If we can rush for around 140 to 150 (or more) and throw for 250 or higher.... No turnovers or inopportune penalties.... Take what they give us. If the defense can make some stops, don't give up big plays or long 3rd downs, and get a few takeaways.... Play smart. Loved seeing the tight ends involved...

This game comes out as a toss up. The rating services are in disagreement-ESPN gives them a 52% chance to win, Sagarin has us by 1.79, and Massey has us winning 33-30. In common opponents (Coastal and Marshall) they are 2-0 and we are 1-1. Their offense is playing better than Marshalls at the time b...

Good game App State. The players and coaches deserve some credit. We covered the spread, took what the opposition gave us, and came up with some innovative plays. Our defense held them to much less yardage than they were averaging, and also had 3 takeaways. No big chunk plays. That's definitely an i...

Great game Shawn Clark. Great game Apps State.

Joey Aguilar is getting better and better!

Going to depend on our defense. Need to stop the run and put pressure on Fancher/Pennington. Can't start the game down 1 or 2 scores and play catchup until the 4th Quarter.

Not confident:
Longrifles 31

Herd 28

This is the fourth game in a row we are favored, although it is very close. We are 1 and 2 the last three weeks and we were favored by all 3 ranking systems that I check. Against common opponents we are 1-2 and they are 2-1. They managed to squeak by ODU 41-35. CCU beat the snot out of them. Offensi...

500+ yards from Southern Miss should answer the above.....Our defense is as bad as i've seen and that goes back to the year 1970. Hall kept asking why we were giving so much cushion in the secondary...i'd agree if it werent for the number of times we got beat deep.... That's unreal. Can't look it u...

Not trusting the line. The last two weeks we have been 5 to 7 point favorites. ESPN, Sagarin and Massey were all in agreement. We still lost both games. This week, again all rankings are pretty much in agreement. USM lost to Arky State by 7, lost to ODU by 4, and lost to TSU by 14. They were thrott...

I'm going with average points for and average points against from USM's team stats:

Longrifles 38

Eagles 21

Almost cover the spread?

Not trusting the line. The last two weeks we have been 5 to 7 point favorites. ESPN, Sagarin and Massey were all in agreement. We still lost both games. This week, again all rankings are pretty much in agreement. USM lost to Arky State by 7, lost to ODU by 4, and lost to TSU by 14. They were throttl...

Odds had us beating Coastal and ODU also. We may just get USM out of their funk....

On Furmans 3rd touchdown, Ingle Martin got leveled by Cory Lynch just as he crossed the goal line. On the four downs that we held in the 3rd Quarter, the sun was on the field, there was no ice, Ingle Martin just cut with the wrong foot (there is a slomo replay) on 3rd down and he did not get his cle...

I'll say the same thing I said after the GS/JMU game. Marshall looks beatable.

Both teams have above average defenses. JMU's defense is elite for G5. We will have a tough time with them.

Special teams trying to get Marshall going...

JMU defense is physically tough.

Marshalls defense kept them in the game up until late in the 3rd. JMU had 6 points to show from 4 trips in the red zone. JMU wearing them down now. Also 2 turnovers by Marshall didn't help.

I freakin hate JMU and their entitled, arrogant attitudes. I didn't really want them in the Sunbelt to begin with.

However, I do respect what they have accomplished and the level at which they are playing. Any comments I made was based upon what I saw at last weeks game and they looked pretty good.

This games matchup reminds me of how I thought about the Coastal game. The defense is stingy against the run (133 yards per game) and only allows 370 yards per game total offense (compared to us allowing 399 yards per game). I think the outcome is going to depend on our offensive strategy and whethe...

I've tempered my expectations on the season. I will hold my opinions on the coach until the end of the season and can look at the cumulative results. Lots of issues to fix. Do we make progress, or do we end up making the same mistakes through the end of the season? Game planning. Do we "do what we d...

At 3-3, they have the same record as App. They have two conference wins, including a win over Louisiana. They lost by three to Wake and let the Marshall game slip by them late. They are hardly the weakest team in the Belt. All their games have been close save their opener. I would expect another on...