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Let's get dialed in, ladies and gentlemen, real quick, let's
talk some BAU basketball. I just got off the line
with Robin McCombs. I don't know if you caught any
of that interview, Lane, but number eleven by you taking
on number fifteen Texas text set for a top fifteen
showdown on Saturday.
Speaker 3: Baby.
Speaker 2: The Cougars are three and four all time against the
Rent Raiders. This is becoming a rivalry between the BWAU
Cougars and the Texas Tech Red Raiders on the football
field and on the basketball court. That's what's happened. Why
because both of them are well resourced. Both of these teams,
these administrations, these athletic purtons are very passionate about winning
at a highlight level and can't wait to watch your
Saturday's game going to be broadcast on ESPN with Dave
Leming and fran Fraschilla on the call, a star studded crew,
no doubt about it. Saturday will be the eighth all
time meeting between the two schools and the second trip
to the United Supermarkets Arena for the Cougars. After winning
the first three games of the series, b WLAS dropped
four straight. As Texas Tech leads the all time series
four to three. Let's even the score. In their lone
meeting last season, BAU suffered its first home loss of
the Kevin Young era as Elijah Hawkins scored a game
high twenty two points at a seventy two to sixty
seven win for the Red Raiders. Reigning Big twelve Player
of the Year, JT. Toppen was held to five points,
his second lowest point total during his time at Tech.
Foots Was Lewis scored a team high fourteen points in
twenty four minutes for the Cougs. Well Keba Ketta had
had ten rebounds with the Cougars last victory over the
Red Raiders came on December seventeenth, nineteen ninety three.
Speaker 3: It's been a minute in provo.
Speaker 2: Behind twenty six points from Randy Read shut out, we
gotta get Randy Reid.
Speaker 3: On the line before this game's over.
Speaker 2: You know Randy Reid, don't you vict Robbie, You're right
Randy and Robbie.
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 2: Indeed, shout out to the Reed family, love and appreciate them.
He went eight of thirteen from the field, two or
three from the three point line, and eight of twelve
from the charity stripe and a ten point victory for
BYU eighty four seventy four. B YU radio analyst Mark
Duran had five points. We should have talked to you
about this. I for totally forgot. We had him on
yesterday five points, three rarebounds and a pair of assist
in twenty one minutes of action.
Speaker 3: So it should be a It's a massive game.
Speaker 2: This is gonna be the as I was talking with Robbie,
looked the toughest opponent thus far, Yukon. This is a
road game, a quad one opportunity. You don't have one
of those on your resume. Would be massive to get
that for the BYU resume. If you want to be
a three seed or better, these are the games you
gotta win if you want to be at the top
of the food chain. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
these are the games you gotta win.
Speaker 3: Leane Allo your thoughts.
Speaker 5: Yeah, excited for the game.
Speaker 4: I mean we've we've played some challenging games up to
this point, obviously the Yukon one that you just mentioned,
but it's been a while since we've played like a
top twenty five team, sure, especially a way. So it'll
be interesting to see who shows up for this game.
Interested to see also who's gonna be available to play,
if if Beato's gonna play this game, and and really
it'll be interesting to see what the matchups are, Like
Robbie was just talking about how they're really only six deep.
I'm also the other thing that I'm really interested to
see is how many fouls a j can can can
mount up that he can draw during this game, because
I think that'll be a big storyline. I mean, which
game was that where he had, Yeah, I mean he
had I think he got fouled ten times in a
recent game. And it's like, if that's the case and
they've only got six players that they're they're going deep
right now, It'll be interesting to see what they're put
their lineup is gonna look like towards the end of
the game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be restricted, right. But Ronald three man Weaver,
we discussed that with Robbie Uh. Last year it seemed
like it was continually expanding and we're like, wow, we
got eleven guys that are getting a significant minutes. Now
we're riding down. We got seven guys. That's it, that's all.
Seven is the number. It's the perfect number. Uh. Per
the Hebrews seven and the and the Lord rested on
the seventh day, uh and uh.
Speaker 3: Seven is the perfect number. Guys.
Speaker 2: That's what it's gonna be for the bench. And that's
a concern rob Or, that's a concern Ronald the three
man Weaver.
Speaker 6: Yep, this is a concern. Seven is a you know,
he rested on the seventh day. But eight is great.
So I think eight is good. Eight is what is
gonna need to take to to really I think win. No, Look,
you and Lane, we're talking about it. I think this
can be a rivalry, and the numbers overall show that.
But look, this team hasn't been them yet. They're on three,
only one at the crib, only one on the road,
and on one of neutral The Texas Tech has gotten
you in all manner. So you're gonna end it tomorrow. Look,
and I think that shot rotation for Texas Tech in
foul trouble is where you have to go. Now we'll
say this. I don't think they're gonna shoot his bad
bend and this is Look. Look, Mark Durant said it yesterday,
Bau I think is gonna have a chance.
Speaker 1: I'm predicting the win.
Speaker 6: You can hear everything about that tomorrow on the pregame
show here on one O three nine at five pm
with me and Andrew Peterson.
Speaker 1: But I'll give you this a little bit of a tease.
Speaker 6: When you only play six guys and Aj wasn't feeling
well and he drops twenty five and he scores seventeen
eight minutes and he's gonna be and Kevin Young doesn't
practice him the next two days, perce Spencer Linton to
be able to feel healthy. And you really think that
Bo's gonna shoot that bad two games in a row.
You think Richie's gonna be in foul trouble again. If
I'm the Red Raiders and Grahat mccaslon, I would be
very much unnoticed because Kevin Young, he competitive, petty, he angry,
he knows about that he gives us insight. I guarantee
that they're gonna be fired up tomorrow ready to play
this team. And look, I'm gonna be honest, if they
came out in Blitz Texas Tech in the first half,
I would not be surprised. I think you just have
to overcome a whether the storm or JT.
Speaker 1: Toppin.
Speaker 6: So I'm excited for the defensive matchup. AJ is gonna
have j T Topping and JT Toppin's gonna have AJ.
That's what I'm gonna be watching tomorrow.
Speaker 2: I like it, I love it. I want some more
of it. Let's talk women's basketball, Ronald three Man. We
will be down covering the women's basketball game as well tomorrow.
B WA he looks for its first ranked win under
coach Lee Kamar. Shout out to Lee Kamar as the
number eighteen Baylor Bears visit Provo and look, I've been
impressed with this Lady Koog's team. Following that bounce back
win at Houston, b Way returns to those friendly confines
at the Merrit Center for this top twenty five matchup
and can't wait to see what happens. Saturday's Mattinee feels
early similar to the last matchup between the Cougars and
the Bears at the Merrit Center, as Baylor came into
that game ranked eighteenth in the country before being handed
a seventy eight sixty six defeet on February twenty twenty
five of the hands of the home team. BYU trails
the all time series three to two against Baylor, with
the Bears winning last year's lone meeting eighty three to
seventy one. But this is a new team, new face,
new places. As Lee Kamar leads this late team to
Glorian victory. I love what Lee has done. And Ronald,
you've been keeping an eye on this fourteen and three
team and getting into Big twelve conference play. This is
a gauntlet, just like it is for the BYU men's team.
Speaker 6: Absolutely, the next two games are gonna tell us a lot. Ben,
We're gonna take a game by game start Saturday as
to take on Baylor. They've had their number at home
when Baylor's had to come into the Mayor At Center.
Ken Ba, you make it three years in a row
of upsetting the Baylor Bears. They did twice under Amber Whiting.
So we'll see what happens, but it's definitely possible. Ben
as the Big twelve men and women's, you can win
and lose on any given day. Look at Iowa State
the women's team with Audie Crooks, that was a force,
and they're catching L's.
Speaker 1: That's just the way it is. Is a tough conference
to play in.
Speaker 6: Nonetheless, but they played Baylor on Saturday, then they turn
right back around on another Top twenty five matchup and
play number twenty one Texas Tech. So one game at
a time, but we will see. But I do firmly
believe in our go on record these next two games.
I feel like we'll set the tone of what the
rest of conference play will be like. Because if you
don't get these and both of them are at the
that's not really good. You gotta protect home court when
you're in the Big twelve.
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: Is this is this a NC double A tournament team
that you are you seeing NA double A tournament talent wise,
coaching staff wise this season?
Speaker 3: Uh, it's been a minute.
Speaker 2: You know, Juddy to me, one of my favorites, Jeff
Judkins an all time great. Under him, it seemed like
BWA he was going to NCAA tournament pretty kicky consistently
recruiting at a high level. Is Lee Kamard bringing Brigham
back to Glorian greatness on the hardwood for the BA
women's team.
Speaker 6: I think you know he's on his way. I don't
think he's at that point yet. Like I said, you
got a couple of Premier matchups Quad one games if
you if you get the one against Baylor bin or
Texas Tech even split that. Look, they got a three
game homes Dan, Baylor, Texas Tech in West Virginia. You
go too and one in that ben Or if you're
able to somehow get all three of those. But you
can't go one ANDTOL. You have to go too and one.
You can start to have that conversation. Utah is gonna
be up there. You're gonna play Kansas State, You're gonna
get Iowa State at home. They got to look, this
is what they have at home. They got tough games
of home home. They beat already. They lost the TCU.
That was a tough one, right, but that was early.
Now they found a little bit more of their identity.
They played Arizona State at home, handed them their first
loss of the season. Got to win against Houston on
the road lost to Arizona in a close ballgame.
Speaker 1: You get Baylor at the.
Speaker 6: Crib, you get Texas Tech, you get West Virginia, you
got Utah, you got number nineteen Iowa State, ben.
Speaker 1: You got Colorado at the crib in Cincinnati.
Speaker 6: If you can split between those top twenty five matchups
and get an Iowa State, get a Utah, get Cincinnati
and Colorado, I think that's enough.
Speaker 1: The talent correlates to wins.
Speaker 6: That's just what I'll say because at the end of
the day, if the roster, production and the coaching does
not provide good outcomes, then obviously it wasn't good enough.
So we will find out in the next two weeks.
But that's why I make the tike. The next two
games will tell us a lot.
Speaker 3: Looking forward to see what Lee Kamard could do.
Speaker 2: Obviously, you know a fantastic ballplayer at BYU, one of
the greats, and we've steadily see we've steadily have seen
him become a better coach. He could surpass a coach
uh his his uh his productivity and success as a player.
So very excited about what Lee Kamard is doing as
he leads the BYU Cougar women's basketball team. That's uh
the world of BA sports. But real quick, Layne Allo
by my side. Uh, let's talk real quick before we
call this a segment about what BYU football has been
doing in the transfer portal.
Speaker 3: Uh, they just picked up Javin.
Speaker 2: Williams, a SEC cornerback from Mississippi State. Congratulations to Da
Mario warning Kate Pop for getting their first cornerback. They're
going to go out to the portal and get another
one here shortly. They needed to fortify that room and
gain some depth there.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: They've added three offensive lineman, all with P four starting experience.
Speaker 3: Actually, well, I guess Junior c Uh.
Speaker 2: Junior c is at the at the G six level,
but he's a starting right tackle for Utah State. Really
nice prospect with a great playing experience. You got Walker
Lyons coming in, You've got Kyler Casper, four star wide receiver,
and uh, it's a pretty good hoss so for a
play and I would say it's a healthy haul for
BYU football.
Speaker 3: What stands out to you, Well, the.
Speaker 4: One name I didn't hear you say was kid right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, k who many you know think that if that's
the best acquisition of the offseason.
Speaker 3: This is why I'll.
Speaker 2: Say like I'm like like I'm excited about Kate all
acc all these things right, but the defense is gonna
be good. In my opinion, no matter if Caid's on
the team or not, we are deepest position at BYU
even with losing Jack Kelly is still the linebacking role.
There's no It's the most talented and the deepest. They
are so stacked at linebacker. Now, if the four stars
there and all these ACC players there, you.
Speaker 3: Go out and get them.
Speaker 2: And I chatted with Vic Sodo like he's cade very well,
could be the best defensive player on the field when
he's there. But I still think this BA defense is
top twenty five without Caid going into next year. What
you ne need it was a little bit more offensive
firepower in my opinion, You had to go out and
replace Carson right. You had to go out and get
better offensive linemen uh and and and better talent there
and experienced talent there.
Speaker 3: You had to go out and find another uh another wide.
Speaker 2: Receiver you need. You need to replace Chase Roberts. You
got to find a way to do that. That could
be Reggie Frishnet, that could be one of the guy
Jojo Phillips, it could be, but you had to go
out and get him.
Speaker 3: He was there, Kyler Casper.
Speaker 2: So to me, like like the offensive acquisitions got me,
you know a little. It's decreased my anxiety more than
like more than Katuve coming in and in case's gonna
be great. But how many Jacob Rodriguez Is are out
there that like literally win games for you via the defense.
Speaker 3: Typically it's a team collective effort. Offensive players can tympulate.
Speaker 2: Bear needs as much help as he can get this
next year, in my opinion, going against that Texas Tech defense.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you're absolutely right.
Speaker 4: And honestly, last week, before some of these these transfers
came in, I was thinking to myself, have we have
we replaced the guys that are leaving? And you mentioned
it Chase Roberts leaving on the offensive side of the ball,
and I'm not sure we've we've really added.
Speaker 5: Enough quite yet.
Speaker 4: I also thought about those Texas Tech games and how much,
how much I don't want to say blame, but like
was it more of an offensive line thing or was
it more of a lack of running back depth when
we when we lost those games?
Speaker 5: Because I can't remember what.
Speaker 3: It was game.
Speaker 2: LJ went out early, Sure, he went out early, and
special teams kind of lost it as well. Offense couldn't
move the ball and we didn't have LJ. And then
special teams kind of pooped the bed. Yeah, it kind
of pooped the back. Can you hear me?
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 3: Okay?
Speaker 2: So I would say that that was that was the
bigger issue. The defense is actually pretty good versus texts.
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
Speaker 5: I think we forced five punts on the first game,
is that right? Yeah? I think I think you're right there.
Speaker 4: So I obviously we need to get stacked back up
on on the offensive line. We were losing some some
great players there. I was hoping for running back.
Speaker 2: Everyone wants an RB two yes, and some people think
it's Devon AKA the true freshman.
Speaker 4: I've heard that, Yeah, I haven't. I didn't follow his career.
He was the kid up at Lehigh, right, yep, yep.
I know he's really good, but there's a big gap
between high school players and college players. I would love
for him to be able to come in and be
an immediate contributor. I'm still holding out for like we
saw him do some stuff that was absolutely incredible. I
can't remember which game was, I think it was Stanford
when he got that catch where he like popped it
up to himself and was able to run with it
a little bit. Further, if we can get back, I
feel really comfortable with one and two, and then all
we need is that third guy to step up, whether
that's Joe Vessa, whether that's this u Echa kid. But
that's what I'm most concerned about. And then Chase is
gonna be difficult to.
Speaker 5: Replace as well, the Kyler Casper kid.
Speaker 4: He's interesting, he has he's very he's a very intriguing prospect,
but he hasn't been able to show it because of
injury and just lack of production. But you also look
at those those receivers at Oregon and it's like he
had a lot to compete with with there, and so
it'd be interesting to see coming to a place like
bou if he gets a little bit more playtime. And
then you mentioned as well, we haven't seen what Reggie
can do at all. I mean, he was obviously they
were trying I assume they were probably trying to conserve.
Speaker 2: His was a little bit dinged up in fall camp,
and never he didn't. It seems like we always get
like these little soft tissue injuries in fall camp and
then they get behind the eight ball a little bit.
I think that's what happened with Reggie. But he did
see some pt later on. Yeah, in the season, and
I don't know how many how many receptions he had,
He only had won one for seven yards.
Speaker 5: And I remember that catch and being like, who's that
guy in there? And seeing him.
Speaker 4: But you hear good things about him. You hear about
his top end speed. He's got great size. So that'll
be another interesting one. If if I were to hedge
my bets on the player that's gonna make the the
biggest difference this next year, is it's gonna be Jojo.
I think he's gonna be the guy that I think
getting injured in the middle of the season really kind
of derailed his season for him. We saw some great
things before and then it took him a while to
warm back up after his injury. Yeah, but I think
but he did great in the Bowl game. Yeah, So
I think I think that's gonna be it. Carson Ryan's
also going to be difficult to replace, but I'm really
interested to see what Walker ends up being here.
Speaker 2: I think similar body type, similar abilities. You know six
four two forty five. You need an inline flex guy,
a hybrid that can do both and and that's what
made Carson so specially. He's a good route runner, but
he's a very good blocker. And it's just like people
don't realize that, Like how many times do we see
like Carson and Ryan literally like wide open.
Speaker 3: He's wide open.
Speaker 2: Not necessarily because he's the fastest and quickest route runner,
he's wide open because schematically.
Speaker 3: You don't know if it's a runner or pass.
Speaker 2: So like your pre snap, read the play call from
the defensive coordinator. It was wrong, it was wrong, and
Carson all of a sudden slips out on it like
a delayed wide wheel, just wide open, and he rumbles
for you know, an additional twenty yards. It's because of
his ability to be an inline and flex tight end.
It allows a rod to work some magic a little
bit schematically, and the defense coordinator just doesn't know, you know,
if it's eleven personnel and you know Carson Ryan's out there,
it's like, well, you don't know if it's a runner pass.
Many times in the past when you had a particular
tight end. You're like, all right, it's gonna be a
pass and they can use deductive reasoning.
Speaker 3: All of you be with you fans out there.
Speaker 2: You've seen it in the past, and I see you
call it out, you know, from your your armchair, from
your recliner.
Speaker 3: You're like, I know it's gonna be a pass. It's
gonna be a run. I knew it.
Speaker 2: So one dimensional, you know, And some of that is
just having the right personnel. There was a reason why
in twenty twenty b Y you had literally like the
best offense in college football. Yeah, you're gonna say strength
to schedule, but no, Like there was also elements of
having a first round NFL draft pick in a quarterback,
some a supporting cast that was good in Dax Milne.
But remember Isaac Rex was in his prime the elk
and he is that hybrid type, big, strong, fast, great blocker, and.
Speaker 3: You just don't know what they're gonna do.
Speaker 2: When you when you have a tight end that can
do it all, it makes it a whole lot more dynamic.
Speaker 4: That offense pre injurya Isaac Rex was incredible.
Speaker 3: He was awesome the NFL tight end.
Speaker 2: If he if he doesn't get injured, and he even
got a little stinted there. But that was a devastating
ankle fraction of dislocation at USC in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 3: It was devastating.
Speaker 5: It was hard to see that one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, that one hurt. That one hurt, no doubt.
It reminds me we're looking for RB two. Everyone's sleeping
on Preston Recks.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: I know the ress very well, and you know when
you when you piss him off, you know, And Preston
could get pissed off this offseason. He could come back revamped, remodeled,
rejuvenated and shock the world because he was in fal camp.
Speaker 3: Ronald attested as big you were there.
Speaker 2: Number twelve was getting a ton of reps early on
in camp and he looked good. He looked good, and
then he had a little soft tissue action, you know,
a little hammy, you know, and and then it kind
of derailed it a little bit. He did get back
into it, but it saw some reps, but it just
wasn't the same. So don't sleep on Preston. Don't sleep
on Preston. We'll see how it plays out, no doubt
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