Here we are again. We have come to the point in the season when both sides have something to play for, and neither would like nothing more than to kill any hopes the other side has. It’s Georgia Southern week and nothing will make your skin crawl on either side quite like thinking about the other te...

Now, with just two games remaining in the regular season, the Mountaineers are firmly backed up against the wall. If they want to play another game beyond this weekend and next, they have to win both games. And what two better opponents to play, then against two teams who have provided some surprisi...

Heading to the final month of the regular season, App State is on the last leg of three games in a thirteen day stretch. The trip to the outskirts of the South Carolina coastline serves as a quick reminder of how brutal Sun Belt scheduling can be. The Mountaineers have gotten up off the mat after a ...

Quickly, we are back at The Rock for another home game, and for the second week in a row the stakes are just as big as they were last week. To keep any slim hopes in the conference title hunt, the Mountaineers are faced with one goal. Win the week. They will face an Old Dominion team that could not ...

This has been a long time coming. Maybe it’s only been 37 days since the Mountaineers have played at home, but it’s also been 56 days since they have played at home on a Saturday. It feels like an eternity, because it has been. This weekend is the last Saturday of October. The Mountaineers have not ...

Last week, the Mountaineers returned to football. It was a step in the road to recovery in the sense of returning to a normal routine. The result was obviously not what we were looking for, and the mistakes that occurred on the field can be expected from a group of young men who have gone through a ...

This is going to be hard. This week has been unlike any other week I have experienced in the High Country. Football is certainly on the back burner. The month of October in Boone is supposed to be full of visitors. Whether they crowd Kidd Brewer or the Blue Ridge Parkway, this is supposed to be our ...

We did that thing again, and this time we did not respond. The record is skipping and we are seeing the same thing each week. When does it stop? Going through the motions for the last three weeks, it was hard to tell which direction we are going. Was Clemson good? Is Clemson great? What a great come...

We almost did that thing again. But this time it was different. After a whirlwind first quarter that resembled the previous week, the Mountaineers settled into their groove. It will be a memorable win in a series that divides households and workplaces. Any road win is a big one, but a road win in st...

How about, we not do that again? That was certainly a game that will be hard to forget, even if it was unmemorable. Shall we move on? We’ll try. Whatever the result of last week, the focus would have been on this weekend. A rivalry that has been renewed, playing its third game in four seasons. Remem...

The first test is over. Nothing to get excited about one way or another, but the second will be tougher. Appalachian finds itself knowing there is a lot of time to grow, which is much better place to be than thinking you have it all figured out. Both teams find themselves in an interesting spot. Cle...

We have reached the dawn of new season, where hope abounds and everyone has a chance to reach their goals. At Appalachian, those goals have always been to win a conference championship and win a bowl game. But now, those goals might include something bigger. College football at its highest level now...

Last time out did not go as planned. Troy was a deep and very experienced squad, and the Mountaineers are still a little green in spots. It gives App State a measuring stick to what needs to be done in the future to complete the reset. But that process has begun. And the mantra in the last half of t...

For the ninth consecutive year, App State has won at least five home games. Three straight years averaging over 30,000 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium, and just a couple hundred away from eclipsing 35,000. There is no doubt, when you come to Boone for college football, you leave entertained. However, Ki...

It’s difficult to describe if you were not present last week, but everything about last Saturday felt like big time football. Compliments to James Madison for a great environment and thanks to College Gameday. We all knew what the panelists would say last week. They were present to tout their hosts....

We’ve all seen the made for television debate shows. The talking heads of daytime sports viewing remind us all what it’s like when the Mountaineers head to Atlanta for a football game. Same as it ever was, ten times over. And that leads into the fourth straight biggest game of the year for the Mount...

There is some optimism in the App State camp this week. Fans tend to move on quicker when the wins come in multiples. Forget what it took to beat Southern Miss on Homecoming, and instead focus on dominating a reeling Marshall squad. But that is how growth works. It’s not all results driven. Sometime...

The last third of the regular season is upon us and this is the time of the year when the championships are decided. Neither App State nor Marshall have looked like a division contending team. Yet the Sun Belt East remains wide open and could be for the taking. One would expect some teams to rise an...

This sport can be harsh sometimes. The line between winning and losing is thin. Whether it’s one play, one call by the officials, or a collection of a couple plays and couple bad bounces. More often than not, these things even themselves out over time, it just seems most turns of events are bouncing...

The field goal giveth, and the field goal taketh away. In the third straight game, the kicking game became the difference in a football game. It’s been an up and down journey. The insanity of September 2022 decided make a make a curtain call in 2023, and is stretching the applause clear into October...