Monmouth (11-2/6-0) schedule:
L @ W Mich 13-48
W Lafayette 24-21
W Albany 38-35 (OT)
L @ Montana 27-47 (was 33-27 mid 4th qtr)
W @ Wagner 16-14
W Presbyterian 45-0
W Garner Webb 49-28
W @ CSU 35-1
W @ KSU 45-21 (was 45-7 mid 3rd)
W North Alabama 49-38
W @ Campbell 47-10
W Hampton 48-13
W Holy Cross 44-27 (1st round playoffs)

National Stats (before 1st round games)

Scoring
#2 JMU 42.3 ppg
#11 Monmouth 36.3

Total Offense
#4 Monmouth 487.4 ypg
#9 JMU 470.9 ypg

Rushing Offense
#10 JMU 249.3
#19 Monmouth 210.3

Passing Offense
#22 Monmouth 277.2 ypg
#61 JMU 221.6 ypg

Scoring Defense
#3 JMU 15.7 ppg
#36 Monmouth 24.0 ppg

Total Defense
#5 James Madison 277.8
#36 Monmouth 355.8

Rushing Defense
#1 JMU 62.8
#24 Monmouth 123.4

Passing Defense
#59 JMU 215.1
#77 Monmouth 232.4
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs

The Montana and Albany games stick out. Both put up plenty of points in both so this should be interesting

Mistake free football and the Dukes will easily take care of business.

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We should have no problem putting up 40 on them and no problem holding them to less than that.

Should have zero issues from what I watched today. Can not lose turnover battle or special teams and we will roll their offense was underwhelming today.

Note MU's QB suffered a hamstring pull today and played the rest of the game but didn't seem to be much of a running threat or quickly evading sacks after that moment. His speed was impacted.

Monmouth 2 Payton candidates, obviously both 1st team All Big South Updated numbers after Holy Cross win:

-#11 rSr QB Kenji Bahar (6’3”/190):
Passing: 273 of 416, 65.6%, 29 TDs, 8 INT,
Rushing: 192 yds net, 4 TDs

-#25 RB Pete Guerriero (5’10”/190 Jr):
287 carries, 1,888 yds, 6.6 ypc, 17 TDs (Leading rusher in the nation).

Vs top 3 teams Monmouth played:
23 carries for 107 vs W Mich (#91 FBS rush defense 185.6 ypg)
30 carries for 134 vs Albany (#45 nation rush defense/143.9 ypg)
18 carries for 47 vs Montana (#32 nation rush defense 135.1 ypg)

-#2 rJr WR Lonnie Moore (5'10"/170) (1st team All Big South)
70 receptions, 979 yds, 14.0 ypr, 9 TDs.

-#23 Jr WR Terrance Greene (5'11"/185) (2nd team All Big South).
61 receptions, 844 yds, 13.8 ypr, 9 TDs.

-#86 rSr TE Shawn Clark (6'8"/245) (1st team All Big South).
18 receptions, 254 yds, 14.1 ypr, 4 TDs.

-2 OL 1st team All Big South, & 1 2nd team All Big South.

Defensive leaders
-2 DBs made 1st team All Big South, 1 DB made 2nd team All Big South.
-DL and an LB made 2nd team All Big South.

-#50 Sr LB Da'Quan Grimes (5’11”/210): 97 tackles, 12.5 TFL (2nd Team All Big South)
-#6 Jr CB Anthony Budd (5’11”/190): 55 tackles, 3 TFL, 5 INT. (1st team All Big South). (Played at Good Counsel HS in Gaithersburg, MD, so was a teammate of 3 JMU freshmen).
https://monmouthhawks.com/sports/football

Do they have a message board? I can't seem to find one with a simple google search.

(11-30-2019 08:24 PM)Potomac Wrote:  Note MU's QB suffered a hamstring pull today and played the rest of the game but didn't seem to be much of a running threat or quickly evading sacks after that moment. His speed was impacted.

Tough to come back 100% from a hamstring injury in a week

(11-30-2019 08:43 PM)fishingduke12 Wrote:  

(11-30-2019 08:24 PM)Potomac Wrote:  Note MU's QB suffered a hamstring pull today and played the rest of the game but didn't seem to be much of a running threat or quickly evading sacks after that moment. His speed was impacted.

Tough to come back 100% from a hamstring injury in a week

Virtually impossible. Appeared to be a grade 2 strain which usually takes 2 weeks or more to heal. He really had no ability to run after the injury and had to pass from the pocket. They will use compression and ice it today and tomorrow and then do electrical muscle stimulation and rehab the best they can this week, wrap it and warm it up really well before the game but it will be surprising if he will be able to recover fully (or even be at 75% running wise) by Saturday.

JMU - 45

Monmouth - 17

Besides Western Michigan, Montana, Albany, KSU and Holy Cross here are the records of the other teams Monmouth played:

Lafayette 4-8
Wagner 1-10
Presbyterian 1-10
Gardner Webb 3-9
Charleston Southern 5-6
North Alabama 3-7
Campbell 6-5
Hampton 5-7

Pretty easy to run up yardage and points on teams like those. They barely beat Wagner (16-14) and Lafayette (24-21)

Fun snippet from Hero Sports recap of HC and Monmouth “ Though Monmouth avoided having to travel to a CAA school in the first round, as is the fate of some automatic qualifiers from “non-big 3” conferences in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, it will now confront CAA champion James Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia in the second round. In turn, as time winded down on the scoreboard at Kessler Stadium during the Hawks’ convincing win over Holy Cross, Monmouth fans could be heard chanting for “J-M-U! J-M-U!”

They should be very fired up with nothing to lose. Will be interesting to see what they bring to the table with their offense.

supposedly in the monmouth post game interview, their QB said he just cramped up. Could be just downplaying the injury but either way JMU better be on their game defensively

President of Monmouth tweeted out "Bring on JMU" ... lol

They do have a linebacker named Evan Powell who had two picks, including one highlight where he had a high vertical leap. Wouldn't be shocked if they get an interception ... but on the other hand if they drop their linebackers back in coverage like that our RBs will have a field day. It looked like they were only rushing 3 guys on that play. We might not throw more than 5 passes all game.

I think they put a lot on their run game and when our front 3 (Atariwa is out for the first half, right?) smash them in the mouth a few times to start the game, they'll realize why our rush defense is so strong. Stony Brook is the only team to rush for over 85 yards on us all year (they got 118 including OT)...and we ran up 329 on them. The big thing will be making sure our linebackers and secondary stay in their positions so we don't allow any big runs to slip through.

(12-01-2019 10:50 AM)JMURocks Wrote:  President of Monmouth tweeted out "Bring on JMU" ... lol

They do have a linebacker named Evan Powell who had two picks, including one highlight where he had a high vertical leap. Wouldn't be shocked if they get an interception ... but on the other hand if they drop their linebackers back in coverage like that our RBs will have a field day. It looked like they were only rushing 3 guys on that play. We might not throw more than 5 passes all game.

Not worried. Holy Cross QB threw across the middle into double and triple coverage.

Thoughts on taking the ball first if we win the toss? Run it down their throats on the first position and take some wind out of their sails. Monmouth will come in playing with house money and the last thing jmu needs is to give them any moment to start the game

(12-01-2019 10:43 AM)fishingduke12 Wrote:  supposedly in the monmouth post game interview, their QB said he just cramped up. Could be just downplaying the injury but either way JMU better be on their game defensively

Is it customary to have a noticeable drop in your speed when you cramp but are no longer cramping?