Ohio State DT Mike Hall Jr. talks with the media ahead of the Buckeyes road trip to Rutgers.
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00:00 well and causing quarterbacks to feel uncomfortable in the pocket.
00:03 So I would say we've been doing a very good job for that.
00:06 >> Yeah, do you guys have a motto or anything you go by,
00:08 like a we must conture kind of thing or anything like that?
00:12 That you gotta get each other up?
00:14 >> No, I would say we're just a rush man.
00:15 So every day we come out and we try to be, well, we don't try to be, we are dogs.
00:19 So we come out here and we do our job and we do it very well.
00:22 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Yeah,
00:26 I was saying it was a great environment to play in.
00:28 Definitely a lot of energy going around.
00:32 It was just a crazy game.
00:33 But overall, I feel like we handled everything pretty good and
00:36 we handled the environment.
00:38 Especially with our first time playing for most guys, myself.
00:42 >> It wasn't about that game or something.
00:44 [INAUDIBLE]
00:47 You just seemed like you had a little bit more to it.
00:51 >> Definitely just feel like a couple games, it's just been in the slump a little
00:54 bit, so I feel like I just had to come out.
00:57 Just get my guys going and also get myself going.
01:00 Just starting to produce more and make stuff happen on the field.
01:03 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Yeah.
01:05 >> What's a slump look like for defensive tackle?
01:07 Cuz you're not always getting your stats anyway.
01:09 >> Yeah.
01:10 >> What does a slump look like?
01:11 What does it look like to come out of a slump?
01:13 >> I don't know, just maybe popping out of gaps here and there.
01:15 And I'm just one of those people who are very hard on myself and judge myself.
01:19 Just with Coach Dan watching film and stuff like that.
01:22 And just, I don't know, I'm just real hard on myself.
01:26 So I take that personally.
01:27 >> Like this Coach Davis, pointing that out to him,
01:29 just asking him if he's sensing that there's more time to jump out of the bag.
01:33 Is that allowable in this aspect?
01:35 >> I would just say just finding things to just make me an even better player,
01:39 you know what I'm saying?
01:40 Not anything I'm doing crazy wrong or
01:42 anything like that, just to find ways to make my value go up.
01:46 >> Yeah, no, but wait, you played one point off of this.
01:48 >> Oh, yeah, that's true.
01:49 >> [INAUDIBLE]
01:53 >> I would say no, not really.
02:02 Regardless, you gotta be able to knock the offensive line back regardless.
02:08 You know what I'm saying?
02:08 You gotta play the run always no matter what because you just gotta knock
02:12 the ball back and get off the ball.
02:13 >> Do you feel like you're getting more contact with that one position?
02:18 Cuz it isn't one to withdraw.
02:21 >> Yeah, I would say I have been getting a lot more double teams this season.
02:24 So just having to deal with that and not being too crazy with the stats, but
02:27 when you check the film, you can obviously see that I'm doing my job.
02:31 >> What's the technique to support type of play?
02:34 >> You said what?
02:34 >> What's the technique to support type of play?
02:39 >> I mean, I just play, so basically when we're in the room,
02:42 I just play nose guard and then just get outside.
02:45 The pass rush, I just slide to the three, that's it.
02:47 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Nah,
02:54 it doesn't really matter right now, you know what I'm saying?
02:56 Just focus on the game.
02:57 >> You didn't watch it?
02:58 >> No, we were at practice when it was going on, so yeah, it doesn't matter.
03:02 >> Wow.
03:03 >> Yeah.
03:04 >> Thanks so much.
03:06 >> What does Jack Schroeder think of this interview?
03:08 It feels like some of the pass rushing numbers, people would want more sacks, but
03:11 it feels like from an all around basis, he's pretty good at-
03:15 >> Yeah, no, Jack's my dog.
03:16 He's been doing pretty good and using his toolbox and getting off the ball and
03:19 sacking the quarterback.
03:20 So I would say just keep it going and just keep pressuring him every week just
03:24 to keep going and get better.