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little bit better in this segment. What was accomplished over
the bye week? And you know what extra maybe prep
was ultimately executed during the bye week in preparation for
Texas Tech. What does you see on film, et cetera.
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Tanner Wall give us a little breakdown of how the
bye week went from your perspective, I.
Speaker 3: Thought it was a great week for us.
Speaker 4: Still, we're able to accomplish a lot as far as
practice and preparation for Texas Tech. It's always great to
get an extra week of prep, especially in a big
game like this. We're able to get a lot of
good recovery into good some good rest for the bodies,
you know, playing a sixth six game stretch, and we
got a little got a little banged up, but we
should be in a really good spot heading into our
preparation for for this week.
Speaker 2: We delved into the injury report last week or yesterday.
Excuse me and yeah, we're trending in the right direction.
I think Kelly Papinga had gone on in front of
the media and stated that most of the defense should
be back. I think there's still maybe some question marks
around obviously shape. Bryan Strowther is out, Marcus McKenzie, we
haven't got a a any sort of clarification on him,
how he's trending. Raider de Mooney should be back, Temmy
Prasss should be back. All of your linebackers should be back.
Will there be one hundred percent healthy? I don't know
anyone's one hundred percent healthy. Jack Kelly has two shoulder injuries,
so he may be braced up and restricted a little
bit in the shoulders, But that man's the juggernaut, I
mean just running around anyways.
Speaker 1: They don't have a whole lot of shoulder mobility anyway.
Speaker 2: But Isaiah Glasker has been dealing with a lower extremity injury,
most likely an ankle that looks like he's been spatted
throughout the sea. So, uh, you hope he's ready to
go in full strength because he's been a little bit
what I would deem his top heavy. Whenever you have
a lower e tremity injury, and you're not able to
maximize kind of this neual muscular output due to an.
Speaker 1: Ankle, foot, knee, hip.
Speaker 2: He's sometimes even back injury and like your entire lower
half just gets emaciated.
Speaker 1: It's just not as explosive.
Speaker 2: You're not able to generate as much force or absorb
as much force. There's been plenty of times where he's
just at a position and he gets flat backed, or
he he misses a tackle. He just hasn't been on a
hundred percent, and he's been a bit of a shadow
of himself since.
Speaker 1: I think the Colorado game.
Speaker 2: After the Colorado game is when or during the Colorado
game is when he sustained the injury. So hopefully he's
ready to go, ready to roll. But LJ on the
offensive side of the ball. It looked to me, and
I've chatted with a number of physicians as they've evaluated
the mechanism of the injury. I think LJ is going
to be fine. I think he's going to be ready
to go. I think it's an ac joint spraining. How
severe is it? Is it a Grade two? Is it
a Grade three? Could be either one of those. Pain
management is going to be critical and also creating an
environment where that ac joint.
Speaker 1: I mean, it can get worse.
Speaker 2: It can, but you know, creating an environment where it's
not going to get worse. Is it going to be
as aggressive and lowering your shoulder as he once was
early in the season. That's the question I have regarding LJ.
I think he'll be ready to go. I think it'll
be good. But will he be as violent as we've
seen him showcase thus far this season?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 6: I don't think you necessarily need to be as violent,
but I do think you need LJ. Martin because the
eighty five per ljban eighty percent LJ is still better
than no LJ.
Speaker 5: Because of right now, you do have an issue.
Speaker 6: A running back Depth Kline can say, oh, there are
people you guys just don't know who they are.
Speaker 5: You've heard that.
Speaker 6: I believe that, but until you see it, we can't
say hypotheticals. You have to go what is true. And
Aaron rodderck on coordinator this Corner, said it last week.
Their offense is building predicated around LJ. Martin, So you
have to think he's the Key's the keystone.
Speaker 5: Love that.
Speaker 6: I love that he's the keystone offense. He's definitely the
keystone of the offense. And on top of that, if
he was mentioned by Kline. We played this sound yesterday
on the show that you missed it download on the podcast.
LJ is been practicing, going in practice, and it looks
like if you're practicing. According to Colone, and this is
going two years ago, I want to remind people in
twenty twenty three, Colonie said, there's a multitude of times
multitude to you like that. If you're not practicing, Ben,
you're not gonna play. That's just how it goes. So
guys that are practicing will make the travel trip. There's
a good chance to will play. If you're not practicing,
you're not going to play. That doesn't happen. I bring
up TP for instance, he had posted a video of
Trade making a play. It looked like he was in
his living room. So all of that matters, I think
at the end of the day, but I think LJ
will play and again better than no LG at all.
Speaker 2: Tanner Wall after the extra prep. What do you see
on film from the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 4: We're able to to watch the Kansas State game on
Saturday too, And in addition to you know, the film
prep that we've already put in.
Speaker 3: From a from.
Speaker 4: A defensive perspective, I guess evaluating the offense, they got
a lot of great personnel, two good two good running
backs that they use. They're tight end to number seven.
It's a lot of good yards after the catch too.
He had had some big plays in the Kansas State game,
and you know, some great receivers for Moreton to throw
the ball down the field too. But just pretty balanced offense.
I feel like they're able to get the ball in
the hands of their playmakers and get get good chunk
yardage plays and they've can They've consistently showed that on film.
Speaker 2: So yeah, this is a good football team. This is
a great football team that b He's facing, and a
football team that, unfortunately for BYU, experienced a loss on
the road to ASU a few weeks ago, which rejuvenated, revitalized,
and repositioned them to be a little bit more salty,
a little bit more angry, a little bit more just
has a little bit more Vigoran Vim and pepin this step.
I wish Texas Tech was obviously undefeated right now, maybe
they were in their fields. They were believing their their
fecal matter, don't stink, all those things right that they
were the bell of the ball of the Big twelve.
They were the bees knees of the Big twelve. They
were brett yor Mark's you know, baby, you know that's
all those bees right. Like I wanted that because I'd
feel more comfortable and more optimistic about b what you
going in and maybe shocking the world a little bit
because of BYU's culture, because of the stay humble, stay hungry,
you know, next man up, next game up, focus, keeping
the main thing, the main thing, all those things that
I think love and learning embody the Kalani culture at BYU.
Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a tough one.
Speaker 2: And this Texas Tech defense one of the main key
stats that I'm looking at. And it's cliche to say,
but since Joey McGuire brought it up in his media availability,
I think Texas Tech right now is something like plus
eight and turnover marchin Bway's plus ten. That's gonna be
a key statistical factor in this game. Who's able to
number one not give up the ball and take away
the ball. We'll see how that plays out. And see
if this defense of BYU can slow down the Texas
Tech offense led by Baron Morton.
Speaker 6: Yeah, we've seen j He'll have success being with the
quarterbacks that like to throw the ball down and field vertical. Now,
Texas Tech is one of the best at doing in
the country. I'm going to say that the best, but
they're up there. Baron Morden is able to do that,
so we shouldn't be surprised that they're going to throw
the football. So Kugarnation, don't freak out, don't flip out
when Baron Morden completes, you know, maybe a thirty five
or a fifty yard pass.
Speaker 5: Those things happen. And again you already have data points.
Speaker 6: I will stay one first player of the game and
they went to the house, so it's on the docket
that that can happen to BAU and that they can
bounce back. But I do think you bring up a
very valid point is that whoever doesn't turn over the
football wins this game. It's very simple, and I think
that BYU has showcased that they can do that. Now
Texas Tech is getting force in the ball. But here's
something I want to bring up. You want to talk
about ball security. I don't think it's going to be interceptions, Ben.
I don't think Bear turning over the football in the
air is the problem. I think when Chase Roberts, Parker
Kingston yards after catch, which a lot of the wide
receivers have a lot a good portion of Bears yards
are that we've looked at data.
Speaker 5: Talked about that earlier last month in the show.
Speaker 6: Jacob Roriguez can force fumbles, Ben, he can punch the
football out. He leads the country in forced fumbles and
knocking the ball out. He had two in the Kansas
State game. So if you're Carson Ryan, if you're Chase Roberts,
if you're a pkn you're coming across the middle. Jacob Riguez
doesn't go to tackle you, Ben, he doesn't watch film.
He goes and he punches down on the ball. Hashtag
pinut Tillman my Chicago Bears. He does that. So you
need to be aware of ball security, of maintaining the
ball once you start to run, because that's how Texas
Tech's linebackers are able to take away They force it
by hitting you hard and then stripping the ball.
Speaker 5: So hold on to the ball and go down.
Speaker 6: So if you're Bear in the run game, Bear likes
to run with the two hands Ben, and we've seen
him almost fumble it. You got to protect that ball, Bear,
because those guys behind that defensive line, great defensive line
for Texas Tech, by the way, they can punch the
ball out and I've seen it and they're dangerous. And
if you turn over the football in Lubbock, especially with
this team Ben, they beat people by taking away to
football by twenty or more. I think you got to
be very cautious of ball security, not in the air,
but once you get past the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, let's get back to Tanner Wall and
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the defense in general, what aspects have you been focused
on in the final stretch of the season, Tannerwall.
Speaker 4: I think a focus for us that came up after
some of our Iowa State game review is just kind
of shifting our mentality from the doing your one eleventh
to the dominating your one eleventh, like not enough anymore?
Is it good enough to just do your one eleventh,
like you got to win your one eleventh, And so
in that in the Iowa State game, you could kind
of see there was a big contrast between like the
first twenty eight minutes and the last thirty two kind
of looked like two different defenses that were out there
for us, but just in the way that guys were
winning their one to eleventh and doing their job and
doing it well.
Speaker 3: So continuing to trust our scheme but.
Speaker 4: Doing your job while making plays and dominating is a
mentality that we're trying to definitely ingrain within our heads
so that we can go out and play that way.
And I think it's going to allow us.
Speaker 3: If everyone's doing their job, everyone's in the right spot.
Speaker 4: We have such a sound scheme and defense that we're
gonna limit big yardage plays and always put ourselves in
good situations to win on third down.
Speaker 2: Love that breakdown from Tanner Wall and you know, focusing
on once again keeping the main thing the main thing
and third down defense, taking the ball away, stopping the run.
There's a progression and a certain amount of like standard,
uh standard that that has been set by Jay Hill,
Gary Anderson, Kelly Papinga, those that that are coaching up
the defense that just is is truly remarkable to watch
and and I love it because we're seeing some fantastic
schemes being employed, an individual effort that helps the collective
the collective defense.
Speaker 1: UH.
Speaker 2: Tanner's a big part of that, being the communicator, being
one of the leaders of that back end. And I
can't wait to see how they fare versus this Texas
Tech offense, best offense I think that they faced all season,
and I mean.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a tough one.
Speaker 2: Like as I mentioned Texas Tech yesterday, I was just
rolling through the numbers.
Speaker 1: They have one loss. Obviously it was a four point loss.
Speaker 2: On the road day issue, but their average margin of
victory is thirty four freaking points. That means they're putting
up that's a number games and their their closest game
has been an eighteen point win against Houston outside of
that one loss, that four point loss.
Speaker 1: So good team, good team, and you got to be prepped.
The bye. We couldn't have come at a better time.
For Brigham. Let's get to number four.
Speaker 2: Following up on that was that coladi or j Hill
who emphasized dominating your one eleventh.
Speaker 3: A bit of both.
Speaker 4: It was definitely addressed to the whole team and then
again reget rated to the defense from from coach Hill.
But I mean, just watching the tape from that game,
like there's such a clear difference and when everyone's doing
their job and dominating in their in their one on
one and you know, we were able to, you know,
just kind of shut down the offense their offense in
that game, and you know, the last thirty two minutes
this we outscored them, you know, thirty one to three.
Speaker 3: Compared to the first twenty eight minutes.
Speaker 4: So just leaving too in our scheme and trusting that
everyone around he's gonna do their job and she's just
got to do yours.
Speaker 2: Doing your one eleven. That has always been a part
of the Kaloni culture. He talks about it all the time.
Doing your job, don't focus on other people's jobs, focus
on your freaking job. And Jake Hill is a part
of that as well. He's going to hear from both
the entire teams to get to hear from both They
are aligned to look, they've come up from the same lineage,
coaching lineage. They were at Utah together for a long time,
and there's a reason why they were able to work
together collaboratively because they are aligned in culture and they
are aligned in methodologies and processes. So are they different
somewhat in personality? Sure they have their I'm sure they
have their strengths and their weaknesses.
Speaker 1: Like all of us.
Speaker 2: But they were truly as aligned as I think you
can be from a head coach and an assistant head
coaching standpoint. Now, as someone who was a part of
the team last year, you're in a similar spot undefeated
going into November. Any lessons that can be from last
year's run that can be applied this year? Tanner Wall, Yeah,
I was thinking about this a lot today actually, so
that we could kind of relay this as leaders to
our team. I think last year we might have gotten
stuck in it in a little bit of a mindset
of a play not to lose instead of a play.
Speaker 3: To win, because you know, we were nine to zero and.
Speaker 4: We're in a position, and I think some guys just
kind of got on their heels a little bit and
we're too much in that mindset of playing not to lose.
Speaker 3: So we still got to have a you know, attack.
Speaker 4: Mindset where we're out there playing to win, knowing that
no team's gonna just you know, hand that to us.
Speaker 3: So we got to go attack it.
Speaker 4: And in every game we play, we gotta we gotta
take it.
Speaker 1: So, look, they are in a similar spot.
Speaker 2: And I don't know if you look back at I
don't know, you look back at the Utah game, look
back at Kansas, you look back like I don't think
b we was playing great football in that Utah game.
They found a way to win in a gritty manner
like but I don't think it was like a good
I mean, everyone's a good win, but it wasn't like
there was a sense of at the end of that
game like man like, that was so emotionally taxing, and
from a pragmatic standpoint, you can't necessarily look at it
and be like, man like, we were the better team
on that day, Yeah we were, but at the same time,
like it there was a sense of like.
Speaker 1: Are we were we really the better team that day?
Speaker 2: Or we did there was a little bit of luck involved, right,
And that's okay. To think that and look, to me,
a winner is win is win. You find a way
to win, and it is what it is. But there's
still an internal sentiment that's, like, okay, we we're playing
good football Kansas, the same thing, like we just you know,
it was unlucky, like the the pooch kick, but like
we should have won that game, but we were making
mistakes in the red zone where it matters most of
your decision making matters most ASU. Once again, mistakes occurred.
They had to revamp and retool the offense. In the
second half. They opened it up, they went temple and
started slinging it and Jake Retslock looked really good in
that second half leading up to the final drive. So
the good thing is right now is the ball control
and the complementary football is much better this year than
it was last year. Down the stretch, we are plus
six in turnover margin versus Utah and Iowa State.
Speaker 1: A home game versus your rival.
Speaker 2: Which is emotionally you're very heavily emotionally, physically, and psychologically
invested in that game. And then you go on the road,
a true road test, sixty two thousand fans, and you're
plus four on the road.
Speaker 1: That is insane. That's an insane number.
Speaker 2: And you can say, okay, we'll throw out the last
iron t from Roco Beck and say, okay, well that
was just a giveaway. So you're plus three still extremely impressive, ridiculous.
So there is similarities here going into November. The difference
to me is we're ticking the ball away at a
same similar rate, but we're not turning the ball over
nearly as much. And that's what led us down the
conclusion that BYU you can argue that they upgraded with
bear Bachmeyer, Jake retzlaw b yj now jew Lane. Right,
he's at jew Lane. He got bench this last week
due to the same thing he did last decision making.
It didn't givince last year, but yes, for decision making,
got a little bit too aggressive. Thought he was Pat Mahomes.
Speaker 1: He's not.
Speaker 2: He's good. He's a good football player. He's got really
good tools. Obviously, he's a good athlete. He can sling it,
he can run it. Sometimes he thinks he's better than
he really is and does dumb things. You're not Brett
fav You're not Pat Mahomes. You can't throw into triple coverage.
And think you can just thread the needle. You can't
do that, you know, sometimes the ball floats on it
a little bit. It's a little bit too aggressive. Sometimes
he gets a little bit too lacks a day's cool
with his arm angles. Sometimes he's he thinks he's a
short stop, you know, from thinks she's Derek Jeter, he
thinks he's he's Alex Rodriguez.
Speaker 5: He thinks you're not to shout out to the Dodgers
or just one World series.
Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, that's not my era, but it's the
best shortstop in Major League Baseball right now.
Speaker 6: Probably probably have to be, you know, defensively, defensively yeah,
oh that's a good question.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know who the BET's defensive
short but you're not that guy.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you're not that guy.
Speaker 1: That guy.
Speaker 2: So anyway, ball control, complimentary football is what Brigham is
doing very well right now, which is going to keep
you away, you in the game once again versus the
text step.
Speaker 1: Now, let's go to number six.
Speaker 2: Klaani mentioned defensive defensive guys are looking healthier than they
have in a while. What does that mean for the group,
specifically getting Raider back into the lineup.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that gives us.
Speaker 4: It gives us a lot of good confidence knowing that
you know, we can you know, rotate maybe a little
bit more than we have in some weeks past, where
you know, we've some of the guys have been having
to play just you know, every snap or more snaps
than they maybe were used to playing. So we've got
a lot of great depth and great personnel on our
on our defense. So being able to utilize all of
those guys and keep us all fresh, I think it's
going to put us in a great spot.
Speaker 1: Fresh, clean and healthy. Let's go with number seven.
Speaker 2: You've got a lot of experience playing big games. Now
Collins gag Bay will be their top ten matchup. How
do you keep the team focused and not focus on
the distraction stuff like that that is going on around you.
Speaker 4: I just I think it comes down to what coach
Colonney preaches and helps us to remember. It's just continue
to do the small and simple things right. It don't
get distracted by the outside noise, by the national media,
by you know, us being ten and a half point underdogs.
Speaker 3: Like there's so many factors.
Speaker 4: That if we give too much attention to, can can
be really distracting and ultimately become detrimental.
Speaker 3: To you know, the way that we prepare or play.
Speaker 4: So just continuing to focus on us, our preparation, our team,
our teammates, our coaches, and when we are united in
that and and our brotherhood is strong and we go
out there and play the way that we know we're
capable of, we should always love the outcome. So yeah,
just staying focused and remembering what things really matter and
what things don't.
Speaker 1: All right, there you go.
Speaker 2: That's the the wise words of a team captain that's
been balling for Brigham for a while now, the preferred
walk on that made himself into a scholarship player, the
converted wide receiver to defensive back, multi year starter, free safety.
Speaker 6: So you got my I got your answer. I had
to jump back to im. You're talking to the baseball
guy that loves baseball. We don't talk too much of it.
Speaker 5: I was trying to.
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Speaker 5: He won one.
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Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome. Congratulations on the dub what a great win.
I mean, look, historically BYU I think has done well
against TCU, but in the modern era they struggle a
little bit. We've had some losses in the last three
and I think we're like two and one. What was
the difference this go around? What was the difference in
this particular match.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, obviously teach you the great team or
very well coached, and they play a possession style that
they always execute it well. So I think just going
into the game, they were a number one seed, they
are at their Big Twelve championships, are at their home field,
so they kind of had a little bit more pressure
on them, and we kind of just came out playing
free and just really had no pressure, which is kind
of not like US. I feel like do IU always
has the pressure on their backs. So just came out
free and we played our game and we got the
result that we wanted. So it was a great game
and just such a fun team win that we deserved.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there is an element of like pressure when you're
the top seeded team, you're the favorite, right and BYU's
typically been in that in that position historically under Jen Rockwood.
That dynamic is unique from you know, for the last
few years. I guess being a bit of an underdog.
Was this kind of this free flow and no pressure feel,
or is this pervasive within the roster heading into this matchup.
Speaker 6: I don't know.
Speaker 7: I mean I think we're always people always give us
their best game. I mean, we're a prestigious BYU. Everyone
loves to beat us and play their best game against us.
So I think just coming in obviously we had something
to prove. We didn't really play the way we wanted
to in the Big Twelve. Greg credit to the Big Twelve.
There's so many good teams. I mean a lot of
them are top twenty in RPI. So just a great,
great league to be in at the point in women's
soccer right now. So yeah, just having that kind of
I mean, I feel like we still have pressure on
our back, but just playing with no pressure because as
we were an eight seed and no one really thought
we could do the Big upset was a relief.
Speaker 2: B YU junior goal keeper Chelsea Peterson made eight shaves
and stood tall and penalty kicks in what was her
first start as a Cougar, stepping in after Peyton Collins
was injured in the regular season finale, Could you speak
to how well Chelsea performed?
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh, Yes, I love Chelsea. I mean her
story is so unique, coming from a mission, home from
a mission, not really wanting to play soccer anymore, and
then coming to BYU and obviously an opportunity arose and
she actually just ran with it. She's so confident. She's
just a very confident leader, and just having her step
into that role obviously a big loss. With Peyton, we
love her and I think she's had an amazing season,
so it sucks to be where she's at. But I
know she's gonna come back even stronger from her injury.
But yeah, so credit to Chelsea. She was a great
presence in that and just really proud of her and
she deserves this moment more than any when I know, Yeah,
I'm excited.
Speaker 2: To see what she can do. It's a tournament time,
and Chelsea's got a step up big. She does have
a lot of experience, right, I mean, she's played high
level soccer before, in high level games. I think that
boats well and she probably had a little bit of
an acclamation period throughout the regular season being the.
Speaker 1: Backup to Peyton. Yeah.
Speaker 7: One hundred percent. I mean she's had experience. She was
a starter at Utah before her mission, so she grew
up playing high level soccer. So yeah, she's got all
the experience. And I mean she stepped up with so
much confidence in our last two games, I mean, going
in against Utah and then obviously playing in our KEYCU
matchup last night, just so much confidence. And the way
she played is just gonna keep building her. So super
proud of her and just really excited for the rest
of her career.
Speaker 2: Ronald, you got some questions for Ellie Wahlbrook. What do
you got for me?
Speaker 6: I always got questions for Rashi. I didn't give her
that nickname. Someone else did, but no, Ellie, walk us
through your first goal and then your second goal, man,
And I thought the first one was a banger, but
the second one was better than the first.
Speaker 7: Ah, thanks Roy, I appreciate that. Yeah, I mean the
first goal, I mean I was in the right spot,
kind of got the ball in the middle giveaway from
TCUs outside back, kind of took a touch, saw the
keeper was kind of not off her line, but she
was cheating a little bit to the right and just
ripped it like I usually do, and yeah, it was
a great shot. I mean I've practiced that so many
times with my dad in the backyard, so practice makes
perfect and I'm just glad I was in that spot
to shoot it at the time. And then obviously my
second goal, I mean I was probably one of the
best goals I've ever scored. But yeah, just to put
a little bend on it. Free kick action, just yeah,
I loved it. It was so much fun. And just
credit to my teammates. I mean, I couldn't do it
without my teammates and the support and belief they have
in me. So I love it and I'm just excited
for our game tomorrow.
Speaker 2: You scored a brace in your twelfth and thirteen goals
for the season. Both goals were obviously on assisted and
this is I leave your second brace on the year
and eighth and ninth goals against Big twelve opponents. You
mentioned that that one of those goals was your best
shot ever. That's saying something you scored a lot of
goals in your career.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I feel like a free kick goal,
especially from that angle with that crawling hat on it.
I mean, you practice them and you hit them in practice,
but those are the ones in the games where you
never can perfect. So just to get that goal, I
mean I practiced them, Like I said, I practiced so
many times with my dad working on free kicks. So
just to have that go in at the time when
we needed it most, to go up to one was
so huge. And yeah, it was.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 7: It was a pretty good one. And I have had
to watch it back because I feel like it's still
not real that I scored that, But yeah, it was
pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Did you catch up with the TCU goalkeeper after the
after the game, after the match and and converse with
her at all. I'm sure she was probably like, oh
my gosh, that's like, these are both perfect. I can't
do anything those were. Those were immaculate shots.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know. I mean they were pretty upset
after the pks. I mean, pks are a pretty tough
way to go out, but they had They've had a
great season. They've played some great teams, so they're gonna
have a good run in the NCAA tournament. So yeah,
I mean they're a great competitor, but we got the
better of them last night.
Speaker 2: What was the conversation from the coaching staff to the
players and even from the players to players leading up
to those PKS.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, to be honest, we were very very confident.
I think we had so much belief in each other
and it was kind of it's kind of funny, a
funny story, like we're lining up for PKS and me
and Lucy Kessler on the PK shootout liner who thank
sixty seven to kind of boot them bootht energy a
little bit kind of laughing in line. So we were
we were very positive and we knew, we knew, we
practiced these We knew if our minds speak louder than
our actions, and that's what it's going to do. So
all four of our penalty cake takers. So yeah, we
were just super confident and proud of the group, proud
of the confidence we had in the belief in one another.
Because it takes it takes all thirty of the girls,
not just the four or five who take them.
Speaker 6: All Big twelve first Team earlier this afternoon. What does
that accomplished mean for you, especially coming off the ACL injury.
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, I mean it means so much to me.
I think I've had to put in lots of hard
work and perseverance, especially through coming back to my ACL injury,
not knowing if I'm going to be the same type
of player I was before. I mean, that's always a
big question in your head when you get injured. So
just having that hard work payoff and not to just
be the same as I was before, but I think
even better was just huge and just for people to
acknowledge that it means the world. But like I said,
like I couldn't do it without my teammates. I mean
they put me in great positions to score goals, so
credit to them, and just excited to keep going with
this team and the postseason play.
Speaker 2: You're the eighth seeded team now advancing through the semi finals.
You face a fifth seeded Baylor that also picked up
an upset victory in the first round in PKS.
Speaker 1: They had a dramatic finish as well.
Speaker 2: The match is going to take place at three thirty
pm Mountain tom on Wednesday. Yeah, we can view it
on ESPN Plus for everybody that's tuning in.
Speaker 1: Have you been able to.
Speaker 2: Scout Baylor yet, give us a little breakdown of what
we know about Baylor.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so we.
Speaker 7: Actually were able to play Baylor in their regular season,
we were up twice on them and they ended up
coming back and beating us four to two at their
home field in Waco. So yeah, we're very familiar with
down They're a great team. I think they have some
special players in the attack that we got to kind
of watch. But I mean we've played them, we know
how to score on them. It's just kind of switching
our mentality to put our defensive energy in, which we've
had the last two games. So we're going to kind
of switch flip that switch, and Yeah, we're just excited
for kind of a revenge match them.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big one, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: What's your mindset like going into tournament play right now?
You're getting into the thick of it now, do you
feel like you guys are playing your best soccer right now? Yeah?
Speaker 7: I think one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: I do.
Speaker 7: I think we've bet we're peaking at the right time.
I think a big thing for us is just kind
of owning our process, what we're good at, what works
for us has been a huge thing this whole season.
I think these last couple of matches have we've kind
of put that all together. So we're really excited to
play Baylor tomorrow and continue this run in the Big
Twelve and obviously hopefully in the CAA Tournament.
Speaker 2: Love it, Ellie, Well, we appreciate you joining us. Congratulations
on a huge win and one of your best performances.
I mean, I call you one of the best strikers
in the modern era of b Way soccer. I've only
been around since what two thousand and five watching, but
you're pretty guys, staying good and we've had some great
strikers come through, uh b YU over the years. So
congratulations and all your success. Love what you're doing. And
the other great thing about your story that I don't
know if everybody knows about, uh, you've gone through some
injuries as well. You came from u C l A
and played well and then had an injury and had
the red shirt essentially, and and now you're you're you're
playing some of your best soccer. So, uh, those stories
of persevered persevering through those trials or tremendous stories for
to tell to the next generation of of soccer plays.
And how do you take that very seriously, that mentor
mentorship of the next generation of soccer plays here in
the state and around the country, and I imagine you
got you got lofty dreams too.
Speaker 1: Don't you want to play after b Yu If I'm not.
Speaker 3: Mistaken, Yes I do.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I want to play professionally.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: Well, keep on balling out, Ellie. We're big fans. You
know how we roll here at ESPN the fan. We
appreciate you hopping on. Congratulations and let us know if
we can do anything for you.
Speaker 7: Good luck versus Bay Awesome, Thank you Benny for having me.
Speaker 2: Yeah much love, Ellie Walbrock, Ladies and gentlemen. That segment
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going to be the difference in this BYU Texas Tech game.
I've said it once, I've said it twice. I'm gonna
say it thrice. It's going to be the special teams.
There's a reason why by US SID tried it out
Will Farren. Where there's a will, there's a way. As
Gregorbell once said in twenty twenty four, is BYU won
the Holy Award at Rice Ecle Stadium, and then chaos
ensued at the pulpit, Chaos ensued on the grid airn
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special team unit six in the country, six in the country,
Texas tex ranking right now from an efficiency standpoint, Special
Teams s ESPNSB plus eightieth in the country. Okay, kick cover,
punt cover, kick return, punt return, Okay, place kicking. This
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valuable is it to have a good holder after a
bad snap?
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's huge. I've said for a long time. It
takes a lot more than one person to kick a
field goal, and just the whole cohesion between snapper, holder
and kicker is a big deal. If a snap isn't
perfect or whatever, there's always Sam there to make it right.
And then if Sam's struggling with a hold, then I
can always make him right, and that's something that we've
built over the last however many months that we've been together.
It's the whole point of our off season is just
to build up that cohesion to be able to to
go and execute in the game.
Speaker 1: We've seen guys time and time again this season a.
Speaker 2: Average to below average or even a bad snap be
fielded by Sam Vanderharr placed properly and Will fair and
kick it through the upright. So there's been a few
times when Will is missed and I would actually attribute
that to the.
Speaker 1: Bad snap rather than the hole.
Speaker 2: It was very difficult when Sam's having to lift up out,
you get a little outreach going be off balance, then
come back down level set, get the HOMEO stations, get
get the ball explicitly where Will Fare needs it. You know,
I give a lot of credit to Sam Vanderhart for
doing a great job and Will he's benefiting from from
Sam just being dialed.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: Garrison is a good long snapper and he's proven that
at Baylor and at BAYU, but he's been a little
bit often times. So shout out to Sam vander Harp
for validated. I think, I think I believe Garrison just
needed to take a little bit of the heat off.
That dude is strong, he is muscle bound. That dude
puts on a lot of weight on that bar bell. Okay,
he can push weight. He can run too. Sometimes you
need to take a little bit off. Okay, you don't
need as much velocity as you think you need. Number two,
Will will Coach told us, Uh, the staff does really
pay attention or does not really pay attention to CFP rankings.
Speaker 1: Are the players going to be tuned into the CFP rankings?
Speaker 8: There's a lot of noise at this.
Speaker 2: All Right, we're gonna try to get that redoaled in
college football rankings?
Speaker 1: Where will by you? And right?
Speaker 2: Where will we stand in the first rankings? The first
colls football playoff rankings are only days away.
Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna try to get that dial then. Having
some technical difficulties, we apologize for that.
Speaker 2: The first of six CFP Top twenty five rankings happens
tonight ahead of that announcement. Right, we're kind of delving
into We delved into yesterday, we're delving into today. Most
are putting BYU at seven or eight. I don't know
if anyone has seen anything higher than seven or eight
many times the ape pole. For as bad as they
may be early onto the season, they finally get it
right by week seven, Week eight, Right, week six, Week seven,
week eight. They have enough data points, they've watched enough football.
They're going to probably match. It's gonna be similar to
the CFP. Is there a possibility that BYU is higher
than seven or eight?
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, but.
Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think they're probably gonna be
right there, seven or right. Big twelve still has a
branding issue the TV conglomerates, Fox, ESPN, and the rest
of the college football world, the power brokers of college football.
There's still a little enmity between them and Big twelve
in my opinion, So let's get into it. Will the
staff doesn't watch, but do the players watch.
Speaker 8: There's a lot of noise at this stage, at this
level of football. There's always gonna be a lot of noise.
I thinks as a team, our team especially, we're really
good at staying in the moment, focusing on what we
need to focus on. I think in my position, we
take it even more to the extreme where it's we
have one job and we just got to go and
execute our job.
Speaker 1: But as a whole.
Speaker 8: I think the team is very good at staying in
the present, blocking out the outside noise and just focusing
on what's going on here in the building and taking
that week by week and day by day.
Speaker 2: Look, look, in my opinion, you want to sequester your
football team to the point where they just they don't
even want any part of like the national media or
local scene.
Speaker 1: You don't want them.
Speaker 2: You want them focused on the daily task, focus in
what they can do to make themselves the best players
that they can be nutritionally, you know, physically from a
just like the healthcare standpoint, doing all of your modalities,
getting the blood flow, getting the hydration, getting the nutrients,
the sustenance, the supplementation that you need, getting the reps
in individually and collectively to maximize your execution on game day.
So question yourself. That should be the hashtag of the year.
Quite honestly, for BUA football. They do a good job
staying in the moment, making the main thing the main thing,
keeping the main thing the main thing.
Speaker 1: Now, will you made a fifty yard field goal? What
does that mean to you? To come to the end
of your career here at at BYU.
Speaker 8: It's so cool. I love to just kind of step
back and have the perspective of growing up in Utah
County and then later moving up to Kysville and watching
BYU football my whole life.
Speaker 3: It's cool.
Speaker 8: It's cool to be able to be here and to
have my foot.
Speaker 2: Okay, we're having some issues with the sam apologize our apologies.
Speaker 1: Look, I can't believe you know that Will's career is
coming to an edit. He seems like he just got here.
Speaker 2: Remember he was a transfer, had played at at multiple
schools prior was at Bois you stayed and most recently
came down with K Pop. Thanks to k Pod for
bringing up because Will's been fantastic and he's a part
of why are Special Teams Unit.
Speaker 1: He has been so good over the last three years.
Let's get back to Will Ferren.
Speaker 8: It's so cool. I love to just kind of step
back and have the perspective of growing up in Utah
County and then later moving up to Kysville and watching
BYU football my whole life. It's cool. It's cool to
be able to be here and to have my footprint
on on things that are going on. So yeah, I
don't know. I think coming here in king Field goals
is something I wanted to do for a long time,
and getting the opportunity to do it is a major
blessing and something that I don't take for granted.
Speaker 2: Final thing from Will Farren, You've been a part of
a historic ronnier at b YU.
Speaker 1: What do you make of it all?
Speaker 8: Yeah? You hear us talk a lot about culture, love
and learn all the things that Kalani teaches. I think
that's something that we take very seriously in our building,
being humble and hungry, never too prideful to put in
the work, but always wanting to get better and improve
and see the gains that we can see in our
own positions, in our own lives. And that's something that's
so ingrained into our our team right now, where upperclassmen
to underclassmen, whoever it is correcting each other, making sure
that we're we're taking the strikes that we need to
to be able to go and execute on game day.
Speaker 1: There you go, that's there's Will fare and leading the way.
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