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Eight o one three eight zero eight 31 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,239 zero eight seven. All right, let's get out to the 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,040 hotline and welcome in a Texas tech beat rider, a 33 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,840 Red Raider in Saturday. Nathan Geese, who's on the line 34 00:01:33,879 --> 00:01:38,879 representing love about Line, love of Avalanche Journal ladies and gentlemen. 35 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:39,519 Speaker 2: What's up, Nathan? 36 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 3: Not too much. How's it going on your end? 37 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: It's going beautifully. 38 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: It's going remarkably well today on a Thursday in Utah County, 39 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,719 in Salt Lake County. 40 00:01:50,719 --> 00:01:53,159 Speaker 2: It's a it's a great day. Man. I'm excited for 41 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:53,680 this game. 42 00:01:55,159 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot around this game, for sure. I 43 00:01:57,879 --> 00:01:59,840 think part of me is kind of just ready to 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,079 get to the football aspect of it all, but we 45 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:04,400 got a lot of time, a lot of things going 46 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,079 on in between there even just Saturday morning itself. So 47 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,080 should it should be interesting to see how this all unfolds. 48 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, would have been the storylines coming out of Lubbock. Obviously, 49 00:02:13,039 --> 00:02:15,759 Texas Tech is favored in this game by you're running 50 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,759 higher than them slightly eight to zero, the Red Raiders 51 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:19,360 eight and one. 52 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,199 Speaker 2: It's a game day kickoff right. 53 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: On ABC ten AM, and Texas Tech is favored not 54 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,439 only in Vegas but also in ESPN analytics, giving Tech 55 00:02:31,479 --> 00:02:34,479 I believe a sixty point nine percent advantage. I'm sure 56 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,479 it's going to be a sold out crowd. It looks 57 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,759 like it's going to be sunny and beautiful, sixty six 58 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,319 degrees at Jones at and T Stadium. 59 00:02:42,439 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: Would have been the storylines coming out of Lobbck. 60 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:49,719 Speaker 3: Honestly, there's not a lot of football oriented storylines coming 61 00:02:49,759 --> 00:02:51,800 out of this right now. A lot of the focus 62 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:55,080 has just been on game day's arrivals. Fans started camping 63 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,840 out Saturday night or excuse me, Sunday night, ready to 64 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,000 get their spots on line where they've been. The students 65 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:05,280 are lined up, welcome and the football team going to 66 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,479 and from practice. Players have been handing out donuts and 67 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,840 pizza out there, So I think the actual football aspect 68 00:03:11,879 --> 00:03:14,520 of it has been kind of watered down a little bit. 69 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,319 I think it'll amp up more as we get into 70 00:03:18,439 --> 00:03:20,520 closer to game time, but right now, it's just kind 71 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,599 of everything surrounding the game. Like you mentioned, two top 72 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,240 ten teams and both Poles, and the College Football Playoff, 73 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:31,919 And I think the big talking point now is what 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 does this look like for the Big twelve Conference Because 75 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:37,479 the way this kind of sets up is usually the 76 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:39,560 Big twelve teams if they get a team in and 77 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:44,159 that fourteen playoffs aspect, Now we go to the twelve 78 00:03:44,199 --> 00:03:46,680 team the Big Swell's got a pretty good chance to 79 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:50,080 get two teams in there, especially with these two teams 80 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,080 in particular as opposed to the ACC which has taken 81 00:03:53,319 --> 00:03:56,319 a step back. So this isn't just a big game 82 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,319 for Texas Tech and Bye. This is a big game 83 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,879 for the conference to kind of put itself in position 84 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,439 to be that number three conference at least this year, 85 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,000 if not going forward. 86 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:10,599 Speaker 2: Tech and BYU. 87 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: Some would say were the most aggressive in NIL. I 88 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:20,079 would say the Red Raiders in the portal and be 89 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:24,120 a nil were probably the most aggressive BYU had a 90 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:29,000 solid portal class. There's been a lot of hype around 91 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,759 the basketball program, getting a lot of nil BAU football 92 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,959 not as much. Are these two teams going to become 93 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:41,439 the brand ambassadors for the Big Twelve going forward? What 94 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,839 Oklahoma and Texas were for decades? Are these the two 95 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,839 teams that will be carrying that bastard, that flag, that 96 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,399 banner for the Big Twelve in the foreseeable future. 97 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 3: From the financial aspect, in the back end that these 98 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,040 programs and these plastala departments have, I think there's a 99 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,120 very good chance of that, and I think that's what 100 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,720 the conference needs. And that's kind of been a talking 101 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,639 point since Texas and l You both left, was who 102 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,800 fills that void? Who steps into that Who can be 103 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,199 our most reliable, our most consistent programs there? And a 104 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,439 lot there was some talk about possibly TCU. They're in 105 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,680 the forward area. They got some wealthy backers too, but 106 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,360 they haven't turned that into any saying they're good. They've 107 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:26,079 been a good team this year. They're kind of flying 108 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,360 under the radar. Two and then Arizona State comes out 109 00:05:29,399 --> 00:05:32,800 of nowhere last year what the conference really needs is 110 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,560 whether it's Texas Tech and BYU, whether it's two other teams, 111 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,519 to be a consistent threat and a presence and always 112 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,959 in that mix, whether that's top twenty five, top fifteen 113 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,199 kind of thing. Financially speaking, I do think the way 114 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,519 this is going to kind of work now with revenue 115 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,360 sharing in the NIL, how that has to shift with 116 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,399 like this portal class Tech brought in, You're not going 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,120 to see that anymore because they're not going to allow 118 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,160 that those kind of payments to go to players unless 119 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,879 there's like fair market value and whatever the heck that 120 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,040 whatever that means. In this NIL go era, you're not 121 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:17,959 gonna see this anymore. You're gonna see something downscale to it, 122 00:06:18,439 --> 00:06:21,759 where you can still pull off good recruiting classes through 123 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:25,279 the portal through high school, get shoot your shot and 124 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:28,560 get higher star guys, but you're not going to get 125 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,199 this kind of collective talent there. So it depends on 126 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,560 how everybody handles things moving forward. 127 00:06:35,959 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: Talking from Texas Tech Football with Texas Tech Insider here 128 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,279 on your Utah ESPN Radio Network. Nathan Geese of the 129 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,360 Lembic Avalanche Journal, Get your prep getting you're ready for 130 00:06:45,399 --> 00:06:48,240 this Meal your Texas Tech next up? From a health standpoint, 131 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,360 how healthy is Texas Tech? We saw the injury port 132 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,120 last night. How'd you grate it? How would you evaluate it? 133 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,879 The overall health of Tech, They're. 134 00:06:57,759 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: About as healthy as they've been all year. The one 135 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:03,360 big injury that they have had this year go back 136 00:07:03,399 --> 00:07:06,879 to the preseason. They lost running back Quinton Joyner for 137 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,079 the season before they could even get anywhere. But they 138 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:12,040 were going to go with a three running back committee. 139 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,680 They just shipped it into two guys and I think 140 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,680 that probably works better for him. With Cam Dickey and 141 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,319 Jacoby Williams. They've both been very effective in their roles. 142 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,240 But the main one is defensive tackle Skyle gill Howard. 143 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:28,279 He got banged up in the Kansas game. He had 144 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,759 surgery on his ankle and he's been out for the 145 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:33,959 last three games. This will be his fourth straight in 146 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,240 a row that he's missed. But they're hoping to get 147 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:42,480 him back for the postseason, and the thing is he don't. 148 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:44,279 He was really good. 149 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: Is a really. 150 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,879 Speaker 3: Important presence like bocally and maturity wise, but production wise. 151 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:52,639 AJ Holmes was backing them up. He was a starter 152 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,000 at Houston. He was an All Conference player at Houston 153 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:57,560 last year. He stepped in and they hadn't missed a beat. 154 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,120 It's just kind of that that they were talking about 155 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,319 before the season, really shining through their health wives. Beyond that, 156 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:08,160 you're always worried about Baron Morton. He's gotten hurt in 157 00:08:08,199 --> 00:08:11,399 pretty much every game in some aspect or another. But 158 00:08:11,439 --> 00:08:15,240 he looked really good after chaking out some cob webs 159 00:08:15,279 --> 00:08:18,279 against Kansas State last week. So what you really need 160 00:08:18,319 --> 00:08:21,439 to do now is make sure he's healthy come out 161 00:08:21,439 --> 00:08:25,160 of every game, especially since you don't have backup quarterback 162 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,480 Will Hand in there anymore. 163 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, you know, injury bugs. 164 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: I mean, look, Texas deck is going on what six 165 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,960 straight weeks without a buy? 166 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:38,799 Speaker 2: Is that? Is that all? It all impactful? 167 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,519 Speaker 3: I think it is because of where their open dates 168 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,320 came this year. It was right after the first conference 169 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,840 game against Utah and then they their last one is 170 00:08:50,799 --> 00:08:54,000 right before the season finale, So it's weird timing of 171 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:56,399 how their tenants Bay style. So you're going through this 172 00:08:56,519 --> 00:09:01,240 big stretch of playing games, don't have that break, and 173 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,759 they keep getting amped up in pressure and intensity and 174 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,639 importance every week. So I think they're very much looking 175 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,120 forward to getting to that open date. But it's that 176 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,240 also at a weird time where like say, if they 177 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,200 don't make the Baseball championship game, it's kind of weird 178 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,840 because then you're off a week, you go play West Virginia, 179 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:22,919 then you just got to wait for wherever you go 180 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,120 in postseason wise. But if they do make the Baseball 181 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,720 championship game, they're going to see that as beneficial to 182 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:32,080 have that open date pretty close to that conference title game. 183 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an intriguing time in the Big Twelve, no 184 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,279 doubt about it. 185 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 2: And this is the most intriguing game. Obviously. 186 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: There's a lot of hype surrounding the Texas Tech Utah 187 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:48,720 game with everything that occurred in preparation for it. Texas 188 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,240 Tech has shown very well on the biggest stages thus far. 189 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,360 They did lose to ASU on the road, and I 190 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,399 have to wonder what happened, How did it happen? 191 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 2: How did they lose to the so on the road 192 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,080 at that well. 193 00:10:04,159 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 3: One of the things one of the kind of narratives 194 00:10:06,399 --> 00:10:10,919 around Texas Tech this year, at least from the national perspective, 195 00:10:11,039 --> 00:10:14,360 is that because they're watching Tech more this year, they're 196 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:19,200 notice they noticed something where Baron Morton got hurt in 197 00:10:19,399 --> 00:10:22,960 the season over, so he was dinged up already. Will 198 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,840 Hammond came in, played pretty well, and then in the 199 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,879 Utah game he went out with the concussion and Will 200 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:32,000 Hammon came in and he led them to widen that 201 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,559 gap and come away with the win. And that led 202 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,120 a lot of people to say, well, maybe this Will 203 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:39,720 Hammon guy should be be the starter, because you know 204 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:42,879 he the offense. The offense does have another gear with 205 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,759 him because of his legs. That's something they don't want 206 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,519 Baron dat to do because he has been so injury 207 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,559 prone and he's just not the most mobile guy. But 208 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,960 what they were kind of lacking is there's a reason 209 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,600 why they brought Baron back in the first place. If 210 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,200 they thought Will was better, they would have said Baron, 211 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,639 and we love you, but we're going to go on 212 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,000 with this other guy. They did this exact same thing 213 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 with Tyler Shuck the year before. They are and not 214 00:11:08,799 --> 00:11:12,000 afraid to make that decision. But they brought Morton back 215 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,080 for a reason, and the reason is he has all 216 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,879 of this experience, he knows what he's doing, he's got 217 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:20,720 the body type for it to handle big time throws 218 00:11:20,759 --> 00:11:24,039 and can handle the nix and things that he gets 219 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,799 throughout the year. And then will Ham is now out 220 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,840 for the year, suffered a torn acl against Oklahoma State. 221 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:33,639 So now it's Morton's show. That was unquestioned anyway, but 222 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:37,159 now that's not even a conversation point. But Morton has 223 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,759 gotten hurt throughout the year, and if he gets hurt again, 224 00:11:39,919 --> 00:11:43,919 your backup is now Mitch griffis wake Forest transfer who 225 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,759 wasn't even playing football last year. The conversation becomes very 226 00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:50,960 different if Morton has to leave or he can't come 227 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,759 back for anything. So a lot of this now, a 228 00:11:53,759 --> 00:11:56,679 lot of it ran on Morton's shoulders being with. Now 229 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:57,840 there's even more there. 230 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,759 Speaker 2: Talking some Texas Tech football. 231 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:10,639 Speaker 1: And look, the line is impressively in Texas Tech's favor 232 00:12:10,759 --> 00:12:12,960 ten and a half. I think it's at right now. 233 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,799 Do you think that's Is that fair? Is that a fair? 234 00:12:17,039 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 2: Look? 235 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,159 Speaker 1: And I know Vegas is in the betting game, right, 236 00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:22,360 They're not in the score prediction game necessarily, but they 237 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,440 do set over unders, they do set lines. Is that 238 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,120 a fair evaluation do you think heading into this game? 239 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 3: I think it's fair in the aspect that I mean, 240 00:12:32,279 --> 00:12:34,799 just look at the scores Texas Tech has had in 241 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,480 its game. The only one that wasn't a blowout was 242 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:40,559 the four point loss at Arizona State, which kind of 243 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,879 goes back to the quarterback conversation. Morton didn't play in 244 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:47,240 that game. Will Hammond was not good in that game 245 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,440 until late and they had a chance to still win that. 246 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:52,639 So I think if you look at it with Texas 247 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,639 Tech with Morton is a very different team than Texas 248 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,559 Tech with Will Hammond, and in the game that he's played, 249 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,399 at least a lot of they've blown everybody out, whereas 250 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,120 BYU they've had a lot of close calls, they've had 251 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:08,559 a lot of instances where they've gotten down, had to 252 00:13:08,639 --> 00:13:12,000 kind of climb out of holes early, especially in big 253 00:13:12,039 --> 00:13:14,559 twelve plays. So I think it's fair. I think it 254 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,279 is a big spread. For sure. I'm out a gambler, 255 00:13:18,279 --> 00:13:21,799 so I wouldn't take that dait regardless either way. But 256 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,240 I just based on what we've seen from the teams, Yeah, 257 00:13:25,279 --> 00:13:27,799 I think the product on the field Saturday is going 258 00:13:27,879 --> 00:13:31,279 to look probably much closer. The score could be maybe 259 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,480 maybe that ten to fourteen point win, but I think 260 00:13:34,519 --> 00:13:37,480 it might be closer than what the score actually winds. 261 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: Up being what are the fans feeling, What are the 262 00:13:40,759 --> 00:13:44,799 donors feeling right now? What's the vibe around even the 263 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,799 locker room or even the coaching staff. Is there a 264 00:13:48,919 --> 00:13:51,279 kind of a shuttle confidence? They feel like, Hey, this 265 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,440 is our game to win. Were favored, we're the top dog, 266 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:56,720 We're better than this team. 267 00:13:56,759 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: What's been the rhetoric like. 268 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 3: They're not taking that this week? They're honestly not. They 269 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,919 haven't taken it all years. Jolie McGuire said, from the beginning, Hey, 270 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,159 we know talent why we should be able to outperform 271 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,679 everybody on our schedule, and to this point they mostly have. 272 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:18,240 But they also know if they don't put in that 273 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,840 work that they get to ego inflated and listening to 274 00:14:21,919 --> 00:14:24,759 people and let it Like, if they let all this 275 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,480 get to their head, they could get run out of 276 00:14:26,519 --> 00:14:29,440 the building. I don't think talent wise, they will, just 277 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,120 because I think even if they don't play well, they 278 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,759 can still stay in the game till the end. But 279 00:14:34,879 --> 00:14:38,159 they know that there are much bigger things that stay 280 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,039 here than just a game. That means the first conference 281 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,080 title game, appearance, first time in the college football playoff, 282 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,279 and there's a lot of investment into making that work. 283 00:14:48,919 --> 00:14:51,120 And one of the things McGuire keeps touting is the 284 00:14:51,159 --> 00:14:53,639 reason why it's worked because we have so many old 285 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,679 guys that I've never done this before. They know what 286 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:00,600 they have to do because they want to do it too. 287 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:02,279 They want to do it just as bad as all 288 00:15:02,399 --> 00:15:05,080 the ad and the coaches and the players that came back. 289 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:06,279 They want to do it too. 290 00:15:08,799 --> 00:15:12,159 Speaker 1: Is uh, what has Joey said his coaching staff said 291 00:15:12,159 --> 00:15:14,440 about this BAYU Cougar football team from the pulpit this 292 00:15:14,559 --> 00:15:16,639 week and their scattered reports to the media. 293 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: They're really impressed with their Bockmeier. Obviously, he's the guy 294 00:15:22,519 --> 00:15:25,840 that you're kind of watching here. I know L. J. 295 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,159 Mortin is supposed to play. How effective is he going 296 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,320 to be? That's kind of a question that everybody's going 297 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:34,279 to kind of be watching for there. And a lot 298 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,919 of it's just going to come down to the run game. 299 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,919 How can how can BYU manage in the run game, 300 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,159 which nobody does against this team. If they can find 301 00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:48,039 success in that area, then that changes the equation defensively 302 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,039 and offensively. A lot of it is these scores become 303 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,759 a little bit more lopsided as the game goes because 304 00:15:54,799 --> 00:15:57,320 the defense can kind of just wear down the opposition. 305 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,799 And happened last week and it's Kansas State. That was 306 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,279 a pretty close game until about midway through the fourth 307 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,720 quarter where they just kind of open it up on 308 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,200 them wind up at the twenty three point win. A 309 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,919 lot of it's gonna come down to the run game. 310 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,240 BYU has to make tech respect the run game to 311 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,080 open up the pass game a little bit. The defense 312 00:16:18,159 --> 00:16:20,399 has been susceptible to gain be in the pass game 313 00:16:20,639 --> 00:16:23,159 here or there, especially in the middle of the field. 314 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,879 As good as Jacob Rodriguez and Ben Roberts are at 315 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,559 the inside backer positions, they're not great in covering the pass. 316 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,279 So if b why you can exploit that, that can 317 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,600 open things up. They've gotten to be in on that 318 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,480 a couple of times. Most recently that I can think 319 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:43,240 of is Kansas and Arizona stake out a little bit 320 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,559 of that too, just kind of using some motions to 321 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,279 get guys into more of a middle of the field 322 00:16:48,279 --> 00:16:51,799 to get away from that pass rush. 323 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: I like that scattered report. It's a great breakdown. 324 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: Going back to the injury report, do you feel like 325 00:16:59,559 --> 00:17:04,559 there's any weaknesses personnel wise on this Texas Tech Red 326 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,920 Raiders stamp, Aaron Roderick said, there's no weaknesses. There's absolutely 327 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,559 no weaknesses in the personnel anywhere on the defensive side 328 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:13,000 of the ball. 329 00:17:13,039 --> 00:17:14,039 Speaker 2: Do you see any. 330 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:21,839 Speaker 3: Weaknesses personnel wise, No, not really. Every would every position 331 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,559 I would say is great at least at least it 332 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,119 b mis Maybe not the strongest group out there, but 333 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,279 they're pretty solid. The one thing I would say is 334 00:17:31,079 --> 00:17:33,160 kind of going back to the passing game. Teams haven't 335 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,119 been able to get into the passing game because of 336 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,519 that pass rush, and that's where the layer of the 337 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:43,400 defense becomes so strong. That's how guys like Jacob Brodrigez 338 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,640 can have these amazing seasons that probably aren't being talked 339 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,400 about enough because you got David Bailey or metalw Height 340 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,319 on the edges. In the middle, you got Lee Hunter 341 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,559 and aj Holmes clogging that up. If they get to 342 00:17:55,599 --> 00:17:59,400 the outside and away from it. The secondary is quick 343 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,240 and long and to keep up with receivers, and that's 344 00:18:02,279 --> 00:18:05,160 where the middle backers can kind of beast and pick 345 00:18:05,279 --> 00:18:08,480 up at the running that the quarterback's gonna run at. 346 00:18:08,519 --> 00:18:11,000 The receivers, they're gonna kind of come underneath. 347 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: There's not. 348 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:17,799 Speaker 3: I would say the one position group that hasn't been 349 00:18:17,839 --> 00:18:21,640 the best offensive line, but they've also had games where 350 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,079 they've looked amazing too. It's just been kind of inconsistent there. 351 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,160 They're dealing with a couple of injuries. They look pretty 352 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,599 healthy at least based off the injury report from from Wednesday. 353 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,279 I think offensive line is maybe the iffy part. But again, 354 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,599 they can go. They can be an air received regardless 355 00:18:40,599 --> 00:18:43,160 of the game, depending on what happens. 356 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 1: Getting to know the Foe Here on your Utah ESPN 357 00:18:47,519 --> 00:18:50,599 Radio Network, brought to you by Bresa Cleaning Services, we 358 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,279 have Nathan Geese on the line from the Lubbig Avalanche 359 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,400 Journal talking Texas Tech Red Raider football game days out there. 360 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,519 I'm trying to think historically, when was the last time 361 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,039 game day was out in Love It. 362 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 3: Two thousand and eight for that Texas game. Wow, it's 363 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,160 been a while that happen out here. 364 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,279 Speaker 2: I think that's the same. 365 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,519 Speaker 1: I want to say the last time game day was 366 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:22,559 in Provo was in maybe two thousand and eight, two thousand, 367 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:23,880 I think it was. It was two thousand and eight 368 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,640 or two thousand and nine. So there's a there's a 369 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,240 rising of the tides here. These two teams haven't really 370 00:19:31,279 --> 00:19:34,839 been featured on Game Day, you know until like what 371 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,799 I mean, almost twenty years ago. The last time around. 372 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:40,359 It's pretty pretty interesting. 373 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,799 Speaker 2: I would say, Yeah, it's back to back weeks. 374 00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:46,599 Speaker 3: They're going to Big twelve destinations. I mean that says 375 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,759 something right there is that they have to kind of 376 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:50,599 look at it, and I think a lot of that 377 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,759 is kind of coming down to the flattening of the 378 00:19:53,799 --> 00:19:57,359 talent and the team success is being much more spread out, 379 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,440 and how where you can't just keep going back to 380 00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:03,599 Georgia and Alabama every week because hey, sometimes there's a 381 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,960 top ten game and loveock Texas out of nowhere. You 382 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:08,880 got to look a little bit deeper to find these 383 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,519 big games. 384 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:13,279 Speaker 1: Love it Nathan, best way to support you what you do, 385 00:20:13,319 --> 00:20:15,720 how you do it over there at the Lobbig Avalanche Journal. 386 00:20:17,279 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 3: Uh just see my work at lobigonline dot com. I'd 387 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,839 say follow me on Twitter, but I just got suspended 388 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,680 for something, so I'm not really sure if I have 389 00:20:25,759 --> 00:20:26,839 access to that anymore. 390 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:27,519 Speaker 2: Uh. 391 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, love it online dot com. Check out a colleague, 392 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,759 Don Williams. He's like the head honcho of a lot 393 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:38,920 of the football stuff. He's the encyclopedia if you really 394 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,400 want the historical perspective and everything that's kind of going 395 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,640 on here. He's the guy to talk to you for that. 396 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: Love it man, Well, Nathan, appreciate you hopping on. Thanks 397 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,279 for letting us get to know the Phoe through your 398 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:52,119 eyes your voice. Looking forward to seeing you guys out 399 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:52,799 there and love it. 400 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 2: Thanks so much. 401 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,319 Speaker 3: All right, thanks for having me there you go. 402 00:20:56,519 --> 00:21:00,599 Speaker 1: That's know the faux segment brought to you by Bresa Services. 403 00:21:00,599 --> 00:21:02,000 You want to be in the good graces of your 404 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,640 wonderful wife, get your house cleaned so they don't have to. 405 00:21:06,319 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 3: Uh. 406 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: If you've already had a house or office cleaner, give 407 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,480 Bresa Cleaning Services an opportunity to earn your business. They're 408 00:21:13,519 --> 00:21:16,079 better than the rest. 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