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00:00 That is a pretty hostile place you guys are about to go into on Saturday.
00:03 Just how excited are you for the opportunity to keep this thing rolling?
00:07 >> I'm grateful for the opportunity to keep it rolling.
00:09 So it's a blessing to even come this far and be this far.
00:11 Just ready to play.
00:12 >> And the fact that you guys are so close to this, and
00:15 I know you guys don't have Jordan, but I mean,
00:17 the fact that you guys are so close to the finish line.
00:19 How is that kind of creating urgency and
00:21 everybody's trying to pick each other up at this point?
00:24 >> I wouldn't necessarily say urgency.
00:26 At the end of the day, we're still doing our same thing.
00:28 We do every week regardless if we're Travis or not.
00:30 At the end of the day, he's a big help, but
00:32 at the end of the day, we believe in what we got regardless.
00:33 >> How do you feel like you guys are playing as a defense?
00:38 [INAUDIBLE]
00:41 >> We've been playing very dominant.
00:42 It's just the little things, the little things, the little things.
00:45 Our own mistakes, like if something happened more than nine times out of ten,
00:48 it's a mistake on our part.
00:50 So I just feel like it's the little things that probably could really seal a deal for
00:54 us, but we've been playing pretty good, and we can do better.
00:57 >> What kind of challenges is it for
00:58 Florida to have another quarterback and kind of changing his style of quarterback?
01:02 This kid looks like he's more athletic.
01:04 >> Yeah, it's a challenge because there's a lot of stuff we haven't seen yet
01:06 because he hasn't played that much.
01:08 But at the end of the day, we're preparing for any and everything we can.
01:10 >> When it comes to that, like in the game this past week where they're throwing
01:15 out a bunch of stuff you don't normally see, how do you guys approach that?
01:20 I mean, how do you handle, are there rules that you still have to follow even though
01:24 they're going with a weird formation?
01:26 >> Yeah, there's a lot of rules we have to follow with those formations,
01:30 those gate formations.
01:31 So it was just something we haven't seen before, but we worked on it.
01:34 It was just in the moment, it was just going real fast.
01:36 But at the end of the day, we shut it down after a few plays.
01:40 >> How do you feel like you guys handled just everything during that game?
01:43 You had Jordan going down, like that.
01:46 >> I feel like we handled it how we needed to, honestly, at the end of the day.
01:50 So they got up on us, we lost our quarterback.
01:53 So at the end of the day, we knew what time it was.
01:54 We had to go and lock in.
01:55 >> How was it emotional for you?
02:02 >> Yeah, it was, but I couldn't just show up because at the end of the day,
02:07 I'm a leader on the team and I can't fold under pressure.
02:10 I gotta be the head guy and keep everybody rolling,
02:13 keep everybody in the right mindset while everybody else is kinda scattered a little
02:17 bit, I gotta try to bring it back together.
02:19 So I had to stay strong and at the end of the day, I care about travel, but
02:23 at the moment, I had to stay strong and keep leading for the team.
02:27 >> How have you been feeling lately?
02:28 I mean, what's the kind of management been with using you,
02:31 ref, Cal, and where are you at right now?
02:33 >> Honestly, I just do what I can.
02:35 I can't control how many reps I get or how many plays I get.
02:38 I do what I can with the plays that I get.
02:39 >> You go against Cain for a lot of practice.
02:43 What's your impression of him for a few years as far as how he's developed?
02:47 >> He's developed a lot.
02:48 He's gotten a lot better cuz when I first got here,
02:50 Nick used to book six of him all the time.
02:53 They used to call him pick six tape.
02:55 But he's gotten a lot better, tremendously better.
02:57 It's just time now.
02:59 So I feel like we're gonna show y'all guys, everybody that don't believe in him,
03:01 we're gonna show y'all why y'all should believe in him.
03:04 >> Is that some of you guys talk about people not maybe believing in this team
03:08 now that one of you guys is out?
03:10 >> No, we don't really care about it, but at the end of the day,
03:12 we know who we got and we know who we stand with.
03:14 We know tape and working at the end of the day just like we all have, man.
03:17 So we ride with tape regardless.
03:18 >> Yeah, you used to roll with it.
03:22 I just know the type of touch you have.
03:24 >> The focus.
03:24 >> The ball has come out.
03:25 So I'm just- >> Honestly,
03:27 just coming from practice, cuz I do it every day at practice also.
03:30 So when we bring it up to the heart at practice, I'm the first one in the middle,
03:33 and I'm the first one to bring it down.
03:34 So we just kept it rolling.
03:35 It wasn't necessarily like a sign to me.
03:37 It just happened.
03:38 >> It's always the same thing.
03:41 >> Yeah, it's always the same thing.
03:43 >> No, it's just the type of adversity that's left on us.