{"id":7168,"date":"2014-10-21T07:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2014-10-21T07:47:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T11:47:03","slug":"fan-confidence-poll-entering-the-stretch-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7168","title":{"rendered":"Fan Confidence Poll, Entering the Stretch Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[polldaddy poll=8388794]The Dukes played their best football of the season in a convincing 62-7 win over Towson prior to their bye week. But it was just one game. And now things are about to get interesting. JMU hits the road this weekend for a game at Charlotte. Then they&#8217;ll close with a rough four game CAA slate including home games against William &amp; Mary and Elon, and a couple tough road trips at Richmond and Stony Brook. Thanks to the inconsistency displayed in the opening half of the season, Coach Withers and the team have their work cut out for them. The CAA schedule sets up in a way that the entire league could <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnetwork.com\/merge\/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&amp;page=cfoot2\/news\/news.aspx?id=4732137\">beat itself up and end some teams&#8217; playoff dreams<\/a>. Truth be told, there have been signs of improvement from week to week. There might be more reasons to be encouraged that the program is pointed in the right direction, than there are signs that the Dukes are playoff bound this year. But that doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re not going to ask. So, can the Dukes get hot at the right time and go on a run to earn a bid?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7168&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=8388794]The Dukes played their best football of the season in a convincing 62-7 win over Towson prior to their bye week. But it was just one game. And now things are about to get interesting. JMU hits the road this weekend for a game at Charlotte. Then they&#8217;ll close with a rough four game [&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":7168,"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":7844,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7844","url_meta":{"origin":7168,"position":1},"title":"JMU Picked to Finish Second at CAA Football Media Day","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwmGcIP3BAc Another CAA Football Media Day has come and gone. Today's event took place at M&T Bank Stadium in lovely Baltimore, Maryland and it unofficially kicked off the 2015 CAA Football season. Or preseason. In any case, it's finally time to start talking football. The highlight of the event is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/gwmGcIP3BAc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1480,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1480","url_meta":{"origin":7168,"position":2},"title":"The Dukes Take on Towson","date":"October 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU has a road game at Towson this weekend. Mickey and the 3-1 Dukes will look to get back on track after a disappointing last second loss to Delaware at home. Towson played relatively well last weekend, but faded down the stretch and lost to 8th ranked UMass 27-14. Unfortunately\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1189,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1189","url_meta":{"origin":7168,"position":3},"title":"JMU is #15 in the First Preseason Poll","date":"August 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sports Network released its official 2010 FCS Football Preseason Poll and the JMU Dukes find themselves at number 15. I don't want to make too much of this, because the polls really don't concern me. Especially preseason polls. Obviously, it's where you finish, blah, blah, blah. In all seriousness\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3396,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3396","url_meta":{"origin":7168,"position":4},"title":"Our CAA Bloggers Poll Ballot","date":"December 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. 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