Preston Stone looks back on Nevada game, impact of Garry Weber EndZone Complex for SMU

haven't been in here yet it's cool really this whole place is incredible uh what were your first impressions when you guys got to go in the new Locker Room walk around here oh it was awesome we're we're so we're so freaking lucky um you know I definitely far in the away the coolest locker room I've ever seen been a part of and um huge thank you to everyone who helped made that possible and um you know I think I think we're all just trying to be as grateful as we possibly can because it's really really cool what was it like you know the last time you had been on a football field in a competitive setting was coming off that Navy game what was it like finally being out there in a game situation again for you it was a lot of fun you know Cu uh you get to compete and play quarterback you know at practice during camp and throughout the summer but you know once the bullets are alive that competitive fire is just a little bit different and um you know to be honest it felt good to get hit a little bit felt good to get banged around a little bit um and uh being back out there with the guys like there's I was telling coach Woods you know we in our stretch lines and I was just like there's there's nothing like it and there's nothing that even comes close to it so um got to thank God for letting me to be able to come back and um play the game that I love again and I just feel really blessed after having some time to reflect on the game maybe watch some of it back is anything new kind of jumping out to you maybe that we didn't talk about post game um not not a ton I mean I feel like uh you know like I said after the game I think our o line did a great job you know they kept my jersey clean pretty much the whole night and um you know I think there's there's definitely a couple things that um you know myself receivers kind of the whole offense as a unit that we got to get the same page on get on the same page with but um overall I just I couldn't be more proud of how we how we fought in the second half and I think it's a testament to the Brotherhood that we have the culture that we have that um you know we're not going to give up when adversity hits and I was really proud of the way we handled that a lot of coaches talk about that jump a team takes from game one to game two just how important is it for you guys to clean up some of those things you know going into this one and really feel like you you do take that that set yeah I think um yeah I think you're exactly right you know there's always tends to be a pretty big jump in game one and game two um you know I think I think the biggest thing that's going to take us throughout the whole year is that we've got a lot of guys on the team who really love football so um regardless of if we're beating a team 60 to zero or we have to score with a minute left to win the game you know most almost all these guys are going to show up on Monday and um be excited to just play football again so um that's that's what I've seen in our past two practices this week that there's a lot of excitement um you know a lot of that might be sparked by we're about to play our first home game new facility but um more than anything we got a lot of a lot of guys on our team who really love football what was it like for you to use the in helment Communication in a game setting coach Lashley said he was forgetting to press a button a couple times what was that experience there there was once or twice um where I had to run over Seline coach I can't hear you um but uh no it was really cool it was really cool um you know I think it definitely helps with just Expediting my process you know how I how I look at defenses how I get guys set um helps me make that a little bit faster and um I was I was really thankful for Coach Lashley just his demeanor and the way he communicated to me throughout the game um helped me stay calm and uh helped us finish in the fourth quarter with going into the game knowing you were getting the first two series Kevin was going to come in the next two how did you kind of approach did you approach those first two series any differently and then kind of how did you approach the two Series where he was in where you kind of get to step back on the sideline and and kind of watch before you go back in yeah um you that was a experience that I hadn't really had before um but when I was on the sideline you know my main focus was just trying to pick up anything I might be I might not have been seeing the first two series um but as far as my first two series I was I was going out there I think you guys could tell in the second play I just wanted to cut it loose and rip the ball so um no my my Approach pretty much stayed the same going to the game and um once I came off I was just trying to pick up anything I could uh I know you talk post game about him but RJ Maryland just a guy who can create mismatches like you mentioned you see him one onone you know that that's uh going to be an opportunity how big is is he as an asset in in that hugee he's huge um RJ is obviously incredibly talented and I I think you guys got to see that um on top of that talent that He has you know when when we need him and when it's the fourth quarter he's going to step up which there's a lot of really talented Guys across the country but I think there's a small percentage of guys who can really take over a game when you really need a team to and RJ is definitely one of those guys is there a biggest thing that you want to see yourself or or this team uh do on Saturday uh whether differently or build on on last week um you know I think uh we're all really excited to play um that's something that we pride ourselves on regardless of which game we're playing you know we we want to be the most excited team on the field um I think probably the biggest point of emphasis is just being consistent throughout the whole game um you can tell we kind of stalled in the first half uh from an offensive standpoint um and and the second half we got to really you know stack drives and looks like they're still working on the building a little bit but uh I think the name of the game is consistency for us it's awesome all right see you guys thank you