Quote Originally Posted by Buffalo.Rider View Post
My guess: JMU is going to give the Bison fits if they meet in the Natty, and it will be a tough game, a hard fought game.

JMU has become a scoring machine the last month, and they are doing it with a power run game, which eventually tires out the opponent and leads to domination by the fourth quarter.
That said, NDSU's running game averages 300 ypg, while JMU averages 250 ypg - so NDSU's power running game might do the same to them. On passing they are pretty close, JMU having a slight edge. I would not be surprised if JMUs stats the second half of the season are better than the first half. Let's see how they fare against UNI - an MVFC defense.

Defensively - NDSU edges JMU (12 points/game versus about 16).

Overall, both offensively and defensively, they have similar stats, and perhaps similar styles of play. This game might boil down to conditioning (who still has stamina in the 4th quarter), a good or bad break here or there, turnovers, penalties, and special teams.
If we played tomorrow Id take JMU