Mettlen spoke to Byington and has an article up on the schedule this year

https://www.dnronline.com/sports/schedul...6fdf4.html

"Deals for eight non-conference contests had already been negotiated before Byington took the JMU job as games against Radford, Fordham and ECU were continuations of series the Dukes were already taking part in."

- Rowe was working on the Florida game
- Byington got us in the GA Tech tourney game that came with Longwood and Mt St Marys
- Wants to play where he recruits (including GA and FL)
- Wants to win CAA championships
- D3 games are good for business (save money on travel, make a little at the gate), but does not want these types of games in the future

D3 schedule note from Mettlen -- https://twitter.com/Shane_DNRSports/stat...0476236801