{"id":7714,"date":"2015-05-14T20:59:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T00:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2015-05-14T20:59:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T00:59:39","slug":"here-is-the-official-jmu-mac-invitation-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7714","title":{"rendered":"Here is the Official JMU MAC Invitation Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"7719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7719\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?fit=832%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"832,179\" 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=\"MAC Invite 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?fit=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?fit=832%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7719\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?resize=604%2C130\" alt=\"MAC Invite 2\" width=\"604\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?w=832&amp;ssl=1 832w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAC-Invite-2.jpg?resize=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After years of anticipation, it finally happened. There will be no more whining about JMU&#8217;s place in the CAA or praying for an FBS league to come calling. This afternoon, we received the email from JMU officially announcing the invitation to the MAC! Only it wasn&#8217;t the MAC. It was just MAC, the Madison Alumni Conference (sad trombone).<\/p>\n<p>Sweet choice of acronym guys. Here&#8217;s a pro tip for the powers that be at JMU. If you ever dream up events like the Alumni Collaboration Consortium or the Student&#8217;s Education Council, spell things out in the email invitations. Please.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7714&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>After years of anticipation, it finally happened. There will be no more whining about JMU&#8217;s place in the CAA or praying for an FBS league to come calling. This afternoon, we received the email from JMU officially announcing the invitation to the MAC! Only it wasn&#8217;t the MAC. It was just MAC, the Madison Alumni [&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":[439,440,398],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3361,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3361","url_meta":{"origin":7714,"position":0},"title":"JMU Outdraws A Lot of Crappy FBS Teams","date":"December 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The NCAA released its final attendance figures for the 2011 college football season last Saturday. Like most things associated with NCAA bookkeeping, the numbers are a little suspect. Actually, they are flat out inflated. 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