8/30/2024 Oklahoma RB Taylor Tatum postgame (OU 51 Temple 3)

kind kind of had a big big smile my my face just kind of like a my bige thing so yeah how fast is this going for you arriving in June already scored a touchdown now uh really fast you know just just the other day I remember moving in coach muray like oh we're so uh just just I like it though like things like Fast kind play so kind of how life mov enjoy you talk to dearco yet oh not yet not yet I'm sure I'll get a call later later tonight yeah we probably looking at some film find find a way to get get everybody better so just just waiting on that text and um you know we I'll probably watch a little something tonight Text shoot him a text to him how I feel about the game and we talk to freshman all the time that talk about the speed of the game how do you feel like that acclimated tonight to I I wouldn't say it's was too bad I feel like uh you know I'm pretty I'm a pretty fast player myself I like to I like things moving fast I like the fastpac so I feel like just just adapting to that was kind of easy for me that first run kind of get you going oh yeah for sure that that first little tackle that first little scrumble so it was good yeah that 45 yard run I mean that long one I mean what did you see on that play to to burst open on that one uh just just like the other one I just uh be a running back find a hole get vertical make a couple moves and just get as much yard as you can and obviously it was a a big win but what was the kind of the sentiment from the offense after the game and how you guys feel like you guys oh we um I feel like in a hole we did pretty good I mean if you scor that many points you're doing something good good but obviously there's there's there's uh always something to get better you know receivers block their butt off o line block their butt off you know we still had some misassignments Miss every everybody had some something they could improve on tonight so obviously we're going to enjoy the win we're going to look forward and watch the film but uh there's always something to get better so we'll probably enjoy the win tonight look tomorrow and just get better and look for the next week your first big time college game last time you ran the ball like that you were in high school what did that feel like out there with that crowd that music the lights that team oh it just felt great there's no other place I to do it and here you know just all all the people crowd crowd was definitely into it tonight uh Stadium felt felt even bigger when you're on it uh better than when you a recruit on the sideline looking in so just when you're on it you just have a burst of adrenaline and you know I I haven't been hit since last year U like November so just getting a getting hit again getting a live action speed again was definitely a great feeling was there a feeling feeling of familiarity oh yeah for sure carrying it you look up and there's a hole there and you hit it oh yeah oh yeah I definitely took me took me a little bit when I in the summer and in the fall Camp to get my groove but once I got that Groove I feel like keep getting better and better and um just enjoy the process also did you bounce one outside was it design to go that way or you just see the hole uh I probably just saw the hole I'm sure it was designed inside run linebacker fit fit the hole he supposed to fit and I just both both did our jobs find a hole made a play so probably what happened to be a multiport athlete you know you're working with baseball and with football is it mostly just football right now or you kind of working out with the uh yeah definitely definitely mostly football you know takes takes a lot of time and patience to be good at this game recovery film Playbook so I'm definitely def locking on football but I feel like just like I did in high school translate to college uh when I mean when I when we win a championship somewhere then I go go the next week to baseball get some rips in and just do my thing over there also what's been the preparation in that like just for this season what's been a preparation for you in football trying to get back here uh I'll probably say just taking advantage of everything they have here just the the recovery you know best coach in the nation best running back coach in the nation done it all been been here been to the next level done it all so just being around that type of guy being that type of coach just you have no you you canot get better everybody in that running everybody in that running back room we all push each other we all love on each other but we know it's a competition at RB room and on the field so just having a coach like that you just you canot get better mention the competition I mean you guys got