Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix discusses a 36-27 win over the USC Trojans.
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00:00 Just go your thoughts on your performance and the big win
00:03 tonight.
00:04 Well, I thought we started fast early.
00:06 And I thought that was what kept the game out
00:09 of reach for the most part.
00:10 But we just got to finish better.
00:11 I thought we left a lot on the table.
00:14 We got a little bit complacent.
00:15 And we have way too many penalties.
00:17 And that's got to get fixed.
00:18 And we say it every week.
00:20 But somehow, we've got to find ways to fix that.
00:22 And we got the win.
00:25 And that's all that matters.
00:26 That was a really good football team.
00:28 It was a really good home environment.
00:29 And it was just one of those exciting big wins
00:31 that we needed as a team.
00:33 When those hiccups come up with the penalties,
00:35 they're looking to you to calm them down.
00:37 What's your message to the guys in the huddle?
00:40 Well, at times, it depends on the situation.
00:42 But at times, you've got to know how important the penalty was.
00:45 Because we don't need to keep doing that.
00:47 But at the same time, you can't fix it then.
00:48 They're not going to take the penalty back.
00:49 So you've just got to find ways to overcome.
00:51 And I thought, at times, we did that.
00:53 And we overcame some penalties.
00:54 But we probably had two or three drives
00:56 where penalties stoned the drives.
00:58 And in a game like that, you've got
01:00 to score in those situations.
01:03 And we'll fix them.
01:05 We'll find a way to get better at that.
01:08 Coach Lanning said that you give a Heisman-worthy performance.
01:12 Is that something that you even think about right now?
01:14 No, it's not.
01:15 I just felt like I did what I had to do to win the game.
01:18 Our defense played really well again.
01:20 They stopped them.
01:22 They forced turnovers.
01:23 They created sacks and created disruption.
01:26 You knew a guy like that was going to get his plays in.
01:28 So they handled that.
01:30 And I felt like we put the defense in a bad spot
01:32 at the end.
01:34 It's in the fourth quarter.
01:35 You look up with 11 minutes left.
01:37 And we didn't do a whole lot.
01:39 And that's frustrating.
01:40 And I think we've got to look back at situations
01:43 we put ourselves in.
01:44 And we just got to attack better.
01:46 I think, at the end of the day, that's all that is.
01:49 And we had a little bit long faces.
01:52 And I just felt like the energy could have been better.
01:54 First, let's talk about Tez.
01:56 Did you see something, make a pre-check change?
01:59 What did you see?
01:59 What changed?
02:00 It was man to man.
02:01 I gave him a fade.
02:04 Hey, Bo, if your goal is to get to the playoff,
02:06 and you've got other one-loss teams like Alabama and Texas
02:10 kind of lurking behind you, do you
02:11 think the way you win, style points this time of year
02:14 are important or matter?
02:16 I just think you just got to keep winning
02:18 and let them worry with that.
02:22 If they want to worry about style points,
02:25 we just got to do our jobs and keep winning games.
02:27 And it'll put ourselves in a good position.
02:31 Obviously, the long touchdown to Troy,
02:33 and then hitting him again down the sideline.
02:36 Yeah, those were important plays in the game.
02:38 We love explosive plays.
02:40 We've got to figure out how to make more in situations
02:43 like the second half.
02:44 I thought we didn't do enough explosive plays.
02:47 And then, at the same time, when we got the pedal to the metal
02:51 and we were attacking, that's when we're at our best.
02:54 So we've got to find ways to do that.