(STATS) -- Where has the regular season gone? Well, if November has snuck up on FCS fans, this weeks national schedule will get their attention.Theres nowhere for anybody, including Top 10 teams, to hide.Top-ranked Sam Houston State faces rival McNeese, last years Southland Conference champ.No. 2 Jacksonville State is at Southeast Missouri State -- potentially a tricky road game.No. 3 Eastern Washington visits No. 14 Cal Poly -- dangerous indeed.No. 4 North Dakota State hosts No. 15 Youngstown State.No. 5 The Citadel puts its unbeaten record on the line against No. 20 Samford.No. 6 Richmond and No. 7 James Madison face each other.No. 8 Charleston Southern? OK, its probably safe at home against Gardner-Webb. But not as safe as No. 9 Chattanooga, no doubt glad to be on a bye.No. 10 Villanova goes to surging Maine, the first team sitting outside the Top 25.Keep going? OK, No. 11 North Carolina A&T hosts perennial MEAC power South Carolina State. No. 12 Western Illinois hosts an Illinois State squad that just went into the Top 10 and won (versus South Dakota State).You know about Cal Poly, Youngstown State and Samford. Theres also tough conference road games for No. 16 North Dakota (Northern Colorado) and No. 17 Central Arkansas (Stephen F. Austin).The weeks will grow with importance, but within the FCS Top 25, the first Saturday in November is scarier than Halloween.---=FCS GAME OF THE WEEK=The Matchup: No. 7 James Madison (7-1, 5-0 CAA) at No. 6 Richmond (7-1, 4-1)Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ET at Robins Stadium (8,700) in Richmond, VirginiaTelevision: Comcast SportsNet PlusSeries: Richmond leads 18-15 (most recent meeting: Richmond won 59-49 at JMU on Oct. 24, 2015)The Skinny: Last years game drew ESPNs College GameDay show to JMU, but the stakes are similar with this years matchup. The first-place Dukes are the lone unbeaten team in CAA Football play, but five teams are within one game of them. Last week, the Dukes scored 84 points against Rhode Island -- a record for a CAA game -- with quarterback Bryan Schor (FCS leader with 71.3 completion percentage) winning conference player of the week honors for the third time in five weeks. The Dukes rank in the national top 10 in 11 different offensive categories, and their opportunistic defense has helped them to a plus-13 turnover margin. Richmond had last week off to prepare even more for its rival. Freshman Deontez Thompson is the Spiders third different starting running back because of injuries, but hes rushed for over 100 yards in two of the last three games. Still, the offense revolves around the Kyle Lauletta-Brian Brown passing combo. Opponents have completed under 47 percent of their passes and the Spiders defense has 12 interceptions.Prediction: The bye week was important as Richmond healed up some more. But Schor in combination with running backs Khalid Abdullah and Cardon Johnson might give the Dukes too much offense. James Madison, 31-28.---=STATS FCS TOP 25 SCHEDULE=Saturday, Nov. 5All Times ETX-Predicted WinnerGardner-Webb (3-6, 1-2 Big South) at X-No. 8 Charleston Southern (5-2, 2-0), 11:45 a.m. -- Charleston Southern is the best in the Big South in stopping the run, but Gardner-Webb has a formidable rushing duo in quarterback Tyrell Maxwell and running back Khalil Lewis.X-No. 10 Villanova (6-2, 4-1 CAA) at Maine (5-3, 4-1), noon -- The host Black Bears, on a five-game winning streak, are the first team sitting outside the STATS FCS Top 25. Their coach, 30-year-old Joe Harasymiak, wasnt born when Andy Talley started coaching at Villanova 32 seasons ago.Bucknell (3-5, 2-1 Patriot) at X-No. 24 Lehigh (7-2, 4-0), 12:30 p.m. -- The defensive Bison can still have a say in the Patriot League title race, but Lehigh is on too much of a roll, averaging 48.3 points during its seven-game winning streak. With a win, the Mountain Hawks would clinch a share of its first league title since 2011 and the first bid to the FCS playoffs.Columbia (2-5, 1/3 Ivy) at X-No. 23 Harvard (6-1, 4-0), 1 p.m. -- The Crimson are always strong at tight end. This season, senior Anthony Firkser (34 receptions, 528 yards, six touchdowns) is among the best in the FCS.South Carolina State (3-4, 3-1 MEAC) at X-No. 11 North Carolina A&T (7-1, 5-0), 1 p.m. -- Incredibly, A&T senior running back Tarik Cohen has won five straight MEAC offensive player of the week awards.No. 20 Samford (6-2, 4-1 Southern) at X-No. 5 The Citadel (8-0, 6-0), 2 p.m. -- If The Citadel can slow Samford quarterback Devlin Hodges and earn a win, it would clinch at least a share of its second consecutive Southern Conference title as well as the automatic bid to the playoffs. The unbeaten Bulldogs have never won nine straight games.Monmouth (4-5) at X-No. 18 Coastal Carolina (6-2), 2 p.m. -- The Chanticleers begin their final month in the FCS with the first of four straight home games. Their two losses are by one point each (Jacksonville State and Charleston Southern).X-No. 2 Jacksonville State (7-1, 4-0 OVC) at Southeast Missouri State (3-5, 3-2), 2 p.m. -- The Gamecocks defense leads the FCS in fewest yards allowed per game (259.6). Safeties Marlon Bridges and Siran Neal are their leading tacklers.William & Mary (3-5, 1-4 CAA) at X-No. 25 Stony Brook (5-3, 4-1), 2 p.m. -- The Seawolves seek to bounce back from a five-turnover loss at New Hampshire. Theyve committed 19 turnovers this season -- UT Martin is the only FCS team with a winning record that has more.Illinois State (4-5, 2-4 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 12 Western Illinois (6-2, 3-2), 2 p.m. -- These teams know close games: WIU is 4-0 in games decided by five points or less, while Illinois State has played five games decided by three points or less, winning two of them.X-No. 16 North Dakota (7-2, 6-0 Big Sky) at Northern Colorado (5-3, 3-2), 2:05 p.m. -- UND allowed a season-low 12 rushing yards against Weber State in its seventh straight win last week and leads the Big Sky in rushing defense for the third straight season (98.2 ypg).X-No. 21 Grambling State (5-1, 5-0 SWAC) at Alabama A&M (3-5, 2-5), 3 p.m. -- Tigers transfer QB DeVante Kincade has thrown for 19 touchdowns and only one interception.Missouri State (4-4, 2/3 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 13 South Dakota State (5-3, 4-1), 3 p.m. -- The host Jackrabbits seek to bounce back after being knocked from the Top 10 by Illinois State. Tight end Dallas Goedert (937) and wide receiver Jake Wieneke (909) are both on the verge of 1,000 receiving yards this season.No. 15 Youngstown State (6-2, 4-1 Missouri Valley) at X-No. 4 North Dakota State (7-1, 4-1), 3:30 p.m. -- Youngstown State is one of the nations best in rushing defense, but the power run game is an NDSU staple. The Bison will wear their alternate gold jersey, having gone 22-0 in it since its debut in 2011.X-No. 17 Central Arkansas (7-1, 6-0 Southland) at Stephen F. Austin (4-4, 3-3), 3:30 p.m. -- UCA quarterback Hayden Hildebrand (13 TDs vs. three interceptions) is having a strong season, protected by an offensive line that has allowed only five sacks.Idaho State (2-6, 1-4 Big Sky) at X-No. 19 Montana (5-3, 2-3), 7 p.m. -- The Grizs 135 points over a two-game stretch last month have been quickly canceled out by two straight losses, but Brady Gustafson and Co. should get back on track against the Idaho State defense.McNeese (5-4, 4-3 Southland) at X-No. 1 Sam Houston State (8-0, 6-0), 7 p.m. -- Credit top-ranked Sam Houstons offensive line. The offense has attempted 318 passes, but the Bearkats are tied for the third-fewest sacks in the FCS (three).No. 3 Eastern Washington (7-1, 5-0 Big Sky) at X-No. 14 Cal Poly (6-2, 4-1), 9:05 p.m. -- The nations No. 1 passing attack (EWU, 439 ypg) meets the nations No. 1 rushing attack (Cal Poly, 370.2 ypg). 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Ian Chappell and Ashley Mallett have had their say, so too Allan Border and even Simon ODonnell.A more contemporary figure with plenty of learnings about how to deal with spin bowling in Asia is the former captain Ricky Ponting, who had to learn the hard way through successive poor tours of India in 1996, 1998 and 2001. Like many Australian batsmen, Ponting did not take to the task naturally, and has admitted his troubles stemmed from a lack of suitable practice at home.What was difficult about working on playing spin in Australia in the off season, particularly in Adelaide, was, we were doing it all in the indoor nets and it was so false, Ponting told ESPNcricinfo in 2013. You could run down the wicket without any fear at all of getting stumped or one spinning past the outside edge. You just had the freedom to hit the ball wherever you wanted to.In the nets there I was a pretty good player of spin, but when you got out into the middle on Adelaide Oval or the SCG, where it used to spin a lot, against two of the countrys best spinners [Tim May and Greg Matthews] it was a different game altogether. It was right-arm offspin out of anything that troubled me the most.Eventually, Ponting sought the advice of Indian players, notably Mohammad Azharuddin, who spoke about reading and dealing with length as the most critical weapon in a batsmans armoury when facing spinners on turning pitches.On the truer wickets it was okay because you could get away with it, but the one thing I learned about playing spin in India ... the first couple of tours were horrible, but the last few tours I had there where I actually understood what I was trying to do a bit better, I actually had some success, Ponting said. It was all about not getting trapped to good-length balls. Not trying to predict where the ball was going to spin to. It was about trying to hit it before it spun or [well] after it spun, and thats what the good Indian players always did.Thats a concept that Australian batters dont have to think about because the ball doesnt spin very much in domestic cricket here. Even our current blokes, if you look at the struggles they had against [Graeme] Swann in the last Ashes series, it was because youre just not brought up seeing and playing quality spin, and more importantly playing it in conditions that actually favour the bowler. Even with our practice facilities in Australia you dont get that very often.The concept of not getting trapped to a good length ball should resonate with Australiaas players, given the high number who fell lbw or bowled in Pallekele.dddddddddddd Decisive footwork, either forward or back, is important to reading length, as Ponting saw from Azharuddin, MS Dhoni and others.If you watched the way he played, he was always out in front, flicking his wrists, and for us that was so foreign, Ponting said. Dhoni does it really well as well. Hes not actually a great player of spin bowling but hes got the technique there where they work the ball around and never get caught at bat-pad or done on length. When we go there we always get caught at bat-pad because were predicting where the ball is going to go.But yeah, I first heard it from [Azharuddin], he talked about getting to it on the half-volley before it has the chance to spin or get back in your crease and wait for it fully spin and play it from there. It sounds pretty easy but its difficult to do in the heat of battle against good quality spin bowling. But the technique makes a lot of sense.By way of a cross-reference, the former Test off spinner Gavin Robertson was counselled in how to bowl on the subcontinent by Erapalli Prasanna. Revealingly, Prasannas advice centred upon using length, accuracy and changes in pace to stop decisive footwork, and lock batsmen on the crease to good length balls - just as Ponting had been advised to try to avoid.Prasanna talked about how youve got to understand a batsman, Robertson said. You want to try to lock the batsman on the crease with the amount of spin youve got on the ball and your pace and dip. Youve got to combine that to make sure the batsman feels like if he leaves his crease to take a risk, its going to drop on him and hell lose the ball.So hell search quickly to defend, and that will cause him to feel nervous about leaving his crease, and thatll start to get him locked on his crease. Then youll get him jutting out at the ball and jabbing at it with his hands. Then hell start trying to use his pad and his bat together to negate a good ball. Finally he said, All you have to do is get that right pace and create that feeling, and then you have to do it for 20 or 30 overs in a row, and youll bowl them out.If these lessons are hardly new, or especially revelatory, they appear to be forgotten by successive generations of Australian cricketers. As Robertson put it: You could almost have all those learnings on a whiteboard or some sort of document that relays This is the plan for this, we know what weve been up against before, knock it over. We probably havent learned from those past tours. ' ' '