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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State Spartans head coach Brent Brennan held his preseason press conference at Simpkins Stadium Center on Monday afternoon.

As usual, Justin Allegri–the voice of the Spartans–started things off with his atypical announcements. Brennan was surprisingly calm in his introductory speech, which eased the media members and fans into the upcoming season. Brennan was also enthusiastic and electrified about the Blue and Gold.

Brennan first stated that he was glad that everyone on the Spartans’ roster trained hard during training camp and added that he was really excited about the leadership of the senior class.

“We’re excited to play and it feels like it has been forever,” Brennan said. “Our players are really excited to get out there and play on Thursday.”

Brennan went in-depth on the Spartans’ offense during training camp. The Spartans’ offense was most definitely a bright spot for this up-and-coming team.

“We had a good offense during training camp,” said Brennan. “They’re really coming along. The upperclassmen are playing a lot of football and doing a nice job with the rushing yards and what not…I’m excited about our first group. I’m excited about our second group. Our second group looks great and I hope they’ll be game ready.”

Brennan briefly spoke about the Spartans’ quarterback situation. Brennan said that the quarterback will be a gameday decision.

Brennan went on to talk about the culture of the Spartans. Brennan emphasized the work that he and his team has done has been “so much cleaner” and “so much better” as opposed to the work that they’ve done a year ago in his first year as a head coach at San Jose State.

Brennan asserted that Thursday’s game was the “most important game of the year” and added that everybody knows that, too. The Aggies are allegedly well-aware that they’re playing a better team in the Spartans, so they’re likely going to be extremely executed and disciplined. That being said, San Jose State has to be ready to take on UC Davis on Thursday night.

The Spartans host the UC Davis Aggies for its home opener inside CEFCU Stadium on Thursday, August 30th at 7 pm PDT. There won’t be television and live streams, but you can tune into the radio broadcasts on KLIV 1590 AM and KSJS 90.5 FM.