Then in 2022, JMU climbed to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Group of 5 conference level — still looking up at the power-conference penthouse, but at least in the building — and thrived.

What they might as well say is “FBS” because James Madison is now rubbing elbows with college football’s most successful programs, bringing both unbridled optimism and unabashedly brash goals.

I realize you have never met. You should really get to know each other. James Madison football could be the perfect topic on which to build your relationship. In discussing the undefeated Dukes of ...

Three days after James Madison’s football victory at Virginia last season, Jeff Bourne pondered his quarter-century as the Dukes’ athletic director, a tenure marked by sustained excellence and ...

That might have been JMU football’s trajectory — if not for 2004. If the program hadn’t stuck with coach Mickey Matthews and hadn’t attracted Louisville transfer quarterback Justin Rascati ...