(10-05-2013 06:37 PM)DolleyMadison Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 06:04 PM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 06:00 PM)DolleyMadison Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 04:59 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

Towson is going to kick our ass!

Towson will? Really? When was the last time an FCS team "kicked our ass"?

You'll find beatings of 2+ scores are few and far between in Mickey's tenure. Face it, we play up to the level, or down to the level, of the teams we face.

I agree, but Villanova pretty much dominated us last year.

I agree. And just because the beatings are rare doesn't mean Towson won't beat us down. But for a long time, people always predict we get smoked by some teams and it rarely happens.

Having said that, I think we are a 7-4 team at best this year and 5-6 at worst.

Can you count to 12?

(10-05-2013 08:45 PM)hburg Wrote:  My proposal for JMU professors is to give extra credit if students stay for the whole game. Then for other who like to leave early, maybe offer an incentive to stay till the end.

Sell beer.

(10-05-2013 06:00 PM)DolleyMadison Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 04:59 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

Towson is going to kick our ass!

Towson will? Really? When was the last time an FCS team "kicked our ass"?

You'll find beatings of 2+ scores are few and far between in Mickey's tenure. Face it, we play up to the level, or down to the level, of the teams we face.

Where the hell did I say "2+ scores," Dolley? Our football team has issues. OK, you can't see them. Fine.

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:51 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

I don't think anyone would argue it's not a concern especially the players and coaches, we're just fans, they're busting their asses. haha

But we just have waaaaay too many bridge jumpers whenever the other team gets a freaking first down or is able to actually score.

I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

C'mon, of ALL people you understand this **** as well as anyone, especially when it involves easily distracted 18-22 year old young men. Play up, play down, none of this should suprise any of us.

See McMaryland today and OSU, just kicking ass.

(10-05-2013 07:21 PM)JMUDuke25 Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 04:49 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:29 PM)JMUDuke25 Wrote:  Over 200 posts bitching about the "conversative" coach and he throws a TD pass with just over 2 minutes left in the blowout game. Way too much bitching just for the sake of bitching in this thread.

I AM NOT bitching for the sake of bitching! I see a team with a ton of talent not performing at the level they are capable of. We beat a high school team today. Hooray! GOOD TEAMS ARE GOING TO KICK OUR ASS! Coaching!

Damn, you could apply your bitchfest to pretty much every team in the country. Honestly you have no idea WTF you're talking about half the time.

OK, genius, just exactly where in that statement do I not know what I am talking about? Very curious about that.

(10-06-2013 03:13 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:51 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

I don't think anyone would argue it's not a concern especially the players and coaches, we're just fans, they're busting their asses. haha

But we just have waaaaay too many bridge jumpers whenever the other team gets a freaking first down or is able to actually score.

I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

uhhhh, the "high school" comment was not critical analysis. It was a figure of speech, meant to indicate that Albany is not a very good football team. Do you doubt this?

Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat. Delaware beat us. We could only manage scoring 22 points against them. Maine yesterday rolled up over 600 yards of offense on the chickens and 62 points.

There are some very good football teams in the CAA this year and we do not appear to be one of them, in spite of some tremendously talented individuals. We should be better than we are with the talent level we have.

(10-06-2013 03:27 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:13 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:51 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

I don't think anyone would argue it's not a concern especially the players and coaches, we're just fans, they're busting their asses. haha

But we just have waaaaay too many bridge jumpers whenever the other team gets a freaking first down or is able to actually score.

I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

uhhhh, the "high school" comment was not critical analysis. It was a figure of speech, meant to indicate that Albany is not a very good football team. Do you doubt this?

Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat. Delaware beat us. We could only manage scoring 22 points against them. Maine yesterday rolled up over 600 yards of offense on the chickens and 62 points.

There are some very good football teams in the CAA this year and we do not appear to be one of them, in spite of some tremendously talented individuals. We should be better than we are with the talent level we have.

truth often hurts, but we root on

(10-06-2013 03:27 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:13 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:51 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:45 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  My biggest concern moving forward is those 10-15 minutes every game that the Dukes go to sleep. Fifteen minutes of sleep against Towson will result in serious emotional pain for many of us and much physical pain for the Dukes players. Penalties are also a major concern.

Being 4-2 right now is fine(although I hoped it would be 5-1). The Dukes can only afford to lose 2 more or else none of us will have anything to root fer past Nov. 23.

I don't think anyone would argue it's not a concern especially the players and coaches, we're just fans, they're busting their asses. haha

But we just have waaaaay too many bridge jumpers whenever the other team gets a freaking first down or is able to actually score.

I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

uhhhh, the "high school" comment was not critical analysis. It was a figure of speech, meant to indicate that Albany is not a very good football team. Do you doubt this?

Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat. Delaware beat us. We could only manage scoring 22 points against them. Maine yesterday rolled up over 600 yards of offense on the chickens and 62 points.

There are some very good football teams in the CAA this year and we do not appear to be one of them, in spite of some tremendously talented individuals. We should be better than we are with the talent level we have.

I'll wager you any amount of $$ they finish with at least 2. Look who they play.

(10-06-2013 11:47 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:27 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:13 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 03:51 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  I don't think anyone would argue it's not a concern especially the players and coaches, we're just fans, they're busting their asses. haha

But we just have waaaaay too many bridge jumpers whenever the other team gets a freaking first down or is able to actually score.

I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

uhhhh, the "high school" comment was not critical analysis. It was a figure of speech, meant to indicate that Albany is not a very good football team. Do you doubt this?

Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat. Delaware beat us. We could only manage scoring 22 points against them. Maine yesterday rolled up over 600 yards of offense on the chickens and 62 points.

There are some very good football teams in the CAA this year and we do not appear to be one of them, in spite of some tremendously talented individuals. We should be better than we are with the talent level we have.

I'll wager you any amount of $$ they finish with at least 2. Look who they play.

Of course I looked at who they play. Akron's best chance for a win is against Miami (Ohio) and possibly UMass. I think both of those teams are better than Akron, but even if the gods are smiling and Akron somehow pulls off a win and they go 2-10, are you saying we should be proud of not being the only team the perennial MAC doormat has beaten this year?

(10-07-2013 03:10 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 11:47 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:27 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:13 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 05:03 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  I'm insulted that you see it that way, that you dismiss the critical analysis some here have offered simply because we won. We beat a high school team for crying out loud! I see many chinks in our armor and it all leads to the Mick. I'm sad that you can't see this.

uhhhh, critical analysis is that we beat a High school team? Why wouldn't anyone dismiss that ridiculousness? We beat the crap out of that team, as good a margin as 'Bama against fake GSU, and they were favored by a whole lot more, so Alabama will get their asses kicked by proxy?

uhhhh, the "high school" comment was not critical analysis. It was a figure of speech, meant to indicate that Albany is not a very good football team. Do you doubt this?

Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat. Delaware beat us. We could only manage scoring 22 points against them. Maine yesterday rolled up over 600 yards of offense on the chickens and 62 points.

There are some very good football teams in the CAA this year and we do not appear to be one of them, in spite of some tremendously talented individuals. We should be better than we are with the talent level we have.

I'll wager you any amount of $$ they finish with at least 2. Look who they play.

Of course I looked at who they play. Akron's best chance for a win is against Miami (Ohio) and possibly UMass. I think both of those teams are better than Akron, but even if the gods are smiling and Akron somehow pulls off a win and they go 2-10, are you saying we should be proud of not being the only team the perennial MAC doormat has beaten this year?

It won't take any smiling gods for Akron to beat UMass.

(10-05-2013 07:46 PM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I guess I just love football more than most people, but what the hell do people leave to do that is so great? You're sitting outside on a perfect October afternoon but it's more fun to go sit in a dorm room or drive up 81? I don't get it. I guess there's some secret party that happens on Saturday afternoons that I was never invited to.

I'll tell you where the two women sitting in front of me went in the 3rd quarter. They went to an art show. Yeah, that's right; an art show! I don't know the two ladies, but the folks sitting around me heard them say they needed to leave if they wanted to make the art show. Yeah, an art show!

(10-07-2013 12:06 PM)JMU_71 Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 07:46 PM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I guess I just love football more than most people, but what the hell do people leave to do that is so great? You're sitting outside on a perfect October afternoon but it's more fun to go sit in a dorm room or drive up 81? I don't get it. I guess there's some secret party that happens on Saturday afternoons that I was never invited to.

I'll tell you where the two women sitting in front of me went in the 3rd quarter. They went to an art show. Yeah, that's right; an art show! I don't know the two ladies, but the folks sitting around me heard them say they needed to leave if they wanted to make the art show. Yeah, an art show!

I don't think it's a problem that two ladies went to see an art show in the third quarter of a blowout win against a team no one ever heard of. I thank those ladies for showing up and supporting their school for the first half even if they aren't big football fans.

(10-07-2013 01:24 PM)jmu@uva Wrote:  

(10-07-2013 12:06 PM)JMU_71 Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 07:46 PM)DoubleDDuke Wrote:  I guess I just love football more than most people, but what the hell do people leave to do that is so great? You're sitting outside on a perfect October afternoon but it's more fun to go sit in a dorm room or drive up 81? I don't get it. I guess there's some secret party that happens on Saturday afternoons that I was never invited to.

I'll tell you where the two women sitting in front of me went in the 3rd quarter. They went to an art show. Yeah, that's right; an art show! I don't know the two ladies, but the folks sitting around me heard them say they needed to leave if they wanted to make the art show. Yeah, an art show!

I don't think it's a problem that two ladies went to see an art show in the third quarter of a blowout win against a team no one ever heard of. I thank those ladies for showing up and supporting their school for the first half even if they aren't big football fans.

Also possible that it was a family weekend event...

I'm sure it was a parents weekend thing, but the art would be there after the game.

(10-07-2013 03:10 AM)bulldogg Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 11:47 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(10-06-2013 03:27 PM)bulldogg Wrote:  Here's some critical analysis for you. Akron has won a single game all season and will likely end the season with that one win. Guess who they beat.

I'll wager you any amount of $$ they finish with at least 2. Look who they play.

Of course I looked at who they play. Akron's best chance for a win is against Miami (Ohio) and possibly UMass. I think both of those teams are better than Akron, but even if the gods are smiling and Akron somehow pulls off a win and they go 2-10, are you saying we should be proud of not being the only team the perennial MAC doormat has beaten this year?

Damn, then the gods must have really been smiling, because Akron is now 4-7. Told you so.