Was looking at tickets for the Elon game this morning. You can buy a season ticket right next to the JMU section for $40. Buying a single game ticket in the JMU section for that game costs $30. Might as well buy an Elon season ticket and sell the others!
(08-01-2019 08:52 AM)#YEEHAWDUKES Wrote: Was looking at tickets for the Elon game this morning. You can buy a season ticket right next to the JMU section for $40. Buying a single game ticket in the JMU section for that game costs $30. Might as well buy an Elon season ticket and sell the others!
Great idea!
The other 5 games are selling between $15-25 each on stubhub, so this ought to be a free ticket, and maybe some hotdog/beer/gas money too!
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS won a ship though so....
BD had a coach who packed it in before football was over. By the way, I'm not defending BD just pointing out facts. I also believe that BS had world class receivers in route to the championship. Slightly less in 2017, and BD even less last season along with an OL that didn't mesh the way BS's did. Could we have won the championship in 2016 with BD, I really doubt it, BS had a level of confidence that the team fed off of and I believe to be the most valuable asset of any QB.
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS won a ship though so....
BD had a coach who packed it in before football was over. By the way, I'm not defending BD just pointing out facts. I also believe that BS had world class receivers in route to the championship. Slightly less in 2017, and BD even less last season along with an OL that didn't mesh the way BS's did. Could we have won the championship in 2016 with BD, I really doubt it, BS had a level of confidence that the team fed off of and I believe to be the most valuable asset of any QB.
Bryan had a great talent for turning busted plays into big gains. I haven't seen Ben being able to do that.
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS won a ship though so....
BD had a coach who packed it in before football was over. By the way, I'm not defending BD just pointing out facts. I also believe that BS had world class receivers in route to the championship. Slightly less in 2017, and BD even less last season along with an OL that didn't mesh the way BS's did. Could we have won the championship in 2016 with BD, I really doubt it, BS had a level of confidence that the team fed off of and I believe to be the most valuable asset of any QB.
Bryan had a great talent for turning busted plays into big gains. I haven't seen Ben being able to do that.
You're right, but it didn't hurt to have the receivers he had, I'm sure you mainly are speaking of using his legs, but he also did it with miracle pass receptions. I didn't see his ability to escape nearly as effective after returning from the injury yet we continued to score and win the championship without him being Houdini.
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS was one or two TOs per game MAX. Dinucci literally single handedly lost us several games.
I'd argue dylan stapleton and the defense not having an answer to stop the run lost us Elon. UNH equal parts BD, CJ, and coaches. Colgate I'll give you as the main reason with the addition of poor coaching decisions and a dumb roughing the passer by daka
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS was one or two TOs per game MAX. Dinucci literally single handedly lost us several games.
BS! (and those letters do not stand for Bryan Schor)
DiNucci spent most of his time last year running for his life. Look at the New Hampshire game. He was in the game about 4 minutes. On the fumble, Kirkpatrick's tactic was to make a very good dual-threat quarterback who could offset a poor offensive line with his ability to run and create, into a drop-back, pocket passer whose poor offensive line was incapable of giving him two seconds to get a pass off, which led to him running for his life and getting sacked A LOT! On that fumble, it looked like Nooch was face-masked which may have caused the fumble, or he may have been down when the ball was fumbled. I'm not sure about that, but what I am sure about is that with adequate protection and with DiNucci NOT being forced to be a pocket passer, things would have gone much better in that game and all of last year.
On the pick, that was more a great defensive play by a defender who jumped the route than a bad pass by DiNucci, whose man was open when he released the ball. He was under pressure, again scrambling due to an offensive line unable to protect him.
So, Nooch was benched. Cole Johnson came into the game and proceeded to throw three picks, adding a fumble of his own and zero touchdowns.
So, who gets the blame for the loss? DiNucci.
OK, New Hampshire wasn't one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us."
Maybe Elon was one of those games. Malcolm Summers had 20 totes for a 9.3 ypc average. I wrote DiNucci after the game and asked him what the hell was wrong with him allowing that to happen. He should have gotten out there on D and contributed, dammit! While Elon was running the ball down our throats, we averaged 2.6 ypc. Our leading rusher was Trai Sharp with 33 whole yards. Believe me, I let Nooch have it after the game for allowing that to happen!
Well, we only lost four games all season. I have already covered two of them. The only other losses were to NC State and Colgate.
Against the Wolfpack, Nooch was 23 for 27, a touchdown, no picks, and he led all rushers from both teams in both yardage (79) and ypc (5.6). So, I think we can throw out NC State as one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us." Wouldn't you agree, Potomac?
So, that leaves Colgate. Even if Nooch was "literally single handedly" responsible for that loss, that would be one game that you claim is "several."
So, let's examine the Colgate game, shall we? Mickey Lite Houston already had one foot out the door. In his mind, he had gone to Carolina (said James Taylor). Personally, I don't think he wanted to play another game with the lowly Dukes. He had punched his ticket. He was happy to end his JMU career in Hamilton, NY.
As for DiNucci, he had five picks. I couldn't find much video of the game and could only see the first pick which appeared to bounce off of one of our receivers into the hands of a Colgate defender. I can't tell for sure due to poor video quality, but that is what it appears to be. I couldn't find video of the other picks.
Nooch led the team in rushing with 76 yards and led all rushers from both teams in ypc at 7.6.
If our defense had held Colgate to the average they held teams all season (12 points), then we would have won the game. Colgate scored only one point less on our defense than NC State did. But, as we all know, that, too, as always, is DiNucci's fault!
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(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS was one or two TOs per game MAX. Dinucci literally single handedly lost us several games.
BS! (and those letters don't stand for Bryan Schor)
DiNucci spent most of his time last year running for his life. Look at the New Hampshire game. He was in the game about 4 minutes. On the fumble, Kirkpatrick's tactic was to make a very good dual-threat quarterback who could offset a poor offensive line with his ability to run and create, into a drop-back, pocket passer whose poor offensive line was incapable of giving him two seconds to get a pass off, which led to him running for his life and getting sacked A LOT! On that fumble, it looked like Nooch was face-masked which may have caused the fumble, or he may have been down when the ball was fumbled. I'm not sure about that, but what I am sure about is that with adequate protection and with DiNucci NOT being forced to be a pocket passer, things would have gone much better in that game and all of last year.
On the pick, that was more a great defensive play by a defender who jumped the route than a bad pass by DiNucci, whose man was open when he released the ball. He was under pressure, again scrambling due to an offensive line unable to protect him.
So, Nooch was benched. Cole Johnson came into the game and proceeded to throw three picks, adding a fumble of his own and zero touchdowns.
So, who gets the blame for the loss? DiNucci.
OK, New Hampshire wasn't one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us."
Maybe Elon was one of those games. Malcolm Summers had 20 totes for a 9.3 ypc average. I wrote DiNucci after the game and asked him what the hell was wrong with him allowing that to happen. He should have gotten out there on D and contributed, dammit! While Elon was running the ball down our throats, we averaged 2.6 ypc. Our leading rusher was Trai Sharp with 33 whole yards. Believe me, I let Nooch have it after the game for allowing that to happen!
Well, we only lost four games all season. I have already covered two of them. The only other losses were to NC State and Colgate.
Against the Wolfpack, Nooch was 23 for 27, a touchdown, no picks, and he led all rushers from both teams in both yardage (79) and ypc (5.6). So, I think we can throw out NC State as one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us." Wouldn't you agree, Potomac?
So, that leaves Colgate. Even if Nooch was "literally single handedly" responsible for that loss, that would be one game that you claim is "several."
So, let's examine the Colgate game, shall we? Mickey Lite Houston already had one foot out the door. In his mind, he had gone to Carolina (said James Taylor). Personally, I don't think he wanted to play another game with the lowly Dukes. He had punched his ticket. He was happy to end his JMU career in Hamilton, NY.
As for DiNucci, he had five picks. I couldn't find much video of the game and could only see the first pick which appeared to bounce off of one of our receivers into the hands of a Colgate defender. I can't tell for sure due to poor video quality, but that is what it appears to be. I couldn't find video of the other picks.
Nooch led the team in rushing with 76 yards and led all rushers from both teams in ypc at 7.6.
If our defense had held Colgate to the average they held teams all season (12 points), then we would have won the game. Colgate scored only one point less on our defense than NC State did. But, as we all know, that, too, as always, is DiNucci's fault!
(08-01-2019 07:39 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote: He left off a lot of interceptions from that highlight reel
Would you believe BS had more interceptions 14 in 2017 than did BD in 2018 with 12. The fumbles seemed to be the real problem with BD.
BS was one or two TOs per game MAX. Dinucci literally single handedly lost us several games.
BS! (and those letters don't stand for Bryan Schor)
DiNucci spent most of his time last year running for his life. Look at the New Hampshire game. He was in the game about 4 minutes. On the fumble, Kirkpatrick's tactic was to make a very good dual-threat quarterback who could offset a poor offensive line with his ability to run and create, into a drop-back, pocket passer whose poor offensive line was incapable of giving him two seconds to get a pass off, which led to him running for his life and getting sacked A LOT! On that fumble, it looked like Nooch was face-masked which may have caused the fumble, or he may have been down when the ball was fumbled. I'm not sure about that, but what I am sure about is that with adequate protection and with DiNucci NOT being forced to be a pocket passer, things would have gone much better in that game and all of last year.
On the pick, that was more a great defensive play by a defender who jumped the route than a bad pass by DiNucci, whose man was open when he released the ball. He was under pressure, again scrambling due to an offensive line unable to protect him.
So, Nooch was benched. Cole Johnson came into the game and proceeded to throw three picks, adding a fumble of his own and zero touchdowns.
So, who gets the blame for the loss? DiNucci.
OK, New Hampshire wasn't one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us."
Maybe Elon was one of those games. Malcolm Summers had 20 totes for a 9.3 ypc average. I wrote DiNucci after the game and asked him what the hell was wrong with him allowing that to happen. He should have gotten out there on D and contributed, dammit! While Elon was running the ball down our throats, we averaged 2.6 ypc. Our leading rusher was Trai Sharp with 33 whole yards. Believe me, I let Nooch have it after the game for allowing that to happen!
Well, we only lost four games all season. I have already covered two of them. The only other losses were to NC State and Colgate.
Against the Wolfpack, Nooch was 23 for 27, a touchdown, no picks, and he led all rushers from both teams in both yardage (79) and ypc (5.6). So, I think we can throw out NC State as one of the several games "Dinucci literally single handedly lost us." Wouldn't you agree, Potomac?
So, that leaves Colgate. Even if Nooch was "literally single handedly" responsible for that loss, that would be one game that you claim is "several."
So, let's examine the Colgate game, shall we? Mickey Lite Houston already had one foot out the door. In his mind, he had gone to Carolina (said James Taylor). Personally, I don't think he wanted to play another game with the lowly Dukes. He had punched his ticket. He was happy to end his JMU career in Hamilton, NY.
As for DiNucci, he had five picks. I couldn't find much video of the game and could only see the first pick which appeared to bounce off of one of our receivers into the hands of a Colgate defender. I can't tell for sure due to poor video quality, but that is what it appears to be. I couldn't find video of the other picks.
Nooch led the team in rushing with 76 yards and led all rushers from both teams in ypc at 7.6.
If our defense had held Colgate to the average they held teams all season (12 points), then we would have won the game. Colgate scored only one point less on our defense than NC State did. But, as we all know, that, too, as always, is DiNucci's fault!
How dare you present actual facts and game situation......now you have gone and ruined a false narrative that everything is Ben's fault and had Cole been QB1 JMU would have breezed thru the season.
The JMU OL was very poor last season in both pass blocking and run blocking. I don't think it had that much to do with the players but very poor OL Coaching that seemed clueless to adjust at any point last season.
I don't get the hate for DiNucci by some posters. The guy puts on Purple and Gold armor and takes a **** ton of punishment on behalf of the school and alumni. Give the kid some respect. The thing I find most amazing is some of the people who have the most vitriol toward him are also some of the biggest 'rah rah, JMU can do no wrong' types.
I don't get the hate for Cole by some posters. The guy puts on Purple and Gold armor and takes a **** ton of punishment on behalf of the school and alumni. Give the kid some respect. The thing I find most amazing is some of the people who have the most vitriol toward him are also some of the biggest 'rah rah, JMU can do no wrong' types.
(08-02-2019 07:53 AM)AllForDukes Wrote: I don't get the hate for Cole by some posters. The guy puts on Purple and Gold armor and takes a **** ton of punishment on behalf of the school and alumni. Give the kid some respect. The thing I find most amazing is some of the people who have the most vitriol toward him are also some of the biggest 'rah rah, JMU can do no wrong' types.
Where did you see "hate for Cole?"
Cole is what he is, a pure drop-back passer who, when giving adequate protection, can get the job done. He isn't exactly what you would call "mobile" but he isn't afraid to run when given a little daylight.
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