{"id":6874,"date":"2014-08-22T00:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T04:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2014-08-22T00:23:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T04:23:20","slug":"one-week-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6874","title":{"rendered":"One Week to Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time next week we&#8217;ll be firing up an official JMUSB preview of the Maryland game, complete with a Beer of the Week, tailgating tips for College Park, and lots of snark about one of the nation&#8217;s most underratedly ghettofabulous states. In the meantime, we&#8217;ll have to hang in there, hope for no injuries in the last week of prep, and warm up by cheering for the JMU sports that kickoff even before football. This includes women&#8217;s soccer, who opens the season at home tomorrow against Xavier from the AAC. This game will feature a Vuvuzela giveaway, and to be honest that&#8217;s kind of fantastic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6824\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6824\" data-attachment-id=\"6824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6824\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?fit=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,686\" 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=\"player entrance\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Here. We. Go!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?fit=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6824\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"VERY soon!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_mseoo8bpVl1qzpg3ro1_1280.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VERY soon!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But first, a few quick links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/8yVC0\">Father of the Year<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Coastal Carolina is getting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatmanwriting.com\/2014\/08\/coastal-carolina-chanticleers-to.html#.U_bBVvldWSo\">TEAL field<\/a>. Seriously. It&#8217;s awful, it&#8217;s funny, it&#8217;s FCS baby! These non-green fields are getting out of control. Not that we couldn&#8217;t get behind a purple field of course.<\/p>\n<p>Freshmen: Stop scaring people with toy guns at FROG week and learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LYE8Vjih2cs\">this now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, enjoy this last week of summer with a celebratory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHcV-gj5djE\">Shmoney Dance<\/a> before you prepare your college football hibernation cave.<\/p>\n<p>See y&#8217;all next week! And welcome to the class of 2018!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6874&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>This time next week we&#8217;ll be firing up an official JMUSB preview of the Maryland game, complete with a Beer of the Week, tailgating tips for College Park, and lots of snark about one of the nation&#8217;s most underratedly ghettofabulous states. In the meantime, we&#8217;ll have to hang in there, hope for no injuries in [&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":8783,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8783","url_meta":{"origin":6874,"position":0},"title":"JMU Football Gameweek is Finally Here","date":"August 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a JMU football game this week you guys. A real live, counts in the standings, football game. Our beloved JMU Dukes kick off the 2016 season this week! This set off quite the dance party in JMUSB headquarters. 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