[rtb72]

Well, I know we had this before all of the technical issues, but I'd like to maybe see if we can get it going again. Worth a shot, I suppose. Nevertheless....

LU v. JMU (-6.5)

Tie breaker - Total rushing yards for the Flames

LU 17 - JMU 28
221

[AATL]

Might as well start the year off with optimism! Who knows how long it will last

Chadwell picks up where he left off vs Napier -- 30-27 good guys

[jmclaughlin]

LU 29 - JMU 24...We miss an XP, because Chadwell loves kickers.
Rush for 193 yards

[Chippy]

L - 20-13

JMU dominated our O line. This team is better than last year's team. Had our opportunities, a lot of self-inflicted wounds. I'm hoping we can still go 9=3 (7-1 in CUSA).

[rtb72]

1st half was awful. This persistent slow start which aligns with last year has got to end. Constantly having to coming from behind is just not going to lend to many wins. Penalties, poor clock management, stalling in the red zone and play calling…… yet again. 2nd half was much better and at least gives us some hope. Albeit an unpopular opinion, I still question if Chadwell can get us where we need/hope/should be. Nevertheless, we did give ourselves a chance against JMU. I guess we will know if that matters as the season goes on. I’m not sure JMU is the same pedigree as previous years, so that also is yet to be seen. .

[AATL]

I feel better after the game than I did during it. I'm excited about Coleman, and I really liked seeing them try to get him into space on the edges on the first drive. I'm encouraged that Jackson seems like a legitimate jump-ball target, which we've sorely lacked since CJ Daniels. I'm cautiously optimistic about the secondary. The 3rd & 3 shovel pass to LaKelsey Johnson made me grin.

That said, JMU's front seven ate the OL's lunch. Red zone was the difference, in large part because yardage between the tackles was non-existent there. I thought the edges generated good pressure, but it seems like we haven't had a block-shedding, scramble-eating DT since Kendy Charles.. I'm going to have nightmares about JC Evans scrambling into green grass on 3rd downs. Clock management at the end of the first half was bad bad bad and left points on the board.

Going into the year, I'd have called 3-1 in the non-conference with a split vs JMU/CCU an acceptable result. It feels doable after seeing the 2nd half, but that feeling might change if next week brings 10 more penalties.