Tykee Smith Talks Injury During UT Martin Game

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00:00 >> All right, Tyke, first start since your days at West Virginia here tonight.

00:03 How'd you feel it went for you, man?

00:05 >> Definitely felt good to be out there, kind of getting the foot back in the game.

00:09 It's best to be out there being in a position I'm in to be able to help the team.

00:11 That's what was possible.

00:11 >> You spent a little time in the injury tent, some Georgia fans were worried.

00:14 Everything all right?

00:15 >> Yeah, everything's cool, man.

00:16 Gonna get the two-nil tomorrow, then I'll have to be straight.

00:18 >> So you guys let up a late touchdown right there,

00:20 like maybe the twos or the threes were in.

00:22 What's the mentality when it's like the fourth quarter, you all have zero,

00:25 you're on the sidelines encouraging your teammates?

00:27 What are you all saying to those young guys?

00:28 >> Basically, when you're out there, no matter what, if you're a two, three, four,

00:31 no matter which one is a one, you wanna feel your start, so

00:33 we want everybody to their standard.

00:34 Good defense is better offense.

00:36 The A, they got a chance to play through his hands, but

00:39 great defense from a young guy.

00:41 Keep getting him, you can walk out there and get on the team.

00:43 >> Look like you had a few TFLs tonight on some screen passes.

00:45 What's the key to dissecting that early and being physical?

00:48 >> Just us, like the preparation, the preparation that the coaches had planned

00:52 for us and then executing.

00:54 Basically trying to hold the edge, let motherfuckers run inside out.

00:56 Then they overplay and we try to slip blocks and go middle play.

00:58 >> Sort of a stupid football question, but on third down,

01:03 obviously you all tried out a lot of really athletic guys on the defensive front.

01:07 You have a team that started out 0 for 9 on third down.

01:10 What do you see from that third down package and

01:12 what are you all trying to deploy on third down?

01:16 >> Third down, that's basically money now, so we try and get on the field,

01:18 get third down stops.

01:19 We try and go three and all as much as we can.

01:21 That's what we preach, and I think we kind of did that tonight.

01:23 but I keep coming along, keep getting better.

01:25 I got a little stuff to clean up.