Burning Questions: Meet freshman Tim Phillips

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Assistant Sports Editor Tim Ottusch sat down with freshman running back Tim Phillips from Louisville, Ky. Phillips saw action in his first collegiate game against Arizona, rushing for eight yards on two carries.

Tim Ottusch: How was it playing your first collegiate game in Arizona?
Tim Phillips: It was really fun. I love the fans and the adversity that you get when you go into an opposing team’s stadium. I loved it, it was fun.

TO: What do you like to do in off days?
TP: Sleep. Get as much sleep as I can, resting my body and my mind.

TO: What your favorite class at CMU so far?
TP: My math class. Just because I like to figure out equations and there are different ways of solving numbers. There are different steps you need to take to solve equalities and inequalities, things of that nature.

TO: What do you plan on majoring in?
TP: Right now, I’m taking Intro to Engineering. So, I’m just seeing how that goes and I’ll make my decision after that.

TO: What do you hope to accomplish on the field this season?
TP: Just knowing my assignments whenever I get in the game. And going 100 percent and executing.

TO: What is your pregame routine?
TP: To be honest, I don’t have one. I really don’t. I just try to get myself in the zone mentally.

TO: What’s your favorite movie?
TP: Apocalypto, (directed) by Mel Gibson. It’s a story of a Native American that has to save his family from a group of outside Indians that came and took over his village. He has to save his family all by himself. It’s just the strength and the self pride and having the strength to save what he has left.