11-25-24 Romi Bean with Broncos Country Tonight

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bring on a good friend from CBS romy being ro
on me. How you doing on this Broncos victory Monday.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Do you know what, guys, I think that not all
victory Mondays are created equal because this one, this one
feels good. I'm feeling good today.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Did you uh you know, did you have the did
you get a new broom for the sweep?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
You know what I was thinking about it. I didn't
pack my groom for Vegas. Well, I mean, what a
missed opportunity.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
I'm just saying.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
You know, it's the first time that the Broncos have
gotten sweep on the Raiders since two thy fourteen, first
ever win in Las Vegas. Broncos winned twenty nine excuse me,
twenty nine to nineteen. And you know this was a
game I was telling Nick, you know, of all the
things in this game, and you know, you could talk
about the Raiders being shorthanded, the secondary and all this

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kind of stuff.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
The thing that stood out to me, they can jumped
out to me.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Three of the top four pass catchers for the Broncos
or his first or second year. The top three rushers
for the Broncos were first or second year players. The
quarterbacks the first year player. It it was something that says, hey,
we got a youth movement here and it's working.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Absolutely, And it really is. We're seeing Sean and Peyton's
vision come to fruition. Right last year it was like
halfway there. This year, it's really his guys, this is
these are his guys, this is who he wants it,
and it's really come into fruition and it's kind of
the best way to say it. But I think that
what's been interesting about that too is I think at

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the beginning of the season, like I'm insufferable on game damn,
like more devon more devon va. I've been saying it
all season long. But realistically, you look at the way
that Sean has worked these guys in and he has
paced them in many ways. It's smarting a lot of
He's won, right, so they get used to the game,
the speed of the game. But also you think about
these guys are coming from.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
Twelve game seasons and now they're just.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Kind of starting to hit their stride here. This is
perfect if you really feel like you can make a
push with these guys in the playoffs, They're not going
to be so overly exhausted if you had really run
them down early in the year. So, I mean, I
don't know if that plays into the way he has
kind of started to use them more late or not,
but either way, I think it benefits the Broncos and

(02:06):
all the things. Maley Right. People have been and are
still upset.

Speaker 5 (02:09):
About Tim Patrick, but we all knew that Veley was
the eventual replacement.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
So to see him out there I think makes.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Fans really excited as well, because you're like, oh, okay, okay,
s Tom. We do know sm Right is the eventual
replacement here here here. But what's kind of fun is
that you're seeing this team being built from the ground up,
and so where are they in you know, two five years.
Who knows, but we can say, you know, we saw
this the way it started, with the seeds kind of

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getting planted, and I think that's pretty cool.

Speaker 6 (02:39):
Well, Robbie, there have been some Bowl supporters and some
Bowl haters, and some of those Bow haters have constantly
said that this quarterback is just checking the ball down,
he's not taking deep shots. Over the past two weeks,
we go back to the Atlanta game. You had to
seven guys with explosive plays for guys this week, an

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you make that statement that bow is not an explosive
play waiting to happen.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, you know, it's funny because that was the whole
knock on bow right at the combine, he wasn't making
the long throws. But in game situations it's been different.
He is. He's making those long throws. And what stands
out to me the most is especially on third down,
a lot of third and longs and he's been making
big plays. And when you go through the games, you're
having thirteen sometimes twenty four yard games coming on third.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
Downs, and it shows that bo was not afraid, right.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
I mean, we continue to talk.

Speaker 5 (03:33):
About that he's ready for the moment, but to.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Be making those big throws on third down, third.

Speaker 5 (03:38):
And long, he gets out of a.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Lot of third down situations by throws of ball downfield.
I mean, and I think that part has been really impressive.
And I think you know, Tyler Gorse, who works with
the Broncos, put out of stat right, most completions of
twenty plus yards this season and bo Nix has the
third most. So you know, I.

Speaker 5 (03:56):
Quoted it with the capitalized and uncapitalized letters, right, But he.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
Can't make the long round, Like, I think the narrative
is just over now at this point that if you
actually turn on the tape and you watch the ball,
he's making big throws and he's making them, you know,
a really crucial times during drives.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, he is talking with romy Bean from CBS, romy
from the Broncos, who look like they're lining up to
have themselves a merry little Nix miss to the CU
Buffs who did not get it done against Kansas. Deon
Sanders remains one and six against ranked opponents over the
past two seasons. Kansas probably the toughest game the Buffs
had all year and certainly got it put to them there. Now,

(04:34):
I know you're filling in for Mark Johnson right here,
I believe on Wednesday on Bus Prime Time.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
Are you not?

Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh I sure am. You guys are double duty of
me with Prime and so I don't know, I don't
know if Prime notes that yet. So he will find
out this week.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Well pleasantly surprised, I'm sure. As we look at the
Buffs though, they need help to be.

Speaker 3 (04:51):
Able to make the Big twelve championship.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
Now, you got to have a combination of two losses
I think from Iowa State byus on will state something
like that, is it disappointing?

Speaker 3 (05:00):
Now do we build ourselves up?

Speaker 1 (05:02):
At first it was well to get over the absurdly
low sportsbook total on wins for the season. Then it
was hey, we're all the path paying for the big
twel championship? Are we now set up for disappointment that
now they don't control their destiny there?

Speaker 2 (05:15):
I think it's incredibly I think it can be both. Look,
I think when you look at a.

Speaker 4 (05:19):
Big picture, is this season of success?

Speaker 2 (05:22):
I mean, yes, they doubled their win total, even if
they don't beat Oklahoma State. So like big picture when
you go back to again two years ago when it
was a one win team and then Dion took it
to four wins last year and then here in your two.

Speaker 5 (05:35):
Of coach front eight or nine wins in the season.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
Big picture, yet it is a success. But at the
same time, it's incredibly disappointing because Colorado did control their
own destiny and when you went there, and this is
taking nothing away from Kansas because they are a dangerous
team and their record really doesn't show how good they are.
But you know, they weren't doing anything exotic, right, They
were just running the ball down. Their throats were beating

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the defense of a line every single play. It was.
The mistackles was insane. I mean, how many mistackles did
we did you count there? So it was it wasn't like,
oh they had that they.

Speaker 4 (06:13):
Were I don't know, getting schooled here and there.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
I mean they were just getting beat. And it's disappointing
because the defense has kind of been the unit that
you felt like you could rely on. You never really
had to worry about it. I know people are talking
about there's no run game, and they're and look, that's
a problem, but there also hasn't been much of a
run game all year. It was, you know, so that
the offense looked pretty similar to what it often does,

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though the run game was even less.

Speaker 4 (06:37):
And they have to fix that for next year.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
But I think big picture, it's really disappointing because Colorado
was in the driver's seat. Now look the Big twelve
chaos they could get in, but you're depending on everybody else.
And I think there was really high hopes for seeing
this team and people were singing a little bit ahead
myself included about this potential of being in the college football.

Speaker 5 (06:59):
Playoffs for the first time.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
Ever, right if they win the big twelve.

Speaker 4 (07:02):
So I think maybe, yeah, we got a little ahead
of ourselves.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
But disappointing because it feels like they just they didn't
seize that opportunity. And it was something where again, right,
kids was running all these trick plays. They just they
just played better. They played better at all phases, and.

Speaker 4 (07:18):
It's it's a really tough one to fall.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
Well.

Speaker 6 (07:20):
Going into the Kansas game, we knew that the Jayhawks
had two good corners and Kobe Bryant and Melo Johnson,
but at the same time, to offset that, you look
at the talented roster that the cu Buffs had as
far as a number of wide receivers and Lejonte Western
five receptions and Will Shephard one reception.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
So five between them.

Speaker 6 (07:45):
When you watched the game, were you a little flabbergasset
at that the creativity excuse me, the lack of creativity
from Pat Trumper, because these wide receivers coming into this game,
they were really explosive, but the game plan didn't the
call for to the involvement of Wester or Shepherd.

Speaker 4 (08:04):
Yeah, yeah, you know what, it.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
Felt like it almost what urtedac to I guess really
when you look at a lot of their losses where
it just came down to where it felt like it
was our share door and Travis's gonna pull off the upset.
And that's kind of right that we're kept waiting for
the big play to happen. And that's one of those
things where it doesn't have to be.

Speaker 4 (08:22):
As much as we love.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
The big play, everybody who doesn't love the big forty
fifty yard touchdown, it doesn't have to be a big
play every time. You know, you can gain a lot
from some screens, right and have a little motion in
the background in the back, and you can throw a
little screen and get really good chunk yardage. And we
didn't see any of that. They haven't seen that, you
know a lot of the season as well. But it's

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something that you know, I don't know philosophically why that's
never seems to necessarily be utilized, right. I think that
there obviously is the desire for the big play, but
you know, in games like that where you need it,
you need a couple of screens, you need a couple
chunks plays, and there was just no sign of any
of that. It felt like there was one option, right,

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it was two to twelve and if we weren't going
to get that, we weren't going to get anything. And
and Kansas came out on the better side. Laughs.

Speaker 1 (09:13):
We did get to see two go to twelve in
that one, and it was interesting that his odds at
the sportsbooks exploded actually after that, became the prohibit favorite
for the Heisman in a game that the that the
cu Bus lost. Chanty they barely won, but they did win,
and Janty continue to put up big numbers.

Speaker 3 (09:29):
It feels like a two person race there for the Heisman.
Am I seeing that? Differently?

Speaker 1 (09:33):
I I personally would have Diego Pavia there third in
the Heisman.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
I'm hinting at a Heisman voter right now.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
They're in Nick Ferguson, But I, you know, I don't
have a vote, so I, you know, I have to
live vicariously through voters like Ryan Edwards and Nick Ferguson.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
No, I mean, you know, it's crazy that we're kind
of talking about the two main guys and we're not
really talking about quarterbacks.

Speaker 5 (09:53):
When does that happen in the Heisman race?

Speaker 2 (09:55):
It's kind of absurd And and said, but look, I
think Travis Hunter is the best player in college football
on both sides of the ball. And a few weeks
ago you were saying, well, he's not necessarily hit those
ride receiver numbers, but he is. Now right, he's hit
and he's got you know, over over a thousand yards.
He's just so dynamic. The thing is that Travis Hunter,
he's your two best player on the field every given game.

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I think people were waiting to see if he was
really going to sustain being able to play as many
snaps as he does, and he has, and he just
continues to produce even when you know, see he loses.
He has an absolutely stellar, stellar performance on both sides
of the ball. For me, regard you if the Heisman
is given to the most outstanding player in college football,

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he's the most outstanding player in college football in two
positions really, and so it's just honestly, it's been incredible
to watch. Can't wait to see what happens in the NFL. Like,
I'm very curious to see how that all evolves and
how a team decides to utilize him. But he should,
in New York be the one standing with that trophy,
no doubt.

Speaker 6 (11:01):
Now, Ronie, I'm very curious to see how you answer
this question. Let's just say that you yourself had a
Heisman Vogue, what would be some of the most important
criteria that you use to evaluate some of these talented
young men who were seeking the most coveted trophy in
college football.

Speaker 2 (11:21):
I think that's a great question. You know, I think
you do have to factor in wins, right, But and
then I think you have to factor in when you
look at right. You look at Gent's numbers, right, and
his ability to do that, even if it's in a
group of five, I don't care. Right, what he's doing
is absolutely incredible. There are way to impact a game.
How much better do they make a team? And when

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you look.

Speaker 5 (11:43):
At Travis Hunter, to me, he makes Colorado exponentially better
on both sides of.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
The ball, right, And with Travis.

Speaker 5 (11:51):
I think that you do take into account how many snaps.

Speaker 2 (11:53):
He plays, because it's it's crazy, but that's something that
I think overall you have to look at their You
can look obviously there's the traditional stats, right, the yards,
the touchdowns, interceptions, pass breakups, whichever way.

Speaker 5 (12:07):
That you're going, But how does that player?

Speaker 2 (12:09):
What is that team with or without that player? And
I think if you look at both Colorado and Boise State.
I mean, you maybe make a bigger argument for Boise
State that without Gen that they are nowhere where they
are with him. But I think the same stands for
Travis Hunter. And we've seen when he has, you know,
been out of a game, it's you lose your best
corner and your best wide receiver. So I think it's

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a look at traditional stats, but you almost have to
take that like thirty thousand foot view of how does.

Speaker 4 (12:37):
This How do they impact the entire team?

Speaker 2 (12:39):
How do they impact the entire game every time they're
in there? And to me, every time Travis is in
there is a massive impact on the game. His feel
for the game, the way the game just kind of
moves so slow for him, his ability to make plays.
You can get a look at all of that.

Speaker 1 (12:54):
Well, Travis Hunter not the only one who's odds exploded
over the weekend. I guess we're all a little bow
curious as bo Nick's He was in the second place
for the Offensive Rookie of the Year and gets closer
and closer to Jaydon Daniels. What do you think is
more likely to come away.

Speaker 3 (13:05):
With the hardware? Bow Nicks or Travis Are?

Speaker 2 (13:08):
You know, Oh, oh ooo oooh, that's a good one.
I thought you were gonna say bo or Jaydon Daniels. Gosh,
that's a real toughy because I mean, look for me,
Bow continues to get better each week. That is what's
been incredible. I think his progress from week one to
week twelve. If anybody tells you, oh yeah, I saw

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this coming there lying to you, nobody thought he would
have been this much progress at this point. It's just
it's pretty incredible to me. He continues to get better.
And the big thing that stands out to me about
Bo less his touchdowns and more his lack of turnovers.

Speaker 4 (13:44):
He doesn't take stack. I think, oh gosh, you mean.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
A tough one here. I'm gonna have to go with
Travis for who I think is more likely.

Speaker 4 (13:57):
Can I call it a tie? That's tough.

Speaker 3 (14:00):
We'll let you off the hook on that one with
a tie.

Speaker 1 (14:03):
And uh, we appreciate you obviously spend some time CBS
is romy bean. Uh, I'll put you on the spot
next week. We'll see, but I hope you have a
good Thanksgiving. We look forward to hearing you doing prime
time this year. Not that we don't like Mark Johnson,
but it'll be a refreshing change, and maybe Mark can
record some of those lines we've been waiting for, Grant.
We've been we've been reading these lines because we want

(14:24):
Mark's aggressive style.

Speaker 3 (14:25):
But you know what, maybe we need a romy Bean
soundboard too.

Speaker 2 (14:28):
Grant, I'm gonna procres my best Mark for the show.

Speaker 3 (14:33):
Gosh every time, that's that's my favorite. I love Mark Johnson,
but we do need we need a Roby Bean sound
We'll get on. We'll get to work on that real soon.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
I have to say before you let me go, like
and I don't mean this, it's.

Speaker 5 (14:46):
Not blasphemous at all, but I feel like it's God
had a voice.

Speaker 2 (14:49):
It would be Mark Johnson's voice. You know what.

Speaker 1 (14:51):
I'm not opposed to that. I'm not pay If the
devil had a voice would be me. So that that
works out.

Speaker 5 (14:56):
There, You got it, Koa.

Speaker 3 (15:00):
See, this is what we do, Robbie. We appreciate the.

Speaker 1 (15:02):
Time as always, you guys check her out on on CBS.

Speaker 3 (15:05):
It's my favorite sportscaster. Roby Bean. Look forward talking to
you again next week.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
You guys are the best.

Speaker 5 (15:10):
Thank you for having me.

Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yep, Happy Thanksgiving, Roby Bean, CBS four