{"id":4876,"date":"2013-01-09T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2013-01-09T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T13:30:22","slug":"duke-dog-is-better-than-this-odu-lion-dog-thing-you-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4876","title":{"rendered":"Duke Dog Is Better Than This ODU Lion Dog Thing You Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ouk-n7tYyd0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This here is a video of Charles the Monarch, a labradoodle who&#8217;s hair has been cut (fashioned?) in an attempt to make him look like ODU&#8217;s mascot. And <a href=\"http:\/\/wtop.com\/120\/3185980\/Lion-on-the-Loose\">according to WTOP<\/a>, Charles&#8217; lion like appearance led to case of mistaken identity that caused police to investigate if a lion had escaped from the Norfolk Zoo. Thankfully one had not and Norfolk&#8217;s streets are completely lion free. I can already hear some of the more desperate JMU fans screaming that if JMU&#8217;s admin would step up and make the jump to FBS, the press would be all over Duke Dog look-alike pet stories. In any case, bravo ODU fan. I applaud your enthusiasm even if it comes at the expense of an innocent labradoodle.<\/p>\n<p><em>h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dukie95\">@Dukie95<\/a> for the link<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4876&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>This here is a video of Charles the Monarch, a labradoodle who&#8217;s hair has been cut (fashioned?) in an attempt to make him look like ODU&#8217;s mascot. And according to WTOP, Charles&#8217; lion like appearance led to case of mistaken identity that caused police to investigate if a lion had escaped from the Norfolk Zoo. [&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":[144,353,243],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4438,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4438","url_meta":{"origin":4876,"position":0},"title":"Special Offer: Free Tix to JMU vs. ODU","date":"October 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's get right to the point here. The fine folks at the Duke Club have been doing a tremendous job fundraising for JMU athletics. And they've extended a special offer to readers of this blog. 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