UCF RB Landen Chambers on Field Storming and Stepping Up as Receiver vs. No. 2 BYU

You got to talk to us about the emotions. It was such a crazy ending. But to know you knocked off the number two team in the country and seeing everybody storm the field, what's going through your mind? I mean, going into the week, we kind of knew what it was. We all had to believe. We all had this bond that we know we can do it. So we just went out there and did what we did and went full speed every time. So, yeah. Have you ever been a part of a field storming? Never in my life. That was unreal. I mean, it felt like a movie. And what was the thing that stood out to you the most as you were leaving the field? Man, the goal post coming down, it was everything. I just took it all in. It was a short room without David and Swindoing. You and Duke Watson kind of increased the workload. Just how proud are you to continue, you two guys, to be able to get the job done? Man, I mean, this running back room is very special. I mean, somebody goes, damn, would you go keep building? I mean, you know, we always, would you go keep building? Multiple plays where you caught the ball and bounced, especially near the end of the game. You had five guys on the back of you trying to get out of bounds. Just what's that? Man, the finish. I mean, finish was the word all week, and that's what I had to do right there. I just had to finish, and we did it. You guys had a tough phase that you had from Jenkins. Is there something you can say about that? His faith in you to run the ball but also to catch it down in the backfield? Yeah, I mean, it's true. We work it all the time. I mean, it's true. This week we were working after practice catching the ball, so I knew it was going to be there. I mean, yeah. You guys had tough back-to-back road losses. How important was the bye week to you? I mean, it's true. It's always next week, always next game, so just focusing on the next game after that. This is what we kind of do, so I'm in on that. Man, we talked a bit about that thing you wanted to prove. You can be more than just being a big guy. Yeah. You can't get against the number two team in the nation. I mean, to be honest, they're just like anybody else. I mean, you put anybody out there, shoot. We're going to do what we do every time. And I got some of the big time, like how much do you practice that? Yeah, yeah, every day, every day. Every day we go in, you know, you can't block. You can't get the ball. That's the motto, so. You said the field scoring was like a movie of spectacle. Do you remember anybody saying anything in particular? Like, what was your perspective being in the middle of that mess? Just the noise, like how loud it was, how happy everybody was. Just the excitement in this team and the nation being out there just helping the team, you know. Coach Ross talked about how one of the plays in the game, Dean, when he spun around and got that extra yard. I know people talk about what you did with the pass, you know, first receiving touchdowns and all that, but what was it like for you trying to get in that hard yard? That's what I do. I mean, always ground and pound. So that's what I stand on, so that's me. What were you seeing out there, being out there dead in that part? Oh, shoot, just trusting my other line, knowing they're going to make the hole. All I need is 18 inches. I mean, that's what we go by over in the back room, 18 inches all you need to go make the hole. So that's what it was. The offensive line had arguably their most explosive blocking game of the year, especially in the interior. How did that change what you were able to do throughout the game? I mean, it's true. Just ground and pound, that was the focus this week So, just doing that, honing in on everybody making that block, everybody just getting somebody and driving them out the way. So, that was good to see them being back there, honestly. When you look at a total team victory, just offense, defense, and special teams, how you all lifted each other up and don't break, just what you can say about that part? I mean, we have a really, really honed-in team. We're really strong, really bonded together. I just think we all believed. We all kept one another up. Is there something that happened off the field going into this game that you guys felt felt even more connected this week? Really, just the word believe was big for us. Like, everywhere you go, not one person's not going to say believe. Like, you're going to be reminded this whole week. This whole week, you're going to be reminded. You guys got a short week this week, recovering right from the space game, thinking about Baylor on Friday. How do you guys avoid the letdown? You saw what BYU went through, obviously, beating Notre Dame and then got beat here. How do you avoid that same situation for you guys? You just keep building. I mean, it's a motto I go by. It's called water the bamboo. You know, you put a bamboo anywhere, it's going to grow. So we just watered the bamboo each and every week. We're gonna grow, we're gonna keep going. It came from my BCM, my last school, so I just stuck with it. You just talk about some of the big and clutch plays the offense made. There was some times that he wants to scramble it out, he's finding Kyron Horns, and some of those big plays, and it was his first start for T.Y. too. Just talk about some of those big plays out there. I mean, shoot, T.Y., we knew what he could do. He's that guy, I mean, we all believed in him, we all kept him calm, you know. He's that guy, he'll be special. All right, thank y'all.