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assess the defense overall what you've seen through spring practices.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just consistency, Like today ended really well, we
just got to get the start a little bit better.
Speaker 4: But I was I was really pleased the way that
we finished practice.
Speaker 3: You know, there's a drive here or there where you're
just like, you know, those are the ones that keep
you up that night. But I just think we got
great players. We got some players that are out right
now so we have those pieces back in the fall.
You know, I'm super encouraged. Just really just the consistency
part that you know that we got to get get
better at.
Speaker 4: But I think that's something you're always fighting, but we'll
get there.
Speaker 1: Consistency, starting fast and ending strong. It sounds like they've
had some issues just starting fast, and that's okay.
Speaker 2: Talented crew, attendured crew.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you got to get them up and you got
to get them at him uh and roll in uh
and keep them motivated to start the practices. As far
as position groups, let's start with a linebacker. How have
Cad and Jake placed Kate and Jake Clifton, your two
transferred linebackers, one from the a suc Cal and Jake
from Kansas State in the Big twelve.
Speaker 2: How has their impact been?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Kate and Jacob been great man, They've I
thought both of them performed really well. They've picked up
the defense really fast. Both of them are super smart guys,
very talented, very versatile. I think they can do a
lot of different stuff for us. But yeah, we just need,
you know, some leadership qualities to start to come out.
I think, you know, when you're a transfer, you're you're
kind of in that middle ground to trying to figure out, like,
you know, what's my role? What kind of leadership can
I have? I haven't been here, there's other leaders so
I think they're still trying to figure that out. But
they're perfect fits for this place as far as just
the personalities and the characteristics that we're looking for, and
as far as players go, it's exactly what we're looking for.
Speaker 1: Great players, great men, really well rounded on and off
the field, the listic humans. They're a great fit for
b Why you I expect them to play a pivot
role in this defense this season in twenty twenty six.
How beneficial can that be for a guy like Cialius
who's seen a lot of reps and now gets that
added competition in the linebacker room.
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, the competition in the room is gonna be fierce.
It's gonna be fun. I'm really excited to see how
how it all unfolds in the fall. We got great depth.
Now we just got to get everybody, you know, on
the same page and making sure we're executing at eye
level and the consistency part, like I talked about earlier.
But yeah, I'm just I'm excited to have a room
like we have where there's great depth. You know, Coach
Ennit did a pretty good job of recruiting those guys
in and I'm kind of taking taking all the uh
you know, the benefits from it, but it's a I
just feel like it's like that at every position really
too as well. Yeah, I feel the depth on the
team for the most part is excellent.
Speaker 2: Depth on the team is excellent.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Justina recruiting that linebacker room extremely well.
And Kate Pop gets the benefit from you. I'm kind
of chuckling. He's like, this is a really good group here.
And so shout out to Justin Eda who is taking
his talents to the special teams coordinating role and not
even coaching a position. I mean's his full bandwidth and
strategic uh, you know, mental acuity will be will be
allocated fully and fourth Ridley to the Special Teams unit.
Shout out to Justin Enam now Justin Kirklin. Speaking of
other Justins, Justin Curkltz, big man transfer from Oklahoma State,
saw minimal time red shirted last year. Played I think
what four or five games with the Coups last year,
big man two gapper Justin Kirkland was a guy who
wasn't able to perform like people wanted last year.
Speaker 2: He's back. Is he healthy?
Speaker 3: Yes, Justin's had a great spring way different than the fall. Uh,
he's healthy. He was a little banged up in the
springtime or in the fall, but now he's healthy and
he's going, and I just I feel like he he's
just playing with better pad level. He's lost a little
bit away, he's leaner, more mobile, he's playing super physical.
He's hard to move to try to single.
Speaker 4: Block that guy.
Speaker 3: Good luck, but uh yeah, a really strong, big, athletic
guy that we need in the inside to help us
play great defense.
Speaker 2: So I love it.
Speaker 1: Better pad level, more flexible, lighter, and you can't single
block him. You're gonna have to double You're gonna have
to duo him. You're gonna have to combo block this
man six foot three, three hundred and thirty five pounds
Rechirt senior on the West Haven Utah Oklahoma State is
where he transferred from. Played two season Otklahoma State after
one year a Utah Tech up here in twenty six
games for the Cowboys with seven starts. Named to the
Academic All Big Twelve team in twenty twenty four. Played
in all twelve games in twenty twenty four, finishing with
eighteen total tackles, three and a half tackles for a
lost one sec and a quarterback hurry. In twenty twenty three,
played in all fourteen games. Have started each of the
last six at nose tackle, credited with twenty two tackles
on the year and eleven of which we're soolo stops.
So when he's healthy, he's strong, he's tough to move,
and he makes plays. He can penetrate as well, especially
if he keeps that pad level low. That'll be a
boon for BYU. If Justin Kirkland is healthy. And you
know what I think, Ronnie, I think this strength and
editioning program, the nutrition program, the medical staff, the athletic
training staff has really uh booyed up Kirkland because I
think he was I think he was always injured at
Oklahoma State.
Speaker 2: Your thoughts on that, Yeah, I.
Speaker 5: Mean, look, we had Zach Lancaster front of the program
over and what did he say? He said that was
one of the things. You know, He's like, my only
word is something being he told you that, I remember
it like it was yesterday. Is that the health of Kirkland.
When he's on the field, he's a monster. But that's
the issue is getting on the field now. I think
losing weight can help you, but Ben, let's just be honest.
If he is able to be healthy with Keanu who
learned a new position, who is going to be in
year two of playing that same position, and justin in
the middle, now BAU becomes a true run staff in defense.
Speaker 4: They already were last year, but this elevates it now.
Speaker 5: But now you don't maybe have to commit the linebackers
as much or if you want to get after the
quarterback when you blitz, they can get there a lot
quicker and quarterbacks can't escape. And Bo, you had what
thirty sacks last year? I can't I don't know how many.
I ts you might know that the number off the
top of your head. But justin Kirkland is a key
piece that they're missing. Especially with JT not getting that
year back, You're gonna need someone else, So they need
Justin to be there with Keanu that's gonna help. But yeah,
the biggest thing has been, you know, the availability, because
that's your best ability.
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k Pop, how important is springball for the development of
this BAU football team.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for the most part, for the youth,
I think it's I think it's the most important the
guys that are in experience, right, So for even kid
that's an experienced football player, just getting him you start defense.
Jake as well, kind of the same thing, but these
new I think it's the most valuable for these freshmen
that you're coming in and guys that maybe haven't played
a lot to have a lot of game experience, that
don't have a lot of game experience. Those are the
guys that benefited from the most. But you get in
the camaraderie part of it more in fall camp because
there's a lot of guys that are out right now.
I looked over there today and I'm seeing, you know,
Celia Sarah's out, Isaiah Glasker's out, Evan Johnson's out, and
we got a bunch of key pieces that are out
that are you know, nothing serious but this. We'll have
them all back. But uh, it's just you know, once
we get all the pieces together, I think we have
a chance to be good. But that's you know what
I told him after practice today. We can talk about
it all we want. People can tell us how great
we're gonna be. It doesn't matter. None of that matters.
We got to go put all the work in on
the field and you know, take all the steps and
go through the process what it's gonna take for us
to be great.
Speaker 1: Any any new jerk reaction there, Ronald as he's listing
off all the guys that are sitting out during spring ball.
Speaker 5: We knew about Isaac Glasker. We had a feeling from
not seeing Celia. Now we can say it because Kelly
said it. We didn't see him participating. The Evan Johnson
one is a little bit question.
Speaker 4: Marcus.
Speaker 5: You know you're you could argue your cornerback yet because
you know what you have with Evan and Trey. And
then Javin Williams comes in and ben I interviewed him
a couple of weeks ago, So you don't like that.
At the end of sp I guess the silver linings
is almost over. And then he Kelly said, is not
too serious, But you don't like that. For Evan, your
redshirt senior who comes back and if he has another
year like he did this year, has aspirations for the NFL,
so you want him healthy.
Speaker 4: He's CB one man, C.
Speaker 1: B one, Evan Johnson, Evan Evan, what's the strength of
your defense heading into the final week of springball?
Speaker 3: K pop Man, That's a great question. I think we
I think we have strengths every where. I think leadership.
If I'd have to say anything right now, I feel
really good about our leadership. I think Keanutanovas has done
a great job there. I think Evan Johnson does a
great job with the back end Raider and Foley and
Tommy Prassis. I think a great job in the safety room.
I just I feel like leadership in every room is
really good. Hunter Clegig with the outside backers, I think
it's as good as I've seen since I've been here.
And so it's kind of like we gotta make sure
we just stay out of the way and let them
do their thing. A player lead team, saying I learned
from Bronco a long time ago, like a player led team.
Speaker 4: Is way better, way better than coach led team.
Speaker 3: Right So, if we have to sit there and helnd
them and beyond them all the time, we just don't
have the right guys and we don't have the right team.
But this team is a team that's holding themselves accountable,
holding a high standard or really as coaches, we really
don't have to say or do much. The players are
doing that for.
Speaker 2: Us right now. I love that look.
Speaker 1: I think it's really important that you herald the the
mentors of your career. And I love the fact that
we're we're heralding the the mentorship of Bronco Menenhall. I
think it's good to bring together the best of the
Lavel era, the best of the Bronco era, the best
of the Kilate era. And I think it maximizes the output,
the productivity the culture. I think it actually riches the culture.
So he's my coach. I love Bronco now. I was
also coached up by Kilate. I think, you know, the
best of both worlds is a Kialate Bronco hybrid in
my opinion.
Speaker 2: And guess what.
Speaker 1: You guess what you got with k pop You're getting
you get a Kilate uh Bronco high rid And I
think I believe Yeah, Colada menden Hall like that combo
to me is very powerful. And you want the love
and learning with the accountability, discipline and effort and the
staying humble, stay hungry of of Kilani with UH, you know,
the the kind of the more stringent, militaristic style of Bronco.
I think those two things combined are very very powerful.
So I get jacked up about it. I get juiced
about it.
Speaker 3: UH.
Speaker 1: And I love that Kate Pop's given shoutouts to UH.
Now the Utah State head coach Bronco Menet Hall love
and appreciate Bronco and everything that he did for me.
Now a guy you just brought up, uh, Tommy Prassus.
He's dealt with some injuries last year. Is he back
to his normal normal self?
Speaker 3: Tommy looks great. Yeah, he looks as good as I've
seen him in. That competition between Raider and following him
is awesome, and there'll be times that we're maybe all
three of them on the field at one time. But yeah,
I feel great with the safety room. I'm Ken and
Pools and other guy's come along that we've been really
pleased with. Jaron Kalama.
Speaker 4: I think that safety room is competitive.
Speaker 3: It's competitive everywhere, which is just a great sign of,
you know, the depth that we have on our team.
That's what it's going to be. And so for you
to play early man, you got to come in and
learn the defense quick and get bought into the culture
and the system fast. And I think that's happening. And
it's fun to see the older guys really teach these
younger guys too as well. And Tommy's been one of
the best examples of helping these younger guys grow in
that system that safety.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Look, Tommy was injured last year. He had converted over
to nickel early on in the season, actually in fall camp.
He never played corner in his life and made the
transition because there was some attrition there with other injuries
and depth issues, and so he made the transition. He
got dinged up at that nickel spot and then ended
up red shirting, got to play, I think a little
bit in the bowl game and maybe in the Big
Twelve Championship game. But now he's helping strong. He was
one of the fastest guys on the football team. Uh,
and he's got great footwork. I think Rob Daniel has
been a pivotal piece in his development at that nickel spot.
But yeah, Tommy can play all all three safety positions. Uh,
you know all three?
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: I mean when when Kate pop says, you know that
you could see him all three on the football field
at the same time. You could see Uh, you can
see you know, maybe Falle roll up into that that
strong outside linebacker nickel spot. You can all see guys
like Tommy roll up in there as a true nickel
because he can he can play press man. He's he
can be that good and he's continually getting better, bigger, faster, stronger,
more mobile, more mobile and uh explosive as well and
becoming more physical in the run game. So those three guys,
uh provide a ton of experience, a ton of talent.
Speaker 2: And uh great leadership.
Speaker 1: So shout out to Tommy Pass's follows, TuS to a
wild Rader demoney, uh, but Kate Pop giving him some love.
To TP, specifically the nefew. Shout out to the nephew TP.
You were on the field as special teams coordinator. I
noticed or we noticed when you walked in that you
were on the balcony. Does that mean you're gonna be
in the box?
Speaker 2: K Pop?
Speaker 3: Just practicing mitch Man, you know, just seeing what I
want to do. You know, could be on the Yeah,
I don't know, honestly. I think you know, in my
first thirteen years of my career, I was up in
the box. So every season I was with Bronco except
for maybe one at Virginia, I was I was up
in the box. I think it was my last year
of Virginia I came down on the field and so
ever since then I've been on the field. So I
here at Boise I was on the field. Of my
last three years, I've been on the field, and so
really just seeing what I like, honestly, and so it's
been I've had a couple of times up in the
box and a couple of times down on the field
in these scrimmage situations and just seeing what vibe is best.
Speaker 4: I don't know, I just you know, what.
Speaker 3: Worked for coach Hill or what works for other coaches
might not work for me. Right So I'm trying to
see what's best for us, you know, as a as
a team, and we'll get to it. But yeah, right now,
it might be both. Who knows. Maybe you know, there's
some coaches that go up and then they come down
at halftime. I don't know what it'll be, but we'll
we'll find out what we'll help our team be the
best that we can be.
Speaker 2: Where do you lean here, Ronnie?
Speaker 1: Do you think k Pop is in the booth or
on the field as defensive coordinator for b YU next year.
Speaker 5: I think exactly what what what he stated is what
it's gonna be for a little bit till he gets
his field.
Speaker 4: I think he's gonna.
Speaker 5: Start a little bit, you know, maybe in the box
test that like, Okay, this worked, Jay Hill had some success,
and then I think he's gonna go down to the
field at half see I likes.
Speaker 4: I think he's gonna see a hybrid of it Ben.
Speaker 5: But I do think by the time he gets around
to that Notre Dame game, I do think K pop
is is gonna transition back to the box. I do
think Kelly's gonna be back in the box called in
plays because I think he's gonna want to see you know,
it from up there. Not that you don't want to
see it on the field, but I think that that
you know, that broadcast at bird's eye skyview been where
you can see it develop. When you like what it is,
you can really get after the quarterback the way you want.
So I think you'll do a little bit of both
to get his foot, you know, his feet wet, test
it out. But I do think K Pop ultimately for
the twenty twenty six twenty seven season will be in
the box.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: He also said, you know, start the first half up
in the box, come down in the second half, vice versa.
I'll put it out. I'm gonna put that out as
a pole. Is he in the box? Is he on
the field. Is he going back and forth?
Speaker 2: What say you Cougar nation? And why?
Speaker 1: I do feel like like he's the type that wants
to be able to look into the eyeballs of his
team and see where they're at. Bronco as the head
coach at BYU and even as the head coach of UVA.
I mean he's always on the field, right, that's where
your head coach is, even when he was you know,
obviously calling plays, et cetera.
Speaker 2: And there's something to being able to look into.
Speaker 1: The eyes the hearts of your team to see where
they're at emotionally, uh, physically, psychologically, But there's also a
lot of virtue and being above it all and not
being emotionally tied to anything.
Speaker 2: And it's more objective and what you're.
Speaker 1: Seeing and receiving information too from your your coaching staff
that's on the field. If someone's fatigued, uh, you know,
someone who's is injured, someone's struggling, get them out and
uh and and and you know what they're You know,
you rely maybe a little bit more on your eyes
as you see schematically and the information that's coming to
you from your coaching staff. So I wanna I think
he wants to be on the field. That's where he
wants to because he's a football player. Football players like
to be on the field. But I think eventually, with
everything that happened with Jay, I wonder if he's gonna
move up.
Speaker 2: Into the box.
Speaker 1: Football player, football player Gruden style.
Speaker 2: Baby. So this is a tough that's a tough thing, man. Yeah,
that's a tough thing.
Speaker 1: I don't uh, I don't know where Where would you be, Ronnie.
If you're the are you gonna be a booth guy
or a field guy?
Speaker 4: I think if I'm a position coach, field guy, if I'm.
Speaker 2: As a coordinator, oh coordinator?
Speaker 4: Oh okay, okay, I was going through it. No coordinator.
Speaker 5: I'm I'm in the box, definitely, no doubt. I can
see everything. I like how it is, the vibe. It's quiet,
and I'll be honest, Ben, can I really keep it
a buck with you? My nerves are already on end
when I'm playing in a game because I'm locked in
trying to think, you know, and calculating my brain. As
a coach, it's one thing as a player. As a
coach is like, the box is quiet. I got my
people next to me, you know. I can communicate, I
can see it, and then you know, I can get
you know, feedback. Remember Iowa State who came over Jay
Hill and says, scrap that it go go, No, it's over,
don't do it, restart the basics. We're gonna do it
all over again. Gary, you know, one of the one
and only Gary Anderson. Like, I think it's good to
have a team around you, Ben, and not that team
can't help you on the headset, but Ben, you and
I like, look at it, we do great work when
we're next to each other in the box.
Speaker 4: That'd be very.
Speaker 5: Difficult to try to do work if if I'm on
the sideline trying to cover the game and you're up top,
Like it can be done. But like, no, I think
next to each other in the boxes that that's for
me at least. And I think Kate Pop, like you said,
you know me as your teammate. I think you can
hear in his voice he wants to be on the field,
but I think he knows ah to make this work,
I might have to.
Speaker 4: You know, we can't go down, We have to go up.
Speaker 5: You know that thing. Hey, look I'm joking, but I'm serious.
I think Kelly wants to be on the field. But
I think that's what I said that I think he's
gonna do half and half. I think he's going to
start in the box, be on the field, but ultimately
I think half to the season he'll stay put and
be in the box.
Speaker 4: That's just my opinion.
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how much have you learned as a defensive coordinator up
to this point?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I've learned a lot.
Speaker 2: There's a lot to.
Speaker 3: A lot to manage is what I'm learning as far
as just you know, I think back to my time
with you know, other coordinators, and whenever a position coach
has a question, you go in and ask the coordinator.
And now I'm realizing there's like five other guys coming
to me asking those questions of how you want something done.
And so yeah, just being able to get everybody on
the same page, getting everybody coordinated and doing it the
way that we want to do it is the most important.
It's not I'm I'm not about like what I want,
it's what we want, what we're best at. And there's
a lot of really good coaches in that room that
have a lot of really good ideas and experience, and
so we got to use all the resources that we
have to help us be successful.
Speaker 1: So a collaborative, cohesive approach. It's not just the tyrannical
tyrant saying this is how we're gonna do it, and
and you get it, step in line and stay in line.
This is how I want to talk to this. I
want to ask you to, Hey, what do you think,
give me your thoughts? This is how I've done it before.
What do you think? It's collaborative? So and I think
Kelly's always been a team guy. He's always been a
team guy. He's always taking a team approach in everything
that he's done. That's why he was a fantastic teammate.
Even though he led by example, he led vocally. He
always was a collaborative teammate and strength and editioning on
the field off the field, and that's why he's a
great coach.
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Speaker 6: March is wrapping up, but the madness continues to ramp up.
We start with well wishes today for the BYU women's
basketball team, who was playing in the WB semi finals
at three o'clock against the Kansas jay Os. Delandi Gibb
has averaged twenty eight points per game in her last
two games, and the team has been seeing big production
from Olivia Hamlin, Sydney Benali, Cambrie Barber, and Brittany Cannon
during the tournament. BYU will look to avengers twenty one
point loss the Jayhawks back on February fourth, when the
team was dealing with the flu. The winner will head
to the championship game, which takes place on Wednesday night.
Recapping the events from last weekend, softball finished their series
going one to two against Kansas. So Friday's win saw
a walk off home run from Danica LaCosta, what was
her first career homer, or a Costa cent won over
the right center field.
Speaker 4: Wall to win at four to three for BYU.
Speaker 6: That wasn't the only walk off of the weekend, though,
as Easton Jones said, a walk off homer for the
YU baseball team on Thursday, but on Saturday afternoon it
was Keyoni Painter's turn.
Speaker 2: Down four to three.
Speaker 6: With two out from the bottom of the ninth, Painter
sent went over the centerfield.
Speaker 4: Wall for yu's third walk off homer of the weekend.
Speaker 6: At homer also won the series for YU was they
took the two to one victory over Oklahoma State and
the rest of the events from this weekend. Number nine
BYU Men's volleyball got swept by number six Pepper Die
for the first time at home since two thousand and two.
Men's tennis lost to Texas Tech four to two. Number
twenty three BYU Men's golf took fourth place at the
Goodwin hosted by Stanford, with key Hey Akeina coming in
second for his third straight top two finish. BAA swimmer
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Speaker 1: Aaron Roderk, your offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach,
address the media. We want to read between the lines
a little bit. The offense returns much of its production.
This is a really good college football team led by
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were talking about Bear, and this is a football mind
I'm talking to. He's like, I was blown away at
just how much progress Bear's made from even last year
to this year. The ability to read, react and make
great decisions. He's throwing the ball better, with more velocity
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and we can protect him obviously, So let's get into it.
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offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, what do you feel is the
strength of your office with one week of springball remaining?
Speaker 7: Who I think we just have a you know, I
think we have balance. I think I think we're we're
gonna be a balanced team. We can run it, we
can throw it, and we have good size and we're
gonna be physical.
Speaker 1: So when you hear that, Ronald the three man weaver,
what do you what do you ponder? What do you
think about? He was kind of taking back to go
what are the strengths? Uh, let me let me break
it down for you like this, and he just refined
it into essentially one or two sentences.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 5: When I hear that, I just think, Look, it's a
a rod does is not a man of many words,
unless you know you he really wants to pontificate on it,
but he's simple and he says, Look, we're gonna do
what we always do. We're gonna run the football, tell Jim,
and we're gonna set the play action throw to the
tight ends, and then we're gonna win football games.
Speaker 4: That's just what That's what I hear.
Speaker 5: It's a guy that's focused on winning and not how
sexy it looks. He doesn't care about that.
Speaker 1: Let's play one more time because this is his identity.
This is key identity of the offense.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: What do you feel is the strength of your offense
with one week remaining in spring ball?
Speaker 7: Oh, I think we just have a you know, I
think we have balance. I think I think we we're
gonna be a balanced team. We can run it, we
can throw it, and we have good size, and we're
gonna be physical.
Speaker 2: Balance.
Speaker 1: That's there's balance. Run pass fifty to fifty. You know,
at most you're sixty to forty past a run, but
you want to keep the defense on its toes, keep
them on their heels, and you have a fifty to
fifty ordeal there that opens up, as you mentioned, the
play action pass, and I think that's what they're gonna do. Big, fast, strong,
physical football and balanced football at Brigham Young University. Do
you feel confident a rot about what you've seen from
the running backs not named LJ.
Speaker 2: Martin?
Speaker 7: Yeah, is a really good football player. He's one of
our best players last year till he got hurt, and
and the year before, and Devon Aka is doing a
good good job. Preston Rex has improved a lot. So yeah,
we're gonna be really very solid running back.
Speaker 1: So given love to Sioni first and foremost at that
RB two spot, and then give some love to Devon
Ecka and Presston Rex.
Speaker 2: No mention of.
Speaker 1: Logan pain the Logan Pain train there, but those could
be your top four running backs. Your reaction if that
is your your top four, how you feel in confidence wise?
Speaker 2: Ronald the three man we were in the rush game
behind LJ. Martin.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a that's a good look. When is healthy,
he is the real deal.
Speaker 5: We saw him have that breakout, you know, the game
against Kansas City and it's unfortunate guys get.
Speaker 4: Hurt because of d rails.
Speaker 5: You know how high how hog excuse me, how high
of a ceiling they can have and with back there,
you know what they are when they're both running that way.
You saw when LJ and Hinckley were getting at it
then a couple of seasons ago, you know, well last
year with Jakins, just see them that last year jected
the year before bear with Jake, So you hope that
that's what they get back to, where you can have
an ultimate one to two punch and really it just
wears and tires of defense down because Ben, what does
be what you'd like to do? Remember Daron Hall all
the time was where you know, kill Tom.
Speaker 4: We want to kill clock.
Speaker 5: They want to run the ball be when they get
to that six minute mark and they get the ball
back in the fourth and they're up. You know, whether
that's a definitely when they got the victory one or
if they need to keep the ball away. They just
they want to do the ty last year a Rol
wants to do that. He enjoyed being able to just feed,
you know, and have that. So that's what they want
to be at a grind it down six minutes getting
victory formation and Neil Kalani does not want to score
points if he doesn't have to if they have the
victory already intact after that six minu in mark.
Speaker 4: So that's what they want to get back to.
Speaker 5: I think that they will. Symo gives that Sea, but
Devon Ecka gives him a chance. Ben, I think that's
the biggest kiss only gets hurt. How fast can Devon
flash and get get pick up the college game because
you know, you get even LJ. Martins had his injuries
and you know, Heaven forbid knock on this. You know
a question is going to come up about Bears health
and backup quarterbacks. But can Devon make an impact as
RB three and be ready if anything were to happen,
Can Press and Rex elevate his game in the past game.
Those guys have to be ready, Ben, because you never
know what's going to happen, and you could be you know, look,
no one thought that Riggie Sonder was gonna get hurt,
and look what happened with bou basketball. So they have
better depth in a running back room. But Devon and
Press and just need to keep their number in their
jersey ready because you never know what could happen in
a game of football.
Speaker 1: Aaron Roderick, in your eyes, what are the biggest benefits
of spring football?
Speaker 7: Just development, just seeing guys grow a little bit each day.
You know, we're just trying to just take each practice,
one rep at the time and try to get a
little bit better every day. And you know, each individual player.
It's fun, it's fun to see guys grow and improve
and you know, make a mistake and then learn from
it and then not repeat that mistake and get it
right the next time. That's that's what spring ball is
all about.
Speaker 2: That's what spring ball is all about.
Speaker 1: Development, especially from those young bucks, the less experience, the
the individuals that haven't seen as many reps, the transfers,
as well as far as guys like Kyler Casper, Walker Lions,
Roger Sally of PAGA gonna be happily involved in this offense.
We'll get to the Walker Lions interview later on, but
Walker actually gives love. I don't know, did you did
you listen to that Walker Lions interview that I did yet, Ronald,
have you listened to it?
Speaker 2: And I have it?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Remember my empty set conversation?
Speaker 4: I remember that that I do remember.
Speaker 2: This was unprovoked. I just asked me who stood out
to you?
Speaker 1: And he went through his like Reggie Frishnet, Jojo Phillips,
and Kyler Casper.
Speaker 2: I'm like, I was blown away. I was that way. Well,
we're gonna see some empty set here with the the towers.
Speaker 5: Did you bookmark that that tab of all of them
in the towers and and you need to bookmark it
because I here's the thing, Ben, we're discussing this in March.
Sometime in October, that's gonna come up and we're gonna
have to quotes he didn't have the discussion and rehash
and I'm gonna have to pull tape.
Speaker 1: Yeah, got a pull tape, no doubt about it. Anyway,
I thought that was interesting. We'll get to that later
on the show. But let's get back to commentary from
Aaron Roderick. As far as the quarterbacks behind Bear, what
have you seen from them.
Speaker 7: Doing good things? Trayson's a veteran player. He knows our
offense very well, has a lot of respect from his teammates.
He's playing good football, lots of confidence in him. And
then Enick Watson is learning what to do, but super talented.
He's a very high ceiling guy, super athlete, live arm.
He's just in the process of learning, learning the offense
each day. He's right on schedule to be a really
good football player.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Look, Tracy Boorgae, you know season tenured guy with experience
not only within the BU system, but you know prior
at Western Michigan, and Edick Watson really like him. A
lot a talent, without a doubt, He's going to be
good if his football like you continues to develop. I mean,
the core tangibles, the clay is fantastic, and I just
need great coaches to extract the most out of them,
I think. And he's got to put in the lonely
work as well to elevate that football like you, to
make great decisions and nowhere to go with the football, uh,
in order to maximize that athleticism. So, like what I'm here,
do you think there's gonna be a QB two competition
during fall camp? Ronald of three Man, We've already think
Tradyson's going to be able to lock that up without
much of a competition, you tease to.
Speaker 4: Let's listen to this next question. I can give you
my answer.
Speaker 2: All right, here we go.
Speaker 1: Does that mean Trayson Borgai is QB two since he
knows the locker room and is a key piece in
that locker room.
Speaker 7: He's been taking most of the reps with the twos.
Enix had had some as well, and we're just we're
letting that play out until until we get to the season.
But right now, Trayson's just got the advantage of having
been here, and Trayson's doing.
Speaker 1: A good Trayson's got the competitive advantage. But if he's
open for competition in fall camp.
Speaker 2: Gonna let it play out. But QB two as of now.
Speaker 1: Is trade a Trayson Boorgae out of Tucson, Arizona via
Western Michigan, the guy that also recruited Kyler Casper c
b Yu. So there's some there's some equity built up there.
There's a lot of sweat equity, uh, institutional knowledge, schematical knowledge,
and and he's a glue guy in that locker room.
Speaker 2: Ronald the three man Weaver.
Speaker 4: He definitely is these all the things that he mentioned.
But Ben, can I can I do this?
Speaker 5: You know, if if it does a bit is if
it hits you with a book on my left hand
doesn't mean right handed. I'm keep saying that, saying here's
why Ben, I've heard this before. Ah the red shirt senior,
the freshman. She's like, Oh, we're gonna let that play out.
Tracy's ahead, he knows the playbook.
Speaker 4: I'm reading.
Speaker 5: What a Rod is saying is like, so what you're
telling me A Rod is you like Inani Gwatson And
he's there, but he just don't know the playbook yet
and he's not.
Speaker 4: He is a few things.
Speaker 5: He's got a clear up, so we're gonna let him
have an off season fully and then come and Fall
Camp and beat tracing.
Speaker 4: That's what I hear.
Speaker 5: Ben, That's what I hear is we like Goldie and
then rightfully so, but that's exactly what I hear is.
You know, we could put a cap on it now,
but when this thing gets to Fall Camp, it's like
Emerson guy and we like, we know what ENO's gonna do.
It's just he's like, look, look, I know how it
was played rugby younger. Yeah, you know, he's got to
learn to playbook. Come along and then you know by
that sawhomore Junie's thrive and then I got to be
a senior register.
Speaker 4: He was like, wait a second, they like this.
Speaker 5: It is like I seen this episode before I was there.
So that's just honestly how I feel. I think they're
letting it play over because they always do rightfully. So
it's competition and brings out the best. But I do
believe in A Watson at some point been in the season.
It could even be Fall Camp. It's gonna be QB two.
A Rod likes Nick and everything that he brings. But
there's some things that tracing, like he mentioned, has on
him and that's because of time in the program, veteran
in college football.
Speaker 4: But don't don't sleep on Goldie. He's he's lurking in
this shadows and he's coming.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.
Speaker 1: Watch out for Goldie, Ianig Watson and the competition that
could brew during fall camp. What's your confidence love on
those two guys. Heaven forbid if bear Bachmeyer ever went
down due to injury.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I have a lot of confidence in both of them. Again,
Enoch has a lot to learn, but his upside is
very high. And in Trayson's case, I think Trayson's an
underrated athlete and he knows our offense very well and
he when he goes in, we don't skip a beat.
We can operate at a high level with Trayson right now.
Speaker 1: Operate at a high level with Trason right now. Doesn't
miss a beat, Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. So
Trason uh looking to continue to solidify himself as QB two,
But there's going to be a competition. You need competition
to push yourself. You don't want Trayson Boorgae getting too
comfortable as QB two behind Bear Bachman.
Speaker 2: I got to continue to put competition.
Speaker 1: It's the refining fire, right, iron sharpens iron. We need
that uh sharpening there in the off season. Obviously you're
on the offensive side of the ball, but who on
the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 2: He Rod has stood out to you.
Speaker 7: Oh, Man, there's there's a lot of good players over there.
Kado Lave shows up every day. I mean, I'm are
are there's a lot of good players in our defense
where they're they're flying around and and I don't you know,
I think they're gonna be just as good or better
than they were last year.
Speaker 1: Gives the love to Kado Lave showing up all day
every day. Uh, Cad is a busy bee. That dude
just does not stop. He is relentless. Like I said,
he is a combo of Rob Morris, the freight train
and branded Ogletree. Okay, I'm telling you right now, it's
that that's who I see. This guy has the high motor, violent,
explosive athleticism. I've chatted with uh with Visu like, hey,
how good is kat Wabbi? And he said He's like,
look if he's healthy, He's gonna be the best player
on the football field. So I thought that was interesting,
you know. And uh, and then that's a guy that
coached him up there at cal So. At any rate, Uh,
Kadoulabby get little love from the offensive coordinator. Takes a
lot for the OC to give some love to the defense.
He chose to highlight Katu Lawab. What does that do
for your expectations?
Speaker 2: Ronnie?
Speaker 1: Heading into twenty twenty six with Kaid in that metal
linebacker room, you have.
Speaker 5: To wonder if he can be just as good or
better than Jack Kelly in one year. And that's not
how I perberctly look at what he's done. And he
stops previously, you know, and what I mean the stop previous,
I mean cal like he was what all freshman team,
all acc team, Like, this is a guy that you know,
and we're gonna hear from him in about forty five
minutes in my interview, why he chose to come to BYU,
Why he believe he can elevate, Why you know he
wanted to be under Kelly Papingo.
Speaker 4: Who recruited him when he was back at Boise States.
Speaker 5: Give you a tease, So so yeah, I definitely think
he botes well that this linebacker group again, Ben is
gonna be one of the best last year. Look, it's
not about where you started, it's where you finished. None
of them are on the preseason list to any of
the Big twelve. And then you had Jack and Isaiah
get mentioned, you know, and you know the first second
team last year or third whichever one it was. But yeah,
you should look out for Bo's linebackers. They got they
got some dudes. And I know they talk about Kate
a lot, but Jay Clifton's also a dude. Isaiah Glasher
came back. You still got si Ali a Serra. This
linebacker group, Man, it's gonna be tough to push your time.
It's tough to get time in general we deserved from
K pop. But yeah, kat Luave sounds like he's ahead
of Snake And look, Ben, I expect him, if he's
not rotating, to be the guy. You don't bring a
guy like that in the number one linebacker out of
the transfer portal and just to have him be on
the sidelines.
Speaker 4: You expect them to come in.
Speaker 2: And make plays.
Speaker 1: Players make plays, play to play on. We talked with
Kelly thinking earlier about leadership. Who has emergered as a
leader on the offense specifically.
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's one thing we definitely have. You know, we've
we have a lot of guys that have played a
lot of football here. So you know, you've got great
leadership from Bruce Mitchell and and l J and Jojo
Phillips has played a lot of ball, and you know,
Bear is a really good leader. And I'll probably forget somebody,
I should say, But then I'm impressed with these transfer
guys too. You know they're coming from When you get
guys that come from Oregon and USC, they've been in
good programs, they've played a lot of football.
Speaker 4: They know what they know what practice is.
Speaker 7: Supposed to be like, they know what meetings are supposed
to be like. And so you have Roger and and
and Walker and Kyler. You know those guys are they're
already leaders.
Speaker 4: In our program.
Speaker 7: They're the lead by example every day, they're learning what
to do, they're learning our offense each day. But lots
of good leaders in this on this team, you know, Gentry,
there's there's a bunch.
Speaker 1: Of them, a lot of good leaders on these offense
that have stood out. And I was surprised that even
the transfers that have been their Walker lions, alluding to
Roger Pockey Feen now at Washington high level program with
high level of players coming in and leading.
Speaker 2: The way as well. So shout out to all those leaders.
Speaker 1: This could be one of those years, Ronnie, where we
have primary captains and secondary captains.
Speaker 2: Do you see it on the running on the Wall.
Speaker 5: Yeah, And once you put that thought on my head
and you presented that, you know, a couple of weeks ago,
I said, yeah, it feels like that twenty twenty two
season with Jaron Puka Gunner. You know, just two many
Chris Brooks, Climpini Guito is like, yeah, there's not gonna
be Desney captains. You might have like one guy maybe
like a bear or a bruise, but like, for the
most part, you're gonna have a lot of co captains,
no doubt about it. Guys are gonna be because look,
I mean you got guys even like you know, Raider
de Mooney stepping up into a role. You know, Trey
I or Alexander's been a vote Like it's tough, man,
how do you pick one? You can't, so you'll have
multiple yes.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.
Speaker 1: A Rod, Do you feel like the offenses going into
player run practices ahead of schedule with Bear heading into
this offseason.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess you could say that.
Speaker 7: I don't want to act like we've arrived or anything,
but I do feel confident about where we are right
now and where we're going. And having you know, Bear
got here so late last year, having him from January
one through the spring, you know, just's he's another He's
such a good leader, and he knows our offense so well.
He's really smart, and so I'd say just in that
having his experience is huge.
Speaker 1: Hey, Yanita a great leader in the offseason at its
best when it's player led from the quarterback position, no
doubt about it. The left tackle position, of of course,
We've been discussing that on the show. I've said it's
probably pockey Fee now looks to be Pockey Feen Now.
Is there competition Bruin, who's replacing Isaiah Jada? What's developing there?
Speaker 2: Ah Rod.
Speaker 7: Packey Fee now is playing with the first team right now,
and he's you know, we tried to recruit him in
high school. We loved him in high school. We feel
really great about having him now, he's doing a nice
job and seas out there doing a good job too.
But Packey's been taking most re ups of the ones
and has played very.
Speaker 1: Well well Few or lat too Few is the backup
right now with that left tackle spot. Remember c C
what was the Stanford commit decommitted from Stanford. Came over
with his brother Callippi, who was a defensive lineman commit,
and they arrived last season and a red shirted in essence,
and now they're competing Callope competing on the defensive line
and then CS one at left tackle behind Pocky Few.
Speaker 2: So really good.
Speaker 1: Talent there, some inexperienced from CSA, but very much a
talented crew, no doubt.
Speaker 2: Can you give us some context? But Pockey for now
he's the dude, He's the guy.
Speaker 1: Him and those muscular triceps up here in great footboard.
Shout out to Pocky f now making me look good
with my prognostications and projections when I initially evaluated him
as he transferred to BYU. Can you give us some
content on how the playbook has been expanded to for
Bear going into year two A Rod.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean Bears, he's brilliant. I mean he's he's
as smart of a kid as I've ever ever known
period in life.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's very sharp.
Speaker 7: So yeah, are just our ability to give him two
or three options every play and get us in the
right play based on what the defense is doing is
pretty fun. And it's you know, you're I guess. Sometimes
it might be we hand the ball off and make
three yards and nobody in the stands thinks it was
anything special, But he just got us out of a
really bad play and we made three yards.
Speaker 4: Sometimes it's just something like that.
Speaker 7: Sometimes it's getting us into a play that's a huge play,
you know, where he sees what the defense is doing,
gets us to a different play.
Speaker 4: And we we you know, have an explosive play. So
it's it's fun.
Speaker 7: He's a fun guy to.
Speaker 1: Coach, fun guy to coach, making the coach look a
lot better than you know he is.
Speaker 2: Right Like, there's a lot of trust. Now. Granted, the
coach has.
Speaker 1: To implement certain schemes, certain terminology, certain languages and get
him up to speed. It's the coach's job to implement
and to teach and to exhort right, but ultimately, the
player has to get out there and be able to
recognize get a visual stimulus and then react to it
and make good decisions at the line of scrimmage. And
so it takes two to tango, and you can tell
the relationship between these two is phenomenal. A Rod has
gotten a heat every now and again over the years, okay,
ever since he took over as the primary.
Speaker 2: Oc for BYU football.
Speaker 1: And I hope there is a certain amount of gratitude
of appreciation given to a Rod now because guess what,
Without a Rod, you don't get Bear. A Rod has
been madly, deeply invested and in love with the skill
set of Bear Bachmeyer. Ever since Bear came to Provo,
A rodd tried to recruit him, A Rodd tried to
get him to b YU. Bear wasn't interested at the time,
or not as interested as he was in Stanford. Remember
his brother with Stanford, et cetera. But now you have him,
Now you got him. Remember you lost Jake Htzlaff last year?
Do you do an honor code violation and a seven
game suspension? He ends up at Tulane, He's still a
part of the b with your brother, and he comes
back for the pro dates throws well shout out to
Jake Retzlaft b ygu once Cougar, always cougar. But without
a Rod, you don't get Bear. Without Bear, you don't
win twelve games last year. Like I think, it'd be very,
very very difficult to win twelve games. And I love
mcgay Hillston, and I love Trayson Moore Gay. I just
don't know if you get there without Bear. Bachmeer ladies
and gentlemen, boys and girls. My opinion, let's go into
the final two questions here. Does Bear exude, you know,
some qualities like Jaron and Zach of being able to
take in so much information and process it so quickly.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I'm reluctant to compare the quarterbacks we've
had here to each other, but I always say, though.
Speaker 4: That all of them have more in common than they
do differences.
Speaker 7: I mean, all the whether Zach, whether it's Jaren, Jake, Bear,
all these guys are quick release guys that get the
ball their hands fast. They're good decision makers, and they're
good athletes. And that's consistent with all those guys. Now,
each one of them who is different, has a few
other things that differentiate them. But that's what we look
for is athletic guys that have a fast release and
are good decision makers.
Speaker 1: Does I mean I think that comedy is a powerful one.
They have more in common than they do have differences.
He talks about quick releases, quick decision making processing, Jake Bear,
Zach Jaren.
Speaker 2: If you had a choice, though, who would you want
leading you in twenty twenty? T controversial. I won't put
this to a poll with it because I may get
a call.
Speaker 4: Don't Yeah, don't I may get all get upset about it.
Speaker 1: Don't you dare create enmity on social media? Man, I
just try to have a fun time, you know, come conversing,
debating what do you got, who.
Speaker 2: Do you go with? Who do you roll with?
Speaker 5: I'm going with Jaron Hall, and some people are gonna
saund biased with that. Jaren's just been his decision making
of not putting the ball in the harm's way, and
I know Bear was the same way. But people have
to remember Jaren Hall when he was younger. He he
he got plagued a little bit due to concussions, you know,
and you saw the talent there and that's really why
it wasn't I feel like, you know, maybe standing the
NFL was health. But look, Jared, to me, just I
want you when you see him in that Baylor game,
and just like when he takes off on that touchdown,
because a lot of people are like, oh, Bear's running ability.
Speaker 4: No one wants to hit him.
Speaker 5: But yet it's not just running ability business to be
able to get off and then take off. When Jared
fourth to one, they put the ball in his hands
and he's running. He's got four star guys track him down,
they can't catch him, and he gets up to like
top and speed.
Speaker 4: I'm like, man, is Jared Hall running like a four
or five? What is that breakaway speed? How many miles?
Problem is that?
Speaker 5: And Kline goes down the sideline tapping, But I just
I don't know, man. Everything that Jaron did and the
accomplishing I get. He had a great team when he
was an injured beIN, he was great.
Speaker 4: He was right there.
Speaker 5: I know people are gonna say Zach too, but you
have to remember, I think Jared's playing against a little
bit of a different talent Zach at that COVID year
and again you play what you played.
Speaker 4: But still though.
Speaker 5: To me it's Jaron Hall Ben I think he's everything
that you wanted a Rod loved him, and that's why
I want him to come back for that first year
in the Big twelve, to see him light it up.
But the way he layered the ball, Ah Man, it's
Jaron Hall for me, Ben, I would take Jaron leading
BYU into incident. And I think now that he's moved on,
I think fans see then when you look back at
the tape, maybe in the moment that he was underappreciated
just a little bit.
Speaker 4: But it's to me, it's Jaron Hall.
Speaker 2: Been Jaren Hall.
Speaker 1: Look, I think it's hard to go from you know,
Zach Wilson in his prime. I tend to lead Zach
with his running ability and throwing ability as far as
arm talent and athleticism. To me, it's it's Zach Wilson,
Zachary Capono Wilson, just because of those two elements. But
you know, what he did in twenty twenty was pretty
remarkable from efficiency standpoint, from a productivity standpoint, I know
that the strength of schedule wasn't all that impressive, and
when when you know, when it came down to Coast Carolina,
that was a difficult that was a difficult game, and
didn't you know, you know, maybe win the game for you.
Speaker 2: But I still lean Zach Wilson. But it's hard. Actually,
I really like I love bear Bachmeyer. I love him.
Speaker 1: I love you know what he does in the run game.
I love what he does from a decision making standpoint.
I love his football IQ and his intermediate passion game
is off the charts, really really good. But you're only
good as your supporting cast. You're only as good as
your offensive line. You're only as good as your your
your wide receivers and tight ends.
Speaker 2: And running backs.
Speaker 1: And you can make an argument that the party cast
surrounding bear Bachmeyer's better than maybe some of those other
crews it in its entirety, But I do think that
twenty twenty squad was pretty stacked last week.
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arm tat talent?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's.
Speaker 7: Bear's a really good passer. I mean we we brought
him along slowly last year because he just got here
so late, and he was a freshman, and also we
have LJ. Martin in the backfield, So why wouldn't you
just give him the ball twenty five times a game?
Speaker 2: You know?
Speaker 4: But Bear can throw the ball.
Speaker 7: If you guys saw in the bowl game, he saw
the Iowa State game last year. We won some games
last year with him throwing the football, and that'll happen
again this year too.
Speaker 1: He thinks he can go to the next level with
his arm talent a great passer, and he is. I
think he's a phenomenal intermediate passer. I haven't been able
to I haven't been able to see yet the velocity
that would merit the true deep ball trajectory and threat.
But we'll see how it plays out throughout springball and
into the offseason in fall camp.
Speaker 2: I think he does have an X level.
Speaker 1: I think he can get more rotational toward and more
range of motion in that in that core and generate
more force out of that lower half, because that's where
it all.
Speaker 2: Stamps from, not the arm strength.
Speaker 1: It actually is from the bottom up that he has
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