James Madison Requests to Be Fully Eligible for CFB Bowl Consideration in Letter

James Madison formally petitioned for the NCAA to relax its rules prohibiting the program from earning a postseason bowl berth this year.

The Dukes are 9-0, which would ordinarily mean competing in a bowl game and perhaps earning a New Year's Six bid. However, NCAA rules stipulate a team is ineligible for a bowl within the first two years of moving from the FCS to the FBS levels.

The school wrote a letter to the NCAA requesting to attain bowl eligibillity:

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbachUnbeaten JMU sent a letter to the NCAA Board of Directors on Monday requesting relief from NCAA bylaws restricting transitioning teams from bowl participation. Here's a copy of the letter:…