 And welcome back to the Ed Hoddle Coach's Show. I'm Joe Wombo joined now with Ed Hoddle, head coach of the men's football team, and coached 48 team victory over Albania, solid performance in all three fats of the game. First, initial thoughts on the matchup. Proud of the effort. Again, able to do some really good things in the second half. Took adjustments in half time and went out and executed at a high level. Not a great week of practice. We talked about it post game a little bit. Got to get better at the process of winning football game, so to speak. How you prepare becomes vitally important. Talk a little bit about that process, because on paper, it seemed like everything was clicking, everything was working to hold them to no points in the second half. What was the focus set at half time to clean that up and then to get prepared for a winer this week? Well, it's being self-aware and understanding how focused you are, how emotionally ready you are, to some degree, how physically ready you are. And those are the things that have to occur all week, and that's something that we talked about a great deal yesterday. We didn't have a great week of practice last week, and I think we have to take that and learn from it and have very focused practice, meaningful practice. It's not just going out and kind of getting it done. It's going out and getting it done at a very high level. And a lot of that comes off of the leadership group. We've talked about it and them keeping the team focused and being a part of team play and getting everybody on the same page. One of those leaders this week was Ryan Sedgwick and a strong performance from him. Just talk about what his leadership has meant to the offensive group and getting things rolling. I mean, he's a fifth year senior, he's a three-year starter for us, and, you know, Sherry Brull approached the game, you know, does a great job preparing himself. You know, so having him be the kind of the calm in the storm, I think, for the guys is really, really big. He's got a unique perspective on our offense. You know, he knows it better than anybody else, aside from Coach Huyg and the staff. But, you know, he brings that level of experience and with experience comes calm and with calm comes results. So for us, you know, he's an invaluable asset to our program. And welcome back to the Ed Hoddle Coach's Show. Now joined with Ryan Sedgwick, quarterback for the football team. And, Ryan, you guys had a pretty strong performance, especially in the second half. Just talk a little bit about the game, the Alvernia game. Yeah, so we started off a big win, 2-0 against Salisbury. I think that we tried to preach a lot during the week about respecting our opponents and knowing that every week comes with its own challenges. You know, every team tries their best to win as well, and every game has its own obstacles. So we had a slow start in the first half. I think we were up by 2 at half. Before of a wake-up call for us, I think that we thought it was going to go a little differently than it did. So when we rolled into the second half, we really picked it up. Absolutely. You guys also hold on to the score list. Just talk a little bit, maybe the defensive side, keeping you guys in the game and giving you a chance to, you know, with four takeaways, getting the ball back to you and being able to go down and score. Yeah, I mean, to be honest, the defense has bailed out the offense more than a couple of times in the last couple of weeks. And I like to say that we'd do the same for them if they needed it. Sometimes, you know, we'll have a turnover and they'll be in position to score. And they've stopped them multiple times, put us in a great position. So that's a great mentality to have. And I'll talk a little bit about the preparation you guys talked about, always respecting your opponent, going into the Albertina game. Strong opponent going into the Widener matchup this week. What's been the focus? What's been the cleanup? Get heading into this matchup. Widener is always a tough physical team. They're going to give us, you know, a good game for sure. So we can't go in with the same mentality last week. I don't know if it's going to end the same for us as it did. We've got to come out strong. Like I said, respect our opponent and be willing to, from start to end, give it all we got. Great. Well, thank you for your time, Ryan. And good luck against Widener. Thank you so much. And defensively, you guys go out with seven tackles for a loss, pinning them back 29 yards. Demetrius Sallie had a strong performance with 11 tackles, seven solo. Just talk about the longevity of the defensive group and not being able to focus on one guy that's going to be coming at you. Well, you know, Sallie's done a great job. You know, he's a big play guy. You know, he kind of started off last year. You know, I think he had five block kicks last year in total. And you know, he's an exciting guy to watch. He's a dynamic player, you know, defensive line wise. I thought we had the best game we've had all year, generated some pressure, had the tackles for a loss. You know, it all starts up front. We talk about that all the time and that's a younger group. I think the defense on a whole is younger. You know, you look at Tom and you look at Sallie and you look at some of those guys and you see senior. Well, they're seniors, but you've got the COVID year. You've got a lot of, you know, inexperience, kind of in older guys and watching them kind of realize their dreams of being good college football players is certainly a lot of fun. But it does come with, you know, there isn't a ton of experience on that side of the ball. So to watch them grow and start to have success is certainly very exciting. And that up front presence will certainly be needed. You guys head up to Widener for a one o'clock kick. Again, second half of the season almost with going back into Mac play, what's it going to take to get up there and come out, come away with a one and zero? Well, you know, we've never gone to Chester and it not been an incredibly physical football game. They're an incredibly physical football team. You know, they're watching, looking at them on film the first three weeks. They're going to establish the run. And obviously that means we need to match that physicality. We need to match that intensity, obviously going on the road. Haven't been on the road in a couple of weeks. So we've got to deal with that aspect of it and, you know, handle it professionally. But we're going to have our hands full. You know, we've got to go up and be focused and play our best football. Coach, as always, thank you for your time. Good luck and go get them. Thank you. He's the Ed Hoddle. I'm Joe Wamba and this has been the Ed Hoddle Coaching Show.