What the coaches said about each other's teams

Quotes are from Brent Brennan's weekly talk show from Wednesday and Rocky Long's weekly press conference from Monday.

Brennan on San Diego State's turnover margin: "This is the best football team we play this year, so the margin for error is very small, and so we have to play a clean game in all three phases...This is one of those games where one turnover really flips just the direction of the football game." (17:00 of video)

Brennan on San Diego State's offense: "What they do to you offensively is a little bit different...We played a lot of spread teams, and we're going against a team that is definitely more NFL-ish [with] tight ends, big offensive linemen...All of a sudden, you have to defend the whole field, width-wise, vertically..." (18:00)

Brennan on San Diego State's defense: "They do an outstanding job of playing, bringing pressure, different pressure, movement, blitzing linebackers, safeties, playing man coverage, [and] zone coverage. So there's a ton of variation, and it comes from places on the field that it doesn't always come from." (18:40)

Long on the overall San Jose State offense: "...we're going against a team that wants to throw it and doesn't care to run it very much. They throw it well, too. They've completed a bunch of passes. They've thrown over 240 passes and only thrown two interceptions. (They've thrown) several touchdowns. They move the ball really well on offense. Then probably the most intriguing aspect of the game is turnover ratio. They're the No. 1 turnover ratio team in the country and we are (second). Turnovers usually make the difference between winning and losing, and I would guess that would happen this week.""

Long on the San Jose State coaching staff: "Their coaching staff has done a great job of taking over a program that was down. They're a whole lot better now than they were a couple years ago. They're really competitive. They can beat anyone in our league. Obviously if you can go to Arkansas and beat Arkansas, you can beat anybody. They're playing with enthusiasm and playing with confidence, and that's all the head coach and coaching staff getting it done."

Long on the matchup against Love: "He's a guy that throws it on time and is very accurate with the football. He very seldom puts the ball in a spot that you can make a play on. You can bring pressure and a guy can be completely free on a blitz, and he will throw the ball on time and put it on the money. He doesn't hold the ball, he doesn't wait for things to open up, he reads coverages really well and throws the ball on time to the right guy most of the time...You always say when the quarterback is hot like that you get pressure on him, but since he is throwing it like that on time, you have to play great coverage. You have to change the coverages up and play really well in the secondary to give yourself a chance."