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there's been plenty of great highlights coming out of Camp
Koloney twenty twenty six. One of the like nonchalant highlights
was actually one of my favorites from one of the
wide receivers.
Speaker 3: It was Kyler Casper.
Speaker 2: Watching him on a release at six foot six, two
hundred and twelve pounds, give it a little simmy shake
and get out to the outside, get upfield, get vertical
versus Jonathan Abay. I'm like, dang, dude, that guy moves
extremely well from sixty six to twelve.
Speaker 3: And finally he's healthy, he's strong.
Speaker 2: He's coming off of a uh season any injury last year,
but he looks very very good.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: I like the wide receiver room. I like what I'm
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Speaker 5: How you living doing awesome?
Speaker 3: How you doing doing great?
Speaker 2: Man loving the Bley basketball team, but I'm loving Camp
Koalanie twenty twenty six and getting to know this BYU
football team. What stood out from you from your perspective
thus far? We're about two weeks in now of springball.
What has stood out to you?
Speaker 5: Well, I had two clips that I was going to
bring up, and you already took one of them, so
I can Catherine looked awesome. The other one was in
Kellyings miked up. I thought some of those backers looked good,
but I thought Jake Clifton popped out a little bit.
There was a couple times that that Kelly talked about him.
So that's one. I think that because these fresh off
of mission, we're not talking about a ton, but I
think he could be something there.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think I think.
Speaker 2: You know, I had I had Kelly on the show
right before springball. He mentioned offseason work that Jake Clifton
had done. He was very impressed by him, and then
continually points him out as a great athlete and a
nice acquisition via the portal. So Jake Clifton linebacker. We've
been seeing him pop up a number of times. Their
linebacker room is just stacked, Like we don't even get
into like Ace Kafusie, who's any other year he'd probably
be one of the best players on the defense, and
we're just so stacked there. It's it's hard to, you know,
find pt for all these young bucks aspiring linebackers from LBU.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, and I think that that room has I mean,
it depends on what they do with like Nucy because
he's played both positions, but they've got so much stuff there,
so I think you'll we'll see more odd fronts just
because of that, trying to get as many backers on
the field as we can, even if they're kind of
playing off the edge. But that's an awesome room, no.
Speaker 3: Doubt about it.
Speaker 6: AP what he got for me, well, I just want
to stay in that room. I think somebody that it
was a pretty good recruit a few years ago that
a lot of people have forgotten about ephram Asciata.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you do.
Speaker 6: You see him maybe seeing the field a little bit
this year. I think there's a lot of potential for Ephraim.
Speaker 5: Well, yeah, I totally think so. I heard all kinds
of hype right during fault camp last year, and I
was the practices I was at. He looked really good
and then he didn't play much. But I think it's
because he was injured, and I didn't realize that through
through the season, but I had heard he had kind
of played that he was kind of behind glass but
playing that type of role because he is small. That's
the hard thing is, you know, with some of the
stuff that went on in high school for him. I've
heard that putting on weight has been such a struggle
for him. So but I think athletic like athlete wise,
he is a stunt and I think he was struggling
and covers the first year. They were worried if he
could kind of be a factor and playing coverage, so
they were just going to try to bring off the edge.
But I had heard last year that he had started
playing a lot better in coverage than they felt comfortable
with him as that linebacker, and then I didn't see him.
Come to find out it was mostly because of injury.
It sounds like, so, yeah, I'm pumped for him this year.
I think I think that room is just crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's stacked, alright, plenty of talent. I was
just conversing with a former BYU Cougar, very much in
the no noseball nose recruiting, and he went down he
got eyes on this BWAU football team and he tried
calling me.
Speaker 3: I was like, hey, I mean, you know, I'm doing
some things. I'll call you back.
Speaker 2: He's like, bro, I just want to tell you. And
this is hype trained stuff. So I apologize.
Speaker 3: I was just calling to say that I think the
Cougars are going to be filthy this season.
Speaker 2: Now I'm trying. I'm trying to keep people hum humble
and hungry a little bit here. They're like, I keep
on echoing the story of twenty twenty one, sorry, twenty
twenty twenty twenty one, and then the eventual twenty twenty
two season where we were stacked, we had a ton
of NFL talent, and we fell short. We really underachieved
going eight and five, and it was a little bit
of a pride cycle. Even after twenty sixteen, I felt
like there was a bit of a pride cycle. There's
been two pride cycles, I think in the Killani era,
and we saw him in two twenty two and twenty
seventeen where we really underachieved versus the talent that we had,
et cetera. So but like he said, they're gonna be
filthy this season. Twelve and zero or eleven and one.
He is what he said, And I was like, okay.
Speaker 5: Man, like I trust to you're talking to me.
Speaker 3: Ben. I know Brain, You're a credible source. There's no
doubt about it. And you know ball.
Speaker 2: But I mean, you know you're You're not down there
every day and practice watching these guys and then coming
away thinking, oh yeah, definitely twelve and no.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: But I think here's the thing. I totally agree with you.
I don't want the team to get complacent and lose
some of that. But as a fan, like I'm gonna
get as hyped as I want to get. Right if
they if they literally are, if they're letting the fans
attitude dictate how hard they're working the off season, then
we've got more problems than just just that. But from
their standpoint, they should definitely be I mean, looking at
what we didn't accomplish last year and what they need
to accomplish this year. But I agree, and honestly the
position that I was, you know, nervous to see anybody's
gonna step up, and that were you know, catch ball catchers.
So between height ends and receivers, I feel a lot
more comfortable after seeing you know, Casper, seeing Sally Apaga
get a ton of you know on Casey Lundquist. I
know you've had them almost of times his videos. I
love being able to see a lot of the stuff,
and and Salia pog Will looks really good.
Speaker 7: Walker Lion's kind of get touched out of the end
of the back of the end zone. So I'm I'm pumped.
I really think we're going to be really special this year.
And I'm trying to.
Speaker 5: Hurt the expectations, but my hopes are obviously where they're
always where they always.
Speaker 3: Have been, and that's twelve and oh baby, let's go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I'm optimistic, no doubt. What are what are
our weaknesses? If you had a like pot pinpointed weakness,
what is our weakness right now?
Speaker 5: I think death at corner. We've we've talked about that
a couple of times. I just think that's the only
spot that I see like and maybe some depth of
d line, but I really think they developed that death
and I think getting trust and Kirking back at full
full strengths can be huge to be able to get
news or not news, sorry, I get Keanu fully open,
to be able to play that more than three three
technique into the one technique technique, I think that's gonna
be huge for the defensive line. But really it's just depth.
I think are ones at all positions are awesome.
Speaker 3: So I like the depth. I like the the stacked
nature of this team. They're looking good thus far in spring.
Speaker 2: I've made the point that I think the defense right
now is ahead of the offense just because of the tenure.
Because you've got so many guys returning in the scheme
hasn't changed. How long will it take for this offense
to probably catch up and start, you know, beating this
this I think it's gonna be a top twenty five defense.
You got a lot of new faces at wide receiver,
you got a lot of new faces at tight end.
You got a lot of new faces along the offensive line.
By the way, it looks like Pockey Fenwe is going
to be I think I think it's gonna be your
starting left tackle. So the ub transfer that was a
really nice game. Andrew Jentry has received a lot of
a lot of positive reviews as well at that right
tackle spot. How how soon do you think it'll How
quickly do you think this this BAYU offense could really.
Speaker 5: Gel I think it's gonna be a little bit of
times because, like you said, most a lot of the
contributors on a receiver besides Jojo, don't know the offense
super well. But I think I don't think it's gonna
be crazy because it is there. You have a quarterback
to obviously know the system. Now they keep talking about
how much better it's going to be this year than
it was last year in fall campus because they were,
you know, Bear was having to get caught up so fast.
So I think they're probably behind, especially I think Kaloni
fit in his pressure to the day that the ones
he feels like are you know, both offense and defense
are about the same spot, but it's the depths on
the On the offense, it's behind in terms of install
and kind of be enough speed. So I think that's
where you're gonna see the biggest drop off on a
lot of that depth being either freshman or young guys
that haven't been in the system for a long time, so,
but I do think they're probably a little behind, but
I don't work they'll be ready by this Tennesse season
comes around.
Speaker 2: You're a traditionalist, you're a BYU fan, You're a fan
that loves twelve personnel.
Speaker 3: Does it get you jacked? Does it get you excited?
Speaker 2: Does it get you juiced that Kilani went out of
his way to highlight the tight ends and how they've
stood out through two weeks of springball. He singled out
Walker lines of Roger Saliapaga. But you also look at
the rest of the depth. Key Andin as a playing time,
good blocker and has some receiving ability. I really like him.
Ethan Wood is another junior that could see some playing time.
Speaker 3: He's a big body six five, two fifty.
Speaker 2: You have some young bucks as well, and Jacob Nye,
Josh Davis, Matthew, Frederick wills Undell very fast.
Speaker 3: We've seen him on special teams. Noamo Yaki has also.
Speaker 2: Seen pt and caught I believe the first receiving touchdown
from a tight end last year.
Speaker 3: What grade?
Speaker 2: Well, you know, like everything that they're talking about, Like
obviously like Walker and Lions are great, but do we
have debt where, like you know, true twelve personnel is
going to be a part of our identity this year,
game in and game out.
Speaker 5: Do you think I think twelve personnel is going to
be the most successful it's been in the last few
years because both of those, both Roger and Walker are
guys that can do both. Where I think we've had
some receiving tight tight ends that couldn't block very well
and then guys that maybe really good blockers that didn't
receive soup well. Or or you have a year like
last year with Carson Ryan where if Carson was in
you didn't know what was gonna happen. But if you knew,
if you had kid needed or even knowa Moyaki, like
every once in a while you're getting passes to those guys,
but it was very rare, you kind of knew, hey,
runs coming. That's the thing I'm most excited about those two,
the two starters, is that I think they're the first
few years we've had that are full dual threats, So
we can do turk twelve personnel with dual threats there
instead of just having you know, twelve personnel with one
of the guys you know that's going to be a
run off his side or he's not going to be
catching the ball, or one of the other side as
actually a passing threat. Where this year to both of
the both sides being a passing throughout. I think it's
dangerous because it really keeps defenses honest.
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I was able to get my eyes on Legend Glass.
He's been featured, He's been talked about a lot by others,
other wide receivers. Legend the true freshman midyear transfer from
Lehigh High School looking to make some hey today on
this BYU Cougar football team. I was able to interview him,
and then I watched his film again and I watched
some of the highlights from springball.
Speaker 3: This young man, he kind of reminds me of the
way he moves, the way he looks, the way he
catches the ball like a young DeShawn Jackson.
Speaker 2: And if he's anything close to Deshaun Jackson, light, we
got ourselves a gem in Legend.
Speaker 3: What are your expectation for him?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I think we can go back a
few weeks even on this radio station and listen, that's
the guy that I feel like has the Parker Kingston
type replacement. He can be that guy that's shifted super fast.
I mean, that's the Sean Jackson too, right, is a
guy that's super fast can play that slot get open
breakaway from defenders when he gets to that spot. So
I think he's he's the freshman I'm most excited about
contributing this year. I think Terren Sirion the Pula twin
that's I cannot remember which ones. I think Jaron's the receiver.
I think those guys have chances, but I really think
Legends the one who can contribute the earliest.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, uh yeah, we've heard some great things from
uh for regarding both the Polacka twins through two weeks
of practice.
Speaker 3: Cannon as well, get some love.
Speaker 6: I just wanted to ask a quick question. If we're
going back to the corners, really quick, I question marks
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get your.
Speaker 3: Thoughts on it.
Speaker 6: Okay, I think the corners are better and deeper than
people are giving credit for. Okay, because if I'm looking
at this roster, Evan Johnson Trey obviously your two starters
obviously the best, but look at behind them. Jonathan Cabay
has seen some playing time recently the last couple of years.
I think he's had a few injuries, but he's he's putting.
He's put in some solid minutes. You've got Javin Williams
slotted in in there behind them. He's a red shirt
senior coming from the SEC. He's played power for football.
I think he can play. I feel comfortable with him
coming in for a few weeks. And then the other
one I would say that I feel decently comfortable with
coming in for a few plays would be Kevin Doe
because he's a red shirt junior. I understand he hasn't
had a lot of playing time, but those are all guys,
with the exception of Javin Williams, who have had several
years of coaching from Gennaro Guildford, who we all know
was a great coach and a great developer. I just
want your thoughts on that take. Are they maybe deeper
at corner than a lot of us give them credit for.
Speaker 5: I would say Jami Williams is one that you know,
I hadn't actually thought that much about, and I think
him having playing in the SEC, I think we'll obviously
have a spot where he'll definitely get playing time. He's
the most proven there. I think Kevin Doe's one where
athletically he's totally there. Like I think the depth in
terms of athlete whites just questioned, I think did he
even play in high school or was it just a
senior year or something like that. I feel like I
remember hearing the story that he played one or two
years in high school at most, so he's pretty raw.
But I think I've heard so much about him athletically.
And then I also another one that I keep hearing,
Jordan Cris is one that I've heard from a couple
of different players over their interviews or things like that,
So I definitely think they're there. I just feel like
there's no there's nothing proven behind Trey and Evan. I
do think there's talent, it's just and Jonna Cabay it
plays more of that. I feel like he's playing a
lot more of that Nichols. Yeah, that Nicol spot. So
we'll see what that looks like. And I felt like
last year, I don't know if it was just injury,
but I was so pumped for him. I was hearing
a ton of good stuff about him. He kind of
looked lost a few times last year during during his
playing time. I could have been injury stuff, it could
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He does look lost a couple of times, but I
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It's just proven. There's not to my my opinion, reason
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in this particular segment. By the way, BYU men's basketball
twenty three and ten on the season now nine to
nine obviously, and they were nine to nine and Big
Twelve play. They're in the Big Twelve tournament and they're
gonna be taken on the number five Cougars, Houston Cougars,
who are twenty six and five overall in the season.
It's gonna be five pm tip off and Houston is
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giving Houston a seventy four point two percent chance of
victory over under.
Speaker 3: I think you said at about one forty eight and
a half.
Speaker 2: Actually sorry, sorry, one forty five and a half for
all you you gamblers out there. But they're gonna be
a team Mobile Center and Kansas City's and they're gonna
be on the glass digital court once again. That has
been a little bit slippery for everybody else, but not
for the BYU Cougars. They seem to be a bit
more sure footed than their competition, and with Houston having
not been on that court just yet in competition, maybe
in practice, maybe BYU will also have the competitive advantage
there and a familiarity with the hoops, the scenery, and
of course the floor to give them a competitive advantage
and get them into a semi final matchup. I can't
wait to see what happens with the BAU Cougars at
the end of the season.
Speaker 3: All right, let's get out to the hot line up movie.
Speaker 2: Got Blaine Anderson and Joe Holloway of Vanderwelt on the line.
Speaker 3: Blaine, how that g are you, buddy?
Speaker 8: I'm doing great, Ben, It's been a lot of fun
this tournament. It's been ashen Packs for sure.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, I got a few stats for you today
before we get into some financial stats, I mentioned a
few of those BYU versus Houston Cougar versus Houston Cougar stats.
Another key stat the number six, the most thirty five
plus point games by a freshman in college basketball history.
Speaker 3: Aj Debonsa is at the top of.
Speaker 2: The food chain there with six, Michael Beasley at five,
Tray Young at with five, and Kevin durant the Durantela
at four. So that stat of the day is six.
Pretty sweet company he's in right now. And I'm expecting
an impressive performance once again from this Cougar basketball team.
But we're getting towards that tax season where your finances
and your TAXI. You gotta have a really good game
plan for tax season as well.
Speaker 8: Yes, absolutely a strategy is key, and then certainly received
it on the basketball cour but we also know in
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Speaker 2: Well, we're talking high level stuff here with BYU basketball
off the banded wealthy is always performing at a high level.
How would you describe this by the way that BA
basketball is playing right now? From your perspective, You're you're
down there at Kansas City, You're gonna be watching this game,
I believe.
Speaker 3: And how exciting has it been to.
Speaker 2: Watch BYU rattle off three straight wins playing some really
good basketball.
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Well, this is the first time I've been to a
big twelve tournament like this, and I love the energy.
It's electric. It's certainly March. It's got that March madness vibe.
I love seeing all the different schools and the fan
bases that presented here. This is really quite the experience.
But from a BYU basketball standpoint, gosh, it's been a
tale of two games. That first game putting up one
hundred and five points. The offense was on fire. We
saw a lot of scoring. And then shifting over against
West Virginia and seeing them locked down West Virginia and
only allowing forty eight points. It's gonna take the best
of both those two games to pull off a victory tonight.
I've enjoyed watching the games. The first one was full
of offense, the second one was a little bit slower
in a lot of defense, but hey do I use
it on the winning side both times, And so we've
been rotting the codes and really enjoying the tournament thus far.
Speaker 2: As prevention is key, the defense has been the thorn
and BYU side all season long. But during the West
Virginia game in the Big twelve tournament, they put up
a defensive clinic. They only gave up forty eight points
to West Virginia, I mean thirty less than what they
had given up previously, and that was their best defensive
performance all season long. The last time they played this
level of defense was versus Holy Cross, Holy Cow Holy Cross.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's been a long time. I know, I know,
I tried.
Speaker 2: I swunging to miss you see riverside right, fifty three
points Pacific fifty seven cal Baptist scored. We held West
Virginia power, a power team, a team that was five
hundred and the Big twelve to.
Speaker 3: Forty eight points.
Speaker 2: You got to feel pretty good about where the defense
is heading right now.
Speaker 5: Yeah, totally.
Speaker 8: And it's my stats are ride that was included forty
two turnovers, and there was something about it. There was
some good energy out there. I know Dominic Dominique, and
we don't see him a whole lot on the courts,
So to give me if I get his name wrong,
but I loved his energy. The defense was looking good.
It was a fun game to watch, even though it
was slower, not as many points. It was a clinic
and much better defense for sure.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, a good defense. Good prevention is great in
the finance world as well. How can you kind of
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Speaker 2: I think we may have lost them there. Yeah, so
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in the stats of the year. The most important status
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for this Houston Cougar basketball game?
Speaker 3: And level of confidence as well.
Speaker 6: I think for the first time this year, maybe the
first time ever, I'm going to look at this game
and I will not be upset if they lose it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're kind of hoping that BYU lose.
Speaker 5: I'm not.
Speaker 6: I'm not like hoping, but I won't be mad about it.
Speaker 3: You're like, this is a blessing in disguise.
Speaker 6: Like I I won't be a little bit grumpy this evening.
Speaker 2: It was it was it Jonathan Tabernari Ronnie that stated, look,
get to the Houston game, lose it, rest Friday, rest Saturday,
rest Sunday, and be uh be rejuvenated for the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3: That's what I think. JT for three said the Brazilian
bomber himself.
Speaker 6: And I think that's pretty good but in terms, But
at the same time, if we win, the hype train
like that, the hype rolls on. I'm happy, like we
finally beat Houston, got the monkey off our back, you know,
and for the first like when Bay you played Houston
last time. Yeah, we had Richie, but it was it
was one of those games where we'd been on I
think we were on a losing streak and fans were
complaining about a lack of effort. And in that Houston game,
you saw a lot of effort. You just got out rebound.
Of the last five minutes of the game, you couldn't
get a defensive rebound to save your life. And I
think that's because we ran out of gas. Frankly, yep,
which you might have happened again today after playing two
games two days in a row.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 6: But the thing I want to look for is BYU.
BYU's got the advantage they've been playing, They're warm, they've
got the advantage on the court. I think they're gonna
have a fan advantage too. So I want to see
b why you come out with energy early on. Would
love to see it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you bring up a really good point key stat
of the day.
Speaker 3: You could have three days of rest.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, if you lose tonight, is it a
good thing or a bad thing to rest?
Speaker 3: Though? Is?
Speaker 2: Like my is my take on it? Like it seems
like this team is in a groove right now.
Speaker 6: I wouldn't want him to necessarily just not play basketball
or rest, but I don't want aj playing forty minutes
of hard basketball on a slippery floor.
Speaker 3: For five days in a row. Yeah, you're okay with them.
Speaker 6: I'm okay with them. Going to you know practice on Saturday,
you know.
Speaker 3: Has be what you slipped though, as much as the opponents.
Speaker 6: I see every like a little bit.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, every once in a while.
Speaker 2: Let's get back on the phone line with Blaine Anderson
and being in to wealth Blaine train.
Speaker 3: So we lost you there for a second.
Speaker 8: Yeah, sorry about that here outside the stadium and disconnected.
Thanks for having me back.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, appreciate you. Hopping on real quick.
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Speaker 3: Love that man.
Speaker 2: Well, a couple of last things before we let you
go BYU is a heavy dog in this game nine
and a half points and uh, but they've been they've been.
They've been good in these last three games. And part
of that has been due to Move Davis, b Y
move b Y Moo moo, Davis Canard, Davis Junior. Uh
has been a breath of fresh air from the three
point line. And if anyone's gonna step up in the
absence of Richie Saunders, it's gotta be Move Davis.
Speaker 3: Now I think he what he's He's scored twenty points.
Speaker 2: He's he's been I think he's made nine of his
last eleven three point shots.
Speaker 3: Uh, so that's another key stat.
Speaker 2: And then check this stat out, Uh, Richie Sanders. When
he is present on the bench, Coach Saunders, by's four
and oh baby, they're zero and four when he's not
present on the bench. So coach Richie Saunders activated tonight.
How does that make you feel about Bay's chances?
Speaker 8: Oh, well, Richie. I love seeing Richie around. I've seen
here at the tournament. He is He's a great presence,
great person all around and really represents b YU. Well,
you bring up Mee Davis. I remember starting the season
he was hitting some threes. He kind of cooled off,
and it's great to see him back. He's one of
my favorite players, both on the court and off the court.
I agree, he's definitely an X factor and if we
can get him hitting some threes playing defense, we got
a chance tonight.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's unfortunate we haven't been able to get to
know Cannard Davis Junior as much, and you have over
the season, you've met with him, You've gotten to know him.
How would you describe Canard for those that don't know Cannard,
and because he hasn't been out in front of the
media as much as the others, so.
Speaker 8: He's very mild mannered and stop spoken. I felled him
to be very respectful. I like him. I like him
a lot as a player and as a person who
seemed very grateful to be here in Pubo and here
at Dye. So personally, he's one of the guys I
root for more than any and I love seeing him
have some success. I don't know, it's got a big
stretch for him coming out to Probo, being unfamiliar with
with the Pampas and with the team. But I liked
him as a person. I sounded a very great thing,
very respressive.
Speaker 2: Love it, Blaine. We always appreciate time you got one
more ap what you got?
Speaker 3: I have a stat of the day.
Speaker 6: Oh you got another stat of it to poke the
bear a little bit. But the Big twelve player of
the year today played and he had eight points, five rebounds, Huarious,
that's your Big twelve player of the year. What do
you think goes for today? Do you think he's taking
this personally?
Speaker 8: Absolutely? I think he's just stepped up and he looks
to me like even a better player here at this tournament.
He stands out. He's by all of the best player
in the tournament. I've watched all the games thus far. Man,
he looks like he said it upon himself to see
that we get some victories and tonight, I know I
remember Ben talking to you recently, even making a few
comparisons with Darren Peterson. He'll be playing tonight as well.
I can wait to see both of them and who's
gonna step up under the lights? But aj, he looks
spectacular to me. He's the best player here at this
turn night.
Speaker 3: Love that, Blaine.
Speaker 2: We appreciate you, man, Thanks for hopping off for yet
another Let's talk about Stats segment. We invite everyone to
check out Vanderwelth banterwealth dot com. Get on a free
Q and A with your crew there at Banterwell.
Speaker 8: Thanks Ben, always a pleasure. Let's go coods.
Speaker 3: All right, there you go. That's Blaine Anderson.
Speaker 2: Any other key stats you're looking at here in our
Let's talk about stats segment? AP you look at the
last three games BYU beat Texas Tech, the number ten
team in the country at the time, eighty two to
seventy six.
Speaker 3: That was at home.
Speaker 2: Then they beat up on Kansas State in the Big
twelve Tournament one of five, ninety one win an offensive
output that was, and then held West Virginia to their
lowest point total all season. And then and they didn't
even clip seventy They got six six sixty eight forty eight.
Speaker 3: Okay, sixty eight forty eight. That's that I want.
Speaker 6: I want if if we're wanting b way to win tonight,
I want it.
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April third, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and they're
going to have a fantastic opportunity for fans to come
on out and support the former Cougars as well as
the current Cougars five pm, April third. And there is
this parking that is free, so you love free parking.
So it is the annual football Alumni Day and all
of the festivities are going to be at Lavelle Edwards Stadium.
Speaker 3: Just kind of kicking.
Speaker 2: Off the the off season or in the in culminating
in the in that traditional spring game, right.
Speaker 3: We love the spring game. Food concessions and the BYU.
Speaker 2: Store both open starting at five pm for fans to
enjoy a meal and get the latest BYU gear and merchandising,
Merchandizing merchandizing.
Speaker 3: The twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: Six Boa football team and many other football alumni attending
Alumni Day will will be in attendance. It'll be a
Royal versus Navy competition. BYU assistant coach Norm Chow will
be coaching up Team Royal and legendary quarterback Robbie Bosco
will be coaching up Team Navy. They're going to be
serving as coaches for this year's game and should be
a good one. Should be an awesome one. Check out
Team Royal. You got John Walsh quarterback, Charlie Peterson quarterback.
You got Jamal Willis running back, Donnie got Towya running back,
Fahutaki running back, Lopini Kotoba running back, Toby Christiansen wide receiver,
Dylan Collie, wide receiver, Kolby Pearson wide receiver, at Levehifho
wide receiver, Neil Powell, wide receiver, Talmach Gunter making a
comeback wide receiver, Byron Rex tight end, Tavita Open Galway
tight end, Bryanan Keel linebacker, Harvey Longe linebacker, running back,
Adam Pulzverer linebacker, Josh Arnold defensive back, Tim mctire defensive back,
Travis le defensive back, Mike Hannon defensive back, Kayakua, and
Michael Shelton defensive back.
Speaker 3: That's your team, Royal Team.
Speaker 2: Navy led by Robbie Bosco, Steve Klements quarterback, Brandon Doman quarterback,
Jake Eaves quarterback.
Speaker 3: They got three of them.
Speaker 2: Wayne Lattu running back, Manasse Tunga running back, Harvey Unga
running back, got Reno Mahe who's a wide receiver, running
back Jared Bledsoe. Shout out to Jared Bludson, your top
protection Films wide receiver, Spencer Focal wide receiver, Cody Hoffman
wide receiver. Good crew there, Braydon Brown tight end in
offensive line, maron I Laoulu Putu Tau one of my
favorite names to pronounce. Pronounce here On Cougar Sports tight end,
Bronzi Kaufusi defensive end. Mike Tanner linebacker, the father of
Jack Stanner. Four star offensive line shoutout to him Juani
Unga linebacker, Butch Powell linebacker, Isaiah Kalfusi linebacker, Peyton Wilgar linebacker,
ben Bywater linebacker, David Okay Dave one of my former teammates,
Austin Lee defensive back, and then Kaylub Christiansen defensive back.
So that's your alumni teams, and UH want to welcome
in one of our favorite guests of the show representing
vander Weld. We got Joe Holloway on the line CPA
Tax Strategists.
Speaker 3: They're at band erwell, Joe, how you living? Brother? Doing well?
Speaker 4: Man? It's busney season, but it's also my favorite time
of year. I cannot wait for March Madness next week.
I'm I'm I'm stoked.
Speaker 2: As am I as am I. I'm stoked for it
as well. Obviously the Big Twelve tournament going on right now.
But hey, I gave you the the two teams of
the Alumni game. I know we're in basketball season, but
you know I always like to talk some Cougar football.
Speaker 3: Are you a leaning team Royal or team Navy? Right now?
Who's gonna win?
Speaker 2: The team coach up by Norham Shower, The team coach
up by Robbie Bosco.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, as you were going through those names,
I was trying to think about it. That's a tough call,
but I'm gonna have to go with I'm gonna have
to go with team Robbie Bosco. And I may have
mentioned this to you, Ben, but but Robbie Bosco, I believe,
is going to go be the mission president for my
son in Columbus, Ohio.
Speaker 3: So I can.
Speaker 4: I can't not pick him.
Speaker 2: You gotta pick President Bosco. Pretty cool, me, congratulations to
your family. It's pretty awesome to have a mission out
there and you guys get to receive all the blessings
from it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, pretty cool, Pretty cool.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I'm gonna go with him.
Speaker 4: He's definitely the man.
Speaker 3: All right, go go team Bosco.
Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, Joe, tell us about what's keeping you
busy right now? And I know you've combined forces with
band or wealth. You want to help everybody fillow taxes properly,
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Speaker 3: Can invest it as well. Tell us a little bit
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Speaker 8: Yeah, totally.
Speaker 4: Well, you know, like I said, it's a busy time
of year, and what a great segue. It is from
you know, March madness right into the thing we all love,
which is taxes. But just a heads up, there's some
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Speaker 2: How do you guys different differentiate yourselves from other firms?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think the differentiation is just in
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Speaker 3: No doubt about it.
Speaker 2: Joe Holloway from Vanderwealth Banderwealth dot cop CPA Tech Strategies
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Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: In your opinion, Joe, is.
Speaker 3: Is BYU Basketball?
Speaker 2: Like, what what do you feel like their ceiling and
their floor is right now you're seeing some of the
best uh that they've they've showcased in a long time
as far as offensive and defensive out But what do
you think they're ceiling it for?
Speaker 3: Is in the in the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 4: I mean, I think the ceiling is really high. Obviously
there have been some loads this season, uh, you know,
maybe playing down to some competition a little bit. But
when you have somebody as talented as aj Debonta, I mean,
how can you not you know, say that the sky
is the limit for them. I think it's gonna come
down to and I think, you know, tournament basketball kind
of fits BYU's game, where you know, it comes down
to single possessions and it's really fine those mismatches and
letting AJ go to work and so, you know, I
think they got along road ahead of them. They're getting
hot at the right time. We'll see how the game
goes today, though.
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Joe, appreciate you hopping on for a
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Speaker 4: All right, you have a great day, guys, Thank you.
Speaker 3: There you go.
Speaker 2: That's Joe Holloway, CPA for Vanderwilthbetterwealth dot Com. Let's take
a time out, but wandermind you guys about that BYU
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and one team led by Norm Chow He's coming back, baby,
and the other by President Robbie Bosco getting the mission call,
getting called up to the Lords University, the Lords, I
guess the Lord's Church.
Speaker 6: You know to Yeah, he's graduated from the Lord.
Speaker 3: He's graduated from the Lord's University.
Speaker 2: Now to the to the Lord's Church, going forth to serve,
thrusting in his sickle with his mind, laying a