For real, we kept it short. A few updates and a summertime OT. See y'all in a couple weeks for the real ramp-up to Football!

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Mid-Summer Quick Updates

A quick trip around some notes from football, softball, and men’s hoops before we talk outdoor concert venues and dispense old guy advice for the 4th. Go Dukes!

Summer Updates and OT

We hopefully have better luck with the IT part of this as we go through some leftover Softball praise and start to think about what this means for the future. Plus we look at the biggest summer stories for JMU Athletics (cough, 12-team playoff, cough) and try to think about how to build on this year's momentum.

Softball Forever and Looking Ahead to a (maybe?) Big Summer at JMU

We just try to say thank you to a team of young women that captured the softball world's hearts and made us prouder than ever to be Dukes. Every single one of you is a legend and we are so grateful for a few of the most purely fun weeks we've ever had as sports fans. Oh yeah, and one of us can barely hold it together.

Thank You JMU Softball! Legends!

Softball is headed to the World Series! After taking out two SEC teams to get there, JMU Softball has accomplished something right near the top of the all-timers in Harrisonburg and carries the support of softball fans around the country with them to Oklahoma City this week. Also, can we bet everything we own on Kate Gordon busting out this week!? Love love love love this team, this program, and what it all means for JMU!

World Series Bound!!!!

What a weekend from JMU Softball! We look back at a fantastic performance to win the Knoxville regional by knocking out Tennessee and Liberty and look ahead to a golden opportunity to make the College World Series in a Super-Regional series at Missouri this week. Is JMU Softball really an SEC team in disguise? This "could" be the first of two episodes this week.

Super (Regional) Softball!

The Softball Show! We look back at one of the most impressive CAA seasons in JMU sports history and ahead to a challenging but very much possible road to the College World Series. Plus lax wrap and all of us need to settle down on the xfer freak out about football - it's a brave new world out there.

Road to Oklahoma City!

Well that sucked. And while there's plenty of blame and heartbreak to spread around, there's also optimism for the Fall and beyond. Plus we get to watch 4-time CAA Champion Lax and Softball head for postseasons with off-the-charts hopes and expectations respectively. Huge thanks for all of your support this last crazy year! And yes, somehow we were accidentally and miraculously saved from publishing rants about past coaching regimes by our own technical difficulties. Perfect really! Maybe we'll revisit this summer.

Dukes Spring Season Ends in Excruciating Fashion

These are the weeks we all remember why we love Dukes so much! We suck all the marrow out of JMU’s takedown of UND, the Valley’s rough week, and the CAA’s surge. Then we look ahead to the Dukes trying to complete the first half of a Texas Two-Step at Sam Houston this week. Oh yeah, JMU softball is basically Thanos at this point too!

Dukes Cruising to Semis, Heading to Texas a Week Early

The boys try (and succeed for 45 minutes or so) to stay on track this week breaking down the Dukes win over VMI and looking ahead to a fantastic matchup with the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota. Plus Women’s Tennis wins another title, Soccer headed to the Dance, and Lax and Softball rolling!  Seriously, OT comes at the 50 minute mark and we were done. Before we couldn’t resist 15 more worthy minutes of football talk between friends.

Dukes Head to Quarterfinals!

Dukes Stomp Spiders. There is so much else to discuss - playoffs, other sports' titles, bracket controversy, Super Leagues - but let's not lose sight of a Tick beating. Todd didn't keep the structure on track this episode and whoo boy, did this get winding and tangent-filled. Good luck listeners, we love ya! Brought to you by Homefield Apparel and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing.

Dukes Down Ticks, VMI coming for playoffs

This one is for the hard-core football fans. Looking ahead to the “restart” against the Spiders this week and the. After we talk JMU Softball and Men's Soccer on fire and ask ourselves some questions about this weekend's matchup with the Ticks, we welcome national FCS writer Sam Herder (46:00) from Hero Sports/BetMGM to make sense of everything about the Spring Playoffs. Brackets, bubbles, contenders, likely matchups, the whole thing. And of course some license-plate talk for OT (1:21:00) some license plate talk. Brought to you by Homefield Apparel and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing.

Playoffs?! We talking about playoffs?!

The fellas discuss the fragile, uncertain state of Spring FCS football. But more important to JMU fans, some of the many spring sports are winding down while others are heading for the postseason next week. Plus Softball rolling might keep Dukes fans excited well into the summer! Brought to you by Homefield Apparel and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing!

Spring Sports Winding Down

Did NOT see that performance coming but we will take absolutely everything (even the bad) about that beat-down of the Tribe and hope it relaunches something special this Spring! Brought to you by Mossy Creek Fly Fishing and Homefield Apparel ("JMUSPORTSBLOG" code will get you 15% off your order)

JMU Football Looks Like the Duuukes Again!

We look ahead to the (hopeful) return of football at William & Mary this weekend and take a look at some other scorching-hot JMU teams (Softball, Volleyball, Women's Tennis!). Plus some old guy hilarity/despair. Brought to you by Homefield Apparel and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing!

A Few Spring Sports Rolling and Football Maybe Back

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