Duke beat Charlotte, thanks in part to a big day from Chris Rumph, who had three sacks. He discusses the win, his day, and the contributions from the other units.
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00:00 >> I like coach, I would know coaches has to be a get off attack style front.
00:04 No, we had a great week, great two weeks of practice leading up.
00:08 We saw what they were doing.
00:09 First of all, you gotta give credit to the office line.
00:11 The office line is a very good office line.
00:13 You know, they gave us all they can handle.
00:15 They definitely made us work for it.
00:17 So you gotta give them credit.
00:18 But like I said, we just brought the intensity.
00:20 We know this next half of the season is very important to us.
00:22 So we want to start off on the right note.
00:24 We had a lot of guys make plays.
00:26 I think we had two block punts.
00:28 So all over the field, you can find guys that made plays.
00:31 So it wasn't just me.
00:33 It was a great team win and a great team effort.
00:35 I just tackled today.
00:37 I have coach Albert making sure I finish my sacks and
00:42 make sure I finish plays in general.
00:44 I think that's the whole mentality of our defense is finishing.
00:47 Excuse me.
00:50 We've been a good first half team, but we have to finish the second half of games.
00:54 And that goes with tackling the quarterback, the running back, whoever.
00:57 It doesn't matter.
00:58 So our whole mindset going into this game was finishing.
01:01 So I had to do my 111 today.
01:03 I don't think any defense wants the offense taking a longer score.
01:06 We want the offense to score as many points as possible.
01:09 They did a great job today.
01:11 They were flying around.
01:12 Chase was slinging it.
01:13 I think, I don't know, Deion had a touchdown.
01:15 Jordan had a touchdown.
01:17 Gunner had a touchdown.
01:18 So that offense was firing on all cylinders.
01:21 So you gotta give them credit, giving us confidence going back on the field,
01:24 knowing that when we give them the ball back, they're gonna score.
01:27 Special teams is a very important part of a whole program.
01:32 Special teams has a power to change games.
01:35 And if you get two block punts in any game, I think that'll give you an advantage.
01:38 So Coach KB, I can't say enough about him.
01:41 He's one of the best special teams coordinators I've ever been around.
01:45 You know my history, my dad and everything.
01:47 So Coach KB is one of the best, very best.
01:49 So he did a great job in preparing us over these two weeks of having a game plan.
01:53 And then it was on us to execute it.
01:55 So you gotta give him credit and the guys who blocked the punt today.
01:59 Yeah, it's a special game.
02:00 But at the same time, we just won this game.
02:03 So we're gonna enjoy hanging out with our teammates, enjoying this win,
02:07 getting back on the right track.
02:08 It's Halloween night, so we're not gonna go out and do anything crazy.
02:12 We're just gonna be around each other and have a good time.
02:14 Maybe you can ask me Tuesday or Wednesday about North Carolina.
02:18 But right now we're gonna have a good time in the locker room.