Five-a-Side: Stephen F. Austin QB Jeremy Moses

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08/04/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Welcome to Five-a-Side - five questions, five answers. This is a Q&A feature with an influential person in the FCS, and will run at the beginning of each month.

If Stephen F. Austin senior quarterback Jeremy Moses stopped to soak in his record-setting career-to-date, he would be impressed by the big numbers. They include his 41 touchdown passes in 2008 and another 40 last season. He is on pace to become the Southland Conference's all-time leader in completions, passing yards, touchdown passes and total offense

Moses, though, is letting his statistics do the talking and focusing on the possible next step for SFA, which was 0-11 in his freshman season under coach J.C. Harper in 2007, 4-8 in 2008 and 10-3 in 2009 (including an FCS playoff win over Eastern Washington before the Lumberjacks were hammered by Montana).

What's the next step? Moses is anxious to find out.

Let's kick off:

TSN: In what ways have you gotten better this spring and what's the next step for you this coming season?

JM: I just need to be more patient. I think a lot of the mistakes that I made last year were from trying to do too much or extend the play when I just needed to take a sack or throw the ball away. I've worked on staying in the pocket, going through all my reads, and if nothing's there just throwing it away instead of trying to scramble out and throw the ball 30 yards downfield and getting intercepted.

TSN: How good of a season can it be for your team?

JM: It should be a great season. We haven't had back-to-back conference championships at SFA in a long time. I would definitely love to be part of the team that helped accomplish that, and I think that's pretty much the mindset of the whole team, that we're not just one-and-done, we're going to be here for a while.

TSN: In 2007, it started out 0-11 for Coach Harper. To come this far this quickly, how has that happened?

JM: Me, Jabara Williams, Devon Ducote and Chad Haynes, I think us four were the first ones thrown in there that first year. It was hard to take. After having an 0-11 season, we pretty much understand that winning every game is a big thing. It made us more humble and especially made us work harder. We never want to end up in a situation like that again."

TSN: You mention the senior class. In what ways did you guys have to commit yourself and kind of change around the culture?

JM: We pretty much had to change the attitude of the team. When we all first got here, it was a lot of seniors and it was pretty much ran on a relaxed way, like the seniors did what they had to do and they still were going to be playing. As soon as we all got there, we worked out butts off so we could get in the game.

TSN: Do you ever stop and look at your statistics and admire them?

JM: Not really. I'm not a big statistic person. The only things I really care about are interceptions and completion percentage. I like having a high completion percentage and not a lot of interceptions. As far as the other stuff goes, when it's all said and done, I'll stop and look it. I'm just looking at the wins column right now.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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