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An App Sized Showdown | To The House

·1 hr 18 min·5 clips

JMU won in Huntington, West Virginia, despite Marshall's 75-game commemoration and a hostile road setting.

Delvin Joyce and That Lee start off in familiar JMU fashion. They talk about the weather turning cold and the gear they happen to be wearing. The mood is relaxed and a little playful at first, like two fans easing in before the football talk takes over. Delvin then brings up a visit he made to South Carolina because he wanted to get better at the broadcasting side and at breaking down defenses. Clayton White spent about three hours going over film with him at the facility. They watched Gamecocks film and then JMU film, and Delvin says the session helped him a lot. He also shares a funny detail about the parking lot and the expensive cars sitting out there. The conversation drifts, but it stays inside the JMU orbit. Once they get back to football, the defense becomes the center of it. Delvin says the last four weeks have tested JMU against mobile quarterbacks. He lists Louisiana and Lunch Winfield, Old Dominion and Colton Joseph, and Texas State with Brad Jackson as part of that run. Then he says Carlos Del Rio Wilson is the best of the group. He likes Wilson's attitude as much as his play. Delvin points out how Wilson competes with swagger and sportsmanship at the same time, and he brings up a run where Wilson ran Trent Hendrick over and kept moving. The praise is blunt and specific. It feels like someone who has actually watched the game closely. The episode keeps that same fan-room energy throughout. Delvin does not smooth the edges off his opinions. He talks like someone who cares about the program and wants to say so plainly. Near the end, the frustration turns toward App State. The rivalry feeling is not subtle. He says he hates App State and wants JMU to handle business on Saturday. That Lee backs him up and leans into the same energy. The close lands like a fan call to arms. It is emotional, direct, and rooted in the program rather than detached from it. The whole episode moves from casual setup to film-minded football talk to full-throated rivalry mode.

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JMU football talk with banter, film-study detail, and a clear App State rivalry edge.

The episode stays in JMU football territory, opening with some banter before Delvin Joyce and That Lee settle into the game. The strongest stretch comes when the talk turns to JMU's defense, especially the recent run of mobile quarterbacks, and Joyce's film-study detail gives…

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