{"id":6982,"date":"2014-09-17T06:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T10:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2014-09-17T06:49:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T10:49:19","slug":"fan-confidence-poll-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6982","title":{"rendered":"Fan Confidence Poll: Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[polldaddy poll=8313253]It occurred to me after we started this thing, that we might have framed this question wrong. Maybe instead of asking &#8220;Will the Dukes Make the Playoffs?&#8221;, we should have asked fans to rate the team from 1 to 10, or vote on whether or not the program was headed in the right direction. But we didn&#8217;t. Probably because this was sort of rushed and half-baked like everything else on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the Dukes face their toughest test of this young season on Saturday when they play Villanova. Win, and fan expectations might go through the roof. Lose, and it might be doom and gloom for some of those same folks. There is plenty of football left to be played and plenty of time for fortunes to change, both positively and negatively. With that being said, this is one hell of a CAA opener and a great chance to build some huge momentum for the rest of league play. Heading into it, how confident are you about the Dukes playoff chances?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6982&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=8313253]It occurred to me after we started this thing, that we might have framed this question wrong. Maybe instead of asking &#8220;Will the Dukes Make the Playoffs?&#8221;, we should have asked fans to rate the team from 1 to 10, or vote on whether or not the program was headed in the right direction. [&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":7026,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7026","url_meta":{"origin":6982,"position":0},"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":6914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","url_meta":{"origin":6982,"position":1},"title":"JMU Fan Confidence After Week 1","date":"September 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[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 \"yes\" the Dukes will make the playoffs. Now we're one game into the season and the Dukes are coming off a pretty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7121,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7121","url_meta":{"origin":6982,"position":2},"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? 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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":7205,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7205","url_meta":{"origin":6982,"position":4},"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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