Walter Rouse makes Indiana Jones reference to emphasize blocking technique
Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Walter Rouse references Indiana Jones while explaining his blocking technique, and it may have been the best quote of the young college football season.
While speaking with the media following the Sooners’ victory over the SMU Mustangs over the weekend, Rouse dropped a money quote pertaining to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Evidently, something one of his former coaches relayed to him about the movie has made a gigantic impact on his playing style.
“Absolutely, especially with the guard and centers; it’s not passive at all. It’s a little more finesse with the tackles,” said Rouse, via Tom Green of CBS Sports. “But you can’t be quote-unquote soft or, ‘yeah, yeah, I’m just going to hit you there.’ Like, one of my old coaches used to say it’s from an Indiana Jones movie: ‘Kali ma.’ It’s like (audible chuckle from scrum) — There, you guys understand.
“Like, you’re stopping their heart, taking out their heart. That’s what you got to do each time: punch. Stop the heart. So, there’s no reason to be passive about that.”
It doesn’t get better than that. While Temple of Doom is divisive to fans of the franchise and casual movie-goers alike, that’s a pretty sweet motivational tactic that Rouse uses.
Oklahoma will need some more motivation from Indiana Jones, as Walter Rouse and company looks to continue their hot start to the season, during their final go-round as a member of the Big 12.
Brent Venables proud of Oklahoma overcoming late push by SMU
Meanwhile, this weekend’s win over SMU got a tad dicey for Oklahoma as the Mustangs made a game of it in the fourth quarter. However, the Sooners responded on both sides of the ball in a way that made Brent Venables very proud after the victory.
To start his postgame press conference, Venables was very pleased with how Oklahoma closed their 28-11 win over SMU this weekend. He gave the Mustangs their due credit but shouted his team out for their approach and response to what became a tight game on Saturday.
“(SMU) did a great job,” said Venables. “I know they’re disappointed in losing but a good, hard-fought game where there’s nothing easy about winning.”
“I love that about our team. The fight, the courage, the belief, the never flinch attitude that they had. I thought that was what you want to see,” Venables said. “A year ago, I’m not sure we would have figured out a way to win that game. I think there’s a silver lining in knowing that.”
Oklahoma was up 14-3 for the majority of the game as neither team scored in the third quarter. At the start of the fourth, though, SMU cut it to three on a long, 16-play drive inside Memorial Stadium.
From there, OU answered with a touchdown of their own and then forced a turnover on downs. They then found the endzone again to create the final margin of 17 points before sealing it with an interception.
On3’s Sam Gillenwater contributed to this article.