Quote:UR (Last season 10-4/6-2, semifinals). Last year 12 seniors on roster.

Offense: Returns 8 starters
Lose All CAA:
-1st team RB Jacobi Green, All American (Also lose 2014 1st team All CAA #2 RB Seth Fisher)
-1st team WR Reggie Diggs, All American
-1st team OL Nick Ritcher, All American, UDFA Tennessee Titans
Return All CAA:
-1st team All CAA Brian Brown (pre season All American)
-2nd team QB Kyle Lauletta
-2nd team OL Thomas Evans
-2nd team OL Nick Vergos
-3rd team OL Nick Holloway (Injured? - Not listed on 2 deep last game vs Elon).

Defense: Returns 8 starters
Lose All CAA:
-1st team CB Ayo Ogunniyi
Return All CAA:
-1st team WS David Jones (returning & pre season All American) (Out for season with injury vs Albany).
-1st team LB Omar Howard (pre season All American)
-2nd team DL Winston Craig

Special Teams Return All CAA 2nd team PK Peter Yoder

9/3 @ UVA W 37-20
9/10 Norfolk State W 34-0
9/17 @ SBU L 42-14
9/24 Colgate W 38-31
10/1 TU W 31-28
10/8 @ Albany W 36-30 (3 OT)
10/15 VU W 23-0
10/22 @ Elon W 35-7
10/29 Bye
11/5 JMU
11/12 UD
11/19 @ W&M
(Miss UNH, Maine, URI)

Stats CAA Games Only (With all CAA teams having played 5-6 CAA games is a better comparison using CAA games only because of teams' widely varying OOC opponents).

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. James Madison....... 5 32 30 0 0 3 0 231 46.2
2. New Hampshire....... 6 23 17 3 0 5 0 176 29.3
3. Villanova........... 5 20 18 0 0 1 0 141 28.2
4. Richmond............ 5 16 14 1 0 9 0 139 27.8
5. Maine............... 5 19 13 2 0 0 0 131 26.2
6. Stony Brook......... 5 18 17 0 0 0 0 125 25.0
7. Albany.............. 5 14 12 1 0 7 1 121 24.2
8. William & Mary...... 5 13 11 0 0 3 0 98 19.6
9. Towson.............. 5 10 10 0 0 4 0 82 16.4
10.Delaware............ 5 10 9 0 0 4 0 81 16.2
11.Elon................ 5 6 6 0 0 4 0 54 10.8
12.Rhode Island........ 6 7 7 0 0 2 0 55 9.2

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 5 1512 1101 365 2613 7.2 29 522.6
2. Richmond............ 5 694 1341 345 2035 5.9 16 407.0
3. Maine............... 5 745 1252 317 1997 6.3 16 399.4
4. Villanova........... 5 1114 861 351 1975 5.6 19 395.0
5. New Hampshire....... 6 960 1267 470 2227 4.7 19 371.2
6. Delaware............ 5 1245 510 327 1755 5.4 10 351.0
7. William & Mary...... 5 809 938 339 1747 5.2 12 349.4
8. Stony Brook......... 5 981 624 322 1605 5.0 16 321.0
9. Towson.............. 5 688 838 313 1526 4.9 9 305.2
10.Albany.............. 5 879 543 319 1422 4.5 9 284.4
11.Rhode Island........ 6 473 994 367 1467 4.0 6 244.5
12.Elon................ 5 568 516 284 1084 3.8 5 216.8

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 5 243 1512 6.2 18 302.4
2. Delaware............ 5 228 1245 5.5 9 249.0
3. Villanova........... 5 246 1114 4.5 11 222.8
4. Stony Brook......... 5 224 981 4.4 13 196.2
5. Albany.............. 5 217 879 4.1 8 175.8
6. William & Mary...... 5 181 809 4.5 8 161.8
7. New Hampshire....... 6 254 960 3.8 9 160.0
8. Maine............... 5 176 745 4.2 6 149.0
9. Richmond............ 5 177 694 3.9 9 138.8
10.Towson.............. 5 162 688 4.2 6 137.6
11.Elon................ 5 152 568 3.7 4 113.6
12.Rhode Island........ 6 166 473 2.8 4 78.8

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Richmond............ 5 168 103 6 61.3 1341 8.0 7 268.2
2. Maine............... 5 141 77 6 54.6 1252 8.9 10 250.4
3. James Madison....... 5 122 85 2 69.7 1101 9.0 11 220.2
4. New Hampshire....... 6 216 126 6 58.3 1267 5.9 10 211.2
5. William & Mary...... 5 158 95 7 60.1 938 5.9 4 187.6
6. Villanova........... 5 105 66 3 62.9 861 8.2 8 172.2
7. Towson.............. 5 151 77 9 51.0 838 5.5 3 167.6
8. Rhode Island........ 6 201 81 15 40.3 994 4.9 2 165.7
9. Stony Brook......... 5 98 57 6 58.2 624 6.4 3 124.8
10.Albany.............. 5 102 41 5 40.2 543 5.3 1 108.6
11.Elon................ 5 132 65 4 49.2 516 3.9 1 103.2
12.Delaware............ 5 99 43 3 43.4 510 5.2 1 102.0
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SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. Villanova........... 5 8 7 0 0 3 0 64 12.8
2. Stony Brook......... 5 10 9 1 0 4 0 83 16.6
3. New Hampshire....... 6 14 12 0 0 2 0 102 17.0
4. Albany.............. 5 11 9 0 0 5 0 90 18.0
5. Richmond............ 5 14 14 0 0 3 0 107 21.4
6. James Madison....... 5 15 9 1 0 3 0 110 22.0
7. Maine............... 5 15 14 1 0 3 1 117 23.4
8. Elon................ 5 15 14 1 0 7 0 127 25.4
9. Delaware............ 5 17 13 1 0 4 0 129 25.8
10.William & Mary...... 5 17 15 1 0 4 0 131 26.2
11.Towson.............. 5 19 16 0 0 3 0 139 27.8
12.Rhode Island........ 6 33 32 1 0 1 0 235 39.2

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Villanova........... 5 494 617 277 1111 4.0 7 222.2
2. Stony Brook......... 5 401 1039 319 1440 4.5 9 288.0
3. Richmond............ 5 778 688 315 1466 4.7 13 293.2
4. New Hampshire....... 6 680 1087 396 1767 4.5 11 294.5
5. Towson.............. 5 956 793 332 1749 5.3 16 349.8
6. Albany.............. 5 896 880 337 1776 5.3 11 355.2
7. James Madison....... 5 774 1044 333 1818 5.5 14 363.6
8. Delaware............ 5 890 929 308 1819 5.9 14 363.8
9. William & Mary...... 5 1174 788 348 1962 5.6 16 392.4
10.Elon................ 5 1067 955 378 2022 5.3 13 404.4
11.Rhode Island........ 6 1531 935 427 2466 5.8 27 411.0
12.Maine............... 5 1027 1030 349 2057 5.9 15 411.4

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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1. Stony Brook......... 5 161 401 2.5 3 80.2
2. Villanova........... 5 145 494 3.4 5 98.8
3. New Hampshire....... 6 210 680 3.2 4 113.3
4. James Madison....... 5 175 774 4.4 10 154.8
5. Richmond............ 5 194 778 4.0 11 155.6
6. Delaware............ 5 177 890 5.0 10 178.0
7. Albany.............. 5 207 896 4.3 8 179.2
8. Towson.............. 5 218 956 4.4 9 191.2
9. Maine............... 5 192 1027 5.3 11 205.4
10.Elon................ 5 229 1067 4.7 6 213.4
11.William & Mary...... 5 224 1174 5.2 12 234.8
12.Rhode Island........ 6 294 1531 5.2 16 255.2

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Villanova........... 5 132 67 4 50.8 617 4.7 2 123.4
2. Richmond............ 5 121 53 7 43.8 688 5.7 2 137.6
3. Rhode Island........ 6 133 75 3 56.4 935 7.0 11 155.8
4. William & Mary...... 5 124 69 6 55.6 788 6.4 4 157.6
5. Towson.............. 5 114 76 2 66.7 793 7.0 7 158.6
6. Albany.............. 5 130 68 7 52.3 880 6.8 3 176.0
7. New Hampshire....... 6 186 99 8 53.2 1087 5.8 7 181.2
8. Delaware............ 5 131 82 6 62.6 929 7.1 4 185.8
9. Elon................ 5 149 85 6 57.0 955 6.4 7 191.0
10.Maine............... 5 157 74 8 47.1 1030 6.6 4 206.0
11.Stony Brook......... 5 158 84 5 53.2 1039 6.6 6 207.8
12.James Madison....... 5 158 84 10 53.2 1044 6.6 4 208.8

Some notables. Lauletta leads the CAA in passing yards & TDs, but Schor is #1 in efficiency (Lauletta is #2).

The only RU RB in the top 10 in rushing is down with an injury.

From what I've seen of RU watching their games vs Towson & VU it seems like close to half of Laulettas passes are thrown to Brown. From CAA stats all games:
http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewArtic...M_ID=26800
RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G
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1. Brian Brown......... RICH SR 8 53 835 7 66 15.8 104.4
2. Christian Summers... TOWS SR 8 40 718 3 94 18.0 89.8
3. Andre Dessenberg.... TOWS SR 8 46 563 1 46 12.2 70.4
4. Micah Wright........ MAIN SO 6 27 421 5 49 15.6 70.2
5. DeVonte Dedmon...... WM JR 8 33 500 5 77 15.2 62.5
6. Neil O'Connor....... UNH SO 9 41 534 4 42 13.0 59.3
7. Malik Love.......... UNH FR 8 54 460 1 24 8.5 57.5
8. Ray Bolden.......... SBU JR 8 29 394 1 47 13.6 49.2
9. Tyler Wilkins....... RICH SO 8 27 388 3 35 14.4 48.5
10.Zee Roberson........ ALBA SO 7 18 324 2 49 18.0 46.3
I imagine we'll see Taylor Reynolds on Brown a lot. All American vs All American..

On the defensive side of the ball their pre season All World safety is out for the season with an injury. Their interior DL is a stud. Wreaked havoc on VU. Leads the league in sacks as a DT
http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewArtic...M_ID=26800
SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G
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1. Winston Craig....... RICH SR 8 7 1 63 7.5 0.94
Tanoh Kpassagnon.... VU SR 8 DL 7 1 44 7.5 0.94
3. Jasawn Thompson..... DELA SO 7 LB 5 0 37 5.0 0.71
4. Brandon Waller...... RICH JR 8 4 2 31 5.0 0.62
Malachi Hoskins..... ALBA JR 8 LB 5 0 23 5.0 0.62
6. Simeyon Robinson.... JMU JR 8 DL 3 2 36 4.0 0.50
Jaheem Woods........ SBU SR 8 4 0 32 4.0 0.50
Patrick Ricard...... MAIN SR 8 3 2 26 4.0 0.50
9. Jose Duncan......... URI JR 9 DE 4 0 13 4.0 0.44
10.Tyrice Beverette.... SBU JR 8 3 1 27 3.5 0.44
Big boy. JMU interior OL are gonna have their hands full..

(10-31-2016 11:01 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  On the defensive side of the ball their pre season All World safety is out for the season with an injury. Their interior DL is a stud. Wreaked havoc on VU. Leads the league in sacks as a DT

Will certainly be an interesting matchup, but I still favor JMU's O-line. We're averaging allowing 1 sack per game, with 3 coming against UNC.

Visitors' sideline at UR will be new view for JMU's Bob Trott
http://www.richmond.com/sports/article_c...c3a9e.html

(10-31-2016 11:13 PM)jmufan2008 Wrote:  

(10-31-2016 11:01 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  On the defensive side of the ball their pre season All World safety is out for the season with an injury. Their interior DL is a stud. Wreaked havoc on VU. Leads the league in sacks as a DT

Will certainly be an interesting matchup, but I still favor JMU's O-line. We're averaging allowing 1 sack per game, with 3 coming against UNC.

The O-line deserves a ton of credit, but they are also helped by a spread offensive scheme that is designed for quick releases in passing situations. I am less concerned about our QB getting sacked and more interested in Richmond's DL as it pertains to the run. If we can run on them and stick to that plan, I see good things coming Saturday.

On the other side of the ball, JMU has the lowest rated passing defense facing the highest rated passing offense. The stats are skewed a bit due to trash yards in games where the Dukes have held large leads, but we have also seen that (although better than last year) this year's defense is still susceptible to high powered passing offenses.

This is THE game of the week in the FCS, not even close!

(10-31-2016 11:01 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  Some notables. Lauletta leads the CAA in passing yards & TDs, but Schor is #1 in efficiency (Lauletta is #2).

The only RU RB in the top 10 in rushing is down with an injury.

From what I've seen of RU watching their games vs Towson & VU it seems like close to half of Laulettas passes are thrown to Brown. From CAA stats all games:
http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewArtic...M_ID=26800
RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G
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1. Brian Brown......... RICH SR 8 53 835 7 66 15.8 104.4
2. Christian Summers... TOWS SR 8 40 718 3 94 18.0 89.8
3. Andre Dessenberg.... TOWS SR 8 46 563 1 46 12.2 70.4
4. Micah Wright........ MAIN SO 6 27 421 5 49 15.6 70.2
5. DeVonte Dedmon...... WM JR 8 33 500 5 77 15.2 62.5
6. Neil O'Connor....... UNH SO 9 41 534 4 42 13.0 59.3
7. Malik Love.......... UNH FR 8 54 460 1 24 8.5 57.5
8. Ray Bolden.......... SBU JR 8 29 394 1 47 13.6 49.2
9. Tyler Wilkins....... RICH SO 8 27 388 3 35 14.4 48.5
10.Zee Roberson........ ALBA SO 7 18 324 2 49 18.0 46.3
I imagine we'll see Taylor Reynolds on Brown a lot. All American vs All American..

On the defensive side of the ball their pre season All World safety is out for the season with an injury. Their interior DL is a stud. Wreaked havoc on VU. Leads the league in sacks as a DT
http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewArtic...M_ID=26800
SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G
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1. Winston Craig....... RICH SR 8 7 1 63 7.5 0.94
Tanoh Kpassagnon.... VU SR 8 DL 7 1 44 7.5 0.94
3. Jasawn Thompson..... DELA SO 7 LB 5 0 37 5.0 0.71
4. Brandon Waller...... RICH JR 8 4 2 31 5.0 0.62
Malachi Hoskins..... ALBA JR 8 LB 5 0 23 5.0 0.62
6. Simeyon Robinson.... JMU JR 8 DL 3 2 36 4.0 0.50
Jaheem Woods........ SBU SR 8 4 0 32 4.0 0.50
Patrick Ricard...... MAIN SR 8 3 2 26 4.0 0.50
9. Jose Duncan......... URI JR 9 DE 4 0 13 4.0 0.44
10.Tyrice Beverette.... SBU JR 8 3 1 27 3.5 0.44
Big boy. JMU interior OL are gonna have their hands full..

#1 pass offense vs. worst pass defense (#12) scares me. The JMU DL will win or lose this game.

Well in JMU's defense, 1044 passing yards given up in 5 CAA games:
512 vs UNH (282 in 1st 50 min, 230 in last 10)
532 other 4 games, 133 avg, which would be good for #2 in the CAA.

Here's the got to be an NCAA record setting game to game imrovement:
512 yds passing given up vs UNH.
12 yds passing given up vs URI

Totally BDK, that's why I wrote "trash yards" although I had no idea it was all vs. UNH. I know UNH fans will argue they were hard-earned yards, but I think JMU just got lazy with the lead. No foot off the defensive pedal vs. URI though - unreal change from one week to the next!

Had a feeling this would be the case, but didn't think we'd jump quite that high if you took out UNH. Here's to hoping RU doesn't have an all world TE to run up and down the field.

Is this game on TV?

The matchups are intriguing as each team's offensive strength should flourish.
When it comes to an excellent passing game vs an excellent running game I will always take the excellent running game. With fast tempo the Dukes should be able to pound it on the ground as the game wears on. If RU decides to drop an extra man in the box, then I expect a big day for QB keepers and WR end arounds.

I suspect the JMU defense will give up plenty of passing yards, but am looking for a few D-line tips, some sacks, and perhaps an INT to create critical drive stopping scenarios.

Should be a great college football game.
Richmond is very good, but I don't think they are as good as last year.

JMU 34
Richmond 27

(11-01-2016 07:31 AM)streamerlauncher Wrote:  Is this game on TV?

Comcast SportsNet Plus if your are in the mid-Atlantic area. That is channel 642-1 on DirecTV.

(11-01-2016 07:47 AM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  The matchups are intriguing as each team's offensive strength should flourish.
When it comes to an excellent passing game vs an excellent running game I will always take the excellent running game. With fast tempo the Dukes should be able to pound it on the ground as the game wears on. If RU decides to drop an extra man in the box, then I expect a big day for QB keepers and WR end arounds.

I suspect the JMU defense will give up plenty of passing yards, but am looking for a few D-line tips, some sacks, and perhaps an INT to create critical drive stopping scenarios.

Should be a great college football game.
Richmond is very good, but I don't think they are as good as last year.

JMU 34
Richmond 27

You going to be able to make it this year?

JMU - 43
UR - 35

(11-01-2016 05:51 AM)jmu007 Wrote:  Had a feeling this would be the case, but didn't think we'd jump quite that high if you took out UNH. Here's to hoping RU doesn't have an all world TE to run up and down the field.

No, but they do have a pretty doggone good tall WR that gave us fits last year. Brian Browne's name will be called a lot on Saturday. He is their number 1 target.

Dukes 45
Spatters 33

Dukes 65
Spatters 17

(11-01-2016 08:22 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(11-01-2016 07:47 AM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  The matchups are intriguing as each team's offensive strength should flourish.
When it comes to an excellent passing game vs an excellent running game I will always take the excellent running game. With fast tempo the Dukes should be able to pound it on the ground as the game wears on. If RU decides to drop an extra man in the box, then I expect a big day for QB keepers and WR end arounds.

I suspect the JMU defense will give up plenty of passing yards, but am looking for a few D-line tips, some sacks, and perhaps an INT to create critical drive stopping scenarios.

Should be a great college football game.
Richmond is very good, but I don't think they are as good as last year.

JMU 34
Richmond 27

You going to be able to make it this year?

Yes indeed