Semis: #3 Weber St (11-3) @ #2 JMU (13-1), Sat, 12/21, 6:30 PM, ESPNU

[BDKJMU]

Welcome to Streamersburg!!! 10-0 JMU still 1st qtr..

[BDKJMU]

I thought you wanted NDSU to lose?

I want JMU to lose too.

No more Bush's, Clinton's, NDSU's, or JMU's!

Throw the bastards out!!!!!

Weeber 2020

JMU ‘could’ beat NDSU. Weber can’t..

[BDKJMU]

Another JMU TD! 17-0 JMU early 2nd..

[93henfan]

Yep, this one's over. Heading out to run errands.

[BDKJMU]

Damn JMU’s AA LB #2 Holloway just got help to the injury tent hobbling bad..

[BDKJMU]

Damn JMU’s AA LB #2 Holloway just got help to the injury tent hobbling bad..

Just got taken to locker room barefoot right foot.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Weber scores on a Stitt fly sweep.

17-7 Dukes, 1:23 2Q

[BDKJMU]

JMU stops Weber near midfield. After play dumbass personal foul on JMU, Weber 1st down. Next play long pass to 2 yd line, Weber scores TD, 17-7 late 2nd.

[Mvemjsunpx]

JMU gets a 34-yard TD pass on the final play of the half

24-7 Dukes at the half

[BDKJMU]

HOLY FUCK JMU GETS A 34 HAILY MARY ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE HALF TO 6’5”/230 RILEY STAPLETON!! 24-7 JMU halftime..

[Mvemjsunpx]

27-7 Dukes after three…

[Mvemjsunpx]

JMU wins 30-14

Good thing I didn't actually have money on this game. I picked 17, the spread was 16.5, and JMU won by 16.

[BDKJMU]

I predicted 31 to 10 last week after the line had climbed to -19.5.. I'll never predict a shut out. Even with Weber's Davis possibly limited, odds are very high they will score at least 1 TD, even with a struggling offense. They have a good defense & special teams. Too many ways to score a score a TD- on a busted or trick play, defense, special teams..

JMU and Weber both have excellent FG kickers (Weber's is 23-28, JMU's is 22-28 (was 22-26, but missed last 2 vs UNI, from 47, which would have been a carerr long, and from 36. Before that had hit 10 straight).

So I got to go with Weber scoring a minimum 10 points. I was gonna go with JMU 27, Weber 10, but Mvemjsumpx already picked that score. JMU has only not covered the spread 2 times this season:
-in their OT win @ SBU (which was a 3rd straight road game after 2 Sept hot ones with 5 JMU turnovers, by far their worst game of the season
-last week vs UNI.
Right now the line has climbed to JMU-16.5 (I forgot what it opened with). I'll go with:
JMU 27, Weber 13.

I'll grant you a garbage time TD maybe for Weber

Pretty close.

[BDKJMU]

Riley Stapleton in 3 seasons top 2 games:
2017 quarterfinal win over Weber St: 8 receptions/189 yds/1 TD.
2019 semifinal win over Weber St: 9 receptions/162 yds/2 TDs.
2 game total: 17 receptions, 351 yds, 3 TDs..while playing on a run heavy team..

Younger brother Dylan Stapleton last night, 2nd Team All CAA TE & former walkon from Div II Slippery Rock, 4 receptions 31 yds. 13 of JMU’s 19 receptions were by the Stapleton brothers.

[SuperHornet]

I'm REALLY disappointed....

[SunCoastBlueHen]

I'm REALLY disappointed....

One would think you'd be used to that feeling by now.

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[Wildcat Ryan]

Just goes to show how much the rest of the FCS needs to go to start challenging NDSU and JMU

[BDKJMU]

I'm REALLY disappointed....

That the Big Sky got punked really badly yesterday?

[UNI88]

Riley Stapleton in 3 seasons top 2 games:
2017 quarterfinal win over Weber St: 8 receptions/189 yds/1 TD.
2019 semifinal win over Weber St: 9 receptions/162 yds/2 TDs.
2 game total: 17 receptions, 351 yds, 3 TDs..while playing on a run heavy team..

Younger brother Dylan Stapleton last night, 2nd Team All CAA TE & former walkon from Div II Slippery Rock, 4 receptions 31 yds. 13 of JMU’s 19 receptions were by the Stapleton brothers.

Riley seems like a great guy ...

According to court documents, he kept a woman from leaving the bathroom at a house party and "attempted to have indecent contact," but failed "due to his intoxicated state."

JMU wide receiver Stapleton suspended for 3 games after false imprisonment plea

[BDKJMU]

Riley Stapleton in 3 seasons top 2 games:
2017 quarterfinal win over Weber St: 8 receptions/189 yds/1 TD.
2019 semifinal win over Weber St: 9 receptions/162 yds/2 TDs.
2 game total: 17 receptions, 351 yds, 3 TDs..while playing on a run heavy team..

Younger brother Dylan Stapleton last night, 2nd Team All CAA TE & former walkon from Div II Slippery Rock, 4 receptions 31 yds. 13 of JMU’s 19 receptions were by the Stapleton brothers.

Riley seems like a great guy ...

According to court documents, he kept a woman from leaving the bathroom at a house party and "attempted to have indecent contact," but failed "due to his intoxicated state."

JMU wide receiver Stapleton suspended for 3 games after false imprisonment plea

Old news (incident from 2 1/2 years ago) that has already been beat to death. Publicly reported no witnesses, a he said/she said, both had been drinking. Extremely poor decision making on the part of a then 19 year old. Cignetti probably knew far more about the situation than publicly reported, and has a rep as a no bullshit disciplinarian at IUP, Elon, and now JMU. I trust that he handled the situation appropriately, and will any future issues with any other players.

[BDKJMU]

Damn JMU’s AA LB #2 Holloway just got help to the injury tent hobbling bad..

Just got taken to locker room barefoot right foot.

Came out 2nd half, did warmup drills, looked good to me but didn't play. Cignetti said ankle sprain, should be fine for Frisco. That would've been huge if he couldn't play. As a sopmore in the 2016 semis @ NDSU had 16 tackles, dnp vs NDSU 2017 NC due to taking a redshirt due to injury.

[BDKJMU]

1st 6 possessions:
-Weber 3 and out
-JMU FG
-Weber 3 and out
-JMU TD
Weber 3 and out
-JMU TD
That was effectively the game. JMU DC Corey Hetherman was the Maine DC last year when then #7 seed Maine upset then #2 seed Weber in the quarterfinals. Think that helped JMU a little.

2nd qtr each team got a TD they shouldn't have.
-JMU stopped Weber near midfield 3rd down, but after the whistle backup JMU LB (in for injured AA LB #2) boneheaded late hit out of bounds. Next play Constatine completed 37 yd pass to the JMU 2 & Weber punched it in.
-Hill called boneheaded timeout before JMU missed 51 yd FG. Then had Dinucci to Stapleton hail mary.

Final Weber TD with about 3 min left down 30-7.
End of game JMU was on the Weber 10 and could have scored again if they wanted to.

JMU 467 yds offense (212 rushing/255 passing). Dinucci 19 for 27, 2 TDs/0 INT, 62 net rushing, 1 TD.
Weber 256 yds offense (70 rushing/186 passing).

[BDKJMU]

Weber played well- 0 penalties, 0 turnovers, 0 sacks (although JMU got a lot of pressure & hits on Constatine).
Congrats to them on another great season.

Weber Game notes 2 deep showed only 4 seniors of 22, and their senior punter from down under. Offense only RT, and defense the 2 AA de ends and their All BS LB. By my count 10 All BS slated to return, and should be the clear favorites in the Big Sky next year, and probably pre season top 3. + will probably have a handful of 20-22 yr old "freshmen" coming off LDS missions. Wouldn't be surprised to see the 2020 NC game Weber/NDSU.

Sept 2021 JMU @ Weber, and Sept 2022 Weber @ JMU. Awesome home and home series..

[SuperHornet]

I'm REALLY disappointed....

That the Big Sky got punked really badly yesterday?

Exactly....