Maxwell Nuche is a mountaineer forever

http://www.appoll.com/football/predictions/predictions.asp

RESPECT , associated press......a.p.......appalachian??

Rank
Team
Record
Points
Previous
1.
USC (40)
1-0
1594
1
2.
LSU (25)
2-0
1582
2
3.
Oklahoma
2-0
1418
5
4.
West Virginia
2-0
1408
3
5.
Florida
2-0
1370
4
6.
Texas
2-0
1290
7
7.
Wisconsin
2-0
1171
5
8.
California
2-0
1126
10
9.
Louisville
2-0
1097
8
10.
Ohio State
2-0
962
12
11.
UCLA
2-0
910
13
12.
Penn State
2-0
896
14
13.
Rutgers
2-0
820
15
14.
Nebraska
2-0
693
16
15.
Georgia Tech
2-0
590
21
16.
Arkansas
1-0
537
18
17.
South Carolina
2-0
477
NR
18.
Virginia Tech
1-1
382
9
19.
Oregon
2-0
367
NR
20.
Clemson
2-0
349
25
21.
Boston College
2-0
323
NR
22.
Tennessee
1-1
284
24
23.
Georgia
1-1
261
11
24.
Hawaii
2-0
247
20
25.
Texas A&M
2-0
243
23
Others Receiving Votes: South Florida 220, Missouri 144, Alabama 116, Washington 95, TCU 66, Arizona State 28, Auburn 23, Appalachian State 19, Cincinnati 12, Florida State 2, Iowa 1, Kansas 1, Purdue 1

What's wrong Auburn? War Eagle what? The South Florida Bulls? Remember that time we almost beat you. Nick Saban are you worried yet??? Do your fans welcome home the team bus yet??? FSU dooooooo what? I chose App. You see why?

BIG TIME

Big Time News brings us this wonderful picture. I think since I first learned to read I've had a subscription to Sports Illustrated. I already had a letter ready to go. If Appalachian State wasn't on the cover I wouldn't hesitate cancelling my subscription. Hats off to Dexter Jackson(on SIs cover & SoCon's 200 meter sprint champion) and CoCo Hillary who MADE PLAYS in the single most unforgettable game in College Football History. Corey Lynch and Pierre Banks were ALL OVER the field making plays and ratcheting their teammates up to a different level. The most solid performance must go to Armanti Edwards and his poise in such a hostile environment. He did what he had to do to win.

Great Piece!!

"Guess we'd better take a brief tutorial on the Appalachian State Mountaineers, since they currently own college football — lock, stock and Big House."

>Mike Lopresti

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2007-09-02-appalachian-state_N.htm

Now Ravens tight end and Mountaineer Daniel Wilcox joins ESPN2 live!

- “Gonna put a new ASU shirt and new jersey in (Michigan alumnus and Ravens teammate) Prescott Burgess’s locker every week.”

Crowning Acheivement!

Money Edwards

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=gamedayFinal071

What a well crafted paragraph!!!!

"You know, it occurs to me, both Michigan and App. State are no strangers to
big games. Michigan begins each year hunting for a national title, and has
big-time, lights-on-the-marquee games each year with Notre Dame and Ohio State.
App. State's won national titles the past two years. Still, I'm guessing
Michigan fans were a little surprised that the Mountaineers didn't wither under
pressure as the game reached its conclusion. Here's what they didn't account
for: when Michigan takes the field, they know their season is riding on the
opinions of sportswriters and the results generated by a computer. When App.
State takes the field, they know that their season is riding on winning the game
on the field. Food for thought."

>The DCeiver

http://dceiver.blogspot.com/

BIG HOUSE, BIG UPSET.

Football Scheduling

The alumni blog has reported on some football scheduling challenges:

"'But the Mountaineers’ success also has worked against them in their scheduling. (associate athletics director Jay) Sutton said he nearly had a deal with a team from the I-A Mid-American Conference. But the school, which had agreed to pay Appalachian $300,000, backed out, not wanting to risk losing to a I-AA team.
“I cut the price to $200,000,” Sutton said. “They said no. I said I’d cut it more. But they finally said, `Look, you don’t get it. We don’t want to play you guys. Why would we?’ ”

I thought it would be fun to guess who it could be. Man, it's hard being champions.

Is it:

Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami(OH)
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

We can only wonder. We have really tried to put ourselves in a position to dominate the state of Michigan or so it seems.

Postcard

October 10, 1994

Postcard

September 5, 1994