Haener, Wooldridge in a QB battle at Fresno State

[Streak One]

Former EBAL rivals Jake Haener (Monte Vista) and Ben Wooldridge (Foothill) are in a position battle for the starting quarterback spot at Fresno State

Fresno State’s quarterback battle goes beyond training camp - The Collegian

Quarterbacks Jake Haener and Ben Wooldridge competition for the No.1 spot dates back to when the two faced each other in high school.

collegian.csufresno.edu

 

[NorCalSportsFan]

That's an interesting story.

 

[FBAddict]

Thanks for sharing the article - makes for a nice post-high school story for North Coast Section football.

 

[Bubba3000]

Based on what I saw in high school, I would give a slight edge to the shorter in stature Haener.

 

[Bubba3000]

Thanks for sharing the article - makes for a nice post-high school story for North Coast Section football.

A couple EBAL'ers that started on the same offensive line last year at Cal Poly were my kid at left tackle and Wade Willet from DLS at left guard. Wade has developed into a large fellow.

 

[concrete17]

A couple EBAL'ers that started on the same offensive line last year at Cal Poly were my kid at left tackle and Wade Willet from DLS at left guard. Wade has developed into a large fellow.

Bubba let us know how your boy's year goes. He's a a senior, no?

 

[Bubba3000]

Bubba let us know how your boy's year goes. He's a a senior, no?

He’s done with football used up his eligibility. Got his degree and is working like the rest of us. Thanks for asking Crete!

 

[FBAddict]

A couple EBAL'ers that started on the same offensive line last year at Cal Poly were my kid at left tackle and Wade Willet from DLS at left guard. Wade has developed into a large fellow.

Cool! Congrats to you and your son!

 

[FBAddict]

He’s done with football used up his eligibility. Got his degree and is working like the rest of us. Thanks for asking Crete!

You were successful then, because the is the ultimate goal

 

[bella123]

Based on what I saw in high school, I would give a slight edge to the shorter in stature Haener.

Based on what I’ve seen on KTVU over the years, I’d give him the edge as well.

 

[concrete17]

Based on what I’ve seen on KTVU over the years, I’d give him the edge as well.

Ha! You base your call on eye candy. Wooldridge's step dad was my kid's first boss right out of college and his dad was the first WP ref to bench my boy out of his first match at 12 years old. Based on history I 'm sitting in Ben's corner. Of course being a year younger gives him time to be patient.
Should be interesting.

 

[Bubba3000]

You were successful then, because the is the ultimate goal

Thanks FBAddict. It would have been nice to win more games but five years later, a four year starter, twice All Big Sky selection and a Cal Poly degree for basically free is a hell of a ride and all that one can hope for.

 

[Bubba3000]

Breaking: Fresno State names Jake Haener as starting QB

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247sports.com

Mountain West probably more his speed than the Pac-12

 

[1315]

“We’ve had three good practices of preparation and Jake has taken all of the snaps.”

Fresno HC’s quote is strange. I can definitely say a QB throwing to group 1 receivers will always (deceptively) look better than his competition always being relegated to group 2 hands.

 

[northbayfb]

Take it for what its worth. Was at an invitational QB camp last year, where the conversation of UW football QB's came up. There was a legacy QB dad from UW there and he was asked about Eason. He said the "smaller QB was the better QB". Two months later Eason is announced the starter, Peterson resigns a little further down the road. It never smelled right. It felt political and UW's disappointing 7-5 regular season record might reflect that.

Unfortunately, Haener finds himself in the same situation where a taller QB might "look the part" more than he does. I've seen Ben throw live, and he has very good arm strength. However, that leaves out a large part of the QB position necessary skill set. I would give the nod to Haener by a decent amount, however, he will always be compared to the "off the bus" look of his counterpart.

 

[1315]

Spot on. “Off the bus” look does not make for a better decision maker.