The NCAA released the official 2012 football attendance figures recently. I made this infographic to help illustrate just how much we kick ass in this department.
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INFOGRAPHIC: 2012 Appalachian State Football Attendance
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FCS BRACKET CHALLENGE: Final Leaderboards
Sorry for the delay! I’m sure by now you know that NDSU won the FCS National Championship. Congrats to Hapapp on winning the whole thing! Thanks to everyone who participated!
North Dakota St 39 / Sam Houston St 13
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Here are the final leaderboard results: …READ MORE
FCS BRACKET CHALLENGE: Semifinal Leaderboards
One more round left! This week Georgia Southern suffered a heartbreaking loss to NDSU after a blocked FG & Eastern Washington’s insane comeback came up just short against Sam Houston State. The National Championship will be a rematch of last year (when NDSU won it all)
North Dakota St 23/ Georgia Southern 20
Sam Houston St 45/ Eastern Washington 42
Since no one picked Sam Houston State to win (Correction: no one in striking distance) and Hapapp is currently in first place with North Dakota St picked, it looks like no one can pass him. He also picked Sam Houston St to reach the championship as well! Nice job! I’ll post the final leaderboards next week anyway to see where everyone shakes out! Once again, thanks to everyone who participated.
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Here are the leaderboards for this week: …READ MORE
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FCS BRACKET CHALLENGE: Quarterfinal Leaderboards
Another week, another round of leaderboards! Once again, thanks to everyone who participated.
This week Georgia Southern had a come behind victory over Old Dominion. They are now the only SoCon team left alive since Wofford lost a close on to NDSU. Here are the full week’s scores:
Georgia Southern 49 / Old Dominion 35
North Dakota State 14 / Wofford 7
Sam Houston State 34 / Montana State 16
Eastern Washington 51 / Illinois State 35
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Let’s take a look at the leaderboards for this week: …READ MORE
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FCS BRACKET CHALLENGE: Round 2 Leaderboards
Well as everyone should already know, Appalachian State’s football season ended (brutally) yesterday by a blocked extra point in overtime 38-37. That’s going to put a big damper on this contest, I have to admit. I still want to thank everyone who entered and followed AppStateNation this season. Remember, we’re still SoCon champs and it’s still great to be a Mountaineer!
For those of you like myself, who picked App State to win it all, our brackets are pretty much ruined. But you never know.
In case you were wondering about tie breakers, it goes total points -> correct tournament winner -> coin flip. To review the bracket you submitted click HERE.
Let’s take a look at the leaderboards for this week:
Rank / Name / Points / Team Picked to Win Tournament
1st Place
Michael Somogyi – 19 Illinois St
2nd Place (Tie)
KJ Eagle – 18 (5) Georgia Southern
Hapapp – 18 (1) North Dakota St
4th Place (Tie)
Marc Troglione – 17 (1) North Dakota St
bearbison – 17 (1) North Dakota St
Bryan – 17 (4) Old Dominion
Sam Nicholson – 17 (1) North Dakota St
Griz1988 – 17 (1) North Dakota St
Ryan Hotz – 17 (4) Old Dominion
10th Place (Tie)
James Wagar – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Adam Faulkner – 16 Appalachian St
CoastalFans – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Matt Lawson – 16 (5) Georgia Southern
Dave Greco III – 16 (4) Old Dominion
87ASUgrad – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Daniel Clark – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Andrew Kunkle – 16 (4) Old Dominion
Chad Evans – 16 Appalachian St
Jarad Mahlen – 16 (1) North Dakota St
takerjw – 16 (5) Georgia Southern
Will S – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Tom Donovan – 16 (3) Montana St
Eddie Ingram – 16 Appalachian St
Aikman C – 16 (1) North Dakota St
Patrick Sekel – 16 Appalachian St
26th Place (Tie)
AppStateNation – 15 Appalachian St
Matt Waddell – 15 (4) Old Dominion
Wutsurname – 15 (1) North Dakota St
Eric Bridwell – 15 (3) Montana St
DJnVa – 15 (4) Old Dominion
Seth Stratton – 15 Sam Houston St
Warren Boyette – 15 Appalachian St
John Nixon – 15 (3) Montana St
Mike Rowell – 15 (5) Georgia Southern
Eaglegus2 – 15 (5) Georgia Southern
Nick – 15 (1) North Dakota St
Josh Johnston – 15 Appalachian St
Steven warner – 15 (5) Georgia Southern
Adam Spencer – 15 Appalachian St
Matt Adams – 15 (1) North Dakota St
Thomas – 15 Appalachian St
42nd Place (Tie)
Gabriel Parsons – 14 Appalachian St
Tyler – 14 (5) Georgia Southern
SSCangrycoach – 14 (5) Georgia Southern
Bobby Penson – 14 Appalachian St
Lance Culver – 14 (5) Georgia Southern
Jacob Nall – 14 Appalachian St
Tony Bedini – 14 (4) Old Dominion
bigCasu – 14 Appalachian St
Robert – 14 (4) Old Dominion
Taylor Adams – 14 Appalachian St
Travis – 14 (4) Old Dominion
Scott Holbrook – 14 Appalachian St
54th Place (Tie)
Michael Deese – 13 (5) Georgia Southern
WataugaDave – 13 (3) Montana St
Matthew Jordan – 13 Appalachian St
Daren Moog – 13 (3) Montana St
Bryant Barbery – 13 Appalachian St
sloan goforth – 13 (1) North Dakota St
Josh – 13 (3) Montana St
Alexander Joachim – 13 (2) Eastern Washington
kth – 13 (5) Georgia Southern
63rd Place (Tie)
Dean Crider – 12 Appalachian St
Baker Loy – 12 (4) Old Dominion
Ryne – 12 (4) Old Dominion
66th Place (Tie)
Joshua Bodrey – 10 (4) Old Dominion
David – 10 Appalachian St
FCS BRACKET CHALLENGE: Round 1 Leaderboards
Thanks to everyone who entered the AppStateNation 2013 NCAA Div-I FCS Bracket Challenge! You can still make a bracket, but it will be considered “late” and not eligible for a prize. To review the bracket that you submitted, click HERE.
Yesterday was round 1 which consisted of 4 games. Each participant received 1 point for every game they picked correctly. Surprisingly, no one picked all 4 games right! For those of you who struggled this round, keep in mind that it’s unlikely those teams will advance much farther and the later rounds are worth more points! Let’s see how everyone did:
Name – Points Scored / Team Picked to Win Tournament
1st Place (Tie)
AppStateNation – 3 Appalachian St
Marc Troglione – 3 (1) North Dakota St
Matt Waddell – 3 (4) Old Dominion
bearbison – 3 (1) North Dakota St
Matthew Jordan – 3 Appalachian St
DJnVa – 3 (4) Old Dominion
sloan goforth – 3 (1) North Dakota St
Michael Somogyi – 3 Illinois St
Alexander Joachim – 3 (2) Eastern Washington
Bryan – 3 (4) Old Dominion
Mike Rowell – 3 (5) Georgia Southern
Eaglegus2 – 3 (5) Georgia Southern
Sam Nicholson – 3 (1) North Dakota St
Griz1988 – 3 (1) North Dakota St
Thomas – 3 Appalachian St
16th Place (Tie)
James Wagar – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Adam Faulkner – 2 Appalachian St
Gabriel Parsons – 2 Appalachian St
KJ Eagle – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
CoastalFans – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Matt Lawson – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
Dave Greco III – 2 (4) Old Dominion
Tyler – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
SSCangrycoach – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
87ASUgrad – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Daniel Clark – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Bobby Penson – 2 Appalachian St
Andrew Kunkle – 2 (4) Old Dominion
Joshua Bodrey – 2 (4) Old Dominion
Lance Culver – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
Chad Evans – 2 Appalachian St
Tony Bedini – 2 (4) Old Dominion
David – 2 Appalachian St
Baker Loy – 2 (4) Old Dominion
bigCasu – 2 Appalachian St
Jarad Mahlen – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Robert – 2 (4) Old Dominion
takerjw – 2 (5) Georgia Southern
Will S – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Taylor Adams – 2 Appalachian St
Travis – 2 (4) Old Dominion
Scott Holbrook – 2 Appalachian St
Tom Donovan – 2 (3) Montana St
Ryne – 2 (4) Old Dominion
Eddie Ingram – 2 Appalachian St
Aikman C – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Hapapp – 2 (1) North Dakota St
Patrick Sekel – 2 Appalachian St
49th Place (Tie)
Michael Deese – 1 (5) Georgia Southern
Adam Windham – 1 (1) North Dakota St
Wutsurname – 1 (1) North Dakota St
WataugaDave – 1 (3) Montana St
Eric Bridwell – 1 (3) Montana St
Daren Moog – 1 (3) Montana St
Seth Stratton – 1 Sam Houston St
Bryant Barbery – 1 Appalachian St
Warren Boyette – 1 Appalachian St
Josh – 1 (3) Montana St
John Nixon – 1 (3) Montana St
kth – 1 (5) Georgia Southern
Nick – 1 (1) North Dakota St
Josh Johnston – 1 Appalachian St
Steven warner – 1 (5) Georgia Southern
Adam Spencer – 1 Appalachian St
Matt Adams – 1 (1) North Dakota St
67th Place (Tie)
Jacob Nall – 0 Appalachian St
Dean Crider – 0 Appalachian St
FCS Playoff Breakdown: Illinois State @ Appalachian State
First off, before you read this. GO FILL OUT YOUR BRACKET! You only have until Fri Nov 23, 2012 to enter the AppStateNation FCS Bracket Challenge!
So just who is Illinois State? Their mascot is the “Redbirds”. They are located in Normal, IL (11.5hr drive to Boone). This is their 3rd appearance in the FCS playoffs and reached the semifinals in 1999. They finished that season ranked #3. They are currently ranked #16 in the Sportsnetwork poll (App is #7).
Here is their record so far (I used rankings as of today):
Dayton W, 56-14
@ FBS Eastern Michigan W, 31-14
#25 Eastern Illinois W, 54-51 (2OT)
@ Western Illinois W, 23-3
@ South Dakota W, 34-31
Southern Illinois L, 17-0
Youngstown State W, 35-28
Missouri State L, 24-17
@ Northern Iowa W, 33-21
@ #23 Indiana State W, 17-10
#1 North Dakota State L, 38-20
Probably their most impressive win is over FBS Eastern Michigan. They have 2 losses against unranked opponents, however.
Here is a comparison of the two team’s statistical national rankings by category:
App has the offensive & special teams advantage. Illinois State has the defensive advantage. But it’s the playoffs. Both teams know it might be their last game, so you can throw the statistics out the window. Any win is a good win.
Don’t forget, App has the HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE! Make sure you come out to the Rock and support our guys on our quest for a 4th National Championship! If for some reason you can’t, you can tune into ESPN3! GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!
CONTEST: AppStateNation’s 2013 NCAA Div-I FCS Bracket Challenge
***All brackets are due by Friday Nov 23, 2012!***
The 2013 NCAA Div-I FCS Championship will be held on Jan 5, 2013 in Frisco, TX. But there’s a lot of time until then so why not show you know more about the FCS than anyone else?
It’s the AppStateNation FCS Bracket Challenge! Fill out your bracket and after every week’s round, I’ll post the leaderboards! Then check back after the championship game to see if you won.
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Go HERE to see the bracket.
2. Click “PREDICT IT!” at the top-left.
3. Click “REGISTER HERE” OR “Login With Facebook”
4. Fill out your Name/Email. Then check your email and click the link.
5. Fill out your bracket! – No later than Nov 23, 2012 (the day before the first playoff game).
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:
A FREE copy of Mountaineer Magic – Vol 2! This new compilation CD highlights some of the top moments and finishes in Appalachian State Football History.
Perhaps even more importantly, you will be announced as the winner here on the site for all to see! AKA – Bragging Rights! The rest of the leaderboards will also be posted!
So what are you waiting for? Fill out your brackets!
***All brackets are due by Friday Nov 23, 2012!***
TOP-25: Appalachian State Slips to #15 & #16; Still Plenty to Play For
Although Samford, The Citadel, and Montana were all ranked at some point, according to the newest polls our only 2 games against ranked opponents are Wofford & Georgia Southern.
Personally, I didn’t think the Wofford game was as bad as some made it out to be. We made TONS of mistakes, more than we’ve made all season, and we STILL almost won against a top-10 team. You take just 1 of those away and we win that game. I have to believe that we won’t make that many mistakes against Georgia Southern.
But here we are with 3 losses. So what are we still playing for? Well in short, EVERYTHING.
This week we can win the old mountain jug. We can still win the SoCon championship. We can still make the playoffs. We can still win the National Championship. If you don’t think we can play with any FCS team in the country on any given Saturday you must be kidding yourself. If we get into the playoffs, anything can happen.
Here is how we win the SoCon. Obviously we will have to win out. Then we need a few (likely) things to happen. There are three 1-loss teams ahead of us: Georgia Southern, Wofford, & Chattanooga. Here is how they fall:
Georgia Southern: Assuming we win out, we beat them.
Wofford: They still have to play The Citadel, Samford, Chattanooga, & South Carolina. The South Carolina game doesn’t matter, but I can just about guarantee you they’ll lose to AT LEAST 1 of those other 3.
Chattanooga: They still have to play Georgia Southern, Western Carolina, Wofford, & Elon. Georgia Southern will beat them this week, and even if they don’t Wofford will.
So the sky isn’t falling. The entire season is still ahead of us. Just take it one week at a time. This week let’s tear the Catamounts a new one and take home that jug!!!
SportsNetwork Poll
1. Eastern Washington (125)
2. Georgia Southern (14)
3. North Dakota State (13)
4. Montana State
5. Sam Houston State
6. Old Dominion
7. Wofford
8. Lehigh
9. James Madison
10. Stony Brook
11. Cal Poly
12. New Hampshire
13. Northern Arizona
14. Central Arkansas
15. Indiana State
16. Appalachian State
17. Illinois State
18. Eastern Kentucky
19. Villanova
20. Delaware
21. Tennessee State
22. Youngstown State
23. Towson
24. Albany
25. Richmond
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FCS Coaches Poll
1. Eastern Washington (22)
2. Georgia Southern (1)
3. North Dakota State (3)
4. Montana State
5. Sam Houston State
6. Lehigh
7. Old Dominion
8. Wofford
9. Stony Brook
10. James Madison
11. Cal Poly
12. New Hampshire
13. Northern Arizona
14. Central Arkansas
15. Appalachian State
16. Delaware
17. Illinois State
18. Eastern Kentucky
18. Indiana State
20. Albany (N.Y)
21. Tennessee State
21. Youngstown State
23. Villanova
24. Harvard
25. Towson
APP STATE WEEK 5: What Did We Learn?
How cool did those alt-uni’s look? It almost makes me think we need to bring something similar into our regular rotation.
I had a rough week on my predictions going 3-4 (31-12 overall). But I don’t mind one bit because those upsets helped us out tremendously in the conference title race.
Coastal Carolina 14 / @ #17 Appalachian State 55
I predicted a blowout win, but our guys exceeded even my expectations this week. Incredible job!
OFFENSE
399 Rushing yards and 285 passing yards. What else can I say? We absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage. We had the ball 13 times and on 9 of those times we scored. We did throw 1 interception but that was our only turnover of the game. If you told me we could play all of our games with only 1 turnover I would take it.
Steven Miller averaged 11.9yds a carry. Insane. He had 218 all-purpose yards and 2 touchdowns. His longest was an incredible 75yd touchdown run.
Sean Price showed up again today with 8 receptions for 128yds. The longest being a 69yd touchdown strike. He had 2 touchdowns on the game.
DEFENSE
For me, this was the question mark going into the game. Sure our defense did an awesome job against Chattanooga, but Coastal was supposed to have a really high-powered passing offense.
Minus two long drives for touchdowns in the 2nd quarter, I have nothing to complain about. They held Coastal to 114yds on the ground and a 190 in the air. Keep in mind, Coastal put up 356yds in the air against FBS Toledo just last week.
Jeremy Kimbrough had his usual excellent game with 11 tackles. Brandon Grier threw in 6 more. Stephen Burns did a nice job of forcing a fumble.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Although they’re expected, Drew Stewart & co did a nice job of making all their field goals and extra points.
Our worst play of the game was also somehow my favorite. In the 4th quarter, Sam Martin kicked-off 65 yards to the 0yd line. Then Coastal returned the ball 87 yards to the App 13. But it would have been a touchdown if Sam Martin hadn’t made an incredible tackle. I love that the kicker didn’t give up. Coastal would soon after fumble the ball back to us.
I think one of our biggest problems right now is kickoff coverage. I think Sam Martin is doing a good job of kicking the ball so hard that that there is no chance of return. However, I think that’s masking the fact that our kickoff coverage has holes. I’m sure we’ll be working on that this week. Overall, fantastic game!
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#6 Wofford 49 / @ Elon 24
If I told you Wofford would only have 16 passing yards, you would tell me that they lost in blowout fashion right? Well, on top of that they had 500 rushing yards. That’s pretty amazing.
Meanwhile, Elon had the opposite strategy. They had 361yds in the air but only 49 on the ground. I thought they would do a little better after almost beating Georgia Southern last week. But I guess Wofford is as good as advertised.
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Western Carolina 24 / @ Furman 45
I actually thought Western would get their first D-I win of the last two seasons here. What was I thinking? They’ve got a looooong way to go if they were beaten this badly by lowly Furman. WCU actually put up a decent number of yards, but it was like their defense never came out of the locker room.
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Samford 16 / @ #10 Georgia Southern 35
I had a chance to watch most of this game live after the App game ended. This was really a game of momentum. When it started, these two teams looked really evenly matched but with different styles of play. Then GSU caught a pick 6. The crowd and their defense responded off the energy from that big play.
Like the Wofford/Elon game this was a tale of two styles. GSU only had 34yds in the air, but 360 yards rushing. Samford, who usually has more of a balanced attack, had 291 yds in the air, but only 63 yds rushing. Once again Rushing > Passing when you can only do one well.
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Chattanooga 28 / @ #11 The Citadel 10
THANK YOU CHATTANOOGA!!! They gave us our first conference win of the season last week. This week they put the conference race back in our hands. Now we control our own destiny for at least a share of the SoCon title. But we need The Citadel to lose again to control our own destiny for the autobid.
Just like I was clueless when The Citadel destroyed us, I’m clueless as to how they lost to Chattanooga. The stats were almost identical between the two teams across the board. The big difference I see is that Chattanooga won the turnover battle 2-0. The Citadel also had 2 drives end on downs. Chattanooga’s only major mistake was a missed field goal early in the game.
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UTEP 18 / @ East Carolina 28
Our loss to ECU doesn’t look so bad anymore. Each team traded 3 interceptions a piece in this sloppy game. UTEP threw in a fumble for good measure. I guess their excuse is that it was raining and the ball was wet. In any case, I hope ECU keeps on winning.
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#21 Montana 26 / @ #7 Eastern Washington 32
Wow, what a heartbreaker for Montana. I really thought they were going to win this one. E Washington was up 17-10 at the half. But Montana roared back and was up 26-24 with just 2:19 left in the game. But E Washington recovered their onsides kick and turned that into a touchdown with only 00:53 left on the clock. Montana was able to move the ball to the EWU 29 but just didn’t have enough time left to score.
