Oregon Ducks senior wide receiver Tez Johnson doubles down on his "hate" for the Washington Huskies after the Ducks beat their rival, 49-21, in Autzen Stadium on senior night. Johnson addressed his 'scary' injury and relays how personal the win is for him and his desire to put up "basketball numbers" on Washington. Johnson grew up a Ducks fan and lost twice to Washington as a junior, including an upset defeat in the Pac-12 Championship game.
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00:00I mean, it wasn't none.
00:06I think it was a little veterans break.
00:08It wasn't that much of an injury.
00:10So I'm back now though.
00:12All right, Brennan.
00:16That's just being able to go out like this.
00:19I mean, I guess you guys don't know
00:20if you're going to have another game back here or not,
00:22but I would assume you'd hope
00:23that you don't have another game back here.
00:26Being able to go out like this, what does it mean to you?
00:28It means a lot.
00:30I'm pretty sure all the seniors
00:31felt the same way about this game.
00:33It was the last game in Austin, and it was against Washington.
00:36Like I said, we hate them,
00:38and we try to put up basketball numbers.
00:41So they did it before, why not us?
00:43Are you sure that you hate them?
00:45No, I can't. I literally cannot stand them.
00:47I was watching film and just seeing the W.
00:50I cringed every time.
00:53We're in the middle, Joe.
00:58Tez, if you could take us back
00:59to when you did suffer that injury,
01:01you know, what was your level of concern
01:04about, you know, maybe missing the season
01:05and then just the relief of knowing
01:07that it wasn't that big of a deal?
01:10I mean, at the time, it was scary, obviously.
01:12I had it before when I was at Troy.
01:14I knew exactly what it was.
01:15It's just more scary this time.
01:19I think that my biggest concern was
01:21I never was going to play again type of thing.
01:23But obviously, that's not the case.
01:27Give the glory to God right there.
01:29The whole entire process, thankful for the medical staff,
01:33Nye Chief, Mama Steph, Bree, Travis, Laney,
01:38everybody in the medical room, the training room,
01:42because they just big shout-out for them
01:45because they stayed patient with me.
01:47Knowing me, I wanted to get back after the first week.
01:50When I knew I was coming back,
01:52and I knew it was against UW, I kind of was like,
01:55oh, yeah, it's going to be a war right here.