HARRISONBURG - Six days before their teams meet in a game that could determine both the conference championship and potential seeding for the Division I-AA playoffs, James Madison's and Villanova's football coaches took turns hyping Saturday's matchup a… more »

HARRISONBURG - First, Mickey Matthews made his case for why Appalachian State is still the team to beat in Division I-AA football. Then, he lobbied for Villanova as the favorite to win the national title. Sorry Coach, seven games into the season, all… more »

TD punt return for No. 1 JMU caps 15 points in final 59 seconds. Trailing the fifth-ranked team in the country by eight points with 3½ minutes to go didn't faze James Madison in the least yesterday. After all, these Dukes had been three touchdown… more »

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RICHMOND - Storybook seasons typically have intriguing chapters along the way. But the path James Madison University took to beat Richmond 38-31 Saturday was so wild, a book editor probably would have rejected it and sent it back for a re-write. I… more »

HARRISONBURG – Cory Christopher smiled while saying he didn’t need ice after James Madison shut out Hofstra 56-0 on Saturday, pounding the Pride’s starting quarterback along the way. The junior may be singing a different tune in the morning. The Duke… more »

ORONO, Maine – Jack Cosgrove hadn’t held back all night. The 16th year Maine football coach certainly wasn’t going to now. So Cosgrove didn’t try to swallow his frustration or hide behind clichés as he talked about his team’s 24-10 loss to James Madi… more »

ORONO, Maine - James Madison fell into the trap. And Rodney Landers pulled the Dukes right back out of it. JMU's senior quarterback rushed for 97 of his 156 yards in the second half, leading his team to three touchdowns and turning a 3-3 halftime tie… more »

HARRISONBURG -- Last night's meeting between top-ranked Appalachian State and No. 5 James Madison figured to be a shootout, but the only one firing bullets in the first half was the visitors. All that changed when JMU's Scotty McGee brought the secon… more »

HARRISONBURG - This is not your ordinary football game, as Jeff Bourne learned once again when he went to pick up his dry-cleaning Wednesday morning. "Two guys behind me were talking about the game," Bourne, the James Madison athletic director, said.… more »

I had to chuckle a little when a writer on the weekly SoCon conference call asked Appalachian State head coach Jerry Moore if the Mountaineers might be a little taken aback by the crowd that is expected at Bridgeforth Stadium Stadium this Saturday. “… more »

HARRISONBURG - It's been 10 months since James Madison's crushing 28-27 loss to Appalachian State in the first round of the Division I-AA football playoffs, a game that turned when the Dukes gambled on a fourth-and-one with the lead late in the fourth q… more »

Minutemen play second of three-consecutive road games. Senior Liam Coen and the Minutemen will take on No. 7 James Madison this Saturday in Harrisonburg Va. In Week 1, it faced a strong run game from Albany, and then traveled to Worcester, in Week… more »

Too bad North Carolina Central couldn’t have just sent its band — the “Marching Sound Machine” — to Harrisonburg on Saturday. With Hanna a no-show, it would have been a pleasant evening for a concert. Sadly, the Eagles’ football team decided to make… more »

James Madison University's football team went down to Durham, North Carolina with high hopes of taking down Duke in the teams opening game. JMU came up short against the Blue Devils. But the Dukes now return home to face North Carolina Central, whi… more »