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

  • nc state postmortem – now do you remember who you are?

    Moral victories are still losses. Always remember that. It’s still an L; App State still has never beaten N.C. State, and that sucks. But oh man, the feeling is back. You know, that feeling. That feeling hasn’t been on the mountain since the 2023 JMU game. It’s that feeling of App State arrogance; knowing the…

    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

  • 2026 anonymous sun belt football fan opinions poll, part one – how much to do people hate your team?

    Sun Belt Conference teams began their season tonight. Or, well, Georgia State did. Everyone else is on Saturday. I think. Don’t fact check me. And judging by the below comments, neither did they. Might as well give how everyone thinks of all 14 teams as part of the Anonymous Sun Belt Football Fan Opinions Poll…

    TK

  • 2026 anonymous sun belt football fan opinions poll, part one – who will win? overall thoughts? NIL thoughts? sun belt in five years?

    Earlier in August I did the now annual Google Survey poll on your thoughts for the 2026 Sun Belt season. Responses were …. unenthusiastic compared to recent years. As you can see below, a combo of NIL and free transfer fatigue negatively impacted college football fandom. The total number of responses were half of two…

    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