drewmey
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RE: RU (5-5/4-2) @ JMU (9-1/6-0) Saturday, 11/16, 3:30 PM, MASN, SNY
(11-13-2019 09:27 PM)Potomac Wrote: Total Offense:
JMU – 8th, 470.5 ypg
UR – 69th, 378.7 ypg
Scoring Offense:
JMU – 3rd, 40.4 ppg
UR – 74th, 25.4 ppg
Passing Offense:
JMU – 52nd, 234.2 ypg 20 TDs
UR – 59th, 223.4 ypg 14 TDs
Rushing Offense:
JMU – 10th, 236.3 ypg 29 TDs
UR – 59th, 155.3 ypg 14 TDs
Total Defense:
JMU – 4th, 285.2 ypg
UR – 40th, 364 ypg
Scoring Defense:
JMU – 5th, 16.1 ppg
UR – 53rd, 26.4 ppg
Passing Defense:
UR – 34th, 203 ypg 22 TDs
JMU – 51st, 215.3 ypg 13 TDs
Rushing Defense:
JMU – 2nd, 69.9 ypg 6 TDs
UR – 68th, 161 ypg 12 TDs
Turnover Margin:
JMU – +5, 16 Gained, 11 Lost.
UR - -4, 9 Gained, 13 Lost.
Sacks:
JMU – 31 Sacks, 17 Sacks Allowed.
UR – 26 Sacks, 17 Sacks Allowed.
Redzone Offense:
JMU – 6th, 47-51, 36-51 TDs.
UR – 74th, 28-36, 19-36 TDs.
Redzone Defense:
UR – 21st, 25-34, 21-34 TDs.
JMU – 26th, 18-24, 13-24 TDs.
Passing Efficiency:
JMU – Ben DiNucci 5th, 168-244 (68.9%) 2,244 yds 17 TDs 4 INTs. 305 yds rushing, 3 TDs.
UR – Joe Mancuso 12th, 119-183 (65%) 1,653 yds 12 TDs 7 INTs. 588 yds rushing, 10 TDs.
Notes:
No one has mentioned that I can tell, but the CAA’s #2 performing QB is coming to Bridgeforth this weekend. Mancuso ranks 12th in the country in passing efficiency, is passing around the same completion percentage as DiNucci on fewer attempts and 5 fewer passing TDs, 3 more interceptions. What really stands out about Mancuso is that he is a threat with his legs. 588 yds rushing and he has scored 10 of UR’s 14 rushing TDs this season.
In fact, UR’s RB corp is injury riddled and may be down to their 4th string RB as their top option. We need to have an spy on Mancuso and his running ability or he will burn us. He also seems to be the key to UR’s offense. They seem similar to Towson in that the QB is the entire offense. Contain Mancuso and we should be good to go.
Comparable passing statistics (although 6 more pass TDs for JMU), but otherwise we dominate in other areas offensively. Our strength is rushing, their defensive weakness is stopping the run. They do have a 34th ranked passing D, but hopefully we should run first and often and not have to rely on our passing game as much this weekend. This is definitely a run to set up the pass game but as always, expect UR to try and stack the box when on D.
Other statistical areas of a significant advantage are turnovers (Richmond hasn’t forced many turnovers season to date) and redzone offense. Wow we’ve come a long way from complaining about our “red area” execution.
JMU just needs to continue to be itself offensively and UR’s fairly pedestrian defense won’t be able to stop much. On defense, we need to be all over Mancuso and be prepared for him to run if we give him open field.
Given their situation, I think stopping the QB run should be simple. They're terribly short in the RB position due to injuries. No reason we can't pull a LB off attacking the run and simply spy Mancuso the whole game. I get that if there is a massive hole, then even a 3rd/4th string FCS RB can make gains. But I'm less concerned about that considering our front line. If we were able to stop Flacco from having too many big runs, I don't see how Mancuso should be any more difficult.
I am more concerned about the pass. But I have a feeling if we can come out strong, take a lead, control a 3rd/4th string RB, spy a QB....they will become one dimensional with the pass pretty quickly. Which will then make it easier to handle. That's my hope at least.
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2019 12:53 PM by drewmey.)
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