This is the Depth Dossier: the James Madison Dukes, Week 7.

The Dukes didn't just beat Georgia State, they turned it into a track meet from the opening series, winning 49 to 22 and barely bothering to punt.

James Madison scored on five of its first six possessions and led 35 to 10 at the half. Quarterbacks Camden Coleman and JC Evans split reps by design, combining for three touchdown passes and two more rushing scores. Running back George Pettaway ran for 119 yards and a touchdown, his fourth straight hundred-yard game. And up two scores, the Dukes decided that wasn't safe enough, firing a successful onside kick that led to a touchdown five plays later. Wide receiver Michael Scott had the signature play of the night, taking a kickoff back 76 yards and then catching a touchdown pass just three snaps later.

The numbers back up how dominant this actually was. James Madison went six for six in the red zone and started drives, on average, with the best field position of any team that played this weekend. Add in strong line yards and near-perfect short-yardage running, and this was never a game that was going to slip away.

That onside kick says a lot about how head coach Billy Napier's staff is operating at seven and oh. They'd already kicked toward one player earlier in the game just to set up the look, then called it for real up two scores. Cornerback Miles Halbert recovered it, and five plays later Coleman found a receiver for 19 yards to cash it in. Napier didn't hide the approach. He said, "We wanted to call the game aggressive in all three phases."

Scott's return game was its own story. He came into the week leading the nation in combined return yards, and he backed it up with three kickoff returns for 120 yards, including that 76-yarder that set up his own touchdown catch. Even he undersold it afterward, saying, "I gotta finish one of these returns." He basically did.

A few other things worth knowing. Turnovers favored James Madison despite a lost fumble that set up a Georgia State field goal. Defensive lineman Ernest Willor Junior had two sacks and forced a fumble that linebacker Roddrey McWilliams recovered. And kicker Christian Suarez missed two field goals after entering the week among the best in the country in makes per game, a rare rough patch in an otherwise clean rout that also included a penalty on Napier himself before halftime.

Now to the part that's becoming the real story in Harrisonburg: there were no injuries to report, which is turning into the normal state of affairs for this team. But the quarterback situation isn't a wrinkle anymore, it's the actual plan. Coleman started and threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns on 13 of 19 passing. Evans came in near the goal line to score on the opening drive, ran a full second-quarter possession, and handled third and fourth down duty, finishing with a passing touchdown and two rushing scores himself.

Napier confirmed it's scripted week to week, saying, "We played JC just a little more this week, and we'll just keep evaluating what we see." Evans himself suggested the package keeps growing, noting that defenses selling out against the run is opening up throws down the field.

Pettaway remains the one constant no matter who's at quarterback. Fourteen carries for 119 yards was his most efficient game of the stretch, and that's four straight hundred-yard performances. Scott, meanwhile, is turning into a complete weapon, adding four catches for 44 yards and a score on top of his return work.

Both quarterbacks are expected to play again Thursday, and how that split trends from here is the thing to watch.

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