Welcome to a projected battle of third-string quarterbacks. Injuries and transfers have erased the top names from both sides on the depth chart. The difference is, numerous other Hilltoppers have jammed the transfer portal, notably their top receiver and pass rusher, along with a record-breaking placekicker. James Madison can thrive offensively even with a QB, Billy Adkins, who has unfurled one pass all season. (It fell incomplete). Western’s rush defense is dreadful, so the Dukes should be handing off left and right . . . and up the middle. The ’Toppers’ stellar bowl record — three straight outright wins, seven of the last nine — is irrelevant because what’s left of the roster is a shell of its former self.