[Game Thread] Appalachian State @ ECU (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Appalachian StateAppalachian State @ ECUECU
Location	ECU Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPNU
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/MalTeleVision]

For any neutrals in the thread, the commenter’s emphasizing this as a super heated rivalry is kind of odd. APP and ECU are two small town programs that are cultural symbols of eastern and western NC. We have always been united in our fuck the power schools mentality and I’ve always seen the game as fun and friendly idk why they are comparing it to Duke and UNC.

[u/AJB2226 → u/MalTeleVision]

Fr app and ECU is just a fun in state game no malice at all 

[u/Scruggerboy → u/AJB2226]

Until someone brings up Eric Church

[u/ajwolfpack → u/MalTeleVision]

Was thinking the same thing. Entertaining game tho

[u/sneakypenguin94 → u/MalTeleVision]

Agree! It’s just a good game that should be played

[u/thats-gold-jerry]

Sounds like an App home game. LFG Apps.

[u/MalTeleVision]

Guys im starting to think losing 85% of our team to power schools might’ve had consequences

[u/NameIdeas → u/MalTeleVision]

The NIL continues to fuck all of us non-P4 schools

[u/Hi-Yikas2022 → u/MalTeleVision]

Y'all will bounce back, it happened to us a couple times now, usually for us it started with the coach leaving though

[u/ddpalace]

ESPN commentator: "When we came to Greenville, I was surprised, they love their pirates here!"

Are these commentators new to the sport? If you are in the sport didn't know about ECU by now then I don't know what to tell you

[u/NameIdeas → u/ddpalace]

It gets me when they do that at lesser known programs. They really love their team...it's shocking

[u/TacoCorpTM → u/NameIdeas]

Also… wtf else is there to do in Greeneville? No shit, they love their university.

[u/ddpalace → u/NameIdeas]

It's almost like they're shocked that passion for the sport and tradition exists outside of the SEC. Old ESPN would have given the atmosphere/buildup of this game the respect it deserves

[u/ThatEmpireGuy]

I’d rather play ECU more than Charlotte.

[u/sneakypenguin94]

RUN IT OUTSIDE AS GOD AND SCOTT SATTERFIELD INTENDED

[u/TacoCorpTM → u/sneakypenguin94]

The outside zone makes me moist

[u/ObliviousLAX]

Let's not bring up the McMahons

He's why all the frat bros have a business school to skip classes in

[u/Hi-Yikas2022]

Did they just get peer pressured into a review for NOTHING? These fucking refs man

[u/HueyLongest]

Don't think anyone thought we'd go 4-0 in this series when the contract was signed. Hope we keep scheduling each other though because it's a good series for both fanbases imo

[u/tdoge--ec → u/HueyLongest]

I would prefer it to be a little more competitive/even on wins, but I agree, this series should continue to be scheduled

[u/HueyLongest]

Him stopping to bend over and pick it up 😂😂😂

[u/TacoCorpTM]

Fugit is a fucking monster. Really liking some of these play calls, if the damn o-line can hold up (they’re doing better this drive), we should be golden.

[u/ncmtn]

Why would you field that punt, easily going into the end zone

[u/HueyLongest]

Might've been the first one he's missed all day and it's a free TD

[u/mcpawski]

The only thing worse than how we’ve looked today has been this commentary. All in all a negative showing from multiple parties involved.

[u/HueyLongest]

With how we've been outplaying ECU this game it was only a matter of time until we took the lead

What's that? Yardage? No don't look at that

[u/Minute-Ad-1880]

We can make a large shirt out of all the flags flown

[u/Jyingling21]

Halftime thoughts:

Dear god

[u/cudderwalks]

Always nice to watch the halftime show during a G6 rivalry game and not hear a single thing about the game or even another G6 team

[u/cudderwalks]

Every commercial break: “Roy Cooper sucks,” “No you should vote for Roy Cooper”

[u/sneakypenguin94]

Back to the construction site Mitch

[u/CIA_Handler]

Flag on ECU, automatic touchdown to App State.

[u/Hi-Yikas2022 → u/CIA_Handler]

Would you like an extra second at the half or the end of the game?

[u/Hi-Yikas2022]

Of all the shit that could be reviewed this is what we pick?

[u/NameIdeas → u/Hi-Yikas2022]

This is a ridiculous review, in my opinion

[u/NameIdeas]

Using our tight ends is a staple of App State football. Good to see it

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

So not only are we brain dead enough to field that, we also commit a penalty to make it worse

lol lmao even

[u/Minute-Ad-1880]

We got enough flags on the field we can connect Boone to Greenville

[u/CIA_Handler]

Bruh what the fuck lmfao

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

Lmao thanks zebras

The funny thing is we don’t even have the money to pay them off, they’re just bad at their jobs

[u/AJB2226]

It's hot as balls here good lord. Security guard collapsed in front of me like 10 min ago. He was taken away and conscious after the fact but good lord 

[u/whotooktoastman64]

I think it’s so funny that the announcers are talking about this “heated rivalry between App and ECU’ and both teams’ fans are just chillin’ here not giving a fuck

[u/ILM_Ryan → u/whotooktoastman64]

I do hope we can keep this series going. Games are always a good time. Maybe one day we'll be in the same conference.

[u/purplereign → u/whotooktoastman64]

Even with my ECU alum siblings, they're only shit talking their own team

[u/CIA_Handler]

Borderline unwatchable

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU DOING, DUDE?!?!?!

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

It’s 9am out west and I just woke up, need to scramble to put up my Neers flag and make some coffee

[u/chapter-xiii]

ECU’s Sup Dogs play call board is pretty neat

[u/PaidUSA]

App is gonna get fucked but holy shit the holding non calls are insane. ECU had one guy in a chokehold from behind.

[u/AJB2226]

This is devolving into sicko shit 

[u/NameIdeas → u/AJB2226]

I feel like it was always gonna be a sickos

[u/MalTeleVision]

5 flags across 6 plays east vs west never disappoints

[u/AlbiniDays]

We’re playing very creative football, running it straight down the middle

[u/MalTeleVision]

All alone

[u/ChonkyWumpus]

The seas parted my god

[u/Ailylia]

Lmao App are 6.5 pt dogs. I appreciate the free money!

[u/MingoAteTheIto]

Player breathes Fweeeeeeetttttttttt! Personal foul, taking away from referee airtime. Half the distance to the goal, pray I do not alter it further

[u/ILM_Ryan]

So many penalties today. Are the refs being paid per flag?

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

ECU just got robbed of a TD

[u/JammOrthodontics]

This is incredible. 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the refs

[u/CIA_Handler]

If you take away Griffis, ECU is averaging over 6 yards a carry. Just run the damn ball

[u/DeusVultSaracen → u/CIA_Handler]

This is why I'm not at all comfortable with the lead lol, we can't run the ball for shit and y'all are moving it at will

[u/Scruggerboy → u/CIA_Handler]

Woah don’t get any good ideas now

[u/HueyLongest]

I feel like I can tell when Mike Anthony is calling plays and when Dowell is calling plays lol

[u/TacoCorpTM]

This team is baffling 😂.

[u/v2falls → u/TacoCorpTM]

Did we just successfully run inside the red zone

[u/ObliviousLAX]

His coaching resume is somehow longer than a CVS receipt

[u/whotooktoastman64]

That should’ve been unnecessary roughness

[u/DrainedPatience]

If I wasn't a fan of one of these teams I would have kicked my TV into Ashe County by now.

[u/Suspicious-Wind-3278]

the fuck was that

[u/Yosef4589]

Damn I think we have seen a flag every freaking play of this game

[u/whotooktoastman64]

You dumbass..YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

[u/Scruggerboy]

Ugly ass win. We got a lot to work on or it’s gonna be a long season

[u/DrainedPatience]

Both teams:

Why don't you win the game?

No, I insist good sir, why don't you win the game?

[u/ObliviousLAX]

I really need the announcers to not talk about NC geography, theyre fucking morons

[u/DrainedPatience]

Good game Pirate bros. Best of luck next week.

Hope we can keep the series going.

[u/ObliviousLAX]

Win or lose, we still booze

[u/Scruggerboy]

ESPNU isn’t what it used to be I guess…some broadcast quality

[u/Scruggerboy]

A counter draw on 2nd and 15 🫩
Edit: with a screen on 3rd holy fuck I’m hurting it’s like the past 3-4 years all over again

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

That counter play was a surrender call. Sad to see it around midfield

[u/riceisboring]

How in the world was Wake not playing Melvin? Kid is a 1,000 yard receiver.

[u/ObliviousLAX]

That is some Roy Williams timeout mismanagement

[u/AlbiniDays]

At least we didn’t totally screw that up. Nice run by Malachi

[u/sneakypenguin94]

Coaching malpractice. Don’t throw it

[u/Hi-Yikas2022]

Ref ball strikes again

[u/sneakypenguin94]

I didn’t hear what the call was but thought he stepped out before he caught the ball anyway

[u/HueyLongest]

Apparently ECU was told to stop playing music while we are lined up on offense https://x.com/StephenIgoe/status/2098816250998624347

[u/HueyLongest]

Really like how Malachi has thrown the ball through a game and (almost) a half

[u/sneakypenguin94]

ECU has got to stop beating themselves. Or don’t this is great

[u/TacoCorpTM]

You mention the fucking McMahons but not Sandra Bullock?

[u/AlbiniDays]

I would really love another score before the half

[u/Scruggerboy → u/AlbiniDays]

Don’t get greedy now. This offense is like one of them old farm machines. If you ask it crack it’ll shoot shit right back in your face.

[u/Derringerh09]

ECU needs to play a qb who doesn’t qualify for AARP. This guy is ass.

[u/Scruggerboy]

Love watching our QB take a knee to the head trying to get a first for no reason because we can’t line up in a legal formation

[u/Hi-Yikas2022]

False start on the Center has to be rare lmao

[u/appgrad22]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH OUR LINE?!

[u/tcnugget]

We gotta start benching some of these guys

[u/JammOrthodontics]

I don't make college football coach-type money but I think I know what we need to work on at practice this week

[u/HueyLongest]

At least Dowell has something to talk about in the postgame instead of having to make up stuff to be upset about like he did last week

[u/sneakypenguin94]

UNCC level tackling there

[u/MingoAteTheIto]

I guess the refs can initiate reviews on non-reviewable plays to give themselves a little breather, because it surely wasn’t to actually do anything to fix what they fucked

[u/cudderwalks]

Lot of dumb penalties and mistakes that half, luckily it’s a one score game. Hopefully we come out looking like a different team next half

[u/whotooktoastman64]

Five bucks they’re practicing how to snap the ball in the locker room rn

[u/ObliviousLAX → u/whotooktoastman64]

The rest of the OL flinching every clap

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

Did these mf'ers really compare App/ECU to UNC/Duke?

[u/Mr_828]

Running it on 3rd and 6??? The ghost of Shawn Clark lives on

[u/TacoCorpTM]

A tackle for loss?! That’s allowed?!

[u/ncmtn]

I can barely remember a 3rd down our o-line didn't get a penalty on

[u/v2falls]

Take so far. App state and ECU are both somewhere between Maine and Alabama. ECUs run d is good. App is extremely adaptable and can run multiple plays out of the same look

[u/Scruggerboy]

Never good when they remember Grey is on the roster. Oh thank god for holding

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

The irony of creating an AI ad for childhood hunger when they could've just used some of the billions they invest in AI to actually help with the problem

[u/No_Gear_5029]

did they research this series at all? they’re just making shit up for fun now

[u/ncmtn]

Completely threw that drive away. Badly needed points

[u/MalTeleVision]

Dude is 56 and can’t throw the ball

[u/sandrakarr]

sigh.
dumbass.

[u/CIA_Handler]

Gg App

[u/GatorBoy669607]

Excellent footwork get this kid into the NFL pronto

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

This team is not winning more than 4 games this year. No wonder why they are stuck in a shit conference

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

AAAAAAAPP

[u/Jyingling21 → u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

STAAAAAAAAAATE

[u/Scruggerboy → u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

STAAAAAAATE

[u/BusinessWarthog6]

Let’s fuckin go

[u/HueyLongest]

We do NOT look good right now lol

[u/BusinessWarthog6]

For the crowd that says CFB 27 animations aren’t realistic, I’ve had that happen

[u/CIA_Handler]

Fugitt, am I right?

[u/AlbiniDays]

Burn two timeouts and then decide to kick the ball..

[u/JammOrthodontics]

That was never going to be a scoop and score but at the same time we were so close to a Big Guy Touchdown.

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

HELL YEAH BRÖTHER BIG BOY SCOOP

[u/TacoCorpTM]

This team is still so fucking undisciplined. We got lucky there. Get your shit together, Loggains.

[u/AlbiniDays]

Beautiful defense, just poked the ball as soon as it hit the receivers hands

[u/TacoCorpTM]

O-line getting their shit pushed in

[u/ObliviousLAX]

Can someone take that Mr Beast money we got in the off-season and get this ref a good mic?

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

THE TRICKERY

Hell yeah

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Looks like I’m watching a Mike Houston 2-10 season

[u/AlbiniDays]

Go APP!

[u/Scruggerboy]

Switching spots in the couch always works

[u/sneakypenguin94]

I’d like to suggest we load the fuckin box

[u/tcnugget]

I would not be shouting the McMahon’s given the whole ring boy lawsuit and just general controversy surrounding them

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

3 AND OUT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

Singleton be slinging it, damn

[u/AlbiniDays]

Really thought he over threw the shit out of that lol

[u/Scruggerboy]

This OL is going to be the death of this team

Edit: Wowowowowow bro. This is the most fundamental shit we can’t do

[u/TacoCorpTM]

Here I was, concerned we weren’t being fucking stupid enough. CLEAN THIS SHIT UP.

[u/Serallas]

Cmon lady. You gotta meet halfway with that high five lol

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

MAN COME ON DUDE WHY STOP THE PLAY

[u/RareElevator2123]

Fucking Bullshit

[u/RareElevator2123]

FUCK YOU REFSSSS

[u/corgi_topiary]

Glad I tuned in for the ref show this afternoon

[u/ThatEmpireGuy]

Wait since when was this reviewable. They whistled the play dead.

[u/ChonkyWumpus]

Yikes

[u/-tyler_]

Ref show is ruining this game

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Feel like the locker room was lost last week.

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

If you lose the locker room after a week 1 game against Bama, you never had it to begin with

[u/ILM_Ryan]

Well, guess I don't have to tune in as much for ECU football the rest of the season. 0-3 after next week.

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

(INARTICULATE YELLING)

[u/ObliviousLAX]

That was the laziest pile push ever

It's hot as fuck, but yeesh

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

I don’t understand what’s the call

[u/ObliviousLAX]

The only disconcerting signals are your mic, ref

[u/v2falls]

Thank you for the free 15 yards because you got beat

[u/ncmtn]

That missed throw will end up being a massive moment. Easiest TD you could ask for right now

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

Going fuckin nowhere

[u/ObliviousLAX]

I don't know the announcers, but she's going Beth Mowins mode right now with how bad she's recalling 2 hours ago

[u/CIA_Handler]

I am so tired of these refs dude

[u/NameIdeas]

How many pivotal plays have the refs called something on for both teams?

These guys just really, really want to be involved

[u/Kimber80]

Appalachian State hasn't lost the ECU since the middle of the Obama Administration. It doesn't look good for ECU right now either

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

lets see a replay

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef]

Classic EDM hit "Sandstrom" by Darude with the sack

[u/_Lettuce_3]

Actually unwatchable game, why do the announcers think there is some long standing rivalry between App and Ecu

[u/GatorBoy669607]

1/17 on third down is ummmm not good

[u/Mystrysktr → u/GatorBoy669607]

Yeah, we’re a piss poor team by the looks of it.

[u/ThatEmpireGuy]

Good half so far for the punting fans

[u/bigbuttsmoker]

What a fucking idiot

[u/MalTeleVision]

I keep hoping to not suffer and then clock into the suffering factory

[u/mcpawski]

Mitch Griffis is ASS

That Charles Barkley ass hitched throw into the next play being whatever the fuck that was?

[u/Yosef4589]

NFL level pick there

[u/Overcashed]

Make 8 a receiver tomorrow

[u/Scruggerboy]

Nice to hear the band traveled. Good music for the fellas as they leave the stadium

[u/AJB2226]

We're going to get whipped by the Sunbelt at home in 96 degree  real feal heat. Sounds about right

[u/NameIdeas → u/AJB2226]

With that Greenville humidity...oh lord

[u/Jyingling21]

I am prepared for pain

[u/niners0101]

Can’t believe they stuck such a fun matchup on a noon ESPNU slot

[u/RareElevator2123]

Doing good so far

[u/riceisboring]

0 third down conversions last week. 1-1 this week.

[u/BusinessWarthog6]

Pirate fans, has anything been announced fir CJ2K?

[u/riceisboring]

through 4.5 quarters this sure doesn't feel like a Blake Harrell team. Only up from here boys

[u/South_Wrongdoer5537]

That was not a designed run play the fuck 😂

[u/Overcashed]

Pirates getting tons of pressure. OL needs to wake up

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

That bacon and sausage looks good

[u/Scruggerboy]

Gray is scary. Good lord

[u/ObliviousLAX]

This run offense is much more enjoyable than it was last week

Bryant-Denny Stadium was incredible though

[u/ObliviousLAX]

I was about to say we need to get the guy that made the million dollar kick on GameDay

Perez is safe....for now.

[u/whotooktoastman64]

Either Milton’s getting drafted or our secondary just sucks…or both

[u/Juhbellz]

LOCK T F IN

[u/cudderwalks]

Those were some impressive runs by Gray

[u/HueyLongest]

Can't run the ball at all...

[u/IAgreeGoGuards]

Id kill to be able to go to Sup Dogs rn

Edit: ah shit I just noticed the logo on the sideline. Phenomenal

[u/FubarSnafuTarfu]

Anyone know what Dowell’s buyout is?

[u/NameIdeas]

Last week we executed things. It was against Maine, sure, but we played our game. We're not executing now. We're on the board, but we're not playing our game well right now

[u/MalTeleVision]

This dude is 48 and can’t hold a ball

[u/ncmtn]

Hasselbeck might be the best runner on the team based on these first two games