{"id":7290,"date":"2014-11-13T07:20:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2014-11-13T07:20:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:20:25","slug":"guest-post-family-full-of-dukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7290","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Family Full of Dukes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRKJPlo-JXs\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Dukes4 won the prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. Here&#8217;s his take on his JMU fandom through the years.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Blogname &#8211; &#8220;Dukes4&#8221;. It\u2019s that simple\u2026I\u2019m a 1979 grad along with the three kids \u00a0my wife and I had the privilege of sending to the JMU spa. \u00a0In 1982 my wife got her first taste of \u00a0JMU athletics from watching the above video with me. \u00a0(After knocking off Ohio State in the first round, \u00a0JMU shoulda \/ woulda\/ coulda beat North Carolina (with Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins and \u00a0James Worthy ), NCAA tournament 81, 82, 83 ) . \u00a0\u00a0Since that time I consider her an honorary JMU fan we hope to make it \u201cDukes5\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Football: \u00a0\u00a0Hmmm, this year smells like 2008 and there have been comments to the like. \u00a0\u00a0There are similarities, so talk amongst yourselves. \u00a0\u00a0Perhaps \u00a0\u00a0I recall moments from 2008 because I am losing my memory\u2026.. I just recall that in 08 we played some rollercoaster close games and WON! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I recall many games outside of 2008 that were close and we lost. \u00a0It is said: \u00a0if you play enough close games your gonna lose one so I hope we paid the price with the Hens.<\/p>\n<p>The element of similarity beyond winning close games this year is the \u201cticker effect\u201d. \u00a0In 2008 some called the team the \u201ccardiac kids\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Likewise, here was my prediction from the SB game:<\/p>\n<p>\u201canother cardiac test. JMU 28: \u201cLawngeyelin\u201d SeaDwawgs: 24.but only if JMU doesn\u2019t get ahead, then try to sit on the lead with a \u201crunning\u201d game. We need to be pass crazy. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 I printed this banner from the CSN site and it has been stuck to my office board for 6 years. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I believe it was following the Mail-Mary win at Villanova and the Scotty return for a TD at Richmond.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?fit=613%2C93&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"613,93\" 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=\"2008 banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?fit=300%2C45&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?fit=613%2C93&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?resize=613%2C93\" alt=\"2008 banner\" width=\"613\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?w=613&amp;ssl=1 613w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2008-banner.jpg?resize=300%2C45&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please, how about a Richmond game where we kick butt and my ticker doesn\u2019t ache in doing so!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7290&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>Dukes4 won the prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. Here&#8217;s his take on his JMU fandom through the years.\u00a0 Blogname &#8211; &#8220;Dukes4&#8221;. It\u2019s that simple\u2026I\u2019m a 1979 grad along with the three kids \u00a0my wife and I had the privilege of sending to the JMU spa. \u00a0In 1982 my wife got her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11660,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11660","url_meta":{"origin":7290,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: A Small JMU World","date":"May 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Dukes4 is a 1979 JMU grad, (with honorary JMU rooting wife) and their three gainfully employed, JMU alumni kids. He won the prediction contest for the VMI game and sent in this fun guest post reminding us that it's a small world when it comes to JMU sports. Thanks again\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JB.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7978,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7978","url_meta":{"origin":7290,"position":1},"title":"Guest Blogger: Top 5 Favorite JMU Football Moments","date":"September 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Drake won last week's prediction contest, earning the right to guest post. Here's his piece on being a JMU fan in the heart of SEC country and his personal top 5 favorite JMU football moments. Being a JMU Alum and sports fan in SEC country can be rough. 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