JMU Beats Towson, Playoffs Next?

JMU football handled its business yesterday, but still have to wait til 3:30 today to find out if their 8-3 record will get them in the playoffs.

The Football Championship Subdivision — which is set up much better than the BowlCrapSeries — fields a 16-team tournament. Eight conferences get an automatic bid. With UMass and Richmond's wins today each team will make the tournament although only one will get the automatic. Delaware at 8-3, like JMU, have a strong case despite dropping its final two. The Blue Hens did beat Navy, a D I-AA opponent.

JMU lost to UNC which doesn't count against them and their two losses to Richmond and Delaware were by a combined four points and both teams are in the top-10. The CAA has received four bids before, last coming in 2004 when the league was still the Atlantic-10.

Three bubble teams lost today in Georgia Southern, Alabama A&M and Colgate making local Harrisonburg media to think JMU is definitely in. This raises another question though, where would the Dukes play. Although the games are usually regionally matched-up at least one eastern team will have to go out to undefeated Montana. The Dukes could get less travel and play in a televised game against Appalachian St. Many think because of the Michigan upset, the Mountaineers will get one of the two televised FCS games this year. One will by on Friday afternoon and the other on Saturday night.

Stay tuned to find out what lies ahead for a team that really likes to take it down to the end each regular season.