 Well, hello everybody. Welcome to Ed Hoddle show for week number 10 game number nine. We're back home as the Mustangs get ready for the final two regular season games both at home and they'll start with the monarchs of Kings College. I'm here with coach Ed Hoddle talking about the game of Delaware Valley. And I was looking at the stats and after the game and I likened this game against Del Val to a heavyweight fight because it just seemed like you guys took an early punch and you came back and it just seems it was back and forth and you had the chance at the end also to tie the score up. Your thoughts on the game? Sure. You know, I think that's a I think it's a great analogy. You know, I think they're obviously, you know, they're great football program have been for for some time and, you know, when you when you want to be the champ, you got to beat the champ. That's right. And, you know, it's interesting and I was, you know, talking with with Paul or the cross coach and, you know, when they've had their their battles with Salisbury and, you know, one of the things that did he said to me was, you know, you can't ever open the door. Yes. You know, you got to kick it closed and you got to hold it closed for 60 minutes. And I think we, you know, I think we left the door open just a little bit and, you know, what good football teams do in those situations, they're able to kick it back open and give themselves a chance. And, you know, they have that that big game experience. And I think that that we lack big game experience, but I think the experience of this year will help us moving forward for sure. And just quickly recap, and they square that early touchdown on the first first offensive drive, and then you guys come back and score again. And one thing that I noticed was in that fourth quarter, you had that long drive, that 18 play drive that seemed like it. I was watching on live stats. It seemed like it went 20 minutes. And then, unfortunately, DelVal then scores right after that. And then, but you guys still come down and got to the 10 yard line. I mean, it just seemed like, you know, obviously, you know, there are some teams that when you have a long drive like that, and then something like that happens where they score a touchdown real quick, it would be deflated. But it seems like you guys just came back and just responded. Yeah, you know, it was good. You know, the guys never back down from the moment, which I thought was was awesome to see played hard for 60 minutes, you know, you know, we would like to have seen some more of that production earlier in the game. You know, but then, you know, you watch, whether it's college football, whether it's the NFL is as the time runs short on the clock, you start taking more chances, you know, and maybe, you know, and you know, we've talked about it as a staff, maybe taking some more chances earlier would have been better. You know, but it's certainly easier, easy, you know, to Monday morning quarterback it today. But, you know, I was proud of the effort the guys put in, you know, I think that the big game experience will help us grow. You know, there's a ton of these guys that are going to be back next year and, you know, the more big game experience you have, you know, the higher the likelihood you're going to have some success. So now we turn to Paige, we have two last two games at home to start with Kings. Kings, a good quality football team, you know, top tier in the MAC right now. What are we going to see out of the Monarchs today? Well, physical, you know, they're a physical football team, particularly on defense. Quarterback's dynamic, you know, they're able to throw the ball around and, you know, it's a big game in the conference. You know, there are, you know, postseason implications written all over this, you know, potential home games, potential road trips in the Bull Series. So it's, you know, it's another big ballgame. And, you know, what we have to focus on this week is, you know, not letting DelVal be this twice. You know, we've got to, we've moved on, it's time to go and, you know, it's only Kings. Yeah, that's what I was about to ask, like, how do you, how do the guys respond in practice this week? And like you said, you can't let DelVal beat you twice. You know, obviously a game like that's emotionally draining because like I said earlier, you come down this big drive, they score, and then you have a chance to tie it at the end. How do the guys respond this week? They've responded well, you know, it's been, it's been a lot of good energy of practice. You know, I think our staff does a great job of talking through the emotion of that. You know, you got to get it out. You can't let it linger. If you're upset, be upset. If you're angry, be angry. And I told them, you know, I was upset Sunday and, you know, but my job Sunday was to figure out what we can do better. And, you know, move forward, you know, looking, you know, looking to Kings. And, you know, that's what makes me feel better. That's what makes me perform better. So, you know, I think we're in a good place. All right. Well, good luck this week. Thank you. That's with Hodel talking about the Mustangs as they get ready for game number nine and week number 10. We're back home at noon as we take on the Monarchs to Kings courts. You'll watch right here on GoMustangsSports.com. Thanks for watching and we'll talk to you next week in Go Stangs.