The circumstances and challenges change each week, but they try not to let those alter their objective.

The daunting schedule might’ve hurt Northern Iowa’s chances for an FCS playoff seed, but at the same time the slate has only bolstered the confidence of the Panthers.

James Madison is making a push to improve its playoff attendance ahead of Friday’s national quarterfinal here against Northern Iowa.

Another day is another opportunity for Ron’Dell Carter to be recognized.

Kaelon Black didn’t care that James Madison wasn’t the first school to offer him a scholarship.

His senior season didn’t begin the way he wanted it to.

The quick turnaround shouldn’t impact James Madison too much, according to Dukes coach Curt Cignetti.

Good luck to opposing defensive coordinators the rest of this postseason.

So it’ll be another Friday night quarterfinal for James Madison.

Garrett Groulx’s blocked field goal was three seasons in the making, and John Daka’s blocked punt was three days in the making.

There are plenty of dual-threat quarterbacks capable of evading trouble with their feet, but not as many who can do it by altering the arm angle they release the football with as well.

This is the month that matters around here.

So far, so good for James Madison’s football staff balancing postseason preparation and recruiting with less than two weeks to go until the early signing period begins.

Following the opening possession, they know a conversation is waiting.

The two Colonial Athletic Association squads left have very different histories when it comes to the postseason.

Only three words were necessary to quickly extinguish the idea that it could happen again so soon.

James Madison senior defensive end Ron’Dell Carter will play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Jan. 18, 2020, the all-star game announced via Twitter late Tuesday night.

In some ways his aspirations haven’t changed.

There was nothing different about the way Monmouth beat Holy Cross, at least according to James Madison coach Curt Cignetti.

There was nothing different about the way Monmouth beat Holy Cross, at least according to James Madison coach Curt Cignetti.

The adjustment shouldn’t be a difficult one for Kelly Mitchell.

Saturday’s second-round playoff game will mark the first time James Madison and Monmouth meet.

The nation’s leading rusher had no problem with Holy Cross.

There’s no game this weekend for James Madison with the team on its well-earned bye.

Neither Albany nor Villanova were expected to still be playing.

Just like James Madison dominated the Colonial Athletic Association season, it did the end-of-year awards and all-league teams too.

The regular season has come and gone, and the postseason begins Saturday.

The Colonial Athletic Association cannot overturn the targeting penalty called on James Madison defensive tackle Adeeb Atariwa during the fourth quarter of the Dukes’ win at Rhode Island in the regular-season finale on Saturday.

No surprises this year.

The final regular-season STATS FCS Top 25 will be released before the reveal of the FCS postseason field on Sunday.

During a long and successful campaign new records tend to be set.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Let the real business of the 2019 football season begin for James Madison.

There isn’t anything James Madison wants the FCS Playoff Committee to have to make a decision about.

He had a week to ponder how he could’ve done it differently.

Zach Jacobs, the James Madison junior forward who is normally among the most well-spoken players in the Colonial Athletic Association, sat down Wednesday night with JMU radio voice Dave Thomas for a post-game interview and simply didn’t know what to say.

No wonder Curt Cignetti is concerned about defending Aaron Parker and Isaiah Coulter.

He can rattle off the details defining each one of his teammates.

Bridgewater College completed an undefeated regular season and clinched the school's first conference championship in 14 years, meaning there is more football to be played for the area's Division III program. The Eagles, 10-0 and ranked No. 20 in the nation, will take on Delaware Valley (9-1), the champions of the Middle Atlantic Conference.

James Madison is the only team in the country that can say this.

In an ideal world, this isn’t necessarily the schedule James Madison wanted to try to build momentum early in what it is a key season for its men’s basketball program.

Late in what was then a close game Saturday at George Mason, James Madison junior Zach Jacobs picked up his fifth foul, sending the Dukes’ only available true post player to the bench.

They’re the only team in the country that can say this.

The new STATS FCS Top 25 will be released Monday afternoon.

A collision like that is hard to forget.

Saturday was just the latest party for James Madison in recent history against Richmond.

All it took was three plays.

All involved have their own moments and reasons that stand above the rest.

His squad was trending toward another wasted season.

This is the moment Landan Word relishes each Saturday.

Both Curt Cignetti and Ricky Santos said it.