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JMU appears to have only one returner of any consequence, Eddie Ricks, a 6'7" junior forward who averaged 6.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg last season. This type of situation makes me realize how blessed we are to have a program that can hold onto kids from season to season.

This is such a good opening game. JMU brings a solid G5 brand into an arena that lacks opponents with solid brands. I really hope UA marketing is getting the word out that this game is just a few weeks away. We need a solid 4k+ crowd. We match up well with them. We're bigger, but they're going to be a handful athletically. Our guards need to take care of the ball and we need to make our shots. Do that, and we'll be 1-0 with a nice early-season resume building win.

Hopefully we can take advantage like how Arkansas State took advantage last year against us

can't figure it out either. that's why i'm hoping starting with the buffalo game we start to see them. duncan got 8 snaps first two games then we never saw him again. came here as an energizer bunny what happened? brown got 15 or 16 snaps in one game he came from fcs but had more experience than any end on the entire roster never saw other than that one game. cheatom played that first game then one snap last game and nothing else? the ends have a combined 5 sacks FROM 2 guys and that's 2 in the central game and 2 in the duquesne game.:: the twins have 1 solo tackle each and the one has 2 assisted tackles and the other has 5 ..: that sucks as a defensive end unit. coming into the season we needed pressure on the qbs. we haven't gotten. durham has played more snaps than ANY edge in all of FBS and only two in FCS have played more. he has played EVERY snap except 65 in seven games. maybe if he didn't play so many snaps he could produce more? i would have liked to have seen what gavin could have done in the middle as well. bosswell is good as a freshman but gavin is similar in size and is the fastest linebacker on the team what was there to lose by trying some of those guys earlier?

The main difference is the NFL is designed for teams for teams to average 8-9 wins over the long run. The Browns being as bad as they have been for as long as they have been is pretty unbelievable. College football is a completely different animal. Bad teams aren't rewarded by getting the option of having first dibs at the best high school players. Good teams aren't constrained by a salary cap. Edit: Partly why I feel the NFL is so much more popular than college football is most fans think their team has a chance. The Browns this year might be an exception as it was a clear rebuild year, but you have the Jaguars and Patriots who both picked in the top 5 of this past draft now sitting at 4-2. Last year the Commanders had a similar turn around.

I watched 7 quarters of football last weekend with the Zips and the Browns and saw zero touchdowns by my teams. (I did not watch all of the 4th quarter but left early with my adult son and went golfing at Good Park.) I like watching football but it is difficult to watch when your offense cannot score a touchdown until the game is out of reach. (Also, both teams committed stupid penalties on punts that led to the opponent keeping possession of the ball.)

I mean ESPN2 or U. I'd be shocked if we weren't on ESPN+. Especially cause both conferences have deals with ESPN

Your point is not wrong. But - NIU only cares about the football, and they're going to a better league (even after the changes). And their average road trip in-conference in all the other sports drops from 419 miles to 330 miles. The longest in-league road trip drops from 978 to Amherst to 516 for Robert Morris. It's not huge - this is admittedly no $10,000,000 savings, but with all the other sports, it's going to be a greater savings than the cost for extra travel in the MWC. It will be interesting to see how attendance changes for all their sports...it's possible they also see a little bump in basketball (in addition to the likely notable football attendance bump) because the team will have a better record (as noted, the Horizon League's bottom is definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel). It's not a life-changing travel savings, but it more makes up for the MWC football travel when aggregated across the other 12 sports.

Thanks Clark. They seem like a team with a high ceiling that will probably peak later in the season once players gain chemistry and rotations are sorted out. Glad we got them game 1.

I got my parking pass in the mail today, I got lot 8 which is an upgrade for me! No longer stuck in lot 1!