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looking at this schedule what are your predictions for the monarchs in 2010...another 9-2 year? I think its a possibility but it will be a lot tougher as its a lot tougher schedule from 2009....we decided to drop a return trip to Georgetown for another "road" game at Hampton (25 minute drive from ODU's campus )

Jacksonville 7-4 (Defeated 28-27 in 2009)
at Campbell 3-8 (Defeated 28-17 in 2009)
William & Mary 11-3 (DNP)
at Monmouth 5-6 (Lost 31-28 in 2009)
Gardner-Webb 6-5 (DNP)
Cal Poly 4-7 (DNP)
Georgia State 0-0 *FIRST SEASON*
at Hampton 5-6 (DNP)
Savannah State 2-8 (Defeated 38-17 in 2009)
VMI 2-9 (Defeated 42-35 in 2009)
at NC Central 4-7 (Defeated 42-28 in 2009)

...included are records and outcomes from 2009.

Not a tough schedule, but at least ODU has a chance at making the playoffs with this one.

9-2 or 8-3.

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Losses to W&M and Cal Poly. G-W, Hampton and Monmouth are tossups..all else are wins.

Cal Poly & Hampton are probable losses, W&M is a definite loss. They could win the other 8.

I think we'll upset either Cal Poly, Hampton, or W&M. I wanna lean towards Cal Poly 'cause it's at home, but Hampton seems to be the "easier" game. I highly doubt the upset will be W&M though. I also think we'll lose another game or two...it's still our second year and we have a lot to learn. So I'm going with
8-3/7-4.

∞∞∞ wrote:I think we'll upset either Cal Poly, Hampton, or W&M. .

Wow, congrats on the 1st year of success & I think ODU will do very well down the road. But when you get beat at home by a team like Monmouth, playing some of the best teams in the CAA is a whole different game. Especially a team that will want to make a recruiting statement.

L Jacksonville 7-4 (Defeated 28-27 in 2009)
W at Campbell 3-8 (Defeated 28-17 in 2009)
L William & Mary 11-3 (DNP)
L at Monmouth 5-6 (Lost 31-28 in 2009)
L Gardner-Webb 6-5 (DNP)
L Cal Poly 4-7 (DNP)
W Georgia State 0-0 *FIRST SEASON*
W at Hampton 5-6 (DNP)
W Savannah State 2-8 (Defeated 38-17 in 2009)
W VMI 2-9 (Defeated 42-35 in 2009)
W at Presbyterian 0-11 (Defeated 34-16 in 2009)

6-5 for me. Could go up to 8-3 or as low as 5-6 pretty easily IMO.

danefan wrote:L Jacksonville 7-4 (Defeated 28-27 in 2009)
W at Campbell 3-8 (Defeated 28-17 in 2009)
L William & Mary 11-3 (DNP)
L at Monmouth 5-6 (Lost 31-28 in 2009)
L Gardner-Webb 6-5 (DNP)
L Cal Poly 4-7 (DNP)
W Georgia State 0-0 *FIRST SEASON*
W at Hampton 5-6 (DNP)
W Savannah State 2-8 (Defeated 38-17 in 2009)
W VMI 2-9 (Defeated 42-35 in 2009)
W at Presbyterian 0-11 (Defeated 34-16 in 2009)

6-5 for me. Could go up to 8-3 or as low as 5-6 pretty easily IMO.

Looks good to me...although Georgia State might be motivated, being the brand new guy, to beat last years darlings of FCS...

AHHH WHEN DO WE GET TO PLAY THEMMM !!!!

Would be interested to hear any thoughts from HU followers.

I wouldn't be suprised to see ODU beat us. We have some new players, and a lot of guys who had injuries who were key returning. Our offensive line will be much improved, but we still have our weaknesses- such as our passing game.

Expect some boomer kicks if Langford is in though.. He should be able to kick it into the endzone on a regular basis.

Also, watch out for Mark Rodgers, and (if he's played), Dominique Johnson at receiver, and K.J. Cusack (hopefully he's played) has excellent elusiveness, and explosive speed.

I think we filled a lot of the holes we had after a tough start last year vs. we played a great FBS Ohio, a not so great WAC San Jose State- where we didn't lose bad, and a very good Montana team.

There were problems with the 2009 team for sure- The coaching staff only had a few weeks to get the team in order, as Ellerson departed for Army.

The 2009 season was illustrated by a lack of confidence at QB, rather weak offensive playcalls, lack of speed at slotback (sorry Yocum and Romanelli), I think Romanelli has potential as our go to guy for when the oppossing defense is getting warn down- Yocum was put in on way too many plays and got banged up as a result.. He did a great job, just the coaching needs to rest him more. Romanelli is powerful, Rodgers is quick and pretty strong for his size, Cusack is really fast and has instincts you can't coach.

I expect we will see some new guys in as receivers- the only person I know who has his position cemented is Dominique Johnson.

andy7171 wrote:0-11

I love the hate Andy. I've got a tailgate invite for you when Towson comes to Norfolk.

Presbyterian has decided to drop ODU for a series with Davidson.

We'll be playing at NC Central instead, who we beat 42-28 last year at home (we were up 28-0 half-way through the 3rd, and then NC Central scored 28 unanswered, until ODU put it away with 14 late in the 4th).

Gardner Webb isn't bad at all. Actually getting better every year i think. I think ODU will lose to Gardner Webb.

yeah, GWU is going to be tough....I really don't know much about them.

Anyway I'm glad PC dropped us from the schedule or asked for premission from us to drop them. NC Central isnt that much better of an opponent but they're better then PC.

futureodualum11 wrote:yeah, GWU is going to be tough....I really don't know much about them.

Anyway I'm glad PC dropped us from the schedule or asked for premission from us to drop them. NC Central isnt that much better of an opponent but they're better then PC.

lol PC will come around. they need time to get up to this level but i think theyll come around in the next 5-10 yrs. we played nc central last yr and they were cake. should be easy game for you.

kuntryboimike wrote:

futureodualum11 wrote:yeah, GWU is going to be tough....I really don't know much about them.

Anyway I'm glad PC dropped us from the schedule or asked for premission from us to drop them. NC Central isnt that much better of an opponent but they're better then PC.

lol PC will come around. they need time to get up to this level but i think theyll come around in the next 5-10 yrs. we played nc central last yr and they were cake. should be easy game for you.

yeah, I was talking next season specifically not where they are overall as a program...I'm sure they'll come around sooner or later. We actually should have blown out NC Central last season but we got complacent in the 2nd half....I think like its already been said we were leading 28-0 at one point and they scored 28 unanswered points to tie it at 28 then as soon as that happened we scored 14 unanswered points to win 42-28. Either way, I think NC Central will be a better opponent.

The thing that jumps out to me is how willing Cal Poly is to travel.

JohnStOnge wrote:The thing that jumps out to me is how willing Cal Poly is to travel.

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A lot of ODU fans are excited about having this west coast/east coast matchup (literally). This may be the only western team to travel to Norfolk until 2015 (Montana).

Wait...we're playing ODU in 2015?

Willie wrote:Wait...we're playing ODU in 2015?

Home & Home. ODU travels to Missoula in 2014, and Montana returns the favor in 2015. At least that's what I read on eGriz and Monarchnation.

I stopped reading a lot of eGriz since most of it is bullshit.

Willie wrote:I stopped reading a lot of eGriz since most of it is bullshit.

I hope this h/h is bullshit! We gotta play the best to be the best.