2014 CAA Predictions!!!

[93henfan]

We're the same age as her, well at least I am.

I'm a tad younger than both of you. And they didn't hold me back a grade in college like you.

[wayne7070]

We're the same age as her, well at least I am.

I'm a tad younger than both of you. And they didn't hold me back a grade in college like you.

Yer a young whippersnapper!

[89Hen]

Which would probably be 10-2 overall. I think that's nuts. I nailed it with them last season I predicted on the JMU board for them to go 10-2 last season (albeit 7-1 in conference, not 6-2).

BTW I was wrong on Nova when I said semis in 09' and 2-9 in 10'. It was semis in 10' and 2-9 in 11'.

89 was pointing out that giving up one's testicles is a bit of a severe price to pay for losing a wager.

[BDKJMU]

Article from Richmond Times Dispatch a couple of days ago:

"Replay will be part of CAA Football’s look this season

CAA commissioner Tom Yeager said that his league this football season will “put our foot in the water” regarding video replay to assist game officials.

CAA Football, which includes Richmond, William and Mary and James Madison, plans to implement a replay system in selected televised games. The league has never before utilized replay, though some CAA schools have participated in the FCS playoffs where replay was used.

“Hopefully, we’ll do 12 games (with replay), one from each campus,” Yeager said.

The CAA will assess the possibility of expanding replay in future years based on this season’s experience and various factors at stadiums of member schools. Some CAA schools at this time do not have infrastructure in place to conduct replay if the game is not televised.

“This is a pretty formal step, in that continued exploration for down-the-road replay in all of the (league) games,” Yeager said.

The CAA has not finalized the list of games that will use replay this season.

A number of other FCS leagues are also using replay this season to varying degrees. The FBS has had replay for years.

A half-dozen other things to consider as CAA Football season draws nearer:

1 How large an impact will Lavaedeay “Vad” Lee have at James Madison?

Lee, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound redshirt junior, started all 13 of Georgia Tech’s games last season, passing for 1,561 yards and 15 touchdowns and rushing for 513 yards and eight touchdowns. The Dukes open on Aug. 30 at Maryland. A steady, experienced hand at QB will be helpful. Seven of JMU’s 12 games will be played on the road.

2 Homecoming comes on Sept. 6 at the University of Virginia for a pair of Richmond redshirt senior quarterbacks. Before transferring, Michael Strauss and Michael Rocco both played at U.Va., where Rocco started 21 games. Strauss is UR’s starter after setting several school passing records last season, when Rocco redshirted.

At Richmond, 17 regulars are back from a 6-6 team (4-4 in CAA Football). The Spiders have 23 seniors.

3 Elon joined the CAA. The North Carolina private school switched from the Southern Conference in all sports on July 1, becoming the CAA’s 12th football member.

“Over the years they’ve been very competitive in the Southern Conference. I think they’re going to be a great addition,” said Yeager. “It’s a school that looks an awful lot like Richmond and William and Mary and Villanova, even Madison, to a degree.”

4 One-third of the league has new coaches. Everett Withers takes over at JMU, Elon hired Rich Skrosky, Albany brought in Greg Gattuso, and Rhode Island is led by Jim Fleming. Among the new coaches, only Withers commands a team projected to have playoff potential.

But as Yeager noted, “Every time there’s a coaching change, there’s a new variable in the mix.”

5 William and Mary is likely to remain the league’s finest defensive team.

The Tribe allowed an average of 14 points last season, second nationally.

Several of that unit’s top players return in lineman Mike Reilly, linebackers Luke Rhodes and Airek Green (Thomas Dale), and cornerback DeAndre Houston-Carson.

Defensive coordinator Scott Boone moved to the same job on the Nevada staff, but enough quality manpower returns to give W&M a strong foundation for new coordinator Trevor Andrews, an in-program promotion.

6 The league may be as balanced as it has been in many years. Maine won the 2013 championship and doesn’t figure to be a top-half finisher this season. Look for Villanova, New Hampshire (10 consecutive playoff appearances), Richmond, Towson, W&M and JMU to contend. “Truly, one play in a game here or there changes you from being 8-4 or 4-8,” said Yeager.

CAA Football predicted order of finish

1. Villanova

2. New Hampshire

3. Richmond

4. Towson

5. William and Mary

6. James Madison

7. Delaware

8. Stony Brook

9. Maine

10. Rhode Island

11. Elon

12. Albany"
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[93henfan]

Seven of JMU’s 12 games will be played on the road.

After building that giant half stadium? Your AD needs to be fired for only getting five home games.

[kalm]

Kelly Bundy was hot, especially in the early years.

I felt myself to her maybe once or twice.

I'd take a mother-daughter with Peg.

[bluehenbillk]

Seven of JMU’s 12 games will be played on the road.

After building that giant half stadium? Your AD needs to be fired for only getting five home games.

Agreed 100% - JMU's admin is just as bad, if not worse than UD's & that's a big mountain to climb.

[BDKJMU]

Seven of JMU’s 12 games will be played on the road.

After building that giant half stadium? Your AD needs to be fired for only getting five home games.

Agreed. Had 7 home last yr and 5 on road. UNCC was a last minute home add on last late July after ODU dropped its 14' trip to Charlotte & then UNCC retaliated by dropping their 13' trip to Norfolk. JMU bailed UNCC out. JMU should have insisted that last yr's game was @ UNCC and this years was @ JMU. That would have balanced out both last yr and this yr at 6 home and 6 away.

Or could have made the Lehigh game @ home this season and away next season to make 6 home and 6 away this yr.

Bottom line is 5 home, 7 away. 4 OOC games, 3 on the road, and all will be difficult.
@ MD
@ UNCC: Last yr @ JMU, 1st season of football, 2 scholly classes, about 55 on scholly.
----------This yr: @ UNCC, 2nd season of football, 3 scholly classes, about 75 on scholly.
-----------Will be night and day. UNCC will be vastly improved over last season.
@ Lehigh: Top Patriot team in 11' (playoffs), 12' (10-1), and were 2nd best last season to AQ ineligible
------------Fordham, no playoffs at 8-3 (Lafayette got AQ at 5-6, a joke).
StFU: only cupcake.

Jeff Bourne is known for screwing things up:
2004 playing @ Lehigh in the 1st round of the playoffs because he lowballed the bid.
2008 only 11 games when could have had 12.
2009 Having a "bye" week the opening weekend of the season, so JMU had to play 11 straight with no bye in between.
2011 playing @ EKU in the 1st round of the 11' playoffs because he lowballed the bid (although there are those on the JMU board who claim that the Sr VP for Admin & Finance at JMU Charlie King was calling the financial shots). This was the opening season of JMU's new stadium when were avg 25k.That would have been a great opportunity to show off JMU's 62 million new stadium on nat TV (game was televised on ESPN2) with a decent crowd. Wofford 1st round 08' Thanksgiving day weekend had 12,800. Think would have been around 15-16k that weekend. Instead played @ EKU in front of 2400 in a relic.
2014 only 5 home games with 7 on the road.

2012 did get us the game @ Fed Ex vs WVU, and he has had a hand in the facilities expansion:
-the 10 million in 04' Atheltic support facility off one end of Bridgeforth
-the Bridgeforth expansion
-new baseball stadium
-new field hockey/lacrosse/soccer track stadium).

[LeadBolt]

Here's my first guess for 2014:

1). Richmond
2). New Hampshire
3). W&M
4). Villanova
5). Delaware
6). Towson
7). JMU
8). Albany
9). Maine
10). Stony Brook
11). Rhode Island
12). Elon

[89Hen]

Here's my first guess for 2014:

1). Richmond

[93henfan]

This is pretty much throwing darts, but in a pretty weak and wide open CAA, I'll go with:

1). Villanova
2). W&M
3). New Hampshire
4). JMU
5). Maine
6). Richmond
7). Delaware
8). Towson
9). Albany
10). Stony Brook
11). Rhode Island
12). Elon

Methodology: wild ass guess

[LeadBolt]

Here's my first guess for 2014:

1). Richmond

Top 4 should be New Hampshire, Villanova, Richmond, and William & Mary, imho. Mix them up any way you want, but the way that Richmond ended the season was quite impressive to me.

Delaware, Towson, and JMU shouldn't be overlooked and could end up in the top 4 with about 2 plays going an unexpected way.

I don't expect much from Elon, Maine, Stony Book, Albany or Rhode Island although each could have a win or two that decides who the top 4 are and who is likely to go to the playoffs.

BTW: I also ascribe to the WAG methodology.

[BDKJMU]

Top 4 should be New Hampshire, Villanova, Richmond, and William & Mary, imho. Mix them up any way you want, but the way that Richmond ended the season was quite impressive to me.

Delaware, Towson, and JMU shouldn't be overlooked and could end up in the top 4 with about 2 plays going an unexpected way.

I don't expect much from Elon, Maine, Stony Book, Albany or Rhode Island although each could have a win or two that decides who the top 4 are and who is likely to go to the playoffs.

BTW: I also ascribe to the WAG methodology.

W&M better get an offense if they want to contend for the CAA title & make the playoffs. #1 in defense and #10 of 11 in Total Offense (last yr CAA games only) ain't gonna cut it. W&M 2013 was similar to the JMU teams from 09'-12'. 3 of those 4 seasons JMU had really good/great defense, subpar offense, no playoffs. I have your same top 7, but like I said on the 1st page its VU, UNH and 2-3 of those next 5 in no particular order (JMU, UD, W&M, UR, TU) for the 24 team playoff.

[BDKJMU]

CAA TV schedule released. Only 4 games nationally televised on NBCS as opposed to the last 2 seasons with 6 I believe. I went ahead and highlighted them

UR gets 2, 1 at home.
W&M gets 2, 1 at home.
UNH gets 2, 1 at home.
Maine gets 1 at home.
JMU gets 1 on the road.

None @ JMU or @ UD. Very surprised.

Date Matchup Time Network
Sept. 13 Lehigh at New Hampshire 3:30 p.m. ASN
Sept. 20 James Madison at Villanova 12:30 p.m. CSN
Sept. 20 New Hampshire at Richmond 4 p.m. CSN
Sept. 20 Charlotte at Elon 7 p.m. ASN
Sept. 27 Delaware at James Madison 4 p.m. CSN
Sept. 27 Maine at Towson 7 p.m. CSN
Oct. 4 Stony Brook at Towson 3:30 p.m. CSN
Oct. 11 Towson at James Madison 12:30 p.m. CSN
Oct. 11 William & Mary at New Hampshire 3:30 p.m. NBCSN
Oct. 11 Maine at Stony Brook 7 p.m. ASN
Oct. 18 Towson at Delaware 12:30 p.m. CSN
Oct. 18 Rhode Island at Richmond 3:30 p.m. ASN
Oct. 25 Maine at Rhode Island 12 p.m. ASN
Oct. 25 Delaware at William & Mary 12:30 p.m. CSN
Nov. 1 Villanova at Richmond 12:30 p.m. CSN
Nov. 1 William & Mary at James Madison 3:30 p.m. ASN
Nov. 8 Elon at William & Mary 3:30 p.m. CSN
Nov. 8 Towson at Villanova 7 p.m. ASN
Nov. 15 James Madison at Richmond 12:30 p.m. NBCSN
Nov. 15 William & Mary at Towson 3 p.m. CSN
Nov. 15 UAlbany at Villanova 7 p.m. ASN
Nov. 22 Elon at James Madison 12 p.m. ASN
Nov. 22 New Hampshire at Maine 3:30 p.m. NBCSN
Nov. 22 Richmond at William & Mary 7:30 p.m. NBCSN
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[LeadBolt]

Top 4 should be New Hampshire, Villanova, Richmond, and William & Mary, imho. Mix them up any way you want, but the way that Richmond ended the season was quite impressive to me.

Delaware, Towson, and JMU shouldn't be overlooked and could end up in the top 4 with about 2 plays going an unexpected way.

I don't expect much from Elon, Maine, Stony Book, Albany or Rhode Island although each could have a win or two that decides who the top 4 are and who is likely to go to the playoffs.

BTW: I also ascribe to the WAG methodology.

W&M better get an offense if they want to contend for the CAA title & make the playoffs. #1 in defense and #10 of 11 in Total Offense (last yr CAA games only) ain't gonna cut it. W&M 2013 was similar to the JMU teams from 09'-12'. 3 of those 4 seasons JMU had really good/great defense, subpar offense, no playoffs. I have your same top 7, but like I said on the 1st page its VU, UNH and 2-3 of those next 5 in no particular order (JMU, UD, W&M, UR, TU) for the 24 team playoff.

I agree with the portion of your post i bolded above. Where W&M finishes in the top 7 depends on the QB and OLine replacements, assuming the rest of the O and the D performs as they have in the past.

[93henfan]

None @ JMU or @ UD. Very surprised.

11,000 people in a 22,000 seat stadium doesn't look so great on TV.

I'll get my butt back in a seat if the school ever decides to recommit to football.

[BDKJMU]

None @ JMU or @ UD. Very surprised.

11,000 people in a 22,000 seat stadium doesn't look so great on TV.

I'll get my butt back in a seat if the school ever decides to recommit to football.

Neither does 5k in a 10k stadium either (Maine hosting an NBCSports game).

[BDKJMU]

BTW, for anyone wondering what the heck this ASN network is, press release from last week on the 17th announcing the launch of the new network:
"Sinclair Broadcast Group To Launch The American Sports Network; Enters Into Sports Rights And Content Development Agreements With Leading NCAA Conferences"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sincla ... 2014-07-17" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sports_Network" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BDKJMU]

Out today during the CAA media day:

CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM, PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
http://caasports.com/news/2014/7/18/FB_0718141241.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2014 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Position Name Year Height Weight School
Quarterback John Robertson Junior 6-1 215 Villanova

2014 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Position Name Year Height Weight School
Defensive Line Mike Reilly Senior 6-4 265 William and Mary

2014 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
OFFENSE
Position Name Year Height Weight School
Quarterback John Robertson Junior 6-1 215 Villanova
Running Back Omar Osbourne Senior 6-1 195 UAlbany
Running Back Nico Steriti Senior 5-11 224 New Hampshire
Fullback Emmanuel Holder Junior 5-11 255 Towson
Wide Receiver Stephen Barnette Senior 6-3 190 Richmond
Wide Receiver R.J. Harris Senior 6-0 203 New Hampshire
Wide Receiver Tre McBride Senior 6-2 205 William and Mary
Tight End Nick Boyle Senior 6-4 265 Delaware
Offensive Line Austin Gund Senior 6-3 305 Richmond
Offensive Line Ross Hall Senior 6-4 300 Villanova
Offensive Line Bruce Johnson Junior 6-3 285 Maine
Offensive Line Andrew Jones Junior 6-1 280 William and Mary
Offensive Line Vince Kowalski Senior 6-4 305 Villanova

DEFENSE
Position Name Year Height Weight School
Defensive Line Trevor Bates Junior 6-2 245 Maine
Defensive Line Ryan Delaire Senior 6-4 250 Towson
Defensive Line Evan Kelly Junior 6-2 285 Richmond
Defensive Line Mike Reilly Senior 6-4 265 William and Mary
Linebacker Andrew Bose Senior 6-2 232 Rhode Island
Linebacker Airek Green Senior 6-0 225 William and Mary
Linebacker Christophe MulumbaTshimanga Sophomore 6-1 235 Maine
Linebacker Luke Rhodes Junior 6-2 242 William and Mary
Safety Christian Carpenter Junior 6-2 185 Towson
Safety Dean Marlowe Senior 6-2 205 James Madison
Cornerback DeAndre Houston-Carson Junior 6-1 205 William and Mary
Cornerback Tye Smith Senior 6-0 170 Towson

SPECIAL TEAMS
Position Name Year Height Weight School
Return Specialist Tre McBride Senior 6-2 205 William and Mary
Placekicker Sean Decloux Junior 6-2 184 Maine
Punter Eric Enderson Sophomore 6-1 210 Delaware

2014 CAA FOOTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH (first-place votes)
1. New Hampshire(15)
2. Villanova(2)
3. Richmond(3)
4. William and Mary(3)
5. Towson
6. Delaware
7. Maine
8. James Madison (1)
9. Stony Brook
10. UAlbany
11. Rhode Island
12. Elon
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[vutomcat]

Here's my cut at it. Should be good for a laugh at the end of the year.

1. New Hampshire (benefits from not playing Towson and Nova)
2. Richmond (returning so many seniors and late season surge is enough to merit high ranking)
3. Towson (O-line questions but plenty of talent elsewhere)
4. William and Mary (DEFENSE keeps them in every game)
5. Villanova (-D-Line losses and P/K will be tough to replace -Abdur-Rahman's loss hurts the Cats too-he was their second best game breaker-hope I am wrong and Robinson can carry this team on his back)
6. JMU- (lots of changes)
7. Delaware (could be better than this)
8. Maine (back to reality)
9. Stony Brook
10. UAlbany
11. Rhode Island
12. Elon

[MTfan4life]

Pretty much throwing darts blindly as well, but here's my go.

1. New Hampshire - They return a bunch and have a cozy schedule. Don't play Towson, Nova, or JMU. Also, one of the few to have Stony, Alb, RI, and Elon on their sched.
2. William & Mary - That defense looks tough. Will it be enough to vault them near the top? I think so.
3. Villanova - They have one of the best players in the country behind center.
4. Richmond- They looked to be strong last year and struggled too much early on. Need a better start this season.
5. Towson - West will be a big loss along with people on the line. Not playing Nova or Richmond will help though.
6. Delaware - Inconsistency has been a killer for them in year's past.
7. Maine - After another out of nowhere year, this should be another around .500 season.
8. James Madison - Unlikely territory sitting in the bottom half of the conference.
9. Stony Brook
10. Elon - It will be interesting to see how they fare in the CAA
11. Rhode Island
12. Albany

[93henfan]

^
As good as any other prediction here

Not bad for someone living in a clapboard cabin with a typewriter, miscellaneous bomb-making materials, and a bicycle to ride into town and make this post on the community-access free internet terminal.

That is what Montana is like, right?

[MTfan4life]

^
As good as any other prediction here

Not bad for someone living in a clapboard cabin with a typewriter, miscellaneous bomb-making materials, and a bicycle to ride into town and make this post on the community-access free internet terminal.

That is what Montana is like, right?

You nailed most of it. I'm not some rich slob who owns a bicycle, though, but you got everything else right!
However, I currently live in NDSU territory, so a covered wagon is the popular home of choice over here. Internet is whatever came before dial-up.

[Grizalltheway]

^
As good as any other prediction here

Not bad for someone living in a clapboard cabin with a typewriter, miscellaneous bomb-making materials, and a bicycle to ride into town and make this post on the community-access free internet terminal.

That is what Montana is like, right?

Internet, in Lincoln? Shirley, you jest.

You can get some damn fine huckleberry ribs there, however.

[BDKJMU]

JMU will definitely be a new look team this season. Brand new HC and entirely new staff. 8 transfers:
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4 of those 8 are proven on the field:
-Georgia Techs starting QB from last season Vad Lee.
-rSr UNC WR who was 2 deep the last 3 seasons, started 7 games in 12' as their 2nd leading WR.
-rSr UNC OT who was 2 deep 2 of the last 3 seasons
-rSo Tenn RB who was their #4? RB last season (played in 8 games, 10 carries, 58 yds)