USC Trojans Coach Lincoln Riley, Defensive Tackle Devan Thompkins, and quarterback Jayden Maiava discusses skill players stepping up during big moments

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00:00Kyle scored his first rushing touchdown of his career today when you handed the ball off to him.

00:04Can you walk us through what you were seeing on that play and just how versatile the tie is?

00:08Yeah, I mean, we practiced it all week and weeks before like that.

00:11But I mean, you know, anytime the ball is in his hands, you know, something big is about to happen.

00:16I think you called me in a play today.

00:18Do you have to spend that being a short-term thing or?

00:21I would say still inconclusive right now.

00:23Honestly, it was something that kind of popped up middle of the week from the game

00:27that was a little bit unexpected, but we're going to have to see how it goes.

00:31It's not a, you know, I don't think it'll be super long, but at the same time,

00:36I certainly can't see her today and say he's for sure going to play, you know,

00:39next week or in the coming weeks.

00:41Are you concerned with Elijah Page?

00:43Nothing, not too major.

00:44I think it's something he'll be able to bounce back from.

00:47The way they...

00:48What do they mean to have such a balanced attack on offense tonight?

00:51That was important.

00:52You know, we challenged the guys from a physicality standpoint.

00:54We knew that was going to be a key coming into the game.

00:56And with our, you know, line, backs, everybody really, you know,

01:00really played well, tight ends.

01:02We broke a lot of tackles.

01:04You know, Wayne and Eli, those guys were really impactful.

01:06So, a real complete performance by those guys.

01:09Without Jacoby, how did you see Makai just respond,

01:12especially when there's going to be more attention on him?

01:14Yeah, I mean, I think he was just ready to play, just kind of himself.

01:18And we had some other big contributions from guys like, you know,

01:20Jaden Richardson and obviously Tanook, and then the tight ends were impactful.

01:24So, yeah, I mean, I think anytime something like that happens,

01:28other guys got to be ready to step up.

01:29And I thought our other skill guys did that.

01:31Have a great time for everyone.

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