CAA Week 2 Pick 'Em

[ccd494]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary

FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

The league could go 3-1 vs. FBS. Could.

[LoneStar]

Towson
Delaware
Colgate
Nova
Tribe
Maine
CMU
Dukes
NC State
SBU

[BlueHenSinfonian]

Towson @ Holy Cross

Delaware State @ Delaware

Albany @ Colgate

Villanova @ Fordham

Hampton @ William & Mary

Maine @ UMass

New Hampshire @ Central Michigan

James Madison @ Akron

Richmond @ NC State

Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[Skyhawk71]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMASS
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
JMU @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[melloware13]

CAA Standings:
T1. Delaware (1-0)
T1. #17 James Madison (1-0)
T1. Maine (1-0)
T1. #13 Richmond (1-0)
T1. #5 Towson (1-0)
T6. #14 New Hampshire (0-0)
T6. #16 Stony Brook (0-0)
T8. Albany (0-1)
T8. Rhode Island (0-1)
T8. #9 Villanova (0-1)
T8. William & Mary (0-1)

Saturday, September 7:
#16 Stony Brook @ Rhode Island - 1 PM
#5 Towson @ Holy Cross - 1 PM
Maine @ UMass - 2 PM - ESPN3
#14 New Hampshire @ Central Michigan - 3 PM - ESPN3
Delaware State @ Delaware - 3:30 PM - NBC Sports Network
#13 Richmond @ NC State - 6 PM - ESPN3
#9 Villanova @ Fordham - 6 PM
#17 James Madison @ Akron - 6 PM - ESPN3
Albany @ Colgate - 6 PM
Hampton @ William & Mary - 7 PM

[JMUNJ08]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[Kramer]

Towson
delaware
Colgate
Nova
Tribe
UMass
Central Michigan
JMU
NC State
Stony Brook

[UNHWildcat18]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMASS
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
JMU @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State


Towson easy win
Delaware easy win
Albany in a nail biter
Nova by two TD's
W&M by two TD's
UMass is going to win in a competitive game
UNH's D will be better this year, same explosive offense. CMU lost starting RB and QB/ in the dumps after last week. UNH in a close one
James Madison in a competitive game
NC State is going to pull off the win in the last minutes of the 4th
Stony Brook is going two win by 10

[UMaineD]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMASS
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
JMU @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

[BlueHenSinfonian]

UMass is going to win in a competitive game


Did UMass go through some major changes in the off-season? They won one game last year, against a team that also only won a single game.

Maine is always tough.

[The Maestro]

Towson

Delaware

Albany

Fordham

William & Mary

UMass

Central Michigan

James Madison

NC State

Rhode Island

[Seawolf97]

First ever meeting against the Rams in football. Should be a good game.

[UNHWildcat18]

Did UMass go through some major changes in the off-season? They won one game last year, against a team that also only won a single game.

Maine is always tough.

Yeah they had a good off season as well as a good recruiting class. They still won't be good at FBS level yet but I think they are strong enough to beat Maine.

[dunbar]

Conference Games:
Stony Brook at Rhode Island

Non-Conference FCS Games:
Towson at Holy Cross
Delaware State at Delaware
Villanova at Fordham
Albany at Colgate
Hampton at William and Mary

Non-Conference FBS Games:
New Hampshire at Central Michigan
Richmond at North Carolina State
James Madison at Akron

Non-Conference Games that should still be conference games:
Maine at Massachusetts

[DoubleH]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross: one-sided win for Tigers
Delaware State @ Delaware: ditto Hens
Albany @ Colgate: Colgate by two scores
Villanova @ Fordham: Fordham will hang around for a while but 'Nova by 2 TDs.
Hampton @ William & Mary: Tribe wins fairly easily

FBS
Maine @ UMass: UMass is a mess, Maine always has a good D, gotta go Black Bears
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan: UNH never seems to play well against FBS, but I think they can win here in a close one
James Madison @ Akron: JMU, also close.
Richmond @ NC State: NC State too deep

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island: SBU with an easy win

[etiger]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross: Tiges win BIG
Delaware State @ Delaware: Blue Hens win by 3 TD's
Albany @ Colgate: Colgate in a close one.
Villanova @ Fordham: 'Nova by 2 TDs.
Hampton @ William & Mary: Tribe wins by 3 TD's

FBS
Maine@ UMass: UMass is not good, but has enough to beate Maine.
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan: UNH Keeps it close, but CMU wins out in the end
James Madison @ Akron: JMU wins on last second score.
Richmond @ NC State: NC State by 3 TD's

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island: SBU with an easy win

[GoBlueHens83]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary

FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Towson 45 Holy Cross 27: Towson is simply way too good, HC does avoid complete embarrassment

Delaware 38 Delaware State 13: The Hens up and down opener has not caused me to lose faith

Colgate 33 Albany 27: This is a must win for Colgate and to a lesser extent the PL

Villanova 49 Fordham 38: This has the potential to be a great game. Villanova has just a little more defense...

UMass 17 Maine 14: This is honestly a coin flip imo

W&M 42 Hampton 17: WIU smacked around Hampton, W&M will do the same....

CMU 28 UNH 17: CMU got crushed in the Big House but should have just enough to get by UNH

JMU 34 Akron 21: The Zips are horrendous, Dukes should notch another strike for FCS

NC State 35 Richmond 20: The Spiders aren't quite good enough to take out a respectable FBS opponent

SBU 49 URI 28: SBU is solid, URI, not so much....

[Tribal]

Towson
Delaware
Albany (tough pick)
Villanova
William & Mary
UMass
New Hampshire
Akron (another tough pick)
NC State
Stony Brook

[Tribal]

Towson 45 Holy Cross 27: Towson is simply way too good, HC does avoid complete embarrassment

Delaware 38 Delaware State 13: The Hens up and down opener has not caused me to lose faith

Colgate 33 Albany 27: This is a must win for Colgate and to a lesser extent the PL

Villanova 49 Fordham 38: This has the potential to be a great game. Villanova has just a little more defense...

UMass 17 Maine 14: This is honestly a coin flip imo

CMU 28 UNH 17: CMU got crushed in the Big House but should have just enough to get by UNH

JMU 34 Akron 21: The Zips are horrendous, Dukes should notch another strike for FCS

NC State 35 Richmond 20: The Spiders aren't quite good enough to take out a respectable FBS opponent

SBU 49 URI 28: SBU is solid, URI, not so much....

At least you didn't pick Hampton to drop 60 on us...of course, you didn't pick the Tribe-Pirates game at all. :eek:

[jayhawkdaddy]

CAA Week 2 Pick 'Em
Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary

FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson 45 @ Holy Cross 14
Delaware State 10 @ Delaware 55
Albany 21 @ Colgate 14
Villanova 35 @ Fordham 13
Hampton 7 @ William & Mary 28

FBS
Maine 17 @ UMass 10
New Hampshire 38 @ Central Michigan 35
James Madison 21 @ Akron 24
Richmond 7 @ NC State 55

Conference
Stony Brook 51 @ Rhode Island 21

[bonarae]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross - 14 to 21
Delaware State @ Delaware - more than 21
Albany @ Colgate - 14 to 21
Villanova @ Fordham - 7 to 14
Hampton @ William & Mary - more than 14

FBS
Maine @ UMass - less than 7
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan - 7 to 14
James Madison @ Akron - more than 14
Richmond @ NC State - more than 14

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island - more than 21

[Sitting Bull]

Towson 28 Holy Cross 16
Delaware 42 Delaware State 6
Albany 21 Colgate 19
Villanova 38 Fordham 27
Tribe 35 Hampton 7
UMass 34 Maine 16
Central Michigan 27 UNH 17
Akron 20 JMU 14
NC State 35 Richmond 14
URI 30 Stony Brook 28

[Brad82]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross Towson in a mercy rule game
Delaware State @ Delaware UD ditto
Albany @ Colgate Albany
Villanova @ Fordham Nova (but close)
Hampton @ William & Mary (W & M)

FBS
Maine @ UMass (Maine)
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan (UNH)
James Madison @ Akron (JMU)
Richmond @ NC State (Rich.?)-don't know much about either team

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island-URI-welcome to the CAA Stony Brook!! Rams played possum last week.

[danefan]

Re: CAA Week 2 Pick 'Em
Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross - closer than it should be.
Delaware State @ Delaware- Blow out
Albany @ Colgate - I won't pick Albany again until they show something. Last week was embarrassing.
Villanova @ Fordham - 2 scored win for Nova
Hampton @ William & Mary -not even close


FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island - SBU will pound the ball into the ground and win a relatively easy one.

[Tribal]

Albany will turn it around this week. HC will make adjustments.

[Mattymc727]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary

FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary

FBS
Maine @ UMass
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
James Madison @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Conference
Stony Brook @ Rhode Island

[kdinva]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMASS
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
JMU @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State (by no more than 10-12)

[WrenFGun]

I have literally no idea what to expect from UNH this week; offense should be pretty good, as almost everything returns. A horrible defense lost it's four best players and their other returning CB (Chris Houston) is questionable this week with an ankle sprain.

I think they got a lot more athletic, though, and potentially more talented, with the players that have stepped in. Ultimately, though, if their corners still can't cover and they can't get any pass rush, and can't tackle, well, won't matter much. I believe Tipton is OUT for CMU, though, but the backup looked like he was pretty good, too.

I won't pick the games, but I really think Fordham could sneak up on Nova.

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Why do people think Fordham could sneak up on Villanova?

I know Villanova was a mild disappointment against BC but I just don't see Fordham testing them.

[Ivytalk]

Towson @ Holy Cross
Delaware State @ Delaware
Albany @ Colgate
Villanova @ Fordham
Hampton @ William & Mary
Maine @ UMASS
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan
JMU @ Akron
Richmond @ NC State

Me likey!

[caribbeanhen]

Non-Conference FCS

New Hampshire @ Central Michigan: UNH never seems to play well against FBS


do you really meant that? UNH has had great success against FBS

[blackbeard]

Towson
Delaware
Colgate
Villanova
William & Mary
UMass
Central Michigan
James Madison
NC State
Stony Brook

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Why do people think Fordham could sneak up on Villanova?

I know Villanova was a mild disappointment against BC but I just don't see Fordham testing them.

Villanova won 28-13 last year on on the Main Line.

Fordham is the real deal this year, so is 'Nova. This has the potential to be a great game. The Rams can be a real tough out in 'da Bronx....

[Pant8her]

Good selection of games this week. I am estimating by CAA chances to win their respective games and in the case of CAA v CAA the home team chance in percentage.

Non-Conference FCS
Towson @ Holy Cross -- 75%
Delaware State @ Delaware -- 85%
Albany @ Colgate -- 30%
Villanova @ Fordham -- 85%
Hampton @ William & Mary -- 85%

FBS

Maine @ UMass --45%
New Hampshire @ Central Michigan -- 45%
James Madison @ Akron --50%
Richmond @ NC State --25%

Conference

Stony Brook @ Rhode Island -- 25%


Good luck and beat the FBS teams!

[LeadBolt]

Towson
Delaware
Colgate
Villanova
William & Mary
UMass
UNH
JMU
NC State
Stony Brook

[The Cats]

Non-Conference FCS
Towson
Delaware
Colgate
Villanova
William & Mary

FBS
UMass
New Hampshire
Akron
NC State

Conference
Stony Brook

[bluehenbillk]

Towson 44 Holy Cross 14...game shows miles of distance between CAA & PL
UD 41 Del State 13...Hornets early season schedule is brutal
Colgate 27 Albany 24...Ford starts to question if he should've retired last fall
Villanova 34 Fordham 17... FU keeps it respectable
W&M 35 Hampton 7...BAM
Maine 17 UMass 13...another FBS scalp
Cent Michigan 33 UNH 27...close but no cigar for the Wildcats
Akron 28 JMU 21...UCF made the Zips look worse than they are
NC State 23 UR 21...Late FG saves Wolfpack from upset
Stony Brook 45 URI 19...Seawolves get 1st league win - beware they get harder

[danefan]

Towson 44 Holy Cross 14...game shows miles of distance between CAA & PL
UD 41 Del State 13...Hornets early season schedule is brutal
Colgate 27 Albany 24...Ford starts to question if he should've retired last fall
Villanova 34 Fordham 17... FU keeps it respectable
W&M 35 Hampton 7...BAM
Maine 17 UMass 13...another FBS scalp
Cent Michigan 33 UNH 27...close but no cigar for the Wildcats
Akron 28 JMU 21...UCF made the Zips look worse than they are
NC State 23 UR 21...Late FG saves Wolfpack from upset
Stony Brook 45 URI 19...Seawolves get 1st league win - beware they get harder

Coach Ford knew exactly what he was getting into this season.


Ford, who turns 76 three days before the home opener Sept. 14, said he considered retirement after last season, which ended with the Danes winning their sixth Northeast Conference championship in 14 years as a league member.

"That would be a great time to ride off into the sunset," he said, "but I've always enjoyed the role of an underdog. You couldn't ask for a better role than the one we're going to be thrust into this year. It's a new stadium, and, this isn't going to come as a shock, we're going to lose some football games this year. ... I didn't want to turn that job over to brand new coaches and let them take the hit on it."




http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Coach-Bob-Ford-leaves-a-legacy-and-his-name-4728243.php

[caribbeanhen]

Nice picks, but I think you picked the wrong FBS scalp.... JMU Wins...like to see UNH and the Spiders win as well, not sure if Maine is up to the task this year


Towson 44 Holy Cross 14...game shows miles of distance between CAA & PL
UD 41 Del State 13...Hornets early season schedule is brutal
Colgate 27 Albany 24...Ford starts to question if he should've retired last fall
Villanova 34 Fordham 17... FU keeps it respectable
W&M 35 Hampton 7...BAM
Maine 17 UMass 13...another FBS scalp
Cent Michigan 33 UNH 27...close but no cigar for the Wildcats
Akron 28 JMU 21...UCF made the Zips look worse than they are
NC State 23 UR 21...Late FG saves Wolfpack from upset
Stony Brook 45 URI 19...Seawolves get 1st league win - beware they get harder

[melloware13]

CAA Scores:
#5 Towson 49, Holy Cross 7
#16 Stony Brook 24, Rhode Island 0
Maine 24, UMass 14
Central Michigan 24, #14 New Hampshire 21
Delaware 42, Delaware State 21
NC State 23, #13 Richmond 21
Akron 35, #17 James Madison 33
Albany 37, Colgate 34
Fordham 27, #9 Villanova 24
William & Mary 31, Hampton 7

Best picker of the week: VT Wildcat Fan 53 (10 pts out of possible 11) (CAA games worth 2)
Best picker of season after Week 2: bluehenbillk (16 pts out of possible 20)

[paward]

How did you get that UR NCSTATE that spot on?


Towson 44 Holy Cross 14...game shows miles of distance between CAA & PL
UD 41 Del State 13...Hornets early season schedule is brutal
Colgate 27 Albany 24...Ford starts to question if he should've retired last fall
Villanova 34 Fordham 17... FU keeps it respectable
W&M 35 Hampton 7...BAM
Maine 17 UMass 13...another FBS scalp
Cent Michigan 33 UNH 27...close but no cigar for the Wildcats
Akron 28 JMU 21...UCF made the Zips look worse than they are
NC State 23 UR 21...Late FG saves Wolfpack from upset
Stony Brook 45 URI 19...Seawolves get 1st league win - beware they get harder

[LoneStar]

Spot on with the Richmond game!

[caribbeanhen]

Nice picks, but I think you picked the wrong FBS scalp.... JMU Wins...like to see UNH and the Spiders win as well, not sure if Maine is up to the task this year

should have listened to you