Northeastern Huskies at #17 James Madison Dukes

**JMU Duke Dog** · September 18th, 2006, 06:58 PM

I hope that JMU has made the most of having two straight weeks of practice and will have made significant progress on offense compared to the Dukes' previous two game thus far in 2006.

**JMU Duke Dog** · September 18th, 2006, 07:05 PM

Game notes from JMU's athletics website...

http://www.jmusports.com/Team/Stats/2/Notes.pdf

**JMU Duke Dog** · September 18th, 2006, 07:08 PM

Interesting facts about this series...

JMU leads the series 10-8, dominating its early years while Northeastern has been the more-successful squad recently.
Northeastern has won the last four meetings, including 41-24 in 2003 in the last series game.
The scheduled 1989 meeting at JMU was canceled due to a measles outbreak in the Boston area and the Northeastern team for a time being prohibited from traveling outside of Massachusetts.
A 1-9 Northeastern team closed its season with a 9-6 overtime win at JMU in 1994. JMU was 9-1 at the time and went on to reach the second round of the Division I-AA playoffs.
JMU coach Mickey Matthews (1999-present) won his first game as a head coach in a 29-21 decision over Northeastern Sept. 11, 1999 at JMU.
JMU's Delvin Joyce (1997-2000) at Northeastern in the Dukes' final 2000 game became the first Division I-AA player to reach the 1,000-yard career yardage mark in the statistical categories of rushing, receiving, kickoff returns and punt returns.
Northeastern's current offensive coordinator Eddie Davis was JMU's former offensive coordinator and also coached the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and special teams from 1999-2003.

**MR. CHICKEN** · September 18th, 2006, 09:56 PM

DAWGS...WILL CURB...DUH HUSKIES.......PUT DUH "W"....IN DUH "W" COLLUMN....(YOUSE GUYS SWEAT DUH SMALL STUFF)...:confused:...BRAWK!

WHEN YA'LL DEVELOPE TRADITION.......YA'LL WILL GET....WHAT DUH BIRD IS TALKIN' 'BOUT!:nod:

**igo4uni** · September 18th, 2006, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by MR. CHICKEN

YA'LL WILL GET....WHAT DUH BIRD IS TALKIN' 'BOUT!:nod:

Very few get "What duh bird is talkin' 'bout"

:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:

**JMU Duke Dog** · September 19th, 2006, 11:10 PM

I'll believe it when I actually see us go with a different offensive mindeset. Here was an article from The Northern Virginia Daily.

JMU to debut new-look offense
Atlantic 10 notebook - Bye week let Matthews tweak his previously stagnant offensive unit -- By Ryan Sonner (Daily Staff Writer)

The past week has been Extreme Makeover: JMU Edition.

On Monday, coach Mickey Matthews said the Dukes' offense, a glaring weakness through two games, has undergone a face-lift of sorts.

"We're evaluating everything offensively that we do — from top to bottom," he said during the Atlantic 10 coaches teleconference. "We're trying to evaluate the plays we're calling and if we're playing the right players."

(click here to continue...)

**blur2005** · September 20th, 2006, 02:10 AM

All I have to say is that JMU better win this game. I don't care what you change, just get the W. And play better than you did against Bloomsburg. Those are my two requirements.

**AppGuy04** · September 20th, 2006, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by blur2005

All I have to say is that JMU better win this game. I don't care what you change, just get the W. And play better than you did against Bloomsburg. Those are my two requirements.

yep, or the drop down the polls will continue

**Bisonforlife** · September 22nd, 2006, 02:21 PM

I like Northeastern in this game by 10.

**Husky Alum** · September 22nd, 2006, 02:33 PM

I've seen NU play live the last couple of weeks, and with all due respect to our NDSU posters here (and thanks to those posters who showed me some tremendous Bison hospitality last weekend), Northeastern's defense isn't that good.

I think once NDSU established itself, your coach showed tremendous deference to Rocky Hager and didn't take advantage of our obviously undersized defense.

If Murray doesn't play, we're in big trouble. Regardless, I say....

JMU 24
NU 10