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Bill Riley on the NFL's schedule release, Can the Big 12 event-ize their schedule release (?), Jazz get No. 2 pick + more · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Shan O'Connell Show.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome in the voice of the Utes, Bill Riley, and
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  Speaker 2: Bill Riley, Welcome to the show. How are you, Sean O'Connell.
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing great. Thanks to Preston and Garrett for sponsoring
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  Speaker 3: this segment. Handy and Handy. Good dudes.
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  Speaker 1: The schedule release videos in the NFL get a lot
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  Speaker 1: of play, a lot of love, a lot of conversation.
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  Speaker 2: How did your Chiefs do? In your mind?
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  Speaker 3: I didn't watch any of the others. I was calling
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  Speaker 3: baseball last night. Big win for the UTS Silver Baylor
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  Speaker 3: in Game one, so I didn't see any anything really
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  Speaker 3: in real time, and not being on social media anymore,
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  Speaker 3: I don't get inundated with him. I watched the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 3: I thought they did pretty well. I'm a big rob
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  Speaker 3: Wriggle fan. I thought they did a little throwback to
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  Speaker 3: the old QVC days. I thought it was pretty funny.
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  Speaker 3: Did you watch that one?
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  Speaker 2: I did? I liked.
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  Speaker 1: I liked qv Chiefs and the sort of like resentment tension,
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  Speaker 1: comedic resentment between the host the Rob Wriggle host that
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  Speaker 1: his ex wife who was the Gail was good.
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  Speaker 2: It was a good little bit. I liked it.
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  Speaker 3: I thought they did pretty well. I know the Chargers
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  Speaker 3: always have a really good social media department. Did you
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  Speaker 3: see the Chargers? Did they do well with theirs? They
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  Speaker 3: always do pretty well the Chargers. I did see. I
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  Speaker 3: did see a little bit of Peyton Manning. I watched
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  Speaker 3: like ten a minute and a half.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't good.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't think the Broncos did well. I like Peyton Manning.
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  Speaker 3: His daughter was cute. I about the video was not
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  Speaker 3: very well executed in the ninety or so seconds before
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  Speaker 3: I shut it off.
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  Speaker 1: The only one that I liked in the Denver Broncos
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  Speaker 1: was they had Jake Plumber as like a conspiracy show host.
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  Speaker 1: And that is perfect because for any of you out there,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's a deep cut, but for any of
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  Speaker 1: you out there, Jake Plumber, the longtime Cardinals quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Is now a shrooms farmer.
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  Speaker 1: He grows psychedelic mushrooms, so of course he would be
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  Speaker 1: the guy hosting a conspiracy television series.
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  Speaker 2: So pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: That's right on brand, right on brand for Plumber.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, pretty good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: The Chargers one is Halo themed, like the video game Halo,
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  Speaker 1: and as such is a little bit lost on me.
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  Speaker 2: Like there's some clever Easter eggs in it.
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  Speaker 1: The forty nine Ers level, for example, is you have
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  Speaker 1: to escape the sub the electrical substation that is hurting
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  Speaker 1: everyone in practice.
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  Speaker 2: So I like that. I liked the nod to some
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  Speaker 2: of those storylines.
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  Speaker 1: But I never played Halo because you know, I got
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  Speaker 1: out of video games.
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  Speaker 3: But anyway, good, Yeah, I was always I was a
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  Speaker 3: sports video game guy, Tiger Woods, Madden Baseball. I didn't
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  Speaker 3: do the shooter games. They didn't do any of that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So we were talking about, like the reason he's
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  Speaker 1: irrelevant is not because, I mean it partially because the
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  Speaker 1: creative teams with these NFL franchises are so good at
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  Speaker 1: their jobs, but also because the NFL has more than
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  Speaker 1: anyone else in sports. They've eventized their calendar, They've made
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  Speaker 1: it a big deal no matter what they're doing. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: guess what everyone this is the team that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be on season fifty seven of Hard Knocks debate.
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  Speaker 2: And it's just okay, like we just do it.
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  Speaker 1: We do what the NFL tells us, and they have
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  Speaker 1: eventized everything in sports. Is it something that the Big
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  Speaker 1: Twelve could potentially capture is that they're not the first
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  Speaker 1: movers on it. Could you copy it at Utah football?
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  Speaker 1: Could you copycat it in the Big twelve and catch
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  Speaker 1: even a little bit of the same kind of enthusiasm
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  Speaker 1: and conversation.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised, Brett, your Mark hasn't tried to do that
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  Speaker 3: because he's always right out front and trying to be
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  Speaker 3: cutting edge, even if some of it falls short with
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  Speaker 3: you know, football games in Dubai and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that that's necessarily going to catch on,
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  Speaker 3: but I think it'd be great because nobody else really
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  Speaker 3: does it, and the NFL makes a I mean, we
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  Speaker 3: know what the NFL. I mean, they make the drafted event,
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  Speaker 3: the schedule, really everything is a huge event. I think
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  Speaker 3: you could have some fun. You get the league together,
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  Speaker 3: get everybody on the same page, and have a fun
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  Speaker 3: schedule release to you. I think you can have some
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  Speaker 3: fun with it.
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  Speaker 1: So We're in the the only dark time right now
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  Speaker 1: for college football, where you know, everyone's finishing up school,
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  Speaker 1: they're keeping their head down, they're lifting, they're developing. The
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  Speaker 1: strength coaches are arguably the most important person on a
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  Speaker 1: football staff this time of year. Of a change was
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  Speaker 1: made at the University of Utah in that department, But
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  Speaker 1: you know, with the new bodies that have come in
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  Speaker 1: and with some of the guys that we talked about
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  Speaker 1: during springball, who do you think makes the most growth
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  Speaker 1: this time of year? Who did you watch in springball
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  Speaker 1: and say, man, that's going to be a great player,
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  Speaker 1: but they need ten more pounds of muscle on him,
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  Speaker 1: or I need that guy to go to speed school
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  Speaker 1: and get that first step a little bit quicker, which,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is the work that's being done this time
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  Speaker 1: of year.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's probably the interior guys. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: probably the lineman, you know, the guys that were transferred
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  Speaker 3: from maybe smaller programs or a different level program, or
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  Speaker 3: the offensive linemen that are new to the program. I
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  Speaker 3: think it's probably those guys. I think the guys on
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  Speaker 3: the outside, the receivers, the corners, guys like that, they're
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  Speaker 3: already pretty good athletes. I think it's more learning playbook
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  Speaker 3: and scheme with those guys. I think if you're coming
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  Speaker 3: from say Wyoming or San Jose State, or Utah State
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  Speaker 3: or North Texas, I think you're probably pretty good at
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  Speaker 3: what you do, but you're leveling up in physicality and
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  Speaker 3: competition playing in a power for school. So I think
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  Speaker 3: those guys probably using a little bit more time in
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  Speaker 3: the weight room and with the strength and conditioning coaches,
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  Speaker 3: they probably benefit the most. Would you agree?
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  Speaker 2: I agree?
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  Speaker 1: And you know, like you get this big five star
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  Speaker 1: Kelvin Obot, He's already got an impressive body, but Calvin
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  Speaker 1: Obot is in that time of life with a great
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  Speaker 1: lifting program and good nutrition which of course shift Peteon
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  Speaker 1: company up there at the facility.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you have all the time.
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  Speaker 1: We could see him the last time we saw him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, spring showcase to fall camp. That could be
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  Speaker 1: like ten or fifteen pounds of muscle on somebody with
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  Speaker 1: his frame. So I'm eager to see what they can do.
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  Speaker 1: Jai Moy is another guy, like you said, great player,
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  Speaker 1: great technique, but he's going to have to be physically
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  Speaker 1: stronger to play in the Big twelve than in the
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  Speaker 1: Mountain West Conference. So I think you hit that one
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  Speaker 1: on the head. You got to get these guys to
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  Speaker 1: be able to handle the physical riggers of power for football,
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  Speaker 1: not just the mental and playbook capacities as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, guy like Ethan Day, he was a really good
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  Speaker 3: uber fast athlete at North Texas, had five or so
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  Speaker 3: sacks last year. He had a good spring. But he's
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  Speaker 3: going to be going against power four level tackles, guys
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  Speaker 3: that he wasn't seeing when he was at North Texas.
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  Speaker 3: So a little you know, the quickness, sure, he's probably
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  Speaker 3: got that, but maybe a little bit stronger in refining
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  Speaker 3: that just a little bit as well.
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  Speaker 1: The I saw this from from Ross Dellinger just before
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  Speaker 1: our conversation started.
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  Speaker 2: The the folks at.
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  Speaker 1: Texas Tech and the NCAA have been informed by Brendan
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  Speaker 1: Soresby and his legal team that they are going to
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  Speaker 1: make a motion for a quick resolution on his upcoming
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  Speaker 1: eligibility question because obviously he checked into a rehab for
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  Speaker 1: a gambling addiction. It was found that he had placed
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  Speaker 1: thousands of bets on sports on his own university when
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  Speaker 1: he was in Indiana under age betting. I mean, there's
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  Speaker 1: like seven different things that he wasn't supposed to be
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  Speaker 1: doing in regards to betting that he was doing. But
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  Speaker 1: they want this to be resolved, presumably before the season starts. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I think this is an interesting strategy because if you say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we want a resolution quick, the resolution is probably like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: boom stamp, you can't play, idiot. However, I would like
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts on the matter.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 3: I think he also wants a quick resolution too, because
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  Speaker 3: there might be the possibility of the supplemental draft for
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  Speaker 3: the NFL sure and getting himself into an NFL camp. Now, now, again,
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  Speaker 3: is it the same as being drafted. No, it's not.
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  Speaker 3: But he is likely to lose out on five or
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  Speaker 3: so million dollars from Tech if he can get in,
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  Speaker 3: get signed to a contract, get into a camp. Maybe
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  Speaker 3: he expedites that, or maybe it's just I want a resolution.
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  Speaker 3: Texas Tech might want a resolution and then I could
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  Speaker 3: begin training toward next year's draft as well. It seems
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  Speaker 3: highly unlikely that he's going to play, just based on
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  Speaker 3: the evidence that we've seen, and you don't you know,
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  Speaker 3: gambling is a no. No, we know that, and the
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  Speaker 3: fact that he wasn't just gambling on baseball or basketball
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  Speaker 3: it was his own team, it was college football. I
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  Speaker 3: just it seems very unlikely, and I think it's probably
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  Speaker 3: good to have a quick resolution for everybody involved him
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  Speaker 3: and Texas Tech. He can move on, make his plans,
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  Speaker 3: Texas Tech can make their plans and just go from there.
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  Speaker 2: We have not talked to you.
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  Speaker 1: This is Bill Riley, by the way, on the Sean
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  Speaker 1: O'Connell shall the Voice of the Youths. We've not talked
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  Speaker 1: to you since the Utah Jazz won the NBA Draft lottery.
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  Speaker 2: In their own manner.
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  Speaker 1: Number two is not number one, but number two is
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  Speaker 1: higher than the odds, the straight across odds had them picking.
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  Speaker 1: And obviously it's a deep draft where you know Peterson,
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  Speaker 1: your fellow Kansas Jayhawk, could be available at two.
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  Speaker 2: A J.
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  Speaker 1: Debonsa could be available at two. Cam Boozer almost certainly
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  Speaker 1: will be available at two. And those are just three
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  Speaker 1: of the guys that are considered to be potential franchise changers.
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  Speaker 2: The Utah Jazz at two, do they stay there?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean I think so. And I know the
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  Speaker 3: love of Debonsa because he played at BYU, and I
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  Speaker 3: think JJ is a very very good player. But if
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  Speaker 3: the medicals all check out with Darren Peterson. To me,
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  Speaker 3: Peterson is the best fit for the Utah Jazz. They
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  Speaker 3: don't have a high level shooting guard that can be
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  Speaker 3: good day one, game one. You pair him with Keyante
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  Speaker 3: George in the backcourt, and to go with the additions
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  Speaker 3: they made in the front court Jaron Jackson, Lowry, Markinen,
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  Speaker 3: Walker Kessler, that would give you a ready made starting five.
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  Speaker 3: To me, I think Peterson if he's healthy on and
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  Speaker 3: again we heard all the stories about the CREA team
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  Speaker 3: and all that whatever that might happen to be. If
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  Speaker 3: the Jazz go through all the medicals and he checks out,
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  Speaker 3: to me, I think he might have a higher upside. Again,
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  Speaker 3: this is me watching him a couple of times this
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  Speaker 3: year in person, seeing AJ as well. But for what
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  Speaker 3: the Jazz needed in that league, he is a six
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  Speaker 3: to six scoring guard, shooting guard, playmaking guard who can
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  Speaker 3: be a ball and hand guy. To that seems to
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  Speaker 3: be an immediate impact guy in a league where you
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  Speaker 3: need that. I think he would be great. Now I
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  Speaker 3: know there's a love for DEVONSA. Ryan Smith has a
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  Speaker 3: love for DEVONSA. He basically funded the AJ project at BYU,
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  Speaker 3: and that's great, and I think if the Jazz for
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  Speaker 3: some reason decided to trade up or he fell to them,
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  Speaker 3: that's not a bad addition. But to me, Stan pat
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  Speaker 3: stay at number two as long as Peterson checks out,
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  Speaker 3: and I think you've got a hell of a player.
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  Speaker 1: I want to make it clear, I'm a big debunce
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  Speaker 1: a fan for all the obvious reasons. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: great that he loves the state of Utah, and I
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  Speaker 1: think that could be at least a small factor in
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  Speaker 1: whatever decision is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Made by the Utah Jazz here.
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  Speaker 1: But but is it a possibility that you know, there
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  Speaker 1: was a lot of attention, effort, energy money spent to
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  Speaker 1: make sure AJ was a BYU Cougar and that he
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  Speaker 1: had a good experience at a prep school in southern Utah,
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  Speaker 1: and then you know, he came to BYU as the
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  Speaker 1: number one recruit in the country and didn't really deliver
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  Speaker 1: anything meaningful. I mean, he had a good season, injuries
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  Speaker 1: to some of his teammates, bad luck, et cetera. But
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  Speaker 1: is there any any potential scenario in which, like, even
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  Speaker 1: though Ryan Smith loves AJ as a person, the basketball
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  Speaker 1: version of AJ did not work out to the level
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  Speaker 1: there wasn't the return on investment that BYU hoped for,
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily by AJ's fault, but I've been seeing that
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  Speaker 1: just saying like, you know what, I think we're good
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  Speaker 1: with Darren Peterson at two.
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  Speaker 2: We don't need to make an effort.
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  Speaker 3: Well. I think I'm an Ajda Bonsa fan too. I
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  Speaker 3: don't want to come off as a voice of the
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  Speaker 3: huge hating out of by I like him. I love
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  Speaker 3: the kid as a player, and to me watching him play,
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  Speaker 3: he played with a great effort and joy and talent
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  Speaker 3: level all year long. By You didn't have it. I
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  Speaker 3: mean their season wasn't what people thought it was going
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  Speaker 3: to be, but that was no fault of Ajda Bonsa.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think roster construction was great down there, and
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  Speaker 3: the Richie Saunders injury sidelined everything. Missing Dawson Baker also
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  Speaker 3: hurt them too, So I don't think the season by
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  Speaker 3: You had had anything to do with Ajda Bonsa. I
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  Speaker 3: think he gave them everything you had. Every single night.
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  Speaker 3: That kid played four to thirty five to forty minutes
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  Speaker 3: a night and was fantastic. I think he's going to
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  Speaker 3: be a really, really good pro. I just think if
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  Speaker 3: all things are equal, and we don't know if they
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  Speaker 3: are or not, and health is the same. I think
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  Speaker 3: Peterson c might be a little bit higher for what
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  Speaker 3: he can be. We saw what the Bonsa can be.
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  Speaker 3: We saw what cam Boozer can be. I think cam
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  Speaker 3: Boozer might be the most solid pick of them all,
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  Speaker 3: but I don't think he's got the highest ceiling for
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  Speaker 3: what he is at the next level. He's not an
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  Speaker 3: elite level athlete. To Bonsa, I think is a better athlete.
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  Speaker 3: Peterson's a better athlete. I think the Jazz aren't going
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  Speaker 3: to go wrong with either guy. But I don't know
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  Speaker 3: how much capital I would give up, how many players
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  Speaker 3: I would give up to move up that spot to
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  Speaker 3: grab aj to Bonsa versus tarn Peterson, who might in
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  Speaker 3: the long run be a better player.
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  Speaker 2: Is Salt Lake City?
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  Speaker 1: Is Utah still a unique enough market that maybe you
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  Speaker 1: alter the rules that every other franchise in the NBA
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  Speaker 1: is just like, just give me the best player and
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  Speaker 1: we'll figure out the rest.
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  Speaker 2: But is Utah still unique enough?
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  Speaker 1: Is it hard enough to sell to certain types of recruits,
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  Speaker 1: certain types of draft picks, that you say, you know what, No,
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  Speaker 1: I think I need someone that I that I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to get a second contract out of we don't want
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  Speaker 1: to be We don't want to love him and have
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  Speaker 1: him leave like has happened so many times.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know you can worry about that, Honestly, I
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  Speaker 3: think you have to get the best player in here.
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  Speaker 3: Just because aj De Bonsa played it, They paid him
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  Speaker 3: a lot of money to live here, Sean. It wasn't
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  Speaker 3: like he came here because he loved the Red Rocks
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  Speaker 3: and hiking and moab and fry sauce became his favorite thing.
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  Speaker 3: They paid him like thirteen million dollars or some crazy
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what the exact amount of money was
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  Speaker 3: to come play at YU. Did he love his experience, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it sounds like he loved his experience. But I don't
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  Speaker 3: think you're going to worry about that in the NBA
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  Speaker 3: because if you draft him and you bring him in,
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  Speaker 3: what if his experience isn't great with the Jazz? What
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  Speaker 3: if the Jazz don't win ultimately? What if he wants
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  Speaker 3: to go back he's from Boston. What if the Boston
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  Speaker 3: Celtics make him an offer in five or six years.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think in today's day and age kind of
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  Speaker 3: like you can in college. You just got to bring
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  Speaker 3: these kids in and treat everybody they like that a
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  Speaker 3: year by year player. Sometimes I think with the pro athletes, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you'd like to think that, but you have to make
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  Speaker 3: their experience for the four or five years you have
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  Speaker 3: them as good as possible and then just kind of
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  Speaker 3: almost treat it like we may not have them in
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  Speaker 3: five years, hopefully we do, and go from there.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're absolutely right on that, even though I
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  Speaker 1: understand like that, Hey, it is unique, and it is
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  Speaker 1: important that this is a person who has a relationship
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  Speaker 1: with the state and likes the state. Things change all
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  Speaker 1: the time, and the AJ is going to be eligible
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  Speaker 1: for at some point one hundred million dollars a year contract.
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  Speaker 1: You can live happily wherever you're at getting that kind
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  Speaker 1: of money. So I think you're absolutely right on that.
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  Speaker 1: Before I let you go, we've got PGA champion You
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  Speaker 1: only get to watch one sporting event this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Bill.
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  Speaker 1: Are you watching NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs, the PGA Championship,
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  Speaker 1: which of course is in every single weekend, or are
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  Speaker 1: you watching Gina Carondo Ronda Rousey on Netflix.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: MVP Promotions making their Mma debut.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: I'm probably watching hockey playoffs. If I can only watch one,
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: you tell me. It feels like Ronda Rowsey hasn't been
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: relevant in like a decade. I meant, feels like Mike
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: Tyson coming back and fighting on Netflix too. But then again,
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: Gina Carano hasn't really been much of a fighter, and
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: it this kind of feels like, let's try and relive
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: twenty fifteen all over again. I don't know your this
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: is your sport. I mean, are they in Are we
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: gonna get a fight this weekend? Is are these two
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: in fighting shape? Is this just a money grab? That
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: feels like a Jake Paul thing to me.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: The answer to all of those questions is yes, Look,
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: they're gonna give us their best effort. They're they're both
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: in great shape right now. But a forty three year
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: old woman in great shape and a thirty nine year
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: old woman in great shape. It's not the same as
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: what By the way, Gina Kurano has been seventeen years
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: since she fought, since she fought.
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  Speaker 2: It's been like nine and a half for Ronda.
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  Speaker 3: And she lost her last couple of fights.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, she did so again, like I actually respect the
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: heck out of what MVP Promotions and Netflix are doing here,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: because what are they doing, Bill, They're eventizing this thing.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: The fight itself, the.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Main event is probably gonna end up being a pretty
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: crap fight. Like it, We're probably just gonna be like,
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: oh well this these two are both shadows of their
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: former selves, kind of like we expected, which, by the way,
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: no insult to them, That's what happens when you hit
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: age forty in combat sports.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: But Netflix is just like, this is the event, though,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: you gotta watch this. Look how much we're talking about it.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Look how big a deal we're making the weigh ins,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: and look how much Ronda's talking crap about the UFC,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: even though that's the thing that made her into Ronda Rousey.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: It's wild that they have. And by the way, I'm
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: a sucker, So I'm gonna watch it even though I
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: know the main event is gonna suck.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Because it's an event.
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: Is that tonight or tomorrow? It's tomorrow, Okay, I'll probably
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: watch it because I have Netflix and it's hot. It's
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: not like I'm having to pay sixty four ninety nine
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: like the old days of pay per view. But by
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: the way, I love the fact that the UFC's on
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Paramount now too.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: It was a great move for them, I mean, and
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: by the way, I don't think it's moved that it's
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: ever gonna pay off for Paramount there. I don't think
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: they're going to get their return on investment. But if
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: you're an MMA fan like I am, I'm you're a
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: UFC fan, the accessibility of even the big time cards
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: not having to be a seventy dollars pay per view,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: it's really nice.
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: Well, you know me, Sean, I'm not into it like
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: you are. That's your living and your sport. But I'm
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: a casual fan and I don't watch, you know, all
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: seventeen fights, but I'll watch the last couple. I love
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: the fact that I don't have to shell out fifty
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: nine or sixty or seventy bucks now because I have
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: a Paramount subscription to watch Landman and Yellowstone and all
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: that stuff, and so I can watch it.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: It's great.
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: I'm more into it now because I don't have to
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: shell it out and I can watch it on Paramount.
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: I think it's been great.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: You're telling me that there's not like every middle aged
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: guy on the planet is like I'm watching reruns of
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Ali Larder yelling at Billy Bob Thornton, and now some
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: fights come on.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: You're not changing the channel. You're like, yeah, I'll keep
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: it here. This is right, This stays.
• 20:19
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• 20:22
  Speaker 1: It really is all right, Bill, Before I let you go,
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• 21:11
  Speaker 3: addition to all those options you gave people to watch,
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: they can watch me and Bill Kenneberg broadcast the last
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: two regular season Utah baseball games tonight and tomorrow afternoon
• 21:19
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• 21:21
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  Speaker 2: I love that.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks shell Out, Talk to you soon.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Thanks Bill.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: That's Bill Riley, voice of the Utes here on The
• 21:35
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