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Speaker 3: And welcome into Cooper Sport nine and ninety three ESPN

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three point nine dial, that's gonna be in Utah County.

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Still feel like there's some people that are struggling with that.

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you with that. That's something you're gonna have to figure

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out one of three nine is Utah County. You should

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know what your county is. If you don't, you gotta

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get that figured out. You gotta get it fixed.

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in poll today that we will be discussing BYU Basketball

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Big Game on Saturday. They dropped it to the number

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one team in the country in the Marriottes. It was

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a glorious one. It was a thriller big Monday definitely

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had a big thriller, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: But they didn't do it.

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Speaker 3: They haven't come up big against these teams that we

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all assume are a lead eight teams or Sweet sixteen

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competing for the lead, a birth or even a Final

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four opportunity. Lost it at Texas Tech, but had the lead,

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had it almost down the stretch against Arizona.

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Speaker 4: You have to wonder.

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Speaker 3: Jared Bledsoell brought up something important earlier on Tuesday. If

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they don't have that steel Arizona where Richie throws it

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and they lay it up, is BYU in control? Do

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they have a chance to kill the clock? Is Arizona

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not up? All of that plays the factor into the game.

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Every point matters in basketball, just like every yard, every inch,

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every first down, every field goal matters in a game

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of football.

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Speaker 4: Could that have helped BYU?

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Speaker 3: My point is they have fallen short in the games

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that the games that we think that they mattered the most,

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not the TCUs we're not looking at the Oklahoma States.

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We expect bou to win those games just like we

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expect them to win. On Saturday, we got a great one.

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It's going to be on College Game Day BYU in Kansas,

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number thirteen, BYU number fourteen Kansas. It's a top fifteen,

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a top twenty five matchup. We'll break it all down

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for you here today as well as tomorrow and even

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on the Cougar Basketball pregame show with Andrew Peterson and

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my self.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you guys tuning in.

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Speaker 3: Let's go ahead and fire up the ESPN the fans

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starting lineup, and I can introduce to you. I got

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Speaker 4: How we doing a day.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing pretty great, Honestly, it's been it's been a

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Speaker 5: I had a pretty fun interaction just before the show started.

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Speaker 4: Tell me about this.

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Speaker 1: I met nineteen eighty four national champion Rob Parker just

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Speaker 5: By the way, we had no idea who each.

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Speaker 1: Other were, and he's just seeing my BYU shirt saying

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go Koks, and we started our conversation.

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Speaker 5: So shout out to.

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker, former BYU football player, former track star. Shout

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out to him as he up here somewhere in Salt

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Lake City with us.

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Speaker 4: The great running back.

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because he just saw you, the running back one hundred

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ninety four pounder, like you said in the nineteen eighty

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fourteen six to one from Alexandria City, product of propagence.

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at nineteen eighty four team. When was the last time

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I want to know someone else you know?

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Speaker 4: And not?

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Speaker 3: The Robbie boss goes out, when was the last time

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you ran into someone you know from a national championship?

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I have another for Oh do you have another from

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Speaker 1: The great Steve Linsley. Okay, well, kind of young men's

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leader growing up. He's currently a mission president actually of

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South Carolina. So so I did know him. He was

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a third string quarterback on that team. He did play.

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He started some games in nineteen eighty six. He went

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Speaker 4: Bob Jensen, Okay, there you go.

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Speaker 3: I haven't met any of those greats I normally I

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get I'm bumping into the big Brethren people on the

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spiritual side. My wife always tells me that I'm not

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spiritual enough. That's why I keep having these interactions. I

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want to have these sports interactions. But pre you know RP,

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you know, President of Holland at the time, kept running

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into him church security. I feel like I never run

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into BYU greats. It never worked out. I run into

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the current student athletes on the team. I ran into

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Dalla wall a few times in and out Tanner Hayhurst

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back in the day, Trey Stewart, so I ran into

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those guys. But I have not been blessed by the

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presence of greatness, which is why I get them on

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Speaker 5: I'll tell you.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you a funny story about Steve Linsley. Though

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he used to he used to like to call himself

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Big Steve with all the Eve okay, until I came

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around and I just started calling him BS.

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Speaker 4: That's what I call Brian Santiago.

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Speaker 1: I started calling him BS, and Big Steve stopped calling

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himself Big Steve real quick.

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Speaker 3: I'm deceased, well, BS is Brian Santiago Brian Santiago brings

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the business you best believe it. Today as well, we

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want to excuse Brett always bringing a hammer. Hope that

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he gets well. Guys, protect yourself out here. It doesn't

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even matter if you're taking your vitamins. There's something going

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around in the Please protect yourself. And look, we have

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to do everything we can to protect our team here.

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You got Ben, myself and Brett, and we all can't

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be out at once. So Brett always bringing the hammer

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is from afar getting it done always on the social media.

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Catch all of the content there as well for our

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question of the day, which we'll get into in our

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next segment. Brought to you today by Andrew Peterson. Andrew Peterson,

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let's welcome in as well, got him turning his mic on.

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We got Caleb Lions as well. Caleb, how are you

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going today?

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Speaker 4: Brother? Hey? Pretty good man. Appreciate you having me here.

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Speaker 6: Was it quite on my radar when I woke up

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this morning that this is something I was gonna be doing.

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Ben talked a little bit about getting my feet wet

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and we'll see if it's a little toe tap or

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if it's a full on baptism today.

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Speaker 4: But happy to be here. I like the toe tap

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or the full on baptism. I like that.

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Speaker 3: Hey, we go full baptism by immersion here. That's what

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we believe here at ESP and the fan. That's what

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I believe in the Church jes Christ of Otter distance

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as well. So it's not gonna be any toe tapping.

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You might have to cut a take by the skin

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of your teeth, you might have to pooka in the

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coop a toe tap, you might have to do it

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a little bit. But for the most part, we're gonna

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get you fully dunked here as we dunk the rest

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of our ESP and the fans start line up, stay

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with me here to get into the nitty gritty, just

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here a little bit. We're gonna discuss all the things

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of those things, recruiting, what's coming out of the news

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give you a little bit of a tease of it's

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around BAU basketball. Gonna talk a lot of hoop today.

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We will talk college football, I promise everyone, But you

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guys know when I'm running the show. You guys know

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what that means. I love talking the hoop. On this note,

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we're gonna talk some stats. At two forty five, yeg

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or five. We'll get into a little college football talk,

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all the news and notes coming to that. At three

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thirty Cougar Byte Bill self. You know when he came

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to the Marriott Center last year and by you put

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on the belt Tabooty and I'm gonna start with you, Caleb,

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and then I'll go to ap when they put the

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belt to Booty to by you, Bill self was so

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class full.

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Speaker 4: He came to the it's not class list, that's the

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wrong word. Class four.

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Speaker 3: He came to the Marriotte postgame and say, you know,

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BYU is something different, you know, And again he commented

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on Richie to give you a tease, he says, but

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Saunders has been the Kansas.

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Speaker 4: Killer for the last two years.

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Speaker 3: Richie Saunders has been that the top king has really

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put the heart through Kansas. Now, some people might argue

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and say, that's Dalla Hall last.

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Speaker 4: Time I remember.

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Speaker 3: He is the daddy of one Hunter Dickerson that shot

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over a seven foot or in a big time game

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to give you the lead to put the stretch out. Man,

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What a call by Gregor Bella, Mark Garant. It doesn't

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get better than Naddy tried to replicate it. When Kansas

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was hit the marry out last year. He tried. I

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talked to him, he's gone now and out, he's gone by.

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He's not gonna care if I say this. They're not

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gonna go on me. I asked Dallan after the game

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when I saw him with his family, I was like,

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you know what you did? He's like, I tried it.

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He's like, I tried to replicate it. I tried to

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do it again, and I tried to highlight him. So

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love did that tried to happen? But BYU? Who would

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have thought cayleb BYU football, oh and two against Kansas

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three and oh your your thoughts on b U Kansas

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so far and basketball since entering the Big twelve.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely see, And that's something that I never would

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have thought of growing up, even seeing Kansas at the

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Marriott Center, Right, That's something that I wouldn't have believed

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if you would have told me ten years ago that

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BOU would be hosting Kansas at the Marriott Center. Now,

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to see Kansas go in and to see Bo you

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handle that game in the fashion they did gave me hope.

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And what Kevin Young is doing, Kay, why's got the

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program in the red direction? I'm excited to see what

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be a great opportunity in Kansas. Ap your thoughts,

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Speaker 4: Opportunity to go three and oh on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Well, my first thought is that I'm having fly I'm

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because once again we're playing Kansas in November.

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Speaker 5: This next year. This is true, the poach part, the

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poach part, Oh my goodness.

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Speaker 4: The game of September, Jalen Davis throw all over.

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Speaker 5: At least we don't have Jalen Daniels to deal with again.

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Speaker 4: You're gonna have to deal with Dylan Edwards though.

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Speaker 5: That is who you That's true.

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Speaker 1: But Jalen Daniels is the quarterback makes it and look,

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we've interviewed, we had the opportunity to interview him, Big

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twelve me today day, excuse me, the last three years.

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Speaker 3: Phenomenal individual, phenomenal person, a great human being. Really hope

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he's able to play play at the next level.

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Speaker 4: I'm a fan of him. I was when he played you.

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not playing against you.

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Speaker 3: As long as he's not punching against you either. Yeah,

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r I Peter Jacob Robinson man, oh man, if you

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just would have looked up, but look, you trying to block.

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Speaker 4: It's tough.

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Speaker 1: But if you're going if we're talking basketball, my take

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is that this is the first time that BAU basketball

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is playing what Kansas should be, a team that is

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living up to what Kansas should be in basketball, because

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the last two years they've good, but they have not

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been up to the level that that program requires. And

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some of that, and so it's gonna be a tough matchup.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely gonna be a tough matchup. I think

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this will be the toughest matchup so far for the program.

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when they played him. Yeah, but they feel like the

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teams are evenly matched. You know, last year I felt

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like it was different. They didn't have a Darren Peterson

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we have an aged DEBONSA.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, this is a better team and they're a

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better team when Darren's on the floor, they are and

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they really, I think feel like can be anybody when

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Speaker 3: Are gonna get into a cougar bite will discuss that

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as well as words Richie Rank, it's gonna be the

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top Kings moment. I think a J again will do

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AJ things, but I think AJ will be the excuse me,

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Richie's gonna be the guy that's gonna have to unlock

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it for BYU. I think that's what is gonna come

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Richie having a big time performance and then it's also

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going to be the bench. I think that's what it's

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going to be, and it's not really. Richie's performance is

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a shot selection of when he is going to be

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doing it necessarily, moments of when does he need to

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make big time shots three point shots in particular because teams.

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game that we played in earlier in the week on Tuesday,

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when we had Jared bletzwell as well, what did he say?

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People are mugging Richie. They're out there going crazy. I

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need to pull that SoundBite up. But that's what's happening.

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That is what's happening. But it's not just Richie. It's

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going to be a guy that's from Mibaca Mally, the

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native of Mibaco Molly. He has been fantastic on the

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defensive side. We'll getting that to a Cougar inside of

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port at three forty five. Darnel Dixon will join us

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at four h five for a Cougar beat. Keeping up

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with the Cougars. Brian Logan's gonna join us at four

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thirty to discuss does he like the college football Playoffs

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six expansion? How does he feel about the quitting Irish

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getting this deal of where they're locking into the top twelve.

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you through that, and AP and Kleble will take.

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Speaker 4: Off for the day.

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Speaker 3: All right, Andrew Peterson A Caleb Lions by my side

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here on this beautiful Thursday edition of Cougar Sports, gonna

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continue around the topic. I'll get your guys' s thoughts.

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So we haven't had the opportunity to hear from UAP

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or Caleb. I'll start with you Ap and then will

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go to Caleb. Your thoughts, Uh, the College Football Playoff

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not gonna expand Notre Dame in the top twelve, penciling

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themselves in pretty much. I think it's stupid that Nordre

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Dame is doing this the College Fotball Playoff commitee. I

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shouldn't even be blaming Nordredame, but I am blaming to

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quit in Irish in all of this. But in the

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same breath of all of that, I feel like, if

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you're already top twelve, you're supposed to get in. So

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I know why they did this, but this is dumb.

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There's a lot of backdoor stuff that I don't like.

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Now you got the group of six stuff, ap just

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your overall thoughts on this. This just all seems like

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an excuse for when BYU ends up in the championship

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game against Texas Texas next year, which is what I

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believe will happen, that if they lose that game, just

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for a game, then to keep BYU out of the

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tournament again.

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Speaker 1: Well, the nice thing is that we get to play

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Notre Dame. It's true, we get to have a chance

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to put ourselves above them. My immediate reaction is a

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little bit complicated. It has to do with I think

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that it's it's ESPN's fault.

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Speaker 5: I think that the.

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Speaker 1: College football I think the College Football Playoff needs to

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I think the rights to the college football playoffs should

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not be given to just one network, If that makes sense.

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I think that's how you solve the problem here is

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that Notre Dame is getting this deal because Notre Dame

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is able to influence ESPN into doing almost whatever they want.

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Speaker 5: And so I don't blame Notre Dame.

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Speaker 1: They're doing what's best for them, and they should, but

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Notre Dame should not be putting or ESPN and college football,

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the College Football Playoff should not be pushed around one

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by one program like this. And so if you if

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you divvy up the rights to the college football Playoff,

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give Fox a few games, give ABC or CBS a

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few games. You need more voices in the room instead

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of having ESPN monopolize the College Football Playoff, the selection

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committee and the selection process, because I think that's where

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one voice in the room and they're always.

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Speaker 5: Going to do what's in their best interest.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they are going to do what's best in their

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best interest. And right now they're still trying to push

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the SEC narrative. You even know, the best football conference

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and in America is the Big Ten. It's the Big

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Speaker 4: You can't say that. And it's interesting.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if you heard the showyp and I'm

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gonna get Caleb's thoughts on this. I'll get your thoughts

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really quickly and I'll go to him. I don't know

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if you guys had heard, but we listened from Matt

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Barry and Paul Feinbaum. They had said that the Big

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ten's paying more. They brought up other quarterbacks or the players,

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and a lot of those quarterbacks left because Nicks Well,

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players left because Nick Sable retired. That was one of

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the reasons. They say, oh, the Big tins paying more.

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who's like, we're not paying more than people. And I

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a national platform. But you have these personalities people saying, oh,

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well they're paying more. That's what ended up happening. This

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the coach that she wanted to play for, because that's

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college athletics. You want to play for a certain coach.

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Williams leave? He left Oklahoma and went to USC. You

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saw j Hill go and then how many other players

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 3: That's how it goes. Players follow coaches in college. But

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they're saying, oh, they're paying more, and I don't think

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it's necessarily paying more when guys at the portal their

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market raid is just that value.

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Speaker 5: Now or maybe here's a counterpoint.

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Speaker 1: I think the Big Ten probably is Indiana, isn't I

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don't think Indiana is Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, USC. I

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think they are paying more than the SEC. But they're

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also better equipped for the nil era. They're a better conference,

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better equipped for the rules of the game, where the

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SEC back in the day ten years ago was better

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equipped to do things under the table than any other

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conference and was better equipped for that era.

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Speaker 5: So they're falling behind, they are falling behind.

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Speaker 2: It.

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Speaker 3: It's so interesting just of how they the excuse is

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for the SECO of this conference is pay Moore is like,

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wasn't the.

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Speaker 4: Sec doing that.

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Speaker 3: It's like, if that's the name of the game, don't

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be mad that now little brother can compete in the

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game and they've learned how to punch a big brother

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in the face.

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Speaker 4: You're just upset.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes little brother grows up.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes little brother does grow up, and I've been enjoying

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to see them grow up. I'll get Caleb Sas on this, Kilber,

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your thoughts on the college football playoff format's.

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Speaker 4: Not going to expand an ordered name now.

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Speaker 3: If they're a top twelve seed, they have to be in,

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even if you're going to leave someone else out the

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group of six. Just your thoughts on all of that

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and everything occurring right now in the college football landscape.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think there's a lot going on with the

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college football Playoff that makes a lot of people happy

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and a lot of people upset. I mean, you're seeing

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more teams in it right now than there were ten

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years ago or fifteen years ago.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 6: Some people wanted to expand that. Some people wanted it

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to stay the same at least until next through next

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football season, it's going to be the same.

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Speaker 4: I do like how they did.

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Speaker 6: Change the each P four conference champion. It is gonna

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be an automatic qualifyer. Now you had a little bit

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of drama with that this year, right with Duke winning

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the ACC and they didn't make it. So now, I mean,

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you can look at it both ways. Would the ACC

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have gotten Duke and Miami in and going Miami ended

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up going all the way to the championship game? So

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this year if they would have missed out, or who

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would have gotten two bids from the ACC and maybe

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only one from the G five. Again talking about the

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G six, excuse me, that team does not have to

476
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be a conference champion anymore, right, so it could just

477
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be the highest ranked. And then you have the Notre

478
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Dame issue, where I have yet to hear a good

479
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reason or good example or good story as to why

480
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Notre Dame is receiving this special treatment. They're affiliated with

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the ACC and a lot of what they do throughout

482
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their sports program football, they're technically independent. Now why are

483
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we giving one independent this special birth within the top twelve?

484
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Like AP was talking about it as you Ron talking

485
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about the top twelve should maybe just be who gets

486
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in anyways? And should those four conference champions be part

487
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of that top twelve already, so I don't I think

488
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there's issues that's still yet to be resolved. There are

489
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things that we're trying to work towards to make it

490
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a better to make sure we've got the best of

491
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the best in that program. I don't think we were

492
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quite there yet. I'm excited to see what changes happened.

493
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I'm a little disappointed that personally the expansion wasn't talked

494
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about a little bit more. I think that could have

495
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been the issue for now, at least in the interim.

496
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But I'm excited to see where this goes in the future.

497
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm excited to see where this goes in the

498
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future as well. This is a This is gonna be

499
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very interesting. I think it's going to expand. Norre Dame

500
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does have power in this because Ben mentioned a very

501
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valid point that I just want to echo if you

502
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didn't get a chance to hear it, if you haven't

503
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heard on the podcast yet, twenty three of their twenty

504
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five athletics are contracted three esp and everything else. I'm

505
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pretty sure is that way. You know with the ACC

506
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when I mean contracted, I mean through the conference. So

507
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when you look at the ACC in the deal that

508
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they have. There's a lot of leverage power that they

509
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do have that they would have lost. Now you're right,

510
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they do want to keep all the money for themselves.

511
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I still say bump Norre Dame in the words of

512
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Stephen A. Smith close quote. But in the same breadth,

513
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when you're doing business and a team holds that much

514
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power with the conference and they can do that, and

515
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you don't want to lose them, you somewhat give them

516
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what they want. But I also believe when the AEC

517
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has done, they're not going to the Big twelve. I

518
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promise you that brey or Mark, as much as he

519
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may want Notre Dame as the brand brey or Marcus Patty,

520
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he's not gonna He's not gonna give Norre Dame what

521
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they want to say. Yeah, we'll take the rest of

522
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your sports, but then football. He wants them for football.

523
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He wants them for football, There's no doubt about it.

524
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He wants to take him in and it has to

525
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be and they would have to come to ESPN. They

526
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would have to do that. That means they would have

527
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to leave independent. But to me, this is very simple,

528
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and I think you know they're getting their way which

529
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is upsetting and it's frightening for the college football landscape.

530
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But to me, if you just had to been in

531
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the ACC Conference ap, if you just would have been

532
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in the conference, this wouldn't have happened in my opinion,

533
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because you'd have been in the title game. You had

534
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,920
to beat Duke or Virginia in my opinion, and you

535
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,599
would have booked your ticket to the college football playoffs.

536
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Because they put Miami in and look what happened, and

537
00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:10,720
they're probably thinking that should have been us. It should

538
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have been US versus Indiana. Still thought they would have lost.

539
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But in the same breath, it's your fault because if

540
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you just get in the conference, and if you had

541
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done what Miami would have done, maybe they'd gave you

542
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special privileges because of that.

543
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Speaker 1: No, I'm I'm not convinced that Notre Dame would have

544
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advanced at all in the playoffs. Oh okay, they didn't

545
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play anyone, So I mean, I agree with you one

546
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hundred percent. Notre Dame needs to be in a conference

547
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because the way things are structured right now, if Notre

548
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Dame gets in the playoffs, they get a massive advantage

549
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over everyone else. And I mean, what I mean by

550
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that is they get to keep all the money for

551
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the playoffs for themselves. They don't have to split it

552
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up among a conference. So you've got pros and cons here.

553
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The pro is if your Notre Dame, I get to

554
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,440
keep it all for myself. The con is that you

555
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don't get the special privileges. And I think that if

556
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Notre Dame needs to grow up and realize there's there's consequences.

557
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Speaker 3: There are consequences to your excuse me, sorry, oh my goodness, Wow,

558
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I had a sneeze attack right there.

559
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Speaker 4: I apologize. Everyone had to turn off my my goodness.

560
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Speaker 3: Gracious, I just talked about not getting sick early, and

561
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I don't know if sneeze is a part of that,

562
00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,960
but goodness, gracious, oh man, getting contagious by this Notre

563
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Dame talk. They're trying to get me sick. I'm second

564
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Notre Dame and they're trying to get me sick. Over

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here broadcasting from Salt Lake City and Caleb Lions is

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We do need to take a brief time out. But

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before we do, I want to tell you guys, look

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giving concert tickets.

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Speaker 4: And that's what I want to do.

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Speaker 3: You know, right now, I want to tell you how

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You want to send you and your friends to see

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it in cinemas. That's right, You're gonna watch a concert

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in cinemas in the movie theater.

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Speaker 4: Have you ever done that? Ap Caleb? Have you, guys

583
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ever done have you ever seen a concert in a

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movie theater?

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Speaker 5: I have it?

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Speaker 4: You haven't? Quit about you, Caleb?

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Speaker 5: You have not.

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Speaker 3: K I'm interested to know who has and who hasn't.

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Speaker 4: Been to on me?

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Speaker 3: Stop giving out so I won't do that. Have you

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seen a concert in a movie theater? I'm excited? I know,

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that they always post like those UFC things, those big

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things that you can see around, So I'm excited to

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see anyway, the point being, the point of what I'm

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trying to say is please tune into bryceon Being Nucci

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the next couple of days. We're gonna keep it locked in.

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Lots to talk about spring ball's coming up. I know

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the fans want football back, but right now it's basketball,

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Way Life Goes is a little you know, not blues music,

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but it gets you in your fields, ap Caleb, Is

653
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that gonna be just the way life goes? Is BAU

654
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basketball just gonna beat these other teams that they should be,

655
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but then when it comes to the premier matchups just

656
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not get it done?

657
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Speaker 4: You know, you're kind of wondering now.

658
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Speaker 3: Kevin Young turned around in February, so there are still

659
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a few weeks before they went on that nine game

660
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winning streak that we remember what they did last year

661
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so we'll have to see if that happens. But I'm wondering,

662
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is this gonna be the way this season, the way

663
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life goes for now? If they don't beat Kansas, you

664
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drop back to back games. That really has me concerning

665
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,799
your thoughts Appee on that, what that could be.

666
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna be the way it goes, honestly.

667
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If there's two trains of thought here for me, If

668
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your bench does not start contributing like it started to

669
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on against Arizona, we finally got some bench contributions or

670
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someone outside the big three. If that trend continues, if

671
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it's only the three players scoring, then I think you're

672
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gonna have a hard time beating these elite teams. But

673
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I still have faith that we're gonna see an uptick

674
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in production outside the big three. I think we're gonna

675
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get a couple good, solid wins coming up.

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Speaker 4: Caleb. I'll get your thoughts on it too as well.

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Is that gonna be the way left goes?

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Speaker 8: Is?

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Speaker 3: If BYU doesn't gonna win on Saturday against Kansas, is

680
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that just gonna be Okay? You're not gonna be Texas

681
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Tech at home. You're not gonna beat Iowa State. You're

682
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not gonna be Houston. You're gonna beat everybody else, but

683
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not the teams that we believe in college basketball, believes

684
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that can get to a Final four or in lead opportunity.

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Speaker 6: No, I don't think so. I mean we're talking about

686
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bench production. We're talking about first half, second half bou

687
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I know those are two things that have been talked

688
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about a lot throughout this year. Speaking of I want

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to give a quick shout out Dawson Baker, who was

690
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injured earlier this year. Really missing him on the court.

691
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We've got a son named Dawson, our second son.

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Speaker 4: Hey, there we go.

693
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Speaker 6: Loved watching Dawson Baker play, our oldest son. W's here

694
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for Dawson Baker. Yeah, hey that's Dawson on the court.

695
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Super happy to see it.

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Speaker 4: Really cool.

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Speaker 6: So bumm to see Dawson out for the season. Because

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of that, but also because of the lack of production

699
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that we're getting from the bench, I think it would

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have been a really good time to have a player

701
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like Dawson what he could contribute. We got to get

702
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that production from somewhere else, k wise, going to a

703
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few different places to try to get that. Haven't been

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super consistent lately. I was saying that once MoU knocks

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a few down, everyone's gonna forget that he ever was

706
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in a slump. And I'm hoping that that continues into

707
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the game against Kansas on Saturday. I really think that

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if he can keep that production going, even though again

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that's not bench production, but I think we get that

710
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outside perimeter shooting from going from New I think we're

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gonna be able to be just fine in Kansas on Saturday.

712
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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good point you bring up. I like

713
00:31:06,079 --> 00:31:06,680
to actually bring that.

714
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,759
Speaker 3: I agree with you because last year when the sky

715
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,799
was falling at the start a conference and they put

716
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,640
what magan to the starting lineup, they went on their

717
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,160
win streak. No one remembered what happened at the beginning

718
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,079
of the season. And that's why you can control your

719
00:31:17,119 --> 00:31:20,039
own destiny. You went on Saturday, guess what number one

720
00:31:20,119 --> 00:31:22,480
lost Arizona I've forgotten about at least that's how it

721
00:31:22,599 --> 00:31:24,200
is I viewed. So I love that point of that,

722
00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:26,880
and Dawson Baker does hurt. We had a question of

723
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,880
the Day aswerday. We asked coach Dave Rose if you

724
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,799
missed that. You can download the interview on the podcast.

725
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,240
The fourth leading scorer on this team. Now, I give

726
00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:36,160
it away obviously, but before that, would people have guessed

727
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,720
it it was Dawson Baker. I don't know if people

728
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,359
would have. Dawson Baker is still the fourth leading scorer

729
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,480
on this team. So you missed those seven eight points

730
00:31:42,519 --> 00:31:45,640
excuse me? Seven yeah, point eight points per game. Man,

731
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,319
you hate to see that. He got hurt and they pickings.

732
00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 4: He never saw that.

733
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 3: But Dawson, I arguably what hurts more because he was

734
00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:53,599
playing so good man. The shot was looking so smooth.

735
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,480
You saw Jordan Brady, the player Development director of player Development,

736
00:31:57,519 --> 00:32:00,319
You saw the development that Dawson made, You saw the

737
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,559
jump he was taking. I was looking forward to the

738
00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:05,279
sixth Man of the Year potentially being in that discussion,

739
00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:08,599
and unfortunately, you know, it just it's plagued, and that's

740
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,720
why it sucks because we're nitpicking them against the best teams.

741
00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:13,960
But this team maybe does have some depth issues. But

742
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:15,680
here's the question of today. I've been doing it for

743
00:32:16,119 --> 00:32:17,839
I've been teasing it for a little bit, and now

744
00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:19,200
I'm gonna bring it in to play. Brought to you

745
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,519
by Andrew Peterson. Do you feel confident in Bau's bench

746
00:32:22,599 --> 00:32:25,759
going into the Kansas game. Do you feel confident? Ap

747
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,519
You're the one that came up with the question, Starr,

748
00:32:27,599 --> 00:32:29,160
start with you and then I'll go to Kleb. Do

749
00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:31,279
you feel confident in this BAU bench going into this

750
00:32:31,319 --> 00:32:32,039
game against.

751
00:32:31,839 --> 00:32:34,839
Speaker 5: Kansas I do. And here's why.

752
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:36,839
Speaker 4: I think.

753
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,119
Speaker 1: Well, first off, I think Mihailo is shooting pretty well

754
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,119
in conference play, so there's that. I think he's I

755
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,960
think he's gonna be just fine. But Alexi Coastitch is

756
00:32:48,039 --> 00:32:49,759
my reason because look good.

757
00:32:49,799 --> 00:32:51,319
Speaker 4: In that game against Arizona.

758
00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:54,279
Speaker 1: Alexi Coastitch came in and hit two threes, and at

759
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,119
least in my memory of this year, that's the first

760
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,920
time that a bench player side of Dawson Baker has

761
00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:07,559
come in and contributed well against an elite team because those.

762
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 3: They don't view Kansas State as an elite team, because

763
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,759
people are gonna argue you and say, wait, but Mahilo,

764
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,960
you but we're not considering Kansas State can be at Arizona.

765
00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:19,759
Speaker 1: No, they're not even on the same level. All the

766
00:33:19,839 --> 00:33:23,240
games where bench players had come in and contributed was.

767
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,440
I mean, Kansas State's a good team, but outside of that,

768
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:32,240
it was mostly the low level Pacific Saballene Christians those

769
00:33:32,359 --> 00:33:37,880
games whereas we finally got a great team where someone

770
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,920
like Election Coasters came in, looked comfortable, hit some shots,

771
00:33:42,039 --> 00:33:43,640
and I think he can replicate that.

772
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely think he replicated. Uh, Caleb, your thoughts

773
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,039
on on that Election Coast showed up in a big

774
00:33:50,079 --> 00:33:51,839
time moment. Only took two shots, but those are the

775
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,440
two shots you have to hit. And then like you said, uh,

776
00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:57,920
you know, mood Davis. But to answer the question, are

777
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,240
you confident in BYU's benched going to this game against Kansas?

778
00:34:02,079 --> 00:34:05,319
Speaker 6: Confident, I'm not quite sure. I would say confident, yet hopeful,

779
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,039
Definitely hopeful. I think there's a lot of room to

780
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:11,519
improve with people coming off the bench. Like you're saying, Kostitch,

781
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,719
maybe he needs to shoot the ball a little bit more.

782
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,960
If he's shooting one hundred percent, you always wonder, well,

783
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,079
should he shot at two, three, four more times? Should

784
00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:22,039
he be getting a few more minutes, three, four more minutes?

785
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,400
I don't know what that looks like. I trust Ky.

786
00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:27,880
I know his rotation is something that he takes very

787
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,840
seriously and it's something that I trust wholeheartedly. The way

788
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,519
that he's been able to get production without bench production.

789
00:34:35,079 --> 00:34:37,320
I mean, I trust what he's doing there, So as

790
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,320
far as minutes ago, I don't know if that's necessarily

791
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,639
the issue we're talking about. Mahaalow, he's not afraid to shoot.

792
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,719
There have been a few times this season where I'm like,

793
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,920
I wish somebody else would have shot the ball, Like

794
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:47,599
when AJ was.

795
00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:49,519
Speaker 3: Going, He's gonna shoot it if he sees it. Mahialo

796
00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:50,719
loves every shot he gets.

797
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, he's gonna take it. If he's opening, he's gonna

798
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,840
take it. And you know what, I don't hate that because.

799
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 4: Then he's gonna take it if he's contested.

800
00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:58,760
Speaker 3: Sometimes he takes a bad Like I said, he has

801
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,239
never seen a shot he doesn't lo which sometimes bugs

802
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:02,360
was like, don't shoot that one.

803
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:03,639
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I agree.

804
00:35:03,679 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 6: I mean the moment when AJ was going for forty

805
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,480
three against Utah, the whole arena, the whole crowd, all

806
00:35:10,519 --> 00:35:13,000
of ESPN, everyone watching the game wanted the ball in

807
00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:15,719
AJ's hands and Mahaalo just shot that thing away like

808
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,719
it was nothing and he didn't make it, which probably

809
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,639
made people a little bit more upset. But Mahalow had

810
00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:24,719
a smooth stroke against Kansas, he helped us out hit

811
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,360
a few clutch buckets. I liked what I was seeing

812
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,480
from him there. If he can be more consistent, I

813
00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:31,079
think it would be a great option off the bench

814
00:35:31,119 --> 00:35:35,000
and what he can bring. Boob brings that defensive intensity,

815
00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:39,400
not quite the offensive production. That defensive intensity helps us

816
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,360
out a lot right when we made stops, Yeah, big

817
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,599
stops coming in from Boob. Kind of that Richie Saunders

818
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,800
type scrappiness on defense sometimes, which is what Richie was

819
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,239
kind of known for under Mark Pope. When we didn't

820
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,199
really know who Richie was yet and what his game

821
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,280
was right we weren't quite familiar with his game. He

822
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,840
was kind of just that intensity, maybe make a few

823
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,199
key plays on defense kind of guy. I feel like

824
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,599
Boop has the opportunity to break out a little bit

825
00:36:06,639 --> 00:36:08,760
more on the offensive side of the ball, But I

826
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,400
really like what he's bringing us defensively. So confident. I'm

827
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,639
not sure that's quite what I would say, but I'm

828
00:36:14,679 --> 00:36:17,599
definitely hopeful for what our bench can do against Kansas

829
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,599
and throughout the rest of the season, and I think

830
00:36:19,679 --> 00:36:22,920
that's gonna be critical. We can figure out more consistency

831
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,679
and continuity from our bench play as we hope to

832
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,239
make a deep run in March.

833
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,039
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're gonna need a large sample size. I've only

834
00:36:30,079 --> 00:36:32,760
seen it. Ben always says two or three data points

835
00:36:33,159 --> 00:36:34,400
for to be sure. I've seen one.

836
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 4: Now.

837
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 3: I am confident in Kevin Young that he can get

838
00:36:38,519 --> 00:36:41,000
these guys dialed. That is what I am confident because

839
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,199
I've seen it already. I've seen him turn it around.

840
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,159
Last year, everyone said, Okay, he's probably gonna be five hundred,

841
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,679
which is still I remember we had Jonathan tavanaar JT

842
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,360
I think was a little bit higher. He was all

843
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:51,960
twelve and eight is still great. And then his team

844
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,599
went thirteen to sixty eight, a phenomenal job, tied for

845
00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:57,559
thirty to Big twelve at Arizona, way better, and and

846
00:36:57,679 --> 00:36:59,679
the record showcases this look at worse. There're gonna be

847
00:36:59,679 --> 00:37:01,800
a three at best, they're gonna be a two seat. Now.

848
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,480
If they just somehow flip the script and then they

849
00:37:03,519 --> 00:37:06,079
go beat everybody in February, then maybe they get in

850
00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:08,559
this that last one seat. Doubted still still but they

851
00:37:08,639 --> 00:37:10,840
might be the second two seed on the board depending

852
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:11,599
where the brackets at.

853
00:37:11,639 --> 00:37:13,679
Speaker 4: But they still control their own destiny. They still do.

854
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,679
Speaker 3: So I'm confident in Kevin Young that he can turn

855
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,480
this squad around, and that's why I believe that they

856
00:37:20,519 --> 00:37:22,079
can take it on the road against Kansas.

857
00:37:22,119 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 4: That's my honestake, I really do.

858
00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:28,599
Speaker 3: I really believe that BYU basketball can showcase a little

859
00:37:28,639 --> 00:37:31,760
bit of what they showcase on Monday against the number

860
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,679
one team in the country against Kansas. That should give

861
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,880
you the utmost confidence. If you did it against guys

862
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,239
like Brayden Burry's Coopete, that squad, Tommy Lloyd's squad that's

863
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,400
won twenty one straight, that hasn't lost the game yet,

864
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,239
then you should be very, very very confident. Now, I

865
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,280
don't know if Kansas has another game this week, so

866
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,440
I'm correct me if I'm wrong, AP, I know, I

867
00:37:50,519 --> 00:37:52,599
see you typing and checking that. But if they don't

868
00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:54,559
have another game, then they're gonna have a whole week off.

869
00:37:54,599 --> 00:37:57,079
I know they're gonna be well rested. But sometimes having

870
00:37:57,119 --> 00:37:59,800
a full week off doesn't necessarily, you know, help you,

871
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,079
especially BYU who has some momentum like Rob Richie. Excuse me,

872
00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:06,760
Robin aj did not play their best games. It just

873
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,519
said he just misshots six to twenty four rob That

874
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:11,639
might be his worst shooting performance on the season so far.

875
00:38:11,679 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 4: I think if I had to take a crack, I

876
00:38:13,079 --> 00:38:14,880
think he was three or fourteen or three or twelve.

877
00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:16,800
Is not good. Dave Rimo's tough.

878
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,559
Speaker 3: Kevin Young said he was poed, you know, he wished

879
00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:22,360
they had to play better because of how everything turned out.

880
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,559
But that's basketball, right, Sometimes you have games like that.

881
00:38:24,639 --> 00:38:27,960
But you can definitely take coastage into Kansas with that

882
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:29,960
and have that confidence and take that and.

883
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 4: Go on the road.

884
00:38:30,519 --> 00:38:34,079
Speaker 3: Now this again, BYU should be better equipped. Why because

885
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:36,159
they've already played against Texas Tech. You already played in

886
00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:39,239
the hostile environment. Now, I don't think fog, I don't

887
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,400
think Lubbick is like fag Allen Fields. I'm gonna be honest.

888
00:38:41,559 --> 00:38:44,480
People already camping out. I've already seen the reports. It's

889
00:38:44,639 --> 00:38:45,159
it's different.

890
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,119
Speaker 4: People like, how did that BYU team go in there

891
00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:49,639
and get a win? Well? Was it was a season team.

892
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:50,920
It was a season team.

893
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 5: Well, and that was not a great Kansas team.

894
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,599
Speaker 4: It wasn't a great Kansas team.

895
00:38:54,679 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 3: It was not well at that moment they were okay,

896
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:00,599
they unraveled you know later down thea like they did

897
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:02,239
the last twesay, but that you're right, that was not

898
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:03,119
a good Kansas team.

899
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,119
Speaker 4: But it's still it's a tough environment to win.

900
00:39:05,199 --> 00:39:07,079
Speaker 3: But why did they They had a bunch of guys

901
00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:09,280
that have been playing together a while, and they had

902
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,920
the veteran leaders. So that's something that they lack going

903
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,360
into this Kansas game. That's something that they do. But

904
00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:16,920
I wouldn't bank on it. Twice, I wouldn't bet my

905
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:18,440
mortgage if even if I had one, I don't. I

906
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,280
wouldn't bet my rent on my bank account right now.

907
00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:24,119
And Emily Horrocks is not gonna like that. I said

908
00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:26,199
that over the year, but I would have bet my

909
00:39:26,199 --> 00:39:28,320
shoe closet that I don't think Robin Richie shoot nine

910
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:28,719
to forty.

911
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 4: I'd be shocked if that would happen.

912
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 3: And if they were to go back to back of

913
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,920
performances like that, I'd be really concerned for BAU basketball.

914
00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:38,760
And then I would say, Okay, it's an inverse. The

915
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,599
start of the season was bad last year, and the

916
00:39:40,679 --> 00:39:43,400
end of the month of November it's bad going into February.

917
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,840
But I don't think that would happen. I have full

918
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,639
confidence in Kevin Young. I think I said Alexi was

919
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:50,639
the guy at the benning of conference. You remember this

920
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,239
ap and this would be a first for Caleb. I

921
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,199
said that Alexi was the guy coming into conference that

922
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,800
I felt I could still minutes. I feel like he

923
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,280
could be the difference maker. Him and Haydim because of

924
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,800
Hadem's def I thought that those could be the guys.

925
00:40:02,119 --> 00:40:04,679
I still believe that's the case, especially what I saw

926
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:06,599
against Arizona. Now, Kayler brought up a good point that

927
00:40:06,599 --> 00:40:07,719
I want to go back to. As I've been on

928
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,920
this monologue. You wanted to see him get the heat check.

929
00:40:11,079 --> 00:40:11,760
Speaker 4: He didn't get it.

930
00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:15,360
Speaker 3: Matt Bamante puts it on the players. I put it

931
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,679
on the coaches because if like coaches to shay that. Now,

932
00:40:17,679 --> 00:40:19,719
I understand players in the moments to give that, but

933
00:40:20,079 --> 00:40:21,960
that's where coaches over out and say, hey, get him

934
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,400
the ball. And I've seen Kevin Young scream and say

935
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,119
that when you're on your side, you're at the game.

936
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,760
Everybody was calm when you brought the ball up. So

937
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,800
I need Kevin unto yale at Aj you know, and

938
00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:35,400
and Rob to get Alexi the ball to shoot that.

939
00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:38,159
Now it's unfortunate because Richie was out of the game,

940
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,639
the top king. I believe if was in the game,

941
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:42,679
if Braden Burrys would have crashed, I believe Rob would

942
00:40:42,679 --> 00:40:44,280
have kicked it out for him, and I believe, honestly

943
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:45,760
he'd hit the game winner.

944
00:40:46,039 --> 00:40:47,559
Speaker 4: I truly believe that. But that should have could have

945
00:40:47,559 --> 00:40:48,559
worn it. So it doesn't matter.

946
00:40:49,039 --> 00:40:51,119
Speaker 3: But to me, I'm gonna switch at the pole of

947
00:40:51,159 --> 00:40:53,199
today as this team needs to not get Do you

948
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,880
believe this team is going to be in foul trouble

949
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,760
going into the in the Kansas game? Because I believe

950
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b what you after what I saw on Monday. And

951
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:01,719
I'll start with you, Caleb, then I'll go to UAP

952
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,599
to me, are you concerned about foul trouble in the

953
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Kansas game? And I know everybody's gonna say, hey, that's

954
00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:09,599
every game. No, no, no, Are you concerned about foul

955
00:41:09,639 --> 00:41:13,119
trouble because we saw you know, Tommy Lloyd's depth get

956
00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:15,719
tested and they were able to steal bring guys in.

957
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,000
I don't know if BYU has all of that. If

958
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guys get in foul trouble. You saw what happened when

959
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,639
Bdo fouled out. You saw what happen with Richie.

960
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:22,639
Speaker 4: It made it tough.

961
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 3: Now guys are able to step up in their spot,

962
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,400
but that's not a guaranteed the shots are going to

963
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,559
fall against Kansas. So cale to start with you, are

964
00:41:28,559 --> 00:41:30,639
you concerned about foul trouble yet? Two guys foul out?

965
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,679
If you fill out against Kansas on the road, hostile environment,

966
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,280
fog Allen field House, Top fifteen matchup, I don't know

967
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,440
if you're able to come out with the win.

968
00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 4: I don't know.

969
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 6: So you talk about Richie fouling out of the game

970
00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,639
on the ESPN broadcast, at least if the way his

971
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,559
face looked, it was almost as if he didn't know

972
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that that was going to be his fifth foul.

973
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 5: So I don't know if that's the case or not.

974
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,679
Speaker 6: If he was aware, I he was just trying to play.

975
00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:53,280
Speaker 4: A freaking new horse had to walk off the four.

976
00:41:53,559 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 6: But yeah, I'm not sure I was going with that. Now,

977
00:41:58,039 --> 00:42:01,519
if you would have ask me five minutes ago, if

978
00:42:01,559 --> 00:42:04,000
you if I think that fowles are going to be

979
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,079
an issue or not, my as might have been a

980
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little bit different. But I am getting that notification from ESPN, say.

981
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:11,679
Speaker 4: And that's why I had the breaking news breaker.

982
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:16,159
Speaker 6: That was perfect time that Kansas is expecting Darren Peterson

983
00:42:16,199 --> 00:42:18,079
to play on Saturday, so I know it was going

984
00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:20,280
back and forth on that whether or not he was

985
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,480
going to play. He's kind of been plagued by injury

986
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the first half of the season. But it looks like

987
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we are going to be facing up against Darren Peterson.

988
00:42:27,639 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 4: There it is, say thoughts on the breaking news.

989
00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: I expected it to be honest, I expected it with

990
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a low management Kansas. It's it's clear Kansas was saving

991
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Darren Peterson for BYU.

992
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,519
Speaker 4: As they should. I'm not even mad about it.

993
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:48,519
Speaker 1: Because Darren Peterson versus AJ Debounce was it. It's a

994
00:42:48,639 --> 00:42:51,639
matchup that needed to happen, not only for the players.

995
00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:53,920
It needs to happen for the players because they're playing

996
00:42:54,119 --> 00:42:57,320
for money. They're playing for the right to be a

997
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,800
number one pick, get that number one pick contract.

998
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 3: We also has some filthy lucre on it as well.

999
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,719
Say that don't go down a dark as a highway,

1000
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as Kenny would say.

1001
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: But the other thing is these teams are playing for

1002
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,679
seeding in the NCA tournament. Whoever wins this game, I'll

1003
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,159
say this right now, whoever wins this game is gonna

1004
00:43:14,199 --> 00:43:15,639
be one seed higher.

1005
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,039
Speaker 5: Than that are maybe two one or two seats higher.

1006
00:43:19,119 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 1: This game has massive implication, so it's pretty clear Kansas

1007
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,000
has been saving Darren Peterson for b YU.

1008
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, they definitely have appreciate Kaylor breaking the news text

1009
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,199
and letting us know as well. But that is what

1010
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,159
has been said out looking at my phone. Kansas expects

1011
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,760
Darren Peterson to play Saturday versus b YU and fellow

1012
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:43,320
freshman phenom aj d Bonsa ds Bonsas. So we gonna

1013
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,639
find out who gets a got him moment on Saturday.

1014
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,920
We're gonna find out for sure. We gotta take a break,

1015
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,360
though we have to go to break.

1016
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 4: We will get into it.

1017
00:43:50,559 --> 00:43:53,039
Speaker 3: Let's talk about stat segment on the flip side. But

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We gotta go to break don't go anywhere. Let's get

1039
00:44:45,559 --> 00:44:47,440
into it. Let's talk about stats. Will break down the

1040
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,840
bio you Kansas matchup number wise for a little bit,

1041
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,280
and let's talk about stats. Segment coming up right here

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on one O three nine and ninety eight three is

1043
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a one oh.

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Speaker 2: Three nine at ninety eight three. ESPN Sports Center Hofdiate.

1045
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Speaker 8: Big twelve Softball Meet to Days continues today, So we

1046
00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:05,519
take a moment to give you the latest News from

1047
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the Diamond. The Coubver ranks six in the Big twelve

1048
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Media Preseason Bowl and out for the Willy Owens and

1049
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Elivea of Brittingham were named of the preseason All Big

1050
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Twelve Team, with Grittingham being one of seven New nan

1051
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in the selection. Gordoniekin's squad opens their season one week

1052
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,159
from to day in Clearwater, Flora against the Lady Bowls

1053
00:45:21,199 --> 00:45:24,000
of Tennessee. Thicking with women's sports, the women's basketball team

1054
00:45:24,079 --> 00:45:26,079
lost last night to Oklahoma State by a score of

1055
00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:28,320
sixty seven to fifty one, smarted for the first time

1056
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,480
this season that the Cubis have lost. Back to that game.

1057
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,320
YU started strong, leading twenty five to nineteen after the

1058
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,199
first quarter, but then going cold with a pine of

1059
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,000
BYU Creamery ice cream, finishing the game shooting eight of

1060
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:40,079
forty two from that point on. The player of the

1061
00:45:40,119 --> 00:45:42,440
game for the Hooters was sophomore guard Cambrie Barber, who

1062
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,079
recording her first double double of her sophomore year, scoring

1063
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:47,679
thirteen points while matting eleven rebound. Next up for the

1064
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,559
Coopiters is Utah at home. So far this year, BYU

1065
00:45:50,679 --> 00:45:52,880
is five or one against Utah in all sports, with

1066
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,920
the low loss coming in a five seton Thriller and

1067
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,840
women's volleyball up in Salt Lake. Lekamarge crew looks to

1068
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,800
get back into the win column on Saturday at two

1069
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,239
pet the Marus and finally eight drink BYU. Men's volleyball

1070
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:05,360
also looks to get back to their winning ways starting

1071
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,880
tonight at eight PM as they take on fifteenth drank

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U see Santa Barbara no BYU. Assistant coach AT Devin Young,

1073
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not to be confused with Kevin Young, was announced that

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00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,519
the new men's volleyball head coach at Pacific. The Tigers

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are reinstating dead men's volleyball program for the first time

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in thirteen years. We wish Devin Young the best of

1077
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former players and insiders give you the latest stats, data

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and analytics that are trending in the world of Cougar

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Sports Stats.

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are stats. Let's start with a little NBA stat first.

1116
00:48:05,639 --> 00:48:08,039
AP will go there, and then we'll turn it over

1117
00:48:08,079 --> 00:48:10,559
to Kansas and BYU. What of the Big twelve ranking

1118
00:48:10,599 --> 00:48:13,519
comparison so far? Yego Demitus on pace to score seven

1119
00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:16,440
hundred and fifty five points this season. That would be

1120
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,760
the most by a player in NBA history since Sean

1121
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:24,000
Bradley scored nine hundred and sixty one for the MAVs

1122
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,039
slash Nets in nineteen ninety six. Ninety seven, that was

1123
00:48:27,079 --> 00:48:28,760
the year I was born. I was born in the

1124
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:31,199
ninety six. Save my parents some money on some Texas.

1125
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Speaking of, let's talk about stats. AP your thoughts on that.

1126
00:48:34,119 --> 00:48:37,320
Yego demit On pace to score seven hundred and fifty

1127
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,360
five points this season, that'd be a most boy BYU

1128
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,400
player in the NBA since Sean Browley did it well.

1129
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,280
Speaker 1: I think Jegor's developing pretty nicely in the NBA the

1130
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,400
way that most BYU.

1131
00:48:51,519 --> 00:48:52,639
Speaker 5: People thought he would.

1132
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,519
Speaker 1: But to me, the most impressive part is that he's

1133
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:00,800
doing it with the Nets, which has been a dysfunctional

1134
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:06,559
franchise for years. I had very little confidence. And then

1135
00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:07,840
that's being able to manage him.

1136
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:08,079
Speaker 4: Well.

1137
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was worried about that, the more or less

1138
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,199
if you know the health and if that would be

1139
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:20,079
the case. But I'm grateful that he is healthy, that

1140
00:49:20,159 --> 00:49:22,880
he is playing. But I was worried if the coaching

1141
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,039
staff in the organization when they drafted him, or listen

1142
00:49:25,079 --> 00:49:27,599
to the outside noise, because when people drafted them, people

1143
00:49:27,639 --> 00:49:31,519
were not confident at first. In in Diegor, they did

1144
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:35,440
not like to pick people didn't understand it. Even had

1145
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,360
Steven A. Smith, remember, was given his comments, and I

1146
00:49:39,559 --> 00:49:42,719
just I was concerned that people, you know, weren't gonna

1147
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,920
really give him a chance. And I feel this way

1148
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,519
a lot with people who played overseas come here don't

1149
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:52,280
really know. I remember Nicolaokuchu. Is he even in twenty

1150
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,400
twenty six when he got drafted twenty two? Excuse me

1151
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,760
twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, no one really knew

1152
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:00,360
who he was. And then even after that it was

1153
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,880
still a problem. I felt like that It wasn't until

1154
00:50:04,039 --> 00:50:06,039
he started putting up these models and numbers that people

1155
00:50:06,039 --> 00:50:08,239
gave him disrespect. And it's gonna be the same. And look,

1156
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,239
Yegor Demon is gonna be in the Rising Stars Challenge.

1157
00:50:11,519 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 4: He is. That's exactly what's gonna happen. He's gonna be

1158
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,000
in the Rising Stars Challenge.

1159
00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 3: And because he is a rising star, he's gonna have

1160
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,960
to go there and prove and earn and show why he.

1161
00:50:21,079 --> 00:50:24,159
Speaker 4: Belongs, you know, to other people. And I mean we

1162
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:24,599
knew it.

1163
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,800
Speaker 3: We saw, we saw the passing ability. NBA scouts told

1164
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:31,000
me lottery pick he was. But he's gonna have an

1165
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:33,800
opportunity to I feel to be able to do this now.

1166
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,639
And that's not gonna go to the playoffs. They are

1167
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:37,519
gonna do anything special like that. They're in a full

1168
00:50:37,599 --> 00:50:39,639
real bill mode. But this is good to see from

1169
00:50:39,679 --> 00:50:43,360
a BYU player, especially a lottery pick. Because Sean Brawley

1170
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:44,840
was up there as well.

1171
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:45,880
Speaker 4: Jim Er wasn't.

1172
00:50:46,119 --> 00:50:47,800
Speaker 3: He was a lottery pick as well as number eleven

1173
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,000
but never really got the opportunity because of how they

1174
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:54,159
changed the organization. But Yegor, I think is until AG's

1175
00:50:54,199 --> 00:50:56,440
in the league, he's the second coming. And look, I'm

1176
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gonna be honest, I think if Yegor continues to work hard,

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I think Yego could be an All Star because if

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he can sine to go to this NBA versus World format,

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I think Yegor's gonna continue to get better and I

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think he's gonna have opportunity. But it's crazy to think

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the ap in the next maybe five to ten years,

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that two bau Grits could be playing in the All

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Star Game year after year.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's it's And here's another little nugget about how

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Yegor's playing.

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Speaker 5: I saw this stat.

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Speaker 1: I believe Yegor leads the NBA in clutch threes since

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January started, And so it's not just it's not just

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that he's playing well, but he's playing well in big moments,

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and I think you're right. I think he could develop

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into an All Star. I don't know that he'll be

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a multiple time All Star, but I think he could

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have one year where he does really well and his

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team makes the playoffs and he'll be an All Star selection.

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I'm not gonna say, though, that he's gonna be this

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five time All Star. It's possible, for sure, but I

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think there's a lot yet to be seen from Yegor

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in that aspect. But the potential's there.

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Speaker 3: The potential is definitely there. And glad that he's shooting

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a nice he's he's killing it from downtown. Look, I

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think he leads the NBA right now at least of

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the month of I know, January with the most clutched

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threes and that's a big time status. And then look,

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that's a rookie that's doing that, the rookie from Buyu. Hey,

1205
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who would have thought we did.

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Speaker 1: I'll just say this, if the Nets somehow get the

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get a top three pick and get aj I may

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have to be a Nets fan over a jazz fan.

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Speaker 4: H not a jazz fan.

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Speaker 3: Uh. Never happened, never will be, especially being from Chicago.

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I think it's a I think it's hilarious of you

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know how how I roast the jazz because of a

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Chicago Bulls fan. People say that I Jordan pushed off.

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He did, but no one called it, and hey, look,

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I guess it. I guess if Jordan didn't really push off,

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then I guess you also don't have Yeah, I guess

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you also don't have the fact of where that it

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was a foul a pi for the Saints and the

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Rams because it wasn't called. If it's not called in

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this it's not a pushoff. So last couple of stats

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and no, we you do got to get to break here.

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Ba kanmsas Big twelfth. Comparison scoring offense, BAU is fourth,

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Kansas is fourteenth. BAU comes to in averaging eighty five

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point four, Kansas is seventy eight point three. Score defense,

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Kansas is actually better fifth, BAU seventh. BAU allows seventy

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point one, Kansas allows sixty seven point three.

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Speaker 4: This game is gonna come down to defense.

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Speaker 3: I won't get too much into it because AP and

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I will break it down on the Cougar Basketball pre

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game show on Saturday. And then here's your field goal

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percentage win on this. BAU third with forty eight point five,

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Kansas at seventh.

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Speaker 4: This is close.

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Speaker 3: They're in every top seven category together. This is gonna

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come down to the wire. That's what big time matchups do.

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The question is, well, Darren Peterson hit another buzzer beater

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to win. He dropped fifty eight last time AJ and

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him matched up, AHF forty nine.

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Speaker 4: We will see.

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Speaker 3: I don't think they're gonna go for that many. It's

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college basketball. It's the Big twelve. It's way more physical.

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