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Nebraska Football
Penn State
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020
Press Conference Video
On playing 91 snaps on defense:
“Towards the end of the game, it started taking a toll on us. Once they called their time out, we got a little but, just a sip of water, that's all we need, just to keep it on going. But I feel like we were fine towards the end of that game. We want to be the one to finish the game off and and we did that.”
On winning a close game:
“We had a great week of practice. First off, that's where it begins at - Monday through Friday until we get to Saturday and we have to understand that. We put in all this work, for what? The defense, we had a great week. For us to go out there and play like that. That's how we're supposed to play. They expect that of us but if we go out there, have bull during the week, it’s going to be bad on the weekend. So we just have to come together man and all play together as one.”
On the secondary:
“Well, we love challenges. We feel like, as the defense, the DBs, [it’s] on our back and we feel like everything is on us. If something breaks loose, we have to be there. If they throw the ball in there, we have to be there. We really just take pride in that. Like I said, we had a great week of practice and that's what's supposed to happen on game day.”
On the last drive:
“Well, I just know one thing: lock my side of the field up. Lock it up, man. Let all the distractions go, play loose and just relax. Have fun out there but you know stay locked in. I just felt like it was on us and we wanted it to be on us, like I said. So, just locked my side of the field down.”
On how angry the team was after last week’s loss:
“Well, I could say I was one of the ones that was mad last week. I’ve been here three years and for us to continue to do that, it's just very frustrating. I'm a true junior now and I've seen everything that we've done here. We get up and we get right back down because we get comfortable. We were just telling the guys on the sideline, ‘Don't get comfortable. It’s 0-0 again.’ We were up 27-6 or whatever and I was just like, ‘Man, it’s 0-0. We have to play a full game all over again. Let's go out here and fight to the end.’”
On building on this going forward:
“We just have to play as a team. When we play together, I don't believe anything can stop us, man. We tend to beat ourselves in some situations. We may not communicate or something or may miss an assignment that's very key and they end up in a touchdown. We just try to hone in on those things and make sure everybody's on the same page.”
On shutting down Penn State WR Jahan Dotson:
“We just really focused on him during the week, during film study, during practice. We had some young guys imitate the things that he does at receiver, just so we can all get used to it. We felt like when he slows down, just go ahead and get on it right now because he has that speed, stack and get on top of you and make those big plays. So we just wanted to stay on top of him.”
On who they had imitate Dotson in practice:
“Demariyon Houston. Yeah you know he a fast guy, a track guy. It makes us better, with him running full speed, everything and makes us really stick to what we know.”
NU Athletic Communications