Spring Practice Report, Day 11: Competition the theme of the day
4/13/2018 7:36:00 PM | Football
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Q&A with senior kicker Wyatt Bryan
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- It was "Competition Friday" for the Colorado State football team as it held its 11th practice of the spring on Friday.
Head coach Mike Bobo reinforced that every day of spring practice is valuable. The team still can continue to work on concepts and improve in ways that will pay dividends come fall.
"I just want to see us continue to get better at the little things and correct some things we are making some mistakes on," Bobo said. "I thought we did a better job in red zone pass "skelly" today against the defense and it wasn't very good on Wednesday when we practiced, but I thought we got better. Third down defensively I thought we got better today doing some better things. We inserted a three-down package so just getting better at little things and working on situational football and realizing the situation we're in when we are there, but still the fundamentals. There is something to coach every single day and we cannot waste that opportunity as a coach on the daily basis of trying to improve the little things and playing that position."
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Continuing with the theme of competition, assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach Ronnie Letson discussed after practice how his position group has worked since Collin Hill went down with a knee injury before spring ball.
"We're a man down (so) we have to step up," Letson said. "We want them all to compete all the time. Even though Collin (Hill) was kind of slated as the starter, I never wanted J.C. (Robles) or Justice (McCoy) or Judd (Erickson) or anybody not to be competing for that job. That's when we all get better, when we all compete. I don't care what position. Coach Bobo makes that very clear, we want to compete. He [coach Bobo] is the ultimate competitor and that's what he tries to instill in our players. I don't care if it is cornhole or if it's pool or if it is foosball, I don't care what it is, we want or players to compete."Â
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senior kicker Wyatt BryanQ: You're one of the most accurate kickers in CSU history—what does it feel like to be near the top of the team's record book?
A: Honestly I try not to think about it too much because I know that I'm also a few kicks away from being down. You miss two and all of a sudden you're off of it. You just have to focus on the next kick and you can't really let that get to your head.
 Q: What are you thinking about right before the ball is snapped for a field goal attempt?
A: People ask me this all the time! 'What are you thinking about', I'm like 'Oh, I'm thinking about making the kick!' There's only one thing! I'm looking at the uprights, I'm looking at my target line, you know, and I'm giving [holder] Ryan [Stonehouse] the nod, and that's about it. Follow through and make the kick!
  Q: You were a walk-on but received a scholarship last year. What was that feeling like?
A: It was an amazing feeling. It was an amazing feeling for my parents as well, but it was a good feeling to know that Bobo has enough trust in me and believes in me to give me a scholarship.
 Q: You were a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award for the nation's top kicker. What did it mean to be included in that category?
A: It's awesome to be included with such great kickers in that, but at the same time, there's a lot of great kickers that weren't in that just because of circumstance. You know you can't let that get to your head. You just have to focus on getting the next kick.
 Q: What is something you're most proud of, non-football related?
A: I'm most proud of being in the honors program, my grades. I take pride in my grades and my academics.
 Q: What are you studying?
A: I'm studying Mechanical Engineering.
 Q: What's your dream job?
A: Kicker… (but) I've looked at going into the petroleum field. My brother is a petroleum engineer, so getting oil and gas—you make a lot of money doing that. Or something to do with energy. I'm taking an energy engineering class this year, so I'll see if I like that.
 Q: If you were in the NFL, what's your dream team?
A: Oh, the Broncos! No doubt!
 Q: Favorite song or genre?
A: I'm one of those kids that listens to literally every type of music. I play the banjo, but I'll listen to Hip-Hop…wide range.
 Q: What are you listening to right now?
A: "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and the Family.
 Q: What song just gets you pumped for games?
A: "Down With the Sickness" by Disturbed… It really gets you going.
 Q: Have you seen any good movies lately?
A: The documentary "Icarus." It's about the Russian doping scandal. It's really interesting and it's relevant because we just watched the Olympics and the Russians had the 'Olympic Athletes of Russia' because they can't [represent Russia officially].
 Q: As you look back on your time at CSU, what would you want to fix and do over? If nothing, what moment would you want to relive?
A: I would probably make a few more kicks… I'd like to relive when we beat CU my freshman year. That was so much fun. Even though I didn't play, I remember jumping in the crowd and everyone patting me on the back, [I was like], 'I didn't do anything, but that's okay!'
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The Green and Gold Spring Game will be held on Saturday, April 21 at 12 p.m. MT. It will be broadcast on the CSU Radio Network's flagship station Rock 102.9 FM in Northern Colorado and on Mile High Sports Radio 1340 AM/104.7 FM in the Denver metro area. The broadcast will begin at 11:45 a.m., and livestream video will be available at CSURams.com/live and via Facebook Live at Facebook.com/CSURams.
The day also features a Colorado State Softball game on campus at 11 a.m. and the annual Ram Good Time Auction at the stadium at 6 p.m. For more information on all the festivities going on that day, click here.Â
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