{"id":5006,"date":"2013-02-07T21:19:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:29:45","slug":"this-is-what-a-jac-card-looked-like-the-last-time-jmu-made-the-ncaa-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5006","title":{"rendered":"This Is What A JAC Card Looked Like the Last Time JMU Made the NCAA Tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yep, that’s my JAC card. I found it at my folks’ house last weekend. It’s from a long, long time ago. From my freshman year at JMU in fact. Otherwise known as the last year the Dukes made the NCAA tournament. Just a couple quick thoughts:<\/p>\n

1.) It’s not the most flattering photo. I know this. To be fair though it was taken right in the middle of my awkward phase. A phase that lasted from approximately the time I turned 14 until yesterday. And tomorrow my looks will start deteriorating as I begin my rapid descent to the grave. Today though, I’m dashingly handsome.<\/p>\n

2.) JMU apparently had no restrictions on students wearing hats in ID photos back then. Nor did they seem to have any issue snapping the photo just in time to capture me mouth agape like that. Much appreciated.<\/p>\n

3.) Nice signature loser.<\/p>\n

4.) I have no clue why I’m looking up. Maybe my eyes were glazed over because this was taken at Freshmen Orientation. In the middle of July. And it was 95 degrees and I had just finished up an hour long seminar in an un-air conditioned room on how to login to the VAX to check my electronic mail account.<\/p>\n