What Aggies are saying about BYU
Like BYU, Utah State held its weekly news conference this morning, with coach Gary Andersen and running backs Robert Turbin and Michael Smith making comments and answering questions.
Here are their replies regarding questions related to BYU, courtesy of the USU sports information department:
Robert Turbin
On BYU: "They are a very good team, especially on defense. They do a few things differently than they did last season. So we will watch film and get better. We will get ready for the game."
On differences in BYU's defense: "They stunt a lot more than they did last season. They do a lot of different things with the linebackers and defensive ends. They do a lot of the things that Utah does on defense. They try to do some of those confusing things. They have put that into their defense so we are really going to have to evaluate them and figure those things out."
We are going to have to stay in and help out with the offensive line. The most important thing is going to be protecting Diondre Borel when he goes back to pass."
They have a good defense, but it doesn't concern me. We are just going to have to be ready for it. We are going to have to play attention to detail. We will be ready."
On momentum from last year's game against BYU: "It gave us a lot of confidence. Towards the end of that game we believed in our abilities. We believe we can do a lot of things against BYU as far as scoring points and racking up yards. That was a big confidence boost for us at the end of that game last year. So we are a lot more confident in what we can do against them."
Michael Smith
On BYU: "I haven't seen much film on them. I now they have a good defense and a good quarterback. I watched them play Florida State. Florida State was really fast, and that is what we have to be. We have to play fast. We have to know our assignment and execute."
Gary Andersen
On BYU: "They are a tremendous football team. They have won 10 games consistently for years and years. Bronco has done a great job. They have tremendous football players. Their scheme is very consistent as far as being good on both sides of the football. Offense, defense and special teams are aggressive enough. They have good players sprinkled around. I think they do a good job year in and year out on offense, defense and special teams of using their best players."
"The defense, they seem to be a little bit more aggressive then they have been in the past. They have played very well this year. The Oklahoma game speaks for itself. I have spent some time watching them, they are a good defensive football team."
"I have watched more of their offense, and I have great respect for them. They have a great quarterback. Max is obviously going to play quarterback for a long time past college, he will continue to play probably as long as he wants to in the NFL. I do know this: If you just sit back there and say you are going to play base defense and put them in a position to dink and dunk the football underneath you and don't respect the run and throw game you are going to have a major issue."
"You have to put pressure on the quarterback. If you just let him sit back there and he feels at home and at peace, you are going to have some issues. They have a quality offensive line in front of him. They have a great stable of running backs. Usually it is about two deep. This year there are three or four of those guys that are tremendous running backs. They use those guys to run the ball and catching it out of the backfield."
"Every year after I break down BYU I end up coming back and saying the same thing to myself, it is a throw offense and a run offense, but it is almost an option mentality. With a lot of teams you can look at it and say, they are going to go to this guy in this situation or that guy in that situation. BYU makes you defend the whole field in every personnel grouping that they have, which makes them very dynamic. Then they get the football to their playmakers."
"The bottom line for us is to be able to execute at a very high level. They are going to have success on offense. They have success on offense every single week. You have to find a way to get them off pace and play extremely hard. We have to get turnovers and get our offense on the field. Then on offense you have to control the football. You have to control the ball and score on offense."
Here are their replies regarding questions related to BYU, courtesy of the USU sports information department:
Robert Turbin
On BYU: "They are a very good team, especially on defense. They do a few things differently than they did last season. So we will watch film and get better. We will get ready for the game."
On differences in BYU's defense: "They stunt a lot more than they did last season. They do a lot of different things with the linebackers and defensive ends. They do a lot of the things that Utah does on defense. They try to do some of those confusing things. They have put that into their defense so we are really going to have to evaluate them and figure those things out."
We are going to have to stay in and help out with the offensive line. The most important thing is going to be protecting Diondre Borel when he goes back to pass."
They have a good defense, but it doesn't concern me. We are just going to have to be ready for it. We are going to have to play attention to detail. We will be ready."
On momentum from last year's game against BYU: "It gave us a lot of confidence. Towards the end of that game we believed in our abilities. We believe we can do a lot of things against BYU as far as scoring points and racking up yards. That was a big confidence boost for us at the end of that game last year. So we are a lot more confident in what we can do against them."
Michael Smith
On BYU: "I haven't seen much film on them. I now they have a good defense and a good quarterback. I watched them play Florida State. Florida State was really fast, and that is what we have to be. We have to play fast. We have to know our assignment and execute."
Gary Andersen
On BYU: "They are a tremendous football team. They have won 10 games consistently for years and years. Bronco has done a great job. They have tremendous football players. Their scheme is very consistent as far as being good on both sides of the football. Offense, defense and special teams are aggressive enough. They have good players sprinkled around. I think they do a good job year in and year out on offense, defense and special teams of using their best players."
"The defense, they seem to be a little bit more aggressive then they have been in the past. They have played very well this year. The Oklahoma game speaks for itself. I have spent some time watching them, they are a good defensive football team."
"I have watched more of their offense, and I have great respect for them. They have a great quarterback. Max is obviously going to play quarterback for a long time past college, he will continue to play probably as long as he wants to in the NFL. I do know this: If you just sit back there and say you are going to play base defense and put them in a position to dink and dunk the football underneath you and don't respect the run and throw game you are going to have a major issue."
"You have to put pressure on the quarterback. If you just let him sit back there and he feels at home and at peace, you are going to have some issues. They have a quality offensive line in front of him. They have a great stable of running backs. Usually it is about two deep. This year there are three or four of those guys that are tremendous running backs. They use those guys to run the ball and catching it out of the backfield."
"Every year after I break down BYU I end up coming back and saying the same thing to myself, it is a throw offense and a run offense, but it is almost an option mentality. With a lot of teams you can look at it and say, they are going to go to this guy in this situation or that guy in that situation. BYU makes you defend the whole field in every personnel grouping that they have, which makes them very dynamic. Then they get the football to their playmakers."
"The bottom line for us is to be able to execute at a very high level. They are going to have success on offense. They have success on offense every single week. You have to find a way to get them off pace and play extremely hard. We have to get turnovers and get our offense on the field. Then on offense you have to control the football. You have to control the ball and score on offense."
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