To never get too high or too low," he said of his message to younger teammates "They’re going make plays, but we’ve got to really be able to retaliate and to be able to go to the next play mentality. It's that demeanor he thinks allows himself to be most successful. Thibodeaux says he doesn't need raw emotion to motivate or fuel his play. They'll pull out all the stops, and Thibodeaux knows how pivotal the right mental approach is for coming off the playing surface with victory No. It's known how much the Huskies would love to play spoiler. The stakes are high for this one, even with Washington playing. The Ducks were ranked 4th nationally in the debut College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday evening.
"That’s kind of why we play, for the rivalries and for the big games, so just being able to show what we’ve got and put up a fight is going to be fun." “Just knowing that there’s real hate in people’s hearts for this game and for us," he said of what he knows of the Oregon-Washington rivalry. Thibodeaux also learned that day just how much this rivalry means to both schools and their fanbases. Oregon got out of Seattle with a 35-31 win, en route to a Pac-12 championship and an eventual Rose Bowl in in Pasadena. "You realize as you get older that it’s not about what you do outside of the whistle or outside of the game, it’s about what happens between the whistles." "You saw the crowd yelling and dropping bombs on us, and this and that," he said. He saw stuffed animal Ducks ripped to pieces and heard all the unsavory welcomes the home crowd offered the visitors. He remembers the crowd that day at Husky Stadium. As a true freshman, Thibodeaux made his second career start in Seattle. Thibodeaux was treated to an even larger helping of what the rivalry really means a year later. So, knowing that’s what they did before us, we’ve just got to keep one upping it and keep it going." "It went into overtime and they just kept fighting. “Just seeing the atmosphere and the relentless passion that they had," Thibodeaux told reporters of what he took away from the 30-27 Oregon win on Oct. Thibodeaux signed with the Ducks a few months later. In overtime, CJ Verdell scampered into the end zone for a walk-off touchdown. The teams traded body blows for four quarter before overtime was required to settle it. Kayvon Thibodeaux has understood the Oregon-Washington rivalry better than most even before he enrolled at Oregon.Ī five-star recruit wanted by every school on each coast, Thibodeaux visited Autzen Stadium in the fall of 2018 for the annual game against the Huskies.
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