{"id":9005,"date":"2016-10-29T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T14:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9005"},"modified":"2016-10-29T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T14:14:57","slug":"gameday-open-thread-jmu-vs-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9005","title":{"rendered":"Gameday Open Thread: JMU vs. Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9arUCCEBYkU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe sun is shining, the tailgate lots are filling up, and kickoff is just a few hours away. The Dukes face off against a \u00a0<del>mighty and powerful opponent<\/del>\u00a0football team from Rhode Island. JMU is coming off a bye and looking to gain momentum heading into the stretch run. The Rams are hoping to shock the world and pull off the biggest upset in not only the CAA, but all of FCS this year. We&#8217;ll both be setting up shop in D-Lot, so swing by and say hello if you&#8217;re in the &#8216;burg. <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/jmu\/portal.htm?eventId=293672&amp;streamType=video\">Tune in via Madizone<\/a> if you can&#8217;t make it to campus. And consider this your official open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game chatter.<\/p>\n<p>Go Dukes!<\/p>\n<p>Keep Rootin!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9005&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>The sun is shining, the tailgate lots are filling up, and kickoff is just a few hours away. The Dukes face off against a \u00a0mighty and powerful opponent\u00a0football team from Rhode Island. JMU is coming off a bye and looking to gain momentum heading into the stretch run. The Rams are hoping to shock the [&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":6266,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6266","url_meta":{"origin":9005,"position":0},"title":"Gameday Open Thread: JMU vs. Towson","date":"November 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here we are. It's the final football game of the 2013 season for the JMU Dukes. We can look back on the highs and lows some other time. For now, let's focus on beating Towson and keep rootin. 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