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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Top QB Battles To Watch As Spring Practice Gets Underway | College Football Segment: BYU podcast segment **Team-Specific Podcast Notes** - To Ryan's point in the chat, BYU and Utah are the only teams lined at eight and a half wins or higher aside from obviously Texas Tech, which is basically favored to go undefeated. **Actionable Picks / Plays Mentioned** - I do want to see So, Ryder Lyons' brother, Walker, transferred uh from USC over to BYU at tight end. **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - Cuz the quarterback for BYU, unless he takes a big step forward, I mean he's a solid, nice college quarterback, but I don't think he's the type of guy who could carry that team without weapons on the outside. - like maybe they have a superstar tight end they can get it to. - Uh but I'm kind of like I just think Utah's defense would shut them down. - one of these universities just fought off Penn State to keep its coach. - I asked if Austin Simmons was in a battle for the quarterback job. - Bud Elliott said, "You don't spend that much money having him ride the pine." And um and Austin Simmons was named Missouri's quarterback. - You can offer an outlook for what Missouri might be like in terms of the offense you are expecting. **Transcript Context** - It's just like, "Oh well, I wish you would have been nicer about it." I mean in typical Utah fashion, they're going to be bloodthirsty. - They wanted to They they want a bowl They want a bowl game against Michigan. - They they want to be able to do to to go up against them right away. Transcript excerpt: It's just like, "Oh well, I wish you would have been nicer about it." I mean in typical Utah fashion, they're going to be bloodthirsty. They wanted to They they want a bowl They want a bowl game against Michigan. They they want to be able to do to to go up against them right away. Um Inspired by the chat here, who's the better program right now, BYU or Utah? Man, Utah was I mean 2 years ago, when they entered the Big 12, I mean they were stepping in to dominate the Big 12. And they haven't come close to a Big 12 championship game. I mean 2 years ago it was clearly it was Utah. Now it's probably BYU. To Ryan's point in the chat, BYU and Utah are the only teams lined at eight and a half wins or higher aside from obviously Texas Tech, which is basically favored to go undefeated. Um Man, I don't know. I think they're pretty even. I If like like if they played today, who the hell is getting open for BYU? >> [snorts] >> Well, I think if they played >> tell me Utah can't shut those guys down? Cuz the quarterback for BYU, unless he takes a big step forward, I mean he's a solid, nice college quarterback, but I don't think he's the type of guy who could carry that team without weapons on the outside. And um I'm very TBD on BYU's outside weapons this year. I do want to see So, Ryder Lyons' brother, Walker, transferred uh from USC over to BYU at tight end. like the clippings so far have said he's he looks really good. So like maybe they have a superstar tight end they can get it to. They still have LJ Martin. Uh but I'm kind of like I just think Utah's defense would shut them down. I think who would win if they played tomorrow is also different than better program. But I mean in an era now where money matters so much, I don't know what Utah's Yeah, I don't know what Utah's booster situation is. I can't sit here and say I'm really overly familiar with it, but I know BYU's got money and I know that they're happy to spend it on their athletic department. Yeah, one of these universities just fought off Penn State to keep its coach. The other one forced it forced him out on his way out to Michigan. Um but it it interesting to see, of course, BYU We you and Utah thankfully uh will be playing coming up this fall. One last uh one last little note and it kind of leads us into our big topic for today. We don't need to linger on it long because I just want to publicly read it into the record. When But I I want to do this for you so you don't have to do it for yourself. You know, I don't want you to get flak for tooting your own horn. So I'll reach across, I'll pat you on the back. I asked if Austin Simmons was in a battle for the quarterback job. Bud Elliott said, "You don't spend that much money having him ride the pine." And um and Austin Simmons was named Missouri's quarterback. You can offer an outlook for what Missouri might be like in terms of the offense you are expecting. Austin Simmons seemingly does provide more of a downfield passing threat than Bo Perbix did last year.