(05-04-2021 06:47 AM)TexasTerror Wrote:  SHSU lost 55-13 in prior matchup against NDSU and the Kats heard the same thing this past week from the Bison fan base. Who is still playing?

JMU won that last game when the Walter Payton Award winning QB was playing hurt. The program also reshuffled its focus from an offensive juggernaut that just wants to score at will and in a blink of the eye into the current iteration that handed NDSU its worst offensive game in seven years.

This is a different team and Sam is playing at home. Kats are undefeated in the playoffs at home and K.C. Keeler (head coach) has never lost a home playoff game at Rowan, Delaware or Sam.

JMU will be a tough test but Dukes living in the past may get caught up living in the off-season sooner than they suspect. Just ask Ye Olde Bison.

I watched all of the quarterfinals, and IMO, James Madison and Sam Houston State look like two pretty evenly matched teams. If you force me to predict, I would likely bet on JMU to win by a touchdown, I was more impressed with their form in the quarters. I was very impressed by how JMU was in control vs a North Dakota team that IMO was very formidable. OTOH, Sam Houston almost botched their game vs ND State with horrific kick return breakdowns. Then again, they were playing the program that had won 8 of the last 9 national titles, so there was probably a mystique factor they had to confront that JMU did not.

In any event, a touchdown isn't much, it implies a close game. Which is what I expect.

Games that happened 5 years ago mean little to nothing in college football, as all the players are different. If this game is a blowout either way, I will be surprised.