Evan Williams on Fumble Recovery vs. USC
Oregon defensive back Evan Williams discusses his fumble recovery in a 36-27 win over the USC Trojans.
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00:00 I feel like you recovered, you covered like 10 yards,
00:03 and like a blink of an eye.
00:04 Did you even think about that, or is that just your football?
00:07 Nah, man, I saw the exchange was a little murky,
00:10 and then I saw the ball on the ground,
00:11 and nothing was in my head.
00:14 It was just like I kind of snapped,
00:16 and I was at the ball already.
00:17 Yeah, when the ball's on the ground or anywhere
00:19 that I can get it, I kind of black out.
00:22 And then I try my utmost just to make a play.
00:26 But yeah.
00:27 Caleb Williams still got his, but you guys hold USC
00:29 to under 400 yards of offense.
00:31 Just how well do you think this defense is playing right now?
00:35 I mean, real well, but I think there's still
00:38 a lot we can clean up.
00:40 I mean, there's a lot of third downs and fourth downs
00:42 that I can name just off the top of my head,
00:45 where the situation could be completely different.
00:48 The game, like the end score, could be completely different
00:51 if we got off on a fourth down.
00:53 And a lot of sloppy penalties that led to drive continues
01:00 and eventually led to a touchdown.
01:02 So there's a lot to clean up.
01:06 But I mean, that's the beauty of football, right?
01:08 Get to go the next day, play another week,
01:10 and correct your mistakes, and do your utmost to just try
01:13 to be better.
01:13 But yeah, I think we're improving week by week.
01:17 It was definitely a great offense
01:18 that we just went against.
01:20 So kind of got to take it with a grain of salt, for sure.
01:22 If your goal is to get to the playoff, which I assume it is,
01:25 and you have to fend off teams like Alabama, teams like Texas,
01:30 do you think it matters how you win?
01:32 Do you think style points are important this time of year?
01:36 I wouldn't say style points.
01:38 I think a win is a win at the end of the day.
01:41 You definitely want it to be more definitive,
01:46 just as--
01:47 I mean, from a defensive perspective, at least.
01:49 You want to hold them to whatever you can,
01:52 and your offense to score as much as you can,
01:54 just so people around the country
01:56 understand what you bring to the table.
01:58 But at the end of the day, I mean,
02:00 if we go against Alabama, I don't
02:03 think we need many style points in those type of games,
02:07 as long as you come out with the W.
02:09 So yeah, but as I said before, I think there's definitely
02:13 a lot to clean up.
02:14 So yeah, definitely no moral victories from our perspective.
02:20 And yeah, we'll just go to the doctor tomorrow
02:22 and improve week by week.