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Let's get 33 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,920 out to the hotline. Welcome in former b YU great 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,280 wide receiver six foot, one hundred ninety six pounds out 35 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,959 of Alpine, Utah, American Fork High School. We have number eighty. 36 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:38,959 Toby Christiansen on the lie. Toby, how the heck are you? 37 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,719 Speaker 3: I'm doing great, man, I appreciate you having man. I'm 38 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,000 sold on the elevate suit. So thanks for the tip 39 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:46,359 on that. 40 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:47,599 Speaker 1: Bro, I got you. 41 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:47,799 Speaker 5: Man. 42 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 4: If you if you need a new suit, let me 43 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,159 hook you up with the CEO he's a big BYU fan. 44 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:55,560 He would love to hook up a former BYU great 45 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,000 such as yourself. 46 00:01:58,159 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: Well, you did a great job selling and I'm. 47 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: In let's go. Man. 48 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 4: Hey, did they have to sell you on playing in 49 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:06,799 the alumni game? I saw your name on the roster, Toby, 50 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,840 how you feeling. You're feel an athletic, You're feeling nimble, 51 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:10,719 You're feeling quick. 52 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: No to all of those. To be honest with you, 53 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:19,159 I uh so two years ago. I really wanted to 54 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:21,240 do it when they asked me, and I was super excited, 55 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,520 and then you know, Steve Young ended up showing up 56 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,759 and being in the huddle with Steve Young. You know, 57 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,240 I was even starstruck. I mean I had that moment 58 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,039 where I was in there and he actually looked at 59 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:32,400 me and he said, Toby, you do this. And I 60 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,479 remember freezing like he knows my name, you know, like 61 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:35,960 it was just. 62 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: Cool to Steve Young remember who I was. 63 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: And I remember like he said, sprint to the right. 64 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,960 It was just an arrow, and he said, when you 65 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,680 get done, if I haven't thrown it yet, He's like, 66 00:02:43,719 --> 00:02:46,439 plant and come back. And my left knee was swollen 67 00:02:46,479 --> 00:02:48,159 at the time, and I remember thinking like, I don't 68 00:02:48,159 --> 00:02:49,639 want to let Steve down. I don't want to let 69 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,520 Steve down. Luckily, before I had to make that plant 70 00:02:52,599 --> 00:02:54,479 come back, he'd already thrown it to somebody else. And 71 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,199 I was like, all right, I'm free. No, to be 72 00:02:56,199 --> 00:02:57,080 honest with you, I was. 73 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:57,439 Speaker 5: I was. 74 00:02:57,879 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 3: The way that works with the Alumni Tournament is that 75 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,960 if you if you're on the winning team, you're automatically 76 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,960 invited back to next year. And since my team won 77 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,400 last year, I was automatically invited back. And I was gonna, 78 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,319 you know, let somebody else do it. And I told 79 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,800 my two little boys like, hey, I think I'm gonna 80 00:03:13,879 --> 00:03:15,520 let someone else have a chance. And they're like, Dad, 81 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,840 please one more time. They love it. They love going 82 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,280 on the field, they love hanging with the players, they 83 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:21,960 love being a part of it. And they said, Dad, 84 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,680 can you just do it one more time? And I said, 85 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:26,840 I said, I said, all right, one more go. But 86 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,039 I was really happy to be on a roster we had. 87 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:31,280 We had a lot of young guys, so I don't 88 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,960 think I'm going to be needed at all to run 89 00:03:33,039 --> 00:03:35,599 very many routes. So I'll be there more in spirit 90 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:36,719 than actually physically. 91 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:40,199 Speaker 4: Hey, well you know what, dude, I'm looking at the 92 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:45,120 these all time stats in BYU football history, and bro 93 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,759 like you know, being in the as a wide. 94 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,159 Speaker 1: Receiver in bing football history. 95 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 4: If you eclipse one thousand yards receiving, you know, because 96 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,479 there's been a lot of quarterbacks and a lot of 97 00:03:55,479 --> 00:03:58,199 receivers have come to you while you're You're in good company. 98 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:58,439 Speaker 1: Man. 99 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,039 Speaker 4: You got on the career ninety three receptions, one thousand 100 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:04,680 and sixty eight yards, eleven point five yards per reception, 101 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:05,800 and seven tuddies. 102 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,199 Speaker 1: Bro, you're ahead of. 103 00:04:07,199 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 4: Darius Lassiter, You're ahead of Tyler Anderson. You're ahead of 104 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,120 guys that you know had done some big things Rossoppo, 105 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,800 most recently Cody Epps. You're ahead of all these guys 106 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,800 that BAYU fans loved once. 107 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: Upon a time. 108 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 3: Well, I don't you know. I mean, I was there 109 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:28,839 a long time ago. I had I had fun while 110 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:32,000 I was there, And you know, if you put up 111 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,800 some numbers while you're doing it, great. I would have 112 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:35,639 loved to put up bigger numbers than that, but it 113 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,879 is what it is, and I'm grateful for the four 114 00:04:37,959 --> 00:04:41,399 years I had. So you know, there's the numbers and 115 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:43,120 and I had a you know, couldn't have done it 116 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,600 without the quarterbacks sewing us the ball. 117 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 4: Well, now you're you're still giving back to BYU. Okay, 118 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,959 because you've been mentoring and coaching up a current BYU 119 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,279 wide receiver Legend Glasger I. 120 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: Caught up with him. 121 00:04:55,959 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 4: He gave a shout out to his coaching mentor and 122 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,839 skill position coach, Toby Christiansend. 123 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: Tell me about your connection with Legend Glasger. 124 00:05:08,519 --> 00:05:13,319 Speaker 3: So it started with comp basketball around I want to 125 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:15,959 stay around fifth grade. My son and Legend played on 126 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,079 the same comp basketball team and they played together for 127 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,120 a couple of years and we got to know Legend 128 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,519 pretty well, and he ended up playing a little flag 129 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,560 football with us, and he was obviously a gifted athlete. 130 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:30,199 And around the same time, I had a couple of 131 00:05:30,319 --> 00:05:33,560 dads approached me about, you know, where to go for 132 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,160 extra work for their sons. And it was interesting. I said, listen, 133 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:39,759 if you want if you want some speed work, go 134 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,560 to Nate Solberg, and if you want some strength and training, 135 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:45,120 go to TAT And if you want receiver specific stuff, 136 00:05:45,439 --> 00:05:47,680 go to Rossoppo. As a ross oppo is the best 137 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,000 in the businessman and you'll be happy. And the dad 138 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:52,240 looked at me, and they're like, don't you know all 139 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,959 this stuff? And I said, well, I guess and they said, 140 00:05:55,079 --> 00:05:57,319 could we just pay you to do it? And it 141 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,600 was kind of interesting because of the time, I was like, well, 142 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:01,279 I've got a job and I've got this. You know, 143 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,600 I can't really dedicate a ton of time to it. 144 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,399 But I thought about it and I thought, you know 145 00:06:05,439 --> 00:06:08,199 what I'd love to I'd love to help some young kids, 146 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,399 you know, that want to be wide receivers. And I 147 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,480 kind of did it like a like a piano teacher, 148 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,519 where just once a week I send a text out 149 00:06:14,519 --> 00:06:15,879 and I say, hey, this is the day I can 150 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:17,600 do it if you guys can come. And some days 151 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,720 I'll have one kid, two three kids, and some days 152 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,759 I'll have twelve kids show up and they're all in 153 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,439 this text thread. And Legend was one of those kids 154 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,120 early on that just came and he just you know, 155 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,720 I mean, byu fans are about to see his skill level, 156 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:32,639 they're about to see his speed, They're about to see 157 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:34,920 some of his gifts. But what I want to tell 158 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,839 people is, man, this kid wanted to work. It wasn't 159 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,000 just me teaching him hard work. There were times where 160 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,079 I don't remember it was ninth grade or tenth grade, 161 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,240 but he had a game and the next day his 162 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,600 mom and I were texting and I just assumed he 163 00:06:49,639 --> 00:06:51,639 wasn't going to come to training, and then she texted 164 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,560 back and said, Legend really wants to get some work 165 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,519 in today. And it was the day after a game, 166 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,160 and he just wanted to fix some of the things 167 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,480 that he thought he wasn't doing well the day before. 168 00:07:00,519 --> 00:07:03,120 And I was so impressed with his desire to get 169 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,120 better and to put in the work. Even the day 170 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,800 after game, where you know, all of us are beat 171 00:07:06,879 --> 00:07:08,879 up and we want to take that day off, jump 172 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,560 in the ice tub and relax a little bit. Legend 173 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,240 wasn't about to do that. He just wanted to put 174 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:15,360 in work. So I was impressed with Legend. He's been 175 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,759 one of the kids that I've been working with for 176 00:07:16,839 --> 00:07:18,680 quite a long time, and it's been fun to see 177 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,279 his success. And he's, you know, he's really deserved and 178 00:07:21,319 --> 00:07:23,480 earned it. And I don't like using the word deserve lightly, 179 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:26,480 because you know, we don't deserve anything, but he really 180 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,079 has put in the work to get to where he's at. 181 00:07:29,399 --> 00:07:32,519 Speaker 4: What makes you optimistic that a true freshman like Legend 182 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,759 can turn some heads and get some pet you know 183 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:37,759 how difficult he is. Come in as a true freshman 184 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,000 and get in the rotation, you know what I mean, Like, 185 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,839 gain the trust of the coach, understand the playbook. 186 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: You had a block too. 187 00:07:47,279 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 4: You can't just be a receiver, right like Bay, he 188 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,439 runs the football. You got some pretty good running backs 189 00:07:52,439 --> 00:07:54,040 out there. You got a stock block too. You gotta 190 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,480 get out in front of guys. How feasible is it 191 00:07:56,519 --> 00:07:58,319 to see Legend on the football field this year? 192 00:08:00,319 --> 00:08:03,279 Speaker 3: Well, you know, I mean, things have to fall correctly, 193 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,839 and he's got to turn some even more heads, and 194 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:08,079 he's got to gain the confidence of his coach, like 195 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,360 you said, not just as a pass catcher, but also 196 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,399 as a blocker, and you know, in certain play calls. 197 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:16,160 And he's got to earn Bears trust as well. But 198 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:18,879 to be honest with you, you know, I feel like 199 00:08:18,959 --> 00:08:22,240 he has the entire tool set. The only thing I 200 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:25,600 felt like he was needing to be a collegiate ready 201 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,839 player right away was a couple of pounds of muscle. 202 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,279 I mean, I mean, honestly, he's got he's got he's 203 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,120 got the the intelligence, he's got the route running ability, 204 00:08:35,759 --> 00:08:38,320 I think he just times as the second fastest on 205 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,879 the team recently, and so he's got the speed and 206 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:43,120 one of and one of the things that set him apart, 207 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,799 you know, during the during the recruiting process, I actually 208 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,960 had Jay Hill and General Guildford come talk to me 209 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,399 about possibly playing him at corner because his hips, I mean, 210 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,960 he's got such great hips for a receiver. His lateral 211 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:58,000 movement is actually you know, elites, and so you don't 212 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,879 see that from a lot of track athletes. I mean, 213 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:01,720 and I have boasted a lot of track athletes that 214 00:09:01,799 --> 00:09:04,559 could fly down the field, but the minute they're supposed 215 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,600 to change direction, it's not easy for him and it's 216 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,639 not natural for Legend. He can do both, which is 217 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,000 really what sets him apart. And so between the hands, 218 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 his intelligence, you know, his ability to run routes, and 219 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:18,759 then the speed and quickness, he really does have everything 220 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:21,320 he needs except for a couple of pounds of muscle, 221 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,120 which I know, b what he's working on right now. 222 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,799 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's already put on some good weight since his 223 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,399 arrival in Provo, and he still has a you know, 224 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,559 you go through springball, you lose a little bit of weight, 225 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,240 a little waterway but then you get into the true offseason, 226 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:35,720 you can get bigger, faster, stronger. They're One of the 227 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:39,759 things that he said to me was that that differentiates him, 228 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,279 differentiated differentiates him from others. Is that, yeah, speed kills right, 229 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,480 like going over the top, getting behind the defense. When 230 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,120 I went back and I watched this film and I've 231 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,480 been watching him in practice, right, you know, I call 232 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,240 him a Deshaun Jackson light. Now, he is not as 233 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:00,240 fast yet as Deshaun Jackson, but he is fast. He 234 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:05,720 floats across the football field. He is pretty dynamic, and 235 00:10:05,759 --> 00:10:08,879 he's he's shifty too. He's he's pretty good with his 236 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,480 jump cuts and he and he limits the amount of 237 00:10:12,519 --> 00:10:15,679 contact that he takes. When you've watched him his junior 238 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,960 and senior year in Lehigh, how does he navigate not 239 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,600 getting hit Because he's been a punt returner, kick returner, 240 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,159 he really doesn't take big hits as a wide receiver. 241 00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:29,759 Speaker 3: Well, it's it's like I just mentioned to you. Part 242 00:10:29,799 --> 00:10:32,600 of that is because of his ability to move, his quickness, 243 00:10:32,639 --> 00:10:36,440 his hand eye coordination, you know, understanding you know when 244 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,480 to get down and when he can actually make it, 245 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,159 you know, make a move to get a few extra 246 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:42,320 yards and whether or not it's a big guy who's 247 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,200 going to hit him or small guy. He's he's extremely smart. 248 00:10:45,279 --> 00:10:47,519 I mean, he really does understand the game. That was 249 00:10:47,519 --> 00:10:49,399 one of the things last year as we were training, 250 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:51,399 it was it was interesting that he and I would 251 00:10:51,399 --> 00:10:54,639 have these conversations where I've said, legend, right now, I'm 252 00:10:54,639 --> 00:10:56,960 not training you to be a good senior athlete right now. 253 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,919 This is for this is for beyond. I want you 254 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:01,639 to be ready to beat collage level corners. I said, 255 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:03,200 you're not going to face any corners this year that 256 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,879 are going to give you any problems. I said, we gotta, 257 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,440 we gotta, we gotta get you ready for that next level. 258 00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:10,279 Because he was that ready, you know, intellectually, and he's 259 00:11:10,279 --> 00:11:12,039 a smart kid. So when you ask Kwie does that, 260 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,000 you know he's he's He's just that intelligent and he 261 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,519 understands what his body can and can't do. And once 262 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:21,200 again it gets back to that being able to be 263 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,559 shifty and not just fast. I mean, you've seen fast 264 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,360 guys are flying down the field and that safety's coming 265 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,200 and they can't avoid him, and they take some big 266 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:30,759 hits because they can't cut back and avoid that you 267 00:11:30,759 --> 00:11:34,000 know that that oncoming, that oncoming strong safety who just 268 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,320 wants to kill him. And so yeah, I mean, legend's 269 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,200 been good at that for a while, you know, and 270 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,159 a lot of that is due to his intelligence and 271 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,399 his ability to move his hips. 272 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,639 Speaker 4: What your expectation you're a former crew. You keep tabs 273 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,240 on this Bayu Cougar football team. 274 00:11:48,519 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: Uh, back to back. 275 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 4: Seasons in which BAU has won double digit games. It 276 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,799 feels like we're getting back to the glory days, Toby, like, 277 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,639 since twenty twenty, always getting into double digit wins more 278 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,639 than they are single digit wins, and in the last 279 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,399 six seasons been pretty tremendous seeing Kilonie do what he's 280 00:12:09,399 --> 00:12:12,480 done and what he's been able to accomplish. From your perspective, 281 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,759 what stands out to you about the Kilani era in 282 00:12:14,799 --> 00:12:15,480 the modern era? 283 00:12:18,759 --> 00:12:21,519 Speaker 3: You know, just the desire of people to want to 284 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,120 play for Kilanie. I think that's what stands out to me, 285 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:26,639 you know, is a big reason. Obviously, there's a lot 286 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,200 of money involved now, and and that does, you know, 287 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,919 tilt the playing field one way or the other. And 288 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,080 gratefully Pyu does have money to spend, but even before 289 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,639 the money, it was just there was a lot of 290 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,159 people that wanted to play for that culture that you know, 291 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,039 player first kind of mentality where Kilanie obviously loves the players, 292 00:12:42,399 --> 00:12:45,039 he cares about him and uh and players want to 293 00:12:45,039 --> 00:12:47,000 play for him. I mean he's so funn He's dancing 294 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,159 with the guys, he's celebrating with him, he's hugging him, 295 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,399 he's you know, he's he's he genuinely loves them, and 296 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,360 you can feel that it's not fake. And I think 297 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,519 that's that's one of the biggest things I see if 298 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,840 you know that's come from the Kilani culture, is just 299 00:12:58,919 --> 00:13:01,399 that that that love amongst the players. And you hear 300 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,519 the guys talk about it as well, Like you know 301 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,279 when they do interviews, they say, man, I just you know, Klanie, 302 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,879 you know, makes them feel special. You know, from from 303 00:13:08,879 --> 00:13:10,840 the you know, from Bear Bachmeier all the way down 304 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,799 to the you know, the eightieth guy on the roster. 305 00:13:12,919 --> 00:13:15,000 I mean, they all feel like Kalanie cares about him. 306 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:16,039 Speaker 1: Yes. 307 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 4: Indeed, Toby Christiansen, former b YU great wide receiver, talking 308 00:13:19,879 --> 00:13:24,799 some BYU football legend Glasger Kalani Shatake and the alumni game. 309 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,440 Uh what under Feescie Okay. I feel like we've seen 310 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,159 a lot of great talent come through BYU in the 311 00:13:33,159 --> 00:13:36,919 wide receiver room under Fesci Shatake. Now, I don't know 312 00:13:36,919 --> 00:13:40,159 if you you've had firsthand, you know, interactions with Feesci 313 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,840 and been involved at all on the recruiting front and 314 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,720 hearing how he pitches, how he recruits how but you've 315 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,759 been able to see the development portion of his and 316 00:13:49,799 --> 00:13:52,320 the some of the recruits that he's brought in. What 317 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,519 stands out to you about Fesci in that wide receiver 318 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:55,840 room right now? You got a lot of length, you 319 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:57,639 got a lot of size, you got a lot of speed. 320 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,600 Cody Hagen, we got four stars. Pooka Akup came from 321 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,080 Washington back to b YU to play for Colonia, and FESSI, 322 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,159 I think Samson came from you thought it b Yu. 323 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,360 What what stands out to you about the type of 324 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:12,720 talent that b YU is bringing in with FESSEI at 325 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,759 the helmet that wide receiver room. 326 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:18,639 Speaker 3: I mean they just keep bringing in you know, I 327 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:23,039 mean horses. I mean I introduced my kids to Jojo Phillips, 328 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,039 and my kids didn't believe. My kids didn't believe that 329 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,519 we played the same position. I mean, he was gorgeous 330 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,799 to look at. I mean, he's just this humongous athlete 331 00:14:30,799 --> 00:14:32,399 and my kids, like you didn't play the same position 332 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,320 because I'm just little bit you don't. 333 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 5: You know. 334 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's impressive the type of athletes they have, 335 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:42,679 and Fesci's doing a great job. I mean, I've only 336 00:14:42,679 --> 00:14:44,960 had a little bit of interaction with Festi personally, and 337 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,960 most of it's been about Legend. Like during the recruiting process, 338 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,519 he reached out to me a couple of times and 339 00:14:49,559 --> 00:14:51,519 we talked and you know, and he gave me a 340 00:14:51,519 --> 00:14:53,879 cell phone and said, Toby, you know, anything we can 341 00:14:53,919 --> 00:14:56,039 do for Legend, And that was most of it. And 342 00:14:56,039 --> 00:14:57,679 then we've bumped into each other a few times. So 343 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,919 I don't know Festi that well. But everything I've seen 344 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,480 in you know, minor acts of tim have all been positive. 345 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,159 And the receiver room, I mean, I'm obviously I'm disappointed 346 00:15:07,159 --> 00:15:09,360 to lose Parker, but still they have that many horses 347 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,320 in that room and they have you know that kind 348 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:12,919 of I mean, it almost feels like one of those 349 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,879 SEC schools that's not rebuilding, we're reloading and we've got 350 00:15:15,879 --> 00:15:17,679 all these guys that are ready to, you know, for 351 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,639 their chance. And now with Parker Don there's going to 352 00:15:19,679 --> 00:15:21,799 be a lot more opportunities for all these guys. 353 00:15:22,279 --> 00:15:25,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's been it's been remarkable to watch it. Look, 354 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,840 there was a time like in the Cody Hoffman era, 355 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:32,840 there was like Cody Hoffman, Rossoppo, Mitch Matthews, Tarren Howk. 356 00:15:32,879 --> 00:15:35,840 They're all like six four, sixty five sixty six wide receivers. 357 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,360 And you're looking at the crew right now with Jojo 358 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,879 and Reggie Frisht Frishnet and uh, you know there's a 359 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,360 Kyler Casper the Oregon Transfer. 360 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: These are big, strong, fast dudes. Uh. They all look 361 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,600 like they they they could. 362 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,639 Speaker 4: End up being tight ends, uh you know, with additional 363 00:15:53,679 --> 00:15:56,480 ten to fifteen pounds, but they run like wide receivers. 364 00:15:58,519 --> 00:16:01,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that's that's Quarterbacks love those type of guys, right. 365 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:03,480 I mean, you see a guy like me who says 366 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,159 he's six foot but he's actually five to eleven and 367 00:16:05,279 --> 00:16:06,720 change running down the field and you have a hard 368 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,279 time finding him. And you look and you see a 369 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,919 Casper running down the field, and that's an easy target. 370 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:13,879 Some inching Casper doesn't have to have any separation for 371 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,440 Bear to make that throw if he's in single coverage. 372 00:16:16,759 --> 00:16:19,759 You know, if Bear makes a decent throw, he should 373 00:16:19,759 --> 00:16:22,200 win that jump ball because most dbs are between five 374 00:16:22,279 --> 00:16:25,360 ten and six foot and so anytime there's no help 375 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,320 that should be that should be a completion as long 376 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,120 as we get a decent ball. And that's that's a 377 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:30,679 lot of song for the quarterback to have those kind 378 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,240 of targets where you can see him right off the 379 00:16:32,279 --> 00:16:35,000 bat and you know, be successful with those fifty to 380 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,600 fifty balls because it should be more like a seventy 381 00:16:37,679 --> 00:16:39,519 thirty ball or a eighty twenty ball with these types 382 00:16:39,559 --> 00:16:39,919 of guys. 383 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 4: I started the segment talking about your stats. How quickly 384 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,720 will Legend Glasger surpass you know, the thousand yard mark, 385 00:16:48,919 --> 00:16:53,799 the seven touchdowns receiving, I'll put I'll put money out 386 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,759 of the hill, get the more yards for catches because 387 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:57,519 he's getting more linear than you and you're more. 388 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,279 Speaker 1: Of a possession guy. 389 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,559 Speaker 4: That had some good speed and quickness as well some 390 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,879 of the best hands of Bay football history. But at 391 00:17:03,919 --> 00:17:06,799 what point do you think Legends surpasses that in his career. 392 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 3: So I'm hoping, I'm hoping he passes me in yards 393 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,160 and touchdowns by a sophomore year and gets the catches 394 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,160 by junior year. I mean, ninety three catches with this 395 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,759 offense and all those all those mouths to feed, that's 396 00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:23,000 gonna take him a while. It'll take a while, but 397 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,440 yards and touchdowns, man, I hope he gets it by 398 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,440 his sophomore year. Shoot, I hope he gets it this year. Man, 399 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,920 I'm rooting for him. I'm a huge legend fan. You know, 400 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,319 the kid works hard, and like I said, he puts 401 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,079 off five ten more pounds of muscle and he really 402 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:36,960 is the total package at wide receiver. But I know 403 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,480 they got a lot of good guys in that room, 404 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:41,519 So I would say sophomore year for most of those, 405 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,039 junior year for the rest. 406 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 4: Tobe Christians and ladies and gentlemen, tell me give us 407 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,039 a quick update. Also on the fam. How's the fam doing, 408 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:50,039 how's work going? Give us some updates. 409 00:17:51,599 --> 00:17:54,839 Speaker 3: Family's doing great. My son got a mission call to 410 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,359 coach Obamba, Bolivia on Wednesday, and he's a senior playing tennesse. 411 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,440 He's the number one doubles at harrim In High School 412 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,039 and the other boys all play tennis. I never would 413 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:05,720 have thought I'd have a family of four kids playing tennis, 414 00:18:05,759 --> 00:18:08,799 and uh, just finished writing a book, a middle school 415 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,720 level book for you know, young men young women who 416 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,039 are navigating, you know, overcoming adversity and playing sports at 417 00:18:16,079 --> 00:18:18,880 that level. And uh and uh, you know, just just 418 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,480 a couple of projects I'm working on and you know, 419 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,920 helping some kids playing receiver. In fact, I'm sitting here 420 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,319 right now ready to go for a four thirty session 421 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,880 and about to do that in a couple of minutes 422 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,640 with some up and coming kids that want to be 423 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:31,559 like legend Glasger. 424 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,759 Speaker 4: Love that man, Uh, real quick, do you have a 425 00:18:34,799 --> 00:18:37,359 title of the book? And when will it be dropping? 426 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,759 Speaker 3: So it's just kind of in the in the initial stages. 427 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:43,920 Just finished the eighth that it had, had had a 428 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,640 meeting with the publisher recently. It's called Fourth and Goal. 429 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:49,680 It's kind of you know, it's it's been fun. It's 430 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,000 a it's a fiction book, hopefully you know, engaging fictional 431 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:55,799 story that keeps you excited and into the book, but 432 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,680 also disguised as kind of a self help motivational book 433 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,759 for kids without them knowing that that's what it is. 434 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,079 I love that, man. 435 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 4: Well, excited to see read the book and see all 436 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,799 the other products that you're churning out. 437 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: What's your training business? Call? 438 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 4: Do you got an LLCE? You guys set up now 439 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,720 with the training business. 440 00:19:16,559 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: So you know what's funny you say that. We actually 441 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,519 a neighbor of mine started the Utah Football Academy and 442 00:19:21,559 --> 00:19:24,759 we've been doing we've been doing that every Saturday, and 443 00:19:24,799 --> 00:19:27,240 that's the LLC with a couple of my neighbors. The 444 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:29,960 training on the side with the receivers is just kind 445 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,640 of something I do. Like I said, it's not it's 446 00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:35,720 just just me helping out once a week. It really 447 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,000 feels like a like I said, like a piano teacher 448 00:19:38,039 --> 00:19:40,079 who's like, hey, I got once a week. The rest 449 00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:41,960 of the week, I expect you to do this, you know, 450 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:43,759 on your own and go out there and make yourself 451 00:19:43,839 --> 00:19:45,799 better and put in that time on your own. But 452 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,519 you know, once a week I get together with them. 453 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,920 But the Utah Football Academy is something my neighbors started 454 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,960 that I also help with. And that's something that you know, 455 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,200 for any kids seven to fourteen interested in getting some 456 00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:57,839 extra work in, you know, that's something they can look into. 457 00:19:58,079 --> 00:19:59,920 And that's been a lot of fun helping those kids. 458 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,599 Speaker 4: Love that South Jordan, Utah. Check it out UT Football Academy. 459 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,480 That's UT Football Academy. 460 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:06,799 Speaker 1: Toby. 461 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 4: We appreciate you man, much love to you and your family. 462 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:10,720 Thanks for hopping on for a little keeping up with 463 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,799 the cougar segment. We'll see you at the alumni. 464 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 3: Game, all right. Thanks man, I appreciate you. 465 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 4: You have much love to you, Toby Christians in ladies 466 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,319 and gentlemen. Former Va you great wide receiver. That segment 467 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,720 was brought to you by our good friends at Odion 468 00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:26,000 men'swarodeonmnswear dot com. 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Great. 522 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 5: Man. I've never had a bad weekend since I joined 523 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,400 the workforce at fifteen years old, So it's great. 524 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: I love it. Man, Glad all is well in your world. 525 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: Look, I know this is a football segment, but BYU 526 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,160 basketball getting a sixth seed gonna be taken on either 527 00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:22,440 NC State or Texas. Then they'll take on if they win, 528 00:23:22,519 --> 00:23:24,880 if they survive in advance in the round of sixty four, 529 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:30,839 they'll be taking on Kennesaw State or Gonzaga. How far 530 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,599 do you think BYU is gonna go in this NCAA tournament. 531 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:36,240 You think they go one and done, Round of thirty two, 532 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:37,920 Sweet sixteen, Elite eight or better? 533 00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 5: No? I think ah, boy, sweet sixteen means they beat 534 00:23:47,279 --> 00:23:52,480 Gonzaga on essentially their home floor. Boy, that would be 535 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:58,519 a really tough thing for them to do. But I mean, 536 00:23:58,599 --> 00:24:01,680 it's March madness, dude, and we're not supposed to do 537 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,559 anything now that riches out and we've had these injuries 538 00:24:05,599 --> 00:24:10,920 all year, and so I well, you never know. It's 539 00:24:11,079 --> 00:24:14,799 why what you can't get past get through the second 540 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,759 day with a clean bracket. I don't think it's ever 541 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:19,400 been done. Maybe the third day, I can't remember. With 542 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:23,000 us yn't. Let's get through the first weekend without a 543 00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:28,240 perfect bracket being done. It's never happened, you know, So dude, 544 00:24:28,759 --> 00:24:33,079 march madness. Everybody is zero and zero and let's let's go. 545 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,400 Let's it's It's an exciting time to be a Coogar 546 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,119 fan a lot of different different ways. 547 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,559 Speaker 1: Right, no doubt about it. It's a great day to 548 00:24:41,599 --> 00:24:42,000 be Coogary. 549 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 4: It seems like the glory days, right, like when all 550 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:47,200 was well, when we were just doing great. The seventies 551 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,559 and eighties, especially the eighties were the glory days. In 552 00:24:49,599 --> 00:24:52,079 my opinion, you were part of some great eras you 553 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:53,319 were part of great era as well. 554 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: See don't get me wrong, but like this. 555 00:24:55,279 --> 00:24:58,599 Speaker 4: Truly it it's. 556 00:24:57,799 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: In all of the glory days. 557 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 5: If you may, you will, Yeah, it really is. I mean, 558 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,200 bou athletics is on the rise, and not just on 559 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,039 the rise. I think they've always kind of been that, 560 00:25:08,599 --> 00:25:14,240 but you're seeing kind of a level of consistency throughout 561 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:19,119 the athletic department, not just in say the major sports, 562 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:24,720 the football, basketball, but in other sports as well. And yeah, 563 00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:27,039 like you said, it's it's great to be a Cougar 564 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:32,559 to establish this long last of tradition, but getting to 565 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:36,279 a point to where our sports or individual sports are 566 00:25:36,319 --> 00:25:40,680 now becoming elite and consistently, you know, being on the 567 00:25:40,799 --> 00:25:44,119 national stage and being in the hunt for national championship 568 00:25:44,519 --> 00:25:48,599 at least the conference championship. And that's that goes without 569 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:53,079 saying on really every single sport and our athletic program 570 00:25:53,559 --> 00:25:56,960 has a chance every year to at least win a 571 00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:01,559 conference championship. And that's that's that's good, and that's good 572 00:26:01,599 --> 00:26:05,240 for you know, the program, is good for alumni, is 573 00:26:05,279 --> 00:26:09,599 good for Brian Santiago, you know, him stepping in and 574 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,839 doing this for the first time. And uh so, yeah, 575 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,119 all is good, man. 576 00:26:16,279 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 4: Hey, all is well in Zion right now. Uh And look, 577 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,400 Camp Koalani's well underway right now too. And there's been 578 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,440 some great storylines coming out of camp. 579 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: The one one story I'm intrigued. 580 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:31,559 Speaker 4: By right now is the quarterback two battle. What have 581 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:36,759 you been hearing about Trayson Borgay and Goldie Enick Watson? Uh, 582 00:26:36,759 --> 00:26:39,599 do we have depth there at quarterback? Do we have 583 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,880 guys behind Bear Bachmeyer? And I know he's he's big, 584 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,599 he's strong, he's uh, he's he's a thick, He's a 585 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,200 dense dude. 586 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: He does not get injured. 587 00:26:48,279 --> 00:26:50,559 Speaker 4: He take a lot of hits, and he stayed healthy 588 00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:51,839 for the majority of the season. 589 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: But just in. 590 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 4: Case, I got to know who's behind our guy right now, 591 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,920 Bear Bachmeyer, And I know Trayson's older, He's got a 592 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,359 lot of experience as a college football play you also 593 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,559 got the young buck Enick Watson. How do we feel 594 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:10,359 about right right about the depth at quarterback right now? 595 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,519 Speaker 5: I think we're I think we're good in the QB 596 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,599 room because you you have Tracy being the veteran that 597 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:22,519 he has, he has the locker room behind him, and 598 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:26,880 he's gonna he's gonna go managed a football game and 599 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,799 he's gonna perform. There's no substitute for experience. And it's 600 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:35,599 not a knock on Enick, but Trason right now has 601 00:27:35,599 --> 00:27:38,279 the experience. He has experience in playbook, he has experienced 602 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:41,720 on the field, has experienced not just on the field, 603 00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:46,960 but at the Division one level performing beating Michigan State 604 00:27:47,519 --> 00:27:49,759 years ago. And I know it's been quite a while 605 00:27:50,839 --> 00:27:55,319 since he's seen significant time, but that's it's almost like 606 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,079 muscle memory for me. Once you get in there and 607 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,160 you've you've experienperience. The Saturday Night the Saturday afternoon in 608 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,839 the fall. Then that's you know, you've got one more 609 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,880 arrow in the quiver than somebody like Enich that comes 610 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,200 off young, extremely talented. Can he surpass Tracon? Sure he 611 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:25,119 can playbook athleticism, ability and whatever is happening between the ears. 612 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,720 Hopefully that that comes to fruition in the fall, that 613 00:28:31,839 --> 00:28:35,200 he can maybe early in the season get some reps 614 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,240 in the fourth quarter some of the games that might 615 00:28:38,279 --> 00:28:40,880 get out of hand, so that he can get a 616 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,680 taste of it so it's not foreign to him when 617 00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:46,599 indeed he's called upon, and maybe he makes the jump 618 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,799 to number two. But as I see it right now, 619 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:55,039 I think it's beatre than Trason with the experience that 620 00:28:55,119 --> 00:28:59,640 he has. The nod over Enich right now. But I 621 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,160 mean we're Nola March, dude, So yeah. 622 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 4: We're in the middle of March. There's plenty to be done. 623 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,279 But it is hard to unseat the tenured guy right 624 00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:11,559 this this season, the vet that's in front of you. 625 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,440 I mean, you've seen many quarterback competitions, You've been a 626 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,279 part of many core quarterback competitions. 627 00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: How difficult is it. 628 00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:20,599 Speaker 4: Even if you are, you know, potentially more talented, you 629 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,200 have better arms strengths or better athlete. It's difficult to 630 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:26,720 unseat that that tenured season vet in front of you. 631 00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:30,599 Speaker 5: Yeah, it is. It's it's really I mean, you're he's 632 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,720 kind of the incumbent, I guess going to use a 633 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:40,799 political term, sure, the incumbent backup too, you know, I 634 00:29:40,839 --> 00:29:45,119 think a Heisman Trophy candidate probably in mid season of 635 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,519 his sophomore year. And so like you know, when you 636 00:29:48,559 --> 00:29:51,839 have a locker room behind you, which in essence you 637 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,440 have the coaching staff behind you, and he's played the 638 00:29:55,519 --> 00:29:59,319 role quite perfectly. I mean I seem, you know, he's 639 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:01,920 doing things for kids and in his off season, in 640 00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:03,319 his off time, and. 641 00:30:05,119 --> 00:30:06,559 Speaker 3: He's just he's been out there. 642 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,799 Speaker 5: In the community and he's become kind of a little 643 00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:13,799 crowd favorite. He's one of my favorites. But I have, 644 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,799 you know, intimate knowledge, and you know, I've had a 645 00:30:16,839 --> 00:30:20,119 conversation with him about five to ten minutes last year, 646 00:30:20,799 --> 00:30:24,279 and it just seems to be a really great kid, 647 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,680 feed or firm, firmly plant on the ground, and he 648 00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:32,799 understands his role and he relishes the role that he has, 649 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,160 even though it's a backup. We all want to start. 650 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,839 He wants to start. Sure, he wants to start, but 651 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,279 he gets it. He understands that he's got a role 652 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,920 and he's accepted the role. And I think that's why 653 00:30:43,559 --> 00:30:46,519 Byu has been so good the last couple of years. 654 00:30:46,559 --> 00:30:51,319 As these kids that come in transfer whatever, even maybe 655 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,480 you know the older upperclassman Claudie does a good job 656 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,880 in jay Hill until this past year in a rod 657 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:05,000 of defining everybody's roles so they have to be good 658 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:08,720 with it or if not, then yeah, there's going to 659 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,279 be an issue. But that's you know, when you have 660 00:31:11,319 --> 00:31:14,640 a leadership and you have a successful head coach that's 661 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,759 done it the right way for quite amount of time. 662 00:31:17,799 --> 00:31:20,400 And that's part of the culture I think he's brought 663 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,599 to Bayu the last ten years is that everybody has 664 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,039 a role, and you play your role to the best 665 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:32,279 of your ability. You do whatever you can to support 666 00:31:32,279 --> 00:31:35,960 your team wherever that's a backup, whether it's starter, whether 667 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,279 it's special team, whether you're on the bench, Like we're 668 00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:44,440 all in this together and we need everyone doing their things, 669 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:48,640 doing their playing their role, whether it's scout team or whatever, 670 00:31:50,119 --> 00:31:54,759 because if it doesn't happen, then you don't have these 671 00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:58,839 success successful seasons like we've seen the last three or 672 00:31:58,880 --> 00:31:59,880 four years. 673 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:01,799 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. 674 00:32:02,079 --> 00:32:05,519 Speaker 4: You gotta stay consistent and uh, you know, you gotta 675 00:32:05,559 --> 00:32:08,000 buy into the Klona culture right now. If you're a 676 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,799 if you're a Byu fan, Uh I know that, uh 677 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,680 your body and you see it what stands after you 678 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,359 at the Colonia culture that you're kind of proud of 679 00:32:17,519 --> 00:32:21,480 right now and watching these young men buy in and 680 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:23,000 ball out for Brigham. 681 00:32:24,039 --> 00:32:27,359 Speaker 5: Well, I think number one, he's a player's coach. I 682 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:30,319 think level is a players coach. He is a players coach, 683 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:36,640 meaning he he's gonna you know that he's gonna support 684 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,720 you no matter what, whether it's on the field or 685 00:32:40,799 --> 00:32:44,119 even off the field, like Kline's gonna have your back. 686 00:32:44,319 --> 00:32:49,839 He's more he's more of a big brother without graying 687 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,640 the line of coach player, if that makes sense, because 688 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,279 once you start to gray the line and you become 689 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,880 guys friends, then maybe you don't have as much respect. 690 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,799 But I think he does a really good job of 691 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,000 I think being coached from Mabel who did a masterful 692 00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:13,480 job of being a player's coach. And so I don't 693 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:18,319 think anyone is afraid to go talk to Clonnie about 694 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,359 a grievance they might have, but also telling him about 695 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,400 a celebration they might have in their life. And so 696 00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:29,519 once you generate a culture like that, then and everybody 697 00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:33,880 gets bought in. It's you know, your head coach has 698 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,039 your back, and your coordinators having your back and coaching staff. 699 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:41,240 Then it filters down into the players. Then that locker 700 00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:47,000 roithm is solid because you've established some leadership within that 701 00:33:47,079 --> 00:33:52,079 culture and you're just plug and play really every year. 702 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,559 And you know, and then. 703 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:55,319 Speaker 3: You go to the. 704 00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 5: Acumen as far as football knowledge. On the defensive side, 705 00:34:00,599 --> 00:34:03,119 you got one of the best dcs that you know 706 00:34:03,319 --> 00:34:06,119 in the last when when he was a DC. He's 707 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,719 on the top coordinators in the league. And you have 708 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,360 Gary Anderson who's been running the same type of defense 709 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,800 his entire career. That's helping K Pop and A Rod's 710 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,320 a season better. We don't have guys that have you know, 711 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,039 called I mean outside of defense. I mean, this is 712 00:34:25,079 --> 00:34:27,840 going to be K Pop's first rodeo calling a defense. 713 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,920 But he's been around the game so long for so muths, 714 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,800 even with his brother being in the NFL, and been 715 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,000 around the game of football probably for twenty twenty five years, 716 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:44,159 if not longer. That's we're good, man. And that's what 717 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:46,719 I feel good about, is is it not just the 718 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,719 players and the talent and the depth that we're establishing 719 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,760 in the spring, but being able to manage that roster 720 00:34:54,519 --> 00:34:58,159 with colony at the head and coach Anderson and k 721 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,239 Pop and A Rod and and all assistance that we've 722 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:07,039 assembled and got here. Yeah, things are Things are good. 723 00:35:07,679 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: All is well. 724 00:35:08,559 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 4: Right now, Steve Klement's talking some BYU football. I do 725 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,800 want to bring up a college football storyline. I don't 726 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,320 know if you've been keeping track of this nc Double 727 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:24,920 A versus Trinidad Chimbless Chambliss Preliminary injunction the nc DOUBLEA. 728 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: This was back on March fifth. 729 00:35:27,679 --> 00:35:31,440 Speaker 4: The NCUBA was appealing to Trinidad Chamberliss preliminary injunction which 730 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,159 granted him eligibility for the twenty twenty six season. Now 731 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,079 his eligibility is technically up, but he's had you know, 732 00:35:37,159 --> 00:35:41,280 I mean he injuries and transfers and other things. It 733 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,239 was a six hundred and fifty eight page filing to 734 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,719 the Mississippi State Supreme Court on March fifth. The NCAA 735 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,000 is asking the court to overrule the injunction and expect 736 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,400 the ruling so like there was a judge that essentially 737 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,920 granted him eligibility rights. 738 00:35:56,199 --> 00:35:57,760 Speaker 1: Then the NCAA counters. 739 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:04,159 Speaker 4: Now Trinidad Chamblas's lawyers have filed a response to the 740 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:08,960 NCAA's appeal of Chambliss's eligibility ruling in Missisippi State Supreme Court. 741 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,079 It's fairly straightforward and argues that the NCAA hasn't met 742 00:36:12,119 --> 00:36:16,360 the standard for the appeal and an expedited review isn't warranted. 743 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: This thing's going back and forth. 744 00:36:18,199 --> 00:36:23,679 Speaker 4: What's your kind of opinion on like eligibility rules, Like 745 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,519 should it be just five for five, six for six? 746 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,840 You know, there's there's like a legal component here as well, 747 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,239 because like. 748 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: Technically it's it's kind. 749 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,360 Speaker 4: Of illegal to say, like you can't go work in 750 00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:41,000 for for a I guess a college football team or 751 00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:45,760 nil team, Like it's not necessarily a W two employer, 752 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,679 it's a W nine independent contractor I mean you're just 753 00:36:49,679 --> 00:36:52,880 seeing all these things occur in and you just wonder 754 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,480 where it's all going to play out and how it's 755 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,119 going to play out. 756 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,599 Speaker 5: Well, it's semantics, and that's why the nl it's just 757 00:36:58,639 --> 00:37:00,559 a wild while lesson as Tree dqued to this right now, 758 00:37:00,559 --> 00:37:03,840 because I mean, you have, whether it's basketball or football 759 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,559 or really any sport, you have kids that are twenty five, 760 00:37:07,679 --> 00:37:13,000 twenty six, twenty seven years old that are playing collegiate athletics. 761 00:37:13,639 --> 00:37:17,639 And that's just at some point you've got to stop 762 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,119 the madness. I mean, it's it's really yeah, whether it's 763 00:37:20,159 --> 00:37:23,679 five or five or one transfer or you get it. 764 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,079 You know, I say, you get one transfer on the 765 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:30,039 second transfer if the coach leaves, yeah, you can be 766 00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:33,239 granted a second transfer. But that's it, man, I mean 767 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,920 we're just like and then the nil deal with yeah exactly, 768 00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:40,960 semantics is W two versus W nine, and you're really employee. Well, 769 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,760 he is getting paid, but he's not an employee of 770 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,199 the university per se. He's not working for university, but 771 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,880 then kind of he is. But then name images, image 772 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:59,280 likeness has been so bastardized. How they've taking name, image 773 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,960 and likeness and just really turned it upside down and 774 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,880 inside out and made it to wherever it benefits, you know, 775 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,840 on eighteen nineteen all the way up to twenty five 776 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,159 and twenty six year old now. 777 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:13,079 Speaker 3: And so. 778 00:38:14,679 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 5: I don't know, but a lot of things after you've done. 779 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,519 I know they've been calling people into Congress to see 780 00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:24,360 if the government can help. And boy, I don't know, 781 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,239 but you got to. You gotta start making some rules 782 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,559 here really really quick. As far as the transfer and 783 00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:33,719 maybe money or limits. 784 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 1: Well, that's the thing. 785 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,760 Speaker 4: I think it's like illegal to put those parameters in place, 786 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,320 Like I think it's it's a legal thing. 787 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I exactly. Well, and you get a legal thing 788 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,159 exactly because different than different lawriors in different courts and 789 00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:54,039 different judges can different state different ways. Right. 790 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,320 Speaker 4: That's why like Nick Saban and Urban Meyer and all 791 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,239 these like coaches are like, hey, we need to federal 792 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,400 government to step in to let the federal government give 793 00:39:04,519 --> 00:39:10,960 the NCAA and its sponsoring institutions legal presidents to operate 794 00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:14,960 as a monopoly like they used to and have arbitrary 795 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,559 jurisdiction over these student athletes again and put them on 796 00:39:18,599 --> 00:39:21,239 a pay scale of they only get this amount of 797 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,440 money with their little scholarship checks. 798 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 1: That's what they want. 799 00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:31,199 Speaker 4: They want that exemption to be able to operate as 800 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,199 a monopoly again. 801 00:39:33,199 --> 00:39:35,840 Speaker 5: Right. Well, I'll tell you what's said is what's gone 802 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:40,880 by the wayside, is the importance of free education. No 803 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,239 one talks about the scholarship going to essentially a free 804 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:51,199 education for these college athletes. And in some places you're 805 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:55,000 talking about a curve of a million dollars over span 806 00:39:55,079 --> 00:39:58,000 of four or five years for a really really good 807 00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:02,440 education that they're going to have to utilize probably if 808 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,679 not a year out of college, maybe a couple of 809 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,159 years if they're lucky. You know, they get lucky and 810 00:40:08,159 --> 00:40:10,880 they get into a pros regardless of the sport or 811 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,800 the Olympics or whatever. And no one talks about that anymore. 812 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,840 That used to be a big freaking deal. Right, You 813 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,920 get a free ride, you get a scholarship, free education. 814 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,440 You're talking to CEOs and your study groups at college, 815 00:40:25,559 --> 00:40:29,199 and you've got all these connections, and you've made all 816 00:40:29,199 --> 00:40:36,079 these friendships and relationships in classes and studying and this 817 00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:38,800 and that and the college life and universe. Like, no 818 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,800 one talks about that. It's like it's just about money now. 819 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,880 And it's sad because the education is going to last them. 820 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,480 That money is going to run out at some point 821 00:40:49,679 --> 00:40:52,360 if they don't do it right, and then that all 822 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,519 they have is their education to fall back on. Well, 823 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,719 if you're transferring from school to school. They don't lose. 824 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,480 They don't a lot of those. When I when I 825 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,920 transferred from Texas to the BYU, I only have three credits 826 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:11,280 transfer at thirty six that I had through two semesters 827 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,960 in a summer school the transfer. So if I go 828 00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:20,000 transfer again to whatever Alabama or UCL or whoever, then 829 00:41:20,559 --> 00:41:23,559 I probably lose another year. Well, I never graduate unless 830 00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:28,199 I'm a you know, a seven year, eight year college student. 831 00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:32,440 And I guess if they're going to allow eligibility to continue, 832 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,400 I guess maybe they can. They can get that done. 833 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:41,119 But it's sad that they're put in really the educational 834 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:48,159 portion of this as a non issue or unimportant or 835 00:41:48,199 --> 00:41:51,719 at less very less stressed than it used to be. 836 00:41:52,159 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 4: And that well, I think I think part of the 837 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,239 issue too is like your education that you got and 838 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,920 the education that I got because the hours allocated to 839 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,880 football strength conditioning practice, you know, everything that went into it, 840 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,800 Like it's hard to compete in the classroom. Your your 841 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,000 education minuscert wasn't the same as the education that others 842 00:42:10,039 --> 00:42:13,920 got because of the hours of allocation that had to 843 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:18,519 be engaged in on the football field. 844 00:42:18,519 --> 00:42:19,159 Speaker 1: Does that make sense? 845 00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:21,760 Speaker 4: And so like I get I agree with you, like 846 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:26,159 it's been decreased, but also the requirement on of football 847 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:27,760 and travel and you. 848 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,079 Speaker 1: Know, getting concussions every single day. 849 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 4: You know, it kind of puts you at a competitive 850 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,519 disadvantage academically when you're trying to compete in the classroom 851 00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:37,320 versus full time students. 852 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,119 Speaker 5: Yeah, it really does, because you know, you've committed and 853 00:42:42,159 --> 00:42:45,639 you've gone to school there to play a particular sport 854 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:50,639 because they're investing you in a you know, a scholarship 855 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,599 and a four year education at no cost pluts. We're 856 00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:56,800 going to give you a little bit of extra money. 857 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,239 So you committed to that. So yeah, between fearful ball 858 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:05,920 player between well now until November. Yeah, you've got travel, 859 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,960 and you've got practice, and you've got this and you 860 00:43:08,079 --> 00:43:12,840 got that. But it's still I mean what they've limited 861 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:18,440 the amount of practices you can have where it's important. 862 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,079 If it's stressed, then it's going to be stressed to 863 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:24,400 the individual player. And they're going to go to class 864 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,679 in the spring even though it's not football season, and 865 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,000 they're going to get back and they're they're gonna fly. 866 00:43:30,199 --> 00:43:33,840 Like I know I heard this. I was up from 867 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:38,079 a third Florid administration building, and a couple of people 868 00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:42,039 were talking about how they were kind of upset at 869 00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:47,360 a couple of players that didn't make a class yet. 870 00:43:48,519 --> 00:43:51,159 And this was a couple of weeks ago, maybe about 871 00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:55,079 a month ago, and football players I'm talking about, Yeah, 872 00:43:55,119 --> 00:43:59,559 when Aj and Robert had the same class and they 873 00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:03,800 flew in from Ames or love It the night before, 874 00:44:04,679 --> 00:44:07,519 but they were still up the next morning in class, 875 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,400 and so yeah, I guess it is what the coach 876 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:16,519 or the administration or athletic director stresses the importance of 877 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,480 class and education. And hey, Jay doesn't have to do that. 878 00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:24,960 I mean, he's set, dude, we all know that. But 879 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,119 the fact that he was still there and Robert Wright 880 00:44:27,199 --> 00:44:30,079 was still there in class after getting at at two 881 00:44:30,199 --> 00:44:31,920 or three in the morning from wherever they were playing 882 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:37,760 that night, it's yeah, it's but yeah, it's it's a mess, dude, 883 00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:38,880 and it's too bad. 884 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: Yep, yes it is. 885 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,760 Speaker 4: Hey, they get there's a light at the end of 886 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,320 the tunnel. Like I will say this much this, let 887 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,239 me give you a little, uh, a little positivity here 888 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,760 because we are going into some negative talk here. The 889 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,559 fact that Indiana won the national championship one of the 890 00:44:55,559 --> 00:44:58,559 worst teams in college football history tells you everything you 891 00:44:58,599 --> 00:45:01,320 need to know about where we're at in the college 892 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:02,199 football landscape. 893 00:45:02,199 --> 00:45:02,639 Speaker 1: In NIL. 894 00:45:02,679 --> 00:45:05,519 Speaker 4: The NIL transfer portal era has allowed teams like b 895 00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:11,519 y U right, teams like Indiana to kind of elevate themselves. 896 00:45:11,559 --> 00:45:13,960 So I think not all is bad, not all is 897 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,519 wrong in the world, nor you know what I mean, 898 00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,320 there's some good things as well. Steve Klements, Ladies and gentlemen, Steve, 899 00:45:19,519 --> 00:45:21,320 we gotta let you go. Always a pleasure, always a 900 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,119 blessing talking ball with you. 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