{"id":4627,"date":"2012-11-07T07:44:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2012-11-07T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T12:53:03","slug":"prediction-contest-jmu-vs-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4627","title":{"rendered":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HrotoFmp8wc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s that time again and I&#8217;m pretty sure we all know the drill by now. JMU has a huge (no understatement) game on the road against a dangerous Villanova team on Saturday. Drop us a comment letting us know who will win and what the final score will be. The person who comes closest to predicting it correctly (winner &amp; score) will win the right to guest post on anything he or she wants next week. Pretty simple, right?<\/p>\n<p>Now about this game. It&#8217;s absolutely critical. The Dukes are currently sitting at 7-2 and have a couple of extremely difficult games on the docket. With the landscape in FCS what it is, 7-4 is not going to get the Dukes in the playoffs. Win both games, and the Dukes are not only a lock for the playoffs, they&#8217;d actually get the CAA auto-bid and likely a seed. But before they can win two, they need to win one. That is a brilliantly stupid statement, but I think you get what I&#8217;m saying. This is a big game. And Nova is also fighting for a playoff spot and playing some great football. So who you got? Will the Dukes have another epic victory on the road like the above or will the Wildcats ruin the day?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4627&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 again and I&#8217;m pretty sure we all know the drill by now. JMU has a huge (no understatement) game on the road against a dangerous Villanova team on Saturday. Drop us a comment letting us know who will win and what the final score will be. The person who comes closest to [&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":[7],"tags":[100,216],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9772,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9772","url_meta":{"origin":4627,"position":0},"title":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. Villanova","date":"October 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's an exciting week for JMU fans, but let's not forget that there's a game Saturday. And it's a big one against a very talented Villanova Wildcats team. A win would push the Dukes' winning streak to an amazing 18 games. 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