Quarterfinal: Wofford @ NDSU

[gofurman]

I would venture to say that Wofford has played 2 of that aforementioned 5 Top QB's. Devin Hodges At Samford HAS to be in that discussion, and PJ Blajekowski (Furman) is another very talented QB, that (may fall outside the 5 best actually) but is up there for sure, and we have played him twice this season. I don't think Wofford will be wow'd by Stick's ability. He seems like a very good QB, dangerous with his arm and legs, but not anything we haven't seen. No offense to him as he is very skilled, I just don't see him carving up Wofford's defense. If he has the responsibility of winning or losing the game, if Wofford were to find a way to stuff the Run game of NDSU, I like our chances.

Lot of IF's obviously........just looking at things that give Wofford the best chance and what we have done with teams in the past.

Not being pro-Furman but if NDSU is run-first and throw efficiently Woffd saw that twice w Furman. Hodges may be a better QB / and WCU Adams is strong too.. hard to know as they all use different systems but here was Furman. You guys know football - these stats are EYE POPPING:

PASS EFFICIENCYGCompAttInt Pct.YardsTD .............Efficiency Rating
1.Furman 8 SoCon games ...92 comp ... 142 attempts ... 2 interceptions ... 64.8 pct ... 1553 yds ... 11 TDs ............... 179.4 RATING- ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE????? THATS ALMOST UNHEARD OF
2.Samford 8 238359866.3282021 ................ 147.1
3.Mercer 8 128212660.4165910 ..................... 136.0
4.Western Carolina 8 144231762.3157313 ....... 132.0
5.Wofford 8 52101151.58302 ...............,..... 125.1
6.ETSU 8 138245556.3165710 ........................ 122.5

and Furman Is NOT NDSU. We are improving but I am not even going there.. LOL. But I don't think the QB level is much different. The OL, yeah. Many of the guys like DeLuca etc etc - IE, the trenches and front 7... yeah, NDSU may be way better. But I watched FU QB Blaze all year and watched 3 NDSU games. I don't see a difference. Notice YT lists FU's QB right there with Hodges. He was arguing that at some points in teh year he felt Blaze was better.. when we could help him w a run game. If you want to see what I mean, watch Furman v Citadel or somebody. Wofford just had Blaze running for his life and playing from behind where they could pin their ears back... so watching the last game FU v Woff isn't that telling. And their was still one drive where he killed em (to put us up 10-7) --> IE, when the game was even he was a serious danger. But once we couldn't run and got behind, well, that makes every QB look bad. (okay, maybe not Wentz But, basically No QB can be effective when he has no run game help and the DL can sell out.

Here is another truly FREAKY stat w Blaze at FU v all SoCon comp (only 8 SoCon games) - He was number one in FCS nation late in season.. maybe ended up top 5 or so? Yards per attempt:

PASS YDS/ATT G ... Comp .... Att ....Int Pct..... YardsAvg. TD
1.Furman 8 games .... 92comp ..... 142attempts ... 2int .....64.8pct .... 1553 yds .......10.9 yards per attempted pass ......11 TDs
2.Wofford ... 8games ... 52 comp... 101 attempt .... 1int ...51.5 pct ........830 yards .... 8.2 yards per pass attempt ... .....2 TDs
3.Samford 8 gmaes ....238 comp ..359 attempts ...8 int ... 66.3 pct ... 2820 yards ...7.9 pass yards per attempt ......21 TDs
4.Mercer 7.8 yds per pass attempt
5.The Citadel 7.0 yards per pass attempt
6.Western Carolina 6.8 yds per pass attempt
7.ETSU 6.8 yds per pass attempt
8.Chattanooga 5.7 yards per pass attempt
9.VMI 4.5 yards per pass attempt


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Yeah, here it is - FU QB finished number 2 in nation in pass efficiency:

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CL	POSITION	G	PASS ATT	PASS COM	INT	PASS YDS	PASS TD	PASS EFF
1	Hayden Hildebrand	Central Ark.	Sr.	QB	12	309	207	9	3129	29	177.2
2	P.J. Blazejowski	Furman	Sr.	QB	13	233	142	5	2461	19	172.3
3	Lamar Raynard	N.C. A&T	Jr.	QB	11	285	186	5	2707	26	171.6
4	Chad Kanoff	Princeton	Sr.	QB	10	388	284	9	3474	29	168.4
5	Easton Stick	North Dakota St.	Jr.	QB	12	209	130	7	1992	20	167.1
6	Anthony Lawrence	San Diego	Jr.	QB	13	374	245	3	3131	33	163.3
7	Tommy Stuart	Duquesne	Sr.	QB	11	297	198	8	2405	27	159.3
8	Taryn Christion	South Dakota St.	Jr.	QB	12	360	218	8	3091	31	156.7
9	Chris Streveler	South Dakota	Sr.	QB	13	481	316	8	4134	32	156.5
10	Stefan Cantwell	Weber St.	Sr.	QB	13	322	204	6	2740	23	154.7

and number 2 in passing yards per completion:

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CL	POSITION	G	PASS COM	PASS ATT	PASS YDS	AVG
1	Caylin Newton	Howard	Fr.	QB	11	133	263	2432	18.29
2	P.J. Blazejowski	Furman	Sr.	QB	13	142	233	2461	17.33
3	Jeremiah Briscoe	Sam Houston St.	Sr.	QB	12	286	499	4398	15.38
4	Easton Stick	North Dakota St.	Jr.	QB	12	130	209	1992	15.32
5	Michael Hughes	Tennessee St.	So.	QB	9	86	162	1304	15.16

This kind of backs up my theory. I think Wofford has seen this QB level / type. The difference is NDSU can run better and defend better than Furman. Just looking at the point about the QB