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three man Weaver here Brett always bringing the hammer by

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last segment, Appreciate those that are tuning into us a

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Utah ESPN Radio network. Appreciate again those who's got another

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text message. Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I

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really appreciate everybody showing me love. I feel the love.

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I feel grateful, thank you for supporting me. Look, I'm

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only as good as my village, and a village truly

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raises a child. So everybody from growing up from when

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my family got baptized, to my old young men's leaders,

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to being in the other former players, the people that

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have given me credit, to Brandon Gurney, so many other

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people that have ateed and supported me in this process

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Speaker 2: Even giving me feedback.

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Speaker 3: Look, if you can't take constructive criticism, then I don't

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know if you can progress in life. The only way

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to get better is not about what you're doing well

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in my opinions, about what you don't do well. I

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firmly believe that. So anyway, let's keep moving on Brett

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College football talk. Obviously, Michigan is tied with Texas seventeen

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to seventeen. Little scoreboard update for people you know around

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this time if you're tuning into the show, that might

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change obviously when you're listening to this, but Michigan is

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marching down the field on the third and long. Anyway,

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Utah Nebraska in the battle. Let's discuss the college football

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playoff games that are going to occur today tomorrow, you

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have to be taking attention to them.

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Speaker 2: You got to be.

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Speaker 3: You're probably a Texas Tech fan. If you're not, shame

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on you. But today Miami Ohio State, and then obviously

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tomorrow you're gonna have Oregon, Texas Tech, Alabama, Indiana and

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then Brett's favorite team, Georgia hosting the old miss home

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game for them. They always get that home game. They

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always get that home game. I don't know how it happens.

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Speaker 2: But they do it.

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Speaker 3: But rightfully so, because it doesn't matter before Georgia is

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that they always take care of business. But I just

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think it's interesting and they always get that home game there. Anyway,

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let's keep it pushing, Brett. I want you score predictions, Well,

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you can't really give score predictions, but who you got

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winning Miami Ohio State. Ohio State's eight and a half

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point favorite over Unders forty and a half down there

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in Arlington, Texas where BYU played the Big twelve championship

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game at Texas Tech.

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Speaker 2: Who you got? And does Ohio State cover or does

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Speaker 4: There's only one of these games that I think is

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gonna be same. I don't think Miami Ohio State's gonna

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be interesting. I don't think Oregon Texas Tech's gonna be interesting.

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though I think Indiana's just kind of in a slow

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roll and they're gonna win that game pretty outright. I

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actually think the most interesting game on the docket is

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All Missed Georgia, because this is really a game that

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Georgia should have lost weeks ago when they took on

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Ole Miss, and Georgia basically had to play out of

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Speaker 2: At the very end, I think what makes Ole Miss

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Speaker 4: They don't know kind of what they don't know, if

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have a head coach, they don't know that everyone's saying

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national media wants to tell and then that they should think,

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see and feel, And because of that, I think it

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makes you scared, honestly, if you're a Georgia fan, knowing

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what Old Miss could have done to you a few

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Trinidad Chambliss, Juco, Guy D two, guy who shouldn't be here,

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Speaker 2: He's a baller. He is a baller and Miss like it.

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comes to the skill position guys. So I think ole

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football for Georgia to get their get back in the

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game that they lost, even though I don't really know

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that anyone in America is rooting for Georgia as like

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Speaker 2: Especially not against ole Miss.

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I think Miami is probably the second most overrated team

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to make the playoffs, the only team more overrated them

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than then to make the playoffs. They played a week

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and M's defense, you're in a world of hurt with

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this Ohio State defense. So I think Ohio State's gonna cover,

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similar to what Ohio State did to Oregon last year

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the playoffs. I think Alabama Indiana could be close, and

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Speaker 2: There's no world to me in which Texas Tech doesn't

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win this game. Like I think Texas Tech wins, They're

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a field goal in the in the final moments of

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the game. But there tell me what the weakness is

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with this Texas Tech team. I haven't tell me what

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the weakness is. Seen explosive playmakers on the outside. They

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got him, a quarterback who's never rattled even when he's

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not healthy, even after he has a turnover. They got

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him pass rush, they got him, had the best linebacker

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core in the nation. They got it. There's nothing that

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this team doesn't have. There's no weakness with Texas Tech.

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I got questions about who Organ's played and who Oregons

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beat this season, because, by the way, Oregon's best win

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was those USC Trojans who just lost in overtime to

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a TCU team that bau Boat raced.

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Ohio State, Indiana, Texas Tech, and then Georgia. Ole Miss

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wants to go ole Miss. Rebels I'm gonna say Georgia

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because I don't think Kirby Smart's gonna take it on

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the chin two years in a blow in the College

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Ball playoffs. So I think Georgia is gonna win this game,

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and you're gonna have all four teams who got a

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first round by they're gonna be moving on to the

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final four of this thing, which makes it really interesting,

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right because then you have this conversation of why did

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we expand the playoffs if the top four seeds are

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just gonna win anyway? Yeah, but to me, the playoffs

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are always better when you have more games to them.

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playoff game. I think that was the most exciting, one

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of the most exciting bowlgar maybe the most exciting bowl

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game we've had so far this season, and I think

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it's more exciting Alabama Oklahoma was interesting, But I don't

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I'm just getting into it now, and someone said, of

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our question today, sorry to cut you off. Don't forget

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Jane Ndigrin. Oh my gosh, how do I forget about her?

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I was showing love to women's soccer jay Nnigrint, one

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of the best college athletes and cross country runners in

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the world. Human, she's superhuman, like she is I forgot

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about that. Yeah, so thank you. Shout out to A

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 3: Okay, look I'm exciting that I said five. We probably

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need to go ten. You probably need to go ten

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have went ten. What are your top ten moments? That's

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Speaker 2: That's where you gotta go five. Yeah, you've done that.

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all I just saw the message. You don't know what

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all their top ten moments are so or all the

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ones that they're talking about are even what category we

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Speaker 2: So so I get that.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, uh, Jane, she won the national championship a

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long time ago. There's there's nobody else in the world

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who's competing with her and what she's doing. She's a

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superhuman right now, she is, So yeah, she deserves a

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Speaker 2: Shoutout to coach Steals you Taylor.

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Speaker 4: Udea one of the best coaches in the country, not

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just that that sport, but just coaching collegiately in general.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, Jane Hendergren deserves a ton of credit for

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what she's Yeah, she definitely does.

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Speaker 3: So I just wanted to highlight her anyway back to

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now the football just had to make sure I read

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that from she does a lot of credit.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but I and we should feel a little embarrassed

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that we missed her.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate that text reminding us thank you, Yeah,

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gonna ping me at some point, and Darnell Dicktion will

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ping me as well. Double d joined us. Actually a

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four thirty someone's gonna paint me about the bla Ronnie,

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I dare you anyway back to the task at hand,

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I agree with you. I think it's not going to

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be closed between Ohio State and Miami. I think just

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Jeremi Smith is the best wide receiver in college football.

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Speaker 2: Don't try to argue it. It's over. Don't try to

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Speaker 3: No doubt, best best, best, best, best, best, best wide

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receiver in the war, in the world, in the United States, overseas.

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You name him this eight and a half, Ohio State's

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gonna bet them by at least two scores. Julian San

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doesn't turn the football over still, know how, he was

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a finalist for Freshman of the Year at there's a

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richer freshman or sophomore or whatever. Even though he threw

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for over thirty touchdowns and only had six scientis, it's

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a good Ohio State team. Jeremi Simith any receptions just

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under eleven hundred yards, eleven touchdowns, they're a problem. And

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Carson Beck, who's a walking turnover. I just don't think

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they get it done against that defense. I could be wrong.

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latter we'll finish that last. You said Ole miss in

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Georgia Georgia six and a half. I think Ole miscovers that.

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I think this could be a three or four point

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ball game. I agree, it really can.

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Speaker 2: I think that Georgia still pulls it out by a

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field goal.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, Gunnar Stockton will, like you said,

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wasn't playing then he gets his redemption moment. Kirby Smart

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is just too good in these moments. Look, you had

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some delays that affected you. Notre Dame had an unreal defense.

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Riley Leonard was really not turning on the way he

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was gonna stoppable last year, you know. And they had

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Jeremiah Love last year too, right, No, was that just

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this year he was there? He was there, Okay, soe

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Jeremi Love last year who broke out into the scene,

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and now this year.

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Speaker 2: So you you really it was a problem.

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Speaker 3: You had a two headed monster that you couldn't fight off,

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and order dam ended up being a national championship. So

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if you're Georgia, you're like, yeah, you lost, but look

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at where the team finished. They finish as a second team,

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you know, in all of college football. And to be honest,

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that's how we should do rankings going in the next year.

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You really should do it backwards. You should rank out

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people lost, especially if the recruiting classes there. It really

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should have been Ohio State one, Notre Dame two in

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my opinion, and you go three four and then you

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go from there. But I don't think they'll ever happen anyway.

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You guys know what I'm trying to say. But yeah,

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I'm going with George Ennis. Georgia gets his thirteenth win

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since old Miss Home. But Trinidad shameless. Yeah, Like, don't

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be surprised, didn't. Max Olstener is someone I'm trying to remember.

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Drop a article that he is he in the portal,

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Like I'm trying to remember.

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Speaker 2: No, here's what you're thinking. This is what you're thinking of.

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You're thinking of the eight and T commercial.

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Speaker 4: I'm thinking of eighteen teked Marshal the portal and he's

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switching to a different phone.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's what I'm That's what I'm thinking of. Kay, Yeah,

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thank you for that. I was like, guy was like, yeah,

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I was like, am I thinking of something different? So

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you gotta stop watching TV. You gotta stop watching t V, folks.

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But there was an article that was pinned by ESPN

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about transfer portal quarterbacks and who to look out for,

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and you know it is twenty eight this is what

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it was. Twenty six QBS to watch. In twenty twenty six,

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football voter Max Olsen put this out of esp and

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he said, to watch now. Obviously not all of these

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guys are in there, but as you know, Brennan Soarsby.

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I know I'm taking a break from college football payoffs,

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but let's just touch on this because I think this

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is impactful on how this could affect BO. You Brennan

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Soresby not going to be a Cincinnati so that opponent.

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I can't remember if the schedule of Bill you play

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Cincinnati next year. I can't remember if they're playing them

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at home? Double check on that. VIC from me, our

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data aggregator. I'm here in ESPN the fan Brennan Soresby

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one year, he's a top target, which is crazy because

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Sam Levitt. But I think that's because sam Levit got hurt,

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sam Levitt played healthy. Who knows, but anyway, sam Levitt

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is also on this list. Drew, what is it? Mess

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to maker? Mess to maker? Per Pokes report sounds like

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he's going to Oklahoma State, So there you go. Not surprised.

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I knew that the Big twelve would get one of

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these quarterbacks. This is what someone says Division two transfer

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from Fressey State emerging as a superstar Old Miss was

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one of the great underdog stories in this year's college

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football Hoping he can add one more chapter in twenty

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twenty six. Per this, Chambers is seeking the ncaaway before

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a six year of eligibility.

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Speaker 2: So there you go.

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Speaker 3: He's on this list, but he hasn't declared for the portal.

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But one year with waiver is that possible?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 2: What is it?

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Speaker 3: Byron Brown for South Florida? Florida had a phenomenal season.

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You have to wonder if he's going to Florida because

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Alex what is it?

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Speaker 2: Uh? What is it Gallish? Is that pronounced it?

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Speaker 3: He so, no, Cincinnati, thanks Vic, But where did where

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did he get hired? I'm trying to remember is he

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is it Auburn that he got hired at? Alex trying

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and looking it up right now, Alex Golish got hired at.

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He is now Auburn, So now he is the head

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coach at AUBURNY, So you have to wonder is he

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going okay? So they do play sinsin'nati, I thought so,

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I thought at home. That's why so Brenda SOASB will

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not be with Cincinnati. That affects Cincinnati BYU. That game

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will be on the Delights of La Veil. Arizona State

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will not, but they're bringing in a four star. So

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they also played TCU down in Texas and forward Josh

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Houvers in the portal. Is he going to Indiana? I

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think there was a report. Got a double check to

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see if that's true. But could Josh who would be

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going to Indiana to replace Fernando Mendoz Who's going to

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the n FL Draft after this rock'beck. We believe he's

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going to Penn State, right Brett, You and I firmly

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believe they he's going to join up with this former

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coach Matt Campbell over there. And we also think that

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Hanson who went to the portal running back, we believe

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they both will be there. Dylan Riyola, Nebraska went into

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the Portal's brother d committed. DJ Lagway also a quarterback

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one hundred percent. And I don't know if CJ. Bailey

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has entered the portal, but I know these other teams

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like like, I don't think he's gonna be an NC

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State maybe as I don't know if these guys have

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and the other proven adventures you got the UNLV quarterback

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Alonzo Bear at the third.

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Speaker 2: James Madison, he's in the portal. So look, you got

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a bunch of these.

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Speaker 3: Dude, Jackson Arnold has one year, so you have to

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wonder where these guys gonna end up Big twelve spots

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and need some quarterbacks. Kyten Howser. I could see Katon

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hows is a Big twelve quarterback. I really could, Like,

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you don't know what you got maybe down there at

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u c F and other schools wing nine.

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Speaker 2: Games this year.

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Speaker 3: By you beat him, I could see Kayton Howser next

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year in the Big twelve. So I bring some of

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these names up. Of these are former phases that you've seen,

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but you also might see BYU face some of these

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guys again.

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Speaker 2: You never know. We'll just have to wait to find out.

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Speaker 3: But I wanted to give you guys a little update

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on the college football quarterbacks going on. This is twenty

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six qbs that was put out by Max ows some

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two days ago. That's some Here's some G five s

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CS gyms. You got Jayden Craig of Harvard, You got

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Colton Johnson of ald de main, Ardy Minch, kateen Houser,

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you got Brydon Atkinson and Mercer. You got what is

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Tarren Dix Dickens at West Carolina. So you got some

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guys and then some backups. B Yu needs the backup.

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I don't think they're gonna get any of these guys.

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But could they get Austin Simmons at Old Miss he's

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got two years, Kenny Matche and Notre Dame, probably not

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Aaron Pillow at Georgia Tech. So you got a bunch

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of guys. Could one of these guys come in and

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be the backup? And you probably not. All those guys

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are probably looking to go start, So those guys probably

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will maybe go to higher level G five's like the

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two Lanes and then try to get a job after.

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Speaker 2: So we'll see, we will see go for it.

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Speaker 4: The guy I'm watching and I haven't heard anything on this,

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but Dylan Edwards is in the portal.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Dylan Edwards is in the portal. I would

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love to see him be why you.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if it'll happen because he probably doesn't

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want to have to sit there with l J.

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Speaker 2: Martin.

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Speaker 4: But if you had the two headed monster of l J.

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Martin and Dylan Edwards, man would that be scary in

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this league.

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Speaker 2: So, I mean he's leaving k State.

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Speaker 4: He's leaving K State because K State sucks, because they're

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having coaching changes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Chris Climber retired. It's crazy.

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Speaker 4: So he has two years of eligibility left. I think

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he could be awesome. Yeah, I don't know where he'll go.

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I mean, my guess is he'll probably end up at

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an SEC school because I think he's see the second

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you think he's the second best running back in the

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Big twelve behind LJ. Edwards, Cameron, Dickie's Yeah, I was

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gonna say Texas tack kids.

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Speaker 3: I gotta respect Dickie Moules. Montgomery for UCF is good too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but he's in the portal. Hanson was, but he

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was in the portal. Yeah, he was in the portal.

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Now you gotta think where he might be going to

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another big ToIP program. I would have to think that

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he's going to Penn State. Though it's not a surprise

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to me that Matt Campbell takes a job. Guy's going

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to the portal, and that his quarterback was one more year,

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well quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I was the starters to not just think they have they're.

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Speaker 4: Only bringing back one person who was a starter this

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who's not in the portal as of yet, so it

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might be the entire Iowa state over there in State colle.

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Speaker 3: When I'm just being honest, like Rock Obeck is a

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Big ten quarterback at Penn State.

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Speaker 2: I think it's Chris Hansen. I think that's the name.

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Speaker 3: I need to get his first name right, you know,

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the running back that's in the portal as well. But

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he is also a dog, Carson Hanson. My apologies, Carson

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Hansen is a dog. Look, let's look up at Carson

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Hanson's stats right now, because I want to make sure

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that I get it right. Played in fourteen games as

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kill was giving BYU the business. Don't get it twisted.

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So I mean this six two junior, two hundred and

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twenty five out look, bro, he's going back.

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Speaker 2: Bro.

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Speaker 3: He's from Minnesota. He's from Lakeville, Minnesota. He is definitely

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following Matt Campbell. Come on now, like, what are we doing?

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All academic Big twelve twenty twenty four. He was All

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academic roog team, so he can he can get his degree,

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so he's definitely can fit in Smart wives over there. Okay, Okay,

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so we'll see we will see just a little score

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board update for you guys at a halftime. I was

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given it to you. Texas Tech and Michigan are at

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the half, so I just wanting to make sure I

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mentioned that. I just tuned in and checked it out. Look,

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these were his stats for the entire season. He's just

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under a thousand yards rushing by fifty fifty. And that's

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because he went into the portal, so not putting in

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the bowl game. One hundred and eighty seven carries, nine

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hundred and fifty he had six touchdowns. Then receiving, he

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had nineteen receptions for one hundred and thirty four yards.

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This guy is a good player. Man, he can play.

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Don't get it twisted. He's gonna end up. And that

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was this season. Let's go back to last season. Remember

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when he kind of, you know, broke out on the scene.

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Let's go into his offensive stats from last year. I

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want to get that. Why am I not finding it passing?

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Speaker 2: He passed? I guess he must have passed last year

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as well.

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Speaker 3: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: Here's the rushing.

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Speaker 3: He went for one hundred and fifty one carries for

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seven hundred and fifty two yards and he had thirteen touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: This is a good running back. This guy's going to

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Penn State.

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Speaker 3: He's following rock and he's following Rocko back, which Davic

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per run. Let's go, I just close it out. I

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hate that I did that. I know you're fine, but

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that's good that. I mean.

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Speaker 2: Look, I mean he had a lot of he breaks out.

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That's thing.

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Speaker 3: He's a big hitter. He's a home run hitter. He

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is big like LJ. He might have a little bit

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more topping speed maybe than LJ. Maybe, but this guy

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has no doubt. So if you do the math of that,

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it really they don't give it to you. But he

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had a long of sixty five. So let's just divide

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that basically per carry, if we were to do the

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math on that. But look, this guy, you're gonna be

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happy not to see him in the big total next.

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He's averaging five yards per carry. So yeah, so this

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guy's he's a dude. He's gonna follow Matt Campbell. Mac

474
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Camill's gonna rebuild. Think Penn State is actually gonna have

475
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a decent year next year. But anyway, let's get back to

476
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the college fotball playoffs. To finish up on that. Oregon,

477
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we think they're gonna get boat steamed. Although the year

478
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two and a half point favorite fifty one and a half,

479
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so we will see Dante Moor's got twenty eight touchdowns

480
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at Bay interceptions.

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Speaker 2: I think they can do that.

482
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Speaker 3: Cameron Dickey rushed over on a thousand yards one hundred

483
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and ninety eight carries for just under eleven one hundred

484
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yards by five he misses it by five yards, fourteen touchdowns. Look, Douglas,

485
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who's a wide receiver, was close to a thousand yards.

486
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Crazy that PK finished with more and he had finished

487
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with seven touchdowns Douglas. So look, I'm picking Texas Tech

488
00:21:33,279 --> 00:21:35,400
all the way to do it and to run a mark.

489
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So that's what I'm going with last one, bro, We'll

490
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get out of here on this. Alabama Indiana Hosiers are

491
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seven point favorites. I don't think they went by two scores.

492
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I think they can. But Kirkcinetti is just a good

493
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coach that plays tough ballgames. I think they beat Alabama

494
00:21:50,839 --> 00:21:53,480
in a close ballgame. Whether it's twenty eight twenty four,

495
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whether it's thirty one twenty eight, I don't care. But

496
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I don't see anybody else beating from Ende Mendoza. He

497
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is him, he can make throws. It's gonna be tough

498
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,039
to knock off the Heisman winner and do that. So

499
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I think that Kellendi bor is gonna have his hands full.

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And I think tomorrow at two pm Mountain time, when

501
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this game kicks off, I think Indiana will advance to

502
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the semifinals to play Texas Tech.

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Speaker 4: Your thoughts, Yeah, it's interesting with Indiana because remember last

504
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year they made the playoffs and we were kind of

505
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skeptical about how good they actually were.

506
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Speaker 2: We kind of thought they were paper.

507
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Speaker 4: Tigers and they were Notre Dame blew them out and

508
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Kurt Signetti tried to run the clockouts that way.

509
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Speaker 2: It did the lost didn't look as bad as it was.

510
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Speaker 4: And this year, even if you wanted to say that

511
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about them, it's just not true because they got their

512
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shot at one of the best teams in America in

513
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Ohio State in that Big twin that Big Ten Championship,

514
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and they earned it.

515
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Speaker 2: They won that game, they beat Ohio State.

516
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Speaker 4: So Indiana deserves a lot of credit for the turnaround

517
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that they've had, especially when again you look at last

518
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year and say, these guys were frauds, they were paper tigers.

519
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They have turned it around so fast, especially being one

520
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of the losing his programs in college football history. For

521
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them to be where they are is commendable. And what's

522
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even crazier is the fact that they may go on

523
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to win this whole thing. It's it's gonna come down

524
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to Georgia, Ohio State, Texas Tech, and h in Indiana.

525
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And I don't think Indiana is winning the whole thing.

526
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I actually think Indiana is the least likely to win

527
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the whole thing.

528
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Speaker 2: Oh I would go and here's here's my order of

529
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who I think national champions could be.

530
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Speaker 4: Texas Tech won Ohio State to Georgia three in Indiana four. Okay,

531
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that's how I see it going down. In fact, if

532
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I could bet my savings account on Texas Tech and

533
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,200
Joey McGuire to win it all, I would. I can't

534
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because last time I gambled was actually a year ago,

535
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,319
this time with the Alamobile last year, and God decided

536
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to teach me a lesson on gambling, and I can't

537
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make that mistake again.

538
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Speaker 3: However, if I could, I would built to booty. As

539
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of those things happen at the end of the day.

540
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,359
It's built to booty. That's what it's gonna be for Oregan.

541
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They're gonna be on the receiving end. They're gonna find

542
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,160
out the whole world, I think is gonna find out

543
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,440
who techs Tech really is. I think this team is

544
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,759
the real deal, and I think there's too much biasy

545
00:24:13,799 --> 00:24:16,200
towards the big ten in the SEC, and they're about

546
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,519
to make sure that they don't give.

547
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Speaker 2: You, guys.

548
00:24:17,599 --> 00:24:20,519
Speaker 3: A little scoreboard update. Halftime is almost here. Utah is

549
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:23,440
marching down the field. They're currently up by three on Nebraska,

550
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,319
marching with about a minute and a half left.

551
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 2: So by the time he listen to they probably would have.

552
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Speaker 3: Scored, kicked the field go, missed the field goal, maybe

553
00:24:30,839 --> 00:24:33,640
score a touchdown, missed the touchdown. But Morgan's gully coaching

554
00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:36,359
in his first game. The Utes have the lead right now.

555
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,920
Just another college football scoreboard update. Guys, need to go

556
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to break. We need to take a brief time out.

557
00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:42,680
Come back when it talks to basketball on the flip,

558
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don't go anywhere, guys. You're listening to Cougar Sports on

559
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your Utah ESPN Radio Network one on three, nine ninety

560
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eight three ESPN the fans.

561
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Speaker 1: It's time to celebrate the friggous team sport known to man,

562
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where modern day gladiators collide for all the glory on

563
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the grid. I let's talk some college football, a lot

564
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,599
of Cougar sports with Ben Krittle.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to Cougar Sports here on one, O, three,

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nine and ninety eight three ESPN The Fan, Ronald the

567
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three Man, we were here holding it down for Ben

568
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Crittle on a New Year's Eve edition. I know a

569
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lot of people can be like Ben made you work

570
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on your birthday. Look, we all have to work on

571
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,079
our birthday during the holidays. This is the way it goes.

572
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The show must go on. But the best part is

573
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New Year's Eve is about the evening, guys, and not

574
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so much about the day. So I got activities lined

575
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up with the family.

576
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Speaker 2: Don't worry.

577
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Speaker 3: The wife isn't making sure that I'm planning the evening out.

578
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So we'll go out to dinner, we'll celebrate. Trust me,

579
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,720
everything will be okay. We're here on your UTA ESPN

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Radio Network live from your Bandwelth Studios, Band of Wealth.

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All he asked that you schedule that free Q and

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a no obligation to invest with their track smart with advisors.

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He still got today to reach out to save money

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on your taxes before people start filing twenty twenty six

585
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is upon this fucks, It's crazy. It's spend a glorious year.

586
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I asked you guys in a question of today. It

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was the top five moments from YU Athletics. What do

588
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you look back on?

589
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Speaker 2: What us they here? With the guy that's on the line,

590
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It's crazy.

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Speaker 3: You work with people where you back up them as

592
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a producer, then you know they host the show and

593
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then they become your boss. They become your boss. But

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love this person that's on the line. Gonna discuss all

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the Fan Hotline and welcome in the host of Bryce

608
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and Bia Neucci is also the program director of our station.

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I don't know if anybody has announce it, but I

610
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will take the privilege to always highlight and flex on

611
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the people around me the great I surround myself with greatness.

612
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I'm not great, but I have greatness around me. We

613
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got Bryce Larson on the line. Bryce, thanks for joining

614
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me and from Vegas too.

615
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Speaker 5: That's right. Happy birthday. By the way, you should have

616
00:27:02,599 --> 00:27:04,799
came down here. This is perfect time to come celebrate

617
00:27:04,839 --> 00:27:07,640
your birthday down in Vegas on New Year's Eve. I've

618
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,039
been told it's pretty crazy on New Year's Eve down here,

619
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but this is my first time actually being here for

620
00:27:13,559 --> 00:27:15,680
the New Year, so we'll see. I'll report back down

621
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,000
that one.

622
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Speaker 3: Please report back to It's tough with the little one.

623
00:27:18,759 --> 00:27:20,920
I look, I was thinking about Pawner or Off, and

624
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,880
I'm like, how does that lick if up? Pawn the

625
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,680
you know, the one year old off on someone else.

626
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,359
But I know it's like, but my god, I guess

627
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:28,559
I could just take it to the club and put

628
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a headphones.

629
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Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't know if they let me in

630
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with the baby.

631
00:27:30,519 --> 00:27:32,279
Speaker 3: Look, I'm a man that I'm willing to go as

632
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,240
as far as possible to get what I need within reason,

633
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:37,440
and you know, always ask. But look, I'm turning thirty

634
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,400
next year. So we've talked about a trip, so we'll see.

635
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,599
Maybe it might have to be Vegas. Vegas is on

636
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,440
the docket. I won't lie to you, Bryce, It's on

637
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the docket.

638
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Speaker 5: There you go, Hey, I'll tell you what. Whoever's playing

639
00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:51,319
in the Las Vegas Bowl next year? Here? You got

640
00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:53,480
to hit up a lot of the festivities, a lot

641
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,880
of great Las Vegas Bull festivities that have been going

642
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:56,480
on this week.

643
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Speaker 3: What are the festivities? Because you're down there obviously Utah

644
00:27:58,839 --> 00:28:01,559
taking on Nebraska. Morgan is officially the head coach, Kyle

645
00:28:01,599 --> 00:28:03,240
Witnting m now Michigan had stepped away.

646
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,079
Speaker 2: What have been the festivities? Take us through the vibes

647
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,359
down there in Las Vegas.

648
00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, yesterday went down to Fremont Street and it was

649
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,039
actually pretty cool. Experience because they did the PEP Rally.

650
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:16,680
There had both of the Utah and Nebraska bands on

651
00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:19,160
Fremont Street and they were playing the fight songs. They

652
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,160
had the fans out there doing their cheers and chanting.

653
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,759
It was a great time. There's a huge screen that

654
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spans the full course of Fremont Street that had the

655
00:28:31,519 --> 00:28:34,680
Utah and Nebraska lobos up there, and then they ended

656
00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:38,000
up playing some videos of both teams throughout the entire

657
00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:40,319
season to kind of recap their season how they got

658
00:28:40,359 --> 00:28:44,519
here to this point. A lot of people out there

659
00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,319
just kind of partying it up. So the PEP Rally

660
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was really cool. Earlier in the week.

661
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Speaker 6: From what I understand, they took the players out to

662
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do a lot of different things, to do some good

663
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things in the community, to help out the Las Vegas

664
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community locally, but also to go and just kids because

665
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these are still college kids, right.

666
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 5: They still want to hang out with their friends and

667
00:29:04,359 --> 00:29:09,200
do everything that there is to do here in Vegas.

668
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,920
So a lot of cool festivities, a lot of cool

669
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things going on for fans throughout the city. In terms

670
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of the tailgating today, it said a bunch of different

671
00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:21,079
casinos and different things too, So there's a lot of

672
00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:24,480
cool opportunities for fans to come down here and enjoy

673
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,759
the Vegas Bowl. Then, of course it's on New Year's Eve,

674
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so you've got fireworks later on tonight on the strip,

675
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and apparently they shut down Las Vegas Boulevard. The entire

676
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show can drive on it, and there's so many people

677
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that they pack it from one side of it all

678
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the way to the other side. And every casino has

679
00:29:40,559 --> 00:29:42,880
fireworks lined up on top of the roofs. So when

680
00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:46,400
the ball drops, all those fireworks go off, and it's

681
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,920
pretty I've been told it's pretty crazy here. So we'll

682
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see how that one goes later on tonight. I'll let

683
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you know.

684
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Speaker 3: You definitely have to let me know. Yeah, please be

685
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safe out there. I'm from a big city. It takes

686
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to Chicago. You block off streets and you his walk

687
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So that sounds fun, But Bryce, I care most importantly

688
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,599
about your safety and that you can make it and

689
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,200
cover that that Utah Nebraska game. That's the biggest thing

690
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that I care about. But also, you know, enjoy, enjoy yourself.

691
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I tell everybody, Look, it's it's New Year's Eve. Whether

692
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you're partaking, you know, you know, the festivities are not

693
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adult beverage, not when everybody to enjoy this day. My

694
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,039
mom had asked me, like, what do you want for

695
00:30:22,039 --> 00:30:23,720
your birthday? Said, the biggest thing you can give me

696
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,880
for my birthday is you celebrate the new year. Write

697
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,559
and then you'd be safe. That's what I care about

698
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:30,599
the most, because God has given us another day to enjoy,

699
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,359
and He's given you that moment. But take us through

700
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Morgan Scalley, he addressed the media. He's what I think

701
00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:39,319
it was, Devin Dan Pierre. He was up on the

702
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:42,960
pulpit as well. Highlight in Nebraska. Kyle Whittingham is not

703
00:30:43,039 --> 00:30:45,599
the coach. How did all of that come about?

704
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Speaker 2: Bryce?

705
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Speaker 3: It seems like we had Askedcott Mitchell, but it seems

706
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,920
like that Kyle had to step away, you know, and

707
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,839
he stepped down. But I also feel like, you know,

708
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from what I heard, there might have been some some

709
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,799
internal pressure because he was supposed to retire, right Bryce,

710
00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:01,119
and now he's a heck coach of a premier Big

711
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,680
ten program and now he's looking at to take BYU

712
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,759
and you toss staff with him.

713
00:31:06,119 --> 00:31:08,079
Speaker 5: Yeah, Well, first of all, if you go back to

714
00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:09,920
the timing of all of it, It's just kind of

715
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,839
strange timing right off the top, right, you look at

716
00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:15,400
the way that all went down. You had a huge

717
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,720
announcement on a Tuesday about the influx of five hundred

718
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,279
million dollars coming in via the producate equity conversation, and

719
00:31:24,319 --> 00:31:28,319
then a couple of days later, Friday after noon at

720
00:31:28,359 --> 00:31:32,799
about three or four pm, maybe even five pm, that

721
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,720
Kyle Whittingham news came out there he was stepping away

722
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,240
from the program, that he'd no longer be the coach,

723
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,119
and he's going to coach in his final bowl game

724
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,359
for the team down here in Las Vegas. Normally, when

725
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,319
you have the greatest head coach in your school's tenure,

726
00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:51,119
it's not a Friday news dump thing that happens, right,

727
00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:54,319
So that was kind of curious timing right after five

728
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,559
announcement of five hundred million dollars was coming into program,

729
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,359
and you would think, Okay, Kyle Whitningham probably knew the

730
00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:04,000
private equity thing long before his decision. But it is

731
00:32:04,039 --> 00:32:07,920
strange that now, when the resources come, when Kyle Whittingham

732
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:12,559
could build a legitimate roster and winning program even further

733
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,680
and be competitive on a national level with five hundred

734
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,000
million dollars of private equity money. He's going to step away,

735
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,079
So that was my number one kind of question. Well,

736
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,000
later on throughout the week, we hear him speak the

737
00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:27,480
following week and he says it felt like it was

738
00:32:27,559 --> 00:32:30,599
his time to step away. He didn't want to be

739
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,279
the guy that overstays his welcome. Well, you read between

740
00:32:34,279 --> 00:32:36,240
the lines a little bit there. It doesn't sound like

741
00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:41,720
he necessarily felt wanted or somebody there in you know,

742
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,319
wanted him to step away. In terms of that, I

743
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,119
will say now looking at it, it does seem like

744
00:32:49,279 --> 00:32:53,440
the blame should lie on both Kyle Whittingham and the

745
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,480
athletic department at the University of u Jah, because Kyle

746
00:32:57,519 --> 00:33:00,519
Whittingham didn't really handle it the best of way that

747
00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,640
he could have. When he was asked about retiring, he

748
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,359
could have answered that and said, no, I'm still good.

749
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,640
We're pushing forward, instead of saying, actually, I am looking

750
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,480
forward to, you know, maybe stepping away. He was asked

751
00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:15,960
about playing Miami down here in Vegas. That's a scheduled

752
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,960
game for twenty twenty seven, and he said, I don't

753
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,480
think I'm going to be around for that. So he

754
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,839
could have answered questions in his tenure as the head

755
00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:25,759
coach in a better way, not saying that he was

756
00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:29,200
going to retire and not coach football anymore, which led

757
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,839
the athletic department to believe they needed to put Morgan

758
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,039
Scalley in that spot of the head coach in waiting

759
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,920
spot to create some stability. And I think that's kind

760
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,960
of where it all started at. So I don't know where, you,

761
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,920
you know, put the blame solely on. I think it

762
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,319
kind of lies on Kyle Whittingham and that athletic department

763
00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:53,799
as well. But as far as Kyle Whittingham stepping away, yeah,

764
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,240
I would say that it was just a curious way

765
00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:01,839
that everything has been handled, and it even came as

766
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,119
a little bit of a surprise to Morgan. Scaley is

767
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,039
what it sounded like. Yesterday at the press conference, Lander

768
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:09,199
Barton brought it up. Morgan brought it up saying that

769
00:34:09,559 --> 00:34:12,039
the timing of all of this was what surprised them.

770
00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:14,400
They knew eventually was gonna happen, but the way it

771
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:18,480
happened and the timing that had happened, we're all very strange.

772
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,719
With Kyle Whittingham stepping away and then of course picking

773
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:22,760
up that Michigan job.

774
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,079
Speaker 3: Yeah, there has to be accountabillion all parts, whether that

775
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,920
be those in the athletic department, the athletic director, Mark

776
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,760
Haling himself, whether that is Morgan Scalley the head coach

777
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,880
and winning and Kyle Whittingham. I like that perspective. You

778
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,159
can't just point fingers at everybody else. I think Kyle

779
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:38,920
could have done things differently. The timing is wird.

780
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 2: Bryce.

781
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 3: I remember when that announcement got made in our show.

782
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,000
We had the breaking news, but it didn't seem like retiring.

783
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:47,199
I'm like, oh, stepping away, and I'm like, I feel

784
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,639
like he's got a lot, you know, left to coach.

785
00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,400
And I'd even heard from one source that you know,

786
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,000
after that BA you lost from last year, not this year,

787
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,760
was that he still had a lot left in the tank.

788
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,239
So the timing is definitely interesting. But I mean, I

789
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,440
think at the end of the day, both parties are

790
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,800
individually are happy. Morgan Scalley is now the head coach,

791
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,320
which is well deserving. He's been waiting. I think he'll

792
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,039
do a phenomenal job. He will have to build this

793
00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:14,440
program up. There will be some growing pains, and then

794
00:35:14,519 --> 00:35:17,199
Kyle's at Michigan. But let's move to that next thing now.

795
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,760
And now the guy who's who stepped away from Utah

796
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,239
has said, you know what, I have a robust network.

797
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,519
I'm trying to take Jay Hill, and you know, I'm

798
00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:27,519
gonna take other personnel that I built at Utah. And

799
00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:29,840
I know Scaley's probably like, what are you doing? And

800
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,519
I know Kalanie's like, Colinie understands because it's been around

801
00:35:32,519 --> 00:35:34,719
a little bit more. But I know Klinie's probably saying

802
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,480
the right things, but behind the scenes, he's probably like,

803
00:35:36,679 --> 00:35:39,000
he just can't take Jay Hill for me because bo

804
00:35:39,039 --> 00:35:40,840
he's fighting to keep from what I've heard recently in

805
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,320
the last day or two, your thoughts on the entire matter,

806
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,079
and does Jay Hill leave BYU to go? And you

807
00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:49,440
know Jason is Jason Becker to be pulled from Utah?

808
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,239
Those are two premier coaches. Jason Becker has been highlighted

809
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,760
this year offensively, like their averaging I think it what

810
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,239
it was like forty points a game or thirty one

811
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:57,760
points a game.

812
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 2: I'm somewhere in that ballpark.

813
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,079
Speaker 3: And then Jay Hill has a top twenty defense in

814
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,079
what college football the last two seasons, he's the one

815
00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:08,119
of the best defensive coordinators in college football right now.

816
00:36:09,519 --> 00:36:13,119
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that obviously those reports right now. Matt

817
00:36:13,199 --> 00:36:17,440
Zennetz of CBS said that Michigan was going after j Hill,

818
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:19,440
and that was a couple of days ago. So a

819
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,960
lot of people are sitting here going, well, what in

820
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,239
the world is going on? Because if Michigan has money, right,

821
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,400
they have enough resources if they want someone that could

822
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,199
go get and they can get that contract finalized. BYU's

823
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,360
done with their bowl game, their season's over. So what's

824
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,360
going on? Two things come to mind. Either, BYU is

825
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,440
doing their best to sit down Jay Hill and pitch

826
00:36:41,519 --> 00:36:45,000
him on keeping him in provo, and I believe truly

827
00:36:45,039 --> 00:36:47,760
that that is happening. They are pitching him, they are

828
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,280
offering what they can offer him. Number two, the other

829
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,159
thing is is that they're waiting for today when the

830
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,320
Utah Bowl game finishes up and they can announce Jason

831
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,320
Beck is the offensive coordinator, j Hill is the defensive

832
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:06,440
coordinator and do that together. Those are things that I

833
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,679
think are happening. You could see that later on once

834
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,480
this bowl game finishes up here on a couple of

835
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,039
hours where they announce both of those two coaches at

836
00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:18,480
the same time or the other thing that's happening here

837
00:37:18,559 --> 00:37:22,119
is that BYU might be pitching a pretty good package

838
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,360
for j Hill to stick around, And it just depends

839
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,280
on what Jay Hill values and where he's at right

840
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,239
now in his career path. Does he want to go

841
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,360
with Kyle to Michigan where in five years maybe he's

842
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,599
the next man up, maybe he becomes the head coach

843
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:40,039
of Michigan. Once Kyle steps away, he puts himself in

844
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:42,519
a good spot if he decides to walk away from that,

845
00:37:43,199 --> 00:37:46,880
And if Jason Beck decides to walk away, Scalley's got

846
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,480
to go find himself an offensive coordinator. And it's going

847
00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:53,199
to get really interesting if that happens, because when those

848
00:37:53,199 --> 00:37:57,559
dominoes start the fall, anything could happen in the coaching carousel,

849
00:37:57,639 --> 00:38:00,400
and BYU could be looking for more coach than what

850
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,400
they initially had thought if certain people come up in

851
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,760
those conversations. So we'll keep an eye on that as well.

852
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: Defin need to keep an eye.

853
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 3: You bring it up, Jay Hill's not the only coach

854
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,480
if he went with Kyle that would go.

855
00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: Jay's gonna try to take his guys.

856
00:38:13,039 --> 00:38:15,800
Speaker 3: You know, there's been a rumblings I've heard of, would

857
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,239
he take General Guildford, his pat he the guy he

858
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,559
promoted in the offseason, the defensive pass game coordinator, all

859
00:38:21,639 --> 00:38:24,000
of her rumblings that you know, Scalli and a Rod

860
00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:27,639
have a good relationship, you know, like hey, that that

861
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,039
lets you, that might lead you to believe, like, okay,

862
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:32,280
is that a done deal? Like you said, Bryce is

863
00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:35,280
Jason and j already it's a done deal in Michigan,

864
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,159
they're waiting, And I think that's a that's a great point.

865
00:38:37,159 --> 00:38:39,480
I never thought about. This game today is the last

866
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,159
domino with both of those. So after today's game, tomorrow

867
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,920
New Year's Day, and with the transferport on Friday, we're

868
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,800
gonna know here in the next what twenty four to

869
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,480
forty eight hours, what the decision will be. But I

870
00:38:50,519 --> 00:38:54,360
know BYU fans are looking forward to Bryce of that

871
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,760
Leonardo DiCaprio mean from Jay. I don't know if he's

872
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,679
that type of guy. He might not be the type

873
00:38:58,679 --> 00:39:00,639
of Alds guy, but they're looking at that. I'm not,

874
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,440
you know what leaving. I think that's what people are

875
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,119
looking for down here, approval. But it might not be

876
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,880
the case. Michigan might be clowning bau fans, sant ed

877
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,920
and sant he's actually coming over here. You never know

878
00:39:11,039 --> 00:39:13,679
a lot to talk about. Let's get back to the

879
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,320
Utah Nebraska game. How do you have this one playing out?

880
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,320
Does Morgan Scalley get his first win as a head

881
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:21,400
coach in a bowl game?

882
00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:23,679
Speaker 2: New Year's Eve Bowl is a big time bowl game.

883
00:39:23,679 --> 00:39:24,960
I don't care what anybody says.

884
00:39:26,639 --> 00:39:28,599
Speaker 5: I think he does. I think they get it done

885
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:31,760
today against the Nebraska team. That's just it doesn't seem

886
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,599
like they're as motivated. I was at the press conference

887
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:39,119
yesterday with Matt Ruhle, with a couple of Nebraska players,

888
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,679
and it seemed like the energy was a little bit

889
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,079
different from their side of things that it was from

890
00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:50,119
Morgan Scalley with Devin Dampierre and Lander Barton. Yeah, just

891
00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:52,760
a little bit of a different feeling from that team.

892
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,079
Speaker 7: They've got the issues with the Riola family, Dylan Ryola's

893
00:39:56,199 --> 00:39:59,880
brother deciding to decommit and move somewhere else, and the

894
00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:03,320
and of course the firing of multiple coaches on that staff.

895
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 5: It doesn't look it's a fourteen point line. It's fourteen

896
00:40:07,519 --> 00:40:11,559
and a half in some places. Can Utah cover that maybe?

897
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:14,079
But they also should have covered against other bad teams

898
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:17,840
this year like Kansas and Kansas State easily and they

899
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,519
failed to do so. Now without Kyle Whittingham there and

900
00:40:21,639 --> 00:40:24,000
a couple of opt outs along the offensive line, I

901
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,480
think Utah wins it. I think it's a little bit closer.

902
00:40:26,519 --> 00:40:29,320
This morning on Bryce and Biaoucci, we made our picks

903
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,519
and I picked Utah to win, win a closer game,

904
00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:36,320
and they'll win by a score to maybe by ten,

905
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,679
so like twenty like thirty one to twenty one.

906
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 2: No, Bryce, I agree with you.

907
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 3: Fourteen and a half points is a lot, especially with

908
00:40:43,519 --> 00:40:46,000
the changes of Utah's to the top fifteen team. I

909
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,400
think Nebraska does cover the spread, but I'm picking Utah

910
00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:51,599
to get to win in this game. I think all

911
00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:54,119
the reasons you mentioned. I listened to the press conference

912
00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,440
and I just say, this doesn't seem like Matt Rule

913
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,239
wants to be there, but he doesn't want to be

914
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,280
like Notre Dame and not go to the bowl game.

915
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,159
But and that's the sucky part about college you know football,

916
00:41:03,199 --> 00:41:05,400
is you have the Nebraskas who maybe aren't as motivated

917
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:06,559
to know the games that opt out.

918
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,639
Speaker 2: And then I'll get your thoughts on this. I don't

919
00:41:08,639 --> 00:41:09,960
know if you were watching, but I was tuned in.

920
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 3: And then you have the TCU USC game, phenomenal game

921
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,840
that ending paying takes into the Ouse caps at off

922
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,000
Josh Houver in the portal.

923
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,159
Speaker 5: I saw something online. Don't know if it's true or not.

924
00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 3: It could be from some of this making up stuff

925
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,400
that Indiana wants him with Fernando Mendoza leaving.

926
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 2: I mean, look, that's college football.

927
00:41:26,599 --> 00:41:29,119
Speaker 3: Quarterbacks go and they look for the pay raise they rightfully,

928
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,639
so your thoughts on that bowl game and just the

929
00:41:31,639 --> 00:41:33,920
Big twelve US as the whole as a conference. The

930
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,280
SEC is zero to four, Bryce, and the College Football

931
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,199
Playoff Committee told me the SEC is the best conference.

932
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,599
They told me that, Bryce, and I'm not seeing it.

933
00:41:42,679 --> 00:41:45,159
I am not seeing it. Miami beat A and m

934
00:41:45,199 --> 00:41:47,519
in the bowl in the playoffs. I'm not saying that

935
00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:49,679
the SEC right now is the best conference at the moment.

936
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,519
Speaker 5: Bo ended up winning that bowl game back in twenty

937
00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:56,199
sixteen for TCU. Well, a couple of years later, that

938
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,400
quarterback that played for TCU in twenty sixteen ended up

939
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,400
getting in a bad hunting accident, had to get both

940
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,400
of his legs cut off. He's a double MPTE. Now

941
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,840
he was on the sidelines last night. He was sitting

942
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:13,280
there talking to Sears and a part of everything, all

943
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,719
of those festivities, and Sears came in and won that

944
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,880
football game as his only in a very similar fashion,

945
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,000
come from behind. I don't know. Sometimes college football gives

946
00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:25,280
us great storylines, and that's one of the great storylines

947
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,760
I've ever heard of in terms of what happened last

948
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:33,239
night with that TCU win over USC. In terms of

949
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,199
how good the Big Twelve has been, they've been phenomenal.

950
00:42:36,559 --> 00:42:38,719
And there's a chance that the Big Twelve could go

951
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,239
undefeated in the postseason, and that would be huge if

952
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,920
the Big Twelve could do that, and just proving that

953
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,440
at least one conference in the country cares about postseason

954
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,679
play and the rest of the bowl games, and that

955
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,480
would be the Big Twelve. And of course the competitiveness

956
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,440
of the Big Twelve and not as many opt outs

957
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,280
and the depth as well. It all goes into that conversation.

958
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,639
It would be huge if they keep this rolling and

959
00:43:02,039 --> 00:43:03,920
can win all the bowl games this postseason.

960
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, you hope that they able to do that.

961
00:43:06,119 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 3: Still a few more Big Twelve teams that have to

962
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,760
play today, you hope that they're able to get it done.

963
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,199
Speaker 2: That would just help those odds.

964
00:43:12,199 --> 00:43:16,519
Speaker 3: And look if if Arizona and Arizona State when they're

965
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,800
they're bowl games, doesn't that just add to BYU's pointed

966
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,079
that they should have been in the playoff surprise. I mean,

967
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,039
look TCU doing what they did, beating USC, you know,

968
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,920
a USC beating Order Dame. Like all of this is

969
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,960
just coming now into fruition and that the playoff, the

970
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,480
College Football Playoff Committee is biased, which we already know,

971
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,159
but they just wanted to git BYU for no reason.

972
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,480
And that's why you're also hoping that tomorrow that Texas

973
00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:43,960
Tech puts belt to booty to Oregon so the national

974
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,880
media can see, Okay, Texas Tech is a legit national

975
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,159
title contender because the Big Twelve is better than people think.

976
00:43:50,199 --> 00:43:52,480
And I think people just they don't like they don't

977
00:43:52,519 --> 00:43:55,719
like the brand of certain teams because of history. They

978
00:43:56,039 --> 00:43:57,960
don't want to give respect to where to do. They

979
00:43:58,039 --> 00:43:59,679
might want to give it to Utah, right because Kyle

980
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,519
woitdingm has won the Pack twelve twice and they want

981
00:44:02,559 --> 00:44:04,920
to being competitive in the Rose Bowl. Buddy, you don't

982
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,119
get that vibe from the rest of the schools, because

983
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:09,880
as I look at BYU as opponents that are winning

984
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,159
now as the season is ending, there's no doubt in

985
00:44:12,159 --> 00:44:14,480
my mind that BYU still should have been in the playoffs.

986
00:44:16,039 --> 00:44:18,119
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it does say a little bit about that.

987
00:44:18,639 --> 00:44:21,320
You do have to take in the opt outs into account. Yeah,

988
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,880
who had what and where they were at full strength

989
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,800
and whatnot. But at the same time, both teams have

990
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,119
opt outs, right, So if your depth and if the

991
00:44:28,159 --> 00:44:30,400
SEC is so much better than you know, and what

992
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,239
we've been told is that they are so much better

993
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,599
head and shoulders above the rest, it just means more

994
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,000
in the SEC. Their third strings then should be better

995
00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:42,559
than anything that TCU or Houston can put out there

996
00:44:42,599 --> 00:44:45,039
on the field. And LSU should have ran away with

997
00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:47,800
that win against Houston, even though their third string players

998
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,599
were out there. But that's not the case. It's not

999
00:44:50,679 --> 00:44:53,239
the case. And the fact of the matter is, with

1000
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,280
the transfer portal and NIL, we've never seen more parody

1001
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,119
in all of college football, and I think that's just

1002
00:44:59,159 --> 00:45:01,480
silly that they you see in Big Ten continues to

1003
00:45:01,519 --> 00:45:04,000
try and make those cases. Here's what I do think

1004
00:45:04,079 --> 00:45:06,519
is happening. I think the worst possible thing that could

1005
00:45:06,519 --> 00:45:08,840
have happened to BYU in Utah and the Big Twelve

1006
00:45:09,519 --> 00:45:12,320
was BYU and Utah poll in just over two million

1007
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:18,320
viewers in that Holy War rivalry game earlier this year. Obviously,

1008
00:45:18,639 --> 00:45:21,119
they would never admit to it. A lot of people

1009
00:45:21,159 --> 00:45:24,199
have this talking point. A lot of people believe it

1010
00:45:24,639 --> 00:45:26,719
is a TV show they have to provide for their

1011
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,239
TV partners and they want the viewers. So who brings

1012
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,480
the biggest viewerships? Well, it's the biggest brands in all

1013
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,679
of college football. And to be honest with you, personally,

1014
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,280
I don't have any evidence that this is true or not.

1015
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:42,159
This is my personal feeling. I personally feel like they

1016
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,559
kind of do look at these TV ratings and put

1017
00:45:44,599 --> 00:45:47,199
into account who gets the most views in college football,

1018
00:45:47,639 --> 00:45:50,639
talk about it, and maybe they favor some of those teams.

1019
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,400
That's my personal feeling of how the College Football Committee operates.

1020
00:45:55,599 --> 00:45:59,039
And the fact that BYU and Utah poled to just

1021
00:45:59,079 --> 00:46:02,159
barely over to and half two million viewers in that

1022
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,840
Holy World Rivalry game might have been the worst possible

1023
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,960
thing that could have happened to the Big Twelve and

1024
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:12,400
those two teams in terms of unless you went undefeated

1025
00:46:12,519 --> 00:46:14,880
or lost one game, You're probably not getting into the

1026
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,840
college football playoff just because of that, which is unfortunate

1027
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,239
and that should never be the case. In college football

1028
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,039
should be about what happens out on the field and

1029
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:26,039
not other things that you really can't control.

1030
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:31,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, you really can't control that as well, but it's

1031
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,039
as the nature of that what it is.

1032
00:46:33,039 --> 00:46:34,559
Speaker 2: But I like the way the Big twelve is headed.

1033
00:46:34,559 --> 00:46:35,719
I would like what he's doing.

1034
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 3: I will get you out of here on this, bricelet's

1035
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,880
discuss some Bou basketball just a little bit. Well in

1036
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,440
with this agy to Bonce to how far can he

1037
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,039
carry this Bou basketball team. He had the first thirty

1038
00:46:46,039 --> 00:46:49,800
point triple double in Bou basketball history last week on Monday.

1039
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,840
They take on Kansas State on Saturday to open up

1040
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:53,559
conference play.

1041
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,400
Speaker 5: Man, it's pretty crazy what that dude's been doing, isn't it.

1042
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:03,400
I think it's more so everything that's around him in

1043
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:07,400
terms of just trying to help him out, especially in

1044
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,400
the first half of games.

1045
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:08,679
Speaker 1: Ron.

1046
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,199
Speaker 5: They got to start those games off a little bit better.

1047
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:15,239
They can't dig themselves huge holes against elite talent like

1048
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,679
they did against Yukon and expect to come back and win.

1049
00:47:18,119 --> 00:47:20,239
So they came up a little bit short there. And

1050
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,320
it's not just Yukon that they did that against. It's

1051
00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:25,000
game after game that they come out a little bit

1052
00:47:25,039 --> 00:47:27,960
flat and don't look great, and they didn't take Delaware

1053
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,760
as serious as they possibly could have. It seemed like

1054
00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:33,199
a couple of these other teams that they should blow

1055
00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:35,039
out from start to finish. They were kind of just

1056
00:47:35,079 --> 00:47:37,559
toying around with them until the end when they would

1057
00:47:37,559 --> 00:47:40,639
take off and blow them out the rest of the way.

1058
00:47:40,679 --> 00:47:43,000
But you can't start off that way if you're playing

1059
00:47:43,199 --> 00:47:46,400
big time teams like Yukon and some of these top

1060
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:51,000
tier programs. Michigan looks phenomenal this year Perdue. Those are

1061
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,239
those big teams you can't start out slow against and

1062
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,360
expect to come back and be able to win. They

1063
00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:01,320
will go as far as Ah can take them, and

1064
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,280
I think that as this season progresses, he gets that

1065
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,800
Big twelve experience. This very well could be an Elite

1066
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,800
eight Final four team. But when they get to that

1067
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,239
point and playing in the Elite eight or Final four,

1068
00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:16,400
they have to get off the better starts. They can't

1069
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,840
get off the bad starts that we've seen that they've

1070
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,400
got to learn how to do that, and part of

1071
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:24,159
that has been not sharing the basketball. This has gone

1072
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:26,239
from a team that shared was one of the best

1073
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,679
teams in the country a couple of years ago, sharing

1074
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:31,320
the basketball, one of the best assistant turnover ratios, and

1075
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:32,840
now it seems like there's a lot of one on

1076
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,320
one basketball being played, especially in that I think it

1077
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,880
was the villainov well maybe not the Villanova. Again, the

1078
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,360
Yukon game is definitely in the first half. That's a

1079
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,840
good defensive team and they're making it hard to pass

1080
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,119
the ball. But you can't play a lot of one

1081
00:48:46,159 --> 00:48:49,599
on one basketball and expect to win against elite defenders

1082
00:48:49,639 --> 00:48:52,000
like Yukon. They've got to share the basketball a little

1083
00:48:52,039 --> 00:48:54,079
bit more and get better on that end, and then

1084
00:48:54,079 --> 00:48:55,880
they're going to pick it up and I think they'll

1085
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,960
be fine. But the sky's the limit with this roster

1086
00:48:59,079 --> 00:49:02,440
and this team. They just got to get it focused

1087
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,079
in where they're playing their best basketball, and they play

1088
00:49:05,119 --> 00:49:07,039
their best basketball when they share the basketball.

1089
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 3: Well, you share the basketball, you know, you know, sharing,

1090
00:49:10,079 --> 00:49:12,440
just caring teamwork makes the dreamwork, as they say, But

1091
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,440
I definitely see that IO want to one a problem,

1092
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,400
but yeah, you get down early against maybe these one

1093
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:18,880
of these teams in the Elite eights.

1094
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 2: That's a sleeper.

1095
00:49:20,679 --> 00:49:23,039
Speaker 3: You get that far and if you end up matched

1096
00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:25,480
up with a duke or one of these other premier teams,

1097
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:26,599
they're gonna take you out.

1098
00:49:26,599 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 2: They're gonna take you out, no doubt about it. So

1099
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,199
you got to get it right, Bryce before we let

1100
00:49:30,199 --> 00:49:30,480
you go.

1101
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 3: What's the best way the listeners can support you and

1102
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JB Jordi Bia Nucci.

1103
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 2: What you guys do and how you do it.

1104
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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely every single weekday, seven to ten am, right

1105
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:44,199
here on this Ferry radio station. You can also give

1106
00:49:44,199 --> 00:49:48,400
me a follow over on x at Larson Sports. It's

1107
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,159
gonna be bringing you all the latest from this Las

1108
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:53,480
Vegas Bowl and of course during the basketball season, everything

1109
00:49:53,519 --> 00:49:56,280
that's going on around the state of Utah and more

1110
00:49:56,719 --> 00:49:59,920
at Larson Sports on x L A r Son Sport,

1111
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or over on the bryceon be Ucci podcast wherever you

1112
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,119
get your podcast. Thanks, Ron, appreciate you.

1113
00:50:05,199 --> 00:50:06,679
Speaker 3: Of course it is up there to the photo, it's

1114
00:50:06,679 --> 00:50:09,000
a sexy photo. I love it and that's Larson within

1115
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:11,480
oen the right way, not the en Don't be going

1116
00:50:11,519 --> 00:50:13,719
and doing that that nasty stuff with a Bryce.

1117
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,199
Speaker 2: Happy New Year to your brother.

1118
00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:17,599
Speaker 3: Enjoy celebrating and you'd be saved down there with the

1119
00:50:17,599 --> 00:50:18,719
fam in Vegas.

1120
00:50:19,519 --> 00:50:22,280
Speaker 5: Hey, we'll do happy birthday to you and congrats on

1121
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:22,920
another year.

1122
00:50:23,079 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 3: Hey, appreciate it. Man, twenty nine feels good. I still

1123
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,480
feel like I'm eighteen in my mindset, but my body

1124
00:50:28,519 --> 00:50:29,880
don't feel that way. So that's how you know I'm

1125
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older now.

1126
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Speaker 2: He appreciate it. Brother.

1127
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