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ChickenMan
December 8th, 2008, 08:44 AM
stats include the playoff games

Montana @ JMU

(national rank in parentheses)

Rushing
JMU - 279 (4)
Montana - 186 (25)

Rushing defense
JMU - 132 (40)
Montana - 116 (28)

Passing offense
JMU - 121 (109)
Montana - 220 (43)

Passing efficiency defense
JMU - 118.4 (43)
Montana - 112.4 (24)

Total offense
JMU - 400 (23)
Montana - 406 (16)

Total defense
JMU - 308 (22)
Montana - 325 (37)

Scoring offense
JMU - 39.0 (2)
Montana - 33.4 (18)

Scoring defense
JMU - 21.1 (37)
Montana - 16.6 (7)

Scoring offense at home
JMU - 44.6

Scoring defense at home
JMU - 21.6

Scoring offense on the road
Momtana - 29.0

Scoring defense on the road
Montana - 22.0

mcveyrl
December 8th, 2008, 08:47 AM
No Rep left for you, but thanks as always!!

uofmman1122
December 8th, 2008, 08:49 AM
No Rep left for you, but thanks as always!!I got him, don't worry. :p

purplepeopleeaterv2
December 8th, 2008, 08:50 AM
I got him, don't worry. :p

Ditto.

rancher griz
December 8th, 2008, 07:21 PM
Short report about the Griz (objective as I can) about the matchup. Hopefully someone from JMU can post something similar.

QB: Cole has been a winner for us. He is a tough player who can run and throw. He throws an accurate deep ball and does well on passes in the red zone. He has not had the most productive games lately (mostly due to us running the ball more). He isn't comfortable hanging in the pocket and will often take off or get sacked when pressured. Does not have a quick release. Overall though, experienced and knows how to win. Better than 04.

RB: Major concerns at this position until Reynolds broke out after our loss. The guy has been the difference. He hits the holes very hard and does well keeping his feet moving for the extra yards. Has home run speed. JMU will need to stop him early to have a chance. Backup Andrew Schmit is also a hard runner. Weakness is blocking. Still young and have yet to really learn how to pick up a blitz effectively. Little weaker than 04

OL: Maybe the best O Line we've ever had. Very large and athletic. Have been very dominant and get better with each game. Also lots of depth. The weakness has been pass protection as they have allowed some sacks. Though I think it is CB not getting rid of the ball quick enough and RB blocking. There are 2 guys that will realistically get drafted next year (Dow & Quinn) with Russum probably a free agent guy. This will be the best O Line JMU has faced this year. Much better than 04.

WR: A little banged up. Our star, Mariani was having very dominant season but had a high ankle sprain and hasn't been as productive in the playoffs. He is the fastest guy on our team. Ferriter is a good posession type reciever. Palmer has improved and getting more throws. Can be very productive group. Better and faster than 04.

TE: Very talented. Phaler will get looks by pros. Beaudin and Overton are very big and athletic. Do not utilize these guys enough in our offense. Better than 04.

DE: Probably our weak point. Have had to blitz linebakers because this group has struggled getting to the QB. Stadnyk is very good against the run. Good at stopping the run although they lost contain on Smith last weekend for some large gains. Palmer is our pass rush specialist. He's a bit undersized. Much weaker than 04 (04 was very good).

DT: Solid. Good size and athleticim. Took a hit with Bender going down, but we have guys that are good at clogging the gaps and penetrating. This will be their biggest test of the year. Better than 04.

LB: Fast but a bit undersized. Young group that swarms the ball. Have really made great strides with maturity. Have become a bigger part of the pass rush, which has made a HUGE difference in our improvement. They hit hard and are strong, but give up some size and can be pushed around if your OL gets up field. Slightly weaker than 04.

S: Colt Anderson might be the best defensive player you'll have faced this year. He might be the best open field tackler I've ever seen play for the Griz. Schillinger is very smart and makes a lot of picks. Stroll would start for almost every other FCS team in the country. The strength of our D. Very fast, very strong. Excellent tacklers. Much better than 04.

CB: Very young and inexperienced, but very talented. Trumaine Johnson has not played the last couple games. Not sure if he'll suit up this weekend. Have more speed at this position than usual. Same as 04.

Special Teams: Kicker is getting better, but inconsistant. Not sold on him yet. Punter is doing great. Mariani is our star returner. Not sure if he'll return kicks though. Depends on his ankle. Kicking game worse than 04. Return game is better than 04.

Notes: This game will be won in the trenches. JMU hasen't seen a OL as good as Montana's. JMU may have one of the best OL's the Griz have faced this year and probably the best rushing attack. The Griz D is solid, but they have allowed some big runs. Landers will be the best player the Griz have faced this year. The key will be to pressure and contain him. I predict big rushing yards for both teams. If the Griz can get some big plays in the passing game, it could be the difference.

Shellin
December 8th, 2008, 07:41 PM
QB: Cole has been a winner for us. He is a tough player who can run and throw. He throws an accurate deep ball and does well on passes in the red zone. He has not had the most productive games lately (mostly due to us running the ball more). He isn't comfortable hanging in the pocket and will often take off or get sacked when pressured. Does not have a quick release. Overall though, experienced and knows how to win. Better than 04.


I personally think Ochs was a better quarterback than Bergquist, possibly the second best one we've had.

Ronbo
December 8th, 2008, 07:54 PM
stats include the playoff games

Montana @ JMU

(national rank in parentheses)

Rushing
JMU - 279 (4)
Montana - 186 (25)

Rushing defense
JMU - 132 (40)
Montana - 116 (28)

Passing offense
JMU - 121 (109)
Montana - 220 (43)

Passing efficiency defense
JMU - 118.4 (43)
Montana - 112.4 (24)

Total offense
JMU - 400 (23)
Montana - 406 (16)

Total defense
JMU - 308 (22)
Montana - 325 (37)

Scoring offense
JMU - 39.0 (2)
Montana - 33.4 (18)

Scoring defense
JMU - 21.1 (37)
Montana - 16.6 (7)

Scoring offense at home
JMU - 44.6

Scoring defense at home
JMU - 21.6

Scoring offense on the road
Momtana - 29.0

Scoring defense on the road
Montana - 22.0


Where did you get these stats????? We have scored 467 points in 14 games. That's 33.4 points per game and #18. If you are going to post get it right.xrulesx xnonox You want to edit that??????? What did you do give us Montana State Stats!

TCisMYhero
December 8th, 2008, 08:03 PM
stats include the playoff games

Montana @ JMU

(national rank in parentheses)

Rushing
JMU - 279 (4)
Montana - 186 (25)

Rushing defense
JMU - 132 (40)
Montana - 116 (28)

Passing offense
JMU - 121 (109)
Montana - 220 (43)

Passing efficiency defense
JMU - 118.4 (43)
Montana - 112.4 (24)

Total offense
JMU - 400 (23)
Montana - 406 (16)

Total defense
JMU - 308 (22)
Montana - 325 (37)

Scoring offense
JMU - 39.0 (2)
Montana - 29.5 (32)

Scoring defense
JMU - 21.1 (37)
Montana - 16.6 (7)

Scoring offense at home
JMU - 44.6

Scoring defense at home
JMU - 21.6

Scoring offense on the road
Momtana - 29.0

Scoring defense on the road
Montana - 22.0

PLEASE do the UNI one too!!!! I'm going crazy here.

Ronbo
December 8th, 2008, 08:10 PM
Check this out. Chickenman is giving us Butler's stats.xlolx xlolx xlolx

Offensive scoring.

Rank Name Games Points Avg TDs Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf Wins Losses Ties
1 Cal Poly 11 488 44.36 67 61 1 0 0 7 1 8 3 0
2 James Madison 13 507 39.00 68 64 1 0 0 11 0 12 1 0
3 McNeese St. 11 413 37.55 56 49 4 0 0 6 1 7 4 0
4 Tenn.-Martin 12 448 37.33 61 53 3 0 0 7 1 8 4 0
5 Appalachian St. 14 522 37.29 72 64 1 0 0 8 0 11 3 0
6 Wofford 12 438 36.50 60 55 1 0 0 7 0 9 3 0
7 Texas St. 13 473 36.38 62 57 1 0 0 14 0 8 5 0
8 New Hampshire 13 463 35.62 60 56 0 0 0 15 1 10 3 0
9 South Dakota St. 12 427 35.58 54 41 5 0 0 16 2 7 5 0
10 Sam Houston St. 10 353 35.30 46 41 0 0 0 12 0 4 6 0
11 San Diego 11 388 35.27 54 43 2 0 0 5 1 9 2 0
12 Weber St. 14 493 35.21 67 57 2 0 0 10 0 10 4 0
13 Florida A&M 12 422 35.17 55 54 0 0 0 12 1 9 3 0
14 Stephen F. Austin 12 420 35.00 56 51 2 0 0 9 1 4 8 0
15 Holy Cross 11 378 34.36 49 48 0 0 0 12 0 7 4 0
15 VMI 11 378 34.36 51 48 0 2 0 6 1 4 7 0
17 Liberty 12 404 33.67 51 47 0 0 0 17 0 10 2 0
18 Montana 14 467 33.36 62 54 0 0 0 11 4 13 1 0
19 Richmond 14 461 32.93 58 56 0 0 0 19 0 11 3 0
20 William & Mary 11 361 32.82 46 46 0 0 0 13 0 7 4 0
21 Western Ill. 11 355 32.27 47 43 0 0 0 10 0 6 5 0
22 Ga. Southern 11 350 31.82 46 42 0 0 0 10 1 6 5 0
23 Jacksonville St. 11 349 31.73 47 44 0 0 0 7 1 8 3 0
24 Tennessee St. 12 375 31.25 48 45 0 0 0 14 0 8 4 0
25 Jacksonville 13 401 30.85 55 47 0 0 0 8 0 9 4 0
26 Prairie View 10 307 30.70 41 34 0 0 0 7 3 9 1 0
27 Colgate 12 363 30.25 49 43 1 0 0 8 0 9 3 0
28 Central Conn. St. 11 330 30.00 46 42 0 0 0 4 0 7 4 0
29 North Dakota St. 11 329 29.91 41 36 0 0 0 15 1 6 5 0
30 UNI 14 418 29.86 52 49 0 0 0 17 3 12 2 0
31 South Carolina St. 13 387 29.77 55 46 1 0 0 3 0 10 3 0
32 Butler 11 326 29.64 45 42 0 0 0 4 1 6 5 0

MTGrizzFan
December 8th, 2008, 08:14 PM
I personally think Ochs was a better quarterback than Bergquist, possibly the second best one we've had.

I think Bergquist is great but would have a hard time putting him above Ochs.

rancher griz
December 8th, 2008, 11:16 PM
Just opinion, but I feel Cole is the more effective quarterback. Ochs had a good arm, was smart, and could make more throws, but Cole has the abiliity to run and throw on the run. Something Ochs was never a big threat in doing. Don't know if Cole is the better QB, but he gives our team a better chance of winning with different ways than Ochs did in 04.

Any JMU fans care to give an evaluation on their team?

CrunchGriz
December 8th, 2008, 11:27 PM
Short report about the Griz (objective as I can) about the matchup. Hopefully someone from JMU can post something similar.

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WR: A little banged up. Our star, Mariani was having very dominant season but had a high ankle sprain and hasn't been as productive in the playoffs. He is the fastest guy on our team. Ferriter is a good posession type reciever. Palmer has improved and getting more throws. Can be very productive group. Better and faster than 04.

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Faster than Heidelberger and LV? I don't think so. JH ran track for the Griz and returned more kicks for TDs than Mariani. Not sayin' MM isn't great, but this is at best a wash for the '08 pair of MM and Mike Ferriter as far as speed goes.

uofmman1122
December 8th, 2008, 11:49 PM
Faster than Heidelberger and LV? I don't think so. JH ran track for the Griz and returned more kicks for TDs than Mariani. Not sayin' MM isn't great, but this is at best a wash for the '08 pair of MM and Mike Ferriter as far as speed goes.Agreed.

Seagars was fast and hard to tackle. I also disagree that our return game is better now than it was in '04.

LV and Heidelberger were probably the best 1-2 return tandem in I-AA that year.

ChickenMan
December 9th, 2008, 07:32 AM
Where did you get these stats????? We have scored 467 points in 14 games. That's 33.4 points per game and #18. If you are going to post get it right.xrulesx xnonox You want to edit that??????? What did you do give us Montana State Stats!

the stats are from the 'NCAA' website.. sorry for the error.. apparently you have never made a mistake... xrolleyesx


http://web1.ncaa.org/football/exec/rankingSummary?year=2008&org=441

ChickenMan
December 9th, 2008, 07:33 AM
PLEASE do the UNI one too!!!! I'm going crazy here.

it was posted yesterday


http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53937

mcveyrl
December 9th, 2008, 07:55 AM
Just opinion, but I feel Cole is the more effective quarterback. Ochs had a good arm, was smart, and could make more throws, but Cole has the abiliity to run and throw on the run. Something Ochs was never a big threat in doing. Don't know if Cole is the better QB, but he gives our team a better chance of winning with different ways than Ochs did in 04.

Any JMU fans care to give an evaluation on their team?

I'll take a shot.

QB: Rodney Landers. He's pretty good. :D Some people knock on his passing, including me, but every team that's forced him to go to the air has been burnt (Villanova #1), so I'm backing off of that. He's still not a great passer. Against 'Nova #2 Mickey was upset at halftme because he was not keeping it enough on the option read. He usually makes good choices though. Dudzik is a quality backup, but if Landers goes down, Montana is the favorite. Better than '04 and different.

HB: Eugene Hollman is the senior leader. He's been banged up this year, but seemed to be hitting his stride the last two game. Griff Yancey also gets some carries, but he will come out of the backfield more as a receiver (which he was recruited to do) than a ball carrier. Not as deep as '04, but I would take Holloman over any of the '04 RBs.

WR: Because of the style of our offense, the WRs aren't called on much.Rockeed McCarter is our tall receiver on the outside and likes to go up for jump balls. Supposedly recruited by BCS schools, but chose JMU because his brother was a DB. Kerby Long is hurt, but is usually in motion and may take a hand-off or two. Scotty McGee has been filling this role too. Possession type receivers are Bosco Williams and Patrick Ward. They'll get thrown to once or twice. Marcus Turner has not been involved a lot, but did burn W&M for two TDs and is very quick. Better than '04.

TE: Mike Caussin and Charlie Newman (although Charlie plays a lot of FB). Caussin is the go to TE and catches just abou anything that's thrown at him, when it is. He is usually called on more to block and does that well. Charlie is thrown to even less, but probably is the better blocker of the two. Equal to or worse than '04.

OL: A bunch of big guys that have been in the system for a couple of years. Lemn and Apted are the stars of the line. Probably not as big as '04 (somebody will crush me with a stat, I'm sure) and MAYBE not as talented for the OL position, but a better fit for this system. EDIT: Dorian Brooks and Theo Sherman wre also all-CAA selections (2d and 3d team, respectively). So I'll say equal to '04.

Defense to come.

BDKJMU
December 9th, 2008, 10:02 AM
I'll take a shot.

QB: Rodney Landers. He's pretty good. :D Some people knock on his passing, including me, but every team that's forced him to go to the air has been burnt (Villanova #1), so I'm backing off of that. He's still not a great passer. Against 'Nova #2 Mickey was upset at halftme because he was not keeping it enough on the option read. He usually makes good choices though. Dudzik is a quality backup, but if Landers goes down, Montana is the favorite. Better than '04 and different.

HB: Eugene Hollman is the senior leader. He's been banged up this year, but seemed to be hitting his stride the last two game. Griff Yancey also gets some carries, but he will come out of the backfield more as a receiver (which he was recruited to do) than a ball carrier. Not as deep as '04, but I would take Holloman over any of the '04 RBs.

WR: Because of the style of our offense, the WRs aren't called on much.Rockeed McCarter is our tall receiver on the outside and likes to go up for jump balls. Supposedly recruited by BCS schools, but chose JMU because his brother was a DB. Kerby Long is hurt, but is usually in motion and may take a hand-off or two. Scotty McGee has been filling this role too. Possession type receivers are Bosco Williams and Patrick Ward. They'll get thrown to once or twice. Marcus Turner has not been involved a lot, but did burn W&M for two TDs and is very quick. Better than '04.

TE: Mike Caussin and Charlie Newman (although Charlie plays a lot of FB). Caussin is the go to TE and catches just abou anything that's thrown at him, when it is. He is usually called on more to block and does that well. Charlie is thrown to even less, but probably is the better blocker of the two. Equal to or worse than '04.

OL: A bunch of big guys that have been in the system for a couple of years. Lemn and Apted are the stars of the line. Probably not as big as '04 (somebody will crush me with a stat, I'm sure) and MAYBE not as talented for the OL position, but a better fit for this system. EDIT: Dorian Brooks and Theo Sherman wre also all-CAA selections (2d and 3d team, respectively). So I'll say equal to '04.

Defense to come.

Holloman was 1st team All CAA in 06', then in 07' got injured in the season opener against UNC and injured again in the 2nd game vs UNH. Was out for the rest of the season, got a medical redshirt, had offseason kneww surgery. Was listed at 170 lbs in 06', 185 this season. Earlier in the year he was probably a step slower than 06' (when he was lightning quick). Now he's maybe a half step slower, but is a little more powerful runner than 06' And he NEVER fumbles.

As far as McCarter coming to JMU because of his brother, thats true- his brother has been a JMU campus cop for a couple of yrs now, and McCarter from what I heard wanted to be near his brother. He has the tools (6'3", 215) to at least get a look at the next level. The junior is JMU's leading receiver. Has 6 TDs on the season and avg 16.5 yards a catch, both team highs.

O-line:
#62 OC Lemm (6'3", 285 R-Sr) a 3 yr starter and senior co-captain, was 1st team All CAA
-#60 RT Terrance Apted (6'4", 335, R-Sr) was 2nd team. Apted, also a 3 yr starter, from Pago Pago Samoa played in 04'-05' on Urban Meyer's Utah's teams. He and his wife had a baby, and his wife's family lives just outside of Harrisonburg. So they both transferred to JMU so his wife's parents could help them take care of the baby while they both went to school at JMU and Terrance could continue to play football.
-#53 RG Dorian Brooks (6'3" 285, 6'3", 285R-Jr) was 2nd team All CAA as mcveryl stated.
-#76 LT Sherman (6'4", 300, R-So), a 2nd yr starter, was 3rd team as mcveryl stated. Lemm and Apted are 3 yr starters.
-#78 LG Arthur Walker (6'3", 325 R-So). The only 1st yr starter on the o-line and the only one not to get post season CAA honor He won the starting job when 2 yr starter Vernon Eason, who would have been a 4th yr junior this year, left the team during the offseason for personal reasons.

I'll do the defense:
-De ends are #99 Abdul Wahid (6'5", 240 R-Sr) and #52 Arthur Moats (6'2", 240 Jr). Were 2nd & 3rd team All CAA respectively. Moats is the best pass rusher on the team, and at 6'2", 240, has a burst. Had 3.5 sacks vs Nova, and has 11 on the season, and another 14 for losses. leads the team in both categories.

-DTs are #98 J.D. Skolnitsky (6'5" 255 R-Jr) and #58 Sam Daniels (6'1", 270 R-Jr). Daniels may be the best DT in the CAA. He was only 3rd team All CAA (which I think was a crock) as the 8 DL on the 1st and 2nd team were all defensive ends.

LBs: Lost senior co-captain #11 DJ Brandon (6'1", 235) with torn ACL in the 2nd qtr UR game. He was replaced by #6 Vidal Nelson, (6'1", 205 R-Fr) who was moved up from safety in the spring, then I think back to safety during the fall, then back to LB when Brandon went down. MM said he was about 215 during the Spring, but had dropped to about 195 when Brandon went down. Other LB is *true freshman #45 Jamie Veney (6'3", 215) (*Technically a true freshman but played one year on the Fork Union Military Academy post grad team playing with mostly other Div I recruits against other PG teams, JVs, and JUCOs. So he's more like a 2nd yr player in terms of age, maturity & experience. Is a huge talent who could be AA by the time he leaves JMU. ALso has a propensity to miss tackles. When Brandon went down the LBs really struggled against Nova. Were much improved against UD, W&M, and Towson. Struggled again against Wofford, but JMU still held Wofford to its 3rd lowest rushing output of the year (301) yds as only 2 team had held them to under 300 rushing (SC and Citadel). LBs played much better against Nova, as JMU, who gave up 229 on the ground to Nova the 1st time around, held them to 81 last Saturday.

Safeties:
Best of the bunch is #34 FS Marcus Haywood (6'0", 190, R-Sr), 1st team All CAA and likely will make several AA lists. Has 5 INTs on the season. Other starters are #13 WS Gerrin Griffin (6'1", 200 R-Jr) who missed 5 games of the season with an eye infection, and #24 SS Pat Williams, (6'1, 205", R-Fr) awarded the CAA co-defensive newcomer of the year. This guy really lays the wood to people.

Corners:
JMU goes 4 deep here, all with significant starting experience. Both starters are seniors. #2 Evan McCollough (5'10" 195 Sr) is probably the best of the bunch, and is an NFL prospect. #3 Derrius Ramsey (5'10" 170 Sr) is the other starter. #19 Scotty McGee (5'9" 180 R-Jr) sees significant PT. #1 Jamaris Sanders (5'10, 185 Jr) DNP vs Nova. Not sure of his status for Fri night.

PK is #20 Dave Stannard (5'9", 185 R-Sr). 2nd yr as the starting PK. 10-14 on FGs, 64-66 on PATs.

Kickoff, punting, and 45/50+ FG duties are held by #40 Dave Pritchard (6'0", 250) R-Sr. He has a pretty good leg, but can be erratic.

And we all know about #19 Scotty McGee in returns. Coming into the season had 2 KOs returned for TDs. Has 4 more returns for TDs this season, 1 kick return and 3 punt returns. Since the 5th game of the season teams have been almost always trying to kick away from him. Last sat vs Nova was the 1st time all season I've seen a team kick to him and cover him pretty well.

Article & list of the JMU players receiving All CAA
http://www.jmusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71225&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400&ATCLID=3622676
JMU stats:
http://www.jmusports.com/fls/14400/stats/football/2008/teamstat.htm?ATCLID=791903&SPSID=71033&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400
2 deep lineups for both teams are on page 40 of the game notes:
http://www.jmusports.com/downloads1/71921.pdf?ATCLID=3629519&SPSID=71029&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400

mcveyrl
December 9th, 2008, 10:13 AM
Holloman was 1st team All CAA in 06', then in 07' got injured in the season opener against UNC and injured again in the 2nd game vs UNH. Was out for the rest of the season, got a medical redshirt, had offseason kneww surgery. Was listed at 170 lbs in 06', 185 this season. Earlier in the year he was probably a step slower than 06' (when he was lightning quick). Now he's maybe a half step slower, but is a little more powerful runner than 06' And he NEVER fumbles.

As far as McCarter coming to JMU because of his brother, thats true- his brother has been a JMU campus cop for a couple of yrs now, and McCarter from what I heard wanted to be near his brother. He has the tools (6'3", 215) to at least get a look at the next level. The junior is JMU's ;leading receiver.

O-line:
#62 OC Lemm (6'3", 285 R-Sr) a 3 yr starter and senior co-captain, was 1st team All CAA
-#60 RT Terrance Apted (6'4", 335, R-Sr) was 2nd team. Apted, also a 3 yr starter, from Pago Pago Samoa played in 04'-05' on Urban Meyer's Utah's teams. He and his wife had a baby, and his wife's family lives just outside of Harrisonburg. So they both transferred to JMU so his wife's parents could help them take care of the baby while they both went to school at JMU and Terrance could continue to play football.
-#53 RG Dorian Brooks (6'3" 285, 6'3", 285R-Jr) was 2nd team All CAA as mcveryl stated.
-#76 LT Sherman (6'4", 300, R-So), a 2nd yr starter, was 3rd team as mcveryl stated. Lemm and Apted are 3 yr starters.
-#78 LG Arthur Walker (6'3", 325 R-So). The only 1st yr starter on the o-line and the only one not to get post season CAA honor He won the starting job when 2 yr starter Vernon Eason, who would have been a 4th yr junior this year, left the team during the offseason for personal reasons.

I'll do the defense:
-De ends are #99 Abdul Wahid (6'5", 240 R-Sr) and #52 Arthur Moats (6'2", 240 Jr). Were 2nd & 3rd team All CAA respectively. Moats is the best pass rusher on the team, and at 6'2", 240, has a burst. Had 3.5 sacks vs Nova, and has 11 on the season, and another 14 for losses. leads the team in both categories.

-DTs are #98 J.D. Skolnitsky (6'5" 255 R-Jr) and #58 Sam Daniels (6'1", 270 R-Jr). Daniels may be the best DT in the CAA. He was only 3rd team All CAA (which I think was a crock) as the 8 DL on the 1st and 2nd team were all defensive ends.

LBs: Lost senior co-captain #11 DJ Brandon (6'1", 235) with torn ACL in the 2nd qtr UR game. He was replaced by #6 Vidal Nelson, (6'1", 205 R-Fr) who was moved up from safety in the spring, then I think back to safety during the fall, then back to LB when Brandon went down. MM said he was about 215 during the Spring, but had dropped to about 195 when Brandon went down. Other LB is *true freshman #45 Jamie Veney (6'3", 215) (*Technically a true freshman but played one year on the Fork Union Military Academy post grad team playing with mostly other Div I recruits against other PG teams, JVs, and JUCOs. So he's more like a 2nd yr player in terms of age, maturity & experience. Is a huge talent who could be AA by the time he leaves JMU. ALso has a propensity to miss tackles. When Brandon went down the LBs really struggled against Nova. Were much improved against UD, W&M, and Towson. Struggled again against Wofford, but JMU still held Wofford to its 3rd lowest rushing output of the year (301) yds as only 2 team had held them to under 300 rushing (SC and Citadel). LBs played much better against Nova, as JMU, who gave up 229 on the ground to Nova the 1st time around, held them to 81 last Saturday.

Safeties:
Best of the bunch is #34 FS Marcus Haywood (6'0", 190, R-Sr), 1st team All CAA and likely will make several AA lists. Has 5 INTs on the season. Other starters are #13 WS Gerrin Griffin (6'1", 200 R-Jr) who missed 5 games of the season with an eye infection, and #24 SS Pat Williams, (6'1, 205", R-Fr) awarded the CAA co-defensive newcomer of the year. This guy really lays the wood to people.

Corners:
JMU goes 4 deep here, all with significant starting experience. Both starters are seniors. #2 Evan McCollough (5'10" 195 Sr) is probably the best of the bunch, and is an NFL prospect. #3 Derrius Ramsey (5'10" 170 Sr) is the other starter. #19 Scotty McGee (5'9" 180 R-Jr) sees significant PT. #1 Jamaris Sanders (5'10, 185 Jr) DNP vs Nova. Not sure of his status for Fri night.

PK is #20 Dave Stannard (5'9", 185 R-Sr). 2nd yr as the starting PK. 10-14 on FGs, 64-66 on PATs.

Kickoff, punting, and 45/50+ FG duties are held by #40 Dave Pritchard (6'0", 250) R-Sr. He has a pretty good leg, but can be erratic.

And we all know about #13 Scotty McGee in returns. Coming into the season had 2 KOs returned for TDs. Has 4 more returns for TDs this season, 1 kick return and 3 punt returns. Since the 5th game of the season teams have been almost always trying to kick away from him. Last sat vs Nova was the 1st time all season I've seen a team kick to him and cover him pretty well.

Article & list of the JMU players receiving All CAA
http://www.jmusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71225&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400&ATCLID=3622676
JMU stats:
http://www.jmusports.com/fls/14400/stats/football/2008/teamstat.htm?ATCLID=791903&SPSID=71033&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400
2 deep lineups for both teams are on page 40 of the game notes:
http://www.jmusports.com/downloads1/71921.pdf?ATCLID=3629519&SPSID=71029&SPID=8113&DB_OEM_ID=14400

Thanks, pretty busy here at work. Slight correction...Scotty's number 19.

BDKJMU
December 9th, 2008, 10:21 AM
Thanks, pretty busy here at work. Slight correction...Scotty's number 19.

No problem. I had Scotty as #19 when talking about the corners, but put him as #13 when talking about the special teams. How could I confuse him with Griffin? Oops. Fixed it.