{"id":7839,"date":"2015-07-27T20:46:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T00:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2015-07-27T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T00:46:44","slug":"caa-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7839","title":{"rendered":"CAA Media Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And just like that, the worst part of the year (basically everything from KB&#8217;s team&#8217;s season ending to now) is over. And as much as we&#8217;re tempted to make a CAA joke, the truth is we always get excited again when the season arrives and as usual, JMU is no lock to dominate anything in CAA Football. Feels like we&#8217;ve barely been paying attention or even finished our beach trips this summer, but the hype season is upon us, and before you know it, summer camp begins back in the &#8216;Burg!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7063\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7063\" data-attachment-id=\"7063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7063\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,225\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vad Lee UD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cannot wait to see this guy (hopefully healthy and resting comfortably on the sideline by mid-3rd).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"Remember this guy! Almost time.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/4886850_G.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Remember this guy! Almost time.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today (Tuesday) is Media Day at CAA HQ in Baltimore (that joke is getting harder to resist), and you can follow along for the <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2015\/7\/26\/Football_0726154359.aspx\">JMU portion here<\/a>. There&#8217;s a cool &#8220;ask Vad a twitter question&#8221; option in which we&#8217;ll try our best to avoid asking about conference realignment scuttlebutt. And it&#8217;s always exciting to hear Coach Withers &#8211; pretty sure he won&#8217;t miss the chance to tout the <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/index.aspx\">seven former Dukes<\/a> headed to NFL Training Camp next week which actually will be cool to hear.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, this also means we&#8217;ll have some actual meat on the bones to pick at come Wednesday! At least some preseason All-CAA teams, coaches&#8217; picks, and maybe the last word on Jimmy &#8216;effin Moreland (we will miss you on the field). Plus the early volleys in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villanova.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/nova-m-footbl-body.html#00\">Vad Lee\/John Robertson battle<\/a>\u00a0for all the trophies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7839&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>And just like that, the worst part of the year (basically everything from KB&#8217;s team&#8217;s season ending to now) is over. And as much as we&#8217;re tempted to make a CAA joke, the truth is we always get excited again when the season arrives and as usual, JMU is no lock to dominate anything in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5460,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5460","url_meta":{"origin":7839,"position":0},"title":"JMU Picked to Finish 6th in Conference Fans Think JMU Is Too Good For","date":"May 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sporting News has released the first FCS preseason poll and conference predictions for the upcoming season. JMU is unranked. 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