The Voice of the Utes on the win at West Virginia, Confidence level still high for Utah's Big 12 title chances (?), His top 5 teams in the Big 12 so far + more
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
This is the Sean O'Connell show. You were home of
the best Inside of your Utes. Let's get back to
OOC from a Murdoch Chevrolet Studio of ESPN seven hundred
and ninety.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Two to one a f AM twelve, twenty nine on
a bye week, October third, It's a Friday, a football Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No Utah football. Still plenty of college football and college football.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Around the Big twelve. We'll discuss that a little bit here.
Maybe some NFL football too, Kansas City Chiefs and morn
We'll do so with the Voice of the Utes, Bill Riley,
who joins us on the SPN seven hundred hotline. Bill,
glad to have you back on the program. Howt of
thing's gone in the bye week for you?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
It's not a bye week for me. I still have
to come to work every day, so I just don't
have a game. I just don't have a game to
do coming up this weekend. So uh, no bye week,
Just no game tomorrow or or Saturday or whatever that
might happen to be for me. But back at it
next week. How are you guys doing.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
We're doing fantastic.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
By the way, what does the Voice of the youths
do on a Saturday without a college football game to
call in the fall.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Just watch football like everybody else does. Come on, that's
not tough, right, Flip on a little Big twelve football.
Got Kansas, UCF, got Texas Tech, Houston, Colorado, TCU got
a good full slate of games, all right, Bill, With
that in mind, that just right off the bat, who's
your top five right now in the Big twelve? Top
five of the Big twelve, But Texas Tech's got to
(01:44):
be number one, so you got you can start with
Texas Tech. I know Iowa State's also undefeated, but Tech
to me has looked the best and I've seen them
in person too, and and they're they're a really good team.
I'd probably put Iowa State and number two again because
that's where they're at right now. They're five to zero
as well, and they've got two Big Twelve wins. Number three,
(02:07):
it becomes a little bit more difficult. I mean, you'll
get a team like Houston who's undefeated, but who have
they really played and beaten right now? You know what
I mean? So I would probably put DYU at number
three right now, just because they're undefeated and ranked. And
then after that, I just I know it's not right,
but I'm not a believer in Houston yet. If they
(02:28):
win tonight or perform well tonight, they'll gain it. I
would probably go Utah and Arizona State in those next
two spots in my top five. That's probably how I
would go in my top five for the Big Twelve
right now.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
We were discussing this a little bit earlier on the program,
but what's the pathway for the Big twelve to get
two teams into the College Football Playoff?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Right now?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
And you know what, looking at the ACC, there might
be a door in an opening for the Big twelve
to do that anyway, because ACC is not great this year.
What do you what's your pathway to the Big twelve
getting two team?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Well, I just think you have to have teams win out.
I mean, I still think there's a pathway to it.
Right now. Texas Tech's top ten ish team and they're undefeated.
Iowa State top fifteen team, they're undefeated. I don't you
know BYU if they would run the sky. I mean,
the schedule looks tough. I mean you're looking at that,
it's going to be tough because teams are probably going
(03:21):
to cannibalize one another. If Utah got on a run,
and they certainly could do that, they could still be
a playoff caliber team. I think it's there, but but
teams are going to have to get on runs or
if you're Texas Tech or Iowa State, you're going to
have to stay hot with that. If that makes sense,
I think you could get in with two losses, but
it's going to be difficult to do so. But I
(03:43):
still think there's a pathway there. There's still so much
football to be played, and you don't know what's going
to happen in these other conferences either. Right now, the
SEC doesn't I mean it looks they look good, but
they don't look dominant. I think the Big Ten looks
very good now. They may have a couple of dominant teams,
maybe Ohio State and Oregon or those teams. We'll see,
But I still think it's too early to rule out
(04:03):
multiple teams for the Big Twelve. But you can't have
a bunch of teams with two and three losses if
you want to get there.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Bill Riley's here with us for the next couple of
minutes on ESPN seven hundred and ninety two. ONEFM and
the Sean O'Connell Show, brought to you by Handy and
Handy Bill. Let's talk about Utah football. Did we learn anything,
if any about this Utah football team with a beatdown
of a bad West Virginia team. What were your thoughts
about that win? Utah went on the road, took care
(04:31):
of business as they should have.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Well, I think what you learned is they didn't get
beat twice by Texas Tech. You know, they came out
and did what you're supposed to do. West Virginia is
clearly a team in transition. Rich Rodds trying to instill
culture and figure out who his guys are. Yeah, they're
not real good. They've got a tough win in Provo
tonight too, But I think Utah they didn't. That game
was never a game. Guys. They jumped on them early,
(04:54):
got out, never looked back. Dan Pierre was a little
bit healthier, He did his thing. They could run the ball,
but they should have done all of those things in
West Virginia got a couple of late touchdowns, but the
defense played pretty well too. Now I think they did
what they were supposed to do against West Virginia. The
next test comes next week because Arizona State is good.
(05:14):
That's a good football team. They're going to come in
to Salt Lake coming off of bye as well. So
I think next week's going to tell us a lot
more about Utah. Did they use the bye week well?
Did they work on some things that they needed to
do to clean up things a little bit, maybe tackling
on the defensive side, maybe making some more adjustments offensively,
because Arizona State's going to be a team that tests them.
(05:37):
That's a top twenty five team, and a team that's
a team that could challenge for the conference championship. And
they've got championship pedigree too, because they've won the league
last year. I think the best quarterback in the league
in Sam Levitt, and they've certainly got the best wide
receiver in the league in Jordan Tyson. So I don't
know that we learned a ton from that West Virginia game,
except for the fact that they put that Texas Tech
(05:59):
loss behind them. Beat up on a team that's rebuilding
right now. But the big test, obviously is a week
from tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
You brought up the one thing that Kyle Whittingham brought
up in the postgame press conference that they need to
work on. It's tackling on the defensive side of the football.
How does a team work on tackling while avoiding injuries
in a bye week and trying to get better in
that aspect and not allowing those injuries to pile up,
but still getting that live action tackling and getting better
(06:29):
at what they need to get better at.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Well, tackling doesn't necessarily mean you're beating people up. I mean,
there's tackling drills, there's tackling in practice. There's a difference
between going one hundred percent and then you can thudd
a little bit and not have to tackle hard. But
it's technique as much as anything else. I mean, if
you watch Utah's misstackles, the guys are there to make plays.
They maybe didn't wrap up or they overran the play.
(06:52):
I think what you've seen in some of the mistackling
for Utah is certainly fixable, and you've got two weeks
to fix it, so I think there's a possibility they
can do that over the bye week.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
All right, Well, what do you know about this Arizona
State team that Kenny Dillingham brings into town this next
coming week?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
And what should Utah be prepared for under the lights?
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Well, that's what I just said. They've got the best
quarterback in the league. Sam Levitt is an NFL quarterback.
He can throw it and sling it, but he can
also run it too. He's got five rushing touchdowns and
I think he's got two hundred or three hundred yards
rushing this year as well. He's got great legs. He
is a playmaker, and he's got the best playmaker down
the field in the league and Jordan Tyson, so it
(07:29):
starts right there. I don't know that their running game
is quite as dynamic as it was a year ago
when they had Skataboo there. But the kid that they
brought in from Army whose name is escaping me right now,
the transfer, he's a good running back too, So they're
dynamic all three levels. Now. Tyson is the playmaker. They've
(07:50):
got a few other guys too, but they want to
get that. They'll try to get that ball to Tyson
eight to ten times a game, and Skataboo, if the
play breaks down, has the ability to impro eyes not
just with his arm but also with his legs. So
at the end of the day, that's where it starts.
They are a good defense, They've got playmakers on all
three levels. I think their lines are good this year.
(08:10):
I don't know that they're quite as good as they
were a year ago, but still really good. They've lost
one game. Utah has lost one game. They lost on
the road at Mississippi State, who's not a great team.
But they're better than they have been. And they've got
a couple of wins, come from behind wins the last
two weeks over Baylor and TCU. So this is a
team that's tested and has championship pedigree, and they're going
(08:32):
to come here to Salt Lake City. I went back
and looked at last year's game a little bit, to
be fair, Utah within that game till about midway through
the fourth quarter when Skataboo broke out out of a
scrum and went the distance. And they did that with
very little offense in that game last year. So I
think Utah Arizona State's going to be one of the
best games on the docket next weekend.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
All right.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
I also have to get your thoughts on one other thing,
and it's the Kansas City Chiefs two and two right now,
They've got the jag Wars on Monday Night football. It's
a three and one football team. How are we feeling
about the Chiefs, their start early and the way it's
looking right now for Kansas City.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Well, they didn't have their best two weapons in the
first two weeks, and they were in both those games
till the end last week and the week before, especially
last week when they got Zavier Worthy back, they looked
a lot better. So I like their chances on Monday
Night in Jacksonville Jacksonville three and one, But they haven't
been very good on offense. Trevor Lawrence has been pretty
(09:30):
below average. Their defense has been what's been really good.
I think they forced three turnovers in all three of
their wins, so they're good defensively, but I'm not sure
that they've seen a team quite as good as Kansas
City yet. I think it'll be a good game. But
I think the Chiefs, and they're gonna get Rashi Rice
back in a couple of weeks, are kind of rounding
(09:51):
back into form just a little bit. And their defense
has been terrific all year long, So you know, a
little bit of a homer pick, but also a team
that's rounding in the form could Jacksonville win absolutely, but
they've not beaten Kansas City and not played well in
these type games. So I'll take the Chiefs on the
road on Monday night.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Yeah, I'm excited for that game. It's like the bet
first good Monday Night football game. We're going to get
all year to this point. Bill, before we let you go,
tell us about your friends over at Handy and Handy
and what they've been able to do for many around
the state of Utah.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Well, they're great, the personal injury attorneys who have got
forty years of experience combined between them. They're just really
good guys who are really good at what they do.
And I hope that our listeners don't ever have to
call President Garrett. That means you probably haven't been in
an accident, or haven't been on the herd on the
job or anything like that. But we know that life
interferes sometimes and when you need that help, you want
(10:44):
somebody who's really good at what they do. They give
you great personal attention. They've got the experience in the
court room over forty years combined, and they're good guys
that are locally owned here. And President Garrett are just
good dudes that I've known for a long time. So
if you need personal injury attorney and somebody that will
take your case and work closely with you, I cannot
(11:05):
recommend higher. Handy in Handy you find up online at
Handylawutah dot com and you also hear them on the
radio station. They pop on weekly with Spence doing Sports
Score two. So Handy and Handy Handylawutah dot com two
great guys who will take great care of you and
your family in a time of need.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Check them out today. That's Handy and Handy Law. Bill.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Thank you so much. Enjoy your Big twelve football this weekend.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
My friend.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I will. Guys, I'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
All right, sounds good. That is the voice of you.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
It's Bill Riley right here on ESPN seven hundred and
ninety two to one FM.
This is the Sean O'Connell show. You were home of
the best Inside of your Utes. Let's get back to
OOC from a Murdoch Chevrolet Studio of ESPN seven hundred
and ninety.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Two to one a f AM twelve, twenty nine on
a bye week, October third, It's a Friday, a football Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No Utah football. Still plenty of college football and college football.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Around the Big twelve. We'll discuss that a little bit here.
Maybe some NFL football too, Kansas City Chiefs and morn
We'll do so with the Voice of the Utes, Bill Riley,
who joins us on the SPN seven hundred hotline. Bill,
glad to have you back on the program. Howt of
thing's gone in the bye week for you?
Speaker 1 (00:57):
It's not a bye week for me. I still have
to come to work every day, so I just don't
have a game. I just don't have a game to
do coming up this weekend. So uh, no bye week,
Just no game tomorrow or or Saturday or whatever that
might happen to be for me. But back at it
next week. How are you guys doing.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
We're doing fantastic.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
By the way, what does the Voice of the youths
do on a Saturday without a college football game to
call in the fall.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Just watch football like everybody else does. Come on, that's
not tough, right, Flip on a little Big twelve football.
Got Kansas, UCF, got Texas Tech, Houston, Colorado, TCU got
a good full slate of games, all right, Bill, With
that in mind, that just right off the bat, who's
your top five right now in the Big twelve? Top
five of the Big twelve, But Texas Tech's got to
(01:44):
be number one, so you got you can start with
Texas Tech. I know Iowa State's also undefeated, but Tech
to me has looked the best and I've seen them
in person too, and and they're they're a really good team.
I'd probably put Iowa State and number two again because
that's where they're at right now. They're five to zero
as well, and they've got two Big Twelve wins. Number three,
(02:07):
it becomes a little bit more difficult. I mean, you'll
get a team like Houston who's undefeated, but who have
they really played and beaten right now? You know what
I mean? So I would probably put DYU at number
three right now, just because they're undefeated and ranked. And
then after that, I just I know it's not right,
but I'm not a believer in Houston yet. If they
(02:28):
win tonight or perform well tonight, they'll gain it. I
would probably go Utah and Arizona State in those next
two spots in my top five. That's probably how I
would go in my top five for the Big Twelve
right now.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
We were discussing this a little bit earlier on the program,
but what's the pathway for the Big twelve to get
two teams into the College Football Playoff?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Right now?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
And you know what, looking at the ACC, there might
be a door in an opening for the Big twelve
to do that anyway, because ACC is not great this year.
What do you what's your pathway to the Big twelve
getting two team?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Well, I just think you have to have teams win out.
I mean, I still think there's a pathway to it.
Right now. Texas Tech's top ten ish team and they're undefeated.
Iowa State top fifteen team, they're undefeated. I don't you
know BYU if they would run the sky. I mean,
the schedule looks tough. I mean you're looking at that,
it's going to be tough because teams are probably going
(03:21):
to cannibalize one another. If Utah got on a run,
and they certainly could do that, they could still be
a playoff caliber team. I think it's there, but but
teams are going to have to get on runs or
if you're Texas Tech or Iowa State, you're going to
have to stay hot with that. If that makes sense,
I think you could get in with two losses, but
it's going to be difficult to do so. But I
(03:43):
still think there's a pathway there. There's still so much
football to be played, and you don't know what's going
to happen in these other conferences either. Right now, the
SEC doesn't I mean it looks they look good, but
they don't look dominant. I think the Big Ten looks
very good now. They may have a couple of dominant teams,
maybe Ohio State and Oregon or those teams. We'll see,
But I still think it's too early to rule out
(04:03):
multiple teams for the Big Twelve. But you can't have
a bunch of teams with two and three losses if
you want to get there.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Bill Riley's here with us for the next couple of
minutes on ESPN seven hundred and ninety two. ONEFM and
the Sean O'Connell Show, brought to you by Handy and
Handy Bill. Let's talk about Utah football. Did we learn anything,
if any about this Utah football team with a beatdown
of a bad West Virginia team. What were your thoughts
about that win? Utah went on the road, took care
(04:31):
of business as they should have.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Well, I think what you learned is they didn't get
beat twice by Texas Tech. You know, they came out
and did what you're supposed to do. West Virginia is
clearly a team in transition. Rich Rodds trying to instill
culture and figure out who his guys are. Yeah, they're
not real good. They've got a tough win in Provo
tonight too, But I think Utah they didn't. That game
was never a game. Guys. They jumped on them early,
(04:54):
got out, never looked back. Dan Pierre was a little
bit healthier, He did his thing. They could run the ball,
but they should have done all of those things in
West Virginia got a couple of late touchdowns, but the
defense played pretty well too. Now I think they did
what they were supposed to do against West Virginia. The
next test comes next week because Arizona State is good.
(05:14):
That's a good football team. They're going to come in
to Salt Lake coming off of bye as well. So
I think next week's going to tell us a lot
more about Utah. Did they use the bye week well?
Did they work on some things that they needed to
do to clean up things a little bit, maybe tackling
on the defensive side, maybe making some more adjustments offensively,
because Arizona State's going to be a team that tests them.
(05:37):
That's a top twenty five team, and a team that's
a team that could challenge for the conference championship. And
they've got championship pedigree too, because they've won the league
last year. I think the best quarterback in the league
in Sam Levitt, and they've certainly got the best wide
receiver in the league in Jordan Tyson. So I don't
know that we learned a ton from that West Virginia game,
except for the fact that they put that Texas Tech
(05:59):
loss behind them. Beat up on a team that's rebuilding
right now. But the big test, obviously is a week
from tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
You brought up the one thing that Kyle Whittingham brought
up in the postgame press conference that they need to
work on. It's tackling on the defensive side of the football.
How does a team work on tackling while avoiding injuries
in a bye week and trying to get better in
that aspect and not allowing those injuries to pile up,
but still getting that live action tackling and getting better
(06:29):
at what they need to get better at.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Well, tackling doesn't necessarily mean you're beating people up. I mean,
there's tackling drills, there's tackling in practice. There's a difference
between going one hundred percent and then you can thudd
a little bit and not have to tackle hard. But
it's technique as much as anything else. I mean, if
you watch Utah's misstackles, the guys are there to make plays.
They maybe didn't wrap up or they overran the play.
(06:52):
I think what you've seen in some of the mistackling
for Utah is certainly fixable, and you've got two weeks
to fix it, so I think there's a possibility they
can do that over the bye week.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
All right, Well, what do you know about this Arizona
State team that Kenny Dillingham brings into town this next
coming week?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
And what should Utah be prepared for under the lights?
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Well, that's what I just said. They've got the best
quarterback in the league. Sam Levitt is an NFL quarterback.
He can throw it and sling it, but he can
also run it too. He's got five rushing touchdowns and
I think he's got two hundred or three hundred yards
rushing this year as well. He's got great legs. He
is a playmaker, and he's got the best playmaker down
the field in the league and Jordan Tyson, so it
(07:29):
starts right there. I don't know that their running game
is quite as dynamic as it was a year ago
when they had Skataboo there. But the kid that they
brought in from Army whose name is escaping me right now,
the transfer, he's a good running back too, So they're
dynamic all three levels. Now. Tyson is the playmaker. They've
(07:50):
got a few other guys too, but they want to
get that. They'll try to get that ball to Tyson
eight to ten times a game, and Skataboo, if the
play breaks down, has the ability to impro eyes not
just with his arm but also with his legs. So
at the end of the day, that's where it starts.
They are a good defense, They've got playmakers on all
three levels. I think their lines are good this year.
(08:10):
I don't know that they're quite as good as they
were a year ago, but still really good. They've lost
one game. Utah has lost one game. They lost on
the road at Mississippi State, who's not a great team.
But they're better than they have been. And they've got
a couple of wins, come from behind wins the last
two weeks over Baylor and TCU. So this is a
team that's tested and has championship pedigree, and they're going
(08:32):
to come here to Salt Lake City. I went back
and looked at last year's game a little bit, to
be fair, Utah within that game till about midway through
the fourth quarter when Skataboo broke out out of a
scrum and went the distance. And they did that with
very little offense in that game last year. So I
think Utah Arizona State's going to be one of the
best games on the docket next weekend.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
All right.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
I also have to get your thoughts on one other thing,
and it's the Kansas City Chiefs two and two right now,
They've got the jag Wars on Monday Night football. It's
a three and one football team. How are we feeling
about the Chiefs, their start early and the way it's
looking right now for Kansas City.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Well, they didn't have their best two weapons in the
first two weeks, and they were in both those games
till the end last week and the week before, especially
last week when they got Zavier Worthy back, they looked
a lot better. So I like their chances on Monday
Night in Jacksonville Jacksonville three and one, But they haven't
been very good on offense. Trevor Lawrence has been pretty
(09:30):
below average. Their defense has been what's been really good.
I think they forced three turnovers in all three of
their wins, so they're good defensively, but I'm not sure
that they've seen a team quite as good as Kansas
City yet. I think it'll be a good game. But
I think the Chiefs, and they're gonna get Rashi Rice
back in a couple of weeks, are kind of rounding
(09:51):
back into form just a little bit. And their defense
has been terrific all year long, So you know, a
little bit of a homer pick, but also a team
that's rounding in the form could Jacksonville win absolutely, but
they've not beaten Kansas City and not played well in
these type games. So I'll take the Chiefs on the
road on Monday night.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
Yeah, I'm excited for that game. It's like the bet
first good Monday Night football game. We're going to get
all year to this point. Bill, before we let you go,
tell us about your friends over at Handy and Handy
and what they've been able to do for many around
the state of Utah.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Well, they're great, the personal injury attorneys who have got
forty years of experience combined between them. They're just really
good guys who are really good at what they do.
And I hope that our listeners don't ever have to
call President Garrett. That means you probably haven't been in
an accident, or haven't been on the herd on the
job or anything like that. But we know that life
interferes sometimes and when you need that help, you want
(10:44):
somebody who's really good at what they do. They give
you great personal attention. They've got the experience in the
court room over forty years combined, and they're good guys
that are locally owned here. And President Garrett are just
good dudes that I've known for a long time. So
if you need personal injury attorney and somebody that will
take your case and work closely with you, I cannot
(11:05):
recommend higher. Handy in Handy you find up online at
Handylawutah dot com and you also hear them on the
radio station. They pop on weekly with Spence doing Sports
Score two. So Handy and Handy Handylawutah dot com two
great guys who will take great care of you and
your family in a time of need.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Check them out today. That's Handy and Handy Law. Bill.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Thank you so much. Enjoy your Big twelve football this weekend.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
My friend.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I will. Guys, I'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
All right, sounds good. That is the voice of you.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
It's Bill Riley right here on ESPN seven hundred and
ninety two to one FM.
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My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.