Ron McBride
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Oct 8, 2026
Patrick KinahanHOST
too soon.
Patrick KinahanHOST
I mean, you were furious that Ron McBride had to wait a year, which is wasted emotion.
Patrick KinahanHOST
I tried to tell you, don't waste your emotion.
Patrick KinahanHOST
It was going to be okay.
ChristianHOST
Starting in the '60s, '70s, and '80s and '90s, Utah was a joke, right? Like they didn't go to any bowl games, didn't win any conference championships.
ChristianHOST
Then you get Ron McBride in the '90s, and he comes in and he wins two conference championships, once in the WAC, once in the Mountain West, okay? He averaged seven wins a season, and a lot of Utah fans are saying, "No, Ron McBride built the Utah football program, and if that is what he built, he should stop building because that is not good." Right? And then you get Urban Meyer, has a really good first year and an even better second year, and then Kyle Whittingham, like you said, Jared, he took Utah, which really didn't have any history, didn't really have any success in the Mountain West and the WAC, and he turned it into a first a contender in the Mountain West year after year, went to the Pac-12, and after, you know, taking some time to build in the Pac-12, he rattled off three straight conference championship appearances, two straight conference championships in an era where he was competing against USC, Washington, and Oregon.
ChristianHOST
Right? Like he's an amazing football coach, and without him, like I, like Utah is Arizona.
ChristianHOST
Utah is like Kansas State, and I think that's even being generous.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
Switch gears a little bit and talk about what's going on with your foundation right now.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
What are you up to? My dad's the busiest 86-year-old.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
Or no, you're going to be 87.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
Yeah.
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Jill McBride BaxterHOST
That's great.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
I am.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
I'm so proud of you, dad.
Jill McBride BaxterHOST
I mean, that's, I know it's been a lot of work.
Colter NuanezHOST
He's done it really, really well.
Colter NuanezHOST
And, and Weber had like this, this elongated stretch between Ron McBride and J Hill.
Colter NuanezHOST
where they were a defensive-minded team, and they would get these big physical linemen from the state of Utah.
Colter NuanezHOST
They were so good at recruiting in-state.
Colter NuanezHOST
He's done it really, really well.
Colter NuanezHOST
And, and Weber had, like, this, this elongated stretch between Ron McBride and Jay Hill- Where they were a defensive-minded team, and they would get these big physical linemen from, from the state of Utah.
Colter NuanezHOST
They were so good at recruiting in state.
Colter NuanezHOST
They'd get these badass linebackers.
Bill RileyGUEST
He got the bowl game last year and then first five this year.
Bill RileyGUEST
I'm glad you mentioned Coach Mac, because Ron McBride was the guy that took over in the late '80s.
Bill RileyGUEST
He had coached here as an assistant coach, and he was really the guy that led the turnaround for Utah Yeah, he was here for about a decade or so and really built the foundation of the program.
Bill RileyGUEST
I always say, Mack built the foundation.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're going to probably put nine men near the line of scrimmage.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The problem with that is, will the big pass play make the difference in this football game? Ron McBride said this game is about manhood.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They have to show their men to stop the rush.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And on the other side, Wisconsin knows that they're facing a quarterback named Fouts, who when he's on can be very, very dangerous.
9 MINS LATER
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Barry Alvarez in his third bowl game and in his seventh season at Wisconsin.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's 2-0 in bowl games, having won a Rose Bowl and a Hall of Fame.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And this guy basically is the bowl history, Ron McBride, in his seventh year for Utah because he's had them in three bowls in the last four years.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He has said that this year his team has played well when they've been challenged, almost backs to the wall.
Big Body CiscoHOST
The roots go back decades.
Big Body CiscoHOST
Utah's culture and family atmosphere are widely traced to embrace the Polynesian culture starting in the 1990s under Ron McBride.
Big Body CiscoHOST
And when I say that, I say this.
Big Body CiscoHOST
Every big college program now has a taste of what Polynesian culture is.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's one aspect of it.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Another is you've had Ron McBride really made an emphasis on spending time in Hawaii, spending time on the islands and getting to know that culture.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it is a beautiful culture that is all about family and tradition.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And yes, there are definitely athletes, but it will always be a priority here Because they are family here.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They live here.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, you know, I credit Ron McBride for really deciding that's what he wanted to do.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, you know, they're an amazing people.
Morgan ScalleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if you really get to understand that culture, you know, there's a lot that I think we can learn as, you know, different cultures about how they love and give.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're going to probably put nine men near the line of scrimmage.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The problem with that is, will the big pass play make the difference in this football game? Ron McBride said this game is about manhood.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They have to show their men to stop the rush.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And on the other side, Wisconsin knows that they're facing a quarterback named Fouts, who when he's on can be very, very dangerous.
11 MINS LATER
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Barry Alvarez in his third bowl game and in his seventh season at Wisconsin.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's 2-0 in bowl games, having won a Rose Bowl and a Hall of Fame.
Brad NesslerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And this guy basically is the bowl history, Ron McBride, in his seventh year for Utah because he's had them in three bowls in the last four years.
Gary DanielsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He has said that this year his team has played well when they've been challenged almost backs to the wall.
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