{"id":10435,"date":"2023-03-16T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=10435"},"modified":"2023-03-16T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:06:08","slug":"homecoming-back-to-the-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2023\/03\/16\/homecoming-back-to-the-2000s\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming: Back to the 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia Southern hosted a poppin&#8217; week full of events and fun Sept. 18-24 during Homecoming. Eagles on the Armstrong and Statesboro campuses celebrated with events like Latin Night, PJ Party, Sidewalk Chalking Competition, the Do-Dah Step Show and much more. The Eagles football team capped off the week with a 34-23 win over Ball State. <strong><em>Photos by AJ Henderson and Jonathan Chick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" data-id=\"10439\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/MG_8901.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/MG_8901.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/MG_8901-250x172.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/MG_8901-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"374\" data-id=\"10449\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Green-G_22FB_Ball-State_AJH-2-550x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Green-G_22FB_Ball-State_AJH-2-550x374.jpg 550w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Green-G_22FB_Ball-State_AJH-2-250x170.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Green-G_22FB_Ball-State_AJH-2-100x68.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Green-G_22FB_Ball-State_AJH-2.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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