CAA Pick'em Week 12

[melloware13]

CAA Standings:
1. #1 New Hampshire (8-1, 6-0 CAA)
2. #5 Villanova (8-2, 5-1 CAA)
T3. #19 James Madison (7-3, 4-2 CAA)
T3. #9 Richmond (7-3, 4-2 CAA)
T3. Delaware (6-4, 4-2 CAA)
T6. William & Mary (6-4, 3-3 CAA)
T6. Maine (4-5, 3-3 CAA)
T6. Stony Brook (4-6, 3-3 CAA)
T9. Albany (6-4, 2-4 CAA)
T9. Towson (4-6, 2-4 CAA)
T11. Elon (1-9, 0-6 CAA)
T11. Rhode Island (0-10, 0-6 CAA)

#19 James Madison @ #9 Richmond - 12:30 PM - NBCSN
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - 1 PM - SeawolvesTV
Delaware @ #1 New Hampshire - 1 PM - UNHWildcats.TV ($)
Maine @ Elon - 3 PM - Phoenix All-Access
William & Mary @ Towson - 3 PM - CSN-MA, CSN-P, SNY, CSN-C, CSN-H, CSN-BA, CSN-NW
Albany @ #5 Villanova - 7 PM - ASN

Notes: New Hampshire clinches share of CAA Championship with win OR Villanova loss. New Hampshire clinches CAA Auto Bid with win AND Villanova loss.

[melloware13]

My Picks:
James Madison @ Richmond - Loser behind the 8-ball in terms of playoff positioning, going with Spiders being more desperate and at home.
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook - Rams probably going to end 0-12.
Delaware @ New Hampshire - Hens escaped Albany, and UNH is better than the Danes.
Maine @ Elon - Maine riding high after beating UR, but Phoenix have shown some signs of improvement.
William & Mary @ Towson - Tribe still has a playoff life (on life support), and need to be better than the were against Elon.
Albany @ Villanova - Wildcats looking to secure home games through the Quarterfinals, need to win out to guarantee that.

[GoBlueHens83]

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

[mainejeff]

Richmond 28 JMU 24
Stony Brook 31 URI 18
UNH 42 Delaware 31
Maine 20 Elon 10
W&M 41 Towson 20
Villanova 27 Albany 23

[bonarae]

Richmond
Stony Brook
UNH
Maine
W&M
Villanova

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware will be in the game for at least 2.5 quarters, after that all bets are off...

[danefan]

Delaware will be in the game for at least 2.5 quarters, after that all bets are off...

Depends what officiating crew shows up.

[caribbeanhen]

Depends what officiating crew shows up.

Danefan, what is your biased opinion on that on side kick yesterday.... WTF Happened?

[Dane96]

I can explain what happen very clearly. And, before I state what my views were...Albany should not have been in that position to have a call go against them on the onside. Still, it happened.

Albany's onside kick was caught at the 46 by the UD player and, while not going the required 10 yards, it was legal because the UD player went forward to catch the ball.. After catching, and cradiling the football for at least a second, maybe two by definition (cradling the football takes about a second to two seconds), Albany's MLB, Cooper, drills the Delaware player and the ball pops out. They called the play on Nicastro, who was nowhere near the play. Here is a thread showing the screenshot of the play:

http://bigpurplefans.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7774&st=30#entry77588

First, the refs made an illegal motion signal--clearly wrong. Then they called the Albany player for an "ILLEGAL BLOCK", which is not even a proper call in any situation. The correct call to make if they believed the Albany player made contact early would have been "Illegal Contact", downfield.

However, by definition, once the ball goes 10 yards or the ball is put into play by the receiving team, you are legally entitled to make contact with the receiving team going for the ball.

IT WAS A FRICKEN' RIDICULOUS CALL...and it greatly affected the outcome of a game with playoff implications.

[danefan]

Danefan, what is your biased opinion on that on side kick yesterday.... WTF Happened?

Watch at 1:15.

http://youtu.be/F3A1J1yPeoI

That is clearly a good clean onsides kick. There was a skirmish afterwards and apaprently the pile something happened that caused the refs to throw flags on UD's #80 and hit UD with two 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalties. Then out of nowhere with no flag at the time of the play they called an illegal block as Dane96 mentioned (whatever kind of call that is).

One call doesn't make a game, but without that call we would have been in field goal range ready to kick for the tie. In the end though, we lost becuase we lost the special teams battle and because our D-ends were undersized and unable to maintain the edge.

That was just the tip of the iceberg and it went horrendously both ways. I counted at least 3 phantom holding calls against UD and a couple really bad calls against UA. UD clearly wasn't happy either as some coach got a 15-yarder from the sideline in the first half.

Refs are not supposed to impact the play. They are supposed to ensure the play is according to the rules. That did not happen yesterday and that officiating crew should be disciplined. They ruined an otherwise evenly matched and well played (albeit somewhat chippy) game.

[caribbeanhen]

you don't have to watch that video very long to see some questionable calls, at :08 watch #74 for Albany hold Jake Guisti #11 for about 3 seconds..

[danefan]

Delaware will be in the game for at least 2.5 quarters, after that all bets are off...




you don't have to watch that video very long to see some questionable calls, at :08 watch #74 for Albany hold Jake Guisti #11 for about 3 seconds..

I can't tell you how many times I saw offensive linemen on both sides with their hands on the outside of shoulder pads. No calls them but then all these phantom calls when everything looked clean. Just a very very badly reffed game.

[caribbeanhen]

I can't tell you how many times I saw offensive linemen on both sides with their hands on the outside of shoulder pads. No calls them but then all these phantom calls when everything looked clean. Just a very very badly reffed game.

I haven't seen any Hen fans trying to justify that call.....a bad call....... anyway, so is your FG kicker any good? that's probably what it was coming down to for a chance to send it in to OT...

[Dane96]

Toole is very good. He's trusted in the 50yd range, without question. That said, long snapping was a problem all day.

[Ivytalk]

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

Agreed.

[kdinva]

James Madison 27 @ Richmond 23
Rhode Island 12 @ Stony Brook 28
Delaware 17 @ New Hampshire 31
Maine 21 @ Elon 20
William & Mary 28 @ Towson 21
Albany 17 @ Villanova 42

[Anovafan]

#23 James Madison
Stony Brook
#2 New Hampshire
Maine
William & Mary
#6 Villanova

[Mattymc727]

Richmond - Really want to take JMU hear but I think Richmond has a nice bounce-back game at home.
Stony Brook
UNH - Nervous about these last two games. UNH has had issues mentally preparing for some of these opponents of late. If they dont come out firing on all cylinders, UD or Maine could steal one.
Maine
W&M
Villanova

[JMU2004]

JMU's personal house (shed?) of horrors is Robins Stadium. Lets hope a new coaching staff can turn that around.

JMU
UNH
SBU
Maine
W&M
Nova

[UNH72Plus]

Richmond - At home, coming off a bad loss, but should be a great game.
Stony Brook - Too much D for Maine.
UNH - Classic trap game, but Senior Day at home with Goldrich back on the field.
Maine - Riding off last week's win.
W&M - Just because.
Nova - Could be closer than some think.

[KPSUL]

James Madison 24 @ Richmond 31 O/T game
Rhode Island 7 @ Stony Brook 20
Delaware 17 @ New Hampshire 38
Maine 21 @ Elon 13
William & Mary 27 @ Towson 17
Albany 21 @ Villanova 40

[MacThor]

I refuse to pick until I know Michael Strauss's status for the UR/JMU game. Rocco is that bad.

[JMUNJ08]

#19 James Madison @ #9 Richmond
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook
Delaware @ #1 New Hampshire
Maine @ Elon
William & Mary @ Towson
Albany @ #5 Villanova

Need some 50/50 games to go my way to win the pick'em! Only overwhelming favorites are UNH & Nova. Should separate the pack!

[KPSUL]

Doesn't Rocco do his weekly press conference on Tuesdays? Nothing posted yet. Also no post game after Maine.

[32counter]

We stunk more than a low tide in a Maine inlet bog on a hot summer day.The awful smelling low tide lasted 3 hours beginning at 12:15 pm last Saturday.Awful stench.

[Gangtackle11]

#19 James Madison @ #9 Richmond - offense gets the girls, defense gets the wins. Richmond 24-20
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook -Rhody Wins! NOT.....SB 27-7
Delaware @ #1 New Hampshire - UNH isn't ready to give up the throne this week. UNH 35-17
Maine @ Elon - Long way to go, but worth it for the Bears! Maine 13-6
William & Mary @ Towson - upset potentially. I'll go with the fav W&M 19 Towson 17
Albany @ #5 Villanova - Gattuso begs out early looking for a great cheesesteak. NOVA 28-17

[bostonspider]

Rocco just announced that Strauss will be starting for UR at QB...

[Tiger93]

James Madison 21, Richmond 17 - It just seems like James Madison continues to find ways to win games, and they will continue to do so.
Stony Brook 20, Rhode Island 10 - Stony Brook really is not built to blow anyone out, but they are probably happy to see Rhode Island after a tough stretch of games.
New Hampshire 31, Delaware 24 - I think New Hamphsire will play poorly in one of the next two games. Delaware stays in this one, and the Wildcats scored a late TD to win.
Elon 17, Maine 14 - Going out on a limb on this one. Maine is riding high after beating Richmond and also looking ahead to New Hampshire. This is Elon's senior day, and I think they shock them this week.
William & Mary 27, Towson 7 - This could be a bloodbath for Towson's offense against a very good William & Mary defense. The Tigers' defense needs turnovers to keep this one close.
Villanova 35, Albany 21 - This would be a tight game in Albany. I think it goes back and forth for a half and Villanova pulls away.

[bluehenbillk]

Call me lazy but follow the pattern in my picks...

UR 27 JMU 24 - I said this week I'd pick JMU but my head couldn't do it
StB 24 URI 14 - The Rams will win next week
UNH 41 UD 17 - This is what getting punched in the mouth feels like
Maine 24 Elon 14 - How are these teams in the same league??
W&M 24 TU 14 - I guess the Tribe will still have remote life
Nova 41 Alb 17 - Just a mismatch played in front of sparse crowd

[caribbeanhen]

Call me lazy but follow the pattern in my picks...

UR 27 JMU 24 - I said this week I'd pick JMU but my head couldn't do it
StB 24 URI 14 - The Rams will win next week
UNH 41 UD 17 - This is what getting punched in the mouth feels like
Maine 24 Elon 14 - How are these teams in the same league??
W&M 24 TU 14 - I guess the Tribe will still have remote life
Nova 41 Alb 17 - Just a mismatch played in front of sparse crowd

if Delaware is not careful we wont even have sparse crowds to pick on at Nova..

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

JMU
Sbu
Unh
Nova
W and m
Maine

[Sitting Bull]

Ticks 38 Dourkes 24
Elon 21 Maine 10
Tribe 21 Towson 16
Delaware 28 UNH 22
Villanova 47 UAlbany 27
SBU 17 URI 6

[Dane96]

James Madison @ Richmond- JMU
Rhode Island @ Stony Brook- Stony Brook
Delaware @ New Hampshire- UNH
Maine @ Elon- Maine
William & Mary @ Towson- W&M
Albany @ Villanova- NOVA

[melloware13]

I'm going to be AFK all day tomorrow, so my update will come at like midnight (feel free to post scores as they happen). I'll use the timestamp on picks after now to add, but as of now, here's how they stand:

Richmond (61.1%) v. James Madison
Stony Brook (100%) v. Rhode Island
New Hampshire (94.4%) v. Delaware
Maine (88.9%) @ Elon
William & Mary (94.4%) @ Towson
Villanova (100%) v. Albany

[jmufan999]

JMU
SBU (URI will not score more than 6 points)
UNH (would consider UD in a big upset if it were not being played in Durham)
Elon (the term "letdown game" gets overused. But it's a long trip coming off a huge win, and Elon just has to win a CAA game at some point. and it's Senior Day at home)
Towson
Nova

[JMU-MRD-DAD]

I'm going with:

JMU
SB
NH
Elon
Towson
Nova

I'll be at the JMU-UR game tomorrow!!!!! GO DUKES....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

JMU 35 Richmond 30
Stony Brook 27 URI 13
UNH 42 Delaware 27
Maine 20 Elon 10
Towson 24 W&M 21
Villanova 38 Albany 20

[SBUFAN33]

Rich
Sbu
Unh
Nova
W and m
Maine

[caribbeanhen]

Ticks 38 Dourkes 24
Elon 21 Maine 10
Tribe 21 Towson 16
Delaware 28 UNH 22
Villanova 47 UAlbany 27
SBU 17 URI 6

Like the upset pick but Delaware will need to score a lot more than that to have any chance

[JMUNJ08]

Do I move up to first with a perfect week? Coming down to the wire!

[Longhorn]

UR 27 JMU 24 - I said this week I'd pick JMU but my head couldn't do it



At least you're consistent.

[melloware13]

Final Scores:
#19 James Madison 55, #9 Richmond 20
Stony Brook 35, Rhode Island 14
#1 New Hampshire 43, Delaware 14
Maine 24, Elon 17
William & Mary 37, Towson 14
#5 Villanova 48, Albany 31

CAA Standings:
1. #1 New Hampshire (9-1, 7-0 CAA)
2. #5 Villanova (9-2, 6-1 CAA)
3. #19 James Madison (8-3, 5-2 CAA)
T4. #9 Richmond (7-4, 4-3 CAA)
T4. William & Mary (7-4, 4-3 CAA)
T4. Delaware (6-5, 4-3 CAA)
T4. Maine (5-5, 4-3 CAA)
T4. Stony Brook (5-6, 4-3 CAA)
T9. Albany (6-5, 2-5 CAA)
T9. Towson (4-7, 2-5 CAA)
T11. Elon (1-10, 0-7 CAA)
T11. Rhode Island (0-11, 0-7 CAA)

[melloware13]

Dane96, BestDaneSinceHamlet, Anovafan, kdinva, and JMU2004 all had perfect weeks this week. With this performance, Dane96 pushed his overall lead to 4 points. The overall top 10:
1. Dane96 - 109
2. UNHFan@RWU - 105
3. JMUNJ08 - 103
4. bonarae - 102
5. UNH72Plus - 101
T6. BestDaneSinceHamlet - 97
T6. Tiger93 - 97
8. Go Lehigh TU Owl - 96
9. melloware13 - 95
10. SBUFAN33 - 94

Only the top 6 are alive for the regular season title, with 6 games left.

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware will be in the game for at least 2.5 quarters, after that all bets are off...

fairly accurate statement.... I should of played this pick em game LOL

[Dane96]

Do I move up to first with a perfect week? Coming down to the wire!

Hmmm...since I was in first--and I picked a perfect week--the answer would be: NO.

:)

But you have something to look forward to more than I do: PLAYOFFS. Crapsville is open in Albany, but a win vs. SBU would make for a nice completion to a surprising season of growth.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Dane96, BestDaneSinceHamlet, Anovafan, kdinva, and JMU2004 all had perfect weeks this week. With this performance, Dane96 pushed his overall lead to 4 points. The overall top 10:
1. Dane96 - 109
2. UNHFan@RWU - 105
3. JMUNJ08 - 103
4. bonarae - 102
5. UNH72Plus - 101
T6. BestDaneSinceHamlet - 97
T6. Tiger93 - 97
8. Go Lehigh TU Owl - 96
9. melloware13 - 95
10. SBUFAN33 - 94

Only the top 6 are alive for the regular season title, with 6 games left.

That missed week killed me.....:(