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Episode Date: September 19, 2024

Welcome to Week 4 of Big XII Squad, hosted by Drake Toll of Locked On Big XII! In this episode, we’ll dive into the latest happenings across the Big XII conference, providing insights, analysis, and predictions as the season heats up.Join us as we cover:Game Highlights: Recap of the most exciting games from Week 4, featuring:Arizona WildcatsArizona State Sun DevilsBaylor BearsBYU CougarsCincinnati BearcatsColorado BuffaloesHouston CougarsIowa State CyclonesKansas JayhawksKansas State WildcatsOklahoma State CowboysTCU Horned FrogsTexas Tech Red RaidersUCF KnightsUtah UtesWest Virginia MountaineersKey Takeaways: What we learned from the week’s matchups and standout performancesInjury Updates: The latest on player injuries and their impact on teamsMid-Season Predictions: Where we see each team heading for the remainder of the seasonExpert Roundtable: Insights from our panel of Locked On podcast hostsDon’t miss this episode packed with expert analysis and predictions as we navigate the exciting landscape of Big XII football!Subscribe and hit the notification bell to stay updated on all Big XII news, insights, and game previews!#BigXII #CollegeFootball #GameRecap #LockedOnBigXII #FootballAnalysis #BigXIISquad

Can Oklahoma State beat Utah? Is Kansas State the favorite to win the Big 12 right now? And Baylor and Colorado is an interesting matchup this week. Time to get the Big 12 squad together. You're talking ball with the Big 12 squad. From Oklahoma State to Utah, from Kansas State to BYU. From Houston to Texas Tech, it's the local experts of the Lockdown Podcast Network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns, and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming Big 12 weekend. Buckle up.

It's the Big 12 Squad, and we have a seat for you. Know her feelings and thin skin aloud. Squad up. You're part of the Big 12 Squad. Happy Thursday, everybody. Welcome to the Big 12 Squad. Sit back, grab your favorite beverage, and join us as we get you ready for another wild week across the Big 12 Conference. Thank you for making your favorite Locked On Big 12 family of shows your first listen every single day. We've got Cody Stovall of Locked On Oklahoma State,

JT Wistersell of Locked On Utes, Jake Hatch of Locked On BYU Cougars, Richie Bradshaw of Locked On Sun Devils, and Chris Level of Locked On Texas Tech. Parker Ainsworth was in the waiting room on the one week that Houston wins. On the one week they win. And then he left the stream.

Finally, something goes right for Houston, and we can't get that guy involved yet. Let's end. We don't see Kansas represented this week either. I think everybody there has just kind of dropped out of the fold. We're just going to go ahead and say goodbye to Kansas as a contender. And Mountaineer Paul of West Virginia, I think he's also licking his wounds as those two teams have started one and two.

And as we get into this week, I pose the question off the riff. Cody Stovall, JT Wistersell, which one of you feels like you are the more attractive host? Oh, me. Me, for sure. If JT would have wore a hat he'd be in the running here but um that is rude you're here i'm working on hey don't disrespect the ball jt had to get a spotlight that was a little dimmed down like his ring lights turned on low so that the forehead doesn't ring out too much jt there's a reason that i sleep in a hat my guy all right

i should take i wish i would have taken that advice younger maybe it would have helped a little bit hey there's there's many things that a cowboy can teach a ute this week and let that be number one it is oklahoma state and utah as the matchup of the big 12 we're certainly going to get into that one over the course of tonight's show i need to know from jake hatch you mentioned urine bombs last week which was a new one for uh i did look the fcc is going to allow it they will we can have a urine bomb conversation were you or any other byu cougars fans pelted in your pelting of wyoming with uh p thankfully on this trip no no, no urine was exchanged by Wyoming fans to BYU. We did have some vile language, though, directed at BYU, but that's pretty much par for the course

when you live in Laramie, Wyoming. So, you know. Yeah, that was a, you know, Jake, we can keep it with you for a second. Does your team not not suck? Because a lot of people thought they were going to suck this season. What's your assessment in three games of BYU? Frankly, about as good as could be hoped for right now. Jake Retzlaff has had a bit of a resurgent season so season. What's your assessment in three games of BYU? Frankly, about as good as could be hoped for right now. Jake Retzlaff has had a bit of a resurgent season so far. He's one of the top ten quarterbacks nationally in yardage and touchdowns thrown for. Now, the funny thing about this is if you listen to BYU fans in the discourse online, you would think this was a program much like West Virginia or Houston that's one and two to start the season.

And you're like, what's going on? But they're 3-0. About as good a start you could hope for for this program and now you got Kansas State coming to town for a late night at Lavelle Edwards Stadium I love the question though by the way of like you guys don't suck I mean that you never your team never wants to be in that category Chris I was going right to you next. Does your team not suck? I'm not ready for the question. I don't know. I really don't know.

I've seen three different versions of the Red Raiders. I don't know. And so, like, as I've said on my show, I know what they're capable of, but I also know what they're capable of. And I don't know. I don't know. Is it A, B, or C? And what's door number four look like this week? I have no idea. But we've seen good, bad, ugly. And I guess last week it was almost great. Fifty two points and a half. You put North Texas away quickly. Twenty one points in fifty two seconds. But they have a chance to not suck. But you got to to go validate it and you've got to put some consistency together. Yeah, the hosts we're blessed with this week are the ones that got wins, and each of you have looked at least recently good.

Richie Bradshaw of Locked On Sun Devils. Drum roll, please. Does your team not suck? I mean, is the Big 12 going to be well represented by Arizona State the rest of the year? I fear that ASU does not suck. They've shown a lot of different things over the first three weeks. Against Wyoming, you showed that you can beat up lower competition

the way that you have been in previous years. Week two against Mississippi State, they gave you a run for your money, and guess what? You were able to hold on and pull out that win. Week three against Texas State, you went on the road. You were kind of getting punched in the face in the first half. Then you made adjustments in the second half. So you have found ways to win in all three games.

Some of them have been uglier than others, but this is a football team that I have said before, didn't know how to win last year. And they certainly look like a team this year that has figured out how to close out games when they matter. Yeah. It was good. Richie you're here so you don't get fined right is that is that the whole thing that's why you're on they made the man go back out for one more second like what are we doing that was the longest two seconds i have ever seen in my life i thought sam for a jog and they were like dude that was only one second we don't know what to tell you. My favorite one, Baylor in that Sugar Bowl year,

they call a timeout with three seconds to go. One of the assistants did, and Dave Miranda's just face palm against Oklahoma. The students rushed the field because the clock operator let it hit zero. There are students standing on the field as Baylor kicks a field goal to go up 18 against OU at home just because they could and Drake here's the thing JT knows this as well as I do no fan base does storming the field once not twice but three times like the University of Utah against BYU oh my gosh all right and we're gonna get to we're gonna Don, Oklahoma State. But, Parker Ainsworth, your microphone or computer

or something didn't work there early on. It sounds like Houston's start to the season until this week. A slow start for you tonight, but a hot start for Houston in that first half against Rice. They kept it going. Does your team not suck? We don't suck. UNLV is a good team.

Oklahoma's good. That's a callback. That's a callback that's a callback no lv is elite that's what you're asking what if what if those are two playoff teams we opened up with um i really don't think so i think they're kind of finding their groove it's a new coaching staff the quarterback missed spring ball with an injury i think that there's a chance that we're kind of hitting our stride here we got cincinnati open the conference play. Not the toughest team in the conference. I can say that because there's no representative here. And I feel fairly confident going into it, if I'm being really honest.

I liked Houston this last week. I just, you know. Can we all just sit here and make fun of, like, TCU for choking that game the other night? Yeah, where's Steven? Is Steven too scared? What's the deal with Steven? I don't know, but I mean,

the frogs blew it. I mean, can we sit here and all make fun of them together? I couldn't believe, I mean, coaching them out, they ran the ball 17 times for like 60 yards the whole game. You're up 28-7.

Just do the thing where you hand the ball off. Their offensive coordinator, last name Bryles, by the way, last name Bryles at TCU, was like, yeah, you know, let's just throw the ball. He's got the great advice of one Dana Holgerson helping him out too.

Hold on now. No kidding. What a staff they built in Fort Worth. Also, Kansas, is anybody here scared of Kansas or West Virginia at this point? Wouldn't it get a terrible fall apart for West Virginia? And Kansas might actually suck. I think Arizona and Kansas have fallen out, right? So there's a clear, to me, three contenders in the Big 12

as we sit here today, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Utah, Kansas and Arizona we thought would be right in there, and I just don't think you can put them in that conversation anymore. I'm definitely not scared of Kansas, and that was a very trendy pick to make the conference championship game, and it's still a long season, but I just have not liked what I've seen. What happened to Jalen Daniels?iels i mean this is such a he was he was wearing his highlights he was wearing his highlights on it on some watch and we haven't seen him since so i have to say though if

you had told me that kansas is going to have a bad start of the year i would have assumed it was a bunch of high scoring games the quarterback's been bad i i that's not how i would have seen it coming that was a politeful way to describe him. I don't know that I've ever seen the loss of one coordinator be such a huge issue with a team. Drake, tell them about Jeff Grimes, man. Good times are ahead. That wide zone, man.

It's the wide zone. It's some RPOs. We're going to get the offensive lines improved. Talk to me, Jake. You guys hear what Jeff Gr grimes his excuse was he said that we haven't even hit rock bottom yet we might still go lower right now and i'm like that's a really bad thing to say considering the circumstance you find yourself in i will before we jump into predictions of the week for everybody here he said after their loss to illinois i still don't think we've hit rock bottom. And the quote was taken out of context on Twitter.

You listen to the press conference. But still, do we say that? Do we say that? Do we say, like, to our team after Illinois, hey, guys, it does get worse. And then we're coming up, baby. If you're Bill Self, you can say it. If you're Jeff Grimes, might want to button that one up or put that one in your back pocket. Jeff heard Parker Ainsworth warn him about UNLV. He was like, guys, just get ready say it. If you're Jeff Grimes, might want to button that one up or put that one in your back pocket. Jeff heard Parker Ainsworth warn him about UNLV.

He was like, guys, just get ready for it. You thought Illinois was tough. You get ready for those running Rebels in front of 21,000 sold out at home. Coming up, let's make big-time predictions across the Big 12 with each of these hosts. It's the Big 12 Squad. Don't go anywhere. Today's Big 12 Squad is brought to you by FanDuel.

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in the history of the world, the 2024 Utah Utes. Well, Utah's best wide receiver has 155 yards which would put him about the fifth best wide receiver at oklahoma state with that being said alan bowman crawdaddy backfoot is about to air the ball out all day on the utes why does he look like that the mustache he's got this somebody tweeted alan bowman looks like this privateer from the English military in the 1700s, and Cam Rising's the perfect Jack Sparrow. He's just got this ratty beard, long hair, pirate on comrade, JT Wister's show, Locked on Utes.

You have two minutes to respond. Well, isn't it funny how going into this game now, we're talking about the passing attack and not ollie gordon who hasn't been able to get up to form more so because of the oklahoma state offensive line to me and that's what's funny cody is i think so often throughout the offseason you've talked about utah being not able to come in right away because they come from the pack 12 being more not known as as physical conference as the big 12 but i absolutely think utah is going to win this game on saturday because of they're going to control the line of scrimmage i have not

loved what i've seen from oklahoma state and their offensive line and i mean just in the defensive side of the ball in general i mean you rank 124th in the country in yards given up so i feel really good about this utah team going into this matchup based on what i've seen from that oklahoma state defense sure we can talk about some cam rising health stuff here in a moment but when cam rising I feel really good about this Utah team going into this matchup based on what I've seen from that Oklahoma State defense. Sure, we can talk about some Cam Rising health stuff here in a moment. But when Cam Rising's been on the field, he has led Utah drives, eight of the 11 drives he's finished. Utah has scored points on with seven of those eight being touchdowns. So I do think that this is a Utah team.

Drake, I thought I had two minutes. I can't. You have. I'm cutting you off because I have seen the moderators cutting you off. I got a fact check you here. Cam rising has played less than four quarters, which is not abnormal early season because most games are blowouts. His is his is partially because injury, though. I did see the direct quote of he's going to be ready to go this week, which I think was also the direct quote when Utah played Baylor last season. And Cam rising, I heard yesterday was in a full body cast. What say you? It was not a full body cast, but I totally understand the trepidation.

I absolutely do. We did this last year. Here is the difference. Cam rising last game. Fact check again. Stovall doesn't understand what trepidation means. You're going to have to make it a little bit easier. Okay. Aren't we all in on the Isaac Wilson train at this point? Cam Rising's old news. Go all in on Isaac Wilson. Whoa, pause.

Cam Rising's old, not old news. There's a difference. There's a real difference. Old comma news. Yes. Isaac did look good last week. I think he established himself as a good quarterback for the future. But as we're talking about this matchup, look, Cam Rising, he's going to play. Dorian Singer, Utah's best wide receiver said

he's gonna play like so if you get a player saying that that would just be a whole nother level of kyle winningham like in his media tactics josh furlong of ksl.com did a great job of noting that they didn't even make cam available to the media to speak with last week he was made available brett mcmurphy reported that he was gonna play you know he had that injury that did require stitches but we saw him warm up he was out there he's fired up and ready he's going to play this week everything that's been reported is that he's going to play i would be just stunned and as we said last week if he if that was a big game he would have played in that game as well toady do you are you scared of utah no uh people are glossing over the fact that yes cam is back

and he's played four quarters early on, but that's playing four quarters looking kind of out of sync timing-wise after sitting on the bench rehabbing for a year. So in the past year and a half, the dude's played like four quarters and we're just glossing over the fact that Cam Rising doesn't have some rust. If you look at the games that he even dominated, he did throw behind his receivers quite often i don't know if that's normal for him or if he's just kind of rusty

jt do the tom brady thing say the tom brady thing it's it's been a while like like drake is noting it's tom brady was more recently before he played but i i would say you're not wrong there's been plays where cam has missed throws looked rusty at time but this is what I go back to at the end of the day. The stat I mentioned, 8 of 11 of the drives have ended in touchdowns. Yes, Utah hasn't played the best competition, but they've still marched down the field, punched it in the end zone time and time again. And this is going to be a step up, right? This will be, I mean, I was going to say the best defense,

but I actually think Baylor's defense might end up being better by the time the year comes to a close. So that's where it's nice that Cam, Jake, I know, I know, I understand going to say the best defense, but I actually think Baylor's defense might end up being better by the time the year comes to a close. So that's where it's nice that Cam, Jake, I know, I know. I understand it's Baylor, but they've been doing some nice things. Drake, I see your face as well. Drake, didn't you pick them to lose to Air Force? I absolutely did. It turns out Air Force does suck at football, but Baylor got the win.

I'll give it to you. Let's pivot here really quickly before we go into our final segment chris level richie bradshaw you guys play each other texas tech and arizona state now it just to me feels like the both teams just happy to be here i have not seen a single piece of hate online between these two fan bases richie uh talk about chris's hairline or something talk about the gray in his beard give me some mox. This matchup feels way too nice. It really does. And me and Chris actually just had a crossover episode that you can find on

locked on Texas tech and locked on sun devils. If you guys want more detail, cross promotion. I love it. See my man's working it. That away, Richie. Absolutely.

Stop hyping each other up. Stop being nice okay okay fine hey chris remember kaylin bellage i that was my joke that was that was what i was supposed to say i'm stealing it yeah kaylin bellage about uh what was that 15 or 16 he ran for eight touchdowns against the red raiders eight of them folks scattyatterby's getting eight again. It's going to be crazy. Oh, Hey. So if we're asking for predictions for games and everything, I'm just going to get in front of it for fear of JT and Parker and Richie

throwing a urine bomb my way, all this, all the six home teams and the big 12 games this week are winning the end. I'm one of the old guys in this big 12. Some of you new guys are just new to this league home teams are winning out of the gate gentlemen jake you hear that's going down yeah that's that's what's happening late night at lavelle edwards stadium beaten uh well hey i'm calling it i'm calling it jake kansas state and they got a big game next week i think kansas state comes in fat and happy you know i mean they're always due for an early slip up and i

think uh you know feed them all those donuts you guys feed them uh and and you give ice cream to the crowd i've been there before i know i know what's up up in provo those cougar tails will do them in no no doubt yes yes when i was there they sprinkled bacon on them it was actually a little salty sweet very nice you guys got the special edition. That wouldn't have put the bacon on top. I love the fact that Lubbock and Provo are talking. Lubbock and Provo talking about distracting opponents on the way in. Like there's a lot to do in both of those places. I love that.

I love that. I love that. Provo has two bars, gentlemen. I'll tell you that. They have exactly two bars. And I've been to one of them. I'm one of the few people who can say that I've been to one of them and I was the only one there. And gosh, was it like a teacher that said, I've been here. We haven't talked about how impressive Kansas State did look against Arizona last last week.

I mean, I find that in the next segment. I don't know. Whatever. Or does Arizona suck? I mean, you know 100. Yeah, all right, fine. Let's do that in the next segment. I don't know. Whatever. Or does Arizona suck? I mean, you know, maybe we don't know that. We don't have anybody to ask, hey, does Arizona suck? I mean, maybe the answer is yes. Coming up, does Arizona suck? Is Kansas State good?

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What time is it? Game time. Does Arizona suck or is Kansas state good? Let's see. I'm going to try out of my hat here. Parker Ainsworth. You're the expert down in Houston. It hasn't got to talk about too much good football this season.

What did you see with the old objective eye last week? The Texans are great. I will say that neither Arizona or Kansas State or UNLV, but they're probably pretty good. Go Astros, right, Parker? Go Astros. Go Astros. No, I do think that – so I pick Kansas State to start the year. I should be up front with that.

I guess maybe I'm hedging my bet a little bit. I think it's possible that both things are true, though, right? That Arizona might not be very good, and Kansas State might have an outside shot to win the conference. I know we've got two of the other favorites represented right above me on the screen right now, but I do think that there's a possibility here where both are true. That doesn't mean that it's easy to play in Provo,

and that doesn't mean it's easy to play in Provo on a late-night game. As I think Chris mentioned last segment, they've got a big one next week. They're college kids. You could easily be looking ahead to big things on the line, down the line. I get all those factors, but they've just got to win by a point. Winning the conference gets you pretty far in this league, so I think they've just got to win by a point. You know, winning the conference gets you pretty far in this league. So I think they just got to win by a point and move on. Yeah, it's a chance that that is exactly what happens

for Kansas State in Provo this week. Jay Kach, we will go to you for a score prediction. How will the game play out between BYU and Kansas State? Give me the Cougars 28, Kansas State 25. I think the Cougars get them at home. There's this whole theory that the vampire Cougars, as we've called them the last two years, when they play at night under the lights at Lavelle Edwards Stadium,

they come up big. I think they'd do that again. Now, if Tulane can rattle Kansas State on the road, I can tell you Lavelle Edwards Stadium will have them absolutely scared, you know what, Liz. I will say Kansas State down 20-10 at halftime at Tulane, and had 14-7 against Arizona in that first half after going down 7-0. So their first halves have not been very successful.

If BYU is able to keep this game close, I'll say this. If BYU is within seven going into the fourth quarter, the Cougars will win the game. That atmosphere going into the fourth is unbelievable. Let's go show of hands. I just want to see Cosmo, like, twirl the baton with the fire on it. That's what I'm here to see. He did it last year, and I'm sure he'll do it again at some point.

Oh, I saw it. One version of him did the Michael Jackson. The other guy, one version of him swinging flames and everything. One of them is lifting weights. I'm like, who is this person? Or which army of people is wearing this costume? Dang, man. Richie can attest to this, how talented Noah Fafita still is, right?

Like the fact that they only held them to seven points, I think, is under 60 yards rushing. And as long as Avery Johnson doesn't have to worry about clock management before a half, I really like Kansas State. JT, why are you talking about football? I wasn't done talking about Cosmo, the most athletic mascot in America. That's right.

And it's the man. I feel like we have so many quarterbacks in this conference that would be elite. If the forward pass wasn't invented in 1906, that seems to be, Oh, I want to, I want to agree with that.

I want to agree with that. Actually KJ Jefferson to even Avery Johnson, That seems to be. Oh, I want to agree with that. I want to agree with that, actually. KJ Jefferson to even Avery Johnson. Every third pass from Avery Johnson goes right to the hot chick in the third row of the student section. You're like, Avery, what are you doing, man? He's like, I don't know. Just kind of airing it out there. I heard you say that before on some other podcast.

I will continue to say that. Alan Bowman does that sometimes. He's like, Alan, what did you just do? And he's like, I don't know, man. I just thought I was going to throw it in the ground. Why not? You're going to give someone a souvenir. Yeah. Jake Reds will have to. Yeah, Jake, you landed the plane there. Baron Morton. There were a couple times I was like,

Baron, what was going through your head there, big guy? What were we doing? Only in Pullman. Only in Pullman. In Lubbock, he's throwing dimes, man. It's like dropping tortillas. I mean, and I hope Richie's fans are ready for this because I know Kenny Dillingham was like,

I hear about these tortillas and everything. Yeah, they throw them, man. They freeze them. They put holes in the middle of them and throw them like a Frisbee. You get hit in the head, man. They pee on them and then they throw them. You're in tortillas. I mean, coin it right now.

It's coming. Make it go viral. Let's coming. Make it go viral. Let's go to you, Chris Level. Give me a score prediction. How will Texas Tech-Arizona State play out? Yeah, this one is an interesting game. I think for Texas Tech, obviously, they've been really good at home. 12-3 is what Richie and I were talking about before.

Joey McGuire has been really good at home. They need this game. I think Arizona State has been one of the best stories in the league so far but at home texas tech's just different and they need to be different and they need to you've got arizona state then you've got cincinnati and you go to arizona then you host baylor so three your next four at home which on paper winnable games you can make some hay here but it's got to start on saturday i'll go, oh, Richie, don't hate me, man, because I know we're buddies and everything.

I'll go 38-21. Richie, you have every right to hate him. Give me your score prediction. You know what? At the end of the day, just like you said earlier, AFC is just happy to be here. We've won three games each of the last two years. We're already 3-0.

Is this team fluky? That's what everyone wants to know. Well, I got news for you. They're going to go into Lubbock. They're going to win this game. And everyone is going to be like, oh, hey, maybe we should take a look at them. This is going to be a high-scoring game. Not betting advice.

I'm taking the over, personally. I'm taking ASU in this game, 41-38. How can you say not betting advice and follow it? Taking the old guns up, forks down, guns up, forks down. That's what we do. Vandal.com official sponsor of the Lockdown Podcast Network, by the way. But Richie's not giving you betting advice. Parker Ainsworth, you have every right to tell me that Houston will beat Cincinnati by 49 this week.

And no one can tell you otherwise. Well, in that case, no. I do think Houston wins this game. It's funny. Taking out the first week where Houston played UNLV, a very good team. Cincinnati played Towson. But this next week, you know, they played Pitt. We played Oklahoma, both power forward teams.

Last week, we played Rice. They played Miami, Ohio,io group of five rivalry games it's similar to this point outside of that opening week i think houston's defense makes a big difference here i think houston wins a low scoring one like 24 17 is what i've been thinking as i'm watching this week uh the spread is actually if we're going to go back to betting lines the kind of the other way as we're recording this cincinnati is a home favorite by three and a half i i think houston wins this game i think willie fritz gets number two gets back up to 500 with those losses being the playoff teams because unlv is so good i'm gonna give jt wetter shell the first take on this oklahoma state utah game in stillwater

it's gonna be epic i already said i think it's two of the best teams in this conference there's star power there and i can't wait for for Utah to announce that they are ready for big 12 football. This is a team that has been said, Hey, they're coming in. There's all this preseason hype around them. Can they actually win? Are they physical enough? And I can't wait to Utah prove just how physical they are. Cause you know what Utah is going to do.

They're going to come in. They're going to put their helmets on strap up the chin straps and they will be ready to go. Utah is going to win this game in the trenches alan bowman will make some plays downfield but at the end of the day this utah defense will come through and utah will win 34 to 26 cody roast him hurry and i love the fact that you are so hyped up and excited but you have to take into consideration that your defense you want to talk about ours.

You got torched by Utah state. That is not Alan Bowman, Dijon is dribbling Brennan Presley or the rest of the wide receiver for Oklahoma state. It ain't happening. Captain. It is going to be an Epic game. We are going to welcome you into the big 12.

It's going to be 41, 38. Good guys. Oh, I don't know. My heart can take that 41. Can I be insane. That one.

Can I just say Utah fans have me actually pulling for Van for Gundy this weekend. And I just, I can't, I can't. What? Seriously. Yeah.

That's what y'all done to me. Your fans are not happy people, JT. They are not very happy people, especially on the internet. I can promise you that. They don't like anything. They don't like me.

A Sun Devil person. They don't like me. They don't like me. A Sun Devil person. They don't like me. They know who I am. They're not fans. One thing I was also going to add about the Kansas State BYU thing. Come on. The Cougars are wearing this glorious throwback from 1996. Oh.

Robbie Bosco. Dang. Oh. That's pretty. That's going to be hard to wear, man. Yeah, let's go. So there you go. Chills.

Yep. I'm riding with BYU. That was Cody Stilwell of Lockdown Oklahoma State. JT Wistersell of Lockdown Utes. Chris Love of Lockdown Texas Tech. Parker Ainsworth of Lockdown Cougs are part of the show. Jake Hatch of Lockdown BYU Cougars. And Richie Bradshaw of Lockdown Sun Devils.

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