Have one 3:30 PM game, four 6 PM games, one 6:30 PM game, two 7 PM games, so 7 of 8 are night games under the lights.
vs I-AA OOC
JMU @ Liberty (7:00 pm: ESPN3). In the CAA game of the week. JMU 24-17 in the upset of the week.
JMU so far:-------------------------Liberty so far:
L @ UNC 42-10-------------------- L @ NC State 42-21 (NC State scored 2 non offensive TDs
W CCSU 14-9----------------------W Robert Morris 38-7
JMU got worked over by UNC and followed that with a bad outing last week vs CCSU. Rushed for 342 but turned the ball over 5x, including a fumble at the one and on a kickoff, and allowed CCSU to score on the last play of the game. After an unpleasant week in Harrisonburg, finally comes out firing on all cylinders, bringing their A game to Falwellville, tying or winning the turnover battle.
Delaware State @
Delaware (6 PM): by 2-3 TDs.
UD so far:---------------------------Del State so far:
L @ Navy 40-17---------------------W VMI 24-21
W (Div II) West Chester 28-17----W (Div II) Shaw 31-27
UD certainly looked horrible last week in being outgained by Div II West Chester 360-315, being up only 21-17 in the 4th before winning 28-17, despite winning the turnover battle 3-0, including a pick 6. Del State is probably a notch or 2 better than WCU, but UD plays their 2nd game with their backup QB much better.
VMI @
Richmond (6 PM) by 3-4 TDs.
UR so far:--------------VMI so far:
W @ Duke 24-23--------L Del State 24-21
W Wagner 21-6---------L W&M 24-7
UR laid a turd last week in beating preseason 7th pick in the 9 team NEC (by both the NEC coaches and Phil Steele) Wagner, turning the ball over 5 times (-4 in TOs), and allowing a 78 yard Wagner TD that was called back for holding. VMI, who lost to W&M at home last week 24-7, is probably better than Wagner, but UR plays better this Sat.
Maine @ Albany (6 PM). Maine by 1-2 TDs.
Maine so far:---------Albany so far:
W Bryant 28-13-------L @ Colgate 37-34 (OT)
L @ Pitt 35-29
Maine beat likely top half of the NEC Bryant 28-13, but they were up 28-0 in the 4th qtr. Lost @ Pitt only 35-29, but were down 35-15 in the middle of the 4th qtr. Albany and Central Connecticut may be the top 2 teams in the NEC, and this is at Albany, so I think this stays relatively close. This will make the CAA 4-0 vs the NEC
Monmouth @
Villanova (3:30 PM): by a TD or less.
Villanova so far:-------Monmouth so far:
L @ Temple 42-7------L Lehigh 49-24
L @ Towson 31-10
Right now things are looking bleak for Nova. Article in my local paper from this past Mon:
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011 ... viewmode=2
As JMU and UR have already seen, 5 turnovers against an NEC team = close game. JMU and UR are good enough to do that and still win. Nova isn’t. But Nova comes out around even in the turnover dept and struggles to get their 1st win against a mid pack NEC team, moving the CAA to 5-0 vs the NEC.
Hampton @
Old Dominion (6 PM) by 1-2 TDs in game 1 for the Tidewater Championship.
ODU so far:------------Hampton so far:
W Cambell 41-14-------W Alabama A&M 21-20
W @ GST 40-17--------W Fla A&M 23-17
Rhode Island @
Massachusetts (6:30 PM: CSN MA, CSN NE, CSN P) by a TD or less in the only game between 2 CAA teams:
UMass so far:------------URI so far:
W Holy Cross 24-16-------L @ Syracuse 21-14
URI was tied with Cuse 14 a piece until Cuse scored the winning TD about mid way through 4th qtr. URI held Cuse to 36 yds rushing. Still got to go with UMass here.
New Haven @
William & Mary (7:00 pm) by 3-4 TDs
W&M so far:-----------New Haven so far:
L @ UVGay 40-3-------W (OT) West Chester 35-32
W VMI 24-7----------W St Augustine’s College 50-14
A couple of weeks ago I would have said this would be a laugher. Now not so sure, as W&M hasn’t looked good the 1st 2 weeks, and New Haven beat West Chester, who just gave UD all they could handle. So this game doesn’t quite reach 5+ TD blowout status.
Byes: UNH, Towson
Man, I give you guys some love and you go way overboard. Gonna have to call a violation on that thought. 
