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to yegor Joe minsound why he chose BYU. It's causing
a bit of a ruckus out there in the NBA world.
And Andy Staples discusses in a Cougar Byte that the
wife of Texas tex Team barber who was hit by
a drunk driver recently and BWAU fans having Sharon that
go fundme link and they've raised an absurd amount of
money in a very short time.
Speaker 3: We'll get to that and much more. Oh Oh, Kalati
stake too.
Speaker 2: He joined the Triple Option podcast to break down b
Way's culture and why their players are serving missions.
Speaker 3: Urban tries to.
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onto Uh, let me see which podcast was?
Speaker 3: Which show was?
Speaker 2: This looks like it was from the logo with Jimmer
fredet uh and uh. This is what he had to
say about why he chose b Yu.
Speaker 4: Hearing you know that I didn't know much about the
religion in Utah yet and by you always look like
and for me, it was just great to to learn
that people there are not drinking, not partying, you know there,
most of them are good people sort of things. So
I'm like, okay, that's like me, you know.
Speaker 5: And when I already.
Speaker 4: Got there, this understanding got even even more clear because
I'm like, Okay, I'm I'm a part of this group, right,
I'm not nothing different and I'm not I'm not going
to be weird for not going to party Withever with
the with the whole team, right, and I'm not going
to be I'm not going to be a weird guy
for not drinking or not smoking, you know, and things
like this. So I really felt like a part of
that group. And it was it was special for me,
that's for sure. Hearing you know that, I didn't know
much about.
Speaker 3: It, all right.
Speaker 2: So he didn't want to be ostracized. He didn't like
to party, he didn't like to drink, he didn't like
to smoke. He didn't like to get out and about
in the community and take in the traditional collegiate student
body experience, which can be a little bit an out
of body experience quite honestly, as you you you partake
of some of the uh, I don't know what you'd
call it, the the dopamine uh. And you know, anyway,
just partake of the traditional ways right of college student,
the student body experience. He didn't want any of that.
He wanted to be different. He was different, and he
didn't want to be ostracized when he said no to it.
I can tell you this much like I guarantee you
Jimmer Ferd when he went to the Sacramento Kings, he
was different in that.
Speaker 3: Locker room, okay, absolutely like and.
Speaker 2: He was ostracized, like culturally, ethnically, religiously. He he was
just different in every way, shape and form, and it
was oil and water and that locker room.
Speaker 3: They didn't want him there.
Speaker 2: Furthermore, they felt they probably felt like he was, you know,
a rat in there, you know, a tattletale in there, like,
oh no, maybe we ain't inviting you, invite you out,
and he probably don't want to go out anyway, and
it creates separation, right, So he wanted to go to
the team yegor want to go to a team where
he was, he was welcomed, He fit in and culturally
he meshed. That's why he chose b Yu. And this
is the whole. Like I've been talking about this since
the inception.
Speaker 3: Of our show.
Speaker 2: The love that I have and also the love hate
relationship I have with the honor Code. I love the
fact that it limits distractions temporarily.
Speaker 3: You can be better. You have impulse control.
Speaker 2: You're going to be more socioeconomically successful if you can
abide by rules and regulations and not give in to
your impulses and appetites in life. That is clinically proven,
by the way, that is, like scientifically proven impulse control
will lead you like if you have the ability to
say no to food, to say no to drink, then
say to no to other appetites that sometimes are even
more powerful. Right, Like you have a leg up on
the competition temporarily speaking, socioeconomically speaking, athletically speaking, and it's
not even close. So I love that about it. But
you know fair Cycle said, you say it always. You know,
the pompus ran me up to Mormon sometimes can can.
It's not a good culture at times, right, so you
got to get the right people that want to abide
and align with Bo's culture and Boy's ono coade and
BoA's academic standards. Period Yegor fit the mold. You gotta
go find more Yegors periods period.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 6: It is funny how BYU keeps finding these guys that
basically already do all the things include like they do
all the things that a BYU requires.
Speaker 3: They fit in with the culture. You find the Yegor.
Speaker 6: Demon who says I don't want to I don't want
to drink, I don't want to party. You get bear
Bachmeyer who says, I play settlers of gatan in the
locker room.
Speaker 2: And chess and comes from a military I sing I.
Speaker 6: Sing at retirement homes. I mean, tell me that you're
a boy scout without telling me that you're a voice.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 6: It's funny how BYU keeps finding these guys and they
become the face of BYU and represent BYU just the
same as if someone who grew up in the church
would represent BYU.
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent BYU fans getting out in droves.
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Speaker 3: So it's gone viral.
Speaker 2: There is a go fundme link that is being shared
across all social media platforms.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: The wife of Texas Tech team Barber Okay, was hit
by a drunk driver recently and this go fundme link
was shared and BYU fans got ahold of it and
started donating, And now others Kirk k Herbstreet have donated. Others
within college the college football world are donating. Andy Staples
went onto his show and discussed he didn't even have
the updated content.
Speaker 3: The updated number. I don't think this is.
Speaker 2: Andy Staples of On three discussing it on his show recently.
Speaker 8: So the Texas Tech team Barber's wife got hit by
a drunk driver last month and they've had a GoFundMe
to help pay medical costs and deal with all the
stuff that that comes afterward. And BYU fans began sharing
the go fundme YU placed Texas Tech on Saturday. BYU
fans began sharing the GoFundMe and they was they'd raised
five thousand before the YU fans started sharing it, and
now they've raised eleven thousand. So really cool the BYU
fans stepping in to help out. They're going to play
Texas Tech, and as a Mattator of the Sky responded
after reading about this, said, I'm not supposed to like
y'all till after the game, but this is the sort
of thing that makes college football special that it brings
communities together.
Speaker 9: People you know outside that they're going to.
Speaker 8: Compete for sixty minutes on the field, but we're all
kind of in this together. So very cool to be
Why you fans to do that? So I just wanted
to point that out.
Speaker 3: Love this.
Speaker 2: They have now officially raised over one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars on the go fundb account.
Speaker 3: That's insane, It's crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, BA fans give some relief the Texas Tech barbering
wife as she continues her recovery after a devastating crash
caused by a drunk driver. All the more reasons speaking
of honor code, all the more reason to highlight that.
I mean, I go into I'm on call for like
er visits for orthopedic and sports medicine devices, back braces,
neck braces, just braces in general, bio mechanical supports, and
I can't tell you how many times, Like I mean,
Utah is a little bit different, but the number of
like urgent care and emergent visits correlated with alcohol consumption
is extremely high. Like, you drink alcohol, you know, there's
a high percentage chance that you could be.
Speaker 3: In the er soon. It's that bad, right, and so
like obviously like this whole thing. So anyways, the honor code.
Speaker 2: Is good, is what I'm getting at, And not consuming
alcohol is good. And everybody, I think in the world,
hopefully more people are understanding that, and you're gonna see
more people not drinking alcohol. And I hope it shuts
down all the fermented drink creators. I'll be honest, it's
not good for anybody. Honestly, you know, if I'm being honest,
I'd rather have you smoke weed than drink alcohol. Like
that's the point. Like, I'd rather have you have some
sort of medicinal marijuana card and consume it than drinking alcohol.
Speaker 3: It's that bad.
Speaker 9: It's poison.
Speaker 2: It's literally an a stringent. Joseph Smith was a prophet,
he was inspired. He has inspired the word of wisdom.
Speaker 3: Anyway.
Speaker 2: Ivan ortiz Okay stated this to The Athletic. It went
from a hate week to everybody supporting each other. Now
it's more of a camaraderie instead of a war. Orti said,
I didn't realize the situation. My story would bring some
peace to this game this week. It's a miracle she's
alive right now based on her injuries, but Maddie has
made strong progress. Ivan said she's able to respond by
squeezing her hand, showing her expressions, and opening her eyes.
Ivan and his three year old son, Ivan Canelo Junior,
who had recently completed potty trading with his mother before
the accident and visit the hospital every day. Bau fans
have been given messages of support. Football is fun, but
family is forever. Sending love from BYU Cougar or Raider.
Family matters most, sending love and prayers for a full recovery,
doubt or of financial stress. We're in Lubbock, Texas, and
people from Utah touch by our story. She's not alone
and it's showing. Ivan has been extremely gracious, extremely full
of gratitude during this process, commenting on social media as
well as anyone that's willing to listen from the media interviewing.
Speaker 6: Well, is it is it true to say that this
is one of the ways that BYU Athletics is a
missionary tool because it's allowing.
Speaker 3: I think it's important.
Speaker 6: I think it's in a way that we can't otherwise.
Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting.
Speaker 2: So, like I think missionary tool has is too much
of a connotation of proselyting. I think this is just
an ambassadorial tool to introduce people to the people of
the faith, right.
Speaker 3: Because yeah, and and so I think it's.
Speaker 2: Important to just delineate the two.
Speaker 3: The two words. I guess because I don't. I don't.
Speaker 6: The reason being is we don't want it to sound
like we're in it for baptisms, right, And my point
is that this has allowed like members of the church
to show goodwill towards people in a way that we
can't otherwise because there's absolutely no connection between as far
as I know, between these two people and members of
the Church of Ya, fans or anything without BYU athletics.
These people probably don't get this help.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I get it. Like what I'm saying is like,
you know, it's for me.
Speaker 2: I think there's also a component like I want to
introduce people to like the people, the faith, service, all
those things, like all of it, but it shouldn't be
based foundationally.
Speaker 3: To be seen of men absolutely like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're trying to introduce it, like, hey, are we
of life? Are our people? We're you know, we like
to give you know, service oriented, look at the fruits.
We'd love to have you come, you know, bring your
truth to us, right, but it's not to be seen
of men like, oh, we can't get And that's what
I'm trying to get clarification on, Like we're gonna celebrate this.
There's no doubt. This is our show and this is
what we talk about and and things of that nature.
But but I also think it's important to understand, Hey,
you know, foundationally, our approach should be service, and I.
Speaker 3: Think it is in this vein it it is in
this particular situation. It totally is.
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let's get to the Josh Paige sound uh. This is
his synopsis his breakdown b YU versus Texas Tech. He says,
upset alert for Texas Tech can be why you pull.
Speaker 10: It off the biggest scheduled dynamic edges of the season
in this game, Texas Tech playing their sixth consecutive game,
Brigham Young coming off of buy.
Speaker 9: So late in the year. This matters. So let's just
keep an eye on that.
Speaker 10: You got to make Brigham Young uncomfortable because they are
masters at making you uncomfortable. They're so good at creating
the game. They want to play and then beating you
play in it. They're number three in the country and
turnover margin, so they've taken the ball away consistently. They
have not trailed a ton, and even when they've trailed,
it hasn't been my multiple possessions. They've never had to
abandon the run this year. They've never had to lean
on throwing the ball to get back in the game.
Brigham Young has the eighty eighth passing offense in the country,
so you would think to yourself, Oh man, all you
got to do is get ahead of them.
Speaker 9: Okay, do it. Everyone else has tried to.
Speaker 10: Everyone else has tried to get that two possession lead
and then make bear Backmeyer and company come back on them.
Speaker 9: Through the air. They're very good at making you play
their game.
Speaker 10: The model has Texas Tech minus ten FanDuel Texas Tech
minus ten and a half. There is a world where
Brigham Young wins this game outright by doing the exact
same thing that they've done for a long time. The
reason I'm gonna go the direction I'm gonna go is
because I think that there are a couple of damn
breaker moments that could happen here where if they happen.
They're kind of happening to Brigham Young for the first
time this year, and if they're putting an unfamiliar spot,
I think there is there is some chance to.
Speaker 9: Get margin here for Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: Because what I.
Speaker 10: Haven't even mentioned is they're number one in the country
in explosive plays, their top twenty five running pass. I
think it's just a different caliber team than Brigham Young's
face so far this year. So give me Red Raiders
to win, Give me Red Raiders to cover.
Speaker 2: Wow, pulling a fast one on all of us, right,
pulling a fast one. Look, I need Pate. Pate state
he's a hater. Joe Klatt's a hater. Well, there's a
bigger hater. Pate is way bigger of a hter. I
don't think he's watched the b WAYU game.
Speaker 6: And here's how I know, yeah, because he and he
hints at it in this clip where he's starting to
Teams have tried to get those two score leads, and
oh wait, what did Iowa State do? Did they get
a two score lead? I think they did. Did Colorado
get a two score lead, I think they did. Did
Arizona get a two score lead? I think they did
earlier in the week. There's a there was a clip
of him floating around where he said that no team
has had a two score lead on BYU And in
that moment, I said, this man has not seen a
single game of BYU.
Speaker 3: He's he's he.
Speaker 6: Might have watched film on one, but he he isn't.
Speaker 3: He isn't paying he's watched that much.
Speaker 2: Is it like snap to huddle or something like that,
snap like tackle?
Speaker 6: You know, I don't think he I don't think he's
looked outside the box score. And even if you look
at the box score, you can see these teams have
been up two scores. Just look at the quarter breakdown.
It's it's not difficult. A lot of what he said, though,
is true. I think it does play a factor that
this is Texas text six straight.
Speaker 3: Game and BA is coming off of bye. I think
that's an advantage.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so too. Was chatted with a few
textas Taken insiders.
Speaker 3: They did they do.
Speaker 2: They did say that they they're as healthy as they've
been all season.
Speaker 3: That's one of the things they've they've they've brought up.
Speaker 2: It's like despite not having a bye week for the
last six weeks, they've somehow gotten healthy.
Speaker 3: Which is wild, which.
Speaker 2: Is also pretty wild. But like I did ask this
to Brett Hammer, I think yesterday I was like, who
hates b Yu more? Is it Joel Klatt or is
it Josh Pate? And you think it's Pate. I do
think it's paid Joe Clatt.
Speaker 6: Will Joe Clatt at least went on I think he
went on BA Sports Nation last year, and I mean
he wasn't He was complimentary, but he wasn't like, you know,
he wasn't really giving Boay that many flowers.
Speaker 3: But every once in a.
Speaker 6: While he'll say something where it's like he'll say a
positive thing about b Yu. Josh Pate will never in
his life ever say anything positive about BOYU. If they
win a national championship, he will declare someone else the
national champion.
Speaker 3: I don't know, man, I think both of them hate BYU.
Speaker 2: They get like paying them both to like I think
for different reason. And I don't know the background of
Josh pay but but like for like Josh Payin, I
think it's just like he's he's one of those elitist
college football SEC Big ten guys.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 6: He'll find a way to blame an il for ruining
college football b where you went to national championship.
Speaker 2: On You know they'll they'll pull an urban Meyer and
bring up the uh, the missionary advantage too.
Speaker 3: Oh, while they're at it. While they're at it.
Speaker 2: Joe Klatt, I just think, I just I just don't
think he likes twelve no Mormonism. I think it's a
Mormon thing. I think it's a Chris theological Christian cultural thing.
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twelve football coming up next with Drake Tall, host of
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Speaker 1: Fan, It's time to celebrate the biggest team sport known
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Speaker 11: If you are a Texas Tech fan, or YU fan
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Speaker 5: Share it with your friends.
Speaker 11: If YU loses to Texas Tech, they cannot be moved
behind Utah. If Texas Tech loses to BYU, they cannot
be moved by in Utah.
Speaker 5: So the very least what.
Speaker 11: The Big twelve is looking at next week is still
having three top fifteen teams. There will not be a
lot of chaos no matter who wins or loses the game.
Speaker 3: In love it.
Speaker 11: That is great for this conference. On top of that,
Texas plays Georgia, They're going to lose. Oklahoma is going
to lose. There are teams ahead of Utah. They're going
to help BYU Texas Tech and the Utes all get in.
If you're looking for a best case scenario for three
Big twelve teams to go to the College Football Playoff,
we just got that. With the respect the Committee is
giving this conference that is huge, huge, this league three bits.
Speaker 5: It's not a joke anymore.
Speaker 11: It's not like, oh maybe like legitimately, Utah you're in.
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Speaker 7: Ben? I don't know who opened the segment here, but
whoever that guy was sounds hot.
Speaker 11: I like him already.
Speaker 3: This is this is good.
Speaker 7: She keeps but she keep playing more of those audio clips.
Speaker 2: We'll keep playing all of his clips, Drake, why do
you believe the committee gave some love to the Big twelve?
Speaker 3: What happened? What happened over the last few weeks.
Speaker 7: Well, what's interesting is, for the first time, it feels
like committee is not using a an analytic from the
ESPN that ultimately is more subjective than many people want
to admit. Now, what's what's crazy, Ben, is to start
this year, Missouri had the twentieth rank strength of schedule
in the country and they were the lowest ranked SEC team.
Sixteen SEC teams got to be in the top twenty
in strength of schedule coming into the year, So that
just means other metrics that we see are skewed based
on where we started. Of course, if you rank somebody
high to begin of the year and they end up sucking,
we're still going to give you credit in the SEC
for being that team that's ranked so high. So while
you did say these metrics don't lie, the analytics don't lie,
The numbers don't lie. They do based on where we start,
based on where ESPN puts it, you know, byused on
the Top twenty and ESPN's FPI and Utah is knocking
down the door to be a top ten team. Obviously
we cannot use those to decide who goes to the
College Football Playoffs. Well, the reason I think the committee
likes the Big twelve so much and that this was
such a favorable move for the conference to have three
teams in the top thirteen is because the coaches on
the committee actually watched the games. They actually see the football,
and given the idea that the committee is going to
watch this year, the Big twelves in business.
Speaker 3: They're in business, all right.
Speaker 2: One of the things that BYU fans have been debating
right is just how big this game really is. We
went back and forth a little bit on this. On
one hand, it's like, well, ba, you could lose this
game and still.
Speaker 3: Get to the Big Twelve championship, so isn't that big.
Speaker 2: On the other hand, if you win, you could lose
two more games and you're still in the Big Twelve Championship.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 7: That's so here's the really tough part about the game
between YU and Texas Tech is, as much as I
want to say it's the biggest game in the Big
twelve has had since Texas and oh you worst year,
the only problem with that is is the loser and
I mentioned that, you know in that clip, the loser
is not going to move down that far. We're going
to be in a fine spot as a conference. So
on the one hand, yeah, it's huge a top ten matchup,
and by you can in essence lock in a playoff
spot with a win against Texas Tech. At the same time,
with a loss, BYU can still lock in a playoff
spot against Texas Tech in the Big Twelve Championship. And
so if Tech loses, this becomes much different for the
Red Raiders and it means more for them. This game
has to mean more for them as far as getting
into the playoffs, going to the College Football Playoff via
the Big Twelve Championship. For BYU, though, this is your
meal ticket, this is your Willy Wonka Charlie Tough Factory,
whatever it is if you want to go to the
conference title this game, you basically booked yourself a ticket.
And for me, that makes it arguably the biggest BYU
game in history.
Speaker 2: It's pretty crazy to think of it that way. And
like from a scattering reports standpoint and what you see
from BYU and Texas TEK, how do you think these
two teams match up.
Speaker 3: Head to head?
Speaker 7: Well, I thought it was very funny that my friend
Josh Pate comment on his show that BYU hasn't played
from behind it all this year and that the Cougars
have never had to rely on the pass. Now, this
is a BYU team that is certainly run heavy, and man, look,
if you actually watched these games, if you actually watch
the product YU has put out on the field the
last few weeks, especially, they are they're prone to getting down.
They're prone to to you know, falling, especially in the
first half, to coming to a slow start and then
finding a way to rally and get it done. What
we know about this BYU team is they played really
well in the fourth quarter. And what we know about
this Texas Tech team is they played really well in
the fourth quarter. Meaning to me, the old coach adage,
the coach speak is that the middle eight matters the most.
It's the last four minutes the first half, first four
minutes of the second half you win, that you win
the ballgame. This week, I think you could outscore your
opponent fourteen to nothing in the middle eight and still
lose because it's the last ten. It's the last ten
that's going to matter the most. Between two teams that
play so well in the fourth quarter, BYU going on
to take a double digit lead against Utah rallying in
the fourth, or the Cougars rallying late in the game
against Iowa Date without al J. Martin relying heavily on
the path only on the pass and Bear Bockmeyer to
win against Iowa State rallying from double digits down against
Colorado as well, or Arizona. That's what BYU does. They
rally and they win. Texas Tech could start ahead ten nothing,
Texas Tech could lead twenty to ten in the third quarter,
and b why you still win this game. That's where
I think this matchup gets so interesting, looking at two
teams that are impeccable when the fourth quarter rolls around.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Drake, I've made the case today that the winner
of this game should move up at least three spots
in the college Football Playoff poll, and I think the
loser should not drop below Notre Dame.
Speaker 3: Do you agree?
Speaker 6: Disagree? Should that happen? Will that happen? Depending on the
result of the game.
Speaker 7: Yeah, because I watch football, of course I agree. You know,
that's the thing. And I just said, I hope the
committee watches football. That's a good take, that's the right take,
and I hope the committee agrees with that. But if
they if they start to viewer away, somebody made this
point and it could come to fruition, and that's maybe
they just ranked Utah so highly, ranked the Big twelve
so highly. Here in a few weeks they can say, oh,
you had the Kopium, you were all over that Kochium, Like,
all right, man, we're hanging out, we feel good, we're
we're okay with not having teams at the bottom of
the top twenty five. And then they'll slap you in
a few weeks by saying, oh, because there are no
team in the bottom of the top twenty five, you're
missing more key wins down the stretch. That's where I
think the Big twelve could could take a hit at
the end of this thing and in four or five weeks.
So it is overall important to me that we understand
if Texas Tech loses to Notre Dame, they're lost to
a top ten BYU team, should not knock them below
Notre Dame. If Texas Tech loses, they shouldn't be locked
below Notre Dame. If BYU loses, they shouldn't be knocked
below Oregon because they just lost on the road to
a top ten team. Oregon lost at home to a
top ten team. And look at the strength of record,
the way that BYU and Texas Tech have both been
able to win games. You can say, oh, well, BYU
is not blowing anybody out. But BYU's winnings, they're doing
the winning thing. That's the one we're asking them to win,
and they are winning and against top twenty five opponents
as well. Texas Tech is winning and against top twenty
five opponents as well. I think the Thread Raiders the
UYU Cougar should both be in the top ten next week,
no matter what happens. So that's again in the conversation
of this being a massive game to the Big twelve,
the loser should not be hurt by that much, and
that's the reprieve that I think helps this conference no
matter the result.
Speaker 2: On Saturday, I'm gonna give you my most hated stat
of the day that I found out.
Speaker 3: ESPN College Game Day stat of the Day.
Speaker 2: B YU is zero and three all time and featured
on ESPN College Game Day Saturday and Loverpool mark the
fourth game in the in their history. Texas Tech is
making its fifth appearance and they're one in three.
Speaker 11: That sucks.
Speaker 7: I think that's about as clear as I can give
you an analysis for that one. I mean that what
that tells me is these are two schools that are
I mean, that's a lot number.
Speaker 3: Granted, granted, let me let me add to this stat.
Speaker 2: The last time both of these teams were, respectively I
think featured. Let's see here, so the last time Game
Day was in Lubbock was two thousand and eight.
Speaker 3: I believe that.
Speaker 2: Texas that Texas Texas Tech game, that Michael Krabtree game,
and then the last time i YU had Game Day
in Provo was two thousand and nine. So I mean,
it's been fifteen, sixteen plus years since the last time.
And what's crazy is they're kind of on the similar
trajectory when BYU was good. The last time BAU was
really good, like consecutive over like a four year period,
you know, you can say it was six to nine.
They were double digit wins every single year and they
were ranked in the top twenty five every single year.
Speaker 3: UH.
Speaker 2: Texas Tech kind of had a similar deal going on
with Mike Leach and their uh their upward trajectory before
Mike Leach left was kicked out and BYU had to
go into independence. So now they could be the bells
of the ball of the Big twelve.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 7: Yeah, So with that stat it shows me that these
are two rules that when the spotlight is the brightest,
they haven't played well. But honestly, the spotlight hasn't been
very bright. Three times College Game Day, four times College Game.
Speaker 11: Day, whatever it is.
Speaker 7: Again, there are SEC teams that will get that the
span of one year. And these are programs that in
their history aren't getting the marquee matchups, aren't getting the
spotlight of the nation. And so this is the changing
of the guard in the Big twelve and in college
football there are new bloods who are establishing dominance year
over year. BYU and Texas Tech will be those brands
for this conference because of their willingness to spend and
not forfeit culture. That is the caveat ten States. Spending money,
they're losing. You're seeing across the way at LSU, they're
spending money, they're losing. Auburn spending, they're lose.
Speaker 11: The culture of Texas Tech and BYU is it's going
to keep them at the forefront of college athletics and
keep them winning big games.
Speaker 7: I mean this year BYU had big newon kickoffs and
beat Utah. Texas Tech big noon kickoff and beat Utah.
The thing that I need people to understand this is
maybe my favorite point to make for decades. Texas Tech
and BYU.
Speaker 11: We're taking two and three star guys from Logan, Utah,
from Loveth Coronado, bringing them into the program and making
them four and five star college football players. These universities
are known for culture and development. You take those same guys,
those same guys developing players that were two stars, and
now you give them four and five stars.
Speaker 7: You're creating a monster. You're creating NFL talent that these
schools have not dreamed of yet because of the access
they're getting to young stars who are much better than
the talent pool that they're used to. This is the
new era of college football where schools like DYU and
Texas Tech who can invest with development and culture can
succeed at the highest level.
Speaker 2: Drake tole lockdown, Big Twelve, Big twelve insider talking some
college football here on your Utah ESPN Radio network, and Drake,
let me.
Speaker 3: Ask you this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so obviously the Big Ten and SEC are the
big the big kids on the block. Right, It's always
been like a SC and the Big twelve have been
pitted against each other.
Speaker 3: Is who's the P three?
Speaker 2: Are we seeing a greater visibility about who that P
three is that that third ranked conference is.
Speaker 7: There is a serious conversation happening right now about whether
or not the ACC will make it into the college
football Playoff. We are a few key losses away at
the top of their conference and a few good wins
from the San Diego State, from a North Texas, from
a Navy to se mean, if Navy beats.
Speaker 11: Notre Dame, this is real. I don't think Navy will
bet Notre Dame. But consider this.
Speaker 7: The number one team in.
Speaker 11: The ACC right now in the polls is Virginia I mean,
you're you're coming to a gunfight with Virginia.
Speaker 3: You can't do that.
Speaker 7: This is not this is not what we what we
do to build brands in college football. The AEC needed
the success of Miami and Clemson in Florida State to
stay afloat at the top of the sport and still
have these conversations about them being legitimate. And now without
those brands, now looking at Louisville, Virginia and Georgia Tech
flipping up, I just still think me in those schools
are losing to NC State, of all people, I just
do not think where we said that the big twelve
in the ACC are comparable. One of these leagues has
three teams in the top thirteam and an opportunity to
get three teams in the College football playoffs. The other
league is looking at a couple of savvy wins from
San Diego State, and they might be out of the
playoff picture altogether because again it's the top five highest
ranked conference champions.
Speaker 11: If Memphis wins the conference championship, if San Diego State
wins the conference championship, there's a real conversation about them
getting in over a three lost ACC champion.
Speaker 3: Drake.
Speaker 2: This team is led by Bear Bachmeyer, and I wonder
you're gonna appreciate this. This Baya football team led by
Bear Bachbuyer. Texas Tech is led by Baron Morton. Has
there ever been a time that two quarterbacks named Bear
have had had you know, you know, combated on the
grid iron against each other?
Speaker 7: You know, I think specifically we need to take a
look at one of these quarters is seventeen years old
and the other is twenty six. I think that may
be the real storyline.
Speaker 3: It's weird six.
Speaker 7: I mean, he's much closer to twenty six than dear
Buckmeyer is to like thirteen, and and there's something to
be said.
Speaker 11: This is like a cam.
Speaker 7: Rising situation that we all forgot about it a little
bit when no one's making I think I graduated high
school the same year as Baron Morton, and we just
left that by the wayside. It is this quarterback matchup, though.
If Morton is healthy, is so great. And when I
tell you ever play you did? I know everybody did.
When you play Mario and and you get the star
when you're you're zooming through there, whether it's you know,
just straight up the Mario Karp and you pick up
the Star and then bam, you're going twice as fast.
I am so excited to see bear Backmeyer off a
bye week. He just got his Mario Star. The dude
was banged up, beat up. BYU asked him to be
the entire offense in that game against Iowa State, And
now we get to see bear Bachmeyer on on ten
twelve days rest. That's that's an animal I don't want
to mess with. And Texas Tech is playing its sixth
consecutive game. No one is talking enough outside of local
media about how BYU is well rested and Texas Tech
is not. If we weren't talking about all BYU's banged
up interest, Oh, let me introduce you to Texas Tech,
who keeps playing games weekend, week out.
Speaker 9: They need a breather.
Speaker 7: BYU is not going to give them a breather.
Speaker 3: So give me a score prediction or do you you
got something here?
Speaker 6: Well, I do have something, Go ahead. So BYU is
manifestly different on the road than they are at home
in the way that they play games. They've got two
score deficits on the road. In all three road games
they've trailed for a total of two minutes and fifty
six seconds at home all year. Now, if BYU falls
down like they have on the road, is there a
way B why you can come back as they have
been before?
Speaker 7: The certainly there certainly is, And I've mentioned this on
my show quite a bit. I believe you know Texas
Tech analytically.
Speaker 11: Has a bottom twenty five rushing attack in college football
from an EPA standpoint, They're a very inefficient rushing offense.
Speaker 7: A lot of the rush yards this year have come
later in games. If you really take a deep, deep
look at how Texas Tech has built fairly gaudy run staffs.
They've got that two hit of monster running back that
I think will ultimately help them run the ball to
an extent. But BYU's rush defense is so good. Their
their linebacker corps is so strong that I think the
opportunity for BYU to win this game will be coming
back from down twenty to ten. It will be forcing
Baron Morton into two turnovers. If BYU can turn Baron
Morton over to the third or fourth quarter.
Speaker 11: And I've seen.
Speaker 7: Versions of Baron Morton that are turnover pro and he
has not shown that as much of this season. But
I've seen it with my own two eyes, namely in
a few matchups against Baylor, where I think, ma'am, if
he settled back into old school Bear and Morton, I'm
gonna give you the football. That's where BYU comes back.
They're going to need turnovers. And you saw the Utah game.
From muff punts to interceptions, that's what helped BYU come
back when they needed a rally and help BYU sustain
a lead late. It will be the case.
Speaker 11: For the Cougars that they're going to win in comeback fashions.
Speaker 2: So score prediction b YU obviously a heavy dog here
ten and a half. ESPN Analytics also gives Texas Tech
a sixty point nine percent chance of victory over Under
is at fifty two and a half.
Speaker 3: How do you see it?
Speaker 7: You know, I have gone so back and forth on this.
I started the week at twenty seven to twenty four
Texas Tech winning at home, and then I think that's
too many. I think it's too high scoring. The way
I see this game unfolding is Tech getting up thirteen
to three somewhere in that category, and we see this finish.
I mean, Will Farren just comes alive and becomes a
man amongst boys. We see this game finish in the
seventeen in the eighteen to sixteen category b YU winning
by two. I think it'll be a slug fest. It'll
be ugly. Get your field goal team out there. Forget
the look. If I can tell Kyle Whittingham one thing
right now, it's forget the analytics. Just kick the ball
and this weekend that should be the name of the
game for these two teams. Kick the ball when you get,
when you're giving the opportunity. Eighteen sixteen BYU wins and
one of the grossest, ugliest, low scoring games. Texas Tech
drops maybe one spot in the polls, UYU comes up
a spot or two in the polls, and the Big
twelve is still sitting pretty come Monday.
Speaker 2: Best way to support to you what you do, how
you do it, Drake Toll for all of our listeners.
Speaker 7: Yep at Lockdown, Big twelve wherever you find your podcast
and on YouTube at Big twelve. On Twitter, you know,
Ben I was logged out for some reason of my
at Drake c tole Twitter accounts for like four days
and no one said anything.
Speaker 11: There are no wellness checks, there are no I mean
are the tweets that bad? Is it really that bad?
Speaker 3: Followed Drake C.
Speaker 2: Toll for all of his personal comments and Savannah Banana commentary.
This is the best stuff for the party animals, and
the Savannah Bananas is a broadcaster for them. But everyone
likes your Big twelve commentary. They don't want to hear
about the Savannah bananas for whatever reason.
Speaker 3: I do. I appreciate it. I did not notice you
were off though. I'll be honest. I'm sorry you don't
tweet it up there.
Speaker 7: So Ben, let me. I'll give you this before I
run two quick quick things. I saw a guy in
a flight yesterday out of Dallas.
Speaker 11: He goes, I think I listened to you every day
and I.
Speaker 7: Was like, you must be a BYU fan And he goes, no,
I just live in Utah.
Speaker 11: Oh you're a youth fan. He goes, no, I just
live in Utah.
Speaker 7: Like, what kind of.
Speaker 11: Maniac is this.
Speaker 7: Taking into the Big twelve feed? Also, and I posted
this this week, I just on behalf of myself, my family,
on behalf of everybody that exists in the world. I
want to apologize to Aaron Roderick and his entire family
the amount of times that I've asked for that gut
to be fired. Hey, that's on me. Hand up, we
can he can stick around for a while. Aaron Rodrick,
my apologies to you.
Speaker 2: Oh now an apologist for Aaron I love it? Are
you an apologist or just apologies?
Speaker 7: Apologies? We'll see I apology yes, but comes in in
the vernacular after this Saturday.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go Drake Tall, Ladies and general. Thanks Drake.
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of this BYU women's soccer team. We got Mackenzie Vans online.
Mac how we doing today?
Speaker 13: I'm very grateful to be here, so I'm excited.
Speaker 5: You should be.
Speaker 12: You guys are going to the Big twelve Championship a
second time in three seasons.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 12: Super happy for you guys. How is this possible? You
guys knocked off Baylor last night, knocked off the number
one seed two days before that and now you're in
the championship.
Speaker 13: I know it's exciting, especially like all the hard work
that we have put on put in this season on
and off the field, like it's finally coming to light
and I think we're peaking at the right time. So
it's just it's a really really exciting moment for us.
Speaker 12: Please take me through you know, the mindset of his team. Obviously,
you guys were number eight. You battled injuries this season
as everybody does up and down. But we know what
BYU women in soccer is, you guys are never an underdog.
And I think the world might have been shocked when
they said, oh, number eight seed upsets number one. Tc
was like, that's not upset to me. I mean, this
team's talented, bro Like, look at the pedaly of this team.
There's no upset when it comes to by women soccer,
it's always dubs.
Speaker 13: Oh absolutely. And the funny thing is, like we knew,
like we're not an eight seed obviously, just as much
as Kansas probably is in a seventh seed and we're
playing them in the final. But you know, our biggest
thing coming into the match, especially against TCU and especially
against Baylor, was having that underdog mentality was saying, we
have nothing to lose, we have everything to gain from
that situation. And if we just go in with that
defensive mentality, you know, hunting every every ball, first to
the ball first and second to the ball, and then
having that attacking mindset, getting shots off, taking on players,
being aggressive in the attacking third. And we did exactly that.
We followed our game plan and you know it came
with a great result.
Speaker 12: If you don't mind give me a little insight what
was the game plan against Baylor? But mind you to
give fans contact. You guys played them earlier, had the lead,
know it slipped away, but you got your get back.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 13: No, that again, defensive mentality, like that was our biggest
thing going into this game. Was like we knew if
we went in hard, especially those first ten fifteen minutes,
defensively making sure they don't get a show off, you know,
hunting down every single ball, doubling down on players first
and second, balls out of the air. We knew that
if we could set the tone off defensively, then everything
else will come and flow. And that's exactly what happened.
So props to my team. They did an amazing job
our back line, Chelsea, everybody you know stepped up big
and even players coming off the bench. Everybody fulfilled their
role to the max.
Speaker 12: You said her name, I was going to bring her
up next, Chelsea Peterson. Please tell me a little bit
more about Chelsea. This was someone and we talked to
Ellie a few days ago. I mean, looked like she
was done with soccer. And then obviously Peyton goes down
with an injury. You know now per Jerrem Jordan heard that.
You know, she's out with the season with ACL We
wish Payton a speedy recovery, and then next thing you know,
Chelsea steps in, has to play the rest of the
Utah game.
Speaker 5: TCU shuts out Baylor, and I'm.
Speaker 12: Like, man, it's just you guys got depth right there
in that in that goal.
Speaker 13: Yeah, and I'm sure you've heard Chelsea's story, like it's
an insane story, it's an awesome story. And the fact
that she's been able to come in and still set
the tone very high. You know, get that shut out
against Baylor, which is huge. Even against TCU, came out
big time, really big saves, Like we couldn't be happier
with her, And I think you know, one game after
another is just leading to her confidence. It's getting back
into you know, how she once played as a cool keeper.
You know she's doing out of the game for a while,
but it doesn't look like it. And it's just been
awesome to see her thrive in that role.
Speaker 12: What has made Ellie Wallbrook so great in this turn
and run specifically, we know what she's capable of, but
Ellie's been on one back to back games of braces.
Speaker 13: One thing I can say about Ellie and I feed this,
I feed off of her, for this is like her
just mentality to be a dog on the field.
Speaker 9: Like every every.
Speaker 13: Single time, even before a game, she's coming up to
me and she's like, let's freaking go, Like let's be dogs,
Like let's just get after it. And like when somebody
has that kind of personality, it feeds off of everybody else.
It gets everybody else hyped and going. And like it
shows when she plays like she's one of the most
dangerous players on her team when she gets that ball
at her feet, like good luck to the opposing goalkeeper.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 13: So it's just been awesome to see your back on
that field and really thriving and you know, you would
never think she had been through a major injury like
in ACL.
Speaker 12: No, she wasn't. She was named All Big Twelve first team.
That's an accomplishment as well. But you and yourself, you know,
let's not take away. I know this is what players
will do. They'll talk about their team is rightfully so,
and but we got to talk about you too. You
battled some some injuries this season. Take us through the
Utah goal, and I believe you. I don't know if
you had an assist in the Baylor game, but you
set up someone in the eighteen narrow box as well.
Speaker 13: Yeah, so that Utah goal. Like again, defense mentality feels
our offensive mentality. And I think that game we were
shutting Utah down and it was just giving us some
flow in the attacking third. And when I got the ball,
I saw it was a one bi one opportunity and
I just you know, went after it and it resulted
in that goal. And obviously I couldn't have done that
without my teammates. So all the prop to them.
Speaker 5: What is made your b YU experience?
Speaker 12: And I'll let you sound off on it whatever way
you feel, but what's made it so great? You at UCLA,
could have stayed, could have gone anywhere else in the country, right,
we know the nature of the trans reporter.
Speaker 5: In I yale, I'm and I'm not trying to get
you in trouble, you.
Speaker 12: Know that, Mac, But you chose to talk to buy
You're you're not a member of the faith, like, no,
I'm serious, and I'll and so you know, astounded when
players like you and people like yourself coming to be you
and you thrive in the culture and you.
Speaker 5: Fit in so well.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think the biggest thing that kind of drove
me to Coda to BYU was, uh, honestly their faith.
Like everybody is extremely driven here. You know, they don't
let outside distractions get in the way of anything. And
I really wanted to put myself into an environment where
I could find the love of the sport again, fall
back in love with soccer, fall in love with you know,
just playing soccer again is really the biggest thing. And
you know, when you're surrounded by such great people with
such great morals, like it's hard to say no to
a culture like that. And so I knew the best
way to get one hundred percent of MAC was to
be put into an environment like that and BYU has that,
so that was that was the big reason.
Speaker 5: Yeah, b YU is is different.
Speaker 12: And it's one of I've heard one of the greatest
places you know on Earth from people and to see
that you've been able to thrive in and just remind people.
You know, Mac play to UCLA from twenty twenty to
twenty twenty three, planning twenty games Italian, two goals, three
or sists and eighteen shots and when you think of Ucla,
we know the pedigree that Ucla soccer has no secret
there at all. Mac, what do you want your soccer legacy?
I guess as a whole inness you finish up your
career at BYU to do I know you got one
more game you plan on playing professionally?
Speaker 13: Uh yeah, I think you know. With my legacy, I
just want people to be them. Like if you're especially
when it comes to the technical side of the game,
if you're somebody who takes people on one b one,
have the confidence to go one be one at people
like I can't rave that enough. Like, don't shy away
from who you are as a player on and off
the field, especially on that field, Like when you get
those opportunities go at them if you make mistakes.
Speaker 3: Guess what failure?
Speaker 13: Failure is part of success, Like you have to fail
to succeed in life, and you just learn from those
mistakes and you just keep going at them because eventually,
one day you'll be sitting at a place like I am,
Like my teammates are going to the Big Twelve Championship
because none of us are regretful for anything that we've
done on that field. We just give it our all,
and you know, the outcome is the outcome.
Speaker 12: You gotta be able to work hard, and you know
when you work hard, obviously you'll be blessing. You guys
have been blessed. I want to ask this. I know
you played basketball growing up. How did basketball I don't
think if I asked you this, how did basketball help you
with soccer?
Speaker 13: Honestly, this is funny because my problem with basketball was
I would foul out within the first, you know, ten
fifty minutes of that game. But no, honestly, playing any
other sport besides soccer growing up has been huge and
reflecting towards how I'm able to play in soccer. Like
I think, it just makes you a much more valuable player,
a much more athletic player, and basketball definitely brought out
the aggressiveness in me, and you know, I could translate
that into soccer. I also think, you know, quick feet moving,
moving your feet around also helps a lot when it
comes to soccer. But yeah, I love playing basketball. Growing
up is fun for sure.
Speaker 12: Do you have a favorite basketball player in the w NBA?
Is there something you keep eye on?
Speaker 13: Oh my gosh, I honestly don't watch this b That's okay.
Speaker 4: I'm more of a basketball fan.
Speaker 5: You know, I'm a Curry fan.
Speaker 13: At that man's awesome. So yeah, if I had to
lean towards a favorite basketball player, would definitely be Curry.
Speaker 5: He's second to none.
Speaker 12: And then that conditioning is I wouldn't want to chase
that man or you on the pitch. By No, I'm
not in condition like that. Those days are behind me.
I'm no longer in my young twenties. I'm closer to
thirty and I have a little one, So hopefully she'll
get me back in shape. Is she's starting to walk
now here with mckensey Vans on esp and the F
I know, I always talk to Gin because she's come
to a few games, and I'm like, look, in the
next year to him to start to need the programs
here in Utah. Gotta start pitching the pitch. I've told
Ellie as well, I look, where do I need to
put her? Align her so you know she can be
a future player. Dad wasn't an athlete, but you know,
let's invest in the you know, the daughter. Me and
mom are like, hey, let's get her on the pitch
because we we're not those people. She's not very tall,
but I'm like, you, look, you don't have to be
tall in soccer. I'm about five six, five seven, so
it wasn't blessed with Yeah right, anyway, listen, yeah, anyway,
get back to you.
Speaker 5: You said. I also know you're a huge food group.
Speaker 12: Okay, so I need you to evaluate the food as
you've been down there in Texas.
Speaker 5: What's been the best so far?
Speaker 13: Honestly, we've been having this chain called flower Child.
Speaker 9: Have you heard of it?
Speaker 5: I have not.
Speaker 13: Okay, it is phenomenal. They have one in Salt Lake
that I've been to a couple of times, but that
has been my favorite meal so far.
Speaker 7: Here.
Speaker 13: You know, you get chicken, her steak, and then you
can get a side of like broccoli or mac and
cheese or sweet potatoes, and that's honestly been really good.
I know today we have a really exciting adventure. We're
going to BUCkies. A lot of people haven't been to
BUCkies before, so everybody is craving that BUCkies right now,
so that will be fun.
Speaker 12: Look, I don't want to ruin anything for you, but
I'm a mazing BUCkies.
Speaker 5: I love me some BUCkies.
Speaker 12: So I'll just let you experience that and then maybe
ketch up with you at a different point and let
you give me your evaluation.
Speaker 5: I know my thoughts.
Speaker 13: Okay, I definitely I'll let you know.
Speaker 12: Definitely on BUCkies. Kay, let's finish up. You can get
you out of here. On a couple of things, you
guys take on Kansas. Now, obviously you're familiar with them,
played them earlier, didn't go your way.
Speaker 5: I feel like this is just a big twelve tournament
revenge tour. You just had a chance to get everybody.
You go get them tomorrow. Well, give us a scott
and report on Kansas.
Speaker 13: Obviously, Kansas is a really talented team. They're a little
bit more direct, they have a little bit of a
sweeper style. Defensively, nothing we haven't seen before obviously, and
again if we set that tone defensively and then just
be free and flowing in the attacking third and just
doing what we do best. You know, I think I
think we have this in the bag, and especially when
it comes down to our hard work and our grit.
You know, I think you've seen in the TCU game,
the Baylor game, we're not backing down. And you know
this is only the start at the beginning. We have
the NCAA Tournament coming up too, and I just think,
you know, every team should watch out because we have
a little chip on our shoulder and we're coming for everybody,
and we know we all have the talent and belief
in each other to do it.
Speaker 12: I love how you're talking and talking walk on the
walk man, to see you guys like no, like, I
honestly feel like I've watched you know, most of these games.
Obviously the show goes as we're doing, you know, doing
the show live and everything. There's some moments where we're
not able to watch everything, so trying to stay tuned
in and man like Ellie's goals, Uh, just seeing everybody
likes so locked in and I can't I wish that
I could be on the sideline and not watching on
my you know device tomorrow because I think I think
you guys are gonna rectify you know, two years ago.
I think the Big twelve title is coming back to
Provo YouTube. I think Ellie Wahbrook's gonna take that MVP
of the tournament back as well.
Speaker 13: Yeah. Absolutely, I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 12: What would that mean to you? We'll get you out
of here on this mac. What would that mean to
end the be what in your soccer career? And what
I mean not because you still got a tournament play
of the NCAA, but in conference play with the conference
championship title for you, it.
Speaker 13: Would mean everything to me. I mean, it would just
justify all the hard work my team has put into this.
You know, obviously, our season's been rocky and we've just
been constantly grinding and fighting and we all know what
we deserve and we know how to get there, and
so you know, winning this championship would just, you know,
justify all the hard work that we've put.
Speaker 12: In, well, everybody in Cougar Nation here in provolong the
wall stats front, maybe not as you get more up
north to So Lake, maybe than not them, but definitely
the Cougar fans in the state of Utah, all of
ish you the best us here at ESPN the Fan
myself been Brett always bringing the hammer. Good luck tomorrow
and we know that you guys will be bringing that
title back to add to that trophy case in Jen
Rockwood another title.
Speaker 11: Thank you.
Speaker 5: Okay, I'll let you go back.
Speaker 3: Okay.
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