The obstacles have been plentiful for Virginia Military Institute this season.
There was the COVID-19 outbreak that sidelined at least 30 players during preseason training camp in January. Then the injury to quarterback Reece Udinski that ended his season in the same game he became the school’s career passing leader, leaving a redshirt freshman in charge of the Air Raid offense.
Oh, and that nearly four-decade history of not having so much as one winning season.
The Keydets overcame it all, going 6-1 to claim their first Southern Conference championship since 1977, their first national ranking and first postseason berth.
Their reward for that success? An economically logical game against James Madison, ranked No. 1 in the STATS Perform FCS Top 25 and one of the dominant programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, 60 miles down Interstate 81 in Harrisonburg on Saturday.
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FCS draft prospects generally opted not to play this spring
By STEVE MEGARGEEApril 22, 2021 GMT
They didn’t participate in their schools’ pandemic-delayed spring season.
“Ultimately, it just comes down to athletes taking care of their bodies,” North Dakota State offensive tackle Dillon Radunz said. “You can go out and have fun and do that, and there’s a certain purity to that, but next thing you know, some guy tears his ACL in the spring, and now he misses out on the spring season, and misses out on the fall season. Then he has to wait another whole year and a half just to play football again.”
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