Meanwhile, over at the Division I college football end where they don't care about academics, No. 1-ranked James Madison and competition-steeled Richmond are one game away from facing each other for the national championship. We speak of the Football… more »

The Montana Grizzlies players that remain from their team's 31-21 loss to James Madison in the 2004 Football Championship Subdivision title game didn't get to suit up in Chattanooga, Tenn. But they were there, and they remember. “Even though we we… more »

The fifth-ranked Montana Grizzlies get their chance at Rodney Landers and the James Madison Dukes under the Friday night lights in Harrisonburg, Va. The Division I Football Championship Subdivision semifinal game between the Griz and 12th-ranked JMU… more »

I'm tapped. Well, not quite. Rodney Landers' favorite movie is "Coming To America," the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy about an African prince who travels to Queens to find a wife. That's it. What more can I say about this marvel of a quarterback? Week… more »

The two teams met last in 2004. And that was for the national championship, a game the Dukes won 31-21. At the postgame press conference Saturday following JMU's 31-27, come-from-behind win over Villanova, head coach Mickey Matthews reflected on the… more »

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Wide receiver Matt Szczur's first career touchdown pass came at a good time, giving Villanova its first lead Saturday in the fourth quarter of a playoff game against top-seeded James Madison. But it wasn't enough. Szczur earlie… more »

HARRISONBURG - Scoring the game-winning touchdown wasn't the hardest thing for James Madison quarterback Rodney Landers to do late in Saturday's win over Villanova. It was not scoring on the play before. Landers intentionally went down on a first-and… more »

Landers threw for three touchdowns and ran for the go-ahead score with 1:38 to play Saturday as top-seeded James Madison rallied to beat Villanova 31-27 in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals in Harrisonburg, Va. The Dukes (12-1) trai… more »

Pat Grace ran for two touchdowns and Terrell McMoore returned an interception 36 yards for what proved to be the decisive TD, giving Northern Iowa a 36-34 victory over New Hampshire last night in a Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal at Cedar… more »

When the Montana Grizzlies meet the Weber State Wildcats Saturday afternoon in Missoula in a repeat clash of Big Sky Conference rivals, it won't be the only rematch in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The top-seede… more »

HARRISONBURG - All week long, a photograph has circulated around James Madison's football offices and locker room. It shows a group of JMU players exiting the field at Villanova after the Dukes stunned the Wildcats 23-19 on a last-play Hail Mary on Oct.… more »

At 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, Chris Whitney has good size to play quarterback, which he does for Villanova University. Those numbers aren't quite big enough to make him an offensive lineman, but that doesn't stop him from trying. “He has really brought a… more »

HARRISONBURG - The smile on his face and the length of his answers spoke volumes about how far Vidal Nelson has come this season. It wasn't that long ago, eight weeks to be exact, that Nelson was forced into the James Madison football team's starting… more »

Villanova has now played 10 NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) playoff games. On Saturday, the sixth-ranked Wildcats (10-2) defeated visiting Colgate (9-3), 55-28. It was easier than the score suggests. This was the fifth time Andy Talley's team played on the… more »

HARRISONBURG - Before each football game, Rodney Landers takes a purple marker and writes "757" on white tape. On another piece of tape, he scrawls "take over." Then, he wraps the two homemade fashion accessories around his wrists. But that's not all… more »