HARRISONBURG – Seven of James Madison’s 10 remaining football games will be televised, the school announced Tuesday.
This comes after the Daily News-Record learned JMU was working on finalizing its own traditional television deal late last month after the Colonial Athletic Association failed to secure one.
The deal guarantees the Dukes will match a school-record with seven regular-season televised contests. Four of those games will be shown on MASN or MASN2.
Saturday’s home opener against East Tennessee State will be available on CSN Mid-Atlantic Plus at 6 p.m.
Home games against Norfolk State (MASN2), Maine (MASN), Villanova (MASN2) and Richmond (MASN2) are also slated to air.
Road games at Delaware (CSN Mid-Atlantic Plus) and at William & Mary (COX Cable) will be televised too.
“With the conference switching focus to digital this year, we felt it was imperative coming off a national championship to provide television coverage to our fan base,” JMU athletic director Jeff Bourne said in the school’s official release. “We worked swiftly to construct an attractive package, in order to build upon the current momentum of our program and strengthen our overall exposure.”