Taki Taimani Ahead of Pac-12 Championship

Oregon Ducks defensive lineman discusses Oregon's defense ahead of the 2023 Pac-12 Championship.

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00:00 Go back to last week first. How nice was that tackle from behind on Martinez?

00:03 We went from the a gap to off the seat. Oh, it was good, you know

00:07 It's just kind of using using the things I've learned over the week and just realizing like

00:11 Oregon State kind of shot away to the to their inside running game and kind of works on a hit us on the edge

00:16 So the ability for me to just use that and just kind of get off the get off my block and just make it down

00:21 There and lost a little weight so made it a little easier, too. So it was fun. It was fun

00:25 That was a fun game, especially in the onsen man fans fans showed out. I think the team showed out

00:30 We showed what we could do and I'm just happy we came home

00:32 They just they kind of they kind of shied back to it I think they're relying on it a lot more

00:42 I think they're becoming a more balanced team, but they still can take those deep ball shots

00:47 I think Pennington does a good job of that and keeping the defense's honest

00:49 But I think they are starting to use that running game. I think those young guys there are finally starting to click

00:54 So for them, it's just they're trying to set the tone and show how physically they are impressed

00:58 It's like we're trying to stop the one show as we are. So I think it's gonna be interesting this Friday

01:02 You talk us as a team like Oh Oregon, um, I think we just show I think just our DNA traits

01:15 We just after that Washington lost man. That was a rough one, you know

01:19 I think that really hit home to a lot of us, you know, that's not the outcome we wanted and I think we just kind of

01:24 Came in went to the doctors and we just were like

01:26 It's one or done every week. You got it

01:29 That's how you have to attack every week and I think that's how we attack in the shows

01:32 And I think we just the way we practice was a lot of physical

01:35 I think that week after two was that was a rough week because we were just trying to take each other's heads

01:39 I've got a lot of built-up anger

01:40 But I think just showing how tough and physical we are and how we can just strain and uh, I know Lanny talks a lot

01:45 About it, but I think he's done a great job

01:47 The coach had done a great job of just allowing us to realize that like each day

01:50 We need to come in here to get better because a lot of teams get worse towards the end of the season

01:54 Whereas we can use that opportunity to get it 1% better every day