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I call him the Godfather. Uh, he holds it down

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here for us as a lot of wisdom. We got

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Darnel Dixon of the Daily herold. Thanks for joining me

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today double D for a Christmas Eve edition.

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Speaker 1: Problem appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: I need to know what are traditions in the diction home.

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What do you guys do? Do you do? You do

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the pajamas? Did you do the pajamas? The Christmas cookie, gingerbread?

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You know, house decorations. What did you guys do during

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you know, the holiday season growing up with the kiddos.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're pretty traditional, you know. We do the pajamas,

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and we do the Christmas story and we sing some carols.

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My recliner that I'm sitting in right this very minute

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is about five feet away from the tree. And uh,

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it's difficult for me to get to my chair because

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of the gifts that are kind of taking up the

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room around it. So yeah, we're pretty traditional as a family,

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and we don't have any little kids anymore. So we're

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actually not even going to open gifts until a little

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bit later in the afternoon because my wife is is

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working at the hospital for a little while on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 2: I do I do remember your wife working at the

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hospital when the baby girls born. Army you texted me

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and I went right down the hall and I was like,

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I think I just passed her. So shout out to

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your uh, to your wife and all the all the

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medical people that help during Christmas, even Christmas Day. They're

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very important, and you know, I never will never want

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to forget about them, Double d.

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Speaker 3: Since the last time we had you, it's crazy.

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Speaker 2: A lot happens, and you know, just a span of

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twenty four hours we talked to you.

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Speaker 3: You know, obviously we talked to you on Friday.

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Speaker 2: B Yu, you know has the home and home now

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in order, Dame Agent de Bonce, I had a thirty

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point triple double. You know, let's just let's just start there,

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you know, order Dame schedules the home and home with BYU.

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I don't think they had any team to do with

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people them still opting out of the Pop Tards Bowl,

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those players are going to declare for the draft.

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Speaker 3: But are Provo?

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Speaker 2: Are your people happy, Darnell? Are the fans happy that

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Notre Dame is finally going to becoming a Provo? And

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then by you will go back to South Bend the

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following year?

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Speaker 1: I think so on this sixty minutes or so that

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the game takes place in Provo next year will be

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a good, good game between two really good programs. The

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ancillary stuff though that, I just feel like Notre Dame

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is way too entitled as a college football program, and

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I don't think it's fair what they're doing in terms

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of signing an agreement with the College Football Playoff Committee

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that they get certain considerations. I think they need to

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join a conference, not because it's going to benefit them

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that much, but because they need to play by the

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same rules as everyone else does. And so that's it

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gets in my crawl a little bit. And I hope

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BYU wins by seventy. But you know, like I said,

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it's it's going to be it's going to be a

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good football game between two really good programs, and I

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think it'll draw a lot of fans, uh, you know,

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to watch on TV. It'll be an event. And so

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it's cool and I'm glad that the two teams are

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playing after we all know that Notre Dame dodged the

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Cougars for about a decade with a return game to Provo,

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and fortunately Brian Santiago is savvy enough to get the

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Irish to come to Provo first to make sure we

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get that game in and then b y, you should

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probably do it. Notre Dame did Oh, we have to

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change our schedule because of the Big twelve, and we'll we'll,

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we'll play you in a few years down the road.

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But anyway, that's a that's probably a little bit too much.

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But I do feel like it will be a good

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football game and it's it's a game that will draw

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a lot of attention around the country.

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Speaker 2: Look, I'm totally okay with the competitive the petty nature.

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I think it's okay for Brian to do it exactly

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what he did. You weren't going to play Notre Dame

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ever again unless they came to Provo first, and I

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would not look at Bau sideways if they played the

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game one and then say you know what, Unfortunately, we

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just can't come to South Bend in twenty twenty seven.

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Things are just not gonna work out our way. I

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don't blame the Cougars at all. Look, hey, I'm all

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about being petty. In the nature of the world, it happens.

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If you do it unto me, I'll do it unto you.

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I know the scriptures don't say that that's not what

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I should be preaching. But to me is just that

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that's a funny thing. But no shot up to Brian

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to get this first in provo, because we all know

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double D if you would have went to South Bend first,

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nor to Day, probably would have pulled out the following

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year and not come to provo. They just don't want

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to come. But I'm greatful the Marcus Freeman and Pete

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Beviqua agreed on this and that that fighting Irish. We've

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been calling him to quitting Irish. They can't quit because

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they'll have to come next year. So but maybe what

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they'll do is Bau will beat them by seventy Like

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you said, it's so bad that they'll quit and say, hey,

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we don't want you to come to South Bend.

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Speaker 1: That could happen. Who knows college football is like that.

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Speaker 2: Llege football is like that. Let's go to the next

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big news topic. Kline Sataki announced yesterday as the team

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is in Orlando doing the festivities. LJ Martin not going

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to play in this game. Had offseason surgery on that shoulder.

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As we know, it was a problem. He was dinged

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up a little bit towards the end of the year.

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Still had a phenomenal end of the season with the

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way he was running. You think of that Cincinnati game

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TCU to be injured the way he is, and even

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against Texas Tech the second time, I still thought LJ

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did the best of what he could with what he

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was giving. I don't feel like he played terrible, but

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got that surgery. Will be on the sideline, won't be playing.

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He has a decision to make whether he's gonna come

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back for his senior year or declare for the draft.

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W Is LJ Martin being out a big deal? A

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lot of people are really nervous, and if you look

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at the depth chart that was released, there's no either.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a big deal, and you know in

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some ways, it kind of works in Buyu's favor because

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as they head into this this game, good Jordan, the

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tech won't really know the game plan. You think you

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can't look back at at game video from BYU's past

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games and determine what the game plan will be offensively,

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because by you lean so heavily on l J. Martin.

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was it Timfu? I joked that by or that tim

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fake to Harvey. And that's kind of how it went

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with this year with l J. Mean, they really used

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him a lot. I didn't look up the numbers beforehand,

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but I know that you know, coming in he was

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averaging this season. He was before the season averaging about

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thirteen carries a game. I think he had quite a

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bit more than that. This season. They threw to him

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a lot. The threat of him in the running game

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but otherwise we just don't know what we don't know.

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Like you mentioned earlier about you know can ken Enick

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now we Nick put in fifteen carries. Can jovesa DEMONI

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who the last time we saw himmy fumbled and they

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did never played him again. You know, is he going

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to make an impact? Is Cionemo actually going to play,

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but they'll kept him off the depth chart to be KG,

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I don't know. I'm reminded a little bit of what

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I think it was twenty twenty two. So J Mava

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Peters playing quarterback because of all the injuries, and that

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initial game plan against SMU worked really well. B Why

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offense and SOLj was not throwing the ball that much,

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but eventually SMU figured it out and stopped BYU. So

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place for coming out, maybe taking advantage of the fact

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that in this in this game, particularly that Jeorgia Tech

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doesn't really know what BYU is going to do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to think that this is some somewhat

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of an advantage because Okay, they've relied on LJ. They

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have no idea who else Becker is not allowed of Hape.

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You bring up the SMU game, I remember that of Okay,

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who's gonna start, you know, sol J, Mava Peters and

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SMU was struggling. I mean they made the adjustments eventually,

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half and they were let him throw the ball to

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he threw a pick. You know, everything was fine until

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that once he saled it over the middle to the safety.

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Aaronroddics said, knew, we're gonna hand it off. And Chris

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Brooks got healthy towards the end of the season. And

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you wonder if it's gamesmanship, you know, you keep see

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on a off and then you bring him out there

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because they really don't know. So right now, Enick, nowhewey

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is RB one until otherwise stated, but I would love

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to see one go out there and help BYU. And look,

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you played great last year. I thought of Alamo Bowl

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and the reps that he had. He didn't play terrible,

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But no, LJ you could have you know, you could

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LJ no problems or you could have some problems. I

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guess we'll we'll find out. How do you healthy? Do

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you think Barre will be going into the this week?

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Got rolled up on and we know in that Texas

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be above eighty eighty five percent. A big part of

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Bau's game is Bear's ability to run.

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Speaker 3: I think he could be limited.

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Speaker 1: It's possible. I do think that the fact that it's

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going to be three weeks between games will help him heal,

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but that doesn't necessarily help him in terms of sharpness

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because he may not be practicing a bunch. So you

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know there's a trade off there that, yeah, you want

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to get him healthy, but you also want him to

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feel comfortable in what will be a new offensive game

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plan with l J. Martin on the lineup. So I

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think that he'll be able to play. I don't know

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how much they'll run him, I hope. I think what

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they'll probably do is is running back by committee. We

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know that works sometimes, sometimes we don't know how that

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will work. The receivers should all be pretty healthy, and

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Bear should be able to get the ball out on don't.

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I don't think that the Jeergia Tech defense is anything

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particularly special, So I expect the Cougars to move the

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ball regardless. But you know, when you want to get

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in the end zone, when you want to get that

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key third or fourth down, it's certainly nice to have

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someone like Lja Martin in the lineup that you rely on.

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so it's all going to be kind of new. And

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as we head into the new era of college football,

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every year is a little bit different every year. As

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BYU plays in these kind of bowl games, you've got

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to remember it is an exhibition, and you know it

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doesn't really matter in terms of schedule and national perception.

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There's a lot of programs where a lot of guys

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are opting out. I don't think that'll be the case

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with BYU, but we'll see on Saturday who's going to

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play and who's maybe taking a look at their future

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and deciding it's not worth the problems of getting injured

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and maybe hurting your chances of the future. So that's

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what we're looking at in college football. And I'm still

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looking forward to the game. I still think that Jorda

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Tech is a pretty good foe. And the Pop Tarts

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Bowl has always been pretty popular and gives us an

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opportunity to go out and grab our favorite pop tart

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for the pregame snack.

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Speaker 3: What's your favorite pop Tart? Since you bring up the

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pop darts.

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Speaker 1: I've always been partial to Strawberry.

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Speaker 4: The classic.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he can't go wrong with the classic.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you're gonna have to make sure you tell the

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g man they're gonna I don't know if he's looked

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at the list dart now, but I was looking at

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the media just the taste testing that they're gonna give

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on Friday camping, you know, stadium deep fried pop tart,

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deep fried pop tarts deep Uh, you know that's music

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in my ears, having served in the South, I don't

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know if you ever had a deep fried twinkie. Oh

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my goodness, heart attack, delicious, one on one, deep fried oreo,

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you name it. Give me all the diabetes. I'll get

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my health right with, you know, game day man's health

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when I get back later. Goodness, creacious, there you go. Yeah,

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glad of other favorit classic pop tarch, Strawberry, that's the

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one tree. Alexander has been raving about that ever since

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they got into the pop tarchs. Body says, if it

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ain't Strawberry, I don't want it.

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Speaker 3: But you mentioned Georgia tech. Good offense.

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Speaker 2: This quarterback Haines King, he can he can run it,

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he can throw it, he can do whatever. I mean,

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anytime you throw for twenty seven hundred yards in the

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season and you almost rush for a thousand as well,

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and you almost have thirty total touchdowns, you're a good quarterback.

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the rushing yards, but he will move on you for sure.

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What is the BAU defense need to do and who

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are the key impact players to limit him?

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Speaker 3: Because he can scoot. He can really scoot, Darnelle when

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you look at the tape.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that the linebackers are going to be

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under some pressure to make good reads and be in

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good coverage as well as spying on King and make

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sure he's not running wild. I like the fact that

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you've given Jay Hill about three weeks to prepare for

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this game. I think the game plan will be really good,

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and I think it's an opportunity for the defensive line

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to kind of show their growth and to be able

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to put pressure on King when he drops back. So

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those are those the two, you know, position groups I

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think are going to be under some pressure. But again,

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I think He'll is going to have a good game

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plan for this this game and the defense has been

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really good all year, you know, I know that the

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College Football Playoff Committee based BYU's place in their rankings

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solely on how they played against Texas Tech. And we're

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going to find out a lot this weekend as Oregon

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plays Texas Tech and the College Football Playoffs to see

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how a team like Oregon who has a great offense

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can can compete against that Texas Tech defense. But BYU's

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defense was really good in both of those Texas Tech games.

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It was, you know, a thirteen to seven, thirteen ten

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game and those those two contests, and if the offense

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had been able to put something together, it might have

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gone down differently toward the end. But the BYU defense

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has been terrific this year and I think they're going

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to do that again on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, when you give j Hill time for a game plan,

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is he able to bottle you up?

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Speaker 3: Is he able to bottle you up the right way?

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Speaker 2: So see if he bottles up Haines Kings did it

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last year? Sure, there literally there was a viral video.

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I don't even know where the pressure's coming from. I

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don't know what they doing and know that the heck

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they're doing, What the heck, what the heck they doing?

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Looking I don't know. And as the NFL quarterback, he's

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starting with the Browns right now. You know they had

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a wide receiver dB that was playing with the jaguarster

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he had season and his surgery. So I want to

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remind fans that those are two good football players. I

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know they had a team, but it was really only

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two dudes out there through making place the entire season

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for Colorado. You did that and now they're playing at

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the highest level. So give Jay Hill a lot of credit.

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Let's transition durned out of BALI I said volleyball, basketball

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and then went finished with the little volleyball because a

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new coach has been hired in Cougar Country. The thirty

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point triple double from aj de Bonca first ever thirty

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point triple double on BYU history. Danny Ings came close

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twenty seven, ten, and thirteen. What do you make of

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the thirty point triple double? And it was the first

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one since Kyle collins were dating back to March in

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twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: I saw all of Kyle collins Worth triple doubles in

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that that season, and I remember that one, and I

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also remember he got sick and barely played the next

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week when they were they were trying to get to

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that inn it final four. But Kyle was the kind

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of player that the game just revolved around him. Hit

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the ball in his hands, he was getting rebounds, taken

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it off on the break himself. And when you look

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at Aja's game, it's kind of like that. I mean,

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you have the ball in his hands a lot. He

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gets the rebound and takes himself up the floor. He's

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aggressive to the basket. And that's that's what Kevin Young

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said about AJ's game, because he was just aggressive and

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you know, he's got to have teammates to make shots,

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which Aja acknowledge as well. And it's it was an

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impressive performance because to put up thirty and then the

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score that was the eleven of thirteen from the field, Yes,

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that's ridiculous. You can't defend that. And certainly, you know,

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the competition was not great. Eastern Washington is not a

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great basketball team. But to put that sort of effort

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and to put the month of December that he put

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out there, it was pretty amazing. You know. So at

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the end of the regular season and or the non

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conference season and had the Big Twelve play, AJ is

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a really dominant player during the last month and done

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a really good job of taking on the responsibility of

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being a playmaker as well as a scorer. And he's

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got so much to his game. He's so explosive. Sitting

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there in the Aurea and watching him with that follow

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jam the other night, the crowd just goes nuts. I mean,

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it's just it's just what in the world is happening?

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This is b WHYU were watching, right? I mean so yeah.

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Aj has had a terrific non conference schedule and things

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will get tougher because the Big Twelve these are really good.

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But I like By's chances and making some good performances

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and put themselves in a good position when we get

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to March.

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Speaker 2: He's the first freshman in Big twelve history with a

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triple double. That's per ESPN Insight. That that makes sense

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and thinking people around and national guys, Big Board, NBA

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guys are starting to realize this is going to be

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the number one overall recruit. They tried to make it.

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Darren Peterson, Ah, he's got the best refined game. Oh

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you look at this and hope I'm starting to see

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from CBS Sports, starting to see from everybody the best

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wing National Player of the Year Chase. You're starting to

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see all of that coming to the mix, is starting

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to come to fruition, honestly, and you mentioned, you know,

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the month of December. I think he's averaged and this

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is per Justin Young, right, you know, Justin Young does

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a great job of recruiting. AJAST average twenty seven point

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eight points per game in the month of December, eight rebounds,

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five point seven assists, two point three steals on sixty

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six percent, and it's just sixty five point nine, but

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that's sixty six percent, shooting seventy seven point nine percent

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from the freight throw line, twenty nine point four percent

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from three two point five turnovers, and one foul Darnell

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the entire month.

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Speaker 3: That's crazy.

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Speaker 2: And he was arguing with the ref last game because

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he got the foul in the Eastern Washington game, telling

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him knowing he the only reason he didn't pick up

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a technical foules because he didn't wave his hand, but

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he was just shaking his head throwing his hands up.

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So one foul is ridiculous. That's the biggest thing in

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this stands out to me that he picked up one foul.

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He definitely is one of one.

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Speaker 1: He is in the last time we saw anything even

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remotely close to this for BU basketball was in twenty

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eleven the Jimmer for Dad. Plus AJ's handing out new

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shoes to staff members and teammates and you know, so

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he's had a pretty good month of December for sure.

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Speaker 2: Definitely, Santa Claus came early for the BAU staff managers.

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Speaker 3: Everybody. Gregor Belt got his pair, took a picture of that. Crazy.

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Speaker 2: Didn't think that tweet was gonna blow up, but he did. Age.

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Everybody loved that. AJ gave back, and he's given back

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to the fans. So fans enjoy it while it lasts,

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because it won't be around forever. I can guarantee you that,

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no doubt about it. Here were Darnell Dixon of The

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Daily Herald and Little Cougar Beat a Christmas Eve edition

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of Cougar Sports on your Utah ESPN Radio Network Double

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d Lists Finish up. I gotta talk a little volleyball

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with you. A new volleyball coach has been hired. Rob

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Robin Neilson is now the head coach of the boy

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Umans volleyball team, and I feel like changes are already occurring.

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Alex Bauer pulled out of the portal since they she'll

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be returning back to BYU.

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Speaker 3: This is a home run higher I believe.

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Speaker 1: It is. And as we broke down a lot of

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the candidates, there were some really strong candidates, including Rob

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as well as Ryan Malar, former gold medalist and BYU

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players coaching at Eastern Illinois, and there were some good candidates,

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but I think Rob was somebody who it makes a

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lot of sense. I love his experience as not only

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a women's volleyball coach, but coaching with the men's national

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team is a big deal. He's a former Cougar. I've

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known Rob for a long time and he's kind of

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a His approach is very quiet and focused. He's not

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a real yeller, screamer, demonstrative kind of guy. But he's

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obviously a really good volleyball coach. And when you're replacing

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someone like Heather Olmsted, who won like eighty five percent

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of for matches over the course of her career, you

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need somebody to step in and do it right, and

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you know Rob has got a lot of work to do.

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It is great that Alex decided to come back, because

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you know, when you have a setter, a veteran center.

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That's a great start. He's going to be headed, you know,

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to talk to some of the recruits that they've already

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got committed to see. You know this is but he's

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gonna put his own stamp on the program, and so

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he'll bring in some of his own staff and some

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of his own players. And it's an interesting time for

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BYU women's volleyball because they've been so good for so long.

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When they make a transition like this, you know, there's questions,

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you know, can can they continue to maintain to be

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a really good volleyball program? And I think Rob is

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a guy who can do that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely a guy that can and do that, especially

476
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when you won a national championship as a player too.

477
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You can't take that experience away. When I read that,

478
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you know that there's all of that encompasses experience into

479
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what a coach should be. Got to ask you this,

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double d any chances that the Big twelve freshman of

481
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the year comes back, you know, are you able to

482
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you know, I know a couple of people have already committed.

483
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I haven't seen anything or got any update. I know

484
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one of the girls has already committed to TCU. Is

485
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there any way you can get her back? She had

486
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a phenomenal season. Tough to lose a player like that

487
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after one season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. It's disappointing because you know, Sully was

489
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a really good freshman. Yeah, and you have to did

490
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or that she would have, you know, continued to get

491
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better and being an elite player. She has committed to

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SMU and we'll be playing there next year. According to

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what I've read, it is and you just move on.

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I mean, that's that's just the place and the and

495
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we live in a college sports world where moving around

496
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is kind of is the norm now and not the exception,

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even in women's sports. And so we wish Silly well

498
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and b Yu just has to move on and find

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players to step up and make some contributions. And I,

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you know, I honestly don't know. You know, Rob probably

501
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had some players committed to him to go to Utah State.

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He may bring some of those. I expect there to

503
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be quite a bit of turnover on the roster as

504
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he gets to the point where he's comfortable with what

505
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he's working with and they work his system. But it's

506
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it's like I said, it's been a really good program

507
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over the years high level, and when since moving to

508
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the Big twelve, things have been a little tougher because

509
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you're not beating up on Portland and Santa Clara and

510
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Pacific like you were in the West Coast Conference. You're

511
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playing some really good volleyball programs. And YU held its

512
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own they you know, they they got to the NCAA

513
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tournament and had some big wins against ranked teams. And

514
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Rob is the guy that's in charge of trying to

515
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keep that going and maybe making a little better.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely gonna be the guy in charge.

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Speaker 2: Are now gonna have to keep that going for Thank

518
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you for the update on on Suley. Yeah, he's gonna

519
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have to bring in his guys. And that's the air

520
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of the nil on the transfer portal these days of

521
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both And I did the numbers, and I've looked up

522
00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:41,680
multiple studies. Kid averages about one point seven one point

523
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eight times they transfer before they find their home, and

524
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that's about two times, and we've seen that. Go look

525
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at football. You can look at Darius last year. You

526
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can look at Keilan Marion, you can look at Harrison Taggart,

527
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you can look at multitudes of people you can look

528
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at volleyball, you can look at soccer, as he stradding

529
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me A Lopez. There's so many BYU players that you know,

530
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end up finding a new home, and there's other players

531
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that come.

532
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Speaker 1: To North Carolina.

533
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Speaker 3: Right, I know that was crazy? Right you see is

534
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it in North Carolina? That's pretty amazing.

535
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Speaker 2: I know you're looking like, oh, okay, uh, but but

536
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that's what I mean, and that that happens.

537
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Speaker 3: Right.

538
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Speaker 2: Look, killing Marion is of going to Miami, Miami Beach,

539
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Texas A and m They're now the quarterfinal of the

540
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college football playoffs. The PORTI it's going to give it

541
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to b YU. But at the same darn darn time, Darnell,

542
00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:24,519
like we talked about, it's going to take it too.

543
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He's now at SMU. I think that's a good spot.

544
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You know, is he at North Carolina? Quiland Marion went

545
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to you know Miami. They're good spots where people go.

546
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So this has to make you wonder about football. Can

547
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you retain these guys? You know the new sat down

548
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up als like, can you keep him? Can you keep this?

549
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,640
Siciliacnas if I Zach Glasker decides to come back for

550
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,960
his last year, can you keep him or is he

551
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gonna end up elsewhere? That's just that's the state we're in.

552
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If if people test the waters for their market, market

553
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raid and you know they're not getting it, they will

554
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be gone elsewhere. And I've been shocked by a lot

555
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of the moves across all the b YU athletics, but

556
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I also understand that's just today in times we live

557
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in now.

558
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Speaker 1: You know what's interesting is is you know, every college

559
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football program, every major program, has a general manager. And

560
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you know why now, there's just so much to organize,

561
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especially in football when you start looking at a roster

562
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of one hundred kids and you're trying to figure out

563
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who's staying, who's going, and who do we want to retain?

564
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Who are we going to say, hey, thanks for playing,

565
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but you need to find someplace else to go. And

566
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it's difficult in most sports, but football seems to be

567
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probably the most complicated because of this er number of

568
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athletes that you're dealing with.

569
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Speaker 2: Definitely too many athletes, too many numbers don't want that job.

570
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But shout out to Dave George and uh, you know

571
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what is it that I'm trying to remember? Goodness, gracious

572
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basing the guy that for basketball the chief of staff.

573
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Speaker 3: Goodness, gracious, I don't know why my brain.

574
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Speaker 2: Is given a far Dug Stewart, but you pray that

575
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all those guys, yeah, Doug, all those guys and you know,

576
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George and every everybody across is is taking care of that.

577
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You know you, Travis Hanson and and the b A

578
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Legs department, they do a phenomenal job. So you got

579
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to give credit double D before I let you go.

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What's the best way we can support you what you

581
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do and how you do it?

582
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Harold Extra dot com is where all of our

583
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work is done.

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Speaker 5: I'm working on a big twelve men's basketball preview for

585
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next week when the Cougars get get into it, and

586
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it's it's interesting to look up to see how other

587
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programs have been handling the non conference slate and who's

588
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gonna play and who's been you know there, there's so

589
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many changes on those rosters as well, and so that's

590
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that's what I'm working on next.

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Speaker 3: Definitely a preview.

592
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,079
Speaker 2: You and I are going to have to put in

593
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their request for TCU's Tanner tools and to talk to

594
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Tully his journey from b YU to u VU back

595
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into the Big two of TCU b y you will

596
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take them on in a home game here not to

597
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not too far down the road. So a lot of

598
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talent everywhere across all of college athletics from Utah all across,

599
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so I will definitely keep it tuned in. Go to

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Herald Extra dot com slash sports to see Double D

601
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and to see Brandes sy Gurney the g Man. They

602
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do great work over there, Double D mayor Christmas. Happy holidays, brother,

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We'll catch up with you next week. It was well,

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that was Darnel Dixon of The Daily Hair. Appreciate him

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go anywhere. Still a lot more to get to on

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a Christmas even no excuse me. December twenty fourth edition

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of Cougar Sports here on one O, three nine and

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ninety eight three. Welcome back to this so marches right

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Speaker 3: Written on metal of it.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's just get right into it. Little basketball.

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Speaker 2: Aj De Bonsa recorded a triple double, first thirty point

640
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triple double in BYU history. Another guy came close, Danny Ainge.

641
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He had twenty seven ten and thirteen. AJ had thirty three,

642
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ten and ten. The crowd was going crazy. Man, I'm

643
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gonna ask the guy right now. Let's get out to

644
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,359
the ESPN the Fan Hotline and asked a color analyst

645
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for bou Men's Basketball friend of the Program, Great friend,

646
00:31:17,079 --> 00:31:19,839
Mark Durant. Mark, I know you guys had our close

647
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,759
view of it. I would not have wanted to be

648
00:31:21,799 --> 00:31:25,359
Mihailo Boskovic on Monday to be able to take that shot.

649
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,440
He could have been a hated man in Provo if

650
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it didn't go down.

651
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Speaker 6: Yeah, there's as different ways you can feel pressure in

652
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the basketball game, and that was a unique one.

653
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Speaker 4: But there was a lot of pressure and everybody.

654
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Speaker 6: Everybody knew, and the fans knew, and the team knew,

655
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and we had about five guys ready to check in.

656
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So it was kind of all or nothing on that

657
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shot because AJ was coming out and the Mihailo.

658
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,799
Speaker 4: Stepped up and hit a big shot. That was a

659
00:31:56,839 --> 00:31:59,559
cool moment. That was that was fun.

660
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Speaker 6: You know, we kind of got a little spoiled with

661
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Kyle Collinsworth. I think he had twelve triple doubles over

662
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his career, so he started to think, well, maybe that's

663
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something that's normal. But the triple double is pretty rare,

664
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and for a freshman to do it is incredible, and

665
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to get thirty plus points and do it is even

666
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more rare and incredible.

667
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Speaker 4: So another another amazing thing we see from AJ.

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Speaker 6: And we're not even halfway through the season, so you know,

669
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as there's more to come.

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Speaker 4: But man, that was a cool moment.

671
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Speaker 3: And de Wly was a cool moment.

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Speaker 2: I want to be too early, Mark, and it's my

673
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job to push his you know, agenda and this this

674
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narrative and driving that message of that chip. I'm already

675
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I'm already sold. I think I've seen enough. I think

676
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I've seen the number one pick in the twenty twenty

677
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six NBA Draft. I've seen enough fit the skill set

678
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at the next level. I know scouts has he has

679
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to do it. In conference play, of course, and in

680
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the tournament. But that's all just going to be validating.

681
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I think AJ's already proven, Hey, I'm gonna play I'm

682
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gonna be able to play this way at the NBA

683
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because he's done it on NBA courts, He's done it

684
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in the Marriott Center. I mean, do you want him

685
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to do it internationally? For crying out loud, I think

686
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that's the last thing we would maybe need to see. Wait, oh,

687
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by the way, he already did that. He won the

688
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gold medals. So what else do you need to see

689
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from him?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I'd hate to be the guy who

691
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passes on him because you're gonna look dumb down the road.

692
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And yeah, I mean the thing about him is, I

693
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think it's gonna be easier for him the next level

694
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with the way the NBA plays and how they call things.

695
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I mean, it just suits him so well. He's got

696
00:33:42,799 --> 00:33:46,079
all the tools. I've looked for weaknesses. You think, well,

697
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maybe his three point game is not where it should be,

698
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and then he hits you know, a couple of tough

699
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ones last night, and and he'll.

700
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Speaker 4: Get better at that. But he's got he's got it all.

701
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Speaker 6: I mean that little kind of back down pull up

702
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with a defender jump shot is as good as I've

703
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ever seen. It's just so cool. It's a cool shot.

704
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It's an NBA shot, and he can just live on that.

705
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Good luck trying to block it. And then if you

706
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do try and jump the gun, you're gonna put him

707
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on the line, or he's just gonna step through with

708
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that big drop step or euro and get to the

709
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:25,199
hoop where he shoots an amazing percentage at the rim

710
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,480
drawing contact. I mean, you just kind of expected to

711
00:34:29,519 --> 00:34:31,639
go in. But those are hard shots he's shooting. He's

712
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,880
shooting almost sixty percent from the field, which is incredible.

713
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,039
And then of course he's got the amazing dunks and

714
00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:42,639
all that. But he's a great defender, and he's showing

715
00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,920
that he can be a great offensive rebounder. A couple

716
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,360
of those putbacks he's had have just been off the charge.

717
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,320
Maybe the best dunk I've ever seen in that one

718
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:51,880
put back.

719
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 4: And so I've tried to figure out what you could

720
00:34:55,519 --> 00:34:55,800
do to.

721
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 6: Stop him, and a lot of really good coaches so

722
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,880
far have tried to stop him, doing a lot of

723
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,440
different things on him, trying to be real physical with him,

724
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:09,280
double team him. Whatever they've done. He's figured out and

725
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,719
and learned how what he can do against those those

726
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,400
teams and those coaches and those defenses. And he'll he'll

727
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,639
get better and better. I mean, it's just now a

728
00:35:17,679 --> 00:35:21,000
matter of just getting more experience for him. And as

729
00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:22,840
he does, he's going to put that in the in

730
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,280
the mental bank and and he's just he's just going

731
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,079
to be an all time great, not just.

732
00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:28,639
Speaker 4: The b YU.

733
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,519
Speaker 6: I think he'll he'll have one of the great NBA careers.

734
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 4: That's how highly I think of him.

735
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 6: And I've always kind of hesitated to put too much

736
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:40,920
on guys that are that young, But like you, I mean,

737
00:35:41,199 --> 00:35:43,679
there's there's been nothing to dissuade me from the fact

738
00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:47,000
that he has greatness in him and will be a great,

739
00:35:47,519 --> 00:35:49,199
one of the all time greats at b YU.

740
00:35:49,039 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 4: And will be a great NBA player.

741
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,559
Speaker 6: So I'm just kind of it's cool to be watching

742
00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:57,960
it up close where kind of all beginning and see

743
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,599
his see him him kind of just do his thing,

744
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,559
and you know, twenty thirty forty years from now, we're

745
00:36:04,559 --> 00:36:07,480
gonna be saying, yeah, I saw aj play in person.

746
00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:10,039
I saw when he got the triple double and all

747
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:13,280
those things, and that will be, you know, a pretty

748
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,840
cool bit for BA you fans to be able to say.

749
00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:17,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely will be right now.

750
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,119
Speaker 2: I mean, it's very obvious it's going to be between

751
00:36:20,199 --> 00:36:22,559
him and until you find out more health wise about

752
00:36:22,559 --> 00:36:25,719
what's going on with Darren Peterson. But Cam, Cam Boozer,

753
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:30,119
and aj AJ is right behind Cam for scoring leaders

754
00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:32,760
in all of college basketball. Cam's at twenty three point

755
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,400
three and AGS at twenty three point one. If he

756
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,159
keeps doing this, he's gonna be the next gym or

757
00:36:37,159 --> 00:36:38,599
he's going to be the Nasimith Player of the Year.

758
00:36:38,599 --> 00:36:40,840
He's got a great opportunity to win that award if

759
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:41,559
he keeps us up.

760
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:44,199
Speaker 3: So we will definitely definitely see.

761
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,079
Speaker 2: But I got to ask you this, you know, because

762
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:49,360
you've done this with Greg a long time. I don't

763
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,400
know if you guys have had this discussion maybe on

764
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,039
sparking something that dunk by aj It was nice it's

765
00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:56,880
up there and being and have a DISCUSSI as we're

766
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,559
going back and forth, and Jonathan Savinard even pushing.

767
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 3: Me, says, well, then you got to give my call

768
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,239
his credit. Where does that dunk rank? Long time?

769
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,199
Speaker 2: Because the only child's baptism where you catch your body

770
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,639
was nice too, Mark, and is against a rival on

771
00:37:10,679 --> 00:37:12,880
a neutral site. AJ's is up there, But then I

772
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,039
forgot about my calls.

773
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,599
Speaker 3: That don't Why do you rank that dunk?

774
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's hard. Those are all amazing. Trump

775
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:28,079
Place Ted had one that is kind of calling kind

776
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:33,519
of shook me at the time. They're all cool, kind

777
00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:35,920
of in their own way. I mean, Yoli doing it

778
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:40,440
against Utah and just going through two defenders and that picture,

779
00:37:41,519 --> 00:37:45,239
I mean, that's iconic, and and Mike Hall seemed to

780
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,000
defy all the laws of physics and just kind of

781
00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:54,400
raise and throw that one down. But I'd probably i mean,

782
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,239
recency bias, I'd probably go with AJ just because it

783
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,679
wasn't just the dunk, the athleticism and the coolness of

784
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,239
the dunk, but how he was able to reach back

785
00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:10,480
and kind of grab it with one hand and then

786
00:38:10,599 --> 00:38:14,320
in the same motion kind of gathered in that hand,

787
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,360
bring it back over to the middle, and then with

788
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,280
the rebounder in front.

789
00:38:19,039 --> 00:38:21,119
Speaker 4: Of it, and then to throw it down.

790
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:26,760
Speaker 6: I mean, just it wasn't just about sheer athleticism. It

791
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:31,559
was a really skilled and amazing basketball move.

792
00:38:31,519 --> 00:38:33,559
Speaker 4: With one hand to bring that ball.

793
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:36,199
Speaker 6: I mean, he was I didn't think he could even

794
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,360
get his hand on it for the rebound, and he

795
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,360
got it corraled it, brought it under control back to

796
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,320
the to in front of himself.

797
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 4: And then throw it down.

798
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 6: I mean that was just a It just wasn't kind

799
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,519
of an overpowering.

800
00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:54,760
Speaker 4: Wow, athletic dunk. It was like, how did he do it?

801
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,639
Speaker 6: I mean, that was such a hard play to make,

802
00:38:58,199 --> 00:39:01,199
just to control the ball and then to be able

803
00:39:01,199 --> 00:39:03,239
to throw it, and it was so out of nowhere.

804
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,760
I mean, you just weren't expecting it. He didn't have

805
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,960
the ball in his hands. It was a miss three

806
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,320
and you're like, oh, I miss three. And then you're

807
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,679
just you're like, what happened? What just happened? And it

808
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,119
was it was really cool. So I mean they're all great,

809
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,400
They're all good in their own way. But I think,

810
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,039
just fresh off the off, the memory of watching that

811
00:39:23,079 --> 00:39:26,800
play and the difficulty of that dunk was I think

812
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,559
probably the best dunk I've seen in person.

813
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,639
Speaker 2: I will say this the only two dunks, and I

814
00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:34,079
know I'm a wee we lad, but the only two

815
00:39:34,119 --> 00:39:35,760
dunks that have ever got me off my feet were

816
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,039
the only Child's dunk and then the a J dunk

817
00:39:39,079 --> 00:39:40,840
I was at the I was at both games. One

818
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,440
I was a fan back in the day, and the

819
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,159
other is a media member. And I will say this,

820
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,519
and I broke rules, and so do other media members.

821
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,199
I I reacted one hundred because I didn't.

822
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I feel sorry for your media guys that

823
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,639
are supposed to be all calm and collective. I mean, uh,

824
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,719
there may they may want me to be that way,

825
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:00,519
but I.

826
00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:01,119
Speaker 4: I don't got I don't have it.

827
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 6: No no, no, no no no no no no no no.

828
00:40:03,639 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 2: It shouldn't be. You guys are the home broadcast. I

829
00:40:05,519 --> 00:40:07,559
don't think it should be. You guys are objective. You

830
00:40:07,559 --> 00:40:10,239
guys say a good play. I've listened to you guys. Look,

831
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,719
look you have to be honest. Kelowne going crazy, Brian

832
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,360
Sanciago de dabbed up. Uh you know the pulla tu

833
00:40:16,519 --> 00:40:19,400
And look, I'm giving people a testament.

834
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,639
Speaker 3: Guys. We have to be objective.

835
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 2: But I was next to Sean Walker and Jake Hatch

836
00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:27,519
was there, and then you know Stu for Byu. Oh

837
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:30,639
my goodness, and I I like I grabbed Sean and

838
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,480
this and I looked at other people on the front

839
00:40:32,519 --> 00:40:33,360
where I won't name them.

840
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 3: I know Sean wouldn't care, and we were just like WHOA.

841
00:40:36,679 --> 00:40:39,119
Speaker 2: If you didn't react to that, if you didn't move

842
00:40:39,159 --> 00:40:41,440
as a human, then you just don't have emotions. In

843
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,519
my opinion, my friend Kaylea Keiso, she's been going viral

844
00:40:44,519 --> 00:40:46,400
because she was under the rim getting caught in four

845
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,480
K like look like just no one thought that, like

846
00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:51,599
when you saw that, And I don't know what's better,

847
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:55,440
Like Mark, is the dunking better or the staredowns every

848
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,320
time he stares down. I'm really trying it myself just

849
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,559
as a competitor of having played pickup her like not

850
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,800
like he stared downs or even better.

851
00:41:04,119 --> 00:41:07,119
Speaker 3: When he makes these dunks up. Man, he's a phenomenal athlete.

852
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,639
Speaker 6: I know, I wish I could have ever done anything

853
00:41:10,679 --> 00:41:12,639
in my career that I could have stare at someone down.

854
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:14,199
Speaker 4: But oh yeah, I'm not have her.

855
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 6: But listen, you know, I do get excited when BYU

856
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,039
does things like that, but sometimes you just have to

857
00:41:21,639 --> 00:41:24,800
get excited about the play that you just are, regardless

858
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,039
of the team. I mean, there's been some dunks against

859
00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:30,360
BYU that I really thought were amazing, and I really

860
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:34,559
enjoyed them because it's just I mean, sometimes you just

861
00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:36,960
got to respect the game and the player and what

862
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,519
he does and regardless of what's on his uniform. So yeah,

863
00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:44,320
that was I think anybody who saw that, regardless of

864
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,800
your feelings about b why you had to respect that particular.

865
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 3: PLAYA fans will get mad at me.

866
00:41:50,039 --> 00:41:54,119
Speaker 2: But when Darren Darien Williams gave him what the business

867
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,199
last year on one of those plays and one of

868
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:56,760
those dunks, I.

869
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,599
Speaker 3: Said, oh, I said, oh.

870
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 2: That's nice as it's a bad bet as a very

871
00:42:04,639 --> 00:42:07,119
very bad ben. He's a, Hey, you gotta respect that.

872
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:07,800
I love that you say.

873
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 3: And that's something that Greg he has even talked about.

874
00:42:10,559 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 4: Right.

875
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 3: You know, at the end of the day, you got

876
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:14,480
to give credit to the athlete.

877
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: You have to do.

878
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 2: You have to have respect for the game. It can't

879
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,400
just be the y on the shirt. It has to

880
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,159
be all of college basketball. You know, there's some BA

881
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,320
basketball players that have been baptized, there have been something,

882
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,639
have gotten their ankles took and look, that's the game.

883
00:42:26,199 --> 00:42:29,679
Sometimes you're on a highlight for someone else and sometimes

884
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,119
you put someone on your highlight.

885
00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:34,159
Speaker 3: It goes both ways. Here with Mark Durant, the BYU

886
00:42:34,199 --> 00:42:34,920
color analysts.

887
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:40,199
Speaker 2: Let's change topics though still in basketball, but really off

888
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,800
the court. I need to know what pair of shoes

889
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,840
did Aj get for you? If he did get you some,

890
00:42:46,159 --> 00:42:48,000
he got Greg some On Monday, I saw him. I

891
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,519
took a picture of to put it on my Twitter.

892
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:55,559
Man even better human to get everybody on the staff, contributors, managers.

893
00:42:55,559 --> 00:42:58,000
He got everybody at Christmas gift, which I thought was

894
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,840
phenomenal and that really touched one of my friends. Mussey

895
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,199
is one of the managers, and you know, he was

896
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:04,960
just it was really cool to talk to him and

897
00:43:05,079 --> 00:43:08,719
just hear how Aj is so competitive on the court,

898
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:10,639
but when he's off the court, who he is as

899
00:43:10,639 --> 00:43:11,920
a person is ten times that.

900
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:20,039
Speaker 6: Yeah, I've yet to receive my my Christmas shoes, but

901
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:25,199
I'm not I'm not expecting anybody. Aj is awesome. I mean,

902
00:43:26,079 --> 00:43:29,079
I just pinched myself. I think, is this real life?

903
00:43:29,079 --> 00:43:32,239
When I watch him out on the floor, and I

904
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:35,239
think at times you just kind of take for granted

905
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:39,519
that he's on By's team, but but he's a huge deal.

906
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,679
I mean, we were walking the streets of New York

907
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:45,639
and crowd would gether and want his picture, and you

908
00:43:45,679 --> 00:43:49,440
know he's getting he's getting a hug from Lebron after

909
00:43:49,519 --> 00:43:52,239
the game of the Jazz game, and he's doing commercials

910
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:56,719
with Shaq. I mean, he is a superstar and he

911
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,840
chose to come to b YU. Still I can't I

912
00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:04,119
can't fathom that that happened. And and he's such a

913
00:44:04,159 --> 00:44:07,679
great representative of BYU. I mean he's always talking about

914
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:12,360
BYU and and the opportunities and and all the good.

915
00:44:12,119 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 4: Things about it. I mean, what what what what?

916
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,119
Speaker 6: You know, whatever money he is getting by he's getting

917
00:44:18,159 --> 00:44:21,000
his money, their money's worth and getting a bargain with

918
00:44:21,199 --> 00:44:24,440
AJ with the publicity and the exposure and the games

919
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:28,519
they're getting and and and the nightly highlights. I mean,

920
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:32,639
so as a player, he's terrific. But I love it

921
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,159
that that he's a great teammate. I mean, he gets

922
00:44:35,159 --> 00:44:40,199
thirty three last night and I never once thought, well,

923
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:44,480
he's he's getting his right, He's he's getting his shots up.

924
00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:47,760
I mean, he's so efficient and he's not you know,

925
00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:50,079
he's not a black hole out there.

926
00:44:50,119 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 4: He's not.

927
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 6: Everything's got to go through him. And he's making his

928
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,519
teammates better. I mean, Richie gets over twenty points last night,

929
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,079
and Rob was right.

930
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,159
Speaker 4: There with him, and and move is right there.

931
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,400
Speaker 6: You got seventeen and and you know it's not all

932
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,920
about AJ and he gets to the triple double and

933
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,599
ten assists. I mean, he's making his teammates better. And

934
00:45:10,519 --> 00:45:13,239
you can see when when they do stuff, he gets

935
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:14,719
excited when they do stuff.

936
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,880
Speaker 4: He loves his teammates, and.

937
00:45:17,039 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 6: And he's very respectful, and I mean, you just couldn't

938
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,719
say enough things about him, and the fact that he

939
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,599
wants to share the good things that are happening to

940
00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:28,880
him and the things he's getting and resources with his

941
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,559
teammates and the coaching staff and managers and all.

942
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 4: That says a lot about the kid.

943
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 6: I mean, I just I don't have anything bad to

944
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,000
say about his game or him as a person. He's

945
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:45,519
handling all this intense, intense media exposure perfectly. I mean,

946
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:49,000
he's doing it all the right way. So I'm gushing

947
00:45:49,039 --> 00:45:51,280
about the kid, but I you know, just sometimes, like

948
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,559
I said, I got pinched myself that this is real

949
00:45:53,559 --> 00:45:56,280
life for BYU and that fans get to see him

950
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,920
and and you know, we'll see what happens with the

951
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:03,360
conference play and all in the postseason. But whatever happens,

952
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,679
he is a great young man and represents BUYU so

953
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,559
well and it's amazing to have him here.

954
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 2: Will be an all time great generational player, generational talent.

955
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,599
And I love that this has happened at market BYU

956
00:46:14,679 --> 00:46:18,679
because the fear was of guys. When I say guys

957
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:23,280
like AG, I mean the publicity, the talent, you know,

958
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:28,320
could there be egos, very culachable, not entitled at all.

959
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,119
That's the biggest thing in this day and age, especially

960
00:46:30,119 --> 00:46:33,400
with nil and high level players. That was a worry,

961
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,960
especially with by and the culture. And he is fitting

962
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,400
in and thrived in this and that's I love. What

963
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,400
I love more than anything of on the court is

964
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,360
when he's walking back to the huddle and Kevin Young

965
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,239
needs to tell him something, but Tim Fanning will void

966
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,440
Nate Austin, Chris Burgess. He's so attentive and he's so

967
00:46:50,559 --> 00:46:52,639
listening and he says yes, and then he goes and

968
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:55,440
he does that. And I said, man, to be that humble,

969
00:46:56,039 --> 00:46:59,119
to be that open minded is really tough to find

970
00:46:59,119 --> 00:47:01,000
in this day and age. You know, when you look

971
00:47:01,039 --> 00:47:05,000
at college athletics, because these kids sometimes are their parents' bosses,

972
00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:06,840
right well, with the paychecks that they pay and how

973
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,559
hard that they've worked. So sometimes you know parents for

974
00:47:10,039 --> 00:47:12,280
maybe forget the parent or people in your group can't.

975
00:47:12,119 --> 00:47:14,280
Speaker 3: Tell you anything. That's not the case at all, Mark

976
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:14,559
what they.

977
00:47:14,559 --> 00:47:17,800
Speaker 4: J Yeah, I think that's right.

978
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 6: And you know, from my experience watching greatness and great players,

979
00:47:26,119 --> 00:47:29,639
they kind of have two really defining characteristics. One is

980
00:47:29,679 --> 00:47:37,920
that they are supremely ultimately and just confident.

981
00:47:39,159 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 4: They believe in themselves.

982
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:45,760
Speaker 6: And you think, well, you know, they got a big ego.

983
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 4: No, it's they know what.

984
00:47:48,119 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 6: They've got and have a complete belief in themselves. But

985
00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:54,800
along with that, and this is important to have this

986
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,840
second characteristic because they have a thirst to know more

987
00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:04,159
and to get even better. And if there's a coach

988
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:10,559
or someone that can give them insight or they can

989
00:48:10,639 --> 00:48:13,320
learn something new, they have a thirst for that.

990
00:48:14,159 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 4: And so you can have an have.

991
00:48:17,519 --> 00:48:21,559
Speaker 6: Enormous confidence and yet still be humble enough to want

992
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:27,320
to learn more and to absorb all the information just

993
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:28,440
to be the best you can be.

994
00:48:28,519 --> 00:48:30,679
Speaker 4: And from what I've seen from.

995
00:48:30,599 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 6: Aj, he's kind of got that and from what everything

996
00:48:33,039 --> 00:48:36,639
Coach Young has told me about him, and he's super

997
00:48:36,639 --> 00:48:40,119
coachable and Coach Young likes having him out there because

998
00:48:40,119 --> 00:48:42,880
it's almost an extension of himself out there. He just

999
00:48:43,039 --> 00:48:45,239
has a good knowledge of the game, and Coach Young

1000
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,079
can trust him to do the right things, make the

1001
00:48:47,119 --> 00:48:48,400
right decisions.

1002
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 4: And and do what's best for the team.

1003
00:48:50,119 --> 00:48:54,320
Speaker 6: So yeah, I mean, super confident kid as he should be,

1004
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,400
because because why not, why wouldn't you be, But also

1005
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,719
humble enough to know that he doesn't know everything, that

1006
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,159
he can get better and can learn more about the game,

1007
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,440
and he has a thirst for that.

1008
00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:07,760
Speaker 4: So I think it's really cool.

1009
00:49:08,599 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 3: Definitely really cool for sure.

1010
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 2: Here with Mark Durant, the BA you call it analysts

1011
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,960
on the line here with this on Christmas Eve, Christmas

1012
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,280
Eve edition of Cougar Sports Wins A December twenty fourth mark,

1013
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:19,840
last couple of things and I'll let you get out

1014
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,639
of here. The biggest thing that this team needs to

1015
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:27,519
improve on going in a conference play next Saturday, January third,

1016
00:49:27,519 --> 00:49:30,159
Crazy that we're in twenty twenty six, already eleven am

1017
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,719
now to standard time. They will tip off to begin

1018
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,719
Big twelve play on the road against Kansas State in Manhattan.

1019
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,639
Speaker 6: Well, you know, I think they're they're in a good spot.

1020
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:46,679
I mean, but you know, there's some consistency issues. Obviously,

1021
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,119
There's been a lot of talk about first half, second

1022
00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:52,639
half team, and again last night, they just they didn't

1023
00:49:52,679 --> 00:49:55,840
look they didn't look good, particularly on defense in.

1024
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,760
Speaker 4: The first half, and I worry.

1025
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 6: You know, you can get away with that sometimes, but

1026
00:50:02,519 --> 00:50:06,000
I worry that with the level of competition in the

1027
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,400
Big Twelve, which is just off the charts, man. I mean,

1028
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,760
there's so many good things in the Big Twelve that

1029
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:14,840
you can't afford to have, you know, five or six

1030
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:18,480
minutes where you're not you know, you can't have those lapses,

1031
00:50:18,559 --> 00:50:21,079
I guess and expect to recover. But LBA, he's done

1032
00:50:21,079 --> 00:50:24,400
a good job of having tough halfs or tough times

1033
00:50:24,599 --> 00:50:28,239
and winning games still. But I just don't think you

1034
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,679
can do that or expect to do that in the

1035
00:50:30,679 --> 00:50:32,679
Big twelve. There's just two good and so you need

1036
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:38,880
a little more consistency on both ends for forty minutes. Obviously,

1037
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,280
bench plays a little bit of an issue. You've got

1038
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:47,280
Beato Aukman and coming in and he's he's I love,

1039
00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:50,239
I just love having him because they need some size

1040
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:53,320
and shot blocking and rebounding to spell Cata and so,

1041
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,239
but overall, bench play you know, this four game stretch

1042
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,320
was nice to get Tyler Moruss and like I say,

1043
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:03,079
costed some time and some confidence and you know in

1044
00:51:03,159 --> 00:51:05,960
the hollow and they're not going to need a lot

1045
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,960
from the bench with this team, but you know there's

1046
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,719
going to be forty fifty bench minutes and you need

1047
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,440
to have some production or at least that have some

1048
00:51:14,519 --> 00:51:17,559
threats out there. So teams can't just focus on the

1049
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:21,559
Big three. And so there's a couple areas. Certainly you

1050
00:51:21,639 --> 00:51:24,400
can get better, but that that starting five is is

1051
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,679
really really good, and I think can can win and

1052
00:51:28,039 --> 00:51:28,960
win the Big twelve.

1053
00:51:29,039 --> 00:51:29,679
Speaker 4: Now that's good.

1054
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,559
Speaker 6: That's tall order a lot of good teams, but they

1055
00:51:32,599 --> 00:51:34,760
certainly be ways a team that will be in the

1056
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:37,679
mix and we'll have to be dealt with. And but

1057
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,519
in a lot of ways, I think this team run

1058
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,679
is just scratching the surface too. So I think they

1059
00:51:43,679 --> 00:51:47,599
can get better, which is exciting. And and we'll see

1060
00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:49,800
how It's going to be tough. It's tough for everybody

1061
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,559
in the Big twelve. But I'm excited to see what

1062
00:51:53,639 --> 00:51:55,880
this team can put on the floor and have a

1063
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:58,239
lot of confidence in this group of a young man.

1064
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,280
It's certainly with coach and his staff, I think they'll

1065
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,599
be ready to go, and this preseason will have done

1066
00:52:04,599 --> 00:52:07,559
a good job of getting them ready for the rigors

1067
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:09,360
of a Big twelve play.

1068
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:13,800
Speaker 2: They've been tested in a non conference, They've experienced different atmospheres, venues,

1069
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,559
parts of the world, and they've passed all the tests

1070
00:52:16,599 --> 00:52:18,880
as far Man. You just wish, if you wish, if

1071
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,800
they'd had two more minutes in the Yukong.

1072
00:52:20,599 --> 00:52:22,639
Speaker 3: Game where they have passed all the tests. But they've

1073
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:24,079
learned a lot about themselves.

1074
00:52:24,079 --> 00:52:26,679
Speaker 2: And I'm just gonna tell everybody in a Big twelve,

1075
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:28,760
look out for BYU Kansas State. You gonna have to

1076
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,199
look out Arizona State. You tall the boys up north

1077
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,000
TCU Texas Tech.

1078
00:52:33,639 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 3: All of these games.

1079
00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:37,760
Speaker 2: Number one Arizona man Bo has an opportunity to finish

1080
00:52:38,119 --> 00:52:39,880
I think as a top five team in the country.

1081
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,599
If you take down the likes of Kansas number one, Arizona,

1082
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:45,920
number eight, Houston, number three, Iowa State, all of those

1083
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,199
games that you get some of them at the MC,

1084
00:52:48,639 --> 00:52:52,920
the best college basketball place that I've experienced atmosphere.

1085
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 3: On the planet. It's a privilege to cover this team

1086
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:55,400
and talk to you.

1087
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:55,639
Speaker 1: Mark.

1088
00:52:55,679 --> 00:52:57,679
Speaker 2: I'll let you out of here on this the hard

1089
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:01,679
hitting jade journalism question. I need to know what are

1090
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:05,400
the Christmas traditions? The Christmas Song and the Durant home.

1091
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,760
What are you guys doing for Christmas?

1092
00:53:10,519 --> 00:53:13,840
Speaker 4: Well, uh, you know, we got some different things.

1093
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 6: We got some movies we'd like to watch, you know,

1094
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,440
Elf and Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation, great movies.

1095
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 4: I mean that's always funny singing.

1096
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, Papa Elf, the North Pole, those are those are

1097
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:30,639
good thing.

1098
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 6: It's so funny, so fun I was in New York

1099
00:53:35,039 --> 00:53:37,280
City the other day and I just yeah, I went

1100
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,599
in the Empire State Building and pressed all the buttons

1101
00:53:39,639 --> 00:53:45,519
on the elevators. But yeah, but really it is just

1102
00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:48,679
about family and being together and Christmas Morning together. And

1103
00:53:49,079 --> 00:53:52,840
my son and his three kids were from They live

1104
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:54,559
up in Idaho. They were down for this weekend, so

1105
00:53:54,559 --> 00:53:56,079
we got to spend some time with them. But it's

1106
00:53:56,159 --> 00:53:59,639
just about family, man, It's about being grateful and uh,

1107
00:54:00,039 --> 00:54:03,079
and being around family and and loving each other. And uh,

1108
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,239
I'm a I'm a blessed man round around as you know.

1109
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,480
And uh, you know, I'm just so grateful to be

1110
00:54:09,559 --> 00:54:13,119
able to call the BYU games and to associate with

1111
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:15,679
b YU and and be around BYU fans.

1112
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:16,320
Speaker 4: I love it.

1113
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,280
Speaker 6: It's it's an honor for me, and I know it's

1114
00:54:19,159 --> 00:54:21,039
you know, it's a real cool thing for me to

1115
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:21,599
be able to do.

1116
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,280
Speaker 4: I don't take it lightly. And it just makes me.

1117
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,679
Speaker 6: It makes me feel happy to be able to do that,

1118
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,599
and and it's important to me and my family and anyway,

1119
00:54:32,159 --> 00:54:33,119
I'm kind of rambling on.

1120
00:54:33,239 --> 00:54:34,320
Speaker 4: But it's I'm just grateful.

1121
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:37,480
Speaker 6: I'm grateful to you for all that you do and uh,

1122
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,119
and just uh to be a part of b y

1123
00:54:40,199 --> 00:54:42,880
U sports in general and a little bit and UH,

1124
00:54:43,119 --> 00:54:44,039
it's blessed my life.

1125
00:54:44,119 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 4: So I'm grateful for it.

1126
00:54:45,199 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 3: It's a blessed my life too.

1127
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,440
Speaker 2: Man, right back at you, I'm blessed you to be

1128
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:51,000
able to talk to you and uh, to cover this

1129
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:54,360
great team, this great coaching staff, Tyson Jackson, information.

1130
00:54:54,039 --> 00:54:55,079
Speaker 3: Director, does a great job.

1131
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,039
Speaker 2: And to be able to tell the story this is

1132
00:54:57,119 --> 00:54:59,800
bo your basketball team, and tell your story through your eyes.

1133
00:55:00,119 --> 00:55:01,920
That's one of the reasons I got into journalism is

1134
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:05,199
the story and the relationships, not about the money. It's

1135
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:07,400
about the story and the connection that you build with people.

1136
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:10,480
And I felt that, well, Merry Christmas, Mark, Happy holiday,

1137
00:55:10,519 --> 00:55:13,119
is Happy New Year, and we will definitely catch up

1138
00:55:13,159 --> 00:55:15,239
with you in a few weeks kicking off twenty twenty six,

1139
00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:17,639
and we'll see where BYU is that in conference plan

1140
00:55:17,679 --> 00:55:18,159
in a few weeks.

1141
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:19,679
Speaker 3: I definitely think it's going to be glorious.

1142
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 4: All right, my friend, I appreciate you.

1143
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:23,960
Speaker 3: Thank care yeap, I'll let you go.

1144
00:55:24,159 --> 00:55:27,039
Speaker 2: That was Mark Durant, everybody and a little talking basketball

1145
00:55:27,079 --> 00:55:29,679
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We'll go to break, don't go anywhere. Let's get into

1155
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,119
our flour. Still a lot more to get to in

1156
00:55:57,519 --> 00:56:00,920
that five o'clock Ouverhill from Big Cred Interview with Scott

1157
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,440
Mitchell next, and then I will take it back over

1158
00:56:03,639 --> 00:56:05,559
Laine Allen to close out the show. You're listening to

1159
00:56:05,639 --> 00:56:09,039
Cougar Sports on a Christmas Eve edition, Wednesday, December twenty fourth,

1160
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:10,400
right here on one O three nine.

1161
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:11,239
Speaker 3: In ninety eight, three