The news Monday that Old Dominion has pulled out of its football game at Charlotte in 2014 seems to have reignited discussion about the chances of the 49ers and Appalachian State establishing a series, possibly beginning in 2014 in the scheduling spot left open by the Monarchs' departure.
It's a rivalry that makes too much sense not to happen. And it will. It's just a matter of when, not if.
dbackjon wrote:Strange ODU is pulling out of a game against a future conference opponent
Yeah, I hadn't heard that either. It would be like a home game for ASU since a huge amount of the alumni base live nearby. The comments are like an AGS squabble.
The Hwy 49ers can't afford Appalachian in 2014 ... and the only way the Mountaineers would consider giving up a home game would be to play in the NFL stadium (unlikely to happen in mid-season) with a guarantee 10x (+) that of the ODU buy-out.
And ... I didn't realize we were leaving an established BCS conference
(the author clearly meant FCS)
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"But the damned and the guiltiest among you are the men who had the capacity to know, yet chose to blank out reality, the men who were willing to sell their intelligence into cynical servitude..."
- John Galt
