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Jake Majors: Texas Longhorn center and big Tony Romo fan? · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Uh, no time really to kill. Is a lot going
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  Speaker 1: on this week here with the Texas log Worns athletically,
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  Speaker 1: and that includes lineman Jake Majors, the anchor of that
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  Speaker 1: offense in front in the center, the log Horns center
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  Speaker 1: visiting with the medium.
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  Speaker 2: Hey Jake, how similar or different is the Ohio State's
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  Speaker 2: defensive front to Georgia?
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  Speaker 3: Good question.
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  Speaker 4: I would just say that the very big upfront, you know,
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  Speaker 4: they kind of replicate sec front, very talented linebackers, very
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  Speaker 4: sound secondary. So for us, you know, it's you know,
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  Speaker 4: we just got to own our game plan and trust
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  Speaker 4: our techniques to put us in the right position against
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  Speaker 4: these guys.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Jake, his game everything.
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  Speaker 5: It means being you know, half hour or so from
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  Speaker 5: all the guys in DFW. For you personally, what's the
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  Speaker 5: best part about playing this game so close to home?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, like you said, just playing close to home. I
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  Speaker 4: grew up in Prosper which is about an hour away
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  Speaker 4: from Arlington, So to know that, you know, it'll be
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  Speaker 4: an easy transition for my parents and my girlfriend's family
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  Speaker 4: and stuff like that. It means a lot, you know,
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  Speaker 4: close for my extended family to come from West Texas.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm just excited to be able to stay in
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  Speaker 4: the great state of Texas and play a football game
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  Speaker 4: at and T Stadium. I'm a Cowboys fan, so means
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  Speaker 4: a lot more to me because I you know, I'm
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  Speaker 4: a big Cowboys fan.
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  Speaker 6: So hey, Jake, just given where the program was when
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  Speaker 6: you first arrived to where it is now, is there
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  Speaker 6: a sense of pride that you are leaving a program
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  Speaker 6: in much better shape than what you founded?
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  Speaker 7: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm just I'm happy to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 7: Man.
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  Speaker 4: You know, when I first committed to UT I've said
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  Speaker 4: this a good bit and I'll say it again. My
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  Speaker 4: commitment wasn't just you know, for my personal wellbeing. It
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  Speaker 4: was to bring Texas back to where it belonged, you know,
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  Speaker 4: in the early two thousands. So to say that I've
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  Speaker 4: been a part of this journey for Texas has been
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  Speaker 4: a true blessing. All glory to God for being here,
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  Speaker 4: being this in this exact moment, getting ready to prayer
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  Speaker 4: for a historic game like the Cotton Bowl. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: all credits to coach sark as well, because without him,
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  Speaker 4: he wouldn't have set the blueprint, you know, the foundation
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  Speaker 4: for this program.
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  Speaker 8: Jake. Obviously you guys on offense have really jumped out
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  Speaker 8: the fast starts, you know, against Clemson and again Arizona State.
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  Speaker 8: How much do you need that same sense of urgency?
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  Speaker 8: You know, given how Ohio State is playing loose in
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  Speaker 8: conf scoring a ton of points.
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  Speaker 4: I think everybody's objective is to come out swinging and
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  Speaker 4: come out fast and have a hot start. Well, like
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  Speaker 4: you said, it's very important my hot state's playing really
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  Speaker 4: good football right now, and you know, if we want
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  Speaker 4: a chance, we got to match that and exceed that.
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  Speaker 4: So we gotta put our best foot forward and come
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  Speaker 4: out swinging and you know, come out fast.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, Jake, just real quick, I wanted to ask about
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  Speaker 9: fourth and thirteen gainst Arizona State, when those guys were
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  Speaker 9: creeping to the line. How much of that was did
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  Speaker 9: you see? Or was that was that all Quinn seeing that?
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  Speaker 9: Or what's your dvantage point and take.
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  Speaker 2: On that whole play? Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: For me, you know, it was easy for me to
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  Speaker 4: see and I was I was about ready to turn
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  Speaker 4: around and tell Quinn hold up, but he saw it
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  Speaker 4: just in time. You know, total experience, veteran play from Quinn.
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  Speaker 4: Just know, recognize all the the tips and traits of
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  Speaker 4: cover zero blitz and they get us in the right
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  Speaker 4: protection to be able to convert on that fourth down.
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  Speaker 3: Big so from your football mind, and when you look
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  Speaker 3: at the Ohio State defense, is there anything that they're
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  Speaker 3: that they do that you guys have to adjust for
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  Speaker 3: in this week of practice or is it a standard
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  Speaker 3: they're coming at you with the bulls? Are they Are
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  Speaker 3: they going to throw anything at you that scheme at
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  Speaker 3: you that you haven't seen before.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good question. I'd say that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: they have a very unique style of defense and like
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  Speaker 4: everybody we've played this year, they're really good at what
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  Speaker 4: they do. And so for us, it's just recognize recognizing tendencies.
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  Speaker 4: You know what blitz is, match with what coverage, and
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  Speaker 4: then just to know, you know what, what are we
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  Speaker 4: going to do to match that. But like you said,
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  Speaker 4: they have their defenses who they are, and so we
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  Speaker 4: just got to prepare the right way to match it.
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  Speaker 9: We're gonna get a couple three more in for you here,
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  Speaker 9: first from Jeff Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead, Jeff and Jake.
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  Speaker 10: I'm just wondering what gives you confidence that the run
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  Speaker 10: game is going to look more like what we saw
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  Speaker 10: against Clemson than what we've seen in some other recent
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  Speaker 10: games against you know, Georgia and Arizona State.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I would just say that we we as an offense,
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  Speaker 4: you know, the running back room, the tight end room,
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  Speaker 4: the o line room, we know what we're capable of,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, what we put on film is not
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  Speaker 4: our best and so we kind of have a chip
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  Speaker 4: on our shoulder with that, and we understand that there
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  Speaker 4: are high expectations that we got to meet those expectations.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we were frustrated, but at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the day, we were able to win, but what we
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  Speaker 4: did wasn't good enough to our standard. So everybody kind
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  Speaker 4: of you know that next day we kind of walking
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  Speaker 4: around with a chip on our shoulder, you know, ready
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  Speaker 4: to get back to work and get this run game going.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, Jake, I know you talk about Ohio State defensively
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  Speaker 11: a minute ago, but you faced Jim Knowles DC when
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  Speaker 11: he was at Oklahoma State in twenty one. I know
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  Speaker 11: it's been a minute since that game, but is there
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  Speaker 11: anything that you go back to from that study that
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  Speaker 11: looks similar to what Ohio State's doing now or is
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  Speaker 11: it just you know, is it pretty drastically different from
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  Speaker 11: what you remember.
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  Speaker 4: I think there are some similarities from what I can remember.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, like you said, it's been a while, but
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  Speaker 4: to me, it's just a completely new defense just just
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  Speaker 4: because of his personnel and you know, the type of
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  Speaker 4: players he has at Ohio State and so that allows
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  Speaker 4: him to play call it differently and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 4: And for us, it's all about recognizing, you know, what's
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  Speaker 4: in front of us and then executing at a high level.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Jake, I appreciate the time.
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  Speaker 7: Coach Sark has kind of let us in on it
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  Speaker 7: the last couple of weeks, you know, with the fourth
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  Speaker 7: and thirteen, and I guess audibl into a couple of
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  Speaker 7: runs for Jayden Blue that ended in touchdowns on Quinn's
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  Speaker 7: part against Clemson.
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  Speaker 3: I guess I'm just curious.
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  Speaker 7: What I'm asking is how much does Quinn do that
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  Speaker 7: we can't see because we know about it when we're
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  Speaker 7: let in on it. But I'm just interested in your
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  Speaker 7: perspective on that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a lot that Quinn does where that's you know,
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  Speaker 4: audibling routes, protections, stuff like that. There's been a lot
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  Speaker 4: of plays that go unnotice where he's getting us into
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  Speaker 4: a slide that ended up picking up a boundary blitz.
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  Speaker 4: I got us a first down that nobody talks about.
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  Speaker 4: So stuff like that you guys may never see. It
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  Speaker 4: may seem like a routine play, but to us, that's
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  Speaker 4: Quinn doing his job, being a veteran quarterback and leading
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  Speaker 4: this team by executing at a high level. So, like
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  Speaker 4: you said, you know there's runs against Clemson and protections
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  Speaker 4: against Arizona State. Those are just some things of Quinn
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  Speaker 4: that you know, really stick out when it comes to
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  Speaker 4: recognizing the defense and putting this offense into the best scenario.
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  Speaker 9: Jake, all time favorite cowboy and who are the NFL
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  Speaker 9: centers you like to watch play?
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  Speaker 4: I love this question.
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  Speaker 2: This is awesome.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, all time favorite Cowboys. So I grew up in
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  Speaker 4: the Tony Romo era, so that's kind of my all
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  Speaker 4: time favorite. Tony Romo, Travis Frederick one of my favorite
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  Speaker 4: centers of all time. Also Dak Prescott from his rookie year.
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  Speaker 4: You know, he got hurt, which sucks, but those are
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  Speaker 4: kind of my top Cowboys. Des Bryant honorable mention, just
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  Speaker 4: because he was one of the best receivers during that time.
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  Speaker 4: I was watching him and Sinners, you know, playing right
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  Speaker 4: now that I really like watching, probably Cam Jurgens for
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  Speaker 4: the Eagles. I just love the way he pools. I
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  Speaker 4: love his mentality and everything that he does. Who else,
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  Speaker 4: it's my favorite, uh Tyler Biades with the Commanders, who
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  Speaker 4: just love the way he plays. And the other on
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  Speaker 4: would be Creed Humphrey. You know, he's the only other lefty,
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  Speaker 4: probably the only lefty in the NFL right now, which
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  Speaker 4: you know there's not many of us, but as a
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  Speaker 4: lefty you can appreciate someone like that who's playing at
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  Speaker 4: a high level.
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  Speaker 1: Great answers from Jake Major's about that, all right. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be back to wrap up our number two on AM
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  Speaker 1: thirteen under the Zone