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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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We're going to welcome in a former college football great
through for I believe over eleven thousand yards. This guy
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as well as college football great quarterback.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
We got Hank Pocmera on the line. Hank, how are you.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I'm doing great? Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Always a pleasure talking all with you. Uh and uh,
you know, getting to know you Hank.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Number one.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I just want to say a big fan of yours
highly productive college football player, and uh, you got to
watch you cover.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
You when you were at Boise State.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I've always felt that, like the BYU in the in
the late seventies, eighties into the nineties, you know, it
was a quarterback factory, and even into the early two thousands,
and then Boise State became kind of this quarterback factory
media darling that that BYU was in the seventies, eighties
and nineties and early two thousands and and since then
(02:35):
there's I think there's a mirror image to a degree
from those two eras. And so when you were getting
recruited by Boise State, why did you choose Boise State
out of high school?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, you know, I think just a lot of the
values and principles that uh, for example, that that b
YU has that my brothers chose I felt were very
similar to Boise And it's a great university.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
I had a.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Wonderful time there and just a great adventure there.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
You know. My son's name is Bronco. I'm seven months old.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah, And just I think a lot of like what
you just said, watching Kellen growing up and and and
Brett Rippin and these guys that were so great really
really inspired me to kind of take a different path
over some of my other opportunities. And just the system,
the pro style system that they had run what I
just thought really really fit my style of play, and
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and I just loved the the creativity and the trick plays,
and you know, I kind of was just enamored and
all that stuff growing up and being a football fan,
and I just kind of it was really fortunate that
it worked out to be able to play there, and
and it you know, it was kind of a childhood dream.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So it was it was a great experience.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
You got to play b y U a few times,
didn't you while you were at Boise State.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I technically only really played them once. And so it's
funny because in nineteen I was hurt and we were
undefeated at the time. I think we were like number
twelve in the country. I think Zach was here too,
And that was a heartbreaker. That one was a tough one.
I missed that game, and uh, you know, I think
we might have been able to make the playoff potentially
(04:19):
that year. Uh that was our one one loss. That
was a great team, a lot of great players on
that team, and went out to.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
BYU and it was a cold, rainy, snowy night, and
oh it was.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It was a miserable cold night out there, and they
got us.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
I think we missed a field goal at.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
The end there to tie it up or something like that.
And yeah, it was a bummer because I was hurt
that game. But that was my first experience, and then
I had COVID in twenty twenty. Obviously, you guys had
a great twenty twenty team there with with Zach Wilson
and all the studs that they had, and so I
had COVID that game, and then twenty twenty one was
(04:59):
my only I'm playing them, and that one worked out
a little bit better. You guys were very good football team, undefeated,
and it was a great experience, great memory for myself,
maybe not for BYU fans.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah, so it'll feel good. I'm going to go to the.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Game this weekend, so you know, it'll feel good walking
in there again, you know, knowing that outcome. But yeah,
great program. Plane does a great job. And obviously I'm
a fan now.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Of BYU and rooting my brothers and the whole team.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Also, yeah, the little inverse effect, I remember that.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I remember twenty nineteen B what you knocking you guys
off the pedestal and then in twenty twenty one, you
knocking BYU off the pedestal for like a magical season
in the making.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, it was funny because I think BYU had kind
of struggled in nineteen, but their wins were, like I
want to say, it was like Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, that had some good marquee wins.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yeah, they didn't.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't know how many total wins they had, a
lot of their wins were some big time wins from
what I remember. Yeah, obviously, like I said, just a
lot of respect towards them, towards B y U, and
and it's been awesome just getting to know them when
I was playing, and then even.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Just just now. I mean, you guys do a great
job just from what I've.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Seen being a being a fan now, you know, on
social media and and.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You guys media team and everything like that. It's been
it's been really fun. Passionate fan base.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
So why why didn't b why you recruit you out
of high school? Did you ever get any b YU
coaches knocking on your door?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I never did, No, I never did. Uh, you know,
I kind of know a Rod a little bit.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Talk to them briefly, like very briefly out of the
portal one time, and and uh, just you know, it's
it didn't happen, but you know there's a Bachmeyer there now,
so uh but multiple bach Meyers are now.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
So it's it's it's it all worked out.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I understand that. Uh, you did some pro day training
with John Beck too. What other connections do you have
with b YU that you could share with us, including
the John Beck connection.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah, so shoot, John, I mean I've been training out
there obviously. It's kind of in our backyard since I
was maybe a freshman or sophomore in high school. And
you know, John's always just been nomal to myself and
my family and and yeah, they did my my pro
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day stuff and then just just playing them. Really, I'm
trying to think it's been it's been pretty cool just
reaching out. Obviously, the LDS Faith has such a global
network and so just people that I know and being
out and reted to Mecula. I feel like it's a
pretty pretty LDS region. So it's been it's been a great, uh,
(07:51):
just just getting to know a lot of different unique
people from from from d YU and and the connection
there and just in my own area, my own hometown.
So it's been it's been really fun just to just
to get to know more and excited to continue to
you know, want to fly out here and meet more
people and and just uh it's it's an awesome brand
you guys have.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So we got hanging Bachmeyer on the line, Cougar Sports,
one of three, nine ninety eight point three years being
the fan talking some college football. Let's transition over to Bear.
Who is Bear Bachmeyer your little brother? You know what
stands out to you about her? How do you how
do you describe him as a as a person and
as a player.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, Bear is you know, he's somebody I used to
beat up on a lot when I was younger. It's
kind of you talk about the inverse effects. Uh you know,
if we get I try not to get in too
many scuffles with him anymore, just because he he's a
big guy now, so I tried to We were big
w W family when we're growing up. So he used
(08:50):
to tombstone him and and uh, you know, triple H pedigree.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And and I can't do that anymore. But uh, yeah,
he's he's a great, just person. Great human being.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I credit my my parents just for everything that they
did for us, and and they're very you know, Tiger
as well, and just all my siblings.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
They're just very well rounded individuals.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
And and I credit that, like I said, too, to
my family and then just I mean, it's it's been
pretty remarkable to see just their journeys. And for example, Bear, like, yeah,
I think there's probably some stories out there coming out,
but just you know, since he was little, he could literally,
(09:33):
you know, he could dribble between his legs, and he'd
always have the whiffleball bat with the mental whiffle ball
and wouldn't you know, just go up to rams strangers
and you know, throw me the ball and hit it.
When he's you know, three years old and always could
throw and it was just always really coordinating, just always
tag along.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
You know, my dad coached myself and coached coach.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
My brothers, and and it's just a they have a
really unique upbringing. And like I said, just credit my
parents for everything that they did for us. And they
did a lot of traveling everywhere, and you know, it's
it's been awesome to see their journey and his is
just starting out.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
But I'm really excited for him.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
So, like, how would you describe the culture in the
Bachmeyer home?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Because I find that each and every one of you
guys are are are There's definitely some similarities in the
way that you guys engage, you guys discuss. You guys
common articulate, smart guys, ceverbrawl, obviously great athletes, but you
guys come from a very grounded, religious, disciplined home. Like
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what is the culture like growing up in the Bachmeyer family?
Speaker 4 (10:40):
Yeah, you know, I think.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I think definitely there's all that stuff, but it was chaos.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
It was chaotic every day. You know.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
We have a long hallway in our in our house,
and we would play with the nerf ball, like every
day it would be tiger and bear vers myself and
there's pictures on the side.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Of it, and there's always.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
A picture as a crack frame or when my mom
always had to replace it and somebody's crying, screaming, laughing.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
It was it was organized chaos, at least in my mind.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Like, I think it really helped us out, Like at
least it helped me out, like with things that were
I don't want to say to other people, but like
some problems it would just I don't know, it gave
me a calm demeanor and a lot of chaotic things
in my life just to be able to handle. Like
we didn't come from from much, so like just the
way my dad was, you know, uh he would we
(11:32):
were homeschool, right, so like we would literally kind of
have our own curriculum and the guy would just give
us like the Wall Street Journal or just talking about whatever,
and and and sports were obviously pushed. We we did
that as well when we were homeschool, just athletic training
and everything like that. But yeah, it's it's uh, it's
it's really unique. Like I said, I have a seventh
month old, so uh yeah, I'll say it straight up.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
My parents are crazy. They're they're nuts, But uh, I
think you got to be.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Able to put the boundaries a little bit to to
have you know, like Tiger for example, like I don't
know anybody else that could do that in computer science,
that in his schedule and just everything that he does,
you know, like it's a great honor being his brother.
And and Bear was you know, I I joke around
because he he likes economics, and he was like, man,
(12:20):
I might freaking try to be the president, you know,
at Stanford, and that was kind of a joke, but
I think, you know, he's the type of guy that
could could do it if he really wanted to.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
But yeah, it's just been, uh, it's it's.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Been really fun to look at it, you know, with
my kid like, okay, this this was nuts or this
was good. But you know, they they had three Division
one athletes and and you know, my sister is getting
her MBA and ran track at a division three and
and so I look at what they did and very
honored to have them be my parents, Very honored to
be the oldest of the five of us. And yeah,
(12:53):
it's been it's been a really fun journey. But it's
it was chaotic and at the same time, though, my
my father was a military guy, and so he always
made sure, you know, he looked them in the eye,
shook their hands, whoever it was, and and you gave
him your time and he called me yes sir.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
And yes ma'am and did all that stuff as well.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
So it's a unique upbringing, I think, and you know,
coming from a home of seven boys and one girl.
The chaos I feel you on that, always something broken,
always playing, you know, I love that description reminded me
of my childhood. So we got Hink Bachmeyer here on
ESPN the Van. Let's talk about Bear's Bears, a quarterback.
(13:33):
What stands out to you about Bear? Highly chouted, highly rated,
maybe the most recruited out of the out of the
Bachmeyer family, right, and he had his option pick of
the litter, if you will, from the scholarships doled out
to him. What what stands out to you about about Bear?
What do you like about his play style?
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Yeah? So for Bear, you.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Know, I think obviously he's he's he's doing really well
so far. He hasn't played yet, and I'm sure he's
gonna make some you know, I'm just saying this as
his older brother, like you know, as a fan base. Like,
he's gonna make mistakes and he's gonna have growing pains.
But I think if you guys, you know, just let
him roll and be patient and just you know, the
plan that Coloni and a run a for him. I
(14:17):
think with the schedule too, I think it's really gonna
help him grow.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
But for Bear, he's just he's he's.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Really like, uh man, I don't even know how to
say this, but he he just can do it all.
Like he he can play from the pocket, He he
can process.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
At a high level.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
He he understands to play within the scheme and uh,
take what they give you, and and and.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
It's a lot of things.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
You know, John Coach, a Rod Matt Mitchell, Coach Coloney
myself just.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Like Preach because he is a very high IQ guy.
He can operate within.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
The system and at a really high level. And i mean,
I'm curious see how it's gonna go this this weekend.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
He's never played in a college game, and so we'll
see how it goes.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
But he has all of that, and then the added
element is just his mobility. And he played baseball. I
mean he played his junior year. He like led the
league of home runs and all that stuff. And he
he has that ability to play from different slots, and
he's got a really quick release, and he can throw
(15:27):
off platform. He can do all of that stuff at
a really high level. And then he's got a great
build like his bill.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
He's got like a kind of like a pretty ish kind.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Of build in my eyes, and with his with his
lower half, and then yeah, he he has the capacity
to be able to run. Really curious to see how
all that pans out at the college level. But he
was able to do that at a high level in
high school, and so uh he he really he really
(15:58):
doesn't have anything yet in my high is that that
he cannot do.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Uh, it's just gonna be h the ability to get.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
More experience and and and just kind of grow and
and learn from from what he does right and wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
So you've been in those situations before as a young quarterback,
wending your way right, learning through trial and error, et cetera.
Trying to get the game to slow down for you,
watching as much film as possible so you can anticipate,
but the speed of the game, Uh, the familiarity of
the scheme, familiarity, familiarity of personnel, it can all be
(16:34):
a little bit delayed. What advice have you given Bair
through the process in order to try to stay within himself,
stay within the scheme and uh, you know, limit some
of those those uh those bone headed plays, the mistakes
that that every single quarterback engages in as a true freshman,
as a sophomore, even yeah, I mean you.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
Make those I mean I played last year. You making
those mistakes.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It just happens, you know, nobody's perfect and uh yeah,
nobody's perfect really, So I think for him to be
able to understand that, and I love There was a
recent Jamis clip.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I love Jamis just kind of his personality.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
He's very authentic, and he talked about how his thought
process and he's not He said something along lines of,
I'm not an outcome based quarterback. You know, I just
look at if my decision was right. And so that's
a big thing that I've been preaching the bare lately
because I just like, I love that personally because it
(17:31):
was like, man, it's detached from the result. And you know,
if you know, there's a famous Bill Walsh books, one
of my favorite books, The score takes care of itself.
And so if you focus on your process and and
and you focus on, okay, what do I need to
do to execute this play? Okay I need to do this,
and you get snapped my footwork, my protection, my progression,
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you know, and and make sure that I'm sound in
my pre snap process. But then was my decision right?
You know, because jameson thing he talked about, you know,
did I throw a pick?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
But was my decision right? And whatever, you know, outcomes
you don't control the outcomes. You just control your process
and your decisions.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
And and those.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Are all things that that I've been trying to preach
the bear and and you know, I think that stuff
really goes a long way and compounds if you really
sound in your process. And and another thing too that
I think is really huge, and uh, my brief brief
experiences with with Kilane and and a Rod is they
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really have a support of nature. And so what it
looks like and what it sounds like with with for example,
Jake last year and Zach and some of these guys,
was that they don't and and just speaking as the quarterbacks,
like when you make a mistake, you're not like looking
over your shoulder or you're not getting showed out and
like oh my god, I can't.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
I'm scared to make this throw or I can't make
this mistake. It's not that mentality. It's like let's go
freaking score a touchdown like way to push the boundaries.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
And I really love that from a from a coaching environment,
the guys that are supporting him, it really seems like
that's the environment that he's in right now. So I
think that that all just helps your confidence because I
think confidence is everything, and and you know it's an
ni landscape now, so just I try to just preach him.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
You know, it's you're a professional in all facets in
your life. You represent a whole.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
University, you represent your family, and you know, you just
got to get professional every single day.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I feel like all of you are stoics in the nature,
pretty even Keel, and I think that boats well in
the quarterback room.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Obviously, Tiger's a.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Wide receiver specialist, part tenter kick returner, he can do
a lot of different things.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
But you're pretty even, Keel.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
How was that that personality benefited you at the quarter
at the quarterback position, because I feel Bear reflects that
same type of stoicism.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Yeah, I think it helps out. You know, Like I said,
I really credit our upbringing.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Being so chaotic really to be honest, to handle some
of these moments, like it was, just going through going
through different experiences and adversities in our life.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
I think really helps you be in the moment in
the game. And and and I think I think, you know,
I think and a lot of people could probably.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
You know, attest to this, but you know, we're pretty
uh outlier family, were pretty quirky.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
We we do some different things.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
And I think that these guys, like especially my brothers,
they just don't really care, like they.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
They just are very very authentic people and they live
their lives aligned and what they believe in.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
And they're they're not worried about other people's opinions or
anything like that. And so I think, I think a
lot of that stuff really just uh helps you, you know,
be the best athlete you can be if you have
a you know, foundation of a faith and a purpose
and you know what you're you're doing. And I think
that that really helps them. And we like to have
(21:06):
a lot of fun, you know, I think, uh, you know,
we can do interviews here.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
You know, all the time.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
And but at the same time, like we have a
lot of fun. We're goofballs and and uh, it's always
an adventurer. You can ask anybody like I'll just it's
an adventure with us and and I wouldn't change change anything.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
So yeah, sure, you I mean Bear, first day, you
fit right in.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
He was talking about playing Settlers of Catan and ping
pong and chess.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
He told us about I think.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Tiger and Bear talked about how they love playing chess.
I'm like, man, you guys gonna fit in just right
at b YU. You got some I call it a
jock Nerd hybrid syndrome. Like they they're a combination of both.
And b YU has a lot of those guys down there.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah, I thought, you know, I thought it'd be a
great experience for them.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
I think it really fits their personality.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I went on the visit with them, and just like
I said, I have a ton of just mutual respect
from the years that I played against them and prepared
against them, and and I just thought that for them,
it was just a great, great opportunity to to just
come in and be at a place that you're really
aligned with and you know, really quick, I think, I
(22:19):
think Stanford is a just an incredible institution, an incredible university.
And you know, Tiger, he's going to go back and
get his master's in computer.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Science eventually, and he loves that place.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
And obviously there were some some stuff that kind of
went on there that that led my brothers to buy us.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
So everything happens for a reason.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah, Troy's firing was not timely, I don't think for
either one of them. And and uh, you know, Obviously
b YU fans are grateful that they got Tiger and Bear,
you know what I mean, Like there's always, uh, there's
always uh, you know, another opportunity that you know, one
one door closes, another door opens, right, and a blessing
comes from that. But you know when when they were
(22:58):
going through that process as what was your advice to
him as they as they decided to enter the portal?
And I think you alluded to some of it, but
what was your advice to him?
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Yeah, you know, I think, well a lot of the
values and stuff that b YU has.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
But yeah, it was tough, you know with even just
coach Reich being there and Andrew and they're they're just tremendous,
first class university and program.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
But you know, even with like coach Reich, he was
only going to be there.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
A year, so it was like, man, there's going to
have an Tiger is gonna have three coaches in a year.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
So so there was just there was just some things that.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
That were going on there that I think BYU With
coach Kline, I don't know what year it is for him,
but he's been there a long time. And and even
at the receiver obviously the quarterback position is.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Is very well regarded there, but the receiver position is
as well, and so I think for them, they just
wanted to find a lot of the values that.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
My family has, and I think just everything BYU offered
was kind of matched everything that they align with.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
So it just like you said, it ended up just
working out, I think in.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
The best possible way it could have. Obviously, they end
up play and they got to be successful and do
their job. But I just think that the foundation of
the program and the university really aligns with everything that
they are about.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
When in watching Bears film, throwability run ability is obviously
a dual threat kid true freshman quarterback, though, Like, what
should the expectation be for a true freshman quarterback at
a P four institution with the schedule that he's got
before him. Do you think from a fans media standpoint, right,
we need to sometimes you know, I'm a former football
player myself, trying to level it out, right, We're not
(24:43):
talking about you know, just absurd numbers here, but you know,
what type of expectations do you heap on a true freshman?
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Yeah, I as a former college FOOTBA player. Now it's
kind of funny because you don't want to talk about
your glory days where you once so I want to
bring it up. And so I I kind of been
giving him a little smack, like about my first game
and you know, through for over four hundred yards.
Speaker 4 (25:06):
And.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
It's kind of an internal brotherly competition. It's like, all right, man,
you got you gotta beat this, you know. But uh Now,
at the same time, I mean, I made a.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Lot of mistakes.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And I'm very grateful for coach Harson and Coach zac
Hill and that whole university and and just I think
that they knew that they were gonna have to roll
with some punches and and I'm really appreciative and grateful
that they gave me that opportunity, and like I said,
gave me that support to be able to go out
there and and just go be free and do your
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best and and and understand that there's gonna be some
growing pains.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
But at the same time, like he he.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Understands and and you know, I don't think that they
would have given him the job if he didn't prepare
like a professional and and he didn't have the talent.
It's not like we're just gonna give it to him
and let him just develop as a freshman. It's in
my eyes, at least when I was going through it.
I can't speak for Bear, I can't speak for the coaches,
but I mean I'm very much prepared, very very hard
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for that opportunity, you know, And so I think those
same characteristics, those same attributes, that same preparation and process,
Like Bear has to keep it at a high level,
or else he wouldn't be where he's at. So at
the same time, like he's got to play at a
high level, Like you guys aren't putting a freshman out
(26:32):
there to be a freshman. He's out there to be
a starring quarterback, a BYU with a great tradition that
you guys have. So you know, there's standards of play
at that position, at that position, and he's got to
be able to uphold.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Them, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
But he's not gonna be perfect at the same time,
So it's it's a it's a fine line, but really
excited for him and just how he's going to handle
this journey.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Like I am his big brother, but that's that's what
I am. I'm his big brother.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
I can only give him so much to just can
only give him so much, he's got to go out
there and experience it for himself.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Well, Hank, it's been a pleasure getting to know you
and getting caught up with you in your world. Congratulations
on becoming a father. That's a blessing, no doubt about it.
A journey in and of itself, as you you know,
move on from you know, the the football world or
the football profession into you know, dad life and the
professional life, et cetera. But I'd like to be able
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to tap into your mind again and get caught up
on you a little bit more. We got to go
to break but thanks for hopping on with us and
letting us get to know Bear and Tiger through your
eyes and your voice today.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Brother, Yeah, thank you for having me on anytime reach out.
Really excited for the season and excited to be a
Cougar fan, So thank you again.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
Appreciate that. Welcome to Cougar Country, baby, you know, and
I do love the fact that you named your child Bronco.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
That's fantastic. Yeah, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
It was kind of an ode to the university, but
also just with with my brothers and their names and
and I thought i'd one another unique Bochmeyer name.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So love it man, beautiful name. Well, thanks so much, Hank,
thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
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as well as college football great quarterback.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
We got Hank Pocmera on the line. Hank, how are you.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I'm doing great? Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Always a pleasure talking all with you. Uh and uh,
you know, getting to know you Hank.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Number one.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I just want to say a big fan of yours
highly productive college football player, and uh, you got to
watch you cover.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
You when you were at Boise State.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I've always felt that, like the BYU in the in
the late seventies, eighties into the nineties, you know, it
was a quarterback factory, and even into the early two thousands,
and then Boise State became kind of this quarterback factory
media darling that that BYU was in the seventies, eighties
and nineties and early two thousands and and since then
(02:35):
there's I think there's a mirror image to a degree
from those two eras. And so when you were getting
recruited by Boise State, why did you choose Boise State
out of high school?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, you know, I think just a lot of the
values and principles that uh, for example, that that b
YU has that my brothers chose I felt were very
similar to Boise And it's a great university.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
I had a.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Wonderful time there and just a great adventure there.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
You know. My son's name is Bronco. I'm seven months old.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah, And just I think a lot of like what
you just said, watching Kellen growing up and and and
Brett Rippin and these guys that were so great really
really inspired me to kind of take a different path
over some of my other opportunities. And just the system,
the pro style system that they had run what I
just thought really really fit my style of play, and
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and I just loved the the creativity and the trick plays,
and you know, I kind of was just enamored and
all that stuff growing up and being a football fan,
and I just kind of it was really fortunate that
it worked out to be able to play there, and
and it you know, it was kind of a childhood dream.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
So it was it was a great experience.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
You got to play b y U a few times,
didn't you while you were at Boise State.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I technically only really played them once. And so it's
funny because in nineteen I was hurt and we were
undefeated at the time. I think we were like number
twelve in the country. I think Zach was here too,
And that was a heartbreaker. That one was a tough one.
I missed that game, and uh, you know, I think
we might have been able to make the playoff potentially
(04:19):
that year. Uh that was our one one loss. That
was a great team, a lot of great players on
that team, and went out to.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
BYU and it was a cold, rainy, snowy night, and
oh it was.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It was a miserable cold night out there, and they
got us.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
I think we missed a field goal at.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
The end there to tie it up or something like that.
And yeah, it was a bummer because I was hurt
that game. But that was my first experience, and then
I had COVID in twenty twenty. Obviously, you guys had
a great twenty twenty team there with with Zach Wilson
and all the studs that they had, and so I
had COVID that game, and then twenty twenty one was
(04:59):
my only I'm playing them, and that one worked out
a little bit better. You guys were very good football team, undefeated,
and it was a great experience, great memory for myself,
maybe not for BYU fans.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah, so it'll feel good. I'm going to go to the.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Game this weekend, so you know, it'll feel good walking
in there again, you know, knowing that outcome. But yeah,
great program. Plane does a great job. And obviously I'm
a fan now.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Of BYU and rooting my brothers and the whole team.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Also, yeah, the little inverse effect, I remember that.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I remember twenty nineteen B what you knocking you guys
off the pedestal and then in twenty twenty one, you
knocking BYU off the pedestal for like a magical season
in the making.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, it was funny because I think BYU had kind
of struggled in nineteen, but their wins were, like I
want to say, it was like Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, that had some good marquee wins.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yeah, they didn't.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't know how many total wins they had, a
lot of their wins were some big time wins from
what I remember. Yeah, obviously, like I said, just a
lot of respect towards them, towards B y U, and
and it's been awesome just getting to know them when
I was playing, and then even.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Just just now. I mean, you guys do a great
job just from what I've.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Seen being a being a fan now, you know, on
social media and and.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You guys media team and everything like that. It's been
it's been really fun. Passionate fan base.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
So why why didn't b why you recruit you out
of high school? Did you ever get any b YU
coaches knocking on your door?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I never did, No, I never did. Uh, you know,
I kind of know a Rod a little bit.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Talk to them briefly, like very briefly out of the
portal one time, and and uh, just you know, it's
it didn't happen, but you know there's a Bachmeyer there now,
so uh but multiple bach Meyers are now.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
So it's it's it's it all worked out.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I understand that. Uh, you did some pro day training
with John Beck too. What other connections do you have
with b YU that you could share with us, including
the John Beck connection.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah, so shoot, John, I mean I've been training out
there obviously. It's kind of in our backyard since I
was maybe a freshman or sophomore in high school. And
you know, John's always just been nomal to myself and
my family and and yeah, they did my my pro
(07:28):
day stuff and then just just playing them. Really, I'm
trying to think it's been it's been pretty cool just
reaching out. Obviously, the LDS Faith has such a global
network and so just people that I know and being
out and reted to Mecula. I feel like it's a
pretty pretty LDS region. So it's been it's been a great, uh,
(07:51):
just just getting to know a lot of different unique
people from from from d YU and and the connection
there and just in my own area, my own hometown.
So it's been it's been really fun just to just
to get to know more and excited to continue to
you know, want to fly out here and meet more
people and and just uh it's it's an awesome brand
you guys have.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So we got hanging Bachmeyer on the line, Cougar Sports,
one of three, nine ninety eight point three years being
the fan talking some college football. Let's transition over to Bear.
Who is Bear Bachmeyer your little brother? You know what
stands out to you about her? How do you how
do you describe him as a as a person and
as a player.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, Bear is you know, he's somebody I used to
beat up on a lot when I was younger. It's
kind of you talk about the inverse effects. Uh you know,
if we get I try not to get in too
many scuffles with him anymore, just because he he's a
big guy now, so I tried to We were big
w W family when we're growing up. So he used
(08:50):
to tombstone him and and uh, you know, triple H pedigree.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And and I can't do that anymore. But uh, yeah,
he's he's a great, just person. Great human being.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I credit my my parents just for everything that they
did for us, and and they're very you know, Tiger
as well, and just all my siblings.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
They're just very well rounded individuals.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
And and I credit that, like I said, too, to
my family and then just I mean, it's it's been
pretty remarkable to see just their journeys. And for example, Bear, like, yeah,
I think there's probably some stories out there coming out,
but just you know, since he was little, he could literally,
(09:33):
you know, he could dribble between his legs, and he'd
always have the whiffleball bat with the mental whiffle ball
and wouldn't you know, just go up to rams strangers
and you know, throw me the ball and hit it.
When he's you know, three years old and always could
throw and it was just always really coordinating, just always
tag along.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
You know, my dad coached myself and coached coach.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
My brothers, and and it's just a they have a
really unique upbringing. And like I said, just credit my
parents for everything that they did for us. And they
did a lot of traveling everywhere, and you know, it's
it's been awesome to see their journey and his is
just starting out.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
But I'm really excited for him.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
So, like, how would you describe the culture in the
Bachmeyer home?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Because I find that each and every one of you
guys are are are There's definitely some similarities in the
way that you guys engage, you guys discuss. You guys
common articulate, smart guys, ceverbrawl, obviously great athletes, but you
guys come from a very grounded, religious, disciplined home. Like
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what is the culture like growing up in the Bachmeyer family?
Speaker 4 (10:40):
Yeah, you know, I think.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I think definitely there's all that stuff, but it was chaos.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
It was chaotic every day. You know.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
We have a long hallway in our in our house,
and we would play with the nerf ball, like every
day it would be tiger and bear vers myself and
there's pictures on the side.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Of it, and there's always.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
A picture as a crack frame or when my mom
always had to replace it and somebody's crying, screaming, laughing.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
It was it was organized chaos, at least in my mind.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Like, I think it really helped us out, Like at
least it helped me out, like with things that were
I don't want to say to other people, but like
some problems it would just I don't know, it gave
me a calm demeanor and a lot of chaotic things
in my life just to be able to handle. Like
we didn't come from from much, so like just the
way my dad was, you know, uh he would we
(11:32):
were homeschool, right, so like we would literally kind of
have our own curriculum and the guy would just give
us like the Wall Street Journal or just talking about whatever,
and and and sports were obviously pushed. We we did
that as well when we were homeschool, just athletic training
and everything like that. But yeah, it's it's uh, it's
it's really unique. Like I said, I have a seventh
month old, so uh yeah, I'll say it straight up.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
My parents are crazy. They're they're nuts, But uh, I
think you got to be.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Able to put the boundaries a little bit to to
have you know, like Tiger for example, like I don't
know anybody else that could do that in computer science,
that in his schedule and just everything that he does,
you know, like it's a great honor being his brother.
And and Bear was you know, I I joke around
because he he likes economics, and he was like, man,
(12:20):
I might freaking try to be the president, you know,
at Stanford, and that was kind of a joke, but
I think, you know, he's the type of guy that
could could do it if he really wanted to.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
But yeah, it's just been, uh, it's it's.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Been really fun to look at it, you know, with
my kid like, okay, this this was nuts or this
was good. But you know, they they had three Division
one athletes and and you know, my sister is getting
her MBA and ran track at a division three and
and so I look at what they did and very
honored to have them be my parents, Very honored to
be the oldest of the five of us. And yeah,
(12:53):
it's been it's been a really fun journey. But it's
it was chaotic and at the same time, though, my
my father was a military guy, and so he always
made sure, you know, he looked them in the eye,
shook their hands, whoever it was, and and you gave
him your time and he called me yes sir.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
And yes ma'am and did all that stuff as well.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
So it's a unique upbringing, I think, and you know,
coming from a home of seven boys and one girl.
The chaos I feel you on that, always something broken,
always playing, you know, I love that description reminded me
of my childhood. So we got Hink Bachmeyer here on
ESPN the Van. Let's talk about Bear's Bears, a quarterback.
(13:33):
What stands out to you about Bear? Highly chouted, highly rated,
maybe the most recruited out of the out of the
Bachmeyer family, right, and he had his option pick of
the litter, if you will, from the scholarships doled out
to him. What what stands out to you about about Bear?
What do you like about his play style?
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Yeah? So for Bear, you.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Know, I think obviously he's he's he's doing really well
so far. He hasn't played yet, and I'm sure he's
gonna make some you know, I'm just saying this as
his older brother, like you know, as a fan base. Like,
he's gonna make mistakes and he's gonna have growing pains.
But I think if you guys, you know, just let
him roll and be patient and just you know, the
plan that Coloni and a run a for him. I
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think with the schedule too, I think it's really gonna
help him grow.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
But for Bear, he's just he's he's.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Really like, uh man, I don't even know how to
say this, but he he just can do it all.
Like he he can play from the pocket, He he
can process.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
At a high level.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
He he understands to play within the scheme and uh,
take what they give you, and and and.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
It's a lot of things.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
You know, John Coach, a Rod Matt Mitchell, Coach Coloney
myself just.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Like Preach because he is a very high IQ guy.
He can operate within.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
The system and at a really high level. And i mean,
I'm curious see how it's gonna go this this weekend.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
He's never played in a college game, and so we'll
see how it goes.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
But he has all of that, and then the added
element is just his mobility. And he played baseball. I
mean he played his junior year. He like led the
league of home runs and all that stuff. And he
he has that ability to play from different slots, and
he's got a really quick release, and he can throw
(15:27):
off platform. He can do all of that stuff at
a really high level. And then he's got a great
build like his bill.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
He's got like a kind of like a pretty ish kind.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Of build in my eyes, and with his with his
lower half, and then yeah, he he has the capacity
to be able to run. Really curious to see how
all that pans out at the college level. But he
was able to do that at a high level in
high school, and so uh he he really he really
(15:58):
doesn't have anything yet in my high is that that
he cannot do.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Uh, it's just gonna be h the ability to get.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
More experience and and and just kind of grow and
and learn from from what he does right and wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
So you've been in those situations before as a young quarterback,
wending your way right, learning through trial and error, et cetera.
Trying to get the game to slow down for you,
watching as much film as possible so you can anticipate,
but the speed of the game, Uh, the familiarity of
the scheme, familiarity, familiarity of personnel, it can all be
(16:34):
a little bit delayed. What advice have you given Bair
through the process in order to try to stay within himself,
stay within the scheme and uh, you know, limit some
of those those uh those bone headed plays, the mistakes
that that every single quarterback engages in as a true freshman,
as a sophomore, even yeah, I mean you.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
Make those I mean I played last year. You making
those mistakes.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It just happens, you know, nobody's perfect and uh yeah,
nobody's perfect really, So I think for him to be
able to understand that, and I love There was a
recent Jamis clip.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I love Jamis just kind of his personality.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
He's very authentic, and he talked about how his thought
process and he's not He said something along lines of,
I'm not an outcome based quarterback. You know, I just
look at if my decision was right. And so that's
a big thing that I've been preaching the bare lately
because I just like, I love that personally because it
(17:31):
was like, man, it's detached from the result. And you know,
if you know, there's a famous Bill Walsh books, one
of my favorite books, The score takes care of itself.
And so if you focus on your process and and
and you focus on, okay, what do I need to
do to execute this play? Okay I need to do this,
and you get snapped my footwork, my protection, my progression,
(17:52):
you know, and and make sure that I'm sound in
my pre snap process. But then was my decision right?
You know, because jameson thing he talked about, you know,
did I throw a pick?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
But was my decision right? And whatever, you know, outcomes
you don't control the outcomes. You just control your process
and your decisions.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
And and those.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Are all things that that I've been trying to preach
the bear and and you know, I think that stuff
really goes a long way and compounds if you really
sound in your process. And and another thing too that
I think is really huge, and uh, my brief brief
experiences with with Kilane and and a Rod is they
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really have a support of nature. And so what it
looks like and what it sounds like with with for example,
Jake last year and Zach and some of these guys,
was that they don't and and just speaking as the quarterbacks,
like when you make a mistake, you're not like looking
over your shoulder or you're not getting showed out and
like oh my god, I can't.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
I'm scared to make this throw or I can't make
this mistake. It's not that mentality. It's like let's go
freaking score a touchdown like way to push the boundaries.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
And I really love that from a from a coaching environment,
the guys that are supporting him, it really seems like
that's the environment that he's in right now. So I
think that that all just helps your confidence because I
think confidence is everything, and and you know it's an
ni landscape now, so just I try to just preach him.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
You know, it's you're a professional in all facets in
your life. You represent a whole.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
University, you represent your family, and you know, you just
got to get professional every single day.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I feel like all of you are stoics in the nature,
pretty even Keel, and I think that boats well in
the quarterback room.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Obviously, Tiger's a.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Wide receiver specialist, part tenter kick returner, he can do
a lot of different things.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
But you're pretty even, Keel.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
How was that that personality benefited you at the quarter
at the quarterback position, because I feel Bear reflects that
same type of stoicism.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Yeah, I think it helps out. You know, Like I said,
I really credit our upbringing.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Being so chaotic really to be honest, to handle some
of these moments, like it was, just going through going
through different experiences and adversities in our life.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
I think really helps you be in the moment in
the game. And and and I think I think, you know,
I think and a lot of people could probably.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
You know, attest to this, but you know, we're pretty
uh outlier family, were pretty quirky.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
We we do some different things.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
And I think that these guys, like especially my brothers,
they just don't really care, like they.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
They just are very very authentic people and they live
their lives aligned and what they believe in.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
And they're they're not worried about other people's opinions or
anything like that. And so I think, I think a
lot of that stuff really just uh helps you, you know,
be the best athlete you can be if you have
a you know, foundation of a faith and a purpose
and you know what you're you're doing. And I think
that that really helps them. And we like to have
(21:06):
a lot of fun, you know, I think, uh, you know,
we can do interviews here.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
You know, all the time.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
And but at the same time, like we have a
lot of fun. We're goofballs and and uh, it's always
an adventurer. You can ask anybody like I'll just it's
an adventure with us and and I wouldn't change change anything.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
So yeah, sure, you I mean Bear, first day, you
fit right in.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
He was talking about playing Settlers of Catan and ping
pong and chess.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
He told us about I think.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Tiger and Bear talked about how they love playing chess.
I'm like, man, you guys gonna fit in just right
at b YU. You got some I call it a
jock Nerd hybrid syndrome. Like they they're a combination of both.
And b YU has a lot of those guys down there.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah, I thought, you know, I thought it'd be a
great experience for them.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
I think it really fits their personality.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I went on the visit with them, and just like
I said, I have a ton of just mutual respect
from the years that I played against them and prepared
against them, and and I just thought that for them,
it was just a great, great opportunity to to just
come in and be at a place that you're really
aligned with and you know, really quick, I think, I
(22:19):
think Stanford is a just an incredible institution, an incredible university.
And you know, Tiger, he's going to go back and
get his master's in computer.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Science eventually, and he loves that place.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
And obviously there were some some stuff that kind of
went on there that that led my brothers to buy us.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
So everything happens for a reason.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah, Troy's firing was not timely, I don't think for
either one of them. And and uh, you know, Obviously
b YU fans are grateful that they got Tiger and Bear,
you know what I mean, Like there's always, uh, there's
always uh, you know, another opportunity that you know, one
one door closes, another door opens, right, and a blessing
comes from that. But you know when when they were
(22:58):
going through that process as what was your advice to
him as they as they decided to enter the portal?
And I think you alluded to some of it, but
what was your advice to him?
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Yeah, you know, I think, well a lot of the
values and stuff that b YU has.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
But yeah, it was tough, you know with even just
coach Reich being there and Andrew and they're they're just tremendous,
first class university and program.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
But you know, even with like coach Reich, he was
only going to be there.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
A year, so it was like, man, there's going to
have an Tiger is gonna have three coaches in a year.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
So so there was just there was just some things that.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
That were going on there that I think BYU With
coach Kline, I don't know what year it is for him,
but he's been there a long time. And and even
at the receiver obviously the quarterback position is.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Is very well regarded there, but the receiver position is
as well, and so I think for them, they just
wanted to find a lot of the values that.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
My family has, and I think just everything BYU offered
was kind of matched everything that they align with.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
So it just like you said, it ended up just
working out, I think in.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
The best possible way it could have. Obviously, they end
up play and they got to be successful and do
their job. But I just think that the foundation of
the program and the university really aligns with everything that
they are about.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
When in watching Bears film, throwability run ability is obviously
a dual threat kid true freshman quarterback, though, Like, what
should the expectation be for a true freshman quarterback at
a P four institution with the schedule that he's got
before him. Do you think from a fans media standpoint, right,
we need to sometimes you know, I'm a former football
player myself, trying to level it out, right, We're not
(24:43):
talking about you know, just absurd numbers here, but you know,
what type of expectations do you heap on a true freshman?
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Yeah, I as a former college FOOTBA player. Now it's
kind of funny because you don't want to talk about
your glory days where you once so I want to
bring it up. And so I I kind of been
giving him a little smack, like about my first game
and you know, through for over four hundred yards.
Speaker 4 (25:06):
And.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
It's kind of an internal brotherly competition. It's like, all right, man,
you got you gotta beat this, you know. But uh Now,
at the same time, I mean, I made a.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Lot of mistakes.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And I'm very grateful for coach Harson and Coach zac
Hill and that whole university and and just I think
that they knew that they were gonna have to roll
with some punches and and I'm really appreciative and grateful
that they gave me that opportunity, and like I said,
gave me that support to be able to go out
there and and just go be free and do your
(25:40):
best and and and understand that there's gonna be some
growing pains.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
But at the same time, like he he.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Understands and and you know, I don't think that they
would have given him the job if he didn't prepare
like a professional and and he didn't have the talent.
It's not like we're just gonna give it to him
and let him just develop as a freshman. It's in
my eyes, at least when I was going through it.
I can't speak for Bear, I can't speak for the coaches,
but I mean I'm very much prepared, very very hard
(26:11):
for that opportunity, you know, And so I think those
same characteristics, those same attributes, that same preparation and process,
Like Bear has to keep it at a high level,
or else he wouldn't be where he's at. So at
the same time, like he's got to play at a
high level, Like you guys aren't putting a freshman out
(26:32):
there to be a freshman. He's out there to be
a starring quarterback, a BYU with a great tradition that
you guys have. So you know, there's standards of play
at that position, at that position, and he's got to
be able to uphold.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Them, you know.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
But he's not gonna be perfect at the same time,
So it's it's a it's a fine line, but really
excited for him and just how he's going to handle
this journey.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Like I am his big brother, but that's that's what
I am. I'm his big brother.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
I can only give him so much to just can
only give him so much, he's got to go out
there and experience it for himself.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Well, Hank, it's been a pleasure getting to know you
and getting caught up with you in your world. Congratulations
on becoming a father. That's a blessing, no doubt about it.
A journey in and of itself, as you you know,
move on from you know, the the football world or
the football profession into you know, dad life and the
professional life, et cetera. But I'd like to be able
(27:25):
to tap into your mind again and get caught up
on you a little bit more. We got to go
to break but thanks for hopping on with us and
letting us get to know Bear and Tiger through your
eyes and your voice today.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Brother, Yeah, thank you for having me on anytime reach out.
Really excited for the season and excited to be a
Cougar fan, So thank you again.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
Appreciate that. Welcome to Cougar Country, baby, you know, and
I do love the fact that you named your child Bronco.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
That's fantastic. Yeah, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
It was kind of an ode to the university, but
also just with with my brothers and their names and
and I thought i'd one another unique Bochmeyer name.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
So love it man, beautiful name. Well, thanks so much, Hank,
thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
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