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“AZTECS-FORK IN THE ROAD”
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Ambush on the Islands.
About the only way to describe what happ[ened to San Diego State at Hawaii.
A ‘1-Off’ for what was a red-hot Aztecs football team.
An ‘aberration’ of a bad game.
Nothing more-nothing less.
Now the whole world is fighting for 1st place in the Mountain West Conference again.
And here comes heated rival Boise State, trying to bounce back from a QB injury, a bad beating against Fresno State, but with knowledge if they win on Saturday here at Snapdragon, they may have clear sailing the rest of the way to the Mountain West title game.
Of course SDSU has the same path, though a road game at New Mexico and asn explosive San Jose State team lay ahead on their schedule.
Coach Sean Lewis at his weekly press conference:
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Not a great evening out on the islands
End result-have to respond to adversity
Find a way to win lots of different ways
Hawaii passion to play exceeded ours
We are unbeaten at home and chances still ahead of us
We are (7-2)-still in first
Turn the page
Aztecs passing offense struggle
Jayden Denegal limited in practice
Losing Bostic at wide receiver
More teams have us on tape-people are defending us differently
Jordan Napier-have to move him around-get him his touches
He is a known entity
We have to find solutio9ns
Boise is 4-1 like we are..critical important-control our destiny
Must defend our home turf
November…two best in league going head to head
Maddux Madsen-Dylan Riley style
Madsen is accurate…special player…so many reps over 3-years
They run 3-backs at you and play the hot hand
Boise is different now post Ashton Jeanty
They are using 3-backs to replace that generational talent
We did not control the Hawaii game at the level we were used to
It was a bad night
We landed at 8-30am Sunday morning…and back at it
We did not control the quarterback…did not plaster receivers
2nd time this year we did not handle the road well
15-missed tackles..we did not take proper angles to tackle
They flooded zones with speed receivers
We had pick..a 3-and-out…then it got out of control
We had too many 3-and-outs early in the game
Life in this game. can be tough…we have to grow
Not going to get too high over 12-weeks if win
Be pretty miserable if you got low over losses over 12-weeks
Boise and SDSU historically two of the best in the league for 20-years
Our guys know what BSU stands for in the MWC
Trophy is on the line
Fabric of how we are built excites us
Not let his adversity rock us
Test yourself against the best-Boise is that
Post week Hawaii-shorter prep time for this game
We changed meeting times meetings
Gave team Monday off
Alot of rest on delayed plane flight
Get body clocks ready for practice for Tuesday
Was 20-years since I was on a trip like that distance to Hawaii.
It was like a batch of cranberries on Saturday…some good..some bad.
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