LOGAN, Utah - Utah State head football coach Matt Wells, along with sophomore quarterback Kent Myers and sophomore cornerback Jalen Davis, held a press conference Monday to recap the Colorado State game and preview the Aggies' upcoming Mountain West road game at Fresno State. A complete transcript of the press conference can be found below.

Head Coach Matt Wells
Recapping the Colorado State game:
"I'm proud of our guys for the win last Saturday night. That is a really good Colorado State team that we beat. It's a very talented team that I think will go on to win games in this league and in this division. It's not where we want to be, but a lot closer to putting all three phases together. Our defense played really well, especially against the run. When you gain three turnovers and don't lose any, it gives you a chance to win. Offensively, we were able to run the ball and establish the run better up front. There are things to improve on up front, there are things to improve on in the passing game, but it was good. The other big spot that was a key to the win was the kickers. Going 4-for-4 on field goals was a difference in the ballgame. Jake (Thompson) right out of the gate with a penalty and then having to refocus and make a 48-yarder was really big to go up 3-0. Brock (Warren) was very steady again, going 3-for-3. Aaron (Dalton) punted probably the best he's punted all year."

Previewing Fresno State:
"First of all, Tim DeRuyter is a guy that I've coached with and have tremendous amount of respect for, as well as his staff. They will be ready to play and I know there will be rallying cries in Fresno and we will get their very best shot. They're coming off of two road games going into playing at home at Bulldog Stadium, where it's a tough place to play. I've played there and I've coached there. It's a great atmosphere for them, so we do know what we're getting into and we will get their very best shot schematically, as well as emotionally and physically. They will be ready to play"

On Fresno State's offense and defense:
"As I look at them on offense, Zack Greenlee does some really good stuff out on the perimeter. It's a veteran, physical offensive line. They've got some talented wideouts on the edge. On defense, there are several guys that played against us in the Mountain West championship game several years ago. (Defensive end Todd) Hunt and (linebacker) Kyrie Wilson both had really good games against us. I remember them and I remember seeing them, especially Wilson running around making plays. I have a lot of respect for them and what coach DeRuyter and (defensive coordinator Nick) Toth do on defense, and all the pressure looks they give you. They give you multiple pressures, safety pressures, outside linebacker, inside linebackers. You name it, they're coming down that ramp blitzing and pressuring - man pressures and zone pressures. They do a lot of stuff on defense and that scheme is a challenge and those guys do a good job, and they always have."

On Kent Myers being named the MW Offensive Player of the Week:
"I'm proud of Kent. Congratulations to him for that honor. It's a tremendous honor and it's very well-deserved. He played well."

On if he saw anything subtly different in Kent from last year as opposed to Kent on Saturday night:
"Maybe for the media or the fans, but we're seeing him every day in the offseason and we're seeing him every day in spring ball, and in the summer and training camp. You could see him naturally progress, naturally get bigger and stronger. He's gotten bigger and gotten stronger, and continues to mature in this offense. There are ways for him to improve fundamentally with his footwork and with coach (Josh) Heupel this week, and each and every week. It's no different than anybody else in the program, but Kent played well."

On how big of a deal has it been that the kickers haven't missed a field goal or had one blocked through the first four games:
"It's a huge deal, because you guys were drilling me last year at one of these press conferences. We couldn't protect the kicker, we couldn't make one, we couldn't ever block one. It was like the sky was falling. I remember it; it was just a year ago to about this day, so yeah, it's awesome. Do we have it figured out? No. But, I'm proud of those kickers. We've done a good job as a field goal block unit with one major mistake, but it's been a good unit so far. It's very important. Points, that's the score team, whether you're kicking extra points, which should be and have been automatic, or field goals. My hat's off to both of those kickers."

On how much confidence Jake Thompson gained after making the 48-yard field goal:
"He had five touchbacks and the made field goal, so I would think he's kicking with a lot of confidence right now."

On if the fact Jake Thompson and Brock Warren have been in the program long enough makes it so they can handle anything thrown at them:
"Having success gives you confidence. It gives you confidence in your preparation throughout the week, it validates your preparation, it validates the way you're practicing, how you're being coached and what you're being asked to do. Hopefully, if you continue to do that, you build momentum and mojo, and you ride it as long as you can."

On Jentz Painter's play this season on special teams:
"He's the little Energizer bunny, that's what I call him. I love Painter. Jentz Painter is playing 20 snaps or more each week on special teams. He played in our dime package Saturday against Colorado State. He's a gunner on punt team, he's on kickoff cover, he's everywhere on the punt-block team, he's on the front line on kickoff return. You name it, he's there. He brings energy and he creates some mismatches for us and I would assume some schematic issues for the special teams coordinator going against him."

On the long third-down situations Utah State was in at times:
"A lot of those longer ones were created by some undisciplined penalties or stupid penalties. You sometimes have aggressive penalties, which I'm okay with and we'll live with. We want to be aggressive on both sides of the ball. There are some undisciplined penalties that are pre-snap or they're mental penalties, and then there are some stupid penalties. We had both and we've got to cut those out, and you've got to try to reduce the amount of aggressive penalties that you have. You're going to have them and I'm okay with it. I don't want them to play tentative or passive, but you've got to cut out stupide penalties and undisciplined penalties, which put us in a lot of third-and-longs."

On how the offensive line played:
"We played Tyshon (Mosley), we played Ben (Wysocki). Austin Albrecht played tackle and guard. We'll continue to evaluate that and see if that's something we want to do this week. They played well for the most part, but they're not different than Kent. They played very well in a lot of ways, but there is room for improvement. We had nearly 300 yards rushing. A couple of those runs were off scrambles, but a vast majority of those are in your game plan and run game. Kent wasn't hit very much, which means we did a better job protecting him and we're going to have to keep doing that."

On what makes Bulldog Stadium a difficult place to play at:
"I know Fresno State's reputation, I know Tim DeRuyter's reputation, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for him, his staff and what they do. Like I said earlier, I played in Bulldog Stadium and I know what it's like. That place gets loud and I know what the walk is like from the locker room down to the field. I've done it as a player, as an assistant coach and as a head coach. We've been in there and it's a great home-field atmosphere. If you're going to compete in this league, you've got to find ways to win on the road. It's all of us, and that's all we've got, plus a small section of Aggie faithful. When you're going on the road, you've got to band together. I know we'll absolutely get their best shot. They have a good team. There are seniors on both sides of the ball that played in the Mountain West championship game two years ago. This is a good team. Don't let that record fool you."

On Kyler Fackrell:
"He's a great ambassador for our football program, as well as the university. He's a 3.0 student, he's a great dad, he's a great husband and he's a team captain. He's been everything for us both on and off the field. You couldn't ask for a better young man in this program. He's everything you want him to be and he's going to play for a long time."

Sophomore Quarterback Kent Myers
Recapping the Colorado State game:
"We played very well for it being my first start for the season. There are some mental things we have to work on with flags after big plays, but other than that, the offense got used to me fast and we started scoring a lot of points. I'm excited to see what we can do next."

On if the coaches called the game different because he was at quarterback and not Chuckie Keeton:
"I don't think it was just for me, but the offense in general. We weren't getting a lot of things done in the passing game with some deep routes and things like that, so we narrowed it down a little bit and started doing different things that we know we are good at, and took it into the game. With Colorado State, there were a lot of zone reads that the defensive end was biting on that I had a chance to use my legs. During the week, coach told me to rest my legs because it was going to be a big game for me and that happened."

On how many of his runs were called:
"Except for three or four, all of them were designed runs for me."

On what he wants to improve on: "Some of the throws that I had, I usually make them, but I was just trying to do too much because my arm has gotten a lot stronger and I have been throwing it very well during fall camp and practice. I just felt like I trusted my arm too much where I wasn't using my legs. On a couple of roll-outs, there were some mechanical things, so I need to do better on that. And, there are little things coach told me to work on, things that could cost us a game later on, but right now, I got through it. So, just little things like footwork."

On being named the MW Offensive Player of the Week after his first start of the season:
"I was just thinking back to the Hawai'i game saying, `Okay, I'm trying to do better than what I did last year.' Going against Colorado State, they're a phenomenal defense, and they compete for Mountain West championships, so that came into play. And then, the plays I ran against Hawai'i were easier than the plays I ran against Colorado State. I threw better that game, but then I ran better this game because the running game worked. If it's not broke, don't fix it. So, I just went with it and trusted my coaches and teammates, and did what I could do."

On if he felt more pressure with this first start of the season, compared to his first-ever start at Hawai'i in 2014:
"Kind of. I took it into play that last year with me coming in, I felt like I just had a small role, just time management and doing what I could do, because nobody really knew what I was capable of doing. Going 5-1 as a starter last year, I have high expectations and I want to live up to that. People were excited for me to play and I felt like I had to impress everybody, but really, I don't care what other people think. But also, you want to play up to what people think you are, so that kind of came into play. When I was preparing during the week, I tried to go 100 percent because I wanted to do the best that I could."

On if the offense can also rush the ball well against Fresno State, like it did against Colorado State:
"I'm just going to rest my legs again and whatever happens, happens. I'll just go with the game plan no matter what it is. Whatever they tell me to do, I'm going to trust my coaches and my teammates to get it done."

On if he's mentally or physical better now than he was a year ago:
"Mentally has to be the biggest thing because last year with me being on scout team and redshirting, you're of out of the picture on the offense and you're kind of with the defense, so I felt like I was with the defense. I was still in the quarterback meetings in the morning, but trying to learn the playbook at the same time as playing is really hard, but now I just feel like I'm going out there playing the game full speed because I know the playbook and I have confidence that I know everything I'm supposed to do. It comes with coach Heupel and his staff coming in and getting us ready. We have quarterback tests that are really hard and he just tells us that we're playing the game before we actually play the game, so I just feel like that really helps me out. Physically, I've been working on everything. I've gained 10 to 12 pounds and then over the summer, I got stronger and faster."

On it seems like he's always in control during games:
"I just try to stay calm. Last year, we had a phenomenal defense and I remember thinking, `I'm going to do what I can do and they're going to take care of what they can do.' If I just do the little things that can help the team, that's all I have to do. I don't have to do more than I need to, so that comes into play this year. We have a great defense again and I have a lot of people around me that can make plays. As a quarterback, you've got to be confident, and if I'm confident around everybody, then they'll trust me. I feel like my teammates think the same thing and if I ever get in trouble, I know certain people I can count on to go get the ball, Hunter Sharp being a prime example. If I get in trouble and somebody is coming, and I see Hunter down field, I trust that if I throw it and I get hit and it's a bad throw, he'll come back and save me. If it's about to be intercepted, he'll play defense and knock it out of their hands, or come and make a good play."

On being named the MW Offensive Player of the Week:
"I'm just blessed I got the opportunity to do this and play this game, I can't thank Him enough. I'm also thankful for my offensive line giving me a lot of time. Of course, it wasn't just me. I'm not really satisfied because there were a lot of passes I should have made. Looking at film this morning, we had a lot of opportunities that we didn't get to because of penalty flags or other things that were a little off."

On what kind of mentor Chuckie Keeton has been:
"He's doing everything. We're going through film and looking at everything, and then when he's on the sideline or at practice behind me, he's always coaching me up and being hard on me. He texted me after the game and said he's hard on me just because he wants me to be great, so that made me happy that somebody is there for me."

On Fresno State's aggressive style of defense:
"I'm ready for anything they throw at me. They like to blitz a lot, so I'm just going to be ready for it and know who I'm supposed to throw to when those guys come, and know who's blocked and know that I still have time. The offensive line will be ready for anything that comes at them."

Sophomore Cornerback Jalen Davis
Recapping the Colorado State game:
"The defense did a really good job of creating turnovers. That's what we pride ourselves on as a defense, is creating turnovers to get the ball back to our offense."

On where he ranks Colorado State WR Rashard Higgins:
"He's definitely the top receiver I have ever faced. He's real quick off the line and quick at making decisions. He's a good athlete and I like him as a receiver."

On if the referee apologized for running into him at the end of the game: "He actually didn't, but it's alright because I still got an interception at the end."

On the defense seeming to have more energy against Colorado State:
"It actually was a real big emphasis. The crowd was into it and when the crowd gets into it, the players get into it. We were forcing turnovers left and right, so that just gets us more into it and gets us more hyped."

On how encouraged he was by the play of the secondary against Colorado State:
"It was really good because we knew they were going to come out and throw the ball. We had to get our minds right during practice and do some extra ball drills."

On what the defense took away from the Colorado State game:
"We've got our swag back, so we're playing great defense and forcing turnovers. When we're forcing turnovers, that's when our swag gets up and we start playing great defense throughout the rest of the season. It just gets us more confident and playing good assignment football."

On Fresno State's talented skill players on offense:
"It's always going to get me excited when a team has great players who are very quick and fast. I just love playing those kind of players and as a defense, we love trying to stop those guys."

On his mindset a year ago coming to Utah State:
"Nobody knew who I was, so that was my main goal, to get my name out there. I knew I could play, so I just had to go out and show everybody else I could play."

On being able to play right away:
"Every year spots open, so you've got to go in and work hard during camp and get your spot. That's what I wanted to do when I came in, just show everybody I could play. I was out there making plays and they saw that."

On being 1-0 in conference:
"I'm not going to say that it didn't matter we weren't in conference the first three games, but now it's here and we can't let any opportunity to go by. We've got to work hard and execute."