{"id":5746,"date":"2013-08-21T21:02:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T01:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2013-08-21T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T01:02:22","slug":"the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5746","title":{"rendered":"The Light at the End of the Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=5750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?fit=1317%2C1792&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1317,1792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377118056&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.13&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"season tix 2013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?fit=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?fit=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5750\" alt=\"season tix 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?resize=526%2C717\" width=\"526\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?resize=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/season-tix-2013.jpg?w=1317&amp;ssl=1 1317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Look what arrived in the mail today. Only 9 more days until kick-off. It&#8217;s all happening.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5746&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>Look what arrived in the mail today. Only 9 more days until kick-off. It&#8217;s all happening.<\/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":[82],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11199,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11199","url_meta":{"origin":5746,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: JMU Sports Memories From a Lifelong JMU Fan","date":"October 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Another week, another terrific guest post. This week it comes to us courtesy of Jeff, who won the most recent prediction contest. Here's his fun look back at a lifetime of JMU sports memories. Wow! What an awesome 4th Quarter! 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