CAA Pick'em Week 10

[melloware13]

CAA Standings:
T1. #2 Villanova (7-1, 4-0 CAA)
T1. #3 New Hampshire (6-1, 4-0 CAA)
3. #8 Richmond (6-2, 3-1 CAA)
4. Stony Brook (4-5, 3-2 CAA)
T5. Albany (6-2, 2-2 CAA)
T5. James Madison (5-3, 2-2 CAA)
T5. #19 William & Mary (5-3, 2-2 CAA)
T5. Delaware (4-4, 2-2 CAA)
9. Maine (3-5, 2-3 CAA)
10. Towson (3-5, 1-3 CAA)
T11. Elon (1-7, 0-4 CAA)
T11. Rhode Island (0-8, 0-4 CAA)

Saturday, November 1
#2 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - 12 PM - CSN-MA, CSN-P, SNY, CSN-C, CSN-CA
Rhode Island @ Delaware - 12 PM - Hens All-Access
#19 William & Mary @ James Madison - 3:30 PM - ASN
Elon @ Towson - 4 PM - ASN
Albany @ #3 New Hampshire - 6 PM - UNHWildcats.TV ($)

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

3 very good games next week. May be week of the year in the CAA.

[melloware13]

Nova @ Richmond - Should be an exciting game, but I think Robertson is able to give nightmares to the Spiders.

URI @ Delaware - O/U 10,000 attendance at the game. Don't want to pick the Hens to lose it though.

W&M @ JMU - Tribe bounced back today, while Dukes seemed to have to escape Charlotte.

Elon @ Towson - I want to pick the Phoenix in one, and Towson is deserving of that type of loss.

Albany @ UNH - Closer than would have thought in preseason, too much Wildcats though.

[kdinva]

Villanova 27, Richmond 23
Delaware 34, Rhode Island 13
Wm. & Mary 22, JMU 19
Towson 28; Elon 10
UNH 35, Albany 14

[GoBlueHens83]

Villanova @ Richmond
Rhode Island @ Delaware
William & Mary @ James Madison
Elon @ Towson
Albany @ New Hampshire

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

Villanova 35 @ Richmond 32 (OT)
Rhode Island 17 @ Delaware 24
William & Mary 35 @ James Madison 24
Elon 14 @ Towson 13
Albany 28 @ New Hampshire 42

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Villanova at Richmond could be one of the best games in FCS this year. Could be for a seed.....

[smilo]

Villanova 55 Richmond 34
Delaware 20 Rhode Island 9
William & Mary 27 James Madison 21
Towson 16 Elon 14
New Hampshire 45 Albany 13

[bonarae]

Villanova
Delaware
W&M
Towson
UNH

[Tribal]

Villanova 33, Richmond 27
Delaware 37, Rhode Island 24
W&am 33, JMU 24
Towson 17; Elon 16
UNH 42, Albany 20


#RisingTribe

[KPSUL]

Villanova @ Richmond 35-38, Everyone scores on Nova, RU will do it better than any previous team
Rhode Island @ Delaware 14-31, Hens take frustration out on Rams
William & Mary @ James Madison, 28-21, W&M has got their offense rolling since UNH
Elon @ Towson, 16-27, I wen to the Elon – UNH game, maybe they are better than that, but I see Elon going 0-8 in the CAA
Albany @ New Hampshire, 21-35, Albany is the 2nd best, 2nd season CAA team

[JMUNJ08]

#2 Villanova @ #10 Richmond
Rhode Island @ Delaware
#20 William & Mary @ James Madison
Elon @ Towson
Albany @ #3 New Hampshire

[melloware13]

Updated rankings, and an early pick update:
Villanova (88.9%) @ Richmond
Delaware (100%) v. Rhode Island
William & Mary (88.9%) @ James Madison
Towson (66.7%) v. Elon
New Hampshire (100%) v. Albany

[Anovafan]

#2 Villanova
Delaware
James Madison
Towson
#3 New Hampshire

[Ivytalk]

#2 Villanova
Delaware
James Madison
Towson
#3 New Hampshire

Sounds right. Wins by Elon and JMU wouldn't surprise me, though.

And if URI knocks off Delaware, Brock better watch his back.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Richmond,
Delaware
JMU
Towson
UNH (But NEXT year, watch out)




Villanova @ Richmond 35-38, Everyone scores on Nova, RU will do it better than any previous team
Rhode Island @ Delaware 14-31, Hens take frustration out on Rams
William & Mary @ James Madison, 28-21, W&M has got their offense rolling since UNH
Elon @ Towson, 16-27, I wen to the Elon – UNH game, maybe they are better than that, but I see Elon going 0-8 in the CAA
Albany @ New Hampshire, 21-35, Albany is the 2nd best, 2nd season CAA team

[UNH72Plus]

William & Mary - Could be close
UNH - But after a lackluster game last week, I'm a bit nervous
Nova - Should be a great game
Delaware - URI is still URI
Towson - Only because it's at home

[Mattymc727]

Richmond
William & Mary
Delaware
Towson
UNH

[fc97]

Villanove
Delaware
Towson
UNH

[Gangtackle11]

#2 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - I think this is going to be a hum dinger, but I'm admitting to be a homer here. Villanova 35-31
Rhode Island @ Delaware - i said last week that I want to take Rhody, but I'm done Delaware 20 Rhody 10
#19 William & Mary @ James Madison - I'm going with the better defense here. W&M 20 JMU 17
Elon @ Towson - Who knows? Towson 20 Elon 17
Albany @ #3 New Hampshire - Gattuso doing miracles at Albany, but this is too much to ask of his squad. UNH 27 Albany 14

[Wildcat Pride]

Richmond over Nova in a shoot out
Delaware by as many as they want to score
William and Mary going to show how good they really are
Towson just better than Elon
UNH

[TheDHC]

#2 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - 12 PM - Cats too strong
Rhode Island @ Delaware - 12 PM - Poor Rhody xcoffeex
#19 William & Mary @ James Madison - 3:30 PM -
Elon @ Towson - 4 PM - Great 4Q comeback against the Hens
Albany @ #3 New Hampshire - 6 PM - Despite their poor performance against the Seawolves, the cats will bounce back,

[Skyhawk71]

Villanova @ Richmond
Rhode Island @ Delaware
William & Mary @ James Madison
Elon @ Towson
Albany @ New Hampshire

[Dane96]

Villanova @ Richmond- What a game. I like Richmond, at home.
Rhode Island @ Delaware- If UD loses this game, The Hen House board will go apocolyptic. The Blue Chickens.
William & Mary @ James Madison- The most interesting game of the week. If Vad Lee is on, JMU takes it. JMU.
Elon @ Towson- Yawn...should be a doozy of a display. Towson
Albany @ New Hampshire. Would love the upset but, the Danes are not quite ready for prime-time yet. I'd happily like to get this pick wrong. UNH

[McNeese75]

Villanova @ Richmond
Rhode Island @ Delaware
William & Mary @ James Madison
Elon @ Towson
Albany @ New Hampshire

[SBUFAN33]

Villanova
Delaware
James Madison
Elon
New Hampshire

[fc97]

People are crazy to pick us. We just can't score, period.

[Tiger93]

Villanova 31, Richmond 27 - Richmond had New Hampshire on the ropes earlier this year at home. I think they will make it tough on Villanova as well. The Wildcats have yet to score less than 35 against FCS competition this year. I think Villanova holds a tough Richmond time.
Delaware 27, Rhode Island 14 - Delaware gets back on track after a couple of tough losses.
James Madison 24, William & Mary 20 - I will take the home team winning a tight battle here.
Towson 23, Elon 17 - I am scared of these games against Elon and Rhode Island. Those two teams have to turn on Towson's game film and think we can win this. The Tigers will do enough to win this, but I don't really have much confidence in the offense this year.
New Hampshire 30, Albany 17 - Stony Brook showed this is a beatable New Hampshire squad, but I am not sure there is a team remaining on the Wildcats' schedule who will beat them. If this was in Albany I might have New Hampshire on upset watch.

[melloware13]

Time for a bump, and another update:
Villanova (79.2%) @ Richmond
Delaware (100%) v. Rhode Island
William & Mary (73.9%) @ James Madison
Towson (83.3%) v. Elon
New Hampshire (100%) v. Albany

[whoanellie]

People are crazy to pick us. We just can't score, period. It so sad to see Elon not even being able to score in a brothel, wait We are going to Baltimore!!!! We have hope!!!!

[JMU-MRD-DAD]

Richmond
Delaware
JMU
Towson
NH

I'm giving the edge to the home team (UR & JMU) for these two games. The weather forecast is for much colder temps and rain for Saturday and turnover(s) could be a factor in the outcome.

Go Dukes.

[bluehenbillk]

UR 30 VU 26 - Cats & Mother Nature don't stop Spiders pass attack
UD 21 URI 14 - Hens but it's not a blowout
W&M 21 JMU 14 - Dukes playoff hopes fade away
TU 16 Elon 10 - Only for purists
UNH 41 UA 17 - Boom

[jmufan999]

hey Melloware, i had to delete my post since none of my buttons (reply, edit, etc.) seem to work while i'm at my work computer. it's really, really irritating.

so i'm only changing my prediction for the UR game, and i'll do that in the post below. just wanted to make sure you see this post. thought i'd give you a heads up to keep the calculations accurate.

[jmufan999]

#2 Villanova@ #8 Richmond - UPDATED PICK - i had previously picked UR over Nova 45-42. that was before i found out about the weather forecast and UR's issues on 3rd downs since Strauss went out. found a little nugget about what i believe is an important stat, 3rd down conversion percentage: with Strauss, UR was converting 66.3% of their 3rd downs which is an absolutely crazy number. since Rocco took over in the Albany game (and i'm including Rocco's stats from that game), UR is converting 38.2% on 3rd down. still a good number, but that's against two ATROCIOUS teams and the Albany game was well in hand when Rocco went in. now they have to play the #7 ranked 3rd down D in Nova, and relying on the run won't get it done because Nova only allows about 3 yards per carry. this is a bad matchup for UR because i doubt the running game is going to work against Nova. changing my pick to Nova 28, UR 17. and yes, i realize that would be a season-low for UR.

Rhode Island @ Delaware - duh. UD's not having their best year but URI is just a mess. UD 24-14.

#19 William & Mary @ James Madison- i'm mildly surprised so few people are picking JMU [edit: had a few more JMU picks since i originally posted that]. think this will be close, but it's JMU's Homecoming... coming off a win where we played the first half without our All-American (i think?) safety in Marlowe who was suspended for a half due to a TERRIBLE targeting call. Marlowe was playing in the slot (WHY???) for "most" of the season until the coaches finally put him back at his natural safety position... against Towson. fantastic CB Moreland also missed a majority of the UNCC game after leaving with an injury. his status is up in the air but Marlowe will be back. status of Moreland and LB Stallings will be absolutely critical. The home team hasn't lost in this series since 2007. if JMU pulls off the upset, i'll say 35-31. i reserve the right to change this pick based on injury info for Stallings and Moreland [edit: Moreland and Stallings are "fine", according to Withers. both are slated to play on Saturday].

Elon @ Towson- i don't think Towson is good, but i also don't think the JMU game was indicative of their skill. that game just got away from them. they're better than Elon and win at home, 27-13.

Albany @ #3 New Hampshire - UNH is going to take out some aggression on Albany this week. i like UNH 42-24. that's not a knock on Albany, just think they're playing the Cats at the wrong time and on the road.

[ElonFirefighter]

It so sad to see Elon not even being able to score in a brothel, wait We are going to Baltimore!!!! We have hope!!!!


xthumbsupx

[jmufan999]

we're not getting bumped to page 2. not happening.

[Mattymc727]

Do you guys think Rhody will ever turn around?

URI seems that it would have all the tools to compete with UNH and UMaine, they are very similar schools. I just dont get it, do recruits really like NH and Maine more thn RI or is it a case of success breeds success and losing breeds losing?

It probably deserves its own thread, but i figured it might not get any responses.

[MR. CHICKEN]

Do you guys think Rhody will ever turn around?

URI seems that it would have all the tools to compete with UNH and UMaine, they are very similar schools. I just dont get it, do recruits really like NH and Maine more thn RI or is it a case of success breeds success and losing breeds losing?

It probably deserves its own thread, but i figured it might not get any responses.



19947.............................xnodx.....BRAWK!

[bostonspider]

Some of it has to do with Meade Stadium, doesn't it? And the fact that RI High Schools just do not produce too many players.

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/admin/wp-content/gallery/rhode-island-rams-meade-stadium/rhodeisland6.jpg

[Mattymc727]

UNH has had one of the worst FCS facilities over the past 30 years, shouldnt be URI's excuse.

I also dont buy the excuse that RI doesnt produce enough HS talent. NH and Maine arent Texas when it comes to HS football either.

I wont take the excuse that URI is a basketball school either. UNH and Maine are hockey schools, doesnt stop them either.

I could understand if URI was a smaller, private NE institution. However URI is is one of New Englands biggest state schools with 30k students.

Where is the issue?

[MR. CHICKEN]

Some of it has to do with Meade Stadium, doesn't it? And the fact that RI High Schools just do not produce too many players.

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/admin/wp-content/gallery/rhode-island-rams-meade-stadium/rhodeisland6.jpg


19951..........NOT DAT MANY HOME-GROWNS...ON OURAH ROSTER...EITHER....BROCK IS WOIKIN' ON DIS..............DOODLE-DOO!

[DoubleH]

No time for lengthy write-ups...

Villanova @ Richmond: No Strauss, no win. I'm actually surprised to see as many Richmond upsets as the board picked.

Rhode Island @ Delaware: Poor Rhody.

William & Mary @ James Madison: Upset pick. W&M has been thoroughly underwhelming.

Elon @ Towson: Speaking of underwhelming... it has been very depressing to watch this season after last year's, and frustrating to hear the barbs aimed at the Tigers on this board. Enjoy it now, because very soon this team will be back to the upper echelon of this conference...

Albany @ New Hampshire: UA is not there yet.

[Sitting Bull]

Picks:

Villanova 34 Richmond 21
Delaware 27 URI 6
Tribe 41 JMU 23
Towson 24 Elon 10
UNH 22 UAlbany 14

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Villanova 38 Richmond 30 - I trust Talley more than Rocco...

Delaware 31 URI 14 - The Hens season of blah trends up for another week...

JMU 27 W&M 24 - I'll take the Dukes to pull the minor upset at home...

Towson 38 Elon 35 - I have no clue....

UNH 42 Albany 27 - The Wildcats are nearly unbeatable at home....

[melloware13]

Gameday update:
Villanova (75.9%) @ Richmond
Delaware (100%) v. Rhode Island
William & Mary (60.7%) @ James Madison
Towson (86.2%) v. Elon
New Hampshire (100%) v. Albany

[melloware13]

Final Scores:
#8 Richmond 10, #2 Villanova 9
Delaware 28, Rhode Island 13
James Madison 31, #19 William & Mary 24
Towson 21, Elon 19
#3 New Hampshire 49, Albany 24

CAA Standings:
1. #3 New Hampshire (7-1, 5-0 CAA)
T2. #8 Richmond (7-2, 4-1 CAA)
T2. #2 Villanova (7-2, 4-1 CAA)
T4. James Madison (6-3, 3-2 CAA)
T4. Delaware (5-4, 3-2 CAA)
T4. Stony Brook (4-5, 3-2 CAA)
T7. Albany (6-3, 2-3 CAA)
T7. #19 William & Mary (5-4, 2-3 CAA)
T7. Towson (4-5, 2-3 CAA)
T7. Maine (3-5, 2-3 CAA)
T11. Elon (1-8, 0-5 CAA)
T11. Rhode Island (0-9, 0-5 CAA)

[melloware13]

BestDaneSinceHamlet, Dane96, and JMU-MRD-DAD each had perfect weeks, earning 10 points. With that performance, Dane96 is in the overall lead with 89 points. GoBlueHens83, VT Wildcat Fan53, and myself had the worst weeks, earning only 4 points.