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Kyle Whittingham Weekly Press Conference: Cincinnati
10/27/2025 1:10 PM | Football
SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham held his weekly press conference on Monday with members of the media inside the Spence and Cleone Eccles Football Center.
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Opening Statement…
Good response by our guys this week, really played well [in] all three phases. Offense, defense, special teams were all clicking. I thought our freshman quarterback, Byrd Ficklin, played exceptionally well for his first outing and was a big, positive for us. Just all positives, really nothing negative coming out of that game. Defense, seven sacks, less than 150 yards of total offense It was a very aggressive gameplan by Coach Scalley. I think we were about 70% pressure. It was very effective. [We] ran the football exceptionally well in addition offensively and that's when we're at our best is when we're running the ball. We had to the tune of 420 yards rushing and that was another big plus in the game. That kind of sums it up. It was very positive all across the board. Cincinnati coming in here, red-hot team. Had the tough loss in the opener, right down to the wire with Nebraska and since rattled off seven wins in-a-row. They're playing exceptionally good football. The quarterback is a big, strong kid, dual threat, can run, can throw. They're an 11 personnel team 75% of the time, mixed in with some 12 and that 3-3-5 on defense that a lot of people are playing. We have our work cut out for us this week. Have to have another great week of preparation, as always. That's what it's all about and we got to come ready to play. Another 8:15 kickoff, so night game for our fans. Our fans seem to love to come out to those night games, so we're looking forward to another great environment. The environment last week was terrific. It was a homecoming crowd and can't say enough positive things about our fans, The MUSS, the band. It was all going on on Saturday night, so we need to repeat that this coming weekend.
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