MSU Captains Hall, Gulbin Discuss UCLA Loss, Season Outlook

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By Jacob Cotsonika | Last updated Oct 11, 2025 5:55 PM ET

EAST LANSING --- After dropping to 3-3 on the season and 0-3 in conference play with a 38-13 loss to UCLA in Spartan Stadium, a lot is probably going to be asked of the team's captains to steer Michigan State back in the right direction.

Two of those captains, center Matt Gulbin and linebacker Jordan Hall, talked to the media after the team's third straight defeat. Gulbin has been MSU's most reliable offensive lineman this year, and Hall led the team with seven total tackles on Saturday. You can watch the full video of their postgame press conference below.

Watch Matt Gulbin and Jordan Hall here:

In addition, a partial transcript of the press conference has been provided.

Transcript

Q: When you guys are down so bad at halftime and your fans are booing you down the tunnel, how do you compartmentalize that? How do you stomach that?

HALL: Yeah, we just have to play better, execute better. It's a little unfortunate bringing that performance to such a big crowd, but besides, we need to prepare throughout the week, be able to execute in these big games.

Q: You had a 7-0 lead or 7-3 or whatever it was, but the fourth-down call that you guys didn't pick up, and then it seemed like the momentum shifted right there. Did it feel like that on the field, or was that just UCLA coming together at that point?

HALL: No, I mean, that's a great team. They've been turning things around the last two weeks. You know, we're always clawing and fighting back, no matter the situation. That was something that was kind of unfortunate.

HALL cont.: But we always, I know for defense, we always want to respond and be able to have the offense feel comfortable enough to go for it on the fourth down. They came up short. We didn't do our job on them that day.

GULBIN: Yeah, I mean, we just got to execute there. I don't know if it felt like a momentum shift, but we just got to do our job.