James Madison fell to No. 16 in The Sports Network's poll following a 37-34 loss at Delaware in Colonial Athletic Association play. The Dukes had two running backs with 171 yards rushing or better, and still lost to their CAA South Division rivals.
JMU entered the game in a three-way tie with Delaware and Richmond for the South Division lead, but fell to third place with a record of 6-3 overall, 4-2 in the conference. No. 9-ranked Richmond and No. 6-ranked Delaware are set for another showdown Saturday at Richmond; both teams are 5-1 in the CAA.
Madison travels to William and Mary on Saturday and will look for its fourth straight win in the series. With two games left, the Dukes must win both to gain playoff consideration. Only 16 teams make the playoffs — eight automatic bids and eight at-large bids. Will finishing 8-3 be enough to earn Madison a playoff game?
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Recently graduated from James Madison University, I am pursuing journalism as a sports writer for the North Fork and Shenandoah Journals in Virginia.
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Recently graduated from James Madison University, I am pursuing journalism as a sports writer for the North Fork and Shenandoah Journals in Virginia.
2 comments:
I think it will be enough. The only have two 1-AA and conference losses. UNH has three, Hofstra could still get three and Richmond might too. The Dukes could still finish third in the CAA, which should get four teams this year.
The only way to fix the BCS in my opinion is to take on a similar playoff system that JMU enjoys. But instead of a 16 game playoff, I think the BCS should adopt an 8 game playoff. The bowl system wouldn't have to be compromised, the BCS would just have to adopt two more bowls (I'd say Cotton and Gator just because they aren't named after companies), and all the other 6 win teams could still go bowling.
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