Tuesday, Utah State head coach Matt Wells and players Kevin Whimpey and Nick Vigil addressed the Aggies' season-opening 38-7 loss to Tennessee and USU's home opener against Idaho State this Saturday
Watch a video of the press conference here.
You can read the entire transcript here.
Read the Idaho State Journal's from the presser here: Looking to bounce back against Idaho State
Interesting quotes:
Matt Wells on Tennessee game: "It’s a very humbling defeat and very eye-opening for us as a program. It’s something I haven’t gone through here and something we’re not planning on going through anymore. There are absolutely a lot of learning experiences for us, coaches included, that we can make adjustments on and get better at and we surely will."
Wells on Idaho State: "The first thing that jumps out to me is their quarterback. I like him. He’s a really good player. He played well in Salt Lake last week. He’s got a lot of moxie and made some really good throws early in the game. He does a nice job with the zone read. Their O-line is coached really well. They’re targeted well and did a nice job in the run game early on. We know what they’re going to look like on defense. They are going to play out of an odd front, they’re going to pressure with a mix of zone and man. They’ll have things covered down. The biggest thing for us is focusing on us and getting ourselves ... to come out and do whatever we can to get this taste out of our mouth."
Kevin Whimpey on Idaho State (Whimpey played for the Bengals in 2008): "The way that they play. Some teams that have been bad in the past stay bad because of their attitude and effort. I can see the attitude in the players just by the way they play and celebrate with each other. Even when they were down by so much to Utah, they were still giving effort. There was no quit that I saw and I think they work hard as a team regardless of the scoreboard.”
"I’m grateful to Idaho State for giving me that semester scholarship and giving me the opportunity to get out on the field. That being said, the attitude was different when I was there. It was just guys playing for themselves, selfish play. Although I did have a lot of friendships with the guys on the team, it wasn’t that team feeling like, ‘let's go out there and get this win.' There was no real belief."
Nick Vigil on Idaho State: "We haven’t had an opportunity to go over film too much so far, we’ve been going over the Tennessee film trying to get some things corrected. From what I’ve watched so far they’re pretty athletic. They’ve got some guys at receiver who will go up and get the ball. Their running back is quick and has good vision. ... Their quarterback throws a good ball. He makes good decisions and is mobile as well. He’s somebody we’re going to have to contain."
Vigil on Idaho State's running backs: “I watched a little bit of the Utah game and they played them really tough through the first quarter. Their offense was moving the ball up and down the field. They made a few mistakes, but their running backs looked really good. They look fast and athletic with good vision. We’re going to have to contain those guys.”
Vigil on injury to star Utah State linebacker Kyler Fackrell: "It’s hard see a guy, especially of his caliber, go through something like that since he is a guy that could potentially go to the NFL after this year. It’s hard to see him go through that because he’s a close friend. It hurts us defensively, as he’s arguably our best defensive player, but it’s an opportunity for some younger guys who haven’t played that much to step up."
Vigil on playing at home in Romney Stadium: "I feel like it’s an advantage to play here with how loud it gets. I think people come here and they don’t realize how loud it actually gets in here. Our student section is probably second to none in the entire country. We don’t get as many fans as some other teams, but with how loud it gets in here I think it affects teams."
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