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Tweet SoCon awards are out. Four Apps on first team – Orry Frye, Brian Quick, Jeremy Kimbrough and Demetrius McCray. Four on second – Travaris Cadet, Ben Jorden, Troy Sanders and Sam Martin. Eric Breitenstein takes Offensive POY. Stink takes coach of the year and dominates all-SoCon teams with nine players. Furman and ‘Nooga had seven each.  10 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Early one – “App State’s second-round game against Maine in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN’s online platform, ESPN3.” That will be the first game of round two. Round one starts this Saturday at noon. Since it’s never too early for a prediction thread. O/U: Attendance for the home playoff game against Maine – 24,000. . . . → Read More: Kickoff set for playoff opener 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
Tweet “Battle of the Beards: Hardwood Edition” is tonight in the QC. It’s a homecoming for one Mountaineer. That’s what senior Omar Carter, the former Charlotte Christian star, loves about playing for Capel. Carter and the Mountaineers (2-1) are in Charlotte today for a 7 p.m. game against East Carolina (2-1) at Time Warner Cable Arena. “There’s really not any difference” between who Capel was as an assistant and how he is now, Carter said. “He always has . . . → Read More: Battle of the Bball Beards tonight 36 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Ouch – “For the caller who asked what happened to Alabama against Georgia Southern: Georgia Southern was the football championship series champion last year. If you’ll recall, their champion, when it was Appalachian State, went up to Michigan and beat Michigan at Michigan. So people ought to do a little research before they make dumb calls.” 9 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Belated rematch. “This will be the Black Bears’ first appearance in the NCAA’s since 2008. They have faced ASU once before, beating the Mountaineers 14-13 in an NCAA first-round game in 2002, in Boone.” And other possible. “A juicy matchup could come as early as the Dec. 9-10 quarterfinals, when the Eagles could meet Appalachian State in Paulson Stadium if both teams win their playoff games.” More on the Black Bears. “The ESPNU announcers on the selection show . . . → Read More: APP-propre links 43 comments - (Comments are closed)
Tweet Rivalry – “App State University graduate Lee Isley said a tradition involving his family and the family of Elon graduate Larry Rhodes “has been going on for four or five years. This year, the Rhodes family went with a new approach – a dumpster left early Friday morning in the driveway of Isley. Painted on the dumpster, using a combination of letters and symbols, is the message “Go Phoenix – Dispose of Appalachian.” Last year, the App display . . . → Read More: See your flag, raise a dumpster 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Another Sunday, another slew of games. Bonus, there’s a Mountaineer reunion! Superman and the Bucs play Hey Mr. DJ and the Pack in a Battle of the Bays. AE and the Panthers head to Detroit, an early contender who hasn’t been so contendee lately. San Francisco and the league’s second best record have the Cardinals at home. 40 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet The annual FCS selection “show” is set for 10 a.m. on ESPNU. In the past the “show” was a 3.5-second graphic flashed on the screen while John Moschitta narrated. So don’t get hopes too high for any details. Here’s an elaborate rundown of who’s in and who might be. It includes familiar names – Montana, Northern Iowa, Lehigh – and some not-so-familiar – Stony Brook, Towson, Norfolk State. App State should be in. The question is, do the . . . → Read More: Playoff thoughts go here 81 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Ya gotta feel for the Swag. They get spotted a 21-0 head start and still can’t beat App State. Jamal Jackson threw for 284 and four TDS, with Brian Quick snagging 11 passes for 150 and 2 TDs, for the good guys to close the regular season 28-24 over Elon. The birds were unstoppable early, scoring thrice within the game’s first 13 minutes. That included drives of 35, 43 and 56 yards. In that span App State was . . . → Read More: GBU: Well that was nerve racking 13 comments - (Comments are closed) Tweet Must win? Maybe – “The Mountaineers will most certainly secure an at-large berth and first-round playoff bye with a victory. If they stumble, they’ll be at the mercy of a selection committee for the 20-team field and won’t know their fate until Sunday.” Elon is coming off a big win at Furman. App State just got done kicking ‘Whee repeatedly. Gotta get some TDs today. Elsewhere, Wofford might have its playoffs on the line with ‘Nooga. Plus, four . . . → Read More: Gameday – App State at the Swag 237 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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