NDSU misses a FG that would have given them their first lead of the game.

JMU throws an INT... ugh my dream of not seeing NDSU in final is going down the toilet.

Roles have completely reversed 2nd half. NDSU runs in another TD and the JMU defense has looked pretty confused. Now tied at 17.

NDSU knocks in a field goal. 17-10 JMU.

C'mon Dukes got to respond on this next drive, NDSU is starting to pick up steam.

Power running, for a majority of the first half they were trying go the A and B gap, but they started to open up their play calling with more passing towards the end of the 2nd quarter which is when they scored.

No west coast offense is your Bill Walsh offense. Stretch the defense and go downfield or draw plays, ect.

Halftime 17-7 James Madison. The Dukes had 300 yards of offense in the first half against a good NDSU defense.

Bison finally get on the board right before half time. 17-7 JMU still up.

NDSU is starting to open up their offensive style and they are starting to move the ball now. They were getting nothing done with the power game.

JMU strikes again!!!! 17-0 DUKES!!

JMU is running your pretty standard west coast offense with play actions but with a crazy high efficiency. Their QB is mobile but its their RB who is straight murdering the NDSU defense.

NDSU is running a power run game, with some wheel plays out of the backfield.

JMU knocks in a field goal. 10-0 Dukes.

The score might not indicate it, but JMU is carving NDSU up in this 1st half. NDSU defense largely looks lost out there against a prolific offense.

JMU gets on the board first! 7-0 1:18 left in the 1st quarter. I will admit that I am rooting for the Dukes in this one. Time for someone else to win.

NDSU vs JMU is just getting ready to start right now. This should be a fantastic game, a real clash of the titans.

ITS THE BIG 12 BIG SKY

I too find it weird that, if the info we are hearing through the grapevine is correct, Speckman wasn't announced as the OC in the release. I find it hard to believe that the press release would have flat out incorrect information. And if Hawkins was by chance holding out for another coordinator, why would he get a guy that runs a very specific and unconventional scheme to be the replacement? That doesn't seem to line up, at least to me. I don't know how well the fly could work at this level. I don't think there is enough data, again at this level, to say one way or the other, but I do think OldAggie's concerns are more than valid about this scheme. If it was a dominant play style, we would see major programs run it... which we don't.

Well obviously Daft is gone and apparently now Speckman has taken his job + Chapin's job with the RB's. Are we going to be seeing Cody Hawkins come in as the new QB coach to replace the 2nd half of Daft's responsibilities? Who would be surprised by that? I wouldn't.

Well that's an interesting turn of events.

This is true. Coach Gould and staff put a lot of work into building up this recruiting class. To the best of my knowledge though we haven't lost a single one of our commitments with the change in coach and I think that says a lot about Hawkins. Hopefully I didn't just jinx anything, but there is still a lot of time before the signing day for the high school kids.

Per the Modesto Bee, Modesto JC's Sam Young will be joining Hawkins' staff as a consultant. There was a prediction that this would happen.

http://www.modbee.com/sports/college/article121225003.html

Mid December and we have 12 commitments... I love it. Even more work to do though. Sure looks like the switch from Gould to Hawkins hasn't hurt us in this department at all though.