Texas Tech University Athletics
Q&A with Sam Fehoko
August 11, 2011 | Football
August 11, 2011
FB: Training Camp Day 6: Post-Practice Interviews
by Britton Drown
Texas Tech Athletics Communications
Q: How much progress has the defense made during training camp?
A: Right now, I feel like our defense has made a tremendous step from the spring. We are getting the defense down quicker now, all we are doing are polishing it up. So far the installments are in and we are just working on it.
Q: The defense has taken on the motto "Hunt Together". What does that phrase mean to you?
A: For me, coming from the Islands, we love to hunt. We go out and hunt pig, and hunt shark . So when we hunt, we make sure we kill, because that is what we eat. So that is what it basically means. So if you don't hunt, you don't kill, then you don't eat. When you are out there on the field, you want to hunt the offense. If you are not hunting the offense, you're not going to make the defense look good. The defense is not eating because they are not keeping that '0' on the scoreboard. As a defense, we hunt together as one whole--together all the time."
Q: In camp, you have been rotating back and forth between the defensive line and the linebackers. Has that been a challenge for you?
A: You have to embrace it as a football player. As a student of the game, as an athlete you have just got to really focus on what you have to work on to put the defense in the best position possible. For me, I'm just working on both right now and learning the whole defense and pretty much getting it down. And right now we are going to be good. We are going to be fine."
Q: How much have you learned during your career at Texas Tech?
A: It's definitely been a maturity level increase. I feel like looking at the young guys and seeing how I was in their position before, and them kind of messing up on some things. I still mess up. Everybody makes mistakes, but at the same time you see what you came from. You see how you grew up. You see what it is going to take to help them to get to where I am or where you want to be."
Q: What is the biggest challenge of training camp?
A: You know, it's kind of hard getting up in the morning. Your body takes a toll on you. All of the young guys feel it. You have to keep them up. It's just about having the mental part. That's the biggest challenge of camp."
