USC Trojans discuss confidence in their run game

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USC Trojans wide receiver Makai Lemon, coach  Lincoln Riley, and inside linebacker Eric Gentry discusses confidence in their run game. Riley talks about how the believe in running the ball and the importance of the run game.

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00:00Although the production wasn't there on the ground, you stuck with the run.

00:04What were you seeing in the run game that gave you confidence to know that

00:08other games would open up from that? Yeah, I mean, we had some opportunities early

00:12that we missed, but that's just, you know, part of it, the game, certainly part of it, the conditions

00:16and, you know, we believe in running the football here. I mean, we just do. You have to do it

00:19to win games. You have to do it when you play in different styles of games

00:24or different types of, you know, obviously elements and all of that.

00:27So, yeah, I mean, we're not going to give up on it. We've been one of the best teams

00:32in the country running the football, so that's not going to stop.

00:34Eric, what's the difference that you saw with the defense in the second half?

00:37I think people just being more focused, I think it's like a boxing match,

00:42so, like, not everybody going to know how stuff goes in the first half.

00:46Sorry. But just understanding that, you know, honing in

00:50and trusting the coaches, but more importantly, trusting ourselves.

00:53I think the aggressiveness went up, and more importantly,

00:57to be honest, everybody just believed in ourselves.

00:59I was telling Coach Link, like, you know, I don't know.

01:01We just really more focused in doing it than saying it.

01:04So...

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