CFP QUARTERFINAL AT THE CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL: OREGON VS TEXAS TECH

December 30, 2025

Romello Height

Hard Rock Stadium

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Press Conference

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Honestly, man, just they made me feel like family as soon as I walked in the door. It felt like I had been here for all my years of college because of how they made me feel.

Honestly, that's what I wanted to be a part of. That's what I wanted to be surrounded with, genuine people. Even the players were so welcoming. Honestly, I just knew this was my home after that.

Q. You've played with Emmanuel when you guys were at USC. Do you guys have any --

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Yeah, Big E, man. That's my guy. Big E is a great player, great guy, genuine dude, plays great football, super strong, can move. He is a great ball player. Who knew?

Q. I know you probably have played with some of your former teammates. Is that something you think about at all going into the game or someone comes up and reminds you and that's the first time you think about it?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Yeah, I'll be looking forward to playing against some of my former teammates. I'm super competitive, so I'll probably shoot them off a text before the game joking around. But they're my guys, so I'll be looking forward to playing against former teammates because, like I said, I'm super competitive.

Q. You and Bear were there together, too?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Me, Bear, Gary Bryant. They're my guys, man. I'm looking forward to playing those guys, man.

Q. Have you been to Miami before?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Mm-hmm.

Q. How do you like it?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: It's cool. I like Miami. I trained out here a couple times. Miami has got great weather. Never played ball out here, so I'm really looking forward to that.

Q. Have you ever played in an NFL stadium?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: No, sir, not outside the Cowboys stadium because we just played there for the Big 12 Championship.

Q. What have you guys done as a team since you've gotten here, team bonding kind of things?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Oh, all kinds. It's a lot of stuff in the facility like pool tables, little arcade games and things like that. That was kind of (indiscernible) we did a lot of stuff in the facility. It's things like that that's brought us together, create a bond off of that.

Q. What was your first reaction when you guys were watching the selection show and you saw your team on the screen at No. 4?

ROMELLO HEIGHT: Man, honestly, it didn't hit me until like a day or two later. I was just like, man, we're in the playoffs. It's a dream come true. This is something I dreamed of as a kid. It's things like that that I'm like, man, I'm going to remember this forever, for life. Like I said, it honestly didn't hit me until like two days later. It was crazy.