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BYU Football Head Coach Kalani Sitake talks with the media after the game with Arizona State. November 23, 2024

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uh tough game man what a what a cool environment college football is awesome uh Big 12 Football a lot of fun obviously didn’t work out in our favor just really proud of the team proud of the guys I think they could have could have uh quit at any moment and so um it didn’t look great especially the first half I’m proud of the guys fighting back and even when they had that score to go up had 28 points on the board um the guys just kept fighting and so I’m really proud of the leadership on this team our coaches our players obviously didn’t have uh didn’t do enough to to get the win but uh you have to give a lot of credit to Arizona State um Kenny Dillingham and and the team they’re ready I thought they they jumped they had a great start um well coached team um you know I mean you look at the weapons that they have on offense and then I think you know looking at what the defense has done I mean that that’s that’s an underrated defense I don’t think people give enough credit to um but overall just a really good game and just didn’t work out our favor I thought the uh um The Experience the uh the environment was really cool uh just just happened that we were a few yards short you know but the um yeah the experience was cool and and uh just just want you know looking at our team and our players our guys have we we’ve earned the right to extend the season already so all I know is we have two games left for sure and so where how many games other than that I don’t know I don’t know all the all the situations everything goes into it but uh we got to win that one next week for you know at home uh Houston game for for our seniors um and so uh there’s still a lot more to play for and and uh we’ve got to get back and learn as much as we can from this and get back on it I mean we’re sitting right now 9-2 um and and um you know just just overall though just really I talked to the team just proud of them you know obviously it’s not the result they wanted and that they they anticipated or planned on but uh now you got to find out how you how do you respond from this I mean we’ve the last two games if you look at the Kansas game and and Arizona State game came down to the to the last drive and so we lost by uh you know one score and uh this conference is is is full of great teams that can play and are physical and so uh I I believe we we we fit nicely in the conference and I I know Arizona state does too and um you know just wish him the best of luck the rest of the way and and I don’t know all the scenarios that goes into it but we we’ll see what happens and I don’t even know what happened with the scores the games and everything but um colado lost yeah so I I told you guys Kansas was pretty good you know that that’s pretty tough for Kansas to to I mean beat three ranked teams in a row um and I think preseason everybody thought they would be the team that they’re playing like right now so this you know we’ve got to get back on on the winning track and and the way you do that is play better from the beginning to the end if we can just put it together for 60 minutes I feel good about our chances uh obviously we didn’t get that done this game but you know I think Arizona state did some really um I mean they did they they scored they they they possessed the clock and they got some first downs uh scaboo is a really good running back he’s one of the best running backs in in college football we knew that going in I I like the way he plays the game I just like the way that this team um Arizona State team works and Kenny’s done a great job with him uh the culture that they have it’s just a lot it’s a lot of fun and I I it was an honor to be on the field with them you know and and compete it just did not work out our way man but I but Kent cannot um you can’t can’t um deny that it was a really good game and uh the part is that we had really good games the last two weeks we just they they we had to you know take one on the in the Lost column twice so what questions do you guys have for me before I just Ramble On and then tick up all the time what was the difference in the second half offensively obviously you much better yeah well I think the first half it just seems like Arizona State got the the momentum and they just start keep keep pounding it and and they they got I think the um the kickoff uh that that they kind of squib it off of our guy that that you know put a tire defense back out there we’ve got to learn to put our guys in there and if if if they’re tired put some fresh guys in there and and I I think they just took it to us and and we had we had to respond I think the their style of play was be really physical and we had to decide if we were going to do that and match it or not and get run out of here or or or or you know hold hold our ground and and I’m proud of the way the guys responded just I we need do that before let’s do it from right from the get-go and um but that’s easier said than done these are really good teams and um yeah I I know this coaching staff uh Arizona State staff really well I know a lot of the guys on on the staff and they’re excellent coaches and I know a lot of the players that play and they’re they do a great job so um it was just it’s a it’s a definite uh cool environment for them to be here but I I love that we had a lot of fans represent too and so I I’m disappointed that we didn’t get the win for them but um I hope they know how much we would love and appreciate them being here and and uh being a a factor for us in this game wasun through your mind when the build needed to be cleared and you you know hoping for one more second left what was kind of going through your mind yeah I was just hoping for all kinds of stuff I was like how many penalties did they get you know I was just trying to get us Sportsman like conducts on the crowd and the their student section and every I don’t know just just hoping just we that we had one more one more shot um we had the 1 second at the 49 yd line and um I just you know I how close was it was Chase in that yeah so dang it you know but that’s uh I think there’s a good way we can we can respond from this and in in a positive manner but that’s just I think when you put yourself in the hole too much it’s going to be hard to crawl out of it especially against really quality teams like Arizona State and we found that out it’s a tough lesson to learn but give them credit they they deserve to win they got it and we we have to we have to learn from this and and get better and but we’re sitting at 9 and two I don’t know exactly what the standings show but there’s a lot of parody in this league and so we can’t just show up and think that the Houston game’s going to be an easy one you know that’s our senior game this is I think I believe this was Arizona State senior night senior day and so there’s a lot to to play for you play with a little bit more energy when you know it’s a senior’s last chance I mean I’ve been part of that I’ve been a senior before and played in those games and uh there’s just a little bit more extra energy with it and maybe that was part of it but I hate them I hate to just minim like kind of diminish their their win though and say that that was the Catalyst I think they’re a good team you know and and um and I think people should start respecting them a little bit more CU I I think this is this conference is a good conference and and it’s not going to be easy for anyone to run through this conference and um you know we we’ve we’ve been in a really good spot uh we’ve had some things work out in our favor and this this this one and that last one didn’t it didn’t so we just have to keep playing I know that’s not the first premature field storming in college football history but did you think the fact that it took 15 minutes that it was a little excessive as far as how long you all had to wait before that final fight I I hate getting mad at the fans I mean they’re they’re so excited to to get the win it’s two ranked teams that were playing um all we heard is that there was might be one second that’s and I’m going to cling on as much hope as I can you know and so it’s okay I none of our guys are hurt and and so there was no no big issue there and and they they eventually cleared it and we were able to get that one play and so I just I I understand the fans excitement energy and it’s okay no nobody I mean I didn’t think they’re uh they’re too rude to us I mean they’re excited about their win did the officials offer an explanation to you as to why there was not an Sportsman like fin Le one second left um the the statement that was said I think I think we thought there was going to be one cuz there was a um what it was explained to me is that there was a uh intentional grounding so when the ball is thrown out of bounds it the clock stops when it goes right out out out of bounds and so that but even if there was no time on the clock that would still be a untimed down and so um I don’t I was told that the uh the the conference said that there there will not be a unsportsman like conduct I don’t I don’t know that that’s that was a conference decision and that’s it this this game doesn’t come down to that it was it’s just that’s just the the game guys this this crew this ref crew was awesome they communicated well to me and we had a chance to snap the ball from the 49 obviously we’d love to have it closer but that’s that’s the game I I I I don’t think the game was one or loss in that one moment it was it was um it was the 59 and minutes and 59 seconds before how surprising was that onsite kick in the second quarter did you see anything leading up on Scout that yeah we we’ve seen that before cuz I I think I think it was more of a squib kick like a little quick squib and so we practiced that the crazy thing is we practiced all those things everything that they did we practiced but it shows that just because you practice it doesn’t mean anything I mean that when when when it’s alive and the situation is you know requires a little bit more attention and focus it was just unfortunate that that happened to us and I I think I can’t remember which player it was but he couldn’t get out of the way cuz the ball was pretty hot when it was kicked and and and good for them and they were able to make that play I would would have loved to recover it and run it back for Touchdown teach him a lesson but that’s just that’s the risks you take and they’re willing to do that we and we weren’t able to make the play what did you see on Jake’s interception before the last Drive yeah I don’t know exact I didn’t all I saw is that I I don’t think it was on target the throw and so I don’t want to be too critical but it seemed like it went straight to the defender I don’t even know which receiver was in in was it was it was it overthrown or underthrown I don’t even know was over yeah dang it I mean I love Jake and and and the guys were clicking everything was working felt like we felt the momentum and uh credit to Arizona State they got the Stop and and um you know we we we did everything I mean that you think the game was over right then and we kept looking at the clock and and seeing okay if we if we can get a stop and but it was the the the play before that I’m so proud of the defense scattero was like pounding the ball and that’s what I would do if it was fourth down and one and and and you have a chance to win the game and and I got scabo I’m giving him the ball too you know and I’m I’m or I’m trying to find a way to to to take the play and and win and win the game so I I I’m excited that that came down to that play and then we got the ball back you know and we drove the ball and then that just that interception was unfortunate but that’s the game of football you know and I I want Jake to feel like he can be aggressive and make those plays and and he’ll learn from it but uh this this is a this is one of those really fun games just it just happens that we lost it were there signs and practice this week that me you think there there might be a slow start on the rise no no I mean if everybody can predict that then they would have that that person would be really rich you know but um I I I think going into this week though Mitch the the the the prep was nice the guys worked hard the leadership um from from the unfortunate loss that we faced against uh Kansas at home there’s just this feeling like let’s get back let’s get back to what we know and and the hard part is that you’re you’re going against a really talented team in Arizona State so it’s not an easy thing to do just just because you want to play at your best and everybody wants to play if if if someone’s playing at a high level and the other and the other one isn’t then you you’re quick to say well we need to do better but I think you just have to give credit to Arizona State they made the plays they they converted third downs and they made they made some difficult runs and we weren’t able to do it we were they were able to convert um they they took care of the football most most of the time I think we got a was it how many turnovers were we had a couple balls on the ground that we I think we could have had but it’s this this is it’s part of the game I I I don’t want to sit here and and nitpick every little thing and say that we should have done this better than that we we’ll go back and and and look at that and watch the film I want to give credit there State they they deserve the win they got it and I’m I’m I’m happy that we were able to play this game and now I’m looking forward to learning from it it’s got to be the best running back you guys have face this year the running backs in this conference are really good I think we we got a couple of them too but um he is he runs a different style I like it I I think he’s a he’s a punishing player I mean is he a senior this year good good good for us and everyone else but he he is a good player I just I like his I like his demeanor and I like the the the team rallies I mean you can feel the energy when he carries the ball and and he breaks tack and so I I think he’s a Next Level running back and I think there’s a bunch of them in this conference but he’s definitely up there and not just in the conference but he’s he’s a he’s one of the Premier backs in in the country Kanani last week you came off that loss obviously very disappointed what was the feeling in the locker room today after a second loss yeah but you rallied after being down big was it a different feeling well I didn’t want them to just sit there and feel sorry for themselves cuz no one no one’s going to feel sorry for them so we’ve got to we still have another game to play and and and we definitely have two right so we we got to focus on the next one which is the senior’s game and and um and learn from this but I I we’ve got to get over the it’s it’s just weird feelings with guys like have gret regret and and guilt and shame over like oh we should have done this better that doesn’t help you you just got to learn like just just let’s play better from the beginning as much as we can and even if we do that it may not work out in your favor but at least you can live with the results I think these guys can live with the result because the second half they came back and they fought for it they just dug themselves too big of a hole I anything else for Coach you only had 25 rushing yards in the first half and you had a 45 on the first drive in the second half going forward you to EST the Run game early on more what was that the going forward what you want to establish the Run game early on yeah I just want to get the ball downfield however it goes I mean I just want to get points on the board and so yeah I don’t um we have to look at where the where the deficiencies are why we weren’t able to do it consistently but I mean a lot of that has to do with with mistakes but a lot has to do with the talent that we’re going against it’s not you’re just not seeing a lot of teams just go and just you know just completely take over the others I mean people are going to respond just like we did and and come back and keep fighting through it and then that’s why a lot of these games are are tight so um yeah I I it’s hard for me to even say it without watching the film but um I wish I could just say like yeah we we made all the mistakes but again if I do that then I’m taking away the uh the the credit from Arizona State and I don’t want to do that any return early return on tager and Lea um Lea was out I think he was on crutches at the end we’ll have to look at him um and then tager yeah he was banged up I I don’t know if he we have to see um he didn’t come back though and and um yeah that that that that was hard but he’s he’s our he’s our guy our middle linebacker and um you know I thought miles came in and filled in pretty nicely and Son Mo and Ice Mo those guys we have we have a deep group and we’ll have to test the depth a little bit possibly going to this next week how do you keep the is focused in Wild scenarios like this 15 minute storm the field situation yeah I think it’s just a lot of um lot a lot of talk like we still have a chance you know it’s called a Hail Mary for a reason so it’s just just keep keep focusing and try to find ways to make the play and um just came a couple yards short you know this this is a it was it was such a fun game I know there’s a minute a 15minute break where you had to clear the field but that’s that’s fun and and it’s it’s college football and I that that’s why people love it so much so thank you coach thank you guys appreciate it safe travels

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