Number crunching – So AE running or gunning?

Some of the stats you need to know heading into Week Eight.

172.3 – Average rushing yards by Armanti Edwards in three career games against Georgia Southern, his best mark against a SoCon rival
360.3 – Average total yards by Edwards in three career games against GSU, his best mark against a SoCon rival
51.5 – Edwards career completion percentage against GSU, his lowest mark against a SoCon rival (So do we get Manningish, or Vickish, AE?)

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12 – Average rushing attempts by AE this season, a career low
56.6 – Average rushing yards by AE this season, a career low
281.6 – Average passing yards by AE, a career high (As we said, throw or go?)

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181 – Receiving yards by Brian Quick in 8 catches against Wofford, a career high
172 – Receiving yards by Quick in four catches against Wofford last season
14 – Receiving yards by Quick in one catch against Georgia Southern last season (We bet it’s gonna be more Saturday)

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26.3 – Average points allowed by App State so far this season
20.8 – Average points allowed by App State last season
26.7 – Average points allowed by App State during the entire 2007 season (And we all remember how that year ended)

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4 – National rank of App State in total offense, 473 yards a game
69 – National rank of App State in total defense, 355.17 a game
95 – National rank of App State in rushing defense, 179.17 (No surprise, really)

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111.3 – Average rushing yards per game by App State’s Devon Moore, 8th best nationally
102.7 – Average rushing yards per game by Georgia Southern as a team this season, 25th from bottom nationally
188 – Most rushing yards in a game for Georgia Southern this season, recorded twice (Shocked! Shocked we are!)

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26 – Sacks allowed by Georgia Southern, most in nation
9 – Sacks allowed by App State
10 – Sacks by App State (We might could maybe pad that number Saturday)

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26.3 – Average points allowed by Georgia Southern this season
18.0 – Average points allowed by GSU in four SoCon games
85.0 – Average rushing yards allowed by GSU in four SoCon games (Their numbers against league competition are respectable)

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44.3 – App State’s 3rd down conversion rate defense, 39 of 88
38.6 – App State’s 3rd down conversion rate offense, 27 of 70
32.7 – Georgia Southern’s 3rd down conversion rate defense, 34 of 104 (Beware the bells)

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11 – Interceptions thrown by Georgia Southern, most in SoCon
17 – Total turnovers by Georgia Southern, most in SoCon
14 – Total turnovers forced by Georgia Southern, most in SoCon (Butterfingers? Or opportunistic?)

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12-11-1 – App State record in its all-time series with Georgia Southern
6-3 – App State’s record against Georgia Southern in KBS
8-9 – Jerry Moore’s record against Georgia Southern, the only SoCon team to have a winning record against him (We need to even that one out)

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12 – Number of times App State has opened SoCon season 3-0
4 – Number of times App State has opened SoCon season 4-0
4 – Number of times that 4-0 start resulted in league title (Keep history alive!)

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15 – Number of consecutive 20,000-plus regular season game crowds at Kidd Brewer Stadium
5 – Number of consecutive 19,000-plus crowds for an App State-Georgia Southern games over the past five seasons
1 – Number of those App State-GSU crowds in the top 10 all-time attendance marks at KBS (We gotta make it one more!)

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