Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson talks about scoring his first touchdown as a Duck and handling adversity in Lubbock against Texas Tech.
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00:00 We've been thinking about that play for a long time and that moment for a long time.
00:03 What did it finally feel like?
00:04 >> It was, like I always say, it's a dream.
00:07 But I know there's many more to come.
00:10 Just gotta keep working at practice.
00:11 Time will tell.
00:13 >> I imagine scoring an Austin's also on the to-do list as well.
00:18 >> Yeah, for sure.
00:20 Austin, that's the one I really want, to score an Austin with the fans.
00:23 I think that'll come this Saturday.
00:26 I think I'm gonna get one this Saturday.
00:28 So, yeah.
00:30 >> What do you think of your team's ability to fight through the elements,
00:34 the environment of that game, and the pressure that you guys had on the fourth
00:38 quarter?
00:38 >> I think we handled every situation, I think we handled every situation
00:45 tremendous.
00:47 We had poise through that noise that coach was preaching that whole week.
00:52 He said it was gonna be loud.
00:53 A lot of the persons that are gonna be in that game,
00:55 I think we just handled it very well.
00:57 Even offense, we had penalties that we also had to get better at.
01:02 Defense showed up, and we needed them too.
01:03 So I think just handling that situation,
01:08 going on the road to a tough place shows the character of our team right now.
01:12 >> Other than the tortillas, which I saw you mention in the video that they posted,
01:18 what stood out from that environment that was different or challenging?
01:21 >> What stood out to me was that everybody here on the team was ready for
01:27 that game.
01:27 We knew what we had to do, we knew what we had to do.
01:30 We just went to the environment to get the job done.
01:32 I feel like everybody just works so hard every day.
01:37 When we got time to showcase it, we leave no doubt.
01:41 >> What was kind of the message before you guys took the field with five minutes to go
01:45 for that last drive to take the lead?
01:47 >> Just basically do what we always do at practice.
01:52 Just stay calm, just stick to the strip.
01:56 Go down here, and we know we was gonna score once we get the ball.
02:00 Us as an offense had faith in our defense to get the ball back for us.
02:07 Jeffrey Boston did a good job.
02:08 Right before he went out, he said he got us, and we believed in him.
02:11 So him catching that interception at the end, pretty much said it was really good.