{"id":7873,"date":"2015-08-18T07:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7873"},"modified":"2015-08-18T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:44:16","slug":"almost-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7873","title":{"rendered":"Almost Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously people, we&#8217;re getting down to single digits for some sports and for all of the conference disappointment we occasionally let rebuild in our minds over the summer, we are thrilled to be back to what really matters &#8211; it&#8217;s almost gameday baby! Though I&#8217;m not really sure how we could be any more excited than the players must be to see <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2015\/8\/17\/Football_0817152449.aspx\">the new football locker room<\/a>. Huge thank yous and shoutouts to the Alphas fundraising crew that&#8217;s been making this happen under the Withers regime. The minions are here to support you when the time is right.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2JrD8O7Kzk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also, in JMUSB-relevant news, 10 days till Field Hockey! (Women&#8217;s Soccer has the first official game of the year this Friday, but as our three long-time readers know, it&#8217;s Field Hockey all day and #TeamTWest all the time).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7873&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>Seriously people, we&#8217;re getting down to single digits for some sports and for all of the conference disappointment we occasionally let rebuild in our minds over the summer, we are thrilled to be back to what really matters &#8211; it&#8217;s almost gameday baby! Though I&#8217;m not really sure how we could be any more excited [&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":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9874,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9874","url_meta":{"origin":7873,"position":0},"title":"JMUSB Pod: Talking Football, Field Hockey, and Favorite Candy","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a busy week and we have a busy podcast for you. Obviously, we talk football because, football. 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