{"id":6148,"date":"2013-10-31T06:59:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:25:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T13:25:51","slug":"prediction-contest-jmu-vs-villanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6148","title":{"rendered":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. Villanova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=3053\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?fit=859%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"859,557\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bf crowd 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?fit=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?fit=859%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3053\" alt=\"bf crowd 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?resize=550%2C357\" width=\"550\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?w=859&amp;ssl=1 859w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bf-crowd-2.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>You wanted a home playoff game? Well, you pretty much got one. Villanova rolls into town to play the Dukes on Saturday. Both teams need a big win to keep their playoff dreams alive. It&#8217;s about as close to a must win as you can get for a week 9 game.<\/p>\n<p>And now it&#8217;s time for our prediction contest. By now, we trust the majority of you know how this works. Here&#8217;s a quick refresher just in case though. Add a comment letting us know who you think will win and what the final score will be. The person who comes closest to predicting the outcome correctly (winner &amp; score) will get to write a guest post. Simple, right? So let us know who you think will win Saturday. And keep rootin fer Dukes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6148&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>You wanted a home playoff game? Well, you pretty much got one. Villanova rolls into town to play the Dukes on Saturday. Both teams need a big win to keep their playoff dreams alive. It&#8217;s about as close to a must win as you can get for a week 9 game. And now it&#8217;s time [&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":[67,407,408],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8188,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8188","url_meta":{"origin":6148,"position":0},"title":"Prediction Contest: JMU vs. Villanova","date":"November 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time for our last prediction contest of the regular season. JMU and Villanova face off this Saturday in Bridgeforth Stadium. When it was announced, many people thought this game would feature the two front runners for the Payton Award trying to lead their team to a CAA title. 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