Jackson Powers-Johnson previews this week's rivalry matchup against the Oregon State Beavers.
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00:00 Did you throw a shot put in high school?
00:03 >> [LAUGH] I tried, so it was the season of track before junior year for
00:08 COVID kind of shut everything down.
00:11 And I started kind of throwing shot put then COVID took that away with me.
00:17 I would have been an Olympic champion, but COVID and all.
00:21 I was throwing about like 70, 80.
00:23 No, but I tried to.
00:25 >> You were shooting real good, but about 70, 80.
00:27 >> Yeah, yeah, no, the shoe was thrown.
00:30 I just gotta say, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to Bell.
00:35 I go on Twitter and I see that, it's funny.
00:37 But no, I just couldn't get it back on.
00:40 I had all this finger tape and all my hands and I just, I couldn't get it back on.
00:43 So I decided to just take a playbook out of the White Sox and
00:46 shoot a Joe Jackson hit, so.
00:48 >> Won the rep.
00:49 >> Won the rep, yeah.
00:50 Hopefully that shows my PFF grade.
00:52 I don't know if they have an extra little thing there, but
00:54 that would be much appreciated.
00:56 >> What's the feeling going into this game?
00:59 Is it different than it was last year?
01:02 >> I mean, I think it's different every year.
01:05 It depends on the team that we both have.
01:07 And I think this one's just a little bit more special,
01:09 because it's one of the last times.
01:11 It's a rivalry game, I believe it's called.
01:14 It's played in the Pac-12.
01:17 And I think everyone's super excited.
01:20 Everyone's just preparing all out.
01:23 And really excited to play that team.
01:25 They're a great team, much respect to them.
01:27 And it's exciting that they're coming to the zoo this year.
01:31 And all the awesome fans will be excited and ready to go.
01:34 >> What did the emotions look like shortly after last year's game?
01:38 And Brandon was talking about how you guys spent a whole year to get vengeance.
01:42 What was that kind of like?
01:44 >> It sucked for sure.
01:45 I mean, yeah, no, it just sucked.
01:50 I think about it all the time.
01:52 I really don't go to Corvallis anymore.
01:54 I don't go near it.
01:55 That stung for sure, especially just because their fans stormed the field and
02:01 didn't do a lot of nice things to us.
02:02 And talking crap to my family.
02:06 I'll take that a little bit personal, but I'm really just focusing on the game right
02:09 now, but we think about it all the time.
02:11 That was more offseason fuel.
02:12 Now we're just game prepping, and it's just one day at a time.
02:15 And we're excited to play them.
02:16 They're a great team, much respect to them.