{"id":6496,"date":"2014-02-06T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2014-02-06T21:15:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T02:15:39","slug":"so-jmu-apparently-has-the-16th-most-hardcore-sports-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6496","title":{"rendered":"JMU Apparently Has the 16th Most Hardcore Sports Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6327\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?fit=700%2C454&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,454\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Justin Falls&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;(10\\\/15\\\/11) - (Harrisonburg)\\nJames Madison&#039;s fans unleash a cascade of streamers in the stands after a JMU touchdown during the first half of a game against Villanova at Bridgeforth Stadium Saturday afternoon.\\n(Justin Falls\\\/Daily News-Record)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1318688486&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Daily News-Record&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;JMU-Villanova FTB&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JMU-Villanova FTB\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;(10\/15\/11) &#8211; (Harrisonburg)&lt;br \/&gt;\nJames Madison&#8217;s fans unleash a cascade of streamers in the stands after a JMU touchdown during the first half of a game against Villanova at Bridgeforth Stadium Saturday afternoon.&lt;br \/&gt;\n(Justin Falls\/Daily News-Record)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?fit=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?fit=700%2C454&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6327\" alt=\"JMU-Villanova FTB\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?resize=560%2C363\" width=\"560\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/101511-jmu-villanova-ftb-09-jf.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Keeping with our tradition of posting any random list, subjective ranking, or otherwise unsubstantiated article that casts JMU in a favorably light, we need to bring your attention to this\u00a0list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/colleges-best-sports-fans-2014-2#16-james-madison-university-5\">20 Colleges With the Most Hardcore Sports Fans<\/a>. Our dear old alma mater checks in at number 16. Yes, we said 16.<\/p>\n<p>We understand nobody is going to print off &#8220;16th Best&#8221; t-shirts for this (or any other) honor, but it&#8217;s pretty impressive. Especially when you consider that most of the schools ranked above JMU have won multiple national championships. Of course there&#8217;s always the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiatechnationalchampionships.com\">exception that proves the rule<\/a>. It&#8217;s still a damn fine list of schools to be associated with.<\/p>\n<p>If JMU does in fact have the 16th most hardcore sports fans though, it brings up two important questions. Why doesn&#8217;t this blog get more traffic? And don&#8217;t JMU fans deserve a better blog anyway?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6496&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>Keeping with our tradition of posting any random list, subjective ranking, or otherwise unsubstantiated article that casts JMU in a favorably light, we need to bring your attention to this\u00a0list of the 20 Colleges With the Most Hardcore Sports Fans. Our dear old alma mater checks in at number 16. Yes, we said 16. We [&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":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5655,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5655","url_meta":{"origin":6496,"position":0},"title":"Three More JMU Games to be Televised","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week we all found out that three of the five CAA Football games to be nationally broadcast on NBCSN would feature JMU. Yesterday the full list of games to be shown on NBC Sports Regional Networks. It's more good news for JMU fans. 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