{"id":11636,"date":"2021-04-21T08:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11636"},"modified":"2021-04-21T08:40:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:40:38","slug":"prediction-contest-jmu-vs-vmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11636","title":{"rendered":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. VMI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=11638\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,220\" 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=\"220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?fit=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?resize=220%2C220\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/220px-2021_FCS_National_Championship_Game_logo.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All the talk about seeds and autobids is behind us. It&#8217;s time to look ahead to JMU&#8217;s first round playoff matchup with VMI. The Dukes welcome the Keydets to Bridgeforth this Saturday and we want to know how you think it will play out. Leave a comment below with your prediction for the game. The person who comes closest to nailing it (winner &amp; score) will get to write a guest post. That&#8217;s it. Go Dukes!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D11636&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>All the talk about seeds and autobids is behind us. It&#8217;s time to look ahead to JMU&#8217;s first round playoff matchup with VMI. The Dukes welcome the Keydets to Bridgeforth this Saturday and we want to know how you think it will play out. Leave a comment below with your prediction for the game. The [&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":11640,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11640","url_meta":{"origin":11636,"position":0},"title":"Official JMUSB Playoff Preview Round of 16: VMI @ JMU","date":"April 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"And suddenly all the nonsense falls away. The potential insanity of a spring season, transfer portals, basically everything in the world for 2020-21. And now it's just the playoffs! In four short weeks, the sun could be shining on a Dukes team in Frisco. 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