Damn it. I ASSumed like everyone else since Sept, that JMU would have a bye. Figured a work committment on Thanksgiving weekend (can't get out of), with the next 3 weekends & Frisco off, would make all the playoff games. Damn it.

Oh well. I'm actually about equal distance to Colgate. Should make that.

UD (7-4/5-3)
L URI 21-19
W Lafayette 37-0
W Cornell 27-10
L @ NDSU 38-10
W @ UR 43-28
W Elon 28-16
W @ UNH 38-14
W TU 40-36
W @ Albany 21-16
L @ SBU 17-3
L VU 42-21

From the CAA 12 teams in 12 days:
Head Coach: Danny Rocco (2nd season at Delaware - 7-4)
2017 Record: 7-4 overall, 5-3 in CAA Football
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4
http://www.caasports.com/news/2018/8/13/...h=football

Offense:
Lost:
1st team All CAA/AA OL Brody Kern
2nd team All CAA OL Jake Trump

Returned:
-2nd team All CAA TE Charles Scarff
-3rd team All CAA RB Kani Kane

Defense:
Lost:
-1st team All CAA DL Bilal Nichols, 5th rd draft pick Bears
-2nd team All CAA DL Blaine Woodson

Returned:
-1st team All CAA LB Troy Reeder
-1st team All CAA S Nasir Adderley

Special Teams:
Returned:
-2nd team All CAA K Frank Raggo
-3rd team All CAA P Nick Pritchard

7 common opponents:
VU (JMU +58)
JMU W 37-0
UD L 42-21

RU (JMU +38)
JMU W 63-10
UD W 43-28

URI (JMU +19)
UD L 21-19
JMU W 48-31

SBU (JMU +17)
JMU W 13-10
UD L 17-3

TU (JMU +17)
JMU W 38-17
UD W 40-36

Elon (UD +15)
UD W 28-16
JMU L 27-24

UNH (UD +35)
UD W 38-14
JMU L 35-24

Avg: about JMU +14

Delaware fans are so excited about this, they are taking off their clothes...

Stats (CAA games only). JMU ahead of UD in every major statistical category.

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. Towson.............. 8 37 32 3 0 14 1 304 38.0
2. James Madison....... 8 36 34 0 0 16 0 298 37.2
3. Stony Brook......... 8 31 25 1 0 5 1 230 28.8
4. Maine............... 8 29 25 1 0 7 1 224 28.0
5. Rhode Island........ 8 29 27 0 0 4 0 213 26.6
Delaware............ 8 27 21 1 0 8 2 213 26.6
7. Elon................ 7 18 18 0 0 15 0 171 24.4
8. Villanova........... 8 23 21 1 0 5 0 176 22.0
9. UAlbany............. 8 20 13 0 0 9 0 160 20.0
10.New Hampshire....... 8 20 19 0 0 4 0 151 18.9
11.Richmond............ 8 18 14 0 0 7 0 143 17.9
12.William & Mary...... 7 13 10 1 0 5 0 105 15.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G
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1. Towson.............. 8 1495 2309 634 3804 6.0 35 475.5
2. James Madison....... 8 1435 1997 585 3432 5.9 30 429.0
3. Elon................ 7 1451 1269 492 2720 5.5 17 388.6
4. Stony Brook......... 8 1675 1396 563 3071 5.5 28 383.9
5. Richmond............ 8 868 2159 535 3027 5.7 18 378.4
6. Maine............... 8 1034 1807 559 2841 5.1 25 355.1
7. Villanova........... 8 975 1670 509 2645 5.2 21 330.6
8. Rhode Island........ 8 885 1640 504 2525 5.0 25 315.6
9. Delaware............ 8 866 1597 501 2463 4.9 25 307.9
10.UAlbany............. 8 895 1560 480 2455 5.1 20 306.9
11.New Hampshire....... 8 903 1296 516 2199 4.3 16 274.9
12.William & Mary...... 7 367 1112 411 1479 3.6 10 211.3

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Stony Brook......... 8 360 1675 4.7 14 209.4
2. Elon................ 7 310 1451 4.7 13 207.3
3. Towson.............. 8 323 1495 4.6 14 186.9
4. James Madison....... 8 333 1435 4.3 18 179.4
5. Maine............... 8 277 1034 3.7 12 129.2
6. Villanova........... 8 292 975 3.3 11 121.9
7. New Hampshire....... 8 278 903 3.2 12 112.9
8. UAlbany............. 8 244 895 3.7 10 111.9
9. Rhode Island........ 8 287 885 3.1 10 110.6
10.Richmond............ 8 248 868 3.5 8 108.5
11.Delaware............ 8 287 866 3.0 11 108.2
12.William & Mary...... 7 217 367 1.7 3 52.4

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Towson.............. 8 311 195 8 62.7 2309 7.4 21 288.6
2. Richmond............ 8 287 162 16 56.4 2159 7.5 10 269.9
3. James Madison....... 8 252 169 10 67.1 1997 7.9 12 249.6
4. Maine............... 8 282 166 11 58.9 1807 6.4 13 225.9
5. Villanova........... 8 217 128 6 59.0 1670 7.7 10 208.8
6. Rhode Island........ 8 217 129 6 59.4 1640 7.6 15 205.0
7. Delaware............ 8 214 109 6 50.9 1597 7.5 14 199.6
8. UAlbany............. 8 236 117 10 49.6 1560 6.6 10 195.0
9. Elon................ 7 182 90 1 49.5 1269 7.0 4 181.3
10.Stony Brook......... 8 203 110 6 54.2 1396 6.9 14 174.5
11.New Hampshire....... 8 238 126 8 52.9 1296 5.4 4 162.0
12.William & Mary...... 7 194 102 8 52.6 1112 5.7 7 158.9

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. James Madison....... 8 16 16 0 0 6 0 130 16.2
2. Stony Brook......... 8 19 16 0 0 7 0 151 18.9
3. Maine............... 8 17 12 1 0 12 0 152 19.0
4. Delaware............ 8 23 18 1 0 10 1 190 23.8
5. William & Mary...... 7 20 17 0 0 11 0 170 24.3
6. New Hampshire....... 8 25 23 0 0 7 1 196 24.5
7. Elon................ 7 22 19 0 0 9 0 178 25.4
8. Villanova........... 8 28 25 1 0 9 1 224 28.0
9. Towson.............. 8 32 27 1 0 2 0 227 28.4
10.Rhode Island........ 8 31 26 1 0 8 0 238 29.8
11.UAlbany............. 8 31 27 2 0 10 1 249 31.1
12.Richmond............ 8 37 33 1 0 8 1 283 35.4

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Maine............... 8 580 1525 534 2105 3.9 16 263.1
2. New Hampshire....... 8 872 1600 519 2472 4.8 21 309.0
3. Stony Brook......... 8 877 1654 519 2531 4.9 18 316.4
4. James Madison....... 8 891 1713 553 2604 4.7 14 325.5
5. Rhode Island........ 8 1401 1399 519 2800 5.4 28 350.0
6. William & Mary...... 7 1218 1249 489 2467 5.0 16 352.4
7. Villanova........... 8 1245 1639 550 2884 5.2 25 360.5
8. Elon................ 7 894 1647 474 2541 5.4 20 363.0
9. UAlbany............. 8 1130 1824 542 2954 5.5 29 369.2
10.Delaware............ 8 1213 1813 551 3026 5.5 21 378.2
11.Towson.............. 8 1221 1874 506 3095 6.1 31 386.9
12.Richmond............ 8 1307 1875 533 3182 6.0 31 397.8

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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1. Maine............... 8 254 580 2.3 6 72.5
2. New Hampshire....... 8 288 872 3.0 12 109.0
3. Stony Brook......... 8 270 877 3.2 6 109.6
4. James Madison....... 8 290 891 3.1 5 111.4
5. Elon................ 7 247 894 3.6 8 127.7
6. UAlbany............. 8 289 1130 3.9 17 141.2
7. Delaware............ 8 313 1213 3.9 13 151.6
8. Towson.............. 8 267 1221 4.6 16 152.6
9. Villanova........... 8 310 1245 4.0 14 155.6
10.Richmond............ 8 329 1307 4.0 13 163.4
11.William & Mary...... 7 288 1218 4.2 10 174.0
12.Rhode Island........ 8 311 1401 4.5 16 175.1

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Rhode Island........ 8 208 118 8 56.7 1399 6.7 12 174.9
2. William & Mary...... 7 201 120 8 59.7 1249 6.2 6 178.4
3. Maine............... 8 280 131 9 46.8 1525 5.4 10 190.6
4. New Hampshire....... 8 231 137 7 59.3 1600 6.9 9 200.0
5. Villanova........... 8 240 141 11 58.7 1639 6.8 11 204.9
6. Stony Brook......... 8 249 140 6 56.2 1654 6.6 12 206.8
7. James Madison....... 8 263 142 8 54.0 1713 6.5 9 214.1
8. Delaware............ 8 238 136 13 57.1 1813 7.6 8 226.6
9. UAlbany............. 8 253 155 6 61.3 1824 7.2 12 228.0
10.Towson.............. 8 239 133 5 55.6 1874 7.8 15 234.2
11.Richmond............ 8 204 122 5 59.8 1875 9.2 18 234.4
12.Elon................ 7 227 128 10 56.4 1647 7.3 12 235.3
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UD/Rocco - JMU

You never know.

Last year's game was one of our closest. We were plus one in TOs and won the game by only 10.

We're playing well and they are not, but it's UD/Rocco - JMU, you never know.

I'm more confident about Colgate than UD.

It would be interesting to know what Delaware bid for the game.
JMU got it right so hats off to Bourne.
The painful experiences of underbidding in the past have evolved into sage wisdom.

How does it feel chicken fans?

(11-19-2018 05:22 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  It would be interesting to know what Delaware bid for the game.
JMU got it right so hats off to Bourne.
The painful experiences of underbidding in the past have evolved into sage wisdom.

How does it feel chicken fans?

No doubt - props to JMU for making the right bid.

The only thing worse than not being seeded yesterday, would of been going to Delaware. That would of been more painful than to have not been seeded.

Pretty sure they got rid of the bidding system

(11-19-2018 06:04 PM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  Pretty sure they got rid of the bidding system

Nope, bid packages are still submitted, and in the case of JMU v. UD, bid amount seems most likely the key thing. UD's stadium and attendance didn't likely play a big role. Item #2 is essentially the bid amount.

From a prior thread (again):

The official hosting criteria for non-seeds is now:
1) quality of facility
2) revenue potential plus estimated net receipts
3) attendance history and potential
4) team’s performance (conference place finish, head to head results, number of Div I games)
5) student athlete well being (travel and missed class time)

Bid packages are still submitted. Some folks question whether the primary (only?) criteria is the bid amount, or the other factors matter too.

At Towson on Saturday I am guessing that there was around 1500-2000 JMU fans there. Our group sat in the top few rows. I felt we were loud and into it for the entire game. I do wonder sometimes how loud are we? do we have an effect? During this morning's CAA coaches call-in, I got the answers I was hoping to hear when Coach Ambrose talked about how loud we were and how well we traveled and that his players were a bit shook up by it and had never experienced that kind of crowd before at a home game. I just want those same folks and thousands more to do it again this Saturday. We are the 12th man!

Give a listen around the 7:25 mark he talks about the JMU game.

https://static.caasports.com/custompages..._11_19.mp3

(11-19-2018 08:49 PM)jmuroadwarrior Wrote:  At Towson on Saturday I am guessing that there was around 1500-2000 JMU fans there. Our group sat in the top few rows. I felt we were loud and into it for the entire game. I do wonder sometimes how loud are we? do we have an effect? During this morning's CAA coaches call-in, I got the answers I was hoping to hear when Coach Ambrose talked about how loud we were and how well we traveled and that his players were a bit shook up by it and had never experienced that kind of crowd before at a home game. I just want those same folks and thousands more to do it again this Saturday. We are the 12th man!

Give a listen around the 7:25 mark he talks about the JMU game.

https://static.caasports.com/custompages..._11_19.mp3

I listened to it this afternoon and was surprised he was so complimentary of us. At the same time, he was incredibly critical of how the fans were treated in the past and how they are now having to bring them back. It sounded like something happened that ticked the fans off. Anyone know? I got the feeling it was something outside of the game.
I was never a big fan of Ambrose but I got to say I liked him a little bit more after listening. He did have some nice things to say about our fan base and Coach Houston and the program as a whole.

We were in the 2nd to last row and my voice was feeling it on Sunday. When we went to Fargo, their fans were impressed with how loud we were, too. Loud and Proud!

I'm confident in the Dukes and therefore will pose the question .. is there a possibility that the semifinals could be held at bridgeforth stadium ??

(11-19-2018 10:26 PM)Jmufanatic13 Wrote:  I'm confident in the Dukes and therefore will pose the question .. is there a possibility that the semifinals could be held at bridgeforth stadium ??

If Towson or Wofford shocks the world.

Delaware .. Colgate .. NDSU .. Elon .... I want to beat them all .. all those years Delaware beat up on us .. haven't bought Colgate toothpaste since that terrible day a few years back .. ndsu fans are beyond annoying and need a sense of humility and we need revenge on the Phoenix .. if you didn't get pumped after watching coach Houston on espnu you don't have a pulse .. let's go dukes !!

(11-19-2018 10:27 PM)jmu007 Wrote:  

(11-19-2018 10:26 PM)Jmufanatic13 Wrote:  I'm confident in the Dukes and therefore will pose the question .. is there a possibility that the semifinals could be held at bridgeforth stadium ??

If Towson or Wofford shocks the world.

Or Elon (with Cheeks & Summers, Elon would have a good chance. Without them, remote chance).

If SDSU beats TU, they're likely going to have to face the triple option in the quarterfinals either @ KSU, or home vs Wofford. When was the last time SDSU faced the triple option? To my knowledge, no one in the MVFC runs it, and they don't have the defense that NDSU has had in the playoffs when facing it (2-0 vs GSU & 2-0 vs Wofford) or YSU did in 2016 vs Wofford, to stop it.

(11-19-2018 10:27 PM)jmu007 Wrote:  

(11-19-2018 10:26 PM)Jmufanatic13 Wrote:  I'm confident in the Dukes and therefore will pose the question .. is there a possibility that the semifinals could be held at bridgeforth stadium ??

If Towson or Wofford shocks the world.

I like the odds of non-seeds taking out Kennesaw and SDSU. Towson would be my pick to do it, but even Elon might have a shot.

After last year, I think of SDSU as a paper tiger that just has NDSU's number. We were so "worried" because they were a member of the Sagarin annointed MVFC. If they easily crush Towson by more than 14 points, I'll start to get concerned again.

Haven't read up at all on it...are Cheeks and Summers possibilities to be back for the playoffs?