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I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?
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#18 is pretty solid
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(09-08-2013 12:00 AM)Hotrod829 Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 11:57 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 10:27 PM)rufus Wrote:  Strengths: Our team did an excellent job of staring at the sideline. They also excelled at staring at the sideline then executing a perfect false start. And who can forget how they were able to stare at the sideline, burn a timeout, stare at the sideline again, then execute a perfect false start? We have to rank #1 in the NCAA for staring at the sideline.

Weaknesses: Nearly everything else.

Opportunities: St. Francis?

Threats: Charlotte, the rest of the CAA

I agree. There should be an award for staring at the sidelines. In fact, I think we should forget about all the other stupid sh!t, like offense and defense and special teams and all that other ignorant stuff. Staring at the sidelines is an art and a science and should be duly recognized.

They are getting a play, nothing wrong with that. Maybe play should be called quicker ..........think bout it.

Maybe the play should be known coming out of the huddle. What a unique concept! But no, let's have a huddle, then stare at the sidelines. Love it!
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(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

All right. I can get behind hating on the coaching and stuff and I assume your point is giving props to Delaware's team. But I won't start looking at other teams wishing our players were like theirs. just doesn't feel right.
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(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:00 AM)Hotrod829 Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 11:57 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 10:27 PM)rufus Wrote:  Strengths: Our team did an excellent job of staring at the sideline. They also excelled at staring at the sideline then executing a perfect false start. And who can forget how they were able to stare at the sideline, burn a timeout, stare at the sideline again, then execute a perfect false start? We have to rank #1 in the NCAA for staring at the sideline.

Weaknesses: Nearly everything else.

Opportunities: St. Francis?

Threats: Charlotte, the rest of the CAA

I agree. There should be an award for staring at the sidelines. In fact, I think we should forget about all the other stupid sh!t, like offense and defense and special teams and all that other ignorant stuff. Staring at the sidelines is an art and a science and should be duly recognized.

They are getting a play, nothing wrong with that. Maybe play should be called quicker ..........think bout it.

Maybe the play should be known coming out of the huddle. What a unique concept! But no, let's have a huddle, then stare at the sidelines. Love it!

I wasn't able to watch most of the game, but when people were talking about this (looking toward the sideline) it did seem odd.

O'Cain was on the coach's show this week and mentioned that in their fast paced offense there wasn't much time for check downs and things like that...wonder what changed???
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(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:00 AM)Hotrod829 Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 11:57 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 10:27 PM)rufus Wrote:  Strengths: Our team did an excellent job of staring at the sideline. They also excelled at staring at the sideline then executing a perfect false start. And who can forget how they were able to stare at the sideline, burn a timeout, stare at the sideline again, then execute a perfect false start? We have to rank #1 in the NCAA for staring at the sideline.

Weaknesses: Nearly everything else.

Opportunities: St. Francis?

Threats: Charlotte, the rest of the CAA

I agree. There should be an award for staring at the sidelines. In fact, I think we should forget about all the other stupid sh!t, like offense and defense and special teams and all that other ignorant stuff. Staring at the sidelines is an art and a science and should be duly recognized.

They are getting a play, nothing wrong with that. Maybe play should be called quicker ..........think bout it.

Maybe the play should be known coming out of the huddle. What a unique concept! But no, let's have a huddle, then stare at the sidelines. Love it!

Exactly! If the calls are strictly coming from the sidelines. Let's do this peyton manning style and go no huddle! Keep the defense on their toes!
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(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

Because we have never had a position at JMU known as this whatever you call it, "receiver," or whatever. We have outside blockers. We do not have receivers. It is the JMU way.
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(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)jmu@uva Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

All right. I can get behind hating on the coaching and stuff and I assume your point is giving props to Delaware's team. But I won't start looking at other teams wishing our players were like theirs. just doesn't feel right.

It might not feel right, but why do all of their receivers look like Tarzans and ours look like Janes? I'm completely comfortable with that question regardless of who reads it. Does our strength and conditioning program suck? Are we recruiting inferior athletes? What is it? The guys didn't just look the part, they played it. Why are we not getting guys like that?
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(09-08-2013 12:25 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)jmu@uva Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

All right. I can get behind hating on the coaching and stuff and I assume your point is giving props to Delaware's team. But I won't start looking at other teams wishing our players were like theirs. just doesn't feel right.

It might not feel right, but why do all of their receivers look like Tarzans and ours look like Janes? I'm completely comfortable with that question regardless of who reads it. Does our strength and conditioning program suck? Are we recruiting inferior athletes? What is it? The guys didn't just look the part, they played it. Why are we not getting guys like that?

I think strength and conditioning should absolutely be in question. Birdsong hurt his shoulder,two different wrs came up lame, dq looks winded all the time.
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(09-08-2013 12:25 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)jmu@uva Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

All right. I can get behind hating on the coaching and stuff and I assume your point is giving props to Delaware's team. But I won't start looking at other teams wishing our players were like theirs. just doesn't feel right.

It might not feel right, but why do all of their receivers look like Tarzans and ours look like Janes? I'm completely comfortable with that question regardless of who reads it. Does our strength and conditioning program suck? Are we recruiting inferior athletes? What is it? The guys didn't just look the part, they played it. Why are we not getting guys like that?

Because we do not recruit receivers. We have no idea what that position is all about. Our best receivers are retreads from other positions, never pure receivers. It's the JMU way.
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(09-07-2013 09:49 PM)JMUSuperfan2000 Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 09:45 PM)dlive54 Wrote:  Barf. We just lost to the worst team in FBS.

To be fair, I think they're better than Fake GSU.

And UMass. Lost 17? straight...
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(09-07-2013 09:02 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 08:56 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  We are going to get our asses kicked in our conference schedule. We are a good team which cannot beat an FBS bottom feeder. We are going to be eaten alive by the elite teams in the CAA. We are not one of those.

Today's loss is disappointing because the Dukes could have won...maybe even should have won with smarter play and coaching.

That said, JMU will be fine come league play, and no one in the CAA is going to kick JMU's ass or eat us alive. That's just silly talk.

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(09-07-2013 09:07 PM)JMU2004 Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 09:02 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  
(09-07-2013 08:56 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  We are going to get our asses kicked in our conference schedule. We are a good team which cannot beat an FBS bottom feeder. We are going to be eaten alive by the elite teams in the CAA. We are not one of those.

Today's loss is disappointing because the Dukes could have won...maybe even should have won with smarter play and coaching.

That said, JMU will be fine come league play, and no one in the CAA is going to kick JMU's ass or eat us alive. That's just silly talk.


I think Villanova goes all 2009 on us.

Towson is at least 10 pts better, in my opinion.

That leaves UR and W&M who are also looking strong.

Going to be tough if we trot out the same effort/coaching as tonight.

So you think the 0-2 Villanova team that just lost to Fordham is going to beat JMU by about 27-0 like they did in 2009? Ok..01-wingedeagle
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(09-08-2013 12:34 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  Because we do not recruit receivers. We have no idea what that position is all about. Our best receivers are retreads from other positions, never pure receivers. It's the JMU way.

We recruited two true receivers this year. Ravenel & the speedster from Charlottesville. Both are playing as true freshmen, which says your comment has been accurate for the last few years.
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(09-08-2013 12:34 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  Because we do not recruit receivers. We have no idea what that position is all about. Our best receivers are retreads from other positions, never pure receivers. It's the JMU way.

Why would any decent receiver want to play for JMU? Historically, we haven't passed the ball. Maybe things are starting to change, but it is going to take some time before we are able to develop a legitimate group of receivers.
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(09-08-2013 12:25 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:15 AM)jmu@uva Wrote:  
(09-08-2013 12:10 AM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I know it's not our main weakness, but did anyone happen to catch any of the Delaware game today? Their receivers all look like they're 6'1" and chiseled out of stone. Why can't we get one single guy like that?

All right. I can get behind hating on the coaching and stuff and I assume your point is giving props to Delaware's team. But I won't start looking at other teams wishing our players were like theirs. just doesn't feel right.

It might not feel right, but why do all of their receivers look like Tarzans and ours look like Janes? I'm completely comfortable with that question regardless of who reads it. Does our strength and conditioning program suck? Are we recruiting inferior athletes? What is it? The guys didn't just look the part, they played it. Why are we not getting guys like that?

Pretty sure rock McCarter , Bosco Williams , and Mike Caussin were all WR's in high school . It's hard to get guys that look like that today.
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Hopefully the JMU faithful most upset about yesterday's loss have had a night to sober up and look at yesterday's game with a bit more perspective this morning. Losses are never easy, and yesterday's loss was particularly tough because there's good reason to argue we could, perhaps should have won. Yet, that aside, I saw a really good JMU team yesterday, that (if it can get past the self-inflicted wounds) will win many, many games this season.

The CAA schedule will be tough this year...it always is, and it looks to be tougher still this season. That said, if the Dukes remain injury free and compete like they did last night there's no reason the Dukes can't be competitive in every game remaining on the schedule and make the playoffs.

A couple quick observations...the "looking at the sidelines" shtick is very annoying, still the Dukes ran 94 plays...second most in team history. That's fast play.

Also, Birdsong had his first 300+ yard passing game, completing 69% of his passes for 3 TDs. Not bad for a young QB making his 4th start.

The team controlled the game clock for 38:20 minutes and nearly 500 yards of offense. Doing that against an FBS team with 22 extra scholarships boasting a solid DL and DB (perhaps the best collection of DL and DB talent JMU will face this season) portends for a bright future.

The kicking game was excellent. There's little question our FG and punting talent is superior.

Our receivers made some tough catches yesterday, and there were few, if any drops.

Individually, Brown looks like he's back, and DQ woke up and posted another 100 yard game.

On the negative side of the ledger, untimely penalties (especially by senior captains), poor clock management by coaches, and questionable/confused coaching decisions on things as important as point after conversions and special teams (I'm thinking the pooch kick-offs) have us all scratching our heads. As frustrating as those aspects of our play were, however, the dagger to JMU's chances to winning the game were the play of two R-Fr. R-Fr Lambert's fumble, and R-Fr Taylor's poor play at CB cost JMU the game. Both of those guys are really, really gifted, and while MM benched Lambert in the second half, JMU apparently doesn't have a better replacement for Taylor. Hopefully Taylor learned something last night, and will get better fast.

Looking forward to seeing the team against STFU.

Go Dukes!
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(09-07-2013 11:05 PM)JMUDukeDawg Wrote:  I didn't get to watch much of the game online, so this may be a dumb question: are we sure the timeouts were on Mickey? Is it possible Birdsong was confused and needed to call them? That's a possibility, I guess. I always thought that Thorpe was a little quick to call timeouts, but I never thought about who was to blame on that.

I'm in the camp that thinks there are a lot of positives to take out of this. Yea, we should've won, but we didn't. That happens. Is it frustrating? Yes. Does it automatically predict the rest of the year? No. We beat the ACC champion one year and missed the playoffs. We lost - worse than this - to a pretty terrible Duke team in 2008 and were in the National Semis.

This was an FBS team coached by a quality coach with more than a few highly talented players. We weren't playing St. Francis. We outgained them by almost 150 yards. Birdsong threw for over 300 yards and DQ rushed for over 100 yards. That's encouraging. That will win most games and a LOT of FCS games. Does that mean Mickey's an FCS coach? Maybe, but guess what? We're FCS.

I also think one thing we have to remember is that we are VERY young at several skill positions both on offense and on defense and the type of talent they have can (and did) expose that. Games like this only help that young talent develop even quicker. I would guess that T. Reynolds learned more than a few things tonight about playing CB.

Keep your head up Dukes! I think there's a lot to be excited about.

Exactly. Yes there were some bad coaching decisions and yes JMU should have won the game. But as I said on another thread that Bowden would have Akron mid pack of the MAC this season. Yet you have a bunch of idiots on here saying JMU lost to the worst I-A team in the county. Heck, they weren't the worst last season. And they won't be close to the worst this season.
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