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Taosman;917689; said:The defense we all thought would be bad.....................is! :tongue2:
And without Hart that offense is not much, either.
ScriptOhio;917633; said:
Muck;917738; said:Huffing toxic substances...lack of branches in the family tree...age related mental ossification?
I don't know actually but the why isn't really important.
NC State 10-23 L
LSU 0-24 L
Kansas 8-36 L
Wyoming 7-53 L
Hawaii 17-40 L
Marshall 7-50 L
Wake Forest 10-20 L
Wake Forest 20-16 W
Auburn 15-22 L
Wake Forest 30-27 W
Clemson 12-23 L
Wake Forest 13-19 L
Wake Forest 24-23 W
Wake Forest 10-12 L
Wake Forest 3-20 L
NC State 10-35 L
Wake Forest 7-10 L
Clemson 0-34 L
Wake Forest 17-3 W
Wake Forest 12-23 L
Clemson 0-48 L
NC State 0-56 L
Appalachian State is a combined 4-18 vs Division 1A schools since 1990.
All 4 of those wins came against Wake Forest which had an overall record of 66-115 during that time frame placing them at 99th overall in winning percentage for Division 1A.
That means App St went 4-6 against one of the worst programs in Div 1A and 0-12 vs everyone else. The worst team in the Big10 (Indiana) slots in at 92nd overall (7 spots above Wake).
Youngstown State's sole success was against Kent (4-3) the WORST 1A team before Buffalo got bumped up, Akron (4-1-1) & Ohio when they were both the dregs of the Div.
Having success against MAC bottom dwellers isn't equatable with being a mid-pack Big 10 team.
Actually competing in a major conference is a far cry from occasionally knocking off an opponent at the beginning of the year.
Mid pack teams like Minnesota, MSU & Purdue have better athletes and more depth (even bumping them up to 85 schollies) than either of the aforementioned programs and going against that greater talent & numbers for an entire season wears down even the best of teams.
A highly regarded team like PSU has struggled to keep it's conference record above the numbers you mentioned since joining.
Appalachian State ain't PSU.
I have no doubt that either program could manage to find success if moved up to 1A but neither has the components needed to beat Big 10 (or SEC, Big12, PAC10, Big East) schools on a regular basis. The benchmark for making the jump is Marshall. They wouldn't have 5-3 in the Big10 and had much better athletes than either App or YSU.
Now just for once put your money where your mouth is and support your own silly claims.
aurorabuckeye13;917810; said:I don't have any stats or hard evidence to back my claim up, but I have to agree somewhat with Mili here. I won't say they would go .500 in the Big 10, but I would be willing to say they would contend for a conference title in a conference like the Sun-Belt or even the MAC.
Like I said I am not basing this off of any hard facts or statistics, I just saw them play three times last year and then today against scUM. Their QB Armanti Edwards is as good as Juice Williams from Illinois. College football fans all over the nation saw how good he can be, and trust me, Armanti Edwards is every bit as good. Watch some film... Armanti Edwards is the real deal. His stat line last year when App, St. dominated YSU in the semifinals (10/12 164 yds 1TD... 16 carries 101 yds 3TD). They then had an impressive victory against Umass in the championship game. Dexter Jackson is a speedy WR and we saw how fast he was today against scUM. Kevin Richardson is also a very good RB for them. This team has some serious talent and would probably beat about 1/2 of the D-1 teams out there with regularity.
They?re the ones who were part of the all-timer loss. They?re the ones who?ll have to hear about this for the rest of their lives no matter if they win five Super Bowls and go to the Hall of Fame. They?re the ones who were the leaders of a team that obviously wasn?t focused enough, and Appalachian State took advantage.
Bucklion;917814; said:I don't know man...I respect Mili a lot, but I have to disagree here. Looking back at the game, if they didn't play an unbelievable first half, they don't come close to winning that game, because they didn't really play all that well in the 2nd half until the end when they needed it. Even the dUMb defense started creating turnovers and getting stops, and they were terrible. I respect Appy State and their program, but I really don't see them or Youngstown competing at a I-A level week-to-week...maybe in the Sun Belt, but certainly not in a BCS conference.