Gotta keep rooting against UD from this point forward. We don't want to be in a position where we're tied with them at the end of the year. It would suck to have this bite us again when tie breaker for spot goes to them on the strength of the H2H.

Even though we lost to the Chickens, it warms my heart that they lost to... SACRED HEART! So good. So, so very good.

(10-08-2014 09:19 AM)JMUDukeDawg Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 09:30 AM)Dukie95 Wrote:  Um yeah, had we taken care of business against UD, we would have now cracked the top 25, following consecutive wins against ranked teams. Never mind that UD (and probably UAlbany) was overrated in the first place.

Yea, I look at Delaware more as a missed opportunity than a bad loss at this point...

Assuming we win games that we should be favored in: Towson, Stony Brook, Elon, Charlotte, we would have had eight wins without having to worry about W&M and/or UR. I think an 8 D-I win team from any of the top conferences is going to have a really good shot at the playoffs. And we would've only needed one surprise game against one of those two to get to 9 wins and be a lock.

Now we have to get an upset (which would trump any issues arising out of the "bad" loss to UD) and still cross our fingers to see if we get in.

You won't need to cross your fingers. IF JMU holds serve & gets that upset (over either W&M or UR) (and that's a BIG IF) will get in at 8-4. After the 11 AQ there won't be 13 AT Large with 8 Div I wins and no more than 3 I-AA losses. 8-3 vs I-AA, winning record (5-3) in #2 conference, a quality win and no bad losses to sub .500 teams (assuming UD gets to 6-6/7-5), won 6 of last 7, I'll bet $$ that would get JMU in...the hard part will be JMU getting there...