The core of the 2023 11-2 James Madison team that the NCAA denied a waiver for bowl eligibility just won a National Championship. The NCAA owes JMU a formal apology and should end the bad policy of punishing athletes whose schools move up.
Head coach JMU
Offensive coordinator JMU
Defensive coordinator JMU
Special teams coordinator JMU
Most receiving tds JMU
Most rushing TDs JMU
Blocked punt in natty JMU
Elijah Sarratt was at Saint Francis in 2022 (FCS school declassifying to D3)
Curt Cignetti found him he transferred to JMU. (As many of the IU players played did)
Tonight in his biggest game. Two TDs on seven receptions to send IU to the National Title
3 of the 5 players who scored for Indiana in the first half of the Peach Bowl (Kaelon Black + Elijah Sarratt + D’Angelo Ponds) are transfers from James Madison with Curt Cignetti.
The same JMU that also put up 34 on Oregon. But I thought they “couldn’t compete” and that it “was a safety hazard” for them to be in the playoff.
Wayne Knight is without a doubt the best player in the portal 👀
Knight in 2025:
🟣 207 Carries
🟡 1,770 Total Yards
🟣 10 Total TDs
🟡 6.6 AVG YPC
Where will Knight land 👀
Tulane and JMU were outgained in the playoffs by a COMBINED 81 yards.
Alabama and Miami (round 1 WINNERS) were outgained by a combined 150 yards.
Tulane and JMU also played two higher seeded teams in the first round.
Don’t let national media pushing narratives about G5 programs for ratings $ convince you that there’s a bigger talent discrepancy between top G5 teams and P4 teams than there actually is.
If Tulane or James Madison win, none of the talking heads trying to box them out will admit they were wrong. What they will do instead is shift to complaining that now a quarterfinal is ruined.
Watch closely.
JMU’s head coach, OC and other staff will be at UCLA next season.
They’ll take players with them.
Those players will be drafted and UCLA will get the credit for “development” and having “real talent.”
Indiana is the easy example, but it happens everywhere.
The combined W/L of every team Jaxson Dart has faced is 68-36 (65-26 without the Saints). He has faced 7(!!) playoff teams including 5 division leaders. He has an 18-3 TD-INT ratio. It is quite obvious and clear who the best rookie QB in the NFL is.