Atlantic 10 Week 6 Preview

[JMU Duke Dog]

Standings
North Division
New Hampshire (2-0, 4-0)
Massachusetts (2-0, 3-1)
Rhode Island (1-1, 3-2)
Northeastern (1-1, 1-3)
Hofstra (0-1, 2-2)
Maine (0-1, 2-2)
South Division
James Madison (1-0, 3-1)
Villanova (1-1, 2-2)
Richmond (1-1, 1-3)
Towson (1-2, 3-2)
Delaware (0-1, 3-1)
William & Mary (0-1, 2-2)

Schedule
Towson at Rhode Island 12:00
Hofstra at #13 Delaware 12:00
Northeastern at #18 Massachusetts 1:00
#1 New Hampshire at #17 William & Mary 1:00 *BIGGEST A10 THIS WEEK*
Villanova at Richmond 1:00
Maine at #5 James Madison 1:30

Due to every A10 team playing a conference opponent the conference standings should begin to take better shape of how the 2005 season might play out but as always the season is far from over and anyone can win on any given Saturday. Feel free to discuss and even dare to make predictions for all upcoming A10 games this week on this thread...

[umassfan]

Towson at Rhode Island URI
Hofstra at #13 Delaware HOFSTRA
Northeastern at #18 Massachusetts UMASS
#1 New Hampshire at #17 William & Mary 1:00 UNH
Villanova at Richmond 1:00 NOVA
Maine at #5 James Madison JMU

[Spider]

Richmond over Nova...

[MR. CHICKEN]

Richmond over Nova...

DAT UH BOY SPIDERMAN.........GOTTA STAND UP...FO' DUH RIGHT.......TA PARTY....:rotateh:....BRAWK!

[blur2005]

Towson at Rhode Island
Hofstra at #13 Delaware
Northeastern at #18 Massachusetts
#1 New Hampshire at #17 William & Mary
Villanova at Richmond
Maine at #5 James Madison

[rcny46]

Well,here goes nothing as they say.URI-back down to earth for Towson.W&M-upset special,Villanova-a little too much O for the Spiders,Hofstra-Pride get their offense back in gear,JMU-one of the nation's top 5 assert themselves again this week.UMass-defense keeps the Huskies in check.

[saint0917]

Towson over URI
Delaware over Hofstra, I can't see UD losing two games in a row.
Umass over Northeastern
UNH over William & Mary
Richmond over Nova
James Madison over Maine

[HensRock]

Was going to put mine up, but Saint saved me the trouble :)

What HE said.

[Eagle_77]

Since I am doing so well with the SoCon predictions :rolleyes: I will give the A-10 a shot.

Towson at Rhode Island
Towson coming off a big week but will be brought back down to eart.

Hofstra at #13 Delaware
I really want to pick Hofstra but I dont see Delaware lossing 2 in a row and not at home.

Northeastern at #18 Massachusetts
I believe the over/under for this game will be somewhere around 27. UMass D is to much.

#1 New Hampshire at #17 William & Mary
Should be a good game but New Hampshire seems to be to much

Villanova at Richmond
Richmond has been in every game they have played in this year but I think Nova is to hungry for a win coming off the big loss to UNH.

Maine at #5 James Madison
I dont think that Maine has the fire power offensively to keep up with JMU. Maines D should keep it the game from getting to ugly though.

[saint0917]

Was going to put mine up, but Saint saved me the trouble :)

What HE said.

See, great minds think alike. :nod:

[ChickenMan]

Delaware over Hofstra, I can't see UD losing two games in a row.


then you haven't seen UD play... :p

[saint0917]

then you haven't seen UD play... :p

Hang in there CM, they'll be O.K. :nod:

[Spider]

DAT UH BOY SPIDERMAN.........GOTTA STAND UP...FO' DUH RIGHT.......TA PARTY....:rotateh:....BRAWK!
chicken, hope we're right. also looking forward to plucking a few feathers off the hen on the 15th.

[MR. CHICKEN]

IFIN' WE HAVE ANY FEATHERAHS LEFT!.....:eek:........ER...UH...UM...AWK!

[Sam Adams]

URI v. Towson - URI in a shootout.

Delaware v. Hofstra - UD sqeaks by

Umass v. Northeastern - UMass

UNH v. William & Mary - UNH - All Santos All Day Long

Richmond v. Nova - Who knows? I'll go with Nova.

JMU v. Maine - JMU in what should be a great football game.

[TigerFan17]

I think we can win next week. Our run defense has been pretty good thus far, though the triple option can be tricky. I like forcing them to go to the air. This is definitely a winnable game and Schaefer, though only a frosh, has proven to me that he is a winner with that final drive against UD.

However, can win doesn't mean will win.

Could we win 2 A-10 games in a row!? Yikes. The possibility is there.

I'm with saint and hensrock..


Towson over URI
Delaware over Hofstra
Umass over Northeastern
UNH over William & Mary
Richmond over Nova
James Madison over Maine

[89Hen]

3-2 last week to improve to 16-5 for the year. Not bad for a human JohnStOnge. :p IMO only two tough games to call this week...

Towson at Rhode Island - Towson comes back to reality. Face it, they match-up better with then Hens than any other team in the A10. Rams in a close one.

Hofstra at #13 Delaware - Toughest one for me to call. If it were in Long Island, I might go the other way, but KC keeps his home record rolling, Hens by a TD.

Northeastern at #18 Massachusetts - UMass and it's not even close.

#1 New Hampshire at #17 William & Mary - UNH and it's not even close.

Villanova at Richmond - Villanova and it's not even close.

Maine at #5 James Madison - JMU but this one is closer than the above.

[umassfan]

Can someone start picking against the minutemen... we suck!

[89Hen]

Can someone start picking against the minutemen... we suck!
No can do, but you do suck. :p

[LacesOut]

Will this be another game that UD wins somehow someway, in the 4th quarter??

I ask because it's my first UD game this season, and I haven't really paid attention to them yet.

[HensRock]

Can someone start picking against the minutemen... we suck!

No one is picking against the M-Men. So he has nothing to complain about.
So now he's complaining that he has nothing to complain about!
Unbeleivable!

:bang: :bang: :bang:

[Sam Adams]

NU UMass will be a closer game than some folks here envision. UMass offense is just not firing on all cylinders still as we await a fully healthy offensive line led by Mr. Stoetzel. When the big guy is back in October then the UMass Offense will be a more effective unit.

[umassfan]

NU UMass will be a closer game than some folks here envision. UMass offense is just not firing on all cylinders still as we await a fully healthy offensive line led by Mr. Stoetzel. When the big guy is back in October then the UMass Offense will be a more effective unit.
He should be back next week.

[charliej]

NU UMass will be a closer game than some folks here envision. UMass offense is just not firing on all cylinders still as we await a fully healthy offensive line led by Mr. Stoetzel. When the big guy is back in October then the UMass Offense will be a more effective unit.

I was thinking the same thing Sam. UMass D will keep the Huskies from scoring many points,but they won't put up many either.I see a close,low scoring game here.

UMass 14-6 or 20-7 ....something like that.

[umassfan]

They have a very poor rushing D so they will see alot of Baylark and Cobbs... Id put money on it that with the ball on the 1 vs NU... Brown will punch it in.

[Umass74]

I think the two most interesting games are:

Hofstra @ Delaware. Every one here knows the the Pride's talent is distributed about 70%- 30% in favour of the Offense. They were a bad match-up with JMU with the Dukes big running game. The question is "How will they do against the Hens defense" If Towson can score two TD's in the last four minutes, then Hofstra's much more potent (no offense to the Tigers) passing game should give the Hens a bad time. OTH Omar Cuff (sp?) should run wild. This one could be a pick-em.

Maine @ JMU. Two very good defenses hook up. Weather is supposed to be bad for the game. If Maine can get some turnovers, then this could be an upset special.

[charliej]

I think the two most interesting games are:

Hofstra @ Delaware. Every one here knows the the Pride's talent is distributed about 70%- 30% in favour of the Offense......

Unfortunately for the Pride,Clarkson is hurt and probably won't start at QB.If he does,it's likely he's not 100%. Early on I felt this could be a toss up game but now I think UD has the edge.