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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. ....
Two of the big reasons VMI is in the playoffs: Reece Udinski and Seth Morgan Published Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021, 7:48 pm Join AFP s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Reece Udinski. Photo by Chris Graham. Reece Udinski is the foundation of VMI football’s growth into being an FCS playoff team. The injured senior quarterback, appropriately, will lead the Keydets onto the field at Bridgeforth Stadium for Saturday’s first-round playoff game with top-ranked JMU. “We’re going to have him carry one of the flags, either the VMI flag or the American flag, on Saturday when we take the field. So when we take the field Saturday, we will not be running, we’ll be walking on the field as fast as Reece can go,” VMI coach Scott Wachenheim said. ....
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) â Eric Schmid passed for 202 yards and a touchdown and ran for 92 yards to help Sam Houston State beat McNeese State 27-13 on Saturday. The No. 5 Bearkats (5-0, 5-0 Southland Conference) earned a share of the conference title at the time of their victory and clinched it outright when Incarnate Word loss to Northwestern State on Saturday night. The loss ended the season for the Cowboys (3-4, 2-4) and snapped their streak of 15 straight winning seasons, which had been the longest active streak in FCS. McNeese State opened the scoring with a field goal in the middle of the first quarter, and Sam Houston State answered with 27 straight points. Noah Smith caught a 19-yard TD pass from Schmid, Ramon Jefferson and Donovan Williams each had TD runs, and Seth Morgan kicked a pair of field goals. ....