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JMU (12-1/8-0)
L @ WVU 20-13
W Saint Francis 44-7
W Morgan St 63-12
W @ Tenn Chattanooga 37-14
W @ #24 Elon 45-10
W @ #24 Stony Brook 45-38 (OT)
W #5 Villanova 38-24
W @ William and Mary 38-10
W #16 Towson 27-10
W #23 New Hampshire 54-16
W Richmond 48-6
W @ Rhode Island 55-21______________
W #11 Monmouth 66-21 (2nd round playoffs)

UNI (10-4/6-2)
L @ Iowa St 29-26 (3 OT)
W SUU 34-14
W ID St 13-6
L @ Weber St 29-17
W YSU 21-14
L @ NDSU 46-14
W SD 42-27
W @ Missouri St 29-6
W @ ILSU 27-10
W Indiana St 17-9
L @ SDSU 38-7
W WIU 38-7________________________
W San Diego 17-3 (1st round playoffs)
W @ #7 SDSU 13-10 (2nd round playoffs)

National Stats (Out of 124 teams):
Scoring
#1 JMU 44.1 ppg
#91 UNI 22.5 ppg

Total Offense
#7 JMU 482.6 ypg
#109 UNI 309.1 ypg

Rushing Offense
#9 JMU 255.7 ypg
#101 UNI 118.8 ypg

Passing Offense
#54 JMU 226.9 ypg
#90 UNI 190.3 ypg_______________________________________________

Scoring Defense
#3 JMU 16.1 ppg
#7 UNI 17.7 ppg

Total Defense
#3 JMU 276.9 ppg
#7 UNI 294.3 ppg

Rushing Defense
#1 JMU 65.1 ypg
#9 UNI 104.7 ypg

Passing Defense
#20 UNI 189.6
#52 JMU 211.8__________________________________________________

Turnover Margin
#5 UNI +15 (32 gained: 18 INT/14 fumble; 17 lost (8 INT, 9 fumbles)
#13 JMU +11 (24 gained (17 INT/7 fumble; 13 lost (4 INT, 9 fumbles)

FG Percentage:
#6 JMU Ratke 84% (21 of 25)
#18 UNI Cook 79.2% (19 of 24)

Starting QBs: Passing Efficiency
#2 JMU Dinucci 177.5
#51 UNI McElvain 132.6
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs

If you just look at the FBS games Northern Iowa's performance was more impressive. And Northern Iowa played in what was, this year, a tougher conference. I favor JMU. But I'd be nervous about this one if I was a JMU fan.

To have a chance, UNI needs to avoid:
- Starting slow and falling behind early
- Turnovers
- Taking chances and pushing their luck if they're trailing.

I think JMU has way too much offense. Defensively they should keep UNI under 18. It has all the trappings of a blowout but UNI’s D is for real and JMU has not faced a quality FCS defense all season. Might be interesting.

kalm wrote:I think JMU has way too much offense. Defensively they should keep UNI under 18. It has all the trappings of a blowout but UNI’s D is for real and JMU has not faced a quality FCS defense all season. Might be interesting.

UNI has the talent to stay in this game but TOP will be critical. If JMU sustains some long drives and UNI has a bunch of 3 and outs the UNI defense is going to wear down.

Who is available from the walking wounded will be a factor for UNI as well. If the stars align and we have Moore, Weston, McShane and Hoosman healthy and playing, our offense might be just a tad bit better. And our defense will be better and deeper if Kolveric and Thomas are able to play.

Ian McShane would be a plus.

kalm wrote:JMU has not faced a quality FCS defense all season.

St Francis PA is ranked 13.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:JMU has not faced a quality FCS defense all season.

St Francis PA is ranked 13.

Missed that one. Who did St. Francis play?

West Virginia beat JMU 20-14
Iowa St beat UNI 28-26

Iowa St beat West Virginia @ West Virginia 38-14

Looking at the scores, I would say UNI over JMU, but you never know how the teams matchup until they play. Has each team improved since that early season game versus a FBS team.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:JMU has not faced a quality FCS defense all season.

St Francis PA is ranked 13.

And CCSU is ranked #6 (one spot ahead of UNI). Who did they play and how did they do against Albany?

UNI88 wrote:

89Hen wrote: St Francis PA is ranked 13.

And CCSU is ranked #6 (one spot ahead of UNI). Who did they play and how did they do against Albany?

And San Diego has the 8th ranked offense right behind...you guessed it. JMU.

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: St Francis PA is ranked 13.

Missed that one. Who did St. Francis play?

JMU

I'm rooting for the team in the purple gay uniforms.

93henfan wrote:I'm rooting for the team in the purple gay uniforms with the bullfrog on their sleeves.

FYP

This spot on with what it actually sounds like.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
Missed that one. Who did St. Francis play?

JMU

Exactly.

UNI sucks
JMU is a dynasty

JMU 80-0

Might as well not play the game.
Save the money on getting UNI to VA

93henfan wrote:I'm rooting for the team in the purple gay uniforms.

UNI has worn black almost exclusively all season other than the home tops....so...You're a JMU guy

Gil Dobie wrote:West Virginia beat JMU 20-14
Iowa St beat UNI 28-26

Iowa St beat West Virginia @ West Virginia 38-14

Looking at the scores, I would say UNI over JMU, but you never know how the teams matchup until they play. Has each team improved since that early season game versus a FBS team.

Well then.
WVU beat K-State 24-20. K State beat Iowa St 27-17..

JMU beat Monmouth 66-21
Monmouth beat KSU 45-21
Weber beat KSU 26-20
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +75 over UNI.

Or JMU beat Monmouth 66-21.
Montana beat Monmouth 47-27
Montana beat Weber 35-16
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +56 over UNI.

Looking at the scores I would say JMU over UNI.

Of course JMU is going to beat UNI by 75 or 56. Prime example of how the comparative score thing is dumb.

89Hen wrote:This spot on with what it actually sounds like.

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With this kind of energy behind them James MADISON is going to crush Northern Iowa.
PS don't mess with that young lady!

UNI starting OL according to their online roster. All from Iowa, listed avg about 6’6”/321.
LT 70 Trevor Penning R-So. 6-7 321 Clear Lake, Iowa
LG 74 Jackson Scott-Brown Sr. 6-4 321 Council Bluffs, Iowa
C 73 Mason Neisen R-So. 6-5 317 Denver, Iowa
RG 71 Nick Ellis R-Jr. 6-4 325 Parkersburg, Iowa
RT 76 Spencer Brown R-Jr. 6-9 321
https://unipanthers.com/sports/football ... ort=weight
Damn they grow them big out in Iowa.

BDKJMU wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:West Virginia beat JMU 20-14
Iowa St beat UNI 28-26

Iowa St beat West Virginia @ West Virginia 38-14

Looking at the scores, I would say UNI over JMU, but you never know how the teams matchup until they play. Has each team improved since that early season game versus a FBS team.

Well then.
WVU beat K-State 24-20. K State beat Iowa St 27-17..

JMU beat Monmouth 66-21
Monmouth beat KSU 45-21
Weber beat KSU 26-20
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +75 over UNI.

Or JMU beat Monmouth 66-21.
Montana beat Monmouth 47-27
Montana beat Weber 35-16
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +56 over UNI.

Looking at the scores I would say JMU over UNI.

Of course JMU is going to beat UNI by 75 or 56. Prime example of how the comparative score thing is dumb.

Many people are saying JMU by 56-75, from what I'm seeing. I'm just saying, UNI might not be as bad as many people think. Comparative scores are not a very good measure of teams playing head to head, but UNI keeping it close with Iowa St, says they can play with the big boys, and yes JMU is a big boy. This young NDSU team doesn't have a chance against them.

Gil Dobie wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:
Well then.
WVU beat K-State 24-20. K State beat Iowa St 27-17..

JMU beat Monmouth 66-21
Monmouth beat KSU 45-21
Weber beat KSU 26-20
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +75 over UNI.

Or JMU beat Monmouth 66-21.
Montana beat Monmouth 47-27
Montana beat Weber 35-16
Weber beat UNI 29-17
Add that all up and JMU is +56 over UNI.

Looking at the scores I would say JMU over UNI.

Of course JMU is going to beat UNI by 75 or 56. Prime example of how the comparative score thing is dumb.

Many people are saying JMU by 56-75, from what I'm seeing. I'm just saying, UNI might not be as bad as many people think. Comparative scores are not a very good measure of teams playing head to head, but UNI keeping it close with Iowa St, says they can play with the big boys, and yes JMU is a big boy. This young NDSU team doesn't have a chance against them.

I haven’t seen anyone saying JMU by 56-75. That’s ludicrous. I’m thinking JMU by more like 14 to 21 in a bad weather game.