BYU Cougars College Football Pregame Quote, 11/01/2021

Another week. Really excited about this game. An opportunity to be at home again, its senior day. I want to send them out with a win. We’re looking forward to the game. We’re looking forward to improving and building off that.

We had a good game last week. I’m glad that we got the win. This week, it’s our last game at Lavell Edwards Stadium for some of these guys.

The most important thing for us to do in the game of football is to perform at our best and respect our opponents

On the team being aggressive:

When I say aggressive, I mean more about the mindset. I would love to blitz every down. That would be awesome. There’s always payment for things like that. Our mindset is to be aggressive and be complementary to offensive, defensive and special teams. Our coaches need to manage all three phases together and work together. We want to have success and get a win. I don’t really care about stats. I care about winning. There are certain stats that contribute more to the win and we try to focus on those.

On this weekend’s game:

Our focus for this week is to go win this game and play our best guys for 60 minutes. I expect them to empty the tank because we have a bye next week. That is the focus. We’ve done pretty good on being respectful and securing wins.

On the seniors having an extra year:

That’s a little different because many of these guys can come back and play again next year. We have some guys who are ready to be done and move on with life. Others are still trying to decide. For us, we will give them all a good goodbye, but hope they come back. We will discuss what’s the best thing for them. We will give everyone a good send-off just in case. And then try to recruit them again.

On Jaren Hall:

Jaren is humble and I am pleased with the way he handles himself on the field. It’s hard to handle that offense and he makes the right calls. We had to trust him with his health. He’s feeling really good now. He’s close to 100 percent. He did a good job at creating space and had no turnovers. That’s a good sign for us. I know there were some throws that he wishes he had back. We were missing two starters on the offensive line. Those filling in are doing a good job. Jaren is putting all those guys in the right spots. We have good depth and good coaches. We happen to have good quarterbacks, too. Jaren is doing a great job.

On how Jaren running the ball affects the offense:

Any time a quarterback can create more space and time, it’s dangerous. All of our quarterbacks can run. They are all athletic. That’s part of our game plan. They all are able to run the ball.