{"id":3990,"date":"2012-06-10T21:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T01:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2012-09-27T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T01:09:26","slug":"the-final-act-of-jmu-vs-odu-will-be-nationally-televised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3990","title":{"rendered":"The Final Act of JMU vs ODU Will Be Nationally Televised"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We apologize for letting this news slip, but we’ve been very busy with important things<\/del>\u00a0slacking. Last week NBC Sports released its Fall schedule for football<\/a> and JMU will have two home games nationally televised on the NBC Sports Network. The October 6 game when Towson comes to the ‘burg and the regular season finale against the once (and not future) rivals ODU Monarchs on November 17. It’s great to have any game televised, especially one against Towson, the defending CAA Champs (I still can’t believe I just typed that). With all due respect to the Tigers though, the clash with ODU could be epic. Kick-off has been set for 7:00. As if we weren’t already going to be excited enough for this game. Now with a full day to tailgate<\/a> and get the juices flowing, the fans are going to have Bridgeforth rocking. Throw in the fact that it is going to be the final time JMU and ODU play each other in CAA competition.<\/p>\n

I realize that some folks might downplay the JMU vs ODU game since ODU is leaving the CAA. If you remember back to last year, we were the ones who declared the Monarchs as the Dukes’ biggest rival before the teams even played once. We loudly proclaimed that the two programs<\/a> were destined to play out thrilling contests on the gridiron for years to come. And well, quite frankly we look pretty stupid for saying that now. Be that as it may, I actually think ODU’s pending departure makes the November 17 game even bigger. And some folks actually agreed with us about the potential JMU-ODU rivarly and are anxious to see JMU avenge last year’s loss in Norfolk. And other folks simply can’t stand that ODU is moving up to FBS while JMU stays the course in FCS, and they want Mickey and the boys to send the Monarchs off with a beating. Either way, it’s a game that every JMU wants to win badly. And it’s going to be on national television. Under the lights, in Bridgeforth, with 25,000+ rabid fans proudly sporting our JMU custom t-shirts<\/a>. And we can’t wait.<\/p>\n