Fan the Flames Preview: James Madison

Chris Summers had his coming out party up in Easton, PA this past weekend catching a career high 14 passes as Liberty hung on and defeated the Lafayette Leopards 19-13 and avenge a loss at Williams Stadium in 2008. Mike Brown made his second straight start at QB and had another solid game, going 29-36 for 256 yards and 20 rushes for 88 yards. Summers finished with a career high in yards as well, with 138 on those 14 catches.

Now to look ahead to what will be the biggest game in Liberty history...






(1-1) #6



vs.




(2-1) #24



The James Madison Dukes make their first return to Williams Stadium since 2001 for a Saturday night clash on Hall of Fame weekend. This will be the first time ever that the two teams will both be ranked coming into the matchup. The Dukes are led by their own dual threat QB in Drew Dudzik. The redshirt junior leads the team in passing going 18-28 for 335 yards and 5 TDs but also ranks second in rushing with 112 including a 70 yd TD in the opener against Maryland. Another one to watch is leading receiver Rockeed McCarter. the 6-3 senior is second on teh team with 189 receiving yards and 2 TDs both second on the team behind TE Mike Caussin. If the Flames are going to win this game they are going to really have to step up the pass defense as they did against Elon last fall, otherwise the Dukes will be running up and down teh field all night and putting up points in bunches. Danny Rocco always gets the boys up for big games and coming off back to back wins the Flames will be burning extra hot and in front of a record crowd, I think they get an upset victory

Liberty 34
JMU 31