2008 Woodie Awards
Behind Smith, WSU offense is back on fire
Jon McBride
Issue date: 11/10/08 Section: Sports
POCATELLO, Idaho - After a dismal performance in the last half against Portland State University and a slow start to Saturday's game against Idaho State University, Trevyn Smith and the Weber State University Football Team's offensive potency is back.
And that's a good sign for Wildcat fans, who were nearly the majority at ISU's Holt Arena.
The fans had plenty to cheer for, including a new WSU all-time leading rusher as Trevyn Smith ran for 143 yards to compile 3,616 in his career. The ISU public address announcer mentioned the mark over the speaker system, to which Wildcat fans gave a standing ovation and the ISU fans also applauded.
By the midpoint of the fourth quarter, most of the Idaho State fans had filed out, leaving the purple-covered Wildcat cheering section dominated the Holt Arena acoustics with chants of "Big Sky Champs, Big Sky Champs."
Smith broke the record, which was previously held by Nick Chournos, with still one game left to play in his junior season, meaning there's a whole lot more to come.
WSU defensive coordinator Kevin Clune, who spoke at Saturday's postgame press conference instead of an ailing Ron McBride, had an interesting perspective on Smith.
"I've got to defend him every day in practice, so that's a lot of fun," he said. "He's a kid with just a tough mindset and he won't take a one-yard gain. He just keeps on fighting. It just seems like he has another gear."
The Wildcat offense started off slow Saturday, kicking a field goal on its first possession and punting the ball on the second. The game was tied 3-3 after the first quarter. The Wildcats went on to score on their next seven consecutive possessions, before WSU put in the reserves for the remainder.
The 28-point second quarter for the 'Cats propelled them to a huge victory on the road against their supposed rivals. WSU racked up 666 total yards of offense.
"We kind of made a mission over the past week - we had to do better in the first half and second half," said WSU quarterback Cameron Higgins. "Defense isn't always going to have your back. I thought we did OK, but we're not at the point that we're dominating, as much as we could be dominating."
Stay tuned for a more dominant performance in the near future - 66 points. 73 points, 80 points … the sky's the limit for these guys.
Higgins had plenty of options to turn to offensively Saturday. Smith and wide receiver Tim Toone were his favorite options. Spreading the ball around makes WSU a very tough team to defend.
"It makes it easy," Toone said. "No one can account for how much talent we have on offense. I don't think people realize how much talent we have."
And that's a good sign for Wildcat fans, who were nearly the majority at ISU's Holt Arena.
The fans had plenty to cheer for, including a new WSU all-time leading rusher as Trevyn Smith ran for 143 yards to compile 3,616 in his career. The ISU public address announcer mentioned the mark over the speaker system, to which Wildcat fans gave a standing ovation and the ISU fans also applauded.
By the midpoint of the fourth quarter, most of the Idaho State fans had filed out, leaving the purple-covered Wildcat cheering section dominated the Holt Arena acoustics with chants of "Big Sky Champs, Big Sky Champs."
Smith broke the record, which was previously held by Nick Chournos, with still one game left to play in his junior season, meaning there's a whole lot more to come.
WSU defensive coordinator Kevin Clune, who spoke at Saturday's postgame press conference instead of an ailing Ron McBride, had an interesting perspective on Smith.
"I've got to defend him every day in practice, so that's a lot of fun," he said. "He's a kid with just a tough mindset and he won't take a one-yard gain. He just keeps on fighting. It just seems like he has another gear."
The Wildcat offense started off slow Saturday, kicking a field goal on its first possession and punting the ball on the second. The game was tied 3-3 after the first quarter. The Wildcats went on to score on their next seven consecutive possessions, before WSU put in the reserves for the remainder.
The 28-point second quarter for the 'Cats propelled them to a huge victory on the road against their supposed rivals. WSU racked up 666 total yards of offense.
"We kind of made a mission over the past week - we had to do better in the first half and second half," said WSU quarterback Cameron Higgins. "Defense isn't always going to have your back. I thought we did OK, but we're not at the point that we're dominating, as much as we could be dominating."
Stay tuned for a more dominant performance in the near future - 66 points. 73 points, 80 points … the sky's the limit for these guys.
Higgins had plenty of options to turn to offensively Saturday. Smith and wide receiver Tim Toone were his favorite options. Spreading the ball around makes WSU a very tough team to defend.
"It makes it easy," Toone said. "No one can account for how much talent we have on offense. I don't think people realize how much talent we have."
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