Kansas State DT Damian Ilalio shares thoughts on season opener vs UT Martin

throughout the game how challenging is that and what does it say about your team that you were able to be dominant throughout you know we we in our walkthroughs we have a lot of communication uh we challenge each other to communicate as much as we can you know um be loud be present uh with everybody on the defense so that we're we're all on the same page um and and it's been a a challenge you know uh getting used to the system uh you know all of our checks and all of our personnels but I think we've done a really good job in Camp um all the way back to Spring ball you know we we've uh recognized the challenge that it is and we've attacked it really well how do you feel like you've improved um I think I think the game uh has really slowed down for me a little bit you know um I feel like I recognize things a little bit better uh I still have to find a way to um you know have my process be quick so that I can know my job see the play see the formation know what they're going to do and see how effective I can be with you know all that information and I think uh I'm just slowly getting a lot better and better at that what have you learned from that that you sort of can take to your game yeah um so I mean Uso we we watch film together a lot um you know we'll come up and watch film uh early whenever the D tackles have like a meeting uh we'll try to be at least 30 minutes early so that we can you know uh just just analyze the opponent and he has a really good uh feel naturally you know um I think I might have a little bit of an edge when it comes to maybe the ins and outs of football because I mean he's only been playing since senior year of high school so I I've I've been playing for a lot longer and I you know was uh taught under Eli Huggins for a little bit longer so I feel like I have that but he has a really good natural feel to where he should be and where a play is and uh where the ball is going to be so I mean when we watch film we we talk a lot about you know little tiny tails that um you know maybe people don't focus on all the time what did it feel like you guys did best tonight um you know going back to the the Personnel thing there was a lot of things that in a first game you know you never know what you're going to get you game plan for a team based on what they did last year and you know uh coach claner kept telling us like all week you know they could come out and uh triple option and you know all of our game plan would just you know go whatever but uh we work the game uh probably the best in the country and um you know we we uh adjust to what we need to do and our communication was great tonight our communication was awesome with all of our personnels and all of our checks and really just you know uh falling back on our training when when uh things were muddy you know what I mean and we all got on the same page and just played fast because we were all on the same page Co

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