{"id":11002,"date":"2019-07-17T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2019-07-17T07:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T11:16:34","slug":"in-which-we-break-our-silence-on-conference-realignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11002","title":{"rendered":"In Which We Break Our Silence on Conference Realignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=11006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?fit=742%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"742,419\" 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=\"Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?fit=742%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11006\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen_Shot_2018_08_21_at_9.29.05_PM.png.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/27203230\">AAC isn&#8217;t replacing UConn<\/a> at this time. We&#8217;ve long remained silent on the topic of conference realignment, not because we concluded that JMU was not realistically being considered by the powers that be in the AAC, realized we had absolutely no control over it, and decided to be excited about what JMU is, instead of wasting energy on what it is not. And not because we just got sick of the entire &#8220;debate&#8221; years ago. But with this absolutely earth shattering (and not all expected) bit of news, we can no longer stay silent. Our voices must be heard. Buckle up boys and girls because we&#8217;re about to unload every thought and feeling we have on the topic, no matter how much it hurts, or how mentally exhausting it might be. Here goes.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Meh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go Dukes!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D11002&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>The AAC isn&#8217;t replacing UConn at this time. We&#8217;ve long remained silent on the topic of conference realignment, not because we concluded that JMU was not realistically being considered by the powers that be in the AAC, realized we had absolutely no control over it, and decided to be excited about what JMU is, instead [&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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8730,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8730","url_meta":{"origin":11002,"position":0},"title":"Is JMU Finally Going to Make an FBS Move?","date":"August 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=9490592]Unless you've been taking a break from sports altogether, you're well aware that the Big 12 is looking at expanding. 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Since we started this project in '09, no other issue (not even losing a bid to Eastern Kentucky, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5521,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5521","url_meta":{"origin":11002,"position":5},"title":"JMU Water Polo!","date":"June 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This is our 640th post here at JMUSB and I'm pretty confident it's the first time we've ever mentioned the men's club water polo squad. \u00a0It's the summer though, and Rob and I are split as usual on whether or not the sky is falling and JMU has their eyes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11002"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11011,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}