Fun Stats
- JMU is only the second FCS team ever to beat a ranked FBS team
- JMU hadn't won a game against an FBS team since 1990 with a win over Navy
- This was Virginia Tech's second loss to an FCS team in its history (Richmond was the first, in 1985 - three years after UR moved down to the FCS level)
- Virginia Tech hasn't started a season 0-2 since 1995
- This ended a 32 game home non-conference win-streak for VT
- Said streak began with a 47-0 win over JMU on September 4, 1999 (What goes around comes around)
- JMU was paid $450,000 by Virginia Tech to play the game
- Jamal Sullivan's 77-yard TD catch was the longest reception against Tech's defense since 2003
- Virginia Tech was 7-1 on games after short weeks under Beamer (now 7-2)
- The Hokies are now unranked for the first time since Nov. 30, 2008 (they garnered no points in this weeks AP poll)
- JMU has 11 points in the week's AP Poll (USA Today Poll doesn't allow votes for FCS teams - yet)
- JMU is now #33 in the Sagarin rankings of all Division I football teams
Media Attention
DNR
JMU Stuns Virginia Tech
Biggest Win Ever At JMU
Duke Fans Celebrate 'Historic' Victory
We Believed
JMU Now No. 3
Bye Comes At Good Time For JMU
No Doubt: JMU's Biggest Win Ever
Straight Into Lore
ESPN
On The Mark: On Any Given Saturday
Page 2: Is Texans' win a sign of Armageddon (Sweet Play of the Week)
Bottom 10 teams looking to trade places
Breeze
King for a day
Celebrations at JMU
Shocker in Blacksburg
Nothing to lose
Other
Washington Examiner: JMU's brilliant scheme (James Irwin)
Roanoke Times
dailypress.com: CAA Power
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