Colonial Athletic Association Picks for Week #12

[ODUalum11]

Maine @ New Hampshire
William & Mary @ Richmond
Towson @ Rhode Island
James Madison @ Massachusetts
Delaware @ Villanova

Bonus/Future CAA pick....

Campbell @ Georgia State

My picks...

Maine, this is a toss up. really don't know who to pick.
William & Mary, I still don't believe Richmond will go winless but if Grimes went off like he did against ODU...
Towson, very impressive against UNH and believe it will carry over to the URI game.
James Madison, last game for UMass in the FCS...
Delaware, the Blue Hens get to 7 wins...

Campbell, if the Panters can't beat NAIA and D-2 teams in consecutive weeks, what makes anybody think they will suddenly beat a D-1 team.

[93henfan]

Maine 27 @ New Hampshire 21
William & Mary 17 @ Richmond 20
Towson 35 @ Rhode Island 17
James Madison 17 @ Massachusetts 24
Delaware 31 @ Villanova 17

Campbell 4 @ Georgia State 3

[TheDancinMonarch]

Maine @ New Hampshire
William & Mary @ Richmond
Towson @ Rhode Island
James Madison @ Massachusetts
Delaware @ Villanova

Bonus/Future CAA pick....

Norview (Norfolk, VA) Middle School @ Georgia State

[DJnVa]

Don't hate on Ga State. They STILL believe:

I get what you're saying, but I wouldn't swap GSU for ODU. Sure, they are having a great year but they have nowhere near the potential of GSU. We're like the kid who couldn't walk until he was two and went on to be a track star. We're still trying to get our chubby legs moving but we'll get there, and when we do, ODU will be in the rearview. None of us should talk about withholding money or support. This team needs us to stand by them. I'm pissed beyond words but we'll mock this season while drinking beer at the 2017 GSU-ECU tailgate.

Gotta think this guy would have been first in line for the Kool-Aid in Guyana...

[mainejeff]

Maine 41 UNH 27
W&M 21 Richmond 20
Towson 45 URI 28
UMass 38 JMU 13
Delaware 24 Villanova 21

[BDKJMU]

Maine 41 UNH 27
W&M 21 Richmond 20
Towson 45 URI 28
UMass 38 JMU 13
Delaware 24 Villanova 21

You sir are delusional. JMU might not beat UMass, but not a snowballs chance in hell the CAA's #1 defense against the run, #2 against the pass, #1 in Points Allowed, and #1 in Total Defense gives up 38 to UMass, even with a non offensive TD. In the last 3 seasons the # of times JMU has given up more than 28 to a I-AA= ZERO.

[BDKJMU]

Updated CAA Offensive Stats (CAA Games Only)


RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Towson.............. 7 311 1804 5.8 26 257.7
2. James Madison....... 7 327 1605 4.9 16 229.3
3. William and Mary.... 7 274 1183 4.3 9 169.0
4. New Hampshire....... 7 259 1158 4.5 17 165.4
5. Old Dominion........ 8 282 1237 4.4 13 154.6
6. Delaware............ 7 287 1009 3.5 11 144.1
7. Villanova........... 7 263 971 3.7 5 138.7
8. Maine............... 7 229 924 4.0 14 132.0
9. Rhode Island........ 7 263 886 3.4 8 126.6
10.Massachusetts....... 7 272 865 3.2 14 123.6
11.Richmond............ 7 185 382 2.1 6 54.6

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. New Hampshire....... 7 230 162 9 70.4 2031 8.8 9 290.1
2. Richmond............ 7 303 190 11 62.7 1963 6.5 11 280.4
3. Old Dominion........ 8 305 203 4 66.6 2223 7.3 20 277.9
4. Massachusetts....... 7 267 158 9 59.2 1826 6.8 9 260.9
5. Maine............... 7 233 153 7 65.7 1772 7.6 11 253.1
6. Rhode Island........ 7 200 118 13 59.0 1471 7.4 14 210.1
7. Towson.............. 7 166 108 7 65.1 1321 8.0 8 188.7
8. William and Mary.... 7 177 104 9 58.8 1307 7.4 8 186.7
9. Delaware............ 7 219 127 10 58.0 1261 5.8 8 180.1
10.Villanova........... 7 196 112 7 57.1 1099 5.6 11 157.0
11.James Madison....... 7 119 71 3 59.7 893 7.5 5 127.6

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. Towson.............. 7 36 32 1 0 5 0 265 37.9
2. Old Dominion........ 8 34 31 2 0 9 1 268 33.5
3. New Hampshire....... 7 28 23 3 0 11 0 230 32.9
4. Maine............... 7 28 21 2 2 4 0 209 29.9
5. Massachusetts....... 7 25 18 0 0 3 0 177 25.3
6. James Madison....... 7 21 20 0 0 8 0 170 24.3
Rhode Island........ 7 22 16 2 0 6 0 170 24.3
8. Delaware............ 7 20 15 3 0 9 0 168 24.0
9. Richmond............ 7 18 12 2 0 7 0 145 20.7
10.William and Mary.... 7 17 15 1 0 6 0 137 19.6
11.Villanova........... 7 16 13 0 0 6 0 127 18.1

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G
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1. New Hampshire....... 7 1158 2031 489 3189 6.5 26 455.6
2. Towson.............. 7 1804 1321 477 3125 6.6 34 446.4
3. Old Dominion........ 8 1237 2223 587 3460 5.9 33 432.5
4. Maine............... 7 924 1772 462 2696 5.8 25 385.1
5. Massachusetts....... 7 865 1826 539 2691 5.0 23 384.4
6. James Madison....... 7 1605 893 446 2498 5.6 21 356.9
7. William and Mary.... 7 1183 1307 451 2490 5.5 17 355.7
8. Rhode Island........ 7 886 1471 463 2357 5.1 22 336.7
9. Richmond............ 7 382 1963 488 2345 4.8 17 335.0
10.Delaware............ 7 1009 1261 506 2270 4.5 19 324.3
11.Villanova........... 7 971 1099 459 2070 4.5 16 295.7

[BDKJMU]

Defensive Stats: (Conference games only)
JMU is dominating. #1 Rushing Defense (no one else close) #1 Scoring Defense (no one else close), #1 Total Defense (no one else close), #2 Passing Defense. This is all after losing both starting DTs for the season early, each played in only 2 games.

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 7 228 578 2.5 6 82.6
2. Massachusetts....... 7 256 861 3.4 7 123.0
3. Old Dominion........ 8 305 1076 3.5 11 134.5
4. Delaware............ 7 216 979 4.5 10 139.9
5. Towson.............. 7 245 1063 4.3 15 151.9
6. William and Mary.... 7 275 1178 4.3 10 168.3
7. Rhode Island........ 7 278 1181 4.2 15 168.7
8. Villanova........... 7 285 1211 4.2 18 173.0
9. Maine............... 7 298 1252 4.2 13 178.9
10.New Hampshire....... 7 286 1300 4.5 14 185.7
11.Richmond............ 7 280 1345 4.8 20 192.1

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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1. Maine............... 7 198 118 9 59.6 1251 6.3 10 178.7
2. James Madison....... 7 221 130 7 58.8 1354 6.1 8 193.4
3. Rhode Island........ 7 189 123 6 65.1 1429 7.6 11 204.1
4. William and Mary.... 7 189 130 6 68.8 1433 7.6 10 204.7
5. Richmond............ 7 206 131 4 63.6 1441 7.0 7 205.9
6. New Hampshire....... 7 209 136 10 65.1 1476 7.1 9 210.9
7. Delaware............ 7 255 134 12 52.5 1566 6.1 7 223.7
8. Massachusetts....... 7 233 133 11 57.1 1663 7.1 15 237.6
9. Villanova........... 7 195 132 6 67.7 1723 8.8 11 246.1
10.Old Dominion........ 8 290 180 9 62.1 2011 6.9 15 251.4
11.Towson.............. 7 230 159 9 69.1 1820 7.9 11 260.0

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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1. James Madison....... 7 14 11 2 0 7 0 120 17.1
2. Delaware............ 7 18 16 1 0 7 0 147 21.0
3. William and Mary.... 7 20 20 0 0 8 0 164 23.4
4. Maine............... 7 24 17 0 0 3 0 170 24.3
5. Massachusetts....... 7 24 18 2 0 6 1 186 26.6
6. Old Dominion........ 8 27 20 3 0 9 0 215 26.9
7. New Hampshire....... 7 25 19 1 0 8 0 195 27.9
8. Towson.............. 7 27 24 2 1 5 0 207 29.6
9. Rhode Island........ 7 28 21 2 0 6 0 211 30.1
10.Richmond............ 7 29 28 1 1 6 0 224 32.0
11.Villanova........... 7 29 22 2 0 9 0 227 32.4

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G
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1. James Madison....... 7 578 1354 449 1932 4.3 14 276.0
2. Maine............... 7 1252 1251 496 2503 5.0 23 357.6
3. Massachusetts....... 7 861 1663 489 2524 5.2 22 360.6
4. Delaware............ 7 979 1566 471 2545 5.4 17 363.6
5. Rhode Island........ 7 1181 1429 467 2610 5.6 26 372.9
6. William and Mary.... 7 1178 1433 464 2611 5.6 20 373.0
7. Old Dominion........ 8 1076 2011 595 3087 5.2 26 385.9
8. New Hampshire....... 7 1300 1476 495 2776 5.6 23 396.6
9. Richmond............ 7 1345 1441 486 2786 5.7 27 398.0
10.Towson.............. 7 1063 1820 475 2883 6.1 26 411.9
11.Villanova........... 7 1211 1723 480 2934 6.1 29 419.1

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[∞∞∞]

For once, it was the offenses that dominated the CAA this season. No one should expect any semblance of a defense by the CAA representatives in the playoffs except for Maine. We're gonna look like 4 Big Sky teams out there (unless JMU sneaks in). That's not necessarily a bad thing...our offenses are pretty good.

[BDKJMU]

This ought to help JMU, who also leads the CAA in sacks BTW:

"....The Minutemen have had three different starting quarterbacks over the last three games.
Kellen Pagel was the No. 1 quarterback, but he was hurt late in the Richmond game which forced UMass to go with his backup, Brandon Hill. But Hill injured his arm in the Villanova game, forcing UMass to go with Ray Pendagast against Maine......

.....On paper it appears as if Pendagast struggled. He had one interception and fumbled three times. But two of the fumbles were strip sacks when the Black Bears sent an all-out blitz and the third was a shotgun snap that went awry.
The redshirt freshman played very well in the first half, but struggled some in the second when Maine got more of a pass rush on him. Considering it was his first action at quarterback in his college career, Pendagast certainly earned the right to compete with Pagel and Hill this week for the season finale against James Madison....."
http://www.masslive.com/umassfootball/i ... ble_w.html

[BDKJMU]

For once, it was the offenses that dominated the CAA this season. No one should expect any semblance of a defense by the CAA representatives in the playoffs except for Maine. We're gonna look like 4 Big Sky teams out there (unless JMU sneaks in). That's not necessarily a bad thing...our offenses are pretty good.

Defense wins championships, especially when talking about Dec playoff games in less than ideal conditions. Punishing running games and defense are at a premium. Smashmouth. Thats why I don't see any CAA team making the title game.

Off the top of my head 6 of the last 7 teams to appear in the NC game: UD 03', JMU 04', UMass 06', UR 08', Nova 09', UD 10' all had very good defenses and very good running games. The only one that didn't have a real good defense was UD 07' but had Flacco at QB, and a stud tailback in Omar Cuff, good OL & offensively could still smashmouth. The rest weren't teams with great finesse offenses, mediocre to poor defenses like Towson, UNH, & ODU. They were built for December smashmouth teams.

[Seahawks08]

Maine @ New Hampshire
William & Mary @ Richmond
Towson @ Rhode Island
James Madison @ Massachusetts
Delaware @ Villanova

Bonus/Future CAA pick....

Campbell @ Georgia State

I'm going to the Del/Nova game, should I bring a knife or 9 mm for protection?

[ODUfanRazor]

Don't hate on Ga State. They STILL believe:

I get what you're saying, but I wouldn't swap GSU for ODU. Sure, they are having a great year but they have nowhere near the potential of GSU. We're like the kid who couldn't walk until he was two and went on to be a track star. We're still trying to get our chubby legs moving but we'll get there, and when we do, ODU will be in the rearview. None of us should talk about withholding money or support. This team needs us to stand by them. I'm pissed beyond words but we'll mock this season while drinking beer at the 2017 GSU-ECU tailgate.

Gotta think this guy would have been first in line for the Kool-Aid in Guyana...

This just keeps getting better.



They've completely lost their grip on reality. Renting the Ga Dome and bringing 5,000 fans does NOT mean you have more potential than ODU. Just ask West Alabama or St. Francis.....or Lambuth. Jesus.

[bluehenbillk]

Maine 51 UNH 48 - Game goes 3OT - UNH gets dropped to an opening round game, quarterfinal streak in jeopardy
W&M 24 UR 17 - Spiders didn't look interested vs UD last week - Grimes go out in style - 150+
TU 38 URI 28 - The Tigers finish strong in front of the smallest crowd this year in the CAA over/under 2,100
JMU 27 UMass 21 - Minutemen swan song is an L - if Pagel was playing & healthy I'd go UMass but w Thorpe back go with the Dukes
UD 31 VU 14 - Hens motivated to end losing streak to a overly young Mildcat team - and yes, they are serving ice cold beer at PPL Park!!!

[kdinva]

Maine @ New Hampshire
William & Mary @ Richmond
Towson @ Rhode Island
James Madison @ Massachusetts
Delaware @ Villanova

[easterntennhen]

Delaware 34 villanova 21. Towson 40 rhode island 24. Maine 31 new hampshire 27. Umass 28 james madison 24. William&mary 35 richmond 23

[AZGrizFan]

Maine @ New Hampshire
William & Mary @ Richmond
Towson @ Rhode Island
James Madison @ Massachusetts
Delaware @ Villanova

Bonus/Future CAA pick....

Campbell @ Georgia State

[BDKJMU]

JMU needed 3 of the 5 to lose to highly likely get in:

-Ill State to lose to UNI, and they did. Ill State 7-4 vs I-AA, 0-2 vs playoff, 2 losses to non playoff, 1 loss to 2-9 E Ill, might get in, but behind JMU

-YSU to lose to SIU, and they did. YSU eliminated at 6-5.

-Indiana State to lose to Missouri State, and they did. Indiana State eliminated at 6-5.

-Furman to lose @ Florida, and they did. FU eliminated at 6-5.

-Wofford to lose @ Chattanooga. Wofford won 28-27.

JMU having 4 of those other 5 contenders for the last 3 spots lose was more than I expected. Great news for JMU.

[BDKJMU]

JMU 34-17 over UMass. JMU 3rd game behind a rebuilt OL missing 2 starters, facing the #2 rushing defense in the CAA, rushes for 386....

-Dae'quan Scott, after 13 carries 127 yards last week, including a 66 yd TD run vs URI, today had 30 carries for 251 yards, 2 TDs, including a 66 yarder. May get CAA Offensive Player of the Week....

#1 rush defense in the CAA hold Hernandez to 47 yards on 15 carries...

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