{"id":7919,"date":"2015-08-26T20:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T00:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2015-08-26T20:32:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T00:32:37","slug":"sad-day-for-dukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7919","title":{"rendered":"Sad Day for Dukes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Parker.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7920\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Parker.jpg?fit=213%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"213,175\" 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=\"Parker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Parker.jpg?fit=213%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Parker.jpg?fit=213%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Parker.jpg?resize=213%2C175\" alt=\"Parker\" width=\"213\" height=\"175\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>We are not the ones to tell you how to feel about this. Our hearts are broken just like yours. And this is not the place to discuss any issue other than the missing piece of JMU Nation. It is a terribly sad day for all Dukes, but most of all for the friends and family of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. @Ethan_Booker said it the best way we can think of today: &#8220;A JMU girl and a Virginia Tech boy. 24 and 27. Couple hometown kids just doing a report on tourism in their home state this morning. I am sick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We all are Mr. Booker, we all are.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing we discussed that we could do was begin to spread the love Ms. Parker and her family seem so willing to share with the world by encouraging you to consider helping out with their new idea of how to honor Alison. Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1591\/gid3-Alumni\/index.aspx?sid=1591&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=510&amp;cid=1526&amp;bledit=1&amp;dids=4264\">beautiful gesture here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7919&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>We are not the ones to tell you how to feel about this. Our hearts are broken just like yours. And this is not the place to discuss any issue other than the missing piece of JMU Nation. It is a terribly sad day for all Dukes, but most of all for the friends and [&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":7939,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7939","url_meta":{"origin":7919,"position":0},"title":"Gameday Open Thread: JMU vs. Morehead State","date":"September 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Get your streamer arm warmed up. Today is the day. That's right, it's gameday. Your JMU Dukes have a home date with Morehead State to get the 2015 football season going. Kickoff is at 6:00 PM in Bridgeforth Stadium. I'm hitting the road shortly for the 'burg. 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