Boise State linebacker Andrew Simpson talks after a 56-45 road win at Georgia Southern on Saturday

feel uh you know to get the win and be one and0 yeah it feels great it's our first I mean game one win in the last since I've been here so it feels good but obviously a lot of things to clean up and we're not satisfied so we got we got a long ways to go what is kind of the feeling you get the win but you give up you know 45 points or whatever on deep yeah I mean for me I I don't feel too good about it but um you know you just got to look at it kind of half cool I mean we won the game and early on it looked like we really could have just put it on them and we kind of just I know we just let up off the gas so uh going forward just you know clean a lot of stuff up we got a big game next week so it's kind of just a move on process we know we're a way better defense than that so we're just excited to go back out there again I know you haven't watched the film yet but you know what are some of the uh bigger things you think you do need to clean up I mean all around there's there's plenty of things you can clean up especially in the game one you know I mean game one game planning new all year so uh there's everything everything on defense we can clean up you know and uh we will do that outside of what Ashton did there there a couple plays that stand out in the game and it happened on defense one was the personal foul that you guys got almost got off the field big in the game and you guys give that up another one though kind of was the exact opposite in fact that was your play like if you don't get that it feels like this game gets scary so how big was that play I mean yeah there it happened a few times where you know we get three good plays and then we shoot ourselves in the foot and this game could have been over a lot earlier but um it just comes with our team just being more disciplined you know we have a older group but we got to clean stuff up and stuff like that happens game one and uh we kind of knew that coming in but going forward you know we could do better as far as my play you know I'm just doing whatever I can to help the team win and I mean it was a big time moment cuz I know we needed to stop so I'm happy about that but obviously plenty to clean up so that's what we're focused on I mean how how eager were you to go make a play there I mean you knew that that was going to be on you on that play right yeah I mean I I was eager you know I was excited to get back out there I know my team needed me I know the team needed the defense like we were playing well early on and then we fell off so we just needed to find the energy you know rally the troops and get guys confident going back on the field you know cuz momentum shifted and uh you know I have to do whatever I have to do to help my teammates when they score right before half and they get the ball and they score again and then the offense goes for it and right away then they scor and they all of a sudden winning the game like what was kind of the mindset there uh you know for the team and for the defense after they had the lead yeah so I mean momentum we felt to shifting and then when it shifted you know you can either um just kind of keep your head down or pick guys up so I'm proud of our guys for you know keeping our heads up you know we didn't Flinch we we knew we were going to be in a tough one early on it didn't look like it but you know they kept fighting and I mean that's a good team you know there a good offense they all returned so um I mean it it was tough you know giving up the lead obviously after having such a big lead early on but uh there's plenty to learn from and it's better learning from the win than the loss so we're happy about that I know it's always interesting asking a defensive guy about an offensive guy because usually you're probably caught looking up like what's happening Ashton J how unreal was that yeah I mean it's crazy and honestly it's not really too much of a surprise to a lot of us here you know we're we're we know what he can do I mean that's my roommate like we talk about it every day you know what type of season we want to have and what type of season he wants to have personally and we believe in him we know that he can do great things and he just showed it I mean today I mean six touchdowns is something crazy you know it hasn't happened here in a long time so I he's a big time player with my best friend for sure and uh I'm proud of him and he's going to keep leading us and I'm going to do my part to get the defense together what you see on the third Downs they had a lot of third down conversions you kept drives alive I know you kind of touched on it but just yeah I mean third down conversions we're really just shooting ourselves in the foot you know uh got to win more one-on-one matchups and uh just play sound football you know we were playing great on first and second down and we're getting a third down and then we're we're letting them off the hook and that happened a lot but we know that there's a lot of things that we did to ourselves and um only we can fix and we know we will so going forward uh hopefully those change oh