Quarter and Semi-Finals

I apologize for not getting a post up last week. It was after all a pretty crazy week for the Sub-Division. Number 1 ranked Appy State went down in the Quarter Finals to the defending champion Villanova. Wofford also was upset by fellow Southern Conference foe Georgia Southern. Wofford had bested Georgia Southern in conference play, but they laid an egg to open that game. Immediately they were down 17-0 and end the first half 20-3. But they fought back to make a game of it. The final was 23-20. In other news Delaware cleaned house as did Eastern Washington against North Dakota State.

That made one semi-final very interesting and another a bit of a walk over. Delaware pasted Georgia Southern. It was 17-3 at the end of the 3rd with Delaware on the way for some more. A meaningless touchdown by Georgia Southern at the end made the score 27-10. My pick to win it all is still in the hunt going into the finals. Crazy amazing Andrew Pierce put up 186 on 26 carries.

The more interesting game was Villanova, defending champs, up against Eastern Washington, the favored team ranking wise at any rate. Villanova returned the opening kick off for a touchdown, but that did not end the game by any means. Eastern Washington answered with a quick drive capped by a 31 yard TD. Villanova then fumbled on their first play from scrimmage, and it lead to an Eastern Washington field goal. A second fumble lead to another field goal. Eastern Washington took their next possession in for a TD, but gave up a TD to Villanova and then E Washington missed a field goal late in the 2nd period.
The second half was more balanced. Eastern Washington returned the fumble favor giving up a field goal before driving to the End Zone again. Villanova got it back pretty quick. So the game was 24-27 Eastern Washington ahead going into the final quarter. The game basically ended when Villanova fumbled a third time and it was returned for a TD. Villanova put another 7 on the board to make it 31-34, but the next possession was a back breaker as Eastern Washinton took six minutes and scored a touchdown leaving only 58 second for Villanova to score twice. Fittingly an interception sealed it.

The finals are set
Delaware versus Eastern Washington