{"id":6776,"date":"2014-06-10T23:23:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2014-06-11T07:13:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T11:13:39","slug":"jmusb-world-cup-pick-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6776","title":{"rendered":"JMUSB World Cup Pick &#8216;Em"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6778\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" 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=\"usa-fans-brazil-banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6778\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?resize=546%2C364\" alt=\"usa-fans-brazil-banner\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/usa-fans-brazil-banner.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>So normally we do some kind of gimmicky bracket to get us through the summer\/college sports offseason. We&#8217;ve done a late 90&#8217;s\/early aughts Virginia bands bracet, a late 90&#8217;s H&#8217;Burg food bracket, and various other nonsense to keep the site going through the dog days. \u00a0But this year we&#8217;re both watching the World Cup. Pretty much every game. And we don&#8217;t really care about trying to write about anything else.<\/p>\n<p>So whether you love the beautiful game like we do or are a soccer hater, we know you love wagering and beer if you love this site, so feel free to join our first ever World Cup Pick &#8216;Em Fantasy League <a href=\"http:\/\/games.espn.go.com\/world-cup-pickem\/2014\/en\/group?groupID=4863\">over here at ESPN<\/a>. \u00a0The Group name is JMU Sports Blog and the password is &#8220;Bridgeforth&#8221;. Yes, it was going to be #CAA4Lyfe, but we&#8217;re trying to enjoy our summer.<\/p>\n<p>Winner gets free beer at a JMUSB tailgate this fall. Winner and 2nd place get to guest post on anything you want JMU related in August. You only have to pick the opening round and then you can go back in and make new picks once pool play is over. Wonder if we can get 10 entries on 24 hours notice.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck and U! S! A!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6776&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 normally we do some kind of gimmicky bracket to get us through the summer\/college sports offseason. We&#8217;ve done a late 90&#8217;s\/early aughts Virginia bands bracet, a late 90&#8217;s H&#8217;Burg food bracket, and various other nonsense to keep the site going through the dog days. \u00a0But this year we&#8217;re both watching the World Cup. Pretty [&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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2416,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2416","url_meta":{"origin":6776,"position":0},"title":"Baseball and Lacrosse with great opportunities remaining!","date":"May 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"As the sports calendar winds down in the 'Burg we wanted to give a quick update on two sports still playing that both have a chance to finish with an unprecedented flourish before moving on to football previews and summer nonsense (including the late 90's JMU music bracket). 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We'll keep the polls open until we post the next match-up later this week. \u00a0#3\u00a0Fighting\u00a0Gravity\u00a0v. #6\u00a0Gibb Droll [polldaddy poll=5137453] Fighting Gravity\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"90s music\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":455,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=455","url_meta":{"origin":6776,"position":3},"title":"Best Eats in the &#8216;burg circa 1997. Pick your bracket!","date":"March 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The men's team isn't going dancing. Again. So, there will be no JMU Sports Blog\u00a0NCAA bracket challenge. We'll save that for whenever the Dukes make it back to the tourney. 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