CAA Week 6 Prediction Thread

[BDKJMU]

VU (3-1/1-0) @ Maine (2-2/1-0) 12:30 PM, FOX College Sports

Brown (0-2/0-1) @ URI (0-4/0-1) 1 PM
Brown so far:
Lost @ G Town 17-3
Lost Harvard 22-14

UNH (3-1/1-0) @ Elon (1-3) 1:30 PM

SBU (1-3/0-0) @ TU (2-3/0-1) 3:30 PM

Sacred Heart (3-1) @ UD (3-1/1-0) 3:30 PM
SH so far:
W Marist 28-7
W Lafayette 27-14
W Div II Assumption 44-14
L Bucknell 36-20

JMU (2-3/0-2) @ Albany (4-0/1-0) 6 PM

UR (2-2/0-1) @ Liberty (3-2/0-0) 7 PM, ESPN3
Liberty so far:
L @ UNC 56-29
W Norfolk State 17-0
W Div II Brevard 56-31
W Bryant 38-21 (same Bryant that beat SBU and Maine)
L @ (3-1) Indiana State 38-19

Bye: W&M

[BDKJMU]

VU 38 @ Maine 17
W&M will probably be the only CAA team to hold VU under 30..

Brown 17 @ URI 24

UNH 31 @ Elon 17
Goldrich is out 2-6 wks with sprained MCL vs UR last week. But they didn't seem to miss a beat with Vailas at QB. http://www.concordmonitor.com/sports/13 ... ackup-plan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SBU 17 @ TU 20

Sacred Heart 20 @ UD 34

JMU 24 @ Albany 27

UR 38 @ Liberty 31

Week 1: 9-2. Missed on Bryant over SBU and CCSU over TU.
Week 2: 8-1. Missed on Albany over CCSU.
Week 3: 8-2. Missed on Bryant over Maine and NC A&T over Elon.
Week 4: 5-3. Missed on UNH over UR, N Dakota over SBU, Elon over UNCC
Week 5: 6-2. Missed on UD over JMU and Maine over TU.

[BDKJMU]

My pessimism meter is running at an all time high for JMU. Bad coaching decisions, bad discipline, and stupid mistakes (which is a reflection of the coaching) have been the problem. Its certainly not because of a lack of talent.

The glimmer of hope if that after the 1st 4 games with JMU's new 3-4 defense being a disaster, esp against the run, capped off by giving up 49 points to VU (the most to a I-AA since 97') and 35 2nd half points (the most to anyone period since at least 97', Withers, a former DC, pledged to become fully involved with the defense. Against UD JMU did one of their few sensible things this season and scrapped the disasterous 3-4 and went back to their old 4-2-5. Also finally got Gage Steele, their 3rd team ALl CAA LB from last season, back starting (#33, their only white guy on the starting defense). He'd been injured during the summer camp and had dressed but played very little during the 1st 4 games because he wasn't 100%. Other than UD's 1st play (a 70+ yd TD off off a screen) and their last play of regulation (an 86 yd TD off of a short pass) the defense was pretty decent.

But the offense regressed...

So until I have reason to believe otherwise, I am going with Albany, with inferior talent but presumably superior coaching, at home over JMU. Maybe I'll change my mind by Saturday...

[93henfan]

Delaware should beat Scared Heart, but I'm still sacred.

[89Hen]

nova 42 - Maine 20
Brown 17 - URI 10
UNH 42 - Elon 13
Torson 24 - Stony 17
Delaware 31 - SHU 10
JMU 27 - Albany 20
Richmond 31 - Liberty 17

[TribePride]

The Tribe might hold Villanova down in 3 weeks, but I wouldn't guarantee it with how the defense is currently playing. We were extremely lucky to beat Stony Brook. We gave up lots of yards and 2 really big plays including a TD with just over a minute to go. We need a bye to get some of our players back from injury. We had 7 starters out 2 weeks ago and have been missing our best defensive player for the last 2 weeks. I haven't been following Delaware much other than the postings from 93Hen. I can't forget how Delaware has always been and thus expect them to be at or near the top at season's end. Good teams will continue to improve and will be playing their best in Nov. and Dec.. As for JMU, no matter how they do in the next month, they will cause significant havoc for the Tribe in early November. Plus, it might be the last meeting of the two if JMU moves up. Why anyone would want to do that in the current climate is a mystery, though. I already miss ODU and their top 5 CAA program. Now, they are totally irrelevant to me.

[TribePride]

Nova 34, Maine 24
URI 14, Brown 13
UNH 38, Elon 10
Stony Brook 17, Towson 13
Delaware 38, SH 7
JMU 27, Albany 24
UR 37, Liberty 24

Nova/Maine is the big one this week.

[89Hen]

Nova/Maine is the big one this week.

Shouldn't be. Nova should have no problem with them, but should often doesn't work out in the CAA.

[vutomcat]

Nova 34, Maine 24

Nova/Maine is the big one this week.

Not much of a week.

[TribePride]

Agreed. But Nova/Maine is the best of the conference games this week.

[bluehenbillk]

Villanova 33 Maine 27 - Bears scare em but don't get the picnic basket
URI 16 Brown 13 - One team has to win
UNH 34 Elon 16 - I love UNH to cover the line in this one
TSU 20 StB 13 - Ugly game, two disappointing teams
UD 27 SHrt 19 - Not really sold on Hens yet but they cover line too
JMU 30 Alb 24 - We'll see if Albany is for real at all Saturday
UR 31 Lib 21 - I like the Spidahs

[CAA Flagship]

Villaova 44, Maine 21
Brown 24, URI 14
UNH 48, Elon 7
Towson 24, Stony Brook 17
Delaware 31, SH 20
JMU 31, Albany 14
Liberty 27, UofR 24

[vutomcat]

Maine announcer just said it was incredible that Nova's offense is as good as it is after losing Terrance West!!!

[93henfan]

Maine announcer just said it was incredible that Nova's offense is as good as it is after losing Terrance West!!!

Doh! Brian Westbrook was the guy that just left, right?

[vutomcat]

Maine announcer just said it was incredible that Nova's offense is as good as it is after losing Terrance West!!!

Doh! Brian Westbrook was the guy that just left, right?

Leave it to a Clucker to make the announcer the 2nd dumbest guy I have heard today.

[93henfan]

Doh! Brian Westbrook was the guy that just left, right?

Leave it to a Clucker to make the announcer the 2nd dumbest guy I have heard today.

[BDKJMU]

JMU won on last 2nd FG 31-28. Some of the worst GD officiating I have ever seen for both teams. We're 2 horrible calls that led to Albany TDs, one a PI call where the contact was questionable and the ball was compltely uncatchable, and one where JMU stripped the UA QB and recovered the ball and the referee said his arm was going forward (it wasn't). After the strip a JMU defender had scooped up the ball and was headed in the other direction with it when the officials were blowing the whistle...UA scored on the exit play..14 point swing..

But that was trivial compared to the 1st qtr horrendous targeting call on JMU's best player on defense, pre season AA rSr Dean Marlowe. The game wasn't televised, but the replay on the very large UA jumbotron showed that there wasn't head to head- he was leading with his shoulder after the receiver had run a couple of steps with the ball. The officials ejected him without reviewing the play. Everyone watching the streaming said it was a horrible call. JMU then tweeted that it was a reviewable call at halftime. Halftime? Why the f would you wait till halftime? Then the JMU beat writer tweeted after the half that it wasn't reviewable because there was no replay. Well then WTF was that replay they showed on the jumbotron that showed him leading with his shoulder? JMU defense is bad enough without the refs unjustly flagging and ejecting JMU's best player. True Fr replaced Marlowe and between him and the other 2 true Fr in the secondary the JMU secondary looked lost out there. I was pissed off about that the whole game. With competent officiating JMU wins by 2-3 TDs...

[BDKJMU]

UD WTF?

[93henfan]

UD WTF?

We suck. Just like JMU.

[CAA Flagship]

Villaova 44, Maine 21 (41-20)
Brown 24, URI 14 (20-13)
UNH 48, Elon 7 (48-14)
Towson 24, Stony Brook 17 (3-14)
Delaware 31, SH 20 (7-10)
JMU 31, Albany 14 (31-28)
Liberty 27, UofR 24 (39-46)

First three picks were stellar.
Towson and Delaware
Liberty nearly pulled it off.

4-3 This Week
39-15 on the season

[BDKJMU]

JMU stripped the UA QB and recovered the ball and the referee said his arm was going forward (it wasn't). UA scored on the next play.

Actually that play alone was a 14 point swing- I forgot to mention after the strip a JMU defender had scooped up the ball and was headed in the other direction with it when the officials were blowing the whistle...

[89Hen]

nova 42 - Maine 20 (41-20)
Brown 17 - URI 10 (20-13)
UNH 42 - Elon 13 (48-14)
Torson 24 - Stony 17 (3-14)
Delaware 31 - SHU 10 (7-10)
JMU 27 - Albany 20 (31-28)
Richmond 31 - Liberty 17 (46-39)

[93henfan]

Delaware 31 - SHU 10 (7-10)

At least we can laugh. In fact, those who still go to games report that people in the stands simply laugh at the team now instead of wasting energy actually getting mad.

[89Hen]

Delaware 31 - SHU 10 (7-10)

At least we can laugh. In fact, those who still go to games report that people in the stands simply laugh at the team now instead of wasting energy actually getting mad.

I was driving past Newark at 3:00 and was trying to figure out how I could stop for the game, but jr had a homecoming to go to back in VA. THANK GOD.

[93henfan]

At least we can laugh. In fact, those who still go to games report that people in the stands simply laugh at the team now instead of wasting energy actually getting mad.

I was driving past Newark at 3:00 and was trying to figure out how I could stop for the game, but jr had a homecoming to go to back in VA. THANK GOD.

That's why I had to walk away. I was spending time and funds and then I look on the field and the players don't care. No energy. When I watched one player look back and smirk at a guy that yelled down to tell the players to get fired up I was done for good.