{"id":5029,"date":"2023-03-27T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:57:06","slug":"gardner-webb-football-sweeps-limestone-off-their-feet-in-home-opener-game-56-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=5029","title":{"rendered":"Gardner-Webb football sweeps limestone off their feet in home opener game 56-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Eriana Meadows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday Sept. 1 the Bulldogs hosted the Saints at Spangler Stadium. GWU scored a whopping total of 8 touchdowns leaving an impressive stamp on the first game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamari Brown, no. 3 defensive back, starts off his senior season with three tackles;one assisted, two solo. As one of the 2022 captains, Brown shares his gratitude and excitement for what is to come for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe way we came out from the start we knew what type of game it was going to be. We jumped on the opportunity to show out and put our best foot forward. I am very excited and ready to take on Coastal next,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only are the players pleased with how Thursday\u2019s game went, but cheerleaders are too. Senior cheerleader, Brittany Stauffenburg, reminisces on the gameday atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe football team has improved a lot from seasons past and had a lot more energy out there on the field. We had a ton of family and friends come out to help us cheer on the team. The student section was also packed, so that was good to see,\u201d Stauffenburg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When speaking with the fans at the game, they too are excited for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe hypest moment in the game were the back to back touchdowns. I would definitely come back to watch another game because the energy tonight was out of this world. I saw extreme improvement in the team,\u201d said Maria Mosqueda. The team will take on the Chanticleers at Coastal Carolina Saturday Sept. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Debut of the student-produced GWU Today Newscast 12\/2\/2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YmBTPx-L1Sc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Eriana Meadows Thursday Sept. 1 the Bulldogs hosted the Saints at Spangler Stadium. GWU scored a whopping total of 8 touchdowns leaving an impressive stamp on the first game. Jamari Brown, no. 3 defensive <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=5029\" title=\"Gardner-Webb football sweeps limestone off their feet in home opener game 56-21\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}