What's Wrong With The CAA?

[BDKJMU]

Pre season top 5 by the coaches:

1.W&M: worse beating a CAA has received from a I-A, losing to UVGay 40-3, followed by a less than impressive 24-7 win over VMI.

2.JMU- worked over by UNC 42-10 (are 3 CAA losses to I-As that are worse point wise). In an ugly 14-9 win over pre season #1 pick in NEC CCSU JMU rushes for 342 but turns the ball over 5x (-3 in TOs), including fumbling at the 1 and on a kick return, and lets CCSU score on the last play of the game, making it appear closer.

3. UD: Loses to Navy 40-17 followed by struggly to beat Div II West Chester, up only 21-17 in the 4th qtr before winning 28-17. West Chester out gained UD 360-315. 3 WCU turnovers to 0 for UD, one of which UD returned for a pick 6, was the difference in the game...

4. UNH: Loses to Toledo 58-22,(granted Toldeo pick to win MAC West, but still) then has to go to OT to beat Lehigh 48-41. Lehigh misses 2 PATs in regulation...(granted Lehigh picked to win Patriot, but still....).

5. UMass Looks less than impressive in their 24-16 win over Holy Cross (bye last Sat).

Meanwhile:
Right now if had to rank the CAA teams based soley off the 1st 2 weeks, with their pre season pick by the coaches noted, would have to say top 5

1. Towson (picked 11th- that's dead last) beat Morgan State 42-3, Nova 31-10.

2. UR (picked 6th): won @ Duke 24-23 (most impressive win so far) but also beat picked to finish 7th of 9 NEC teams Wagner only 21-6 after committing 5 turnovers (-4 in TOs). Wagner also had a 78 yd TD called back for holding.

3. URI (picked 8th): Lost @ Syracuse 21-14. Tied until midway through 4th when Cuse scored winning TD. Held Cuse to 36 yds net rushing. May be the most impressive 1 game showing so far, but only 1 game, so can't put them at the top.

4. Maine (picked 9th) beat likely upper half of NEC Bryant 28-13, but led 28-0 in 4th qtr. Only lost @ Pitt 35-29 (Pitt did lead 35-15 midway through 4th).

5. ODU (picked 10th) beat cambell 41-14, won @ GST 40-17. Nothing spectacular. Taken care of business.

11. Dead last- Villanova (picked 7th). Outscored 73-17 by Temple & Towson.....

What in the world is the CAA coming too?

[grizzaholic]

Looks about right to me.

[YoUDeeMan]

I blame it on Keeler.

He forced the CAA to get better, and the coaches of the traditional CAA powers have blown their load trying to keep up and are now starting their slow decline (the mind suffers irreversible damage under stress). The traditional doormats are rising up...zombies from the dead. Probably has something to do with Keeler's sunglasses.

In the end, according to the boo-birds on GoHens, Keeler needs to go because he can't coach. I'm sure the whole league (except for the zombies) - and the coaches and fans of the MVC, agree.



Speaking of zombies, somebody wake me when Towson manages to beat a team that has won a game.

[grizzaholic]

I blame it on Keeler.

He forced the CAA to get better, and the coaches of the traditional CAA powers have blown their load trying to keep up and are now starting their slow decline (the mind suffers irreversible damage under stress). The traditional doormats are rising up...zombies from the dead. Probably has something to do with Keeler's sunglasses.

In the end, according to the boo-birds on GoHens, Keeler needs to go because he can't coach. I'm sure the whole league (except for the zombies) - and the coaches and fans of the MVC, agree.



Speaking of zombies, somebody wake me when Towson manages to beat a team that has won a game.

When do they play Delaware?

[YoUDeeMan]

I blame it on Keeler.

He forced the CAA to get better, and the coaches of the traditional CAA powers have blown their load trying to keep up and are now starting their slow decline (the mind suffers irreversible damage under stress). The traditional doormats are rising up...zombies from the dead. Probably has something to do with Keeler's sunglasses.

In the end, according to the boo-birds on GoHens, Keeler needs to go because he can't coach. I'm sure the whole league (except for the zombies) - and the coaches and fans of the MVC, agree.



Speaking of zombies, somebody wake me when Towson manages to beat a team that has won a game.

When do they play Delaware?

10/29/11 at Towson.

Didn't you get the invitation from andy?

[grizzaholic]

When do they play Delaware?

10/29/11 at Towson.

Didn't you get the invitation from andy?

He doesn't like me. I told him if I was to show I would be bringing Jabber.

[Thundering Herd]

Towson for the playoffs anyone?

I'm rooting for you andy!

[LastMinuteman]

5. UMass Looks less than impressive in their 24-16 win over Holy Cross (bye last Sat).

Well, it was on the road, Holy Cross's first ever night game and the biggest sports event there in a long time. Plus, Holy Cross went out and beat the hell out of Colgate the next week. Colgate was picked to finish 2nd in the PL. If the Cross can open up another can of that on Lehigh, UMass will probably have a road win over a playoff team.

[T-Dog]

Looks about right to me.

Same here. Time to get knocked off their fucking perch I say.

[grizzaholic]

Looks about right to me.

Same here. Time to get knocked off their fucking perch I say.

Montana, SUU, App St and Towson all in the Semi's looks good to me.

[CAA Flagship]

It's Obama's fault.

[89Hen]

What in the world is the CAA coming too?

It's still pretty much preseason. There's been one CAA game to date. I wouldn't read much into anything at this point. Towson is about to get a hard dose of reality after the Colgate game.

[andy7171]

I blame it on Keeler.

He forced the CAA to get better, and the coaches of the traditional CAA powers have blown their load trying to keep up and are now starting their slow decline (the mind suffers irreversible damage under stress). The traditional doormats are rising up...zombies from the dead. Probably has something to do with Keeler's sunglasses.

In the end, according to the boo-birds on GoHens, Keeler needs to go because he can't coach. I'm sure the whole league (except for the zombies) - and the coaches and fans of the MVC, agree.



Speaking of zombies, somebody wake me when Towson manages to beat a team that has won a game.

Says the fan of a team without a D.I win.

Grizza, you were the first one to invite and what spurred bandle and 93 to push for this EC get together.

[grizzaholic]

I blame it on Keeler.

He forced the CAA to get better, and the coaches of the traditional CAA powers have blown their load trying to keep up and are now starting their slow decline (the mind suffers irreversible damage under stress). The traditional doormats are rising up...zombies from the dead. Probably has something to do with Keeler's sunglasses.

In the end, according to the boo-birds on GoHens, Keeler needs to go because he can't coach. I'm sure the whole league (except for the zombies) - and the coaches and fans of the MVC, agree.



Speaking of zombies, somebody wake me when Towson manages to beat a team that has won a game.

Says the fan of a team without a D.I win.

Grizza, you were the first one to invite and what spurred bandle and 93 to push for this EC get together.

Everyone should have a get-together. Even the lowly EC(b)'ers. I have been more accepting of outsiders as of late.

[YoUDeeMan]

Says the fan of a team without a D.I win.

Grizza, you were the first one to invite and what spurred bandle and 93 to push for this EC get together.

Everyone should have a get-together. Even the lowly EC(b)'ers. I have been more accepting of outsiders as of late.

Nothing says outsider quite like a zombie. Can't wait to see what andy will wear to the event.

[andy7171]

I'm not getting the zombie parallel.

[YoUDeeMan]

I'm not getting the zombie parallel.

Towson football.."back from the dead".


C'mon, you can wear the zombie outfit again that night at the bars.

[grizzaholic]

Everyone should have a get-together. Even the lowly EC(b)'ers. I have been more accepting of outsiders as of late.

Nothing says outsider quite like a zombie. Can't wait to see what andy will wear to the event.

He will be wearing....

[ODUalum11]

Nothin wrong, just a down year. Every conference in every sport has them from time to time and vice versa. The CAA had a monster year last year in basketball with 3 teams getting to the NCAA tournament and 2 getting to the round of 32, 1 to the final 4, and 2 losing to the National Runner-up so I think its only appropriate the CAA has a down year in football. Also looks like the CAA might have monster years in men's soccer and women's field hockey.

Regardless, the CAA still might get 4 or more teams into the playoffs and several of them making some noise.

In other words, the CAA>>>>>>every other FCS conference.

[bandl]

Anyone else find it ironic that someone who always complains about polls being released too early in the season provided this nonsense when we're only two games into the season?

[ODUalum11]

Anyone else find it ironic that someone who always complains about polls being released too early in the season provided this nonsense when we're only two games into the season?

...when a majority of these games played in the first two weeks are against FBS programs.

The only REAL surprise I have is how badly Towson defeated 'Nova but it might have been expected since 'Nova was already going through a rebuilding year and then throw in some costly injuries and having to start some young, inexperienced players...thats the recipe for upset when you include Towson wanting to come into this year and prove everybody just how much improved they are.

[Pitz]

What's wrong with the CAA? Maybe nothing at all.

If you take away the scorelines and just look at wins and losses, every single one of these results would have been expected two weeks ago.

Well, except Towson over Villanova of course.

[PenthouseClosedEnd]

Look how many teams in the CAA are breaking in a new Quarterback. In a normal year, you'd only have about 3-4 schools breaking in a new quarterback.

This year, you have 8 or 9 teams breaking in a new Quarterback.

[BDKJMU]

Anyone else find it ironic that someone who always complains about polls being released too early in the season provided this nonsense when we're only two games into the season?

...when a majority of these games played in the first two weeks are against FBS programs.

The only REAL surprise I have is how badly Towson defeated 'Nova but it might have been expected since 'Nova was already going through a rebuilding year and then throw in some costly injuries and having to start some young, inexperienced players...thats the recipe for upset when you include Towson wanting to come into this year and prove everybody just how much improved they are.

Its one thing to do a pre-season prediction of a conference, which is 6-12 teams, with them all (or mostly) playing each other every year, and those doing the forecasting have a decent knowledge of all 6-12 teams. Another thing entirely to try for 120 teams who mostly don't play each other, and those doing the forecasting have only decent knowledge of a small fraction of the teams.

Wrong. Of the 20 games played so far by the 11 teams:
11 have been vs I-AA
8 have been vs I-A (ODU, TU, UMass haven't played one)
1 has been vs Div II

W&M losing as badly as they did to UVGay wasn't a REAL surprise?
JMU losing as badly as they did to UNC wasn't a REAL surprise?
UNH losing as badly as they did to Toledo wasn't REAL surprise?
UD struggling to be Div II WCU wasn't a REAL surprise?
JMU and UR struggling to beat NEC teams at home weren't REAL surprises?
URI playing Cuse down to the wire wasn't a REAL surprise?

Looking at those 20 games, I would say only 3, ODU's 2 and Maine vs Bryant, have gone about as expected. The other 17 have either been much larger or much smaller margin of victory that people thought (or the spread), with a few upsets thrown in.

I don't ever recall a season where the top half as picked by the coaches seemed to be doing worse than the bottom half 2 games in.

[andy7171]

...when a majority of these games played in the first two weeks are against FBS programs.

The only REAL surprise I have is how badly Towson defeated 'Nova but it might have been expected since 'Nova was already going through a rebuilding year and then throw in some costly injuries and having to start some young, inexperienced players...thats the recipe for upset when you include Towson wanting to come into this year and prove everybody just how much improved they are.

Wrong. Of the 20 games played so far by the 11 teams:
11 have been vs I-AA
8 have been vs I-A (ODU, TU, UMass haven't played one)
1 has been vs Div II

way to nitpick BDK. if he said half would you have responded the same, I think yes.
Take TU ODU and umASS out of the equation everyone played a 1A team. Considering umASS and TU play one in the future, it'll all equal out.
ODU should have a I-A team on their schedule and UD should be ashamed of playing a D.II.