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UW co-defensive coordinator Chuck Morrell applauded Jabbar Muhammad's efforts at Oregon State.
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00:00 >> How would you sort of encapsulate Jabbar's season?
00:02 Obviously, he had the big game Saturday, but as a whole, how would you describe
00:05 the- >> Awesome, that was fantastic.
00:07 I think his preparation level, his determination, his focus,
00:11 his football IQ, his skill set.
00:14 It's just not a surprise when he goes out and has a dominant,
00:17 I mean, really dominant game.
00:18 You think about statistical domination.
00:21 He had as good a game as anybody's had playing corner the whole season
00:25 in the conference.
00:26 And it's one of those things that's expected just because you know
00:30 the inner workings and how much time and effort and
00:33 energy that he puts into it on a weekly basis.
00:35 And we trust him, we trust him to be on an island,
00:37 we trust him to play different positions.
00:39 We trust him to be involved in special teams and
00:44 really pleased with where he's at for us right now.
00:47 >> Chuck, you give up the 16 play drive and then the offense goes three and
00:51 out, you go back out there.
00:52 And I'm curious about toward the end of that, getting the stuff to the field as
00:57 opposed to giving up what would be a good touchdown.
01:00 What did you see late in that drive that you guys did to get off the field?
01:04 >> Mental toughness.
01:05 I mean, honestly, when it boils down to it, going back to 16 play drive,
01:09 first of all, we had some opportunities to get off the field there, and we need to.
01:11 It's a couple of second and long executions that we allowed them to keep.
01:16 You get a team into second and 12, you're starting to talk about third down and
01:21 getting your third down package out there and obviously allowing them to convert
01:25 some second and longs and keep that drive alive.
01:27 Meanwhile, keeping our offense on the sideline, which is never a benefit to us.
01:30 But those guys just bouncing back and even after the three and out,
01:34 I think there was a real sense.
01:36 It was coming off a TV timeout and just the emotion of our guys.
01:42 Like really excited to go back out there again,
01:45 really understanding that the game was on the line.
01:47 And gonna fight, scratch and claw with every ounce of energy in their bodies to
01:53 be able to get the stop and walking into it,
01:57 that series pretty confident to be honest with you.