HOUR 3 | Colorado Tried To Get NIL Money From Saudi Arabia? | Taysom Hill Nearly Became A Linebac...

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ra Salt Lake versus New England Revolution 801 575 Zone that's 801 575 9663 caller number 12 gets a pair of tickets to roale Salt Lake all right so I don't really understand what had gone on there's a couple things going on here Colorado apparently tried to reach out to the Saudi piff uh which is the public investment fund that of course is now made World Famous by the Liv tour uh by many of what people consider the sportswashing side of things JJ if you if you're familiar with that term basically buying a lot of sports coverage and a lot of sports events to hide the fact that you are actually not a very good human rights state in this in this world not doing good in in very many ways Colorado apparently reached out and tried to partner with the Saudi pith in a crazy move and the Big 12 was even wondering like hey maybe we should get involved in all this um it's kind of it's kind of a wild thing because Dion Sanders and the staff have been trying to get Innovative on and all this stuff and it's kind of a it's kind of a wild thing now how did they find out about this because Trevor Riley if that name rings a bell uh formerly University of Utah former in the NFL formerly uh the Special Teams coordinator by the way two weeks ago resign or a week yeah no it was two three weeks ago that Trevor Riley resigned from Colorado we talked about it when it first happened right and apparently he went on record about trying to pull the funding for the schools more than 5,000 or the the the school's 5430 nil Collective and he expressed the sports UST there no bad feelings but he felt like that there were a few things going on in the program that Trevor Riley did not like and I say kudos to him because you know what he did and here's the quote that he actually said he said paid me 90,000 a year and let me handle special teams I did all this work in your name and was told to pursue it I burned through all my contacts in my Mormon Community which is worth about three trillion now I get these people to answer my calls because I just found out today that none of my Endeavors will happen wild right I can't imagine what it was like for Trevor Riley going into Saudi Arabia and getting a meeting with the Saudis this sounds like a movie remember that movie they did about the guys that the like they were like college guys that were running um weapons in yeah yeah yeah it was uh yeah it was uh like they were yeah Lords of War maybe no what was it yeah something along those lines but yes it kind of reminds me I mean it's obviously not it's not much different okay Jonah Hill and that thing but you're out in the Middle East and you're you're like meeting what is Trevor Riley the special teams coach at Colorado doing setting up a meeting with the Saudis what how did we get to this point think about how Wild it is that's nuts I went to Saudi Arabia got a meeting with the Saudis who were interested in pursuing business I have the email receipts to prove it and you guys let it fall flat on its face I did nothing illegal I was trying to help Colorado the best way that I knew how all of what uh Trevor Riley said on his trip to the Middle East maybe one of the weirdest twists I've heard in the Colorado Saga maybe it's because we know maybe it's because I mean we've interviewed Trevor Riley a handful of times uh on this program across the station Trevor's awesome what a weird freaking situation he's been put in and he's being honest about what happened and that gives you an eye into what's going on behind the scenes to try to come up with the money that they need to run these programs I dare say that this resignation is a bigger tell of what's going on in this program than any of the TR than any of the other players that have hit the transfer portal do you think I'm right do you think that like to me when your coaches who have shown some loyalty to you are feeling betrayed and they're leaving there are some real problems at Colorado and maybe he was more aiming that at the administration and maybe at the top of of what Colorado mentioned Dion by name but he's clearly got some issues with people in in the athletic department um I don't know what he was saying about the he's like I've burned all the bridges in my Mormon Community is it because he went to Saudi Arabia like no I think it had to do with just trying to get people to commit and like it didn't everything all the work he did they didn't end up using right yeah and he felt like what did you have me do this for I I did all this work I I went to Saudi Arabia and what he's saying is I used a lot of contacts that he had in that through he knew through church right yes let me let me and then what happens if you know you have all these things set up and then call was like n I'm not I'm not totally sure this is how it went down but I could see something like this happen happening the school doesn't really the school needed to get involved and say hey from a PR perspective this would be bad for us we're not going to pursue it because I bet that was what a big chunk of the conversation happened was they go we can't yeah the Liv tour can do it uh F1 can do it a handful of teams in uh in in the Premier League can do it but we're a university here in the United States that is an academic institution I don't think that from a from a an Optics perspective this is a smart move for us but that's a conversation you have to have Colorado prior to any of this happening in the first place right yeah they can't go well we don't know how it's going to look you know what they thought you know I bet they thought happened let's see if this is a possibility he gets set up with a meeting with the Saudis and then the school's like uh ooh uh okay I bet they went further all I bet Trevor Riley went further than they thought that it would go and then the school went got cold feet because they didn't want to and that's a listen that's an okay thing you you have to make a real you have to be very very very careful with making a deal like this the backlash might not be worth it compared to what you would be getting from a funding standpoint Brett ymark uh by the way would sell his children for an opportunity with the Saudis right but that's a big 12 the Big 12 is institution would be able to get away with that way more than Colorado would be able to as an individual member in none of them would be look what happened to live to look at the backlash for the Liv tour and even the individual players do you even know where to watch the Liv tour I know they got shorts on I mean they're making money but no one's watching because you don't know where to watch it you don't know anything about it yeah but you know Phil Mickelson lost all that weight drinking coffee I've seen those commercials popping up so much I don't know why that's like the big that's how much I've SE that's more that is where I've been seeing Phil Michelson not playing golf on my feed trying to be like and I've dropped the weight drinking black coffee do I get it ties to the Saudis is not deemed positive and I think the University of Colorado's athletic department if it came to find out that they were getting nil funding from the Saudis I think there would be a lot of frustration there but this is the conundrum that everyone's in because everybody needs money so bad well I don't think everybody wants to know how the sausage is made when we're talking about large amounts of money like that who's involved well yeah some entities that may not be above board all the time okay look or like the Saudis obviously I don't have to explain that money from the Saudis great band name money from the Saudis or at least an album funded by the Saudis there you go our band was funded by the Saudis Cory hay and his newest hisy F Cory Feldman and his newest band and their newest achievement with their album money from the Saudis we give away those for I think this show needs to be funded by the Saudis sorry G2G bars we got a new sponsor the Saudis but look if I got a meeting with them and then you guys suddenly went no no no that's too far down the line we didn't think you'd go this far I'd definitely be pissed I had to take a flight over the to the ho crap I had to go take flight over to Saudi Arabia man come on I had to go have a take a meeting in United Arab Emirates man come on all right Trevor Riley had a meeting with the can you believe that that's the demise of his of his gig at Colorado like what a weird freaking tale that is crazy and again like I said of all the things that have indicated that something's wrong in Colorado this might be actually the most damning and it's kind of sneaky under the radar by the way cuz we're so used to because most people don't know who Trevor Riley is we do yeah we know what he was doing on a staff and he followed him guess what he came in there he came in there and was like and and and they love Trevor Riley he had all he was the only guy that could we jeans in the facility I don't know if you knew that no why Dion had a very strict rule about you have to wear like slacks proper attire okay smart casual he let Trevor get away with wearing whatever he wanted because Trevor didn't want to wear that crap all right Trevor I'll let you do what you want man all the latest news and notes from the league and the locals in the NFL JJ and Alex bring you the NFL Blitz a 975 the KL Sports [Music] Z all right everybody welcome on in it is JJ and Alex 975 the KSL Sports Zone Alex Ki Jeremiah Jensen he's JJ I'm Alex any confusion on that uh so Sly yesterday was on with us yes and of course we dip into a s's knowledge on the NFL stuff and we're at the dish pros and we have the NFL Network up on one side and we have uh we chose to watch I don't know why we did actually cuz in retrospect that it was that Baylor Utah game so I was like oh they're going to play each other this year you certainly hope it's not going to be the same first of all longest game in the history of of mankind it felt like that game was garbage the UT had three points basically the entire game but ended up pulling that win out and I'm telling you it's just so it's it's going to be so much better this year for that UD offense I there's no way it can't be right so but then on top of that like Sly gets the ick from watching preseason games cuz he's like this makes me so anxi I'm so anxiety ridden right now because it just brings up those feelings of and and you know the guys who went through it h always talks about too is just like the amount of stuff like the the the things that it turns up inside of you like the the feelings of like you know and and how just like you're going week to week and you're seeing am I getting cut what's going on are they call me and just you know it's the version of the other I get this recurring dream that BYU calls me up and goes you actually didn't graduate you didn't take your last final and we're going to have to take your diploma away at this point like the reality is it doesn't matter but you spend so much time on that thing and I it's worse than having dreams that you're in your underwear it's like how did I get here why am I walking around the supermarket my underwear see I'm okay with that cuz I normally kind of do that anyway it's not far from reality check out the Bowman in casville on a Saturday morning oh what are you looking at dude uh like what you see that's that's what I that's the way I roll with these sweetheart don't look at the man oh my gosh you like what you see Mama woo oh the eyes uh anyway I was thinking about that today I was just going man we're watching those preseason games and he's just having like those those flashbacks man and just like it's not good all right uh first up on the old uh on the old NFL Blitz and this is this is uh these are fun because we have some audio and Shawn Payton continues to pump up Zack Wilson and I want you to listen to this audio they named Bon the a starter for your team Yesterday by the way he is the starter for the Denver Broncos uh and I don't know if you know this but lots of John Elway comparisons including the fact that he was the last rookie to start game one the Bron not anywhere close to John El doesn't play like John El I don't understand that yeah but you know what stop that when you start doing those comparisons and people are going to be like why isn't he taking us to any Super Bowls like that that's a bad thing to do he's not John but here's what Shawn Payton keep saying about Zach Wilson the most recent uh one after practice you see the armed talent and but the decision making like today and the timing of there's three throws today that he was on a little bit of a heater I mean it was it was impressive I would say the overall understanding of the offense the schemes of what we're doing decision- making and then also hey one one play get on to the next you know it's not going to be perfect you know an incompletion is a good play it's not a bad play but we're avoiding sacks fumbles turnover negative play differential we talk about avoiding those things keeping drives going and and by and large when you do that you give yourself a chance to kick field goals or score touchdowns um it's harder to do that overcoming you know some of those other things Shawn pton is talking a lot about his third string quarterback like he's trying to sell a used car now that is the thing I wanted to bring up does it feel a little bit like when your when your employer is about to let you go they bring you in and they say hey I'll get you a great letter of recommendation that was his letter of recommendation for Zach Wilson right sometimes in in business and people say yeah exactly hey this guy applied for our job is he great oh he's amazing oh he's just been phenomenal what they're actually trying to do is dump their employee oh yeah they like I got to get this guy out of here oh we don't have to fire him if he gets another job we don't have to pay sants or anything this is great let's tell the other company how great he is oh my see and then well and then it gets we get even more cynical when we start to think too like he's pumping up his value so that they might be able to get some value in return that not just get this guy someplace else they want to get some a guy maybe someplace else and maybe get a seventh round or why isn't he doing this for Jared STM cuz he's already there he's going to stay there exactly you get if you have somebody of Zack Wilson's value as your number three quarterback you're going to try to pitch how great he's doing to try to get some value on ter because there's some teams I think the Buffalo Bills are looking for a a backup quarterback and they know Zach Wilson well could you pry A fifth or a sixth round pick out of the bills at this point because they're desperate enough to make a trade for you for your number three quarterback that's what's going on here and I'm sure Zach's doing great this is not about Zach this is about Shawn pton in the Broncos organization trying to get value for somebody who's not going to see the field this year I wonder if you're going to see him in another uniform you brought up the bills needing a a backup mhm but I thought you know they take on each other in the AFC e for the past couple of Seasons they know exactly what they're going to get with Zach Wilson I don't know if that's going to be something that they want although he has beaten the bills a couple times you you don't mind having that as your backup right yeah no sure was he great as a starter with the Jets no is anybody great as a starter with the Jets including Aaron Rogers this year guaranteed where's Nate Peterman is he with the Raiders again Petman peterman's a good guy uh all right next up another local name that just continues to shine bright in the NFL despite everybody saying that it would never work but New Orleans Saints human utility knife Tamm Hill the lore has gotten even better because Dennis Allen head coach of the uh of the Saints of course actually like had some thoughts of what he wanted to do and this is what he actually said about where where he wanted to put Tamm Hill and how he wanted to treat him on the team this is what he said early on we kind of thought about you know making him a Sam linebacker oh my God but there's shut up so many no I'm I'm not kidding no way we talked about that um who's we well we on defense all right but the head coach at the time was like he wasn't giving up anything so got it but you but you're the head coach what are you talking about yeah but now we got him doing so many things now fullback Runner there's only so many ball plays a guy can play where would you put him on defense I'd play him with Sam linebacker and I'd Rush him about 50% of the time he would kill people I feel like Jason Hill I love I think one one game yeah why not let's do it in one game all right well let's see let's let's let's see him do what he's going to do at fullback at tail back at receiver at tight end yeah personal protector kick returner he's got enough jobs uh there you go Sam linebacker and then Rush him 50% of the time a true two-way player now we've seen him do the Special Teams thing we've seen him blocking punts that's kind of what put him on the map and then he he just stayed on he just stayed on doing all this it just is phenomenal to see that a guy like Tamm Hill still gets that respect right and and these coaches are like we'll find a place for him this is why Tim TBO couldn't make it in the league because he didn't have the he didn't have the humility to go yeah I don't have to be the starting quarterback to make an impact on this team or to make millions of dollars for a long period what year is T in now oh gosh he entered the league in 20 um 16 yeah so he's like 7 or eighth team or seventh or eighth uh year yeah all with the Saints yeah I mean a phenomenal he's going to get to 10 years in the league that is you would have never thought we would have never thought you've heard players bringing it up and in fact his his quarterback with the Saints brought it up like they need to consider him for the Hall of Fame because there's never been a player that's done what he does and how do you measure slow your roll a little bit bit on the Hall of Fame talk I'm not I didn't want that I didn't start it I guess they I guess no they they have shown the stats before they're like no one has had this statline ever and I'm not saying he's there yet but how much longer can he continue to do this in the league without people saying this is unique this is Once in a generation we're asking this happen we're asking him to put on 60 lbs we're going to put him at Red Guard like it was Derek Carr who who posed that he should be considered for Hall of Fame because of what he's doing and the impact it's having on the league and it is a huge compliment from a defensive coach like Dennis Allen to say I would put Tamm Hill linebacker and I would have him rush the quarterback on top of everything else he's able to do is there anybody in the NFL that could do what he does no no no no and how give Tamm credit for having the humility to do what Tim TBO who portrayed himself as the most humble guy on the planet didn't no didn't have the humility to do and say you know what this isn't working out at this level what can I do to prolong my NFL career and have an impact and be a part of this game ta was willing to do that and look at the result it's been phenomenal and and whether hall of fame or not I mean obviously that's that's down the road and that would be incredible and he has a lot to accomplish before being even considered that but the fact that he's even getting that kind of respect shows you just how much people in the league are impressed by him and value him all right let's take a break we'll come back we've got more to go around the corner we have our best and worst coming up you don't want to miss it stay here 975 the KL support Zone wrapping up the hour with our picks for the best and worst moments on today's show as JJ and Alex want to hear your best and worst of the day all right everybody Welcome Back JJ and Alex 975 V KSL Sport Zone it is a Thursday you're almost to your Friday frankly I hope your head is at Friday right now because then that's one day closer to the weekend I'll allow you to be living in Friday right now on a Thursday evening and then tomorrow it's basically Saturday okay that's you just have a pre- Labor Day weekend no I know are you giving people permission to have a a pre- Labor Day weekend Labor Day Eve let's go do it I would absolutely be for it uh it is the best and worst it's brought to you by an incredible selection of Kia Subaru Chevy Jeep Dodge Ram visit the Doug Smith dealerships in American Fork and Spanish Fork great service starts with noow and nobody knows like Doug in American Fork in Spanish Fork there you go uh I put down on the list uh I saw this video last night and I don't really like I mean this is not my team but this is a guy I've watched a play a lot of baseball for some reason over the past well he's been playing for a long time Joey VTO you not after that long 17 Seasons man all with one team good for him uh he announced it on uh on the socials and said said hey I'm hanging it up um it's been a heck of a career it's been awesome and I love that people have these conversations but I like Joey Votto I like I mean this is a guy who's a former NL MVP ask uh Dale Murphy if that gets you into the into the Hall of Fame necessarily in the answer might might be might be no he's a 17-year did we say a six a six-time six-time Allstar how many gold gloves uh one one gold glove career in 17 Seasons a career batting Aver of 294 on base percentage of 409 and sling percentage of 920 that those are really good numbers okay ninth best the 409 on base percentage is the ninth best in the history of the game since 1947 pry they've been some pretty good dudes uh yes I mean that's just a guy who gets on base obviously guys like Barry Bonds who got walked every day uh multiple times Manny Ramirez those are those are some of the other ones but those guys are Auto well would be Auto Hall of Fame guys if uh but Joey V we know we know Joey V let me give some stats on him real quick to give some perspective uh so if you take between 2007 and 2023 which is essentially the prime of his career yeah uh with those with at least 5,000 pled appearances V's 920 Ops Trails only Mike Trout and David Ortiz he was second in runs created in that span to Miguel Cabrera so 15002 to 1518 Miguel Cabrera Hall of Famer David Ortiz Hall of Famer Mike Trout will be Hall of Famer crazy so VTO yes he deserves to be Hall of Famer but first put Dell Murphy in please can we stop this insanity and put Dell Murphy in the Hall of Fame it's pretty Bonkers how one of the best players in the 80s is not like what what are you doing why are we still doing this like find a way to make it happen you have to put guys like that in when you when you know that this is not a steroid era conversation it was the 80s nobody was doing what he did in the ' 80s of maybe Andre Dawson it just wasn't an era of Super Sluggers he won two MVPs multiple All-Star he he was the one of the best 10 five 10 players of that decade he should be in okay uh and to all you riders that haven't put him in you suck JJ has spoken get him in I think everybody sort of agrees not sort of I think it's pretty I don't get it the baseball Riders are yeah they are come on man yeah I fig I said it probably kind more kind than I should have yeah listen there's an issue there so the worst the worst story of the day is actually pretty decent story but it's uh it highlight it highlights a worst going on in my life which is the this is my favorite too they refer to him just as the pommel horse guy and if I tell you the pommel horse guy from Team USA you can picture his face you can picture him in his glasses Stephen is that how you pronounced it or is it Stefan there seems to be some confusion on the internets uh Stephen nid roich nice you nailed it n roich we'll join the yeah he's gonna be yeah he's gonna be on the Dancing with Stars this season and the reason this in the bad is because I will definitely have to probably watch a lot of this at my house these are one of the compromising shows that I no here's the thing my wife doesn't care so I'm off the hook I know that's the thing is it but see my wife which I love I love for she taught dance for years dance was her thing it's dumb so she watches it and she's like oh my gosh look at this person and then there's H anyway it's going to be on at our house that's the worst story of the day is it's going to be on at our house and pommel horse guys is going to be on there well pommel horse of course you know is Superman like he's the 2024 Clark Kent that's exactly takes 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