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ready for this BYU Wisconsin Badger basketball game, a little
rematch from the NCAA tournament from just a few months ago,
a game that that came down to a final possession
of defensive possession which Boa actually got to stop, limiting
Tanjay from finishing from the short corner.
Speaker 2: They're playing at the Delta Center.
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it does look like the Rock showed up and they
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This is a big time basketball game the Wisconsin Badgers
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Let's also welcome into the show, Big Ram on the
data aggregation. Big how you live a rough with that
mic up in front of you? Good so good football tomorrow.
You know how e Yu is in such a great usion.
You know thirty years plus watching YUS football. Remember if
I been more excited, You know, my stomach's just in
not waiting for tomorrow. I cannot wait to watch that
football game.
Speaker 1: I am as well. I'm excited for it. Hopefully b
Yu plays its best game on the road. One of
the things I've been looking at is scoring margin victories
on the road.
Speaker 2: Obviously, b YU is a football team.
Speaker 1: At home, they're one of the best football teams in
the country at levelle Edwards Stadium, especially when you get
those late kickoffs, so you know, post six o'clock in
the evening. They always show up, show out, and dominate
on their home turf. But when you're you're looking at
the road games, not nearly as dominant.
Speaker 2: And it is what it is. It's hard to win
on the road.
Speaker 1: And it's one of my criticisms that I've put forth
to the committee is that they just don't take into
account road games as much.
Speaker 2: It's not as heavily weighted.
Speaker 1: But byus what four to one on the road they
lost to Tech twenty nine to seven. They did keep
it closer than anybody else did, especially at Lubbock twenty
two points and everybody else was twenty two plus points
or more twenty three. They can't just stay it was
twenty three point loss, Utah was twenty four point loss,
et cetera. But average winning margin is four point four
points per game.
Speaker 2: Not good.
Speaker 1: Remember East Carolina game was pretty close until you finally
took the top off a little bit late in the
second half thirty four to thirteen, Colorado twenty four to
twenty one, Arizona Doubt thirty three twenty seven.
Speaker 2: And Arizona just.
Speaker 1: Got the dub over Cincinnati last week. I believe it
was thirty to twenty four. BYU won on the road
thirty three to twenty seven. I was stayed forty one
twenty seven, a little bit more of a convincing victory,
especially when you get a defensive touchdown or special teams touchdown,
et cetera. So I don't know if any of these
road games have been dominant victories. They've been very, very close,
very competitive, and I would deem them as chaotic nail
biers a little bit. You know, you're kind of tossed
to and fro by every whimsical emotion you felt in
every one of those games, maybe not East Carolina, but
the Colorado, Arizona Ioway State game, you felt like you
were gonna lose the game at one point in the game,
like you felt like super down trodden and low, like I.
Speaker 2: Know what, They're gonna fail me again, They're gonna lose
I know what. Oh the Cougars.
Speaker 1: They always do it to me, shot through the hardest
g Man likes to say. But then they came out
triumphant and you had the high of highs where BYU
was ball out at a very high level.
Speaker 2: So what will this game hold, did B? Why you
learn its lesson in lubbing? Did B?
Speaker 1: Why you learn a little bit more about itself in
that loss. You've heard Kilane State going into the Cincinnati
game and post game from the TCU game that he
wants Bear to be able to air it out air
Bear if you will, not just in jumping and running
the ball, but being capable and willing to set up
the pass game, the throw game for Bear Bachmeyer, not
run to pass, but past a run. We've been a
game control team, a time of possession team, a run
first team with LJ and Bear, and then we would
play action pass on that one of the best play
action pass teams in college football per PFF. By the way,
we're either a leader great in that category week in
a week out.
Speaker 2: It would see him. So I understand that.
Speaker 1: But maybe just maybe a little tempo, a little past
to run is on the docket, is on the menu
versus the Bearcats as Bear Bachmeyer takes on the Bearcats
this week. We chatted with a few insiders this week
from the Bearcats side of things, and one of the
weaknesses that they put out was actually the defensive secondary.
They're not bad, They're just not the strength of this team.
So Bear could have a nice game at nice follow
up to that TCU game. One of his best performances.
I'd say it was probably his best. Maybe it was
his best performance at home in his collegiate career. It
was fantastic, almost three hundred yards. He was you know,
he had a couple of drop passes too. He should
have had three hundred and fifty passing yards and multiple
passing touchdowns and then an additional rushing touchdown. He's been
a boon for BYU. He has definitely overachieved for the expectations.
So can't wait to see what type of BYU team
shows up in Cincinnati. Cincinnati is a dog here two
and a half point dog, but they do have two
players returning. One of their rotational running backs RB two
and then a starting wide receiver as well. Both of
them have produced at a high level this season and
they're back. Brendan soarsby a top ten quarterback per PFF
in college football. The good thing is he's a little
bit dinged up. He's a little bit dinged up. Came
he showed up on the injury report recently this week,
So that is is a good thing because he can
run two sixty three, two thirty five, and he can
run and this is an ankle injury.
Speaker 2: So something to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: Those red zone totes, those those RPOs and zone reads
with Brendan sort of the QB designed run. Those may
be a little bit limited, especially with how physical BYU's
defensive front has been. Uh, they they're gonna be I
think a bit more judicious. But can you be judicious
when you're a three lost team. You're at the point now,
if you're Cincinnati, you kind of gotta lay it all
on the line, right, don't you have to lay it
on the lines banging? Look, yeah, we don't want to
get our quarterback injured. We know he's a little bit
ding dumb, but we gotta get this dub. We can
play spoiler. We still have a small minute chance that
we could end up in the Big twelve title game.
They are not the masters of their destiny BYU is though,
how will BYU handle it?
Speaker 2: Will be? You know the the I don't know the pressure.
Speaker 1: Will Will we see a by team that buckles under
the pressure as they did and love it? Or we
see when we see a different team, refined team, a
gritty team, a stoic team that can find a way
to win. That's the question, guys. Check out the rest
of our ESPN the fans starting lineup. We got a
great star set of cast. We'll get into Coach Saderfield,
sound head coach of the Bearcats. We'll talk with a
number of guests here Lane Alo Big BYU fan. He's
also one of the owners of game Day Match Health.
We'll be live from Well. We'll bring in Ronald the
three man Weaver at about three o'clock live from the
Delta Center.
Speaker 2: Don't miss that. Give us an update on the BA
men's basketball team.
Speaker 1: By the way, eight to six right now, five minutes
into the first half, b YU up two A. They
have possession right now with an inbounds play, So just
keep you up to date on that. B YU up
two with about fifteen minutes to play in the second half,
bas two fouls, Wisconsin with one foul thus.
Speaker 2: Far Delta Center at Court. I don't know if I
like it. I'll be honest. It's beautiful, but it's not
my jam anyway.
Speaker 1: I like a traditional hardwood floor, not all the the
the excessive colors, et cetera, even if it is a
beautiful purple for all your Utah Jazz fans at any rate.
Steve Klemitz will join us for a little Friday fun Day.
Former BYU quarterback and college football BYU insider Max Chadwick
of Pro Football Focused at four point thirty, and then
Brandon Hoffman of two four seven sports a little cruit
in the cougar segment. You don't want to miss that.
All the BYU recruits that are going to be evaluating
BAU for the twenty twenty seven class, as well as
the commits of the twenty twenty six clas. Will there
be any flips in that twenty twenty six class that
are currently committed to other in state schools.
Speaker 2: We'll find out.
Speaker 1: Dan Horne, the voice of the Cincinna Bearcats, at five thirty.
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BYU versus Cincinnati here, head coach, head coach for the Bearcats.
Let me give a brief breakdown here as we get
get the sadderfield sound ready for you, b y U two.
Speaker 2: And a half point favorite.
Speaker 1: ESPN Analytics giving b YU sixty seven point nine chance
of victory. Obviously, you go side by side with these
two quarterbacks. I don't know if you guys have looked
at the side by side statistical.
Speaker 2: Content here.
Speaker 1: Bear Bachmeyer and Brendan Soresby are the same freaking player.
I mean, for the most part, Soarsby has nine more
passing touchdowns than than than blockmyer. Bachmeyer storing for two thousand,
seventy seven yards Swordsby's throwing for twenty twenty and eighteen yards.
Speaker 2: They've completed at the at the same rate.
Speaker 1: Bear bachmeers maybe slightly more efficient in his completion percentage,
but Swordsby's got nine more passing touchdowns.
Speaker 2: He only got four. I t's as does bear Bachmeyer.
Speaker 1: Bear Backbar has ten rushing touchdowns, Swarsby's got nine. He
is heavily involved in the run game, as is bear Bachmey.
They both have about four hundred and fifty plus yards
of rushing, so they are very similar in size, stature,
and proactivity and efficiency. Bears a true freshman, though Sorsby's
been playing a lot.
Speaker 2: Of football for a long time.
Speaker 1: And that's why BYU fans are so freaking excited about
the future. And remember Soorsby prior to arriving at Cincinnati
was at Indiana. Okay, so a good program now in
in Indiana led by a great football coach. So let's
get into don't let's get into some south from coach
Sadderfield as he preps for the BYU Cougars.
Speaker 3: Scott Satterfield's weekly dress conference. Coach Will starts off with quick,
go big Staton, please made your Hansford.
Speaker 1: Nope, all right, we'll come back with that here momentarily,
get a queue back up.
Speaker 2: Having a little technical difficulty, real quick update.
Speaker 1: BYU has now opened it up eighteen to nine with
twelve twenty five left in the first half. And I'll
give you a little scoring update here from the box score. Okay, well,
we'll get to Saderfield sound here momentarily, but right now,
as far as the box Score is concerned with this
BYU men's basketball team live from the Delta Center. If
you don't have Peacock, I mean you still got time.
You can purchase it right now to watch this game.
Agent to botsa two points, Keva with two, Richie Siders
with three, Rob Right the third with three, Dawson Baker
with three. Kadema Boop has now come off the bench
as Tyler Marage and Dominique Diamande. Are we already getting
into the rotation? All right, let's get back to the
coach Sadderfield South.
Speaker 3: Scott Sadderfield's weekly Bess conference. Coach would start us off
with the quick go big stake.
Speaker 2: Make sure it's loud about me answer.
Speaker 6: Questions, coach, all right, just quick for your cap in
the last week's game, obviously a tough loss for is
very disappointing the last week. I mean always going back
into the film. Didn't make enough plays. I mean, that's
the bottom line. Any time you have a one possession game,
one team has gonna make the play, they're gonna win
the game.
Speaker 3: We didn't make the plays offensively four drops, you know,
we didn't didn't have many plays, didn't throw them all
many times twenty some times.
Speaker 6: And so when you do that, and if you don't,
you don't make those catches to extend drives, it's gonna
be a long day for you. You know, I thought defensively,
I did not play great on that side of the
ball as well. Uh misstackles. You know, we got guys
in position to make plays several times, and we didn't
knock the ball down, didn't make the play. They made
those catches, extended their drives. Doctor Fida played outstanding, great
passer and their receivers making.
Speaker 3: Really good plays as well.
Speaker 7: They're running back to one hard defensively, holding him to
five field goals attempt field goal attempts was awesome, including
a miss and then a block that was great, you know,
putting the wall ball well, knocked down the.
Speaker 3: Field goal that that was certainly some positives in that game.
Speaker 6: But obviously didn't make enough plays. But you know, they
were a good football team, as we talked about all
last week. So excited about this opportunity.
Speaker 2: B y U.
Speaker 3: A great team.
Speaker 6: Kline has done a phenomenal job there, a very mature team, physical,
big coached, well defense is one of the best defense
in the country. Offensively, you know, coming into the season
they thought, okay, well a new quarterback.
Speaker 3: They're there. You know, they struggle a little bit, but
black Bars played outstanding.
Speaker 6: He's playing like he's a he's an older player, uh
like an experienced player, plays with great poise, throws the
ball really well and then can run the football, which
is you know, he's done a great job as a
dual threat. Big running back is a great, great player.
And then number two is the house standing receiver. We
played against him two years ago. You know, eleven creates
some big time plays, has some great speed. I think
they're very very good in the special teams as well,
so not not too much weakness when you think about BUYU.
You know, a team that's used to win and I
think for twenty and three in the last two years,
so an outstanding football team. You know, opportunity for US
our seniors Senior day for US, so twenty two seniors
will be be coming out for the last time, so
I'm sure there'll be a lot of emotion out there.
And guys like Gavin Garret Hard you know, make his
forty seventh start, which is incredible. You know, one of
the best leaders I've ever been around, and of course
Corleone and some of.
Speaker 3: The other guys.
Speaker 6: I mean it's it's just a special group and so
exciting day for them as well.
Speaker 1: Any questions you mentioned that in the game to have
Prior kid the good he could be back this week.
Speaker 3: Big on that and or you surprise something you missed him.
Speaker 6: No, I'm not surprised how much we missed him. We
certainly you know, two big playmakers for us that have
great speed. I mean, that's that's a that's certainly something
that you wanna have on the field. We feel good
about both those guys being available this week. Obviously, because
the week goes on, we'll know more, but uh feel
good about those guys. Goodie for sure, we'll be ready
to go. And Prior I said this last week he's
very close last week. I feel still feel good about him,
uh being available this week.
Speaker 2: Run and the two days.
Speaker 3: So it's playing with power you think, I think it
was ten for twenty six rest scaries when you went
back and lost the field. What did are gonna do.
Speaker 2: To quell that?
Speaker 6: And what can you get it?
Speaker 2: Well?
Speaker 3: I wanted one of the big runs, had him stop
from the right side.
Speaker 6: He did a good I was just bouncing it, you know,
and creating a big play on the back side of
that run. They're they're a good defense. I mean, we
knew that coming in, you know. I think I think
we popped some good runs in their first quarter. I
think we had one hundred and forty yards after the
first quarter, so you know, some big runs there, you know,
to get us some points on the board and and
and score. But they're they're good defense. They muddy up
the front, a lot of movement, a lot of twists,
move using their linebackers. They're good in the secondary, so
they can do a lot of different things, you know.
And I think there are three safeties I thought played.
Speaker 3: Really really good football as well.
Speaker 6: Uh forty three's have had a good good football, had
a lot of ball, you know, and I think we
just you know, we're not consistent.
Speaker 3: Enough in the run game.
Speaker 6: There laid in the game, you know, particularly in the
in the when when we had we had the one
touchdown league fourteen to seven. Our defense at that point
was getting them off the field and pull them the
field goal attempts. And that's where I mean, like offensively,
you know, we we needed to attack to get you
get up up two scores, you get up two scores, now, okay,
maybe a different ball game. We never were able to
do that. And then in the second half.
Speaker 3: When we were moving the ball some we couldn't get
them off the field. You know.
Speaker 6: We we score to make it a one possession game,
three point game with six and a half minutes, you know,
and then we got the ball back of a minute
and half you know. And you know, so we just
did did not play complimentary football, like when when one
side or the other needed some help, we didn't do it.
I think that was a big part of that game.
Speaker 3: Puss to stand out office inside of the U, R
and G. And you remember from the last yeah, good
good players.
Speaker 6: I remember size really I think you know Number two
is a long player that can run, has really good hands.
I remember the playing out there on our sideline, you know,
threats to sitting there that look like he's getting ready
to pick the ball, and then all of a sudden
two comes out of nowhere.
Speaker 3: It catches it and zig zags and scores a touchdown.
Speaker 6: And the running backs, I mean, I don't know how
big two thirty twenty five, he's a big back that
that that has speed.
Speaker 3: I think is he leading the big twelve and rushing maybe.
Speaker 6: I mean he's a he's he's good and he I
think he missed at the game or two with some injuries,
but he came back.
Speaker 3: I mean, he's he's a really good player, a very
solid player.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 6: I just think they're very efficient in what they do
offensively and in Bachmere is taking care of the football,
you know. I think the one game they they turned
it over a couple of times maybe against Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: That was the one game they lost this year.
Speaker 6: So they just very efficient offense, and they're therefore, you know,
when you played great defense, when the give.
Speaker 3: Yourself a chance to win.
Speaker 5: The last two games obviously have a wrong LEAs. But
is there anything you can think away from them that
you think this is what he needs to do that except.
Speaker 3: Program in this cofers been close.
Speaker 2: To this season.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I just think you have to play
complete complete football game like you in all three phases.
Speaker 3: You have to be very very solid. I think about
the teams that that are good in all three phases,
they're usually the teams on top.
Speaker 6: I think you either think about Texas Tech right now,
the way they're playing football BYU the way they're playing football,
all three phases are good. Even if you look at
a national scope, you know, like Indiana, who's done an
unbelievable job. Go look what they're doing on my offense
and defense, Like they're top five in the country and both.
But it's amazing to me, like how good you are
at all three phases. You know, if you have one
side of the ball that is not doing what they're
supposed to do, it is going to be hard to win.
Speaker 3: You can still win, but it's going to be a
lot more difficult to win.
Speaker 6: So in order to be the championship caliber teams, you've
got to be really solid at all three phases. It's
like Saturday, I thought special teams, we were solid. We're
good enough to win in special teams. Man, we did
some good things. You know, we got to a little
bit more consistent on others the two sides of the ball,
I mean, as the bottom line of that game.
Speaker 3: And then having said that, we still had an opportunity,
a chance to go win the game. You just got
to make a few more plays. It just makes it
a lot more.
Speaker 6: Difficult because the more we talked about this all here,
the margins, the big twelve man, they're they're they're tight,
you know, play hero play there could be the difference
in the game. And that's truven proven to be true.
Good by Mars, and the rookie SATs are almost starting at.
Speaker 3: The same bill, you know, the same black player red
bounce back after two games all just had the boat.
Speaker 2: The man worked all that and kN know it was
coming back.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think so.
Speaker 6: I mean I said this after the game. I mean,
you know, we had four drops, potentially five drops in
that game. If our guys catch the football, then his
stats are gonna look a lot different, you know, And
I think, you know, I think that's part.
Speaker 3: It's not just Brandon. I thought I thought he had a.
Speaker 6: Really bad decision on the first play the game, like
that was awful. But really after that really played pretty good.
I mean he threw the ball good. I mean, you
know that post ball which has been forty five fifty
yards added to his stats.
Speaker 3: I mean, you got to catch that ball, you know.
And I think, you know, and you know, our receiver
would be the first to say, you yeah, I got
to catch that, you know, And I think, uh so,
it is not just one player.
Speaker 6: I mean I think it's the whole team. You gotta
protect good, you gotta run the good routes, you gotta
make the catches and you know, so yeah, absolutely, you
can bounce back, you know. I think I think that's
what we're practicing boards driving forward, to go out and
play well and and to be clicking on all cylinders.
I don't know any serious don't be always man, I
mean that's what they do. You know, play Man, play three,
then mix it up. You're known play a lot of
different things, you know. I think, uh, you know, they're
really good on defense. I think they've created a lot
of turnovers because of that.
Speaker 3: They their corners are.
Speaker 6: Good there where they're supposed to be. Their linebackers make plays.
I mean a lot of people talk about their linebackers.
I mean they're long, can run, their physical. Yeah, I
mean they're they're they're a solid team. So we'll we'll
we'll see a little bit of everything. But they're gonna
do what they do the parts with man, do you
want to not really carry it down but being worth experimental.
Speaker 2: Or what seven?
Speaker 6: No, I mean I think we got we gotta obviously
try to do things that will get us, get us
in a position to make plays.
Speaker 3: So whatever that takes.
Speaker 6: You know, it's one thing that we can sit here
as coaches and we can draw up all kind of stuff,
you know, but then our guys have to go execute.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 6: I mean, so that it takes both of that. You know,
we have to put our position and players in position
to make plays. Then they have to go and make
the plays. I mean, you have to get the protection,
you got to make the throw, you got to make
the catch, you know. And it's difficult playing against good defenses.
If you guys look up defensive pass efficiency in our league,
Arizona or are they ranked top five Utah or they're six.
I think you're Arizona's three in the country. They're number
six in the country. There's one hundred and thirty sixteen.
They're pretty good on defense.
Speaker 3: This team is too.
Speaker 6: I think this team's ranked thirteenth and pass official TEA
And so you know, we're playing a lot of good teams.
Speaker 4: With that.
Speaker 6: When you're playing those teams, there is less room for era.
You have to be on point, like you have to
run Chris Browtes. You have to throw the ball on time.
Speaker 3: You've got to be able to make.
Speaker 6: Contested catches, So all those things come into play, and
you know, if you're not, it's gonna be one of
those days you don't look up and.
Speaker 3: Look at the status and it's not very good, you know.
And and so you know you gotta be on point.
We got to continue to work in there. You love
to see it around a lot of years here.
Speaker 8: The last time absolutely, it's just it's the finale for
those guys in nefer Man and and and for those
guys in particular, I think about Gavin who's committed.
Speaker 6: As a sophomore here in high school. That's a long
time man that he's been. You know, he's been in
this let's wedding tears for the bearrcats.
Speaker 3: And no for him to go out, and I think
it's just the last time he knows he's gonna be
running out of the stadium there.
Speaker 6: It's gonna be very emotion for those guys, but also
for US coaches because.
Speaker 3: Of what you know, particular, those guys have done for
this program. They've seen a lot of change and coaches,
new conference and all that.
Speaker 6: But man, they're great human beings and you know they
obviously have bright futures ahead for them.
Speaker 3: No, No, it's ridiculous. I mean it's literally like it's
it's almost like it's happened every week, you know.
Speaker 6: And then I feel like every time before half the
team goes down, maybe gets three points or something, and
then then they get the ball back again and then
they're just driving it again in the third court.
Speaker 3: And I feel like I've talked stories of about this.
I feel like we've waited on offense for like over
like the time. It's like over an hour from the
time that we were on the field before until we
actually get back on the field. It's, uh, it's wild.
Speaker 6: Yeah, we somehow lose it every time, and it's supposed
to be a fifty to fifty chance, but we have
not got it. When you have to see that fact
off the pause, swordinate little what did you do on
they bring him on? Runs?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I've talked about this.
Speaker 6: I think, you know, I think offenses, in particularly ours,
you're getting a little bit of a rhythm. So once
you get that first down, all right, you feel like, okay,
now we're rowing, you know. Then you make the next play,
your next play, and it's just a good rhythm. It's
just a good feel, you know. And I think some
some drives are just it just clicks. Other drives if
you you know, you think about some of the three
and hours. You know, if you try to throw the
ball maybe on first down to change up the first
down play from a run pass perspective, uh, and you
don't hit it when now second long and then when
you try to you know, okay, you try to run
and play here and you get two yards.
Speaker 3: When I was starting to you know, and they're playing
right into their hands. And I felt like that happened
a few times Saturday, and against a team that's that
good in past defense, it makes it really difficult.
Speaker 6: But if you can stay on the sticks and just
keep that room, then I think that's where you can
go down and and really get those drives and score points.
Speaker 5: Question, what if you run in the last few yames,
what gives you that there are a resource of utterity
within the locker room or outside of it, within this
program that you guys, whether be this year or next year,
and say that next set to really be at the.
Speaker 3: Top of the big swish. Yeah, that's what you want
to do. I think everybody wants to win championships. You know,
if you ask me that question, five years ago, it
would be a different answer than.
Speaker 6: It is right now, because we all know if it
takes resources, you have to have the resources in order
to build your team out and be competitive.
Speaker 3: You know, spending money on your team gives you an
opportunity and a chance. It is what it is. And
you know, five years ago you didn't have to say that.
Speaker 6: You know, you could go out and recruit, build relationships,
develop your team. And now it's about, you know, retaining
your team and your good players. It's about recruiting high
school players.
Speaker 3: And then it's in that.
Speaker 6: Portal that's getting ready to happen here in December, when
you're trying to go around and look and see what's
gonna be available come January, you're gonna have to have
the resources to go out and get the best players.
Speaker 3: And that's what it takes to win championships. I mean,
we got to school in our conference right now it's
on top.
Speaker 6: What are they were in six Texas Tech. I mean,
it's a great, great example of what happens when you
have resources.
Speaker 3: This is kind of obvious.
Speaker 2: Are the guys the.
Speaker 6: Gick Off?
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're on an accent you got every
day in your favor and they probably want on what
happened to go back?
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I think, uh man, it's it's one thing
to have, you know, one of the kickoff shows to
be in your program in September, you know, and when
people don't really know what teams have, but to have it.
Speaker 3: We're in November twenty something when we're gonna be playing.
It's gonna be and we still have the big show
coming in.
Speaker 6: That's pretty cool, you know, and I think we've our
guys have earned the opportunity for that. Not only us,
but you know, you're playing a team like b y
U is a great, great football team, and so to
be able to host that, it's great advertisement for for
our college and our campus to be on national TV
and we get to show that off.
Speaker 3: So it Yeah, they're excited about a great opportunity.
Speaker 6: I think more than anything, we're excited about having to
do to play BYU, you know, a ranked team coming
in here at Neffer.
Speaker 3: That's I think that's what I'm really excited about, this opportunity.
Speaker 2: Thanks good, all right, all right, we back all right?
Speaker 1: That was coach Sadderfield, Ladies and Gentlemen, head coach of
the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Speaker 2: A couple of things here.
Speaker 1: Tremendous amount of respect for BYU Cougar football team, what
they're doing offensively and defensively. What these coaches see on
film is a good team talent wise, good team talent wise,
that does not beat themselves, that is physical, that does
everything the right way.
Speaker 2: They do have some dynamic playmakers.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt they got some good football players in
Bear and Chase and LJ. But the BWA doesn't shoot
themselves in the foot. When they shoot themselves on the foot,
that's when you get the Texas Tech game.
Speaker 2: That's what happened.
Speaker 1: I'm offfing punts, shaking punts, turning the ball over and
and so BAYU wins this game if they don't shoot
themselves in the foot, If they're spheinters don't tighten up
right like when the moment's too big, big Neon kickoff
is gonna be there.
Speaker 2: BYU is undefeated when big Neon kickoff is there.
Speaker 1: Some of that correlates, probably the strength of schedule, but
sometimes it also correlates to the hype and and everything.
I hope BYU is desensitized, and I think they will
be heading into Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a tough one, not doubt about it,
but mutual respect there.
Speaker 1: And the final thing that Saddafield mentioned is like, look,
we gotta spend looking what Texas Tech has done.
Speaker 2: And look what they're doing.
Speaker 1: Okay, so you do have to spend in this name,
image and likeness, uh, free market capitalistic collegiate football landscape
that we're living in. We'll go to break real quick
update on the basketball game, and BYU's playing some good
ball around now thirty eight or sorry, thirty four to
eighteen with about six minutes left in the first half.
Right now, Asiana Bots is leading all scores twelve points.
He's been effective from the field, and he's been getting
to the charity stripe. He's three to five for the
field in five or six from the charity stripe, four rebounds,
one assist, and one block as well, playing like he's
supposed to. Everybody else contributing lifting where they stand and
I would say rob right the thirties. The other guy
been really impressed by four assists right now, distributing the
ball at a high level and three rebounds.
Speaker 2: He's also two or three from the field and he's
got five points.
Speaker 1: So ball in shot Colin very efficient thus far, sixty
percent from the field, forty five percent from the three
point line. Everybody's contributing eighty three percent from the charity stripe.
It is a home court maybe advantage for you at
the Delta Center. They're familiar with the setting, I guess
if you will, and they are playing very good basketball.
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U men's basketball taking on the Wisconsin Badgers. They're up
thirty six, twenty eight, three minutes remaining. The BYU Cougars
three and one on the season, taking on the Wisconsin
badge of Poornozho Wisconsin. This is their first true test
and b Yu's playing extremely well right now. Been really
very much in president AJ DEBATSA and Rob Wright and
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in this segment.
Speaker 1: Very impressed by BYU showing thus far, and as I mentioned,
shooting the ball pretty gouch dang well. The free throws
have dropped off recently, but overall pretty nice job. Fifty
six percent from the field, thirty six percent from the
three point line, and sixty three percent from the charity
stripped us.
Speaker 2: Far Aj is five or six from.
Speaker 1: The free throw line, and Ronald the three man Weaver
is is actually in attendance, tweeting out some good stuff.
He states BYU's defense is giving Wisconsin problems. Kadema Boop
steals the ball and slams at home obviously and getting
the crowd very much engaged at BYU sent for the crowd,
Kevin Young chest bumping him and and you know, forcing
a time out. Young is loving the intensity right now.
His team is playing at a high level in the
first half, So shout out to this Cougar men's basketball team.
Be Yu football obviously took off yesterday in the late morning,
probably around eleven o'clock to head out to Cincinnati a
date earlier, just to get acclimated, just to get you know,
in town and get hydrated, go to the field and
just settle in before this big time game for the
BYU Cougars. I don't know if you guys saw this cougarnation,
but you know you're in a tiebreaker scenario if you
lose to the Cincinnati Bearcats. And this is a very
good Cincinnati Bearcats team. B YU in Texas only programs though,
who can clinch a spot in the twenty twenty five
Edward Jones Big Twelve Football Championship in Week thirteen? Texas
Tech is gonna clinch with an ASU loss plus a
BYU win or losses by ASU BYU and.
Speaker 4: The U of you.
Speaker 1: By you clinches with a win over Cincinnati plus lossuits
by ASU and Houston, or a win over Cincinnati and
a loss for ASU and AU of U win. Those
are the clinch scenarios for BYU and Texas Tech. That
would be glorious, wouldn't it Just to be able to
go into which I mean, we want to clinch this
game this week, right, and then you go into UCF
your hair down a little bit, maybe not as stressed.
Speaker 2: Is that what you want, though, Like I don't know
if I want to clinch this week.
Speaker 1: Quite honestly, I want a bit of a sense of
urgency because if you if you, if you clinch versus Cincinnati,
which would be great, and you'll lose the UCF then
your backs really against the wall in that Texas Tech game.
Speaker 2: You ain't getting too the call football PLAYOFFO lets you
beat him. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I kind of go back and forth with that. Most
of us are gonna say, we want to clinch this week.
We want to clinch and win big against Cincinnati, double digits.
Give me a fourteen to seventeen point win. See a
loss from the ASU team and maybe the Houston team.
That's what you'd like to see, and then maybe a
Utah win as well. So your your strength of schedule
looks a little bit better. As Utah continues to win,
it's actually a good thing. I know BA fans don't
want to see it, but Utah winning could be a
good thing as well.
Speaker 2: Where do you stand, ap Andrew Peterson?
Speaker 1: Do you want to see a clinch this week or
do you want a bit of a sense of urgency
and not any sort of potential letdown when you invite
UCF to Lavell Edwards Stadium the following week.
Speaker 9: For me, I mean, I'm like most BYU fans. I
want to see BYU clinch. And it's not just for
this of security. While that's nice, I think I want
them to clinch because that then they can play really
free that UCF game.
Speaker 2: They're not uptight about it. Something I saw last year.
Speaker 9: It felt like the beginning of that Houston game where
we didn't know if we were out or not. The
team just came out a little bit uptight, had a
few mistakes. I just want I want to see this
clinch this week. Go play free against UCF, Go go
put up I don't know, thirty five forty on them,
play free and then go into Texas Tech.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I like the tension. I really do.
Speaker 1: I feel like with BYU's not playing their best football,
it's because they get comfortable, they get complacent, they begin
to think that they've arrived right, that they.
Speaker 2: Are the Bee's knees, if you will, of the Big twelve.
Speaker 1: I want that stay humble, stay hungry type of mindset
going into all the rest of these games.
Speaker 2: A sense of urgency.
Speaker 1: Remember kenoton of Asa said in these posiums like look
like I don't think I've given my best effort, which
is fine, Like we need that Keanu that showed up
versus TCU, the relentless high motor, physically violent and extremely
refined tech technically KIANOTANOVASO need that hope for that, Vic Kram,
do you want to get in on the action? Hold
on here, hold on, here we go. Yeah, I think
you mixed up the headsets. Hold on, I think you
mixed up the headsets. Yeah, I think you picked up
the wrong headset.
Speaker 2: Here.
Speaker 1: It's okay, we'll get that dial back in here. But yeah,
look that's what you want. You want a little bit
of that. You want that tension, You want that going
into this game. In my opinion, so you could seal
the deal, you could clinch, but do you really want
that cougarnation. A couple other things as we break down
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of things here I want to delve into is how
BYU has.
Speaker 2: Played on the road.
Speaker 1: Okay, BYU has, I would say, to a certain degree
struggle on the road.
Speaker 2: Even though they've they've won on the road this year, the.
Speaker 1: Margin of victory obviously not as impressive on the road
as at home, which is maybe expected. We know that
you take out Texas Tech and BYU's win in by
approximately eleven points on the road, but it never felt
like necessarily you were just in control of these games
from start to finish. Even the ECU game just didn't
seem that way. Colorado, you were on your heels early on.
Caden Salton was running all over You bounced back and
you found a way to win. Gritty, resilient, You have
a same thing you started out. You actually started off
hot and then you let them back into the game
to second and third quarter was pretty abysmal, and even
the first half of the fourth quarter was pretty bad
until finally you got back on track. You scored multiple
times late in that game and found a way to
win in DOUBLET. So I always stayed same thing you were.
You were kind of playing from behind, and you create
a momentum.
Speaker 2: Through special teams and through defense.
Speaker 1: You created a turnover on special teams, which is pretty
crazy that BA has been so consistently good at creating
turnovers on punt cover.
Speaker 2: It is really an insane stat.
Speaker 1: I don't know how many turnovers, but I want to
say it's something like four or five turnovers created over
the last two and a half years.
Speaker 2: Insane number.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then a defensive touchdown as well, pick six
by volatile Satawala.
Speaker 2: So that's what you're gonna need on the road if you.
Speaker 1: Want to double digit win victory ten, fourteen, seventeen points,
et cetera. Convincing one on the road versus a very
very prolific, very very I would say, explosive offense.
Speaker 2: You're gonna need to show up on special teams and
on defense.
Speaker 1: And by the way, BYU only a two and a
half point favorite here, but that being said, BYU is
one of the best in the country, not at the
top tier.
Speaker 2: You know you have like your elite squads.
Speaker 1: I would say in Texas Tech and Ohio State they're
ten and one against the spread. Ohio State's eight one
and one Utah's actually eight and two. They're very excellent
against the spread. North Texas is eight to eight and
two against the spread. Stady Goo State eight and two
against the spread. Utah State is actually eight two against
the spread. Western Kentucky eight eight and two against the spread.
And then you have James Madison at seven and three,
Hawaii seven and two, Vanderbilt at seventy two and one,
You at seven and three, ap What do you got
for me?
Speaker 9: Well, I just wanted to add to your commentary about
the road. I've been very loud about BYU's road struggles
this year. The stat I have for you if you,
even if you take out the Texas Tech game, BYU
has trailed more often than they've led on the road.
They've trailed. If you take away the Texas Tech game,
they've trailed for one hundred and nine minutes thirty seven
seconds as opposed to leading for one hundred and three
minutes forty three seconds on the road. And I think
that's due to a lot of ba's getting in a
lot of first half deficits, and there's just something going
on in the first half of these road games, including
the ECU game where it took a pick six at
the end of the first half to get us going.
It just doesn't feel like we're coming out strong at
the first half of these road games. With the exception
of that Arizona game.
Speaker 2: You're right in Arizona.
Speaker 1: Game, b WA, you started off hot and then that
little interval there, that storm delay, got you back into
the game. And BA was reeling after that all the
way into the fourth quarter this game. BA was three
to zero all time against Cincinnati. The two schools last
minute in twenty twenty three, with the Cougars won in
provo thirty five to twenty seven for its first Big
Twelve conference. When BA last minute at Nippert Stadium in
twenty sixteen and came away with a twenty to three victory.
Both schools actually ended up joining the Big Twelve for
the twenty twenty three season, along with Houston and UCF.
Speaker 2: And I may have to pull data on this.
Speaker 1: If you look at side by side these two teams
BYU in Cincinnati over like a decade prior to being
invited into the Big Twelve, they're very similar in total wins, productivity,
and bowl games. Very very similar. In fact, I'll pull
that data up maybe later on the show. It's something
we've deald into years ago on the show, and I'll
rehash that later on.
Speaker 2: Let's take a brief time out by you.
Speaker 1: Currently up forty five to thirty three BA basketball at
forty five thirty three at the Delta Center, the bad
Boy Mower Series in Salt Lake City, by you, sticking
it to the Wisconsin Badgers. Highly effective, highly efficient from
the field thus far, fifty three percent from the field,
they're three point shooting percent has dropped a little bit,
thirty one percent from the three point line and only
sixty percent from the charity start.
Speaker 2: They're six to ten.
Speaker 1: They're out rebounding the Wisconsin Badgers twenty one to twenty.
They have seven assists to the Wisconsin Badger three assists,
and they've only they've turned them all over four times
and they've created five turnovers against the Wisconsin Badgers.
Speaker 2: We'll go to break, don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: Coming up in the three o'clock hour, we'll hopefully have
a live update now that it's gone to half with
Ronald the three Man Weaver live from the Delta Center
giving a little breakdown. A halftime report from the Delta
Center in a Cougar Bean, you're listening to Cougar Sports.
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