USC Trojans discuss their mindset against Iowa

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USC Trojans wide receiver Makai Lemon, coach Lincoln Riley, and inside linebacker Eric Gentry discusses their mindset at halftime against Iowa. Riley talks about how they felt lights out and their energy for the game.

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00:00You talked about how one of the standards

00:03is why we keep raising it, we got

00:05for the ground that, especially with our athletes.

00:08So how do you feel like the potential is going forward?

00:12It's great.

00:13We're still relatively young there.

00:15And I think each one of these battles,

00:18we learn more and we just keep growing.

00:20And it's fun to see some of these young guys really

00:23contributing and feeling their impact.

00:25And our depth, I think, is starting to really matter,

00:27which this is the time of year that that shows up.

00:29And so, no, they were huge today.

00:32You fired up, talking about the tunnel after this.

00:34Where did that emotion go from?

00:36Oh, man, for my team.

00:39Like in the second half, was there a play, a possession event?

00:42Did you feel like, OK, we're going forward now?

00:46No, I mean, I think, obviously, getting points

00:48on that first drive was big, even though we didn't score a touchdown.

00:51And then we just kind of got on a run from there.

00:53And it just felt like we were going to stop them every time,

00:55felt like we were going to score every time.

00:58And so I think now more just the guy's approach at halftime

01:02and just the look in their eye, the energy in that room

01:05at halftime was you could, I felt very strongly we were

01:09to come back out and make a run.

01:10We're going back to halftime.

01:13Bye.

01:14And I'm just going back to halftime.

01:18We're going back to half.

01:19There are some people that we were doing here.

01:22If it's like, I won't be in there.

01:23And I try to draw these questions.

01:25I've heard a lot of people in my room.

01:26I hope so.

01:27You know?

01:28I spent a lot of time plotting something,

01:29and that, I know, I've learned this,

01:31and I think, I really want to keep it moving.

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