It looks like beautiful weather for Saturday with sunny skies and a high of 77 degrees. This matchup is so much better than playing a FCS weakling to open the season. The Blue Hens will come in with comparable athletes and a chip on their shoulder after losing the last 4 contests to JMU. Will Danny Rocco ever be able to coach them back to FCS relevance? If not, their aging And decrepit fanbase may die off faster than new people foolishly join.
Who will start at QB for the Dukes? Johnson or Maloney?
Who will be the unknown player that shines in week 1? A la VanHorse.
Can JMU realistically replace a boatload of senior starters and not slip?
Game one is always the hardest to predict.
JMU 22
Delaware 17
Back to reality...
Saturdays watching other teams play will feel very weird And discouraging.
The best Saturday matchup This week appears to be Army vs Middle Tennessee. Not great, but the triple option is always entertaining to observe.
Then Labor Day features Navy vs BYU. Every football fan in America will have eyes on the only game that day.
If the season survives until Sept 19 it will be very hard to stomach watching Atariwa and Amos playing on ABC again, but this time for UVA against Va Tech.