USC Trojans Coach Lincoln Riley, Defensive Tackle Devan Thompkins, and Quarterback Jayden Maiava discusses believing in the Trojans team all around

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00:00Coach, with the way the D-line performed,

00:01because most of the game they had like almost under 50 yards rushing.

00:05How do you, do you feel like the vision that you had coming in,

00:08do you feel like they've exceeded it, especially the defensive line?

00:11Man, I got high standards for our D-line.

00:14So I don't, I wouldn't say they've exceeded it,

00:16but I would also say I'm really excited about the way we're playing

00:19and just we're impacting the game.

00:21Like you just, every game we've played up to this point,

00:24you feel the presence of our defensive line.

00:26You feel our depth, and it's fun seeing those guys continue just to grow

00:31and get better because we still have so many like kind of new young faces

00:34that are contributors along with some older guys like Dev that have been here.

00:37But the group's got a great vibe about them.

00:40They're hungry, and I think they're going to keep getting better and better.

00:43Is there any concern with the secondary?

00:45There seems to be a big breakdown once again right now.

00:48Yeah, we had the one early in the game, you know, that just, that's, you know,

00:52again, can't happen.

00:53And that's the big one that obviously hurt us

00:56and kind of, you know, gave them a 40-something-yard touchdown pass

00:59there right there to begin the game.

01:01So, you know, we did a good job bottling it up after that.

01:04Obviously, we gave up the late one-on-one ball there at the end.

01:07But, yeah, we've had, like you said, about one of them a game,

01:10and we've got to put a lid on it.

01:12How would you say the defense did, or the defensive front did,

01:15in terms of containing good jobs?

01:17I feel like we did well as a group.

01:21You know, obviously, like Coach said,

01:22we're never satisfied with the results that we had.

01:25Coming into the game, we definitely thought we would be better

01:28from that standpoint.

01:29But, you know, like he said, we just got to continue to improve.

01:32But I feel like we did what we could today.

01:35Coach, over 500 yards of offense tonight.

01:39Offensively, do you feel like you've gotten your swagger back with this group?

01:43Do I feel like I've gotten my swagger back?

01:45They never left.

01:48Yeah.

01:49I mean, I just believe in what we do,

01:51and I believe the people we have in here.

01:52I believe in the defense that we go against every day.

01:55And the guys are playing some good ball right now.

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