Okay hey uh Antonio um your your first snap as a Razorback winds up in a touchdown what was your what were your keys on that play and how did it happen um uh my keys on that play I was really just um just just showing out in the Box
Apex and kind of just a gap opened up my uh Diane Carter field because it was passed you know I got got a great rush and uh d-line my two two nose guards was was getting a good push push on that road line and then uh I kind of just
Scooted in and scooted in the Gap and just jumped yeah how did it feel that you know your first touch so to speak is a pick six and it opens the scoring for Arkansas in that game yeah I mean it was a great experience for me um just coming out of
The tunnel was was amazing you know what I’m saying seeing all those fans that’s wearing the same colors that I’m wearing and you know they’re cheering for me for us the Hogs and I played for the Hogs that was a that was a really good uh good good opportunity there for me
Uh hey uh boo you look pretty hungry when you got in there in the second half can you maybe just kind of talk about your mindset for that game um the monster that I had going in was really just to dominate uh you know I sought out the first half due to a
Targeting uh call of last week so I didn’t really get to play the whole game so going in I just wanted to make an impact and that was uh coach Pittman uh put a real emphasis on that he uh came up to me it was numerous times to come
Up to me in practice and he was telling me like you know you’re not gonna be out there the first half but when you get out there you know you need to you know basically uh introduce yourself again and things like that so when I got out
There I just thought to myself I need to make plays I need to put my name back out there what’d you think of Antonio’s play being in the right place right there man if I need if I give y’all my honest reaction I was really like caught off
Guard what he caught it but like it was like it was just an instant like as soon as he jumped and caught it like I just instantly started running down the sideline with him like like a proud parent or something so I’m just chasing him down the sideline the whole time and
Man like he said it was just it was just a uh electric atmosphere and it was just a great experience okay hey I want to ask both y’all real quick about maybe a scouting report on BYU um Pooh you know you guys won pretty handily there last
Year um is there you know reason to you know not have a letdown and when you face him can you talk about you know the weapons they have on offense and then Antonio if you could uh you know we just treat every game we treat everything like we playing against
Ourselves we play the Arkansas standard in every game uh BYU is a great team by the way uh you know they have a history of winning as we can see you know they have a great head coach um the running back they’re uh pretty good number two and 20 they’re two
Decent good uh bags they have a really good tight end uh number 83 and they also put number 99 back there today he’s a great run blocker and things like that they usually uh use him for like match protection and things like that but overall great team uh highly you know
Highly competitive and uh well coached and Antonio any thoughts about facing BYU what you see out of them uh really poo headed on the head to be honest here kind of cover all aspects of of them um but they’re a great team like he said
And the main team I just took him what he said was we playing the Hogs you know what I’m saying we go out and play Toronto standard um and really not focused on the opponent we will have a good game we’ll dominate these guys right
Yeah both you guys have you know kind of dealt with injuries from Fall camp and stuff and uh poo you had obviously the suspension how frustrating was that to you know with so much competition at the linebacker room and just how eager were you guys to finally get out there when
You had the opportunity just for both of you uh honestly you know I really didn’t look at it as a frustrating uh aspect I just looked at it you know a same package as being a leader uh just sitting back and just coaching up the guys that’s sitting
There like brass fence and things like that uh and then you know just keeping the engine alive on the sidelines you know I I understand that I was you know injured and I understand that I had uh got the targeting call and things like that but you know that doesn’t stop the
Leadership aspect of things and so I just prided myself on you know just being vocal with the guys and keeping Spears high so you know there was that wasn’t really into frustration because I knew that the defense was in great hands with guys that were displayed out there
They did a great job during the week uh preparing themselves so I was confident Antonio uh for me it wasn’t frustrating at all um always keep God first in my life you know what I’m saying or whatever he has for me will be for me um so it was just like another obstacle
That was just throwing in my way and then was a phased by it um got upset here and there but not much you know I just kept God first uh stay prayed up and I just took it day by day when you look at BYU and Arkansas too I
Mean Arkansas has had a little bit more success running but both teams kind of not getting off the ground the way they want running the ball what have you guys seen when you look at BYU running the ball and you know I mean I’m sure you guys see some areas where they could
Probably improve and probably have uh just watching film on those guys like I said they have a great day they have a great team so you know like those those guys you know they take it day by day I can tell just by watching the film and
They also have a great uh offensive line and things like that you know they got some guys that return they lost a few people but they were placed them with some uh some good competition up front so you know as long as we go out there
We play to the standard we should be fine Antonio you got kind of like a throwback look out there you got the neck roll from like the 90s and single digit linebacker is that something that you play into on purpose or is that just a style thing
Are you what’s the neck roll for yeah I’ve been I’ve just been doing that since high school always wanted to be like Ray Lewis growing up my dad used to send me videos of them and just motivational speeches always just watch them growing up wanted to imitate my
Game after him so that’s kind of just where I get it from thanks fellas uh um hey guys hey hey I get that you wanted to keep a positive attitude when maybe you’re a little banged up and had to sit out but just you know from a
Physical standpoint I guess are you a hundred percent just it looks like now there’s you know there’s nothing to restrict you whether it’s your knee or the targeting deal just how how anxious you just get out there and kind of just you know go go off on somebody
Man I’m highly excited you know this is my you know first real you know real game is playing a full game and things like that just to get in front of the Razorback crowd you know just the atmosphere and the you know just the energy that they bring I just know man
It’s gonna be a great Saturday and uh you know I stopped back you know I just prided myself on you know once I come back you know it’s I got a lot of makeup for I got a lot to make up for and that’s fine I just want
To sit back you know just uh first off like Antonio said just thank God for everything and go out there and play my best brand of football I’m excited I’m anxious I’m ready yeah I think in the old you know I didn’t really pay attention to see on the selling but I
Think in the old days ejected for targeting they had to stay in the locker room or so but you were able to be out there the whole half and if so kind of what was it like watch and you know um so I I was able to stay on the sideline
I was able to stay on sideline and um it you know just to me like I said earlier you know it wasn’t you know it wasn’t anything for me to just keep on leading those guys and just keep being that positive you know role model for
Those guys and things like that so you know even though I had got thrown out of the game and I you know I knew what I had done was wrong at the time and I talked to coaches and the players and things like that and I apologize to them
But you know I shot back and you know I just kept bringing the energy they came over I showed them things that they could do that’ll help them put them in better position and things like that so you know I just kept the leadership aspect alive uh once I got taken out the
Game and then Tony you’ve been here a few months now and gotten to know poo pretty well I assume you know but you’re older but he’s been here longer kind of what and he seems like a team leader for a young guy what what’s your take on
Pooh just uh from from a total standpoint as a team guy uh kind of linebacker is a real stand-up guy you know what I’m saying not only isn’t my teammate my brother he’s also my fraternity brother um I was able to watch him go through um things within his paternity journey
And was able to help him out and that was a great experience for me as well as for him and kind of brought a bond together off the field which is for surely more important um because I for surely fight for him even more on the field
Um but he’s a great guy great great kid you know what I’m saying um stand up guy like I said um I know he’ll go for you I know that for sure you know what I’m saying great leader um you don’t stop talking on the sidelines sometimes I’ll be telling him
To be quiet uh he’ll stop talking uh good energize God always energize whether it’s lift or always asking questions and meetings and taking notes and stuff like that so he’s a great person and really great person to be around thanks Jackson uh well after all those nice words from
Antonio I just want to check who are you saying you were you know caught off guard because you were surprised he caught the ball like why were you caught off guard by uh Antonio’s interception on the touchdown it was just like it was just a great instinct to play and
Like you know sitting there you thinking you know he ran up you know things like that he because he put himself in perfect position like I didn’t know you know that he was just gonna run up and just you know vertical jump and intercept the ball so when he did catch
It you know all I could do was just jump up and just start like like I said just start running down the sideline with him like you know like so he caught I just jumped I dropped my helmet jumped up with him and I ran to like ran down the
Sideline with him until he was in his arm so I was just it wasn’t I knew he could catch he he uh he’d be catching all the passes that uh Indian stuff like that so you know he got great hands so I knew he would catch it if he did get his
Hands on the ball but it just caught me off guarded that aspect I got you just wanted to clarify uh for both of you I mean it’s been a pretty good start for the defense and this is kind of like the biggest you know no offense to the other
Two teams but the biggest test of the year so far just what are you liking most from what you’ve seen from the defense that you feel like can kind of be consistent throughout the season guys who just want to compete you know uh you know people that you know just
Love the game of football and just love what they do and do it with a passion and things like that so you know that’s one thing I can say we’ve been consistent on you know it’s always going to be something that you have to fix
After the game no no team is perfect no game plans perfect things of that nature everybody mess up but the way that we go out there and we carry ourselves the mentality that we have you know that’s what that’s what stays consistent that’s what keeps me excited every weekend every day Demetrius
I know Antonio Greer kind of mentioned uh his connection with Omega sci-fi can you talk about the celebration that everybody kind of did on that play with you Kimball and girl out there and uh you know what it means to be out there with your Fried Brothers
Um well first of all it was a great play by pool’s uh goal line that was I’m really trying to run the ball down our throat uh man I was personally from my point of view I was kind of just saying the edge coming up the edge
And all I just hear is this cloud and that’s done just this pool part coming down here man making a great play and I was just I was I was more than excited for him because I mean because we practice that drill so much we’re doing an Indian then just to see that
Translate from Indy to or from practice to the game it was it was great to watch it and it was a great play it was a great play and uh just just having having the guys out there man it’s just we you know I’m saying this is I can’t
Even explain to be honest with you it’s a great experience and uh one in a lifetime to be honest with you I have three dogs on the field like that man the picture was amazing that we had and for all of us just to be out there and
The Brotherhood the Brotherhood that we share together is also amazing so it was it was really good good experience how can you comment on that as well and uh honestly with this as far as like the celebration standpoint just shows that the love that we have for each
Other uh runs deeper than just ball and things of that nature like he said we have great relationships off the field so you know it pushes us to go harder for each other on the field and things like that so us doing the celebration wasn’t just you know just doing that
Just a little cooler and things like that it was just for us to show like the gene would love that we have in the excitement that we have for each other so that that was as far as like the celebration aspect know that Daniel
If I just wanted to touch on BYU for a second what what specific challenges does the quarterback present to y’all he’s been well traveled for a while for either of you who wants to take it uh just a great uh just a great leader you could tell uh the offense uh
Revolves around him uh and he’s really just a probably just a great overall guy I can see that everybody like I said I can see everybody on offense respect makes him respects his game uh he he has good Vision uh great arm by the way he
Can uh he does a great job with selling out his fakes and things like that so it’s gonna be a challenge for us this weekend we’re ready for it so I’ll bless one oh okay yeah perfect forgot to ask about that that fourth down play I mean you
Made quite a few plays once you were able to get out there but what was your perspective on on that play at the goal line I think maybe it was the second down I might be wrong about that uh it was there it was a third down play yes
Sir uh like I said it was just really just going back on when I was saying man just go out there and having a dominant performance you know like I I sat back the whole first half when I came back and you know I told myself I gotta make
It up to these guys I got to make me some plays and my pops always told me uh bedtime players make big time plays when it comes down to it and so I came down and I made a big time play and you know yeah he was just really exciting yeah
Well you know that I think that’d be the dream of any defensive player to score a touchdown but you you scored one a couple years ago you had a pick six against I think it was Tulsa um how cool is that to score two touchdowns as as a defensive player
Um be honest with you I’m looking to score more and that was just to start a great start that I that I had and grateful for my d-lineman and my DBS that was out there that was covering very well and you know the d-line getting a great push up front so I can
Uh drop in the window and catch up and catch the ball and give you no blocking for me for me to be able to um get into the end zone and we practice that a lot as well we do it for a game so it was like I said it’s really good
To translate that from practice and things like that into a real life game experience and it was I mean the best thing I liked was to crowd like it was it was crazy I mean it was unbelievable I can’t wait to to get to BYU um this
Weekend and see the atmosphere I know the fans going to be out there it’s not going to be as hot and it’s going to be a great I just can’t wait it’s gonna be a great experience and we’ve had two games two linebacker pick sixes is there any kind of
Competition going on between you guys like do you feel like man I Gotta Give me one too man okay I’m glad you said that because I sat back on the linebacker in the linebacker room the other day and I told them I said man I
Gotta be next and it’s I I gotta be next to catch a pixie you know and so like I was just messing around with those guys and I was telling you know uh Brad Smith’s first series I think he caught a pick six and then uh Antonio’s first
Play up like of him being a Razorback was a pick six so I was like man I gotta be next so you know it’s not really it’s not really a competition we all uh you know what I’m saying we all I’m we all happy for each other like I said like
Once Antonio caught the peak season man you could see like the happiest people out there with the linebackers because we like to see a success from each other but yeah I’m gonna be next and Turner can you make that sound effect again when Phil hit the guy what was that what you used
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