WEBVTT - The Verdict: Oregon 0:00:06.730 --> 0:00:10.619 Well, the Oregon Ducks, known as High Flying, they were 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.800 grounded by the UCLA Bruins here today at Autzen Stadium. 0:00:13.820 --> 0:00:16.660 The Ducks, well, they got cosmetically a little bit better 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.090 statistically in the fourth quarter. Needed to move the football 0:00:19.110 --> 0:00:21.579 because they were trailing. And the Bruins hang on, and 0:00:21.620 --> 0:00:24.869 they win it 17-15. Maybe the most important thing, as 0:00:24.930 --> 0:00:27.850 it turns out, Matt Stevens, is stopping a two-point conversion, 0:00:27.910 --> 0:00:30.470 not from the two-yard line, but it was going to 0:00:30.490 --> 0:00:32.470 be from the one-yard line, we were told at first, 0:00:32.530 --> 0:00:34.920 and they moved it back closer to the two. Either way, 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.599 the Bruins knew, all right, this is probably our ballgame. 0:00:37.620 --> 0:00:40.500 This is probably our season right here. We make this stop. 0:00:40.540 --> 0:00:43.909 We're up 17-15 with a couple minutes to go. We 0:00:43.970 --> 0:00:45.870 could run the table from here, but got to get 0:00:45.909 --> 0:00:49.229 this win first. That stop at the goal line, I think, 0:00:49.270 --> 0:00:50.010 was the whole ballgame. 0:00:50.150 --> 0:00:51.949 Well, really, it was two stops. You know, they had 0:00:51.990 --> 0:00:53.810 the first stop. They got the face mask. They got 0:00:53.850 --> 0:00:58.020 that second one. But UCLA, the defense just really prevailed. 0:00:58.090 --> 0:01:01.820 I mean, the offense stumbled around, you know, for more 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.500 than half the game. We've seen so many different quarterbacks 0:01:04.580 --> 0:01:09.560 on both sides of both teams. And, you know, UCLA 0:01:09.580 --> 0:01:11.240 defensively just came through in the end. 0:01:12.010 --> 0:01:15.330 Nine total turnovers in this game. And yeah, four quarterbacks 0:01:15.370 --> 0:01:19.560 were used. It came down to Ty Dieffenbach against Brock 0:01:19.620 --> 0:01:23.260 Thomas in this one. Not Nico Yamaliaba against Dante Moore 0:01:23.340 --> 0:01:27.380 or even Dylan Raiola. was awful in this game, and 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.920 the Bruins made that happen. He actually came out three 0:01:29.980 --> 0:01:33.559 for three, but from that point on was three of 16, 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.119 was picked off twice. The Bruins also jumped on four 0:01:36.260 --> 0:01:38.980 fumbles in this game. Now, they had their own issues. 0:01:39.020 --> 0:01:42.319 The Bruins a bunch of times had opportunities to do 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:43.970 much more, but they did not. 0:01:44.220 --> 0:01:48.290 Well, UCLA, because of those turnovers, got the ball in 0:01:48.350 --> 0:01:52.010 the duck territory, and they've never capitalized on those mistakes. 0:01:52.590 --> 0:01:56.360 And UCLA also gifted a touchdown to the Oregon Ducks 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.820 when Nico Yamaliava fumbled the ball on the half-yard line. 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.440 In the end, it was, of all people, Wayne Knight, 0:02:03.540 --> 0:02:06.779 who was on this field 10 months ago for James Madison, 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.380 doing a lot of great work. His work is what 0:02:09.430 --> 0:02:10.669 got the Bruins their touchdowns. 0:02:10.730 --> 0:02:13.430 He had one receiving. He had one rushing. He's probably 0:02:13.450 --> 0:02:14.250 the man of the match. 0:02:14.330 --> 0:02:18.489 But, oh, that defense and the opportunistic defense was a 0:02:18.510 --> 0:02:21.510 big part of it as well. The Bruins 17, the 0:02:21.610 --> 0:02:22.870 Ducks 15. 0:02:22.870 --> 0:02:28.610 A huge upset win. The Bruins are 5-0. Wayne Cook 0:02:28.650 --> 0:02:29.410 is on the field. 0:02:29.690 --> 0:02:32.160 Wayne Knight, how fun, how gratifying. I mean, that's a 0:02:32.220 --> 0:02:32.940 great feeling. 0:02:33.220 --> 0:02:34.680 Oh, man, all glory to God, man. 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:36.780 It's a blessing to be in this position right now. 0:02:37.220 --> 0:02:40.140 You were here last year with JMU. You come back here, 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.540 you get them this time. Yes, it was a revenge 0:02:42.660 --> 0:02:44.890 all week. We prepared for them, and we made plays 0:02:44.930 --> 0:02:45.649 when they met the most. 0:02:46.030 --> 0:02:48.130 Offensively, it was tough, but you found a way to 0:02:48.150 --> 0:02:49.170 get in the end zone twice. 0:02:49.510 --> 0:02:49.950 Yes, sir. 0:02:50.590 --> 0:02:52.790 Dean dialed it up, man. It was perfect execution on 0:02:52.830 --> 0:02:54.680 perfect plays, and we just made a way, man. 0:02:54.940 --> 0:02:56.859 One of the smartest plays is waiting for that ball 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:58.300 to go out of bounds. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.920 You were standing out of bounds. Very smart play on 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.080 that kickoff. Yeah, just having composure in that moment. 0:03:03.100 --> 0:03:04.810 They trust me, and I got to step up to 0:03:04.830 --> 0:03:05.550 the plate in that moment. 0:03:05.950 --> 0:03:07.230 Amazing win, man. Great job. 0:03:07.290 --> 0:03:07.600 Thank you. 0:03:09.630 --> 0:03:12.630 This is an Oregon team, guys, that had won 47 0:03:12.630 --> 0:03:15.620 of its last 49 home games. 0:03:15.620 --> 0:03:17.420 47 of its last 49. 0:03:17.419 --> 0:03:21.620 And they laid an Oregon-sized egg here today. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:22.840 The Bruins made it happen. 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.310 And the Bruins, I mean, obviously, it was like their 0:03:26.370 --> 0:03:31.669 C-minus game. And not offensively, but defensively, it was their 0:03:31.750 --> 0:03:34.470 A-plus game. I mean, they were all over Riola, and 0:03:34.510 --> 0:03:37.620 Riola lost his confidence in the second half, and he 0:03:37.660 --> 0:03:40.540 just was, he had to get pulled. And at the 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.440 end of this game, somehow, Oregon was able to get 0:03:43.500 --> 0:03:45.960 back into it with their third-string quarterback, and it got 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.000 a little tight, but still, the Bruin defense left on 0:03:49.020 --> 0:03:50.720 the field, closed out the. 0:03:50.660 --> 0:03:52.250 Game, and gave UCLA a win. 0:03:53.150 --> 0:03:56.210 Raiola, who had two weeks to get ready, not two 0:03:56.270 --> 0:03:59.910 minutes to get ready, like at USC. He ended up 0:03:59.930 --> 0:04:02.310 three for his last 16 passes in the game. 0:04:02.340 --> 0:04:03.800 We go back to the field and Wayne Cook. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:08.160 I got Jalen Woods, and man, your defense was absolutely 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.060 incredible all day today. 0:04:10.260 --> 0:04:10.440 Yeah. 0:04:11.460 --> 0:04:13.180 We just keep fighting. We know our offense is going 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.780 to click. And if they didn't score, we was going 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.990 to win. So we just got to keep on applying pressure, 0:04:18.020 --> 0:04:20.370 having energy on the sideline and everything was going to 0:04:20.390 --> 0:04:20.730 work out. 0:04:21.110 --> 0:04:22.950 It got a little crazy there at the end, but 0:04:22.990 --> 0:04:25.150 you still found a way to make the plays you 0:04:25.190 --> 0:04:26.190 need to close this thing out. 0:04:26.410 --> 0:04:26.630 Yeah. 0:04:26.950 --> 0:04:28.089 And we just relentless. 0:04:28.150 --> 0:04:30.410 We just keep on fighting like nothing phases of some 0:04:30.430 --> 0:04:30.870 bad play. 0:04:30.890 --> 0:04:32.570 Move on to the next play. There's always places to 0:04:32.589 --> 0:04:34.370 be made. So we're going to fix our. 0:04:34.310 --> 0:04:37.150 Corrections and then get better. UCLA hasn't won here since 2004. 0:04:37.130 --> 0:04:40.150 This is a huge, one of the biggest wins in 0:04:40.170 --> 0:04:41.970 this program in a long time, man. 0:04:42.010 --> 0:04:44.090 I saw your reaction when I said that. It's got 0:04:44.130 --> 0:04:44.710 to feel great. 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:49.080 Yeah, that's a crazy stat. It's well-deserved, all the effort, 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.320 and we put in the workouts, and that leads to 0:04:51.339 --> 0:04:53.900 this moment. So it's just all-in-all team effort. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:55.760 All right, man, great job. Enjoy the win. 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:56.520 Yeah, I appreciate you. 0:04:56.580 --> 0:04:57.359 All right, thank you. 0:04:58.220 --> 0:04:59.099 Thank you, guys. 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:05.270 And this Oregon team, having scored 38-28, 84-41 this year, 0:05:05.810 --> 0:05:06.750 scored 15 today. 0:05:06.790 --> 0:05:10.250 Let's go back to Wayne. I just talked to Jalen Woods. 0:05:10.690 --> 0:05:12.890 For three quarters, it was lights out. Got a little 0:05:12.910 --> 0:05:15.170 crazy in the second half. You guys found a way 0:05:15.190 --> 0:05:17.150 to win. Man, the boys came together. 0:05:17.170 --> 0:05:18.730 They rallied. Great environment. 0:05:18.750 --> 0:05:20.770 It's a testament to all the work we put in. 0:05:21.140 --> 0:05:23.040 Can you do me a one-no every week? Can you 0:05:23.060 --> 0:05:23.340 get better? 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.360 What's crazy is you just beat one of the best 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:28.240 teams in the country and let this team, it wasn't perfect. 0:05:28.260 --> 0:05:29.880 There was a lot of mistakes out there, but you 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:30.700 found a way. 0:05:30.870 --> 0:05:31.510 Absolutely, man. 0:05:31.589 --> 0:05:34.190 It wasn't our best football, but, you know, we come 0:05:34.210 --> 0:05:34.710 together to win. 0:05:35.089 --> 0:05:37.610 And trying to get 1-0 every week, continue to side days. Well, 0:05:37.730 --> 0:05:39.590 you got a fumble recovery, too. It just seems like 0:05:39.610 --> 0:05:42.480 you're always in the right place. Man, it's just, good 0:05:42.500 --> 0:05:44.940 rule of thumb, run of the ball, something good will happen, so. Well, 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.520 talk about this. The turnovers by this team, it's been 0:05:47.540 --> 0:05:48.720 a huge factor this year. 0:05:49.060 --> 0:05:49.599 Absolutely, yes. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.170 Flying to the ball, we're making a big focus of 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.630 ours to continue to follow the football and good things happen. 0:05:53.890 --> 0:05:54.990 What a great win, man. 0:05:55.050 --> 0:05:55.330 Awesome. 0:05:55.470 --> 0:05:55.970 Go Bruins. 0:05:56.089 --> 0:06:00.470 Yes. Sammy Omosego is on the radar for a Bednarik 0:06:00.510 --> 0:06:03.060 Award this year, a Butkus Award this year. 0:06:04.270 --> 0:06:06.770 I don't know, maybe the mayor of Westwood, too, if 0:06:06.810 --> 0:06:07.839 he wants to run for it. 0:06:07.980 --> 0:06:08.440 Heisman. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.920 You got six more takeaways in this game, and the 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.520 Bruins now have 20 of them this year to lead 0:06:14.540 --> 0:06:17.380 the nation, and they have played one fewer game than a. 0:06:17.380 --> 0:06:17.980 Lot of teams. 0:06:18.460 --> 0:06:21.120 The Bruins didn't do everything right today, as we talked about, 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.799 but they did enough. They have upset the Oregon Ducks 0:06:24.100 --> 0:06:26.190 at Autzen Stadium, 17-15. 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:28.849 They had lost their last eight here. 0:06:29.330 --> 0:06:30.990 Last time they came in here and won, it was 0:06:31.050 --> 0:06:32.810 Drew Olsen against Kellen Clemens. 0:06:33.330 --> 0:06:35.210 More than 20 years ago. 0:06:35.589 --> 0:06:37.250 We got a lot more to tell you when we 0:06:37.290 --> 0:06:40.860 come back. This is Bruins Football on the UCLA Audio Network. 0:06:43.910 --> 0:06:48.210 It's an improbable final here from Autzen Stadium in Eugene. 0:06:48.510 --> 0:06:54.719 UCLA perseveres to a 17-15 victory over Oregon. A game 0:06:54.740 --> 0:06:58.479 that UCLA had an 11-point lead late, really had to 0:06:58.540 --> 0:07:01.619 sweat it out. But the defense, which was superb throughout 0:07:01.700 --> 0:07:03.880 much of the game, gets the stop they need at 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:07.460 the very end. a game that had a combined nine turnovers, 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:13.119 four total quarterbacks. UCLA struggling down the stretch offensively, turning 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.840 to Ty Dieffenbach with Nico Iamaleava knocked out of the 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:21.200 game due to injury. Some penalties tilting things in Oregon's 0:07:21.260 --> 0:07:23.880 favor late, but the Bruins rally and they find a 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.480 way to get it done. They improved a 5-0. Bob 0:07:26.540 --> 0:07:28.920 Chesney has not lost a game yet in his tenure. 0:07:29.260 --> 0:07:31.200 As we go down to Wayne Cook, who's catching up 0:07:31.220 --> 0:07:32.220 with the head coach right now. 0:07:33.610 --> 0:07:35.810 That's right. I got Coach Chesney. 0:07:35.950 --> 0:07:42.290 We're just moving outside here, Nick. Coach, hard fought, crazy environment. 0:07:42.650 --> 0:07:43.830 I know there was mistakes. 0:07:44.470 --> 0:07:47.180 But we get a huge win. One of the biggest 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.340 ones we've had around here in a while. Yeah, I 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:50.220 think so. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.520 But I said it to you at halftime, just so 0:07:52.580 --> 0:07:54.720 disappointed with what we left out on the field and 0:07:54.740 --> 0:07:56.340 just where this game could have been. I thought that 0:07:56.380 --> 0:07:58.420 that quarterback that came in for them I thought. 0:07:58.280 --> 0:07:58.920 He did a great job. 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.850 He stood in their poise. He took some serious hits 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:02.910 and he did such a good job. And I love 0:08:02.970 --> 0:08:04.550 our guys to be able to compete and know it's 0:08:04.590 --> 0:08:07.090 next man up mentality. And a lot of guys we 0:08:07.110 --> 0:08:08.790 need to rely on because a lot of guys went down. 0:08:08.870 --> 0:08:10.810 So I just love that we're able to finish this 0:08:10.850 --> 0:08:12.790 game out and do what we just did here today. 0:08:13.150 --> 0:08:15.890 You have a second half with Ty Dieffenbach in at quarterback. 0:08:15.950 --> 0:08:18.380 And listen, this is a hard environment to play in 0:08:18.420 --> 0:08:21.200 like that. And like you said, wasn't asked a whole lot, 0:08:21.260 --> 0:08:22.840 but he came in and managed the game. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:25.500 And you found a way. Listen, this environment is so tough. 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:25.700 Yeah. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.020 And you learn a lot from days like this, but 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:30.720 you learn what your guys can do when it matters. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:32.569 Yeah, he wasn't asked a lot, but he was asked 0:08:32.610 --> 0:08:34.890 to throw that touchdown pass, you know, at a major 0:08:34.929 --> 0:08:36.670 moment in time. And I thought, you know, he was 0:08:36.690 --> 0:08:38.349 just a little early with the other ball to the 0:08:38.370 --> 0:08:39.130 flat to be rove. 0:08:39.170 --> 0:08:39.870 He hits that thing. 0:08:40.170 --> 0:08:41.950 This game, we're walking away with it and just dealing 0:08:41.990 --> 0:08:43.750 it out pretty much. So, you know, those were the 0:08:44.270 --> 0:08:46.230 two that one that he made and one that he missed. 0:08:46.270 --> 0:08:48.170 But he's confident and he's got a great arm. 0:08:48.210 --> 0:08:48.910 He stands in there. 0:08:48.929 --> 0:08:50.700 He studied his stuff and he was ready to help 0:08:50.740 --> 0:08:50.980 lead us. 0:08:51.500 --> 0:08:54.660 And really coach the other side of the ball defensively. 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.440 I mean, I looked up at the numbers on the 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.219 scoreboard and I'm like, they have 50 what yards right now. 0:08:59.940 --> 0:09:02.040 It was a really complete effort. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.160 I know that they got some yards at the end, 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:06.720 but it was a complete effort on defense. 0:09:06.740 --> 0:09:08.380 Yeah, it was. And I thought we just swarmed. 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.640 I thought that the way we attacked our defensive line 0:09:10.660 --> 0:09:13.309 just was dominant at moments. You could not set your 0:09:13.330 --> 0:09:15.310 feet and throw. And then when there was opportunities in 0:09:15.330 --> 0:09:17.050 the air defensively, we made the most out of them. 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.760 which was great. There's a lot to clean up. Obviously 0:09:19.780 --> 0:09:21.189 there's a ton of football left. We'll be down a 0:09:21.210 --> 0:09:22.790 couple of guys now, which, you know, we just got 0:09:22.809 --> 0:09:26.670 to reassess and you're already thinking about the next one, unfortunately. 0:09:27.700 --> 0:09:31.719 Yeah, but I mean, listen, so it's fun because you 0:09:31.740 --> 0:09:33.840 got to win this one to get to the next one. 0:09:33.860 --> 0:09:36.260 But this puts us in another stratosphere. I mean, this 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.340 is Oregon on the road in Autzen. I told Jalen 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.810 Woods after the game, we haven't beaten them here since 2004. OK, 0:09:40.820 --> 0:09:43.940 this is a team that's always ranked nationally. We know 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.240 what they put into their roster. And for you to 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.079 get this in this place when we did not play 0:09:48.100 --> 0:09:49.580 our best game, because I agree with you, there was 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:50.640 still stuff left out there. 0:09:51.410 --> 0:09:53.130 Yeah, there's no doubt about it. And I think that, again, 0:09:53.170 --> 0:09:54.880 you just hit the nail on the head. I don't 0:09:54.900 --> 0:09:56.920 know what it was like in 2004. I know this 0:09:56.980 --> 0:10:00.949 new stadium and the fans and the noise, like you said, 0:10:01.030 --> 0:10:02.570 it's something you got to manage. And I thought our 0:10:02.590 --> 0:10:03.630 guys did a really good job of that. 0:10:03.870 --> 0:10:05.959 A couple of things, because we love talking about special teams. 0:10:06.170 --> 0:10:08.479 Wayne Knight, what he did on waiting for that ball 0:10:08.500 --> 0:10:10.479 to go out of bounds and then standing out of bounds. 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.240 He's such a smart player, coach. 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.179 And then your punter puts a great kick away because 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:16.780 you don't want him returning the ball. That guy's a 0:10:16.820 --> 0:10:19.560 great athlete. And you pin him on the five-yard line. 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.480 Those are two huge moments in this game. 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.290 Those are as big as any because that was really 0:10:23.330 --> 0:10:25.270 at the moment in time where, you know, it was 0:10:25.290 --> 0:10:27.230 coming down to the wire here, right? And if Wayne 0:10:27.270 --> 0:10:30.240 doesn't do that and that ball's rolling around and he 0:10:30.300 --> 0:10:32.099 picks it up at the two and gets tackled at 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:32.520 the five. 0:10:32.820 --> 0:10:33.979 That's a whole different ball game. 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:35.439 And then the same thing at the end for the 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.000 punter to be able to see it. I thought Saka 0:10:37.020 --> 0:10:38.979 did a great job, made the check and got us 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.340 out to the field and just a great job delivering 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.300 that ball, putting it on the ground, killing some clock, 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:45.850 backing them up. And then, you know, the rest was history. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.609 I know we don't ever want to see guys get hurt, 0:10:47.670 --> 0:10:50.250 but the tail gets hurt earlier in the year. And 0:10:50.270 --> 0:10:52.329 then Tayshaun James comes in and he's like leading the 0:10:52.370 --> 0:10:55.790 nation and interceptions. And then he's out probably getting hydration 0:10:56.490 --> 0:10:58.339 and tail goes in and gets an interception. I'm bummed 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.939 that he got, he dinged his shoulder again, but still 0:11:01.100 --> 0:11:02.280 that shows your depth. 0:11:02.870 --> 0:11:05.340 Yeah, I think it shows that these guys all want 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.819 to really contribute. They want to contribute at a high 0:11:07.860 --> 0:11:10.140 level and they don't want to let anybody down. That's 0:11:10.220 --> 0:11:11.500 a sign of a good team is I don't want 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:13.720 to let my teammates down. And these guys study and 0:11:13.780 --> 0:11:15.530 prepare and know that it may not be their time 0:11:15.590 --> 0:11:17.470 or when it will be their time, they'll be prepared. 0:11:17.510 --> 0:11:19.130 And that's ultimately what happened. The light shined on a 0:11:19.150 --> 0:11:21.750 couple of guys today and they were revealed, not exposed. 0:11:22.410 --> 0:11:23.979 I could keep going, Coach, but I know you've got 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.360 other things to do. Samaj Morgan had that catch. I 0:11:26.380 --> 0:11:28.420 thought that was a huge moment in the game. Samaj 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.490 has been great all year, Coach, but his offense was 0:11:30.540 --> 0:11:32.690 a struggle. And they needed that play. 0:11:32.750 --> 0:11:33.630 That was a huge catch. 0:11:33.650 --> 0:11:36.569 That was a monstrous catch to wrap around the other 0:11:36.590 --> 0:11:38.040 side of the guy. And what he said to me 0:11:38.260 --> 0:11:40.060 when I said something to him on the sideline, I said, 0:11:40.100 --> 0:11:40.920 it's an unbelievable catch. 0:11:41.100 --> 0:11:42.939 He said, the air is thin. That's what he said. 0:11:42.980 --> 0:11:43.760 The air is thin. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.480 He's got to make competitive, contested catches. It's something we 0:11:46.500 --> 0:11:47.120 talk about from the. 0:11:47.100 --> 0:11:48.090 Very beginning of camp. 0:11:48.420 --> 0:11:50.709 When you're in a moment and there's contact, you have 0:11:50.750 --> 0:11:51.770 to come down with the ball. 0:11:52.070 --> 0:11:52.970 And the air is thin. 0:11:53.110 --> 0:11:53.830 And he did just that. 0:11:54.050 --> 0:11:57.209 Everybody on Samaj is here right now, and he's being 0:11:57.230 --> 0:11:57.850 hugged by Coach. 0:11:57.890 --> 0:11:59.360 That was a great play. All right, back to you 0:11:59.380 --> 0:11:59.910 guys up in the booth. 0:12:00.540 --> 0:12:06.950 All right, thanks, Wayne. So many different plays in this 0:12:07.010 --> 0:12:12.220 game as you hear Samaj and Wayne. Okay, let's hear 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:17.559 from them. That catch, that was remarkable. How did he 0:12:17.620 --> 0:12:18.120 see the ball? 0:12:18.140 --> 0:12:21.010 So I saw Coach Chesney hug you, and I watched 0:12:21.050 --> 0:12:23.830 that moment because we were having a hard time moving 0:12:23.850 --> 0:12:26.350 the ball on offense today. You've been solid all year, 0:12:26.390 --> 0:12:28.490 but that's the best catch I think you've made all year. 0:12:28.530 --> 0:12:29.250 That was amazing. 0:12:29.309 --> 0:12:29.970 For sure, man. 0:12:30.030 --> 0:12:32.640 Hey, like Coach Chesney always says, the area is thin. 0:12:32.660 --> 0:12:35.260 We got to make those competitive catches, those competitive plays. 0:12:35.780 --> 0:12:37.720 Shout out Landon Ellis, too, because he had one earlier 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.890 in the game. A head tap, man. But this team, man, 0:12:40.910 --> 0:12:43.340 I'm telling you, man, we moving in the right direction, man. 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:47.679 It's all thanks to Coach Chesney. Most importantly, Coach Chesney, man. 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.340 Our coaches, man, they believe in us, man. They put 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:51.739 that dog in us, man. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:52.140 We ready. 0:12:52.500 --> 0:12:53.180 So, yeah. 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.590 Well, there's not a lot of people that didn't circle 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.069 this game and assume it was going to be a 0:12:58.150 --> 0:13:02.230 UCLA loss. We are making a lot of people recognize 0:13:02.590 --> 0:13:04.740 this team. And I was going to ask you about that. 0:13:05.250 --> 0:13:08.219 Landon Ellis, I think more of those types of throws 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.300 to him are a good idea because he knows how 0:13:10.340 --> 0:13:11.140 to use his body. 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:11.300 Right. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.620 He knows how to make those plays, even like goal 0:13:13.660 --> 0:13:15.300 line type stuff. So I love seeing that. 0:13:15.380 --> 0:13:16.020 Yeah, man. 0:13:16.590 --> 0:13:19.189 Landon, he's a huge body. You know, he make plays 0:13:19.230 --> 0:13:20.910 in the run game and the pass game, man. That 0:13:20.950 --> 0:13:22.989 was a great ball and a great go up and 0:13:23.030 --> 0:13:24.030 get a contested catch. 0:13:24.210 --> 0:13:25.949 For real. Keep talking about it because there was a 0:13:25.970 --> 0:13:26.590 few great plays. 0:13:26.630 --> 0:13:28.730 I mean, Mizell had to slow down a little bit 0:13:28.770 --> 0:13:30.170 on that first play of the game where I think 0:13:30.190 --> 0:13:32.680 he walks in. I think the referee got in his way, too. 0:13:32.700 --> 0:13:34.480 I don't know if you noticed that. That was a 0:13:34.500 --> 0:13:36.120 great way to start the game. I mean, just come 0:13:36.179 --> 0:13:37.780 out and let this crowd know that you guys were 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:38.319 here to play. 0:13:38.420 --> 0:13:41.240 Yeah, Coach Kennedy talked about it all week, man. We 0:13:41.260 --> 0:13:44.120 coming out. We not coming here to just compete. We 0:13:44.140 --> 0:13:45.800 not coming here to just have a good game. We 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.080 coming here to win. So we going to be aggressive. 0:13:48.100 --> 0:13:49.980 We not going to play timid. And that's exactly what 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.370 we did today, man. I think that first play for 0:13:52.429 --> 0:13:53.050 sure shows that. 0:13:53.450 --> 0:13:55.610 Samaj, you've been around a lot of football. You've seen 0:13:55.630 --> 0:13:57.309 a lot of big games, a lot of big stadiums. 0:13:57.670 --> 0:14:00.989 This is a great environment, but it's never easy. And 0:14:01.030 --> 0:14:02.750 you want to hold on on the road, and you 0:14:02.770 --> 0:14:05.480 found a way to make enough plays. I mean, and 0:14:05.540 --> 0:14:06.740 I think you guys should have won by a lot 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.000 more than that, I'm being honest with you. 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.940 I really believe that. I mean, you were dominating. 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.600 The game was being dominated for a while, but it 0:14:13.620 --> 0:14:16.590 still got tight. And what do you learn from closing 0:14:16.620 --> 0:14:18.870 this thing out when you have to stop them from 0:14:18.910 --> 0:14:20.970 going for two, and then you find a way to 0:14:21.010 --> 0:14:21.590 hold on and win? 0:14:21.970 --> 0:14:24.950 It's just the way we go about ourselves every single day. 0:14:25.270 --> 0:14:28.290 We're such a connected team. And when we go out 0:14:28.330 --> 0:14:31.620 there and play football, we have 100% belief, not 99%, 0:14:31.620 --> 0:14:35.640 not 99.9%. Like, we have 100% belief that we're going 0:14:35.660 --> 0:14:38.920 to win this game. So we're in those moments every 0:14:38.940 --> 0:14:41.800 single day. At the end of the game, you know, 0:14:41.940 --> 0:14:44.400 being able to close things out, we're always in those moments. 0:14:44.420 --> 0:14:46.070 So when it gets to the game, you know, we 0:14:46.110 --> 0:14:47.610 know what to do. We've been here before. 0:14:48.260 --> 0:14:50.890 The celebration in the locker room, the celebration in the tunnel, 0:14:50.930 --> 0:14:53.890 the celebration on the field, and probably the celebration on 0:14:53.910 --> 0:14:54.550 the plane ride home. 0:14:54.750 --> 0:14:55.070 Yes, sir. 0:14:55.090 --> 0:14:55.890 It's all going to be great. 0:14:55.910 --> 0:14:59.100 We're going to be celebrating all day. And tomorrow, we're 0:14:59.120 --> 0:14:59.640 back to work. 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.360 That's exactly right. Next week, we've got to play again. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.720 All right, Smosh, great game. Enjoy the win. Great job. 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.020 Thank you so much. Have a great one. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:06.840 All right, Nick. 0:15:07.220 --> 0:15:10.500 All right, great stuff there, Wayne. A heck of an 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.990 effort from Samaj Morgan today. He was UCLA's leading receiver 0:15:15.030 --> 0:15:20.830 in terms of total catches. He had five for 55 yards. Wayne, 0:15:20.870 --> 0:15:21.550 are you with me? 0:15:21.610 --> 0:15:22.150 I am here. 0:15:22.230 --> 0:15:24.270 Okay, great. 0:15:24.350 --> 0:15:26.420 Do we want to stay here and talk about it, 0:15:26.470 --> 0:15:28.370 or do we want me to come up? 0:15:28.570 --> 0:15:31.410