The scoreboard, not the ballot box, will determine Saturday’s matchup between Delaware and James Madison.

Mark Ferrante knew the stakes of the call when he decided to go for it on fourth-and-one from his team’s own 29-yard line. But the Villanova coach’s players gave him no choice.

In case a reminder was necessary, Week 5 reemphasized the hyper-competitive nature of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Perhaps the most interesting question entering Saturday’s Colonial Athletic Association matchup between Albany and Delaware is this: Who will start at quarterback for the eighth-ranked Blue Hens?

UCLA hosts LSU Saturday in one of the marquee matchups of FBS Week 1, but Bruins coach Chip Kelly will have an eye on the Colonial Athletic Association while making preparations in California.

From quite literally the first play, it was evident Delaware was in for a special spring football season.

The National Football Foundation’s release of the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022 ballot features an array of standouts who shaped the history of present-day Colonial Athletic Association members.

That was fun. Now, let’s promise never to do it again.

From its inaugural season in 2007 through the 2010 campaign, the Colonial Athletic Association collected two national championships and sent three different members to the National Championship Game over that stretch.

Delaware opened its spring 2021 FCS Playoffs faced with the subdivision’s leading ball-carrier, and the Fightin’ Blue Hens bent without breaking. In the quarterfinals, they’ll face another of the top rushers in the FCS and one of the most prolific overall offenses in college football.

Seven, seven, nine and zero: These were the point totals the Delaware defense allowed in its four playoff games en route to the 2003 Div. I-AA National Championship.

When describing his team’s offense, Delaware coach Danny Rocco likes to say the Blue Hens have a lot of tools in the toolbox. The most useful of those tools may be quarterback Nolan Henderson.

No. 1 in the rankings, No. 3 in playoff seeding?

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.