{"id":3023,"date":"2011-09-26T08:01:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2011-09-26T20:50:53","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T00:50:53","slug":"justin-thorpe-suspended-for-5-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"Justin Thorpe Suspended for 5 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=2912\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?fit=346%2C319&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"346,319\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"unc j thorpe j\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?fit=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?fit=346%2C319&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2912\" title=\"unc j thorpe j\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?resize=346%2C319\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?w=346&amp;ssl=1 346w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unc-j-thorpe-j.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Update: After we posted this, JMU Athletic Director made the announcement that both Justin Thorpe and Chase Williams are suspended indefinitely.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CSNWashington is reporting that JMU&#8217;s starting QB, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnwashington.com\/09\/26\/11\/JMU-starting-QB-suspended-for-five-games\/landing.html?blockID=567406&amp;feedID=9656\">Justin Thorpe, has been suspended 5 games for failing a drug test.<\/a>\u00a0There aren&#8217;t too many details at this time, but JMU is supposedly going to issue a release with more information later this morning. Rumors of Thorpe&#8217;s suspension were brought to our attention last night by reader <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MikeOShea33\">@MikeOShea33<\/a>. He tweeted us and the DNR&#8217;s Mike Barber to let us know that he heard from a well informed source that JT was going to be suspended. This prompted Barber to hit the phones and start reporting. It prompted us to panic.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to judge Thorpe or call him a bad guy. Thousands of kids on campuses all across the country probably did drugs of some sort over the weekend. Thousands of kids don&#8217;t have the opportunity to quarterback a football team with rapidly building expectations though. This just sucks. The Dukes had a great win on the road against a conference rival on Saturday. Thorpe only threw the ball 4 times, but he made great decisions and took another giant step forward. Fans were finally coming around to Justin and starting to think big things for this Dukes squad. Now redshirt freshman, Jace Edwards is presumably going to be the starter this Saturday against Richmond. Many fans were calling for him to start heading into this season. They&#8217;re going to get their wish.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday&#8217;s preview, I predicted that the Dukes would win comfortably on Saturday and are the CAA favorites Sunday morning. I never thought they&#8217;d be breaking in a new starting QB on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3023&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>Update: After we posted this, JMU Athletic Director made the announcement that both Justin Thorpe and Chase Williams are suspended indefinitely. CSNWashington is reporting that JMU&#8217;s starting QB, Justin Thorpe, has been suspended 5 games for failing a drug test.\u00a0There aren&#8217;t too many details at this time, but JMU is supposedly going to issue a [&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":[456],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3740,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3740","url_meta":{"origin":3023,"position":0},"title":"Coach Matthews Suspends Four JMU Football Players","date":"March 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU announced today that Coach Matthews suspended four members of the JMU football team. 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