FWIW - 26 point favorites against Delaware via Hero Sports http://herosports.com/game-predictions/d...edictions/

I think we will see a different JMU this week. With the bye week, JMU should be better prepared and hopefully fix some of its issues.

We should smoke Delaware like a cheap cigar!

Delaware's offense is a mess. The only way the keep it close is to eat up time on the clock. I know we like to defer when winning the coin toss, but this week should we win it, take the ball and make then play from behind. Make them break our serve to think they have a chance to pull the mammoth upset.

(11-08-2015 11:23 AM)PhillyDuke Wrote:  Delaware's offense is a mess. The only way the keep it close is to eat up time on the clock. I know we like to defer when winning the coin toss, but this week should we win it, take the ball and make then play from behind. Make them break our serve to think they have a chance to pull the mammoth upset.

With our offense we should always receive to start the game.

Defer if win the toss. STAD with a 3 and out or a defensive TD. The offense will get their 50 in this game or close to it.

I know UD is bad, but I'm frankly shocked that we're 26 point favorites. We haven't beat this team since 2009.

This is a much worse team then the last two we played. We should look much improved. Our defense is brutal and limiting to our ultimate success against playoff caliber teams.

They beat W&M. We should be favorites, but 26 points is absurd.

(11-08-2015 02:03 PM)Madison 91 Forever Wrote:  They beat W&M. We should be favorites, but 26 points is absurd.

That wm win was more wm being bad then UD being good.

(11-08-2015 02:03 PM)Madison 91 Forever Wrote:  They beat W&M. We should be favorites, but 26 points is absurd.

The put up a whopping 6 points against Albany. I think it's a fair line.

(11-08-2015 11:37 AM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  

(11-08-2015 11:23 AM)PhillyDuke Wrote:  Delaware's offense is a mess. The only way the keep it close is to eat up time on the clock. I know we like to defer when winning the coin toss, but this week should we win it, take the ball and make then play from behind. Make them break our serve to think they have a chance to pull the mammoth upset.

With our offense we should always receive to start the game.

Absolutely...

I watched the UD/W&M game when it was on a few weeks back. Neither team seemed impressive at that time. W&M has obviously put things together while UD have regressed even more. Looking forward to a Dukes win this weekend. Still thinking about heading up there but I have such bad memories of the pee wall!! have to get over it I guess!!

Brian

CAA games only stats. Since everyone has played 6 games think its a better barometer since everyone plays vastly varying OOC schedules..

Offense

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. James Madison....... 6 37 33 1 0 5 0 272 45.3
2. Richmond............ 6 29 26 2 0 10 0 234 39.0
3. William and Mary.... 6 25 24 0 1 6 0 194 32.3
4. Villanova........... 6 19 14 1 0 3 0 139 23.2
5. New Hampshire....... 6 17 12 1 0 3 0 125 20.8
6. Towson.............. 6 15 8 1 0 7 0 121 20.2
7. Albany.............. 6 16 16 0 0 2 0 118 19.7
8. Maine............... 6 13 11 0 0 9 0 116 19.3
9. Delaware............ 6 9 6 2 0 6 0 82 13.7
Stony Brook......... 6 11 10 0 0 2 0 82 13.7
11.Elon................ 6 11 10 0 0 1 0 79 13.2
12.Rhode Island........ 6 8 7 0 0 7 0 76 12.7

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 6 1706 1570 495 3276 6.6 35 546.0
2. Richmond............ 6 1310 1788 422 3098 7.3 29 516.3
3. William and Mary.... 6 1330 1202 420 2532 6.0 22 422.0
4. Villanova........... 6 1180 1085 398 2265 5.7 19 377.5
5. Maine............... 6 922 1213 406 2135 5.3 12 355.8
6. New Hampshire....... 6 835 1130 417 1965 4.7 16 327.5
7. Towson.............. 6 855 1073 392 1928 4.9 12 321.3
8. Albany.............. 6 886 879 369 1765 4.8 14 294.2
9. Elon................ 6 471 1290 383 1761 4.6 11 293.5
10.Delaware............ 6 1258 423 393 1681 4.3 8 280.2
11.Stony Brook......... 6 591 974 427 1565 3.7 11 260.8
12.Rhode Island........ 6 588 874 386 1462 3.8 7 243.7

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 6 309 1706 5.5 19 284.3
2. William and Mary.... 6 259 1330 5.1 17 221.7
3. Richmond............ 6 238 1310 5.5 19 218.3
4. Delaware............ 6 285 1258 4.4 7 209.7
5. Villanova........... 6 245 1180 4.8 11 196.7
6. Maine............... 6 220 922 4.2 6 153.7
7. Albany.............. 6 201 886 4.4 7 147.7
8. Towson.............. 6 218 855 3.9 8 142.5
9. New Hampshire....... 6 208 835 4.0 8 139.2
10.Stony Brook......... 6 240 591 2.5 5 98.5
11.Rhode Island........ 6 213 588 2.8 4 98.0
12.Elon................ 6 171 471 2.8 5 78.5

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Richmond............ 6 184 112 8 60.9 1788 9.7 10 298.0
2. James Madison....... 6 186 124 6 66.7 1570 8.4 16 261.7
3. Elon................ 6 212 119 10 56.1 1290 6.1 6 215.0
4. Maine............... 6 186 118 4 63.4 1213 6.5 6 202.2
5. William and Mary.... 6 161 97 1 60.2 1202 7.5 5 200.3
6. New Hampshire....... 6 209 119 6 56.9 1130 5.4 8 188.3
7. Villanova........... 6 153 87 4 56.9 1085 7.1 8 180.8
8. Towson.............. 6 174 107 6 61.5 1073 6.2 4 178.8
9. Stony Brook......... 6 187 92 7 49.2 974 5.2 6 162.3
10.Albany.............. 6 168 85 11 50.6 879 5.2 7 146.5
11.Rhode Island........ 6 173 84 9 48.6 874 5.1 3 145.7
12.Delaware............ 6 108 52 5 48.1 423 3.9 1 70.5

Defense

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. Villanova........... 6 11 7 1 0 6 0 93 15.5
2. Maine............... 6 13 12 0 0 5 0 105 17.5
3. Towson.............. 6 14 14 0 0 4 0 110 18.3
4. William and Mary.... 6 15 9 2 0 3 0 112 18.7
5. Delaware............ 6 13 11 1 0 10 0 121 20.2
6. Stony Brook......... 6 17 16 0 0 4 0 130 21.7
7. Rhode Island........ 6 19 17 0 0 4 0 143 23.8
8. New Hampshire....... 6 20 16 2 0 4 0 152 25.3
9. Richmond............ 6 20 18 0 0 5 0 153 25.5
10.Albany.............. 6 22 19 0 0 6 0 169 28.2
Elon................ 6 22 19 0 0 6 0 169 28.2
12.James Madison....... 6 24 19 2 1 4 0 181 30.2

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Maine............... 6 484 1219 374 1703 4.6 13 283.8
2. Towson.............. 6 756 970 397 1726 4.3 13 287.7
3. Delaware............ 6 799 967 369 1766 4.8 10 294.3
4. Villanova........... 6 889 947 369 1836 5.0 8 306.0
5. Stony Brook......... 6 935 1042 402 1977 4.9 15 329.5
6. William and Mary.... 6 990 1034 404 2024 5.0 12 337.3
7. New Hampshire....... 6 1255 973 420 2228 5.3 20 371.3
8. Richmond............ 6 910 1403 420 2313 5.5 19 385.5
9. Rhode Island........ 6 1190 1163 398 2353 5.9 19 392.2
10.Elon................ 6 1394 1071 465 2465 5.3 21 410.8
11.James Madison....... 6 1058 1426 449 2484 5.5 24 414.0
12.Albany.............. 6 1272 1286 441 2558 5.8 22 426.3

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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1. Maine............... 6 193 484 2.5 6 80.7
2. Towson.............. 6 235 756 3.2 2 126.0
3. Delaware............ 6 214 799 3.7 5 133.2
4. Villanova........... 6 211 889 4.2 6 148.2
5. Richmond............ 6 207 910 4.4 7 151.7
6. Stony Brook......... 6 235 935 4.0 10 155.8
7. William and Mary.... 6 227 990 4.4 10 165.0
8. James Madison....... 6 239 1058 4.4 17 176.3
9. Rhode Island........ 6 240 1190 5.0 12 198.3
10.New Hampshire....... 6 258 1255 4.9 14 209.2
11.Albany.............. 6 267 1272 4.8 10 212.0
12.Elon................ 6 281 1394 5.0 17 232.3


PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Villanova........... 6 158 84 10 53.2 947 6.0 2 157.8
2. Delaware............ 6 155 83 3 53.5 967 6.2 5 161.2
3. Towson.............. 6 162 98 4 60.5 970 6.0 11 161.7
4. New Hampshire....... 6 162 87 9 53.7 973 6.0 6 162.2
5. William and Mary.... 6 177 98 7 55.4 1034 5.8 2 172.3
6. Stony Brook......... 6 167 100 3 59.9 1042 6.2 5 173.7
7. Elon................ 6 184 113 7 61.4 1071 5.8 4 178.5
8. Rhode Island........ 6 158 93 4 58.9 1163 7.4 7 193.8
9. Maine............... 6 181 98 5 54.1 1219 6.7 7 203.2
10.Albany.............. 6 174 113 11 64.9 1286 7.4 12 214.3
11.Richmond............ 6 213 116 9 54.5 1403 6.6 12 233.8
12.James Madison....... 6 210 113 5 53.8 1426 6.8 7 237.7
http://caasports.com/custompages/stats/F...nfonly.htm

UD so far:
9/4 L Jacksonville 20-14
9/12 W Lafayette 19-9
9/19 L @ VU 28-21
9/26 L @ UNC 41-14
10/3 W W&M 24-23
10/10 L @ URI 20-0
9/24 W UNH 31-14
10/31 L @ TU 19-0
11/7 L Albany 17-6

5 dimes at 19 points in favor of the Dukes

(11-09-2015 04:30 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(11-08-2015 12:40 PM)Potomac Wrote:  I know UD is bad, but I'm frankly shocked that we're 26 point favorites. We haven't beat this team since 2009.

JMU is favored by 19 as of now.
http://www.sportsbookreview.com/betting-...s-2823587/

http://herosports.com/game-predictions/d...edictions/

as noted in the OP.

Wow, beat UNH and W&M but lose to Albany and URI? The wins and losses are the opposite of what they should be.

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/spor.../75451152/ Delaware perspective