BG FB : Connor Bazelak Presser 11.3

uh I feel like it's been just as a team I feel like it's been pretty smooth honestly just uh it definitely helped having the bye um I think they scheduled that um pretty well knowing that you know we'll have a short week um it's kind of a short by week um but the coaches did did a great job of giving us some time off and then um kind of transitioning into that new schedule um the the Saturday and Sunday practices and then um obviously playing during the week but you know it's it's like anything you you learn how to do it um getting a get in a routine and then once you do it once or twice it's it's easy so I feel like the team has done done a good job of of doing that and thought last week we had a good week of practice and uh you know expecting the same this week con thought that it wasn't the best game offensively or defensively Tuesday night and it did kind of look like you guys could have probably put the game away a lot earlier how do you respond to that get yeah I think uh just comes down to preparation um Ball State you know they they played teams tough they had they had have a really good defense um and uh we just got to find ways to to attack whoever we're playing that week and um you know I I think we we knew going into the game that that they had a really good run defense and um you know it showed that that we struggled as we struggled more than we had the past couple games to run the ball and um you know we got to find ways to you know move the pocket um get get some easy throws getting get in a rhythm and uh move the ball down the field both in the Run game and in the pass game physically how are you feeling and did that little bit of a by week last week help you out at all yeah I think it it helped a lot um you I feel I feel fine um it's week 10 week nine whatever it is I don't think anybody's feeling 100% um I bet you could ask every player in the country and and they're not 100% so it is what it is you know players on Kent State they're probably not 100% either so um everybody's everybody's banged up and I think it's whoever can overcome that uh get the recovery and and you know get as healthy as you can for for the game and uh yeah you guys talk about B eligibility say that again you guys talk about Bowl eligibility getting the six wins yeah I mean it's huge um obviously three games left and um we got we got one home game two two away games so you know we got to focus on winning this week if we can do that then obviously we'll be bow eligible which which will be great for us and our team um but yeah I don't think I don't think we talk about it a ton you know I think we're just focused on like I said in after the game just uh going one and0 each week and um finding a way to win however that might be terion doesn't play Howes that put the pressure on you passing game how you yeah um I'm I'm ready for whatever whatever it needs we need to to do to win um if if we need to throw 65 times I I'm ready I I did it last year in a game so um you know we've we've got great running backs that whole room is is really good JP and and TK um JJ pesan they're all they're all great they'll all help us contribute and um you know terion teran's a great part of our offense uh breaks a ton of tackles runs hard uh huge energy guy um so we'll have to see I don't I'm not sure your touched on Patron ke I think yeah cam was playing that entire drive and you come in on that play to make that then obviously make that is it is it kind of challenging you know obviously you're trying to stay focused in the game and and on such a huge play on that you know just how do you how do you kind of stay focused when you guys are going back and forth yeah it's it's hard definitely 100% to to come in and do that on a third down when they know you're going to pass um it's it's definitely hard but um you you got to be ready for for your opportunities and um yeah it's hard but you know it's all right we see a lot yeah I haven't really looked at at it yet but um I I try I try to stay away from that you know more than two days away from the game because it's Ohio you never freaking know this this team's in a pretty similar position last year they won three in a row heading into the Kent State game they had a tough game against it and with a huge game like to looming you know just how do you guys just really try to stay focused on K State team is obviously Str yeah I think one thing our team has done a really good job of is is not looking at records at all um you know I think the Mac is is a conference where everybody's pretty even no matter what your record is um it's just obviously Mach and how how how can you get up for and excited for those games and come out at night with you know not many fans in the stands and and bring your own energy and and play a good game um so I thought our our team has done a good job of kind of looking past the records and uh treating every game as as every opponent as someone that that that can beat us and treating every opponent as as we we can beat so you know I think we we'll go into this game with that same kind of mindset