 Hello everyone, welcome to the Ed Hado show for week number two as the Mustangs get ready to open up at home against the Dutchman 11 and Valley In M.A.C. competition. I'm James Wagner. I'll get to talk about my shirt in a minute But here with Coach Ed Hado after week number one the victory over Rowan coach Congratulations on the season opening win and we'll dissect that a little bit obviously a Thursday night game in In New Jersey and but your thoughts on the contest against Rowan We got done what we needed to get done Wasn't always pretty The biggest thing for me was being able to rally back from ten down early You know whenever you put yourself in that big of a hole that early in the first football game of the year There is concern, but our guys were never rattled They'd never seem to be flustered they rallied together and knew that it was just just got to keep putting one good play Together at a time and they did a good job. I was I was pleased. I was impressed It's nice to overcome that adversity on the road and week one It kind of gives you galvanizes you a little bit and hopefully we can take some of that momentum into Saturday We'll talk a little bit about that run at beginning Obviously first kickoff for the year you fumble the opening kickoff, but you make a good defensive stop And then after that first quarter you're down ten nothing and I'm looking through the drive chart And I'm seeing that you long sustained drives in the second quarter What was the kind of message to your offensive unit at that point? Well, it's it's just again. It's stacking good plays You know, we had made some adjustments in the run game which opened up the running game a little bit We'd actually had the conversation as a staff You know we were trying to be a little bit conservative with play calling for Nair in the first quarter his first start We're like all right. We're down ten. We got to turn him loose a little bit right and his credit He did a great job. You know he rebounded from that You know in your first start, you know Throwing a pick six. That's that's a tough spot. No say man Look, you know, he everything's gonna be alright. Just keep doing what you're doing and and he handled it really really well and so You know, we started to open things up a little bit in the second quarter unable to get you know Get right back in it and you know, we'd have liked to have taken the lead into the locker room But again first time in a two-minute situation on the defensive side of the ball certainly some things that we've worked to clean up from that You know, but you know, but again proud of the effort proud of being able to come back and then you know Shutting them out in the second half was a big deal Brody Campbell having you know eight points, you know, the two the two field goals and the two extra points Certainly making the difference in the game. So, you know being able to fire on all cylinder Especially teams wise was good to see Still much to clean up, you know week one to week two is always mop up time so to speak Yeah, let's talk about that second half There was a lot of ball control you guys seem to keep the ball for a lot And obviously coming at the end of the first half when Rowan scores that touchdown with no time left You guys come back and shut him out in the second half What was the message to the defensive unit going into that second half? Well again, right? You know, there was no There was nothing in the locker room to indicate anybody was hanging their head Every guys were still pumped up excited to play and you know, the message was we've got to be able to finish You know, we needed to finish the game finish each play You know the guys, you know, they did a great job and you know first games are always challenging because We're going off of last year's film So a lot of its guesswork and you know, I talked to the staff and a matter of fact I talked to my family a great deal about who's gonna win who's gonna win it Whoever makes the fewest mistakes, right? That's really what first games comes down to because there isn't a ton of game planning You think you know and you may be right. You may not be right But I think as we adjusted at halftime, you know, the game kind of came to us defensively and the guys did a great job Okay, well let's turn their attention to the Dutchman 11 and Valley. Obviously, they had a tough game Friday night at home against F&M Lost close to the diplomats. What can we expect out of the Dutchman today? fast physical You know, that's kind of their deal they wanted line up and they want to beat you up a little bit And we've got to match that physicality Match that level of intensity and you know, I think if we play the way we're capable of playing, you know, we should be fine You know, we start letting them dictate, you know, clock management. We let them hold the ball for sustained drives We find ourselves in trouble. So from our perspective, we've got to clean up all of the things from Friday night from Thursday night You know make progress take steps forward as a team on Saturday How's it feel if you've had two scrimmages on the road? You've had the opening game on the road and now you're finally home I'm glad to be home You know, again, I think that the two road scrimmages led well to the opener being on the road And obviously we practice here every day, but being in front of the home fans for the first time is going to be super exciting It's always loud here. It's always adverse for our fans here and I love it You know, I think it's it's phenomenal. It's a great environment and we're super excited to be at all And obviously I'll explain my shirt. So it's Hawaiian shirt day on Saturday part of some of the new things that we're trying here at Must thanks that in for games. So if you're coming to the game, feel free to wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt or your favorite Jimmy Buffett shirt in memory of Jimmy Buffett I've seen a concert a couple times and do you have a favorite Hawaiian shirt or favorite Jimmy Buffett memory I actually do not own a Hawaiian shirt. Okay I'm sure my wife will see this and there will be one on the kitchen counter when I get home So maybe I'll wear a Hawaiian shirt too. Okay, good. Well, good luck this week against the Dutchman. Thank you And as always you can watch it here on go mustang sports.tv as the mustangs take on the Dutchman 11 value opening M.A.C. Play 1 o'clock on Saturday. Thanks for watching. We'll talk to you next week and go stanks