CAA Announces 5 nationally televised games on NBC Sports

[BDKJMU]

I see you guys are talking about attendance from previous years but Albany at stony brook will sell out just like the playoff game did in 2011. Delaware vs nova at PPL will be large in attendance. UD/DSU like i said on AGS is an absolute joke. if they could only swap DSU/UD for UD/NOVA and NOVA/Towson for ALB/SB towson still has that home game vs jmu

I think everyone agrees that UD/DSU getting one of the nationally televised games is a joke. Course if they did JMU @ UD or UD @ TU people would go ballistic with JMU getting a 4th game or TU getting a 3rd at home. UR @ UD would have been a WAY better choice, but 11/16 might not have been one of the weekends that NBC SPorts had a slot open.

Agree UD @ Nova would have been a WAY better choice.

[BDKJMU]

I see you guys are talking about attendance from previous years but Albany at stony brook will sell out just like the playoff game did in 2011. Delaware vs nova at PPL will be large in attendance. UD/DSU like i said on AGS is an absolute joke. if they could only swap DSU/UD for UD/NOVA and NOVA/Towson for ALB/SB towson still has that home game vs jmu

Again, with all due respect to Albany, they are going to be the #9 or #10 pre season pick. According to the CAA Preview they have the 2nd least # of starters returning next to SBU. DF can correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume they will take 2-3 years to get from 36? to 63 schollies and are only at 40 some full schollies. Also I saw the All NEC teams from last season, and as I recall I counted 9 Albany players on it, 7 of them seniors.

Albany @ SBU is an end of the regular season game. Highly unlikely that Albany will be in the playoff hunt. SBU might be, but they lost A LOT. According to CAA Preview, now only 10 starters return, least in the CAA. Only 4 on offense. Lost All 3 All Americans on offense (Maysonet, WR, OT) and their 3 year starting, 2 time All BS QB. (I know about Coker and all their I-A transfers).

Albany @ SBU might be a sellout, but that isn't saying much-it only has an 8,200 capacity.

Nova and TU on the other hand will likely be the #1 and #2 pre season picks, and good chance at a 11k sellout. Pre season it looks like the CAA game of the year. That game should be the #1 choice of games to nationally televise. To switch the Nova/TU game for Albany/SBU, just so TU doesn't get 2 home games, would be STUPID. The NBC people aren't that dumb.

[danefan]

Albany has 54 scholarships this year, but its expected only 36 of those will see the field. The others are freshman. Next year we will have the full 63 rides.

If we to 4-0 in the fist four games, we'll be in the playoff hunt and the SBU game will likely decide that fait.

6-6 or 5-7 is more realistic for us though.

[bluehenbillk]

Here's another trend: NBC has yet to televise a game without an all-sports CAA member in it.

Last yr. Not this yr. Villanova, UNH, and UR all get an appearance, with UNH hosting.

What I said was they have not shown a game yet with TWO non all-CAA sports teams playing it. You are correct that last season was solely all-sports members.

And as a UD fan, I can state even we don't know why NBCSN has the DelState game on 2 years in a row. Even UD fans aren't excited about playing the lowly Hornets.

[BDKJMU]

Albany has 54 scholarships this year, but its expected only 36 of those will see the field. The others are freshman. Next year we will have the full 63 rides.

If we to 4-0 in the fist four games, we'll be in the playoff hunt and the SBU game will likely decide that fait.

6-6 or 5-7 is more realistic for us though.

I could easily see a 4-0 start with 1-7 or 2-6 in the last 8 for a 5-7 or 6-6 finish. Starting Sept 28 HOLY BRUTAL.

2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 @ Duquesne
Sept. 7 @ Colgate
Sept. 14 vs. Rhode Island* (Fireworks by SEFCU)
Sept. 21 vs. CCSU (Hall of Fame Game)
Sept. 28 @ Old Dominion
Oct. 5 @ James Madison*
Oct. 12 @ Delaware*
Oct. 19 vs. Towson* (Homecoming)
Oct. 26 BYE
Nov. 2 @ Richmond*
Nov. 9 vs. Maine*
Nov. 16 vs. UNH*
Nov. 23 @ Stony Brook*

[danefan]

Albany has 54 scholarships this year, but its expected only 36 of those will see the field. The others are freshman. Next year we will have the full 63 rides.

If we to 4-0 in the fist four games, we'll be in the playoff hunt and the SBU game will likely decide that fait.

6-6 or 5-7 is more realistic for us though.

I could easily see a 4-0 start with 1-7 or 2-6 in the last 8 for a 5-7 or 6-6 finish. Starting Sept 28 HOLY BRUTAL.

2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 @ Duquesne
Sept. 7 @ Colgate
Sept. 14 vs. Rhode Island* (Fireworks by SEFCU)
Sept. 21 vs. CCSU (Hall of Fame Game)
Sept. 28 @ Old Dominion
Oct. 5 @ James Madison*
Oct. 12 @ Delaware*
Oct. 19 vs. Towson* (Homecoming)
Oct. 26 BYE
Nov. 2 @ Richmond*
Nov. 9 vs. Maine*
Nov. 16 vs. UNH*
Nov. 23 @ Stony Brook*

My prediction of best case scenario.

@ Duquesne - W
@ Colgate - W
vs. Rhode Island - W
vs. CCSU - W
@ ODU - L
@ JMU - L
@ Delaware - W
vs. Towson - L
@ Richmond - L
vs. Maine - W
vs. UNH - W
@ SBU - L

[andy7171]

I could easily see a 4-0 start with 1-7 or 2-6 in the last 8 for a 5-7 or 6-6 finish. Starting Sept 28 HOLY BRUTAL.

2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 @ Duquesne
Sept. 7 @ Colgate
Sept. 14 vs. Rhode Island* (Fireworks by SEFCU)
Sept. 21 vs. CCSU (Hall of Fame Game)
Sept. 28 @ Old Dominion
Oct. 5 @ James Madison*
Oct. 12 @ Delaware*
Oct. 19 vs. Towson* (Homecoming)
Oct. 26 BYE
Nov. 2 @ Richmond*
Nov. 9 vs. Maine*
Nov. 16 vs. UNH*
Nov. 23 @ Stony Brook*

Thats a rough 4 game run to get to your BYE. Welcome to the CAA!

[danefan]

I could easily see a 4-0 start with 1-7 or 2-6 in the last 8 for a 5-7 or 6-6 finish. Starting Sept 28 HOLY BRUTAL.

2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 @ Duquesne
Sept. 7 @ Colgate
Sept. 14 vs. Rhode Island* (Fireworks by SEFCU)
Sept. 21 vs. CCSU (Hall of Fame Game)
Sept. 28 @ Old Dominion
Oct. 5 @ James Madison*
Oct. 12 @ Delaware*
Oct. 19 vs. Towson* (Homecoming)
Oct. 26 BYE
Nov. 2 @ Richmond*
Nov. 9 vs. Maine*
Nov. 16 vs. UNH*
Nov. 23 @ Stony Brook*

Thats a rough 4 game run to get to your BYE. Welcome to the CAA!

This is probably going to be our first homecoming loss in a long long time.

[andy7171]

Thats a rough 4 game run to get to your BYE. Welcome to the CAA!

This is probably going to be our first homecoming loss in a long long time.

Any thing can happen, but in the last two years Towson has ruined 4-5 homecomings. I know in '11 we beat ODU(lol), W&M and one other.

[BDKJMU]

Last yr. Not this yr. Villanova, UNH, and UR all get an appearance, with UNH hosting.

What I said was they have not shown a game yet with TWO non all-CAA sports teams playing it. You are correct that last season was solely all-sports members.

And as a UD fan, I can state even we don't know why NBCSN has the DelState game on 2 years in a row. Even UD fans aren't excited about playing the lowly Hornets.

My bad. I know. Reading is fundamental.

However, for the 2012 games:
Top 6 in attendance from 2011: All 6 All CAA Sports teams: JMU, ODU, UD, GST, W&M, and TU.
Bottom 5 in attendance from the 2011 season: All 5 Non All CAA Sports teams: VU, UR, UNH, Maine, URI

For the 2013 games, 4 of the top 5 returning attendance teams are All Sports members, JMU, UD, W&M, and TU.

It's might just be an attendance thing (along with eyeballs & pre season predictions) why 2 NON all sport CAA teams haven't played.....

[bluehenbillk]

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Rest of TV schedule released today. I like how they have "flexed" the last game of the year to be announced 12-14 days ahead of time so its a meaningful game.

[andy7171]

Cool deal for Towson. Five televised games in all!

[BDKJMU]

Albany has 54 scholarships this year, but its expected only 36 of those will see the field. The others are freshman. Next year we will have the full 63 rides.

If we to 4-0 in the fist four games, we'll be in the playoff hunt and the SBU game will likely decide that fait.

6-6 or 5-7 is more realistic for us though.

Surprised to hear that. Didn't the NEC have a limit of 36? If so that would be +18. The CAA Preview shows Albany with 10 senior starters last season. Wouldn't they all have been on scholly? That would mean having to add 28 schollies. I didn't think Div I can add more than 24 in a season, so obviously I am missing something. How did Albany get up to 54 schollys in one offseason?

[BDKJMU]

Cool deal for Towson. Five televised games in all!

??? I see 4 televised for TU: 2 on NBC Sports and 2 on Comcast.

[BDKJMU]

Cool deal for Towson. Five televised games in all!

Total for all teams with the 5 nationally televised on NBC Sports) and the 12 on the Comcast networks with the 13th to be determined on the last weekend:
JMU 6 (3 NBC Sports)
TU 4 (2 NBC Sports)
UD 4 (1 NBC Sports)
VU 4 (1 NBC Sports)
UNH 3 (1 NBC Sports)
UR 3 (1 NBC Sports)
W&M 2
SBU 2
Albany 2
URI 2
Maine 1

Poor Maine....

[danefan]

Albany has 54 scholarships this year, but its expected only 36 of those will see the field. The others are freshman. Next year we will have the full 63 rides.

If we to 4-0 in the fist four games, we'll be in the playoff hunt and the SBU game will likely decide that fait.

6-6 or 5-7 is more realistic for us though.

Surprised to hear that. Didn't the NEC have a limit of 36? If so that would be +18. The CAA Preview shows Albany with 10 senior starters last season. Wouldn't they all have been on scholly? That would mean having to add 28 schollies. I didn't think Div I can add more than 24 in a season, so obviously I am missing something. How did Albany get up to 54 schollys in one offseason?

NEC limit was 38 last year, but I'm pretty sure we only had 36. Until this year there were only 2 or 3 players on full scholarship. All the rest of the scholarships were partials.

Never heard of the 24 scholarship limit.

They didn't add 28 new full scholarship players. They did give some money to kids that have been here on partial scholarships to get them up to full rides.

[andy7171]

Cool deal for Towson. Five televised games in all!

??? I see 4 televised for TU: 2 on NBC Sports and 2 on Comcast.

The opening game at UCONN is on ESPN3.

[BDKJMU]

Surprised to hear that. Didn't the NEC have a limit of 36? If so that would be +18. The CAA Preview shows Albany with 10 senior starters last season. Wouldn't they all have been on scholly? That would mean having to add 28 schollies. I didn't think Div I can add more than 24 in a season, so obviously I am missing something. How did Albany get up to 54 schollys in one offseason?

NEC limit was 38 last year, but I'm pretty sure we only had 36. Until this year there were only 2 or 3 players on full scholarship. All the rest of the scholarships were partials.

Never heard of the 24 scholarship limit.

They didn't add 28 new full scholarship players. They did give some money to kids that have been here on partial scholarships to get them up to full rides.

Thanks. I should have just looked it up.
#CAAFB Signing Class Anaylsis: UAlbany Great Danes
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While not unheard of, 21 is large for a I-AA class. Seems like the avg is around 15-17. Seems like Albany will have back to back big signing classes in 2013 and 2014. For Albany fans 2016 should be the year to really look forward to. Will have 4 CAA recruiting classes under their belt, and those 2 large classes will be 3rd and 4th years.

[BDKJMU]

Surprised to hear that. Didn't the NEC have a limit of 36? If so that would be +18. The CAA Preview shows Albany with 10 senior starters last season. Wouldn't they all have been on scholly? That would mean having to add 28 schollies. I didn't think Div I can add more than 24 in a season, so obviously I am missing something. How did Albany get up to 54 schollys in one offseason?

NEC limit was 38 last year, but I'm pretty sure we only had 36. Until this year there were only 2 or 3 players on full scholarship. All the rest of the scholarships were partials.

Never heard of the 24 scholarship limit.

They didn't add 28 new full scholarship players. They did give some money to kids that have been here on partial scholarships to get them up to full rides.

Actually I was wrong by 1, and was wrong about the that limit applying to I-AA. The limit is 25, and that's only for I-A. The limit is 30 for I-AA. Also I-A 85 means 85. Can't split schollies. I-AA can split 63 into up to 85.

Page 172 NCAA manual:
"15.02.3 Counter. A “counter” is an individual who is receiving institutional financial aid that is countable
against the aid limitations in a sport.
15.02.3.1 Initial Counter. [FBS/FCS] An “initial counter” is a counter who is receiving countable financial
aid in a sport for the first time. (See Bylaw 15.5.6.3 in football for instances in which the institution is permitted to defer the counting of such financial aid until the following academic year.)"

Page 187 of NCAA manual:
"15.5.6 Football Limitations.
15.5.6.1 Bowl Subdivision Football. [FBS] There shall be an annual limit of 25 on the number of initial
counters (per Bylaw 15.02.3.1) and an annual limit of 85 on the total number of counters (including initial
counters) in football at each institution. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/92, 12/15/06)
15.5.6.2 Championship Subdivision Football. [FCS] There shall be an annual limit of 30 on the number
of initial counters (per Bylaw 15.02.3.1), an annual limit of 63 on the value of financial aid awards (equivalencies) to counters, and an annual limit of 85 on the total number of counters (including initial counters) in football at each football championship subdivision institution. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/92, 12/15/06)
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[BDKJMU]

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Rest of TV schedule released today. I like how they have "flexed" the last game of the year to be announced 12-14 days ahead of time so its a meaningful game.

Looks like UD vs VU @ PPL park will be televised then. JMU @ TU is already on NBC Sports. URI done with season.

Here's what I think:
60% chance its UD vs Nova @ PPL Park
30% chance its W&M @ UR
5% chance Maine @ UNH
5% chance Albany @ SBU

[BDKJMU]

??? I see 4 televised for TU: 2 on NBC Sports and 2 on Comcast.

The opening game at UCONN is on ESPN3.

If including those then JMU has got 7 televised, since the JMU @ Akron game is slated for ESPN3.

[TribeFanInNC]

The opening game at UCONN is on ESPN3.

If including those then JMU has got 7 televised, since the JMU @ Akron game is slated for ESPN3.

W&M at WVU is on FS1

[BDKJMU]

If including those then JMU has got 7 televised, since the JMU @ Akron game is slated for ESPN3.

W&M at WVU is on FS1

Yeah, most everyone's I-A game is on something. Like I said, was just referring to the NBC Sports & Comcast.