{"id":9586,"date":"2017-09-23T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2017-09-23T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T12:24:12","slug":"gameday-jmu-vs-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9586","title":{"rendered":"Gameday: JMU vs. Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3E1VBCcA76E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Dukes have a date with the Maine Black Bears to get CAA play started today. It should be JMU&#8217;s hardest test of the season. Maine is always a tough out, but we like the Dukes&#8217; chances. Bridgeforth is sold out for the first time this season and the Family Weekend crowd will be ready to root. Todd is taking this one in from our JMUSB NC Headquarters and I&#8217;ll be watching from lovely Newport, RI. Consider this your official open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game chat. Now it&#8217;s time to Start Wearing Purple!<\/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%3D9586&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 Dukes have a date with the Maine Black Bears to get CAA play started today. It should be JMU&#8217;s hardest test of the season. Maine is always a tough out, but we like the Dukes&#8217; chances. Bridgeforth is sold out for the first time this season and the Family Weekend crowd will be ready [&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":1718,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1718","url_meta":{"origin":9586,"position":0},"title":"JMU Defense Comes Through in the Clutch","date":"November 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The JMU Dukes' defense has come up big nearly every week this season. Today, they came through\u00a0when it mattered most and\u00a0stopped Maine just short of the endzone as time ran out to save the game. JMU defeated Maine by the final score of 14-10. 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The Dukes face an odd matchup in that Maine is coming off an early-season bye and has had their game at UCF cancelled in the wake of Hurricane\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57cc29e625cac.image_-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8883,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8883","url_meta":{"origin":9586,"position":2},"title":"Gameday Open Thread: JMU vs. Maine","date":"September 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dukes have made the 800 mile trip up to Maine and are ready to play some football. Coming off a tough loss at UNC, JMU will attempt to get to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in CAA play. 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