Payton Thorne: The Most Unhinged Press Conferences Ever 😂 (Auburn Football News)

Opening Remarks yeah I thought we had a pretty good day obviously he was able to put up a good amount of points um and I thought we executed pretty well obviously there's a couple plays you wish you could have back but that's every game so um thought we did a good job some stuff we can build on and obviously look back on the little mistakes that were made and correct those and move forward with this C game this we considering your family background everybody do you is it easier for you maybe when the head coach kind of get upset yeah take that yeah it's definitely uh it's nice for me having last year under my belt with Coach freeze and obviously we have a better relationship this year and have spent more time together so um that makes things easier too um and so I'm just trying to listen to what coach is saying you don't you try not to read into the tone or anything that coach is talking to you with and just listen to what he's saying and then I I respond with what I'm seeing and we try to get on the same page and and move forward and um but yeah you know having being around coaches I guess my whole life is is a benefit uh to that but uh but yeah I'd say it's more so just being around coach fore longer how was communication first game with the helmet all those things how did it work for you it was good you know I heard coach um plenty clear I thought our equipment guys did a really good job with having that all set up and um you know getting reps I guess with that through camp and being comfortable with that so I thought it was pretty good that with a combination of how much you're doing at the line of scrimmage does it does this game feel like it's it's a lot more into your hands now that you've been through one of them uh yeah I would say so uh obviously you know with with the helmet communication uh if it's above 15 seconds if coach sees something on the sideline you know he can let me know without having to do a whistle or something like that like some coaches do so I think I think that happened once uh during the game and then um and then yeah I'm able to you know handle stuff more at the last scmm as well being um comfortable with this offense and your coach being able to to trust me uh to do those things so um so yeah I'd say so how different is this offense then what you were doing at this time of year uh quite a bit different very very very much different um right detail and like knowing what 1 Year Difference we're doing um know what we're doing I would say that's biggest that's probably the biggest um difference a lot more is on you as this offense you got to make no decisions uh yeah I'd say so I'd say the coach has given me uh more opportunity to uh help the guys out up front and just be on the same page and so also help myself out you know get myself protected um and then uh redirect certain things and allow us to get in the best play possible for that play now am I going to be 100% on on that every game though but um you know if we're on the same page if we're all wrong you know in a way we're right because we're on the same page it's it's uh something that I've learned in the past they used to call law loud and wrong if you're loud and wrong and everybody's on the same page you have a chance but if five guys doing this and five guys doing that and one guy's doing his own thing it's not going to work so um so yeah I'd say I feel good right now with with what we're doing have you been yelled at that much after a touchdown pass uh um I don't even remember what which one it was so wide open to Keandre the second one oh oh uh yeah probably he yeah yeah Sam Jackson Talk he wanted me to protect myself on that one but uh well I'll make sure that that that doesn't happen again what did you see out of the the young wide receivers in their first game under the lights and and kind of how they responded yeah they did a good job obviously cam getting hands on early was great Keandre is not a young receiver but I got a couple times so that was that was good to see and fun to connect with them uh but then the other freshman I thought they did a good job you know there's little things that um little detailed things that they're just going to keep getting better at that that we have to get on the same page about but thought they did a good job under the lights like you said in front of our fans for the first time handling all that you know it's not always easy when you're playing High School football just a year ago so uh I thought they did a good job with all that stuff and obviously it was cool to see them get the end zone as well ask your ask your teammate Sam roommate if he had a celebration playn against his own team he said he might have a pin sign the ball and give it to Justin Willcox as a celebration yeah I'm not surprised do I think he'll actually do that no I think he'll be he's going to be awfully excited has he given you any tips on on their defense uh not much you know I didn't want to ask him and like sit there and like try to cheat on the DC kicked out test think like that not much I just don't think that there's you know a ton if you get too caught up and like hey you know it is kind of like a test you try to cheat on T it's not not you know so I'm just going through my normal process and if he has little information uh that he has and I'm sure I'll get him from this week but I'm just going my normal process and breaking them down myself hold up after you score game the focus heading into week two we ask for all like just cleaning up things is that kind of the focus now this next step progression yeah for sure you know we week to week goes on you always want to keep getting better you want to Peak in you know December ideally and so uh for us you know you get week one out of the way you see it as almost like a you know preseason game in the NFL is and then um you know this week obviously put it behind us nothing we can do about now um doesn't really mean anything to us now it's on the C that's ahead of us and um executing that it's all about execution and so um we do going back to the young guys what does it mean for you you know You' said these are guys are going to play in college obviously a long time catch a lot of touchdown passes probably go to the league catch a lot of touchdown passes but I mean at the end of the day you get to be the first guy to throw a touchdown pass to them in college just kind of what does that mean to kind of nobody's ever going to take that away from me that's never going to change yeah you know it's it's cool and I have an opportunity to I see it as a a duty for me to educate these guys on certain things I feel like I've had a really good relationship in the past with my receivers and college and um just helping them understand what the quarterback's looking for and what you know I'm seeing and trying to also talk to them about hey I know this is what you're seeing because I've learned that from the other guys that I've played with or tell me what you're seeing because you might see it differently on the same page and so trying to get them the best they can be now and obviously I won't be playing with them next year but I hope that I can leave an impact on them not better their career and hopefully one day they can look back and say thanks for for helping me out probably remember your first game as a freshman how valuable is that experience for these young guys now that they that's not being SM get out there a little bit confident are stage no matter how what all American game you played in or you know you never played inord games let him go ahead and play the game it is valuable and it's good that they step into the next week and you know by the time the Middle season gets here they shouldn't feel normal those guys it's not going to be like this I don't think I to tell him that they know that you know I can't remember last time a team averaged 73 points a game so not have to imag they they know that uh things are um going to be more difficult especially in this league and the teams that we play and this week C's got a good defense good team and so um you know we'll put a good week practice together and then uh like I said before do our best to go out there next enjoy ourselves out there on Saturday to give Cam opportunity 5050 ball yeah for sure you know we've been doing in practice in the spring dur in the summer so uh you know now I guess all that's left is doing the game so uh I full complete trust in him and so when that time comes I won't be afraid to do it what do you think back to to last year's cow game what what comes to mind for it's not um not many good things honestly it was a long ways away uh a unique trip for us we stay two nights there actually which I had never done in college for a regular season game so um that was interesting something you can look back on I guess but uh yeah I don't take much from last year obviously we won the game which was the goal every goal is to win so we battled and found a way to wion or win and then um you know fourth quarter we we came through when a matter you can take that with you but other than that you know it was a pretty boring game offensively and uh I told somebody this morning I felt bad for the people that were watching that game it was probably a snoozer but uh we won so that's all that matters does it does it become a hey we need to prove ourselves or is that kind of the mindset no matter who you play yeah you know you're always trying to prove yourself every week you know um as a player and then also as a team and so um you know I learned early in my career one of my pre previous coaches that uh football's a game what have you done for me lately you know it's every week and so uh you only get one chance a week and so you better go ahead and uh put everything you have into it so you don't have any regret you know after that game and after that season so um T job this week to focus in on cow not worried about last week not worried about the next next week and uh you know job down did you even break a sweat on the first three possessions six plays three touchdowns it was about other than that but I think I don't know we I think we had six plays and three touchdowns somebody said so that might be a first too so that was cool but um but yeah you know I guess it a good start de deep are you a social media gu or any of those things no I hate social media I'm one of those people that you know is the classic oh I hate social media um but uh no I don't have Twitter or X I haven't had that for a couple years now which has been great um I deleted it partially because of football but also just like the world like I don't I don't see anything positive on Twitter or X or whatever the heck you want to call it um and so uh don't have that don't have Tik Tok I never got Tik Tok so if I got Tik Tok I probably sit on it for three hours if everybody does so I don't like the whole idea of these algorithms putting everything that you or your brain is wanting to see it puts right in front of your face and just keeps Groll like I don't I don't think that's good so um don't have that don't read anything and so I think that's a good thing for everybody especially a college athlete D evu absolutely absolutely I always talk that's my uh that's my U alltime coach you know he he's been my coach my whole life so I I value his opinion a lot too how do you evaluate your performance I think I play well um went to the film together and uh just a couple couple things that uh he saw it to clean up and um almost all the time the same things that coach re is saying to or coach Austin is saying so uh they're very much in lock step with uh their you said yall watch was he here yeah yeah yes sir he was here so um after the game I was with him for a little bit and then on Sunday we sat down and watch it's not cheap