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October 9, 2025 • 14 mins
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It's time to celebrate the previous team sport known to man,
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
For all the glory on the grid.

Speaker 3 (00:07):
I let's talk some.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
College football on Cougar Sports with Ben Crittle.

Speaker 4 (00:12):
Welcome back Cougar Sports. One of three nine ninety eight
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Give your thoughts on BAU football season thus far as
a fan, as a college football fan as well as
a BAYU fan. B Wayu's five and zero ranked in
the top twenty five. They take their talents down to you,
eveying Tucson this week. How would you evaluate the season

(02:49):
this far?

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well, look, i mean everything's gone about as good as
it can get perfect season. Our back is throwing one interception,
which I cannot believe.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
I'm just still blown away that he's saw one interception. Noli.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
The opponents haven't been great, but that's still phenomenal if
you would have told me that. Freshman and coming quarterbacks
so in one pick through five games out of Beta static,
so I think those are all really good things. I
think Arizona's gonna be an interesting test, a road game
against an average opponent, not good, not bad, but an
average opponent. I think it's gonna tell us a little
bit about I mean, let's be honest, we're all looking

(03:22):
ahead to next week, and we got to win this
week first, but next week's gonna really define the season,
and then really a couple weeks after that with Texas
Tech and TCU coming up.

Speaker 4 (03:30):
Do you think that this is the toughest fow that
ba's faced all season?

Speaker 5 (03:35):
No, I know.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
I'm gonna be maybe an outsider, but I still think
East Carolina is I think at the end of the day,
East Carolina might be the winner of that area, and
they may be that team that gets in the playoffs.

Speaker 5 (03:46):
Time will tell, but I think East Carolina is a really,
really good team.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
I can't wait to see how it plays out. Obviously,
they do take on the two lane.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
Green Wave and Jake rex Love this weekend, so that's
a game that BYU fans may keep their eye on.
You taken in this game, You're taking East Carolina or
the two lane Green Wave and Jake Wrestlaw.

Speaker 5 (04:10):
Look at that game. I'm excited for that game. I mean, look,
that game's going to be the determining factor.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
Now.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
I think those two teams will actually play each other
again in the championship.

Speaker 5 (04:19):
Well, I mean maybe.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
They have a championship in that in that conference, but
the are the two best teams, and I think the
winner of that game is going to really be potentially
who we see in the playoffs and that outside conference
is looking in.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
You mentioned bear Bachmeyer and his performance thus far this season.
He won his third Freshman of the Week award from
the Big Twelve. Has bear Bachmeyer overachieved, underachieved, or achieved
your expectation preseason?

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well, for me, completely over the moon exceeded his expectations.
I really thought he would thrown a ton of picks
and just like our defense is what's going to win
his games, which let's be honest.

Speaker 5 (05:02):
Is still is the case. But I thought he would
throw way more picks.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
Uh. His decision making has been much better than I anticipated.
His deep ball, his even his his you know a
little short mid range balls have been much much better
than I thought. He runs better than I thought, and
I think it's been a good mix between you know,
a lot of these.

Speaker 5 (05:22):
Young quarterbacks that can run the ball well, just automatically
go running. But she has not done. He's actually get
you very fair with this young freshman.

Speaker 4 (05:35):
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your Utah ESPN Radio Network. Couple last things before we
let you go, Timmy, as we break down some of
these college football topics, how are you feeling right now? Tim?
About the initial by you injury report? You got Jojo Phillips,
Who's out? Ni Moa out, Shaye Brian Strather out doubtful?

Speaker 3 (05:55):
Is Jack Kelly questionable?

Speaker 4 (05:57):
Are Tommy Parashus and a Nissi Percell probable?

Speaker 3 (06:01):
Though? Check this out.

Speaker 4 (06:02):
Some guys returning Jonathan Kabeya and Nickel, nu c, Tomoypeu,
Isaiah Glasger, Miles hall Enich, now Wahine knock In, Tuakoy
and salle A Sera.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
Well, I'll tell you that the glaring thing to me
is Kelly is the most important. To me, is the
most important one of all those. We have enough depth
of the other spots, but but we don't have Kelly.

Speaker 5 (06:21):
We're in trouble. I mean, it's just call a space
of spade.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
And the fact that Glasger should play is a really
big deal to me. Kelly and Glasgar, of the two
of that entire group, is probably the most important.

Speaker 4 (06:31):
Yes, indeed, hopefully they, hopefully Jack Kelly and Isaiah Glasger
are back and ready to roll one hundred percent or
close to it by the Utah game. And this BYU
Utah game could be a very interesting one, right Obviously
BYU has to take on you, of a Utah has
to take on ASU. What do he's foresee happening in

(06:53):
that Utah ISSU game?

Speaker 2 (06:57):
Well, I think we're gonna learn a little bit about
Utah this weekend too. I'm actually really excited because, I mean,
Texas Tech might be.

Speaker 5 (07:04):
The class of the league by a long ways.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
I mean money, money buys a really good team, and
it has so I don't know that we know a
lot about Utah yet, Utah has played. They've won the
games they should have, they lost probably the games they
should have.

Speaker 5 (07:19):
This weekend's going to tell us a lot about who
they are.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
ESU is a good team.

Speaker 5 (07:23):
Are they elite?

Speaker 2 (07:23):
No, but they're good and so we're going to know
a lot about Utah and how they handle this good team.

Speaker 4 (07:30):
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continue down this latt of questioning in our college football report.
Here the initial injury report Jojo Phillips, Chioni Moa Shaye,
Brian Strada.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
No surprises there.

Speaker 4 (08:38):
All three of those guys out, Jack Kelly doubtful, questionable
are Tommy pass is an easy per sell, probable, Jonathan Abaya, Nuc, Tomoypeu,
Isaiah Glasker, Miles hall Enoch Nowageene Knaki Tuakoi in Siali
a sera who wants to chime in first, I'll.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
Just take it away. I think the two biggest things
that we're looking for and we've waiting. I have been waiting, praying, fasting,
you name it. And I'm kidding with some of those
I have been praying though, to see Jonathan Cabea Ben.
You know I'm a big fan of TP. I even
told TPA, when you start making players, your name's gonna
be raved about lo and behold it is. But he's

(09:17):
been playing out of position. For crying out loud. He
should not have had to play at Nickel. But it's
good the type of player he is, because you're able
to move him. If Jonathan Gabet can go, this is
where you mentioned it. You said, probably we might seem
the U of A. He's probable. This is what I've
been waiting to see. I've been waiting to see JK.
He's been raved about. Jay Hills talked about him, we've

(09:37):
interviewed him, we've seen it got dinged up. If he's
able to go, I'm excited to see what that looks like.
Ben and Tommy Prass is back in the safety room
in his natural position, because man, if you're ever to
put Jonathan Kabay and here, he's able to do his thing.

Speaker 3 (09:52):
Maybe TP still works in the mix.

Speaker 1 (09:54):
That helps out a lot more than moving Tommy where
Tommy needs to be back in the backfield. Tommy's great coverage,
but Tommy makes plays at safety. Not saying you can't
do it at Nickel, but it's his job to make
the plays. A safety so I'm excited to see that.
Then Noos, not the Jews. If news is able to go,
Ben oh Man, you've been waiting to see new Sea

(10:14):
off the edge play. He's a dude. I'm telling you
this Nowsey kid, you don't if you thought JT his
cousin was nice, wait you see him.

Speaker 3 (10:23):
So those are two dudes.

Speaker 1 (10:24):
If they're able to play, I'm really excited to see
what they're able to bring. Everybody else, I know, we
know what their kid love. But those are the two
dudes that we've been waiting to see have an opportunity
to go make plays. And it's crucial that if you're
able to get them back on the road in this
u of a game, especially with inclement weather.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Ap What do you got for me?

Speaker 4 (10:41):
What are your takeaways from the initial injury report that
dropped yesterday.

Speaker 6 (10:46):
I mean, I'm just looking at the linebackers. We figured
Jack Kelly was gonna be doubtful. I'm not sure he's
gonna play against Arizona. I don't know for sure. I
don't I don't. I don't have source on that, but
just my my feeling is he probably doesn't. You've got
four linebackers. This is I think all of them are
good to go. Probably they can all play. But my
favorite thing is that of all the linebackers, Ace Kafusie

(11:07):
is not there.

Speaker 3 (11:10):
I think Acekafusi's gonna be good. Ace is gonna be good.

Speaker 6 (11:13):
Ace is good, and he's gonna fill in for Jack
Kelly nicely. He's actually he's he's a bit longer than
Jack is. So when I was looking out on the
field when Jack went down, I was like, you've got
a guy who's a similar size as Isaiah Glasker out.

Speaker 3 (11:27):
There on the field.

Speaker 6 (11:28):
It took a minute for me to realize that Isaiah
Glasker was actually out because I was like, oh, yeah,
it's just a similar build. It's I say, no, that
was Ace Kafusie out there. I'm really intrigued to see
what a linebacker duo of Ace Kafusie and Isaiah Glasker
are gonna be like because both of them are very tall.
They're both around two hundred and forty pounds, they're long.

(11:48):
You could do a lot of things with a linebacker
core like that. And he's not Jack Kelly. But I
think he's gonna fill in nicely.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
I like that.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
Take Ace has been a bright spot in that linebacker room.
I'll continue to to tell you guys this story. Like
we had found Joe Douglass. He's a walk on elite athlete.
He ran track at Utah State, ran like a ten seventy,
came in and walked on at BYU and made the team.

Speaker 3 (12:17):
He's a linebacker.

Speaker 4 (12:18):
He's six two ten man seventy, came in and ran
a ten seven. He's like Max Tuley, Like that's who
he's gonna be. They were so.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
Stacked at linebacker. They're like, hey, we don't.

Speaker 4 (12:28):
We're gonna move him to safety for the time being
until you know, he's got four years of eligibility, and
then we're going to develop them. Okay, any other year,
he's probably in that three four range in the linebacker room.
But they were so stacked with talent in the linebacker room.
Just go down the list, Isaiah glasgri from Osceada, Mika Kafusi, Ciaaliu, Serah, Max,

(12:51):
Alfred Pearson, Watson, Jack Kelly, As Kafusi, Miles Hall, Like,
that's that's.

Speaker 3 (12:55):
An impressive group.

Speaker 4 (12:57):
Not to mention everybody else behind those guys, there's a
lot of talent there so.

Speaker 3 (13:03):
I think we're okay.

Speaker 4 (13:04):
If you're gonna have any question marks, even though these
are your best players, Isaiah and Jack are definitely your
best players.

Speaker 3 (13:11):
But if you're gonna have injuries in.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
A particular position group, it's the linebackers. Like honestly, it's
it's it's the linebackers. So be of be of good cheer,
take heart Cougar Nation, Okay, uh, attitude of gratitude like
justin Kirkland. Okay, just uh be jovial, be full of

(13:34):
vigor and vim and and be optimistic as as we
head on down to Tucson. And there could be some
movement here too, on today and tomorrow and on game
day with the injury report. So we'll see how it
plays out. But that's your college football segment, brought to
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