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GREENVILLE, N.C. – Behind sophomore quarterback Travaris Cadet, Appalachian State University football rallied from a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit with 17 points in the final period, but the comeback came up just short in a 29-24 season-opening loss to East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

Appalachian fell into a 24-0 hole less than 17 minutes into the contest and trailed 29-7 going into the fourth quarter. Three plays into the final period, ASU running back Devon Moore trimmed the deficit to 29-14 when he capped a 12-play, 55-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown plunge.

On East Carolina's ensuing possession, the ASU defense posted an impressive three-and-out and Cadet gave the Apps their best field position of the day when he returned a punt by former Mountaineer Matt Dodge 19 yards to the ECU 38. Seven plays later, Cadet made it a one-possession ballgame when he scored from a yard out to cut ECU's advantage to 29-21.

The volume from the thousands of Black and Gold-clad faithful in attendance at sold-out Dowdy-Ficklen reached a fever pitch when Cortez Gilbert intercepted ECU's Patrick Pinkney at the ASU 33 yard line and returned it 16 yards to the 49.

Cadet marched the Mountaineers all the way to the 22 yard line but had to settle for a 43-yard field goal by Jason Vitaris with 3:24 to go after a misplayed snap exchange on second-and-seven stalled the potential game-tying drive.

Once again, the Mountaineer defense came up with a huge three-and-out and ASU got the ball back on its own 24 yard line with 1:28 left to play. The Apps moved to midfield with three-straight completions but Cadet was sacked on first-and-10 from the ASU 48 with less than a minute remaining. After killing the clock with a spike, Cadet found Blake Elder for an eight-yard gain but a pass to CoCo Hillary on fourth-and-10 was just out of his reach and the Appalachian comeback and upset bid ended with 16 seconds to go.

Making the loss even more heartbreaking for the Mountaineers is the fact that two second-half miscues cost the Apps the decisive five points. Vitaris pushed a 37-yard field-goal attempt wide right on Appalachian's first possession of the second half and punter Sam Martin was forced to concede a safety when he couldn't corral a high snap on ASU's next series.

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What a shame....if we were EWU, NAU, or JMU, we might even say this was a victory.......

Appaholic wrote: What a shame....if we were EWU, NAU, or JMU, we might even say this was a victory.......

or Cal Poly.

They never quit talking about them "almost" beating Wisconsin.

Skjellyfetti wrote:

Appaholic wrote: What a shame....if we were EWU, NAU, or JMU, we might even say this was a victory.......

or Cal Poly.

They never quit talking about them "almost" beating Wisconsin.

Where's East Carolina..?
I thought Boon was in Eastern Carolina..?

Glad u lost appa.





Bitch.

dbackjon wrote:Glad u lost appa.





Bitch.

Don't be that way Dback....I'm rooting for you guys to break .500 in the BSC this year.....we can always dream....

dbackjon wrote:Glad u lost appa.





Bitch.

Ditto, enjoy your turd sandwich.

JMU DJ wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Glad u lost appa.





Bitch.

Ditto, enjoy your turd sandwich.

that's so messed up

JMU DJ wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Glad u lost appa.





Bitch.

Ditto, enjoy your turd sandwich.

I am too....with the crappy play we displayed in the 1st half, a bitter loss in an in-state bragging rights game may just be the wake up this team needs to focus for the rest of the year....a painful loss, but not necessarily a "bad" loss if used for proper motivation going forward...

BTW, I'll be pulling for both your teams next week...

Also, did UNI hire the Special Teams coach from Lloyd Carr's old staff at UM?

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

JMU DJ wrote:

Ditto, enjoy your turd sandwich.

that's so messed up

Oh get off your high horse ddg. Appa shat on JMU and NAU so we shat back. Appa's a big boy, he can dish it and take it.

JMU DJ wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:


that's so messed up

Oh get off your high horse ddg. Appa shat on JMU and NAU so we shat back. Appa's a big boy, he can dish it and take it.

Whoooooossssshhhhhh


EDIT: I thought you were talking to dback. Do you get it now?

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

JMU DJ wrote:

Ditto, enjoy your turd sandwich.

that's so messed up

Hey I just figured out...
(since nobody was helping) that East Carolina is Div.1 Conference USA (whatever that is..?)
So APP lost to a Div. 1 school - granted I've been watching college football my entire life and never heard of East Carolina - but Hey..!!! they should hold on to their ranking

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

JMU DJ wrote:
Oh get off your high horse ddg. Appa shat on JMU and NAU so we shat back. Appa's a big boy, he can dish it and take it.

Whoooooossssshhhhhh


EDIT: I thought you were talking to dback. Do you get it now?

My B... You may continue

Chizzang wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:


that's so messed up

Hey I just figured out...
(since nobody was helping) that East Carolina is Div.1 Conference USA (whatever that is..?)
So APP lost to a Div. 1 school - granted I've been watching college football my entire life and never heard of East Carolina - but Hey..!!! they should hold on to their ranking

Not with Richmond beating Duke......and should Harvard even be allowed to be ranked if they refuse to "man up" in the playoffs? Just sayin'.....

Appaholic wrote:

Chizzang wrote:
Hey I just figured out...
(since nobody was helping) that East Carolina is Div.1 Conference USA (whatever that is..?)
So APP lost to a Div. 1 school - granted I've been watching college football my entire life and never heard of East Carolina - but Hey..!!! they should hold on to their ranking

Not with Richmond beating Duke......and should Harvard even be allowed to be ranked if they refuse to "man up" in the playoffs? Just sayin'.....

I'm going to let that comment slide because I know you're grumpy right now...

Chizzang wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Not with Richmond beating Duke......and should Harvard even be allowed to be ranked if they refuse to "man up" in the playoffs? Just sayin'.....

I'm going to let that comment slide because I know you're grumpy right now...

I'm not grumpy....it's not like I paid to watch Montana and Western State combine for 10pts in one half.....

Appaholic wrote:

Chizzang wrote:
I'm going to let that comment slide because I know you're grumpy right now...

I'm not grumpy....it's not like I paid to watch Montana and Western State combine for 10pts in one half.....

Man you need to let that go. Granted Western State is no Lenoir Rhyne.

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
I'm not grumpy....it's not like I paid to watch Montana and Western State combine for 10pts in one half.....

Man you need to let that go. Granted Western State is no Lenoir Rhyne.

Western is no Leann rhymes

dbackjon wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Man you need to let that go. Granted Western State is no Lenoir Rhyne.

Western is no Leann rhymes

Aint no country western like Leann Rhymes

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

dbackjon wrote: Western is no Leann rhymes

Aint no country western like Leann Rhymes

Don't you have somebody to go sucker punch......

Appaholic wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:
Aint no country western like Leann Rhymes

Don't you have somebody to go sucker punch......

Only if I get HOT HOT HOT enough

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Don't you have somebody to go sucker punch......

Only if I get HOT HOT HOT enough

one HOT for each NC.....

Appaholic wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Only if I get HOT HOT HOT enough

one HOT for each NC.....

And one for each point....

19-16

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
one HOT for each NC.....

And one for each point....

19-16

well played sir....

I like the direction this thread took

Appaholic wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:

Only if I get HOT HOT HOT enough

one HOT for each NC.....

Hey man, were you in Greenville?