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Pleasant “Groundhogs’ Day” For App State In Camellia Bowl, Score 31 Points Again, This time In 31-28 Win Over Toledo

David Coulson — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 05:36:08 +0000

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Excuse Appalachian State’s football team for feeling like it was reliving Groundhogs’ Day all week in preparation for the Raycom-Camellia Bowl. But in the end, the Mountaineers took an eerily similar victory over Toledo to their 31-29 win against Ohio University here last year. Freshman Michael Rubino’s clutch, 39-yard field goal with.

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RB Marcus Cox Smashes School Record In Appy’s 42-17 Win over Louisiana-Monroe

David Coulson — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 05:42:26 +0000

BOONE, N.C. — The wind was howling through Kidd Brewer Stadium, the temperature had plummeted from the 70s on Friday to near freezing by game-time Saturday afternoon and snow flurries danced through the air. But for tailback Marcus Cox and the Appalachian State football team, senior day at the rock couldn’t have been much more.

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Louisiana-Lafayette Looking To Mend Broken Hearts at Kidd Brewer

David Coulson — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:39:13 +0000

BOONE, N.C. — The last time Louisiana-Monroe coach Matt Viator showed up at Kidd Brewer Stadium, he and his team left Appalachian State with broken hearts. As the Mountaineers (7-3 overall, 5-1 in the Sun Belt Conference) host Viator and Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., Appalachian is hoping this rising young coach won’t.

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Elements May Come Into Play As Idaho Invades Kidd Brewer Stadium

David Coulson — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 02:19:43 +0000

BOONE, N.C. — The subject at a recent Appalachian State football practice this week turned to weather forecasts and coach Scott Satterfield was quick to remember one of the most challenging of his Mountaineer playing career. “New Hampshire,” the ex-ASU quarterback exclaimed. “It was 20 degrees and the wind was blowing about 40 miles per.

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On Any Given Wednesday, Appalachian State Heads to Lafayette For Sun Belt Conference Game on ESPN2

David Coulson — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:39:54 +0000

LAFAYETTE, La. — Appalachian State finds itself figuratively in the college football wasteland on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. when the Mountaineers meet Louisiana-Lafayette on the road in a Sun Belt Conference game that will be played on ESPN2. When App State (3-2 overall, 1-0 in league) moved from the Southern Conference and the.

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App State Doesn’t Stumble, Delivers 31-7 Win over ODU

David Coulson — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:32:10 +0000

BOONE, N.C. — For anyone who considered Appalachian State’s home-opening football game against Old Dominion the prelude to next Saturday’s main event versus Miami, there might have been disappointment even with a 31-7 victory before 23,374 spectators at Kidd Brewer Stadium. But after last week’s heartbreaking overtime loss at Tennessee, the Mountaineers were grateful to.

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Appalachian State Can’t Overlook Old Dominion In Home Opener

David Coulson — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 22:01:06 +0000

BOONE, N.C. — From a scheduling prospective, last week was nearly the perfect time for Appalachian State to face Tennessee. The Mountaineers may have finished one play short of victory in the 20-13 overtime loss to the ninth-ranked Volunteers, but ASU certainly grabbed Tennessee’s attention. Pardon the Vols if they may have been looking ahead.

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