We cancelled our reservations for Saturday and now plan to watch Thursday's game
on the FREE James Madison Network. Sorry we will not be visiting with Florence!

Here is the link:
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/JMU/

Threat of Hurricane Florence means RMU will now play No. 2 James Madison on Thursday instead of Saturday.

https://rmucolonials.com/news/2018/9/11/football-james-madison-contest-moved-to-thursday.aspx

Wasn't pretty, but I'm sure RMU will take it. Congrats to Coach Clark for his first win as a head coach.

Robert Morris was bad for 3+ quarters. Bad on offense. Bad on defense. Bad on special teams. If Virginia State was able to make some field goals, we're talking about an ugly loss.

The final 9 minutes were good, though. After the fumble in the end zone that gave VSU a 19-7 lead, RMU was a different team.

Matt Gonzalez is going to be something special at tight end. He runs like a receiver, as evidenced by the 81-yard touchdown. Jimmy Walker was able to bounce back from an awful day with two touchdowns late. We saw a little bit of Caleb Lewis for a few series when Walker struggled, but Walker showed this is still his team.

I still like some of the wrinkles the offense was doing. The line didn't give Walker a ton of time early on and they're not getting a push in the run game. But I like most of the play-calling.

Also love the guts to call for the onside kick when Coach Clark did. That takes some balls because it could have easily blown up in his face.

The defense gave up 400+ yards. I just think they're so green they can't be asked to do much, so against teams with some versatility, they're going to get burned. It was good to see them create a turnover or two, though.

Field goal team did a great job of taking advantage of a VSU weakness. Two blocks, none bigger than the one at the buzzer.

Something to build on. But next week could be ugly vs James Madison.

Cool story

http://www.tribdem.com/news/in-the-...cle_0256bf3e-b31b-11e8-9c33-df9412e53ca0.html

Shown on Instagram that the team will be rocking all grey jerseys

RMU Game Notes

• Ben Walter starting at DE and Thimons at the other
• Rodriguez at LT and Trevor Hicks not even listed on two deep.
  
• Minford getting the start at LG.
  
• Mundy listed as backup Center
• Gonzo listed as starter but both Petrick and Gonzo will get plenty of field time.
  
• DelleFemine starting over Allison.
  
• No surprise at RB
• Walker starting QB with Martin as the backup. Lewis not listed.

Bowie State vs Wagner (Thursday)
CCSU @ Ball St (Thursday)
SFU @ Lehigh
RMU @ Dayton
New Haven @ Bryant
Lafayette @ SHU
Lock Haven @ Dukes

Here's the first coaches show with Coach Clark.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/496_...w-29790194/?episode_id=29790194&autoplay=true

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/robert-morris/

Interesting, I think RMU had a game with Bowling Green in 2020 that is not listed, and not listed on Bowling Greens page either.

Edit: of note...
Next year reported...

• 08/31 - at Buffalo
• 09/07 - at Youngstown State
• 09/21 - at VMI

So would assume home game with Dayton and perhaps another d2 home game which I wish they would quit doing.

Think an fbs game a year, dayton, an ovc game, Patriot and a pay fcs game like jmu or ndsu would be ideal

Looks like RMU is trying to do a bit of a documentary on Coach Clark's first season. The first piece is up looking at training camp.

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The Fan had a one-on-one interview with Coach Clark that was posted a bit ago.

Here's the link to listen.

https://937thefan.radio.com/articles/clark-rmu-ready-begin-new-era

Neither Dayton nor Robert Morris has game notes or depth charts out yet, but Dayton did release a transcript of an interview with coach Rick Chamberlin following the team's final scrimmage.

https://daytonflyers.com/news/2018/8/19/football-completes-weekend-with-scrimmage-media-day.aspx

Of note:
"We have seen a lot of progress made, especially offensively. That's what you would expect with nine starters back, including at quarterback, receiver and running back. That really showed in our scrimmage on Saturday in how well the offense moved the ball in different ways – running the ball, bootlegs, deep passes –that was good to see.

Defensively, we are seeing steps taken each day. What we need to do right now is be more consistent. One day, like on Thursday when we had a red-zone scrimmage period, the defense dominated. But then, like we came out Saturday, and we give up big plays."

"I would say some of the player who have stood out have been some of your typical ones. Ones you would expect like Alex Jeske. Alex is throwing the ball very well right now. He made some throws Saturday, that I just shake my head at how locked in he is. He's really done it all camp. Adam Trautman is also having a very good camp and he will be a dominating force when we get him in favorable matchups.

"At corner, one of players who was in an alternating situation last year, Jake Kempt, is having the best camp he's ever had. He is really on top of his techniques. His athleticism has always been there but now he has a great feel for the game."

Saturday's scrimmage was a big day by the offense. Jeske was four-for five passing for 134 yards and two TD's to Ryan Skibinski – a 70-yarder on the first play of the day and a 40-yarder. J.P. Forcucci also caught two touchdown passes – one from Kyle Kapraros and one from Luke Anthony. The offense scored five TD's of 40 yards or longer, including the 70-yard run that freshman Jake Chisholm had to end the scoring.
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Dayton has historically dominated this series and it was really surprising that RMU won last year. I think a large portion of that win was credited to RMU's defense. If Dayton is back to making big plays, it's going to be a much tougher match-up.

Dukes @ UMass

Looks like we know one buy game for RMU this year. Colonials at Purdue on Nov. 23.

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The Herald-Standard reported that record breaking senior-to-be Charleroi quarterback Geno Pellegrini has committed to the Colonials.

For you NEC Football Fans please let me know if you are interested in doing a weekly NEC Pick'em Contest.

This contest is just for fun and to get fans talking about all teams within the NEC.

I will post the games for each week.
I will post that weeks schedule and you just have to pick the winner.

So for Example, I will post a new thread for Week 1 and post the games: [you don't have to make your picks now]
Bowie State vs Wagner(Thursday)
CCSU @ Ball St(Thursday)
SFU @ Lehigh
RMU @ Dayton
New Haven @ Bryant
Lafayette @ SHU
Lock Haven @ Dukes

[And actually there is Week 0 game as the Dukes play this Saturday against UMass.]

You post who you think will win outright and maybe offer a little comment for each pick (some people will do that).

I will collect your picks and then post the results.
I will keep a running total of everyone weekly wins and losses.

Rules
All picks must be in before the kickoff of the 1st scheduled game for that particular week. So for Week 1, you must have your picks in before Thursday evening.

Good Luck and please let me know if you are in.

http://www.fbschedules.com/2018/08/west-virginia-host-duquesne-2023/

Duquesne gets a pay-day of $425,000.

Dukes playing at Hawaii and now a Big 12 school.

Today was apparently the day for all players to report, though it sounds like a lot of them were already on campus. So we should start to hear some news in the next few days.

It's pretty tough for me to get to campus for anything, but hopefully some people are able to check out camp and see how the team looks.

I was able to swing by campus and check out the final scrimmage before Dayton.
Please note that I could be wrong with some numbers but this is what I was able to take in:

1st Team Offense to start the scrimmage:
LT - #61 Trevor Hicks
LG - #59 John Sheldon
C - #50 Eric McAllister
RG - #74 Dylan Young
RT - #77 Matt Fennell
TE - #88 Steve Petrick

WRs:
#4 Warren Robinson
#12 Tim Vecchio
#86 Tavin Allison

RB - #1 Terence Stephens

QB - #5 Jimmy Walker
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1st Team Defense to start the scrimmage:
DE - #46 Ben Walter?? (could be a number switch but tough to tell. I'm banking on this being wrong on my part. Maybe it was #56 Brayden Thimons?)
DL - #98 Izon Pulley
DL - #99 Amir Fenwick
DE - #55 Frank Antuono

LB - #28 Tyler Lamica
LB - #33 Adam Wollet
LB - #32 TJ Neal

CB - #24 Tevaul Brown
CB - #25 Heavon Price

S - #13 Myles Canton
S - #19 Barry Amos

Some Notes throughout the scrimmage

• Quick warmup for the team with some brief individual work then right into the scrimmage.
  
• Each QB (Walker, Lewis and Martin) got time with the 1st team.
  
• The 2nd time they yelled for the 1s on offense, #72 Conner Mundy went in at LG, #23 Kendall Rodgers Jr at RB and #9 Caleb Lewis at QB.
  
• I think the staff is running a 4-3 defense but had Neal all over the field, almost like a 4-2-5 Nickel look.
  
• Offense is 95% shotgun, 1 RB, 3 WRs with some packages with 2 TEs.
  
• Defense did a lot of blitzing and stunts which did damage to the offense today.
  
• Offense was very slow to start. I'm sure the staff had a larger playbook for today and some heads were swimming out there.
  
• Delano Madison was dress but didn't play, probably holding him out till Dayton.
  
• When #23 Rodgers got the ball, he makes plays. I would expect to see a one-two punch with Stephens and Rodgers.
• #22 Jonathan Wanat got some carries and is a bull to bring down. Could be a late game RB to really hammer a game home and short yardage.
  
• #29 Darrell Mason made some plays out there today and turned my head to look him up. He is fast and physical. He will for sure make the travel squad and play special teams.
  
• My biggest question is what are the coaches going to do with Barr? He was wearing a red QB jersey. Played special teams and even went in at WR towards the end of the scrimmage. Barr stayed after the scrimmage and worked on more WR drills. He is a big body out there. I would make the switch now to WR for him. Work him, get him ready because he will be a weapon especially in the red zone with his height.
  
• The OL has good size but need to work on being more consistent and finishing their blocks. One or two little mistakes and the offense went no where. If they can iron things out by Dayton then they will have a chance. I think Sheldon and Mundy will continue to battle it out for LG prior to Dayton.

QB Talk:
I think Walker will be named your Week 1 starter. When given time, he can pick apart the defense. Lewis is a very athletic lefty and made some plays with his legs. But if things go slow this season, you might (and again I don't know this staff) see them tap Martin to get reps and finish out the season. I think Barr will be listed as an emergency QB but will get more time with special teams and at WR.

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