{"id":3846,"date":"2012-04-24T22:21:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T02:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2012-04-25T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:39:57","slug":"coaches-caravan-roll-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3846","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Caravan Roll Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3847\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" 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=\"50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3847\" title=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?resize=485%2C485\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/50.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again folks. The traveling JMU sports extravaganza known as the Coaches Caravan hits the road. And it makes a stop in our neck of the woods next Thursday, May 3 at the Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington. The event consists of a happy hour, silent auction, and speeches from Mickey Matthews, Matt Brady, and other members of the JMU sports family. Todd and I look forward to this event every year and it never disappoints. The beer specials are always solid (last year it featured Bell&#8217;s Oberon), the buffet is full of tasty and unhealthy goodness, and everyone there is a Dukes fan. What could be better? I&#8217;ll tell you what could be better, all of those things with plenty of Mickey-isms thrown in. If you&#8217;ve ever heard Coach Matthews speak then you know exactly what I&#8217;m talking about. And if you haven&#8217;t, then trust me when I tell you his talk will be worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only 10 bucks, so fork over the cash and meet us there. And maybe if you show up and introduce yourself to your favorite bloggers they&#8217;ll buy you a beer. And if you&#8217;re favorite bloggers aren&#8217;t there, then maybe me and Todd will buy you one instead. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=4PBDAVX5J6QNC\">Sign up here<\/a> and we&#8217;ll see you next Thursday.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3846&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>It&#8217;s that time of year again folks. The traveling JMU sports extravaganza known as the Coaches Caravan hits the road. And it makes a stop in our neck of the woods next Thursday, May 3 at the Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington. The event consists of a happy hour, silent auction, and speeches from Mickey Matthews, [&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":[47],"tags":[48,45],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":711,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=711","url_meta":{"origin":3846,"position":0},"title":"DC Coaches Caravan: DAGGER!!!","date":"May 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So many of\u00a0you may remember that the Old Guys Leave piece written for our friend Jamie's Mister Irrelevant blog was the impetus for our own\u00a0JMUSB.\u00a0 In it, we recounted our ill-fated attempt to blend in with\u00a0current Dukes\u00a0at a Forest Hills party after the incredible Appalachian State game in 2008.\u00a0 Jamie\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Basketball&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/OGL-300x224.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3891,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3891","url_meta":{"origin":3846,"position":1},"title":"Mickey Matthews Has Never Even Seen a Twat Apparently","date":"May 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone who attended last night's Coaches Caravan in Arlington expecting to be entertained by Mickey Matthews, went away pretty pleased. 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