{"id":5833,"date":"2013-09-04T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2013-09-04T09:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T13:26:56","slug":"prediction-contest-jmu-vs-akron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5833","title":{"rendered":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs Akron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=5834\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377926346&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_7603\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5834\" alt=\"img_7603\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?resize=480%2C320\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7603.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s prediction time everyone. This weekend the Dukes head to Ohio to play Akron. It&#8217;s their one FBS (sorta) game of the season. Both teams got the 2013 season started <del>with a win against an overmatched opponent last week<\/del>. <em>(JMU won, Akron got crushed. My bad for the mistake.)<\/em> This game should be a tougher test for each.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it works, enter a comment with your prediction for who will win and what the final score will be. The person who comes closest (winner &amp; score) gets to write a guest post next week. Last week we had someone get the score exactly correct and we&#8217;ll be publishing his guest post tomorrow. Can we keep the perfect prediction streak going? Can the Dukes keep their perfect season going?<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/epicsnapshots.com\">epicsnapshots.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5833&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 prediction time everyone. This weekend the Dukes head to Ohio to play Akron. It&#8217;s their one FBS (sorta) game of the season. Both teams got the 2013 season started with a win against an overmatched opponent last week. (JMU won, Akron got crushed. My bad for the mistake.) This game should be a tougher [&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":[397,216],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5849,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5849","url_meta":{"origin":5833,"position":0},"title":"JMU vs. Akron Preview","date":"September 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dukes put one in the win column last weekend. This Saturday they'll try to get to 2-0 by defeating their lone FBS opponent of the season, the Akron University Zips. Time for some MACtion. Just the Facts Match-up: JMU Dukes (1-0) vs. Akron Zips (0-1) Kickoff: 6:00 PM Weather:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/img_7597.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5884,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5884","url_meta":{"origin":5833,"position":1},"title":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. St. Francis","date":"September 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU welcomes the St. Francis Red Flash to the 'burg this weekend as the Dukes attempt to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Akron. St. Francis will be coming all the way from Assisi Pennsylvania and attempting to bounce back from a loss of its own. 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