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by Bigdaddyg1
Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:20 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: Official Almost Heaven prediction thread
Replies: 25
Views: 777

Re: Official Almost Heaven prediction thread

Apps- 27
Mar- 21
by Bigdaddyg1
Wed Nov 19, 2025 9:57 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

How much revenue do we actually have left after operating expenses or is this a line item expense for the athletic department that creates net losses? I thought typically before this new expense that we generally (maybe) broke even. You know it’s gotten bad with advertisers using athletes that in mo...
by Bigdaddyg1
Wed Nov 19, 2025 11:12 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

Any players that Drink might have signed at App would be gone now. Since he left we had Covid, a ridiculous extra year for players, a transfer portal out of control, NIL that he had nothing to do with, a once in a lifetime weather disaster in the High Country, etc. He was never invested and reaped t...
by Bigdaddyg1
Wed Nov 19, 2025 6:52 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

If playoffs are the long term goal, it might be time to get out of the Sun Belt. JMU still not even ranked in the college football playoff after beating us by 50. 8-2 Tulane is ahead of them. And probably North Texas. Tulane and App are statistically dead even on defense as far as total yards and Y...
by Bigdaddyg1
Tue Nov 18, 2025 8:47 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

I would love to see a breakdown of G5 (peer schools) in terms of current year record versus prior year and also the amount of roster turnover. Basically how many peer schools have either turned their record around or have dropped off and of those schools what is the number of players who are new th...
by Bigdaddyg1
Tue Nov 18, 2025 8:32 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

I would love to see a breakdown of G5 (peer schools) in terms of current year record versus prior year and also the amount of roster turnover. Basically how many peer schools have either turned their record around or have dropped off and of those schools what is the number of players who are new thi...
by Bigdaddyg1
Tue Nov 18, 2025 6:55 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

It has been said here and I have said it in the past. I would much rather see some quality FCS guys than Alabama bench warmers. One you can judge the other is a guess. The game is filled with guys who were studs in HS and never see the field in college. All three of our championship teams would win...
by Bigdaddyg1
Mon Nov 17, 2025 5:55 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

DLo started in Dec. He inherited a losing team on a downward trajectory We did not have good OLine and Dline for several years and they were getting worse every year DLo had to accept whatever HS recruits that were coming in and recruited from the same staff that got fired or not have any players a...
by Bigdaddyg1
Mon Nov 17, 2025 4:40 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

Unless we have sunk to dumpster fire we should be able to assemble enough talent to at least go 6-6. I see a boatload of G5 schools who will most certainly finish at .500. As for the unbelievable lack of rushing last Saturday it’s not like our backup offensive linemen are 5’10” and 200 lbs. I realiz...
by Bigdaddyg1
Mon Nov 17, 2025 7:05 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU
Replies: 24
Views: 1415

Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Other than the uniforms I don’t see App State football (right now), hopefully it’s not anymore. Like many I feel almost no connection to this program. It’s hard to even speak of the prior regime given the fact that coach passed so suddenly and his tenure ended badly. When SC died so did much of the ...
by Bigdaddyg1
Sun Nov 16, 2025 5:28 pm
Forum: Appalachian Basketball
Topic: App at Dartmouth
Replies: 37
Views: 1085

Re: App at Dartmouth

Just checking but does Dartmouth have athletic scholarships? Certainly no NIL. Any win is good but damn.
by Bigdaddyg1
Sun Nov 16, 2025 1:07 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

How many G5 programs are bringing in legit P4 players via the portal and are good? I agree with some comments related to levels of talent. There simply can’t be a huge gap between G5 and P4 guys (who never really played) and good FCS. You still see big linemen at the FCS level and good QB’s. How on ...
by Bigdaddyg1
Sun Nov 16, 2025 7:54 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

ESPN projects a 2 loss Navy team as the playoff team for the lowly G5. It makes zero difference to even discuss this especially now but if they get the nod over JMU what does that say about the Belt? Basically our champ will about have to go unbeaten.
by Bigdaddyg1
Sat Nov 15, 2025 7:40 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: Winning….
Replies: 44
Views: 4478

Re: Winning….

The butthurt around here is nuts. Some people losing interest. Some people comparing lengths of time they've followed the team. Others pooping on fellow Apps for differing opinions on the current affairs of the college world. Good grief. I will say again, as ive repeated so many times on here, thes...
by Bigdaddyg1
Sat Nov 15, 2025 5:42 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

I really wonder how worse we would be if we went back to recruiting the low 3 star chip on the shoulder guys who simply love playing, want to be at App and play TIGMA style. Mix in some solid FCS guys who also felt a bit slighted and fill a few spots with portal guys. I mean can it be that much wors...
by Bigdaddyg1
Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:27 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

I simply don’t understand how a team at our level can have such a drop off at the offensive line position. This is probably an over simplification but even the second string guys are 6’5” ish and over 280 or so lbs. I get that talent varies but you would expect big dudes to at least block better.
by Bigdaddyg1
Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:56 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

We are just not very good at ANYTHING! Why continue to point out one particular aspect of our team? Offensive line is horrible, play execution is horrible, receivers dropping passes is horrible, red zone turnovers are horrible. Need I go on?
by Bigdaddyg1
Thu Nov 13, 2025 2:30 pm
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: Winning….
Replies: 44
Views: 4478

Re: Winning….

Tried to find a recent thread to ask a few questions so perhaps someone could support reasonable and hopefully useful and informative answers. Here goes. I read takes referring to this season as a rebuild. Besides the new coaching staff with the current state of college football what exactly does re...
by Bigdaddyg1
Thu Nov 13, 2025 7:48 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

And the “good ole days” used to reference many years prior to the present. Now it’s just pre Covid. Seems like it’s sucked ever since for a handful of reasons. We can just copy-and-paste this comment to basically anything, not just App State football. Yep - has the acronym FUBAR been used more in t...
by Bigdaddyg1
Thu Nov 13, 2025 7:20 am
Forum: Appalachian Football
Topic: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Replies: 870
Views: 19026

Re: FB at No. 24 JMU, 3:30 p.m., ESPN+

And the “good ole days” used to reference many years prior to the present. Now it’s just pre Covid. Seems like it’s sucked ever since for a handful of reasons.

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