{"id":7121,"date":"2014-10-08T06:49:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7121"},"modified":"2014-10-08T06:49:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:49:50","slug":"fan-confidence-poll-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7121","title":{"rendered":"Fan Confidence Poll: Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[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 for the future and less about making a deep run in the playoffs? JMU has a margin of effort of at most one loss. There is not an unbeatable team left on the schedule. There is also not a single team who we couldn&#8217;t see knocking off JMU. Vote in the poll and let us know your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7121&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=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 for the future and less [&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":6914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","url_meta":{"origin":7121,"position":0},"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. 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The Dukes' loss was either incredibly enlightening, or we have a rather reactionary fan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Week 2 Confidence","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Week-2-Confidence.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7026,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7026","url_meta":{"origin":7121,"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":7087,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7087","url_meta":{"origin":7121,"position":3},"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":1620,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1620","url_meta":{"origin":7121,"position":4},"title":"Fan Confidence Rating","date":"November 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=4027348]Saying this season has had peaks and valleys would be a gross understatement. \u00a0JMU became only the second FCS team to beat a ranked FBS opponent by knocking off VA Tech, but the Dukes currently sit at 9th place in the CAA with a 1-4 conference record. 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