{"id":10106,"date":"2018-01-04T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10106"},"modified":"2018-01-04T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T12:42:35","slug":"fcs-championship-prediction-contest-jmu-vs-ndsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10106","title":{"rendered":"FCS Championship Prediction Contest: JMU vs. NDSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"10107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=10107\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?fit=959%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"959,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"267502_WaterTower\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?fit=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?fit=959%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10107 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?resize=601%2C501\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/267502_WaterTower.jpg?resize=768%2C641&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>And here we are. The Dukes and Bison have been on a collision course all season. If the season has taught us anything, it&#8217;s that JMU and NDSU are the class of the FCS. And now the two teams are ready for the talk to stop and the game to begin. There&#8217;s really nothing more to say. So let&#8217;s just make some predictions.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment below letting us know which team you think is going to win on Saturday. The person who comes closest to nailing it (winner &amp; score), will get to write a guest post. That&#8217;s it. Easy as we could make it. Now give us your prediction for Saturday&#8217;s championship and Go Dukes!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D10106&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>And here we are. The Dukes and Bison have been on a collision course all season. If the season has taught us anything, it&#8217;s that JMU and NDSU are the class of the FCS. And now the two teams are ready for the talk to stop and the game to begin. There&#8217;s really nothing more [&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":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10112,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10112","url_meta":{"origin":10106,"position":0},"title":"FCS Championship Gameday: JMU vs. NDSU","date":"January 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There's nothing more we can say folks. It's a big day. It's THE big day. JMU and NDSU kick off in a few hours. The winner is the undisputed king of FCS football. We have nothing more to say. Really. It's time to Lock the Damn Gates! Go Dukes! 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