Week 8 CAA Prediction Thread

[BDKJMU]

CAA Standings:
1. JMU (7-0/4-0)
2. UR (5-1/3-0)
3. W&M (4-2/3-1)
4. VU (3-3/2-1)
-- UM (2-4/2-1)
6. UNH (3-3/1-2)
--- TU (3-3/1-2)
--- UD (2-4/1-2)
9. SBU (2-3/1-3)
(Assuming it will take wins out of CAA to make playoffs) Eliminated from playoff contention:
--- AU (2-5/1-3)
--- EU (2-5/1-3)
--- URI (1-6/1-3)

*Weather forecast for all sites mostly sunny, with Harrisonburg, Williamsburg, Towson, & Newark highs in the 60s, Orono in the high 40s.

*5dimes lines as of Tues night.

SBU @ UM (12:30, FCS) (SBU -4)

UR @ JMU (3:30, TCN, ESPN Gameday!) (JMU -15.5

UNH @ UD (3:30) (UNH-7.5)

Hampton (4-3) @ W&M (3:30) (W&M -25.5)
HU so far:
W Div II KY St 35-20
L UR 31-28
W Howard 37-19
L @ NSU 24-14
L NC A&T 45-31
W DSU 21-7
W Morgan St 20-10

VU @ TU (7:00, ASN) (VU -5.5)

Bye: URI, Elon, Albany (Ironically the 1st 3 teams to reach 5 losses & eliminated from playoff contention)

[BDKJMU]

SBU @ UM 17-13
SBU lost @ home last week vs Towson, coming off a bye week to boot. + again, no Stacy Bedell. And now they have to go to Orono. Maine, with 18ish starters slated to come back from a 5-6/4-4 team last year, were my dark horse pick in the CAA this year to make the playoffs. Played BC respectably, thought they would play Tulane & @ UR (who was coming off a bye) closer. Throttled Albany (that’s not saying much now). But the head scratcher is losing to Yale at home. Both of these Maine & SBU have relatively decent defenses with subpar ground and pound offenses. Me thinks da bears the sleight upset in a low scoring slugfest.

UR @ JMU 45-27
JMU gets starting NG back from 5 game suspension. Are as healthy as I can ever remember mid point in the season..

UNH @ UD 21-20
Do we get the UD who played VU (with Robertson) close, was only down by 3 at the half to UNC, & beat W&M? Or the one that was embarrassed by Jacksonville & URI? UD isn’t a playoff team, but UNH doesn’t look like one either. Any team with a good running game (SJSU, SBU with Bedell, W&M) has absolutely manhandled them, & UD has a decent run game.
+ it’s UNH’s 2nd straight week on the road.
++ UD is coming off of a bye week.
So going with the upset here..

Hampton (4-3) @ W&M 45-17
Whether or not W&M’s All American LB Luke Rhodes (Sprained knee vs UNH ) plays won’t matter..blowout.

VU @ TU 20-14. Like SBU/Maine (and maybe UD/UNH), should be another relatively evenly matched game. Surprised VU is favored on the road. Sure they blew out Albany last week, but that isn’t saying much now, as Albany has absolutely got destroyed by everyone since halftime vs JMU a month ago..

Home team sweep..

[bluehenbillk]

Maine
JMU
UNH
W&M
Nova

[89Hen]

Stony Brook 24 - Maine 13
JMU 37 - Richmond 14
UNH 31 - Delaware 10
W&M 38 - Hampton 13
villanova 27 - Towson 17

[BDKJMU]

*5dimes lines as of Tues night.

Ooops, forgot to include the lines..Added in above..

SBU -4
JMU -15.5
UNH -7.5
W&M -25.5
VU -5.5

[89Hen]

UNH -7.5

Lay the points.

[BDKJMU]

UNH -7.5

Lay the points.

Well, like I said:
-UD coming off of bye week
-UNH's 2nd straight road game
-Goldrich still apparently has a gimp ankle. Pretty much couldn't run vs W&M, and he wasn't very good passing (15-30, 0 TD, 2 INT).
-UNH can't stop a good running game- next to last in the CAA only ahead of Elon. Last W&M rushed for 325 on UNH. UD #2 in the CAA in rushing, only behind JMU.

It should be a close game..

[89Hen]

It should be a close game..

The Hens are lying down and hoping for the first draft pick.

[YoUDeeMan]

UD should beat UNH.

UNH is on the road for the second straight week. UD had a bye week. UNH sucks this year. UD can run...and UHN can't defend the run.

Should be an easy UD win.

[BDKJMU]

SBU @ UM 17-13
SBU lost @ home last week vs Towson, coming off a bye week to boot. + again, no Stacy Bedell. And now they have to go to Orono. Maine, with 18ish starters slated to come back from a 5-6/4-4 team last year, were my dark horse pick in the CAA this year to make the playoffs. Played BC respectably, thought they would play Tulane & @ UR (who was coming off a bye) closer. Throttled Albany (that’s not saying much now). But the head scratcher is losing to Yale at home. Both of these Maine & SBU have relatively decent defenses with subpar ground and pound offenses. Me thinks da bears the sleight upset in a low scoring slugfest.

UR @ JMU 45-27
JMU gets starting NG back from 5 game suspension. Are as healthy as I can ever remember mid point in the season..

UNH @ UD 21-20
Do we get the UD who played VU (with Robertson) close, was only down by 3 at the half to UNC, & beat W&M? Or the one that was embarrassed by Jacksonville & URI? UD isn’t a playoff team, but UNH doesn’t look like one either. Any team with a good running game (SJSU, SBU with Bedell, W&M) has absolutely manhandled them, & UD has a decent run game.
+ it’s UNH’s 2nd straight week on the road.
++ UD is coming off of a bye week.
So going with the upset here..

Hampton (4-3) @ W&M 45-17
Whether or not W&M’s All American LB Luke Rhodes (Sprained knee vs UNH ) plays won’t matter..blowout.

VU @ TU 20-14. Like SBU/Maine (and maybe UD/UNH), should be another relatively evenly matched game. Surprised VU is favored on the road. Sure they blew out Albany last week, but that isn’t saying much now, as Albany has absolutely got destroyed by everyone since halftime vs JMU a month ago..

Home team sweep..

Maine 23, SBU 10
UR 59, JMU 49
UD 31, UNH 14
W&M 40, HU 7
TU 28, VU 21

[89Hen]

Stony Brook 24 - Maine 13 (10-23)
JMU 37 - Richmond 14 (49-59)
UNH 31 - Delaware 10 (14-31)
W&M 38 - Hampton 13 (40-7)
villanova 27 - Towson 17 (21-28)

Worst week I've ever had picking... by far.

[89Hen]

UD should beat UNH.

UNH is on the road for the second straight week. UD had a bye week. UNH sucks this year. UD can run...and UHN can't defend the run.

Should be an easy UD win.

You guys were right. How did the Hens lose to URI?

[BDKJMU]

CAA FOOTBALL WEEK 8 AWARDS
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Offensive Player of the Week
Jacobi Green | RB | Richmond
- Piled up a career-high 236 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 27 carries in Richmond's road win at James Madison.
- Three of the touchdowns came in the second half, including a one-yard burst that put the Spiders up two scores with just over two minutes remaining.
- The five touchdowns tied for the second-most in a single game in Richmond history, while the 236 yards were seventh-most.

Defensive Player of the Week
Trevor Bates | DL | Maine
- Finished with seven tackles, two tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks as Maine's defense shut down Stony Brook.
- Returned a fourth-quarter Seawolves fumble 34 yards for a touchdown, extending Maine's lead to two scores.
- The fumble return marked his second-career defensive touchdown.

Special Teams Player of the Week
Nick Dorka | PK | William & Mary
- Matched a William & Mary record with four field goals in the Tribe's victory over Hampton.
- Connected on kicks of 47 yards – matching a career long – 37 yards, 27 yards and 25 yards.
- Also went a perfect 4-of-4 on PAT attempts.

Rookie of the Week
Thomas Jefferson | RB | Delaware
- Led Delaware to a win over New Hampshire by rushing 26 times for 98 yards and three touchdowns.
- Scored the go-ahead touchdown from seven yards out in the third quarter, helping UD finish the game with 22-unanswered points.
- Added a pair of receptions for 41 yards for the Blue Hens.
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