 Hello and welcome to the Ed Hodl show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce joined by Stevenson head football coach Ed Hodl. Coach, you went up to Boston this past weekend, season opener. We're able to get a pretty impressive 34-0 win. Good team win overall. Yeah, it's hard to look at first games, not be a little bit jaded from the mistakes that you make, the things you leave on the table, some penalty issues that we had. A lot of first game stuff gives us a lot to work with as far as coaching this week. And I think the guys learned, you know, we've got to be able to go on the road. We've got to be able to perform when we've got to spend a significant amount of time with the boss. You know, hats off to Curry. They did a good job. I mean, it was, you know, we had to work for it. But I think, you know, in the end, the guys were able to come together and get the win. Yeah, obviously first talk a little bit about the defensive effort. You know, they got in the red zone, you know, two or three times once in the first half. They had an interception and then a couple of times late when they got down to this time, you guys came up with a couple of goal line stands. Yeah, I think probably from a coaching staff perspective, obviously we were able to execute a really, really good game playing the coach Nelson and his guys put together. But I think the most exciting thing for me were the goal line stands late in the game by the young guys. Right. We had, you know, a significant number of freshmen on the field at that point. But they were playing hard and executing, you know, what we've taught them over the first couple of weeks. And, you know, that's a really, really exciting thing to watch. I think the other thing that was exciting to watch was how engaged in all of that the older guys were. Yeah. You know, they were really into it, really wanted to see the young guys have a shot to preserve the shutout. Unfortunately, they were able to do that and that was really cool to see. Yeah, because obviously maybe the natural tendency is maybe, hey, we've got this game in the bag and let down a little bit, but they were able to keep the intensity up because they wanted to go out and earn that shutout. Absolutely. And then, you know, offensively, you know, I think saw, you know, you moved the ball in spurts, had some good, had a couple of good drives. You also took advantage of some mistakes that Curry made as well. We did. You know, the offense is a work in progress, I think, looking at, you know, a little bit different scheme, a little bit different philosophy with Coach Hoy coming in over the summertime. You know, I think we're still working out the kinks, still kind of finding our groove. But I think you look at us as a whole, I think we can run the ball. I think we're good enough to quarterback at this point. Yeah. So as we look into this Saturday night, I think it's, we're looking for some significant growth. Yeah, absolutely. Obviously, trying to integrate some, you know, at the skill positions, like he said, some different people in and trying to, along with the new offensive coordinator. So there's a lot of moving parts there. But, you know, like he said, it's a work in progress and it'll continue to only improve. Absolutely. All right. Like he said, shifting gears to this Saturday, first home game. It's always exciting. You know, any home game, I'm not saying it seems exciting, but it always seems to be a little bit more exciting, a little bit more intense under the lights Saturday night against Bridgewater. Yeah, we're excited. You know, I can't wait to see the students come out and support us. I know I've gotten a number of texts, you know, already. Good luck. You know, we're going to be there from, from various student groups. And that's exciting when you can get the campus involved and, you know, play on a Saturday night under the lights in our place. It's going to be a loud, you know, very supportive environment for us. And that's exciting. Yeah. It's going to be a second non-conference game, second and final of the season, you know, against Bridgewater team coming off and win themselves. So just kind of talk about a little bit about that game. You know, good football team, you know, well-coached. You know, it was a, it was a one-score game until late in the fourth quarter last year. Yeah. So we would expect the same this year. You know, their quarterbacks back, I think four of their five offensive line starters are back. So as we look at them on paper, they're an experienced group, a quarter, a group that has strong leadership from a senior quarterback and a guy that can run around and make you miss. You can throw the ball down the field. So, you know, and defensively, they're stout. I mean, they do a good job on the defensive side of the ball. I believe they have preseason all-American at inside linebacker. So, you know, we're going to have to, we're going to have to buckle down and get the work done Saturday night. All right, coach. We wish you the best of luck Saturday night and we'll chat next Wednesday. Thanks, Greg. I appreciate it. All right. For Ed Hoddle, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Ed Hoddle Show.