This columnist looks at the FCS success at Appalachian State and James Madison, and looks to see if Chattanooga can enjoy the same success. The University of Tennessee football program hauls in three times more revenue during the season than UTC’s to… more »

HARRISONBURG - James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews rejected an offer to become the coach at South Alabama University on Tuesday evening. Matthews, the Dukes coach since 1999, is 64-44 and led Madison to the 2004 Division I-AA national champions… more »

HARRISONBURG - South Alabama doesn't have a football program yet, but it hopes to hire a coach by this weekend - and one of the candidates is James Madison's Mickey Matthews. JMU athletic director Jeff Bourne said Matthews interviewed Monday for the… more »

There is one nearly complete sentence among a bunch of numbers in his NFL Draft Scout snapshot, and it says everything you need to know about Tony LeZotte's makeup. "Has played through torn hamstring, strained hip flexor, partially dislocated shoulder,… more »

HARRISONBURG - With its two most noted Tidewater recruiters gone, James Madison's football team signed only one player from the "757" area as part of its 2008 recruiting class. But JMU coach Mickey Matthews isn't worried that his pipeline to the talent-… more »

HARRISONBURG - Chris Malone played at Fork Union Military Academy in 1990. He had his first coaching job at the Virginia prep school. And since then, the James Madison assistant football coach has made a habit of hitting up his old school for recruits.… more »

Earl Watford's promise to himself was to always play hard. His hope was that someone would notice. Consider it done. Watford, a 6-4, 280-pound defensive tackle from Simon Gratz High with only two seasons of football on his resumé, has made an oral… more »

HARRISONBURG — Three questions: 1) Does James Madison University have a sub-tropical beach in its back yard? 2) Does JMU’s football team play in a palm-fringed, 65,000-seat NFL stadium? 3) Does Madison have 44,000 students on a campus located in the nat… more »

Maryland LB spurns FBS Cincinnati (and others) to head to Harrisonburg. HARRISONBURG - Chase Williams knew what he wanted, and it wasn't big stadiums and the chance to be on television. That's why Williams, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound linebacker from N… more »

HARRISONBURG - Corwin Acker wanted to play. Wanted it so badly he committed to one of the worst Division I-A football programs in the nation because, he said, the coaches there told him he could get on the field as a true freshman. Acker, a highly to… more »

Virgina recruits are visiting FCS schools this weekend. With college football's National Signing Day less than three weeks away, several local players are lining up their final visits before making their choices. Bethel cornerback Marcus Coope… more »

JMU head coach Mickey Matthews, who doesn't have a No. 3 QB going into the spring, simply says "Don't worry, be happy." HARRISONBURG - James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews didn't hesitate when asked who his third-string quarterback would be h… more »

HARRISONBURG - James Madison's incoming freshman class may be small in quantity, but it's shaping up to be large in stature. The Dukes - who started the recruiting period with 10 scholarships to work with - picked up four recent commitments and saw a… more »

Officials Say School Is ‘Comfortable' In FCS HARRISONBURG - James Madison's $52 million plan to renovate Bridgeforth Stadium does not mean the school is considering a move to Division I-A football, university officials said Monday. "Absolutely not… more »

Two Frederick, MD players commit to CAA - and a future CAA - school. Urbana football players Imani Chatman and Erik Saylor have both verbally committed to continue their careers at NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision programs, according to Hawks… more »