{"id":7136,"date":"2014-10-11T07:58:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2014-10-11T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:58:25","slug":"slight-uptick-in-fan-confidence-heading-into-towson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7136","title":{"rendered":"Slight Uptick in Fan Confidence Heading Into Towson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7137\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?fit=598%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,373\" 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=\"week 7 confidence\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?fit=598%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7137\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?resize=598%2C373\" alt=\"week 7 confidence\" width=\"598\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?w=598&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/week-7-confidence.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things are looking slightly better for most fans, but just slightly. This week 28% of poll respondents thought the Dukes were playoff bound. It&#8217;s too late now, but we really should have done a better job of separating &#8220;fan confidence&#8221; and playoffs. Because \u00a0even though the JMU has nearly no margin of error if it wants to play in the post season, it&#8217;s still possible to see signs of improvement or have confidence in the program. At least to me it is.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7136&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>Things are looking slightly better for most fans, but just slightly. This week 28% of poll respondents thought the Dukes were playoff bound. It&#8217;s too late now, but we really should have done a better job of separating &#8220;fan confidence&#8221; and playoffs. Because \u00a0even though the JMU has nearly no margin of error if it [&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":6973,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6973","url_meta":{"origin":7136,"position":0},"title":"Fan Confidence Slightly Up Heading into St. Francis Game","date":"September 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We saw a slight uptick in fan confidence among poll voters after the comeback win over Lehigh. 60% of respondents thought the Dukes were playoff bound. Only 56% believed the same thing heading into the game in Bethlehem. That makes perfect sense to me. The Dukes did some stuff very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Confidence Week 3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Confidence-Week-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6925,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6925","url_meta":{"origin":7136,"position":1},"title":"Fan Confidence Poll: What a Difference a Week Makes","date":"September 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in just our second week of our brand new experiment to gauge JMU fan confidence. We've asked the same question, \"Are the Dukes Playoff Bound?\", twice now. Once before the Maryland game, and once after. 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":6914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","url_meta":{"origin":7136,"position":2},"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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