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(STATS) -- The FCS Championship Game is marred with player suspensions on both finalists, James Madison and Youngstown State.Youngstown State won its semifinal Saturday without five suspended players. On Tuesday, the Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News-Record reported James Madison has suspended seven players while the Dukes prepare for the championship game January 7 in Frisco, Texas.Two of the seven -- junior linebacker Brandon Hereford, who led the team in tackles during the regular season, and junior wide receiver Terrence Alls, the teams second-leading receiver -- were suspended prior to the fourth-seeded Dukes 27-17 win at No. 1 seed North Dakota State in Fridays semifinal.First-year coach Mike Houston released a statement through the athletics department: We have very high expectations in terms of standards of conduct for our student-athletes and our football program and how they represent James Madison University. Unfortunately, we have a few student-athletes who have not met those standards and we will hold them accountable. They did not compete against North Dakota State and have been suspended indefinitely.Houston said at the schools fan and press luncheon he did not anticipate any suspended players would be back for the final.An athletics department spokesman said there would be no further comment.The suspensions within the CAA Football program add to the cloud hovering over the championship game.Youngstown State was shorthanded while defeating second-seeded Eastern Washington 40-38 in its semifinal. The Penguins played without second-leading rusher Martin Ruiz, who was arrested on fourth-degree gun charges two weeks ago; wide receiver Darien Townsend, who leads the team in receiving yards; and safeties Jameel Smith and LeRoy Alexander, their Nos. 2 and 3 tacklers, respectively. Also suspended was wide receiver Robert Byrd, who has three receptions this season.Although coach Bo Pelini and the Missouri Valley Football Conference program have not identified a reason for the suspensions, reports in Youngstown said the players were suspended after NCAA substance tests were administered following a second-round win over Jacksonville State on Dec. 3.The NCAA tests for steroids and masking agents year-round as well as for stimulants and recreational drugs during the postseason.If suspended for banned substances, the Youngstown State players would not be eligible to return for the championship game.Youngstown State (12-3) is seeking to add to it four previous FCS championships, all during the 1990s. James Madison (13-1) won the national title in 2004. Marcos Diplan Twins Jersey . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. 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Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. The stage is set in Toronto, Canada. The fans have converged on the Air Canada Center and the famous arena is decked out in League of Legends garb. At last, the two finalists, Team SoloMid and Cloud9, are ready to play for the North American League Championship Series (NA LCS) championship. Nine weeks of regular-season play and two playoff weekends have led us to this moment.Historically, TSM has bested C9 twice in the NA LCS Finals before, and C9 in turn has taken two finals against TSM as well. Sundays final in front of the electric Canadian crowd will be the tiebreak in the three year rivalry between the two most successful teams in NA LCS history.Before they open the curtains, however, the arena must be reset after a third-place match that will be remembered as one of the longest best-of-fives in League of Legends history. In a five-match classic, Immortals repeated its successful bid for third place from the spring with a gutsy 3-2 victory over back-to-back domestic champion Counter Logic Gaming.After the marathon best-of-five, all eyes have turned to TSM and C9. ESPN sat down with two of the biggest superstars in the NA LCS, Immortals Kim Reignover Yeu-jin and CLGs Zaqueri Aphromoo Black, to hear who they thought would exit Toronto Sunday as the new kings of North America.I thought TSM was going to win, but recently weve been practicing [against] both teams, said Reignover. And both teams are really good, but I think C9 seems really strong, so I think itll [go to a] fifth game. I think C9 is goiing to win.ddddddddddddI think its going to go 3-2 TSM, stated Aphromoo, agreeing with Reignovers five-game prediction but not the projected winner. We didnt really get to scrim TSM that much before we played them, so obviously I thought C9 was pretty damn good, and even after I played them I thought C9 was a little better. But TSM has picked it up the last week when weve been scrimming them and stuff like that, so theyre just on top of their game. I really hope it goes five games because I think both teams definitely have [been pushing] the envelope a lot, especially with [Head Coach Bok Reapered Han-gyu] coming in for C9 and TSM having [coach Weldon Green] full-time this split, too. So both of those teams are definitely looking good.An added extra wrinkle to the finals is how it affects fourth-place team CLGs eligibility for the World Championship for a second straight year. If TSM were to win the finals, CLG would automatically qualify for Worlds and avoid the gauntlet-style tournament that is the NA Regional Qualifiers next week; however, if Cloud9 is able to pull off the upset, it would grab CLGs assured spot to Worlds. Then CLG would most likely need to face Immortals again in the Regionals to qualify.We asked if Aphromoo had any words of encouragement hed like to offer TSM before Sundays final.Good luck, TSM, he said. If [you] win, thank you. If not, thank you again. ' ' '