Boise State coach Spencer Danielson talks with the media after a 56-45 road win at Georgia Southern

you guys good well I'm proud of our team man I mean good teams find ways to win and it wasn't pretty tonight but I mean there are some unbelievable performances by our players but I'm proud of our whole team finding a way to win we knew coming in this is going to be a great home field advantage for Georgia Southern elements all that our team found a way to win and we haven't been one and0 in a few years feels good to be one and0 we're going to celebrate the win and then tomorrow we're going to flip the switch and move on to Oregon but I'm proud of how our team battled I'm proud of how they stayed in the fight kept swinging it didn't always go our way and sometimes it was self-inflicted some there just things that happen in a game that you got to respond to and that's what I'm excited to as a coach week one when you can find a lot of things to clean up on film and still find a way to win the game that's what I'm proud of our team doing so a lot of guys had to step up today we had a lot of guys go down and have to fill in so a lot of guys got good reps and there's some things on film that we can can grow and improve on so I'm proud of our team I mean obviously I mean it goes out say I mean Ashton jent is best player in the country I mean that was on full display tonight but even with saying that I want to make sure I say this every time I talk about Ashton he's an even better young man than he is a football player you talk about a unanimous Captain the a leader on our team in everything he does I mean in January I mean he's the first one in the building last the leag so what he just put on display August 31st I've seen him do it day in and day out since he's been here and he deserves a ton of our offensive line the Run game that we were able to to create and continue to sustain drives was awesome I mean sa gains a 17-year-old freshman been on a mission since he showed up on campus proud of how he did and just the rest of the tight ends the receivers block and find way you find ways to win games that's what good teams do some team sometimes it's going to be maybe throwing the ball more or run the ball more find ways to win games obviously defensively just way too way too inconsistent we got to get off the field on third down there's some things that we just know we got to clean up there's some bus and covers there's some things one on ones we got to find a way to win and so there's a lot of things that we need to continue to clean up and there's some self-inflicted wounds that we got to deal with too I mean we come out the second half start fast it's third along incomplete pass roughing the passer you can't do that um to continue to win games the way we need to so there's a lot to clean up but I'm so proud of our staff and our players stay in the fight they kept swinging all game and feels good to be one them with Ashton I mean to have the whole offseason Heisman campaign all that stuff and then first game second carry house at 77 yards and most Rec you most yards most touchdowns ever by Bo player I mean to start it off in in that fashion what can you say I mean I'm just I'm so proud of Ash because he deserves all the credit he's getting he deserves it all cuz I've seen him work every single day when I get in there he's the first one in there and he's waiting for the training room to make sure he's getting his body right like he deserves it and there's a lot of guys around him that are blocking their tail off for him that deserve all the credit to the offensive line the receivers the tight ends I mean and the plan that we had Run game wise I mean coach Potter coach cutter coach Keen I mean they did a phenomenal job coach mountgomery getting those backs ready to roll I mean those guys deserve all the credit too and but I mean you talk I mean Ash I we could be here all night talk about Ashton jensi I mean this young man is a 10 out of 10 in everything he does and how he leads this team how he motivates this team and how he leads himself on a daily basis I mean he's a generational Talent type kid in all facets I mean that's who Ash and jenty is and I'll scream that from the rooftops um and the awesome part for sa gains that's who he watches every single day I mean he comes into work and he watches Ashton jenty and you talk about a guy that hasn't missed anything since he came on campus he's been watching Ashton he's been modeling him and it shows up with a true freshman R for over 100 yards that's tment to him when it comes when it comes to sigh like um I know he's not afraid of the moment in practice this week he put the ball on the ground a couple put the ball the ground tonight and you stuck with him and he scor a touchdown after it why that's how these guys learn and grow the only way to get better at football's playing it and especially for a young freshman or or a six-year senior you got to find ways to learn through your mistakes now hopefully we can learn through the wisdom and not let it show up at a critical moment like it did I think the Lord Austin Bolt did a great job finding a way to get that ball that was a huge play in the game um but you find ways to continue to learn and grow and Sai is a guy that is so confident because of how he's trained that even though he had that one fumble we got it back he we we trusted him we trust CU we've seen him continue to work no different than our other players you you know you gave madx the starting job because he knows the offense he knows how to run it you know over 650 yards of offense today just how happy were you with the way he ran the offense it was awesome I mean our coaches deserve a ton of credit our players buying into it once again it's not always perfect but our guys kept swinging they stay in it things don't go our way stay in it keep swinging I'm proud of madx I mean you talk about a guy that's never too high never too too low and I mean even after the interception he comes back and has two big time throws that's madx Matson I mean this guy's no no moments too big for him he stays in it and he's lethal he'll go out there and make the biggest play of the game cuz he knows his process and he stays with it so you mentioned ke swinging I mean you're up 289 you blow the lead you're you're down I think either late third or early fourth quarter I mean just to to to to lock back in and be able to score those late you know couple of touchdowns and pull away what what's that say about your guys it's huge man you talk about the fight in our guys and that's and that's football good teams find ways to win it's never going to be it's never going to be perfect on that field and a good teams find ways to win and tonight we found ways to win once again a ton to clean up I'm I'm fired up we one and0 for the first time in a few years but there's already a lot of things that I'm going to my mind to practice and things we got to make sure that we clean up we have to but you find ways to win and that's what I'm proud of our whole team from offense defense special teams and every game is going to go back and forth there might be games that our defense plays better we got we got to find ways to win it's not always going to be perfect that's what I'm proud of our whole team collectively staying in it and find ways to win you mentioned the offensive line a couple of times how how much Di's experience I you got a lot of guys coming back one more time how much of walk offensive Line's experience I mean you guys experi no I'm I'm proud of our I mean we we got a we got an experience old line coming back there's some guys banged up that we got to continue find more rotations and guys to step up but I mean that's the mentality of our team and Coach Keane does a great job with our o line coach Potter with our Run game I mean building that mentality into him to where I mean no matter what front lines up in us I have confidence in our offensive line creating movement at the point of attack and imposing our will on defenses Spencer when you took over last year it was just like we just like thrown into it today was about testing eight months of Spencer danielson's culture yeah so to go into that locker room after that how how is it different for you this time it just I mean I love these kids and first off I mean I give God all the glory I'm open about this the only reason I'm the head coach at BO state is cuz God put me there and I know it's to develop people develop champions in life and those are champions of Life on that field some of those so we didn't make the plays we needed to at all times but learning and growing from this game and what I see that nobody else sees is how our team's in there working loves each other does the hard things in there early in the infernos hiking Table Rock when no one knows running deck like I see that so when I see something go well or not I know our guys are trained I also know this is going to develop them for life so I'm proud of our team and I football is a hard game you are promised 12 opportunities year I'm going to enjoy this win and then on this long play ride home we're going to we're going to work to fix it cuz there's a lot of things we need to to continue to go forward we slightly mentioned the offensive line to specifically address them I don't know if Maddox was really touched tonight and as good as the running backs were I mean there were a number of times where they're like six yards down field before they anybody's even got a chance no question how good was that group and you were rotating a couple bodies in there too I mean they did a great job like I said coach Kean coach Potter Coach Montgomery did a phenomenal job getting those guys ready to play um and there's a mentality a part of that group that they will impose their will that's on film that's who they are and so I'm proud of of what they did tonight like I said Ashton s Gaines and other players deserve a ton of credit as well but nothing's happening without that front what was the reasoning behind that fourth down H there down there deep in your own Zone yep so for us guys I mean I'm going to look at the analytics I'm going to feel where things are going in the game and what we did in this game was planned out like I knew in what situations down up what area of the field I mean that's my job now is game management I'm not calling plays on either side I'm building into our team I'm encouraging and I'm focused on the game manager and still make the same call again you mentioned all along hey we got we're focused on week one week one week one now that you got this win I mean just I know you want 24 hours to think about it but the opportunity you know have next week yeah we're fired up to go play Oregon now I mean we're like I said we're to enjoy this game we're going to clean it up that's going to be the focus of Monday into Monday night is clean this game up but we're fired up to go play orgon It's the next team on our on our schedule and we know how talented they are and how well coached they are and we're going to rake our tail off to have an opportunity to win real quick SP so you uh you talked about coning over on down was analytic second what to the analytics SA yeah yeah so it's a go there and so I got to look at it for my and there's a lot of things too for me that go into where's the game going where's the flow of the game like I said for me I believe in process and so for now my process is game management to make sure how a game goes what are the analytics I look at that that matters to me to see and then where's where's the game at and so like I said I make the same decision again