IPT = Idaho Press-Tribune
HSB Note: "The Broncos' Kellen Moore is No. 1 in pass efficiency this season. The Warriors' Bryant Moniz, a walk-on who delivers pizza as a part-time job, entered training camp as the No. 4 quarterback. Bronco Stadium underwent a $37 million renovation that included the construction of a new press box and 35 luxury suites. Aloha Stadium is 34 years old, cost $37 million to build, and has one urinal in the press-box men's room. The Broncos average 38.2 points per game. The Warriors have not scored a third-quarter point against a Division I-A team this season."
Not intimidated to play BSU, Bryant Moniz said:
"It's like any other team across the field. We can't treat them like the king of the castle. We have to treat them like another team. You always have to respect every opponent, whether it's the best team in the league or the bottom team in the league. You always prepare for the best. You can't be in awe. If you're admiring the other team, you can't be on the field. You might as well be in the stands." (HA)
Excited about the challenge of facing BSU, Blaze Soares said:
"We know we're facing the league's best team, the No. 4 team in the country. It's going to be exciting. It's going to be a lot of fun." (HA)
Praising BSU's improved defense this season, SJSU coach Dick Tomey said:
"To me, the thing that stands out with Boise is their defense. I think, to me, the biggest thing that has changed — and they have had a great program for a long time; they have been outstanding for a long time — but the thing that has changed the most in my mind with last year's team and this year's team, maybe since Chris (Petersen, the head coach) has been there, is the play of their defense." (HA)
HA Note: "In that, the defense, so far this season, has been noteworthy considering the Broncos returned but five starters from last year's accomplished defense. Yet, it has surrendered an average of just 15.5 points a game. The Broncos have, from the beginning, shut down Oregon and shutout Miami of Ohio. Many of the points they have yielded have come after the games have been foregone conclusions. Perhaps the most revealing statistic is that the Broncos have permitted just eight drives into their red zone (best in the nation) and only six scores."
About how BSU's improved defense is what makes them one of the best teams in the country, Tomey said:
"Last year's team was clearly the class of our league on defense and I think this year's team, if you look at their numbers on defense, is just very, very impressive so I think the biggest thing is the quality of their defense. They've always had good offenses. But I think their defense has really made them one of the best in the country." (HA)
HA Note: "For Broncos' opponents the scariest thing is that they'll be seeing a lot more of these guys in the future: Boise State starts but one senior."
About how 5.86 yards after contact average and averaging 0.5 broken or eluded tackles per scramble, Moniz said:
"I guess it's from playing tag as a little kid. It's slippers on the hands, trying to run away from everybody." (HA)
Praising Moniz, QB coach Nick Rolovich said that Moniz:
"is grading out pretty close to perfect. Every decision he made (against Idaho) was correct. He's very accurate. We made some halftime adjustments, and he executed them. That's two weeks in a row we tweaked things at halftime, and he's picked it up." (HA)
About how he wants to ignore the BCS talk, BSU head coach Chris Petersen said:
"I don't know if there's any easy way around it, because it's really not important to us right now. We just have so much football left to play, yet there's a lot of chatter out there that I know the kids hear. After a while it can affect you and wear on you. But we're doing our best just to focus on not those type of things. We just always try to focus on ourselves. Just figure out 'how do we play better,' and 'how do we play harder,' and then we just let the chips fall." (HSB)
About how BSU plays with great discipline and executes well, John Estes said:
"That's how they always beat everybody, because they never beat themselves and they do their jobs every play." (HSB)
About how UH has a lot to play for, Jeramy Brant said:
"We've still got a lot to play for too, just playing for the state." (HSB)
Praising BSU's defense, UH offensive coordinator Ron Lee said:
"By far one of the best defenses I've seen. I haven't seen a Boise defense that's as sound as this one." (HSB)
Praising how BSU plays hard on every play, Estes said:
"They all have motors, they just don't stop. That's how you should play football, but they do a really good job of not quitting on any plays." (HSB)
About how they have to be disciplined against BSU, Mac said:
"You have to really be disciplined when you play them, because they do so many things and give you so many looks. They're trying to mess with your force and your techniques and they do a good job of it. ... They're always on the move, shifts, motion, all that type of thing." (HSB)
About how the challenge BSU poses will bring out the best in UH, Moniz said:
"We're always up for a challenge -- that's what we like. I think challenges bring the best out of us. They're going to come in here and try to smack us in the mouth and we have to return the bite." (HSB)
About how their #1 goal is to win the WAC, Petersen said:
"This is what our whole focus is." (IPT)
About having the game against Fresno State and the road game against Tulsa before this game, Petersen said:
"It's nice to have one WAC game under our belt, a hard-fought game on the road — and get back to thinking about WAC play." (IPT)
About their 7 straight WAC games, WR Austin Pettis said:
"Now we can just concentrate on the WAC championship and that's our main goal every year. Now every single game is for it, and we have to take care of business every week." (IPT)
IPT Note: "Since joining the WAC, the Broncos have lost to only three of the other eight members currently in the conference — Hawaii (in 2007), Fresno State (in 2005) and Louisiana Tech (in 2001)."
About the importance of winning their conference title, FB Richie Brockel said:
"You want to have the conference championship, because that means bragging rights." (IPT)
IPT Note: "Before each season, Bronco coaches have a pyramid of team goals — atop it is winning the WAC. Below that is winning a bowl game, then reaching a BCS game, followed by specific goals, such as beating Oregon or Idaho or Hawaii. At the bottom are more intangible elements, such as accountibility, unity and trust. Its the foundation that never changes."
About why they have been winning the WAC so consistently, CB Brandyn Thompson said:
"I think we've been so good in the WAC every year I've been here and in the years before it because the biggest focus has been on ourselves. We know if you do those things, you'll reach your big goals." (IPT)
Praising how BSU doesn't make mistakes, Greg Salas said:
"They're the kind of team every year that doesn't make mistakes — they make you make the mistakes. I think every program wants to be like that." (IPT)
About their familiarity with WAC teams, DE Ryan Winterswyk said:
"It's nice to just be playing WAC teams, because we're familiar with them ... when we're in WAC play, we just have the mentality that we have to win." (IPT)
About how their road trips to Tulsa and Bowling Green have helped prepare them for the trip to Aloha Stadium, Brockel said:
"I think having the trip to Ohio and the trip to Oklahoma have sort of gotten us ready for those long trips and those new atmospheres." (IPT)
Not using the long road trip as an excuse for their two losses at Aloha Stadium in 2007, safety Jeron Johnson said:
"We went there and got beat by Colt Brennan, then went back and got beat by Chris Johnson." (IPT)
"Yeah, they're pretty good players. I'll give 'em that." (IPT)
IPT Note: "Brennan left UH as the NCAA's all-time passing touchdowns leader. Johnson set a bowl record with 408 all-purpose yards in the game and made the NFL's Pro Bowl last season as a rookie with the Tennessee Titans."
IS Note: "Hawaii will start walk-on Bryant Moniz on Saturday against Boise State because the Warriors' starter suffered a season-ending knee injury and their backup has been out with an injured hand. The Broncos, who have three healthy quarterbacks, have noticed the trend. Junior Mike Coughlin is the backup to starter Kellen Moore."
About how their backup QB Mike Coughlin has seen how other backup QBs have had to play this season, offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin said:
"Mike's seeing that. ... Obviously that gives some credibility to a guy being prepared." (IS)
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