{"id":9195,"date":"2017-01-04T06:54:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9195"},"modified":"2019-06-18T20:56:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:56:41","slug":"this-guy-roots-or-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9195","title":{"rendered":"This Guy Roots (or something)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9196\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?fit=501%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"501,546\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"natty-tattoo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?fit=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?fit=501%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9196\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?resize=501%2C546\" alt=\"natty-tattoo\" width=\"501\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?w=501&amp;ssl=1 501w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/natty-tattoo.jpg?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Look, we&#8217;re pretty excited for Saturday&#8217;s FCS National Championship. And we&#8217;re very confident in the Dukes chances. But not as confident as one JMU student is. There&#8217;s &#8220;I think my team will probably win.&#8221; sort of confidence. Then there&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m so damn sure my team will win that I&#8217;m getting it tattooed on my ass.&#8221; sort of confidence. Guess which one this guy has. We went with the edited version of the photo, because while we love this guy&#8217;s faith in the Dukes, nobody needs to see his bare ass this early in the morning. Or any time if we&#8217;re being honest.<!--more--><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9195&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>Look, we&#8217;re pretty excited for Saturday&#8217;s FCS National Championship. And we&#8217;re very confident in the Dukes chances. But not as confident as one JMU student is. There&#8217;s &#8220;I think my team will probably win.&#8221; sort of confidence. Then there&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m so damn sure my team will win that I&#8217;m getting it tattooed on my ass.&#8221; [&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":11539,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=11539","url_meta":{"origin":9195,"position":0},"title":"Three Thoughts on JMU 52 &#8211; Morehead State 0","date":"February 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU opened the 2021 (Part 1) season with a convincing 52 point shutout over Morehead State. As the score might indicate, the game was never in doubt. The Dukes scored touchdowns on their first three drives and turned the game into laugher early. 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