Despite scheduling issues, CAA commissioner Yeager favors ther national role. Unless something changes, Colonial Athletic Association football four years from now will be a 14-team league, the largest conference in the country above the Division II… more »

DURHAM — Eric Cumba is getting used to starting football seasons after the rest of the nation. For the third straight year, his University of New Hampshire team will open one week after just about everybody else — on Sept. 6 at Army, by which time 10… more »

HARRISONBURG - To accommodate four more schools in the Division I-AA football playoffs, the NCAA has mandated a major scheduling change starting in 2010: 11 games in 11 weeks, with no byes. The Colonial Athletic Association's boss is less than thrill… more »

HARRISONBURG - When Virginia Tech yanked its football scholarship offer from Amherst High School's Peter Rose, a natural question arose: Would the three-star quarterback be welcome at James Madison once his legal problems were resolved? The short ans… more »

As college football fans check schedules for the upcoming season, there will be head-scratching among those following programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Three of the seven FCS programs in Virginia (Richmond, Li… more »

The Dukes are looking to get better passing. HARRISONBURG - Impressed with how the Wake Forest football team passed the ball out of the spread option offense last season, James Madison coaches traveled this spring to ... Morgantown, W.Va. Confu… more »

ODU, Georgia State will lead to nation's only 14-team league, says CAA commissioner Tom Yeager in this interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Colonial Athletic Association tried for years to put together a football league. Finally, a yea… more »

James Madison University fans shouldn't be too concerned that its offense overwhelmed the defense 70-39 in a controlled scrimmage on Saturday when the Dukes wrapped up spring practice at Bridgeforth Stadium. That's because coach Mickey Matthews held… more »

Best football seats will require donations. While some fans are outraged, it's similar to the plan already in effect at FCS powerhouses like Northern Iowa and James Madison and going into effect at Appalachian State. NEWARK -- Many of Delaware Stadi… more »

HARRISONBURG - An hour before they began hitting, the James Madison football players started talking. Early on Saturday, it was obvious the Dukes were happy to see a crew of officials working their scrimmage at Bridgeforth Stadium. "I snitched on him… more »

HARRISONBURG - As the tailback burst free through the line of scrimmage an assistant coach yelled, "Thatta boy, Army." "Army" is offensive tackle Ryan Flanagan, a transfer from West Point whose block sprang the runner, Corwin Acker, for a big gain in… more »

HARRISONBURG - It was a simple change in direction that helped give the James Madison football team perhaps its most explosive weapon. "I'm better running forward than backwards," Kerby Long said with a smile during spring drills recently. Long ar… more »

HARRISONBURG - The start of spring football practice at James Madison might have been more noteworthy for who wasn't on the field than who was. Beyond the graduations of stars like Tony LeZotte and L.C. Baker, the Dukes opened the spring without two… more »

HARRISONBURG - The NCAA sent James Madison University and football coach Mickey Matthews a letter "reminding them" about the policy of locker rooms being open to the media following NCAA-run postseason events. After JMU's first-round loss in the Divi… more »

HARRISONBURG - It's not what he would have made at South Alabama, but James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews has a new contract that includes a raise. Matthews and JMU athletic director Jeff Bourne said the two sides signed a new deal that keep… more »