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Dan Sorensen - How will the Utes take care of business at Colorado + more · The Sean O'Connell Show

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Speaker 2: Starting hour two of the Sean O'Connell Show in perfect
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Speaker 2: Sean O'Connell Show fashion, OC style. We're over ten minutes late,
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Speaker 2: but that's okay.
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Speaker 3: That's okay.
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Speaker 2: We're going to reset here with Dan Sorensen from Ute Zone.
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Speaker 2: No Ute Zone Wednesday this week. Devin Dampier, addition with Devin,
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Speaker 2: bumped our guy Dan Sorensen to a Ute Zone Friday
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Speaker 2: on this football Friday.
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Speaker 3: Dan, I hope you don't take that personally. Welcome to
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Speaker 3: the show.
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Speaker 4: I mean.
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Speaker 5: Thank you.
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Speaker 6: And, and, and how could I, I mean, no, no,
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Speaker 6: we don't have 50,000 people in a stadium, you know,
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Speaker 6: lining up to watch me pontificate about the youth.
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Speaker 5: So I suppose I can feed my time to Devin.
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Speaker 2: I think we did that to Sammy earlier this year too. We,
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Speaker 2: but it was for Morgan Scali. So you guys, the
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Speaker 2: only reason we bump you guys is for the head
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Speaker 2: coach or the starting quarterback.
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Speaker 3: How about that?
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Speaker 5: You know, I'll take that all day long.
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Speaker 2: already said earlier in the show, I already admitted, I
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Speaker 2: just have nothing more to say about this game, Utah
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Speaker 2: and Colorado. But we'll come up with some things to
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Speaker 2: say here, or I'll ask you the question so you
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Speaker 2: say the things.
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Speaker 3: How about that?
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Speaker 2: It just feels like it's that much of a lopsided
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Speaker 2: matchup where it's like, just take care of business, Utah.
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Speaker 3: How do you see this?
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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah.
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Speaker 5: And on paper, absolutely.
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Speaker 1: It's a lopsided matchup and, and, and.
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Speaker 5: It's, it's really funny.
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Speaker 1: This is, this is one of those weird games, right? It's,
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Speaker 1: it's double digit point spread. There are some weird undercurrents
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Speaker 1: in the sense of some of the things that, that,
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Speaker 1: that are the, the, the game, the game behind the
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Speaker 1: game type of stories, right? So everybody of course is
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Speaker 1: talking about Isaac Wilson and, and, you know, facing off
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Speaker 1: against his old team and, And look, Isaac's an interesting
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Speaker 1: guy in the sense that Scali talked about the fact
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Speaker 1: that he's got arm talent. We saw last week he
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Speaker 1: put up, what, 290 yards on Texas Tech. Now, he
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Speaker 1: did throw three interceptions, and they were pretty bad. Two
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Speaker 1: of those were an ended double or triple coverage, and
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Speaker 1: one of them was... the guy was standing flat footed
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Speaker 1: in the end zone when he caught it. Like, I
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Speaker 1: just don't understand how that wouldn't even happen. I don't
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Speaker 1: think I've ever seen a zero yard return pick six before,
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Speaker 1: at least not that I can remember. And so the
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Speaker 1: three interceptions were bad, but he did also make some
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Speaker 1: really good throws, some throws on the run. He showed
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Speaker 1: some escape ability. And so he's got it in him.
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Speaker 1: So is the question is, can, can Isaac Wilson, can
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Speaker 1: he motivate himself and get up enough to play the
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Speaker 1: kind of game where, where he can keep his team
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Speaker 1: in it? Now, if he's the Isaac Wilson that played
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Speaker 1: for the Utes for two years, the answer to that
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Speaker 1: is is an emphatic.
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 1: But once again, it's he's, he's not on the Utes.
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Speaker 5: It's a new roster. It's a new situation.
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Speaker 1: He's going to be motivated. And so really when you
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Speaker 1: look at this game overall with things like that, it's
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Speaker 1: if the youth take care of business and do what
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Speaker 1: they're supposed to do, they should win handily. But there,
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Speaker 1: there are those X factors, Isaac being one of them,
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Speaker 1: this Colorado defense. And I, and I've watched the last
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Speaker 1: couple of Colorado games. They're better than the point output.
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Speaker 5: That they've given up.
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Speaker 1: They are very tough at times. They can get after
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Speaker 1: the passer. They can make life tough on an opposing quarterback. And,
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Speaker 1: and so they're, this is a, this is a better
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Speaker 1: Colorado team than their record dictates. It's a better Colorado
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Speaker 1: team than even the on paper. When you look at the, the,
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Speaker 1: the compare the eyeball test to the, to the what's
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Speaker 1: on paper than that dictates.
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Speaker 5: And so Utah still needs to be ready for this game.
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Speaker 1: If they walk into that stadium and they expect to
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Speaker 1: just walk away with a victory because it's Colorado and
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Speaker 1: because Isaac didn't look very good as a youth, That
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Speaker 1: is a recipe for danger. But if this team does
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Speaker 1: what they should do, if they live the culture that
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Speaker 1: they've been talking about all year long, if they go
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Speaker 1: in and they do their job and handle their responsibility,
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Speaker 1: that 15 or 14 or whatever the point spread is
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Speaker 1: these days, that's not going to be an issue. They're
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Speaker 1: going to beat it once again.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And obviously that's the hope and that's the expectation for
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Speaker 2: this Utah team talking with Devin Dampier this week, OC
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Speaker 2: talking with him.
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Speaker 3: It sounds like that's the attitude. And one of the
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Speaker 3: reasons why.
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Speaker 2: Utah has had the early success that they've had is
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Speaker 2: that's the attitude that Devin brings into every one of
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Speaker 2: these games. Respect for the opponent. Doesn't matter who it is.
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Speaker 2: Doesn't matter if you expect to beat them by three,
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Speaker 2: four scores, two, three, four scores. You still respect them
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Speaker 2: as if you, feel like you don't have a chance
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Speaker 2: to win this game. It's that kind of professionalism that
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Speaker 2: Devin in particular has felt like he's brought into every game.
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Speaker 2: And that should give you a lot of hope that
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Speaker 2: this is not going to be one of those trap
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Speaker 2: games with Houston coming up next week, who's probably going
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Speaker 2: to be ranked at Rice Eccles Stadium.
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Speaker 5: Well, and that's just it.
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Speaker 1: And look, I'm not surprised in the least bit that
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Speaker 1: that's the kind of attitude that Devin would take. He
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Speaker 1: comes from, he was highly under-recruited based on his college
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Speaker 1: performance as a high schooler. He played for a, you know,
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Speaker 1: a mid tier Mexico, New Mexico team that, you know,
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Speaker 1: didn't they, that New Mexico team didn't go undefeated. They
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Speaker 1: got beat by a bunch of squads. But, and, and he,
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Speaker 1: so he's seen the fact that even on a team
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Speaker 1: that may not have a winning record there, you know,
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Speaker 1: himself included, there are guys that can play, you know, it's, it's,
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Speaker 1: it's hard to get to an FBS football program. You've
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Speaker 1: got to have a lot of talent, even if you're
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Speaker 1: the worst guy on the worst team, You've got to
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Speaker 1: have a lot of talent. And so that commands and
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Speaker 1: deserves respect. And so I love that Devin is very
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Speaker 1: much taking that mindset. He, of all people, should know
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Speaker 1: and will know.
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Speaker 5: And it's just that. Like, you can't have any letdowns.
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Speaker 5: And we've seen it over the years how.
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Speaker 1: Many– over, you know, Kyle Whittingham, who was the winningest
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Speaker 1: coach in the history of the program. How many times
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Speaker 1: a season would he have that? What the heck game
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Speaker 1: where the team would just come out flat against somebody
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Speaker 1: that they.
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Speaker 5: Should absolutely just pound.
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Speaker 1: Into the ground. And they would either win a narrow
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Speaker 1: one if they were lucky or they would lose and
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Speaker 1: have that just weird loss.
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Speaker 5: And it happened pretty frequently.
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Speaker 1: And so it's one of the, the tests of Morgan
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Speaker 1: Scali as a coach is, can he avoid those? Can
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Speaker 1: he make sure that his guys are up mentally and
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Speaker 1: ready for the task, regardless of who the opponent is,
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Speaker 1: don't play to the level of your opponent and go
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Speaker 1: out and take care of business when you're supposed to,
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Speaker 1: like you said, next week, there's a lot of, there's
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Speaker 1: a lot at stake. in that Utah Houston game, but
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Speaker 1: Utah has got to beat Colorado before they.
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Speaker 5: Can have anything at stake in that game.
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Speaker 1: And so it's, it's the attitude and it's, it's what
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Speaker 1: needs to happen. And it's that respect factor. There are
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Speaker 1: a bunch of, you know, there are a couple of
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Speaker 1: ex-youths on that Colorado roster. There are a bunch of
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Speaker 1: guys that Utah recruited and, and guys that they would
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Speaker 1: have taken happily. The Williams receiver was committed to the
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Speaker 1: youth at one point, and he's probably the best player
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Speaker 1: on their team. And, and the font and that kid
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Speaker 1: was a kid that Utah wanted the safety. And so,
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Speaker 1: so yeah, there, there, there are guys on the roster
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Speaker 1: that they would want. And there are guys on the
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Speaker 1: roster that deserve respect. And, and so, but if they,
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Speaker 1: if they go out and they, they own that 10
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Speaker 1: square yards around them or the 10 square feet around
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Speaker 1: them or whatever it is, the phrase that they use
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Speaker 1: in the program, they're going to be just fine and
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Speaker 1: they should win this game handily.
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Speaker 2: So assuming that they do, assuming they win by multiple
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Speaker 2: scores like we expect them to, maybe in three or
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Speaker 2: four scores, what else, Dan Sorensen, I asked this question yesterday,
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Speaker 2: what else do you feel that Utah needs to do
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Speaker 2: besides winning the game, taking care of business, and winning
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Speaker 2: big like we expect them to? What are you looking
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Speaker 2: for specifically to say, not necessarily get right, because they're undefeated,
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Speaker 2: there's nothing to get right in that regard, but maybe perfect?
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Speaker 2: in a game against Colorado that you expect to win
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Speaker 2: big in?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, look, if you look at some of the things
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Speaker 1: that maybe they struggled with last week, I'd love to
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Speaker 1: see some improvement on that. Can you get home to
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Speaker 1: the quarterback? They had no sacks against Marshall.
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Speaker 5: For Kansas.
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Speaker 1: And look, Marshall, a really elusive guy. Isaac Wilson has
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Speaker 1: his moments where he can be elusive. He's not quite
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Speaker 1: as fluid an athlete as as Marshall was, but being
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Speaker 1: able to get home and, and, and get the sack. And,
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Speaker 1: and there's a lot of talk about the defensive ends
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Speaker 1: and whether they've gotten the sack or not. And, and,
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Speaker 1: and look, that's, that's something that should be improved. I'd
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Speaker 1: love to see one of those edge guys be able
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Speaker 1: to get, get home. Finally, you can't have a a
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Speaker 1: season where your edge rushers aren't, aren't getting home and
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Speaker 1: getting those sacks, but getting the sack, completing the play
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Speaker 1: in the backfield is one thing being better at the 50,
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Speaker 1: 50 balls. I, once again, Marshall, he was so good
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Speaker 1: at the, at escaping the Utah pass rush. And then
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Speaker 1: he'd put it up there and see, yes, there were
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Speaker 1: times where he dropped dimes, where only his receiver could
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Speaker 1: get it. And frankly, we size of Wilson do that
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Speaker 1: last week against Texas tech too. So he's capable But
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Speaker 1: a lot of the 50-50 balls that Utah lost out
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Speaker 1: on last week, can the defensive back come down with it?
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Speaker 1: Can they knock it down? Can they make that big
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Speaker 1: play when they need to? Now, last week they did.
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Speaker 1: Can they make it earlier in the drive so that
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Speaker 1: the opponent's not driving all the way down the field
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Speaker 1: until you get the fourth down stop in the red
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Speaker 1: zone or you get the– the, the turnover in the,
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Speaker 1: in the, in the red zone, that kind of thing.
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Speaker 1: So those are the things that I'd like to see,
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Speaker 1: especially on the defensive side of the ball, on the
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Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball, would love to see this
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Speaker 1: team continue to, to show, to be efficient in the
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Speaker 1: way that they're moving the ball. I love the balanced attack.
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Speaker 1: I love what way Sean's bringing to the table. If you,
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Speaker 1: Utah does need to establish the run, Colorado is going
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Speaker 1: to sell out to stop the run.
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Speaker 5: If the.
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Speaker 1: If they're able to loosen them up over the top and,
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Speaker 1: and make those plays when they're there, those kinds of
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Speaker 1: things are important. And then the third thing I would
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Speaker 1: say is, is there have been in the last three games,
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Speaker 1: times where there's been mental lulls, where it's been a
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Speaker 1: drive or two or a full quarter, but would love
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Speaker 1: to see the team stay sharp until the game is
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Speaker 1: well in hand. You know, it's one thing if they're
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Speaker 1: up 30 in the fourth quarter and, and things get
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Speaker 1: a little bit sloppy, but, but again, No mental lapses
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Speaker 1: in terms of the penalties that kill drives, the penalties
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Speaker 1: that extend drives, the being out of position, the not
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Speaker 1: lining up. If Colorado goes tempo, the not getting set
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Speaker 1: in time so that you're half a step out. And
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Speaker 1: that kind of a thing is.
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Speaker 5: A big deal.
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Speaker 1: It's the difference between those 50-50 balls that Kansas was completing.
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Speaker 1: If you're half a step off... you know, if, if
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Speaker 1: you're not half a step off, you're, you're going to
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Speaker 1: stop that completion. And so those are, there are a
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Speaker 1: lot of little things that this team can work on.
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Speaker 1: And it's, and that's a great thing in my opinion,
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Speaker 1: that look, they're, they're undefeated. They're five and oh, they've
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Speaker 1: beaten every team by double digits. So they've dominated every
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Speaker 1: opponent they've had. And there's still things that need to
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Speaker 1: be worked on. There's still things that need to be
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Speaker 1: improved upon.
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Speaker 5: And as long as they.
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Speaker 1: Can stay sharp and continue to do those things and
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Speaker 1: get better at those things, especially the ones I just
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Speaker 1: rattled off. I, that's what you want to see out
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Speaker 1: of this team. And so how sharp can you get
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Speaker 1: when you get ready for that gauntlet? Because Houston at home,
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Speaker 1: Cincinnati on the road, BYU at home, that is a
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Speaker 1: tough stretch that, that this team is going to need
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Speaker 1: to be ready for.
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Speaker 2: And Arizona after that too, like it doesn't let it,
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Speaker 2: it doesn't let up after the Holy war for sure. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: you mentioned at the end there just not having those
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Speaker 2: offensive lulls, not having those mental mistakes, those stretches where
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Speaker 2: they go three and out a bunch of times or
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Speaker 2: have a turnover and some three and outs. It feels
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Speaker 2: like they've had at least one of those every game
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Speaker 2: that's almost been a quarter long or maybe just over
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Speaker 2: a quarter. It felt like it was the second quarter
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Speaker 2: last week against Kansas. The other games of the season,
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Speaker 2: it felt like it was mostly the third quarter's. And
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Speaker 2: that's the thing that I'm watching closely. And then I
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Speaker 2: also love what you said about just finishing plays on defense,
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Speaker 2: whether it's finishing pass rush and getting home and taking
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Speaker 2: down the quarterback, getting some sacks from the defensive ends
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Speaker 2: or whoever. In my opinion, obviously we expect defensive ends
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Speaker 2: to be dominant in sack numbers, but as long as
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Speaker 2: you're getting to the quarterback, it doesn't really matter if
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Speaker 2: it's a defensive end or someone else. Just get there
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Speaker 2: and finish the job.
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Speaker 3: But also.
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Speaker 2: I love that you mentioned, like, finishing plays in the
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Speaker 2: secondary too, turning some of these PBUs into interceptions or
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Speaker 2: these passes that are just barely completed, turn those into PBUs.
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Speaker 2: It feels like we're nitpicking, but it feels like the
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Speaker 2: defense has kind of just been just below the standard of, like,
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Speaker 2: we're going to make huge plays and set our offense up. in,
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Speaker 2: in great positions, or we're going to score ourselves on defense.
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Speaker 2: It feels like they're just behind that standard to start
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Speaker 2: this season. This feels like a great game to maybe
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Speaker 2: get back up to that standard.
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Speaker 5: Speaker 3 Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And that's exactly what you want to see. And well,
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Speaker 1: and it's funny because, and we are nitpicking, this is
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Speaker 1: the number one defense scoring defense in the big 12. And, and,
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Speaker 1: and when you look at the things that actually matter yet, yes,
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Speaker 1: they gave up 333 passing yards to the quarterback last week.
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Speaker 1: And And at the same time, they held the, the, the,
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Speaker 1: the top rate, the top rushing team in the big 12,
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Speaker 1: the 60 yards looked at the top rushing defense in
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Speaker 1: the conference. They they're at, they're giving up 10 points
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Speaker 1: a game. They're once again, elite in third down conversion defense.
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Speaker 1: And those are the things that matter points per game,
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Speaker 1: the third down conversion defense, the red zone scoring defense.
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Speaker 1: Like those are the stats that really, really matter. And,
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Speaker 1: and the teams that are the highest at that tend
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Speaker 1: to be the teams with the best records. And so
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Speaker 1: they're getting to some great results and they're doing it
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Speaker 1: while still needing reasons to, to improve to your point.
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Speaker 5: And so, yeah, it's, As.
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Speaker 1: Long as we can continue to see that continuous improvement,
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Speaker 1: as long as we can continue to see these guys
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Speaker 1: buying in and showing up and going out and making plays,
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Speaker 1: this is going to be a really dang good football
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Speaker 1: team all year long. And, and, and once again, it's,
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Speaker 1: it starts with Colorado again, like everything that they've done
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Speaker 1: to this point kind of doesn't count each week is
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Speaker 1: its own little, little, separate entity. And so they need
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Speaker 1: to go out and they need to prove themselves once again.
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Speaker 1: And as long as they have that attitude, as long
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Speaker 1: as they continue doing that, this is a team that's
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Speaker 1: going to go places this season.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And undefeated so far, we expect to remain then to
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Speaker 2: remain undefeated and have a dominant win tomorrow night in Boulder.
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Speaker 2: Before I let you go, Dan, we're talking with Dan
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Speaker 2: Sorenson from Ute zone. Our Utes Insider segment is brought
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Speaker 2: O'Connell Show. James Peterson filling in. Before I let you go,
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Speaker 2: got a top ten matchup in the state tomorrow. BYU
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Speaker 2: welcoming Notre Dame to Lavelle Edwards Stadium. How do you
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Speaker 2: see this one playing out? BYU seems to be getting healthier,
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Speaker 2: but still no LJ Martin. I don't know that Notre
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Speaker 2: Dame should be a double-digit favorite, but I also, looking
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Speaker 2: at the stats... Weighing the fact that BYU's best player
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Speaker 2: is not playing, I can see why these.
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Speaker 3: Sportsbooks are.
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Speaker 2: Making Notre Dame a 10.5-point favorite. But BYU's at home.
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Speaker 2: We know how tough they are at home. We know
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Speaker 2: how good that defense is. They can keep them in
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Speaker 2: games and make plays for them to make this a
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Speaker 2: much closer game if not pull off this upset. Do
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Speaker 2: you think BYU has a legitimate chance to pull off
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Speaker 2: the upset?
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Speaker 5: I mean, of course they do.
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Speaker 4: Look, we've learned time and time again that every time
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Speaker 4: some Ute fan decides to declare the demise of BYU,
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Speaker 4: they're like cockroaches in the nuclear war. You cannot count
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Speaker 4: against them.
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Speaker 1: They find a way to survive. They find a way
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Speaker 1: to survive. to, to make something happen. So of course
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Speaker 1: they can come out and, and, and, and win this
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Speaker 1: game and, and, and make Notre Dame look silly. And, and,
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Speaker 1: and if they do, you know, that's a, it's great
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Speaker 1: for the big 12 conference. I, it's not great for
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Speaker 1: Utah fans or their egos, especially the ones that, that
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Speaker 1: want BYU to lose. And so I, and I totally
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Speaker 1: understand that anybody.
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Speaker 2: In that camp, that's the best thing about rivalries, right?
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Speaker 5: That it absolutely is.
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Speaker 1: So, but, but yeah, this is a look, I don't
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Speaker 1: count out Connie's talkie ever.
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Speaker 5: I don't count out a discount. What he can do.
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Speaker 5: Do I expect Notre Dame to win this game?
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Speaker 1: 100%. Yes.
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Speaker 5: And I, and even cover on this one, but.
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Speaker 1: And to your point, like L.J. Martin's not in. Let's
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Speaker 1: see what happens. Let's see if they continue, if BYU
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Speaker 1: continues to stay healthy. Let's see whether the depth of
19:10
Speaker 1: Notre Dame makes a difference.
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Speaker 5: But yeah, I.
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Speaker 1: An upset wouldn't shock me. I don't expect it, but
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Speaker 1: it wouldn't shock me. I've learned a long time ago,
19:23
Speaker 1: you just don't count out BYU. If you think they're
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Speaker 1: going to go away, they're never going to go away.
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Speaker 1: It's a fact of life.
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Speaker 5: I'm 50 years old. They've never gone away.
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Speaker 1: I don't expect it to happen now, but I do
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Speaker 1: expect Notre Dame to come out on top.
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Speaker 3: Even in that nine-game win streak.
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Speaker 2: A recent win streak in the rivalry matchup that Utah
19:44
Speaker 2: had and BYU's independence era Utah's Pac-12 era I mean
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Speaker 2: even then when you when it was on paper Utah's
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Speaker 2: dominating this team those are one-point games those are one
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Speaker 2: score games that Utah was winning most of those years
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Speaker 2: you know few exceptions there and so even when you
20:03
Speaker 2: look at it from that regard The cockroach survival analogy
20:08
Speaker 2: you brought up is perfect for that because you're like, okay,
20:11
Speaker 2: every year almost every Utes fan in that win streak
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Speaker 2: was like, oh, we got this. We're going to dominate BYU.
20:19
Speaker 2: And then BYU brings the doubt, right? They get to
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Speaker 2: last play of the game. They have a chance to
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Speaker 2: win the game. So, yeah, you cannot count out this team,
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Speaker 2: especially under Kawane Satake for sure.
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Speaker 5: No, he's, he's got them bought in. They're playing good football.
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Speaker 5: They're going to be a good football team the whole year. And,
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Speaker 5: and we'll see what happens with what they do with
20:42
Speaker 5: the Irish. But like I said, I still expect the
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Speaker 5: Irish to win. And, and if, and if they don't, if,
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Speaker 5: if BYU comes out with the upset, upset, then fingers
20:51
Speaker 5: crossed that they're both undefeated. Where by the time that
20:53
Speaker 5: BYU comes into Salt Lake city, because it's going to
20:55
Speaker 5: be the hottest game in all of college football that week.
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Speaker 2: And it's, it's, There's no other way to think about it, Dan.
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Speaker 2: A win for BYU helps Utah, assuming Utah can stay
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Speaker 2: undefeated and beat BYU in that rivalry game, in that
21:12
Speaker 2: Holy War game.
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Speaker 3: It just helps Utah's resume.
21:15
Speaker 2: Makes them from a playoff contender to a potential national
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Speaker 2: title contender the way that they're looked at by beating it.
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Speaker 3: It would be a top five BYU team if that's
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Speaker 3: the case.
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Speaker 2: So if you're a Utah fan, you don't have to
21:28
Speaker 2: root for BYU, but just know in the back of
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Speaker 2: your mind if BYU wins, it's a good thing for Utah.
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Speaker 3: So it's not the worst thing in the world if
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Speaker 3: they pull off this upset.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for, uh, for taking the time, man,
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Speaker 2: for coming on, bringing the insight. Uh, we'll, uh, we'll
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Speaker 2: talk with you guys, you and Sammy again next week.
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Speaker 5: Thanks for having me on. Have a great weekend and
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Speaker 5: have a good game this weekend. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: That's a Dan Sorenson, Ute zone publisher on a Ute
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Speaker 2: zone Friday. Typically we do Ute zone Wednesdays. Devin, Dan
21:58
Speaker 2: peer ended up having to be live on a Wednesday
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Speaker 2: this week. So bumped our guy, Dan Sorenson, happy that
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Speaker 2: he had the time to come on, uh, Just now.