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

  • 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

  • AEW has a MJF blind spot

    Wrote this in the hours after All Elite Wrestling’s “Double or Nothing” Pay Per View show, so the tense below is nine days previous as of posting. Going into this, take in account that this is presented from the perspective of someone who wants AEW to succeed and generally enjoys the product. – On Sunday,…

    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

  • 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

  • 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