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Y’s Guys Podcast
September 12, 2023
Season 2, Ep. 17
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On tonight’s show Dave and Blaine welcome Blaine Douglas, the head of the BYU Alumni Chapter in Arkansas. With BYU Football hitting the road this week, we’re excited to continue our Y’s Guys tradition of checking in with the Alumni in the area. We also welcome former BYU Basketball Head Coach, Dave Rose. Dave will be inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame on Monday, September 18th at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. He will be enshrined along with skiers Stein Eriksen and Ted Ligety, fencer Julie Thompson Seal and sportswriter Tom Wharton. Also, we’ll talk to former Cougar quarterback John Beck—the personal quarterback coach of Zach Wilson, Jaren Hall and Kedon Slovis (among others).
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