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Episode Date: September 12, 2024

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Arizona and Kansas State, that's the headline this week in the Big 12, but a whole lot of sneaky matchups like the backyard brawl and BYU playing a night game in Laramie. It's 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 night, everybody, and welcome back 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 these shows your first listen every single day as we have Chris Level of Locked On Texas Tech, Cody Stovall of Locked On Oklahoma State, Parker Ainsworth, Locked On Cougs, Kevin Borba, Locked On Buffs, Roll Call still going, Richie Bradshaw, Locked Devils. Mountaineer Paul locked on West Virginia. Jay Kach locked on BYU Cougars.

Derek Johnson locked on Jayhawks. And JT Wistersell of locked on Utes. One big breath and one big show headed your way as the Big 12 goes on the road this week to a bunch of mid-major schools. Before we get into this week's slate, though, let's recap a bit of last week. Can we all agree, Cody Stovall, that a win against two lane on the road is better than a win at home against four and eight arkansas everybody are we all right there no i hope you got the reaction that you really don't know willie willie fritz agrees willie fritz agrees so we agree transit property that's good for us

cody stovall what makes you think that that Oklahoma State's home win, giving up 600 yards, is better than Kansas State's road win against Tulane? Well, I mean, whenever you look at Tulane, they are a completely different team. Last year, they had 17 American Conference, you know, all-conference performers. They lost 11 of those individuals. Whenever you factor in Willie Fritz, that means exactly 70.588% of their returning production is gone. I understand that the coach came over from Troy is a really good coach. And I also understand that they returned their starting running back. But outside of that, they lose over 300 starts, whenever you could talk about the eight guys that are draft eligible that ended up in some semblance of an NFL roster.

Those guys alone are 278 starts. Before you take into consideration the three guys that left Tulane with Willie Fritz and the defense coordinator for Houston, how am I doing, Drake? Can I just hear, that is all about a team that you didn't play this week. Thank you for bringing the entire scouting thank you you didn't love the answer but i was ready buddy death taxes and mike gundy and he can shop for bargain basement linebackers and you don't believe him just ask him because he will tell you this might be a cop out but like what if tolain just gets housed by ok by Oklahoma this week like would how would that make

us look both at Houston is that Derek Johnson of Locked on Jayhawks Derek you're still alive yeah oh my gosh Drake why did why didn't you warn me about Jeff Grimes oh dude I can't is that what is the problem can somebody tell me the problem with kansas please hey yeah i mean jake loves jeff grimes hey jeff grimes is a legend in provo utah i'll have you know well okay so you get into the game and kansas averaged 5.6 5.7 yards per carry against illinois they held illinois to 2.2 yards per carry that's a brett bielma team they held them that was the lowest yardage total that lance leipold team at kansas has given up to a power four opponent. What was the deal? It was Jalen Daniels threw three picks and Jeff Grimes wanted to go deep or throw screen passes every play and not run the football.

They averaged 4.4 yards per pass, over five and a half yards per carry. It doesn't take a mathematician to know what you should be doing more. And they refused to rely on the run in that game. So it could just be a weird loss. We look back on in a few weeks and are like yeah that was just an odd one or it might be a sign that like maybe andrew kodelnicki was pulling more than we might have thought for the offense and quarterback play i don't know what have you done to jeff grimes this is a guy who ran the ball like 80 of the time in provo i don't know what you guys did to him somebody all i gotta to be ready for UNLV. That's all I got to say.

Am I white girl wasted, or was that the worst performance ever by Jalen Daniels in a KU uniform? Like he just looked like a completely different player. He looked lost. He looked confused. He couldn't get his platform set right. He was throwing against his body all day. It just seemed like he was very out of sorts from the very get-go. No, I agree.

And that's been the conversation all week nobody knows it's like have all the injuries added up is it that he hasn't played in a while he's shaking off rust is it a jeff grimes thing um i i don't entirely know and that's what's scary because it's like if jaylen daniels isn't the guy that you think he is this offense is going to be very different this season is going to be very different and that's why this week i mean unlv is a good opponent can you beat them in the bowl game i don't know if that helps or hurts you here in this go around but it's one of those where it's like if ku doesn't perform against unlv all of a sudden fans are going to start changing their expectations to just can you

just make a third straight bowl game versus if jaylen does look like the guy we've seen on the bigger sample size maybe it's back to like, okay, new season, Big 12 play. You know, Texas was tied with Wyoming in the fourth quarter. The Oklahoma State-South Alabama game, K-State lost to Tulane a couple years ago when they won the Big 12. It'll just be, you know, whatever. It's just a weird loss early in the season. Yeah.

I was stressed. They were all going to agree that UNLV is a very, very, very good opponent. We're all going to believe that. I do want to picture yeah was the kelly lipo thing real for those who need a context here apparently the kansas coach's wife tweeted that she wanted more fan support derrick to our local expert derrick yeah actually nobody knows i actually have gotten texts from people like in the media who have literally been like should we like FOIA request Twitter? How is that going to go? But I don't know. Probably just get shut down.

I was going to let Kevin Borba talk about Colorado this week. But Dion called me and said, don't let anybody speak on our football team whatsoever. We are going to do things our own way and nobody gets to have an opinion, period. Except for let the band play. Let the band play. Can we play the rap song first and then let Bober talk? Maybe. I can give you the full breakdown of what's called. They released a statement because that's how dramatic it was.

It goes, Shador Sanders snippet of Perfect Timing, which is the song, if you like it or not. It's not one of my favorite rap songs. And then it goes, Glory, Colorado. And then they kick the field goal. And then they kick the field goal. And then they play the fight song is what their statement said. Now, granted, no one was paying attention because I didn't realize that many people cared about a song after a game. But when the New York Mets did it, no one cared because they have that guy.

They don't have a fight song. They don't have the band. You've got a Hulk. They've got 17-year-olds singing the stands waiting to play the tuba because their team scored when they do score that is the bets have a guy with a trumpet i mean with a trumpet but i mean the students wanted it's perfect time i don't know i feel like colorado has a lot more to worry about than what song they're playing after touchdowns because against nebraska fight song it's it's pretty clear do you have a bottle of bourbon you keep like a bob euchre in major league like you just before every show i need one talking to you because

we're talking about a fight song when colorado just got absolutely embarrassed by nebraska team they boat raced last year and all they did differently was add a freshman quarterback so real quick can we just talk about crazy crazy it is that Utah beat a Big 12 team and it doesn't count for absolutely anything this weekend? Utah beat a glorified midmate. We can all agree that Tulane is better than Baylor. Tulane is better than Baylor. We can all get by that one.

MLB is better than Baylor. JT, to your point, probably the game of the week in the Big 12 this week with Arizona and K-State, that doesn't count either. I know. It's so weird. And it hurts the league because it's lost. week in the big 12 this week with arizona and k-state that doesn't count either like what's up with i know it's so weird and it hurts the league because yeah yeah absolutely i think you're especially in a midweek game like it just i would much rather that game be on a saturday where it could be the center spotlight and it's not only a weekday game but like you also said it doesn't count for anything in the conference standing which feels like a real missed opportunity i know

the scheduling made it challenging but it feels like a rare point where Brett, your mark did miss the mark to me. Well, this was effectively Utah's easiest game on the schedule. So I would, if I was you, I would not complain. If I was Arizona or Kansas, one of those two teams is going to be effectively eliminated from at large in the college football. We still get to play.

We still get to play Houston. No offense, Mark. Sorry, Mark. Sorry, Mark, which you know, he's a very good team. You know, he's very good.

He's a very good team. Great. I don't want to derail, but I real quick, I wanted to ask Kevin, can you explain the shooter walking off the field with like two and a half minutes left thing before i unload on colorado on my show can you tell me i've never i don't know that was that was weird

there's a lot of things to unload about on shador sanders um how he how he answered that question after the game about the running the rushing attack didn't love that i feel like if you want to unload that'd be the thing um what i wouldn't unload on is him walking off the field. He wasn't the only player. Him and another guy who are injured were both walking off the field to go get checked out in the locker room is what we were told. So there's a lot of things to be upset with. I think a selective picture is probably not the one.

I just don't think outside of Parker, most people don't know who Trudeau is. So he also was walking off the field, but they were going to the locker room. But yeah, that there's a lot of things to be outraged about the band, what song they're playing. The hatred for CBS. Yeah. I would, I would avoid that one though.

That's like the least of my concerns. Let's stay right there though. Coming up, Colorado gets Colorado state this week. And I, I picked the Rams. They're the Rams, right? They're so irrelevant. I don't know if I know their match. concerns let's stay right there though uh coming up colorado gets colorado state this week and i i picked the rams they're the rams right they're so irrelevant i don't know if i know they're they're the rams uh i picked the ramps to win let's break that down and give our predictions for this saturday's games that is up next right here on the big 12 squad today's show is brought to you by fanduel fanduel FanDuel is where I went last week and said,

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That's FanDuel.com. Download today. Back here on the Big 12 squad, a whole lot of weird games this weekend. Our conference travels to Oxford, Ohio, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Logan, Utah, and Laramie, Wyoming. But maybe the one that is the most dangerous is when Colorado goes to Colorado State in Fort Collins. Kevin Borba, the one and two Colorado Buffaloes going into Big 12 play. How do we feel about the Buffs after two games now going into the staunch confines of Canvas Stadium? Let's relax. They're one and one on the year, first of all.

The Colorado State game hasn't happened yet. No, I think the Colorado State game will be a very good judge of how good or where this team is at. Realistically. What were the first two games? Bad judges? No, I mean, we'll see how they handle an opponent they should be handling. Like, that's where we're at, realistically. I just want to know if two guys are going to go bowling, like,

the week after the game because there was an unfortunate incident. Hopefully there's no death threats this time. I mean, hopefully we keep the death threats to a minimum. Realistically, the Nebraska game was a test of how good they do against teams that are going to be good, and they did terrible. So what does that say about Colorado? Well, one, I think Pat Shermer is already a problem, which if you're a fan of the Denver Broncos, if you're a fan of any coach or any team, excuse me, that he's coach, you knew

this was going to be an issue. They were the worst running team in the country last year, and somehow their numbers are worse. So let's just factor that in. And then also also they're very much a vibes team i hate to be like the vibes guy but when you go three and out on the first drive and then throw pick six the next uh the vibes were down very quickly and they could not respond because they have no ulterior plan outside of throwing the ball 50 times a game so i think realistically they should handle colorado state despite straight despite drake's prediction but if they don't then i just think we're going to

have a lot more problems i think we'll start talking about hold on future we'll opt out we're going to be talking a lot of things he wants all of us to play offensive line next week oh my gosh hey i'm just going to point out last week i said the line i had questions about it i got a little pushback. Can I get a little cookie or something? Yep, the line is – If you be at Illinois, maybe. Better.

The line is pushed back. That was good. That was good. Big bird. Hey, the good news, KU gets Colorado late in the season. I don't think Shudder, Sanders, and Travis Hunter will be playing. They'll just have opted out by now. Already looking past you.

A very good team. Can we do – I'm sorry, Richie. I'm going to do this to you. You're not Vanderbilt, but this kind of feels like the lovable loser. You're like, oh, hey, you're here and you're really good all of a sudden. I love that Arizona State blew the brakes off Wyoming and then beat an SEC team, like handedly beat an SEC team for three quarters last week. You've been awful quiet down there.

Come and cash some happy checks, big guy. I am having a good time in 10P, and everybody else is too. We're just as surprised as you are. The bar was low, which means that when we are playing at the level that we are playing, it's such an exciting time, and everyone's kind of wondering, you know, when's, when's the, the next shoe going to drop and everything like that. And you're going to San Marcos on Thursday night to play a very quality Texas state.

Correct him level. How do you pronounce it? It's San Marcos. And then this is the party school bowl. That's what it is. I mean, like it's the party school. No, no, no. That's, that's, that's real. People who know, no, that's the party school. People who know, know that's, that's, that's real. People who know, know that's the party school ball right there. I mean, for everybody, man, get after it. Well, ASU is certainly going to be hitting up Mill Avenue by halftime, which is what they've done all year long.

Got to find a way to keep them in the stands, but it's very easy for them to get distracted when partying is in their nature. And it'll be a rocket. Really? Hello, really quick. Can we talk about something with all the best teams in the big 12 looking extremely shaky last week? I feel like Utah clearly cemented themselves as the team to beat.

Yes. Cam rising got hurt in the game. It's a little wrist injury. If he was, if he went to play this weekend, he would be, if this was a big game this weekend, I've been told by people close to Cam he would play. I've been told that too. So this Utah team, clearly to me, they have blown out the teams that they are supposed to blow out.

And I have not seen the other teams take care of that before Cam got hurt and left the game. When Cam got hurt, they were playing. We don't want analysis. I had never had a girlfriend before I had a girlfriend, and then I got a girlfriend. Oh, my gosh. It's a pretty pivotal thing.

What? Two-word JT. Uno doctor. You remember what happened last year? I know. I know. He was warming up against Baylor. This feels different.

He was on the sideline. He was happy. He even said it wasn't as much. Jake, you're absolutely right. I still have PTSD from last year. But Utah has beaten the teams they were supposed to beat handedly. And, you when cam gets hurt obviously utah isn't gonna be a juggernaut but when cam has been healthy this team is look as good as they're supposed to be baylor had negative yardage for most of the first quarter the utah defense is the best individual unit in the first

quarter did something happen after the did they play three more or i said cam got hurt and the offense tailored off but as i said this isn't a major injury and i do want to get your thoughts on what i said about the other thing i think the utah defense is clearly the best overall unit in the big 12 based on what we've seen so far yeah i could have told you that i think the point before i interrupt drake but I think the point, before I interrupt Drake, I think the point Drake's missing is this point. Cam has a medical degree and can take care of himself. That'll really speed up the process, and he'll be okay. He's older than I am. Cam, I'm older than me.

He's also older than me, too. Four years older than me. I don't know if you can walk into conversation and be like, all the top teams in the Big 12 look shaky except us. My brother, you looked so shaky. We looked completely fine until cam left the game so and with this is a minor injury didn't him rise in favorite and won by 11 against a putrid baylor team oklahoma state and kansas state and iowa state all got better wins than you this week kansas iowa state iowa state's messing around week one and

that game was that i would state that game was still close at various points once again it's a minor minor injury so i feel like we've seen utah play at a level higher than any other team in this conference so far you can have it you guys are all coming out you have to take you have to take a turn getting a punch in on me it's coming every direction i deserve it i deserve it but just like take a second can we get somebody in graphics to make that uh a quote card from what parker just said because that was that was legendary that was good i i mostly pick on baylor because drake's on his own because cam is not here.

Yeah, the guy who was like, sure, guys, I'll be there. And then 30 minutes pre-show. Yeah, maybe not. We're not very good at football. I'm just not going to show up. Let's not act like the Kansas State win was good. They got bailed out by a pass return on a touchdown. Borba, they won. We can't time out.

Time out. I'm sure Chris can. So did Utah. You're almost in Utah. You were saying they had a better win. They had a lucky win. 100%. No, they won the game.

Kansas State had a better win than you. Yes, they beat a more quality team on the road. Too late is better than Baylor head to head. Drake, didn't you say Baylor was only going to win three games? I feel like they're going to win more than that. No. After playing this team, I guarantee you they're going to be a – this is more good Utah defense than it was bad Baylor offense.

I think it's the same problem with you and Cody this week. You're like, oh, man, that team we played, they're a lot better than I expected. Yeah, against your own team. You ever thought about maybe you made them look good? Oh, well, they look real good this week. Did you watch the game? They had negative yardage in the first quarter. The difference between me and JT is I gave you a logical reasoning

as to my statement. Logical. What JT is simply stating, if we all watch the same game to win a conference title, you probably have to have depth. I'm not done talking yet. Utah doesn't have enough depth to win the conference. Do you have talent? Yes.

Do you have enough depth? No, we just watched the daggone football game where you didn't have enough depth. You got my name dropping out. You did that, JT. I can't help it that Campbell. Yes, yes, go. Utah plays UNLV. You're a good team.

We'll see what happens. Hey, really quick. Since apparently this turned into math class and we need numbers, seventh-ranked defense in the country, clearly the best in the Big 12, the only defense in the Big 12 not to give up 100 yards rushing or 100 yards passing in a game yet. They played some inferior opponents. What did they do?

The Utah defense is taking care of business. Van Villinger, Connor O'Toole, top two pass rushers on this team, one and two in sacks. Is that better for numbers? It's a shame that there's more than just defense in a football game and that offenses have to play well. Congrats on your 23 points against Baylor. But they're much improved on defense, aren't they?

Against you they were. Coming up, let's get a prediction from everybody on this. We were supposed to do it in this segment. Coming up, let's get a prediction on this weekend from everybody. We're going to keep it at 30 seconds or less on the Big 12 Squad. Today's show is brought to you by LinkedIn Talent Solutions. Look, if you see a good tweet from at LOBig12 on Twitter, it wasn't me. It was my intern that I hired from

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We've not heard enough from the guy who's got a backyard brawl this week. Mountaineer Paul, is your team good now? 30 seconds on West virginia and pitt this weekend i mean it's a good question i think it's going to answer a lot of questions you know pitt's not exactly world beaters they they scored 20 22 and answered in the fourth which was wild against cincinnati holstein was four for 11 up until that point. Went 10-11 in the fourth quarter of the game. Kudos to him. I don't think Pitt's a good

football team. I think we smash him this weekend. I really, truly do. John Denver rules. Yep. John Denver rules. Our pass defense is definitely suspect, though. Richie Bradshaw, let's go more in chronological order now arizona state

texas state in san marcos arizona state is a one and a half point favor against gj kenny's team give me your your prediction this week i think it's going to be a slug fest slug fest excuse me the way the asu wins this game is to continue to suffocate the run which over the first two games they have not allowed 100 combined rushing yards to their opponents. For what it's worth, Wyoming can run the football. Mississippi State has Blake Chapin. It's not like they're playing nobodies. Obviously, there's still a lot to prove.

In the meantime, you've got an offense that's kind of anemic through the passing attack, but you can run the heck out of the football with Cam Scadaboo, who just won the Doak Walker Player of the Week award. Give him the football with Cam Scadaboo, who just won the Doak Walker Player of the Week award. Give him the football. Allow Sam Levitt to play game manager, suffocate on defense. You have four turnovers on defense, three touchdowns on those four turnovers. There's a way to win this game. You just need to pound the rock and somehow slow down a really good Texas State running game.

Blake Chapin is one of the quarterbacks of all time. Thank you. He sure is. Cody Stovall locked out Oklahoma state going into Tulsa this week. I just want to put it out there. Alan Bowman didn't look very good to me. I don't know about you, but I still think Oklahoma state is 28 year old, somehow older than cam rising. Alan joke. Alan Bowman didn't look great.

Do you have a lot of confidence not just this week but moving forward for a team that i do believe is consensus top three um i mean not necessarily i think what you saw from bowman was a little bit of a regression back to the the old school bowman chris i don't know why you're laughing you are here to talk about i love me some alan bowman man i, throw a flag on me. I mean, come on. Here's what I'll say is there's two teams historically that have been able to shut down Olly Gordon. That is Texas and Arkansas. Thankfully, Tulsa is neither

one of those ball clubs. There has to be an emphasis. We have to figure out how to run the ball again at some point in time or this season is not going to go the way we need to. This has to be the game that our offensive line has to stop playing like a Charmin extra soft toilet paper and run somebody into the ground. It has to be this day.

I'm going to say 44-21 Cowboys. Cody, you forgot to say Utah in two weeks for shutting down Ollie Gordon as well, but you'll learn. It's okay. You better hope and pray Cam Rising is healthy, buddy. I promise he is. I promise. North Texas, Texas Tech. Chris Level,

I saw today the entire defense for the Red Raiders is out. Are you going to be at the game? Are you okay? Are you also holding up a sign that says, I hope both teams have fun. North Texas has a good offense, Chris. Will anybody be available on defense for Texas Tech? Yeah, I don't know, man.

I mean, can we just get a redo and start the season over? I'm just – I feel like I'm jealous. The word of the day is jealousy from most of you guys. This has not been a good start of the season. North Texas actually head coached Eric Morris, played wide out for mike leach at texas tech they do they throw it all over the place chandler morris who was at tcu in oklahoma i think he's throwing for about 380 a game who knows i mean take the over uh say a prayer uh hopefully the red raiders will quit turning the ball over, quit committing penalties, but need a win.

We've got the Sun Devils coming in next weekend, our week from Saturday, and then the Bearcats the week after that. So you've got three straight home games, but better make some hay, folks. Three straight losses. That's crazy. Oh, tough. I deserve all the smoke. I'm sorry.

There he is. I appreciate the fact that Texas tech decides to put out these injury reports so we know exactly who's not oh my gosh yeah byu gives you nothing uh please let there be injury reports jt you get 15 seconds because it's utah state utah state utah is going to blow out utah state it's going to be 38 to 7 utah's former quarterback last year bryson barnes actually may start in the game kind of weird but utah's going to blow them out it's not going to be a game and then all sites will be on that matchup in stillwater the following week can't wait to go i have seen bryson barnes play college football once in my life and play is a very strong word

colorado and colorado state kevin borba you've given a bit of a prediction give me the full prediction yeah i think colorado is going to win 28 to 14 um i think they just have a lot of problems in the trenches still um defensively they haven't gotten to anyone at all. And offensively, they kind of got embarrassed by Nebraska. So there's going to be a lot of people tuning into this game like there was last year. There was almost 9 million people watching. And I think we're going to see a very weird and ugly win. But I think Colorado State is a bad football team.

Yeah. Parker, for you, it's an old Josh Pate-ism. Never play a food. You've got rice at home this week and you're a four-point favorite will houston get its only win of the season if it were only about eating rice i think would be a lot more than a four-point favorite i think that truthfully houston feels weirdly good about where they're at there's a world where they play two playoff teams when unlv and they can be boise could be the group of five team in. If you told me Oklahoma was the fourth best SEC team.

God, you love UNLV. You really love UNLV. I love UNLV. I like, yeah. No, I think that Houston's feeling good. I got to be honest. Houston lost to Rice last year. Felt like a nail in the coffin for the Holgerson era.

You got to hope that you open up the William Fritz era with a win here. A lot of people in town, your market said he's going to be there watching it in person. A lot could be on the line this weekend for a weird game. Why would he ever do that to himself? Please, no. It's the beautiful city of the great food, including lots of rice to eat. Jake Hatch, we are going right to you.

BYU at Wyoming, never play a night game in Laramie, but this Wyoming team stinks. Hey, so long as BYU avoids the urine bombs that Wyoming fans are sure to throw at their sideline, I think they'll be okay. That's the biggest thing with this game. Shut down the rushing attack. You already heard Richie talk about it.

Arizona State shut it down. BYU's defense last week is, besides Georgia, the only Power 4 team to hold a fellow Power 4 team out of the end zone. Jay Hill has completely revolutionized this BYU defense. If they do their thing, BYU will handle their business up there. Is that the bomb thing? Is that real?

The urine bomb? Explain it. You can't just gloss over that. What in the world are you talking about, man? Okay, Wyoming fans hate, and I mean hate, BYU. F-U-B-Y-U is a constant chant up there when BYU shows up in Laramie. My dad has been there when inebriated white cowboy fans peed over the railing onto BYU walking out of the locker room. There have been urine bombs thrown from the stands onto players on the sidelines.

Like in a balloon or a bottle or what? In a balloon. In a balloon. You're a little too interested. I love that. Don't get any ideas over there in Lubbock. What are we doing? In a balloon. In a balloon. You're a little too interested. I love that. Don't get any ideas over there in Lubbock. Yeah. I went to Lubbock last year. They have tortillas in Texas.

In Lubbock. And he is so. Yeah. Chris is going to start soaking tortillas in urine now. Good job, Jake. I'm trying to learn, man. BYU has won nine. I'm trying to learn.

BYU has won nine straight games over Wyoming. Last time Wyoming beat BYU, it was two losing teams going head-to-head. Wyoming fans tore down the goalposts and paraded them down Main Street in Laramie, Wyoming. They have an absolute visceral hate for the Brigham Young University Cougars, and it's going to be on full display Saturday night. Well, Hatch, may God be on your side. It sounds like if that is the case, he is. He definitely

definitely is. We can all mark urine bomb off of our bingo card. Yeah, hey, Jake, wear a raincoat, bring an umbrella. Trust me, I'm ready. I'm ready. Don't worry. Oh, goodness. All right. Well, Chris Level's got to get back to crying. Thank you guys for joining the show this week. Chris Level of Locked On

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