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Red and Blue: Jarom Jordan on AJ Dybantsa, Going No. 1 in NBA Draft (?), AJ's impact on future of BYU basketball + more · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: My father taught me many things. You know what they see.
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  Speaker 4: show as we head closer and closer to football season.
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  Speaker 2: Telemosi sent you. Jerem Jordan, my friend, welcome back to
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: It's been a minute. What's up, Sean? How are you doing? Man?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing all right. Are you up in the wave
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  Speaker 2: of World Cup soccer excitement?
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  Speaker 1: Like I am?
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  Speaker 5: Bro I am a little behind like certain games, but
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  Speaker 5: I have watched every single.
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  Speaker 1: Game that's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Like I am into it. I've had a couple procedures.
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  Speaker 5: I've been just at home, hanging out. Wife's out of town.
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  Speaker 5: The next couple of days at the Old Girls camp.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, your boy is watching two of the three kids.
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  Speaker 5: And it's the NBA Draft time, World Cup time.
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  Speaker 3: It's great. I love it.
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  Speaker 5: It's been a really fun summer so far. And obviously
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  Speaker 5: the NBA Draft tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go NBA Draft tonight.
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  Speaker 2: And part of the reason we wanted to have you
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  Speaker 2: on is because expected at the very very top of
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  Speaker 2: this draft, either one or maybe two, but most likely
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  Speaker 2: one former BYU cougar Aj Debonsa will have his name called.
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  Speaker 2: And really that is the culmination of a well planned out,
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  Speaker 2: strategized journey through you know, prep academy BYU and now
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  Speaker 2: into the NBA.
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  Speaker 1: And you been closer to him than any of us.
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  Speaker 2: Have just your thoughts on what tonight will represent for
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  Speaker 2: Aj and for the Devantsa family.
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  Speaker 5: I think it's a big moment obviously for Aj, for
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  Speaker 5: Ace and Chelsea and the whole fam.
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  Speaker 3: It's a big moment for BYU.
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  Speaker 5: It's huge moment for Kevin Young as well in the program,
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  Speaker 5: and it's it's just awesome. Like when you went to
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  Speaker 5: Utah Prep.
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  Speaker 3: The hope was.
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  Speaker 5: He liked Utah and would get BYU a legit shot,
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  Speaker 5: and he did, you know, And then the hope is
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  Speaker 5: tonight's the Wizards take Darren Peterson. No, I'm cool with
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  Speaker 5: either one as a Jazz fan, though I would love
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  Speaker 5: to have AJ But I think Darren Peterson would be
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  Speaker 5: great here too.
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  Speaker 3: But I think it's a win win.
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  Speaker 5: Either buy has a dude that's the number one pick,
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  Speaker 5: or he gets to stay close to his kind of
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  Speaker 5: second home here in Utah. His home is Boston Brockton, right, yes,
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  Speaker 5: but his second home has sort of become Utah. This
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  Speaker 5: has been his, if you will, his his basketball mission.
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  Speaker 5: You know, you live there for two years, you have
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  Speaker 5: an affiliation and the connection, and you know, I went
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  Speaker 5: to brazila my mission.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm rooting for Brazil in the World Cup.
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  Speaker 1: But I was going to ask you here nor there.
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  Speaker 2: I was gonna ask you where your secondary allegiance lies,
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  Speaker 2: and here in Utah it's often wherever somebody served their mission.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess that answer, right, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And I lived in Portland as a kid, and my
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  Speaker 5: parents divorced, moved to Utah, and so I've had you know, Seahawks, Mariners,
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  Speaker 5: love the Blazers growing up, the whole thing. But now, yeah, no,
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  Speaker 5: I love the Jazz and I'm excited. I've never been
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  Speaker 5: more excited for an NBA draft. One as a person
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  Speaker 5: affiliated with BYU, but two just as a fan of
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  Speaker 5: the NBA.
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  Speaker 3: I just think it's a load of draft. Obviously there's
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  Speaker 3: a cool.
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  Speaker 5: Connection with AJ, but it's it's a huge moment tonight
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  Speaker 5: for AJ and what who he's become, who he's becoming,
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  Speaker 5: and then for BYU. Obviously, I think it's one of
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  Speaker 5: the great moments in Bure sports history time.
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  Speaker 2: I know that, you know, Ryan Smith and I don't
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  Speaker 2: have the same brain. That's why he's a billionaire and
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing this. I have a hard time letting things go,
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  Speaker 2: and I would have a hard time if I were him,
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  Speaker 2: or if I were anyone anywhere on this chain regarding
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  Speaker 2: AJ to BOMB, I would have a hard time letting
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  Speaker 2: go of the idea that you got this close to making.
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  Speaker 1: This like fairy tale dream.
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  Speaker 2: As a BYU fan, as a BYU booster, as an
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  Speaker 2: AJ fan like this and a Jazz fan obviously this
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  Speaker 2: close to maybe my vision coming to full fruition. Do
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  Speaker 2: you think there is any of that for even the
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  Speaker 2: Ages or for Ryan Smith, Because it felt like, not
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  Speaker 2: that he ever said it publicly, but it felt like
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  Speaker 2: the plan was, I'm gonna support this kid as he
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  Speaker 2: makes a move to Utah. I'm gonna try to get
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  Speaker 2: him too my alma mater to BYU and then maybe,
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  Speaker 2: if everything works out, I'll have him playing for my
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  Speaker 2: professional franchise. Well, you're like one pick away from that
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  Speaker 2: being a possibility. It would be hard for me to
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  Speaker 2: be totally happy with the result of Darren Peterson at too,
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  Speaker 2: even if I think he's gonna be a great player.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's very storybook, right, It's like, oh, if someone
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  Speaker 5: authored this story and had this narrative, that would be incredible. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: for sure, But uh, you know, I think it's gonna
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  Speaker 5: be awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Do I think there's a lot of great players in
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  Speaker 3: this straft.
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  Speaker 5: I'm kind of looking at it not as like, oh,
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  Speaker 5: we almost got one, and more like, hey, we actually
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  Speaker 5: got a top three pick this year, as opposed to
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  Speaker 5: dropped every year or stood where we were like you
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  Speaker 5: know what I mean, Like, I'm sort of have a
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  Speaker 5: cup half full on this draft situation. And there was
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  Speaker 5: a tiebreaker right like they had to win it like
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  Speaker 5: a literal uh you know, bing pong ball to get
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  Speaker 5: two not three, and so yeah and who and like
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  Speaker 5: what's crazy is we kind of think we know? But
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  Speaker 5: like what if Cam Boozer goes in the top two somehow?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Like I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: I just think it's really interesting. It's probably obviously aj
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  Speaker 5: Darren Camp, but we'll see, man, Like I think it's
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  Speaker 5: going to be intriguing tonight obviously the honest trade is
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  Speaker 5: like massive news from last night and Julius Randall going
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  Speaker 5: so like the NBA does deliver, Dude at the end
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  Speaker 5: of June and July, you know there's is there any offseason?
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  Speaker 5: Like yes, but there's always something going on, and I
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  Speaker 5: think it's a really exciting moment to him.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I did not plan talking to you about this
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  Speaker 2: until five minutes ago when we saw a major new
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  Speaker 2: breaking piece of the story on the Brendan Soresby case,
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  Speaker 2: where you know, is there an offseason in college football?
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  Speaker 1: Not for Texas Tech, not.
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  Speaker 2: For the Big twelve right now, because the latest development
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  Speaker 2: in the Brendan Soresby saga is that the NFL is
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  Speaker 2: not going to hold an NFL supplemental draft this year.
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  Speaker 2: He does not have the option of getting drafted in
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  Speaker 2: a supplemental situation, which was the plan was planned b
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  Speaker 2: after the sort of surrender with the whole legal battle
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  Speaker 2: with seemed like college football, the Big Twelve, all the
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  Speaker 2: other teams in the Big Twelve were ready to dig
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  Speaker 2: their heels in and challenge his eligibility at Texas Tech,
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  Speaker 2: which makes perfect sense in my opinion. But now the
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  Speaker 2: NFL is just like, eh, you know what, We'll see
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  Speaker 2: you in twenty twenty seven, because this is this is
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  Speaker 2: very NFL. They're like, I don't want to be part
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  Speaker 2: of this gambling controversy. We have all these partners who
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  Speaker 2: don't want to touch this with a ten foot pole,
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  Speaker 2: and so yeah, no, we're not giving you this option.
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on Brendan Soresby now potentially, you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting back into the fight with the Big twelve and
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  Speaker 2: trying to make himself eligible for college football again.
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  Speaker 5: I'd be surprised if he was, especially in the Big twelve. Like,
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  Speaker 5: if I'm him, I'm you know, trying to play for somebody,
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  Speaker 5: but the Big twelve clearly showed that they're not going
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  Speaker 5: to tolerate that. You know, it was fifteen against one.
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  Speaker 5: And I've had a strong opinion on this, like I
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  Speaker 5: can't stand the fact that he's even trying.
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  Speaker 3: Like own it. You know, you shouldn't play. You can't play.
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  Speaker 5: Don't be suing until you are going to the courts until.
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  Speaker 3: You get the answer you want, like come on.
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  Speaker 5: And the NFL showed they don't. They don't want to
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  Speaker 5: tolerate that kind of behavior as well.
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  Speaker 3: They take it very seriously.
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  Speaker 5: In spite being in bed with DraftKings and everybody else,
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  Speaker 5: which is the great iron you that we all recognize here.
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  Speaker 5: So yeah, I'll be honest, I kind of love it
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  Speaker 5: because I don't think it should be tolerated and the
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  Speaker 5: NFL is saying, no, we're not going to just let
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  Speaker 5: you come in here and show up in supplemental draft.
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  Speaker 5: Like I'm surprised but also pleased because I think it's
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  Speaker 5: such a serious offense that it has to be tolerated
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  Speaker 5: with the serious consequence, and now it is multiple times.
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  Speaker 5: And I didn't like the fact that Texas Tech was
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  Speaker 5: fighting it. And yes, people have issues, that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 5: they get to avoid the accountability angle with this, and
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  Speaker 5: that has always been a massive red.
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  Speaker 3: Flag in sports.
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  Speaker 5: You cannot bet on your own team. It's just I've
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  Speaker 5: been flabbergasted by the whole situation and I'm unfortunately. I
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  Speaker 5: guess I don't have a lot of sympathy or empathy
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  Speaker 5: in this space.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe I need to have a little more for him.
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  Speaker 5: I do like as a person, but that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 5: you get to play football like you did an unpardonable
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  Speaker 5: sinse Sorry, dude, you got to sit out for a year.
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  Speaker 5: So I'm interested see what happens now, but I'd be
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  Speaker 5: shocked if he tries to play in the Big Twelve.
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  Speaker 3: At least the Big Twelve was.
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  Speaker 5: Pretty strong in their approach in their legal action they took,
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  Speaker 5: and I'm kind of proud of the league collectively for
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  Speaker 5: doing that.
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  Speaker 2: To me, it felt like this is the first time
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  Speaker 2: in maybe years that we've had sort of the sensible
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  Speaker 2: outcome with anything that is even mildly controversial, because you know,
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  Speaker 2: the NCAA has no power anymore, the College Sports Commission
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  Speaker 2: has no power. The lawyers win everything, and this was
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  Speaker 2: one of those scenarios where it's like, man, you're really
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  Speaker 2: gonna You're going to open another Pandora's box here with
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  Speaker 2: this situation, just because you're afraid of litigation. And thankfully
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  Speaker 2: the Big twelve did not surrender quite so easily, and
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  Speaker 2: I think this is the right outcome. Again, Sorry, Brendan Soresby.
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  Speaker 2: You shouldn't have done the thing that everybody on the
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  Speaker 2: planet knows you're not supposed to do. I think he's
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  Speaker 2: still going to have an opportunity to play in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: He might still be a first round pick next year
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL. Once this is not a story anymore,
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  Speaker 2: but I guess we'll just have to watch how it
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  Speaker 2: plays out. It has not changed and I'm curious your
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  Speaker 2: thoughts on this. It has not changed in the in
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  Speaker 2: the sports books at least, it has not changed the
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  Speaker 2: outlook for Texas Tech the way that I thought it would.
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  Speaker 2: That he will not be available to him. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of people are just like yep, still the favorite to
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  Speaker 2: win the conference. They have a very friendly schedule. Admittedly,
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  Speaker 2: like the over under on is said it eleven and
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  Speaker 2: a half wins, you're questioning whether they're gonna go undefeated
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  Speaker 2: or not.
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  Speaker 1: I am not all that sold necessarily on this.
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech roster, but I wasn't last year either, and
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  Speaker 2: I was wrong about that. Your thoughts on the fact
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  Speaker 2: that the absence of Brendan Sorosby doesn't really change their
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  Speaker 2: outlook that much.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's it's a little surprising, but also not in
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  Speaker 5: that they did a great job in the portal. Again,
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  Speaker 5: I don't think a front seven is going to be
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  Speaker 5: as elite as it was last year. And I say
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  Speaker 5: elite until they played Oregon and then Oregon played Indiana
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  Speaker 5: and then Indiana played everybody, Like they're just levels to
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  Speaker 5: this right, But to me they should be the preseason
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  Speaker 5: favorite in the Big twelve. Is the margin a little
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  Speaker 5: smaller with BYU and others?
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  Speaker 3: Yes?
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  Speaker 5: But Will Hammond in the games he was in showed
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  Speaker 5: enough to give you, you know, some excitement if you're
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  Speaker 5: a Texas Tech fan. Also, you know he's coming off
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  Speaker 5: in ACL so that's the question mark. He should be
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  Speaker 5: ready in two months, you know that's late August, Like,
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  Speaker 5: how is he going to be off that?
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  Speaker 3: I just think they've got a lot of talent.
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  Speaker 5: Also, I don't think BYU and this is where like
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  Speaker 5: I just I try and be real about things. By
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  Speaker 5: You got out scored sixty three fourteen and two games
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  Speaker 5: against Texas Tech. BA cannot walk in saying we're the favorite.
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  Speaker 5: Now after those two games, I'm sorry, you have to
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  Speaker 5: prove yourself again. And BYU was very good last year,
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  Speaker 5: almost great. You know, if they show up in one
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  Speaker 5: of those games, maybe they're in the playoff.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe who knows.
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  Speaker 5: But now it's like, okay. The Colonie stack Away says,
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  Speaker 5: stay hungry and humble, And I think BYU this offseason
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  Speaker 5: is thinking about we got to get to Arlington, and
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  Speaker 5: we've got to If Texas Tech is there, we gotta
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  Speaker 5: beat them.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm with you.
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  Speaker 5: I'm like, undefeated feels like a stretch. But in terms
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  Speaker 5: of who the favorite should be, not who I think
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  Speaker 5: will win the league, who the favorite should be is
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  Speaker 5: Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm I've settled on.
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  Speaker 2: If BYU doesn't win the conference this year, they're never
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  Speaker 2: gonna win the conference with what they have coming back,
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  Speaker 2: with what they brought in in the transfer portal. I'm
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  Speaker 2: super high on Bear Bachmeier. You've got the offensive player
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  Speaker 2: of the year. You've got a guy that I keep
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  Speaker 2: reading these articles about might be the best linebacker in
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  Speaker 2: college football. And Kadu lauave the speed on somebody that
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  Speaker 2: size is unfair and ridiculous, right, And I'm looking at
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  Speaker 2: them like, all right, well, if not now, when for BYU?
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  Speaker 2: Because it's all kind of lining up. They've got a
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  Speaker 2: friendly schedule Texas Tech has now this distraction plus the
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  Speaker 2: absence of Brendan Soresby. Although I like will hamme it
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  Speaker 2: a lot, so that might not that might end up
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  Speaker 2: being kind of a at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 2: And I fully understand why, you know, the messaging is
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  Speaker 2: what it is from the coaching staff and why BYU
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  Speaker 2: fans don't want to get out over their skis. But
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  Speaker 2: I look at this roster, and I look at the
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  Speaker 2: fact that Utah's got a first year head coach this year,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm looking at it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going like, if not now, when for BYU?
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  Speaker 5: There's certainly that thought, right And and yeah, I've I've
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  Speaker 5: heard that thought and to some to some degree, I
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  Speaker 5: agree as well.
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  Speaker 3: But I do see, like BOI just gott.
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  Speaker 5: Its highest recruiting class ever, So I'm going to give
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  Speaker 5: that group, like in three to five years a chance
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  Speaker 5: at that in terms of like that group might be
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  Speaker 5: the most talented BA team in terms of the timing,
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  Speaker 5: like you're talking about of like all the personnel that
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  Speaker 5: BI has led by LJ Martin Ku, lav A, bear.
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  Speaker 3: Bach My and so on and so forth.
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  Speaker 5: Like your Boa ten position, they are in great position
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  Speaker 5: to win the Big twelve, perhaps challenge for it, get
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  Speaker 5: into the playoff hopefully like it's it's not playoff US,
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  Speaker 5: but it's close to BOI, given how close they were
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  Speaker 5: the last two years, So there is pressure, but I
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  Speaker 5: think this group is ready for it. Like Boi's never
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  Speaker 5: had a more talented roster, They've never been more experienced
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  Speaker 5: in a powerful league obviously, like it's year four. Sometimes
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  Speaker 5: it takes a sec right, and I think BOI is
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  Speaker 5: ready for the moment. And adding the Notre Dame game
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  Speaker 5: was massive, like the ACC reconfiguring the amount of games
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  Speaker 5: they play in League cal having to cancel BUI suddenly
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  Speaker 5: getting Notre Dame they canceled with USC, like the stars
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  Speaker 5: have aligned for the perfect opportunity for BYU.
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  Speaker 3: They should.
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  Speaker 5: They could both be undefeated going into that game. Notre
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  Speaker 5: Dame certainly should be BYU hopefully is, and that could
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  Speaker 5: be one of the most epic setups for a game
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  Speaker 5: in BUA football history. It might be two Top ten
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  Speaker 5: teams with game Dantown like the opportunities there. Now it's
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  Speaker 5: up to Buoy to actually do it.
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  Speaker 2: This is a story I avoided talking about mostly because
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  Speaker 2: it was it was a criminal case and it was
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  Speaker 2: in a football story after the expulsion. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: Parker Kingston case, the charges have been dismissed.
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  Speaker 1: There is reports out there that there might be.
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  Speaker 2: A refile, and you know, there's always the question of
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  Speaker 2: at what point did he report things and start a
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  Speaker 2: repentance process and a get right process with the Honor
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  Speaker 2: Code Office and things like that. I don't know that information.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if anyone does outside of his personal circle.
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  Speaker 2: Is there any possibility that Parker Kingston plays football for
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  Speaker 2: BYU at any point this year?
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  Speaker 5: I can only speak my personal opinion on this, but
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  Speaker 5: I hope so like I hope that he and the
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  Speaker 5: you know, the Honor Code Office and BYU and everything
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  Speaker 5: can figure out what's best. And I hope to see
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  Speaker 5: him on the field. You know, if you told me, hey,
• 15:50
  Speaker 5: he's not I say, okay, I get it. But hoping
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: for the best with Parker because it is frustrating. You know,
• 15:57
  Speaker 5: the last two years there have been allegation and the
• 16:00
  Speaker 5: serious allegations against boy players, neither of which were guilty
• 16:04
  Speaker 5: in court. And so it feels, you know, you just
• 16:07
  Speaker 5: want the right thing to happen for the right people,
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: and hopefully that does in all ways in this situation.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Back to the task at hand, the most important thing
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: at hand tonight, AJ de Bonsa and the draft.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: What will it mean for BYU to be able.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: To say and for Kevin Young to say, I have
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: coached a number one draft pick in the NBA. They're
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: already doing well on the recruiting trail, they already have
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: a very robust and il situation happening. But what would
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: that add in terms of like a recruiting resume for BYU?
• 16:40
  Speaker 5: I think it continues to add to what Kevin Yak
• 16:43
  Speaker 5: said on his introductory press conference, which at the time
• 16:45
  Speaker 5: I was like, oh, that's a fun thought. And now
• 16:48
  Speaker 5: Kevin has turned it into reality, which is when he
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: said I want YU to be the best place for
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: young men to prepare for the NBA, and I thought, oh.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: That'd be fun.
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: And then he brings in Yegorg number eight, he brings
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: in AJ number one, he brings in you know, he
• 17:05
  Speaker 5: develops Richie, which to me Sean that is his best
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: development card he's played, is Richie that you take the
• 17:12
  Speaker 5: kid from Riverton that you know he's way more athletic
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: than everybody thinks, but like he's going to be a
• 17:18
  Speaker 5: second round pick tonight coming off in a cl which
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: is a credit to his amazing work in Kevin's.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: Development with him.
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: And then you bring in Bruce Branson third, who's a
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: projected lottery pick next year, who knows could go super
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: high as well. It's he said, it's not hypothetical, like
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: he has actually done what he said he would do
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: and what is his best asset his experience in the NBA.
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: And these guys are come into proble and we have
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: to credit the NIL era for this because if there
• 17:45
  Speaker 5: wasn't NIL, I don't know if one Kevin Young comes
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: here in two you know it's it's you have to
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: compete in that space. And b why he's done a
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: great job of entering a space they've never been in,
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: which is to recruit at the highest level for non
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: LDS dudes that want to be in provo want to
• 18:03
  Speaker 5: be at BYU. And it's a credit to those kids
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: for taking it. Not a chance, but like doing something
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: that's not super traditional. He Jay easily could have gone
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: to Kansas or unc or wherever he chose BYU, which
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: is amazing. And now he's gonna.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: Rep the Coops for life. So it's a big moment.
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: You always have the number two pick twice Sean Bradley
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: off a mish, which is crazy to think about, and
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: then Mel Hutchins back in like fifty two, and so
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: number one.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: Would be big.
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: Even if aj Go's number two, it's still massive, like
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: you're producing high end talent and hopefully it comes together
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: in a way this year where you could stay healthy
• 18:38
  Speaker 5: and make a run in March.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: Menace Jeremy, I very much look forward to these conversations
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: once again being a regular part of the show.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: I always appreciate your insight. My friend.
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: Hey, I love coming on. Great to talk to you
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: and listen. Soon in a couple of months we'll be
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: rocking out at the Mammoth Games again.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: We're about to have Bear turney on. Any questions for
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: him that you want me to pass on.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: They is Vegas the arrival? Now?
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: Like after not only the regionality of this situation, but
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: you know the playoffs, Like is Vegas the rival?
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: Are they That's what I want to.
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: Know, because it feels like it right, It feels like
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: we have.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: A proper rival now, I think so, I hope so. Yes,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: it's Vegas is very hateable for me. I'm all right
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: with them being the rival.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: Absolutely, let's go tuss up, baby tusks up.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Jeremy're the man.
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: Thank you, Thanks go Jess, Go Mammoth.
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