{"id":9983,"date":"2017-11-26T19:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9983"},"modified":"2017-11-26T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:56:22","slug":"chuck-piore-has-no-idea-how-standings-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9983","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Piore Has No Idea How Standings Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stony Brook football coach just called out JMU. Chuck Priore says he had to bite his tongue this past week as everyone talked up JMU winning the CAA title. Says he is winning the title next week in Harrisonburg. Bring it on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Hietanen (@bearseneca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bearseneca\/status\/934551642598465536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chuck Piore is the head coach of Stony Brook University (you would&#8217;ve had to Google it). You&#8217;d assume that as the head coach of a college football team, he&#8217;d understand how league standings work. You&#8217;d be wrong however. Because he claims that he had to bite his tongue when everyone talked about JMU winning the CAA title. The title JMU won by going 11-0 overall and 8-0 in CAA play.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is making Piore bite his tongue every time someone mentions JMU&#8217;s conference title? Is he just dying to point out that Stony Brook finished second by going 7-1? Does he want us all to recognize Stony Brook as some sort of vice-champion ready to assume the role of champion should JMU be unable to fulfill its obligations? We&#8217;re not even mad really. We&#8217;re just confused. JMU won more games than anyone else in the CAA. The Dukes are the champions. That&#8217;s how these things work Coach Piore. It&#8217;s pretty standard.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d get it if he simply said he was looking forward to playing JMU to decide who the best team in the CAA was, or something to that effect. But biting his tongue? His team finished second. And they finished second according to the same general rules accepted by every single league in every single sport around the world as far as we can tell. It makes no sense. None.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s playoff week for the JMU Dukes. And Coach Piore&#8217;s odd comment probably means a whole lot more to JMU fans, than it does to Coach Houston or anyone else on the roster. We&#8217;re sure he was just trying to cause a stir and maybe get folks to pay attention to Stony Brook football. Considering only 4,131 fans showed up to see his team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2017\/11\/25\/stony-brook-powers-into-fcs-play-59-29-over-lehigh\/108021970\/\">beat Lehigh 59-29<\/a> in round one, maybe he should&#8217;ve started chirping earlier.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9983&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stony Brook football coach just called out JMU. Chuck Priore says he had to bite his tongue this past week as everyone talked up JMU winning the CAA title. Says he is winning the title next week in Harrisonburg. Bring it on. \u2014 Paul Hietanen (@bearseneca) November 25, 2017 Chuck Piore is the head coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6221,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6221","url_meta":{"origin":9983,"position":0},"title":"JMU vs. Stony Brook Preview","date":"November 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Look, Stony Brook is a decent university by all measures. \u00a0But seriously, if \"Stony Brook\" doesn't scream \"what the hell are we still doing in the CAA?!\" then we just don't know what to say. \u00a0That said, Stony Brook has been more than legit the last few years on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10006,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10006","url_meta":{"origin":9983,"position":1},"title":"JMUSB 2017 Playoff Preview #1: JMU vs. Stony Brook","date":"November 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here we go. 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