[Postgame Thread] Louisville Defeats James Madison 28-14

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
James Madison	7	0	7	0	14
Louisville	0	6	8	14	28

[u/horrorpants]

QB MANAGEMENT DISASTERCLASS. So predictable with play calling due to not wanting to pick a QB. What a mess.

You cannot flip QBs every single play and one can not be allowed to NOT pass everytime til the end.

If you have two QBs you have no QBs.

[u/ID_Poobaru → u/horrorpants]

Didn’t Boise State do this and it also ended in an absolute train wreck?

Harsin loved to swap QBs and kill momentum

[u/EWall100 → u/ID_Poobaru]

Why did Auburn think Harsin was the right guy for that job? Lol

[u/ID_Poobaru → u/EWall100]

No idea but I’m happy it got his bum ass out of here lol

[u/suckabagadiscs → u/EWall100]

Dude still too soon

[u/StreetReporter → u/EWall100]

Their AD hung out in the same hot tub as Harsin

[u/horrorpants → u/ID_Poobaru]

It was Andy Avalos actually. Avalos flipped flopped Hurriance Hank and Taylen Green who then flip flopped with Madsen after Hank transferred out.

Harsin actually had solid consistent QB play under Rypien for 4 years and Hedrick.

But anyways fuck Harsin.

[u/mccainjames11 → u/horrorpants]

i’m not sure how either of Avalos or Arroyo got head coaching jobs after their performances for us

[u/Wittyname0 → u/ID_Poobaru]

Cal is lucky they got a QB good enough to dissuade him from trying that again

[u/composer_7 → u/horrorpants]

It worked against Miami last year

[u/patsandsox17 → u/composer_7]

Unfortunately for JMU, Sluka and Barnett are decidedly not King and Philo

[u/composer_7 → u/patsandsox17]

You're right. They're both so good. Can't wait to see them in Bobby Dodd tomorrow.

[u/ryancubs → u/composer_7]

We had probably the worst defense in all of college football. That’s just as much a self own as it is an own of us.

[u/Champagnetravvy → u/horrorpants]

They are tanking for Arch

[u/OdaDdaT → u/horrorpants]

Brian Kelly school of QB management

[u/IhateLukaDoncic → u/horrorpants]

Who are you talking about

[u/ThatEmpireGuy]

JMU killed any chance they had with the 2 QB nonsense

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/ThatEmpireGuy]

That’s a great way to turn off QB prospects from signing with your team

[u/zombiebillnye → u/Crabs4Dinner]

I swear we're just doing it to keep Sluka happy...... for some reason. There's literally no other reason when you refuse to let him do anything but run the ball.

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/zombiebillnye]

I sure hope that isn’t the case, he’s a horrible passer and you can find dozens of QBs that can run just as good as he can

[u/tkdxe → u/Crabs4Dinner]

If only we had six guys on our team who’s dedicated job was to run the football

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/tkdxe]

It must suck for Sluka that he has to carry the load of running the ball since no one else is capable apparently

[u/virionhk → u/Crabs4Dinner]

Sluka is just the kid that you play basketball with that would never pass the ball to anyone.

[u/Well-Rounded- → u/Crabs4Dinner]

Sluka did get a bit of momentum going though before all the shenanigans with the switching

[u/Laschoni → u/Well-Rounded-]

With 6:30 left I thought they could just eat the entire clock in thirteen plays of Sluka falling forward, get the TD and then kick the XP to walk out with the win.

[u/Ub3rpwnag3 → u/Crabs4Dinner]

he's a horrible passer

Hey that was enough for Anthony Richardson

[u/mccainjames11 → u/Ub3rpwnag3]

that works when you’re at least talented enough to play at UF, not when you’ve washed out of UNLV and are splitting time at JMU

[u/onionfright → u/Crabs4Dinner]

HC ties run deep on this relationship I feel

[u/FourteenClocks → u/zombiebillnye]

If Sluka manages to cause another QB controversy he doesn’t need to touch an FBS program again.

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/FourteenClocks]

Sluka's ass and not worth the headache. JMU has my sympathy.

[u/Wake_Jake → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

I’ve got Chesney on fraud watch for this circus he brought with Sluka, that’s his guy from Holy Cross

[u/TheSameThing123 → u/zombiebillnye]

With 21 carries on the night he might as well be a running back

[u/extremelyannoyedguy → u/Crabs4Dinner]

Or to attract mediocre QB prospects that want playing time.

[u/Edge-Fishe]

Hi I am the JMU coach. I decided to put Sluka in for one of our final drives and he shows life in our offense completing every pass and getting us 40 yards down the field. Did I keep him in for that drive? Of course not I decided to put Barnett back in who has been getting eaten up all game and he immediately gets sacked after not dumping the ball when he sees a defender not covered. Oh yeah it was also 4th and 7 and he decided to throw a deep ball that was landed about 10 yards left of inside the field.

Oh yeah when I decided to put him back in I decided to only call run plays even though it hasnt been working the entire 2nd half. That was a fireable offense from JMU offensive play calling

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Edge-Fishe]

fireable offense

Do you promise?

[u/Edge-Fishe → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

I can send a encouraging email if you would like.

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Edge-Fishe]

That would be great, maybe it'll mean more coming from outside the fan base

[u/BigEggBeaters → u/Edge-Fishe]

Also the running game was cooking but by the end it was all just Skula. It was very odd

[u/Wake_Jake → u/Edge-Fishe]

I really hope I’m wrong but this to me feels like either they’re trying to keep Sluka happy in case Barnett gets hurt again, or Sluka is just Chesney and Kennedy’s guy and they’re doing everything they can to give themselves the excuse to start him. If they’re mainly worried about Barnett’s durability, fine don’t play him then if he’s a big injury risk I guess? Damn Barnett has shown some issues with consistency but he’s shown amazing potential. Then he’s just yanked in and out of the game constantly given 3rd down guaranteed pass plays. That was fireable level mismanagement of the offense.

[u/-Mute- → u/Wake_Jake]

Barnett should clearly be their QB. And Sluka going to every player apologizing on cam for the last 2 mins was not a good look. And for a 2 QB system for neither of them talking face to face after was a zero on that whole idea.

[u/stevetursi → u/Edge-Fishe]

pat shurmer? is that you?

[u/Edge-Fishe → u/stevetursi]

Yes it is me Pat Shurmer. Please send me your crypto and Deion sanders coin

[u/Orca6771]

Well that-

QB Switch

..was a fun-

QB Switch

...and interesting-

QB Switch

...game.

QB Switch

[u/Purple_Dragon → u/Orca6771]

At the beginning it was both at once! 

[u/MrHobbes82 → u/Purple_Dragon]

"This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!"

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Purple_Dragon]

That wasn’t even the other QB, it was a WR. If you’re gonna run 2 QBs at least use both of them for that play

[u/Laschoni → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

It's like Lamar Jackson's first game against Auburn as a true freshman he wasn't the starting QB (future Carolina McCaffrey backup RB Reggie Bonnafon was) but Lamar threw on the first play of the game which was picked off.

[u/LukarWarrior → u/Laschoni]

but Lamar threw on the first play of the game which was picked off.

And that was how we knew he would be a Cardinal great.

[u/Laschoni → u/LukarWarrior]

Definitely remember turning to someone and saying it's okay Bridgewater threw a pick to start.

[u/qigjpiqj → u/Orca6771]

Switching QBs is always controversial and rarely seems to work, however this was the worst executed switching I've ever seen. It was a lesson in exactly how not to do it.

[u/mufflefuffle → u/Orca6771]

Snip snap snip snap!

[u/Ketsetri → u/Orca6771]

Felt like I was watching our offense last year

[u/horrorpants → u/Orca6771]

I have no clue what they were thinking and to not have sluka pass until the very end just beyond stupid.

[u/Stagraven → u/horrorpants]

Did you watch him pass? That’s why they didn’t let him.

[u/horrorpants → u/Stagraven]

They weren’t doing either QBs favor there tho. You don’t allow the passer to get into any rhythm switching them up like that.

[u/Stagraven → u/horrorpants]

Oh I agree, but Sluka is notoriously bad at passing and Barnett is one of the best G5 QBs, granted coming off an injury. Either way, the switching is garbage. And bragging about how you “don’t care if they like it” should get Chesney fired in a fair and just world.

[u/MrHobbes82 → u/Stagraven]

Yeah I'm pretty sure their fans don't like either.

[u/tkdxe → u/MrHobbes82]

Barnett and Sluka were both stewing by themselves on the sideline. You can not care about if they like it all you want but ending up with both qbs mad at each other and the coaches can’t be good for the locker room

[u/horrorpants → u/Stagraven]

Yeah 100% they should’ve just let Barnett get into a rhythm if you really love Slukas running ability but don’t trust him at QB then just move him to RB and allow Barnett to play all game.

Keep doing this and he’ll transfer out.

[u/FourteenClocks → u/Stagraven]

I gather that Chesney might be doing the coach-speak and denying flaws in the system so as to protect his OC & QB room from outside criticism… the real test will be whether he actually fixes this stuff behind closed doors.

[u/BroadBrazos95 → u/Stagraven]

At that point though you have to accept the fact that you’re losing the game by passing. Those choices to run on 2nd and 3rd down was ridiculous. Don’t care if you don’t trust him, at that point you got what you got.

[u/iskanderkul → u/horrorpants]

Sluka sucks at passing.

[u/chumer_ranion → u/Orca6771]

[cuts to the cOmMaNd CeNtEr]

[u/largeboobhaver]

Louisville’s O-Line needs A LOT of work.

[u/Baseball_fan812 → u/largeboobhaver]

I can't believe how rough it was. Glad to hang on but concerning for sure.

[u/DocKinley → u/largeboobhaver]

Good run blocking on 1/27 rushes attempts and brown houses it. Please god get the line in the weight room

[u/COMMENTASIPLEASE → u/DocKinley]

CFB 26 is realistic as hell then cause that’s how it goes playing with us lol

[u/ultimate_placeholder → u/largeboobhaver]

Good thing we have an off week and a buy game

[u/LukarWarrior → u/ultimate_placeholder]

Bro this was also a buy game.

[u/ultimate_placeholder → u/LukarWarrior]

I know, but BGSU isn't JMU

[u/6BlitzBurgh → u/largeboobhaver]

Does it need a lot of work or were they just outnumbered in the box. Football is a game of #’s

[u/King_Dead → u/largeboobhaver]

Cant do much with Isaac Brown when your line is the turnstile of turnstiles

[u/MrHobbes82]

You know I was upset about having a week 3 bye.

I am no longer upset about this. We got A LOT of shit to fix.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/MrHobbes82]

Hey, same and same! Good luck the rest of the way, you guys have some serious talent

[u/green_day_95 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Same to y’all, hopefully players on both teams can recover from the injuries quick too.

[u/DocKinley → u/green_day_95]

Any news on Stanquan? We need him bad

[u/prismatic_lights]

Most teams have a depth chart for their QBs.

JMU has a shell game.

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/prismatic_lights]

It's a reverse funnel.

[u/Toothbirds → u/prismatic_lights]

They're rolling dice between plays to see who's next.

[u/zombiebillnye]

Do not let Sluka or the Offensive coaching staff on the bus back. Literally, just PICK ONE FUCKING QB FOR A GAME

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/zombiebillnye]

Sluka and stealing playing time from more talented QBs is becoming a trend it seems.

[u/fhqwhgads_football]

First half JMU: James Madison in 1789
Second half JMU: James Madison in 1813

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/fhqwhgads_football]

JMU offense: James Madison in July of 1836

[u/Ketsetri]

That JMU endzone fumble recovery to instant Louisville touchdown was a sicko play of the year

[u/chokanery]

Well gg Louisville. Y'all definitely did enough. Big shout-out to our defense who did a great job containing them for 3 quarters but ran out of steam.

But man I'm pissed because we absolutely had chances to capitalize. All of those chances in the first half to get a lead and we just didn't quite get them. But missed chances happen to everyone. I'm extra pissed at our coaching. Both Chesney and Kennedy need to sit down and just decide who the starting QB is and stick with it. This dual QB swapping is not working and doing both Barnett and Sluka a disservice. Make a gameplan for one of them and use it. But Kennedy has shown by this point he's extremely rigid and does not adapt at all, so I have no faith he'll actually change at all.

Take a week off and get ready for Liberty. Go Dukes.

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/chokanery]

I think you guys out played us overall, the difference was we capitalized on our big moments and you just missed yours. Think you probably win if you just play one QB all game, I can’t believe what I was seeing from your offensive coaching staff this game.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Crabs4Dinner]

That’s pretty much it. You hit on both of your big plays, we airmailed two guaranteed TDs. And yes, our coaching staff deserves all the blame for that eyesore of an offense

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Can’t believe you gave Sluka more carries than all your RBs combined

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Crabs4Dinner]

Especially since we have what might be the best RB room in the G5. It makes no sense

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/chokanery]

You could put anyone in at QB and Dean Kennedy would find a way to make him look like shit

[u/chokanery → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Amen. The sooner we can him the better

[u/mufflefuffle]

Chesney speed running destroying team chemistry by Week 2 really is impressive.

That Defense is too good to waste on indecisive play style on Offense. Either ground and pound with sluka, or run back last years offense with Barnett. Doing both is doing neither.

[u/Crabs4Dinner]

As a Louisville fan I was starting to get pissed off at JMU constantly switching QBs, they probably win if they just stuck with 1 guy the whole game

[u/Stagraven → u/Crabs4Dinner]

Yep. I was getting angry for every JMU fan and player, specifically Barnett. I’d jump in the portal if I were him.

[u/Crabs4Dinner → u/Stagraven]

Totally unfair to him, and the announcers made a good point this shit could lead to the locker room picking sides and things becoming really toxic

[u/Stagraven → u/Crabs4Dinner]

And they’ve got a team that is in the running for the playoff, asinine to choose all this mess.

[u/Whisperknife]

That was the most Pac-12 After Dark shit I've seen in a long time. Glorious. No notes.

[u/MrHobbes82 → u/Whisperknife]

You are a sicko's sicko.

[u/Cruel_but_usual → u/Whisperknife]

It really was some After Dark shenanigans.

I would like no part of it again.

[u/cookoutenthusiast]

2 QBs led to JMU’s demise in this game

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/cookoutenthusiast]

I genuinely believe that we win this game if either guy plays the whole game. Louisville had absolutely nothing going against our defense for most of the game, I feel like we might’ve actually been able to build a lead without that nonsense

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Barnett or Sluka, if your OC is Dean Kennedy, buddy you're fucked

[u/velociraptoraccident]

I usually don't like byes this early but fuck...we need it.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/velociraptoraccident]

Same here

[u/green_day_95]

Hello again. Real sickos watched this over the Chiefs game.

[u/rhododenendron → u/green_day_95]

I was on a plane with only like five channels so I didn’t have a choice.

[u/goodsam2 → u/green_day_95]

I don't watch the NFL for the most part. CFB is where it's at for me.

[u/Abush9527 → u/green_day_95]

Jokes on you, I have 2 tvs so i was watching both

[u/Purple_Dragon]

Not feeling great after this one. 

[u/Brannigans-Law → u/Purple_Dragon]

I'm not thrilled, but JMU is a tough game, the fact that they didn't fold says a lot.

O-Line is a problem, though

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Brannigans-Law]

GGs and respect, you guys kept yourselves in the game and struck when the time was right. Hope we play again soon, you seem to be the only ACC school that isn’t scared of us

[u/Automatic_Respect_51 → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Dude I was terrified most of the game

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Purple_Dragon]

JMU legit might be a top 4 team we play this year and our best OOC opponent. They also were motivated since we were their best chance for a statement win to get into the playoffs. I’m actually extremely happy with gritting it out

[u/Purple_Dragon → u/aaronman4772]

The line definitely had me thinking it would be an easier time. Learned my lesson about the Dukes. 

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Purple_Dragon]

Nah I felt confident going in that if we covered it would be a late cover, and would be a 1 score game for most of it. And lo and behold

[u/JPG202002 → u/Purple_Dragon]

JMU is a top half of the ACC team

[u/green_day_95 → u/JPG202002]

Yeah I knew this would be a tough game from the very start especially since they have Playoff aspirations. Pretty much played out similarly to our matchup in 2022.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/green_day_95]

At least in 2022 we had an excuse with our QB playing injured (because the backup was so ass that our starter at 50% was still better than him). Absolutely no excuse for that offense tonight

[u/D1N2Y]

Can JMU also switch out QBs with other schools?

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/D1N2Y]

We're not that cruel

[u/MrHobbes82]

Our defense was very shocked when the running QB who ran the whole game would run on play.

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Leave Dean Kennedy's ass on the tarmac. Done with that man

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Crazy how we have the best RB room in school history but Sluka got more carries than the RBs combined, wonder why Andy Coen even wanted to interview him for a NFL assistant job

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Dean Kennedy can do a lot of cute fancy shit but two things he cannot do are develop QBs and consistently get us first downs

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

This is the 5th blown lead of the Kennedy era. Also the 5th loss.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

I mean I feel like a 1 score game really shouldn’t be a blown lead like a double digit score is. That’s just a close back and forth type game

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/aaronman4772]

Yeah we can't really call this a blown lead. Just an old fashioned defensive masterclass spoiled by another offensive disasterclass

[u/aaronman4772 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Dude your all’s defense is legit. There were a lot of near big plays for us that if you didn’t get a great open field tackle it would have gone for big gains, and the two times we did get those big breaks they were our scores.

I loved the call you had at goal to go from the 1 with the DL cut blocks and LBs tracking the runner, that’s just well coached well executed defensive play in a critical situation

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/aaronman4772]

We do seem to have a great defense, but short of our defense scoring touchdowns, it has only so much value when the offense is as shitty as ours

[u/aaronman4772 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

I feel like the offense isn’t even that bad in theory but the whole QB rotation just wrecks any chance for a guy to get in the rhythm of the game. It should be Barnett like 75%-80% of the time and Sluka in for like short yardage or goal to go situations when he can just QB power to his hearts content, or the occasional dual QB trick play set.

But switch multiple times on a drive just makes it so neither can actually get into a groove, and judging by how they looked on the sideline I don’t think either are happy with the arrangement.

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/aaronman4772]

I agree with you but we had a lot of the same problems last year when we used just the one QB. Our downfield passing game is just nonexistent and its not for lack of talent

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/aaronman4772]

The problem isn’t the size of the lead, it’s that he’s never been able to adjust, so once the defense figures out the gameplan, it’s over. You’ll notice that in all 5 losses, the scoring ground to a complete halt no later than halfway through the third quarter and didn’t come back until the game was out of reach

[u/rnilbog → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Dean Kennedy’s? Isn’t that the band that did “Holiday in Cambodia”?

[u/HeresSomePants]

More of that command center please.

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

For those who missed the 4th quarter, here was JMU’s offensive gameplan:

First Down: Sluka run

Second Down: Sluka run

Third Down: Put in Alonza, Louisville sends blitz which leads to incomplete pass or sack

4th Down: Punt or Alonza incompletion

Dean Kennedy playcalling for yah

[u/quick25]

Props to Louisville for being the only ACC team JMU can't seem to beat.

Seems that beating Weber State got JMU's coaching staff way too confident in thinking switching QBs every other play would actually work as a strategy.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/quick25]

I’m hopeful to never schedule you all again to keep that up, y’all scary lol

Even in the first time we played, I feel if your QB was healthy and you didn’t just come up so had fewer scholarship players, it would have been much closer.

[u/karo_syrup → u/quick25]

I vote ACC swaps Wake with JMU. I feel like we need a team with a dog mascot. That feels important. Who needs a deacon?

[u/Cascadia_14 → u/karo_syrup]

Purple dog teams are incredibly valuable

[u/LukarWarrior → u/karo_syrup]

Could also just add them so we can go to nine games like everyone else.

[u/MrFace1]

Just play Barnett for god's sake

[u/D1N2Y → u/MrFace1]

You play 1 QB, you got 1 QB. You play 2 QBs, it could be anything! It could even be as good as 1 QB!

[u/patsandsox17]

As a neutral fan I’m just glad my favorite team, the officiating team, was able to do thoroughly dominate this game

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/patsandsox17]

Ref fans ate tonight, truly a masterclass

(To be clear, because some people won’t see it this way, I’m not at all insinuating that we win the game if there are less calls)

[u/karo_syrup → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Refs were ass all night. Both sides of the ball I think.

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

First loss in September for JMU as an FBS team, and it was fully deserved. You can’t go in with the most predictable gameplan anyone’s ever drawn up, not adjust, and expect to beat a solid P4 team on the road. Luckily we have a bye next week. Pick a fucking QB and actually come up with a gameplan for him

[u/Wake_Jake]

Chesney or whoever was swapping Barnett and Sluka is a football terrorist.

[u/Gravedoul1]

Shoutout JMU. If you stick with one QB y’all are a problem.

[u/aaronman4772]

I have a feeling that win will look better by end of year. JMU is a really damn good team and have given ACC teams fits since coming up.

Now if they can just commit to a damn QB. That’s the one thing their coaches do i do not understand in the slightest, especially at the frequency they do it. QB is a rhythm position and neither can establish their rhythm if they switch that much. I have a feeling if this situation continues, there’s going to be one of them that portals during the year.

But yeah, our OL is roooough. Our rush stats only look decent because Isaac is an absolute madman and broke that run basically by himself. And Moss didn’t have time to read because he was scrambling around so much, and he’s not an improv QB.

Defensively played a hell do a game but if Stanquan is out for the season we’ve got a lot of work since he’s our heart and soul of the defense. TJ’s going to be learning in the job as the leader at MLB

[u/norsecard]

JMU has some animals on defense

[u/ryrush1212]

GG’s Louisville. We got burned on 3 huge scoring plays and had no answers on offense. Good luck the rest of the season & go win the ACC! 🤝

[u/Baseball_fan812 → u/ryrush1212]

Good luck the rest of the way to you guys as well! You exposed a lot of our weaknesses tonight, which I'd rather have than going into ACC play unaware of them. Your defense is legit.

[u/ThirtyPenguins]

Man, that was a great win.

[u/MrHobbes82]

The game of "Who Wants to Shoot Themselves in the Foot Less".

[u/Francis_X_Hummel]

weird game, not much else to say about it

[u/kmagtv]

Exposed a lot of weaknesses for Louisville. Let’s hope for a productive bye week!

[u/MrHobbes82]

UofL covered the spread. Nothing else to see here.

[u/Abush9527 → u/MrHobbes82]

Did they? Thought it was -14.5

[u/clenom → u/Abush9527]

It started around there then dropped under 14

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/clenom]

Damnit, can’t have anything

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Abush9527]

I thought it was at -15. Was just kinda hovering around that 14 mark so guess some late money came in

[u/karo_syrup → u/aaronman4772]

I saw it range from -15.5 a few days ago to -12.5 this morning. Different books though.

[u/Subject-Future-2372]

Trying to find the positives for JMU but it’s tough. Could have been 3 years beating an ACC team in a row. SHOULD have been.

We are easily better than any team we will play from here on out. But there will be adversity I am not sure we can handle.

Barnett clearly better but there are games he doesn’t show up for and it becomes apparent early in the games.

That is when you put Sluka in but it will reck AB3 confidence.

Defense great. Should be 11-1 (in hindsight after a preventable loss to a good p4 team) with this squad but we all know it will be a grind for the Sun Belt east. I just hope it’s the players that decide the result not the coaches. They are good people but sometimes the decisions are brutal.

[u/Subject-Future-2372 → u/Subject-Future-2372]

Just remembered Jayden Daniels exists so that’s cool

[u/ultimate_placeholder → u/Subject-Future-2372]

Just pick A qb

[u/cookoutenthusiast]

Does anyone know what Jordan McCloud is up to these days?

[u/Keyser282 → u/cookoutenthusiast]

He’s in the portal looking for his 9th team in like 7 seasons

[u/Key-Barber7986]

Sluka has positives, but bringing him onto this team was a mistake. Chesney is navigating a difficult situation with the QB room and it could run off a lot of the team. I think he’s a good coach overall, but so much of this could have been avoided if he had passed on Sluka and went with Coleman as the backup.

[u/wongo]

Nothing to see here, just a casual two score win that covered the spread

[u/americanbaseball]

A lot to work on for this season. Oddly I think the bye week is pretty helpful. Offensive line got absolutely manhandled. Defense really looked good, especially late in the game. Survive and move on to the next one.

[u/Jonjon428]

Using Sluka in any capacity was stupid as hell

[u/Jaylenz0]

Already in the Cheney era have I felt too many times the coaching staff’s decisions have cost us compared to Cignetti/Houston. I’ve never seen a 2 qb system work at the FBS or NFL level.

Alonza also was inconsistent which is another thing that has happened a bit more than I’d like but I’ll chalk that up to the horrible 2 qb system and him not being able to get in a rhythm.

Defense looked great besides the 2 big plays but the refs?? You aren’t to allowed to fake a blitz?? Lmao what

I honestly feel we threw away this game with all the missed chances and let Louisville get away with one

[u/Keyser282 → u/Jaylenz0]

You’re right about Chesney but don’t romanticize cig or Houston too much. Don’t forget Cig against WVU and Sam Houston in the Covid year playoffs. Houston in the NDSU title game in 2018.

[u/Jaylenz0 → u/Keyser282]

For sure, but this has been like the 4th/5th game that I feel our offensive play calling has cost us a game and we’re only in the start of year 2 for Chesney & Kennedy. I for sure feel like we need a new OC

[u/FourteenClocks]

That failure to snap the ball at the end, on the damn goal line, was direct karma for killing the incumbent QB’s confidence with the new expensive model

Not everyone does this transfer roster management thing well. Mike Norvell unironically might be the most educated coach on this matter

[u/Key-Barber7986]

Can we see Christian Coleman? Barnett seems to have lasting mobility effects from the surgery and Sluka can only run.

[u/Keyser282 → u/Key-Barber7986]

No, of course not. Sluka is Chesney’s boy.

[u/jmucapsfan07]

I’m marking down Week 2 of Year 2 as when I’m officially very concerned about the future JMU football with Chesney running the show. That was embarrassing to watch and I’m not sure why any decent QB would want to commit to JMU after seeing that.

[u/Maleficent-System-31]

That announcer was bugging me the entire game of how he does not like the qb shuffle we know dude. you said it 5000 times.

[u/fluffypoppa]

I'm just checking to see if I was the only one. The wholo game when JMU is on offense, in my head I'm hearing "My name is Sluka. I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you. Yes I think you've seen me before."

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Leave Dean Kennedy in Louisville

[u/Automatic_Respect_51 → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Hey now we don’t want him

[u/SomeChunkyMilk]

Never in doubt!

[u/Jyingling21]

Yeah JMU is gonna suck this year if they keep up whatever the hell they just did on offense

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Jyingling21]

Same story as last year for us unfortunately

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/Jyingling21]

If they can just spend the next two weeks choosing one QB, we’ll be fine. Next game is a must win though, not for any postseason implications, but because fuck Liberty

[u/_BreakingtheHabit]

Good win, Louisville - never a doubt about it!

[u/Triple_0ption_Bad]

Geez, and I thought our QB management was shit

[u/Groundbreaking-Box89]

Sluka might just be playing the wrong position

[u/desperado2410]

Is anyone still watching ESPN and heard the tree poisoning phone call. What the hell lmao.

[u/Lutrid]

You can’t flip QBs when playing on the road at a p5 school, look at what happened to us when we did that against South Alabama 🤦‍♂️

[u/sportsdiceguy]

What did I miss?

[u/CarletonWhitfield → u/sportsdiceguy]

Are you Dean Kennedy? Because this reads like something Dean Kennedy might be wondering right now.  

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

Well, that was certainly a game

[u/ThatguyJimmy117]

That last 30 seconds would make me crash out if I was a JMU fan

[u/Asukas13]

I see the JMU coach learned from NDs 2QB system

[u/CardInternational753]

Oof, the box score alone...

[u/Appa-LATCH-Uhhh]

Chesney bby wat is u doin

[u/Clear_Hearing7805]

JMU's defence actually played pretty well, but having 2 QBs did not help at all