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As KatieBonk said, "SC State brought it to the game. Fortunately, so did we."

When Appalachian State's opening drive ends with a fumble at the 1 yard line, it becomes apparent that it is again a fight for life in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. But, even in the darkest of moments, I believe in the ability of the Mountaineers to dig deep and rally. And my Apps didn't disappoint me, overcoming the feisty Bulldogs 37-21. I'll be compiling an album and will post it on the top sidebar sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.

Appalachian State Football = Southern Conference Champs again, again, again and again.

That makes four in a row. Under wet, windy weather, the Mountaineers defeat the Elon Phoenix 24-16 at The Rock on Saturday. The photo is of Matt Cline scoring in the first half.

Appalachian State 49- Delaware 21

It is 7 a.m. and I was awaken by some Appalachian State students jumping into the pool outside the Choo Choo Hotel. They haven't gone to bed since beating Delaware in the FCS title game here in Chattanooga. My favorite quote of the game came from ASU Chancellor Peacock last night during the pep rally in the pavillion outside Finley Stadium.
"I think we are going to have to start calling this the Appalachian Invitational," Peacock said as he held up a rubber chicken painted blue.

I was nervous before the game, but the Appalachian offense and defense came out and made some substantial plays early on. This was the first ASU game of the season when I didn't feel like I was gonna have a cardiac arrest. Thank you, ASU.

Now we have three championship trophies. The newest one is called, "Trey," of course.

It is official. Appalachian State is hot, hot, hot.

You can read all abou the game in the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, USA Today and of course, The Blue Ridge Blog. I'm laughing with you...

Much, much more later. Need to travel back to Boone and beat the snow/ice event.

Appalachian 55-Richmond 35

It is 2 a.m.
Holy Moly. App won the semi-finals.
The Choo Choo awaits us for the third time.
I escaped the mob, barely. Experience is my friend.
Night games are hard to shoot. My bad.
But, App goes for three.
Final score: 55-35.
Works fo me.
Go Apps!

Truth is:
Both field goals were tumbled by exuberant students. No injuries this time. Richmond fans are are zealous and polite. They had a great but small cheering section. The Richmond team should demand their fans travel better. It is a quality team that deserves more fan participation. What? 6 hours is too hard to drive? Seriously. In comparison, App fans went to Michigan in much better numbers than the Spiders did for this playoff game. Attendance numbers for this home game were over 24k. It was Appalachian Black and Golden. As I left The Rock tonight, there were thousands in line at the ticket booths. The Rock will be driving to Chattanooga.
I'm posting a few photos, but it is late... much more later.

In the meantime, Armanti Edwards rocked THE ROCk. He broke records.