{"id":4297,"date":"2012-09-05T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2012-09-05T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:30:53","slug":"guest-blogger-an-old-guy-offers-his-thoughts-on-jmu-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4297","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger: An Old Guy Offers His Thoughts on JMU Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reader Tedward was dead perfect with his prediction last weekend. He correctly called both the JMU win and the 55-7 score. He was actually a housemate of ours back at JMU. Thankfully, he’s decided not to use his guest post to reveal embarassing stories about me and Todd. Instead he’s going to offer up a few random thoughts on JMU then and now. Take it away Tedward.<\/em><\/p>\n

I left last week\u2019s game after the band played at halftime. I have a 2 \u00bd year old and trying to make it through a whole game can be difficult. As I left, I looked up at the score, and realized that there was a chance the score could be 55-7.
\nI started to panic a little.
\nThen I get home from the 2 hour drive, and I have a message telling me I had won.
\nCrap.
\nI thought about writing an old-guy, grumpy, it used to better when I was at JMU article. Then I thought\u2026 I hate that guy. \u00a0Then again, I\u2019m not going to talk basketball, and then I\u2019d get really grumpy.
\nSo, I thought I\u2019d just go with random thoughts, make a few comments, and go from there. I majored in CIS, so writing anything other than code is kind of scary.
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  1. Bring back the fraternities on campus. I\u2019d love for them to be back on Newman Lake, but if that doesn\u2019t happen, then give them Hanson Field. \u00a0Give two fraternities and two sororities that field before games and let the party begin. It\u2019s such a good idea. They could invite back alumni (or not) and then beg for money from them. It would work. It would also inject even more energy into the whole scene. I\u2019m sure once one guy pukes on the street; it would get canceled. In theory, it\u2019s a great idea, though.<\/li>\n
  2. The JMU tailgate scene is awesome. I didn\u2019t visit JMU for a good ten years; and in the last 4 years, I\u2019ve been coming back for 3-4 games a year. Love it, and encourage all the old guys out there who haven\u2019t been back in a while.<\/li>\n
  3. Remember when JMU was a basketball school? Okay, I couldn\u2019t hold back on this one. I love basketball, and to see JMU just suck is sad. If you are a basketball fan, quick, name the style of play we have? \u00a0Exactly, I have no idea either. \u00a0When I do guess at it, I call it the \u201clet a guard dribble around for 25 seconds, then call an isolation one on one and jack it up\u201d offense. \u00a0It\u2019s been that way since Lefty.<\/li>\n
  4. The band should warm up down where the students tailgate. I think it\u2019s the old soccer field. Then about an hour before kickoff, they should march down the street. Have a different drum major each week. Whoever in the community, I don\u2019t care. \u00a0Then they could march through Godwin lot and over to Godwin field. \u00a0Play a song there, and then it signals time for everyone to go in. We have a ridiculous band at the 1-AA level. Let\u2019s use them. Anyways, I hear they are doing something now 3 hours before the game. That\u2019s too early. And don\u2019t market it. Just do it.<\/li>\n
  5. Remember the ZooCage. Wow, that sucked.<\/li>\n
  6. Please stay in 1-AA. I go back in forth on this. Right now I want to stay. Obviously, if the SEC called tomorrow and wanted a team in VA, then we go. I get that. I do not want to do the ODU plan. Or, I\u2019m sure what Liberty will try to do. \u00a0UR, William & Gary, and others will always want to play at the lower level. That\u2019s not a bad group to play football in. Anyways, the day will come, or maybe it did. We will have to make a decision. Just don\u2019t be desperate when the time comes.<\/li>\n
  7. We should put a sign up on campus pointing toward I-81 that has the JMU v. VT score on it. I just want all the NOVA VT fans to see it every time they go up and down 81.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All in all, I\u2019m glad I went to JMU. Let\u2019s go Dukes, bring home another national title, and let\u2019s get the hoops team back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n