Oregon Ducks College Football Pregame Quote, 12/30/2024

Q. Your thoughts on Big Ten versus Big Ten Rose Bowl. You’ve already played these guys. You know who they are. They know who you are. Just your thoughts.

DERRICK HARMON: What an opportunity it is to play these guys. Two Big Ten teams playing in the playoffs, deep in the playoffs too. What an opportunity it is for both teams and for the conference really.

Q. Starting off with Michigan State, obviously the goal always was to get to the Rose Bowl.

DERRICK HARMON: Yes, sir.

Q. What does it mean, even though this is a quarterfinal, not a championship or anything like that, what does that mean to you personally?

DERRICK HARMON: Personally, like I said, coming from State through the transfer portal, that was something you seen walking through the hallways at State was the Rose Bowl win that those guys got. So you always had the imagination that I want to get there, just like the guys before me got there.

What a blessing it is that I’m here, just not with that team but with a different team. Couldn’t be happier.

Q. Do you remember how old you were when you watched your first Rose Bowl on TV as a kid?

DERRICK HARMON: I don’t have a story for that.

Q. When you guys went against Ohio State the first time you didn’t have Jordan Burch. How is the line different is it with Jordan in the lineup?

DERRICK HARMON: It’s very different. When you got a guy like that who can set the edge like that and rush the passer, that’s a different weapon.