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BYU vs. Notre Dame: How BYU Can SHOCK the Irish | $150M David vs. Goliath Showdown · Between Two Generations: A Father-Son Sportscast

• 0:02
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Between Two Generations, a father-son sports podcast, because raising a son is tough.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_01: But debating sports with me, now that's even tougher.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_01: All right, welcome back to between two generations.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_01: Briggs, we are so amped for this week of college football.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_01: Buddy, what is happening Saturday night in Provo?
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, one of the greatest games.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, nights maybe ever in Provo for sure.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_01: Possibly ever.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_01: I don't disagree with that.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_01: Saturday night, BYU against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_01: For the first time in the 62-year history of Lavelle Edwards Stadium, two top 10 teams walk onto that field.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_01: Wow.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_01: Next part for all of you true football nerds.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: Briggs and I are going to break down the keys to victory for BYU.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: Now, listen, if you're not a super football nerd, you still gotta lock in because we're still gonna break this down.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: So when you're watching this game super amped on Saturday night, like the millions and millions of people are gonna do, you'll know exactly what to look for.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_01: Turning the time over to Briggs.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_01: Briggs, take it away, buddy.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_01: Keys to victory.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, number one.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: We gotta pressure CJ Carr without blitzing constantly.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if we blitz him constantly, he's just gonna destroy us.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: Because against the Blitz, he's 23 of 29, 325 yards and three touchdowns.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, lights us up.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: He has been he has been really good against the Blitz.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: And so all we have to do, we need to disguise coverages.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: We have to generate pressure with four rushers so we can't blitz or else he's just gonna, you know, freaking carve us up.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: And then we we need to force him to hold the football.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: Because if we can hold the football, then we can get our we can get our um our linebackers and then our defensive end to come in and c eventually collapse him and not let our the the playmakers, you know, get the ball.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: I like that.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: I like that.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_01: And that'll give our secondary and our linebackers more more ability to stop their super athlete playmakers.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: If we do blitz, we have to get him down.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like we can't let him have.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: We can't leave our secondary exposed.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, number two, Bear Botmeyer has to be the best player on the field.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: I'll mention this a little bit more for the fourth key takeaway, but Bear cannot throw dumb interceptions.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's I mean, that's that's the case for any quarterback, but he has he needs to figure out a way to use his legs and be aggressive without turning the ball over.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: Because if we because if he turns the ball over, we're screwed.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: We're not gonna win.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Which luckily Bear's got a great history of protecting the ball.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right?
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_01: The the the so on that point, the only thing I'm worried about is I think he definitely is gonna go all out, and we're definitely gonna use him because we got this is the biggest game in in BYU history, yeah, right?
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I know people are like, yeah, well, we won the championship.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_01: What about that?
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I get it, but this is a little bit different now.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: But anyway, it's 2026.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_01: So it's he's gonna go all out, and he's not really gonna worry about his body.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_01: I am worried about him getting hurt, but like I get it, and I kind of want him to dominate, like you're saying.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just don't get hurt, Bear.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_01: Anyway, sorry, keep going.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, all right.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: Three Bear cannot can't bear can't be the only running back option.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_00: And this is just I mean, it's just so sad that LJ Martin, because I that LJ Martin's out.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: If LJ Martin was still here and he he was able to play, I mean, I would I'd be so much more confident in this game, but it's hard just because he's out.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: But Notre Dame will be focused on stopping Bear from running because he is thick, he's he can he can dominate because last he last um against Iowa State he had I think it was around like 10 carries for like 120 yards or something, which is insane.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it was nuts.
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: And he can do anything with his legs, he can get a first down and get a f just rip at 50 yard uh chunk play.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: But you know, Notre Dame is definitely gonna focus all week on get stopping that.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: So we just need to keep Aaron, so we shouldn't so they're gonna try to keep Aaron the pocket, use a use a quarterback spy, which means just like having a linebacker just spot on the quarterback the whole time.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: And it was and then they're gonna load up the box and make him throw.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: Because when you load the box with blitzes, defensive ends, linebackers, that all that just makes him stay in the pocket, and then that's so they're gonna blitz a lot more than usual.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: So Aaron.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_01: So, real quick for our because that's that you're exactly right.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_01: That's great analyst there, analysis.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_01: Loading the box though.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_01: So, grandma and some of our other family that are listening to this, what does load the box mean?
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: So loading the box just means like and on top of so you have four pass rushers, right, going against an offensive line, and then you just add in a bunch of guys, which means you know, cornerbacks, defensive ends, I mean not defensive ends, cornerbacks, linebackers, and all and just all those position players, outside linebackers, and all those all those positions just still like blitz and all that kind of stuff.
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_01: The run and all that.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I dude.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so listening, he's only 13 talking about loading the box.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_01: Put him in coach.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'll tell you what, some of you, some of you universities out there that don't have good coaches, um I almost dogged on Texas and Steve Sarkeesian.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_00: I did on Saturday.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: If you guys saw an Instagram video of me dying, I did.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: I was gonna say, put Briggs in.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_00: I was so sick of Steve Sarkeesian.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, there were so many times where I was watching that game where I was like, my son needs to be the coach.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_01: My son needs to be Steve Sarkeesian.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_01: He does.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_01: Anyway, sorry, keep going, buddy.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_01: You got what else you got?
• 5:12
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, then so he's so they're gonna load the box up and they're just gonna force Bear Bachmeyer to throw, and it's gonna be hard for him to use his legs.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_00: So we so we just need to somehow figure out um how to get our our the our other running backs the ball and then make them be playmakers, so which means our other running backs, Preston Rex and C on a mow and have to gain yards and convert on short third downs to hell bear.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: Because if we can convert on those short third downs, that'll be a huge help for us.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_00: Just continuing the drive and all that kind of stuff.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: Love it, man.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: That's so good.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, kid number four.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: This this is just a big one for me.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: Bear needs to make Notre Dame pay through the air.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_00: So this is the biggest takeaway.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_00: This is a big key to me for this game.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: So Notre Dame is going to focus on bear block miners running.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: So if they bring in extra defenders, which means loading the box up, that to stop the run, will stop bear from running, Siony Mo, Press and Rex from running.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: Bear needs to make them pay with quick passes, which means screens, play action, and all those kind of things.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_00: So quick passes, maybe a tight end, like little uh maybe a tight end RPO just like on the side of screen, uh just a play act pitch a play, play action pass, just just really just like do quick passes, because if we do quick passes, then we can get our playmakers the ball and they can run and do some things on offense.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_00: So good.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_00: And we can't weigh in the pocket for a million years.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_00: Like we it has to be quick because they're gonna be blitzing and not letting uh Bear Brockmeyer run.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_01: So good.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_01: If if y'all aren't appreciating this right now, let me just put a little color on this.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: So when Briggs is watching his football, right, and he's watching a game.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_00: Well hold on, I just want to have one more thing.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_00: And if we and if we do this, then that that means Notre Dame is gonna have to drift off of loading the box up, which means that Bear's gonna have to run a l- that means bear is gonna have open pat running lanes, right?
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_00: Because yeah, so the passing lanes are gonna be open, obviously, for the first part of the game until Bear Bachmeyer starts dominating the passing game, but until that habit is just gonna keep loading the box, loading the box until something until Bear changes that.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_01: Boom.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_01: Boom.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: So let me let me uh if it and I know y'all were impressed by that, but let me just give a little bit more closer.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_01: Let me let me glaze a little bit more on my son.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_01: So when he's watching a game, he's analyzing it, right?
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_01: So a lot of times we love going to live college football games, but at the same time, Briggs also like watching it at home because that lets him get into his like super analysis mode where he's just got all of his info and he's just writing stuff down, and then all of a sudden I hear him be like, Oh dad, they're loading the box.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_01: Just watch.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_01: Like, if he can just connect that seam route over the top of the pass, it's gonna open up that lane, and then the pass, then the rushing game is gonna light on fire.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_01: And then the rest of us in the house are looking at Briggs and I'm like, Who are you?
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_01: Like, what are you?
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_01: A mini Sabin?
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, it's like I love this.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_01: This is ass money.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_00: It's honestly just hours of watching college football.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: I I could watch college football all day if I wanted to.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: I love it all week genuinely.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_00: I love football.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, there's just so many plays where I'm kind of just watching.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just like, if you just set a screen, or like if you just threw a screenplay right there, like you would get at least a first down.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: And then the next play they do, and then it works.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: And then I'm like throwing my hands up like mic drop.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, mic drop.
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, put him in coach, put him in coach.
• 8:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so the one the one key that I'm excited to see is we gotta weaponize Provo, baby, right?
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_01: We gotta take advantage of a night game at L at LES, Lavelle Edwards Stadium, take advantage of our altitude.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I um yeah, I definitely did the actual like game, you know, kind of, I guess if that makes sense, kind of game takeaways, but like I mean, our call section is gonna be rocking.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, BYU fans, like if you guys are hearing this, like you guys, you if you guys are going to the game, please go crazy.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_00: It is gonna be absolutely because the last time, I think last year, yeah, college game day went to Texas Tech.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it it was hard for Bear, a true freshman, to play against that Texas Tech crowd.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_00: So let's make that happen with Notre Dame.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_00: The game day energy is gonna be nuts.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_01: It people are gonna be camping out.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_01: My guest is starting maybe tomorrow night.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_01: I wouldn't be surprised.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_00: I I I was wondering if we were going to Dallas.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_01: I know, I gotta go out of town for work.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm not even gonna be here live to watch the game with my son.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: But don't worry, I will, guys.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_01: Briggs are gonna be here.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_01: I'm proud of Briggs.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_01: He even called his grandma, I was like, Grandma, I want to watch the game with you.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_01: Come on.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: So grandma's heart is just filling up.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_00: She's the base BY footballer.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_00: She's so fun to watch with.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: All right, nice.
• 9:26
  SPEAKER_01: I the other thing that I saw, um, this is not my thing, I gotta give credit to um another analyst I was listening to, but we got to survive the first quarter.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: I didn't realize this, but Notre Dame um has won 16 straight by double digits, the first quarter that is, by double digits, um, by burying teams early, because then they throw that crazy defense on people.
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_01: They they lot and once teams are forced to try to throw on their secondary, which by the way, they've got three future NFL drafts in that secondary.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, it is it is near impossible.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_01: So if BYU is within a score at halftime, the pressure and the momentum flips to BYU big time, and advantage goes to us.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: So that's what I'm looking forward to.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_00: Also, just on another big a b a big key, it's just our tight ends.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_00: Walker Lions is gonna be uh maybe the most impactful player on the field, honestly, when when BYU's offense is out.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_00: Because think about it, the cornerbacks aren't usually guarding a tight end, especially when the receivers are out and their receivers are out near the sideline.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_00: Like if we if we can get a just a quick like little pitch to our tight end, it's gonna be instrumental to us.
• 10:31
  SPEAKER_00: I like that.
• 10:31
  SPEAKER_00: And then and then that'll cause you know all the defenses to collapse more and like more bucks in kind of like tight end, which is gonna allow our other receivers to be able to make plays and Barry Bachbrand to eventually be able to run the ball.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_00: I like that.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and you you brought up a good point earlier.
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know, you and I were talking about this like two days ago or something, but our receivers for BYU are tall.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_01: Like our guys are 6'5, 6'6.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_00: Like the Kyler Casper guy.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 10:54
  SPEAKER_01: And so um, we got to take advantage of that.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_01: Like that's the only way to take advantage of their amazing cornerbacks and safeties.
• 11:00
  SPEAKER_01: Their cornerbacks and safeties aren't tall, most of them aren't, but our guys are tall.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_01: And so if Bear can have good placement, we take advantage of their height.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_01: That's probably I bet we see some design plays where Bear purposely throws it high.
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_01: So people shouldn't be concerned.
• 11:13
  SPEAKER_01: Oh man, he's off.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_01: No, no, no.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_01: He's purposely throwing it high to give our receivers a better chance that only they can catch it.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's in Glasker isn't tall, but Kyler, that Kyler Casper guy, he's tall.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_01: Athleticism, Glasker can hang with those guys.
• 11:24
  SPEAKER_01: Like that guy's just faster than playmaker.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_01: But Casper and and our other guys are though.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, it's a good point.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_01: Good point.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_01: Anything else for us, or is that enough for our audience today, buddy?
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_01: Dude, that is some good breakdown.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_01: Let's go, Koogs.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_01: I I I think we can get this.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_01: Let's go.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_01: Just to finish off the episode, I just got a couple couple little stats that I thought would be interesting for everyone to know.
• 11:51
  SPEAKER_01: So I had to research these, you know.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_01: I'm definitely not this brilliant, but this is gonna kind of contrast the two universities.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: And this is kind of this is kind of eye-opening just to imagine both what BYU is taking on this weekend and why it's gonna be such a big challenge, but also, I mean, this is really to give a lot of praise to BYU because BYU, you and I are big on this, and this is 1000% true.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_01: BYU does the most with the least.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 12:19
  SPEAKER_00: You wanna know why?
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_01: And here's the proof.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_00: No, you wanna know why?
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, because we got Jesus on our side.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_00: All right! Yeah, okay, bro, that was the most or thing I've said in my life.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_01: Nice, that's right.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_01: Take that, Notre Dame.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's gonna that's gonna go viral and controversial.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_01: Bro, that was more controversial than Caitlin Clark and the WNBA.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_00: Oh my gosh.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: All right, but check this out.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: That could be a whole week of just episodes of me talking about how much I hate the WNBA, but Bro, we we're gonna we're gonna do that when football dies down.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_01: Because there's so much, we should just do that for fun.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_01: All right, but here we but here we go.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_01: So, so this is this is how um this is kind of like a tell of the tape, why the world would pick Notre Dame, but how BYU absolutely does the most with the lease.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_01: So here we go.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna get into revenue, I'm gonna get into the talent, I'm gonna get into NIL money spent.
• 13:06
  SPEAKER_01: So check this out.
• 13:07
  SPEAKER_01: So football revenue, Notre Dame versus BYU.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame football revenue is 195.7 million, close to 200 million.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: BYU, not even half that.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_01: They're 51.7 million in football revenue.
• 13:20
  SPEAKER_01: That's crazy.
• 13:20
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, football expenses, so how much they actually spend.
• 13:25
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame spends 93.3 million dollars, BYU spends 44.6.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_01: That's incredible, right?
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_01: So Notre Dame's football profit is bigger than BYU's entire football budget.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_01: That's crazy.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_01: So the amount of money that they can give their top players and all the resources, it's just incredible.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_01: So they absolutely should be dominating, yeah, right?
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_01: The fact that Kalani Sataki has the squad on the same level playing field with the fact that the side of the side.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_00: The fact that they have a chance to beat Notre Dame is incredible, okay?
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_01: All right, so here we go.
• 13:59
  SPEAKER_01: So number of recruits, right?
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_01: So um, you know, every year they got the the the top 10 recruiting um rankings and all that.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_01: It's always Ohio State, Notre Dame, Alabama, Texas.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_00: Texas AM.
• 14:12
  SPEAKER_01: It's never BYU.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_01: If BYU cracks the top 25, that would be incredible.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_01: They average around the 36th to 40th recruiting range, according to these the ESPN sources here.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_01: But here we go.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_01: This year, this year on the squad, amount of five-star high school recruits, Notre Dame has nine.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_01: BYU?
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_01: Take a guess.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_01: Five-star recruits, top level recruit, zero.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_01: You're absolutely right.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, now four-star, the step down, right?
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_01: Still big deal.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame has 59, which is one of the most in the nation.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_01: How much is BYU for four-star?
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_01: 12.
• 14:45
  unknown: Wow.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_01: So our we have 12 players that are four-star, and that's our top recruits.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, three-star.
• 14:52
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame has 31, BYU has 72.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_01: So obviously, we have more three-star talent.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_01: So this is essentially a three-star level recruited squad being developed to go take on the five-star squad.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_01: That proves alone Kalani.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_01: That's why Kalani Sataki was coming after from Penn State and all these big time guys, because that boy knows ball and he knows how to coach and develop his players.
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_01: Love that.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_01: Pretty interesting, right?
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, now I just want to hit a couple other interesting little facts that people might find interesting.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_01: Like, for example, the gold in Notre Dame's helmet.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_01: True or true or false?
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_01: It's real gold.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_01: False.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: It's actually true.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_00: No.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I read that today.
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_01: It it has gold flecks in the paint, so it's actual gold.
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_00: No.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_01: Those helmets have real gold in them.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yes?
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_01: I just moged you.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: I just mocked you with my seventh yes.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_01: Not how you another interesting fact.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_01: All time, all-time Heisman ranks.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame, did you know they actually rank number one all time?
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_00: Really?
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_01: When you factor in all-time top 10 finishes throughout history, Notre Dame ranks number one at the top of the list with the most people that have ever finished in the top 10.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_01: And it's not particularly close.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_01: They get like it's I don't remember.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_01: It's 200 close to 300 points.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_01: The next closest was like 240.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: Dang.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_01: So that was pretty amazing.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, NFL pipeline.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_01: This one was crazy.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_01: All-time draft picks.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_01: All-time.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_01: This is this is insane.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame, 544.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_01: That is the most in the country.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_01: So if you were to if you were to take a guess, uh, which college program has produced the most all-time NFL athletes, would Notre Dame have been your pick?
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_01: Either them or like maybe Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, those, Penn State, you know.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_01: No, it's Notre Dame.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_01: 544.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_01: For reference, BYU has about 150 total all-time.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, first round picks.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_01: Total first round picks of all time.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_01: They have 66 plus, is what uh this Yahoo Sports website said.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_01: BYU's got 12.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um, Pro Football Hall of Fame players.
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_01: All time.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame has 13, which is a ton.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_01: You got any idea how much BYU has?
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_01: Hall of Fame players.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_00: One.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: Steve Young?
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_01: That's all I could find with Steve Young officially.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_01: I think Jim McMahon might have a shot.
• 17:16
  SPEAKER_00: It will be three.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_01: Who you got?
• 17:18
  SPEAKER_01: Fred Warner and Puka Nakua.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_01: And Puka.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_01: Puka's definitely on the on the on the track.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_01: NIL, and this is the last thing that kind of shows Notre Dame is a beast.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, 2026 Football NIL, their uh their roster budget.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um, they're number, they've spent number three nationally on their NIL.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_01: BYU, 18 million, which ranks as number 28.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_01: So BYU is ranked in the top eight there ain't nationally, and they spend about uh well, according to this, it's actually 42nd the most.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_01: 42nd most in the whole nation.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_01: 18 million compared to like Texas is up at like 100 million.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame's up here at like 90 something million.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_01: Ain't that crazy?
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_01: That is absolutely wild.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_01: So let's go BYU doing the most with the least.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_01: Um, last thing to end on the Pop Dart Bowl snub.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, what do you think about the Pop Tart Bowl?
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_01: Last year, Notre Dame was the first team left out of the college football playoffs.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_01: So, what did they go and do?
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_01: They quit.
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_01: They whined about it.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_01: They didn't they refused to go play in a bowl.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_01: They were supposed to play BYU in last year's Pop Tart Bowl, which is kind of funny.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_01: The Pop Dart Bowl, like what is that?
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_01: But whatever.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_00: BYUS other stupid corny.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_01: BYU finished what?
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_01: Ranked like 14, Notre Dame was 13.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: They should have played each other.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_01: Notre Dame didn't, so now's our chance to get our rematch Saturday night, Lavelle Edwards Stadium.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_01: Buddy, it is going to be hype.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's gonna be freaking crazy.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so excited.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, let's go! Let's go.