 Back with you in the postgame Gary Stein along with quarterback Ryan Sedgwick and Ryan first of all Congratulations on a great game and four straight victories But I want to start with this senior day ceremony that you guys just had Where everybody greets the seniors the 17 seniors as they come off the field for the final time What struck me was that you guys are together that this team is a team that is together Just talk a little bit about the chemistry of this football team It's special to see all those guys like have their own individual moments like especially John scored today Like I loved that like that was probably the highlight of my day personally But like just seeing all the seniors with their families like enjoying like just being recognized for all the hard work that they put in the past Four or five years hasn't always been the easiest, you know with COVID and you know all the struggles that everyone's had personally But just a great feeling to have everyone out there today and just for them to be recognized So for you personally every opposing coach that I talked to before the games that you guys play Have mentioned about Ryan Sedgwick the touch that he puts on the ball He can just drop it in there like a little bread basket. Just talk to me a little bit about that Well, that's just a lot of practice over the years been playing football for almost 20 years now so just a ton of practice in the offseason get chemistry with the receivers kind of Just know where they're gonna be before you throw it and that way you can kind of just give them a catchable football Yeah, let's talk about a specific throw the 65 yarder to Darian little John They really got you guys on track in the second half. Oh for sure We were you know, we had a slow first half for sure, but we knew we could Do whatever we wanted in a sense of you know, open up our playbook a little bit and kind of spread the field out You know coming off play action and you know letting their safety's bite on the ball Just taking the post over top kind of thrown it up and let him go make a play He had a great day today and then little John's second touchdown was probably even a prettier throw into that corner of the end zone Just talk about that one a little we've had a little bit of fun with that recently last week If you remember there wasn't basically an entire series where they were kind of leaving them one on one And we were kind of a backyard football like giving each other routes, you know Like what do you like here? What do you like there? So we we recognize that we had a one-on-one there and give him a slant and go and he made a great release had a great break and Made a great play on the ball. You talked about throwing off play action I want to talk about your running game for a second. You guys have a Downhill you got three downhill sledgehammers basically Joppy Walker hamming you guys got a Matt Matt gets comes in How much easier does that make your job throwing the ball when you can rely on something like that? It takes off such a load, especially when we're in third and manageable Or we're just getting first downs after second down not even living in third down because you know our O line blocked Blocked their ass off today and our running backs just ran downhill followed the hole, you know running through arm tackles is huge They're big boys. So they're not always easy to tackle. So speaking of big boys I've got him we've got to talk about John Watkins You take special pleasure in that the two-yard touchdown the offensive lineman. I know he came off the field limping Looks like he's okay, and I'm hoping that's the case But again that that veteran center and he switched positions this year Ryan and you depended on him a lot Definitely. He came over and played center for us He's the rock of our O line and we've been saying that for a while and he knows it But I live with John. He's one of my best friends So just to see him kind of line up in the full back I was able to turn around hand on the ball, you know I think it's probably his first touchdown that he's ever scored. So like he didn't you know how to react He's so excited. So everyone was happy special moment. All right, and now so so looking ahead I don't know if you guys are aware, but you're still in line for a bold birth depending on what Weiner does You guys obviously have to beat FDU next week talk about being 0 and 5 now being 4 and 5 and having a chance to Really do something special. Well, we preach, you know every week that it's always been about us, you know We beat ourselves or we execute and we're successful So just that turnaround after the bi-week and you know really just starting depending on ourselves, you know Like look inward instead of outward, you know in the mirror But same thing we can't you know, we can't look at other teams and who they play and say well He'd they beat them or they beat them, you know, we just got to focus on next week and beating FDU Number one quarterback in the league. Thank you so much. Thank you so much That'll do it for the post game here from Stevenson from Mustang Stadium 35-10 the final today over Kings and back with coach Ed Hoddle here after Stevenson's 35-10 victory over Kings We just talked to Ryan Sedgwick So I'm going to ask you a couple of the same questions But I did want to start with the senior day ceremony at the end of this game You guys do it a little differently You guys have it after the game where you guys have the ceremony, you know Family and friends walk the players off the field for the last time What struck me about being down here while you guys were doing it was the togetherness of your team And I want to talk to you about that because at 0-5 to now be where you are today I don't think you guys have ever wavered in your commitment to one another Well, and and that's a credit to the locker room and guys just hanging together sticking together Understanding where we are where we were as a program and and you know and getting together in the weight room and getting together You know at the off-campus houses up in the dorms and just you know Study in the game and getting better and you know and really building those relationships and you know I think that's key to the success we've had over the last four weeks is You know they take care of one another and and it's you know, it's it's cool to watch for sure And it's specifically for today. You guys let it at the half seven three You pretty much controlled the first half, but it was close a couple of mistakes here in there, etc But the play that got you got you guys underway in the second half Was the 65 yarder from ryan sedgwick to dairy and little john just talk a little bit about and coach russ meyers Talks about it all the time You have a you have a ground game that can make big plays at any time You can either ground pound it out or you can strike big and I think that's what happened in the second half Yeah, you know sometimes we talked about it at halftime You know we had some opportunities in the first half that we weren't able to capitalize on Either by turnover or a penalty and you know we allowed them to move the ball a little bit And I think we talked my message to the team was you know Get back to fundamentals blocking tackle and do it making making the small play so the big plays happen And you know and and that the big the big pass You know the start of the scoring the second half is indicative of that You know you've got to you've got to make the little plays You've got to take care of the details of each and every play and and then you'll start to pop them And and so you know that's kind of the messaging to see them bring that out in the second half Was it was again was super cool to see and at the same time though You have three battering ram running backs who can just take the life out of another team And then Matt gets can come in basically do the same thing also Yeah, it's exciting to you know to have those guys and and they're all a little bit different in their own way But they're all you know, they're all heavy runners and and they're guys that can take contact and break tackles and and yeah And bringing gets in and you know gets is interesting because you know He was a high school quarterback and he sees things Back there at that position to run the ball And if you watch the patience with which he runs Particularly in those big third down situations is pretty unique and you know, I see that package as as an evolving package for him You know even beyond the 2021 season. What about John Watkins? Is there going to be a package for him next week? Well, you know, I walked I strolled into to coach oil's office on Tuesday And usually when I walk in there and start making suggestions for things that we should do You know, he's he's really open-minded about it But I know it you know like we talked about earlier in the week It's his offense and I said, hey, you know, let's try to get John Watkins and touchdown this weekend and You know, it was it was exciting to see and you know, he walked in You know, he never got in that easy in practice and I was kind of shocked that you know I'm waiting for him to you know, leave his feet and go airborne So he told him you may have to go airborne to get in the end zone But no, it was super cool to see and and and John's been a you know Been a been an iron man of sorts in our program Um, you know, he's probably up there with the all-time number of starts and you know For me, he's up there as an all-time, you know Good guy and good leader and and a player that um that will be very difficult to replace and we can't leave the defense out I thought it was 21 10 in the third They got a long kick return and had a first down to start their drive inside your territory And I thought the three and out that your defense put up right there was a huge key in the game For sure, you know those guys if you you know, we'll look at what they've put on film over the last Well, I mean really all season but particularly over the last four weeks is remarkable and you know again Same thing, you know, you and I talked about last week. I can hear the adjustments You know going in and I can and I watched the kids go out and execute them and You know, I mean you look at the first half, you know, we didn't expect expect 11 to play You know, we we'd prepared for 17 and then 11 comes in and we're seeing some things that You know that we weren't that we had seen bits and pieces of on film But again, you know coach Nelson and the defensive staff You know broke it all down and and got our guys in the right spot and you know, that's an exciting group to watch and You know, they respond really well to adjustments and and again super fun to watch So I'm sure you'll watch the widener score, but I know you'll prepare next week for fdu Regardless congratulations on four straight wins and what hopefully is a season that will continue on absolutely. Thank you very much Absolutely. Thank you. Yes, sir. That'll do it from down here. Once again back to you guys