[video:youtube:Axbq6UaUOfE] James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews wasn't sure what was happening shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. Both JMU and Duke were warming up for their game when two skydivers para… more »

James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews paced alongside drills at one of the team’s training camp practices in late August, his methodical step belying months of anticipation. Many of his players share that anticipation—a desire to erase the memory… more »

HARRISONBURG - If there's a Barack Obama and John McCain on James Madison's football schedule - please keep reading - it's Appalachian State and Duke. One is the sexiest team in Division I-AA; the other is one of the least sexy in I-A. Not that Obama… more »

Thoughts and musings on college football while we roll toward the last week in August and the opening of the season ... Even as the Big South undergoes its own Little Bang Theory with the addition of Stony Brook and the impending nuptial with Presbyt… more »

HARRISONBURG - Jamal Sullivan, a talented tailback best known for his fumble in the red zone in the final seconds of James Madison's 28-27 loss to Appalachian State in the Division I-AA playoffs last season, is expected to be out of action for at least… more »

The number of games between ACC teams and Division I-AA teams will double this season. Three ACC teams — Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech — have the audacity to play two Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS teams in the politically correc… more »

HARRISONBURG - Dave Stannard knows he probably wouldn't have gotten very far with this request if he were anything but a kicker. The senior finance major from Midlothian had an internship at an insurance company in Richmond this summer that overlappe… more »

Dukes return 15 starters from 8-4 2007 squad. HARRISONBURG — James Madison University football coach Mickey Matthews admits he was probably out golfing when the 2008 regular season schedule was made up. Actually, he wasn't. But what the Dukes face… more »

HARRISONBURG - As he watched tapes of his team's games from the 2007 season, James Madison football coach Mickey Matthews noticed something, an observation that had largely eluded him during the season. "Sam Daniels was really underrated last year,"… more »

HARRISONBURG - After Eugene Holloman or Rodney Landers goes off to the races, the race is on. That's because the big boys up front, whose job it is to free up James Madison's football team's more fleet-of-foot stars, don't want to be left out of the… more »

James Madison University's football team is thinking national championship this season at the Football Championship Subdivision. A big reason is the man that the Dukes have returning behind center, Rodney Landers. The senior will be entering his se… more »

HARRISONBURG - Is it possible to lose a four-time Division I-AA All-American from your defensive backfield and still consider your secondary one of the strengths of your football team? At James Madison, they think so. Despite the graduation of fre… more »

HARRISONBURG -- The guy teams feared the most in James Madison's passing game is gone. The rookie taking his place might turn out to be even better. With the graduation of speedy-yet-diminutive wide receiver L.C. Baker, defensive coordinators breathe… more »

HARRISONBURG - Running plays end with collisions. And that's fine with Jamal Sullivan. "I know football's a violent sport," the James Madison sophomore tailback said after practice Saturday at Bridgeforth Stadium. "I'd rather deliver the blow than ta… more »

HARRISONBURG - Mickey Matthews is never shy about promoting his players, so take this for what it's worth. When the 10th-year James Madison football coach was asked about the return of tailback Eugene Holloman - who missed most of last season with a kne… more »