Troy vs. James Madison Game Preview: Betting Odds & Insights

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00:00Friday night, 7 o'clock, it's Troy and JMU.

00:03Championship on the line, but you wouldn't know it by this spread, Joe.

00:06Opened up at 20 and a half, and the people said, ha, it's now 21 and a half

00:10and 22 and a half, and a total of 47 and a half.

00:14Tell the people, Joe, Troy at JMU, what the stakes are

00:18and what your spread line is.

00:20Well, you know, we got another one of these situations

00:23where we're not quite sure what's going to be happening

00:25with the James Madison head coach, Bob Chesney.

00:28There are, though, we'll likely know before this game takes place.

00:33But like we've seen with other schools, Donnie, like North Texas,

00:37Coach Morris was announced as the Oklahoma State new head coach.

00:41But you know what Oklahoma State said?

00:42Good, finish it out.

00:43Good, finish it out with North Texas.

00:45Likely going to happen here with JMU, so the distractions are going to be there.

00:51Obviously, look at the spread, Donnie, 21 points here.

00:55And the Dukes, listen, they're a top 35 offense in just about every statistical category.

01:01They're a top 15 defense in per play basis.

01:06So this is a legit team that is looking to run the table with one loss

01:10and have an opportunity for the committee to go, you know what?

01:13As much as the American Athletic Conference was nice, James Madison, you win, you beat Troy,

01:19and you blow them out, they could very well be that group of five team that's represented

01:24in the college football playoff.