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T H E COV E R: Ike Lewis about to catch a pass at the App vs. Georgia game on Saturday. App was defeated 31-10 after a series of mistakes. Lindsay Vaughn
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ntering their fourth season in the FBS and third of bowl game eligibility, the Mountaineers (103 overall, 7-1 Sun Belt last season) are coming off another bowl game victory in the Camellia Bowl against Toledo 31-28. App looks to continue their success this year with a new squad to start the season. Some key returning players include the team leaders in
passing, senior quarterback Taylor Lamb, rushing and 2016 Sun Belt offensive player of the year Jalin Moore, senior receiver Shaedon Meadors and leading tackler senior linebacker Eric Boggs. Lamb is now entering his senior season and looking to lead this Mountaineers passing attack to glory. He put up 2,162 passing yards on 197 completions with 15 touchdowns and only eight interceptions in the 2016 season.
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Although losing four of their top eight receivers in the offseason, the position is still filled with talent and depth. Meadors is also returning, and at 6 foot 2 inches, he is one of three of App’s receivers who stands at that height or taller including senior Zy Letman, who is 6 foot 3 inches, and freshman Thomas Hennigan, who is 6 foot 2 inches. The downfield threat is certainly there, as well as a few speedsters running over the middle, combined with big tight ends Collin Reed, Levi Duffield and Devin Papenheim who will look to replace Barrett Burns at the tight end position. “I believe we have some guys that can run outside and run by guys,” Lamb said. “Throw it a little bit earlier this year and lead it down field and they can go get it and we have to get the mental part down and get down the way of routes and reading coverage and all that.” Behind the passing attack sits an absolute beast of a rushing attack despite losing all-time leading rusher Marcus Cox to graduation. Last year’s leading rusher Jalin Moore returns in his ju-
nior season after posting 1,402 rushing yards, good for 19th in the nation. “I have had good success,” Moore said. “But I feel like I haven’t hit my peak yet. There is a lot more in store for me.” The offensive line also plays a big part in what the running backs are able to do in the game. The O-line has been one of the most consistent in the country the last couple of years; this year, there will be a lot of experience with four seniors on the line and either true freshman Noah Hannon or redshirt freshman Ryan Neuzil making starts. Hannon made his first career start at center on Saturday against Georgia. The Apps have been top-20 in rushing offense the last three seasons. “I let the seniors talk because they talk about the struggles they went through,” head coach Scott Satterfield said. “I want those young guys to learn it is awesome to go through that and we had a great offseason and our guys are so thankful to finally get to the season and play football.” The pass rush will be key
again this year with the triple threat at defensive lineman looking to wreak havoc on opposing offensive lineman. Senior defensive linemen Caleb Fuller and Tee Sims, along with junior nose-tackle Myquon Stout return after tremendous 2016 seasons combining for 21.5 tacklesfor-loss, 12 sacks and nine quarterback hits. Combine that with a great secondary and linebackers, this defense is prime for another great season. “DL, we are really close,” Stout said. “We call it the junkyard and we have a group message and we hang out on the field, we hang out outside and we are more like brothers, which helps with chemistry.” Satterfield is now entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Mountaineers with a record of 32-18. After posting 11 wins in the 2015 season, it dipped down to 10 last year, although two of those losses were to Power Five conference teams in the Tennessee Volunteers and Miami Hurricanes. This season opened up against another Power Five team in the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens.
(Top) Offensive Lineman Beau Nunn getting set for the pass rusher off Georgia. (Left) App State cheerleaders support the Mountaineers as they play against the Toledo Rockets in the Camellia Bowl.
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wo years ago against the Idaho Vandals is where junior running back Jalin Moore and senior running back Terrence Upshaw first took charge of the Mountaineer run game. Former running back Marcus Cox did not step on the field that game and with his graduation last year, it’s finally time for Moore and Upshaw to take the reigns of the Mountaineer offense. In 2016, Moore rushed for 1,402 yards on 237 carries, appearing on several preseason watch lists. A breakout season in 2016 brings higher expectations from Moore especially being the No. 1 back. “It’s overall a different feeling,” Moore said. “Now I’m older, I know more. I’m wiser and I’ve got a bigger role for this team. All the things that Marcus did for this team, I have to fill those shoes and do more.” Running backs coach Stu Holt is not afraid of that at all. “Jalin spent this offseason trying to become more of a complete player and now he’s catching the ball really well out of the backfield,” Holt said. “He’s understanding pass protection better and he’s being more patient of a runner.” Holt attributed much of that to playing with Cox last season as Cox helped him realize patience and see how the blocks are going to happen in front of him. As a whole, that has helped him make
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the correct decision more often. Cox was also a well-known leader on and off the field for the Mountaineers and that has rubbed off on Moore too. “Any time your guys that are major contributors are also leaders on and off the field, [it] strengthens your team and that is something he is striving to be more of a vocal leader than he has been in the past,” Holt said. Upshaw, the other piece to the puzzle, finds himself refreshed and refueled after a season of ineligibility. “It makes you appreciate everything more, so every time I get the ball I think this could be my last carry,” Upshaw said. “That’s motivated me to run harder.” Running hard is not something Upshaw hasn’t implemented into his game before. He likes to think of himself as a “bruiser” and a run-through guy, which adds to the dynamic one-two punch of Moore and Upshaw. “I bring more of a bang to the aspect of my game because I run physical,” Upshaw said. “Jalin will come and just run right past you.” Holt plans to run Upshaw and Moore in a similar fashion to how Moore and Cox split time last season. “Whoever’s got the hot hand will typically stay in there and get a lot of opportunity,” Holt said. Toward the end of last season, Cox and Moore regularly found themselves on the field at the same time. However, Holt isn’t
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sure if they’re ready for that this early in the season. Holt was also aware that Moore wanted to reach 2,000 rushing yards this season. Although he believes he is capable of a goal like that, at the end of the day that is not what matters. “It doesn’t matter if he gets a personal goal, it matters as a position room,” Holt said. “What’s paramount is whoever is in that slot is getting it done for us.” In order for the run game to go as planned, the offensive line will determine that and they have done an exceptional job these past few years. “It’s the O-line who’s doing the hard work, we’re just the ones who get the glory for it,” Upshaw said. Holt alluded to Moore being an explosive back with the ability to win one-on-one battles in the open field with opposing players. It’s the O-line that comes in to help get those opportunities. “What the offensive line does is they limit how many times we have to go against more than one guy,” Holt said. “Our offensive line does a great job of covering up the front seven, getting us into the secondary at a fast rate where we’re on top of those safeties where they’ve got to make a quick decision and most of the time we can win that battle.” Despite having exceptional running backs year in and out, it’s the offensive line that makes any running back corps tick.
(Top) Running back Terrence Upshaw dives through defenders for the yardage gain. (Bottom) Jalin Moore during an offensive play against Louisiana Monroe in the 2016 season.
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LOOKING TO CARRY ON STRONG TRADITION
Sophomore defensive back Clifton Duck in his first ever game at Kidd Brewer Stadium. During that game last year on Sept. 10, App State went on to beat Old Dominion 31-7.
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ecent years have seen a quiet giant residing in Kidd Brewer Stadium. It is underrated, unheralded and often underestimated. It calls itself “The Legion of Boone” and it is the secondary of the Mountaineers’. The defensive backfield has spent the past few years as one of the top units in the Sun Belt conference and is a threatening group on the national stage. Last season, sophomore cornerback Clifton Duck and then-senior Mondo Williams both found themselves on the Sun Belt’s All-Conference first-team with senior defensive back AJ Howard receiving an honorable mention. Duck also walked away from the season with the conference’s freshman of the year award, as he started every game as a true freshman for the Mountaineers. The man at the helm of the cornerbacks’ group is Bryan Brown, who has been coaching at Appa-
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lachian since 2012, and has helped turn the secondary into one of the nation’s top pass defense units. The corners he has coached combined for 10 interceptions last season and 15 in 2015, and the Mountaineers as a whole had 38 interceptions over the last two seasons, the third most in the nation. This season, the defense has the task of replacing starters in Williams and safety Alex Gray, but according to Brown it’s not as simple as “next man up.” When asked for the names of who to watch out for, Brown said that everyone is going to have to step into their roles and play at the level that is expected of Mountaineer defensive backs. “All of them, just all of them, they’ve done an outstanding job all summer, all spring and in fall camp,” Brown said. “You look at guys like Tae Hayes at corner and Josh Thomas at safety, you have a lot of guys that will give us a lot depth and when it comes time for
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them to play, hopefully they’ll be mistake-free.” With the new season, Williams is gone and Duck will take over as the true No. 1 corner. Last year showed that Duck is not easily affected by outside pressure, as he pulled in five interceptions, second in the conference and most amongst freshmen. Hype built around Duck as the season progressed and he was recognized nationally when he landed on the USA Today’s Freshman All-American Team and on the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-American Team. It will be this former-freshman phenom that will be getting most of the attention this season, but he wants to put the team ahead of himself and focus on being the best teammate he can be. “This year obviously I want to do more than what I did last year,” Duck said. “But I don’t want to get outside of myself and do anything
that would hurt the defense.” App State’s secondary might be the scariest position group on the team, and it’s led by one of the squad’s scariest players. Howard is going into his senior season as a Mountaineer and has been an ever-present force for the team since he was a freshman. A hard-hitting strong safety with a nose for the ball is a valued commodity in football, and having him be a leader on the team is a bonus that is valued by the younger players like Duck. Howard finished the first game of the season against Georgia with 11 tackles. “He can play four different positions in our defense, he knows the whole defense inside and out and what everyone’s supposed to do,” Duck said. “He makes sure everyone is doing what they need to do and he’s one of the most vocal guys in our secondary. Having him back there is a huge advantage to our team.” Every year in college football
comes with turnover, it is the nature of the game. Williams and Gray are gone and now is the time for Duck and Hayes to step up as starters. Part of that cycle is learning from those who came before you, and according to Duck, players like Williams and Gray have set up the current players for success and a better season than 2016. “Each year you can tell it’s getting better and better because we take those seniors and those seniors pass down the tips,” Duck said. “It just keeps going and cycling through and we get better than the year before.” Expectations for the entire team are higher than they’ve ever been and the defensive backs might have the heaviest weights on their shoulders on the team. Between replacing fan-favorite players and a young star pushing for national recognition, all eyes are going to be on “The Legion of Boone” this year, and they’re completely fine with that.
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T H E SPECIAL MOMENT
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Place kicker Michael Rubino works on his kicking form during the football team’s practice on Aug. 17, 2016.
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he Appalachian State Mountaineers aren’t known for their plethora of quarterbacks who lead college football in passing yards. They aren’t known for the running backs that go through and become NFL hall of famers or their size up front compared to that of their opponents. What they are known for, however, are moments that become unforgettable. Ten years ago, Appalachian State became a household name when they went to Ann Arbor, Michigan and took down Goliath. With 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter, kicker Julian Rauch put a 24-yarder through the uprights and created a two-point deficit. After Corey Lynch blocked the Wolverines’ final chance, that field goal became more than just a twopoint deficit. That kick became history. That moment became unforgettable. Nine years later, Goliath turned into Tennessee and Rauch was a redshirt freshman named Michael Rubino making his college football debut in front of 100,074 fans, a sea of orange and white and only a speck of black and gold. With five minutes remain-
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ing in the fourth quarter, Rubino set up to try a 42-yard field goal and a chance to take the lead. He missed. The Mountaineers went on to overtime and lost 20-13, resulting in another moment that became unforgettable. Fast forward to the last game of the 2016 season: The Raycom Camellia Bowl Championship. With 5:14 remaining on the clock, Rubino set up for a 39-yard field goal to take the lead. A year previously, his predecessor, Zach Matics, was in a similar position when he kicked the game winner as Rubino watched. That moment then became his and he kicked the goahead field goal to win 31-28. Special teams has defined Appalachian State football for the last 10 years and will continue to do so. Whether the outcome is considered the greatest upset in college football history or the biggest disappointment of the season, special teams has been at the forefront. Rubino is in his second year as a starter and has had more than enough adversity under his belt. Along with having every eye of more than 100,000 people on him and winning a championship, he has also managed more. Toward
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the end of the season against Troy, Rubino nailed a career long 47yard field goal, landing at fourth longest in the Sun Belt Conference. Rubino said this year, it’s all about gaining confidence in his leg and maintaining it. “I know I can do it. It doesn’t matter where I’m at, just kick the ball,” Rubino said. “I know what it’s like to make a lot of field goals; as a kicker, I mainly remember the misses, that’s what drives me.” Special teams coach Stu Holt echoed Rubino and said that they know he is talented and they aren’t worried about what he can do this season. Aside from the field goal unit, the job for starting punter has been a battle since the end of last season. For the last four seasons, Bentlee Critcher has dominated the position. Last season, Critcher sent seven balls 50 yards or more with a season high of 59 yards. He managed to land 21 punts inside the 20-yard line and was only blocked once. Critcher was also sneaky with the fake plays and racked up 28 rushing yards. Critcher has graduated, and now looking to take his spot is a very familiar face in his younger
brother redshirt freshman Rylee Critcher. “It’s definitely motivating, I love competition,” Rylee Critcher said on the opportunity to win the job. Rylee Critcher has a lot to live up to if he wants to maintain the family name as the Appalachian punter this year. Competing for the job is a true freshman in Xavier Subotsch from Melbourne, Australia. The Mountaineers added Subotsch to the roster this past summer and are excited for him to be a Mountaineer. “Both guys have shown they can do it we just have to find the guy who’s more consistent,” Holt said. Against Georgia last Saturday, Subotsch punted eight times for a total of 301 yards. He averaged 37.63 yards per punt. Critcher punted once from the red zone for 39 yards. Other notable student-athletes to keep in mind are the wide receivers sophomore Darrynton Evans, senior Ike Lewis and true freshman Thomas Hennigan. As a true freshman last year, Evans returned a crucial kickoff in the Camellia Bowl back for 94 yards to take the lead 28-21.
Hennigan joins the team listed atop the depth chart at punt returner and brings valuable speed to the return team. The speed of Lewis will be handy in any situation and will no doubt be used this season again. “I like where we are, I think the guys are bought in and working hard,” Holt said. With the history that Appalachian State has, special teams will always play a pivotal role in the Mountaineers’ game plan. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are making a trip up to Boone this fall in another game that is likely to be sold out. On top of that, the Mountaineers were picked early to win the Sun Belt Conference again but a strong Georgia Southern team may pose a threat. The two are set for Sept. 23 and Nov. 9 in Kidd Brewer Stadium. Special teams cannot and will not be looked over this season. Whether it’s the speed from the return team or Rubino’s leg, another defining moment will come. If history means anything, these Mountaineers will always be ready for their moment.
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SENIOR EXPERIENCE MIXED WITH
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pp State’s rushing attack has been its bread and butter throughout their first three years in the FBS, ranking inside the top-25 in total rushing each season and finishing as high as sixth in 2015. Starting off this season, App State’s offense continues to rely on its rushing game to carry the offensive load. Fortunate enough for the Mountaineers, they feature a battle-tested offensive line ready to push their rushing attack to its highest mark in App’s short FBS tenure. Seniors and multi-year starters Colby Gossett and Beau Nunn return as the core of the Mountaineers’ offensive line. Gossett, who is serving as the team’s starting right guard, and Nunn, starting at right tackle, both earned All-Sun Belt selections a season ago for their breakout junior campaigns. Holding onto their positions, sophomore Victor Johnson and junior Tobias Edge-Campbell solidified their roles as the team’s starting left tackle and left guard respectively. All four linemen saw playing time for an App State offense that finished last season as the No. 11 rushing offense in the nation. Battling through various injuries and in-team competition, the two guards and tackles on App’s team earned their right to start the season opener at Georgia. “That’s the key to every successful football team,” offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator Shawn Clark said.
“You’re not gonna be a good team without a good offensive line. Coach Satterfield really puts the game in our hands a lot of the time to make plays when our number is called.” Rolling his ankle in App State’s 28-24 loss at Troy last season, Nunn missed the final two regular season games for the Mountaineers. Returning for the Mountaineers’ Camellia Bowl victory over Toledo, Nunn quickly recovered and is ready to elevate his game in this year’s campaign. Looking to surpass his individual accomplishments, he wishes to pick up his first selection to the first-team all-conference list just as Gossett did a season ago. Anchoring the offensive line with his former freshman roommate, the two seniors look to continue to uphold App State’s dominant presence on the offensive line. “For our offensive line group, we need to carry on the tradition of playing hard and playing physical and getting after guys on the other side of the ball,” Nunn said. Getting after opposing defenses has not been an issue for App State’s offensive line, rushing for 5.6 yards per carry in 2016. Rounding out the offensive line, however, has been up for debate. Capping off his App State career with a stellar senior season, the departure of former center Parker Collins opened up a key position on the offensive line. Throughout summer camp,
@TylerHotz15│In-Depth Editor two replacements for Collins rose to the top, freshman Noah Hannon and redshirt freshman Ryan Neuzil. 247Sports reported days before the opener in Athens, Georgia that Neuzil had won the starting job over firstyear Hannon, but as the Mountaineers took the field, Hannon was the one snapping the ball to senior quarterback Taylor Lamb. As the season progresses, in-practice competition and in-game performance between Hannon and Neuzil will determine which underclassman will get the starting nod. “We have a couple of guys that don’t have as much experience as we did last year, but they’ve stepped in and taken over the role pretty well,” Gossett said. “We’ve done what we could with the little things and just tried to get them better and prepared for the first game.” Routinely averaging over 250 rushing yards per game last season, the Mountaineers only mustered 136 yards on the ground against the Georgia Bulldogs. App State’s running backs struggled even more, averaging just over 2.2 yards per carry for the game. Penalties also crippled the Mountaineers’ offense, commit-
ting 11 penalties for 105 yards with four of them coming at the hands of offensive linemen. While the offensive line failed to open many holes against the Bulldogs, the Mountaineers’ offense just struggled in general against Georgia’s stout front seven. Returning back to Sun Belt competition before hosting Wake Forest in a showdown at Kidd Brewer Stadium, App’s offensive line knows that games against top competition puts them in the best place to succeed. “The one thing that you always want is to go against the best,” Clark said. “When you’re playing the SEC and the ACC, those guys are the best in the Power Five, and we’re excited to go out and see how we compete against those guys.” Moving forward in App State’s schedule, Idaho ranks as the only team inside the top-40 in team rushing defense from the 2016 season. Developing into a more cohesive group, the Mountaineers’ offensive line looks to dominate conference opponents. Building on last season where they ran for over 100 yards in each Sun Belt contest, they look to lead App State to another Sun Belt title.
“It’s just great to come out there and know that you’re going to dominate somebody the whole game,” Gossett said. “It’s a mindset more than anything else. You gotta know that every play you line up against somebody and you’re not going to let him punch you back.” Aside from this 2017 season, Nunn and Gossett also prepare for the future. Following in the footsteps of Collins, who most recently was on the Los Angeles Rams during the preseason, they wish to test their skills at the game’s highest level. The Rams released Collins on the team’s final roster cut, but Nunn and Gossett remain optimistic for their future, a future that generations of App State offensive linemen have fought hard to earn their way onto an NFL field. “It’s definitely awesome seeing some guy like Parker make it,” Gossett said. “He’s a hardnosed football player who goes out there and gives 110 percent every play. It gives us a chance and opens up more lanes for us in the future, and I really appreciate everything he has done and everything all the players before us as well.”
(Top) App State’s offensive line in position before the snap.
(Left) Offensive lineman Colby Gossett during the Mountaineers’ game against Georgia.
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(Top) Tight end Levi Duffield waits on offense during the Mountaineers’ game against Georgia.
(Left) Wide receiver Zy Letman expects to be a big part of the Mountaineers’ offense this season.
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MIXING AND
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ince transitioning to the FBS level in 2014, the Mountaineers football team has faced plenty of inconsistency in their passing offense. Relying on all-time leading rusher Marcus Cox, who graduated in the spring, and junior running back Jalin Moore to pick up the offense when things in the air weren’t going so smoothly the last few seasons, senior quarterback Taylor Lamb may have his deepest group of receivers yet in 2017. “Trying to get connected with those young wide outs and depth up front with those young guys, I have been feeling pretty good,” Lamb said. Losing four of their top eight receivers from 2016, Lamb is preparing for his final collegiate season with more familiarity about setting up the offense to help the veteran and younger receivers. “The first two years I played, those receivers on the team were leading me and telling me where to go with the ball,” Lamb said. “Now I am kind of telling receivers where I want them to be at what point and what time, which really helps the connection a lot.” Having one star receiver has not been a characteristic of the Mountaineers by any means in their last two seasons that ended with double-digit wins and Camellia Bowl championships. No receiver has had over
1,000 yards receiving in a season since Shawn Price in 2012, and more than 800 yards since Tony Washington in 2013. That has not stopped the Mountaineers from winning games. With receivers over the last three years such as Malachi Jones, Simms McElfresh, Deltron Hopkins and tight ends Barrett Burns and Bobo Beathard, App State can surprise teams on a weekly basis with a breakout performance from any wide out. “I don’t mind that we don’t know who our go-to guy is right now,” wide receiver coach Justin Watts said. Senior wide receiver Shaedon Meadors led the team in 2016 with a career-high 716 total receiving yards including three consecutive 100-yard games. “Obviously Shaedon is the guy we are looking at right now as the main guy since he has proven to produce on Saturdays, but we are better when multiple guys are producing on the field,” Watts said. “If we have three or four receivers on the field, those are just three more guys who can catch the ball and make a big play.” Meadors is one of four senior wide receivers on the roster this season that includes a handful of freshmen and sophomores expecting to play for the first time. “I’m excited to have a fifthyear senior to improve our passing game,” co-offensive coordinator Frank Ponce said. “We have to do a lot of work on of-
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fense and hopefully we have as much success as the last few years.” Listed as a late scratch in the Mountaineers’ first game of the season against Georgia due to a minor injury, Meadors believes the receiving corps will be underestimated once again. “Everybody is expecting us to run,” Meadors said. “We have two of the best running backs in the Sun Belt and a double-headed monster with Moore and [Terrence] Upshaw, and our receiving core is really underrated. I think this year we can see younger guys break out and some of the older guys lead. Defenders can double team Darrynton [Evans] and I on the inside and Zy [Letman] and Ike [Lewis] on the outside and one of us will find a way.” Known for his 94-yard kickoff return touchdown in the Camellia Bowl last season, sophomore Darrynton Evans moved to wide receiver after playing last season at running back and on special teams. “He has a natural skill set and is just a great athlete,” Watts said. “He has made plays and is one of the smartest guys I have been around. He understands football, understands leverage and how to get open and does what we need him to do and learns a little bit each day.” Evans additionally missed the game against Georgia due to a minor injury, but is expected to be a key part for the Mountain-
eers passing offense this season when he returns. “I feel pretty confident we will have a good year,” Evans said. “I came in last year as a receiver and I had a little bit of time to work with them before shifting positions, so we have a good brotherhood and [we] stick behind each other and hold each other accountable.” With Evans and Meadors sidelined against Georgia, true freshmen Thomas Hennigan and Malik Williams started at wide receiver, making them the first true freshmen receivers to start since Jaylan Barbour in 2014. Facing a ranked team in Georgia, the offense struggled, but Hennigan showed flashes after a strong preseason camp pulling in four receptions for 28 yards. Williams caught two passes for 17 yards. “The freshmen have been good and really fun,” Watts said. “I don’t want to say they are a surprise but you never know what you are getting until you see them play, and Hennigan and Williams have done a really nice job this fall.” Only managing 148 receiving yards against Georgia, senior receiver Ike Lewis managed to make his way onto ESPN’s top plays with a remarkable one-handed pass in the second quarter. “I am just really excited about the receiver group this year,” head coach Scott Satterfield said. “We have redshirt freshman [Ja-
len] Virgil who will be phenomenal and four newcomers will be really good with tremendous talent and good work ethic. Taylor has really helped out those guys and that group will be pretty good for us. Last year it was one of our weak spots and this year we can do some really good things at that position.” Not having a No. 1 tight end on the roster, the Mountaineers will be doing plenty of mixing and matching with the passing offense. In total, 10 players had one or more receptions against Georgia. “We have speed at wide receiver and we can get behind secondary guys and knock some heads off,” Satterfield said. “Shaedon and Virgil and Lewis can do that. There are some fast guys we will utilize underneath throws to control the game through offense and passing and running the football. We think we will have some guys who can do that. We will utilize them one way or another and we certainly have weapons.” Recognizable names stand out at the receiver position, but for teams to keep up with the Mountaineers this season, they will have to watch plenty of films to keep up with all the threats App State has to offer in the passing game this season. “They work hard, buy in offensively to do what we want and we have guys who are real playmakers,” Watts said.
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he tone of a football game can be determined early if the defensive line can get to the quarterback, and Appalachian State has a lot of big bodies to throw at the opposing quarterback. “We pride ourselves over the last couple years having great depth,” defensive line coach Mark Ivey said. “I think this year our depth could be as good as it’s ever been because those second and third team guys have been proving to us there is not a big drop off from the first team.” It has been nothing but high praise from Ivey and he is excited to see what the defensive line can do during a regular season game. “I am very pleased with the group of guys, they have bought into outworking the
opponent,” Ivey said. “We certainly have some talented guys but talent only gets you so far if you are not willing to outwork the other side.” Bringing back key guys from the defensive line last year such as senior lineman Antonius Sims and junior nose tackle Myquon Stout, the Mountaineer defense will continue to be a force to be reckoned with. Last year, Sims had a breakout out year logging 33 tackles and leading the Mountaineers with seven sacks. Sims knows that for this line to be successful he must improve his game. “I worked on every aspect of my game,” Sims said. “I want to be great, so that means I had to improve my work ethic and go hard constantly.” Sims has been impressed on how well the defensive
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line has been able to gel over the offseason and during training camp. “The way we came together, and we are getting better everyday will translate onto the field on Saturdays,” Sims said. “Everybody has to work on certain techniques and we are doing those certain techniques right, [we are] just trying to get better as a team.” Being a senior, Sims knows that this year is the year to get things done, so he is trying to help his teammates any way he knows how. “I try and help the young players the best I can,” Sims said. “We will be practicing and I keep stressing to them, ‘Use your hands, it’s the little things like that, that can eventually lead to a sack.” Another key returning starter for the Mountaineers is Stout, who was named to a preseason All-Sun Belt team.
(Top) App’s defense was one of the leading groups in sacks last season. (Left) App’s defensive line ready for the snap during the Camellia Bowl in December 2016.
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Stout was a dominant force in the middle last year logging 20 tackles. “I think we have the right pieces to go undefeated in our conference,” Stout said. “It all starts up front. If you get to the quarterback early, they have to change their whole game plan. It is pretty cool that the defensive line can dictate the whole game.” Being a junior, Stout knows that not only does his play on the field impact the team, but his leadership to the younger guys will have just as big impact. “I was just recently named a captain for the team,” Stout said. “I want to help these younger guys get better and maybe help them see things on the field that can help them get better results.” Stout gives a lot of credit to Sims for the type of leader he is and it paves the way on what type of leader he was wants to become. “Sims is a great leader and he is always willing to take time out to help us with anything,” Stout said. “He will text me and be like, ‘Did you see that on film?’ It always helps me to pick his brain to see what he is seeing.” Going against the same offensive line every day in practice can be repetitive, but for the Mountaineers defensive line it could be a bless-
ing in disguise. “Going against that group over there makes us a lot better,” Stout said. “They are probably one of the best offensive lines we are going to see all year, so seeing us against them can be a good measurement of where we are at.” The Mountaineers are returning three starters on the defensive line, but Ivey is excited to see how freshman defensive lineman Markell Clark performs. “He is running with the No. 2s at nose guard,” Ivey said. “He really shows some bright spots and the ability to make big plays.” Ivey’s goals for this year were simple: be great against the run and the pass. “What you do against the pass and what you do against the run are very different,” Ivey said. “If we can differentiate the two and be compete at both, it would be huge for us.” App State only allowed 17 points a game last year but with the main core of the defensive line and with incoming impact players on the roster, fans should look for that average to go down this year. Stouts’ challenge to the team was loud and simple, “We want to break the sack record.”
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any fans know that the App State defense was pivotal in the team’s success in 2016. As a whole, they finished 17th in the country in total yards allowed per game and ninth in points allowed, holding teams to 10 or less on six separate occasions. A huge reason for this was the linebacker core, and this season, the Mountaineers return seven members of their 2016 squad, including impact players in senior linebackers Eric Boggs and Devan Stringer. The Mountaineers did lose some key pieces from 2016, including four-year starter John Law, who finished fourth on the team in tackles with 57, and standout Kennan Gilchrist, who finished second in tackles with 89 and made appearances in the 2017 NFL preseason with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent. However, App State’s defensive coordinator Nate Woody is confident this year’s team can be just as strong. “I look at the linebacker core, Eric Boggs is a guy that has played an awful lot of snaps for us, he’s a great leader,” Woody
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said. “Devan Stringer, a guy that has played an awful lot of snaps for us once again, leading not just vocally but with what he does on the field, by example.” App State will return their 2016 tackles leader in inside linebacker with Boggs, who had 98 tackles and also recorded four and a half tackles for a loss, three sacks and three interceptions. Boggs has been a starter since his freshman year, and was named second-team AllSun Belt for his 2016 efforts and landed a spot on the first-team defense for the 2017 all-Sun Belt preseason. “I try to never be satisfied with what I do. I feel like I can always take bigger steps and as a team, definitely go win the Sun Belt again, that’s my biggest goal,” Boggs said. “I want to come out and be one of the best defensive players in the Sun Belt and that’s what I’m going to strive to do.” Stringer was no slouch for the Mountaineers either, finishing third in tackles with 71 and adding three and a half tackles for a loss. He appeared on the second-team defense for the 2017 All-Sun Belt preseason. Posting four tackles, including one for a loss in App State’s 2017 season
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opener against the Georgia Bulldogs, Stringer does not take his role as a senior leader lightly. “We have to get the younger guys to understand that just because we’re seniors, and we’re going to lead, they also have to step up and play their role,” Stringer said. “We’re working on our depth on defense, getting everybody to play fast and be confident in their scheme of the defense.” App State returns several players who made appearances at linebacker in 2016, including junior Anthony Flory, who finished the season with 10 tackles, but recorded six in the season opener against Georgia. Also on the list are sophomore Akeem Davis, who finished 2016 with 16 tackles, two and a half for a loss, sophomore Noel Cook, who played in nine games in 2016 and senior Rashaad Townes, who rebounded with 14 tackles and a pass breakup last season after sitting out 2015 with an injury. The Mountaineers have also added some key freshmen to the roster for the 2017 season. Jermaine McDaniel, Jr., an outside linebacker who comes to Boone by way of Dillon, South Carolina, was an early-enrollee along
with defensive back D’Andre Hicks. While in high school, McDaniel earned All-State honors three times and appeared in the Carolina Shrine Bowl after posting 201 tackles, 11 sacks and an interception in his career. Tim Frizzell, an inside linebacker from Knoxville, Tennessee, was a two-way star for Hardin Valley Academy, rushing for over 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in his career, while also putting up more than 20 career tackles and two interceptions on the defensive side. He was selected as all-region three times and had an appearance on the all-state roster. D’Marco Jackson from Spartanburg is another two-way player, who was a finalist for the South Carolina Mr. Football Award and was named the Herald Journal Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. He recorded over 400 tackles, 27 tackles for a loss, 15 sacks and eight interceptions at Broome High School, while also rushing for over 3,000 yards. Like McDaniel, he played in the 2016 Carolina Shrine Bowl. “They’re coming along well. The good thing about them is that they know how to play fast, so that’s not something we have
to hawk on everyday,” Stringer said. “We can really focus more on their scheme of the defense and their job. We’re just getting everybody on one accord and moving to the ball at the same speed.” Frizzell was the only one who recorded a tackle in the season opener, but expect all three of them to see time on the field in 2017. The App State linebackers may be able to rely heavily on Boggs and Stringer, but they will need solid production from their younger players to earn success. App State will face some stout offenses in 2017, including Troy, who boast senior quarterback Brandon Silvers, a 2017 preseason All-Sun Belt firstteam selection, and senior running back Jordan Chunn, who was named to the 2017 Doak Walker Award watch list, which honors the nation’s top back. The linebackers will surely be one of the Mountaineers strongest position groups for this season, but this label also brings pressure. Without excellent production from them, App State may find themselves with a huge problem defensively. They will have to work hard to match their production from 2016.
(Top) Junior inside linebacker Eric Boggs looks back toward his teammates during the game against Tennessee in 2016. The Mountaineers lost the away game in overtime with the final score being 20-13. (Right) Appalachian State’s defense lines up for the snap with outside linebacker Devan Stringer behind his teammates, ready for the play.
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TAMING THE TIGERS Make sure to wear your gold Appalachian apparel for the home opener as the ‘Gold Out’ theme makes its appearance at The Rock. App State will recognize and celebrate the 2007 FCS National Championship team who upset fifth-ranked Michigan 34-32. App State is seeking its first win of the year within the friendly confines of Boone. Savannah State, a member of the MEAC, prepares to kick off the 2017-2018 season with a victory of their own on the road. The last meeting between the Mountaineers and the Tigers occurred in 2011. App State took care of business at home and steamrolled to a 41-6 victory. Savannah State, who finished 3-7 last year, looks to improve from a disappointing 2016 campaign. The Tigers return eight starters on offense and defense.The Mountaineers are focused on righting the ship as well, coming off of a poor showing against No. 15 Georgia. App State was defeated by the Bulldogs 10-31 back in week one.
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Costly penalties drained whatever momentum App State was able to gain against the Bulldogs last week. The Mountaineers were penalized 11 times for a total of 105 yards. The team must eliminate the unnecessary miscues and play with utmost discipline this week. The penalties were nothing but timely momentum killers that constantly moved the team in the wrong direction. App State possessed more penalty yardage than rushing yards heading into the fourth quarter of the Georgia game. If Mountaineers play a cleaner game this week against the Tigers, both sides of the ball will reap the rewards.
The Mountaineers have been known throughout the Sun Belt conference for their rushing attack the last couple of years. However, quarterback Taylor Lamb led the Mountaineers with 66 rushing yards and a touchdown against the Georgia Bulldogs. Moore and Upshaw only combined for 55 rushing yards. The offensive line must create holes for the 2016 Sun Belt offensive player of the year running back Jalin Moore to burst through. App State ultimately lives and dies by its ability to run the ball due to its offensive scheme. If the running game comes alive and wears out the Savannah State defense, Lamb will be able to utilize the downfield threats in the passing attack.
The Mountaineers struggled to consistently move the ball downfield last week against a stout Georgia defense. App State was only able to muster up a total of 12 first downs. The Mountaineers faced a third and a country mile within their own territory time and time again. Conservative play-calling forced limited amounts of valuable rest time for the defense. App must move the chains in order to build offensive confidence that will lead to points on the board. The Mountaineer defense will inevitably feed off of the offense’s success and disrupt the opposing team’s scheme.
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SEPT. 2: #15 GEORGIA
The first game of the season was against another SEC opponent, this time the No.15 ranked Georgia Bulldogs, a game the Mountaineers lost 31-10. A lot of mistakes led to the eventual downfall of App State. The Mountaineers had 11 flags for a total loss of 100 yards on Saturday, something that Satterfield said was not acceptSatu able against any team and especially Georgia. Senior safety AJ Howard led both teams with 11 tackles which was a lone bright spot in the game. The freshmen on App State also had a good look at playing time this week, which will prove valuable for them experience wise getting to play a national powerhouse like the Bulldogs.
SEPT. 9: SAVANNAH STATE
A member of the MEAC conference (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) the Savannah State Tigers are the A next opponent on the list for the Mountaineers and the n first home game of the year. Last year, the Tigers finished with a record of 3-7 on the year and going 3-5 in the MEAC. An FCS school like App used to be, this should be nothing but a tune up game, a chance for Satterfield and the team to correct the mistakes they made the week prior. Look for them to start and get the run game going in the trenches as well as work in some of the freshman receivers for later in the season.
SEPT. 23: WAKE FOREST SEPT. 16: TEXAS STATE The first game in Sun Belt play this season, the Mountaineers travel to Texas to take on the Texas State Bobcats. They finished last season with only two wins all year, none of which came against their fellow Sun Belt opponents going 0-8. The Bobcats gave up 222.3 rushing yards per game last year so it's a perfect formula for the Apps potent rushing attack with Jalin Moore and the offensive line to get it going before facing off against Wake Forest the next week.
OCT. 7: NEW MEXICO STATE month of October in Boone means two things: great The mon and homecoming week. The first weekfootball weather w App State will host the New Mexico end of October, O Aggies for their homecoming game in another State A Sun Belt bout. The Aggies posted a 3-9 record last year and a 2-6 record in the Sun Belt with App being responsible for one of those loses. The final game of the regular season last year, these two teams faced off and the Mountaineers won the game 37-7. The Apps ran for just short of 400 yards, 384 on 48 attempts and threw for 220 yards with 20 completions. A repeat this year will surely secure the victory for the Mountaineers before their trip to Idaho.
OCT. 21: COASTAL CAROLINA Family weekend hits the Blue Ridge Mountains during this week's game against a new face in the Sun Belt, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Coming from the FCS, the Chanticleers are not a team to be overlooked. In 2016, the team was ranked in the top 20 on a week-to-week basis in ttheir final season in the FCS. They also held their opponents to only 19.3 points per game as well as o 331.8 total yards per game in the 2016 season while in an Independent Conference as they were previously in the Big South.
NOV. 4: UL MONROE N The second of two straight road games, the Mountaineers travel down to Monroe, Louisiana to take on ULM Warhawks. A team they beat by 24 last season, the Apps look to expose this Warhawks’ defense yet again in 2017. Last year, ULM gave up 39.1 points per game last year while only scoring 23.3. That led them to a 4-8 overall record and a 3-5 record in Sun Belt play. The Warhawks were not too strong against the pass or rush last year, so look for the Mountaineers to showcase the entire offense in the first game in November this year.
NOV. 25: GEORGIA STATE Follow Following that short week between Ul Monroe and Georgia Georgi Southern, App has a much needed bye week before the last two games of the season. They will head back down to Georgia but this time against the Georgia State Panthers in Atlanta. The Panthers gave up over 200 yards on the ground per game last year so another chance for this offense to eat up on the ground. Georgia State was also not very good one third downs last year, only a 38 percent success rate. So if the Mountaineers can make stands on third down, M look for this game to end in the favor of the Apps.
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Another game against a Power Five team will be against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Posting a 7-6 overall record, 3-5 in ACC, the Deacons played a lot of good teams last year. They kept a close game with No. 14 Florida State and beat No. 23 Temple in the last week of the regular season. Wake scored an average of 20.4 points per game last year and allowed 22.2 per contest. On a per game basis, the Deacons allowed more through the air than on the ground. Senior quarterback Taylor Lamb and the offense better be ready to go if they want to pull out a win against this ACC school. Being dubbed “Black Saturday,” students are encouraged to wear black to the game.
OCT. 14: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO The Th Mountaineers will travel some 2,500 miles, their longest trip this season, to take on the Idaho Vandals in lo their th third road game of the season. Last season the Apps held Idaho to only 19 points, 11 points from their season average, in a game they won handily 37-19. The Vandals gave up most of their yards through the air last year, 286.5 per game, so this will be another game where Lamb will need to have the b offense clicking on all cylinders if they want to head off back home with a victory. ba
OCT. 28: UMASS The first of two straight games away from home for the Mountaineers, the team will travel up to Massachusetts to take on the Minutemen. Only a third of the way that it was for the Apps to travel to Idaho, 800 miles to UMass, the team faces their fourth and final non-conference game. Last year, UMass gave up an average of 2.1 turnovers per UM game, something the Apps could capitalize on. App scored 83 points off of turnovers last year so if A they win the turnover battle they have a great shot at putting up points and winning the game this week.
NOV. 9: GEORGIA SOUTHERN NOV Rivalry week: one of the greatest weeks in sports is when your team takes on the one you despise. On a Thursday night at The Rock, App will take on the Georgia Southern Eagles. App was able to handle tthe Eagles last season, winning 34-10 at their stadium. This year, App will be coming th off a short week from the game before having only five days to recover and prepare, which could prove troublesome. Satterfield will need to have the team ready to go and well rested to ground the Eagles that week. App holds an overall record in this rivalry, 18-13 in the series.
DEC. 2: UL LAFAYETTE DEC Th final game of the season turns out to be a The home game against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. What is sure to be a typical cold December game, the Mountaineers will be ready to go and in their element for this one. When the two teams met last year, App shut out ULL in their stadium. A repeat performance will certainly end the season on a high note as the Mountaineers will surely be staring a bowl game berth right in the face. This star will ill be another game where Lamb will have to shine as the Cajuns gave up 250 yards of passing last season.
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WHAT TO DO NEEDED! POLITICAL CARTOONISTS The Appalachian student newspaper is looking for students interested in getting their political cartoons and illustrations published. Use your illustration talents to express your opinions and commentary on current events. Email adviser@theappalachianonline.com for questions or interest.
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Join us as we continue building the 5th home on our neighborhood, GreenWood, for the Love family. You can choose to volunteer from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m. to 4 p.m, or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m each Wednesday. All you need to bring is a water bottle, your lunch, and a willingness to learn while helping others! We will provide the tools, materials and instructions! Be sure to wear old clothes and old closed-toe shoes. Please call us to schedule your time today! This will take place Wednesdays at the Habitat for Humanity - Watauga County/ReStore, 1200 Archie Carroll Road, Boone, North Carolina 28607.
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Koru Mindfulness is a 4 week course where you will learn mindfulness and meditation skills. Through learning how to be more mindful, you may experience less stress, better sleep and less self-judgment. Attendance at all four sessions is required. The reason for this is because students see the most benefit from the course when they attend all four sessions. Class is limited to 12 students and registration
Sustained Dialogue is an international program that prepares community members to deeply engage in difficult conversations ranging from race, gender identity and religion to politics and various global challenges. The process is deeply grounded in listening and respect, and the goal is to build a more cohesive, engaged, and understanding Appalachian campus community through intentional dialogue. Dialogue Circles offer a unique way to discuss important and often controversial topics within a committed community of 8-12 participants. This gives participants the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with others as well as to share and be changed by their unique views. Dialogue Circles are a semester-long commitment and meet for 1.5 hours once a
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CAN I RECYCLE THAT? Do you want to know more about what zero waste means and understand the commitments made by the University? Please join the Office of Sustainability in a workshop that will include information about the University zero waste commitment, the mini-bin waste collection system, recycling and composting opportunities, and much more! The session will be facilitated by Jennifer Maxwell of the Office of Sustainability Tuesday, Sept. 12 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Linn Cove Room (413) of Plemmons Student Union. For more information or to register, contact Emily Wilson at wilsones1@appstate.edu
JEWISH LIFE IN GERMANY TODAY From Sept. 12 until Oct. 3, the traveling exhibition “Jewish Life in Germany Today� will be on display on the first floor of Plemmons Student Union. It brings together a cacophony of voices from Jews in the Berlin Republic, ranging from Michael Blumenthal, the Founding Director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, to Adriana Altaras, an actor and stage director, who was involved in interviewing survivors for the Shoah Foundation.
TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS The Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University will host a campus-wide Black Mountain College Semester (BMCS) project for the spring semester of
2018. The Center would like to invite applications for a Teaching Fellowship program for the 2017-2018 academic year, which is linked to the BMCS project. Teaching fellows will work with students in their respective classrooms to create digital content related to Black Mountain College. Applicants are not required to have a background on Black Mountain College to be competitive. Up to 10 fellowships will be awarded, including a $500 teaching stipend and up to $250 for project costs. There are two submission deadlines to participate in the BMCS project. The first round of proposals will be due July 31, 2017 by 5 p.m. The second round of proposals, which will follow fall information sessions, will be due on Sept. 22 by 5 p.m. Please contact Dr. Billy Schumann, Director for the Center for Appalachian Studies with questions, feedback or to submit an application at schumannwr@appstate.edu.
11TH ANNUAL HOMECOMING BLOOD DRIVE For 9 out of the last 10 years Appalachian has collected more blood in a single day than any one else in the entire country! Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. Blood is needed for emergencies and for people who have cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell anemia and other illnesses. Some people need regular blood transfusions to live. While over 50% of the population is able to donate, less than 5% of the eligible population actually donates. Currently, blood donors are the only source of blood; there is simply no substitute for blood. The blood drive will take place Wednesday, Sept. 20 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. in Holmes Convocation Center. Sign up to donate at act.appstate.
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