00:00All right, let's take a look at the James Madison matchup from the side of the Dukes against Oregon.
00:05We talked about Oregon earlier in the show.
00:08Let's take a look at James Madison.
00:10Their head coach, Bob Chesney, was hired by UCLA.
00:14James Madison wasted no time hiring former Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier.
00:20When you look at the Dukes overall, you've coached against this team in the Sun Belt.
00:24Now, what does JMU bring to the table in this potential matchup in Eugene on December 20th?
00:31Well, the thing you got to know about JMU is that even when they went from 1AA to Division I a couple of years ago,
00:38they are the most well-funded, one of the most highly paid G5 programs in the country.
00:46They were that way when they got in.
00:48So when Signetti left to go to Indiana, they dropped for a little bit,
00:51but they immediately regrouped under Chesney and got right back on top of the conference.
00:56So they don't drop off too much because that program for a long time has been committed financially
01:03of supporting one of the top programs in the country.
01:06So they are very well-suited and ready to go.
01:08Don't think they're good enough against the opponents they're playing right now,
01:12but they are not going to fall off.
01:14They'll have a program that will continue to be successful in the future.
01:17I do want to bring up the fact if one of the underdogs does, in fact, strike the upset,
01:22whether it be JMU or Tulane, what does that do to potentially the perception
01:28that these teams were not deserving of being in the college football playoff
01:33because they have no shot to win a national championship?
01:38I mean, Joe, that'd be exactly what people would hope to see
01:42if you're pulling for these G5 teams that are in that Hoosiers type of atmosphere
01:47where anybody on a given day can move on through the playoffs,
01:51but it is only the first round.
01:53But it would be a huge plus for the setup of the operation.
01:56Give these teams a chance.
01:58Give them a chance to be in there, and they'll prove they're worthy.
02:01I think that's exactly what would happen.
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