{"id":4261,"date":"2012-08-28T23:54:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T03:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2012-08-29T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T11:36:10","slug":"prediction-contest-2012-jmu-vs-st-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4261","title":{"rendered":"Predict the Winner of JMU vs. St. Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We had so much fun with our weekly JMU football prediction contest<\/a> last season that we’re running it back this year. Here’s how it’s going to work. A few days before each JMU game, we’ll publish a predictions contest post asking readers to pick the winner using the comments. If there is a tie, the person who comments first wins and we’ll take predictions right up until kick-off. The reader who comes closest to nailing it (winner and score) will get to write a guest post on anything his or heart desires the following week. And we really will let you write about anything…provided whatever you write doesn’t make you (or more importantly either of us) look like an asshole. The bar was set pretty high last year with some terrific guest posts<\/a>. We’re expecting more great things this year. Maybe we’ll even discover the next member of the JMUSB blogging team.<\/p>\n

And in case you were wondering, this does not in any way take the place of our game previews. We’ll continue to post those on Friday of every game week. Expect a blend of somewhat serious analysis with plenty of snark thrown in to rile up the opposing team’s fanbase. This week’s post might be a little more on the serious side on account of the fact that St. Francis doesn’t appear to have any fans to rile up however.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to this. The JMU Dukes open the 2012 football season with plenty of high expectations. Lots of fans are thinking this team has what it takes to win the CAA Championship and make a deep run in the playoffs. But before they can begin the CAA campaign, they’ll need to work some things out in 3 out of conference games. The first of which is this Saturday against the St. Francis University Red Flash (love that name btw). JMU is picked to contend in the always tough CAA. St. Francis is looking to improve upon last year’s 2-9 record and \u00a0last place finish in the NEC. Who wins and by what score?<\/p>\n