Last touchdown
On how he scored his last touchdown...
"I honestly don't know. I just bounced off. They didn't wrap up, and I walked in."
On if he anticipated that Oregon State would get behind the line like that...
"No, but it happens sometimes. They had guys come off each edge, and I had to make a move so I didn't get killed. It ended up a touchdown."
On if he's been working on his spin move...
"My dad taught me those. I worked on them when I was young, and we work on them here. Coach Poore does a good job with us, coming up with things that will happen in in-game situations. I've definitely been working on them."
Shannon Brooks
On starting with Shannon Brooks injured...
"I was prepared for it...I knew heading in that Shannon was banged up and he was going to be out, so I just had to do my best and keep the team on my back as much as I could, and I think I did an okay job with it."
On Shannon giving him grief...
"I tripped up on a couple of runs that should've been longer runs, but it's good that he's on me about that, making me better. I'm on him, when he gets back, I'm going to be on him, and it makes us better. I feel like we work well together."
More quotes from Rodney Smith:
On changes running behind a new blocking scheme...
"I feel like it's not too different. We just run more zones. It's been really eye candy to a running back. Sometimes you might miss cuts, and backdoor cuts, and side cuts, but that's just what comes when you're running zone. I'll have to look back at film; I'm sure I missed cuts tonight. But it's not too different. It's just having the mindset that you're going to miss cuts."
On how the offense pulled it together in the third quarter after a rough start to the game...
"We have confidence in one another. We knew what we had to do to win the game. It's definitely something that we knew we needed to fix. Those are definitely things that we know we need to work on moving forward, but at the end of the day, we knew what we had to do at the end of game to pull the win out."
On if the bad snaps and penalties happened in camp or for the first time tonight...
"First time tonight. I think everyone was kind of nervous for the first time under Coach Jay's offense. But I think we showed the offense that we're capable of being; we just have to minimize mistakes."
On if he thinks he's gained speed...
"Yeah, I've gotten stronger and faster. Coach Klein and the strength staff, they've done a great job with me. Summer workouts is always tough for me; I don't know why. It definitely paid off for me later in the game."
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