HELL YES WE ARE!!!
Because it's the best sport in the world.
Appalachian State University is having another dominating season en route to their fourth Southern Conference and National Championships.
After starting out 1-2 with losses to LSU and James Madison University, the Apps have roared to 7-2 (5-0 in the SoCon) and they are ranked second in the nation (JMU is first). Most recently they delivered a solid ass kicking on ESPN2 Halloween night when they walloped conference foe Wofford College 70-24. Wofford was ranked #3 in the FCS (probably not anymore!).
Additionally, Armanti Edwards had a highlight reel night and now leads the SoCon with the most career yards (passing former App. quarterback Richie Williams). Armanti is only halfway through his JUNIOR season, although he has played eight extra games during the past two years because of playoff appearances.
If the Apps defeat Chattanooga, Elon (also highly ranked nationally), and Western Carolina, they will be undefeated in the Southern Conference and be guaranteed (at least) a #2 seed in the FCS playoffs. If JMU were to lose, then the Apps would be ranked 1st. Either way, a #1 or #2 ranking would secure home field advantage throughout the playoffs, which is very, very important for Appalachian who has an insane home field advantage (all playoff games in the past 3 years have been played in Boone or Chattanooga).
Last night's game was electrifying and so much fun. We all took Friday off and drove to Boone Friday morning. We went to the book store and then ate lunch at Pepper's Restaurant (an awesome sandwich, soup, salad place). We checked into our hotel and then headed over to the stadium to chill at the Yosef Club Room where we dined on hotdogs, potato chips, sugar cookies, and rum and Cokes!
As always, we were in the stadium more than 80 minutes before kickoff where we enjoyed the sites, sounds, and smells (and all the awesome Halloween costumes!). Everything was rocking and it seemed like it was going to be a shootout when App and Wofford swapped touchdowns for the first four drives of the game. App scored on its third drive and it was 21-14 when we intercepted a Wofford pass and then drove to go up 28-14. It was all downhill from there for Wofford and all App State football for the rest of the night!!!!!
We're all definitely pumped for the rest of the season and we're dying to go back to 'Nooga for fourth National Championship (in fact, I've already taken off December 19th from work and we have our hotel rooms reserved...we haven't bought tickets yet, but we may just do that as things move along...). My mom and sister are already salivating about the fish tacos at Big River Grille in downtown Chattanooga.
Also, the band totally rocked at halftime, playing spooky, Halloween-themed songs! Their last song was "Thriller" and at the end of the piece the ENTIRE band (sans drumline) did the dance. It was one of the greatest things ever and it's available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBDB7Ero0kI
(For best quality, click on "watch in high quality," which is at the bottom right of the video.)
You should watch it because the App. band is awesome and it's so much fun!
GO APPS!!!
A few pictures from the game that my dad took:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lsleblanc82/AppVsWofford
(BTW, Clayton wasn't at the game because he was with the West Carteret Cross Country team, which was in Winston-Salem for the State Championship.)
But, if you're curious, Callie and Clay set a date for their wedding--Sunday, May 24, 2009 at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores!
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