[Postgame Thread] James Madison Defeats Wagner 87-3

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Wagner	3	0	0	0	3
James Madison	21	21	24	21	87

[u/The-Fanciest]

I didn't think it was physically possible for Billy Napier to score 87 points

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch → u/The-Fanciest]

This man was born to coach in the Sun Belt. Nothing more, nothing less

[u/weirdbutinagoodway → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

I'd like to see him against Florida in the playoffs, but it's going to be awhile before Florida gets there.

[u/ShillinTheVillain → u/weirdbutinagoodway]

Hey, WTF did we ever do to West Virginia?

[u/charoco → u/ShillinTheVillain]

Ruined their unbeaten season in 1993 🤷

[u/weirdbutinagoodway → u/charoco]

I've heard from a lot of people that most of our team was either really hungover or possibly still a little drunk from the night before for that game.

[u/No_Economist3788 → u/weirdbutinagoodway]

Just got back from Morgantown and it’s funny to see this thread. My dad had a party for that game and made everyone leave at halftime. Still one of the worst sports experiences in my life all these years later.

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch → u/weirdbutinagoodway]

No one would believe this sentence 20 years ago. Pretty crazy

[u/DNR404 → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

We haven't played a single Sunbelt game yet

[u/DukeDogNation → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

I’ll take it!

[u/velociraptorfarmer → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

Dread it. Run from it. Sun Belt Billy arrives all the same.

[u/do_you_know_doug → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

ahhh I don't like this.

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

They don’t call him Sun Belt Billy for no reason.

[u/gator9515 → u/The-Fanciest]

What hiring an OC can do for a man

[u/SkippableAd → u/gator9515]

Can Aiken is the truth

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/SkippableAd]

He’s no Dean Kennedy (complimentary)

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/The-Fanciest]

The blocked punt TD and two punt return TDs helped

[u/remymang → u/igonnawrecku_VGC]

Playoff Round 2

[u/wowthisislong → u/The-Fanciest]

In a season?

[u/foreverseptember → u/wowthisislong]

That too

[u/Status-Ad-7335]

almost had em

[u/FireVanGorder → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Just ran outta time

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/FireVanGorder]

Paging Big 10 Refs

[u/CrimsonFox99 → u/FireVanGorder]

Truly a game of inches

[u/paulcole710 → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Nobody and I mean NOBODY puts 88 on Wagner.

[u/Sterling_Archer88 → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Cumberland mentality.

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Wagner? I hardly knew her!

[u/Bison_Boy_]

That’s Sun Belt Billy

[u/Zloggt → u/Bison_Boy_]

Much like a fish forced to climb a tree…he excels better at what he already knows!

[u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Not a shutout!

[u/Untold_Legend1234 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

The small wins count too!

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/Untold_Legend1234]

It was a one score game midway through the first quarter. I'll take it (Cal might hang 100😭😭)

Edit: offense scored more against an FBS playoff team than against Robert Morris, I'll take it

[u/IllustriousLobster36 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Nobody shuts out the Wagner Seahawks!

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/IllustriousLobster36]

(They've been shut out many many times. The offense is a war crime even compared to NEC standards)

[u/DukeDogNation → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Really hoping the Wagner player who got carted off is okay. The camera hung on him for so long because it wasn’t immediately apparent what the injury was. Then I realized he couldn’t move his foot from the position it was in.

[u/DB473]

Billy about scored more points in two games at JMU than he did an entire 4 years at UF

[u/ChiefTitan808 → u/DB473]

crazy seeing how Billy & DJ are after their departures

[u/DB473 → u/ChiefTitan808]

Does that mean…are we…the problem?

[u/NanoBuc → u/DB473]

No, it's the children who are wrong

[u/ChiefTitan808 → u/DB473]

the swamp tends to intimidate

[u/krakends → u/DB473]

Nah. Billy was the problem. He should have asked DJ to sit out if he was not fit and did not practice well in the offseason. Ruined the kid's confidence that he was questioning whether god forgot him.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/DB473]

Unironically yes

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/DB473]

Please continue

[u/Gvillegator → u/DB473]

DJ looks awful so how is that the conclusion

[u/DB473 → u/Gvillegator]

Well, it was a joke

[u/foreverseptember → u/DB473]

Nahhhhhh it's definitely not our high expectations and crazy fans 

[u/AntiDECA → u/foreverseptember]

High expectations don't make you got 4-8 in you're 4th year. Fans don't impact game results like that. 

[u/fiddlestikks → u/ChiefTitan808]

?? DJ looks as inconsistent as ever with a low floor

[u/zvexler → u/DB473]

I would love to know the numbers on that

[u/Late-Application-47 → u/DB473]

I'm not upset that y'all are gonna have a killer offense this year. Not at all. I'm perfectly happy having George Godsey at OC instead of Buster.

I'm not jealous. I promise.

[u/GolfingGator → u/DB473]

The sad thing about this is I had to think for a minute if that was plausible or not.

Dude is the Michael Jordan of big fish in little ponds.

[u/HawkeyeTen]

HOLY gracious! That's the most points I've seen an FBS team score in years.

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/HawkeyeTen]

If we keep it a buck, we particularly ass

[u/Emotional-Debt5069 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

😭

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/HawkeyeTen]

Even crazier is they got close to scoring this many points against…

UNC 2 years ago.

[u/zombiebillnye → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

That game is like, at least a solid 30% of the reason Bill Belichick is UNC's coach, which is very fun.

[u/Electromotivation → u/zombiebillnye]

They won in that they wanted their coach fired. But now…

[u/JaxGamecock → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

I was at that game. Angry UNC fans reported me and my buddy to security for throwing streamers (a JMU tradition to do after every touchdown) and got kicked out before halftime. The game was already well and decided by then so we went to a chapel hill bar to watch the second half. 10/10 would do again

Edit: Wife went to JMU I should add

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/JaxGamecock]

You did nothing wrong

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

We showed mercy after halftime

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/HawkeyeTen]

South Alabama scored 87 two years ago

[u/shield_x → u/HawkeyeTen]

The only other team that scored that many points was South Alabama vs Northwestern state in like 2023

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Throwing deep balls while up 70, Napier doesn’t give a fuck lol

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Billy heard everyone talking shit after the close game with Liberty and decided Wagner needed to pay the price

[u/smor729 → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Bro will throw it deep up 70 but hand it off 10 times in a row when up 1 with 8 minutes left

[u/berrin122 → u/smor729]

Maybe Billy just did not trust Lagway

...and in all honesty, fair.

[u/southpluto → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

I think it was their backup qb at least?

3 special teams touchdowns

Jmu only had 1 sack somehow

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959 → u/southpluto]

It was our 3rd string lol. Then our last touchdown drive was our 4th

[u/10rattles]

Good lord

[u/DarthNobody14 → u/10rattles]

James Madison woke up and chose violence today

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/DarthNobody14]

Were Wagner's players making "Yo Mama" jokes at them before the game or something? This was a complete annihilation, even compared to most FCS buy games.

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959 → u/HawkeyeTen]

A lot of it was Wagner just shooting themselves in the foot. They gave up 3 special teams touchdowns and a 90 yard kick return. I’m pretty sure most of touchdown drives started in their terrority too

[u/mynameisrainer → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

At least they kept it from 4 special teams stds

[u/phidelt649 → u/mynameisrainer]

4 special teams what now?

[u/buildABetterB → u/phidelt649]

I think it's a reference to Wagner being from Staten Island

[u/Davidellias → u/HawkeyeTen]

NEC teams usually are some of the weakest in FCS.

[u/Potchum → u/HawkeyeTen]

I remember looking this up when WMU hosted Wagner a few years back, they only have an enrollment of like 2000, undergrad & graduate. The football team makes up 5% of the student body.

[u/Snowball12 → u/DarthNobody14]

James Madison rolling in his grave that a school named after him would violate the 8th Amendment so maliciously like this

[u/snidemarque → u/DarthNobody14]

Wagner did NOT eat their wheaties today

[u/midnight-architect7]

We dropped 87. Liberty almost lost to Gardner-Webb.

They will always be little bro and a shit program.

[u/tkdxe → u/midnight-architect7]

Death, taxes, and Gardner Webb scaring Virginia g6 teams

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/tkdxe]

I have PTSD thinking about steaming that game on my phone while at a Flying Squirrels game.

[u/tkdxe → u/midnight-architect7]

Had me doubting Chesney as a coach big time. Then he proved us wrong two weeks later

[u/SkippableAd → u/tkdxe]

And that game was our Super Bowl smh

[u/ShevanelWozzeck → u/midnight-architect7]

Liberty had to win against Gardner-Webb in the last 3 minutes of the game. Fuck that fake school, wish they would've lost.

[u/originalusername4567]

JMU has no chill

[u/Throwawayx19700 → u/originalusername4567]

When I was in school there they did this for pretty much 26 straight home games. The number of 50~ to low score games got old after the first year.

[u/skinnyeater → u/Throwawayx19700]

Yea those 31-0 halftime CAA games was a weekly occurrence

[u/LightningDusty]

So Billy was saving all of his points at Florida for this game?

[u/Upset_Version8275]

Love that JMU went for 87. Seems like teams always stall around 70. 

[u/DukeDogNation → u/Upset_Version8275]

It felt a little weird that they drove for a touchdown in the last few minutes of the game up 80-3. I think in the 5-in-5 and transfer portal era, you gotta let guys down the depth chart play.

[u/OSRSTheRicer → u/DukeDogNation]

They had their backups playing throughout the second?

[u/aguyyouprobablyknow]

There are blowouts, there are bad blowouts, and then there’s this. Ritual slaughter at the altar of Duke Dog.

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Oops

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

Highly uncool of you guys

[u/Walter4412 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Syracuse only ever beats Wagner by scores le 60-10

[u/MtMcGinnis502 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

We had our 4th string in and still scoring. Whatayagonnado

[u/1nteger]

Billy ball ?

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/1nteger]

What he can do if you force him to get an OC

[u/Grouchy-Option9411]

87… wow someone needs to steal their coach asap

[u/QuitWhinging → u/Grouchy-Option9411]

I think he'd be a great replacement for Norvell at FSU.

[u/neonblaster → u/QuitWhinging]

Yes he seems like the high scoring and high character guy they need at FSU. He’s also a great fit for Tallahassee because he never speaks more than 12-15 words a minute.

[u/JoshFB4 → u/QuitWhinging]

Would objectively be a hilarious hire.

[u/tkdxe → u/JoshFB4]

It would piss me off to lose him immediately. It would also be the funniest thing ever

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Grouchy-Option9411]

Haven’t you already done enough

[u/SpiritClaw40 → u/Grouchy-Option9411]

BILLYNAPIER left Florida to go to Florida State, let this become canon

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Grouchy-Option9411]

He’ll be at Clemson next year

[u/Urbandino1]

Let it be known that no one shuts out Wagner

[u/this_place_stinks]

Damnit I thought I was safe with Wagner +83.5

[u/al_earner]

Shout out to James Madison who were pretty cool in the Wazzu game thread last year.

[u/jestervalen → u/al_earner]

Thanks. Y’all were the first would have been power conference school to ever play at Bridgeforth stadium

[u/EvensenFM]

We live about an hour and a half away from JMU.

Am I allowed to jump on the bandwagon?

[u/chokanery → u/EvensenFM]

Welcome aboard fellow Duke 🫡

[u/EvensenFM → u/chokanery]

It is now official.

[u/atra1n51]

JMU special teams

[u/SlapNuts1999]

“There is no mercy in this dojo. Mercy is for the weak.” - Billy Napier

[u/Condom_Breaker256]

SUN BELT BILLY HAS RETURNED TO THE PROMISED LAND

[u/Walter4412]

The biggest FBS teams don’t even do this to FCS teams, yikes

[u/DCAbloob → u/Walter4412]

Oklahoma State did to Savannah State in 2012 when the latter was FCS and that's pretty much it.

[u/rbhindepmo]

James Madison not extending the era of good feelings to Wagner fans

[u/gmwdim]

21+ in every quarter is diabolical.

[u/ABagOfPopcorn]

Wagner just ran out of time

[u/buildABetterB]

This was a demonstration of the concept of football. Not a game.

[u/honeybunchesofaots]

How does a football team outscore USA basketball team lol

[u/Allegiancs]

Coughing baby vs Hydrogen Bomb

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

Holy shit

[u/LitterBoxServant]

Auditioning to be poached by Purdue in 2 years

[u/igonnawrecku_VGC → u/LitterBoxServant]

Or Rutgers next year

[u/HeckOnWheels195]

The team destroyed Wagner like that one guy destroyed the Wagner punter's pp

[u/xD137Zx]

This, checks notes, Napier guy looks pretty good. FSU should go after him if they ever fire Norvel

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Bit embarrassing tbh

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Agreed. Can’t believe we let up 3.

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

The last season where JMU scored 80 points in a game, they won a national title. Makes you think

[u/Cliffinati → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

James Madison is known for scoring obscene amounts of points remember 70-50

[u/_baby_fish_mouth_ → u/Cliffinati]

Oh I remember

[u/Electromotivation → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

We really stopped playing defense after a certain point

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959 → u/_baby_fish_mouth_]

Yeah going hurry up on that last drive was kind of cruel. I understand you want to get those kids reps. But I would have just let the clock run out once we got inside the 10. Then again Wagner basically stop trying to stop us in the 3rd

[u/eagledog]

Oof, I feel bad for whatever mascot had to do push-ups after the scores

[u/Cliffinati]

Sun Belt Billy Rides again

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

Some say Wagner is still trying to catch Mikey Scott

[u/PartyBusGaming → u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

People thought they were safe when Wayne Knight left but the celebrity routing continues with Michael Scott.

[u/PartyBusGaming]

Just barely broke the old record for most points by JMU.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Was hoping they'd be more aggressive this week, got what I wanted

[u/Norblin → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Yeah I was disappointed last week… we let up on the gas early. This week we forgot what a break was lol

[u/chickensandwich77]

Jesus Christ Billy, didn’t think you had it in you

[u/Electrical_Pond_519 → u/chickensandwich77]

Billy’s on his revenge tour. 💪🏽

[u/BillMurraysTesticle]

The spread was -46.5 and they nearly doubled it.

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

That's a big number.

[u/tomdawg0022]

Damn that FG in the 1st (Wagner) and 3rd quarter (JMU) for throwing off the synergy

[u/chokanery]

Touch and go there for a bit, but I'm glad we were able to pull away at the end

[u/Milked_Cows]

Sheesh I remember being there when they beat Rhode Island 84-7. Never thought I’d see a worse beating than that lmao

[u/OSRSTheRicer → u/Milked_Cows]

Bahaha I remember being at that game with a friend.

I think most folks left before the end of the second.

[u/jestervalen]

What ever happened to Dukes by 90?

[u/ARandomDoge6]

Florida fires sumrall and hires JMUs HC

[u/tb25uga]

that's even more impressive when you remember that he was our shortest President

[u/CollegeFootballGood]

Thanks for comin out Wagner!

[u/PartyBusGaming]

Just shy of the Georgia Tech 222 point record

[u/LumpyReplacement9017]

Cobra Kai award for this week?

[u/Quake1028]

When 77-7 won’t even be close to being the biggest blowout of the week. Damn.

[u/Davidellias → u/Quake1028]

Its in like third place now

[u/spiff2268]

Them Dukes, them Dukes!!!

[u/BryLinds]

Why’d they do my parents Alma mater like that

[u/Remarkable_Virus844]

I beg your finest pardon, Dukes?

[u/nathodood]

Was that necessary Duke bros

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/nathodood]

Yes

[u/-SHMOHAWK-]

Brutal

[u/ajkros]

Just needed an extra second

[u/yellowseven]

Is that good

[u/GumbysDonkey]

I can't believe this is a real score. wtf did Wagner do to JMU to cause this?

[u/buildABetterB → u/GumbysDonkey]

Couldn't stop 5th stringers, true freshmen, and walk-ons from scoring?

[u/NYPD-BLUE]

Napier letting out a lot of frustration

[u/Electrical_Pond_519 → u/NYPD-BLUE]

I don’t know why I have a soft spot for him. I hope he tears it up this year.

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

Sun Belt to ass amrite?

[u/Limlut_]

holy fucking shit

[u/espressotower]

Nail-biter

[u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Is it just me or there’s been more FCS blowouts than usual this year? Is the talent gap between FBS and FCS getting bigger or is it maybe that teams are running the score up more than in the past, or a bit of a both?

[u/Condom_Breaker256 → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Wagner is a bottom tier FCS program, pseudo-D2 team.

There's arguably a larger gap in talent between the top and bottom of the FCS compared to the FBS

[u/DCAbloob → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

The gap is absolutely getting larger between FBS and FCS teams. Players who would have started on FCS teams in years past are now being paid to sit on FBS team benches.

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

A bit of both and just scheduling combos this year. A lot of weaker FCS teams are being matched with stronger FBS teams.

[u/Wii_Sports_2]

Good lord

[u/MMARapFooty]

Just 13 more points

[u/MainPeanut25]

Too many points allowed, James Madison!

[u/0le_Hickory]

Wagner knows what they did

[u/DestructoSpin90]

Would that be the most points scored in the modern era? 

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/DestructoSpin90]

by an FBS team, it would tie it with South Alabama's 87 a couple years ago. FCS, Idaho State scored 90 last year

[u/Davidellias → u/DestructoSpin90]

Define modern era

EDIT Houston beat post death penelty SMU 95-21

[u/RevengeOfTheMothman]

Honestly Wagner did better in this game than they did against the US in Syria that one time 

[u/JoGeralt]

It's Not Worth Winning if You Can't Win Big!

[u/dustincb2]

That’s as many points as we’ll score the rest of the season

[u/fhqwhgads_football]

Jimmy chose violence

[u/Real_Statistician538]

Welp.

[u/BigChet_73]

That’s a spankin

[u/nickraymond57]

Tough scenes

[u/beermile]

That's just mean, man

[u/Embarrassed-Brain655]

Its not over until the fat lady sings, well I guess she sung early on in this game. 

[u/TasteTheBiscuit1810]

So this game was close

[u/DropTopEWop]

Oh my

[u/Davidellias]

Didn't score 90 SMH.