{"id":8248,"date":"2015-12-05T10:23:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2015-12-05T10:23:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T15:23:34","slug":"playoff-gameday-open-thread-jmu-vs-colgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8248","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Gameday Open Thread: JMU vs. Colgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DU6WmV4RXik\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere we go. Playoff time. It&#8217;s a beautiful day in the &#8216;burg for all those fortunate to be attending the game in person. For everyone else, it&#8217;s a good day to root from home or a bar full of Dukes fans. JMU will face a Colgate Raiders team that comes into Bridgeforth with plenty of confidence after defeating New Hampshire on the road last week. The Dukes are anxious to get their first postseason win of the Everett Withers era. Consider this your official open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game chatter. Keep rootin!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8248&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>Here we go. Playoff time. It&#8217;s a beautiful day in the &#8216;burg for all those fortunate to be attending the game in person. For everyone else, it&#8217;s a good day to root from home or a bar full of Dukes fans. JMU will face a Colgate Raiders team that comes into Bridgeforth with plenty of [&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":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8250,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8250","url_meta":{"origin":8248,"position":0},"title":"JMU Goes One and Done in the Playoffs&#8230;Again","date":"December 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another winning season, another playoff bid, and another year of going home after one game for JMU. The Dukes went 9-2 in the regular season and earned both a seed and an opening round bye for the playoffs. 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The Colgate Raiders defeated the CAA's New Hampshire Wildcats by the score of 27-20 in Durham, NH on Saturday.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"football_generic_091613","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/football_generic_091613.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8241,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8241","url_meta":{"origin":8248,"position":2},"title":"JMUSB Playoff Game #1 Preview: Colgate at JMU","date":"December 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"And so it begins. Thankfully this year it begins in the Round of 16 against a Patriot League team (sound familiar anyone?) 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