Sun Belt 2022 thread

[BDKJMU]

Some of those lines are off a bit.

C. Carolina d. GA State 35-6
App State d. JMU 35-31
GA Southern d. Ball State 24-9
ODU d. AR State 49-10
Marshall d. Troy State 31-20
Tulane d. S. Mississippi 21-14
Houston Baptist d. SW TX State 14-10
LA Tech d. S. Alabama 24-13
SW Louisiana d. SE Louisiana 42-24

Copied off of what’s currently showing on ESPN.

SELA isn’t playing a SBC team.
Who is SW TX St?
Who is SW Louisiana?

[SuperHornet]

You should know by now that I'm old school. I did botch that one line, though. That should be NE Louisiana.

You didn't notice that I leave the "State" on some schools that have allegedly dropped that? I even left the old SW on TX State. I didn't think you were one of those young fans who think that Roger Staubach sucks simply because he played before they were born and so they've never heard of him....

[AshevilleApp]

Arguably the best Hail Mary outcome on film since Doug Flutie. Glad we were on the good side of it.

Don’t think it tops Colorado/Michigan 1994. And there’s been a few others since the below was written 3 years ago. At least the 2nd one this season already- Holy Cross had one to upset Buffalo. I’m sure the App State one would make an updated top 10 Hail Mary’s of college football history list.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-fo ... u4hkply9r6

Congrats on the win though. I’m happy ASU pulled it off- would even more dofficult for JMU to to keep it somewhat close if ASU was coming off of a loss…

Soft sell your team all you like, JMU has a good chance to win. Being new doesn't necessarily equate with losing in the SBC. Georgia Southern won the conference in the first season after the move. I hope App wins, because 3-1 is as good a start as I could have hoped for.

[BDKJMU]

Don’t think it tops Colorado/Michigan 1994. And there’s been a few others since the below was written 3 years ago. At least the 2nd one this season already- Holy Cross had one to upset Buffalo. I’m sure the App State one would make an updated top 10 Hail Mary’s of college football history list.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-fo ... u4hkply9r6

Congrats on the win though. I’m happy ASU pulled it off- would even more dofficult for JMU to to keep it somewhat close if ASU was coming off of a loss…

Soft sell your team all you like, JMU has a good chance to win. Being new doesn't necessarily equate with losing in the SBC. Georgia Southern won the conference in the first season after the move. I hope App wins, because 3-1 is as good a start as I could have hoped for.

-The SBC is much stronger than it was back in 2013.
-GSU was 2 seasons removed from their moveup announcement, JMU (because 1st team since Marshall to skip that transition yr) is only 1 season since announcing. Since didn’t announce until last Nov when most HS guys were already committed, we don’t have an FBS recruit class.

The portal thing is probably a wash. JMU lost 3 top would be returning players to P5s (2 FCS AAs, 2 starting at their respective P5s). Heck, Antwane Wells (SC) was leading the SEC in receiving yds the 1st 2 weeks before he got a goose egg in SC’s beatdown vs UGA. But JMU also gained FBS transfers that under the old rules that maybe would have had to sit out a season since they were lateral transfers, or maybe not with JMU being a move up. Bottom line the transfers brought in (including QB) probably make up for those 3 lost..

[AshevilleApp]

Soft sell your team all you like, JMU has a good chance to win. Being new doesn't necessarily equate with losing in the SBC. Georgia Southern won the conference in the first season after the move. I hope App wins, because 3-1 is as good a start as I could have hoped for.

-The SBC is much stronger than it was back in 2013.
-GSU was 2 seasons removed from their moveup announcement, JMU (because 1st team since Marshall to skip that transition yr) is only 1 season since announcing. Since didn’t announce until last Nov when most HS guys were already committed, we don’t have an FBS recruit class.

The portal thing is probably a wash. JMU lost 3 top would be returning players to P5s (2 FCS AAs, 2 starting at their respective P5s). Heck, Antwane Wells (SC) was leading the SEC in receiving yds the 1st 2 weeks before he got a goose egg in SC’s beatdown vs UGA. But JMU also gained FBS transfers that under the old rules that maybe would have had to sit out a season since they were lateral transfers, or maybe not with JMU being a move up. Bottom line the transfers brought in (including QB) probably make up for those 3 lost..

I won't even try to address the portal, but you make a good point about not being able to recruit a class before the move. Marshall is probably a better comparison. They won the MAC in their first year. I think top tier FCS programs have an easier transition to G5 than their fans might anticipate. Y'all are/were that. You can compete right now. I just hope you peak after this Saturday.

[Baldy]

Welcome to the 'belt, JMU.

28-10 Appy at the half.

[BDKJMU]

Welcome to the 'belt, JMU.

28-10 Appy at the half.

Indeed..

[BDKJMU]

JMU 35, MTSU 0, early 3rd.

MTSU was a C-USA bowl team last yr. JMU lost to transfer their AA WR (starting USC), AA LB (2 deep Texas), and starting corner (started for WVU last night), and JMU has zero FBS recruit classes. But this FBS thing isn’t that hard.

Congrats, you beat one of the worst teams in the worst conference.

MTSU (3-1) 45, #25 Miami 31..

[AshevilleApp]

Congratulations JMU. Nice comeback and win.

[Baldy]

Welcome to the 'belt, JMU.

28-10 Appy at the half.

Indeed..

Congrats. Nice to see the golden horseshoe fall out of App's ass for a change.

[BDKJMU]

Congratulations JMU. Nice comeback and win.

Thanks. The last 3 JMU/App State games have been crazy thrillers.

-2007 round of 16: ASU 28, JMU 27. JMU has ball 1st and goal on ASU 9 and fumbles, ASU recovers with under 20 seconds left. An miracle on the mountain for ASU. ASU goes on to win the NC.

-2008 #1 ASU @ #5 JMU. ASU goes up 21-0 at the half. 2nd half JMU scores 35 unanswered and holds on in a 35-32 thriller.

-Yesterday: ASU goes up 28-3 with 6+ min left in the 2nd qtr. JMU then scores 32 unanswered to win 32-28.

[BDKJMU]

Getting press you just don’t get being one of the top 2 dogs at the FCS level
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -takeaways
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... c0&irgwc=1
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/college- ... lead-jokes
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ter-trolls
https://herosports.com/fbs-observations ... tate-ckck/

[BDKJMU]

JMU 40, Texas St 13

Playing in the rain and wind from the remants of Ian, early 3rd qtr it was JMU up 26-0, with total yardage JMU 335, TX St 45.

3:25 left in the game, up 40-7, JMU put their 3rd string defense in, TX St kept their starters in, drove down the field amd scored a TD on the last play of the game (no PAT attempted).

[UNI88]

Getting press you just don’t get being the #2 dog at the FCS level
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -takeaways
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... c0&irgwc=1
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/college- ... lead-jokes
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ter-trolls
https://herosports.com/fbs-observations ... tate-ckck/

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[AshevilleApp]

Meanwhile, Coastal is quietly cruising along undefeated.

[BDKJMU]

Week 5 results:
East
CCU 34, GA Southern 30
GA St 31, Army 14
App St 49, Citadel 0
Marshall 28, G Webb 7
Liberty 38, ODU 24
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Interdivisional
JMU 40, TX St 13
———————————-
West
S Alabama 20, LA Lafayette 17
Ark St 45, LA Monroe 28
Troy 34, WKU 27

Standings
East
CCU 5-0/2-0
JMU 4-0/2-0
ODU 2-3/1-0
App 3-2/1-1
GSU 3-2/0-1
Marshall 3-2/0-1
GST 1-4/0-1

West
USA 4-1/1-0
Troy 3-2/1-1
Ark St 2-3/1-1
ULM 2-3/1-1
USM 2-2/0-0
TX St 2-3/0-1
ULL 2-3/0-2

[BDKJMU]

Wow.
Coastal Carolina's CJ Beasley hurdles over defender for game-winning TD
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/34706310

[BDKJMU]

Week 6 other Games. 1st week of no OOC for any SBC teams.

Georgia Southern (3-2/0-1 @ Georgia St (1-4/0-1) (-2.5) (2 PM, ESPN3)

JMU (4-0/1-0) (-11.5) @ Arkansas St (2-3/0-1) (7 PM, NFL Network)

Appalachian St (3-2/1-1) (-19) @ Texas St (2-3/0-1) (7 PM, ESPM+)

Southern Miss (2-2/0-0) @ Troy (3-2/1-1) (-6.5) (7 PM, ESPN+)

Coastal Carolina (5-0/2-0) (-14) @ Louisiana Monroe (2-3/1-1) (8 PM, ESPN+)

Byes:
Marshall
ODU
Louisiana Lafayette
USA

[AshevilleApp]

I expect they're sharpening the pitchforks over at Yosefs Cabin about now. The bowl streak may end this year.
Meanwhile CCU and JMU keep rolling, and GSU (Southern) loses to GSU (State) again.

[BDKJMU]

Georgia Southern (3-2/0-1 @ Georgia St (1-4/0-1) (-2.5) (2 PM, ESPN3)

GST 41, GSU 33

JMU (4-0/1-0) (-11.5) @ Arkansas St (2-3/0-1) (7 PM, NFL Network)

JMU 42, AST 20

Appalachian St (3-2/1-1) (-19) @ Texas St (2-3/0-1) (7 PM, ESPM+)

TX St 36, App St 24
WTF App St?

Southern Miss (2-2/0-0) @ Troy (3-2/1-1) (-6.5) (7 PM, ESPN+)

Troy 27, S Miss 10

Coastal Carolina (5-0/2-0) (-14) @ Louisiana Monroe (2-3/1-1) (8 PM, ESPN+)

CCU 28, ULM 21

[BDKJMU]

Getting press you just don’t get being the #2 dog at the FCS level
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -takeaways
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... c0&irgwc=1
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/college- ... lead-jokes
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ter-trolls
https://herosports.com/fbs-observations ... tate-ckck/

FYP

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[UNI88]

FYP

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Truth hurts.

[BDKJMU]

Truth hurts.

Who cares about FCS. What is that, like Div II?

[UNI88]

Truth hurts.

Who cares about FCS. What is that, like Div II?

[BDKJMU]

Congrats to GSU. I was worried about this game being a 2nd straight road game + all the media attention on JMU about being ranked.

From what I gathered (only was able to listen to 1st 2 1/2 quarters + watch the 4th quarter) for the most part neither defense could stop the other offense unless the offense turned it over.
JMU 675 yds offense (207 rushing, 468 passing).
GSU 590 yds offense (12 rushing, 578 passing).

Difference was JMU turned it over 4 times + GSU blocked JMU punt for TD. GSU only turned it over once.