CAA Week 7 Pick'em

[melloware13]

CAA Standings:
T1. #6 James Madison (5-1, 3-0 CAA)
T1. #13 Villanova (5-1, 3-0 CAA)
3. #24 New Hampshire (4-2, 3-0 CAA)
4. Stony Brook (3-2, 2-0 CAA)
5. #8 Richmond (5-1, 2-1 CAA)
6. #16 Albany (4-1, 1-1 CAA)
7. Maine (2-3, 1-1 CAA)
8. Elon (2-4, 1-2 CAA)
9. Delaware (2-3, 0-2 CAA)
10. William & Mary (2-4, 0-3 CAA)
11. Towson (1-4, 0-3 CAA)
12. Rhode Island (1-5, 0-3 CAA)

Saturday, October 15
#16 Albany @ Maine - 12 PM - WVII/Maine All-Access ($)
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire - 12 PM - ASN
Towson @ Dartmouth - 1:30 PM - ILDN
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - 3:30 PM - CSN
Delaware @ William & Mary - 3:30 PM - CAA.TV
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - 4 PM - SBU Live Stream

Bye - Elon

Overall Top 10:
1. Dane96 - 55
T2. Majority Picks - 54
T2. KPSUL - 54
T2. UNHWildcat18 - 54
T5. DoctorRemulak - 53
T5. Tiger93 - 53
T5. Vermont - 53
T5. Zable Noise - 53
T9. caribbeanhen - 52
T9. Gangtackle11 - 52
T9. Massey Predictions - 52

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Maine
JMU
Dartmouth
Villanova
WM
Stony Brook

[MR. CHICKEN]

.......DELAWARE........WE'VE BECOME.......AUSTIN PEAY........xbawlingx......DUMP BRAWK!

[RootinFerDukes]

.......DELAWARE........WE'VE BECOME.......AUSTIN PEAY........xbawlingx......DUMP BRAWK!

But you beat the Delaware states and Lafayettes of the world. I say I say I say don't be so down on yourself my chickadee friend.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

Albany
Jmu
Towson
Richmond
WM
SBU

[melloware13]

#16 Albany @ Maine
- Despite loss, Danes proved they're legit to me. Bears will have to actually defend a pass this week, which could be too much.
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire
- Dukes and Wildcats both underwhelmed this weekend, but I put that more on the weather. I think JMU will have to look out for a game vs Wildcats, just not these ones.
Towson @ Dartmouth
- Somehow, the Big Green beat UNH. They look like they should be no problem for the Tigers now.
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond
- Wildcats have been rolling, granted against teams that seem to be inferior (other than Lehigh). Spiders have been tight still, momentum carries Nova.
Delaware @ William & Mary
- I don't see Hens winning again this year, which means I go with the Tribe.
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook
- Seawolves still have somewhat of a shot at playoffs, take advantage of Rams to increase their odds.

[GoBlueHens83]

Albany @ Maine
James Madison @ New Hampshire
Towson @ Dartmouth
Villanova @ Richmond
Delaware @ William & Mary
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook

[WrenFGun]

I haven't been picking this season, but IMO, UNH/JMU will be a game this week at home. JMU should win but UNH is very hard to beat at home and pretty good against the run. Should be interesting.

[kdinva]

Albany 28 @ Maine 30
James Madison 31 @ New Hampshire 24
Towson 20 @ Dartmouth 24
Villanova 21 @ Richmond 27
Delaware 17 @ William & Mary 26
Rhode Island 12 @ Stony Brook 31

[UNHWildcat18]

This is gonna be a tough week to pick. Shoulda went with SB to be 6-0/tied for 1st! I doubt anyone goes perfect this week.

[RootinFerDukes]

I haven't been picking this season, but IMO, UNH/JMU will be a game this week at home. JMU should win but UNH is very hard to beat at home and pretty good against the run. Should be interesting.

We have lost three consecutive against UNH and haven't beaten UNH since 2007. UNH also hasn't played in Harrisonburg since 2010, with this being the third consecutive meeting in Durham.

We're favored on paper, but this is essentially a toss-up as far as i'm concerned, especially with our poor defense. You all will have a season high offensive performance.

[Catsfan90]

We have lost three consecutive against UNH and haven't beaten UNH since 2007. UNH also hasn't played in Harrisonburg since 2010, with this being the third consecutive meeting in Durham.

We're favored on paper, but this is essentially a toss-up as far as i'm concerned, especially with our poor defense. You all will have a season high offensive performance.

Idk. For the first time in recent history UNH's defense is outplaying our offense.

[bonarae]

Albany
JMU
Towson
Richmond
W&M
Stony Brook

[Gangtackle11]

Last week: 4-2 Season: 41-10

Saturday, October 15
#14 Albany 21 @ Maine 19
#6 James Madison 35 @ New Hampshire 27
Towson 18 @ Dartmouth 24
#15 Villanova 20 @ #9 Richmond 17
Delaware 20 @ William & Mary 23
Rhode Island 7 @ Stony Brook 26

[caribbeanhen]

one year later has Laycock figured out how to beat a slaughtered Hen

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

There really is a lot of parity this year. I guess I would put JMU and Villanova the two top teams but not by much. If our QB played the 2nd half against JMU like he did against the Hens we get a W, had the lead going into the 4th quarter. Our game with Albany is homecoming and I don't see us losing if we get the QB play like last w/e.

[KPSUL]

We have lost three consecutive against UNH and haven't beaten UNH since 2007. UNH also hasn't played in Harrisonburg since 2010, with this being the third consecutive meeting in Durham.

We're favored on paper, but this is essentially a toss-up as far as i'm concerned, especially with our poor defense. You all will have a season high offensive performance.

UNH may have the most significant home field advantage in the CAA, but I don't view this game as a toss-up. Even factoring in that the game is in Durham, NH, JMU should be a 7-8 point favorite.

[RootinFerDukes]

UNH may have the most significant home field advantage in the CAA, but I don't view this game as a toss-up. Even factoring in that the game is in Durham, NH, JMU should be a 7-8 point favorite.

Massey says we are 6 point favorites.

[ElonFirefighter]

Saturday, October 15
#14 Albany @ Maine - 12 PM - WVII/Maine All-Access ($)
#6 James Madison @ New Hampshire - 12 PM - ASN
Towson @ Dartmouth - 1:30 PM - ILDN
#15 Villanova @ #9 Richmond - 3:30 PM - CSN
Delaware @ William & Mary - 3:30 PM - CAA.TV
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - 4 PM - SBU Live Stream

Bye - Elon

[mainejeff]

Maine 35 Albany 14
JMU 34 UNH 17
Towson 35 Dartmouth 21
Villanova 27 Richmond 24
Delaware 21 W&M 17
Stony Brook 40 URI 10

[melloware13]

Massey Predictions:
#16 Albany 20 @ Maine 17
#6 James Madison 34 @ #24 New Hampshire 28
Towson 22 @ Dartmouth 24
#13 Villanova 26 @ #8 Richmond 24
Delaware 20 @ William & Mary 24
Rhode Island 7 @ Stony Brook 26

[RootinFerDukes]

#14 Albany at Maine
#6 James Madison at New Hampshire
Towson at Dartmouth
#15 Villanova at #9 Richmond
Delaware at William & Mary
Rhode Island at Stony Brook

I can't disagree with Massey. JMU should be able to take care of UNH and we're showing that we're a team that fights on both sides of the ball. VU/UR is really a toss-up but I just think VU has looked more unstoppable than UR so far this season and that is my only difference.

[Mattymc727]

Albany
JMU
Towson
Nova
W&M
SBU

[caribbeanhen]

the first thing I need to figure out is if it's better to flip coins or throw darts.... this is tough week

Head says Nova, but games in Va
Head says JMU, but strange things happen in NE
Albany should beat Maine, but see above geographic sterotype
Delaware has flat lined but so has Laycock

Melloware, don't try to pick my picks from this post, they will be coming later

[KPSUL]

I'm not sure about Towson @ Dartmouth. The Tigers played strong in the first half against SB without Darrius Victor; however. in the 2nd half after losing their #2 RB, Shane Simpson, they really seemed to flounder. QB Ellis Knudson can contribute effectively with a strong RB in there with him, I'm not sure he and the Towson passing attack can carry that offense. The two offensive weapons that led to predictions of CAA top 3-4 and an appearance in the playoffs are now out for the season: Victor and QB Morgan Mahalak. Any comments from the Towson supporters?

[Catsfan90]

Massey says we are 6 point favorites.

vegas has the line at: JMU -7.5, UNH +7.5

[DoctorRemulak]

I'm not sure about Towson @ Dartmouth. The Tigers played strong in the first half against SB without Darrius Victor; however. in the 2nd half after losing their #2 RB, Shane Simpson, they really seemed to flounder. QB Ellis Knudson can contribute effectively with a strong RB in there with him, I'm not sure he and the Towson passing attack can carry that offense. The two offensive weapons that led to predictions of CAA top 3-4 and an appearance in the playoffs are now out for the season: Victor and QB Morgan Mahalak. Any comments from the Towson supporters?

There's a ton of frustration coming from Towson fans, myself included. Quite frankly, it's demoralizing to see your #1 weapon (Vito) and someone who has the potential to be "the guy" at QB (Mahalak) go down with injuries. It doesn't help that very few of us have much faith in Ellis' ability to win us games. There's also a growing number of fans calling for the heads of both our OC and our DC and I can't say that I disagree. Our play calling is relatively ineffective and vanilla; no one is scared of our offense and our D consistently gets burned. Unfortunately, the OC is Rob Ambrose's younger brother so I don't see him going anywhere anytime soon. I'd also be surprised to see Rob make the call to axe the DC either. With the team in its current state, I wouldn't bet on us. I'll still take us in the pick 'em because I'm naive and a homer, but I won't be at all shocked if we lose this game.

On the bright side, Mahalak has two years of eligibility remaining after this year (unless I'm mistaken) and we just landed a B1G transfer receiver. Some of our younger recruits/commits have given us reason to be excited so hopefully the next few seasons will be more successful than this year. In any case, I'll still be out at Unitas cheering on my Tigers no matter how bad they're playing.

[DoctorRemulak]

#16 Albany
#24 New Hampshire
Towson
#8 Richmond
William & Mary
Stony Brook

[melloware13]

Initial Point Spreads:
#16 Albany @ Maine (pk) - O/U: 39.5 - (ALB 19.75, MAINE 19.75)
#6 James Madison (-6) @ #24 New Hampshire - O/U: 63.5 - (JMU 34.75, UNH 28.75)
Towson @ Dartmouth (-4.5) - O/U: 48.5 - (DART 26.5, TOW 22)
#13 Villanova (-1.5) @ #8 Richmond - O/U: 49.5 - (NOVA 25.5, RICH 24)
Delaware @ William & Mary (-3.5) - O/U: 45.5 - (W&M 24.5, DEL 21)
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook (-17.5) - O/U: 37.5 - (SBU 27.5, URI 10)

[eiu1999]

#16 Albany @ Maine
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire
Towson @ Dartmouth
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond
Delaware @ William & Mary
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook

[Terry2889]

Saturday, October 15
#16 Albany 20 @ Maine 24 -The Black Bears pounce. Albany has a hangover from dropping triple overtime the week before.
#6 James Madison 27 @ #24 New Hampshire 31- The baby 'Cats pull an upset and then manage to befuddle the football world by dropping 3 of their last 4!
Towson 20 @ Dartmouth 24- The Big Green get back in the win column against a battered Tigers team.
#13 Villanova 28 @ #8 Richmond - 'Nova continues to improve and move up the rankings.
Delaware 14 @ William & Mary 27 - W & M finally put it together...
Rhode Island 21 @ Stony Brook 17- URI has to win at least one... This might be it.

[paward]

Albany
NH
Towson
Richmond
W&M
Stony Brook

[mainejeff]

I don't think some people realize how good James Madison is.

[caribbeanhen]

Albany
James Madison
Towson
Villanova
William & Mary
Stony Brook

[UIWWildthing]

#16 Albany
#6 James Madison
Dartmouth
#8 Richmond
William & Mary
Stony Brook

[bluehenbillk]

Albany
JMU
Dartmouth
Nova
W&M
StBrook

[RootinFerDukes]

I don't think some people realize how good James Madison is.

If a team can defend the run well, we will struggle. Schor has been decent in his passing game but not a world beater so far, especially with the long pass that he usually over throws.

Our defense is our weakness but they appear to be improving statistically from last year. However, we have yet to get to the meat of our CAA schedule for a truly apples to apples comparison.

[Terry2889]

If a team can defend the run well, we will struggle. Schor has been decent in his passing game but not a world beater so far, especially with the long pass that he usually over throws.

Our defense is our weakness but they appear to be improving statistically from last year. However, we have yet to get to the meat of our CAA schedule for a truly apples to apples comparison.

That's the only reason I think UNH has a chance. UNH has been very good agains the run this year. Every year the league favorite drops a game they shouldn't lose and often it's been at UNH. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we're better than JMU. I'm just counting on past anomalies repeating themselves. Sometimes being young and dumb actually plays to your advantage : )

[RootinFerDukes]

That's the only reason I think UNH has a chance. UNH has been very good agains the run this year. Every year the league favorite drops a game they shouldn't lose and often it's been at UNH. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we're better than JMU. I'm just counting on past anomalies repeating themselves. Sometimes being young and dumb actually plays to your advantage : )

Our O-line has performed well though and Adbullah and Johnson are having outstanding years. If they perform to their usual efficiency, JMU should win. Sell out to stop the run and hope your secondary doesn't keep giving up mid-range passing plays in the middle of the field.

[WrenFGun]

I don't think some people realize how good James Madison is.

I watched JMU play against North Carolina, when they went toe to toe on offense for awhile -- they ran against UNC, I think they'll run against us, but strange things tend to happen in Durham. I thought JMU struggled against Kendall Anderson at times and giving up 24 points to that terrible W&M offense is pretty surprising.

UNH controls the clock (they've had 60% of the possession each of their last three games) and generally does a decent job against the run (but they still give up big plays -- Kendall anderson broke a big chunk off against them two weeks ago). The JMU QB will be able to throw down field if he wants to so a lot will be dependent on how much JMU wants to play their style of offense. Here's the thing -- UNH turned the ball over twice vs. Elon, three times vs. W&M, and a bunch vs. Rhode Island. They won all three games. They will not be that fortunate against JMU. If they can limit the turnovers I think they can win this game -- if they play like they have each of the last three weeks, they will lose by double digits, IMO.

[YoUDeeMan]

I don't think some people realize how good James Madison is.

JMU's defense stinks. That gives other teams a chance.

[Ivytalk]

Albany
JMU
Dartmouth
Nova
W&M
Stony Brook

[ccd494]

Is anyone else reminiscing over W&M/Maine 2003 with this Florida/LSU dustup?

Eerily similar... Hurricane Isabel hit Williamsburg, W&M wasn't going to be able to host. Maine offered to assume all costs to get W&M to Orono, and donate all game proceeds to hurricane relief, or play the game in Richmond. W&M couldn't logistically do it.

At the time, it seemed like Maine was going to need that win to get to 8 and make the playoffs (a late season stinker at Northeastern made it irrelevant). The A-10's solution was to not play, give Maine a win, but not W&M a loss.

[RootinFerDukes]

Is anyone else reminiscing over W&M/Maine 2003 with this Florida/LSU dustup?

Eerily similar... Hurricane Isabel hit Williamsburg, W&M wasn't going to be able to host. Maine offered to assume all costs to get W&M to Orono, and donate all game proceeds to hurricane relief, or play the game in Richmond. W&M couldn't logistically do it.

At the time, it seemed like Maine was going to need that win to get to 8 and make the playoffs (a late season stinker at Northeastern made it irrelevant). The A-10's solution was to not play, give Maine a win, but not W&M a loss.

You can't just give a school an unearned win. Why couldn't the game be worked out? Do you now specific details? Any WM fans know?

[Matt]

You can't just give a school an unearned win. Why couldn't the game be worked out? Do you now specific details? Any WM fans know?

yeah, what? there's no way they just gave them a win

[melloware13]

yeah, what? there's no way they just gave them a win

They did it, the wikipedia article on that W&M season says the presidents decided it because of Maine's efforts to play the game while recognizing that W&M wasn't going to be able to do much that weekend anywhere. NCAA doesn't recognize the win. I think Isabel came onshore Thursday night that week, so W&M would have had to evacuate to Orono (or neutral site) pretty early in the week. I'm surprised that Richmond played a home game that Saturday.

[jamesmadison]

JMU's defense stinks. That gives other teams a chance.


To be fair, you all have a hell of a backfield. Those running backs are big and very athletic.

[ccd494]

They did it, the wikipedia article on that W&M season says the presidents decided it because of Maine's efforts to play the game while recognizing that W&M wasn't going to be able to do much that weekend anywhere. NCAA doesn't recognize the win. I think Isabel came onshore Thursday night that week, so W&M would have had to evacuate to Orono (or neutral site) pretty early in the week. I'm surprised that Richmond played a home game that Saturday.

Yeah those were the days of the hard 8 win rule for the playoffs. Maine was doing everything short of offering to play a doubleheader on W&M's bye week to get that game in. The schedule looked like there was a really good chance that without the W&M game Maine would be stuck on 7-3. Didn't end up mattering.

[Spider from the North]

Albany
UNH
Towson
Richmond
WM
Stony Brook

[Tiger93]

Albany 20, Maine 17
James Madison 30, New Hampshire 17
Dartmouth 21, Towson 20
Richmond 31, Villanova 28
William & Mary 20, Delaware 10
Stony Brook 27, Rhode Island 13

[KPSUL]

Albany 28 @ Maine 20 – Danes bounce back. Bears have some talent but not enough consistency
James Madison 34 @ New Hampshire 26- Cats play tough, but lose by a TD and the weekly missed 2-point conversion
Towson 17 @ Dartmouth 20- Dartmouth gets 2 CAA wins in one season? What am I saying?
Villanova 31 @ Richmond 24- Spida’s can’t dodge one more bullet
Delaware 17 @ William & Mary 28 – Like he said: "W & M finally puts it together"
Rhode Island 10 @ Stony Brook 31 - Rams run head first into a wall that ain’t moving anywhere

[KPSUL]

Our O-line has performed well though and Adbullah and Johnson are having outstanding years. If they perform to their usual efficiency, JMU should win. Sell out to stop the run and hope your secondary doesn't keep giving up mid-range passing plays in the middle of the field.

Didn't work against San Diego state, and JMU has a better passing attack. Although San Diego State's D is light years better than JMU's.

[ZableNoise]

#16 Albany @ Maine
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire
Towson @ Dartmouth
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond
Delaware @ William & Mary
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook

[NHWildcatfan]

Does ASN have a live streaming video feed?

[Catsfan90]

Does ASN have a live streaming video feed?
UNH has been doing one on YouTube. They'll post the link before the game.

Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

[wildcatproductions]

Bump. Also a little preview video of UNH vs JMU game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVkUPlYdFg&feature=youtu.be


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVkUPlYdFg&feature=youtu.be

[MR. CHICKEN]

MAINE........"DUH BEARS"....GOT BITE....ALBANY REELIN' FROM 3OT CLOSE CALL......NUFFIN' IN TANK....LEFT FO' TRIP TA ORONO......AWK!
JMU............UNH......SUFFERS....DUH AGONY O' DEFEAT.......JMU....BRING BACK SOME....SYRUP.........BRAWK!
TOWSON.....MORE BANGED UP....DAN HENRIETTAH'S...FORD....(HIT IN PARKIN' LOT..PICKIN' UP DOMINOS LAST NIGHT).....SHOODAH GOT IT DELIVERED....TIGERS...DELIVER...DOODLE-DOO!
VILLANOVA..SPIDERS DRAGGIN'...AFTERAH ALBANY SKIRMISH........LET'S JES' HOPE....DUH KICKER.....MISSED DUH BUS..................BUK..BUK..BUK..BRAWK!
W&M...........JIMMYE....YOU-DEE'S PASSIN' ATTACK.......SIMILAR......TA ETHIOPIA'S AIR FORCE........ ELEVEN MAN FRONT...COACH.......ELEVEN MAN FRONT...........ER.....UH.....UMM.....AWK!
STONY B......RACK O' LAMB.....FO' SEAWOLVES....PRE GAME........RHODEY...JES' WAVE DUH WHITE [email protected] TOSS...........BROCK!

[Hanca]

Spiders lost A-A safety for season and starting running back also for season(2nd RB starter lost). May survive another RB lost but Jones (FS) irreplaceable as no depth in defensive backfield. Lauletta has become a turnover machine and new OC seems baffled since UVA. Like NOVA

[flyrod]

Wildcat Productions , Nice Video!
UNH Campus looks pretty from the shots, and this time of year colors should be out too. Wish I could make the trip but already did our Trip this year to UNC
Plus I Loved seeing the JMU footage from both last year and this year.

Have to catch it on TV
Should be a good game.

[Matt]

Yeah those were the days of the hard 8 win rule for the playoffs. Maine was doing everything short of offering to play a doubleheader on W&M's bye week to get that game in. The schedule looked like there was a really good chance that without the W&M game Maine would be stuck on 7-3. Didn't end up mattering.

wow. i guess that sorta makes sense. maybe there will be a big storm this weekend and Nova and we will both just be given Ws..

[caribbeanhen]

MAINE........"DUH BEARS"....GOT BITE....ALBANY REELIN' FROM 3OT CLOSE CALL......NUFFIN' IN TANK....LEFT FO' TRIP TA ORONO......AWK!
JMU............UNH......SUFFERS....DUH AGONY O' DEFEAT.......JMU....BRING BACK SOME....SYRUP.........BRAWK!
TOWSON.....MORE BANGED UP....DAN HENRIETTAH'S...FORD....(HIT IN PARKIN' LOT..PICKIN' UP DOMINOS LAST NIGHT).....SHOODAH GOT IT DELIVERED....TIGERS...DELIVER...DOODLE-DOO!
VILLANOVA..SPIDERS DRAGGIN'...AFTERAH ALBANY SKIRMISH........LET'S JES' HOPE....DUH KICKER.....MISSED DUH BUS..................BUK..BUK..BUK..BRAWK!
W&M...........JIMMYE....YOU-DEE'S PASSIN' ATTACK.......SIMILAR......TA ETHIOPIA'S AIR FORCE........ ELEVEN MAN FRONT...COACH.......ELEVEN MAN FRONT...........ER.....UH.....UMM.....AWK!
STONY B......RACK O' LAMB.....FO' SEAWOLVES....PRE GAME........RHODEY...JES' WAVE DUH WHITE [email protected] TOSS...........BROCK!

hope Henryitta is ok Mr C.... Caribia had a similar incident last night..... all ok, but the car took a hit.

[flyrod]

STONY B......RACK O' LAMB.....FO' SEAWOLVES....PRE GAME........RHODEY...JES' WAVE DUH WHITE [email protected] TOSS...........BROCK!

Not to pick on RI but this Line of MR. Chicken had me in stitches!
Quite entertaining.

[UNHWildcat18]

#16 Albany @ Maine, Maine coming off impressive road win, Ualbany has a hangover, bears in a close one.
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire- UNH with the upset of the season so far
Towson @ Dartmouth - Towson in a close one
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - Southern Wildcats are too healthy compared to UR
Delaware @ William & Mary- snoozefest game of the week
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - SBU running game to much for URI

[Sitting Bull]

Delaware @ William & Mary- snoozefest game of the week

And yet this game will sell more tickets and have the highest attendance of any CAA game this weekend.

[Stonewall D]

And yet this game will sell more tickets and have the highest attendance of any CAA game this weekend.
This is the game that W&M starts to turn it around.

[UNHWildcat18]

And yet this game will sell more tickets and have the highest attendance of any CAA game this weekend.

You do have the largest stadium capacity of the home games this weekend, and nicer weather than the other games besides Richmond, so give yourself a high five I guess...... I'm sure if richmond sat 15k they would pack it in for this nova game.

[Sitting Bull]

You do have the largest stadium capacity of the home games this weekend, and nicer weather than the other games besides Richmond, so give yourself a high five I guess...... I'm sure if richmond sat 15k they would pack it in for this nova game.

Nicer weather? That's weak. Where exactly is all this bad weather elsewhere.

And your delusional if you think UR and Nova would pack a crowd like that. They will be lucky to have 8,000 fans in the seats, regardless of what's reported.

Stadium size is also irrelavant. We are talking about selling tickets, you know, interest in a game.

Give yourself a high five for a lame snarky comment and weak attempt at defending it.

[MR. CHICKEN]

.....AN'....WILLIAMSBURG....IS UH DESTINATION....FO' WELL TRAVELLIN'....PECKERHEADS............BUK...BUK...B UK...BRAWK!

....YA CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH...POTTERY....xsmhx....AWK!

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Nicer weather? That's weak. Where exactly is all this bad weather elsewhere.

And your delusional if you think UR and Nova would pack a crowd like that. They will be lucky to have 8,000 fans in the seats, regardless of what's reported.

Stadium size is also irrelavant. We are talking about selling tickets, you know, interest in a game.

Give yourself a high five for a lame snarky comment and weak attempt at defending it.

This reads like you're having a terrible season. Hang in there, man.

[UNHWildcat18]

Nicer weather? That's weak. Where exactly is all this bad weather elsewhere.

And your delusional if you think UR and Nova would pack a crowd like that. They will be lucky to have 8,000 fans in the seats, regardless of what's reported.

Stadium size is also irrelavant. We are talking about selling tickets, you know, interest in a game.

Give yourself a high five for a lame snarky comment and weak attempt at defending it.


Sorry let me be more specific, regardless of how good a team is at any level of football its generally harder to fill seats when its 40 and rainy at say michigan state than 80 degrees at florida state in November. People get lazy watch the game inside, not a good excuse for any "fan" but reality. Is that a fair statement? Not that Umaine vs Ualbany could draw more than W&M home games but I can bet money some people and students don't go to that game because its "chilly" when they went to previous games when it was nicer. not that the weather is going to be bad here but whats easier getting students to go to an outside game when its 70 and sunny or 50? Ill extend an olive branch and agree weather regardless of how you put is is never a strong argument.

Also UR has sold out its 8700k stadium ever since it opened for every game if I'm not mistaken, Im sure if it was 11k they would fill it.

How is stadium size not relevant you old fart? I know places sell more tickets (UNH) than seating knowing some people wont come in from tailgate and want to make extra money. So UR should just sell as many tickets as possible for "you know, interest in a game" regardless if people get mad because there is no where to sit. Their 8700k stadium is actually full every game so I'm sure if they did sell way more tickets people would get mad. Also if its about interest in a game lol and total amount of tickets sold than UNH has sold more tickets from just homecoming regardless of how many made it to the stadium in the pooring rain that W&M has sold in its first two games lol. I really am confused you talk about more attended, and say selling tickets overall, then say 8k for Richmond REGARDLESS of whats reported....... so its not about tickets sold but but you say it is in the original comment?


You guys are a historic school with a good following of loyal fans that I hope would pack it in. Also UNH had 13k for their opener, you guys had 10k. If you want I can show you pictures so you believe me. I am really happy you guys have a loyal following that will pack in the stadium regardless of the teams record as well as who you are playing. You started the snarkyness just because I said this game was a snoozefest IMO two teams under 500 with no real answer to their problems as of yet. IF another game has more "tickets you know, interest in a game" sold I'm going to DM you a troll face every day for the next week

that and honestly who gives a **** CAA games besides some UD and JMU (minus URI) are all 7-11k anyways.

[UNHWildcat18]

This reads like you're having a terrible season. Hang in there, man.

Bruh, he's having a terrible season. Not sure why they haven't benched that guy playing QB who looks clueless, what do they have to lose?

[Dane96]

#16 Albany @ Maine - 12 PM - WVII/Maine All-Access ($) ALBANY
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire - 12 PM - ASN JMU
Towson @ Dartmouth - 1:30 PM - ILD TOWSON
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - 3:30 PM - CSN Richmond
Delaware @ William & Mary - 3:30 PM - CAA.TV W&M
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - 4 PM - SBU Live Stream ​SBU

[WrenFGun]

#16 Albany @ Maine - 12 PM - WVII/Maine All-Access ($) -- Maine's tough at home; think this will be tight.
#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire - 12 PM - ASN -- I'm a homer and it means more to UNH right now.
Towson @ Dartmouth - 1:30 PM - ILDN -- Dartmouth is a decent team and this is a long trip.
#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - 3:30 PM - CSN -- Game of the week; I don't trust Richmond's consistency.
Delaware @ William & Mary - 3:30 PM - CAA.TV -- Not sure either team is any good, go with the home team.
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook- 4 PM - SBU Live Stream -- Only one I'm sure of.

[Matt]

Bruh, he's having a terrible season. Not sure why they haven't benched that guy playing QB who looks clueless, what do they have to lose?

He looks...Cluley-less? Jesus, im sorry. im leaving. sorry.

[RootinFerDukes]

You do have the largest stadium capacity of the home games this weekend, and nicer weather than the other games besides Richmond, so give yourself a high five I guess...... I'm sure if richmond sat 15k they would pack it in for this nova game.

No they wouldn't. They routinely call games sellouts when the stadium is at best 1/3 full. Their turnout for the Towson game looked like 20% full from photos yet it was listed at 8700, 100% capacity. No one cares about UR.

[MR. CHICKEN]

........YEAH...WHEN DEY PLAYED IN DUH TOWN DUMP.......DAT STADIUM...LOOKED LIKE DUH GRAN CANYON.......WHIFF UH FEW.....LOST MULES......WONDERIN' AIMLESSLY.......AWK!

[KPSUL]

No they wouldn't. They routinely call games sellouts when the stadium is at best 1/3 full. Their turnout for the Towson game looked like 20% full from photos yet it was listed at 8700, 100% capacity. No one cares about UR.

Wait a minute! That's not true. What about Satchmo and Spider fans everywhere ?

[KPSUL]

........YEAH...WHEN DEY PLAYED IN DUH TOWN DUMP.......DAT STADIUM...LOOKED LIKE DUH GRAN CANYON.......WHIFF UH FEW.....LOST MULES......WONDERIN' AIMLESSLY.......AWK!

True, but you still couldn't find a parking space closer than 2 miles away.

[JMU2004]

This is a Richmond sellout.....keep that in mind

https://s15.postimg.org/itkowlyij/original_14.jpg

[MR. CHICKEN]

.......LADS.........ATTENDANCE.....IS...REPORTED.. ...BY TICKETS SOLD.....NOT.......SEATS FILLED.....DELAWARE.....SENT DUH TURNSTILES.......TA SCRAP METAL.....FEW YEARS AGO....AWK!

[Matt]

This is a Richmond sellout.....keep that in mind

https://s15.postimg.org/itkowlyij/original_14.jpg

when youre right, youre right. we often sell all our tickets, but a lot of that is old-ass richmond fans who have season tickets and come to like one game. Getting on campus just isnt worth it for a lot of people, and the stadium regularly looks like this. as we've all said, the on-campus stadium was and is a failure. we used to get 15-20k for big games at City. Even the students showed up, if you can believe it.

[Terry2889]

This is a Richmond sellout.....keep that in mind

https://s15.postimg.org/itkowlyij/original_14.jpg

Looks like when we had 21,000 at homecoming haha : )

[RootinFerDukes]

Wait a minute! That's not true. What about Satchmo and Spider fans everywhere ?

I rely on Satchmo's pregame coverage to help keep me straight every spatterweek.

[RootinFerDukes]

.......LADS.........ATTENDANCE.....IS...REPORTED.. ...BY TICKETS SOLD.....NOT.......SEATS FILLED.....DELAWARE.....SENT DUH TURNSTILES.......TA SCRAP METAL.....FEW YEARS AGO....AWK!

Then UR has a group of their fan base of about 5-6k that routinely buys tickets but decides to just never show up. They're so rich they can piss their money away like that.

[UNHWildcat18]

No they wouldn't. They routinely call games sellouts when the stadium is at best 1/3 full. Their turnout for the Towson game looked like 20% full from photos yet it was listed at 8700, 100% capacity. No one cares about UR.

Remember though, "apparently" its about tickets sold, you know, interest in a game, and stadium capacity doesn't matter regardless if a game was actually full and they couldn't sell more tickets

but when you are right you're right, 8700 sold prolly only 6k in the entire stadium for that game.

[kdinva]

.... the stadium regularly looks like this. as we've all said, the on-campus stadium was and is a failure. we used to get 15-20k for big games at City......

and at least 40% of those were the visiting team's fans..........W&M, VMI, JMU, even Delaware would bring 4000+ in some years.....

[caribbeanhen]

.......LADS.........ATTENDANCE.....IS...REPORTED.. ...BY TICKETS SOLD.....NOT.......SEATS FILLED.....DELAWARE.....SENT DUH TURNSTILES.......TA SCRAP METAL.....FEW YEARS AGO....AWK!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MR. CHICKEN again

[Matt]

and at least 40% of those were the visiting team's fans..........W&M, VMI, JMU, even Delaware would bring 4000+ in some years.....

Oh yeah, I'm not trying to say that WE had 20k there. Just that the games were packed and that UR stadium had more appeal then (and the spiders had more fans). The App St game in 09 was a sellout of like 23k! So much fun.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I need to start making up some ground...

Maine 27 Albany 20 - I'll take Maine to pull a minor upset imo. The Danes are coming off a tough loss to Richmond which might have some lingering effects...

UNH 41 JMU 31 - UNH is extremely difficult to beat at home. With that said, JMU might win this one by 30 given the Wildcats performance against Elon last week....

Towson 31 Dartmouth 17 - Can the Big Green go 2-0 against the CAA this year? Not if they play like they did against Yale last week. I think Towson's physicality will wear Dartmouth down. Great weekend to be in Hanover, NH though!!

Villanova 27 Richmond 24 - I like Talley and the Wildcats in this spot even though they're on the road. I don't think 'Nova is getting the respect they deserve this year...

Delaware 30 W&M 21 - The "Enigma Bowl"! The two biggest CAA underachievers battle out. The Tribe seem to be rudderless lately. I'll take the Blue Hens to pull one out on the road...

Stony Brook 31 URI 6 - The Seawolves are a solid team. URI is a terrible team....

[Vermont]

Albany 14 @ Maine 21. Black Bears peaking

James Madison 24 @ New Hampshire 25. Home field and Homer pick. JMU "fumblitis" details superior run game and leads to upset of the week.

Towson 24 @ Dartmouth 27. Big Green go to 2-0 vs CAA

Villanova 28 @ Richmond 31. Home team rejoices.

Delaware 10 @ William & Mary 14. For two teams going the wrong way, the home field advantage is enough

Rhode Island 3 @ Stony Brook 28. Those has their W for the year.

[jmufan999]

UNH 41 JMU 31 - UNH is extremely difficult to beat at home. With that said, JMU might win this one by 30 given the Wildcats performance against Elon last week

you're saying UNH will win by double digits, or JMU will blow UNH out. so essentially you're giving yourself a 40 point cushion. I guess i'll agree...? it will be somewhere between UNH winning by 10 and JMU winning by 30. that works for me.

my other picks:

Albany
Towson
Villanova
W&M
Stony Brook

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

you're saying UNH will win by double digits, or JMU will blow UNH out. so essentially you're giving yourself a 40 point cushion. I guess i'll agree...? it will be somewhere between UNH winning by 10 and JMU winning by 30. that works for me.

my other picks:

Albany
Towson
Villanova
W&M
Stony Brook

This is a brutally difficult game to predict. JMU is the better team but a decent amount imo but UNH has serious mojo at home (Dartmouth not withstanding).....

[WrenFGun]

This is a brutally difficult game to predict. JMU is the better team but a decent amount imo but UNH has serious mojo at home (Dartmouth not withstanding).....

Dartmouth was on the road.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

Headed over now

[TribeNomad1]

This is a brutally difficult game to predict. JMU is the better team but a decent amount imo but UNH has serious mojo at home (Dartmouth not withstanding).....

JMU will win with the running game. They will wear out the defense, and the speed difference will be evident.

[DoubleH]

Saturday, October 15

#16 Albany @ Maine - Maine keep rolling to put themselves in playoff contention.

#6 James Madison @ #24 New Hampshire - UNH has been a surprise, but JMU is the class of the CAA. Dukes by 2 TDs.

Towson @ Dartmouth - Stick a fork in the Tigers.

#13 Villanova @ #8 Richmond - On the strength of that D, the 'Cats pull the upset.

Delaware @ William & Mary - The Chickens rebound, but it's too little too late.

Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - Poor Rhody.

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

This is a Richmond sellout.....keep that in mind

https://s15.postimg.org/itkowlyij/original_14.jpg


I'm not going to deny there is some reality to your statement but a JMU "25k strong" has a tendency to look like 14-15k medium too.

I can't believe I'm bothering to feed into this stuff. It's the first and last page of the JMU insult playbook.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Dartmouth was on the road.

oops...xdrunkyx

[melloware13]

Final Point Spreads and Majority Picks:
#16 Albany @ Maine (pk) - #16 Albany
#6 James Madison (-8.5) @ #24 New Hampshire - #6 James Madison
Towson @ Dartmouth (-4.5) - Towson
#13 Villanova (-1.5) @ #8 Richmond - #13 Villanova
Delaware @ William & Mary (-6) - William & Mary
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook (-17.5)- Stony Brook

[Dane96]

I wish there were an in-game crapsville.

[melloware13]

CAA Standings:
1. #6 James Madison (6-1, 4-0 CAA)
2. Stony Brook (4-2, 3-0 CAA)
3. #8 Richmond (6-1, 3-1 CAA)
4. #13 Villanova (5-2, 3-1 CAA)
5. #24 New Hampshire (4-3, 3-1 CAA)
6. Maine (3-3, 2-1 CAA)
7. #16 Albany (4-2, 1-2 CAA)
8. Elon (2-4, 1-2 CAA)
9. William & Mary (3-4, 1-3 CAA)
10. Delaware (2-4, 0-3 CAA)
11. Towson (1-5, 0-3 CAA)
12. Rhode Island (1-6, 0-4 CAA)

Final Scores:
Maine 20, #16 Albany 16
#6 James Madison 42, #24 New Hampshire 39
Dartmouth 20, Towson 17
#8 Richmond 23, #13 Villanova 0
William & Mary 24, Delaware 17
Stony Brook 14, Rhode Island 3

kdinva was the top picker this week, being the only perfect set of picks. This week's results:
1. kdinva - 11
T2. BigHouseClosedEnd - 9
T2. Tiger93 - 9
T2. UIWWildthing - 9
T2. Vermont - 9
T5. BestDaneSinceHamlet - 8
T5. bonarae - 8
T5. Dane96 - 8
T5. eiu1999 - 8
T5. MR. CHICKEN - 8
T11. bluehenbillk - 7
T11. DoubleH - 7
T11. Gangtackle11 - 7
T11. Ivytalk - 7
T11. KPSUL - 7
T11. Massey Predictions - 7
T11. RootinFerDukes - 7
T11. WrenFGun - 7
T11. Zable Noise - 7
20. Point Spreads - 6.5
T21. caribbeanhen - 6
T21. Majority Picks - 6
T21. DoctorRemulak - 6
T21. ElonFirefighter - 6
T21. GoBlueHens83 - 6
T21. jmufan999 - 6
T21. mainejeff - 6
T21. melloware13 - 6
T21. paward - 6
T21. Spider from the North - 6
T21. UNHFan@RWU - 6
T21. UNHWildcat18 - 6
33. Terry2889 - 5
34. Go Lehigh TU owl - 4

Overall Pick'em Top 10:
1. Dane96 - 63
T2. Tiger93 - 62
T2. Vermont - 62
T4. kdinva - 61
T4. KPSUL - 61
T6. Majority Picks - 60
T6. UNHWildcat18 - 60
T6. Zable Noise - 60
T9. 5 with 59

[melloware13]

Given today's news, I'm going to delay putting up the upcoming Pick'em until tomorrow afternoon. Give more time to analyze the coaching change in Newark.