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ag Debosa postgame commentary. He had himself a night. I
asked the question of the day poll of the day
earlier in the show Chot then at Crudal Benjamin on Twitter,
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What do you say? AJ Debat said me high little
Bucketfitch celebrating the win over the Iowa State Cyclones and
monumental win for the Cougars, and it gets him on
the right track. AJ. Was there an emphasis on attacking
the rim against Iowa State? If so, what was it
playing off two feet?
Speaker 3: It was kind of an emphasis going into the game
just playing off two feet being strong. They don't foul
a ton, So it's trying to be strong and pink
playing off two feet.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Luke, he for his s felt as
he is. I've said this before, he really absorbs contact. Well,
you don't justsarily expect that from a guy that's his
lenky as him right, Like he doesn't he doesn't have
a robust like frame and musculature, right. I mean he's tall,
he's long, but it's he absorbs contact quite well. And uh,
and he fought through that contact like he has most
of the season. But I do feel like there's been
two occasions in which I said to myself, like, dude,
he is like violently getting to the rim. It was
the Utah game in this Iowa State game. Am I
wrong in that?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 1: I do feel like there was a different pace in
physicality that AJ was playing at in that forty burger
that he dropped on us. And then that Iowa State game, Ronnie,
your thoughts.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, one hundred percent. He definitely was way more
physical and and Ben, I think that's what you have
to take into account. Go look at his high school tape. Right,
We talked a lot about DNP tape of what's going on.
Look at AG's tape. Agent didn't have to fight through
contact like that in high school. He would just gallop
to the rim. Go, he's having to bulldog his way
through euro step, put his shoulder down, pull up like
these are all tough buckets. And they're sending two three
guys off of Blitz's double teams from the weak side
to the strong side, blitzing even more off the strong
sideut of position. That's why Kevin Young said in the
first segment in NBA you get torn apart for that,
and he's making it happen. So, yeah, your your statement
is spot on. AJ is going crazy. In Utah and
Iowa State were the biggest games that I saw him
attack the basket and said, I will not be denied.
Speaker 1: Aj dbatsa. How has the team rallied with Richie being
out a lot?
Speaker 6: I mean, he's been in on the meetings.
Speaker 3: He's still around, using and travel last year, but you
see the news, he was instructing the huddles, just trying
us to play hard, just keep getting that motivation.
Speaker 1: Richie. Richie still involved, Richie still trying to motivate, Richie,
still trying to be invested. I believe his surgery is
scheduled for this week. H so he's probably doing some
prehab and you hope that there's not a ton of
collateral damage and he can get back, uh and get
on that Kyle Collinsworth ACL post op plan. If I'm Ritchie,
I'm calling Kyle Collsworth right now and say, hey, what
do you recommend right now to uh get back as quickly,
as effectively, as stable as possible. Followed the KC. Remember
Casey came back and went off for the triple double
record coming off an ACL tear. Shout out to Kyle Collinsworth. Now,
let's talk with my hi Low. How did the coaches
challenge her? How do they How did they challenge you
in this new role with Richie being out, Milo, it was.
Speaker 7: The same, you know, just just with bigger mins. You know,
just do my role off the ball, go to rebound,
playing defense and shooting up shots and you know kind
of manifested today.
Speaker 1: Indeed, indeed, indeed it did manifest. Now, how would you
creat Mihilo's performance, Ronnie, I mean it was solid right.
Speaker 5: Giving I'm giving him to be plus. I think people
are gonna look at the two of eight and be
too harsh with that. But uh, here's why we three
turnovers though, Yeah, and I think that's and he had
a tough assignment. He had Joshua Jefferson, right, that was
his matchup, and let's be honest, he's getting cooked in
the first half. He was he got a couple of
quick fouls, can't reach in and Joshua Jefferson secondly to
score on the team.
Speaker 6: So you gotta tip your hat the Iowa state.
Speaker 1: That was a tough guard, right, josh could not buy
a bucket.
Speaker 5: And then Mihilo because obviously you threw a dem at him.
But what this is where you have to look at
the coaches. Chris Burgess I think said something to Mahilo
of don't foul. Just put your hand up heavily contestant,
don't foul, because what did Booped come in to do?
He made him take that, make him take tough shots,
and then they made the adjustment, Okay, let's put Boop
on him, and they were gonna put Mohilo actually on
another wing guy, so they switched it up and it
really got tough. Anyway, the point was Mahilo, I thought
played well, and then you have to look at the
other three shots that came into paint. Normally Mihilo is
just pulling threes. He said, I'm even him. He said,
I'm going to tack the basket. When was it easy? Donk,
I'll give him that, But he ripped and got to
the basket. So I loved what I saw from Mihilo.
He has to play that way. He can't just be
a three point shooter. He needs to get downhill as
well well. When they you know, blitz you hard and
you know they over collapse on the on on the
close out. So I think Mahilo give him a B plus,
Ben give him a B plus.
Speaker 1: The Hilo. How important was it to get off to
a strong start against Iowa State, Yeah, it was nice.
Speaker 7: It definitely like helps up your confidence, especially you know,
because it takes a lot a load of him and
Rob at the beginning of the game, and then you know,
it kind of gets picks up the wind like uh,
towards the end of the first half.
Speaker 1: Look, look this this Uyu team was very good, much
better in the first half. And uh, I think a
lot of it stemmed from great defensive effort. And I
think also getting to the rim right and and and
getting to the free throw line and getting fouled and
getting into a rhythm. Uh, they just weren't They weren't
heavily reliant on just hitting three point shots. They did
hit some, but they weren't heavily relyingt on it. And
I think both of those things were contributing factors. Aj
Aj DEBOTSA, what was the scouting report? Now, I'm gonna
I'm gonna lean on you. I don't I do not
know how to to pronounce this name yet, Ronnie uh
So Milan Milan met me.
Speaker 6: Milm Chilovich.
Speaker 1: Milan Chilovich And how did you shut him down? We're
gonna get that fired up for all you Cougar fans
and Cougar country. A. J DEBOTSA discussing his scouting report
on one of the best shooters in college basketball. We'll
get to that here momentarily, but just pulling up the
stat sheet here Melan was. He played twenty five minutes.
He only had five points. He was one to five
from the field, one for four from the three point line,
three rebounds. Pretty quiet night, considering this man is scoring
seventeen and a half points per game, three point two rebounds,
one assays fifty two percent from the field this season.
So pretty impressive work by AJ. Let's get back to it, AJ,
your scattered report.
Speaker 3: He knocked down on the iles watching this film. He
was shooting one leg fades, quick trigger. He's about my height.
So Tim wanted me to take a challenge. I mean,
it's a tough guard. Just I'm not used to running
around a lot of screens. But I just decided to
take a challenge and try to limit hit his te point.
You know what, Tims not just makes He knocked down
on miles watching Knockdown.
Speaker 1: Knocking down Melan man, Aj is the blueprint going forward
for you to play all forty minutes the rest of
the season.
Speaker 6: That's coach Dott.
Speaker 1: You know I was ready for I mean, obviously I'm
in shape. I work out a lot.
Speaker 3: I might try to stay in shape, but finding to
play forty minutes to I play forty minutes too.
Speaker 1: See that that's the comment that went viral. Everyone that's
in this debate between Darren Peterson and AJ, the guy
that could go first overall in next year's NBA draft.
Everyone's debating and everyone's commenting on it. They see the
load management side of DMP, they see him faking injuries.
Possibly the storylines are coming out to counter any negative
propaganda that's been put out the question marks surrounding DMP.
When AJ steps up to the mic after doing what
he did, having a monumental one of the best college
basketball performances of the season, and says, if I need
to play forty minutes to win, I'm gonna play forty minutes.
Everyone's jumping on that the man badwagon and saying take
AJ first overall in this next year's NBA draft. I
think everyone's on board now, Roddie, do you think they'll
be swayed once DMP starts going off in March madness?
Speaker 5: Look, and I just want to say, I do think
there's something going on with Darren. And Look, I just
think if you are hurt, you're supposed to tell people
publicly that you're hurting. He's not doing that, So I
really question what's going on. But the point is he's no.
I still think even if here's the thing, and then
this is how it goes right when he goes to
get evaluated the combine that will come out all of
this sort of the season. But then if he goes
out and balls out and he's in a final four
or Darren Peterson's in a national championship, this there's no
disrespect to agent. I think right now as we spending
point in time and being as Stephen A.
Speaker 6: Smith says, the guy that AJ challenged, the list is fluid.
The list is fluid.
Speaker 5: It's fluid as of today, February twenty third, a Monday
edition The Family Home Evenion.
Speaker 6: AJ's the number one pick.
Speaker 5: That could change Ben because if if d n P
is in the final.
Speaker 6: Four, he is going to be the number one overall pick.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 5: So this is still Look, this is gonna be a
conversation beIN like you've alluded to, because you're you're you're
a smarter.
Speaker 6: Man than me for the next six weeks.
Speaker 1: It's happening, guys. I'm sorry, No.
Speaker 6: I agree with you, I'm I believe you.
Speaker 1: It's happening. It's gonna happen. So get ready for it.
It shall continue whether you like it or not. A
j is uh, can you evaluate Cannard Davis Junior's dunk
specifically to kind of seal the game.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm surprised he even did that.
Speaker 6: To be honest, I'll hurt.
Speaker 3: I know it's probably the Kobe's.
Speaker 1: Well you gotta do that, Canard. He's like sixty six
and he's got some.
Speaker 5: Good the history reason why been recall remember when they
played against what is a California Baptist and it was
Rob and AJ and I cut up the sound and
play it and they would move move, did not dunk
like they actuated that Knar couldn't dunk. And Age has
been a little fun with his teammates, right. He threw
the Rob call for the lobb at Baylor. He didn't
throw it down, but then the videos went viral of
him wind Milling and Duncan and AJ Coults. Next time
I throw you lob, you better throw it down. I
expect that. So there's some fun stuff with the teammates.
So he's being funny. But yeah, I didn't think he
was going. I didn't know he had that into poppy code.
Speaker 6: I like how they do this.
Speaker 5: There's fun competitive nature amongst his team and you need that.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 5: I think the best part about this video, Mihilo is
chuckling during the whole time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mahilo just giggling in the background a j How
how is the team reinventing itself on the fly with
Richie being out?
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: Get to that here in the second. But yeah, I
do think are they reinventing themselves or they just finding
you know, I just fill in the gaps. Does that
make sense? Like they're feeling that their strength or their
weaknesses are becoming their strengths. And does one personal remember
in order to get over the hump last year you
had to move from what magan to the starting lineup.
That one personnel move combined with Yegor beginning to hit
threes and get to the rim provided I think the
boost to get to a sweet sixteen. That's my take
on it. I think the one personnel move of getting
Adeem more minutes and may combined with aj playing forty
minutes a game and becoming more proficient in scoring and
even a better defender, is gonna boost BYU into the
NCAA tournament. Conversation for at least a moderate to deep
run in the NCAA tournament, AJ, how is this team
reinventing itself on the fly with Richie out They.
Speaker 3: We've been connect with top five teams. Obviously we're losing
my single datas to Yukon, Arizona, Houston, all these top five,
top ten teams, So we knew we were right there.
It's a matter of time where we collectively brought it
together and got it ub.
Speaker 1: All it took was just a little bit of elbow grease,
AJ and Mihailo, both of you. Was this win against
Iowa State a statement win to move forward from.
Speaker 4: Lloyd and Ryan?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean just being a top sixteen definitely a
stamen win. Obviously one of the better teams in our league.
I think this can be like the blueprint for us
going forward.
Speaker 1: Be the blueprint. Be the blueprint, AJ, How impactful were
the contributions of Hadeem and Kaida this game.
Speaker 4: On?
Speaker 3: So he's very hard to score us in the paint. Obviously,
there's been a lot of room protection, a lot of rebounding.
You know, Cable was just a different beasts when when
he's locked in. I mean I tried to get him
a couple of hours early. I did, and he just
turned them to a different monsters. So I'm happy for him.
You know, I'm stepping up.
Speaker 1: Be smode b smode AJ. What was the team's mentality
with your backs again the wall keeper shorting.
Speaker 3: Obviously, we're like I said, we were neck and neck
with a lot of top five, top ten teams, so
we knew we were right there.
Speaker 6: There's a matter of executing for forty minutes.
Speaker 3: We were probably only execu for like thirty five of
those forty minutes in that five minute stretch would just
lead us to losses.
Speaker 4: So we just wanted to execu for forty minutes.
Speaker 1: Gotta finish, Ronald. Your final thoughts as we wrap up
this segment.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that was a powerful quote at the end. Ben,
you know, I pig in the year.
Speaker 5: I think they're right the five minutes would happen where
the last minutes of the first half. We played the
sound clip they go on a thirteen oh run in
the first half.
Speaker 6: That was huge.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna be honest, Ben, if they don't do that,
I don't know if they get that. Because it was
back and forth. Ioway state kind of had a little gap.
I think they were like on an eight to two
run by themselves. It's not really a run, but they
outscored them like eight to two in a stretch. And
it was that thirteen oh run and causing Milan Montchilovich
tould get his third foul that really set the callus,
I thought. And Aj was phenomenal on that stretch. But Ben,
I think we see the blueprint and Kevin Young used
to do this. He said it, Uh, Canard Davis Junior
needs the ball in his hand more, don't you know,
pigeonhole anybody. Let everybody's roll, Seane. Let everybody do what
they're good at. And that's what the team last year did.
Everybody was great at that. If that means you have
to move some things around and do some things, do it.
I think Jackson Paine said at the Solar Battery Boop
have him out there. I'd been to one of the
lineups that I love to see, and I know Rob
is gonna have to be out there. But when Rob
was on the bench, how big they were. And we'll
ask JT this in a little bit, but I just
want to take it through your brand and you let
me know. Keba you had Boop, you had Mihailo, you
had Canar, and you had aj That's.
Speaker 6: A big lineup.
Speaker 5: That's a very big lineup, and it was tough for
Iowa State defensively excuse me, offensively to get anything going.
So I'm excited to see that lineup go later, especially
when rob is getting rest, because then when you have
six' nine six six six, eleven six,' ten six.
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Lot about alignment i've been saying it for. Over. The
decade now you got to. Align the silos if you
create alignment within uh the respective SILOS. Of b yu
if you if you create alignment, From You Know, SALT,
lake city uh the the where the board of trustees
resides all the way down, to, the institution uh and
then through. The athletic department then then you're you're gonna
have positive. And good fruits when there is mal alignment
or when the Vision that the brethren HAVE for b
yu as an INSTITUTION Or by u athletics as a program,
is off kilter The board of trustee ain't too. Happy
about IT and so i want to get into. A SoundBite,
here elder gilbert Formerly Over The, CHURCH, educational system uh
he's been an advocate. For for athletics he so hopped
onto local shows and discussed the role that maybe athletics
plays and and the mission and vision of the institution
as well as the respective athletic department and what. Role
that is he is now a Member, of the korma the,
Of the twelve And We had tad welch on our
show Who Represents, the deseret, news LAST week and, I,
asked him hey how does this Calling impact bo athletics, and,
he said well it's very positive to. SAY the least
i don't have the quotes in, front of me but
IF You're a, byu athletics fan then you're Very Happy
that elder gilbert is amongst the former Of the twelve
now LET'S talk about byu as an institution And how
The board of TRUSTEES felt about byu. As an institution not.
Too long ago what year was It In which elder
gilbert was called to be Head Over The? CHURCH educational
system i. THINK it was i want to say it
was LIKE, maybe Around covid if i'm not mistaken of
the double. Check on that don't quote me on, it
JUST yet but i believe it was around, That, that
TIME okay because i think it maybe was THERE. JUST
after covid i, WANT to say, i Got it ben.
Speaker 5: He was called he served as a general Authority seventy
since amber, twenty twenty one And as the Commissioner Of
The Church education system august.
Speaker 6: Of, that, Year yes.
Speaker 1: Okay so just to give you guys a little bit
of perspective when we get into this, quote this SoundBite
because it's an interview performed recently and it Was On the.
Deseret Voices podcast elder gilbert says some very powerful things
about the institution that many. ALUM hold, deer i mean the.
The alumni base we, see how, ferocious how fanatic how
about how the fanaticism that that is that that they
embody and that they that they showcase. To. The WORLD
uh b yu, fans show, up show out the, alumni show,
up show, out they support they lived. Where they stand
This Is what elder gilbert had to SAY about b
yu when he and this was before he took over
h over the. Church educational system.
Speaker 4: We HAD slipped b, yu had slipped and there were
a lot of a lot of PRESSURES for b yu
to be just. Like the, world people say why do
we have? These religious standards why where do we do?
All THESE things AND i remember i Was Talking to
president holland and he was bemoaning that he could feel
this drift happening, to the university, and he's like what
have they done with our school that we? Love SO
much and. I felt awkward i wasn't even, the COMMISSIONER
yet and I felt like i needed. To DEFEND them, and,
I Said, well president, holand you know We Have, the
honor code, we have devotionals we, have religion classes We
Have The. Academic FREEDOM policy and i said they're, like
bumper lanes protecting us from bowling. Into the gutter and
he didn't even, let me finish, and he said that's
very different than bowling. For a strike, and he said
we need to bowl for A. Strike at byu and
just a couple phenomenal things that have happened at that
university in the. Last five years we started out five
years ago with seventy five percent. Of ur students we
do an exit survey when. The students leave one of
the questions is did you Grow Closer did jesus christ
in YOUR? Time, at byu well five years ago that
was at, seventy five percent much lower than the rest. Of,
our institutions well the next year it climbed to, seventy
seven percent than the year after that. To eighty three
because last year it. Was eighty seven there's a. Real momentum, there,
what's remarkable though. Is the faculty. They wanted this they
live in the same pressures, that we feel and they
wanted to stand up and be. Distinct and different and
with all, of that change over ninety percent of our
faculty report high satisfaction and support as faculty, at that
university higher than almost every. Other secular comparison so we've
been able to, drive this change but because the faculty
for the most, part Wanted it and i'm sure there
are a few WHO are like i wanted this to
Be more Like university of Pennsylvania or cal berkeley or.
Some other school but the MAJORITY came to biu because
they loved its mission and they wanted. To be different
we had, SLIPPED.
Speaker 1: Extremely, powerful I mean and i love The Fact that
elder gilbert was there, to you know try to, defend
you know the the institution and all the good. It
Was Doing when elder holland was bemoaning the the the
drift that, had maybe occurred the drifting away from maybe
what he deemed as the the ARCHETYPE of what byu
is and what it. Should stand for and, so you
wonder like how much of that Conversation Led to elder
gilbert getting called to so to oversee cees because he
wasn't the the commissioner. At the time but he really made.
Good points, though, he's like way we got, the honor code,
we got devotionals, we have uh we still, have to,
have you know these these academic standards to, where it's,
open open. Thought open, minded you know you you want
to have, diversity of thought, diversity of culture diversity even of. Of,
of faith uh even within these academic institutions. Of higher
learning but it needed, to come back and it needed
to come back centrically from, a vision standpoint Hyper focused
on christ and discipleship and becoming and developing and becoming
the best version of yourself. Temporarily and spiritually, so love
that loved that Those Comments from elder gilbert and the
Perspective That even elder holland gave once. Upon, A time,
ronald your, thoughts your commentary your follow.
Speaker 5: Up, to this, yeah YOU know as i was preparing
THIS clip, AND i was i was truly, listening to
it being a lot came, to, My mind.
Speaker 6: Right, and YOU know because i. THINK about everybody i
think about those, that you know, are in favor those
that might have.
Speaker 5: Differences, Of opinion right that's the best part about JOURNALISM
also which i like and this country is. Freedom of
speech is that everybody, has a, voice you know and
even with those that might want, to do things, you
know differently the part that is still and you have
to go watch a whole intervie because these are clips
that are cut. And put together even those that might
want to go, about things differently they still like the mission.
OF the school i don't want that to be taken, away,
of like, oh you know the five percent, of professors
know like there are people there who still, love the,
mission like right we all want to go, about things
differently but our common goal and purpose. Is THE same and,
i LOVE that and i love that those that down,
there want this the, professors want that they want that.
FOR the students i felt that, as a student, right You,
know Doctor, Romney doctor boyle jeff call is a former
media member.
Speaker 6: NOW who works i felt that from all of them
to really.
Speaker 5: Push HIS mission and, i felt that you, KNOW more
so I think as i was going out of school than,
in THE beginning and i don't think it. WAS anything
different i think you just realize it, as a, student
like wow my. Time's almost ups you buy into it a.
Speaker 1: Little.
Speaker 6: BIT more so, I love, this and.
Speaker 5: Look whenever they, start to slip whenever, they fall back
they're going to make sure that they get It Right
in elder holland one of the one, of the best,
right you know and tuned in. With the spirits so
the faculty and staff really are a part of it
because they're the ones that are teaching this. Every SINGLE
day so i always felt for my faculty and STAFF
and those i was around that they embodied the mission AND,
vision OF byu and i feel LIKE that's why i
was able to succeed.
Speaker 1: As a student boy. You had slipped there were a
lot of pressures for b to be just. Like The
world president holland was bemoaning that he could feel this
drift happening. To the, university he's like what have they
done with our school that we. LOVE so much i
think we've seen an awesome leadership change as WELL, at
b yu where it's very positive, and CHRIST centered and
i think you, get a holistic balanced. EDUCATION as well
i think you need to. Have it all you need
to have it all and not just be bogged down
by by kind of the the arbitrary curriculums and the science,
of it all the temporal nature, of IT all and
i think that's where we've. Maybe GONE adrift and i
do also think there was a certain amount of like
socio political pressure as well from certain entities within and.
Without the institution so it's good to see that they're
going back to their, core centric philosophies theologies and Ultimately
aligning with christ, in my opinion let's get. Back To
it elder gilbert also went into a little bit about
how the. World needs faith that's the UNIQUE and distinct
i think it values that be what you have is
that it combines the worldly to a degree, with this
spiritual the temporal. With the spiritual the. World needs faith
you need to have faith and academics. Faith and science
this Is This week elder. Gilbert discussed this let's. Get
into that do we have a SoundBite on this? One,
as well okay let's get.
Speaker 4: To that one in my Responsibilities, As the commissioner i've
worked with a lot of academic leaders, in the nation
those of faith based universities, and secular universities and those
friendships have been, real and meaningful and there's been an.
Outpouring of Outreach My Friend, rabbi ari Berman President, Of Yeshiva,
university shirley hoopstra the head of the former Head Of
the Christian council Of, Colleges, and universities catholic The Presidents,
at notre dame and they all understand this is. A
significant thing they all don't share, our exact faith and
some of them don't, even have faith but they knew.
This was significant one Of the things i've tried to
encourage all of the faith based leaders in our nation
is to stand, confidently for values character and, in our
case faith and being confident and up for those things in.
The public square to our friends, Of other faith i'd
encourage them to be bold and strong and confident in.
Helping our nation our. Nation needs faith the. World needs
faith if you look at every measure, of human flourishing
how correlated it is to faith practice. And faith engagement the,
World needs us the nation needs us to. All be engaged.
Speaker 1: You need faith you need to. Have a belief you
need to. HAVE a belief i think, in the afterlife
you need to have a belief that what you're doing
in this life doesn't have. To be transactional it. Can
be transformational you can become rather than just do a
lot of people get bogged down with all the dues
Doos doo's zo's what is it? That we're becoming and why?
Does it matter to have faith in the? World BEYOND
this so. I love it i think the. World needs
faith it's a Powerful Commentary. From elder gilbert that's, your
insaderb guys because you have to always remember why you're
doing what. You're doing right you have TO Remember why
b yu is IN The why b lau's institution does
what it does and why it's an imperative to align
with the principles and Ordinances of the gospel and promote
discipleship and ultimately up and coming combining both the secular
and the. Spiritual FAITH matters can i?
Speaker 5: BE honest before i just want, to say this you
don't have to always know the why or understand it and. The,
Process too like i'm gonna be very. HONEST with people,
i was LIKE why do i need to? Serve, a
mission well just because someone tells me TO or like i,
get the answer and a lot Of people because i'm different, With,
my spirituality like just because you receive an answer doesn't
mean you have.
Speaker 6: To do it you. Have your, agency but okay what's?
The why though okay, He told me? But WHY though
and i didn't.
Speaker 5: Get that, answer YOU know when i got that ANSWER
bent when i steppedoot off the plane, TWO years later
i think that's that's where, faith, Is at right and
that's just me giving my own. Testimonial an antidote but faith.
Is keep going it's, on the, journey you know and.
Everybody needs. It it's, positivity you know you're not gonna
know and get the answer to everything. That you're, doing
sometimes until like it says, in the scriptures after the trilley,
OF your faith i DIDN'T know why i need to
deserve A mission until i CAME home, And, i said wow.
Speaker 1: That WAS why?
Speaker 5: Could i imagine could you have IMAGINE been if i wouldn't,
have done that what my life could have looked like
and not necessarily would have been Bad of what i'd have.
Speaker 6: Missed OUT on.
Speaker 5: And i think that's just faith in the world is we,
need positive positivity.
Speaker 6: Whether we're believers.
Speaker 5: Or non believers and that first and Second GREATEST greatest
commandment i think has a lot of.
Speaker 1: Faith in it been, Love, That commentary ronnie we'll, Go
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Sources The, ncaa rules committee we'll consider getting rid of
the targeting carryover. Suspension this week they also want to start,
penalizing the shortcuts which are already. Against the rules targeting
suspensions pant legth penalties could BE Changed As ncaa. Rules
committee meets changes around the punishment for tar getting penalties
and the enforcement of equipment rules such as pant length
will be at the top of the priority list as
major discussions are revolving this week. In these COMMITTEES when
The Ncaa And Football playing rules committee conducts it's annual
MEETING At The nfl scouting combines to propose rule changes for.
The upcoming season what would you like, To see change
ronald the? Three man weaver are there specifics as it
pertains to, the targeting penalty, the carryover penalties and or
maybe jersey, and pant length the way the form of
fashion which these guys are playing ball in. THEIR respective uniforms.
Speaker 6: I don't know too much about the uniforms been haven't.
Speaker 5: Thought about that but THE aspect that i have thought
about is been into business now they get, paid, to
play right so it should BE. LIKE the nfl i
know they are going to be people that are listening,
disagreeing with me.
Speaker 6: And that's fine they're entitled.
Speaker 5: To THEIR opinion but i think everybody would say this because,
everybody's you know everyone is black and white until they
want it. To, be great well here's the. Great for
everybody why are we kicking kids? Out of games why is?
It carrying over like if you get kicked out, of
a game even in the fourth quarterbin and it carries
over the first half of.
Speaker 6: THE next game i don't think that should.
Speaker 7: That.
Speaker 5: SHOULD happen now i understand if it occurs in the.
Final two minutes you got to figure. Those things out
but they should be reviewing. These, TARGETING calls ben i
think they should be, finding the, STUDENTS you Know I
asked brian logan this a couple of weeks ago when this.
First GOT word but i think you should treat it LIKE,
it's the nfl, and you know if it's egregious and
you know you could, see it's malicious you. Kick them out,
but if not they should be able to stand the
ball game and then they get a fine at the end.
Of the game But that's where i'm leaning men SOMEWHERE
in the i don't have, all THE answers but i
think that's the the realm that.
Speaker 6: WE should go i don't like the care. OF a
rule i. Think that's terrible then to get.
Speaker 5: RID of it i hope, That they do but, if
they do still, kick you KNOW kids out, i UNDERSTAND
why but i think it should BE like the nfl
give them a fine. First time penalty if they do it,
the second time, then they're gone. Which COULD happen but
i don't like the nature of seeing players get kicked out.
Speaker 1: Of, The game, yeah i'm look, IF it's egregious i
think you, have a sequence maybe a tiered. System of subjectivity,
and you know, targeting IS targeting so i think that's
an objective call whether or. Not it's, malicious you know
whether or not it was. A devastating blow maybe that's
a little bit more subjective that could be graded out if, it's,
you know incidental accidental a guy is sliding like a
quarterback or running. TYPICALLY a quarterback a quarterback slides and
you kind of, lean into them and it's a. Minor
mild targeting. Penalize the play don't penalize and kick. Out
the player does, That make sense like it's, if it's
malicious kick him out. OF the game i don't think
there should be carryover though. To next game penalize them
for that game and let him come back and. Play
the game if you want to involve the monetary, side,
of things okay you kick him out. Of that game
any any there's, A stiff FINE i just i don't
know what, that looks like because you, can't do that
because you're gonna, have, TO say, well p four you
know rosters are getting penalized, at THIS rate and g
six rosters GETTING penalized this i don't think. That'd BE
wise but i think getting penalized in the game that matters,
if it's malicious if it's a if it's a malintent
type of hit, rather than incidental you can kind of
see whether or not it's incidental or if it's. Malicious
in nature maybe that's, getting TOO subjective but i don't like.
SEEING the carryover i think having someone sit out the following.
Half is ridiculous penalize, them that game kick him, out
that game or kick him out. For the half i'd
be fine if you Get if you if if you
are are kicked out for, THE first half. I don't
know maybe you can come back in, The SECOND half
but i guess that's up for another day. And ANOTHER
debate but i don't like to see guys with these
minor hits that are cold targeting kicked. Out of games
but those are my thoughts on the matter where do.
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