Haven't seen this posted; so here goes...

[Gonzo]

This fella deduced quite a bit from the sentence "the 49ers reached out to Appalachian State." Asking everyone to eat crow after he proved nothing really got me LOLing.

Ignorance about football is to be expected, but I hope this guy isn't a lawyer

[Gonzo]

App reached out first for a game when UNCC announced they were starting up. UNCC wanted a home and home with the first game at UNCC. App said no thanks. When UNCC and App were both announced to be headed to the FBS App reached out again to sign a long term deal, starting ASAP, UNCC said no thanks. Now App is reaching out for a long term deal starting in the 5th year of UNCC's program (full strength year) and UNCC is thinking about it.

I understand why Judy doesn't want a game vs. App. Hopefully she'll be an honest about it as Wake's coach is.

Clearly reading comprehension is not a strong suit of the high country. I'll post again.

http://gmine.blogspot.com/2013/08/obser ... ctice.html

"The 49ers reached out to Appalachian State as early as September 2010, proposing games in 2014 and 2015 that never came about."

You guys can wave your "Judy is afraid/arrogant/sucks" flag around all you want. It's completely made up. Enjoy your crow. If anybody here can post an ounce of evidence, as I have, suggesting otherwise, I'll enjoy mine.

Have you got anything other than a newspaper article? That's no more reliable than people here posting what we know to be facts.

For someone who claims to not want to stir the pot, you sure spend a lot of time here doing just that.

Journalistic bias aside (that is a very legitimate point), not a word of that piece challenges the claim that we reached out first and Judy demanded a home and home.

And you're right. The guy's toungue-in-cheek program comparisons aren't fooling anyone. Just another little man niner seeking validation. I'm of the opinion that association of any kind with a glorified community college does more harm than good even though beating their team by as much as Satterfield allows would be damn fun to watch.

[Gonzo]

Just skimmed their thread on the article.

"Any deal with App State should be a 2 for 1 for us. They need us badly, and we don't need them at all.

I'd be fine with not scheduling them at all and watching their program die a horrible death when their fans don't get excited about an average record in a crappy conference."

I am literally rolling around in laughter. There isn't an LOL smiley on any forum that would sufficiently illustrate how big of a joke this fanbase is. WOW

[Saint3333]

Trust me my source is pretty solid, especially vs. a very vague statement. People that know me understand that.

[Rekdiver]

I'll say this again. I talked to Judy at a UNCC scholarship event a year ago this May. I asked her about playing App and she said they had no interest/ " Forgetting that I am a App grad she also said "They have a nice little program up there but it's just too far away for a BCS conference to consider inviting them to join them". At the time UNCC was only offered an invite by the Sunbelt according to one of their Trustees who sat at my table. Don't ask why, but I went as a guest of a scholarship donor.................

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I'll say this again. I talked to Judy at a UNCC scholarship event a year ago this May. I asked her about playing App and she said they had no interest/ " Forgetting that I am a App grad she also said "They have a nice little program up there but it's just too far away for a BCS conference to consider inviting them to join them". At the time UNCC was only offered an invite by the Sunbelt according to one of their Trustees who sat at my table. Don't ask why, but I went as a guest of a scholarship donor.................

I went through my trading cards a few years ago and sent out to the colleges and universities in North Carolina (except the ACC schools) the cards I had that had these players at their schools. These were cards from the mind to late 1970s. I sent one to UNCC and Judy to her credit hand wrote a thank you note to me for the gesture on my part. I did tell her she could do anything with them (mount them for display or sell them) and with tongue firmly in cheek- the ONLY condition that the money not help the UNCC football team. Her reply was to the effect she would like to schedule us but not until a few years pass and UNCC could be competitive. I'll try to dig this out of my files at some point.

[Yosef]

App reached out first for a game when UNCC announced they were starting up. UNCC wanted a home and home with the first game at UNCC. App said no thanks. When UNCC and App were both announced to be headed to the FBS App reached out again to sign a long term deal, starting ASAP, UNCC said no thanks. Now App is reaching out for a long term deal starting in the 5th year of UNCC's program (full strength year) and UNCC is thinking about it.

I understand why Judy doesn't want a game vs. App. Hopefully she'll be an honest about it as Wake's coach is.

Clearly reading comprehension is not a strong suit of the high country. I'll post again.

http://gmine.blogspot.com/2013/08/obser ... ctice.html

"The 49ers reached out to Appalachian State as early as September 2010, proposing games in 2014 and 2015 that never came about."

You guys can wave your "Judy is afraid/arrogant/sucks" flag around all you want. It's completely made up. Enjoy your crow. If anybody here can post an ounce of evidence, as I have, suggesting otherwise, I'll enjoy mine.

You guys likely proposed to have both games in Charlotte.

[Rekdiver]

clearly the Charlotte Disturber has always reported accurately.

[afinerniner]

I'm of the opinion that association of any kind with a glorified community college does more harm than good even though beating their team by as much as Satterfield allows would be damn fun to watch.

I love that you keep using the term "glorified community college" when we have double the endowment of App State and your university actually has classes at a community college.

http://distance.appstate.edu/ala-partner-sites/165


If you are going to insult us at least be creative and come up with some new schtick.

[Gonzo]

I'm of the opinion that association of any kind with a glorified community college does more harm than good even though beating their team by as much as Satterfield allows would be damn fun to watch.

I love that you keep using the term "glorified community college" when we have double the endowment of App State and your university actually has classes at a community college.

http://distance.appstate.edu/ala-partner-sites/165


If you are going to insult us at least be creative and come up with some new schtick.

UNCccc accepts anyone with a pulse, has a culture of young students commuting from mommy's house and exists to cater to working adults in the first place. It is a four year community college with a good soccer team. No one outside of the city even knows it exists.

Try to buy some UNCc gear in The Triangle (where I just picked up a whole bunch of new App gear). No one would even sell that **** in Charlotte if not for the paper mill expansion policy of the school and droves of alumni it produces. It's the apathetic, "I'm driving to class for four years just to get a degree" cuture that makes UNCc a glorified community college. Your alum:fan ratio is laughable, but it's far from surprising when you're familiar with the culture.

[afinerniner]

UNCccc accepts anyone with a pulse, has a culture of young students commuting from mommy's house and exists to cater to working adults in the first place. It is a four year community college with a good soccer team. No one outside of the city even knows it exists.

Try to buy some UNCc gear in The Triangle (where I just picked up a whole bunch of new App gear). No one would even sell that **** in Charlotte if not for the paper mill expantion policy of the school and droves of alumni it produces. It's the apathetic, "I'm driving to class for four years just to get a degree" cuture that makes UNCc a glorified community college. Your alum:fan ratio is laughable, but it's far from surprising when you're familiar with the culture.

No one knows we exists or cares about us yet we still have double the endowment that your university does. Great rebuttal.

[Gonzo]

UNCccc accepts anyone with a pulse, has a culture of young students commuting from mommy's house and exists to cater to working adults in the first place. It is a four year community college with a good soccer team. No one outside of the city even knows it exists.

Try to buy some UNCc gear in The Triangle (where I just picked up a whole bunch of new App gear). No one would even sell that **** in Charlotte if not for the paper mill expantion policy of the school and droves of alumni it produces. It's the apathetic, "I'm driving to class for four years just to get a degree" cuture that makes UNCc a glorified community college. Your alum:fan ratio is laughable, but it's far from surprising when you're familiar with the culture.

No one knows we exists or cares about us yet we still have double the endowment that your university does. Great rebuttal.

Endowment depends on how many students you have and your "National Research" classification not how many fans you have. God you're out of touch.

[appst89]

UNCccc accepts anyone with a pulse, has a culture of young students commuting from mommy's house and exists to cater to working adults in the first place. It is a four year community college with a good soccer team. No one outside of the city even knows it exists.

Try to buy some UNCc gear in The Triangle (where I just picked up a whole bunch of new App gear). No one would even sell that **** in Charlotte if not for the paper mill expantion policy of the school and droves of alumni it produces. It's the apathetic, "I'm driving to class for four years just to get a degree" cuture that makes UNCc a glorified community college. Your alum:fan ratio is laughable, but it's far from surprising when you're familiar with the culture.

No one knows we exists or cares about us yet we still have double the endowment that your university does. Great rebuttal.

Endowment depends on how many students you have and your "National Research" classification not how many fans you have. God you're out of touch.

He's focusing on the endowment because any comparison of academic rankings is not going to come out the way he wants to spin it.

[Rekdiver]

All that endowment money cant buy brains, class or critical thinking.
If I were a professed 49er fan I think I would be focusing on the BIG game with Campbell instead of visiting this board again to see what we think of you. The myopic thinking of UNCC fans who believe that playing App offers them nothing and us everything is purely laughable. You are in the same boat with us fighting the elite, money grubbing semiprofessional big 5 conferences. It is mutually beneficial for our schools to play which I've said time and time again offers the opportunity to take share away from Tobacco Road and those schools south of the border. You want to wait until we are on an even playing field of scholarship classes yet you play Georgia Southern and JMU. Really? Is that even? Playing us validates your program. The only thing I can figure is that your coach just like the school he used to work for is just flat afraid to play us.

Separately, I love how Gonzo has gotten under the skin of Ninernation.net. He has them foaming at the mouth half the time. If anyone wants a good laugh Ninernation has a thread "Maybe this will shut up those Appholes".

[afinerniner]

Endowment depends on how many students you have and your "National Research" classification not how many fans you have. God you're out of touch.

Endowment fund are from external donors and a university's classification has nothing those. If you want to talk about grants, then yes those do relate to classification.


As far as fans go, we can't wait to make the basketball game in Boone just another home game for us. We all know the "App fans" are a one trick pony. Biggest question is, if there is a Tarheel basketball game on that night will you have any fans there?

[ninermike]

Niner fan here and first time poster. I've read the comments on both NinerNation and here over the last few months concerning the budding rivalry between our schools.

I suppose that it the animosity that's building with a small selection of posters may be good for a potential rivalry between our schools but doesn't reflect in any shape or form the feelings of most of the fan bases of either school. The vast majority of it is just petty bickering about minutia.

It's very interesting to see how fans from both sides will take a comment from one poster and apply that posters thoughts across the entire fan base. The reality is that majority of App fans favor Charlotte when we happen to make the NCAA tournament. The majority of Charlotte fans would be favoring App in the FCS tournament every year and thoroughly enjoyed seeing App knock off Michigan a few years ago.

So to all of you angst driven fans from both teams who have developed this animosity towards the other before we've even played one down of football: Get out and enjoy the sun (or even rain), spend more time with your family and friends, Take up a few new hobbies.

I for one hope we do develop a rivalry but will still be rooting for App's own success when it doesn't come at the expense of Charlotte's.

Note to Gonzo and other's who imply that Charlotte is a commuter school: 90% of our students live within a 5 mile radius of campus. The commuter school label may have been legitimate in the 90's but it's no longer accurate.

[Saint3333]

Is a UNCC fan proclaiming they have a more passionate fanbase? Both schools have an issue with UNC-CH basketball fans.

Simple question, athletic fans give to booster clubs correct? Who raises more money each year?

[Gonzo]

Both schools have problems with Tar Hole fandome among alumni. Only one is in denial about it; the same group whose delusional quest for validation has them reading the MMB every single day.

There are more App fans than UNCc fans in Charlotte alone, let alone everywhere. For god sake, 10,000 UNCc fans have never been seen before. App sees over twice that many drive up a mountain six times a year. Comparing the two at all is laughable. It would be like an App fan squawking on an NC State message board. These little men are pure entertainment. It continues to be one of the most fascinating group thinks I've ever seen.

[Rekdiver]

Your fans complain they dont want to drive 2 hours to see you play football in Boone yet you can't wait to come up to see a basketball game because you know you are better? You are willing to consider giving an ass whipping but afraid of one? What a bunch of Nancy boys........

[MAD Doctor]

I encourage UnCC fans to take the "Outerbelt Challenge". It's easy. Just pick a day and a time and then drive one loop on I-485. Have a spotter count all APP and UnCC license plates, decals, etc....after you recover from your humiliation, you should realize that a "large market" just means there are more people that don't give a sh*t about you.