{"id":7857,"date":"2015-08-09T20:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2015-08-09T20:51:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T00:51:04","slug":"jmu-football-is-finally-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7857","title":{"rendered":"JMU Football is Finally Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/GRVrbvepajNT2\" width=\"520\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all happening.\u00a0 JMU football is back in swing. Players reported back to campus today and the Road to Frisco begins tomorrow. That&#8217;s right, the first practice of the 2015 season is Monday. This means real games will be here soon. We&#8217;re excited a little bit. OK, a lot.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7857&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>It&#8217;s all happening.\u00a0 JMU football is back in swing. Players reported back to campus today and the Road to Frisco begins tomorrow. That&#8217;s right, the first practice of the 2015 season is Monday. This means real games will be here soon. We&#8217;re excited a little bit. 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