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You also get a 30 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:29,480 free gift with your missionary call at Odeon Men'swearodeon Menswear 31 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,120 dot com. All right, let's get out to the hotline. 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,040 Welcome to a former BYU great, a BYU legend, the 33 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,359 only quarterback to lead us to glory and victory in 34 00:01:38,439 --> 00:01:42,319 a perfect season, and national champion and now mission president. 35 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,560 We got President Bosco. Robbie Bosco on the line. Robbie, 36 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:46,079 how you living? 37 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:48,359 Speaker 4: I'm doing pretty good? I about you? 38 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 3: Ben doing awesome? 39 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:49,879 Speaker 4: Man? 40 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:53,159 Speaker 3: Hey, congratulations on the call. How does it feel? 41 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:53,359 Speaker 4: Man? 42 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: What was it like opening that mission call? 43 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 4: It was great? Really was? I mean, we're super excited 44 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,120 to serve. The initial interviews and stuff like that were 45 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:10,759 a little bit like what because they didn't really mention 46 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:14,360 anything about a mission president and so they just asked 47 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,159 a bunch of questions and stuff like that. But it's 48 00:02:17,199 --> 00:02:19,879 been it's been super fun for my wife and me, 49 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:23,520 and we're looking forward to being with those missionaries. 50 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,879 Speaker 3: So give me the process. You said, hey, you signed up. 51 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:30,879 Speaker 2: You're like, hey, I we want to serve. We want 52 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:32,879 to thrust in our sickle, right, we want to get 53 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:34,759 out there to the mission field. 54 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 3: So they ask you a lot of questions. 55 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,199 Speaker 2: You didn't know you were going to be a mission president, 56 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:40,719 you know you'd be called as a mission president. 57 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we didn't. We didn't even put in 58 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:47,439 any papers. So the initial the initial thing is just 59 00:02:47,479 --> 00:02:53,319 getting your call and you speak to a seventy and 60 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,800 he kind of goes through a little interview process, asking 61 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,960 about your family, asking about retirement, stuff like that, and 62 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,919 then they pretty much don't worry about it after that, 63 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,080 you know, he says, you know, we just do these 64 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,759 all the time, so no big deal. And then about 65 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,560 three weeks later I got another call and that was 66 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:18,000 that was the one that was the one that did it. 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: Love it man. 68 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,319 Speaker 2: So you've been called to serve as a as a 69 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,240 mission president in the Ohio Columbus Mission. 70 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 3: Is that correct? 71 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 4: That is correct? 72 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,039 Speaker 2: Just any connection there, like any memories, any family, what 73 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:34,039 what what connectivity do you have to the region and 74 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:34,479 the state. 75 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 4: The only time I've been to Columbus, I went back 76 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:46,000 to the Columbus, Ohio Columbus Touchdown Club and got an 77 00:03:46,039 --> 00:03:50,520 award after the eighty four seasons and that was that 78 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:54,360 was it. That's where I met. I met Lawrence Taylor 79 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,719 for the first time and he sat next to me 80 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,280 at the awards banquet, and when he stood up, I'm like, oh, 81 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:05,360 so this is what the NFL is like, huh, that's 82 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,159 the only time I've been to Columbus, and I hear 83 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,199 it's a beautiful state and we're looking forward to it. 84 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,439 Speaker 2: Man, What was the conversation like with LT arguably the 85 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,959 most dynamic pass rusher at to ever be on a gridiron? 86 00:04:22,879 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was just I mean, he was 87 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:30,680 super nice, super friendly, and just it was kind of 88 00:04:30,759 --> 00:04:35,199 neat to be next to him. I'd never really been 89 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,839 with someone that was at the top of their game 90 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,399 in the NFL like that, so it was just pretty 91 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:46,680 cool to rub shoulders listen for a little bit Robbie. 92 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,519 Speaker 2: Before we get into some of the missionary elements here 93 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,839 and maybe even your missionary story and your background with 94 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:57,839 the faith, et cetera. We did watch a national championship 95 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,720 game last night, and you're the only quarterback to leaders 96 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,279 to an sational championship Number one. What did you think 97 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:05,839 of the game? What stood out to you? You may 98 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,560 be all in so all in on on missionary work, 99 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,399 you didn't even watch it, but I'm just asking just 100 00:05:10,439 --> 00:05:12,079 in case you did take a peek at it. 101 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 4: Well, let me tell you this. I actually did not 102 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:17,519 watch it. 103 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,759 Speaker 3: I knew it. I knew it. 104 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 4: We were we were out of dinner with a couple 105 00:05:22,959 --> 00:05:25,399 other people, one that has served already and one that 106 00:05:25,519 --> 00:05:28,720 is going to serve and so but I listened to 107 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,240 it on the way going up to their house, and 108 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,399 I watched kind of the key highlights of the game. 109 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,480 But I've watched Indiana play this year, and I'm just 110 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,839 super impressed what what that team has done, what their 111 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:49,480 coach has done. Everywhere that coach has been, he's been 112 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,160 a winner, and he's just done a remarkable job. And 113 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,480 they're just their overall team. I think one of their 114 00:05:57,519 --> 00:06:00,680 players set it best. Were not the Fasten not the 115 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,680 most athletic, and it kind of when he was talking 116 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,720 like that, it kind of reminded me of BYU teams. 117 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,800 You know, we always felt like we were the underdog, 118 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,600 but we had we played together, we worked hard together, 119 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,839 and we had more talent than you think than people 120 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,720 thought we did. I mean we had the Kurt Godbey 121 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:23,959 as a Leon Wis, the Glenczlowski's. I mean, these are 122 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,920 some of the best players that ever played at BYU, 123 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,360 and they were on that team. So I just looked 124 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:32,399 at Indiana and I just think it's going to be 125 00:06:32,439 --> 00:06:34,839 a Hollywood movie one of these days. That was just 126 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:39,759 remarkable of where they've been the last twenty years and 127 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,879 then to win it in two years when that coach 128 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,959 came aboard, it's pretty remarkable. 129 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:48,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, it's funny you say that because I 130 00:06:48,399 --> 00:06:50,360 thought the same thing. I'm like, well, it begs the 131 00:06:50,439 --> 00:06:53,720 questions like how you know b Yu wanted Natty right, 132 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,959 and you wonder how far away they are present day 133 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,319 from to getting to that status again to compete for 134 00:07:02,399 --> 00:07:05,240 a national championship, and so like when you say that, 135 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,000 I'm like, oh my gosh, Yeah, you're right, there's a 136 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:13,000 lot of similarities, the kind of the collective of the 137 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,360 collective body of talent and coaches and things that nature are. 138 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:20,600 You know, you look at you know just how special 139 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,839 that season was for you at nineteen eighty four. You 140 00:07:22,879 --> 00:07:26,279 had some key players obviously NFL colber players, NFL guys 141 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:28,240 that played for a long time, but you also had 142 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,040 a ton of role players that were just great overall 143 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,160 football players. 144 00:07:32,439 --> 00:07:36,279 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, those are all great points then, 145 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:39,439 and honestly, I think we're closer than you think. The 146 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:43,000 key is to just getting into the playoffs. Once you 147 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,079 get into the playoffs, you just don't know what's going 148 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,519 to happen. You definitely got to be playing your very 149 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,480 best football. You probably have to catch a couple of 150 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,319 breaks along the way. But if you and we've been 151 00:07:55,399 --> 00:07:57,560 there two years in a row now, we've been on 152 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,199 that point of we feel people feel like we should 153 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,439 be in and then we didn't get in, and so 154 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:08,639 whatever that takes to get in. I think Kilani has 155 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:14,079 done a masterful job of leading this team over the 156 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,800 last you know, three or four years, and we just 157 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:19,879 keep getting better and better. But it's you know, they're 158 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,920 going to find a whole different thing. Next year, Indiana, 159 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,160 I will and you know, so will We We're not 160 00:08:26,279 --> 00:08:30,439 sneaking up on anybody now and we could easily be 161 00:08:30,519 --> 00:08:32,879 the favorites in most of our games. I don't know 162 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:36,080 if we were this year or not. And so it's 163 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:38,240 hard to stay on the It's hard to stay on top. 164 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:40,919 And that's one of the hardest things to ever do 165 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,159 in sports, is to be on top and to stay 166 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,279 on top. And that's what's so impressive about what Tom 167 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,519 Brady did in the NFL to win I'm guessing here, 168 00:08:51,639 --> 00:08:53,840 was it eight Super Bowl that he won or something? 169 00:08:53,879 --> 00:08:58,399 Speaker 2: I don't on that. No, Yeah, he's obviously leave the 170 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,799 goat quarterback. You know, in all the Super Bowls that 171 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,399 he won, I think he's won six. 172 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 3: He won Russtar seven to seven. He r on seven 173 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,519 six with the New l Patriots. 174 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, that's holy cow. I mean, that's 175 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,159 that's remarkable. Joe Montana was probably behind that a little bit. 176 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,039 But it's tough. So it'll be interesting to see what 177 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,159 happens in the future here. 178 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: You mentioned the correlation between BYU and Indiana, and I 179 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,720 thought about something that Kirk Signetti stated post game. One 180 00:09:31,759 --> 00:09:35,679 of the key things that he discusses when he's recruiting, 181 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:40,559 is productivity over potential, And I think a lot of 182 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,679 that has to do with, you know, just being able 183 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:43,480 to stay healthy. 184 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:43,879 Speaker 3: Right. 185 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: And I looked at eighty four team, and I've chatted 186 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,440 with you, I've chatted with a lot of guys from 187 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,519 that roster, and I want to say, like, there. 188 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 3: Were no key injuries that season. 189 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 2: Seemed like you guys just stayed healthy throughout the entirety 190 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:00,240 of it until I know, you got dinged up in 191 00:10:00,279 --> 00:10:03,600 the in the Michigan game, but you came back, baby. 192 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 3: You know what I mean. 193 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 2: It wasn't like these season ending injuries that sometimes like 194 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,840 that that derail a season. 195 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, as I as I look back, I 196 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,960 think Trevor Matich missed our third game of the season, 197 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,679 and that was the only game he missed. He missed 198 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:21,399 that one game that he was back in the starting 199 00:10:21,399 --> 00:10:25,360 lineup and we were healthy. But I will say this though, 200 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,639 times have changed back then for whatever reason, I think 201 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,720 everyone's a little bit more careful now with injuries and 202 00:10:34,919 --> 00:10:36,559 just can't be like, yeah, you can go back in 203 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,799 the play, and so it's harder to stay healthy, I think, 204 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,879 and to play in every single game, and the teams 205 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:47,840 that can do that are probably going to have an 206 00:10:47,879 --> 00:10:52,799 advantage of being to camaraderie, being together, staying together for 207 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,440 a full season, and not having to play you know, 208 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,480 second or third string guys. And that's where it gets 209 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,279 pretty tough because I think in the past, our depth 210 00:11:03,919 --> 00:11:06,279 has never been the best out of the other teams 211 00:11:06,279 --> 00:11:09,480 in the country, and so we always had them. When 212 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:13,039 we had our first team in there, we were pretty competitive. 213 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,200 We could play with most anybody, and so that's kind 214 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:16,600 of the key. 215 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: Like you said, Robbie, have a key fact of the day, 216 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:22,840 and I think this is a good omen. Did you 217 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,320 know that Kirk Signetti was a graduate assistant. I think 218 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,679 he was in his second year as a graduate assistant 219 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:33,799 at the University of Pittsburgh in nineteen eighty four. 220 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,799 Speaker 3: Did you know that? No, isn't that crazy? 221 00:11:38,639 --> 00:11:41,919 Speaker 2: He was he was coming off obviously, he was a 222 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,240 West Virginia quarterback, right, A good football player. 223 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 3: Ended up I think he may have. 224 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,799 Speaker 2: I don't know if he ended up trying to go 225 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,480 to the league or anything like that, but he ended 226 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:50,440 up getting into coaching. 227 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 3: In eighty three and eighty four, he was a GA there. 228 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 4: For pitt Wow, that's a pretty amazing How'd you even 229 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:58,679 find that out? 230 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: I just did some dude diligence. 231 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,639 Speaker 2: Man, we show up to the show and we you know, 232 00:12:02,759 --> 00:12:04,799 we start talking ball and you're starting to do a 233 00:12:04,799 --> 00:12:05,399 little research. 234 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 3: I'm like, hey, he was a part of that team. 235 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,559 That's that's a good sign, isn't it. I feel something 236 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,279 good brewing here. 237 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: We're a little bit superstitious or a little bit stitious 238 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,559 here in Cougar Country. 239 00:12:17,279 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 4: Right, we all everybody is to a certain degree, for sure. 240 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 3: No doubt about it. 241 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 4: No. 242 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:26,159 Speaker 3: I thought that was kind of a fun fact there. 243 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,919 Speaker 2: But it's cool to see, like, and look, it's we've 244 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,759 debated this on sports radio. I'm sure you've had discussions 245 00:12:33,799 --> 00:12:37,000 about it, right that Over the last five six years, 246 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:43,039 we've seen the college football landscape change dramatically, nil transfer portal, 247 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,200 there's a lot of chaos, right, and a lot of people, 248 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,120 you know, you know, the old heads, you know, some 249 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:52,679 people feel like, hey, this is ruining college athletics. And 250 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,879 I'm like, to a certain degree, maybe, but it's hard 251 00:12:55,919 --> 00:13:01,600 to argue with with with the proof that the losing 252 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,120 his team in college football history at the in the 253 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:08,399 power structure, Indiana just became the national champion in this 254 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:09,200 modern era. 255 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: So what does that tell us? 256 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,919 Speaker 4: It's just incredible. I it'd be interesting to know what 257 00:13:18,039 --> 00:13:21,519 they did nil wise are. 258 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,519 Speaker 3: I can give you a little bit of detail. I'll 259 00:13:25,519 --> 00:13:26,480 give you a little bit of detailed. 260 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,039 Speaker 2: Their composite talent rating per two four seven, right, this 261 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:33,799 is the standard two four seven was seventy second. They 262 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:40,200 only had seven four stars on their roster, so, I mean, 263 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,679 you know that's decent, but it's not like it's not 264 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,879 the most talented roster. 265 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 3: Now. 266 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 2: They were older, which is also kind of a BYU thing, right, 267 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,919 So you had a lot of guys that were twenty two, 268 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,120 twenty three, and even twenty four because they had got 269 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,639 that COVID year and they had a red shirt, right, 270 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,720 and so they got that extra year of eligibility. So 271 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,519 they were really tenured. If you look at the total 272 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,240 snaps played, they had played a lot of football, and 273 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,360 a lot of them had come up within that schame. 274 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:07,840 Some of them came up from James Madison. But they 275 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,519 were just tenured football players, not necessarily like the most 276 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,279 talented I guess recruiting rankings wise, Yeah, I mean when. 277 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,039 Speaker 4: You look at that stat you have to think of loyalty, 278 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:22,399 They've they've taken loyalty out of the game because of 279 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,840 this transfer where you can transfer at any time, and 280 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,519 even the last few stories I read about transferring, it's 281 00:14:29,519 --> 00:14:34,039 got nuts people signing contracts and then a week later, 282 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:37,159 I'm gonna leave, and I'm gonna leave now. And so 283 00:14:37,679 --> 00:14:41,960 I'm assuming not many kids have probably loved Indiana and 284 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:45,960 that staple of kids. They love each other, they love 285 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,279 playing with each other. They're loyal to their coach, their team, 286 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,480 the state of Indiana, and I, honestly, I don't have 287 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:56,679 anything to do with that team, but I'm very proud 288 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,440 of what they've accomplished this year. So I was very 289 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:00,840 happy to. 290 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:03,159 Speaker 3: See him win well and seeing it at BYU. 291 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:06,679 Speaker 2: Right, look at the retention under Kilane here, I think 292 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,279 they only had they've had like thirteen guys leave. Most 293 00:15:09,279 --> 00:15:12,039 of the key contributors are all coming back, and they've 294 00:15:12,039 --> 00:15:14,080 only had to go out and acquire like nine guys 295 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,360 via the portal. The retention, to me, the retention recruitment, 296 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,519 that's way bigger. That's a way bigger deal sometimes than 297 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,320 acquisition of key players in the portal. 298 00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's true. I mean when you find sometimes it's 299 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,360 hard to find a coach you love playing for. And 300 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:36,600 I know Kilane. I know what he's like with the kids. 301 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:39,679 I know the culture that he is building and has 302 00:15:39,799 --> 00:15:44,080 built at BYU, and the kids love it, the families 303 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,519 love it. The parents they want their kids here, they 304 00:15:47,519 --> 00:15:50,879 want their kids playing for Klannie. And we're getting people 305 00:15:51,799 --> 00:15:55,080 coming over to play with Kilanie didn't pick us the 306 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,360 first time, and we're having kids, a lot of kids 307 00:15:58,399 --> 00:16:02,679 that are just staying in place and because of because 308 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:04,720 of what he's built. And so a lot of kudos 309 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,960 to Klanney and what have you done here? For sure? 310 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 3: Let's get back to the mission, the mission call. 311 00:16:10,279 --> 00:16:12,399 Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, Robbie, I don't think you grew 312 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,559 up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. 313 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,919 You came to be Yu was a non LDS football. 314 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 3: Player, correct, that is correct? Yeah, okay, out of Roseville, California. 315 00:16:24,519 --> 00:16:29,039 Speaker 4: Right out of Roseville. My mother was a member, my 316 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:36,200 father wasn't. And my father's parents migrated from Italy over here. 317 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:44,120 And then my mom and dad both grew up in Helper, Utah. 318 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,799 Oh my god, if you can believe it, a small 319 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:46,639 little town. 320 00:16:46,919 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: And you and Jan Jorgenson baby. 321 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:53,919 Speaker 4: Me and jam that's right and so and so they 322 00:16:54,519 --> 00:16:56,840 had to make a choice. Do we stay here and 323 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,039 help her or price and be cold my or do 324 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:05,160 we move on? So they fortunately moved to California and 325 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,680 they were all skilled school teachers. There was about five 326 00:17:07,759 --> 00:17:13,480 couples that moved on with them. And yeah, so then 327 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,599 when I came here, I strictly came to play football. 328 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:22,079 I didn't have at the time really any interest on religion. 329 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:27,240 It was strictly a football decision. But I'm grateful that 330 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,599 it worked out to where I could come to BYU 331 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:35,359 and be surrounded by good people of great coaches, the 332 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,359 great levelle Edwards. And I think the influence of my 333 00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:43,680 mother and a lot of people around me helped me 334 00:17:43,799 --> 00:17:47,960 to realize that this this is what I want in 335 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,279 my life. I need the Gospel and I need some 336 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,599 guidance in that direction. And it was just like it 337 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,799 was a great fit for me. And so I got 338 00:17:58,839 --> 00:18:04,039 baptized my second semester, my freshman year, and then been 339 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,680 trying to grow and learn each each each day and 340 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,119 each year. 341 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: Love that story. 342 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,559 Speaker 2: And I had Tom on as well last week to 343 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:16,359 discuss his uh his mission call and his story of 344 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,000 coming to BYU and eventually converting to the faith. And 345 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,759 I have this book and I've kept track of like 346 00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:26,759 new uh you know former Bwall football players that have 347 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,000 uh have been baptized and converted to the Church of 348 00:18:30,079 --> 00:18:35,240 Jesus Christ. And uh, it's truly tremendous how many conversion. 349 00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 3: Stories there are. And like these are like high profiles. 350 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,640 I mean, obviously Tom. 351 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,839 Speaker 2: The greatest ad ever to come through BYU and he's 352 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,000 four time Super Bowl champion. You are a national champion 353 00:18:47,519 --> 00:18:51,039 quarterback and playing the national football he tied Debtmer Heisman 354 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,440 Trophy winner. I can go down the list of guys 355 00:18:53,519 --> 00:18:56,119 like my teammates too, great football players you know, that 356 00:18:56,319 --> 00:18:59,480 came here not and not as members. And I have 357 00:18:59,599 --> 00:19:02,640 converse sation with fans a lot, and even individuals that 358 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:07,599 are like BYU by your lumps, but may not like 359 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,839 the sporting elements of by especially in the NIL era, 360 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,319 And they always say, hey, you know, BYU athletics it's 361 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,440 not always a good missionary tool. It's not always a 362 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,000 missionary tool. I'm like, I beg the different. I really think, 363 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,519 you know, it's a bigger missionary tool, a more pactful 364 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:24,920 missionary tool than you realize. 365 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 4: I've had. I've been many kids, many friends that were 366 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,480 serving missions in eighty four and when they got back 367 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:38,519 that was that was part of their story because from 368 00:19:38,559 --> 00:19:42,440 BYU and you guys just want to ask him, come 369 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,240 on in. I want to hear about that out in 370 00:19:44,279 --> 00:19:47,400 the world, and they want to hear about that. So yeah, 371 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,640 I think it's a I think it's a big missionary tool. 372 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,279 We have kids from all walks of life and we're 373 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:57,160 trying to we're trying to get the team come Roberie 374 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,680 together and these kids are going out out and serving 375 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,200 two years on their own and paying for it, and 376 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,880 it's it's really tremendous. And the one thing that I 377 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,079 noticed that by U, with myself and with others, there's 378 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,960 not a lot of pressure to get baptized. It's not 379 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:22,240 like coach Edwards, broncomnen Hall or whoever are out there 380 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,720 instead of coaching, Hey, have you taken any discussions yet 381 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,759 they don't really, they don't really talk like that. We're 382 00:20:28,759 --> 00:20:31,599 playing football. Yeah, so there's not a lot of pressure. 383 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,359 So I guess my point is these kids that have 384 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,960 joined the church, they are joining because they felt something 385 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,720 they felt something that wanted to change their life. They 386 00:20:43,759 --> 00:20:48,359 felt something that was meaningful and something that they were 387 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,640 missing in their life, and they found it here. They 388 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,240 found it here with the Gospel, and they are here. 389 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:59,559 They are They've got baptized on their own accord, in 390 00:20:59,599 --> 00:21:03,680 their own testimony, not on a friend or a coach 391 00:21:03,839 --> 00:21:07,680 or somebody else's. And so it's really cool to see that, 392 00:21:07,839 --> 00:21:10,920 and then to see the growth well they've done, you know, 393 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:12,319 ten twenty years down the road. 394 00:21:13,799 --> 00:21:16,279 Speaker 3: Love that perspective. What are you most excited about? 395 00:21:16,519 --> 00:21:19,759 Speaker 2: Because you didn't serve a mission when you were in 396 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:23,799 your younger years. There's pros and cons obviously, the serving 397 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:24,799 mission in the younger years. 398 00:21:24,839 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 3: We we go out and and. 399 00:21:27,799 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 2: I know the church is true because you know, if 400 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,559 it wasn't, we would have ruined it by now, these 401 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:38,200 nineteen year old kids. But you get to go out at. 402 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:38,039 Speaker 3: The rifled age. 403 00:21:38,039 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 2: I believe what you're sixty three now, I know you 404 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,400 don't want to maybe get to the sixty three sixty 405 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,599 three still full of vigor and vim and energy. 406 00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 3: What are you looking forward to, Robbie. 407 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,039 Speaker 4: Well, I think I think just working with these young missionaries. 408 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,599 You know, I was a why say, bishop for three years, 409 00:21:55,839 --> 00:22:00,319 and I was able to talk with and Hell and 410 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,799 discuss the different issues going on in today's world. And 411 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,920 I don't think those issues are going to be any 412 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,680 different on a mission. And so to be able to 413 00:22:10,759 --> 00:22:15,079 help and to teach and to help them not only 414 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:21,559 help them on their mission, but hopefully develop them after 415 00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:26,119 their mission, so when they become a mom or a dad, 416 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,720 when they become a grandma and a grandpa, and down 417 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:35,119 the road and during to the end, not just a 418 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,119 two year stint or a year and a half stint 419 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,799 for them, but to help them to grow to what 420 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,359 is the most important thing in their life, and then 421 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,759 to be able to intertwine that with the real world 422 00:22:50,839 --> 00:22:54,440 when you get back off your mission, and it's so different. 423 00:22:54,799 --> 00:22:59,160 You know, they're twenty four to seven there learning the gospel, sleeping, 424 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,160 living the gospel, and when you get back home, you're 425 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,119 not It's not like that anymore. You got a job, 426 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,519 you're gonna have kids, a lot of different anxieties are 427 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:11,839 gonna be going on in your life. And so I'm 428 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,039 hoping that I can be some sort of an influence 429 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,400 to them to where they can see the big picture 430 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,559 down the road even more so than being on their mission. 431 00:23:23,599 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 2: Love that man, Love that perspective and can't wait to 432 00:23:27,079 --> 00:23:31,640 hear about the stories afterwards about the missionary work and 433 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,920 obviously the impact that not only that you get to 434 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,880 have on those young men and young women that you're 435 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,960 gonna be serving with, but also the impact that they're 436 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,079 gonna have on you. Robbie Bosco, Ladies and gentlemen, national 437 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,279 champion college football quarterback for Brigham Young University now being 438 00:23:47,279 --> 00:23:49,920 called to serve in the Columbus, Ohio Mission as a 439 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,640 mission credit you and your your your lovely better half 440 00:23:53,759 --> 00:23:56,119 are gonna be doing great work out there. 441 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 3: Man. Excited for you. 442 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 2: Congratulations and I'm sure your guy is gonna learn ton 443 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,359 and make a huge impact. 444 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 4: Well, thank you, Ben, appreciate you having me on. 445 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:07,759 Speaker 3: Hey, appreciate you. Robbie. 446 00:24:07,759 --> 00:24:09,839 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining us today and we'll catch 447 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,599 up with again soon. 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