speaker 7: By women's basketball road pass Iowa State eighty three to
sixty nine on Tuesday.
Speaker 1: Night at the Marriott Tenner.
Speaker 7: The first half was tightly contested, feature in twelve lead
changes over the opening two quarters. Bay You found an
offensive rhythm early, putting up a season best forty three
points before halftime. Hamlin spearheaded the search with seventeen points
explosion in the second quarter alone, helping BYU take the momentums.
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Speaker 7: The Cougar seas controlling a third, opening up the half
on a ten to two run and later strung together
a fourteen to three burst to stretch the lead in
the twenty their largest advantage of the night. From there,
the home team maintained separation and secured a fourteen point victory.
Speaker 1: At the end of the game.
Speaker 7: Hammlea delivered her career best performance, finishing with twenty three
points on nine to eighteen shooting, including three mix from
beyond the arc. The freshman guard added three rebounds and
the steal off the bench with the bulk of her
production coming during the Bou's dominant second quarter. De Landy
Ghibb also rediscovered her shooting touch, pouring in twenty one
points on an efficient eight of twelve from the field.
The sophomore knocked down five of her seven three point attempts,
tying a career high on triples. She supplemented her scoring
with four rebounds and three assists, making her fifth twenty
point outing of the season. On the inside, Leo Roco
anchored the defense and controlled the glass. The Hanover, Germany
native pulled down nine rebounds, reported two steals in the block,
and played a key role in limiting Iowa state standout
center Autie Crooks. She also provided offensive production with fifteen
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Speaker 4: We want to talk a few things about uh this
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wealth management numbers as well.
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Speaker 4: Towards more tax season, right, we're finallying our taxes and
uh uh many of us we get into a situation
where like man, I probably should have prepped a little
bit better, probably should have met with my CPA, probably
should have well met with my my financial planner a
little bit because I'm having to pay too much to
Uncle Sam.
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Speaker 4: You know, they they're very good at spending money, our
money in a number of ways.
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yourself with Banderwealth banderwealth dot com. Okay, so I want
to get into a key stat I mentioned that you
know Dean Rukert DYU basketball commitment is one of the
rising stars of the recruiting world right now, really really
good basketball player from tim few high school. One school
though the number one school is building momentum with five
star Bruce Branch the third. If you don't know, Bruce
Banch took a nice little visit to Brigham recently, so
let's see how it all turns out. Bruce Branch Third
made the decision to reclassify up from the twenty twenty
seven class into that twenty twenty six recruiting cycle. The
five stars small forward and recent McDonald's All American is
now the number thirteen overall player in the twenty twenty
six Rivals one fifty. That puts Dean Rukert at forty
two and Bruce Branch the Third at number thirteen. So
if you get Bruce Branch, this recruiting clab looking MODI fine,
very dapper if you will. He has not publicly announced
a top group of schools and the prolific Florida Prep.
Wing recently took his first official visit by you got
that visit the weekend of January twenty sixth. Speaking with sources,
says Jamie Shaw of Rivals around his recruitment.
Speaker 3: The school I continue to hear most about is BYU.
A ah, yeah, buddy.
Speaker 4: I'm told the Cougars have continued to build momentum over
the last couple of months as Branch has paid attention
to aj D sponsors. While there is mutual interest between
the two parties, I am told this recruitment is not
done yet. USC and Kansas are the other schools that
are hot on the trail getting after first Banch the third.
Speaker 3: They have recently been mentioned to me by some sources.
Speaker 4: Branch has mentioned a few times that he does not
plan on making a decision till after the Chipotle Nationals,
which is April second through the fourth this year. That
lays out a similar March April time frame that I have.
Speaker 3: Heard from sources.
Speaker 4: When Rivals spoke with Branch in December, he mentioned that
he wanted to eventually take three to five visits, depending
on who is interested in who he is interested in recruiting.
This cycle has been very fluid, and this recruitment feels
a little slower moving, so continue to watch as visits
and visits schedules and commitment time frames become more clear.
Jamie Shad goes on, I would also not rule out
other schools possibly jumping into the mix. The early signing
period for the men's Division one college basketball ran from
November twelfth, twenty twenty five, through November nineteen, twenty twenty five.
The late signing period for the twenty twenty sixth class
will will open on April fifteenth, twenty twenty six. What
Bruce Brant the third is looking for in a school.
This is what he had to say in a previous
conversation with rivals. Bruce brans third is describe what is
most important to him with his college decision. Honestly a plan,
he stated. Relationships are my big thing, but having a
plan is important. Everyone wants to know what they're doing
that plan to get me to the next level, and
that's the main thing I'm focused on. You got to
have a plan in anything. What about a financial plan?
What about a wealth advisement plan? Let's welcome in Joe Holloway,
CPA and wealth strategist for Bandwealth to discuss a little
bit more about what financial plans people should have in February,
in March and April.
Speaker 3: Joe, how the heck are you, buddy?
Speaker 1: Yeah, great to be here.
Speaker 4: Thanks Ben, Always a pleasure man, appreciate you hopping on.
What's that maybe some of the things that you discuss
with your clients around this time of the year.
Speaker 8: Joe, Yeah, First off, it's just kind of doing the recap, right.
A lot of people wait until this time of year
to look back at the previous year, and we want
to stay on top of that. So not only is
it correcting some of those mistakes and making all the
adjustments that we can, but being proactive about the ongoing strategy.
Speaker 4: Being proactive proactive problem solving is always greater the reactive
problem solving, in my opinion, What what surprises a lot
of people the most when they're like getting into this
situation where they're filing taxes. Business owners are looking at
their p and ls all of a sudden, they're like,
by my bookkeeping, how good was it?
Speaker 3: What am I looking at? What are some of the surprises?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 8: I know, you're exactly right, And frankly, a lot of
the surprises are just in how much money they actually made.
I mean when you add up your W two and
your K ones and your you know everything else, and
you go, dang, I've made a lot of money this year,
and now I got to pay a lot of taxes or
the reverse, and I didn't make as much as I
had planned.
Speaker 1: How do I make up for it?
Speaker 8: So really it's just getting those numbers straight, you know,
at the top, and then figuring out your strategy based
on that.
Speaker 3: So I guess, how should what's the plan?
Speaker 4: What's the best way to approach you know, a tax
smart wealth advisement type of planet band or wealth with you.
There's a couple of CPAs there within Banderwealth as an
extension of the wealth management side of things at Vanderwealth
and the financial planning side of things. Where do you
guys interjected and and play a part with the the
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Speaker 8: Yeah, that's a great question, and you know Blaine has
been on here a few times and we've probably heard
from him. And the financial planner in the well side
is really like building that that plane or you know,
building the vehicle that's going to go and take you
where you want to go.
Speaker 1: The accountants in the role that we.
Speaker 8: Play is making sure that it's constructed correctly, that it's
operating efficiently, and that you're not leaking fuel or losing
things along the way to maintain because as we all know,
the tax code can change. Things can change, and so
you want somebody who's continuously monitoring those stats and and
those things to keep you in line. And so when
we talk about you know, retirement deductions and contributing to
that four one k or that solo four one k,
depending on whether you're a W two employee or a
small business owner, it's knowing how all those pieces fit
together to stay on that track.
Speaker 4: You know, I thought I saw something come across my desk.
I'm a small business owner myself, and I was like,
I'm trying. I'm a small I have a small family
to to kids with one other way, is there a
centive plan now to have kids?
Speaker 3: There is? Yeah?
Speaker 4: What Oh yeah, buddy, Ronald, let's have some more babies.
Speaker 3: We're gonna get paid for it.
Speaker 1: That's okay with the one right now?
Speaker 8: Yeah, No, that's just you know, one of the things
you know that you can take advantage of for the
prior year. But as you're planning for you know, family
changes and all those factor in. So when you're looking
at what deductions can you take and how you plan accordingly.
There's lots of ways to go about it, and the
key is starting early and making that plan.
Speaker 3: Got to have a plan.
Speaker 4: Without a plan, you perish, right, you gotta have a
tax more wealth advisement plan.
Speaker 3: How proactive?
Speaker 4: How can proactive tax plan increase maybe that long term wealth?
Speaker 3: Would you say?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, just as an example, you know, I'll
give you an example of a business owner that I
work with, and you know, a lot of business owners
are gonna be familiar with the question.
Speaker 1: Of LLC versus es corp versus sole proprietor.
Speaker 8: With one client that we worked with, we just restructured
his LLC to an escorp to optimize their retirement contributions,
and then we implemented you know, good books, expense tracking,
et cetera. And just in the first year saved about
thirty five thousand dollars. And that's a good amount. But
when you extrapolate that over ten years of tax planning
along with interest, et cetera, you're talking about a significant
portion of your retirement.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's uh, you know, so give me the idealistic
like process, like if we were to create a game
plan for those those business owners, give me kind of
a sequential approach of what the year looks like, what
the book keeping looks like, what role the band Wealth
financial management team. I know this can be complicated, but
I know you guys have a really good system in
place and the role that the CPA book keeping component
of Banterwealth is.
Speaker 3: Playing in all this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no.
Speaker 4: And if I'm a timeline standpoint, because like I think
people just need to know, like, okay, like how often
am I meeting with these guys? What am I talking about?
What are the strategic initiatives, et cetera.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 8: And I would say, you know, for those folks that
really want to create a strategic plan, if you're not
meeting at least quarterly to review that plan kind of
first off, that's what we talk about. And so when
we get on this first meeting, obviously when we want
to understand where you're coming from, understand where the goals are.
Speaker 1: But it's designing that plan for you.
Speaker 8: And so part of that, especially for small business owners,
is not only the setup, but the check ins like
I said, at least quarterly if you're making quarterly estimated payments,
knowing that how that's going to shake out, and then
especially at midyear, kind of projecting that out and we're
able to look at that from a tax side and
really utilize Blaine's plans on the investment side to complement that.
So whether it's you know, making creative decisions in our
investments to where we can write off losses, et cetera,
that's where kind of the plan fully comes together to
optimize for that tax bill at the end of the year.
Like you said, we don't want to pay Uncle Sam
too much. We want to do our part, but we
want to keep as much as we can legally.
Speaker 4: For sure, should someone hire a CPA if they're just
kind of a W two employee or is it.
Speaker 3: Of need or is this only for business owners?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Great question, now you know, and I get that a
lot obviously from friends and family, and you know, of course,
if you're a W two employee, simple, you know, not.
Speaker 1: Much going on.
Speaker 8: Turbo tax h and R block those can those can
definitely be sufficient. But when you get into one fifty
above two hundred k and above, there's a lot of
options that you have just in how you invest, how
you create. You know, even side hustles like an LLC
can help you write off some of that income without
you too much trouble. And so you know, below that
maybe there's an administrative burden that you know is not
going to be worth the setup. But as you get
to those different levels, it's certainly worth talking to an
expert to explore that option and see if there's some
potential savings there. Yeah.
Speaker 4: I have that conversation some time with people, like, look,
how much is it to file taxes with a CPA
as opposed to doing a TurboTax steal or something like that,
Like there's increased costs whenever you're employing an expert in
the field.
Speaker 1: Totally.
Speaker 8: Yeah, And what I tell folks is that it's really
that level of security and peace, right. I mean, you
can go and do your tuber tax, you know, or
whatever it is. I'm not trying to throw shade at that,
but when you work with a partner, you know, especially
the band or tax group, it's that constant communication and
so it's knowing that if things do come up, you
have somebody there to reach out to, and just having
that expert on your side, so that when you know,
like I said, having that level of comfort, familiarity and
the knowledge of the plan to carry out those things
that can be a bit more complicated than when you're
doing it on your own.
Speaker 4: Joe Holloway, CPA for Banderwealth, Banderwealth dot Com talking tax
smart wealth advisement strategies here on your Utah, ESPN Radio Net.
Let's talk a little football stats, shall we. Look, we've
been discussing RB two. Who's your favorite to become RB
two behind LJ Martin this year?
Speaker 3: And why we got a list of players.
Speaker 4: And that there could be some new faces too that
enter the conversation.
Speaker 3: Shone Moa, Joe, Vessa de Mooney, Logan.
Speaker 4: Pain, Devon Eka, the Freshman, Preston Rex, Charles Charlie Miska,
Lucky Fee.
Speaker 3: Now I know you're a BYU guy. You know what
I mean here? B Why you graduate?
Speaker 4: If I'm not mistaken, Joe, you've been monitoring the situation.
We're all wondering who RB two's gonna be. We know
LJ is RB one, the Steed, the thorough bread, the
baller bruiser in and some good top end speed. Now
he's showing some bursts in that second or third level.
But who's your favorite to come at RB two and why?
Speaker 3: Joe?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean that's a great question. I really feel
like MOA is a good option, you know, I.
Speaker 1: Think they have.
Speaker 8: It's unfortunate we don't have the spring portal coming up anymore,
you know, the way they've changed things, But I think
Mo's a good option. I want to see the high
school backs out there. But I think at this day
and age, you know, you look at a contender like
Miami riding Foster all the way to the semi finals.
Speaker 1: I think LJ. Martin is going to be the workhorse
there and we're really.
Speaker 8: Going to see, you know, a focus on that, a
big physical offensive line and really just you know, pounding
the ball there.
Speaker 1: And so I think he's gonna take a lot of
that workload.
Speaker 8: But you you listed a lot of guys, and I
think it's up to the coaches during this spring, you know,
spring football, spring practice to identify who that guy really
is going to be, because especially coming in from high school,
and you know, it's like that contact makes it a
whole nother ballgame. And so they may look great there,
but really when they put the pads on, you know,
at this level and really see who can take the
contact and make plays is going to be a differentiator.
Speaker 4: Remember LJ Martin did not participate in the Bowl game,
so we got a little glimpse of what RB two
could look like without the LJ freight train. I guess
Martin the Martin train right BYU versus Georgia Tech gave
us a little glimpse of what our rushing attack would
look like if LJ were to go down again.
Speaker 3: By you got the win.
Speaker 4: Okay, twenty five twenty one, a solid win versus a
ranked opponent. Remember the Yellowjackets were not twenty five in
the nation. They were only a three loss team. They
had some close losses to formidable foes as well.
Speaker 3: So in that game, okay, you had Jovesa de Mooney.
Speaker 4: With seven carries forty eight yards six point nine yards
per caryon one touchdown. One would imagine if you gave
him more totes, if you gave him more opportunities, he
could have done a little bit more with those opportunities. Remember,
Jovesa had risen to an RB two status before fumbling
an opportunity, and he was set on the pine and
had to earn his way back into the lineup. Why
isn't Jovesa a favorite amongst cougarnation?
Speaker 3: Did he not show well enough?
Speaker 4: Did he not show a little bit of burst, a
little bit of potential?
Speaker 3: There you wonder.
Speaker 4: I like Jovessa a little bit understize, maybe a little
bit scatty for some BA fans liking six foot one ninety,
I will say that once upon a times, and I know,
don't get mad at me.
Speaker 3: Here.
Speaker 4: Ronnie Jenkins I think was smaller than that, but he
was also much faster that. But Jovesa's got some good
speed to him, good burst, good athleticism. I thought he
showcased well in his twenty twenty five showcase. Okay, he
had nineteen carries one hundred and eleven yards five point
eight yards per carry, one touchdown.
Speaker 3: He also had six receptions forty four yards.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't sleep on Jovesa, and I also would not
sleep on Logan. Logan Pain either the son of Matt Pain,
the nephew of Mitch Pain. Both of them were kickers
and specialists. Logan is a bit of a freight train
at five to two twenty and I've been told he's
one of the fastest players on the football team as well.
Speaker 3: Nice top end speed.
Speaker 4: You want to see some breakaway speed, you may get
it from a guy like Logan Pain. If I'm not mistaken.
His top end speed so mph. Right, they test this
stuff out in the offseason, and granted there could be
some injured injured guys here, so take it with a
grain of salt a little bit. Not everyone who's full
go in the offseason workouts. He's ranked I believe number
seven number no, sorry, let me get this, let me
get this thing accurate. Here, he's ranked number eight, number
eight on the team, so pretty fast.
Speaker 3: Five twenty at that speed.
Speaker 4: So you know he's faster, uh than guys like uh
Raider de Mooney.
Speaker 3: I mean, not my bunch. I mean this is These
are like you're talking hundreds and tenths here.
Speaker 4: You're talking like you know, the these are you know,
the the stopwatches and things of that nature. There's some
lasers here too. He's faster. He's faster than Jovesta. Jovesta's
fast too, though Jovesa's got some wheels.
Speaker 3: Joves's top fifteen on the team.
Speaker 4: From the reports that I've been receiving, so anyway, Uh.
Speaker 3: I'm intrigued.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 4: You know, we're gonna get to know the RB two
a little bit better in springball. But I think it's
a key uh key staut of the day. Who's RB
two in high school? Logan payin tallied? I want to
say over thirteen one hundred rushing yards one thousand and
three and or ninety yards rushing.
Speaker 3: So I am a.
Speaker 4: Person that looks at you know, what did you do
in high school? How productive were you in high school?
Jovesa did not play running back a whole lot. I
don't think at line he was more of a wide
receiver at at at Ridgeline. His junior year he he
Italian eight hundred and thirty five yards okay rushing uh
and four hundred and one yards receiving, and then converted
to primarily a wide receiver. His senior year he only
rushed for thirty three yards and received eight hundred and
six yards. So you know, Sioni Moa who is the
odds on favorite to be RB two because he's shown
well at times in his Uh, when he's healthy, when
he's strong, when he's nourished and strengthened.
Speaker 3: He he looks good he looks really good.
Speaker 4: But in his high school career, remember, and we broached
this a little bit yesterday, his junior and senior year rushing.
Speaker 3: And forty four yards.
Speaker 4: He had a one and twenty three yard season in
twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, your year at tim Feu High School.
Speaker 3: So pretty impressive numbers.
Speaker 4: Right, Like you look at those numbers are okay, production
in high school doesn't necessarily quate to production in college,
but it's a good indicator.
Speaker 3: Of what you can do, especially if you're durable. If
you're a durable back.
Speaker 4: Your thoughts, your commentary to the BAU running back debate
and running back room.
Speaker 8: Yeah, no, I mean, and I think it's a really
interesting conversation, especially this day and age in college football,
where you have some talented freshmen coming in, but you know,
guys with potential like Moa, Well, you know Lj's still here,
He's gonna take the bulk of the carries there.
Speaker 1: But which of these high school guys need some touches?
Speaker 8: Who do we need to see early on to kind
of get ingrained with the program, you know, like I said,
with the way college football is today in the transfer portal,
some of those touted freshmen that aren't getting the playing
time right away are looking to make some moves and so,
you know, is it important are we just going to
see you know, a two back stable most of season
or are they going to share the rock a little
bit more and get some of those freshmen, some of
those carries really see what they can do going forward.
Speaker 4: As we make those commitments, last thing before we say farewell,
give us a few more nuggets as we get into
tax season. Those individuals, why why would anyone align with Why?
Why would they align with the band or Wealth and
the wealth management advice and resources that you provide there.
You're a CPA there, So why why combined forces with
band or Wealth with their wealth management and also their
bookkeeping and CPA work.
Speaker 8: Yeah, great question, and I think that the most simple
answer is just the reputation that they have.
Speaker 1: I mean, Blaine has been doing this.
Speaker 8: For years and years, work with a lot of quality people,
and just partnering up with him providing additional services to
serve those clients makes a whole lot of sense. And
it's just for those people that want that constant care
and attention, that want to feel like there's somebody on
their side.
Speaker 1: And you know when people ask me that, it's it's.
Speaker 8: Do you trust somebody that really has your benefits or
your you know, financial interest in mind. And so when
you're thinking about that and having a partner and having questions,
vander makes total sense. And so I love partnering with
them and being able to work with their great clients
and provide tax advice.
Speaker 4: Best way to reach out to Vanderwealth head on over
to Banterwealth banderwealth dot com and get on that free
Q and A no obligation to advest Q and A
with their tax more wealth advisors and combined force with
Joe and and and all of the resources that Vanderwealth
has to provide. Not everyone who's a kind of a
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Speaker 8: Is that Yeah, Yeah, that's great. Thanks Ben, appreciate being
here today.
Speaker 4: One stop shot for it all to build your wealth.
The best way at Banderwealth Joe Holloway, Ladies and gentlemen,
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Speaker 9: We start with news from the grid. Are UYA football
wide receiver Parkery Kingston was booked in at the Washington
County Jail after being charged with first degree felony rate
after an alleged assault of a twenty year old woman
on February twenty third, twenty twenty five, from Saint George, Utah.
After a nearly year long investigation, the Washington County's Attorney
Office released a statement yesterday saying that quote, detective with
the Saint George Police Department gathered digital and forensic evidence.
They also conducted interviews with the parties involved in other witnesses.
The information was then turned over to the Washington County's
Office for review. In a statement from BYU, they shared quote,
BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston.
University takes any allegation very seriously and will cooperate with
law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and
practices for student the university will not be able to
provide additional comment quote charges our allegations only. All arrested
persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt. Parker Kingston will appear in court on Friday.
Now on to the rest of the news for today.
Men's tennis defeated Boston University in the lone athletic event
of the day yesterday. It was a Ford to Nothing
suite and the men's team will face Holy Cross today.
As far as the rest of the events happening today,
men's golf teed off this morning on the Hawaiian island
of Kawaii the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, which runs through Saturday,
and the softball team had an early eleven o'clock first
pitch against Incarnate Word in San Antonio this morning. I'm
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