Day: November 17, 2024

Game #9 of 9 brings it all Full Circle 🔵. A lifetime ago I arrived at James Madison University in hopes of kicking Field Goals 🏈🏈🏈 and they told me that I was better suited to manage the Campus Pizza 🍕 Place…So I did just that

Such a beautiful new building is how I would describe the Atlantic Union Bank Center!

2pm Tip between the James Madison University Dukes and Gardner- Webb…

Kenny Brooks coached the Dukes for what felt like forever until he took the job at Va Tech on his path to the University of Kentucky. The program has always been very likable because of the level of Class it contains.

The Convocation Center was the name of the long time arena. The new one has serious Bells 🔔 and Whistles.

It’s almost time for the opening tap !

Let’s Play Ball !

Great 1st 10 minutes – JMU leading 23-22…

2nd quarter belonged to the Dukes and now they lead 52-38 (29-16).

James Madison University is rolling along now, 77-47 (1:16-3)

End of 3rd – Dukes 79-50 (27-12)

0:01.1 added back for FT’s .

79-51 (27-13)

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JMU will now chase 100 points…

5:34 (4) – 90/59

TO – 4:29 – 94/61

. 3:04 – 98/63 + FT + FT = 100

The journey that former UVA Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall is on right now is simply Magical !!!

When UVA approached Bronco about replacing his coordinators a few years back, he surprised everyone by choosing to resign instead. Bronco brought his entire staff with him when he made the move from BYU to UVA a few years earlier and Coach had zero interest in cutting some of them loose.

The group packed up their offices 🏢 and headed back to Utah. A few years passed and then Bronco got the band backed together, accepting the monumental challenge of breathing life back into a dormat New Mexico.

The team started out 0-4 as the Lobos learned how to play under their new Coach. A few weeks later they stood at 3-6 with three tough games remaining. Last week they kept their remote Bowl 🥣 dreams alive by surprising San Diego State in a low scoring game.

This week, inside of the final minute they scored a Touchdown to shock #18 Washington State 38-35.

Bronco is one of the Good Guys 👦 of All-Time and now stands one win away from earning the most unlikely Bowl 🥣 bid in quite sometime. They will have to fly to the Islands and defeat Hawaii to complete the season ending Hat 👒 Trick.

In Bronco We Trust !

The previous Coach went 11-32 across his four seasons….