Montana State head coach Brent Vigen addressed the media in Frisco two days before the FCS national championship game.
“It’s great to be back down here,” Vigen said. “Thinking back three years ago, we were obviously happy to be here. We got on a little bit of a run there in the playoffs, coming in as the 8 seed. Certainly learned a lot from that experience, came up short that particular Saturday. I think that set our program on a different trajectory. I think we had different expectations from that time moving forward. The last couple years, we’ve come up short. I think this group of seniors in particular, in coming up short and learning some hard lessons through their time, started going to work really about this time last year when we got back to Bozeman for the second semester and really did a great job day in, day out of putting their best foot forward. I think that lesson, that way of going about our business has served us well through the course of this season. Getting into the playoffs undefeated, just about where we were as a program, and to be at home and to rip off three, I think, really good wins to put ourselves back in this position, very grateful for the efforts of our team, our staff, and like you said, the opportunity against a really good North Dakota State team that we’ll see on Monday night.”
Listen to his full press conference below:
