Contrasts in the importance of finishing stronger than a team starts shaped the final weekend before Colonial Athletic Association competition kicks off in the 2021 spring season.  

Rarely does a defensive performance get overshadowed when it produces a shutout, but that seemed to be the case with the James Madison defense following Saturday’s 52-0 triumph over Morehead State.

More than 13 months passed between the end of James Madison’s last season and kickoff of the current, but the Dukes look like they missed no time at all. 

Elon and James Madison will kick off the unique spring 2021 season with a pair of non-conference games on Saturday. 

How to watch James Madison host Robert Morris in an FCS spring non-conference showdown at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va.

As COVID-19 cases surged in the summer, without truly relenting in the months since, college football decision-makers faced a precarious choice with little time for debate: to play in the autumn, or postpone?