{"id":2594,"date":"2011-06-20T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T01:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2011-06-20T22:24:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T02:24:55","slug":"bands-bracket-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"Bands Bracket Elite Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the bands bracket seems to have created a good deal of interest and even a bit of controversy (apparently someone&#8217;s a Boxturtle fan out there).\u00a0 But it&#8217;s time to wrap up the first round and move on to the Elite Eight on the JM&#8217;s side of the Bracket.\u00a0 Despite hanging in for a while, Nickel Bridge couldn&#8217;t hold off the DMB onslaught.\u00a0 Dave and the boys move on to take on Mr. Greengenes.\u00a0 I think we said Mr. Greengenes &#8220;was&#8221; a fixture on the Dewey scene, but recent reports from the Rusty Rudder and its ilk seem to suggest the present tense remains appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>[polldaddy poll=5160994]<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom half of the bracket, JMU&#8217;s own Everything lit up Shannon Worrell and looks primed for a strong tourney run while Gibb Droll pulled off one of the bigger upsets in the first round by just nipping Fighting Gravity at the wire.\u00a0 But a solid win for our little niche nostalgia.\u00a0 Should be a tight matchup in the next round of two true JMU acts.<\/p>\n<p>[polldaddy poll=5161003]<\/p>\n<p>Vote quick this week as we&#8217;ll be sorting the other side of the bracket very soon to get onto the Final Four.\u00a0 And hey, we might even start rolling out some CAA Football previews this weekend and unfortunately reporting on what has been a bit of an offseason of discontent despite the enormous balm of New Bridgeforth.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2594&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>Well, the bands bracket seems to have created a good deal of interest and even a bit of controversy (apparently someone&#8217;s a Boxturtle fan out there).\u00a0 But it&#8217;s time to wrap up the first round and move on to the Elite Eight on the JM&#8217;s side of the Bracket.\u00a0 Despite hanging in for a while, [&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":[],"tags":[183,184,181,182,25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2504,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2504","url_meta":{"origin":2594,"position":0},"title":"Summer Bracket 2011: 90&#8217;s College Bands","date":"June 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, at long last, the Bracket is back.\u00a0Last year,\u00a0we\u00a0looked back at the Best Eats in the 'Burg for\u00a0our first bracket o' nostalgia.\u00a0 In that contest, Gus's Taverna managed to hold off serious challenges from Luigi's and the Little Grill and an unexpected strong showing from Mr. Gatti's to take the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Bands-Bracket.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2599,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2599","url_meta":{"origin":2594,"position":1},"title":"Bands Bracket: Elite Eight Part Deux","date":"June 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Blue Fox Region was pretty much chalk, with the exception of the #7 seed Emmet\u00a0Swimming securing an upset win by a slim 4% margin over the Pat McGee Band. 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