Has your heart started skipping a beat everytime you see purple? When you hear the name Mickey...does your mind wander to exclamations of "Dadgum" instead of a certain mouse with big ears? Have you been TP'ing your neighbor's yard that went to Richmond or William and Mary to warm up your streamer-throwing arm? Have you had a void inside your heart since last December? While more cowbell may help...there's only one thing that can really fix that feeling. Start wearing PURPLE and go support your Dukes! If you live anywhere in the DC/NOVA/MD area, there are few things that should stand between you and JMU's first football game of the year. I know there are many of you that can't make it down to Harrisonburg for home games, so this is your chance to get to a game closer to your home. After the upsets this past weekend, you can't count us out against the Terps and even if we lose, you still get to see JMU kick off the 2009 season.
Tickets are available through the JMU ticket office, StubHub, Craigslist, and various other places for as little at $10 (though averaging around $20). You can easily take the Metro or it's not that far of a drive to College Park. Tailgating will commence around 9am (these are JMU fans after all) in the U5 lot. UPDATE - Parking lots don't open until noon! If you're wearing purple, I doubt it will be hard to find something to eat and drink throughout the day. For those that were at last year's Richmond game, you know how well JMU can draw at away games. Let's PURPLE OUT College Park! We already have 2,000+ Dukes with tickets, but that's not nearly enough. Plus, I know you've missed the MRD's - they're taking a 250 person band for the game so you get to hear all your favorites!
Metro fare to College Park = $5
Scoring food and drinks off of fellow Dukes at tailgates = free
Ticket to JMU vs. Maryland = $15 off of StubHub
Seeing your Dukes of JMU take this year's CAA vs. ACC record to 3-1 = PRICELESS
GO DUKES!!!
FYI - Google Calendar now has a Sports calendar function that lets you subscribe to the schedule of your favorite sports teams, including your James Madison Dukes! You now have no excuse to know when the next football game is.
So which lot should we try to snag a parking pass for?
ReplyDeleteIf you can, U5 is ideal because I think there will be a lot of JMU people there. The MLG parking garage is directly beside there also, so it's not a bad choice and will probably be cheaper. Lots labeled in Red on the map are obviously the closest, but are also reserved for top Maryland donors. Yellow and white lots look to be cash lots/donor lots. Though further away, black lots are definitely the way to go if you want to be with other Dukes.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Where did you get your map? The one I found is all in black and white.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had much luck finding passes on Craigslist yet. We should have gotten on this earlier.
http://terrapinclub.com/member-benefits/football-season-tickets-parking/
ReplyDeleteUnder Parking, click View 2009 Football Parking Map. The Info link also has a PDF with details about parking. If I hear anything about how to get a pass I'll post it on here.