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react to all the picks live. The Jazz have two first round picks. They also have two second round picks in this year's NBA draft, and our own Sarah Todd is reporting that the Utah Jazz have been interviewing a bunch of different young prospects, so we'll do some NBA draft on the program today. The latest on an unfortunate

story regarding BYU's quarterback Jake Rhetz Laugh. The Salt Lake Tribune broke the news yesterday about ten minutes before we signed on air, that Jake has been accused of sexual assault in a new civil lawsuit. There are some new details that have emerged. Our guy Kyle Bondagurra actually wrote

a piece for ESPN, so we'll get into it. The new details is, and this is according to ESPN dot Com, our friend Kyle Bondagura, Utah woman is alleged that BYU quarterback Jake Rhetz Laugh raped, strangled, then bit her and she was encouraged by Provo police not to do anything about it after reporting it, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Utah State Court. You know the reaction online. It's basically a mirror put in front of people, and

it's been really disappointing to see the reaction. And if you wonder why these young women need anonymity, anonymity can you believe can you wrap your mind around what she would go through if you actually knew who she was. I've been disappointed. I've been disappointed with BYU fans. I've been disappointed with Utah fans. This is not a football story. It's not a time to take a victory lap. There is an alleged victim here, So will bring you the latest.

There's nothing official since we signed off outside of the statement that BYU released and Jake's attorney released as well, so that came down yesterday. We'll bring you the latest as we go throughout the program today. Obviously, it's a massive,

massive story on a number of different levels. And I'll just say this, you can always not tweet, you can always not have a take, you can always not have an opinion, especially if your opinion is victim shaming or using this as a victory lap to run around your rival because they play a children's game with a oblong

pigskin ball. It's very strange to me. This is a mirror that's put up in front of you, and you're telling on yourselves when you decide to take d the internet to victim shame, and you wonder why, you know, this is kind of the deal where anonymity is rewarded to victims to report such crimes, but we'll get to it on the show. We have some NBA Playoffs tonight. It is the Tee Wolves and the Thunder from Paycom

Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Game two after Oka see ran Minnesota off the floor in the second after in Game one will be at six thirty Mountain Time, and ESPN has the coverage for you. We have a big college football story and we'll get to it today as the CFP has approved a new seating model for next season. Now we still do not have clarity for what the CFP will look like in twenty twenty six, but the College Football Playoff is now going to a new straight

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some college football storylines on the program today. RSL is back at Action coming up on Saturday, taking on the best team in Major League Soccer, Vancouver Diego. Luna and Ameca Andelli have been called up to represent the US men's national team during the Gold Cup, although Christian Pulisic has decided he will not play, which is a little bit puzzling. We have the all defensive team in the NBA, so we'll get to some of that stuff on the show today, and the world of professional golf today is

honed in on the Charles Schwab Challenge. We'll bring you a couple of scoreboard updates Courtisy of our friends of the UGA. It's a good field. It's kind of a surprising good field after the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow a week ago. So a lot to do on the program on this beautiful Thursday afternoon. Summer is right around the corner. If you'd like a brand new red, white and blue because America Cooler, come on by seven to

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how Tony's doing. On a Thursday afternoon after an epic collapse from the New York Knicks in Midtad Manhattan at Madison Square Garden, Raphael Barlow, who's the host of the NBA Big Board podcast, to talk some NBA Draft We'll see who he thinks the Jazz could look at at

number five. Kurt Schmidt, RSL technical director will preview the weekend ahead in the world of Major League Soccer with Kurt, and then Matt Brown stops by from Extra Points to talk some college foot on this Thursday afternoon ton of college football storylines to get to with Matt. And then, of course, as we are wont to do every Thursday afternoon, we're bringing our friends from the law firm of Handy and Handy, Preston and Garrett No Alan. Alan will not

join us. No pizza for listeners. You will not have any pizza. Sorry about that. That comes from Jan herself when Jans lays down the edict. There's nothing I can do about it. So Tony Jones, Raphael Barlow, Kirt Schmidt, Matt Brown, our friends from Handy and Handy, Mee Spence. Check its live today at Whilesatch Front, Kia seven to seventy West Riverdale Road in Ogden, thirteenth Daniel Memorial Day

weekend Tentsale. Come on by and say hello about I don't know, twenty miles we'll call that south east of US is where we find Porter Larson the day after potentially the worst collapse. And look, if you're a Nick fan, this is saying something the worst collapse in the history potential of the team that we both tend to cheer for the New York Next man, how are you holding up?

and that hurts. That stings. I saw the stat I think teams that led by nine points with two and a half minutes left in the playoffs were or zero and one and fourteen over the last twenty seven postseasons. That's now one win for teams trailing by nine plus points in that scenario. And it's the Pacers, Spence. I brought up the term like PTSD, and I felt a little bad about doing it because it's a serious thing.

But and we're talking about the Pacers. I now, I guess I'm a little you know, proven right about why I brought that up when dealing with this team and this Knicks team in the playoffs.

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I'm gonna take over for Aunt twenty five points. I'm gonna take under for Julius Randall because I'm an angry Nick fan today at twenty points. Give me more for SGA thirty two point five points. I'm going to take more for nas Red ten point five points, and finally more for Chet Hungrin fourteen points for the game tonight, Game two between Minnesota and Okay. See, all right, we gotta do it. We have no choice. Playoff basketball, generally speaking,

is awesome this season. For whatever reason, it seems to have a little extra juice and a little extra spice. The NBA playoff ratings are absolutely through the roof a lot of people watching NBA playoff basketball, but tonight was excise me. Last night was a little bit different as it pertained to the way the game unfolded. So let's do a couple of things here. We have some good NBA guests and so we'll get to some of the breakdown.

I want to start off the top with something I haven't necessarily heard a ton of people talk about, and that is as much as I respect and on a personal level, the head coach of the New York Knicks, Tom Thibodeaux. He was out coach last night, and to me, that's the number one takeaway.

to me. He held on to his challenges, was able to challenge two big plays late that both went the way. The Pacers held on to his timeouts, the Knicks ran out of timeouts, and there were a couple of different errors that I think coach Dibbodeau made that Rick Carlevel was able to capitalize on. The analytical community continues to take l's all the goobs and nerds that cover basketball with our calculator, why are we fouling up three with thirteen seconds left? That's way too much time, way too

much time. And yes, nobody saw aaron NEI Smith turning into Ray Allen circa nineteen ninety eight. I get that, but we should get give aaron NEI Smith a lot of credit. And you know who drafted aaron Ne Smith little unknown fact, well you can google it, Danny Ainge in Boston. Aaron NEI Smith was a Celtic, could not get off the bench. Indiana liked what they saw from him, brought him in. And so certainly the Pacers deserve a grip of credit for playing forty eight minutes of basketball

in a way the New York Knicks did not. But this was a comedy of errors for the Knicks, and I think it was led by their head coach. He was a hell of a coach, but he has never coached in an NBA finals before as a head coach. He coached in the finals with Jeff Van Gundy as

an assistant for the next back in the day. But I know a lot has been made about simply the shot making, the dynamic shot making of the Indiana Pacers in the fourth quarter, and a lot conversation about Aaron Nee Smith setting an NBA record six three point shots, five in the final five minutes, NBA records things that we've never seen before, eight of nine from three, Nie Smith with thirty and of course Tyree Saliburton doing everything he possibly can to continue to have most of the

league absolutely hate him as a person, even though he's a dynamic player with a massive shot. He had a game winner against Milwaukee, he had one game winner against Cleveland, a couple of other big time shots down the stretch to help the Pacers get by the Cleveland Cavaliers. And yes, if you are a Nick fan, little PTSD from twenty five years ago when Reggie Miller in that very same building scored eight points and nine seconds and threw the choke sign up to Spike Lee and the rest of

Mattis Square Garden. I will remind you that the Knicks won that series, even though the documentary winning time would indicate otherwise. And Tyree Saliburton thought he had hit a game winning three. There was a certain element of luck to that as he bricked it off the back eye and had a bounce so high that if you were watching it on TV, the ball disappeared and then it bounces through. He thought he hit a three throws the joke sign up, and then you know he realizes, wait

a second, they're reviewing it. Two point shot boom overtime, and if the Pacers didn't go on to win that game in overtime, Halliburton would have some real egg on his face. And look, the problem with a game like this, to try to break it down in a truncated segment, we'll talk about it with some of our NBA guests. There are so many stories within the game and stories

within the stories. You know when I'm watching games, of course, when you do this for a living and you're watching it through the prism of what can I talk about on the show. When Jalen Bronson picked up his fifth foul with ten minutes left in the game, it was only a two point game at the time, and I thought that was Indiana's chance to go win the thing because Jalen is so important to everything the nixt two. Now, after that og Anobi hits a three. It was not

a good og game. We'll get to that in a moment. He hits a three, knocks down a runner, and then two really boneheaded defensive plays by the Pacers from two very good defensive players, one of them Andrew Nemhart, who had a great overtime U he fouls Ogeana three, and then Aaron Nesmith fouls cat on a three. They combined to hit five of six free throws, and suddenly the Knicks, after Jalen goes to the bench, go on a random ten zero run and you feel like they're kind of

in control. Now. Coach Tibodeau puts Jalen back in the game with about five and a half minutes left, and when Jalen knocks down his step back three. Now, as a Nick fan who's seen it all, I don't know that I was even close to believing that the game was over. As the Knicks continue to build these leads. But when Jalen Brunson hit his step back three with two point fifty one left to make it one nineteen

one oh five. That's when I said, Okay, all right, there's just simply not enough time for the Knicks two collapse in the Pacers to take it. No part of me was like confident of a Nick team historically speaking that I've seen just you know what, the bed over and over and over. But Jalen makes a step back three, they go up fourteen. I'm like, there's just not enough time for the Pacers to capitalize on the inevitable mistakes that the Knicks will make, because that's what the Knicks do.

When Jalen Brunson gave the ball up to Cat and Kakoff fouled, I texted my son, who was watching the game. I said, no way, Cat makes both. He misses one. OG misses a free throw as well. So the fact of the matter is you decided to play the foul game in the free throw game with way too much time left, and it would work if you would make your free throws. That's the problem. Cat misses one, OG misses one. And then the other thing that we have

to acknowledge is this. I went back and watched the end of the game four or five times because I just wanted to see how Nie Smith was able to get loose. Two of the best perimeter defensive players on the Nick roster had horrible perimeter defensive mistakes. It was a bad og had three bad closeouts on Nie Smith. Josh Hart slipped a couple of different times to give Nie Smith a wide open look and look. I have never been one to criticize Tom Thibodeaux for essentially playing

his players too much. I think it's a silly thing to do. But if you were watching that game, it was clear that the Knicks were fatigued. It was clear that they were gassed, and they played a tough series against Detroit. They're coming off a six game series against the Celtics, and the Pacers were able to rest a little bit after dispatching the Cavs in five games. You have to wonder, and the Pacers have a lot of

young wings that are full of energy. You have to wonder if Tom Thibodeaux has to look at his rotation a little bit and just can you get something out of precious to Atua. Can you get something out of the players on your bench that we haven't seen play. Because here's the other issue. If you're a Nick fan. At this point, we play every other day now, there's no two day rests, there's no three day time period between games. Every other day is how it's going now.

And Indiana goo's eleven deep. They have eleven players that average fifteen plus points a night, or excuse me, fifteen plus minutes a night. And if that's the deal and the Knicks are going seven deep, at some point, it's going to catch up to you, not even mentioning how you could look in the NBA Finals if you continue to run your seven guys into the ground. And I don't love the campaign minutes, Like I'm not a huge fan of Cameron Pain, but last night with Jalen and

foul trouble, Cam at least gave you a few minutes. Essentially, it's Jalen, it's Bridges, it's Heart, it's Og, it's Cat, and then it's Mitchell Robinson who continues to play really well.

I would have liked a little bit more of a dynamic close out on Halliburton's shot, and then it's Miles McBride really for the most part, and then out of necessity, if Jalen needs rest or if he's in foul trouble, you can bring in campaign, But can you get a couple of minutes from precious Atua so you can sit Og who was clearly gassed, and sit Josh who slipped a couple of different times. Can you dust Landry sham it off a little bit? You gotta figure something out.

You just have to ultimately or else Indiana is gonna Indiana is gonna run you off the floor. Can you write his name down there?

is what happens in game two. And this is the cool thing about being in the world of pro sports and being in the world of covering sports, because the Knicks have an opportunity to really, you know, come back in a way that could prove a lot of people wrong. But a loss like that, as Porter reference, with the stats that is historic. It also could go the other way and the Pacers could win this thing in four

or five games. All right, we are live today. I've been coming up here for like fifteen sixteen years every Memorial Day. It's wassatch Frontkias seven to seventy West Riverdale Road. Arbie stops by. What's up?

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When I saw our next guest was on the rundown today, I shed a tear. My heart broke a little bit. Tony Jones was last night real? I feel like it was a fever dream. Dude, did did last night actually happen?

blocking Carmelo at the rim. I mean, this is this is up there with the most painful office that I've ever suffered. As the next san full stop. I I went on a run last night just to try to clear my head, and when I stopped, I got into six miles and I didn't even know it.

was there ever a moment? So I said this earlier when Jalen hit the step back three to make it one nineteen one oh five, even though the PTSD of the Nick fandom and me was clearly alive and well, I just thought, there just is not enough time left, like it's a fourteen point game they do like the pacers just don't have enough time. So part of me allowed myself to get to get excited. Then was there a point in the game where you were a relaxed You're like, yep, we got this, It's done.

and then twist the nights even more. We scored the first four points in overtime and then you're like, okay, you know, we scored the first four points in overtime. And then on that next possession, Myles Turner turns the ball over and I'm like, oh, okay, we're good. We're good. We're on the break. That was a gold tend.

a good offensive possession the rest of the game. And that was sick to my stomach og throwing that past the Brunton. Was so much space in between, there was not There was too much space for that pass. And then the first replay, Oh my dear god, that went off of Jalen. We're gonna lose the game. It was I mean, it was. You know, when you talk about death, you want it quick and easy, right, you don't want to slow burn. And that's what last night was. It

was just the slow burn into oblivion. And it hurt. It hurts so badly.

he got out coached. Last night. I mean a couple of challenges where I'm watching on TV and Jalen's offensive foul on Nei Smith, and of course every player stands up and does the thing with a finger like review that I'm like, don't review it. A, it's too early in the game. B. You're gonna lose that challenge. See, you're gonna lose the time out. And on three different occasions, Idiana pacer players turned towards Rick Carlisle to ask him to challenge plays early in the game, and Rick said, no,

go play. I'm hanging on to him, and he hung onto his challenges that allowed him to challenge two massive plays at the end, including the possession that you just referenced that both went Indiana's way. The analytical community has taken a lot of l's this year. I don't know why we're fouling up three with thirteen seconds left, like

that's too much time. So I and rotationally. You know, there's not a lot of hard data that indicates Tom Thibodeau plays his players too much and therefore they get hurt. Og was tired. He didn't close out on three different Knie Smith threes. Josh Hart slipped twice. He was tired. Jalen had two horrific turnovers. Cat missus free throws, Og misses a free throw, Like, I think Tom has to wear this a little bit, Tony. I thought Rick Carlisle completely out coached him last night.

happen again with Jalen Brusson off the floor in this series. And we wasted it. And but the key was that, you know, they got themselves together, They kept playing, They got onto the next play. You know, every time that Jalen foul drifted and got a call, you know, they didn't show much frustration. They got to it, They got to the next play. They kept playing, and we kind of imploded a little bit and term the other way.

We didn't show as much maturity as Indiana did. I gotta tell you, Spence, I think we lost the series last night. Like I know, it sounds pretty stupid to say that you lost the series in one game, but I think we lost the series in one game. And I'll tell you why. The longer this series goes, the more disadvantage that we're gonna be in because Indiana played so fast and they're so teams, We're gonna be more fatigued and more fatigued as the series goes on. We

cannot afford to play this series from behind. We have to play this series for my heads. So we have to win the next two games. And even if we let's say we let's say we win tomorrow night, let's say we get one of the two games in Indiana, it's still to two series only that that is going six or seven. And if to go six or seven, Indiana has such a big advantage because they're going to be so much more fresh. They have five guys, Our five starters all play at least thirty eight minutes a game.

They do not have a start single starter that played over thirty four minutes. Again, that's huge, especially in an every other day series. And that's why I thought last night was so important. We needed to get on We needed to jump on top in this series.

So if we move over into potential for Tom Thibodau on the New York Knicks, can they dust off Precious at you? A? Can? Can Precious give you ten minutes? Can you dust off Landry Shammitt? Can he give you ten or twelve minutes?

the Knicks can play fast. But I just started to wonder, like, how is this going to look at the end of the game when Rick can go ten to eleven deep to your point, eleven players averaging ten or more minutes a night, and Tom continues to stick with this seven man rotation quasi eight man because Campaign played some minutes

because Jalen was in foul trouble. Do you think Tom can extend his rotation a little bit, dust off some of these players at the end of the bench, just to give the starters a little bit of a rest here or there.

he's still a good defender. You mean to tell me that he couldn't steal four possessions on Tyrese Haliburton just to give him another look, just to see what happens. You know, That's the thing you know with Tom Thibodeau that always hold him back. He's two set in his ways. Right, we can sit here, right now, we can be like, yeah, precious Truer is capable of giving him five to five to ten minutes, and he is, and Lamb Shama is capable of coming and you know, not hurting me for

five minutes, and he is. But it's not gonna matter because Tom's not gonna do it. He's gonna stay with the same seven guys for forty eight minutes. He's gonna say, with the same starters for forty two to forty five minutes. Josh Harden is gonna play forty six minutes, and he's gonna ride with that until OG's hamstring is falling off the boat. And then when and then when we lose the series. Uh, and then when we lose the series, Leon Roach should fire him and go and get a

coach that adjusts, because that's what Tom does. Yeah, he leads to the water. He leads you to the water, but he's not capable of making you drink. Yeah.

is a little big for me. I wouldn't be stunned actually, based off of maybe the energy of the crowd, and I would imagine a really frustrated group if New York comes out tomorrow and smokes them. I'm not going to predict that because again, PTSD, what do you think happens tomorrow night?

that's what scares me. You know, it scares me that, you know, we could play a good game tomorrow night and Andleanna can still just take it a smile and they're still capable of winning the game, because that's what they did to Cleveland last series. You know, Game two K, Cleveland came out, guns are blazing. Uh. You know, Donovan was scored drop forty. They made every shot and Indiana state in it and stayed in it and stayed in it and hold and Halliburton killed him at the end.

You know. So we're gonna have to play forty eight minutes and it doesn't matter if we're up by seventy points. We gotta keep playing like our life, depending on our life depends on it. Because as the Pacers are not just gonna lay down just because it's Game two and they've already got to split. You know, they're they're kind of they've been really hungry, and they've been really good

at being really hungry, uh, in these playoffs. The reason while last week I sat on your show and I was like, yeah, the Pacers can win the NBA Championship, capable,

and uh, you know, they're they're really good. You know, I think they're they're not getting as much love as they deserve because you know, they don't have a top ten guy, but you know people want if you watch them night after night, possession after possession, you know, that's just a really really really good basketball team and it's it's gonna be tough for us to get a winner all night.

how good they were defensively. And you know the way that they the way that Oklahoma City steed you up, and you know, they battle you and they fight you, and they fight you, and they kick and they clawed and they spit and they do you know, just all kinds of things that throw you off kilter. You know, it's kind of amazing, uh that Denver actually took them

to seven seven games. You know, the thing that Minnesota has to do, the thing that any team has to do against the thunder team, is they have to you have to make threes. You have to make a lot of them because they put five guys in the paint and they basically say, we're we're strong enough too to battle you and put five guys in the paint, but we're quick enough to recover and and contest and contest you from three point range.

the things that that they do. I think it goes to nothing tonight and then we'll see, you know, if the Timerwolves are good enough to respond twice at Target Center in Minneapolis. I'll be covering those games for the Athletics, so you know, read my stories on them. But you know, right now, you've got to think that Oklahoma City has a pretty big advantage.

I mean, the players wanted him. You know, Nicole Yokis wanted David Adaman, Aaron Gordon wanted David Adaman, Jamal Murray wanted David Adaman. And those are the three people who didn't want Michael Malone. So you know, uh, Josh Croncky was always going to listen to what the players wanted there. And you know, frankly, you know, David Adalman went out in the playoffs and and and uh and validated what the players wanted. Because, like I said, I thought he

coached a heck of a playoff. And you know, I thought, I think that he completely deserves the job.

But they will not be on the board at five. As you've gone throughout your draft prep before I say you loose. As of today, who do you think is best case for the Jazz to walk away with at five in the draft?

that you like better than one of those three? You know? Do you fall in love with Derek Queen? Do you fall in love with Jeremiah Fears? Do you fall in love with Milo watch Uh? Do you fall in love with Ka Ka Neppul? You know, So those are the questions that the Jazz have to answer. One of those three in that tier are going to be available, so you know, can the Jazz live with one of those three? All three of those guys has very have different unique things that I really like about him, Like I love

the jaskoms athleticism. I love the way he defends. I love the fact that he's six' four law instead of six to one in three quarters LIKE i thought he was going to measure at the. Combine AND i love that he has a six or seven wings. Fan so now we thought for the entire year They, yeah you, KNOW i LIKE dj has come a, lot but can he played the point guard spot because you know he's going to be undersized as a two. Guard, well now he's no longer undersized as a two. Guard, so you,

KNOW i love. HIM i like him even more. NOW i Love Trey johnson's offensive skill set and, uh you, know the the things that he does, offensively he reminds me of a Young Devin, booker.

the time he's twenty five years. Old SO i think it is a fascinating spot for The jazz to be, in AND i think that they have a lot of work to do to you, know really break down those three candidates and, really you, know answer the question for themselves whether there's whether there's anybody outside of those three backing upset those three as a, prospect or whether they're gonna go with one of those.

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Matt brown writes the college football news Letter Extra. Points he's one of our favorites to talk college football. With there's actually a, random surprising amount of college football news this, week and one that kind of broke a little bit. Earlier according TO i Saw Heather dinnich report this so the twelve team college football playoff is going to move to a straight seeding model this. Fall so essentially it means exactly what it sounds. Like some of the college

football storylines lately have been convoluted and difficult to. Understand but the best teams just get the best. Seats it no longer matters if you win your. Conference now good news, is if you win your, conference you still get a nice little. Payout the economic ramifications do not change, there so you will be able to get the money if you win your. Conference and of course that's a good. Thing but as it pertains to the, seating it will be a street seeding. Model so the best teams get

the best. Seats it's what they do in THE ncaa. Tournament there's no reason why college football should not be doing. This so the TEN fbs commissioners And Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete, VLAKUA i think that's how you say. That they constitute the cfp's Management. Committee they reach this unanimous decision on a call earlier, Today so essentially it is a no. Brainer i'm not sure why they didn't do this at the. Start we're not really sure what the

twenty twenty SIX cfp format will look. Like, yeah they're talking about expanding to a sixteen team format with four automatic qualifiers out of The big ten and THE, sec two automatic qualifiers out of The big, twelve and THE acc ONE aq out of what's now The group of six shout out the NEW pac, twelve and then three at large. Berths, so just to make this, simple if the straight seeding format would have been in play last, year your college football playoff scenario would.

the nine. Seed they would have Played indiana in round one is the eighth. Seed Arizona, state who had a top four seed as a result of winning The Big, twelve would have been your eleven seed and the Only big twelve rep. There Ohio state would have been the sixth. Seed of, Course Ohio state went on to win the thing and then smu your ten, Seed tennessee your seven,

Seed So. Oregon of course they kind of got the short end of the draw as a result of having him play The, buckeyes but they would have played the winner Of Boise State. Indiana Penn state would have played the winner Of Clemson Notre, Dame texas would have got the winner Of Arizona, State Ohio, state and Then georgia

the winner Of TENNESSEE. Smu so that kind of came down a little bit earlier today as THE cfp will move to a straight seeding model and then we kind of wait to see what they're going to do in twenty twenty. Six so the group agreed to maintain the eight million dollar financial commitment to the four highest ranked conference, champions four million dollars for reaching the playoffs and four

million dollars for reaching the. Quarterfinals and this is a no. BRAINER i, mean there really isn't a lot to talk about when it comes to this. Topically it's just a situation that should have been put in a place when they decided to go with the. Thing so some college football, news we'll get To Matt brown on the latest with The house FIRST ncaa. Situation there have been some state

laws passed. Already as a state legislators trying to get in front of this, thing which is wild to put legislation into place that would not hold their schools to whatever stipulations are put into place by The house VERST. Ncublea you can essentially circumvent. It when it comes to these states that have passed these laws kind of under

the radar a little. Bit and so while we all have been waiting for The house FIRST ncaa, settlement state lawmakers and legislators have gone really about their business in a very quiet manner to pass some of these laws state by. STATE i Think tennessee has done. IT i Think New jersey has done, it and we'll see how many other states do. It in the landscape of college, Football Bill conley released en up to date sp plus

ranking for EVERY fbs. Team bill does a really good job as we are one hundred days away From utah football AND byu, football we are ninety three days away from week zero when it comes to the week zero. Slates so THE s AND p projections just quick, reminder preseason, projections according to THE s AND p are based off of the following. Factors number, one returning. Production, obviously returning production based on rosters that we have up to date

as of. Now of, course all this could change prior to the. Fall its combination of last year's sp plus ratings and an adjustment based off of returning production makes up about two thirds of What bill. DOES a recent recruiting which has been different as of, late and a lot of changes in that, direction it's of course incoming

recruits out of the world of high school. Football then transfer portal, additions transfer portal additions that have already been put into place of there's obviously no way of anticipating who will play for these teams and what it's going to look like moving. Forward and then the third piece of, criteria which is always kind of, Interesting bill uses what he calls recent. History it's a bit of information from the previous four seasons to give you kind of an

indicator of overall health of the. Program that seems to be a little bit, arbitrary But bill does a good. Job so the up to DATE s AND p rankings as of now in the world of college football as we sit here in Late may preparing to turn our calendars To june not too long from. Now the top five go like, This Ohio state is, One alabama To Penn state, Three georgia, Four texas is. Five oregon comes in at. Seven when it comes to teams out of The Big, twelve the highest ranked team according To bill

Is Kansas. State Kansas state comes in at eighteen out of The big. Twelve that is the highest Ranked Big twelve. Program and Then Arizona state's at twenty. Two Texas, tech who a lot of people are kind of already pinpointing as a sneaky pick with a great, offseason driven quite frankly by a number of economic investments from their alumni. Base texas comes, In Texas tech comes into twenty, SIX byu comes into twenty, SEVEN tcu at twenty, nine and Then utah at thirty, one a head Of Iowa state

and just BEHIND. Usc so up to DATE smp projections From Bill. Conley of, course this could change come fall with the ability to add to your roster via the transfer, portal and obviously things could, change and things will change all. Right, yesterday right before we cracked the mic to come on, air The Salt Lake tribune reported THAT byu Quarterback Jake retzloth is being sued for alleged rape and. Strangulation SO

espn has some more. Details so it is a civil suit as we reference, yesterday he has not been charged with a. Crime MARK i believe it's. Boute his attorney released a, statement THEN byu released a statement of their. Own no new news, today But kyle bonnagera front of the, show has some pieces of information that weren't necessarily included in the initial report from the. Trib so let's go over a couple of, these and of course we will follow this story and bring you any information that we.

HAVE i referenced this. Earlier, Man stuff like this is a mirror when it comes to the reaction of. People this is a situation like this allows you a chance to tell on. Yourself and the internet reaction and the social media reaction from BOTH byu And utah fans That i've seen a lot, of it's a lot Of it's been, really, really really. DISAPPOINTING i, mean that's why anonymity is granted to these alleged. Victims AND i have to say alleged

because it's a civil. Suit he's not been charged with a. Crime because there are already people accusing her of, lying accusing her of a money, grab accusing her of being A utah, fan of accusing her of living In Salt. Lakes so she wants to END byu football like it's so gross and honestly a little. Weird, Okay So kyle released his. Piece this was actually we sign we signed off.

FAIR i saw this. Morning utah woman has alleged THAT byu Quarterback Jake reetzlof, raped strangled and bit, her and that she was encouraged By provo police not to do anything after reporting. It according to a lawsuit Filed wednesday in U Uitas State, court we talked a little bit about this. Yesterday she's identified in the lawsuit As jane Doe. Ag alleges the assault took place At jake Rhetz laugh's

home In november of twenty twenty. Three and here are a couple of pieces from the vonneger a piece AT espn dot. Com if you guys want to go check it, out it's in our college football. Section. Quote a year and a half after the rape and, Strangulation jane Doe ag continues to experience extreme post traumatic stress disorder and other trauma symptoms as she works to process what happened and moved. On so, AGAIN i believe It's Mark. BOUTY i think that's how you say his. Name in his,

statement he claimed That jake is quote factually. Innocent. Quote we look forward to proving that. Innocence jake's focus this year will be on. Football we don't try cases in the. Media we will respect the process and Establish jake's innocence through the judicial. System b why you released a statement of her own said it became aware of the lawsuit Involving rahetsoff On. Wednesday. Quote the university takes any allegation very,

seriously following all processes guidelines mandated By title. Nine due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for, students the university will not be able to provide additional. Comment The provo police themselves released the statement last. Night sanda received a call from a woman On november twenty, seven twenty twenty, three and she gave a similar account to

what is alleged in the. Lawsuit quote. Quote because the civil suit does not identify the, victim we cannot be certain our police report is the same incident referenced by the, plaintiff but it does seem likely given the information we. Have police went on to say that the woman who called the department was quote given several opportunities to identify her, abuser but declined, to and as a, result the case was. Closed evidence collected that the department said was examined and

led to quote no actionable investigative. Leads the woman also did not respond to police when it attempted to follow up with her or to offer any subsequent. Services so this is all information that some of it came out yesterday and then some new pieces of information come out after kind of some of the reporters have been able to review the details of the civil. Suit quote the civil. Suit the civil suit states That provo this is a

continuation of the statement from the police. Department quote the civil suit states That provo police personnel discouraged the victim from proceeding by telling her there's no justice for victim of sexual. Abuse quote from everything we have, reviewed that is not. True we have a team of dedicated investigat investigators and victim advocates whose sole mission is to provide justice to victims of sexual. Abuse they do not send

people away warning them there's no justice for. Victims so of course The provo police come out with a statement because initially this looked like a really horrible look for. Them so the lawsuit says that the woman In jake connected through social media At october of twenty twenty three and exchange messages for a few weeks before he invited her to his home on or Around november twenty. Second

it was this young lady and her. Friend they went To jake's home that night and then and teammates Of jake were also, Present which is an interesting angle here Because i'm sure a lot of people are going to be subpoenaed and interviewed during the. Process later that, evening the woman's friend left and then she stayed to hang out With. Jake they started watching a, movie according to the, lawsuit and at some point they began to, kiss But Jane doag did not want to do anything. More jake

began escalating the. Situation according to the, Lawsuit Jane doag tried to de escalate the situation and attempted to slow things, down try to pull away and saying. Wait she did not want to do this with, him and the lawsuit says that the woman Told jake, no, wait, stop but he continued to force himself on, her and after she tried to get up out of. Bed according to the, lawsuit in very graphic, Detail retz left put his hand

around her neck and proceeded to rape. Her quote it hurt so bad and caused so much pain That Jane doag passed, out the lawsuit. States jane Doe ag Remembers Jane Jane doe ag Remembers i'm Not. Jane's Jane do remembers tears rolling down her face as she fought to. Breathe a few days, later she visited the, hospital a rape kit was performed and pictures of her injuries were. Taken the lawsuit says she was connected With provo, police

but not did initially Share jake's. Name, finally at some point after speaking to, police an officer reached out to her asking for the. Name and this is also somewhat disturbing because someone else filed a complaint against a football player and police wanted to see if it was the same. Person and at that point she Shared jake's, name and The provo police then encouraged her not to do anything, because as they, claim, quote sexual assault victims never get.

Justice this is all according to the. Filing so if anything comes, down we will bring it to. You but obviously a very disturbing. Situation very, few very little this actually has to do with. Football but Obviously jakes is starting quarterback FOR, Byu so it's in the, news all, Right we'll switch gears coming up in a. Bit we are live today at seven Seventy West Riverdale road In. Ogden it's their thirteenth Annual Memorial day weekend tents, sale

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some players that they wouldn't otherwise get a look. At is that kind of fair to? Say?

mean you'll never do? It of course. Not if somebody wants to write you a five hundred million dollar check For, diego my guess is you're going to take that but can you shed any light on What pablo articulated as a bit of an ethos change for the club now that they're new ownership in.

More so that, obviously you, know along with, that there's no. Absolutes you know that we're not gonna say we'll never do, This we're always going to do, that et, cetera et. Cetera you, know every situation presents a different set of, variables but the end result and the prison through which we need to look through those decisions is going to be does this does this help us? Win does this help us be successful on and off the?

is no longer we identified develop and move. On so when it comes to your, role and then obviously you Have, jason and you Have, tony and you have your staff and the synergies with, ownership what are the dynamics that you balance when making these decisions even if the walking line now is we would prefer to hang on to our better.

Down it maybe becomes more a question of when and not if in those, scenarios because it's because if you're if you get an offer that represents something that you feel is you, know exceeds the player's current, value that you might not you, know if if IF i wouldn't sell him for ten, million well Then i'm essentially making this in That i'm buying.

be a when and not an. If and AND i think if we receive offers for guys that you, know we don't feel value the player appropriately and and don't really let us both replace the player and end up ahead in some, way those things don't make sense for.

This not how CAN i change? Everything because obviously what's what he's done up to this point has gotten him into this, opportunity and as you're heading into an important tournament or important series of national team, games you, know him playing as much as possible at a high level responsible is the best thing for, him Right and one thing THAT i think he's got going for, him even relative over and above what some of the other other players in the pool might, have is is the level

of responsibility he has within our. Team AND i think that's that's a little bit of a unique thing for maybe this national team pool That diego HAS i think in his. Favor so the level responsibility that he has within our club and our team is maybe a bit higher than than some other guys that might be at bigger clubs that might have a really different, role and how that changes when you go to the national team and what you're asking of those players in that, environment you,

know are they ready to give? That, Well diego is someone that's shown that you can rely upon, him he can take that, responsibility and SO i think him continuing to do that is obviously going to put him in the best position to succeed with us in the national.

conversation with his? Reps obviously if he wants to, go and you guys have shown this with other, players if you do not want to be, here then you, know best of luck. Elsewhere but when it comes to the dynamics intertwined in a very very big decision for the club In Diego. Luna what would you say to that based off of conversations you've had with the ownership.

Uh and ownership obviously is the best way to go about, it and to find a pathway that is a win win, Win.

guys are a couple of editions away from being. Elite but of course those additions can't come for a while until the summer transfer windows. Open AND i believe we're approaching two hundred and fifty minutes without a, goal so what. Gives obviously the offense is not where it needs to.

isn't you, know breaking your. Ground but OBVIOUSLY i, think you, know in a lot of these, GAMES i think we do really well from box, Box we do really well in the builds days and getting into the final, third and where we struggle is in that execution and those decision making you, know in and around the goal and obviously actually important part when you're talking about scoring, goals

and that's the thing we need to work. On so at the same time as it's disappointing that we're not finishing those chances in the final, third you, know it's important that we remain positive about the play up until that. Point and WHAT i think helps us realize or get to, is you, know, hey, look this isn't this isn't the you, know a massive shifts that needs to happen to change, everything to throw the baby out with the bath.

Have AND i THINK i think he can do, that AND i think it's just about polishing up from on a team team wise, standpoint our execution in the final. Third so you, know that's obviously what the staff is working, on and you, know hopefully we see the fruits of that.

that's not. Nothing it's not the entire, season but it's also not. Nothing help our, listeners and quite frankly me understand the processes put in place between now And july twenty fourth to potentially bring in the reinforcements that a lot of people thought we're going to bring in during the primary transfer. Window to do that in the secondary transfer, window is it even realistic to expect that maybe the day that it opens we could have some reinforcements on the.

Summer we. Are it is, realistic and we want to make sure that we find the right guy that can fit in and that is here for not six months or eighteen, months but many, years right and is a difference maker for us for many, years because you, know, HEY i don't you, KNOW i don't need to go looking for a difference maker every. Window that'd be a great.

Thing but but, again beyond, that it's the, process which is what you asked, about and you know, it and it's a little bit of just a continuation of what we did in the. Winter you know which which obviously we weren't able to get towed in over the line in. Time but now as you get into the summer window In europe and we're able to you, know get out a little bit more scouting over the past few weeks and see see more guys live and we broaden our

our net and and see more. Players and summer window In europe means there's more guys that are, available whether that's free transfers or guys that are just on the move in the in The european, offseason and so the pool of players that we're looking at is a lot. Bigger so you, KNOW i think the the odds of or the chances or the ease of which doing a deal becomes a lot.

and that's. Good it indicates, growth it indicates economic and. Investment and, NOW i just don't think there's any other way to put it other than if you're going to be one of the best teams IN, mls you have to have an ownership group that is willing to economically invest in the. Roster i'll just ask, you have you received assurances from this ownership group that they're willing to write checks for good players to help this team grow in the?

represents the. Community, well and we'll we'll we'll get that. Done so you, know what DO i take that to. Mean you, know, again it's not a it's not a blank. Check and you know you mentioned how things used to

be AN. MLS i think you, know the rules IN MLS uh still necessitate efficiency and you've got to be efficient with your roster build and your roster spend or you won't be successful even if you are spending millions at the top, end you, know and you can look at some teams in the league now that are that are exhibiting that when you look at you, know teams Like atlanta And toronto who have spent a lot of money sort of at the top end of their, roster

but you, know aren't achieving the results that they'd.

we we don't end up getting quite there. Either But i'm actually very encouraged with What i've seen in training this last. Week and you, know the team that we're gonna put on the, FIELD i think is going to be exciting and you, know exciting an, attack but hopefully you have the same solidity in the back and able to keep the team to a minimum.

you and make you stand out even at the highest. Level, still you, know with someone Like, GOZO i, think you, know and this is this is maybe why he progressed, quickly but it's it's is obviously his speed and his work rate is something that even at THE mls level right helps him stand out even when some other things maybe aren't quite as polished as you want them to. Be he's still bringing the pace and the energy and the work. Rate and that's that's adding value and creating

a lot of. Positivity the one thing THAT i think gets overlooked as a, talent AND i think That i've always valued and and find and the guys that really are successful at younger ages and are successful for a long, time they have this which you know sounds maybe a little,

basic but it's. Adaptability and you, Know, Gozo i've Seen gozos you, know grow up here, essentially which is, crazy but you, know he came in with THE u fifteens and was one of the top, players and it was kind of, like all, right, well let's see how he does when he gets to the next age group and he's playing a year up and he does that and he adapts really quickly and he's one of the better players.

There it's, like all, right, well then let's see how he doesn't monarchs and the he does, that and it's, like now it's the first. Team so his ability to adapt quickly at every level is something that's you, know for, me is one of the special things about those. Though and and you, know adaptability is maybe another way of saying something that but, AGAIN i Think pavlo says a, lot which, is you, know someone's learning or someone's ability

to learn to receive information and incorporate into their. Game you, know if you can't do, that you can't adapt. Quickly so his ability to do that is obviously very. Good and so for, me, Yeah I'm i'm really encouraged by by that trait that he. Has AND i think when players have, that you can't really you, know you shouldn't put a ceiling on them because that they can keep

going and you, know you're just gonna look. Dumb if you cap it too, early because because they're going to surprise you and so those as a great, Kid SO i couldn't be happy for him as a, person but he's a good player with a bright future ahead of.

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going to. Complain it's probably not good news for The Big, twelve but it should lead to more equally matched early postseason games for next.

About there's a little bit of pushback going, on as you would, Expect so give me your thoughts on, this and how do you think we land?

to make a real data informed. Decision it's also a money grab and and not to, sound you, know hysterically, hyperbolic BUT i THINK i think this proposal is almost Anti american and how it completely removes meritocracy and it is built to lock in advantages from a couple of these other largest. Institutions and, honestly the biggest obstacle to us moving toward to a world with automatic bids is not so much To big twelve or THE, acc WHO i don't think can meaningfully stop this given the voting.

Control it's it's going to Be, congress and it's going to be politicians because of enough lawmakers and enough politically influential people who are tied To big twelve OR acc OR g six interests are able to waive you, know you,

know raise concerns about anti. Trust THEN i COULD i could see an outside entity forbidding this sort of thing from, happening and that that was you, Know Cody, campbell the The texas tech billionaire and who was going to co chair The White House College Sports commission until that got. Postponed has raised concerns about this outside of the government doing. Something it's difficult for me to imagine. This guenique and he put back in the, bottle which is good news

if you're a fan of fifth PLACE sec. Teams probably less good news if you like anybody.

them to waive the right to sue over decisions despite the state. LEGISLATION i just want the damn, settlement, dude SO i can understand where we're. At so the time is, yours walk us through this what's going on.

rules and then we have another. Lawsuit you can, have you can have the College Sports commission or whatever you want to call this this new group ask tell schools you got to, sign you gotta wage your right to, Sue you got to agree to this other forum for or else will kick you. Out you can make them sign, that but someone could still sue and say it doesn't. Matter that contract's, unenforceable this is, unconstitutional this is. Illegal and the only way that you have clarity, is, well

let's let's see what some judges. Think let's see what the federal government decides to. Do let's see how some of the parts of this settlement are tested in court or In. Congress so all that, frustrating BECAUSE i know you're sick of talking about. It, Candidly i'm a little bit sick of writing about. It most of the ads and coaches and presidents THAT i talk to are tired of having somebody from completely outside of their universe dictate things to them on seemingly our arbitrary.

end up happening late in the afternoon specific. Time but it would not shock me if it's four thirty specific time and all of the other national reporters are two beers deep heading into a three day, weekend and then suddenly we all have to run to our desks and write, something even THOUGH i think functionally whatever happens with this case doesn't actually.

Like so tell, me and you already alluded to this with your previous, answer let's unpack it a little bit more, so If i'm understanding, correctly you're expecting the, settlement then you're expecting, lawsuits and you're expecting lawsuits against the lawsuits and appeals and like so so so how does this? End how does This how does this ball of yarn? Unwined it ends in one of three?

limit it one way or. Another that's that's one. Option option two is the federal government doesn't do, anything and this just plays out two, courts and courts will either affirm the settlement and establish some kind of precedence and THE ncuba will be able to enforce some of these nil, restrictions or they, won't or the case goes to. Trial in case the whole, thing the whole setlement completely blows, up and then we have another three years of kind

of of kind of navigating about. This the third would be the settlement gets torn up and another one is, proposed which is which is the least likely. THING i, know it's, frustrating what's going to happen in two and a half, weeks three. Weeks is that one way or, another administrators At utah AND byu And Utah state are

going to make preparations to pay college athletes. Directly either it will be under the terms of The House, settlement which will you, know will probably be executed and not stayed under, appeal or the thing gets blown up and they're going to pay people, anyway and THE ncaa is just going to change their, rules just like they did over nil in twenty. Twenty one would love to not think about this, anymore BUT i do not think the legal realities are going to allow me to do anything.

i guess today they're pausing. IT i, MEAN i don't know if this is like another like we're gonna tear if everybody and then, wait we're not like what exactly is going on?

until until they, decided let's let's all systems. Go and many of the issues That Senator tubberville is concerned, with And stavan's concerned, with That campbell is concerned, with and many lawmakers are the exact issues that are trying to be resolved In. Congress and the point person for that could the most likely bill to pass Is Ted, cruz who has been negotiating for six months With Senator moran out of The republican out Of, Kansas Corey, Booker democrats

From New. JERSEY i THINK i Think blumenthal And, kune senator from from From, delaware And i've seen part of this. Bill i've talked to staffers in a couple of those Different senate offices And senate committees and their, goal and then you, Know cruises people And koon's people have, said, yeah we think this can get bipartisan support to finally get something. Through whether it gets sixty votes or fifty six or fifty, eight you, know we don't, know but

it's something like that that contracts of. Support AND i think what's happened, here you, know based on the phone Calls i've made, today is two. Things, one big money from The big ten in THE sec and their lobbying efforts have kind of gotten Into trump's ear and, said, Hey Cody campbell wants some stuff here that we don't, want and maybe we don't want him to have as much, influence namely potentially curtailing The big ten in the SEC's overwhelming.

Influence not good if you're A texas tech. Fan the other thing is it's going to be much harder For Ted cruz to get Six democrats or Any democrats to support something If President trump is out in front of. It the smaller role that he, plays given how politically readio active he is right, now the easier it's going to be to find a couple Of democrats to get

this thing over the. Lone so WHAT i believe is happening here is a bunch of other people have gotten to the president and they're, like, no, actually it makes more sense to defer To. Ted let's give him a

few more. Weeks let's see What Judge wilkin, does and then we'll go back to this, commission because there are issues that The president is concerned about And Senator trumberville are concerned about that don't have anything to do WITH, nil and those might be something that is addressed by an executive order commission independent of this.

that actually will exist when the dust? SETTLES i, do, Actually AND.

mean just a few hours, AGO i Think STEVEN. F austin just dropped. FOUR i have a story about all of this coming out. Tomorrow it makes sense for national experts in business and military and athletics to figure out how are we going to fund elite athlete? Development that would that would absolutely be something that would be the purview of a college sports. COMMISSION i think that would be a good. Idea there are Issues AND i know this Because i've talked To republican staffers and lawmakers who

have asked my opinion about some college sports. Reform LIKE i know that there are the lawmakers who are concerned about the number of international athletes who are competing right now at the highest, level and are they taking spots Of american? Athletes, obviously you, know a very animating issue among conservatives is the potential participation of transgender athletes and women's, sports and and how can that be limited or curtailed or.

Eliminated even, more there's a reform Of title. Nine these are all things that are not going to be in The Ted cruz bill that are not about, nil not about athlete, compensation but are important To republican politicians and could be a part of a. Commission so could the reform of the of The Sports Broadcasting, act which would you, know which is what prohibits THE nfl from you, know playing games On saturdays In. October that could have.

sixteen sixteen TEAM. Cfp at one point it felt like we were high speed, ahead and, honestly part of me feels like we should do, this but of course there are so many pieces of red tape and legal jargon and anti trust this and the that's have to settle. That that are we still moving into a situation where you do think at some point there will be two power?

Conferences or have we just settled into like college football is what it is right now and we're just going to continue to traverse these legal spaces until we actually land on something that is either these two conferences or is it just this now in perpetuity for a.

The Big ten AND. Sec but you, know maybe that doesn't Include, northwestern maybe that doesn't Include rutgers Or, vanderbilt or for building a new super, league would be moving to a world with that separation of sixty five teams and maybe includes a bunch Of big twelve. Institutions we could be moving towards the world where that is halted because of new anti trust enforcement or new federal, legislation

or what happens with private. Equity it's a terrible sports radio answer to say that you're not sure exactly where it's going to. GO i do know what the current status quo is untenable, financially, legally, morally and. POLITICALLY i think how this sport is configured and looks in four years will look very different from how it is.

released their own. Statements this is not a criminal, charge is a civil. Charge and now we kind of. Wait it's you, know it's been, unfortunate you know the. DEAL i, mean college football fans are why you AND i have a. Job but this puts a mirror in front of, people and then you, know you SEE youte fans doing victory,

lapse you SEE byu fans victim. Shaming it's been a rough twenty four hours or so in the new cycle out this, WAY i don't even really know what to ask, you because ultimately it is such a sensitive situation that really shouldn't have a lot to do with. Football But jake is a starting quarterback AT. Byu so what's your reaction to? This and you KNOW, byu how do you think they?

football you, know fandom you come. FROM i say this as somebody who doesn't you, know isn't gonna ride or die for any of these. Places but it's just been reporting.

the first twelve, hours as as the gospel. Truth the third thing to think about which is unique in this.

preparing fans for for what that might. Mean you can, be you, know innocent of criminal charges and still be in violation of The Honor. Code beyond you, know the things could be interpreted like they were in twenty, Twelve they could be interpreted like they were in nineteen eighty. One they could be a completely new. INTERPRETATION i have no IDEA i hope everyone is, safe AND i hope justice is served.

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alluded to It spence during the. Show much LIKE i mentioned the way The celtics Lost game one was going to matter in that, SERIES i think the way The knicks lost In game one will matter in this. One it takes me back to if you remember The Finals game, one When lebron is In cleveland and he just has a remarkable. Game they should have Won game, one but J. R smith like does some stupid thing at the end of the game and they. Lose the way they lost

that Game, SPENCE i said it that. Day they lost a series that, day AND i kind of have that feeling about My.

PERCENT i would have rather the next go down twenty in the first and never make a run as opposed to have our hearts ripped out of our chest like.

got completely. Gassed you wasted thirty forty minutes of good. Basketball and that's that's tough because now you don't have that film to go watch those, corrections to go make.

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