The fight song words are and have always been Go!, Fight!, Win Apps!CLTAPP92 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:28 pm1) Bring back - 'Give 'em Hell'...including the drum cadence following the fight song which leads into 'Give 'em Hell!'.
2) Secondly, promote 'Go Apps' (or 'Go App' for those not liking the use of plural as is found in our fight song)! Go, Fight, Kick A$$!
3) 'Roll Neers' is awful - The term is Alabama's and unique to them. It's sounds awful when students and alum use the words; it's embarrassing when used within official University posts/media or by staff. FTLOG please stop using it!
4) While we are throwing out opinions....I'm used to the 'App State' moniker, the band doing 'APP' as part of the opening routine, however, is not a good look IMO. Would prefer just the block A if they are dead-set on getting away from ASU.
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I believe Arizona State sent a cease and desist letter to North Carolina's Band of Distinction, Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers to stop spelling ASU so that is why they are now spelling App. It might have been Arkansas State University or one of the other ASU'scontenderv07 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:37 pmon a side note, why has the band started spelling APP instead of ASU at the beginning of the game?
What we really need to figure out is how to profit from every time someone uses the abbreviation App.
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To my knowledge there was no cease and desist. It was simply an agreement when we joined the Conference as Arkansas State identifies as ASU. We decided to use APP STATE
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I'm curious: what legal right does Arizona State, Arkansas State, or any other school with initials "ASU" have to dictate to Appalachian? I can understand if the logo/font/colors were similar or the same but they're not. I know this is not a legal hill to die on but dangit, is there nothing more important that those schools can concentrate on other than App's use of "ASU?"AppWyo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:47 pmI believe Arizona State sent a cease and desist letter to North Carolina's Band of Distinction, Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers to stop spelling ASU so that is why they are now spelling App. It might have been Arkansas State University or one of the other ASU'scontenderv07 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:37 pmon a side note, why has the band started spelling APP instead of ASU at the beginning of the game?
What we really need to figure out is how to profit from every time someone uses the abbreviation App.
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I do know, for example, that The Ohio State University, has trademark protection for the us of the word THE.scatman77 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:48 amI'm curious: what legal right does Arizona State, Arkansas State, or any other school with initials "ASU" have to dictate to Appalachian? I can understand if the logo/font/colors were similar or the same but they're not. I know this is not a legal hill to die on but dangit, is there nothing more important that those schools can concentrate on other than App's use of "ASU?"AppWyo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:47 pmI believe Arizona State sent a cease and desist letter to North Carolina's Band of Distinction, Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers to stop spelling ASU so that is why they are now spelling App. It might have been Arkansas State University or one of the other ASU'scontenderv07 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:37 pmon a side note, why has the band started spelling APP instead of ASU at the beginning of the game?
What we really need to figure out is how to profit from every time someone uses the abbreviation App.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/us/ohio- ... index.html
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I know it’s not what you are conveying, but any loud cheer would make the FU at kickoffs acceptableBambooRdApp wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:38 amThis slogan is the primary impediment to us being invited to a P5 conference. It sounds like Alabama's little brother.
Some chants are iconic. When you think "Roll"..it follows with Tide...War Eagle, etc
Although I do not personally care for it. If the fans are loud, do what they need to do.
Roll Neers is the equivalent to cheering when the offense has the ball. It’s just the wrong thing to do and is correctable. As keepers of the tradition, it is our job to make things right.

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I believe it was a baseball cap logo they objected to.AppWyo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:47 pmI believe Arizona State sent a cease and desist letter to North Carolina's Band of Distinction, Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers to stop spelling ASU so that is why they are now spelling App. It might have been Arkansas State University or one of the other ASU'scontenderv07 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:37 pmon a side note, why has the band started spelling APP instead of ASU at the beginning of the game?
What we really need to figure out is how to profit from every time someone uses the abbreviation App.
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Sad...just plain sad
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I wouldn’t let my dog sleep on that.NattyBumppo'sRevenge wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:00 pmI’d rather be friends with Eric Church than to wear that garbage
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