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BDKJMU wrote:URI @ UConn by 4-5 TDs. UConn beat Ohio on the road 23-16, lost to ranked UNC at home 12-10, and last weak won at Baylor 30-22. My guess is UConn comes out flat against a fired up Ram team looking for the upset, and let the Rams stick around longer than they should before pulling away in the 2nd half.

UNH @ Dartmouth. UNH by 4-5 TDs. Which UNH will show up? The one that showed up against St Francis, or the one that showed up against Ball State? Probably somewhere in between for their lopsided in state rival (when was the last time Dartmouth beat UNH?) Dartmouth lost 34-15 in their home opener to Colgate. UNH rolls here.

UR @ VMI by 3-4 TDs. This will be sort of a Super Bowl for VMI (course if/until UR loses, they will be the Super Bowl for every team outside of Duke that hosts them). VMI gets to host the defending NC and the team that all these polls have as #1. UR probably won't have their A game, and thats why I think this one will be closer than it should be. JMU beat VMI by 4 TDs at home, (it should have been worse) and I think UR with their B game beats them by "only" 3-4 TDs on the road. MM after the VMI @ JMU game was complimentary about VMI and said they were better than previous VMI teams (didn't specify whether or not that meant including his Marshall days, but MM has coached JMU against VMI in 04, 06', 07' and last Sat). VMI sold out against the run against JMU, and it sort of worked, limiting JMU to 145 on the ground. But VMI was burned in the air for 341. (Would have been close to 400 if JMU receiver Marcus Charity didn't drop long bomb that Dudzick laid RIGHT IN HIS HANDS). Will VMI do the same against UR? UR doesn't have the running game that JMU does, but a better passing game (despite JMU currently leading the CAA in both categories). Regardless, UR should score a plenty.

Northeastsern @ Nova by 4-5 TDs. I'm sure Nova will hear it the whole week about how their offense sucked against Penn. After only putting up 187 yards offense against Penn look for Nova to double that against a Northeastern defense thats currently last in the CAA in scoring and rushing defense, and 10th in total defense. On the other side of the ball poor Northeastern is last in the CAA in both total and scoring offense. I don't think they'll score a TD against Nova at least through the 1st 3 quarters.

Towson @ Morgan State. TU by a TD or less in the "Baltimore Bowl" or whatever you want to call it. The Tigers makes it 2 wins in a row! Morgan State got smoked @ Akron 41-0 before beating Winston Salem 16-10.

UMass @ Stoney Brook by 3-4 TDs. SB is 1-2, with losses @ Hofsta 17-10, @ Colgate 33-13, and last week eeeked out a win at home over Brown 21-20.

Hofstra @ W Michigan by 4-5 TDs. W Michigan is 1-2 with losses @ Michigan 31-7, @ Indiana 23-19, and a win at home over Miami of Ohio 48-26. Hey, on the bright side for the Flying Dutchmen, they should't get beat as bad as they did at UR.

Maine @ Syracuse by 3-4 TDs. Cuse lost at home to Minnesota 23-20, at Penn State 28-7, and beat Northwestern @ home 37-34. Cuse is better than they were last yr (I know thats not saying much) and 1-2 Maine, well frankly, hasn't sounded very good this year in their home opener going to OT to beat Div II St Cloud St, beating Northeastern by a TD @ Parsons and losing to Albany last week.

UD @ W&M in OT. If this game was in Newark I'd go with UD. So far they've each played 3 games, with W&M maybe slightly more difficult so far: Last week each had a top half of the MEAC team that they beat 27-15, 27-17.
Comparing the CAA stats so far:
-Total Defense: W&M 2nd, UD 4th.
-Scoring Defense: UD 2nd, W&M 4th
-Total Offense: UD 4th, W&M 5th
-Scoring Offense: W&M 4th, UD 6th
Before the season started I was picking UD in this one. Then after W&M upset UVGay, I was thinking W&M would take this one. Then after UD losing to UR by a point at home in a game they should have won, I was thinking maybe UD will take it. After last week, I don't know. This should be a close one. Could go either way. Tossup. I"ll take W&M since its in Williamsburg.

JMU 38, @ Liberty 24. Liberty lost to WVU 33-20 (did get a late 4th qtr garbage time TD) and won @ Lafayette 19-13. After week 3 JMU currently is in the CAA:
-#1 in Total Offense
-#1 in Scoring Offense
-#1 in Rushing Offense
-#1 in Passing Offense
But if someone had told me after Week 3 (2 games for JMU) JMU would not have a rusher in the top 4 in the CAA stats, but both QBs would be #1 and #2 in the CAA in Pass Efficiency, Dudzick would have been leading the league in Total Offense, JMU would have the #1 and #2 in receiving yards per game (tight end Caussin and WR McCarter), plus Caussin would be leading the league in TD receptions (4) , I would have said your smoking crack. I realize through only 2 games the stats for JMU's offense (at least for the pass) are skewed high, and for the defense (9th in Total, 8th in Scoring are skewed low). JMUs offense against Liberty should move the ball very well. JMU defensive philosophy is 8 man front to take away the run. On passing plays they rarely blitz, play the corners soft to not get beat deep, and hope the front 4 can put enough pressure on the opposing QB, and hope the other team will have the occasional penalty, dropped pass, bad throw etc to not dinked and dunk JMU all night. Usually works well enough, but sometimes doesn't. Liberty has no Rashad Jennings anymore and should have a hard time running against JMU's 8 man front, but might be able to dink and dunk JMU for 3 TDs.
Another ? Will Liberty kick it to Scotty? If so, will he finally bust one? In 4 kick returns that the other team has kicked to him, he's avg 45.5 yds a return, tops in the nation.

CAA stats through Week 3
http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/St ... nfldrs.htm

UNHWildCats wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:URI @ UConn by 4-5 TDs. UConn beat Ohio on the road 23-16, lost to ranked UNC at home 12-10, and last weak won at Baylor 30-22. My guess is UConn comes out flat against a fired up Ram team looking for the upset, and let the Rams stick around longer than they should before pulling away in the 2nd half.

UNH @ Dartmouth. UNH by 4-5 TDs. Which UNH will show up? The one that showed up against St Francis, or the one that showed up against Ball State? Probably somewhere in between for their lopsided in state rival (when was the last time Dartmouth beat UNH?) Dartmouth lost 34-15 in their home opener to Colgate. UNH rolls here.

UR @ VMI by 3-4 TDs. This will be sort of a Super Bowl for VMI (course if/until UR loses, they will be the Super Bowl for every team outside of Duke that hosts them). VMI gets to host the defending NC and the team that all these polls have as #1. UR probably won't have their A game, and thats why I think this one will be closer than it should be. JMU beat VMI by 4 TDs at home, (it should have been worse) and I think UR with their B game beats them by "only" 3-4 TDs on the road. MM after the VMI @ JMU game was complimentary about VMI and said they were better than previous VMI teams (didn't specify whether or not that meant including his Marshall days, but MM has coached JMU against VMI in 04, 06', 07' and last Sat). VMI sold out against the run against JMU, and it sort of worked, limiting JMU to 145 on the ground. But VMI was burned in the air for 341. (Would have been close to 400 if JMU receiver Marcus Charity didn't drop long bomb that Dudzick laid RIGHT IN HIS HANDS). Will VMI do the same against UR? UR doesn't have the running game that JMU does, but a better passing game (despite JMU currently leading the CAA in both categories). Regardless, UR should score a plenty.

Northeastsern @ Nova by 4-5 TDs. I'm sure Nova will hear it the whole week about how their offense sucked against Penn. After only putting up 187 yards offense against Penn look for Nova to double that against a Northeastern defense thats currently last in the CAA in scoring and rushing defense, and 10th in total defense. On the other side of the ball poor Northeastern is last in the CAA in both total and scoring offense. I don't think they'll score a TD against Nova at least through the 1st 3 quarters.

Towson @ Morgan State. TU by a TD or less in the "Baltimore Bowl" or whatever you want to call it. The Tigers makes it 2 wins in a row! Morgan State got smoked @ Akron 41-0 before beating Winston Salem 16-10.

UMass @ Stoney Brook by 3-4 TDs. SB is 1-2, with losses @ Hofsta 17-10, @ Colgate 33-13, and last week eeeked out a win at home over Brown 21-20.

Hofstra @ W Michigan by 4-5 TDs. W Michigan is 1-2 with losses @ Michigan 31-7, @ Indiana 23-19, and a win at home over Miami of Ohio 48-26. Hey, on the bright side for the Flying Dutchmen, they should't get beat as bad as they did at UR.

Maine @ Syracuse by 3-4 TDs. Cuse lost at home to Minnesota 23-20, at Penn State 28-7, and beat Northwestern @ home 37-34. Cuse is better than they were last yr (I know thats not saying much) and 1-2 Maine, well frankly, hasn't sounded very good this year in their home opener going to OT to beat Div II St Cloud St, beating Northeastern by a TD @ Parsons and losing to Albany last week.

UD @ W&M in OT. If this game was in Newark I'd go with UD. So far they've each played 3 games, with W&M maybe slightly more difficult so far: Last week each had a top half of the MEAC team that they beat 27-15, 27-17.
Comparing the CAA stats so far:
-Total Defense: W&M 2nd, UD 4th.
-Scoring Defense: UD 2nd, W&M 4th
-Total Offense: UD 4th, W&M 5th
-Scoring Offense: W&M 4th, UD 6th
Before the season started I was picking UD in this one. Then after W&M upset UVGay, I was thinking W&M would take this one. Then after UD losing to UR by a point at home in a game they should have won, I was thinking maybe UD will take it. After last week, I don't know. This should be a close one. Could go either way. Tossup. I"ll take W&M since its in Williamsburg.

JMU 38, @ Liberty 24. Liberty lost to WVU 33-20 (did get a late 4th qtr garbage time TD) and won @ Lafayette 19-13. After week 3 JMU currently is in the CAA:
-#1 in Total Offense
-#1 in Scoring Offense
-#1 in Rushing Offense
-#1 in Passing Offense
But if someone had told me after Week 3 (2 games for JMU) JMU would not have a rusher in the top 4 in the CAA stats, but both QBs would be #1 and #2 in the CAA in Pass Efficiency, Dudzick would have been leading the league in Total Offense, JMU would have the #1 and #2 in receiving yards per game (tight end Caussin and WR McCarter), plus Caussin would be leading the league in TD receptions (4) , I would have said your smoking crack. I realize through only 2 games the stats for JMU's offense (at least for the pass) are skewed high, and for the defense (9th in Total, 8th in Scoring are skewed low). JMUs offense against Liberty should move the ball very well. JMU defensive philosophy is 8 man front to take away the run. On passing plays they rarely blitz, play the corners soft to not get beat deep, and hope the front 4 can put enough pressure on the opposing QB, and hope the other team will have the occasional penalty, dropped pass, bad throw etc to not dinked and dunk JMU all night. Usually works well enough, but sometimes doesn't. Liberty has no Rashad Jennings anymore and should have a hard time running against JMU's 8 man front, but might be able to dink and dunk JMU for 3 TDs.
Another ? Will Liberty kick it to Scotty? If so, will he finally bust one? In 4 kick returns that the other team has kicked to him, he's avg 45.5 yds a return, tops in the nation.

CAA stats through Week 3
http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/St ... nfldrs.htm

You're picking Hofstra by 4 or 5 touchdowns at Western Michigan? Start passing around that shit you're smoking

bandl wrote:

UNHWildCats wrote: You're picking Hofstra by 4 or 5 touchdowns at Western Michigan? Start passing around that **** you're smoking

Judging from his comment about the game "Hey, on the bright side for the Flying Dutchmen, they should't get beat as bad as they did at UR." one could deduce that he just bolded the wrong team.

BDKJMU wrote:

bandl wrote: Judging from his comment about the game "Hey, on the bright side for the Flying Dutchmen, they should't get beat as bad as they did at UR." one could deduce that he just bolded the wrong team.

That is correct sir. Bolded Hofstra by accident. UNHWildcats must have a problem with reading comprehension

Col Hogan wrote:Rhode Island @ Connecticut
Dartmouth @ New Hampshire
VMI @ Richmond
Northeastern @ Villanova
Towson @ Morgan St
Stony Brook @ Massachusetts
Hofstra @ Western Michigan
Delaware @ William & Mary
James Madison @ Liberty
Maine @ Syracuse - Upset Special....Maine is gonna be pissed after losing to Albany...