• 10 months ago
Anthony James spoke about his freshman indoctrination at the UW.
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00:00 How far from home from here?
00:01 About three hours.
00:02 How far?
00:03 Three hours.
00:04 Oh, three hours.
00:05 Okay, I thought you were from the Houston area, but now you're from the Dallas area,
00:07 right?
00:08 Yeah.
00:09 But still coming home to Texas, I know this has been your development year that most freshmen
00:12 have to go through.
00:13 What's it like for you coming home as one of the six Texans on the Husky roster to play
00:18 in a national championship game in your backyard?
00:20 It's just special being able to have all my family, just drive down.
00:25 It's expensive for them, so it's great to see them again.
00:29 We don't get that much time to see our families.
00:32 It's a drive, but I'm real grateful for it.
00:35 Are you kind of shocked by it all?
00:37 I mean, this team was four and eight two years ago before you got here, and last year they
00:42 turned it around, but still to get in the championship game and go unbeaten in college
00:45 football is really, really hard to do.
00:47 I'm not really shocked by it.
00:49 I mean, I saw the greatness in the team, the bond everyone had, why you committed.
00:53 This is why I'm here, the brotherhood they all showed me.
00:57 So how has it been for you with this first season of development?
01:03 It must be tough in trying to figure out which position, I think, and all that.
01:07 How would you discuss it?
01:09 It's hard because you don't really know where you fit.
01:14 You're trying to find all the pieces to put together and build it yourself.
01:17 But when you have other guys pushing you to help you out, so I figured that out.
01:21 It's really been no problem at all.
01:24 Now, you haven't had to feel a sense of urgency because it's been a bunch of veteran guys,
01:29 but they're probably all going to leave.
01:31 So maybe the sense of urgency shows up next year that you've got to get ready because
01:34 they're going to need to fill some spots.
01:36 I'm already getting ready for that because I want to be on the field as fast as possible.
01:41 I'm getting ready as soon as I can.