(08-05-2020 09:29 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  I don’t understand what more do you guys want JMU to do? Their conference bailed and yet they have proceeded ahead. Training camp starts this week and they have been diligently testing players and by all accounts working to come up with a schedule without any real guidance from the NCAA of FCS to date- you guys would complain about anything - arm chair experts.

All that you say is true---taken at face value. However, I been trying to read the tea leaves. And since their initial announcement that they intended to play an independent schedule---there's been silence. From what I see and hear, it looks like JMU has been waiting for the NCAA to make a decision so they could bail on their season. But the NCAA washed their hands and through it back on the divisions, so Bourne lost his cover.

Then, on the day the NCAA announced their decision, to not decide---Amos puts his name in the portal. I would have to say that Amos is operating from inside knowledge. He's reading his own tea-leaves, and has decided that he sees no path to a season. I would say it's probably safe to assume the coaches gave him the quiet nod that now was the time to make his move. Amos is not a fringe player. He is a veteran in good standing, who has been through the wars, and has/is an integral part of this team's success.

What do I want JMU to do? Announce they will play a season regardless of any FCS post season. And I want them to do it to save their future and their brand