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Speaker 3: Let's get out to the hotline. Welcome at Jay Drew

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of the Desert News. Jay, how you living doing?

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Speaker 4: Fantastic, good day to be alive.

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Speaker 3: It's a great day to be alive.

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Speaker 2: Attitude of gratitude, love and appreciate that that that mentality

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here on our show. Jay, what's been keeping you busy

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for the last forty eight hours?

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Speaker 3: What have you been writing about?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've just been writing about the Pop Tarts Bowl

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and got an interview with the guy from the Pop

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Tarts Bowl, and just so I've been writing a little

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bit about that, and and then of course, uh, you

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know the kind of the aftermath of the Big twelve

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championship game. So uh, those and then I did write

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a little preview article of BYU basketball playing in Madison

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Square Garden tonight. I'm not there obviously, Jackson Paynes there

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for the Desert News. But so those are the main

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topics for the last couple of days.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk Pop Tart's Bowl.

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Speaker 2: First, b YU gets the maybe the consolation prize of

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college football head now to Orlando, and BYU fans not

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happy that they're on the outside looking in, but it's

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a nice consolation prize, and BYU seems pretty excited about it.

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Speaker 3: Coli seems excited about it.

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Speaker 2: Do you feel like the football team and players are

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excited about it collectively? Do you think there could be

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some opt outs within the BAU football program.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, those are all good questions. We don't know a

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lot other than what we heard, you know, Chase Roberts

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and Parker Kingston Tanner Wall talk about immediately in the

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aftermath of the game Saturday, and they all seem to

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think that the locker room was still really well intact,

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the culture was still there, and and of course things

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could change over course of the next couple of weeks,

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but and there may be some opt outs. Don't know,

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you know, every every situation is different, every young man

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is different. So I really don't know that, and I

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don't expect any from listening to Georgia Tech coach Brint

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Key kind of what he said as far as commitment

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being a pillar of one of their one of the

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pillars of their programs. So I hope there's no opt outs.

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I think it'll be a really close competitive game if

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both teams are intact from what they finished the season with.

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So yeah, as far as HOLBA, you've players are treating it.

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You know. The sense I get is that, you know,

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if you talk to maybe an old guy like me,

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I wouldn't want to be spending Christmas away from home

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for the holidays. But I think these young guys, you know,

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their family really a lot of their family is the

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football team, so maybe that's a cool thing. It was

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last year in San Antonio for a lot of them.

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the players about when this game is being played two

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days after Christmas. And so from all I know, and

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like I said, we haven't sat down with any players

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since after the game. I think everybody's all in and

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really excited to be playing in Orlando, a really good

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weather place on you know.

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Speaker 2: On the twenty seventh, Trevor Maddage I think, hopped on

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the BA Sports Nation and said that this BA football

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team and season is one of the best in BAA

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football history and it's the best maybe even since the

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nineteen eighty four National Championship season.

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Speaker 3: Would you agree or disagree with that?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd wholeheartedly agree. I you know, they you just

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can't discount the fact they're in a power for a

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conference right now, even back then in two in nineteen

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eighty four, even in the Cotton Bowl year when they

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only lost one game, this strength of schedule is more difficult.

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a conference, playing the number four team in the country twice.

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with Trevor. I think it's it's been very special. It's

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even better than last year based on you know, the

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quality of their losses and that they went to the

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championship game. So yeah, I would buy into that as well.

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I think it probably could be the most special season

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since eighty four.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I can't wait to see what happens.

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Speaker 2: It's a good matchup Georgia Tech, not the matchup BAYU

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fans were hoping for. Notre Dame ends up saying we

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are the not so fighting We're the quitting Irish when

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it comes down to it. The ad has stated look,

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and it was the process that we had a problem with.

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weren't at the end of it all. And if we

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had started off you know, fifteen, sixteen, seventy to eighteenth

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or what have you, and we were on the outside

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looking in, we would have probably taken a different path.

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Speaker 3: But we were fooled.

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Speaker 2: We were bamboozled issue, if you will, your thoughts, your

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commentary on the Notre Dame situation.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they really did have the rug pulled out from

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under them. I mean, what's the point of all these

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ranking shows a weekly I know, I like to watch them.

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I like to hear all the scuttle butter, the debate

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and going back and forth, listening to what the chair

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I think it's all good entertainment. So I know why

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they do all the I'm sure they get good ratings

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for ESPN, but I think there that's kind of a

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copra is they lead everybody on. In fact, in a

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way they basically told BYU, you know, hey, you're not in.

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It doesn't matter, you know, if you're competitive in that

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Big twelve championship game or not. You got to win

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the game basically, or you're not in. I mean, I

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think that was the sentiment going in based on everything

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we got from those ranking shows. So I think that

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process is Notre Dame probably has a beef with as

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much as anything else is. They got their hopes up

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too high. It's like a kid on Christmas morning who

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thinks he's going to get a red wagon. What a

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red flyer wagon? You know, I know I wanted one

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and never got one, but you know, and then you

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get up that day and you get a Hot Wheels

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or something, so you know, you just they just got

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like you said, bamboozle. They just got their their hopes.

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And when you have your hopes crushed, when your dreams

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are crushed, that's that's hard to deal with. So I

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can I don't agree with them not playing in the

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in the Bowl game, but I can understand it. Let's

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put it that way.

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seventy dollars off your first cleaning Jay. This BYU basketball

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team in a good spot heading out to Madison Square.

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Got you do a little preview of this game. I'm

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sure you were on the zoom call with Ky thoughts commentary.

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How do you see this game playing out tonight?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? You know, I you know, you look at it

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on paper. B Why you should win this game? They're

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a more talented team than then Clemson. Clemson is has

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a lot of balance, but no real superstars like BYU's

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got arguably three superstars rob Rye, Aj Debontsa and Richie Saunders. Obviously,

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Cannard Davis is also a very very good player, and

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kebatatas we saw the other nights against col Baptist, is

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an outstanding player. So by you should win this game.

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You know, you just wonder if the bright lights of

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Madison Square Garden will get to them. I don't think

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they will. I think they when they played in Vegas

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last month they kind of got that maybe out of

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their system, and so I expect them to play well.

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They've been playing well lately. There's a nagging a little

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question about the backup point guard and who will play that,

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you kid ourselves and say this is a perfect team yet.

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But they're on the right trajectory and and you know,

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I think everything's on course. You know, of course, maybe

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three point shots don't fall or other things. I mean,

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upsets do happen, but on paper, I think by you

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should be able to take care of Clemson tonight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's hope. So they're on a nice run right now.

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little bit they were a little bit shorthanded right in that.

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Speaker 3: In that Yukon game.

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Speaker 2: So BYU basketball is in a good spot. BYU football

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in a good spot. They're donors, right, the corporate sponsors.

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They're booing up BYU athletics in a way that's never

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been seen before. And so the outlook of BA athletics

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seems to be very optimistic. You have Elder Holland, Elder Oaks,

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ras Ben, Elder benn Or, they're showing up to the games,

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they're showing up to the events. Well, give me your

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perspective on everything that's occurring down there in Provo and

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the investment that is being made by the.

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Speaker 3: The the I mean, it's not from the church.

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Speaker 2: It's not from b YU as an institution, but they're

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supporting the donors as they they go through this process.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I kind of touched on this a lot last

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you know they they kind of have to rubber stamp

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all this stuff. I know, I know they're not spending

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tithing dollars. I'm not suggesting that, but everybody seems to

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be all in on on boosting BYU athletics too, and

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you know, to as high as it can go. And

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and basically that's the resources are going to be there now.

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get complacent. Colonie said he certainly won't h that he'll

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redouble his efforts and so you know, moving forward, they

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can't take anything for granted. Just because you get you know,

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top dollar you're getting, maybe you have the money to

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spend on guys like Texas Tech did, that doesn't still

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guarantee success. You still have to put the chemistry together

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and do all those other things. But yeah, right now,

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you know, it's been said many times, it's a great

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time to be a BYU fan because the major sports,

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the marquee sports, the sports that pay the bills are

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certainly in top ten, top fifteen in the nation. You

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can't really ask for much more.

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Speaker 2: Jay is the active nature of and the aggressive nature

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of BYU Athletics and its donors. The reason why UTAH

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is aggressively pursuing private equity through OTRO, the private equity

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firm and receiving a sizable sum to stay competitive, stay

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relevant here in the modern era. Give me your thoughts

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on the recent news coming out of Salt Lake City.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, my first blush would have thought, yeah, that's kind

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of a reaction. You know, maybe not. I haven't read

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up a lot on this. How much How long was

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it in the works? How long has these a discussion

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has been taking place? But obviously, you know, by you

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would do the same thing. You can't expect your chief

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rival to sit back and just you know, take the

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body blows what's going on down south and not react

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to it. Is this a direct reaction to that? Is

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it a reaction to what's going on at Texas Tech?

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if you know the University of Utah was doing some

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innovative and creative fundraising, booster getting boosters, more involved, whatever,

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you know, you would as a BYU fan, you would

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expect them to do the same thing. So, uh, you know,

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right now, I would say, all good, And uh you know,

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and everybody wants a piece of it, including you know,

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teams that have tasted that success in the past that

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you know they're boss and their alumni are going to

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want more of that in the future.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't the state legislature have to approve something like this?

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but I thought the state legislator has to approve any

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sort of action like this is as University of Utah

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is a state run institution.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know how it all works together. Obviously,

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said today that they have approved it. I don't know

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if they ran that by the state legislature first or not.

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was one of them. Not sure what area he represents,

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but he said something about that on social media. So

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but it would seem like they would have some people

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in the know that would have greenlighted this or at

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least gave, you know, preliminary approval for it to get

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Speaker 3: Jay Drew des Red News A little Cougar Beat brought

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Speaker 2: Bresa makes it a breeze to keep your house clean, Jay,

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this modern era of athletics, I've always said that BYU

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has one more per dollar spent than any athletics apartment,

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any football program in the country. From nineteen seventy two

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to present day, I was chatting with Val Hell and

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Val told me in two thousand Lavelle was making only

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two hundred thousand dollars a year, which, you know, hey,

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that's a decent sub but respective comparatively to the market,

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it was well below market value. Would you agree with

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that assessment that bya football is one more with less

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dollars spent up to this point in its college football

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college athletics foray here.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't think of another institution off the top

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of my head. Of course, we're close here, you know,

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we've got that proximity bias, but so yeah, I mean

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it is commendable what they've done. They've touched a butt

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punched above their weight class for a long time. You know,

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you look at the measurables. I guess you would look

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at the Director's Cuplirfield Sports Director's Cup. I think it's

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what they call it, where Byus finished in relation to

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other power for schools, and even when they weren't power

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for how high they would finish. There are other measurables

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as well. But yeah, I can't think of another one.

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In basketball, I would. I always think of Saint Mary's.

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I always kind of wonder if you've ever been to

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Maraga and just seen their facility and that's developed into

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a national basketball program. I'm in the top twenty five

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often and contending for conference championships, and what they've done

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has certainly been commendable too. But on a whole scale,

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total athletics department, I would say BYU's probably better than

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most and maybe right near the top. It's not the

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top as far as getting the most bang out of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you there. It's kind of been

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my feeling and assessment. So with that being said, Look,

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I had a conversation with my dad about this, Like

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the perception is, and I don't know if you have

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to deal with this, the perception is that BYU and

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the Church are funding the Boa Athletic Department. Like, and

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I'm like, you know, when they see the new deal, right,

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the new deal of Kilani and the REV share from

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TV money and nil, you know, ten to fifty million,

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nil then REV share and Kilanie's making nine and a

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half million, they all think that the Church of the

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Descritional Letter Saints are funding this. Do you have those

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questions still to this day, even though you've probably tried

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to clear them up in articles?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, for sure. It's just it's just always out there.

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You know, the LDS Church is wealthy and all that,

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and they don't People just don't understand that the athletic

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department is is self you know, what's the word, yeah,

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self sustaining exactly. So yeah, I get that once in

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a while, probably from out of other beat writers that

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I rubbed shoulders with as I'm out on the road

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traveling and talking to them or about BYU, or when

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I do the behind behind the enemy lines type stuff

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with with people. Uh yeah, that's a common misconception that

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I always try to clear up. But it does spring

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up now and then quite often. It's pretty amazing. And uh,

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you know, I know that b YU has made a

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push publicly Kevin Shane Reeves and and Keith FOURTEENK and

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others of trying to dispel that, and even Clark Gilbert

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a lot on social media, but that that certainly that

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perception still does exist. That's there's no question about it.

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Speaker 3: Jay Drew des red News, Jay, what else you got

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cooking for? What else you're gonna be publishing here?

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Speaker 2: Surely at the Dezerdnews dot com.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm kind of working on a regular season wrap

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up piece of football, just kind of naming my you know,

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MVP offensive defense of just kind of a what we

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call a water cooler story where you know, just throw

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out my ideas from who I think had great seasons,

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who overperformed all that, and then let people kind of

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weigh in on who they think we're the you know,

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like Offensive Player of the Year for BYU and stuff

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like that. Just kind of a regular season wrap up

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as we kind of have this low between now and

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the Bowl game.

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Speaker 2: J Drew, Ladies and gentlemen, make your funnel on x

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and reading all his content at the des Red News

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Dezradnews dot com. Thanks so much, Jay, appreciate your time today.

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Speaker 4: Okay, thank you for having me on.

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Speaker 2: I'm always appreciated, yep, always appreciate our time together.

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Speaker 3: Jdrew of the des Red News.

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Speaker 2: Guys, the season to be giving, Jay expressed his gratitude,

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uh as he hopped onto our show. We gotta express

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our gratitude to those that are in most need, an

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attitude of gratitude during the holiday season. That's what it's

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all about. Uh tis the season to be given. So

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let's give back to those that are in most need.

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be arriving here. Momentarily I heard yeg Or Demon Gilman.

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Excuse me, Yegor Gilman is in the house looking to

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rep the why the right way. He's got his leather

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men's jacket looking all nice and pretty, not too far

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away playing for Brooklyn where Brooklyn at Yegor showing up

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to support the Kougs. He's one of the stories of

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BYU basketball that I think has the Board of Trustees

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and the Brethren supporting BYU athletics in the modern era.

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Ronald the three Man, you were there at the farewell

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press conference of Jegorg Gentleman. I was, and I think

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you asked him a specific question about his experience at BYU,

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why he came to BYU, what made it so special,

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and how faith played a role in all of it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: I was told from a specific source that the boys

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up here nor if the brother and they liked that question. Look, guys,

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whole time much is great, right, I don't want to

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take that away. He did some amazing thing. He was

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a lottery pick. But when you see a kid who's

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from Moscow, Russia, from a different part of the world

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at general conference dating a member of the church and

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they any give him a quarter for what I know still,

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you know, in a long distance relationship, I'm like, this

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question has to be asked, Like we have to ask

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what his experience has been like, right, And he commented

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on it. He said, you know, at Byu, it's bigger

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than you know yourself, my faith in Christ, and you

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know I've grown as a person here lily bearing his

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own testimony, the Yego Joeman version of Byu, and that's

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stuck out. And I think that is the reason of

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why a lot of people want to be here. You know,

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on and off the court, there's multitudes of non members here.

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that you know he's gonna get baptized, right, you know

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in France like that, that's the type of people that

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did they not say that we are BYU, like we

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are the culture, Like these are individuals around the world

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that come to b A you not just to play

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faith and grow their testimony and be with people of

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different faiths than people of the same faith, you know.

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Speaker 3: And it's been open and Yegor.

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Speaker 6: Is a positive experience. He's he's been one of the

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more post right, I think we've heard more commentary about

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Yegor and his time at BYU since he's left BYU,

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right with Legion of Hoops put it out there. Yeah,

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New York is different than BYU. You know, people don't

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want to drink or party like that was a struggle

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for him, right, I think he struggled a couple of weeks,

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maybe mentally figuring it out. But now he's been thriving

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with Brooklyn and planning a lot more. I know fans

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didn't like that draft pick at first, but I think

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fans have started to come around to Yegor. And yeah,

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he's at Madison store Garden and rightfully so, he was

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there for the draft. So tip to Yegor. Been great

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individual that you able to get into your program. You

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only had him for a year, but I don't think

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you have to be here long to make an impact

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on people.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think.

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Speaker 2: I think that's one of the reasons why the rubber

473
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stamp of approval from the Board of Trustees has.

474
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Speaker 3: Been you know, it's been so willing to be given right.

475
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You see.

476
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Speaker 2: Also recently the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Brigham

477
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Young University being celebrated in Elder Oaks. President Oaks profits

478
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here in Revelador Oaks at the Church'suschristion letter say said

479
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Elder Holland, both having been former president to bring him

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Young University outwardly openly declaring their love and appreciation not

481
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only for BYU as an institution academically, spiritually, morally, but

482
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also athletically. We went into it. We gave you some

483
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of those sound bites. Maybe I can pull them up

484
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again for all of you guys, Cougar fans and Cougar country.

485
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And so they know and that they love BYU's institution,

486
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and then they see what's happening in athletics and that

487
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BA Athletics is doing it the right way, and they're

488
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willing and ready to support it. They are more than

489
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willing to say, Look, do you guys get to play

490
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in your sandbox and do what you do. As long

491
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as you're doing it in the right way, then we'll

492
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continue to support you in all things.

493
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Speaker 3: So I love it.

494
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Speaker 2: I think it's tremendous and I love seeing Yegor showing

495
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up and supporting his former BYU basketball teammates as they ball.

496
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Speaker 3: Out and do great things.

497
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Speaker 2: Now, Richie Saunders, Okay, Richie rich the Todd King. What

498
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do we expect from the Tator Todd King versus the

499
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Clemson Tigers. We're pretty close to tip off, are we not?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

501
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Speaker 6: I think they're about the tip off of what I'm

502
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looking at. I got the game pulled up here been

503
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we are close to tip off about to happen, yes, sir.

504
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Speaker 2: So obviously, Ajda Bonsa has been the headliner I think

505
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for a lot of the propaganda out there in the

506
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sports media world, and with two reason.

507
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Speaker 3: I mean.

508
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Speaker 2: Ajda Bonsas is second in Jeff Borzello's and Mior Medcalf's

509
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most recent Freshman of the Year contenders.

510
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Speaker 3: His previous rank was number one.

511
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Speaker 2: These things gets mixed up all the time, but biggest

512
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performance so far he had a twenty five point six

513
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rebound two steel game versus Yukon in Boston on November fifteenth,

514
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So under the brightest lights, he's balled out. While the

515
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highlight worthy dunks have helped a Bonsa go viral, his

516
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defensive impact deserves equal attention BYU is a top twenty

517
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five team and adjusted defensive efficiency and when Debonsa and

518
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,240
Canard Davis Junior are on the floor together, watch out.

519
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Opposing teams have registered just eighty three point four point

520
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per possession that I think just eighty three point four

521
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points for possession against the Cougars.

522
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Speaker 3: Players who are who.

523
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Speaker 2: Have tried to take jump shots over the Bots are

524
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just five for twenty eight percentergy Sports data. His versatility

525
00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:20,519
has altered BYU's makeup on both sides of the ball.

526
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That is Myron medcalt breakdown of AJ. But Richie rich

527
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has also been tre medicine. He's taking the torch. Is

528
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this Richie's team, Ronnie or is this a J's team?

529
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Speaker 3: Gosh, dart it.

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Speaker 6: Look, that's a very tough question. That's the question of

531
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the day that everybody wants to say. But I'm gonna

532
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let the fans speak for themselves, right, I go to

533
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the games for you, did I not put out on

534
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your platform there's a kid dressed like Richie Saunders with

535
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the head Ben Richie with the jersey, right, But I

536
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also see Aja jersey as well as he had beans.

537
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But I think if I had to pick Ben, if

538
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you had to, you know, answer the question flat out,

539
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Richie's gonna get the national age, is gonna get the

540
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national attention. Excuse me, because he's the number one overall recruit,

541
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projected number one draft pick.

542
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Speaker 3: He is.

543
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Speaker 6: But when you ask whose team it is who averages

544
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more point, I think it's the top King, right, who

545
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won MVP, you know at the Terry Chocolate Invitational, the

546
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top King. Look, Richie is in the best position possible

547
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as one of the best stars. And I don't want

548
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to say co stars with A J and Robb because

549
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I think they all the superstars in themselves. But he's

550
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benefiting at the best point in my opinion, as one

551
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of the Big three because AJ and Rob demands so

552
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much attention that Richie can just play and shoot as

553
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many threes as he would like. He's already made twenty

554
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three on the season. Ben has made seventy five last year. Look,

555
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I think it's Richie's team right now. I think you

556
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have to scout AJ and Rob. But if you leave

557
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the three point line open, number fifteen bears you. So

558
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I still think it's Richie Saunders team. I still think

559
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he's a leader as one of the captains, even though

560
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AJ is getting a lot of the spotlight.

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Speaker 2: The top king ladies from gentlemen. Hopefully he goes off

562
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tonight for the BA Krugers. But if you missed it,

563
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let me just take a brief time out from basketball

564
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talk and discuss what happened up on the hill.

565
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Speaker 3: The University of Utah signed a.

566
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Speaker 2: College sports first private equity deal, So if you missed

567
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it here, University of Utah Border trustees unanimously approved a

568
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measure Tuesday to create a for profit company in partnership

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with New York based equity firm Otro Capital that could

570
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help infuse more than five hundred million dollars to the

571
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athletics department.

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Speaker 3: According to Josh.

573
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Speaker 2: Furlong OFKSL dot Com, the first of its kind d

574
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first of its kind deal creates a new for profit

575
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company called Utah Brands and Entertainment LLC that will operate

576
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as part of the university structure, but be outside of

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the athletic department. Utah will maintain majority ownership of the

578
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company and full control while being in partnership with Otro Capital,

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who will be a minority owner and the source for

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immediate infusion of cash into the department. Ultra Capital will

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receive a percentage of the annual revenue for the Utah

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Brands and Entertainment LLC that will be split with the university,

583
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with a goal to exit the partnership in the next

584
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five to seven years. Yahoo Sports, Rossdalger notes Utah Brands

585
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and Entertainment will house most of the components traditionally held

586
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within the university's athletic department through fundraising will no fundraising

587
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will remain with the school. The new company's primary goals

588
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to generate more revenue across an assortment of areas, including ticketing, concessions,

589
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corporate sales, and sponsorships. The move isn't completely foreign to

590
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college sports, as a host of schools Kentucky, Michigan State, Clemson,

591
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Texas Tech, and SMU have announced the creation of a

592
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private revenue generating entity outside of the athletic department. However,

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none of those schools have partnered with Inequity firm.

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Speaker 3: Let's transition back to hoopstock.

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Speaker 2: We got Jonathan Tabinari, the Brazilian bomber, live from Madison

596
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Square Garden to talks BYU Hoops JT.

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Speaker 3: How that heck are you buddy?

598
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Speaker 5: And again started and AJ with Keike Painters. So I

599
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couldn't be better right now?

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Speaker 2: Hey, uh, you know, how how good is this b

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YU basketball team right now? Are you feeling good about

602
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where they're trending? Their chemistry? I think everyone's always want

603
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to hate. How's the chemistry, How's the cohesion? How's the

604
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continuity within the players?

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Speaker 5: You know, the season they've had so far in the

606
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nonconference schedule has been tremended. You've seen all the players evolved.

607
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Obviously a couple of injuries that you weren't expecting, but

608
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you know, we knew that this was going to be

609
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the Robbert right you know, the r W TH and

610
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AJ and Reach the show and uh, you know, and

611
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now you're hoping that some of the other supporting casts

612
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will be able to step up. You know, you're hoping

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that Alexei you will be able to get going as

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the backup point guards. You're hoping that Tyler, russ And

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and Mohilo are able to knock down shots and uh,

616
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you know, and then obviously I'm super happy with how

617
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you know, Kadeem has come in and done an incredible job.

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You know he sat with playing the four and a

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five and uh, but again you need more and you

620
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,759
know Skimfordgadnick Fiomande who also has been incredible. And so

621
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it's a great team that they're improving and this game

622
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,440
here against Thompson is the last game and that they

623
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actually have a real talent before they play about four

624
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bunnies you know, to finish out the season in the

625
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year or to finish out go on comperence schedule. So

626
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that's you know, the players to take their finals. But

627
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you know, so far is a really good game here

628
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five three physical Uh Jake y Ring former Tinview guy. Uh,

629
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you know playing Fort Clemson right now and uh, good

630
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game so far, you know, my first time in the

631
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garden then, so.

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Speaker 3: Love that man. Yeah.

633
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Speaker 2: The starters for by your rod right the third, Richie Saunders,

634
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Kenard Davis Junior, Easier to buoncer Kebakeda on Clemson inside,

635
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,599
Justin Porter, Dylan Hunter, Jake Wallen, Nick Davidson and then

636
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,480
Carter Wellney. You got to b YU or excuse me,

637
00:32:56,519 --> 00:33:00,920
you got two Utah based uh prospect say Recorder Welling

638
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,359
and Jake Walleen and then I think Nick Davids instead

639
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,000
also played basketball at By.

640
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Speaker 3: A lot of b A your connections.

641
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Speaker 2: There are a lot of Utah connection with Jake Walleen

642
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being a former BO you commit.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And you know I was really bummed when Jake

644
00:33:15,799 --> 00:33:18,359
decided to go to decided to go to Utah, you know,

645
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with the prospects of r you had, you know, even

646
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,079
going back to Burby cause allows incredible, incredible players and uh,

647
00:33:26,119 --> 00:33:29,240
you know there's different fast success now and Jake looking

648
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,880
at here right now, looks big, looks strong. Uh you

649
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,559
know a j's playing another jump over him and uh,

650
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but phenomenal game. I think this v RU team, you

651
00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:40,599
know it is boys. My expectation for this game, ben

652
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if very much. You know, are they going to be

653
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able to be the team by twenty you know or

654
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thirty because like he did against Wisconsin, I don't know

655
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,839
it would be difficult to sell. But uh, that's the

656
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type of performance that I expect from by here was

657
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you know, right before the repubs the non conferdence part

658
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of the season.

659
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Speaker 2: With Dawson Baker suffering an a cl tear, obviously Pickens

660
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is out for the season. Uh, who who gets those minutes?

661
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What will the rotation look like now with Dawson out

662
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of the lineup.

663
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Speaker 5: Oh? I think that the rotation gets tightened up with

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you know, probably Xavion being the one to get your

665
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,519
little of the last playing time, with Mahilo Dominich and

666
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being an Alexe getting most of the minutes. Right, they

667
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,719
beginning to see that Mihilo was getting them and then

668
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,159
condium Ante stepped up. But it'll be interesting to seem

669
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because this team doesn't soonly have a snipers, right, someone

670
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,920
that is a gets a prolific catching shoot guy. I

671
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000
s out for Richie. Uh, you know that that's just

672
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a starter. But from the bench, they don't have a

673
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,800
you know, someone like seven Network last year, and so

674
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just based on that or being just going to see

675
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who steps up.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Tabinari talking to some BYU Basketball here on your

677
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,320
UTAI ESPN radio network. He's live from Madison Square at

678
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Garden as the b au Cougar is taking on the

679
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Clemson Tigers. Uh, do you feel like this is gonna

680
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be another blowout. It sounds like you're eluding to it

681
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,559
similar to Wisconsin, who was you know, a top twenty

682
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five team as well.

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Speaker 5: To my expectation is that you know, b y U

684
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games and wins well, right, you know, and uh, you know,

685
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aside from from aside from ukon, b YU hasn't really

686
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been challenge and even in that game, they were able

687
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to come back and almost win the game. And so

688
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I think that's the expectations for this turning playing against

689
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caliber now person's very athletic, very long and so you know,

690
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decided to see when there's game the game fans out

691
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to be.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Tabinari live from Medison Square guard and Jonathan last

693
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,320
thing before we let you go, uh this uh, this

694
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b YU basketball team. This is their their last non

695
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conference games, you know, leading up to in conference games.

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Speaker 3: Do you think they've they've been prepared.

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Speaker 2: Through the non conference in order to battle with arguably

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the best. I mean, it is the best college basketball

699
00:35:57,519 --> 00:36:00,360
uh conference in the country. You look at their records

700
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,800
versus the SEC, the Big Ten, everybody else. They have

701
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,599
been dominant versus everybody else in the college basketball world.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, all other teams we have to hear

703
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,840
about the USCC in football, the UYU gets told probably

704
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,480
say God about a Big twelve and basketball, and you know,

705
00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:21,559
the YU happens to be you know, not do want

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to be premier seams in the Big twelve. And so

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as the season goes on, the team is only going

708
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,039
to get better, The high is only going to get bigger,

709
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,039
you know, And focusing on aj for a minute, it

710
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:36,440
is crazy to think that the more goes on, the

711
00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:39,559
hype gets bigger and he's still and he still delivers,

712
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,199
right and so you know, definitely by a mile, the

713
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,840
greatest basketball season in program here story the most high

714
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to one for sure, and rightfully.

715
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Speaker 2: So is DeMarcus Harrison in attendance. By chance, now that

716
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I see it, DeMarcus Harrison, I think, is the only

717
00:36:59,639 --> 00:37:02,159
I don't know, I is he the only guy that

718
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,480
played for BYU basketball and Clemson in his career?

719
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Speaker 5: Now, I don't know. I know, I know the market

720
00:37:08,639 --> 00:37:12,000
didn't go to go to Clemson, but I don't see

721
00:37:12,039 --> 00:37:14,440
him here right now. So I do see. I see

722
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:19,000
I see Yagor, I see President Gen Dave Road, and

723
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then I see my boss. My boss was Bob David Tlana,

724
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:27,920
but I do not see James Bolin, all right.

725
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,679
Speaker 2: I was just I was just seeing if you know,

726
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,880
who's the who's who out there at the ed Madison

727
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Square Garden. So JT always appreciate her time and enjoy

728
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,119
the game. Man, we'll catch up with you later.

729
00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:41,280
Speaker 5: I appreciate it. And you know it's all of the

730
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ESPN fans always on forever team.

731
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Speaker 3: They go, that's Jonathan devin Are. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The Big twelve is thirty eight and twenty one against

733
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other power conferences right now in this basketball season, they're

734
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fourteen to two against the SEC eleven and seven versus

735
00:37:56,559 --> 00:37:59,719
the ACC Big Ten is seven and six, Big East

736
00:38:00,159 --> 00:38:02,719
six and six. I may put out real quick a

737
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photo of DeMarcus Harrison.

738
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Speaker 3: Who is this?

739
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,119
Speaker 2: And why am I asking it? Cougarnation, Uh hit me

740
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:15,800
up on Twitter. Who is the only UH basketball player

741
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to have played for both BYU and the Clemson Tires.

742
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Speaker 3: Did you know that little little trivia of the day.

743
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Speaker 6: I did not been though I didn't.

744
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Speaker 2: DeMarcus Harrison, man, Yeah, that was an interesting situation. Man,

745
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Like DeMarcus had decided. I think he was gonna serve

746
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a mission after his freshman season bawled out.

747
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Speaker 3: He had a great year.

748
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 2: He pull up his stat line I think in the

749
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tournament just was trending in the right direction. And then

750
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decide he I'm gonna I'm gonna go supermission, but then

751
00:38:45,039 --> 00:38:47,440
decided not to submission, and by you had already kind

752
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:51,119
of filled their roster spots, and so DeMarcus found his

753
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,480
way to Clemson. It was the transfer portal before the

754
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,480
transfer portal kind of thing, and because he wasn't a

755
00:38:56,519 --> 00:39:01,800
graduate transfer anyway. Any that that's your your Staturday. But yeah,

756
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,159
you gotta look up DeMarcus Harrison for those that know.

757
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 3: He was a great player.

758
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,519
Speaker 2: I don't know what his uh his overall stat lines were.

759
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,039
I think he was a contributing player, no doubt. I

760
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:16,960
don't know if he was a starting lineup guy, and.

761
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 3: I think he played.

762
00:39:18,119 --> 00:39:21,679
Speaker 2: He played well for the Clemson Tigers for multiple year

763
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,840
six point one points per game, two point four rebounds,

764
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,440
one assist, thirty seven percent from the field played in uh,

765
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:33,320
you know, from two thousand and twelve to twenty fifteen.

766
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,599
He actually, yeah, he started thirty one games played that

767
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:40,000
first year, thirty six games the following year, then thirty

768
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one after that.

769
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Speaker 3: Started in fourteen, twenty two, and twenty one.

770
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Speaker 2: So overall, I think he had fifty seven starts for

771
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:54,280
the Clemson Tigers averaged on his career with Clemson over

772
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,480
twenty minutes per game too, So uh, great player. Great

773
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,639
players final year with Clemson average seven point nine points

774
00:40:02,639 --> 00:40:03,000
per game.

775
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Speaker 3: So it would have been nice.

776
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 2: It would have been nice to have the Marcus Harrison

777
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,840
as a BYU Cougar. All right, that's our segment. Guys,

778
00:40:11,039 --> 00:40:13,159
appreciate you guys tuning in, chiming in wherever you've been

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tuning in, tuning in and chiming infrom BYU basketball currently

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up in this BYU Clemson matchup, and hopefully they get

781
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,880
another convincing victory there. It's nine to seven currently with

782
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,800
about fifteen minutes left in the first half. Let's go

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to break, We'll come back. More Cougar sports commentary here

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on your Utah ESPN Radio network one O three to nine.

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Speaker 2: Going to get some updates on Brett your Mark's thoughts

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on how the Ady of Notre Dame in Beverquah has

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personally attacked the ACC and even the conference Commissioner of

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ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. This is a report

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coming from Ross Dellinger And I don't know if what

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press conference this was was at. Honestly, any insight there

834
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,159
Where's this coming from Ronald the three man weave r.

835
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Speaker 3: I know Ross, I'm not trying to find looking for videos.

836
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Speaker 6: Is just just hit the internet about eight minutes ago.

837
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,679
Speaker 2: Big twelve commission Pretty York says he's confident that schools

838
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will sign a modified CSC participation agreement. There will be

839
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adjustments and it won't happen overnight. That is, you know,

840
00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:23,320
the most recent thing that he's dropped.

841
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:24,039
Speaker 3: But check this out.

842
00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:28,639
Speaker 2: He also commented on Notre Dame and eighty Pete Beverquah's commentary.

843
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,679
Big twelve Minute Commissioner Bretty or Mark is very critical

844
00:43:31,679 --> 00:43:34,440
of Notre Dame's ad Pete Beverquah's comments.

845
00:43:34,519 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 3: I don't like it.

846
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 2: His behavior has been egregious. It's egregious going after Jim Phillips,

847
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,559
the ACC Commissioner.

848
00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 3: Or Mark says.

849
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: The College Football Playoffs selection Committee got the rankings right.

850
00:43:47,519 --> 00:43:50,440
Even though he's not necessarily pleased that BYU was left

851
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,480
out of the field, he sounds understanding of it to

852
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,719
a degree that's interesting, you know, like look and I

853
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,679
did too. I'm I understand why they did it. Do

854
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:03,800
I think it's fair? Am I gonna piss and moan

855
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,320
and be a little female canine about it like Notre Dame?

856
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:06,519
Speaker 5: No?

857
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 2: But that being said, I've empathy, have sympathy for the

858
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,679
situation that Notre Dame's in.

859
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,079
Speaker 3: They were in from the beginning.

860
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:14,800
Speaker 2: It seemed well, at least through midseason, right they started

861
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,639
winning and winning a high level, and they.

862
00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:17,679
Speaker 3: Were in like Flynn.

863
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 2: Then all of a sudden, you know, the the Alabama

864
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:30,840
resume became better than theirs, BYU's resume became worse than Miami's,

865
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,559
and Miami moved up, and then you had to head

866
00:44:32,559 --> 00:44:35,280
to head. It was all strategic and it seems unfair.

867
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:40,039
It seems like there were some some maybe subterfusion type

868
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:42,840
of deals in the back rooms, if you know what

869
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:43,159
I mean.

870
00:44:43,679 --> 00:44:46,639
Speaker 3: So it is what it is.

871
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:50,679
Speaker 2: You have to take it all in and decide, Okay,

872
00:44:51,039 --> 00:44:53,320
how are you going to navigate this adversity?

873
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,119
Speaker 3: And Notre Dame decided to take their ball and go home.

874
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,639
Speaker 2: The fighting Irish says, we are the quitting Irish.

875
00:44:59,679 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 3: Look.

876
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:03,639
Speaker 2: Alabama played in a bowl game last year. Miami played

877
00:45:03,679 --> 00:45:08,079
in a bowl game last year. Okay, the college football

878
00:45:08,159 --> 00:45:11,639
caball and cartel has screwed over other teams. How about

879
00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:14,920
Florida State a few years ago. They lose their quarterback

880
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,840
and then they they aren't deemed as worthy even though

881
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:23,960
their resume says otherwise. Ole Miss didn't get punished. Why

882
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,440
because they're in SEC school. They're head coaching. Their entire

883
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,760
offensive staff left. Yeah, they're OC's coming back to coaching.

884
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,320
But it's not the same. It's not the same. That

885
00:45:34,559 --> 00:45:39,440
is ESPN SEC bias. We worked for ESPN. It is

886
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,960
what it is. Money makes the world go round, and

887
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:50,480
it's five teams from the SEC getting into this playoff,

888
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,800
and the SEC is now strategically wanting to you know,

889
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,559
they're they're they're going to nine conference games.

890
00:45:59,079 --> 00:46:00,760
Speaker 3: They want the.

891
00:46:02,519 --> 00:46:06,599
Speaker 2: Ability to just have their strength of schedule built off

892
00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:11,599
of fifty years, forty years, whatever it is, of equity, cashet,

893
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:17,079
built up of wins and championships through I would say

894
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:21,559
clandestine bag men type of means, meaning they used the

895
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:25,039
filthy lucre to build up their program to buy players

896
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:29,000
through back doors, As Ed Orgeron stated earlier, today with

897
00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:30,880
Busted with the Boys if you missed that, and or

898
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:37,760
coach Edo from LSU won a national championship, admitted that

899
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,199
the bag men, the former nil bag men right now

900
00:46:42,599 --> 00:46:45,599
now they come through the front door, then the back door.

901
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,679
That's the only thing that's changed. That's the only thing

902
00:46:47,679 --> 00:46:49,719
that he would have to adapt to. He just welcomes

903
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,559
them into the front door rather than the back door.

904
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,599
It's been happening forever. So you're taking that equity that

905
00:46:55,679 --> 00:46:59,440
was built through cheating and you're booing up the sec

906
00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:04,880
once again. And it's unfortunate that ESPN has to do it,

907
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:11,719
or is you know, purposely doing it. It's sad but true.

908
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,400
That's your insider Report. Brett Yormark said on stage at

909
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the IAF that he thinks the CFP got it right.

910
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,360
I was was I happy about by you know, but

911
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,639
I think overall they did the right job. Listen, it's

912
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:30,880
progress over perfection. He also called out Notre Dame Adp Beverqua.

913
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:35,519
I think his behavior has been egregious. That's the latest

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this is what I want to talk about him Hu Mouoni,

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former BYU running back. Okay, we all respect him. He

922
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,880
was a baller, a great football player. He took to

923
00:48:10,039 --> 00:48:14,239
LinkedIn and stated that he wants to see maybe a

924
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little bit of change on the offensive side of the

925
00:48:17,519 --> 00:48:20,880
ball with coaching. Now, he's not saying he wants to

926
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get rid of Aaron Roderick. BYU was a top twenty

927
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:29,519
five team offensively this season per sp plus. What he's

928
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saying is he wants some sort of an equivalency of

929
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:39,199
staffing with a senior analyst alongside Aaron Roderick to maybe

930
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:43,239
fill in the gaps, similar to akin to what Jay

931
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:46,400
Hill has with Gary Anderson. We'll discuss next with a

932
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former BYU wide receiver, Jared Bledsoe here on your UTI

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Speaker 3: One of three nine ninet eight point three