(08-26-2023 09:00 AM)Johns1124 Wrote:  

(08-25-2023 09:58 PM)Purple Wrote:  

(08-25-2023 02:33 PM)Johns1124 Wrote:  Utah St. is your Superbowl.

And Albany is your Super Bowl.

Clueless!

You are a pitiful troll who never contributes anything to this board but insults and gibberish. Take your troll act elsewhere!

I agree with Deez Nuts except I moved Utah St up 3 spots.
Week 3: @ Troy
Week 7: @ Marshall (on a short week, only 5 days rest)
Week 2: @ UVA
Week 4: @ Utah State
Week 5: USA
Week 11: ASU
Week 6: GSU
Week 12: @ Coastal Carolina
Week 9: @ Georgia State
Week 8: ODU
Week 10: UCONN
Week 1: Scrimmage vs Bucknell

USA, ASU, GSU I believe all will be better than UT State. BUT I have Utah St above them because:
-USA, GSU, ASU all at home.
-Utah State will be 3rd straight road game (yeah, I know some aren't counting UVA as a road game).
-Will be by far the farthest road game (2 times zones), coming right after the 2nd furthest road game (Troy).
-Logan is at 4.5+k feet elevation. That's about .86 mile high, which could be a factor.
-If JMU is (hopefully) coming off an upset win @ Troy, could be a little flat..

I have 4 of the 5 toughest games in the 1st 5 weeks through 9/29. Could come out of Sept 5-0. Could come out 1-4. It will be brutal..

(08-27-2023 01:52 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  I agree with Deez Nuts except I moved Utah St up 3 spots.
Week 3: @ Troy
Week 7: @ Marshall (on a short week, only 5 days rest)
Week 2: @ UVA
Week 4: @ Utah State
Week 5: USA
Week 11: ASU
Week 6: GSU
Week 12: @ Coastal Carolina
Week 9: @ Georgia State
Week 8: ODU
Week 10: UCONN
Week 1: Scrimmage vs Bucknell

USA, ASU, GSU I believe all will be better than UT State. BUT I have Utah St above them because:
-USA, GSU, ASU all at home.
-Utah State will be 3rd straight road game (yeah, I know some aren't counting UVA as a road game).
-Will be by far the farthest road game (2 times zones), coming right after the 2nd furthest road game (Troy).
-Logan is at 4.5+k feet elevation. That's about .86 mile high, which could be a factor.
-If JMU is (hopefully) coming off an upset win @ Troy, could be a little flat..

I have 4 of the 5 toughest games in the 1st 5 weeks through 9/29. Could come out of Sept 5-0. Could come out 1-4. It will be brutal..

No doubt the first 4 or 5 weeks will be tough, and we will be doing very well if we don't drop more than one of those games.

I've seen some arguments for USA being stronger than Troy this year, based on players returning, etc. They have 5 players on the Senior Bowl watch list, which is a strong showing. Troy has 3 on the watch list, we have one (Kidwell). But we have them at home which helps.

App St had some close games against tough opponents, and is predicted by a lot of the prognosticators to rebound. Coastal feels like a wildcard. They have McCall back, but a new and unproven head coach.

1 - @Troy | Getting a win against the conference champs at their house after a big game against UVA is going to be a tall task.
2 - @Marshall | Both teams have a short week, but they have a cupcake and we don't.
3 - @UVA | This is the most important game of the year. I know UVA isn't a good P5 team, but they've still got ACC players.
4 - South Alabama | They return some important pieces from a good team last year.
5 - App State | I would rank them above South Alabama if we were playing them in Boone. They will want revenge after pulling off their Falcons impression.
6 - @Utah State | They had a number of injuries last year and were probably better than their 6-7 record would indicate, plus this game is wedged between two tough conference foes.
7 - UCONN | This will be a tougher game than it seems.
8 - Georgia Southern | Solid team. They went 6-7 last year, but had a bunch of one score games.
9 - @Coastal Carolina | I don't buy the hype. We destroyed them last year and it would've been a blowout even if McCall was playing.
10 - @Georgia State | They seemed a bit like a Jekyll & Hyde team in 2022 with wins over USM and Army and a respectable game vs. UNC. I'm predicting that Mr. Hyde shows up more than he did last year.
11 - Bucknell | It's going to be a long season if this game is even remotely close.
12 - ODU | They're better than Bucknell but I don't like them.