52 Days and Counting!

Though we still have no idea how we’re going to get through the next seven weeks, it’s great to know there are only 52 days left till the football Dukes kickoff the Withers era in College Park against one of the nation’s best players, Stefon Diggs, and the rest of the underwhelming new B1G member Terps!  And even less than that (38 days in fact) till the Women’s Soccer team gets the entire JMU Athletics year started against Bucknell on August 16.

And in case you hadn’t noticed, and judging by JMU’s non-athletics headlines lately you understandably have not, JMU Sports got itself a newfangled and it has to be said, slick and modern website on July 1.  You can check it out here. The site, produced by a company called Sidearm Sports and hopefully signaling a break from the tech-debacle that has often been NeuLion, has a cleaner, simpler look and we’re both pleased so far and hopeful about the future but…

…where the hell is Duke Dog?  Seriously, why does JMU insist on trying to marginalize Duke Dog, the real Duke Dog we all know and love, seemingly every year.  First they tried to sex him up with a more aggressive look for the mascot costume and a shinier gray, but three-year olds all over Bridgeforth were terrified and quickly called out the imposter.  Now JMU seems to have removed Duke Dog from all of our logos on the new website. Unfortunately, all the rebranding in the world isn’t going to change the fact we’re still in the CAA.

Now please, #FreeDukeDog!