pipedreams

  • how to deftly say nothing – gillin and the house settlement

    Why is Doug Gillin? It’s a good question, despite it making little sense. The decade-long Appalachian State University Athletics Director is currently in a position of great power. Despite looking ornery in the above picture (second row, fourth from the left, striped tie), he’s in an advantageous position. All but one of the head coaches…

    TK

  • you’ve only had this blog for like five months, why aren’t you posting more?

    Has a lot happened? Depends on what you mean. If you want to know about Appalachian State University sports, then kinda. What about my life? Well, duh, I moved to a different state without telling much of anyone to take a new job and new responsibilities. I got someone who directly reports to me now!…

    TK

  • “roll neers” needs to die a death and i will argue this forever

    I was at the new softball stadium this past Saturday for the doubleheader. Both games were really good and the Apps ended the series with a walk-off grand slam. Yay! During the series, someone in the temp bleachers would often start an “App….State” chant. Rad. Never goes out of style and there’s a fun origin…

    TK

  • it’s time to renovate the holmes center, here’s my ideas

    When you drive into Boone, whether it be from 421, 321, 105 (via 221) or some combo of back roads you want to keep secret from Florida drivers, the most recognizable Appalachian State Athletics facility is the Holmes Center. On the corner of Rivers Street and Blowing Rock Road, the building towers over those adjacent…

    TK

  • gillin wants to increase the athletics budget by $50 million, miller hill is getting gentrified and like 30-50 other board of trustee march meeting highlights

    Yeah, this is a long blog. Basically, I watched the committee meetings and main meeting from the March 13-14 Appalachian State Board of Trustees extravaganza. The committees are where the detailed presentations happen. The main meeting, the main event of the early weekend, is where everything gets stamped, but if you just watch that, you…

    TK

  • the sun belt’s interpretation of its basketball tiebreakers screwed app state wbb

    Friday was exciting for Sun Belt Basketball. It was a terrible day for App State’s hoops teams, who lost by a combined 56 points to cap multi-game losing streaks. But now is the Sun Belt Tournament, so wipe the slate clean, it’s time to win or go home. For both the men and women, App…

    TK

  • i’m on a six app state game/dual in-person losing streak – travels over the last few weeks

    When I’m in Boone, I still get asked if I work for the newspaper in Boone. I left that job five years ago next month, right when the pandemic started. I try to get up to games as much as I can. But being three hours away, it’s not like I can get off work…

    TK

  • coach dowell talked to the media for 33 minutes so here’s a recap

    Kind of an out-of-nowhere press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Been 13 days since late National Signing Day, Spring Practice ain’t starting for a little bit longer and President’s Day was Monday. But it’s also Dowell’s first non-introductory press conference, aka his first one without a suit. When I saw the video pop up on…

    TK

  • app state wrestling – too big to be small and too small to be big?

    I was thinking about this topic before the Bellarmine dual on Friday. If I did this and then saw App State Wrestling hold onto a 23-19 dual win in Louisville, I’d look really dumb. Now that I’ve avoided that outcome, I’m gonna write on something that’ll make me sound kinda dumb. When App State beat…

    TK

  • app mbb halfway through conference recap: the road to the ladder from hell

    After the four-game losing streak punctuated by a home loss to Troy, you wondered what weekdays the App State men’s basketball team would be playing on in Pensacola. Now, anything other than Top 4 would be a disappointment. That’s what happens when you win six of seven after a losing streak.+ The regular season means…

    TK