pipedreams

  • odu postmortem: local nfl man drowns in dogma

    You idiot. You blithering idiot. You ruined it. All the N.C. State goodwill, all the “I think we got a football team” and “that was App State Football” positive comments over the last two weeks. It’s all done and gone. We knew the ball would be thrown. But when it doesn’t work in a hurricane,…

    TK

  • ecu postmorten: arrrrr state

    ECU had to win this game. To accomplish the great things they believe their team is capable of, this was a springboard. Back-to-back Military Bowl wins over ACC teams, nine wins in 2025 and a fancy-schmancy new offensive coordinator who will help the team score a bazillion points and run a ton of plays. For…

    TK

  • ricks’ swan song, the case for the east tower, lots of ai and rip east hall – the app state trustees september recap

    As it does four times a year, the Appalachian State Board of Trustees met in a series of committee meetings on Thursday, followed by the big ol board meeting on Friday. The meat of these meetings is in the committees. There’s actual discussion and presentations. Once recommended in committee, those are nicely wrapped up for…

    TK

  • just fix the damn subaru: appalachian state football 2026 preview

    Have you ever been so excited for the first Appalachian State Football game day of a season that you have trouble sleeping? Can’t wait to get up early, pop those tailgate tents, set up those chairs, wait until the sun rises over Boone before putting out the cornhole boards so they don’t get dew on…

    TK

  • the spring game gave me a theory on why dowell’s app state struggles in the red zone

    Last year, the Battle at the Rock was a disorganized mess. Or so it seemed. Fans had no clue who was on the rosters, what was going on, what the scoring system or whatever else. Around 10,000 people shows up on a frigid 30-degree to watch that team last year. This year, in a high…

    TK

  • app state sports entertainment, auditmania and building projects actually finishing – march bot report

    This is a blog of the App State Board of Trustees meetings on March 18-19. These only happen four times a year, minus special or emergency meetings, and one of them is a retreat. If you want to know big-picture campus items, this is how you get plugged in. As is standard, the committee meetings…

    TK

  • purging a cfb roster in 16 months

    App State Spring Practice is ongoing. Did you know? It would be OK if you didn’t. Not many people did. And if you did, the program might be mad that you are aware? Why, because you could tell someone else, and then two people would know instead of one. And then others might know. Every…

    TK

  • lily’s: last vestige of the trailer bars

    After the last couple of ballgames at the Holmes Center, I decided to eat afterward. Mainly because I didn’t eat beforehand and in my aging…uh….age, I decided to eat. But instead of the fast and in-the-moment decent enough fast food, each time took me right across the street from the Holmes Center. Lily’s Snack Bar…

    TK

  • nfl man calls nfl plays, loses college bowl game to rival – birmingham bowl postmortem

    You hoped for something different. Despite all the disadvantages, you hoped for a bowl win. You wanted Vulcan Ass Man to be in the trophy case. Then, the most unique bowl game possible with new potential heroes was lost for the same reasons games were lost in September, October and November. Running the ball? It…

    TK

  • Dowell speaks to the board that hired him, FEMA gave ASU some money and other December BOT notes

    Every quarter, the App State Board of Trustees meets, first in committee meetings where everything is actually decided, then in a big board meeting where formalities play out. This happened on Dec. 5-6 at the App State Hickory campus, I think for the first time. Below are my notes from these meetings. Some are more…

    TK