{"id":3378,"date":"2011-12-15T22:52:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2011-12-15T22:52:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T03:52:03","slug":"the-fcs-loves-randy-edsall-and-apparently-turner-gill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3378","title":{"rendered":"The FCS Loves Randy Edsall (and apparently Turner Gill)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Maryland and everyone ever associated with the Terps may hate Kevin Anderson and Randy Edsall, but FCS teams sure don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Rob and I usually leave Dukes recruiting stories and rumors to the message boards and more &#8220;connected&#8221; blogs out there, but some recent news out of PG County really caught our attention.\u00a0 The exodus of Terps out of College Park in the midst of the utter disfunction that is UM athletics combined with the &#8220;no waiting if you transfer down&#8221; rule are beginning to look like a windfall of talent for local FCS programs.\u00a0 Thankfully JMU joined the party in picking up Safety Titus Till, who on his way out the door, said essentially: &#8220;Yeah I&#8217;m leaving to go help a great Defense and I&#8217;m trying to bring friends with me.&#8221;\u00a0 His &#8216;friends&#8217; allegedly include DT David Mackall and RB Jeremiah Wilson, both of whom are rumored to have other plans.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope young Mr. Till is a good salesman and a great player!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hoops in DC Next Week &#8211; Help us Purple Out GW&#8217;s Smith Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next Thursday the Dukes come to DC to take on GW.\u00a0 7 p.m. tip and huge holiday happy hour starting at 4:30 at Tonic.\u00a0 Look for Old Guys Leave shirts and come say hi.\u00a0 With GW students out on break this has a chance to be a JMU home game (like FedEx next year &#8211; I know I know, but let&#8217;s dream big).<\/p>\n<p>For Info, check out the DC Nova Duke Club and Metro Dukes Facebook pages or follow @DCNovaDukeClub.\u00a0 Tickets are cheap and of course drink specials to kick off your Christmas weekend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>JMU Baseball Player Makes Preseason All-American<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congrats to JMU Senior LHP Sean Tierney on being named a preseason second team All-American.\u00a0 Hopefully he can lead the Dukes to another CAA Title!<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?fit=640%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,359\" 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=\"Tierney\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?fit=640%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3379\" title=\"Tierney\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tierney.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3378&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; 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