{"id":4092,"date":"2012-07-15T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T01:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2012-07-15T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T01:29:13","slug":"yeah-bridgeforth-stadium-was-underwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4092","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, Bridgeforth Stadium Was Underwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=4093\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"JMU stadium flood\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4093\" title=\"JMU stadium flood\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?resize=605%2C454\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JMU-stadium-flood.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JMU was hit with flash flooding Saturday and as a result, Bridgeforth was briefly turned into the largest pool (or worst lake depending on your perspective) in the Valley. Amazingly enough, the water receded and things were in good enough shape that they were even able to hold a football camp in the stadium today. Hard to believe if you <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bmEX8GW-G6w\">check out this video of campus<\/a> taken yesterday during the flood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Photo via practically everyone on Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4092&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>JMU was hit with flash flooding Saturday and as a result, Bridgeforth was briefly turned into the largest pool (or worst lake depending on your perspective) in the Valley. Amazingly enough, the water receded and things were in good enough shape that they were even able to hold a football camp in the stadium today. [&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":[214,313],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":836,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=836","url_meta":{"origin":4092,"position":0},"title":"Bridgeforth Expansion Looking Good","date":"June 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Nothing much to add here. Just 93 days until football season and from the looks of things, the Dukes' new and improved \"half-stadium\" should be ready by then!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2731,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2731","url_meta":{"origin":4092,"position":1},"title":"Bridgeforth Stadium Then and Now, Jumbotron Edition","date":"July 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Above is a picture of the JMU scoreboard that was in place last season, featuring the one and only \"mini-tron\". Believe it or not, that ridiculous little video monitor was a very big deal when it was installed. The past few years it's just looked sort of sad though. 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We're still 71 days away from filing into the stadium to kick off\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/open-laptop_edited-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=914","url_meta":{"origin":4092,"position":3},"title":"2011 CAA Schedule Released-Let&#8217;s Talk Bridgeforth Opening!","date":"June 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=3356796] We're still over 2 months from the 2010 CAA Football season officially getting underway, but the conference has already released the 2011 schedule. The CAA will be an eleven team league in 2011, due to the departures of Hofstra and Northeastern, and the pending addition of Old Dominion.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8028,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8028","url_meta":{"origin":4092,"position":4},"title":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. Stony Brook","date":"September 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"(9\/13\/14) - (Harrisonburg) ------- Saint Francis vs James Madison football------- JMU linebacker Gage Steele holds the colors as he leads the Dukes into Bridgeforth Stadium\/Zane Showker Field Saturday with the Duke Dog for the first home game of the season. Saint Francis fell to the Dukes 38-22. 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