Oregon Ducks College Football Pregame Quote, 12/30/2023

Q. So your coach is talking about you may be around a little bit. I heard that you can play any position on the line. Do you know where you might be on Monday?

BRANDON DORLUS: I mean, I obviously don’t know. I don’t know until the day of the game. I mean, whatever Coach needs me at, if we play linebacker or safety, that’s where I will be.

Q. Does that make it hard to prepare for all the different looks that you can see, knowing that you might be here, might be there, but won’t know until game day?

BRANDON DORLUS: I mean, I just prepare for everything. Playing D the whole game, tackle, nose. I feel like I have been doing it for a long time and so that’s kind of come natural to me. Like, yeah, it might feel weird, it might feel different, but I wouldn’t ‚Äì once the game gets going and I get into my flow, it’s easy for me to prepare.

Q. So your teammates talk to you about getting to the backfield pretty quickly and being able to wrap up guys and also decent at breaking up passes. What do you see from that quarterback or that backfield that you feel like you can contribute to the win?

BRANDON DORLUS: I feel like the quarterback that they have, he’s a very mobile quarterback. I feel like this game is going to be one of those games where they will try to lure you to stopping the run the whole time and then take a big shot. I know when it gets to the logo, that’s when they start passing the ball a little bit more. I can’t wait to be there.

Q. What have you as a leader and a guy that’s been around this team for a long time said to teammates? Are you all on the same page, just thinking we will win no matter what or play to win?

BRANDON DORLUS: I feel it’s just a confidence thing that comes from practice. The more we practice, the more confidence we have. Since last week, we’ve been going at it. We have a great 14 practices so far. I feel like they are doing a great job going to the Fiesta Bowl with a great mindset. They’re motivated. I promise you, these guys are motivated.

Q. Talk about balancing fun this week and also getting the job done.

BRANDON DORLUS: Well, Coach [Dan] Lanning, it’s hard to focus 72 hours straight. It’s very impossible. So the main thing is re-center the focus. We have media day, and we get back on the bus, and we enjoy our teammates. So we focus there.