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going to read between the lines here LJ. Martin postgame commentary,
Matt he had an iconic and singular, just a unique
performance that I think will be herold is one of
the greatest rushing performances in BYU football history. I enumerated
the top ten in the post game on my Twitter
you can check that out, but I'll tell you a
little bit about them. Like most of these games did
not mean a whole lot. Most of these games had
no conference championship ramification nor you know, any sort of
like post season ramification. Uh, this game did. LJ shined
brightest when the moment mattered most, and so you got
to celebrate that.
Speaker 2: LJ deserves to be.
Speaker 1: In the same you know, considered the same type of
football player is that of maybe Tyler I was ere
Jamal Williams. How about Tsam Hill as a quarterback, running back,
Guys like Eldon Fourtai, you know these iconic names of
the past, really good football players that balled out for
Brigham Young University.
Speaker 2: I remember Ronnie Jenkins.
Speaker 1: Two, he had two undred and fifty yards which of
San Jose State in nineteen ninety nine. How about Jamal
Williams versus Nevada in twenty thirteen, or Jamal Williams versus Toledo.
That was an all time performance and that was a
big game. That was a game actually during independence they
had a good quarterback and a great running back. I
believe the Toledo quarterback in two thousand and sixteen. And
I'm trying to remember his name. Now, Logan wood Side,
look this guy up. Okay, he had a stellar season
that year, and I think he was considered maybe even
a Heisman candidate for a while. He was a great
football player playing in the NFL. Shoot, he may still
be in the NFL for all I know. Cincinnati Bengals
twenty eighteen, he's in the NFL.
Speaker 2: Still, bro Logan wood Side, he's in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He was on the practice squad with the Bengals twenty eighteen,
Tennessee Titans twenty eighteen, San Antonio Commanders in twenty nineteen.
Then he got re reacquired by the Tennessee Titans. He
was on the fifty three man if I'm not mistaken
with the Titans in twenty nineteen to twenty twenty two,
then with the Atlanta Falcons from twenty twenty two to
twenty twenty three. Was with the Bengals last season. Now,
he was with the Pittsburgh practice squad in twenty twenty five.
That was the starting quarterback TV. That was a big game. Actually,
that was a pretty big game versus a good football team.
Twenty sixteen. We were right on that. We were knocking
on the door. In twenty sixteen to becoming an elite team,
you had Taysom and Jamal. I was still a great,
like almost a three hundred yard performance, an elite performance
from jpole Jamal Williams. Man, what could have been in
twenty sixteen just came up short, Man, just came up short.
Too many close loss Remember you lost to Utah by one,
You lost the UCLA by three, You lost to West
Virginia by three, You lost the Boise State by one.
Speaker 2: Jeez. Anyway, Sorry, I'm reflecting all this stuff.
Speaker 1: Logan Woods. I was in Kareem Hunt. Who's still playing
for the Cincinnati Bengal or Cincinnati No, he's playing for
the Cansadi Chiefs. Gareem Hunt still on that roster balling
out for Andy Reid. Anyway, I digress. But LJ deserves
to be in that in that same conversation as all
an all time BYU back and an all time BYU
single game performance. Okay in my personal opinion. All right,
so I want to get into this sound LJ post game.
What do you had to say about the performance? You know,
he's he's not long winded. He's not a guy that
likes to talk about himself a whole lot, pretty soft spoken,
and so we'll get into it here momentarily, but hey,
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some cougar cuts if you will, LJ. How are you
feeling after a career night versus Cincinnati?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 4: Feeling good?
Speaker 5: I mean it was real fun, you know, be able
to touch the ball that many time things, have a
good outcome, have a win.
Speaker 4: It was real fun.
Speaker 2: It was fun. Two hundred and twenty two yards was fun.
Speaker 1: Man, thirty two totes and three receptions, thirty four total touches.
Speaker 2: Was fun.
Speaker 1: Was the game plan? To just pound the rock like
that or did it develop during the game.
Speaker 4: I mean, you're trying to have the mentality that we
should run on anyone.
Speaker 6: But you know, I think it just kind of developed
as it went.
Speaker 1: On short and sweet baby, to the point it just
developed when it went on hot hand, hot hand, hot hand.
Speaker 2: Keep feeding them, keep feeding them.
Speaker 1: Do you have a thought about take Did you have
a thought about taking the knee before that touchdown?
Speaker 2: There was it a touchdown all the way? Oh?
Speaker 4: I did.
Speaker 5: But then because I was asking them if we were
gonna need to stay so they're like, no, we need
to run the balls. I was like, if you guys
didn't want to score them, should never run the ball.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Oh man me personally the way that the defense was
playing and how I'm to the point where I want
style points, especially on the road versus Cincinnati. I'm glad
he rumbled for a touchdown. I'm actually grateful he did.
It looked like a more dominant victory because he did it.
It would have been nice to convert on the two
point conversion. In my opinion, you probably should have given
him the ball again for the two point conversion.
Speaker 2: Right. If I was going to change anything.
Speaker 1: Don't let Bear throw it let LJ run it, let
him take you to the promised land, and he probably
would have picked it up, would have ended up being
what a twenty eight to fourteen win. That looked a
whole lot better, looks sexier anyway, LJ. Two hundred and
twenty two yards. It's never easy, but the offensive line
did help you a lot. Tell us a little about
that offensive line.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they made it super easy. I mean they were
getting wide open creases. They did a great job pushing
up front. They made it those part of the easiest
night of my.
Speaker 1: Life, easiest night of his life. That's interesting, right, because
he took a few shots. But what's crazy is he
wasn't taking shots from the defensive lineman. He wasn't even
taking shots from linebackers. Most of the hits that he
took were from who third level defensive backs, corners and safeties.
That makes it a whole lot more fun when you're
taking on guys that are much bigger than you. Remember
when he had a stiff arm, he bounced it outside
and he's that poor cornerback, one hundred and seventy five
pounds of them, soaking wet, was trying to wrangle LJ.
Martin and Lj's just stiff arming them, stiff arming them
getting towards the sideline, moving upfield for an additional five
seven eight yards. That's what makes it fun, not taking
the big hits versus bigger opponents in the box.
Speaker 2: LJ.
Speaker 1: It seemed like on a couple of runs you got
got up a little bit gingerly though, but once you
got the ball you were one hundred percent Again what
happened there?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know, just that's the same game
goes on. You know sometimes I'm just feel a little
tweaks and then you gotta walk it off.
Speaker 2: And you get up and always, you know, taking the shots.
Speaker 1: A couple of shots here, essentially, if you touched the
ball thirty five times, you can't expect the man not
to at least get think that. I'll be honest, though,
we were all a little bit scared because you watch
Bear cringe and hurt his shoulders throwing shoulder and then
on the final drive, essentially l J. Martin, it gets
up a little bit gingerly, like no, please, we still
we still have one last home game. We got a
regular season, and we got to take on most likely
Texas Tech in the College or in the conference championship game. No,
not now not at the end of the year, had
a little bit of like a knock on wood, knock
on wood. But remember when b Yu in two thousand
and one was balling out scoring points that Gary croton
era had begun, Brandon Dolman was slinging it. Luke Staley
was Doke walk Dope Walker Award winning through his season.
And then at the end of the season what happened,
had some injuries, had some injuries, Luke got dinged up,
and then they couldn't win. They lost Mississippi State, or
said they beat Mississippi State, but then they lost a
why and then they lost in their Liberty Bowl game
because they were a little bit dinged up.
Speaker 2: They didn't have their Bill Cow back.
Speaker 1: So it's a it's an art to stay healthy throughout
a season, and LJ has done a pretty guys stay
good job of it this year. You talked about last
week how you were getting confident with that shoulder. Is
it safe to say you were confident and back to
your old self, LJ.
Speaker 5: I just think the confidence is going to keep on growing.
Speaker 2: And it's been fun.
Speaker 6: I mean, it's felt pretty good today.
Speaker 5: So I would say it's probably gonna keep on growing.
Speaker 2: Keep on growing, baby, keep bond going.
Speaker 1: LJ, what's changed with this team the last two weeks
since that lost the Texas staff, you guys have been
runn the ball?
Speaker 5: Well, I mean we just got back to what we
were doing before. I think that by we we had
a little bit of extra times. We changed some stuff
and you're kind of doing things that we usually get
in so, you know, just getting back to our basics,
just doing things that we need to do. And I
feel like it's been working out pretty good.
Speaker 1: I've loved the offensive line, physicality, how it's functioned, the
chemistry between these guys, Like the past pro has been fine,
it's been good. I've been utterly impressed by the run blocking.
They are in sync there in Unison. They're one cohesive unit.
They're one mind, one body, one heart. They really are, man,
they are in tandem, moving in like in Sync. Okay,
I don't know if the is it trying to think
of in Sync's best song. You know who know this?
Spencer Lynton. I think Spencer Lynton actually grew up dancington Sync.
I'm gonna text them right now. At any rate, these
b way you football offensive live. But they're in sync
right now. Man, It's so fun to watch. It is
fun to watch, man. It is choreographed violence.
Speaker 2: It is beautiful. Gotta celebrate it.
Speaker 1: I'm grateful in this week of Thanksgiving for this offensive line,
especially the last two weeks bouncing back after you know,
kind of a disappointing Texas tech outing.
Speaker 2: What's going to be.
Speaker 1: Different with this team to close out the job and
reach Arlington because last year you guys came up a
little bit short.
Speaker 5: You know it's gonna we're gonna have to celebrate this
one to night and then just move on tomorrow because
you know it's gonna be a really good use UCF team.
And you know, I mean you've seen our conference. Anyone
could be everyone, anyone, So you know it's gonna be
a good game, and we gotta go go out there
and be ready to play.
Speaker 1: Gotta kids, keep on rolling, baby number nine. Do you
you get into the whole college football playoff style points
or discuss that in the locker room at all?
Speaker 2: LJ.
Speaker 5: Not really, just because I mean Colonie always says, I mean,
if we win, we'll be in you know, so the
most important thing is to wining. So you know, we
gotta win every game and we'll be in. So if
you want to be in, just gotta win.
Speaker 2: If you want to be in, you just gotta win. LJ.
Martin put it on a T shirt. I'll buy it.
You had forty four receiving yards as well.
Speaker 1: It feels like that is becoming a bigger piece of
maybe your game. When you're more of a factor in
the receiving game, you get more totes also in the
run game. Is that something you're feeling pretty confident in
as well.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I did a lot of in high school,
so you know, I enjoyed catching the ball at the
Mackfield always wanted to be a receiver. I mean kind
of wanted to be like Chase, but you know, I'll take.
Speaker 2: The smaller role. Yeah, you're just too big and strong.
Speaker 1: Look, he was a good basketball player, well played hoop
all of his life. Was a great basketball player his
senior year. Was a bucket getter, played some point guard,
off guard, big body that.
Speaker 2: Can weave his way through defenses.
Speaker 1: In high school, I want to say as a receiving
running back. You watch his film and he was definitely
involved in the receiving game on the on his career,
I think.
Speaker 2: His four years of varsity football. He's a four year
varsity letterman.
Speaker 1: Played I guess minimally his freshman, a sophomore year, junior,
senior years was really balled out. But he had six
hundred and twenty seven total receiving yards, eleven point six
yards for reception, seventeen sorry, ten touchdowns in his in
his high school career as a receiver, he was a
running back receiver, right, they'd split him out though they'd
put him out in ISO situations, they'd motioned him out
of the backfield. They do a really nice job, no
doubt about it.
Speaker 2: All right, that's l J.
Speaker 1: Martin BYU running back in a little reading between the
lines postgame from the Cincinnati game.
Speaker 2: LJ. Martin in my opinion, Look, these are the top ten.
Speaker 1: Total rushing yard performances in BWAU football history. Jamal Williams
two eighty six versus the Leado on twenty sixteen. Eldon
four tied two hundred and seventy two versus George Washington
in nineteen sixty two. Tyler Rows year, that's an underrated
one right there, Virginia.
Speaker 2: That was a shootout.
Speaker 1: That was one of the most entertaining games under the
lights of level ever. I loved that game. People forget
about it. That was glorious. That was like BYU San
Diego State in like the Marshall Faulk era, like in
the nineties with ty Deptmer, fifty points dropped on both sides.
Speaker 2: It was crazy.
Speaker 1: Tyler owse year was balling two hundred and sixt six
yards versus Virginia.
Speaker 2: He had himself a knight.
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill two hundred and fifty nine yards and who
knows how many touchdowns.
Speaker 2: Versus Texas in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1: Ronnie Jenkins two fifteen versus San Jose State, Pete Van
Fackenberg two forty seven versus Long Beach State.
Speaker 2: LJ.
Speaker 1: Martin two twenty two versus Cincinnati in twenty twenty five.
Behind him, Jamal Williams versus Nevada twenty thirteen, two hundred
and nineteen yards. Curtis Brown had two nineteen versus Air
Force and five. Curtis Brown also to seventeen versus Utah
State in two thousand and two. That was early on
his career, a rising star. Jeff Blong two fifteen versus
Wyoming in nineteen seventy five, and then Luke Staley two
o seven versus Utah State in one. So you see that,
you're like wow, like geez like like I said, taking
into account all factors, location, opponent ramplifications, that LJ. Martin
performance was something to behold uh and it immortalized him
as one of the best running backs in BA football
history in my opinion. Let's go to break, guys, don't
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a little college football. Tanner Wall, the great Wall of
pro from Man Tanderwall has had a great season thus far.
I think he's one of the top safeties in college
football sitting now with four iron t's on the season.
He got to pick it. He's back to back iron
t's right now, got the pick sick pick six versus TCU,
and he got a nice pick, nice and easy one
in this Cincinnati game.
Speaker 2: On the road baller shot collar.
Speaker 1: Also, he's a part of the National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy.
I think he's a semi finalist the AFCA Good Works Team.
He may not only be nominated, he may be a
five semi five does he may even be a finalist
for some of these awards in twenty twenty five were
full trophy semi finalists.
Speaker 2: Guys, he's a.
Speaker 1: Team captain and he's been balling for Brigham. We gotta
give a bigger, big cougaror to Tanner Wall. And he's
played so well his senior season and we're gonna miss
him greatly next season. He's played in and and and
he I think he started every.
Speaker 2: Single game this season.
Speaker 1: Uh He's been productive, no doubt about it. Fifty three tackles,
thirty two solo, twenty one assisted, one TfL. He's got
four ironts and four passes defended. He's got that one
tuddy shout out to Tanner Wall. He's been tremendous. All right,
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T wall Tanner, take us through that interception in the
third quarter versus Cincinnati.
Speaker 8: We're in the bracket coverage there and quarterback Canda's initial
read to the boundary on the single side receiver and
then went back to the field, and I felt the
slot receiver had kind of beat the nickel and it
was kind of climbing pretty pretty fast, and so I
just tried to show some color and by the time
I got my head around, the ball was already in
the air, and so I know I was just gonna
I can get it.
Speaker 1: Gotta get up there and go and get a nice
high point severely in her THROWNE. What happened in that
particular play, b what you brought pressure and flush Brendan
Soarsby out of the pocket. One of the game plans was,
obviously to get him outside the pocket, get him off
his point, get him on the run. Brendan Soarsby is
a really good pocket passer and a really good runner.
He's not a good thrower on the run. It's kind
of similar, I'll be honest. It's not the same, but
it's kind of similar to what Taysom Hill was at
b YU, great elite runner, better than in my opinion, Bear,
better than Brendan.
Speaker 2: Taysom Hill was.
Speaker 1: Okay, Taysom was a pretty accurate, decent pocket passer. You
get him on the run though, can't can't can't throw
on the run with it. Lack just can't throw on
the run. Throws like Bebi's into the turf. Brendan is
running right and he's a little bit off Ballance couldn't
get all of it into it, and he just floated
one up, you know, pop fly to our center fielder Tanner,
welcomes down with it.
Speaker 2: Boom, shaka laka.
Speaker 1: Now Tanner, you guys had a lot of success stopping
Cincinnati's rush offense. What did you guys see in this
game in the game plan to stop that?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 8: I know, I thought the front seven played outstanding. You know,
I think JT and Keanu had had another great game,
both of them, and I thought the backers played well.
Speaker 2: Obviously, we'll be able to break it.
Speaker 8: Down a little more on film, but I thought the
front seven handled the run games extremely well tonight.
Speaker 1: Great work by that defense or fraud, no doubt about it.
Making Cincinnati one dimensional of the throw game.
Speaker 2: That was glorious.
Speaker 1: Tanner, What does it say about you guys as a
team where you're able to grind wins out like this?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean that's just kind of our our personality,
right that we're going to find a way to win
these games, and you know, you know, throughout the game
there might be some weird plays here there, you know,
then the game is scored twenty six points.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 8: I feel like sometimes it's kind of weird that the
funalt score we end up with. But we always find
a way to win, and that's what it's going to
take to get us to where we want to be.
So whatever that looks like, we'll we'll always.
Speaker 2: Take a win.
Speaker 1: Always get to take those those wins, no matter how
they come. What kind of statement do you think you
guys made on Saturday as far as the playoffs are
concerned and the committee is concerned.
Speaker 8: I mean, I think we did exactly what we're supposed
to do, right, We're supposed to come in here and
win this game, and I think, you know, the way
we handled the red zone. You know, their red zone
offense was supposed to be one of the best in
the country, and how we handled that extremely well. We
ran the ball, I mean how LJ had what two
hundred and thirty yards rushing something like that. So I
mean LJ deserves to be the Big twelve Offensive Player
of the Week. And I thought the old line played
outstanding too. So I think all around just just came
out and we're able to play a great game tonight.
Speaker 1: Phenomenal, phenomenal performance, no doubt about it, from everybody, but
including big time LJ.
Speaker 2: Martin.
Speaker 1: Why do you think this team has been able to
close out games in November and give themselves a chance
compared to maybe last year.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think I think it's a focused thing for us.
Speaker 2: I think it's us knowing, you know, it's going to take.
Speaker 8: A lot of effort and a lot more preparation on
our part. But also it's you know, the love we
have for each other.
Speaker 2: This team super.
Speaker 8: Tightening, and you know, we've been able to accomplish some
great things already this year and are working towards the
real things that we're excited about accomplishing. But I mean,
I feel like at the end of the day, there's
a lot of veterans on this team too, who were
on the team last year, who you know, it felt
bad to be in the driver's seat and then lose
that ability to control our destiny.
Speaker 2: So we're trying to keep that in our hands.
Speaker 1: You're the master of your own destiny, and you didn't
want to flay all at the end of the year
like you did, no doubt, like you did last year.
Speaker 2: You brought up LJ.
Speaker 1: What can you say about the type of leader in
the locker room?
Speaker 2: I mean all of us.
Speaker 8: Lj's a quiet guy, so not not a super vocal
as a leader, but we know he's he the way
he performs with his play and he's he's just such
a focused guy. And you know that he came out
and the way that he played tonight, like that's just
that's just, you know, shows who he is as a
player and in the game when he needed to have
a game like that, he did, you know, and just
just so proud of how dominant he looked out there
tonight and he was amazing.
Speaker 2: Boomshaka, Laca. There you have it.
Speaker 1: That's standard Wall, the great Wall of Provo BYU defensive
back BYU free safety post game after a dub, a
beautiful dub versus the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Speaker 2: Let's take a brief time out. We'll be back.
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at the Delta Center. Great win, a thirty point win.
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Number fifteen looked amazing. It was awesome to otcher Richie
SNAs go off for a season high twenty six points,
Robert at the third also recording his second career double
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We haven't had time to break it down yet. We're
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let's get to it. K why postgame after the win
over the Wisconsin Badgers, AJ gets his.
Speaker 10: Four thousand about what seventeen minutes left in the game,
and you guys end up increasing your leader in the
next ten minutes?
Speaker 4: What did you run back your team?
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that was impressive.
Speaker 3: I thought tonight was the first game all year where
the everybody that we.
Speaker 2: Brought here we brought in here for a reason.
Speaker 3: And I think you saw that tonight. I think the
road definition is getting more clear, and that stretch without
Hadem gave us a big lift. I thought Rob stepped up,
Dominique Diomande came in and gave us a lift.
Speaker 2: So it was it was good.
Speaker 3: I was worried, honestly, like, man, how are we going
to weather this?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 3: And like to your point, now only do we weather,
but we increased the lead, which says a lot about
the rest of the team.
Speaker 4: Why didn't you take him out when he picked up?
Speaker 1: All right, So let's highlight a few of the other guys. Obviously,
I highlighted Richie. He had five what three pointers, scored
twenty six points.
Speaker 2: He led this team.
Speaker 1: Aj Devons added eighteen points six rebounds to help the
Cougars go to four and one and earned their first
victory over a ranked opponent through season. Rob Right the
third also was great, added ten points and eleven assists.
Great distributor for great playmaker man. He is so quick
with his handle, and he's got great vision as well.
But a couple of guys that he mentioned there, we're
going to need individuals coming off the bench playing great
defense and finding ways to make an impact offensively. And
Dominique Diamonde was one of those guys. Ronald the three
man weaver you run attendance.
Speaker 2: It was visible. You could see how his length athleticism like.
Speaker 1: He looks a little bit awkward sometimes too, like the
way he like run his posture.
Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, he's got like a little.
Speaker 1: Ichabod crane type of thing going on, like a little
hunchback of notre down. I don't know, man, he's got
an odd posture. But man, he's long and athletic, and
really he was a bright spot coming off the bench.
Speaker 2: What did you see?
Speaker 11: Yeah, he looks like that old head in the hood,
Ben that you know one hundred percent, that hype guy
I got that hunchback is like I got you the
whole way. Don't go no it can I be honest.
It's like Corey Brewer. That's what he reminds me of.
Corey Brewer, if anybody knows anyway, back to your point
and all jokes aside, No, Ben, I thought him and
kadem Boop was the difference maker, especially Dominique. He comes
in and it wasn't just that Aj was on the
bench in basketball being you know this and how this
may apply to football terms.
Speaker 4: You gotta do what affect the game.
Speaker 11: He slowed the game down, he had he went to
the free throw line four times, hit all of his
free throws. You're starting to see why he was on
the U nineteen France team, right and why he played
like That's what I really thought. Gave Ba you the
advantage because yes, Bo, you wanted to push in transition,
but Wisconsin started to make a run. And what's your
best player on the bench in foul trouble. You have
to affect the game. So defensively he slowed Boyd down.
They made it a problem for Blackwell his defensive presence
and I thought once he got to the line, he
was phenomenal. And then Kadeem added that energy like, look, Ben,
there are not too many players that I've said this
over here. You need sometimes some brothers to hype the
crowd up. Could he even gets into a tie up right,
rips the ball from the guy, gets up, starts what
is throwing his hands up to the crowd and says
this is my you know what house right?
Speaker 4: And that energy is.
Speaker 11: Exactly what people needed and what BYU I think needed
to keep the momentum because Wisconson made a late push,
but that eventually extended to run. So I grew with
Kevin Young. You saw in that game everybody that they
had and we wanted to see it.
Speaker 4: Could the bench step up?
Speaker 11: And I think everybody did that And I love what
I saw from Dominiquons on last Friday.
Speaker 2: Let's get back to.
Speaker 1: The sound k Why discussing the victory of the Wisconsin
Badgers postgame his third.
Speaker 4: Foul, there was a dead ball. You could have done it,
and would you do it again?
Speaker 2: Is that the needs to.
Speaker 12: Learn to them.
Speaker 3: I'll leave him in every time, like I just I mean,
there's been millions, not millions, there's been a lot of
studies on the cost benefit of fouls and taking guys out.
I trust him, I trust Rob, I trust Richie, and
so I mean the thing about AJ, he's extremely smart.
We really only have to tell him something one time
and he does it, so he'll learn from that. But yeah,
I would do it again.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say the game has a life of his own.
As a life of this game.
Speaker 3: I thought this was this particular game. I mean, we
were really trying to space them out. We thought we
had a speed advantage, so I thought, really just holding
true to that, and I thought, you saw it's how
we got thirty four threes up. I thought we did
a good job with the spacing, and then we were
really trying to just execute the game plan defensively in
terms of the person out of this game. You play
a team like that that runs that continuity offense, you're
just gonna kind of see the same thing over and
over and you got to kind of stay the course,
which we did.
Speaker 1: Why were you able to all right, So so Ronnie,
I was impressed with the defensive veatfort obviously, but and
then also three point efficiency.
Speaker 2: I think those two.
Speaker 1: Things combined allowed for BAU to have this type of
margin of victory.
Speaker 11: Yeah, the three point shooting in the second half, I
think it was a difference maker. I think they were
five of fifteen or fourteen in the first half and
then they hit nine in the second.
Speaker 4: So I really thought that did it.
Speaker 11: And then definitely, like he said that different how they
were to spread them out, Ben and guard them.
Speaker 4: They pressed them. But no, we always want to know, Ben.
Speaker 11: You always are telling me, Hey, find out what is
the coach's model, what a kind of they're saying. So well,
this is Kevin Young saying right now, especially for the
twenty twenty five to twenty six season, each game has
a life of its own. So that's why I asked
that question, what life was in this game? And you know,
and he mentioned it right there. So that's something that
is going to be a big part of this BAU team. Obviously,
the life of the game in the Yukon game was
you're down Canardo. Obviously, then Keba gets a concussion and
in this game, Okay, you're just down Canard even though
Nay Pickens is out. So each game is presenting new challenges.
But this was a good team win overall. And like
you said, Ben, I think by you can guard from
the perimeter, even though Rob Wright is a little smaller.
You're saying you've seen Dawson Baker be committee. You've seen
all these guys in the highlow. Last year that was
an issue. They ranked in the bottom in perimeter defense.
They like, they sucked. Let's just call it what it is.
They were not good. And this year you're seeing them
take that a little bit more pride in that and
be way more physical with players.
Speaker 1: Boom baby, let's get back to k why discussing the
win over Sconsin.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm the success you had defensively in this game, though,
I think our guys I give our coaches a lot
of credit.
Speaker 2: That had a great game.
Speaker 3: Plan, and really it was the practice, flour and the attitude. Honestly,
you know what I said to the guys. If we
were in the NBA, we would have played about four
games by now. Instead we played none, and we had
to sit on that Yukon loss for way too long.
And so I think that really drove some motivation for
our guys, and I think that's a large part of
why we came out and played well.
Speaker 10: How much do you need this non conference to get
guys in familiar positions and everything, to have the familiarity
with the team.
Speaker 3: It's everything, man like, it's huge. It really is that
we I don't think I don't think we go do that.
And we have not played Carolina and we have not
played you, Villanova, and so.
Speaker 4: It's the only way to learn about your group.
Speaker 3: And so you know, and I'm not gonna act like
I'm a savvy vet in the college game, but just
even two years in, I mean, you got one team
last year, you figure that team out, and then everyone leaves,
then you got a new team, and now you got
to figure those guys out, and that's that could be challenging.
And I you know, I think Richie, me and him
had a little sit down yesterday, and you know, he's trying.
Speaker 2: To fast track everything.
Speaker 3: I'm like, dude, calm down, this is gonna take a
little bit of time.
Speaker 4: We got to work through all this.
Speaker 3: We're not just gonna snap our fingers and be the
team we want to be now.
Speaker 4: Tonight.
Speaker 3: That was that's what our vision of this version of
BYU basketball looks like. And I thought we were clicking
on all cylinders. Yeah, I mean, he's he's a gamer,
so he's gonna do his thing.
Speaker 4: You know, it was hard to get any rhythm.
Speaker 2: You know, he hadn't practiced all we he hadn't han't.
Speaker 3: Done anything since that Yukon game, and so we were
trying to use short stints with him, plus the Demons
playing well, and then I think he actually got banged
around again. I think Richie caught him with something. I said,
do you gotta stay away from Richie? Richie a wild man?
Just to stay away from him, but Cabe.
Speaker 2: Is gonna do what he does. Man the NBA, what
does it mean to play in the NBA arenas? For
I love it.
Speaker 3: I mean, for me, I'm more comfortable in these arenas
than I am the college ones.
Speaker 4: I said that the other day.
Speaker 3: But I think it's cool. I think you're seeing it
more and more throughout college basketball.
Speaker 2: You know, this is obviously a beautiful venue.
Speaker 3: We love coming up here, pretty comfortable up here, and
I think the guy's just it's, uh, it's really neat.
Speaker 4: I think it's a cool experience.
Speaker 11: What's the next development in his drive game? You know,
kind of getting do you want him to get all
the way to the rim and kind of what's what's
his kind of next development to Pat?
Speaker 3: I think just reading it, you know, I think, you
know we had a he was surgical tonight.
Speaker 4: I thought in the post, you know he was.
Speaker 3: He was picking his spots extremely well. Uh you know,
some nights because of our shooting, they're gonna will be
more driving lanes and where he can't get all the way.
Speaker 4: To the rim.
Speaker 3: Other times, you know, they had a lot of big
bodies down there, so I thought he did a good
job of finding his spots.
Speaker 4: But yes, I mean, we want to get all the
way to the rim.
Speaker 2: He's very aware of that.
Speaker 3: But he's the rare air with some of the greats
where he can just get to a spot and there's
nothing you can do about it.
Speaker 4: You know, how long canag will be up?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 8: Thanks, guys?
Speaker 2: All right, there you have it.
Speaker 1: That though, was k why discussing the win over Wisconsin
went into a couple last things there, Ronnie, you were
in attendance in that scrum.
Speaker 2: What do you make of it?
Speaker 1: Like obviously Cannard Davis Junior is still to be determined
what's going on with him. But I'm actually cautiously optimistic
that we'll see Canard Davis Junior earlier rather than later.
Speaker 11: I'm with you as well, I'm also cautiously optimistic. I
think that you will see him sooner rather than later.
I don't know if he'll play this week, but I
definitely think maybe after this week you could see him play.
I mean, we'll just have to wait and see Ben.
But no, I mean the reporters have to ask the question,
even though it's the last question.
Speaker 4: That's I think a very valid fair question to ask.
Speaker 11: But no, I think, like you mentioned, because you mentioned
this last week, AJ that burst of explosion, getting that
first step and getting to the rim. Now, in the NBA,
because they don't play defense, and he's gonna be able
to draw fouls and get downhill, that's gonna be a
bucket every time. But in college right now, Ben, that
is that is a little bit of a factor, Like
he has to be able to get more explosive and
finish at the rim because you're not going to get
those calls. I will say this, though he shot three
of eight and you finished with eighteen points. He went
to the free throw line twelve times, made eleven attempts,
you know, army fouls.
Speaker 4: He drew eight.
Speaker 11: So that's why I always bring up that, yes, he
does need to work on it, but if he's not,
he's drawing fouls at a very high level and it's
gonna make a lot of teams anger. Like Wisconsin was
not playing a mental game really well. They thought they
had it. Wrestled call it, and that's that's what you
do when you're six to nine and you got that
first step is even if you're not explosive, because people
respect your mid games so much and they overload or
they get out of position. When you fake and you're
able to get him on your hip and you go
up and they're behind you, they commit a foul and
you get to the free throw line. So I believe
he is gonna have a lot of free throw attempts
been for the rest of the season. We'll see what
he does for the rest of non conference and especially
his conference play vamps up because you know how it
was last year with Yegor. They allow you to play
extremely physical teams like Iowa State. There not going to
hold it back, so we'll see what AG is able
to make.
Speaker 4: Of it all.
Speaker 1: Let's uh, let's get back to some sound. What about
Rob Wright the third the double double?
Speaker 2: Uh. Look, it's hard to get eleven assists in a game. Uh.
Speaker 1: He continues to become a playmaker for the VA Cougars.
He can score, but this man can distribute as well.
Let's listen to Rob Wright in the post game.
Speaker 4: Well, I'll talk about how you guys extended the league.
With Aj on the bench for about ten minutes in.
Speaker 6: A second, it definitely was just us playing together and
just Garden.
Speaker 12: I think we did a great job againing stocks and
just againing on transition and making plays.
Speaker 10: You gave me a little more confidence in this game.
You know, you got a couple want least one starter out,
and then AJ goes to the bench and screeds and
you can not only handle it, you can expand the league.
Speaker 12: I just feel like it's a coach just staying on us,
just a next man up.
Speaker 6: That was the motto. So we just had to step
up and make it.
Speaker 4: The plays close Scout on the black cords, you guys
can come.
Speaker 12: To h He does a good job of scaring I
think he averaging like twenty a game coming in, so
we just knew to keep him out to paint and
just don't let him get no easy.
Speaker 6: Three off because you could score from all three levels.
Speaker 10: What kind of state thing does this make to be
in the top twenty five team by almost thirty here?
Speaker 12: I think it's it's good, but on to the next
We can't be too worried about it.
Speaker 6: We just gotta move on next game.
Speaker 2: What's you like putting in an NBA read? Is that
exciting for you guys?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 6: It feels great. I think that was our third game
this year, so it's fun.
Speaker 4: Hey, Ron, you have a lovely sis.
Speaker 2: You finished with three more.
Speaker 6: System response to have as a team, who was working
for you.
Speaker 4: And just finding guys.
Speaker 6: To I think it's just the guy.
Speaker 12: The defense was collapsing on me, so just finding open
man and just making it easy.
Speaker 10: You feel like you're shuttling in now with the team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 12: We built chemistry every day we had a new team,
so I think it's gonna keep you around.
Speaker 2: Throught the season any other year.
Speaker 7: Rust for the game.
Speaker 6: I think in the last two minutes somebody mentioned it,
but it is what it is, all right, two more questions.
Speaker 10: What did you guys learn about yourself with aj on
the banks during that stretch?
Speaker 2: Was it I mean defensively you were talking about, but offensively.
Speaker 6: You guys picked them in the year as well.
Speaker 12: Really that we have a lot of threats on our
team and we can score in a variety of leaves.
Speaker 10: I remember, if they have a really big team, did
you take to take a while to adjust to their
size or if you guys played it up against big teams,
now you're you used to.
Speaker 12: We came in his game trying to be the aggressor,
so I think we kind of was just trying to
be more physical than them and just play harder.
Speaker 2: Thanks guys, thanks for there you go. That's rob right.
Speaker 1: The third, just to kind of break down the eight
man rotation there was, you know, I mean Hilo got
four minutes, Stayton got two minutes. Lexikostick came off the
bench at two threes.
Speaker 2: That was nice.
Speaker 1: Uh, he had three minutes to play, so he came
run off the bench and was a bucket getter from
the perimeter immediately. But uh, your your rotational guys right now,
you got to give a big coogar role to Dawson
Baker twenty two minutes of play, eleven points, four to
six from the field, two to four from the three
point line, and then one for two from the Churney strive.
He also had three rebounds, So nice work by Dawson.
Loved what I saw from him. Shout out to Dominique Diamonte.
And then we need had to even move to continue
to progress well. Nineteen minutes six points. He was three
or four from the field, five rebounds, one is his.
He had one turnover but one steal, So shout out
to those guys. Any thoughts, any final thoughts on this win,
Ronald the three man weaver.
Speaker 11: Like you said, when they play good perimeter defense, when
you're playing like that, being and out at your best
and your best players in foul trouble, you got a
good chance to beat anybody.
Speaker 4: You're winning by that margin.
Speaker 11: Like Kevin Young you mentioned earlier if you missed an
EVA download on the podcast, But yeah, that's the type
of version of b AU basketball you expect, and I
expect the same thing going forward. And look, rob right,
when you have more assistant out of the team, that
means that your gardener and you're passing the ball and
not being selfish, still want them. Then I got to
get too fancy. No, he can sasce a lot of
people up. Don't turn the ball over, Rob. But overall,
great win against Wisconsin. Good bounce back performance, especially as
they go to the Terry's Chocolate invitation.
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