(05-23-2013 08:48 PM)JMU2004 Wrote: (05-23-2013 07:41 PM)BDKJMU Wrote: (05-23-2013 04:36 PM)JMU2004 Wrote: SB and Albany are top 20 FCS programs. They will be tough games.
SB yes. Albany no. Heck, Albany is just in the 1st yr of going above 36 schollies..
Albany has gone 17-6 over the last 2 seasons. They are perennial contenders in the NEC. Barely lost to SB in the first round of the FCS playoffs in 2011. They beat Maine in 2011 (same UM team that beat JMU and ASU) and 2010,and have played close games with Georgia Southern, UMass, and UNH in the last 5 years. They also humbled UD in 2006.
They're going to be pretty tough based on past results.
2011: Maine 31, Albany 15.
And that Georgia Southern team was 5-6.
Albany in the last 5 seasons vs top 5 conference (CAA/So Con/MVFC/Southland/Big Sky: 3-9. The 3 teams they beat all had losing records.
2008 LOSS @ UMass 28-16
2008 WON Hofstra 22-16 OT (HU was 4-8, lost to JMU 56-0)
2008 LOSS @ UNH 32-24
2008 LOSS @ UD 38-7
2009 LOSS @ GSU 29-26 (GSU was 5-6)
2009 LOSS @ UMass 44-7
2010 WON @ Maine 3-0 (Maine was 4-7)
2010 LOSS @ SF Austin 59-14
2011 LOSS Maine 31-15
2011 LOSS @ SHSU 31-28 (playoffs)
2012 LOSS @ YSU 31-24
2012 WON @ Maine 30-20 (Maine was 5-6)
Looking at their game notes from their last game versus CCSU, they lose 11 of 22 starters, which looking at everyone else's game notes, they return the fewest of anyone in the CAA. They lose 7 of 9 who earned All NEC Honors.
I would be mildy concerned if the game was @ Albany. But will be @ JMU, and Albany will be on their 2nd straight road game, as Albany is @ ODU the week prior. There's 8 games for JMU I am concerned about. This isn't one of them.
Looking at Albany's schedule, I could see them start 4-0, but end up 5-7.
9/31 @ Duquesne
9/7 @ Colgate
9/14 Rhode Island
9/21 Central Connecticut State
9/28 @ Old Dominion
10/5 @ James Madison
10/12 @ Delaware
10/19 Towson
10/26 Bye
11/2 @ Richmond
11/9 Maine
11/16 New Hampshire
11/23 @ Stony Brook