{"id":6914,"date":"2014-09-02T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2014-09-02T08:20:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:20:02","slug":"jmu-fan-confidence-after-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","title":{"rendered":"JMU Fan Confidence After Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[polldaddy poll=8280544]Last week we kicked of our new fan confidence poll and asked readers if they thought JMU was playoff bound. A resounding 84% of poll respondents said &#8220;yes&#8221; the Dukes will make the playoffs. Now we&#8217;re one game into the season and the Dukes are coming off a pretty severe loss to Maryland. Maybe you think the loss foretells a season of disaster. Maybe you think the Dukes&#8217; performance can be written off as an anomaly. Regardless, we ask again. Are the Dukes making the playoffs?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6914&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>[polldaddy poll=8280544]Last week we kicked of our new fan confidence poll and asked readers if they thought JMU was playoff bound. A resounding 84% of poll respondents said &#8220;yes&#8221; the Dukes will make the playoffs. Now we&#8217;re one game into the season and the Dukes are coming off a pretty severe loss to Maryland. Maybe [&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":[426],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7087,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7087","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":0},"title":"Fan Confidence: Precipitous Drop","date":"October 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Woo boy, that Delaware put a bit of a dent in fan confidence. Only 19.1% of poll respondents this week thought that the Dukes\u00a0will make the playoffs. Considering JMU now has 3 losses, it probably means they need to go 6-1 down the stretch to get a bid. So it's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"fan confidence week 6","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fan-confidence-week-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7121,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7121","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":1},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: Week 7","date":"October 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8359924]After losing to Delaware and seeing fan confidence drop to a season low, the Dukes got a big road win at Albany. Will it be enough to boost confidence back up? Or has the fan base come to realize that this season might be more about establishing a foundation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7026,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7026","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":2},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: Week 5","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8325937]JMU dropped its first CAA game on the road to a dangerous Villanova team. There were signs for optimism and further evidence that the defense needs work. It was a tough loss, but there's plenty of football left to play.\u00a0Last week only 55% of voters indicated that the Dukes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7247,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7247","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":3},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: Coming Off a Homecoming Victory","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8423061]The Dukes got their best win of the New Era last Saturday, defeating William & Mary 31-24. JMU now sits at 6-3 with 3 games remaining. Two of those games are on the road against Stony Brook and Richmond, and the finale is in Bridgeforth against Elon. 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Because \u00a0even though the JMU has nearly no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"week 7 confidence","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7205,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7205","url_meta":{"origin":6914,"position":5},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: Heading into Homecoming","date":"October 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8408817]The Dukes' playoff hopes are definitely still alive, but we might be wise to focus on the big picture. This season was never about the playoffs. It's about changing things up and pulling JMU out of the mediocre situation it's been in. 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