{"id":8296,"date":"2016-01-07T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8296"},"modified":"2016-01-07T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T06:00:49","slug":"withers-leaves-for-texas-st-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8296","title":{"rendered":"Withers Leaves for Texas St. Job"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bye<\/a>

Bye Felicia. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, that happened. After spending the last few days furiously tweeting about the future of JMU and #TheEdge2016, Coach Withers bailed on JMU in a matter of minutes to accept the Head Coaching position at Texas St. No word yet on whether Sinbad, Scott Bakula, or Kathy Ireland have any eligibility left for him. The DNR’s Matt Jones, who is going to sleep exactly zero hours in the next 72 hours or so, does a much better job than we ever will breaking down the news portion of the story here<\/a>\u00a0so we’re going to give you some of our own thoughts, takeaways, and deepest fears heading into a very uncertain time and what could be some dark days ahead for JMU Football, and maybe more importantly, JMU Athletics as a whole. We are likely going to say things that not everyone agrees with because this is a blog, it’s our opinion and losing the Head Ball Coach leads to having to touch on wide array of issues. But we’re not trying to make this bigger than it is or start battling with everyone so please, please take us with a grain of salt. We’re a bit raw emotionally on this and scared tonight for the program but remember that JMU was JMU before and will be tomorrow and next year. Great facilities + great campus + growing tradition = a good gig. The news was first reported by the fantastic Football Scoop<\/a>, then by Texas St., and as usual, JMU was the kid who’d been given the wrong address to the party (sorry, couldn’t resist).<\/p>\n