{"id":9808,"date":"2017-10-16T06:36:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2017-10-16T06:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:47:27","slug":"a-few-pics-from-college-gameday-on-the-quad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9808","title":{"rendered":"A Few Pics from College Gameday on the Quad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"twoj_slideshow_69f58ab261ec1\" class=\"twoj_slideshow\" data-auto=\"false\"  data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"0\"  data-minwidth=\"300\" data-minheight=\"0\"  data-maxwidth=\"100%\" data-maxheight=\"0\"  data-ratio=\"800\/600\"  data-nav=\"dots\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\"  data-arrows=\"true\"  data-keyboard=\"true\"  data-transition=\"slide\"  data-transitionduration=\"300\"  data-loop=\"1\"  data-autoplay=\"5000\"  data-stopautoplayontouch=\"true\"  data-fit=\"contain\"  data-margin=\"2\"  data-thumbmargin=\"2\"  data-thumbborderwidth=\"0\"  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document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0],\r\n\t\tstyle = document.createElement(\"style\");\r\n\t\tstyle.type = \"text\/css\";\r\n\t\tif (style.styleSheet) style.styleSheet.cssText = twoj_slideshow_69f58ab261ec1_css;\r\n\t\t\telse  style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(twoj_slideshow_69f58ab261ec1_css));\r\n\t\thead.appendChild(style);<\/script>\n<p>ON Saturday we were lucky to join about 14,000 JMU fans on the Quad for College Gameday. Unbelievably, it was more hype than back in 2015. We&#8217;re biased, but the setup on the Quad, with Wilson Hall in the background, is about as picture perfect as you can get. And don&#8217;t just take our word for it, Kirk Herbstreet said the same thing. <\/p>\n<p>The real treat for us this year, was getting to take in much of the show from backstage. We can&#8217;t thank Geoff Polglase, Deputy Director of Athletics, enough for getting us the VIP Passes and bringing us backstage. It was a quite a thrill and we&#8217;re sincerely grateful.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9808&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>ON Saturday we were lucky to join about 14,000 JMU fans on the Quad for College Gameday. Unbelievably, it was more hype than back in 2015. We&#8217;re biased, but the setup on the Quad, with Wilson Hall in the background, is about as picture perfect as you can get. And don&#8217;t just take our word [&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":9788,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9788","url_meta":{"origin":9808,"position":0},"title":"Gameday: JMU vs. Villanova","date":"October 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Pretty big day today. Pretty, pretty big day. Our beloved JMU Dukes play the Villanova Wildcats in Bridgeforth Stadium at 3:30 pm. And of course there's the matter of College Gameday being broadcast from the lovely confines of the Quad. 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