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.

We have a SECOND COMMITMENT of the night! GO AGS!

We had something like 20 seniors this last year.

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ITS OFFICIAL! LB Cam Trimble commits to UC Davis. Big time get for the Aggies!

I mean, I guess. I just think that if it was going to be heavily implemented it would be more likely that he would be OC/RB coach. Idk what to think anymore, this hiring has kind of thrown everybody off on what to expect going forward (I know I didn't expect something like this). I do agree that it kind of makes sense in regards to what Hawkins was saying during the presser that deception was going to be key in the offense. The whole point of the fly is to try to be deceptive. Like I said, I have no idea whats going on anymore haha.

Official release about Speckman. We can chill out on the fly offense, he's assistant HC and RB coach (at least it's not OC). I think this hiring is another case of Hawkins working with him in the past (Willamette and Montreal). I guess this also means Coach Chapin was one of the coaches let go by Hawkins.

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121516aad.html