{"id":10382,"date":"2018-08-27T08:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10382"},"modified":"2018-08-27T08:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:02:13","slug":"gameweek-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10382","title":{"rendered":"Gameweek!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"10337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=10337\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?fit=1200%2C898&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,898\" 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=\"Riley SDSU\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?fit=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5a2f0db789d71.image_.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>There&#8217;s a JMU Football game on Saturday. THIS Saturday. It&#8217;s in Raleigh at a real stadium against a real team with a real fanbase. It&#8217;s on ESPNU at noon. Except for the playoffs, it&#8217;s probably the game that excites many JMU fans the most this season. \u00a0So make that annual trip to Party City for bags of streamers and purple solo cups. And please listen the JMUSB podcast season preview after we record tonight. And get your work-purple ready for Friday.<\/p>\n<p>And football isn&#8217;t the only thing going. In fact, it&#8217;ll be about the last JMU Fall Sport to kickoff. A few highlights of the past weekend included Field Hockey bouncing back from a frustrating opening night to <a href=\"https:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2018\/8\/26\/field-hockey-dukes-blank-bucknell.aspx\">pick up their first victory<\/a> by shutting out Bucknell and the VolleyDukes taking two out of three, including a big statement with a victory over SEC foe Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>So all we&#8217;re saying is it&#8217;s time to root and welcome back! Pod tonight, an attempt at real writing mid-week, and the first Beer of the Week and Preview coming on Friday. Can&#8217;t wait to join everyone on another ride this season.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D10382&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>There&#8217;s a JMU Football game on Saturday. THIS Saturday. It&#8217;s in Raleigh at a real stadium against a real team with a real fanbase. It&#8217;s on ESPNU at noon. Except for the playoffs, it&#8217;s probably the game that excites many JMU fans the most this season. \u00a0So make that annual trip to Party City for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9619,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9619","url_meta":{"origin":10382,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: From Wearing Ties to Start Wearing Purple","date":"September 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"89 Dukes won our first prediction contest of the year, so he earned the right to guest post. Here's his piece on his evolution from a fan who wears a tie to support his team, to one who Starts Wearing Purple every Saturday. As I was thinking of what to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pirate-stadium2-1024x511.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3048,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3048","url_meta":{"origin":10382,"position":1},"title":"On Arriving Late and Leaving Early","date":"October 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU absolutely crushed one of its biggest rivals on Saturday in front of over 25,000 fans. The 31-7 victory over Richmond moved the Dukes to 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in the CAA. It was one of the most dominating JMU defensive performances in a long time. 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Neither team is playoff bound, so\u00a0this is it.\u00a0Thanks to last week's huge victory over William & Mary, a win\u00a0for the Dukes\u00a0would\u00a0salvage a winning record.\u00a0Finishing 6-5 would be a consolation prize at best,\u00a0considering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/maine1-300x229.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9827,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9827","url_meta":{"origin":10382,"position":5},"title":"Guest Post: Bleeding Purple","date":"October 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jay Deck won last week's prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. 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