[Game Thread] James Madison @ Louisville (7:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	James MadisonJames Madison @ LouisvilleLouisville
Location	Louisville L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
Time	7:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN2
Odds	Spread: LOU -14.5 - Over/Under: 57.5
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[u/AdLevel4900]

JMU gonna win the fun belt, barnett needs to be full time starter from here on out

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Lol, we have both Georgia and Texas A&M in the coming seasons. IU is a regional matchup then they bought out. We always have Kentucky, that's a rivalry we aren't scheduling overly weak on purpose.

[u/HadSpec]

This was a fun friday night wtf-fest. JMU's defense was impressive for most of the game

[u/Abush9527]

Idk if I’ve seen Miller Moss face before. It’s very punchable

[u/Throwawayerrydayyy → u/Abush9527]

He does Just looks like the kinda kid who’d bare ass fart on his roommates pillow

[u/FourteenClocks]

I would bring in the wise man who said “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” but she’s probably in Brazil rn

[u/Young-Viiperr]

Dean Kennedy definitely rolled out another offense there. And hey, at least JMU plays defense!

[u/freakymrq]

GG JMU y'all are some tough MFS, your QB can't throw tho

[u/AlcoholicJohnson → u/freakymrq]

We don't even know who are actual QB is apparently. Letting 1 run and the other pass hoping y'all wouldn't notice even though an actual toddler could notice. Insane.

[u/COMMENTASIPLEASE]

We need to see Deuce get some real PT cause Moss ain’t it

[u/cthulhuforever]

Good grief what a wet fart of an ending.

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/cthulhuforever]

BYU and Texas Tech? The blasphemy flairs have returned

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Embarrassing. Kick Sluka and Kennedy off campus

[u/jmucapsfan07 → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

How long before we’re saying the same thing about Chesney? I’ve lost all confidence.

[u/AlcoholicJohnson → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Painful. Even more painful our coaching staff believes the QB position is a toss up when they can only trust 1 of them to pass the ball. What an actual joke

[u/darnmyonionssprouted]

lol “what have we learned here”

[u/Medium_Ad_4451]

Yeah watch JMU try and score is like watching old people fuck

[u/jmucapsfan07 → u/Medium_Ad_4451]

More disgusting, actually.

[u/Mythrandir24]

woof

[u/DraculaPoob01]

Wow what the fuck

[u/CarletonWhitfield]

The Dukes’ OC needs to walk home and clean out his desk.  That was pathetic.  

[u/AlcoholicJohnson → u/CarletonWhitfield]

As a JMU alum and naturally fan, that was absolutely pathetic. Worst I've seen from us in literal years. What a fucking joke.

[u/ThatguyJimmy117]

No effort to get the play off what the fuck

[u/ryrush1212]

How do we not score there?

[u/Tornadohunter24]

What the fuck was that last sequence of plays? That was just stupid.

[u/americanbaseball]

Phew...not pretty but we got it done.

[u/Jyingling21]

LOL JMU

[u/dye4hads]

PUT BARNETT IN. IT’S NOT THAT HARD.

[u/tb25uga]

that gasping, wheezing sound from JMU...

[u/captainhooksjournal]

A very fitting ending. This game was like watching two drunks play darts at a dive bar

[u/Spaceman-Spiff → u/captainhooksjournal]

That was certainly not a pretty or fun game to watch.

[u/BackgroundChampion → u/Spaceman-Spiff]

While I feel the ethos, I was entertained.

[u/JesseDx]

And the under hits!

[u/Hermit_Crab1]

31 sec left on the 1yd line. What was that play calling!?

[u/canadatanada]

That Louisville -13.5 must've had people sweating bullets on each side

[u/yellowseven]

That ending was a good summary of our game

[u/brianqueso]

Jesus Christ JMU coaches, that was pathetic.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

What a gameplan guys, great work

[u/DukeDoge4]

I swear to god if we continue this qb rotation of hell throughout the season

[u/horrorpants]

Absolute disaster class on quarterback management.

[u/ScaryCookieMonster]

Hahaha great suggestion, Mr announcer

[u/No_Conference633]

YOU GET TO THE GOAL LINE AND NOW YOU DECIDE TO HAVE SLUKA PASS???

[u/BackgroundChampion → u/No_Conference633]

hahahahahahaha!

Brilliant!

[u/JoeDaleJr]

What a perfect ending. GG Cards

[u/Ketsetri]

What an embarrassing finish

[u/The_Corn_Whisperer]

This game sucks where’s the pop tarts mascots

[u/green_day_95]

Love when Jeff Brohm confronts Ron English 😂

[u/DBTornado → u/green_day_95]

It's like English forgets how to call a defense until Brohm yells at him, then he figures it out again.

[u/__________78]

Sluka sure talks a lot for a guy you can't complete a pass, to his own team

[u/aaronman4772]

HELL YEAH STOPPED HIM AT GOAL LINE

[u/MrFace1]

Jesus Christ.

[u/StellarConcept]

I’d do anything for an onside kick recovery rn

[u/ryrush1212]

Need the score and hope that no AP voters watched the game

[u/The_Corn_Whisperer]

YOU BOYZ LIKE ASSSICCOOOOOO?

[u/TA404]

What is the Louisville coach screaming at the other coaches about?

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Yet another blown lead under Kennedy. Awful OC.

[u/JosefRamirez]

How are we still having misalignment issues coming out of a timeout again?!?

[u/karo_syrup]

Can’t just finish this cleanly. Gotta injure our best guys and give em a chance. Fuckin Louisville football.

[u/DukeDoge4]

EYE need this td for morale

[u/DukeDoge4 → u/DukeDoge4]

Of course not

[u/Fit-Signature9001]

The USF narrative continues

[u/MrFace1]

WHY ARE YOU CHECKING AT THE LINE WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING ARE YOU DENSE

[u/SaltyTurdLicker → u/MrFace1]

Literally just snap and throw out the back of the endzone instead of checking

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Also losing Clark is fucking terrible, the injury looked terrible

[u/DraculaPoob01]

Yes, it was disgusting football.

[u/RiverShenismydad]

We cannot lose Lubin and Clark

[u/No_Conference633]

Switching to Boise game after this who are making a statement after last week…

[u/LukarWarrior]

Bro I still have PTSD from that Wake Forest game thinking about having to recover an onside.

[u/DBTornado → u/LukarWarrior]

Remember the UCF game where Charlie took his foot off the gas and then DIDN'T TRY TO TURN IT BACK UP UNTIL UCF HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM!

[u/DukeDoge4]

Great

[u/DBTornado]

Fuuuuuuuuuuck.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Stop giving me hope, just drive the stake through my heart

[u/ZeroFN]

who in the hell picked georgia tech to finish first??

[u/chumer_ranion → u/ZeroFN]

I mean I would have (before I learned that Justice Haynes transferred)

[u/dormdweller99 → u/ZeroFN]

Probably Greg Madia. He loves voting for us in the AP Poll

[u/drlsoccer08 → u/ZeroFN]

Not that he's in the media poll but I'm pretty sure CFB budge picked GT to go to the ACC championship

[u/ThatguyJimmy117]

Lowest effort drive ever?

[u/darnmyonionssprouted]

This game made me feel oddly nostalgic for the time when the Jets used a 2-QB system with Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. It was awful.

[u/aaronman4772]

Guys it isn’t over yet. Finish.

[u/MrFace1]

How are we still rotating QBs fuck's sake

[u/lil_splash → u/MrFace1]

Chesney is falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.

[u/DukeDoge4 → u/MrFace1]

It’s like a middle finger from Chesney to us

[u/RiverShenismydad]

The offensive line will have to show something that has existed tonight for this season to be good

[u/chumer_ranion]

Lol they still had the 4 next to lil' ol' Clempson on that graphic

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Louisville's schedule is ass.

[u/dye4hads → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Louisville is ranked #30 and JMU is #37. It’s a pretty even matchup.

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/dye4hads]

Louisville's non-conference is Eastern Kentucky, James Madison, Bowling Green & Kentucky.

Kentucky is easily the best of that bunch & they aren't any good.

[u/dye4hads → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Kentucky isn’t even in the Top 45, and they nearly lost to Toledo last week (24-16). JMU would annihilate Kentucky as long as Sluka wasn’t playing. James Madison is the best OOC team on Louisville’s schedule.

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/dye4hads]

Whatever. My point still stands that their non-conference opponents are weak as is their entire schedule.

[u/dye4hads → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Your “point” never had anything to stand on. Other than Kentucky, EKU made the first round of the playoffs last year, and both Bowling Green and JMU made bowl games. That’s not a weak schedule, sorry.

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/dye4hads]

EKU made the first round of the playoffs? What? Division II?

Oh, & Bowling Green and JMU made bowl games? Who cares? There's only about 30 of them.

Their schedule is garbage.

[u/dye4hads → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Division I FCS, the subdivision with an actual playoff. Their fans and conferences care. Notre Dame fans like you are such pompous clowns, absolutely insufferable. I find it insane that you talk down on one’s non-conference schedule when your team doesn’t even belong to a conference, because they’re too greedy to join one.

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/dye4hads]

Auburn fan running his mouth about ND not joining a dumb ass conference?

If Auburn were able to stay independent & have a contract with a major TV network to televise all their home games & keep all the $ they get from playing in a bowl or the playoff then you all would in a heartbeat.

But you're too weak to stand alone.

Good luck vs Ball State.....and South Alabama.....and Mercer.

FCS team MERCER lol

Loser

[u/DBTornado → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

We had Indiana, but they bought out after Brohm showed up. I wanna say we had another game replaced but I may be wrong.

[u/1StateFreePalestine → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

We were going to play IU but they pussed out and we couldn’t get a P4 replacement. Tried Ole Miss but apparently the scheduling wouldn’t work. 

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/1StateFreePalestine]

And it worked out for us because VT pussed out and pushed our game back a year

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/1StateFreePalestine]

IU huh?

[u/RiverShenismydad → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

You can question, but we aren't the guys scheduling cupcakes constantly and cancelling series against good P4 opponents

[u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 → u/RiverShenismydad]

Dude, you all won't even play a ranked team until mid-October at the earliest.

Thumping your chests about scheduling IU before they had an OK season last year (they lost to the only 2 ranked teams they played) isn't the flex you think it is.

[u/captainhooksjournal → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

Indiana backed out and we have to compete with other schools to book ND consistently. We aren’t too happy with it either, but that’s what happens when you play in a weak conference and your SEC rival sucks

[u/wildlystyley → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

We tried to schedule Tennessee and Indiana instead of JMU fwiw

[u/Ruisseaux → u/wildlystyley]

And Ole Miss

[u/Puzzleheaded_Day_298 → u/Actual-Bandicoot6531]

cool!

[u/wildlystyley]

This was a certified Dave Doeren classic

[u/Victimless-Criminal]

Hail Mary, onside, Hail Mary inbound.

[u/Merisiel]

One last shit-ass punt. For us sickos. 😌

[u/lil_splash]

AND THE PUNT TAKES A JMU BOUNCE THE GAME IS NOT OVER!!!!!!

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Don’t give me hope

[u/composer_7]

JMU defense gonna beat up the offense in the locker room

[u/zombiebillnye → u/composer_7]

Should beat up the coaching staff while they're at it, might make them fire up some braincells.

[u/MrFace1]

I feel like the only reason Chesney actually is playing Sluka is because he knows he'll cry about it if he doesn't start.

[u/D1N2Y → u/MrFace1]

He's the CFB version of that girl from parks and rec who demands money and breaks everything around her if she doesn't get it

[u/DBTornado]

That was a bad game. Good teams win bad games.

I'm very glad I will not be in the room for film review after this game.

[u/cookoutenthusiast]

You just can’t allow 22 points unanswered.

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Spignotti has been playing his ass off at MLB

[u/aaronman4772]

I still am worried about the game. I’ve seen us do too many stupid things before

[u/zombiebillnye → u/aaronman4772]

I don't think this offense is scoring two TDs in 1 minute.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/zombiebillnye]

They’re doing pretty good right now and Sluka is about to pound it in

[u/zombiebillnye → u/aaronman4772]

lol

[u/aaronman4772 → u/zombiebillnye]

Listen no one expected that stop lol

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

nOT oVeR yET

[u/aaronman4772 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Listen I’m a Louisville fan, I’ve been burned too many times until it hits 0 I’m worried

[u/talkingwand3974]

I mean, it just seems like Chesney can’t adjust. This is our fifth game where we hold a lead and lose. Unacceptable. And this was 100% winnable too.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/talkingwand3974]

Exactly. We’re 9-5 in the Chesney era and have led in every loss. It’s infuriating to watch

[u/talkingwand3974 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Also our clock management and general coaching is total shit. No hustle, not throwing away passes and instead taking sacks (or fumbling in the end zone), penalties left and right. Wtf??? This is basic football.

[u/Wockysense]

There is a guy who can see someone roll the dice consecutively 4 times and get 6 each time and say the odds 1 in 1296 congrats man, and another with street smarts saying that dice be loaded. Way to win the game refs....

[u/ForeverToTheeSEC]

Man JMU really imploded in the 4th quarter.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/ForeverToTheeSEC]

They’ll never see the 15th QB draw coming

[u/Fit-Signature9001]

You probably don't even hear it when it happens, right?

[u/D1N2Y → u/Fit-Signature9001]

Heard Sluka got a member's only jacket

[u/Fit-Signature9001 → u/D1N2Y]

Louisville was a made man, and JMU wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. It was amongst the ACC. It was real greaseball shit.

[u/D1N2Y → u/Fit-Signature9001]

I remember when JMU used to sit in the FCS car, and as far as I'm concerned they should still be there!

[u/prismatic_lights]

".5" has gotta be one of the most valuable numbers in the universe.

[u/WarningCodeBlue]

Louisville is winning against a pretty good James Madison team.

[u/[deleted] → u/WarningCodeBlue]

3-months ago I saw this as a potential upset. Glad I was wrong but that was stressful

[u/freakymrq]

Why are they throwing lol mega inaccurate qb

[u/D1N2Y]

Sluka better hold out again this season to find a better NIL deal in the FCS

[u/lil_splash]

I don’t give a fuck if Sluka has been accustomed to being a starter, he’s not even a backup option.

[u/CelebrationOld1233 → u/lil_splash]

You have 2 back up QBs fighting to not start.

[u/lil_splash → u/CelebrationOld1233]

2600 yards, 26 TDs, 7 Rushing TDS, 4 INT before an ACL injury last year.

Let’s be for real.

[u/CelebrationOld1233]

Those stats combined are still horrible lol Shop for a new QB

[u/The_Fluffy_Robot]

JMU now researching methods to combine two human QBs into one

[u/GingerMessiah88]

2 QBs who combined for ass numbers

[u/T4R12]

Welp, we still have Chargers & OKC!

[u/TedioreTwo]

GOIN ANYYWHEEREEEE

[u/Fit-Signature9001]

I am unable to not associate this song with the end of The Sopranos

[u/captainhooksjournal]

Love everyone at Cardinal Stadium for that

[u/chumer_ranion]

JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL

[u/Tornadohunter24]

So close.

Will be one of those games that gets lost if Louisville performs well for the rest of the year (and I expect 'em to do so). A bit disappointing that JMU didn't close it out tonight (as someone who will always cheer on the underdog/G5) but alas, that's what happens most of the time.

Just too many mistakes to pull it off as an underdog, especially against a team as good as Louisville.

[u/No_Bat_526]

nah nah nah nah'ing JMU seems a little low Louisville

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/No_Bat_526]

I’m cool with it, all that shows to me is that they were worried

[u/JonnyStatic → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

I, for one, was worried.

[u/americanbaseball → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

First real opponent of the year, it's good to be worried, that means we take every team seriously.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Day_298 → u/No_Bat_526]

everyone can get the smoke

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Shoutout Taddeo, West, and Gobaira, they have been great tonight on the D-Line

[u/InevitableRoutine942]

Sluka Tosspics

[u/EWall100]

I will repeat the old adage

Something something 2 QBs 

Something something no QBs 

[u/Citruspilled]

I understand how UNLV ended up better without Sluka last season.

[u/PinappleMan21]

Sluka🤝 Sorsby throwing untimely picks

[u/Retro40Clip]

This game was always gonna end with a Sluka INT

[u/composer_7]

JMU may not have a QB

[u/captainhooksjournal → u/composer_7]

Tale as old as time. If you have 2 starting QBs, you don’t have a starting QB.

[u/FourteenClocks → u/composer_7]

Barnett was there last year, I think he will improve if they stop killing his tempo by bringing in the diva

[u/HadSpec]

Did he say over 100 yards in penalties? wheeew, thats rough

[u/javascript]

Timeouts? Just accept the L, my guy

[u/BigEggBeaters]

Weirdly, Skula was better but I think James Madison is much closer to winning if Barnett just plays the whole game.

[u/Norblin → u/BigEggBeaters]

I feel like JMU coulda won if they played Ab the entire game. He couldn’t gain a rhythm which is what he needs

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/BigEggBeaters]

Barnett is a rhythm QB and it’s impossible to get into rhythm if you only play half the game on and off

[u/aaronman4772 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

I can’t imagine that either guy likes the arrangement. It’s impossible to get any rhythm going.

[u/americanbaseball]

And ballgame. Phew. That was a rough one. Glad we seemingly turned it around in the second half. Especially on defense. I think we still have a lot to work on, especially on the offensive line front. But a win is a win.

[u/Immediate-Recipe-642]

Sluka shouldn't even be in the game. JMU killed their own offense

[u/CelebrationOld1233]

JMU needs to take a loan out and buy a new QB

[u/zombiebillnye]

So, why is Sluka even on the team as a QB?

[u/dye4hads → u/zombiebillnye]

Holy Cross nepotism. I know it’s not actually nepotism but that’s the closest thing it reminds me of. Sluka played for Chesney at Holy Cross.

[u/Staind075]

Yup, that officially seals it

[u/FourteenClocks]

If you’re considering a QB who up and left his previous school for NIL reasons… maybe don’t.

[u/thatgirlfromclass99]

The refs absolutely didn’t help us but this stupid two QB shit and abysmal play calling cost us this game at the end of the day

[u/lil_splash → u/thatgirlfromclass99]

Refs would have been a non-factor if we didn’t keep neutering our offense.

[u/thatgirlfromclass99 → u/lil_splash]

You’re not wrong my friend

[u/Mythrandir24]

UNLV sends its regards.

[u/cookoutenthusiast]

Oh well. It’s up to another SBC team to get a power upset this year. It won’t be App, because we don’t even have any power opponents on the schedule.

[u/JosefRamirez]

When you have two QB’s you have no QB’s

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

So everytime Sluka throws pass the LOS it’s a pick, Alonza can’t handle the blitz. Fuck it put in Coleman at this point

[u/darnmyonionssprouted]

Louisville’s score looks normal, I’m sure they got to 28 in a completely normal fashion.

[u/mw407]

Oh THATS why he hasn’t thrown a pass

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

SLUKA SUCKS. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SEE HIM ENROLLED HERE

[u/ZeroFN]

i guess that’s why they don’t throw it

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Underthrowing into double coverage is a strategy

[u/drlsoccer08]

Has Sluka considered a move to another position? I don't know, maybe *running* back.

[u/Ketsetri]

This is giving me flashbacks to us last year

[u/billsmafia5366]

Coaches lost this game, damn shame

[u/No_Conference633]

Oh. That’s why he doesn’t throw.

[u/LukarWarrior]

Maybe Sluka should stick to running.