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  • 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

  • miller hill — god’s last gift to appalachian state

    Right now, in 2025, the only way to get from the West Side to the East Side of Kidd Brewer Stadium is around the south side. There sits a man-made hill, cultivated from the mountain earth. Probably no more than 200 feet long and at a decent angle of probably 50 feet from the top…

    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

  • 2025 anonymous sun belt football fan poll part fourteen: james madison

    This is the fourteenth 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 fourteenth team is the Dukes of James Madison. Some answers were edited out…

    TK

  • 2025 anonymous sun belt football fan poll part thirteen: louisiana 

    This is the thirteenth 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 thirteenth team is the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana Some answers were edited out…

    TK

  • 2025 anonymous sun belt football fan poll part twelve: marshall

    This is the twelfth 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 twelfth team is the Thundering Herd of Marshall. Some answers were edited out…

    TK