 Hello and welcome to the Ed Hodl show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Roy showing here with Stevenson head football coach Ed Hodl and coach you went up to Wilkes last week and Got back in the win column with the 44 12 win kind of back-and-forth game to start and then you guys pulled away in the second Half take us through the game a little bit Definitely a slow start, you know, we've we've got to figure out how to come out of the gate fast Or faster than we have been and credit to them You know they did a nice job game plan us did a nice job skiing this up And you know we didn't execute particularly well in the first quarter and a half or so So it took us a little bit to get going But once we did we felt like we were able to you know execute the game plan on both sides of the ball as well Is in special teams and really it was it was a team win and it was exciting to go on the road and get a win And in a place that's it's tough to play up there. It's one of our longest trips of the year um The environment's a little bit different than what we're used to so you know for the guys to go up and And perform to the level that we did I think was was a step forward Yeah, on the offensive side of the ball a couple records, uh, dan Williams again broke his own record passing over 400 yards Preston had over 200 yards receiving first time that's been done in program history And then um, you know a 90-yard completion from Dan to uh, devon salisbury for a touchdown You just talk about the offense and when it's clicking how how well it operates It's an explosive group, but I think what is worth noting is how much time those guys spend together out of season You know working on things in the summertime working on things, you know through the spring You know they spend a significant amount of time with one another And and and working those relationships and those fields and it shows in in game and Coach Larson does a great job getting those guys in space and getting the ball to them in space and letting them Be who they are, you know Preston's a very very explosive player You know in my opinion probably one of the more explosive players in the conference as well as in the country And you know the things he's able to do with the football in his hands Are very very dynamic. I think he went over 300 yards, you know all-purpose on saturday, which I think I don't know that we've ever had anybody go over 300 all-purpose yards Uh in the history of the program. So to watch him is very exciting. You know devon's just He's just a guy, you know He's he's the guy that can do anything that we ask him to do and you know him having the you know The 90-yard reception doesn't surprise me I think if you know going back and looking at that play on film, you know That's all 11 guys doing exactly what they need to do You had exactly the right times and you know, I probably have watched that play 20 or 25 times just because it is Just such an example of what we can do when everybody's on the same page Yeah, and if you look at the play Obviously he just kind of threw out the flat and you know the blocking and everything was there And then he was just able to get a burst of speed and beat everybody down the field Absolutely, you look at you know Preston had a great block. Kilo had a great block Manny had a great block downfield You know, we've we've got a 300 pound offensive lineman throwing a great block 15 yards downfield You know, and that's the kind of things that that that we need to do to be successful You know, you look at that play again And you know even the blocking on the back side of the play one of the biggest hits of the game Was Sebastian on a crack to the smoke on the other side, you know Again all 11 guys doing exactly what they need to do Yeah And then on the defensive side of the ball, Hanif Jones missed a couple games He came back in a big way on Saturday with 15 tackles and was just all over the field Special performance by Hanif You know, you look at him early in the first quarter and his head was spinning a little bit Some of his alignments weren't where we needed him to be and once he got it kind of figured out a little bit He was definitely a dynamic force out there, you know things that he was able to do You know this the sack and and the and the strip and then the recovery of the strip and You know some of the the physical plays that he made were You know, I think just a snapshot of what he's capable of doing Um, you know as we move along in in his career I think another name you got to look at on defense is cowlburgan Went out and had over 40 production points for us It's kind of in our grading system and you know blocks two kicks scoops a fumble and runs You know has six or seven tackles, you know again another guy that Has really worked hard to build himself into the player that he's becoming Yeah, and then on special teams, you know, we've talked about a couple times But uh ian ghoul again, you know three field goals remain perfect on the next two points We're not talking about that at this point, greg. It's the it's the it's the top It's the top of the ninth inning of a no hitter. We're not talking about it, but ian's just been You know a picture of consistency all year, you know when we've put him in situations To be successful. He's he's answered the call you look at the the two the two field goals that he's missed this year One was 45 yards into the wind and the other one we had blocked So, you know when we protect him and we put him in situations where he can have success He's certainly delivered. Yeah now shifting years to this week Final game the regular season like homing comes here to mustang stadium What do you have to do to be successful in that game and to secure a winning season? I think it's the focus coming out of the tunnel to start the game We've got it. We've got to start fast and we've got to maintain a high level of execution in all three phases You know four four quarters and that's kind of been our message all year and I think we're getting better at it Um, you know, I think we're growing up as a football program You know, you see guys that are excited, you know for their teammates that are making plays you see guys that are You know really focused in practice You know, we've had two great days of practice so far this week And you know the guys seem to be locked in and and excited about an opportunity to send our seniors out on Saturday Yeah, talk about that senior class obviously senior day after the game honoring I think 14 seniors You know talk about what this senior class has meant to the program. Uh, you know, it's a great group of guys You know very charismatic um Really been instrumental in in helping us build the program to where it is today and um, you know, these guys came in in 2014 and right at the beginning of You know the program started to have some legitimate success and they've done a nice job maintaining that success And you know the hope is that that Saturday we can go out and play hard for those guys and send them out the right way All right. Well, great. Thanks a lot coach. We wish you the best of luck on Saturday We hope to see everyone here at Mustang stadium 12 o'clock against like-homing for ed hotel. I'm greg rois. This has been the ed hotel show