Idaho's coach Gesser says USU's quarterback 'is a stud'


Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

LOGAN — This season, the Idaho Vandals didn't perform the best.

With a 1-10 overall record on the season, Idaho is looking to end its season by beating out the top team in the WAC who clinched a share of the title on Saturday — Utah State. It's going to be quite a feat for the Vandals to accomplish, as they will travel to Logan to try and dethrone the 9-2 Aggies.

Head coach Jason Gesser and the Vandals had a tough loss to Texas-San Antonio last week, but will still attempt to upset the Aggies, who had an overtime victory of their own against then-No. 20 Louisiana Tech.

Utah State will host Idaho Saturday, Nov. 24, with kickoff set at 1 p.m. MT.

Here's what coach Gesser had to say about Saturday's game against Utah State:

On Utah State:

Utah State head coach Gary Andersen , punter Tyler Bennett (88) and teammate celebrate after winning 48-41 against 19th ranked La Tech (AP Photo/Kita Wright)
Utah State head coach Gary Andersen , punter Tyler Bennett (88) and teammate celebrate after winning 48-41 against 19th ranked La Tech (AP Photo/Kita Wright)

“The upcoming opponent is very, very good. They had a great game down at Louisiana Tech. They pulled out a big overtime victory against them. They put up 48 points. They have a very prolific offense. Their quarterback is a stud, in my opinion. We have to be prepared for him. Their defense is just as stout. They do a great job there on both sides of the ball and have a real good program going.”

On Utah State's defense:

“They're giving up only about 14 points a game. They held BYU to six points. Their only losses on the year were to Wisconsin and BYU and the BYU game was a 6-3 game that they should've won. They had some big wins this year. They're a great program. Coach Anderson has done a great job of doing the things that he wants to instill in the program down there and getting those guys a lot of confidence and believing in what they're doing. The defense confuses you a bunch. They're a 3-4 defense or a 3-5 defense, however you want to classify it. They do a lot of different blitzes.”

Alex Rivera is the assistant sports editor of the UVU Review. You can contact him at arivera.2011@hotmail.com or through his Twitter account @A_River_Uh.

Related stories

Most recent Sports stories

Related topics

SportsUtah State Aggies
Alex Rivera

    ARE YOU GAME?

    From first downs to buzzer beaters, get KSL.com’s top sports stories delivered to your inbox weekly.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast