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  • 2025 anonymous sun belt football fan poll part one: texas state

    This is the first part of the feedback regarding all 14 Sun Belt teams in 2025. These were anonymous thoughts from random fans of the Sun Belt, so you get a good mix of opinions. As determined by random dot org, the first team is the Bobcats of Texas State. Some answers were edited out…

    TK

  • 2025 anonymous sun belt football fan poll preamble: the results

    For a roughly 11 day period, Sun Belt fans were asked to give their thoughts on the upcoming season. There were 66 responses. Three of which, two from App State fans and one from a JMU fan, did not take it seriously and royally screwed up the rankings. After looking over their written answers, I…

    TK

  • wHATEver: anonymous opinions on louisiana tech joining the sun belt

    From about mid-June, you kinda knew this would happen, but maybe not this quickly. Even last summer, this would have been far-fetched. The most antagonistic, anti-Sun Belt school of the last 25 years is now joining the league. LaTech brought out some old Sun Belt trophies for their Wednesday intro presser. Louisiana Tech replaces Texas…

    TK

  • 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

  • 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 football has 113 roster players and a full coaching staff

    The transfer portal is closed, late signing day is passed, coaches are hired and the rosters are calm. For now. App State Head Coach Dowell Loggains is now gearing up for his first Spring Practice season as the head man. When are there practices? We won’t know until they start, as is App State tradition.…

    TK