{"id":5695,"date":"2013-08-07T01:18:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T05:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2013-08-07T07:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T11:41:21","slug":"5695","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5695","title":{"rendered":"Clueless ADs and an Appendix-less QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve heard the rumors like we did that the fantastically busy W&amp;M blog <a href=\"http:\/\/shadesof48.com\/?p=365\">Shades of 48 has a big story <\/a>involving some serious FOIA requests, some clueless admins at CAA HQ and a few other schools (really?! you thought the CAA was going to raid the A10?! Really?!), and apparently a very laid-back (or completely unconsulted) general counsel at UNCW. \u00a0Well, we&#8217;re going to leave commentary to others on this one, but read it for yourself and then remember the status quo for JMU has already changed with the Carr Report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5652\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5652\" data-attachment-id=\"5652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=5652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?fit=1838%2C1244&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1838,1244\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Droid&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1304535986&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;52&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003963&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Buchantz_JAC_card\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cheer up, this still exists!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?fit=1024%2C693&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5652\" alt=\"Cheer up, this still exists!\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?resize=1024%2C693&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Buchantz_JAC_card.jpg?w=1838&amp;ssl=1 1838w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheer up, this still exists!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, there was even bigger on-field news today as Day 2 of Dukes&#8217; camp left QB1 Michael Birdsong in the hospital. \u00a0This sounds weird, but thankfully it was just an emergency appendectomy (no burst according to @MatthewStoss), not a &#8220;major&#8221; injury. \u00a0In other words, Roethlisberger played again in 9 days and even with an enormously more conservative approach for a young collegian, there would seem to be reason to be hopeful that Birdsong will be back on the field very soon, possibly without missing major game action. \u00a0However, this does bring back up the age-old Mickey problem that he once again doesn&#8217;t have two QB&#8217;s who can run the same type of offense in a given year. \u00a0Oh well, can&#8217;t have everything all at once, we guess.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5695&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>So you&#8217;ve heard the rumors like we did that the fantastically busy W&amp;M blog Shades of 48 has a big story involving some serious FOIA requests, some clueless admins at CAA HQ and a few other schools (really?! you thought the CAA was going to raid the A10?! Really?!), and apparently a very laid-back (or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[284,340],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4567,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4567","url_meta":{"origin":5695,"position":0},"title":"Prediction Contest: JMU Takes on Georgia State","date":"October 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"True Freshman QB Michael Birdsong and the JMU Dukes welcome the Georgia State Panthers to Bridgeforth Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Not only is it homecoming, but it's the first and only meeting between the two schools as CAA conference mates, since the Panthers are Slumbelt bound next season. 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