Offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick confirmed Monday on his
"Coordinators Corner" on BYUtv that Ropati sustained a knee injury in fall camp, and after tests revealed the "worst-case scenario," he had season-ending surgery last week."We feel bad for him," Roderick said. "We're going to miss him."
Sitake tried to not paint the first-game situation as an offense-vs-defense situation, and neither did the players who addressed the media Monday via videoconference. That included Heckard, who pulled down his eighth career interception and first since transferring from Weber State to go along with two tackles.
If Sam Houston was motivated in its first game since transitioning from the FCS Western Athletic Conference to FBS Conference USA, the same could easily be said of Southern Utah, which scored on George Ramirez's 47-yard punt return in the fourth quarter to pullThe two teams are meeting for just the second time in series history, and the first since BYU's 37-7 win in 2016 that included 596 yards of total offense.
"It's the university that I supported all my life," the starting fullback said. "I'm a T-bird, and I'm also a Cougar. I have a lot of brothers there, and I'm excited to see a lot of friends and family coming up. It will be exciting to see the family I haven't seen in a little bit, being in Provo.
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