 Hello everybody, welcome to the Ed Hoddle show for week number four as the Mustangs return home before the bi-week taking on the pride of Wagner University. I'm James Wagner. Is this an AD for Athletic Communication? Join always by Ed Hoddle, head football coach talking about last week's win over FDU Florham up in the Garden State 24-21. Coach, congratulations and your thoughts on the win. Thanks. You know, anytime you can go on the road and get a win in our league, you know, we'll take it. You know, I think as you look back at the history of the two schools, the matchups, you know, we've never lost. And I think that we carried a little bit of that arrogance with us on Saturday. And we've got to get over ourselves a little bit when it comes to those kinds of things. That football program is definitely on the rise. They've gotten better. And, you know, we've got to do everything we can to respect our opponents and bring our best game every Saturday. And it seemed like offensively you were out with Marquez wasn't playing and you've had some, you know, key players on both sides of the ball missing. But you had some people step up. Can you talk about that? Sure. I mean, the obvious is Louis Clouser, you know, career day, you know, exciting to watch. You know, he's kind of been our third guy. There was a point during the preseason where he was, you know, kind of edging toward being that second guy, but then had a little bit of a setback, you know, injury wise. And just great to see him kind of, you know, take on that responsibility of being that guy on Saturday. And, you know, you certainly can't look at a running backs performance without at least talking about those five guys up front. Those guys did a phenomenal job all day, keeping Nyer clean, opening up holes for Louis. And that, you know, they had an exceptional afternoon. So we're certainly excited about the direction the offensive line is going as well. Especially defensively in the second half, obviously have the Invert Interception get the ball back, run out the clock. Just talk about the play, your defensive unit in the second half. Yeah, you know, those guys, you know, it's a work in progress. You know, the change of scheme has been, you know, it's been fun to watch. Just put us in positions to make some plays. I think there were still even some plays on the table, but, you know, having that opportunity to end that game that way, you know, hopefully will help us build some confidence for the weeks to come. And now coming into the game against Weidner, obviously one, we're back at home. And, you know, it's it's a big game against Weidner, who's traditionally a very good program. Talk about what can we expect out of the pride? You know, it's funny you start doing your research, you know, the Sunday before and kind of combing through everything. And I found a, I think it was an Eddie White Shoes Johnson, you know, into the Hall of Fame, their video into the football Hall of Fame video. And, you know, it starts off with 20 conference championships, you know, and I think that speaks volumes of their program and their history. You know, it's so always a great match up with those guys, you know, whether it's here, whether it's there. It seems like every time they come here, it rains. It seems like every time we go there, it's sunny and beautiful. But it, you know, it's become one of my favorite matchups throughout the season. Coach Brandt has done a great job with that program. You know, they play hard, their brand of football is physical. You know, we strive to play a physical brand of football and it's, you know, we're not an old school Mac team. But I'd like to think from, you know, that we would have fit right in in the 80s and 90s of, you know, those those that style of football. So I look forward to the matchup every excited about Saturday for sure. So talk about the team after this game. You basically hit the midway point. You have the biweek before you begin the last, you know, the max schedule way through, you know, what's your assessment of the team now at coming into basically what is the halfway point? I think we've yet to play our best football. I think we've still, you know, I think the sky is the limit as far as, you know, what we can do. You know, I think we have failed to play truly complimentary football where all three five, all three phases are firing simultaneously at a very, very high level. You know, you look back at your preparation. And of course, it's a little bit disappointing not to be there yet. But it also is exciting because you can clean some things up on the biweek. You can get some guys healthy on the biweek. You can reexamine some of the things and it isn't necessarily just personnel stuff. Some of it may be scheme stuff that we as coaches need to evaluate. So you get the time to kind of comb through the first half ish of the season and really strive to to be fired on all cylinders in the second half of the year. Well, coach, good luck in today's matchup. Thank you. Again, that's the head hodl with the head hodl show is the Mustangs take on the pride of Widener. It's blackout day. So obviously I'm in black. So where you're black is you come out the Mustang sitting for the one o'clock kickoff. We'll talk to you in a couple of weeks as we've got the biweeks for we head to Alvernia. Thanks for watching and go Stanks.