More quotes from Coach McMackin's Weekly Press Conference

HSB Note: "Quarterback Greg Alexander suffered a setback in his recovery from season-ending knee surgery. McMackin said Alexander had another operation Sunday night to treat an infection that had developed in his knee. Alexander had the original surgery on Oct. 3 after suffering torn ligaments in his knee against Louisiana Tech."

About how DT Vaughn Meatoga might not make the travel roster for the Idaho game, Mac said:
"He's our best tackle and he's trying to do it, but it's not healing." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Offensive tackle Laupepa Letuli will miss his third straight game. McMackin isn't sure about Adrian Thomas' availability due to a back injury. Austin Hansen, a backup guard, played right tackle in the second half against Fresno State."

Mac said that deciding between Grag Salas or Ryan Henry for returning punts will be:
"a game-time decision." (HSB)

About how his players never quit in the game, Mac said:
"What I was looking for was if anybody quit, and nobody quit. Everybody played to the end that ballgame. Their attitude and intensity never faltered. Like I say, I believe in them, I talked to them today about that, we're together as a football team and as a family. We're going through some adversity right now and we're going to deal with it within our family." (HSB)

Praising Bryant Moniz and saying that this was their first game as an offense in his eyes, Mac said:
"What I like about him is his composure. I like his class, I like his leadership ability, I like his accuracy, I like the way he delivers the ball, and that's his first ballgame. And he's got a good crew to work with, and they've got to gain confidence. That was our first game as an offense basically in my eyes. And we're going to improve next week." (HSB)

About the adversity they have had this season, Mac said:
"People forget, let's be real here, we started this season with a brand new defense. We're playing a lot of young players and young players make mistakes. It doesn't have anything to do with focus, it has to do with we have a young football team. The thing is, we're not the same team that we even started in camp with. We have been beat up, we have been hurt, we lost our middle backer (Brashton Satele), our quarterback is back in the hospital now. The point is we can talk about little, minute things, but we are a team that is fighting through adversity and we have been all season. I'm just going to say the truth. We're not making excuses, we're going to deal with it." (HSB)

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