Next Week Is Officially Duke Club Week You Guys
Like most of you, we’re squarely focused on the JMU vs. UD game this weekend. While we don’t want to distract anyone from rootin on Saturday, we’d like to take a sneak peek towards next week. Because next week is officially JMU Duke Club Week. And our fine friends from the Duke Club asked us to help get the word out.
If you’re anything like us (and pray you are not), you might not know what Duke Club Week is. We certainly didn’t. But it’s pretty simple. Each JMU home football game has a sponsor and next week the Duke Club is sponsoring the clash against William & Mary. And they’ve decided to make the entire week a celebration of sorts for the Duke Club. It’s really just a way to spread the word about the Duke Club, celebrate all the great things it’s done, and get folks excited about the organization. Since it’s 2016, we can just call it a branding exercise. Nobody is asking for anything. Although if you’d like to give, we ain’t gonna be mad at you.
Todd and I are both proud members of the Duke Club and have been for years. We love giving back and supporting the student athletes who’ve provided us with countless hours of entertainment and memories to last a life time. And we’ve had more fun than you can imagine at Duke Club watch parties, happy hours, and Coaches Caravans than you can imagine. But we’ll save our little testimonial on why we love being Duke Club members for another day.
Instead, we took to Twitter and asked Duke Club donors why they give to JMU athletics. The responses were pretty great, so we thought we’d share some here.
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub To thank the athletics program for the chances it gave me to meet people and to help it grow better and “bigger”
— JMUSalerno (@NickSalerno) September 28, 2016
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub Because I love JMU. And all JMU Sports are the front porch to the school. And because Bryan Allen said to.
— Carol Benassi (@cabdallas) September 28, 2016
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub so others can have the same (or better) experience as we did at the BEST UNIVERSITY IN VA #JMU
— Seth Miller (@Seth_JMU06Duke) September 27, 2016
@ZPriceIsRight @JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub I give because I could never give back enough compared to what JMU gave me
— Christopher Nahlik (@nahlikcj) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog Why do I give to @JMUDukeClub ? Because after everything JMU has given me over 30 years, how can I NOT give back? #PayItIn
— James Hickey (@PressBoxGuy) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub Because nothing breeds school spirit more and it is the most fun you can have in college and is the easiest…
— Sean (@SeanPetrizzi) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog Because of how much JMU Athletics helped positively impact my college experience.
— Joe Kuykendall (@Joe_Kuyk) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub I give to help others have the same amazing experience I did in college.
— Trill6Mafia (@JTPartlow21) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub I give because of @nahlikcj taking me under his wing and teaching me how to be a real JMU supporter.
— Zac Price (@ZPriceIsRight) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog I give to support the JMU student athletes and help in promoting the JMU Brand via athletics/front-porch.
— Chris Liles (@louisa_cliles) September 27, 2016
@JMUsportsblog@JMUDukeClub I believe as fans we have an obligation to support the student athletes with more than with just our cheers.
— Jonathan McNamara (@JMUJONMAC) September 28, 2016
And perhaps the best reason of all…
@JMUsportsblog @JMUDukeClub Because I root, duh.
— Erik Pitzer (@pitz2) September 28, 2016
