Sam Howell triggered the biggest offensive explosion in school history, setting several individual records in the process. He discusses the big day and the comeback win over Wake
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00:00I mean, that was the main thing, our defense was just stepping up.
00:03They really bowed down.
00:04The thing about this team is we have so many opportunities to quit today.
00:08We were down by I think 21 points in the second half.
00:10And I think a lot of the teams would have just quit and just kind of folded over and
00:15try to get the game over with.
00:16But we just kept fighting back on both sides of the ball.
00:18Defense was getting some key stops and we're making some big plays on offense.
00:21So it's really just a great team effort.
00:23I'm just proud of the way he has had the year.
00:25We kind of expect him to have this year just because of schematic things,
00:28it's the way the defense has been playing.
00:30So it was good to see him have a breakout game.
00:32I know he's a great player and he really is capable of doing it every single week.
00:36So it was definitely great to see him do that.
00:37I think the main thing is just celebrating that win.
00:39Like you said, we really don't care what it takes as long as we get it done.
00:45So I mean, it really, the performance,
00:47it don't really matter who has all the touchdowns as long as we get the win.
00:50But yeah, it definitely is.
00:51It feels good, just the type of game we have on the offensive side of the ball.
00:55The O-line did a really good job from all four quarters to keep me protected and
00:59did a good job on the run game and our receivers and
01:00our backs made some really good plays and our tight end.
01:03So it was just a great offensive effort.
01:06Yeah, I think you could say that.
01:07I think just as an offense as a whole, we kind of just got into a rhythm.
01:10I know everyone's making plays, the O-line was holding up up front and
01:13we're making some really big plays.
01:14So yeah, I think just as a whole on offense,
01:16we were just feeling it for most of the game.
01:18I think we had a slow start there in the third quarter.
01:21But other than that, as an offense, we were feeling it the whole game.
01:26I mean, I wouldn't say it was much different.
01:28I think the main thing was, we just had a lot of guys that are making plays.
01:32Coach Long had a really good plan and we went out there and
01:35just try to just complete the plan that he had for us.
01:38And things started working for us early on and it continued throughout the game.