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  • 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

  • an argument for storming the field after every home win

    Three times this season, App State Football has won a home game, and in two of those games, fans and/or students, starting at Miller Hill, rush the field. Despite the overdramatic “do not rush the field” warning at the two-minute timeout, it keeps on happening. Oregon State and Marshall, the only FBS home wins this…

    TK

  • the earth is purple and there is no god – jmu postmorten

    What happened was always possible, but you’d figure at worst, it would be like 41-14. A game where there were chances, but it just didn’t happen. That’s something to build on. It was way worse than any nightmare. You go from celebrating fighting back versus ODU and Georgia Southern to being laid waste with no…

    TK

  • fubar – coastal postmortem

    If there was any doubt before, there shouldn’t be now. Coastal Carolina is a rivalry and App State needs to admit it. On Saturday, under the colorful leaves, one team got hyped while another didn’t. One team, which created an evil boogeyman to combat, overcame a two-touchdown hole, while another, which maybe was treating this…

    TK

  • the app state qb debate should be over – georgia state postmortem

    41-20 makes this game seem closer than it was. For the first quarter, it was close and cagey. Georgia State drove, then had a field goal blocked. There was that weird muffed punt that wasn’t due to “active blocking.” Then it was an avalanche. 17-0 at halftime and 31-0 in the third quarter sealed the…

    TK

  • winning when you’re staring down losing: oregon state postmortem

    It was going to go wrong, wasn’t it? But it didn’t. Then it went really wrong. But it was unwronged and oh awesome we won, this rules. That was the Oregon State game. Give all FBS Oregon State’s first five games and like 60% of them are starting 0-5. The combined record of those five…

    TK

  • why is there more black and gold in walmart than walker hall? – app state board of trustees september meeting notes

    The App State Board of Trustees held its regular meetings on Sept. 4-5 in the North Endzone Facility. As is normally the case, the committee meetings were more informative than the full meeting, which turns into a “look how great we are” lovefest. I watched all these meetings and took notes. There’s some interesting governance…

    TK

  • we survived but we’re dead – lindenwood postmortem

    No one saw this coming. If you see that sentence and say, “No, I did,” you’re a liar. Lindenwood was supposed to be a routine rout of an FCS team. But for the third straight season, App State was in a competitive game with an FCS team in the third quarter. And the video and…

    TK

  • 0.49 percent chance of losing – charlotte postmortem

    I got to Bank of America Stadium an hour before Friday’s game as I wanted to see who looked like they were starting. When the offense came out, it was A.J. Swann leading J.J. Kohl, Noah Gillon and Billy Wiles and leading the cadences. Last we heard, there were “two and a half to three”…

    TK

  • hey nfl man, can you win the apps some games? a 2025 season preview (when you know nothing)

    When listening to the Sun Belt Media Day pressers, it gets a bit monotonous. A bunch of long-time football coaches are trying to build excitement but not reveal their hands. And for 13 of the coaches, there was a common thread in that they indulged the annoyance over NIL, paying players, the transfer portal, unlimited…

    TK