Jay Drew’s Big 12 Media Days Recap | Brand Debate | Big 12 Preseason Poll | Bill Ekbald & Superfans

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. #YsGuys #BYU #BYUFootball #BYUCougars #CougarNation #GoCougs #Big12Football #Big12MediaDays #KalaniSitake #BearBachmeier #LJMartin #KeanuTanuvasa #FaletauSatuala #JayDrew #DeseretNews #BYUBasketball #AJDybantsa #EgorDemin #BYUSuperfans #CollegeFootball #LDS Timestamps (approximate): 04:40 – Jason Shepherd Fills In for Blaine Fowler on Y's Guys 10:30 – BYU's New Entrata Jersey Patch and the Neon-Green Monster Energy Deal 12:47 – Keanu Tanuvasa Gets National Love, Bill Bender Picks BYU to Win the Big 12 15:11 – Phil Steele Ranks BYU No. 10 in His Preseason Top 40 15:43 – Where Should BYU Play Its Next International Football Game? 17:46 – Is BYU the Biggest Brand in the Big 12? 20:54 – Y's Guys Reveal Their 2026 Big 12 Preseason Poll 29:06 – Jay Drew Joins the Show: Big 12 Media Days Recap 32:52 – LJ Martin Snubs Arizona's Heisman Push for Noah Fifita 37:57 – Jay Drew on the Win That Legitimized BYU in the Big 12 40:59 – Fall Camp Storylines: New Defensive Coordinator, O-Line, and a Receiver Question Mark 46:04 – Jay Drew Reveals His Big 12 Preseason Top 5 50:13 – Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week: Faletau Satuala's Pick-Six vs. Iowa State 1:20:47 – Meet BYU Superfans Ashley and Lindsay Turner 1:42:08 – Meet BYU Superfan Scott Gambles, a 1982 Cougar Walk-On