-Alright, thank you for being here.
We'll go straight to questions. First off, we have Michael Katz
with the "Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal."
-Hey, Braylon, how are you doing?
-Good. How are you?
-Good. You know, over your time at Ole Miss,
you've had your fair share of talented quarterbacks.
But what is it about Matt's leadership role and style
that's kind of different and how much do you attribute
the success of this season's team
to kind of him and his development in that department?
-Just watching Matt come in as a freshman,
he took his game to a whole nother level this year.
And these past two years
that him being a starting quarterback,
it's just been great
just seeing him achieve all these goals
and put the team on his back and carry us the way he did.
-Okay. Up next, we'll go to Trey Mongrue with WLBT.
-I'm wondering if you've had time to reflect
on where the program is now
compared to where it was when you first got here.
I haven't had time to reflect, but just knowing the things
that we were doing back then and things we do now
and the attention to detail is way different.
Our focus is here every day at practice and in the film room,
and it's paying off for us.
-Is being in the Sugar Bowl
or just being in a New Year's Six bowl that much more special
considering where you guys were when you were a freshman here?
-Oh, yeah, definitely.
Last year was my first bowl game
as an Ole Miss Rebel, actually,
but this one right here, man,
being a big bowl, New Year's Six,
you can't ask for anything better.
-Okay, next, we will go to Nick Suss
with "The Clarion-Ledger."
-Braylon, Lebby was telling us that he thinks this is probably
the healthiest you guys have been since Louisville,
just are you noticing that in practice?
How sharp do things seem offensively
and is it a little different than it was
during the grind of playing nine in a row at the end of the year?
-Man, it's good to have everybody back
and just as a tempo team,
having everybody back helped us tremendously,
and you can see we moving, we playing faster in practice
and everybody looks great.
-Okay, next up, we have Jon Sokoloff WCBI.
-Braylon, what's it gonna be like
for you playing your last game with Matt Corral?
-Bittersweet.
I know Matt fitting to go off to the league and do big things,
and I'm going my separate way as well.
But being the last game as an Ole Miss Rebel, man,
it's been a hard five years, but I loved them.
I'm gonna cheer them on for the rest of my life.
All the friendships and brotherhood
that I've built over these years,
gonna be bittersweet, man.
-Okay, we have Trey Mongrue again with WLBT.
-Yeah, Braylon, for someone that has been here five years,
do you kind of have to almost talk to the younger guys
and be like, "Hey, appreciate this,"
because, you know, where you were
compared to where they are now,
how they're starting their Ole Miss career?
-You know, you just try to tell the younger guys
everything that you experienced your freshman year
and just tell them guys to stay the course.
And things might seem like they're not going your way,
but in the end,
just leave it all up to God and do --
Control what you can control and just continue to grind.
-Okay, we can go to Ted Lewis with "The New Orleans Advocate."
-Braylon, as a senior, it might have been easier for you
to have opted out of this bowl game.
You see players doing that around the country.
What influenced you to stay
and how much did Matt's early decision saying "I'm coming,
I'm gonna be in that bowl game" --
How much do you think that had an influence
on the team not having anyone opt out?
-This team -- I don't think
nobody had thoughts of opting out from the get-go.
I always wanted to finish my career
in a big bowl game or a national championship,
but with it being the Sugar Bowl,
I'd love to finish it here in New Orleans
with my teammates, my brothers, and let's go get this "W."
-Okay, we have one final question that was submitted
to the media portal.
Go ahead, John.
-Does the team and especially the offense feed off
Coach Kiffin's energy on the sideline?
-Can you say that again?
-Does the team, and especially your offense,
feed off of Coach Kiffin's energy on the sideline
during the game?
-Oh, yes, sir, definitely.
When you see him throw his clipboard or playsheet,
everybody gets excited
because you know something big is gonna happen
for him to do that.
And just seeing him happy, just gets everybody fired up
and ready for the game even more.
-Okay, Braylon, thank you for your time this afternoon
and good luck on Saturday. -Thank you.