OGDEN All season long Weber State has been able to find some sort of magic to finish close games.
Between a Hail Mary as time expired or a big defense play, it was always there for the Wildcats. But on Saturday, the Wildcats just couldn t find that magic again and fell to Southern Illinois 34-31. You ve got to give a ton of credit to Southern Illinois, Weber State head coach Jay Hill said. They came in here, they fought, they clawed, they got down early. There were three or four times, in my opinion, that we had chances in the second half to go up two or three scores and we didn t do it. And before you know it, they took the lead in the fourth quarter.
OGDEN There s a story Weber State inside linebackers coach Matty Ah You has shared about team captain Conner Mortensen.
It happened last September when the COVID-19 pandemic had all but shut down the Football Championship Subdivision nationally, pushing the 2020 season to the spring of 2021. Mortensen and the linebackers were still on campus, attending classes virtually and working out as much as NCAA rules and regulations would allow.
On one occasion, the linebackers went for a hike in the hills above Ogden. Ah You, the Lone Peak product who played at BYU and is now in his first season with the Wildcats, helped guide the group up the hill.
OGDEN The breakthrough of Weber State football under head coach Jay Hill continues.
For the first time in his seven seasons leading the Wildcats, Hill was named Big Sky Coach of the Year. It was announced Thursday after a vote of the league s coaches.
Hill guided the undefeated Wildcats through a five-game spring campaign to their fourth consecutive conference title and first outright championship in program history with a 5-0 record. The 46-year-old coach is the first Weber State recipient of the Big Sky Coach of the Year since Ron McBride in 2008.
In his first full-time collegiate coaching gig, Hill has turned around a Weber State program in every way. The Wildcats are 52-30 under his guidance, including a 37-10 record in the last four seasons that includes four FCS playoff appearances and a 26-3 mark in Big Sky play.
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OGDEN The breakthrough of Weber State football under head coach Jay Hill continues.
For the first time in his seven seasons leading the Wildcats, Hill was named Big Sky Coach of the Year. It was announced Thursday after a vote of the league s coaches.
Hill guided the undefeated Wildcats through a five-game spring campaign to their fourth consecutive conference title and first outright championship in program history with a 5-0 record. The 46-year-old coach is the first Weber State recipient of the Big Sky Coach of the Year since Ron McBride in 2008.
In his first full-time collegiate coaching gig, Hill has turned around a Weber State program in every way. The Wildcats are 52-30 under his guidance, including a 37-10 record in the last four seasons that includes four FCS playoff appearances and a 26-3 mark in Big Sky play.