Early Playoff Exit Last Year Motivates ASU
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:52 am
BOONE — Appalachian State finished the 2008 football season at home but for many of the players the territory was unfamiliar.
Prior to last season, junior cornerback Cortez Gilbert had only experienced a season-ending celebration in Chattanooga, Tenn. with a national championship trophy in hand.
Last year, the Mountaineers won the Southern Conference title for the fourth consecutive year, yet their season ended two games later in a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) quarterfinals playoff game against Richmond, the eventual national champion.
“National championships, that was all we knew,” Gilbert said. “That was our legacy and that’s what we want to leave behind
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Prior to last season, junior cornerback Cortez Gilbert had only experienced a season-ending celebration in Chattanooga, Tenn. with a national championship trophy in hand.
Last year, the Mountaineers won the Southern Conference title for the fourth consecutive year, yet their season ended two games later in a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) quarterfinals playoff game against Richmond, the eventual national champion.
“National championships, that was all we knew,” Gilbert said. “That was our legacy and that’s what we want to leave behind
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