{"id":7037,"date":"2014-09-25T21:31:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T01:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7037"},"modified":"2014-09-25T21:31:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T01:31:58","slug":"fan-confidence-barely-half-of-fans-think-jmu-is-playoff-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7037","title":{"rendered":"Fan Confidence: Barely Half of Fans Think JMU is Playoff Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7038\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?fit=599%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"599,369\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fan confidence week 5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?fit=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?fit=599%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7038\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?resize=599%2C369\" alt=\"fan confidence week 5\" width=\"599\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fan-confidence-week-5.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dukes dropped a tough one last Saturday. A tough one against preseason CAA favorite Villanova. On the road. And as a result, the percentage of fans who expect JMU to make the playoffs fell to a season low 51%. Maybe that&#8217;s an accurate assessment. Or maybe it&#8217;s just early in the season and we&#8217;re all a bit reactionary. In any case, the Dukes get back at it this weekend with a big game against our old friends the Delaware Blue Hens. Win on Saturday, and the Dukes will still be on track for the playoffs. Lose and the margin for error slips considerably though.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7037&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>The Dukes dropped a tough one last Saturday. A tough one against preseason CAA favorite Villanova. On the road. And as a result, the percentage of fans who expect JMU to make the playoffs fell to a season low 51%. Maybe that&#8217;s an accurate assessment. Or maybe it&#8217;s just early in the season and we&#8217;re [&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":10983,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10983","url_meta":{"origin":7037,"position":0},"title":"Needs Is Not the Right Word Here","date":"June 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Wants and needs. They're different things. Of course that doesn't stop people from using \"needs\" to describe things that are nothing more than wants. We want football season to arrive, we don't literally need it to. 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