College football is about to get that much better when they expand the playoffs because you do not have to go to only a select few programs to make the playoffs or be a champion. It will not be an elite few, it will be an awesome many, especially if they take the top six league champions.

There are 68 teams currently in the NCAA. Eight conferences on average get multiple bids. At least half of the remaining 24 conferences the best team wins the conference tournament. If they expanded the tournament to 80 teams you could adopt the regular season winner goes to the tournament concept ...

I like when someone posts about an App guy that he "got a job and is moving on with life". I read this article last night and could not believe the guy actually was in the signing class of 2016. So by the time he's actually done playing two complete groups (based on 4 years of college) will have co...

Historically, App has done quite well with its transfers or maybe they are the only ones we hear about like Daniel Jeremiah; he transferred from what is now ULM.

If the NCAA handles this like it handled UNC-Ch they will not be the ones to do anything about academic issues.

The students that hit the transfer portal without enough credits will not be coming to Appalachian. Those students will be at the Autonomous Conference schools. Those are the same students that are only in school before they go to the NFL. Appalachian's culture is not about taking the best players, ...

Not sure I agree. I do not gamble other than little in office pools. I am very upset. If App. St. has a great player may not be here 4 years as they get a great offer 💸. And, yes, I am in the boat that if someone wants to pay a player, supply and demand...fine....however , it can still make me upse...

The people that are most upset about NIL and the portal are those people who bet on college sports.

Longtime but recently retired ACC hall of fame coach told me last year….” It just isn’t fun anymore “. I think coaches fall into different categories now. The guys at the middling schools in the big conferences probably like the portal. They can poach the backups who are at the biggies and can hope...

thanks op. That is great. Hard to believe how far the American has fallen. The American has fallen, because it went after Markets instead of Schools that really care about their football scores. The same exact model is what brought down C-USA. It may be what brings down the Autonomous conferences a...

This shows SBC is basically going to move into the top 5 spot for conferences going forward with the Pac going away. There is no reason to see us doing anything other than getting stronger in the upcoming years. This is why I don't like all the "App moving to a P4 conference" talk. Why move "up" wh...

Do posters on other teams message boards beat crap beyond dead like some guys here do? Geez let it go already. The message boards I have been on are not as much fun as this one. This message board has much better writing on it than any others I have visited. I do not believe most message boards hav...

Over the last 10 years how many G5's have beaten P5's who finished the season in the top 10? I think the G5 is 4-6. But let’s be honest with ourselves. The G5 team is getting their Super Bowl and the P5 team they play doesn’t have a lot of interest in being there. I'm talking about over the course ...

I do believe that going to Carolina will change you. App on the other hand will strengthen your resolve, if not, you leave and go somewhere else that does not test your mettle as much. It takes a special kind of person to be a Mountaineer. It really does. I'm sorry but the only thing that tested my...

I do believe that going to Carolina will change you.

App on the other hand will strengthen your resolve, if not, you leave and go somewhere else that does not test your mettle as much. It takes a special kind of person to be a Mountaineer. It really does.

Watched 3 quarters of the Wyoming game. What a horrible announcing crew. Turned the sound off just before the half. They called the game like a bunch of fans would call a game. Not real broadcasters. Called the game like they were sitting on barstools. May be drinking as well. I think it is odd tha...

Isn’t Country Roads about west Virginia, not West Virginia? Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River are primarily in west Virginia. Song is actually about Maryland. Changed the location to sound better. https://www.fosters.com/story/lifestyle/2016/09/18/country-road-was-actually-in-maryland/25425...

Remember that so many of the sun belt teams in the bowls are not the same teams that got them to the bowl games. JMU and Troy both lost their coaches. That does make a difference and it also shows how fortunate Appalachian is to have won its bowl game, mainly, because App is just that good. Built fo...

I would like to see Oregon State and South Carolina play each other just so the announcer could say, "The Gamecocks are penetrating deep into Beaver territory."

It hurts that the Sun Belt has not faired that well during bowl season, but the fact that App has won makes me realize just how fortunate we are to have a win. The future is bright on the mountain. It is testament to the Sun Belt to have 12 of 14 teams in when no other conference has that many. I ju...