Oregon cornerback Khyree Jackson grabbed his second interception of the season against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
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00:00 you guys wanted to get better.
00:01 We're cutting down on penalties, and I
00:02 know there were some frustrating ones, but some of them
00:04 were late.
00:05 And then past defense, do you feel
00:06 like you guys got better in some key areas in this game?
00:10 Yeah, definitely.
00:12 That was one of our main focuses,
00:13 was just trying to limit the penalties,
00:15 and just playing disciplined football.
00:17 And I feel like we played disciplined for the most part.
00:20 I think it's a couple of things we got to clean up.
00:23 Because we know we're going to be playing better teams
00:25 as the season goes on.
00:26 So we don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot.
00:28 But I think we did better.
00:29 We made progress today.
00:31 How do you feel against different passing offenses
00:34 you guys are about to play, like next week against Colorado?
00:36 When you just faced this team, liked to pass a lot.
00:39 You held them to less than 150 yards passing.
00:41 Played a passing offense last week, had three PIs in the team.
00:45 How do you guys feel about where you're at defending the pass?
00:49 I feel like we're a work in progress.
00:51 I just think it starts with preparation during the week.
00:53 We just got to all be dialed in.
00:55 Like we said, we're going to be playing better competition.
00:57 We got a big game coming up this week versus Colorado.
00:59 So I think this is about being in the film room,
01:01 making sure that we understand what could happen.
01:04 And just at the end of the day, when you got in the game,
01:06 you just got to play the game.
01:07 Teams going to throw stuff at you
01:09 that you may have not prepared for.
01:11 But you just got to go back to your rules
01:14 and trust what the coach has been working on us
01:16 throughout the week.
01:17 Welcome, Steve.
01:18 What were you seeing?
01:19 Obviously, it's a tip ball.
01:20 But just what are you seeing on that?
01:21 What's going through your mind?
01:23 Well, today was actually a pick route.
01:24 They ran a little, I guess, like an out route
01:28 with a drag behind it.
01:30 So the receiver just came and picked me.
01:33 When he picked me, I was honestly
01:34 about to get ready to run-- excuse me.
01:35 I was actually about to run to the other hash
01:38 because we're taught if somebody runs a drag,
01:40 they're trying to catch the ball on the other side.
01:43 So when I was getting over, I remember
01:44 I just seen a ball tip up in the air.
01:46 I was like, oh, it's a free one.
01:48 I just made sure I caught it.
01:50 Hawaii is a team that averaged over 300 yards through the air.
01:53 Their average depth of field on deep passes
01:55 is like 30-something yards.
01:57 Longest reception today was 15.
01:58 Just how much pride have you guys
02:00 taken being able to do that after the game
02:02 and how much emphasis was put on that before the game?
02:04 Definitely, we take a lot of pride in it.
02:07 We're here to talk.
02:09 We try not to pay attention to it, but we do hear the talk.
02:12 And we felt like the secondary was very slept on last year.
02:16 And we try and just put that respect on it week by week.
02:20 Just by doing our assignment, taking it one play at a time,
02:23 everybody doing their 111.