JMU has plenty of athletes on offense including D Scott.bluehenbillk wrote:Personally I think ODU could be ahead of JMU this year. JMU had a really good defense last year, it took a hit with the felonies that happened a month or two ago & who knows who's involved with the latest weekend brawl other than their QB Edwards per JMU's board.
Defense isn't their problem though - D'Quan(sp) Scott is the only skill guy they have that is scary & the OL which had been the teams strength for years was their achilles heel last year - and there is no real reason to expect a 180 there this year. I understand the optimism about Cosh but 1- he's a FR, 2 - taking it from a school (UD) that has had a lot of transfer QB's - even guys like Flacco & Devlin were only able to so so much in their 1st year without talent around them & 3- JMU under MM has never been a passing offense, it's always been run 1st.
ODU should make some noise this year - I'd expect they'd win at least 3 league games.
As far as the o-line, 2 of those starters who were pressed into action due to losing 2 seniors for the season in Aug will go from being rFr with zero starting experience to another year in the weight room and rSo with a yr of starting experience, which likely means a huge improvement. Also had a 1st yr starting rSo last season who will be a rJr with a yr starting experience. Center Babington who was 3rd team All CAA will be a 3rd yr starting rSr and likely a pre season All CAA. The o-line will be better at 4 of 5 positions and will be better, maybe much better, than last season.
As far as QB it could be Cosh, it could be Edwards, or could be Thorpe, the 09' CAA rookie of the year.
Two 3 point losses, two 7 point, and a 14 point. Heck, the offense which returns 8 starters, could show zero improvement, and with the defense (as of now 10 starters, doz from the last 2 seasons) back even being better than it was last yr, maybe the best ever, would likely be enough to get JMU in the playoffs. And as long as the offense even gets mediocre QB play the offense will be improved.
Dammit! Shouldn't that have been disclosed on the voting site...that kind of information can make a difference sometimes.
