After a bad performance against West VA last week at FedEx in which JMU was just overmatched, the Dukes comeback to dominate Rhode Island this weekend.
Redshirt-senior quarterback Justin Thorpe had his first career 300-yard passing game to lead #6/7 James Madison football team to a 32-7 victory in their Colonial Athletic Association opener at Rhode Island, Sept. 22. The Dukes are now 11-3 in CAA openers under head coach Mickey Matthews and move to 3-1 and 1-0 in the CAA, while the Rams fall to 0-3 and 0-2 in league play
Thorpe had career highs in completions, attempts and yards, going 26-for-40 for 340 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Sophomore wide receiver De'Andre' Smith had a career-high eight receptions for 53 yards and one rushing score, while redshirt-junior receiver Renard Robinson had a career-high 87 yards and one touchdown on three catches.
Madison had 498 yards of total offense while limiting the Rams to just 183 yards, including 95 yards after URI's first two possessions of the game. JMU converted 11-of-20 third-down opportunities while holding URI to just 1-of-10. The Dukes were also 2-of-3 on fourth-down chances as compared to the Rams being unsuccessful on both of theirs.
The Dukes will be off next week and will return home for three of their next four, starting with defending CAA champion Towson, Sat., Oct. 6. Kickoff for the sold-out Family Weekend contest at Bridgeforth Stadium is set for 1 p.m., and will be nationally televised on NBC Sports Network.
In other relevant college football news, UVA takes its second straight beating losing to TCU 27-7. After a promising 2-0 start, UVA finds itself at .500 and is scheduled to take on Louisiana Tech this weekend. I like Coach London but he has got to right the ship and fast. It may be time to replace the QB with that younger transfer guy.
Also, W&M takes a beat down against Delaware to fall to 0-4 on the year.
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