AppState005

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Any chance of App. State moving up to Div 1A?

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Nothing formal has been announced, but some indicating factors that appear we are looking to make the move. The Chancellor and AD have both been asked about this, and each time they are asked the continuously dodge the question, but say something to the effect of "Appalachian is in a great growth phase, and we have major plans in the works. Stick around and see what happens." That sorta statements....

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Dropped passes really really hurt y'all. Not sure if they heard footsteps, aren't that great, or were just a little off yesterday.

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My honest opinion, I think our receivers were scared of the big hit, especially Coco Hillary (#6). Every time the ball was thrown his direction he was already looking to dodge the hit instead of catching the ball. I guess that I hope that is the case, because in FCS play they won't be as scared of the big hitting safeties, and display more confidence.

I think the other reason could possibly be the amount of sweat on their hands. I realize they were wearing gloves, but you still have a little movement of those gloves after a lot of sweat gets down in em.....

....LSU for the good time in Baton Rouge/New Orleans. Just got back from Baton Rouge (11 hour drive turned into a 14 hour drive because of evacuation traffic....) and I just wanted to stop by and thank you guys for a great time. Granted we weren't happy we didn't get to really experience gameday at LSU, but we had a great time nonetheless (minus the loss of course). We were treated very well by LSU fans and got some great tips from here and from LSU fans on Bourbon Street Friday.

As for the game, how many dropped passes did we have? I could probably think of 10 off the top of my head. That REALLY hurt us, coupled with the fact that your two DE's had an excellent pass rush which kept Armanti in the pocket, which is NOT what we want. Goes to show us all that if we had an offensive line like you guys do, Armanti would probably be able to do so many more things. I was happy we didn't turn the ball over. I definitely will eat my crow, cause I though the game was gonna be closer. I also imagine a couple of LSU guys I talked to will have their crow after telling us the App players would not be able to withstand the weather or weren't going to have enough conditioning and that'd we be cramping up way before LSU players. Between that and what appears to be no injuries for us, I am very happy with us, that was my goal coming in. An injury for us is really important because of the lack of depth we have.

All in all - great experience and I really hope that you guys will have us back sometime. I know you don't like playing teams from our division, but really love to be able to come see venues like this and enjoy the experience with our team being involved. I'll be back by to check in from time to time. Thanks guys!

My arse and 10 buddies will be there as well.....no doubt. Possibly leave town after the game and drive a couple of hours towards Atlanta and spend the night somewhere....but we'll see. A lot depends on what happens over the next 24 hours with that puppy down in the Gulf.....

Yeah most areas west of Charlotte have seen between 4-6" of rain the last about 3-4 days. Whoever said a foot of rain, it must be a very isolated incident, if true at all. There would be a lot more water on my high school football field if a foot of rain was dumped in the Boone area.....

About 3 years ago remnants of a hurricane put my high school football field about 12 feet under water, first three rows of seats were underwater. That was with about a foot of rain in the mountains. Craziness....nothing like that this time around. Course our high school football field is right off the Catawba River so that doesn't help.....

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No one is "used to" or "immune" to heat...but I think what they are saying is that these guys haven't lived in Boone their entire lives or anything and they are from places where it gets hot. They know exactly what it's like to play in similar conditions, especially if they played in high school.

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Precisely.

My vote would be for Pierre Banks and I think we'll see a good showing from Coco....

Pierre Banks = LB
Coco Hillary - WR

Other than that the obvious answer would be Armanti of course, but I think Armanti is going to let them focus on stopping his run and it'll make LSU's fresh secondary match up against our WR's one on one.

App is in black. It's a done deal.

I don't want the game moved. I don't wanna hear the whining and bitching from Tiger fans when my boys come in and lay pipe to their team.








Just messing - I think it'll be a score of 28-17 in LSU's favor

Check out ESPN between 7-11 pm tonight to catch an interview with Armanti Edwards addressing this weekend's game at LSU.

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The whole idea that App State will wilt due to the "Louisiana heat and humidity" is a bit overstated.

Yes, typically, La. is a bit hotter and humid than NC. But don't let that fool you.

Last year, NC had 29 straight days of 95+ degree heat.

And before one of you idiots out there has a ranter-cow, yes, I understand that La. may have had 33 95+ degree days in a row. But the fact is, NC is in the South, therefore it draws that same Gulf moisture and heat.

The truth is, LSU will win because:
1. Michigan last year
2. We're LSU and they are ASU.

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Not to mention we have several key players coming from South Carolina where it's just as miserable heat and humidity wise as it is in Baton Rouge.....

Boone, NC doesn't see that humidity, but these boys grew up in it and it ain't gonna bother them. Hell, I'd be willing to bet money that an LSU player sucks down some oxygen before an App player does...