...were practicing harder than ever to turn things around after the USU loss and then when tweets by former players KVN and Jordan Pendleton were brought to his attention calling into question a disparity in the way he approaches rivalry games in the state of Utah vs the way the Head Coaches from those other schools do it, he objected and said "I want to win every game, regardless of who we play," he said. "I think the thought that based on where a team is from, and how you are going to try harder or prepare harder, I don't know how to do that. I try as hard as I can for every single game.

"To say now I will try harder because when you try as hard as you can, no matter what, what does that mean? "So I think it is a complete misnomer, and a complete exaggeration, and quite frankly I am disappointed if it come from anyone that has been here since I've been the coach."

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