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A day or two early this time since we have Thursday games...

Kent 27 Towson 21 - Tigers fall a little bit short, get used to saying that....
Delaware 31 West Chester 7 - Series finally ends, search for cupcake that counts ensues
SC State 20 Georgia St 10 - GSU loses to MEAC team, asked to leave CAA at conclusion of season...
New Hampshire 33 Holy Cross 19 - New QB for UNH but they still roll
Temple 27 'Nova 13 - Cats still down - can't stay with rebuilding Owls
UVA 40 Richmond 7 - POW! Spiders get squashed
Maryland 20 W&M 9 - Definitely beatable Terps team gets by sluggish Tribe
JMU 41 St Francis (PA) 6 - Dukes crush the visitors from PA.
ODU 38 Duquesne 10 - ODU thinks they have a defense (till league play anyway)

Kent 28 Towson 10
Delaware 38 West Chester 3
SC State 35 Georgia St 3
New Hampshire 35 Holy Cross 12
Temple 28 'Nova 10
UVA 40 Richmond 7
Maryland 24 W&M 9
JMU 41 St Francis (PA) 0
ODU 38 Duquesne 0

Kent 31 Towson 28
Delaware 42 West Chester 10
Georgia St 28 SC State 21
New Hampshire 42 Holy Cross 24
Temple 38 'Nova 17
UVA 39 Richmond 11
Maryland 22 W&M 9
JMU 36 St Francis (PA) 0
ODU 45 Duquesne 17

Towson 31 Kent 24
Delaware 38 West Chester 6
SC State 24 Georgia St 13
New Hampshire 27 Holy Cross 17
Temple 27 'Nova 24
UVA 38 Richmond 13
Maryland 27 W&M 17
JMU 55 St Francis (PA) 10
ODU 42 Duquesne 13

Kent 27 Towson 21 - Tigers fall a little bit short, get used to saying that....
Delaware 31 West Chester 7 - Series finally ends, search for cupcake that counts ensues
SC State 20 Georgia St 10 - GSU loses to MEAC team, asked to leave CAA at conclusion of season...
New Hampshire 33 Holy Cross 19 - New QB for UNH but they still roll
Temple 27 'Nova 13 - Cats still down - can't stay with rebuilding Owls
UVA 40 Richmond 7 - POW! Spiders get squashed
Maryland 20 W&M 9 - Definitely beatable Terps team gets by sluggish Tribe
JMU 41 St Francis (PA) 6 - Dukes crush the visitors from PA.
ODU 38 Duquesne 10 - ODU thinks they have a defense (till league play anyway)

Excellent synopsis!

Thur night:
TU @ Kent
UNH @ Holy Cross
SC State @ GST
West Chester @ UD

Fri night:
VU @ Temple

Sat:
W&M @ Twerps
UR @ UVGay
St Francis @ JMU
Duquesne @ ODU

CAA teams play 10 games against I-A. 4 of them are this weekend, including maybe 3 of the 4 best chances in :
-TU @ Kent
-VU @ Temple
-W&M @ Maryland (who should be the worst ACC team this season).

-UNH has a shot @ Minnesota next week.

With the other 5 games I don't see much chance of the CAA getting a victory.
JMU vs WVU (Fed Ex Field): No
TU @ LSU: Hell no
GST @ Tenn: Hell no
Maine @ BC: No
URI @ Bowling Green: No

Little bit of trivia. The last season that the CAA didn't get a win over a I-A? 2001. But that season the then 10 CAA teams only played 3 I-A games:
UMass lost to Marshall
W&M lost to ECU
UR lost to UVA

Towson 27 Kent State 24 - Tigers start off season on high note.
Delaware 35 West Chester 12 - Series ends, thankfully
SC State 24 Georgia St 14 - GSU loses to MEAC team as Bill Curry & GA ST both begin last season
New Hampshire 33 Holy Cross 24 - UNH starts quest for 9th straight playoff berth
Temple 27 'Nova 17 - Cats too young, can't stay with Owls
UVA 38 Richmond 10 - Beginning of long season for the Arachnids
W&M 20 UMD 17 - Terps add pride to long injury list
JMU 31 St Francis (PA) 9- Dukes send visitors back to PA with valuable lesson.
ODU 34 Duquesne 17 - ODU starts season well

CAA 6-3 Week 1

Kent 31 - Torson 21
UNH 27 - Holy Cross 17
Delaware 31 - WCUPA 7
Temple 34 - Nova 10
W&M 13 - Maryalnd 10 (OT)
UVA 38 - Richmond 13
SC State 28 - GaSt 20
JMU 42 - St Francis 3
ODU 45 - Duquesne 20

BDKJMU wrote:Little bit of trivia. The last season that the CAA didn't get a win over a I-A? 2001. But that season the then 10 CAA teams only played 3 I-A games:
UMass lost to Marshall
W&M lost to ECU
UR lost to UVA **

** Richmond missed a PAT late in the game and lost by 1. I remember listening to that game on the radio.

SC ST plays @ GST tonight, not Sat as I originally posted. Fixed it. Looked and there's about 30ish Div I games on tonight. As many games with CAA teams tonight (4) as Sat.

good call on the temple game. We are getting our asses handed to us right now.

Darn good week for me:

Kent 31 - Torson 21 (41-21)
UNH 27 - Holy Cross 17 (38-17)
Delaware 31 - WCUPA 7 (41-21)
Temple 34 - Nova 10 (41- 10)
UVA 38 - Richmond 13 (43-19)
SC State 28 - GaSt 20 (33-6)
JMU 42 - St Francis 3 (55-7)
ODU 45 - Duquesne 20 (57-23)

And even though I got one outcome wrong, it was probably my best pick of the week. When I said OT winner, I was going for 7-7 in regulation, a MD FG and W&M TD in OT.
W&M 13 - Maryalnd 10 (OT)

89Hen wrote:Darn good week for me:

Kent 31 - Torson 21 (41-21)
UNH 27 - Holy Cross 17 (38-17)
Delaware 31 - WCUPA 7 (41-21)
Temple 34 - Nova 10 (41- 10)
UVA 38 - Richmond 13 (43-19)
SC State 28 - GaSt 20 (33-6)
JMU 42 - St Francis 3 (55-7)
ODU 45 - Duquesne 20 (57-23)

And even though I got one outcome wrong, it was probably my best pick of the week. When I said OT winner, I was going for 7-7 in regulation, a MD FG and W&M TD in OT.
W&M 13 - Maryalnd 10 (OT)

That is some good pickin 89.

And even better self-back-patting.

He excels at both.

andy7171 wrote:He excels at both.

If I waited for somebody else to pat me on the back...

89Hen wrote:

andy7171 wrote:He excels at both.

If I waited for somebody else to pat me on the back...

bluehenbillk wrote:A day or two early this time since we have Thursday games...

Kent 27 Towson 21 - Tigers fall a little bit short, get used to saying that....
Delaware 31 West Chester 7 - Series finally ends, search for cupcake that counts ensues
SC State 20 Georgia St 10 - GSU loses to MEAC team, asked to leave CAA at conclusion of season...
New Hampshire 33 Holy Cross 19 - New QB for UNH but they still roll
Temple 27 'Nova 13 - Cats still down - can't stay with rebuilding Owls
UVA 40 Richmond 7 - POW! Spiders get squashed
Maryland 20 W&M 9 - Definitely beatable Terps team gets by sluggish Tribe
JMU 41 St Francis (PA) 6 - Dukes crush the visitors from PA.
ODU 38 Duquesne 10 - ODU thinks they have a defense (till league play anyway)

Perfect 9-0!!

Perennial juggernaut 93henfan (aka 93bluehen on GoHens) is 14th/64 in the GoHens pick'em and 8th/28 in the spread pool. Probably would be 1 and 1 if I hadn't fucked up and given Towson some props.

Bitches need to bury me deeper than that early if they hope to contain me. I haven't even gotten warmed up yet.



Damn Andy, I thought your dead-fish handshake coach would have your newly rejuvenated, this-is-not-your-granddaddy's Towson team ready to play. The schedule only gets harder from here boss.

93henfan wrote:Perennial juggernaut 93henfan (aka 93bluehen on GoHens) is 14th/64 in the GoHens pick'em

You actually picked Torson?

89Hen wrote:

93henfan wrote:Perennial juggernaut 93henfan (aka 93bluehen on GoHens) is 14th/64 in the GoHens pick'em

You actually picked Torson?

Yes. I was stoopid. I thought Torson had evolved.

93henfan wrote:

89Hen wrote: You actually picked Torson?

Yes. I was stoopid. I thought Torson had evolved.

BDKJMU wrote:Thur night:
TU @ Kent
UNH @ Holy Cross
SC State @ GST
West Chester @ UD

Fri night:
VU @ Temple

Sat:
W&M @ Twerps
UR @ UVGay
St Francis @ JMU
Duquesne @ ODU

Kent State, 41, TU 21: (Well, if TU didn't turn the ball over 6 times, have a kick off returned for a TD, another returned 59 yds....).

UNH 38, Holy Cross 17:

Sc State 33, GST 6 (I had no idea GA State was THAT bad...).

UD 41, WCU 21

Temple 41, VU 10 (Although I thought this would be closer).

UMD 7, W&M 6 (That might be MD's only win of the season...).

UVGay 43, UR 19

JMU 55, SFU 7

ODU 57, Duquesne 23

Well, I don't expect there to be a JMU game thread for the first 5 weeks:
9/1 Saint Francis: Lopsided win
9/8 Alcorn State: Should be lopsided win.
9/15 vs WVU @ Fed Ex Field: Should be lopsided loss.
9/22 @ URI: should be easy win
9/29 Bye.

I''m sure I or someone else will start one for the nationally televised showdown with Torson on 10/6. In the mean time I'll just put my post game on that week's CAA Prediction thread.

Good news for JMU on the SF win:
-55-7
-602 yards total offense (377 rushing, 225 passing)
-only gave up 155 (2 deep through 2 2/3 qtrs only gave up 155)
-almost everyone through the 2 deep looked pretty good
-no major injuries: starting WS (achilles (non tear)) and 2 deep corner (shoulder) are doubtful for Alcorn State.

The bad: Thorpe just looked so-so at best passing, going 15-27 for 177, 1 TD, 0 INT. He did had one pass that he put right in the hands of JMU's pro prospect TE Brian Barlow that Barlow dropped, but that is the only incompletion that I recall that should have been caught. The other 11 were off, some way off. His rushing wasn't an issue, and it never should be as long as he doesn't fumble. He's listed at 6'1"/225 (10 lbs heavier than last yr) and runs a 4.4 something. Besides the 1 sack he took, he had 10 carries for 80 yds.

#2 QB.
JMU lost last yr's #2 QB, a QB from TX who started 5 games as a rFr when Thorpe was suspended, and a then rFr 3 star transfer from Kansas State who apparently was a bust.

JMU brought in Lafonte Thourogood, a 4 star transfer from Vandy who everyone on the JMU board assumed would be Thorpe's backup is still dogged by a hamstring injury that he had at Vandy. In addition to that I think there is a reason a slew of major BCS offered him but not at QB. There is a reason Vandy gave him a shot at QB but moved him to RB....

JMU signed 3 HS QBs. The 2 most hyped were 6'1"/185 lb Taylor Reynolds of Newark, DE, and 6'6"/245 lb Ian Fisher of Brunswick, MD. The least hyped was 6'4"/225 lb (was listed at 215-220 as an HS senior) Michael Birdsong of the Richmond, VA area. Mickey Matthews did say Birdsong was the best HS QB in the state of VA last yr. I thought that was typical Mickey being Mickey hyperbole. Then I looked at Rivals and saw no HS QBs from VA had any signed with any I-A (a 3 star FUMA PG QB from Ohio signed with Ohio State), and the only other Div I signee HS QB signee from VA signed with NCCU. So maybe he was the best HS QB in the state of VA, but that doesn't mean too much with the 2012 signing class for HS QBs in VA..

Well, several people on the JMU board commented on watching JMU's summer practice and the Birdsong kid looked pretty good. At least one said he remined him of Villanova's Chris Whitney as a freshman. Birdsong won the #2 job over Reynolds and Fisher who are both redshirting.

Well, Birdsong comes in during the 3rd qtr vs SF. At 1st I was pissed- I was saying to people around me, "Why is Mickey burning this kid's redshirt? Put in Thourogood- he's dressed, and even with a bum hammy he ought to be able to hand off. Or put in Da'quan in the wildcat. Heck, we're up 41-0 and we're burning this kids redshirt."

Well, Birdsong's 1st couple of plays consisted of turning the wrong way on a couple of hand offs along with a dropped snap. Kid had to be nervous. Then a switched must have flipped. He settled down and in 2 series went 6 for 7 passing, 1 TD. Every pass was on the money with velocity. The one incompletion was a bullet that went right through the receivers hands. I don't think either Rodney Landers, nor Justin Rascati, who led JMU to a the NC in 04' had a high 60s completion rate, had the arm this kid has. He had 3 rushes for 40 yds. One was a 30 yarder where he absolutely trucked a St Francis defender. I know people will say yeah, yeah, but look who he was playing against....

Now I see why the comparison to Whitney was made. Whitney, who started the last half or so of the 07' season for Villanova as a true Fr, was listed as slightly smaller (6'3"/220) that year. Whitney, who would try to run people over as soon as run around them, may have been a little better runner, but he had a popgun arm. He doesn't have the arm this Birdsong kid has. Sucks that Birdsong's redshirt had to get burned, but he got PT vs Saint Francis, should vs Alcorn St, and maybe will in JMU's next 2 games vs WVU and URI too. I think JMU has found their QB of the future for either be it if Thorpe goes down this season, if Thorpe doesn't get a 6th yr next yr, or 2014.

I know, he looks like Opie:
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