Dillon Gabriel TU postgame

Watch Sooners quarterback Dillon Gabriel meet the press after OU's 66-17 win at Tulsa on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

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00:00 That's what I've been told.

00:02 He's got a really good technique, so just putting that all together, it's a beauty of him.

00:06 So you did a little rebound, you let him come forward,

00:08 and started off with some of the winning he did, and you were saving it.

00:11 What does that say about him and just his ability?

00:13 Yeah, he's funny because he's a guy who really does have a short memory,

00:18 and he's able to just bounce back and flush it.

00:22 But just seeing the two things he put together, and then finishing on the pads, it's a testament to him.

00:27 It really is how he works.

00:28 How do you feel like you guys are getting involved in improving it as an offensive team?

00:33 Learning how to win in different ways, and learning how to play a different type of offensive game

00:42 and offensively, and running the ball, throwing it, and then situations.

00:47 I'm very proud of our guys doing that.

00:49 We've got to continue to exercise that, and it'll be really good.

00:52 How big could a day like this be for Nick?

00:55 I think the world of Nick, and I think he's a very special human being.

01:00 Just how big he is, how fast he is, and how well he's able to get in and out of cuts, it's all to do.

01:05 But just his ability to do that, on top of him being such a great person and his work ethic,

01:12 I think this is the start of something special for him, and I'm excited to see what he's got.

01:16 You guys were 3-0 last year. What feels different about this 3-0 start?

01:21 It's a whole new year. Just staying present in the moment, what it is right now.

01:25 I'm proud of our guys, fighting, and continuing to work through adversity at certain times in it.

01:33 It is what it is. We're clipping the page, and it's next week for us.

01:40 You're pushing some great numbers in your team here.

01:43 I mean, if the line-play on the end wasn't great, right?

01:46 When you look at the stat sheet, sometimes you say, "Wow, we're in the middle of the day."

01:53 Unfortunately, there's no time for that.

01:56 Maybe down the road, but for me, I'm just focused on continuing to get better,

02:00 continue to be great for this team, and be a great leader, and be a great teammate.

02:05 I just look at it as an opportunity to look back at what we missed and continue to get better at that.

02:11 All it takes is a W for me.

02:17 Your receivers were mocking you.

02:19 Killing it. Competitive players, and they took advantage of us.

02:23 How did you finally get tossed?

02:25 Really good. It wasn't talked about, and I'm kind of glad.

02:29 Just being on this side of it, obviously, had played here and played at the other spot.

02:37 But God works in mysterious ways, and just being able to play that mechanics, can't write the same.

02:45 I was told that that was a sticking point during the week, that meetings just happen.

02:50 For sure. Something I've always remembered, in not a great way,

02:58 but just something that sticks with you, and being able to end it the right way does feel good.

03:03 What do you think about Nick Anderson today? He's going out there.

03:07 Yeah, Nick's very talented. He's a freak, and he's a great kid, like I was saying.

03:14 I'm just proud of him. I've seen all his hard work, and now seeing him in person for him.