Taylen Green and Ja'Quinden Jackson Press Conference - Arkansas 70, UAPB 0

T just walk us through that uh that crazy rushing touchdown there in the second quarter right before halftime what did you see and uh when you took off did you did you feel like you could get to the end zone did you know that was kind of going to be the end of the play um at first you know I looked at you know first my keys and what I have to do and the routes then I felt you know pressure to my right and escape the pocket and I knew it was a two minute and I was first was going to throw it away um but you know I decid to run but I told myself you know if I decide to run you know of course the clock keeps rolling if I get tackled so I was like I better score so you know I cross the field and you know saw saw Green Grass and I just you know let my speed do the rest J quinon uh you know what do you think about your game tonight first time as a Razer back and more specifically maybe what you saw from the offensive line uh creating holes not only for you but all the running backs tonight uh I was just having fun having fun with the guys just flying around the field and my o line did great tonight uh had 100 in the first half couldn't ask for nothing better Tay what was your reaction when you found out the what the first play was going to be you know taking a shot and then you know how how were you able to kind of bounce back from that you know after you know maybe under throwing it a little bit I love it you know this the aggressive nature you know coach Patrina you know me and Ty and Zay was talking about the play um leading up to it and you know of course I under through it and and uh he was open you know that's something I got to get better at um but you know it's a next play mentality know it's not always gonna be I'm not always gonna make the everything I mean I hope so but um just it's it's all about just sticking to the next play and know what coach pit says is Flushing it on to the next play could you walk us to the play too where you do the touchdown to Tai Washington looked like that may have been one of your better throws of the night yeah that's that's straight drill I mean we uh the quarterbacks coach M we work that every single day you know when when there're special teams we're always you know on the tur field working that you know exact look and that exact play and you know when we saw it CH was like that's drill work and just the that just praise to you know Tai for you know U not stopping on the r and know you know caught and scored a touchdown you know had a little celebration that we been practicing so it it was fun I guess for yeah we only got one mic for for both you guys T Taylor maybe you can take a first you I know you weren't here last year the running game struggled even against Western Carolina another FCS team and your first four touchdowns tonight were russan you had 101 yards on La what do you all think of the running game and how good was it to be that productive maybe T you could take it first and then to Quinton I mean I first that speaks volumes to you know our coaching staff and the schemes that they you know put in the game plan then he speaks volumes to you know the old line and the communication that they have cuz it's it's a lot that goes into it it's a lot of preparation and you know praise goes to the line and you know how they handling communication that they uh you know that they did today and you know praise to the running backs you know because it's different footwork and different looks and different you know schemes so I mean just having having them is you know it's a luxury and you know I I tell them all the time you know the end or whoever we're reading they they're wrong either way you know if they pick the running back you know I'm I'm a uh run if they pick me you saw you saw what uh JJ did with the spin move it was crazy I was like okay spin move was slow um can you ask the question again talking so long it's the first it's the first hog win bro all right my bad bro sorry yeah running the ball was not a strength last year for Arkansas that's why you guys are here but um how good was it to be so productive so early now you know four rushan touch down the first quarter and I think 215 rushing yards in the first half just Quin how how good was that to see and just what' you think why about the running game tonight uh it was exciting uh like you said it wasn't that good last year and uh we picking it up this year but uh it's it's a lot of stuff we have to work on as well to get better and get where we want to go but uh it it's exciting to see what we can where we headed and then if you both want to hit on this but Taylor maybe more for you but you by trino had a lot of big games here in Little Rock what sense did you get from him tonight like how he was on the sidelines you guys go 10 for 10 on touch Downs what sense did you get from Bobby tonight and if J Quinn if you got a thought want to weigh in after Taylor I mean even when you know we were up uh a lot he was still we were still watching film we was still you know learning he was still critiquing us on you know the different stuff that we can get better at you know so that's what you know I like you know it's always you know room for improvement tayen did you uh did you have any nerves starting off or anything I know you said you under threw that first pass it looked like you just got stronger maybe you had the win behind you in the second in the second quarter um I would say a little bit I mean I would say you know just a really big focus of what we talked about on the sideline is just getting my feet going you know I felt like it was a little slow in the first two drives and you know that's what we you know honed in and um you know focused on in Fall Camp so he just uh Translating that you know to the game and um that's something I got to improve on you know starting starting fast and it all starts with my feet you know and I we have a great opportunity next week with Oklahoma State you know so um just go and have that opportunity to do it was there any moment where you just kind of clicked and you're like okay here we go I would say after that first throw you know I'm like okay like just breathe and lock in you know and you know JJ was um on the sideline talking to me too like bro just go go do you you know and so you know he was a quarterback he was a quarterback so he he gets it and you know he knows the the looks and just the different things that I know quarterbacks have to do so you know he tells me sometimes you know if I'm if I miss a throwing practice you br your shoulder har so he keeps me he keeps me uh accountable so I like that J quinon your last run I believe was a 14 y that put you over 100 did you know at the time that you have gone to 101 yards I never know my stats during the game I always see them after cuz I I don't never check my phone at halftime or nothing like that so I just be locked in on the game that was great job