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.

A contest pitting teams like James Madison against North Dakota — teams built around hard-hitting styles — comparison to a heavyweight boxing match might come to mind.

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.

Jawon Hamilton accomplished the next-to-impossible feat in James Madison’s 31-24 FCS Playoffs win over VMI of setting a record that will never be broken.

An audience of more than 100,000 rooting for you to fail isn’t the most welcoming way in which to start a new job. For Zac Thomas, these conditions set a fitting tone. 

Players from all over the country will head to Florida this weekend (Sunday, Jan. 17) to compete in this year's 2021 SPIRAL Tropical Bowl.