fluidian

JMU shot itself in the foot with horrible timeout management and a very poor play call on the pass over the middle. That said, Akron needed a ton of breaks, a fluke play, and being on the side of some questionable officiating to beat a non-playoff FCS team, at home. I wouldn't get too excited. Look at the box score, JMU dominated play. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=332502006 The TD on the free offsides play was fine, but it was a coin flip call. I've seen WRs do a lot less pushing off and get flagged. JMU was flagged for two personal fouls that were retaliation for Akron's post whistle activities. Second guy gets caught and that's unfortunate. Would be nice though if the refs kept a closer eye on dirtier players like Akron's left tackle who was instigating all night. The pivotal bad call, and the one that set Mickey off was at the end of the first half. The RB was held up for a long time before the ball popped out. 99.9% of the time, the whistle has blown by that time. That slow whistle turned the game from a score and momentum perspective. Kudos to Akron's D for stripping the ball, but that instance of poor officiating was the turning point. Akron got a lot of breaks, and in a close game, the team who gets the most breaks tends to win. But if the calls fall more 50/50, JMU wins that one walking away. At the end of the day, a loss to a FBS opponent won't hurt the Dukes. And Akron gets at least one win this year.

45 FCS currently ranked ahead of Akron. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2012/team/ including JMU, a program that is a couple years removed from beating #13 ranked VaTech in Blacksburg. Shouldn't Zips Nation be nervous about EVERY game at this point?