HUNTSVILLE - Sam Houston State could receive a preferences of its personal medicinal drugs any time that satisfies Stony Brook about Saturday from the next rounded of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
The top-seeded Bearkats (11-0) and Seawolves (9-3) make use of diverse questionable as well as defensive schemes, but their formulations with regard to being successful are usually identical - jogging opponents in to the surface though delaying their hastening attack.
Sam Houston State's option-style wrongdoing averages a couple hastening back yards for every video game (seventh within the FCS), along with Stony Brook junior high from the FCS with hurrying (277 ypg). The Bearkats include held competitors to a strong FCS-low 59 hastening yards a game; this Seawolves' defensive have been almost while stingy (94.2 ypg).
The teams will also be successful with shielding the particular football. Sam Houston State provides determined simply just 10 turnovers, (second least expensive in FCS); Stony Brook has 13.
Similar sport plan
Both find themselves looking in to a reflection just for this matchup.
"We (run the particular ball) from a several way, but there are actually a ton of similarities," Bearkats discipline said. "They confidence working this soccer plus do not turn the particular shot over extremely often.
" Defensively, there're good at halting the work and also forcing you towards a missing out on game."
The similarities continue in how together teams got here in this playoffs.
Sam Houston State, which will acquired a first-round bye, explained with the Southland Conference, intending 7-0 in addition to receiving by a normal with 34 points. Stony Brook shook off some sort of 0-3 will win that Big South Conference which includes a 6-0 record. The Seawolves conquered conference competitors through an average connected with 27 points.
Stony Brook outlasted Northeast Conference co-champion Albany 31-28 while in the first circle last Saturday.
The Seawolves trailed 28-10 in the third district nonetheless scored 21 unanswered things to keep their season alive.
Flanders is often a target
"I really don't expect to help discover virtually any blowout game titles in the playoffs," Bearkats running backside said. "I assume they are going to emerged below in addition to engage in hard, and we need to prepare yourself pertaining to them."
Flanders, the Southland Conference Player in the Year, will want to attract almost all of the Seawolves' attention with defense. The sophomore rushed for any team-leading 1,095 yards, twenty touchdowns and it is the Bearkats' leading recipient having 27 attracts for 404 back yards and two scores.
Flanders, Richard Sincere (725 yards, nine TDs) and
That could produce a great best pertaining to quarterback Brian Bell (1,607 moving past yards, 14 TDs) for you to banquet within the Seawolves' secondary.
"If they begin crowding that box, we're proceeding for you to run several play-action go away away from our selection look," Fritz said. "That's your location we have now improved in the most.
"Last season, we all have a difficult time putting the actual shot along the field along with doing (teams) have the funds for back the box. This year, we are now really hit a great deal of lengthy pass plays, and the includes helped people out there tremendously."
ronnie.turner@chron.com
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