Alphonzo Tuputala wasn't firm on his future at the CFP.
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00:00 >> You're a fifth year junior, is there any question about your return next year?
00:04 >> I haven't really been thinking about that to be honest,
00:06 I've just been so focused on what we got now.
00:08 >> It's not automatic, you're gonna have to sit and think about it?
00:10 >> I guess one of those, I'm just, we'll get there when we get there,
00:13 I'm just focused on what we gotta do now.
00:14 >> What's one moment that you want to remember?
00:19 >> I wanna say both Oregon games, the one at home, that was very special.
00:27 Great game, everybody rushing the field, but then also the Pac-12,
00:31 cuz that was, me personally, that was my first championship in all my years of sports.
00:37 I've never, high school, Pee Wee, that was my first championship, so
00:41 I think being able to have that under my belt against Oregon for
00:45 the Pac last year, the Pac-12, you couldn't have written it any better.
00:49 So I think those two, for sure.
00:50 >> What does that feel like?
00:52 >> What does it feel like to be the Pac-12 championship?
00:53 >> To have a championship for the first time in your life.
00:56 I was crying, I was singing on the sideline crying, I couldn't really believe it.
01:02 This is what I worked for, and this is what this team has worked for,
01:05 being able to come together and go this far, it's a blessing, man.
01:09 >> I think Coach Morales, they chose you guys, you didn't have a ton of roster,
01:14 but they brought in some transfers that year.
01:16 What was that like for you guys to sort of feel that?
01:19 >> Feel?
01:20 >> Chosen, these coaches, and not like they're gonna run off.
01:23 >> Yeah, I think to just show us Coach LeBord, just his loyalty and
01:28 his commitment to the players, because that was one thing that Coach LeBord told
01:32 us was that he's gonna stay committed to us.
01:33 He's all about the team, he's all about the guys that built this program up, and
01:37 he's done a great job of that.
01:38 Being able to trust us, being able to trust these players to go out there and
01:41 perform, that's the biggest thing.
01:42 That's what helped and built that relationship from team to head coach.