UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE

September 25, 2021

Davis Brin

Press Conference

Tulsa - 41, Arkansas State - 34

Q. Hey, Davis, last week, you said the next step for you all would be to score more. What was it like today to see more touchdowns that, you know, y'all were able to score?

DAVIS BRIN: Absolutely. That's what we wanted to do. And, you know, I think we did a good job of doing it tonight. And we're going to keep on getting better and better.

Q. What's the next step?

DAVIS BRIN: I think we made it a little hard on ourselves, this game, with some penalties. So I think we got to clean that up a little bit. And, you know, we're just looking forward to Houston.

Q. With three receivers, you know, basically 100 yards and then two running backs over 100 and you're over 350 for the second straight week, are we beginning to see kind of what the ceiling can be for this offense, how complete it can be?

DAVIS BRIN: Right. I think so. I think we can be very explosive as long as we keep executing. Like I said, want to clean up some penalties some more and, you know, keep rolling.

Q. How frustrating was that to come into the year probably thinking this is the way you guys were going to play and then have the opener go that way? And then second, how have you guys made so much progress, you know, in a month?

DAVIS BRIN: Right. Yeah, definitely we wanted to come out like we're playing right now. But like I said, we're just going to keep on getting better.

And, I mean, honestly, I think as long as we keep executing, you know, we can go win 1-0 every week. And I'm really excited about keeping it rolling.

Q. What's kind of the difference for you in the way you were seeing things, you know, tonight, last week, versus start of the year?

DAVIS BRIN: Yeah, just seeing the field very clearly, getting my eyes on my keys, you know, getting a good balance of the run/pass game. I was really proud of how we executed tonight.

Q. Maybe if you would speak -- you know, so many long touchdowns, you know, Crawford got going, Watkins had a really long one, Santana had one that was pretty good distance. Just how explosive -- you know, I know that you have probably felt these playmakers are ready to break out in that sort of way. Just maybe speak to how explosive the playmakers you have at hand are.

DAVIS BRIN: Right, I think you saw -- was it two or three one-play drives that we had. So, I mean, those guys did their job, all 11 of us. And that was the result. And we're going to keep being explosive.

Q. How important was it -- it had been five games since you guys had won one. Going into conference and everything else, how important was it just to get a win?

DAVIS BRIN: Very. I think it's going to carry us with some momentum and going into conference. But, like, you know, we always say, we want to go 1-0 every week. And we're going to keep focusing on that.