{"id":1392,"date":"2010-09-19T01:43:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2010-09-19T09:57:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T13:57:24","slug":"td-on-a-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"JMU Bye Week: News around the CAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So THIS is a self-indulgent post.\u00a0 We’ve tried to avoid these, but occasionally we’ve got to throw a bone to our old-school readers.\u00a0 And what better time than a JMU bye week!\u00a0 One little intoxicated TD post tonight and aonther tomorrow!\u00a0 If you don’t get the references in this post, check back later this week.<\/p>\n

Most of you are probably trying to catch a little Stanford\/Wake Forest\u00a0or\u00a0MSU Spartans throwing\u00a0fabulous fake FG’s\u00a0in OT to knock off the Irish, but here at the sentimental side of JMUSB, the side that appreciates random bowl games in late December between 7-4 west coast teams with fired coaches,\u00a0 Johnnie Walker Blue and the subtle pleasure\u00a0of ditching family for a Marlboro Light,\u00a0we’re flipping between UNLV\/Idaho on the U and W&M\/ODU on DVR, putting back a few more (than appropriate) Bell’s Two Hearteds, and prepping for JMU @ American Field Hockey tomorrow with possible sightings of JMU legends Karen Zarchin and Amy Brew!<\/p>\n

I meant to write about the\u00a0Fourth Reich (Linwood Rose directing the VA State Troopers, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s, the Harrisonburg PD, and the Campus Cadets) cracking down on tailgating, but then I decided an anti-ODU rant was perfectly in order!<\/p>\n

First, around the CAA today.\u00a0 Watched the end of Rhode Island’s upset of New Hampshire today.\u00a0 Great to see the RhodeI Rams whooping it up, proving UNH (and all of the former CAA North) is overrated, and announcers going off about how tough the CAA is week to week on the road.<\/p>\n

Richmond Ticks beat Elon Fighting Chrisitans in OT.\u00a0 Good!\u00a0Lots of folks predicting this is finally the year Elon dethrones (cr)App. St. in the SoCon so the fact the fifth or sixth best team in the CAA took the favorites down “should” speak volumes to the FCS selection committee (a committee that should start paying attention by the way).<\/p>\n

UMass damn near took out the Heisman trophy favorite in the Big House.\u00a0 42-37 Michigan.\u00a0 I’m now outright scared of the Minutemen and you’d think Michigan would figure out scheduling\u00a0top-level FCS teams\u00a0is NOT a good idea.<\/p>\n

Not the CAA, but the Dukes’ next opponent, Liberty LOST to Robert Morris.\u00a0 So I’ve no idea at all what the Colonials are all about, but I will now officially throw out I expect a full-on beatdown of the Homophobic Falwell’s next week!<\/p>\n

Lastly, the most important game of the week long-term to the Dukes, William & Mary\u00a021, Old Dominion 17.\u00a0 Watching right now on DVR.\u00a0 I have “some” love for the Tribe\/Griffins thanks to my brother’s attendance and general familiariatiy with the geeks from Williamsburg, but let me just state loud and clear for the very first time, we effin HATE the Monarchs!\u00a0 There’s no halfway on this.\u00a0 No “my father-in-law-used-to-be-the-basketball-colorguy” action and now we sort of like them.\u00a0 They just suck!!\u00a0 Their little traditional “Oyster Bowl” is bush league.\u00a0 The “suites” in the end zone are absolutely “Budget”.\u00a0 The whole program is\u00a0the college football version of K-Mart.\u00a0\u00a0They almost pulled it off tonight, but what a sham:<\/p>\n

W&M took them lightly, biggest game of the year for\u00a0them , 3 turnovers for the Tribe, a fumble in the end zone for the Griffins, 24,000 (nice turnout btw) in the stands, all combined to lead to a closer-than-expected game, but in the end, William & Mary pulled it out and ODU can return to their schedule of has-beens and never-will-be’s.\u00a0 Seriousy, ODU has a good bit of talent already and may only gain in that respect, but they are headed for nothin’ but misery in the CAA.\u00a0 They’re already\u00a0so high and mighty and proud of themselves and so sure they’re headed for a Miami\u00a0Hurricanes-type-rise thanks to their proximity to world-class athletes.\u00a0 But in reality, they’re headed for a rude awakening, a\u00a0TON of weak coaching, mediocre fan support composed mostly of\u00a0young marines and\u00a0soon-to-be-controversial racist ole’ fans.\u00a0 Look, W&M’s O-Line\u00a0is an outright disaster, you had\u00a024k in the stands, they turned it over a bunch, and you still couldn’t beat the fifth\u00a0best\u00a0CAA team.\u00a0 What the hell\u00a0do you think’s gonna happen when the Dukes roll into town?!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Great coverage of JMUSB favorite Coach Antoinette Lucas and JMU Field Hockey, plus a bit of an expose on current donkeydick tailgating policies in the ‘Burg coming tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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