Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty talks to the media after a 56-45 win at Georgia Southern

Ash I'm just kind of kind of curious did you hear any noise before kickoff or anything did any anybody challenge you maybe from student section at all or anything like that I mean yeah there was a little bit of trash talking going on early as it came out but you know that just fuels me me and my teammates you know it just motivates us even more to go out there and play hard you you usually do play well on the road like what is it about coming into an environment and proving yourself I'm not sure but you know uh I just I mean it's just a testament to this team honestly you know wherever we're at you know we're going to play as hard as we can and you know almost even play harder because if it's in a away game and you know they have the advantage of the crowd so we have to do that much more all the offseason talk the Heisman campaign all that then your second carry to go 77 yards and to finish with the most touchdowns ever most yards ever at Boise State in the first game of the season could you have drawn it up any better no definitely couldn't I got to shout out my old line you know they open up big wide hes all gaming you know what I'm saying I I got the easy part make some guys miss and you know go run to the end zone you already had a lot of attention but on social media everything now I mean obviously there's going to be even more going into next week I'm sure you've seen any of that already or what but what's your take on you're going to be an even bigger story now this week yeah I mean that's you know uh that's just what comes with it you know you big time play make big time plays you know you know the media is going to talk about you but you know it's about the same will enjoy this one but we got to get back to work on Monday you know doing it so close to you know I guess only 3 hours from Jacksonville where you grew up you know what's that mean to you know kind of I don't know if you had anybody up from up from there come up here for this but what's it mean to do it so close to your home it means a lot you know be close to home and know I have family members here you know who uh grew up with me in Jacksonville even uh one of our G all his family came up from Jacksonville so definitely means a lot um to perform on this level close after your first touchdown you hit a highman POS was was that pled uh yeah I mean I I just told myself whenever I you know made a big play just you know some some type of play that proves that you know I'm that Cali I mean game one touchdown number one and you whiff it out I guess what's that say about your confidence confidence is extremely high and that doesn't come from anything anybody says about com from that I put in you know the confidence that my coaches G me and my teammates what can you say about what s James did too you know extremely extremely proud of him I mean he works hard I mean you know anybody deserved to play well tonight it was him from the work he puts in each and every single day I mean that he's going to be a great player for us um this year he's going to do a lot of big things for us asov tonight so extremely proud of for him to be able to come in and give you a breather and not you know not have a huge drop off I mean what is what's that do for the moving forward here when you can catch a breedo like that and see what he can still do I mean it does a lot but that's the standard here you know to be more than just one deep two deep three deep you know whoever goes in the game you know there's no um drop off you it's the same level of play I was going to ask when you kind of ran into the end zone and kind of you know were Ling there on the ground Spencer Danielson kind of like a gr or smile on his face it seemed like I'm not sure what he said or just what made him laugh yeah yeah I mean he uh he I'm sure he probably knew I was already cramping I just remember uh UNLV the championship like my last run big run started creamping up in my C so I don't know it probably was a reminder or something like that but I was on the ground they was trying to give me applesauce and I was like n no I can't like both my legs locking up but yeah it was a funny moment what can you say about the way Maddox uh just really led the offense today yeah I mean just you know adversity is going to hit you know different times and you know I'm just proud of him for responding speaks Testament to who he is as a person as a player you know he's never going to back down and you know that's you know that's why he's the starting QB cuz he's going to lead this offense and it's going to take us for for this team to get for this team to get a 289 lead and then give it up and Georgia Southern comes back and what is late third early fourth quarter takes the lead again I mean uh just what's that to say about you guys to be able to you know when it got a little tough there some adversity you guys were able to kind of pull it out and get those late fourth quarter touchdowns I mean yeah we've done we've had a lot of hard games in the past and you know all the work we put in you know what I'm saying there's been challenges all year and you know we're never going to back down from The Challenge we're always going to rise to occas ashon for for you you wait eight months for this moment right I mean get get back from the moment you wake up today just the joy you get out of it getting an opportunity to play football what what what's the joy you get out of it I mean just from God you know I'm just blessed to have another day you know just to play football with family I mean with my Brothers my family you know my friends being able to watch you everybody around the world being able to see us and you know just to display my talents you know at such a high level nothing beats that you know and I just waking up with gratitude I mean I live a wonderful life you know just I have so much you know there's nothing like there's so much to be thankful pretty much how many how many how many text messages or mentions do you have on your phone I don't know I ain't even checking yet but I'm sure it's going crazy right now I real quick you your line you know sometimes You' be 10 yard down field before you even got touched H just what can you say about the Gap skate open up for you Testament to the Old Line saying they put in work each and every single day and also to our coaches you know give us Great Looks to running um each and every week but you know that old line playing as a a complete unit and you know when they play as a unit you know nobody's ever going to stop us um and you know that just gives me complete confidence each and every week that they're going to try their hardest to open up the gaps all right thank you thanks game man