Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson talks about scoring a touchdown against Washington State.
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00:00 Ches, what did it mean to you after what happened last week
00:02 to get a win at home?
00:04 It was something that we needed as a team.
00:07 We practiced hard all day.
00:09 We worked hard.
00:10 We finished hard.
00:11 We trained hard.
00:12 And I think that's what we showed today.
00:13 Touch on grab that you had.
00:17 What did you see?
00:18 And how good of a ball was that for Bob?
00:20 It was a perfect ball.
00:21 Anything that we catch and he throws is a perfect ball to us.
00:24 So we just saw a man.
00:26 He knew they couldn't cover us.
00:27 So he just threw it up to the best receivers
00:29 in the country, and we made a play.
00:31 It seems like you guys were airing it out
00:32 in the first quarter, ran the heck out of it in the second,
00:34 went to the air a little bit more in the third.
00:36 Just how much do you feel like the run and pass
00:38 complemented each other and opened things up?
00:40 I think we do a good job of it.
00:41 We're balanced as a team.
00:43 No, we got so many weapons at receiver,
00:45 but we also have Bucky as a running back.
00:47 And I know telling him what he'll do with the ball.
00:49 He can take it from 60 to 80.
00:51 We just got to block for him downfield.
00:52 He going to make a highlight.
00:54 Dan talked about in question state
00:55 kind of limiting you guys into long passes.
00:57 He said you guys had to go underneath a little bit more.
01:00 Does that kind of get you excited
01:01 that you get to show off your talents in the open field
01:04 on those little dink of dumps?
01:06 I mean, yes.
01:07 But like you said, we just take what they give us.
01:10 We just make a highlight every time we touch the ball.
01:12 So that's what it is.
01:15 It seemed like you guys had quite a bit of big passes,
01:17 lots of 30, 40-yard gains at one point.
01:19 Was that the game plan coming in,
01:21 or did you just see some stuff that you liked today,
01:23 and that's what you called?
01:24 It was just what they was planning on defense,
01:26 that we already knew they was going to be in.
01:29 They do a lot of top hat, do a lot of man.
01:32 And we just knew me lined up with inside backers.
01:35 Who knows what's going-- well, I know what's going to happen.
01:38 So that's what we did today.
01:42 How important is that Monday practice?
01:44 We heard about all the effort that
01:46 was gone into this Monday's practice.
01:48 You saw that translate in the final product
01:50 today on the field?
01:51 We just took it as like, job's not finished.
01:54 We took a loss, but we're still hungry.
01:57 And this college football playoffs means something to us.
01:59 And a lot of people say we don't control our own destiny,
02:02 but we are in control of our own destiny.
02:04 So that's what we--
02:05 we're going to come to practice every day on a Monday, Tuesday,
02:07 Wednesday.
02:08 We're going to come to work every day.
02:10 So that's what it is.
02:12 You get to see Justin practice at least the last couple
02:15 of weeks.
02:16 What was it like seeing him out there today?
02:17 I mean, I know you're not playing defense with him,
02:20 but how do you think he did overall?
02:21 He's going to be a power for a lot of offenses
02:23 down the stretch.
02:25 We're glad to have him back.
02:26 We see him in practice working hard every day.
02:28 And everybody's seeing him today.
02:31 He's got something to prove.
02:32 And we can't wait for him to showcase that.