BYU Cougars College Football Pregame Quote, 10/07/2019

On the takeaways from the Toledo game:

We’ve already had a week of practice since then. Obviously, a lot mistakes, the guys played hard, but I need to do more in places to succeed as a coach.

On what they focused on during the bye week:

All three phases. We were able to get a lot of work done. We have a new quarterback and we need to get him ready so we took advantage of that extra time. There’s a lot of competition on this team still and we need to get our guys executing at a higher level. That was our main focus this week.

On what he has seen from Jaren Hall this week:

He’s extremely confident and I think he’s ready for this moment. I’m really excited for this and I know he’s excited and the players are responding well. Zach Wilson still has a role there as a mentor and to help coach. I think we had really good practices last week with Jaren running the show. It gave some opportunities for Baylor Romney and Joe Critchlow to get some reps as well.

On Jaren Hall as a passer:

The main emphasis in his recruiting was that he was going to be a quarterback. He could probably play a lot of different positions since he’s so athletic but his focus was being able to throw the ball and be a quarterback. That’s why we’ve kept him at that position. We’ve used him here and there in different schemes but he came here to play quarterback. Unfortunately, there was an injury but I’m excited for him to be able to have this moment and take advantage of this opportunity that he has in front of him.

On what kind of team is South Florida:

They have a lot of athleticism and speed. I know coach Charlie Strong, he’s been around for a long time, he’ll have those guys playing hard. They’re coming off a win and we’re going to their house. We have to be ready for this game. More than anything, for my purposes it doesn’t matter who we play this week, we’re going to respect them and scout them as we have been. But, I’m more concerned with how we’re playing as a unit more than anything right now.