TCU linebacker Shadrach Banks talks 42-17 win over Baylor on Saturday
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00:00 >> It's been a second since you guys got a win.
00:01 How nice did it feel to not only get a win but
00:04 beat Baylor last time game of the season?
00:06 >> Man, it felt amazing, man.
00:08 Man, we all just wanted to go out there last home game of the season.
00:12 We had a lot of seniors.
00:14 So we just all wanted to play hard for them.
00:17 Especially Baylor, nobody liked Baylor.
00:18 So yeah, so we just wanted to go out there, give it our all.
00:23 We knew we gave it our all, even with the mistakes and
00:26 everything else that was gonna come out the door.
00:28 >> I wanna say, I think you led the team in tackling today.
00:30 I guess what was just working for you individually today?
00:33 >> Man, really I just wasn't thinking too much when it went ahead.
00:37 Just going downhill, really, that's really all.
00:41 >> It looks like you guys were really prepared.
00:43 It was like sometimes you knew what play was coming before they did.
00:46 Did you guys have a lot of extra time to prepare this week and
00:50 just watch film on that?
00:52 >> Man, yeah, I mean, Baylor be running some crazy gap schemes and
00:57 run plays like that, but I think we was pretty prepared.
01:00 The linebackers always, I mean, we meet as a position group by ourselves.
01:07 So I think we was prepared and we kinda already knew what was coming for a play.
01:11 >> What's been clicking for y'all these last six quarters,
01:15 like at the end of the Texas game and then kept up that defensive performance today?
01:19 What's been clicking for y'all?
01:20 >> I think we've just been playing great time for Mary football.
01:25 Everybody's been playing good, offense making plays and defense making plays.
01:30 Special teams making plays, everybody's just making plays,
01:32 everybody's playing hard, and everybody putting it all on.
01:36 >> What did you think of Jared Wiley's performance today?
01:39 >> Man, yeah, man, he was going crazy.
01:41 I always be talking about how I've never seen him break.
01:46 Finally got to see him run today.
01:48 [LAUGH] But yeah, he had it.
01:52 That was a beast game right there.
01:53 Kinda look like me in high school.
01:55 >> [LAUGH] >> He's a guy you've had to defend and
01:58 practice a lot this year.
02:00 What makes him such a tough challenge?
02:03 >> I mean, I think he's just real smart.
02:05 You know the angles of when he'd be in good position with the box.
02:11 He used his body, big body.
02:13 He used his body to get open.
02:15 So that's really it.
02:18 He's just an all around good football player.
02:21 >> How good does it feel as a defense to get all those fourth down stops?
02:24 >> [LAUGH] Man, when we had four down come,
02:27 we just a whole different animal clicking everybody on the defense.
02:32 We all going downhill, we all just trying to get a stop.
02:36 We're working on it a lot, so I'm not surprised by it, but
02:41 it feels really good to go to the fourth down.
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02:45 >> How important for, was it for
02:47 you all to make sure the Blue Bullet trophy stayed in Fort Worth?
02:51 >> I mean, I know they just came up with it, but
02:55 they've really been here for a while now, at least three years.
02:58 But I mean, now they just put a trophy to it.
03:03 I mean, it's just, it's Baylor.
03:07 We don't like Baylor, so it just feels real good to get it up again three years in a row.
03:12 >> You mentioned them already earlier, but
03:15 talk about how important the senior class is to you.
03:19 >> Man, there's a lot of guys in the senior class that put a lot into this program
03:23 before the coaching staff came.
03:27 And when they first, when they got here, guys like John Lance,
03:32 Andrew Coker, Brandon Coleman, the whole line.
03:37 They really been leaders since, really since I got here, so yeah.
03:43 >> When Hoover's clicking like he was today,
03:45 does it give you a confidence on the defense?
03:48 >> Yeah, we see the offense making plays, we just feel like we gotta make a play too.
03:53 So yeah, we have a lot of confidence, we're not crazy like that.