WKU Football: Recapping the Game 6 Press Conference for Army

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On Monday afternoon, head coach Tyson Helton held his weekly press conference to recap the ODU win and preview the Army game.

Here is a recap of what he said:

• It was a great team win against Old Dominion
• “We had an edge to us”
• “Our kids will be really excited to come back home”
• (against Army/the option) Your mindset has to ready to face something you never see
• “We need to force second and long situations”
• “It’s a long slow death if we don’t execute defensively:
• “You’re not going to get that many plays offensively”
• “It’s another great test for us defensively”
• “It’s another great challenge for us defensively”
• Army is going to make their plays
• Need to position ourselves defensively to limit big plays
• “We can’t give them anything easy”
• “In Spring we designated 10 minutes of practice to prepare for the option”
• Also did that in fall camp
• “You can’t just install it (option prep) during game week”
• “That has helped our defense a lot”
• Offense took a lot of pride in getting back on track in the run game
• Gaej was patient with it and let things happen
• Army does everything perfect. They don’t make mistakes
• “Talent-wise they’re about the same as we are”
• “DeAngelo (Malone) is a high motor guy that loves the game of Football”
• Coach White has done a good job of putting him in position to make plays
• “Against ODU we let him spy against the quarterback”
• He’s building confidence and has a lot of guys around him that are helping him
• Juwuan Jones is setting the edge on the other side
• Other than Kyle (Bailey), everybody is rotated (at Linebacker) to be fresh
• ODU game was perfect for Damon Lowe
• Didn’t agree with targeting call. Only met 1 of the 3 factors for targeting (helmet to helmet)
• “We’ll insert him into second half of this game”
• Josh Simon is a big weapon for us, especially by the goal line
• He’s a big athletic guy, great ball skills, hard to cover
• The touchdown catch showed his potential
• We do have a lot of guys offensively that offer different things

Overall this was another typical Monday press conference. Helton is definitely emphasizing how big of a challenge it will be to play Army’s triple-option attack and the disciplined team that runs it.

Tune back for a lot more coverage for the road test against Army. This is a big opportunity for WKU to start to get a signature win outside of Conference USA and get another step closer to bowl eligibility.