Jay Norvell Excited for CSU Ram's Opportunity to play in Texas Week 1

your kicking situation yeah how we sitting with that right now oh we're in great shape um no we're in good shape I mean I mean we'll see till Saturday we've had you know some guys that have been a little bit nicked up and not got a lot of chances to kick but I mean I think we'll have everybody available Saturday so that's an important part of the game you know field position is going to be really important so we got to do a good job on all of our teams you know kicking the football covering kicks not having penalties on special teams is huge so but we should have everybody available set is that what you look for most in an opener is just how clean your team can be and how many things you can do that don't hurt you in a negative way yeah I mean typically in most opening games it's the first game and you know you get some first game Jitters and um you know foolish penalties kicking kicking game penalties we can't afford that in this game you know we've worked really hard to accelerate this preseason we really sharp and when you play at an opponent like Texas it gets your attention early and so you know it's it's not a normal opener it's it's it's an important game we got to play clean and uh we can't afford to give away plays or we can't afford to trade plays you know we can't you know get a turnover and then we turn it over or give him a play on special teams and then we get to play on special teams we can't afford to play that way we got to be opportunistic we got to take advantage of our opportunities and we got to keep their home run Hitters from getting a lot of B bat have you felt some of that you know kind of extra juice if we will from the guys just being a you know not you're typical opener maybe yeah I mean I think it's I mean I I think everybody understands the urgency that we're playing the University of Texas and you know it's a big game for us um it's a big opportunity for a program and and um and so so uh you know everybody's taking that all summer long in their study of this game and prep preparation for this game you know we got a lot of Texas kids here and and uh you know it's a dream for every Texas kid and every Texas coach to to play at Texas and so and and there's a lot of there's a lot of people that never get that opportunity there's a lot of people playing football in Texas and coaching football in the state of Texas and never get to play at Texas so it's a special opportunity and and uh you know I've experienced it several times in my career and and you know it's just it reminds you how important it is for people that haven't had a chance to do it I heard you talking to the guys yesterday about basically going out and forcing them to respect you know your name respect your helmet you've been on probably both sides of this being the big school where the small school comes in and the smaller school going into it you know at times you think guys can teams can get beat just essentially from having the wrong mindset going in like they getting caught up in all the I mean it you know it's of course we're playing the University of Texas but we're we're playing a team that run split Zone and rpos and and play action passes I mean that's what we have to defend um we're not you know Earl Campbell's not going to play and so so we don't have to we don't have to play their history you know Daryl Royal is not on the side I'm not worried about coaching against him so I mean it's just it's a game and when you're you know we need to be mature as a team in a program and go in and play a team like Texas and go play the game and so that's all we're asking our guys to do you know we really haven't made a big deal about them um or their legacy and all that it's it's a it's an important game it's a good opponent um they're well coached it's a great atmosphere and we need to go have fun play the game you mentioned the Texas guys on the roster you got three of them uh specifically in the wide receiver room that are still kind of new guys with Dylan Armani Donovan I mean how important are those guys going to be not just this week but for you guys the whole season kind of helping Tori out and kind of making sure teams respect more than just him yeah we we we got to have playmakers all over the field so people can't zero in on Tory and you know we we've been really mindful of that um I think Armani's got a opportunity to have a great year uh he's a big talented receiver with speed um um you know I think Donovan Ali's a great addition he's a pro I mean as far as handling his business and his maturity it's a huge upgrade for us um I'm I'm really excited about Jamari Pon he's had a great Camp um Goody's had a great Camp um we got a number of players that are capable of making big plays and so I think Braden has a lot of confidence in Our receiver room um and you know we got to have great compliments whether it's our running backs our tight ends our wide receivers we got to be able to spread the ball around and and be productive not a Texas relay but D made the made the cut yesterday kind fun to see that awesome that's so awesome and you know I haven't even had a chance to look at the cuts and so I appreciate you telling me that and I knew he was having a really good camp and what a great kid and I'm really happy of him and proud of him you know he he made some good decisions in this process and going to the Saints was one of them that was a great decision that he made thanks appreciate