Utah 49 - SUU 0 | Postgame Press Conference

we're GNA get started with C be out there um it's good it's nice and easy when you got a guy like this that's going to go and kind of make your job easy uh just a great team win um just got to keep it rolling and focus on next week what did that feel like your first pass first moments on the field after such a long time away um it was special but uh it all that Focus kind of goes out of the way once I say say say set go and just really get the game going and yeah just focused on winning you ran four times were you supposed to it's football you got to you got to do stuff yeah you get those three touchdowns I mean I don't know why they weren't guarding you but you get them how does it feel to just be back take hits get in there do what you did yeah it feels good but I I've been doing this for preparing for two years and just feels good to know I can still do it and we still got a lot of games to go and just can't wait for next weeklies at all especially when you're that wide open on that first one I mean we've been practicing just for those type of catches just got to make sure to catch it you know because it's so wide open but Nots just football at the end of the day we practice so much and um just pitch and catch third Ian you broke like four tackles to get in there I saw the end zone I'm a little SL slippery so it feels good and um they just couldn't tackle I guess it's a gr man you uh you said all offseason you couldn't wait to get hit and you did take three or four hits on on that one play what did it feel like to kind of get you back into game mode yeah I wouldn't say those were really hits I got hit a couple times where I got bent back and felt kind of crazy but um those were really got me awake and those I didn't really feel those hits at all they didn't really tackle me so other than that it feels good W for Caleb to get that touchdown feels good he should have had too but um no it was good for him to get that touchdown and I'm happy for him and can't wait for more djn you get a touchdown obviously the first score of the season I mean what did it feel like just to be out there tonight um it felt excellent you know that was my first collegate touchdown and not only that it was my first touchdown in the red so it it was like it was super turned uh that was like the biggest moment of my life almost I was but yeah it felt really nice to to score today and you know that being my first of my career and it just it was excellent was it like obviously just kind of walking out there it's been two years two years for you brand but walk me through that moment and and how you sort of embraced it leeding into the snap yeah you just look out to kind of the stands and and get kind of get a second to just take it in and breathe and usually kind of that that uh feeling kind of goes out of the out of the the way once the coin toss really happens and then you're just focused on winning the game what's the sideline like when the defense pitches a shut what's it like on your side of the B uh when sc's happy everyone else is happy so I mean that's all we could ask for so it was great then you looked healthy out there how did it feel just you got two sacks what was it like for you uh it felt healthy it felt great um feel very grateful now since I had to play last year not healthy how it feels to play healthy it's just a blessing so uh it was great to be out there and just to really see how how good I can do when I'm at my full potential Dej could you believe how open you were on on both of those was is there extra pressure when you're that open um I would say you get a little bit more nerves when you're wide open uh you feel like it's harder to to catch the ball but it's it's all everything that we go in with practice we run the plays over and over so it's just practice how you play cam I'm sure you weren't aware of it in the moment but right before Alex Smith went into the Ring of Honor you passed him on the career touchdowns list knowing that uh seeing him go up in the in the Ring of Honor I'm sure getting know him a little bit what's that what's that it's kind of a surreal moment um guy I have just a tremendous amount of respect for hope I can have half the career he has had and and just honored to to be in that situation and what was your impression of Isaac's performance obviously made a few mistakes there but bounced back with a touchdown I think he got put in a bad situation as first few snaps um when you when you go in there and you're in that two-minute situation I I I think it's hard when you just get thrown into that and and that's kind of not the ideal way to start but I I think he did a good job responding and coming back um definitely needs to clean some things up but we all do pretty much do you help coach him up on the sideline after something like that or how what's that process like yeah we talk we always talk we're always trying to trying to figure out things and and stuff that we can do that that can apply to the game game and just make us that much better but yeah it's it's hard in those type of situations at the end of the half BR as well as you guys played on both sides the ball the competition gets a lot tougher next week what can you take from this game into the Baylor game we definitely have room for improvement but uh going Baylor's coming here too which is a lot better and um we just got to get to work and we have a full week full weekend to recover also and it's going to feel good getting back on Monday and getting to work Bron cam does it feel like two years you guys yeah yeah it does but uh it feels good and I was a little nervous going out there at first but after the first snap I felt good and I'm just glad to be back yeah definitely felt like a long time but happy to be back BR you just talked about how you guys have a few extra days to prepare for your next game um what do these weeks look like when you have those extra days and that extra time to and I get some rest and get prepared for the next one it's going to be good to have these next two days off honestly just get your body right but especially going to a game like Baylor but um yeah we have a lot of lot of things that we can work on and having these two days get our body rate and go into Monday which is an extra day and um I don't know if they play this weekend but it'll be nice to get a game in to see how they play and we can prepare for them that way brand you're the only tight end in Big 12 history with three touchdowns in a half I don't know if you know that but how does that make you feel what about the oldest uh honestly I don't really care but um I just want win games and whatever it takes score touchdowns or it doesn't doesn't matter I just want to win question obviously Andy talked a little bit about you during fall Camp about your emergence what went right for you during this fall camp and having the performance you did tonight what do you feel like your role will be in the offense moving forward um excuse my language I'm sorry um just anywhere that they need me any where they they could use me um I feel like I have a special skill set so where wherever I'm I'm useful they could put me at whether it's receiver whether it's running back flexed out not motion uh I just want to be useful to the team and just want to see us win thank you thank you guys watch e see e okay uh good start to the season uh it was good to see Obviously good to see Cam and brt keithy back out there doing their thing um but they hooked up three times for touchdown passes uh great effort by dejon Stanley uh tonight think he had over 200 allpurpose yards or somewhere in that neighborhood um defense lights out shut out so did what we were supposed to do I thought Southern Utah was a hard playing team they played hard and uh we just had some talented guys out there making plays but but uh it's good to get that one under our belt obviously um degree of difficulty increases this week Baylor coming to town or next week I should say um non-conference game but doesn't matter every game is is critical in college football so so we got to be ready to uh to be at our best next week um we'll come in tomorrow and watch this film and make Corrections and give our players the weekend off and come back Monday ready to roll and and get ready for the Baylor Bears so questions Kyle how did you feel about Cam's runs uh it was good to see him moving quick and and being able to cut and and you know do his thing but uh a little too much contact tonight uh you know and we we'll we'll uh try to reinforce that more if we possibly can but he's so competitive and and uh that's just his nature but little little more contact than we would have liked about that did you notice uh any rust off him or is this the cam of old I think it's the cam of old I mean he at least tonight he was he was sharp um 67% what was a 10 of 15 10 of 14 so 70% completion percentage somewhere in there uh close to it uh bunch of touchdowns five five touchdown passes and uh didn't miss many throws there's a couple he missed but not many in those situations that cam got I know you said you've talked a lot about you have the numerous conversations of just avoiding those hits are those situations where you want him to slide or I mean how would you as a coach want him to approach that yeah sliding is a good idea step out of bounds if the you know if it's in the vicinity uh just try to avoid those direct shots I mean you don't want to you don't want to take those shots and and uh we'll watch the film and there was probably two or three times where he could have got done a little better job of getting out of Harm's Way you talked about it dejon package and then it really showed forth today what did you see from him well great stuff I mean you saw him that little rail route out of the back field a couple times uh big plays uh made some nice runs too got to the edge two or three times and he's an explosive guy you know he's not the biggest kid 185 pounds but but he's quick he's fast he's tough and uh he's very smooth I mean's he's so athletic what do you think of elij Davis's performance coming in for K Johnson there yeah I thought he held down the the fort did a nice job uh came off coverage once fortunately it was a holding call so it didn't uh didn't end up hurting us uh that was him that had an interception was it not yeah had an interception so I thought he did a good job and we're going to have to take a hard look at what our best configuration is for next week um I thought Smith Snowden played really well on defense he's he's a he's a really good football player uh the front played well but uh Scooby Scooby's what we call him Scooby Davis is is a guy that's been in the program I think it's his third year and he's he's got a lot of ability just needs to uh continue to get more repetitions Johnson and you know we'll defer till tomorrow but it doesn't look good for either of them but uh we'll see what the test results are when they get those uh scans tomorrow that's a longterm injury how are you going to approach the DV room with already such limited depth yeah well uh if it is in fact uh severe and in the long term tale Johnson would be the first answer you know pulling him back from safety back back to the corner position he's got experience there he can do it uh we didn't want to have to do that we'll see but if we have to do it that's that's one answer right there what was your impression of Isaac Wilson's performance obviously Isaac yeah it was a tough spot he got put in in the first half you know that 38 seconds and you know trying to trying to get us down the field maybe it was a little bit unfair to put him in that spot but better safe than sorry didn't want you know cam had played enough didn't want any fluke accident to happen to cam at that point so I thought it was time to uh get Cam out of the game and uh I thought Isaac came back in the second half did some much better things he'll learn from it he'll grow he's he's got all the tools he's got a strong arm uh he's he's very mobile as you saw he made some nice runs for us but it's a process and you know he was uh you know in high school just last year so I I we still think you know after we'd be crazy not to think he's got a big upside because because he does so we'll see competition obviously steps up quite a bit next week the biggest thing you gain from a game like this is just confidence to kind of get into a a rhythm because you know it's going to be different players you're going against yeah sure I think uh well for Cam and brand it was a confidence thing you just get get back in the flow and get back on the playing field and and into live action uh everybody else uh will watch the film like I said there's plenty to correct but uh I don't want to call it a tuneup game but but it was a good game to get get the season started off with and and uh as I mentioned well I told the team afterwards that it'll be a tough challenge this week Baylor's going to come in here they got good players they're physical they played us right down to the wire last year we escaped with a victory but but they're a good football team when I asked you on Monday what you wanted to see as a success do you feel like you accomplished that by and large for the most part you know we still had a few penalties uh that uh you know were I don't want Sloppy I guess maybe too strong a word but but uh penalties that could have been avoided uh we weren't penalized except ly I don't think but just a few a few penalties that would like to see uh cleaned up but yeah you know we we took care of the football for the most part we did put on the ground twice with the running backs we ended up recovering those balls but uh it was I don't think we had any well Caleb loner that might be a drop I don't know if the guy stripped it out of his hands or if he dropped it but but then he came back had a nice touchdown catch but overall I'd say it was a clean game for the most part sorry interrup you you obviously you're approaching this running back by Stanley obviously had a a stellar game tonight how do you see his role increasing in any Avenue to kind of pigy back off of that what was your impression of the running back rep tonight well with Dijon he made the most of his reps you know he had a package of eight or nine plays and and he executed those plays to a te I mean he was he was did exactly right ran the correct routes uh ran the football like he was supposed to and so I would say based on what we saw tonight we'll probably expand that package a little bit just keep feeding him a little bit more a little bit more um running back room as a whole um thought Mai Bernard gave us some quality runs in there uh Jaylen Glover had a nice run or two uh Mike Mitchell I think you know you saw his he's got some capability of you know being that big back that that uh we he's the closest thing to that big back that we have right now Hunter Andrews just a freshman a true freshman had a nice run and ball popped out though but uh I think exactly what we anticipated going into the game it would be by commit we wouldn't really have an rb1 and right now we're in the same boat which is not a bad thing but that's the same boat we're in right now is a shut out any sweeter than any other win than a regular win I guess and and what stood out about the def it's always nice to shut someone out I mean that's the ultimate goal for a defense um I think that uh you know we we made some plays over there we had one one or two interceptions one one interception but two or three sacks maybe four sacks so we made some plays we really control controlled the game with our defense and uh really never uh you know they got a couple runs out out on us but uh never really gave up any sustained drive and of course didn't give up a score so very positive the entire team seemed to enjoy Caleb loner's touchdown all they all went nuts I mean that's an incredible story it is I asked him right after what he enjoyed more slam dunker catching a touchdown he said catching a touchdown pass so so he's all in and we you know we kind of like uh dejon he had about an eight or nine pass package play selection tonight and I thought he did a good job and and uh he's going to help us this year he will continue to help us okay thanks guys