BlueHen86 wrote:BDKJMU wrote:JMU vs UD OOC
UNC (6-5) > Navy (4-7)
Both JMU (42-10) & UD (40-17) got worked over.
Liberty (7-4) > DSU (3-8/1-7)
JMU won by 3 @ Liberty who is far superior to DSU, who only beat VMI & Div II Shaw. UD destroyed DSU at home 45-0.
Cent Conn St (4-7)> Div II WCU (5-6)
Both JMU & UD struggled to beat far inferior teams.
So neither team has an advantage vs OOC.
JMU & UD both went 5-3 in the CAA. JMU DNP playoff bye Towson. UD DNP playoff bye UNH. Each faced 3 CAA playoff opponents.
JMU went 0-3 vs CAA playoff teams (lost Maine by 1 OT, @ ODU by 3, @ UNH by 18).
UD went 2-1 vs CAA playoff teams (beat ODU by 10, TU by 5, lost @ Maine by 14)
Big advantage UD here.
JMU had 0 losses to non playoff teams, 0 bad losses.
UD had 2 losses to non playoff teams, both bad losses, 21-10 to UMass (5-6/3-5) and 38-34 @ URI (3-8/2-6).
Big advantage JMU here
So so far its still even.
Point differential vs common opponents:
UD 27, ODU 17. ODU 23, JMU 20 (UD + 13)
UD 21, W&M 0. JMU 20, W&M 14 (UD +15)
JMU 31, UR 7. UD 24, UR 10 (JMU +10)
Maine 25, JMU 24. Maine 31, UD 17. (JMU +13)
JMU 34, Villanova 10. UD 26, Villanova 16 (JMU + 14)
JMU 34, UMass 17. Umass 21, UD 10. (JMU +28)
JMU 31, URI 13. URI 38, UD 34. (JMU +22)
Unless my math is off JMU +59 over UD in point differential vs 7 common CAA opponents.
BDKJMU - you don't need to do this. You guys deserve to be in, you don't have to justify it. Good luck.
86' Thanks.
In Thorpe's last 9 I-AA starts he is 9-0 (last 4 09', 5 this season). He doesn't get suspended for 5 games, I'm convinced JMU beats Maine & ODU & is 9-2, and UD is having this arguement with a 5-3 CAA ODU instead of a 5-3 JMU. After all, yesterday against UMass & the then #2 rushing defense in the CAA JMU rushes for 386, even missing 2 OL starters. JMU is a different offense with Thorpe, especially compared to Edwards last 3 starts (separated non throwing shoulder + sprained ankle last start vs UNH). With the shoulder injury Mickey didn't want to run him, & then with the ankle sprain (he didn't dress vs URI) he couldn't run. In JMU's system a rebuilt OL + immobile QB = doesn't work. But Thorpe was an idiot & thems the breaks.
Another thing the Montana AD on the selection committee said:
"We look at everything that's available to us. We look at the polls, we look at the rankings, the ratings, whatever might be available to us. The one valuable thing about sitting together in the room is you have 10 (other) people who are from various parts of the country who might know some things that don't necessarily show on paper.
For example, in a certain game, did they miss a key player, did they miss their quarterback, did they miss a running back?"
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So even if UD had that 7 Div I win against a crap I-AA instead of WCU I think the above might have come into play. In that case think UD wouldn't have gotten instead of JMU, but rather would have gotten in over EKU (or Ill State).