{"id":6924,"date":"2018-08-27T10:28:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2018-08-27T10:28:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:28:32","slug":"first-home-sau-football-game-kicks-off-aug-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2018\/first-home-sau-football-game-kicks-off-aug-30\/","title":{"rendered":"First home SAU football game kicks off Aug. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football201.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6925\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football201-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football201-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football201-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football201.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> The Southern Arkansas University Muleriders will kick off the first home football game of the 2018 season at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Wilkins Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Muleriders will face the Wonder Boys of Arkansas Tech University. The SAU football team finished the 2017 season tied for fourth in the Great American Conference after a 7-4 campaign. The Muleriders are picked to finish 2018 in third according to the GAC Preseason Coaches Poll released earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>SAU fans are encouraged to pack the stadium and \u201cBleed Blue\u201d by wearing SAU blue for the inaugural home game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football202.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6926 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football202-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football202-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football202-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/Mulerider20Football202.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mulegating, sponsored this game by Farmers Bank &amp; Trust, begins at 3 p.m.\u00a0 They will be serving street tacos to Mulerider alumni, and free hamburgers will be served to the general public by the SAU Cook Team. A kiddie corral will feature bounce houses, gaga ball, and face painting. Jenga and baggo will also be available.<\/p>\n<p>Mulerider alumni are encouraged to stop by the Alumni Association Tent to pick up a ticket for free popcorn at the game and register for a $100 gift basket from SAU Beyond the Campus, the new store that recently opened on the Magnolia Square.<\/p>\n<p>Greek Life will offer bounce houses and games for all ages as well as an All Greek Mulegate. In addition, the SAU Bookstore will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Reynolds Center, and will offer Mulerider merchandise at the stadium during the game until the end of halftime. SAU Beyond the Campus will be open from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Arkansas University Muleriders will kick off the first home football game of the 2018 season at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Wilkins Stadium. The Muleriders will face the Wonder Boys of Arkansas Tech University. The SAU football team finished the 2017 season tied for fourth in the Great American Conference after a&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2018\/first-home-sau-football-game-kicks-off-aug-30\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":6926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[92,265],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athletics","8":"category-events","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}