WCU Football

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

WCU has won three in a row. Been a while since anyone has typed that.

[Yosef84]

Personally, I'm happy for them. Western's problems in building any type of success for their football program is baffling for me. A few weeks ago, I looked at their schedule and really didn't see a W on it, based on the first half of the season. Good for them!

[HighlandsApp]

That's great. I thought that it was two in a row. Three is fantastic for them.

[BambooRdApp]

WCU be saying "we want Bama"

[goapps]

Hope they turn it around but I think that there may be some sort of "Bob Waters curse" at work down in Jackson County.

[CVAPP]

A 3 game W streak is no indicator things are on the mend, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. I agree with goapps, the place is cursed. Still, I wish them the best. I have friends and family that did time in the whee. I always enjoyed going to games there, but I am happy we will never be going back to E. J. Whitmire.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

A 3 game W streak is no indicator things are on the mend, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. I agree with goapps, the place is cursed. Still, I wish them the best. I have friends and family that did time in the whee. I always enjoyed going to games there, but I am happy we will never be going back to E. J. Whitmire.

I feel the same, which I why I posted the info. I wish them no ill will but the reality is that their football has always been bad, with a few exceptions. There were a few times they had our number for multiple years but it was rare. And generally they were at best a 500 school some years, with a few years here and there with good results.

ECU is not much better historically. Check on winispedia. Lots of up and down with ECU, and a few years in a row of winning, but the norm is up and down with not much sustained success.

In contrast, App has had only a few years of consecutive losing seasons. Losing seasons are rare for us, though they happen, but two in a row is very rare, and I am not sure if three in a row has ever happened. It is a different football culture here with success breading success.

http://www.winsipedia.com/appalachian-state

[WataugaMan]

A 3 game W streak is no indicator things are on the mend, but hey, you gotta start somewhere.

That reminds me:

[HighlandsApp]

A 3 game W streak is no indicator things are on the mend, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. I agree with goapps, the place is cursed. Still, I wish them the best. I have friends and family that did time in the whee. I always enjoyed going to games there, but I am happy we will never be going back to E. J. Whitmire.

I feel the same, which I why I posted the info. I wish them no ill will but the reality is that their football has always been bad, with a few exceptions. There were a few times they had our number for multiple years but it was rare. And generally they were at best a 500 school some years, with a few years here and there with good results.

ECU is not much better historically. Check on winispedia. Lots of up and down with ECU, and a few years in a row of winning, but the norm is up and down with not much sustained success.

In contrast, App has had only a few years of consecutive losing seasons. Losing seasons are rare for us, though they happen, but two in a row is very rare, and I am not sure if three in a row has ever happened. It is a different football culture here with success breading success.

http://www.winsipedia.com/appalachian-state

Pretty wild that 59 of our 645 wins are against Western Carolina; That's the most 10% of our wins. That's bad for them but then when I think about how bad they are, it takes the tiniest little bit of prestige away from our high percentage win rate.....

[Stonewall]

They hired a proven coach , if he can't get them above .500 ...well it's bad .I have some great memories from playing them , and a couple of nightmares.No ill wishes , they beat FU yesterday so that's a plus.

[MAD Doctor]

CUSA is on line one.

[Yosef84]

A 3 game W streak is no indicator things are on the mend, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. I agree with goapps, the place is cursed. Still, I wish them the best. I have friends and family that did time in the whee. I always enjoyed going to games there, but I am happy we will never be going back to E. J. Whitmire.

I feel the same, which I why I posted the info. I wish them no ill will but the reality is that their football has always been bad, with a few exceptions. There were a few times they had our number for multiple years but it was rare. And generally they were at best a 500 school some years, with a few years here and there with good results.

ECU is not much better historically. Check on winispedia. Lots of up and down with ECU, and a few years in a row of winning, but the norm is up and down with not much sustained success.

In contrast, App has had only a few years of consecutive losing seasons. Losing seasons are rare for us, though they happen, but two in a row is very rare, and I am not sure if three in a row has ever happened. It is a different football culture here with success breading success.

http://www.winsipedia.com/appalachian-state

Pretty wild that 59 of our 645 wins are against Western Carolina; That's the most 10% of our wins. That's bad for them but then when I think about how bad they are, it takes the tiniest little bit of prestige away from our high percentage win rate.....

I don't think it diminishes our achievements at all. They were a conference rival and had resources similar to what we had for most of that time. I do think it diminishes programs like Alabama who schedule them voluntarily. Just my opinion of course

[CharlotteApp05]

I always thought they would benefit from our success. Rising tide lifts all boats. As it became harder to get into App, as we recruited higher level athletes, our leftovers would get better and better.

[Yosef84]

I always thought they would benefit from our success. Rising tide lifts all boats. As it became harder to get into App, as we recruited higher level athletes, our leftovers would get better and better.

I kind of thought the same thing. Once we moved up to FBS, I thought they might pick up some transfers who weren't getting playing time at App, especially with Speer's connections to the App staff. Never seemed to materialize though.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

The did not go 4 in a row. Dropped the game to ETSU 56-35