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- Nate Crowley: I don't care if they go against the best team that's ever played. I don't care if they go against 2019 LSU. Like, I'm cheering for my couch. that's just how I think it should be. Josh Crowley: What is up, Brutally Honest, Josh and Nate here to give you our brutally honest BYU takes and loving the fan interaction that we have had so far via comments, people reaching out to both of us. I I've come to the conclusion, Nate, at this point that I think most people that are here either know us personally or our absolute BYU siccos like us. And in both cases, super excited to have you. Didn't know if we were going to get to the other BYU siccos in the community. So if you're Nate Crowley: True. Josh Crowley: here and you don't know either of us personally, so glad that you came across and wanted to to interact. So really quick fan interaction that I had, Nate, I wanted to hear your thoughts this came from huge fan of the pod. And my buddy Tyler he texted me to say that this was his top five. Twenty fourteen Utah State beating us when Taysom breaks his leg and we were four and at the time and ranked. his number two was UMass seventeen. Nate Crowley: Mm-hmm. Josh Crowley: number three was eighteen Utah. We talked about that being up by twenty. Then he said Boise State loss in twenty eighteen with Zach Wilson. That that's a failed two point, isn't it? Nate Crowley: No, it's basically at the two point. You're at they're at like the five yard line. It's like a slant to Talonsham way and Zach he's open. I'm not I'm I'm on the mission for that, so Josh Crowley: that's right. That's right. my gosh. You missed that. Yes. You're on the mission for that. my gosh, that one hurt. He does say or the Coastal Carolina loss, which the fact that that's not a part of our discussion then his number five, which I'm like, how's this not number one or number two? Jake Bretzloff's pick against ASU. with a chance to you know come back and seal up a a spot in the conference championship game. That one I still think about that one. So the fact that that one's not on my list is is pretty bad. I don't know. Any thoughts on that? Nate Crowley: Yeah, yeah, I would so so I'll dress yeah, I'll dress a couple of them. I think his top one that Taysom breaking his leg in twenty fourteen. That's why I picked the Nevada game in twenty fourteen, that did suck. That was horrific. But I feel like I tried to talk myself out of, okay, like we're still good. It's only one game. Let's come out of it. And that's why I felt like the Nevada loss actually hurt more. Because it was like a double blow for me. yeah, wow. I can't believe I didn't put Coastal Carolina on my list. That's pretty crazy. That does, that one hurts. I've rewatched that final play Josh Crowley: That one still hurts. Nate Crowley: so many times. Like, I obviously not playing the game, but I looked Tyler Algiers running a wheel route. down the sideline and I think he's pretty much uncovered. And it's like man, if Zack just for one split second looks away from Dax and looks over at the sideline, I think Tyler might get in. So that's fair. And then what was his last one? Josh Crowley: He was never he was never looking away from Dax, though. That that's the thing. Nate Crowley: No, no he wasn't. Josh Crowley: Yeah. But Jake Retzloff pick and I mean honestly Nate Crowley: yeah yeah yeah. Josh Crowley: it's it's the play right before the pick where he misses Jojo on the wheel route for a touchdown that might Nate Crowley: Yep. Yep. Josh Crowley: hurt. I mean, it makes the pick hurt even more. But Nate Crowley: Yeah, that's a good point. Josh Crowley: my gosh, that one that one well and honestly, even just the way that game ended. Anyway, not getting back into this that Nate Crowley: That whole game. Yeah. Josh Crowley: whole game. That whole game was really rough. Anyway, not getting back into that. Our other fan interaction from some guy named John was that it was a travesty that receivers weren't brought up in in our it'll be because segment, which is a fair call out by John. I don't know. I just I just don't think that It's twenty fifteen anymore. I think that our guys are gonna get off of coverage and get open and I'm just not that worried about the receivers and maybe I'll be eating crow in you know, two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, but I just I feel like it's been overblown. I really do. I think that we have talent. Do you agree? Nate Crowley: Yeah, I'd I'd agree with that. I think that between the tight ends and the wide receivers, there will be somebody that's gonna step up. And so I understand the comment from John, but yeah, I would probably just say that I think that there's enough talent there. Which again I heard this this week, which I think plays into my point. The only players to get a receiving touchdown last year, Parker, Chase, Carson Ryan and Noah Moiyaki in game one. So like just for reference, we don't need a ton of guys catching touchdowns. It was pretty much three dudes throughout the whole season. So I think that the wide receiver room obviously is just unproven. Which so that's why it's a valid comment. Until they're proven, we don't really Josh Crowley: Yeah. Nate Crowley: know. So Josh Crowley: Yeah. No, i it obviously somebody has to step up. And I think that maybe we just left that unsaid because it's so obvious we're both feeling, like you said, pretty good about Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: the talent that's in both of those rooms So anyway, would love even more interaction. There were some other great comments too. moving forward, Nate, week zero. not a ton to take away other than that TCU doesn't look particularly formidable. I mean we'll see, but I felt really nervous about that game going into the season and I feel much less nervous, but you know, you never know. Playing at home versus playing in your your mission land of Ireland is different. So, you know, bad conditions maybe, first game jitters for the Harvard kid, who knows? But didn't look like anything to to be super worried about at this point. Nate Crowley: Yeah, we we've seen the Ireland game be a little bit weird. It's not really telling u usually Georgia Tech and Florida State and then last year was Iowa State and Kansas State. I think it is kind of a weird game, but just from that first look, I'm with ya, like putting up ten points, is just not threatening. And so there's a couple of games to happen before then, but I'm with ya. I feel so much better about that game in a couple of weeks as opposed to how I did before week zero. Josh Crowley: like you say, Ireland game weird, But feeling a little bit more optimistic about that game. one of our main topics of the day. best way to watch a BYU game. I feel like we both have some thoughts on this. I think that we're gonna reveal ourselves a little bit I am so locked in and I want the experience to not be marred by anything. we'll see how much we alienate people. is it always the best to be in person? I don't know. Tell me what you think. Nate Crowley: Yeah, I think that for me there's two main things that come to my mind immediately, which is like the hype that you get when you have tickets to a game, whether it's a home game or an away game, is just such a fun, exhilarating feeling and I have so many great memories. I even have a good memory of going with my best buddies Judd to the game in Oregon in in Eugene. We drove out to the game and That was a terrible game. Like the entire game itself pretty much sucked. But I I loved the like that memory of going on that trip to that game. I have learned that losses hurt less for me when I attend in person. I've ri realized like watching on TV and turning off the TV is such a crappy feeling that like I as opposed to walking back to your car and stuff, I don't know. Just as different. So for me Josh Crowley: Wow. Yeah, I had not thought of it that way. But yeah, it's the facing the world after the Nate Crowley: And Josh Crowley: loss moment and it being sudden versus kind of getting back to Nate Crowley: Gradual. Josh Crowley: usually you're with somebody and you're processing it. Yeah, it's a good point. Nate Crowley: So that comes to my mind. And then the other thing that Josh kind of alluded to here, there is a nothing worse actually for me than sitting with somebody who ruins the experience for me. And it's usually BYU fans who don't know what the crap they're talking about. It's the worst. And so the Josh Crowley: It is the worst. Nate Crowley: use having season tickets and sitting down first game first home game of the season. And hearing some dummy sit right behind you who's like, who's number 47? And it's like, my gosh, bro, like I don't even want to be near you. that stuff just ruins the experience for me. And that sounds so bad, but it's just my experience that I would rather not be watching the game with somebody like that. Josh Crowley: I feel like we've all been in the stadium close to a fan who brought a girl to the game and is trying to be Mr. like I'm gonna Nate Crowley: Football. Josh Crowley: teach you football which like look, like I taught my wife football, it is a fun experience to introduce your significant other to the passion that you have. I'm all for it. But then if that guy is just giving that girl bad information or clearly is a poser and doesn't actually Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: know what he's talking about, my gosh, it is it just takes away from my experience because I'm like physically trying to block that out while I'm trying to process the game in real time. one story that comes to mind this is going back to twenty seventeen. If you haven't picked up by now, Nate Crowley: Mm. Josh Crowley: twenty seventeen formed me, in many ways as a fan. But it's twenty seventeen versus Utah, which last week we recapped the twenty seventeen season. it's kind of crazy to think about how close that game really was given how bad we were. it was just such a defensive slug fest and just it was just an ugly game, like nobody was really getting much of an advantage. And I believe we were down nineteen to six and then we score with Trey Dye, we finally get a touchdown late in the fourth, and this idiot behind me is just like it's too little too late. It's too little too late. And I literally turned around. I had been biting my tongue with this guy the whole game, and I was just like You have to believe and he just like gives me one of these and I'm like, if you don't think we have a chance, then why are you here? And he's like, Bro, I believe, I believe. I'm like, then shut up. Like we're Nate Crowley: Mm. Josh Crowley: all like finally have something to cheer for. And and he's just like, Too little, too late. And I'm like, Then there's the exit, you moron. So we did have a chance to go down and and win. Anyway, but yeah, now I live out of state. I live in Georgia and so, you know, opportunities to see the coups in person are way fewer and farther between. And I have kind of fallen in love with watching in my own living room and controlling the environment and who I invite to come and watch the game with me I kinda dig the the watching from home deal. Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: but I mean there is nothing like going to a game and I do love being a a road fan. that's that's super fun. Nate Crowley: I have to add one because I thought this was the story you were gonna tell. This is twenty fourteen against Virginia at home. Bio he's wearing the all white uniforms. We're Josh Crowley: Mm-hmm. Nate Crowley: we're sitting in the rock together. It's early in the game and at one point I don't even remember what exactly happens, but some dummy in a banana costume yells, Wish we had a quarterback. And we were like, what? And so then s that I think it was like the next drive is the play where Taysom runs the ball and a guy's trying to horse collar him and he literally drags him into the end zone. And we turned around, you and me were like, That's a quarterback. He's like, Okay, that's very And like I just so I don't know, like you said, we're probably just coming off as the most prideful BYU fans ever. But it just rubs me the wrong way when you like people just yell out dumb stuff or like when people cheered for Taysom getting hurt in twenty sixteen because they want to tanner mang him the whole year. Just stuff like that. I'm just like that that does Josh Crowley: Nonsense. Nate Crowley: yeah, that just hurts. And and so like you said, watching in your own home does have lots of perks. And I think most people about, like being able to go to the bathroom whenever you want. having whatever food Josh Crowley: Right. Nate Crowley: you want, like which is funny because those are our those are factors, but for both of us I don't even really think Josh Crowley: Yeah. Nate Crowley: that's what it's about. It's about like like you said, controlling the environment, who's around Josh Crowley: Who's around? Yeah, yeah. Nate Crowley: you, how are you enjoying the experience? Yeah, all those things I think make a bigger factor. Josh Crowley: So let me ask you this, which is worse, a fan that is constantly negative about the cougars or a fan that thinks that any call that doesn't go our way is incorrect? Nate Crowley: I'm probably picking the first option's more annoying to me. Josh Crowley: Yeah. Nate Crowley: But because the second option Like it's kind of ridiculous and it's annoying. BYU can never have a foul on them. BYU can never get anything wrong. The refs are always against us. And it is super annoying, but at least you can be like, okay, versus the guy that's so negative, like you said, it's like, there's the door, bro. Like, stop cheering for them. I'm a little bit of a fan police. Like I tell people how they should fan. But it's just so weird to me. Why are you trying to be negative Nancy? I don't care if they go against the best team that's ever played. I don't care if they go against 2019 LSU. Like, I'm cheering for my couch. that's just how I think it should be. So I think that the first one's Josh Crowley: I agree with you. I I and I actually don't think that it's that close, but there it's it's the mental exhaustion, right? And and the reality is like I I just pour so much of my self into my fan experience and I know that it's ridiculous, but watching a game is an e exhausting experience for me, win or Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: lose. And if I have to expend extra mental energy into not being affected by people that are just annoying the crap out of me. it doesn't add anything to what is a very tiring experience. A fun but tiring experience for me. I think we're very, very similar as I've gotten older, like controlling the environment where I watch a game has become ever more important. So I am really hoping still to make it down to the UCF game though, because watching in person Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: is so freaking fun. So well a little other piece of news that came out just this week was the unis the that we're gonna be wearing. Royal lid, royal top, white bottoms. and we have pretty different perspectives, I think, on uniforms. So Nate, tell us what kind of your favorite uniforms are, are you in camp keep navy around? us your thoughts on uniforms, because this can Nate Crowley: Yeah. my overall opinion is you gotta have a brand. I think that that is important. Oregon is the exception to this. That's always the comparison. Oregon's brand is literally being different every single game. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum, Penn State and Alabama, I think they suck. Yes, they have a great brand. Like you know that that's who they are, but it is way too boring for me. And I think that you gotta have a little bit of balance and I love the tradition of college football. I think it's so fun. So I'm gonna talk about our current set of jerseys and kinda how I feel about navy and royal and those things. But we have to have the conversation about how far we've come from where we've been. So we have to talk about some of the worst jerseys of all time. And for me, this 2004 year is so bad. I cannot Josh Crowley: Mm. Nate Crowley: stand whatever the crap is going Josh Crowley: The sleeves, bro. Nate Crowley: on. Those sleeves are just so bad. And I think a lot of people wa wanna talk about nineteen ninety nine. The bibs, which again these are these are illegal now. that is so bad. Shout out Hans Olson. those are so horrific. So those are like the worst in my opinion of all time. Then I then I have to give out my favorites that from all of BYU time history. I don't really know why. Maybe because I was born this year. But these 1998 jerseys, that's A-Raj right there. Shout out. I love the sleeves. I love the drop shadow that they kept for a couple of years. And then I love the triple stripe helmets. It's just, they're so sick. I don't know what it is. Two black, one blue. I think it's so fresh. It's a little bit like it's still tradition, but it's a little bit sexier to me. I think it's sweet. The drop shadow on the jerseys. I think that at some point Josh Crowley: Gotta bring it back. Nate Crowley: yeah, we gotta bring those back. Those those to me are my faves. So now getting into our current jerseys. since two thousand five we've been wearing pretty much the same jerseys. Now we wear a bunch more Royal. In twenty twenty one they started wearing Royal and Navy helmets. I like the Navy helmets. I like the Royal helmets more. I don't think either of the colored helmets should be worn more than like four times in the year. Like two each, maybe a season. And I don't know. I just feel like the white helmets just look so much better I just think a white helmet looks so fresh. So my favorite uniform Josh Crowley: Yes. Nate Crowley: combo that we wear right now is actually what we wore at ECU. White helmet, white top, royal pants. I think that it's just enough blue that looks nice, but and I love the white jersey and like I think a lot of people and and players too really like the all whites with like just with the royal trim. I think those look great. But I just think that there's not enough blue So for me it's get rid of navy pretty much. I just don't think that we should be wearing it as like our mainstay. So like last year I actually loved that we wore navy like literally one time. So I like that like it was royal for pretty much everything. I do like The Royal Oreo. Royal White Royal. I think that does look pretty fresh. But it still is not as clean to me as the white helmet. So my big hot take is that you gotta have a brand. I think the white helmet just looks better than pretty much everything that you're wearing. And so it's like wear that and then Yeah, you can mix in a a royal helmet, a navy helmet every once in while. I'm not a huge blackout guy either. I just don't think that BYU says blackout very much, so those are kind of my my uniform takes. Josh Crowley: Yeah, I well, I guess we're not as different as I thought we might be. my hot take is kinda right where you started, which is don't try to out Oregon Oregon. I find what ASU is trying to do so cringy. people turn on an Oregon game to see what they're wearing. I don't think anybody's turning on an ASU game to see what they're wearing. And I fear that we have started to get into that realm that it's like, what's the uni combo? And I'm like, dude, our white helmet is so classic sweet and it it has throwback to the glory days of Lavelle. You just don't want anybody to turn on a BYU game and not see that freaking helmet. Like you can change up the pant color. if you just had a road uniform and a home uniform, and then one game a year you have something that the players get super stoked for. My personal take, if it's not the ninety six what are we doing? That's In fact, Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: that should just be our uniform. Straight up. The Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: ninety-six jerseys should just be our uniform, period. They look the best. The drop shadow is so dope. and so that should just be our home and road, period. And then if once a year you want to get up for Notre Dame and throw something in there, fine. Don't change the helmet. For heaven's sake, don't change the helmet. I know that I sound like old man, get off my lawn. I know, I get it. I'm not asking for us to be Penn State, right? Nate Crowley: I heard that Nike came to Bronco and gave him the Oregon offer. Basically said, we'll let you do whatever you want. and he said no. And I think that would have been a big momentum shifter throughout independence. I was starving for the jerseys that we have now back in 2016. Like that era we wanted a sailor coup on the helmet. we wanted all that stuff on our jerseys and we didn't get it. So that's why I kind of feel like We're a decade late on all this stuff. if you would have asked me ten years ago, I think it ought to been way more on like kind of what you were saying about ASU. Like, give me s like six stuff. I don't want to wear the same jersey combo The whole you know, I wanna wear different stuff. I think that's where I would have been a decade ago. But I think we're just like a day late and a dollar short. so just find your brand and do it. And like if we're talking about jerseys. Bro, the University of Utah is disgusting. Going from Under Armour to Adidas is literally like trading in a penny for a penny. It's the exact same thing. So and like Josh Crowley: So bad. Nate Crowley: their designer, I wanna know what their designer's thinking. They're like sitting there under meeting they're like, more stripes on the sleeve. I'm like, okay. And he's like, more stripes on the sleeve. And it's like it just kept going. So that that Josh Crowley: Have we have we leaned into the mountain theme? Have we leaned into Nate Crowley: my gosh, dude. Josh Crowley: mountains? dude, it's so overdone. It's so bad. Nate Crowley: Yeah. So that's where I sit is that it's just like I think there's a time and a place for sick jerseys. Like I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't crazy about the Notre Dame black to blue gradient helmets that BYU wore. I also wasn't crazy about the Arkansas jersey helmets where it was like the painted cougar on the helmet. Like I just don't think it would look that great. And so yeah, I'm I'm kinda with the anytime you see like Like the Green Bay Packers did a white helmet last year. Dude, it's fresh to death. The Cincinnati Josh Crowley: Yeah. Nate Crowley: Bengals, they wear a white helmet with the black. Fresh to death. TCU forever never wore white helmets. Also we're starting to wear white helmets. Fresh. I'm just like, it's always a good look when you wear a white helmet. So I know. Josh Crowley: It's such a good look and we and we own it and we should own it and instead we get away from it and it's just like every time I'm just like, Why don't we just realize that this is this is our greatest asset? Like just lean into it, man. Yeah. Anyway, I guess we're not that different. But I mean I I would be happy with two uniform combinations and it's just classic as could be, and then I would say No more than once a year, but potentially not even once a year, right? Maybe once every two Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: years that you totally surprise with something kind of off the wall that, you know I mean, I'll never forget when the players came out in Royal Nate Crowley: I know. Josh Crowley: for the first time in two thousand nine to play Utah. That was epic and just, you know, everyone was shocked by it and you could tell that the players were stoked and it's like that meant something that The uniforms have just almost stopped meaning anything to me because it's just kinda like, you know, I'll check in so that I know what color to wear to watch the game, you know, and that's about Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: all that it matters to me. And but you will not catch me wearing a different color than the players. Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: Alright, well that's some good uniform fodder for everybody's you know, end of off season. That just felt like something Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: we had to address, right? We've made it to the end. Finally football is here. I cannot wait. I genuinely wish that Utah Tech had done anything to make me feel like this was less of a scrimmage and more Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: of a game, in in their first game. poor guys, man. They are they are headed like a lamb to slaughter. week to week we're just gonna be doing some score prediction and we'll kinda get into how we plan to score this next week when we review how we did. Obviously we're just trying to get as close as we can. So, Nate, have you given much thought to your score prediction for this Saturday? Nate Crowley: Yeah, I think that my score prediction I rewatched the Portland State game from a year ago last night. So that that's kind of my reference. Seventy two to six. Josh Crowley: Okay. I like it. I think, you know, everybody has the same take. It's all about how nice Kalani is and how unwilling he is to run up the score. I think he would be devastated if it's seventy two to six. I hope that that translates to even fewer snaps for Bear and LJ and that they're genuinely not playing more than a half. Like I just don't think there's any reason to risk anything with either of those guys. For that reason I'm gonna say I think fifty two to seven. I think we give up a late lame touchdown you know with third stringers in or something like that. And so yeah, fifty two seven it's gonna be my pick. We shall see. Nate Crowley: Okay. Josh Crowley: can't wait to watch some Cougar football. Wish that you were here, going back to the best way to watch a game. For me, it's with you in person, but Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: are you going to the game? Nate Crowley: No, I don't think so. I've thought about trying to just show up to the game and see if anyone's selling tickets on the side, but I I don't think so. I don't really have a babysitter, so I'll be like, Yeah, it's probably not gonna happen. you what will make this game a successful game? Josh Crowley: what will make this game successful for me? You know, of course, nobody get injured, don't ruin anything for the rest of the season. I would love to see a deep ball on the money from Bear. Like I think that that's the one of the main things that I really want to see and then I just want like our first team defense to give up fewer than five first downs. Like just just absolute lockdown when our starters are in. Absolute domination from start to finish, especially when our starters are are in and a deep ball and then stay healthy. So that that would be my three that would make this a successful game. what do you think? Nate Crowley: Yeah, would agree. Obviously, like health is just paramount in a game like this where it's just like Riley Nelson got hurt against Weber State in the second game of the season in twenty twelve. And it's just like, what a worthless way to get hurt. Like, that sucks. So yeah, just nothing crazy injury wise. That's top, top, top. And then behind that, it's just like I just wanna see us look clean. And again, I rewatched the Portland State game from a year ago last night. And it was like that first quarter kind of stumbled out of the gates a little bit. And then we block a kick and Jack Kelly runs it back for a touchdown. that got the ball rolling and we fired off the rest of the way. So it's like I just don't want that. Like I just want us to just look professional. That's probably the word I would say. It's just like cerebral. Both offense, defense, special teams. I'm really excited about special teams. Looking at the depth chart, like I think Canon DeVries is really fun. punt returns should be one of the things that we see most of this game. We should be forcing a bunch of three and outs. You know, I w I would love to see a blocked punt. I'd love to see a kick return or punt return for touchdown, kick return for touchdown. Just stuff that like obviously gets the fans going, but also just shows like we're a high execution team. So again, like I just made a score prediction of seventy two to six. And the I think I get there basically by saying, I think this team's better than the last year. We'll find out. But like, I'm probably with ya, I think we give up some garbage points or whatever, but I wanna see us just like you said look like getting some deep balls in there. I just want to see Bear be elevated ultimately, right? Like, let's talk about it. We're at BY we're BYU fans. This is BYU. We want to see good quarterback play. That's what we want to see. And then I'll throw this in there too. I would love to see Trayson Borghay toss the rock. Right? Like, I don't know how much he's gonna throw the ball. He's probably in at halftime. And again, like you said. Kalani's just too nice to not run the ball. But I would love to see him at least just get his arm a little bit warm. You know what I mean? And again, going to the Kalani thing, it's funny because I think in some ways it's more disrespectful to just run the ball over and over and over and over again because you're almost saying, like, I'm really sorry, like, let's just, you know kick you while you're down. Like that's just how it feels as opposed to just being like the respectful thing to do is just keep playing football. And you just keep playing. Now when it's like midway through the fourth quarter and you're up sixty to zero, okay, yeah, maybe not. Running a deep post. Like Josh Crowley: Yeah. Don't be slinging it. Yeah, yeah. Nate Crowley: that's a different story, but at the beginning of the second half, yeah. Like I think it's okay to just run your offense with your second teamers and your third teamers. and again a massive caveat. What's success for this game? Tiger Bachmeyer getting a touchdown. Like it just that has to happen in this game. So those are kind of my thoughts. Get us some get see cerebral offense, lockdown defense, great special teams, Tiger Bach Bachmeyer touchdown. And again, health like This this entire season alters on a dime if Bear gets hurt, if LJ gets hurt. Like you're just like it's a different season now. So those are the those are my thoughts I'd say. Josh Crowley: Yeah, I totally agree. And I I actually think that there is almost nothing positive to take away from playing such an overmatched opponent. But if there is, wouldn't it be your twos and threes playing as if the game depends on it, instead of going in and then having them be the most vanilla? I'll be locked in for every minute of the game, can't wait. Season is upon us. We'll be getting into a lot more of review anything that we learn from the last week's game and predictions for the next week. And let's go. Strappin' for the ride, baby. the twenty twenty six Cubs are here and we're here for it. Brutally honest. Nate Crowley: Do you w Josh Crowley: and cannot wait to ride the highs and lows with You cougar fans out there for twenty twenty six, it's gonna be super rad. I actually don't think there's gonna be many lows. We talked about that last week. I super Nate Crowley: Mm-hmm. Josh Crowley: high on this team. Can't wait. so are you are we predicting Tiger gets first touchdown of the year? Is that Nate Crowley: Yeah. Josh Crowley: is that where we're landing? 'Cause last year it was Jack Kelly, like everyone knew it would be. Nate Crowley: I know. I'll make a prediction right now. I think Man, I'm going Legend Glasker, man. I I'm just feeding Josh Crowley: Okay. Nate Crowley: the hype. Like I could see a number of things. I could see a deep ball. I could see a little tunnel screen and him just tearing it off down the sideline. That's what I'm going with, my prediction. Josh Crowley: Give me Walker Lions. I think I think A Rod is excited to feed the tight ends this year. I think he's Nate Crowley: Okay. Josh Crowley: he's gonna make good on his word. So sweet. Nate, this is fun. Nate Crowley: We made the offseason. We made it through the offseason. It's over. Cougar football Josh Crowley: Dude, thank goodness. Worst time of the year. Nate Crowley: is on Saturday. We made it. Josh Crowley: Let's go, baby. Let's go, Coogs, baby. for life.