CHAPEL HILL — All week long, Eliah Drinkwitz went out of his way to downplay the significance of Appalachian State’s matchup against North Carolina. Saturday, after leading his team to a 34-31 victory at Kenan […]
Football coaches are prone to exaggeration, especially when discussing the merits of an upcoming opponent. But in the case of North Carolina’s Mack Brown this week, his comments about Appalachian State might just be right […]
Most schools these days organize their academic calendars into three semesters. But when it comes to the 12-game college football regular season, it’s more convenient to evaluate progress using the old quarter system. Believe it […]
BOONE — Darrynton Evans broke for an 87-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game and closed out the scoring when he returned an onside kick 46 yards and the Mountaineers held on […]
BOONE — Zach Thomas threw a pair of touchdowns and ran for another as Appalachian State ran up a huge second-half lead to beat East Tennessee State 42-7 in a season opener on Saturday. Thomas, […]
No position in any sport has more of an impact on the success of its team than the quarterback has in football. That’s what made preparations for this week’s season-opening college games so interesting for […]
Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma. Since the start of the 2015 season, those four teams — perennial college football playoff contenders — are the only teams in FBS with a better winning percentage than Appalachian […]
The Appalachian State football team has a new coaching staff. The expectations remain the same. Loaded with a roster of players that helped Scott Satterfield win three straight Sun Belt Conference championships, the Mountaineers have […]
Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
CHARLOTTE — Scott Satterfield has two football loves. The first is Appalachian State, the school at which he was a star quarterback and, for the past six years, a coach who led the Mountaineers to […]
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