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Sooners' 2025 running back target Deondrae Riden speaks to AllSooners after helping DeSoto (TX) take down Summer Creek (TX) in the 6A state title game.
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00:00 >> So state championship, how does it feel?
00:02 >> Man, it's exciting, man, to do it for our head coach,
00:04 first team in the Soto history to go back to back.
00:07 >> So you got going pretty early, you got a touchdown on the board.
00:09 How did that feel to get loose?
00:11 >> Man, emotions was high, man.
00:12 I'm excited, man, no words can describe it.
00:15 >> So you guys have had a really successful season now.
00:18 How do you guys come back and duplicate that success next season?
00:21 >> I mean, get back in the lab, continue to work, don't get too high.
00:24 Enjoy it, but don't get too high, come back to work.
00:27 >> So, kind of shift the group to your improvement.
00:29 I know that you dropped your top ten in September, maybe.
00:33 And I know that OU was in there.
00:34 Since then, obviously, there's been an offensive coordinator change.
00:37 >> Yes, sir. >> Does that change your mind at all?
00:38 What do you think about that?
00:40 >> No, sir, I'm still like them with the guys, nothing changed.
00:42 I still believe in the coach's stuff over there.
00:44 I still believe in DeMarco Murray, that's my guy.
00:46 So nothing changed.
00:47 >> So you mentioned DeMarco Murray.
00:49 What's your relationship like with him?
00:51 >> Man, we got a strong relationship, that's my guy, man.
00:53 I talk to DeMarco maybe two times out the week.
00:56 We got a strong relationship, that's my guy.
00:59 >> So, just the fact that he played in the NFL,
01:00 does that make it more enticing to fight for a guy like him?
01:03 >> Yes, sir, cuz he a player coach, he's one of the best to do it.
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