Sunday --April 1st, 2012

One final topic before we leave our look at the UMass offense. We did not get in 2011  good QB play in 2011. One rating of QB play is efficiency.

The top 10 QB's in efficiency in the the high-octane MAC offenses were the following

PASS EFFICIENCY     Cl     G     Comp-Att-Int     Pct.     Yards     TD     Long     Effic.

1.     COYER, Chris-TU     SO     8     30 - 50 - 0     60.0     463     6     61     177.4
2.     OWENS, Terrance-UT     SO     12     166 - 230 - 3     72.2     2022     18     75     169.2
3.     HARNISH, Chand-NIU     SR     14     237 - 384 - 6     61.7     3216     28     79     153.0
4.     DANTIN, Austin-UT     JR     11     122 - 188 - 4     64.9     1404     15     63     149.7
5.     TETTLETON, T-OHIO     SO     14     265 - 413 - 10     64.2     3286     28     78     148.5
6.     CARDER, Alex-WMU     JR     12     330 - 502 - 14     65.7     3873     31     64     145.3
7.     DYSERT, Zac-MIA     JR     12     295 - 448 - 11     65.8     3513     23     71     143.7
8.     STEWART, C.-TU     SR     10     54 - 83 - 2     65.1     743     2     55     143.4
9.     SCHILZ, Matt-BGSU     SO     12     245 - 411 - 13     59.6     3024     28     83     137.6
10.     GILLETT, Alex-EMU     JR     12     109 - 198 - 7     55.1     1504     14     67     135.1

UMass:

11. Pagel, Kellen RSSO 8 G 153-267-9 57.7% 1725 yards 9TD's 55 LONG  116.0 Effic
12. Hill, Brandon RSFR 5 49-84-3 58.3% 598 yards 3 TD 58 LONG 122.8 Effic

UMass tied for 7th in the CAA passing efficiency stats.

FYI, in 2010, Kyle Havens had the following:

 K. Havens       11-11      219-345-7      63.5      2692      20      64      244.7 144.1 Effic

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Phil Steele takes a look at FBS football's opponent winning per cent. According the NCAA UMass will play the 113th toughest schedule in 2012.

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