Vandy Football - Diego Pavia Postgame Interview vs. Virginia Tech

all right yes ready ready to go yeah absolutely app question foro Diego how much does this validate your decision to come here first of all and the quarterback you can be at this level um I feel like I I knew who I could be from the start um you know it's a compliment to coach Beck and Coach kill you know trust me to to recruit me like out of the portal people wanted me but it was it was never power five and um I just feel like I'm I'm I'm the best player in the country and I'm I'm here to show it and that's that's what I want to do week in week out um whatever it takes to win and that's my mentality every single week that I step on the field um you know that it's just some people said I'm from them like I'm a poor man Trace murle so you know I'm I'm I'm I'm there to to play play how I want um play my game and and when you when you stop me then you can talk you know what I mean so it's just um things like that you know taking it uh and using it um you know we got we got great players though I our o line did great we have a run to win and we ran to to win uh tonight your first game with your new team I don't know if you heard it but sometime I believe it was the second quarter the entire student section starts chanting pvea what did you think of the game and the atmosphere and getting to Come Away with a win uh i' I've never been in in a home stadium where there was some more Virginia Tech fans you know it was it was crazy so I I couldn't hear myself um sometimes when I'm saying the Cadence um but you know it's I love the people who who came out to support us and so for the for not even that just like the donors who support us the outside world the student section that was there tonight you know they were they were live so um we take all we can and we're here to win games so um more people when we win um you know I I I told the o line you know we're still running to win um and I told I told Coach Beck just put put the ball in my hands and and he said all right let's what do you like and I gave him a few plays um we kind of ab abused some of those plays uh tonight but you know we'll do whatever to win coach Beck has the same mindset he'll do whatever to win and and the guys up front did a tremendous job SE um um did a great job you know our receivers Q Skinner had a great game uh junior whenever whenever his number was called he he did great and then um we got to clean up a few things with with the tight end that and that's my fault um I got I gotta be better but you know that's part of the game um you know it was a miscommunication I thought he was going to turn in he thought it was better to turn out and so we just got to get it cleaned up and film um that's my roommate so we'll get that figured out I know you're new here but I imagine you're aware of the uphill climb that Vanderbilt has been on what's your impression of what this means to the program even if that was you know the celebration out on the field and what you saw yeah um you know coach Lee says you know he he gets emotional when he talks about team one team two team three and then now us and so he's I want to do it for him you can tell he's been through a lot and so just having a a head coach who who believes in you um I told him from the day I stepped in you're like I'm gonna be your guy and that and keep in mind like not to take away from any other quarterback but you know I got I got competition um still it still goes on on today if I if I mess up if I if I was to mess up today um I would have got replaced so um I still got competition I got things to look out for and I got to get better every single day and so for Coach Lee to just trust me and you know let me ball he he really just he's he's a motivated he's like my biggest fan on the sideline so I I appreciate him um and I just feel feel so good uh for him but we're we're going to do something special here this year play Alexander where you just kind of SL to the sideways it's it's almost a latal going through head on that play I try to get I try to get the the uh the corner ran with the uh with the post um I try to get the guy the linebacker who was guarding him to come down on me once he gave him the step I got it to Saidi and Saidi did the rest top5 maybe dark make playoff at what point did you guys the field realiz like actually the same as us we we realize everyone's the same as us um we you know we're I feel like I'm the best quarterback to St on the field they feel I I feel like our guys feel like they're the best you know um no one no one just because they got a name doesn't mean you know they they're better than us or or anything like that it's all a mindset um we talk about mindset and spirit all day here and so we just brought our spirit we know what we can do and so we're going to bring it every week made the big plays but you also didn't turn it over how big was that that's big my last two games at in Mexico State the first game I turned it over a total of seven times in those two games um so I knew taking care of the ball was going to be the biggest biggest thing for us to win and so I took I took care of the balls especially sure of it tonight and so you know I just doing that I got I got a lot better in the field room this year too I got 10 times better than I am with my mindset so um I feel like that helped me a lot lot um like you know what some people still doubt me and so I I know that um you know they say I'm too small but I want to show that I can play in the NFL um I want to show the GMS that you know I'm the best player on the field whenever whenever whatever team's out there so that's what I want to do how well does this system fit you because this isn't just some sit back in the pocket or hand it off or whatever it is it's fun it's exciting there's laterals there's options all this stuff how great is that for you and why does that fit you so well uh we we got a fun offense for sure we got weapons uh to have a fun offense though we got Eli St we got um guys on the outside that I just talked about and then we got cam we got four tight ends that could go in at one time in play and um you know we'll adjust to that as as we need to but it's it's going to be a fun offense we're going to be electric this year and I said that from the beginning and so we're here to put on a show and and uh win football games right after the missed field goal when you had to take the ball first in overtime what was your approach and how did you kind of gather the offense to be able to score that touchdown I thought to myself uh this is God's plan you know um what better way to to put it in my hands and go win the football game and so you know I'm I'm very blessed um highly favored um you know it's all God's doing like I'm I'm not supposed to like I'm I'm not really supposed to be here like I've been doubted um I had no offers at at a high school I had to walk on to a junior college and so from from here on out you know it's it's a chip on my shoulder wherever I go else appreciate you guys got