{"id":6796,"date":"2014-06-23T23:59:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T03:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2014-06-23T23:59:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T03:59:19","slug":"coach-withers-says-put-your-dukes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6796","title":{"rendered":"Coach Withers Says Put Your Dukes Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u5l9bDk2WYw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Todd and I have been a little preoccupied in general lately and more than a little distracted by the World Cup. While we might be distracted, it&#8217;s pretty clear Coach Withers and the Dukes are working hard and are zeroed in on the upcoming football season. The video above proves that. It also might prove that high tech moisture wicking shirts are the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/blogs\/the-q\/2009\/10\/stadium-style-when-the-skins-were-good-and-their-shorts-were-even-better.html\">Bike coaching shorts<\/a>. In any case, the relaunch of the new (and hopefully improved)\u00a0JMU Dukes football program will take place on August 30 against\u00a0Maryland. It will be here sooner than you think. Thank God.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6796&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>Todd and I have been a little preoccupied in general lately and more than a little distracted by the World Cup. While we might be distracted, it&#8217;s pretty clear Coach Withers and the Dukes are working hard and are zeroed in on the upcoming football season. The video above proves that. It also might prove [&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":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6356,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6356","url_meta":{"origin":6796,"position":0},"title":"Everett Withers Reportedly Is Going to Be the New JMU Head Coach","date":"December 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"According to reports by FootballScoop.com, Everett Withers will be the new head coach of the JMU Dukes. Withers has been the co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach to Urban Meyers at Ohio State for the past two years. 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