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James Madison officials made another plea to the NCAA Division I board of directors Monday to reduce its football program's FCS to FBS transition from two years to one, so the undefeated Dukes can be eligible to compete in a postseason bowl game this season.
In a letter to NCAA Division I board of directors chairman Jere Moorhead, the University of Georgia president, JMU president Jonathan Alger and athletic director Jeff Bourne argued the Dukes have "embarked on this transition in ways that no other institution has since the transition rules changed 23 years ago" and that their "student-athletes have achieved an astonishing, unprecedented level of success during this period.