 Hello and welcome to the Coach's Corner. I'm Joe Wamba, joined now with Ed Hoddle, head coach of the football team. And Coach, you guys head up to Widener after your bye week and have a pretty darn good performance. Yeah, we talked with the staff and we talked with the guys yesterday. Probably one of the most significant team wins in our program history. It's not often that you're able to score in all three phases of the game. And we were able to do that. And fortunately, we got some timely big plays. And we were able to put some distance between us in them, which makes play calling and decision making a little bit easier for us. So really proud of the guys coming out and playing at the level they did and coming away with a good team win. And you talk about those timely plays. We get the first career or first punt return for a touchdown in school history. And then back to back pick sixes on the defense. The guys are hungry for the ball. Yeah, it was a neat experience for Preston and the other 10 guys on the punt return unit to get the first one in school history. We've come close a couple of different occasions. And it kind of brings me back a little bit to the first year or two or three of the program where there were so many firsts, the first touchdown, the first fumble recovery, the first interception. And still kind of having that one out there and being able to kind of put a check mark by that was pretty exciting. And then to get the back to back pick sixes, that's pretty special. I don't remember my career of ever seeing back to back interception returns for a touchdown. And that was really neat to see. And our guys get a chance to be excited in a big spot on the road. Yeah, those guys are just so excited. Any time the ball's in the air, they're all hunting it down, it seems like. Yeah, again, that's the culture that Coach Johnson's built in the secondary and one that's exciting for us. I get excited when the ball's in the air because you're waiting to see who's going to come up with it. But again, it's a lot of hard work. It's a lot of film study. It's being blessed to have some exceptional athletes back there and the culture that they've been able to build over the last several years here. It's exciting thing to watch. And on the offensive side of the ball, another strong day from Daniel Williams. Yeah, Dan was solid all day. I think you see Dan's progression. You see him growing up within the scheme and growing up as a quarterback and knowing that after this year, he's going to be here for another two. It's certainly very, very exciting. I think probably one of the coolest things that happened to the quarterback position on Saturday was Steve Shanley. There are three plays where Steve comes in and makes exceptional reads and throws three exceptional passes. Dan had come out, he had a little bit of an injury. Steve comes off the bench, goes three for three for 47 yards. He converts a third and 20. We're down at that point, 14 to 7. Field position wasn't great. And for him to be able to go out there and convert was pretty exceptional. And I really believe, and I've said this probably 15 times since the end of the game, that was a really, really key possession for us. Looking at the possibility of going down a second score and having to bring the backup quarterback in, and Steve really did a solid job in a tough spot. And I think at that particular position, that's pretty remarkable to have a guy come off the bench with 15 seconds notice and go three for three for 47 yards. Absolutely. That's something to be very excited about, not just in being able to have that drive and then having that depth as well. Depth across the board, it seems like. And I'm talking a little bit more about the excitement that keeps on rolling. Homecoming on Saturday, probably one of the biggest crowds we'll see ever in the history of the program so far. Yeah, it's going to be an exciting atmosphere. I know the tailgates will be in full swing probably well before 8 o'clock. And having the opportunity to play in front of so many home fans is always special. Our folks here did just an outstanding job from a game day atmosphere perspective. They're loud. They're professional. They understand what it is that they're watching. It's a very, very smart football crowd. Our students are awesome. I can't wait to see what kind of cool things. I look out at our last home game, and I see a giant Subi head and a McCann head. And I'm like, where do those come from? So I think it's really creative. And I think our fan base here has really bought into a game day experience, which from a coach and a player perspective is certainly very exciting to see. And we're hoping they come out and enforce, and we're hoping that they're as loud as they have been historically. We love to see that type of support at all of our games and events. And football is one of the biggest ones that we have on campus. It's going to be great to see. What types of things do you guys need to focus on internally that you maybe had to fix from the past week or from the beginning half of the season to get that W again on Saturday? Well, I think on a whole, we looked at our evaluation of what happened on Saturday. And I think we were a little bit rusty at coming out of the bi-week, a little bit more rusty than what I would have expected us to be. So I think, again, it's that internal focus. It's looking at what we did and did not do on Saturday that could affect the outcome of the game this week and working as hard as we can to correct those mistakes. I think there are some key areas that we identified in our meeting yesterday for our guys to really work. And we've challenged them to really elevate their level of play. And I think we've done that almost every week. And I think we've got to take another step forward. And much like anything in life, the more you pay attention to the details, the more successful you're going to be. And I think as we were getting into game number seven, you have to focus even harder on the details. It's a little bit of extra film work. It's a little bit of extra focus and practice. Because as we go through the next four weeks, every week is going to be a huge challenge for us. Yep. Well, Coach, good luck in that focus. And we are looking forward to seeing you guys out on Saturday with a big crowd on hand. Thank you very much. He's Ed Hoddle. I'm Joe Wamba. And this has been the Coach's Corner.