CATIE HARPER Daily News-Record

HARRISONBURG — James Madison gets a week off after splitting its first two games.

The Dukes enter their first of two bye weeks this season after falling 28-14 last Friday on the road against Louisville.

It’s a game that JMU coach Bob Chesney said he felt like his team should’ve won.

But it wasn’t in the cards for the Dukes, and now they have a week to recoup before putting their 20-game in-state winning streak on the line against Liberty.

“You just go until they say you have a break,” Chesney said. “I think wherever it shows up, it’s an opportunity to reflect and get better on your own. But after two weeks, and sometimes off a loss is one of the better ways, or even like last year off of an average game, it’s one of the good.”

Following the loss at Loui

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