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Speaker 1: Just like the Cougar football team, Ben Criddle was built,

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not poor, and since two thousand and nineties built himself

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into the go to source on the radio and online

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for all things Cougars. This is Cougar Sports with Ben

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Speaker 2: Look bad, Yeah, buddy, Welcome in Cougar Sports one of

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three nine ninety eight one pre he at the end

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the Fanta Special edition of Cougar Sports, a Saturday edition

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of Cougar's was a pregame edition of Cougar Sports. We're

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gonna be celebrating throughout the h the pregame show. Why

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because BYU's going to Arlington BYU was able to seal

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the deal through and Arizona State loss late last night.

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U of A doing their part a top twenty five

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team and that gives b Y you a nice little

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continual resume builder with that win over U of A

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early in the season at U of A. By the

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by the way, in yeah in ot it's okay. We

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loved it. It was fantastic, it was glorious. It was

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a great win for the Cougars and it paid off

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big time last night is the u of a Wildcats

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bear down right Beardown got the win over the Arizona

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State Sun Devils in a convincing fashion too. They should

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have been won by more points in my opinion, So

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we're gonna be celebrating that throughout the pregame show. We

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appreciate you tuning in, chiming in wherever you gonna be

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tuning in and chiming in from. We're gonna take you

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all the way up to kickoff here on your Utah

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ESBN Radio network. We're live from the SWIG location just

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south of Lavelle Edwards Stadium, and it's a beautiful morning, cool,

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Speaker 3: A little bit of some clouds here, but not too much.

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Speaker 2: Win. It is a beautiful morning for college football, about

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So come on by get energized prior to kickoff before

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by he takes on the UCF Knights. We hope that

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the Cougars are not complacent after clinching that Big twelve

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Championship invite. No matter what happens though tonight or today, rather,

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it doesn't matter, BYU's going to the Big Towl Championship game.

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But it doesn't hurt to have a convincing victory, a

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twenty one plus point victory, a three score victory today

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at Lavelle Edwards Stadium. It wouldn't hurt. Okay, you gotta

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come out and take care of business. You have been

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the master of your destiny for the most part, but

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you got a little bit of help last night with

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you of A's win over Arizona State. But boy, you're

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gonna be taking on the UCF Knights today. Kickoff is

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an eleven or eleven AM local, and we're gonna be

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taking it all the way up to kickoff here on

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your Utah ESPN Radio Network.

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Speaker 3: Guys, let's welcome into the show.

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Speaker 2: Also Ronald the three Man Weaver, Roddie, how you living good?

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Speaker 4: This is a little not on par right waking up

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at you know, five forty five leaving the house at

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six thirty. BYU playing in these morning games, it feels

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like Oklahoma back in twenty twenty three, except this time

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BYU is going to Arlington. We will be covering that

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we will be there. But look, it doesn't change regardless

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of the time. I know we keep saying at night

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because we're like, why is it so early? Where the

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Vampire coops? I feel like mays A burning been, But no, Like,

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the game plan is the same. You gotta put this

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team away early, bin fast. But because you do have

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a clinch spot, maybe now you can get guys a

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little bit of rest. Maybe they could sit out maybe

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a quarter or two. We'll discuss that later on, but

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I think that's the mindset now, is when this game

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as early as possible, do everything that you were gonna

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do before with the same mindset, same game plan, and

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then maybe guys like LJ. Bear, Jack, Kelly, Isaiah lasking

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everybody healthy for the Red Raiders Part two, maybe those

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guys could get a little bit of extra rest.

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Speaker 3: Going in the next.

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Speaker 2: Saturday, excited to see how this Cougar team performs in

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a day game versus a team you see if that's

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fighting for Bowl eligibility. One of the key stories is

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for UC after is that to be to a certain

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to a certain extent kind of the spoiler today and

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to limit some of the momentum that BYU has.

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Speaker 3: Do you see that happening.

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Speaker 4: I don't see that happening, but they're gonna try to look.

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don't like the cold. My pops after he got deployed,

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moved to Florida, you know, going back and forth, he

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didn't like the cold. Bin He didn't even win a sixty.

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on a jacket, and we're probably just doing that by nature.

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Boll He probably take it off. I got a short

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sleeve shirt, might have the channel my inter Pat McAfee,

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and take it off, you know, and stand on top

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of the table. He's shaking the said, I'm joking. By

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the way, no one wants to see that that sight.

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But no, I think the weather still will be a factor.

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Speaker 3: Ben.

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Speaker 4: You go up twenty one nothing in the fourth first quarter,

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they're gonna fold. They're gonna be like, all right, gg's

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it was a good game, good season, and like they

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know that this is gonna be a hostile environment. You

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still have to come in and step on the throat.

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Don't give an opportunity to take the pebble from your hand,

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you know. And I think BYU will go out and

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execute and then UCF will turn over because this team

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has really hurt been by injuries. I just think when

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you're not full fully staffed, and when I mean fully staffed.

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first hour. You heard it right, sixty percent of the

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team is hurt. That's tough. You can't be BYU being

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forty percent healthy.

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Speaker 3: I think they're only about sixty percent healthy.

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Speaker 4: I think it was forty okay, unhealthy.

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Speaker 2: Still, that's not good enough regardless at D level right now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and look, if you're playing D level against BYU,

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the backups can go out and torture.

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Speaker 3: So you're gonna put your D team against the A team.

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Speaker 2: YU taking on the UCF Knights saw today, and we

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would love for you guys to come on over you

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about it, shout out to all the Cougar fans showing

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up early to Lavell Edward Stadium. As I mentioned this game,

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although it doesn't mean much, I feel like it does

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mean a lot for momentum. Right so you could have

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this game be a close one versus Ucia and it

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could hurt you from a momentum standpoint, even a public

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relations standpoint.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it hurts you that much though.

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Speaker 2: Because no matter what, in my opinion, I hate to

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be dire, hate to be negative here. I don't think

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if you go to the Big twelve championship game, okay,

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and compete and keep it within ten points or one score,

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what have you Versus Tech? I don't think even that

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gets you into the College Football Playoff. So you have

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to go into Arlington in a neutral setting, and I

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hope Cougar Nation shows up at least fifty percent of

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the stadium I'm hoping is in Royal Blue.

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Speaker 3: You got to go in and win that game.

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Speaker 2: If you don't win that game, I believe the College

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Football Playoff Committee's gonna do everything in their power to

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keep BYU out. Why do I say that, Well, because

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they've shown graphics.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: The College Football Playoff Committee has been very much open

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and honest how they view BYU, and it is completely

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and utterly not resume based but eye test base.

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Speaker 3: They're leaning heavily into the.

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Speaker 2: BYU Texas Tech game and the eye test how they

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were never in that game.

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Speaker 3: They weren't competitive.

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Speaker 2: Even though the defense showed well, the offense and special

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teams were out manned, outgunned, out personneled outs gamed they.

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Speaker 3: Were just in over their heads, it looked like.

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Speaker 2: And they're taking that eye test to the bank and

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they're saying, look, even though BYU has the number seven

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ranked strength of record, they have a top thirty strength

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of schedule, they're only a one lost team, and they're

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gonna be a one lost team. I believe after this

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this afternoon slate of games, right in this afternoon game

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here at Lavelle Edwards Stadium, even all that considered, they

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will not get into the colleg football playoff if they

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don't beat Texas Tech. So I don't think it really

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matters today what happens, because either way, you're gonna have

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to beat Texas Tech in Arlington.

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Speaker 3: Agree or disagree? I agree. I think the only way

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Speaker 4: That by you could get in with playing a close

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game in Texas Tech and losing in Arlington is if

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two things happen, two out of the three, either Oregon

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in Oklahoma need to lose Oklahoma and Alabama or Oregon

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in Alabama needs to be one of those, right right,

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Speaker 3: But they're not gonna follow the top ten.

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Speaker 4: Right, they've been right number three for a while, and

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now you have the conversation of I saw your post.

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Speaker 3: It has begun.

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Speaker 4: Now a three lost Texas team is saying we deserve

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to be in the playoffs. Yep, you know how they

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feel about SEC. You know what they're gonna do. They

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will try everything in their power to put a three

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loss SEC team in over you. They said that you

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won't be punished, but if you were the last team

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to get in and you lost Ben in the title game,

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they would punish you and they would put an SEC

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team in over you.

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Speaker 3: They put a big ten. Hell, they might even.

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Speaker 4: Play ACC team in for crying out loud. They have

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already been declarat of about that. And that's the sad

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part about it. By you. It was on a national stage.

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I don't agree that they got dominated on the defensive

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side of the ball. I think the offense got dominated.

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two out of the three of the top twenty five,

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top ten, excuse me, what's to bed this last week

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of the season.

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Speaker 3: That's the only way.

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Speaker 2: By the way, Texas their strength of record is eleventh,

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so they're hovering right outside the top ten here. Their

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FPI ranking is twelve. Their AP pole through this past

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week was sixteenth.

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Speaker 3: Their ap and.

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Speaker 2: College Football College Football Playoff Poll was sixteenth.

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Speaker 3: Their strength of schedule is six in the country.

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Speaker 2: So, like, I don't mind having the conversation about how

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good Texas is, okay, and I don't mind saying that. Look,

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they very well could be a top ten team in

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college football right now. Leading up to November. They did

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schedule aggressively. They lost Ohio State early. I don't think

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they should be punished for early losses to the number one,

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number two team, number three team in College Football League.

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I don't think it necessarily they should be punished for that.

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a quality loss. The twelfth team in the SEC, they're

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three and eight overall. Their only wins are to the

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it was at home, Okay, it was in the swamp.

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Speaker 3: I get it.

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Speaker 2: And they have a win versus Mississippi State. Those are

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their three wins. They've lost to the UCF Bulls early

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in the season. They lost to LSU, who fired their coach.

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They lost to Miami. Miami is a good team. They

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lost to Texas, A and M. They lost to Georgia,

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they lost of Kentucky, they lost to Ole, miss and

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they lost to Tennessee. They take on Florida State this Saturday.

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So that's their resume, and unfortunately the Longhorns lost to them.

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It isn't a way setting though, So I have a

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little bit of grace for Texas in this particular situation

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because of their resume, their strength of schedule, their strength

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of record.

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Speaker 3: They're right there. But Ba's not gonna get that same

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benefit of the doubt. No they're not.

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Speaker 4: And that's the crazy part, Like any argument that all

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of these coaches with two or three losses that are

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making that are behind BYU. Like and I don't know

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if you saw the thing Miami posted, and this is

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what's so funny, right of how they come for like

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the Big twelve, Miami posted a graphic of BYU's wins

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Utah's wins, but yet they didn't come for the top ten.

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So you think you should be eleventh. So it's just

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about the big twelve. You're not trying to lobby to

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be into the College fawball playoffs. You just think you

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should be eleventh, and you're doing the same thing. You're

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banking that people in the top ten will fumble the back.

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Speaker 3: And you get in. Why would you say eleven or

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twelve you need to be there when.

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Speaker 4: You're gonna play then a SEC title game when there's

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a chance you could like no, like, And that's the

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issue that I have. It's not to dame all this

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like everybody wants to it. The committee does this. The

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Committee says, your strength to record, your strength to schedule

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matters until we don't want it to matter, until we

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want to say, oh, you have a good loss Notre Dame,

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Oh you have a good loss Texas, you have a

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good loss Alabama. It's like, and this is what they're

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gonna have to do. They're gonna have to eat Crow, right,

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They're gonna have to eat Crow because if BYU wins

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the title game, Ben, guess what happens.

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Speaker 3: Now one of those teams has to get out.

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Speaker 4: You have to You're gonna have to push somebody out

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because you're not gonna remove Texas Tech. You remove a

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two loss Texas Tech team, Do you know what's gonna happen?

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Not only Brett, your Mark's gonna uproar the college football world.

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Might that's been a top five team all year, they

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lose one. They lose one game in the title game

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that you said wasn't count against them, But now you're

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gonna hold that.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 4: If you lose, Alabama might miss the playoffs. You might

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have to knock Alabama for losing to Florida State early

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in the season, because there's no way you can bounce

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both of those Big twelve schools. So if your BYU

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calls havoc, force the committee to make a decision that

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they have to l either an SEC or a Big

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ten school, it's gonna have to happen a BYU wins

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down in Arlington.

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Speaker 2: Ben by use resume right now as it sits seventh

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and strength of record. They are fifteenth in the FBI

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Football Power Index. There are eleventh in the AP and

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College Football Playoff Poll, as well as twenty eighth in

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strength of schedule, And with that resume, I think they

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deserve to be in obviously, and you know who else

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thinks they deserve to be in the College Football Playoff? Brett,

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your mark the commissioner. I sent you some sound here.

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Speaker 3: AP. Let's also welcome in Andrew Peterson to the show. AP.

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How you living, buddy?

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Speaker 2: How you feeling about BYU's chances in order to get

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into the College Football Playoff without winning in Arlington?

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Speaker 5: Well, then I think it comes down to, Obviously, it's

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gonna come down to if teams ahead of BYU lose

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beating UCF is not going to put BYU above in Alabama.

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Whether we can argue whether or not BYU should be,

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the committee just won't unless Alabama loses to Auburn or

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Oregon falls to Washington, something like that happens. BYU cannot

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get into the playoff unless they win the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 3: The Big Twelve championship.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, unless they won the Big Twelve championship.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, Brett Yormark, let's get this queued up. He was

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being interviewed in the middle of the U of a

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ASU game on the sideline, I think it was maybe

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in the south end zone there, and he made a

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case a case for BYU. He wanted to get it

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in too. He he wasn't even asked the question. He said, hey,

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I want I want to get in on one more thing,

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and then he elaborated on BYU.

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Speaker 3: Choice.

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Speaker 2: And quite honestly, I'm surprised he didn't go on record

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soon enough. I it's a little bit late for propaganda

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for me. He should have been pushing this propaganda.

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Speaker 3: Why why, why why.

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Speaker 2: Was Brett not is actively engaged in promoting b YU

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up to this point.

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Speaker 4: A man tells me everything, just like he tells me

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about a woman of the order.

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Speaker 3: He lists them in. Who did he list first? Tech?

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Who did he lists second? Utah? He didn't list by

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U s Utah second? He likes be a strong, can'tiation? Right?

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Speaker 4: And then he mentioned by you last. You can say

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all say the best for last last shall be first

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all the scripture funny things. No, he mentioned Utah second

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because that's what he wants the title game to be.

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He wants it to be tech in Utah.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 4: Well, guess what, Arizona state you fum with that opportunity,

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Thank you Arizona. So that's what he wants, but it's

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now by you and he The reason why he mentioned

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by you last is both are true he wants Utah,

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but also to be declarative and to have the rant

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about you, b Yu is what you have to have.

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The last point be, because the last thing for the

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committee to remember will be what Brett, you or Mark said.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get to it.

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Speaker 2: In the middle of the ASUU of a game last night,

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this is what Brett Ormore had to say about BYU

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and its resume.

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Speaker 3: I just wanted to.

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Speaker 2: Know that if you'd have told me a couple of

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months ago we'd have three in the top thirteen, I.

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Speaker 3: Would have taken it. And I'm thrilled where this conference

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is going.

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Speaker 2: You know, as it relates to Texas Tech, you feel

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really good about them.

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Speaker 3: I think they're as showing m ACFP and Utah as

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he They.

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Speaker 2: Won their tenth game this year and they should get

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strong consideration. As it relates to BYU, I think they've

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been underappreciate all season long, and when you compare them

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to a Notre Dame, there.

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Speaker 3: Is no comparison when you think of strength of strength

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of schedule and win loss.

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Speaker 2: And I've got a lot of confidence in the CFP

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selection committee. I'm sure we'll get it right by the end.

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Speaker 3: Of the season.

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Speaker 4: Well, Timmy b and Devin the commissioner has spoken indeed.

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Speaker 3: And I'm right in step with him. And you noticed

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he wanted to get that in. Yeah, that was a

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question that didn't even need to be asked. He was

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gonna get that in. And I don't blame him.

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Speaker 2: There was enough lob that's going to take place for

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most conferences and a better metrics and you know who

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I'm talking about, turn down on the yard to go back,

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all right there, So there you have it. He calls

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out specifically Notre Dame. Where does Notre Dame currently stand

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in strength of record FPI strength of schedule? Notre Dame

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is thirteenth per strength of record, so significantly behind BUYU

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at number seven. Notre Dame's FPI, though is number three

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in the nation. AP and College Football Playoff Poll is

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at ninth. Their strength of schedule is thirty six in

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the country and the remaining strength of schedule is sixty four.

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Speaker 3: Because they're taking on Stamford.

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Speaker 2: One of the games that you're rooting for right now

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is Stanford to win at home.

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Speaker 3: Stanford has always.

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Speaker 2: Already done something I think this year that was a

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surprise to many, and they're not a great football team

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by any means, but they've had a few good wins

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this season. I would say surprising wins this season. I

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don't think they're good enough at four and seven to

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knock off Notre Dame, but they just got a thirty

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one to ten victory over Col Cow I thought was

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a decent football.

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Speaker 3: Team this year.

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Speaker 2: They've won some games, Yes, they've lost some games earlier

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the season. Stanford also beat Florida State, who's a little

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bit down fraud. They beat Santose State as well as

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Boston College, so they've played a little bit better at

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home at their home stadium. They've been winning some pretty

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good games. Like I said, they beat Cal at home,

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Florida State at home, Santjose at home, and Boston College

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at home. So all their wins have come on their

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home field. So something is brewing.

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe an upset. I don't think it's happening, but

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you know, well, here's the thing.

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Speaker 4: Can I be honest? Look, and I just want to

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commit consistency right from the committee. If Stanford plays Nor

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to Dame tough, do you do what Utah and Kansas State?

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Do you drop them?

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Speaker 3: One?

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Speaker 4: Havn't no business dealing with the team that they should

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blow out. Yeah, if it's a one score game, then

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do you do you drop? Do you drop them a slot?

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Speaker 2: I don't think so. I don't think they're gonna drop. No,

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they're not gonna drop. The proximity of margin of victory.

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I just don't see it happening. That's only if it's BYU, because.

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Speaker 3: That's only if it's the twelve.

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Speaker 2: He does have the brand equity, right, they don't have

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the fifty years of cheating in college football that has

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built their brand. Right. They've had to do it from

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the ground up. They had to do it by revolutionizing

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the pass game. They had to do it through Uh

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just just this outside think tank, right, bringing in Lavelle

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and Level did so many great things. He told the

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young men to go serve mission. Right, that was a

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game changer for many. I think just like the mindset

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of missions. He started throwing the ball, bringing in fantastic quarterbacks.

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And you know, we have all these awards, we have

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all these championships. That's not good enough. Because it was

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in the whack, that was in the Mountain West Conference,

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that was eventually in the Independence b Why you realize

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I put together the reasons why I believe that the

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rankings look exactly you know how they are right now,

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So I put it out on Twitter.

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Speaker 3: You tell me what you guys think.

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Speaker 2: Why do the CFP rankings look the way they do?

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Number one preseason rankings, in my opinion, still cast a

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very long shadow. Teams that start high get the grace

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they just do overhyped overrated teams. What's interesting, Remember in

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the preseason when we discussed overrated and underrated Since two

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thousand in fourteen in the per the Apeopole, BYU was

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the most underrated team historically in the Peopole era and

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from twenty fourteen to present day, meaning they start outside

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of the top twenty five in the Apeopole, by the

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end of the season they're in the top twenty five.

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So BYU is the most underrated college football team since

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twenty fourteen. Traditional powers benefit most from that early perception

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and it lingers all season long. Most overrated teams check

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this out since twenty fourteen include many of your top

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ten teams currently Texas A and m Oregon Oklahoma. Those

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are the teams that start high in the AP pole

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and they end up being ousted of the AP pole.

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Speaker 3: By the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: So number two, that contribute to this recruiting rankings that

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feeds the machine, the monster. Same big brands dominating recruiting,

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which enforces expected greatness, boost preseason positioning, strengthens brand equity

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throughout the season even when on field results. WAF will remember,

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we've had We've had Matt Brown hop onto our show

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many times, the uh the owner of extra points.

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Speaker 3: He's gone into the data.

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Speaker 2: Okay, college football and bagman in the SEC and the

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pictenna and even going back to the Ivy League spool

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that has been a part of the college football landscape.

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Now we have parody. Now we have equality, We have

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the ability SMU BYU, everyone has the ability to pay

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players a fair market rate for their donor base whenever

476
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they want to pay them they can.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

478
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Speaker 2: That has elevated the ability of these teams to compete

479
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at that level. So all of what I'm saying is

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the brand equity has been built through cheating over.

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Speaker 3: The last fifty years.

482
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Speaker 2: Now everyone can do an option great as these other

483
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teams have. Yeah, So number three TV money, geography, population density,

484
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they matter more than anyone likes to admit. Bigger markets,

485
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denser regions drive higher ratings, more exposure, more narrative protection.

486
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Speaker 3: This keeps the big brands atop.

487
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Speaker 2: The food chain of the college football landscape. Number four,

488
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Conference perception isn't equal. We know this, so all of

489
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this is sequential. The committee clearly values the Big ten

490
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and sec those wins more than a Big twelve or

491
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ACC results, even when the records say otherwise. Not All

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Power four passer judge the same quality wins and quality

493
00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:43,880
losses from in conference play ny Trump. Any out of

494
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conference loss is sustained versus the Big twelve for ACC,

495
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and by the way, the Big twelve was pretty gosh

496
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ding good versus their power for foes this season in

497
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,160
the non conference slate Number five, there aren't enough true

498
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,519
power form versus Power four match early to create this clarity, right,

499
00:25:02,559 --> 00:25:05,359
there's not enough data points. September is filled with these

500
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tune up matches, not measuring sticks. Without a larger cross

501
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conference data set, the committee defaults to brand history and assumption. Furthermore,

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November momentum is now playing a key role. Are you

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seeing all this November momentum coming into play? Texas is

504
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a good example of that. Right now, it just is

505
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November momentum, Notre Dame, even Miami to a certain degree,

506
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November moments is playing a bigger role per the colle

507
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Football Playoff Committee up to this point, No matter what Brett,

508
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Marty or Mark says, he has confidence that the colle

509
00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:41,839
Football Playoff Committe's gonna get it right. Are we confident

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considering all these things, all of these points that I

511
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just made, I'm not either trus The human elements don't trust.

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Speaker 3: I do not.

513
00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 4: I mean, look, the human element just told you that

514
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that by you can't be in Oh well they just

515
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the eye test one. I'm like, really, one game. So

516
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you're telling me, because they're not in a premier conference

517
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:07,000
that SEC team could lose to three teams even if

518
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it's a formidable opponent or not a formidable opponent, and

519
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they can be in the top ten above BYU. That's

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what you're telling me. That's exactly what they told me that.

521
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So Alabama cluse to Florida State the first week of

522
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the season, it happens, Well, can I be honest with you?

523
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Been you know what I was thinking about all last

524
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night as I was trying to fall asleep, it hit me.

525
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I went back and I rewatched the entire Bau.

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Speaker 3: Texas that game. I did that because I couldn't fall asleep.

527
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Speaker 4: I was not a bit I woke up at one

528
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thirty again, watched it, went back to sleep, and I said,

529
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I got it. If by You would have lost to

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Texas Tech the first day, the first conference game, they'd

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be in the timing of it is what happens. Even

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if it was on national television. If they would have

533
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lost early, like Ohio State and Texas they did, it

534
00:26:47,279 --> 00:26:49,640
had been way different because then now your lobbying would

535
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be different. I'm like, it's when they lost and it

536
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,799
happened again, just like it did last year. The timing

537
00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:57,640
of November to what you mentioned. If BYU loses that

538
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game in September doesn't matter, doesn't matter because they're probably

539
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in the top ten.

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Speaker 3: That's really what hit me. It hit me finally at

541
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the end there, Ap, what do you got for me?

542
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Speaker 5: Well, I just want to add on to Ron's point.

543
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,599
I don't think it's necessarily just like I agree with

544
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,160
what he says, it's when you lose.

545
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Speaker 3: It's not just if it's November.

546
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Speaker 5: I think it's when the college football playoff rankings start

547
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coming out. Because the first time that the committee really

548
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pays attention. I think they get off on the ap

549
00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:31,720
pole doing their job for the first however many weeks,

550
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and once they start doing their poll, then they pay attention.

551
00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:36,920
So you can get away with the loss or two

552
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,039
before the playoff rankings. But after the playoff rankings show

553
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,680
starts going every week you have to win every game.

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Speaker 3: That's true. Yeah, I agree with you.

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the way up to kickoff. We'd love to see this.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have Monster Energy drinks stew guys that we're

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gonna head it out, and we got bagels and cream cheese.

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to level Edward Stadium. We'd love to see you when

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we come back. Guys, we're gonna take a brief time out.

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When we come back, we're gonna be breaking down the teams.

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Speaker 3: You should be rooting for. Facts.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we're gonna break down line on them by lying

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on them. The teams that we were rooting for last

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night that didn't do what they were supposed to, and

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the teams that did do what they were supposed to. Obviously,

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you of A was a team there you, Mississippi State. Yeah, yeah,

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thanks for nothing, Mississippi State. We'll get into all of

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the games that you should be uh watching and and uh.

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While you're watching the BYU football game coming up next,

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cool Chris morning, great day for college football, partly cloudy

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and it should be a beautiful game day kickoff type

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of weather. Here in a couple of hours, we're gonna

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take you all the way up to kickoff. Gett your prep,

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get you're ready for this blow UCF game, and recaping

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what's occurred in college football that could help BYU and who.

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Speaker 3: Didn't help BYU.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna get into that here in the segment Bronch

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you by Banterwealth Batterwealth dot Com. I got Ronald the

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three Man Weaver by my side and also Play Anderson

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of Banterwealth Bantererwealth dot Com Blain. We caught up with

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you earlier this week, you and McKay Hillston. I thought

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McKay gave us some good keys to victory for this

630
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,799
Cougar football team this week. And then looking towards the

631
00:31:27,279 --> 00:31:31,400
Big twelve Championship which was sealed last night with the

632
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,200
u of a win over ASU in that rivalry match.

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I feel like BYU is built a little bit different

634
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than than what they were going into that that Texas

635
00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:41,960
Tech game.

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Speaker 3: I think they're gonna be healthier.

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Speaker 2: J Hill discussed that they're gonna be healthier heading into

638
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that Big twelve championship game. And I'm gonna bet on

639
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,640
Jay Hill and a Rod the second go around versus

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Texas Tech in Arlington.

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Speaker 3: I'm with you.

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00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:57,599
Speaker 2: I love that take.

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Speaker 6: If it's anything we seek to get better than second half,

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I can only imagine in the second game, in a

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second time against Texas Tech. I gotta think that we're

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gonna play better, play stronger. I did like listening to

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McKay as well. Sounds like the guys are pumped with

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love us a rematch and I can't wait.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: Well, these are the other teams. We're already sealed, We're signed, sealed, delivered.

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These are the teams that we need to be rooting

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for today. Obviously, Mississippi State did not do their job

653
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yesterday in that rivalry game. They got They got beat

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up pretty good. Ole miss is a good football team.

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At eleven to one to seven to one in the

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SEC they lost thirty eight to nineteen. They did not

657
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keep it close. Utah got the win over Kansas. That's

658
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actually a good thing for US. I think it's better

659
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for the resume in my opinion. Thirty one twenty one,

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that was a nice dub for them. Texas A and

661
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M didn't do their job. I felt like I thought

662
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it was better for Texas A and M to win

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that game and keep Texas out of our mouths, out

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of the College Football Playoff Committee's mouth. They lost seventeen

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to twenty seven. I don't think Texas A and M

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is dropping out of the top ten yet Texas may

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be inserted into the top ten when all is said

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and done.

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Speaker 3: So that was not good.

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Speaker 2: Georgia Tech did not do their job. They did knock off,

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they did not knock off the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia Tech

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lost sixteen to nine. It was a close one though

673
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it came down to a final possession. Yet you of

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A did twenty three to seven versus Arizona State and

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BYU got the bid and they are still the master

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of their own destiny as they take their talents to Arlington.

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Other games you need to watch out for. Oregon's heading

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out to Washington. Washington has been a good team this year.

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Oregon could fall to the Washington Huskies, so you're rooting

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on the Huskies obviously. This week Auburn versus Alabama the

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Iron Bowl, Alabama heading to Auburn.

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Speaker 3: That's at Auburn.

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Speaker 2: Auburn has like five losses in which the average scoring

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margin the losing margin was like three and a half points.

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They're close in every single game that they have lost

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this season. Go through the schedule, Auburn has just lost

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by one score every single week.

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Speaker 3: They've been competitive.

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Speaker 2: So you hope they keep it close versus Alabama and

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that magic can happen in a rivalry game at Auburn. Okay,

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it just means more than the SEC Auburn. Let's make

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it mean more. LSU is at Oklahoma. That's a big one.

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LSU had a coaching change, obviously, they have an interim coach,

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They have an interim staff essentially trying to make their mark,

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trying to be retained here.

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Speaker 3: Making his decision today was just announced. Can you hear me?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 3: Nope? Did that just happen? Okay, okay, just double check it, but.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, lan Kiff will make a decision today. I just

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saw on ESPN about what his future is, so LSU

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will miss what will happened.

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Speaker 2: There, So we'll see how that plays out. The other teams,

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Stamford versus Notre Dame. Notre Dame's head out to Stanford.

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As we mentioned, that's a big one. I don't predict

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that that Stafford's gonna win that game, but their four wins.

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Stamford's four wins this season have come at home, and

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they just had a twenty one point victory over Cal,

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their rival, and I thought Cal actually looked pretty good

709
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,599
this season. Now, Justin Wilcox and his entire staff was

710
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,039
just let go after that loss. But up to this point,

711
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:24,159
I mean, I thought they were in the Bowl eligible.

712
00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:27,719
They beat Oregon State earlier this season, they beat Minnesota,

713
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,719
they beat Boston College, they beat UNC, and they beat Louisville.

714
00:35:32,119 --> 00:35:34,280
Those are their wins this season, and they've been close

715
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,320
in many of these other games. They lost to Virginia

716
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,159
Tech forty two to thirty four. In doubt, they lost

717
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:46,400
to Virginia by ten, So they're a decent squad. Stanford

718
00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:50,880
dominated them, okay, just pumbled them at home. So anything

719
00:35:51,039 --> 00:35:55,000
is possible in a game in which you're playing on

720
00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:57,559
your home turn So watch out for that one. Noe

721
00:35:57,639 --> 00:36:02,400
stands a much about that. Also, Pitt versus Miami, you're

722
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,840
rooting for Pitt there. You'd like to see them come

723
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,440
up with a victory. Ohio State at Michigan that is

724
00:36:09,519 --> 00:36:12,360
another rivalry game, so you're you're looking to root on

725
00:36:13,159 --> 00:36:16,360
obviously Michigan there. You wonder if Michigan wins that game,

726
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,199
if they're gonna have a similar type of momentum as

727
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,519
that of Texas Texas having that type of momentum after

728
00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:24,719
beating Texas A and M.

729
00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 3: We'll see how that plays out and then you.

730
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 2: Can, I guess you could say like Iowa State oklaom

731
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,639
was anything to build your resume. Any of the teams

732
00:36:32,679 --> 00:36:35,320
that you always played up to this point, e. CU

733
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,679
playing Florida Atlantic. Those are the games that you're rooting

734
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,199
for right now, Ronald Any in particular, what's the most

735
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,960
likely Which game is most likely to end up going

736
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,000
in BYU's favor?

737
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,199
Speaker 4: Probably the Auburn Alabama one. That's probably your most likely one.

738
00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:55,559
Right it's Iron Bowl. Auburn's gotten Alabama before they're looking

739
00:36:55,599 --> 00:36:58,360
to get bow eligible. Margin of loss, like you mentioned,

740
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,199
has been basically a field goal, so and that would

741
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,360
knock Alabama out, and look, Alabama was out last year.

742
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,000
The committee doesn't mind doing it back to back years

743
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,800
of Alabama puts themselves in that situation.

744
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,159
Speaker 3: But now this answers the conversation.

745
00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 4: Do you bump a three lost Texas team if that's

746
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,679
the case in Oregon gets knocked off, But that will

747
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,800
prove my point of you know, then two teams in

748
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,599
the top ten will lose. You're gonna put a nine

749
00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:20,840
and three Washington team in?

750
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 3: Do they get in?

751
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 4: Man? If that's the case, if a Michigan beats Olio State,

752
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,880
do they get in? Because we have to take into

753
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,519
account resume at this point just because people have the

754
00:37:30,559 --> 00:37:32,880
same amount of losses. When it starts to get late

755
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,559
in the season where you beat someone, it doesn't just

756
00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:37,599
todary mean this person gets automatically. But no, to your point,

757
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,119
Auburn Alabama is the first one. The second one is

758
00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:43,800
probably Washington Oregon, and then I'll go the third is

759
00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:45,159
LSU at Oklahoma.

760
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 3: AP.

761
00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 2: I know you want to chime that all days, which

762
00:37:49,119 --> 00:37:54,320
game or games are most likely to go a BYU's

763
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,800
favor here. Well, I'm gonna start off.

764
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 5: I'm gonna agree with Ron a little bit on that

765
00:37:59,079 --> 00:38:02,719
Alabama game. That one feels like it might get weird.

766
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,400
I'm not gonna expect Auburn to win, but I won't

767
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:09,119
be surprised if they do. I like Washington over Oregon.

768
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,440
Something about that quarterback at Washington. I like watching him

769
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,599
play nice. I think he could cause Oregon some problems.

770
00:38:17,679 --> 00:38:18,679
Speaker 3: But I'm gonna.

771
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,159
Speaker 5: Disagree with you here, Ben. On one point, you said

772
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:22,760
you want Michigan to beat Ohio.

773
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 3: No I don't actually, no, no, no, I I was.

774
00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 2: I was saying, it depends on how you view it, right,

775
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,559
if you think that Michigan beating Ohio State puts them,

776
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:34,159
I'm gonna say that to the top ten that you

777
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:38,719
don't want no caveat was this like, it's like the text.

778
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,159
Speaker 3: It's the same situation with two a degree.

779
00:38:41,599 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 2: I know, I know Michigan's a two loss team in

780
00:38:43,519 --> 00:38:47,639
Texas is a three loss team, but it seems very

781
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:48,880
similar right now.

782
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 3: Michigan's on the outside looking in with their two losses.

783
00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:53,079
Texas was on the outside looking in.

784
00:38:53,159 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 2: They beat a top ten team, and now they're being

785
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,800
maybe I'm probagated as a team that should be in

786
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,079
the top ten and and or receiving at Lard's bid,

787
00:39:03,559 --> 00:39:06,000
and that would be the same thing that Michigan would

788
00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,880
have going for them playing great in late November, saying hey,

789
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,760
well we're one of the top ten teams.

790
00:39:11,639 --> 00:39:14,559
Speaker 3: In college football. We deserve to be there. So that's

791
00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:16,320
my caveat. It depends on how you view it.

792
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 2: Some people say, hey, they're out no matter what. I

793
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:20,760
don't think that that's the case.

794
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 3: I think they're in.

795
00:39:22,559 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you there because their two losses

796
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,039
are to whom right now? Right they have some have

797
00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:30,920
they have quality losses.

798
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 3: Well, very for me.

799
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 5: The difference between Michigan and Texas, I think the committee's

800
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,000
gonna slot Texas one slot behind BYU. They're gonna jump

801
00:39:40,119 --> 00:39:44,920
Utah on Miami, I think absolutely Texas. I think Michigan

802
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,000
would jump BYU with the win over Ohio State.

803
00:39:48,039 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 3: I think that their two losses are to USC.

804
00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:53,679
Speaker 2: They had a double digit loss at USC thirty one

805
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:54,360
to thirteen.

806
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 3: That was back in October, so it was October eleventh.

807
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,599
Speaker 2: Their other loss came early and it was non conference,

808
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:05,880
so it's a those early games now are being thrown

809
00:40:06,039 --> 00:40:06,920
out the window.

810
00:40:09,159 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 3: Tea the Oklahoma they weren't looking Oklahoma.

811
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 4: And then even if they do go that deep in

812
00:40:13,039 --> 00:40:15,119
the back of you know what, they're gonna say, Oklahoma's

813
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:18,360
the top ten team. That's a quality loss the USC

814
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,559
guess what they lost by w They scored your game,

815
00:40:20,639 --> 00:40:21,239
You got wax.

816
00:40:21,639 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 3: That's what they're gonna do to jump BYU. So I

817
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,239
agree with those poor guys.

818
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 5: I'm going to give you two official predictions here. I

819
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,079
have Washington over Oregon. I think they beat them by three.

820
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,960
And I'm gonna say LSU is gonna make things weird

821
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:38,400
for Oklahoma. They've got athletes, they haven't put it together

822
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:43,280
this year. I wonder if Oklahoma's maybe they they think

823
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,519
they're a shoe in. They feel really good, especially after

824
00:40:46,599 --> 00:40:51,519
that Alabama win. I've got LSU over Oklahoma.

825
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:54,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would love to see that.

826
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 2: Right now, I'm kind of teetering between that LSU at Oklahoma.

827
00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 3: Oklahoma's gonna play well at home.

828
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,039
Speaker 2: You want to think that these games are going to

829
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:11,519
lean By's favor whenever the opponent that needs to lose

830
00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:14,000
is heading on the road, right, And that's why you

831
00:41:14,159 --> 00:41:16,719
lean maybe that Oregon game versus Washington.

832
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,519
Speaker 3: Who is Washington? How good has Washington been this year?

833
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,159
Speaker 2: Early in the season, they were ranked. They had a

834
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,360
lot of momentum in their favor. They were winning football games.

835
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,719
That's an eight and three team, a talented team, a

836
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,880
well coached team. Remember U of A was a pretty

837
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,840
gosh dying good team the last the last, Like if

838
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,559
you go back three and two years ago, right coach Fish.

839
00:41:44,519 --> 00:41:46,280
He was the head coach of u of A and

840
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,880
a lot of his talent and retained a lot of

841
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,719
the talent. Remember when Kaylyndmore went over to Alabama and

842
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,079
they got a swad. Demon Williams played at Basher where

843
00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:59,599
my nephew Tommy Brass play. That dude's a dog. He's

844
00:41:59,639 --> 00:42:03,679
a fan tastic football football player. They've lost to Ohio

845
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,000
State twenty four to six. Okay, that was at home

846
00:42:07,079 --> 00:42:09,000
though in the Ohio State. We know Ohio State's a

847
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,840
good team. They listen closed to the four. They lost

848
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,559
to Michigan. That was at Michigan twenty four to seven,

849
00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:17,159
and then they lost in Wisconsin. The most disappointing thing

850
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,079
was they lost a close one to Wisconsin thirteen to ten.

851
00:42:20,159 --> 00:42:22,239
But that was at Camp Randall, so you kind of

852
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,920
take all that into account. They're gonna be playing at

853
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,760
home at Husky Stadium.

854
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 3: This year.

855
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 2: They destroyed Colorado State thirty eight to twenty one. They

856
00:42:31,519 --> 00:42:34,039
beat up on UC Davis they should have had seventy

857
00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:37,800
to ten. They ended up beating Washington State fifty nine

858
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,239
to twenty four. Washington State was kind of hovering around

859
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:41,760
the top twenty five for a moment there.

860
00:42:42,599 --> 00:42:46,599
Speaker 3: They beat Maryland. That was in Maryland.

861
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,519
Speaker 2: They beat Rutgers at home thirty eight to nineteen, and

862
00:42:50,639 --> 00:42:53,239
then they beat the Fighting Line. At that time, the

863
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,000
Fighting a Line I were ranked twenty third in the country.

864
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,239
They did him forty two to twenty five at Husky Stadium.

865
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:02,000
I remember they destroyed per forty nine thirteen at Husky Stadium,

866
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,360
and then they beat UCLA at the Rose Bowl forty

867
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,480
eight to fourteen this last week.

868
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,039
Speaker 3: So they're are a two game winning streak right now.

869
00:43:10,199 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 2: They're bouncing back from that Wisconsin game, and they may

870
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,519
be primed to upset Oregon that Lees spoiler.

871
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 3: That would be fantastic.

872
00:43:20,079 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 5: Well, that quarterback plays especially well at home. His touchdown

873
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,320
interception ratio at home ten touchdowns, no interceptions.

874
00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:29,679
Speaker 3: He plays very good at all.

875
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 5: He's on tre He very well could be a three

876
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,639
thousand yard passer this year. He just needs two hundred

877
00:43:34,639 --> 00:43:37,000
and he needs two hundred and seventy nine passing yards

878
00:43:37,039 --> 00:43:38,880
today to be a three thousand yard passer.

879
00:43:39,079 --> 00:43:40,079
Speaker 2: That's a good quarterback.

880
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:41,119
Speaker 3: Yeah.

881
00:43:41,199 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 2: He kind of reminds me of a kind of a

882
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,039
better running goal of defeat.

883
00:43:45,199 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 6: You know.

884
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,559
Speaker 2: So he's five to eleven one ninety can he can

885
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:50,320
scoot a bit u but he can sling it. Noah

886
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:54,039
sands or butts about it. This season, he's completing seventy

887
00:43:54,039 --> 00:43:57,079
two percent of his passers twenty seven and twenty one yards,

888
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,880
nineteen touchdowns, six iron t's. He He's also ran for

889
00:44:01,039 --> 00:44:03,679
five hundred and sixty eight yards one hundred and twenty

890
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:05,039
one carries in six touchdowns.

891
00:44:05,039 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 3: Staball Wallings is a good quarterback.

892
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,679
Speaker 4: Good quarterback of football player. Got our Tatum Portal's gonna

893
00:44:09,679 --> 00:44:11,280
come after me. You know how it goes these days, Ben,

894
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,840
I must to know blame what your rootables? Who are

895
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:14,280
you rooting for?

896
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 2: Well?

897
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,559
Speaker 6: I love the commentary about that Washington Orientan game. I

898
00:44:17,599 --> 00:44:20,400
think that's the one we got the most likely scenario.

899
00:44:20,559 --> 00:44:21,559
Speaker 3: I love the rivalry.

900
00:44:22,199 --> 00:44:25,199
Speaker 6: Oregon's got to be Washington's number one rivalry, so number better,

901
00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:27,880
nothing better than to beat them. Come off that loss

902
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,840
like Ben was talking about with Wisconsin and beat Oregon

903
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:31,280
at home.

904
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,519
Speaker 3: I one game I'm looking at.

905
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:36,599
Speaker 6: I know it's it's not necessarily a chance of winning,

906
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,360
per se, But just as we look at Stanford versus

907
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,960
Notre Dame. We beat Stamford twenty seven to three, I

908
00:44:43,079 --> 00:44:46,360
just wonder if if Notre Dame, we're going up against

909
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:47,960
them in a lot of ways with the eye test,

910
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000
a lot of teams and people across the country are

911
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,239
comparing us. Hopefully Stanford can play Notre Dame tougher and

912
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,559
maybe we get some points there by just beating in

913
00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:58,159
a head to head matchup Stanford better than Notre Dame

914
00:44:58,199 --> 00:44:58,760
can do today.

915
00:44:59,199 --> 00:45:01,639
Speaker 2: Once get a couple the games you're gonna be rooting for. Obviously,

916
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,519
Washington versus Oregon they're at Washington, Auburn versus Alabama, They're

917
00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:11,079
at Auburn, LSU at Oklahoma. You have Stamford versus Notre

918
00:45:11,159 --> 00:45:15,159
Dame at Stanford, and then I guess I mean as

919
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:18,559
far as pitt versus Miami, you kind of want Miami

920
00:45:18,639 --> 00:45:21,239
has momentum right now, you want to beat them in

921
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:25,639
so you want, I know, and right now, pitts I

922
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,840
think what Pit's a three loss team if I'm not mistaken,

923
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,920
but I don't see them jumping in to the top

924
00:45:33,039 --> 00:45:33,800
ten with uh.

925
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 3: We got Georgia Tech. You know they got Georgia Tech

926
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:36,239
last week.

927
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, right now, Yeah, they were they were

928
00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:43,599
an eight and three team. They they did beat Georgia

929
00:45:43,679 --> 00:45:46,639
Tech last week, and prior to that they lost. They

930
00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:49,760
were competitive versus Notre Dame. They lost thirty seven to fifteen.

931
00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:55,000
So they have Miami and they're they're at pitt Okay, so, uh,

932
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,239
they're fighting for maybe a pop Tarts ball type of

933
00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:58,719
bit here.

934
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,400
Speaker 4: Hey, look, I know fans don't want to hear this.

935
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:04,719
This might make you blame and Andrew Peterson. Look, b Y,

936
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,239
he already has one win against Miami this year. Yeah,

937
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,199
you might be able to make it too in the

938
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:12,880
pop Tarts Bowl. Look, listen, al moo just telling you

939
00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:16,000
leave b Yu alone. Don't take by Utah.

940
00:46:16,119 --> 00:46:19,280
Speaker 3: Wait, what are we talk? Are we talking worse? Yeah,

941
00:46:20,119 --> 00:46:22,840
we have to talk real quick. Let's let's stop promote.

942
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,199
We can talk worst case scenarios on the because you

943
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:26,519
have to talk worst case scenarios.

944
00:46:26,559 --> 00:46:29,199
Speaker 2: Let's talk worst case scenarios on the flip side. But

945
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,920
best case scenarios as we have two or three of these.

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Speaker 3: Teams three I want, I need three, not two, I

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need three.

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Speaker 2: B Y, you is ushered in to the top ten

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and they stay there with a loss. You have to

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you only have two losses in there to a top

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Speaker 4: Both of them, and you played them competitive the second time,

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football as well as get an update on BYU basketball.

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Got they got a dub They got a nice tournament

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victory yesterday. Yeah, they hoisted the trophy and we had

1004
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an MVP performance from the top. King Richie Saunders will

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celebrate that and also give you some bad news. I'll

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give you my prognosis of what the Dawson Baker injury

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looks like and how that affects the team. Don't like

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to see your guardline being dismantled by injury.

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Speaker 3: Lost two of them.

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Speaker 2: You've lost a Pickens and now you lost Dawson Baker.

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You have depth, you have talent, there's no doubt, but

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this is adversity to start off to tip off, the

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season that you didn't want and they didn't want, and

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you didn't plan for it.

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Speaker 3: Let's go to break, don't go anywhere more.

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Speaker 2: Ultimate tailgate pregame Show here on your Utah ESPN Radio Network,

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Speaker 3: U UCF matchup.

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of the year as well. Guys, I want to talk

1053
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about worst case scenarios here as well, because like I'm

1054
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a spectrum guy. It's the good, the bad, the beautiful,

1055
00:51:25,559 --> 00:51:30,079
the ugly, the bitter, the sweet of life in football

1056
00:51:30,199 --> 00:51:33,239
is a great way to teach us these things, right,

1057
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:36,199
the undulations, right, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, the the highs, the lows.

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Speaker 2: And look, I'm optimistic, like I think BYU is gonna

1060
00:51:43,199 --> 00:51:47,239
get some help from one of these teams that we

1061
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,719
just mentioned, whether it's Washington or Auburn, any one of

1062
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:55,480
these teams that's LSU. You hope that they knock off

1063
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one of these teams in the top ten and BYU

1064
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:02,000
finds its way as a worst case scenario, maybe a

1065
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two loss team right coming off of another Texas Tech

1066
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loss in the Big twelve Championship game. Like I said,

1067
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we're talking these worst case scenarios in best case scenarios,

1068
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best case scenarios that they go into to Arlington.

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Speaker 3: They have sealed the deal. Now they're going to Arlington.

1070
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Speaker 2: You will a beat ASU last night, and so that

1071
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:21,480
means b yu's gonna be taken on Texas Tech in

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the Big twelve Championship game next week. It's gonna be glorious.

1073
00:52:24,679 --> 00:52:26,199
I know many of you Cougar fans are gonna be

1074
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heading down to Arlington, show up show out, rise and shout,

1075
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:33,840
stay loyal, strong and true, and let's neutralize that neutral field,

1076
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,360
if you will, because at Loubbick they were doing a

1077
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lot of things to disrupt that offense, and I don't

1078
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see that happening. I don't think the offense is gonna

1079
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be nearly as impotent as they were in Lubbock.

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Speaker 3: I can gosh darn guarantee of that.

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Speaker 2: But like I said, I'm talking these worst case scenarios

1082
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,239
because I'm like, Okay, well, what's the worst case scenario

1083
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:53,559
for BYU football? What's up, nailor good to see it?

1084
00:52:53,599 --> 00:52:56,639
Come on up here, man, hang out with us. Worst

1085
00:52:56,719 --> 00:53:01,760
case scenario right now? If you're looking at the the projections, okay,

1086
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,880
this is where BYU is currently predicted to go, per

1087
00:53:06,199 --> 00:53:10,800
Kyle Vondegera of ESPN and Mark Schlabach of ESPN. How

1088
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,599
would you feel about this, kuganates, I know we want

1089
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to go to the College Football Playoff.

1090
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Speaker 3: I do too. I want to beat Texas Tech.

1091
00:53:18,519 --> 00:53:21,199
Speaker 2: But if we fall from great so they were two

1092
00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:24,119
lost team, how would you feel about going to the

1093
00:53:24,199 --> 00:53:28,639
Alamo Bowl once again and playing a ranked USC team?

1094
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:31,719
Speaker 3: How did you feel about that? Is that a good

1095
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:32,960
consolation prize.

1096
00:53:33,039 --> 00:53:35,760
Speaker 2: Is that a good enough consolation prize to play USC

1097
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,239
in the Alamo Bile or would it.

1098
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:40,199
Speaker 3: Just be too bitter to handle?

1099
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:42,639
Speaker 2: And would you go in there unmotivated as a fan,

1100
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:47,159
unmotivated as a player, trying to put your your your

1101
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feet into the shoes of these BYU football players that

1102
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have been kind of disrespected for two years in a row,

1103
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:57,639
you know what I mean, even going back to two

1104
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thousand and I want to say twenty one when BYU

1105
00:54:01,199 --> 00:54:05,599
was a two loss team and they had to contractually

1106
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as an independent go to the Independence Ball after having

1107
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a great season, after being undefeated in Pac twelve play.

1108
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They were the Pac twelve South champions in twenty twenty

1109
00:54:17,159 --> 00:54:20,880
one arguably, and they got relegated to the shree Port

1110
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shri Vegas Ball and uh and they were unmotivated, you

1111
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know what I mean. Like, so, I wonder how the

1112
00:54:27,519 --> 00:54:29,840
reaction of the fan base would be and the reaction

1113
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:32,199
of this college, this BYU college football team would be.

1114
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:35,239
Speaker 3: If they they were relegated. And look, it's a it's

1115
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:35,639
a blessing.

1116
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:40,320
Speaker 2: That's the highest non CFP Bowl, highest payout, and the

1117
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,159
viewership was insane last year with prime being in it

1118
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:47,639
a by USC matchup that's gonna draw eyeballs. It's two

1119
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:50,199
ranked opponents that are, you know, on the outside looking

1120
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into the colle football playoff. Like I said, worst case scenario,

1121
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,559
would that be a good enough consolation price for BYU?

1122
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,079
It's football team, it's an organization.

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Speaker 6: Gosh, if you're you're asking me from a BYU fan standpoint,

1124
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:05,719
I'd be pretty disappointed. I'll tell you for a couple

1125
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of reasons. Number One, I went out to the game

1126
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last year. I was there in San Antonio. I enjoyed

1127
00:55:10,519 --> 00:55:13,280
the hype around Colorado. I don't know if there'd be

1128
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as much around USC. I know they got a great

1129
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:17,159
fan base, but still, Lincoln.

1130
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Speaker 2: Riley is a personality that brings a lot of pomp

1131
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and circumstance.

1132
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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a quarterback whisperer. Yeah.

1133
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:27,400
Speaker 2: USC has been good this season. They're not great, they're

1134
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:30,199
not elite, but they've been good to great at times.

1135
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:30,639
Speaker 3: Sure.

1136
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:35,039
Speaker 2: Right now they're sitting at eight and three. That last

1137
00:55:35,079 --> 00:55:37,519
week lost to Oregon was disappointing, but they kept it

1138
00:55:37,639 --> 00:55:40,079
very competitive. It was a forty two to twenty seven loss.

1139
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:43,000
Remember it was at Oregon. That would have been a

1140
00:55:43,079 --> 00:55:45,719
different story. I think if that was at the Coliseum.

1141
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:47,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, but I was watching that game closely, just as

1142
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,239
we talk about Oregon and then losing. So I saw

1143
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,920
USC last week. It would be good, but gosh, it

1144
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,480
would be a bit of a disappointment. And a lot

1145
00:55:55,519 --> 00:55:57,480
of it is because of what you said earlier. We've

1146
00:55:57,559 --> 00:56:00,559
been building, we've been stacking, and I feel like coming

1147
00:56:00,639 --> 00:56:03,599
into this season now only losing one game. Last year

1148
00:56:03,639 --> 00:56:06,320
we lost too. If we only lost one game, finished

1149
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:07,039
the season ten.

1150
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 2: And one, eleven and one in the regular season and

1151
00:56:10,079 --> 00:56:12,960
then going to the Big twelve championship game, right.

1152
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, So to me, it would be a bit

1153
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:19,159
of a disappointment, to be quite honest. And san Antonio

1154
00:56:19,519 --> 00:56:20,280
wasn't my favorite.

1155
00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:23,039
Speaker 3: You don't like san Antonio. I didn't love it. I

1156
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:23,519
didn't love.

1157
00:56:25,159 --> 00:56:25,320
Speaker 2: You know.

1158
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,599
Speaker 3: We did that and I've seen it and been there.

1159
00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 6: But I'd prefer if we have to talk worst case scenario,

1160
00:56:31,519 --> 00:56:33,880
I'd rather be in Florida pop tarts.

1161
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:38,679
Speaker 2: Yes, well that that matchup could be Miami. You know,

1162
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,199
it could be uh a Miami team that's on the outside.

1163
00:56:41,199 --> 00:56:44,599
You look at the COLLG Football Playoff current rankings, right,

1164
00:56:44,679 --> 00:56:48,800
and you're looking at the top ACC teams, and Miami

1165
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:53,800
would be that team. If Alamo passes on b YU,

1166
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,039
which I don't think they will, they first bid, they

1167
00:56:58,079 --> 00:56:59,000
have first DIBs.

1168
00:56:59,559 --> 00:57:01,199
Speaker 3: They could, though let's say they do.

1169
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 2: Let's say like somehow, some way, then you would probably

1170
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:05,920
take on Miami.

1171
00:57:07,079 --> 00:57:08,360
Speaker 3: Would that feel a little bit better?

1172
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 2: Would you'd rather have a b YU Miami in the

1173
00:57:12,599 --> 00:57:14,880
Pop Tards Bowl or a b YU.

1174
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,360
Speaker 3: U s C and the Alimo Bowl?

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Speaker 6: Well? For me, so officially speaking, I'd rather face Miami

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in Florida. And we've had we've had a good run

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in Florida lately, like some of the outcomes that have

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taken place there. So you know, But here's here's the thing. Really,

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it's it's uh, it's six seven for me.

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Speaker 2: As they say, oh goodness, gracious, goodness, gracious. Uh that

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that's kind of like what I'm saying is these are

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worst case scenarios for b YU. They're not gonna lose today,

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you know, and they'll stay in their spot, in their

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position right from a college football playoff ranking standpoint, They're

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gonna be the first team out. If they do lose

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to Texas Tech, they'll be the first team out, and

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they they have the Alimo Bowl that will pick them

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most likely, and then second slot would be the Pop

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Tards Ball. Both of those matchups, either one of those

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matches that they get USC or Miami great opponents. When

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you consider BYU's history in bowl games, they don't always

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get matched up with prominent teams that are two loss teams,

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that are.

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Speaker 3: Power four teams.

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Speaker 2: They don't get like this ranked versus ranked type of

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scenario with a big and and just a robust payout.

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Speaker 3: You know what I mean from an eighty standpoint.

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Speaker 2: If you're Brian Santiago, you know you're Tom Homo, you

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maybe didn't get to experience it.

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Speaker 3: But when you're talking about.

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Speaker 2: Eight million dollars payout to you know, to the conference,

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and you're getting a trickle down effect. It was kind

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of nice in the Independence because you'd get like you'd

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get all of the one million paid to you as

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an independent.

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Speaker 3: But it's uping like you, good to see you, buddy,

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Good to see you.

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Speaker 2: But you're gonna have more more cash to you and

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more more pomp and circumstance around you with that that

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power for title to you and the big twelve title

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to you.

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Speaker 3: That's good. That's good. Is there any other matchup beside

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Southern cal or would that likely be the well you're

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you're if you're looking at I guess they could.

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Speaker 2: They could pick the because of the Alible ball is

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Big twelve versus PAC twelve.

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Speaker 3: PAC twelve no longer exists.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you have, uh, these situations where you're like, okay,

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well you have the legacy the Legacy pack, So that

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could be I guess Washington could be that.

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Speaker 3: Oregon, any of the legacy teams.

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Speaker 2: I guess they could match up b y U and

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Utah and the Alimo ball again a holy war.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they guess they could do that. I don't think

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they would do that though.

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Speaker 6: Well then USC doesn't sound so bad of that group.

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Speaker 3: I think USC would be a great game. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So it's uh, any of the existing I guess Pack

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twelve teams or the technically the legacy PAC twelve teams.

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So those are the options there. Worst case scenario, guys,

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is what we're talking about here. Let's go to break,

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let's come back. Let's talk some BAU basketball. Recapping the

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BAU basketball wins in this past week in Orlando, nice

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dubs essentially on these neutral courts.

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Speaker 3: We'll break that down.

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