The University of Delaware has been selected as the CAA Football champion and automatic qualifier to the NCAA Football Championship following a vote of the conference’s athletics directors (which did not include the athletic directors at Delaware or James Madison) on Saturday evening.

Ricky Tunstall checked a receiver headed to the sideline, but spotting a pass thrown away from his assignment, changed direction. Tunstall jumped the route, and behind a convoy of blockers, went untouched into the Villanova Stadium end zone. 

When Villanova coach Mark Ferrante was asked to identify the strengths of the Villanova football team he seemed to mention a little bit of everything. No surprise there, since Delaware enters Saturday’s matchup with Villanova unbeaten (4-0) and ranked No. 7 in the STATS FCS Top 25 poll.

CAA Football has announced its weekly award winners for Week 8 of the spring 2021 season. Delaware senior running back Dejoun Lee earned Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Blue Hens’ sophomore safety Noah Plack received Defensive Player of the Week accolades. Delaware sophomore kicker Ryan Coe was selected as the Special Teams Player of the Week. 

Delaware coach Danny Rocco said he entered last Saturday’s matchup against Rhode Island confident his team could have success running the ball against the Rams. Turns out he was right.

Coming off a two-week layoff due to COVID-19 protocols, James Madison coach Curt Cignetti described the Dukes’ return to action at William & Mary as “a playoff game.”