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A lot to be thankful for.
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He's a man that I would take into battle with me.
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How we doing today?
Speaker 6: I have some some bad breaking goose for everybody. I
think it's safe to say, if you've walked outside today,
it will not be a white Christmas.
Speaker 5: If you live here, no, it would not be gonna
be a beautiful suns.
Speaker 6: I just checked and and it actually gets a little
bit worse because because if it were to get cold enough,
it would be a white Christmas. But because of the
temperature at the weather we are likely Look, it's a
seventy percent chance of rain on Thursday. Here's the issue though,
it's a lower forty three and a high of fifty,
which means, look, you may be wearing shorts for your
Christmas pajamas this week.
Speaker 5: I don't know what it's gonna be.
Speaker 6: I can tell you won't be that in my house
because I fought that battle and lost.
Speaker 5: I don't know how everybody else feels about this, But.
Speaker 6: I don't know what you guys do for Christmas pajamas
in your house. So my mom did this all growing up,
and unfortunately my wife does the same.
Speaker 5: But every year it's like the ten.
Speaker 6: Dollars Old Navy Christmas design, like just like the classic
go to and maybe this is a hot take, but
I hate it. I'm not for those Christmas pajamas. And
last year I went rogue and I did my own
and my wife said, this is the last time I'd
be doing that. So this year I lost the battle.
But this is my thought process. Okay, rock with me, first,
cam rocking with you. Why would I buy pants Okay
that I'm only gonna wear for not even one day
of the year.
Speaker 5: Because I'll tell you this, ron.
Speaker 6: First of all, if you're a grown adult, you're not
sleeping in pajama pants.
Speaker 5: I'm just being real with you.
Speaker 6: So even if you open the night before, you're not
sleeping in them.
Speaker 5: Okay.
Speaker 6: So then you maybe maybe you get up and you
open presents in them the next day. Okay, so you
wear them for six hours tops, from the time you
wake up to when Christmas is like kind of dialed
back and you're getting ready for dinner, you're going to families,
whatever it is, you put on real clothes. Here's my argument,
and this is what I did last year, and again
I've been shut down this year. So I lost that battle.
But this is the way I think it is to go.
And you know me, like I'm a Nike Tech everything.
I'm wearing Nike Tech right the way I look at it,
Why don't I get meself a nice Nike Tech sweatsuit
that I will wear, not just on Christmas Eve, not
just on Christmas, throughout that whole year, the other day
of the year. But again, that's what I did for
myself last year, and I loved it. It was the
best Christmas gulf I could have got myself.
Speaker 5: Amen.
Speaker 6: But unfortunately I lost that battle this year. So I'm
not really I'm not a huge Christmas pajamas guy.
Speaker 5: Because I just I don't think they look good.
Speaker 6: They're not They're really low quality material and I'm gonna
wear them for six hours and then never see them again.
Speaker 5: So then I'm asking my wife while would buying these, Yeah.
Speaker 4: The Amazona Christmas packages, I understand what you mean.
Speaker 5: I too have a worn net.
Speaker 4: I too must wear those on Christmas, even Christmas Day
for the activities. It's something that I cannot argue in.
But I'm with you. I refuse to sleep in those pajamas.
Yeah kay, I will not do that. I uh maybe,
And look, I'm not gonna pull the fans here because
I don't want to do that. But there are a
lot of people that are listening that know a lot
of you sleep in the special covenants.
Speaker 5: Don't do it lact like you don't you.
Speaker 4: Do, or sleeping.
Speaker 6: In underwear you do as adult sleep ivy basketball shorts
and maybe basketball shorts.
Speaker 5: Sometimes I wear the basketball shorts.
Speaker 4: I'm not gonnae when we have guests family that's still
over with the basketball shorts to bed and that when
I get out. But when it's just me and the
wife and the little one, I sleep, uh straight covenants.
Speaker 5: It's just me. That's what I wear, is just remind
to wear, so I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 6: We had somebody stay at our house a couple of
months ago, I can't remember who it was, and they
just slept on our couch and this person like when
they were getting up moving around the house after they
woke up, didn't feel the need to put anything on
top of their underwear. No boxing shorts, no nothing. And
I was like, Okay, they're trying to have a very
merry Christmas for yeah, I guess, and trying to find
somebody under the missiletone.
Speaker 5: Baby.
Speaker 6: But but I feel like you should be like there's
sometimes I feel like we don't have enough shame in
the world.
Speaker 5: There's certain things that you should be ashamed of.
Speaker 6: And wearing just your underwear when you're sleeping in somebody
else's house that should be something.
Speaker 5: You should feel. Brad, I'm not gonna lie, you know me.
Speaker 4: I'm a very open book. There are lines that I
do have, and that's why I mentioned the shorts. I'm
just not gonna walk around that way. I've run, not
in somebody else's home, on somebody else's home, or even
in your own home for that matter.
Speaker 5: I think it should be both, but it is. It
is what it is.
Speaker 4: But you just don't want to walk out, you know,
freely believe, but I understand what your point. Your point
is be respectful. That's not your home. Respect respect throughs
and boundary. And never at my mother in law's house
have I just straight walked to the kitchen. And it
shouldn't say butt naked because with the garments, but where
everything can show there's something you that like those meshed bottoms.
Speaker 5: You're weird.
Speaker 4: Stop doing that talking to the talking to the men
and another woman, not just not just one person. You're weird,
But you don't just walk around. Hey out there who
use somebody else out put on some clothes for prying
out loud.
Speaker 5: Do it what my wife does.
Speaker 4: She wears her robe because she doesn't want to put
on the clothes. I still think that's more respectable because
at least he got something that covers up for crying
out loud. Wear the robe, do something and ask for
that for Christmas. Ask three nice robe you can be
naughty with in your own home. Don't be naughty and
someone else is trying to be that way and look
for you know, Christmas special. But anyway, I'm sorry you lost.
Speaker 5: That battle with that.
Speaker 4: But I and we need to put on some Christmas
qusts today, so I need to have you do that
Christmas traditions. Does your family wear pajamas? Are you the
pajama family? Let's welcome to our producer of the show.
Speaker 5: Today. We got Zach robertson.
Speaker 4: I need to ask you, Zach, do you guys wear
the Christmas pajamas on Christmas Day?
Speaker 5: Does your family do that?
Speaker 1: First of all, it's great to be back on the show.
I've not been on the show in a while.
Speaker 5: It's been a minute.
Speaker 1: It's been a freaking minute, guys, and I'm so excited
to talk sport to you either way. But I me
and my girlfriend at the time used to do matching pajamas.
This year is not happening because I am no longer
with this person anymore. But my family is not very valid.
My family is not big on Christmas pajamas. My mom
likes to get us pajamas to wear for that night,
and I just sleep in sweats because it's just more
comfortable for me. And the fabric that she gets from
like the old Navy. I just don't like that fabric.
Speaker 5: It's like old Navy. I'll tell you what it is.
Speaker 1: Exactly, and it's like it's gonna shrink either way after
you wash it, so so you have to get a
size up. Get a size up too, and then the
fuzzy ones are like more comfortable too, Like I probably
will have like my ones from last year, Like they're
like Yeati's bro I'm like, I'll just swear those.
Speaker 5: Can I take the pajamas where you should get him from?
Speaker 4: And again we're talking about I like actually expensive pajamas
my grandmother got me from my birthday two years ago,
pajamas from H and M that I will wear because
H and M actually is a really good story. They
got a lot of sleeper high quality, high quality. But
that's again and that's howgh called it is different. But
the family, like you know, Zachi, you're trying to match,
so you're trying to keep it in the budget. So
I'm gonna say this, if you want to wear pajamas
in the family, don't go to Amazon, don't go to
Old Navy.
Speaker 5: You need to buy the expense on something that you
wear again, not just for something you wear.
Speaker 4: For And I wear those pajamas often, those one nice
one right a hundred percent.
Speaker 5: I'll walk outside of him in the summertime, you know.
Speaker 4: Speaking of that side note, I know there's a tangent,
but it's speaking of pajamas. Do you guys judge people
that go to the gym that work out in pajamas? No,
I'm interested to know because they I saw a video
the other day on the Instagram where it's like if
you work out in pajamas, I look at you sideways
and I'm like, they just want to be comfy.
Speaker 5: Brother.
Speaker 6: There was a guy next to me on the treadmill
the other day in jeans. Those are the people who
annoy me. There's no excuse in the world for why
you should be wearing jeans to the gym pajama pants.
I think that's kind of like the gen Z thing
to do. I don't know, I guess I'm gen Z,
so whatever's after me. Like the high school kids like
that's what they're doing, that's kind of their vibe. I
think I remember Nico I and ma Leava. He kind
of was with that trend. I'm not against it, but
I will say, like that just feels very warm. I like,
I can't work out with a sweatshirt, Like I gotta
be t shirt and shorts because I just can't be
that hot. And I also don't want to be trapping
all the sweat inside my pants. And I feel like
if you're working out in pajama pants, that would hapen
to long.
Speaker 1: I was gonna say. When I played football high school,
like we had a lot of kids show up in pajamas,
like the flat, absolutely flat topply pajamas, and my coach
is like, I don't care if you're comfortable.
Speaker 5: You're comfortable, you will wear what you wear.
Speaker 1: And I wear, like, literally, I wear sweats and vans
to the gym because obviously having flat shoes is better
because it's better squatting or doing some sort of like
workout versus like you have like a height boosted shoes
or like they're not flat. So I think that's another
thing too, is like you have flat shoes on Bro,
A lot of people will wear a vans that wear
the Nike Air Forces will wear whatever flat shoes. So
I don't have a problem with it. I think gens
is definitely extreme, like Bro was saying. So I'm gonna
go off of that and say, you know, I work
out in sweats and a T shirt and them, so
I'll have a hoodie and if I feel like.
Speaker 5: It, fact facts, no ca, I'm with you, guys.
Speaker 4: I just wanted to know that because I saw myam
might be a little bit of extreme to take pajamas,
say after but the people working out in the whole
regular business a time outfit, you are weird. We're not
talking about nine to eleven. That's a special day anyway.
Speaker 5: I just wanted to know.
Speaker 4: Anyway, I've gone on the tangent. But Christmas traditions, guys,
is the biggest thing.
Speaker 5: What does your family do? Do you make cookies? Are
you the pajama family will put the question out.
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ahead and DM me and do that as well. I
want to know what your Christmas traditions are.
Speaker 5: I like to hear them. Like I told you guys
last week, it was too extreme of Miles.
Speaker 4: It was either too much Jesus from the Southern Baptists
grandmother or it was too much. But no, Yeah, she's
all business. She does not do Christmas gifts. Don't ask
her for it. Don't even give her one because she
will not accept it. She'll not answer do her. She
will not accept your phone call it. It's all about
the birth of Christ. She will do the Nativity, read
the Bible, and watch Jesus video. So shout out to
Dora M. Weaver, Love you, thank you for raising me
and putting the Christmas spirit of Jesus Christ in it.
Speaker 5: But you're a little bit cucko, just a little bit.
Speaker 4: Still love you though, And my mom and my dad
also y'all a little bit cuckoo too, you guys, did
way too much Christmas. So again you need that balance
of Jesus and that. So tell me what spiritual things
do you do? Do you do the Nativity? Do you
have a traditional Christmas dinner? It's not Thanksgiving, but it
still is so all of them.
Speaker 6: More.
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the rest of our ESPN the fans start lineup, so
let me do so really quickly. We're about to get
into a big topic BYU fans are happy or are you?
Need to ask you the question? We're gonna discuss you
here in Nity Griddy. There's a home and home that
just got announced earlier this morning. And guess what, I
believe it only got done because they're coming to Provo first.
If they have to go to South Bend and then
back to Provo, I don't think it would have got done.
Speaker 5: I don't think it would have got done.
Speaker 4: We'll discuss here momentarily and then we'll get into our
question today. Gonna be around the bou basketball team. There's
a guy making his debut per Joe Tipton, who does
a great job over there arrivals and on.
Speaker 5: Three we're gonna discuss that.
Speaker 4: In a few minutes three oh five, I'm gonna get
into Colonie Sataki Pop Tarts Bowl sound he addressed, this
is the origin pop Tart's ball media availability from a
few weeks ago and be what you got announced, Klinie
will say his favorite pop Tart, will discuss all of that.
We'll recap the college football playoffs Zach and myself at
three thirty, as well as play some other sound bites
as well. Get into a little insider report Big Tell
Football Media Days.
Speaker 5: It drives the ship.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna tell you where we'll be at for the
next two years, the next two years, where will we
be hosting the Big twelve media Days in Texas? Love Texas,
great place, love the barbecue. We'll all discuss that at
three forty five. Four o five, four o'clock is when
we get into our interviews. Guys, you want to know
how I set up the show. I set up the show.
From four to six you can hear from the great
minded individuals, the Brandon See Gurneys that will be joining
me at four oh five. So he can pontificate and
elaborate on Notre Dame. He can talk about his great
conversation point that he gave us for Saturday, about the
headsets which you pay Brett as a donor twenty or
twenty five million dollars to hear the headset you have
to sign the NBA.
Speaker 5: You couldn't know what's going on. I see your face,
exactly what's it pay.
Speaker 4: To Noah's going on a headset to hear Kalanie, to
hear Jay heel, to hear a rod, to hear everybody?
Speaker 5: What you pay for it? We'll discuss that with them.
Speaker 4: At four oh five and four thirty, the bucket Getter,
the ESPN Fan college basketball analyst Jonathan Tavari JT for three,
will join us preview this BYU Eastern Washington basketball game.
Speaker 5: Abdullah a man making his debut.
Speaker 4: We'll discuss that asking my question of today is this
a good move or a bad move? I believe it's
a good but not even gonna say a bad move.
Let's start it out the door. Let's be completely positive.
What impact will Abdulah have and how will he help
be what you get to the elite, get to the
final four. I love this pick up. I love that
he's coming in right away. kJ Perry is red shirting.
Discussed that, and then Ben will join us for the
last hour. I know he's busy around paying the bills
doing the first three hours of the show.
Speaker 5: Ben will hold it down for the last hour.
Speaker 4: Pete Mundo of KCMO Kansas City, Missouri Talk Radio will
join us. He's also the owner of I Heartland's College Sports.
He'll join us to the recap the first round of
the college football playoffs. Are cinderellax stories existing of the
college football playoffs?
Speaker 5: Should they exist? Why should they exist?
Speaker 4: He will discuss that at five or five, and then
of course we'll close it out with Brady Papinka will
do a pop Tars Bowl preview, Isaiah Lasker draft stock
returning for the season. All of that, will discuss the
college football playoffs BYU will get his thoughts on the
BA in Notrre to Dame home and home series that's announced.
Speaker 5: All that in the morning.
Speaker 4: Then at six pm, Zach and I will continue to
hold it down. I'll get you caught up on our
Cougar basketball pre game. I'll be taking you up until
tip off what can you expect from BYU in this
last non conference game. They're gonna be off for ten days,
then they're gonna take on Kansas. Say Tobino Conference play
on the road in Manhattan. Great that Abdula's getting the
game in before you go out there. Jerome Tang and
his crew tough team. Last time BA he went to
Manhattan was not victorious. I'm pretty sure last time they
played at the Marriot they were. Will discuss that from
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or the podcast. You can hear all of that to day.
Let's get it to it, Brett. I just want your
initial thoughts. The press release went out BYU and rre
Dame announced today two schools have agreed to a home
and home football series bringing the Fighting Irish, or as
we've been calling them, the Quitting Irish to not quit
this time to Provo in twenty twenty six to take
on the Cookars, and then in twenty twenty seven BYU
is headed to South ben to take on the Fighting Irish.
This is what Brian Santiago had to say on the matter.
We are excited to announce his home and home series
between BYU and Ordre Dame for the twenty twenty six
to twenty seven seasons. We have tremendous respect for Norre
Dame and appreciate Director of ACK Athletics Pete Bevquah, who
had been great to work with in arranging this series.
This will be a competitive This will be competitive football
games and will highlight Colonneyson, Hockey and Marcus Freeman. I
agree with him on saying as two of the best leaders,
not coaches. He said first leaders, and then he says
coaches in college football. As a private, faith based institution,
BYU and or to Day share many common values and sharing.
This series provides an exponential opportunity showcase two world class universities.
It is a matchup that will resonate strongly with Cougar
fans and college football fans everywhere. Brett, I love that
this got done, but I want your thoughts on the matter.
I see you got some looks right now.
Speaker 6: I mean, you know me. I always have questions. I'm
always questions are good. I don't question, you don't improve.
I don't like the word I use the word conspiracy,
but I don't know if I should. Look, I'm just
I'm asking the big, hard hitting, big jay journalism questions.
That's what we get paid to do. I'm excited about this.
Let me say that first and foremost a man. However,
I don't think that this is fully necessary.
Speaker 5: Ooh ooh yeah, oh agree, Okay, let's hear the reason
why my question. Okay, because.
Speaker 6: Because BYU got this series with Notre Dame.
Speaker 5: Do you know who is no longer getting a series
with Notre Dame? Cal right, No, because US?
Speaker 6: Oh you see, my bad, my bad, So you can't
doesn't have a series with Notre Dame going forward for
the next couple of years. And it sounds like they
may not have that series really redone until twenty thirty.
Oh okay, and per Ross Dellinger, let me pull up
the quote. USC officials determined that the game date was
not ideal considering past decisions from the CFP Selection Committee
in punishing schools for losses, especially those late in the season.
Speaker 5: Here's why I don't know this game is necessary. I
think it's cool. I think it's great for the fans.
Speaker 6: It'll be awesome to have Notre Dame come into provo
and to be at BYU, to go there, it's gonna
be a big nationally televised game. Here's the issue, though,
what if that Notre Dame loss you had in one
other big twelve loss because guess what, BYU was eleven
and two this year they were two lost.
Speaker 5: Team didn't get into the playoffs.
Speaker 6: Sue, what if EYU gets one big twelve loss and
they lose to Notre.
Speaker 5: Dame and then they don't get into the playoffs.
Speaker 6: And look, I under stand that's not the mentality of
a football team. You don't run from anybody. It's the
zacht anytime, any place, anywhere. I get all of that,
but somebody has to be the realist in the room
and say, awesome, I know you think you can be anybody, anytime, anywhere,
But what if you don't and then you miss the
playoffs unfairly unjustly? But what if you miss the playoffs
because you scheduled Notre Dame. Because I actually kind of
rock with USC on this one, USC said, look, if
we're going to schedule this game, it's probably gonna end
up getting scheduled later in the season, according to what
USC officials had to say, which means if we lose
that game, we will get kicked out of the playoffs.
Because what the committee said this year is if you
lose at the beginning of the season, we don't care.
But if you lose when it's still stuck in our brain,
then it matters to us. And so I guess I'm
just a little bit worried that this loss. And I
shouldn't even say this loss. But again, Ron, we are
talking about a team who's been stuff from the playoffs
and back to back years. We have to understand the
Committee is not going to be your friend on that,
so they're not notreames friend either. It'll be a big
win if you get it over Notre Dame. I think
it will help you, and it will help you tremendously.
But if you don't get it, then you will fall
and and I and I guess maybe I feel a
little bit differently if I know when this game is
being played, if this is your Week.
Speaker 5: One game, then round of applause. It's game exactly.
Speaker 6: But so that's where I'm a little concerned, because if
it was, then it'd be really cool. It's like on
the same vibes with Ohio State and Texas. From what
we watched earlier in the year. Everybody remembers those games.
Everyone remembers the Notre Dame Texas A and M game.
I don't know that we know exactly when this game
will be, but I am just a little concerned from
that perspective. The other question I want answered, when did
we start this conversation, because that's because a lot of
these series their skied years in advance. Like you hear
about teams getting scheduled in twenty eight and twenty nine.
This one all of a sudden, we're finding out about now.
If they've been working on this for a while, and
then Notre Dame says, well, we already want to opt
out of the Bowl game.
Speaker 5: Plus we're gonna play BYU next year anyway, so we
don't we were just waiting for again.
Speaker 6: No, I'm trying to remember there was a playoff team
who played a team like that this year, played him
at the end, and I can't remember who it was.
Speaker 5: But either way, but.
Speaker 6: If they had just now pulled this because Notre Dame
is now trying to save face and BYU was the
team to bail them out and say, yeah, all right,
we'll do this, then that also makes Notre Dame. Look
a little bit desperate, interesting stuff with Notre Dame today,
But look, it is cool.
Speaker 5: It's fun.
Speaker 6: It's a cool I don't know if it's a rivalry,
but it's a cool series in the college football history.
Speaker 5: So shout out to b Allu and Notre Dame for
getting it done.
Speaker 6: But yeah, I still got some questions, and I think
there this is not all sunshine and rainbows.
Speaker 5: I got a couple of drawbacks to this. Well.
Speaker 4: Look, I mean people always gonna love Catholics versus Mormons.
I think that's all something that's out there. Shouldn't say
that Catholics versus Latter day Saints, to my apologies Christ
of latterday Saints. Yeah, but Latter Day Saints still saying
that members of the ld S faith, So as all
as going to be, you know, the the Catholics versus
the Church members of the Church of Jesus Christ. So
you're gonna have that aspect that's always there. I do
think this is a good series still to have. I
do to your first question, ending your last question, I
guess I am of the mindset wanted this to get done,
So I see why Notre Dame app opted out, especially
for the fact that they were going to lose players.
Jeremi Love is already declared for the draft. Uh, just
so in case you forget to live under rock like
Patrick Starr. But does that mean it's right. No, you
still should play that team because that's what it is.
But I understand. I, Okay, we don't want to play
you three times in a row. I understand the mindset
with that. I don't agree with this still, but I
see where you're coming from. It's like, well, we already
agree to do this, we want to be here, we're
not going to play, and we want to play you again.
I might be feeling the same way if I'm in
that position. So the talks probably already occurred. To your
point about going back. I think this game is going
to be played at deliberit of research and they're non Conferencely,
here's why they canceled the home and home with CAL.
You should have saw this coming. I mentioned this, I
didn't tweet it about it. I didn't tweet it out
on my Twitter. Someone else did. I can't remember if
it was a local or national reporter, but that series
got canceled with CAL. I don't know why didn't look,
but maybe it was canceled because they were going to
schedule this home at home with Notre Dame because remember
by Us playing Cal was supposed to play them for
the next two years in a home and home.
Speaker 6: Maybe Cal didn't feel like by U was a high
enough a search institution like when the Pack.
Speaker 5: Maybe that's why they did us.
Speaker 6: Not enough of an academic institution actually not going to
be playing them in a game.
Speaker 4: Then oh, man, goodness and give me vibes of that.
And then the Pacific A d oh, it's just a
money grab. It's like, well, what do you what did
you expect? Guess what you got is actually legal.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you could do that.
Speaker 4: I'm sorry that you don't that your players are going
to other rams to do that. Maybe you should do
the Kenny Dillingham and you should go ask for twenty million.
Maybe he should do that. Anyway, I'm not gonna get
into that debate. Uh, you go to You're going well
over to who's paying. That's what's coming down to the
end of the day anyway. But no, if you go
and if you look at the schedule, Boi does a
fantastic job on Boi Cookers dot Com, Slash future Dash
Football Dash opponents. Before it was cal at home and
then on the road. In twenty twenty seven that was
at home and home. That now has switched and it
is now Notre Dame, so that home and home got replaced. Now,
I think this is how b A You's thinking, well,
our non conference game will be switching R to Dame.
Going back to Colonne's point in bigto media to day
play these guys in non conference, everything gets matched.
Speaker 5: Up if you win that game.
Speaker 4: Guess what happens they're thinking in probably the well the
matches ore resume, we played someone tough out of non conference.
They said, well, we didn't play anybody, and then nationally
media Kirk Herbssey says, we didn't play anybody. You beat
Notre Dame in provo. Nothing you can say it was
at the beginning of the year. That was a different
Notre Dame. No, they didn't know who they were. Nope,
you gotta put it on you gotta put it on
the resume in that because and I get it, everything's
gonna point against BYU was saying, oh, well it was
early and all of it like that's the thing BYU
is is going to be the little brother, They're never
going to get credit when they win, and they're and
they will. They will always get punished when they lose.
That's what's going to happen. Whether it's at the beginning
of the season or it's at the end, it doesn't matter.
They lost to the best team who I think is
in the nation twice. They're not getting any credit. So
you hope that they go boat steam Organ next week
and that everybody will shut up. But anyway, this game
got replaced with cal By's playing this game to have
a better strength of non conference record. Notre Dame owes
them a home game. You did that bull drive and
went down to the Shamrock series in Vegas. The only
thing I'll ever hold against Tom Mombole is that why
did you agree to that to get paid to give.
Speaker 5: It to them?
Speaker 4: They came close. They came close. It was a one
score game. Uh, they called the wrong play. They should
have ran the ball with either Christal Brooks or gave
the ball to pookin the cool they ran it.
Speaker 5: With a penie.
Speaker 4: None against the penie, but you should have gave it
to Pook. Dads, that's who should have got the ball.
But nonetheless, that was the last time you took a loss,
and that sid sour with the bo fense. Now Norre
Dame can't run from it. Marcus Freeman and they lost
Texas A and M this year. They have to now come
on the road in a true road environment early in
the season and play a b YU team that's gonna
be hungry.
Speaker 5: They gonna have got Lucy tom mcpaya is gonna be back.
Speaker 4: I think I think Tasilli O'Connor will be find out
about cant a ton of vasa later.
Speaker 5: I g could come back.
Speaker 4: You're gonna have Trey Alexander back for sure, Gonna have
Evan Johnson lockdown corners, Tommy Prass will be healthy, even
though you're red shirted. Some dogs and dogs in the
portal maybe like so, I'm just saying yeah, we you
and not looking because we can't say everything.
Speaker 5: We've heard some rumors, so we can't say nothing.
Speaker 4: We can't say, well we know till we know, and
an't think about it. There's supposed to be some quarterbacks. Brother,
apparently you know that's supposed to be coming. I think
we haven't heard anything, but apparently he's supposed to be coming.
Speaker 5: Look, wouldn't that look.
Speaker 4: Last time it wasn't a tight end wrecking Michael Harper
and Jacob Robinson. Last time I checked on by you played,
couldn't you flip that switch? Michael Mayer. Yeah, playing for
the Las Vegas Raiver. We're just very fitting that he
balled out in that stadium and now is drafted by
that team.
Speaker 5: Is interesting.
Speaker 4: Anyway, that's my weirdness, my nerdy brain. Anyway, The point is,
I think this is good.
Speaker 5: You win this. I do think this will help your
strength to record.
Speaker 4: I think what bo He needs to start doing is
beating the Norre Dames, beating these acc beating these Big
ten schools in non conference play because they're not gonna
give them credit if they do so, they're not gonna
get credit for.
Speaker 5: The Big twelve. So the only way to do this
is to go take it.
Speaker 6: So you have to go schedule and Arizona State is
a great example of this. Absolutely, you brought it up.
You took the words right out of my mouth that
what happened last year. It was a great example of that.
Because of that, I know we gotta get a break,
so I'll finish on this.
Speaker 5: This is good. They should keep.
Speaker 4: Skelting these type of games for the future because if
you win them, it does. But with your point, play
them in non conference because maybe even if you lose,
it might not go against you until later in the season.
Speaker 5: And like you know, so that's my entire point.
Speaker 4: My entire point is that I think when it comes
down to it, I really think that BYU should continue
to schedule these games. This one against Norredame. They owe
you already. This will help your resume. Look, you're playing
this game to settle well, we shouldn't have been the
first team out or the second team. And if you're
going you beat Marcus S. Freeman, an Order team who
was in the National Championship not too long ago, that's validating.
The committee will have to see that. They will have
to respect it, even if the college football mines don't
want to do. So you go and win that game,
it doesn't matter, but they will go, oh, that's a
true role loss for no Order Dame. That's what they're
going to say, and they won't give you that credit
if that were to be. But overall, good point shout
at the Brian Santiago and the BYU administration getting is done.
Speaker 5: I think this is really good. The other nice thing.
You don't have to play Jeremiah Love. Next year, you
don't have to play Jeremiah Love. Jeremiah Love. Shout out
to Gus Johnson. Just so everybody knows.
Speaker 4: Notre Dame owns a seventy two advantage in the previous
nine games after winning the last game that I talked
about in twenty twenty two, twenty eight to twenty in
Allegian Stadium. Boe owns a one to one record against
Irish at Lavelle Elwards Stadium. Norre Dame boost a five
to one record against the Cougars in South Bend and
one oh marks them in the neutral side with the
Shamrock series, so we will see you don't win. You
don't have the advantage when it comes to going to
South Bend, but it's even coming to Laveil, and next
year they have to come to Laveil. So how do
you feel about akrigrenation d like dislike? Are you neutral
on BYU playing Notre dameen home and home? I think
this is great. I think it will help their schedule.
I think it will boost the non conference and opportunity
to get into the playoffs. Because the media was saying
you didn't play anybody. What if you just go play everybody,
then there's nothing they can say. Do a bou basketball,
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I cannot tolerate a lot of Christmas music just because
it gets so overplayed.
Speaker 5: I don't know why.
Speaker 1: That's just me, that's just me as a human.
Speaker 5: I get it.
Speaker 1: A lot of people like the Christmas music because it's
just traditional, it's classic and everything.
Speaker 5: I can't.
Speaker 1: I honestly can't. It's it's weird for me. But yeah,
this is a song I can tolerate just because it's
kind of a newer song. And we grew up kind
of listened to all this type of music and artists,
so like Ron, you and I probably in the same
but with some some artists like Kendrick and other people.
But yeah, this is like one of the songs I
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Nice's yeah, I believe I have been. I've done a
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I think with everything else, I definitely can. Ariana Grande
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force respect. Explamation point times two. Didn't want to go more,
but you actually exclamation times two with both of them.
I agree with them. I think you do need to
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get a home of home with Miami. You need to
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Speaker 4: They need to come to provo they be disrespectful, and
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if you're b why you I agree with this. You
gotta go take the respect you need to. And that's
what they're gonna do. I believe this game in provo,
with all the momentum that they got. I would love
to see what the narrative would be if by you're
to beat Norre Dame. Now Nordre Dam caver will come
in here and just say, hey, where that dude. I
think the twelfth Man will play a factor. But this
game has to be played at night, can be no morning.
This is an eight fifteen kickoff on ESPN, and you
have to bring him here.
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Irish have to be cold. We won't be called to
be September.
Speaker 4: They have to wait all day sweat in this hot sun.
They probably actually wouldn't be too effected. Maybe with the elevation.
Actually I can't tell you. The humidity in the Midwest
is terrible, but the elevation is even worse. So get
him a sweat all day and they different ball game
one hundred percent. You and I both know it's a
way different ball game. But I do agree take the respect.
You have to take it in d But you know
who's gonna take their respect tonight transition a little bit.
A certain basketball player that's going to make his Daybut yeah,
that's right if you don't know, and again if you
live under a rock. I know, I got to talk
a little bit of basketball here, and I know some
people might not lack it.
Speaker 5: Like Ron pop Tarts Bowl is all I want to hear.
Speaker 4: The basketball team is playing phenomenal and they have a
G League guy that they sign that is not redshirting
that will be in action tonight. Abdullah Ahmed will make
his season debut. Per Joe Tip and gotta get join
the show. I've not done a good job of doing,
Producer Roles. Gotta get Joe on the show to talk
about abdulah Met. But he's gonna make his debut to
night against East Groun Washington. I am so excited to
see him play. Look, we talked about the depth at
behind Keba at the center position. To look, guys, if
you really know basketball and getting into the like the
nooks and crannies Hadim plays the four. He's a true four.
Xavion is a five and a rim protector. You can
go small with Haidim at the five, but it's true
positions to four. He said that the post and a
Gams who played that sound for you, So you have that.
You also are taking a chance, you know, as Mihilo
is a stretch five, Mahilo's also playing in a four
because he can shoot an extend to four. So well,
you want to go small ball that five action works.
But to have a guy to come given proven minutes,
to be proven at the lob threat that can run
run the rim as well, that can shop block on
the way cable, that has the lengthletic, the athleticism, the explosiveness,
that has the iq Abdulah's the perfect fit for this guy.
He's the guy that is going to be in the rotation.
You go back in you watches Jilie film with the
Westchester Nicks. If you just watch the.
Speaker 5: Tape, this dude is so explosive, bro, he baptizes people.
Speaker 4: Brett is watching tape right now and I'm seeking mean
mugging face and going to if you thought that aj
De bonsa Dunk was amazing. You didn't gonna watch this
kid dunk his kid baptized and protext the rim like, look,
I love a little friendly competition, and I'm not. I
don't want to put him against because I don't want
BYU Athletics and people texting me or pulling me aside
of you. You're saying I don't want that. I'm being
petty when I said that, but I'm being serious. I
don't want them thinking I'm pinning these ass against each other.
Speaker 5: But i want to.
Speaker 4: See the competition of who can block the ball the best.
Can it be Cable, who can jump by the gym,
who's a volleyball player, or can it be Abdullah because
Abdullah is long, bro like his length, like you ain't
getting on to the rim on him, which it's way
more impressive by Cave because Cave is six for eight
and can jump in Adulah is six to eleven. So but Brett,
I'm excited to watch him tonight. So my question of
today is this, as I've gone around on it and
I've gotten too hyped about it, what are your expectations
for Abdullah met his debut against Eastern Washington tonight. Then
I'll ask you a secondary question, Brett, what do you
think his role will be this season? Because they're not
playing him just to play him. Only got two years
of eligibility, that's what he got approved for. Sounds like
they're gonna get him going now. So this will count
us one year and then next year. But we'll go
with the first one then the second one. What are
your expectations tonight for Abdullah in the debut?
Speaker 6: This one's real interesting, Ron for a couple of reasons,
the first one being you mentioned a guy in Hadem
Bub Hadem Bub and Lef Haiding he was with.
Speaker 5: The team last year.
Speaker 6: Correct, he was with the team, but he didn't play
last year.
Speaker 5: Also true.
Speaker 6: Well that's weird because this guy got here not even
a month ago, around the same timeline as him, and
they're turning him around and they are playing him immediately
in mid December. Ooh.
Speaker 5: Which tells me a number of things. Let it tell you.
Speaker 6: It tells me, first of all, he's not that raw,
because we are looking at a Hadem boop who I'm
not taking a shot by saying he's raw. He has
all I've said. He's the Dennis Rodman of BA basketball.
Speaker 4: And you see the improvement from your by the way
you see that you're off in the development.
Speaker 6: However, that makes when I don't know, I'm I'm just
a guy who follows people's patterns of behavior, and last
year your pattern of behavior was and maybe.
Speaker 5: They also felt that they were more full at the
front court than they feel that they are Yester this year.
Speaker 6: But last year you didn't play Hadeem even though you
had him, and then this year you have Abdullah and
you are going to play him.
Speaker 5: So that tells me that you've seen enough from this.
Speaker 6: Guy in a short period of time to say, hey,
we feel as though you can go out there and
make an impact.
Speaker 5: That's number one what it tells me. Number two, it
does tell.
Speaker 6: Me you feel a little bit iffy about what's going
on in the front court right now. And we've seen
Keba take a couple of shots, and we've seen a
number of other guys just maybe not fulfill the role
that we'd like them to see in that front court position. Well,
now you bring a guy in who has NBA G
League experience, which is really hard to quantify and compare
to anybody else because it's like he's really what.
Speaker 5: Besides NBA he's one of the first.
Speaker 6: I think there's one other person who's done it in
college basketball, but it's very rare, so it's hard to
compare and say when G League guys come to the
college basketball they do this. We've seen Euro League guys come,
especially on this BAU basketball team.
Speaker 5: So expectations for Jamed Night.
Speaker 6: I'd like to see him get six points, four boards,
and maybe maybe a block. Maybe not a block, We'll
see defense. I'd love to see him just swap. I'd
love to see him do a Kebu ketta and just
throw it into the stands like a tennis ball. But
I think for me and yes, like as far as
something that won't show up on the stat sheet, I
do want to see how he protects the rim.
Speaker 5: And also, if we're being honest, I want to see
if he.
Speaker 6: Can score down low, because we saw I think it
was Pacific a little bit who they really made Kebo
work for it, and they kind of found ways at
certain points in the game to hold him back. I
think he only ended up with like six points in
that game. I'd love to see abdulah Ahmed be a
dominant force down low to something you just really can't
game plan for and you especially can't game plan for
him with your backup guys. And that's the other thing
with this is no other team has seen him play
college basketball yet they haven't seen him, and be why you.
Speaker 5: See you don't know what you haven't It's it's.
Speaker 6: Almost like a card that you've been holding till the
end of the game.
Speaker 5: If you played cover your assets.
Speaker 4: That's also so so you and I we and I
need to.
Speaker 5: It's always like anyone who's played, cover your assets.
Speaker 6: So now you've gotta hold that wild card as long
as you possibly that gold of that silver. You have
to hold it until the last and look p s
a to anyone who's played the game. If you don't know,
it puts you up on game card as you can
and that nobody.
Speaker 5: Knows that you have it. So when that big pile
comes open at the end of the game, you're taking it.
And that's how I'm feeling about it.
Speaker 6: While I'm the Big twelve has not seen him play
basketball in college yet, they haven't seen him in dy scheme,
and they certainly haven't seen him with Chris Burgess and
with Kevin Young and the rest of the absolute studs
of development I think it's gonna be really interesting to
see how they use him and how other teams react
to a guy that they haven't had a scout.
Speaker 5: Or game plan for all year long.
Speaker 4: Manly do I love to take I love the analogy
of the cover your assets because you understand about the
wild holding the trump card unto the end to beat people.
I will give you a little tit bit. The gold
card is ripped because I lied to my wife. I
kept two cards. I said he only had one card left,
and she thought she was gonna take the big pile
and I had nothing, and that pile had like six
hundred and eighty thousand, and I took the pile and
I won. So I understand what you mean by hold
the cards until the end. So I need to come
on your house and play on. Anyway, The point is
go back to the business at hand. Nobody has seen
so Kevin Young has the goals in the silvers. Yes,
he also has at his base where he's stuck him
in there and you can't take it or he slips
it into the pile. He got a few trickeries going
on here and there. He's got a couple of those
as well. No, but love your analogy. I'm in agreeance
with you to answer this question. I think what I
need to see tonight is more that he can clean
the glass up and he defends the basket.
Speaker 5: That's me.
Speaker 4: You're not asking him to go out there and get
ten points and to get fifteen boards.
Speaker 5: If he does need a couple points, you do need
a couple points.
Speaker 6: We're talking about this bench, and if it's it does
from somebody, that's his primary His primary role is not
to score the basketball, and in that I agree with you. However,
he does need to put a couple of points on
the game, and I think if he's I think it's
if he's given that six to ten range a game exactly,
that's him.
Speaker 5: But I mean, like, I think you can't.
Speaker 4: And this is where you're pressing the other guys Tyler
and Alexi and other guys come off the benching uh
Haadim and Dominique. You can't expect Abdullah to, Hey, you
need to be the.
Speaker 5: Guy off the bench scoring of points.
Speaker 4: No, he's gonna be the guy grabbing the bords, clearing
up last and protecting the paint like Keba.
Speaker 5: But if the lobbs there, throw it to him.
Speaker 4: For all means, and I think they're gonna be several
games they he'll end up in double figures because of
how dynamic Aj is with the ball.
Speaker 5: Because of the two company, he's gonna get. Look and
this is no shot.
Speaker 4: He might get more cleaner looks with that second group
than Keba might get, honestly, and with rob because of that,
because you're gonna put so much pressure with having Robber Richie,
you don't want Coasters and those guys to get off that.
Abdullah just and looking at the safe he might be
wide open as well.
Speaker 5: So we're gonna find a lot more. But I'm with
you tonight.
Speaker 4: Look, I would say eight points. Need to see a
couple of lobs for sure. I need to see eight boards.
Not gonna say double digit rebounds. There's a lot to
ask right off the debut, but eight points, eight boards,
and then I need to see at least two blocks.
I need to see at least two blocks defended. It
can be on a shot when someone's going up right,
or can be in one around the rim. I don't
need to see a bunch of but I need to
see a mixture in a variety of all of that.
For to get done, but tell us your thoughts SCUGA Nation.
We'll put the question today out on Twitter. What are
your expectations tonight for Abdullah Med and his debut against
Eastern Washington?
Speaker 5: And then another question.
Speaker 4: What role will what role will Abdulah play for BAU
this season? I think having Cable go to the bench
where he gets in foul trouble or when you need
good minutes. I think Abula brings in the same amount
as well, if not more. I think his G League
experience is really about to push him to the next level.
Speaker 5: I really think so.
Speaker 4: Guys like Kyle Collinsworth likes him. Robbie Maccomes who's a
BA basketball instead of likes him. So this is a
good pickup for have a young an. He debuts tonight,
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Like an Eagle, Fly Like bath Flyla Like an Eagle.
Today is the fourth all time meeting between the two programs,
with three of the three previous meetings taking place at
the Merit Center in Provo. By US three and zero
all time against the Eagles, outscoring them wait for it,
by combining one hundred points in their previous meetings, one
hundred points in the three that but is called Belt
to Beauty three games, and a combined one hundred points
in three of their previous meetings.
Speaker 6: Wow, so you're averaging winning by thirty three thirty three.
Speaker 4: That's why the spread tonight, I think it's thirty five
and a half. Might be thirty three and a half,
but I think it's thirty five and a double chuck
would be on that bright But thirty thirty five and
a half BYU is nuts Ag of deboms is the
leading scorer. Here's the numbers, working himself up as one
of the best scorers. Twenty two point three. Twenty two
point three is how many points Aja is scoring. Top
dog around here thirty four and a half, so it's
gone down the point, so it's gone down. Goodness, gracious,
who's putting some money on the freaking easter on the Eagles?
Somebody's putting money on the Eagles to base they are
too and ten very bad, very very bad. Here's a
number to o BYU. A win tonight would extend bau's
overall home win strict of ten games, marking the thirteen
times since two thousand that BYU has won ten or
more games inside the friendly confines of the Marriotte Center.
Speaker 5: Twenty five is in a number to zero.
Speaker 4: Last on Friday, the eighty five to sixty seven win
over Appealeen Christian on Saturday, I thought it was Friday.
Speaker 5: My apologies. BYU extends the.
Speaker 4: Non conference win strict to twenty five games that dates
back to December of twenty twenty two. So long win streak.
It's gonna be twenty six tonight too, because they're not
losing this game. The question is, here's the number. I
want you to think, a number that I have in mind. Bro,
Will a certain player drop a certain number? Now we
know who the certain player is, will he achieve the number?
In my head, I want you to play guess him
with Ron the three man leave? What number do you think?
I think AJ has an opportunity to drop tonight, especially
if Cape is also not not back from the illness.
I think he will be. Haven't been told, haven't asked
any sources?
Speaker 5: What?
Speaker 6: How?
Speaker 5: How many points? I want you to guess how many things? Oh?
He put it up forty?
Speaker 4: I got forty, I got full, zero, I got two. No,
I really I would love to see a forty piece
tonight from AJ.
Speaker 5: I would I don't think that's too much.
Speaker 6: I told you there's no way that could happen because
they're not gonna play him for that long if they're
up by that. Man, Yeah, that's what I would have
thought last Saturday.
Speaker 5: Time to get to thirty five? Oh, he got the
thirty five.
Speaker 6: I was wrong, man, especially with maybe some guys not
playing tonight. You know it's your last non con game.
You're not in desperate need to get in his back?
Speaker 5: Who're working things into it? I think it's I think
it's possible. Would I bet money on it?
Speaker 6: No, also would not bet on it, but it's definitely possible.
Speaker 5: Definitely possible.
Speaker 4: Forty could AJ Deboncter drop forty tonight. He is very capable. Brother,
drop thirty five last time. Here's what's strending and end
on this cause we gotta get the break and I
gotta let you go. AJ, Debonster, Richie Sonders, and Rob
Wright scored the first twenty seven points of b What
East points on Friday before Tyler hit a corner three.
Hit a corner three with five minutes and twenty nine
seconds remaining in the first I'm still.
Speaker 6: Not sure how I feel about this, Like I'm not
sure if I'm really excited, like we have one of
the best.
Speaker 5: Big preass I that if we just have no depth
or both things true.
Speaker 4: I don't know. Look, I will give you this point
to prove this point to you. The press is going
to be a problem against Iowa State and Houston because
it's just big toe ball. They like to play more
physically and those teams are very good defensively. So I
think this is an issue when you look at what's trending,
because you don't want Rob, Richie and AJ doing all
of the work because at some point it's gonna come
to that middle eight, as they say in football or whatever.
That's that for basketball or you need Tyler to step
up and you don't want it to be that late.
So there are valid reasons and points that you bring
up with Abilene Christian. But that was a good test
for them, so maybe not that they've had the test. Guys,
get out and if it experienced that, now it's going
to be different. You would hope that Kansas State just
picks you up ninety four feet so you can experience that.
And I really don't know if anybody can really prepare
you for the likes of Houston and Iowa State.
Speaker 5: I don't even Texas Tech can or Kansas because they're
just different.
Speaker 4: Iowa State just wants to play play, you know, football
the whole time on the court, and Houston just does
a good job of just being so long and athletic
and fast.
Speaker 5: So look, I'm with you.
Speaker 4: That is a problem, maybe not even a problem, concern
a little bit because you want everybody to be physical.
Speaker 5: But we will see.
Speaker 4: But that's good that your big three have said get
out the way, let me do it. AJ number one
overall pick why. I believe Richie and Rob both have
played in the Big twelve and have led their team,
So that is what gives you confidence in the matter.
Speaker 5: Today night will be the Cougar's fifth.
Speaker 4: And final Quad four matchup of the season, as they
ranked in the ninety seven percent out in the net
forty seven point two to be exact, ninety fifth in
offensive efficient rating, scene, ninety six percent out defensive rating
and in Quad three and for in Quad three and Quad.
Speaker 5: Four games this season.
Speaker 4: You love that defensively in those stats, they also rank
ninety fifth in effective field goal percentage. These are great numbers,
all because of Kevin Young. They've really bought into the
defensive side. That's what I need. That's what I said
in the last segment my question of the day, defensive
rebounding from a duel a Matt That's what I would
like to see by you improved.
Speaker 5: Check this out.
Speaker 4: This is a nice stat as well. Listen, I need
to send this tea so we could put this out
on Twitter. BYU improved the twenty two to zer under
Kevin Young when shooting fifty percent or better from the field.
As the Cougar has win twenty five to forty seven
and Friday's win, that's crazy. Cougars that won thirty four
straight shooting Excuse me the Cougars that won thirty fourth
straight win, shooting the lights out when his last loss
came January twenty first and twenty twenty three to San Francisco.
Speaker 5: That is crazy.
Speaker 4: That goes back to the wccd's and everybody remembers what
happened in those times. But twenty two to zero under
Kevin Young, will you shoot above fifty percent? That's a
stat that you need to We will go to break,
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He addressed the media a few weeks ago on preparation
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