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USC Trojans Coach Lincoln Riley, quarterback Jayden Maiava, and Defensive Tackle Jamaal Jarrett discusses the pass rush against Purdue
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00:00Did you have to keep your legs fresh for that run of your year?
00:03Really, really, I don't even remember the play happening.
00:06I just looked up and seen the ball fall down.
00:08I said, oh, it's not.
00:10It kind of just went with instinct, you know.
00:12Is that the fastest you've ever run in your life?
00:16We have a couple clips in practice, you know, transition, running to the ball.
00:19It's kind of our emphasis on defense.
00:22What was it like on the sideline after that play?
00:24You know, it was my brothers, man.
00:25You know, we brothers support each other.
00:27You know, I had my family on the sideline supporting me, I had the fans, and it was awesome.
00:31Look at what went through your head when you saw him with the ball.
00:34Just hold on to it.
00:35Yeah, yeah.
00:36His ball security at the end left a little something to be done.
00:39But, yeah, what a huge play.
00:41I mean, just to, you know, to have the ability to hang on to that
00:44and then to return it all the way to the house was awesome.
00:47So, yeah, that's exactly what I thought,
00:49that John Jarrett was going to have a 70-yard intercept to return here.
00:54But big-time play.
00:55He's about a big guy here.
00:55He's been cool.
00:56He's been awesome in our locker room.
00:58He's had a great spirit ever since he walked in the doors of our program.
01:01So, I think, obviously, it was a big play in the game,
01:03and I think that's why I saw our sideline so jacked up was, you know,
01:07just how awesome he's been coming in and being a part of our program.
01:10What did you see from Kamari on that play as well?
01:13I need to see it on the iPad a little bit.
01:15I didn't see – I saw the beginning of it.
01:18I was watching coverage, and then all of a sudden I see the ball up in the air.
01:21So, I don't know that I'm educated enough yet to comment on it.
01:24Coach, what were your thoughts on the pass rush tonight?
01:27This feels good.
01:28It was good.
01:29I mean, we heated him up.
01:30I know, you know, Dan got to the point where we feel like we didn't have to call pressures.
01:34Obviously, we called a few, but we didn't have to call pressures to get there.
01:39We did a pretty good job in the run game too, but it was impactful, you know,
01:43and against a group like that that, you know, does so much in the run game
01:48and RPO game and all that, it's important that they feel that pass rush
01:52because, you know, they can take that away from you if you're not too careful.
01:56So, yeah, it was impactful,
01:57and it was consistently impactful throughout the entire game.
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