JMU Concludes Football Drills with Spring Game Saturday

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HARRISONBURG, Va., April 20, 2006 – The James Madison University football team will complete its spring practice period Saturday (April 22) with its annual spring game. The Dukes are scheduled to take part in an intra-squad scrimmage that will begin at noon at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field.

Saturday's activities will be open to the public with no admission charge.

JMU has been practicing since late March during the NCAA-allowed spring workout period of 15 sessions. The Dukes are preparing for an 11-game 2006 schedule that will include a meeting of the last two Division I-AA national champions and games against three other NCAA playoff teams from 2005.

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Dukes Looking For Depth Today
The spring football game will feature plenty of little-known players.

By Mike Barber
Posted 2006-04-22

It’ll be Star Search -- light on the stars, heavy on the search.

That’s the theme for today’s annual James Madison football spring game, scheduled for noon at Bridgeforth Stadium.

JMU coach Mickey Matthews plans to hold out many of his top players, in part to protect them from injury, in part to audition their understudies in game-like conditions.

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