 Hello and welcome to the Ed Hodl show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce joined by Stevenson head football coach Ed Hodl The coach how last week you went to Albright for your conference opener and came away with a big W Yeah, it was a good trip. You know anytime you can go to Albright and get a win. It's it's a big win for your program You know historically they're they're very strong in the Mac and You know a day trip for us, which is a little bit out of the ordinary Getting up early Saturday morning jumping on a bus and going up a little bit of a slow start But overall, you know, I was pleased with our performance Yeah, I'm just kind of going through it on second quarter a couple of big things I stood out one they were down on their two-yard line third and gold two and you're able to make a defensive stop And then in the final minute you kind of touched down and took the lead It's time expired on a field goal to go up at half time I talked about momentum going in half time and you carry that in second half. Well, I think for us It was big, you know again with a little bit of a slow start for us then taking advantages of some of our miscues on defense and You know to not play particularly well and come out with a one-point lead at the half was certainly exciting I think gave the guys a little bit of a lift going in the third quarter. Yeah, and then third quarter You come out and scoring your opening possession Then really kind of not the backbreaker But really really shift the momentum and it's honey jones comes up with a Interception and a touchdown return that makes a two-score game. Absolutely, you know anytime you can score a defensive touchdown Particularly after you've scored an offensive touchdown after, you know a nice opening half drive It was big and you know at that point we were feeling pretty good And you know it opens up the playbook on both sides of the ball and gives the kids a little bit of extra bounce and Fortunately, we were able to execute the rest of the way Yeah, and if you obviously you look you look fire score 50-21 you want to say obviously the offense had a good day But obviously the defense, you know pitch the second half shut out and yeah, I don't remember the exact yardage But the the total yards the second half was like I think you have them a 50 yards or something like that Sure, you know our defense is growing up a little bit, you know on the back end of that group There's some some young guys that don't quite have you know a ton of game experience under their belts And you know and they're getting better and and and really adapting to what coach McCray and coach Nelson are putting in So it's exciting to watch them continue to progress, you know week to week But even you know from half to half taking a half-time adjustments and going out and being able to execute at a high level Consistently is something that we're very excited about. Yeah, and on the offense inside the ball You look there's a lot of balance. There's not one or two guys that kind of dominate the stat sheet You've got you know different guys scoring touchdowns, you know, I think however many six or seven different guys with touchdowns on Saturday Just to have that balance so they can't key it on me one or two receivers or one or two backs Sure, it's been it's been interesting, you know Monday We kind of go through the stat sheet with the guys and you know congratulate the guys on their first college touchdowns And it's been a you know There's been a handful each of the last couple weeks Which is exciting from an offensive perspective that we are able to spread the ball around and take advantage of our personnel The way that we've done it over the last several weeks is exciting for the program Yeah, absolutely now shifting years this week another conference game again on the road We're up at King's you know team that put up a bunch of points last week and scored a little bit Just talked about going to that game what you need to do to kind of You know to continue to build on what you did last week and keep the momentum up well for us It's you know, it's a long trip. It's it's our third straight week on the road So understanding how to prepare on the road understanding, you know staying in a hotel the night before It's going to be big and how we prepare To be the best football team that we can be on Saturday at one o'clock is going to be the key for us Yeah, absolutely. All right coach. Well, we wish you the best of luck this Saturday and we'll talk to you next week Thank you, Greg. All right for Ed Hoddle. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Ed Hoddle show