For years, there have been musings of a potential FBS jump for James Madison. And for years, the CAA school with a mid-eight-figure budget that sits alongside the higher end of Group of 5 schools, the Dukes haven’t made—or, from all indications, seriously pursued—a move to, presumably, the American Athletic Conference.
Forget the AAC; the Dukes should aim higher and demand an invitation to the Big 12, though the conference’s softball programs might push back as JMU runs through the conference’s best programs in the Women’s College World Series.
On Friday, one day after shocking No.