{"id":3044,"date":"2011-10-02T23:25:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T03:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2011-10-04T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T00:15:25","slug":"dukes-dominate-ticks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"Dukes Dominate Ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3045\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3045\" data-attachment-id=\"3045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3045\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?fit=294%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"294,394\" 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=\"Corp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Corp didn&#8217;t get hit this much in the Pac-10&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?fit=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?fit=294%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3045\" title=\"Corp\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?resize=223%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Corp.jpg?w=294&amp;ssl=1 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corp didn&#39;t get hit this much in the Pac-10<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This picture from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.timesdispatch.com\/sports\/college-sports\/2011\/oct\/02\/tdsport01-dukes-run-over-spiders-31-7-dukes-run-ov-ar-1351949\/\">RTD story <\/a>really is worth a thousand words, or in this case 400 unnecessary words from me that could never explain the beatdown the Dukes put on Richmond as well as this image.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be brief because there were 8 sacks and that is the headline as Richmond couldn&#8217;t bust a grape, much less deal with the fired up defense we&#8217;ve all been waiting on to arrive this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Things to Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The black jerseys, return of Nick Emmons beefing up the D Line, the word that DQ Scott&#8217;s shoulder injury may not be that serious even though it was nice to see just how deep JMU&#8217;s running back stable is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Things to be Concerned About<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Special teams still not special, Maine looks like the real deal after putting a hurt on Delaware yesterday, the shoddy A\/V work not living up to the rest of the stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Last Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t even have to mention the QB.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3044&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>This picture from the RTD story really is worth a thousand words, or in this case 400 unnecessary words from me that could never explain the beatdown the Dukes put on Richmond as well as this image.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be brief because there were 8 sacks and that is the headline as Richmond couldn&#8217;t bust a [&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":[7],"tags":[456],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6071,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6071","url_meta":{"origin":3044,"position":0},"title":"Prediction Contest: Dukes vs. Ticks","date":"October 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time for the prediction contest everyone. 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