{"id":3833,"date":"2012-04-20T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T11:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2012-04-20T07:17:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T11:17:23","slug":"friday-football-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3833","title":{"rendered":"Friday Football Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank\u00a0goodness the JMU Football Spring Game is tomorrow!\u00a0 And the Coaches Caravan tour is kicking off in the next couple of weeks.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been taking a much-needed JMUSB Spring Break of our own the last couple of weeks because seriously, there&#8217;s just not much to yak about lately.\u00a0 Even a quick drive-by of the CAA Zone message boards reveals even the hardcores are simply in full late-Spring recycle\/retread\u00a0old debate mode.\u00a0 But a few\u00a0notes to get your weekend started.<\/p>\n<p>1) Spring Game &#8211; Can&#8217;t claim we&#8217;re making the trip, but this is just another reminder that sometimes we all need to take a step back and appreciate just how far the program has come in the last decade instead of constantly complaining about &#8220;what&#8217;s next?&#8221;\u00a0 Sounds like tailgating is even encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>2) Spring Game questions &#8211; We have three main questions heading into the fall: Can JT finally put it all together?\u00a0 Can we keep our DLine healthy and find a pass-rusher?\u00a0 Who will replace the lost studs at LB?\u00a0 Everything else will take care of itself (yes, even the OLine and DB) with the depth MM has been building.<\/p>\n<p>3) NoVa Coaches Caravan is Thursday, May 3rd at The Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington.\u00a0 Fun event complete with MM making wild predictions.\u00a0 Hope to see all four of our readers.<\/p>\n<p>4) Virginia General Assembly approved a budget this week that INCLUDED\u00a0millions of dollars\u00a0for a new Convo in a couple years!\u00a0 Sorry for burying the lead, but we really don&#8217;t have much info and don&#8217;t really want to wade into VA budget stories.\u00a0 More to come.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3833&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>Thank\u00a0goodness the JMU Football Spring Game is tomorrow!\u00a0 And the Coaches Caravan tour is kicking off in the next couple of weeks.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been taking a much-needed JMUSB Spring Break of our own the last couple of weeks because seriously, there&#8217;s just not much to yak about lately.\u00a0 Even a quick drive-by of the CAA [&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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11608,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11608","url_meta":{"origin":3833,"position":0},"title":"2021 Spring Football Game #4 Official JMUSB Preview: JMU at W&#038;M","date":"March 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In normal times, we have \u201cspring football.\u201d You know what we\u2019re talking about. 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