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Fresh off a 63-7 season-opening rout of Utah Tech, Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler break down the win and turn their full attention to Saturday's Big 12 opener against Arizona. Freshman Legend Glasker's three first-half touchdowns (the first BYU true freshman to do that since Jamaal Williams's four-score game in 2012) and Cannon DeVries's 100-yard kickoff return headline the recap, while Blaine grades his three keys from the Utah Tech game and lays out three new ones for Arizona. There's a sobering note too: safety Raider Damuni is out four to eight weeks with a knee injury (not the ACL tear the hosts initially feared), and Sione Moa's status remains murky. Head coach Kalani Sitake checks in from his weekly press conference, and BYU students Ashley and Lindsay Turner return as guest analysts to dissect the opener and preview Noah Fifita and Arizona's dangerous offense, closing with dueling score predictions.

The Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week segment carries real weight this time: senior soccer captain Ellie Walbruch tore her ACL against Colorado State — her second ACL tear since 2024 — closing out a decorated career that includes a 2022 national title at UCLA, 28 career goals, and a BYU Big 12 championship. Campus Notes tour the rest of BYU's ranked fall sports (soccer, volleyball, both cross country programs, and golfer Kihei Akina's Walker Cup run), and Quick Quack Car Wash celebrates the first four-grand-openings week in company history, each tied to a local charitable cause.

The back half of the show is built around guests: BYU grad and Air Force KC-135 pilot Jimmy Winegardner previews Saturday's stadium flyover and reflects on his BYU years and Jimmermania, while two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris super fans — 36-year Orem Police veteran Guy Gustman and Tri-Cities, Washington's Trevor Budge — share vintage memorabilia, a Bronco Mendenhall cell-phone story, and Trevor's "Shake and Bake" theory connecting Bear Bachmeier's jersey number to Talladega Nights. The show wraps with national college football and NFL previews and the Redmond Roots Rollout's "On This Day" history, including the 36th anniversary of BYU's 1990 upset of No. 1 Miami.

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Timestamps (approximate):

00:00:00 – Show Open: Season Energy & Tonight's Lineup

00:07:18 – Good Times on Campus: All Five Fall Sports Ranked in the Top 25

00:09:28 – Utah Tech Recap: BYU Routs the Trailblazers 63-7 Behind Legend Glasker

00:10:21 – Cannon DeVries's Historic 100-Yard Kickoff Return

00:11:54 – Injury Updates: Raider Damuni's Knee & Sione Moa's Status

00:15:08 – Revisiting Blaine's Three Keys From the Utah Tech Win

00:17:33 – Around the Country: Notable Games From Week 2

00:18:31 – Previewing Arizona: Noah Fifita and the Big 12 Opener

00:20:48 – Kalani Sitake's Message Ahead of Arizona

00:24:50 – Blaine's Three Keys to Beating Arizona

00:27:11 – Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week: Ellie Walbruch's ACL Setback & Legacy

00:30:01 – The Turner Sisters Return to Break Down Utah Tech and Preview Arizona

00:42:47 – The Turner Sisters' Keys and Score Predictions for Arizona

00:58:06 – Campus Notes: Football, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country & Golf

01:01:23 – Quick Quack's First-Ever Four Grand Openings in One Week

01:03:03 – BYU Grad & Air Force Pilot Jimmy Winegardner on Saturday's Flyover

01:16:43 – Super Fan Guy Gustman: 36 Years With the Orem PD

01:31:41 – Super Fan Trevor Budge: "Shake and Bake" for Bear

01:50:01 – Big Games in College Football & Cougars in the NFL

01:54:28 – Redmond Roots Rollout, On This Day & Sign-Off

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It's the last Monday before kickoff, and Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open game week with a season-opener bonanza ahead of No. 14 BYU hosting Utah Tech. Dave and Blaine break down the newly released depth chart — Bear Bachmeier and LJ Martin atop the offense, a veteran-heavy defensive front, and real competition for reps behind the starters — before playing Kalani Sitake's own comments from his first regular-season media day. New BYUtv football analyst Jaren Hall, a former BYU starting quarterback and Minnesota Vikings draft pick, joins the show for his on-air debut, reflecting on the highs and lows of chasing an NFL roster spot, what's impressed him most about Bear Bachmeier, and reliving two of the wildest plays of his own BYU career: forcing the fumble recovery on the infamous Arizona State pick-six-that-wasn't and marveling at Puka Nacua's game-saving catch against Boise State. Volleyball's Elli Mortensen is honored as the Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week after a big weekend in Florida, and Utah Tech play-by-play voice Rod Zundel calls in to detail his Trailblazers' brutal 54-0 loss to defending FCS champion Montana State and to marvel at how quickly BYU has climbed from the WAC to Big 12 contender.

BYU Alumni Association executive director Michael Johanson returns to preview a new home-game tradition called "Bringing It Home," anchored by a September 11 kickoff-week service event in downtown Provo called First Down Provo, plus the alumni association's continuing ice-cream giveaways for visiting fans and its road-game service projects in cities like Fort Collins, Fort Worth, Orlando and Lawrence.

The show closes with two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris Super Fan interviews. Brothers Chris and Chad Lamb, whose father Terry Lamb spent years as a KSL television producer and director on BYU broadcasts, reminisce about working as sideline spotters for Dave and Blaine in college and play a round of "Where Were You?" running from the 1984 Holiday Bowl through Harvey Unga's 2007 game-winner over Utah. St. George's Chris and Cheryl Nelson then share an unforgettable story about running into BYU legend Vai Sikahema in a hospital elevator while Cheryl was in labor in 1985 — an encounter memorable enough that they later named their son Ty (after Ty Detmer) and their grandson Zach (after Zach Wilson). Both super-fan couples predict a Cougar win over Notre Dame this October, and the show wraps with the Redmond Roots Rollout's look back at BYU and sports history on August 31st.

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open a truly global episode of Y's Guys — with viewers chiming in from Singapore, Cambodia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and across Cougar Nation — by running down a stacked stretch of preseason news heading into the Sept. 5 opener against Utah Tech. BYU checks in at No. 6 in ESPN's preseason power rankings (per Mark Schlabach), running back LJ Martin picks up preseason Second Team All-America honors from USA Today and the AP along with Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year buzz, and Bret McMurphy's AP-voter research names BYU the single most underrated preseason team in the country over the last 12 years. National forecasters pile on from there: Stewart Mandel (New York Times) has BYU going 11-1 and winning the Big 12, while CBS Sports and CFB Kings both project the Cougars reaching the College Football Playoff.

Former Cougar linebacker and current BYUtv football analyst Harvey Langi joins for the back half of the news segment, pulling back the curtain on NFL cutdown day — the anxiety of waiting for "the grim reaper" to call, and how some of the league's biggest stars (Taysom Hill, Zach Wilson, Todd Christensen, Fred Warner) turned early setbacks into Hall of Fame-caliber careers. He then breaks down what a healthy, more experienced Bear Bachmeier means for BYU's offense entering year two, how he'd scheme to defend him, and closes with his own ranking of BYU's five toughest games of the season — landing on Arizona, not Notre Dame, as the No. 1 measuring-stick game.

The second hour brings the Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week (soccer's Emma Hamberlin, who scored twice to beat USC), a big basketball headline as BYU beats out Kentucky for transfer big man Jaxon Kohler, and a full campus-notes sweep across women's basketball (Delaney Gibb and Canada's run to the 2028 Olympic qualifying final), soccer, volleyball, cross country and baseball. Two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris BYU Super Fans round out the show — Greg Schroeder of Twin Falls, Idaho and Provo-studio guest Dean Taylor — each sharing their Cougar histories and playing a round of "Where Were You?" through classic BYU moments, before the Redmond Roots Rollout and a look ahead to next Monday's Game Week Bonanza with Jaren Hall, Rod Zundel, Adam Edmunds and Michael Johanson.

Timestamps (approximate):

0:00 – Show Open: Live From Singapore to Cambodia, Cougar Nation Tunes In

9:31 – BYU vs. Utah Tech Game Week Details + BYU Cracks ESPN's Top 6

11:04 – LJ Martin's Historic Preseason All-American Honors

12:54 – BYU Named Most Underrated Preseason Team in the Country

16:27 – Stewart Mandel Predicts BYU Wins the Big 12 and Reaches the CFP

21:11 – Week Zero College Football Preview + Cougars in the NFL Before Cutdown Day

28:11 – Harvey Langi Joins the Show

30:10 – Inside NFL Cutdown Day: Harvey Langi on the "Grim Reaper"

35:11 – Harvey Langi on Taysom Hill, Zach Wilson & the Biggest Cuts in NFL History

43:00 – How Would You Defend Bear Bachmeier? Harvey Langi Breaks It Down

51:37 – Harvey Langi Ranks BYU's 5 Toughest Games of 2025 (Arizona Is No. 1)

1:00:37 – Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week: Emma Hamberlin's Game-Winning Goals

1:04:47 – BYU Basketball Lands Jaxon Kohler, Beats Out Kentucky

1:14:22 – Super Fan Greg Schroeder & the "Where Were You?" Game

1:30:35 – Super Fan Dean Taylor: From Oklahoma State Fan to True Blue Convert

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open fall camp week three with the release of the AP Preseason Top 25, where BYU debuts at No. 14 — the Cougars' highest preseason ranking since 1985 and just their second Top 25 preseason nod in 17 years. They run down the full poll (Ohio State, Oregon and Georgia lead the way, with Notre Dame at No. 4 ahead of its October trip to Provo), note LJ Martin cracking Pro Football Network's Top 100 NFL Draft Prospects list as he chases a repeat Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year season, and highlight an ESPN.com feature on why Kalani Sitake is "your favorite coach's favorite coach," featuring quotes from rival Big 12 coaches Brent Brennan, Rich Rodriguez and Joey McGuire. They also address, briefly, the ongoing situation between Sitake and BYU athletic director Brian Santiago before pivoting to a tribute to quarterback Marc Wilson's induction into the Sporting News 1970s All-Decade Team.

Campus Notes cover the Cougars in the NFL ahead of roster cutdown day, Rob Wright III's No. 4 ranking among college basketball's top point guards, AJ Dybantsa's NBA rookie schedule, women's soccer and volleyball updates, and BYU golf's showing at the Utah Open. The Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week is freshman Brynnli Tolbert, whose 60th-minute goal at UCLA sealed a 2-1 win. Former BYU tight end Andrew George then joins from Colorado to preview the Cougars' new tight end tandem of Walker Lyons and Roger Saleapaga II, drawing on his own legendary pairing with Dennis Pitta — right down to the play that sprung McKay Jacobsen for the game-sealing touchdown against Oklahoma — and projects what it could mean for Bear Bachmeier's sophomore season.

The back half features BYU-Pathway grad Chantell Hammond, founder of Strategy Square, sharing how finishing her degree online transformed her confidence, a Quick Quack Car Wash fundraiser spotlight, and two Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris BYU Super Fans — Bret Stailey, joining from Jacksonville, Florida with his son Jack, and Janene Creer, LIVE in the Provo studio — who each share their BYU history and play a round of "Where Were You?" revisiting classic Cougar moments. The show wraps with campus notes, an On This Day history segment (The Wizard of Oz's 1939 premiere, Willie Mays' final home run), an inspirational quote from Mays, and a tease for next week's guests: former Cougar Harvey Langi and Entrata CEO Adam Edmunds, whose company will appear on BYU's jerseys this fall.

Timestamps (approximate):

0:00 – Show Open: Welcome to Y's Guys, Live Around the World

8:47 – BYU Debuts at No. 14 in the AP Preseason Top 25

19:03 – LJ Martin Cracks the NFL Draft's Top 100 Big Board

21:45 – Why Kalani Sitake Is "Your Favorite Coach's Favorite Coach"

23:28 – Dave & Blaine Address the Kalani Sitake–AD Situation

27:24 – Remembering Marc Wilson, BYU's 1970s All-Decade Quarterback

34:57 – Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week: Brynnli Tolbert

36:37 – Campus Notes: Hoops, Volleyball, Golf & AJ Dybantsa's NBA Schedule

55:32 – Andrew George Joins the Show from Colorado

1:03:15 – Andrew George Breaks Down BYU's New Tight End Duo

1:14:05 – Chantell Hammond on Her BYU-Pathway Journey & Strategy Square

1:29:07 – Super Fan Bret Stailey Joins Live from Jacksonville, Florida

1:40:46 – Super Fan Janene Creer Recalls BYU's 1990 Upset of No. 1 Miami

1:55:35 – On This Day: The Wizard of Oz, Willie Mays & BYU History

2:00:17 – Next Week: Harvey Langi & Entrata CEO Adam Edmunds

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler kick off the second week of BYU fall camp with a loaded show, opening with a full rundown of where the Cougars sit in every major preseason poll (No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 11-15 across most national outlets) and celebrating first-team and preseason All-America nods for running back LJ Martin, offensive lineman Bruce Mitchell, and cornerback Evan Johnson.

They also break down the week's slate of Cougars playing in NFL preseason action before welcoming recruiting insider Jeff Hansen, who previews true freshmen already making an impact in camp, breaks down BYU's rising recruiting pull in the state of Utah (including newly-committed edge rushers Uhila Wolfgramm and Jag Ioane), lays out his three keys to a championship-caliber season, and ranks BYU's five toughest games of 2026 — with Notre Dame landing at No. 1.

The back half of the show features BYU soccer coach Jen Rockwood previewing her final season before retirement and a season-opening road trip to No. 9 UCLA, plus author Dr. Mark Ogletree on his new book "The Leadership Legacy of LaVell Edwards," sharing behind-the-scenes stories from interviews with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Ron McBride, and Jim McMahon, and counting down LaVell's five greatest wins as head coach.

The Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week spotlights Evan Johnson's remarkable back-to-back interceptions (one a pick-six) against East Carolina last season, and Cosmo's newly-announced induction into the Mascot Hall of Fame gets its due celebration.

The show wraps with two Hotel Park City Ruth's Chris BYU Super Fans, Rulon McKay and Nelson Abbott, who share personal BYU history — from mowing a giant "Y" into his lawn every August to keeping tabs on the Cougars as a mission president in Guatemala — plus a round of "Where Were You?" revisiting iconic moments like Jimmer Fredette's win over No. 4 San Diego State and Tyler Allgeier's legendary strip-and-recover against Arizona State. Full campus notes across soccer, volleyball, cross country, baseball, and golf round out the episode, along with the weekly On This Day history segment and inspirational quote from President James E. Faust.

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler kicked off the show declaring summer over and football season back, previewing the return of live NFL action, BYU's fall camp opening, and the season premiere of After Further Review.

BYU TV analyst David Nixon called in from Little League football practice to break down where BYU should land in the preseason AP poll (he predicts a top 15-worthy team that lands around 17-18), name wide receiver as the team's biggest question mark heading into camp, and give an update on his brother-in-law Taysom Hill's free agency search following his emotional exit from New Orleans.

Brian Nixon, CEO of Touchpoints and Aflac's Utah district manager, joined as the show's newest title sponsor and shared a powerful personal story: a rhabdomyolysis collapse 150 meters from the finish of his high school state championship race, the coma that followed, and how losing his track scholarship redirected him to BYU and eventually to building his own company.

New BYU women's volleyball head coach Rob Neilson also stopped by to discuss taking over the program after six successful years at Utah State, the returning talent in Brielle Kemavor, Claire Little Chambers, and Alex Bower, and what it takes to build the belief and culture that won BYU a national championship in 2004.

Linebacker Isaiah Glasker was named Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week for his standout 2025 season, and 94-year-old season-ticket holder Ben Banks joined as the Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris super fan, reminiscing about the Miami upset, the 2006 Utah win, and decades of BYU football memories.

The show also covered a federal judge's ruling on NCAA eligibility for the 2022 recruiting class, President C. Shane Reese's op-ed on the Protect College Sports Act, a full round of national preseason rankings and CFP predictions for BYU and Texas Tech, and Campus Notes covering football, basketball, soccer, cross country, volleyball, and golf schedules heading into the 2026-27 season.

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open the July 27, 2026 episode of Y’s Guys one week out from BYU’s fall camp report date, digging into Pro Football Focus’s Big 12 quarterback rankings (where Bear Bachmeier lands at a surprising No. 6 despite a 12-win freshman season) and PFF’s Big 12 running back rankings, where reigning offensive player of the year LJ Martin checks in at No. 3. They also cover The Athletic’s ranking of the nation’s top senior linebackers, which features two Cougars — Cade Uluave and Isaiah Glasker — in the top eight for the first time in program history, break down College Football Zone’s game-by-game win probabilities that project BYU to go 11-1 with the lone loss coming against Notre Dame in Provo, and debate whether Cougar fans can root for Kyle Whittingham’s Michigan now that Whittingham, Jay Hill, and Jason Beck have all left Utah for Ann Arbor.

BYU Radio color analyst Hans Olsen joins live to tell the story of the LaVell Edwards home visit that flipped him from a Nebraska commitment to BYU, reflect on Kalani Sitake’s growth as a head coach and how close the program came to losing him to Penn State, and rank his top five transfer portal additions headlined by Cade Uluave and Roger Saleapaga. Olsen breaks down the difference between playing offensive and defensive line at the NFL level, weighs in on how BYU should manage LJ Martin’s workload as he chases the program’s all-time rushing record, and closes with his Five Questions picks for the team’s biggest impact players by position.

The back half of the show covers AJ Dybantsa being named the Big 12’s Male Athlete of the Year, men’s and women’s basketball preseason rankings, new football jersey patch news, and campus notes spanning soccer, volleyball, track and field (including Lexy Halladay-Lowry’s repeat national steeplechase title), baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, and golf top-16 finishes from Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn. Hotel Park City/Ruth’s Chris Superfan Kevin Kelley — born the day of the Miracle Bowl — rounds out the night with a round of “Where Were You,” sharing his favorite BYU sports memories from Notre Dame Stadium to Jimmermania.

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler open the July 20, 2026 episode of Y’s Guys with a deep dive into BYU football’s Big 12 outlook, breaking down the Cougars’ all-time series records against every conference opponent, national outlets’ win projections (ESPN FPI, CBS Sports’ playoff contender tiers, and Brad Crawford’s 11-1 call), Las Vegas over/under trends, and a look back at BYU’s historic 25-game winning streak from 1983-84, including the infamous upset loss to UTEP that snapped it. They also break down the commitment of three-star Orem High edge rusher Jag Ioane.

Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer joins live from Arizona ahead of Diamondbacks Family Night to talk hunting season, the three career milestones that surprised him most, quarterback Bear Bachmeier’s development, and what a potential showdown with a No. 1-ranked Notre Dame team in Provo this October could look like. BYU senior safety Raider Damuni follows to discuss his BYU-Pathway Worldwide humanitarian trip to Tonga, his goals for his senior season, and the depth of the Cougars’ safety room heading into fall camp.

The show wraps with BYU basketball’s newly released non-conference schedule (including exhibitions against Nebraska and UNLV), NBA Summer League updates on AJ Dybantsa and Egor Demin, plus women’s basketball, soccer, and track and field campus notes. Two Hotel Park City/Ruth’s Chris Superfan interviews with Joeli Carroll and Gene Chidester round out the night, with both sharing personal BYU memories spanning five decades of Cougar football and basketball.

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Timestamps (approximate):

0:00 – Show Open: Welcome to Y’s Guys

6:52 – BYU Lands 3-Star Edge Rusher Jag Ioane

8:45 – Where Will BYU Land in the Preseason AP Poll?

15:47 – Brad Crawford Predicts BYU Goes 11-1 in 2026

19:39 – BYU vs. Vegas: A History of Beating the Odds

21:23 – Remembering BYU’s Historic 25-Game Win Streak (and the UTEP Upset)

25:35 – Heisman Winner Ty Detmer Joins Y’s Guys Live from Arizona

31:08 – Ty Detmer Breaks Down Bear Bachmeier’s Growth at QB

37:06 – Ty Detmer on a Potential No. 1 Notre Dame Showdown in Provo

46:58 – BYU Senior Safety Raider Damuni Joins the Show

47:58 – Raider Damuni on BYU-Pathway’s Humanitarian Trip to Tonga

1:03:44 – BYU Basketball Reveals 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule

1:11:22 – NBA Summer League Recap: AJ Dybantsa, Egor Demin & More

1:15:43 – Superfan Joeli Carroll on Family, Faith and Cougar Football

1:34:19 – Superfan Gene Chidester Remembers Gifford Nielsen’s Legendary Debut

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Dave McCann welcomed Jason Shepherd as his co-host for the night, with Blaine Fowler out of town, for a preseason-heavy edition of Y's Guys covering the Big 12 football meetings in Frisco, Texas. The two broke down BYU's new Entrata jersey patch and the Big 12's new neon-green Monster Energy branding, ran through a stack of preseason rankings (BYU landing at No. 2 in the Y's Guys' own Big 12 poll, No. 10 in Phil Steele's national top 40, and near the top of ESPN's FPI and CBS/Athletic "biggest brand" conversations), and debated where BYU should play its next international game. Deseret News beat writer Jay Drew joined for an extended interview on his Big 12 Media Days takeaways, the Big 12's biggest brand, BYU's most program-legitimizing win of the last two seasons, fall camp storylines at receiver and tight end, and his own preseason Big 12 top five.

The show's Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week honored safety Faletau Satuala for his pick-six against Iowa State last October, followed by a wide-ranging interview with Bill Ekblad of Hotel Park City and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, the new presenting sponsor of the show's BYU Superfans segment. Three superfans debuted in that role this week: sisters Ashley and Lindsay Turner of Las Vegas, and longtime fan Scott Gambles of Soda Springs, Idaho, who once walked onto the BYU football team alongside Blaine Fowler in 1982 and has autographs from LaVell Edwards dating back to 1972.

Rounding out the show were quick hits on BYU basketball (a commitment from Lithuanian wing Dovydas Buika, five-star 2027 target DeMarcus Henry, and NBA Summer League updates on AJ Dybantsa, Egor Demin and Keba Keita), baseball's MLB Draft class, and men's golf. Dave and Jason closed with the "On This Day" trivia segment and a farewell to longtime show producer DJ, who is moving on to a new job at Western Governors University.

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Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler opened the first Monday of July with football dominating the conversation. Big 12 Media Days kicked off in Frisco, Texas, with LJ Martin named preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year — defending his 2025 title — and six Cougars total named to the preseason All-Big 12 team. One projection has BYU entering the season ranked #14 in the AP preseason poll, with a week-two win over Arizona potentially vaulting them into the top 10. On the recruiting trail, Peyton Higginson (Salem Hills), Uhila Wolfgramm (Maple Mountain, over Oklahoma), and Tennessee OL Kyle Nabrotzky all committed to BYU, extending what recruiting analysts rank as the second-best class in the Big 12. BYU's winningest quarterback — and now a BYU graduate — Max Hall joined via Zoom to set his season over/under at nine wins, rave about freshman QB Enoch Watson's arm talent, and lay out his all-time top five quarterbacks: Brady, Favre, Rodgers, Manning, and Brees.

Other highlights included a recap of Stadium of Fire's spectacular Brad Paisley performance and drone-and-fireworks show, LJ Martin earning Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week for his 32-carry, 222-yard, two-touchdown performance against Cincinnati last season, and BYU basketball landing at #23 in CBS's preseason poll. AJ Dybantsa tips off NBA Summer League against the Jazz on Wednesday, July 9th. Kellen Moore is getting a bronze statue at Boise State, and Zac Blair finished tied for ninth at the John Deere Classic. BYU superfan Steven Wozniak drove in from Burley, Idaho joined the show via Zoom and played "Where Were You When?" on iconic BYU moments.

1:08:30 – BYU Superfan Steven Wozniak from Burley, Idaho

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