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little uh college football at Cougar Sports. Paul Feinbaum, the acolyte,
the proponent, the individual that is probably the the the
bannerman for the SEC, is telling everybody, admitting to everybody
that the SEC is.
Speaker 3: Broke, is broken.
Speaker 2: Okay, Paul Finebaum and ESPN's Matt Berry break this down
as the Big Ten begins to have a bit of
a stranglehold on college football Indiana taking the natty Big Ten,
who's in a power position right now, We're gonna break
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Speaker 2: Matt Berry, ESPN's Matt Barry, and Paul findbab discussing how
the SEC.
Speaker 3: May be a little bit broke, what's going on there.
Speaker 4: And the National Championship Game for me is always a
good opportunity to catch up with ads and other people
from around the country because it's kind of a celebration
of the sport and everyone shows up. And the conversations
that I was having over the weekend in Miami Paul
were that the Big Ten is flush with money. The
Big Ten has more money than the SEC. Well, what
does that mean, No, they don't, Yeah, they do. If
you look at the conference that has the most money,
it's the Big Ten. Well why would you say that
because five years ago Caleb Downs isn't leaving Alabama to
go to Ohio State, Julian saying isn't leaving Alabama to
go to Ohio State. Well, why they do that? Because
they have more money. Ohio State can just offer more.
And that's the way it is now. The money that's
flowing around to the Big Ten. It's a cast problem.
And we look now at the big picture, pol going
to their days or Nick Saban patrolling the sidelines at Alabama.
Same with Kirby Smart for that matter of being able
to stockpile all the talent.
Speaker 5: They used to be able to just stockpile all the talent.
Speaker 4: They were never gonna be in danger losing to any
of them. Now, if you have a coaching switch or
a player that doesn't like something, they know Michigan, who,
by the way, outbid LSU for Bryce Underwood.
Speaker 5: This didn't used to happen.
Speaker 4: And that's where I think the biggest conversation has to
stop and start. Whereas people think the sec he is
flushed with money, they are, but they're not gonna have
Big ten money. They're flushed with talent everything down here
in the South, but that doesn't mean as much because
the Big ten just gonna throw them cash.
Speaker 6: No. And you know, we're talking billionaires now, and outside
of Texas and Texas, A and m the list of
billionaires starts to get really thin. I can tell you
in the state of Alabama, Uh, there are two billionaires,
only two in the entire state. They're both Auburn supporters.
Alabama doesn't have a billionaire. And why is a billionaire important?
Map because they can throw around money.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: You know, you can throw around money if you're worth
eight hundred billion two. Uh, But it's a little bit
easier if you're a billionaire to give your school not
only to put your your father's name on the business building,
but to uh, you know, get give your nil fund
whatever it needs. And and it's and you just can't.
You can't call the commissioner of the SEC say hey,
you have to solve this problem.
Speaker 7: You can't.
Speaker 6: You can't print money unless you're uh, unless you got
your keys to the printing press.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: And it's a problem. And I think, what's you know?
People are theorizing on where did the SEC go wrong?
I don't think it's a collective situation. It's about a
couple of schools. It's about Alabama, it's about Georgia, it's
about Texas because these are the schools that that now
in Texas, A and M. You can't fix that by
having meetings. You can't fix that by going from twelve
to sixteen to twenty four. It's all individual. Indiana didn't
get the Indiana was held by the Big ten. But
Indiana got to the national championship by itself.
Speaker 5: You did.
Speaker 6: There?
Speaker 2: You go breaking it down, Ronald, what do you make
of the SoundBite in this college football segment Matt Berry
and Paul Finbaum breaking down the big pockets that no
longer maybe exist or don't exist in the SEC.
Speaker 7: Look, I mean there are some facts in there.
Speaker 8: Obviously, Alabama, you know, the state does have the two billionaires.
Speaker 7: They are Auburn guys, they're not.
Speaker 8: But I mean, if that were the case, Ben, why
is Auburn not competing at the high level Alabamas every
single year?
Speaker 7: I want to talk about cash flow.
Speaker 8: I'm just saying like, because look, there is a fact
that it's true what they just stated, but it doesn't
add up because the return on investment Auburn was what
five and seven this sear that When was the last
time they've really been an excellent football team rank being
a competing I mean BYU fans are hoping that they
would beat Alabama for bou to you know, get into
the college football playoffs. That's not a good football team.
You don't bank on another team beating another team. If
that team was good, they'd already be there. So don't
know how much of that I believe. But it's interesting
they talk about kayleb but I feel like Kayla left
because Nick Saban retired. I always say, you're playing for coaches. Look,
Smith Snowden at at Michigan. Why coaching ties you think
of the same thing. A lot of people come and
play for Kilane, you know, Foley Tew said, Jay Hill
and Kialanie's culture like it's so tough. You know, they're
they're throwing just stuff around. That's not entirely true. There
are facts there, but the reasonings why are not all
the way I would agree with it. So I don't
think the I don't think that's true with the Big
Ten throwing around money because Kirk sneddi been he just said, now,
I tried to find the sound clip, but people at
the game were recording it. He's literally said, quote, our
nil is nowhere near what people think it is, so
you can throw that out close quote. So I don't
think like Indiana is one of the greatest college stories,
and I don't think they were outbidding the SEC teams
and doing that. I don't think that Fernanda Mendoz is
making more than that, and maybe he might be the
only one, but I just don't believe that to be true.
And been the guy that had the game silly interception?
Is he really one of the highest paid cornerbacks in
college football? Or in that conference. I don't think so.
So I just I feel that's not all the way true. Yes,
the Big Ten does have money, Yes people are paying,
but the reasons why people are I think they're getting
outbit at times. But I think this is an overstatement
and overreaction. This is just another This is now an
excuse Ben. Now it's an excuse they want to talk
about paying because the SEC is broke. For the last
three years they haven't won. The Big Ten has arrived
the Big Ten Ben is the best football conference in America.
It is not the SEC, and this is now just
an excuse to not give the Big Ten credit of
what they've accomplished, like to say this been and Kirshin
Eddy doesn't have that deep of anil budget. I think
I just feel like that's disrespectful to what the Hoosiers
do to deal.
Speaker 7: But that's exactly what the SEC wants.
Speaker 8: They want to drive the narrative, they want to take
away and they have us talking about it and we
have to. But this I just don't believe what poem
Paul farm and Matt Bearrison, I don't agree with that.
I don't think the Big tennis outbidding everybody. Not everybody's
Jeremiah Smith beinn.
Speaker 2: Are you buying or selling the commentary from Kirk signetty
that their payroll was not as high as everyone thinks
it is. Kurk Signetti made it a point at his
postgame press conference to stay like we did, we didn't
spend that much money on our on our roster, buying
or selling that.
Speaker 7: Buying. I really am buying, Ben.
Speaker 8: I just I think with the way the culture is,
I just I don't see that he's just doing that.
I don't think they paid millions of dollars. I don't
think they paid more than Texas Tech. I don't think
I think they're probably, you know, in the top ten.
I think they're up there, but I don't think they're
overly paying more. I don't think they're the highest paid
NIL roster. Now that could be the case next season,
but I just you know why I don't, because Ben, normally,
when you're paying guys that are that high, it correlates
the NFL talent. He literally just said there's probably not
eight dudes on this NFL roster. That makes me think
that because when I look at dudes like Texas Tech,
how many dudes are going to the league the entire
defensive line. Jacob Rodriguez Like, I'm serious, Like you think
of that?
Speaker 7: That's what I think. Like paying a guy that's talented correlates.
Speaker 8: Ohio States Jeremiah Smith is going to be the number
one pick I think in next year's NFL.
Speaker 7: D like that, That's what it correlates.
Speaker 8: So that's why I don't believe that, because how many
NFL picks outside of Fernanda Mendoz and then you know,
the wide receiver tight end are there really on this
roster when you think about it, Maybe five dudes I
can name, but there are other rosters that have more.
So that's why I just don't believe that to be true.
Because if the KAY coach, who is just won a
national championship and can say whatever he wants, is saying that, yeah,
we don't have eight NFL dudes on our roster, how
in the world is that those five dudes? Are those
eight guys that could go excuse me seven, How are
they getting out paid more than these other schools.
Speaker 7: I just don't believe it. Ben, I don't.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I'm right with you. I think I think
there are some big ten schools that are overpaying. I
mean Penn State, their payroll was robusted, Ohio State. I
don't think Indiana was nearly as much as any of
those others. I think B A I don't. I think
they outspent BYU's roster. I think b was what at
ten million? Reporter, I think Indiana paid more than than
ten million for their their football roster. I would, I
would pretty much guarantee you that, but I don't think
it's necessarily the highest. Better Texas texts at twenty eight,
I bet you Indiana would probably be in that seventy
to twenty range. That's how I feel about it, looking
at the roster, looking at what they acquired, looking at
what they retained last season, they still gotta pay, but
they're happy to right now. I think if you guys
ever been around the Hoosiers alumni base, they have a
pretty robust and I think resource rich alumni base.
Speaker 3: They really do.
Speaker 2: Notre Dame and Indiana's alumni base are, in my opinion,
early similar. They're pretty similar, and Notre dames alumni base
pretty robust and their their resources too. So Indiana they're
gonna be a player. Man, They're gonna be a player
as long as Kurt's there. But even if Kurt eventually leaves,
he retires to me's sixty four right now, how many
more years this current want to coach? Maybe he gets
into his seventies and eighties.
Speaker 8: I don't know, he's gone.
Speaker 3: Bill Schnyder type of thing.
Speaker 2: I don't know, But uh yeah, Indiana is going to
be a player for years to come in my opinion.
A couple other things I wanted to get into in
this college football segment, uh the Big twelve YouTube show.
They did a preview of of the schedules and breaking
down you know what what's occurring there from the Big
twelve studios. The host discussed b Yu okay, and I quote,
if I had to make a decision today, I would
have I would have Bay You ranked at the top
of the Big twelve just because of the amount of
production they have coming back, led by their quarterback Bear Bogmer.
Many feel like BYU with the retention that they have
of the roster they they they feel like that ba
You should be the.
Speaker 3: Favorite heading into the Big Twelve.
Speaker 2: So let's let's listen to the preview here and discuss
it on the back hit.
Speaker 9: Next up, a team that played in Arlington a year ago.
BYU made it to the conference championship game, just on
the outside looking in of the College Football Playoff. A
lot of people feel like they should have been part
of that CFP field. This is a team that brings
back a ton of talent and their schedule sets them
up with opportunity. Let's see what the Cougars are dealing
with with Kolonie Sataki in year number eleven. Again eight
to one in the conference a year ago. Another big
game relative to the National conversation Week seven against Notre
Dame at home.
Speaker 10: That game could do.
Speaker 9: An awful lot to tilt the balance in terms of
their opportunity to be in the CFP.
Speaker 3: I think BYU.
Speaker 11: Look going all the way forward to the preseason rankings.
If I had to make a decision today, I would
have BYU ranked at the top of the Big twelve
just from the amount of production they have coming back,
led by their quarterback Bear Bachmeyer. I think they also
the schedule sets up really well. Of the first half
of the schedule, only two true road games in the
first part, Colorado State.
Speaker 3: Being one of them.
Speaker 11: They'll be a heavy favorite over and then at TCU,
and then you mentioned getting Notre Dame to come in
the middle of the season. It's more challenging obviously when
you're playing them right out of the gate in week zero,
week one, but in the middle of the season, after
you've got your legs underneath you, and having Notre Dame
come to Provo always a difficult place to play. I
think the schedule sets up nicely for BYU. Think, like
you mentioned, it've got a lot of returning production starting
with Bear Bachmeier. This is one of I think will
be the favorites and is my favorite team right now,
all the way back in January. But saying this now,
I think BYU's got as good a shot as anybody
to get back to the Big Twelve championship and ultimately
win the Big Twelve.
Speaker 9: They lost their defensive coordinator, j Hill, but just about
everybody else is back. Kelly Papeinga, who will now be
their defensive coordinator, went on BYU TV recently and talked
about the player led effort. They're bringing everybody back.
Speaker 10: Offensive player of the Year LJ.
Speaker 9: Martin is back, a ton of guys on the defensive
side of the ball. They are fired up about who
they have back, and there's a good reason for people
to believe that they could very well be at the
top of the conference in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2: It's the Big twelve Studios preview, Ronald the three man Weaver,
your thoughts, your follow up, your commentary.
Speaker 8: Look, I'm gonna go back to something that Parker said.
We played the sound clip earlier in the week. I
believe we played it on Monday. Ben, the donors out there,
I just want to say, you guys are one of
the big, many reasons of why some of these players
stayed out all the way. But look, I know people
are gonna say culture, Ron You're wrong, But Ben, I look,
you know there's Ben. When you work hard and you
know you want to get your market rate and you
performed that you've been doing well, and you've been with
the university a minute, and you have stuff to back
it up, you have to be compensated, right, We all
have to be compensated. You tell me that people have
to be compensated for how hard they work. You know,
you can't lose certain people. You know, I'm comparing that
to work the position that I'm like you have to
That's the way it is. So I think that is
giving overlooked and ignored because you don't retain normally been
that many dudes, and just to watch it come out
one by one on social media to get those guys resigned,
because that's what it is, it's a resigned era in
college football. I just I got to give them credit,
the donors to be able to do that because normally
been you lose one or two people, and they did
lose other pieces, but those are guys that were coming
off injuries or guys that didn't play. That's pretty much
what it is like, are going to renite with family.
This does not happen in college full normally to retain
this much talent, and I see why people are picking them.
Maviro shot when you if you go look at the
video online bank, because you have to look at it.
The notable games that they put were Utah Arizona at
home and then Baylor obviously coming here because of DJ
Lagway and you know Sarah Robinson all that. Anyway, the
point is when you look at the first part of
the graft, they only highlighted Utah Notre Dame. So if
you outside of those two games because of the rivalry
game and how that one's different been always let's go
and take the under as you tell me, and then
Notre Dame. You're talking about potentially an undefeated season and
only meeting Texas Tech. Once reminder, they don't have to
see Texas Tech. They don't have to see a Kansas
that like, they don't have to see those those teams.
They don't have to see Oklahoma State who just revamped.
They avoid all of that. You know, in this schedule
very favorable. You said, it's seven home games, you meet
ts you in the middle, the Big twelve did him
a favor.
Speaker 7: I'm gonna be honest. You you have to think and
this I know Brett Ormarck.
Speaker 8: Was getting ripped a little bit by one of our
earlier guests a couple of weeks ago, and I was
disappointed too, and Brett you Ormark and is him advocating.
But the schedule that they've set BYU up for has
a lot of success. And with what Klanie's culture is, Ben,
they got a really good shot to run this thing,
you know, to be undefeated, you know, and meet whoever
it is in the title game and get to the
college football playoffs. And I'll say this, if this is
a team that knocks off Notre Dame, that beats Utah,
and that looks, you know, very declarative with the sophomore quarterback,
with the full spring ball and everything that they've loaded
up on the offensive side of the ball, and LJ.
Martin's breaking that Russian record. Even if they lose in
the title game, Ben, this team would be a college
football playoff team. BAU has got a real shot and
I'm interested to see what Klanie does. We're gonna be
all eyes on. And that's why Springball in the next
couple of weeks is crazy to think that, Ben, And
then just you know, a month, month and a half
or so, they'll be back at it. But a lot
of names that they've added, a lot of returning production
and it all starts back up in March.
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Speaker 2: Let's get into more college football contents and BYU content
coming up next. This is Cougar Sports on one O
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Speaker 10: Three, ESPN Sports Center updates.
Speaker 8: This morning, the Big Twelve Conference released their season schedule
for each member of the sixties tenth conference. Each team
only received one by this year BYU schedule already had
two spots locked in with Utah Tech to open the
season and Colorado State as game number three, but beyond
that no one was quite sure where the matchups who
take place.
Speaker 7: The schedule is laid out as follows.
Speaker 8: BYU opens the season on September fifth in their loan
FCS game of the year as they host Utah Tech.
The following week, the Wildcats of Arizona come to pro
is Boia has a Week two Big twelve open After
a trip to Fort Collins to play Colorado State. BYU
gets their loan by week that means nine straight games
to end the year. After the bibe UYU heads the
TCU on conference weekend for a rare Saturday game when
the Cougars get back for Fort Worth, Iowa State comes
to town, followed by the Fighting Irish.
Speaker 7: When Notre Dame makes their first trip to Pro bots
A two fourth.
Speaker 8: Following Norre Dame, DOOA takes a quick trip to the
Bounce House in Orlando to take on UCF before coming
back for a Halloween match up against z in the State.
Speaker 7: Rivalry Week is back in November this year as the
Cougar's head up north to face Utah on the Verbon seven.
Speaker 8: The ensuing game seas UYU host b J Lagway and
the Baylor Bears. To end the season, BAU heads out
the Lawrence Kansas a take on the Jayhawks before heading
back home for Senior Night when they played the Cincinnati
Bearcats on Thanksgiving weekend.
Speaker 7: To go along with the schedule release, pet Damore of.
Speaker 8: ESPN reported yesterday that the championship game will be leaved
to Friday night during Championship weekend so that the game
can take place on December.
Speaker 7: Fourth at six pm Mountain time.
Speaker 8: To end it often, just a reminder that Delaney give
Mariah Hudgins and the BAU women's basketball team find action
tonight against Texas Tech.
Speaker 7: The game starts at seven pm in the Marriotts.
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Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: I have a conspiracy theory for you, Ronald. I've brought
it up before. I'm gonna bring it up again. Agent
de Bonsa, Aceta Bonza, the BAYU coaching staff were seeing
at the Utah Jazz game this week, And you wonder, right,
I mean, we talk about Tank Lake City and the
Jazz possibly maybe hopefully getting AJ to Bonsa in the draft.
How great would that be? How glorious would that be?
They're what, they're almost last place in the Western Conference.
They're not last place. I think there maybe third to last.
And you just wonder, is there something that has brought
AJ to Bonsa all the way from the East Coast
out to Utah Prep, Hurricane Utah where he probably got
paid a pretty penny to put ball out there, played well,
he ended up at BYU. Is there a possibility a pathway, somehow,
some way AJ to Bonsa ends up going to the
Utah Jazz in the twenty twenty six NBA Draft.
Speaker 3: Come this summer, Ronald.
Speaker 2: Do you think it could happen? Do you think it
will happen? I see AA, I see Aj at the games.
I see the interactions, right, you know the connectivity between
Ryan Smith and Danny and all these key players. I
beg you know me, I was in the conspiracy theories
is twenty twenty. We've seen a lot of NBA Draft
conspiracy theories. Could this one be true? Could Aj be
a talent that ends up in Salt Lake City for
the long run?
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 8: I mean I know if you look at this Beacher's
Report article, then they have a Utah picking six and
taking mckel brown junior at Louis who was having a
great season. But no, if they have the number one
overall pick, I think they pick Aj. Yeah, one hundred percent,
not even close.
Speaker 2: I think, Well, the question is AJ actually gonna be
the number one overall pick?
Speaker 8: Well, if Utah, I think Utah takes Aj. If they
have the number one overall pick, yes, I do. I
think they do. I don't think they take Cam because look,
I mean, we've had this report and we said it,
and we've gone back and forth with the Beat writers
locally and talk to you know, maybe not as maybe
get more national basketball guys to ask and they might
not be as overly declarative, but we need to get
scouts on when we get around that time, Ben in
March and April. But we heard this last year, Remember
we heard this with Yegor how many times did they
say top ten but he was ranked outside the top
like we heard that, we heard yeah, he can go
anywhere between seven to ten. You know, he could drop,
but probably not. Like That's why I like to get
the experts on. So if the Jazz did, I feel
like they would. I feel like they would take AJ
over Darren Peterson. They've seen him play, He's already been there.
They know what they're doing. And Kevin Young spoke about this,
you know, in the post game last year or maybe
even in his introductory press conference, where what do you
mean we're not picking a guy?
Speaker 3: What like?
Speaker 7: What do you like a whole? Like we don't really know?
Speaker 8: And that the reason why I bring it up is
how many times do people say, oh, yeg or I
don't know this that we've heard all the narrative and
then he was picked top eight Like That's what I'm
saying is AJ can still be the number one pick
even with the losses. So if the Jazz have to pick,
I think they do take him. Do I think it
will happen? No, Because look, a player like AJ. That's
why the Jazz are projected to pick six, like the
Jazz are supposed to have a top three pick last year,
Ben and then Cooper Flag ends.
Speaker 7: Up in Dallas.
Speaker 3: Like, well, that's what I'm saying, that.
Speaker 8: He's not gonna be Yeah, but that's the thing to
your potensier, your question directly, could it happen?
Speaker 3: Sure?
Speaker 7: Will it happen?
Speaker 6: No?
Speaker 8: They do these lotteries in the back as sketchy as
it is. I see AJ not not in the projections
of Indiana. No, Like AJ would be in playing in
Atlanta first before anything, he'd be playing in Miami, like
there's a bunch of other cities.
Speaker 3: Don't be don't be surprised, Ronnie.
Speaker 2: If Darren Peterson goes first overall, which there's been a
trend right now, has been any analyst of value and
Darren Peterson say he's gonna go first overall. Somehow, some way,
Utah gets either the number two or it could be
the number three overall pick, and somehow AJ debotsa.
Speaker 3: I don't think he's gonna fallow the number three. He's
probably gonna be a number two.
Speaker 2: Jazz could be the get that second pick, and guess
what they get Aj. They get their guy, They get
their guy, and he's in Salt Lake City.
Speaker 3: All I'm saying is I'm just saying.
Speaker 2: Recently, Bleacher Report put out their NBA mock draft, Hawks
take Darren Peterson and then AJ ends up going to
the Wizards at number three. I do think there's a
bit of a growing trend putting placing Darren Peterson at
number one and AJ at number two. Bleacher Reports saying
AJ could fall to number three see TBD. Obviously, still
a lot of ball to play and a lot of
eval to be had and a combine to be ultimately evaluated,
and based off of, you know, the the freakish nature
of AJ, he could end up going number one overall.
But all I'm saying is, don't be surprised if AJ
loves the state of Utah.
Speaker 3: And stays in the state of Utah.
Speaker 2: Definitely due to the puppeteering of the the U the
NBA world.
Speaker 8: Okay, he's not a number three, number three pick though, No, no, no.
Speaker 3: I like number two, number two, number two pick, number
two pick.
Speaker 8: And I'm not trying to be rudy Cam Boozer. I
like Cameron Booster's game a lot, But if he's gonna
go to the Pacers, been Boozer doesn't feel well. I
think with Tyre's Halliburton. I think the guy that fits
better with Tyre's Halliburton is AJ, who can guard one
through five and who can also be a point forward.
But that'd be a nice matchup him, right, Rick Carla,
I love to see that if that were the case too,
if they got the second pick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Look, if there's smoke, that could be some fires.
I'm saying the smoke, I'm just I just see it.
I feel it in mylloin's in my plums. All right,
let's talk some by U basketball well out here for
a moment, Frank Fracilla joined the BYU Sports Nation to
talk to UH BYU who and AJ to Bonsa and
I wanted to read between the lines a little bit
of his thoughts on what happened, how it happened versus
Texas Tech, and much more. As we continue to win
our way through this college basketball season and college basketball.
Speaker 3: Schedule, Let's start off with this one.
Speaker 2: The Marriott Center gonna be electric this next Monday. BYU
is taking on you of a a massive matchup in Provo. Actually,
my brother's in town to watch this game. He's gonna
be coming in on Thursday's a U of a fan
he's gonna get some skiing in and watch this game
here in Provo.
Speaker 3: Let's get to it.
Speaker 2: Frank Fracchilla breaking down and previewing the bau A Z matchup.
Speaker 5: Oh man, I.
Speaker 12: Thought maybe you'd say one of those new Mexico BYU games, but.
Speaker 5: No, No, it's gonna be fun. You know, I'm excited.
Speaker 12: You know, I get to do every big Monday this year,
and this is the first one after the college football Championship,
and uh, I can't wait.
Speaker 5: You know, I've always had an affinity.
Speaker 12: For the Marriott Center and the fans there. They weren't
too bad to me, as I recall, I don't I
don't remember anything, you know, egregiously bad about Kook fans
when I coach. But uh, and I do and I
do love. I do love the whole atmosphere there. It's
just such an incredible environment. No, I think it's gonna
be unbelievable, you know. Uh, And I got to tell
you now, this is where the big guys up front
are going to really matter, because Arizona is old school.
They are old school bullyball. Inside. They don't shoot a
lot of threes, even though they're not a bad shooting team.
They just pound you inside. It's like having a great
running game. And of course you know everybody in the
Marriott Center is going to be jack for this and
it should be a great college basketball atmosphere.
Speaker 5: You know, one of the best of the h of
the season.
Speaker 3: Arn, there you go, that's Frankfurt. So the game obviously
a massive game.
Speaker 2: Look, gotta win your home games, which the top top teams.
This one would be a massive win for the Cougars,
the best win of the season. U of A is
one of the best teams in college basketball, and this
one hit hits close to home. Man, you hope that
this is a budding rivory asy U of A. The
Wildcats are undefeated right now. They're number two in ken Pom.
They have the sixth best offensive rating per ken Palm
and fourth best defensive rating per kN Pom. You gotta
beat the freaking Wildcats. Let's make it right. Let's atone
for our Texas Tech sins. Let's make sure that we
dominate the Wildcats of Tucson.
Speaker 3: Please happen.
Speaker 2: Please Hopefully You're gonna need a lead post defense in
order to do it. NBA does have some good defense
in the post right now, with Keba Abdullah a vdo uh.
Hadeem Boop is also really improved his defensive efforts and
divas he made. Hadeem is a Now he can guard
on the perimeter extremely well. He can guard on the pace,
can guard on the perimeter. I was impressed. He's finding
a swagger, he's finding a confidence.
Speaker 3: We're starting to see this.
Speaker 2: Uh, this butting, uh, this beautiful butting of the beautiful
flower Hadeem Boop.
Speaker 3: So uh, let's get back to the sound.
Speaker 2: Franfrad Scilla discussing by U's elite post defense earlier this
week on Buy Sports Nation.
Speaker 12: I'll tell you what's gonna help BYU in retrospect. I
was impressed. I know Abdullah was in foul trouble, but
when you take him and and Cada, that's that's rim
presence defensively. I think that's gonna be a factor in
the last month of the season as Abdullah gets going
a little bit. And then you got Boop, who I
love and I don't any report on him after the
game was ill. Okay, that looked like potential can cussion
protocol to me.
Speaker 5: I hope he's okay to recovery.
Speaker 10: Still waiting to hear you.
Speaker 3: Luckily there's no midweekend.
Speaker 5: Right, But I love those three guys inside.
Speaker 12: I think they're gonna really anchor a defense that's going
to get better because of those guys. So, you know,
I think I think there's a lot of positives that
come out.
Speaker 5: Of this game for for BYU.
Speaker 12: And the other thing is like, you gotta have a
you gotta have a I always said as a coach,
one game winning streak.
Speaker 5: That's all I always talk my team about.
Speaker 12: If we beat somebody really good, then the next game,
it was, let's start a one.
Speaker 5: Game winning streak.
Speaker 12: And I think Kevin, I know, has the mentality of
let's put this behind us, let's learn from what we
could have done better.
Speaker 5: I'll tell you what's gonna help you.
Speaker 2: There you go, Bess Frank for Schill of breaking down
the elite post defense, and look, that's what we're gonna need,
uh in these big time games. There's no doubt about it,
your elite defense. Shots being contested. Texas Tech win in
Fuego in that final five minutes, like they were like
NBA jab he's on five, everybody was and so like
was the shots selection pure?
Speaker 3: Was it judicious?
Speaker 2: Was it these were good shots that Texas Tech was getting.
Speaker 3: Were they wide open?
Speaker 2: I don't necessarily think though they were just hitting right
they got it's a home court advantage, yeah, one hundred percent.
They hit him when it counted, when they were contested.
So I've been impressed with Bo's defense. And it was
the offense that maybe waned in the last nine minutes,
and it was unfortunate. But they'll get it right. They'll
get it tight, keeping it right, keeping it tight, no doubt. Okay,
So Frankfurt show final thing here. One of the things
we've discussed with k Wise. He loves his spacing, love
spreading the floor. And why we've been so ardently just
advocating from a high low bucket Fitch to finally find
a way to please, for the love of all that's hardy,
hit a shot, you know, play great defense, Yes, be cognizant,
have some peripheral vision.
Speaker 3: For the love of all that's holly understill.
Speaker 2: Traveled, you know, I don't travel, you know, just just
just calm the freak down and hit a bucket and
space the floor. This is what Franfreschilla says about the
adjustments that b what he needs to make especially as
it pertains to transition buckets and spread on the floor.
Speaker 5: Well, it's a good question.
Speaker 12: Obviously, I don't think Rob Wright has the big game
he does without the fact that everybody was headed.
Speaker 5: The attention to AJ. I would say, a few.
Speaker 12: Things get out in transition, you know, because he's so
good at ripping, running, rebounding and going. So that would
be one way for me, you know, and Kevin, I know,
is going to be able to spread the floor a
little bit more. Put Richie on AJ side, maybe a
little bit more so that you can't double off him.
But again, like I didn't think AJ had a bad game,
I just think that he didn't force the issue because
and again in the middle of the second half, nobody
really should have touched the ball except for Rob those
six or seven possessions because he was on fire, and
then Richie got going a little bit late. But it
was just one of those games where I think AJ
didn't want to force it.
Speaker 5: His teammates were doing a good.
Speaker 12: Job, and I'm sure next game he may be a
little bit more aggressive, but not at the expense of
hurting his team with tough shot.
Speaker 2: Okay, Agreer disagree with Frand there, Ronald three man, we
nobody should have been touching the ball might except for
Rob right the third of those finals, six or seven
minutes of the game.
Speaker 8: Okay, so let's go back Ben, because I'm good at math, right,
you know when I watch tape, that's what you tell me.
Speaker 7: Go back and look, do your homework.
Speaker 8: So AJ went in, deferred, went in, got blocked, and
then missed a shot.
Speaker 7: Okay, oh three, there you go.
Speaker 3: Okay.
Speaker 8: Richie came off a screen to pin down after a timeout,
missed it badly, air balled another one, then missed another one.
Speaker 7: Okay, cool, there you go. So six right there.
Speaker 8: So in the six seven possessions, I just counted Richie
missing three, and then I counted Ah missing three with
a turnover in there and maybe a couple of fouls.
I didn't think look at the fouls. But no, I agree.
No one else should have touched the ball but Rob.
I know Rob was forcing issue, But the reason why
it looked bad was because Rob had to come out
for the pinky. And then when he comes in and
you're trying to go your next option of Richie AJ,
and that gets shut down. Texas Tech was just clamped
down on the paint and they were just moving their
feet and they were throwing everything off the weak side
the strong side, and when you're going, they were just going.
They didn't bite on anything to be what you didn't.
And I'm interested to know, Ben, I want to know
if Rob doesn't disokay the pinky and come out, what
would that have looked like?
Speaker 7: Maybe they're still going to run, But I'm interested to know.
Speaker 8: But all I know is this though for sure, and
this is on another podcast, I should have grabbed the clip.
But this is where Dawson Baker would have helped you.
This is where shooting forty eight forty eight percent from
forty seven to forty eight percent from the field, a
hot clip from the three would have helped BYU because
it would have slowed that down. Because if Rob comes
out the game, Dawson comes in there. Maybe Dawson's in
to begin with. So you are gonna have to now
think about the freak things if somebody gets in foul
trouble or if somebody does have a disocated hand, because in
moments like that, you can't afford for your best player.
Because think about Texas Tech. Did JT come off the floor,
did wats come off the floor? Did Anderson come off
the floor?
Speaker 6: No?
Speaker 8: And maybe if it was reversed to thing could have happened.
But you can't afford in those tight games and those
big moments against talented teams of Big three versus Big three.
Can't afford to lose somebody an ideal moment that wasn't
because rob wasn't supposed to be subbed out.
Speaker 7: Get subbed out.
Speaker 8: And like I said, this is basketball, man, it takes
ninety seconds for you go on eleven ozer run.
Speaker 7: And that's exactly what Texas Tech did. Give them a
lot of credit.
Speaker 8: But the best part, like Franz said in the earlier part,
then it really doesn't matter. You know, why play number
one Arizona on Monday. Everyone's looking past Utah. I hate
to say that, but that's just the truth. That game
you get that. Are you really gonna remember the Texas
Tech loss? No, because you're gonna hand the number one
team in the country their first loss. You're not gonna
remember it. And then you go play Kansa and you'll
have to back it up with a win. But next week, Okay,
I don't want to be hyperbole, and you might because
you called me out for it, and it might be so,
But next week I think is the most important week
can be or you basketball.
Speaker 7: I'm serious, I'm serious.
Speaker 8: I knew you were gonna laugh at me when I
say I knew you.
Speaker 2: You know you guys want to remember Ronald is prone
to hyperbole. I approached some of the tends to go
from zero at one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 8: But it might but for this team though, this season,
this team, not not for the program, but for this team,
because you play number one Arizona, and then you have
the whole narrative of the number one pick being Darren Peterson,
like it's next week not one of the most important weeks,
if not the most important in the season. I mean, yeah,
I know Elite eight could come Final four, but I'm
seriously for the conference like that is you play number
one Arizona.
Speaker 2: But I love you and I love you, I love you.
I mean, it definitely is. It is a big tract.
I mean, you can make the argument.
Speaker 7: I can make the argument with this, and I couldn't
make it with the number one.
Speaker 3: No, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: You know most people are gonna say it's a tournament
time riot is when the rubber meets the road and
the most pivotal, the most the most important times in
BAU basketball history. But you can make an argument this
stretch this godlet this provides the opportunity for seating, seating
that could elicit could influence the path to a final four.
So I'm willing to hear that, there's no doubt about it,
like we need proper, tried and true seating that can
provide that path to the final four if if you're
really trying to get that monkey off your back.
Speaker 3: And and to your.
Speaker 2: Point about Dawson Baker, I agreed that Dawson the bucket
getter Baker. Remember he was hitting from the three point
line in those four games forty two point nine percent.
The other guy that everyone's forgetting about, though, and he
shot forty percent from the three point line last year
for you know, as you know before transferring to.
Speaker 3: To be why you was Nate Pickens. That was a
big loss.
Speaker 7: Both of those those hurt. That's why both sunk.
Speaker 3: Pickens. Bro Man, how dare you get injured Nate? How
dare you get injured Dawson? This is ridiculous.
Speaker 8: It's not them, I think it's I think it's just
the floors don't like them, you know, I think that.
Speaker 3: I don't know, man, I don't know.
Speaker 7: I don't think.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, is it? Is it the b yu I
get a little.
Speaker 2: Like I said, I'm a conspiracy theorist now and then
I'm very stish, not superciitial, but I'm verstitious and destitious
nature in me says, just when Byu is about to
do something great, you know, something bad happens.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean.
Speaker 2: It's like, you know, the the conspiracy there like by
you even in football, it's like we're right there knocking
on the door COVID. We're gonna be in the college
football playoffs and all those things, right.
Speaker 3: And then you lot the corse of car a lot
of my yard, you know, and.
Speaker 7: James Bear gets rolled up on first place.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty four, you know you live in dream,
you know you're undefeated, and wham you get beat by
Kansas on your home freaking field because you throw a
goal line fade to mataas I love matave, I love them,
but why are we throwing the fade the goal line
fade to the boundary to matabatas Hey Jake goodness gracious, right,
and then you lose the ASU and Kenny Dillingham of
all people, goodness, gracious meal. Uh, you know you throw
a pick on that last that last drive. It was unfortunate.
Speaker 3: What was me? Right?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five, you met Texas Tech, you got done,
You've muffed the punt like all was going well. You
poop the bed, you poop the bed at in Lubbock
and you you got injured.
Speaker 3: Uh, you know, and the you.
Speaker 2: Know, anyway football maybe not as drastic, but it does
seem that, you know, it's it's hard to have nice things.
If you're a B Way fans, you gotta be grateful,
all man. Gratitude. Attitude is gratitude. We need that attitude
of gratitude, no doubt, no doubt about it. But hey man,
there's a lot of things, right, a lot of things
that do occur, and I'm like, ah, can this be
the year? Can this be the year that you get
that monkey off your back? The NC double a most
n CUA a person without a final four run.
Speaker 3: This could be the year.
Speaker 2: So to your point, very important stretch here, but it's
due to seating. We need good seating.
Speaker 3: To us. We need at worst of three, we'll go
to break. Guys.
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