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A blog dedicated to all things Appalachian State, primarily football .. and football .. and, sometimes football

Open thread – App State at SPA!-ta
Sorry we’re late. Here’s your placeholder for tonight’s big game, during which someone will go off tangent about the spotted owl or misery index or Watergate. /shrugs. This game is a .. say it with us .. “must win” … as is every SoCon game here out. Two other league games tonight.

So what’s the Greatest App Ever been up to?
Journaling of course, kinda. I did some pool exercises for the first time yesterday. I am working out at receiver as well as quarterback now. I have to do both at the combine. My agent said while he was at the Senior Bowl that teams wanted me to work out at both. I [...]

Best among the softball crowd
This just may be our first softball post ever, but you need to know the SoCon preseason picks are out – “Preseason Player of the Year, Katie Boyd, C/3B, Appalachian State.” And she’s only a junior. Seems like yesterday she was just another face in the crowd. App State is picked to finish fourth in [...]

New recruits include a veteran
Meet Chris Aiken. Aiken joined the Army on his 18th birthday and served two tours in Iraq. He spent five years in the Army as part of the military police and lived in Samarra, one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq, before finding himself starting at Blinn College as a sophomore. Aiken said the military made [...]

Open thread – The Super Bowl
We have no real passion for this game, at least as far as who wins. The Saints are the universal sentimental favorite. And there is an App State link. Throw in that their QB is all of 6 feet tall and one time universally doubted, and we’re all in. If Drew Breeeeeees can do it, [...]

Incoming! – How ’bout that snowfall
Since there’s nothing else to rant about, have at it – “The UN panel on climate change is facing fresh criticism today as The Sunday Telegraph reveals new factual errors and poor sources of evidence in its influential report to government leaders.” Cause historically climate never changes. Never.

Holt in the high school hall
John Holt is a 3-time national champ, App State assistant and now, hall of famer – “The youngest of the inductees, holds the record for QB sacks and is the second leading tackler in the school’s history. He’s back at ASU as an assistant coach and the youngest Division I recruiter in the nation.”

A tantrum tightens that Division race
AND APP STATE WON A BIG ONE HERE IN CULLOWHEE, 89-77! THE APPS ARE NOW IN A VIRTUAL TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE NORTH DIVISION! /stops, closes eyes, types again Sorry. Still hearing two straight hours of App State play-by-play in our heads. Can’t quite shake the echo. Thanks to a strong second half and some clutch [...]

Open thread – App State in the ‘Whee
Soooooooo … here we are. Unlike that unpleasantness Monday, this game matters. Division title still up for grabs. Today’s the day for these Apps to show the world of what they are made. Also, a personal undefeated mark is on the line. It’s a busy day all around the league.

Yet another team stocks staff with App State D coaches
Last month former App State assistant George Edwards got a gig with Florida. Today, he instead headed north – “Buffalo Bills coach Chan Gailey has hired George Edwards as the Bills defensive coordinator.” Butch baby, then ECU, now the Bills. App State defensive experience must be contagious.