WELL, BRUCE THE FLURRIES
ARE FALLING IN
HARRISONBURG AS JAMES
MADISON GETS SET FOR
THEIR SEMIFINAL MATCHUP
AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE, AND
FOR HEAD COACH MIKE
HOUSTON, IT'S BEGINNING
TO LOOK A LOT LIKE
CHRISTMAS. TODAY HE
SIGNED A 10-YEAR
EXTENSION THAT'S GOING TO
KEEP HIM THE HEAD MAN OF
THE DUKES
I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES
BEFORE, THAT JMU IS A
SPECIAL PLACE. AT THE END
OF THE DAY, IT CAME DOWN
TO WHAT'S THE BEST
DECISION FOR AMANDA, (MY
SONS) AND I, AND WHAT'S
THE BEST DECISION FOR
WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.
HARRISONBURG IS A SPECIAL
PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY
AND JMU IS A SPECIAL
PLACE. THIS IS WHERE WE
WANT TO BE.
WHERE THE DUKES HAVE BEEN
UNDER HOUSTON IS ALMOST
UNMATCHED.
NATIONAL CHAMPS LAST
YEAR---AND NOW 25
STRAIGHT WINS, THE SECOND
LONGEST STREAK IN FCS
HISTORY---
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
WE REALLY DON'T EVEN
THINK
ABOUT IT. THE ONLY ONE
THAT MATTERED LAST WEEK
WAS WEBER ST, AND THE
ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS
THIS WEEK IS SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE.
SOMETIME WE FORGET ABOUT
IT BECAUSE WE'RE SO INTO
THE GAME, BEING IN THE
PLAYOFFS AND GOING ONE
GAME AT A TIME, BUT WE
THINK OF THAT AS A GOOD
ACCCOMPLISHMENT, BUT WE
ARE FAR FROM DONE.
AFTER SURVIVING WEBER
STATE WITH A LAST SECOND
FIELD GOAL LAST WEEKEND,
THE DUKES WELCOME ANOTHER
HAVING ALLOWED JUT 16
TOUCHDOWNS ALL
YEAR---THEY'LL HAVE TO
CONTAIN THE TOP OFFENSE
IN THE COUNTRY, IN SOUTH
DAKOTA STATE.
DUAL-THREAT QUARTERBACK
WHO HAS THROWN FOR OVER
3,000 YARDS, IS THEIR
SECOND-LEADING RUSHER, IS
VERY DYNAMIC. THE TIGHT
END GOEDERT IS PROJECTED
FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK,
BEST TIGHT END IN THE
COUNTRY, NO MATTER WHAT
DIVISION YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT OR WHAT LEVEL
YOU'RE TALKKING ABOUT
JMU'S HIGH-POWERED
OFFENSE IS LED BY
QUARTERBACK BRYAN SCHOR,
NOW THE SCHOOL'S ALL-TIME
LEADER IN CAREER YARDS
AND PASSING TOUCHDOWNS.
THEY'VE DONE A REALLY
GOOD JOB THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR KEEPING PEOPLE UNDER
40 POINTS A GAME AND
DOING A LOT OF REALLY
GOOD THINGS. THEY'VE GOT
A REALLY TALENTED
LINEBACKER, A REALLY
TALENTED DB SO, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US, BUT IT'S
SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED
OR.
AND BRUCE, THIS WEATHER
IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT
THEY
GOT WHEN THEY PLAYED FOR
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
IN FRISCO LAST YEAR, AND
THEY'RE
HOPING FOR A RETURN TRIP
THIS YEAR. KICKOFF IS SET
FOR 4:30. FOR THE
SPORTSWRAP, I'M NATHAN
EPSTEIN. BACK
TO YOU IN WHAT I ASSUME
IS A VERY WARM SPORTSWRAP
STUDIO.
TO YOU IN WHAT I ASSUME
IS A VERY WARM SPORTSWRAP
STUDIO.
NOT THAT IT MATTERS THAT
MUCH ANYMORE, BUT JORDAN
