Updated CAA Standings
1. JMU 8-1/5-0
2. Albany 5-3/3-1 (Maine, @ UD, UNH, @ SBU)
—UNH 4-3/3-1 (only 11 games) (VU, @ JMU, @ Albany, Maine)
–- RU 4-4/3-1 (SBU, @VU, @ JMU, W&M)
5. VU 6-2/3-2 (@ UNH, RU, Long Island, UD)
— Elon 4-4/3-2 (only 11 games) (W&M, Maine, @ TU)
7. SBU 5-3/2-2 (@ RU, TU, @ UD, Albany)
— UD 4-4/2-2 (@ TU, Albany, SBU, @VU)
9. TU 4-4/1-3 (UD, @SBU, @ W&M, Elon)
— Maine 3-5/1-3 (@ Albany, @ Elon, URI, @ UNH)
11. W&M 2-6/0-4
12. URI 1-7/0-5

-Merrimac (4-4) @ URI (-20) (1 PM, Flo)
Merrimac, 1st season Div I:
W (NCCAA, 0-7) Virginia of Lynchburg 45-14
L @ CCSU 40-37
L @ StFU 42-14
W (NAIA) Mayville St 76-7
L @ Lehigh 10-3
L Bryant 24-17
W Del State 30-21 (DSU is 1-7)
W Presbyterian 24-21 (Presbyterian is 0-8)

-VU (-2) @ UNH (1 PM, NBC Sports Boston; Flo) in the CAA Game of the Week.
VU coming off choking loss to SBU. UNH coming off bye week.

-W&M @ Elon (-11) (2 PM, Flo).

-UD @ TU (-9.5) (2 PM, Flo).

-SBU (-5) @ RU (3:00 PM, Flo).

-Maine @ Albany (-4.5) (3:30 PM, Flo).

At least 9 other games with playoff implications for both teams:

Patriot
-Holy Cross (4-4/2-0) (-3) @ Lehigh (4-3/3-0) (12:30 PM).
Winner likely is the Patriot AQ. Holy Cross losses to Cuse, Navy, Yale. Beat UNH.

MVFC
-UNI (5-3/3-1) (-1) @ ILSU (6-2/3-1) (1 PM EST, NBC SPORTS CHICAGO / ESPN+).
Winner keeps their seed hopes alive.

-NDSU (-18) (8-0/4-0) @ YSU (5-3/1-3) (6:00 PM, ESPN+).
Line went from -13 on Wed to -18 Thur..

OVC is a mess, with the below 4 teams and SEMO (5-3/3-1).
-EKU (5-3/3-1) (-1.5) @ Austin Peay (5-3/3-1) (1 PM, ESPN+).

-JSU (6-3/3-2) @ UT Martin (5-3/4-1) (-7.5) (3 PM, ESPN+).

MEAC
-NC A&T (5-2/3-1) (-9) @ SC State (5-2/3-1) (1:30 PM)
FAMU (7-1/5-0) has already beaten both teams, however FAMU is under a postseason ban. Both NC A&T & SC St 11 game schedules. So the winner of this game likely finishes 9-2/7-1, and goes to the Celebration Bowl. The loser likely finishes 8-3/6-2. NC A&T has a win over Elon, SC State over Wofford. Rightly or wrongly, I could see the loser of this game get an At Large bid at 8-3/6-2.

So-Con
-Furman (5-3/3-1) (-9) @ UTC (4-4/3-1) (2 PM, ESPN+).
FU must win to keep their seed hopes alive. Maybe the only 2 teams outside the MVFC/Big Sky/CAA who could possibly get an At-Large at 7-5 due to their OOC schedules.

Big South
-Monmouth (6-2/3-0) @ Kennesaw St (7-1/2-0) (-13) (2 PM, ESPN 3).
Monmouth lost @ W Mich 48-13; lost @ Montana 47-27; beat Albany 38-35 (OT).

Big Sky National game of the week between 2 top 5 teams..
-Weber St (6-2/4-0) @ Sac St (-7) (6-2/4-0) (7 PM EST).
2 teams are combined 12-0 vs I-AA.. Winner should be a seed..

I wonder if the Weber St vs Sac St game will be on Pluto TV. With no JMU game, and a thin FBS slate, that might be a game that gets some air time at the AssyrianDuke household.

(11-01-2019 02:44 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I wonder if the Weber St vs Sac St game will be on Pluto TV. With no JMU game, and a thin FBS slate, that might be a game that gets some air time at the AssyrianDuke household.

https://bigskyconf.com/sports/2019/8/16/...h=football says it will be on Pluto TV. It has the channel number for other games but not that one. Pluto TV has most of the Big Sky games. In Sacramento, the game is on their CW affiliate.

UNH 7, VU 0 early 1st.
UNH opening drive 12 plays, TD.

VU ties it at 7, late 1st qtr.

Andy Talley and Mickey Matthews at the game- UNH commentators were saying something about offering support to Coach McDonnell. In case anyone has been living under a rock:
https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.co...d-reasons/
I didn't tune in until mid 1st qtr. Didn't hear any update given about McDonnell's condition or status..

Nova marching right down the field on the arm of Daniel Smith. Nova looks like the better team, leading 14-7 early in the second quarter.

Oh, goody! My favorite Baptist preacher is announcing the Elon/garbage collector game.

(11-02-2019 01:05 PM)Purple Wrote:  Oh, goody! My favorite Baptist preacher is announcing the Elon/garbage collector game.

LOL! He is already talking about how good a "feel gold" kicker W&M has.

Towson leading the garbage collectors, 14-7, midway through the second quarter.

UNH 31 yd TD run.
VU still leads 20-14 early 3rd qtr.

mid 2nd:
TU 14, UD 7
Elon 7, W&M 3

Early 3rd URI 14, Marrimac 7

Liberty is destroying UMass, 63-21, six minutes left in the game.

I'm really liking Flo football.

UNH 21, VU 20, 10 min left 4th.

UNH 28, VU 20, 8:49 left 4th.

Another indicator of CAA relative parity.... 'nova is 6-2 overall, but only 3-2 in conference. They are ranked #11. UNH is 4-3 overall and unranked, but has a better conference record than 'nova at 3-1. UNH is leading 'nova 28-20. Business as usual in the CAA.

About the only thing you can predict in this game, and I guarantee you will be right, is the Wildcats are going to win.

VU drives it right down the field then Smith throws a pick in the endzone. 5:35 left.

These announcers are the biggest homers for UNH..

Surprised no one mentioned Monmouth putting it to the paper tiger Kennesaw

Monmouth leads Kennesaw St 31-7 late first half

Oh my God! They killed "Kenny" State