JMU Sports Blog

Good things to start with women’s hoops rolling, Softball finding their way, and the Duke Club staffing holds. But then we move on to the end-of-winter duldrums with our thoughts on biggest JMU Athletics disappointments. Plus if you stay for the fade-out tunes, this one is a challenge worth discovering!

You realllly don’t want to miss this one. So great to have Coach O on to get hyped for a fittingly enormous weekend of hoops to close the Convo down once and for all. As always, we cover a lot of ground with Coach O and he really is the best.

All over the JMU sports landscape as we finally move on from Frisco. Men’s Hoops fail, women’s hoops revenge, XFL Dukes, Cornhole Dukes, NC A&T SU to the Big South, and JMU with the nation’s top-rated recruiting class in football! Plus your questions, Go Dukes!

The boys break down the crushing, painful, heartbreaking loss to NDSU, but as always have lots of love to go around for all kinds of Dukes. This one’s a long one but hopefully some catharsis in here too. Thanks as always to Mossy Creek and Pale Fire!

A whole smorgasbord of Dukes Football content. Previewing Frisco where the fellas are reversed from their usual pregame thoughts. Then we welcome in former Duke (and New York Giant) Delvin Joyce, and guess what? He wants to talk special teams of course! Download now for your Texas travel and Go Dukes!

Looking ahead to Frisco, talking Dukes in the NFL playoffs (including the return of Raven to the Pack), and ranking our Top 5 players on both sides of the ball for the last decade. Thanks to Mossy Creek and Pale Fire!

The Dukes are headed back to Texas to face the rival Bison after a dominant semifinal victory over Weber St. Plus we answer a slew of fun Christmas questions. This one was a whole lotta fun to make! Thanks as always to Pale Fire Brewing and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing!

Huge thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek! We break down the absolute beat down of Northern Iowa and look ahead to Weber St. All with our usual odd combo of earnestness and snark. Love y’all and Go Dukes!

The Dukes overcame a shaky start to boat race Monmouth. Now a big bad smack-talking Valley team comes to the Burg. We’re so scared 😱! Plus THREE Dukes on the same NFL O-Line and an embarrassing OT where we discuss what other music from our old-man days we wish kids would discover.

Coach Cig truly became THE JMU Coach tonight and we look ahead to the big playoff game vs Monmouth. Plus a few gift-giving ideas. Thanks to Mossy Creek and Pale Fire!

The fellas talk about the regular season finale victory over Rhode Island and then welcome the one and only Brian McGlaughlin to break down the playoff brackets and beyond in the FCS! Plus all kinds of Thanksgiving disasters and foods and everything else. Pretty proud of the production on this one ha!

What a great weekend of JMU action! Football kills the Ticks and clinches a playoff berth, Men’s Soccer Wins the CAA title In dramatic fashion, and Women’s Hoops isn’t perfect, but looks like a legit national player this year.

The fellas discuss the revenge beat-down the Dukes dropped on UNH plus all kinds of Spatter Chatter. Then some thoughts on an intriguing opening to the season for both Hoops teams. Thanks to Pale Fire Brewing and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing! Plus an extremely explicit lyric warning on the fade-out song but it’s Tick Week and we’re just two old guys happy to have one more Gang Starr album in the world.

We preview the most anticipated season in JMU Women’s Hoops History with Head Coach Sean O’Regan! Then we talk Buckhantz-in-the-booth, CAA Football chaos, Women’s Soccer crazy run to the CAA title game, and parades! Suck a fun episode brought to you by Pale Fire and Mossy Creek.

A look back at a comfortable Homecoming victory over Towson. Then an extended look ahead to the stretch run to come after the bye and some Weber St. discussion. Thanks Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!

We look back at the win in Williamsburg and ahead to a big one with Towson. Plus even more “national picture” talk after OT. Brought to you by Pale 🔥 and Mossy Creek!

Well well well, a real chance to test our own resolve to enjoy the ride and not make everything a referendum on Frisco. We look back at the win over Villanova and wonder what that dominant 4th quarter might mean going forward. Plus looking ahead to a rapidly improving William & Mary. Brought to you as always by Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!

The boys are all over the place after a nervy OT save over Stony Brook. The. We look ahead to a monster matchup at home this week against Villanova. Plus LOL Spiders and a brief discussion of the California law making news in college athletics. Thanks to Pale Fire Brewing and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing!

The old guys look back at the dominant win over Elon and look ahead to a matchup with Stony Brook and their understatedly villainous HC Chuck Priore. Plus a new segment called This Week in New Lows For the Spiders! Thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!

We break down the hiccup in the Chattanooga game, and the subsequent surge (to an identity?!?). Then we look ahead to a fraught trip to the NC Piedmont. Plus we talk best use of a punch and The Angry, Uninformed Dukes fan defends Hero Sports’ poll! Thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!

JMU 63 - Morgan St. 12. On to the first real game of the season as the Dukes return to Chattanooga. And the all-time worst JMU hot takes. Thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!

You know the drill! Thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek. 4 Downs from St. Francis, looking ahead to Morgan St., and with successful beer sales, what would we love to see added to the concessions game.

Back to normal: 4 Downs from WVU, Looking Forward to the home opener vs. St. Francis, and OT things we like! Thanks to Mossy Creek Fly Fishing and Pale Fire Brewing!

The long offseason is over and it’s time for JMU Football and a new JMU Sports year! We go around the fall sports landscape, preview the trip to Morgantown, give our season predictions, and talk to The Smoking Musket for some insider thinking from the Mountaineer side! Welcome back and we love y’all! Go Dukes!

The fellas talk season plans, Jailyn Ford, Jimmy Moreland and UNH/RU/URI previews. Plus end-of-summer drinks and a couple of prop Over/Unders. Next week is Mountaineer Week! Thanks to Pale Fire and Mossy Creek!