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Congrats to KEIVARAE!!!!!!!!

pick was amazing but he also had the tipped ball that max intercepted... he stepped up huge.
 
And then K. Russell tipped the ball to Max Redfield for his int !

K. Russell is coming on strong ! Just in time for our Championship run !

And Elijah Shumate played a great game ! So did Cole Luke ! And Devin Butler played great on special teams !

Go Irish !!
Beat Temple !!
 
Been waiting on those type of plays from everyone in the secondary not named Cole Luke. Maybe the momentum from the 4th quarter can light a fire under the secondary to carry them out the rest of the season. Huge win hopefully it will pay dividends in recruiting.
 
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According to Russell, he had to bring his confidence and toughness to the surface to make his stunning interception against a streaking Smith-Schuster.

“I’m on my own all day,” Russell said. “I’m going against a good player. I had to realize that he’s going against a good player, too. I am the best corner he’s going against all year. I was like, ‘Let me start playing.’

“The times they threw at me in the fourth quarter, they didn’t have a completed pass, because I started really challenging the receiver. I started playing the ball more. I mentally took on myself. I said to myself, ‘Be the athlete you are. Be the player everybody knows you can be, and the player you know you can be. Start making more plays.’ I had to turn it on. It’s the fourth quarter, and the game is close. We keep talking about making the big play on defense, but we haven’t made it. Just go out there and make it. I told my team, I always make plays against S.C. I said, ‘I’m going to make a play. I always make plays against USC.’ I told the staff, ‘I’m going to make a play against USC.’ That’s what I do. I find a way.”
 
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According to Russell, he had to bring his confidence and toughness to the surface to make his stunning interception against a streaking Smith-Schuster.

“I’m on my own all day,” Russell said. “I’m going against a good player. I had to realize that he’s going against a good player, too. I am the best corner he’s going against all year. I was like, ‘Let me start playing.’

“The times they threw at me in the fourth quarter, they didn’t have a completed pass, because I started really challenging the receiver. I started playing the ball more. I mentally took on myself. I said to myself, ‘Be the athlete you are. Be the player everybody knows you can be, and the player you know you can be. Start making more plays.’ I had to turn it on. It’s the fourth quarter, and the game is close. We keep talking about making the big play on defense, but we haven’t made it. Just go out there and make it. I told my team, I always make plays against S.C. I said, ‘I’m going to make a play. I always make plays against USC.’ I told the staff, ‘I’m going to make a play against USC.’ That’s what I do. I find a way.”

The power of Positive thinking. AntiDebbieDowner ~!
 
If he keeps playing like he did in the fourth quarter, he will be a first round draft choice.
 
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