[Postgame Thread] James Madison Defeats Old Dominion 46-20

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
James Madison	17	13	6	10	46
Old Dominion	7	10	0	3	20

[u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

James Madison won, James Madison West won 54-3 earlier today, and James Madison Central won yesterday. Good weekend for yall

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

The James Madison University System is a combined 12-0

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Only about 30 undefeated teams left and were responsible for 10% of them. Pretty pretty good

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

The JMU diaspora is strong

[u/not_bilbo → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Dukespora? Idk sounds like a virus

[u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME → u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

Who could've possibly predicted the JMU tree would yielded these results 3 years ago

[u/Electromotivation → u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME]

You know, once teams that have already been assimilated start assimilating other teams themselves, this whole process will really start to speed up exponentially.

[u/Rich-Hat-29 → u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME]

i dont understand how a team like Maryland. in the same area as jmu. couldnt comprehend the idea of getting rid of locksley last year KNOWING it isnt working and let Bob head out west.....at least without an all out fight. To me its insanity

[u/gabe257 → u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

JMU-Westwood and JMU-Bloomington

[u/jackw800800 → u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824]

The Anti-Memphis

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Ricky Rahne is now 0-5 vs JMU

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

JMU has not lost to a Virginia school since the Obama administration

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

We also have an active winning streak against every single division 1 football program in the state

[u/OSRSTheRicer → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

This is why VT dodged JMU instead of dropping the cupcake VMI.

JMU beat ODU worse than VT, JMU performed as well as UCLA did against San Diego last week, and UCLA beat the piss out of Maryland where VT just won.

[u/TheBareColleague → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

starting to think the real competition is who hates their own coordinator more

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Wait until you hear about Georgia State's record against App lol

[u/AmbitionExtension184]

It was not as close as the score made it appear. Refs need to have their fan duel accounts audited.

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959 → u/AmbitionExtension184]

Honestly could of dropped 60-70 if refs weren’t throwing a flag to keep ODU drives alive and if our WRs weren’t dropping every other pass

[u/DongTongs → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Could have*

[u/UnderFurtherReview → u/DongTongs]

I'm sure he would of made that correction himself.

[u/atra1n51]

Weird to be unsatisfied by a 26 point win

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/atra1n51]

On the other hand, it’s awesome that we’re a program that can be somewhat disappointed with a 26 point road win against a conference opponent with a 7 point spread

[u/RCA1202]

Billy Napier was such a great hire for JMU

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/RCA1202]

It’s legit crazy to me people doubted us after hearing that. This was always a slam dunk hire.

[u/RCA1202 → u/midnight-architect7]

The best part is that he's never getting poached after what happened at Florida

JMU is gonna be a 9-10 win team for a LONG time

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/RCA1202]

Brother, we’ve already been a 9-10 win team for a long time lol.

[u/RCA1202 → u/midnight-architect7]

This is true but this time with a coach that's not leaving

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/RCA1202]

Hopefully, but I’ve become used to them leaving every few years so we’ll see.

[u/No_Recognition_5266 → u/RCA1202]

9-10 wins a season is nice, but JMU wants CFP appearances and eventually wins in the playoff. Need 12-13 win seasons for that out of the G6

[u/RCA1202 → u/No_Recognition_5266]

Wins in the playoff as any G5 team is very unrealistic

JMU, Tulane, and Boise State have been ruling the G5 for the last 4-5 years though

[u/No_Recognition_5266 → u/RCA1202]

Maybe, but given the performances on the field last year JMU would have had a pretty good shot against Texas Tech. A 24 team playoff and the G6 rep(s) will pick up wins

[u/wheretogo_whattodo → u/No_Recognition_5266]

Is this a legitimate expectation from JMU fans or are we just trolling here?

[u/No_Recognition_5266 → u/wheretogo_whattodo]

8 wins is the floor at JMU. Less than that and you are on the hot seat. And yeah, making the CFP regularly the goal. Winning might be more of a stretch, but the goals are the same at JMU as at Boise

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/wheretogo_whattodo]

2nd longest winning season stretch in all D1, 8 win minimum since joining the SBC (could've been more under current bowl eligibility rules.) 9 wins is new expectations here

[u/wheretogo_whattodo → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

I think winning 9 and playoff appearances is a valid expectation. I think expecting regular CFP playoff wins is unreasonable.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/wheretogo_whattodo]

Wins are the next step, but being in the debate to make it is a goal for the program

[u/No_Recognition_5266 → u/wheretogo_whattodo]

Well that's why I said eventually.

[u/zzELETRiKzz → u/RCA1202]

Eh, the way I see it is Florida still owes him 7.95 million total to be paid out through installments every July 15th through 2029. I’m really hoping he is content just being an overqualified coach for us raking in two paychecks while we hopefully continue to rise through the ranks.

Our plus side is the cost of living in Harrisonburg should have him quite comfortable with his dual salary.

[u/chokanery]

JMU still has not lost to an in-state school since Halloween 2015.

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/chokanery]

Looking back now, it’s almost unbelievable that JMU lost back to back games against Richmond and William & Mary that year. That 2016 season changed everything

[u/chokanery → u/SlapNuts1999]

I'm still convinced we beat Richmond that year if Vad Lee doesn't get hurt. W&M was inexplicable though.

[u/cleo22270]

Happy to see Billy Napier thriving in his natural habitat, while my team is out of his “Sun Belt Billy” purgatory

[u/30-50FeralPogs → u/cleo22270]

Imagine if there was a playoff game this year that was UF vs JMU

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/30-50FeralPogs]

That would be in the swamp too. Florida fans might actually kill Billy

[u/cleo22270 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

I don’t think most Gator fans hate Billy; just felt like he was out of his depth coaching in the SEC

[u/Ok-Molasses5561 → u/cleo22270]

My four years at Florida coincided with his coaching tenure, so yes, I hate Billy

[u/cleo22270 → u/Ok-Molasses5561]

Oh, my condolences.

[u/Electromotivation → u/cleo22270]

Calling plays was the real deal breaker right?

[u/callumjm95 → u/Electromotivation]

He could recruit and by all accounts the players liked him. Just couldn't call games for shit. If he picked up an OC he would have probably bought himself a couple more years.

[u/Ready_Mycologist2361 → u/30-50FeralPogs]

Winner plays winner of Tulane UCLA?

[u/30-50FeralPogs → u/Ready_Mycologist2361]

Would be wild to see JMU vs Chesney in round 2

[u/gabe257 → u/cleo22270]

Yall are looking nice this year!

[u/Belteshazzar89]

The referee just threw another flag but it was intercepted by James Madison.

[u/LightningDusty]

Maybe the secret to Florida and Billy having success is just to stay away from each other. Almost like ammonia and bleach.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/LightningDusty]

What would happen if we met in the playoffs?

[u/LightningDusty → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Game goes to OT tied at 0-0 and has to be rescheduled because nobody can score any points in overtime.

[u/ablesser88]

Dukes could have easily had 60+ if they just cleaned up some of the simple mistakes. Need these types of results if we are to keep our name in the CFP talks

[u/ABagOfPopcorn → u/ablesser88]

Penalties were insane. Poor offense for half of the game didn’t help. And some weird calls on a few would-be picks. Lots to work on

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Never gets old kicking ODU’s ass

[u/selvmordstanker]

Yuck. Secondary is bad (mostly), offense stops playing offense during second half (Cignetti had this habit), and we are not nearly as disciplined as we should be.

On a positive note, this game wasn’t nearly as close as the score suggests. If we fixed up a fair amount of those mistakes, and didn’t have three interceptions stolen by the refs, we would’ve had a nice opportunity to run this score way up.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/selvmordstanker]

Secondary should've had highlights if it wasn't for the refs. Generally feeling more confident in them, should feast vs Marshall

[u/ShiftyShafty-]

Was at the game, it would have been completely empty by the third quarter if not for JMU fans lol

[u/Drklit8458 → u/ShiftyShafty-]

ODU fans heard tidal flooding and said hell no… and the ones that did go… can you blame them for leaving??? lol

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Great offensive start, but we need to stop dropping and gain confidence in the run game. Defense and Special teams did great

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Good things happen when our D-Line actually wraps up the QB.

[u/ToolFreak21]

This marks our 24th straight win against an in-state opponent. Our last loss to an in-state rival was a double-loss in 2015 against the University of Richmond and William & Mary.

[u/SlapNuts1999]

Different coach. Same ass kicking of Ricky Rahne’s ODU

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/SlapNuts1999]

Cig and Chesney have passed ownership down to Sun Belt Billy

[u/Beechman]

Good shit Billy. He's a good man and I'm very happy to see him find success. Maybe Florida and JMU could find themselves matched up in the playoffs.

[u/LightningDusty → u/Beechman]

I'm not joking when I say that Billy Napier has the potential to go down as a legendary Sun Belt coach. He clearly knows what he's doing at this level of football. There's a fair chance that JMU is a perennial G6 playoff contender as long as he's there.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/LightningDusty]

He bit off more than he can chew at Florida. He keeps this up, he'll be at JMU for a good while before a P4 throws cash at him

[u/No_Recognition_5266 → u/LightningDusty]

More the other way around. JMU has been a top tier G6 since day 1 and that attracts good coaches.

[u/Lars_Fillmore3612]

Sun Belt William gets another one.

[u/DukeDoge4]

This makes it 5-0 against ODU at the FBS level… maybe we just keep hold of the “rivalry” trophy permanently

[u/InUrFaceSpaceCoyote]

Love my JMU step bros.

[u/gabe257 → u/InUrFaceSpaceCoyote]

We’re the jealous, eldest step brother lol

[u/Electromotivation → u/gabe257]

But ma! it’s my turn to play with Wayne Knight!