{"id":9172,"date":"2016-12-20T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T04:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9172"},"modified":"2016-12-20T23:03:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T04:03:23","slug":"jmu-fans-are-gonna-paint-toyota-stadium-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9172","title":{"rendered":"JMU Fans Are Gonna Paint Toyota Stadium Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Finalists <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUFootball\">@JMUFootball<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungstownStFB\">@YoungstownStFB<\/a> both received 4,000 tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCS?src=hash\">#FCS<\/a> title game. YSU returned 3,000 of them and they went to JMU.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Haley (@CraigHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigHaley\/status\/811256580150882308\">December 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well isn&#8217;t that something? JMU&#8217;s pending trip to Frisco has had our social circles buzzing, both in real life and online. Still though, we weren&#8217;t sure if it was just our own little purple echo chamber, or if JMU fans were especially hyped to travel for this game. Apparently, it&#8217;s the latter. Considering how many friends and other fans we&#8217;ve heard from who already secured tickets via the secondary market, it&#8217;s safe to say that Frisco Stadium has the potential to be Bridgeforth West on January 7. Prepare to Lock the Damn Gates of Toyota Stadium and fill it with streamers!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9172&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>Finalists @JMUFootball and @YoungstownStFB both received 4,000 tickets to #FCS title game. YSU returned 3,000 of them and they went to JMU. \u2014 Craig Haley (@CraigHaley) December 20, 2016 Well isn&#8217;t that something? JMU&#8217;s pending trip to Frisco has had our social circles buzzing, both in real life and online. Still though, we weren&#8217;t sure [&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":10061,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10061","url_meta":{"origin":9172,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Darts &#038; Pats","date":"December 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Isaiah won last week's prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. Here's an awesome edition of Darts & Pats, JMU football style. As a JMU alumnus and former player I follow the team and JMUSB very closely during the season. 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