{"id":5824,"date":"2013-09-02T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2013-09-02T21:37:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T01:37:26","slug":"the-mrd-debut-of-start-wearing-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5824","title":{"rendered":"JMU Cannot Let Kansas State Steal Start Wearing Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJkCTSJweAc\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, here is the video from the MRDs pre-game performance of Start Wearing Purple. As we previously stated, the band sounded great. The crowd participation element has a ways to go though. But as we saw with the Pep Band during hoops season, it will happen. And it would be great if it could happen quickly, because Kansas State is <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BqQXN4Lrh8U\">trying to steal it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right. Kansas State is also jumping on the SWP bandwagon. Boo! I came across a KSU video using the song on Youtube while embedding the above version. This is JMU&#8217;s thing people. You&#8217;d think Kansas State would know not to mess with FCS schools after last week, but apparently not. So <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/gogolbordello\/startwearingpurple.html\">learn the words<\/a>, sing along, and spread the word. This is a great tradition in the making.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5824&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here is the video from the MRDs pre-game performance of Start Wearing Purple. As we previously stated, the band sounded great. The crowd participation element has a ways to go though. But as we saw with the Pep Band during hoops season, it will happen. And it would be great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[261],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5536,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5536","url_meta":{"origin":5824,"position":0},"title":"Start Wearing Purple, Coming to Bridgeforth This Fall","date":"June 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Leaks of all sorts have been big news recently. And while this tweet from the JMU Pep Band, might not have caused the same sort of social media frenzy that the Yeezus news did, it definitely had us grinning from ear to ear. Because it's finally happening. 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