{"id":8649,"date":"2016-06-24T07:15:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2016-06-24T07:15:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:15:46","slug":"2015-2016-was-a-pretty-great-year-for-jmu-you-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8649","title":{"rendered":"2015-2016 Was a Pretty Great Year for JMU You Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_WTSXH2OSCk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re well into the offseason and there really isn&#8217;t much breaking news to discuss in the world of JMU sports. We could delve into Brexit talk but it&#8217;s probably better to leave that to the experts (like Lindsay Lohan). That leaves us with pretty slim pickens for the blog. Thankfully JMU dropped this 2015-2016 highlight video on the world yesterday. And it&#8217;s a great reminder of how special the 2015-2016 year was for JMU. A bunch of good things happened in the world of JMU sports this past year, but the thing that will stick in our memories for years to come, was definitely Gameday. What about you? What else stood out?<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8649&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&#8217;re well into the offseason and there really isn&#8217;t much breaking news to discuss in the world of JMU sports. We could delve into Brexit talk but it&#8217;s probably better to leave that to the experts (like Lindsay Lohan). That leaves us with pretty slim pickens for the blog. Thankfully JMU dropped this 2015-2016 highlight [&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":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6496,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6496","url_meta":{"origin":8649,"position":0},"title":"JMU Apparently Has the 16th Most Hardcore Sports Fans","date":"February 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Keeping with our tradition of posting any random list, subjective ranking, or otherwise unsubstantiated article that casts JMU in a favorably light, we need to bring your attention to this\u00a0list of the 20 Colleges With the Most Hardcore Sports Fans. 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