BYU Cougars College Football Pregame Quote, 11/04/2019

I’m looking forward to this week and having our guys preparing well to take on a team that’s really explosive, especially on the offensive side because they have some amazing athletes. I’m looking forward to our game against Liberty. Hugh Freeze is a really good coach and his staff has a lot of experience. They’ve been at a lot of different places and done a lot of things in college football, so I’m looking forward to that matchup.

On if he has updates on Jaren Hall and Zach Wilson’s status:

No, not at this moment. It’s still day-to-day. Well find out day-to-day. Jaren got injured on that touchdown play and we’re still going to evaluate him. Like I said in the post-game interview, we just want him to be healthy. His life is all that matters to me right now. We have a really good medical staff, I trust them, and they said they’ll take care of Jaren.

On what responsibilities Kalani has taken on to help the defense:

Just coaching football and trying to get our guys in the right spot. Coach Ilaisa Tuiaki and the other coaches do an amazing job. They had some great adjustments that we made, even in this game against Utah State. I oversee the whole team, so I’m going to be involved in all three phases. I trust those guys and whatever I can do to help out and help us win games, I’ll do.

On Aaron Roderick handling the quarterbacks:

I’ve been around A-Rod for a long time, we’re friends, we played together here at BYU and we’ve worked together for most of our coaching lives. I have a lot of confidence in him. I’ve seen him work, I’ve seen the relationship he has with his position groups and I’ve seen how they all work together. It’s what you’re seeing right now; collectively they’re doing a great job. Whether guys can play or not, they’re involved in the game plan and in feedback. It’s been a really cool thing to see. A-Rod is doing what I always knew he could do, so I have a lot of confidence in him, his skills and his coaching skills.

On the explosive plays made by the offense:

We were able to capitalize and make some of those plays, but like I said after the game, I like the way our team approached the game. I liked the preparation and I liked the execution. I like that we were able to get some big plays because that’s how you get points on the board. We were able to make some big plays on defense as well. I like the way these guys are starting to work right now, we just have to keep building on it. This is another great opportunity for us this week to play a quality team and I know it’s going to be a big game for us as well, so we’re looking forward to the match-up.

On what areas of improvement he wants to see:

There are a lot of different things that we can improve on. We’re going to work on that right now and put this game away quickly. We celebrated enough, so we’re focused on Liberty today. We’ll make a few corrections and spend less time on the Utah State game as possible because we have to move on and get to the next one.