Wednesday, January 20, 2010

2010 JMU Football Schedule (Official)

This is the official 2010 schedule for the James Madison University football team. Times will be added in the summer as TV schedules are worked out.

JMUSports.com article

9/4

Morehead State

9/11

@Virginia Tech

9/19

Bye

9/25

Liberty

10/2

Delaware (Family Weekend)

10/9

@Towson

10/16

New Hampshire (Homecoming)

10/23

@Villanova

10/30

UMass

11/6

@Richmond

11/13

W&M

11/20

@Maine


Looks to be a pretty good schedule. We get to open the new stadium with a (most-likely) dominating win over one of the worst Div. I football teams in the nation (RPI: 232/245). Then we get an opportunity to go down to Tech and play the Cho...I mean Hokies. Followed by a nice bye week. Then we play Liberty at home. We then alternate home and away CAA games through the rest of the season.

Overall it's not a terrible schedule and isn't as bad as last year. But we also end up as the only CAA team to not play Rhode Island, which next year should by quite a bit be the worst team in the conference. We can pretty much expect a loss against VT and then we have to survive the gauntlet of the last 5 weeks, which should be against at least a few teams who could make the playoffs. Richmond will not be nearly as good this year as last year after losing a lot of seniors. Make sure to get your tickets early, because the Ticks are moving into their new mini-stadium this year that holds a whopping 9000 people. We brought nearly that many in 2008. An interesting sidenote: our stadium currently (considering the East stands aren't there) holds as many as their new stadium does.

Next year is looking pretty good so far. New recruits are coming in, which could include at least 2 quarterbacks. This gives us 3 available QB's and another 2 to redshirt...can't wait for that QB battle...

And for another note, the playoffs have expanded to 20 teams (2 more conferences with autobids and 2 more at-larges). This means there's one extra round to get it down to the normal 20 teams. The NCAA Championship game has also been moved to January 9, 2011.

Nov. 27 - NCAA Playoffs, First Round
Dec. 4 - NCAA Playoffs, Round of 16
Dec. 11 - NCAA Playoff Quarterfinals
Dec. 17-18 - NCAA Playoff Semifinals
Jan. 9 - NCAA Championship Game

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2010 JMU Football Recruits

Commits
Dejor Simmons - RB (all-purpose) - Virginia Beach (VA) Green Run
3 star recruit (5.7 rivals rating)
5-8 170 lbs, 4.39 40; offers - Connecticut, Duke, Marshall, Toledo
Sprained his ankle, out for all but 4 games in his senior year. Still ran for 600+ yards. All-district.
Highlight video


Anthony Rose - SS/WS - Amherst (VA) Amherst
3 star recruit (5.5 rivals rating)
6-3 195 lbs, 4.5 40, 290 bench, 315 squat; offers - Maryland, Marshall, Ohio


Henry Hunter - QB (Dual-threat) - Sachse (TX) Sachse
2 star recruit (5.4 rivals rating)
6-1 205 lbs, 4.5 40, 255 bench, 385 squat; offers - Army, Navy
Youtube highlight video
 

Corey Davis - ATH - Jersey City (NJ) St. Peter's Prep
2 star recruit (5.4 rivals rating)
5-9 175 lbs, 4.41 40, 4.2 shuttle, 34" vert, 225 bench, 395 squat, GPA 3.1


Ryan Dixon - WR - Frederick (MD) Linganore
2 star recruit (5.2 rivals rating)
6-1 178 lbs, 4.5 40, 265 bench, 375 squat, GPA 3.


Marquis Woodyard - CB - Frederick (MD) Thomas Johnson
2 star recruit (5.2 rivals rating)
5-10 174 lbs, 4.6 40, shuttle 4.52, 33" vert


Kyle Linn - S - Bridgewater (VA) Turner Ashby
2 star recruit (5.1 rivals rating)
6-3 185 lbs, 4.65 40, 3.5 GPA


Eric Magruder - ATH - Petersburg (VA) Petersburg
2 star recruit (5.1 rivals rating)
6-1 175 lbs, 4.47 40, 300 bench, 400 squat


Eric Bucholtz - DL - Malvern (PA) Great Valley
6-5 230 lbs

Matt Cunningham - OL- Fairfax (VA) West Potomac
6-4 260 lbs

Jace Edwards - QB (pro-style) - Midland (TX)  Midland Lee
6-2 185 lbs, 4.6 40

Josh Hogan - LB - Fairfax (VA) WT Woodson
6-3 220 lbs

Wyatt Johnson - WR - Highland Springs (VA) Highland Springs
5-11 184 lbs

Juan Latney - LB - Massaponax
?

Brandon Lee - OLB - Sterling (VA) Park View
6-1 200 lbs, 5.00 40

Dean Marlowe - S - Holy Cross
6-3 170 lbs, 4.50 40

Anthony McDaniel - LB - Upper Marlboro (MD) Wise
6-0 245 lbs, 4.86 40, 4.82 shuttle, 29" vert; offers - Richmond
Note: Commited to Richmond, but switched when London left for UVA.


Graham Sharples - K -Winchester (VA) Handley
5-10 150 lbs

Matt Williams - C - Springfield (PA) Cardinal O'Hara
6-3 275 lbs, 5.00 40

Preferred Walk-ons
Michael Goodman - K - Radford (VA) Radford
Group A First-Team, All-State Kicker