Friday, September 19, 2008

I-AA play has been king in Virginia

Richmond and James Madison are in the top 5. Liberty is in the Top 25. Norfolk State and Hampton are knocking on the door. Even William and Mary is receiving votes in the national poll. Virginia's Division I-AA football - the Football Championship Subdivision, as the NCAA likes to call it - is thriving these days and threatening to take center stage this weekend, when No. 5 JMU hosts three-time defending national champion and top-ranked Appalachian State.

"I've always said that FCS football is the equivalent of the mid-major programs in Division I basketball," JMU coach Mickey Matthew said. "I think everyone would agree that we have as many good mid-major programs in Virginia as anywhere, and the same can be said for football. "There are quality programs in the state, and Old Dominion starting football will only enhance that."

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